Eat Me.
"He's gonna eat meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!" Chuusonji Erii and Sukiyabashi Kotobuki
looked up from their picnic as Higashikunimaru Kentarou by, a strange cross of
panic and glee on his face.
Shuukaidou Takeshi was right on his heels, looking like he'd be enjoying himself
if he wasn't trying so hard to appear angry.
Both Erii and Sukiyabashi blinked, watching the mismatched pair vanish around
a corner. "Did he just say 'he's gonna -eat- me'?" Sukiyabashi questioned.
"That's what it sounded like to me." Erii nodded, calmly sipping her tea as she
decided to ignore them. For now.
Sukiyabashi tilted his head to the side. "Isn't Higashikunimaru-kun the star of
the track team?"
"Yes."
"Then shouldn't he have very little difficulty getting away?"
Erii smiled sweetly at her boyfriend. "Sometimes it's more fun not to get away."
"Ah." Sukiyabashi nodded, mulling over the idea.
Comfortable silence encompassed the sweethearts until it was broken by the sound
of footsteps pounding by. Takeshi ran by at top speed, his blue eyes wide in panic.
Kentarou followed on his heels.
"Takepoooooooooon!!!" Kentarou called, a wide grin threatening to split his face.
"Come back here and eat me!"
Sukiyabashi smiled serenely, watching them disappear into the distance. "They
really are good friends, aren't they?"
Erii sweatdropped.
Fin.
I don't know... Just couldn't get it out of my head... *sweatdrops*
Packing
"Take~pon!!" Kentarou called, stomping his way down the hall. "Oi,
Takepon!!!"
Takeshi ignored his hyper-active friend and continued folding his clothes.
"Darling!!!"
*Freeze*
"There you are, Takepon!" Kentarou bounced into his room, a wide
grin plastered across his face. "Whatcha doin'?"
"Packing." Takeshi replied curtly. "And don't call me TAKEPON!!"
"Packing?" The brown haired boy lost his grin. "For what?"
"To leave."
"Leave?!" An edge of panic crept into Kentarou's voice. "Where?!"
"Away." The clothes he was going to were all set out now, so he proceeded
to fold them and put them inside of his suitcase.
"Why?" The word was soft, more like a breath than a word.
Takeshi put a folded shirt in the suitcase. "Because I want a chance to
relax with out getting interrupted."
Kentarou winced.
"To get off this Campus for a change."
Kentarou winced again.
"Away from Duklyon and all the insanity that goes with it."
*Wince*
"And because I need a change of pace before I go crazy."
*Wince.*
Takeshi looked up at Kentarou, who was standing there with his head bowed.
"What are you doing standing there? Are you packed yet?"
Kentarou looked up, his eyes wide in surprise. "Huh?"
"Didn't you check your locker this morning?" Takeshi tossed his partner
a folded envelope. Kentarou opened it and stared at the two plane tickets in
something akin to shock. "The Boss is sending us on a vacation. The bus
for the airport leaves in two hours."
The grin on Kentarou's face could have lit up a lighthouse in the middle of
the night. "See you soon, Takepon!" He cheered, running back out of
the room.
Takeshi grinned, shaking his head. He'd found the envelope with the tickets
in his locker that morning, with a note explaining that the Boss wasn't expecting
to need their services for the next week. The tickets were to make up for the
class trips they had missed due to being part of Duklyon.
A quick question to Erii had revealed the fact that Kentarou hadn't gotten
the tickets as well, just a note that he was on vacation and excused from classes
for a week. This way, Takeshi had the option of getting away from Kentarou for
a while and take someone else.
After all, Kentarou was loud, annoying, obnoxious and always getting him in
trouble.
But it just wouldn't feel like a proper vacation without his best friend.
Fin.
Hiding Spot
Erii opened the door to the broom closet and received a surprise.
"Takeshi?!" She snapped, seeing the blue Duklyon curled up into a little ball
in the back corner of it, his cerulean eyes wide in a panic as he stared at her.
