Honoka: um… I'm doing the narration because Helios and Natsu are in the hospital. The doctors said their wounds were quite severe. You would be surprised what plot can do! Well, here is the chapter I guess!
Chapter 3
Kenichi likes digging his own grave and Tanimoto as well!
Tanimoto ran down several streets at speeds bordering at the supernatural. Impressive, strong and fierce, nothing could stop him… until he collided with a group of joggers training for a marathon. No one really knows what happened next, but the coroner at the scene found it amazing how 5 people could get stuck in a revolving door that somehow caught fire. Tanimoto was fine, for the most part. He eventually got to his destination, the Shirahama household. Having dragged Kenichi there once after a training match gone wrong, Tanimoto walked up to the door and knocked once. Hard. The door opened revealing a beautiful adult woman.
"She must be Honoka's mom." Thought Natsu's monologue
"Shut it" replied Natsu's Yami monologue
"She is kind of hot"
"I said shut it"
"I mean think about it, Honoka might look like that in a few years"
"Just die"
"Think about it…"
"ENOUGH!" shouted Natsu
"Enough what" responded Kenichi's mom, Saori
"Um, never mind" hastily replied Natsu
"You must be one of Kenichi's friends"
Natsu inner monologue (now just one perfect entity of rage):
Of all the nerve! A friend of Shirahama! I swear next time, I will kill HIM!
"No I am Honoka's friend Tanimoto."
"A little too old to be friends with Honoka, don't you think"
"Ah…"
"I'm kidding, she is upstairs"
"Thank you" replied Natsu as he entered the house
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Saori watched Natsu go up the stairs before returning to the living room. Her husband Mototsugu (hereafter referred to a Moto for sake of convenience) was polishing one of his shotguns. He had two, who he named Sebastian and Maximilian. You could call that insanity, but in a world of martial artists throwing iron rod sculptures inside skyscrapers, was polishing a gun really that odd? (The short answer is yes, the long one takes several counselors and electroshock therapy). He stopped when he Saori enter the room.
"Who was that my love" asked Moto
"A friend of Honoka's"
"But I heard a boy" stuttered Moto
"I know"
"And how old is this boy?" the now high pitched Moto asked
"Around Kenichi's age"
"AND YOU LET HIM GO UP?"
"Is that a problem?"
Moto's monologue:
Oh god, it's started. Now she will be staying out late and bringing home kids! And then she will move out like Kenichi and I will never see her again! Sebastian, help me!
Suddenly he calmed down. This enough scared Saori, but what he said next disturbed her.
"When he finishes talking with her, tell I would like to speak with him" said Moto, in perhaps the most monotone voice ever
He stopped talking and continued polishing Sebastian…
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While all this was happening, Kenichi walked slowly into a dessert shop. He sat in a chair and simply slumped down onto the counter.
"I cannot comprehend. What's wrong with you Band-Aid?"
Kenichi looked and saw a young girl staring at him. This girl was Chikage Kushinda. A member o YOMI like Natsu, she was the youngest member. She also had a bit of a sweet tooth, which always concerned Kenichi somewhat, especially considering she had in front of her enough bowls of ice cream to give diabetes to China.
"Oh nothing really, just a little personal problem" replied Kenichi
"What is it?" asked Chikage who lately was becoming more and more responsive, much to Kenichi's surprise. Well, she won't tell anyone right? So Kenichi told her everything that happened.
"I cant see what is the problem" replied Chikage
"Well its just that Renka is a bit nuts you see, and I'm worried what she has in mind."
"She will probably ask you on a date or something"
"WHAT" Kenichi said, in a rather shocked voice
"It's pretty obvious you know"
"Really?"
"Yep"
Now that kenichi began to think about it she did act bizarre around him, and only him. It couldn't be, could it?
"If you are right, what should I do?" asked Kenichi
"Well, when she asks you for something, I could help you discourage her"
"Really, that would be great" said Kenichi. She is really nice all of sudden. How odd, thought Kenichi.
"But why don't you like her?"
"Well, it's just that Miu…"
And here Chikage stopped listening. She had no problem with Miu, but when Kenichi began one his love rants she turned her brain off. She liked talking to Kenichi, but enough was enough. Kenichi? Why was she calling him that all of a sudden? Like? How bizarre. What could that mean? She soon snapped back to reality as her ice cream arrived.
"Here you are miss" said the waitress
"Hey wait a minute!" shouted kenichi
"Yes" answered the waitress
"Aren't you the woman from the pet store?"
"I am not"
"Yes you are"
"Prove it"
"There is a tag on your arm that say pet store employee!"
"Indeed there is"
"Well, what do you have to say for yourself?"
"Are you sure I'm not some sort of conscious representation of your thoughts?" asked the waitress/pet store employee
"Uh…"
At this point the waitress barreled out of the room knocking Chikage's ice cream over her. Child mode activated (well really prepubescent mode, but whose counting?) she started to get teary eyed at the wasted sweets and was going to wipe them off, when suddenly Kenichi began to wipe the ice cream of her.
"Sorry about that" said a flustered Kenichi
"No problem" replied a now blushing Chikage
"Let me buy you another one, hopefully from a less insane employee"
"Thanks"
"You're welcome"
"You can make it up to me"
"Really, how?"
"Take me to the fair on Sunday" said Chikage, who could not believe the words coming out of her mouth
"Not a problem"
"You sure?"
"Why not?"
"Ok then, see you later. I got to go train and stuff" replied Chikage before leaving
How nice!, Thought Kenichi. He was going to the fair on Sunday with Chikage!
…
Wait…
GODDAMNIT, not again!
Moral of the story: Damned if I know something about ice cream I think…
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Honoka was lying on her bed, blushing furiously. She had been like this for almost half an hour. Her door opened and Tanimoto was standing there, looking extremely uncomfortable.
"Honoka?"
"Yeah"
"We need to talk"
Honoka: What kinda of crap is this?
Helios: Problem my dear?
Honoka: We need to talk? How cliché can you get
Helios: it's not cliché! I couldn't find a way to end it alright!
Honoka: And you only gave me one line!
Helios: You will get more, next chapter
Honoka: I better
Pet store employee: Which could take forever, looking at your schedule
Honoka and Helios: WHERE THE HELL DID YOU COME FROM?!
Employee: I have always been here
Helios: Don't quote Babylon 5!
Where will this lead? Will Honoka and Natsu fall in love? Will Chikage comprehend her feelings? Will kenichi stop being such a blockhead? What's wrong with quoting Babylon 5? Find out next time!