Sakura Wars: Steel Soldiers from the West meet The Flowers of the East.
Chapter 4: The work is done, Time for fun
Well dinner has been finished and everyone is helping out with the production which, the first showing in the next few weeks. Kyoko and Kanna are doing all the heavy lifting. Sakura, Sumire and Ryo are making the costumes. Reni and Orihime are sorting out the music. Iris, Kohran and Maria are helping with the painting of the scenery; Ohgami walked around helped anyone when they needed it.
"Hey you guys we have another piece of wood that needs to be painted by you experts." Kyoko smiles as he and Kanna puts the piece of wood down on the stage beside Iris, Maria and Kohran.
"Yeah sisters you're doing a great job keep it up." Kanna kneels down beside Iris and watches Iris paint some designs on the piece of wood in front of her. Kanna gets up to her feet and takes a quick look around the stage to see everyone hard at work she turns her attention back to Maria and the others.
"Well thanks you two. It should be finished soon if we keep the pace up." Smiled Maria as she painted away with her brush now helping Kohran to paint the sky on the wood while Iris continues to paint on the grass and flowers.
"Yeah you are also working hard, be careful not to strain yourselves." Smiled Kohran as she looked up at Kanna and Kyoko before getting back to her painting.
"Yeah we will watch it see you girls later. Good job Iris, keep it up." Kyoko gives Iris a pat on the head and he walks of with Kanna walking slightly behind him.
"Hey Kyoko and you too muscle brain come over here and help us with these costumes please." Sumire waves over to get their attention. Kanna and Kyoko spot her and walk over to her Kyoko is not being in any hurry to get there he still remembers with what happened in his room.
"Yeah cactus woman relax we can help." Kanna sits down and picks up a sowing needle she begins to sow. Kyoko sits down beside her. He glances at Sumire she gives him a wave and blows a kiss. Kyoko quickly looks away and he turns to Ryo.
"Hey Ryo how did you get on doing messages for General Yoneda?" Asked Kyoko as he turned to look at his friend who was continuing to sow away with the needle and thread.
"Yeah we got everything he asked us to buy but we had to buy loads and loads that's why we took so long." Ryo smiles back and continues to work on the costumes.
"Yes we had to buy loads of stuff and Ryo and Ohgami being the gentlemen that they are they carried it all for us." Sakura starts giggling and Ryo let's out a deep sigh.
"Hey Kyoko could you come here and give me a hand?" Asked Sumire as she looked over at him with a smile on her face.
"Yeah I am coming hold on for a few seconds." Kyoko smiles at her as he finishes his own sowing considering he didn't have much to do; he gets up and walks over to Sumire and sits beside her.
"Thanks Kyoko I am grateful." Sumire smiles as Kyoko helps her out; she snuggles in closer to him, sitting in just in front of him they both continue sowing as Kanna, Ryo and Sakura look on.
"Those two seem to be getting along well." Smiled Sakura as she glanced over at Sumire and Kyoko. Kyoko now not being so scared when a girl is that close to him and the incident that happened in his room suddenly has left his mind.
"Yeah they are aren't they?" Added Ryo as he looked up for a few seconds he then looks back down and concentrates on his sowing.
Kanna mutters something under her breath and Ryo looks at her and giggles under his own breath. Ryo leans over and whispers in Kanna's ear.
"Don't worry Kanna he likes you more than her, trust me on this." Ryo continues his sowing pretending he hadn't said anything and Kanna turns to him slightly red.
"How do you know that I like him?" Asked Kanna being defensive as Ryo looks back at her with a friendly smile on his face.
"Well to me it was obvious, I have known since the first day we where properly introduced. I saw the look in your eyes when you spotted him for the first time. But don't worry about Sumire he likes you just give him time." Ryo smiles as Kanna goes red as she continues to look at him and Sakura let's out a slight giggle though Kyoko and Sumire do not know about their conversation.
"I didn't realize I was being so obvious." Kanna blushes and falls silent. Sakura and Ryo giggle as the three of them finish making the costumes and they get up to help Sumire finish of the costumes she had been given. They sit down beside Kyoko and Sumire and they help the two of them sow, Kyoko turns to Kanna and smiles and Kanna smiles back still kinda red from the little chat with Ryo
"Once this is done we have the rest of the day off, as the rehearsals start soon and the lines need to be learned. We have the rest of the day off to relax." Smiled Ryo as he looked at the others.
"Yes I heard Ohgami mention something about it. It will give us time to get rest up and to get ready for the rehearsals." Added Sumire as she happily continued to sow away being glad Kyoko is near her.
"Yeah once this is finished we can get on our way." Smiled Kyoko as he concentrated on the sowing not looking up from what he was doing.
The others turn around as Kyoko and Sumire continue on with the sowing to see Iris, Kohran and Maria walking over to them with smiles on their faces.
"Are you guys ready to go? The painting has been finished and everything else is ready." Maria looks at everyone with a smile on her face and looks down at Kyoko and Sumire who have just finished with the final costume.
"There we are done now so now where too?" Asked Kyoko as he gets to his feet with Sumire getting up shortly after him.
"Well I guess we can go to the amusement park that has just shown up in town Iris really wants to go, they have some new attractions, one called a steam powered Roller coaster, and another attraction called steam powered bumper cars." Smiled Sakura as she patted Iris on the head.
"Yay! We can go to the amusement park and try out all the new attractions." Iris runs around in circles happily singing and dancing.
"So it's settled we are going to the amusement park. Well I'll meet you guys in the main hall I have to go and get Reni and Orihime and I have to ask a few more people if they want to come." Kyoko walks off leaving the others to get ready; he leaves through the main door and goes down one of the side corridors and off towards the music room.
