A fog has slowly settled across the island. Something is starting. Something dangerous...something mysterious. A watcher in the night throws his head back and laughs to the sky above. "Oh yes....soon the first will be taken. And everything for them will begin to unravel...and I will have victory. Let the games begin!" A flock of birds scatters from the trees as the voice fades out.
(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 8: Mysteries of the Island
Day 12
"Zankuusen!"
POP!
"AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" Sesaru went sailing through the air and at the top of his arc starting cursing violently. Then his screams started up again as he spiraled down towards the ground.
"AT LEAST THAT WAS 50!"
Motoko smirks and straightens her legs and holds her blade so that the point was facing down to the ground. "Actually that was 48 Sesaru no Baka."
"WHY IS IT ONLY ME?"
CRASH!
(Fade out to hot-springs)
Kitsune sighed as she sunk down into the heated water. A wonderful feeling, the warmth of the water and the steam all around was relaxing to the muscles and to the mind. The only thing more relaxing was sake...speaking of which. "Ha-cha! Heeheeehee! Sake and hot-springs are the best mix ever."
Kitsune giggles as she pulls a bottle of sake and a cup from behind her and pours some into the cup. Definetely the best way to relax. It was time to get really drunk!
(Fade out to outside)
"ZANKUUSEN!"
POP!
"WHY? AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" Sesaru goes spinning through the misty air of the morning. Motoko calmly sheaths her blade and turns to walk away. But once again at the apex of his flight Sesaru managed to get another word out.
"THE LAST TIME WAS 50!"
Motoko blinks a few times and then shrugs her shoulders. "So it was. So it was." Smiling smugly she closes the door behind her and heads for a nice relaxing dip in the hotsprings.
Putting his chin in his palm Sesaru crosses his legs in mid-flight and nods a few times. "Yep. She definetely doesn't like me. But I wonder about that Kanako girl. Hmm...*cat*...*kanako*...*ground*...*ground?* AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" THUMP!
(Fade out to the other side of Hinatasou)
A spinning roundhouse goes over Kanako's head as the younger boy attacks relentleslly using his superior speed and agility to his advantage. Kanako dodges for all she's worth dancing backwards always on guard and on the balls of her feet. Snapping a fist out at full speed she grunts as Taisuke ducks the wild strike and drops to his hands and knees sweeping his foot around. His leg catches the base of her feet and knocks her legs out from under her. With a minor squeek, she'd never admit it was a squeek to anyone but herself, she hits the ground on her butt. But she recovers and kips up to her feet in time to avoid Taisuke's next attack.
Taisuke lets out a shout as he comes in for one last pass. Kanako seeing what he wanted to do speeds up and heads straight for him. One last exchange of fists and feet between the two, where every move would be as fast and as hard hitting as possible, every motion an attempt to grasp victory like a bull by the horns. Knowing the joy of the fight Kanako smiles inside and takes the last several feet in one leap. Taisuke follows suit.
"Tai-kun! WEEEEE!!!!!!" A flaring of skirts and a rush of wind was all that there was to announce Kaolla's presence as she rushed out of the fog and towards Taisuke. Not being able to change his motion in mid-jump he is only able to grunt as Kaolla come slamming into him and drives him to the ground. Kaolla sits there grinning on his back as he gets a mouthfull of dirt. Now Kanako might have laughed. Might. If she hadn't been sent sailing straight over both of their heads by her momentum and right into a tree.
Grunting she rebounded and staggered backwards until she fell to her back gasping for air and staring up at the sky above. Everything was kind of foggy...and not just from the fog itself but...Kanako's eyes roll back into her head as she loses conciousness.
Kaolla giggles as she flips Taisuke over and finds his eyes whirling about in dizziness. He was out cold. Giggling even hard she grabbed him and then Kanako by the heel and dragged them back into the inn to their prespective rooms. Shinobu blinked a few times at seeing Kaolla walk by the kitchen dragging Taisuke and Kanako along behind her. Very strange indeed.
