$ ssp47's Corner $ (( ghetto signs, neh? The stars wont work anymore for
whatever reason ) Many thank you's Momiji-chan Wa Baka for the review!
(Whew that's a long name. ) I'm gonna try and update this fic as often
as possible. I'm getting inspiration from reading the manga, I'm up to #10
right now. Need more money for manga!
Oh and thoughts are now in $'s. So you can really think of a thought now as worth about two cents, oh wait that'd be in dollars, oh nevermind. ;;
-Chapter Two- "Inspiration"
"What are you looking so pleased about?"
"I never told you the story of what happened to me after we broke up did I?" Kira asked quietly. She stroked locks of a half conscious Rei, who had collapsed on the bed beside her.
"What story?" Rei asked sleepily. He casually rested his hands behind his head and closed his eyes.
"Are you awake enough to listen?" She asked with a smile.
"Of course."
"It was right before the summer break. I was breaking down all over. I can't even remember where I was, or how long I walked. But all I really remember is seeing these three men appear in front of me."
At the word 'men', Rei's attention was instantly aroused.
"Did they hurt you?"
"They tried." Kira said slowly. "But then I remember them all flying away, feet away, like they were thrown by a god. But it wasn't a god. I looked up and beheld this woman. I remember feeling her strength and power. She defeated all of them and sent them running away. I remember what she looked like, clearly. She was a goddess, Rei."
Rei sat up for a moment and stared at Kira with a smile.
"I have competition now, don't I?"
"What?!" Kira exclaimed with a red face. "No, no it's not like that at all!"
"I was just playing, relax." Rei playfully rubbed her head, causing her hair to stand up. He chuckled and jumped off the bed.
"I only mentioned it because it gave me inspiration for another painting." Kira raised her hand to her eyes and stared for awhile. "I miss painting Rei."
"You can paint here." Rei said pulling on his work shirt.
"I could," Kira said in a thoughtful tone. "I don't think you'd want your apartment to smell of paint."
"I wouldn't mind if it was you doing it." Rei said with his sexy smile. He kissed Kira softly. "I've got to go to work. Today's Saturday so I'll be gone all day." He said reluctantly. "I'll see you tonight ok?"
"Be careful."
"Oh, you know me, Kira." Rei said with a playful grin.
"That's what I'm worried about." Kira laughed. With a swift shut of the door, Rei was gone once left Kira alone. "I need something to do. I really should look for a job, then I could help support the both of us and graduation is only a month away. School starts back up week after next."
"Hey Keiji, we're backing up over here! Come on and pick up the pace!"
"You want to do my job?" Came the sharp reply. "I'm going as fast as I can."
"Well you won't see me out to save your neck when the customers come after ya with pitchforks. They're losing patience."
"I got it under control. After all I could run this place better than five men." Keiji, a seventeen year old stuck in the hardest bar in Toyama, was pouring out wine and liquor into glasses faster than she could think. Eight o'clock at night was always the big hit of customers, but for some reason five o'clock hit the crew like a bat flying out of hell. A family reunion, and there was plenty of family.
"Careful Keiji, you don't want to blow the top so early into the night." Another waitress said.
"I don't know what their problem is, we work twice as hard as any man here and yet we get paid less."
"It's life I guess."
"Yeah well my life was born to suck."
"Can't be too bad. You're off in the next hour. It's Saturday, remember?"
"But then I got another job to rush my butt into."
"You've got another job?"
"I need something green to keep up that apartment, I've got, the piece of junk."
"Can't have to cost much. You make enough here for the payments. Why another job?"
"I've got my dreams too. I need more of a future than just this." Keiji opened her arms wide, directing to the restaurant and bar. "That's why I'm in construction now."
"So why keep this job?" More men seemed to appear from behind the bar as if by magic, with cash in their eager fists.
"It keeps me entertained. I enjoy the interaction with the customers." Keiji said with a grin. She looked up suddenly from the bar, towards the noise the bell above the door made. She paused as she watched the young blonde girl enter the room.
"That one's as innocent as I've ever seen." The waitress beside her remarked. Keiji watched as the girl walk towards, Susko, the manager, an American foreigner who weighed over 200 lbs. "You, uh, alright Keiji?"
"Yeah. Don't know what had me there." The young woman said quickly handing out drinks as quickly as orders came. Suddenly the heavy weight manager appeared in front of the bar.
"Alright Keiji, this girl's interested in a job. I want you to go on and interview her."
"What? I'm busy now as it is."
"I'll let you off early, just take care of that girl. I got paperwork to fill out."
"Paperwork my rear! Argh! This is clearly harassment." Keiji exclaimed in frusteration. She untied her apron from around her waist and hopped over the bar.
"I'm gonna miss ya girl, literally." The poor waitress sighed as the line continued to grow.
"I'll make up for it later. If all else fails just ditch the whole thing."
"Alright, see ya, Keiji."
