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I just bought the Guilty Gear Isuka, yay! But I still prefer the Guilty Gear XX Reload…
Chapter 6
The next morning
8am
"All right, everyone get into the bus!" called Ky. He was wearing a white T-shirt, blue shorts and sneakers.
The residents of the Guilty Gear Hostel got their things and stepped onto the gigantic bus that would bring them to the beach. Jam, in particular, had to bring two boxes of food for the residents to eat and drink.
"Aiyo… where's Chipp when you need him…" she muttered as she carried the boxes.
"Whee! Mummy, I want to sit by the window!" said Anji excitedly, holding onto Baiken's hand.
"Whatever." said Baiken and let Anji to drag her up to the bus. She actually had a cap over her head and a pair of sunglasses over her eyes.
"And I thought he will change back to an adult after a night of sleep." said Johnny, pushing up his sunglasses and got onto the bus. He shifted his surfboard so that he wouldn't bang it against other people as he got on board.
"Chipp might as well don't come back." said Axl, swinging his roller-blades over his shoulders as he got on after Johnny. "Oi, remember to lend me your magazine on the bus."
I-No got on as well and found Sol sitting by himself at the front of the bus. He was wearing a tight black shirt and white shorts. He stared out of the window, looking slightly bored. Rock and roll music could be heard through his earphones as he played them on his mini portable player.
"Bored, Sol?" asked I-No, getting on the seat beside Sol.
Sol didn't hear her.
"Sol?" sang I-No, poking Sol on the flesh seductively.
Sol took his eyes off the scenery outside the window and looked at I-No. After a long while, he said, "Get out of the seat."
"Aww, I thought you might want some company."
Sol took off his earphones.
"Not yours," said Sol directly. "This seat is taken."
"Oh really?" asked I-No, looking at the seat she was sitting on. "I don't see any names…"
"Excuse me," said a voice. "But do you mind? You are sitting in my place."
I-No looked up to see a pair of blue eyes. "You?"
Millia folded her arms.
"The one I'm reserving the seat for is here," said Sol. "Now go away."
"This old maid?" asked I-No. "But Sol!"
"Or I will make you." said Sol coldly.
I-No frowned and got up. "Fine!"
She stormed off and Millia sat down beside Sol. Ky got into the bus the last and picked up the microphone at the side of the driver's seat as the bus started to move out from the hostel's grounds.
"Bonjour, everyone," said Ky cheerfully. "I hope that…"
He yawned.
"Didn't sleep well, Ky-chan?" asked Dizzy in concern.
Ky smiled at Dizzy and said, "I slept late."
"Why?"
With the microphone in his hand, Ky said into it, "Because a certain goddamn bastard said that he would meet me in the Combat Room at midnight, I waited for him until 1.20am and he still didn't appear. Totally lack of manners…"
He scowled at Sol, who smirked back as if it was none of his business.
"Anyway," said Ky. "I hope you all will enjoy the outing for today, we will be there in an hour, bon voyage!"
He put back the mike and sat down on the empty seat in front of him, shooting deadly glances at Sol once in a while. Sol ignored him and concentrated on his music instead. Millia took out a magazine on cats and started reading.
"Wow! Mummy, Mummy! Look!" said Anji, jumping on his seat as he looked out of the window. "There are cars on the road! Did you see that? There are cars on the road!"
"Anji, sit down!" scolded Baiken. "It's not as if you haven't seen cars in your whole life! Put on your seat belt!"
Anji sat down and pulled out the long seat belt. But his hands were too short to put into the slot, in the end…
"Mummy, help me…"
Baiken turned just to see Anji's arms tangled up with the seatbelt.
Baiken rolled her eye. "You just can't get anything right…"
She then reached over to put on the seatbelt for Anji.
Ten minutes later…
Axl and Johnny were sharing a porn magazine when they heard Baiken shouting, "Kiske!"
They looked up to see Baiken waving frantically for Ky's attention.
"What the…" started Johnny.
"Get me a plastic bag, hurry up!"
"What happened?" asked Ky in shock.
