A dark pair of eyes gazed down upon the peaceful Hinatasou. The rain had stopped at last, but the true storm was about to begin. "The true storm? Hehehehehehe....I am the storm. Myauahahahahahahaha!"
Slowly the laughter fades leaving the island tranquil in the night once again.
"Hmmm...I get better every time I do 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 10: Case of the Disappearing Tenants
Day 14
Shinobu reached up to touch her lips. The other day...she smiled at the memory. It seemed like a dream, but she knew it wasn't. She just wished she knew how he felt. She felt wonderful that she had managed to do what she had to do.
But Kaolla...it felt strange to think of her own friend as competition...and silly to believe she could have anything with this man who would be gone from her life in two weeks. She shook her head. She would just have to make the best of it. "Taisuke...I don't know how you feel about me...but I want to enjoy our time together as much as I can."
(Fade to Kaolla's room)
Kaolla reached up to touch her lips. The other day...she smiled at the memory. She had planned the whole thing, and even put on a bathing suit she thought he'd like. Something she never expected herself to do. She had only had feelings for her brother before...but this was different. She felt different around Tai then she did around her brother. "Nii-sama...Tai...I don't know which of you I love more. Tai, I don't know how you feel about me, but I'm going to have as much fun with you as I can...before you leave."
It seemed strange to think of her own friend as competition. Shinobu had never had to try to look good, she just was. She was cute and she knew it, but Kaolla didn't have as much going for her as Shinobu did. But even with her as competition...Kaolla wouldn't let that get between their friendship.
(Fade to Kanako's room)
Kanako reached up to touch her lips. The other day...she smiled at the memory. But then she scowled and started berating herself. "What are you thinking! He's a pervert, a no-good low-life, a lecher, a cheat, and a loser! Nobody like that is worth the time or effort...not worth anything!" But while she could saw what she wanted...that didn't calm her...didn't reassure her that the words were true and her heart beating as it had been was false. This man she knew nothing about...she had talked with him certainly...but she didn't understand.
"No! Baka Kanako! Baka baka baka baka baka baka baka! He's a nothing! Kami what is wrong with you Kanako! Get it together!" No...her words were the truth, her feelings were false.
(Fade to the Urashima room)
Naru smiled at the sleeping form of her husband. He looked so peaceful like that. It would be a shame to wake him now...besides, she was too tired to do anything, and he probably was in the same fix. She snuggled up against him and smiled as she closed her eyes. It was so wonderful that sometimes she wondered why she had ever denied her own feelings to herself. And even now, sometimes she still did things and said things that she shouldn't. He had changed her, made her a better person. He seemed to do that to a lot of people. Everyone he met was usually affected...and most often for the better. She had met some of the people that he had known earlier in his life, and had been surprised by some of the ways he had changed their lives. This man that she loved was a great man, a strong man, maybe not physically...but he had strength in the way that truly counted. Strength of character and strength of emotion. He might be a bumbler...but he would stand up for something even with no chance of actually succeeding, he also thought the best of people and tried to help me them with what they needed.
"Keitaro...I love you."
(Fade to Kitsune's room)
"Seta-san. I wonder..." The fox girl sat there leaning against her wall with a bottle of sake in one hand and a cup in the other. She was drunk...as usual. She understood how she felt now...but still nothing had come of it. She wished she could be happy in her life in the way that Naru was. To finally be with the one that she loved. But Seta was a complicated man, and while Kitsune usually enjoyed things that were complicated...being in love with a complicated man was a bit different.
"Then again he might just be so simple that he's complicated." At times Seta was intelligent and witty, but at others he was flighty and somewhat stupid. Seta was a good one for advice, he knew what was right and what was wrong in a way that few people could actually grasp, and he was there for you when you needed him the most. Sure he was a bit obsessed with the ancient turtle civilization...but almost everyone was obsessed with something.
"Maybe it is right for me to be honest...maybe...but I need more drink."
"Ha-cha!"
(Fade to hot-springs)
Mutsumi sank deep into the water. It was so relaxing. "Ahhh..........."
