Mari and Yuuko reached the control room in record time. The room was dark save for one side illuminated by a wall of T.V screens. Once inside Yuuko dived into the black office chair and stared at the control panel infront of her. Mari immediately started looking for an eject button.
"Where is it, where is it?"
"I don't know it has to be in here somewhere."
"Obviously."
Yuuko looked up from the panel and at one of the monitors.
"Hey, what are those two doing?"
"Huh?"
Mari looked up at one of the monitors to see Goto asleep in one of the dance rooms.
"God, that girl can sleep anywhere, can't she?"
"What? Yeah. No, not her. Those two!"
"Ah."
Mari looked one monitor over from Goto.
"Tsuji and Mako?"
"Yeah."
"I don't know. Looks like they have a crate."
"Thanks, I didn't see that."
"Woah. The sarcasm. Let's take it down a notch shall we?"
Yuuko clicked her tounge.
"Whatever it is, probably won't end good."
"I know. I know. Tsuji is... I'm trying to keep her out of trouble."
"I was going to make a comment but, I think I'll just let it go."
"I'd appreciate it. I mean the two of us aren't exactly role models, but we have to do what we can, right?"
"Uh huh."
The girls continued scanning the monitors.
"You and Tsuji are pretty close, so it's good you're looking out for her. I mean obviously you are a horrible influence in your own way, but...She just needs to keep busy and stay away from that stuff."
"Yeah. She can be annoying and loud and a fire hazard, but she is a good kid."
"Uh huh. Kid being the key word though. I don't think she'll ever grow up."
"That's probably true. Speaking of kids..."
Yuuko and Mari turned their attention to a monitor on the lower left. It seemed to be the second dance rehersal room.
"Are they...dancing?"
"I mean, I guess if you put use the word really losely you could call it that."
"I think syncronized epileptic fits would be better."
"Just be grateful the sound isn't on."
Yuuko shuddered.
"Ah, what do we have here."
"Oh, it's Yossie!"
Yossie was walking down the hall in the forth monitor on the top row.
"Somebody needs to get some chicken breasts. And that is with the ten pounds the camera adds."
"I bet if she turned sideways you wouldn't be able to see her."
"Only one way to find out."
Mari reached for her cellphone and Yuuko started giggling.
"Hey."
Yuuko and Mari watched Yossie answer her cellphone.
"Ah, nothing much. No, no, I haven't seen Erika. Listen, could you turn to your left for a second."
Yuuko started to laugh.
"No, no that's it. Later!"
Mari kept looking at the screen where a confused Yossie was facing the left and staring at the cell phone's display.
"Woah!" Yuuko shouted. "Incoming!" She pointed to the first screen on the second row of monitors.
Sayu was running full speed down the hall holding a skillet which had rather large flames on the top.
She ran of screen on one monitor just to appear on the next one.
"Woah." Mari said. "The picture quality is so good, you can almost imaging the scream she is making just by looking at her."
"I know. It's like I can hear it in my head and "
Yuuko was cutoff by Sayu's ear shattering shriek as she charged past the control room. The girls continued looking at the monitors. Soon Eri entered the picture as she ran after Sayu yelling something the girls couldn't quite make out. Their confusion was cleared up as moments later Eri came running past the control room yelling "Pool!Pool!Pool!"
Mari and Yuuko sat rivieted. After a few moments Kei came into view on a monitor reminding both girls why they were there in the first place.
"The tape."
"Right the tape." Mari agreed, turning to continue her search.
After a few moments Yuuko called out.
"Oi!"
"Huh?"
"Here is the monitor of the can't but I can't find the tape."
"What?"
"The tape."
Mari walked over and pressed the eject button six times rapid fire.
Suddenly, from the shadows, a voice called out.
"Looking for this?"
Mari and Yuuko screamed and jumped at relativley the same time.
The figure took this as their cue an launched into their attempt at an evil cackle that turned rather abrubtly into a caughing fit.
Mari and Yuuko turned around.
"Who the hell are you?" Yuuko asked.
"Yui."
"It's not me." Mari said."
"Obviouslt it's not you, you're right here."
"I know but they said you and if you were the one talking that would mean the you was directed at me."
"You' what?"
Before the figure could respond she was cut off by Mari.
"I don't know, I was gonna ask but then you asked about you and I told you that when they said you it was probably directed at me."
Yui was beyond flustered as she was derailed once again.
"You're stealing my thunder!"
"Who?" Yuuko asked.
"I think you ment both of us that time."
"I know that you ment you as in us but I meant who as in who are you."
"Oh, Oh."
Yui let out a squeak of frustration.
