Episode 9: Hunt TV Announcer: Previously, on "Open Circle"... Sakura: *In accordance with her retrospective attitude, she decides to go out instead of going to sleeping. She gets back up, dresses again and heads for the door.* Heading out, 'Suki... Kai: *Inside the coma, is remembering his childhood. Is suspended by his arms in chains from the ceiling as his brother Lee practices his newly learned torture techniques. Only stopping so that Kai doesn't die.* Kanoe: *huffily stands up and goes into the apartment* Oi, Satsu-kun! Kanoe: Package from Tetsuya again. Satsuki: *opens it and starts reading aloud* "To Kiko-san and Hanako- san: It upset me to hear about the train accident in which you were involved." Satsuki: 9.9 "Although I was unable to track down the cause of the accident, Joker managed to discover that it was planned, possibly by the IPR." Satsuki: *keeps reading* "The names you have already found should be sufficient for your purposes. I wish you luck." Pat: *lands on the roof of the club, explodes* Kanoe: *is practically trampled as people begin to run out, since the roof starts caving in* Girl: *A girl with the same red hair and yellow eyes as Kai enters. Her clothes look like she was going to an important party.* Hi, Kai. Kai: O.O! Kim! Kim: They think I am supposed to meet this guy called "The Boss" so I can marry him... *looks disgusted* I am NOT going to marry some man that hides behind his organization. He probably will want me to hop on his lap and maybe give him a lap dance or something. Sakura: *Has, unfortunately, fallen asleep. But, her note is sitting in front of the roses, hoping to be found.* Sailor Bob: And you're still sick... Kai: I'm not sick. The doctors just keep saying I have to stay here. *The door bursts open, with Lee walking in and holding a weapon at the ready.* Sailor Bob: !.# Kai: !.! Announcer: And now... Sailor Bob: *is frozen where he sits* !.# Lee: *smiles* I finally caught you without your little friends around. Sailor Bob: !.# Lee: Now get up and don't give me any trouble or I might kill your little faggot. *smiles at the thought* Sailor Bob: !.# *At home, Sakura's sleep begins to turn fitful, and visions dance through her head.* Kai: !.! *tries to move in front of Bob-chan* Why don't you just leave me alone? Sakura: *tossing and turning in bed, she sees Lee threatening Kai and Sailor Bob* Uhh.. What... Sailor Bob: *something inside of Bob twinges as Kai tries to protect him* Lee: *cocks the gun and aims it at them* Now! Sakura: *sits straight up in bed* NO! *breathing heavily* Kanoe, wake up!! Satsuki: *from living room where's she playing video games* ?.? Satsuki: Sakura-san? Something wrong? Kanoe: *wakes up* e.e? Sakura...? Sakura: Bob and Kai! They're in trouble... Satsuki: *hears that* !.! Satsuki: *packs up Val and several knives* Kanoe: !.! Kanoe: *begins getting dressed and packing roses* Kai: *slowly starts to get up and immediately starts getting a headache* Sailor Bob: *pushes Kai aside, a fire burning in his eyes* No... Kai: ? Sakura: *jumps out of bed and begins getting dressed* Sailor Bob: *glares at Lee* NO! Lee: *laughs* What are you going to do about it, faggot? Cry? Sailor Bob: *clenches his fists* Ever since I remember, people have been protecting me... Sailor Bob: First... because I was too weak to protect myself, then because I didn't want to hurt anyone... Kai: *tries to move him out of the way* Please don't, Bob-chan.... Sailor Bob: *has been looking at his feet as he said this, now looks up at Lee, fire burning in his eyes* Sailor Bob: But now... Now you're threatening someone I love! Sailor Bob: And I won't LET YOU! Sakura: *closes her eyes, trying to focus in on everything that is happening* Kanoe: *steers Sakura into the living room as she does so* Satsuki: *all ready to go, looking worried* What's going on? Lee: How touching. The faggot is protecting the other faggot. Maybe I should kill you so you will shut up. Sakura: *concentrating hard* Kai's still woozy after being out for so long. Sailor Bob's protecting them.. Sailor Bob: *Closes his eyes... then rips off his eyepatch and opens them, glaring at Lee and... crying.