"Well run along now Iris and get ready." Ryo smiles at her as Iris runs off to her rooms so she can be ready in time for them to leave.
"Well she is happy. I think we should all go and wait in the hall like Kyoko had asked us to do." Maria walks out the double doors and the others follow her while Iris is in her room getting ready.
Else where Kyoko is walking down the corridor to the music room. He spots his sisters Ayame and Kaede leaving the recreational room. "Hey Kaede, Ayame me and the others are going to the new amusement park do you want to come with us?" Asked Kyoko as he gave both his sisters a nice warm smile.
"Yeah we could go. It can be like a family trip or something." Smiled Kaede as she looked over at Ayame with a hopeful look on her face.
"Yeah I'll go to little brother." Ayame smiles and nods in her brother's direction. "It should be fun." Added Ayame but just as her and Kaede where about to leave Kyoko stopped them.
"Would you know if the General and Ohgami would want to go? Also how about Kasumi, Yuri and Tsubaki. Would they go?" Kyoko looks at Kaede wondering if she knows whether they can or can't go.
"Ohgami can go. The rest are in a meeting right now I don't think they will be ready anytime soon." Answered Kaede as she looked back at her brother hoping she gave him the right answer.
"Oh that's a pity oh well I will have to bring them something back then. The others are waiting in the main hall for me so if you go and meet up with them I shall be along shortly I just have to go and get Orihime and Reni." Ayame and Kaede leave Kyoko and they go to wait in the main hall with the others. Mean while Kyoko continues to walk towards the music room, the sweet relaxing tone of the music getting louder as he gets closer to the music rooms door. He stops out side the door for a few minutes he then lifts his hand and knocks the door pretty hard before entering, just as the music stopped playing Kyoko opens the door and steps into the music room to see Orihime and Reni looking at him.
"Hey Kyoko what can we do for you?" Asked Orihime as she got up from her piano and poured, herself a glass of water from the jug sitting near by on a table.
"Well everyone has finished doing their part for the next production and we are all going to the new amusement park that has just shown up and we all hoped you two would like to come along." Kyoko took a quick glance between Reni and Orihime before focusing his attention on Orihime again.
"I would love to go." Replied Reni as she packed up her violin and walked over to a nearby table resting the violins case on top of the table before turning back round to look at Kyoko and Orihime.
"Yes ok I will go to. It would be nice to have some fun before they busy rehearsal schedule kicks in." She puts the cover down over the piano keys and finishes her glass of water. "Are you ready to go then?" Orihime walks over to the door and opens it she then turns round to Reni and Kyoko waiting on them to leave with her.
"Yep we're all set aren't we Reni?" Kyoko turns and looks down at Reni and Reni looks back up at him.
"Yes I am ready." Reni walks out of the door followed by Kyoko. Orihime leaves after Kyoko and closes the door to the music room behind her; all three of them now make their way back to the others who are still waiting in the Main hall for them.
"I am ready now!!!" Iris comes running along and stops beside Maria and Sakura she looks up with a warm smile before looking around.
"That's great Iris we just have to wait on Kyoko coming back with Reni and Orihime then we can be on our way." Smiled Sakura as she looked down at Iris who looked up and smiled back.
"Yeah he must be trying to drag Orihime and Reni away from their music." Giggles Ryo as they all continue to wait on Kyoko and the others returning.
"I am sure they are on their way. Let's just give them a few minutes." Added Kanna as she turned to look at Ryo.
A few moments later Kyoko opens the door and he walks through it with Kaede, Ayame, Reni and Orihime and Ohgami following behind him.
"About time you got here. You were keeping us behind Orihime and you too Reni." Sumire looks over at them and stares at them knowing Kyoko is reason they are being kept behind.
Kyoko sniggers a bit. "No Sumire it was my fault I kept them behind. But we are here now so let's go." Kyoko puts Iris on his shoulders and they all leave the theatre. Maria closes the main door behind her as everyone steps onto the street.
"So which way is it to this amusement park?" Asked Kaede as she looked up at her younger brother.
"Well little Iris; are you going to tell Kaede where the amusement park is?" Kyoko looks up at Iris and Iris looks down at him.
"It is over there sister Kaede. Can you see it?" Asked Iris almost leaping of Kyoko's shoulders and points to the giant Ferris wheel not far down the road.
"Yes Iris dear I can see it and don't move around too much up there. You might fall and hurt yourself." Smiled Kaede as she looked up at Iris sitting on Kyoko's shoulders.
"I'll be ok Kaede big brother won't let me fall. Isn't that right big brother?" Iris looks down at Kyoko with a smile on her face.
"Yeah don't worry I won't let you fall." Smiled Kyoko as everyone began to walk down the street getting closer to the amusement park as they walked.
"Yes well Iris seems to loving the attention she is getting." Giggled Sakura as she watched Iris screaming with delight as they got closer to the amusement park one small step at a time.
"Yes she is enjoying herself Sakura and we aren't even there yet. And Kyoko has to put up with her screaming in his ear. He should make her walk." Complained Sumire who is just jealous because Kyoko is giving Iris more attention than what she is getting from him
"Just because you're jealous that Kyoko is giving her more attention than what your getting cactus woman." Kanna begins to laugh as Sumire begins to boil up. She gives Kanna a very nasty look and replies
"As if your not muscle brain. So stop pretending that it doesn't bother you." Sumire folds her arms and stares at Kanna as they continue walking down the street.
