One Last Chance
By: LanaPanther
Warnings: Just the usual. ^^;;;;;
::Chapter Nine::
::Motivations Explained::
Chichiri, Chiri, and Kouji all stared at her.
"A little trip?" Kouji finally echoed looking confused.
"These guys think they're from Ancient China, sent here to find and save their buddies so they can be brought back to life, and the one with the red hair thinks he's ME." Genrou told her flatly, digging through drawers, and throwing stuff in a backpack.
Everything was silent for a second, before Kouji burst out laughing, and gasped out, "You were a MAN in an earlier life?!"
"Shut your trap. According to him, you were too." Genrou snapped, and Kouji paled.
"... I suppose Chichiri thinks he's ME?" Chiri finally commented, looking at the blushing monk.
"Um, Hai, no da." Chichiri said, scratching the back of his neck.
"Well THIS is lovely." Kouji said sarcastically, going to another room and packing her own things. "How long do you men figure we'll be gone?" she asked.
"Well, our friends in the other world took about a month to find all of us." Tasuki said helpfully.
"Wonderful. I think I would have killed myself by then." Genrou grumbled.
"If they're as crazy as I think, ditto, you know." Chiri commented shaking her head.
"Er, there is a catch, no da." Chichir said timidly.
"Well spit it out, wierdling. We might as well know now." Kouji sighed.
"If you guys die, WE die." Tasuki supplied.
"Peachy. I think I'll go meditate now, you know." Chiri said, sounding tired, and walked out of the room.
"Oy, you commin' with us?" Genrou called after her.
Chiri looked back into the room, and gave a small smile, saying, "I owe you a lot. I'm not just gonna bail now, ya know."
~Genrou's P.O.V.~
I gave her a small grin back, and went back to packing. While Kouji interrogated the two guys on what their 'friends' were like, I remembered how Chiri and I had first met.
//FlashBack//
I was walking down some alleys, just coming back from turning some baka yaros who had kidnapped a little girl in to the police, when I heard a yell. It sounded like a girl, and she was screaming, "GET OFF OF ME!!!!"
I ran to the sound, and got there just as a man holding a young woman down, tried to rip apart her shirt. I was furious and sickened by this jerk, and said, "Why don't you do like she asks and get off?"
The man on the girl whipped his head around to face the shadows where I was, and growled, "This ain't none of your business! If you don't want any trouble, leave!"
I chuckled darkly, and pulled out my tessan. I knew this guy. He had tried things like this before, and I had punished him for it. His first victim had been a little girl, who was now dead. Then an older woman, who was found in a dumpster later, knifed. I found out all of this just a few weeks after I moved here, and he tried to get me. I gave him one warning. I always do that, just to give them a chance to repent, but he must not have learned the lesson well if he decided to do it again. I sighed to myself, knowing he wouldn't learn, so that left only one option. "Baka yaro. Didn't I give you a fair warning last time?" I said, and stepped out of the shadows.
"G- Genrou!" he gasped, and jumped to his feet, looking scared and reaching for his arm where I had burned him. "I- I th- thought you h- had moved." he stammered. I gave another inward sigh, but smirked, and tossed my tessan threateningly. I had to scare him, even if I didn't want to. Just in case some of his friends were watching. Even if the yaros deserved it more than anyone else, I didn't like having to kill them.
"Obviously." I answered, and helped the woman up, who dived behind me to get away from the man. Seeing that was what REALLY made me mad, and made me want to do the job right. "I believe we discussed what would happen if I caught you trying to do this again, yaro." I said. I held my tessan out so he could see that I had it with me.... Again. Just in case he'd forgotten what happened last time.
He made a dash to get away, and maybe, if everything he'd done finally hadn't added up, I would have let him go, but he didn't deserve it, and I was one of the only ones with the guts and the power to repay him for his crimes. I growled, "You can run, but you can't hide." in fury as I felt the girl trembling behind me, and took off after him. After just a few seconds, I caught up. The look on his face was helpless and scared, but I was past feeling pity for him now. I gave an ironic sneer, hissed, "It must be karma", and flamed him. I took a few seconds to look at the ashes, and give a silent prayer that he'd have a safe journey to... WHEREVER he was going, despite who he was, and went back the way I had come.
When I got back, I saw the girl, standing there alone, and looking frightened. I felt sorry for her, and asked, "Are you all right?" She nearly fell down, but I caught her, trying to calm her down.
She had on a white, long sleeve shirt under a dark blue short sleeve T- shirt with three white circles across the chest, baggy, army green pants, and black tennis shoes. Her hair was light blue with bangs that stood straight up, and the rest pulled back in a ponytail. She also had a large scar running across one of her amber colored eyes. And she was crying. If she had been a guy, I would have told her to get a grip, but she wasn't. I can't help that I don't like men, but they seem to be the main ones that pollute the city alleys, and I just don't like them.
Let's just say older brothers who are never home, and when they are, smell like drugs, weren't the best influence in my life.
After she grabbed some stuff she'd dropped, we turned around to go to my house, but we saw two guys standing there.
//End FlashBack//
Geez, we'd JUST met, and already I was treatin' her like Kouji. Usually I have nothing to do with the people I help after I save them, but for some awkward reason, here I was, with an almost complete stranger in the next room, as comfortable as my best friend. Not to mention two complete WIERDOS, who think they're from ancient China.
