Hi guys! Thanks so much for the views, reviews, and favorites/follows. You all are amazing! I read all the translated manga that I could and I'm currently searching for the translated light novels to hopefully have a somewhat more accurate portrayal of the characters.
Anyways here is another one-shot (Seiya x Isuzu) lightly (and by lightly I mean VERY lightly) based on episode 9 of the anime. Sorry I keep interchanging Kanie/Seiya and Isuzu/Sento I never really know when to use what name.
There may be some small spoilers about the episode in here so if you want to be surprised please watch the episode first :D thanks!
Muse, Salama, Sylphy, and Koboli continued to dance on the stage and little cardboard cutouts of animals popped up behind them joining the four girls in their dance. But before their final song could end, Koboli slipped, Muse and Salama collided, and Sylphy was in her own world of twirls.
"That was horrible," Seiya muttered under his breath. Thankfully the crowd was empty and only; Isuzu, Seiya, Moffle, Tiramy, and Macaron were present to witness their complete failure, "You girls are totally out of sync," he shook his head and rose from the red auditorium chairs
"Do you even like each other?" Isuzu coldly asked. The group of fairies exchanged glances and hung their heads with a mixture of embarrassment and shame
"We'll practice harder, we promise!" Muse cried out
"Practice will have to wait, the Princess would like to see you," Seiya replied, "Follow me, Sento, you come too," the four performers ran off stage and quickly followed Seiya out the door. Isuzu sighed with a somewhat heavy heart and proceeded to follow the group out to the castle.
"I've never seen Isuzu show any emotion besides anger," Macaron said with exasperation, "I wonder what her problem is,"
"Maybe we can find out," Tiramy mischievously rubbed his paws together and gave the other two mascots an evil grin.
At the Castle
"Thank you all for coming," Princess Latifa smiled, slightly bowing. Her light blonde hair cascaded past her gentle face, "I'm sorry if this came off as an urgent matter, but I wanted to share some food I made with you all," she smiled again, her eyes closing with little wrinkles in the corners, "But before we eat, I'd like to show the fairies something special," the girls looked at each other with curiosity, "It's not too far, just down the hall," Princess Latifa picked up a bit of her dress and glided across the floor to the exit of the parlor room, the fairies promptly followed, "Oh, Kanie-kun, Isuzu? Please be careful, the emergency button's panel is broken so it won't close, under no circumstance should that button be pushed, please be careful," with one last nod, she led the quartet out into some unknown room of the vast castle leaving Kanie and Isuzu alone.
Isuzu found a spot on one of the pale yellow plush couches surrounding the covered food. Seiya sat right across from her on a floral print couch. Isuzu was immediately lost in thought, thinking about last night before closing; sitting on the terrace by the floating garden was Latifa and Kanie, drinking tea and having a casual conversation. Something the two of them could never really share. Waving her over, Isuzu awkwardly sat next to Latifa and Seiya who were deep in conversation, leaning closer and closer together as if they were trying to tell each other a secret. Isuzu felt an abundance of emotions, but she does well to hide them all, except in this situation where a bit of jealousy and a touch of disappointment sank into her face. What she didn't realize was that Seiya looked over and saw that flash of emotion. What was this? She was flocked with guys when she first arrived to Kanie's high school and felt nothing for them, how could one egotistical boy make her feel so much?
Seiya was similar in the way that he was surrounded by girls, and even a few guys, everywhere he went, but he ended up pushing them all away with his narcissistic attitude. Why could he never talk to Sento? The first conversation they had was when there was a gun aimed at his head, maybe that had something to do with it. She barely shows any emotion, but those rare moments when she does, he'll cherish because for some reason, seeing her smile makes his heart skip a beat. But when he was talking to Latifa he noticed a new emotion, sadness, almost disappointment splashed on her face. Did someone say something to her? Was it about the park? And why does he care so much about a girl who threatened to kill him if he didn't go on a date with her?
They both sat there with a heavy silence lingering around them, both staring off into space. Seiya fell back to the real world and he caught sight of the red button, sticking out of the wall.
"Sento, what does that button do?" he asked, nodding his head in the general direction
"All the Princess said was that it was an emergency button and should not be touched,"
"So you don't even know what it does?"
"That is correct," she glanced into her lap, "There are some things even the Princess keeps from me,"
Meanwhile
"This is boring Moffle, they aren't doing anything," Macaron protested, setting the binoculars back on the bench of the ferris wheel
"Let me take care of this," Tiramy grinned, "I'll just shoot the table full of food and it'll topple over on Isuzu so she'll have to take her clothes off," the two mascots glared at the pink pervert in the corner of the carriage. He held up a slingshot with a rock and carefully aimed at the covered silver tray of food.
