A/N: sry guys, I had writters block --;; but I hope the chapter makes up
for the wait ^^
Demon: yeah, it better
4: yer writtin' it!
Demon: ...oh yeah...
4: ::sighs and shakes head::
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CH. 14- Confessions and Actions
Kuki turned to look behind her, only to confirm her suspicion. Wallabee stood, planted to the ground, unmoving.
"What are you still doing here Numbuh 4?!" She screeched at him. Why hadn't he left? She cursed him lightly in her mind. He always had to be stubborn like this, didn't he?
"It's mah fight jus' as much as it is yours," he hissed lightly at her.
"Quit bein' stubborn, Numbuh 4, and leave!"
"I'm not bein' stubborn," he crossed his arms.
The Delightful Children from Down the Lane looked at each other with the same hint of boredom. If this 'new' girl was anything like Numbuh 3, they would be here a while.
"Yes you are!" That confirmed the Delightful's opinion. She was going to fight until she came out the victor.
"But t'at ain't t'e point! I'm stayin' 'ere Numbuh 3, I'm gonna beat the Delightful dorks, and I ain't leavin'!"
Kuki allowed a sigh to escape through her lips. She would have loved Wallabee to stay, but... She couldn't risk his life. She turned away to look at the floor. Her eyes were covered by the darkness of her hat and bangs, making it impossible to see what she might be feeling.
"Can't you just listen to me? It's for your own good!" She glared daggers at him, catching him a bit off guard.
"What do you mean by t'at?"
Kuki's brow furrowed. "Can't you just trust me?"
There was a long silence, in which the Delightful's all rolled their eyes. They could have activated the machine, but watching them fight was too much fun.
"I dunno," he admitted quietly.
"Why?!"
"Because..." He stopped for a second, almost as if he wasn't sure he should tell her, "you're just like 'er."
She looked at him, questioning his words in her head. "Like who?"
There was a reddish tint to his face now. The Delightful Children from Down the Lane's faces twisted into five faces that held extreme interest.
"I- er- um..." He looked down at the ground to hide his completely red face. "Yer jus' like Kuki."
'Numbuh 5 was right, I was a bit obvious.'
*Perhaps that's why Wally didn't like you very much.* The wretched voice spat out in spite.
"Is that why you didn't like me?" Kuki cursed herself the exact moment the words flowed from her mouth. She hadn't meant to repeat them. But when he continued, she was grateful she had asked.
"It's t'e reason I avoided ya." He didn't look as embarrassed as he had been, but he looked a bit shameful, "Almost everyt'in' ya did reminded meh of 'er, but if I said t'at ter t'e othas they'd say everyt'in' did anyway," he chuckled, "I was tryin' ter forget Kuki was gone. I kept wishing s'e was still 'ere, and..."
"And...?"
Wallabee shook his head, "T'at doesn't matta."
"It does!" She encouraged.
"T'e t'ing is, when Kuki left, I felt like mah world collapsed, I'd nave see 'er again. I lost t'e most important t'ing ter meh. It's pretty dumb, but fo' a year I sat by t'e window, 'opin' s'e'd come back. I wanted ter be t'e first ter see 'er.
"And then ya came. I thought I'd 'ate ya, but I neva even gave ya a chance, I wasn't ready fo' anyone ter take Kuki's place, I'm still not. Infact," He smiled lightly to himself, "I know no one can. Though, t'ere's always been somet'in' 'bout ya... t'at's so familia. I like ya, but I dun love ya, I can't. 'Cause I still love Kuki."
Was she dreaming? Had he really just said all that? Or had her ears been deceiving her?
No...she was sure she was awake.
So...He loved her? When did he realize it?
Her hand rested on the visor of her cap. Maybe it was time for her to reveal herself to him. Maybe now she had the guts to tell him how she felt all this time.
No.
Her hand fell lifelessly to her side. She couldn't now. Then he wouldn't let her finish what she had started.
"I think I'm ter blame." He said quietly to himself, "if I 'ad told 'er befo', s'e could still be 'ere."
Kuki felt obligated to say something. How could he blame himself!? It was the others fault, not his. At least that was how she saw it now. "I don't think so..." She began.
"But if I had said something to 'er, she would 'ave stayed...and s'e wouldn't 'ave gone away."
"Perhaps why she left was something the others said, and not what you didn't."
He shook his head. "T'at can't be it. We were all 'er friends."
"What if she heard them discussing cruel things about her?"
Wallabee looked at her curiously. "T'en s'e would 'ave 'eard wrong. We neva talked ill of 'er. Like I said we were all 'er friends."
Kuki tilted her head slightly, doubtful that he was telling the truth. "What about the day she left?"
"T'e day she left...?" His eyes got that familiar distant look to them. "We 'ad gotten a call from Numbuh 274. 'e 'ad told us about Numbuh 25 and 'ow s'e was constantly screwing up on all of 'er missions. 'e wanted us to look afta 'er and see if s'e was still Kids Next Door material, or if we were better off keepin' 'er off the team. Nu- Kuki was still asleep and we didn't want to wake 'er.
