Chapter 10- Behind her mask
A/N -Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I didn't get anything for Christmas, so I think I'll kill a character. I've always wanted to say that and be able to do it at the same time. Yeah, I think I will kill someone off. Now, who?
Keitaro spiraled upwards in tow of the gigantic missile. All the while, taking a refresher course in swearing. "f@%&, this stupid f*@%&ing missile. I swear, if I ever find another Mecha tama, I'll kill the f*@%&ing son of a b*@%& myself." Again and again, he tried to stretch and reach the bindings on his leg, but everytime, the turbulence would keep him at bay. "This is getting ridiculous. I can survive the explosion, but just how far is this thing going to drag me up. Not to mention the drop from here alone, it makes Naru look like a pushover." Again he stretched, trying desperately to free himself, and again the rocket sped up, forcing him down.
Down on the beach, Su was almost done disabling the control pod, which was still using it's backup generators as a defense to Su's crowbar. It was a losing fight. The beachhouse was still intact with only a bit of peeling wallpaper, but the beach was littered with scrap metal. The girls had calmed down, even though Shinobu is still unconscious. They were now getting rid of the wreckage. {A/N - Don't ask me how} Mecha Tama was on its back with Su straddling it in order to immobilize it. Not much can be said about Seta, who was back to his care free self, assuring everyone that Keitaro will survive with nothing more than a few bruises. Haaruka was lounging in the shop smoking another cigarette. They all occasionally looked to the sky for any sign of the flyboy Keitaro Urashima. It was about twenty minutes later that they heard a familiar scream. "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
And with a thud Keitaro Urashima landed once again on earth. His clothes were ripped and slightly torn, but he was no worse for the wear. "Well, that was . different." He said trying to put it as mildly as possible. Everyon breathed a sigh of relief. Naru approached timidly. "Are you OK." Came a shy weak voice that sounded unnatural for Naru Narusegawa.
"I'm fine." Came the exuberant response from Keitaro, who was dusting himself off. He looked around and saw the remaining parts of Mecha Tama, with a gloating Su holding a crowbar. The metal was gone, the shop, no worse for wear, and everything almost normal. "Shouldn't we head back to the hotel, considering it's already seven." "Yeah, I need some sake after all this." Everyone stared at Kitsune who sweatdropped. "What?"
At the hotel, the gang reached a problem. "I'm sorry, but there are only three rooms left, I'm afraid you'll have to bunk up. Once again, I would like to apologize on behalf of Fugasakia Hotels. Thank you." The reception lady alerted them, while handing three keys to Haruka.
Haruka in turn, faced the group and told them about the new development. "This shouldn't be too hard. There's, how many? Keitaro, Naru, Motoko, Shinobu, Su, Kitsune, Seta, myself, and Sara makes nine. So why don't ."
"I'm not taking a room with that pervert!" came the familiar voice of Naru. "Old habits die hard, I see." Came an almost ominous Keitaro, though even he chuckled a bit. "Fine then, It'll be me, Seta and Sara in one room." Started Haruka, but she was interrupted once again, only this time by Su. "I wanna stay with Sara." With a sigh, Haruka relented. "Fine the four of us. In the second room, they'll be Motoko, Naru, and Shinobu. Leaving Kitsune and Keitaro with the last room."
"Hey, Why aren't I with Kitsune in the third room?" Naru asked. "Because you get long with Motoko and Shinobu much better than you get along with Keitaro or Kitsune. Besides, after me and Seta, Kitsune and Keitaro are the oldest here." Haruka explained, now starting to get annoyed. "But." "NO MORE. The rooms stay as they are and that's final. Now go to your rooms, leave your stuff and meet here in fifteen minutes for a nice dinner." Haruka said through gritted teeth.
"Well, I have no objections, aunti., I mean Har." He had no time to avoid the huge fan that clobbered his head and Keitaro Urashima was once again victim to his aunts fan. Before anyone could say anything, Haruka passed out a key to Motoko and Kitsune. "Now go." She snapped. Haruka's room was on the 2nd floor while Motoko's was on the 3rd and Kitsunes on the 5th. The elevator offered no solice for Keitaro Urashima, as the girls, excluding Shinobu and Kitsune, threatened to end his life if he laid a finger of Kitsune, whom was watching the whole thing with avid interest. Haruka's group got off, soon Motoko's group left too, leaving Kitsune and Keitaro, who now breathed a sigh of relief. "It's as if the whole incident a couple of days ago never happened. Well I guess it's for the better. I would hate to think what it would be like if they had changed." He said to himself. Kitsune, for once, was not smiling or laughing. She stood alone, dejected in the corner, waiting for the elevator to stop.
Keitaro suddenly realized that for once he was not being harrased by a certain blond fox. Turning around, what he saw made him question everything he had ever learnt. If Kitsune 'The fox' could look so alone and dejected, then, anything is possible. Before, he could say anything though, the elevator opened and let the two out. Keitaros train of thought stopped when he stepped into the room. What the reception lady had obviously forgotten to tell them was that they would have to switch into one of the deluxe suites. Obviously, Haruka hadn't looked too carefully at the keys. Both Kitsune and Keitaro jumped in the air for joy and bounced on the beds like four year olds.
