It's Hot Outside…But I See Snow…
"They certainly have a lot of plants around here…" Gene said as he looked around.
"I see dead people!!!" Vash suddenly screamed.
Everyone in the group suddenly turned to face him. The group's eyes fell on a little white figure sitting on the edge of a railing separating the crowds from a little garden area.
"W-what is it?" Jim asked.
Slowly the little white thing turned its head further to the left then it already was and sprung back around with a round of clicking noises. The group screamed and Ayeka fainted.
"Ok, Mr. Priest man. What is it?" Vash asked Wolfwood.
"I don't deal with ghosts and spirits." Wolfwood whispered.
Slowly the little Kodama turned its head once more and released it with several clicking sounds. The group turned and ran for their lives, screaming…and completely forgetting about the unconscious Ayeka.
By the time the group was halfway across the park they realized they had left the princess behind. Ryoko wanted to leave her behind. (And for that matter, so did almost everyone else.) However, Gene convinced them to go back for her, simply because he didn't want to take the blame when a member of the royal family of Jurai was reported missing. When the princess was found she was awake, but still in shock. This was a definite plus, because she couldn't remember ever being left behind by the rest of the group.
That was just the beginning of what happened. As they day progressed, so did the gang's troubles. Ganondorf and Link were trying to ignore the comments they got from several people. Ayeka and Ryoko were next to tearing out each other's hearts. Gene, Jim, Vash and Wolfwood were having enough trouble trying to keep the others from ripping the entire place apart.
It was about mid afternoon. Everyone was hot and tired from walking around. Jim, sick of trying to stop everyone from fighting decided a change of plans was in order.
"I think we all need to take a break." Jim said.
"I thought a vacation was supposed to be a break." Gene muttered. He sat on a bench hanging his head and rubbing his hand through his singed hair that had been burned when he barely stopped Ryoko from blowing apart Ayeka and everyone around her with an energy blast from her gems.
"Let's go to one of the water parks. We can cool down there and it might calm everyone down." Jim said. He hoped this idea would be better than his animal park one.
"A water park might actually be relaxing." Wolfwood agreed.
"Um…I'm not to sure…" Vash felt uncomfortable with the idea.
"Com'on, you'll be ok." Wolfwood slapped him on the back.
"Yeah, if I wear a long sleeve t-shirt to go swimming in…" Vash murmured to himself. "I think I'll let you guys go ahead. I'll head back to the hotel and grab something to eat."
"Would you like me to go with you Vash?" Ryoko had latched onto him once more. "I'm sure I could keep you occupied while they wait."
"I'd love that Ryoko, but I'm kind of tired and I'm just gonna go back and rest. You and Ayeka should go have fun." Vash was able to chase her off for the time being.
And so it was settled. The group decided they would be heading for Blizzard Beach. But little did everyone know that evil was brewing back at the hotel…
The cleaning lady knocked on the door and muttered the words "room service". Hearing no one inside Link and Ganondorf's hotel room, she unlocked the door and headed in. Halfway through making the beds, she heard something rattling in the top drawer of the red and black dresser.
Carefully the maid opened the top drawer, unaware of the horror she was about to unleash. Navi came flying out suddenly and sent the cleaning lady flying back from the dresser in fright.
"I'm free! I'm free! I'm finally free!" Navi yelled while bouncing happily. She flew towards the door and escaped the hotel room.
"I don't get it. I see snow…but it isn't cold…" Ayeka was dumbfounded.
"Princess, it's fake snow." Ryoko looked at her.
"I knew that. I was only testing you Ryoko."
The two look at each other and laughed for a moment. Wolfwood, Gene, Jim, and Link stepped in.
"I wonder where Vash ran off to." Wolfwood wondered aloud.
"I'm not sure I want to know. We did get him to come along finally, didn't we?" Gene asked.
"Vash said he was going to go find a locker room to change into his 'swimsuit'." Jim told them.
"It's a shame Ganondorf didn't come along." Gene said.
