Channel 18

Channel 18 Take 2

Episode 2

Hands Off

 

6-13-2004

“Today on Three O’ Clock Happy Hour,” Itsumi began. “We will start off with the mocumentary of drug mom’s titled ‘Here, hold my baby.’

 

“This isn’t holding up my attention level Itsumi.” Yuki said.

 

“Well perhaps this will.” She said slapping him in the face.

 

“What in the hell was that for you bitch?” Yuki growled.

 

“I have been reporting things for the past half hour while you were daydreaming.”

 

“I don’t have anything to report, THERE IS NOTHING GOING ON.”

 

“Except for Makoto’s BIG AMEYAWA APPEARANCE.”

 

“Shut up please.” Yuki said sighing.

 

“Well perhaps Yuri has some important news.” Itsumi said. The screen switched to Yuri.

 

“Have anything to report Yuri?” Itsumi asked stabbing Yuki in the hand with her pen.

 

“Why yes I do Itsumi,” Yuri began with his fake smile. “It’s raining men.”

 

Yuki and Itsumi stared at Yuri and cocked their heads to the side. “Are you by any chance GAY?” Itsumi yelled. “No one in the freaking universe starts off with an introduction like that.”

“Why in the HELL is it raining men, Yuri?” Yuki yelled, “And please don’t say they are having a sale at your favorite coat factory.”

 

Yuri glared at the screen, “The G/C electronic company went bankrupt today, meaning thousands of poor husbands lost their jobs.”

 

“And they are committing suicide?” Yuki asked.

 

“No that part was a joke.” Yuri said chuckling.

 

“That’s horrible, and incredibly morbid.” Itsumi screamed.

 

“You will be judged when the Apocalypse comes.” Yuki said pointing at Yuri’s screen. Itsumi nodded. “The Apocalypse will murder you Yuri.”

 

“Like you haven’t made any stupid jokes.” Yuri said spitting to the side.

 

“Are you starting something?” Yuki asked as he got up and started walking to the screen.

 

“Not really.” Yuri said flipping off the camera.

 

“BRING IT BITCH!” Yuki yelled.

 

Yuri smirked and did a sarcastic sigh. “HEY EVERYONE!” Yuri screamed. “I WORK WITH YUKI SAKAGUCHI AND HE CAN’T WAIT UNTIL HE SEES HIS GIRLFRIEND MAKOTO SUGIMURA!” The people around Yuri started laughing at the camera. Yuki started sweating and turning red.

 

“Oh shit,” Itsumi said. “Touche Yuri.”

 

“I win this time.” Yuri said smiling. “This is Yuri Ishida signing off and please send Yuki my regards.” He motioned Cree to turn off the camera.

 

“Was that really necessary Yuri?” Cree asked loading the equipment into the green jeep. He turned to see Yuri on his knees.

 

“Could you please be my bodyguard when we get back to the station?” Yuri asked getting closer to Cree.

 

“Yuki is a pansy though, surely you can take him.” Cree said astounded.

 

“There is a ninety nine percent chance he will be brandishing a bat when we get there.” Yuri said getting up.

 

“What about the other one percent?” Cree asked confused.

 

“Pepper spray.” Yuri said getting into the passenger side of the jeep.

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“Yuki put the pepper spray down.” Itsumi said. Yuki held the spray with his shaking hands; his eyes were red as a demon. He was waiting by the elevator for Yuri. He waited for about a minute twirling the pepper spray.

 

The elevator door opened. Yuki launched himself at the entrance and sprayed the pepper spray. He quickly saw that Yuri was cowering in fear on the other side of the elevator and the person he was spraying.

 

“YOU SON OF A BITCH!” Cree yelled covering his eyes with his arm. The spray irritated his muscular arms.

 

“OH GOD I AM SO SORRY CREE,” Yuki was about to say more but a Cree Roundhouse kicked made him silent. Yuki spun around the room crashing into a wall and passing out. “Thank you Cree.” Yuri said getting up. Cree pushed him back and pressed all of the buttons to the elevator and left Yuri in there.

 

“Why is there a passed out Yuki corpse on the ground?” A young lady asked poking Yuki’s unconscious body. Cree stared at her in horror. “Makoto Sugimura was standing right in front of him, he needed to get out of the room as quick as possible.

