"It is all coming together. One has fallen under my grasp and the rest will soon follow. I will have what I want...and I will have my revenge! Mwuahahahahahahaahahahahaha!"
"Very nice evil laugh Master." The man turns and smiles at the woman standing there.
"Domo." Throwing his head back he starts laughing again, and the woman soon joins in.
(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 9: Welcome to Paradise
Day 13
A pair of feet hit the grassy floor of the jungle-like area. Dancing along the feet make finally stop at another tree where they vanish from view as the owner jumps. Moments later the feet come back down.
Kaolla grins as she peels the banana and pops it in her mouth eating it in one bite. She downs a few others and starts spinning about. She loops around the tree and when she comes around she is now dressed in her full adult outfit. Still grinning she starts to run out of the room and as she reaches the hallway, she bursts into song.
Mezameta shunkan HAITENSYON ohara ga GU~ GOHAN wa mata?
huton KEttobashite mado aketara nan de mo ii sakebutaku naru
SUKI na mono SUKI tte ieru notte taisetu ne
yacchaoo omoikitte
Heat Up Girl! maemuki KYARA sakuretsu-tyuu
syakunetsu Dream! zinsee wa tsugo yoku
Heat Up Girl! HAATO atsuku hageshiku moyasoo
Heat Up Up, Heat Up Up Girl!
Onsen hito huro tenka TAIHENN kami to kashite hikkukutte
issyokenmee kyoo mo asoboo surimuitara TSUBA tsukrya ii
Tamatta ENERUGII GAMAN wa karada ni warui
hassan shinakya DAME
Heat Up Girl! yasei no honnoo bakuhatsu-tyuu
syakunetsu Dream! zinsee wa ichidokiri
Heat Up Girl! HAATO tsuyoku tanoshiku ikiyoo
Heat Up Up, Heat Up Up Girl!
Hontoo wa MECHAKUCHA sabishigari ya Heat Up Girl!
kiai IPPATSU hairanakucha Heat Up Girl!
kosi ni katate attete gyuuyuu o IKKInomi
GAANNBAAROO!
Heat Up Girl! maemuki KYARA sakuretsu-tyuu
syakunetsu Dream! zinsee wa tsugo yoku
Heat Up Girl! HAATO atsuku hageshiku moyasoo
Heat Up Up, Heat Up Up Girl!
Heat Up Girl! yasei no honnoo bakuhatsu-tyuu
syakunetsu Dream! zinsee wa ichidokiri
Heat Up Girl! HAATO tsuyoku tanoshiku ikiyoo
Heat Up Up, Heat Up Up Girl!
Taisuke blinks a few times as Kaolla goes spinning past his room singing. He leans into the hallway to watch as she dances all the way to the stairs where she hops on the rail and slides down. "Well that was certainly strange."
He turns and heads up the hall to see what he can learn. Knocking on the door across from Kaolla's he says, "Excuse me, Motoko-san? Is it alright if I enter?"
A muffled voice calls out, "Hai!"
Running a hand through his ruffled hair Taisuke enters the room and closes the door around him. Surprised he stares around in awe at the room. He hadn't been in here before...but it definetely suited her. Motoko was busy sowing a stitch in one of her pairs of gi and had some thread in her mouth, obviously the reason her voice had been muffled. Taisuke stopped in shock just standing there staring at Motoko doing needle work. Motoko lays the needle down and turns to him. "What was it you wanted?"
Without thinking he said, "You can sow?"
Motoko gets an aggravated look on her face and Taisuke's eyes widen. "Wait...umm...gomen...actually I was wondering if you knew why Kaolla was singing."
Motoko calms down and shakes her haid. "Gomen, I don't know to tell the truth. Maybe you should ask Shinobu, they are best friends."
"Hai, arigato." Taisuke bows once and exits the room, if he was going to talk to Shinobu he'd have to go to the kitchen. So he walked back the way he had come, jumped over the railing to the floor below, and walked right into the kitchen.
"Oi, Shinobu. What's up?"
Shinobu turns smiling as always, but for some reason her cheeks turned a bit pink briefly. "Just cooking breakfast. What about you?"
He smiles back and wonders to himself why she never met his eyes, guess she was always a bit nervous. "Eh...well when I finished dressing for the morning I got out of my room and the first thing I saw was Kaolla come dancing by singing. Do you have any idea why she was singing like that?"
Shinobu blushed profusely and cast her eyes to the ground. "Eh...well...that is...eh...eh...maybe she was...happy?"
Scracthing his head Taisuke thinks to himself, 'Just smile and nod, just smile and nod.' So he did just that. Reaching out he put his hand on her shoulder. "Why are you so jumpy Shinobu? Is something wrong?"
Shinobu jerks away and returns to her cooking. "Nothing...just...I have to get back to cooking." Shaking his head in confusment he turns around and heads out of the kitchen, for some reason he thought he heard her giggle a moment later.