* Sakura: And that guy from before is there... I never learned his name... *describes Lee to them* Satsuki: KYAH! Kai's BROTHER is there?! Satsuki: *zooms out the door* Sailor Bob: *continues glaring, but has tears running down his cheeks as he does so* Sailor Bob: *thinks to Kai, wishing he could hear* "I'm sorry..." Sailor Bob: "He is your brother... But I cannot let him hurt you... I'm sorry..." Lee: *unknowingly looks into his eye and starts going into a rampage* DAMN FAGGOT! Lee: *shoots Bob* THAT SHOULD CLOSE YOUR COCK-SUCKING MOUTH! Sakura: *suddenly, she begins to pick up something else* What.. "I'm sorry. He is your brother..." Sailor Bob: *staggers and falls* Sakura: "I cannot let him hurt you... I'm sorry." *as the link she was picking up is severed by Lee's shot, she screams and passes out* Kai: !.! *Catches a glimpse of his eye from the side. It was swirling with colors.* BOB-CHAN! Kanoe: SAKURA! Kanoe: *picks her up and tries to follow Satsuki, but can't be as fast, even as light as Sakura is* Satsuki: *is a streak on the way to the hospital, misses the thing with Sakura* Sailor Bob: *closes his eyes and falls unconscious* Nurse: *comes up to see what is going on* Oh my God! A gun! Lee: *spins around and shoots her at point-blank range* Lee: Damn faggots screwing up everything! *smashes fist through the wall and storms off shooting* Kanoe: *finally has to stop, rest, and check on Sakura, is now very worried about EVERYONE* Satsuki: *zooms into the hospital, completely missing Lee* KAI! SAILOR BOB! Kai: *holds Bob-chan in his arms, crying* Wake up, Bob-chan! Wake up! *shakes him* Satsuki: *dashes around, following the biggest commotion* WHERE ARE YOU TWO?! Sailor Bob: *is unconscious and bleeding from the gunshot, and shouldn't open his eyes anyway, since he's without an eyepatch* Kai: *starts hitting the nurse button as hard as he can* Satsuki: *finally zooms in on them* !.! What happened?! Satsuki: Sakura started freaking out, and she mentioned Lee, so I got here as fast as I could... Kanoe: *finally reaches hospital, leaves Sakura with a nurse and goes to find Satsuki* Kanoe: Satsu-kun...! Kanoe: Satsu-kun...! Kai: *screams at Satsuki* Go get a nurse! Satsuki: *goes and screams for a nurse* Kai: *tries to stop the bleeding* Sailor Bob: *Comes to, but doesn't open his eyes for a few moments. Realizes where he is.* Satsuki: *stays outside, screaming* Sakura: *As Bob comes to, so does Sakura. An anomaly of the link they formed earlier.* Ohh... What happened? Kai: *keeps shaking Sailor Bob lightly, crying* Sailor Bob: *opens his one eye* Kai-chan...? Kai: ;.; Bob-chan?! Sailor Bob: *winces* D- daijoubu...? Sakura: *shrugs the nurse who is trying to tend to her off, goes on a search for Satsuki or Kanoe* Kai: Yes. *kisses him* Please don't die. Satsuki: *finally manages to grab a nurse, but is so hoarse and incoherent she can't be understood* Sakura: *spots Satsuki confusing a nurse with her screwed-up voice, runs over* Sailor Bob: *puts a hand on Kai's cheek and accidentally opens his other eye* I'm glad... Sailor Bob: I don't... want you to be