Note: Ok. Just a bit of a note to everyone. Taisuke is my creation, as is the rest of his family. I am now introducing another original character into the mix, but this one is a product of a friend of mine. This chapter is dedicated to you Cesar, for being a pervert and a goofy idiot. And of course for assisting me in the makings of most of the fights, otherwise they wouldn't have turned out as they did.
The island was quiet except for the ocassional chirp of a bird. Hinatasou stood out plainly even in the darkness. And something was about to happen at Hinatasou. So much would happen to them. But the first thing would be..."Huh? Who's that?"
(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 6: Old Aquaintence, Man with the Monkey!
Day 10
The wind was blowing harshly in the sweat soaked jungle that surrounded Hinatasou. Taisuke held the boken steady in front of him his senses extended past their limits searching for a hint of something. His heart thundered in his chest and sweat made his hair stick to his scalp. There was a faint wooshing sound as someone moved at incredible speed, jumping through the trees. He closed his eyes and let all his senses die down except for his hearing and his ki sense. Then he knew. Swinging the boken around he shouted, "RyuuDengeki!" A golden thing of electricity shrieked through the air and crashed into a tree. Upon impact the tree exploded.
Motoko came zipping from the trees and swung her boken down shouting, "Zankuusen!" Taisuke rolled out of the way letting the wind attack wizz by him and crash into a tree. The tree was split in half. Taisuke raised his boken instinctively and blocked Motoko's downwards swing. She leapt backwards and Taisuke followed his boken flashing in the morning sun. The clacking of their sticks against each other drowned all the other sounds of the morning. They stopped with blades crossed and stared into each other's eyes looking for some weakness. But there wasn't any. So they settled to pushing at each other's blades with all their strength and ki. Taisuke's eyes widened as Motoko threw every last ounce of ki she had into a final push and shoved straight through his defenses, even when he put all his ki into it. The wooden sword slashed across his chest and sent him flying backwards.
He struck a tree with his back and felt a flash of pain as his body broke the tree. He hit the ground beyond and slid, bouncing head over heels, until he came to rest about 10 meters away from where he had started. Motoko dropped to her knees gasping for breath. Taisuke painfully sat up and held his hand to his chest. It was throbbing and had a red stripe down it from the blow. Grabbing onto a vine he started to struggle to his feet until a hand reached out to help him up. Gratefully he took the hand and stood. Keitaro nodded and smiled. "That was amazing. I've never seen anyone but Seta-san compete with Motoko-chan like that."
Taisuke accepted the complinent and walked with Keitaro to Motoko. They helped her stand and the two martial artists bowed to each other. It had been a perfect match. Without another word they bowed to each other and then walked off in opposite directions. Keitaro headed after Motoko and when he caught up to her Taisuke noticed they seemed to be having some kind of argument. She shook her head vehemently after awhile and then turned to leave. He grabbed at her shoulder to make her stop, slipped on a pile of leaves, and pulled her priestess clothing down off her shoulders. She turned and gave him a good strike with her ki. With a pop Keitaro was skyhigh. Taisuke followed Keitaro's flight path and wondered how that had happened. He didn't think Motoko had enough ki left to do another Zankuusen. "Probably just her anger pumping her ki levels up."
He turned around and stopped with a shocked expression on his face. The dark haired Kanako, Keitaro's adopted sister, stood there holding his shirt out to him. He bowed and murmered, "Domo." He slung it over his shoulder knowing better then to put his shirt on while he was sweating. Kanako eyed him up and down making him blush and then stroked the large-eared cat, Kuro-chan, who sat on her shoulder. The cold expressionless look on her face was spooky, but didn't seem to detract from her looks at all. In fact she looked rather like Motoko.
And then she smiled. He had only seen one thing that frightning in his entire life, a life that included battles with various freaks and even a couple of demons and spirits. The only thing he had seen match her smile was a smile just like it. His middle brother's. Whenever he moved in to finish someone or something off he gave that smile. And if you saw it you knew that you had already lost. The moment she smiled he couldn't even think about her looks. He was snapped out of his wandering thoughts when she spoke. "I witnessed your match with Motoko-san. I was impressed with your fighting abilities." She bowed briefly and then her smile faded.
