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from this thing and I doubt I would anyways.
On with the story.
The two contenders stood facing each other in their ready stance. Until finally, Motoko couldn't stand it anymore, so she charge in full speed, which was pretty slow compared to Ryo's speed. Ryo just stood there waiting with his sabre held in front of him. Motoko delivered a vertical cut, which Ryo nimbly dodge to the left, then a horizontal slash to the left hoping to get Ryo at the hip. But nothing came in contact with the sabre. She turned her head to find Ryo crouched low. He grabbed her wrist and gave it a squeeze which cause her to drop her weapon. Then he twisted her arm a little while his back towards her and put it over his shoulder. Motoko tried to pull her arm from him, but failed. His grip on her arm was too strong for her to pull free. Ryo then pulled down on her arm and lifted his shoulders up and forward and flipped her. The next thing Motoko knew she was flying across the room and landed painfully on her butt. Ryo walked up to her.
Motoko was still in a state of shook and disbelief when he held out his hand out to help her up. She slapped the hand away and stood up painfully on her own. 'I can't believe it. How could this amateur defeat her so easily.'
Ryo just stood there and looked at her. He knew well that he had hurt her pride. "You can teach the class," he sighed.
"What!" Motoko said in disbelief.
"You can teach the class. It's all yours," Ryo replied. His voice didn't hold any emotion in them. He just turned around and walked out of the room leaving Motoko and the class staring at where he exited in disbelief.
Ryo changed back into his clothes in the locker room. "I better start looking for another job," he sighed as he shouldered his backpack. As he was walking around the campus he noticed a sign in front of one of the doors. It said: Help Wanted. He stared at it for a moment until he finally knocked on the door.
A girl with blond hair around Su's and Shinobu's age opened it. She looked up at him with a twinkle in her eyes and asked, "May I help you?"
"I noticed the sign on your door. I was wondering if I can have the job," Ryo stammered. He didn't like the glint in the girl's eyes. It was all too familiar to him, it was a sign of trouble for him too.
"Just follow me," she replied happily as she skipped in, "I'll take you to my daddy." Ryo had no choice, so he closed the door behind him and followed her.
"Sara, who was at the door?" someone inside the room called. When Ryo went around a bookcase he saw a man in a lab coat with messy brown hair and glasses and was smoking a cigarette behind a desk. He looked up at Ryo and smiled. "Hi, did you want the job?" Ryo nodded. "Great. You can start right away. I takes about a day anyways so don't worry, you'll be paid tonight," he smiled. "I'm Noriyasu Seta," he held out his hand.
"I'm Urashima Ryo," Ryo answered politely shaking his hand. "It's a pleasure."
"Yes indeed. It's nice to have more help around here. The more the better I say," he chuckled.
"Ahem."
"Oh, and this is Sara," Seta turned around and picked up the little blond girl.
"It's nice to meet you," Ryo smiled at her. She turned her head so they wouldn't see her blush.
"Ok Ryo. Let's get started. Do you see that desk with the broken pottery? I want you to but them back together," he replied sitting back down at his desk. "I'll order lunch for later, alright?"
"Sounds good to me," exclaimed Ryo as the thought of food boosted him. 'Alright free food,' he celebrated inwardly as he walked towards the table. 'Better get to work.'
--------30 minutes later----------
"I have to go out for a minute alright, Ryo? I have to get my bag in the car, and Sara, can you order some food for us?" Seta called.
"Not a problem Dr. Seta," Ryo hollered back. His eyes were getting strained from staring at the pottery pieces.
"Sure Daddy," Sara rushed to the phone to order some Ramen.
Seta walked down the stairs toward his white van. Little did he know that, he was being closely watched. Mitsune was hiding behind a big tree watching him. 'What is Seta doing here? I thought he was still out of the country. I remember him leaving Naru behind to go to America for some excavation.'
