This is the next to last chapter. Sorry it took so long my computers been giving me trouble lately. Well Ill finish the last chapter soon later.
Once again I do not own samurai pizza cats thank you.
A Haunting Past 3
Polly awoke in her bed to sweat and tears. The nightmares wouldn't let her sleep, they wouldn't go away. She looked around her room. All was black. Her clock read two a.m. She calmed her breathing. The nightmares were all the same. Tanaka walking Awa, her calling his name, but he wouldn't turn to see her, he'd simply wave and disappear. But this time it was different it was, as if all the events that had lead to this point were in instant replay. She wiped the sweat from her forehead, got out of bed and got dressed. She was going to go back to the site and look again. It had been three days but she wouldn't give up. She was heading for her door when there was a knock on it. She quickly opened it. There stood Guido. He was extremely out of breath, his hands on his knees.
"P-P-Polly Tanaka (gasp) still alive (gasp) found him (gasp) he's at hos- (gasp) hospital." He stood up straight. His breath returned too normal.
"WHAT! QUICK, LETS GO!" She ran out the door.
"Hey! Wait for me." Guido chased after her.
Tanaka stood in the hospital room. His armor should have helped him make a full recovery just like the last time he'd done that attack, but he had died. He'd found himself floating high above the world. He could see it all and then, while going over some mountains had sensed it, D's actual armor. D was still alive and Tanaka knew were he was, but one thing bothered him. If he left, he knew he wouldn't be coming back. He heard a voice outside.
"I SWEAR IF YOU DON'T LET ME IN THERE, YOU'RE GONNA NEED A HOSPITAL." It was course, Pole's voice.
A smile appeared on his face as she threw the door open. He stood up straight and looked into her tear filled eyes.
"Tanaka?" she whispered. She dove into his arms. "Thank God it's you. I thought you were dead."
"I was.... I came back. I suppose it just wasn't my time." he held her and rocked her gently back and forth. She was crying very hard. "There gonna be alright now, it's ok back." She looked up into his eyes and he smiled.
As Polly looked into his eyes she saw his smile. It was warm and welcoming. She'd practically had to kill the hospital staff to get in they got out of her way once she produced her claws. She could barely see Tanaka's face because of the tears once the tears left her sight; she would catch a glimpse before they filled up again. She never wanted to let go of him. She'd already lost him twice now didn't want to lose him again. She pushed his helmet off and got a good look at his eyes, one blue and one green. His hair had been cut from the last time she'd seen him. It was now eye length, but his bangs had been cut away from his eyes. His golden like fur, she could go on and on about him. At the moment they leaned their faces closer and closer.
"HEY POLLY! WHY DIDN'T YOU WAIT UP...Oops sorry!" Guido said
They turned and looked at Guido.
"Hold that thought." Tanaka whispered. "Guido, good to see you. I need to talk to you, my man." He and Guido walked out of the room.
Polly stood in the room cursing Guido. She didn't want to hold that thought, she wanted to be in the bliss she'd been in forever she could wait.
Tanaka walked Guido outside to a balcony looked back to see if Polly had followed but she hadn't
"I'm going to be leaving he said
"WHAT ait we have a talk about that
"I have to leave. I found were D is hiding and I have to go and destroy him so he'll never succeed in his goal."
"What's that?"
"He wished to become a god and thus far he's very close to achieving this godliness, but I can still stop him. I'm going to be leaving in one week."
"Why so soon?"
"Well, I'd leave sooner but Francine requires I give her a week's notice before I quit and I have to say goodbye to every one, especially Polly because I'm not coming back,"
"What do you mean, not coming back! You have to come back! Don't be that way! So what if a few incidents happened!"
"No Guido you don't understand I'm going to kill D with my most powerful attack, Star Light Rail Blast and in the process I'm going to have to take my own life if I want to have enough energy."
"No, you can't do this!"
"I have to."
Guido got up. "Tanaka, you mean allot to us. We don't want to see you get killed. Why don't you let us go with you? We can fight him together."
"NO! I'm not going to endanger you guy's lives like that. I have to do this on my own, Guido. You or anyone else going is out of the question. Now, like I said I'm going to be here for one week and that's it. After that I'm going to be gone for good." Tanaka turned and began walking inside. He stopped. "This is as hard for me as it is for you, Guido."
