Day 08 - Hinata Sailors Unite!!
Kitsune stretched her arms and grinned into the afternoon sun. "It sure was nice of Keitaro treating us to a movie!" she said happily.
Naru nodded. The movie lasted two hours, and she admitted she enjoyed every minute of it. She did arise suspicion however.
"Kitsune…" she began to say, "…aren't you a little… suspicious that he gave us movie tickets… without wanting to go himself?"
As the two of them walked together, Kitsune closed her eyes and thought about what Naru said.
"Nope! Not really!" the fox replied.
Naru sweat dropped. There were times when her friend was a little too carefree for her liking.
"Well, maybe he just wants us out of the house so he could concentrate cleaning the place up!" Kitsune added.
"I guess he does get easily distracted." Naru agreed, her concern changing into a tiny smile. "We should thank him when we get back."
"Naru-senpai! Kitsune-senpai!" came a familiar and nervous voice.
Wondering where the source of the voice was coming from, Naru and Kitsune turned around. Shinobu, Kaolla and Motoko were all jogging towards their direction. The two girls were so occupied with their thoughts they forgot about the time. It was twenty five to five, the same time the younger girls depart from their train.
"Hey guys!" Naru greeted with a wave, "How did school go?"
Kaolla leapt into the air. "Fun!" she replied, but then placed a finger on her lips, "Though I did sleep through the last two lessons, so maybe it wasn't fun!"
Motoko said a few choice words, whereas Shinobu looked to one side and mumbled something along the lines of 'it was okay.'
"Why are you two here?" Motoko suddenly asked with concern. She did feel rude asking this, but she couldn't remember the last time Naru and Kitsune went out on their own accord. Normally, Naru would study inside her room, and Kitsune would watch the horse racing on telly, get drunk and spend the rest of the day sleeping.
"Well…" Naru began to say.
"…we just decided to chill out and watch the big screen!" finished Kitsune, "It was all Keitaro's idea really!"
Motoko gasped and took a ghostly step back. The rest of the girls felt an unearthly chill emitting from her presence.
"Motoko-senpai? What's wrong?" asked Shinobu.
A black fire shrouded Motoko as she spoke. "You… you left Urashima by himself?! That means the entire house… is exposed!"
"What do you mean?" asked Naru.
"Think about it!" said Motoko, "Think about all the clothes you keep in your room! Think of all the underwear just begging to be snaffled and sniffed by that four-eyed goblin!"
Shinobu's and Naru's eyes turned into milky white saucers.
"S-S-Senpai would never do a thing like that!" protested Shinobu.
"He would not dare." said Naru, crackling her knuckles.
Motoko refused to waste another second. She drew her sword and dashed with amazing speed.
"H-Hey! Motoko-chan! Wait up!" said Naru, who gave chase along with everyone else.
-0-0-
He marvelled at his new wardrobe, his reflection returning the cocky grin shown on his face. Gone was the stupid Keitaro who wore that combination of a jumper, shirt and slacks. Now… he was dressed to the nines in a very fetching black tuxedo with matching trousers. On his feet were the shiniest shoes one would ever lay eyes on. Resting snugly on his head was a black top hat.
Keitaro straightened himself up.
"I think I've outdone myself today!" he said proudly to myself.
-0-0-
"Wait up Motoko-chan!" gasped Naru, trying her best to keep up with the swordswoman.
Although Naru was a fast runner, no one could match up to Motoko's speed when she had a purpose in life. That purpose was to eradicate the existence of Keitaro Urashima, also known as the panty thief. Naru ran up the highest stair leading to Hinata Sou, and ceased moving when she realised Motoko was a few metres away from the main door. Naru half expected her to cleave the door in two in order to find the manager, and inflict divine retribution upon him. Instead, Motoko stood still. She stood completely still. Naru thought it was a bad sign when Motoko's school uniform melted to her shoulders. Her sword was also released from her grip, making a clanging noise when it struck the ground.
"Motoko-chan, are you…"
It was then Naru's turn to freeze. She had spent so much of this afternoon running that she failed to realise the couch, the television, the living room table, the fridge… nearly every household item was hurled outside into one gigantic junk pile!
Naru clutched her hand over her heart.
"Wh-what… WHAT IN THE DEVIL'S NAME IS GOING ON?!?" she screamed, "ARE WE MOVING HOUSE?!?"
Motoko straightened her uniform and picked up her sword. "I… have no idea," she replied quietly, "I suspect Urashima is behind all this… but… what is he planning?"
The sound of footsteps meant the other girls had finally caught up with the other two. Kitsune leaned forward and breathed deeply, using Naru's arm for support when she did so.
"Dang it! Why do we have to run so fast!" protested the fox, "It's not like we're in a major crisis…"
The moment Kitsune opened her eyes was the moment she swallowed her own words. She, along with Shinobu and Kaolla, all looked around the place with expressions of stark fear.