(Fade to Motoko's room)
Motoko's sword slashed through the air viciously. She would be prepared for whatever would come. She thought of her sister and of all the things that her sister had taught her. She wondered if she would ever marry as her sister had...ever fall in love at all. That was all mere speculation...for now she would train. "Anawe...I will be happy as you are...someday."
(Fade to Haruka's guest room)
Haruka stood and gazed out the window. She could feel it stirring deep within her. Driving her. Calling her. She knew what she must do and she relished doing it.
"I'm coming Master."
(Fade to hallway)
"EH? HARUKA HAS VANISHED?"
Keitaro nodded. "Hai, I went to go ask her a question and she wasn't there. I checked all over the place but could find no sign of her anywhere."
Keitaro collapsed as Naru punched the top of his head. "Don't be stupid! She probably just went walking!"
Keitaro groaned and held up something. Her cigarretes. "It's her last pack...the rest are at her tea house and this one is full, I saw her get rid of the last one of her previous pack the other day. She wouldn't leave without a cigarette."
The others stood there in shock. They knew it was true. Haruka never went anywhere without her cigarettes. "If this is settled then we have to split into groups and search the island for her."
So it was decided. Fairly quickly the pairings were made. They of course knew that every group would need someone who knew how to fight, so the decisions were made based on this fact. They even handed out communicators, Kaolla made, for everyone to use. The pairings were thus.
Taisuke & Shinobu Group A
Seta & Kitsune Group B
Kaolla & Naru Group C
Motoko & Keitaro Group D
Sesaru & Mutsumi Group E
Kanako Group F
Kanako stopped in the midst of her walking. It wasn't that she had heard anything, or that she was nervous. But rather she had just thought of something. Tama, Kuro, and Miko hadn't been around for days now. "Whatever got Haruka must have taken them as well. Damn this is bad."
With her usual serious expression on she sprinted through the jungle watching everything and shouting, "Haruka-san!" every five six seconds. But so far to no avail. It didn't look she'd ever get a response or see anything at this rate. "Shit! Where is she? HARUKA-SAN!"
Kanako came to a skidding halt. Something was wrong...very wrong. She could feel a terrible sense of dread climb up her spine, a tingling sense that told her of something evil nearby. And her ki senses were all shouting that this thing's power was huge. Slipping instinctivly into a fighting stance she readied herself for anything that might come.
Of course nothing could prepare her for the jolt of primal emotions from within her. The deep-seeded lust that rose up and made her feet move outside their own will. She couldn't do a thing about it.
The fog filled the area and Kanako was nowhere to be seen.
(Fade to Group E)
"HARUKA! HARUKA! ARE YOU THERE?" Sesaru walked slowly through the jungle keeping an eye out for Haruka or anything else, and an eye on making sure Mutsumi was safe. Of course keeping an eye on Mutsumi was easy...but that was besides the point. Mutsumi walked around near him calling out every once and a while, "HELLO EVERYONE!"
Sesaru shook his head and sighed. Ok...so maybe having a beautiful flake as a search partner wasn't such a great thing. But at least she was helping. At least she had been...
Sesaru watched as Mutsumi's body suddenly went rigid and she gazed off into the distance. Her feet began to move almost as if she was unaware of it. Sesaru scrambled over and put his hand on her shoulder. "Mutsumi? Is everything alright?" She just ignored him and kept walking. He stood there dumbfounded for a moment and then went to catch up with her. She walked straight into a strange fog that he just appeared.
"Mutsumi-san!" He burst through the fog and stopped dead. Nothing. She wasn't anywhere to be seen. Spinning around looking over the whole area he struggled to see some sign of the flaky girl.
"MUTSUMI-SAN!"
(Fade to Group D)
Motoko had her ki senses extended. She didn't have to let Keitaro know what was coming. The terribly powerful evil that she sensed coming ever closer. Nor did he need to know about the feeling that was spreading through her. A feeling that as it grew made her look at Keitaro in a way she would never have before. The feeling wasn't even directed at him, but its residual effects were making her think things that she shouldn't.