 

“Hello Makoto.” Itsumi said grabbing Cree by the collar of his shirt. “How are you doing today.”

 

“I am doing excellent, Itsumi.” She said hugging her. “I heard about Yuki being in the hospital not too long ago and I HAD to see him.”

 

“Yuki was in the hospital a long time ago and you just heard about it now?” Itsumi asked confused.

 

“No I came whenever it was convenient.” Makoto said concerned.

 

“As you always do.” Yuki said. “You only come at your convenice and you expect everyone to fucking love you.”

 

“YOU BITCH!” Itsumi yelled slapping her in the face. “Yuki doesn’t deserve friends like you, why don’t you go back to America with your sons of bitch friends.” The elevator door suddenly opened and out popped…

 

“My, I do come in at the right time.” Eiji said taking pictures of the two girls. “One more slap for the tabloids?” Eiji asked sadly. “I actually wanted some of Yuki and Makoto but this is better. You caption to this will be, ‘Jealous news reporter strikes back after Makoto’s secret love affair’”

 

“Go screw yourself!” Itsumi and Yuki yelled.

 

“Makoto, is that you?” Gale asked squeezing by Eiji out of the elevator.

 

“GALE, MY LOVE! HOW ARE YOU?” She said running up to him and hugging him. Itsumi hissed and Gale shooed her away.

 

“How goes the acting?” Gale asked slowly scooting over to Itsumi.

 

“It is amazing, how is the acting going here?” Makoto asked cocking her head to the side.

 

“It’s not going to well,” Gale began chuckling. “As you can see I am broke so I got this janitor job.” Itsumi’s eyes widened and she looked to the floor.

 

“Well you can become my friend and DUMP this place and be rich beyond your wildest dreams.” She said snubbing Itsumi.

 

“Although I want to act, I don’t think it’s my time to shine.” He said hugging Itsumi.

 

“You certainly have changed for the worse Gale.” Makoto said disgusted. “You were so gung ho about being an actor you excelled me and Yuki as fast as you could. You sound like such a coward now.”

 

‘Well I am not the one who ran to America after the affair rumors. I call that being a coward.” He said laughing.

 

“MAKOTO SUGIMURA IS NOT A COWARD.” A voice yelled and all of a sudden Gale flew up against the wall and slumped. Gale looked up to see another one of his friends. The man had a beret with blonde hair and some nice/fancy clothes on.

 

“Chlare, so you are Makoto’s new bed buddy?” Gale asked snickering.

 

“YOU SON OF A BITCH!” Chlare yelled kicking Gale in the ribs picking him off the ground.

 

“Oh wow, these are going to be worth a fortune.” Eiji said taking many pictures. Yuki ran to the elevator and pressed the bottom floor button and shoved Eiji to the ground.

“We don’t need you now, you only cause shit.” Yuki said letting the door close. He ran and rammed Chlare into the wall. Cree finally noticed what was happening and put Chlare in a head lock.

 

Gale slowly got up laughing. “Chlare Jones, you are still a fucking coward when you fight.” He said punching him in the ribs. Cree still had a hold of Chlare.

 

“Let him go, Cree.” Gale yelled. Cree slowly let Chlare go and blocked any punch or kick he did.

 

“You still want to cheap shot me you piece of shit?” Gale asked chuckling. He punched Chlare in the face. Itsumi stared in horror, her boyfriend who she thought was nice and carefree has snapped. “Gale please stop.” She said holding him back. Before she knew it she felt a blow to the back of her head.

 

“ENOUGH!” Yuki said pushing Chlare back against the window.

 

“Yuki that window is…” Cree yelled.

 

“OH SHIT THE WINDOW BROKE!” Yuki yelled. He looked down. “OH SHIT CHLARE FELL.”

 

Gale ran to Itsumi and held her against his arms. “So when is your time to shine Gale?” Itsumi asked crying.

 

“Whenever you want it to,” He said kissing her forehead. “Just be forewarned, I am taking you with me.”

 

“Yuki, do you still love me?” Makoto asked tugging his arm.