"But not nearly as hard as it will be for Polly. She's lost you twice already and you're going to make her lose you for a third time."
"Can't be helped. I know I seem like a jerk right now, but if you only saw it from my point of view."
With that Tanaka walked into the Hospital once again. Guido stood outside dumbfounded. He couldn't do anything to stop him/ but he wouldn't tell the others He wanted Tanaka to do that in his own way.
Tanaka walked back to the lobby were Polly waited.
"I'm sorry. I had some business to take care of."
"Tanaka."
"Yeah."
"What you said before when you killed the clone, was it what I think you said?"
Tanaka put his hands on her shoulders. "What did you think I said?"
"That.... That you loved me."
"Oh, that. Well, Polly, I had been meaning to tell you for some time, but could never find the right moment and I figured at that time it was now or never." Then something dawned on Tanaka. Where was Speedy?
Speedy was walking slowly to the hospital. He almost wanted Tanaka to stay gone. It'd given him a chance to tell Polly how he'd felt (though he'd blown the chance). He walked to the hospital knowing Polly would be there but he hadn't been prepared to see what he saw when he turned the corner. Standing in the entrance was Polly and Tanaka in an embrace. Polly had her head resting on Tanaka's shoulder. Both of them had their eyes closed. Speedy gawked and backed up a few steps. The entire scene had caught him off guard. He turned and ran. He didn't know what to say or what to think. The woman he loved was in love with someone else and was gone forever to him. He stopped and thought. This wasn't the speedy he knew. he had to face his problem. He turned around and walked into the hospital.
"Hey guys. Sorry I'm late." he said, waving.
"No, your just in time, Speedy." Tanaka said stepping from away from Polly to place a hand on his shoulder.
Speedy smiled a big smile. He was good at hiding his feelings no matter how depressed he was.
"Hey, listen, it's getting late. I think we'd better be going home" Tanaka said. Guido came in and nodded in agreement.
Polly was excited. Tanaka had asked her to go on a date with him. She was on top of the world now, feeling as high as a cloud. The date was set for Friday night. She wanted to jump up and down and shout for joy but decided against it. She didn't want to embarrass herself so they all walked home going their separate ways. Polly arrived at her apartment and decided to jump for joy after all.
Tanaka had told Guido but he had a special speech for Speedy. He knew how he felt about Polly and that was another reason he was reluctant about admitting his feelings. But Speedy said nothing and he figured if speedy wasn't going to say anything then he'd jump on the opportunity. Tanaka and Guido got home finally Tanaka sat down on the couch and sighed.
"Well I'm going to bed." Guido said. "Think before you go telling anyone else about this. Think long and hard." Guido disappeared around the corner.
Tanaka stared at the ceiling. His immanent death was bothering him. He knew he wouldn't come back. He knew he'd be leaving everyone behind.
"Wow, over the past month I've died twice. I'm feeling kind redundant. I'm dead, I'm alive, I'm dead, I'm alive. Wish I'd make up my mind. And then there's Polly. I've finally found someone who loves me and I have to leave all that behind. I don't know if I can do that. I want to stay here with them but after seeing that copy pop up I know that I'd be putting everyone in danger. So I cant stay and everyone doesn't want me to go. What the craps up with that?" He laid down on his side and sleep soon found him.
The next morning he informed Francine he was going to be leaving in one week. She thanked him for the notice and tried to get him to stay but he told her it was out of the question. He did his usual rounds thinking the entire time what he was going to do for his upcoming date. His mind was drawing a blank. He supposed he'd take her to a nice restaurant but he figured he'd just save up some money and ask her what she wanted to do.
"Is that right? I've never been on a date before. Are there rules? Rrrrrrg! I cant stand not knowing what to do!"
"Well, you could ask Guido" Speedy said coming up behind him. "From what I hear he's had a few dates before."
Tanaka gave Speedy an odd look.
Speedy's giving me advice even though I'm dating the one he loves. Strange.
But Tanaka thought this was just further proof Speedy was a good sport.
"Alright, I guess I will." He would talk with Guido after work. It was only hours away.
