Mikage took one look at the way Anthy was looking up at him and turned on heel and walked away. Not worth
the time to deal with it and he didn't want to know what the look was for. Akio had given him that look before -
for different reasons he was sure (or at least hoped dearly). Instead, he decided he'd have to find out what had
happened from some one less... chibi and.... Himemiya-ish.
"Damn that family to hell - as long as it isn't MY hell....."
And with that he began looking for any one else to ask.
The face on Nanami Kiryuu was one who was having a really bad day. First of all, she had been searching for
her 'Niisama during the break so they could have lunch together. When all of a sudden, she was suddenly dragged
along by a mob escaping from the central courtyard. When she finally repossessed her bearings, she was caught up
in another frenzied crowd moving back into the building. She didn't even get the chance to let these people know
of her thoughts on this barbaric treatment of a person such as herself!
And then, back in the courtyard, before she could chase away these insects that were buzzing around her
brother, she got caught once again by the stampede of girls ( and of some boys ^_^; ) who had hung back to continue
looking at the naked Student Council members and were now trying to escape from the dragon that was coming their
way. She stood her ground against the herd this time but received a face full of scaly toes and claws for her
troubles. Now, having been jerked about, trampled upon, and tripped over, she was being chewed upon. Really, is
having lunch with her 'Niisama so much to ask?
"Weirdo! *weak tug* Beast! *another weak tug* Let me go!"
Nanami was understandably quite tired and was unable to do much but a token effort at resistance. Nor did
she realize the precarious state of her clothes. Those were the side seams as well as a part of the sleeves that
Ikariko was holding.
As for her henchwomen, where were they in her time of need? Why, Keiko, Aiko, and Yuuko were assisting her
Big Brother to the nurse's station. To get him away from all those girls ( and some guys ^_^ ), you understand. All
for the sake of their Nanami-sama, of course. Of course. ^_^
With the sudden cessation of liquid emanation from a tomboy with a fixation on stinky bishounenmon
extermination, *gasp* *wheeze*, the trio of CHIBI-Lufios started to come to. Not too far away, the former
CMMNTTR-Lufio had already gotten back to his feet. The four bishounenmons were no longer quite as immaculate in
their appearance as they had been earlier. The bodies of the three chibi were covered entirely with mud and grass.
It seemed as if they were a trio of hillocks in the the muddy plain of the courtyard.
"Oooo... spin spin spin... Lufio still... dizzy..."
As for the lurking commentator, he was covered in shoe prints and bruises and was limping along as he
wandered off to search for some medical attention. His slacks seemed to have only one leg left to it; plaid boxers
were showing through in the other end. The only thing left of his purple commentator blazer was a couple of sleeves
hanging loosely from his arms. His dress shirt had seen better days as well.
"Ugh... Medic!"
The disheveled bishounenmon lurker stumbled about in the muddy courtyard, still dazed and confused. He
meandered around, trying to make his way to the nurse's station. He had yet to find it, but he did run across a
slightly confused chibi Haruka, who was trying to determine what had happened to all the water. Still dizzy from
her sudden backwards flight, it is easy to understand why she was constantly banging the nozzle of the fire hose
and then peering into it in an attempt to get the water flowing again.
Elsewhere in Ohtori Academy, an encounter of a different sort was taking place. Within the office of the
Deputy-Chairman, as much as the Observatory could be called an office.
"And?"
Akio Ohtori turned away from the windows to look at the "supplicatory" Juri Arisugawa.
"And what do you offer in its stead? Hmmm?"
Curtains suddenly sprang from the sides of the windows, darkening the entire room. Yet the confident smile
on the face of the Deputy Chairman could still be seen.
And what an odd sight it was. The imposing figure of Souji Mikage was making his way towards the confines
of the main academic building. It was probably safer in there and more likely to contain people able to answer his
questions. Unfortunately, his staid appearance was ruined by the figures following behind him.
Walking not too far behind was the chibi Anthy Himemiya, with a cheerful smile on her face and a bib on her
neck. Behind her was a line of her "friends," cosplaying once again as members of the FF Team. ChuChu looked just
absolutely darling in the blue and white sailor seifuku and the blue wig. With a red bow instead of his usual
necktie, he made an "interesting" chibi Ami Mizuno. They all had toothy grins on their faces.
Speaking of Miss Mizuno, the young genius girl arose to find herself in a very dark place. There seemed
to be no source of illumination to the place. The hole overhead she had fallen through seemed to have vanished.
Strange that. Wait, there seemed to be some light far ahead.
"Hello? Is someone there?"
Coming closer, she discovered a curious thing. There was a small pool of water in the middle of nowhere,
lit up by a soft glow. Even more curious, some black flower petals floated on the surface of the water.
"Curious. Black rose petals."
Somehow, Ami Mizuno had found her way into the depths of Nemuro Memorial Hall.
There was a gentle sound behind Xmerc as if phase resistance of air was occurring. then a slight shuffling
noise. then a scream of anguish.
"Let Go of my Nanami-san you... you Cannibal!" Mitsurugi Tsuwabuki screamed out, while grabbing a piece of
rebar and unceremoniously clubbing Xmerc over the head and shoulders with it.
Elsewhere, Kagekaze, the Shadowdrake leaned over to help the artic dragon that had just tripped up. "You
should be more careful. You almost crushed those poor humans."
Kevin meanwhile was floating above it all with a very familiar smirk on his face, his eyes seemingly closed
as he stroked his goatee.
"ah, I do so love being part Makotzu. And all that precious misery down there..."