Kaolla comes rushing by and heads right into the kitchen. Taisuke turns around to try and ask her and she motions him away. "Girl to girl talk. Kitchen is off limits." With that she turned away and walked right up to Shinobu.
Befuddled Taisuke sits down on the couch near the entrance and clicks the tv on. Static. "Baka. Of course there isn't any reception, we're on an uninhabited island in the middle of nowhere." Sighing out loud he gets up and starts to go outside. He stops partway to the door. He could have sworn he heard Shinobu and Kaolla tittering away in the kitchen. He wondered what they were talking about.
"Well then why don't you go find out?" Taisuke jumps into the air in shock and turns to find Kitsune standing there. He hadn't realized he had voiced his thought.
"Wh...what do you mean by that Kitsune-senpai?"
The fox girl shakes her head and grins mischeviously. "It's just Kitsune. Just sneak over to the kitchen and put your ear close and listen. That way you can know what they are talking about."
Taisuke harumped and crossed his arms turning away. "Hah. I'm not like that. I won't listen in on other peoples converstations."
"Faster baka! Faster! Move that mop! Go go go!" At that very moment Sesaru came trundling by at high speed shoving the mop across the floor swiping as fast as he could. Sara trailed along behind him shouting at him to do it better or do it first, or telling him when he missed a spot.
Taisuke and Kitsune stared after the pair in shock. "Well that was quite sudden. And if you won't listen...then I will!" Grinning her evil grin she tiptoes over to the kitchen and stops in surprise when Kaolla, Shinobu, AND Kanako walk out. That was funny. He hadn't noticed Kanako enter the kitchen. He had seen Kaolla go in after she went down the railing and....
"What the? Kaolla would have immediately gone into the kitchen in the morning...so how did she get there after me...Kaolla wasn't acting her normal self, especially after how sing-song she was...so...?"
Kitsune just chuckled. "Kanako is good at disguises. You probably didn't notice Suu in the kitchen the first time for some reason and the Suu you saw go in the kitchen must have been Kanako."
Kanako was looking a bit smug, while Shinobu and Kaolla looked sort of miffed. About what he wasn't sure. Kanako smiled and poked her leg out so that when Sesaru made a pass in his cleaning cycle he tripped over her foot and went flying into the wall. "GAH!"
"Gah is not a word!" The three girls glance at each other and then at him and Sesaru.
Kanako marched up to him and poked his chest with her finger. "You and your friend are going to accompany the three of us to the beach today. It was decided that a buddy system was needed so you two must come along, but it was also agreed that I didn't need a buddy because I'm trained in the martial arts."
"What about Kaolla? Doesn't she have her powers and su~" Kanako chose that moment to smack him upside the head.
"Don't contradict me." Taisuke grumbled and rubbed the back of his head. But in the end he acquiesed to their demands of his coming...most of all because Sesaru seemed quite happy at their demand and kept motioning for him to accept. Not really getting what was making Sesaru so excited he just shrugged his shoulders and then went to have breakfast.
(45 minutes later in Taisuke's room)
"Damn stubborn jackass!"
"Arrogant pissant!"
"You aren't going to ruin my day with your foolishness!"
"You calling me a fool! Ha! Pot calling the kettle black!"
"Would you stop that! You have to wear it!"
"No way am I wearing that thing!"
"Why not?"
Taisuke snatched the thing from Sesaru's hands and held it up. "Look at it! It's all meshy on the inside so you can't wear anything under it comfortably! And according to you I shouldn't wear a shirt with it!"
Sesaru shoved his face right in Taisuke's and glared at him. "Of course you can't wear anything under or it, or a shirt with it! It's a bathing suit! And I don't care whether or not you've ever worn one or think it's proper! You go shirtless in your sparring matches with Motoko!"
Pushing his own face forward so that Sesaru had to jerk back to keep from being knocked over Taisuke glared right back. "That's completely different! Motoko is a fellow martial artist! I respect her and see nothing wrong with that."
Sesaru pushed right back. "It's not different! If it was different the way you say it is, about a fellow martial artist, then you'd be shirtless in your matches with Kanako! But you aren't! Now stopping being stubborn! Your going in this bathing suit whether you like it or not!"
Taisuke hopped backwards and pulled a boken off his dresser. "That's it! I'll show you! Ryuudengeki!"
Sesaru jerked in shock and pulled out his nunchucks. He spun them around and shouted, "Shrieking Boomerang!" A blue wheel of ki shot forth from his spinning nunchucks and clashed with the golden ki released in Taisuke's lightning elemental attack. There was a dazzling display of sparks and finally the two ki attacks exploded leaving the room clouded in smoke.
Both warriors fell backwards and started laughing having realized how ridiculous the situation was. Taisuke shook his head trying to stop laughing enough to speak. "Alright...I'll wear it."
(Fade out to jungle)
Taisuke tried to ignore the fact that he was walking through the jungle wearing a blue bathing suit and no shirt trying to get to the beach. And also ignored the fact that Sesaru was also there, wearing a black bathing suit and similarly shirtless. Taisuke sighed and brushed a bunch of palm leaves aside and then drew in a sharp breath.
