Chapter 3
Next, Fuu had to fight Bijin. Bijin didn't stand much of a chance, so Fuu won. Then Anko announced a twenty minute rest. Most kids went outside, and others went to visit their friends in the tower's hospital. Satsuma, for example, went there to see his two partners. Sasuma's arm was wrapped up to the shoulder because of what Hayate did to him. As for Saratobi and the Kashime brothers, nothing needed to be done. Only one of them had fought, and he wasn't badly hurt, so they stayed inside. Then Gensai walked up the stairs to greet them.
"Master Gensai!" Saratobi said happily.
"S'up!" he replied, waving. "Hey, Daisuke. Quick thinking out there, but I think you could've done better after all of your bragging." Daisuke turned away, with ice on his nose from the bruises. Then Gensai looked at Korosu. "You, my silent friend, are fighting very soon. They're gunna start mixing sexes in fights now, too."
Saratobi's jaw dropped. "Huh? I'm not going to fight a boy!" she said.
"And I wanted to watch her fight another girl!" Daisuke said. Then she smacked him again. Korosu sighed and walked outside.
"What's his problem?" Saratobi asked.
"Anxiety. He's always had it since he was a kid." Daisuke replied.
Korosu walked along the river until he noticed Oiyoba, Kiyuta, and Fuu talking. "Kiyuta?" Korosu wondered aloud. Oiyoba glanced at him and flew towards him. He hovered over the river and stared down at Korosu.
"Don't tell anyone Kiyuta is still here!" he commanded.
"Why?" Korosu asked. Oiyoba closed his eyes and thought for a while.
"Uh…I don't know," he finally replied, "but he doesn't want anyone to find out just yet!" Korosu looked around Oiyoba at Kiyuta, who was sitting on a tree stump, thinking.
"Alright," Korosu said, turning away. "But I don't see why it must remain a secret…I'm sure Ryu will be asking for a real fight soon." He continued walking down the river as Oiyoba watched him until he was out of sight.
"He's very cute," Fuu said, after Oiyoba walked back.
"Ch. He's just some punk trying to be cool." He said.
Korosu soon found himself in the presence of another team. It was those three from Sand, along with their teacher. Korosu decided it best to keep out of their way, so he ducked behind some bushes and continued walking. As soon as he walked past them, Hayate stuck his nose in the air.
"We have a visitor…" he growled. Korosu shivered and stood up.
"Forgive me; I didn't intend to eavesdrop." Ryu lifted an eyebrow.
"Eavesdrop? Are you saying you heard what we were saying?" he asked. Korosu stepped back.
"No, I just—…" Hayate flashed his fangs.
"Let me just eat him. One less guy to fight. Besides, I need some payback!" he said. The Sand jonin stepped forward and pushed Hayate away.
"We won't cheat, Hayate. This boy deserves to know what we're up to." Then he looked at Korosu. "I hope you and your female partner survive your battles…for afterwards, we plan on challenging you three." Then Hayate got back in Korosu's face. "And it'll be me you'll be facing, for that embarrassing 'stuck to the floor' moment." He said. The jonin glanced back at the bird girl. "Hitomi! Escort him back to the tower." He commanded.
"Yes sir." She quietly replied.
"No thanks, I don't need escorting…" Korosu said, trying to protect Kiyuta's existence.
"That's not an option. Next time you visit the village hidden in the sand, you'll learn never to disagree with the higher-ups."
Ten minutes before the break was over, he and Hitomi were about to pass Kiyuta's hiding spot. "What's wrong?" Hitomi asked, without looking at him, "Afraid I'll find out about that speedy boy?" Korosu froze.
"How did you know about that?" Hitomi covered her mouth.
"Oops! I forgot! I'm not supposed to tell about our mind-reading ability! Oh no, I just said it again!" Then she looked at Korosu. "Don't tell anyone!" she cried, grabbing his shoulders. Korosu looked away.
"…I don't know. I think people should know about a cheap trick like that…" he said. Then she kissed him hard on the lips.
