Disclaimer: ~sigh~ Don't you know this already? I don't own any of the FY characters!

Warnings: Just language from Gen-chan. Drinking. The usual.

Notes: Ok, gimme a break. It's the first story I actually think I might continue. That is, if I get reviews ^_^ Oh, and for you guys that don't know, Lanva is the reincarnated Tokaki. hmm…not much happens in the first chapter, just an intro to the characters and the plot (somewhat =P). Actually…it's just an introduction to the characters mainly…hey! I wanna see LotR! I cannot believe I still haven't seen that! But you know what? Harry Potter was so good! It was such a cute movie…I think Ron and Hermione should be together!! Ok, I'll shut up now so you can read the story….~grins~

Chapter One

We're Off to See…Miaka?

After dumping our packs on the bed, Genrou and I decided to check out the bar downstairs. Actually, he decided we should check out the bar downstairs. I wanted to take a long, hot shower and go to sleep. Genrou doesn't know what its like to drive for 5 hours in a tiny Civic Coupe, packed full with stuff for the year ahead. He doesn't know because he didn't drive the 5 hours. I did. All the way from Regina, through Saskatoon, to this little town I can't even remember the name of.

And now, Genrou wants to check out the cheap bar in the cheap motel we're staying at, not even considering what I want. And he probably plans to get totally wasted, which he does every time he drinks. And every time he gets drunk, he gets a killer hangover the next morning. It's repetitive, and you'd think he learns, but he doesn't. But I have. I won't drink tonight, even when he does, because I'm going to be the one driving tomorrow. Because he's going to have a hangover.

"Ne, Ryuen, hurry up! I wanna get somthin' ter drink!" Genrou says, pulling me through the door. Actually, it's more like leading me through the door, since he's so much bigger than I am. Yep, that's right, he stands tall at 6 something while I'm here at 5'5".

"Fine, fine! I'm coming, don't need to hurt me," I say, wrenching my arm out of his grip. "Hey, Gen-chan, do you think we'll actually catch up to Kouji and Houjun? I mean, they started a whole 2 hours before us, since someone slept in," I shot a wry smile in Genrou's direction.

Turning to face me, he says, "Yeah, yeah, whatever. I know fer sure we're gonna catch up with them. Fuckin sure!"

I raise my eyebrows at him, I swear something's up. Genrou would never stop on his way to a bar; it's almost unheard—

"Hey, girl, how ya doin'?"

I started, adding a little yip to it. Breathing heavily, still not turned around, I whisper, "Don't you ever do that!!" Jumping and turning at the same time, a 180 in the air if you will, I run up to this mysterious stranger and hug him with all my might. "Lanva! I haven't seen you for so long!! How have you been?! Why are you here?! Did you come here by yourself? Why are you in such a hick town by yourself anyway? How did you get he—eek!" Lanva had poked me in the sides.

"Hey, you're rambling again Ryuen! You know, polite girls don't ramble like that; you really should watch My Fair Lady more!" Lanva says, laughing.

"I'm not a girl!" I protest, punching him lightly in the arm. Then, I finally notice the two figures standing behind him. "Kouji! Houjun! How come you guys are here too?" I ask, confused at the moment.

"Ya know, Ryuen, for a girl who's so smart in school, this should be an easy situation to figure out!" I had almost forgot Genrou was standing behind me. Situation? That's a large word. Turning around, I raise my eyebrows at him once again. He never stops amazing me. And I have to say that, behind that loudmouthed exterior, there really is a smart kid in there. Somewhere.

"We caught up to Kouji and Houjun," I say slowly, when realization finally decides to come, "but I still don't know why Lanva is here! And I'm NOT a girl!"

"Calm down! We picked Lanva up on tha side of tha road. He was up to some hitchhiking with some crazed axe-murdering trucker. And we dun wanna have our buddy fuckin dead! So we picked him up." Kouji relays me the information. I look at Houjun expectantly, he's always the mature one, I'm sure he scolded Lanva already. But all I get is a somewhat apologetic smile and a shrug from him. Thanks.

"Lanva, what are you doing, hitchhiking?! You could have been killed, you know!" Lanva laughs and pats me on the head. I hate being short. "It's ok Ryuen, I'm here now aren't I?" Crossing my arms and huffing, I stare at him mock-angrily.

"Will ya guys stop fighting already? I wanna go get somthin' ter drink!" Genrou protests, urging us all downstairs.

~

After the drinks, Houjun and I try to haul Genrou and Kouji up the stairs to our rooms. Except its kinda hard when the particular guy is almost twice your size, not to mention temperamentally drunk. So here I was, trying to drag Genrou up the stair in his drunken state. He seems to enjoy hitting me in the face once in awhile too. Must come with being drunk.

"Ryuuueen…Idun…wanner…go upshtairs…I wanner goshleep…" And then he did. Right there, on my shoulder, sleeping like he was dead. Which, of course, made it even harder to drag him upstairs. Now his legs weren't moving. Neither can mine, since he seems about ten times heavier. So I slide him off my back and flip him over, wincing slightly when his head connects with the stairs. But he's still asleep, so it's ok.

"Hey, Ryuen, I'm going to take Kouji to our room then go to sleep." Houjun states, glaring in the direction of the bar. "I hope Lanva comes up soon, he's driving tomorrow!" Lanva happens to be flirting with every girl in the bar, including the manager of the motel. It doesn't look like he's coming up soon. "Can you handle him?" Houjun asks, nodding his head at Genrou. I nod back slightly, then continue on lugging Genrou up the stairs. "Alright," he says, picking Kouji up casually and walking off towards his room.

