Author's Note: Sorry for last chapter's sorry excuse for an episode. Maybe
I'll revise it when I have the time. Anyway, here's the 2nd episode!
Disclaimer: Err.nope, I don't own Gatekeepers or any of its characters.
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'Shinku Missuail!!!'
A projectile of wind energy dashed across the air and hit the invader on one of its arms.
'Rurippe!' he called to Ruriko, 'Cover me! I'm going in for the kill!'
'But it's too dangerous.' Ruriko started to say, but Ukiya had already gone ahead to confront the four-armed beast.
Ruriko sighed. Earlier on, they were having such a nice time.why did the invaders have to come and spoil it???
Just then a black ball almost hit Ukiya. 'Oi, Rurippe! What are you doing there???'
'Eh?' Ruriko snapped back to reality, 'G-gomen nasai!'
She took out a few arrows and aimed them at the black balls that were trying to knock down Ukiya.
'Ultra Whirlwind Slash!!!'
Ukiya jumped at its body and delivered a slash powered with wind energy at it.
The invader's arms dematerialize into green crystals. Then, the red core revealed itself.
Reacting quickly on instinct, Ruriko shot an arrow of light at the red core and the whole beastlike invader dematerialized into a shower of crystals that lit up the night sky for a brief minute.
Ukiya gazed at the crystals momentarily, then he looked at Ruriko and smiled.
'We did it.'
OLD FRIENDS, NEW ENEMIES
'This is a very grave matter,' said the commander.
After Ukiya and Ruriko reported the incident just now, the commander immediately summoned the rest of the Gatekeepers.even though they were still sleepy.
'If what Ukiya and Ikusawa-kun just told me is true.then that means,' the commander paused for a while, 'The invaders have returned.'
Fei yawned. 'Aiaiai, Shidei! Can't this wait till morning?'
The commander shook his head. 'Invaders don't sleep.'
'But Shidei, all we have to do is just defeat them all over again,' said Kaoru, 'With me and Ukiya (grabs him by the hand), we're unstoppable!'
'E-hem! Don 't you mean with all of us?' Ruriko glared at her.
'I'm afraid it won't be as easy as that,' said the commander.
'Nani?' they all said.
'Reiji Kageyama is no longer the invaders' leader.'
'Sonna!' said Ukiya, 'Then.who is it?'
The commander thought for a while, then said, 'We have no idea. That's what makes it even more dangerous. We have no idea who this new leader is.but I fear he knows more about us.'
'For now.just be alert at all times, for you have to fight the invaders yet again.'
'Hai!' everyone replied.
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The next day, the five were walking along a street, thinking about what happened last night.
'A new leader, huh?' Ukiya said aloud to himself, 'I wonder what he's like.' 'Ne, Ukiya-kun,' said Kaoru.
'Nan desu ka?'
'What were you and Ruriko doing in town that time?'
'Err.' Ukiya tried to make up some excuse.
'You were on a date, weren't you?' Kaoru glared at him.
'Ie, we were.er.doing.Social Studies! Yeah, that's it! Social Studies!'
'Social Studies at night???' Kaoru glared at him even more.
Ukiya was at a loss. n_n;;;
Kaoru thought to herself. 'I wonder what they were doing so late at night in town.'
All sorts of dirty things entered her mind and she was boiling with rage.
'Hiyeaaaaaaaaah!' she let out her anger with a single punch.
.that landed on a lamp post.
The lamppost slowly broke away and fell down on an unsuspecting pedestrian.
'Oops.'
'Aiaiai! Kaoru-san, you really need to control your strength a bit more,' said Fei.
'Hehehe,' said Kaoru n_n;;; , 'Guess I forgot my own strength.'
'Oooh! Something smells nice here,' suddenly said Bancho and he stopped outside a restaurant, 'You know, I haven't had lunch yet.' He winked at Ukiya.
'Me neither. Let's go eat!' said Ukiya and they both went into the restaurant.
'What's up with them?' asked Fei.
'They're always hungry,' Ruriko said, 'They eat like pigs!'
Kaoru went over to the door and looked inside and her eyes bulged out.
'I'm afraid your wrong, Ruriko Sempai,' said Kaoru.
'Eh?'
