The next morning I woke without Sakura…again. Ah well, I can deal without her for the while…
"Rogue!"
Two men jumped into the tent, oblivious that I wasn't dressed yet. I quickly stood up, hold the blanket over me, and lifted up my one, un-gloved hand, ready to attack. Then I saw that it was 2 of the boys I met on my first day. Stefan and Michael. "What do you want?" I snapped at them, but neither flinched.
"Ren says you get to join us in our time of waiting." Michael replied.
"What?" I stared at him, unsure what he meant by that. "Is that some kind of wolf thing?" This made Michael grin, and Stefan chuckled behind him.
"No, we, the three of us, are going to wait for our newcomers. They're coming to join us, and help us fight. One of them is a leader, the other is the commander. The leader is going to bring a lot of mutants here in a few weeks to help us fight." Stefan explain with a big, toothy grin on his face.
"Alright, but you have to let me get dressed first." The two nodded and stepped out of the tent, and waited outside for me. I sighed and looked down at Sakura's bed, which was perfectly made. After I dressed, I made my bed too, not wanting to seem like I lived in a dump, then I walked out.
"'Bout time, princess." Michael was scowling, then Stefan stepped in the middle of us, "Don't mind him, he's not a morning person.
I eyed Michael, "Looks like we have something in common then. So, where do we wait?" At this, Stefan lead Michael and me about quarter of a mile away from my tent, outside the little village. I just stopped and watched them when we slowed to a halt, and saw Michael and Stefan sit on the large fallen tree. Shrugging, I sat down on it too, but a few feet away from them. We sat there for a couple hours, and I learned a few things. Michael and Stefan are dating, Michael is considered the man, and Stefan the woman, and from my observations...Stefan has A.D.D. He just would not stay still...made me want to punch him!
Stefan was now pacing, and if it weren't for the 2 figures walking towards us, I would've attacked him and tied him to the tree. The girls looked young, but the dirty blond one looked older. The younger looking one was short, and curved. She had chocolate brown eyes that had a hint of green in them when seen in the light. She had pale white skin, and brilliant brown-red hair. The older one was about 2 inches taller, and she had blond hair with brown roots, and some brown on the bottom layer of her hair. She had dark brown eyes, that sometimes look black, and she too had pale skin, but a little darker than the other. She was thin and curved. Michael stood up and walked over to them.
"So, you are Space and Hitan?" The two girls nodded, and the blond stepped forward.
"I'm Space. So where are we going to be staying?"
"About half a mile from here." Stefan answers, now walking towards them. Then, the blond one, Space, sat down on the ground, Indian style, then just stiffly fell to the side, asleep. I just started, and held back a laugh, especially when I saw Michael's annoyed face. "A gay man in and orange mask will rape you while you sleep in these woods." Was all he said.
Space mumbles softly, "No man wears an orange mask...and if he were gay he wouldn't rape me, he'd rape you..." I then just burst out in tearful, fits of laughter as a vein popped out of Michael's neck in anger.
"Get up!" He was about to kick her in the leg, until a small fox stood in front of Space. Her fur was bristled up in every direction, razor sharp fangs showed as she growled, and she barked that menacing screech. Michael stepped back, startled, and then Stefan then realized something, "Where did Hitan go..." He stared at the fox when he said her name, starting to believe that Hitan was the fox. "A shape shifter, eh?" She didn't reply, she just continued to stare at him. "Er...well then, let's get going." Finally, Space decided to pop back up and join the rest of us, and while our backs were turned, Hitan turned back into a human. Sorta. She was just like Sakura, but instead of a wolf tail and ears, her's were of a fox's! The tips of her red-orange ears were a darker brown, with white inside the ear, and the end of her fluffy tail was white.
We headed back towards the village, Space and Hitan trailing behind us. They were silent the whole walk, and it made me get the heebie jeebies! Especially since Stefan and Michael were silent too. Thankfully, after 5 minutes of this torture, I heard the beautiful sound of children laughing, and mother's scolding. "Alright! Here we are! Our little coven. Make yourselves comfortab-" Before Michael even finished his sentence, Space was laying on one of the logs in front of the village, trying to sleep. "You know...we have an actual bed ready for you...Instead of a dead tree." She slowly sat, and lifted her hand at him. She looked like she was asking for help up, until...
She flipped the bird at him.
I could see a vein pop out of Michael's neck, and I tried to stiffle back a laugh when Stefan poked it with much amusment. There's something wrong with that boy. Then, Hitan walked over to her and laid her hand on Space's forcing the finger back down, and pulled her up. Her mouth just barely moved, and none of us hear her, but I was able to read her lips. She said: "Come on, just a little further."
