Sakurako sat back in her workshop in Tokyo, fidgeting around with a couple power couplers for a side project. Thinking of how wonderful it was to not have to care about anything.

She had decided to take a 2 week sabbatical from work, and had practically turned off all com-lines except for her main OpNet feed, and a couple com links of close friends.

Then one of those links beeped.

With a thought a sattelite map came up on one of her large screens.

"Hmm? Tahiti... What the... That's Waki's signal, in the water?"

Sakurako knows it's a civilian GPS, so the pin-point is off, but still the possibility of trouble is there.

"Great..."

Sakurako hurriedly transmits to her ship and grabs some rescue equipment for overboard passengers.

"That dumb bird better be alright or I'll make a fricasee out of him."

Then Sakurako's eyes dilate.

"Wait... that comlink updates every 2 hours... Oh no..."

Sakurako straps on her pack of equipment over a hastily donned one-piece jumpsuit and opens her mind... trying to keep her thought process clear. She takes a couple deep breaths into her air bladders just in case something should happen in transit and she cant inflate herself right away or inflate her emergency flotation systems in her suit...

38.46.235.221.443.8976.AHB01A:23412 Auth Tag... Thunderlord...

In a moment all of her and her belongings dissapear in a greenish light, seemingly digitizing on the spot making an electrical hiss.

The mass and scope of the OpNet races past her, then she pops back out, over open water near a beach. She lands with a splash and bobs up. Hastily looking around.

"Waki!!! Waki-kun!!! WAKIII!"

She looks towards a beach, and sees Wakinyan laying on the beach. No signs of obvious distress, but still, looks can be decieving. She knows how he is when wounded. She swims over to him, exhaling her air bladders into a valve on her suit using a valve stem. She closes in what would be considered earshot for a normal person.

"Waki!!! Are you alright? You haven't moved for a while and your GPS was reading in the ocean nearby!!!"

Wakinyan laid in the fine white sound for hours. He didn't feel like starting the long flight home and he secretly held out hope that Flicker would return to finish what he had tried to start.

When he heard the splash and heard Sakurako calling for him. He should have known if something odd happened to him she would know. Propping himself up on his elbows he grinned at the small japanese girl pulling herself toward the shore.

"I am fine Endeavo.. er.. Fuusen now right?" He was wearing his human skin still since Flicker had left him here. "Just kinda got left here to cool off. No disasters."

He stood up and moved over to the girl helping her with her bring her gear up onto the beach before wrapping her in a hug. "You always come prepared don't you?" He grinned large. "Maybe you should volunteer to lead a boyscout troop."

"I... came on a rescue mission originally, Wakinyan. SO I did come prepared for the more common eventualities." She says with a relieved smile. "And Yeah, I decided to go with a name that more fit. The Japanese have caught on like wildfire as usual. You should see the merchandise. It's like I've relaunched myself in the Popular media..."

She nuzzles into his chest, glad he is alright.

"What motivated you to come out all the way here? It's like, outside of the airport for tourists a few miles form here... practically nowhere."

She looks down at the white sand of the beach. "Actually, I think I understand. You wanted... privacy. Sorta like me sometimes."

Busting out laughing Wakinyan cannot help but to utter. "No actually I tried to screw my blood brothers girlfriend and got my dumb ass abandon!"

He shakes his head. "But that was hours ago. Just trying to enjoy my time here before I head home."

"Oh." Sakurako's expression shows, shockingly enough, suprise. "Another one of your amorous encounters, huh?"

She giggles, striking him lightly up against his shoulder as a friend plays around with another.

"I guess it happens sometimes."

"It wasn't supposed to be amorous but.. The bright idea was for us to skinny dip together. Sounded innocent enough."

The Lakota teenager sighs.

"But you know me. Innocent or not temptation is temptation. Speaking of temptation..."

With a gleam in his eye he grins at the pink hair 'rescuer'. "Since you came out to help me do you feel like going a round or two?"

Sakurako quirks an eyebrow. "Eh?"

She stands there for a moment, confused. She then straightens a few wrinkles in her bright yellow and orange jumpsuit.

"I... uh..."

This was sudden. Waki all of a sudden just asks right there on the spot.

"I'm not really sure, Waki. I mean, it's been but a short time since you've been spurned here... you might not be in the right frame of mind."

She looks down to the sand again.

"Then again... I have all the time in the world at the moment."

She unzips her jumpsuit and lays it to the ground.

"I've never skinny dipped before. It sounds like fun."

She starts to adjust her one-piece swimsuit she wore underneath preparing to eventually lay it to the side.

Wakinyan grins a bit his eyes seem a tad more excited about skinny dipping than he should be.

"Uhm Pinky I was talking about sex. Though the skinny dipping we can do as well." Large hands find their way to the girls body and start roaming over her.

Suddenly he stops himself picks Fuusen up and squeezes her tight. His expression changing rapidly from horny anticipation to sorrow..

"I am sorry the whole marriage thing didn't work out. I really am. I shouldn't do this to you either. Go."

Sakurako freezes for a moment, then realizes what is going on.

"No... Waki. I..."

She holds his hands.

"You wish me to leave, and you've allowed me that... but in all reality, Waki, somehow I can not let you go."

She brings his hands up to the shoulder straps of her swimsuit. She then looks away.

"You don't have to be ashamed. I'm here. I won't leave you."

Memories of how Ronin left her, and crossed feelings of that time cross her mind. She does not want to leave all of a sudden, and Waki is there. But is this empty...

"Waki..." She looks up at his strongly chiseled face. "No matter what, I love you." She says, gripping his arms tightly, her gaze becoming forceful.

"No." The young male seems to be almost in pain as he pulls the shoulder strap back up.

"I am not going to toy with your emotions this way anymore Sakurako. It might be harmless fun in my mind. But it is much more important to you."

Leaning in he kisses the plastic like lips of the beautiful gir. "Go home please. I don't want to do this to you anymore. I cannot keep locking you to me just to have a fling. It is not right of me and I care about you to much."

Sakurako looks down at the beach again. He's... right. What am I thinking?

"You... you're right. But, at least let me help take you home. It's quite a long flight." She starts reorganizing her clothes, putting her jumpsuit back on.

"After all, why should we be stressed out in a beautiful place like this?"

She smiles, trying to reassure Wakinyan that she isn't insulted in the slightest.

Hugging the girl and squeezing her a bit more than you would the average human Wakinyan nuzzles againt her.

"Thank you. I could use a transport home. Kind of a pain to get abandon in the middle of paradise I guess." He laughs and backs away. "Thank you for checking up on me though."

Sakurako laughs.

"Let me make one thing perfectly clear to you. All my friends recieve this attention. They have helped me many a time, it's only right I return the favor.

Thing is... I owe you more than anyone after that little incident in the Applacians last year.

Waki... we never really talked at legnth about that. Only a moment and nothing more. What happened?"

She puts her hand on Waki's shoulder.

"Oh, and you'd better hold on, this is the crazy part. Your place or somewhere else, Waki? I'm your cabbie."

The young man shrugs he expression changing to that of a thousand yard stare.

"I was attacked and left for dead. I did things that I didn't have a choice over. Like fighting that man you saw me fighting."

He looks back at Endeavor.

"I never meant to hurt either you or Samhra. I am glad Apep came when she did. I don't know what I would have done."