A/N: Haha, an update for Valentine's Day. Yes, it is a special story for a special day...Well, maybe not. It was actually inspired by a picture I drew last year with Kyuzo, Tessai, Hyogo, Bowgun Man, and Sensor Man with Sensor Man giving a big hug to all of them. Mind you, it's all in chibi/super deformed style. It's cute actually. You can see it on Deviant Art along with my few other Samurai 7 pics. URL: http://schwarzerDASHdracheDOTdeviantartDOTcomFORWARDSLASHgallery
Replace the "DASH" and "DOT" with the actual symbol. It's one of the variations I have on my computer. Yeah, I'm not that good at drawing, but I do enjoy it, just like writing. So, without much else to say, on with the show.
I don't own S7
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It was disgusting really. The obscene amount of sugar was enough to send any person into diabetic shock. Kyuzo studied the brightly wrapped little candies littering his room. There was barely any space for him to walk. He silently cursed the lack of some sort of locks on the room's door. He was just relieved of his guard duty and figured the little imps sneaked in some time during his service.
"Wow Kyuzo-dono, you must be very popular with the ladies."
Another guard, Bogan, one with magenta hair to match the accursed holiday, waltzed over to look over the blond samurai's shoulder. He casually rested his arm on the other while smirking. It earned him a swift knock on the head.
"Ow! Apparently somebody doesn't care for today. Sheesh. Well, if you're not going to do anything with it, bring it on over to our resting area. Everybody else has brought there's. We're pooling it together just for kicks."
Speaking of kicks, Kyuzo had the sudden urge to kick something. Seemingly able to read his mind, the other assassin slowly backed away with his hands up in defense. One final glare and he was running back to the others.
Letting out a small sigh, Kyuzo artfully hopped around the room, dodging boxes, bags, and other nuisances, until he reached one of the corners where some of the bedding was kept. He nudged some of the candies away so that he could lay out one of the blankets. He then began tossing each and every object onto the blanket. After a few minutes, Kyuzo managed to gather all the candy and create an overstuffed sack. He hefted the bag over his shoulder and began walking towards where he knew the other guards and assassins would be all the while grumbling about how candy managed to be this heavy.
A few glares and sighs later, the silent samurai finally arrived at his destination. He slid open the door and practically threw the sack into the room surprising the occupants.
"How did you get this much?! What do women see in you?"
Kyuzo just shrugged at his companion's remark. It was truly beyond him though he had his hunches, but it was not like the others needed to know. He simply took a seat next to the only other person he could generally tolerate. Hyogo adjusted his glasses as he looked over at Kyuzo.
"Kyuzo-dono, you don't look very happy. Most men would be flattered to have so many women."
"Flattery is for the weak and foolish."
"...Yes...I suppose you would say that..."
The others in the room snickered at Kyuzo's straight forward and serious logic on the matter.
"Those are all Kyuzo-dono's?"
Tessai, Ukyo's bodyguard, entered and sat next to Kyuzo. He had a few boxes of candy and threw them in the now freakishly large pile of sweets. Bogan gave him a lopsided grin.
"Didn't get too many, huh?"
Tessai merely smoked his pipe in his best attempt to ignore the others. While attempting to block out the others, a long mechanical arm patted him on the shoulder. Sensa grinned sympathetically or mockingly (one could never tell since half his face was covered by a giant metal bowl).
"Don't worry Tubby-dono. We still love you."
Another wave of snickers erupted from the group of assassins as Tessai crossed his arms and began puffing furiously on his pipe.
"I'm not fat. I'm just big-boned and stocky."
"Right."
This time it was full blown laughter at poor Tessai's expense.
"Hmph, at least I won't have to give that much back come next month."
Tessai subtly grinned triumphantly when the others shut up and looked around at each other. He relished the silence his comment brought on. There was no way he was going to let them go after called him tubby.
"Huh, so what about Kyuzo-dono? What's he gonna do?"
"Probably nothing since he never does anything."
"Why not?"
The silent samurai shrugged and leaned against the wall.
"Why should I?"
"Well, they did give you something."
"I did not ask for it."
"That's why it's a gift."
"Then why should I be required to give something in return?"
Hyogo opened his mouth to say something, but after a few seconds, he shut it since he had nothing to say to that. Actually, none of the others really knew how to respond. They had never thought about it too deeply before. Leave it to Kyuzo to make a point and then kill the mood. They all sat there and just wondered how he could be so apathetic when he clearly had so many admirers. Then again, this was Kyuzo; he seemed fairly apathetic to most things not involving sword fights and killing other samurai.