Ambled sat in a bar in the Little Osaka lifting her glass to her lips. She wasn't the drinking type. She had ordered a glass of cream soda. She was listening to a group of thugs behind her.
"Did you hear what happened in Little Tokyo?" one said.
"Yeah, some guy blew up a warehouse full of fuel but the only thing that went up was the warehouse."
"Yeah, they found only one survivor but he left the hospital with out a trace. The hospital says that Polly Esther. One of the Samurai Pizza Cats took him out but there was no real proof. He was seen the next day good as new delivering pizzas."
"Weird."
She got up, paid, and walked out.
"He's going to be looking for him now." she whispered to herself. "I wonder if he's really ready." She walked out and headed in the direction of little Tokyo.
"So, what do you think I should do, Guido?" Tanaka asked.
"Me personally, I think you should call off the date. Why get her hopes up and then just leave like that? It's pretty cold hearted if you ask me." Guido replied.
"Come on, Guido, I'm doing this for her. I'm going to show her the time of her life." he said.
"And then leave."
"Yeah."
"Cold, man, really cold."
"I know it's not good and I know it's wrong but I already promised."
"All right, I'll help, but you have to promise me something in return."
"Name it."
"You have to let me come with you."
"I'll let you go as far as the cave of nightmares."
"Cave of nightmares?"
"Yeah. You see, I looked at a map and that's where the power signature was, at the Cave of Nightmares. It's supposed to be divided into five sections each displaying your fears till at the end it displays your worst fear of all."
"Wow, sounds creepy."
"It is, but you go as far as that and no further, got it?"
"I can live with that."
In truth Guido had no intention on turning back. He'd wait till Tanaka was inside and just follow him. Guido gave him a tour of the city again showing him all the hot restaurants and such that he'd gone to. It was at that point that Guido had never kept a girl just dated quite a few. When they were all done Tanaka decided he knew what he wanted to do.
The next three days passed with no problem. It was Friday about 6:00. Tanaka stood at the location he'd told Polly to find him at and also told her to be there at 6:30. He now had time to think up his plan. The restaurant down the block was slightly Francine and that was how he wanted it. He couldn't exactly wear a suit and tie so he wore some somewhat nicer clothes. It was all he could afford with the two hundred dollars he'd saved. He now had about one hundred and sixty left. He was praying that if nothing else in his life went right at least let this go right.
"Tanaka." a voice said from behind him
He jumped and let out a small yelp. The voice had suddenly broken his concentration. He turned and saw Polly. His mouth fell slightly open. She wore a black dress and where she was standing the lighting hit her just right. he couldn't move or breathe. He felt he was in the presence of beauty it self.
"Wow." was all he could say.
Polly blushed "well I..."
"You're.... Your beautiful." Tanaka practically choked as he said it.
"Shall we?" Polly, said.
"Oh, yeah, go ahead. I'll be right there."
"Ok, but hurry."
She walked off. Tanaka turned to the tree he was standing next to. "GUIDO, SPEEDY! IF YOUR GOING TO FOLLOW ME DO A BETTER JOB OF CONCEALING YOURSELVES!" He kicked the tree and they fell out. Tanaka laughed "I thank you for your concern but every things gonna be fine, alright?" Tanaka ran and caught up with Polly.
Guido and Speedy wondered how Tanaka had spotted them. He hadn't even looked up at them. Speedy got up.
"Well, you heard him. Let's find another hiding spot." he said.
"Why, again, are we doing this?" Guido asked.
"To make sure everything goes well."
"Oh, yeah." They walked off.
Upon a rooftop we see a certain Ambled looking on as well, thinking that she'd wait till the end of the date to confront Tanaka. And with that thought she disappeared onto the next rooftop.
Tanaka walked along side Polly, her arm looped around his. They arrived at the restaurant and the waiter was waiting there.
"Do you have a reservation?" he asked with he fakest French accent Tanaka had ever heard.
"Yeah, should be under Tanaka." Tanaka stated.
The waiter went through his little book. "Ah, there you are. Right this way please."
They were taken to a table in the back corner of the restaurant next to two very large windows that looked into a huge garden.
'So far, so good'
They sat down and were given their menus. They ordered and the waiter left.