There before them was the beach. It amazing scintilatting colors the beach was one of the most phenomenal things Taisuke had ever seen. Sunlight was reflected in incredible ways upon the water and the sand itself. It was astonishing. Sesaru seemed similarly amazed...but his gaze was directed in one particular direction.
Taisuke followed his friends line of sight and found what was looking for. His eyes widened and his blood pressure started to rise. He clamped fingers onto his nose to avoid blood flow. Sesaru had a clothes pin clamped onto his noise...but after a few moments he seemed to calm down enough and pulled the clip off.
Giggling and splashing about the girls finally noticed that they had arrived and starting running over kicking up sand as they did. Taisuke was destinctly reminded of a flock of angels. He shook his head to try and clear his thoughts and finally released his nose. He'd be fine...he hoped.
As they got closer he realized something. He was unprepared to seeing any girl this way...especially ones as pretty as these three. He clamped his jaw shut and tried hard not to stare. He supposed that was what women's bathing suits were like...but it didn't seem possible that they would wear those in front of other people...and yet it seemed they were. Shinobu wore a blue thing...it clung to her skin and showed all of her legs, it was single piece of clothing. He could feel his heart hammering. Kanako was wearing two pieces of clothing as her bathing suit...and if anything she was showing even more skin then Shinobu! All of her legs were exposed and both pieces were very tight, the top one covered her breasts and that was all, leaving the rest of her to the open air. Yeah...he definetly wasn't ready for this. Kaolla wore a pink two-piece that was just as tight as Kanako's but had a slight declining V to it that Kanako's lacked. Sesaru was grinning.
Blankly he felt Kaolla grab onto one arm and Shinobu onto the other. "Come on, lets go swim." He let himself be hauled off to the water. He also noticed Kanako bash Sesaru over the head and start to drag him to the water by his hair.
"You know you don't have to drag me Kanako."
"Shut up."
Moments later Taisuke was paddling through the water. Swimming had relaxed him whenever he had a chance to do so. But it seemed much more relaxing and easier to swim in the bathing suit then it was fully-clothed as he was used to. The cool water also felt good against his skin. He dove down paddling to see how far below the water he could go. It was crystal clear...it was amazing. Finally he reached the bottom, still holding his breath he turned over in the water and let his knees bend as his feet came into contact with the sandy bottom. He used his knees to shoot himself straight up like a missile. Kicking as hard as he could he reached the surface and burst forth. He laughed out loud and relaxed into the water, letting himself float contentedly.
There was another splash and Taisuke turned his head to see what it was. Kaolla came out of the water sort of like he had, except she shook her hair as she got free of the water. She also started walking back onto the beach. Rivulets of water trickled down her skin. He was riveted.
Finally managing to shake himself back into reality he noticed that Kanako, Shinobu, and Sesaru were already sitting on a large towel and setting something up, they were also talking and laughing. Shinobu seemed to be blushing, but Taisuke couldn't be sure from such a distance. It felt like it hadn't been that long...but he realized he had been swimming about for close to an hour...or maybe even longer. He had gotten lost in his swimming, so relaxed that he also probably fell asleep and had woken up right before Kaolla came out of the water.
Suddenly he realized that the entire group was motioning for him to come over. He turned over in the water and paddled back to shore. Getting out he started walking towards the group, he caught the towel that Kaolla tossed him and dried himself a bit with it before he sat down on the towel in between Sesaru and Shinobu. Next to Shinobu was Kaolla, and Kaolla sat next to Kanako who was beside Sesaru. And so the circle was completed.
"WALLA!" Kaolla produced an empty sake bottle and placed it in between all of them. Kanako sighed and shook her head.
"It's 'voila' not 'walla'." Kaolla blinked a few times and then grinned.
"Is 'voila' yummy?" Everyone toppled over onto their backs or sides.
After a little bit of recovery it seemed that everything was in order. Kanako held the bottle out in front of her and met each person's gaze. "Alright. 'Spin the bottle', does everyone agree to the rules that are implied by the game?"
There was a chorus of "hais" and one, "Nani?"
Everyone turned to look at Taisuke. "What is it?"
"I haven't agreed to any rules yet. So we can't start anything." They started to glare at him, especially Sesaru.
The older man wrapped an arm around his neck and started giving him a noogie. "You don't have any clue what 'Spin the Bottle' is do you?"
Taisuke jerked free and turned away. "No."
Everyone burst out laughing. Taisuke turned back and started yelling. "It's not funny!"
(Five minutes later)
"Do you agree?"
"Hai."
"Alright then...let's play. I go first."
Everyone watched with interest as Kanako started the bottle turning and turning. They watched it carefully as it slowed down passing over each of them in turn. Nobody was certain who it would land on. Who would be first to go? Shinobu? Kaolla? Kanako herself? Sesaru? Taisuke? The bottle continued its slowing and came to rest pointing at Shinobu. Everyone blinked in surprise, especially Shinobu and Kanako.
