| "Hey! What�s that noise?" Aisha wondered. "What noise? I don't hear anything." Gene said. "What does it sound like Aisha?" Suzuka asked. "It sounds like someone chanting. No, I take that back, it's a group of people, it sounds like they're saying ogawa sampa." "Pirates?" Mel asked with fright. "From what Aisha says, it sounds like it." Replied Jim. Then, out of the thicket, charged a dozen undead monks, wielding spears and sickles. "Oh man! Here they come!" "Those don't look like pirates, they look more like skeleton monks!" "Well whatever they are, just kill them!" Gene yelled. "I'll teach you to mess with me." Gene said as he shot one monk. "Gene!" Melfina screamed. Gene turned to his side and shot the monk that was leaping at melfina. Aisha and Suzuka had already taken care of two of the monks each, and after Jim had finished off a couple with his uzi, another monk was coming up behind him. "Jim! Look out!" Aisha yelled. Jim began to turn around. The monk's spear would have killed Jim, instead it just made a very deep slice in his left arm. "Aaaahhh!" "Jim!" "Those idiots! I said I wanted no pain to come to Jim! It looks like I'll have to do this myself!" "Ogawa sampa, ogawa sampa, OGAWA SAMPA!" "They just dissappeared, what happened?" Melfina wondered "I don't know. Let's go get the knife and get out of here aniki." "I agree with you Jim, but first we need to do something about your arm." "I'm fine aniki, it's just a scratch." "It looks pretty bad to me, I'll have to take care of it." Gene said as he ripped off Jim's jacket sleeve. "My jacket!" "Hey! What do you care more about? Your jacket or your arm?" After Gene had taken care of Jim's arm they continued on to the monastery. "Here it is!" exclaimed Aisha. Before them stood a huge building made out of white marble. The strange thing was, there was no moss covering it. "Hmm, this doesn't look like it's very old. It looks like someone's been taking care of it." Suzuka said. "Maybe those monks." Mel suggested. "Well whoever it is let's get the knife and get out of here." Gene and Jim tugged and tugged at the doors but they wouldn't open. "Move away you puny humans. Let Aisha show you how it's done." With one pull, the white-haired ctarl ctarl ripped the doors off their hinges. Then, they entered the monastery, what they saw there made them all stop and stare in wonder. "Whoa, is that the Dame's Hand?" They all said. "Except for Jim, he was seeing something completely different. "I-it's the fountain where I first met Hanmyo." "Huh? What are you talking about Jim?" Gene asked. "Hanmyo!" Jim ran towards the Dame's Hand. Before the others could catch up with him, more undead monks came and formed a line, blocking them off from Jim. "What's going on here?" ******* "Jim!" Hanmyo said excitedly. "Hanmyo! What are you doing here?" "That isn't important now. Jim I know a way how we can be together forever." "I know, I had a dream that you told me that. What do we have to do?" "Just take my hand Jim." "Aisha, Suzuka, can't you get through these guys?" "It doesn't seem likely. Anything we try won't work against them, we can't even jump over them because of some sort of shield." "Well that's just great. Jim what are you doing?" Gene asked. Jim raised the Dame's Hand above his head, as he did, the monks started chanting even louder. "But I don't see how this will make us stay together." "Please Jim, trust me, take my hand." "Okay, if you say so." Jim grabbed Hanmyo's hand. "We shall be together forever." Hanmyo whispered. Melfina let out a blood-curdling scream, she thought she had saw Jim stab himself with that knife. "What's wrong Mel?" Aisha asked. "It's Jim! I think he's hurt!" "OGAWA SAMPA!!!" A voice screamed. Everyone covered their ears. After a few seconds the monks disappeared. "Oh no, no Jim...JIM! Jim, don't leave us..." Melfina cried. Gene and the crew walked over to Jim, the Dame's Hand was stabbed through his heart and was sticking out of his back. "H-how did this happen?" Then, a purple haired girl leaned down and put her hand across Jim's cheek. "Hey who are you?" The girl stood up. "My name is Hanmyo." She said. "Your Jim's girlfirend, aren't you?" Melfina asked. "Yes, yes I am." "I'm sorry that this happened to him, you must be feeling a lot of pain." "Not really. You see, I was the one who did this to him." "What do you mean? He stabbed himself." "Yes, but I was the one who caused him to do that with my magic." Hanmyo looked around at the group, they were all looking very puzzled. "I'll explain. At the station that I met Jim, I also met the Outlaw Star. I was the grappler ship pilot that you killed." "How could you be if you're right here with us?" Gene asked. "It's simple, I'm a ghost, and now Jim will now be one too." "What! You can't do that!" "I already have." "Well I know Jim, and he's not going to be happy knowing that you killed him." "You're wrong Starwind! Jim loves me, and he'll forgive me! I know he will!" Hanmyo yelled, nearly breaking out into tears. Then, Jim's ghost appeared out of thin air. "Where am I?" "Oh Jim!" Hanmyo ran up to Jim and kissed him. "Now we will be together forever." "Jim." "Yeah aniki?" Jim then noticed his dead body lying on the floor. "What happened aniki? What happened to me?" "You killed yourself, and Hanmyo was the one that made you do it." "Is this true Hanmyo?" Jim asked. "Yes it is Jim. But I had to kill you so you would always be with me. The reason I didn't show up at the station was because I was the grappler pilot that you killed." "And we wouldn't have killed you if it wasn't for my...Oh Hanmyo I am so sorry, Is there anything I can do?" Jim asked as he hugged Hanmyo. "Promise you'll stay with me forever Jim." "Always." Jim said as he kissed her. "Is there anyway we can bring him back Suzuka?" Gene asked. "I believe there is one way. On this planet there is supposedly a place that can heal any wound, it is also said that it can bring back the dead. It's called the Fountain of Weeping Souls, I am not sure if it exists or not." Upon hearing the name of that fountain, Hanmyo's eyes shot open with fright and she pulled away from Jim's kiss. "N-not that place." "What are we waiting for then? Let's go find this fountain." Gene said. Gene leaned down and pulled the blade from Jim's body. "You take Jim, 'kay Mel?" "Okay." "What's the matter Hanmyo? D-don't you love me?" |