A/N: I'm back! Sorry this took so long. And if you read one of my other stories, (I can't remember which one it was on) I talked about making something at my birthday. It's taken awhile to find out what that was, but now I know! I'm writing a Fruits Basket story, and I'll give you a preview. AFTER YOU READ THIS CHAPTER!
Fire and Ice Chapter 9:
Ib
"Ib, you promised we'd leave together." Mary said to me. I back away from her until I hit a wall. "You promised me, didn't you?"
"Mary, please stop." I told her as I shook in my place. I wanted to run, but it felt like my feet were stuck to the ground.
"STOP MARY!" Fawn said as she ran up the stairs. She slammed Mary in the stomach with her head. They both toppled onto the floor.
"FAWN!" Garry yelled as he came running after her. He picked her up off the floor. "Are you alright?"
"She cut my arm." Fawn said. She had a cut running from her shoulder to her elbow. "Stupid palette knife." She ripped a little off of her shirt to cover the cut. I could see Garry blushing like crazy, but I didn't know why.
"Garry, why are you blushing?" I asked. Garry snuck off to a corner, but Fawn laughed.
"Ib, that's something that you don't need to know right now." She told me with a smile. "But, Ib, Mary was never a real girl. She was just a painting."
"She was saying something about you Fawn." I told her. "She was talking about how she should have never brought you here."
"Well, luckily for me, she did." Fawn told me. "I was bullied at my school, and now that I'm here I'm far away from that."
"But don't you want to leave?" I asked her.
"Of course I do! But since I came here, I met you two, and you've proved to be the best friends ever." She told me with a smile. "I'm gonna move out as soon as I get out of here."
"Kay." I said before we started on our way out of the room.
We were walking down a star filled path. It was really beautiful. I was hoping it would get my mind off of Garry, but it came no where near there. It just made me think of him more. No matter what I thought of, it always lead right back to him.
Speaking of Garry, he had been blushing when I ripped my shirt a little. I only ripped a tiny strip around the stomach. It wasn't showing anything. Now he keeps staring at me, and it's getting on my nerves.
"Could you tell me why you're looking at me?" I snapped as I stopped and looked at him. He looked at me.
"Because I am." He huffed.
"Well, I need a good reason before I start to consider you a pervert." I told him with a glare.
"Fine." He said. "It's just that I hurt you, and I want to make you feel better."
"By staring at me?"
"I was trying to figure out how to make you feel better." He told me.
"Well save your little fantasies for when we get out of this place." I told him before starting on my way again. Ib was far in front of us. "Ib! Wait up!" I said as I ran after her. Garry followed soon after.
We made our way to a chalk world. Fawn frowned and Garry looked around. I just smiled at the beautiful world. I checked a house, but there was nothing in it. I tried the gallery, but it was locked. "Hey, I found some writing." I heard Fawn say.
"'The key is in the toy box.'" Garry read. "Well, we just need to find this toy box."
"Let's go this way." Fawn suggested. We followed her until we saw a house. "Wanna go in?"
"Let's try it." Ib said. She opened the door and we all went inside. We looked around, and found a small bucket. Before we left, the door opened again.
"Where are you guys?" It was a girl. I could hear something swinging. She growled and left.
"Was that Mary?" I asked the two of them.
"It was." Fawn said with a frown. "C'mon, let's get going. This place is creeping me out." We grabbed the bucket and left.
We walked around some more until we found a river. Fawn dipped the bucket in until it was full. Garry took the bucket while me and Fawn looked for something to use the water for.
"A tulip." I said. There was a blue tulip, but it was only a bud. "Maybe we need to water it." Garry poured some of the water onto the budding plant. It grew until a flower grew. Inside the flower was a small key. Fawn picked it up and looked at it.
"It's the key to the gallery."
A/N: The gallery huh? Well, I think this is going to be coming to a close soon. That sucks, because I was enjoying writing this. Anyways, please review, thanks for reading, and here is your free preview of: A Riceball Can Belong in a Fruits Basket
"C'mon Crystal. Don't do this!" I said to my whited haired friend. (Don't worry, she also seventeen.) Like always, she didn't say anything. For awhile she had stopped talking, and now she wanted to run away.
We were in the forest by her house now. She was still walking at a fast pace, and I was still following. I wasn't losing her that easily. I caught up to her and grabbed her shoulder. She turned to face me. I looked at those icy blue eyes, and saw that they were full of tears.
"You don't need to do this Crys." I said to her. She didn't reply. "I can stop the people at school." She just shook her head. We were deep in the woods by now, and it was super dark. "Let's sleep here." I suggested. "It's getting late, and we're far from your house."
She nodded and laid down next to me. We looked up at the stars, and before I knew what was happening, I was asleep. 'Please take us away. Bring us somewhere nice. Somewhere that could help Crystal.' I thought as I dreamed.
Sorry if that sounds short. Please tell me if you liked it. But, BYHE!
