Ryo: Woohoo! I'm glad Barack Obama won the US Election! Anyways, here's the next chapter! And cookies goes to those who can figure out which episode of Avatar was this chapter based on. (Goofy smiles)
Chapter 19: Tales of the SS Soul (Poetry)
That night, Ben walks down the starboard of the ship. He reaches back and pulls out his rifle, throws it into the air, and catches it as it comes back down. Just then, he heard some voices coming from a window. Intrigued, Ben walks over to the window and pokes his head through the window.
"What's this?" Ben said.
Ben looks through the window and sees a classroom of sorts with a stage. The classroom was occupy by seven women named Winry Rockbell, Lacus Clyne, Ino Yamanaka, Anko Mitarashi, Yumi Ishiyama, Cornelia Hale and Larxene. Ino was on stage, reading her writings to the class.
"Through all the long night, winter moon glows with bright love, sleet her silver tears…" Ino said to the class.
Ben rests his head on his hands as he sighed dreamily, "Ahh…poetry." Behind them, a ship bellboy named Jim Hawkins (From Treasure Planet) was struggling to carry up a heavy luggage. He accidentally swings the luggage while trying to carry it up and the luggage hits Ben right in his behind, sending him flying through the window and into the class.
"Oooh!" Winry, Lacus, Ino, Anko, Yumi and Cornelia said, startled.
The girls all gasp in shock as Ben hangs from the window, part of the frame around his chest. He pulls himself into the room and falls onto the stage.
"I am so sorry. Something struck me in the rear. I just…wound up…here" Ben said as he stood up and stands in front of the class. Realizing that Ben just said a poem, the girls, except Larxene, laughed and clapped their hands.
Ben grins. Larxene stands up, applauding softly but looking stern.
Larxene stops clapping and said sternly, "Five seven then five, syllables mark a Haiku," She bows her head to him before continuing, "Remarkable oaf."
Ben looks annoyed, then ponders this for a then said, "They all call me Ben, that is in the Omaha," He counts the next five syllables on his fingers as he says them; "I am not an oaf."
The girls laugh but Larxene still looks stern and does not applaud this time.
"Chittering monkey, in the spring he climbs treetops, and thinks himself tall." Larxene said.
"Ooooh." The other girls gasped.
"You think you're so smart, with your fancy little words, this is not so hard." Ben scoffed as he fold his arms.
"Ooooh!" The other girls gasped again.
Larxene now walks up the stage and walks over to Ben. "Whole seasons are spent mastering the form, they style, none calls it easy!" She said.
"I calls it easy! Like I paddle my canoe, I'll paddle yours too!" Ben said. The other girls laughed.
Larxene now said sternly, "There's nuts and there's fruits," She pulls a plumb from her sleeve and drops it to the ground. "In fall the clinging plumb drops, always to be squashed." She steps on the plumb, squashing it.
Ben ponders, then makes different arm motions as he said, "Squish-squash, sling that shung. I'm always right back at ya, like my…" He draws out and presents his rifle to Larxene's face. "Laser gun!"
Winry, Lacus, Ino, Anko, Yumi and Cornelia laughed and clapped their hands. Larxene looks annoyed but walks off stage and sits back with the other girls as Ben turns to the class again and grins as he raises his arms up to silence the laughter.
Ben then puts away his rifle and makes more arm movements, "That's right I am Ben, it is pronounced with a "ten", young ladies, I rocked ya!"
This time, his words are met with total silence as he stares over Winry, Lacus, Ino, Anko, Yumi and Cornelia who all look annoyed at him. Ben looks puzzled, and then begins to count his fingers, attempting to figure out if he had used too many syllables. Sure enough, he widens his eyes in shock as he realizes his final line contained six syllables instead of five. A man named Saix approaches him and grabs him up by the collar.
"Uh, that's one too many syllables there, kid." Saix said to Ben. PickingBen completely up, he throws him head first across the room and out the room's door. Outside the room, he hits the ground with a thud. Ben then sits up and sighed as he holds his head.
"…poetry." Ben groaned.
END OF CHAPTER
Ryo: Can anybody guess? Anyways, hope you like it and in the next chapter, Ricky attends the ball! And Saber will finally reveal her dark past…Read and review!