Xmerc flinched about once... then turned around and ate the rebar...
Ikariko just kinda stood there with her mouth hanging open, staring at the sight of her (psyhcotic) other
half cheerfully munching on a hunk steel rebar...
Glacier found herself pulled back up to her feet by Kagekaze. Which freed the pressure that had been being
applied to the hose. Which caused the extremely large bulge that had formed to suddenly dissappear. Which led to
fairly predictable results...
Ruka-kun had been staring into the end of the hose when suddenly about fifteen, if not more, gallons of
water came gushing out of the hose directly into her face, sending her flying far FAR away with a piercing
shriek...
Ami, for her part, was inspecting the black rose that she had found before her. A casual hand reached in
and gently stroked the velvety soft petals.
"How... beautiful..." she whispered, mere moments before pricking her finger on a thorn. "OW!"
Juri glared as coldly as she could at the Deputy-Chairman, given the circumstances.
"Don't get your hopes up too high, DEPUTY-Chairman. I'm STILL not intrested in you like that." she stepped
to a curtain and pushed aside the curtain to glance outside. "But I could probably find a SUTIBLE canidate for
you..."
She looked back to Akio with a hooded glance and an evil smirk that rivaled even his....
"Yeah, yeah, Kevin-kun. But do you have to be this high up? How am I supposed to get any good shots at this
altitude?"
Draped comfortably over Kevin's back, Nabiki Tendo had one arm intimately wrapped over one shoulder and
around his torso while holding a camera with her other hand. Her lithe legs were tightly secured around Kevin's
waist as Nabiki rode piggyback.
"Look, look! There's something happening now. Let's go!"
Below, a watery explosion took place in the central courtyard of the main academic building. One chibi
Haruka Tenoh was on an outbound flight from the courtyard, heading to parts unknown. She was last seen flying in
the direction of the Forbidden Forest.
"Wark!"
It seems the little tomboy wasn't the only one within the blast radius of the explosive burst of water
gushing out of the fire hose. One scruffy-looking Lufio got caught in the backlash of the geyser that launched
Haruka. And with no crazed chibi bent on a fumigation spree controlling the water hose, water was being sprayed
everywhere. Even as far as those three mounds of mud in the middle of the courtyard.
The people still remaining in the courtyard scattered away from the serpentine gyrations of the
out-of-control water hose.
Unperturbed, the Deputy Chairman moved to stand closer to the Student Council member. A little bit too
close maybe. He stood right beside her, looking at the courtyard over her shoulder. His hand barely touching Juri's
as he, too, pushed the curtains slightly aside.
"You don't say..."
In the courtyard below, Nanami Kiryuu tried to reign in what dignity she had left. Her uniform was in
tatters, threatening to fall off at the slightest provocation. With both arms now available to her once again, she
was using them to protect her modesty. She was still quite angry as well. Her lips quivered as her outrage grew and
grew; she was the very picture of damsel in distress and angry bitch combined. It's sights like these that it's no
wonder why Mitsuru Tsuwabuki wanted to protect Nanami and to call her "Joou-sama" at the same time. Wait... he's a
little bit too young for that... Maybe he isn't "up" for that yet. Or maybe he is. We'll just never know, since the
four of them were interrupted by the arrival of the out-of-control water hose and were scattered to the four winds.
"EEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The smirk Juri turned to Akio was quite michevious.
"Of course I say." She turned back to the window and gazed down at where Glacier was trying, fairly
unsuccessfully, to control the fast flying water and hose. "How do you feel about the color white anyway?"
Juri gestured towards Glacier as she spoke.
Glacier was trying desperatly to avoid anymore untowards accidents caused by Ruka-kun's hose. Unfortunately,
it appeared that whenever the water came into contact with her, it froze instantly and merged with her skin. The
massive spikes forming from those contacts was making her movement through the courtyard after the hose increasingly
dangerous to those around her.
Ruka-kun landed hard deep in the center of the Forbidden Forest. Right next to a surprisingly ancient
looking tomb. Curious, she pulled on the door, and was 'rewarded' with it opening. Venturing inside, what she
discovered next was not at all what she expected...
"WAY COOL!!"
Ikariko and Xmerc were now quite involved with their own problems, as they had been sent flying with a
blast of water before EITHER of them could bring their control over water to bear on the situation. Besides that,
it was COLD water and Ikariko really didn't think that she'd be able to do anything with it, being more disposed to
HOT water herself. Xmerc just didn't think.
However, their minds were CERTAINLY on other things as they hurtled through the air. Which is probably why
they DIDN'T notice Kevin and Nabiki before they crashed into them...
At that moment, yet another of the disturbing folks which lived inside Siobhan's head made their
appearance.
his time though there was SOME small measure of thought involved. For Thalia walked over and calmly shut
off the water being supplied to the hose.
Mikage sighed quietly and continued on his trek, thankful that he had not had an "encounter" with that hose
and chibi controlling it. He was nearly to the main academic building when he turned around. He felt like he was
being followed. Different feeling for someone who usually did the following. He didn't look -down- though and
little did he know as he turned back around that it could very well be his downfall that he didn't...
He truly had no idea of the doom which was to befall him next...
For Chibi-Anthy, in her little lobster decorated bib, razor-sharp knife and fork firmly grasped in chubby
little hands, had just sent a message to her tiny followers in the silent way only she could. And the creatures
swarmed up past her, vicious teeth flashing bright in the light, claws glinting with deadly promise, as the buried
the young man before them in a heaving mound of HUNGER...