Hesitantly the two girls leaned forwards. There was a quick brush of lips and then both girls were sitting again, almost as if pretending nothing had happened. Except both had pink tinging their cheeks. Sesaru took the bottle from the center and began to spin it about his hand. Taisuke mentally sighed. One of Sesaru's proferred weapons were the nunchucks...he could make that bottle point to whoever he wanted. The bottle spun from his fingers and landed on towel in a dizzying spiral.
It began to spin so fast that it tipped upwards until it finally stopped...pointing straight up! And just when everyone thought they were safe...the bottle toppled over and pointed clear at Kanako. So that was who he was aiming for. Sesaru leaned forward and took Kanako's face in his hands. His lips met hers and he kissed her passionately. At first her eyes began to slide closed as she enjoyed it...but then she seemed to remember her opinion of Sesaru and bashed him on top of the head. He lay on his back leg twitching moaning something about 'Why me?' Taisuke had a hard time not laughing.
Everyone was watching him. It was his turn. 'Oh shit! What am I supposed to do?' he thought to himself, he wasn't ready for this...especially not with the girls looking like they did. And he wasn't about to cheat as Sesaru had...not that it would do him any good. Talking good hold of his nerves he packed them into a corner of his mind and stomped up and down on them a few times for good measure. He slowly placed his hands on the bottle and gave it a good spin.
He could feel his heart pounding at every full circle that the bottle made. OH YEAH! HE WAS DEFINENTLY NOT READY FOR THIS! He squeezed his eyes shut until he heard someone giggle. The bottle had stopped its spin. He slowly opened his eyes and looked to who it was pointing at. His heart seemed like it was trying to escape from his chest.
Kaolla
Heart pounding he leaned forward slowly and hesitantly...his lips brushed hers and he quickly started to sit down. But before he could he felt hands grasp handfulls of his hair and pull him back. His lips met hers and he realized that he never really knew what a kiss was until now. Not one like this. He gave into it and kissed back with all the need within him. It was wonderful, sweeter then wine, soft as a marshmellow, it was incredible. Both of them sat back breathing hard and averting their eyes from each other.
Sesaru grinned and clapped his friend on the back. "Congratulations kid. Your first kiss."
Finding a bit more breath he glared at Sesaru his eyes promising retribution at a later date. "SHUT UP!"
"Make me!"
"That's it! You are so going down! RAAA!!!" Sesaru's eyes widened as Taisuke leaped at him fists extended.
Quickly they became a dust cloud moving across the beach, occasionly with fists and feet visible. Various curses floated from the moving dust ball. They were pulled apart as Kanako stalked over and grabbed each one by the ear, then she dragged them back and plopped them down on the towel. "Let's get back to the game."
BOOM! They all jerked in shock at the sound of thunder. They turned their eyes up in shock as the clouds covered the area darkening it. And then rain began to pour down on them. Lightning came with the rain and soon after each bolt the boom of thunder followed. Gasping they gathered up everything they could and ran off back towards Hinatasou for shelter.
They were mostly split up it, Kaolla was nowhere to be seen and she had most of everything with her, knowing her she was probably nearly to Hinatasou by now. He wasn't that far behind, the others were somewhere behind him. He didn't notice a root and his foot snagged. He went down in a heap and pulled himself to a standing position leaning back against a leafy tree that provided some cover against the rain. Shinobu stopped under the tree leaning against it to catch her breath. Kanako and Sesaru were still farther behind them, struggling through the dirt that was becoming muddy. They had what was left of their beach stuff.
"Shinobu, are you alright?" Finally catching her breath Shinobu straightened and smiled, nodding.
"Taisuke...the storm...I...the storm cut the game short so..."
"What is it Shinobu?"
Shinobu stretched up on tiptoes and brought herself up against him. Her lips met his and he reacted by wrapping his arms around her and pulling her close. The kiss was long, deep, and wonderful. It wasn't as astounding as Kaolla's had been, but it left him with a warm feeling that seemed just as nice as Kaolla's. She pulled back and smiled up at him meeting his eyes for but a moment, and then she ran off into the ran. He watched her go and shook his head in wonder. Would he ever understand women? Probably not even if he studied the subject for five lifetimes. But what fun was it without a bit of mystery?
Sesaru walked up on unsteady legs and stood there for a moment next to Taisuke. Kanako walked on by looking a bit unsteady herself, but seeming to purposefully ignore Sesaru. Nope, Taisuke would never get women. Turning his head to the older man he spoke, "Have you ever been completely confused about how you feel about a girl...or maybe more then one?"
Sesaru turned to look at his young friend and a grin spread across his face. Drapping his arm over his friends shoulders he led the younger man back towards Hinatasou. Still grinning he spoke. "Taisuke...welcome to my world. Now lets talk."
