A/N: Another KN chapter, YAAAY! Actually, it was only I, Malin, who wrote anything in this chapter..well..most of it. Since Lou was too lazy and wanted to watch Top Model instead. Oh goodie.

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Kitsune Nyonin
Chapter 4

Visiting her most beloved treasure

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The flames swallowed the house, it's heat making it impossible to see the tears streaming down Hana's cheeks. "It's for the best. This house belongs to your past now. It only carries bad memories." Riku whispered and pulled Hana towards the awaiting car. The sirens could be heard in the distance and Hana stopped in her tracks. "I've got a feeling that I've forgotten something..." "Inside the house?" Hana rubbed her forehead, and then as a ligthbulb had been lit, she cursed. "AAAHRG!! I FORGOT ABOUT DAISUKE! I was supposed to meet him at the graveyard last night. He's gonna kill me! ...Ah, what the hell. It wouldn't have worked out anyways."

Hana shrugged her shoulders and got into the drivers seat. "Hey! Let the man drive. You women don't know how...-" Hana reversed at a high speed and spun car around, she stepped on the gas and Touya "accidently" flew into Riku's lap. "Oh, I'm so sorry. I have no idea how I got over here." Riku looked very uneasy and pushed him away. "Maybe you should buckle your belt?" Kyoko snickered and looked at Hana who mumbled "sexist" under her breath.

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A few hours had passed, and all they had seen for what seemed to be forever, were trees. "Do you have any idea of where you are going, Hana?" Kyoko looked at her, worried that they would be lost. "Whaaaat?" Hana yelled over the loud music. She turned the volume down. Riku leaned forward from the backseat and yelled in her ear. "She asked "DO YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE GOING?"" Hana sent a slap towards Riku's face but missed and twisted her wrist. "A-a-aaah, fu...-RIKU!!" They all burst into laughter and Kyoko pinched Hana's cheek. "Fail."

Hana pulled over and stopped the car. She got out of it and slammed the door shut. She stood there for a minute before she started yelling random curses. Touya looked at Riku and pushed her towards the door. "Go out and talk to her. Girltalk or whatever." Riku glared at him. "No way. She would hit me or something. She's so violent when she's upset." Kyoko snorted and got out of the car. "Pussies." And she slammed the door shut. Touya and Riku looked at each other with raised eyebrows. "Did she just..?" Touya nodded and they heard a loud yell as Kyoko ran back to the car with a furious Hana behind her. "I'm a pussy too!" She cried as she jumped back into the car again. "Thank you for the information." Riku mumbled and Touya surpressed a laugh.

Hana swung the car door open and leaned in to stare at them. "All right, who's gonna drive now? Cause since Riku was clever enough to twist my wrist I sure can't." Riku slapped her own forehead and sighed. "It's not my fault that you have such a bad aim." Touya leaned forward with a grin on his face. "I'll dr..-" "BUT! I will drive." And Riku jumped out of the car, leaving a sulking Touya behind her. "But I wanted to drive.." He whined, and Hana pushed him over to the other side of the car as she wanted to sit down. "Stop whining and be a man. Let the woman do the work for once."

"Anyways Hana, where are we going?" Riku asked as she slid down in the drivers seat. "Just keep driving forward until I tell you something else. We'll be right there though." Hana replied as she buckled her belt. "We are going to crash at a motel about 5km from here." "Sir, yes sir!" Riku said and started up the car.

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Riku pulled over and looked at the motel in front of them. "Are you sure this is where we're supposed to stay?" She asked Hana, who had a distant glow in her eyes. When she didn't respond, Riku shrugged her shoulders and stepped out of the car. "I'm gonna get our keys, you guys wait here." Hana continued to stare out through the window with dreamy eyes, Kyoko kept on sleeping, a drip of drool hanging from her mouth.

Riku started to walk towards the entrance of the motel, when a firm hand was placed on her shoulder. "I'm going in with you." A deep voice told her, and she sighed. "Touya, it's not like I'd get raped or anything. Plus if something would happen I'd just nail a bullet between their eyes." She turned around and met his eyes. Her own widened slightly when she saw the wicked grin on his face. "I don't want you to have all of the fun by yourself!" She twirvled around and started to walk again.

As they walked through the doors, Riku had to cover her nose to the disgusting stench that was coming from the middle of the room. "What the hell is that smell?" She hissed and looked up at Touya, who had an odd look on his face. "Wh—" He pulled her behind him and gave her a look as if to tell her to be quiet. She raised an eyebrow at him and then looked over his shoulder. Well, she tried, but since he was too tall she had to jump. "You're blocking my view!" She hissed once again, and he snapped his head around to stare at her.