Kami help me.
By: LanaPanther
Warnings: Just the usual. ^^;;;;;
::Chapter Nine::
::Motivations Explained::
Chichiri, Chiri, and Kouji all stared at her.
"A little trip?" Kouji finally echoed looking confused.
"These guys think they're from Ancient China, sent here to find and save their buddies so they can be brought back to life, and the one with the red hair thinks he's ME." Genrou told her flatly, digging through drawers, and throwing stuff in a backpack.
Everything was silent for a second, before Kouji burst out laughing, and gasped out, "You were a MAN in an earlier life?!"
"Shut your trap. According to him, you were too." Genrou snapped, and Kouji paled.
"... I suppose Chichiri thinks he's ME?" Chiri finally commented, looking at the blushing monk.
"Um, Hai, no da." Chichiri said, scratching the back of his neck.
"Well THIS is lovely." Kouji said sarcastically, going to another room and packing her own things. "How long do you men figure we'll be gone?" she asked.
"Well, our friends in the other world took about a month to find all of us." Tasuki said helpfully.
"Wonderful. I think I would have killed myself by then." Genrou grumbled.
"If they're as crazy as I think, ditto, you know." Chiri commented shaking her head.
"Er, there is a catch, no da." Chichir said timidly.
"Well spit it out, wierdling. We might as well know now." Kouji sighed.
"If you guys die, WE die." Tasuki supplied.
"Peachy. I think I'll go meditate now, you know." Chiri said, sounding tired, and walked out of the room.
"Oy, you commin' with us?" Genrou called after her.
Chiri looked back into the room, and gave a small smile, saying, "I owe you a lot. I'm not just gonna bail now, ya know."
~Genrou's P.O.V.~
I gave her a small grin back, and went back to packing. While Kouji interrogated the two guys on what their 'friends' were like, I remembered how Chiri and I had first met.
//FlashBack//
I was walking down some alleys, just coming back from turning some baka yaros who had kidnapped a little girl in to the police, when I heard a yell. It sounded like a girl, and she was screaming, "GET OFF OF ME!!!!"
I ran to the sound, and got there just as a man holding a young woman down, tried to rip apart her shirt. I was furious and sickened by this jerk, and said, "Why don't you do like she asks and get off?"
The man on the girl whipped his head around to face the shadows where I was, and growled, "This ain't none of your business! If you don't want any trouble, leave!"
I chuckled darkly, and pulled out my tessan. I knew this guy. He had tried things like this before, and I had punished him for it. His first victim had been a little girl, who was now dead. Then an older woman, who was found in a dumpster later, knifed. I found out all of this just a few weeks after I moved here, and he tried to get me. I gave him one warning. I always do that, just to give them a chance to repent, but he must not have learned the lesson well if he decided to do it again. I sighed to myself, knowing he wouldn't learn, so that left only one option. "Baka yaro. Didn't I give you a fair warning last time?" I said, and stepped out of the shadows.
"G- Genrou!" he gasped, and jumped to his feet, looking scared and reaching for his arm where I had burned him. "I- I th- thought you h- had moved." he stammered. I gave another inward sigh, but smirked, and tossed my tessan threateningly. I had to scare him, even if I didn't want to. Just in case some of his friends were watching. Even if the yaros deserved it more than anyone else, I didn't like having to kill them.
"Obviously." I answered, and helped the woman up, who dived behind me to get away from the man. Seeing that was what REALLY made me mad, and made me want to do the job right. "I believe we discussed what would happen if I caught you trying to do this again, yaro." I said. I held my tessan out so he could see that I had it with me.... Again. Just in case he'd forgotten what happened last time.
He made a dash to get away, and maybe, if everything he'd done finally hadn't added up, I would have let him go, but he didn't deserve it, and I was one of the only ones with the guts and the power to repay him for his crimes. I growled, "You can run, but you can't hide." in fury as I felt the girl trembling behind me, and took off after him. After just a few seconds, I caught up. The look on his face was helpless and scared, but I was past feeling pity for him now. I gave an ironic sneer, hissed, "It must be karma", and flamed him. I took a few seconds to look at the ashes, and give a silent prayer that he'd have a safe journey to... WHEREVER he was going, despite who he was, and went back the way I had come.
When I got back, I saw the girl, standing there alone, and looking frightened. I felt sorry for her, and asked, "Are you all right?" She nearly fell down, but I caught her, trying to calm her down.
She had on a white, long sleeve shirt under a dark blue short sleeve T- shirt with three white circles across the chest, baggy, army green pants, and black tennis shoes. Her hair was light blue with bangs that stood straight up, and the rest pulled back in a ponytail. She also had a large scar running across one of her amber colored eyes. And she was crying. If she had been a guy, I would have told her to get a grip, but she wasn't. I can't help that I don't like men, but they seem to be the main ones that pollute the city alleys, and I just don't like them.
Let's just say older brothers who are never home, and when they are, smell like drugs, weren't the best influence in my life.
After she grabbed some stuff she'd dropped, we turned around to go to my house, but we saw two guys standing there.
//End FlashBack//
Geez, we'd JUST met, and already I was treatin' her like Kouji. Usually I have nothing to do with the people I help after I save them, but for some awkward reason, here I was, with an almost complete stranger in the next room, as comfortable as my best friend. Not to mention two complete WIERDOS, who think they're from ancient China.
Kami help me.