"So the othas began a small conversation about 'er, deciding if they wanted 'er in the tree house or not. Of course none of us did so we decided it best that she were off the team all togetha."
"You mean you guys weren't talking about m- her after all?"
Wallabee narrowed his eyes and felt his head move back and forth. "We neva would 'ave in t'e first place."
Kuki starred blankly at the floor. She could feel the tears welling up in her eyes, ready to escape if she would only allow them to.
She had spent a year away from her friends, and Wallabee, when she could have been happy. But she wasted a year thinking they betrayed her.
But really she had betrayed them.
And him.
She felt sick. Sick of herself. All the pain could have been avoided if she had stuck around long enough to find out for herself. But she had run off.
She caused Wallabee pain most of all. She was inconsiderate. She deserved what was going to happen to her.
She glanced down at her watch.
'But Wallabee doesn't.' She told herself.
*No, he doesn't, * the voice echoed, *how could you cause such pain to someone you care for so deeply?*
'But you told me to run!' Kuki accused.
*And you listened?* The voice laughed cruelly.
Her eyes quivered, yes, she had to be responsible for her actions. "I'm sorry..." She whispered to the floor that starred back up at her.
"Excuse me?" He asked not hearing the entire thing.
She squeezed her eyes together tightly before looking up at him. "You have to go Numbuh 4. It'll be alright, I promise."
Wallabee sighed, he hadn't much energy to argue at the moment so instead he bobbed his head up and down. "Alright."
She smiled thankfully at him and he returned it. "Good-bye, forever..." She said to his retreating back.
"Finally!" The Delightful's sighed in relief, reminding Kuki that they were still there.
She blinked the tears from her eyes and smirked at them. "And good-bye to you all too." She gave another glance at her watch.
'It was nice knowing all of you.'
"What are you talking about?!" They shrieked, but they soon got their answer as the ground rumble slightly under them. "What's going on?!" They yelled in fright, glaring at her.
"The end." She replied and pressed a button on her rabbit shaped watch.
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The fur kids stood in a distance from the large ( A/N: I just remembered that in a great story that I read a while ago there was something similar to the warehouse thingy already happened so I'm changing the scene to the Delightful's mansion ^_^) mansion owned by the Delightful Children from Down the Lane.
Wallabee's and Abby's eyes widened at the debris.
"Numbuh 3's still in t'ere!" Abby yelled.
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Demon: HAHAHAHA! I've finally finished this chapter! I've been working on it for months now! Sorry but I had writters block so if it came out bad you can blame the writer's block ::picks up a torch and pitchfork:: Whose w/ me?!
4: heh not today n_n
Angel: ::shakes head:: n.n
2: Put 'em down before you hurt yourself! Or worse one of us!
Demon: --;; Fine ::puts down pitchfork and torch:: but actually I tried my hardest to finish the chapter because I'm going camping for 2 weeks and then I only come back a day and then I leave for another week but I'm going up to Maine O_O it'll be a long 3 weeks! So the next Chapter will be up as soon as I have internet access, which is in 3 weeks --. But who knows?! In that time my writters block maybe gone and I'll be able to update once a week again ^_^. Here's the thing, no flames about me taking so long or I will not update V_V.
4: FLAME HERE ABOUT IT! ::gets hit w/ a frying pan:: @.@ owiez
Demon: ::hides another frying pan behind her back:: well c yaz ^^ Review! Oh and yes, as most of you guessed by the third or second chapter, they didn't talk about her, but I didn't want to give it away ^^;;. Oh and if ne1 has a Numbuh 25 as an OC don't yell at me or anything! It was more or less a random Numbuh hehe ^^
Demon: yeah, it better
4: yer writtin' it!
Demon: ...oh yeah...
4: ::sighs and shakes head::
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CH. 14- Confessions and Actions
Kuki turned to look behind her, only to confirm her suspicion. Wallabee stood, planted to the ground, unmoving.
"What are you still doing here Numbuh 4?!" She screeched at him. Why hadn't he left? She cursed him lightly in her mind. He always had to be stubborn like this, didn't he?
"It's mah fight jus' as much as it is yours," he hissed lightly at her.
"Quit bein' stubborn, Numbuh 4, and leave!"
"I'm not bein' stubborn," he crossed his arms.
The Delightful Children from Down the Lane looked at each other with the same hint of boredom. If this 'new' girl was anything like Numbuh 3, they would be here a while.
"Yes you are!" That confirmed the Delightful's opinion. She was going to fight until she came out the victor.
"But t'at ain't t'e point! I'm stayin' 'ere Numbuh 3, I'm gonna beat the Delightful dorks, and I ain't leavin'!"
Kuki allowed a sigh to escape through her lips. She would have loved Wallabee to stay, but... She couldn't risk his life. She turned away to look at the floor. Her eyes were covered by the darkness of her hat and bangs, making it impossible to see what she might be feeling.
"Can't you just listen to me? It's for your own good!" She glared daggers at him, catching him a bit off guard.
