Episode 6: "Friend or Foe? A New Face Appears! (And a Double Date, too!)"
Momiji walked down the crowded streets of Tokyo Saturday morning, smiling pleasantly to herself as she glanced into the windows of the shops and gazed at the many beautiful things on display. Stopping by one store window, she bent down to take a better look.
"I wonder what it is today," a familiar voice came from behind as Momiji suddenly felt her skirt be lift from behind. Her face turned bright red with anger and embarrassment. "Kittens, hmm?"
"KUSANAGI!" she screamed, knowing already that it was him and spun around to slap him hard in the face. He, used of this same old charade, held his hand up to block her slap.
"And a good morning to you, too, Momiji," he greeted her, feigning an innocent grin. She, however, wasn't all that impressed.
"Why do you have to be such a pervert?!" she cried, turning from him and marching off. He just laughed and followed behind her.
"Hey, I hadn't done it for awhile," he replied casually. He then leaned over her shoulder and asked, "So, are you EVER going to stop wearing kiddy pants?"
"That's none of your business, you pervert!" she shouted, infuriated. She crossed her arms indignantly and continued to march along in a huff.
"Well, aren't we testy today, Momiji," he said playfully. "Is it that time of the month?" Momiji let out a scream of frustration and turned on him.
"Why can't you be more like Darien?!" she questioned furiously. Kusanagi now looked puzzled.
"Darien?" he inquired. "You mean that fairy in the tuxedo?"
"YES! 'That fairy in the tuxedo!'" She then shook her head. "And he's not a fairy! He's a GENTLEMAN!"
"Gentleman?" He snorted.
"At least he knows how to treat a girl with RESPECT!" she exclaimed and stomped off again. Kusanagi persisted after her.
"I treat you with respect," he argued.
"You do not!" Momiji protested. "If you treated me with RESPECT you wouldn't be lifting my skirt all the time! Darien doesn't lift Serena's skirt!"
"So?"
"SO you're not supposed to lift girls' skirts all the time!"
"I only lift yours," he told her.
"As if that makes it any better!" she exclaimed furiously.
"Well, I think it does…"
"That's not the point anyway!"
"Then what IS the point, Momiji?" Kusanagi questioned, growing slightly annoyed.
"The point is - why can't you act more like Darien?!"
"Then we'd have to be going out, first of all," he told her matter-of-factly and Momiji felt her face turn red.
"Well - I - uh…didn't mean it like that -"
"And what's your fixation on Darien, anyway?" Kusanagi interrupted, eyes narrowed suspiciously.
"Nothing! I don't even like him!" Momiji exclaimed. She then shook her head. "No, that's not it…what I mean is, I like him as a PERSON, but not as a boyfriend or anything. I mean, he's destined for Serena, anyway."
"Then why do you want me to act like him so badly?"
"Well…because…he's really polite and nice and all…almost ROMANTIC…."
"'Romantic?'" Kusanagi questioned. Momiji's face turned a brighter shade of scarlet.
"'Romantic?' Did I say, 'romantic?'" She let out a loud awkward laugh. "I didn't mean - what I meant to say was -"
"'Was' what?" Kusanagi asked, seemingly oblivious to the fear and embarrassment on Momiji's face.
"Was…uh…CHARISMATIC! That's it! Charismatic and romantic sound so similar, after all…well, at least the end parts sort of do…" Kusanagi scratched his forehead in perplexity.
"I always thought I was pretty charismatic…"
"You are!" Momiji quickly agreed. "Just in a crude sort of way." Kusanagi took another moment to think this over.
"But that Darien guy didn't seem all that charismatic, if you ask me."
"Well…he was," Momiji insisted a bit weakly. "He was just more gentlemanly about it."
"But I have a sense of humor," Kusanagi told her proudly, lifting his chin arrogantly.
"Yeah, a dirty, perverted one," Momiji muttered, averting her eyes to her feet.
"He didn't have a sense of humor, you know," Kusanagi told her. Momiji frowned now, starting to feel guilty.
"I wasn't really comparing the two of you - I mean, I was, but -"
"Yep, that guy didn't have a sense of humor at all," Kusanagi interrupted, nodding his head decisively. Momiji winced slightly.
"All I really was saying was that maybe you should try to be a little bit more polite…"
"And a guy like Darien would bore you, anyway," Kusanagi continued on, as if he were having a conversation more so with himself than with Momiji. "You'd want someone who'd keep you on your toes. Someone who'd rile you up every once in awhile."
"Well, I -"
"Who does this Darien guy think he is, anyway?!" Kusanagi now questioned, infuriated.
"I don't think he thinks he's anything, Kusanagi," Momiji tried to reason. "I think he's just a nice guy -"
"And I'm not?" Momiji's face grew very nervous.
"I didn't say that," she answered. "I think you're a very nice guy. I just think you can be a bit rude sometimes, that's all."
"Oh," Kusanagi replied, his cheeks turning slightly pink as he looked away from her. Then, after a moment, he said, "You know, I really could care less if you really DID like this Darien guy…I mean, it's not skin off my back." Momiji's scrunched her eyebrows, her eyes becoming dejected.
"It isn't?"
"No…" his voice trailed off. He glanced down at her quickly before looking up toward the sky again and then asked, "But you don't, right?"
"No," she answered sincerely.
"Okay, then," he said as if to assure himself. The two then walked alongside each other in silence, neither one daring to look at the other one.
"Isn't that so pretty, Darien?!" Serena asked excitedly as she looked through a window shop at a beautiful gold necklace.
"Would you like it?" he asked generously. Serena giggled, giddy, and stood up straight. She clasped her hands together, leaned close to Darien, and looked up at him with glinting eyes.
"Really, Darien? Do you mean it?" she asked. He nodded. She clapped happily. "I just can't wait to see how it looks on me!"
"It'll look beautiful on you, Serena," he told her. "Everything looks beautiful on you." Serena smiled.
"Oh, Darien." She leaned up to kiss him, but suddenly stopped. "Hey - that's Momiji and Kusanagi."
"Huh?" Darien glanced over to where Serena was looking to see both Momiji and Kusanagi, walking side by side in silence and looking very awkward.
"Don't they look perfect for each other?" Darien frowned.
"Now, Serena. I really don't think you should get involved in other people's personal affairs," he told her reasonably.
"But Darien! If I can help bring two people together, shouldn't I at least try?" Serena rationalized.
"Serena…" Darien sighed. "They don't look all that happy together, anyway."
"That's because they're both afraid to admit their true feelings!" Serena insisted.
