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Chapter Two
or
There's More?!

Tennyo Oujo desperately tried to keep the obento boxes she carried uproght as she ran from her pursuer.

"Comeback here you man-stealer and face my spork!" Bunnyfish Mel-Mel was at it again. Tennyo was out on delivery and without her staff. It was, in Bunnyfish's mind, the perfect chance to strikeat the fool who dared get so close to her Leon.

In Tennyo's mind, it was damn inconvenient. How was she supposed to deliver her obento and sushi boxes with this nutter chasing her around? She dodged another spork attack while holding on to her boxes. She couldn't defend herself like this.

"Damn it Bunnyfish! Can't you harass someone else?!" Tennyo demanded back to the Leon-loving, spork-wielding psyhopath that chased her.

"I could," chirped Bunnyfish, "but multiple assaults and continued harassment get you a longer sentence. This time Leon'll arrest me for sure!"

THis time Tennyo only sighed at Bunnyfish Mel-Mel's twisted sense of logic. "You know," she called back, "even if Leon does arrest you, you still won't be near him. He doesn't guard the jail."

Bunnyfish paused at this piece of information. "He...he doesn't?" She looked truly perplexed. Tennyo took the opportunity to set down her boxes and retrieve the weapon she did have: a parisian fan. It wasn't as dangerous as a magic staff, but it could get the job done. Tennyo slammed the fan into the side of Bunnyfish's head and she was once again on the ground.

"No, he doesn't. When Leon isn't patrolling Barton Town he's guarding the Guild Registry. You follow him around so much and you don't know this?" She looked down at Bunnyfish with a mix of disbelief and exasperation.

Bunnyfish Mel-Mel sat up pouting and teary eyed. "That was MEAN! And you lie! Leon does guard the jail, there's just no one there right now!"

Tennyo Oujo thought briefly of all the moda and helpers always running around. She rolled her eyes at the pouting girl in front of her. "You've been dipping a little deep into the old Gcorp bins." Another whack with the fan and Bunnyfish was out cold.

Tennyo turned to walk away but stopped at a loud grumble from Bunnyfish. She cursed herself. 'Damn my bleeding heart.'

Twenty minutes later Tennyo Oujo finally made it to the small cafe in Barton Central Plaza that sold her obentos. There was a small but noisy mob across the street at the Barton Boutique. It was puzzling, as the plaza was usually so calm. Tennyo asked a green haired girl sitting outide the cafe what was going on.

The girl turned her gold eyes to Tennyo. "The Shonen Ai Guild just published a story about Liam and Ian...and some of Liam's fangirls are dumb enough to believe it."

Tennyo winced at the crowd. "Ouch, poor Ian. And here I thought it was common knowledge that he has a thing for Sasha."

"Yeah," the golden eyed girl agreed, "but it is fun to see him so flustered. He gets so wierd around girls."

"And some of those girls are barely dressed too..." continued Tennyo Oujo.

"Yup," nodded the girl.

"Soooo...." Tennyo was unsure whether to ask her next question. But, she'd never get an answer if she didn't. She turned back to the seated girl. "Is it any good?"

The girl whipped her head around, making her viridian hair even more windswept. "Wanna read it?" she asked with a conspirital grin.

"Oh hoh! That good?" Tennyo took the offered pages. "By the way, I'm Tennyo Oujo."

"I'm Sedge," the other replied, "Leon fangirl extraodanaire."

Tennyo sweatdropped nervously. "...as long as you're not Bunnyfish Mel-Mel."

Sedge gave Tennyo a knowing look. "Ah, you've met her already have you?"

"Yes. Does she attack everyone that goes near the Guild Registry?"

"Only the girls," Sedge said with an eyeroll.

"Ah." Tennyo delved into the majesty of the printed word. She didn't say anything as she read, but made some interesting facial expressions. As she neared the end she wore a small smile that slowly formed a smirk. Finally she handed the publication back to Sedge. "That...that was a good story."

"Isn't it just?" Sedge smirked. With her gold eyes and dark skin she looked almost demonic.

Tennyo was about to reply when the cafe manager came out and called to her. "Hey Oujo! You're short a few lunches!"

"I know!" Tennyo called back. "I had a small problem on the way over and lost a few. I'll bring you the missing obento after my delivery to Akea okay?"

"Yeah sure," shrugged the manager, "I just need them before the dinner rush."

"No prob!" Tennyo flashed a peace sign to make the manager laugh before she turned back to Sedge. "So...a Leon fangirl huh?"

"I promise I'm sane," grinned Sedge.

Tennyo laughed, "I don't believe you."

Sedge shrugged. "Well it was worth a shot."

Tennyo laughed again and shook her head. "Well I know for a fact that bunnyfish is out of commission right now, wanna risk a trip to our knight in shining armor?"

The smirk never left Sedge's face. "A visit with Leon without Mel-Mel? However did you manage it?"

