Disclaimer: I own no part of Love Hina, but Sean is me and Jimmy is a friend and assistant in the design process.
Well, the time has come for another of my imfamous...
Intermission: The Way of the Fox
Tuesday, 10/14 9:11 AM
Sean sighed as he sat on the couch in the living room. "Another day--"
"--Another seven hours or so of boredom that we have to put up with," Kitsune finished. She sat next to Sean on the couch.
"It could be worse," Sean said.
"It could always be worse," Kitsune shot back. "What we need is something to make it better." This always seemed to be the case when the others were at school, the only time that monotony is reasonably possible.
"You never know," Sean said. "Something might actually happen today." All of a sudden, they heard a knock at the door.
"You know," Kitsune said. "That gets really creepy after a while."
"Don't I know it," Sean muttered. "Come on in!" A few moments later and the two saw Jimmy appear before them. "Hey man, what's up?"
"Bored as hell," Jimmy said, sitting down in a chair. "You?"
"Same," Sean said.
"Which should never happen around here," Kitsune added. "Ever."
"You still have those videos, don't you?" Jimmy asked. "We could watch some of them to pass the time until the others get back."
"Its better than nothing," Sean said. He turned to Kitsune. "You want to go pick 'em out?"
"Sure, why not?" A grin appeared on Kitsune's face. "And I think I know just the ones to--"
"NO SEX TAPES!!"
Kitsune started to pout. "Aw, why not?"
"Yeah, Sean," Jimmy said, grinning. "Why not?"
"Because I don't feel like watching myself have sex, that's why!"
"Alright, alright," Kitsune said. "I'll see what I can find."
"It might take her a while," Sean said after Kitsune left. "She has quite a bit to look through."
"I'm sure it'll be good, whatever she picks out," Jimmy said.
"Good for who?"
A few minutes later, Kitsune came back, a couple disks in hand. "Since you won't allow the sex tapes," she said. "I decided I'd go for the next best thing."
"And that would be…?" Sean said, a suspicious look on his face.
"None other than Kitsune Konno at her best!" Kitsune said enthusiastically.
"That doesn't narrow it down all that much."
"Pipe down. You'll see what I mean soon enough." Kitsune inserted one of the disks into the DVD player, pressed play and sat back down next to Sean. "Let the show begin!"
"Oh goody," Sean muttered. It was obvious he wasn't going to be looking forward to what he was about to see.
--- (Monday, 6/18/2007 2:05 AM)
The scene opens up to find a certain fox lady sprawled out on the couch, absolutely plastered. "There's nothing quite like an all-night sake binge to take one's cares away," Kitsune thought. "If only I didn't get those damned hangovers afterward. Oh well, it come with the territory." Hearing something, she poked her head over the back of the couch to see an interesting sight. "What's the landlord doing up?" She looked on silently as Sean walked by, oblivious of her presence. "Hmm, what could he be up to?" She tried to think of something, but it hurt her brain too much for her to process anything, so she just decided to follow him and see for herself.
As quietly as her drunken movements would allow, she tailed Sean until she saw him enter the changing room, which only piqued Kitsune's curiosity further. "Didn't Naru and Motoko forbid him from ever going out in the hot spring?" A grin started to form on her face. "Maybe I'll join him." Suddenly, she remembered a bit of the conversation she had with Sean less than six hours before. "If he never had a girlfriend, that could mean he's never gotten laid before, either. If I play my cards right, I might be able to use this to my advantage."
---
"Oh man," Sean thought as he stepped into the water. "I certainly hope things go better today than yesterday." He rubbed his face a bit. "I can still feel that punch that girl threw at me. I guess I can only pray that she isn't like that all the time."
"Well well, what do we have here?" Sean turned around to find Kitsune standing in the doorway. "And what are you doing up so late?"
"Should I be asking you the same thing?" Sean shot back.
"You know Naru and Motoko don't want you out here, right?"
"Like I said last night, I plan to continue bathing out here, and those two can't stop me if they're asleep the whole time."
"Oh, right," Kitsune said, remembering more of that talk they had. "Time to see what I can get out of him," she thought as Sean turned back around. "Hey, you said you never had a girlfriend, right?"
"Yes."
"Well, have you even been intimate with a woman before?"
"What do you think?"
"Perfect," Kitsune thought.
After a few moments, Sean suddenly felt Kitsune's chest against his back. "What are you doing?"
"I can only imagine what being celibate has done to you," Kitsune said. "You must be horny all day long."
"Not if I don't think about it."
"Are you thinking about it now?"
"No, I'm wondering just how much you've had to drink tonight."
"Aw, that hurts," Kitsune said, pouting a bit. "Don't you want me?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because the plan is to save my first time for the woman I love, not some drunk skank who makes it convenient."
"Skank?!" Kitsune thought angrily. "Okay, this just got personal. I'll show him what happens when someone crosses me!" "Fine, if that's how it's gonna be, I'll go where I'm better appreciated."
"Yeah, I'm sure the living room couch misses you dearly," Sean said. Kitsune stormed off, leaving him alone in the hot spring. "What's her deal?" he thought out loud. "I'm only here for twelve hours and I've already got two of them wanting me dead and another trying to get into my pants. That blue-haired girl seems to be the only normal one among them--what was her name again? Shinobu? Oh well, I didn't come out here to think, anyway." He stretched his arms out and let the water relax him, but it would only last a few minutes before he heard the sound of a door being slammed open.
"See? I told you he was out here!"
Sean quickly turned around to see that Kitsune returned; and that she didn't come alone. "Oh no," he thought when he recognized the two violent residents standing before him.
"YOU!!" Motoko yelled.
"What?" Sean asked, "Is it about me being out here?"
"You no good pervert!" Naru said. "Peeking at me wasn't enough of thrill, so you had to try and rape Kitsune, is that it?!"
Sean looked shocked. "I did WHAT now?!"
"It's true!" Kitsune cried. "He pulled me out here and forced himself on me. I was barely able to get away!"
"This adulterous behavior shall not be tolerated!" Motoko said, unsheathing her sword. "AIR SPLITTING SWORD!!"
Sean had that "dear in headlights" look about him as Motoko's attack sped towards him, hitting him square in the chest. The next thing he knew, his back hit the wall on the far end of the hot spring.
"Are you going to be alright, Kitsune?" Naru asked.
"I think I'll be fine," Kitsune said, wiping away tears. "But I'm probably gonna have nightmares about what he tried to do to me."
"C'mon," Naru said. "You can come sleep in my room tonight. I'll protect you if he tries anything again."
"Thank you." Naru and Kitsune headed inside, but Motoko stayed a little while longer.
"If you try anything perverted again," she said. "You will not get off so easily."
Within moments, Sean was alone again, clutching his chest as he struggled to stand up. "Okay, what just happened?"