"Are you insane?" Link asked. "Ganondorf in a swimsuit…" Link shuddered.
The others suddenly had unpleasant images in their heads and shuddered as well.
"Oh well, let's get started. Where to first?" Jim asked.
"Shouldn't we wait for Mr. Vash?" Ayeka asked.
"Na. He'll catch up." Wolfwood said.
And with that, the group headed off for the wave pool.
"Oh, Dad, com'on! You aren't any fun at all!" Trunks complained.
"Really, Vegeta. This is supposed to be a vacation." Bulma lectured as she rubbed sun tan oil on herself.
"Oh, go play with Kakarrot's boy." Vegeta told his son. The Saiyan prince was sprawled out on one of the reclining poolside chairs wearing a pair of sunglasses and blue swim trunks.
A familiar voice called from the pool. "Trunks, com'on! This is so much fun!"
"Hang on, Goten, I'll be right there!" Trunks yelled back then turned back to his father. "Please? Please, please, please, please, please, pleeeeeaaaaassssseeeee?" He begged.
"Yeah, com'on Vegeta!" another voice yelled. "It's a lot of fun in here!"
Vegeta pushed his sunglasses up and look out across the pool. "I'm not as much of a clown as you are, Kakarrot."
"Being a clown is a lot more fun!" Goku yelled. He had gotten the chance to come back for a while longer to spend with his family. The yellow halo was still placed above his head, and he was getting several looks from the other vacationers.
"Com'on, Trunks!" Goten yelled out again. "My dad is a lot more fun than yours is!"
This got Vegeta's attention.
"Yeah, rig-! I mean…Yeah, you're probably right, Goten." Trunks kicked off his little sandals and started to walk slowly for the water.
Vegeta tossed the sunglasses down. "Com'on, Trunks. We're going on the water slides." Vegeta grabbed the arm of his small son and headed for the water rides.
Trunks glanced back over his shoulder and winked at Goten then smiled. Goten gave him a thumbs up then went back to playing with his father.
Along the way to the water slide, Vegeta and Trunks tended to pass quite a few familiar faces. Some of them weren't exactly who you would expect to see at a Disney park…oh who are we kidding. You wouldn't expect to see any of these people in a Disney park.
"Com'on, Gohan. I want to go to the lazy river now and relax." Videl told him.
"But wouldn't you prefer something that wasn't so…lazy?" Gohan asked.
"Gohan…" Videl glared at him. "You aren't listening…"
"You know what? Lazy sounds really good right now. Let's go." Gohan said. He scratched the back of his head. Great job, Gohan. How did you get yourself into this mess?
Meanwhile at the water parks entrance gate…
"I'm sorry sir, but I'm afraid pet monkeys or grasshoppers are aloud in the park." Meryl tried to explain.
"But the aren't really my pets, miss." King Kai tried desperately to explain to her.
"Well…I'm afraid no animals are aloud inside, sir." Meryl tried again.
"Oh well, you heard her. Bubbles, Gregory, I guess we'll have to go somewhere else." King Kai turned away sadly with Bubbles and Gregory in tow.
"I told ya'! I don't like water!" Tasuki screamed.
"Oh, calm down you big baby." Nuriko dragged him along.
"You guys are creating quite a spectacle no da." Chichiri lectured them as he followed closely behind. "Don't forget, the emperor and Miaka were kind enough to give us all a little time off for a vacation no da."
"But why did it have to be a water park, ya' dang monk?!"
"I didn't pick it. Nuriko did no da."
"I'm not surprised." Tasuki looked at Nuriko for a moment. "But I am surprised you aren't wearing girl's stuff here too."
"Unless you want to get more friendly with the water I would suggest that you shut up, flame head." Nuriko threatened.
Tasuki grumbled under his breath and continued to be dragged towards the water slides. The group of Seishi finally arrived at the family raft ride. After a forty-five minute wait (and having to put up with Tasuki's whining) they finally got their chance to get into one of the large, four person rafts.
