Tauria: I like this chapter. . .
Anna: . . . . . . .Sprx. . . . . . .:|
Tauria: Anyways. . .moving on, here is Chapter Twelve! Enjoy!
Chapter Twelve
The next morning, Chiro awoke and saw Anna asleep at the foot of the bed, right on the edge. He hair was tossed everywhere. She was using her arm as a pillow. He felt sort of bad for not playing along yesterday. There was one thing that haunted him though. It was two of the things she had said. Did she really miss Jamexs? She had been pretty serious when she said it. Also, did she really think that Jamexs was a better kisser then him?
Anna began to awaken. She stretched, like a cat waking from it's nap. "Good-" she couldn't finish her sentence because she rolled over. She hit the ground with a loud thud.
Chiro laughed. "Wow. Good morning, Anna!" Chiro smiled at Anna.
"Ow! That hurt! And good morning Cheerio!" She said, propping herself up on her elbows.
"I didn't believe you'd actually stay in here."
"Well I did, so bleh!" Anna said, sticking her tongue out at him.
He got on the edge of the bed and laid on his side, propped up on one elbow , looking down at her.
"I can see that," he laughed.
"So? How are you feeling?"
"Better. My ribs don't really hurt anymore, so that's a good thing."
"Yep. That means I can do this!" Anna said, smiling evilly.
"Do what?" Chiro gave Anna a confused look.
"This," Anna laughed.
She leaned up and grabbed his arm. Then, she pulled him down to the ground and he landed with a thud beside her.
"Whoa!" He said as he fell.
Anna giggled. "Have a nice trip, see ya next fall."
"Hey! That's what Gibson said one time when we were fighting Formless. . ."
"Do I look like a blue monkey to you?"
"Yes."
"Buttface!"
Chiro rolled his eyes. "I was joking."
"Blehck."
Anna got up. Chiro gave her a funny look. She smiled and sat on his stomach.
"What are you doing?"
"Uh, are you dumb? I'm sitting on you."
"Okay, I got that, but why?"
"Uh. . . .Cause I feel like it. Why else?"
"Whatever."
Anna hit his shoulder. "NO WHATEVERS!"
Chiro just grinned. "Fine, Anna."
"Stop being so boring!"
"Ok." He flipped off his stomach and stood up.
"Ow. That was mean!"
He sat on her stomach.
"Get off of me!"
He raised an eyebrow. "What would you have done if I had said that?"
"I would have said no-Aw, I hate you."
"Hey, you won last nights argument!"
She pushed him off her and sat on him.
"Really?" Chiro looked indignant.
"Yes really. If you can fight back, then so can I."
He raised an eyebrow. "Oh? Well. . . " he started tickling her.
Anna fell off of him. "That's. . .not. . .cool!" She said between laughs.
He was laughing too. "Hey, you wanted me to be less boring"
"Yes. . .now. . .you're. . .fighting back. . .but. . .you're not. . . .doing. . .a very. . .good job. . .considering. . .I can. . .get. . .away!" She said, trying to to crawl to the other side of the room.
He just shook his head and and let her get away. "Ok, ok, I'm done. I've had my fun."
"Lazy bum," Anna said sticking out her tongue.
"Me? Who's the one who didn't want to go back to her room last night?"
"You."
"Considering I'm not a her and that this is my room. . .I don't think so."
"No. This is my room and you're a girl."
"Does that make you a guy?"
"No. We're both girls."
"Then explain yesterday?"
Anna shrugged and blushed.
"See?"
She stuck her tongue out him.
He laughed. "Are you hungry!"
"No subject changes!"
He rolled his eyes. "Well, I'm hungry."
He was about to turn and leave when Anna got up and pulled her fist back to punch him. Just before it hit his face, he caught her hand in his.
Anna pouted, then tried to surprise him with her other fist, but he caught that one too.
"Pooey."
He rolled his eyes. "I've had practice."
"Not as much as Jamexs!"
"I meant in fighting!"
"Psshh, I'm better then you."
"Then how did I catch your fists?"
"Because, I let you and you admitted it. Jamexs is better! Hah!"
Chiro gave Anna a strange look. He let go of her fists. "Let's go eat," he said looking away, his voice kind of sounded funny.
"Aw, Cheerio, what's wrong?"
"Nothin'. . .just hungry. . ."
"Liar. You're the bad liar!"
"Kay. . .whatever you say. . ."
"I say you tell me what's wrong!"
"You mean the Great Anna can't figure it out?" He said sarcastically, still not looking at her.