"Oh be quiet, I'm reading." said Venom, his eyes on the book. (One might wonder how Venom read if his eyes were covered…)
Zappa looked up, his mini laptop opened on his lap. The screen was filled with words.
Johnny and Axl stood up and looked over the seats in front of them. All they saw was Anji looking extremely sick. His hand was on his mouth.
"Don't you dare to vomit on the floor right now!" ordered Baiken.
"… Uh oh." said Axl.
"I don't have a plastic bag!" said Ky and called, "Anyone here in the bus have one?"
"I have!" said Jam, digging into her bag and pulled out a plastic bag.
She shook it and looked at it carefully.
"Oops, there's a hole on it…"
"Who else have a bag?" asked Baiken, looking at Anji once in a while.
"Man, this is interesting!" said Johnny with interest.
Baiken turned and her eyes landed on Johnny's hat.
"Johnny…"
"What… Oh no, not my…"
Baiken snatched his hat, revealing his blond hair. "I will buy you a new one."
"Hey!" said Johnny, but it was no use.
As the sound of Anji vomiting into his hat travelled to his ears, Johnny sunk to his seat beside Axl.
"… You know what? I'm starting to hate kids." said Johnny to Axl.
Axl didn't answer. He just hummed as he read Johnny's magazine.
Zappa quickly returned to his laptop and typed into his diary: "Anji had just vomited on the bus… I didn't know that he could get carsick… this trip is getting interesting…"
It was a sunny day at the beach, with not a bit of darkness in the sky. The girls had already changed into their swimming attires (except for Dizzy and Baiken) and were now on the sand.
"Johnny! Johnny, look!" said May, showing off her orange swimsuit with a blue dolphin in front to Johnny. "How do I look?"
"Good." said Johnny automatically.
May blushed and said happily to April, "See? He likes it!"
"Let's go for a swim first before joining Axl and Bridget, May!" said April.
"Want to go for a swim, Johnny?" asked May, tugging Johnny's arm.
"No thanks, you go ahead." said Johnny, sitting down on a mat.
May and April ran off to the waters and Johnny looked around through his sunglasses at the people on the beach.
"I want to go and join Dizzy!" said Anji, jumping around with excitement. "Mummy, Mummy, hurry up!"
"Can't you just wait?" snapped Baiken, wiping herself with the suntan lotion. "Come over and let me put the lotion on you!"
"Wohoo!!" said Bridget, speeding on the road for rollerbladers and cyclists on his new rollerblades. His blond hair was tied back and was wearing a shirt over a pair of shorts, looking like a boy for the first time.
"Wait up!" yelled Axl, going after Bridget on his own rollerblades.
"Testament, are you learning?" asked Ky, a big bicycle beside him. He, Dizzy and Testament were standing outside the bicycle rental shop.
Testament looked at the bicycle and shook his head. "I'll pass."
"I will take this one!" said Dizzy, taking a bicycle that suited her height.
"Bien," said Ky and got on his bicycle. "Now get on."
"But Dizzy…" started Testament, looking uncertainly at the bicycle.
"Don't worry, Testament, Ky will be around to help me." said Dizzy and smiled at Ky. "Right, Ky?"
Ky blushed slightly and smiled back. "Oui."
"Oh great, if he acts like that with Sol around, he will get no end of it…" thought Johnny with amusement.
Johnny looked at the other direction and his eyes lit up. Millia was placing her mat on the sand. She was wearing a light blue bikini. Her blond hair fell forward and she quickly tucked it behind her ear elegantly.
"Now that's interesting." said Johnny, getting up.
He made his way to Millia.
"Hey there." sang Johnny and Millia looked up from adjusting her umbrella.
"Yes?" she asked, getting up.
"Nothing, nothing," said Johnny in his most charming voice. "Just wondering if you want to go for a stroll with me on the beach later in the evening."
"No thanks."
"Oh come on, don't be so cold," said Johnny, leaning closer to Millia. "Kind of think of it, we haven't gone out before… want to go to the new café in the shopping street this Sunday?"
"No."
"What's the harm going out with me?" asked Johnny.
"Even if I want to, there's a person who won't let me." said Millia.
"Who?" asked Johnny, frowning. "Zato? Didn't you dump him?"