---
"Those two were so hell bent against you being here, they'd believe anything I told them," Kitsune said. "It's fun messing with people's heads."
"Fun for you, maybe," Sean muttered. "Painful for me."
"You should have taken her up on that offer she made," Jimmy said.
"Knowing her, she'd probably blackmail me or something afterwards," Sean said.
"That was the idea," Kitsune said. "But you had to be all difficult about it."
Sean rolled his eyes. "Gee, I can't imagine why."
--- (8:31 AM)
Shinobu walked towards Sean's door. Even since she first met the new landlord the day before, she found herself blushing any time she was around him. She wasn't exactly sure why this was happening, but she felt too embarrassed to ask anyone about it. When she opened the door, she found Sean sitting at the table, his back turned. "Uh, Sean?" she asked, barely able to get the words out for some reason. When Sean didn't react, she hesitantly stepped closer to him. "Sean?" she asked again, this time a bit louder. This time, she got a reaction, as Sean turned around to face her.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't hear you come in," Sean said, taking out the earpieces of his headphones, which Shinobu weren't able to see when she first walked in.
"I just came to tell you that breakfast is ready."
"Thanks. If it's as good as dinner was last night, I'll be looking forward to it."
Shinobu started blushing uncontrollably. "T-Thank you, sir!" She noticed the papers strewn about the table. "If I may ask, what are you doing?"
"Just looking over the financial records to see where we stand." Sean shook his head. "Looks like I've got my work cut out for me."
Shinobu looked worried. "Hinata-Sou's not going to close down, is it?"
"Not if I can help it." Sean stood up and motioned towards the door. "C'mon, the others are probably waiting for us." Along the way, he couldn't help but notice Shinobu making brief glances at him. "Out of all of them so far, she's the only one who's been nice to me," he thought. "I guess one's better than none."
As they neared the kitchen, Shinobu watched Sean remove his glasses and proceed to clean them on his shirt. She had heard about the hot spring incident the day before, and seeing the somewhat pained look in his eyes made her think he was recalling that event as well. "He didn't get much of a warm welcome yesterday," she thought. "I hope Naru and Motoko don't hurt him too badly while he's here." Suddenly, her eyes went wide. "Oh no! I forgot to warn him about--"
Too late. As soon as Sean set foot in the dining room, he was knocked on his ass, courtesy of Suu kicking him right between the eyes. "Sean, are you alright?!" Shinobu asked, scared that the blonde might have seriously injured him.
"I'll live," Sean muttered, holding his head in one hand, his glasses in the other, thankful that he wasn't wearing them at the time.
"I'm so sorry," Shinobu said, tears starting to form. "I should have told you about Suu sooner."
"I guess I was bound to find out sooner or later," Sean said, sitting up. "Though I'd like to know what she has against me."
"It's just something she does," Kitsune said offhandedly. She, along with Naru and Motoko were already seated at the table and none of them looked all that happy to see Sean again.
"Lovely," Sean thought. "As if I didn't have enough to worry about." He walked over to the table, sitting down between Naru and Suu. "So, what's for breakfast?"
"Nothing for you," Naru said flatly. "Not until you apologize for what you did this morning."
"Geez, I know you said I can't use the hot spring, but considering it was two in the morning and you were asleep at the time, I didn't think you'd mind."
Naru grabbed him by the shirt. "That's not what I'm talking about, jackass!"
"What could he have done?" Shinobu couldn't help but think.
"I was hoping we could just forget this while thing," Sean said with a sigh. "But alright. I apologize for not letting Kitsune seduce me. If I had, she might not have needed to wake up her servants and send them after me."
Naru responded with a punch to the head, sending Sean crashing into the wall. "You expect us to believe a lie like that?"
"Yeah," Kitsune said. "You were the one molesting me, remember?"
"He did WHAT?!" Shinobu cried, refusing to believe what she just heard.
Sean might have said something, but he had landed upside down, his face pressed against the floor. Of course, even if he could, there isn't much he could say to improve his current situation. What can be done if the truth doesn't work?
"He would never do something like that!" Shinobu continued.
"How do you know?" Naru asked. "You hardly know him!"
"I know that, but he just seems like a nice guy, that's all."
"Men cannot be trusted," Motoko. "Though they may seem friendly at first, they only seek to satisfy their perverted desires."
"They don't care that I'm still here, do they?" Sean thought. "Well, I can take care of that."
Shinobu caught a glimpse of Sean walking out of the room. "Sean, where are you going?"
"Does it matter?" Sean replied without turning around.
"But aren't you going to stay for breakfast?"
"Can't you tell? The majority would rather see me starve, and far be it for me to provoke them further by partaking in the ghastly act of eating." He would leave before more could be said. After a few moments, Shinobu ran into the kitchen, crying the entire way.
Kitsune looked around at the chaos that she had made, thinking that maybe, just maybe, she had gone too far. "Maybe I should fess up," she thought. She grinned for the umpteenth time this morning. "Nah. I'm gonna ride this as long as I can. Serves him right for resisting my feminine wiles."
Aside from Shinobu's sudden gloomy demeanor and Naru and Motoko still smelling blood, breakfast seemed to go off without a hitch, but midway through, Motoko felt a twitch in the back of her mind. "Where is that energy coming from?" she thought. Focusing on the signal, she traced it in the general direction of the landlord's room.
"Where are you going, Motoko?" Naru asked.
"Sean's up to something, I just know it." Motoko ran upstairs, Naru and Kitsune following close behind. As they neared Sean's room, they could hear music coming from inside. Within moments of reaching the door, the energy Motoko was tracking abruptly ended. Upon opening said door, the group found Sean there, singing along to "Faint" by Linkin Park. Considering the very limited English known by the three, they didn't know exactly what the lyrics were, but they could definitely tell that it wasn't exactly upbeat. "What's going on in here?!" Motoko half asked, half demanded.
Sean instantly stopped singing. "Oh, I'm sorry, was I that loud?" He asked in all honesty. He'd be the first to admit that his voice had a tendency to carry at times.
"Don't play dumb," Motoko said. "What was that energy coming from in here?"
"Are you kidding?" Sean said. "The only one I know that has any energy abilities is you. I'd like to know how you did that, by the way." Beneath the calm exterior, Sean's mind was racing. "Oh shit, she could sense that?!" he thought "Looks like I need to be more careful about when I use my healing magic. This just keeps getting more and more complicated. Good thing I didn't have enough time to remove the bruises, or else I'd really be in trouble."
"Well," Naru said. "Whatever the case, it's time you began your duties as manager."
"Can it wait a while?" Sean asked. "I've had a rough morning, what with the beatings and all. Just give me a list and I'll get on it when I can."
"NO!" Naru yelled, getting right in Sean's face. "Get going or else I'll beat you again! And I won't go easy on you this time!"
