Hey guys! I'm back! Lol. Anyways, sorry this took a while to get out. E wanted me to work on my YYH story Titans in the Tournament, so I have been working on that and my Inuyasha story. Anyways, so here this is!
Also, check out my profile for some summaries of stories I am going to write soon and a summary of Angel Tales/Tenshi no Shippou! It's a really cute anime. And really funny! Lol.
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Sakimi: …You really are weird, you know that? I said I was going to put some more action in this chapter, so relax already! And this isn't a drama story…nope, definitely not. It has me and E in it, how would it be dramatic? (It won't be till the end of the story, actually…you'll see soon enough…I hope)
BTW, we all know each other (we go to the same school), so don't get any ideas that I'm being mean to random people I don't know.
Also, I have a little question. Does anyone think I'm moving too fast right now? I mean with the HayateXAkane stuff? I think I might be, just a little bit. I don't think I should've put that last line in chapter ten:
Hayate, finding nothing else to do, decided to watch some TV and keep an eye on Akane for a while.
Yeah, I think that sped things up too much. But don't forget—it only took Hayate what…3 or 4 episodes to like Himeno? You know, when he starts smiling and stuff on her roof that night when she finally can do the kendama thing.
Disclaimer: If I did own this thing, then MY name would be on the cover of the Pretear manga. MY name would be in the credits of the Pretear anime.
Chapter 11
Akane woke up the next morning to a soft sheet and she bolted up. How the hell did she end up in bed? The last thing she remembered was walking home from that job with Hayate. Wait, Hayate? She blushed furiously at her thoughts and shook her head. Nah, he hates her; he wouldn't do anything like that.
"Sakana!"
"NO! Don't hurt him!" Akane heard her sister plead. She smirked and quietly got out of bed to peek through her bedroom door.
Sakana was balling; she was kneeled on the floor, practically crying if Akane didn't know her sister better. She looked up to find Goh still in his pj's, clutching her sister's sacred plushie. Akane snickered, then immediately covered her mouth.
Sakana's head spun around to the source of the small sound. She spotted Akane peeking out of her bedroom door and crawled swiftly over to her.
"Please save him, Akane! Don't let the mean, nasty pyromaniac hurt him!" Sakana begged, pulling on Akane's silky pajamas.
"Stop, Sakana! You're going to ruin my favorite pj's!" Akane cried as she tried to pry her sister off her.
"Pleeeaaase, save Mr. Banana! Save my uncle!" Sakana cried, almost in tears.
Akane stared at her sister incredulously. "Why does he have him in the first place?"
"She scared me half to death when she tried to get him from my room!" Goh answered.
"Hey, it's my room, pyro! I can do whatever I want in my room!" Sakana retorted.
"Well, for a month it's MY room!" Goh shouted back.
"Well—"
"STOP IT!" Akane yelled. Sakana and Goh blinked at her sudden outburst.
"What the hell is going on?" Hayate peeked his head out of his bedroom door. When he spotted all of them, he growled. "Would you children take it downstairs or something? I was trying to get some sleep!" With that, Hayate slammed the door shut. Everyone in the hallway just stared at the door, not making a sound.
Awkward silence.
"Dang, another gay person is born," Sakana muttered.
"What?" Goh blinked.
"Whenever there is an awkward silence, another gay person is born," Sakana said matter-of-factly.
"Ok…"
Another awkward silence.
Sakana took advantage of the situation and stealthily crept over to Goh and snatched Mr. Banana out of his hand.
"Ha! I win!" Sakana shouted triumphantly and rushed back over to her previous spot. "It's ok, Mr. Banana; he's not going to be a cannibal and eat you," she cooed while stroking it. Goh sweat dropped while Akane just sighed, used to her sister's antics.
"Cannibal?" Goh blinked.
"Long story…" Akane said. "Come on, I'm starving," She proceeded downstairs to the kitchen and the other two soon followed.
A/N: Yeah, it is a long story. E and I created this thing in Spanish called the ANF (All-Natural Flavors). We were really bored and the class is boring and easy, so yeah. And we got a lot of free time…anyways, the ANF was composed of everyone in our Spanish class and a lot more people we knew, and basically we gave them fruit names. E was the banana, so that's where this comes from. I was a watermelon, I think.
