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CHAPTER EIGHT
"But why can't I stay at the hotel too, auntie Yumi?" Abby pouted watching as Yumi folded some clothes.
"Because your mother is going to be meeting us at the hotel where we'll be staying the rest of the trip."
"Mommy says stuff happens in hotels that end up with kids or later regrets." Abby answered simply.
"Yeah, but your mother has enough common sense in that skull of hers to know NOT to be sleeping in a guy's bed."
"Who's sleeping in a guy's bed?" Odd questioned as he and Ulrich came into the living room.
Yumi smiled a little bit and tossed them some clothes to help fold. "I was telling Abby how her mother had enough sense not to sleep in a guy's bed." Yumi said making a confused face when she saw jelly on a clean shirt and threw it near the couch.
Odd grinned a bit and said, "Well, that didn't stop her last year. Remember, Ulrich?"
"Odd! That is NOT helping!" Yumi shouted throwing a shirt at Odd's head.
Odd started laughing and folded the shirt before setting it on a pile of clothes. "Wouldn't it make more sense though just to stay here?" Abby asked.
"Yeah, but because of your mother's 'episode' last night we need to ensure we'll be able to get her to a hospital within minutes instead of nearly half an hour." Yumi said gently as she got up. "Ulrich and Odd, your clothes are in your rooms."
"Thanks, Yumi." Ulrich said watching quietly.
"But auntie Yumi, wouldn't it make more sense?" Abby questioned eagerly.
"Yes, it would make sense to stay here. But the school isn't payingfor Ami and Sano to open their home up to a bunch of people. Kami knows they nearly go insane just by being around those pricks who think that they're better." Yumi said bitterly. "Okay, little princess, take your clothes upstairs."
Abby grinned as she grabbed her clothes and ran upstairs leaving the three teenagers alone. "You guys look tired." Yumi commented when she saw the bags under their eyes.
"Abby was screaming last night." Ulrich answered. "I know Morgan would have let her scream."
Yumi nodded and said, "When Ami's in the hospital, its kind of expected that she runs to her mother's room and screams. Hell, we've had to put a bunch of quilts and shit against the walls just to keep Abby's screams from waking people up."
"Well, it didn't do too good of a job last night." Odd said yawning.
"Don't worry, boys, you'll get to sleep when we get to the hotel. I think ji-chan said something about because of the old hag deciding to redo the carpeting we'd all be given better rooms than before."
"Awesome." Odd said with a grin.
"Yeah. The six of us are gonna get this huge ass room that has three smaller rooms connected to it and everybody else is gonna get these suites…" Yumi said with a smile
"Hey, Ishiyama, what's with me hearing that we have to pack our bags!" Sissy demanded looking furious.
"We're going to the hotel. The old bat's carpeting was put in early and the remaining bits that were supposed to go into some of the good rooms "mysteriously" started on fire last night. Thankfully the old carpeting wasn't pulled out yet."
Ulrich and Odd snickered a little and watched Sissy's face turn slightly red. "You mean we stayed here for a few days just to go to a hotel!" Sissy shouted angrily.
Yumi nodded a little and said, "Your father is paying for the hotel rooms at the price of the rooms we were all originally supposed to be staying in. But ji-chan wishes to offer his sincerest apologies and the school will get some of its money back for the days we weren't staying at the hotel."
Sissy made a "you've got to be kidding me" look before storming upstairs to pack. "Nice." Ulrich said with a grin.
"Yeah, I know. Now you two get upstairs and start packing." Yumi said picking up a huge pile of folded clothes. "I've got clothing deliveries to make so if you'll excuse me."
The boys watched as she walked upstairs and could hear her knocking on doors checking to see if people were in their rooms or not. "Lets get packing." Ulrich said with a sigh.
Odd nodded and looked at a picture of him with Morgan and Abby. He couldn't believe that Jason actually agreed to let them keep the picture out in the living room for everybody to see. "You go ahead. I'll be up in a minute." Odd said still looking at the picture.
Ulrich nodded and headed upstairs, knowing exactly what his best friend was looking at. "Alright." Ulrich said as he went upstairs.
Odd quietly took the picture off of the coffee table and looked quietly at it. Behind the smile and happy look in her eyes, Odd could still see the fear and distrust. "She'll never trust anybody the same way again, Odd. Why can't you just understand that and leave her alone?" Jason had asked once.
flashback
Jason was pissed and Odd knew it. "Well?" Jason asked with a glare.
Odd seemed completely unfazed by Jason glaring at him and said calmly, "Your sister needs somebody who will love her and offer her more than a brother can give her." Odd answered. "Women need to be shown physically that they're loved instead of always being told that they're loved. Your sister needs to be told both physically and verbally."
