"Are you comfortable Hiro?" asked Kisa since she was sitting next to Hiro who had a big ass bandage on his leg.
"Yeah…" he said slowly since he was secretly just about to ask the same question to Kisa so now he felt slightly awkward.
"Hiro, what happened to you?" Hatori asked as he sat down in the seat that was in front of Hiro.
"A jellyfish bit me." Said Hiro.
"Well then there's no swimming with the sting rays for you!!" said Ayame, shaking his finger.
"Like I wanted to." Fehed Hiro.
"I thought it would have been really fun if you could swim with us." Said Kisa.
"Well…I did at first but now…" Hiro began.
"But if you don't want to, Hiro, I wouldn't want to leave you all alone so I'll sit out with you!" Kisa declared.
"But you wanted to go, Kisa!" said Hiro. "I couldn't possibly make you do that just because I can't go!"
"I really want to stay with you though." Said Kisa. "I feel as though it's partially my fault that I wasn't paying close enough attention to you when you were hurt and maybe it wouldn't be as bad as it is if I had just been a little more considerate."
"You don't have to." Said Hiro.
"I want to." Kisa assured him.
"Well fine." Said Hiro since he wasn't going to argue anymore.
"EVERYONE READY TO GO?!" screamed the extremely enthusiastic bus driver. Everyone in the bus cheered and then the bus driver drove so fast that they were at the little place in about two minutes!! Of course, it could have been the fact that they were really close to the stingray place anyway but it might have been warp speed for all YOU know.
They all boarded the little boat that would take them to a whole new world! But not really. But they DID board a boat that took them in the middle of the body of water to where there was a sandbar that they could stand on. On the way, the stingray guy explained all the stuff to the people about how to feed the stingrays and how to hold the stingrays and all that other crazy stuff that we've definitely forgotten by now.
"This boat is so cool!" screamed Momiji. He was right! It was a double-decker boat and the huge slew of people that we know and love were on the top of it because they're the best. All the people who we don't know or love at all are on the bottom. "I wanna buy a stingray stuffed animal!!"
"You don't need a stingray stuffed animal." Said Hatori.
"Yes I do!" whined Momiji. "To commemorate this trip!"
"They're twelve dollars." Hatori said.
"But I really really want one!" Momiji complained.
As Momiji continued to beg Hatori for twelve dollars to buy a stingray stuffed animal, Kagura and Haru were discussing their fiendish plan on how they could get Rin and Kyo all to themselves! Of course, Haru wanted Rin and Kagura wanted Kyo, NOT the other way around.
"Okay, let's do this right…" said Haru, watching Rin and Kyo who were sitting next to each other. "Every time they look over, you have to start laughing as if I just said something really funny."
"Got it." Said Kagura with a determined look on her face.
Meanwhile, Kyo and Rin had better things to do than to occasionally look over at Haru and Kagura. "So um…why have you suddenly taken an interest in me?" Kyo asked.
"Because you're unpredictable…" Rin answered. "You're pretty close to my age…and you don't look like a woman."
"Oh." Said Kyo. He was okay with a mellow girl as opposed to Kagura who is pretty much just the opposite of mellow.
Da Mabudachis had long since ditched Momiji after finally giving him twelve dollars and decided to have a nice chitchat. Everything was going rather smoothly until Akito came out of nowhere and wedged himself in between Ayame and Hatori. Then the chicken came over and wedged himself between Akito and Hatori since as of right now, he was competing for Akito's favor.
"What are you talking about?" asked Akito creepily.
"Nothing really." Said Ayame.
"Actually, we WERE talking about stuff until you two came and rudely wedged yourselves between us." Shigure said, gesturing for Ayame to run over and sit on the other side of him. Ayame got up and ran over and the two of them and Hatori scooted down the seats and left Akito and Kureno sitting there by themselves.
"The water is so pretty!" said Tohru with a sigh.
"I agree." Said Yuki.
"I can't wait to swim with the stingrays!" she said. "I want to hold one!"
"Me too." Yuki agreed.
"I'll be so much fun!" Tohru continued.
"Yes, it will be." Said Yuki.
Tohru paused. "I wish I could get to know a little more about the Soumas." Tohru tested.
"Me too." Said Yuki, failing at the test.
"All right everyone!" said the crazy man who had been explaining about stingrays. "We're here!!" Then he stopped the boat on a sandbar and everyone looked over the edge to see about a zillion stingrays of all sizes swimming around like insane stingrays.
