YAY another chapter! I actually went on google images and looked up 'bugs of Japan.' It was disturbing, and stupid of me to do that since I hate bugs. They just freak me out sometimes. Most times. Here's the chapter! Enjoy! Again! ^_^ xD

So after last night's shift from Keronian to human, Dororo and I both went back to bed. Luckily, Koyuki never woke up.

I woke up late, and alone, in Koyuki's bed. I first experienced that feeling of 'where am I' and then I relaxed, remembering yesterday's past events. I was still tired, but I didn't know what time it was, and wanted to be awake when I shifted again.

I got up and walked out to the main room. It was empty. I looked around and saw two pieces of paper on the table. One was from Koyuki, saying she was going out to get food, and the other was from Dororo, saying he was going for a walk and he'd be back soon.

I was alone, which was kind of nice. After two years of travelling alone, I was used to it. I looked around again but couldn't find any clocks. That's when I recalled that Dororo and Koyuki rely mostly on the sky for time. "Agh! What time is it?" I wanted to know how much time I had before I had to shift again.

Sighing, I walked outside. It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining and there was a small breeze in the air that cooled you. I smiled, I loved days like this.

I climbed up on the roof. I liked to be up high, I don't really understand why, I guess because it makes me feel separate from the world. It's nice.

I sat crisscross applesauce and closed my eyes. Thanks to some ability my dad, my Keronian parent, has I can control stuff with my mind. My mom told me what it's called but it's been so long, I can't remember. I just remember that it was a cool word.

Anyways, I'd hidden my backpack that I had travelled with in a bush before talking to Giroro. I think it would've raised more questions if I had it with me. So, I sat with my eyes closed and concentrated. I imagined my backpack, what it looked like, what was in it, and where I'd hidden it. Once I felt I had a good image in my mind, I willed the bag out of the bush and towards where I sat. It wasn't as easy as it would seem, you had to really focus or else you would drop the object, or whatever you were controlling.

I imagined it gliding across rooftops, then trees, taking the same route Dororo and I took. I worried in the back of my mind about it catching on something and ripping, or someone seeing it. But I quickly pushed my worries away. I couldn't drop it now, I knew it was close.

Then I heard someone in the woods, and tried to say, without completely losing concentration, "Who's the-AH!" I was knocked off the roof by a backpack flying at nearly fifty miles per hour. Turns out my backpack was closer than I'd thought it was.

"Bananu!" Dororo runs over, "Are you alright?"

I frown, hoping I'm not always going to be in pain when Dororo sees me. "Ugh," I sat up, wiping dirt off me. Luckily, the house wasn't too large so the fall wasn't far. "I'm fine, the grass caught me."

Dororo laughs and I stand up. "What were you doing on the roof?"

"I was getting my backpack," It's not a lie, right? I'm just not saying how I got it.

Dororo nods and I go inside to Koyuki's room, sitting on the bed with my bag. I start going through it, reminding myself of everything I had leftover from my trip. Clothes, a couple pictures, my water and… food, a note book, a few pens, some other things. I go through the whole backpack, all the pockets.

"That's a lot of stuff," I jump and look up, seeing Dororo on the bed next to me. It's so freaky the way he does that… appearing thing.

"Can you teach me how to do that?" I ask as Dororo looks inside a water bottle of bugs.

"Why do you have bugs?" He turns the bottle, watching the beetles and worms inside it slip and slide.

I pout, "You can't answer my question with a question. It's not right."

He looks up, "I'm sorry." I think he tried not to laugh when I pouted. He sets the bugs down, "Um… Yes, I can teach how to do the silent step, that's what it's called when I appear like that, but it takes years to perfect. It's complicated to learn."

I nod slowly, 'I could use my ability to minimize that time, and make it easier to learn. Then I could try and do it on my own when I think I understand how I do it.' "Let's try and master it in… hmm, three weeks."

Dororo says, shocked, "I can teach you it, but no way can you master it in three weeks. It's impossible."

I shrug, looking at him, "You never know until you try." He seems to be considering it, so I add, "I'll tell you what, we try to do it in three weeks and I'll explain why I have those bugs there," I gesture to the water bottle in his lap.

He looks at them, and then me, "Alright. Should we start tomorrow?"

"Sure!" I grin, but then pause, "Um, what time is it? There aren't any clocks around…" I blush lightly, embarrassed that I can't just tell the time by looking outside, like how Koyuki and Dororo can.

"Oh. Let's see…" He thinks to himself for a moment, "Follow me, I'll teach you how to know the time." I follow him outside, "The front of the house faces south, and the Hinata's house is to the west, which is where the sun sets for night. So if the sun goes across the sky like this," he waved his hand in a big, rounded arch, like a rainbow, "then where does it rise?"

I had to think about it for a moment, "The east, right?"

"Right, so if the sun rises around six, because it's spring forward, and sets around seven, what time do you think it is?" Dororo looks at me.

I bite my lip, glancing at the sun and its position in the sky, but never staring at it. It was just a while before it hit the middle of the sky. It was almost like a clock, I realized. "Is it about eleven O'clock?" I look down at him, my vision slightly altered. I guess I looked at the sun too many times and for a little too long.

"Almost, it's eleven-thirty," He grins up at me, but I'm lost in thought again. I have only half an hour until I change. Jeez, how late did I sleep in for? Should I get his help when it's time to shift again or should I just go somewhere else and change on my own? I frown, I don't really like the thought of shifting alone compared to shifting with someone there, but at the same time, I don't like anyone being around me when I'm so vulnerable. I'm so indecisive.

"Bananu?" I come out of my thoughts at the sound of Dororo's voice.

"Sorry, I was dazed out. I do that a lot, mostly when I'm thinking."

"I see. Are you nervous about meeting the platoon?"

"Oh. No, to be honest I'd forgotten about that." But now I'm nervous about both that and what to do when I shift. Great.

I'm just thinking about bringing it up when he does, "You… You change at twelve, right?"

"Um, yeah…"

"Do you want me to try and, uh, help again?" He looks at me as I sit down on the porch. I didn't want him to have to look up so much. I know how much it hurts your neck. Instead of thinking real deep into it, I weighed the pros and cons. …I couldn't really come up with any cons.

"Only if you want to," I looked at him and he smiled under his mask. I wonder why he wore it. While it hid his mouth I could still easily tell if he was frowning or smiling. You just got to look at how his cheeks move and what shows in his eyes. He really is cute. Actually, didn't Koyuki and him have a thing going on between them?

Wait, how did I end up thinking about this?

"Hey, what were those bugs for?"

I blush, "Um, well…"

Haha! not telling you why. :P

But wow, three pages typed out! Jeez. I was originally going to try and write the entire fanfic without doing it from Bananu's point of view, (like Sherlock Holmes, the author didn't write it from Sher's POV because he didn't want to ruin the story) but then I was just like, 'aw what the heck.' So i think I'm going to end up writing from Bananu's Point of View more. OH OH, ALSO I'm going to change the title and summary up a bit. Again... I made something too obvious. But yay if you didn't notice it, you get to sit and wonder. Yerp… Oh, and please review! Your reviews really edge me on to continue writing (even if I don't feel like it). I LURVE REVIEWS! …But anyone who leaves a flame will end up in the hospital due to Tamama's rage (more specifically, his fire breath). ^_^