"I did."
"Then who? Axl? Don't worry about that idiot…"
Millia shook her head.
"No."
"Ky? No wait, I thought he's interested in Dizzy…"
"No."
"Then… don't tell me it's Venom."
"I will kill myself first if Venom is interested in me. And he's gay, remember?"
"Testament? No wait, he's interested in nothing else except protecting Dizzy… then…"
A hand placed on Johnny's shoulder and Johnny turned.
"What are you doing with Millia?" asked Sol darkly. He was wearing a pair of red swimming shorts. Even though his Fireseal wasn't with him, Sol still looked extremely dangerous.
Johnny tried to keep his cool and quickly said, "I was…um… trying to help Millia with her umbrella."
"If you are done, then go away." said Sol quietly.
"I'm done!" said Johnny and he ran off seventy miles per hour.
Sol rolled his eyes. "That bastard."
Johnny ducked behind the first rock he could find and breathe heavily.
"Great, out of all of the eligible guys in the hostel, she has to pick Sol as her new boyfriend…" he said and shook his head. "Guess I can't go near Millia anymore…"
"Oniisan!" said Anji merrily, waving his hand to get Ky's attention.
"Bonjour, Anji!" said Ky, smiling. "Ready to learn cycling?"
Anji nodded.
Ky looked at Anji's oversize T-shirt. "Um, I think you need to take off that shirt."
"Why?"
"It's too big," said Ky. "You can't wear it while learning to ride a bicycle."
"Okay," said Anji straightaway and took out his shirt, revealing himself in shorts only. "Ready!"
"Now he really looks like his adult self…" muttered Baiken.
"Will it be very hard, oniisan?" asked Anji as Ky gave him a bicycle for his size.
"Non non," said Ky, shaking his head. "See? Dizzy could at least get onto her bicycle and ride for a few…"
"Ahhhh!!"
CRASH
"Dizzy!"
(Ky sweatdrops)
"Um…" said Ky slowly and smiled uneasily at Anji. "Excusez-moi, I will be right back."
Immediately, he ran off to Dizzy, where Testament was fussing over her.
"Dizzy, are you all right?" asked Ky anxiously.
"How dare you let her learn such dangerous sport, human!" snapped Testament. "I will make you pay if she's heavily injured!"
"Testament, it's all right." said Dizzy slowly as she got up. "It's just a…"
"You are covered with bruises!" said Ky and carried her up. "Let me bring you to a bench, I will take care of your injuries…"
He then walked off with Dizzy in his arms. Testament was behind him, muttering about cycling being a killer sport.
"Looks like he won't be back in a while." commented Baiken and turned. "Oi!"
"Nani?" asked Anji innocently, his leg was already over the bicycle's seat, positioning himself to ride.
"I don't know how to teach you to cycle! You will fall down!" snapped Baiken.
"Never mind, Mummy," said Anji cheerfully. "I can learn on my own!"
"Anji!" said Baiken but it was too late.
Anji tried to step on the two pedals to ride and…
CRASH
Straightaway, Anji ended up into the flower bushes nearby.
"…Ouch." said Baiken finally.
She folded her arms. "See? Serves you right, I told you that you will fall down."
Silence.
"Oi, you all right?"
Anji remained lying among the bushes.
"Oi!" called Baiken.
No response.
Baiken's heart went cold and she leaned closer to Anji.
"Anji?"
And then…
"Gotcha!"
"Arrgghh!!" screamed Baiken in shock when Anji suddenly got up, his hands close. Leaves were among his brown messy hair.
"Anji Mito, you idiot! What are you doing?" scolded Baiken.
Anji ignored the cuts on his chest and arms that he got from his fall and showed Baiken his hands. "I caught it, Mummy!"
"What?"
"This!" he said, slowly opening his hands.
Straightaway, a tiny blue butterfly flew out of his hands. The butterfly flew around Anji and Anji smiled happily.
"See? See? It's beautiful!" said Anji, jumping in delight.
He went after the butterfly, trying to catch it again. But the butterfly didn't fly to Anji's reach, it just flew away quickly and out of sight.
Anji stopped jumping and pouted in disappointment.