"Oh, that's brilliant," Sean shot back. "Order me to work, then knock me out. Tell me, did you come up with that all by yourself or did somebody help you?" Internally, he flinched. "Oh God, did I really just say that?" he thought.
"Damn," Kitsune thought, shocked by Sean's comeback. "He's either really brave or really stupid. Though I must admit, that was pretty good."
Naru was so infuriated by this, she could hardly think straight. There was a look in her eyes that screamed her want to tear Sean to ribbons, but she would show just enough restraint to keep him alive. Besides, he did have a point; it would be hard for him to do any chores if he was unconscious, much less dead. Grabbing him by the collar, she dragged him out of the room with Motoko following behind them.
As soon as the two were out of sight, Kitsune entered Sean's room. "Alright," she said to herself. "Time to dig up some dirt on this guy." A quick search of the bookcase, dresser and closet turned up no incriminating evidence of any sort; not even a Playboy hidden anywhere. "I don't believe this," she said, frustration etched on her face. "This guy's got nothing on him!" She then looked at his laptop. "Unless…" She was just about to start looking through the files for anything pornographic when a notebook on the table caught her eye. Flipping through it, she quickly saw that it contained biographical information on the tenants, herself included. Midway through, the found a piece of paper tucked inside. "Well well, what do we have here?" Upon further inspection, she found it to be handwritten notes referring to each girl, presumably made by Sean. Curious, she went straight to what he wrote about her…
"Mitsune 'Kitsune' Konno: Questionable intentions; Compulsive liar; Beware of sexual advances; Has Naru and Motoko at her beck and call."
"As true as all this may be," Kitsune said after she finished. "I cannot tolerate him writing his opinions about us without us knowing it. Time for some more mischief."
---
It didn't take long for Naru and Motoko to get Sean started with his duties--mostly because he ended up being at swordpoint the whole time. "Oh man," Sean thought as he scrubbed the floor. "What did I do to deserve this? I mean, I know what they think I did, but still, they won't even listen to my side of the story. It's as if they're selectively deaf of something."
He began to hear some whispering behind him, but he resisted the urge to look back, mostly from fear of personal injury, but it seemed other plans had been made.
"You bastard!!" Hearing Naru's angry voice--which was becoming very familiar to him at this point--made Sean's body tense up, expecting the worst. "Sean, get up!"
"But you told me to clean the floors," Sean blurted out. "Damn it!!" he thought. "Why can't I keep my mouth shut today?!"
"I know what I said," Naru said, grabbing Sean by the collar, pulling him upright. "Kitsune just brought this to our attention." She shoved a certain piece of paper in Sean's face.
"So what?" Sean asked. "I'm not allowed to have opinions now?"
"Read what you wrote for Shinobu!"
To be honest, he didn't know what the big deal was, so he wasn't all that worried; at least not at first. "Okay, I'll read it. 'Shinobu Maehara: Cute and innocent; The nicest one of the bunch.'" This he had no problems with, as he had actually written it, but the last part got him concerned. "'I cant wait to take that innocence away from her'?! Now hold on, I didn't--" He wouldn't have enough time to plead his case, as Naru had already punched him in the face, sending him through the wall at the end of the hallway.
"I do not believe this," Motoko said. "First he tries to rape Kitsune, now he intends on doing the same to poor Shinobu. When will it all end?"
"Not any time soon if I can help it," Kitsune thought, more plans already being made in her devious mind.
---
"This is going to he hell, pure and simple," Sean muttered as he hung onto a high tree branch for dear life.
---
"I had a feeling that was you," Sean said.
"Damn, you had it rough back then," Jimmy noted.
"And it only got worse as time went on. Let me tell you, Linkin Park ended up being the soundtrack for my first two weeks here."
"If we had known what those lyrics were," Kitsune said. "Maybe we could have stopped that whole insanity episode before it ever got started."
"He went insane?" Jimmy asked.
"Yep," Kitsune said. "And none of us saw his payback coming."
"And what was it?"
"I made everyone's clothes vanish overnight," Sean said, grinning.
Jimmy smiled back approvingly. "Nice."
"Well, at first it went pretty well, but I eventually went on a guilt trip about the whole thing and it almost ended in suicide."
"Yeah, if Naru hadn't caught you at the last moment," Kitsune added, switching her gaze to Jimmy. "This idiot tried to end it all by stepping off the roof."
"Well, you didn't exactly make surviving that easy, did you? I felt like I had no other option."
"But if you had gone through with it, you would have missed out on some good lovin'."
"Yeah, whether I wanted it or not."
"When wouldn't you want it?" Jimmy asked.
"That actually bring us to our next movie," Kitsune said, holding another video in her hand. "You up for it?"
"Do I have a choice?" Sean asked rhetorically.
"You know me so well," Kitsune said with a grin as she went to put the new movie in the DVD player. "And you about to see how that came about."
"I can only imagine…" Sean thought, trying to figure out what Kitsune had picked out before she pressed play.
--- (Friday, 8/31/2007 9:02 AM)
Slowly, Kitsune's door opened and she stuck her head out, looking to see if anyone was around. Finding the hallway completely devoid of life, she stepped out and stalked towards the room next door; the one Sean and Keitaro were sharing at the time. Cracking the door open, she saw Sean inside, working at his computer, his back to her. Also, he was alone; Keitaro was nowhere to be seen. "Perfect," she thought. She quickly stepped inside and shut the door. If anyone else were to see her, her plan would have been shot to pieces for sure.
Sean continued his number-crunching unhindered until he heard Kitsune's voice call out to him. "Hello, Sean."
"Hey, Kitsune." Sean looked back, then quickly shut his eyes, turning back towards his laptop. "Not this again," he thought. Oh, did I forget to mention that Kitsune didn't have a stitch of clothing on her when she came in?
"You know why I'm here," Kitsune said, making her way to where Sean sat. "It's high time you let me take care of you. You shouldn't be pushing back your hormones like you are; it's not healthy."
"Since when are you concerned about my health?"
"Since I found out you were going under voluntary sexual frustration, that's when." By now, Kitsune had wrapped her arms around Sean from behind, pressing her ample chest against his back.
"You're my only sexual frustration, Kitsune," Sean said.
"That's because you don't let me do anything." Kitsune started whispering into Sean's ear. "Now, be a good boy, turn off that computer and let me work my own magic on you."
"I'm sure you'll be working something," Sean muttered. He tried his best to ignore the minx and continue working, but Kitsune would not be overlooked so easily. Within moments, she closed the laptop with her foot. "Kitsune," Sean said with a sigh. "We've been over this I don't know how many--" He turned around and got a face full of Kitsune's crotch. "Kitsune!!" He tried to back up, but the table quickly blocked his way. "Will you cut that out already?!"