"I'm not going to any restaurant tonight, I'm having me some room service, complementary to the deluxe suites." Announced Kitsune. "Free room service!" Keitaro asked bewildered, before jumping up again. Soon he calmed down enough to realize that he should probably call Aunt Haruka to cancel her dinner plans, unless of course he wanted to be skinned alive. "Simmer down for a sec," he told Kitsune, who calmed down, "I need to call my aunt and tell her we're not coming." He dialed her room number. "Hello?" "Keitaro?" "Yes aun.I mean Haruka. Me and Kitsune called to say we wont be coming out for dinner with you guys." "And why the hell not?" "Actually.you gave us the deluxe suite, that features free room service." On the other end Keitaro could hear Sara's bewildered complaining at this unforeseen revelation. "Fine, fine, But you call Naru, I'm not in the mood to deal with her now." "C'mon she's not that bad.hello?.anyone.I can't believe she hung up on me." Keitaro turned to face the calm but still gleeful Kitsune, already hitting the free bar. "Should I call Naru or should you." All he got was muffled giggles. "Well I guess it's me."
Five minutes later, a livid Naru stomped into the room, startling both Kitsune and Keitaro. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU AND KITSUNE ARE STAYING HERE. I'LL STAY HERE AND MAKE SURE THAT SHE'S SAFE FROM YOUR PERVERTED WAYS!!!" She bellowed, sending Keitaro crashing to the floor with a rainforest worth of sweatdrops on his head. "Calm down, Naru!" Keitaro pleaded. Naru stalked over to him and punched him to the ground.
"You don't have to stay, you know." Came a quiet voice from the back. Naru turned around to see Kitsune chugging down a bottle of sake. "You know, you should drink so much. And besides, you need me to protect you against that perverts advances." "Naru, look at it this way, I'm 22, he's 22 as well. We're both adults, who can drink liquor by chance. I think we can handle one night together." "Hmph, all that sake has gone to your brain." "Look, Kitsune said she was fine and, in all due repect, how do you plan on guarding her if you can't even pull an all-nighter because you fall asleep at eleven. If I wanted too, I could 'take her innocence' then. Which isn't to say that I will, but you really wouldn't be helping to anything."
"Actually he has a point." Kitsune commented. Naru folded her arms around her chest heaved and left. But before she left, she told Kitsune, "You have to stop drinking, it'll cloud your judgement. Jeez Kitsune, can't you ever just listen." As she said these words and left, Kitsunes mask finally cracked, and all her pain and anguish fell open for the world to see.
A/N -Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I didn't get anything for Christmas, so I think I'll kill a character. I've always wanted to say that and be able to do it at the same time. Yeah, I think I will kill someone off. Now, who?
Keitaro spiraled upwards in tow of the gigantic missile. All the while, taking a refresher course in swearing. "f@%&, this stupid f*@%&ing missile. I swear, if I ever find another Mecha tama, I'll kill the f*@%&ing son of a b*@%& myself." Again and again, he tried to stretch and reach the bindings on his leg, but everytime, the turbulence would keep him at bay. "This is getting ridiculous. I can survive the explosion, but just how far is this thing going to drag me up. Not to mention the drop from here alone, it makes Naru look like a pushover." Again he stretched, trying desperately to free himself, and again the rocket sped up, forcing him down.
Down on the beach, Su was almost done disabling the control pod, which was still using it's backup generators as a defense to Su's crowbar. It was a losing fight. The beachhouse was still intact with only a bit of peeling wallpaper, but the beach was littered with scrap metal. The girls had calmed down, even though Shinobu is still unconscious. They were now getting rid of the wreckage. {A/N - Don't ask me how} Mecha Tama was on its back with Su straddling it in order to immobilize it. Not much can be said about Seta, who was back to his care free self, assuring everyone that Keitaro will survive with nothing more than a few bruises. Haaruka was lounging in the shop smoking another cigarette. They all occasionally looked to the sky for any sign of the flyboy Keitaro Urashima. It was about twenty minutes later that they heard a familiar scream. "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
And with a thud Keitaro Urashima landed once again on earth. His clothes were ripped and slightly torn, but he was no worse for the wear. "Well, that was . different." He said trying to put it as mildly as possible. Everyon breathed a sigh of relief. Naru approached timidly. "Are you OK." Came a shy weak voice that sounded unnatural for Naru Narusegawa.
"I'm fine." Came the exuberant response from Keitaro, who was dusting himself off. He looked around and saw the remaining parts of Mecha Tama, with a gloating Su holding a crowbar. The metal was gone, the shop, no worse for wear, and everything almost normal. "Shouldn't we head back to the hotel, considering it's already seven." "Yeah, I need some sake after all this." Everyone stared at Kitsune who sweatdropped. "What?"
At the hotel, the gang reached a problem. "I'm sorry, but there are only three rooms left, I'm afraid you'll have to bunk up. Once again, I would like to apologize on behalf of Fugasakia Hotels. Thank you." The reception lady alerted them, while handing three keys to Haruka.
