Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to the Codename: Kids Next Door or Love Hina.
Edited by: Iresol
The Agony Of Goodbye: Monday - Hanging Out
Wally had a sleepless night. First, he couldn't get the image of Shinobu crying, telling him that she was sorry, out of his head. When he finally felt that he was tired enough to sleep, he dreamt of the image in a continuous loop. He can't understand why she was taking the blame. He was the one that yelled at his dad. Not her. Why would she do something like that he thought.
"Wally. Wake up." He hears a voice say, which wakes him up. Still feeling tired; he pulls the covers over his head.
"Five more minutes dad."
"DAD?" The voice yells, sounding more feminine. "Silly! It's only me." He slightly pulls the covers off his head, seeing Kuki kneeling next to him.
"Oh. Why are you waking me up?"
"Well, it's already eleven o'clock and..."
"ELEVEN!" Wally shouts, pushing the covers off his body. He franticly looks at the clock, seeing it read a few minutes pass eleven. "Man! It's late. How come my dad didn't wake me up?"
"He wanted to, but figured you needed to rest more."
"Or maybe this is his way to get back at me for last night." He lets out a sigh, picking himself up from the futon. "Anyway, I better go change and get some cereal to eat."
"Okay. Hey! Why don't you join Su and I after breakfast? We have been hanging out together since breakfast and she pretty cool. Her room is just next to ours if you want."
'Oh great! Igor just gave me an invitation to Dr. Frankenstein's laboratory!' Wally thinks, imagining what Su might have in her room. "Huh...sure."
"Great!" Kuki gets up from the floor and heads towards the door. "I'll see you later then." With a smile, she exits the room.
All alone, Wally goes to his bag and checks to see what he can wear. With the weather being fairly warm, he puts on a white short-sleeve shirt and black shorts. Just as he puts his bag away, he sees his translating helmet. He picks it up and is about to put it on when he realizes that he doesn't need. He puts it down next to his bag before leaving.
Out the door and heading towards the stairs, Wally wonders what kind of cereal they have in the dormitory. After descending the two flights of stairs, he makes his way into the dinning room.
Entering the dinning room, he hears someone humming. Looking around, he sees no one with him. Slowly making his way towards the kitchen doorway, the humming gets louder and louder. Finally reaching the doorway, he peaks in and sees Shinobu, wearing a lime green tank top, a blue skirt and what seems to be a CD belt around her waist, listening to music as she washes the dishes. He watches her hum for a few more seconds before she begins to sing.
Tekuno panku de aishitetainoyo
Denpa ni nosete
Daisuki suki suki
'Oh man!" Wally begins to think. 'Every time I don't need that translating helmet, I end up needing it.'
Romanchikku wo anatani agetai
Wareatte hoshii
ai rabu rabu rabu you
As Shinobu finishes washing a dish, she dries it with a towel and dances her way towards the nearest cupboard.
S...U-K-I doki doki love
S...U-K-I gimi gimi kiss
S...U-K-I suki suki love
S...U-K-I sukiari kiss
Putting the dish away, she dances her way back to the sink. She grabs a saucer plate and begins to wash it, swaying her hips side to side.
Mawaru mawaru
Jikuu no hariga
Kimi to boku no
Zahyou wo sasu no
Watching Shinobu do this reminds Wally of Kuki singing and dancing around the treehouse. It would always annoy him when she would do that, knowing that she wants attention. The songs she always sings are all those bubblegum pop songs, which he can't stand. And her dancing looks like she copied it from the music video.
Toketei kuwa ai no himitsu
Doki doki surukoto
Madamada shiritaiwa
Tashiwa ta tashiwa
But unlike Kuki, Shinobu's performance seem completely different to him. With the exception of himself, she is completely alone in the kitchen, not showing off to anyone. The song, sounding a bit popish from the way she is singing, is alright with him that he can stand it. And her dancing seems to be simple and natural, making it up on the spot.
Every boy every girl
Kiseki wo shinjitara
Mirakuru kuru kuru
Wally begins to feel guilty watching this, seeming to be a forbidden scene. But he can't help himself as he leans on the doorway, watching Shinobu's performance.
Kitto mitsukarawa
Beri beri sutoroberii dei
Beri beri
Beri beri
After washing and drying the saucer plate, Shinobu dances her way back to the cupboard.
Itsuka sayonara ga
Yattekitatte daijoubunakurai
Motto
Before opening the cupboard, she looks into the saucer plate, gently pushing up the bottom of hair and smiling at her reflection.
Anata ni suki suki
Daisuki tsutaetai
I love you I turns head towards doorway: I love you
For a moment, Wally can feel his face on fire as he's paralyze with fear, looking at Shinobu's bright and cheery smile.
'What in the world?' he thinks, hearing his heart beating at mach speed. 'She knew I was watching all along? Did she sing that on purpose? Does she really mean it? Does she really...love me?'
These thoughts of uncertainty only last for a moment as Shinobu's smile begins to turn into a sad and scare frown. She begins to shake uncontrollability as her gloomy eyes start to form tears. With a scream, she covers up her embarrass face as the last thing Wally sees is a flying sauce.
For a while, Kuki has been staring at the interior of Su's room, thinking how amazing it is. For her, it's not everyday you get to see real jungle, complete with trees, tall grass and a swampy morass, in ones room. She looks over at Su, who seems to be welding something in an area where it isn't much of a jungle.
"What are you doing?" Kuki ask. Su turns off her blowtorch and lifts up her welding mask.
"What did you say?"
"I asked what are you doing?"
"I'm repairing one of my inventions."
"Oh? What happened to it?" Su lets out a little sweatdrop.
"Let's just say that Keitaro was blown up during the trail run." Kuki lets out a giant sweatdrop.
With a smile, Su puts on her welding mask and goes back to work. With sparks flying all over the place, Kuki stands few feet behind her, wondering what her invention does and why her cousin was blown up in the process. After a minute of watching her welded, a large growling sound comes from Su. She again turns off her blowtorch, hearing a louder growling sound before her cries.
"What's wrong?" Su turns around towards Kuki, seeing tears forming in her eyes.
"I'm hungry!"
"But you just ate half of breakfast."
"I'M HUNGRY NOW!" Kuki becomes very frighten as the only thing she sees in front of her is a demon-face Su with red flames surrounding her in the background.
"Okay! Okay! How about I get some snacks for us and bring them up into your room?" Su's demon like appearance changes back into her normal usually self.
"Can you bring back bananas?"
"Sure."
"YEA!" In a flash, Su sparks up her blowtorch and goes back to her business. Not wanting to see that side of her again, Kuki quickly and quietly leaves her room.
