AHH!! I did this chapter all in one night... WHY?? Coz school is coming up! AAAAHH!!!! o_O;;
Hmm. I wonder if it's pretty obvious by now that Tamao and Horo are my favorite couple. ^^
Let's just say this chapter is dedicated to Lillian... coz she's such a great girl! ^_^
KristiexxNguyen: Erm... ah.. I had no idea. ^_^;; That's kinda confusin... I think I'll stick to 'iinazuke' for now... =p It's easier to remember. Haha!
A Relaxing Vacation
By Fireworx
Chapter Six: Day Four: Zombie Warss
"Where's everybody?" Horo asked the next day. He had woken up already at noon.
Tamao, who was sitting on the couch and watching television while munching on a cookie blinked at him.
"Oh... you're awake..."
HoroHoro shrugged. "Where's everybody?" He repeated.
"They're at the onsen..."
Horo froze in his tracks. "You know, we said we fixed it, but the wooden wall separating the two sides isn't there yet."
Tamao sweatdropped. "Hai... we know..."
"So how are they all there?"
"They're wearing bathing suits, Horo-kun..."
Horo blinked. Duh... That was pretty common sense. "I see. What're you doing here?"
"I woke up late... They left a note by the door." Tamao replied, eyeing the television more. Some stupid guy was about to jump of a cliff... "I'm going to follow."
"Okay then... see you." Horo replied, disappearing to the kitchen.
"Hai."
Tamao waited for a few more minutes before she stood up and followed Horo to the kitchen. Horo was sitting on the counted and staring out the window.
"I didn't know there was a forest out there..." He mused.
"Hai." Tamao smiled and walked over to him. "Neh, I'm sorry about last night."
"Huh?"
You're acting kind of weird... you're not the rowdy Horo-kun that I met on the first day... now... you're somewhat different, and I don't know how. You're just... softer, and your hands which tucked me in last night... were just so warm...
Her heart was beating so fast that she didn't even notice that Horo was staring at her, dumbfounded.
He flicked his finger at her forehead.
"Ah!" She winced.
"You spaced out..." He said, stifling a laugh.
"Hweh..." She said in a soft, childish voice as she pouted.
"Anyway..." Horo started.
"Yes?"
"Just get over Yoh, okay?" He told her. "You were mumbling something about him and Anna last night, and about how much it hurts."
She looked at him in disbelief.
He grinned at her and hopped down from the counter. "Just forget about them for now, and just have fun! See, fun! Being loud is fun!"
She sweatdropped. "Is it...?"
"Yeah!"
She sweatdropped even more.
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"Ahh..." Pirica said, as she watched some monkeys from the tree above her. "Monkeys at an onsen...?"
"Heh..." Ren replied, looking up at the tree where she was looking. He was using all his willpower to not stare at her body, which was clad with only a one-piece bathing suit. She looked really great, though... for Ren, that is. Yoh and Anna didn't seem to notice. "He kind of looks like Horo."
Yoh sweatdropped. Then, he looked over at Anna... the itako's face was slightly red. Maybe it was from the heat, or maybe it was from having to wear a bathing suit infront of them.
Or maybe... because, earlier...
"First base." Ren replied. "I think Horo's gone first base with Tamao."
"Huh?" Pirica blinked. "I don't think so. They seem like just friends to me."
"First base?" Yoh asked curiously.
Pirica rolled her eyes. "On the subject... how far has Anna and Yoh gone?"
"To America?" Yoh replied, his face looking extremely confused.
"Did you two kiss?"
Yoh shook his head. "No."
"Do you even love Anna?!" Pirica asked, exasperated. Nearby, Anna sighed and went even deeper into the water.
"Of course I do!" Yoh retorted. "I love each and everyone of you!"
Ren and Pirica groaned. It was hopeless.
And at the present... Yoh was thinking if something like that would get Anna angry. But why?
"Is Tamao and oniisan coming over?" Pirica asked no one inparticular.
No one answered... maybe they were waiting for someone else to answer.
"I guess Tamao is. I hope HoroHoro isn't."
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Horo and Tamao... were lost.
In the forest that Horo had spotted.
"You said there was a shortcut to the onsen if we passed here..." Tamao told him.
The forest was pretty dark, and there might be spirits or something...
But of course, neither of them were scared of "spirits". They had dealt with them a whole lot of times.
And Horo was pretty strong... right?
Horo laughed nervously.
"You... lied?" Tamao asked him.