"No."
"Well, then. Tell me when you get it." He began to move towards the door.
"No! You can't do that!" She said, grabbing his wrist. "Tell me! I mean it!"
"Anna think about what you said. . ."
Anna pretended to think. "Ok. I don't see anything wrong with it."
He finally looked at her. His eyes looked. . .empty. "Anna. . .don't play dumb."
"I'm not!"
"You'd have figured it out if it were Jamexs!"
Anna was silent.
"Yeah. See?" He turned back around, but Anna still had a light hold on his wrist. "Now, I'm hungry."
"I'm not hungry! Now, what do you mean by 'You'd have figured it out if it were Jamexs'?"
"I mean that you seem to miss him so much and care about him way more then me!" Chiro exploded.
"That's not true!"
"It's basically what you said last night!" Chiro winced and lightly touched his ribs.
"Ok. You're going to sit before your idiocy breaks those ribs of yours! And that is not what I said!" Anna pulled gently over to a chair.
Chiro rolled his eyes. "Yeah, that is too what you said!" Chiro sat down, hand not leaving his ribs.
"Are you sure you're okay? And I was trying to make you jealous so you'd fight back!"
"Yes, Mom, I'm fine. Yeah, I bet you were! You are such a bad liar!"
"Chiro. . ."
"What?"
"I'm not lying!" Anna had on her best pout.
"Save it. I really just need to eat."
Anna sat in his lap. "I'm really not lying, Chiro!"
Chiro sighed. "Okay, I believe you, now can I go eat!"
"Aw, but you're still upset! And hurt!"
"Fine, I'll stay. Happy?"
"No, 'cuz you're still upset. . .and broken. . .'cuz I hit the blue button."
"Anna. . .I promise, I'm fine."
"Liar. You're the bad liar."
Chiro shook his head. He looked Anna in the eyes. "I swear to you, I'm fine," he whispered.
Anna did not look convinced.
"Anna, I promise."
Anna just looked skeptically at him.
"Anna, how do I prove to you I'm not lying?"
Anna didn't know what to say. 'How do I get him to prove he isn't lying?'
Chiro looked as if he was thinking. He put an arm around her, so she didn't fall. He kept the other hand on his ribs.
"Anna. . ."
"You hate me now." She looked sad.
"I do not! If I hated you, would you still be in my lap?"
"I don't know. . .I mean, you could be planning to push me off."
"Anna, I am not going to push you off," Chiro said, tightening his grip around her.
Anna leaned into his shoulder, crying. "I'm sorry."
"Anna, what do you have to be sorry for?"
"I broke you and upset you and pressed the button, even though you said not to because there was a possibility I could kill you. . ." Anna said in a very small voice.
"Anna I told you, I'm fine. I've been through a lot worse."
"One: You're not fine! You keep holding your ribs! Two: I know I upset you! I saw the look in your eyes! Three: I don't want you to die, especially if it's me accidentally killing you!" Anna said, looking into his eyes and thinking about what a pretty blue they were.
"One and two: I never denied that you hurt or upset me, but how do you think I felt when Antauri died? Or when Skeleton King almost killed me? Or when the Robot almost crushed me? Three: You're not gonna kill me."
"One and two: See? I did upset you! Three: But what if I do accidentally kill you? It'll be all my fault! You just can't die."
"One and two: Maybe, but I'm okay now. Three: You are not gonna accidentally kill me, Anna!"
"One and two: Are you sure you're okay? Three: Oh, so you think I'd kill you on purpose?"
"One and two: I'm better, I swear. Trust me, you'd know if I wasn't. Three: You may have to. . ."
"What? Why?"
"If I ever get turned evil, like Sprx, and the Power Primate can't save me. . .somebody has to kill me. . ."
"I am not gonna kill you!"
"I can have Antauri do it. I already promised him that if he turned evil I'd-" Chiro didn't finish that sentence.
"I won't let Antauri kill you! If anyone did, then I'd hunt them down and kill them, then I'd come and kill you in the afterlife for becoming evil in the first place!"
"Well, since I have no plans on dying or becoming evil, I think you're good."
"You better not," Anna threatened.
"Believe me, Antauri would probably help you murder me in the afterlife and I don't want to be the bad side of either of you!"
Anna giggled.
Chiro took his arm from his ribs and put it around Anna as he laughed with her.
"So. . ." he said, "what are we going to talk about now?"
"I dunno."
"Anna, you must have something you wanna talk about considering you would not let me go to sleep last night."
