Twas a dark and stormy... um... I mean it was a dark day in El
Hazard.  Nanami was crouched in the corner, her sobs echoeing throughout the
castle.  The smell of charred flesh permeated the air, emnating from a
roasted body on the bed.  Ifurita stood naked beside the bed, her face
contorted into a visage of pure horror, her eyes showing pain of one who has
just lost her loved one.

        "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" Ifurita screamed, staring at the smoked
corpse. "Oh Makoto, what have I done... it was supposed to be a happy
occasion... our honeymoon..."

        The former weapon of mass destruction turned towards the window and
flew away, screaming like a banshee as tears flowed down her cheeks.
Suddenly, as she reached the outskirts of Floristica, she exploded in a
brilliant white light, taking the south western corner of Floristica with her.

        Mr. Fujisawa ran into the room, followed by Shayla Shayla.  "My God,
what was that?" he exlaimed, his clear eyes showing his soberness.  He heard
Nanami's crying and turned to her.  "Nanami, what happened!"  Sister Shayla
ran towards Nanami, rage in her eyes.

        "Where's Makoto!!!" screamed Shayla Shayla as she shook the
delirious Nanami, "What happened?!?"

        Nanami eyes, still wet with tears, slowly focused as she reacted to
the outside stimuli.  ""M-m-makoto is... Makoto is..." Nanami whimpered.
She then slowly lifted her hand and pointed to the barbequed figure lying on
the bed.  "Makoto is..."

        Mr. Fujisawa and Shayla Shayla walked glanced at the corpse, then
went in for a closer look.  Mr. Fujisawa's face turned white as he
recognized the dead person on the bead, the body that still retained the
face of his former pupil.  "Mizuhara!!" he gasped before he puked.

        Shayla Shayla just screamed in terror.  Her eyes dilated,
realization becoming visable on her face.  She turned and grabbed Nanami,
slamming her up against the wall and hysterically screamed, "What
happened??!?  WHAT HAPPENED TO MAKOTO?!?!"

        Nanami began to whimper as she tried to answer.  She recalled the
horrible sight that she had seen after she bursted into the room upon
hearing Makoto's screams of pain.  It sent shivers down her spine.

        "M-akoto and Ifurita tried to c-c-consumate their marriage..." she
whispered, as she began to regain control of herself "... but they couldn't
find any v-visible way until Makoto remembered where the Ppower Key Staff
went..."

                        THE END
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The moral of the story?  Never, and I mean NEVER, stick ANYTHING into
electrical sockets... ^_^

Michael "Watching WAY too much El Hazard" Pastrana
spyro@abac.com