hurt... Kai-chan... Sailor Bob: *winces* Itai... Kai: Bob-chan... your eye... Sailor Bob: Yes...? Kai: It's so pretty. Sailor Bob: Thank you... Satsuki: *with Sakura's help, gets the nurse to come in* Sakura: *helps Satsuki drag the nurse to Bob and Kai's room* Here!! Kanoe: *reaches them at the same time, don't ask where she went* Kai: *at the nurse* Help him! Sailor Bob: *still has the eye opened* Nurse: *bends over to help Bob, looks into eye* 0.0 Nurse: *gets a strange, dizzy look in her eyes* Excuse me... Kai: ? Nurse: I - I need to go catch fireflies... *wanders out the door in a daze* Kanoe: *realizes Bob's eye is open, tries to look away, but is too worried about him* Kai: !.! Sailor Bob: *laughs weakly* Sailor Bob: *then winces again* Satsuki: 0.0!! *not wanting to turn into a hippie, closes eyes firmly* Kai: *kisses him* Close your eye, Bob-chan. Sakura: *takes a warning glance, then looks again* Wait... It doesn't affect me?? Sailor Bob: *waves Kai off* It's all right, Satsuki-san... Kanoe: I... I'm not affected, either... Satsuki: ?.? *opens eyes slightly* Sailor Bob: I... probably should have told you this before... Kai: ?.? Satsuki: ?.? Sailor Bob: I found out a long time ago... Sailor Bob: My eye... doesn't affect the people I love and care about... Kanoe: *feels shoujo bubbles and sparklies coming on, pushes them away* Sakura: *smiles sweetly* Satsuki: D- does that mean you like us? Kai: ^-^ That means I can look at your pretty eye all the time. Sailor Bob: Satsuki-san... In the short time I have known all of you... Sailor Bob: You've shown me so much more kindness then I felt I deserved... Satsuki: *gets shoujo bubbles and sparklies* Awwwww... Satsuki: *would glomp him, but is scared of making his injury worse* Sailor Bob: In that short time... You've all become very special to me... Satsuki: Oh, Bob-san, we love you, too... Sailor Bob: Kanoe-san... Kanoe: *Feels like she's gonna cry, but it's a good crying feeling...* Sailor Bob: Satsuki-san... Satsuki: *sniffles* Sailor Bob: Sakura-san... Sakura: *smiles, the edges of her eyes wet* Sailor Bob: And Kai-chan, of course... Kai: ^-^ Sailor Bob: *winces again* Now... Kai-chan, can you hand me my eye- patch, please...? Kai: *hands him the eye-patch* Kanoe: *feels all sniffly and shoujo bubbly and sparkly, but goes to get another nurse anyway* Sailor Bob: *puts it on, then closes his eye and rests* Sakura: *smiles at how badly K-chan hides her feelings* Aww... *wipes tears from her eyes* Satsuki: *is all sniffly and shoujo bubbly* Awwwww... Kai: *keeps pushing the nurse button* Satsuki: I hate to say this, Kai, but your brother is a right BASTARD. I like mine lots better. Kai: I do, too. Satsuki: ^-^ *loves hearing praise for her oniichan* Suzuki: *is trying to call the apartment, since Satsuki spent the night there while she played video games* Satsuki: *gets serious all of a sudden* You know - we're going to have to take care of Lee now. Satsuki: If Bob-san looked at him with his eye... well... Satsuki: There's one crazy son of a bitch running around loose with a gun. Satsuki: ^-^;;; Shouldn't be TOO hard to find. Kai: It will probably wear off... Hopefully... Satsuki: Bob-san would be the one who would know... *looks at sleeping Sailor Bob* Sailor Bob: *opens his eyes, was not sleeping* I am not sure... Sakura: *sticks her head out into the hall* Where'd K-chan go...? Sailor Bob: I was angry, but I was also scared... Satsuki: *thinks about this combination* Hmmmm... Satsuki: So we MIGHT get lucky, and he'll kill himself out of fright... Satsuki: Or he'll just go around shooting people and we can track him down THAT way. Kanoe: *reappears with nurse, who calls for a bed, and they roll Bob away, then force Kai back into bed* Kai: ;.; Sailor Bob: *is taken to surgery, where they take him and heal him quickly* Sakura: *sighs and sits down, rubbing her forehead* Satsuki: *paces, worrying; seems very adult at the moment, not her usual cute five-year old self* Kanoe: *is the only one who seems relaxed* Kanoe: *is still feeling cute and happy from the shoujo bubbles and sparklies, and knows Bob will be fine* Kai: *feels tired from the whole thing and curls up and tries to sleep* Sakura: Oh... After all this, I'm gonna have to massage my temple for a few hours... Kanoe: *snuggles up to her* I'll do it for you... Sakura: *smiles* You'd like that, wouldn't you? Kanoe: ^,__,^ Sailor Bob: *after another ten minutes, is rolled back into the room, still unconscious from anesthesia* Satsuki: *now paces in that room* Kai: *moves over to Bob-chan's bed* Nurse: *smacks him lightly and makes him go back to bed* Kai: My bed is all bloody, though. Nurse: Oh, all right. Nurse: *changes sheets, THEN makes him go back to bed* Nurse: *all in record time* Kai: ;.; Mean person! Nurse: *but, to be kind, rolls Bob's bed over so Kai can at least touch him from his own* Kai: *takes Bob-chan's hand* Sailor Bob: *is unconscious* Kanoe: *drags Sakura out into the HALL to give them their privacy* Sakura: Ack! Satsuki: *follows gratefully; wants to DO something* Kanoe: *closes the door carefully, then looks at both of them* I think we all know what we need to do now. Satsuki: Kick that bastard's ass! Sakura: Find Lee. *A look of hatred crosses her face. She actually heard everything that happened.* Kanoe: *looks at Sakura* YOU are going home to rest. Kanoe: You blacked out, remember? Sakura: I'm fine. That was because of what happened to Sailor Bob. We were linked when he was shot. Kanoe: -.- Kanoe: You're going home to rest. Satsuki Please. E-chan and I can handle this. Sakura: *kicks the ground* Fine... Sakura: Don't get hurt... *looks at them both pleadingly* Kanoe: *huggles Sakura* Believe me, we will make him explore new worlds of pain. Kanoe: And we'll be fine. Satsuki: ^-^V You bet! Kanoe: We’ve hunted down insane psychos before, right, Satsu-kun? Satsuki: Hai! Sakura: *sigh* Okay. I'll fill Suzuki in while I'm there. Kanoe: Good. Kanoe: *gets a grim look of pure hatred, the like of which has rarely been seen on her face* Kanoe: *darkly* He'll pay big time. Satsuki: *looks unusually grim herself* Oh, yes. Kanoe: *still grim* Let's go, Satsu-kun. Satsuki: Un. *positions bag so it won't get in her way, takes off with Kanoe to hunt Lee down* Kanoe: *takes off with her* Sakura: There they go... *turns and heads back towards the apartment* Kanoe: *as they run* It's been a long time since we've done this, hasn't it? Kanoe: It brings back such wonderfully fond memories... Satsuki: Yeah... Satsuki: ^-^ Sometimes I forget we're bounty hunters. Kanoe: *grins like a cat that's hunting its prey* Well, then, it's good that we're reminding ourselves. Satsuki: Very. *grins a similar grin back* Sakura: *after a rather short walk, Sakura returns to the apartment to find Suzuki pounding on their door* Suzuki: Sakura-san? Suzuki: ;.; No one answered my calls... Where is everyone? Sakura: Suzuki-san, you're gonna break our door down... *quickly recaps the whole episode with S. B.