Twelve hours, six in-flight movies, two in-flight meals, and thirty-
six little bags of peanuts later, the gang stumbled off the plane.
"No.more.Sinbad.too.much." HoroHoro moaned.
"Are you airsick?" Manta asked.
"No, but Ren was," Pilika said. "It was gross."
"Tell me about it," Ren groaned, clutching his stomach.
Jun patted his head. "Wait until we get to the hotel, sweetie," she said. "I have to go make sure Bailong didn't get left behind in Tokyo."
Anna counted heads. "HoroHoro, Ren, Pilika, Manta, Tamao, Jun's over there, Yoh.where's Yoh?" she shouted.
"I think I saw him back there," Tamao wrote. She held up her notebook, then glanced back at it and scribbled an arrow pointing to the left.
"YOH.hm, he doesn't have a middle name.BARTHOLOMEW ASAKURA!" Anna screamed.
"Bartholomew? Why not David or John or something? Or something Japanese?" Manta commented.
The clueless boy was standing in front of a very large clock, looking alternately at the big clock and then at his little watch. "What time is it really?" he asked sweetly. "Should I go with Orlando time, or Tokyo time, or find a happy medium?"
Anna grabbed him by the arm and dragged him bodily back to where he belonged. "It's time for pain, Yoh Bartholomew Asakura!" she said. "As soon as we get back to the hotel, you're training!"
"But it's vacation time!" Yoh wailed. Then he stopped. "Did you just call me Bartholomew?"
"Good news, everyone!" Jun cheered. "Bailong wasn't left behind in Tokyo! He's here, and he's got everyone's luggage!"
"Now I wish I was back in Tokyo," Bailong muttered.
"What was that, jiang-shi boy?"
"Nothing, Jun-sama," he said.
The gang loaded onto the teeny little monorail. Anna, for some reason, got on last, and by then there was no room left for her to sit.
"Um." she stammered. "Somebody move over."
"No such luck," HoroHoro grinned. "You'll have to sit on somebody's lap. Like Yoh's, for example."
"Eh?" Yoh lifted an earphone.
"Hey, that's a good idea," Anna said, smiling fiendishly. HoroHoro was currently flopped down on the bench. She perched on his back. "Thanks, HoroHoro."
"No problem," he grunted.
The little rental car careened into the Caribbean Beach Resort parking lot and screeched to a halt.
"I think I'm going to barf," Manta moaned.
"Well, I feel like it, but I can't because I haven't eaten anything in seventeen years," Bailong said.
Jun whapped him on the leg. "Don't whine. You have to go unload the car," she ordered. "Don't make me get my talismans."
"Okay, okay," he surrendered, squishing out of the car.
Pilika, Manta, Anna, Yoh, Ren, and HoroHoro were smashed together in the backseat.
"Move your elbow," the latter said, Ren's elbow stuck up his nose.
"Ouch! That's my spleen you just poked."
"I thought it was my spleen."
"Kisama! I know my own guts, and that was definitely MY gut you just mutilated."
"Wanna take this outside, spike head?"
"I would if I could!"
"Oh, shut up, all of you!" Anna planted two well-aimed kicks on their respective derrieres. They shot out of the car like greased watermelons and splatted on the pavement.
"Thanks, Anna!" Pilika said, leaping nimbly out and using Ren and HoroHoro as stepping stones to the sidewalk.
"Welcome," she beamed.
They walked up to the lodge- Ren and HoroHoro with considerable gravel burn on their exposed skin. "Ouch, my midriff," Ren moaned.
"Where's Yoh?" Anna said. "Did he wander off again?"
"I think I see Yoh-sama over there," Tamao scribbled.
"And he's talking to ELVIS!" Pilika squealed. She sprinted over to Elvis and brandished a pen. "Will you sign me?"
Elvis grinned. "Sure, baby," he said, scrawling something on Pilika's arm.
"R-Ryu?" she stammered. "Shouldn't you sign 'Elvis'?"
"He's not Elvis, dear child. Just as this gorgeous blonde creature believes me to be her fiancée," Yoh grinned.
Anna let go of him, letting him fall into the potted fern. "Ew, Hao," she screeched. "Why are you here, and where is Yoh?! Did you swallow him again?"