"I request a match with you once you have regained your ki." Taisuke was surprised enough that he said 'yes' without thinking. They bowed to each other and then she turned to go speak with Motoko. He walked off to the house to take a hot bath and rest up for his next match. The whole while he had the strangest feeling that someone was watching him. He shuddered and closed the door behind him.
Motoko sighed and nodded her greeting to Kanako. "It is not right for a woman to look at a man like that. It's improper. Especially one who is 17."
Kanako shook her head and sat down beside the Kendo girl. "Motoko-san. He is two years younger then us. It is not improper to look at a man, especially when they look like that, and with the shirt off too. Don't tell me you did not look?"
The blush that crept across the kendo girl's cheeks said all. But she shook her head fiercly in denial. "It isn't proper! It is perverted, the same as a man looking at a woman shirtless!"
Kanako laughed slightly, one of the few times she ever did. "It is not the same, they go around shirtless all the time, women do not. Do not ask me why it is so, it simply is. And that is why it is not improper to look." Feeling that the issue was solved Kanako took up the next subject.
"What are your impressions of him?"
Motoko closed her eyes as if in thought and then opened them and spoke. "He has great skill and is agile, he uses his ki to increase his agility and speed to an extent I have not seen anyone else use before, it makes him dangerous, but his ki is in general not up to par with mine or yours. His skill is what makes up for that lack."
(Fade to Men's Bath)
Taisuke sat luxuriating in the bath and letting his muscles loosen up. He was almost ready for his match with Kanako. And he was planning already. He'd have to take her out fast or her superior ki would leave him at a disadvantage. He'd have to give it everything as soon off as he could, or she'd defeat him as Motoko had. A smile crossed his face that if he had seen it would have reminded him of the one he had feared earlier.
(Fade to outside of Hinatasou)
Kitsune raised a bottle of sake and called, "Go...whoever! Party for condolence and party for victor!" She giggled and poured herself another cup. Motoko shook her head in disgust as she sat their crosslegged awaiting the match. It would be interesting to see those two fight. Naru and Keitaro sat side by side each one worried about both fighters and excited about what would happen, Naru more excited then Keitaro. Shinobu sat off to the side near Mutsumi and Sara and looked a bit nervous. It wasn't clear who she was nervous for or if it was for both. Kaolla sat up on the roof and watched carefully.
Taisuke tossed his shirt to the side uncaring, or at least so he said to himself, of those watching. He had to stick to his plan.
Kanako watched her opponent eagerly. This would be an interesting fight, but she would stick to her plan and finish him off as quickly as possible.
Kanako stands across from Taisuke in a stance as does Taisuke. Kuro-chan sits on the sidelines and gets ready to state that the fight has started. What seems like an eternity they stand there waiting for the sign to start.
"FIGHT!" yells Kuro-chan as she jumps into the air and falls behind the log she was just sitting on. She gets back up with a sweat drop on her forehead.
Kanako and Tai-chan go at it throwing punches and kicks at each other as the others watch eagerly, especially Kuro-chan. Kanako flips into a tree as Taisuke gives chase.
"Damn, he's faster than I thought!" Kanako whispered to herself.
Tai-chan threw a punch at her with full force as she blocked it and proceeded up the tree, with Taisuke right behind her. Then, like a flying squirrel, Kanako jumps to the tree next to them. She lands gracefully on the branch. There was a gust of wind as a branch almost fell on top of Kuro-chan. Kuro-chan made it out of the way in time, but barely. Taisuke jumped off of the branch as Kanako did the same. They both did high kicks that looked like something out of a movie. They both land on opposite sides of the battlefield. They stand there for a second.
Suddenly both collapse and hit the ground face first. The crowd gets up excited and rushes over. They help the fallen two up and each bows to the other. Respectfully. Taisuke smiled and Kanako mirrored it with her own frightning smile. "A tie. We will have to do this again." Taisuke nodded his head in acceptance and watched Kanako walk back to the house.
