AN: Ooo, here we go on our trip! Woot!
Standard disclaimer
By the way, I made our household on The Sims 2 and as I was doing it, I was very disappointed to see that they didn't have silver hair and purple eyes so Yuki had to be blond and blue-eyed. I was sad!
"Wow Samii! It's so pretty out here!" Tohru said admiringly.
"How the heck did you find out about this place?" Kyo asked.
"Mom and I came here with dad when I was younger. Tohru was just a newborn so I didn't think she'd remember but we stayed here for a couple days," I said, walking to the edge of the lake and set my bags down on a certain patch, saying, "Here's where we stayed. We only had one tent then but then again, it was only four of us and two of us were little."
"Did we really Samii? What all did we do?" Tohru grabbed my hands and looked into my face with a huge grin.
I grinned back and said, "We roasted marshmallows and dad told us scary stories. We caught fish which dad cooked that night and they were very tasty. Then we climbed trees. Mom got the highest. We went swimming and you had a little floaty that you sat in since you were still little. Dad took us all the way out to the middle. We hiked around and etched our initials into a tree. Wanna go find it?"
"Oh, I do! That is...if you don't mind," she mumbled the last part.
"Of course I don't! Boys, you can put up the tents right? Be back soon," I said, taking Tohru's hand and racing off into the woods.
"Why do we gotta do it?" Kyo shouted after us but we ignored him.
It took about half an hour but we finally found the copse of trees that I pictures and in the middle was the giant oak with our initials in a big heart. We walked up to it and stared at the etchings.
"Can you believe it? We were here with our mom and dad," I said, fingering the carving.
"Our love is eternal, Samii," Tohru said happily.
I took her hand and smiled. Slowly, we turned around and made our way back. As we found our way back, Tohru started to cry. I put an arm around her shoulder and she had recovered by the time we got back. The boys were still trying to put up the tents.
I laughed and said, "Are you seriously having trouble with tents? What kind of boys are you?" They glowered at me and I said with another laugh, "Oh right, you're little rich boys. No outdoors for you. Well, except for you Kyo but I imagine Kazuma did the tents didn't he? Oh don't look so grumpy you guys, we'll teach you."
"It's another thing that I've done that Kyo hasn't," Tohru said with a smile.
"Oh, are you going to teach me, huh?" Kyo asked and drove his shoulder into her stomach, picking her up so she was draped across his shoulder, "I'll throw you in the lake!" He walked over to the edge and she shrieked gleefully.
"That's not a bad idea," Shigure said, looking at me.
"Throw me in the lake and you die," I said to him.
"You never said anything about me," said someone behind me then Ha'ri lifted me up and started to carry me to the lake.
"No! If you throw me in there, I will not set up the tents and you will have to sleep outside where bears and wolves can eat you!" I threatened.
"Aw well I can argue with that," he put me down and I scrambled away from him.
Kyo had finished teasing Tohru and she was standing next to me. I turned to her and said, "Okay, little sister, wanna teach these boys how it's done?"
"Of course Samii!" she said with a giggle.
We took our time explaining the different parts of the tent before actually assembling the poles and slipping them through the loops. It took all of us to lift the biggest one and I ran around with the hammer, showing them where to hammer the hooks into the ground. We let them set up one on their own and they did surprisingly well for the first time. Tohru and I did the third one in a fraction of the time it took them.
"What now?" Yuki asked.
"We should decide on sleeping arrangements," I said.
"I want to stay with Tohru," Kyo said.
"Kyo you are such a sicko," Shigure said with a shake of his head.
"You idiot!" Kyo and I yelled.
Kyo looked at me in surprise and I said, "Do you really think they would try anything? If everyone would be quiet for a second, you could realize just how silent everything is out here. Anything they tried to do would be heard by everyone else. And if Kyo tried anything bad toward my little sister, I would have to walk in and then drown his naked self in the lake."
Kyo and Tohru looked shock but Shigure laughed and said, "Good point! So one tent for Kyo and Tohru."