"Who?" Yuuko asked again.
"Yui!"
"You who?"
"Yoo-hoo?" Mari asked. "The website?"
"What? No, that's yahoo."
"Oh,oh. Well then what's yoo-hoo?"
"How the hell do I know you're the one that keeps saying it."
"Ah!"
"What?"
"Milk! Man I hate yoo-hoo. Milk, that's what it is."
"I have never heard of that in my entire life."
"Yeah, no, somebody got it imported once. I mean I guess technically it isn't milk but it is close enough for me to hate it."
"Are you two done yet?"
"Huh?" Yuuko asked. "Oh, yes, continue."
"Yui. Yui Okada. Biyuuden."
"Bi you what?" Yuuko asked. She turned to Mari. "Be you den? Did she just ask if we were dens?"
"What? No. Rika's thing with the v or the b or the I don't know. The boobs and the other one with the..." Mari started making random gestures at a loss for how to describe them.
"Rika's thing?"
"Yeah."
"Oh."
"You still have no idea, do you?"
"No, not really, but for the sake of moving this along let's pretend I do."
"Okay."
The two started nodding.
"Now what do you want?" Yuuko asked.
"The tape."
"So do we." Mari said.
"What? No." Yui began. "I have the tape."
"Then why do you want it?"
"What? No. I have the tape and you want it."
"Of course we want the tape but do you want the tape?"
"Well, I mean I have the tape."
"Yeah but do you want it?"
"Why does it matter?"
"Because having and wanting are two different things entirely."
Yui realized she was being derailed again.
"No! No! No! See I had this who plan. After I heard I came here before you two and I got the tape. And then I waited and I did the creepy 'Looking for this?' and my evil laughter..."
"Thats what that was!" Yuuko exclaimed. "I couldn't figure it out."
"I thought she was trying to eat the tape or something."
Yuuko and Mari looked at each other. Mari spoke again.
"Well, I mean I didn't know she had the tape at the time but now that I do I guess that is what I would have thought if I had known. At the time I really just thought she was choking or something."
"Uh huh." Yuuko nodded.
"Really, you need to work on that." Mari said.
"Yeah. Evil laughted should come more from the chest area like so."
Yuuko gave a spine tingling laugh.
"I got goosebumps right now." Mari proclaimed. "See that is how you have to do it. That is effective. It would have changed the situation completely."
"Yeah if you just" Yuuko moved over to Yui and put her hand on her back.
"See when you inhale make sure your back fills up so you can really project and then just-"
Yui gave it a try.
"Oh, much better."
"Much." Mari agreed.
"Thank you."
"No problem."
"Wait! The tape!"
"Oh yeah, the tape." Mari said.
"I have the tape and you want the tape."
"Didn't we already go over this?" Mari asked.
"What I am saying is I will give you the tape-"
"Oh, that's nice of you." Mari interrupted.
Yui gave her a frustrated glare.
"for a price." She finnished.
"Okay, not so nice."
Yuuko snickered.
"And just what makes you think you can do that?"
"Because I know that you two would give anything to see it."
"True. We would do anything...anything like THIS!" In one quick motion Yuuko snatched the tape out of Yui's hands.
"Ah!" She exclaimed.
"Well, well, well, the tables certainly have turned." Mari said.
"Yeah. Who the hell do you think you are pulling that on us?"
"Damn fool." Mari said.
"Uh huh. We've been around a long time and you are going to have to try a lot harder."
"Just want do you want the tape for anyway?" Mari asked.
"Same thing you do."
"And that would be?" Yuuko asked.
"Money."
"Money?" Mari asked.
"I was going to sell the tape to you two for a ridiculous price."
"Why?"
"Because I knew you would pay for it."
"Yeah but why as in-"
"Oh, oh. I get it. Why? Because I'm in biyuuden."
"Be you-" Yuuko started.
"Excactly. My salary is a joke. It'd be nice to have some pocket money for a change."
"Well maybe if you didn't suck..." Yuuko offered.
"Not the point."
"Well listen." Yuuko began. "we would never use a video tape of our dear friend being bruttally assaulted in what I am told was a hilarious manner to our advantage. Use the tape for money! You should be ashamed."
"Actually I was going to." Mari said.
"Oh hell yeah, so was I. Still am mind you, but as a leader you need to say these things sometimes."
"Oh,oh."
"Anyway, we got the tape. Let's head out." Yuuko looked at Yui. "You can come with us. Unless you have something better to do."
"Unlikely." Mari retorted.
"The one two." Yuuko said, starting to laugh through her nose.
The girls left the control room.