Kaoru beckoned Ruriko and Fei to the door. 'Come and look at the attraction s.' When Ruriko and Fei went to the door, they saw.
.about 15 waitresses, but not just ordinary waitresses, bikini-clad waitresses!
'Oh! So that's why they were so 'hungry' all of a sudden,' said Ruriko.
'Why don't we go and eat, too? I'm starving,' said Fei.
'Well, okay, let's go,' said Ruriko.
The girls went over to the table where Ukiya and Bancho were having a nice chat with a waitress in a yellow swimsuit.
'Well, haven't you ordered anything?' asked Kaoru in mock tone, 'Back there, you said you were really 'hungry'.'
'Oh,' Ukiya realized the girls were there, 'Sure.'
'Here's the menu,' the waitress passed five menus to each of them, 'Call me when you're ready to order.'
'Hmmmm..' they all focused their attentions on the menu.
'Waitress!' Ukiya called out and she came back in a jiffy.
'Okay,' she took out a pen and notebook, 'what's your order?'
'I'll have the Fiery Dragon Special,' said Ruriko.
The others looked up from their menus, 'Hey! I wanted to order that!'
'Okay, then..5 Fiery Dragon Specials.' she wrote down on her notebook, 'Normal or Extra Spicy?'
'Normal.'
'Normal.'
'Normal.'
'Normal.'
'.Extra Spicy!!!'
Suddenly, the noisy restaurant went quiet, that if a pin were to drop to the floor, it could be heard.
All the other customers stopped eating. All the waitresses stopped in their tracks and stared at the table where they were sitting.
Ukiya looked around, bewildered. 'What? Is it something I just said?'
The waitress finally spoke, 'You were just kidding, right? You wanted Normal?'
Ukiya looked queerly at the waitress, 'No. I asked for Extra Spicy.'
'You obviously don't know what you're doing,' said the waitress, 'Is this your first time here?'
'Well.yeah.'
'Then, you'd better take Normal.'
'Why's that?'
'The last person who took Extra Spicy fainted out for three weeks.'
'Nani?!'
The waitress nodded her head. 'It's true.'
'Hmmm.' Ukiya thought for a while, then he grinned, 'Then, let me be the first to not faint out for three weeks!'
'You do realize that the restaurant isn't responsible for any tongue injuries, overheat..'
'Okay, I get the message!' Ukiya said exasperatedly, 'I just wanna eat!'
She shrugged. 'As you wish.'
The restaurant then returned to its noisy self.
'That was a foolish risk you took!' said Ruriko, 'What if you do faint out for three weeks??? Then, you won't be able to fight the invaders!'
Ukiya just remarked coolly, 'Daijoubu. I won't faint.'
In less than 5 minutes, the waitress appeared with their dishes.
'Wow! That was quick!' said Bancho.
'Our new cook is real fast,' said the waitress.
'New cook?' Kaoru asked.
'Uh-huh. This new cook just came a few days ago,' she said and she looked at the restaurant, 'Last time, this place was nearly empty.even though we tried the swimsuit approach.cuz our food didn't taste that good. But when that new cook came along, everyone came here! It's as if by magic! Not only is the cook good, but the cook's also fast!'
'Enough chit-chat!' said Ukiya as he reached for his dish, 'It's time to eat!'
Again, the whole restaurant turned quiet as everyone rushed to see him eat the Extra Spicy Fiery Dragon Special.
'Cool! I get publicity as well,' Ukiya thought to himself and he purposely took a bite from the dish s-l-o-w-l-y.
He frowned in concentration as he chewed his first bite.
Everyone was practically breathing down the group's neck to see whether Ukiya will faint or not.
He swallowed it, then he paused.
He puffed out a stream of smoke from his mouth.
'Heh! That wasn't so spicy!' said Ukiya triumphantly with a grin.
But then suddenly, he felt the spiciness of the dish get to him.and fast!
His face turned red-hot and tears came down from his eyes.
Suddenly, he breathed fire out through his mouth.
The crowd drew back in fear of getting toasted.
'AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! HOT!!! HOT!!! HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' Ukiya yelled as he ran around the room, burning things up with the fire through his mouth.
He spotted a small indoor pool nearby and quickly jumped into it.
'SPLASH!!!'
