A/N: I'm back! I have whole 10 pages of my notebook to type up written in one weekend, I'm proud of myself.
Part 8
Strolling along a random path Hannah spotted Helen walking oddly away. She followed the path Helen had returned along. Even from a distance Hannah could see the stress lines zigzagging away from Chichiri. Quietly she crept up behind him.
"Guess who!"
Hannah covered his eyes with her hands. Concentrating she let some of her chi flow into Chichiri calming him.
"Hannah, no da."
"Awww how'd you guess?"
"I recognised your chi. Thanks but you shouldn't waste it on helping me, no da."
"Well teach me how to teleport then."
"Na no da"
"But why? I'm sure I could. Chichiri shook his head. What happens if she finds out?"
By the way Hannah was grinning wickedly she could only mean on person or should he say dragon.
"Ok, but you'll need a medium, no da."
Hannah produced a pink, blossom-embroidered notebook.
Limping along a corridor Helen ran into Mitsuake. She grabbed him by the collar and pulled him down to her height.
"Hey Mitsuake." Helens face split into a big cheesy grin, "You know how we've always been really good friends and your really great and you've never hated me for any reason. Of course there's no way you're a disgusting pervert cough cough and you never spend your time thinking those disgusting pornographic thoughts cough cough. Er…I didn't mean to say that, it came out wrong. Erm…you know your great and everything…"
"What do you want?"
"Heal my ankle."
Helen put on the puppy dog eyes.
"Please."
"Let me consider…erm…no."
Helen collapsed in a hysterical fit.
Tasuki rounded the corner and saw Mitsuake towering over the crumpled form of Helen.
"What the fucking hell have y' done to her, you bastard?" Tasuki shouted as he sped down the corridor.
Fist met face as Tasuki swung at Mits doing serious damage to the gentle healer. Punch after kick; attack after attack rained down on Mitsuake once there was even a poking stick until Helen raised Tasuki was looking at her so she went back to back to clinging to her ankle.
"Are you ok?"
Helen looked up into amber orbs.
"I am now."
Tasuki looked puzzled at this uncharacteristic response. Unknowingly his fangs poked out over his bottom lip. Helen reached up and prodded them.
"Are you a vampire?"
"No"
"Were-wolf?"
"No"
"Dam! Related to a were-wolf?"
"No"
"Vampire?"
Tasuki shook his head bemused.
"Have you ever given birth to cubs?"
"What…?"
"Wait but how would you…maybe were-wolves are both male and female…but then…"
Helen's gaze began to travel downwards.
"O no you don't"
He grabbed her chin and pulled it upwards.
"But…"
"Get those thoughts out of your head!"
"But…"
Tasuki leaned closer to her face.
"Stop thinking about it."
Then they both moved in for a kiss surprising the other when their lips met. A few minutes later a weak voice sounded,
"I'm still here you know."
"Shut up!" They shouted in unison before returning to ten to each other.
Even later on Helen and Tasuki were still deeply immersed in their passionate kiss. When suddenly an unknown force pulled Helen into an emerald green portal, Tasuki fell forwards then looked around. He was the only one in the corridor. Almost instantly he caught sight of a mirror on a stick.
"O shit! He's looking!"
There was a sound of running feet, and as Tasuki rounded the corner there was a flick of purple hair at the other end of the hall.
"Nuriko." Tasuki ground his teeth.
Unable to resist Helen found herself being pulled into the solid stone. Next thing she knew was that she was sat in a garden next to Hannah and Chichiri.
"I did it!"
"Well done, no da!"
"What did you do?"
"I teleported you here! Isn't it funky!"
"Why me?"
"Coz I thought you wouldn't mind."
"You weren't busy were you, no da?"
Helen blushed slightly, "No…but still I'd appreciate knowing when I'm going to be sucked into a wall."
"Yeah whatever. Chichiri can I help you teleport us all to the palace tomorrow?"
Forgetting her annoyance, "Yeah, please chuck!" (For Chloe)
"Well…I'll discuss it with the others."
Then a loud noise was heard. Suddenly a rampage of bandits fled past them. From the noise and commotion Nuriko and Kouji jumped out.
"Hey guys…"
"Weren't you just in the corridor…?"
"Er…erm…er…er…er…no, erm…no…I was…was…in the kitchen. In the kitchen…writing…on cabbages…with icing sugar."
"Helen…didn't you use that one last week?"
"I thought that one was cauliflowers."
Hannah paused and gave Helen a look.