"Tonight's dinner!" gasped Shinobu, who rang towards the detached fridge.
She opened the fridge door, and the smell was pretty grim. The more perishable items were beginning to melt and look like slop. She quickly closed it in fear of her face turning green.
"If Keitaro is responsible for this, he better have one hell of an explanation!" said Naru.
Kaolla looked up and put a finger on her lips. "Well, we could always order a takeaway!" she suggested.
"We're not just talking about the food!!" retorted Naru.
Naru and Motoko looked at each other and nodded. Motoko had her sword ready and Naru had her right fist clenched. They took three charging steps forward… and Keitaro burst through the door wearing his dazzling tuxedo outfit. The shock was so great that Naru and Motoko fell hard on their butts. It didn't matter whether one was sitting down or standing up though… for all the girls had their wide eyed expressions Keitaro came to know and love. Except for Kaolla. She was bouncing up and down, generally excited at Keitaro's weird new choice of clothing.
Shinobu huddled herself, looking very vulnerable as she spoke to Keitaro. "S-Senpai? What's going on?"
Keitaro closed his eyes and grinned.
"Come inside and I'll show you!" he told the girls.
-0-0-
"Oh. My. God." said Naru, the first to enter Hinata Sou, "What… have you done to this place?!"
Keitaro laughed triumphantly, "This, my pretty popsicle, is my greatest creation of all time! This… is the Giant Sailor Warrior Board Game!"
Naru scanned the entire living room in disbelief. Everything was completely cleared out, but that was only half of the trauma. The living room consisted of many painted squares, with the start square shown on the top right of the room, and the finish square shown in the centre. Each square had their own little number on them. The odd numbered squares were painted blue and the even numbered squares were painted green. The whole layout was done in a spiral like fashion, so the players closest to the finish were the ones who were closest to the middle of the living room.
In addition, some of the squares had painted pictures of monster faces on them, and other squares appeared to have large sized envelopes on top of them.
Naru did admit to herself that Keitaro did a really good job with all the paintwork, but that wasn't the problem. The problem was Keitaro had completely abolished their livelihood.
The rest of the girls entered the house at once. The transformed sight caused them to react in different ways. Shinobu, as expected nearly fainted, but Kaolla was… awestruck! She loved the change and wanted to dive into the action! Kitsune just stood there, her mouth normal but her eyes were opened wide enough to speculate the insanity.
And Motoko was having many, many kittens.
"I… I can't believe you done this…" Naru said, slowly and disbelievingly.
"I can!" remarked Kaolla, "This looks like too much fun even for me to handle!"
Kitsune worryingly looked at Kaolla. Whereas the other girls were drained of energy, Kaolla had practically invigorated herself. Kitsune, being the first to witness Kaolla's change, took a weary step back. The foreign girl was frothing at the mouth.
"URASHIMA!!!" roared Motoko, "YOU HAVE DESECRATED OUR HOUSE AND OUR LIVES!! WHAT MAKES YOU THINK WE'LL PLAY YOUR REPULSIVE GAME?! WHAT EVEN MAKES YOU THINK YOU'LL LIVE TO SEE ANOTHER DAY?!"
"I fully agree!" said an angry Naru. Some tears fell from her eyes as she shouted, "This is even worse than all the times you've seen me naked!!"
Kitsune frowned and looked at Naru.
"Well… okay, nothing is worse than all the times you've seen me naked," realised Naru, "but this is still outrageous!"
"I agree! This is gonna rock!" Kaolla cheered.
"I don't mean outrageous in a good way!" Naru turned to Kaolla and argued.
"I'm reporting this to Haruka-san." Motoko informed everyone.
Motoko gave Keitaro a quick glare before making her way to the living room phone. She picked it up swiftly and dialled the number for the Hinata Tea Shop. There was a brief moment of silence as they waited and waited. Haruka must have been really busy, for after fifteen rings, the phone remained unanswered. Motoko put the phone down.
"No answer." said Motoko to the others.
"Well, how about we cast a vote?" suggested Keitaro, relieved his aunt wasn't going to cause extra problems.
"Since when did Keitaro become so reckless and open minded?!" thought Naru, before replying with, "That's… that's fine with us, right?"
All the girls nodded, except Shinobu, who was still worried about the food in the fridge.
"But there's one stipulation!" Naru added, causing Keitaro to frown, "Keitaro, obviously you cannot cast your vote, and should you lose, you have to clean the whole place up, and put it back to what it once was! And you'll eat nothing but bread and water for the rest of the month!!"
Keitaro gulped. He spent ages turning the house into a gigantic board game! Was all that hard work going to waste?
"Wait! I forgot to mention something!" Keitaro said suddenly, "Whoever wins the game gets to wish for anything they want! You name it, and I'll do my very best to fulfil it for you!"
Naru looked at Keitaro like he was some kind of weirdo… more so than usual. "A wish?! Who does he think he is? The Fairy Godmother?!"