Chibi-Anthy merely stood back and smiled at the carnage before her, knowing, as children only can, that the
horrible creatures that servered her bidding would save her the heart and a leg or two... her favorite bits...
The Deputy Chairman continued to look at the courtyard below. The water escapades seemed to have stopped
for now.
"The bloom of the white rose, its scent is sweet. A sweetness that lingers on even after it has turned
pink, if just for a short while."
With still a smile on his face, Akio Ohtori gave Juri a sideward look. The two looked at each other for a
several moments. Then, with identical smirks on their faces, they turned to look out the window at the courtyard
below, standing side by side.
"Yes, a scent to be savored."
In one end of the courtyard, a figure suddenly emerged from the writhing pile of carnivorous faux chibi.
One Souji Mikage leapt up into the air, screaming, as a mongoose dressed up as Haruka Tenoh hung on with its teeth
embedded onto his rear end.
"YEEEEEEOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWCCCCCHHHHH!!!!!!"
His blue coat was in tatters, its coattails now hanging around his shoulderblades. The sleeves reached only
as far as the elbows, and the entire collar was gone. It was worse for the rest of his clothing.
Souji Mikage. Leader of the Black Rose Society. Host of the Mikage Seminar. One who appears dignified,
unapproachable. Reduced to a streaker as he ran into the courtyard to escape from cannibalistic faux chibi. In
his boxers. Rose print. Black. ^_^ What? You thought he was a briefs man?
Truly, this was a bad day. Mobbed upon, trampled over, tripped against, chewed up, spat out, and now,
water-blasted. This was truly a bad day for Nanami Kiryuu.
"Those pests will pay for this! This I swear! I'll have them arrested and locked up! Then I'll come watch
and laugh at them as they stand there miserable behind bars. I'll bring cakes and eat them in front of their faces,
since they'll be forced to subsist upon bread and water. Yes, that's what I'll do! I'll call it, Operation "Everyone
Will Go To Prison For Bothering My Brother And Trying To Eat Me!" Yes, that's what will happen!"
Nanami stood up from where she landed in the courtyard to laugh at the coming downfall of her enemies. With
her hands on her hips, she laughed for a bit before stopping.
"Oh ho ho ho ho ho ho ho! Oh ho ho- *shiver* Brrr! It's cold. Why is it so cold?"
Elsewhere in the courtyard, another person was finding it quite drafty out in the open.
"Whoa... what a wake-up call! Nothing like the shock of cold water to get the blood pumping! I feel much
better now. *stretch* *neck rotation* *twist head left then right* Heh. Nothing keeps a good lurker down. Though...
it feels kinda cold out here..."
Nearby, three additional figures stirred from the ground. The rampaging water hose had stripped away the
mounds of mud that had covered them up. It had also awakened them back to full consciousness.
"Ugh. Lufio no like that bath. Too rough."
"Yeah. Lufio no like that."
"Hey!"
"What?"
"What?"
"Why other Lufios nekkie?"
"Huh?"
"Huh?"
"And why Lufio nekkie, too?"
There was much staring back and forth going on between the three of them. And their chatter had drawn the
attention of the person near them.
"Ni-ban? San-ban? Yon-ban? Why are all of you naked?"
The three CHIBI-Lufios merely pointed back at their fellow bishounenmon. The lurker looked down at himself.
From the central courtyard of the main academic building in Ohtori Academy, there was heard a loud cry of
outrage and shock. And it wasn't alone.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"
As Xmerc and company sailed towards them, Kevin mearly looked up non-plussed.
"Oh, look, 'Biki-chan. Guests. I hate Guests."
With that, there was a sound like great leather wings folding in on themselves, and Kevin and Nabiki
vanished for a moment, only to float out of a shadow a few meters away. Just in time actually to watch two other
figures splash down in the garden.
"k.k.Kevin? 100,000 Yen. And you never do that again." Nabiki stuttered as she looked at the white streak
that had formed in her bangs from the little side trip through the shadows.
Kevin looked at her and frowned, then put his hand on the offending locks. when he took it away, they were
their familiar black again. "I'm sorry 'Biki. I promise, never again." to which he gave her a peck on the cheek,
before pointing at the two individuals who had splashed down a moment ago. "You might want to start rolling
though. This could be interesting."
Often when bad things happened to Kiryuu Nanami, they happened to anyone who was around her as well. That
was why, whenever something bad happened to Nanami, it also tended to fall out onto Tsuwabuki Mitsuru as well. This
time however, fate was being kind.
As Tsuwabuki came to, his vision was filled with one thing. Nanami. In all her glory.
It was at this moment that Nanami noticed why it was so cold that day.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"
As soon as she stopped screaming, she looked around.
And noticed Tsuwabuki. In all his glory. In _ALL_ his glory.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Mikage was PAST outraged. HOW DARE THAT LITTLE IMP OF A WITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????????? What the hell are
these things?! he wondered as he continued to get as far from them as he possible could. At least he wasn't nude!
That wasn't much consolation to the man at the moment though.
"I'M A GHOST, LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE, YOU CAN'T EAT ME, I'LL JUST COME BACK!"
How, well...... he didn't want to think about that. It invovled a digestive system and such and he REALLY
didn't want to think about that. So he didn't. He just continued to run; boxers, tatters, and all.
All the screaming and the shouting in the courtyard roused the sleeper who had been forgotten. The
blue-haired junior high student stood up from where he had been dropped earlier. He swayed back and forth as he
tried to remain standing. From all the smells emanating from the debris covering the broken sewage pipes, it is
easy to understand why he hadn't fully regained his bearings.