"My sister needs more than you can offer her!" Jason shouted grabbing Odd's arm and pulling him into the building where the band often practiced.
"How do you know how much I can offer her?" Odd questioned looking calmly at Jason, amazed to see that his blue eyes were showing concern and interest.
Jason stared at the blonde haired boy with slight interest before asking, "What do you intend on offering her?"
"With your permission, I intend on offering her a new life where she and I can start a family of our own. I can promise she won't be mistreated in any way and that she'll be treated like a princess."
"And what about the child?"
"She'll also be treated as a princess."
Jason stared at Odd for a few minutes before nodding a little. "Fine. If my sister accepts what you intend on giving her, then I'll allow it. If she doesn't, then you'll leave her alone." Jason said with a small frown.
Odd nodded in understanding and thanked Jason before heading outside to where everybody else was.
end flashback
Odd smiled faintly before setting the picture back down and heading upstairs to pack. Within an hour, everybody from Kadic was packed and taking their bags down the stairs and loading them up in the van. "Alright, next stop is the Kitsune Hotel!" Yumi said as she put the van into gear before driving down the road.
After almost half an hour they found themselves back in Tokyo and driving along the streets, amazed at how some people were wearing kimonos and how others were wearing normal clothes. "The old ways blend in just fine with the new ways." Yumi explained stopping to allow an old couple to pass.
When the couple had passed Yumi started driving again until they came to a huge hotel that had a fox on the sign. "This is the hotel!" Sissy asked looking shocked.
"Yep. The Kitsune Hotel." Yumi answered taking the bags out of the van for everybody.
When everybody had their bags they went inside and everybody who wasn't used to seeing the hotel, looked at it in awe. The lobby was huge with paintings of sakura trees, bridges that stretched across a pond with lily pads in it, a mountain (which they soon learned was a volcano that had been dormant for centuries), and of an old woman with eyes that seemed to hold all the innocence in the world. "My grandmother before she died." Yumi explained before walking behind the desk and looking through a few things. "JI-CHAN! AMA!"
"OKAASAN!" Abby shouted when she heard laughter.
Morgan smiled and walked out of a room, laughing when she heard her cousin shouting. A gasp escaped her lips when Abby jumped on her and hugged her as tightly as the small girl could manage. "Hey, sorry about scaring you like that last night." Morgan said with a gentle hug.
"I was really scared, mama. Sissy said you might die!"
Morgan's eyes narrowed slightly as she stared at Sissy. "You told my daughter I might die?" Morgan questioned, her voice showing anger.
"With how you were acting last night, I'm amazed you even survived."
Morgan forced herself to take deep breaths and closed her eyes for a minute before saying just as Mr. Kitsune and his second wife came into the room, "Welcome to the Kitsune Hotel. We hope your stay here will be satisfactory. We apologize for the wait, and to show our appreciation that you still chose to come here we eagerly offer new and better rooms."
Mr. Kitsune smiled warmly at the group before handing them each a key. "Follow us please." Yumi said leading the group towards a huge elevator.
"Now THIS is more like what I expect!" Sissy said looking proud.
Both Japanese girls fought the urge to roll their eyes and when they got off the elevator, led everybody to their rooms. "HOLY CRAP! THESE ARE SUITES!" Milly shouted looking shocked when they saw their rooms.
"Where's our rooms?" Jeremy questioned when everybody was in their room.
"Follow us please." Yumi said innocently as she and Morgan led their friends to a doorway. "Ami, you got the key?"
"I thought you did." Morgan said laughing as she took the key out of her back pocket. "Nah, I got it right here. Had to take it without the old bat knowing."
They started laughing and when Yumi unlocked the door looked amazed at how huge the room was. "Oh my god…" Odd said looking around.
Morgan smiled faintly and held onto his hand in a comforting manner. "Normally this room is given to some old geezer every year but Grandpa wanted to spoil us… and because he's taken an interesting liking to Odd." Morgan explained showing them where the rooms were. "Now if we had one more of each sex and one more bedroom, we'd be able to sleep in the same room as the same sex but we're going to have to share a room with someone of the opposite sex which means DOORS WILL BE OPEN."
Yumi smiled and said, "Choose a partner and a room, everybody."
"I think we have some idea who's rooming with who." Ulrich said with a grin.
"Rooms stay open."
Laughing, everybody went into their rooms and started putting their clothes in the dressers that were being provided for the guests staying at the hotel. Each teenager hoping that the rest of the trip would be normal without problems.
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