 

“KAMEHAMEHA BITCHSLAP!” He yelled slapping her. “I hope you are happy with what you caused. Every time you appear you cause shit like this. I want you to leave and never come back here.”

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“So how is The Trinity going?” Dante asked Censor. They were overlooking the city of Ameyawa as they used to eight months ago.

 

“The Trinity is going well.” Censor said brushing his hair with his hands. His hair was much shorter and Dante’s hair was longer and graying in some places. “We have our first meeting over the next prime minister election.”

 

“That’s interesting.” Dante said not looking straight at Censor. “You are close to surpassing me.” He said laughing. Censor sighed.

 

“Sir, I surpassed you long ago when I was accepted into The Trinity.”

 

Dante’s eyes grew wide and Censor was walking towards the exit of the room.

 

“Why don’t you retire before you get any older?” Censor chuckled. He left the room and closed the door slowly. Dante glared at the window and punched it. He snapped his finger and a figure appeared.

 

“What is it Dante?” a man with dyed pink hair and a gold suit asked.

 

“Vinyl, I want you to kill Censor.” Dante said hitting the window making a small crack appear. “I do not accept people who excel over me and rub it in my face.”

 

“My pleasure Dante.” Vinyl said vanishing into the shadows again.

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“Why did you come here in the first place?” Yuki asked Makoto. They were outside the building (on the other side of the building was Chlare’s massive fall).

 

“I wanted to see if you still had any feelings for me.”

 

“Well I don’t and I never had any feelings for you in the first place. SO LEAVE ME ALONE YOU DERANGED BITCH.”

 

“I CAN’T QUIT YOOOOOOU!” Makoto said kissing him on the lips. They stayed that way for about half a minute. Suddenly they saw a flash of a camera.

 

“Makoto causes trouble between friends, cheats on her boyfriend resulting in a near suicide/death experience but in the end loves her old boyfriend. Her old boyfriend obviously loves her too because he isn’t moving an inch.” Eiji said putting his camera down and scribbling down some notes. “Be sure to be on the lookout for next week’s issue.” He said winking at them.

 

“That asshole, he really is going to post that shit too. That’s the sad thing.” He said scooting further away from Makoto.

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“Today on Channel 27 we have breaking news.” Blare began, he was at the Channel 18 parking lot where Chlare fell. “The American actor Chalre Jones was rushed to the hospital today. He apparently jumped and almost died after he witnessed his lover Makoto Sugimura kissing another man. Thank you for the source Eiji from HeadShot.” Tennosuke turned off the television and started laughing.

 

“SCREW YOU FOR THE SOURCE EIJI FROM HEADSHOT!” Yuki said throwing the couch pillow at the screen.

 

“Eiji is the master swindler.” Gale said chuckling.

 

“Well you certainly showed your true colors today.” Yuki said looking back at Gale, who was rubbing his stomach and wincing.

 

“Anyone who calls me a failure in life gets a major ass whupping.” He said

 

“We will be sad when you leave from Channel 18.” Yuki said plopping on the couch.

 

“I’m going to be sad when I leave this place, but it’s the sacrifice I am willing to take for something that I love to do. Acting is my calling just like being a reporter is your calling.”

 

“Yuki-chan is there a person named Yuri Ishida here?” A somewhat familiar voice asked tapping on his shoulder. Yuki turned around to see black shades staring at him. The person’s long white hair was an immediate hint to Yuki.

 

“Censor, what the hell are you doing here?” Yuki growled.

 

“Gale-san, is there a Yuri Ishida here in this building?” Censor asked tapping Gale’s shoulder totally ignoring Yuki.

 

“I am Yuri Ishida.” Yuri said, he was at the entrance to the lounge room. “Who might you be?”

 

“Never mind that Yuri-san, the only thing that is important is next week 1:30 p.m. That should give you an immediate clue to what is happening.”

 

“Yes it does.” Yuri said nodding.

 

“Well I shall see you next week Mr. Yuri Ishida. Have a pleasant week.” Censor said walking past him. Before Yuri knew it Censor was already in the elevator.

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“Being there was awkward as HELL!” Censor yelled. He suddenly felt a bullet whiz past his hair.

 

“So you have come back from the dead.” He said turning around.

“How does it feel Vinyl?” He asked snickering.