(Fade out to Taisuke's room)
Shinobu sighed and layed the warm wet cloth on the older boy's forehead. Kanako was already in her room still unconcious and being tended to by Mutsumi. Sitting against the far wall of the room was Kaolla who had her legs drawn up to her chest and her head resting on her knees. Her arms were wrapped around her legs as she watched Shinobu work. "Kaolla, you should know better then to just rush in on the middle of a match. Motoko has told you that many times before." She shook her head and pulled the covers up to his chin and sat back to see if he was alright and to listen to Kaolla.
Kaolla did her best at nodded while her chin was on her knees like that. The green skirt that rested in ruffles about her legs was slightly damp from the fog that had engulfed the island and was clinging to her legs a bit. More then was comfortable. "I know...but I wanted to go see the rest of the island and wanted him to come along. Sara has been behaving as Sesaru's task master and having fun at it, but I'm not in the mood for that. And Keitaro and Naru haven't been out of their room since last night."
Shinobu's cheeks turned pink at the mention of the married couple. She pretended not to know what married couples did alone in their rooms and simply tried to convince herself that all they did was talk. Shaking her head to clear a forming image she focused again on the present issue.
"As long as you don't do it again everything is fine...but can't you figure out any way of greeting someone that doesn't involve jumping on them or tackling them?"
Kaolla giggled a bit at that. "But it's so fun. There's no point in just saying hello, they get the message better when you greet them happily."
Shinobu shook her head vehemntly. "N...not true. Greeting them like that is like trying to injure them, it shows that your hyper, which is always true, but it also shows that you have no regard for 'their' feelings."
Kaolla turned her head to the side so she could look directly at her friend. "What do you mean?"
"By acting like that you show no regard for what they want. Keitaro doesn't enjoy being kicked, blown up, or stomped on whenever you go by, Shirai and Haitani probably don't like being blown up by your experiments and toyed with, Kentaro is afraid to come near you because every time he does he ends up being mauled in some way, and Taisuke definetely doesn't like getting his head shoved into the ground."
A thoughtful looked reigned on Kaolla's face as she looked back at Taisuke. She looked like she was struggling with something. In the end she just let her head rest back on her knees and sat watching the boy...man. Shinobu got up and sat next to her in a similar position both watching the new face that had changed things at Hinatasou. Was it for better? Or for worse?
(Meanwhile)
"Oh Naru..."
"Keitaro..."
"I can't feel my legs."
*Giggle*
(Ermm...elsewhere)
"Ahh...this is quite a place. Obviously part of the reason our anonymous tipper pointed us to this island."
"Are you saying you came here because someone you have never met and know nothing about suggested you should come?"
"Hai. Is that a problem?"
Haruka shook her head and took a puff of her cigarette. "You haven't changed a bit Seta. Not at all."
Seta smiled lightly and pushed aside a branch for Haruka to walk on by. Walking after her he continued smiling as their search of the island continued. "Is that such a bad thing? You used to like how I am."
Haruka bonked Seta on the head and then returned to walking. "Is that how it used to be? I don't remember."
Seta shook his head still smiling. "It wasn't that long back Haruka, we were both~" He was cut off as Haruka once again bashed him on top of the head.
"I know when it was. Stop badgering me or go back."
Still grinning Seta rubbed the top of his skull. "Hai, Haruka-san."
They remained in silence as they continued searching for a little while. But it seemed they weren't making much progress. Finally the two stopped and Haruka looked back the way they had come. "Go back to the inn, I'll return shortly."
Seta nodded. He knew Haruka, and though the expression she wore on her face was no different then her usual one he knew it to be more serious. She wanted him to leave so she could walk and have some time to think about things before coming back to the inn. He also knew that she no longer felt anything for him, and he was uncertain about his own feelings for her and for a certain other woman. Turning about he headed back to Hinatasou.
Haruka smiled slightly seeing that Seta knew when to linger and when to listen. Turning about she resumed her walk wishing for silence for a little while longer. But maybe it was more then that. Something seemed to be drawing her deeper into the heart of the island and making her want Seta away. It was something that drew deep upon something hidden inside of her. A more primitive thing that was usually repressed and was now rising to the surface ever so slowly. But though she understood in a simpler way, she did not seem to care or even question what was happening to her.