(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: Weeeee!!!!! I loved writing this chapter and took me a lot of work, so please somebody review it, I want to know if it turned out as good as I hoped. :)
"Very nice evil laugh Master." The man turns and smiles at the woman standing there.
"Domo." Throwing his head back he starts laughing again, and the woman soon joins in.
(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 9: Welcome to Paradise
Day 13
A pair of feet hit the grassy floor of the jungle-like area. Dancing along the feet make finally stop at another tree where they vanish from view as the owner jumps. Moments later the feet come back down.
Kaolla grins as she peels the banana and pops it in her mouth eating it in one bite. She downs a few others and starts spinning about. She loops around the tree and when she comes around she is now dressed in her full adult outfit. Still grinning she starts to run out of the room and as she reaches the hallway, she bursts into song.
Mezameta shunkan HAITENSYON ohara ga GU~ GOHAN wa mata?
huton KEttobashite mado aketara nan de mo ii sakebutaku naru
SUKI na mono SUKI tte ieru notte taisetu ne
yacchaoo omoikitte
Heat Up Girl! maemuki KYARA sakuretsu-tyuu
syakunetsu Dream! zinsee wa tsugo yoku
Heat Up Girl! HAATO atsuku hageshiku moyasoo
Heat Up Up, Heat Up Up Girl!
Onsen hito huro tenka TAIHENN kami to kashite hikkukutte
issyokenmee kyoo mo asoboo surimuitara TSUBA tsukrya ii
Tamatta ENERUGII GAMAN wa karada ni warui
hassan shinakya DAME
Heat Up Girl! yasei no honnoo bakuhatsu-tyuu
syakunetsu Dream! zinsee wa ichidokiri
Heat Up Girl! HAATO tsuyoku tanoshiku ikiyoo
Heat Up Up, Heat Up Up Girl!
Hontoo wa MECHAKUCHA sabishigari ya Heat Up Girl!
kiai IPPATSU hairanakucha Heat Up Girl!
kosi ni katate attete gyuuyuu o IKKInomi
GAANNBAAROO!
Heat Up Girl! maemuki KYARA sakuretsu-tyuu
syakunetsu Dream! zinsee wa tsugo yoku
Heat Up Girl! HAATO atsuku hageshiku moyasoo
Heat Up Up, Heat Up Up Girl!
Heat Up Girl! yasei no honnoo bakuhatsu-tyuu
syakunetsu Dream! zinsee wa ichidokiri
Heat Up Girl! HAATO tsuyoku tanoshiku ikiyoo
Heat Up Up, Heat Up Up Girl!
Taisuke blinks a few times as Kaolla goes spinning past his room singing. He leans into the hallway to watch as she dances all the way to the stairs where she hops on the rail and slides down. "Well that was certainly strange."
He turns and heads up the hall to see what he can learn. Knocking on the door across from Kaolla's he says, "Excuse me, Motoko-san? Is it alright if I enter?"
A muffled voice calls out, "Hai!"
Running a hand through his ruffled hair Taisuke enters the room and closes the door around him. Surprised he stares around in awe at the room. He hadn't been in here before...but it definetely suited her. Motoko was busy sowing a stitch in one of her pairs of gi and had some thread in her mouth, obviously the reason her voice had been muffled. Taisuke stopped in shock just standing there staring at Motoko doing needle work. Motoko lays the needle down and turns to him. "What was it you wanted?"
Without thinking he said, "You can sow?"
Motoko gets an aggravated look on her face and Taisuke's eyes widen. "Wait...umm...gomen...actually I was wondering if you knew why Kaolla was singing."
Motoko calms down and shakes her haid. "Gomen, I don't know to tell the truth. Maybe you should ask Shinobu, they are best friends."
"Hai, arigato." Taisuke bows once and exits the room, if he was going to talk to Shinobu he'd have to go to the kitchen. So he walked back the way he had come, jumped over the railing to the floor below, and walked right into the kitchen.
"Oi, Shinobu. What's up?"
Shinobu turns smiling as always, but for some reason her cheeks turned a bit pink briefly. "Just cooking breakfast. What about you?"
He smiles back and wonders to himself why she never met his eyes, guess she was always a bit nervous. "Eh...well when I finished dressing for the morning I got out of my room and the first thing I saw was Kaolla come dancing by singing. Do you have any idea why she was singing like that?"
Shinobu blushed profusely and cast her eyes to the ground. "Eh...well...that is...eh...eh...maybe she was...happy?"
Scracthing his head Taisuke thinks to himself, 'Just smile and nod, just smile and nod.' So he did just that. Reaching out he put his hand on her shoulder. "Why are you so jumpy Shinobu? Is something wrong?"
Shinobu jerks away and returns to her cooking. "Nothing...just...I have to get back to cooking." Shaking his head in confusment he turns around and heads out of the kitchen, for some reason he thought he heard her giggle a moment later.
Kaolla comes rushing by and heads right into the kitchen. Taisuke turns around to try and ask her and she motions him away. "Girl to girl talk. Kitchen is off limits." With that she turned away and walked right up to Shinobu.