Going down the stairs, Kuki thinks of other snacks to bring back since she doesn't want to bring just bananas. When she steps into the hallway, she remembers that Wally woke up a while ago and should be eating something. She wishes he could have tasted the breakfast that was served this morning since it is all gone. Not only was it very good, but also surprise to learn that it was Shinobu, a year older then her and Wally, who cooked not only breakfast, but last night's dinner. She tiptoes her way towards the dining room, so she wouldn't make a sound when she spies on Wally. She wonders what he's eating when she peaks in the doorway leading into the dining room.
'What the?' She thinks to herself, seeing Wally leaning on the doorway that goes into the kitchen. 'Why is he just standing there?'
Before she could think of what to do next, she hears a loud scream coming from the kitchen. Kuki freezes in fright as the next thing she sees is a saucer plate hitting Wally in the head. He falls to the hardwood floor, landing flat on his back as the plate flips up in the air before landing flat on his stomach. Concern about his well-being, Kuki takes a step towards him. Before she could take another, she sees Shinobu popping out from the kitchen, causing her to hide behind the doorway. She watches as Shinobu looks at Wally with a concern expression across her face before kneeling down next to him.
"Wally? Are you okay?" She asks. When he doesn't get a respond, she lightly holds his arm, gently shaking him. "Wally. Please wake up." She continues to shake him until he lightly groans, sitting up from the floor.
"Huh..." Wally manages to blurt out, seeing Shinobu next to him. "What happen?"
"Oh...I'm so sorry for what I did." Shinobu cries, seeing tears forming inside her eyes. "I have a habit of singing out loud when I'm by myself in the kitchen whenever I'm listen to my music and when I saw you standing there, I got really embarrass and the saucer plate just slipped out of my hands."
"Okay," Wally says with a confused tone. "Huh...Shinobu, what did you just say?" When he speaks those words, Kuki realizes that he isn't wearing his translation helmet. Shinobu also notices this by pointing to his head with her mouth wide open. "Yeah. I know. I didn't wear it because I didn't think I would bump into anybody." Wally sees the confuse expression on Shinobu's face. "Oh. I forgot. You don't understand English at all." Still with a confuse expression, Shinobu lifts up an arm and places a finger on he's lips, which sends a little chill down Kuki's spine.
"Slow down," she says in English. "You talk too fast." Wally is so surprise that he backs a few feet away from her.
"You...You speak English?!"
"A little. I still learning."
"Oh. So you can understand me."
"A little. But do not talk fast." There is a moment of silences between the two before they smile at each other and stand up.
"Shinobu. Is there cereal I can eat in the kitchen? I just woke up a few minutes ago and I'm kinda hungry."
"Cereal?" Shinobu says with a sad tone. "You not want potato cakes I made?""
"POTATO CAKES?!" Wally shouts in excitement, being that they're his favorite breakfast food. "YOU MAKE POTATO CAKES?!"
"Yes." Shinobu wraps her arms around one of his arms, leading him toward the table. "Just sit here and I get them for you." With eagerness in his eyes, Wally quickly takes a sit, watching Shinobu entering the kitchen.
While Wally sits patiently for the food to arrive, Kuki can't help but wonder how Shinobu knew about his favorite breakfast food. The two of them didn't talk at all after dinner. Plus she cooked it while he was still sleeping. She would also like to know why she didn't serve any of the potato cakes to any else.
A minute goes by when Shinobu comes out of the kitchen, holding the plate of potato cakes with mittens. She makes her way towards Wally, setting the plate in front of him.
"I cooked them couple hours ago," she says, standing next to him. "But have been in oven at low temperature, so should be still hot." With a spoon, Wally takes a piece of potato and puts in his mouth. He chews his food, savoring the flavor before dropping his spoon with an bewildered look on his face. "What wrong?"
"It's...It's..." Was all that Wally could say before turning back to Shinobu with joy in his eyes. "Delicious!" He picks up his spoon and begins to wolf down his food.
"Really?! Oh, I so happy!" Shinobu blushingly says with a smile. Kuki becomes furious and a bit jealous watching this scene, even those she doesn't want to admit it to herself.
'What in the world?!' Kuki thinks to herself. 'Why is she so damn happy that Wally likes her cooking?'
"Say Shinobu," Wally begins to say after finish half the plate. "How did you know that I like potato cakes?"
"Your father told me before left for work."
"He did?"
"Yes. Why?" Wally feels a bit perplexed after the scene he cause last night, thinking that his father is still angry at him.
"No reason."
"Okay. And thank you. It my first time making them."
"Well, you're welcome." Kuki finds it a bit odd that Wally is acting all nice and respectable to Shinobu. "Say, have you try these yourself?"
"Nope."
"Well, here." Wally takes a spoonful of potatoes, lifting them up towards Shinobu. "Try some." The sight of this causes Kuki's hair to stand up in shock.
'WHAT THE...' Is all Kuki can think of before regaining her composure. 'Wally has never done that with me or anyone else. Why would he...'
"You sure?" Shinobu ask. "I mean, that your breakfast."
"I'm sure. Here you go." Wally shoves the spoonful of potatoes into Shinobu's mouth, making her wave her arms franticly and blush uncontrollably. "Now, doesn't that taste good?" He takes the spoon out of her mouth, seeing a blank stare on her face, gulping down the food.
"Hey. This is good."
"See. What did I tell you?" Wally smiles at her before going back to eating his breakfast. At the first bite, Kuki feels shock with swirls in her eyes as tears run down them.
'OH MY GOSH' Kuki thinks. 'They shared the same spoon. It's like they're chewing the same gum or something.' Part of her begins to feel jealous as the rest of her starts for feel enrage by what she just saw. But before she could storm into the dining room and confront Wally about the situation, Su comes up behind her and yells.
"HEY KUKI!" Having the daylights scare out of her, Kuki jumps into the dining room, franticly waving her arms and legs in the air. When she lands, she looks at Wally and Shinobu, who appears to be in shock with Kuki's surprise entrance, before turning around to see Su crying her eyes out while holding her stomach. "What's taking you so long? I'm very hungry!"
"What?! But I been gone for like a few minutes."
"Huh...Kuki," Shinobu speaks, making Kuki turn around again. "With Su, a few minutes is an eternally if she's hungry."
"Oh. I didn't know."
"Now that you do," Su rushes over to Kuki and grabs her arm. "Let's go get some snacks!"
In a blink of an eye, Su drags Kuki over to kitchen. Letting go of her arm, Su goes into numerous cupboards, tossing bananas, bags of potato chips, boxes of pocky and anything else she can get her hands on, not realizing that she's burying Kuki. When she's done and does finally realize that she did dump all the snacks onto her American friend, she quickly eats half the food before carrying the rest in her arms and walking back to her room.
