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Kanna1/2 – Chapter 10 – Like the shishamos, frozen and dead...

By Uchiha-chan aka Hayashi11

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In the early hours of dawn, a tall figure quietly closed her bed room door and sneaked quietly to the stairs with her pair of boots in one hand. She prayed that the others are still sound asleep, but unknown to her, there are two other individuals that are awake and at full alert. Another tall figure also slipped out into the hallway and tailed her. The other individual was already waiting near the back door of the tegeki.

Kazuki Kenichiro walked up the street towards the theater, cursing under his breath that he forgot his jacket. The wind picked up speed for a final tour around the city before settling down for another busy morning. In this chilly weather, Kenny attempted to jog all the way there but he still feels sore from yesterdays work. He casually made a mental note to read his great grandfather's diary later. Sticking his icy cold hands onto his jeans pocket, he continued his way towards the theater. He cringed slightly at how he was almost kidnapped and bisected by a bunch of weird females yesterday.

As he crossed the road, he noticed a giant billboard before the building. It looks old and faded but the words are still legible. It reads 'Journey to the west. Back by great demand! Staring: Kanzaki Sumire and Kirishima Kanna'. Kenny stopped abruptly and stared at the board in disbelieve. 'You are kidding!' He thought. 'Kanna nea-san is an actress! I have traveled around with an actress! Ohmygosh!' He broke into a mad dash towards the back door and was surprised that there was someone sitting by the steps.

"Looking for someone?"

The silver haired teen resident of the Tegeki spoke as she look up at him. Kenichiro was a little shock as he just saw a small picture of her on the billboard.

"You...you are also an actress!"

"Yes, why do you ask?"

It was Maria's plan to grill as much answers out of him as possible. Reni stood up and leaned against the brick outer wall of that magnificent building.

"That means all of you are actresses! "

"Yes we are. What business do you have here today? "

"I...er... I am looking for Kanna nea-san."

"She's not available. Can i take a message?"

"What! She said that she will meet me here!"

Now that she have enough time to take in all his physical stats, she quietly took note of everything about that boy. He's not very tall compared to Kanna, about 169cm. He has Japanese features but his hair is light brown.

"Why don't we wait in the backyard while she comes down? I'll get someone to call her."

Without waiting for his answers, she led him around the building to a more seclude corner where there are benches. Kenichiro mumbled something that startled Reni.

"You know German!"

"Huh! Opps..."

Kenny just cursed in German and he turned red with embarrassment. Reni looked at him with curiosity and offered him a seat at the bench.

"Sorry. Excuse my language."

"It's alright."

Reni replied in German and smiled. Kenny looked at her and was shocked again.

"Is there any chance that you are a German?"

"I'm a pure German. How do you know my language? I thought you are Japanese."

"I' have a mix of German and Japanese blood. Although none of my family knows how to speak it anymore, i took classes for it."

He had never met a breathing and living German other than his language teacher, Kenny felt a little nervous but relaxed soon enough when he realized that Reni is actually a quiet person. The two young adults starts to converse in German. Ever since he took classes, he did not have a chance to use it. At last he can try out his language skills.

Meanwhile...

Maria quickly followed behind her subject and kept a safe distant. Just as her target was about to reach the back door of the ticketing office, Maria spoke.

"Kanna! You sure are early today. What's up? "

"Maria!"

The taller girl nearly jumped as she snapped her head towards the blond's direction. A guilty feeling washed over her as she remembered what the manager said about her punishment.

"What are you doing here? I thought the manager grounded you."

"Ah! Yes he did. I heard some strange noise outside. I was about to check it out! It must be a stray cat!"

"Well looks like the cat is gone. Come with me to fix breakfast! I'm sure that will be a good way to apologize to the rest for making them worry."

Kanna looked at the blond and looked at the doorknob again. Whatever it is she can't step outside this building. Being made to do night patrol for two whole weeks is definitely not fun. Additional punishments must be avoided at all cost.

"Sure! What ever you say."

She mentally apologized to Kenny and followed her friend to the kitchen. Kanna looks nervously at Maria when a sudden thought strikes her. How can she cook if she can't touch water? 'That's a good question' she replied to herself.

"What did you say?"

Without thinking she spoke her thoughts. Kanna set her eyes on the floorboards and answered.

"Nothing! I was thinking of what should i cook today and i find that it's a good question!"

"How about the traditional Japanese breakfast? I think they have shishamos in the freezer." (Shishamo is a kind of fish i think. They have lots of eggs in them and my friend calls them pregnant fish. Usually grilled.)

"Okay! I'll set the table and get the cutlery. I'll help to grill the fish later. In the mean time please prepare the fish for me! Thanks! "

Kanna dashed towards the cabinet that keeps all the cutlery and began setting the table outside.