It was about ten minutes later that she finally came to a halt. A figure was waiting in the shadows. There was a brief red flash as its eyes glowed, and then the figure stepped out into visibility, through the fog. Haruak gazed at him with what could only be described as longing. The primal thing within her was clearest now. Lust.
Smirking he walked close to her and ran a finger across her jawline. She nearly melted. The man was excruciatingly handsome, with black hair capped at the neck by a leather band, sea green eyes, and simple clothing. Jeans and a white shirt framed his muscular body. He smiled down at her. "Master. What is your will?" She said with a deep seeding of desire in her voice. He began to speak. And by the time he was finished she was sobbing with need to do as he said. By the time she returned to Hinatasou she was her normal self once more. Or so it seemed.
(Fade out to view of Hinatasou)
Sara's voice can be heard. "FASTER HENTAI! KEEP MOVING! NOT LIKE THAT YOU BAKA! YOU MISSED A SPOT! GET BACK HERE AND WIPE THAT DRY!"
There is a sudden crash and a high-pitched scream.
"G...Gomen?"
"SESARU NO BAKA!"
KABOOM!
Sesaru comes whirling out of a Sesaru shaped hole in a wall and into the misty sky. Crossing his legs in a sitting position once more with chin in hand he closes his eyes. "Hmm...I give it an 8 on the brutality level."
(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: Oooo...I bet some people are gonna like this next chapter I've got planned. And others will think I'm having total discharacterization. In response to this I say...each character is 3, count em, 3 years older then they were at the beginning of Love Hina. People can change in three years as can attitudes and feelings. So don't believe anything is totally out of character. In light of this I present the ages of all characters, the only two who's I could not find were Kanako and Seta who I just had to make assumptions about. And because I felt like it, my approximation of how tall they are out of the metric system. And of course some of them are taller then they were before because they grew!
Keitaro: 23, 5'11 1/4''
Naru: 20, 5'7''
Kitsune: 23, 5'8 1/3''
Shinobu: 16, 5'5''
Suu: 17, 5'8''
Motoko: 19, 6'
Mutsumi: 24, 5'8 3/4''
Taisuke: 17, 5'10
Sesaru: 19, 6'
Haruka: 30, 5'10
Seta: 30, 6'2
Sara: 11, 4'8
Tama: 4, 11''
(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 8: Mysteries of the Island
Day 12
"Zankuusen!"
POP!
"AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" Sesaru went sailing through the air and at the top of his arc starting cursing violently. Then his screams started up again as he spiraled down towards the ground.
"AT LEAST THAT WAS 50!"
Motoko smirks and straightens her legs and holds her blade so that the point was facing down to the ground. "Actually that was 48 Sesaru no Baka."
"WHY IS IT ONLY ME?"
CRASH!
(Fade out to hot-springs)
Kitsune sighed as she sunk down into the heated water. A wonderful feeling, the warmth of the water and the steam all around was relaxing to the muscles and to the mind. The only thing more relaxing was sake...speaking of which. "Ha-cha! Heeheeehee! Sake and hot-springs are the best mix ever."
Kitsune giggles as she pulls a bottle of sake and a cup from behind her and pours some into the cup. Definetely the best way to relax. It was time to get really drunk!
(Fade out to outside)
"ZANKUUSEN!"
POP!
"WHY? AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" Sesaru goes spinning through the misty air of the morning. Motoko calmly sheaths her blade and turns to walk away. But once again at the apex of his flight Sesaru managed to get another word out.
"THE LAST TIME WAS 50!"
Motoko blinks a few times and then shrugs her shoulders. "So it was. So it was." Smiling smugly she closes the door behind her and heads for a nice relaxing dip in the hotsprings.
Putting his chin in his palm Sesaru crosses his legs in mid-flight and nods a few times. "Yep. She definetely doesn't like me. But I wonder about that Kanako girl. Hmm...*cat*...*kanako*...*ground*...*ground?* AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" THUMP!