* Suzuki: ;.;! Sakura: So now Satsuki and Kanoe are going after Lee. Suzuki: And you didn't STOP her?! *means Satsuki, of course* Suzuki: She's going to hunt a crazy man! Suzuki: She could get hurt! Sakura: K-chan's with her. You know she's in good hands... *takes Suzuki's hands* Come in... Sakura: I'll make you some tea. Suzuki: *is now worried to death about his imouto-chan, but decides that Sakura has someone she loves out there too, so at least they can worry together* Suzuki: Hai... Suzuki: *follows her inside* Kanoe: *continues running, talking about this and that bounty* Satsuki: *unconsciously, leads Kanoe in the general direction of the Chinese restaurant, where she is accustomed to finding things* Satsuki: *since Kanoe is talking and not choosing directions* Kanoe: *is assuming they're following the trail of shot people, isn't paying much attention* *There ARE shot people, but they're not what Satsuki's paying the most attention too.* Lee: *storms into Tetsuya's restaurant, ignoring everybody trying to stop him* I want to see the Boss! Satsuki: *gets closer to the restaurant, still not realizing that's where she's headed* Joker: *hears the voice* The HELL?! Kanoe: *continues chatting* Joker: *tries to stop Lee* Hey, what the hell's with you? Joker: You got a death wish? Lee: Where is your boss? Joker: Sorry, you don't get access to that information on account of being some crazy asshole I don't know. Lee: *shoots him in the leg* Next shot will be in your head! Joker: SHIT! *fakes a fall from being injured, tries to knock Lee down* Satsuki: *close enough to hear shot* !.! He went THERE?! Satsuki: He IS crazy! Kanoe: !.! Kanoe: *runs faster* Lee: *pushes Joker out of the way* Joker: Oh, SHIT... BOSS! GET OUT OF HERE! Tetsuya: *was just leaving his office* ?.? Tetsuya: *not being stupid, quickly ducks behind a table* Satsuki: *runs faster with Kanoe* Kanoe: *before Satsuki can run straight into the restaurant, pulls her aside and presses herself against a wall* Lee: Stop hiding, coward, and come out! Satsuki: ?.? What are you DOING? Tetsuya-san might be in there! Kanoe: *pulls out a Glock and hands it to Satsuki* Baka! I'm not letting you in there unarmed! Kanoe: *then arms herself with one* Tetsuya: *stays behind tables, tries to sneak his way over to Joker* Satsuki: 0.0 E-chan... Satsuki: *pulls out her knives* Look, I'm good. See? Kanoe: -.- Take it. Kanoe: Now. Kanoe: *is NOT leaving room for argument* Lee: *shoots a couple of times at Tetsuya before his gun runs out of ammo* Damn it! Tetsuya: *gets to Joker, is FURIOUS and therefore utterly expressionless* Who is this lunatic? Joker: I dunno! He just came waltzing in here shooting things! Tetsuya: *almost hisses* Wonderful. Lee: *throws the gun away and pulls out his sword that he carries around hidden* Satsuki: *takes the Glock* Okay... Satsuki: *now feeling prepared, heads for the restaurant* Kanoe: *backs her up* Lee: Damn it! Come out here and fight me! Tetsuya: *as previously mentioned, is completely furious; stands* Tetsuya: What do you want? Lee: I want you dead. Tetsuya: 9.9 Hardly original. Your brother says the same thing. Tetsuya: *has quickly noticed the family resemblance and put two and two together* Lee: -.- My brother is a faggot. As soon as I kill you I will go back and finish him off. Tetsuya: Whatever you say. *stands in the midst of the shot-up restaurant, nonchalant on the outside and boiling mad on the inside* Satsuki: *sneaks into the restaurant, trying to avoid drawing attention* Satsuki: *pulls out E-chan's Glock and aims, but doesn't fire quite yet* Kanoe: *sneaks after her* Kanoe: *has Glock at the ready* Tetsuya: *notes that two people have entered, but not who they are* Kanoe: *hides behind table and covers Satsuki* Satsuki: *readjusts aim slightly, then shoots the sword out of Lee's hands* There. Satsuki: Now I think that's a bit fairer - don't you? Kanoe: *smiles* Hai, sou da, Satsu-kun. Tetsuya: *raises eyebrow at the sound of Satsuki and Kanoe's voices* Perhaps. Kanoe: *covering Satsuki, makes her way over to Joker* Konban wa, Joker-san. Lee: *spins and throws a knife at them* Don't interfere! Satsuki: *dodges easily* Kanoe: *is hit by knife* !.! Kanoe: *falls over near Joker, the knife buried up to its hilt in her side* Joker: 0.0!!!!!! Satsuki: *frozen* E- E- E-ch- chan... Kanoe: *winces* Didn't... hit any... major organs... Kanoe: *collapses completely, the Glock spinning out of her hand and stopping by Joker* Tetsuya: *without even a hint of a warning, goes straight for Lee* Joker: *grabs the Glock and tries to keep it steady on Lee* Lee: *stands there waiting for Tetsuya* Satsuki: *since Lee seems to be covered, runs to Kanoe* E-CHAN! Tetsuya: *attacks, getting straight to the most deadly ones he knows* Kanoe: *the rose in her hair is dislodged as her hair falls over her face* Kanoe: *blood colors the nice, expensive carpeting of the restaurant* Satsuki: *tries to stop the bleeding frantically* E-CHAN! DON'T YOU DARE DO THIS TO ME! Kanoe: *rolls over, winces again as she jars the knife* Kiko-chan... *has only called her that about twice since they’ve known each other* Satsuki: *is starting to cry* E-chan...! Lee: *ducks under Tetsuya's attack and kicks at his kneecaps* Kanoe: *smiles slightly* Dai... joubu... Kanoe: Don't... pull it... out... Kanoe: It'll... bleed... more... Satsuki: *through tears* I'm not THAT dumb, E-chan. *keeps her hands over the wound* Satsuki: Joker, you got a phone on you? Joker: *wincing at leg cramp* Yeah. Sure. I'm a fucking phone store. No, I don't! Kanoe: Left... hip... pocket... *passes out* Satsuki: *gets it out of the pocket, calls Suzuki* Suzuki: *Is back in his own apartment after a lovely tea session with Sakura. Answers it.* Suzuki: Moshi moshi? Satsuki: NIICHAN! E-chan's hurt and Tetsuya's fighting and everything is all screwed up!! Satsuki: *starts bawling into the phone* Suzuki: O.O! Daijoubu?! Suzuki: *is more scared about his imouto-chan than Kanoe* Tetsuya: *back at the FIGHT SCENE, jumps up and aims a kick at Lee's head* Satsuki: I'm f- fine, but E-chan got stabbed and - and - WAHHHH!!! Suzuki: O.O! Suzuki: Doko?! Satsuki: At the restaurant... Lee: *brings an arm up to block the kick but gets knocked back by the force of it* Suzuki: I'll be right there! *has medkit at his house, had just finished working a bug out of one of the tool's systems* Suzuki: *hangs up, grabs kit and is gone* Satsuki: *puts phone down and starts crying more* Joker: 9.9 *still trying to keep the gun aimed at Lee* Suzuki: *grabs a taxi to get there even sooner* Suzuki: *after about five minutes... crawls in front door, trying to be discreet* Suzuki: *and making sure to keep well away from the fight* Tetsuya: *kicks Lee in the back* Suzuki: *makes his way over to Satsuki and Kanoe* Suzuki: *glomps Satsuki, is glad she's okay* Imouto-chan... Daijoubu? Satsuki: *glomps back* No! I'll never be daijoubu again! Satsuki: I DUCKED and E-chan got hurt... *bawling* It's my fault!! Lee: *rolls to his feet as he is knocked forward and kicks Tetsuya in the chest* Suzuki: *pats her on the back* Daijoubu... Daijoubu yo... It wasn't your fault... Tetsuya: *falls back slightly* You're not bad. Kanoe: *is bleeding PROFUSELY over here...* Satsuki: Then we better see to E-chan... *points* Suzuki: *gives her medkit* You know what to do better than I do. Satsuki: *grabs it, sets to work* Lee: -.- Shut up and fight! Suzuki: *sees Joker* ?.? Daijoubu? Joker: Yeah, don't worry about me. *can't keep a good lock on Lee, but is trying anyway* Joker: *is also bleeding on the carpet, though not nearly as much as Kanoe* Suzuki: *sees his leg bleeding from being shot* -.