"I want ramen!" Sakana shouted gleefully as she jumped in her seat.
"Why in the world do you want ramen?" Goh blinked.
"And for breakfast," Akane added.
"Because…because Mr. Banana wants ramen!" Sakana grinned. Her sister sighed.
"Hey, what's for breakfast?" Mannen, Hajime, Shin, and Yumi asked groggily as they sat down in a random chair.
"Ramen!" Sakana answered cheerfully.
"Ramen? Why are we having ramen for breakfast?" Yumi asked.
"Ask Sakana."
"Ok, I don't think I want to know why, then," Yumi said.
"Akane, Mr. Banana wants his ramen with bread. And don't forget he doesn't like it too hot. It burns his tongue. Oh, and don't forget he likes a little bit of lemon juice in it. Oh and—"
"Sakana!" Akane yelled in frustration.
"What?" she asked innocently.
"This isn't Burger King where you can have it your way! If you want all those things, then make the ramen yourself," Akane sat down in her seat.
"But…but…I'm not the one who wants it. Mr. Banana does."
"Whatever. You're his niece or whatever, you make it for him."
Sakana was on the verge of tears. "But…but…but…"
"My God, Sakana! It's not rocket science! Just boil some water, put the ramen in, let it cook for a little, then pour it in a bowl!" Akane shouted.
"WHY IS EVERYONE SHOUTING?" Hayate yelled from the doorway. Everyone stared at him. An amused Sasame chuckled softly behind him.
"You're contradicting yourself," Akane pointed out. He glared at her, which she returned with just as much force.
"How am I doing that when I'm asking a question?" Hayate cocked an eyebrow.
"You wanted everyone to stop shouting before, and you were louder than all of us," Akane said simply. Hayate sweat dropped.
"Hey, guys, look at this!" Sakana cried suddenly. She was staring at an ad in the newspaper.
"What?" Akane and Yumi asked in unison.
"Let's go to Rapids!" she squealed and threw the ad in their hands.
"'New and improved Wave Pool with bigger waves and more wetness. Also come see our new Mini beach. Now you can swim in the ocean without the worry of sharks and jellyfish!'" Akane read aloud.
"I don't believe a word of it," Yumi said.
"What?" Sakana stopped suddenly and stared at her sister with wide eyes.
"Something can't be both "new" and "improved". If it's new, then there's never been anything like it before; if it's improved, then something like it existed before and they just added things to it," she explained.
"She makes perfect sense," Sasame agreed.
"For once," Akane added under her breath.
"Whatever. Still, I wanna go to Rapids!" Sakana cried.
"Yeah, us too!" the young Leafe Knights chorused.
"We don't have time to play games," Hayate said, "Not when demon larva could be anywhere around the city."
"But what about Kei's program? He can tell us if there's a demon larva going to attack somewhere!" Mannen argued.
"Speaking of the pretty boy, where is he?" Sakana interjected.
"He went to work already," Goh answered.
"Ah, so you admit he's a pretty boy!" Sakana pointed an accusing finger at the Knight of Fire.
"No, it's just…it's just I happened to know who you were talking about!" Goh stammered.
"Sure, that's what they all say."
"Ok, now that that's settled, onward to Rapids!" Akane declared.
"Yeah!" all the children, teenagers, and Goh shouted in agreement and ran up the stairs to get ready. Hayate growled.
"Come on, Hayate. They need to enjoy their life as much as they can. Don't ruin it for them," Sasame said and went upstairs to get ready as well.
"We're ready!" Sakana, Yumi, and Akane announced at the bottom of the stairs. Almost everyone else was waiting for them in their bathing suits—that is, everyone was dressed for some wetness except for Hayate. He was still in his regular clothes.
"Hey, I thought you guys were getting your bathing suits on?" Goh pointed out.
"We did," Akane said.
"We're wearing them underneath our clothes, dummy," Sakana said.
"Let's go," Hayate grimaced.
Suddenly Sakana hopped into Goh's back, but this time Goh was ready.
"Onward steed! To Rapids!" Sakana shouted, pointing out the door.
"Do you have to ride on my back? It still hurts from yesterday, you know," Goh complained.
"Yep! Now let's go! High Ho, Silver!" Sakana waved an invisible whip in the air. Goh sighed as everyone sweat dropped.