"Which are?"
"That they love each other, of course!"
"And how are you so sure, Serena?" Darien questioned. "You've only known Momiji for a little over a week…"
"Because, Darien, I'm a great judge of character!" Serena declared. "Besides, I've got a great idea!" She took Darien eagerly by the hand.
"Serena -"
"All you have to do, Darien, is play along!" Serena insisted and proceeded on pulling Darien over to Momiji and Kusanagi. "Momiji!"
Momiji looked up and her eyes brightened. "Oh, hi, Serena!"
"Momiji, I have some bad news," Serena began when they reached them. Momiji frowned quizzically.
"You do?" Serena nodded solemnly.
"You know how you were supposed to go out tonight with me and Darien and Hiroshi tonight on that double date?" she began and Momiji became confused.
"No, I -"
"Well, Hiroshi just called Darien last night and said he couldn't make it! Isn't that a shame?!" Serena interrupted and Momiji became even more perplexed.
"But I don't remember -"
"His grandmother died yesterday," Serena clarified. "Isn't that what he told you, Darien?" Darien frowned.
"Serena…"
"And I was really looking forward to going on that double date tonight, weren't you, Momiji?" Serena asked Momiji now, feigning a look of regret. Momiji frowned, horribly baffled.
"Well, I -"
"You didn't tell me you had a double date tonight, Momiji," Kusanagi now cut Momiji off, seeming a bit disappointed.
"Well, I would have, Kusanagi, but -"
"And who's this Hiroshi guy, anyway?" Kusanagi questioned Momiji, who looked just as puzzled, not actually knowing the answer herself.
"I'm not actually -"
"And now what are we going to do?!" Serena cut Momiji off for a third time. "I mean, we already have reservations and all…"
"We DO, Serena?" Darien questioned, becoming slightly annoyed.
"Of course we do, Darien!" Serena exclaimed with a fake laugh. "After all, it was your idea for all four of us to go out to dinner!"
"It WAS, Serena?" Darien further questioned, but Serena ignored him, brushing him aside with a gesture of her hand.
"Unless Momiji wants to go ALONE, but that'll be kind of embarrassing, you know, me and Darien as a couple and Momiji sitting their all by herself…wouldn't it, Momiji?"
"Yes, but -"
"So I guess I could understand if you don't want to COME at all," Serena continued on. She then shook her head. "But it won't be any fun without you, Momiji!" Momiji frowned at this, however, perplexed beyond belief.
"But, Serena, I really don't remember -"
"If only we could find SOMEONE ELSE you could go with, Momiji" Serena now began deviously. "You know, someone who wouldn't mind stepping in last minute. Someone that we all KNOW and that we all get along with…well…KIND OF get along with. Someone who MOMIJI really likes and is close to…" Her voice trailed off as she placed a finger to her chin. "Now I wonder where we'll find someone like that!" Serena then feigned a gasp of realization as she looked directly at Kusanagi. "I know! Why doesn't KUSANAGI take Hiroshi's place?"
"Me?" Kusanagi asked, bewildered. Serena nodded and grinned wildly.
"It'll be perfect! After all, you fit the criteria!" she insisted. "And I'm sure you wouldn't mind doing Momiji the favor."
"Well, I GUESS I wouldn't mind taking her out if she doesn't have anyone else to…" Kusanagi answered somewhat reluctantly. "It's not like it will be a REAL date or anything, right…?" Momiji, however, continued to try and figure out what was actually going on.
"But, Kusanagi, I don't actually remember -"
"Then it's all set!" Serena exclaimed, cutting off Momiji once more. "Darien and I will come by your place, Momiji, and pick both you and Kusanagi up." She then took Darien by the arm. "Come on, Darien!" As the two walked away, she called back. "Bye, Momiji! Bye, Kusanagi! See you both tonight!"
"Bye…I guess…" Momiji called back weakly, still looking utterly baffled as she waved at them awkwardly.
"That was really sneaky, you know that, Serena," Darien sternly told Serena when they were out of hearing distance. "To pretend that we had a double date tonight…"
"Well, it worked, didn't it?" Serena reminded him and Darien sighed.
"I just hope that this doesn't blow up in your face, Serena."
"It won't!" She then grinned proudly. "Trust me - everything is going to go FINE!"
The four sat in a round booth at the restaurant, Darien and Kusanagi at the ends and Serena and Momiji in the middle, all looking at their menus. Momiji still looked very confused as she stared at her menu, as well as very nervous as she sat beside Kusanagi, her eyebrows scrunched up and her mouth curved into a small frown as she wondered what Kusanagi really thought of her. Kusanagi, on the other hand, appeared very out-of-place in the high-class restaurant as he was underdressed with his red jacket and casual pants, and also very awkward, not exactly sure what to do with himself or what to say as he shifted anxiously in his seat and glanced up at the ceiling, unable to concentrate on his menu for very long. Meanwhile, Serena had a mischievous glint in her eyes as she stared at Momiji and Kusanagi rather than her menu as she tried her best to deliberate what the best course of action would be to get the two together. However, whenever either looked her way she would immediately plaster a fake and stupid grin on her face and avert her eyes immediately to her menu. Lastly, Darien sat, reading over his menu sensibly, and shaking his head occasionally with a silent chuckle whenever he eyed the other three who were all acting rather childish. The four had been there for fifteen minutes already and no one had said anything to one another.
"May I take your order?" the waiter asked when he approached. Startled, they all almost jumped out of their seats (with the exception of Darien).
"Are the rest of you ready to order?" Darien asked. The three frowned and all looked away. Darien turned back to the waiter. "Um…can you come back in a few minutes?"
"Of course, sir," the waiter answered, politely bowing and stepping away. The table resumed to silence again. That is, until Serena spoke up.
"SO, this is the first time you and Kusanagi actually went out on a date together, Momiji?" she asked with a devious grin. Momiji's face turned scarlet red as she raised her menu to hide her face. Kusanagi remained looking at the ceiling, pretending not to hear anything in the slightest.
"I - well - it's not a date!" Momiji insisted.
"But -"
"How about we all figure out what we're going to order first?" Darien suggested, cutting off Serena. "I think I'm going to order -"
"Darien! I was in the middle of a conversation!" Serena exclaimed.
"I KNOW that, Serena. But I don't think -"
"I have to go to the bathroom!" Momiji suddenly declared and awkwardly climbing over Kusanagi (who didn't actually realize he was supposed to get up for her to pass) in her dress, Momiji blushing wildly as Kusanagi continued to look up toward the ceiling. She stumbled out from the booth, her foot getting caught on Kusanagi leg, and nearly fell flat on her face. Luckily, she caught her balance and fled to the ladies room.