"Fiiinnee..." Space stood back up, looking like she was sleep walking. I looked at Michael (Who was still steaming like a tea pot, might I add) and Stefan, "I will take them to their tent."
"Are you sure?" Stefan asked, taking a step towards me. I nodded
"'Sides, Little Miss Tea Pot," Nods towards Michael, "over there needs to take some time off the stove before he boils." Stefan laughs and Michael glares at me. I walked over to the girls who were whispering to each other, both grinning. "Hey, I will lead you to your beds. Come on!" I grin and lead them into the chaos I now call home, towards my and Sakura's tent. Sakura was sitting outside her tent, cross-legged on the grass. She was examing something, rather somethings, flat and square, but she hid it away when we got closer to her.
"Hi Anna!" I flinched at my name.
"Why do you call me that?"
She tilts her head to the side to look up at me, "Because that is your name."
"I'd rather you called me Rogue.."
"But "Rogue" makes you sound bad, like Gambit!" Directly across from our tent, I heard a very loud, and obnoxious voice yell, "Hey!" But Sakura ignored it, and continued talking, "Besides, Anna is a very pretty name!"
I sighed in defeat, "Alright, Anna it is...But only to you. What was that you were look-"
"Hello! Welcome to our little, moving village I like to call, Le Déplacement du Village!" I stared hard at her, knowing she was trying to avoid the subject.
Space stared at her. "What language is that? What does it mean?"
"It's French! Ren taught me it. It means, "Moving Village", because normally we move around a lot in these forests." Space nodded in understanding.
After I showedthen the tent and they relaxed a bit, I sat with Sakura and we both watched and laughed at Gambit as he tried to help some women with their chores.
Time Skip: 10 O' Clock PM
Michael, Stefan, Martin, Midori, Aaron, Ren, Galaxina, Sakura, Cassie, the Akatsuki, Space, Hitan, and me were all sitting together around our own camp fire. Sasori had asked Space what their story was, how they met, and what their abilities were. So here we are, sitting around, waiting for Space to start the story. Starting with Hitan.
"Hitan wasn't born with her shapeshifting abilities, she was transformed. She was manufactured in a science lab, she was, what they called, a "test-tube-baby". She was in a large tube full of water for the first 6 years of her life. When she finally woke up when she was 6, they mixed the genes belonging to a fox into her own, allowing her to transform, and have the tail and ears. After they let her out, the white coats put her in a cage and left her there. They contin-"
"White coats?" Deidara interrupted.
"Yeah, scientists."
"Oh..Sorry, go on." Deidara rubs the back of his neck sheepishly.
"Anyways, they continued to do experiments on her, until one brave soul fought back when he was taken out of his cage for some testing. He attacked the few scientists in the room and unlocked most of the cages, including Hitan's. Most of those that were freed got away safe," Gestures to Hitan, who was cuddling with her tail and staring into the fire with wide eyes, "Obviously. But sadly, that brave soul had died. Any-hoo! I found her out on the streets and wanted to help her, so we became friends, and helped each other survive! She has a second ability though, Power Augmentation. She can cancle or activate anyone's abilities, or force someone to attack another."
"Interesting...What about you? What's your story?" Sasori nodded towards Space.
"Well, my life was pretty normal, up until I was 7 when my family died in a fire. Sometimes, at night, I wake up hearing their screams. My mom was mad at me for some reason so I hid from her...I hid in the fire proof oven, so I don't know how the fire started. I just remember looking through the little window and seeing the flames, and my mom falling on the floor in front of the oven, dead and burnt from the flames. My mother, father, and little sister all parished. After a couple of hours, I remember a man opening the oven, most of the flames had died down, and a fire fighter carried me out of the oven and the house. I lived at the orphanage for a few months, and hated it. So I left and while I was walking outside in a down pour, I found Hitan laying on the ground. She didn't have a name, only a number.-"
"Number 4489." Hitan whispered.
"So I named her, Hitan! I also have 2 powers. Empathy, and the control of fire. Empathy: the ability to change and counter act another's emotions and/or feelings."
"Well it's nice to have you join us!" Galaxina grinned as she hugs Space and then Hitan.
"Dad! He hit me!" Garion cried as he ran towards Pein, holding his arm.
Then Danny came up behind him, "Only because he ruined my map!"
"Well, No one needs a map to find your big a-" He stopped when he saw his mother's glare.
"What were you about to say?" Galaxina was now glaring at Pein, who was shrinking away.
"Nothing..."
"Bed, now!" The boys scattered before they could get caught by the fury of their mother. After a while everyone else broke off and went to bed.