"There, now the secret's sealed!" she cried, running back. Korosu stood there with his hands in his pockets. Then he spit and wiped his mouth.
"I don't get infatuated by animals…" he whispered to himself.
Korosu walked back inside the tower with two minutes left to spare. Daisuke was standing by Zawato and Isshinta, who had just retrieved Fey from the tower's hospital wing. "Korosu, come here," Daisuke said when he noticed his brother. "Have you heard this rumor? Kiyuta was spotted alive outside earlier." Korosu looked away.
"No…I haven't heard that…" he lied. Daisuke suspiciously stared at him.
"Well it's true!" Zawato exclaimed. "He was walking with that winged guy and the girl with the tattoo!" Korosu sighed and looked around.
"How long have they been there?" he asked quietly. Daisuke looked to where Korosu was staring and saw Bo and Elli.
"Yeah," Daisuke started, "I noticed them, too. I know for a fact we destroyed them." Bo adjusted his mask, revealing only his chin. Elli stood there without moving, as she always seemed to be. Then at the last minute, Ryu, Hayate, and Hitomi walked in.
"Hey, Hayate!" someone called. Hayate's ears perked up. He glanced over to where the voice was coming from and noticed a shuriken darting at him. He moved his head over to one side and dodged it, grinning. Saratobi came down from some stairs and saw Setsuko making his way towards the wolf boy.
"Setsuko, don't!" she called, but he didn't listen.
"Hayate! I'm gunna kill you for what you did to Sasuma!" he screamed. All ninja grew quiet. "His arm is paralyzed thanks to you!"
Hayate shrugged. "What can I say? It's his fault." Setsuko gritted his teeth, although you couldn't tell. He had two stitches over the right half of his mouth. Hayate started walking at Setsuko, hunched over as usual. "I've had enough of your teams crap. After I beat that pansy blind spot guy, and after Hitomi defeated that girl with the obnoxious disposition, you've all been giving me grief like there's no tomorrow!" he barked.
"There is no tomorrow for you!" Setsuko yelled back, throwing a punch. Hayate took it to the face, and stepped back. The two stayed silent for a few seconds. Then Hayate looked back at him and smashed his head on Setsuko's forehead. He was about to commence pummeling on the hidden leaf kid, but Anko stopped him with a kunai. It slid under his bracelet and flung him back into the wall.
"Why the heck do I keep getting stuck to things?" Hayate cried, wriggling his way free.
"Break's up!" Anko announced. "Everyone back upstairs!" Then she looked down at Setsuko. "Try not to mess with him anymore…" As she was walking back to her assigned standing place she took one glance back at him. 'He looks so much like a scarecrow…kids and their fashion…' Everyone went back upstairs as they were told. The screen showed two more names: Kashime Korosu vs. Elli. Daisuke smiled.
"There you go bro! You get to beat up a little girl!" he said. Saratobi frowned.
"What? That's not fair! Korosu, don't do it!" she told him, grabbing his hand. He pulled it away and started for the stairs. "Such an obstinate idiot…" she sighed, "I'm not watching." Daisuke, on the other hand, jumped to the edge of the railing, watching the robotic girl and his brother stare-off.
"Kill her for me!" he shouted. Then Saratobi smacked him again.
"I was wondering how you survived my brother's explosion." Korosu said. Elli, after all this time, had yet to show any emotion, or care, for that matter.
"Genjutsu." She replied. Korosu lifted an eyebrow.
"Genjutsu?' he repeated. She was silent. Korosu cleared his throat. "Yes, well..." he said after a while.
"Just throw something at her," Daisuke said from above, "before I die of boredom." Korosu slowly reached his hand into the pack on his right leg and pulled out a poison needle. He stared into Elli's eyes seeing no fear, and whipped the needle at her. It pierced her chest and she fell to one knee.
"Um…I'm sorry," Korosu said, "I thought you'd dodge that…" Then Elli looked up at him with a third eye on her forehead. She ripped out the needle and threw it behind her. "That's very interesting…" he said.