Befuddled Taisuke sits down on the couch near the entrance and clicks the tv on. Static. "Baka. Of course there isn't any reception, we're on an uninhabited island in the middle of nowhere." Sighing out loud he gets up and starts to go outside. He stops partway to the door. He could have sworn he heard Shinobu and Kaolla tittering away in the kitchen. He wondered what they were talking about.
"Well then why don't you go find out?" Taisuke jumps into the air in shock and turns to find Kitsune standing there. He hadn't realized he had voiced his thought.
"Wh...what do you mean by that Kitsune-senpai?"
The fox girl shakes her head and grins mischeviously. "It's just Kitsune. Just sneak over to the kitchen and put your ear close and listen. That way you can know what they are talking about."
Taisuke harumped and crossed his arms turning away. "Hah. I'm not like that. I won't listen in on other peoples converstations."
"Faster baka! Faster! Move that mop! Go go go!" At that very moment Sesaru came trundling by at high speed shoving the mop across the floor swiping as fast as he could. Sara trailed along behind him shouting at him to do it better or do it first, or telling him when he missed a spot.
Taisuke and Kitsune stared after the pair in shock. "Well that was quite sudden. And if you won't listen...then I will!" Grinning her evil grin she tiptoes over to the kitchen and stops in surprise when Kaolla, Shinobu, AND Kanako walk out. That was funny. He hadn't noticed Kanako enter the kitchen. He had seen Kaolla go in after she went down the railing and....
"What the? Kaolla would have immediately gone into the kitchen in the morning...so how did she get there after me...Kaolla wasn't acting her normal self, especially after how sing-song she was...so...?"
Kitsune just chuckled. "Kanako is good at disguises. You probably didn't notice Suu in the kitchen the first time for some reason and the Suu you saw go in the kitchen must have been Kanako."
Kanako was looking a bit smug, while Shinobu and Kaolla looked sort of miffed. About what he wasn't sure. Kanako smiled and poked her leg out so that when Sesaru made a pass in his cleaning cycle he tripped over her foot and went flying into the wall. "GAH!"
"Gah is not a word!" The three girls glance at each other and then at him and Sesaru.
Kanako marched up to him and poked his chest with her finger. "You and your friend are going to accompany the three of us to the beach today. It was decided that a buddy system was needed so you two must come along, but it was also agreed that I didn't need a buddy because I'm trained in the martial arts."
"What about Kaolla? Doesn't she have her powers and su~" Kanako chose that moment to smack him upside the head.
"Don't contradict me." Taisuke grumbled and rubbed the back of his head. But in the end he acquiesed to their demands of his coming...most of all because Sesaru seemed quite happy at their demand and kept motioning for him to accept. Not really getting what was making Sesaru so excited he just shrugged his shoulders and then went to have breakfast.
(45 minutes later in Taisuke's room)
"Damn stubborn jackass!"
"Arrogant pissant!"
"You aren't going to ruin my day with your foolishness!"
"You calling me a fool! Ha! Pot calling the kettle black!"
"Would you stop that! You have to wear it!"
"No way am I wearing that thing!"
"Why not?"
Taisuke snatched the thing from Sesaru's hands and held it up. "Look at it! It's all meshy on the inside so you can't wear anything under it comfortably! And according to you I shouldn't wear a shirt with it!"
Sesaru shoved his face right in Taisuke's and glared at him. "Of course you can't wear anything under or it, or a shirt with it! It's a bathing suit! And I don't care whether or not you've ever worn one or think it's proper! You go shirtless in your sparring matches with Motoko!"
Pushing his own face forward so that Sesaru had to jerk back to keep from being knocked over Taisuke glared right back. "That's completely different! Motoko is a fellow martial artist! I respect her and see nothing wrong with that."
Sesaru pushed right back. "It's not different! If it was different the way you say it is, about a fellow martial artist, then you'd be shirtless in your matches with Kanako! But you aren't! Now stopping being stubborn! Your going in this bathing suit whether you like it or not!"
Taisuke hopped backwards and pulled a boken off his dresser. "That's it! I'll show you! Ryuudengeki!"
Sesaru jerked in shock and pulled out his nunchucks. He spun them around and shouted, "Shrieking Boomerang!" A blue wheel of ki shot forth from his spinning nunchucks and clashed with the golden ki released in Taisuke's lightning elemental attack. There was a dazzling display of sparks and finally the two ki attacks exploded leaving the room clouded in smoke.
Both warriors fell backwards and started laughing having realized how ridiculous the situation was. Taisuke shook his head trying to stop laughing enough to speak. "Alright...I'll wear it."
(Fade out to jungle)
Taisuke tried to ignore the fact that he was walking through the jungle wearing a blue bathing suit and no shirt trying to get to the beach. And also ignored the fact that Sesaru was also there, wearing a black bathing suit and similarly shirtless. Taisuke sighed and brushed a bunch of palm leaves aside and then drew in a sharp breath.