"Tiramy,no!" Moffle yelled, kicking Tiramy right as he released, causing the rock to fly through the air, bounce off of the table and hit the red button spot on
"Oops," he mumbled, "I hope that didn't do anything bad,"
Back in the Castle
"So Sent-" as Seiya was about to start a conversation, a rock flew past the both of them, bounced off the table and before either could react, perfectly hit the red button jutting out of the wall. Immediately following, the castle went into full lockdown mode. The windows were barred with thick, metal sheets, the doors locked, the other rooms and corridors were separated with equally thick metal sheets, and the outside of the castle transformed into a battle station, complete with 100% accurate heat seeking cannons. After the transformation, which was about a total of thirty seconds, the duo assessed the situation and came to the same conclusion, they were trapped.
Outside the Castle
Sylphy, Salama, Koboli, Muse, and Princess Latifa sat with the three mascots as they explained what happened in the security office of the park.
"So you're saying they have no way of getting out?" Muse asked, looking worried
"Not unless they wait twenty-four hours," Latifa replied
"Or if they complete the three trials," Salama interjected, typing on her phone, "Oh and Isuzu still has her phone,"
"I found the manual for the castle," Koboli said, flipping through the pages, "Salama, tell them to turn the blue vase, that should open the doors to lead to the trials,"
"Is there any way we can see them?" Latifa questioned the three mascots
"Yeah, this should take care of it," Macaron typed away on the security's mainframe computer and in a few moments an image of Seiya and Isuzu turning the blue vase was projected on the screen in front of them.
In the Castle
"Three Trials, are you sure about this?" Isuzu asked
"We can't wait twenty-four hours for this castle to turn off death mode and lose a day's worth of customers," Kanie replied with assurance, "Let's go," he took the lead as they walked through the dark corridor until they got to a giant wall that said 'Trial One' the door soon opened and there were two guns on a rack.
"I think we're supposed to take these," Seiya commented, picking up a gun and assessing the weight and feel of it. Isuzu silently followed and when they both had guns, a screen lit up with the message;
You must obtain a total score of 175 points for this door to open, or be punished severely.
They gave each other a nod, before the lights went up and they were able to assess the scene around them, they were in a shooting range.
A target popped up from behind a hay barrel and Isuzu immediately shot it, causing her score to go up. While she was shooting targets on her side, Seiya was having a bit of trouble on his side, when the targets started to move, he was unable to keep up and because of that his score was dropping. Noticing this, Isuzu dropped the measly gun she was currently using and pulled out her duel Steinbacker, and began to demolish not only her targets but the ones Seiya was missing. In the end their score totaled 178 and they were allowed to pass.
"Um, thank you, Sento," Seiya mumbled, rubbing the back of his head
"Don't mention it," she quickly replied, taking the lead and hiding her blush.
'Trial Two' read the large steel door looming in front of them. It opened to reveal seven long wooden boards between them and the exit. A message sprang up in front of them;
Walk across without falling, or be punished severely
"This doesn't appear to be difficult, we just walk across," Isuzu deduced taking a step forward but was stopped when Seiya grabbed her hand
"There's no way it can be this easy," Seiya said under his breath, keeping hold of Isuzu's hand, "Let me see your hair tie," he let go of her hand and she quickly released her hair from its confinement. Long locks of light brown hair fell onto her shoulders and caressed her back, brushing a stray strand from her face, she handed the simple piece of material to Seiya, "Here, watch," he tossed the ribbon onto the first wood plank. At first, nothing happened, but quickly the plank started to tip as if it was a see-saw, and there was no weight to counterbalance the other side. The ribbon soon slipped off the end and fell into the abyss below.
"How do we get across?" Isuzu questioned, her eyes still trailing the fabric as it fell to an invisible barrier and was zapped with what looked like an immense amount of electricity.