"I have to go, too!" Serena cried and before Darien even had a chance to get up for her to leave the booth, began climbing over Darien as well. Darien tried his best not to frown as she did so and when she finally was out of the booth, she brushed her dress off, raised her chin, and marched off to the bathroom. Both Kusanagi and Darien now sat in the boot across from each other looking very awkward.
"So…" Kusanagi began, eyes still on the ceiling. "What are you ordering?"
"I think the Flounder Filet."
"Yeah, I'll order that, too, then," Kusanagi decided quickly, not even glancing at his menu. There was another moment of silence. And then, "You don't have a sense of humor, you know." Darien frowned in puzzlement.
"Okay…"
"I just thought I'd let you know," Kusanagi added. Darien sighed and shook his head. Then, they were both silent again.
Yusuke walked down the brightly lit street that evening on his way home from Kuwabara's. Things hadn't been going all that bad the last few days. No demon had attacked, anyway, since Wednesday, and he hadn't been pestered all that much by Serena or Momiji. He grinned and stretched out his arms.
"Aren't we in a pleasant mood this evening, Yusuke Urameshi," an unfamiliar voice came to his ears, and he turned his head to the right to see a man leaning against one of the buildings, smirking bitterly at him. The man then scoffed. "Unfortunately, we can't all be that lucky."
"Just who the hell are you?" Yusuke questioned. The man snorted and pushed off of the wall, stepping in front of Yusuke.
"If you didn't know, I take a lot of pride in my beasts - after all, it takes a lot of time and energy to create them and then train them. I don't appreciate you destroying them all," the man told Yusuke coldly. Then he smirked a bit and added, "Especially when you decide to do it so viciously, too, like with my beautiful serpent demon." Yusuke's eyes widened, realizing who he was talking to, but immediately suppressed his fear, arrogantly cocking his head high and flashing a grin.
"Oh! So YOU'RE the one who created those pushovers," Yusuke began and then let out a chuckle. "For a second there, I thought you were someone I was supposed to be scared of." The man's face turned savage then as he took Yusuke by the right arm and slammed him against the wall. Yusuke went to step away, but the man pinned his left shoulder down with his other hand.
"You're an arrogant little brat, you know that?" the man snarled as Yusuke felt his left shoulder being crushed along with his right arm. "You really think I couldn't kill you right now if I wanted to? Do you?" Yusuke didn't answer as he gritted his teeth, pain surging through his left shoulder and right arm. "You're lucky I don't think you're worth my time right now otherwise I would have ripped your pretty little throat out already. Though, I suppose, out of the three of you, you're the only one who's actually a real threat to me and Torazo."
"Who are you?" Yusuke asked through clenched teeth.
"Me?" The man laughed cynically. "I guess it's only right I introduce myself." He smirked again. "You can call me Danjuro."
Serena peered into the ladies' room curiously and then cautiously stepped in.
"Momiji? Are you in here?" she called. "Hello?"
"Serena?" Serena heard Momiji's voice ask from behind one of the stalls.
"Momiji!" Serena exclaimed, running over to the stall. "Are you all right?"
"I'm hiding," she said.
"'Hiding?' But why?!" Serena questioned.
"Because…everything's going wrong!" Momiji cried.
"But…it isn't!" Serena insisted. "We've only been here for twenty minutes, at the most!"
"I know, but…I think I said something wrong to Kusanagi this morning," Momiji explained.
"What's that?"
"I said he should be more like Darien," Momiji replied, guilt-ridded.
"So? What's wrong with that?" Serena asked in puzzlement. "Shouldn't every guy try to be more like my sweet Darien?"
"I don't know…" Momiji answered solemnly. "Besides…there's something else."
"Something else?" Serena inquired, leaning closer to the stall.
"I think…I think I might be going crazy," Momiji stated quietly. Serena stepped away from the stall now in shock.
"WHAT?!" she questioned. "Why would you think something ridiculous like that?!"
"Because…" Momiji's voice trailed off.
"WELL?!" Serena further interrogated.
"Because…well, you know this double date?"
"Yeah?"
"I don't remember actually planning to have one." Serena cringed slightly.
"Oh…you don't?" Serena asked, feigning innocence.
"And I don't even remember ever knowing a Hiroshi!" Momiji exclaimed loudly now. "Not at all! I can't even remember what he looks like!" Serena felt herself wince again.
"Well…"
"Maybe I'm not crazy," Momiji then replied pensively. "Maybe I'm just having a memory lapse. Maybe I just hit my head when we fought that serpent demon."
"Uh…" Serena frowned and then sliding one of her feet back and forth across the floor. "Um, Momiji?"
"Yeah, Serena?"
"I have something to tell you," Serena began warily. "Just promise you won't be angry, all right?" Momiji now opened the stall and glared at Serena suspiciously.
"Why would I be angry?" Serena immediately stepped back, chuckling nervously.
"Well…you see…I kind of made up the whole double date thing…Hiroshi and all…so I could get you to go on a date with Kusanagi," she explained, smiling sheepishly. Momiji's eyes widened.
"You WHAT?!"
"Hmm…did you hear something?" Kusanagi asked Darien. Darien, who had nothing better to do but study his menu, looked up.
"'Hear' what?" he asked.
"I don't know…I just thought I heard Momiji for some reason…"
"I didn't hear anything," Darien replied honestly. Both boys shrugged and then Darien returned back to his menu while Kusanagi averted his eyes to the ceiling.
"How could you do that?!" Momiji questioned Serena furiously as she marched toward her until Serena was backed up against the wall.
"Well…I was trying to help!" Serena reasoned. "I didn't mean any harm by it!"
"And here I thought I was crazy!" Momiji exclaimed. "And that's besides the point, anyway! The point is - is that you tricked Kusanagi and me into coming here!"
"Well -"
"And if Kusanagi ever finds out, he'll think that I was a part of it!" Momiji continued on. "He'll think I'm sneaky, just like you are!"
"I'm not sneaky!" Serena protested. "Besides, Darien was in on it!"
"WHAT?!" Momiji questioned in horror. "But he's supposed to be the gentleman!"
"Well…at least you don't think you're crazy anymore, right?" Serena tried to defend herself. "I mean, I could have just lied and pretended that you were crazy." Momiji frowned.
"Well, I guess you COULD have…" She then shook her head, her anger returning. "But that's not the point either!"