"I doubt that you'd like to see this." He replied while grabbing her hand, pulling her away from the room before she got a good look of whatever he had been trying to hide from her. "What the hell, Touya?" She asked angrily, pulling back her hand from him. He stopped and looked down at her. "I can take care of myself, I don't need you to..touch me!" Riku rushed past him towards the counter. He sighed and showed his hands into his pockets. "Troublesome woman.."

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The old lady at the counter smiled gently at Riku, who tried to cover the flush that was creeping over her face. "Good afternoon, how may I help you?" She asked, her eyes glowing warmly towards them. "Hello, we'd like to rent a couple of rooms.." Riku began, but the old lady stopped her. "I'm afraid that I only have one room available, young miss. But I cannot see why it would stop a young couple like you two." She said with a chuckle. Riku's face flushed over once again, and Touya snickered. "We'd be delighted." He said, and motioned for Riku to pay up.

As he leaned over her to retrieve the keys, he whispered in her ear, "This way it'll be alot cheaper for us, won't you say?" And he blew a soft breath into her ear, making her cringe. They thanked the old lady and Riku rushed out of the room with Touya walking slowly behind her. Once outside she twirvled around to meet him. "Look here, Saratobi!" She hissed, using his last name to show him that this was serious buisness. "There will never be anything between us, NEVER! I don't do guys.." Touya's raised eyebrows made her slap her forehead. "No, I'm not gay. I just don't like men—" He opened his mouth to say something but she slapped her hand across it. "And no, I am not a virgin." And with that she stalked over to the car, leaving Touya behind with a wicked glint in his eyes.

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"Mama, mama!" A young girl cried, as she ran into her mothers awaiting arms. "I missed you so much!" She said, tears dripping down her flushed cheeks. Her mother hugged her close, the familiar scent filling her nosetrills with a pleasant smell. "I missed you too, Yui..so much."

Hana jolted awake as the door she was leaning against was swung open, and she rolled out of the car. She groaned as she saw two pair of feet walking over to her. "Was that really necessarily, Riku-san?" The pair of feet to her right asked. "Otherwise she would've kept on dreaming. Plus I did warn her." The other pair explained, and she realised that they must be the reason for her abrupt awakening. Her hands reached out and she grabbed the wrist of one of the feet. "I'm gonna kill you.." She mumbled under her breath.

"Hana, why are you trying to strangle my foot?" Riku asked while lifting the foot in question a bit above the ground, making Hana lose her grip and fall flat on her face once again. A muffled sound escaped her lips and Riku's own lips curled into a satisfied smirk. "She's awake, all right. Now, lets head towards the room.

Hana crawled up from the ground with Kyoko's help and she grabbed her things in the back of the car. "Such a nice friend.." She muttered, and aimed a kick towards Riku's behind. Riku stepsided and Hana ended up on the ground once again. "I hate youuuu-huhuhu, Riku!" She whined and Riku bent down to help her up. "Stop crying and get into the room before the old lady realises that Touya and I are not on our honeymoon.

Hana was about to answer when Touya threw both her and Kyoko in to the room, slamming the door shut close. Kyoko landed face first on the floor and muttered curses under her breath when Hana landed on top of her. "Son of a—"

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Riku watched Touya with amusement as he slammed the door shut behind him, and he leaned back onto it. " Was that really necessarily, Touya?" He nodded towards the entrance to the motel, and she sucked in her breath as she saw a weird looking man coming outside. "I saw that man earlier, when we were going to check in." Riku gazed up at him. "He's the reason to why you wouldn't let me look?" He nodded slowly and grabbed her shoulder as the man passed them.

Riku met the man's eyes and she gave him a forced smile which he did not return. When the man had passed the corner she crawled out of Touya's grip and she opened the door to their room. "Sorry about that Hana and Kyo—" When she saw the two people on the floor, her eyes widened and she had to hold onto Touya so that she wouldn't drop to the floor cause of the laughter filling her throat.

"Are you guys enjoying each other?" Touya asked with a grin and Kyoko flushed red. Hana had slammed her head against Kyoko's breasts and fallen asleep. Kyoko had her arms pinned to her sides and when she tried to move Hana's grip on her tightened. "Get her off me!!" She cried, and Touya had to place Riku on the floor before stalking over to the two women.

"How did she fall asleep there in the first place?" He asked with an amused glint in his eyes. "Don't ask me, she's just weird! I think it's cause of all of that "magical powder" that she carries with her. She tends to pass out sometimes." Touya lift up the sleeping woman in his arms and put her down on the bed. "I suppose that she gets the bed tonight. Riku, are you sharing it with her?"

Riku looked up at him while wiping her eyes from tears and she shook her head. "Kyoko should get it since she's the Oyabun's daughter. I don't require much when I sleep. I can sleep on the floor." Touya shook his head at that. "Out of the question, you crash on the couch and I'll be the one on the floor."