'Aaaaaaah,' Ukiya said as he cooled down, 'Good thing you had an indoor swimming pool.'
'Oh, but that's not an indoor swimming pool!,' said the waitress, 'That's where we keep our pet shark, Mary!
'Uh-oh, not good!' Ukiya yelled as he felt something pull his leg down under, 'HELP!!!'
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After getting Ukiya out of the pool, they took off his shirt to dry it in the sun.
'How are you feeling, Ukiya-kun?' asked Ruriko.
'Much.better,' he replied back.
The waitress then came over with Ukiya's shirt. 'Here's your shirt. It's dry now.'
Ukiya quickly put on his shirt.
'Congratulations!' said the waitress with a smile, 'You're our first customer that didn't faint after eating the Extra Spicy Fiery Dragon Special!'
'Gee. I'm thrilled,' said Ukiya sarcastically.
'Oh, I almost forgot,' said the waitress, 'The new cook wants to see you. He heard of your daring attempt.'
'Can we come too?' Bancho asked.
'I suppose.'she said.
She then led them to the kitchen.
In there, they saw other bikini-clad girls, the cooks, most probably. But they had nothing to do and seemed rather bored.
'Why aren't they cooking anything?' asked Ruriko.
'Oh, that's because all our customers prefer the new cook's cooking,' said the waitress.
'Sokka.'said Kaoru.
'I wonder whether the new cook's as pretty as how good she can cook,' whispered Bancho to Ukiya.
'I can't wait to see her,' whispered back Ukiya.
Then, they saw another cook busy cooking some sort of dish.but she wasn't wearing a bikini. She was wearing a pair of faded jeans and a black jacket.
The waitress went over to her, 'Akio, this is the guy I told you about.'
She turned around.
The five were flabbergasted.
'The new cook's a GUY???!!!'
'Oh, hi there!' said Akio.
'Well, I gotta go, see ya!' said the waitress and she went off.
Now that they could see his front, he was wearing a red t-shirt under his jacket and also a red thin piece of cloth was tied around his forehead. He had spiky black hair and brown eyes.
Suddenly, he stared at Ukiya and Ruriko. 'Ukiya-kun?! Ruriko-san?!'
'Eh? How do you know our names?' asked Ruriko.
He smiled. 'We were in kindergarten together remember? ' 'Akio.' Ukiya tried to recall the name from somewhere in his past.
'Oh! Now I remember!' said Ukiya, 'You were that kid who peed in his pants in class last time!'
'Gee. That's a nice way of remembering someone,' Akio said sarcastically. -_-;;;
'Oh! You mean that Akio!' said Ruriko as he too remembered, 'You used to be such a bookworm last time.'
'Well, yeah,' he said, 'But my new hobby's cooking!'
Akio turned to Ukiya. 'I heard you didn't faint. Well done!'
Just then, a waitress came in and said, '8 stir-fried meat and vegetables!'
'Only 8?' Akio remarked a bit disappointed.
'Sorry, guys! But I gotta cook now!' he said to them.
'Can we watch?' asked Kaoru pleadingly, 'We could pick up some tips from you.'
'Sure, why not?' he replied back.
'Sugoi!' Kaoru took a pen and notebook.
Fei followed suit.
Ruriko hesitated, then thought, 'If I can cook better than Kaoru, maybe Ukiya-kun will like me more!' She too took out a pen and notebook.
The boys however were just content with watching him cook.
Akio smiled slyly at the girls with pens and notebooks in hand, 'Try to keep up with me.if you can!'
With lightning speed, he took a huge portion of beef and an arm's length chopping knife!
He focused for about 2 seconds then all was a blur of slicing to the Gatekeepers. The slices of meat went into a wok with some preheated oil already in it.
He then threw his chopping knife aside and took and went over to the opened boxes where the vegetables were kept. He took out a dagger and held it in one hand in front of his right eye, and concentrated.
'I never heard of using a dagger in cooking before,' said Ukiya.
Akio ignored his remark. Then, it looked to them as if he was just casually waving the dagger across the boxes in one direction, but then suddenly, a handful of vegetables were sliced and diced and were now jumping up into the air.
Quickly, Akio took the wok from the stove and caught all the vegetables in the wok before they fell down to the floor. He returned it to the stove and cooked it.