"Err... yeah... no... yes? Uh..."
"You lied."
"Gomen." He apologized, massaging the back of his head. "I guess I assumed there would be a shortcut here..."
Tamao smiled at him. "Okay... let's just please get out of here..."
"There!" Horo replied, pointing to a clearing. "I'm pretty sure that's the onsen. There's steam coming up from that place."
Tamao nodded as she watched Horo jump of to the level of ground lower than which she was on.
Blink-blink.
"What's wrong?" The Ainu asked her.
"It's... kinda high..." She replied, embarrassed. She was wondering if she could do a jump like that.
"Huh? Just jump it. My sister could probably do a jump like that." He replied.
"H-hai..." Tamao replied.
Horo sweatdropped as he watched Tamao slowly pace herself.
After some seconds... minutes... and eternity...
"I can't do it!" Tamao cried, plopping down on the ground and pounding on the soil beside her.
Horo shrugged. "Just jump, and I'll catch you if you can't make it."
"O-okay..." Tamao replied, getting up. "Here goe--"
Just then, something rustled behind her. She blinked and looked behind her.
It was this huge shadow covered in leaves, sticks and mud.
"Aiya!" She shrieked, waving her arms around and panicking.
HoroHoro stared at her and jumped back up on the level beside her. She grabbed his sleeve and buried her face on it.
"Wha--? What is it?!" She shrieked.
"It's... a... a... dog."
Blink-blink.
"A dog?" She said bluntly, pulling away from him.
"It must've caught this mess on his fur." Horo replied. Tamao looked at the creature.
"You're right... poor thing..." She mused, as she carefully cleaned him up. When it was done, the dog like her on the cheek and she giggled. Then, it ran away to the opposite side.
"Hmm..." Horo mused, brainstorming.
"What?" Tamao blinked.
"I'm going to use this stuff... and freak out everyone at the onsen! Haha!" He laughed insanely.
Tamao blinked more.
"It's... getting dark." The pink haired teenager told him.
"Then I'd better get ready." He replied. "They might be just ready to leave. They've been there for hours."
"Maybe they left already..."
"Tamao!" He said out loud.
She looked shocked. "H-hai?!"
"Don't destroy the plan... heheheh..." He replied, looking like a maniac.
"S-sure..."
"C'mon, you can go ahead." Horo told her. "I'll follow later... and I'll be the... THE LIVING DEAD FREAKISH ZOMBIE COPYRIGHT LILLIAN! Bwahahah!!"
Play freakish background music and spotlights hit our hero... HoroHoro.
"Go." Horo said, grabbing her body in his arms and jumping off the small cliff to the lower ground and placing her down. "Tell them I'm going to follow or something."
"H-hai..."
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Too bad for him, when Tamao got to the onsens... everyone was gone. And the lights were out, too.
Must be a black out... Tamao thought to herself. Scary...
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"Where's oniisan and Tamao?!" Pirica yelled as she stormed around the cabin with a candle.
"They're gone." Ren's voice replied sarcastically. Who knows where he was in the dark.
Pirica ignored the sarcasm. "Yoh and Anna?"
"Gone, too."
Silence.
"So... it's just you..." Pirica sarted.
"...and you..." Ren stated.
"Huh... where the hell are you anyway?!" Pirica yelled ou to the dark. The candle wasn't helping out at all.
"It's a secret."
"Why, you..!" Pirica growled.
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"Tamao..." A voice said.
"Eh? EH?!" Tamao yelped in the dark. Maybe it was one off the inn employees?
No... it was this huge-zombie like creature.
Tamao shrieked... but soon enough, Horo's voice laughed.
"That was fun..." He said. "Where are they?"
She frowned. "They went back already... and there's a black out."
"Oh."
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"Anna...?" Yoh's confused voice asked out. It was pretty dark outside, but Anna was sitting on a rock looking up at the bright moon.
She look so beautiful with the moonlight shining on her face and all, making her hair shine... but Yoh took no note of it.
"Hey, Anna."
"Shut up, Yoh." Anna replied, not even looking at him. "I'm busy here."
"At what?"
"Staring at the moon."
He pouted. "Are you angry at me?"
"No."
"Then how come you're acting all quiet and stuff?"
"I always act like this."
"Ah..." Yoh replied. That's true.
"Yoh."
"Yes?"
"It's cold."
Yoh chuckled. "You said it doesn't need to be cold..."
"Yes. But I feel cold right now. It doesn't make a difference, does it?"
