Tactics Side Story #3

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Kantarou: Haruka!  Come on, wake up!
Kantarou: It's time for breakfast!!
SFX: *footsteps*
Haruka: Ah... wanna go back to bed...
SFX: *sputter*

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Text: Side Story #3

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uwaaaah, it's a very sloppily written note to fans from Kinoshita-sensei... I'll translate it if you want it, but it makes me dizzy to look at her handwriting~ XD

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Haruka: WHAT THE HELL?!
Kantarou: Whoa, Haruka, what's up with that hairdo?!
SFX: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Youko: Kan-chan... we shouldn't... laugh... fuuuuuuu
Kantarou: Ah, my stomach hurts...
SFX: *giggle*
Kantarou: I know, I know, but Haruka...
SFX: *WHAM!*

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Youko: Kan-chan... maybe you ought to stop...
Haruka: Kantarou, you bastard...
Kantarou: Huh?  What?  Don't you like it?
Haruka: WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?!
Kantarou: So it was like that when you woke up?
Kantarou: But why do you assume I did it?
Youko: Because it's usually you being rotten like that.
Kantarou: I AM NOT ROTTEN!!
Youko: And you're shameless about it...
Kantarou: I only want to do what's best for you two...
Kantarou: Do you really think I'm just a good-for-nothing, penniless prankster? 
SFX: *wibble*

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Youko and Haruka: Yeah, pretty much.
Kantarou: Yeah, well I think you freeloaders are stealing from me!!
Youko: Who's stealing?  There's nothing to take...
Youko: There's no money or valuables in this house...
Haruka: You're the one always taking advantage of us...
Haruka: I know irresonsibility when I see it.
Kantarou: I'll go...
Youko: Huh!?
SFX: *ZOOOOOM*
Kantarou: I'll go find the real culprit!!  Just wait!!

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Haruka: Hey now, what are you doing?
Kantarou: I told you.  I'm looking for clues!
Youko: Ah!
Youko: Haruka-chan, what's this?!
Haruka: Huh?
SFX: *surprise*
Haruka: Am I going bald?
Youko: HAIR.
Youko: And look!!
Youko: This floor was clean!!

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Haruka: I AM NOT!!
Kantarou: Could this be...?
Kantarou: Could this be Keukegen fur!?
Haruka: Huh?
Kantarou: The Keukegen:
Kantarou: A youkai made entirely out of hair.  It is very seldom encountered, so this rare youkai was given the name "Keukegen", which means "rare to have, rare to see."
Haruka: ...Right... And this youkai is the one who messed with my hair?
Youko: Just bad luck then, right, Haruka-chan?
Kantarou: ...I actually haven't seen one either...

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Kantarou: I want to meet one!! I have to meet one!!
Kantarou: And so, Haruka, I'll use you as bait!
SFX: *grab*
Haruka: WHY ME?!
Kantarou: Because Keu-kun really likes long, black hair the best!
SFX: *wiggle*
Kantarou: And Haruka, your hair is just sooo nice and silky~!
Haruka: DON'T FLIRT WITH ME!!
Kantarou: But don't you have long, black hair?
Haruka: Don't whore me out!!
Youko: Poor Haruka-chan...
Youko: Well, did you find it?

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Youko: So it's a phantom youkai?  I guess it's not in this house anymore?
Text under Youko: I'm *so* surprised...
Kantarou: That's not it!  If he weren't here, then would this happen?
Bells SFX: *ring*
Kantarou: Look!  He's definitely here!!
Text under Kantarou: They're really jingling!!
Haruka: Damn it, so it's going to mess with my hair again tonight...
Haruka: And I bet Kantarou will laugh himself silly in the morning...
Youko: And this is really a pain...
Youko: With this fur dirtying up the room every day, it's impossible to keep clean!

