(Enter opening theme)

Yane no ue de sora o aogu, hizashi wa uraraka
miageru sora, karadajuu genki ga minagitteku

THAT'S SO WONDERFUL! ikiterunda!
yamerarenai, akirameru da nante

Tohou ni kureta kinou ni sayonara
futsufutsu to wakiagaru kono kimochi
nando demo yomigaeru, hana o sakaseyou
omoi dewa itsumo amai nige basho
dakedo tachi kire, asu o ikiru tame
shukufuku no toki wa kuru, te o nobashite

Uruwashi no yawaraka na hada, imada te wa todokazu
me o tojireba fukuramu IMEEJI, miwaku no kajitsu

THAT'S SO WONDERFUL! ikiterunda!
yamerarenai, sono saki o mitai

Dotou no hibi wa tsuzuku, doko made mo
tengoku to jigoku, yukitsumodoritsu
nando demo yomigaeru, hana o sakaseyou
hashire hashire, ai o te nisuru made
sore de kurushimunara nozomu tokoro
shukufuku no toki ga kuru, te o nobashite

Tohou ni kureta kinou ni sayonara
futsufutsu to wakiagaru kono kimochi
nando demo yomigaeru, hana o sakaseyou
omoi dewa itsumo amai nige basho
dakedo tachi kire, asu o ikiru tame
shukufuku no toki wa kuru, te o nobashite

Te o nobashite, ryoute agete!

(End Theme Song)

Episode 4: Exploration and the Turtle Lady

Day 7

The alliance forged between Tai, Suu, and Sara had become dangerous. Suu and Sara had always played tricks. But Tai had suddenly joined their fun and made them even worse. At the moment Taisuke was sparring with Motoko. Both held bokens and moved at speeds that didn't seem humanly possible. Their bokens crossed with both pushing full strength. With one final shout they pusehd with all they had. They slid apart from each other and stopped, breathing hard.

The two martial artists bowed to each other and relaxed. Tai handed Motoko his boken and smiled. "Thanks. It tisn't foten I get a match of such caliber." Motoko smiled back and accepted his thanks. "It is the same for me." The she gestured with her boken. Suu hoped up onto his shoulders and Sara ran up behind her.

"Oi! Kaolla, what's up?" She just bent over so her face was upside down in front of his. He had gotten used to have Suu on his shoulders, but he suddenly felt a blush creeping across his face. His heart was pounding. Is this a dream? He thought. The foreign girl grinned and returned to her previous position. He wondered if his blush had been what she was grinning about.

"Aye aye! Me and Sara were having a robo battle and we blew a hole in the ground a few miles from here! Let's explore!" Sara grabbed his wrist and began dragging him along. Grinning he followed the american girl into the mountains. Unaware of the eyes that were watching. They glowed red and then were silent.

(Fade to cave entrance)

Taisuke stared into the hole created by Suu's robots. It was dark and dank. "Umm...shouldn't we have brought flashlights?" Suu did a flip and landed in a crouch. She stared at the hole for a while as if deep in thought and then turned to face Tai and Sara. She grinned widely and said, "I guess I forgot!" Sara and Tai fell backwards sweat drops forming on their brows. Sara was up first and shouting. "Great! Now we have to go back and get flashlights and risk everyone wanting to know what we are up to!"

(Fade out to Hinatasou)

"Oi, Motoko-chan. Have you seen Tai-chan and Suu-chan? I've collected everyone's rent except for theirs." Motoko glanced down at the stairwell at Keitaro. "Hai. I saw Tai head off somewhere with Suu and Sara about ten minutes ago. Somewhere up in the mountains."

"Arigato Motoko-chan. I'll go and find them." He turned and headed back down the stairs. He stopped when Motoko rushed up to him and looked at him with a serious expression. Not that she usually had any other kind.

"Urashima. I will help you search." The two watched each other closelly for a moment and finally Keitaro nodded. They turned and headed down the stairs. AT the same moment the alliance was making its way through a secret passage to storage. Suu dropped through the ceiling exit in the room and snuck over to where the flashlights were. She was wearing a ninja outfit.

As he and Sara entered the room Tai leaned close to Sara and whispered, "Where did she get the ninja gear?" The american girl just shrugged her shoulders and followed Suu. The new ninja handed each one a flashlight and then went for the window. She watched Keitaro and MOtoko leave and once they wree out of sight the three headed out on the rooftops.

Kitsune looked up at the alliance creeping across the roof. Bottle of sake in hand she giggled as she rose unsteadily to her feet. "Entertainment. Let's see what those three are up to."