"A bath... Need... to take... a bath..."
Miki Kaoru staggered down the debris slope towards the central courtyard. At the base, he suddenly found
himself standing in a puddle of water. Through his glazed eyes, he saw a young man and several children standing
there, cleaning themselves off as their hands flew everywhere all over their bodies.
"Oh... public baths... I'm already... inside... the public bathhouses..."
The youngest member of the Student Council started disrobing his uniform. After removing his coat and
moving on to his pants, he was interrupted by a piercing shriek.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Miki Kaoru looked over to the side, where he noticed Nanami Kiryuu attempting to preserve her modesty
while hitting Mitsuru Tsuwabuki. Mitsuru, for his part, was pinching his nose and protecting his bits while
trying to calm down Nanami.
"Oh... Nanami entered the wrong side..."
After removing the last of his clothes, Miki joined the other people already in the baths. They were
strangely silent. And they seemed to be frozen in place. Whatever the reason may be, it was none of his business.
Dipping a bucket into a nearby pool, he started rinsing himself off.
"*whisper* Hey, Lufio? Why is blue boy splashing blue boy with Lufio's hat? *whisper*"
"*whisper* Hey! Why is blue boy using Lufio's blanket as towel? *whisper*"
While the bishounenmons pondered the mysteries of the young genius, elsewhere in the courtyard, a
pink-haired high school student was fleeing from his pursuers. In his rose print boxers. As the young man was
constantly looking behind him and yelling at the pursuing crowd, he didn't see the large icicle-encrusted dragon
lumbering about in the courtyard in front of him. Nor did Souji Mikage spot the ice spike that laid across his
path. Well, his feet will soon be introducing themselves to it.
Mikage swore under his breath and tried to recover his dignity. Wasn't gonna happen today evidently, he
realized as he found himself suddenly unsure of his footing. Looking down he saw ice. And found how close he'd
been to being HURT on that ice made him almost grateful that he'd miss being injured. Almost. After all, now he
was sliding and couldn't regain his balance, was in his underwear for all to see, and he'd been an almost meal. The
day was just getting WORSE too...
Because then he decided to finally look towards where it was he was uncontrollably going. And his wine
colored eyes widened before closing and the man accepted the inevitable. Evidently, he was supposed to die a
couple times today. Shit. A dragon... wonderful.
"Maybe I'm destined to be eaten today... or squashed flat or from the looks of it frozen to death," the
man sighed and just went with where he was going. He'd learned long ago that at Ohtori, things like this just
HAPPENED and he'd NEVER get away.
Gouts of ice had sprouted all over Glacier's body, covering her up by the time the fire hose was stopped.
Not that it stopped her from pursuing that pesky thing. Large slivers of ice constantly broke off and fell along
her path. Several of them were incorporated into the puddles of water that froze into sheets as she ran across
them. Now that the vexing water hose had stopped, Glacier-Siobhan took a breather in the middle of the courtyard.
The spikes of ice tinkled against each other with each breath she took, forming a strange but pleasant melody.
"Mmmm... a fitting sound to take to my grave. Again."
Souji Mikage slid onward towards the mountain of spikes in front of him. He was resigned to his fate. But
it was not to be.
"AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!"
After rinsing off the rest of his body, Miki Kaoru had finally dumped cold water on top of his head. That
had cleared up his wits quite well. He had found himself in the middle of the central courtyard at the main
academic building of Ohtori Academy. Without a stitch of clothing on, besides the hat in his hand and a blanket
over his thighs. And other people were nearby. The blue-haired member of the Student Council was terribly
embarassed and was now running towards his room. With his arm over his eyes, as he didn't want to see the faces of
anyone who could see him. Unfortunately, he was running straight towards Glacier.
The silver dragon did spot him, however. She rose off her haunches to try to avoid the little weeping one.
But grace was not with her at that moment. She slipped on her own ice, clumsiness striking once again. Her forearms
pinwheeling about her and her wings flared out, she gyrated and dipped and bowed and stumbled as she tried to avoid
impaling the little blue and white streak running towards her, beneath her, and behind her on the spikes decorating
her body. Surprisingly enough, she succeeded. She let out a tremendous sigh of relief. Juri would have been even
more wrought with her if something happened. Thank goodness nothing did. Glacier hadn't noticed the new rose print
flag decorating her tail. Nor the blue streamers hanging off of several of the spikes on her back.
Souji Mikage slid onwards past the silver dragon, his eyes closed as he continued to await his fate. He was
prepared to leave this world (again) with nothing but what he had as he entered it. Not that he knew this, of
course. But the gesture is appreciated, none the less. ^_^
As for one apparent good point to all the dancing about though, it appeared that the great majority of the
ice spikes decorating her form had shattered off and left her mostly normal looking. For a dragon that is. However,
she was quite curious about just HOW they had manage to come down in such a regulated pattern and fence in the poor
denuded Miki.
Her quicksilver eyes narrowed briefly and she sent a frigid gaze in the direction of the observatory. Juri
HAD to have SOMEthing to do with this...
Juri, on the other hand, was observing the intresting scene which had managed to form. And of course, the
newest bit of 'statuary' just HAD to be seen to be appreciated PROPERLY...
