Hi guys! Again! Sorry if this took more time... I'm trying to get it sorted out. I have a great idea for the ending... but it's kind of hard to come up with fillers that are not from the anime or manga. Anyway, there is an OC at the end of this chapter... who you might know from another story. If you don't recognize her, you'll find out in the next chapter. And please, I would appreciate it if you review. And sorry that this one is shorter! And once again, some words are in French.
"You've got some explaining to do." HoroHoro said, pointing to the faded figures of the terrified women running off in the distance.
Kairi just stared at them for some time.
"Uh… Hello?" Ryu asked, waving his hand in front of Kairi's face. Kairi shook her head.
"Uh, nothing. It's nothing." Kairi said.
"Whoa… she actually spoke…" Yoh whispered. Kairi turned to face him.
"I'm not stupid." she said plainly.
"In English!" Yoh cried.
"Shut up!" Kairi yelled. Everyone stared at her. Finally, Yoh sighed.
"Can you tell us what that was about?" He asked. Kairi went back into her 'staring off into space' look.
"Nothing, really." She said softly. HoroHoro started to get annoyed.
"Just tel-" But Ryu cut him off.
"I think we should leave her alone. She's going to tell us when she feels comfortable." Ryu said softly. Kairi kept staring off into the distance.
They've kept me in with them… I guess I owe them something, too…
"…Vous aver raison (You are right)… I should tell you at least that…" Kairi said quietly. Everyone leaned in to hear the story. "…while we eat." Everyone groaned.
"It has to be Chinese food." Ren said. HoroHoro groaned louder.
"Juste assez de (Fair enough). As long as we get to eat." Kairi said.
-At the restaurant-
"So, what happened?" HoroHoro asked. Kairi didn't answer- she just ate her food silently.
"You said you'd tell us while we're eating." Ren said coldly. Kairi didn't say anything.
"She stopped talking again…" Yoh said.
"We can see that!" HoroHoro cried.
"...They were my first test." Kairi said softly. "That's it, nothing more."
"Uh… Can you tell us more?" Ryu asked.
"Yes, I can." Kairi said. Everyone waited for an answer in silence.
"Are you going to tell us?" Ryu asked after a few minutes of waiting.
"Yes, I am." Kairi said. Everyone waited again.
"Then why aren't you telling us?" HoroHoro cried impatiently.
"…You never asked. You only asked me if I'll tell you, but that's it." Kairi said seriously.
HoroHoro yelled out in frustration. Yoh laughed a bit.
"Just say it." Ren said. Kairi nodded slightly.
"They were like you. Jeanne-sama told me that I could become a X-Law if I defeated them. So I did. That's it." Kairi said.
"Wait… then why did you have to do us, too?" HoroHoro asked. Kairi shrugged.
"Apparently, they weren't strong enough to count. I guess that's why they ran off like that. They were terrified." Kairi laughed. Everyone stared at Kairi open-eyed.
"Whoa… she laughed…" Ryu said in awe. Kairi stopped abruptly.
"Yeah… that's something you probably won't ever hear again." She said and went back to eating in silence. Everyone else sighed.
"By the way, I don't have any money. You'll have to pay for this." Kairi said, wiping her mouth.
"WHAT?" Everyone cried.
"Come on, I didn't eat that much." Kairi said. "I'll make up for it somehow."
"So… that means that you're staying with us?" Ryu asked. Kairi shrugged.
"I… I guess…" She said.
"Yoh! We can't let her stay with us!" Ren protested. Yoh looked over at him.
"Why not? She's a strong ally." Yoh pointed out.
"But she attacked us!" Ren said.
"But those were orders." Yoh said.
"I agree with Ren on this… She's too suspicious." HoroHoro said seriously.
"She hasn't done anything to us, and we've been traveling together for some time already." Ryu pointed out.
"She could be an X-Law spy. She could tell them our location or something." Ren said.
"I am not! Why can't you guys believe me?" Kairi asked, slightly frustrated.
"Because you're not telling us anything about yourself." Ren said coldly. Kairi froze.
What should I do? Or rather, where should I go? Should I stay with these guys or try to get back to the X-Laws? Well… I guess I can try.
"…Fine. What do you want to know?" Kairi asked quietly.
"Wait- you're going to let us ask you questions? And you're going to answer?" HoroHoro asked in disbelief. Kairi inhaled deeply.
"I… I guess I am." She said.
I just want you guys to trust me. I just want to belong.
Yoh smiled.
"What's your last name?" He asked. Kairi furrowed her brows.
"I…I don't know." She said.
"How can you not know your last name?" Ryu asked.
"I told you. My parents… died, and I don't remember what their last name was. In fact, I don't remember them at all…" Kairi said.
"So you have no last name?" Yoh asked. Kairi shrugged.
"Depends if you say that my adopted parents last name is mine." Kairi said.
"You're adopted?" Yoh asked. Kairi sighed.
"Where do you think I went after my parents… died?" She asked.
"…Never mind. Um… Where are you from?" Yoh asked hopefully.
"France. Couldn't you figure that out?" Kairi asked.
"Why do you want to be the Shaman King?" Ryu butted in. Kairi thought for a while.
"Um… Je ne said pas (I don't know)… I guess I'd like to meet my real parents… or to at least know what happened back then… when they were… murdered." Kairi choked out. "Is this enough?"
Yoh, Ryu and HoroHoro nodded.
"Good, 'cause I'm getting tired of all this talking." She said.
"Wait- that doesn't mean she's trustworthy!" Ren protested. Kairi frowned and crossed her arms.
Geez! I struggled to do what they asked me to- and he's still not bending!
"Come on, Ren…" Ryu said, bending down to his level.
"It's three against one. You lose." HoroHoro said, both teasing and serious at the same time.
But before Ren could say anything else, someone barged in through the door. It was a young girl- maybe around 14, two years older than Kairi- with long brown hair in low pigtails. She was wearing a very familiar outfit- the unmistakable X-Laws uniform. The only difference was that she had a four-leafed clover pendant hanging around her neck.
"Die, Asakura Yoh!" She cried, pointing her cane at Yoh.