With the weight of the snacks not crushing her anymore, Kuki slowly gets up and stretches out her back. She picks up a few bags of chips on the floor that Su must have dropped before following her. Leaving the kitchen, she sees Shinobu sitting next to Wally, looking at each other as they talk and laugh while eating the rest of the potato cakes together. Kuki feels a little more jealous and resentment towards Shinobu before turning away and leaving the room.
Inside Su's room, Kuki sees her chomping away at the snacks while watch some TV. Making her way towards Su, Kuki sits down next to her, watching what seems to be an anime show that she doesn't recognize. Kuki tries to pay attention to what's going on, but her mind is preoccupied with feelings of sadness and bitterness towards Shinobu, wondering what she and Wally are talking about.
After a few minutes of watching TV and munching down on a box of pocky, Kuki excuses herself to go the bathroom, with the intention of checking in on Wally and Shinobu. Closing the door behind her, she quickly, but quietly, heads down the stairs. When she reaches the last step of the stairs, she cautiously makes her ways to the dining room area.
Once at the doorway, she slowly peaks her head, unsure of what she's going to see. Tension builds up as she sees more and more of the dining room. When she finally glands at where they were sitting, she sees two empty chairs. Being a little surprise, she steps into the dining room, seeing no one in sight. She goes in the kitchen to check if they're there, but it's also deserted.
'What in the world?' Kuki thinks as she heads out of the kitchen, looking at the floor. 'I haven't been gone for five minutes and neither of them are around. It usually takes Wally a long time to eat. So, where can they be?'
Leaving the dining room area, Kuki can hear someone calling her. Recognizing it to be Su's voice, she looks up and is about to explain about not going to the bathroom when she sees no one in front of her. She looks around the room and back into the dining room, but still no sight of her. She thought she's imagining her voice when she starts to hear her giggle.
"DAMMIT SU!" Kuki shouts, feeling annoyed that she's treating this like a joke being played on her. "WHERE ARE YOU?!"
"Look up!"
"Huh?" When Kuki looks up, she gets the surprise of a lifetime as she sees Su through a hole in the ceiling. Not ever expecting that, Kuki screams out of fright and falls on her butt while Su laughs hysterically.
"You should have seen the look on your face. It was priceless!"
"Oh shut up!" Kuki yells, picking herself up off the floor. "Anyway, how did you get up there?"
"Through the hidden passageway."
"Hidden passageway?"
"Yeah! They're all around the Hinata Sou. You want to go check it with me? I mapped it out and memorize it in my head, so I can take you anywhere within the Hinata Sou."
Kuki has no interest in crawling around in the hidden passageway with Su. Just as she opens her mouth and refuses her, she gets a brilliant idea.
"Sure Su, I'll join you." Su screams in joy. "But I don't think I can reach you from up there."
"That's okay. There is a passageway beneath the stairs. Just move that box out of the way to enter. I'll meet you there."
As Su closes up the hole, Kuki makes her way towards the large box leaning on the side of the stairs. She pushes it with little effort, revealing a three by three hole. She is about to look inside when Su comes popping out.
"Made it." Su says, shaking her head wildly like a wet dog. "So, where would you like to go first?"
"I want to go see Shinobu's room, if you don't mind." Kuki answers with a devilish smile.
"Not at all. Just follow me." Su goes back into the hole first, followed by Kuki.
'I can't believe how convenient this is.' Kuki thinks to herself. 'Seems like Su wants to show me a good time while I'm staying here and this hidden passageway will make it easy for me to see what Wally and Shinobu are doing together, without them seeing me. This idea of mine is brilliant! That is, if I can find them first.'
It takes a few minutes for Kuki and Su to make it to Shinobu's room through the passageway. The entrance to the room is handy for Kuki since it's covered up by a wall-scroll. Peaking in, they see the room very clean with a small book shelve just a few feet next to them, a neatly folded bed with red sheets and a stuffed purple frog sitting next to the pillows while a bunch of her other stuffed animals are neatly stacked in a corner, a small table and a small dresser. Kuki feels a little disappointed that neither Shinobu nor Wally are here.
"Nice place, huh?" Su comments. "So, where to next?"
Kuki looks bewildered by the question, letting out a sweat drop. She would like to stay where she is, knowing that both Wally and Shinobu are going to end up here. Unfortunately, she doesn't want Su to know her plan and she might catch on if she suggests they stay. Letting out a sigh in defeat, she lets go of the wall-scroll and tells Su to take her anywhere. Just as the two young girls are about to crawl away, they hear sounds coming from Shinobu's room.
"Hold on, Su." Kuki says. "Let's check what's going on in there." Turning her body around, Kuki crawls back and peaks in, seeing Shinobu coming inside.
"And this is a my room." She says in Japanese as Wally enters the room, wearing his translating helmet. Closing the door to her room, Kuki watches as Wally takes a look around, seeming somewhat to be amazed. "Sorry for the mess."
"MESS?!" Wally exclaims. "What mess! It's so clean in here that you can eat off the floor." Shinobu giggles a bit before walking over to Wally.
"Thanks for saying that, but my room is a bit messy." Wally moves his head, looking around the room.
"Where?" Shinobu points to a few books on the floor that's between the bed and wall where Kuki and Su are spying. "That's what you consider a mess? A few books on the floor?"
"Well...yeah." Wally rises an eyebrow, letting out a confuse look.
"Boy! You're some kind of neat freak, aren't you?" Shinobu blushes, looking very embarrass by his comment.
"Well, I like to keep my room nice and tidy incase guests want to come in, like you." Wally chuckles, letting out a smile. "Please, take a seat." Wally looks around the room again, but doesn't find a chair.
"Where?"
"On the bed." Kuki nearly gags as she watches Wally sit at the edge of the bed, blushing a little. Shinobu joins him a moment later, also blushing and sitting a few inches away from him.
"WOW!" Su softly exclaims. "I have never seen this side of Shinobu before."
"What do you mean?" Kuki ask.
"Normally, she's too scare and shy to talk to a boy, let alone invite one into her room. She must be planning on doing something to him." The word "seduce" comes into Kuki's mind, repeating over and over again like a broken record player.
'If that little hussy is going to do anything to Wally, why I'm going to...' Kuki's thought process is interrupted when she hears Shinobu speak.
"What are you looking at?"
"Your stuffed animals." Wally replies. "It reminds me of Kuki's collection."
'Ahh.' Kuki thinks, letting out a sigh. 'Something about her lets him remember me!'
"It does?" Shinobu ask.
"Yeah. But your collection is more cuter and lovable then hers." Stun by Wally's comment, Kuki looks at them with glassy eyes with her jaw to the floor. "Kuki has more then you, I'll give her that; but it's all those ugly rainbow monkeys that literality cover every inch of her floor in her room that it's impossible to move around without getting attacked by one." Shinobu lets out a giggle.