Throughout the whole cooking ordeal, Kanna never left the kettle of hot water. Maria pointed out that she did not need hot water to grill fish but Kanna insisted that it was to keep her warm. The blond looked at her with a weird look but pushed her thoughts aside. Now all she pray for is the smooth sailing of her plan on Reni's side.

Back in the backyard...

The two of them chatted lightly as the morning sun shone on them. It's warm and comfortable, Kenny took out his hands from his pockets and rubbed them against each other.

"Are you feeling cold?"

"Just a little. Oh wait i forgot to introduce myself! My name is Kazuki Kenichiro. You can call me Kenny, that's my English name."

"I'm Reni. Nice to meet you Kenichiro-san"

Both of them shook hands and smiled. Somehow Reni finds his company comfortable. Is she speaking too much to a stranger? Maybe it's her image as a silent soldier that is hiding her true personality. Outside,in this place without anyone she knows, she can freely express the other side of her.

"Kenny will do."

"I'm not used to call a Japanese without honorifics . How about i just call you Ken-chan?"

Reni giggled, Kenny looks a little shocked but smiled.

"Mou! That's what my brothers and cousins call me. It makes me feel like a kid."

"But this sounds so much more suitable!"

"Alright, but keep this a secret from Kanna nea-san. She'll laugh her head off."

When he mentioned Kanna, Reni froze and suddenly remembered her purpose of talking to him. It was suppose to be an interrogation. She learned nothing other than his name and that he is of mix blood. Just as she was about to ask a more direct question about him. Maria walked out of the ticket office's back door and waved them over. Reni quickly changed back to her emotionless face and toneless voice after inviting him to follow and introduced him to Maria.

"This is Maria, she's also an actress here."

"Kinpatsu! We meet again! So this is where you work?"

"Morning kid! I believe i owe you a meal. Come inside, breakfast is being served. And stop calling me KINPATSU! It's rude."

"You know each other?"

A pang of pain crept up her heart. She didn't want to share her new friend, at least not for now. Kenichiro turned to Reni and answered.

"I meet her in the forest and she kind of saved my life a while ago. Shall we go in?"

Kenny stood by the door and held it open for the two of them. A gentleman's gesture, Maria and Reni both took note of it. Once inside, the girls led him down a hallway and into the elegantly decorated dining area. The boy gasped and blushed almost immediately at his inappropriate behavior. Kanna was setting the last of the breakfast onto the table while the other girls are in various stages of waking up. To his relieve, they did not look like carnivores from last night anymore. For instance Iris who would only be verbal after Reni greeted her was pouting with her teddy bear in her arms and a hand rubbing the sleepiness away from her eyes. Kohran was mumbling mathematical formulas about her latest experiments although part of her brain's processing department is still off. Sumire was sipping tea hoping that it will revive her soon enough so that she can comment on Kanna's wonderful cooking. Orihime who was non-verbal until she had her morning cup of coffee, darted straight to the coffee pot in the kitchen.

"Good morning Kanna nea-san!"

'Plonk' Kanna dropped her plate on the table and stared at the new arrivals with her mouth hanging wide open.

"Kenichiro! Oh gosh! What are you doing here?"

"I owe him a meal so i decided to get even with him with this breakfast." Maria smiled pleasantly but Kanna felt that there's something more than that.

Ohgami who walked in with his uncombed mess of spikes asked.

"Did anyone call me?"

Those seated only responded with a shake of their head.s Kanna turned to her captain and replied.

"Morning Captain! I was calling Kenichiro, not Ichiro."

Ohgami looked around for something that is named Kenichiro and finally rested his eyes on the boy. His face turned into a weird mix of surprise and anger.

"Who's he? Didn't the theater have rules about visitors?"

Sumire's brain finally snapped the last of the processing chips into place and a thought dawned onto her. Since this boy was seen with the mysterious waiter that she fell in love with he must know something about him. Seeing that the boy's presence was challenged, She came to his defense.

"Chuuii, that boy is not a visitor but out guest so treat him nicely."

Kanna seized the chance and pulled the boy to the far end of the dining hall. Kenny struggled with his collar as the red head tugged onto it a little too hard.

"I ... can't ... Breathe! "

She released her iron grip and asked.

"What in the good havens are you doing here?"

"You told me to meet you this morning! You broke your promise. I waited like a nut. Luckily i meet Reni who..."

Kanna thought for a while but she can't seem to fix the pieces of the puzzle together. Why did Maria and Reni pop out of nowhere this morning?

"There's something weird and i warn you not to talk about anything other than your name. Definitely not about me and Kuno."

Kenichiro knew this serious look and nodded. Maria waved them over as everyone settles down for breakfast.

The blond Russian silently thanked Sumire that she saved them from spouting a different tale all at once. By then most of the girls have noticed the new addition at their table and was scrutinizing him from top to bottom. Kanna was still a little confuse but she kept quiet. Reni ushered Kenny to a seat far away from Ohgami before taking her seat between Iris and Kanna. Kenichiro was seated between the mad scientist and the gunslinger, both with the ability to blast him to smithereens if he tried anything funny. Kanna was sitting directly across to Kenny. Sumire looked intently at the boy with interest and forgot her list of nasty comments about Kanna's cooking. Iris was about to throw a tantrum as Reni was not very attentive to her conversation.