"Hai..." He walked up to her shivering figure and embraced her from behind. Her hair smelled great, too...
"Thanks..." She replied in a murmur.
"You're so warm, Anna."
Anna remained silent.
Suddenly...
"AAH!!! I'M THE LIVING DEAD FREAKISH ZOMBIE COPYRIGHT LILLIAN!" A shadowy figure blocked the moon's light and made loud growling noises.
Blink-blink.
"Horo?" Yoh squeaked, as he slowly let go of Anna.
WHACK.
Anna had slammed her fist at Horo.
"Oww... you don't have to be so mean, Anna..." Horo whined.
"What's with the get up?" Yoh asked.
"I wanted to scare people..." Horo laughed.
"Not to much, then." Anna said bluntly.
"I have a feeling it'll scare Pirica..." Horo replied. "Tamao got scared, after all."
"H-hi." Tamao waved from behind Horo.
"Yo, Tamao!" Yoh said cheerfully.
Tamao smiled at him in a sort of depressed manner.
A couple of minutes earlier...
"There's Yoh-kun and Anna-san..." Tamao told Horo as they approached. Horo was having a hard time moving in his state.
They stopped for awhile, and Horo spoke up. "Are they fighting or something..?"
Tamao looked extremely hurt as Yoh hugged Anna from behind and had whispered something to her.
Horo growled. "Show's over for them."
"Eh?!" Tamao blinked in surprise. "Don't disturb them!"
But it was too late... the mud-clad Ainu had already set off.
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"I'm serious, Ren..." Pirica said out aloud. "I'm getting really scared..."
"Huh? Do you want me to make you feel secure or something?" Ren's voice replied in disbelief.
She growled at him. All she had to do was follow his voice, right?
"All you have to do is say yes, and I might just grant it." Ren said mockingly.
"Jerk..." She muttered in reply.
"Pirica..." A soft, spooky voice said.
"Huh? Is that you, Ren?" Pirica mused.
"What are you talking about now?" Ren's voice replied, irritated.
The voices are coming from separate ways... Pirica thought.
"Piricaa..."
Pirica shoved her candle out to the direction.
Silence.
There was this huge, ugly thing staring at her. It looked like it was covered in mud and other kinds of mess...
And the candlelight made it look even spookier.
Spookier..
SPOOKIER.
Pirica shrieked and the thing blew her candle out. The Ainu girl ran the opposite way to where Ren's voice was.
She crashed right into him and they fell into a heap on the floor.
"What the--?! Get off!" Ren yelled.
"A... a..." Pirica hugged him tightly. "Some ugly thing is there!"
"Your brother?"
"NO! Some ugly swamp THING." She yelled, hitting him in the face.
"Maybe... it's an evil spirit... "
"WHATEVER. Just get it away..!" Pirica yelled.
"Bason!" He yelled. Bason's huge form appeared.
"What the...?" Horo winced as Bason lightened the place up. Beside him, Tamao winced too.
Sweatdrop.
"You could have done that earlier?!" Pirica shrieked. "Making Bason light the place up?!"
Ren ignored her and got into a fighting position. "I'm ready to bash some ugly swamp zombie thing."
"Uhh..." Horo aka the Ugly Swamp Thing replied. "I'M THE LIVING DEAD FREAKISH ZOMBIE COPYRIGHT LILLIAN!"
Ignoring his protests, Ren moved forward with his spear.
"No, no, no!" Horo yelled, running around in circles. "This is going too far!"
Tamao seemed to shrink in a corner, watching the scene before her.
Pirica blinked. "Oniisan...?"
Horo growled. "No! How many times do I have to tell you? I'M THE LIVING DEAD FREAKISH ZOMBIE COPYRIGHT LILLIAN!"
Freakish background music plays as spotlights hit him. Tantaranan!
"Fine.. I'll beat the crap out of you then, Mister Zombie..."
"Ack!" Horo yelped, finally throwing the weird costume aside. "Pirica! Get your insane boyfriend away from me!"
"What?!" Ren and Pirica retorted, both blushing furiously.
Silence.
"Get him, Ren." Pirica muttered.
"Gladly."
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"There sure are making a racket... AGAIN." The caretaker of the cottages told one of the employees.
"I know..." The employee sighed. "And I thought shutting down their power would just make them scared and cower them in a corner... AND SHUT UP."
"Maybe we oughta attack them with our chickens...?" Chel said, grinning.
The employee... aka Lillian, sweatdropped.
To Be Continued...