"Well, I don't know about Kyuzo-dono, but I'm going to be the gentleman and at least try and give the women something. Besides, there's a certain someone I have my eye on."
As to prove his point, Sensa adjusted the lens in his single mechanical eye to show how he could focus in on something. The others just snorted or rolled their eyes. Bogan shook his head and leaned forward plucking a small pink box off the pile.
"Well now, let's see what we've got."
He dumped out the contents of the box and studied the tiny objects. Little pastel colored hearts with simple messages rolled onto his palm. Popping one in his mouth, he grinned and began tossing some of the hearts to the others. A single pink heart landed on Kyuzo's lap who tentatively picked it up and examined it.
"U R Sweet"
Deciding to ignore the snickering from the others, Kyuzo sniffed at it once and then put it into his mouth. Since he never really had tried one, he figured now was as good a time as ever. However, once it stayed on his tongue a few minutes, the silent samurai grimaced and stuck out his tongue with the heart stuck to it. The abominable little sweet made his stomach churn. He wondered how and why a piece of candy could be made of pure sugar and dye, yet have the taste and texture of a antacid. Both were sickeningly chalky substances unfit for human consumption. Glancing at the others, Kyuzo was surprised to see the others eating theirs. In order to get it off his tongue, he quickly grabbed the nearest package and ripped it open, dumping the contents on his lap and spitting out the candy into the bag.
"What's the matter? How can you not like those?"
Kyuzo's eye twitched ever so slightly when Bogan asked that and popped a whole handful in his mouth. The blond samurai just shook his head and looked at what was on his lap. A few red lollipops wrapped in clear plastic seemed harmless enough. Picking one up, he carefully undid the wrapper and licked it once. From his initial test, everything seemed clear. He then stuck the whole thing in his mouth and sucked on it. For once, Kyuzo was actually pleased with the candy and he continued to keep it in his mouth as he ran his tongue over it.
"Huh, go figure. Kyuzo-dono likes suckers."
As the others were commenting on their comrades choice of candy, Sensa was slowly and cautiously extending his arm across the floor. A short distance away, Tessai had set down his pipe in order to partake of the sugary goodness. Not paying attention to it at the moment, he was oblivious to Sensa dumping crystalline powder from a small paper straw into his pipe.
"Hm, I doubt any of us will be able to eat dinner. Kyuzo's already on his second one."
Tessai sagely nodded his head and reached for his pipe. Upon lifting it to his mouth, he noticed that the contents were not lit. Pulling out a match from his jacket, he struck the match and lit his pipe. He huffed and puffed on it a few times as he stubbed the match's flame. As he did however, he suddenly needed to cough and wheeze as something managed to get inhaled that was not his normal stuff. It was disgustingly sweet and seemed to coat his entire mouth with an odd texture.
"What...the..."
"So you really can smoke sugar sticks."
"Curse you..."
He continued to wheeze while Sensa and the others began howling in laughter. Even Hyogo cracked an amused smile. The only person who did not seem to notice or care was Kyuzo who was still occupied with the lollipops.
"Aw, it was just a joke, Tubby-dono! No hard feelings. Do you need a hug?"
Sensa made the motion of hugging earning him a glare from Tessai as he stood up and attempted to leave the room before anything else detrimental to his health occurred. However, before he could leave, he noticed mechanical arms encircling him and the others as well.
"Don't feel bad. Feel glad! How about it?"
Everybody was suddenly wrapped by the two arms and pulled together into a closely packed group. Bogan managed to slip an arm out and attempted to use his bowgun while Tessai was still trying to escape. Hyogo just glared, showing how much he disapproved of the situation and Kyuzo remained neutral as ever since he seemed to be placated by the lollipops. It proved to be an odd spectacle and the instigator of the action was sure to suffer for it later, but in the moment, it was as much fun as could be and that was more than worth it.
"Group hug!"
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A/N: Warning, do not smoke Pixie Sticks. My friend did and apparently it was fun for a few minutes, but then she felt bad afterwards. It's actually qutie impressive what you can do with those. My other friend attempted to snort it and well, let's just say that snorting or smoking anything is bad.
Poor Tessai. I pick on him a lot. I really do like him, I just can't help but make fun of him. One of my friends asked why a tubby Russian dude was a samurai. She apparently came up with Russian because of his hat. From then on, I realized how easy it was to poke fun at him. Right, anyways, just in case you missed something in the last one, Bogan is the name I chose for teh Bowgun man. Same goes with Sensa. It's teh Sensor Man character. I just took their katakana names and wrote them out like they were pronounced. And yes, there will be a White Day story next month. So, I hope you enjoyed this and Happy Valentine's Day!