----------Flashback------------
"Hurry and clean your room Mitsune," Naru quickly said as she was combing her hair, which wasn't as long as it was now. She put her hair up in pigtails.
"What's your hurry, sugar?" Mitsune asked as she started to slowly pick up her clothes.
"Seta is going to be here again today," Naru replied as her cheeks started to turn red.
"Seta, huh? Do have a crush on the guy or something?" Mitsune asked as she moved closer to her blushing friend. "Huh? So do you?" she urged.
"Yeah," Naru whispered as her face started to look like a tomato. Before they can go farther into the conversation, they heard someone going up to the door. "He's here," replied Naru excitedly as she rushed to the door to let him in.
"Hi Seta," Naru replied happily.
"Hi Naru," he smiled with a cigarette in his mouth. "I need to tell you something."
"Sure."
"I can't tutor you today," he replied with some sadness in his voice as he removed the cigarette from his mouth.
"Huh? Why not?" Naru asked worriedly.
"I have to leave for America soon," he said sadly.
"But you can't just leave me," Naru cried. Tears started to make their way slowly down her face.
"I'm really sorry Naru. Can you make me a promise before I leave?" Naru nodded.
"Promise me that you'll get in Tokyo U," he smiled sadly. "Promise me."
"I promise Seta, and I'll never break that promise," she promised hugging him for the last time.
-----------End of Flashback---------------
'I don't want Naru to suffer again,' thought Mitsune. 'I guess all I can do is to keep them apart.' She tore her eyes from Seta and ran to find Naru.
--------To Ryo---------------
"Man, this is harder than I thought," Ryo sighed tiredly. Then all of the sudden he heard some crashing noises at the behind the book case. He got up from behind his desk and cautiously made his way towards the noise. Ryo sharpened his senses to make sure nobody was trying to ambush him. Suddenly someone crashed into him and he grabbed them by the arms and held on tightly.
"Let go of me!" Sara screamed and kicked. Ryo seeing it was just a false alarm let her go.
"Sorry about that," he apologized. "I thought you were someone trying to break in or something, ya know. Anyways, what are you doing over here?" Ryo questioned curiously.
"Uh. nothing much," Sara stammered.
"Uh huh, whatever," Ryo shrugged and went back to his desk and went back to work.
"I'm back," replied Seta as he closed the door.
"Hi Daddy, the food will be here soon," Sara rushed to her dad and hugged him. Seta smiled down at her.
"Alright. I'm getting hungry," he replied. Then a growl was heard. "And it sounds like I'm not the only one," he smiled.
"Hehehe." Ryo replied embarrassingly as he turned slightly red. Then they heard a knock at the door. "That must be the food. I'll get it," he said getting up from his seat and went to answer the door.
-------Outside the door--------
Naru was waiting patiently outside the room where someone ordered three ramen. She sniffed the air and a familiar scent, 'Hmm.this smells so familiar,' she thought as she sniffed some more. Right when someone opened the door, Mitsune rushed from around the corner and ran into Naru causing her to toss the meals up into the air.
Ryo saw the meals toss high into the air caught the food quickly before anybody could see. "What the heck?"
"Ryo, what are you doing here?" questioned the two girls.
"What does it look like?" Ryo asked with a bit of annoyance in his voice. "I got a job here."
"Ryo is the food there?" someone asked from inside the room.
"Yeah, I just got it. I'll bring it over," shouted Ryo. "You guys better get back to work if you want to get the money we need," and with that Ryo closed the door and left them outside. "Oh and I almost forgot. Here's the payment with your tip and everything," Ryo replied as he opened the door again and handed Naru some money. Then he went back in.
"Mitsune, why did you do that?!?" gnarled an angry Naru.
"Well.um." Mitsune stammered as small beads of sweat started to form on her forehead. She knew better than to make Naru really angry. "I was running and I didn't see you. Sorry about that, sugar," she replied trying to be her normal self.