"Look at all the stingrays, Tohru!" said Momiji, jumping up and down.
"Wow!!" exclaimed Tohru.
"I knew you would say that, Tohru." Said Yuki.
"Is everyone ready to go?" asked the crazy man who will be known as Billford.
"YEAH!!" yelled everyone on the bottom of the boat as they leapt into the water and started swimming with the stingrays.
"I'm gonna swim with the stingrays too!" Shigure said happily, ripping off his clothes to reveal his bathing suit underneath. Having déjà vu? Me too.
"I'll sit up here and watch Hiro and Kisa." Said Hatori.
"We'll watch them." Said Rin. "Kyo doesn't want to go in the water so I don't either."
"Um…yeah." Said Kyo nervously.
"Now you can come!" said Ayame, grabbing onto Hatori and dragging him down the stairs. It was easy because we're not telling you.
"Well, I'm not going in the water either." Said Haru because he wanted to make sure that Kyo didn't start making the moves on Rin while his back was turned. Despite the fact that Haru wasn't going in the water, that didn't stop him from removing his shirt and exposing his sexy chest for everyone to see. This also made Kagura's job of pretending to be clingy a lot easier.
"I'm staying where Haru's staying!" Kagura declared. It was partially true because she DID want to be within reach of Haru's sexy chest but she also wanted to keep an eye on Rin and Kyo.
"Isn't anyone going to join us?" Shigure asked, looking through the big tub of goggles and snorkels that he had to choose from.
"I am!" said Momiji as he jumped off the boat and cannon balled in the water.
"I wouldn't pass up this opportunity for the world!" said Tohru as she climbed down the ladder and into the water.
"Neither would I." Said Yuki as he took his shirt off. I can imagine what a scary sight that would be considering how white and gangly Yuki is unlike Haru who was just a beast.
"How about you, Akito?" asked the chicken.
"I would rather not." Said Akito.
So the Mabudachi Trio (because Hatori gave into peer pressure), Yuki, Tohru and Momiji ended up being the only people who went swimming with the stingrays!
"This is my favorite stingray," Billford explained. "And she knows me. Every time I come out here, she swims right to me."
"That's so amazing!" said Tohru. "I wish a stingray knew me like that!"
"If I could choose which animal I wanted to be in the Jyuunishi, I'd definitely choose the stingray!" said Momiji as he started feeding a stingray. "Wouldn't you, Hatori?"
"No." said Hatori because as far as he was concerned, it was bad enough being a seahorse and being tossed in the water but to be a STINGRAY and be tossed in the water…NOW THAT WOULD BE TERRIBLE!!! Then again, if he were one of these large stingrays then he could potentially terrorize a village. Maybe not…he just wouldn't ever be tossed into a toilet bowl again.
At the mere thought of being tossed into a fishbowl, a shiver was sent down Hatori's spine.
"What're you thinking about?" Shigure asked, coming out of nowhere behind Hatori.
"Nothing that concerns you." Hatori replied because he didn't need Shigure making fun of him because of that fateful day many a year ago when he was tossed into a toilet bowl.
Meanwhile, on the boat, Kagura and Haru continued their attempts to get Rin and Kyo to notice them.
"This isn't working." Said Haru when he noticed that Rin and Kyo hadn't looked over at then ONCE. "We have to do something to get them to notice us."
"Like what?" Kagura asked.
"You should propose to me." Haru answered.
"What?! I refuse to do THAT!" Kagura said, putting her hands on her hips.
"We have to walk back and forth loudly and when they look up, you have propose to me." Haru continued as if Kagura had agreed.
Kagura made sure to point out that she HADN'T agreed. "I never agreed to doing that!"
"Do you have a better idea?" Haru said.
"Um…how about we go around swimming in the stingrays and just act as though we're having WAY too much fun being together?" Kagura suggested.
Haru went into deep thought about this idea. "And then…you propose to me." He finished.
"NO!!" Kagura yelled.
"Could you two shut up?!" Kyo yelled since Kagura and Haru were being really loud and annoying.
Haru and Kagura jumped and paused. Then Kagura immediately erupted in hysterical laughter. "Haru, you are so funny!" she laughed. "Say something else that was as funny as what you just said!"
Kyo and Rin just kind of sat there staring at them as Kagura continued to laugh out loud and Haru really only just sat there looking sexy.