"So this is what it's like to be on a date." Tanaka said thinking aloud.
"Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Nice restaurant, by the way," she said.
"Well, I wanted nothing but the best without over doing it."
"Oh, really?"
"No, I played a game of darts with the phone book and this one was the first to stick." Tanaka said sarcastically.
Polly grinned. She knew he was kidding. She could see it in his eyes. Eventually the food came. They had filled the time with talk of what their lives had been like up to this point. Polly found Tanaka very good at telling stories. she found out he liked rock and roll and was very good with electronics (the fact he had good survival skills was a given). Tanaka picked up his spoon and just about took a bite but stopped and sniffed at it.
"Don't eat the food." he whispered.
"Why not?" Polly asked.
"Trust me, you don't want to eat it." At that very moment as if on queue every one in the restaurant began to hold their stomachs and moaned. "Undercooked causes food poisoning. Better call an ambulance."
Tanaka called an ambulance and with that been done they left.
"Sorry about the restaurant." Tanaka said lowering his ears.
"It's ok. You saved me from a whole lot of pain."
Tanaka noticed something about the sidewalk. Everyone was walking around it and it had holes in it. The ground around the area appeared to be soaked as well. Polly had her eyes closed so she didn't notice it.
"OH CRAP!" Tanaka yelled. He knew what it was but it was too late. Water began to gush from the holes in the ground soaking him and Polly to the bone.
They stood there not knowing what to think. People began to laugh at them and one was starting to mock them.
"HA, HA! STUPID MORONS! YOU GOT SOAKED!" It was a kid appeared to be about 13 or 14.
Tanaka drew his sword from the concealed holster on his back. He pointed it at an odd angle to his right and a burst of water gushed out of the hole below. The water deflected off the sword and knocked the kid on his butt.
"Well, that was fun." Tanaka said. "What do you say we start actually having fun," He was hit with a gush of water. as he fell he looked up and saw that Polly had used her hands to deflect it in his direction.
"Sure, sounds good to me."
They laughed and began to chase each other, stopping occasionally to knock water at each other. It was a slightly warm night so they didn't feel cold, but they sure were having fun. They eventually stopped. Being concealed by a wall of water they embraced and kissed.
'I don't want to let go.'Polly thought to herself.
The water stopped. They left hand in hand. Soon afterward they were atop the tower at city hall sitting on the roof eating take out. The city looked lovely from atop the building. Tanaka laid back and put his hands behind his head. Polly laid down next to him using his shoulder to rest her head.
"Tanaka," Polly said.
"Yeah," Tanaka replied.
"Thank you for the best night of my life."
"You're welcome."
"I love you," she said.
Tanaka was taken by surprise. No one had ever said that to him before with the exception of his mother and Yoko.
"I love you, too."
Polly lay there staring into the night sky thinking about the night she had had. They had long since dried out. The hop to atop the tower was enough to do that. Tanaka had scooped her up and leaped onto the roof from a near by roof. She was amazed at this ability.When she'd asked him how he learned to do so he told her that long ago he was trained by a samurai and every day he would put large rocks on Tanaka's ankles and dangle his food from a very tall branch so he'd have to jump high to eat. He said he only knew the man by two names master and old man. He said he'd called him old man more than anything because that's what he'd call him when he was angry at him. She thought about what she'd said to Tanaka. It felt good to get it off her chest and somewere along the line of thinking about all this she dosed off.
Tanaka was angry with himself. He didn't want to leave, but he had to. If he didn't Polly and he wouldn't have an adventure. He'd thought about it and figured it would take him about four days to get there and if he trained hard on the way up there for three and rested on the fourth then there was a slight chance he'd be able to come back. By using every thing but his life force into the rail blast he could rest since D would be dead. There'd be no problem after such an attack. He'd have to rest for about two days, so he'd be gone for about two weeks at the most. He scooped Polly up and took her to her apartment, laying her on her bed and left but before he did he kissed her on the cheek. Dawn was only six hours away. He'd sleep for the rest of the time.
The next morning he met up with Speedy in an alley not to far from his house.
"Good, you're here," Tanaka said.
"Yeah, what's up?" Speedy said.