Keitaro spun about in shock as Motoko layed her hand on his back. Putting a hand to his chest he calmed himself. "Don't do that Motoko-chan. You surprised me. Well, what is it? Did you see something?"
Motoko didn't respond in words. She merely pushed him backwards with one hand against a tree and advanced. Keitaro had a look of stark terror blazoned on his face as she approached him. 'She's gonna kill me this time!' he thought to himself. Her blade came free and she held it steady in front of her.
"AIIIIEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!" Keitaro screamed as Motoko slashed viciously with the sword. He blinked in shock seeing that he was still alive and apparently unharmed. His heart rate started to return to normal...until his shirt split in half and fell away.
Motoko placed a hand on his chest and leaned in close her face almost touching his. Her hand slowly started to travel downwards and Keitaro started to freak out. This was wrong...this was very wrong! 'This can't be happening!'
Suddenly Motoko's hand stopped. She spun about to stare into the trees. "Master", she whispered. Silently she sprung forwards into a forming cloud of fog. Moments later the fog had faded away and Motoko was nowhere to be seen. Keitaro slid down the tree and sat heavily on his butt. "What's going on here?"
(Fade out to Group B)
Kitsune leered at Seta. It wasn't how she would normally act...at least not around Seta. But though people believed things about her that weren't true...she knew enough to know what she was feeling, and know enough to realize that it was irrational. Especially at the time.
"Seta-san?"
"Eh? What is it Kitsune?" Seta looked over his shoulder and smiled at the fox girl.
"Do you love me?"
(Fade to Group A)
"HARUKA-SENPAI!" Shinobu's call was echoed by Taisuke who was off to one side peering through parted branches. Sweat made his white shirt cling to his body. He looked very good like that. Shinobu shook her head in shock. She didn't normally think like that! What was wrong with her? She was feeling something strange but....she shook her head again to clear her thoughts.
Taisuke let the branches fall back into place and turned about to continue searching. He stopped for a moment looking at Shinobu. She was so cute...no not cute. That wasn't the right word. She was petite, but she had a great figure, and those big blue eyes were amazing. Beautiful would be the right word for her. 'GAH! Don't think like that! Keep your mind on the job at hand!' he wrapped the side of his head with his knuckles for emphasis.
"Shinobu?" The blue haired girl turned to him and smiled. Something in it seemed different then usual, but imperceptive as he was when it came to girls Taisuke didn't notice it.
"Hai? What is it Taisuke?"
"Why did you kiss me like that the other day?" Taisuke's jaw almost dropped when he spoke the words. That wasn't what he was going to say! Was it?
Shinobu looked shocked but her expression slowly changed. She walked up to Taisuke with a smile on her face...the different smile that he was starting to notice. Taisuke followed her every move...she wasn't so much walking as...swaying. She stopped with little space in between them. She looked up at him and smiled. Taisuke gulped and tried to calm his pounding heart.
"Why? Didn't you like it?"
She was so beautiful that he answered again without thinking. "Of course! I just wondered why you kissed me. I mean...I'm nothing special or anything like that."
"You are special Taisuke...don't ever believe you aren't." Taisuke stumbled and fell onto his back. He hadn't realized he had been backing away the whole time...she was just making him nervous.
His clumsiness had another effect. His feet caught with Shinobu's and she tumbled down with him ending up above him in a VERY awkward position. Both of their hearts were pounding in time. 'This can't be Shinobu...she doesn't act like this! This is wrong...but why am I not resisting?' Taisuke closed his eyes and forgot his troubles as her lips met his. The kiss was more passionate then their previous one, and although it had that same warm feeling to it, it was different as well.
Gently, she parted his lips and tasted his with the tip of his tongue... something she had never done to someone's lips. She shivered and grew bolder, delicately exploring where his lips met. She was surprised when his lips parted and something warm and soft met her tongue. She pulled away with a twitch and gazed searchingly in his eyes. She saw nothing but trust and warmth in them. She leaned forward again and she met him with her lips parted. She tasted him, teasing his tongue and pulling his head closer to her with her hands. She moaned against him. It felt like death and the relief of meeting oblivion. He pulled away and held her close, burying his face in her neck. "I didn't know... I didn't know it was like this. So warm... so warm..." he cried, smelling her skin.