(Fade out to the other side of Hinatasou)
A spinning roundhouse goes over Kanako's head as the younger boy attacks relentleslly using his superior speed and agility to his advantage. Kanako dodges for all she's worth dancing backwards always on guard and on the balls of her feet. Snapping a fist out at full speed she grunts as Taisuke ducks the wild strike and drops to his hands and knees sweeping his foot around. His leg catches the base of her feet and knocks her legs out from under her. With a minor squeek, she'd never admit it was a squeek to anyone but herself, she hits the ground on her butt. But she recovers and kips up to her feet in time to avoid Taisuke's next attack.
Taisuke lets out a shout as he comes in for one last pass. Kanako seeing what he wanted to do speeds up and heads straight for him. One last exchange of fists and feet between the two, where every move would be as fast and as hard hitting as possible, every motion an attempt to grasp victory like a bull by the horns. Knowing the joy of the fight Kanako smiles inside and takes the last several feet in one leap. Taisuke follows suit.
"Tai-kun! WEEEEE!!!!!!" A flaring of skirts and a rush of wind was all that there was to announce Kaolla's presence as she rushed out of the fog and towards Taisuke. Not being able to change his motion in mid-jump he is only able to grunt as Kaolla come slamming into him and drives him to the ground. Kaolla sits there grinning on his back as he gets a mouthfull of dirt. Now Kanako might have laughed. Might. If she hadn't been sent sailing straight over both of their heads by her momentum and right into a tree.
Grunting she rebounded and staggered backwards until she fell to her back gasping for air and staring up at the sky above. Everything was kind of foggy...and not just from the fog itself but...Kanako's eyes roll back into her head as she loses conciousness.
Kaolla giggles as she flips Taisuke over and finds his eyes whirling about in dizziness. He was out cold. Giggling even hard she grabbed him and then Kanako by the heel and dragged them back into the inn to their prespective rooms. Shinobu blinked a few times at seeing Kaolla walk by the kitchen dragging Taisuke and Kanako along behind her. Very strange indeed.
(Fade out to Taisuke's room)
Shinobu sighed and layed the warm wet cloth on the older boy's forehead. Kanako was already in her room still unconcious and being tended to by Mutsumi. Sitting against the far wall of the room was Kaolla who had her legs drawn up to her chest and her head resting on her knees. Her arms were wrapped around her legs as she watched Shinobu work. "Kaolla, you should know better then to just rush in on the middle of a match. Motoko has told you that many times before." She shook her head and pulled the covers up to his chin and sat back to see if he was alright and to listen to Kaolla.
Kaolla did her best at nodded while her chin was on her knees like that. The green skirt that rested in ruffles about her legs was slightly damp from the fog that had engulfed the island and was clinging to her legs a bit. More then was comfortable. "I know...but I wanted to go see the rest of the island and wanted him to come along. Sara has been behaving as Sesaru's task master and having fun at it, but I'm not in the mood for that. And Keitaro and Naru haven't been out of their room since last night."
Shinobu's cheeks turned pink at the mention of the married couple. She pretended not to know what married couples did alone in their rooms and simply tried to convince herself that all they did was talk. Shaking her head to clear a forming image she focused again on the present issue.
"As long as you don't do it again everything is fine...but can't you figure out any way of greeting someone that doesn't involve jumping on them or tackling them?"
Kaolla giggled a bit at that. "But it's so fun. There's no point in just saying hello, they get the message better when you greet them happily."
Shinobu shook her head vehemntly. "N...not true. Greeting them like that is like trying to injure them, it shows that your hyper, which is always true, but it also shows that you have no regard for 'their' feelings."
Kaolla turned her head to the side so she could look directly at her friend. "What do you mean?"
"By acting like that you show no regard for what they want. Keitaro doesn't enjoy being kicked, blown up, or stomped on whenever you go by, Shirai and Haitani probably don't like being blown up by your experiments and toyed with, Kentaro is afraid to come near you because every time he does he ends up being mauled in some way, and Taisuke definetely doesn't like getting his head shoved into the ground."
A thoughtful looked reigned on Kaolla's face as she looked back at Taisuke. She looked like she was struggling with something. In the end she just let her head rest back on her knees and sat watching the boy...man. Shinobu got up and sat next to her in a similar position both watching the new face that had changed things at Hinatasou. Was it for better? Or for worse?
(Meanwhile)
"Oh Naru..."
"Keitaro..."