Then, he added some chili powder and took out a small pouch from his pocket. He opened it carefully. It appeared to be some sort of seasoning. He took a pinch and lightly sprinkled it all over the dish.
After the dish was cooked, Akio lifted the wok and threw all its contents sky-high!
'Nani?!' everyone said in astonishment.
Akio quickly went over to a pile of plates and took eight of them. He threw them in the air directly under the food that was still in the air, falling slowly. The food fell perfectly on to each plate and not a single scrap fell to the floor. Akio quickly held up one hand to receive the plate and he passed it to his other hand and put it on the table.
Finally, the dishes were ready!
Ukiya and Bancho's mouth watered.but then a waitress came along and took it away to the customers.
Akio wiped his dagger clean and kept it. 'Got that all down.'
Meanwhile, Ruriko, Kaoru and Fei were comparing notes. Each one of theirs was different, and the worst part was they couldn't even make heads or tails of their own writing! They had to write real quickly to keep up with Akio, so their writing looked more like indecipherable writings.
However they said, 'Sure we got that down!'
Akio smiled. He knew they didn't get to write clearly.
Suddenly, the restaurant rocked as if there was an earthquake!
'Nani?! What's going on?' Akio asked.
Ukiya went over to the window and was shocked to see a huge eight- legged black creature walking along the street, wrecking the cars and causing havoc all over the place.
He tried to contact AEGIS through his watch but it was static.
The rest had realized what was happening and was awaiting commands from their leader.
'I can't contact AEGIS. We'll have to fight without orders!' said Ukiya.
'Yokai, AEGIS!' o_oV
The Gatekeepers went out of the restaurant to confront the invader.
Meanwhile, Akio was busy taking all his stuff with him. The restaurant could very well collapse anytime now. He didn't know there was an invader on the street outside. He looked out the window, but surprisingly, he wasn't shocked to see it.
'Damn! Why did it have to come now?' he cursed under his breath.
When he got out of the restaurant, he was surprised to see his friends fighting the invader.
'Shinku Missuail!!!'
'Fire Panda!!!'
'Kaoru Punch!!!'
'Double Inside Circular Throw!!!'
'Hikari no Ya!!!'
'S-sonna.' he didn't believe what he was seeing, 'So they're the Gatekeepers!'
While they were busy fighting, Akio just stood there pondering over what he's seeing. He knew they could never find out its weak spot, the red core. He knew they could never defeat it. He knew because.
'AAAAH!' yelled Ruriko as the invader tried to crush her with one of its legs.
She fell down and could barely get up.
The invader approached her and was about to crush her for good!
'Shinku Missuail!!!'
'Get away from her!' Ukiya yelled.
But the invader shot out a stream of web that entangled Ukiya, along with the rest of the Gatekeepers.
'Damn! I can't move!'
The invader then changed its target to Ruriko. It slowly raised one of its huge legs, ready to kill her.
'Yameru!'
The invader stopped and tried to find the source of the voice.
Akio then came out with a stern look on his face.
'Abunai desu yo! (It's dangerous!) Run, Akio!' Ukiya managed to yell out.
But Akio ignored him.
'You have done far too much damage,' said Akio to the invader.
The invader did not move. It merely stood there on its eight legs.
'Gate.
Akio slowly raised his hand.
'Huh?' everyone said.
'.Open!'
With a wave of his hand, a gate appeared in front of him.a black gate.
'Nani?!'
'Aiaiai!'
'It can't be!'
'What's going on?'
'I'm seeing things!'
Akio ignored those remarks.
He quickly took out the dagger from its sheath and threw it at the invader.
It seemed to burst through the atmosphere as streams of black sprayed down from it as it sailed through the air and went through the invader from front to back.
The invader then dematerialized slowly into a shower of green crystals.
The web too disappeared.
Ukiya went over to Ruriko and helped her up. 'Are you okay?'
'I'm fine,' she replied and she looked at Akio.
Ukiya too stared at him.
'Akio..you..you're a.' Ukiya started to say.
'.a black Gatekeeper,' Ruriko finished his sentence.