"Rainbow monkeys? What are those?"
"Believe me, Shinobu. Its better that you don't know." After a moment of silences, they begin to laugh.
'I'll kill him!' Kuki thinks, trying to regain her composure. 'I'm so going to kill him for what he just said!' She would love to go over to him right now and beat him senseless, but that would expose what she is doing. As much as she really wants to do it, she goes against her idea.
Once the laughing stops, Wally looks over his shoulder, seeing a purple frog on the bed.
"Hey." he says, grabbing the purple frog. "Why is this little guy by itself?"
"You mean Ichiro?" Shinobu replies, grabbing the frog from Wally's hands and holding it tightly to her chest. "He's my favorite stuffed animal out of my collection."
'My gosh,' Kuki thinks, taking a better look at the frog. 'Something must be wrong with her because that's one ugly looking frog!' As she finishes her thought, she notices Wally laughing.
"What's so funny?" Shinobu ask.
"Oh, it's nothing." Shinobu drops her head and shoulders, looking a bit sad.
"If it were nothing, then you wouldn't be laughing." Wally begins to notice Shinobu starting to tear-jerk.
"Look. It's nothing. Really. I was thinking that all you Sheila's are alike. That's all." A question mark appears above Shinobu's head, looking confuse.
"Sheila? My name is Shinobu." An exclamation mark, which is much bigger then Shinobu's question mark, appears above Wally's head, looking red with embarrassment as he lets out a huge sweatdrop.
"Oh! I'm sorry Shinobu! I forgot that I wasn't home." He lets out an awkward laugh, still seeing the bewilder look of Shinobu. "You see, Sheila is slang for girl. When I said 'Sheila', I meant girl, not calling you Sheila." He waits nervously before hearing her reply.
"Oh. I get it now." Shinobu says, letting out a smile. "So, you were speaking American slang."
"Actually, it's Australian slang."
"Australian slang? But aren't you from America?"
"I am. But me and my family are originally from Australia. I used to live there until I was seven, but I picked up a lot of slang words before coming to America that I still use them today."
"WOW! That's really interesting! Maybe you can teach me some Australian slang words?" Shinobu begins to blush again, making Kuki furious whether or not she's flirting with him.
"Sure. I wouldn't mind teaching you. By the way, why is that frog your favorite?"
"Because Sempai won it for me!" She answers, hugging the frog even tighter with a sweet smile across her face.
'OH MY GOSH! Shinobu's cuteness is making me sick!' Kuki thinks, wanting a barf bag at that moment.
"Huh...Shinobu. Who's Sim Pie?" She blushes a bit at the question.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I guess that you don't understand Japanese suffixes," she looks at his puzzled complexion. "Anyway, it's Sempai and it's an expression we have in this country to show respect for our elders. It's what I call Keitaro out of respect."
'My cousin won her that?!' Kuki thinks, wondering why Keitaro would win her such an ugly looking frog.
"Now I understand." Wally lets out a smile, looking around the room. "Say what is that?" Shinobu looks in the direction of where he is looking at, but doesn't know what it is.
"What are you talking about?"
"That over there." Wally points his finger at the wall where Kuki and Su are hiding. Both girls gasp and hold their breath, wondering if he caught them.
"You mean at my book shelve?"
"Yeah." Kuki and Su breathe a sigh of relief, knowing they weren't caught. "What kind of stuff do you read?"
"Oh. That's my manga collection."
"Manga? What's that?"
"It's our version of what your country calls comic books. The ones I have are in graphic novel form, as you can see."
"So basically, manga is Japanese comic books." He watches Shinobu nod in agreement before turning his attention back to her bookshelf. "You seem to have a lot of manga."
"Thanks, but I just started collecting them myself. One of my friends is really into it and gave me their manga that she doesn't want anymore."
"Your friend gave you all of those?"
"Yeah. She had so much manga stacked on top of one another that it takes up half her room."
"Man. Your friend seems rich."
"Nothing really. She works as a waitress at her family business, but always spends her tips on this stuff."
"I see. So, has your friend given you any anime?"
"No. She likes to keep that for herself, but lets me borrow them since I'm new." Shinobu smiles at him before realizing what he asked her. "HEY! WAIT A MINUTE! You know of anime?"
"Yeah. They show a lot of it back in America."
"I didn't know you know of anime. What do you like to watch?"
"Well, my favorite is Dragon Ball Z."
"Oh." Wally sees the sad expression on Shinobu's face, dropping her head in disappointment. "Guess you like that kind of stuff."
"What do you mean? Is there something wrong with Dragon Ball Z?"
"No. It's just, I don't like a lot of fighting-type animes." Kuki and Su watch the awkward silence between their friends, who are looking away from each other. The tension in the air is pretty thick until Shinobu speaks again. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't jump to any conclusions just yet."
"What do you mean?"
"Well...I kinda acted like I only thought you watched fighting-type animes. That's all," she answers, turning her body slightly towards him. "I didn't mean to judge you like that."
"Don't worry," he replies, also slightly turning his body towards her. "I didn't think anything of it."
"Thanks." Shinobu beings to turn red. "So, what other anime shows do you watch?" Wally looks up at the ceiling, thinking of that question. After a few seconds, he lets out a sigh, looking confused.
"You know what, Dragon Ball Z is the only anime I ever seen."
'WHAT?!' Kuki thinks, feeling very upset. 'Stupid Wally! He already forgot the anime that we watch together, which happens to be my favorite?!'
"So, Dragon Ball Z is the only anime you seen?" Shinobu ask.
"Well, yeah," Wally answers, but is looking like he has second thoughts. "Come to think of it, there is this anime that Kuki and I watch together late at night."
'YES! HE REMEMBERS!' Kuki hugs herself in excitement.
"Oh." Kuki notices a bit of a jealousy across Shinobu's face . "What do you watch with her?"
"I can't remember the name. But all I know is that I'm forced to watch it with her." An arrow literally goes through Kuki's chest.
"What do you mean by 'forced to watch' Wally?"
"You see, there is a show I watch late at night. Right after that show is that anime. I try to leave, but she starts crying, so I have no choice but to sit with her and watch it." Two more arrows pierce through Kuki's chest.
"But what do you think of the anime itself?"
"I don't like it." Five more arrows go into Kuki before falling to the ground.
"Oh. So you don't remember the title of the anime?"
"Well, I kinda remember, but don't know how to say it because it's been a while since I watched it." Shinobu completely turns around, inching her way towards Wally.
"How about sounding it out. I may know of it." Wally notices how close she is to him, lightly blushing as Kuki starts to foam at the mouth.