"Enough talk," she snapped, "we must fight now!" She got up and charged at him, only to be kicked in the face.
"For that, I don't apologize. Never rush me." Korosu replied, drawing more needles. Elli got back up and made a hand sign. Then she became Korosu.
"Ninjutsu." Thy both said at the same time. He tried throwing another needle, but it clanged tip to tip with her needle. Then they both gasped.
"You're copying me before I can do anything!" they exclaimed. Daisuke kept a close eye on his brother.
"This could get confusing," he whispered to Saratobi, who nodded in return. Korosu tried throwing another needle, rolling to the side, throwing another, and doing a backflip. All of which were copied instantaneously. Then they stopped moving. The real Korosu glared at the Elli copy for quite a while. Then, out of nowhere, the Korosus removed their glasses. Daisuke practically jumped off the railing.
"Korosu! You're blind without your glasses!" he called.
"I know," the Korosus replied, "but if she's really copied me, then she can't see either." Saratobi tilted her head. "Oh, I get it. He's limiting this fight to sheer shinobi skill. A ninja must be prepared for anything." She said. The Korosus lunged at eachother, practically tripping from blindness.
'Gotcha,' the real Korosu thought, bringing his knee up into the stomach of his counterpart. She rolled back and turned into Elli again. Korosu readied some more needles, but from out of the floor, two hands gripped his ankles. He tripped and smashed his chin on the floor. Elli's body rose up from the ground and twitched. The third eye widened, and grew a dark yellow.
"My chakra won't last much longer…" she whispered. Korosu rolled over and got on his elbows.
"You used a shadow clone to copy me and predict my moves before they happened…that kind of combination of Ninjutsu and Genjutsu has to be impossible!" he exclaimed, "And that Ningu…when you matched your needles to mine…" Elli grinned.
"I get that a lot." She said, stabbing his left leg with a needle, "Those needles are poisonous, but you knew that, didn't you?" Korosu grimaced in pain. Then he rolled backwards and took out his entire pack off needles.
'I need to end this fight now, or that poison will kill me.' He thought, "Needle storm!" All the needles came like an arc at Elli. She looked up ant them, and they all went into her third eye.
"My chakra…" she whispered, fading away.
"Humans don't just disappear!" Jin yelled from the crowd.
"Yeah, man, look out!" Zawato exclaimed. Korosu held his leg and looked around. When he glanced up, he saw a barrage of Daisukes dashing down at him. He jumped out of the way and rolled around on the floor. Then all the Daisukes but one changed into someone else from the crowd.
"Take this!" they all cried, unleashing an attack. The fire from Ryu, the long kunai from Zawato, Daisuke's kunai on a chain, Oiyoba's bombs, all came soaring at Korosu. They all made contact resulting in an explosion. When the smoke cleared, only a burnt stump remained.
"Replacement jutsu!" Elli exclaimed. She frantically searched the room for Korosu. When she looked at all the jonin lined up, she noticed one of them shouldn't belong. "There's one to many jonin!" she announced. Gensai grinned.
"Good luck finding him!" he replied. Elli got up close and personal with each jonin.
"Leaf… Sand … Waterfall…Leaf…Leaf…Huh?" she read off. The last jonin's headband had an unfamiliar insignia on it. It was a circle with a square, triangle, and wavy pattern in it. "What is that?" Elli rudely yelled to the jonin.
"The Kashime clan symbol…" He replied. Elli's eyes widened as the jonin grabbed her entire face with his hand.
"And this is Henshin!" Korosu cried. His hand glowed, and Elli's arms began bubbling and growing uncontrollably. Her jaw ripped out of place and a huge spine shot out of her chest. Then she exploded in a mass of magical material and blood. The crowd gasped. The Hokage sighed and pointed to Korosu.
"The winner…somebody clean that mess up…" he announced. As Korosu headed back upstairs, he met up with Gensai.
"In case you were wondering, she's still alive." He whispered.
"I know. Her third eye was letting off way to much chakra to give up so easily." Korosu whispered back.