"I really just felt like talking, but I'm not a conversation-starter." Anna thought a moment. "Well, I did say I could help you get better at kissing. . . .and you did say tomorrow and it is tomorrow. . ." Anna batted her big brown eyes at him.
"Well, then. If you're going to help me practice, how do we start?"
"Well, let's see what you can do first. . ."
Chiro smiled. He leaned in and hesitated, letting her close in the space.
Sprx then opened the door. "Hey, Kid, Antauri said to tell you breakfast is ready and to ask where Anna-oh, I guess you found her! So, just gonna skip right to dessert, huh?"
Anna and Chiro broke apart.
"Sprx!" Chiro said, annoyed.
"What! I can go get Nova, and we'll have a regular party!"
Anna buried her face into Chiro's shoulder as it began to turn red.
"Sprx, cut it out!"
"Aw, come on Chiro!"
"Sprx!" Anna and Chiro shared a glance. "What were you saying about breakfast, Sprx?"
"Oh, just that it's ready!"
"Okay, come on Anna"
Anna got up, not letting go of his hand and carefully watching him to make sure he didn't start holding his rib again.
When they sat down to eat, it was a very awkward silence. Sprx grinned.
"You know what I caught Anna and Chiro doing?"
"What?" Otto said.
Sprx glanced at Chiro and Anna. "Anna and Chiro sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!"
Otto and Sprx launched in to the next part of the song when Sprx felt something very sticky sliding down the side of his head. He looked over to see Anna smirking, then she changed to her trademark glare.
"Shut up, Spark."
"Anna, don't throw food at the table. . ." Gibson said automatically remembering who he was talking to and winced.
"Do not tell me what to do!"
"It seems to work pretty well for Chiro." Sprx grinned.
He was almost rewarded with another pancake in his face, but Chiro stopped her. Antauri shot them a look and was about to tell Sprx to eat and be quiet, but Sprx had other ideas.
"Told you!"
"Sprx, leave us alone. We never did this to you and Nova!"
"Yes, Sprx. I agree with Chiro," Antauri said, calm as ever.
Later, Antauri found Anna sitting on the Robot's shoulder.
"Did the talk help you any?" He asked, startling her.
"Holy crap! Oh, it's just you."
"Do I need to repeat myself."
"No, I heard. I just chose to take a page out of your book and ignore you."
"Perhaps my book should remain closed with all of its pages."
"Do you really have to make everything a life lesson?"
"That was not a life lesson. Must you avoid all of my questions?"
"Fine. I'll answer the dumb question! It helped a little. . .but not much." Anna thought a moment. "Last night, Chiro said he was psychic. Is that true?"
"What were you doing last night?" Sprx asked, startling both Anna and Antauri.
"I wish I had a pancake about now," Anna muttered.
"Yeah, your boyfriend isn't here to stop you now."
"Yeah, so no one can keep me from pushin' you off the Robot, now can they Sparky?"
Uh, I have a jet pack," Sprx said in his best smart-alack tone.
"Not for long you won't," Anna smiled evilly. ". . .Unless Cheerio wants to help me."
"It's built into me! Besides, Chiro isn't gonna push his brother off the Robot!"
"He might if I asked him. I can be very convincing when I need to be." Anna batted her eyelashes.
"Oh. So you're gonna kiss him until he gives in?"
"Maybe I will. Is that a problem?"
"Yeah it is!"
Anna frowned. "Go. Away. Or I will push you."
"Anna loves Chiro! Anna loves Chiro!" Sprx sang, making kissy faces.
Anna got ready to push Sprx, but someone stopped her before she could.
"No, Anna. I will take care of SPRX-77. Or better yet, I shall have Nova deal with Sprx," Antauri smiled.
"I'm perfectly capable of taking care of him, but. . .whatever. Go bug Nova, Sparky."
Antauri took Sprx to 'hang out' with Nova.
"Aw, Antauri! That's not fair!" Sprx sad as they went back in the Robot.
Anna snickered.
Tauria: Anna, quit choking Sprx!
Anna: *tightens grip around Sprx's neck*
Sprx: *turns blue and loses conciousness*
Tauria: Anna, Anna, Anna. . . .
Anna: *awakens from day dream* what?
Tauria: Are you okay?
Anna: *Smiles evilly* yes. . .
Tauria: What did you think of the chapter?
Anna: For Chiro. . .he took my breath away and then stole my heart. . .butthead.
For Sprx. . .not a word. . . that can be said, at least
Tauria: Okay. . . .
Anna: Review or die! n.n