"I can't feel my legs."
*Giggle*
(Ermm...elsewhere)
"Ahh...this is quite a place. Obviously part of the reason our anonymous tipper pointed us to this island."
"Are you saying you came here because someone you have never met and know nothing about suggested you should come?"
"Hai. Is that a problem?"
Haruka shook her head and took a puff of her cigarette. "You haven't changed a bit Seta. Not at all."
Seta smiled lightly and pushed aside a branch for Haruka to walk on by. Walking after her he continued smiling as their search of the island continued. "Is that such a bad thing? You used to like how I am."
Haruka bonked Seta on the head and then returned to walking. "Is that how it used to be? I don't remember."
Seta shook his head still smiling. "It wasn't that long back Haruka, we were both~" He was cut off as Haruka once again bashed him on top of the head.
"I know when it was. Stop badgering me or go back."
Still grinning Seta rubbed the top of his skull. "Hai, Haruka-san."
They remained in silence as they continued searching for a little while. But it seemed they weren't making much progress. Finally the two stopped and Haruka looked back the way they had come. "Go back to the inn, I'll return shortly."
Seta nodded. He knew Haruka, and though the expression she wore on her face was no different then her usual one he knew it to be more serious. She wanted him to leave so she could walk and have some time to think about things before coming back to the inn. He also knew that she no longer felt anything for him, and he was uncertain about his own feelings for her and for a certain other woman. Turning about he headed back to Hinatasou.
Haruka smiled slightly seeing that Seta knew when to linger and when to listen. Turning about she resumed her walk wishing for silence for a little while longer. But maybe it was more then that. Something seemed to be drawing her deeper into the heart of the island and making her want Seta away. It was something that drew deep upon something hidden inside of her. A more primitive thing that was usually repressed and was now rising to the surface ever so slowly. But though she understood in a simpler way, she did not seem to care or even question what was happening to her.
It was about ten minutes later that she finally came to a halt. A figure was waiting in the shadows. There was a brief red flash as its eyes glowed, and then the figure stepped out into visibility, through the fog. Haruak gazed at him with what could only be described as longing. The primal thing within her was clearest now. Lust.
Smirking he walked close to her and ran a finger across her jawline. She nearly melted. The man was excruciatingly handsome, with black hair capped at the neck by a leather band, sea green eyes, and simple clothing. Jeans and a white shirt framed his muscular body. He smiled down at her. "Master. What is your will?" She said with a deep seeding of desire in her voice. He began to speak. And by the time he was finished she was sobbing with need to do as he said. By the time she returned to Hinatasou she was her normal self once more. Or so it seemed.
(Fade out to view of Hinatasou)
Sara's voice can be heard. "FASTER HENTAI! KEEP MOVING! NOT LIKE THAT YOU BAKA! YOU MISSED A SPOT! GET BACK HERE AND WIPE THAT DRY!"
There is a sudden crash and a high-pitched scream.
"G...Gomen?"
"SESARU NO BAKA!"
KABOOM!
Sesaru comes whirling out of a Sesaru shaped hole in a wall and into the misty sky. Crossing his legs in a sitting position once more with chin in hand he closes his eyes. "Hmm...I give it an 8 on the brutality level."
(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: Oooo...I bet some people are gonna like this next chapter I've got planned. And others will think I'm having total discharacterization. In response to this I say...each character is 3, count em, 3 years older then they were at the beginning of Love Hina. People can change in three years as can attitudes and feelings. So don't believe anything is totally out of character. In light of this I present the ages of all characters, the only two who's I could not find were Kanako and Seta who I just had to make assumptions about. And because I felt like it, my approximation of how tall they are out of the metric system. And of course some of them are taller then they were before because they grew!
Keitaro: 23, 5'11 1/4''
Naru: 20, 5'7''
Kitsune: 23, 5'8 1/3''
Shinobu: 16, 5'5''
Suu: 17, 5'8''
Motoko: 19, 6'
Mutsumi: 24, 5'8 3/4''
Taisuke: 17, 5'10
Sesaru: 19, 6'
Haruka: 30, 5'10
Seta: 30, 6'2
Sara: 11, 4'8
Tama: 4, 11''