"… Oi, Anji." said Baiken.
Anji turned.
"Don't you feel pain?" asked Baiken, poking Anji's wounds.
"WAAAAHHHH!! MUMMY, THEY HURT!"
"Idiot…" muttered Baiken.
"Wei, lunch is ready!" called Jam, waving to the residents of the hostel.
"So anyway," said Johnny to other girls on the beach. His wet surfboard under his arm. "I'm now the Captain of the Jellyfish Pirates. You can call me "Studmaster" if you want to…"
As the girls were obviously impressed, Johnny made a movement of pushing his hair back, looking as suave as possible.
"Well, it's not easy flying around, but I'm used to it…"
"Johnny! What are you doing?" asked May loudly, a slight jealousy in her voice. "Lunch is ready!"
"Who's that?" asked one of the girls.
"Um… just one of the girls that work in my ship." said Johnny uneasily. "So sorry ladies, I have to go for lunch. I might go for another round of surfing later. See you around."
He winked at them and the girls squealed in excitement. Johnny turned and walked to where the rest of the residents were.
"Who are they, Johnny?" asked May, frowning.
"Just some girls." said Johnny and looked at the boxes. "Hmm, cheese hotdogs."
I- No was about to take a carton of orange juice when another hand came and took it at the same time. She looked up and snapped, "Let go, old maid."
Millia frowned. "I saw it first."
I- No smirked. "I should be the one saying that."
"What do you mean?"
"I saw Sol first."
"So? He dumped you, didn't he? He has the right to date anyone now."
"I think it's the other way round. I dumped him."
"Like I would believe that."
"Che, women…" muttered Sol as he listened to I-No and Millia arguing in the background.
"Oi, don't you think you should stop them, buddy?" asked Axl, munching on his mash potato.
"Why should I? A total waste of time." said Sol before he drank his beer.
"But I-No is taking out her guitar." said Axl and straightaway, Sol put his beer down.
"Enough." said Sol simply and he made his way to the two ladies, who were now going into combat mode, which was pretty amusing for Axl, because both ladies were wearing bikinis.
A few minutes later, Sol came back, with his hand on Millia's shoulder. I-No was left sulking in the background.
"Now sit down and stay out of trouble." said Sol, pushing Millia down on the seat.
"But that I-No…" started Millia as Sol sat down beside her and picked up his beer again.
"I don't care."
"Anji, you dirty the table and you are going to clean it up later by yourself, you hear me?" said Baiken, looking at the mess Anji had made while eating his bento.
Anji nodded.
"What happened to you, little Anji?" asked Zappa.
"I fall down." said Anji. "Because I try to learn to ride a bicycle, then I fall down."
"Oh… well, your injuries aren't as bad as Dizzy's…" said Zappa, looking at Dizzy, who was trying to stop Testament and Ky from getting food for her. Her arms and legs were covered with plasters.
Anji swallowed his food. "I'm done."
Then he took a piece of tissue paper and wiped the crumbs and grains of rice off the table, making the place messier.
"All right all right," said Baiken straightaway. "I will clean it up, you go away."
Anji got off the table and ran to May. "May-chan!"
"What is it?" asked May.
"I want your materials."
"Okay…" said May and handed Anji a few things.
"Thank you!" said Anji and he ran off to the waters.
"Anji, what are you doing?" called Baiken and the girls looked up to the little boy.
"I want to make a big big sandcastle!" said Anji excitedly and he scooped a pail of water from the sea. "Wah, it's so heavy…"
"A sandcastle? That's interesting," said Axl and got up. "Oi, let me help you, kid!"
He ran to Anji and together, they carried the pail a distance away from the sea and poured it onto the sand.
"Let us make the biggest sandcastle ever!"
Bridget got up as well. "I haven't build sandcastles for ages… I want to help too!"
"Want to join them, May?" asked April.
"No way," said May carefully, glancing at Johnny as she spoke. "Making sandcastles is rather childish…"
"Then I'm going." said April, running off to Axl, Bridget and Anji.
"Reminds me of my childhood, really…" said Johnny and grinned. "No harm going back to it again."
He got up and made his way to the group.