"I'll give is a shot." He thinks about it for a minute before opening his mouth. "In...you...In...you..." He begins to shake his head. "Something or other."
"Wait. You mean Inuyasha?"
"Yeah!" Wally exclaims, snapping his fingers. "That's the anime that Kuki forces me to watch."
"But that anime is really popular. A lot of people I know like it." Wally lets out of sweatdrop.
"Oh. I guess you're a fan of it too, aren't you?" Kuki feels happy that Wally just embarrasses himself in front of Shinobu like that, telling by her facial expression that she likes that anime also.
"Not really. I seen the show myself, but I'm with you. I just don't like it." Kuki's mouth drops in bewilderment while Wally looks relieved.
"Oh? How come?"
"Well...it's a good anime. I'll give it that. But when I compare it to Takahashi Rumiko's Ranma one half, I just like the other one better."
"I see. But why compare that Ranma anime?"
"Because TakahashiRumiko is the creator of both series." Shinobu lets out a blushing smile causing Wally to turn away, blushing myself.
At the sight of this, Kuki feels disgusted, somehow magically has a samurai sword in her hand. She tries to leave the safety of her hiding spot, wanting to make shish kebab out of them, but Su notices her evil tirade and puts a full nelson on her.
"Say Wally," Shinobu continues. "Do you want me to show you Ranma one half? That happens to be my favorite." Wally seems to look complexes about her request.
"Hmmm...Huh..." He's not sure what to tell her. If this Ranma one-half series is anything like Inuyasha, he's probably going to hate it since both series are done by the same person. But seeing the way Shinobu looks with eagerness and an innocent smile, he can't resist. "Oh...alright." He finally cries out, hoping he didn't make the wrong decision as Shinobu's smile gets a bit wider, turns red around her cheeks. "But what is Ranma one half about?"
"Well, it's about this boy who turns into a girl..." Images of his encounter with Madame Margaret begin to appear.
"Huh...Shinobu. I don't like the sound of that." Shinobu's smile slowly fades.
"So, you don't want to give it a try?" She lowers her head and begins to cry.
"I'LL GIVE IT A TRY! I'LL GIVE IT A TRY!" She lifts her head up, wiping a tear away.
"You will?" Wally nods. "Great!" Clapping her hands, Shinobu jumps off the bed. "One of the books on the floor is the manga of Ranma one half. It should be the first volume and if you like it, we can watch the first season downstairs."
As Shinobu bends down to pick up the manga, Kuki can't help feel angry. It's obvious to her that she is flirting with Wally, seeming to have a crush on him. But she also feels jealous that he's giving her all this attention and what she wants, knowing that he would never to this with her, no matter what she did.
Kuki looks at Wally, seeing a nervous, but yet, cheerful expression across his face as he starts looking like a tomato. Suddenly, his face gets even redder as his eyes start to come out of its sockets with a small amount of blood trickling down his nose. She is unsure why he is like that as she hears Su begin to giggle.
"And here I thought Keitaro was the biggest hentaithere was."
Kuki is really confused by that comment. She knows what hentai means, but doesn't understand why Wally would be that. She looks at the scene in front of her more closely. Nothing seems out of the ordinary until she notices where Wally's eyes are looking at. She looks over to a bended over Shinobu and realizes that she is wearing a skirt. Putting two and two together, her flames of fury appear all around her body and in her eyes.
'THAT PERVERTED BASTARD! WHY I'M GOING TO...' Before finishing her thought, Wally wipes away the blood from his face as Shinobu grabs the manga and stands up. Twirling around with a smile, she makes her way towards the bed, sitting next to him.
"Here you go." She hands him the manga. When he opens it up, Shinobu immediately stops him.
"What are you doing?" Wally asks.
"You don't read manga like that." Wally looks baffled with a few small question marks appearing above his head.
"Come again?"
"You see, in Japan, we read manga or any kinds of books from right to left." Shinobu flips the manga to the other side. "This is where you need to start."
"Oh." Knowing that, Wally begins reading the manga. Within seconds, he flips through about a dozen pages, but doesn't seem to enjoy himself. Shinobu notices this, looking concern that he didn't like the series. Within a few minutes, he closes the manga, putting it between the two of them.
"So, what do you think of it?" She asks.
"Why is it black and white?" He asks. Shinobu falls face first to the floor, not expecting that respond.
"That's just the way it's done here."
"Oh. Well...the drawings are great, but I have no idea what they're saying." Shinobu lets out a sweat drop.
"You don't?" Wally nods. "But I thought your helmet should understands Japanese?"
"It must because I understand you perfectly. Maybe I just can't read Japanese with this."
"Is that true Su?" Kuki whispers.
"The helmet is only for verbal speaking. Not for reading." She replies.
"In any case," Wally continues. "Do you have colored pictures of the characters? I like to know what they look like before we watch the actually anime." Shinobu's eyes begin to sparkle.
"Really?! You want to watch Ranma?"
"Yeah. I may not be able to read this, but from the drawing, it seems really funny. I just can't believe the same person who drew this also did that Inuyasha crud."
'If he says anymore bad things about Inuyasha, I'm going to murder him!' Kuki thinks as she grins her teeth and clutches her fist.
"Great!" Shinobu shouts out proudly. "I have an art book of the series, so it's in color. I'll go get it for you."
Shinobu gets up from her bed and walks over to her book shelve. Kuki and Su lower themselves as much as possible so they won't be seen, but are still able to see their friends. After rifling through her book shelve for a moment, she walks back to bed with the art book in hand.
"I forgot to tell you this," Shinobu begins. "But they are a few characters that show up later in the series, so you might..." Not looking where she was going, Shinobu steps on the books on the floor, causing her to slip. Her momentum takes her towards the bed, crashing into Wally.
Kuki's jaw drops, looking very pale as she sees Shinobu on top of Wally. Shinobu is able to lift her head and realizes the position she is in, but she is unable to do nothing expect stare at Wally's blushing face, knowing herself that he's doing the same thing.
"I'm...I'm sorry," she finally says.
"It's...okay. I'm fine," Wally replies. "How about you?"
"I'm alright."
Whether or not Kuki wants to admit it, her jealous state has now sky-rocketed, seeing the two of them continuing to stay in their position as their lips are very close to touching. She turns to Su, looking very happy at the scene.
"Awe. That's so sweet." Su turns her head, seeing Kuki staring at her. "Don't you think they make a cute couple?"
With images flowing into her mind about what she learned in her sex education class, Kuki is unable to take it anymore and jumps out from behind the wall scroll, entering Shinobu's room.
"Hey you two!" She yells as her feet touch the floor, seeing the two of them looking at her. "Don't be all kissy-face and...making babies!" Realizing what she just said, Kuki covers her mouth, feeling very embarrass.
