~Little Tokyo High~ : The Flaming Emerald Dance

[KyoZaber]

Sheena : *Looks up at Panzer.* Sure! Just as long as that's not the place with lots of books, Sheena's game! ^_^

*** Later that day... ***

Kyo : *Sitting at a table in the library, multiple books piled up, each various cook books, ancient lore books, and historical books.* Uggg.... *Sits back... staring up at the ceiling.* -=I've got to admit... this is one hell of a research topic.=-

*Kyo continues to lean back, further and further... Untill...*

CRACK~!

Kyo : *Beginning to tumble backwards.* OyYYYYYEEEVAY~!

*His feet cat the lip of the table as he tumbled backwards, causing books and papers to launch up into the air.*

*** Meanwhile... At the Samurai Pizza Cat... ***

Eyah : *Nibbling on a parfait with Romero.... Pondering... * -=How do I get back at that stupid teacher?=- *Her eyes dart up to Romero.* -=Maybe... He could have an idea.=- *She swallows, then flutters her eyes a little bit, smiling.* Romero? When you're trying to pull a prank on your older brother, what do you usually do?

[Romero Anchovy]

Romero thought about it for a second before responding back to Eyah...

Romero: well there was the time I had guled his hand to his face...and then the time i wrote on his forehead with a marker, granted you couldn't really see it with his helmet on all the time....I set him up on a blind date once with an elderly woman...though..he didn't seem to mind that too much... Though the top prank i pulled on him was when i got something to change the color of his fur...it was funny he was bright pink for a month! It was at this prank store that's downtown...Why are you asking me Eyah?

[DashStPierre]

*earlier in the day*

Dash: Man this project will be the death of me!
Ashley: Its ok...youve had bigger ones than that before
Dash perked up for a second and forgot he has Ashley on his Skype.
Dash (thinking): Sorry, I must have signed on and forgotten about it. Thanks for the kind words love...
Ashley: Its alright...figured you could use a little perking up.

[KyoZaber]

Eyah : *Smerks.* No reason... -=Perfect!=- *Her hand grasps his.* Could you take me to this shop? *Her eyes flutter, as she pours on the sweetness.* Plllleeeeaaassseee~? 

*** Meanwhile... Back at the Little Tokyo High Library... ***

Sheena : *Holding Panzer up on her shoulders as they look for another cook book.* Woah~ Errr~ Eeeee~ How'd Sheena get into this mess. O_o

*** In the teacher's lounge... ***

Ms. Anari : *Grumbling... She looks down at her desk, and looks at her home room's daily report.* Let's see here... Kensabre... Office... Huh... Didn't expect that one. *She looks over at Mr. Fromage.* Hey, you, new guy, what's the deal here?

Mr. Fromage : *Busy yaking away on his phone, he turns away from Anari.* Blah blah blah~ *Laughs.* Blah blah blah~

Ms. Anari : *Watches him for a moment, shrugs, throws the report in the trash, and walks away.* Yeah~ I didn't want to talk to you either buddy.

*After all the faculty have left, Mr. Fromage is still there on the phone... however...*

Mr. Fromage : *Looking around.* ... Yeah... They're finally all gone. *Clears his throat, taking a swig of water.* Damn... These teachers never leave this room!

?? : *On the phone.* You realize that has to change, right?

Mr. Fromage : Yeah yeah, I'll get right on that as soon as they make me principal. Any word on that yet?

?? : What the heck are you talking about!? You've only been teacher for one day, with no actual results!!!

Mr. Fromage : You mean, sendin that class rep to Tio's office wasn't enough?

?? : ... Maybe I'd better send someone else to do this....

Mr. Fromage : No~ no~ no~. Look... I've got it covered. After tomorrows assignment, you'll have what you need. Thar's no way these kids'll git me what I want in this report. Heck, even if they do... well... let's just say... The dish's cursed.

?? : ... *The sound of paper rustling can be heard coming through the phone...*

[Romero Anchovy]

Romero feels his heart race as Eyah grasped his hand and flirtted with him... his pupils where replaced with hearts and his mouth hanged open agape for a while looking like he was out of it...