Akio just stood there nonchalantly without saying a word.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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Author's note: I hope this story is okay. Please R&R! And I'll see you next time! Ja!^_^
Disclaimer: Err.nope, I don't own Gatekeepers or any of its characters.
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'Shinku Missuail!!!'
A projectile of wind energy dashed across the air and hit the invader on one of its arms.
'Rurippe!' he called to Ruriko, 'Cover me! I'm going in for the kill!'
'But it's too dangerous.' Ruriko started to say, but Ukiya had already gone ahead to confront the four-armed beast.
Ruriko sighed. Earlier on, they were having such a nice time.why did the invaders have to come and spoil it???
Just then a black ball almost hit Ukiya. 'Oi, Rurippe! What are you doing there???'
'Eh?' Ruriko snapped back to reality, 'G-gomen nasai!'
She took out a few arrows and aimed them at the black balls that were trying to knock down Ukiya.
'Ultra Whirlwind Slash!!!'
Ukiya jumped at its body and delivered a slash powered with wind energy at it.
The invader's arms dematerialize into green crystals. Then, the red core revealed itself.
Reacting quickly on instinct, Ruriko shot an arrow of light at the red core and the whole beastlike invader dematerialized into a shower of crystals that lit up the night sky for a brief minute.
Ukiya gazed at the crystals momentarily, then he looked at Ruriko and smiled.
'We did it.'
OLD FRIENDS, NEW ENEMIES
'This is a very grave matter,' said the commander.
After Ukiya and Ruriko reported the incident just now, the commander immediately summoned the rest of the Gatekeepers.even though they were still sleepy.
'If what Ukiya and Ikusawa-kun just told me is true.then that means,' the commander paused for a while, 'The invaders have returned.'
Fei yawned. 'Aiaiai, Shidei! Can't this wait till morning?'
The commander shook his head. 'Invaders don't sleep.'
'But Shidei, all we have to do is just defeat them all over again,' said Kaoru, 'With me and Ukiya (grabs him by the hand), we're unstoppable!'
'E-hem! Don 't you mean with all of us?' Ruriko glared at her.
'I'm afraid it won't be as easy as that,' said the commander.
'Nani?' they all said.
'Reiji Kageyama is no longer the invaders' leader.'
'Sonna!' said Ukiya, 'Then.who is it?'
The commander thought for a while, then said, 'We have no idea. That's what makes it even more dangerous. We have no idea who this new leader is.but I fear he knows more about us.'
'For now.just be alert at all times, for you have to fight the invaders yet again.'
'Hai!' everyone replied.
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The next day, the five were walking along a street, thinking about what happened last night.
'A new leader, huh?' Ukiya said aloud to himself, 'I wonder what he's like.' 'Ne, Ukiya-kun,' said Kaoru.
'Nan desu ka?'
'What were you and Ruriko doing in town that time?'
'Err.' Ukiya tried to make up some excuse.
'You were on a date, weren't you?' Kaoru glared at him.
'Ie, we were.er.doing.Social Studies! Yeah, that's it! Social Studies!'
'Social Studies at night???' Kaoru glared at him even more.
Ukiya was at a loss. n_n;;;
Kaoru thought to herself. 'I wonder what they were doing so late at night in town.'
All sorts of dirty things entered her mind and she was boiling with rage.
'Hiyeaaaaaaaaah!' she let out her anger with a single punch.
.that landed on a lamp post.
The lamppost slowly broke away and fell down on an unsuspecting pedestrian.
'Oops.'
'Aiaiai! Kaoru-san, you really need to control your strength a bit more,' said Fei.
'Hehehe,' said Kaoru n_n;;; , 'Guess I forgot my own strength.'
'Oooh! Something smells nice here,' suddenly said Bancho and he stopped outside a restaurant, 'You know, I haven't had lunch yet.' He winked at Ukiya.
'Me neither. Let's go eat!' said Ukiya and they both went into the restaurant.
'What's up with them?' asked Fei.
'They're always hungry,' Ruriko said, 'They eat like pigs!'
Kaoru went over to the door and looked inside and her eyes bulged out.
'I'm afraid your wrong, Ruriko Sempai,' said Kaoru.
'Eh?'
Kaoru beckoned Ruriko and Fei to the door. 'Come and look at the attraction s.' When Ruriko and Fei went to the door, they saw.