- No, you're not. Joker: Gotten worse. Lived. Suzuki: *grabs bandages from the kit and goes over to him* Put the gun down and let me see. Suzuki: *starts examining leg as best he can, seeing as he's not as experienced as Satsuki* Joker: *grits his teeth* No! I gotta - keep an eye on that little snake... Tetsuya: *fakes a kick at Lee's head, then moves in closer and starts hitting him EXTREMELY hard* Suzuki: *takes the gun away from him* Then I'll do it while you bandage yourself. Joker: *grabs for it* NO! I have to protect the boss! Lee: *stops attacking and tries to protect himself* Suzuki: *Keeps it away as he aims, but doesn't shoot. Handles the gun like a pro.* Tetsuya: *does not relent* Joker: *stops grabbing for the gun, gets the chance to notice how CUTE Suzuki is* Suzuki: *of course, can't get a good shot* Now, bandage your leg! Suzuki: *leaving no room for argument* Joker: Yeah, yeah. *does so, repressing urge to ask for Suzuki's phone number* Suzuki: *when he's done, hands the gun back, but doesn't go back to Satsuki* Lee: *notices his sword on the ground several feet away and dives for it* Joker: *fires a shot in front of Lee's face* Don't even THINK about it! Joker: I've had ENOUGH of you buggers coming in and shooting the boss up or trying to slice him into bacon! Suzuki: *glares at Lee for extra emphasis* Suzuki: *doesn't much care for Tetsuya, but does care about Satsuki caring about him* Suzuki: -.-! Tetsuya: 9.9 Joker... Tetsuya: *charges Lee, intending to finish the fight* Suzuki: *watches* Wow... He's damn good. Lee: *uses his hands to push himself off the ground, his legs going around Tetsuya's head* Lee: *twists, throwing both of them to the ground* Tetsuya: *hand reaches out and finds a knife that fell out of Satsuki's bag* Tetsuya: *grabs it and stabs Lee in the leg* Lee: *screams and lets go of Tetsuya* Tetsuya: *drives the knife through Lee's chest, so hard that it pins him to the floor like a butterfly* Suzuki: And creative, too... Suzuki: *winces* Lee: *squirms for a second, then dies* Tetsuya: *takes several deep breaths; has not fought anyone that good in a while* Suzuki: *looks at Joker* Joker: *looks back after checking to make sure the boss is all right* Yeah? Suzuki: *shrugs, looks over at Satsuki and Kanoe to see if everything's okay over there* *At first glance, it's almost scary. Kanoe isn't moving, and Satsuki is draped over her upper body, hugging her still form fiercely.* *Then Satsuki pulls back, and you can see Kanoe's chest slowly rise and fall.* Kanoe: *is still unconscious* Satsuki: *scrubbing tears from her face* Suzuki: *smiles in relief, not for Satsuki, but actually for Kanoe herself* Tetsuya: *walks over to them* So. Is Kanoe-san all right? Suzuki: *looks back at Joker, can see he doesn't seem to care* ~.-? Joker: ~.-? *has seen the boss is all right, is happy at that - well, and that Suzuki's fine, too* Suzuki: *starts making faces at him* ^__^ @.@ O.O o.o ?.? !.! Joker: *sticks with one face* @.@ Suzuki: ^__^ Joker: @.@ Suzuki: *is generally happy because everyone else is okay* Satsuki: *scrubs face more* Sh- she'll be okay, I think... she still ought to go to the hospital, though. Kanoe: *stirs* Satsu-kun...? Satsuki: *would glomp, doesn't want to make injury worse* Oh, E-chan... Suzuki: *at Joker* ^.~ Joker: @.