OW! Are you serious?
After running into some idiot, I ended up being the one on the floor.
Stupid, stupid, stupid! That was bad! Who did I run into?! What if it was Maki! Oh god, what if it was Kiyo I swear-!
"Are you okay!?"
My head snaps up at the sound of that voice, and my eyes meet warm green eyes filled with worry. I feel her hand's grip mine tightly but gently at the same time as she kneels down in front of me. At that moment, the world stopped for me, for I was staring into her eyes, the eyes of Tenko Chabashira. This all felt so real right now. I don-
"Rise and shine ursine-!" Several voices suddenly scream out.
"Aaaahhh!"
Tenko quickly pulls me to my feet, and we turn to face the voices with Tenko pushing me behind her as she got into a fighting stance.
I poke my head out from behind her, my eyes widening at what I see.
"eep"
These are the Monokubs?
Standing in front of Tenko and I are five colorful bears.
They really do look like stuffed animals.
"We are not stuffed animals! We're the Monokubs!" The blue one roars in outrage.
Oops, did I say that out loud?
Slowly blinking, I move to stand beside Tenko, taking her hand as I do so, I purposefully ignore all her sputtering and look back to the bears, trying to remember everything I can about them.
The one that spoke up, before was Monokid, if I remember correctly. He held a guitar in his tiny paws, and he was wearing some weird spiked shoulder pads. He also has some revolting chest hair that we will not bring up ever again. Gross. The thing that's caught my interest, though, is the way he keeps glancing at the green bear. Monodam.
Monokid bullies him from what I remember. The Monokubs were honestly quite easy to forget, and Monokid wasn't around long enough to be anything but a nuisance! Hmm, I can still hear them all talking, but I'm not that interested in what they have to say. From what I can gather, they would have introduced themselves sooner but were busy meeting with other Ultimates, so their conversation wasn't very appealing. I look back at Monodam and can't help it when my expression softens. He was probably my favorite when I played the game.
Then again, there weren't many good choices to choose from either way, now where there?
Monodam is green and the one that looks most like a robot. Instead of the standard shape of a bear, his frame is clearly more robotic, yet you can still recognize that he's a bear. He doesn't have any other defining qualities about him, and he didn't really talk a lot at the start of the game. Too bad. My gaze moves over to the other three bears, Monosuke catching my attention quickly. Monosuke is yellow with dark brown stripes that remind me of a tiger. He's also wearing Round black glasses, and he also has a...umm... I..I think its an...abacus? It's hard to tell seeing as how small it is, and honestly, I just don't know why he has it with him right now, it makes absolutely no sense. Standing next to Monosuke is Monotaro, their so-called leader. Monotaro is red and wears a grey scarf with a star on it. He lasts to the fourth trial, bonds with Miu, and becomes a father. He lived an odd life. The problem is he has such a bad memory, and he isn't exactly the smartest of the group. I glance at the final bear, Monophanie, there was a whole arc surrounding those two, and lord was it disgusting! Turning away in repulsion, I focus on the last bear. Monophanie is pink and has a flower in her hair, though it looks like it's made out of plastic to me. She's also wearing a bikini top with a flower printed on both sides. She doesn't really do anything if my memory is correct. At the start of the game, she just keeps droning on and on about how gory things are, and she's always throwing up, I think that continued throughout the whole game, I'm not sure. All in all, they were pretty damn useless. Who knows, though, maybe I can find some use for them in the future. Suddenly, all the Monokubs just up and leave, how rude! I guess I should have paid more attention, but where's the fun in that? I can just get someone to tell me later, I mean, I doubt the conversation changed much from the game anyway, so no need to worry!
Turning around, I meet eyes with Tenko once more. Hmm, introductions. This is really weird and so awkward right now.
" Wow, there are more ultimates here? That sounds amazing!"
Okay, nevermind, If Tenko is this happy, I guess she doesn't mind or forgot, who knows.
" Those bears are weird, though, especially those degenerate male ones!" Tenko says in disgust.
There it is.
"What do you mean, do you dislike men?" I'm surprised when I overhear Ang- I mean my own voice. It's odd, I guess. Expecting to hear your voice sound one way, but to come out completely different, it just doesn't feel right, but at the same time, I already feel somewhat comfortable with my new voice. I'm not sure why.
"I don't just dislike them! If any degenerate male even touches me, my reflex is to grab and throw them across the room!" Tenko shouts energetically before continuing with a smile " If you're having problems with any degenerate males, please come tell me, and I'll protect you with my Neo-Aikido!"
"Thank you!" I cheerfully reply. I doubt I'll ever take you up on that offer, "though what is Neo-Aikido? I've never heard of it before."
" Neo-Aikido is an original form of aikido That my master and I created ourselves!" Tenko explains
"Ooh, could you show me someday, or maybe even teach me!" I really was interested in learning, it would be a good idea to know some way to defend myself while I'm here. But it was also kinda funny seeing Tenko getting a bit flustered.
"O-Of course! I would love to teach another girl, our goal is to become a national sport, you know!" Tenko speaks rapidly and gestures wildly with her hands as she talks, I guess she really is exited. I'm glad I made that offer now.
"Oh, I'm so sorry! I forgot to introduce myself!" She quickly clears her throat and straightens her back, a broad grin on her face, she begins "I'm Tenko Chabashira! The Ultimate Aikido Master!" She then looks at me expectantly. I know what I need to do, my own introduction. Taking a deep breath, I look Tenko straight in the eyes and begin. "My name is Angie Yonaga. I'm the ultimate artist! I look forward to getting to know you." I didn't screw up! Yay. Thank you, Atua!
"Wow, an artist!? I've always wanted to meet an artist!" Tenko carries on with the conversation vigorously. "What do you do? Can you sculpt!?"
"I do everything!" And I really meant it. I should try to use this talent later, just to make sure. But for some reason, I felt like it was true. I really have this amazing talent. Sighing wistfully, I turn back to wide excited green eyes.
"Hey, Tenko, those bears said there were more ultimate's around, right?"
As much as I was enjoying our conversation, I really wanted to go meet everyone else, but as I saw Tenko's entire demeanor droop, I could tell that Tenko was more upset with our conversation coming to an end then I was. That warmed my heart. I just wish I could...hmm.
"Hey, Tenko, you haven't met anyone else yet either, have you?" After Tenko shakes her head, a massive grin breaks out across my face, this should be fun. "Then, would you like to join me?"
As Tenko and I ran off to meet everyone else, we failed to notice the eyes that followed us.