"Together," Seiya reassured himself and did a few quick calculations in his head, "If we stay close to the center, the boards won't tilt to either side, so follow me and stay close," they swapped being leader again and Seiya took a small step on the center of the wood before putting his whole weight on to test his theory. It proved to be correct as the board only shifted a few centimeters, "It seems safe," he took another step forward and balanced himself before beckoning for Isuzu to follow him. Filled with worry, Isuzu tried to gently step on the center and was fine at first, but was unable to steady herself and started to lose her balance,
"Kanie!" she yelled out to him as she stumbled to one side, Seiya spun around and grabbed her outreached hand, and pulled her into him. Isuzu 2was pressed into Seiya's chest, his arms wrapped around her in a steady embrace
"Are you okay?" he asked, gazing down at her flushed face
"Yes, thank you," she tried to avoid his gaze but his eyes seemed to hold her attention there. After a few brief seconds, Seiya released Isuzu much to her dismay, but instead spun her around so she was facing the door, put his hands on her hips, and guided her forward step by step. This tedious process proved to be very time consuming and minutes later they barely made it past the second board, "Thank you again, Kanie," she didn't dare glance back in case she lost her balance again
"Oh uh, it was no problem, I'm just glad you're alright," Seiya focused on getting the two of them across the other five planks, "I hope Latifa and everyone else is safe," he added
"Yeah, me too," Isuzu replied in a hushed tone, that same saddened look momentarily appeared on her face. After several more minutes of silence, they got to the other side safely. Seiya looked down and noticed he was still holding her waist and instantly let go and took a step off to the side to avoid any awkward moments. Both of them were disappointed that they were no longer touching along with confused as to why they felt that way.
"One last trial, let's go," Seiya pushed through the doors and got to a much smaller door labeled 'Trial Three' they entered and found that the room was no larger than the manager's office but was completely empty and made entirely of what looked like metal. The final message appeared on the wall across from them;
Turn off the water or be severely punished.
"Water, what water?" Seiya asked, but he was answered by water gushing in from the top of the metal room, quickly pooling around their ankles.
"I believe they mean that water,"
"Yeah I figure that," they both looked around the metal box they were in, "How are we supposed to stop the water?" Seiya furiously banged on the wall as the water level rose to their mid-calf, "Whoever made these trials are going to be fired immediately," he growled
"There should be a lever," Isuzu waded through the water trying to find a hidden switch or pulley system to no avail.
"There's no way we can get out," Seiya unsuccessfully tried to open the door they came in as the water steadily rose.
"I'm sorry Kanie-kun, this is my fault, please accept my sincerest apologies," they were both forced to start swimming as the water reached their necks
"No, don't be, you didn't know this would happen," he tried to make her feel better
"I never should have asked you to come to the amusement park," Isuzu almost started to cry
"Well you didn't really ask me, you actually threatened me with your…" he trailed off
"Gun!" they both yelled out, the water was almost at the ceiling, with one last breath, Isuzu pulled out her Steinbacker and shot eight shots into the metal floor. The water began to slowly drain out the holes at a faster rate than it poured in. Because of this they had more time to look around and find whatever it was that shuts off the water. A few more minutes passed before they each found a hidden switch on the floor in opposite corners of the room. The water shut off and a hidden door opened. The castle immediately returned to its original harmless yet intimidating appearance and stopped shooting cannon's at the characters of the park. Seiya and Isuzu walked to the door, but before they walked through, they embraced in a wet, somewhat soggy, but victorious hug. Isuzu's hair stuck to her face and Seiya gently tucked it behind her ear with the rest of her soaked hair. Their drenched clothes clung to their skin revealing Isuzu's curves and Seiya's muscles.
Every fiber in their body demanded that they kiss, right there, right now, and who were they to argue? Seiya leaned down and gently pecked Isuzu on the lips. A quick, simple kiss that was enough to get Isuzu frustrated that he didn't stay longer.
"I'm… I'm sorry Sento," Seiya fumbled with his words, scared that she didn't want to kiss him. Frowning, Isuzu grabbed Seiya's drenched shirt and pulled him down to her face, "Sento what are you-" he was interrupted by Isuzu's lips pressing into his. She loosened her grip on his shirt as his hands glided down the sides of her body and stopped at her waists to pull her closer into him. Their kisses became hungrier and their movements more frantic as tongues began battling for dominance and hands began to wander.
Outside the Castle
Seven pairs of eyes were glued to the screen in front of them as the steamy scene unfolded before their startled eyes.
"Why couldn't that be me?" Tiramy sobbed
"As long as he stays away from Latifa I could care less what this brat does, I just thought Isuzu had better judgment," Moffle folded his arms in front of his chest
"That was…" Muse began
"Unexpected," Koboli finished
"This is so going on twitter," Salam laughed and resumed typing on her phone
"I think we should turn this off," Latifa blushed trying not to stare too long at the screen
"I'm on it," Macaron typed a little slower, his eyes glued to the screen where the two were peeling their drenched clothes off of each other before the screen turned black.
"WEEEEEEE!" Sylphy cheered sliding across the floor in a roller chair behind the group of shocked characters.
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Until next Magical Hour!