Haruka in turn, faced the group and told them about the new development. "This shouldn't be too hard. There's, how many? Keitaro, Naru, Motoko, Shinobu, Su, Kitsune, Seta, myself, and Sara makes nine. So why don't ."
"I'm not taking a room with that pervert!" came the familiar voice of Naru. "Old habits die hard, I see." Came an almost ominous Keitaro, though even he chuckled a bit. "Fine then, It'll be me, Seta and Sara in one room." Started Haruka, but she was interrupted once again, only this time by Su. "I wanna stay with Sara." With a sigh, Haruka relented. "Fine the four of us. In the second room, they'll be Motoko, Naru, and Shinobu. Leaving Kitsune and Keitaro with the last room."
"Hey, Why aren't I with Kitsune in the third room?" Naru asked. "Because you get long with Motoko and Shinobu much better than you get along with Keitaro or Kitsune. Besides, after me and Seta, Kitsune and Keitaro are the oldest here." Haruka explained, now starting to get annoyed. "But." "NO MORE. The rooms stay as they are and that's final. Now go to your rooms, leave your stuff and meet here in fifteen minutes for a nice dinner." Haruka said through gritted teeth.
"Well, I have no objections, aunti., I mean Har." He had no time to avoid the huge fan that clobbered his head and Keitaro Urashima was once again victim to his aunts fan. Before anyone could say anything, Haruka passed out a key to Motoko and Kitsune. "Now go." She snapped. Haruka's room was on the 2nd floor while Motoko's was on the 3rd and Kitsunes on the 5th. The elevator offered no solice for Keitaro Urashima, as the girls, excluding Shinobu and Kitsune, threatened to end his life if he laid a finger of Kitsune, whom was watching the whole thing with avid interest. Haruka's group got off, soon Motoko's group left too, leaving Kitsune and Keitaro, who now breathed a sigh of relief. "It's as if the whole incident a couple of days ago never happened. Well I guess it's for the better. I would hate to think what it would be like if they had changed." He said to himself. Kitsune, for once, was not smiling or laughing. She stood alone, dejected in the corner, waiting for the elevator to stop.
Keitaro suddenly realized that for once he was not being harrased by a certain blond fox. Turning around, what he saw made him question everything he had ever learnt. If Kitsune 'The fox' could look so alone and dejected, then, anything is possible. Before, he could say anything though, the elevator opened and let the two out. Keitaros train of thought stopped when he stepped into the room. What the reception lady had obviously forgotten to tell them was that they would have to switch into one of the deluxe suites. Obviously, Haruka hadn't looked too carefully at the keys. Both Kitsune and Keitaro jumped in the air for joy and bounced on the beds like four year olds.
"I'm not going to any restaurant tonight, I'm having me some room service, complementary to the deluxe suites." Announced Kitsune. "Free room service!" Keitaro asked bewildered, before jumping up again. Soon he calmed down enough to realize that he should probably call Aunt Haruka to cancel her dinner plans, unless of course he wanted to be skinned alive. "Simmer down for a sec," he told Kitsune, who calmed down, "I need to call my aunt and tell her we're not coming." He dialed her room number. "Hello?" "Keitaro?" "Yes aun.I mean Haruka. Me and Kitsune called to say we wont be coming out for dinner with you guys." "And why the hell not?" "Actually.you gave us the deluxe suite, that features free room service." On the other end Keitaro could hear Sara's bewildered complaining at this unforeseen revelation. "Fine, fine, But you call Naru, I'm not in the mood to deal with her now." "C'mon she's not that bad.hello?.anyone.I can't believe she hung up on me." Keitaro turned to face the calm but still gleeful Kitsune, already hitting the free bar. "Should I call Naru or should you." All he got was muffled giggles. "Well I guess it's me."
Five minutes later, a livid Naru stomped into the room, startling both Kitsune and Keitaro. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU AND KITSUNE ARE STAYING HERE. I'LL STAY HERE AND MAKE SURE THAT SHE'S SAFE FROM YOUR PERVERTED WAYS!!!" She bellowed, sending Keitaro crashing to the floor with a rainforest worth of sweatdrops on his head. "Calm down, Naru!" Keitaro pleaded. Naru stalked over to him and punched him to the ground.
"You don't have to stay, you know." Came a quiet voice from the back. Naru turned around to see Kitsune chugging down a bottle of sake. "You know, you should drink so much. And besides, you need me to protect you against that perverts advances." "Naru, look at it this way, I'm 22, he's 22 as well. We're both adults, who can drink liquor by chance. I think we can handle one night together." "Hmph, all that sake has gone to your brain." "Look, Kitsune said she was fine and, in all due repect, how do you plan on guarding her if you can't even pull an all-nighter because you fall asleep at eleven. If I wanted too, I could 'take her innocence' then. Which isn't to say that I will, but you really wouldn't be helping to anything."
"Actually he has a point." Kitsune commented. Naru folded her arms around her chest heaved and left. But before she left, she told Kitsune, "You have to stop drinking, it'll cloud your judgement. Jeez Kitsune, can't you ever just listen." As she said these words and left, Kitsunes mask finally cracked, and all her pain and anguish fell open for the world to see.