"What are you doing-"
"Shhhhhhh!!" He quickly shushed her, looking around as if he was being stalked
by something venomous. Erii blinked in confusion. This was definitely un-Takeshi
like behaviour.
She lowered her voice a notch and continued at a much lower volume. "What are
you doing, Takeshi?"
"What does it look like?" He snapped back. "Hiding!"
"From what?"
"Not what. Who. Kentarou." He looked nervous as he said the name, as if by merely
speaking it would summon the brunette.
Erii rolled her eyes in exasperation. "Get out of there, Takeshi." She ordered,
grabbing his arm and attempting to drag him out. He resisted with all his might.
"Wait! You don't understand!"
"Understand what?! Honestly-" She continued to try to pry him out of his hidey
spot.
"His parents sent him a gift!" Takeshi explained quickly. "Chocolate covered espresso
beans!"
Erii took a moment to process this new information, then shuddered. "Move over."
"Huh?" He looked confused at the abrupt change in her behaviour.
"I'm hiding in there with you!"
"Oh no you don't!" He wrestled the door from her grasp and shut it. "Go hide in
a closet somewhere with Sukiyabashi-kun! This hiding spot is MINE!!!"
Fin.
Take a Joke
"Dressed me up in women's clothes, messed around the gender roles, dye my
eyes and call me pretty!!!!"
(lyrics from 'Laid' by James)
"Takeshi, you're a genius!" Erii cheered, finally understanding the math problem
she had been struggling with for the past several days thanks to the Blue Duklyon's
guidance. "I could kiss you!"
"Uh... eh heh heh heh..." Takeshi laughed nervously, visions of Sukiyabashi pounding
him into the ground dancing through his brain. "That's okay. Really."
"Oh, alright." Erii acquiesced. "Kenpi, you kiss him for me!"
"Wh-WHAT?!"
"Really?" Kentarou lit up, grinning. "O-kay! Pucker up, Takepon!"
Kentarou playfully advanced toward his friend, mischief sparkling in his eyes
as he got ready to pounce.
"Whoa! Wait a minute Kentarou!" Takeshi waved his hands as he quickly retreated.
::WHAM!::
Right into the tree behind him. His eyes went swirly for a second, then he fell
face first into the grass.
"Takepon!" Kentarou ran over to his friend, worried. He'd just been teasing about
kissing Takeshi. As much as he may have wanted to, he wasn't going to kiss Takepon
unless the other boy wanted to as well. "Oi! Takepon!"
Erii walked over and did a quick check on the Blue Duklyon. "He's fine." She assured
Kentarou. "I've hit him harder than that with my mallets."
Kentarou rubbed his head, silently agreeing with the statement. Erii looked at
the prone body of Takeshi with an analytical eye, the gears in her mind turning
as a smirk grew across her face. "I think Takeshi-kun needs to learn how to lighten
up and take a joke." She mused thoughtfully. "Right, Kenpi?"
He sweatdropped and nodded, wondering what she had up her sleeve this time.
"And as his friends, it's our duty to help him with this, right?"
"Right..."
"We'll get Sukiyabashi and his camera!" Erii grinned struck a triumphant pose.
"It's time for... THE WOMEN'S CLOTHES!!!"
Kentarou nearly fell over from weight of his sweatdrop.
"Poor Takepon..."
Fin.
Waking Up
(for Ysabet. We all need something to make us laugh occasionally...)
The first thing Takeshi was aware of as he woke up was a faint draft. And the
grass tickling his legs. Which was odd because his trouser legs should have prevented
the grass from ever touching his skin. And he knew he had been wearing pants when
he left the house this morning...
His subconscious kicked in and informed him that he probably didn't want to know
because it was most likely 'A Bad Thing'. Like the time when Kentarou had gotten
hyped up on chocolate covered espresso beans, beat the School record for just
about every track and field event, including the marathon. And then Takeshi had
been called out of his nice little hiding spot to get his partner down from the
top of a very tall palm tree that -should- have been impossible to climb. He still
wasn't sure how Kentarou had fallen asleep up there when the sugar rush wore off,
but he had just been grateful at the time that it had.
