That made it an especially jarring moment for a long legged form with hair flying every which way to burst into through the door and charge straight at them.
"AHHHHH!" went Shinobu, Naru, and Kitsune.
Koalla didn't have quite the same reaction. "Mecha-Tama BOMB!"
That resulted in a turtle flying straight at the barrelling individual stopping and rearing back... as a small metal turtle flew in front of it and exploded.
"GAH! No explosives in the tea house!" Kitsune snapped as she waved away the smoke from the blast.
"Explosives?!" yelled the target of the weapon as she leapt back to her feet. "Why did you throw a bomb at me?!"
"Hey, I know that.... MOTOKO?!" Naru blurted as she peered at the young woman standing there.
"Yes, it's me. What did you think was happening?"
Mitsune gave the kendoist a flat look. "We were thinking that a crazed and pretty out of it person was racing through the shop."
"Oh.... That...."
"Why were you running like that?" Shinobu asked.
"Well.... I went to my appointment...."
"The one that you mentioned."
"That's right. And they made a request of me...."
"What sort of request?" the girl with the short dark hair asked. "It wasn't anything... bad, was it?"
"Of course not! I wouldn't have let them go free if it had been!"
"Then what was it?" Kitsune asked.
"They want me to be.... a professor's aide."
"You?"
"Yes," Motoko confirmed. "It seems that they think that since I've run a dojo, a new professor could use my help."
"Who's the lucky teacher?"
"Ura.... Urashima."
Shinobu blinked. "What?"
"They want me to be the aide to 'Professor' Urashima."
"They do? Well... this is...."
"I know. They want me to work closely with him so that he can keep on an even path...." Aoyama sighed.
"That should be... very interesting."
"How so?"
"Think about it. You'll have to be working long hours in the closed space of his office, just him and you.... Oh, and since you're stronger than him, you'll have to put yourself between him and the dangers he'll face, maybe even giving your life for him."
"I didn't think that...."
"But now you are, right? I mean, you'll be working shoulder to shoulder with him...."
"Hey...." Keitaro's wife murmured.
It was a small smile that curved Mitsune's lips, but it spoke volumes. "Think about it, Naru. At least you know her. Imagine if there was some young and lovely girl who got assigned the position. She could slowly fall for him, perhaps even to the point where, late one night, she could profess her love for him, trying to share a kiss.... Or she might want to try and get on her teacher's... 'good side'...."
One of Naru's eyebrows was twitching, and Motoko was blushing, with both of them staring off into space as they were clearly lost in their imaginations.
Shinobu and Kitsune looked at each other and shared a grin at their handiwork, giving off a little giggle of amusement, while:
(Posted Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:49)
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