"I'm right here, Anna," Yoh said. "I just went ahead and checked us all in. Bailong was kind of eager to get rid of our suitcases. I don't know why."
She poked his chest. "Hm.are you really Yoh?" she asked. "Or are you really Hao?"
Yoh blinked. "Um.I don't have long hair, unlike Rapunzel here, and I don't have pierced ears. See?" He showed her his unblemished earlobes.
Anna looked closely at them. "I see now," she said. She pinched his ear. "Who else did you invite without my.I mean our knowledge?!"
"Ryu, Hao, Lyserg, and Jeanne," Yoh said. "Can you let go of my ear now?"
"Oh. Sorry," Anna said, letting go. He joined his twin in the potted fern.
"You're on my liver, little brother."
"Apologies."
"Hi, guys!" Lyserg walked up to them, dressed in bright pink Hawaiian- print swim trunks. Jeanne was clinging to his hand, wearing a pale lavender one-piece swimsuit. "They've got a really nice pool here!"
"That's nice," Ren said, "but I'm tired. Where are the rooms?"
"Well," Jeanne said, "we have rooms, but we don't know how we're going to divide them up."
"What do you mean?" Manta asked.
"Thirteen people. Four people per room. We have three rooms reserved," Lyserg said. "The math doesn't add up right."
"Let's draw straws," Ryu suggested. "We can decide rooms, and then decide beds."
"Okay!" HoroHoro said, digging in his pocket. "I got the straws!"
Room Assignments: Room 304 Yoh and Anna
Lyserg and Jeanne Room 305 HoroHoro and Pilika
Ren and Jun Room 306 Bailong and Tamao
Ryu and Manta
"I am not sharing a room, much less a bed, with Yoh," Anna grumbled.
"Why not? You'll have to in a couple of years anyway.for the rest of your mortal life," HoroHoro said.
"Spare me," Anna muttered, stomping off towards the room.
"I just have this feeling that we forgot someone," Manta mused.
"Don't worry about me. My butt is permanently stuck in this potted plant. I'll be fine," Hao said with a wave of his hand. "Go on, you guys. I'll spend the next few hours learning how to walk again."
"Oh, in that case, okay," Ren said. The group started walking down the their rooms.
"I was joking, you guys. You guys? Hey, where'd everybody go?!"
"No.more.Sinbad.too.much." HoroHoro moaned.
"Are you airsick?" Manta asked.
"No, but Ren was," Pilika said. "It was gross."
"Tell me about it," Ren groaned, clutching his stomach.
Jun patted his head. "Wait until we get to the hotel, sweetie," she said. "I have to go make sure Bailong didn't get left behind in Tokyo."
Anna counted heads. "HoroHoro, Ren, Pilika, Manta, Tamao, Jun's over there, Yoh.where's Yoh?" she shouted.
"I think I saw him back there," Tamao wrote. She held up her notebook, then glanced back at it and scribbled an arrow pointing to the left.
"YOH.hm, he doesn't have a middle name.BARTHOLOMEW ASAKURA!" Anna screamed.
"Bartholomew? Why not David or John or something? Or something Japanese?" Manta commented.
The clueless boy was standing in front of a very large clock, looking alternately at the big clock and then at his little watch. "What time is it really?" he asked sweetly. "Should I go with Orlando time, or Tokyo time, or find a happy medium?"
Anna grabbed him by the arm and dragged him bodily back to where he belonged. "It's time for pain, Yoh Bartholomew Asakura!" she said. "As soon as we get back to the hotel, you're training!"
"But it's vacation time!" Yoh wailed. Then he stopped. "Did you just call me Bartholomew?"
"Good news, everyone!" Jun cheered. "Bailong wasn't left behind in Tokyo! He's here, and he's got everyone's luggage!"
"Now I wish I was back in Tokyo," Bailong muttered.
"What was that, jiang-shi boy?"
"Nothing, Jun-sama," he said.
The gang loaded onto the teeny little monorail. Anna, for some reason, got on last, and by then there was no room left for her to sit.
"Um." she stammered. "Somebody move over."
"No such luck," HoroHoro grinned. "You'll have to sit on somebody's lap. Like Yoh's, for example."
"Eh?" Yoh lifted an earphone.
"Hey, that's a good idea," Anna said, smiling fiendishly. HoroHoro was currently flopped down on the bench. She perched on his back. "Thanks, HoroHoro."