Riku shrugged and headed over to the sofa. "As you wish." And she sunk down into the couch. Although after a few moments, she realised that it might not have been such a good idea. "Uh, Touya..." She stammered, and Touya looked over to her. "What?" "I think the sofa is swallowing me.." He walked over to her and saw that indeed she had sunk down into the couch quite a bit. "If you dont wipe that stupid smile off your face, I'll rip it off you as soon as I get out of here!" She hissed and aimed her nails at him. "IF you get out of there." He mused and stood just out of reach for her.

Riku mumbled something dark under her breath and pushed herself out of the dangerous couch. She threw a quilt over it and laid down. "Good night!" She mumbled and watched Touya move over to the lamp. "Good night." He replied and turned the lights out.

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The soft light from the sunrise travelled over Hana's features. Her eyes blinked open and she yawned. She then sat up, realising that she was in the bed. "How the hell did I get here?" She thought, but decided to put that aside and got up. As she swung her legs over the bed, she caught a glimps of the couch. There laid Riku, luckliy she was asleep, as Touya had crawled down next to her sometimes during the night. And now she was lying sweetly in his arms, her head cuddled up under his chin. "Pity to miss such an awakening.." She whispered and headed towards the door. She quietly opened it and slipped outside, unknowing that Touya had awoken, and kept an eye at her during the whole time.

As the door shut close, he slowly sat up and carefully slipped out of Riku's arms. He smiled softly at the sight, but knew that he had to wake her up even if he did not want to. He also knew that if Riku would ever find out that he had shared the couch with her, she'd tear his balls off. And he was kind of attached to them, so he did not wish for them to be removed.

Touya let his hand gently caress Riku's cheek, her hair and let a finger slowly make it's way over her bottom lip. Her brows narrowed and she tried to move away from the object that was trying to wake her up from her comfortable sleep. Even if he wanted to keep on teasing her, he knew that they had to follow Hana. So he grabbed Riku's shoulder and shook her hard.

Riku's eyes snapped open and she glared at the man above her. "This's better be good, Saratobi." She mumbled darkly under her breath, making the man cringe a bit under her gaze. "Hana sneaked out of here just a while ago. I think we should follow her." He whispered. Riku glanced over at the bed, and surely Hana was no where to be seen. "All right. Wake up Kyoko and we'll be off." He frowned. "Do I have to?" Riku gave him a sharp look. "We're not leaving her unprotected, dumbass. Now MOVE!" He avoided her hand as it reached for him, and he danced over to the bed.

As he reached the bed, Kyoko's hand shot out and grabbed Touya's shirt and pulled him close. She eyed him and hissed low. "You need to be more quiet in the morning, some of us needs their sleep." He gulped and looked over at Riku for help. She just shrugged her shoulders at him. "She's right."

Touya crawled out of Kyoko's grip and stood straight. "Get up Kyoko-san. We need to follow Hana." She nodded and got up from the bed. The three of them walked out of the room and Riku slammed the door shut behind them.

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Hana walked along the street, enjoying the warmth of the sunlight on her skin. Her eyes were closed, and she inhailed deeply. As she opened them, her gaze wandered over to an old kindergarden. "Almost there.." She whispered under her breath and her fingers started to fiddle with her sleeve.

I wonder if she'll remember me..it's been a while now. She thought while bitting on her bottom lip. She knew that worrying about such things was stupid, since her daughter would never forget about her. Well, so she hoped. As her steps slowed down, she turned around a corner and the courtyard to the day nursery came into her view. She stopped dead in her tracks, oblivious that she was being followed.

Kyoko, Riku and Touya sneaked closer when Hana stopped, curiousity coming over them. All of sudden, a loud crack was heard to the right, and Touya and Kyoko looked towards the sound and saw that Riku had accidently stepped on a broken bottle which had made a loud noise as one of the pieces broke under her foot. "Whoops.."

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Hana's head snapped around as the cracking sound reached her ears. But what she saw was an empty street, a few birds were chirping on top of a few large trash cans and the wind blew slowly through her hair. She shrugged her shoulders and continued her walk towards the day nursery.

Behind one trash can, Touya and Kyoko laid in a heap with Kyoko on the bottom and Touya at the top. In the moment of panic, Riku had thrown herself behind the trash can, but only to be followed by two just as panicked friends, and she went flying into the bushes behind it. Now as Hana had moved on, she came swearing up from the bush. "What the hell?! Now I have thorns in my hair, in my clothes..-" Kyoko leaned in closer. "In your nose too." Riku slapped Kyoko's head and then grabbed Touya's offering hand and stood up. "You two are so going to pay for this."