There before them was the beach. It amazing scintilatting colors the beach was one of the most phenomenal things Taisuke had ever seen. Sunlight was reflected in incredible ways upon the water and the sand itself. It was astonishing. Sesaru seemed similarly amazed...but his gaze was directed in one particular direction.
Taisuke followed his friends line of sight and found what was looking for. His eyes widened and his blood pressure started to rise. He clamped fingers onto his nose to avoid blood flow. Sesaru had a clothes pin clamped onto his noise...but after a few moments he seemed to calm down enough and pulled the clip off.
Giggling and splashing about the girls finally noticed that they had arrived and starting running over kicking up sand as they did. Taisuke was destinctly reminded of a flock of angels. He shook his head to try and clear his thoughts and finally released his nose. He'd be fine...he hoped.
As they got closer he realized something. He was unprepared to seeing any girl this way...especially ones as pretty as these three. He clamped his jaw shut and tried hard not to stare. He supposed that was what women's bathing suits were like...but it didn't seem possible that they would wear those in front of other people...and yet it seemed they were. Shinobu wore a blue thing...it clung to her skin and showed all of her legs, it was single piece of clothing. He could feel his heart hammering. Kanako was wearing two pieces of clothing as her bathing suit...and if anything she was showing even more skin then Shinobu! All of her legs were exposed and both pieces were very tight, the top one covered her breasts and that was all, leaving the rest of her to the open air. Yeah...he definetly wasn't ready for this. Kaolla wore a pink two-piece that was just as tight as Kanako's but had a slight declining V to it that Kanako's lacked. Sesaru was grinning.
Blankly he felt Kaolla grab onto one arm and Shinobu onto the other. "Come on, lets go swim." He let himself be hauled off to the water. He also noticed Kanako bash Sesaru over the head and start to drag him to the water by his hair.
"You know you don't have to drag me Kanako."
"Shut up."
Moments later Taisuke was paddling through the water. Swimming had relaxed him whenever he had a chance to do so. But it seemed much more relaxing and easier to swim in the bathing suit then it was fully-clothed as he was used to. The cool water also felt good against his skin. He dove down paddling to see how far below the water he could go. It was crystal clear...it was amazing. Finally he reached the bottom, still holding his breath he turned over in the water and let his knees bend as his feet came into contact with the sandy bottom. He used his knees to shoot himself straight up like a missile. Kicking as hard as he could he reached the surface and burst forth. He laughed out loud and relaxed into the water, letting himself float contentedly.
There was another splash and Taisuke turned his head to see what it was. Kaolla came out of the water sort of like he had, except she shook her hair as she got free of the water. She also started walking back onto the beach. Rivulets of water trickled down her skin. He was riveted.
Finally managing to shake himself back into reality he noticed that Kanako, Shinobu, and Sesaru were already sitting on a large towel and setting something up, they were also talking and laughing. Shinobu seemed to be blushing, but Taisuke couldn't be sure from such a distance. It felt like it hadn't been that long...but he realized he had been swimming about for close to an hour...or maybe even longer. He had gotten lost in his swimming, so relaxed that he also probably fell asleep and had woken up right before Kaolla came out of the water.
Suddenly he realized that the entire group was motioning for him to come over. He turned over in the water and paddled back to shore. Getting out he started walking towards the group, he caught the towel that Kaolla tossed him and dried himself a bit with it before he sat down on the towel in between Sesaru and Shinobu. Next to Shinobu was Kaolla, and Kaolla sat next to Kanako who was beside Sesaru. And so the circle was completed.
"WALLA!" Kaolla produced an empty sake bottle and placed it in between all of them. Kanako sighed and shook her head.
"It's 'voila' not 'walla'." Kaolla blinked a few times and then grinned.
"Is 'voila' yummy?" Everyone toppled over onto their backs or sides.
After a little bit of recovery it seemed that everything was in order. Kanako held the bottle out in front of her and met each person's gaze. "Alright. 'Spin the bottle', does everyone agree to the rules that are implied by the game?"
There was a chorus of "hais" and one, "Nani?"
Everyone turned to look at Taisuke. "What is it?"
"I haven't agreed to any rules yet. So we can't start anything." They started to glare at him, especially Sesaru.
The older man wrapped an arm around his neck and started giving him a noogie. "You don't have any clue what 'Spin the Bottle' is do you?"
Taisuke jerked free and turned away. "No."
Everyone burst out laughing. Taisuke turned back and started yelling. "It's not funny!"
(Five minutes later)
"Do you agree?"
"Hai."
"Alright then...let's play. I go first."
Everyone watched with interest as Kanako started the bottle turning and turning. They watched it carefully as it slowed down passing over each of them in turn. Nobody was certain who it would land on. Who would be first to go? Shinobu? Kaolla? Kanako herself? Sesaru? Taisuke? The bottle continued its slowing and came to rest pointing at Shinobu. Everyone blinked in surprise, especially Shinobu and Kanako.