Romero: Heh..Place go we now....er...uh...I mean...I'll take you there...N-no problem...=WOW! OMG OMG OMG!=

Romero escorts Eyah to the prank shop down downtown, holding her hand along the way... his mind was racing thinking about what Eyah was thinking...

Romero:=She likes me! heheh...I knew it! She was probally just doing all that stuff just to get my attention...I wonder if i'm holding her hand too tight? are my plams sweaty? does my breath smell bad?=

Truly another Anchovy was in love...
 

[DashStPierre]

Dash was still working at tha tassignment for Mr Fromage...

Dash: Im gonna give that guy an assignment like he has never seen...(he checks page length)hmm...25 pages...I know he asked for two but I want to go above and beyond on this one...but I need a break.

So with that he headed downstairs but not before looking at his clock...

Dash: 5:30 AM?!?!? How long have I been working on this thing??? (OOC: This is a reference to my senior year in HS where I wrote a 25 page paper in about 24 hours) Well I guess I oughta grab a quick drink then put the wraps on this before heading to LTHS and taking a quick nap.

[Blackcat]

*Meanwhile, Farah Gail, a young vixen, also now as FG the fox girl, was reading the last homework that Jack had brought her... even if it was 5:33 AM!

FG: No way... The Flaming Emerald Dance?, they cant be that stupid... damn!. And just when I wanted to spend some time with Dash...

[KyoZaber]

The evening turned into night as the students through the city continued working on their new assignment.
While most were finding certain bits and pieces of information on the Flaming Emerald Dance, they were missing a key component in most of their research...

Camma : *Wandering through various archives located below the Palace... An odd skip in her step.* ... *She stops, looking up at at a tall bookshelf. Then begins climbing.*

*** Meanwhile... ***

Eyah : *Finally at home after an entire afternoon of hanging out with Romero & shopping at the gag shop, she closes her front door behind her, slumping onto the ground.* FINALLY!

*She sat on the foor for a few minutes re-couping her thoughts...*

Eyah : *She looks down at her bag of goodies... slowly... she begins to grin.* Now... Time to get started on my report... *She slowly begins giggling... then laughing... then manically laughing.*

*** The next morning... In home room after the announcements... ***

Kyo : *Digging around in his homework case, and in his desk.* Where is it... Where he heck is it!?!

[Romero Anchovy]

Romero was resting his head on the desk having to pull an all nighter after hanging with Eyah trying to get his homework done...

Romero: *drooling* Hmm...heh...Yeah...I loved to go out with you...heh....

[DashStPierre]

Dash dropped his report on his desk. by the time he was done it checked in just north of 28 pages (not including the works cited page which was 2 or three pages by itself)
Dash: Man I thought when I left the states I wouldnt have to deal with assignments like this til I got to college...

[Mechadon]

In the library, Panzer and Sheena had found a few books referencing the Flaming Emerald Dance. Together, they brainstormed to figured out what they wanted to say about it, writing rough notes as they went along. Sheena was fortunate to have Panzer well versed in study and research, so their work was done a little more than an hour from when they started. All that was needed was for Panzer to take it home and type it up. Sheena smiled and stretched in her chair as Panzer finished jotting down the last few notes. She stayed silent as they left the library and exited the school. Panzer held the door for her, and Sheena did a little twirl as she went through that made Panzer giggle. He followed he out to find only a slightly darkened sky with a bit of an orange ting. Though, the air had a bit of a chill which put an end to Sheena prancing about. Instead she wrapped her arms against the cold and forced a large gleeful grin on her face, not wanting the cold to stifle her happiness. It brought a bit of warmth to Panzer, seeing Sheena so relieved of having their work done earlier than she expected. Panzer was no longer shy with her. He moved forward and put his arms around her, trying his best to show the intent of keeping her warm. He was reassured to feel her relax within his arms.

Panzer: "What do you say, we go get you that lipstick? Then we can go to my place and get this thing typed up. I let you play on my computer if you're up to staying a while after that."