"Sean, listen to me," Kitsune said, kneeling in front of him, trapping his legs between her own, preventing any sort of escape at this point. There was a serious expression on her face. "I know what it's like to have your needs left unfulfilled, and it was a personal hell for me. I don't want you to go through the same thing as I did."
"Well, I appreciate the thought, but I don't want you forcing it on me."
"I don't care. I'm going to get you off and you're going to enjoy it!"
The look of determination on Kitsune's face let Sean know that she would not be denied as she began giving him a lap dance; just the precursor to what might happen to him later on. He knew he had to find a way out of this quickly or else--and then it came to him. He stopped Kitsune in the middle of her seduction, grabbing her by the chin and forced her to look him in the eye.
It was then that Kitsune noticed that Sean had removed his glasses and was giving her that look of pure evil that she always found unnerving. After seeing it the first couple times, she couldn't help but wonder if he had practiced that look. "No matter what you do," Sean said. "I will not let you have your way with me." Sean made a smile to go along with the eyes. "So long." Before she could do anything about it, Sean disappeared in a flash of light.
"Damn it," Kitsune muttered after her eyes readjusted. "I thought I had him that time. Well, if he thinks he going to get away that easily, he's sadly mistaken." She then left the room with complete disregard of anyone that might see her.
---
"You are such a wuss," Jimmy said.
"Nobody asked you," Sean said.
"That's Sean for you," Kitsune said. "When he sets his sights on something, there isn't much you can do to stop him."
"The same can be said for you," Sean muttered.
"You must have gotten it from me, then," Kitsune said with a grin.
"Okay, in the first movie, I can understand why you'd refuse her," Jimmy said. "But why in that one? It didn't look like she was trying to find a way to blackmail you that time."
"That's because I wasn't," Kitsune said. "For a change, I had Sean's best interest in mind."
"As if you even knew what my best interest was," Sean said. "Sure, there are times when I want sex as much as anyone else, but I don't want it shoved down my throat like you've tried to do on so many occasions."
"I know something I'd want shoved down my throat," Kitsune said.
"Oh, shut up!"
"Hmm, that gives me an idea for another movie we could--"
"Oh no!" Sean said. "You're not getting that one! You're going to stay right here!"
"Aw, you're no fun," Kitsune said, starting to pout.
As they continued to watch the movie, Jimmy couldn't help but wonder what they were referring to, exactly.
---
Suu, Naru, Keitaro and Shinobu were in the living room watching television when Sean suddenly appeared among them. "What brings you here all of a sudden?" Naru asked.
"Yeah, is something wrong?" Shinobu asked, noticing the look of tension on his face.
"It's Kitsune," Sean said as he put his glasses back on and sat down next to Shinobu. "She's feeling frisky again."
"Why don't you just let her do what she wants to and get it over with?" Naru asked. "The more you resist, the harder she tries."
"Now don't you start. That woman can be nothing short of aggravating at times, and I have to somehow get it through that thick skull of hers that she can't get what she wants by force."
"Is aggravating good to eat?" Suu asked.
"Not exactly, Suu, but think of it this way: Kitsune's actions toward me is kind of like Naru's cooking to your taste buds."
Suu gasped. "It's that bad?!"
"It's getting there," Sean said with a sigh. "No offense, Naru."
"None taken," Naru said. She knew well enough that most of what she makes isn't fit for human consumption.
Only a minute would go by before Sean heard a voice that made him flinch. "AHA!" Kitsune said, now wearing a bathrobe. "I thought I would find you here."
"At least she came down here with clothes on this time," Sean thought, though he assumed that there wasn't much underneath.
"C'mon, Kitsune, give it a rest," Naru said.
"Not until I complete my objective! Now, Sean, sit still for a minute and let mommy take care of you."
Sean stood up from the couch. "First, you look nothing like my mother, and second, I wouldn't let you touch me there if I had a gun to my head!"
"What choice do you have?"
"Enough to get away from you again," Sean said with a smirk.
"We'll just see about that."
"Yes, we will." Sean suddenly broke out in a run, with Kitsune a close second. Through this whole scene, nobody paid a bit of attention to Keitaro nursing his nosebleed.
"You can't run forever!" Kitsune said.
"I can try," Sean shot back.
With a combination of Kitsune's cunning and Sean's lack of a current strategy, she forced him upstairs and eventually onto the roof, where Motoko was practicing with her sword. "Hey, Motoko," Sean said.
"Hello, Sean," Motoko said. Seeing Sean running up like he was only meant one thing. "Kitsune after you again?"
"How'd you know?"
Kitsune snickered as she made her way onto the roof. "You've got nowhere else to run."
"Not necessarily," Sean said, catching his breath a bit. "I can still go back the way I came."
"Just give in. I won't let you get past me."
A sports announcer started broadcasting in Sean's mind…
---
"It's 4th and Goal at the twelve yard line, ten seconds left in the game, Raiders down 14-9. Denver's defensive line has had their number all game long. Oakland lines up three wide, empty backfield. Roberts takes the snap, dropping back to pass. None of his receivers get open and the pocket starts to collapse, forcing Roberts to scramble to the near side. Still seeing nobody open, he turns upfield. He makes a move to the inside, making the linebacker miss a tackle by inches! He makes a dive for the end zone! Touchdown, Raiders!!"
---
Sean runs down the stairs, hoping to put some distance between him and Kitsune while he can. As he passes Suu's door, he is grabbed by the arm and pulled inside moments before Kitsune arrives in the hallway. "I don't believe this," she said, grunting in frustration. "He got away again!"
"Thanks a bunch, Suu," Sean said after he got his bearings back. "I owe you one."
"I know how you can repay me," Suu said, grinning.
"Uh, how's that?" Sean asked, now wondering if he had just jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire.
"You can help me test some of my latest works."
"I had a feeling she would say something like that," Sean muttered, obviously not looking forward to what was about to happen…
---
Sean, Kitsune and Jimmy all cringed as Suu committed various crimes against humanity--or at least made attempts to do so. "Oh my God," Kitsune said. "I guess I should have picked a different one, huh?"
"Maybe," Sean said. "Now it's my turn to pick a movie."
"What do you have in mind?" Jimmy asked.
With a wave of his hand, a disc case appeared in his hand. "What do you think, Kitsune?"
As Kitsune read the label, her eyes opened wide. "NO!! Not that one!"
"Why not?" Sean asked in that sinister calmness. "We got to see you at your best. I think it's only fair that Jimmy sees what I'm capable of. Especially when a certain someone goes a step too far." He turned to Jimmy. "I think you're going to enjoy this."
"Me too," Jimmy said, also grinning. Despite, or perhaps because of Kitsune's objections, Sean put in the disc for October 8th, 2007…
End of Intermission
Well, that brings an end to another stage in the epic that has become my fanfic. Come back next time when some more of my evil ideas will be unleashed unto the world. See you then! Please R&R!