"It was a good plan!" Serena argued. "It worked, didn't it?"
"Yeah, but -" Momiji thought about this for a moment. "Well, I guess it DID work, too…but that doesn't meant it makes it right!"
"Yeah, but it WILL be right if Kusanagi doesn't find out!" Serena reasoned.
"No, it won't be right just because Kusanagi doesn't find out!"
"So that means you're not going to tell him?" Serena inquired.
"No! I mean, yes! I mean -"
Momiji stopped as her blue seed strangely began to glow. "Hmm…?" Both girls stared at the glowing light in awe.
"Is there something coming?" Serena asked worriedly. Momiji shook her head.
"I don't think so…" she replied. "I think it means something else, but I'm not sure what it is…"
"Do you really think you're all that strong, Yusuke Urameshi?" Danjuro questioned now, still holding Yusuke against the wall. "You killed the first Baken-Ai, I'll give you that, and perhaps I did underestimate you with those three beasts, but now that I realize that, I assure you that the next battle won't be as pleasant for you."
"If you're trying to scare me, it won't work," Yusuke told him flatly, narrowing his eyes.
"Are you trying to be brave now?" Danjuro questioned and squeezed Yusuke's arm tighter as he pushed his shoulder harder into the wall. Yusuke nearly let out a cry of pain, but forced himself not to. "You're nothing but a child to me. A weak, worthless nothing. So you killed the first Baken-Ai - they're meant to be killed in the first place. And you may have been able to rescue those two pathetic girls, but I suppose you never thought who'd rescue you." He laughed then and giving him another shove against the wall, released him. Yusuke swiftly pulled his wounded right arm up to his chest and glared at Danjuro violently.
"Now, don't look at me like that," Danjuro started again. "Just because I told you what you are - a weak, worthless nothing - doesn't mean you have to get so angry. Besides, I don't fight weak, worthless nothings anyway; they're simply not worth my time. Not to mention that I can't help pitying them now and again."
A smirk then spread across his vindictive face. "By the way, Yusuke," he said slyly. "I love that scar. It looks like it was very painful. And it reminds me that you killed my precious Baken-Ai, making me realize how much I truly hate you." He then turned and walked away, disappearing into the air. Yusuke growled bitterly, feeling angry at both himself and the mysterious Danjuro. Then, in his own rage and disappointment, he slammed his fist into the wall and snapped:
"Damn it!"
Momiji's blue seed stopped glowing. Momiji and Serena both frowned in perplexity at this.
"What do you think it meant?" Serena asked.
"I'm not sure…but I got a really bad feeling for some reason…" Serena sighed, her shoulders slouching.
"Well, there's another mystery…"
"I guess so…" Momiji agreed. Then, Momiji stood up straight and folded her arms crossly. She then declared sternly, "I'm still angry at you!"
"But Momiji!" Serena whined and protested.
"Hmm!" Momiji turned sharply from her, her hair whipping behind her. "And I'm not talking to you either!" She then marched off.
"But WAIT!" Serena called after her, following her as fast as she could.
Both Darien and Kusanagi watched as Momiji stomped back to the booth in a huff and then saw Serena come up from behind, looking desperate and regretful. Momiji stopped in front of Kusanagi, expecting him to get up. When he didn't, she proceeded to climb over him and then sit down in her seat, arms crossed bitterly and face sour. Serena, sulking, went beside Darien, who did get up, and slid into her seat with a small sob. Darien frowned and took a seat beside her.
"What's wrong, Serena?" he whispered into her ear.
"You were right, Darien, like you're ALWAYS right," Serena whined. "Why do you always have to be right?!" Darien winced a bit. The table was silent again except for the sniffling of Serena. After a moment, Kusanagi to speak up.
"So…what were you two doing in the bathroom for so long, anyway? Because you both look pretty upset…" Serena now started sobbing into her arms and as Darien tried to console her, Momiji shot him a glare.
"And I'm not talking to you, either!" she snapped.
"But what did I do?!" Darien asked in confusion.
"Do you even have to ask?" she questioned, infuriated.
The waiter then returned. "Are you ready to take your orders now?" He tried his best to ignore the sobbing Serena.
"I was going to order that flounder thing…" Kusanagi told him. He glanced up at Darien. "What was it called again?" Darien groaned.
"How about we just skip dinner tonight, all right?" he suggested.
"That's fine with me!" Momiji declared, rising to her feet. "Come on, Kusanagi!"
"All right…" Kusanagi reluctantly agreed, rising to his feet with perplexed eyes. As soon as they were gone, Darien frowned and turned back to the sobbing Serena who had her head buried in her arms.
"Come on, Serena…it's not that bad…"
"Yes, it is!" Serena cried. "Momiji hates me!"
"She doesn't hate you, Serena," Darien reasoned. "She's just angry." Serena wiped her tears from her eyes.
"You're right, Darien; all I have to do is try and apologize, that's all!" She perked up a bit, an optimistic smile on her face.
"Now that's the spirit, Serena!" Darien commended her.
"I'll do it first thing in the morning!" Serena decided. "And so will you!"
"Me? But I didn't -"
"Well, she's angry at you, too, isn't she?" Serena interrupted. Darien reluctantly nodded. "So that means you have to apologize, too!"
"I guess your right…"
"Good!" Serena exclaimed, grinning and picking up her menu. "Now, let's get something to eat!" Darien frowned, but sighed in defeat.
"Whatever, you say, Serena…"
Coming Attractions:
Serena: Okay, so the double date wasn't as romantic as I wanted it to be.
Momiji: You can say that again!
Serena: But I have more bigger things to worry about now when I'm suddenly stolen away by the mysterious King Korenaga of Keiki Kingdom!
Momiji: What?! But you can't be kidnapped!
Serena: What's worse is that he want to sacrifice me to some flesh eating demon called Zenko!
Momiji: I'm mad at you, but I don't want you to be eaten!
Yusuke: I guess I have no choice but to rescue the stupid blonde ditz…
Serena: Hey!
Momiji: Wait! I'm coming, too!
Yusuke: You're what?!
Momiji: Well, I have to help Serena!
Yusuke: But you're just going to get in my way!
Serena: Did I also mention that there are some more clues to the whole mystery behind Danjuro?
Yusuke: Did you have to bring HIM up…?
Momiji: Not to mention a surprise at the end!
Serena: Really?! A surprise?! What is it?!
Yusuke: You'll just have to find out next time on the next all new episode of "What's My Line Again…?," Episode 7: "Serena - A Sacrifice Girl? What about Momiji?!"