Shinobu gasped, but not loud enough for everyone to hear. Pictured in her mind was a romantic candlelit dinner for two. Just herself and Senpai… inside one of the most expensive posh restaurants in Japan… with the gentle sound of a piano, playing in the distance…
Motoko narrowed her eyes after she returned to where the girls stood. If she had won, she very much doubted Keitaro would keep his end of the bargain… that is, unless Keitaro enjoyed being severed limb from limb.
Naru put her hands on her hips. "Well? Do we have a deal or not?"
Keitaro took a deep breath. "Alright, we have a deal!"
With the deal set, Naru turned round and face the four girls. Naru, of course, was also part of the voting system.
"Okay everyone!" Naru announced, knowing full well Keitaro was going to end up cleaning the place head to toe, "For those of us who want to actually play this game, put your hands up!"
Kaolla sprung her hand up almost too eagerly.
Naru's face faltered. It was to be expected, she guessed. As long as something looked fun, or had the potential to be fun, Kaolla wanted part of the action.
Naru sighed, "Anyone else?" she asked, hoping Kaolla was the only one without common sense.
Kitsune grinned and slowly put her hand up.
"What?! Kitsune?! Why?!" Naru asked in desperation.
"Oh lighten up girl!" Kitsune replied with a calm grin, "It looks like Keitaro spent ages making this up! It'll be a shame to put it to waste!"
"Hmph! Whatever!" huffed Naru, "It doesn't matter! Only two of you have voted, so that means myself, Motoko and Shinobu will vote against it! Therefore, we win, and Keitaro has…"
"Oh Naaarrruuuu." Kitsune said in a mocking tone.
"What?" asked Naru.
Kitsune pointed to Shinobu. Incredibly, the blunette was on her tiptoes and rose her hand as thought it could touch the sky.
Motoko and Naru looked flabbergasted.
"Sh… Shinobu-chan?!? How could you?!" asked Naru with buckets full of desperation.
Her little body trembled before she shouted a reply, "B-Because I want to have a candlelit… aaah I mean… because I really want to play this game!!"
Keitaro breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.
"Well… what more can I say except… let the game begin!" he said in victory.
Kitsune and Kaolla cheered together.
"Oh wait!" Keitaro realised, "Before we play, there's one more thing you guys need to do…"
-0-0-
Meanwhile, Keitaro waited patiently in the living room, whereas the other girls were… well, for some reason, they were all crammed inside Kitsune's room. They were making a whole lot of noise, some were voices of complaints, others were sounds of excitement.
"Why do I have to tie my hair up like this?!"
"Aw Naru! You look super cute!"
"I don't wanna look 'super cute!' I wanna look like me!"
"Aaaauuu! I feel really embarrassed!"
"Venus? Is that tasty?"
"No Su-chan! It's the name of your character!"
"Oh!"
"Look at my legs! I can feel a draft from my thighs!"
"Are you guys done yet?" Keitaro called out.
"Just give us a few more minutes!" Kitsune called back.
Keitaro continued to wait… until…
"Okay! All done!" Kitsune said.
The door opened and the girls entered the living room, one by one. All of them looked very close to the cast of Sailor Moon… with the exception of Kaolla due to her tanned skin, but that wasn't a problem. She looked cute, that was the main thing.
On Keitaro's far side of the left stood Naru, who posed as Sailor Moon herself. Her sailor outfit had a short blue skirt and long blue leather boots, as well as a big pink bow displayed over her white top. Thanks to the aid of Kitsune, Naru even had her hair tied up in twin buns, much like the anime original.
Shinobu stood next to Naru, and she posed as Sailor Mercury. Her outfit, though naturally smaller, was similar to Naru's, only the skirt and the bow were both blue. Since Sailor Mercury had a quiet, reserved attitude already, Shinobu was the perfect candidate for this role.
Motoko, standing in the middle, posed as Sailor Mars. Her outfit consisted of a short red skirt, and a mauve bow was displayed over her white top. However, instead of boots, Motoko wore (much to her extreme distaste) a pair of red high heel shoes. Her face was bright red as well, though Keitaro was sure that was not part of the original character. Motoko always feels embarrassed whenever she wore clothes against her tradition. Imagine how she felt in a cosplay outfit.
Kitsune, standing next to Motoko, posed as Sailor Jupiter. Her outfit consisted of a pink bow over her white top, a short green skirt and matching short boots, exposing her legs as much as Motoko was. The only difference was Kitsune wasn't embarrassed in the least. It actuality, it looked like she was used to wearing stuff like this.
Kaolla, the last of the cosplay victims, posed as Sailor Venus. She had a blue bow over her white top, as well as a short orange-red skirt and matching shoes. Kitsune was thinking about tying her hair up with a big red bow (like the character) but since Kaolla's hair wasn't that long to begin with, Kitsune decided against it. It was probably too big for her head anyway.
Finally, everyone wore an attractive tiara over their forehead, each tiara differing for each girl.