"Tai! I challenge you!" Taisuke blushes briefly as he sees Kaolla leap from the rooftop and down to the ground before him. Being above someone while wearing a skirt was not a good idea. Taisuke didn't understand why she effected him more now then she had wearing her school-girl outfit which barely covered her legs at all, even when she sat on his shoulders he hadn't been as effected. Once again he accepted without thinking.
Taisuke stands in the familiar spot from the last fight, somewhat fatigued. Despite his fatigue, Suu stands as energetic as ever fifteen feet away from him. Taisuke slides into a fighitng stance and Kaolla stands there smiling as Naru stands in front of the group of onlookers and puts her hands up. Taisuke wipes the sweat from his forehead as Kaolla keeps on grining, with her dulcimer in hand.
"FIGHT!" Naru throws her hands down and backs up somewhat so she doesn't get hurt.
Kaolla strums a few chords on her dulcimer and Taisuke smiles. A lovely sound from a lovely...focus Taisuke focus! He mentally upbraids himself for such a stupid mistake. Kaolla closes he eyes and sways back and forth to the tune...Taisuke eventually noticed he was swaying as well and stopped. She smiles, opens her eyes, and says, "Lovely Tama Tama Attack!" Tama-chan flys up and myus, then multiplies into dozens of flying turtles. Taisuek gasps and ducks out of the way of the first wave. He dodges and swings onto a tree branch as several of the turtles hit the branch. The branch goes flying into Keitaro's face and he falls down, dazed. Taisuke dodges turtle after turlte, but slowly starts to loose his pace.
"Damn! I can't seem to concentrate with her as my opponent! Hell I can't seem to concentrate all that well whenever she's around!" Taisuke makes it to the top branch of the tree as Suu slowly makes her way up.
Taisuke then grabs a nearby branch and swings away from his previous spot. He dodges the last of the turtles and rushes in fists flying in an attempt to land a blow. Suu puts an even bigger grin on her face. Taisuke falters and she manages to dodge his uncoordinated attacks. She jumps backwards to get some room and keeps on playing her dulcimer. Taisuke shakes his head to clear his mind. "Does she have to wear that little pink thing?" She hums a few bars and Tama-chan flys up to her and curls up in front of her. She then hits Tama-chan with all of her strength as if she were a baseball getting hit by a baseball bat. Caught with his mind off the battle once again the propelled Tama-chan knocks Taisuke across the ground into a tree. Taisuke then bounces off of the tree and hits Keitaro as he was just getting back up.
Taisuke groans as he lifts his head and tries to rise. He finds himself face to face with Suu who was grinning from ear to ear. She leaned in close and pecked him on the cheek. "Condolence prize." She smiled and then walked off. Taisuke just watched her go not even noticing his hand rise to his cheek. She definetely effected him. And the others seemed to think it was really funny.
In the woods something was watching. Or rather two somethings. And things were just starting to get interesting.
(Fade to elsewhere in the jungle)
A lithe form darts from tree to tree, body a blur of motion. Silent except for the wooshing of air about it, the figure makes its way towards the speck that was getting larger and larger every moment. The dot just happened to be Hinatasou.
The figure reached a wall and skidded to a halt. The figure had an olive complexion and seemed fairly tall. The figure's dark hair was slightly poofy and he wore a simple robe with a bowl hat on his head. Shockingly a small spider monkey sat upon his shoulder dressed identically. A boken hung from the man's waist. The man stares up at the wall and then bends his knees. In one graceful leap he shoots right up over the wall and then hangs there suspended in mid-air for a moment, with the suns rays shining down on him as to conceal his face from any watchers.
He comes down gracefully with a splash. He stands there for a moment and starts to walk away from the water, completely ignoring the fact that his robe was now wet at the bottom. And of course he didn't notice those who stood behind him glaring at his back in anger. He just walks on into the inn and slides the door shut after him.