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The Leafe Knights and the sisters all made it to Rapids Water Park in one piece (though they had a feeling a part of them was about to exit onto the asphalt below them).
"Remind me to never let you drive again," Akane said as she exited the mini van. Using the car for support, she kneeled over and closed her eyes, waiting for the dizziness to pass. She'd never gotten this motion sick before—not even on her dad's boat. She could hear Sakana and Yumi coughing and hacking and the sound of splattering liquid.
"Hey, I'd like to see you do better!" Yumi challenged.
"Hey, even I know where to stop at an intersection. You drive like Mario and Luigi!" Sakana said, still slightly queasy.
"Yeah," came the faint agreements from all the other people.
"So, is everyone still up for Rapids?" Goh asked.
"Yeah!" Mannen, Hajime, Shin, Akane, and Sakana jeered. Sasame nodded; Hayate was still sore about the whole thing; and Yumi was still sulking from the insult to her driving.
"Wow…" everyone awed (save for Hayate). Everything was so different since the last time Akane and Sakana had been there. The flooring was different (now a pattern of small square tiles); the kiddie playground was remodeled, now much bigger and nicer—it looked more like a kiddie playground now!
"Where should we put our stuff?" Yumi asked. Sakana looked around; she couldn't find a spot with enough chairs for all of them!
"There aren't enough chairs anywhere for all of us," Mannen said.
"Great. What do we do now?" Kei asked. Sakana thought for a moment…and of course got distracted by the playful fun of water guns on the water playground.
"Water fight!" she shouted and rushed over to the spray gun, pushing a boy about her age out of the way.
"Hey, what are you doing! I was there first!" he protested. Sakana stared at him.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I just wanted to play with the nice water gun," she said innocently.
"No, I was here first! Girls aren't supposed to play with these. Go away!" the boy stood and began advancing on her. Sakana glared daggers at the foolish kid.
"Everyone can play with this, and we have to take turns. If you don't agree, then you shall face the wrath of bendy straws and monkeys who are bent on ruling the world," she said and hissed. The boy, now totally freaked out at her sudden change in demeanor, started backing away…slowly.
"N-no, nevermind. You can have it," he said and ran. Sakana smirked triumphantly and turned her attention back to her original task.
"Sakana!" Akane cried. Sakana stared at her. "What are you doing? What about finding some chairs for us?"
Sakana blinked. "What chairs?" Akane sighed and shook her head disapprovingly.
Suddenly a powerful blast of water knocked Akane in her head and she fell backwards into Hayate. Luckily for him, Akane was facing the other way, so she didn't see his eyes widened slightly. (A/N: Can anyone guess what he's remembering?)
"Ow," Akane groaned and rubbed her head. Growling, she got up and rushed under Sakana. "You idiot, what the hell was that for!"
"You seemed like such good bait…I couldn't resist," Sakana grinned.
Akane narrowed her eyes. "Just help us get some chairs!"
"Ok, ok…sheesh…" Sakana muttered under her breath and hopped down.
"Let's see…2…4…6…8…9…Yep, we've got enough chairs!" Akane grinned to herself.
"Now we can go play!" Sakana cheered.
"Yeah!" the younger Knights agreed and they all raced off to the wave pool.
"You guys coming?" Akane asked the other Knights.
"Yep!" Yumi answered.
"Yeah," Goh said as he took off his towel and raced after Sakana and the others.
"What about you two?" Yumi inquired of Sasame and Hayate.
"No thanks; I'll just stay here," Sasame refused politely.
"Oh no you don't. You have to come with us and have some fun, Sasame! Please?" Yumi pulled on his sleeve and administered her puppy dog eyes expression. Though not as lethal as Sakana's, it seemed to get the job done as the Knight of Sound sighed and gave in. "Yay!" Yumi cheered. Sasame removed his shirt and pants to reveal some swim trunks (A/N:…someone get a bucket and a mop over here…this is disgusting…yuck, drool). As soon as he was ready Yumi dragged him off.
"And what about you?" Akane approached Hayate.
"Don't even try. I'm not going," he said and turned away.
"Suit yourself, then. You'll be bored to death," Akane said and joined her friends and sisters.
"Let's play sharks and minnows!" Sakana suggested randomly as another wave crashed down on them.
"What's that?" Hajime asked.
"It's a game you play in the water," Yumi explained.