"Good job, bro." Daisuke said. Korosu nodded and looked at Saratobi, whose head was down. Then she swiftly punched him in the jaw, knocking his glasses off.
"You idiot!" she screamed, "People's lives aren't just able to be thrown away so easily! They're not dolls!" Korosu stared at the floor.
"She got what she deserved…" he muttered. Saratobi kicked him back in the jaw.
"You naïve bastard! You don't know a thing about people! You guys can't be human!" Then Korosu finally got up.
"Would it scare you if we weren't?" he asked, raising his voice, "Shinobi are designed to be killing machines. It's kill or be killed in the land of ninja, haven't you learned that yet! We're just tools! Tools called shinobi!" Saratobi cowered in fear up against the wall. Nobody expected Korosu to start yelling.
"I don't see how master Gensai allowed you to enter these exams! You won't last a second. You're just a useless wench…Get out of my sight…" he continued, "NOW!" Saratobi's eyes started watering and she got up and ran away. There was a jonin next to Genasi named Hajime, who taught Sasuma, Setsuko, and Satsuma.
"Looks like your squad has some teamwork issues…" he said. Daisuke tightened his fist.
"That was too harsh, Korosu. I won't stand around watching you be mean to a girl." Korosu stared into his brother's identical eyes.
"What about all the times you were?" he asked. Daisuke tilted his head.
"How'd you know?" Korosu chuckled and put his hand on Daisuke's shoulder.
"Because I was there, of course!" he said.
"No you weren't," Daisuke replied, "So go fetch the real Korosu before I kill you, girl." Korosu looked up at Daisuke with a third eye on his forehead.
"Very good, Kashime. I was hoping to break you, but it seems like you're smarter than you look." Then Daisuke swiftly impaled the Korosu imposter with his sword. Elli appeared in its place, stuck on the blade. She looked around at everyone, and died. Zawato put his hand on Daisuke's back.
"Go get Saratobi, we'll look for Korosu." He said.
"In the mean time," the Hokage announced, "the preliminaries will continue as scheduled!"
"Saratobi!" Daisuke called. "Where are you!" He walked around the outskirts of the tower, trying not to overlook her. He gazed at a moving bush until he heard her crying. He slapped his palms on the tree next to him, making some of it into a woven heart of twigs. "Hope this helps," he whispered to himself. He pushed the bushes back and saw her sitting, drying tears.
"Your brother is a jerk." She said, calmly. He handed the heart to her.
"That wasn't Korosu. It was Elli, using Ninjutsu." She got up with the heart with her head down.
"Then I'm sorry…" she said.
"Well, that was fast." Daisuke replied, taking her hand and leading her back to the tower.
"Daisuke," Saratobi whispered upon their entrance.
"What?" She continued to look down.
"…Was she right? Are shinobi really just tools for killing?" she asked. Daisuke widened his eyes in confusion. "Uh…I guess that depends…on what your sensei says…" he replied stupidly.
She looked back up at him, almost as confused. "That doesn't really make much sense."
The screen now read Hayate vs. Toshima Jin. The crowd was depleted on the search for Korosu, but the wolf boy and Jin were still there. Hayate got up out his chair and cracked his neck. "Alright, back on track." He said. Jin rubbed his hands together.
"He deserves this." They made their way down to the floor below. Setsuko watched from the shadows under the staircase.
"Sorry, Jin, but I hope Hayate wins, so I can fight him."
"What's up with Saratobi and emotional rampages?" Zawato asked, opening a closet in search of Korosu.
"Maybe something bad happened in her past…" Isshinta replied quietly.
"No, I knew her back then, too. She lived a normal life." Zawato said, closing the closet doors, "But anyway, off that subject. The ninja from Konoha aren't doing so well, are they?" Isshinta shook his head. Zawato sighed, "I say those three from the village hidden in the sand are the strongest." Isshinta nodded. "Aren't you gunna say anything?" Zawato asked. Isshinta shook his head.
"Tell me, Ryu…what are we doing again?" Hitomi asked, moving some junk.