Momiji: Yeah! Isn't that my line?!
Momiji walked down the crowded streets of Tokyo Saturday morning, smiling pleasantly to herself as she glanced into the windows of the shops and gazed at the many beautiful things on display. Stopping by one store window, she bent down to take a better look.
"I wonder what it is today," a familiar voice came from behind as Momiji suddenly felt her skirt be lift from behind. Her face turned bright red with anger and embarrassment. "Kittens, hmm?"
"KUSANAGI!" she screamed, knowing already that it was him and spun around to slap him hard in the face. He, used of this same old charade, held his hand up to block her slap.
"And a good morning to you, too, Momiji," he greeted her, feigning an innocent grin. She, however, wasn't all that impressed.
"Why do you have to be such a pervert?!" she cried, turning from him and marching off. He just laughed and followed behind her.
"Hey, I hadn't done it for awhile," he replied casually. He then leaned over her shoulder and asked, "So, are you EVER going to stop wearing kiddy pants?"
"That's none of your business, you pervert!" she shouted, infuriated. She crossed her arms indignantly and continued to march along in a huff.
"Well, aren't we testy today, Momiji," he said playfully. "Is it that time of the month?" Momiji let out a scream of frustration and turned on him.
"Why can't you be more like Darien?!" she questioned furiously. Kusanagi now looked puzzled.
"Darien?" he inquired. "You mean that fairy in the tuxedo?"
"YES! 'That fairy in the tuxedo!'" She then shook her head. "And he's not a fairy! He's a GENTLEMAN!"
"Gentleman?" He snorted.
"At least he knows how to treat a girl with RESPECT!" she exclaimed and stomped off again. Kusanagi persisted after her.
"I treat you with respect," he argued.
"You do not!" Momiji protested. "If you treated me with RESPECT you wouldn't be lifting my skirt all the time! Darien doesn't lift Serena's skirt!"
"So?"
"SO you're not supposed to lift girls' skirts all the time!"
"I only lift yours," he told her.
"As if that makes it any better!" she exclaimed furiously.
"Well, I think it does…"
"That's not the point anyway!"
"Then what IS the point, Momiji?" Kusanagi questioned, growing slightly annoyed.
"The point is - why can't you act more like Darien?!"
"Then we'd have to be going out, first of all," he told her matter-of-factly and Momiji felt her face turn red.
"Well - I - uh…didn't mean it like that -"
"And what's your fixation on Darien, anyway?" Kusanagi interrupted, eyes narrowed suspiciously.
"Nothing! I don't even like him!" Momiji exclaimed. She then shook her head. "No, that's not it…what I mean is, I like him as a PERSON, but not as a boyfriend or anything. I mean, he's destined for Serena, anyway."
"Then why do you want me to act like him so badly?"
"Well…because…he's really polite and nice and all…almost ROMANTIC…."
"'Romantic?'" Kusanagi questioned. Momiji's face turned a brighter shade of scarlet.
"'Romantic?' Did I say, 'romantic?'" She let out a loud awkward laugh. "I didn't mean - what I meant to say was -"
"'Was' what?" Kusanagi asked, seemingly oblivious to the fear and embarrassment on Momiji's face.
"Was…uh…CHARISMATIC! That's it! Charismatic and romantic sound so similar, after all…well, at least the end parts sort of do…" Kusanagi scratched his forehead in perplexity.
"I always thought I was pretty charismatic…"
"You are!" Momiji quickly agreed. "Just in a crude sort of way." Kusanagi took another moment to think this over.
"But that Darien guy didn't seem all that charismatic, if you ask me."
"Well…he was," Momiji insisted a bit weakly. "He was just more gentlemanly about it."
"But I have a sense of humor," Kusanagi told her proudly, lifting his chin arrogantly.
"Yeah, a dirty, perverted one," Momiji muttered, averting her eyes to her feet.
"He didn't have a sense of humor, you know," Kusanagi told her. Momiji frowned now, starting to feel guilty.
"I wasn't really comparing the two of you - I mean, I was, but -"
"Yep, that guy didn't have a sense of humor at all," Kusanagi interrupted, nodding his head decisively. Momiji winced slightly.
"All I really was saying was that maybe you should try to be a little bit more polite…"
"And a guy like Darien would bore you, anyway," Kusanagi continued on, as if he were having a conversation more so with himself than with Momiji. "You'd want someone who'd keep you on your toes. Someone who'd rile you up every once in awhile."
"Well, I -"
"Who does this Darien guy think he is, anyway?!" Kusanagi now questioned, infuriated.
"I don't think he thinks he's anything, Kusanagi," Momiji tried to reason. "I think he's just a nice guy -"
"And I'm not?" Momiji's face grew very nervous.
"I didn't say that," she answered. "I think you're a very nice guy. I just think you can be a bit rude sometimes, that's all."
"Oh," Kusanagi replied, his cheeks turning slightly pink as he looked away from her. Then, after a moment, he said, "You know, I really could care less if you really DID like this Darien guy…I mean, it's not skin off my back." Momiji's scrunched her eyebrows, her eyes becoming dejected.
"It isn't?"
"No…" his voice trailed off. He glanced down at her quickly before looking up toward the sky again and then asked, "But you don't, right?"
"No," she answered sincerely.
"Okay, then," he said as if to assure himself. The two then walked alongside each other in silence, neither one daring to look at the other one.
"Isn't that so pretty, Darien?!" Serena asked excitedly as she looked through a window shop at a beautiful gold necklace.
"Would you like it?" he asked generously. Serena giggled, giddy, and stood up straight. She clasped her hands together, leaned close to Darien, and looked up at him with glinting eyes.
"Really, Darien? Do you mean it?" she asked. He nodded. She clapped happily. "I just can't wait to see how it looks on me!"
"It'll look beautiful on you, Serena," he told her. "Everything looks beautiful on you." Serena smiled.
"Oh, Darien." She leaned up to kiss him, but suddenly stopped. "Hey - that's Momiji and Kusanagi."
"Huh?" Darien glanced over to where Serena was looking to see both Momiji and Kusanagi, walking side by side in silence and looking very awkward.
"Don't they look perfect for each other?" Darien frowned.
"Now, Serena. I really don't think you should get involved in other people's personal affairs," he told her reasonably.
"But Darien! If I can help bring two people together, shouldn't I at least try?" Serena rationalized.
"Serena…" Darien sighed. "They don't look all that happy together, anyway."
"That's because they're both afraid to admit their true feelings!" Serena insisted.
"Which are?"
"That they love each other, of course!"