[KyoZaber]

*** The day before... In the early evening... ***

Sheena : *Smiles tenderly, her hands ruffle Panzer's hair.* Sheena'll go for that. *She then gives him a tight squeeze, which, if Panzer hadn't had a shell, would've probably cracked his back.*

They nearly walked hand-in-hand to Panzer's shop, and began shopping for a new flavor of lipstick.
It was innocent enough... They even developed a little game where Panzer would pick out a color, and hand it to Sheena with her eyes closed.
She would then apply it, then grab him and give him a big smack. ... Unfortunately with her eyes closed she usually missed his lips and landed kisses all over Panzer's face.
After an hour of playful youth, it was time to get going. The new lipstick in tow, along with Panzer who was nearly S.W.A.K'd, they made their way over to Panzer's place.

Sheena : *Stared up at the building...* Woah... That's a tall building. @_@

*** Meanwhile... Back in the present... ***

Kyo : *Closes his case, ruffling his hands through his hair.* ARRRGGGHHH! It's not here!!! *He gets up, and quickly begins heading for the library.*

Eyah : *Looks up, watching Kyo leave.* MMmm~ ... *She starts to get up to follow... then stops.* -=No... I've got to first take care of the teacher... =- *She then looks over at Romero.* ... -=He looks tired... I'd better not wake him.=- *She then looks over at Dash.* ... *Sighs, then smiles.* Say Mr.Muscles Dash? Would you be willing to help me out with something? *Flutters her eyes.* Pretty please?

[DashStPierre]

Dash: Sorry sweet cheeks...this cat's heart belongs to another so that game isnt gonna work this time. Besides, you DID write your own report right?

Eyah let out an exxagerrated "harrumph" then turned her attention to Jack.

[Romero Anchovy]

Romero rolled outta his desk and onto the floor waking him up...

Romero: *rubbing head* Gah? *yawns and sits up in his desk* hey Dash, Panzer...what'd i miss what time is it?

[Blackcat]

Eyah let out an exxagerrated "harrumph" then turned her attention to Jack.

   
Jack: Oh no. I didn't wasted ten hours doing research and writing so you can steal my report... (Yawns), And I wrote this in paper, with a blue pen... nothing of that computer junk...even if I used a computer to do some of my research.
 
*Jack Yawns once more, he really looks tired...

[DashStPierre]

Dash helped Romero up

Dash: its almost first period...Eyah tried to charm me into something but I didnt fall for it (something about having a girlfriend helps you I guess). No sign of Mr Fromage...I was looking up stuff on this "Flaming Emerald Dance" and I think something is seriously not right here...I know last time he was here he tried something with the cafeteria. We need to get ourselves in trouble so maybe we can catch him.

[Mechadon]

*** The day before... In the early evening... ***

Sheena : *Smiles tenderly, her hands ruffle Panzer's hair.* Sheena'll go for that. *She then gives him a tight squeeze, which, if Panzer hadn't had a shell, would've probably cracked his back.*

They nearly walked hand-in-hand to Panzer's shop, and began shopping for a new flavor of lipstick.
It was innocent enough... They even developed a little game where Panzer would pick out a color, and hand it to Sheena with her eyes closed.
She would then apply it, then grab him and give him a big smack. ... Unfortunately with her eyes closed she usually missed his lips and landed kisses all over Panzer's face.
After an hour of playful youth, it was time to get going. The new lipstick in tow, along with Panzer who was nearly S.W.A.K'd, they made their way over to Panzer's place.

Sheena : *Stared up at the building...* Woah... That's a tall building. @_@

Panzer chuckled at Sheena's observation: "Yah, I'd hate to be the guy who has to clean the windows."

Panzer took Sheena up to his apartment. As they walked in, they found Panzer's mother, Sarah, sitting at a stool behind the island counter in the middle of their "L" shaped kitchen area. She had a pot of spaghetti cooking on the stove that made both of their stomachs rumble. Mrs. Howell looked up from the magazine she was idly turning through to finally notice the two coming in. Her hands immediately went to her mouth in surprise. "Oh my God; Panzer brought a girl home."

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(OCC. I'm hoping some of you guys can be a bit patient with the present storyline, and let me and Kyo do some back and forth to quickly bring this one to an end.)

Also thought I'd post a layout of Panzer's apartment so i don't have to waste much time describing it.

[KyoZaber]

*** The day before... Around Supper Time...***

Sheena's eyes darted around the apartment... Taking mental notes of stuff that looked breakable... and making extra mental notes to stay away from most of it.