He doesn't notice the scrambling as of people hurriedly getting clothing on as he walks through the hall looking around. He stops at the door titled 'Kanrinin' and raises his hand to knock. "HENTAI!" The man whirls around to find a wet but clothed Motoko holding her sword at the ready. Naru wasn't far behind her, fist shaking in rage. Kanako showed up a moment later wrapped only in a towel, Kuro-chan took one look at the spider monkey and hissed. The man's obvious stares at Kanako's near nakedness earn him her most withering glare, and a few choice words to Motoko. "Kick this Hentai's ass."
The man's and the monkey's eyes widen as Motoko readies a Zankuusen. Kuro-chan tries to claw the monkey but only to miss.
"Stay still!" yells the cat as the monkey keeps on dodging and climbing.
"Why should I?" replies the monkey, as he continues to nearly get hit by Kuro-chan's claws.
"So I can slice you up!" the cat's fury grows as the monkey continues to become an annoyance with his dodging
Naru blinks questioningly..."Why do they both talk? I don't understand..."
Keitaro exits his room at this point just in time for it to really begin. Waving his arms to stop them he shouted, "Stop this! This isn't the time or place to do this! Not inside!" It was too late though, Motoko had already released a Zankuusen which zipped right by Keitaro towards the man. The man pulls out a boken and deflects the Zankuusen. The women watched in amazement as it dissipates after he is pushed backwards a few feet.
"Beauty and Brawn!" wittingly states the man with a grin on his face. Motoko's face turns red, but it wasn't a flush of embarrasment, or at least not so much. It was more of...anger.
"You have made a fatal error! I will punish you!" Motoko screams while charging at the man. The man fights her with a boken as the monkey and cat continue to fight. Keitaro unforunately got the bad end of the fight. Noone can truly describe the utter terror that comes from being stuck in the middle of two martial artists trying to kill each other from both sides of you. The wooden swords darted in, out, and around Keitaro clacking against each other. Keitaro's only response was a constant scream. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!"
Kuro-chan gave chase and after the monkey got a kick or two in she clawed him and he landed in front of Naru. Naru looked down and kicked him up to chest height and punched him into orbit. Motoko continued to lunge at the man, but he seemed to be able to match her stride for stride...at least so far. All of a sudden there was a rip as everything froze. The two stood still as they all stared at the wet priestess shirt that was on the man's boken, it was Motoko's. Motoko's fury grew and the man was suddenly quite afraid.
"………gomen?" stated the man.
Motoko swung her boken down and screamed, "Zankuusen!" Keitaro wailed as it flew by him and smashed into the man. The telekenetic force sent him richoteing from wall to wall. His bouncing took him towards Naru. Motoko grabbed her shirt that lay on the ground with the man's boken and pulled it on as fast as she could. Of course by the time the man reached the girl with the antennae and the bad temper. "HENTAI!" Naru's winning punch caught the man right in the face and sent him spiraling through the roof and up into orbit.
Keitaro sagged to his knees in relief. "Nothing happened. I'm...I'm okay! I'M OKAY! YES! This must be a new trend! I won't be getting beaten up anymore! Oh no! Now I'm safe! All that and nothing! Okay! The new safer Keita-gah!" Keitaro tumbled into the wall as Taisuke barreled him over on his way up the stairs. He glanced around and looked up through the hole. He ran a hand through his hair wondering what had happened and then leaned down and poked Keitaro.
Keitaro painfully lifts his head up just to have it smashed into the floor again by Sara who chose that time to jump the last few steps. Again he lifts his head looking dizzy and in pain. "Nani?"
"Gah isn't a word." Everyone face-faulted and collapsed in shock. He rises once more and then turns to the women.
"Say...who was that?"
Motoko shakes her head in disgust and Naru just seems to be calming down. So Kanako took the chance to say her word. "Just some hentai with a spider-monkey who showed up. He actually put up a decent fight against Motoko."
This time it was Taisuke who face-faulted, but he managed to catch himself on the railing before he fell. "A spider-monkey?" The women nod and his eyes widen even further. He stares up at the hole in disbelief and then shakes his head and sits down.
"What are you doing here Sesaru?"