Kanna warned him with a 'Don't-say-anything-stupid' glance. She stood up and apologized for her inconvenience that she gave them because she left suddenly and hope that they will forgive her with this meal. Sumire chided her but focused her attention back to the boy. Maria broke the silence by inviting the guest to introduce himself. Kenny shot her with an evil glare and stood up with flushed cheeks.

"Er...My name is Kazuki Kenichiro. Nice to meet you all."

"I'm Ohgami Ichiro, Captain of... er no... ticket boy of this place." The captain dragged his introduction when he realized that he cannot introduce the other presentable side of him.

A warning sign flashed across his mind. Kenichiro, for some reason, felt that he should stay out of that man's way because something bugged him that his fate may be change because of him. The others merely said their names and slowly snap out of their morning drowsiness. So after a round of brief introductions they finally started on the food.

"Itadakimasu!"

Breakfast was delicious thanks to superb Kanna's grilling skills. Sumire busied herself trying to get more information about him and the waiter while Ohgami growled unpleasantly when he learned that this boy and that man knew each other. Kenichiro was trying very hard to avoid any discussions that involved talking about himself or his past. Kohran kept staring at Kenny's wristwatch. It looked like it has a small built in screen with a few simple buttons controlling it.

"Kazuki-han, can i take a look at your watch? I'm very interested with it's functions."

Kanna's eyes grew wide with shock and Maria took note of it. That watch must be an important item. Kenny, however, didn't notice that look of hers and politely slipped off that piece of sophisticated mechanism off his wrist.

"Fascinating!"

Kohran felt the weight of his watch. Kenny moved a little closer to the Chinese and taught her some functions like the time and date mode and the backlight button.

"Kazuki-han! You have a very interesting piece of mechanism here! This is state of art advance technology! May i have the permission to further examine it in my work shop?"

Kanna kicked him from under the table and shook her head slightly. Kenny got the cue and replied as he rubbed the sore spot.

"I'm sorry i can't let you do anything to it. It's a prized possession to me."

"Aww... that's too bad. I'm very interested. What does this button do?"

A few of the girls at the table stopped talking and listened when the two of them started the machine talk. Sakura in particular oooed and ahhed at all the functions that Kenny explained much to Ohgami's annoyance. Kohran pushed a small button on the side of the watch and a small static sound can be heard. The screen was filled with a fuzzy gray picture with a lot of lines because of the magnetic interruption.

The scientist readjusted her thick spectacles and took a closer look. Kenny felt a chill down his spine and shot Kanna a look of fear but the older girl didn't know how to save him. He took the watch from her hands and put it on again after he turned off the screen.

"What is this?"

"It's ...er...a...Radio!"

"A radio! Goodness! This is very high technology! Where did you get it? How do you make it?"

"This is micro controller and electronics..."

Kenichiro blurted out before he could stop himself. Kanna stomped on his foot and he appreciated it. This is bad. He spoke too much.

"Kazuki-han seems very knowledgeable in electronics! Maybe we can have an in depth conversation in my room! I want to show you some blueprints I'm working on. Maybe you can help me improve on them!"

Ohgami gave a fake cough and tried to interrupt them but no one heard him. Kohran quickly finished the last of her food and stood.

"Gochisosama!" (Said when you finished a meal. It means to thank someone for the food.)

"Wait! I didn't agree on it yet!"

His reply was largely ignored as Kohran started mumbling scientific formulas again trying to explain her experiments all in one breath..

"Kenny... you don't know what trouble you got yourself into... God please rest your soul."

Kanna leaned forward a little and said with such a grave voice that the boy immediately gulped and shivered. That look on him was precious. Maria and Reni clasped their hands, bowed their heads and prayed for his safety. Kenny don't know weather to laugh or to cry at their reactions as he was literally dragged off to Kohran's room. But one thing is for sure, he'll not make it back to his workplace on time.

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Oh gosh... the coffee is doing funny things to me... i feel warm and fuzzy...

The title sounds a little funny. Forgive me. I'm trying to emphasize that Kenny's dead meat as he might not make it out of Kohran's lab alive.

Okay. Thanks once again for reading! I know there's not much of humor here so i apologize in advance. Oh wow i just realized many people are facing stalker threats here... (My mom was right. Don't talk to strangers )

I was busy fixing my accounts and stuff because i found a hacktool thing on my laptop and my email a/c was wiped out. Spent another Saturday fixing this emotionless piece. One of my fastest chapters... i took only 11 days minus 3 for being grounded. Haha Thankyou and Review!

Author took another deep swig at cup of cold coffee...