"And how are you so sure, Serena?" Darien questioned. "You've only known Momiji for a little over a week…"
"Because, Darien, I'm a great judge of character!" Serena declared. "Besides, I've got a great idea!" She took Darien eagerly by the hand.
"Serena -"
"All you have to do, Darien, is play along!" Serena insisted and proceeded on pulling Darien over to Momiji and Kusanagi. "Momiji!"
Momiji looked up and her eyes brightened. "Oh, hi, Serena!"
"Momiji, I have some bad news," Serena began when they reached them. Momiji frowned quizzically.
"You do?" Serena nodded solemnly.
"You know how you were supposed to go out tonight with me and Darien and Hiroshi tonight on that double date?" she began and Momiji became confused.
"No, I -"
"Well, Hiroshi just called Darien last night and said he couldn't make it! Isn't that a shame?!" Serena interrupted and Momiji became even more perplexed.
"But I don't remember -"
"His grandmother died yesterday," Serena clarified. "Isn't that what he told you, Darien?" Darien frowned.
"Serena…"
"And I was really looking forward to going on that double date tonight, weren't you, Momiji?" Serena asked Momiji now, feigning a look of regret. Momiji frowned, horribly baffled.
"Well, I -"
"You didn't tell me you had a double date tonight, Momiji," Kusanagi now cut Momiji off, seeming a bit disappointed.
"Well, I would have, Kusanagi, but -"
"And who's this Hiroshi guy, anyway?" Kusanagi questioned Momiji, who looked just as puzzled, not actually knowing the answer herself.
"I'm not actually -"
"And now what are we going to do?!" Serena cut Momiji off for a third time. "I mean, we already have reservations and all…"
"We DO, Serena?" Darien questioned, becoming slightly annoyed.
"Of course we do, Darien!" Serena exclaimed with a fake laugh. "After all, it was your idea for all four of us to go out to dinner!"
"It WAS, Serena?" Darien further questioned, but Serena ignored him, brushing him aside with a gesture of her hand.
"Unless Momiji wants to go ALONE, but that'll be kind of embarrassing, you know, me and Darien as a couple and Momiji sitting their all by herself…wouldn't it, Momiji?"
"Yes, but -"
"So I guess I could understand if you don't want to COME at all," Serena continued on. She then shook her head. "But it won't be any fun without you, Momiji!" Momiji frowned at this, however, perplexed beyond belief.
"But, Serena, I really don't remember -"
"If only we could find SOMEONE ELSE you could go with, Momiji" Serena now began deviously. "You know, someone who wouldn't mind stepping in last minute. Someone that we all KNOW and that we all get along with…well…KIND OF get along with. Someone who MOMIJI really likes and is close to…" Her voice trailed off as she placed a finger to her chin. "Now I wonder where we'll find someone like that!" Serena then feigned a gasp of realization as she looked directly at Kusanagi. "I know! Why doesn't KUSANAGI take Hiroshi's place?"
"Me?" Kusanagi asked, bewildered. Serena nodded and grinned wildly.
"It'll be perfect! After all, you fit the criteria!" she insisted. "And I'm sure you wouldn't mind doing Momiji the favor."
"Well, I GUESS I wouldn't mind taking her out if she doesn't have anyone else to…" Kusanagi answered somewhat reluctantly. "It's not like it will be a REAL date or anything, right…?" Momiji, however, continued to try and figure out what was actually going on.
"But, Kusanagi, I don't actually remember -"
"Then it's all set!" Serena exclaimed, cutting off Momiji once more. "Darien and I will come by your place, Momiji, and pick both you and Kusanagi up." She then took Darien by the arm. "Come on, Darien!" As the two walked away, she called back. "Bye, Momiji! Bye, Kusanagi! See you both tonight!"
"Bye…I guess…" Momiji called back weakly, still looking utterly baffled as she waved at them awkwardly.
"That was really sneaky, you know that, Serena," Darien sternly told Serena when they were out of hearing distance. "To pretend that we had a double date tonight…"
"Well, it worked, didn't it?" Serena reminded him and Darien sighed.
"I just hope that this doesn't blow up in your face, Serena."
"It won't!" She then grinned proudly. "Trust me - everything is going to go FINE!"
The four sat in a round booth at the restaurant, Darien and Kusanagi at the ends and Serena and Momiji in the middle, all looking at their menus. Momiji still looked very confused as she stared at her menu, as well as very nervous as she sat beside Kusanagi, her eyebrows scrunched up and her mouth curved into a small frown as she wondered what Kusanagi really thought of her. Kusanagi, on the other hand, appeared very out-of-place in the high-class restaurant as he was underdressed with his red jacket and casual pants, and also very awkward, not exactly sure what to do with himself or what to say as he shifted anxiously in his seat and glanced up at the ceiling, unable to concentrate on his menu for very long. Meanwhile, Serena had a mischievous glint in her eyes as she stared at Momiji and Kusanagi rather than her menu as she tried her best to deliberate what the best course of action would be to get the two together. However, whenever either looked her way she would immediately plaster a fake and stupid grin on her face and avert her eyes immediately to her menu. Lastly, Darien sat, reading over his menu sensibly, and shaking his head occasionally with a silent chuckle whenever he eyed the other three who were all acting rather childish. The four had been there for fifteen minutes already and no one had said anything to one another.
"May I take your order?" the waiter asked when he approached. Startled, they all almost jumped out of their seats (with the exception of Darien).
"Are the rest of you ready to order?" Darien asked. The three frowned and all looked away. Darien turned back to the waiter. "Um…can you come back in a few minutes?"
"Of course, sir," the waiter answered, politely bowing and stepping away. The table resumed to silence again. That is, until Serena spoke up.
"SO, this is the first time you and Kusanagi actually went out on a date together, Momiji?" she asked with a devious grin. Momiji's face turned scarlet red as she raised her menu to hide her face. Kusanagi remained looking at the ceiling, pretending not to hear anything in the slightest.
"I - well - it's not a date!" Momiji insisted.
"But -"
"How about we all figure out what we're going to order first?" Darien suggested, cutting off Serena. "I think I'm going to order -"
"Darien! I was in the middle of a conversation!" Serena exclaimed.
"I KNOW that, Serena. But I don't think -"
"I have to go to the bathroom!" Momiji suddenly declared and awkwardly climbing over Kusanagi (who didn't actually realize he was supposed to get up for her to pass) in her dress, Momiji blushing wildly as Kusanagi continued to look up toward the ceiling. She stumbled out from the booth, her foot getting caught on Kusanagi leg, and nearly fell flat on her face. Luckily, she caught her balance and fled to the ladies room.
