Eleven

I woke up with one HE** of a bloody nose. My eye twitched and my wrist was burning from the fracture. I looked around to eventually see Kota, so I rolled off some couch. "WHAT THE F*CK? HOW DID YOU GET HERE?"

He blinked and gently smiled. "Hey Lucy. Your cousin let me in and you seemed to greet me warmly enough then."

I gritted my teeth and balled up the skirt's sides. "D*MN you Mew…"

Ikuto walked in with, also, one HE** of a bloody nose. "Yo," he greeted, his voice shifting with the tissue pressed up to his nose.

"What the…?" I raised a brow. "Okay, is anyone going to tell me what happened?"

"Not really," Amu walked in with a brand new cookie jar, offering me a FAT, fresh cookie. I snatched it as fast as Mew would have and closed my lips on it, my teeth secretly nibbling the chewy cookie (THEY'RE GOOD). She laughed. "Wow, you really love cookies huh Lucy?"

"Name's Kaede," I held up a finger, speaking with my mouth full, "chewy cookies, and WHAT THE F*CK IS KOTA DOING HERE?"

"Easy, he came while you were in that 'hit head' state," Ikuto sat down on a chair, leaning his head back. "He punched me for NO REASON…"

Kota directed a hand at me. "DID YOU NOT HEAR WHAT SHE SAID? YOU'RE THE ONLY AVAILABLE SUSPECT OF THAT!"

"What?" I raised my brow with alarm.

Amu laughed nervously, so I sighed and walked over to Ikuto, stuffing one hand in his pocket, making him jump with surprise, and I snatched out the egg. "HEY!" he yelled.

"Amu," I tapped my foot against the carpet.

"Hey!" she held up her hands. "I was going to tell you!" I nodded and offered the egg back to Ikuto, Kota staring at all of us like we were crazy. "You said bulge."

I widened my eyes and next thing you know, I have Ikuto pinned with all four vectors on the wall, snarling at him. "YOU BETTER NOT HAVE MADE ME PREGNANT!"

"I DIDN'T!" he groaned. "JES*S CHR*ST! I DON'T F*CK THE FIRST GIRL I SEE PEOPLE! In fact…I NEVER HAVE!"

I crossed my arms. "Honest?"

"HONEST!"

I dropped him. "Then why did she say bulge?"

"I DON'T KNOW! IT'S YOUR SPLIT PERSONALITY!"

Man did he sound P*SSED. I sighed. "I can barely remember half the things she does most of the time, Ikuto. Now, if you simply tell me all you know, ice cream on me."

He thought about it for a minute or two before nodding, seeing that I was going through a lot right now. "Okay, last time I checked, when I fell asleep, you were in a very odd position, but since 'Mew' has the mind of a two-year-old, a suicidal one at that, I thought it was normal. She probably did that because, like you and your over-reacting friend, ASSUMED!"

I nodded and turned to Kota. "So you had to hit him in the face? Okay, and you can clearly see WHY I chose to GET THE F*CK out of there."

Kota sighed and crossed his arms. "All you had to do was say TWO WORDS. Is that so hard?"

"I'M NOT APOLOGIZING TO THAT D*MN BRAT!" I screamed, making Amu and Ikuto duck out of dodge. "Jeez…first it's the phone, then the fair, and now my cousin's house? Kota, why can't you get a hint?" I clapped my hands together in that way you pray. "I-am-not-going-back!"

Someone knocked on the door and I gradually turned. I walked for it and twisted the knob to Yaya and Rima. "Hello," Rima greeted, "is-"

"AMU-CHII!" Yaya burst in.

I laughed nervously and bid Rima to come in as well, shutting the door and turning to Kota. "Conversation OVER," I mouthed with one index nail jabbed at him.

"What the heck happened to Ikuto?" Rima raised a brow.

"Easy, thought the yarn was a girl and there was a needle," I chuckled.

"Oh haha," Ikuto snapped. "You know, for all I care, just go ahead and die."

"IKUTO!" Amu scolded.

He walked past my paralyzed figure and out the front door. Kota stared and Amu gulped. I blinked and turned to the door. "H…He's bound to come back…" I assured myself aloud. "I-I mean, it's not like he has many places to go…"

"Lucy?" Yaya worried.

I ran upstairs and slammed the door. Man all I needed was some simple sleep, but NO MORE STAYING IN FOR DAYS. I plopped my aching back on the bed and looked over at the One Piece Manga pile. I sighed and looked around multiple times. The room could've used a good bombing to make it look better. I sighed and stood, having nothing really better to do. In the middle of it, I heard the front door shut and footsteps coming to the room. I didn't bother to answer the knocker, so they really just invited themselves in. I never turned. I was still a little stunned by Ikuto's comment. "Hey…" I heard Amu sigh. "Was that a vector you used on Ikuto?" I held up four fingers and returned to alphabetizing the book shelf. "Four of them? Kaede, I know raping isn't good, but you just assumed! That's taking it over-board!"

"I agree-desu!" Su (green cook) flew up next to me.

I blankly turned to Su. "Yeah, well you're her Guardian Character," I spat with traces of venom in the tone. "You have to."

"No, we don't," Miki (blue artist) flies up. "We're who she wants to be. There's something called a Character Change that we use often, and it basically changes who she is for a certain moment of time. Do you think that means we agree with her when we use them?"

I heard someone tap on the window and turned to see Yoru with a slightly confused expression. Dia let him in and he flew in, sniffing the air. "Hey…is it just me, or do I smell a Guardian Character?"

Everyone froze, and all eyes were on me. I ran out and peeked downstairs from the rail…I was the only suspect.

Now, you'd think I should've been excited, but really, what did I know about them? Nothing, I knew nothing about the eggs. I was silent for the rest of the day again, and I pretty much ignored it. Well, bad mistake.

A.N: Sorry for the late chapter. I've just been busy with this other story.

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