"Well, I should get my own tent and you three can stay in the big one," I said with a smile, pointing at Yuki, Shigure and Ha'ri.
"You must be insane if you think I'm staying in the same tent as Shigure," Yuki and Ha'ri both said.
"Ah, Samii, it looks like we will be sharing a tent," Shigure said, putting an arm around me.
"Yeah, and if I hear anything from your tent, I'm coming in there and drowning Shigure in the lake," Kyo said.
"Don't worry about me Kyo. I think I could handle Shigure," I assured.
"Oh, I know you can handle him," Kyo said.
"Alright, everyone, take your stuff to your tent and meet me back out here," I instructed.
Shigure and I took our stuff to our tent and I grabbed the long bag and went back to the center of the three tents. When everyone was back out, I unzipped my bag and drew out 5 fishing poles.
"Oh no," Kyo groaned.
"Sorry, I only have 5 because Hatori was a last minute thing so someone will have to sit out," I said and suddenly all the boys' hands went up.
"You don't want to fish?" Tohru asked Kyo sadly. Slowly, Kyo lowered his hand.
I gave a pole to Tohru and one to Kyo and said, "Tohru, teach him."
"Come on, Kyo! Let's go fish!" Tohru said happily, dragging Kyo away with her after taking the little box of bait I gave her.
"Okay, let me guess. You guys don't know how to fish either?" I asked, turning to the other three.
They shook their heads and Yuki said, "I've never really done anything like this before."
"Well, it's a good thing you've got me because I am the master, all right? Let's go," I said, taking my own bait box and walking toward the lake. They followed me nervously. I taught them individually how to cast, then to slowly bring in the line, then what to do if they had a catch. After a few minutes, Yuki got a bite, and I helped him to bring it in. It was huge! A huge bass was flailing about on the end of his line that we held up over the bank.
"It's gigantic," Yuki whispered.
"Well hurry up and get the hook off of it," I ordered, gripping the line tighter so I didn't drop it.
"Excuse me?" Yuki said, looking at me.
"Actually, hold on. Hold this tightly," I handed it to him and got some rope, which I threaded through the gills and tied, "Now it can stay in the water but not swim off, see? Now take the hook out."
"I can't do that!" he said, incredulous.
"Why not?" I asked.
"I don't wanna touch it," he said, looking at it with a disgusted look, "It's all slimy."
"You are such a girl," I said, taking a hold of the fish's head and jerking the hook out. It flailed about on the end of the rope, which I tossed into the lake and tied the other end to a tree nearby.
"Now what?" Yuki asked.
"Rebait it and cast again," I ordered, splashing my hands in the water to get the fish slime off of them.
"Now you want me to touch the worms?" he asked.
"How are you a gardener and not touching worms?" I asked.
"I use gardening gloves," he informed.
I sighed and took a worm out to hook onto Yuki's hook and walking away to let him fish again. I sat down in between Ha'ri and Shigure, who had situated themselves on a big rock a little bit away.
"Was Yuki's fish big?" Shigure asked.
"Yeah, it'll be good. I'm not sure if Tohru knows how to cook fish though, I'll have to teach her that too. Do you want to help me when I have to get the scales off of it?" I asked turning to him.
"No thanks," he said.
"Wimp," I said with a smile, "What about you Hatori? Wanna help the de-scaling?"
"I think I'll pass. I don't think the fish like my worm," he said.
"You're reeling in too fast, silly," I said, reaching over and taking his rod from him, our hands touching for seconds.
"Ha'ri you got it taken away from you," Shigure teased.
"Plus, it's just nice to let it just sit there if you want. Too bad I didn't bring a book. Fishing is so much fun, don't you think?" I asked, turning to Shigure.
He looked at me with a sarcastic smile and said, "Tons."
Suddenly his rod jerk and the line started reeling out. He looked at me, surprised. "Reel it in, you moron!" I shouted.
"I can't!" he shouted, tossing the rod at me.