"So what do you think?" Kitsune said with a wink and a victory sign, "Have we met your expectations?"
It was a miracle that Keitaro's nose and ears were not bleeding.
"Wow!" Keitaro exclaimed, "You all look perfect!"
Naru, angry beyond natural causes, raised both fists in the air. "Why do we have to all dress up like this anyway?! Do we just exist to fulfil your perverted fantasies?!"
"Well, that is part of the reason," Keitaro said honestly, shocking Naru with his choice of words, "but it's mainly so we can give this game that extra bit of depth!"
"Alright! Let's roll!" Kitsune cheered.
"Sausage roll!" Kaolla cheered as well.
"Um… Motoko-senpai, are you alright?" Shinobu timidly asked Motoko.
"I'm… fine." said Motoko, though it was obvious she was anything but fine. For one, nobody had ever seen the girl grip her sword so tightly.
-0-0-
Once all the necessary arrangements were made, Keitaro and the girls were all placed on the start of the board game… positioned near the main doors of Hinata Sou. In addition to the game, Keitaro also created an extra large white fluffy dice.
Naru crossed her arms and closed her eyes. "So I take it we're the playing pieces?"
Keitaro nodded. "Yep! You roll the dice and walk that many spaces shown on the number!"
"Seems simple enough." Naru thought, "Urrgh! Why am I acting so calm for?! I almost forgot that Keitaro trashed the house in the first place!"
"So who goes first?" Kitsune asked, "Because I reckon it should be the one who is the most sexiest, that being of course, yours truly!"
"Then Urashima would definitely go last." added Motoko out of spite.
Keitaro lowered his head.
"It's okay Senpai." consoled Shinobu as she gently patted Keitaro's back, "I'm sure she doesn't mean it."
"Thanks Sailor Mercury." Keitaro replied with a smile, "Um, anyway! We'll go by alphabetical order with surnames and work our way down!"
"So I take it I go first." Motoko said, with absolutely no enthusiasm whatsoever.
"Woohoo!" beamed Kaolla, "This is gonna be awesome!"
Keitaro handed the large dice over to Motoko. Motoko gave the dice the weakest throw she could possibly muster. It only clunked twice before landing on… a one.
"A one. Whoopee." said Motoko, taking one step on the adjacent square.
"Gee, way to take the excitement out of the game Motoko." said Kitsune. Motoko didn't reply. Motoko just wanted to finish the game, skewer Keitaro and go to bed.
Kitsune smiled with glee as he jogged over to retrieve the dice. Unlike Motoko, Kitsune rolled it with much more strength.
"Yahoo! Luck of the fox!" Kitsune cheered, happy the dice landed on a six. She walked proudly to square six, and Naru's sour face indicated Kitsune was enjoying herself a little too much.
"It's your go next!" said Keitaro to Shinobu.
Kitsune threw the dice over to Shinobu, and Shinobu gave the dice a rather feeble throw.
"A three." Shinobu said, and she moved three squares. Shinobu then gave the dice to Naru.
Naru showed even less excitement than Motoko. She just dropped the dice, and realised it shown a two, walked two squares forward.
"Hmm? What's this?" Naru asked herself. There was a red envelope shown on square two.
"Aha!" Keitaro replied, "Whenever you see an envelope, you must open it up and do exactly what the note tells you to do!"
"Whatever." sighed Naru. "Knowing that pervert, the note will probably tell me to strip off my clothes."
"Read it out girl!" called out Kitsune when Naru revealed the note inside.
Naru unfolded the piece of paper and read the writing shown on it. "It says: Is it me? Or is it getting really hot in here? Remove an item of clothing to cool off."
There was a pause of silence before Kitsune and Kaolla started to giggle.
"WHAT?!?" screamed Naru. "I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS NOTE REALLY IS TELLING ME TO STRIP OFF MY CLOTHES!!"
"URASHIMA!!" Motoko turned around to Keitaro and shouted, "IS THIS YOUR PLAN?! TO RENDER EVERYONE NAKED IN FRONT OF YOU?!?!"
Keitaro just laughed nervously. "Aaah, guess you got unlucky Naru-chan!"
"DON'T YOU DARE CALL ME NARU-CHAN!!!" Naru continued to scream, "WE ARE NOT EVEN ON SPEAKING TERMS, GOT THAT?!?"
"Oh yeah, boots and socks count as one item." Keitaro had the nerve of saying, making Naru's eyes even wider than before.
"Come on Naru! Don't be such a chicken!" Kitsune said with a huge grin.
"I'M NOT A CHICKEN!!" Naru retorted.
With an angry growl, Naru (very reluctantly) removed her boots and socks. In was then Kaolla's turn to pick up and roll the dice, which she did with bags of excitement.
"A three! Same as Shinobu-chan!" she cheered. She walked onto the same space as Shinobu.
"Um… just because we're on the same space, doesn't mean we have to hold hands." said Shinobu nervously.