"Why, Deputy-Chairman..." she smirked, as she took in the scene. "have you been.. *ahem*... dancing with
the Scarlet Witch again? Surely something like THAT," her hand sketched out a gesture somehow indicating poor
Miki's delimma, "couldn't have been ENTIRELY coincidental..."
the time to deal with it and he didn't want to know what the look was for. Akio had given him that look before -
for different reasons he was sure (or at least hoped dearly). Instead, he decided he'd have to find out what had
happened from some one less... chibi and.... Himemiya-ish.
"Damn that family to hell - as long as it isn't MY hell....."
And with that he began looking for any one else to ask.
The face on Nanami Kiryuu was one who was having a really bad day. First of all, she had been searching for
her 'Niisama during the break so they could have lunch together. When all of a sudden, she was suddenly dragged
along by a mob escaping from the central courtyard. When she finally repossessed her bearings, she was caught up
in another frenzied crowd moving back into the building. She didn't even get the chance to let these people know
of her thoughts on this barbaric treatment of a person such as herself!
And then, back in the courtyard, before she could chase away these insects that were buzzing around her
brother, she got caught once again by the stampede of girls ( and of some boys ^_^; ) who had hung back to continue
looking at the naked Student Council members and were now trying to escape from the dragon that was coming their
way. She stood her ground against the herd this time but received a face full of scaly toes and claws for her
troubles. Now, having been jerked about, trampled upon, and tripped over, she was being chewed upon. Really, is
having lunch with her 'Niisama so much to ask?
"Weirdo! *weak tug* Beast! *another weak tug* Let me go!"
Nanami was understandably quite tired and was unable to do much but a token effort at resistance. Nor did
she realize the precarious state of her clothes. Those were the side seams as well as a part of the sleeves that
Ikariko was holding.
As for her henchwomen, where were they in her time of need? Why, Keiko, Aiko, and Yuuko were assisting her
Big Brother to the nurse's station. To get him away from all those girls ( and some guys ^_^ ), you understand. All
for the sake of their Nanami-sama, of course. Of course. ^_^
With the sudden cessation of liquid emanation from a tomboy with a fixation on stinky bishounenmon
extermination, *gasp* *wheeze*, the trio of CHIBI-Lufios started to come to. Not too far away, the former
CMMNTTR-Lufio had already gotten back to his feet. The four bishounenmons were no longer quite as immaculate in
their appearance as they had been earlier. The bodies of the three chibi were covered entirely with mud and grass.
It seemed as if they were a trio of hillocks in the the muddy plain of the courtyard.
"Oooo... spin spin spin... Lufio still... dizzy..."
As for the lurking commentator, he was covered in shoe prints and bruises and was limping along as he
wandered off to search for some medical attention. His slacks seemed to have only one leg left to it; plaid boxers
were showing through in the other end. The only thing left of his purple commentator blazer was a couple of sleeves
hanging loosely from his arms. His dress shirt had seen better days as well.
"Ugh... Medic!"
The disheveled bishounenmon lurker stumbled about in the muddy courtyard, still dazed and confused. He
meandered around, trying to make his way to the nurse's station. He had yet to find it, but he did run across a
slightly confused chibi Haruka, who was trying to determine what had happened to all the water. Still dizzy from
her sudden backwards flight, it is easy to understand why she was constantly banging the nozzle of the fire hose
and then peering into it in an attempt to get the water flowing again.
Elsewhere in Ohtori Academy, an encounter of a different sort was taking place. Within the office of the
Deputy-Chairman, as much as the Observatory could be called an office.
"And?"
Akio Ohtori turned away from the windows to look at the "supplicatory" Juri Arisugawa.
"And what do you offer in its stead? Hmmm?"
Curtains suddenly sprang from the sides of the windows, darkening the entire room. Yet the confident smile
on the face of the Deputy Chairman could still be seen.
And what an odd sight it was. The imposing figure of Souji Mikage was making his way towards the confines
of the main academic building. It was probably safer in there and more likely to contain people able to answer his
questions. Unfortunately, his staid appearance was ruined by the figures following behind him.
Walking not too far behind was the chibi Anthy Himemiya, with a cheerful smile on her face and a bib on her
neck. Behind her was a line of her "friends," cosplaying once again as members of the FF Team. ChuChu looked just
absolutely darling in the blue and white sailor seifuku and the blue wig. With a red bow instead of his usual
necktie, he made an "interesting" chibi Ami Mizuno. They all had toothy grins on their faces.
Speaking of Miss Mizuno, the young genius girl arose to find herself in a very dark place. There seemed
to be no source of illumination to the place. The hole overhead she had fallen through seemed to have vanished.
Strange that. Wait, there seemed to be some light far ahead.
"Hello? Is someone there?"
Coming closer, she discovered a curious thing. There was a small pool of water in the middle of nowhere,
lit up by a soft glow. Even more curious, some black flower petals floated on the surface of the water.
"Curious. Black rose petals."
Somehow, Ami Mizuno had found her way into the depths of Nemuro Memorial Hall.
There was a gentle sound behind Xmerc as if phase resistance of air was occurring. then a slight shuffling
noise. then a scream of anguish.
"Let Go of my Nanami-san you... you Cannibal!" Mitsurugi Tsuwabuki screamed out, while grabbing a piece of
rebar and unceremoniously clubbing Xmerc over the head and shoulders with it.
Elsewhere, Kagekaze, the Shadowdrake leaned over to help the artic dragon that had just tripped up. "You
should be more careful. You almost crushed those poor humans."
Kevin meanwhile was floating above it all with a very familiar smirk on his face, his eyes seemingly closed
as he stroked his goatee.
"ah, I do so love being part Makotzu. And all that precious misery down there..."