@;;; Satsuki: I don't know what we're going to do about hospital bills... *absurdly practical* Satsuki: 'Cuz Kai and Bob are there, and now you'll have to go... Tetsuya: *raises eyebrow at Satsuki* That is something that would worry you? Kanoe: *manages to sit up, making herself bleed a little, but doesn't care* Kanoe: *hugs Satsuki* I'm glad you made it through okay. Satsuki: *ignoring the cryptic mob leader* ME?! You're the one that got... Satsuki: *starts sniffling again* Kanoe: *hugs her harder* Yes, you. Kanoe: All I care about is that you're okay. Satsuki: But if you're not around, then I'm NOT okay! Suzuki: *can barely resist urge to go "awwwwwww" at them* Kanoe: ^.~ Then it's a good thing you're here to take care of me, isn't it? Satsuki: *nods* ;_; Hai! Tetsuya: *is writing something on a small piece of paper, which he leaves by them* Kanoe: *wipes her tears away* Stop crying, you wimp. Kanoe: ^__^ Tetsuya: *goes to talk with Joker* Satsuki: =p *manages to stop crying* Suzuki: *edges away, not because he dislikes Tetsuya, but because he wants to give them their privacy while they talk* Kanoe: =P Tetsuya: Joker? Is your leg all right? Joker: Yeah, fine as paint. You? Tetsuya: As ever. Joker: 9.9 Yeah. Okay. Gotcha. But who's going to clean up THIS one? Suzuki: *sits by Satsuki and Kanoe, just happy that they're happy* Kanoe: *hugs Satsuki again* Satsuki: *hugs back carefully* Joker: *looks and sees the paper by the two* -.- You DIDN'T. Joker: It's going to take a fortune to fix this place up and you're going to... Kanoe: *is bleeding even more just because she's sitting up* Kanoe: *notices paper* ?.? Tetsuya: *looks innocent* Do you want to go to the hospital? Joker: -.- *gives up* Yes, I'll go to the effing hospital. Good GRIEF... Kanoe: Satsu-kun... *props herself up against a random fall-over table and points at the paper* Joker: Our business doesn't have bottomless pockets, you know.. Kanoe: Nani? Satsuki: ?.? *picks up paper and reads it* Tetsuya: *disappears quite handily with Joker, presumably to the hospital* Satsuki: 0.0 It's a password to a bank account...? Suzuki: *heard bits a pieces of Joker and Tetsuya's conversation* ^___^ Satsuki: @.@ That guy... Kanoe: Hai... Kanoe: *feels like she's going to black out, just from sitting up* Satsuki: SHIT! *takes the phone back, calls 119* Suzuki: *supports her* Daijoubu, Kanoe-san... Kanoe: *blacks out just as the 119 people come* Paramedics: *check her over, then load her into the back of the ambulance* Satsuki: *follows them doggedly, determined not to let E-chan out of her sight* Suzuki: *goes to alert Sakura of what's happened* Ambulance: *Speeds off towards the hospital, reaching it in a couple of minutes. Then Kanoe is taken in to be operated on.* Satsuki: *paces outside anxiously* Doctor: *comes out in a few minutes* Are you a relative of the patient? Satsuki: Yes! Satsuki: *figures that she is in every way that counts but blood* Doctor: She lost a lot of blood, but she is fine. Nothing important was damaged. Satsuki: *wipes away sweatdrops* Yokatta... Doctor: She is being moved to room 56. Satsuki: *notes it down* Thank you. Thank you very much. Doctor: *nods and goes off to attend to other patients* Satsuki: *tired and stressed, wobbles her way towards room 56* Kanoe: *is lying in bed, looking pale* Satsuki: *collapses into a chair by the bed; asleep almost before she sits down* *And on the two sleepers - fadeout.* Credits: Kanoe: MokonaChiirushia Satsuki: Hokuto Kuzuki Kai: Ryuujin Tatsu Sakura: XxGigasboltxX Sailor Bob: MokonaChiirushia Lee: Ryuujin Tatsu Tetsuya: Hokuto Kuzuki Suzuki: MokonaChiirushia Joker: Hokuto Kuzuki Nurse 1: Ryuujin Tatsu Nurse 2: Hokuto Kuzuki Nurse 3: MokonaChiirushia Paramedics/Ambulance/Doctor: Ryuujin Tatsu TV Announcer: Hokuto Kuzuki Fight Choreography: Ryuujin Tatsu