"We're looking for the Kashime with the glasses." Ryu said, lifting a huge boulder over his head to look under it. They were outside the tower. It was about 7 o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun had begun setting. It cast an orange-red tint to the normally dark forest. "By the way, where you meaning to tell me something?" Ryu asked, slamming the rock back to the floor. Hitomi stepped back.
"How'd you know?" Ryu starred at her like she had her intelligence drained out of her.
"We can read minds…" he stated, turning back to another rock.
"Oh yeah." She whispered, wishing Ryu hadn't found out.
"So Kiyuta's still alive…that's good." Ryu said. He smiled behind his mask and emitted smoke from his nostrils. "But what's this?" he asked after a while, "The boy we're looking for knows we can read minds? Hitomi, that's disappointing." She folded her hands and got on her knees.
"Please, Ryu! Don't tell Hayate! He'll punish me!" she cried. Ryu looked back at her, sympathetically. "Although it's not in my nature to unjustly cast judgment down on accidents, I believe he has the right to punish you. But, be assured, I won't let him leave permanent injury." She jumped up and hugged him, looking small against his giant physique. "Remember his words: 'Tell anyone our secret and you'll wake up without a hand.' He'll find out anyway, but don't worry. I'll protect you," He continued, determined, "even if it means receiving the same punishment…"
"We've found him!" Zawato yelled. Everyone came rushing, eager to see what's happening. Daisuke pushed his way through the jonin and genin next to Zawato. He saw Korosu deep in a well covered in moss. "I didn't even see this until Isshinta almost fell in." Zawato said, scratching his head. Korosu looked up at Daisuke and shook in his ropes. He was bound to a wall, ropes from neck to foot. He also had a girl's stocking around his mouth.
"I see you had some fun…" Daisuke said, climbing down. He untied Korosu and took off the sock. "Why couldn't you use some random jutsu to escape?" asked Daisuke. Korosu flashed a bracelet around his wrist.
"She put this on me," he muttered, embarrassed, "It saps chakra. I would've died if not for Isshinta's accident."
When everyone stepped back inside, the battle between Hayate and Jin was coming to a close. Hayate ran up to Jin and kicked him in the face, causing the clone to disappear. Jin materialized behind him, and tried throwing a shuriken. Hayate kicked that, too, and swung around Jin's neck using only his teeth. That caused Jin's neck to bleed profusely. Saratobi looked away.
"I can't watch that guy anymore." She said. Daisuke pulled her hands off her face and held them.
"No, watch him. This'll show you what to expect later." Hayate pulled out two shurikens from his pack behind him. He threw them both in Jin's feet and did a backflip kick to Jin's chin. Because his feet where planted to the ground, and he was elevated, the gashes in his neck stretched, allowing all free blood to spew out. Saratobi shrieked as Jin fell over. Hayate licked his lips and felt the boy's pulse.
"He's alive." He assured the genin crowd. He licked his finger as the medics from earlier came in and took Jin away as Fey and Sasuma walked down from the hospital wing.
"Hayate wins again!" The Hokage yelled. Then Anko stepped forward.
"Attention! I know I just gave you all a break, but after this next battle, we'll be hitting the sack. I'll explain more later." she pointed to the screen, which now read: Hoashi Saratobi vs. Mikazaki Fey. Fey frowned.
"I just got back, Hokage!" She cried, "Do I have to fight again!" The Hokage nodded and took a big drag from his cigarette. Saratobi walked to the center of the room, over Jin's blood.
"Don't worry, Fey!" she called. Fey looked down at her from upstairs and blinked. Saratobi gave her a thumbs up. Fey sighed and walked down. "This'll be a friendly dual. We promised not to hurt eachother, remember?" Saratobi said, throwing her pack of weapons to the floor. Fey did the same.
"Yes, I remember. Please go easy on me." Saratobi nodded. They stood silent for a few seconds and rushed at eachother. Fey attempted punching Saratobi in the chest, put it was blocked. Then Saratobi followed that up with a hook to Fey's shoulder. It hit, but Fey rolled with it to sidle behind Saratobi and kick her on the inside of her left leg. Because Saratobi wears a skirt, it pulled her other leg along with the left one and made her fall. She laid there, dazed.