Xmerc flinched about once... then turned around and ate the rebar...
Ikariko just kinda stood there with her mouth hanging open, staring at the sight of her (psyhcotic) other
half cheerfully munching on a hunk steel rebar...
Glacier found herself pulled back up to her feet by Kagekaze. Which freed the pressure that had been being
applied to the hose. Which caused the extremely large bulge that had formed to suddenly dissappear. Which led to
fairly predictable results...
Ruka-kun had been staring into the end of the hose when suddenly about fifteen, if not more, gallons of
water came gushing out of the hose directly into her face, sending her flying far FAR away with a piercing
shriek...
Ami, for her part, was inspecting the black rose that she had found before her. A casual hand reached in
and gently stroked the velvety soft petals.
"How... beautiful..." she whispered, mere moments before pricking her finger on a thorn. "OW!"
Juri glared as coldly as she could at the Deputy-Chairman, given the circumstances.
"Don't get your hopes up too high, DEPUTY-Chairman. I'm STILL not intrested in you like that." she stepped
to a curtain and pushed aside the curtain to glance outside. "But I could probably find a SUTIBLE canidate for
you..."
She looked back to Akio with a hooded glance and an evil smirk that rivaled even his....
"Yeah, yeah, Kevin-kun. But do you have to be this high up? How am I supposed to get any good shots at this
altitude?"
Draped comfortably over Kevin's back, Nabiki Tendo had one arm intimately wrapped over one shoulder and
around his torso while holding a camera with her other hand. Her lithe legs were tightly secured around Kevin's
waist as Nabiki rode piggyback.
"Look, look! There's something happening now. Let's go!"
Below, a watery explosion took place in the central courtyard of the main academic building. One chibi
Haruka Tenoh was on an outbound flight from the courtyard, heading to parts unknown. She was last seen flying in
the direction of the Forbidden Forest.
"Wark!"
It seems the little tomboy wasn't the only one within the blast radius of the explosive burst of water
gushing out of the fire hose. One scruffy-looking Lufio got caught in the backlash of the geyser that launched
Haruka. And with no crazed chibi bent on a fumigation spree controlling the water hose, water was being sprayed
everywhere. Even as far as those three mounds of mud in the middle of the courtyard.
The people still remaining in the courtyard scattered away from the serpentine gyrations of the
out-of-control water hose.
Unperturbed, the Deputy Chairman moved to stand closer to the Student Council member. A little bit too
close maybe. He stood right beside her, looking at the courtyard over her shoulder. His hand barely touching Juri's
as he, too, pushed the curtains slightly aside.
"You don't say..."
In the courtyard below, Nanami Kiryuu tried to reign in what dignity she had left. Her uniform was in
tatters, threatening to fall off at the slightest provocation. With both arms now available to her once again, she
was using them to protect her modesty. She was still quite angry as well. Her lips quivered as her outrage grew and
grew; she was the very picture of damsel in distress and angry bitch combined. It's sights like these that it's no
wonder why Mitsuru Tsuwabuki wanted to protect Nanami and to call her "Joou-sama" at the same time. Wait... he's a
little bit too young for that... Maybe he isn't "up" for that yet. Or maybe he is. We'll just never know, since the
four of them were interrupted by the arrival of the out-of-control water hose and were scattered to the four winds.
"EEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The smirk Juri turned to Akio was quite michevious.
"Of course I say." She turned back to the window and gazed down at where Glacier was trying, fairly
unsuccessfully, to control the fast flying water and hose. "How do you feel about the color white anyway?"
Juri gestured towards Glacier as she spoke.
Glacier was trying desperatly to avoid anymore untowards accidents caused by Ruka-kun's hose. Unfortunately,
it appeared that whenever the water came into contact with her, it froze instantly and merged with her skin. The
massive spikes forming from those contacts was making her movement through the courtyard after the hose increasingly
dangerous to those around her.
Ruka-kun landed hard deep in the center of the Forbidden Forest. Right next to a surprisingly ancient
looking tomb. Curious, she pulled on the door, and was 'rewarded' with it opening. Venturing inside, what she
discovered next was not at all what she expected...
"WAY COOL!!"
Ikariko and Xmerc were now quite involved with their own problems, as they had been sent flying with a
blast of water before EITHER of them could bring their control over water to bear on the situation. Besides that,
it was COLD water and Ikariko really didn't think that she'd be able to do anything with it, being more disposed to
HOT water herself. Xmerc just didn't think.
However, their minds were CERTAINLY on other things as they hurtled through the air. Which is probably why
they DIDN'T notice Kevin and Nabiki before they crashed into them...
At that moment, yet another of the disturbing folks which lived inside Siobhan's head made their
appearance.
his time though there was SOME small measure of thought involved. For Thalia walked over and calmly shut
off the water being supplied to the hose.
Mikage sighed quietly and continued on his trek, thankful that he had not had an "encounter" with that hose
and chibi controlling it. He was nearly to the main academic building when he turned around. He felt like he was
being followed. Different feeling for someone who usually did the following. He didn't look -down- though and
little did he know as he turned back around that it could very well be his downfall that he didn't...
He truly had no idea of the doom which was to befall him next...
For Chibi-Anthy, in her little lobster decorated bib, razor-sharp knife and fork firmly grasped in chubby
little hands, had just sent a message to her tiny followers in the silent way only she could. And the creatures
swarmed up past her, vicious teeth flashing bright in the light, claws glinting with deadly promise, as the buried
the young man before them in a heaving mound of HUNGER...