"Kissy-face?" Shinobu repeats.
"Making babies?" Wally repeats.
Kuki watches them look back at each other. Knowing the position they're in and someone watching them, they quickly jump off each other, sitting on opposite sides of the bed, avoiding eye contact. Silence arises in the room as the feeling becomes eerie and intense. No one seems to be able to speak until Shinobu lifts up her head and looks at Kuki.
"Wait a minute here. How did you get into my room?"
"Through the hidden passageway," Su replies, stepping out from behind the wall scroll.
"Hidden passageway?" Wally repeats, turning around to see Su entering the room. Wally gets up from the bed and walks towards her. "There's a hidden passageway that leads to this room?"
"It leads to all the rooms." Wally's eyes grow bigger in excitement.
"COOL! You think you can show me around in there?"
"Sure. I mapped out all the areas and memories it in my head." Wally smiles for joy that he gets to go on adventure, but when he turns to Shinobu, his smiles disappears, remembering the he's suppose to do something with her. "Wait. I can't. I already promised Shinobu that I'd watch something with her."
"It's okay," Shinobu says. "I have to cook lunch right now any way. So we can watch Ranma later." She lets out a small giggle before turning to Su. "By the way, what were you and Kuki doing hiding there like that for?"
"Kuki wanted to see your room." Kuki lets out a sweat drop, feeling that her cover is blown.
"Oh," is all that Shinobu says. Kuki is bewildered, expecting a different reaction.
"Why don't you come with us through this hidden passageway Shinobu and we'll take you to the kitchen?" Wally asks. She shakes her head.
"I'm claustrophobia. So going through there would freak me out."
"Okay. Then I'll see later." Shinobu gives him a nod and both Su and Wally go through the wall scroll, entering the hidden passageway. Kuki is a bit surprise that he didn't ask her to join him and Su. She knows that she could have, but wanted to hear it from Wally himself. She stands in a daze, staring at the wall scroll.
"You alright?" She hears Shinobu ask.
"Kinda."
"Do you want to help me make lunch and get to know each other?"
Kuki quickly turns towards her, letting out an evil smirk. After a few seconds of staring at Shinobu, she breathes a sigh of anger before storming out of the room.
"I guess not," Shinobu says to herself before heading to the kitchen.
A few hours pass when the four kids meet up again in the dining room to have lunch, which contain of yakitori with gyoza, white rice and miso soup. As they eat, Su begins to talk about what happen to Wally with a half-drunk, half-naked Kitsune in her room. Since the scene with him and Shinobu in the dining room earlier in the morning, Kuki is able to laugh, seeing him look completely humiliate. But her laughter goes away when she sees Shinobu blushing profusely before covering her red-hot cheeks and shaking head. Kuki wonders what she was thinking of.
After that whole embarrass episode, Su began to talk about herself. Both Wally and Kuki are amazed that she is a princess from another country and that she turns into an adult whenever a red moon appears. Wally begins to talk about himself and his friendship with Kuki. Likewise, Kuki tells about herself and her friendship with Wally, but neither of them mention about begin kids next door operatives since there thirteen birthday is coming around the corner. When its Shinobu's turn, Wally is fascinated in what she told about herself. Noticing how taken back is he by this, Kuki silently leaves the dining room.
Deciding to take her mind off things, Kuki heads to her room and changes into her bathing suit to relax in the hot springs. Once she puts it on, she lets out a yawn.
"Man. I feel sleepy." Feeling very tired at the moment, Kuki grabs a nearby blanket, lays herself down and puts the blanket on top of her, deciding to catch some Zs.
When she wakes up, she notices that the room is darker. Getting up off the floor, she walks over to the window and sees the sun setting behind the hill. She thinks how beautiful the sight is when she realizes that it has become late in the day. Remembering that she only has a bathing suit, she puts on a white shirt and shorts before heading down the stairs.
Entering the hallway, Kuki sees the television is on, playing an anime show that she doesn't recognize. As she gets closer to see the anime, she recognizes the back of Wally's head, being that he's the only blonde person with a bowl haircut in this place. She's bewildered when she realizes that sitting very close to him is Shinobu, since she's the only one with dark blue hair.
Kuki can't believe how close those two have gotten with each other. Feeling depressed and a bit of jealousy, she can only watch helplessly as Wally stretches out his arm, which goes around Shinobu's shoulder. A little sweatdrop appears behind her head before it quickly disappears as she places her head on his shoulder, making Kuki's heart split into two and fall to her feet. Kuki stares at the scene for a few minutes, feeling even worse, when she sees Naru and Motoko walking by her.
"Awe. That looks so sweet the way Shinobu-chan and Wally are together like that," Naru comments.
"I agree. They definitely make a lovely couple," Motoko adds before the both disappear up the stairs.
If Kuki's heart wasn't hurt badly before, it has now disintegrated by those comments. Feeling very dejected and shearing a tear, she turns around and is about to make her way to her room when she runs into her cousin Keitaro at the bottom of the stairs.
"Whoa there," he says, grabbing her by the shoulder. "What's the rush?"
"Hmmm...no reason." Keitaro notices something strange the way his cousin looks.
"You alright? You look...sad." Kuki lets out a sweatdrop.
"No! I'm fine! Everything is fine!" She exclaims, feeling a little embarrass. She notices her cousin looking over her head at something.
"Well...alright. But if you ever need to talk about anything, remember that I'll always be there for you."
"Thanks Keitaro."
"Don't mention it." He gives her a hug. "Anyway, how are the lovebirds doing?"
"Love...birds..." With what Su, Naru and Motoko said earlier about Wally and Shinobu being a couple, Keitaro comment enrages Kuki as her flames of fury appear around her body and in her eyes.
"Huh...Kuki-chan?" This is the last thing Keitaro says before Kuki punches him in the stomach, which sends him across town.
Kuki goes to her room and remains there, crying into her pillow, until her mom comes an hour later and tells her that dinner is ready.
When she reaches the dining room and sits down, she's happy to see Wally sitting next to her, bringing a smile to her face. But her smile quickly vanishes when she sees Shinobu sitting next to him. Not wanting to make a scene like what Wally did last night, she just eats her food quietly and listens to Mr. Beatles boring everyone to death about what happen at work.
When dinner is over, Kuki, still wearing her bathing suit, goes back to her room and grabs a towel before going to the hot springs to relax. The warm water is able to soothe her body, but not her mind, thinking about what she saw Wally and Shinobu do the whole day. She does her best to hold back her tears, but when she is unable to, she plunges herself under the water and cries, incase someone unexpectedly happen to come in.