Then she burst out in laughter, "My mother always told me I shouldn't wear a skirt to the academy. But I always wanted to look nice. I knew it'd be my downfall." She got up and spin-kicked Fey in the waist, so she staggered back. Daisuke, back in the crowd, got excited.
"I think I just saw up her skirt!" he cried. Then Korosu, Zawato, and Isshinta all smacked him simultaneously. Saratobi even ran over and smacked him.
Meanwhile, outside the tower, Kiyuta's cell sat quietly. Oiyoba looked around. "Nineteen hours and forty minutes into the day, and we still haven't gone back inside? This is weak…" he said, breaking the silence. Kiyuta breathed in deeply and stood up.
"I suppose you're right. I just hope not to attract much attention." He looked at the girl next to him, who was playing with a pill bug. "Fuu. Can you go check inside for a good watching place in the shadows?" he asked. Fuu got up and nodded and she began to walk away. Oiyoba also got up and sighed.
"Finally! I bet we missed so much action! Ten hut that, Fuu!" Without looking back, she jumped up and dived into the soil and swiftly burrowed through the forest back to the tower.
Setsuko climbed up the stairs and threw a kunai at Sasuma. It stuck in the wall next to him, and he looked back, with his arm covered in bandages. "Hey, Setsuko. Have you battled yet?" Setsuko shook his head, glancing over at Hayate. "He won his last fight without a scratch…" he muttered. Sasuma nervously continued to watch the fight between the two girls. Saratobi grabbed Fey by the shirt and hurled her over her shoulder. Fey landed with a loud slapping noise and Saratobi did a backflip and landed, over Fey on her knees.
"Sorry about that. I'm trying to show off to the one boy in that crowd that I have a crush on…" she whispered in Fey's ear. Then Fey pushed Saratobi off and jumped up.
"Who is it?" she asked.
"I'm not saying out loud! Come over here and I'll whisper it to you, though." Saratobi replied. Fey walked to Saratobi who pushed Fey's hair back and cupped her hands around Fey's ear. "It's Zawato." She said quietly. Fey stepped back.
"Same here!" she yelled. They both started jumping up and down, excitedly.
"Isn't he cute!" Saratobi asked giddily.
"I know! Isn't he so cool!" Fey asked back. Then Saratobi punched her in the face.
"BUT HE'S MINE." She said firmly. Fey's eyes started watering when she saw her own blood coming out from her nose.
"S-Saratobi! I thought we weren't gunna hurt eachother…" Fey complained. "Now it's personal, you little fool."
After a huge beat down, Fey lost. She was more than okay enough to stay with the crowd instead of going to the hospital, too. Then Anko walked to the center again. "Alright, good job today, everybody. Today's top ninjas are…" she took out a small piece of paper, "in this order: Hayate, Oiyoba, and Ryu." The two sand genin grinned. "Now it's time to rest. We've decided to take a different approach this year. We're going to give three of you the same room to sleep in, but those three are picked randomly. Unfortunalty, some of you girls have to rest in a room with two guys in it. We have a strong feeling none of you will try to kill eachother tonight, but in case you attempt it, a jonin elite will be placed outside of each room. The groups of three are set up as follows: Kashime Daisuke, Hayate, and Hoashi Saratobi." Saratobi fell to her knees. "Next are Kusen Ryu, Hiroshima Kiyuta, and Mikazaki Fey." Ryu looked down at Fey. "Um…Then are Inouye Oiyoba, Sausuke Isshinta, and Hyuga Setsuko." Isshinta shook in fear when he looked at Setsuko. "The next group is Bakufu Zawato, Kashime Korosu, and Bishojo Bijin." Zawato grabbed Korosu's shoulder. "Next are Watashi Gaku, Bo, and Shimasu Sasuma." Bo continued to lean on his staff, knowing he's gunna die soon. "Then it's Shimasu Satsuma, Aikakaze Fuu, and Hitomi." Hitomi looked around and didn't see the other two, so she shrugged. "Well, then it would be Rei, Jin, and Elli, but, while Elli's dead, Rei and Jin are in critical care," she threw an bunch of keys on the floor, "so pick a room and go to sleep. The preliminaries continue tomorrow."