Chibi-Anthy merely stood back and smiled at the carnage before her, knowing, as children only can, that the
horrible creatures that servered her bidding would save her the heart and a leg or two... her favorite bits...
The Deputy Chairman continued to look at the courtyard below. The water escapades seemed to have stopped
for now.
"The bloom of the white rose, its scent is sweet. A sweetness that lingers on even after it has turned
pink, if just for a short while."
With still a smile on his face, Akio Ohtori gave Juri a sideward look. The two looked at each other for a
several moments. Then, with identical smirks on their faces, they turned to look out the window at the courtyard
below, standing side by side.
"Yes, a scent to be savored."
In one end of the courtyard, a figure suddenly emerged from the writhing pile of carnivorous faux chibi.
One Souji Mikage leapt up into the air, screaming, as a mongoose dressed up as Haruka Tenoh hung on with its teeth
embedded onto his rear end.
"YEEEEEEOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWCCCCCHHHHH!!!!!!"
His blue coat was in tatters, its coattails now hanging around his shoulderblades. The sleeves reached only
as far as the elbows, and the entire collar was gone. It was worse for the rest of his clothing.
Souji Mikage. Leader of the Black Rose Society. Host of the Mikage Seminar. One who appears dignified,
unapproachable. Reduced to a streaker as he ran into the courtyard to escape from cannibalistic faux chibi. In
his boxers. Rose print. Black. ^_^ What? You thought he was a briefs man?
Truly, this was a bad day. Mobbed upon, trampled over, tripped against, chewed up, spat out, and now,
water-blasted. This was truly a bad day for Nanami Kiryuu.
"Those pests will pay for this! This I swear! I'll have them arrested and locked up! Then I'll come watch
and laugh at them as they stand there miserable behind bars. I'll bring cakes and eat them in front of their faces,
since they'll be forced to subsist upon bread and water. Yes, that's what I'll do! I'll call it, Operation "Everyone
Will Go To Prison For Bothering My Brother And Trying To Eat Me!" Yes, that's what will happen!"
Nanami stood up from where she landed in the courtyard to laugh at the coming downfall of her enemies. With
her hands on her hips, she laughed for a bit before stopping.
"Oh ho ho ho ho ho ho ho! Oh ho ho- *shiver* Brrr! It's cold. Why is it so cold?"
Elsewhere in the courtyard, another person was finding it quite drafty out in the open.
"Whoa... what a wake-up call! Nothing like the shock of cold water to get the blood pumping! I feel much
better now. *stretch* *neck rotation* *twist head left then right* Heh. Nothing keeps a good lurker down. Though...
it feels kinda cold out here..."
Nearby, three additional figures stirred from the ground. The rampaging water hose had stripped away the
mounds of mud that had covered them up. It had also awakened them back to full consciousness.
"Ugh. Lufio no like that bath. Too rough."
"Yeah. Lufio no like that."
"Hey!"
"What?"
"What?"
"Why other Lufios nekkie?"
"Huh?"
"Huh?"
"And why Lufio nekkie, too?"
There was much staring back and forth going on between the three of them. And their chatter had drawn the
attention of the person near them.
"Ni-ban? San-ban? Yon-ban? Why are all of you naked?"
The three CHIBI-Lufios merely pointed back at their fellow bishounenmon. The lurker looked down at himself.
From the central courtyard of the main academic building in Ohtori Academy, there was heard a loud cry of
outrage and shock. And it wasn't alone.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"
As Xmerc and company sailed towards them, Kevin mearly looked up non-plussed.
"Oh, look, 'Biki-chan. Guests. I hate Guests."
With that, there was a sound like great leather wings folding in on themselves, and Kevin and Nabiki
vanished for a moment, only to float out of a shadow a few meters away. Just in time actually to watch two other
figures splash down in the garden.
"k.k.Kevin? 100,000 Yen. And you never do that again." Nabiki stuttered as she looked at the white streak
that had formed in her bangs from the little side trip through the shadows.
Kevin looked at her and frowned, then put his hand on the offending locks. when he took it away, they were
their familiar black again. "I'm sorry 'Biki. I promise, never again." to which he gave her a peck on the cheek,
before pointing at the two individuals who had splashed down a moment ago. "You might want to start rolling
though. This could be interesting."
Often when bad things happened to Kiryuu Nanami, they happened to anyone who was around her as well. That
was why, whenever something bad happened to Nanami, it also tended to fall out onto Tsuwabuki Mitsuru as well. This
time however, fate was being kind.
As Tsuwabuki came to, his vision was filled with one thing. Nanami. In all her glory.
It was at this moment that Nanami noticed why it was so cold that day.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"
As soon as she stopped screaming, she looked around.
And noticed Tsuwabuki. In all his glory. In _ALL_ his glory.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Mikage was PAST outraged. HOW DARE THAT LITTLE IMP OF A WITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????????? What the hell are
these things?! he wondered as he continued to get as far from them as he possible could. At least he wasn't nude!
That wasn't much consolation to the man at the moment though.
"I'M A GHOST, LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE, YOU CAN'T EAT ME, I'LL JUST COME BACK!"
How, well...... he didn't want to think about that. It invovled a digestive system and such and he REALLY
didn't want to think about that. So he didn't. He just continued to run; boxers, tatters, and all.
All the screaming and the shouting in the courtyard roused the sleeper who had been forgotten. The
blue-haired junior high student stood up from where he had been dropped earlier. He swayed back and forth as he
tried to remain standing. From all the smells emanating from the debris covering the broken sewage pipes, it is
easy to understand why he hadn't fully regained his bearings.