"Ah! Johnny, I'm coming too!" said May quickly and got up. "I err, changed my mind!"
"I want to help too!" said Dizzy and ran off before Testament could stop her.
Testament sighed and he went after Dizzy to the sand.
"Wah, I'm going to get more tools!" said Jam and she ran off to the bus.
Ky remained in his place for a while, watching his friends making the sandcastle when he saw Axl and Anji arguing about what kind of castle to make.
"Oi, oi, stop it!" said Ky, making his way towards the two. "Let me ask you, what size is your castle…"
Then Ky was into the making as well. Soon, almost all of the Guilty Gear Hostel residents were making the sandcastle. Some volunteered to carry water back and fro from the sea to the 'construction site'.
First, Ky drew a huge rectangle on the sand, indicating how big the sandcastle should be and he assigned everyone an area to work on the castle. Soon, everyone was working.
Axl was making a tower when a ball flew out of nowhere and smashed it. He turned around and yelled, "Oi, you brats! If I see this ball again and I will throw it far to the sea!"
Johnny whistled as he wet the sand with a pail of water.
May was walking around, picking up tiny seashells that were suitable for the sandcastle.
"Mummy, Mummy!" said Anji, tugging Baiken's arm. "I need you to help me on this! The tower keeps collapsing!"
"Because you didn't add enough water, that's why." said Baiken and she kneeled down beside Anji.
Zappa was shoveling the sand with a shovel when…
"KKKIIYYYAAAHHHH!! Hee hee hee, I'm going to ruin your cassstttttllleeee!!"
"Somebody get Zappa out of here before he ruins the castle, sil'vous plait!" said Ky frantically.
Straightaway, Johnny went to the S-Ko possessed Zappa with his surfboard. He ducked Zappa's attacks and…
WHACK
"Done!" said Johnny and dragged Zappa away, a bump on the latter's head. He blew his surfboard as if he had just used a gun.
Axl looked at the pile of sand in front of him and called, "We need more helpers!"
Then, Venom dumped a bucketful of sand at his feet.
"Oi, watch where you are putting the sand!"
"You didn't tell me where to dump it." said Venom and he walked off with the empty bucket.
"You blind bat!" yelled Axl and he looked back at the 'site'. Obviously, more people were needed to make the gigantic castle.
He looked around and found Sol, smoking under a tree. Grinning, he ran to him.
"Oi, Sol, come over and help us!"
"No way. Total waste of time…" said Sol.
"Oh come on, you have nothing better to do anyway…" said Axl, pulling Sol but Sol refused to budge.
"… All right, I think I still have a picture of you in an elementary school trip, with your shorts…" said Axl and Sol crushed his cigarette.
"Are you blackmailing me?"
Axl smiled but didn't say anything.
"… Tell me what I should do." said Sol finally.
A few hours later, the castle already had its shape. Johnny and Axl were flattening the sides with smoothers, dripping them into pails once in a while.
Bridget and May were now placing seashells together gently on the castle, making sure that they were in the right places.
Millia was scraping the extra sand off the roof with a scraper, trying to keep her hair away from the castle at the same time. Jam was doing the other side.
Ky was carefully making rectangular holes on the castle with a paintbrush, making them to look like rooms, while Venom was placing toothpicks in front of some of them, making bars.
Dizzy was happily placing flags on the towers and Testament was beside her, trying to make the flags out of coloured paper and toothpicks.
"Man, it's hot…" grumbled Sol as he pushed another pile of sand to the 'site' with a wheelbarrow.
"I don't want to hear complains, Sol." sang Axl as he used the smoother and examined his work. "Perfect."
"Geh." said Sol.
"Wait, it's lopsided over there!" called Ky as he looked around. "No wait, you can't put the toothpicks there, Venom! This is not a prison, mind you!"
"Noisy boy-scout…"
"Oi!" yelled Ky, turning around. "Don't you think I won't hear that! I haven't settled the scores with you yet!"
"Oh yeah?"
"Oi, if you two want to fight, go elsewhere!" said Baiken angrily.
Sol looked up. "Wait, why does he get to rest? It's his sandcastle!"