Meanwhile, Kisa and Hiro were just chillin on the other side of the boat. "Are you in any pain, Hiro?" asked Kisa in a concerned tone.
"Not really." Hiro replied, savoring every moment. Then he looked down at all the people frolicking happily in the water while playing with the stingrays and laughing and having fun. Then his conscious caught up with him and he suddenly felt really bad because he was making Kisa miss this great fun. "Um…Kisa?"
"Do you need something, Hiro?" Kisa asked. "Do you need some water? What is it?"
"Uh…" Hiro started. "It's nothing…"
Haru and Kagura decided to go and swim with the stingrays at that point. They got down into the water and Kagura jumped around and continued laughing while also keeping an eye on Rin and Kyo who were just watching pretty much all the people swim with the stingrays. Haru continued to stand there being sexy.
"All right!" said Billford. "Who wants to hold a stingray?"
"I do!" said Tohru immediately. Yuki made sure that Tohru got to the front of the line and Billford handed her a stingray. "Wow! It's all slimy!" And then Billford took a picture of her.
"Was that fun, Tohru?" Yuki asked.
"Yes!" said Tohru as they swam away from the little stingray holding area. "Thanks for helping me get to the front of the line, Yuki!"
"Anything for you, Tohru." Said Yuki in his princiest voice.
"Hey!!" screamed some random person. "I THOUGHT WE WERE SWIMMING WITH THE STINGRAYS!! THE BROCHURE NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THERE BEING SEAHORSES!!!"
"Oh no!" said Tohru. "Hatori!"
"What?" Hatori asked, coming up from behind Tohru. He was a human.
"Sometimes the seahorses join us too." Said Billford.
"Oh!" laughed Tohru. "My mistake."
"Well, it's time for us to head back!" said Billford after about an hour. "I want everyone to get back on the boat!!" Then everyone got back on the boat. WHOOP-DEE-DOO!!
The ride back was pretty much exactly the same as the ride on the way. They soon got back to the boat area and by that time, it was time for dinner. So they got back on the cruise ship and set sail to go where no man has gone before! Actually, the boat stayed right where it was.
"We're finally going to eat as a big huge group!" said Ayame.
"We've already done that." Hatori pointed out. He had also taken the liberty of giving Hiro a piggyback.
Then they all sat down at the big table.
Are you ready for another one of those paragraphs that explains in what order everyone is sitting in?
Hiro was sitting next to Kisa who was sitting next to Yuki who was sitting next to Tohru who was sitting next to Momiji who was sitting next to Haru who was sitting next to Kagura who was sitting next to Kyo who was sitting next to Rin who was sitting next to Shigure who was sitting next to Ayame who was sitting next to Hatori who was sitting next to Akito who was sitting next to the chicken who was sitting next to an empty chair which was next to Hiro.
Hiro, Kisa, Yuki, Tohru, Momiji, Haru, Kagura, Kyo, Rin, Shigure, Ayame, Hatori, Akito, Kureno, empty chair, Hiro.
Yes, Ritsu is STILL missing.
Maybe he's dead.
Maybe he isn't.
But who really cares?
I have certainly seen a lack of Ritsu shrines out on the web so I can assume that there are 1:3,000,000,000,000 ratio of people who like Ritsu and people who don't like Ritsu.
"Welcome back," said Kruno. "I hope you all had a nice fun day. The choices for dinner today shall be either lamb chops or pork."
Of course, Kagura and Hiro both got offended and ordered the opposite of what they are. Everyone else ordered something that would suit them and Kruno came back in record breaking time and handed everyone's food out. Haru's food was looking particularly sexy.
"Do you feel any better, Hiro?" Kisa asked Hiro.
"Yes, Kisa." Said Hiro. "I'm feeling a lot better thanks to you."
Kisa smiled happily. "I'm glad that I could be so helpful!"
"Kisa, could you pass the butter?" Yuki asked Kisa.
"Okay!" said Kisa who in a good mood as she passed Yuki the butter.
"How is your pork, Tohru?" Yuki asked.
"It's good!" Tohru replied contently. "The cooks on this ship are such good cooks!"
"They're good, yes." Yuki agreed. "But they could all learn a thing or two from you."
"Thanks Yuki but I don't think I'm THAT good." Said Tohru.
"Yes you are, Tohru!" said Momiji, nuzzling Tohru's shoulder. "You're a really good cook! I could eat your food every day!"
"That's really nice, Momiji!" Tohru said with horseshoe eyes.