Well, the time has come for another of my imfamous...
Intermission: The Way of the Fox
Tuesday, 10/14 9:11 AM
Sean sighed as he sat on the couch in the living room. "Another day--"
"--Another seven hours or so of boredom that we have to put up with," Kitsune finished. She sat next to Sean on the couch.
"It could be worse," Sean said.
"It could always be worse," Kitsune shot back. "What we need is something to make it better." This always seemed to be the case when the others were at school, the only time that monotony is reasonably possible.
"You never know," Sean said. "Something might actually happen today." All of a sudden, they heard a knock at the door.
"You know," Kitsune said. "That gets really creepy after a while."
"Don't I know it," Sean muttered. "Come on in!" A few moments later and the two saw Jimmy appear before them. "Hey man, what's up?"
"Bored as hell," Jimmy said, sitting down in a chair. "You?"
"Same," Sean said.
"Which should never happen around here," Kitsune added. "Ever."
"You still have those videos, don't you?" Jimmy asked. "We could watch some of them to pass the time until the others get back."
"Its better than nothing," Sean said. He turned to Kitsune. "You want to go pick 'em out?"
"Sure, why not?" A grin appeared on Kitsune's face. "And I think I know just the ones to--"
"NO SEX TAPES!!"
Kitsune started to pout. "Aw, why not?"
"Yeah, Sean," Jimmy said, grinning. "Why not?"
"Because I don't feel like watching myself have sex, that's why!"
"Alright, alright," Kitsune said. "I'll see what I can find."
"It might take her a while," Sean said after Kitsune left. "She has quite a bit to look through."
"I'm sure it'll be good, whatever she picks out," Jimmy said.
"Good for who?"
A few minutes later, Kitsune came back, a couple disks in hand. "Since you won't allow the sex tapes," she said. "I decided I'd go for the next best thing."
"And that would be…?" Sean said, a suspicious look on his face.
"None other than Kitsune Konno at her best!" Kitsune said enthusiastically.
"That doesn't narrow it down all that much."
"Pipe down. You'll see what I mean soon enough." Kitsune inserted one of the disks into the DVD player, pressed play and sat back down next to Sean. "Let the show begin!"
"Oh goody," Sean muttered. It was obvious he wasn't going to be looking forward to what he was about to see.
--- (Monday, 6/18/2007 2:05 AM)
The scene opens up to find a certain fox lady sprawled out on the couch, absolutely plastered. "There's nothing quite like an all-night sake binge to take one's cares away," Kitsune thought. "If only I didn't get those damned hangovers afterward. Oh well, it come with the territory." Hearing something, she poked her head over the back of the couch to see an interesting sight. "What's the landlord doing up?" She looked on silently as Sean walked by, oblivious of her presence. "Hmm, what could he be up to?" She tried to think of something, but it hurt her brain too much for her to process anything, so she just decided to follow him and see for herself.
As quietly as her drunken movements would allow, she tailed Sean until she saw him enter the changing room, which only piqued Kitsune's curiosity further. "Didn't Naru and Motoko forbid him from ever going out in the hot spring?" A grin started to form on her face. "Maybe I'll join him." Suddenly, she remembered a bit of the conversation she had with Sean less than six hours before. "If he never had a girlfriend, that could mean he's never gotten laid before, either. If I play my cards right, I might be able to use this to my advantage."
---
"Oh man," Sean thought as he stepped into the water. "I certainly hope things go better today than yesterday." He rubbed his face a bit. "I can still feel that punch that girl threw at me. I guess I can only pray that she isn't like that all the time."
"Well well, what do we have here?" Sean turned around to find Kitsune standing in the doorway. "And what are you doing up so late?"
"Should I be asking you the same thing?" Sean shot back.
"You know Naru and Motoko don't want you out here, right?"
"Like I said last night, I plan to continue bathing out here, and those two can't stop me if they're asleep the whole time."
"Oh, right," Kitsune said, remembering more of that talk they had. "Time to see what I can get out of him," she thought as Sean turned back around. "Hey, you said you never had a girlfriend, right?"
"Yes."
"Well, have you even been intimate with a woman before?"
"What do you think?"
"Perfect," Kitsune thought.
After a few moments, Sean suddenly felt Kitsune's chest against his back. "What are you doing?"
"I can only imagine what being celibate has done to you," Kitsune said. "You must be horny all day long."
"Not if I don't think about it."
"Are you thinking about it now?"
"No, I'm wondering just how much you've had to drink tonight."
"Aw, that hurts," Kitsune said, pouting a bit. "Don't you want me?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because the plan is to save my first time for the woman I love, not some drunk skank who makes it convenient."
"Skank?!" Kitsune thought angrily. "Okay, this just got personal. I'll show him what happens when someone crosses me!" "Fine, if that's how it's gonna be, I'll go where I'm better appreciated."
"Yeah, I'm sure the living room couch misses you dearly," Sean said. Kitsune stormed off, leaving him alone in the hot spring. "What's her deal?" he thought out loud. "I'm only here for twelve hours and I've already got two of them wanting me dead and another trying to get into my pants. That blue-haired girl seems to be the only normal one among them--what was her name again? Shinobu? Oh well, I didn't come out here to think, anyway." He stretched his arms out and let the water relax him, but it would only last a few minutes before he heard the sound of a door being slammed open.
"See? I told you he was out here!"
Sean quickly turned around to see that Kitsune returned; and that she didn't come alone. "Oh no," he thought when he recognized the two violent residents standing before him.
"YOU!!" Motoko yelled.
"What?" Sean asked, "Is it about me being out here?"
"You no good pervert!" Naru said. "Peeking at me wasn't enough of thrill, so you had to try and rape Kitsune, is that it?!"
Sean looked shocked. "I did WHAT now?!"
"It's true!" Kitsune cried. "He pulled me out here and forced himself on me. I was barely able to get away!"
"This adulterous behavior shall not be tolerated!" Motoko said, unsheathing her sword. "AIR SPLITTING SWORD!!"
Sean had that "dear in headlights" look about him as Motoko's attack sped towards him, hitting him square in the chest. The next thing he knew, his back hit the wall on the far end of the hot spring.
"Are you going to be alright, Kitsune?" Naru asked.
"I think I'll be fine," Kitsune said, wiping away tears. "But I'm probably gonna have nightmares about what he tried to do to me."
"C'mon," Naru said. "You can come sleep in my room tonight. I'll protect you if he tries anything again."
"Thank you." Naru and Kitsune headed inside, but Motoko stayed a little while longer.
"If you try anything perverted again," she said. "You will not get off so easily."
Within moments, Sean was alone again, clutching his chest as he struggled to stand up. "Okay, what just happened?"