When I finally have Genrou somewhat on his bed, I decide to have that nice shower I've been wanting for so long. Grabbing my clothes and a towel, I step into the steaming hot shower. Ahh…so…nice…

~

Argh…what is that sound?! Groaning, I slowly open one eye, to be greeted by a blinding ray of sunlight. Quickly shutting my eye and rolling over, I try to get back to sleep, but someone keeps banging on the door! "Ok, hold on, I'm coming!" I grumble, but the person at the door either didn't hear me, or was annoyingly persistent because he didn't stop banging. Groggily, I slide the chain lock out and open the door slowly, only to have it slammed into me with surprising force.

"Man, Ryuen! Get up already!!" Lanva happens to be overly cheerful this morning. Rubbing my bruised nose, I try to figure this out. Oh, that's right, he didn't drink anything last night. He ordered one, but was too busy flirting to remember he was supposed to drink it. If the cup didn't have eyelashes, of course he would forget it. It's Lanva.

"Ryuen, wake up Genrou and get packed! We're going soon," Lanva grins and walks back towards his own room, "and if you're not ready in fifteen minutes, we're leaving! And we're not kidding either!"

Oh no. That's what Houjun said yesterday morning. Genrou took more than fifteen minutes yesterday morning. And they left without us yesterday morning. Great. "Genrou!! Get up!! We're leaving in fifteen and if you're not ready we're leaving you here!"

~

Fifteen minutes later finds us cramped into my little Civic once again. Except this time Houjun is sitting beside me, with Kouji, Genrou and Lanva in Kouji's car. I wonder who's driving. Frankly, I'm a bit concerned, with Kouji and Genrou hung over, and Lanva's carefree-ness. But with a lot of convincing from Houjun, I relented. Seems Houjun's starved for intelligent conversation. I can't blame him really. Kouji and Genrou are my best friends, but they can act a little dense sometimes. Act, mind you. I swear, they're as smart as Houjun (that's smart!), they just don't like to make it public. Like being smart isn't cool or something like that.

Inwardly shrugging, I turn to look at Houjun, who is driving with his hands loosely gripping the bottom of the steering wheel. "Ne, Houjun, how long till Edmonton?"

"I think maybe 2 or 3 hours, if we keep up at this speed." Pause. "I wish we could just teleport there, through a door, or, maybe…something like a blanket." I look at Houjun, surprise written clearly across my face. It's not often that Houjun isn't serious.

Noticing my reaction, he laughs softly. "What? A blanket just seemed right." He sees me still gawking and laughs again. "Can't a guy joke around? It seems to me that you think it's forbidden."

Shaking my head slightly, I crack a large smile at Houjun, "No, it's not! It's just, daydreaming doesn't seem your kinda thing!"

"You're right, it isn't really. It just popped into my head, like it was sensible. You know how when you're dreaming, everything seems so normal, then you wake up and it feels so bizarre?" I nod. I know that feeling too well. "Well, that's what just happened!" He smiles at me, then checks out a sign that's passing by. "Around two hours till Edmonton."

Two hours. Okay, so lets entertain ourselves. Since I don't own the Harry Potter Movie and I haven't seen Lord of the Rings yet, I guess I'll have to do with quoting my old fave movie… "Weeeeee'rrrre off to see the wizard! The wonderful wizard of Oz…"

~

We pulled up to an apartment complex some time later. Opening the door, I stick a foot out, intending to stretch before I put my complete body weight on it. But Genrou seemed to have different ideas. Grabbing my foot, he tugs sharply, making me fall on my butt on the concrete below. "Genroouuu!!" I whine completely. I can't lie, that hurt.

Mr. Sensitive Genrou does nothing but laugh his ass off, his hands clutching his sides. "Man, Ryuen! Yer just too fuckin funny! Yer givin me a cramp!"

"Good." I say, walking towards him. He's still doubled over, laughing, so I take advantage of the situation and push him on the side. He promptly falls over, but bounces up almost immediately. Now I'm the one laughing.

"What tha fuck didya do that fer?!" He yells. Rhetorical question, I'm hoping, 'cause I would hate to have a best friend that's that dumb. But before I can actually ask him, Houjun steps in and calmly says, "I think maybe we should go up and see Miaka and Taka, since they are expecting us." Oh. Right. I forgot for a second there.

When we finally figure out which apartment is actually theirs, Miaka is already outside the door jumping up and down.

"Ryuen!! Houjun, Genrou! Kouji, Lanva!" She screams, in her overly excited voice. After she hugs us all, she pushes us through the door. "Taka is upstairs in the washroom," she giggles, "he's expecting you guys though! Except, Lanva, what are you doing here?"

"We picked him up on the side of the road. We thought it'd be okay if he came too, since we didn't want him to be killed by some trucker," Houjun explains with a smile.

"Oookkaayyy…but yeah, sure! Lanva's welcome! I'm sure Taka won't mind." She says this all in a rush, "Guess what?!"

She is replied by raised eyebrows in all directions. Miaka smiles widely, "We're having a party! Tonight!"

TBC…

A/N: ~nervously~ so? What'd you think? Should I continue? Or not? I actually like this one, but that's just me, and I don't know about you guys, but could you review? Pweez? Thanx so much!