Tasuki looked around nervously and finally settled down in the raft. "This ain't so bad." The bandit leader commented. "Just a lil' ride without getting wet…" Tasuki said. But then his eyes fell on the steep angle at which the raft was getting ready to go down. "I want off! Lemme off! I don' wanna die!!!"
Nuriko clapped a hand over his mouth. "Shut up, you big baby. Here we go."
"This should be quite an experience no da." The monk said.
The raft left the little boarding pool and started it's decent. It dropped for quite a while before picking up some turns, which brought the raft up at an angle that was scaring Tasuki more than anything ever had before. About halfway through the raft's decent, they came to a pair of turns, which sent the raft at a near ninety-degree angle. The first turn sent water splashing over the edge of the raft, drenching the bandit. The second turn went even higher, and the bandit fell out of the raft all together.
"We just lost one, Nuriko no da!" Chichiri yelled over Nuriko's screams of pleasure and excitement.
"Don't worry. I think there's a luggage claim at the end of the trip." Nuriko said, then raised his hands in the air and started hollering with joy once more.
"Nuriko!!!" Tasuki screamed as he went spiraling down the slide on his rear end. "I'll kill you for this! And you scream like a girl! You hear me! I'll get-Aieee!!!" Tasuki screamed in an even more female tone then Nuriko was doing when he saw the slide coming to an end and the pool of water and the bottom.
The raft, which was in front of the fallen bandit, came to a smooth splashdown in the pool. Tasuki made a loud splash and went under. Tasuki's head came up above the water. He slowly made his way to the edge of the splashdown area and climbed out. He stood on the cement and rung out his bright orange swim trunks.
"That was a lot of fun no da." The monk said.
"I say we do it again." Nuriko smiled.
Tasuki looked back at him and glared. "No…no… no, no, no, no, no! I am not letting you drag me on that thing again!" He screamed.
"Hmm…I could drag you…" Nuriko smirked at the bandit. "Ready to go again, Chichiri?"
Chichiri smiled and nodded. Nuriko grabbed Tasuki's arm and the three started off for the family raft ride line once more.
A loud buzzer went off and screams echoed throughout the park as the waves started up. Wolfwood, Link, Gene and Jim made their way through the crowds and got up into the deepest water possible. As the waves began to get rough, they had a swimming competition to see who could make it to the wall first.
Off towards the edge of the waves pool, Ayeka and Ryoko sat tanning, letting the water lap up against their feet as they daydreamed. They both snapped into reality when they heard a group of people scream in the wave pool. Both looked out towards the center to find out what all the commotion was about.
"It's a sea monster!" Someone yelled.
"Shark! Shark!"
"Gator! Thar's a gator in the pool!"
Everyone swam towards the edge of the pool and came running out of the water. Only Wolfwood, Link, Gene and Jim remained in the water, looking around confused. Jim was the first to spot a black figure swimming through the water. All of them grouped together as the thing started to circle around their feet.
"I don't think it's a Zora…" Link said.
"I don't know of any Gung-Ho Guns that use swimming as an attack…" Wolfwood murmured.
Gene and Jim both had their hands folded and were looking up towards the sky. "Please don't let it eat us. Please don't let it eat us."
Slowly the black began to rise from the water. The figure turned out to have spiked blond hair and was wearing goggles, a snorkel, and a black wetsuit.
"Hewlo!" Vash said and smiled after removing the snorkel and goggles.
"What the heck do you think you were doing Needle-noggin?!" Wolfwood screamed at him.
"I was swimming." Vash said innocently. He then looked around. "Where'd everybody go?"
"They all ran away because they thought you were a shark!" Wolfwood yelled.
Vash started to give an explanation when he felt his arms waited down. He looked back to see Ryoko clinging to his right arm while Ayeka was pinned to his left.
"Uh…heheheh…uh…hello ladies…" Vash said as he looked at them.
"Hello Mr. Vash!" They both cried at once.