(Fade out to cave)

The alliance walked through the cavern with Suu in the lead, flashlights probbing the darkness. Tai leaned close to Sara again and whispered, "Did you see Kaolla change back into normal clothing?" Sara shook her head and they kept going. Tai yelped as he tripped on something and fell. His landing was cushioned when his face struck something soft and firm.

The flashlight revealed his pillow to be Mutsumi and what he had his face on...he jerked his face away from her breasts and quickly apologized. "Gomen nasai! Gomen Gomen!" It was only about ten repitions later that Mutsumi actually woke up.

Looking around with a silly expression on her face, that smiling naive look she always had, she smiled openly at them. "Ara ara. I guess I fainted." Taisuke couldn't help staring at the beautiful anemic, but he couldn't believe that Keitaro said she was very smart but simply clumsy, weak due to anemia, and accident prone. She didn't seem smart to him at all.

Suu was excited and surprised to have come across Mutsumi. But then she always seemed excited, so surprised was the best word. She made herself more clear when she said, "Turtle Lady! Why are you here?" Mutsumi looked about and smiled. "I...that is...I'm not sure." Tai, Suu, and sara collapsed in shock. At the same time Motoko and Keitaro had managed to stumble into the cave. Or rather Keitaro had an accident with Motoko and was Zankuusen'd into the hole. Kitsune kept a safe distance away but followed the two. Somehow she had ended up following them instead of the alliance. There was a sound ahead, Motoko and Keitaro had stopped. The sounds were coming from nearby. They kept their lights scanning for the source. And it was Keitaro's bumbling that once again got lucky. He stumbled and his hand landed on Motoko's breast. he screamed as she shouted, "Zankuusen!" He was flung int othe far wall. It collapsed inwards and Keitaro found himself looking up at Seta.

Kitsune ran up greeted by Motoko who seemed unsurprised by Kitsune's presence. Seta greeted her warmly and Keitaro was surprised. "Seta-san. What are you doing down here?" Seta smiled and shrugged his shoulders.

"I don't know. I was on an island in the Pacific at a dig site, I fell through a hole, and ended up here. I"m surprised I ended up at Hinata." They all just stared at him until Keitaro put a hand behind his head and started laughing. Pretty soon all of them were laughing. Until they started to hear voices.

"Watch it! That's my foot!" "That's not your foot! That's mine!" "Well then who's foot is..." The voice faded out as if somone had clapped a hand over the mouth. There was a sudden giggle. "And that's my butt." There was scrabbling as of someone moving on rocks quickly. "GOMEN!" "Baka!" "Naru?" "HENTAI!"

The wall burst open as Taisuke came hurtling through propelled by Naru's punch. Naru followed cracking her knuckles with that murderous look on her face. Sara, Suu, and Mutsumi followed. They all stopped shocked to find everyone there. Keitaro glanced over at Taisuke who was just now getting to his feet. "What's going on?"

Suu proceeded to explain. She, Tai, and Sara had been exploring. They had come across Mutsumi who had no idea why she was there. She had accidently destroyed their flashlights. They had entered a small tunnel that made them crawl. Taisuke had been crawling close enough that when she stopped he got his face in her butt. Naru had shown up and belted him into the room. Satisfied Keitaro, Kistune, and Seta all explained why they were there.

Tai looked around. "Ummm...what do we do now?" They all sat down and started to think. It seemed like they were totally out of options. Until Keitaro came up with a radical idea. "Hit me Narusegawa."

Everyone was totally shocked, this seemed the last idea of a lunatic and not very helpful, until Keitaro explained that Naru belting him into the ceiling might get them free. Naru gave it a try and only made him stagger backwards. Her patented Naru punch only showed up when she was angry. They were back to square one until Tai got Motoko to attack Keitaro. He was bounced around the room until he came to rest face in Mustumi's bosom. Moments later there was a hole in the ceiling. Keitaro returned with rope and everyone climbed...only to find themselves in a jungle.

Seta looked around in surprise and recognition while everyone else just sort of stared around. "Funny. This is the hole I fell through."

"NANI?!"

(End theme)

I'M A DREAMER
yoake no hikari sosogu ka no chi wa doko?

I'M A DREAMER
Honojiroi sono hohoemi, douka sawarasete

Koko wa hi no ataranai basho
hitorikiri de naku toki no himitsu no basho
sakebu youni namae yobunda
kimi ga inakerya, kimi sae ireba

Kitto iku yo, hi no ataru basho
kono mama ja owarenai, yakusoku ga aru
tooi michi, hitosuji no michi
kimi ga inakerya, kimi sae ireba

Kitto iku yo, hi no ataru basho
kono mama ja owarenai, yakusoku ga aru
tooi michi, hitosuji no hikari
kimi ga iru kara, kimi sae ireba