"Truth please."
"That is the truth."
"Nuriko…"
No! Nuriko lies!"
"I was having fire lessons with Tasuki. Yeah that works…lessons with Tasuki."
"Onii-san…"
"No…he was…recently hospitalised."
"He wasn't. He's stood right…"
BANG!
Yet again fist collided with face. FistHelen, FaceKouji.
"Ok, then."
"You really don't want anyone to know do you?"
Helen shook her head. Hannah exchanged a look with Nuriko.
"O' so that's what happened."
"So hypothetically speaking it involves you and Ta…"
Helen jumped Hannah and clamped her hand over her mouth.
"Yes me and Tamahome…O dam deeper whole. No me and Tasuki were having origami lessons."
Suddenly Tasuki entered the garden.
"Helen! Don't tell then anything!"
"Of course. I won't tell them anything about our origami lessons." Helen replied winking.
"Huh?"
"Do you mean oral-gami?" Nuriko chipped in grinning.
"Bitch, bitch, bitch!" Helen muttered under her breath.
Then Mitsuake pulled himself into view.
"God Mitsuake! What the hell happened to you?"
"Well…"
He was grabbed and gagged by Helen and Tasuki.
"We're just going to take him to a healer."
Helen fell over on her ankle.
"Ow the pain!"
"Yer' and Helen too."
Everyone turned to Nuriko.
"What really happened?"
Back in the corridor
"Where we gonna put him?"
"Dunno."
"Broom cupboard?"
"Now heal my ankle or live in this broom cupboard."
"No."
"Why I didn't do anything, it was Tasuki who beat you to a bloody pulp."
"Yeah but you didn't stop him."
"I was busy. My ankle hurt. Ow the pain!"
Tasuki thought this was Mitsuake's fault so gave him another punch for the hell of it.
"Fine then."
Mitsuake healed Helen's ankle then found himself shoved in the cupboard anyway.
Later on everyone travelling to the palace was gathered outside the bandit hold with backpacks. Helen sidled over to Nuriko,
"I have a assignment for you."
Nuriko raised an elegant eyebrow. Helen nodded in the direction of Hannah.
"Pair her up."
Nuriko nodded her brain already calculating the chances with different guys.
"Ready, no da?"
"Yes!" came the chorus of replies.
Minutes later Chiriko left the library to attend a private meeting all thoughts of the meeting disappeared however when a crowd of people appeared in the corridor before him. Even stranger was the two girls that immediately glomped onto him.
"Awww he's even cuter in real life!"
"Yeah and he's grown."
"Is his hair naturally like that?"
"Do you sleep upside down?" the chimed in unison.
Then Hannah spotted a picture on the wall.
"OOO look!"
She began bouncing down the hall.
"And this one!"
This continued all the way down the hall, while everyone stared in amazement. Then instead of turning down the hall she flung open the big double doors and disappeared inside.
"That's the throne room isn't it?"
"Uhuh."
His highness swept into the throne room and removed the ceremonial crown he had been forced to wear for the last hour. Too wrapped up in his own thoughts he didn't notice the girl walking around admiring the decor. Glancing up he spotted the inquisitive girl but still he stayed silent. Hannah looked towards what should have been the empty throne.
"Hotohori."
Then remembering herself she bowed low and began to walk backwards towards the exit.
"Come here."
The doors opened and Chichiri, Chiriko, Tamahome, Nuriko, Helen, Tasuki and Kouji all came into the chamber.
"We're back!"
"May I inquire where Mitsuake is?"
"Er…"
"I thought he was with us, no da."
"Not in a broom cupboard that's for sure."
"Yeah who said anything about a broom cupboard."
Tasuki and Helen were both sweat dropping.
"Ha ha ha." Very strange laugh.
"We'll be seeing ya' we're off to break open the sake."
Tasuki and Helen walked off quickly followed by Kouji when he heard the mention of sake.
"He's alive!"
Hannah went all starry-eyed. Helen returned to ask her if she wanted to go out with her and Kouji and Tasuki.
"No thanks, but could I have your phone?"
"Why?"
"I just wanted to use it for something."
As Helen left the room she heard the unmistakeable click of her camera phone.
A/N: I still have some to type up but I thought I'd leave it there for now. Just so I update quickly. Your all going to love the next chapter looks shifty
It involves a confession and Nuriko has a better part
STAY TUNED!
O yeah just wanted to tell you that I love all of you who review and I try to read and review your stories in return!