"Come on, Saratobi, I don't want to have to do this almost as much as you," Daisuke said, walking down a hallway with her, "but it's something we're both going to have to live with!" Saratobi continued walking; her arms crossed and nose up. Hayate shuffled slowly behind them, cursing under his breath. Then Saratobi stopped and spun around.
"I'm not sleeping in the same room as you two! That's that! You two can sleep outside like the animals you are!" Hayate stepped around Daisuke and stared down at Saratobi after he straightened his back.
"Listen, little girl; I've been running around all day and I'm not going outside where it's cold just to get some friken' sleep!" he barked. She stepped back. He scoffed and grabbed the key out her hands. Then he continued down the hallway.
Ryu and Fey walked up a flight of stairs, not looking at eachother. Then, finally, Fey lifted her head. "Um…Mr. Ryu?" she whispered.
"Hm?" Ryu replied, advancing slower.
"Did you have to kill Kiyuta?" Then Ryu stopped.
"Well, I don't know how to put this," he said, facing her, "but Kiyuta is still alive." Fey gasped and Kiyuta appeared behind Ryu.
"How'd you know?" he asked. Ryu turned back around to stare down at the Waterfall ninja. "I heard you just now." He lied. Kiyuta lifted an eyebrow and started walking up the stairs to their room.
"About-face!" Oiyoba called to Isshinta, who was following him and Setsuko backwards. Isshinta turned around and looked down.
"What's wrong, boy?" Oiyoba asked without looking to see what's up.
"Nothing…" Isshinta replied quietly.
"I doubt that, Isshinta. You're afraid, aren't you?" Setsuko guessed. Isshinta looked away. "Well, you should be. I could assassinate both of you tonight, so there are two less people to fight."
Oiyoba chuckled, "Ch. I'd like to see you try. It'll just come back to blow up in your face. Pun intended."
Zawato, Korosu, and Bijin all moved swiftly down the hallway opposite of Daisuke's. Zawato sighed in relief. "Glad to share a room with a friend." He said happily. Korosu said nothing, but agreed. Bijin brushed her hair back behind her ears, but her sprained wrist proved it to be difficult.
"Well I'm glad to share a room with two cute boys," she said, "You know, Zawato, you're the hottest boy in class? And Korosu has always been one of my favorites…so mysterious," she sweet-talked. Zawato blushed, but Korosu stopped walking and looked at her.
"This night is nothing, just rest. Don't make it into the night I kill you."
Gaku and Sasuma both miserably walked down a flight of stairs. They, along with Bo, got the worst room. "If I had gotten just one girl with me, I might have been happy." Gaku said, rubbing his cast. Bo burst out in laughter.
"You guys are so dull! Just look at 'cha, with your casts and all. So sad." He cried.
Hitomi, the oldest and biggest, lead the other two girls to their room. "Here we are, ladies, first class room. Be glad I picked this key." She said, opening the door. The room was large and fully decorated. It had three large, fluffy beds and a master bathroom. Fuu jumped up and ran inside. She turned the bathtub on and got the soap from under the sink out.
"I'm gunna use this. I…get dirty quick." She said, scratching dirt from her hair out. Then she closed the bathroom door.
Satsuma sat on one of the beds, "These are soft. I hope my brother Sasuma got a room as nice as this one." Hitomi glanced at her uncomfortably.
"So, he's your brother?" she asked. Satsuma nodded. "Oh, well, sorry about what Hayate did to him. He's a real jerk sometimes. He just doesn't know when to quit, ya know?" Satsuma lowered her head.
"Is he…a cannibal?" she asked. Hitomi slapped her palm on her head.
"You found out! I told him not to bite anyone!"