"You should be a professional!" Momiji continued.
"You're both so nice!" Tohru said, blushing.
"I can't say I've ever tried your cooking before." Haru said to Tohru.
"You SHOULD!!" Momiji assured him.
"I will someday." Haru replied.
"Haru, they're looking over here!" Kagura whispered, grabbing Haru's shoulder and shaking him a little. Haru looked over at Rin and Kyo.
"Not really." He said. "In fact, they're not."
"We're never going to get them to get jealous!" Kagura whined.
"Don't think we don't know what you're trying to do." Said Kyo to Kagura. "And frankly, I have absolutely no infatuation with Rin, I'm just trying to get through to you that I also have to infatuation with you either."
"Kyo!" said Kagura. "Don't say that!"
"I'll say what I want!" Kyo laughed.
"Say what?" Rin said, looking over since she had been distracted for one reason or another.
"Nothing." Said Kyo, turning away from Kagura. "So uh…what's up?"
"Nothing." Rin answered. Then Shigure tapped her on the shoulder.
"So anyway," he said. "I told the guy, 'So I was talking to the duck!'"
"I've heard this story already." Rin said, trying to ignore him.
"I haven't!" said Ayame turning Shigure around. "And why would you go and tell Rin twice before you tell me once?"
"Well, I'll tell you then!" Shigure said. "There was this guy, you see…"
"Hang on." Said Hatori. "Ayame, could I switch seats with you?"
"Hatori Souma!" Ayame gasped. "You of all people! I thought that you might be able to see when two people are having a conversation! I thought that you might know better than to interrupt people! Obviously I thought wrong!"
"Why do you want to switch seats anyway?" Akito, leaning onto Hatori who tried his best not to cringe. "Don't you enjoy sitting next to me?"
Hatori casually moved his chair further away from Akito so he was practically sitting on top of Ayame but at least out of Akito's reach. So Akito sighed sadly.
"What's wrong?" the chicken asked Akito. "Would you like to fondle me instead?"
"Yes." Said Akito as he leaned onto Kureno and started fondling him. "Why doesn't anyone like me?"
"I like you." Said Kureno. "And that's all that matters."
"No." said Akito. "The affection of my other Jyuunishi pets matter to me."
Dinner continued much like this until OH MY GOD!! IT WAS ALL OF A SUDDEN TIME FOR EVERYONE TO GO TO BED!!! So everyone retired to their rooms and changed into their appointed pajamas.
"Kyo, how did you do it?" Haru asked Kyo as he kicked the bed.
"Do what?" Kyo asked.
"How did you get Rin to like you?" Haru said.
"I don't know." Said Kyo. "She just kind of liked me out of nowhere."
"Oh." Said Haru sadly.
"Don't forget to turn the nightlight on!" Momiji yelled at Yuki.
"Of course." Said Yuki as he turned the Dairy Fairy Nightlight on.
MEANWHILE!!!
"Are you comfortable, Hiro?" Kisa asked Hiro as she got under the covers.
"Yes." Said Hiro. "Thanks Kisa."
Kagura was glaring evilly at Rin with glowing eyes. Rin was indifferent about Kagura's feelings but what else was new?
Tohru was saying her nightly prayers but what else was new?
MEANWHILE!!!
"Hey, where's Kureno?!" said Ayame suddenly, looking under a bed.
"He said he was going to sleep in Akito's room." Hatori answered, looking for his pajamas in his neatly folded drawers.
"Good riddance!" said Shigure. Then he noticed Hatori and cleared his throat. "What do you think you're doing?"
"I'm not going to that bar again tonight." Hatori said as he shut his drawer. "All right, where did you hide my pajamas?"
"We'll give them back to you after we go to the bar." Said Ayame.
"Why don't you two just go without me?" Hatori sighed. "You'll have more fun that way."
"What are you talking about?!" demanded Shigure. "You were the life of the entire bar last night! It was incredible! We couldn't possibly go without you! Besides, I bet everyone's hoping that you'll come back!"
"I don't even want to know." Hatori said, shaking his head in disbelief.
MEANWHILE!!!
"All I want is for my children to like me." Akito sighed.
"Don't worry about it, Akito." Kureno said.
"But where are the monkey and the sheep?" Akito continued. "They used to share this room with me. Am I really that loathed by them?"
"I don't loath you, Akito!" the chicken assured him.
"I want to be alone." Akito said, putting his pillow on his head.