"I have to go, too!" Serena cried and before Darien even had a chance to get up for her to leave the booth, began climbing over Darien as well. Darien tried his best not to frown as she did so and when she finally was out of the booth, she brushed her dress off, raised her chin, and marched off to the bathroom. Both Kusanagi and Darien now sat in the boot across from each other looking very awkward.
"So…" Kusanagi began, eyes still on the ceiling. "What are you ordering?"
"I think the Flounder Filet."
"Yeah, I'll order that, too, then," Kusanagi decided quickly, not even glancing at his menu. There was another moment of silence. And then, "You don't have a sense of humor, you know." Darien frowned in puzzlement.
"Okay…"
"I just thought I'd let you know," Kusanagi added. Darien sighed and shook his head. Then, they were both silent again.
Yusuke walked down the brightly lit street that evening on his way home from Kuwabara's. Things hadn't been going all that bad the last few days. No demon had attacked, anyway, since Wednesday, and he hadn't been pestered all that much by Serena or Momiji. He grinned and stretched out his arms.
"Aren't we in a pleasant mood this evening, Yusuke Urameshi," an unfamiliar voice came to his ears, and he turned his head to the right to see a man leaning against one of the buildings, smirking bitterly at him. The man then scoffed. "Unfortunately, we can't all be that lucky."
"Just who the hell are you?" Yusuke questioned. The man snorted and pushed off of the wall, stepping in front of Yusuke.
"If you didn't know, I take a lot of pride in my beasts - after all, it takes a lot of time and energy to create them and then train them. I don't appreciate you destroying them all," the man told Yusuke coldly. Then he smirked a bit and added, "Especially when you decide to do it so viciously, too, like with my beautiful serpent demon." Yusuke's eyes widened, realizing who he was talking to, but immediately suppressed his fear, arrogantly cocking his head high and flashing a grin.
"Oh! So YOU'RE the one who created those pushovers," Yusuke began and then let out a chuckle. "For a second there, I thought you were someone I was supposed to be scared of." The man's face turned savage then as he took Yusuke by the right arm and slammed him against the wall. Yusuke went to step away, but the man pinned his left shoulder down with his other hand.
"You're an arrogant little brat, you know that?" the man snarled as Yusuke felt his left shoulder being crushed along with his right arm. "You really think I couldn't kill you right now if I wanted to? Do you?" Yusuke didn't answer as he gritted his teeth, pain surging through his left shoulder and right arm. "You're lucky I don't think you're worth my time right now otherwise I would have ripped your pretty little throat out already. Though, I suppose, out of the three of you, you're the only one who's actually a real threat to me and Torazo."
"Who are you?" Yusuke asked through clenched teeth.
"Me?" The man laughed cynically. "I guess it's only right I introduce myself." He smirked again. "You can call me Danjuro."
Serena peered into the ladies' room curiously and then cautiously stepped in.
"Momiji? Are you in here?" she called. "Hello?"
"Serena?" Serena heard Momiji's voice ask from behind one of the stalls.
"Momiji!" Serena exclaimed, running over to the stall. "Are you all right?"
"I'm hiding," she said.
"'Hiding?' But why?!" Serena questioned.
"Because…everything's going wrong!" Momiji cried.
"But…it isn't!" Serena insisted. "We've only been here for twenty minutes, at the most!"
"I know, but…I think I said something wrong to Kusanagi this morning," Momiji explained.
"What's that?"
"I said he should be more like Darien," Momiji replied, guilt-ridded.
"So? What's wrong with that?" Serena asked in puzzlement. "Shouldn't every guy try to be more like my sweet Darien?"
"I don't know…" Momiji answered solemnly. "Besides…there's something else."
"Something else?" Serena inquired, leaning closer to the stall.
"I think…I think I might be going crazy," Momiji stated quietly. Serena stepped away from the stall now in shock.
"WHAT?!" she questioned. "Why would you think something ridiculous like that?!"
"Because…" Momiji's voice trailed off.
"WELL?!" Serena further interrogated.
"Because…well, you know this double date?"
"Yeah?"
"I don't remember actually planning to have one." Serena cringed slightly.
"Oh…you don't?" Serena asked, feigning innocence.
"And I don't even remember ever knowing a Hiroshi!" Momiji exclaimed loudly now. "Not at all! I can't even remember what he looks like!" Serena felt herself wince again.
"Well…"
"Maybe I'm not crazy," Momiji then replied pensively. "Maybe I'm just having a memory lapse. Maybe I just hit my head when we fought that serpent demon."
"Uh…" Serena frowned and then sliding one of her feet back and forth across the floor. "Um, Momiji?"
"Yeah, Serena?"
"I have something to tell you," Serena began warily. "Just promise you won't be angry, all right?" Momiji now opened the stall and glared at Serena suspiciously.
"Why would I be angry?" Serena immediately stepped back, chuckling nervously.
"Well…you see…I kind of made up the whole double date thing…Hiroshi and all…so I could get you to go on a date with Kusanagi," she explained, smiling sheepishly. Momiji's eyes widened.
"You WHAT?!"
"Hmm…did you hear something?" Kusanagi asked Darien. Darien, who had nothing better to do but study his menu, looked up.
"'Hear' what?" he asked.
"I don't know…I just thought I heard Momiji for some reason…"
"I didn't hear anything," Darien replied honestly. Both boys shrugged and then Darien returned back to his menu while Kusanagi averted his eyes to the ceiling.
"How could you do that?!" Momiji questioned Serena furiously as she marched toward her until Serena was backed up against the wall.
"Well…I was trying to help!" Serena reasoned. "I didn't mean any harm by it!"
"And here I thought I was crazy!" Momiji exclaimed. "And that's besides the point, anyway! The point is - is that you tricked Kusanagi and me into coming here!"
"Well -"
"And if Kusanagi ever finds out, he'll think that I was a part of it!" Momiji continued on. "He'll think I'm sneaky, just like you are!"
"I'm not sneaky!" Serena protested. "Besides, Darien was in on it!"
"WHAT?!" Momiji questioned in horror. "But he's supposed to be the gentleman!"
"Well…at least you don't think you're crazy anymore, right?" Serena tried to defend herself. "I mean, I could have just lied and pretended that you were crazy." Momiji frowned.
"Well, I guess you COULD have…" She then shook her head, her anger returning. "But that's not the point either!"
"It was a good plan!" Serena argued. "It worked, didn't it?"