"A bath... Need... to take... a bath..."
Miki Kaoru staggered down the debris slope towards the central courtyard. At the base, he suddenly found
himself standing in a puddle of water. Through his glazed eyes, he saw a young man and several children standing
there, cleaning themselves off as their hands flew everywhere all over their bodies.
"Oh... public baths... I'm already... inside... the public bathhouses..."
The youngest member of the Student Council started disrobing his uniform. After removing his coat and
moving on to his pants, he was interrupted by a piercing shriek.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Miki Kaoru looked over to the side, where he noticed Nanami Kiryuu attempting to preserve her modesty
while hitting Mitsuru Tsuwabuki. Mitsuru, for his part, was pinching his nose and protecting his bits while
trying to calm down Nanami.
"Oh... Nanami entered the wrong side..."
After removing the last of his clothes, Miki joined the other people already in the baths. They were
strangely silent. And they seemed to be frozen in place. Whatever the reason may be, it was none of his business.
Dipping a bucket into a nearby pool, he started rinsing himself off.
"*whisper* Hey, Lufio? Why is blue boy splashing blue boy with Lufio's hat? *whisper*"
"*whisper* Hey! Why is blue boy using Lufio's blanket as towel? *whisper*"
While the bishounenmons pondered the mysteries of the young genius, elsewhere in the courtyard, a
pink-haired high school student was fleeing from his pursuers. In his rose print boxers. As the young man was
constantly looking behind him and yelling at the pursuing crowd, he didn't see the large icicle-encrusted dragon
lumbering about in the courtyard in front of him. Nor did Souji Mikage spot the ice spike that laid across his
path. Well, his feet will soon be introducing themselves to it.
Mikage swore under his breath and tried to recover his dignity. Wasn't gonna happen today evidently, he
realized as he found himself suddenly unsure of his footing. Looking down he saw ice. And found how close he'd
been to being HURT on that ice made him almost grateful that he'd miss being injured. Almost. After all, now he
was sliding and couldn't regain his balance, was in his underwear for all to see, and he'd been an almost meal. The
day was just getting WORSE too...
Because then he decided to finally look towards where it was he was uncontrollably going. And his wine
colored eyes widened before closing and the man accepted the inevitable. Evidently, he was supposed to die a
couple times today. Shit. A dragon... wonderful.
"Maybe I'm destined to be eaten today... or squashed flat or from the looks of it frozen to death," the
man sighed and just went with where he was going. He'd learned long ago that at Ohtori, things like this just
HAPPENED and he'd NEVER get away.
Gouts of ice had sprouted all over Glacier's body, covering her up by the time the fire hose was stopped.
Not that it stopped her from pursuing that pesky thing. Large slivers of ice constantly broke off and fell along
her path. Several of them were incorporated into the puddles of water that froze into sheets as she ran across
them. Now that the vexing water hose had stopped, Glacier-Siobhan took a breather in the middle of the courtyard.
The spikes of ice tinkled against each other with each breath she took, forming a strange but pleasant melody.
"Mmmm... a fitting sound to take to my grave. Again."
Souji Mikage slid onward towards the mountain of spikes in front of him. He was resigned to his fate. But
it was not to be.
"AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!"
After rinsing off the rest of his body, Miki Kaoru had finally dumped cold water on top of his head. That
had cleared up his wits quite well. He had found himself in the middle of the central courtyard at the main
academic building of Ohtori Academy. Without a stitch of clothing on, besides the hat in his hand and a blanket
over his thighs. And other people were nearby. The blue-haired member of the Student Council was terribly
embarassed and was now running towards his room. With his arm over his eyes, as he didn't want to see the faces of
anyone who could see him. Unfortunately, he was running straight towards Glacier.
The silver dragon did spot him, however. She rose off her haunches to try to avoid the little weeping one.
But grace was not with her at that moment. She slipped on her own ice, clumsiness striking once again. Her forearms
pinwheeling about her and her wings flared out, she gyrated and dipped and bowed and stumbled as she tried to avoid
impaling the little blue and white streak running towards her, beneath her, and behind her on the spikes decorating
her body. Surprisingly enough, she succeeded. She let out a tremendous sigh of relief. Juri would have been even
more wrought with her if something happened. Thank goodness nothing did. Glacier hadn't noticed the new rose print
flag decorating her tail. Nor the blue streamers hanging off of several of the spikes on her back.
Souji Mikage slid onwards past the silver dragon, his eyes closed as he continued to await his fate. He was
prepared to leave this world (again) with nothing but what he had as he entered it. Not that he knew this, of
course. But the gesture is appreciated, none the less. ^_^
As for one apparent good point to all the dancing about though, it appeared that the great majority of the
ice spikes decorating her form had shattered off and left her mostly normal looking. For a dragon that is. However,
she was quite curious about just HOW they had manage to come down in such a regulated pattern and fence in the poor
denuded Miki.
Her quicksilver eyes narrowed briefly and she sent a frigid gaze in the direction of the observatory. Juri
HAD to have SOMEthing to do with this...
Juri, on the other hand, was observing the intresting scene which had managed to form. And of course, the
newest bit of 'statuary' just HAD to be seen to be appreciated PROPERLY...
"Why, Deputy-Chairman..." she smirked, as she took in the scene. "have you been.. *ahem*... dancing with
the Scarlet Witch again? Surely something like THAT," her hand sketched out a gesture somehow indicating poor
Miki's delimma, "couldn't have been ENTIRELY coincidental..."