"Quiet down cactus woman. Iris is a young girl; Kyoko is only giving her the attention she needs so stop being such a paranoid princess who thinks her knight is going to be stolen by one of us commoners." Kanna continues to laugh as they reach the entrance of the amusement park. Sakura just looks on slightly giggling as the rest of them continue to watch Iris screaming in delight.
"Ok Iris steady on." Kyoko lifts Iris and puts her on the ground. She looks up at him and smiles.
"Thank you big brother!" Iris goes into the park and the rest of the group follow her in they all have a quick look round taking in the bits of the park that are visible.
"Quite impressive I must say there is a large crowd." Smiled Sakura as she looked around to see lots of other visitors entering the park.
"Yeah I read the sign it said the fair is only here for the next few days." Replied Kanna turning to look at Sakura.
"That would explain why there is such a large crowd here." Sumire continues to look around as she watches the families and other people walk past her into the park.
"Well did you figure that out all by yourself cactus woman." Giggled Kanna as she looked over at Sumire.
"Yeah whatever muscle brain. Come on Kyoko WE will go on the roller coaster so muscle brain can be left to her thoughts." Sumire grabs Kyoko's arm and links it with her own trailing him away while a furious Kanna looks on.
"Yeah ok Sumire. But don't be so nasty to Kanna will you…" Kyoko looks at her as he gets trailed off over to the Roller coaster while Kanna walks over to Maria and sits down beside her.
"Kanna are you ok?" Asked Maria turning to look at Kanna who wasn't in the best of moods right now.
"Yeah sister I am fine don't worry yourself." Kanna looks up to see the others all enjoying themselves. Orihime, Reni and Kohran are all on the Merry-Go-Round, Kaede and Ayame are watching Ohgami, Iris and Sakura playing a game with water pistols trying to fill up the balloon whoever gets it full first wins. And Kyoko and Sumire have just gone on the roller coaster.
"We have been friends along time Kanna there is something bothering you what is it?" Maria knows there is something up but Maria doesn't like to intrude so she won't ask too much.
"It's nothing Maria. I am ok." Replied Kanna shuffling her feet with her head looking at the ground.
"Ok Kanna but if you need to talk you know I am here for you." Maria looks at her and smiles. They both watch as the Roller coaster hurtles around the track they keep watching it as it grinds to a halt. The attraction only lasts a few minutes Kyoko and Sumire get off the roller coaster and Sumire does not look well at all the roller coaster must have made her ill.
"Sumire are you ok?" Kyoko looks at Sumire as she leans over her hands on her knees.
"Yes Kyoko dear I am…No I going to be sick." Sumire gets up and runs off to the a bathroom Kyoko runs into it after her and pats her on the back as she throws up holding her hair back to make sure she isn't sick over it. Sumire looks up at him and smiles at him.
"Kyoko can we go outside and sit down so I can get some fresh air?" Asks Sumire as Kyoko takes her hand and puts his other arm around her helping her.
"Of course you can." Kyoko takes her outside and they begin to walk to a near by chair so that Sumire can sit down and rest for a little bit.
"Thank you." Replied Sumire taking a better grip of his hand as they stopped just beside the chair. She looks up at him and smiles.
"Here sit down over there. And I'll get you a drink." Kyoko helps Sumire over to the chair, she sits down and Kyoko runs off to get a glass of water. Just as Kyoko leaves Sumire takes a quick look over at Kanna. Sumire then spits her tongue out at her.
Kanna begins to mutter under her breath. "Just you wait you spoiled brat I'll show you." Kanna stares at her and its obvious Kanna is one very annoyed woman. Kanna turns around in disgust as Iris, Ohgami and Sakura begin to walk in Sumire's direction.
Iris along with Ohgami and Sakura spot Sumire and sit down beside her noticing that she looks ill. Mean while Ayame and Kaede go over to Kanna and Maria. Reni, Orihime and Kohran are still running around trying out the different rides and attractions.
"Hey Sumire you don't look so good are you feeling ill?" Asked Ohgami as he crouched down to see if she is ok.
"I am feeling ill but I'll be ok, Kyoko has gone to get me a glass of water so just go and have fun I will be fine." Replies Sumire as she continues to look down at her feet.
"Are you sure your ok big sister?" Asked Iris looking at Sumire a bit worried.
"Yeah Iris I am ok just you go and have fun." Replies Sumire looking up at her and giving her a small smile.
"Ok big sister." Replied Iris as she smiled back still concerned but is feeling better knowing Kyoko is looking after her.
A few minutes later Kyoko returns with the glass of water. He hands it to Sumire who takes the glass from him and she drinks it all knocking it all back in one go.
"Well Kyoko you look after her we are taking Iris on the Ferris wheel. We will see you soon." Sakura smiles as she takes Iris's hand. The three of them leave Kyoko and Sumire on their own as the go over to the Ferris wheel.
"Are you feeling any better Sumire?" Asked Kyoko obviously concerned about her. He kneels down in front of her hoping she is ok.
Sumire pretends to cough and Kyoko quickly gets up and sits beside her with his arm around her shoulder.
"Yeah I am feeling better now thank you." Sumire rests her head against his chest while Kanna looks on trying not to get angry, but she is furious.
"Why that no good attention seeking spoiled brat." Mutters Kanna as she watches Sumire obviously trying to snuggle in on Kyoko. Maria glances at Kanna and notices how annoyed she is getting. But Kaede and Ayame begin to talk about it not noticing Kanna's facial expression.
"Well it seems Kyoko has a way with the girls." Smiled Ayame as she watched Kyoko and Sumire.