Naru's anger went away when her friend said it was all an accident and she apologized. "It's ok. I better get back to work. See you later," Naru waved goodbye to Mitsune as she went back to work.
"Boy, that was pretty close," she replied.
---------Back at the Hinata Apartments-------------
"I'm home," Ryo shouted as he walked in carrying a small backpack. "I brought someone with me." Sara walked in the apartments and started to look around.
"Hello, anybody home," yelled Ryo as he went towards the dining room, which always seems like where everybody was all the time. He opened the door and sure enough everybody was gathered around the table eating their dinner, and they are looking quite tired at the moment. "Hey everybody, this is Sara," he introduced the blond girl to everybody.
"Hey Sara," everybody greeted.
"Do you wanna be friends?" Su asked as she jumped from her chair and rushed towards Sara.
"What?" that was all Sara could say as she was dragged out of the room by Su.
"What's she doing here?" asked Mitsune.
"Well, my boss is out on an excavation and he asked me to take care of her for tonight," replied Ryo as he sat down in a chair. "Thanks Shinobu," he smiled at the little blue haired girl as she put some food in front of him.
"You're welcome," she blushed as she turned her head away trying to hide her blushing cheeks.
"So where is she going to sleep?" asked Naru.
"We can have her sleep at the spare room by yours or let her sleep with Shinobu or something," he replied with a mouth full of food. Right then Sara burst into the room. She was panting pretty hard. Ryo guessed that she has been running away from Su. He couldn't really blame her though. He would run away from Su, too. "Are you hungry?" he asked as he held out a plate of food.
"Yep," she replied hungrily as she grabbed the plate and started to gobble it all down.
"Welcome to the Hinata Apartments," replied Ryo.
That's it for this chapter. I'm finally through with it. Thanks for all of ya'lls reviews and keep 'em coming. Here's the latest results of the poll:
Shinobu-33
Motoko-35
Naru-40 (they caught up pretty quickly)
Mitsune-4
Su-6
Mitsumi (who will be here soon)-3
Thanks again. Laters.
The two contenders stood facing each other in their ready stance. Until finally, Motoko couldn't stand it anymore, so she charge in full speed, which was pretty slow compared to Ryo's speed. Ryo just stood there waiting with his sabre held in front of him. Motoko delivered a vertical cut, which Ryo nimbly dodge to the left, then a horizontal slash to the left hoping to get Ryo at the hip. But nothing came in contact with the sabre. She turned her head to find Ryo crouched low. He grabbed her wrist and gave it a squeeze which cause her to drop her weapon. Then he twisted her arm a little while his back towards her and put it over his shoulder. Motoko tried to pull her arm from him, but failed. His grip on her arm was too strong for her to pull free. Ryo then pulled down on her arm and lifted his shoulders up and forward and flipped her. The next thing Motoko knew she was flying across the room and landed painfully on her butt. Ryo walked up to her.
Motoko was still in a state of shook and disbelief when he held out his hand out to help her up. She slapped the hand away and stood up painfully on her own. 'I can't believe it. How could this amateur defeat her so easily.'
Ryo just stood there and looked at her. He knew well that he had hurt her pride. "You can teach the class," he sighed.
"What!" Motoko said in disbelief.
"You can teach the class. It's all yours," Ryo replied. His voice didn't hold any emotion in them. He just turned around and walked out of the room leaving Motoko and the class staring at where he exited in disbelief.
Ryo changed back into his clothes in the locker room. "I better start looking for another job," he sighed as he shouldered his backpack. As he was walking around the campus he noticed a sign in front of one of the doors. It said: Help Wanted. He stared at it for a moment until he finally knocked on the door.
A girl with blond hair around Su's and Shinobu's age opened it. She looked up at him with a twinkle in her eyes and asked, "May I help you?"
"I noticed the sign on your door. I was wondering if I can have the job," Ryo stammered. He didn't like the glint in the girl's eyes. It was all too familiar to him, it was a sign of trouble for him too.
