8. Partner
haha, I got very inspired by my 1 sentence vocab thing on bulba forums. Anyways, this takes place sometime between BCS and Hosos.
"Oof!" Yamato and Kosaburou landed face-first on the tile floor. Their kidnappers lifted them up and shoved them against the wall, then let them slide down it.
"Stay there." They ordered, then marched out of the room and locked the door.
"Right, like we're just going to get up and walk away," Yamato muttered.
"Well, this is a 'knotty' situation," Kosaburou quipped, wiggling against the ropes on his arms.
"Ugh!" Yamato kicked him as well as she could from such an awkward angle. "That was horrible."
"Just trying to lighten the mood." He grinned at her. "Hey, my pocket knife is in my back pocket. Pull it out and cut one of us free."
Yamato scooched back until she could easily reach his back pocket. She stuck her hand in, grabbed the knife, and pinched his bottom playfully as she was pulling it out. "Hey!"
"Just trying to lighten the mood." She teased. She extended the blade and began to saw away at the ropes on his wrists. When he was free, he rubbed his arms, took the pocket knife from her, and began freeing her.
"Hey, you're tied up." He realized suddenly, and stopped cutting.
"Kosa! What are you doing! They might be back any second!"
"Calm down. They just left us here. And look, there aren't even any cameras." He dropped the knife and massaged her shoulders. "I think I like having you tied up. That doesn't happen very often." He kneaded the bony knobs of her spine and worked his way up to her neck.
"It feels good, but please untie me! What if they come back?"
Kosaburou didn't answer. He stood up and bent over her, caressing the sides of her neck. "Yamato," He called gently, so that she would look up at him. She did, and he let one of his arms glide down to her shoulder. "Your pupils are dilated, you know."
"Go figure." She sounded breathless. "Are we going to have that scene like they did in Spiderman?"
He started to kiss her, but chickened out at the last moment and planted the kiss on her forehead, instead. "Yes, but not while we're in enemy territory." He finished cutting her bonds and helped her stand up. "We got what we came here for," he showed her the microchip he had conveniently hidden in his pocket, "So let's try to sneak out of here and get to the chopper."
They finally found a small window near the ceiling and took the glass out without raising alarms in the rest of the building. Kosaburou hoisted his partner onto his shoulders then pushed her out the window and onto the grass just outside of it-- apparently they had been in the basement. Once she was free, Yamato turned around and grabbed Kosaburou's hands and pulled him out, though with significant more strain than he had had lifting her.
"You might want to take it easy with the rice balls from now on," She panted. "I know I make them better than your mom did, but I don't have the upper body strength I used to."
"Your body's eating it's own muuuuuscle," Kosaburou chided her in a sing-song tone, brushing himself off.
"Probably, don't caaaare," She sang back, running to a more concealed reconnaissance point.
"You need to eeeat." He put his arms around her shoulders from behind.
"I dooooo." They were quiet for several minutes, scoping out the location of the guards.
"Not enoooough." Kosaburou finally replied.
"I forgot what we were taaaalking about." Yamato grinned at him. "Look, we have a clear path to the woods, let's go."
They snuck across the field to the woods where the black helicopter was hidden. They worked together to pull the tarp off and were almost home free when a bullet zinged out of nowhere, barely missing Yamato's head. They threw themselves onto the ground and army-crawled behind a small rock for shelter.
"Kosa, on three run and get into the helicopter. I'll distract them for a second so you don't get shot. When you're inside toss me my sniper rifle and I'll try to take out the shooters while you get the copter flying."
"No way. You start the chopper and I'll shoot them."
"I'm a better marksman!"
"Alright, three, two, one, go!" Kosaburou jumped into the chopper, tossed Yamato's favorite sniper rifle to her, and turned on the control panels. He heard three wispy shots from the rifle, and suddenly Yamato was in the cockpit, dropping into the passenger's seat.
"Let's get out of here!" She strapped herself in. Kosaburou nodded, and the helicopter shot into the air.
"The Boss is going to be really excited about the chip," Kosaburou's shoulders relaxed as they zoomed further and further away from the rival base.
"We make a great team, if I'm allowed to say so." Yamato nodded her agreement. "I'm lucky to have you as a partner."