A deep voice chuckled. "Quite naughty aren't you two? But as interesting as this is...it ends now. Mwauahahahahahahahaha!" Taisuke sat bolt upright as a feeling of incomprable evil washed over him. His senses had been distracted and he hadn't noticed the approach!
"Shinobu! Get behind me! I'll protect you!"
The man just laughed at this. No...not a man. Taisuke had learned enough to know the feeling different. Oni. This man was a demon! "I'm afraid you won't be protecting her today young one. She is mine." He beckoned with a finger and she rose against her will and walked to him.
"Leave her alone!" Taisuke launched from his spot ready to attack with everything he had. He grunted as his breath was driven from his lungs by a foot. He hit the ground and rolled for a few feet before he recovered and got back on his feet. A fog lifted behind him and they came.
"Naru-senpai! Mustumi-senpai! Kitsune! Kanako-san! Motoko-san! Haruka-senpai! Kaolla!" He cursed violently to see them all standing behind the demon. They were under his spell and Kanako was the one who had kicked him. Motoko started forward her blade held up in front of her, Kanako approached similarly in a fighting stance, and Naru started forward fists at the ready. The odds were against him.
"Don't fret, I'm always here to help buddy."
Taisuke grinned as his friend came up beside him nunchucks in his fists. "Sesaru!"
"I'm here as well Tai-chan, always ready to lend a helping hand."
Taisuke grinned again as his old teacher stopped on his other said fists up. "Seta-san!"
From the opposite end of the clearing someone came through the trees. Face calm with a hint of anger and shirtless Urashima Keitaro stood steady gazing at the demon with something that Taisuke had never seen on his face before. Hatred.
"You! This is your fault! You can't be allowed to go unpunished for your actions! We'll end this now!"
The demon laughed once more. "I'm surprised at how great your ki has become little man. But it won't do you any good. Slaves...kill them all, for your master. Haka Akki."
(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
Slowly the laughter fades leaving the island tranquil in the night once again.
"Hmmm...I get better every time I do 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 10: Case of the Disappearing Tenants
Day 14
Shinobu reached up to touch her lips. The other day...she smiled at the memory. It seemed like a dream, but she knew it wasn't. She just wished she knew how he felt. She felt wonderful that she had managed to do what she had to do.
But Kaolla...it felt strange to think of her own friend as competition...and silly to believe she could have anything with this man who would be gone from her life in two weeks. She shook her head. She would just have to make the best of it. "Taisuke...I don't know how you feel about me...but I want to enjoy our time together as much as I can."
(Fade to Kaolla's room)
Kaolla reached up to touch her lips. The other day...she smiled at the memory. She had planned the whole thing, and even put on a bathing suit she thought he'd like. Something she never expected herself to do. She had only had feelings for her brother before...but this was different. She felt different around Tai then she did around her brother. "Nii-sama...Tai...I don't know which of you I love more. Tai, I don't know how you feel about me, but I'm going to have as much fun with you as I can...before you leave."
It seemed strange to think of her own friend as competition. Shinobu had never had to try to look good, she just was. She was cute and she knew it, but Kaolla didn't have as much going for her as Shinobu did. But even with her as competition...Kaolla wouldn't let that get between their friendship.
(Fade to Kanako's room)
Kanako reached up to touch her lips. The other day...she smiled at the memory. But then she scowled and started berating herself. "What are you thinking! He's a pervert, a no-good low-life, a lecher, a cheat, and a loser! Nobody like that is worth the time or effort...not worth anything!" But while she could saw what she wanted...that didn't calm her...didn't reassure her that the words were true and her heart beating as it had been was false. This man she knew nothing about...she had talked with him certainly...but she didn't understand.
"No! Baka Kanako! Baka baka baka baka baka baka baka! He's a nothing! Kami what is wrong with you Kanako! Get it together!" No...her words were the truth, her feelings were false.