After giving herself a good cry, she remains in the hot springs to relax. A half an hour goes by before leaving the hot springs. Drying herself off and going back to her room, she grabs her night shirt, pajama pants, training bra and underwear. Once she has everything in hand, she heads to the bathroom to take a shower. When she is finish, she puts on her nightclothes and heads back to her room.
Opening the door she notices that her mom is already asleep and Wally's dad looking over some papers, but no sign of Wally. She figures that he and Shinobu are doing something together as she gets herself ready for bed. She lays out her futon and tries to go the sleep, but can't, wondering what the two of them are doing at this very moment. She doesn't realize that it's midnight until she checks the clock when Mr. Beatles turns off the light. Knowing that Wally never returned, she gets out of her futon and crawls to Mr. Beatles.
"Hmmm...Mr. Beatles?"
"Yes Kuki."
"Where's Wally?" She is unable to see Mr. Beatles smile in the darkness of the room.
"Wondering about your friend, I see?" He lets out a chuckle. "Well, don't worry. He's safe. He's sleeping with Shinobu in her room."
"WHAT?!" She shouts before covering her mouth, hoping that she didn't wake up her mom.
"Don't yell. We don't want to wake up your mom. Anyway, Shinobu came here while you where in the hot springs and asked Wally if he could sleep with her in her room for the night." Kuki begins to act frantic, thinking about her sex education class again.
"But Wally's a boy. And...and Shinobu's a girl!"
"I know. But from what I heard, those two really hit it off as friends and Wally looked like he really wanted to spend more time with her." Kuki made a mental note to choke the life out of Wally for wanting to spend more time with Shinobu. "Anyway, I only agreed to it if Shinobu would leave her door open and if Keitaro would watch them."
"Oh. Okay then. Thanks." Feeling discourage, she crawls back to her futon and tries to sleep, hoping that Wally and Shinobu aren't doing anything too friendly with each other.
End of Chapter
Omake: Fright Night
Hearing a violent and rumbling lighting storm, Kuki wakes up, yelling at the top of her lungs. She gets up from her futon and sees heavy droplets of rain coming from outside the window as the night sky is the only source of light at the moment. She walks around the dark room, trying her best to find a switch. After bumping into and tripping over a few things, she finds the light switch and turns it on. When she does, she turns around and screams, seeing someone in front of her. Staring at the person for a few seconds, she comes to realize that she's staring at a mirror, unable to believe the person in front of her is actually her.
"Oh my gosh," Kuki says to herself, walking closer to the mirror. "I have gigantic boobs!" She grabs her breasts, bewildered and amazed on how big they are.
Feeling a little embarrass about touching herself, she stops and she checks herself out in the mirror as she is wearing a light blue tube top, black leather mini skirt, a white long-sleeve sweater which is tied around her waist, knee-high brown boots and a tan shoulder-holster with a Berretta M92FS inside one holster and a radio in the other.
"Where did I get this outfit?" She thinks, realizing that she has grown taller and looks a few years older. "Oh well. I look pretty damn sexy; if you ask me. Oh no. Mom!" She looks around the room, knowing that her mom wouldn't approve of her outfit, but she, nor anyone else for the matter, is in the room. Wondering where she is, Kuki leaves the room.
Closing the door behind her, she sees how dark the hallway is. Although it is lit with plenty of candles, it's still hard for Kuki to see much in front of her. Walking cautiously and carefully, she makes it down the two flights of stairs and sees light coming from the dining room. Making it to the doorway, she peaks in and sees someone wearing a red vest over a white short-sleeve shirt and dark navy pants with short faded brown hair, kneeling over the other side of the wall.
"Hmmm...hello?" Kuki says softly, walking towards the person. Immediately, the person turns around and aims a .357 caliber at Kuki. She raises her arms up and beings to cries. "No! Please don't kill me!" The person looks at her more carefully before letting out a sigh and putting their gun away.
"Oh. It's just you," the person says, relieving to be a man with a beard. Kuki drops her arms and wipes her frightful tears away. "Anyway, where have you been Kuki?"
"In my room. Wait. How do you know my name? I have never seen you before." The bearded man looks at her strangely, raising an eyebrow.
"Something must be definitely wrong with you. Anyway, it's me. Keitaro." Kuki drops her mouth to the floor.
"WHAT?!" Kuki looks at the man very carefully and sees that his bone stricture is similar to her cousin. "Oh my gosh. It is you."
"I just told you that!"
"Then...when did you start growing a beard?"
"What?! I always had a beard." He turns away from her and walks back towards the wall. "Come on. I want to show you something."
"What is it?" Kuki ask, following Keitaro right behind. She watches him kneel down at the same spot, seeing a small pool of red substance next to him. "Oh my gosh." She covers her mouth, not wanting the red substance be to what she think it is. "Is that..."
"Blood?" Keitaro interrupts. "It is." Kuki put a hand on his shoulder. "Kuki, see if you can find any other clues. I'll be examining this. Let's just hope that it isn't...well...you know."
Kuki doesn't completely understand what Keitaro is talking about, but gives a nod to him anyway and heads straight to the other door. She knows that she's going to the kitchen, but when she enters through the door, she's bewildered that she just entered a hallway.
"Huh?" She cries out. "Where am I?"
Not wanting to back track towards Keitaro, she makes a right, but soon discovers a flight of stairs leads led to a locked door. With no other place to go, she walks back to the other side, where there is an open doorway. Making her way towards it, she can hear chomping noise coming from the other side. Peaking in, she sees someone crouch over another person, apparently eating them. When Kuki gets a good look at the person who is being eaten, she's horrify at who is it as their eyes are rolled back and looking lifeless.
"Mom..." Hearing Kuki speak, the person eating her mom turns around, relieving to be Mr. Beatles, but with glassily eyes, a decayed face and rotten teeth. Standing up, Mr. Beatles makes his way towards Kuki with his arm straightforward. Noticing this, Kuki screams and runs back to the dining room. She busts open the door and runs toward her cousin.
"KEITARO!" She shouts, wrapping her arms around him and crying into his shoulder.
"Kuki. What's wrong?" Before she can gave a reply, Mr. Beatles emerges out from the door. "What the hell is that?"
"It's Mr. Beatles." Kuki manages to cry out as he approaches them. "He's some kind of monster! He...he was eating my mom!"
"Well, if that's the case," Brushing Kuki off of him, Keitaro takes out his gun and aims it at Mr. Beatles. "He should have some lead in his diet." He fires one shoot into Mr. Beatles' head, dropping him to the floor as blood squirts out from his forehead.
The two of them wait to see if Mr. Beatles will do anything and after about a few minutes of no movement, they approach him.
"What the hell happen to him?" Keitaro ask.