"Yes he does." Adds Kaede as she looks at them sitting on a bench not far from where they are sitting.
"Hey do any of you two want an ice-cream?" Asked Kaede as she looked at Kanna and Maria with a happy cheerful look on her face.
"Yeah sure sister. I'll take one." Replied Kanna as she raised her arm into the air.
"And what about you Maria? Would you like one too?" Asked Kaede now focusing her attention on Maria.
"Yes I wouldn't mind one. Thank you very much." Replied Maria in a cheerful sort of tone. It's not like her.
Kaede nods and begins to walk off but her sister Ayame follows her.
"Hey wait up. I'll give you a hand with those." Ayame stops along side her sister before they both start walking again searching for a man who sells ice-cream.
"Ok Ayame thanks very much." Smiled Kaede as her and her sister walk over to a man selling ice-cream not to far away. Maria looks at Kanna and decides she will try helping her out.
"Why don't you ask Kyoko to go on one of the rides or go to one of the attractions with you? That way you can be with him on your own." Smiles Maria as she looks at Kanna who is still shuffling her feet over the ground.
"Yeah I suppose I could ask him… But seeing him with Sumire puts me off." Kanna lets out a sigh and looks over at Kyoko and Sumire who are giggling and laughing. Sumire obviously feeling a lot better now.
"Don't be put off by what you seen Kanna. He is a lovely man I wouldn't let him get away if I where you." Maria lets out a slight chuckle while Kanna looks at her completely in shock. A few seconds later Ayame and Kaede return with their ice-cream.
"Here you are Kanna this is your ice cream and yours also Maria." Kaede hands them both their ice cream cones. Kaede watches as her sister walks off to join the others. While Kyoko and Sumire are still talking on their own.
"Thank you sister." Kanna begins to eat her ice cream still looking over at Kyoko and Sumire not sure where she stands in the race to get him.
"Thank you Kaede." Replied Maria as she smiled looking up at Kaede with a small smile on her face. Maria looks over at Kyoko and Sumire again, to see Sumire get up and walk away smiling. Kyoko gets up and begins to make his way over to the three girls who are sitting eating their ice cream.
"Hey girls are you all enjoying yourselves?" Kyoko walks over to them and he sits down beside them positioning himself between Maria and Kanna
"Yes it has been fun thanks for inviting me." Replied Kaede as she smiled at him shortly after she had finished her ice cream.
"Yes I am enjoying myself it seems different." Replied Maria as she watched Iris running around with Reni and Kohran chasing her.
"How about you Kanna are you enjoying yourself?" Asked Kyoko as he looked at her. Kanna had just finished her own ice cream and she looks at him with a small smile on her face.
"Yes I am enjoying myself. It's been awhile since I have been to one of these." Kanna glances around to see everyone running around and having fun she doesn't notice Maria and Kaede getting up to leave.
"Hey are you two going?" Asked Kyoko as he watched Kaede and Maria getting up as if they where going somewhere.
"We will both be back later Ohgami wants us for something." Kaede points to Ohgami who is waving over to them.
"Hey Kaede and Maria could you come here for a few minutes?" Yells Ohgami as he continues to wave.
"Yeah we are coming Ohgami. See you two later." Kaede and Maria get up and walk off in Ohgami's direction leaving Kanna and Kyoko on their own. Kanna looks down at her feet and begins to shuffle them about.
"Hey Kyoko do you remember when I asked could we go out somewhere?" Kanna looks up at him slightly feeling uneasy she hasn't done or felt like this before.
"Yeah of course I remember I said yes so do you want to go one of the attractions with me?" Kyoko kinda goes red as he looks at Kanna she also goes red and looks back at him.
"Yeah…sure…ok." Kanna looks at him a bit surprised that he asked. But she is glad he isn't running away.
"OK well let's get going then." Kyoko takes her hand and pulls Kanna up of the seat he smiles still holding her hand as he walks off dragging Kanna with him.
"Where are we going Kyoko?" Asked Kanna as Kyoko was nearing the ghost train as he continued to hold her hand.
"We are going to go on the ghost train." Smiled Kyoko as he stopped and turned to look at her with a smile on his face as he stopped just outside it.
"Ahh…….ok…" Replied Kanna looking a bit uneasy as she looked back at Kyoko.
"If you don't want to go on it, you can just say we can go and do something else." Smiled Kyoko not wanting to force Kanna into doing anything she doesn't want to.
"Yeah it is ok I'll go on the ghost train with you." Replies Kanna smiling as she grips his hand tighter as the both walk and sit down in the train. Sakura and Ryo then get on the train and set in the seat behind them. Kanna sits close to Kyoko as the train goes through the door while Sakura shifts closer to Ryo.
The train enters a very dark stretch and Kanna shuffles closer. The ghost's and other things that go bump in the night start popping out and Kanna and Sakura and pretty much everyone else starts screaming.
"AHHH!" Kanna grabs Kyoko as more of the ghosts and ghouls start springing out of coffins and other things start popping out of holes in the walls and ceiling as the train continues down the track and around the corner. Ryo and Sakura grab each other still screaming. As the train continues along another straight passage Kyoko puts his arms around the screaming Kanna. He joins in not to make her feel silly.
"AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!" Kyoko screams along with Kanna as the train was coming to the end of the tunnel. He takes a quick glance behind him and he sees Ryo and Sakura holding on to each other for dear life still screaming. He glances down at Kanna who has latched onto him; he watches her as the train exits the tunnel his arms still around Kanna as the train stops and everyone begins to make their way off.