"I've got something I need to talk about. Listen to me carefully. there is a mighty warrior out there who wants to become a god. The only way he can do that is by killing me and one other person and taking our armors. I'm going to go out and find this warrior and kill him once and for all, but...chances are I won't return. If I don't come back within a period of two weeks I...I want you to take good care of Polly for me...."
"What what do you mean?"
"Speedy, don't try to play games with me. I've got quite a hangover right now. I know that you love Polly and I know the two of you would be happy together and I can't be with her. I have to stop D and I don't stand a good chance at coming back. I know that sounds kind weird but it's true. One last thing. I have something for you." He pulled from his pocket a small star colored like a yin yang but the line in the middle was very large and colored blue. "This is one of my most powerful throwing stars. After striking the target it electrocutes them with quite a surge of energy only. Good for one use though so think before you use. Now I bid you farewell my friend" with that Tanaka hopped on a roof and was gone
Speedy felt like he'd been hit with a diesel truck. All of it was happening so suddenly. The one he was mad at for taking the one he loved was now leaving. Speedy felt as though he'd wished him away but knew it wasn't true. He wouldn't do something like that. Anyway, he wondered if Polly knew and if she did how she was taking it. He rushed to her apartment
Polly woke up. She had had only pleasant dreams the night before. She looked around the room and found something on her bed. It was a note from Tanaka.
Dear Polly,
I am sorry but I can no longer be in Little Tokyo. A great evil has surfaced and I must bid you farewell forever. I won't be coming back form this battle. I love you very much and would do nothing to hurt you intentionally, but this is something I must do.
Signed, Tanaka
Tears filled Pole's eyes. She had to stop him. She got out of bed and changed into some more expedient clothes and ran out the door.
Tanaka had told Guido he'd meet him on the path just west of town. He was walking and was just about to reach the edge of town when he heard a voice.
"TANAKA!" He turned to see Polly walking up to him. "So that's it? Not even so much as a goodbye?"
"Polly, I just didn't want you to follow me. I don't want to see anyone get hurt."
"And you weren't coming back either. You take me on a date without any intention of coming back."
"That was last night. I'm coming back now. I'm going to make it back."
"How do I know that?"
Tanaka thought and thought feeling his locket. A small diamond had appeared in the middle recently. "Here" he said snapping in off his neck and placing it on hers. "I'll be back for this." they embraced. "Now I will be back in about two weeks keep and eye on Speedy and, make sure he doesn't get into trouble ok?"
"As much as I want to go with you I know I can't, so yeah I'll watch him."
"Thank you, Polly. I will be back."
"Ok. I love you."
"I love you, too." They embraced and kissed. Having done that Tanaka left.
"So, you all set?" Guido asked standing were Tanaka had told him to. "By the way, I've been meaning to ask you, where'd that diamond come from on your locket."
"Oh, that. That was Poll's tear."
"Say what?"
"When Polly cried on the locket her tear crystallized and stored her love within it."
"You know that sounds kind corny, right?"
"Well, I can't help it, it's the truth."
In the up and coming journey I'm going to kinda make things short. Whilst I have an entire journey set up in my mind I'm going to see how things go before I post them. (Hint: I'll do it if someone requests it) Ok. back to the story.
After leaving town they agreed to head straight for the Cave of Nightmares somewhere north of little Tokyo. They traveled all day until nightfall. The entire time Tanaka had been tying rocks and such to himself to get stronger.
"So." Guido said, starting a fire. "Tell me something about is this D and why is he after you."
"Well," Tanaka started taking a bite of an apple he'd plucked from a tree. "Thousands of years ago the god's had wanted to make their job easier by making one god to run it all so they gave him the powers of the sun the stars and the moon.. Little did they know they gave him the power from the dark side of the moon.. They placed on him a yin yang because he was to bring balance and peace to the world but one day the darkness from within the god took it over and it tried to kill all in sight.. The gods managed to defeat him by separating the god into two parts, yin and yang. They sealed the two parts into armors and created a neutral so in case they were discovered the neutral could stop them. The temple that I went to every day was were the armors had been stored. The way one got the armors to come out was one of three ways, one by writing your name in blood on the altar, sort of like signing your life away. That was the yin armor. The other was by having a great need for it that would be the yang. And the last was a tear, a tear shed in wanting to bring peace and balance to the world; of course that was the neutral. The day my mother died I went to the altar and cried and when I looked up the armor was coming up from the altar. When It was done I touched it and it was instantly on my body. When D found out he wanted to know why so he went there, read the writings and wrote his name in blood on the altar. The Yin armor corrupted him and turned him evil. I know where the final armor is or I know who possesses it, rather. In fact, I think they'll be here any minute. What business they have with me I don't know."
