Teri: ...dear Ra...are you going to have to do this every chapter?
Anuki: Hey! When do I come in?!
Kitsu: Not now, Anuki-san. Later.
Teri: You didn't answer my question.
Kitsu: giggles Enjoy Chapter two of -::-Sugar and Spice-::-!!!!
-::-Sugar and Spice-::- (c) shadowmancer32 - 2007. -
Teri slammed the door behind her, and sunk to the floor. "Why...?" She looked around at her diastrous room, piles of manga and books in every corner, unwanted sketches and papers from school tossed about in random places. "Huh. My room is pretty messy." She looked up at the pictures of her and Ryou she had plastered on her green walls, trying to remember happy things. "Well, if there is a silver lining in every cloud, I guess in this case, it's seeing you, nii-chan." She smiled a bit, and got up to fetch her backpack and hat.
"Oh. What day is it?" She looked for her calendar, and finally spotted it peeking out from behind a pile of books. "Wednesday. I have to leave tomorrow then? Jeez. What am I going to tell Misa-chan and everyone else at school?" She slung her bag over her shoulder and slapped on the green hat in her hand. "Well, school first, packing later." Teri gently closed the door.
"Teri? Misa is waiting for you outside." Akane was washing dishes as the girl shuffled into the hallway.
"Huh?" Teri looked up from putting her shoes on. She paused, and finally realized what had been said. "Oh. Right. Misa-chan." Teri grasped the door knob and twisted it open. "Bye, I'll see you later, mom." The door shut behind her with a soft 'click'.
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"Good morning Tozokuoh-chan!!" Misa jumped up from the bench outside the candy shop she was sitting on, smiling happily as usual.
"Misa-chan. Didn't I tell you to stop calling me 'Tozokuoh-chan?'" Teri hugged her friend tightly. "I hate that. My name's Teri, not Thief."
"I know. I'm sorry. Japanese-politeness thing." Misa smiled. "I'll remember." The two started walking at Teri's abnormally quick pace.
Teri smiled a bit. "Well, start teaching me then. I'll need it." She looked down at the sidewalk, minding each and every crack.
"Huh? Why? It's not like you're going to Japan to live there or anything." Misa smiled again, but it quickly vanished from her face as she turned to look at the Egyptian girl walking beside her. "You aren't...are you?"
"Mm-hmm." she nodded sadly. "With Ryou. I'm leaving tomorrow." She paused, waiting for Misa to start ranting, but as she looked towards the Japanese girl, no ranting came. Rather, Misa gave her the 'you've-got-to-be-joking-right?' look. "Not kidding."
"Why?" Misa trotted ahead a few steps and stopped in front of Teri."What happened?"
"My mom's sick again." Teri shrugged. "That's all."
"That's all?" Misa asked. "That's all?!" She took told of both of Teri's shoulders. "Teri! You don't get shipped off to an entirely different country just because your mom has a cold!!" Tears began sliding down from behind Misa's pink glasses. "Is it really that bad?"
Teri nodded. "Yeah. Apparently. The doctors never tell me anything, of course." She snorted. "They think I'm 'too young to fully understand the current situation'. End quote. Anyway, Misa-chan. We'll be late if we don't get back to walking now."
Misa looked at her friend puzzledly for a moment. "Right." She went back to Teri's side and they bagan walking again."You want me to come over after school to help you pack? Japan's cold in the winter. And there's a lot of people. You may need my advice, kotori-chan." She smiled.
Teri giggled a bit. "Okay, aneki-san." Teri's sadness melted for a few moments, and she smiled a real smile, the first Misa had seen all day. "I'll race you to the front gate, Misa-chan!" Teri took off running towards the school's main gate, leaving to stand a very confused Misa.
"Hey!! Cheater!" Misa took off after Teri, pink hair streaming in the dry Egyptian air.
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Translation Notes:
(1) 'Nii-chan' (sweet) older brother.
(2) 'Tozokuoh' Thief. Well, Thief-king actually...XD (Makes sense later)
(3) 'Kotori-chan' (sweet) little bird.
(4) 'Aneki-chan' (sweet) older sister. Even though Misa is bnot/b Teri's older sister, she thinks of her like one.