If he -ever- saw Kentarou leer at him like that again, it would be too soon.
Takeshi debated for a moment if he really wanted to wake up and see what had happened,
because he KNEW he wasn't going to like it, but ultimately decided that it was
just better to get it over with.
His eyelids felt sticky and heavy as he sat up and tried to open them. He idly
reached up and rubbed the back of his head, encountering several bumps and something
sticking in his hair as he did so. He could vaguely remember running into a tree,
which accounted for one of the bumps, and the rest had the feeling of Erii's mallet
to them. He couldn't quite remember what he could have done to receive that many
hits so he concentrated on pulling what ever was stuck in his hair out.
It was a barrette.
Takeshi looked down at what he had been wearing.
He had been right the first time. He hadn't wanted to know.
Short was the first thing that came to mind. Followed by green. Pastel sea-foam
green. He actually would have preferred blue, but he supposed he should have felt
grateful that at least it wasn't pink. It was also on the tight side.
A stray thought hit him and he lifted up the collar to take a peek and discovered
that someone had a really sick sense of humour.
Not only was he in a short sea-foam green dress, he was wearing a blue lacy teddy
under it. And he was pretty sure he had just found his socks, stuffed in the bra.
It also felt like he was also wearing a garter belt and stockings too, but he
wasn't about to check that right now.
"Ano..." Takeshi looked up into a pair of concerned grey eyes. "Is everything
alright, Miss?"
It was Ijyuin Akira, the Elementary School Student Treasurer. The younger boy
looked rather worried as he looked at him.
Takeshi opened his mouth, and nothing came out. There really wasn't anything he
could say to that.
"Is something wrong, Ijyuin?" A familiar voice asked. Takeshi turned to see the
youngest Imonoyama walk up with his best friend and bodyguard. He didn't care
if the blue haired boy was smaller or younger; there was no way in heck he was
going to do anything to get on the wrong side of the young Takamura. Especially
while he was glaring like that.
"This lady appears lost." Ijyuin said innocently.
The Imonoyama's eyebrow raised as he cast a speculative look over the 'lady'.
Takeshi began to sweat. "Well then it is always our duty to help a woman in trouble.
Perhaps the lady would care to join us for some tea and cake-?"
It was about there that Takeshi's brain went into melt down. It was one thing
to be dressed as a female, embarrassing undergarments and all. He could -almost-
deal with that. But when other men started asking him out to tea...
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"
Takeshi took off running, screaming is head off the entire way.
*****
Suoh gave Nokoru a contemplative look. "What did you do this time, Kaichou?" He
asked in a long-suffering tone.
Noroku's shoulders shook as he attempted to hide his laughter. "Nothing, nothing
at all." He said, opening this fan to flash the message 'Who? Me?' at his friend.
"I didn't do anything."
"The poor lady." Akira said sadly. "I hope she's okay."
Suoh and Noroku shared a look before they both turned away and coughed, doing
their best not to laugh at their somewhat naive friend.
"I'm sure 'she's' fine." Noroku finally commented, hiding his face behind his
fan. "Why we go get some tea?"
"Tea sounds good." Suoh agreed, steering his friends back towards the Elementary
Student Council Building. He just -knew- that Noroku had known something about
Shuukaidou-sempai being in drag, but couldn't prove it.
And his Kaichou had the strangest sense of humour sometimes....
Fin.
Um... last part kinda is in reference to a fic that was halfway
written when it kinda deleted itself...Nokoru didn't do anything other than
be polite to the 'lady'.
Thanks to my co-worker Lil X Girl, who suggested Takepon in lingerie, and Sea
Foam Green is due to Mynuet, who was commenting about the colour for bad bridesmaid
dresses.
Heh.
Kenpi Muses
I think I'm a magnet for blunt objects and pain...