Imelda had left Tanaka alone for the night and decided that he was around too many people to give him her gift. She wanted. D to die and she knew there was only one way to accomplish that. She had failed to kill Tanaka. She thought D wouldn't find out, but he did and once he had he'd killed what was left of her family. After the incident in little Nagakasaki she had been given to a foster family in little Okinawa and had soon afterwards become a bounty hunter. D had found out about her abilities and hired her but instead of money she was given the threat that if she failed her family would suffer. She failed and wanted D to die. She herself was no were near as powerful as Tanaka let alone D, but if she gave Tanaka her gift Tanaka would be even more powerful than D, she hoped. She arrived at the campsite where Tanaka was resting and saw him standing there as though he'd been expecting her.
"Greetings, Imelda. I've been expecting you." he said.
"You have but do you know why I'm here?" she inquired.
"No, but I'm sure you'll tell me."
"I will. I know that you seek to kill D and I know you can't succeed at your current strength, but I have come to help you."
"Oh, really?" he said, leaning against a tree.
"Yes. You see, the armor of the deity is designed to fuse together. One family is able to bring out the full potential of the fusion. Ironically that would be your family. I have come to give you my armor." She threw off her coat revealing a white armor looking very similar to Tanaka's own armor. She held out her hand. "Touch your hand to mine." He walked up and hesitated, but did so. A bright light filled the area lasting several minutes, but soon it disappeared and Tanaka wore an armor that was on the right side white and on the left blue. "You have your own attacks plus a few you would have to work on. I'm going to leave you to your fight. Good luck." she examined herself. She was wearing the same clothes as before she accepted the armor but they fit her perfectly.
"What will you do now" Tanaka questioned?
"I will continue to be a bounty hunter. I enjoy it and I'm fairly good at it." With that she walked off
Tanaka stood in amazement. He felt even more powerful than before.
"Wow, the yang armor," he said to himself.
"What was that all about?" Guido said coming up to him.
"Well, I now have enough power to beat D."
"Really?"
"I hope so, but I'm not really sure. I only fought a copy, I don't know of his real strength"
They slept that night. Tanaka almost couldn't sleep. He could feel the powers of the yang armor lying dormant within him and waned to master every technique but he new that it was impossible in the short time he would be traveling. He got up and walked out of his tent frustrated and scared. He knew he didn't have enough power to defeat D but he had to try. He had to try for all the people of earth. Whether they all knew it or not they were depending on him. He started doing punching drills, punching at random, seeing how fast he could get and finally kicking a boulder twice his size to dust. It reminded him of the time Guido had told him that Speedy had hit him with a tree from Lucile's garden. He smiled and tried one of his new techniques. He held the sword like a dagger and faced it out to his right with the blade facing forward. "NOVA NUKE SHOCKWAVE!" He spun in a circle and a wave of light went out in about a ten-foot radius. It was actually a combination of a new and old technique. Before it had only been nova shock wave. he looked around and watched as trees fell all around him. "Damn it, that's no were near as powerful as it should be." He slammed his fist into the ground.
"If I can make a suggestion," Guido said coming up behind him, "it helps if you concentrate your power into the blade sort of like charging it. At least that's what Speedy says helps."
Tanaka got to his feet."Hell, I'll try anything once." He closed his eyes. Guido stepped back a few yards."NOVA NUKE SHOCKWAVE!" He spun and this time the wave went in about a 10 yard radius. "Well, I'll say this; 20 feet increase is better than none at all. Thanks, Guido."
"Yeah, well, what are friends for?" They went back to camp and this time Tanaka was able to sleep.