.about 15 waitresses, but not just ordinary waitresses, bikini-clad waitresses!
'Oh! So that's why they were so 'hungry' all of a sudden,' said Ruriko.
'Why don't we go and eat, too? I'm starving,' said Fei.
'Well, okay, let's go,' said Ruriko.
The girls went over to the table where Ukiya and Bancho were having a nice chat with a waitress in a yellow swimsuit.
'Well, haven't you ordered anything?' asked Kaoru in mock tone, 'Back there, you said you were really 'hungry'.'
'Oh,' Ukiya realized the girls were there, 'Sure.'
'Here's the menu,' the waitress passed five menus to each of them, 'Call me when you're ready to order.'
'Hmmmm..' they all focused their attentions on the menu.
'Waitress!' Ukiya called out and she came back in a jiffy.
'Okay,' she took out a pen and notebook, 'what's your order?'
'I'll have the Fiery Dragon Special,' said Ruriko.
The others looked up from their menus, 'Hey! I wanted to order that!'
'Okay, then..5 Fiery Dragon Specials.' she wrote down on her notebook, 'Normal or Extra Spicy?'
'Normal.'
'Normal.'
'Normal.'
'Normal.'
'.Extra Spicy!!!'
Suddenly, the noisy restaurant went quiet, that if a pin were to drop to the floor, it could be heard.
All the other customers stopped eating. All the waitresses stopped in their tracks and stared at the table where they were sitting.
Ukiya looked around, bewildered. 'What? Is it something I just said?'
The waitress finally spoke, 'You were just kidding, right? You wanted Normal?'
Ukiya looked queerly at the waitress, 'No. I asked for Extra Spicy.'
'You obviously don't know what you're doing,' said the waitress, 'Is this your first time here?'
'Well.yeah.'
'Then, you'd better take Normal.'
'Why's that?'
'The last person who took Extra Spicy fainted out for three weeks.'
'Nani?!'
The waitress nodded her head. 'It's true.'
'Hmmm.' Ukiya thought for a while, then he grinned, 'Then, let me be the first to not faint out for three weeks!'
'You do realize that the restaurant isn't responsible for any tongue injuries, overheat..'
'Okay, I get the message!' Ukiya said exasperatedly, 'I just wanna eat!'
She shrugged. 'As you wish.'
The restaurant then returned to its noisy self.
'That was a foolish risk you took!' said Ruriko, 'What if you do faint out for three weeks??? Then, you won't be able to fight the invaders!'
Ukiya just remarked coolly, 'Daijoubu. I won't faint.'
In less than 5 minutes, the waitress appeared with their dishes.
'Wow! That was quick!' said Bancho.
'Our new cook is real fast,' said the waitress.
'New cook?' Kaoru asked.
'Uh-huh. This new cook just came a few days ago,' she said and she looked at the restaurant, 'Last time, this place was nearly empty.even though we tried the swimsuit approach.cuz our food didn't taste that good. But when that new cook came along, everyone came here! It's as if by magic! Not only is the cook good, but the cook's also fast!'
'Enough chit-chat!' said Ukiya as he reached for his dish, 'It's time to eat!'
Again, the whole restaurant turned quiet as everyone rushed to see him eat the Extra Spicy Fiery Dragon Special.
'Cool! I get publicity as well,' Ukiya thought to himself and he purposely took a bite from the dish s-l-o-w-l-y.
He frowned in concentration as he chewed his first bite.
Everyone was practically breathing down the group's neck to see whether Ukiya will faint or not.
He swallowed it, then he paused.
He puffed out a stream of smoke from his mouth.
'Heh! That wasn't so spicy!' said Ukiya triumphantly with a grin.
But then suddenly, he felt the spiciness of the dish get to him.and fast!
His face turned red-hot and tears came down from his eyes.
Suddenly, he breathed fire out through his mouth.
The crowd drew back in fear of getting toasted.
'AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! HOT!!! HOT!!! HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' Ukiya yelled as he ran around the room, burning things up with the fire through his mouth.
He spotted a small indoor pool nearby and quickly jumped into it.
'SPLASH!!!'
'Aaaaaaah,' Ukiya said as he cooled down, 'Good thing you had an indoor swimming pool.'