I handed Ha'ri his back and started reeling in the fish. It was a struggle. I had to crank the reel really hard just to get it to move. The top of the rod was bent, almost to the point of snapping but it hadn't yet. "Get the net! Hurry!" I shouted as I saw the splashing getting closer and closer. I had right under me and Ha'ri was ready with the net so I yanked on the rod, sending the fish flying into the air and Ha'ri snagged it with the net. We looked at it and gasped. Only half of it fit in the net while the tail slipped wildly around.
"Holy crap!" Shigure said, "What kind of fish is that?"
"No idea," I said, staring at it then started toward Yuki.
"Wow, that thing is big," Yuki commented.
"Drag in the rope with your fish on it," I said and he did. I tied the fish to the rope and tossed it back in the lake, "That was awesome."
"It looked like a real struggle over there," he commented.
"You have no idea," I responded, plopping down on the grass next to him, "Are you enjoying yourself at least a little?"
"I've never done this before but it's very relaxing, sitting out here in the middle of no where, far away from anything bad. It's peaceful," he said.
"I agree. Sometimes, you just gotta get away, you know?" I turned to him.
He looked at me and smiled then said, "I know exactly what you mean."
"Okay, I've got a proposition for you," I whispered to him, "See, me and Shigure are trying to make Ha'ri jealous by dating each other. It'd be a real help if you ask Ha'ri to stay in our tent tonight."
"I wondered why you'd go for that dog. Okay, I'll help you out," he said, shaking my hand. I stood up and grinned at him happily.
"Well, reel it in everyone, dark is falling. Time for marshmallows and scary stories!" I yelled to the other 4. Kyo and Tohru were almost all the way across the lake but I saw them reel in and start back around the bank. We met them at the campsite while there was still a little bit of light so Tohru and I built a campfire and had the boys gather some good firewood. After the fire was going really good, I yanked in the fished and started the process. After all the scales were off, I had cleaned them and cut them, I taught Tohru the best way to cook a fish.
The boys were drooling within seconds of cooking. We ate and they liked it so much that they insisted we make it at least once every week now. "So, how is it you can cook fish but not anything else besides cake?" Shigure asked.
"I just have a great memory and can remember when we came here. Dad made the fish. He let me help clean the fish. I remember they were really slimy and smelly. I told myself I wouldn't eat them but when that delicious smell started wafting through the air, I just had to take a bite. I've known ever since," I said, shrugging.
"Well, it's frickin tasty," Kyo said.
"I'm glad you like it," Tohru said happily.
"What are we going to do tomorrow?" Yuki asked.
"Go hiking. Maybe climb the trees and see who can climb the highest, huh?" I suggested.
"I will," Kyo said.
"We'll see, Kyo," I challenged.
"Want to get the marshmallows out?" Ha'ri asked.
"Yeah, sure!" I responded, throwing the last bits of my fish into the woods.
Ha'ri got up and walked over to my tent. We had decided that's where the food will be kept since it was the biggest. As he started rummaging around, Yuki walked over, probably to ask if he'd switch tents. I wonder what excuse he came up with.
"Samii, can I talk to you?" Ha'ri asked. I walked over there and he said, "Yuki... has a problem and wonders if I'll go to another tent. Can I stay in yours?"
"Sure, there's plenty of room, I don't mind," I said, nodding and smiling.
"Okay, thanks," he said, walking away.
"You're awesome," I said to Yuki.
"Oh, I'm not that great," he said, blushing.
"What'd you come up with to make him move?" I asked.
"Oh, that's my secret," he said, winking and walking over to the fire. I followed him.
"Alright, who's ready to tell some scary stories, huh?" I asked, plopping myself down in between Shigure and Ha'ri.
"Oh, me!" Tohru said, raising her hand.
With that, we commenced in the story telling until well into the night and everyone stumbled into bed afterwards, stuffed full of marshmallows and fish. I had told Shigure about my plan so when Ha'ri came into our tent, he told him that he could sleep where Shigure was going to. And that Shigure would sleep with me. So Shigure cuddled up with me while Ha'ri slept across the tent, seething.
AN: Let's see what happens when Ha'ri gets ushed too far the next day ;-)
