A/N before I let you feast upon the next chapter I have to thank 9shadowcat9 for giving me the idea for Kichi. She came up with it in a food tech lesson and very nicely said I could use it : ) so thanks a bunch for that! Disclaimer blah blah blah don't own the characters except OC's and stuffs. Without further ado – Chapter 10!

I can't believe it. I'm all numb inside, not like the kind of numb you get when someone's died, but the kind of numb you get when someone randomly kisses you. Someone who almost kissed you once before, but you were interrupted and like…now you have and your insides are kind of dead. That sort of numb.

While I'm thinking all of this, my body manages to find a comfy place to lie down and I'm sat there looking up at the sky. Well the trees, which acted like a shield from the night. Allan couldn't of chose a better place, it felt like a little bubble that we were in. It was kind of groovy.

I slowly felt my eyes begging to sleep, and my brain willing me to give in to the wonder of sleeping and dreaming. As I drifted off, I could hear Ginta coming back in from the river, and then I was gone. I had that kind of sleep where you don't dream, and where you wonder where on earth you were for the night.

As I stretch out, smiling to myself as I remember last night, I keep my eyes closed. The colours that flitted across my eyelids as I rubbed them, still lying down, purple and red splurged in the comforting darkness that comes when you close your eyes. I lay there, adjusting a bit more, and then slowly I open my eyes.

"OH MY GOD!"

Ginta's face was inches away from mine, and his blue eyes were blinding. I wasn't used to that kind of view in the morning. He better be glad I didn't sit up, because I would've head butted him. It would've spoiled the view.

"Morning!" he said in a sing song voice

"How would you know?"

"Suns facing east!" he grins.

"Alright smarty pants." I smile back, getting up and having a look around.

The other members of Team MAR were stretching out themselves, Dorothy and Snow were already dressed. Jack however still lay, sprawled, snoring in the same position he had fallen asleep in. Alviss, who had been sitting on a rock, smiled in amusement.

"What should we do?" Snow says, in a worried voice, yet her eyes were laughing.

"Wake him up would be one option…" Ginta says, almost sarcastic

"Yeah, but how?" Alviss says, looking puzzled.

"Why is it so hard to think of how to wake him up?" I ask, very confused

"The last person to wake up has to be pranked." Nanashi says, putting his hands behind his head.

"Oh…" I say, my confusion vanquished.

"Maybe Dorothy should give him some Caldera loving…" Nanashi says a devilish grin on his face.

"No freaking way electric boy." Dorothy says, arms folded.

"That's not what you were saying the other night…" Nanashi says an accusative look in his eyes. I chuckle.

"Go ooon!" Ginta says,

"I had to kiss Nanashi last time!" Alviss says, a grossed out look fills his expression, he carries on

"AND he slipped me the tongue!"

"Go ON Dorothy!"

"…and if I don't?"

"I'm going to tell everyone about that mo…OH!" Dorothy had smacked Nanashi round the head.
"Idiot! Fine. I will."

Dorothy glides over to the snoring Jack, who was muttering in his sleep. She knelt beside him, and whispers something unhearable in his ear. Then she grabs his hand and lifts it up to her mouth and kisses it. Jack stirred, giggling, eyes still closed he says,
"ohh, I knew you liked me Dorothy" silently Dorothy motions to Nanashi to come over, who sits in Dorothy's place and takes Jacks hand, kissing it himself. Then putting his face really close to Jacks he shouts,

"BOO!"

Jack jumps, realises what's going on and blushes deeply,

"Nawwwwwwww! I always get the dodgy pranks!" Everyone bursts out laughing, clutching their sides and leaning against each other, Ginta's laughing so much that he's knelt on the floor clutching my leg.

We're all still laughing when Allan walks through the trees from the river. His voice booms through our laughter.

"Ginta, everyone, we're going back to Regingrave castle."

"YESSSS!" Ginta says, up off the floor in seconds, punching the air.

"Tsukiko, you'll have to come along with us, since you'll be participating."

"WHAT?" I say, gobsmacked

"Your one of us now, so you can fight" Allan says

"But you said that I had no magical power, don't I have to train or something, surely there's a rule somewhere that says 'if thou art crap, thou cannot participate in war games'!" I ramble on.

"Tsukiko, don't you want to fight with us?" Ginta turns to look at me, hurt in his eyes. Oh crap. I can feel my defences crumbling.

"I do! But what if I die and you lose or something?"

"You won't die. You have Kichi." Ginta says firmly.

"Believe in yourself Tsukiko-chan!" Snow says, rushing over to me.

"Well…"
"Go on Tsukiko, if you get injured, I can turn into that very ungentlemanly like form and heal you."

"You'll be fine." Alviss says, smiling.

"Fine, but if you…we lose because of me then it is YOUR fault." I say pointing at Ginta

"Why is it my fault?!" He exclaims.

"Cos' you turned my brain into mush with your lips." I cross my arms, unflinching.

"Right well that's sorted." Allan says,

"Lets go."

Nanashi raises his hand and says,

"Andarta, take Team MAR to Regingrave Castle!"

Before I know it, we're there. Greeted by a crowd of people, cheering, waving banners and pictures of Ginta or Dorothy. There are some whispers rippling through the crowd once they'd set their eyes on me, maybe it was because I was exceptionally nervous and my brain was making things up, but I seemed to be the only one hearing them loudly. Ginta looks over me, wraps his arm round my shoulders and gives me a squeeze. Crikey. He's stronger than you'd think. Leaning down, he whispers in my ear

"You'll be fine, I'll make sure of it." and grins.

A/N Woo, that's that for this chapter, so the Games should start in the next chapter. I'll have to do a bit of thinking for it though. Not that I don't usually…
thanks for reading! :) OH, and i think i spelt Regingrave wrong, could someone tell me about that? Tah.I'll try to make the chapters longer, because I'm not good at full on long ones, but i've been asked to so..
laters!
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