(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
Note: Next chapter, find out just who Sesaru is and what he has to do with Taisuke! And maybe a bit more fun and a few more hintings as to the watcher. Since I didn't really include Seta or Haruka in this chapter I intend to include them more in the next one. Sorry that took so long! Have fun reading!
The island was quiet except for the ocassional chirp of a bird. Hinatasou stood out plainly even in the darkness. And something was about to happen at Hinatasou. So much would happen to them. But the first thing would be..."Huh? Who's that?"
(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 6: Old Aquaintence, Man with the Monkey!
Day 10
The wind was blowing harshly in the sweat soaked jungle that surrounded Hinatasou. Taisuke held the boken steady in front of him his senses extended past their limits searching for a hint of something. His heart thundered in his chest and sweat made his hair stick to his scalp. There was a faint wooshing sound as someone moved at incredible speed, jumping through the trees. He closed his eyes and let all his senses die down except for his hearing and his ki sense. Then he knew. Swinging the boken around he shouted, "RyuuDengeki!" A golden thing of electricity shrieked through the air and crashed into a tree. Upon impact the tree exploded.
Motoko came zipping from the trees and swung her boken down shouting, "Zankuusen!" Taisuke rolled out of the way letting the wind attack wizz by him and crash into a tree. The tree was split in half. Taisuke raised his boken instinctively and blocked Motoko's downwards swing. She leapt backwards and Taisuke followed his boken flashing in the morning sun. The clacking of their sticks against each other drowned all the other sounds of the morning. They stopped with blades crossed and stared into each other's eyes looking for some weakness. But there wasn't any. So they settled to pushing at each other's blades with all their strength and ki. Taisuke's eyes widened as Motoko threw every last ounce of ki she had into a final push and shoved straight through his defenses, even when he put all his ki into it. The wooden sword slashed across his chest and sent him flying backwards.
He struck a tree with his back and felt a flash of pain as his body broke the tree. He hit the ground beyond and slid, bouncing head over heels, until he came to rest about 10 meters away from where he had started. Motoko dropped to her knees gasping for breath. Taisuke painfully sat up and held his hand to his chest. It was throbbing and had a red stripe down it from the blow. Grabbing onto a vine he started to struggle to his feet until a hand reached out to help him up. Gratefully he took the hand and stood. Keitaro nodded and smiled. "That was amazing. I've never seen anyone but Seta-san compete with Motoko-chan like that."
Taisuke accepted the complinent and walked with Keitaro to Motoko. They helped her stand and the two martial artists bowed to each other. It had been a perfect match. Without another word they bowed to each other and then walked off in opposite directions. Keitaro headed after Motoko and when he caught up to her Taisuke noticed they seemed to be having some kind of argument. She shook her head vehemently after awhile and then turned to leave. He grabbed at her shoulder to make her stop, slipped on a pile of leaves, and pulled her priestess clothing down off her shoulders. She turned and gave him a good strike with her ki. With a pop Keitaro was skyhigh. Taisuke followed Keitaro's flight path and wondered how that had happened. He didn't think Motoko had enough ki left to do another Zankuusen. "Probably just her anger pumping her ki levels up."
He turned around and stopped with a shocked expression on his face. The dark haired Kanako, Keitaro's adopted sister, stood there holding his shirt out to him. He bowed and murmered, "Domo." He slung it over his shoulder knowing better then to put his shirt on while he was sweating. Kanako eyed him up and down making him blush and then stroked the large-eared cat, Kuro-chan, who sat on her shoulder. The cold expressionless look on her face was spooky, but didn't seem to detract from her looks at all. In fact she looked rather like Motoko.
And then she smiled. He had only seen one thing that frightning in his entire life, a life that included battles with various freaks and even a couple of demons and spirits. The only thing he had seen match her smile was a smile just like it. His middle brother's. Whenever he moved in to finish someone or something off he gave that smile. And if you saw it you knew that you had already lost. The moment she smiled he couldn't even think about her looks. He was snapped out of his wandering thoughts when she spoke. "I witnessed your match with Motoko-san. I was impressed with your fighting abilities." She bowed briefly and then her smile faded.
