From: "Jedi Brother Horace" To the ML, A happy new year to all! Haven't written in a while with all the Christmas and Millennium hoopla. But since all that's been done with, it's time to slave in front of the computer once more to finish all the promised fanfics. A few side notes, I'd like to offer my warmest condolences to Tae-san. I felt saddened by her plight over this plaigarism nonsense. But I'm glad to see it was resolved in her favor. So Tae-san, all the love in the world and a happy new year to you. Also, I'm saddened to hear Courtney-san will no longer be with us. So Courtney-san, Ave Atque Vale (Hail and Farewell). And now may I present to you my new year offerring to all... ******************************************* (We see a panoramic shot of a house somewhere in Meiji Tokyo. Inside there are sounds of moaning. The moaning continues until there is a male shout of release, followed by female shout of satisfaction.) (The view then switches inside the room where we find, a very beautiful woman lying on her back on the futon with a tall, lean man hunched over her. Both of them are breathing very deeply and looking at each other with raw passion.) (The tall man, otherwise known as the Mibu's Wolf, Saitoh Hajime, leans over to kiss Tokio, his beautiful wife.) Saitoh: (promptly fall to the side) And I'm spent... Tokio: (sits up to look at him) Well if you weren't so eager to be on top you wouldn't feel this way, idiot... Saitoh: (smiles wickedly at her) Perhaps you'd like to have another go? Tokio: (laughs sweetly) I don't think even the Third Captain of the Shinsengumi could stand another round of wild sex... (Saitoh joins in her mirth. But his eyes bug out when the flesh of her cheek starts crumbling.) Saitoh: A...Anata? Are you all right? Tokio: (standing up) Never felt better my love... (Just then, one of her fingers drops to the floor.) Saitoh: (jumping up in surprise) Wha...What is this?! (Before anyone can blink, Tokio grabs him by the throat in an iron grip, lifting him up a good few feet from the floor. Saitoh struggles in her grasp, his face going blue from the lack of air. Reaching out, he tears the flesh of her face, revealing to his horror a skull with cotton and wires attached.) Saitoh: (choking)T...Tokio!...You're...o...one of Gein's p...puppets! Tokio: Very observant, Sherlock. (She promptly releases him, and he falls in a heap on the floor, clutching his throat.) Saitoh: (gasping for air) W...what's going on here? Tokio: (speaking in another voice) My apologies for this rude welcome, Saitoh Hajime. Saitoh: (eyes widening in recognition) Shishio Makoto! But you're dead! Tokio: Dead? No merely laid low for awhile. In that time, I've been planning a new Kuni Tori...and as revenge on you for helping ruin the old one, I've asked Gein to make this little present for you... (At that, fumes begin to come out from the Tokio doll. Saitoh looks in horror and begins to run for the door.) Tokio: SEE YOU IN HELL SAITOH HAJIME!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! (Saitoh jumps out of the house just as there is a huge explosion. The entire house is leveled from the blast. A few seconds later, the smoke clears, and we see Saitoh looking around the wreckage, where he picks up a piece of the dolls arm.) Saitoh: (sadly) To think that Tokio...My wife...The woman I loved more than anything...was a puppet...(looks solemn for a moment, but then his eyes widen and a huge grin grows on his face) Wait a minute! That means I'm single again! OH BEHAVE! ############# Kaoru: Kenshin? Kenshin: Hai, Kaoru dono. Kaoru: Am I seeing things, or is that Saitoh dancing naked on the street? Kenshin: ORO?! ############# SAITOH HAJIME! INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY! (insert cheesy sixties music) ############# I really don't need to tell you not to take this seriously. Til then. Happy New Year. -With Thanks Jedi Brother Horace --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- GRAB THE GATOR! FREE SOFTWARE DOES ALL THE TYPING FOR YOU! Tired of filling out forms and remembering passwords? Gator fills in forms and passwords with just one click! Comes with $50 in free coupons! Click Here ------------------------------------------------------------------------