(Fade to the Urashima room)
Naru smiled at the sleeping form of her husband. He looked so peaceful like that. It would be a shame to wake him now...besides, she was too tired to do anything, and he probably was in the same fix. She snuggled up against him and smiled as she closed her eyes. It was so wonderful that sometimes she wondered why she had ever denied her own feelings to herself. And even now, sometimes she still did things and said things that she shouldn't. He had changed her, made her a better person. He seemed to do that to a lot of people. Everyone he met was usually affected...and most often for the better. She had met some of the people that he had known earlier in his life, and had been surprised by some of the ways he had changed their lives. This man that she loved was a great man, a strong man, maybe not physically...but he had strength in the way that truly counted. Strength of character and strength of emotion. He might be a bumbler...but he would stand up for something even with no chance of actually succeeding, he also thought the best of people and tried to help me them with what they needed.
"Keitaro...I love you."
(Fade to Kitsune's room)
"Seta-san. I wonder..." The fox girl sat there leaning against her wall with a bottle of sake in one hand and a cup in the other. She was drunk...as usual. She understood how she felt now...but still nothing had come of it. She wished she could be happy in her life in the way that Naru was. To finally be with the one that she loved. But Seta was a complicated man, and while Kitsune usually enjoyed things that were complicated...being in love with a complicated man was a bit different.
"Then again he might just be so simple that he's complicated." At times Seta was intelligent and witty, but at others he was flighty and somewhat stupid. Seta was a good one for advice, he knew what was right and what was wrong in a way that few people could actually grasp, and he was there for you when you needed him the most. Sure he was a bit obsessed with the ancient turtle civilization...but almost everyone was obsessed with something.
"Maybe it is right for me to be honest...maybe...but I need more drink."
"Ha-cha!"
(Fade to hot-springs)
Mutsumi sank deep into the water. It was so relaxing. "Ahhh..........."
(Fade to Motoko's room)
Motoko's sword slashed through the air viciously. She would be prepared for whatever would come. She thought of her sister and of all the things that her sister had taught her. She wondered if she would ever marry as her sister had...ever fall in love at all. That was all mere speculation...for now she would train. "Anawe...I will be happy as you are...someday."
(Fade to Haruka's guest room)
Haruka stood and gazed out the window. She could feel it stirring deep within her. Driving her. Calling her. She knew what she must do and she relished doing it.
"I'm coming Master."
(Fade to hallway)
"EH? HARUKA HAS VANISHED?"
Keitaro nodded. "Hai, I went to go ask her a question and she wasn't there. I checked all over the place but could find no sign of her anywhere."
Keitaro collapsed as Naru punched the top of his head. "Don't be stupid! She probably just went walking!"
Keitaro groaned and held up something. Her cigarretes. "It's her last pack...the rest are at her tea house and this one is full, I saw her get rid of the last one of her previous pack the other day. She wouldn't leave without a cigarette."
The others stood there in shock. They knew it was true. Haruka never went anywhere without her cigarettes. "If this is settled then we have to split into groups and search the island for her."
So it was decided. Fairly quickly the pairings were made. They of course knew that every group would need someone who knew how to fight, so the decisions were made based on this fact. They even handed out communicators, Kaolla made, for everyone to use. The pairings were thus.
Taisuke & Shinobu Group A
Seta & Kitsune Group B
Kaolla & Naru Group C
Motoko & Keitaro Group D
Sesaru & Mutsumi Group E
Kanako Group F
Kanako stopped in the midst of her walking. It wasn't that she had heard anything, or that she was nervous. But rather she had just thought of something. Tama, Kuro, and Miko hadn't been around for days now. "Whatever got Haruka must have taken them as well. Damn this is bad."
With her usual serious expression on she sprinted through the jungle watching everything and shouting, "Haruka-san!" every five six seconds. But so far to no avail. It didn't look she'd ever get a response or see anything at this rate. "Shit! Where is she? HARUKA-SAN!"