Sheena : -=Wow! This looks way better than Sheena's room!=- *Her eyes went over to Panzer's mother, then back to Panzer.* Hey Pan-pan, who's the younger lady in your kitchen cooking ... *Sniff sniff* pasta and garlic bread? ... *One of her ears flops down, then she shoots a dark glare at Panzer.* You're not cheating on Sheena already are you?

*** Meanwhile... Back in the Present... ***

As soon as Dash said that, Mr. Gimurah stuck his head into the classroom.

Mr. Gimurah : *Same blank look as always.* Say... just wanted to say I was sorry again for trying to take over the school a while back with weird food.... That's all...

Eyah : *Sits back, putting her feet up on her desk.* Yeah yeah, we remember you Mr. Villain of yesterday. Keep on moving along.

Mr. Gimurah : *Slowly moves back into the hallway, and continues walking on....*

Eyah : *Tips her head back, looking at Romero and Dash.* Oh! Romero-kun! You're up~ WAHHH! *Tips backward off her chair, falling to the floor, bonking her head.* @_@

*** Over by the Electronics Labs ...***

Kyo : *Looking at his watch, slightly freaking out...* Gah! Where is it!? I'm going to be late for first period and I need my report!!!

As Kyo walked by the doors, it swooshed open, a hand grasped his wrist tightly, then quickly pulled him inside... The door then slammed shut.

[Romero Anchovy]

Romero: Get ourselves into trouble? W-what happend last time with him? And what do you think he's even up to Dash? All I can tell is that he gave us a really long and boring assinement...

Romero hears a loud thud as Eyah falls back onto her head and turns her his head saing her fall

Romero: *concerned* E-Eyah!? *rushes to her side* Are you alright? W-What happened? Are you hurt? should I get the Nurse? Kyo should know what to do! *looks around for Kyo* W-where did he go he was just here?

[Mechadon]

*Panzer looked at Sheena. O_o*

Panzer: "That's my mother!!!"

Sarah: "Panzer, aren't you going to introduce this fine lady?" she said with forceful impatience.

Panzer: "Mom, this is Sheena. She's my classmate, we're here to finish up on a project, and we need to use the computer in my room to print it out."

Mrs. Howell noticed the multicolored lipstick all over Panzer's face, and she gave a quick smirk. "Are you sure that's all you need your room for?"

Panzer shot his mother a deathly stare. "Mom!!!" He looked over at Sheena who didn't seem to notice the comment, being a bit in her own little world.

Sarah: "Relax, kiddo. Hey Sheena." Sheena snapped out of her world to turn to her. "If you stick around after you two are finished, I'd be happy to serve you some of this pasta. It would be great if I didn't have to deal with left overs."

Sheena smiled: "Sheena is glad you are only Panzer's parental unit. Or else Sheena would have to place an ugly caterpillar on your head." ^^

Mrs. Howell was forced to take that as a "Yes" to her question. "Go say hi to your father." As Panzer moved to the opposite corner of the apartment, Mrs. Howell gave a flick of her right bunny ear, and immediately the Rolling Stones could be heard from the speakers within them.

Hunched over a monitor and keyboard was Panzer's father, Marcus, his eyes darting over scrolling code, and typing corrections to the code as it went by. "Good to see you my young man," he said without taking his eyes off the screen. He stopped when he saw Sheena's reflection in the screen, and hit a button on the keyboard, halting the code. He turned in his chair to greet Sheena and shake her hand, but she had already moved to another spinning chair.

Sheena: "WEEEEEEE!!!! ^^ Sheena loves spinny chairs!!! Did Mr. Howell invent them!!?"

Marcus: "No I didn't invent them." Sheena nearly tipped and fell into a large cube shaped tower that was a central feature to Mr. Howell's work area. "Careful, now. My entire life's work is stored in there." A bit of an exaggeration since Marcus had many back-ups.

Panzer was reminded of his A.I mentor. "So, how is Leon holding up?"

Marcus turned back to his computer and restarted the scrolling code. "He's... persistent." He gave out a sigh. "I still can't believe I am doing this because of one of your video games."

Panzer gave a nervous smile: "Sorry for the inconvenience." Mr. Howell dismissed it. "It's what he wants, anyways and I'm not one to crush the dreams of an old friend."

Panzer: "Come on, Sheena. Let's type this thing up while we wait for dinner."