"That was fun wasn't it Kanna?" Smiled Kyoko as he gave Kanna his hand as he helped her out of the train.
"Yeah it was fun. Though I feel kinda silly for being scared." Kanna rubs her head and smiles looking kind of embarrassed.
"It's ok I was screaming too but at least we are ok look at poor Ryo." Kyoko turns around and points at Ryo. Sakura helps Ryo of the ghost train as Kanna and Kyoko giggle at him.
"Is he ok?" Smiled Kyoko as Sakura sat Ryo down in the seat sitting beside the entrance to the ghost train.
"Yeah he should be fine Kyoko; he's just a little startled that's all." Smiled Sakura patting him on the back.
"Yeah as she said Kyoko I'll be ok I was just startled and since Ohgami wouldn't go on it with Sakura. So I did and it was scarey. Just go and enjoy yourselves we will be fine. Smiled Ryo looking up at Kanna and his friend.
"Alright well we will see you later." Kyoko takes Kanna's hand and walks off in the direction the fairs café style area.
"So where are Kyoko and Kanna off to?" Asked Ohgami as he walked over to Sakura and Ryo who are currently walking towards him.
"They are off to the Ferris wheel I believe." Smiled Ryo turning to face Ohgami.
"And who knows where everyone else went we haven't seen them for a while now." Added Sakura with a cheery tone in her voice.
"Well they are all that new bumper car attraction. Even Maria is having a go you should really come and see this." Smiled Ohgami as he walked off. "It's this way." Ohgami points down the street and he walks down it with Ryo and Sakura following him. They continue down the street for a short period of time and they hear laughter coming from the bumper attraction. The three of them look around the corner and they see everyone including Maria having a great time.
"Hehe Maria watch me." Iris and Reni drive there bumper car into Kohran's.
"I'll get you back Iris." Kohran divers her steam powered bumper car into Iris and Reni's bumper car.
"Too bad I got all of you!" Sumire drives her car into Iris and Reni's car then she crashes hers into Kohran's car.
"Well I have got you Sumire." Smiles Ayame as she crashes her and her sister's bumper car into the back of them.
"So you have." Smiles Sumire as she looks behind her to see Ayame's bumper car directly behind her.
"But you forgot me Ayame." Orihime slams into Ayame and Kaede. They both jerk forward and look behind them giggling.
"And you forgot me." Maria crashes into the back of Orihime. The whole group burst out laughing while Ryo, Sakura and Ohgami looked on.
"Well this is surely a sight you don't see very often." Sakura looks over at Maria a bit surprised to see her laughing and to be on one of the attractions its very unlike Maria.
"Yeah it is unusual but I for one am glad that Maria can actually have a good time. I am glad she is letting human emotions touch her again." Smiles Ohgami looking towards Sakura and nodding in her general direction.
"Well could some one please explain to me about what you are talking about?" Ryo looks between the both of them, he is totally confused.
"Don't worry about it Ryo it's nothing important." Added Ohgami as he continued to watch the others in the steam powered bumper cars as he watches crash after crash and listening to the fun everyone is having.
"Ok if you say so Ohgami." Ryo shrugs his shoulders and continues to watch along with Sakura and Ohgami joining in the laughter every now and again.
Mean while Kyoko and Kanna have just paid to go on the Ferris wheel. They climb in the little cab with the seats and they sit down. The man closes the door and the wheel begins to move around lifting Kanna's and Kyoko's cab into the air.
"So Kanna are you enjoying yourself so far?" Asked Kyoko as he turned to look at Kanna who is sitting beside him. He gives her a warm smile and Kanna smiles back.
"Yeah I am enjoying myself thank you Kyoko." Kanna smiles as she looks at Kyoko who is sitting at the end of the cab. "It's some view from up here isn't it?" Smiled Kanna looking out of the window as the wheel continues to go round raising their little cab higher into the air.
"Yeah it is really pretty from up here. I can't believe how beautiful everything looks from up here." Kyoko moves closer behind Kanna putting both his arms around her waist and rests his chin on her shoulder. "Just like the sky you're very pretty as well." Kyoko kisses Kanna on the cheek and she blushes.
"Thanks I guess. I am not the girl an average man would go for." She rests her hands on Kyoko's and she looks up at him. Kyoko smiles and replies looking down at her.
"But then again my dear Kanna I am not your average man." Kyoko and Kanna both burst out laughing at the statement Kyoko had just made it was full of confidence not something you see when it comes to Kyoko. They both look up at each other and then they both look out over the city continuing to admire the view as the wheel continued to turn.
Mean while down on the ground Maria is getting some snacks for the others when she spots a man resting up against a wall not far from her. She looks over at the man and she senses something familiar about him. The man is wearing black bottoms a white top and is also wearing a black leather jacket, he also has long black heart. Maria keeps watching him as he begins to walk off she recognises him at the last minute and is about to go after him when Sumire and Reni come up behind her.
"Hey Maria you are taking your time is something wrong?" Asked Sumire as she tapped her on the shoulder.
"Yes Maria you have been gone longer than we thought are you ok?" Asked Reni as Maria turned round to look at Sumire and Reni.
"Yes I am fine but take these back to the others I'll be right back." Maria hands them the snacks for them and she runs around the corner after the man.
"What was the deal with her?" Asked Sumire as she looked at Reni. Reni looks back at her and replies.
"I can't honestly say, but lets leave her be." Reni begins to walk off with everyone's snacks and Sumire follows her as they make their way back to the others.
"Yeah I agree with you best leave Maria be." Sumire catches up with Reni and walks along side her as they walk to back to the others. Reni and Sumire begin to tuck into their own snacks.