'Oh, but that's not an indoor swimming pool!,' said the waitress, 'That's where we keep our pet shark, Mary!
'Uh-oh, not good!' Ukiya yelled as he felt something pull his leg down under, 'HELP!!!'
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After getting Ukiya out of the pool, they took off his shirt to dry it in the sun.
'How are you feeling, Ukiya-kun?' asked Ruriko.
'Much.better,' he replied back.
The waitress then came over with Ukiya's shirt. 'Here's your shirt. It's dry now.'
Ukiya quickly put on his shirt.
'Congratulations!' said the waitress with a smile, 'You're our first customer that didn't faint after eating the Extra Spicy Fiery Dragon Special!'
'Gee. I'm thrilled,' said Ukiya sarcastically.
'Oh, I almost forgot,' said the waitress, 'The new cook wants to see you. He heard of your daring attempt.'
'Can we come too?' Bancho asked.
'I suppose.'she said.
She then led them to the kitchen.
In there, they saw other bikini-clad girls, the cooks, most probably. But they had nothing to do and seemed rather bored.
'Why aren't they cooking anything?' asked Ruriko.
'Oh, that's because all our customers prefer the new cook's cooking,' said the waitress.
'Sokka.'said Kaoru.
'I wonder whether the new cook's as pretty as how good she can cook,' whispered Bancho to Ukiya.
'I can't wait to see her,' whispered back Ukiya.
Then, they saw another cook busy cooking some sort of dish.but she wasn't wearing a bikini. She was wearing a pair of faded jeans and a black jacket.
The waitress went over to her, 'Akio, this is the guy I told you about.'
She turned around.
The five were flabbergasted.
'The new cook's a GUY???!!!'
'Oh, hi there!' said Akio.
'Well, I gotta go, see ya!' said the waitress and she went off.
Now that they could see his front, he was wearing a red t-shirt under his jacket and also a red thin piece of cloth was tied around his forehead. He had spiky black hair and brown eyes.
Suddenly, he stared at Ukiya and Ruriko. 'Ukiya-kun?! Ruriko-san?!'
'Eh? How do you know our names?' asked Ruriko.
He smiled. 'We were in kindergarten together remember? ' 'Akio.' Ukiya tried to recall the name from somewhere in his past.
'Oh! Now I remember!' said Ukiya, 'You were that kid who peed in his pants in class last time!'
'Gee. That's a nice way of remembering someone,' Akio said sarcastically. -_-;;;
'Oh! You mean that Akio!' said Ruriko as he too remembered, 'You used to be such a bookworm last time.'
'Well, yeah,' he said, 'But my new hobby's cooking!'
Akio turned to Ukiya. 'I heard you didn't faint. Well done!'
Just then, a waitress came in and said, '8 stir-fried meat and vegetables!'
'Only 8?' Akio remarked a bit disappointed.
'Sorry, guys! But I gotta cook now!' he said to them.
'Can we watch?' asked Kaoru pleadingly, 'We could pick up some tips from you.'
'Sure, why not?' he replied back.
'Sugoi!' Kaoru took a pen and notebook.
Fei followed suit.
Ruriko hesitated, then thought, 'If I can cook better than Kaoru, maybe Ukiya-kun will like me more!' She too took out a pen and notebook.
The boys however were just content with watching him cook.
Akio smiled slyly at the girls with pens and notebooks in hand, 'Try to keep up with me.if you can!'
With lightning speed, he took a huge portion of beef and an arm's length chopping knife!
He focused for about 2 seconds then all was a blur of slicing to the Gatekeepers. The slices of meat went into a wok with some preheated oil already in it.
He then threw his chopping knife aside and took and went over to the opened boxes where the vegetables were kept. He took out a dagger and held it in one hand in front of his right eye, and concentrated.
'I never heard of using a dagger in cooking before,' said Ukiya.
Akio ignored his remark. Then, it looked to them as if he was just casually waving the dagger across the boxes in one direction, but then suddenly, a handful of vegetables were sliced and diced and were now jumping up into the air.
Quickly, Akio took the wok from the stove and caught all the vegetables in the wok before they fell down to the floor. He returned it to the stove and cooked it.