"My turn now!" said Keitaro as he picked up the dice. Just hearing his voice made Motoko and Naru grit their teeth.
Keitaro rolled the dice and surprisingly got a six.
"So that means I walk six spaces!" he said as he walked and stopped next to Kitsune.
Kitsune, just for fun, decided to hold Keitaro's hand as well.
"WHAT? IS HOLDING HANDS A NEW RULE NOW?!" Naru shouted, realising Kitsune's hand had latched onto Keitaro's.
Kitsune turned around and poked out her tongue. "Oh lighten up Naru! It's only a game!"
"Yeah! It's only a game!" Keitaro repeated, also turning around and poking his tongue.
Naru didn't know how to reply. She expected that kind of behaviour from her friend, but Keitaro acting this way was unthinkable.
"Okay Sailor Mars! It's your go again!" Keitaro said and threw the dice in Motoko's direction.
Motoko rolled the dice and got a six, so she walked to square seven, which of course was the square next to Keitaro and Kitsune. Square seven was also close to the wall, so Motoko didn't have much space in front of her.
"Look here Sailor Mars! There's an envelope on your square!" said Kitsune.
Motoko ignored the fox and looked uninterestingly at the bright yellow envelope waiting to be picked up. She tore it open and read the contents.
"You cross paths with an elderly woman." she read, "Show your respect by bowing lowly until your next turn."
There was silence.
With a sigh, Motoko did as the letter instructed. She bowed lowly and remained in that position.
Already Motoko could hear the covered up laughing from Kitsune.
"What's so funny?!" Motoko demanded, still in that position.
Then she gasped and turned around.
"URASHIMA!!!" she roared, "DID YOU SET THIS UP JUST SO YOU COULD SEE MY PANTIES?!?"
Keitaro laughed nervously. "Haha! Come on Motoko-chan! Follow the rules please!"
Still angry, Motoko resumed the bowing position. "I swear when this game is over, I will kill you."
"KEITARO YOU PERVERTED FREAK!!" shouted Naru, "WHAT IF SHINOBU-CHAN AND KAOLLA-CHAN LAND ON THAT SQUARE?!"
Naru gasped and covered her mouth as she realised something.
"OH MY GOODNESS!! WHAT IF THEY HAD ROLLED A TWO AT THE START?!?"
Again, Keitaro laughed nervously. "Well, rules are rules! Though… I'm kinda glad they didn't roll a two, or Motoko would murder me for sure."
Kitsune grabbed the dice, since Motoko couldn't really pass it to her.
She rolled a one.
"My oh my!" said Kitsune in a seductive tone, "It looks like I'm in the same space as Motoko!"
"WHAT?!" shouted Motoko.
"Well sorry Kitsune, but you have to do the same thing as well!" Keitaro told the fox.
"No problem sugar!" replied Kitsune.
Unlike the swordswoman, Kitsune bowed lowly with no hesitation. Now Keitaro got to see two pairs of panties… and Kitsune wore a stunning black number underneath (they were better looking than Motoko's white panties, though Keitaro wasn't really complaining).
"So, hon?" Kitsune asked Motoko, "What's it like down there?"
Motoko's face was so red. "HOW CAN YOU BE SO RELAXED WHEN URASHIMA CAN SEE OUR PANTIES?!?"
It was then Shinobu's turn. She rolled a five, so she walked to square seven (which was very awkward for her), turned left and walked to square eight. Though she was currently in the lead, Shinobu shuddered when she looked at the rest of the squares, all spiralling eventually towards the middle. There was still a long way to go.
"Great. My turn again." said Naru, sarcasm implied.
She retrieved the dice and rolled another two. After walking to square four, there was a look of distaste on her face when she noticed this square had another red envelope. She opened the envelope and read the contents inside.
"You lose your lucky key ring charm. Go back two spaces to find it." Naru read, "Well that's just great."
She walked back two spaces.
"W… Wait a second…"
"That's right!" Keitaro told Naru, "You have to do whatever's on square two as well!"
And all the girls knew what Naru did on square two…
Kitsune couldn't stop laughing. "Oh man! If only I could see this!"
"Oh Keitaro… do you know what my wish is going to be if I win?" Naru asked Keitaro, taking off her skirt in mid conversation.
Keitaro shrugged. "What?"
"I'M GONNA BREAK EVERY DAMN BONE IN YOUR PUNY BODY!!" Naru roared.
"Oh." said Keitaro, "Well… that's nice!"
"My turn next!" chirped Kaolla, who had been impatiently waiting since her last turn. She rolled a six and dashed so she was one square ahead of Shinobu.
Kaolla looked down on the square and placed a finger on her lips.
"Hmm? There's a monster face on this one…"
"Ah!" said Keitaro. "Watch this!"
He fished out a remote control device from his inside pocket and pressed a big red button. A hologram of a grotesque looking monster appeared right next to Kaolla, causing her (and Shinobu) to jump in surprise.