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Sugino: This is awful, Oni-kui!!
Sugino: Isn't your hair supposed to stick with you for life?
Youko: KYAA!!  HE BROKE INTO OUR HOUSE!!
Haruka: IT'S NOT MINE!!
Sugino: Oh?  It's not?
Kantarou: Ooh, Mu-chan, how are you?
Muu-chan: Muu!
Youko: Come on, Sugino-sama, how many times do I have to tell you to come in through the DOOR?!
Youko SFX: *wave*
Sugino SFX: *walking away*
Kantarou SFX: Huh?
Kantarou: Haruka, he's an even better bait than you are!!
Kantarou: AH!! Sugino-sama!!
Haruka: Oh, that sounds great, Kantarou!
Youko: Sugino-sama just left...
Kantarou: Noo, that ruins everything!
Youko: Oh, you know how weird Sugino-sama is...

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SFX: *footsteps*
Kantarou: Hair even longer and darker than Haruka's...
Kantarou: Keu-kun would love that...
SFX: *turn*
Sugino: Hey!
Sugino: I only came to have some fun.  You could at least make a guest feel welcome!
Youko: Sugino-sama, what happened to your head?
SFX: *wobble*
Sugino: Huh?  What?  Why do I suddenly feel so dizzy...?
SFX: WHAM!
Sugino: Kyaaa... what the hell...?
Youko SFX: *gasp*
SFX: *swish*

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SFX: *whoosh*
Kantarou: I found you!!
Sugino: WHAT?!
Sugino: KYAAAA!!!
Kantarou: Keukegen!!
SFX: *pop*
Sugino: WAH!  What the hell is that?!
Sugino: Get off...
SFX: *rip*
Sugino: OW...!

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Sugino: OWWW!!
Kantarou: Wait!!
Sugino: It hurts!!  What the hell was that?!
Haruka: Are you okay, Sugino?
Haruka: WAH!  Sugino, you're going bald!!
Sugino: AHHH!?

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Kantarou: Just as I thought, Keukegen-kun likes dark hair the best...
Kantarou: Haruka, behind you!!
SFX: *near miss*
Haruka: Pretty fast...
Haruka: For a hairball...!
Keukegen: *heart*
SFX: *nuzzle*

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Youko: Haruka-chan!!  Not in the house!
Kantarou: I just want to be friends!
Sugino: GIVE ME BACK MY HAIR!!
SFX: *swoosh*
Sugino: Damn it... what now...
Kantarou: Naumaku sarabatataa gyateibyaku (Pay homage to the Buddha and begone!)

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Kantarou: Saraba bokkeigyaku (Leave or be punished and purified!)
Kantarou: Sarabata tarata senda (Destroy!)
Sugino: A fire spell?
Kantarou: Makaroshada ken (Oh One of Great Wrath)

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Kantarou: Gyakigyaki saraba (Turn away!  Begone!)
Kantarou: WAH!!
Sugino: QUIT IT!!
SFX: *slap*
Sugino: DON'T GO CALLING DOWN THE GOD OF FIRE TO CATCH A LITTLE YOUKAI!!  (Kantarou invoking the mantra of Fudou Myou-ou, Acalanatha Vidya-raja in Sanskrit, who is one of the most fearsome personifications of the Buddha in the Shingon sect.  He literally frightens people into accepting the cosmic Buddha.  ^^;  Basically, it's serious overkill for catching a fuzzball, hehehehehe)
Kantarou: Ah... oops...
Youko: He just brushes it off with an "oops"...
Haruka: Give it up, Kantarou.
Kantarou: WHAT!?
Kantarou: Ah...
Kantarou: He ran away...

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Youko: Looks like he's not coming to breakfast.
Haruka: Yeah, well it's not like I got much sleep either...
Kantarou: Good morning you two!!
SFX: *surprise*
Haruka: You're still trying to catch that thing, aren't you...?
Kantarou: Ah!!
Youko: ..............
SFX: *gloom*
Sugino: I can't be seen in public until it grows back...
Text: The End