Hesitantly the two girls leaned forwards. There was a quick brush of lips and then both girls were sitting again, almost as if pretending nothing had happened. Except both had pink tinging their cheeks. Sesaru took the bottle from the center and began to spin it about his hand. Taisuke mentally sighed. One of Sesaru's proferred weapons were the nunchucks...he could make that bottle point to whoever he wanted. The bottle spun from his fingers and landed on towel in a dizzying spiral.
It began to spin so fast that it tipped upwards until it finally stopped...pointing straight up! And just when everyone thought they were safe...the bottle toppled over and pointed clear at Kanako. So that was who he was aiming for. Sesaru leaned forward and took Kanako's face in his hands. His lips met hers and he kissed her passionately. At first her eyes began to slide closed as she enjoyed it...but then she seemed to remember her opinion of Sesaru and bashed him on top of the head. He lay on his back leg twitching moaning something about 'Why me?' Taisuke had a hard time not laughing.
Everyone was watching him. It was his turn. 'Oh shit! What am I supposed to do?' he thought to himself, he wasn't ready for this...especially not with the girls looking like they did. And he wasn't about to cheat as Sesaru had...not that it would do him any good. Talking good hold of his nerves he packed them into a corner of his mind and stomped up and down on them a few times for good measure. He slowly placed his hands on the bottle and gave it a good spin.
He could feel his heart pounding at every full circle that the bottle made. OH YEAH! HE WAS DEFINENTLY NOT READY FOR THIS! He squeezed his eyes shut until he heard someone giggle. The bottle had stopped its spin. He slowly opened his eyes and looked to who it was pointing at. His heart seemed like it was trying to escape from his chest.
Kaolla
Heart pounding he leaned forward slowly and hesitantly...his lips brushed hers and he quickly started to sit down. But before he could he felt hands grasp handfulls of his hair and pull him back. His lips met hers and he realized that he never really knew what a kiss was until now. Not one like this. He gave into it and kissed back with all the need within him. It was wonderful, sweeter then wine, soft as a marshmellow, it was incredible. Both of them sat back breathing hard and averting their eyes from each other.
Sesaru grinned and clapped his friend on the back. "Congratulations kid. Your first kiss."
Finding a bit more breath he glared at Sesaru his eyes promising retribution at a later date. "SHUT UP!"
"Make me!"
"That's it! You are so going down! RAAA!!!" Sesaru's eyes widened as Taisuke leaped at him fists extended.
Quickly they became a dust cloud moving across the beach, occasionly with fists and feet visible. Various curses floated from the moving dust ball. They were pulled apart as Kanako stalked over and grabbed each one by the ear, then she dragged them back and plopped them down on the towel. "Let's get back to the game."
BOOM! They all jerked in shock at the sound of thunder. They turned their eyes up in shock as the clouds covered the area darkening it. And then rain began to pour down on them. Lightning came with the rain and soon after each bolt the boom of thunder followed. Gasping they gathered up everything they could and ran off back towards Hinatasou for shelter.
They were mostly split up it, Kaolla was nowhere to be seen and she had most of everything with her, knowing her she was probably nearly to Hinatasou by now. He wasn't that far behind, the others were somewhere behind him. He didn't notice a root and his foot snagged. He went down in a heap and pulled himself to a standing position leaning back against a leafy tree that provided some cover against the rain. Shinobu stopped under the tree leaning against it to catch her breath. Kanako and Sesaru were still farther behind them, struggling through the dirt that was becoming muddy. They had what was left of their beach stuff.
"Shinobu, are you alright?" Finally catching her breath Shinobu straightened and smiled, nodding.
"Taisuke...the storm...I...the storm cut the game short so..."
"What is it Shinobu?"
Shinobu stretched up on tiptoes and brought herself up against him. Her lips met his and he reacted by wrapping his arms around her and pulling her close. The kiss was long, deep, and wonderful. It wasn't as astounding as Kaolla's had been, but it left him with a warm feeling that seemed just as nice as Kaolla's. She pulled back and smiled up at him meeting his eyes for but a moment, and then she ran off into the ran. He watched her go and shook his head in wonder. Would he ever understand women? Probably not even if he studied the subject for five lifetimes. But what fun was it without a bit of mystery?
Sesaru walked up on unsteady legs and stood there for a moment next to Taisuke. Kanako walked on by looking a bit unsteady herself, but seeming to purposefully ignore Sesaru. Nope, Taisuke would never get women. Turning his head to the older man he spoke, "Have you ever been completely confused about how you feel about a girl...or maybe more then one?"
Sesaru turned to look at his young friend and a grin spread across his face. Drapping his arm over his friends shoulders he led the younger man back towards Hinatasou. Still grinning he spoke. "Taisuke...welcome to my world. Now lets talk."
(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: Weeeee!!!!! I loved writing this chapter and took me a lot of work, so please somebody review it, I want to know if it turned out as good as I hoped. :)