"I request a match with you once you have regained your ki." Taisuke was surprised enough that he said 'yes' without thinking. They bowed to each other and then she turned to go speak with Motoko. He walked off to the house to take a hot bath and rest up for his next match. The whole while he had the strangest feeling that someone was watching him. He shuddered and closed the door behind him.
Motoko sighed and nodded her greeting to Kanako. "It is not right for a woman to look at a man like that. It's improper. Especially one who is 17."
Kanako shook her head and sat down beside the Kendo girl. "Motoko-san. He is two years younger then us. It is not improper to look at a man, especially when they look like that, and with the shirt off too. Don't tell me you did not look?"
The blush that crept across the kendo girl's cheeks said all. But she shook her head fiercly in denial. "It isn't proper! It is perverted, the same as a man looking at a woman shirtless!"
Kanako laughed slightly, one of the few times she ever did. "It is not the same, they go around shirtless all the time, women do not. Do not ask me why it is so, it simply is. And that is why it is not improper to look." Feeling that the issue was solved Kanako took up the next subject.
"What are your impressions of him?"
Motoko closed her eyes as if in thought and then opened them and spoke. "He has great skill and is agile, he uses his ki to increase his agility and speed to an extent I have not seen anyone else use before, it makes him dangerous, but his ki is in general not up to par with mine or yours. His skill is what makes up for that lack."
(Fade to Men's Bath)
Taisuke sat luxuriating in the bath and letting his muscles loosen up. He was almost ready for his match with Kanako. And he was planning already. He'd have to take her out fast or her superior ki would leave him at a disadvantage. He'd have to give it everything as soon off as he could, or she'd defeat him as Motoko had. A smile crossed his face that if he had seen it would have reminded him of the one he had feared earlier.
(Fade to outside of Hinatasou)
Kitsune raised a bottle of sake and called, "Go...whoever! Party for condolence and party for victor!" She giggled and poured herself another cup. Motoko shook her head in disgust as she sat their crosslegged awaiting the match. It would be interesting to see those two fight. Naru and Keitaro sat side by side each one worried about both fighters and excited about what would happen, Naru more excited then Keitaro. Shinobu sat off to the side near Mutsumi and Sara and looked a bit nervous. It wasn't clear who she was nervous for or if it was for both. Kaolla sat up on the roof and watched carefully.
Taisuke tossed his shirt to the side uncaring, or at least so he said to himself, of those watching. He had to stick to his plan.
Kanako watched her opponent eagerly. This would be an interesting fight, but she would stick to her plan and finish him off as quickly as possible.
Kanako stands across from Taisuke in a stance as does Taisuke. Kuro-chan sits on the sidelines and gets ready to state that the fight has started. What seems like an eternity they stand there waiting for the sign to start.
"FIGHT!" yells Kuro-chan as she jumps into the air and falls behind the log she was just sitting on. She gets back up with a sweat drop on her forehead.
Kanako and Tai-chan go at it throwing punches and kicks at each other as the others watch eagerly, especially Kuro-chan. Kanako flips into a tree as Taisuke gives chase.
"Damn, he's faster than I thought!" Kanako whispered to herself.
Tai-chan threw a punch at her with full force as she blocked it and proceeded up the tree, with Taisuke right behind her. Then, like a flying squirrel, Kanako jumps to the tree next to them. She lands gracefully on the branch. There was a gust of wind as a branch almost fell on top of Kuro-chan. Kuro-chan made it out of the way in time, but barely. Taisuke jumped off of the branch as Kanako did the same. They both did high kicks that looked like something out of a movie. They both land on opposite sides of the battlefield. They stand there for a second.
Suddenly both collapse and hit the ground face first. The crowd gets up excited and rushes over. They help the fallen two up and each bows to the other. Respectfully. Taisuke smiled and Kanako mirrored it with her own frightning smile. "A tie. We will have to do this again." Taisuke nodded his head in acceptance and watched Kanako walk back to the house.