"I borrowed this from your room Kaolla-chan!" Keitaro told her, "Hope you don't mind!"
Naru could only watch in surprise.
"I don't mind at all!" replied Kaolla, "But… what am I suppose to do?"
"Simple! All you have to do is defeat the monster!" said Keitaro.
Kaolla grinned. From her skirt pocket, she pulled out another remote control and pressed a button. Her bedroom door burst open, and from it flew a Mecha-Liddo-Kun to the scene. It certainly made a change from the usual Mecha-Tamas Kaolla liked to create. The robotic cat thing hovered over the hologram, opened its mouth and launched a salvo of six missiles from its wake. The missiles struck their target and the hologram vanished into smoke.
"Hehe!" grinned Kaolla with a victory sign, "Mecha-Liddo-Kun one, weird monster zero!"
"Well I'm glad someone's enjoying themselves." grumbled Naru.
"Now it's my turn again!" said Keitaro, and he almost forgot that one square ahead of him were the two older girls, Kitsune and Motoko, bending over and showing their perfect behinds.
"KEITARO!! STOP STARING AT THEIR REAR ENDS AND ROLL THE DAMN DICE!!" Naru shouted.
Motoko was so angry that she couldn't even say anything. Her face was still beet red and it looked as though she was about to cry.
Kitsune wiggled her twin cheeks. "Oh Keitaro! I feel so suggestive!" she giggled.
"DON'T ENCOURAGE HIM!!" Naru shouted again.
Knowing this scene will be forever etched into his memory, Keitaro rolled the dice and continued with the game.
…
-0-0-
…
The sky steadily turned darker, and the only ambience outside was the occasional gentle breeze that sailed through the trees and the vegetation from the hot springs. However, inside, one could hear the muffled outcries, cheers and protests easily through the main doors of Hinata Sou. Even though much time has passed by, they were so occupied with the game that they completely forgot about eating. Even Kaolla Su.
After much dice rolling and after countless reports of abuse from Naru and Motoko, the game looked to be reasonably close at coming to an end. Kaolla was closest to the middle, and was therefore in the lead, but Shinobu was only a few squares behind her. Kitsune was third and Keitaro followed closely in fourth. Naru was currently in fifth place, and she was thankful for escaping that four square danger zone at the beginning. Motoko was in last place, because when she landed on a monster square, the hologram conveniently revealed itself to be a giant mutant turtle. Motoko had to forfeit three whole turns before she summoned the courage to defeat it, and even then it was a rather feeble accomplishment.
Of course, the other girls had their fare share of humiliations as well. Amongst many other awkward challenges, Kitsune had to do a handstand until it was her turn again (with Keitaro having another perfect view of her panties). Shinobu found herself singing a lullaby to an imaginary baby. Kaolla had to balance a large grapefruit on her head for one minute… and Naru had to do the flamenco, which was made even more erotic due to the absence of her skirt and footwear. Keitaro had listened to so many death threats from her, it wasn't even funny anymore.
Right at this moment it was Kitsune's turn. She rolled a four and moved four squares forward. A yellow envelope was waiting for her.
"I hope I don't have to stand on my noggin again." mused Kitsune as she read the contents, "Let's see… an evil hypnotist, uh hypnotises you and one other selected player to take off an item of clothing. Whatever clothes you decide to take off, the other player must take off that same style of clothing."
Shinobu, Motoko and Naru were all stunned.
"So let me guess this straight." said Kitsune as she thought this through, "If I choose, for example, Motoko… and I take off my top… that means she would have to take off her top as well?"
"That's right!" replied Keitaro.
"Don't you dare pick me." ordered Motoko, in a quiet but scary voice, "Urashima, even for you, this is extremely low."
Kitsune grinned a really sinister foxy grin.
"You know… I could pick Naru… and take off… MY PANTIES!!" she said with a chuckle.
"NOT A CHANCE!!!" screamed Naru, "I REFUSE TO PLAY THIS GAME BOTTOMLESS!!!"
"I guess that is a bit harsh, even for me," Kitsune reasoned with herself, "but… I'll still choose Naru, and take off my top instead!"
Naru's jaw dropped. "Kitsune… I can't believe you!"
Naru tugged at her top, sighed, and removed it. Kitsune did the same, and the two girls ended up revealing their ample cleavages for everyone to see.
"Don't you dare look at me Keitaro." growled Naru.
"Dime dot dooking datoo!" Keitaro said funnily, probably because he was pinching his nose at the time.
"Repulsive male scum." thought Motoko venomously.
With Kitsune near topless and Naru in only her white underwear, it was then Shinobu's turn to roll the dice. The blunette closed her eyes. The only thing stopping her from receiving the wish was Shinobu's friend, Kaolla. She needed a high number to overtake her. A six, she thought. A six! A six! A six!
She rolled a one. Glumly, Shinobu walked onto the next square, but realised there was a green envelope where she stood. Curiously, she opened it up, and her eyes turned into tiny white dots.