Polly sat in her bed rubbing the locket and she wondered what was inside. She opened it and what she saw amazed her. it was Tanaka. He was sleeping. She could see only his face. She wondered why he kept a picture of himself in his own locket until the picture moved. It was at that point she realized it was like a camera. She wondered if Tanaka could hear her.
"Tanaka." she said but he didn't respond. Apparently he couldn't hear her, but knowing he was alive was enough for her.
She stared at the picture. He looked so peaceful lying there. She could hear Guido snoring nearby and she made a decision.
"I'm going to go with you whether you like it or not." With that she got out of bed, got dressed and went to get Speedy.
The next morning Tanaka went out and caught some fish in a nearby river. He began to cook them. At the smell of fish Guido arose.
"Breakfast never smelled so good." Guido said, stretching.
"The key is not to burn the food," he said.
Guido threw his shirt at him. "I'm not that bad. I'm going to go wash up in the rive.r"
"All right," Tanaka said.
Once they finished eating they continued on till nightfall.
Meanwhile back in Little Tokyo
"Come on, Speedy. I've been waiting for hours. How do you expect to catch up to them if we take so long to leave?" She started to run as fast as she could, Speedy barely keeping up. She knew if she ran she could catch him before dark and that she did but decided to keep out of sight. As dark approached she observed.
"So, Polly, what are we doing here anyway?" Speedy asked, still out of breath.
"Were going to help Tanaka defeat D." she said, setting up her tent.
"Oh, ok, why that I mean didn't he say this is something he has to do on his own?"
"Speedy, if he does this by himself he'll die and he has too much to live for."
"Well, Guido," Tanaka said. "We made good progress today and tomorrows the big day."
"I have a question. The day we left you had a hangover. What happened there? I thought you didn't drink." Guido asked.
"Well, I wanted to be drunk the night before so I'd get to sleep faster."
"Huh?"
"When I drink I fall asleep really fast."
"Oh, makes sense, I guess." Guido leaned back on a tree and put his hands behind his head. "so what are you going to do when you get back"
"Me? Wel, first and foremost I'm going to apologies to Polly and tell her that I'm going to be back for good. Secondly I'm going to take a vacation and get a place of my own. No offense but I think it'd be nice to live on my own. How bout you?"
"Well, I have plans. I think I'm going to find someone to be with."
"Who'd you have in mind?"
"I'm not telling."
"Hmm, that's not fair. Now I'm going to have to guess."
"I wouldn't tell you even if you got it right."
"And I suppose your late night rendezvous with Francine wouldn't be evidence of who it might be."
"What, what are you talking about?" Guido blushed.
"Well your not the only one who spies every now and then. That, and your not the quietest cat in town when you leave and come back."
"Well, I'm going to bed now, heh, heh, goodnight."
"Goodnight, Guido." Tanaka put out the fire and went tot his own tent. `
They arrived the next day. The cave stood before them resembling a mouth. It scared Tanaka to think that he had to go inside A sign sat at the entrance with a apparently unsuccessful pile of bones sitting next to it holding a broken sword.
"Beware this is the cave of legends The Cave of Nightmares all who enter will have their worst nightmares come true, but those who can over come will triumph and reach the legendary heart of the gods that awaits at the end. Wow kind creepy ain't it." Tanaka said.
"Yeah it is." Guido stated, shifting from foot to foot.
"Well my friend this is as far as our agreement goes. So it's been fun but I gotta go." they shook hands and Tanaka entered.
There Tanaka stood he was in the cave of nightmares. He wasn't sure if he'd be ready for what he might see within. His worst nightmares would come true, but D was inside and he had to be stopped.
Wow very creepy but a good stopping point well in the next chapter Tanaka goes into the dreadful cave to face his Nemesis D will he win will he lose will the others stay outside find out in the final part of the saga
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Tanaka did watch on. The comet got closer and closer until finally it struck the town. There was an explosion and when the smoke cleared the town was a gigantic crater.
"HA THEIR GONE! ALL OF THEM AND ALL BECAUSE OF YOU!" D laughed an insidious laugh. "YOU LET THEM DOWN TANAKA! YOU LET THEM ALL DOWN! SOON YOUR OTHER FRIENDS WILL BE DEAD! THE CAVE OF NIGHTMARES WILL EAT THEM ALIVE!" D kept laughing.