Kanako came to a skidding halt. Something was wrong...very wrong. She could feel a terrible sense of dread climb up her spine, a tingling sense that told her of something evil nearby. And her ki senses were all shouting that this thing's power was huge. Slipping instinctivly into a fighting stance she readied herself for anything that might come.
Of course nothing could prepare her for the jolt of primal emotions from within her. The deep-seeded lust that rose up and made her feet move outside their own will. She couldn't do a thing about it.
The fog filled the area and Kanako was nowhere to be seen.
(Fade to Group E)
"HARUKA! HARUKA! ARE YOU THERE?" Sesaru walked slowly through the jungle keeping an eye out for Haruka or anything else, and an eye on making sure Mutsumi was safe. Of course keeping an eye on Mutsumi was easy...but that was besides the point. Mutsumi walked around near him calling out every once and a while, "HELLO EVERYONE!"
Sesaru shook his head and sighed. Ok...so maybe having a beautiful flake as a search partner wasn't such a great thing. But at least she was helping. At least she had been...
Sesaru watched as Mutsumi's body suddenly went rigid and she gazed off into the distance. Her feet began to move almost as if she was unaware of it. Sesaru scrambled over and put his hand on her shoulder. "Mutsumi? Is everything alright?" She just ignored him and kept walking. He stood there dumbfounded for a moment and then went to catch up with her. She walked straight into a strange fog that he just appeared.
"Mutsumi-san!" He burst through the fog and stopped dead. Nothing. She wasn't anywhere to be seen. Spinning around looking over the whole area he struggled to see some sign of the flaky girl.
"MUTSUMI-SAN!"
(Fade to Group D)
Motoko had her ki senses extended. She didn't have to let Keitaro know what was coming. The terribly powerful evil that she sensed coming ever closer. Nor did he need to know about the feeling that was spreading through her. A feeling that as it grew made her look at Keitaro in a way she would never have before. The feeling wasn't even directed at him, but its residual effects were making her think things that she shouldn't.
Keitaro spun about in shock as Motoko layed her hand on his back. Putting a hand to his chest he calmed himself. "Don't do that Motoko-chan. You surprised me. Well, what is it? Did you see something?"
Motoko didn't respond in words. She merely pushed him backwards with one hand against a tree and advanced. Keitaro had a look of stark terror blazoned on his face as she approached him. 'She's gonna kill me this time!' he thought to himself. Her blade came free and she held it steady in front of her.
"AIIIIEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!" Keitaro screamed as Motoko slashed viciously with the sword. He blinked in shock seeing that he was still alive and apparently unharmed. His heart rate started to return to normal...until his shirt split in half and fell away.
Motoko placed a hand on his chest and leaned in close her face almost touching his. Her hand slowly started to travel downwards and Keitaro started to freak out. This was wrong...this was very wrong! 'This can't be happening!'
Suddenly Motoko's hand stopped. She spun about to stare into the trees. "Master", she whispered. Silently she sprung forwards into a forming cloud of fog. Moments later the fog had faded away and Motoko was nowhere to be seen. Keitaro slid down the tree and sat heavily on his butt. "What's going on here?"
(Fade out to Group B)
Kitsune leered at Seta. It wasn't how she would normally act...at least not around Seta. But though people believed things about her that weren't true...she knew enough to know what she was feeling, and know enough to realize that it was irrational. Especially at the time.
"Seta-san?"
"Eh? What is it Kitsune?" Seta looked over his shoulder and smiled at the fox girl.
"Do you love me?"
(Fade to Group A)
"HARUKA-SENPAI!" Shinobu's call was echoed by Taisuke who was off to one side peering through parted branches. Sweat made his white shirt cling to his body. He looked very good like that. Shinobu shook her head in shock. She didn't normally think like that! What was wrong with her? She was feeling something strange but....she shook her head again to clear her thoughts.
Taisuke let the branches fall back into place and turned about to continue searching. He stopped for a moment looking at Shinobu. She was so cute...no not cute. That wasn't the right word. She was petite, but she had a great figure, and those big blue eyes were amazing. Beautiful would be the right word for her. 'GAH! Don't think like that! Keep your mind on the job at hand!' he wrapped the side of his head with his knuckles for emphasis.