Then, he added some chili powder and took out a small pouch from his pocket. He opened it carefully. It appeared to be some sort of seasoning. He took a pinch and lightly sprinkled it all over the dish.
After the dish was cooked, Akio lifted the wok and threw all its contents sky-high!
'Nani?!' everyone said in astonishment.
Akio quickly went over to a pile of plates and took eight of them. He threw them in the air directly under the food that was still in the air, falling slowly. The food fell perfectly on to each plate and not a single scrap fell to the floor. Akio quickly held up one hand to receive the plate and he passed it to his other hand and put it on the table.
Finally, the dishes were ready!
Ukiya and Bancho's mouth watered.but then a waitress came along and took it away to the customers.
Akio wiped his dagger clean and kept it. 'Got that all down.'
Meanwhile, Ruriko, Kaoru and Fei were comparing notes. Each one of theirs was different, and the worst part was they couldn't even make heads or tails of their own writing! They had to write real quickly to keep up with Akio, so their writing looked more like indecipherable writings.
However they said, 'Sure we got that down!'
Akio smiled. He knew they didn't get to write clearly.
Suddenly, the restaurant rocked as if there was an earthquake!
'Nani?! What's going on?' Akio asked.
Ukiya went over to the window and was shocked to see a huge eight- legged black creature walking along the street, wrecking the cars and causing havoc all over the place.
He tried to contact AEGIS through his watch but it was static.
The rest had realized what was happening and was awaiting commands from their leader.
'I can't contact AEGIS. We'll have to fight without orders!' said Ukiya.
'Yokai, AEGIS!' o_oV
The Gatekeepers went out of the restaurant to confront the invader.
Meanwhile, Akio was busy taking all his stuff with him. The restaurant could very well collapse anytime now. He didn't know there was an invader on the street outside. He looked out the window, but surprisingly, he wasn't shocked to see it.
'Damn! Why did it have to come now?' he cursed under his breath.
When he got out of the restaurant, he was surprised to see his friends fighting the invader.
'Shinku Missuail!!!'
'Fire Panda!!!'
'Kaoru Punch!!!'
'Double Inside Circular Throw!!!'
'Hikari no Ya!!!'
'S-sonna.' he didn't believe what he was seeing, 'So they're the Gatekeepers!'
While they were busy fighting, Akio just stood there pondering over what he's seeing. He knew they could never find out its weak spot, the red core. He knew they could never defeat it. He knew because.
'AAAAH!' yelled Ruriko as the invader tried to crush her with one of its legs.
She fell down and could barely get up.
The invader approached her and was about to crush her for good!
'Shinku Missuail!!!'
'Get away from her!' Ukiya yelled.
But the invader shot out a stream of web that entangled Ukiya, along with the rest of the Gatekeepers.
'Damn! I can't move!'
The invader then changed its target to Ruriko. It slowly raised one of its huge legs, ready to kill her.
'Yameru!'
The invader stopped and tried to find the source of the voice.
Akio then came out with a stern look on his face.
'Abunai desu yo! (It's dangerous!) Run, Akio!' Ukiya managed to yell out.
But Akio ignored him.
'You have done far too much damage,' said Akio to the invader.
The invader did not move. It merely stood there on its eight legs.
'Gate.
Akio slowly raised his hand.
'Huh?' everyone said.
'.Open!'
With a wave of his hand, a gate appeared in front of him.a black gate.
'Nani?!'
'Aiaiai!'
'It can't be!'
'What's going on?'
'I'm seeing things!'
Akio ignored those remarks.
He quickly took out the dagger from its sheath and threw it at the invader.
It seemed to burst through the atmosphere as streams of black sprayed down from it as it sailed through the air and went through the invader from front to back.
The invader then dematerialized slowly into a shower of green crystals.
The web too disappeared.
Ukiya went over to Ruriko and helped her up. 'Are you okay?'
'I'm fine,' she replied and she looked at Akio.
Ukiya too stared at him.
'Akio..you..you're a.' Ukiya started to say.
'.a black Gatekeeper,' Ruriko finished his sentence.
Akio just stood there nonchalantly without saying a word.
TO BE CONTINUED.
*Insert ending song here*
Author's note: I hope this story is okay. Please R&R! And I'll see you next time! Ja!^_^