Mean while Maria has stopped at the entrance to the amusement park and is franticly looking for the man she spotted not along ago, but unfortunately she hasn't seen him yet.
"Could that of been him. Where my eyes playing tricks on me?" Maria continues to look around a bit she when she feels a hand rest upon her shoulder she jumps and quickly turns round.
"Are you ok Maria? Sorry if I scared you, but you looked as if you were somewhere else. Are you feeling alright?" Ryo looks at Maria not really knowing what to do or say.
"Yes Ryo I am fine just thought I seen someone I knew that was all." Maria looks at Ryo giving him a small smile.
"Ok well if something is up I am here to help. Just let me know." Ryo waves and walks off deciding to give Maria some space. Maria smiles and turns around to see the man walking down the road. Maria runs out of the park and is about to run across the road; but a steam powered car stops in front of her, blocking her view. The car drives away after a few minutes and Maria notices the man isn't there anymore. She lets out a sigh and walks back into the park again a bit upset.
Kyoko and Kanna have just gotten off the Ferris wheel and they see that Maria seems down. Kyoko tells Kanna to go off and join the others. Kanna nods leaves him and Kyoko goes over to Maria to see if he can help.
"This is sight I don't normally see when you're concerned, are you feeling ok?" Kyoko stands beside her concerned. She turns round and smiles.
"I just seen someone I knew but when I tried to find this person in the park he kept disappearing." Maria looks at the ground a small tear drips down her cheek.
Kyoko wipes it away and smiles. "I am sure he will come back if it is who you say it is. He probably isn't sure if it's really you and every time he tries to find out he gets nervous and walks away. Give the guy time and he will come back." Smiled Kyoko as Maria looked up at him.
"For someone who gets nervous around girls you're good at making a woman feel better." Maria looks up at Kyoko smiling.
"Thanks I guess but I am slowly getting over it. And if I am guessing right there is a certain two girls that have there sights on me." Kyoko puts his head in his hands and lets out a sigh.
"Well you go that part right. But the real question is do you know who they are?" Maria looks at him giggling under her breath.
"Yeah I think I know at least but I don't know exactly how to respond." Kyoko kinda gets a little embarrassed and he rubs his head.
"I see. Well you got it right. It's them two that have a crush for you." Maria looks up at the sky before looking at Kyoko again.
"Yeah I know what you mean Sumire and Kanna I am a lucky guy. But enough about me who's this mysterious man of yours?" Asked Kyoko as they both got tired of standing and they both sat down on a nearby bench.
"He's just someone that was very close to me and that I left without telling him. I haven't spoken to him since then." Maria sighs and looks down at the ground. Kyoko starts giggling and Maria looks up at him wondering what's so funny.
"I am sorry Maria it's just the others told me and Ryo that you don't talk about yourself very much and now you and me are having this little heart to heart. I guess I should feel honoured." Kyoko and Maria start laughing and Maria turns to him and smiles.
"You could consider it an honour if you wish, but it's getting late we should head back to the theatre now." Maria gets up and stretches and Kyoko does the same.
"Well Maria I hope your feeling better and I hope this man shows up again so you can confirm if it's your man or not." Kyoko rests his hand on her shoulder.
"I hope your right but let's keep this between us as the others are coming." They both look up to see the others coming down the path towards them. Kyoko remembers to get some gifts, for the General and the others so he quickly scampers away to the nearest gift stand.
"Where is Kyoko of to?" Asked Sakura as she watched him run over to the stand.
"He is picking up some gifts, for Yoneda, Tsubaki, Yuri and Kasumi." Smiled Maria as the others all stopped just in front of her.
"Oh yeah, he's getting gifts for them because they were in a meeting when we left for the park I guess he doesn't want them to feel left out." Added Kaede with a smile.
"Yes they really did miss out, having to go to a meeting when we are all out here having fun." Replied Kohran as she eats some candy.
"Well me and Jean-Paul enjoyed ourselves; it was a very fun day." Smiled Iris who is looking very tired she was the one that did most of the running around.
"Yes it was a very good day but like all days it soon comes to an end." Adds Reni looking at the sky.
"Yeah very true and you girls have rehearsals starting in the next few days." Adds Ohgami taking a glance at Kyoko before looking back at the girls again.
"Yeah so we should head back so you can all get some rest." Added Ryo as he stood beside Ohgami the two of them seem to get on very well.
"Yeah but its only 8pm chief. Do we really have to go back so soon?" Asked Kanna looking at Ohgami with one of her kid like looks.
"We should go back to the theatre but you don't have to go to bed. It would be a good idea to get back so that Yoneda doesn't worry." Adds Ohgami as Kyoko comes running back from the stand with the gifts for the others stored in a bag.
"I am all done with the gift buying. So are we ready to go home?" Asked Kyoko as he came back to join the rest of the group a smile beaming across his face.
"Yeah we are ready just waiting on you." Replied Sumire smiling as she walked over and stood beside Kyoko.
"Well now that everyone is back we should get going." Smiles Orihime as she begins to get make her way to the entrance of the park.
"Yes let's be on our way." Maria turns to the others and they all follow Orihime and Maria out of the park.
"So what did you get General Yoneda and the others?" Asked Ryo as he walked beside his friend trying to sneak a peek of what was in the bag.
"Not a lot, I just got some Sake for Yoneda and note pads and things for the others." Smiled Kyoko as he ruffled through the bag taking each item out showing Ryo and then putting them away again.
"But where did you get the money for all that anyway?" Asked Kohran as Kyoko showed her the items after she also tried to peek into the bag.