"So, how do you play?" Shin asked.
"Well, you know how sharks love to eat little fish?" Akane asked. They nodded.
"We're the sharks; you guys are the minnows," Sakana explained. The Knights gulped (though Sasame, of course, was very interested and amused) and Sakana grinned evilly.
"We'll give you a head start starting…now!" Akane shouted and the Knights scrambled.
"Aren't you going to play, Sasame?" Yumi asked.
"No, thanks. I like watching you guys play," he said. (A/N: Kami, Sasame reminds me so much of Kurama…sorry, random thought)
"Ok, but it's your own fault if you aren't having fun," Yumi said and swam after the nearest Knights, who happened to be Hajime and Shin.
"Sakana, you go after Goh; I'll take Mannen," Akane ordered and both girls grinned evilly. Scanning the water, Sakana spotted Goh trying to hide himself the corner. Slowly, she sunk beneath the surface of the water and, just like a shark, swam stealthily to her unsuspecting victim all the while singing the Jaws theme song. Akane silently giggled and looked around for the Knight of Ice. She found him on the opposite side of the pool trying to blend in with other people. She giggled again. It was a little hard to blend in with a crowd when your spiky, ice-blue hair sticks out like a sore thumb.
Akane followed her sister's approach and sunk beneath the surface to stalk her prey. Just when she was halfway across the pool, her stomach clenched and she quickly rose to the surface. She felt like this only once before and looked for the other Leafe Knights. All had stopped playing and were gazing worriedly at the water, especially Hajime, being the Knight of Water.
"Akane, what's going on? Why'd everyone stop playing?" Yumi asked.
Akane spun around quickly to look at her older sister. "Yumi, you have to get out of the water. Now!" Akane forced her out.
"What? Guys, what's going on? Sasame?" Yumi stared at Sasame, who had the same worried look on her face.
"Demon larva!" Hayate explained, already clothed in his Knight outfit.
"Demon larva?" Yumi blinked. Before everyone's eyes people began to faint, inside the water and out. A ripple of water began at the center of the pool, then growing as the demon larva rose to the surface. The jellyfish-like creature shot its tentacles out and latched onto surrounding trees, immediately sucking them dry of Leafe. Branches collapsed as they browned and died. Shin began to cry as he gazed with horror at the withering trees.
"Guys, what's going…on?" Yumi fainted as the demon larva began sucking Leafe from the ground.
"Yumi!" Sakana shouted.
"Shin, we need the containment field! If you put it up now, we can save the trees!" Akane coaxed. The Knight of Plants sniffed and nodded. Cupping his hands around his amber amulet, he focused his Leafe.
"Beyondios!" he shouted and snake-like vines shot from the center, trapping the demon larva, Pretears, and Knights in the field.
"Goh, come on!" Sakana shouted to the Fire Knight, holding out her hand.
"No, Sakana! Fire won't work on water, dummy!" Akane cried.
"Oh, oops," Sakana laughed sheepishly. "Mannen, let's prêt! We can freeze the ugly thing!" Mannen grinned and took her outstretched hand for a few seconds the two disappeared in a blinding, pale blue light. When it faded, Sakana stood in a ballerina-like outfit that looked like it was made for winter.
"What is with you guys and ballerina outfits!" Sakana yelled.
Akane would've laughed if the situation was different. Instead she looked around for a Knight. She would've gone with Kei since the heat from his light would probably be most effective. Water against water wouldn't be smart, and Mannen was already with Sakana. Wind or sound, Akane thought to herself.
"Hey, Sasame!" she called out to the Sound Knight. He nodded and they hooked hands, immediately disappearing into a blinding flash of white light. As Sasame merged with her body, she could hear the sounds of many different things assault her ears. With light disappeared, and Akane stood in her spot in the Sound Pretear's outfit.
"Akane, watch it!" Sakana yelled. Akane looked up too late. A jelly tentacle shot towards her, smacking her squarely in the face. Though, since Sasame had pretted with her, he received the attack instead.
"Sasame, you ok?" she asked.
Yes, I'm fine. Hurry, you must find the core! He urged. Akane nodded and scanned the demon's body.
"Akane, I found it!" Sakana cried and pointed to the creature's back tentacle. She nodded and both Pretears raced towards the core. Just as they came close, a giant tentacle slapped them away and they flew 20 feet.