Baiken shifted her single arm, trying not to let the sleeping Anji off her back. "He has already done a lot."
"No way," said Sol loudly. "He said he wanted to make a sandcastle, he couldn't just sleep like that…"
"You wake Anji up and I will murder you!" said Baiken fiercely.
Sol went silent.
Baiken then walked off, with Anji sleeping soundly on her back and under her arm.
Sol and Ky looked at each other.
"You know what? I think Baiken will make a good mother in the future." said Ky.
"I actually have to agree with you on that."
A few more hours later…
"Hurry up!"
"I'm back! Wait, why do I have a bump on my head? Who did this to me? Did I hit myself?"
"Err… Zappa, no…. a… a… coconut fell onto your head when you were shoveling! Yeah, that's it!"
"Wait, I have to place the flags there!"
"Too much bars, I told you it's not a prison!"
"Are we done?"
"Too little sand over there! Sol!"
"Get it yourself, boy scout!"
"Get a bit of water here!"
And then, when the sun was setting…
"Are we done? Done?"
Dizzy placed the last flag and she ran to the rest of the residents. She looked at the work and slowly, she smiled with the rest.
"Yes! We did it!" they yelled and cheered.
"Where's that boy?" asked Johnny.
"Oi Anji!" called Axl.
By that time, Anji already woke up from his nap. Baiken took Anji's hand and he walked to the residents, rubbing his eyes sleepily. The residents were blocking his view of the castle, all smiling mysteriously.
"Ready to see the castle, Anji?" asked Ky kindly.
Anji nodded.
"Ready guys?" asked Ky and said, "1, 2, 3!"
Straightaway, the residents stood aside, presenting a gigantic, Cinderella-type castle. It was gigantic, even bigger than little Anji. There were towers with different flags, tiny windows and doors. Seashells were placed neatly on the walls. Pictures were craved as well and to Anji's delight, most of them were pictures of butterflies.
"Sugoi!" exclaimed Anji and he went to the castle, looking at it in awe. "You all made it?"
"You made a part of it too, remember?" asked Axl, ruffling Anji's hair. "Come on, let me give you a grand tour…There're the stables… and there is the king's chamber… I don't know why the king doesn't sleep with the queen, but anyway… That's the picture of the princess…"
"I carved that." said Johnny proudly.
Anji walked with Axl for the 'tour', still impressed with the gigantic sandcastle.
"So? What do you think?" asked Axl.
"I love it, I love it!" said Anji, jumping up and down. "Mummy! Mummy! I want to bring it home!"
"You can't bring a sandcastle home, Anji." said Baiken.
"Why?"
"It's made of sand, remember?"
"Oh…" Anji looked slightly disappointed.
"But we can take a photo of it and bring the photo home!" said Jam quickly.
Before anyone could answer, Jam went to her bag and took out a camera. "Come on, let's take a picture with our masterpiece!"
Everyone agreed and…
"Stand aside, boy scout!"
"I got here first!"
"Venom, go away. This is Sol's place."
"No, YOU go away, Rage."
"Johnny, stand here!"
"Mummy, I want to stand here!"
After a few pushing and shoving, the residents of Guilty Gear finally found their places and not blocking the castle. Jam adjusted the camera on the rock and quickly ran to the rest.
5, 4…
"Everyone says 'Slash'!" called Ky.
"Slash!" shouted everyone and SNAP.
On the bus back to the hostel… Axl was playing billiards on his DS 600. Johnny was reading his porn magazine again. Zappa was typing the day's events into his laptop diary. Venom was reading. Millia was asleep, her head on Sol's shoulder. Sol didn't seem to mind at all. Ky was reading at the tableware section of the furniture shop sales guide. I-No was listening to music. The rest were either sleeping or looking at the scenery outside the window.
"Oi, Anji, still feeling pain?" asked Baiken, indicating Anji's wounds.
Anji shook his head and smiled. "Mummy…"
"What?"
"Today is very fun."
"… I guess."
Anji smiled widely and snuggled against Baiken.
"Oi, Anji…" said Baiken but Anji refused to get off.
"Oh I give up... you little idiot."
Slowly, Baiken smiled.