Due to the fact my Animerica Extra is late, I have a sudden inspiration to write a Banana Fish fic.

Go figure.

I don’t own anything, by the way, and this is set in the new Animerica Extra chapters since those are the only ones that I’ve read.

I’m shooting for a one-shot, but if you want more, I’ll see what I can do about it. Also, I took a liberty in naming Eiji’s girlfriend.

Also when you see something like this: YO, that signifies a POV change. The first POV is Eiji and the second is Ash, and changes between them if it’ll change at all etc…

*EXAMPLE:

HELLO, my name is Eiji, and I’m leaving for Japan.

HELLO, I’m Ash, and I’m leaving for a duel with Arthur.*

Do you get it?

Good.

Also I would like to state that thus far, Sing Soo-Ling and Ash are my favorite characters.

Eiji’s really cool in his own way too…

Halloween…

Eheheheh…anyway…

On with this really short one-shot!

Uozumi

MADONNA’S playing in the background, but she can’t beat Sakura Kasumi (my best friend’s band back in Japan) at all. I can almost hear strains of their "Tenshi" in my ears. "Sora wa…"

"Eiji, what are you singing?"

I turn from the window, replying, "Tenshi" content to watch the confusion play onto Bones and Kong’s faces. Averting my eyes back to the window, I glance to my watch absent-mindedly. Soon I will have to leave on a flight to Japan with Ibé-san, leaving America behind. I’ve done so much here, met so many people, and even if my life is in danger, I really don’t want to leave. I want to continue what I’ve been doing, keep staying here, keep hanging with Ash and everyone. It’s like parting from family. Sure I’ll see Mayako-chan, but still….

I at least wish I could have said goodbye to Ash, but he’s gone now with strict orders for me to board the plane with Ibé-san, but…

I really don’t want to go. I know why, but I don’t know why at the same time.

I at least wanted to say goodbye.

GAZING up at the night sky I feel like a loser. Here I am walking to a duel that will most likely not live up to its rules. I mean, it is Arthur we’re talking about here, and I have yet to see him follow the rules.

Quietly tucking my gun into my belt, I sigh. I really didn’t want to leave and not tell Eiji goodbye, or where I’m going, etc…but sometimes you do things that you don’t like and others don’t like, but if you live to say, "I’m sorry," then it’s not a loss in the end.

I don’t know if I’m going to be able to say that to Eiji if we meet again, but as long as he’s on that flight we booked him on, that’s all I care right now.

I have to push this out of my mind anyway, or I’m not going to be in the right mindset for this fight. Not only do I have to be quick on my feet when in this knife fight, but I have to be weary of any hidden anything, etc… This wouldn’t worry me if I knew my opponent was going to go by the rules of our fight, but if I didn’t have to worry, I wouldn’t be fighting Arthur.

Hearing a disgusted tisk, I glance up. Speak of the devil. I can’t help but feel that Arthur’s going to screw me over, but well, as I said before this is Arthur. Looking past him, I meet Cain’s eyes. He knows it too.

Meeting Arthur’s snide gaze, I nod in greeting, wondering if I’ll come out of his plans alive.