"Tai! I challenge you!" Taisuke blushes briefly as he sees Kaolla leap from the rooftop and down to the ground before him. Being above someone while wearing a skirt was not a good idea. Taisuke didn't understand why she effected him more now then she had wearing her school-girl outfit which barely covered her legs at all, even when she sat on his shoulders he hadn't been as effected. Once again he accepted without thinking.
Taisuke stands in the familiar spot from the last fight, somewhat fatigued. Despite his fatigue, Suu stands as energetic as ever fifteen feet away from him. Taisuke slides into a fighitng stance and Kaolla stands there smiling as Naru stands in front of the group of onlookers and puts her hands up. Taisuke wipes the sweat from his forehead as Kaolla keeps on grining, with her dulcimer in hand.
"FIGHT!" Naru throws her hands down and backs up somewhat so she doesn't get hurt.
Kaolla strums a few chords on her dulcimer and Taisuke smiles. A lovely sound from a lovely...focus Taisuke focus! He mentally upbraids himself for such a stupid mistake. Kaolla closes he eyes and sways back and forth to the tune...Taisuke eventually noticed he was swaying as well and stopped. She smiles, opens her eyes, and says, "Lovely Tama Tama Attack!" Tama-chan flys up and myus, then multiplies into dozens of flying turtles. Taisuek gasps and ducks out of the way of the first wave. He dodges and swings onto a tree branch as several of the turtles hit the branch. The branch goes flying into Keitaro's face and he falls down, dazed. Taisuke dodges turtle after turlte, but slowly starts to loose his pace.
"Damn! I can't seem to concentrate with her as my opponent! Hell I can't seem to concentrate all that well whenever she's around!" Taisuke makes it to the top branch of the tree as Suu slowly makes her way up.
Taisuke then grabs a nearby branch and swings away from his previous spot. He dodges the last of the turtles and rushes in fists flying in an attempt to land a blow. Suu puts an even bigger grin on her face. Taisuke falters and she manages to dodge his uncoordinated attacks. She jumps backwards to get some room and keeps on playing her dulcimer. Taisuke shakes his head to clear his mind. "Does she have to wear that little pink thing?" She hums a few bars and Tama-chan flys up to her and curls up in front of her. She then hits Tama-chan with all of her strength as if she were a baseball getting hit by a baseball bat. Caught with his mind off the battle once again the propelled Tama-chan knocks Taisuke across the ground into a tree. Taisuke then bounces off of the tree and hits Keitaro as he was just getting back up.
Taisuke groans as he lifts his head and tries to rise. He finds himself face to face with Suu who was grinning from ear to ear. She leaned in close and pecked him on the cheek. "Condolence prize." She smiled and then walked off. Taisuke just watched her go not even noticing his hand rise to his cheek. She definetely effected him. And the others seemed to think it was really funny.
In the woods something was watching. Or rather two somethings. And things were just starting to get interesting.
(Fade to elsewhere in the jungle)
A lithe form darts from tree to tree, body a blur of motion. Silent except for the wooshing of air about it, the figure makes its way towards the speck that was getting larger and larger every moment. The dot just happened to be Hinatasou.
The figure reached a wall and skidded to a halt. The figure had an olive complexion and seemed fairly tall. The figure's dark hair was slightly poofy and he wore a simple robe with a bowl hat on his head. Shockingly a small spider monkey sat upon his shoulder dressed identically. A boken hung from the man's waist. The man stares up at the wall and then bends his knees. In one graceful leap he shoots right up over the wall and then hangs there suspended in mid-air for a moment, with the suns rays shining down on him as to conceal his face from any watchers.
He comes down gracefully with a splash. He stands there for a moment and starts to walk away from the water, completely ignoring the fact that his robe was now wet at the bottom. And of course he didn't notice those who stood behind him glaring at his back in anger. He just walks on into the inn and slides the door shut after him.
He doesn't notice the scrambling as of people hurriedly getting clothing on as he walks through the hall looking around. He stops at the door titled 'Kanrinin' and raises his hand to knock. "HENTAI!" The man whirls around to find a wet but clothed Motoko holding her sword at the ready. Naru wasn't far behind her, fist shaking in rage. Kanako showed up a moment later wrapped only in a towel, Kuro-chan took one look at the spider monkey and hissed. The man's obvious stares at Kanako's near nakedness earn him her most withering glare, and a few choice words to Motoko. "Kick this Hentai's ass."