---
"Those two were so hell bent against you being here, they'd believe anything I told them," Kitsune said. "It's fun messing with people's heads."
"Fun for you, maybe," Sean muttered. "Painful for me."
"You should have taken her up on that offer she made," Jimmy said.
"Knowing her, she'd probably blackmail me or something afterwards," Sean said.
"That was the idea," Kitsune said. "But you had to be all difficult about it."
Sean rolled his eyes. "Gee, I can't imagine why."
--- (8:31 AM)
Shinobu walked towards Sean's door. Even since she first met the new landlord the day before, she found herself blushing any time she was around him. She wasn't exactly sure why this was happening, but she felt too embarrassed to ask anyone about it. When she opened the door, she found Sean sitting at the table, his back turned. "Uh, Sean?" she asked, barely able to get the words out for some reason. When Sean didn't react, she hesitantly stepped closer to him. "Sean?" she asked again, this time a bit louder. This time, she got a reaction, as Sean turned around to face her.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't hear you come in," Sean said, taking out the earpieces of his headphones, which Shinobu weren't able to see when she first walked in.
"I just came to tell you that breakfast is ready."
"Thanks. If it's as good as dinner was last night, I'll be looking forward to it."
Shinobu started blushing uncontrollably. "T-Thank you, sir!" She noticed the papers strewn about the table. "If I may ask, what are you doing?"
"Just looking over the financial records to see where we stand." Sean shook his head. "Looks like I've got my work cut out for me."
Shinobu looked worried. "Hinata-Sou's not going to close down, is it?"
"Not if I can help it." Sean stood up and motioned towards the door. "C'mon, the others are probably waiting for us." Along the way, he couldn't help but notice Shinobu making brief glances at him. "Out of all of them so far, she's the only one who's been nice to me," he thought. "I guess one's better than none."
As they neared the kitchen, Shinobu watched Sean remove his glasses and proceed to clean them on his shirt. She had heard about the hot spring incident the day before, and seeing the somewhat pained look in his eyes made her think he was recalling that event as well. "He didn't get much of a warm welcome yesterday," she thought. "I hope Naru and Motoko don't hurt him too badly while he's here." Suddenly, her eyes went wide. "Oh no! I forgot to warn him about--"
Too late. As soon as Sean set foot in the dining room, he was knocked on his ass, courtesy of Suu kicking him right between the eyes. "Sean, are you alright?!" Shinobu asked, scared that the blonde might have seriously injured him.
"I'll live," Sean muttered, holding his head in one hand, his glasses in the other, thankful that he wasn't wearing them at the time.
"I'm so sorry," Shinobu said, tears starting to form. "I should have told you about Suu sooner."
"I guess I was bound to find out sooner or later," Sean said, sitting up. "Though I'd like to know what she has against me."
"It's just something she does," Kitsune said offhandedly. She, along with Naru and Motoko were already seated at the table and none of them looked all that happy to see Sean again.
"Lovely," Sean thought. "As if I didn't have enough to worry about." He walked over to the table, sitting down between Naru and Suu. "So, what's for breakfast?"
"Nothing for you," Naru said flatly. "Not until you apologize for what you did this morning."
"Geez, I know you said I can't use the hot spring, but considering it was two in the morning and you were asleep at the time, I didn't think you'd mind."
Naru grabbed him by the shirt. "That's not what I'm talking about, jackass!"
"What could he have done?" Shinobu couldn't help but think.
"I was hoping we could just forget this while thing," Sean said with a sigh. "But alright. I apologize for not letting Kitsune seduce me. If I had, she might not have needed to wake up her servants and send them after me."
Naru responded with a punch to the head, sending Sean crashing into the wall. "You expect us to believe a lie like that?"
"Yeah," Kitsune said. "You were the one molesting me, remember?"
"He did WHAT?!" Shinobu cried, refusing to believe what she just heard.
Sean might have said something, but he had landed upside down, his face pressed against the floor. Of course, even if he could, there isn't much he could say to improve his current situation. What can be done if the truth doesn't work?
"He would never do something like that!" Shinobu continued.
"How do you know?" Naru asked. "You hardly know him!"
"I know that, but he just seems like a nice guy, that's all."
"Men cannot be trusted," Motoko. "Though they may seem friendly at first, they only seek to satisfy their perverted desires."
"They don't care that I'm still here, do they?" Sean thought. "Well, I can take care of that."
Shinobu caught a glimpse of Sean walking out of the room. "Sean, where are you going?"
"Does it matter?" Sean replied without turning around.
"But aren't you going to stay for breakfast?"
"Can't you tell? The majority would rather see me starve, and far be it for me to provoke them further by partaking in the ghastly act of eating." He would leave before more could be said. After a few moments, Shinobu ran into the kitchen, crying the entire way.
Kitsune looked around at the chaos that she had made, thinking that maybe, just maybe, she had gone too far. "Maybe I should fess up," she thought. She grinned for the umpteenth time this morning. "Nah. I'm gonna ride this as long as I can. Serves him right for resisting my feminine wiles."
Aside from Shinobu's sudden gloomy demeanor and Naru and Motoko still smelling blood, breakfast seemed to go off without a hitch, but midway through, Motoko felt a twitch in the back of her mind. "Where is that energy coming from?" she thought. Focusing on the signal, she traced it in the general direction of the landlord's room.
"Where are you going, Motoko?" Naru asked.
"Sean's up to something, I just know it." Motoko ran upstairs, Naru and Kitsune following close behind. As they neared Sean's room, they could hear music coming from inside. Within moments of reaching the door, the energy Motoko was tracking abruptly ended. Upon opening said door, the group found Sean there, singing along to "Faint" by Linkin Park. Considering the very limited English known by the three, they didn't know exactly what the lyrics were, but they could definitely tell that it wasn't exactly upbeat. "What's going on in here?!" Motoko half asked, half demanded.
Sean instantly stopped singing. "Oh, I'm sorry, was I that loud?" He asked in all honesty. He'd be the first to admit that his voice had a tendency to carry at times.
"Don't play dumb," Motoko said. "What was that energy coming from in here?"
"Are you kidding?" Sean said. "The only one I know that has any energy abilities is you. I'd like to know how you did that, by the way." Beneath the calm exterior, Sean's mind was racing. "Oh shit, she could sense that?!" he thought "Looks like I need to be more careful about when I use my healing magic. This just keeps getting more and more complicated. Good thing I didn't have enough time to remove the bruises, or else I'd really be in trouble."
"Well," Naru said. "Whatever the case, it's time you began your duties as manager."
"Can it wait a while?" Sean asked. "I've had a rough morning, what with the beatings and all. Just give me a list and I'll get on it when I can."
"NO!" Naru yelled, getting right in Sean's face. "Get going or else I'll beat you again! And I won't go easy on you this time!"