"No problem," he grunted.
The little rental car careened into the Caribbean Beach Resort parking lot and screeched to a halt.
"I think I'm going to barf," Manta moaned.
"Well, I feel like it, but I can't because I haven't eaten anything in seventeen years," Bailong said.
Jun whapped him on the leg. "Don't whine. You have to go unload the car," she ordered. "Don't make me get my talismans."
"Okay, okay," he surrendered, squishing out of the car.
Pilika, Manta, Anna, Yoh, Ren, and HoroHoro were smashed together in the backseat.
"Move your elbow," the latter said, Ren's elbow stuck up his nose.
"Ouch! That's my spleen you just poked."
"I thought it was my spleen."
"Kisama! I know my own guts, and that was definitely MY gut you just mutilated."
"Wanna take this outside, spike head?"
"I would if I could!"
"Oh, shut up, all of you!" Anna planted two well-aimed kicks on their respective derrieres. They shot out of the car like greased watermelons and splatted on the pavement.
"Thanks, Anna!" Pilika said, leaping nimbly out and using Ren and HoroHoro as stepping stones to the sidewalk.
"Welcome," she beamed.
They walked up to the lodge- Ren and HoroHoro with considerable gravel burn on their exposed skin. "Ouch, my midriff," Ren moaned.
"Where's Yoh?" Anna said. "Did he wander off again?"
"I think I see Yoh-sama over there," Tamao scribbled.
"And he's talking to ELVIS!" Pilika squealed. She sprinted over to Elvis and brandished a pen. "Will you sign me?"
Elvis grinned. "Sure, baby," he said, scrawling something on Pilika's arm.
"R-Ryu?" she stammered. "Shouldn't you sign 'Elvis'?"
"He's not Elvis, dear child. Just as this gorgeous blonde creature believes me to be her fiancée," Yoh grinned.
Anna let go of him, letting him fall into the potted fern. "Ew, Hao," she screeched. "Why are you here, and where is Yoh?! Did you swallow him again?"
"I'm right here, Anna," Yoh said. "I just went ahead and checked us all in. Bailong was kind of eager to get rid of our suitcases. I don't know why."
She poked his chest. "Hm.are you really Yoh?" she asked. "Or are you really Hao?"
Yoh blinked. "Um.I don't have long hair, unlike Rapunzel here, and I don't have pierced ears. See?" He showed her his unblemished earlobes.
Anna looked closely at them. "I see now," she said. She pinched his ear. "Who else did you invite without my.I mean our knowledge?!"
"Ryu, Hao, Lyserg, and Jeanne," Yoh said. "Can you let go of my ear now?"
"Oh. Sorry," Anna said, letting go. He joined his twin in the potted fern.
"You're on my liver, little brother."
"Apologies."
"Hi, guys!" Lyserg walked up to them, dressed in bright pink Hawaiian- print swim trunks. Jeanne was clinging to his hand, wearing a pale lavender one-piece swimsuit. "They've got a really nice pool here!"
"That's nice," Ren said, "but I'm tired. Where are the rooms?"
"Well," Jeanne said, "we have rooms, but we don't know how we're going to divide them up."
"What do you mean?" Manta asked.
"Thirteen people. Four people per room. We have three rooms reserved," Lyserg said. "The math doesn't add up right."
"Let's draw straws," Ryu suggested. "We can decide rooms, and then decide beds."
"Okay!" HoroHoro said, digging in his pocket. "I got the straws!"
Room Assignments: Room 304 Yoh and Anna
Lyserg and Jeanne Room 305 HoroHoro and Pilika
Ren and Jun Room 306 Bailong and Tamao
Ryu and Manta
"I am not sharing a room, much less a bed, with Yoh," Anna grumbled.
"Why not? You'll have to in a couple of years anyway.for the rest of your mortal life," HoroHoro said.
"Spare me," Anna muttered, stomping off towards the room.
"I just have this feeling that we forgot someone," Manta mused.
"Don't worry about me. My butt is permanently stuck in this potted plant. I'll be fine," Hao said with a wave of his hand. "Go on, you guys. I'll spend the next few hours learning how to walk again."
"Oh, in that case, okay," Ren said. The group started walking down the their rooms.
"I was joking, you guys. You guys? Hey, where'd everybody go?!"