The man's and the monkey's eyes widen as Motoko readies a Zankuusen. Kuro-chan tries to claw the monkey but only to miss.
"Stay still!" yells the cat as the monkey keeps on dodging and climbing.
"Why should I?" replies the monkey, as he continues to nearly get hit by Kuro-chan's claws.
"So I can slice you up!" the cat's fury grows as the monkey continues to become an annoyance with his dodging
Naru blinks questioningly..."Why do they both talk? I don't understand..."
Keitaro exits his room at this point just in time for it to really begin. Waving his arms to stop them he shouted, "Stop this! This isn't the time or place to do this! Not inside!" It was too late though, Motoko had already released a Zankuusen which zipped right by Keitaro towards the man. The man pulls out a boken and deflects the Zankuusen. The women watched in amazement as it dissipates after he is pushed backwards a few feet.
"Beauty and Brawn!" wittingly states the man with a grin on his face. Motoko's face turns red, but it wasn't a flush of embarrasment, or at least not so much. It was more of...anger.
"You have made a fatal error! I will punish you!" Motoko screams while charging at the man. The man fights her with a boken as the monkey and cat continue to fight. Keitaro unforunately got the bad end of the fight. Noone can truly describe the utter terror that comes from being stuck in the middle of two martial artists trying to kill each other from both sides of you. The wooden swords darted in, out, and around Keitaro clacking against each other. Keitaro's only response was a constant scream. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!"
Kuro-chan gave chase and after the monkey got a kick or two in she clawed him and he landed in front of Naru. Naru looked down and kicked him up to chest height and punched him into orbit. Motoko continued to lunge at the man, but he seemed to be able to match her stride for stride...at least so far. All of a sudden there was a rip as everything froze. The two stood still as they all stared at the wet priestess shirt that was on the man's boken, it was Motoko's. Motoko's fury grew and the man was suddenly quite afraid.
"………gomen?" stated the man.
Motoko swung her boken down and screamed, "Zankuusen!" Keitaro wailed as it flew by him and smashed into the man. The telekenetic force sent him richoteing from wall to wall. His bouncing took him towards Naru. Motoko grabbed her shirt that lay on the ground with the man's boken and pulled it on as fast as she could. Of course by the time the man reached the girl with the antennae and the bad temper. "HENTAI!" Naru's winning punch caught the man right in the face and sent him spiraling through the roof and up into orbit.
Keitaro sagged to his knees in relief. "Nothing happened. I'm...I'm okay! I'M OKAY! YES! This must be a new trend! I won't be getting beaten up anymore! Oh no! Now I'm safe! All that and nothing! Okay! The new safer Keita-gah!" Keitaro tumbled into the wall as Taisuke barreled him over on his way up the stairs. He glanced around and looked up through the hole. He ran a hand through his hair wondering what had happened and then leaned down and poked Keitaro.
Keitaro painfully lifts his head up just to have it smashed into the floor again by Sara who chose that time to jump the last few steps. Again he lifts his head looking dizzy and in pain. "Nani?"
"Gah isn't a word." Everyone face-faulted and collapsed in shock. He rises once more and then turns to the women.
"Say...who was that?"
Motoko shakes her head in disgust and Naru just seems to be calming down. So Kanako took the chance to say her word. "Just some hentai with a spider-monkey who showed up. He actually put up a decent fight against Motoko."
This time it was Taisuke who face-faulted, but he managed to catch himself on the railing before he fell. "A spider-monkey?" The women nod and his eyes widen even further. He stares up at the hole in disbelief and then shakes his head and sits down.
"What are you doing here Sesaru?"
(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
Note: Next chapter, find out just who Sesaru is and what he has to do with Taisuke! And maybe a bit more fun and a few more hintings as to the watcher. Since I didn't really include Seta or Haruka in this chapter I intend to include them more in the next one. Sorry that took so long! Have fun reading!