I'm part of the Campus Cop Duklyon, so I sort of expect to get hit. It's all part
of the job. But sometimes, I think it's just kind of ridiculous.
Take the first time we met Sukiyabashi for instance. He tried to strangle me with
an octopus monster.
Then Takepon cut me free and together we blew it up.
Of course, the first thing that happened when we got into class was the teacher
hit us both on the heads with a rolled up report and told us to clean the class
room. Like I said, it's all part of the job.
One time Sukiyabashi, Takepon and I were having a nice peaceful picnic breakfast
on campus. Erii comes up and hits both Takepon and me with the mallets for some
reason or another. And then punches me when I ask a simple question.
Fortunately, Takepon caught me. He's helpful like that. He held me upright until
the world stopped spinning and I could re-locate my jaw.
Another part of the job is that we get malleted if we're late arriving to an emergency.
Sometimes I wonder if Erii is going to dress up as Tira Misu from Bakuretsu Hunters
for one of these costume parties that are held on campus. I think Sukiyabashi
would probably enjoy that. But then he's also the one dating her. Really have
to wonder about him sometimes. But he doesn't get hit by her nearly as often as
she hits me.
She also doesn't hit Takepon as often. I think his kendo skills make him better
at dodging.
Like that one time Campus Cop Duklyon did a dramatic entrance in the Greenhouse
while it was under attack. What happens? A beam falls on my head because the monster
is trying to suck up all the fruits and nuts for the Imonoyama Shoutengai to steal.
Erii ends up blasting us to stop the creature and the bad guys get away.
And when I ask about Sukiyabashi afterward, she punches me in the face AGAIN.
Takepon was right there, helping me sit up almost immediately.
I think he's gotten used to it. When I asked Erii about the 20 Mensou vs. Duklyon
school play, he had a box of tissues handy for when I went flying again because
of Erii's fist.
She's got a mean fist by the way. Takepon's first aid skills are also getting
much better as time goes on.
People often times say that Takeshi is cold, but I know that's not true. Under
that scowling facade, his touch is actually warm and gentle. And unlike other
people, he's never tried to hit me. He'll occasionally get mad and chase me, which
is always fun because I'm faster than him, and then when he does catch me, he
just drapes one hand around my neck and rubs his knuckles into my head, And it's
always playful, no matter how much he growls. I wouldn't let him catch me otherwise.
The one thing he does try to do on a regular basis is try to suffocate me when
ever I'm about to mention that we're Duklyon, but I don't mind.
If he would just move his hands down about a foot, it would make for a very nice
hug.
Fin.
Um... ^^;; yeah.
Written for several reasons.
1: Noticed that Kentarou gets hit. A lot. He's like a pain magnet. (Voices are
wondering if he's a machoist. I'm not gonna ask.)
2: Noticed that Takeshi usually catches him, or at least holds him until his swirly
eyes fade.
3: Also noticed that when Takeshi clamps his hands over Kentarou's mouth to stop
him from blurting out that they're Duklyon, it tends to be a full body glomp.
Started wondering if that wasn't WHY Kentarou always blurts out that they're Duklyon...
Drabble - Runs and Screams
"Shuukaidou Takeshi?"
"Yeah. What do you think of him?"
"He's a nice guy and all, but it's like he's made of ice most of the time."
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" The two talking girls' conversation was
disrupted as the object of their discussion ran by screaming.
"Wait a minute, Takepon!" Kentarou shouted, chasing after waving a bento box.
"That was the wrong kind of wasabi!"
Both girls blinked, watching as the two young men vanished into the park.
"-But then of course, ice is solid until it meets fire, and then it runs and screams."
"Don't you mean 'runs in streams'?"
"Same thing."
-fin-
The Résumé
"Takepon!"
"Who is 'Takepon'?" Takeshi retorted back, not even looking up from his task.
"I'm Kenpi, you're Takepon." Kentarou explained cheerfully as he leaned over Takeshi's
shoulder. Takeshi sighed but didn't bother to correct him. If Kentarou hadn't
gotten it after the 5,000th repetition, he wasn't going to get it now.