"Yeah, but -" Momiji thought about this for a moment. "Well, I guess it DID work, too…but that doesn't meant it makes it right!"
"Yeah, but it WILL be right if Kusanagi doesn't find out!" Serena reasoned.
"No, it won't be right just because Kusanagi doesn't find out!"
"So that means you're not going to tell him?" Serena inquired.
"No! I mean, yes! I mean -"
Momiji stopped as her blue seed strangely began to glow. "Hmm…?" Both girls stared at the glowing light in awe.
"Is there something coming?" Serena asked worriedly. Momiji shook her head.
"I don't think so…" she replied. "I think it means something else, but I'm not sure what it is…"
"Do you really think you're all that strong, Yusuke Urameshi?" Danjuro questioned now, still holding Yusuke against the wall. "You killed the first Baken-Ai, I'll give you that, and perhaps I did underestimate you with those three beasts, but now that I realize that, I assure you that the next battle won't be as pleasant for you."
"If you're trying to scare me, it won't work," Yusuke told him flatly, narrowing his eyes.
"Are you trying to be brave now?" Danjuro questioned and squeezed Yusuke's arm tighter as he pushed his shoulder harder into the wall. Yusuke nearly let out a cry of pain, but forced himself not to. "You're nothing but a child to me. A weak, worthless nothing. So you killed the first Baken-Ai - they're meant to be killed in the first place. And you may have been able to rescue those two pathetic girls, but I suppose you never thought who'd rescue you." He laughed then and giving him another shove against the wall, released him. Yusuke swiftly pulled his wounded right arm up to his chest and glared at Danjuro violently.
"Now, don't look at me like that," Danjuro started again. "Just because I told you what you are - a weak, worthless nothing - doesn't mean you have to get so angry. Besides, I don't fight weak, worthless nothings anyway; they're simply not worth my time. Not to mention that I can't help pitying them now and again."
A smirk then spread across his vindictive face. "By the way, Yusuke," he said slyly. "I love that scar. It looks like it was very painful. And it reminds me that you killed my precious Baken-Ai, making me realize how much I truly hate you." He then turned and walked away, disappearing into the air. Yusuke growled bitterly, feeling angry at both himself and the mysterious Danjuro. Then, in his own rage and disappointment, he slammed his fist into the wall and snapped:
"Damn it!"
Momiji's blue seed stopped glowing. Momiji and Serena both frowned in perplexity at this.
"What do you think it meant?" Serena asked.
"I'm not sure…but I got a really bad feeling for some reason…" Serena sighed, her shoulders slouching.
"Well, there's another mystery…"
"I guess so…" Momiji agreed. Then, Momiji stood up straight and folded her arms crossly. She then declared sternly, "I'm still angry at you!"
"But Momiji!" Serena whined and protested.
"Hmm!" Momiji turned sharply from her, her hair whipping behind her. "And I'm not talking to you either!" She then marched off.
"But WAIT!" Serena called after her, following her as fast as she could.
Both Darien and Kusanagi watched as Momiji stomped back to the booth in a huff and then saw Serena come up from behind, looking desperate and regretful. Momiji stopped in front of Kusanagi, expecting him to get up. When he didn't, she proceeded to climb over him and then sit down in her seat, arms crossed bitterly and face sour. Serena, sulking, went beside Darien, who did get up, and slid into her seat with a small sob. Darien frowned and took a seat beside her.
"What's wrong, Serena?" he whispered into her ear.
"You were right, Darien, like you're ALWAYS right," Serena whined. "Why do you always have to be right?!" Darien winced a bit. The table was silent again except for the sniffling of Serena. After a moment, Kusanagi to speak up.
"So…what were you two doing in the bathroom for so long, anyway? Because you both look pretty upset…" Serena now started sobbing into her arms and as Darien tried to console her, Momiji shot him a glare.
"And I'm not talking to you, either!" she snapped.
"But what did I do?!" Darien asked in confusion.
"Do you even have to ask?" she questioned, infuriated.
The waiter then returned. "Are you ready to take your orders now?" He tried his best to ignore the sobbing Serena.
"I was going to order that flounder thing…" Kusanagi told him. He glanced up at Darien. "What was it called again?" Darien groaned.
"How about we just skip dinner tonight, all right?" he suggested.
"That's fine with me!" Momiji declared, rising to her feet. "Come on, Kusanagi!"
"All right…" Kusanagi reluctantly agreed, rising to his feet with perplexed eyes. As soon as they were gone, Darien frowned and turned back to the sobbing Serena who had her head buried in her arms.
"Come on, Serena…it's not that bad…"
"Yes, it is!" Serena cried. "Momiji hates me!"
"She doesn't hate you, Serena," Darien reasoned. "She's just angry." Serena wiped her tears from her eyes.
"You're right, Darien; all I have to do is try and apologize, that's all!" She perked up a bit, an optimistic smile on her face.
"Now that's the spirit, Serena!" Darien commended her.
"I'll do it first thing in the morning!" Serena decided. "And so will you!"
"Me? But I didn't -"
"Well, she's angry at you, too, isn't she?" Serena interrupted. Darien reluctantly nodded. "So that means you have to apologize, too!"
"I guess your right…"
"Good!" Serena exclaimed, grinning and picking up her menu. "Now, let's get something to eat!" Darien frowned, but sighed in defeat.
"Whatever, you say, Serena…"
Coming Attractions:
Serena: Okay, so the double date wasn't as romantic as I wanted it to be.
Momiji: You can say that again!
Serena: But I have more bigger things to worry about now when I'm suddenly stolen away by the mysterious King Korenaga of Keiki Kingdom!
Momiji: What?! But you can't be kidnapped!
Serena: What's worse is that he want to sacrifice me to some flesh eating demon called Zenko!
Momiji: I'm mad at you, but I don't want you to be eaten!
Yusuke: I guess I have no choice but to rescue the stupid blonde ditz…
Serena: Hey!
Momiji: Wait! I'm coming, too!
Yusuke: You're what?!
Momiji: Well, I have to help Serena!
Yusuke: But you're just going to get in my way!
Serena: Did I also mention that there are some more clues to the whole mystery behind Danjuro?
Yusuke: Did you have to bring HIM up…?
Momiji: Not to mention a surprise at the end!
Serena: Really?! A surprise?! What is it?!
Yusuke: You'll just have to find out next time on the next all new episode of "What's My Line Again…?," Episode 7: "Serena - A Sacrifice Girl? What about Momiji?!"
Momiji: Yeah! Isn't that my line?!