Kira stood still as the waitress jumped over the bar, flipping her long brown pony tail over her shoulder. Her breath quickened. She could feel the same power from before. The strength and repulsion the woman shot at everything. It was the same woman that saved her in the alley.
Oh and thoughts are now in $'s. So you can really think of a thought now as worth about two cents, oh wait that'd be in dollars, oh nevermind. ;;
-Chapter Two- "Inspiration"
"What are you looking so pleased about?"
"I never told you the story of what happened to me after we broke up did I?" Kira asked quietly. She stroked locks of a half conscious Rei, who had collapsed on the bed beside her.
"What story?" Rei asked sleepily. He casually rested his hands behind his head and closed his eyes.
"Are you awake enough to listen?" She asked with a smile.
"Of course."
"It was right before the summer break. I was breaking down all over. I can't even remember where I was, or how long I walked. But all I really remember is seeing these three men appear in front of me."
At the word 'men', Rei's attention was instantly aroused.
"Did they hurt you?"
"They tried." Kira said slowly. "But then I remember them all flying away, feet away, like they were thrown by a god. But it wasn't a god. I looked up and beheld this woman. I remember feeling her strength and power. She defeated all of them and sent them running away. I remember what she looked like, clearly. She was a goddess, Rei."
Rei sat up for a moment and stared at Kira with a smile.
"I have competition now, don't I?"
"What?!" Kira exclaimed with a red face. "No, no it's not like that at all!"
"I was just playing, relax." Rei playfully rubbed her head, causing her hair to stand up. He chuckled and jumped off the bed.
"I only mentioned it because it gave me inspiration for another painting." Kira raised her hand to her eyes and stared for awhile. "I miss painting Rei."
"You can paint here." Rei said pulling on his work shirt.
"I could," Kira said in a thoughtful tone. "I don't think you'd want your apartment to smell of paint."
"I wouldn't mind if it was you doing it." Rei said with his sexy smile. He kissed Kira softly. "I've got to go to work. Today's Saturday so I'll be gone all day." He said reluctantly. "I'll see you tonight ok?"
"Be careful."
"Oh, you know me, Kira." Rei said with a playful grin.
"That's what I'm worried about." Kira laughed. With a swift shut of the door, Rei was gone once left Kira alone. "I need something to do. I really should look for a job, then I could help support the both of us and graduation is only a month away. School starts back up week after next."
"Hey Keiji, we're backing up over here! Come on and pick up the pace!"
"You want to do my job?" Came the sharp reply. "I'm going as fast as I can."
"Well you won't see me out to save your neck when the customers come after ya with pitchforks. They're losing patience."
"I got it under control. After all I could run this place better than five men." Keiji, a seventeen year old stuck in the hardest bar in Toyama, was pouring out wine and liquor into glasses faster than she could think. Eight o'clock at night was always the big hit of customers, but for some reason five o'clock hit the crew like a bat flying out of hell. A family reunion, and there was plenty of family.
"Careful Keiji, you don't want to blow the top so early into the night." Another waitress said.
"I don't know what their problem is, we work twice as hard as any man here and yet we get paid less."
"It's life I guess."
"Yeah well my life was born to suck."
"Can't be too bad. You're off in the next hour. It's Saturday, remember?"
"But then I got another job to rush my butt into."
"You've got another job?"
"I need something green to keep up that apartment, I've got, the piece of junk."
"Can't have to cost much. You make enough here for the payments. Why another job?"
"I've got my dreams too. I need more of a future than just this." Keiji opened her arms wide, directing to the restaurant and bar. "That's why I'm in construction now."
"So why keep this job?" More men seemed to appear from behind the bar as if by magic, with cash in their eager fists.
"It keeps me entertained. I enjoy the interaction with the customers." Keiji said with a grin. She looked up suddenly from the bar, towards the noise the bell above the door made. She paused as she watched the young blonde girl enter the room.
"That one's as innocent as I've ever seen." The waitress beside her remarked. Keiji watched as the girl walk towards, Susko, the manager, an American foreigner who weighed over 200 lbs. "You, uh, alright Keiji?"
"Yeah. Don't know what had me there." The young woman said quickly handing out drinks as quickly as orders came. Suddenly the heavy weight manager appeared in front of the bar.
"Alright Keiji, this girl's interested in a job. I want you to go on and interview her."
"What? I'm busy now as it is."
"I'll let you off early, just take care of that girl. I got paperwork to fill out."
"Paperwork my rear! Argh! This is clearly harassment." Keiji exclaimed in frusteration. She untied her apron from around her waist and hopped over the bar.
"I'm gonna miss ya girl, literally." The poor waitress sighed as the line continued to grow.
"I'll make up for it later. If all else fails just ditch the whole thing."
"Alright, see ya, Keiji."
Kira stood still as the waitress jumped over the bar, flipping her long brown pony tail over her shoulder. Her breath quickened. She could feel the same power from before. The strength and repulsion the woman shot at everything. It was the same woman that saved her in the alley.