"Ow," they groaned.
"Hey, you guys ok?" Hajime called from above them. Instead of an answer, both girls stood, growling.
"What do we do? We can't get close to that thing!" Sakana asked, frustrated. Akane thought for a moment.
Why don't you freeze it first? Sasame suggested.
Akane perked up. "Great idea! Why didn't I think of that in the first place…. Sakana, I've got it!" Sakana rushed over.
"What?"
"Why don't you freeze that jellyfish first? Then we can get to the core without it attacking!" Akane said.
"…Why didn't I think of that? In fact…Mannen, why didn't you think of that? You're the Knight of Ice!" Sakana scolded the young Knight.
"Sakana, you can yell at him after we kill this thing. Come on!" Akane yelled. The Ice Pretear nodded and closed her eyes, focusing her Leafe.
"Hhhyyaaahhh!" she cut the air with her arm, sending a wave of Ice Leafe towards the demon larva. It successfully froze over, the ice twinkling in the light.
"Hurry! That ice won't hold forever, slowpoke!" Hayate taunted.
"Slowpoke? Why you little—" Akane was about to forget the fact that everyone was about to die because of the demon larva and go after Hayate until Sasame spoke up.
Akane, don't worry about him. You have to get the demon larva first! Sasame successfully brought her back to the current dilemma.
"Oh, sorry," Akane flew to the tentacle as fast as she could, stopping right in front of the frozen noodly appendage. (A/N: lol...the Flying Spaghetti Monster…don't ask…)
Now relax, Sasame soothing voice rang in her head. Akane took a deep breath and exhaled, relaxing all her muscles. Sense the Leafe of Sound, he then ordered. Akane could definitely sense it, and was thankful she wasn't screwing up or being yelled at, like a certain someone she knew.
Now fire the Sonic Arrow! Sasame urged. Akane put two fingers to her mouth and blew hard. A wave of Sound Leafe attacked the demon larva's core. It cracked and exploded, along with the creature's body, and all the Leafe it had collected was returned toits owner.
"Yeah, we did it!" Sakana cheered. The battlefield disappeared in a blinding flash of light, and everyone reappeared in the now restored park.
"Yay, we did it!" Sakana cheered. The others smiled and cheered along with her. Sakana spotted Goh and grinned evilly. Akane watched in amusement as she crept behind him.
"What are you smiling at" Hayate asked.
"Oh, nothing," and her grin widened. Five…four…three…two…one…
"Victory Ride!" she shouted and jumped onto his back. Goh, being the naïve and slow learner he is, was caught by surprise and fell into the wave pool, Sakana clinging to his back. You would've thought he'd learned by now of Sakana's habits.
Everyone burst out laughing as Goh resurfaced, his brown and red hair thoroughly soaked and clinging to his face.
"Good thing I brought my camera!" Akane grinned and took out said object from her backpack. "Say bendy straws!"
"Bendy straws! Where! Get them away from me!" Sakana's eyes widened to inhuman proportions and she began thrashing about on Goh's back. Akane pressed the little black button on the camera.
"What a Kodak moment!" she was grinning from ear to ear.
A/N: Hey, guess what? I just read the Pretear manga! There were soooo many differences from the anime! Like Kei looks nothing like he does, and Sasame has BLONDE hair! (Though I think he looks really cute in the manga…./grins/) And Hayate's hair is tied up farther! Looks just wrong! And the events are a little different too! And Takako (when she was young) looks just like Mikage! Sasame wasn't in love with her, either! And when Himeno meets the Leafe Knights is totally different! Shin is the first one to prêt with her, but she doesn't remember! Hayate doesn't give her the kendama(sp?) test or any others either! I could go on and on here…Otherwise, the story is basically the same. I like the anime much better though.
Also, I love going to Rapids! (though I haven't been there in ages…) They haven't put a mini beach in (from what I know); I just had to give them a reason to go…And I know I suck at fight scenes…If anyone wants to be my beta when it comes to things like that, speak up! Speak up for the land of the Free! For the home of the brave! (lol…sry…from Legally Blonde 2)
BTW, is it just me, or am I losing my touch with the funny randomness? I think I am, but I don't know. I'm trying to keep it in here…
Now please review! And sorry this was a little late, too. And for the long authoress' note.