"What are you working on?" The grinning boy asked, drawing his attention back
to the present.
"A rsum."
Kentarou gave him a blank look. "Why?"
The blue eyed boy sighed. "To find a job." He replied, as if stating the obvious.
"But we've had lots of jobs!"
"I mean a nice, NORMAL job, not just some crazy part time job." Takeshi explained.
"Oh." Kentarou plopped down in the chair next to him. "Well, what have you got
so far?"
"I was just starting."
"Okay!" Kentarou took the paper and pen from his hand without asking. "You name
them, I'll write them down!"
Takeshi debated protesting for a moment, then gave up. It wasn't worth arguing
and two heads were better than one sometimes.
"There's the Bakery where you scare the customers away."
Kentarou wrote 'Food Services'.
"The newspaper route."
'Information Supplier'
"We were waiters in that one play..."
'Actors' Kentarou scribbled, then added 'Food distributor'.
"We commented on the Elementary Baseball game..."
'Sports Specialists'
"You did a good job explaining Imomoya's strategy." Kentarou commented.
"It was nothing." Takeshi dismissed it modestly, scratched his head. "At that
one festival, you sold masks and I sold takoyaki."
'Various Retail'.
"Don't forget Erii!" Kentarou volunteered.
Takeshi blinked. "What about Erii?"
"Doesn't she count as a part time job?"
"No, she is Sukiyabashi's problem." Takeshi waved it off.
Kentarou wrote down 'Impact Testing' anyway. They had enough bumps from her mallets
that it should be considered an occupational hazard, if not a part time job in
and of itself.
"Don't forget, we're the Protectors of the Campu-"
Takeshi had his arms wrapped around Kentarou before the brown haired boy could
finish the dramatic pose, one hand firmly clamped over his mouth.
"We're Campus Security." Takeshi stated calmly. Kentarou nodded, voice muffled
as he looked at Takeshi with wide eyes. The blue eyed boy sighed and released
him, Kentarou falling back into his seat. Kentarou grumbled and wrote down 'Campus
Security' anyway. He then added 'Guardians of the CLAMP School Extraordinaire'
beside that when Takeshi wasn't looking.
"Don't forget food delivery service. Remember those 3,000 hamburgers to the Elementary
Student Council Office?" Kentarou offered, grinning.
"Hard to forget. I'm still amazed we got that many done in one day." Takeshi grinned
back. "And flying the hover craft was fun, even if it was pink."
"What's wrong with pink?" The Red Duklyon queried, looking puzzled.
"Nevermind."
Kentarou shrugged and scribbled 'Test Pilot' and 'Courier'. "Anything else?"
"Well, I am studying to become an accountant."
The brunette nodded and added 'Accountant' to the bottom of the list. He paused,
re-reading over the list. "Takepon... that doesn't fit." He commented, looking
slightly puzzled.
"What?" Takeshi leaned over his shoulder to read the list. He grimaced at some
of the things Kentarou had put down, mentally re-writing them as he did so. But
as he reached the bottom, he saw what the other boy meant. After all the various
part time jobs that they had done, 'Accountant' did seem to be rather... dull.
"You're right." He finally admitted. "'Accountant' does seem a bit lacklustre."
"Well, there's only one thing to do then!" Kentarou grinned, mischief sparkling
in his warm brown eyes.
The Blue Duklyon braced himself, half expecting a statement like 'marrying Kenpi'
or something equally inane. "What?"
"With an Extraordinary Rsum," Kentarou posed melodramatically, "One must get
an Extraordinary Job!"
Takeshi sweatdropped. "I think you missed the point, Kentarou..."
Fin.
Hmm... Wonder who really missed the point...
Taken from all the strange stuff they did in the Clamp Campus Detectives anime
series. ^^;; Loved spotting them! That was great!
"this wasn't in the script!"
Drabble - Karaoke
Drabble #2: Karaoke
"Aw, c'mon Takepon, it'll be fun!"
"No!"