"Shinobu?" The blue haired girl turned to him and smiled. Something in it seemed different then usual, but imperceptive as he was when it came to girls Taisuke didn't notice it.
"Hai? What is it Taisuke?"
"Why did you kiss me like that the other day?" Taisuke's jaw almost dropped when he spoke the words. That wasn't what he was going to say! Was it?
Shinobu looked shocked but her expression slowly changed. She walked up to Taisuke with a smile on her face...the different smile that he was starting to notice. Taisuke followed her every move...she wasn't so much walking as...swaying. She stopped with little space in between them. She looked up at him and smiled. Taisuke gulped and tried to calm his pounding heart.
"Why? Didn't you like it?"
She was so beautiful that he answered again without thinking. "Of course! I just wondered why you kissed me. I mean...I'm nothing special or anything like that."
"You are special Taisuke...don't ever believe you aren't." Taisuke stumbled and fell onto his back. He hadn't realized he had been backing away the whole time...she was just making him nervous.
His clumsiness had another effect. His feet caught with Shinobu's and she tumbled down with him ending up above him in a VERY awkward position. Both of their hearts were pounding in time. 'This can't be Shinobu...she doesn't act like this! This is wrong...but why am I not resisting?' Taisuke closed his eyes and forgot his troubles as her lips met his. The kiss was more passionate then their previous one, and although it had that same warm feeling to it, it was different as well.
Gently, she parted his lips and tasted his with the tip of his tongue... something she had never done to someone's lips. She shivered and grew bolder, delicately exploring where his lips met. She was surprised when his lips parted and something warm and soft met her tongue. She pulled away with a twitch and gazed searchingly in his eyes. She saw nothing but trust and warmth in them. She leaned forward again and she met him with her lips parted. She tasted him, teasing his tongue and pulling his head closer to her with her hands. She moaned against him. It felt like death and the relief of meeting oblivion. He pulled away and held her close, burying his face in her neck. "I didn't know... I didn't know it was like this. So warm... so warm..." he cried, smelling her skin.
A deep voice chuckled. "Quite naughty aren't you two? But as interesting as this is...it ends now. Mwauahahahahahahahaha!" Taisuke sat bolt upright as a feeling of incomprable evil washed over him. His senses had been distracted and he hadn't noticed the approach!
"Shinobu! Get behind me! I'll protect you!"
The man just laughed at this. No...not a man. Taisuke had learned enough to know the feeling different. Oni. This man was a demon! "I'm afraid you won't be protecting her today young one. She is mine." He beckoned with a finger and she rose against her will and walked to him.
"Leave her alone!" Taisuke launched from his spot ready to attack with everything he had. He grunted as his breath was driven from his lungs by a foot. He hit the ground and rolled for a few feet before he recovered and got back on his feet. A fog lifted behind him and they came.
"Naru-senpai! Mustumi-senpai! Kitsune! Kanako-san! Motoko-san! Haruka-senpai! Kaolla!" He cursed violently to see them all standing behind the demon. They were under his spell and Kanako was the one who had kicked him. Motoko started forward her blade held up in front of her, Kanako approached similarly in a fighting stance, and Naru started forward fists at the ready. The odds were against him.
"Don't fret, I'm always here to help buddy."
Taisuke grinned as his friend came up beside him nunchucks in his fists. "Sesaru!"
"I'm here as well Tai-chan, always ready to lend a helping hand."
Taisuke grinned again as his old teacher stopped on his other said fists up. "Seta-san!"
From the opposite end of the clearing someone came through the trees. Face calm with a hint of anger and shirtless Urashima Keitaro stood steady gazing at the demon with something that Taisuke had never seen on his face before. Hatred.
"You! This is your fault! You can't be allowed to go unpunished for your actions! We'll end this now!"
The demon laughed once more. "I'm surprised at how great your ki has become little man. But it won't do you any good. Slaves...kill them all, for your master. Haka Akki."
(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