"Oh, that's brilliant," Sean shot back. "Order me to work, then knock me out. Tell me, did you come up with that all by yourself or did somebody help you?" Internally, he flinched. "Oh God, did I really just say that?" he thought.
"Damn," Kitsune thought, shocked by Sean's comeback. "He's either really brave or really stupid. Though I must admit, that was pretty good."
Naru was so infuriated by this, she could hardly think straight. There was a look in her eyes that screamed her want to tear Sean to ribbons, but she would show just enough restraint to keep him alive. Besides, he did have a point; it would be hard for him to do any chores if he was unconscious, much less dead. Grabbing him by the collar, she dragged him out of the room with Motoko following behind them.
As soon as the two were out of sight, Kitsune entered Sean's room. "Alright," she said to herself. "Time to dig up some dirt on this guy." A quick search of the bookcase, dresser and closet turned up no incriminating evidence of any sort; not even a Playboy hidden anywhere. "I don't believe this," she said, frustration etched on her face. "This guy's got nothing on him!" She then looked at his laptop. "Unless…" She was just about to start looking through the files for anything pornographic when a notebook on the table caught her eye. Flipping through it, she quickly saw that it contained biographical information on the tenants, herself included. Midway through, the found a piece of paper tucked inside. "Well well, what do we have here?" Upon further inspection, she found it to be handwritten notes referring to each girl, presumably made by Sean. Curious, she went straight to what he wrote about her…
"Mitsune 'Kitsune' Konno: Questionable intentions; Compulsive liar; Beware of sexual advances; Has Naru and Motoko at her beck and call."
"As true as all this may be," Kitsune said after she finished. "I cannot tolerate him writing his opinions about us without us knowing it. Time for some more mischief."
---
It didn't take long for Naru and Motoko to get Sean started with his duties--mostly because he ended up being at swordpoint the whole time. "Oh man," Sean thought as he scrubbed the floor. "What did I do to deserve this? I mean, I know what they think I did, but still, they won't even listen to my side of the story. It's as if they're selectively deaf of something."
He began to hear some whispering behind him, but he resisted the urge to look back, mostly from fear of personal injury, but it seemed other plans had been made.
"You bastard!!" Hearing Naru's angry voice--which was becoming very familiar to him at this point--made Sean's body tense up, expecting the worst. "Sean, get up!"
"But you told me to clean the floors," Sean blurted out. "Damn it!!" he thought. "Why can't I keep my mouth shut today?!"
"I know what I said," Naru said, grabbing Sean by the collar, pulling him upright. "Kitsune just brought this to our attention." She shoved a certain piece of paper in Sean's face.
"So what?" Sean asked. "I'm not allowed to have opinions now?"
"Read what you wrote for Shinobu!"
To be honest, he didn't know what the big deal was, so he wasn't all that worried; at least not at first. "Okay, I'll read it. 'Shinobu Maehara: Cute and innocent; The nicest one of the bunch.'" This he had no problems with, as he had actually written it, but the last part got him concerned. "'I cant wait to take that innocence away from her'?! Now hold on, I didn't--" He wouldn't have enough time to plead his case, as Naru had already punched him in the face, sending him through the wall at the end of the hallway.
"I do not believe this," Motoko said. "First he tries to rape Kitsune, now he intends on doing the same to poor Shinobu. When will it all end?"
"Not any time soon if I can help it," Kitsune thought, more plans already being made in her devious mind.
---
"This is going to he hell, pure and simple," Sean muttered as he hung onto a high tree branch for dear life.
---
"I had a feeling that was you," Sean said.
"Damn, you had it rough back then," Jimmy noted.
"And it only got worse as time went on. Let me tell you, Linkin Park ended up being the soundtrack for my first two weeks here."
"If we had known what those lyrics were," Kitsune said. "Maybe we could have stopped that whole insanity episode before it ever got started."
"He went insane?" Jimmy asked.
"Yep," Kitsune said. "And none of us saw his payback coming."
"And what was it?"
"I made everyone's clothes vanish overnight," Sean said, grinning.
Jimmy smiled back approvingly. "Nice."
"Well, at first it went pretty well, but I eventually went on a guilt trip about the whole thing and it almost ended in suicide."
"Yeah, if Naru hadn't caught you at the last moment," Kitsune added, switching her gaze to Jimmy. "This idiot tried to end it all by stepping off the roof."
"Well, you didn't exactly make surviving that easy, did you? I felt like I had no other option."
"But if you had gone through with it, you would have missed out on some good lovin'."
"Yeah, whether I wanted it or not."
"When wouldn't you want it?" Jimmy asked.
"That actually bring us to our next movie," Kitsune said, holding another video in her hand. "You up for it?"
"Do I have a choice?" Sean asked rhetorically.
"You know me so well," Kitsune said with a grin as she went to put the new movie in the DVD player. "And you about to see how that came about."
"I can only imagine…" Sean thought, trying to figure out what Kitsune had picked out before she pressed play.
--- (Friday, 8/31/2007 9:02 AM)
Slowly, Kitsune's door opened and she stuck her head out, looking to see if anyone was around. Finding the hallway completely devoid of life, she stepped out and stalked towards the room next door; the one Sean and Keitaro were sharing at the time. Cracking the door open, she saw Sean inside, working at his computer, his back to her. Also, he was alone; Keitaro was nowhere to be seen. "Perfect," she thought. She quickly stepped inside and shut the door. If anyone else were to see her, her plan would have been shot to pieces for sure.
Sean continued his number-crunching unhindered until he heard Kitsune's voice call out to him. "Hello, Sean."
"Hey, Kitsune." Sean looked back, then quickly shut his eyes, turning back towards his laptop. "Not this again," he thought. Oh, did I forget to mention that Kitsune didn't have a stitch of clothing on her when she came in?
"You know why I'm here," Kitsune said, making her way to where Sean sat. "It's high time you let me take care of you. You shouldn't be pushing back your hormones like you are; it's not healthy."
"Since when are you concerned about my health?"
"Since I found out you were going under voluntary sexual frustration, that's when." By now, Kitsune had wrapped her arms around Sean from behind, pressing her ample chest against his back.
"You're my only sexual frustration, Kitsune," Sean said.
"That's because you don't let me do anything." Kitsune started whispering into Sean's ear. "Now, be a good boy, turn off that computer and let me work my own magic on you."
"I'm sure you'll be working something," Sean muttered. He tried his best to ignore the minx and continue working, but Kitsune would not be overlooked so easily. Within moments, she closed the laptop with her foot. "Kitsune," Sean said with a sigh. "We've been over this I don't know how many--" He turned around and got a face full of Kitsune's crotch. "Kitsune!!" He tried to back up, but the table quickly blocked his way. "Will you cut that out already?!"