"Please?"
"No!"
"I'll get Erii to go!"
"No way!"
"But it's such a bright cheerful tune!"
"It's in -English-. Do you even understand English?"
"Okay, so it may not be my best language... But it'll still be a lot of fun!"
"Let me put it this way. Do you understand what the lyrics are saying?"
"Uh... no?"
"There you go."
"Why not?"
"Dangit, Kentarou! I don't care HOW drunk the audience may be, there is no way
I'm going up on stage of a Karaoke bar and singing 'I feel Pretty'!""
"Spoilsport."
-fin- 03 Sept 2002
Sweet Cheeks
"Oi! Takepon!" Kentarou leaned out of the car and shouted at his best
friend. Takeshi, as per the normal routine, ignored the shout and kept walking.
Kentarou changed tactics. "Hey, Sweet Cheeks!"
Takeshi not only froze, ice cubes, penguins and all, but fell over. Kentarou
happily jumped out of the car, thanked the driver and cheerfully bounced over
to his fallen friend. "Good Morning!"
Ice shattered and was abruptly replaced with a volcanic explosion. "Don't.
Call. Me. THAT." Takeshi ground out.
"What? Morning?"
"Sweet Cheeks! Anything but that!"
"Anything?"
"Yes! Anything but 'Sweet Cheeks'! That's... that's just... No."
Takeshi shuttered.
"So 'Darling' is okay, Takepon?"
"Yes. 'Darling' is fine." Takeshi nodded like a puppet on a string.
"'Darling' is normal."
"Okay!" Kentarou bounced off.
Takeshi sighed in relief and followed at a more sedate pace.
Until he belated realized that he had just giving Kentarou permission to call
him 'Darling'.
"Dammit!"
-fin-
Pushing His Buttons
"Well forget it! I'm not dressing up in that costume anymore! It's too tight
down below!!!"
As soon as Takeshi said the words, he realized that he had probably just made
a mistake. It wasn't the sparkle in the Chief’s eye that worried him, even as
the blond his his face with a fan, or the comment about being paid, no.
It was the thoughtful look on Kentarou's face.
Fortunately, it did't last long, Erii and Sukiyabashi's reappearance being
enough of a distraction to prevent his partner in crime fighting from saying
anything. And then they had a new villain to fight, one that looked like a kid
and had a definite bone to pick with grade school exams. Turned out that Sukiyabashi
was stronger than Erii, which meant that the same hits that floored Kentarou
and himself felt like love taps to him, but left Takeshi wondering why Sukiyabashi
didn't get a uniform of his own. If word got around that Sukiyabashi was fighting
crime with the Gakuen Tokkei Duklyon, it wouldn't take much of a deductive leap
that the bun-headed blond he fought along side was his wife, Erii. And Erii
only hung around two guys at school, other than her husband.
Although it was just completely strange to think of Erii as -married-, really.
Married meant -children- and oh god the thought of Erii spawning was just highly
disturbing because Takeshi -knew- who would get volunteered to baby-sit a brood
of super strong rambunctious kids and wasn't that just a nightmare waiting to
happen.
Not to mention that as soon as the battle was over, Erii and Sukiyabashi were
doing that blushing, giggling routine, as if they couldn't stop touching each
other and quickly left. Leaving him helmetless with Kentarou, who had that speculative
look back on his face.
If Kentarou said one word, just ONE word, about Brides, Weddings, Fiancé or
'Darling', he was out of there. Faster than the Star of the Clamp School Track
Team.
Considering that the Star was Kentarou, that was a promise he very well intended
to keep.
Kentarou leaned forward. "Takepon..."
"Who's Takepon?" The muttered comment was automatic and not very
heartfelt as he leaned away from the examination.
The Red Duklyon's face was very serious. "Have you grown?"
"Eh?" Takeshi blinked. Then blinked again. That was NOT a question
he had expected.
"Well, if your armour's too tight, you must have grown." Kentarou
explained patiently, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. Then
an exuberant grin spread across his face. "See! This is what eating my
good meals does! I'm so happy!"
