Takiko woke with a start; she tried to sit up only to find that half of her body was in the air. This caused her to fall and hit her head quite painfully on the coffee table and be smothered by the blanket she had thrown on her self.

With out realizing it Takiko had fallen asleep on the couch. The tv was still blaring out old episodes of scrubs, and Takiko was still in her jeans and T-shirt. That wasn't what had woken her up though, the doorbell was going off. This was probably the third or fourth time the person had wrung it since the space between each new buzz was getting shorter.

"Coming!" Takiko called out as she picked herself up and straightened out her shirt.

Now the buzzes weren't even distinguishable form one another, there was just one long noise. She rushed to the door and pulled it open. Standing in front of her were three people, two of them she recognized.

"Um…"Takiko wasn't sure what to say as Limdo, the boy she had seen last night, and a short dark haired girl stood in front of her door. It seemed the girl had been the one ringing the doorbell since as soon as she saw Takiko she had stepped away from it. "Merry Christmas?"

The girl stepped up to her as Limdo scowled at the wall and the other guy looked at his feet. "Hi, my name's Crin. I was wondering- if there isn't anything else you're doing-if you would like to come over for Christmas dinner?"

"Um…"

"Good, then we'll see you at five?"

"Uh, sure, hold on. Where do you live?"

"Right next door" The girl-Crin- pointed at Limdo's apartment.

"Wait, what?"

"Limdo, Tomite, and I share an apartment. It's cheaper than getting one for each of us."

"Oh…" Takiko still didn't get, but it was probably best to just smile and nod.

"So we'll see you at five then. Oh, and be sure to wear something nice."

"Sure…" Takiko watched them walk off, back to their apartment. They seemed to be discussing something, but they were already out of earshot. Takiko shrugged and closed her apartment door.

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A wave of heat rose out of the oven as Takiko took out the pie and the cheese grits she had made. It had been short notice but after some scrounging through the pantry Takiko had managed to find all the ingredients. She glanced down at her watch; fifteen till, and put the food out to cool.

Takiko hurried to her room and thrust open her closet, as she searched designer dresses went flying. Finally deciding on three she placed them on her bed; it was either going to be a Michael Kors, a Blumarine, or an Armani. Deciding that one could never go wrong with Armani Takiko slipped the cool black material over her head and after adjusting the spaghetti straps she started applying various makeup products to her features. The dress was one that hugged her curves and made of satin with a lace overlay. It had a black belt running the waist with a bow in the front; there was a slit in the back that allowed her to walk easily. She strode out of her room and grabbed the bottles of sparkling cider, sitting on the counter then put the pie and cheese grits on a platter to make them easier to carry. After looking at her watch she saw it was five so she made her way to Limdo's apartment.

She stood in front of the door, not sure what to do, there seemed to be a commotion going on inside. There were loud bangs and undistinguishable yells, when Takiko finally got the courage to knock it all went quiet. After a few seconds the door opened, a smiling Crin standing at it.

"Hi, come on in." Crin tugged at the bottles tucked under Takiko's arm and led her into the living room of the apartment. It was nicely decorated, bright yellow with paintings of sunflowers. The kitchen was painted a green color that complemented the living room with Tuscan looking dishes and appliances.

"Where can I put these?" Takiko looked around and saw food layed out on the large wooden table. She walked over and put her tray down there, next to a big ham and some rolls.

"Let me get those for you." Crin took the bottles of sparkling cider form her and put them on the counter where she proceeded to open one and fill glasses with cider.

Ass Takiko looked around she noticed Limdo and the other guy sitting on the couch. The were both scowling and looking at their feet, when she walked over to them they seemed not to notice. She finally stuck her head into their view.

"Turn that frown upside down." The both yelled and almost fell over, leaving Takiko giggling and accepting a glass from Crin.

"Well I see you've gotten those two out of their trance. Now we can have dinner!" Crin had arranged the food and plates on the table, she steered Takiko toward a seat and sat Limdo down next to her.

Everyone seemed very subdued, so the dinner was rather uneventful. Crin told her about them being childhood friends in China, and that the guy she had met on the roofs name was Tomite. They had all decided that they would make it big in the United States and had studied hard all through middle school and the last two years of high school to be able to make the exchange program.

"So we'll be starting school once break is over." Crin shoveled a piece of pie onto her plate and Takiko did the same.

"So… How do you guys work out sleeping arrangements here?" Takiko glanced over her shoulder at the one bedroom and bathroom in the place.

"Oh that. Well of course they boys make the girl take the couch. Let me tell you, these two are real gentlemen." Her voice dripped with sarcasm as she stood up and started taking all the plates. Takiko got up to do the same but Crin insisted that she was a guest and therefore shouldn't do the dishes.

Takiko stood there and tugged at her skirt, uncomfortable, Tomite continued to eat but Limdo had barely touched his food.

"Well, it's pretty late and you seem to have everything under control. I'll be heading home now." Takiko started walking to the door, but not before Limdo got up from his chair. As she walked past him a cold feeling shot up her spine, similar to the first time she had seen him.

"Thanks for coming; I'll return your dishes later if you don't mind?"

"That's okay, thanks for inviting me."

"Well see you later then. Oh, Limdo will walk you home" Crin motioned towards him with a soapy hand.

"That's okay, I live right next door." Takiko hurriedly dismissed it.

"No really, I insist." This time it was Limdo who spoke. Takiko instantly shut up, knowing that hard edged tone in his voice.

He walked her there in silence, staring straight ahead. The minutes it took seemed like hours and when they finally reached the door Takiko had to keep her self from sighing with relief.

"Well, thanks for walking me home, Merry Christmas." Takiko turned from him to her door, only to run into his arm. She turned the other way and saw that she was trapped between his arms. She looked up into his stern eyes, as he opened his mouth.

"We need to talk."

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So this chapter was kinda lame. Nothing really happened, it was really just a filler. Oh well, at least the next one will be exciting! at least I think so...


That's all I have to say
Ari

I do not own Fushigi Yugi Genbu Kaiden thoough i wish i did. You know what they say: If wishes were fishes then we'd have an awful lot of fishes.