"Just follow me," she replied happily as she skipped in, "I'll take you to my daddy." Ryo had no choice, so he closed the door behind him and followed her.
"Sara, who was at the door?" someone inside the room called. When Ryo went around a bookcase he saw a man in a lab coat with messy brown hair and glasses and was smoking a cigarette behind a desk. He looked up at Ryo and smiled. "Hi, did you want the job?" Ryo nodded. "Great. You can start right away. I takes about a day anyways so don't worry, you'll be paid tonight," he smiled. "I'm Noriyasu Seta," he held out his hand.
"I'm Urashima Ryo," Ryo answered politely shaking his hand. "It's a pleasure."
"Yes indeed. It's nice to have more help around here. The more the better I say," he chuckled.
"Ahem."
"Oh, and this is Sara," Seta turned around and picked up the little blond girl.
"It's nice to meet you," Ryo smiled at her. She turned her head so they wouldn't see her blush.
"Ok Ryo. Let's get started. Do you see that desk with the broken pottery? I want you to but them back together," he replied sitting back down at his desk. "I'll order lunch for later, alright?"
"Sounds good to me," exclaimed Ryo as the thought of food boosted him. 'Alright free food,' he celebrated inwardly as he walked towards the table. 'Better get to work.'
--------30 minutes later----------
"I have to go out for a minute alright, Ryo? I have to get my bag in the car, and Sara, can you order some food for us?" Seta called.
"Not a problem Dr. Seta," Ryo hollered back. His eyes were getting strained from staring at the pottery pieces.
"Sure Daddy," Sara rushed to the phone to order some Ramen.
Seta walked down the stairs toward his white van. Little did he know that, he was being closely watched. Mitsune was hiding behind a big tree watching him. 'What is Seta doing here? I thought he was still out of the country. I remember him leaving Naru behind to go to America for some excavation.'
----------Flashback------------
"Hurry and clean your room Mitsune," Naru quickly said as she was combing her hair, which wasn't as long as it was now. She put her hair up in pigtails.
"What's your hurry, sugar?" Mitsune asked as she started to slowly pick up her clothes.
"Seta is going to be here again today," Naru replied as her cheeks started to turn red.
"Seta, huh? Do have a crush on the guy or something?" Mitsune asked as she moved closer to her blushing friend. "Huh? So do you?" she urged.
"Yeah," Naru whispered as her face started to look like a tomato. Before they can go farther into the conversation, they heard someone going up to the door. "He's here," replied Naru excitedly as she rushed to the door to let him in.
"Hi Seta," Naru replied happily.
"Hi Naru," he smiled with a cigarette in his mouth. "I need to tell you something."
"Sure."
"I can't tutor you today," he replied with some sadness in his voice as he removed the cigarette from his mouth.
"Huh? Why not?" Naru asked worriedly.
"I have to leave for America soon," he said sadly.
"But you can't just leave me," Naru cried. Tears started to make their way slowly down her face.
"I'm really sorry Naru. Can you make me a promise before I leave?" Naru nodded.
"Promise me that you'll get in Tokyo U," he smiled sadly. "Promise me."
"I promise Seta, and I'll never break that promise," she promised hugging him for the last time.
-----------End of Flashback---------------
'I don't want Naru to suffer again,' thought Mitsune. 'I guess all I can do is to keep them apart.' She tore her eyes from Seta and ran to find Naru.
--------To Ryo---------------
"Man, this is harder than I thought," Ryo sighed tiredly. Then all of the sudden he heard some crashing noises at the behind the book case. He got up from behind his desk and cautiously made his way towards the noise. Ryo sharpened his senses to make sure nobody was trying to ambush him. Suddenly someone crashed into him and he grabbed them by the arms and held on tightly.
"Let go of me!" Sara screamed and kicked. Ryo seeing it was just a false alarm let her go.