"What does it say Shinobu-chan?" asked Kaolla with eagerness.
Shinobu couldn't believe the words in front of her, but read it aloud nonetheless. "N-Naru is being a whiny old dr-drama queen again! M-Move forward eight sq… squares to avoid hearing her whining!"
Shinobu walked eight squares whilst Naru was speechless. Kitsune covered her laughter and Motoko couldn't believe the disrespect Keitaro was dishing out to the girl.
"I'm not a drama queen… am I?" Naru thought to herself.
"Come on Naru! Quit acting like a drama queen!" said Kitsune, as Shinobu timidly offered the dice to Naru.
Naru realised she had a long way to go before she even reached the halfway point of the game, let along the finish itself. Even so, her stubbornness made her refuse to give up. Perhaps it was the chicken remark from Kitsune that made her act this way. Whatever the reason was, Naru saw this as a challenge. The fight was on and she was not going to back down from it.
She rolled a three, and after moving to the third square, she realised there was a yellow envelope waiting for her. Naru figured out that green envelopes were good, yellow envelopes were not so good and red envelopes were just plain nasty.
"Read the letter Naru! Read the letter!" said Kaolla as she bounced up and down. She was having way too much fun!
Naru read the contents. "Let's see… you have landed on a teleportation trap… prepare to be transported to a completely random place on the game?"
"Ta da!" announced Keitaro, as he fished out another remote control device, "Thanks to Kaolla-chan's invention, 'The Living Room Teleportation Device…'
"Version five point four!" added Kaolla, as if she felt it necessary to say that.
"…version five point four…" repeated Keitaro, "…with a press of this button, Naru will be teleported anywhere in the game! Oh… uh, you don't mind me using this do you Kaolla-chan?"
"Not at all!"
"Alright then! Here goes!"
"WAIT!! IS THAT THING EVEN SAFE?!" Naru shouted.
But Naru's protests were in vain. As soon as Keitaro pressed the button, Naru disappeared in a flash of light! Everyone was expecting her to reappear anytime soon… but they couldn't see her. Then… they heard muffled screams from above. Everyone looked up.
Naru… had been teleported midway inside the ceiling! They could see her bare legs desperately struggling to break free. Finally, some of the ceiling cracked and gave way, which made Naru plummet hard on her rear end. Though she had seen better days, her injuries were minor. However… when she realised what square she landed on… she shivered to the bone.
She landed on square two.
"Oh ho! You know what that means?" Kitsune tittered, "You gotta take off either your bra… or panties!"
"Stripper girl! Stripper girl!" was the new nickname Kaolla gave her.
"DOESN'T ANYONE CARE THAT I FELL A GOOD NUMBER OF FEET ON THE FLOOR?!?" complained a very loud and bitter Naru.
No reply, though one could see Shinobu becoming more nervous and Motoko becoming more disgusted.
Naru was seething. As soon as she unfastened her bra, she covered both arms over her assets before letting the clothing drop to the ground. There was no chance Keitaro was going to steal a glimpse of her modesty. No chance.
Kaolla's turn was next. She only rolled a one, and although she landed on an empty square, all she had to do was roll a six on her next go and she would win, providing Shinobu didn't beat her first. Keitaro rolled a four and he too landed on an empty square.
But things got interesting when Motoko rolled a three. A yellow envelope was waiting for her, so she opened it up and read it to herself. She realised it was the same message Naru read from her turn!
"Another teleportation trap?!" she asked herself.
"Well I did put in a few of them." Keitaro replied, "Well get ready Motoko-chan!"
Motoko braced herself in case the worst happened. She didn't fancy the idea on being shoved into a ceiling.
When Keitaro pressed the button on The Living Room Teleportation Device, something that shouldn't of happened… happened. The piece of gadgetry crackled with electricity and exploded right in front of Keitaro's face, no doubt startling him as he dropped the remote on the ground.
"Uh, Motoko-chan?" Keitaro said, looking around frantically, "Are you there? Motoko-chan?"
"Uh oh." said Kaolla with a finger on her lips. "Looks like it malfunctioned."
"Malfunctioned?!" the rest of the girls asked.
Kaolla nodded, and pointed at a pile of sailor clothes where Motoko used to be.
"Has she… teleported?" asked Keitaro.
"Um… I think so." answered Kaolla.
"Do you have any idea where?" asked Naru.
The genius tried to analyse the situation. "Well normally, the compressed particles inside the controller mimics the length, width and breadth of this room from a smaller scaled perspective, but in the unlikely event that the controller explodes, for example, right now, the compressed particles are free to roam around wherever they please!"
Keitaro stood there like a moron and simply replied with a 'meh?'
Kitsune scratched her head. "Meaning what exactly?" she asked.
Kaolla rubbed the back of her neck and laughed nervously. "Well Motoko-chan could be… anywhere!"
The girls and Keitaro did not know how to react.