"I kept the money I had from all the street fights I had done when me and Ryo toured around and today was the first time I ever used it." Replied Kyoko looking at Kohran with a smile on his face.
"Oh yes I remember those street fights. He beat them without even breaking a sweat. I feel sorry for those fighters." Laughed Ryo as they continued walking along the street getting closer to the theatre as they went.
"Being in a temple most of your life can do that to a person Ryo." Laughed Kyoko as he continued to walk now showing Iris the gifts he got for Yoneda and the others.
"I guess that's true my friend." Ryo continues to walk along his arms resting behind his head. Ryo glances up at the sky every now and then but he keeps walking.
"So just exactly what was it like in London? When you served there with your unit." Asked Maria as she looked behind her towards Ryo who was listening but was still looking around him.
"The city was just as beautiful as it is here and the people were really nice, I still miss it every now and again." Smiled Ryo as they all continued walking along the street.
"I see do you still keep in touch with your old team mates back in England?" Asked Maria as they now entered the main gate leading towards the theatre.
"Yeah we do all the time. Though it can be awkward sometimes." Butted in Kyoko as he walked along side them holding Iris's hand.
"Yeah Kyoko is right. The first few times we called after our friend's death all we both did was cry." Ryo looks down at the ground as they stopped just outside the main door to the theatre.
"That's sad but at least they are all ok now right?" Asked Sakura looking towards Kyoko as she tried to snuffle out the uneasiness.
"Yeah they are all fine now. Nothing to worry about." Smiled Kyoko as he opened the door which led the group into the main hall of the theatre.
"Ah home sweet home." Smiled Orihime as she stood in the middle of the main hall of the theatre.
"Ok you guys I am going to go give these gifts to Yoneda I'll see you all in recreational room. Iris do you want to come along?" Kyoko looks down at little Iris who looks back up at him with a smile on her face.
"Ok big brother I'll come with you." Iris and Kyoko wave as the others leave to go to the recreational room. Iris and Kyoko begin to make their way to the library to see if Yoneda, Tsubaki, Yuri and Kasumi are there. They open the door and Iris pokes her head around the door and spots Tsubaki, Yuri and Kasumi sitting at one of the tables reading away.
"There they are big brother but I can't see General Yoneda anywhere. He must be in his office." Smiles Iris looking up at Kyoko her cheerful smile makes him giggle.
"Yeah you're right well let's give them their gifts and then we move on to Yoneda's office." Kyoko takes Iris's hand again and walks over to Kasumi and the others who are still reading in the library.
"Hey big sisters." Giggles Iris happily as she sets down at the table and Kyoko sits down beside her.
"Hey Iris and hello Kyoko what can we do for you?" Asked Kasumi as she closed her book and put it face down on the table looking at them both with a smile on her face Tsubaki and Yuri also raise there heads and they both look over at them smiling.
"Nothing, it is just that we all got to go to an amusement park but you guys where in a meeting, so when we where there I picked up a few gifts for you." Kyoko opens his bag and gives Kasumi a new note pad and a box of chocolates. He also gives Tsubaki and Yuri the same gifts.
"Well I don't know what to say Kyoko. Thank you!" Kasumi gives him a small hug and smiles.
"Yeah Kyoko thank you very much that was very nice of you." Smiled Tsubaki as she gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
"Yeah thank you very much Kyoko." Smiled Yuri as she also gave him a hug.
"It's ok you missed out on a good day I am simply trying to make it up to you. But I better get to Yoneda's office now so I'll see you later." Kyoko gets out of his chair and waves as he begins to walk off.
"Wait on me big brother." Iris waves at Kasumi and the others and runs up beside Kyoko. Kyoko lifts her up and puts her on his shoulders.
"There you go now you don't have to walk everywhere." Smiled Kyoko as he tracked back down the corridor and back into the main hall.
Iris giggles a little. "Yep now I don't have to walk and me and Sean-Paul can take a rest." She watches as Kyoko begins to make his way up the stairs.
"So Iris did you enjoy your day out today? Did you find it fun?" Asked Kyoko as he reached the top of the stairs and began to make his way towards Yoneda's office.
"Yes I did it was lots of fun." Giggled Iris as they stopped out the front of General Yoneda's office and he let Iris down.
"That is good to hear." Smiled Kyoko as he knocked on the office door and waited on a response from General Yoneda.
"Yes who is it?" Asked the General as Kyoko opened the door and poked his head around the door.
"It's me and Iris sir. I have a small gift for you that's all." Smiled Kyoko as Kyoko and Iris entered the office. With Iris closing the door behind them she runs along to catch up with Ryo.
"A gift for me? What is it for?" Asked General Yoneda as he looked at Iris and Kyoko from behind his desk.
"Just something I picked up while at that new amusement park with the others." Kyoko reaches into his bag and he takes out a bottle of Sake and sets it down on the Generals desk. "I know how much you like your drink so I picked it up for you." The General looks at the bottle of sake and then at Kyoko and Iris.
"Well thank you very much Kyoko. I wasn't expecting anything like this at all." General Yoneda rubs his head and smiles.
"I am glad to see that you like it Yoneda. But me and Iris better get going the others are waiting for us." Kyoko and Iris walk towards the door and they turn around again when Yoneda calls them.
"Thanks for the gift Kyoko and I'll see you both later." General Yoneda smiles as he picks up the sake bottle and tries some. Iris and Kyoko slip out the door and the close it behind them.
"Well everyone seems happy with what they got that's a good sign." Smiled Kyoko as he looked down at Iris who was rubbing her eyes.