"Sorry about that," he apologized. "I thought you were someone trying to break in or something, ya know. Anyways, what are you doing over here?" Ryo questioned curiously.
"Uh. nothing much," Sara stammered.
"Uh huh, whatever," Ryo shrugged and went back to his desk and went back to work.
"I'm back," replied Seta as he closed the door.
"Hi Daddy, the food will be here soon," Sara rushed to her dad and hugged him. Seta smiled down at her.
"Alright. I'm getting hungry," he replied. Then a growl was heard. "And it sounds like I'm not the only one," he smiled.
"Hehehe." Ryo replied embarrassingly as he turned slightly red. Then they heard a knock at the door. "That must be the food. I'll get it," he said getting up from his seat and went to answer the door.
-------Outside the door--------
Naru was waiting patiently outside the room where someone ordered three ramen. She sniffed the air and a familiar scent, 'Hmm.this smells so familiar,' she thought as she sniffed some more. Right when someone opened the door, Mitsune rushed from around the corner and ran into Naru causing her to toss the meals up into the air.
Ryo saw the meals toss high into the air caught the food quickly before anybody could see. "What the heck?"
"Ryo, what are you doing here?" questioned the two girls.
"What does it look like?" Ryo asked with a bit of annoyance in his voice. "I got a job here."
"Ryo is the food there?" someone asked from inside the room.
"Yeah, I just got it. I'll bring it over," shouted Ryo. "You guys better get back to work if you want to get the money we need," and with that Ryo closed the door and left them outside. "Oh and I almost forgot. Here's the payment with your tip and everything," Ryo replied as he opened the door again and handed Naru some money. Then he went back in.
"Mitsune, why did you do that?!?" gnarled an angry Naru.
"Well.um." Mitsune stammered as small beads of sweat started to form on her forehead. She knew better than to make Naru really angry. "I was running and I didn't see you. Sorry about that, sugar," she replied trying to be her normal self.
Naru's anger went away when her friend said it was all an accident and she apologized. "It's ok. I better get back to work. See you later," Naru waved goodbye to Mitsune as she went back to work.
"Boy, that was pretty close," she replied.
---------Back at the Hinata Apartments-------------
"I'm home," Ryo shouted as he walked in carrying a small backpack. "I brought someone with me." Sara walked in the apartments and started to look around.
"Hello, anybody home," yelled Ryo as he went towards the dining room, which always seems like where everybody was all the time. He opened the door and sure enough everybody was gathered around the table eating their dinner, and they are looking quite tired at the moment. "Hey everybody, this is Sara," he introduced the blond girl to everybody.
"Hey Sara," everybody greeted.
"Do you wanna be friends?" Su asked as she jumped from her chair and rushed towards Sara.
"What?" that was all Sara could say as she was dragged out of the room by Su.
"What's she doing here?" asked Mitsune.
"Well, my boss is out on an excavation and he asked me to take care of her for tonight," replied Ryo as he sat down in a chair. "Thanks Shinobu," he smiled at the little blue haired girl as she put some food in front of him.
"You're welcome," she blushed as she turned her head away trying to hide her blushing cheeks.
"So where is she going to sleep?" asked Naru.
"We can have her sleep at the spare room by yours or let her sleep with Shinobu or something," he replied with a mouth full of food. Right then Sara burst into the room. She was panting pretty hard. Ryo guessed that she has been running away from Su. He couldn't really blame her though. He would run away from Su, too. "Are you hungry?" he asked as he held out a plate of food.
"Yep," she replied hungrily as she grabbed the plate and started to gobble it all down.
"Welcome to the Hinata Apartments," replied Ryo.
That's it for this chapter. I'm finally through with it. Thanks for all of ya'lls reviews and keep 'em coming. Here's the latest results of the poll:
Shinobu-33
Motoko-35
Naru-40 (they caught up pretty quickly)
Mitsune-4
Su-6
Mitsumi (who will be here soon)-3
Thanks again. Laters.