"Heh, you got that right." But Kosaburou knew that he was really the lucky one.
"Oof!" Yamato and Kosaburou landed face-first on the tile floor. Their kidnappers lifted them up and shoved them against the wall, then let them slide down it.
"Stay there." They ordered, then marched out of the room and locked the door.
"Right, like we're just going to get up and walk away," Yamato muttered.
"Well, this is a 'knotty' situation," Kosaburou quipped, wiggling against the ropes on his arms.
"Ugh!" Yamato kicked him as well as she could from such an awkward angle. "That was horrible."
"Just trying to lighten the mood." He grinned at her. "Hey, my pocket knife is in my back pocket. Pull it out and cut one of us free."
Yamato scooched back until she could easily reach his back pocket. She stuck her hand in, grabbed the knife, and pinched his bottom playfully as she was pulling it out. "Hey!"
"Just trying to lighten the mood." She teased. She extended the blade and began to saw away at the ropes on his wrists. When he was free, he rubbed his arms, took the pocket knife from her, and began freeing her.
"Hey, you're tied up." He realized suddenly, and stopped cutting.
"Kosa! What are you doing! They might be back any second!"
"Calm down. They just left us here. And look, there aren't even any cameras." He dropped the knife and massaged her shoulders. "I think I like having you tied up. That doesn't happen very often." He kneaded the bony knobs of her spine and worked his way up to her neck.
"It feels good, but please untie me! What if they come back?"
Kosaburou didn't answer. He stood up and bent over her, caressing the sides of her neck. "Yamato," He called gently, so that she would look up at him. She did, and he let one of his arms glide down to her shoulder. "Your pupils are dilated, you know."
"Go figure." She sounded breathless. "Are we going to have that scene like they did in Spiderman?"
He started to kiss her, but chickened out at the last moment and planted the kiss on her forehead, instead. "Yes, but not while we're in enemy territory." He finished cutting her bonds and helped her stand up. "We got what we came here for," he showed her the microchip he had conveniently hidden in his pocket, "So let's try to sneak out of here and get to the chopper."
They finally found a small window near the ceiling and took the glass out without raising alarms in the rest of the building. Kosaburou hoisted his partner onto his shoulders then pushed her out the window and onto the grass just outside of it-- apparently they had been in the basement. Once she was free, Yamato turned around and grabbed Kosaburou's hands and pulled him out, though with significant more strain than he had had lifting her.
"You might want to take it easy with the rice balls from now on," She panted. "I know I make them better than your mom did, but I don't have the upper body strength I used to."
"Your body's eating it's own muuuuuscle," Kosaburou chided her in a sing-song tone, brushing himself off.
"Probably, don't caaaare," She sang back, running to a more concealed reconnaissance point.
"You need to eeeat." He put his arms around her shoulders from behind.
"I dooooo." They were quiet for several minutes, scoping out the location of the guards.
"Not enoooough." Kosaburou finally replied.
"I forgot what we were taaaalking about." Yamato grinned at him. "Look, we have a clear path to the woods, let's go."
They snuck across the field to the woods where the black helicopter was hidden. They worked together to pull the tarp off and were almost home free when a bullet zinged out of nowhere, barely missing Yamato's head. They threw themselves onto the ground and army-crawled behind a small rock for shelter.
"Kosa, on three run and get into the helicopter. I'll distract them for a second so you don't get shot. When you're inside toss me my sniper rifle and I'll try to take out the shooters while you get the copter flying."
"No way. You start the chopper and I'll shoot them."
"I'm a better marksman!"
"Alright, three, two, one, go!" Kosaburou jumped into the chopper, tossed Yamato's favorite sniper rifle to her, and turned on the control panels. He heard three wispy shots from the rifle, and suddenly Yamato was in the cockpit, dropping into the passenger's seat.
"Let's get out of here!" She strapped herself in. Kosaburou nodded, and the helicopter shot into the air.
"The Boss is going to be really excited about the chip," Kosaburou's shoulders relaxed as they zoomed further and further away from the rival base.
"We make a great team, if I'm allowed to say so." Yamato nodded her agreement. "I'm lucky to have you as a partner."
"Heh, you got that right." But Kosaburou knew that he was really the lucky one.