"Yeah it was but I am going to go to bed now big brother I feel sleepy." Iris yawns and looks up at him, her eyes half open.
"I can see your tired Iris lets get you off to bed." Kyoko lifts her up and he carries her to her bed room and opens the door he walks into Iris's room and puts Iris on her bed he leaves the room while she gets changed and enters the room after so he can pulls the bed sheets over her. Kyoko smiles as he she nods off and gets up and exits her room closing the door behind him. The clock strikes 10pm and Kyoko sees a few of his friends coming up the stairs.
"I take it your all off to bed then?" Asked Kyoko as Orihime and Kohran Came up stairs and said.
"Yeah we are tired good night Kyoko see you in the morning." Orihime and Kohran wave and they go on to bed.
"Your turn today Kyoko." Ohgami hands him a torch as Ryo and him head of to bed.
"Yeah night you guys, see you all in the morning." Kyoko waves as he watches Ryo and Ohgami head of to their rooms.
"Yeah night Kyoko see you in the morning." Ryo waves and continues to his room. Kyoko walks down stairs into the hall and waves night to Tsubaki, Yuri and Kasumi who are also of to bed.
"Night Kyoko." Kyoko turns round to see Sakura and Reni heading off to bed.
"Yeah night you two." He smiles as he watches them both walking upstairs and off to their rooms.
Kyoko walks down the corridor a bit more and he feels a hand tap him on the shoulder he turns around and he sees Sumire standing in front of him.
"Are you of to bed now too Sumire?" Asked Kyoko as she smiled seductively at him.
"Yeah I am going to bed now I'll see you in the morning handsome." Sumire walks over and kisses him on the lips. She puts her arms around him and he puts his hands around her waist. "Ummmmmm…." Sumire breaks the kiss and begins to walks off to her room leaving Kyoko thunderstruck. "Night, night handsome I'll see you in the morning." She disappears around the corner and Kyoko continues on his way.
He walks a bit down the corridor again and he sees Kanna walking up the corridor from the other direction she had just left the kitchen. Kanna stops and begins to talk with him.
"I can see your on the night watch tonight then." Smiled Kanna as she leaned up against the wall with Kyoko leaning up against the wall beside her.
"Yeah that I am and from what I can tell everyone else is in bed. Except you that is." Smiled Kyoko as he looked at Kanna with a small smile on his face.
"Yeah I am going shortly. Did you enjoy your day today?" Asked Kanna as she stood beside him.
"Yeah of course I did. It was one of the best days I have had in ages." Smiled Kyoko as he now stood in front of Kanna.
"You mean you really enjoyed the day that you spent with me?" Asked Kanna as she took his hands and rested them in her own hands.
"Yeah of course I did. It was one of the best days I have had for a long time." Kyoko moves closer and rests his forehead against Kanna's.
Kanna goes slightly red and looks up at him. "You know that from the first day you came here there was something about you that I liked." Kanna puts her arms around the back of his neck and she smiles.
"There was something about you I liked as well and know I have never felt like this for a girl or anyone for that matter. I am convinced your special in someway." Kyoko puts his hands around Kanna's waist and he watches as Kanna blushes.
"Just shut up and kiss me." Kanna leans forward and kisses Kyoko passionately on lips. Kyoko holds her for a few minutes and then he breaks the kiss. He watches as Kanna smiles at him and Kyoko says.
"Now you go off to bed and I'll see you in the morning." Kyoko leans over and picks up the lantern. He waves good night to Kanna and she goes off to bed as he continues down the corridor turning left which led him to another corridor. He walks past a window and spots Maria sitting out side in one of the small court yards looking up at the sky. He decides to go out and see if he can help. He opens the door and sets the lantern down on the ground beside Maria he then joins the lantern and sits down beside her.
"Hey Maria are you still up. The others have all gone to bed how come your still up?" Asked Kyoko as he sat down beside her and joined her by looking up at the sky.
"I just don't think I could sleep that's all and I am still thinking about the events that took place earlier." Sighed Maria as she looked up at the sky.
"I see if this guy is who you say he is I bet he will be back you will meet him again for sure." Kyoko smiles and looks up at the sky again. "The dragons say that you will meet him soon." Kyoko turns to face Maria and Maria sort of chuckles.
"Are they always correct in what they say?" Asked Maria as she turns to look at him a small smile creeping across her face.
"They are usually." Smiled Kyoko as he looked back up at the sky again.
"That's good to know. So have you any idea as to who you like more between Sumire and Kanna?" Asked Maria as she eased up talking in a more relaxed tone of voice.
"Yeah I have to be honest but I can't tell Sumire I don't want to upset her." Kyoko frowns a little and Maria pokes him on the chin.
"Just tell her about the situation and tell her she isn't the girl for you, just tell her you want to be friends and I am sure Sumire will understand." Smiled Maria as they both continued to stare at the sky.
"I'll talk to her about it in the morning. But now I better finish off the rounds and then go to bed. I think you should too." Kyoko gets up and picks up the lantern and he looks down at Maria who replies.
"Yeah I will go in about five minutes. I'll see you in the morning." Maria smiles then she goes back into her deep thinking again. Kyoko walks off and closes the door to the court yard behind him.
"Night Maria. I'll see you again in the morning." Kyoko leaves to go and finish off the rounds leaving Maria to her own thoughts. Kyoko hopes she will feel better soon, but he also has to think about what to say to Sumire in the morning its going to be hard to break the news to her. Kyoko sighs and continues on his way.
That's it for chapter four hope you liked it - Please review.