And with that, he was wrapped up in a very enthusiastic and choking hug. "Ack!
Kentarou! Get off me!!!"
His partner squeezed him one more time, then held him by the shoulders at arm's
length, a serious expression back on his face. "Although, I was thinking-"
Uh-oh. This could not be good. Especially with Kentarou looking... down?
"-These buttons and things on the front of the armour? They have to have
a purpose, don't they?"
Buttons? Takeshi looked down. Oh. The panel on the front of their... well,
he supposed it could be almost called a codpiece, really. The little bit of
armour that stuck out right below the chest armour. It wasn't quite low enough
to be considered a belt buckle, but it wasn't quite low enough to be a codpiece
either, even if codpieces were highly technically advanced looking with visible
circuit boards and wires.
Kentarou still had that contemplative look on his face. "Hm... maybe we
can adjust the size of the armour on there..."
"Uh..." He didn't think so. He really didn't think so. That didn't
stop Kentarou from reaching out and pressing a few of the coloured buttons.
On his codpiece. Which flashed with a bright while light, blinding both of them
and sending Takeshi flailing backwards.
A slip of paper slid out of the bottom of the codpiece. Takeshi stared. Kentarou
leaned forward, ripping it off. "It's a photograph." Kentarou marveled.
Takeshi's eyebrows went up as he reached for the paper which Kentarou handed
to him. It was indeed, a photograph.
Of Kentarou's codpiece. "Lovely." He grumbled.
"Let's see what the next button does!" Kentarou cheered, lunging
for him. Takeshi yelped, trying to dodge his partner, who managed to press a
button as he tripped and fell to the ground. There was a second flash of light,
this one red, which struck a nearby tree, causing it to burst into flames. Both
he and Kentarou, from his sprawled position on the ground, stared at the damaged
tree in shock.
"Okay... Note to self." Kentarou pushed himself up. "Do not
confuse the camera button with the bright shiny laser button."
Takeshi looked at his partner in horror. "Why does it even HAVE a camera
button and a laser button?!"
"Beats me!" The brown eyed boy beamed at him, bouncing to his feet.
"Let's see what the rest do!"
"NO!" He quickly covered his lower regions with both hands, backing
away from his overly animated partner. He didn't want to know what else the
buttons could do. They'd been blissfully ignorant this far and he was in no
hurry to see what else pushing his buttons would do.
Kentarou looked thoughtful again. "We could always see what mine does..."
They didn't need to see what Kentarou's did either. With all of Takeshi's luck,
it would vibrate or something equally bizarre. "No!"
"Then we see what Takepon's does!"
"Kentarou!"
With a laugh, Kentarou ran off laughing, Takeshi waving his arms as he chased
after him. "At least put your helmet back on, you idiot!!!"
As he chased his partner around the campus --helmets thankfully back on, they
had a secret identity to protect--, Takeshi realized that once again after a
month long hiatus, life was back to normal for the Campus Cops Duklyon.
And the armour pants really -were- a bit too tight down below.
-fin-
Opening line of the fic is from Vol 2, end of Ch. 6 of the Tokyopop version.
Having read the translations years ago, it struck me as odd, therefore spawned
a plunnie.
Orginal line: "I quit! I refuse to fly around for these appearances!!"
03-03-05
Drabble #3: Godzilla
"Kentarou?"
"Yeah, Takepon?"
"Are you aware that there is a Godzilla in your office?"
"Yep!"
"Okay."
Takeshi stared at the Godzilla statue, which was taller than
him.
Godzilla stared back. Since it didn't have eyelids, it won the
un-declared staring contest.
"May I ask why?"
"Because I like Godzilla?"
Takeshi idly mused the answer, never removing his eyes from
the statue. It was probably as logical of an answer as he was going to get.
"Alright."
With that he went back to work, ignoring the statue. So long
as Godzilla didn't stage a coup, he wasn't going to fight it.
-fin-
13 Sept 2002
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