Tennyo recounted her dealings with Bunnyfish to SEdge as they made their way to the Registry.

"Yeah," Sedge confirmed at the end of the mishmashed tale. "Following Leon then would have been pretty loserish."

"Oh yeah," Tennyo grumbled, "I hate being the damsel in distress. Loyal puppy doesn't need to added to the list."

"But Momma!" Sedge wailed in a fake male voice, "She followed me home! Can't I keep her? Please?"

Tennyo chuckled, "I think that's Liam there, not Leon."

"True 'dat."

Soon enough the two were at the Registry, without a sighting of the dreaded Bunnyfish. Still, all was not well. Rather than the expected quiet that usually permeated the Registry's neighborhood, there were loud proclamations of Leon love coming from inside. Sedge got an annoyed look on her face and Tennyo looked at the doors as if they were going to eat her. Sedge cursed and Tennyo secured her packages and fan before they shoved open the heavy doors.

Inside stood a grumpy, scowling Leon with a young man, who was conspicuously pantless, wrapped aroung his waist and shoulders. The male's head was hidden under an AFK and a pink bow; only his cheek was to be seen nuzzling against Leon's helmet. This was apparantly the source of the proclamations and Leon's irritation.

"Um..." Tennyo had no idea what to say to either man in this situation.

Leon noticed Sedge and Tennyo then. "Thank all the gods in Gaia. Could you two get this thing off of me?" It was not so much a request as a plaintive plea for his sanity. The two girls look at each other with the same thought in there heads. It was an excuse to lay their hands on Leon. There were no complaints.

Sedge stepped up to take charge. "You take his arms. I'll get his legs." She wriggled the fingers on her left hand and a removed a glove to reveal a demonic arm. "Mainly 'cuz I don't have to touch 'im."

Tennyo forced a grin before moving in to remove the amorous man. She got one arm away from Leon's neck and Sedge had gotten hold of an ankle before the guy realized he was being pried off. He jerked his head around to the perpetrator closest to his eye level, Tennyo, who found herself face to face with a pair of mischevious dark blue eyes.

"Hey! New girl!" He repositioned himself to a springing position on Leon's back. Sedge was knocked off balance and Tennyo fell back as she became the scantily clad man's newest squeeze toy.

"Hey! Gerroff!" She was muffled by a t-shirt in her face.

"Sedge stood up and angrily dug her fists into her hips. "Damn it Cory, get of her! You're making a mess! And I'm NOT cleaning it up!"

"Tennyo finally fell, screeching as Cory made a grab for her bra cups. "You know this guy Sedge?!" She screeched again as Cory's hand finally found it's way inside her shirt. "Hentai!" She managed to pound on his head. "You are so lucky I don't have my staff!"

At this point Leon had recovered from his own bout with Cory and moved in to help Tennyo. "Don't go molesting the young women!" Leon moved to pull Cory off his victim. But despite being much slimmer than the knight, Cory had a remarkably firm grip. Tennyo let out an undignified grunt as her chest bore the brunt of the tug of war.

Finally she screamed in utter annoyance. "That is it! I am sick of being the victim!" She twisted in Cory's grip to get an arm free. After a moment she succeeded but only by leaving her breasts unprotected, something Cory took advantage of. But she had successfully retrieved her fan. She proceeded to beat it repeatedly on Cory's skull until he finally let go. Tennyo hit him a few more times for good measure, cursing the whole time in a mix of English and Japanese.

Leon looked on nervously.

Sedge did nothing to hide the smirk and finally caved in to the desire to cackle madly at Cory's prone form.

The laughter roused the fallen man from his paindaze. "Sedge!" He looked absolutely delighted to see her. Sedge extended her left arm in front of her, the mechanics of the black arm rearranging to provide more protection. She stopped laughing but the smirk never left her face. Cory still made the leap at Sedge but she caught him before anything more than his hands could reach her. Tennyo and Leon pried those off of her and Leon finally got Cory into a hold where the smaller man couldn't glomp anyone. Leon dumped him into the street without any effort and locked the door behind him.

Tennyo sighed in relief. "I am so glad that's over." Sedge just shook her head, still grinning.

Leon tried to thank the girls for their troubles, but Sedge just waived him off. She actually looked embarassed. Tennyo told him he could consider it payback for the day before.

"But I was planning to make it up to you anyway. You're always so busy, so I brought you lunch." Tennyo smiled brightly at Leon. He looked delighted at the prospect of the large obento box she hadd motioned to upon saying 'lunch.'

"Shameless," quipped Sedge, but Tennyo was unabashed.

But when she reached down to give the obento to Leon, Tennyo nearly squawked in embarassment. She fell to her knees, arms covering her front.

Sedge blinked in surprise.

Leon moved swiftly, once again concerned for Tennyo's health. She only curled tighter. Her face was the brightest shade of crimson.

"Cory..." she warbled before her shame turned to fury, "That damn hentai stole my bra!!"