"Sean, listen to me," Kitsune said, kneeling in front of him, trapping his legs between her own, preventing any sort of escape at this point. There was a serious expression on her face. "I know what it's like to have your needs left unfulfilled, and it was a personal hell for me. I don't want you to go through the same thing as I did."
"Well, I appreciate the thought, but I don't want you forcing it on me."
"I don't care. I'm going to get you off and you're going to enjoy it!"
The look of determination on Kitsune's face let Sean know that she would not be denied as she began giving him a lap dance; just the precursor to what might happen to him later on. He knew he had to find a way out of this quickly or else--and then it came to him. He stopped Kitsune in the middle of her seduction, grabbing her by the chin and forced her to look him in the eye.
It was then that Kitsune noticed that Sean had removed his glasses and was giving her that look of pure evil that she always found unnerving. After seeing it the first couple times, she couldn't help but wonder if he had practiced that look. "No matter what you do," Sean said. "I will not let you have your way with me." Sean made a smile to go along with the eyes. "So long." Before she could do anything about it, Sean disappeared in a flash of light.
"Damn it," Kitsune muttered after her eyes readjusted. "I thought I had him that time. Well, if he thinks he going to get away that easily, he's sadly mistaken." She then left the room with complete disregard of anyone that might see her.
---
"You are such a wuss," Jimmy said.
"Nobody asked you," Sean said.
"That's Sean for you," Kitsune said. "When he sets his sights on something, there isn't much you can do to stop him."
"The same can be said for you," Sean muttered.
"You must have gotten it from me, then," Kitsune said with a grin.
"Okay, in the first movie, I can understand why you'd refuse her," Jimmy said. "But why in that one? It didn't look like she was trying to find a way to blackmail you that time."
"That's because I wasn't," Kitsune said. "For a change, I had Sean's best interest in mind."
"As if you even knew what my best interest was," Sean said. "Sure, there are times when I want sex as much as anyone else, but I don't want it shoved down my throat like you've tried to do on so many occasions."
"I know something I'd want shoved down my throat," Kitsune said.
"Oh, shut up!"
"Hmm, that gives me an idea for another movie we could--"
"Oh no!" Sean said. "You're not getting that one! You're going to stay right here!"
"Aw, you're no fun," Kitsune said, starting to pout.
As they continued to watch the movie, Jimmy couldn't help but wonder what they were referring to, exactly.
---
Suu, Naru, Keitaro and Shinobu were in the living room watching television when Sean suddenly appeared among them. "What brings you here all of a sudden?" Naru asked.
"Yeah, is something wrong?" Shinobu asked, noticing the look of tension on his face.
"It's Kitsune," Sean said as he put his glasses back on and sat down next to Shinobu. "She's feeling frisky again."
"Why don't you just let her do what she wants to and get it over with?" Naru asked. "The more you resist, the harder she tries."
"Now don't you start. That woman can be nothing short of aggravating at times, and I have to somehow get it through that thick skull of hers that she can't get what she wants by force."
"Is aggravating good to eat?" Suu asked.
"Not exactly, Suu, but think of it this way: Kitsune's actions toward me is kind of like Naru's cooking to your taste buds."
Suu gasped. "It's that bad?!"
"It's getting there," Sean said with a sigh. "No offense, Naru."
"None taken," Naru said. She knew well enough that most of what she makes isn't fit for human consumption.
Only a minute would go by before Sean heard a voice that made him flinch. "AHA!" Kitsune said, now wearing a bathrobe. "I thought I would find you here."
"At least she came down here with clothes on this time," Sean thought, though he assumed that there wasn't much underneath.
"C'mon, Kitsune, give it a rest," Naru said.
"Not until I complete my objective! Now, Sean, sit still for a minute and let mommy take care of you."
Sean stood up from the couch. "First, you look nothing like my mother, and second, I wouldn't let you touch me there if I had a gun to my head!"
"What choice do you have?"
"Enough to get away from you again," Sean said with a smirk.
"We'll just see about that."
"Yes, we will." Sean suddenly broke out in a run, with Kitsune a close second. Through this whole scene, nobody paid a bit of attention to Keitaro nursing his nosebleed.
"You can't run forever!" Kitsune said.
"I can try," Sean shot back.
With a combination of Kitsune's cunning and Sean's lack of a current strategy, she forced him upstairs and eventually onto the roof, where Motoko was practicing with her sword. "Hey, Motoko," Sean said.
"Hello, Sean," Motoko said. Seeing Sean running up like he was only meant one thing. "Kitsune after you again?"
"How'd you know?"
Kitsune snickered as she made her way onto the roof. "You've got nowhere else to run."
"Not necessarily," Sean said, catching his breath a bit. "I can still go back the way I came."
"Just give in. I won't let you get past me."
A sports announcer started broadcasting in Sean's mind…
---
"It's 4th and Goal at the twelve yard line, ten seconds left in the game, Raiders down 14-9. Denver's defensive line has had their number all game long. Oakland lines up three wide, empty backfield. Roberts takes the snap, dropping back to pass. None of his receivers get open and the pocket starts to collapse, forcing Roberts to scramble to the near side. Still seeing nobody open, he turns upfield. He makes a move to the inside, making the linebacker miss a tackle by inches! He makes a dive for the end zone! Touchdown, Raiders!!"
---
Sean runs down the stairs, hoping to put some distance between him and Kitsune while he can. As he passes Suu's door, he is grabbed by the arm and pulled inside moments before Kitsune arrives in the hallway. "I don't believe this," she said, grunting in frustration. "He got away again!"
"Thanks a bunch, Suu," Sean said after he got his bearings back. "I owe you one."
"I know how you can repay me," Suu said, grinning.
"Uh, how's that?" Sean asked, now wondering if he had just jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire.
"You can help me test some of my latest works."
"I had a feeling she would say something like that," Sean muttered, obviously not looking forward to what was about to happen…
---
Sean, Kitsune and Jimmy all cringed as Suu committed various crimes against humanity--or at least made attempts to do so. "Oh my God," Kitsune said. "I guess I should have picked a different one, huh?"
"Maybe," Sean said. "Now it's my turn to pick a movie."
"What do you have in mind?" Jimmy asked.
With a wave of his hand, a disc case appeared in his hand. "What do you think, Kitsune?"
As Kitsune read the label, her eyes opened wide. "NO!! Not that one!"
"Why not?" Sean asked in that sinister calmness. "We got to see you at your best. I think it's only fair that Jimmy sees what I'm capable of. Especially when a certain someone goes a step too far." He turned to Jimmy. "I think you're going to enjoy this."
"Me too," Jimmy said, also grinning. Despite, or perhaps because of Kitsune's objections, Sean put in the disc for October 8th, 2007…
End of Intermission
Well, that brings an end to another stage in the epic that has become my fanfic. Come back next time when some more of my evil ideas will be unleashed unto the world. See you then! Please R&R!