Finally, Naru broke the ice by saying, "Um… why are her clothes still there?"
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Meanwhile, in Haitani and Shirai's apartment, Shirai tried his best to cook up an adequate dinner for two in the kitchen. Haitani made no attempt to help his roommate, for he had the couch all to himself in the main room. Haitani rested his hands behind his head and contemplated his simple lifestyle.
"Sometimes… I wish a beautiful woman would descend from the heavens and embrace me with love and care." he mused, somewhat poetically for a man of his ineptitude.
He blinked.
Out of all the trillion possible places she could have teleported to, Motoko appeared four metres above Haitani's unsuspecting form. Thanks to gravity, she plummeted straight into him, and her bare breasts were forcefully mashed into his face.
Haitani flailed his arms as he struggled to breath. When he finally summoned the strength to pull her away, the two of them looked at each other with wide eyes and open jaws.
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Motoko's scream was loud enough to rearrange the solar system.
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"Uh, so anyway, it's my go, right?" said Kitsune as she prepared to roll the dice.
"Whoa!! Hang on!!" Naru protested, "Shouldn't we start looking for her?! I mean… she could be in Africa for all we know!"
Kitsune shrugged. "Meh, I'm sure she'll find her way back! Besides, she could use a tan!"
"She could come back as my new big sister!" said Kaolla with glee.
Shinobu would have been worried if she wasn't so focused on claiming her wish with her beloved Senpai.
Before Naru could protest further, Kitsune rolled the dice. She rolled a five and landed on a monster face. Keitaro pressed the hologram remote, and a vision of a zombie Haitani appeared before her eyes. Showing no ounce of effort, Kitsune simply flicked the beast with her index finger and the hologram disappeared. Keitaro sweat dropped. He always regarded Kitsune as being the lazy one.
"Gee Kitsune, way to show off your skill…" thought Naru.
"M-M-My turn!" Shinobu nearly screamed. She so wanted to win this game that her expression turned quite scary. If she rolled a high enough number, then she would in fact win the whole game! For her it was do or die time.
She rolled another one and let out the most woeful of sighs. This was made even worse since there was a red envelope waiting for her. Shinobu sweated profusely as she carefully opened the seal and read the letter.
"What does it say Shinobu-chan?" asked Kaolla.
Shinobu stared at the letter for some time before finally replying. Her voice was barely audible. "You failed miserably at your Toudai entrance exams. Go back to the start… and try again."
"Oooh! That's a pretty bum deal." said Kitsune, whereas Naru wondered what the hell Toudai has got to do with the sailor warriors.
Accepting defeat, Shinobu (who had now turned a sickly white colour) walked back to the start with the world on top of her shoulders.
"Wow, she's taking this pretty seriously." thought Keitaro, though he had no idea why.
It was then Naru's turn and she rolled a three, escaping the danger zone much to her relief. Naru afterwards gave the dice to Kaolla. This was it, this was the big moment, Kaolla thought. With Shinobu out of the way, Kaolla had no competition left… although she was still capable of landing on the dreaded 'Toudai' square.
Everyone watched as Kaolla threw the dice in an over the top dramatic style. The dice twisted and turned in slow motion… until at last… it landed on a six!
"Kaolla-chan wins!" announced Keitaro. He pulled out a giant party popper and unleashed a spray of multicoloured confetti and string all over the room.
"YAHOO!! YAHOO!!" Kaolla cheered and was leaping all over the place.
Naru slumped on her knees like a rag doll. "Thank God it's finally over." she gasped.
"Well, what are you going to wish for girl?" Kitsune asked with a grin.
Kaolla was so occupied with the game that she completely forgot about the prize at the end. She looked at the ceiling and tapped a finger on her lips. Many ideas circulated inside her head. She could wish for a banana, a giant banana, a giant bag of bananas… the list was practically endless.
"Let's see… I wish… I wish… to play the Sailor Moon game again!!" she answered, with a big bright open eyesmile.
Kitsune punched a fist in the air. "Woohoo! This time, I'm gonna win for sure!"
Shinobu immediately found herself invigorated. The colour returned to her cheeks and her eyes were replaced with orbs of fire. "Another chance to fulfil my destiny!" she thought with passion.
Naru… couldn't believe it. She clutched her skull and her eyes turned into two large rotating swirls. She was so occupied with bewilderment, that she didn't even acknowledge Kaolla and Kitsune dragging her crumpled heap back to the start.
"Yay. Yippee. We're playing the sailor game all over again." said Naru, her mind completely in a trance. Her smile looked totally unnatural.
Naru found herself standing up as Kitsune plopped the dice in between her limp arms. Did Naru even realise she was still clad in only her panties?!
"And since Naru is so eager to start the game, why don't we let her go first?" Kitsune suggested with a wink.
"Good idea!" cheered Kaolla and Keitaro.
Naru was still in swirl eyed mode.
Without a second thought, she lifelessly rolled the dice.
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She rolled a two.