"I don't know," Kuki reply. "I found him like."
"Well..." Keitaro pulls out his gun. "We better find the others then."
"Others? You mean there are other here?" Again, Keitaro gives her a strange look.
"Did you forget our mission?"
"What mission?" Keitaro slaps his forehead in disbelief.
"Kuki! We're on a mission to find Bravo Team!" Question marks appear above Kuki's head.
"Whose Bravo Team?" Keitaro drops his mouth.
"Their our teammates on...oh forget it!" He turns away from Kuki and walks towards the doorway leading out the dining room. "Come on! We don't have much time to waste."
Kuki is still unsure of the whole situation, but not wanting to be left alone, she follows Keitaro. Just as they reach the doorway, they hear a groan behind them, then a slamming door. Not wanting to know what that was about, they leave the dining room.
"I alright scouted the first floor," Keitaro says. "So we better go up the stairs." He begins to climb the stairs with Kuki right behind him. When he reaches the top of the second floor, he's very surprise to see what he discovers. "Oh great! There is another set of stairs?"
"I thought you knew that." Kuki says. "I mean, you're the manager of this place." Keitaro lets out a sweat drop.
"Manager? I have never been in this place!"
"But I..." Not wanting to hear her explanation, Keitaro points his gun at Kuki.
"Listen little girl! I don't know if you have amnesia or you're playing games with me by being very stupid, but you're annoying the hell out of me. SO STOP IT!"
"But..."
"NO BUTS!" There is an intense moment of silence as Keitaro continues to point his gun as Kuki. She wants to cry, but is afraid that if she does, he'll shoot her. After what seems like forever to her, Keitaro speaks, lowering his gun.. "Anyway, I'm going up to see what I can find. You stay on this floor and scout it out. If you need any help, just radio me. Understood?" Kuki nods in fear as he climb up the stairs.
"What the hell is up with him?" Kuki whispers to herself, watching her cousin disappear into the third floor.
Following orders, she walks along the hallway of the second floor. She tries the first door to her right, but is locked. She then tries the first door on her left, which is also locked, but notices that she needs some kind of key to open it. She continues on and tries the second door on the left. This time, she's able to open it.
Stepping inside, she sees a sink and a bathtub. She remembers that the bathroom is on the other side of the hallway, but with everything going on so far, she doesn't really care that this place is all messed up. Making her way to the other side of the room, she enters an opening, which the toilet lies. To her surprise, she finds it to be pretty clean. So is the sink, But when she looks into the bathtub, she is disgusted with how the water looks so muddy. She is about to leave the room when she notices a chain. Pulling the chain completely out from under the water, she sees the stopper at the other end of it as the tub begins to drain.
Waiting for the water to completely drain out, she peeks in to see why the tub is so filthy. As she does, a hand comes out of the water, scaring Kuki half to death and falling backwards to the floor. She's horrified as she watches someone appear out from the tub. With all the mud covering their body, she is unable to tell who this person is as they fall onto the floor, next to her. It tries to grab her leg, but she jumps out of the way. She immediately stands up and stomps on the person's head. Hearing bones cracking and her foot seeming to be touching the floor, she looks down to see the person's skull busted open with blood oozing out. The sight makes her very sick before running to the toilet and vomiting.
When she's done, she heads to the tub, seeing the bottom cover in mud with something shiny on top of it.
"Wonder what this is?" She lifts the object from out of the tub, which turns out to be a key and heads out of the bathroom of hell.
Back into the hallway, she figures to try the key at the lock door. She goes back to the first door on the left and puts the key into the keyhole. Giving it a twist, she hears a clicking sound before being able to push it open.
Coming into the room, Kuki lets out a scream as she sees someone sitting with their back to the corner, covered in and sitting in a pool of blood. Walking closer to the person, she's bewildered to see that the person's face has been eaten. Not wanting to stare at the person's lifeless body any longer, she turns away and walks to the other side of the room. She comes across a notebook sitting on top of a desk.
"Hmmm...What's this?" Kuki picks up the notebook, opens it up and begins to read it.
May 9
Played poker with Wally and Su from Security, and Kitsune from Research. Kitsune was the big winner, but I think she was cheating. Bitch.
'This is a diary," Kuki thinks to herself. 'But who's? And why does it mention Wally, Su and Kitsune? What do they have to do with any of this? I better keep reading.'
May 10
One of the higher-ups assigned me to take care of a new creature. It looks like a skinned gorilla. Feeding instructions were to give it live animals. When I threw in a pig, the creature seemed to play with it...tearing off the pig's legs and pulling out the guts before it actually started eating.
'GROSS!'
May 11
At around 5 A.M., Wally woke me up. Scared the shit out me, too. He was wearing a protective suit. He handed me another one and told me to put it on. Said there'd been an accident in the basement lab. I just knew something like this would happen. Those bastards in Research never sleep, even on holiday.
'Accident? What accident?'
May 12
I've been wearing the damn space suit since yesterday. My skin's getting grimy and feels itchy all over. The goddamn dogs have been looking at me funny, so I decided not to feed them today. Screw 'em.
'That's so cruel.'
May 13
Went to the Infirmary because my back is all swollen and feels itchy. They put a big bandage on it and told me I didn't need to wear the suit anymore. All I wanna do is sleep.
'Like a bandage would help itchiness.'
May 14
Found another big blister on my foot this morning. I ended up dragging my foot all the way to the dog's pen. They were quiet all day, which is weird. Then I realized some of them had escaped. Maybe this is their way of getting back at me for not feeding them the last three days. If anybody finds out, I'll have my head handed to me.
'Serves you right.'
May 16
Rumors going around that a researcher who tried to escape the estate last night was shot. My entire body feels hot and itchy and I'm sweating all the time now. I scratched the swelling on my arm and a piece of rotten flesh just dropped off. What the hell's happening to me?
'Rotten flash just dropped off? ' Kuki starts to become concern.
May 19
Fever gone but itchy. Today hungry and eat doggie food.
'YUCK!'
May 21
Itchy itchy Wally came ugly face so killed him and ate his face. Tasty.
After reading that last entire, Kuki drops the diary to the floor. She turns around towards the faceless person sitting in the corner, shredding a tear, hoping that the person there isn't whom she thinks it is.
"Wally..." Kuki cries. "No! It can't be true!"
She takes a step towards him. When she hears a rumbling sound. She turns to her left and sees the closet door violently shaking. Unable to move out of fear, the last thing Kuki sees is the closet door opening, revealing Shinobu, looking very pale with decay skin, standing inside before lurching herself forward.
Disclaimer 2: I don't own the right to Inuyasha, Ranma 1/2, the song S-U-K-I by Funta, which is the ending song for the anime Popotan or Resident Evil.