"What do you mean by t'at?"
Kuki's brow furrowed. "Can't you just trust me?"
There was a long silence, in which the Delightful's all rolled their eyes. They could have activated the machine, but watching them fight was too much fun.
"I dunno," he admitted quietly.
"Why?!"
"Because..." He stopped for a second, almost as if he wasn't sure he should tell her, "you're just like 'er."
She looked at him, questioning his words in her head. "Like who?"
There was a reddish tint to his face now. The Delightful Children from Down the Lane's faces twisted into five faces that held extreme interest.
"I- er- um..." He looked down at the ground to hide his completely red face. "Yer jus' like Kuki."
'Numbuh 5 was right, I was a bit obvious.'
*Perhaps that's why Wally didn't like you very much.* The wretched voice spat out in spite.
"Is that why you didn't like me?" Kuki cursed herself the exact moment the words flowed from her mouth. She hadn't meant to repeat them. But when he continued, she was grateful she had asked.
"It's t'e reason I avoided ya." He didn't look as embarrassed as he had been, but he looked a bit shameful, "Almost everyt'in' ya did reminded meh of 'er, but if I said t'at ter t'e othas they'd say everyt'in' did anyway," he chuckled, "I was tryin' ter forget Kuki was gone. I kept wishing s'e was still 'ere, and..."
"And...?"
Wallabee shook his head, "T'at doesn't matta."
"It does!" She encouraged.
"T'e t'ing is, when Kuki left, I felt like mah world collapsed, I'd nave see 'er again. I lost t'e most important t'ing ter meh. It's pretty dumb, but fo' a year I sat by t'e window, 'opin' s'e'd come back. I wanted ter be t'e first ter see 'er.
"And then ya came. I thought I'd 'ate ya, but I neva even gave ya a chance, I wasn't ready fo' anyone ter take Kuki's place, I'm still not. Infact," He smiled lightly to himself, "I know no one can. Though, t'ere's always been somet'in' 'bout ya... t'at's so familia. I like ya, but I dun love ya, I can't. 'Cause I still love Kuki."
Was she dreaming? Had he really just said all that? Or had her ears been deceiving her?
No...she was sure she was awake.
So...He loved her? When did he realize it?
Her hand rested on the visor of her cap. Maybe it was time for her to reveal herself to him. Maybe now she had the guts to tell him how she felt all this time.
No.
Her hand fell lifelessly to her side. She couldn't now. Then he wouldn't let her finish what she had started.
"I think I'm ter blame." He said quietly to himself, "if I 'ad told 'er befo', s'e could still be 'ere."
Kuki felt obligated to say something. How could he blame himself!? It was the others fault, not his. At least that was how she saw it now. "I don't think so..." She began.
"But if I had said something to 'er, she would 'ave stayed...and s'e wouldn't 'ave gone away."
"Perhaps why she left was something the others said, and not what you didn't."
He shook his head. "T'at can't be it. We were all 'er friends."
"What if she heard them discussing cruel things about her?"
Wallabee looked at her curiously. "T'en s'e would 'ave 'eard wrong. We neva talked ill of 'er. Like I said we were all 'er friends."
Kuki tilted her head slightly, doubtful that he was telling the truth. "What about the day she left?"
"T'e day she left...?" His eyes got that familiar distant look to them. "We 'ad gotten a call from Numbuh 274. 'e 'ad told us about Numbuh 25 and 'ow s'e was constantly screwing up on all of 'er missions. 'e wanted us to look afta 'er and see if s'e was still Kids Next Door material, or if we were better off keepin' 'er off the team. Nu- Kuki was still asleep and we didn't want to wake 'er.
"So the othas began a small conversation about 'er, deciding if they wanted 'er in the tree house or not. Of course none of us did so we decided it best that she were off the team all togetha."
"You mean you guys weren't talking about m- her after all?"
Wallabee narrowed his eyes and felt his head move back and forth. "We neva would 'ave in t'e first place."
Kuki starred blankly at the floor. She could feel the tears welling up in her eyes, ready to escape if she would only allow them to.
She had spent a year away from her friends, and Wallabee, when she could have been happy. But she wasted a year thinking they betrayed her.
But really she had betrayed them.
And him.
She felt sick. Sick of herself. All the pain could have been avoided if she had stuck around long enough to find out for herself. But she had run off.
She caused Wallabee pain most of all. She was inconsiderate. She deserved what was going to happen to her.
She glanced down at her watch.
'But Wallabee doesn't.' She told herself.
*No, he doesn't, * the voice echoed, *how could you cause such pain to someone you care for so deeply?*
'But you told me to run!' Kuki accused.
*And you listened?* The voice laughed cruelly.
Her eyes quivered, yes, she had to be responsible for her actions. "I'm sorry..." She whispered to the floor that starred back up at her.
"Excuse me?" He asked not hearing the entire thing.
She squeezed her eyes together tightly before looking up at him. "You have to go Numbuh 4. It'll be alright, I promise."
Wallabee sighed, he hadn't much energy to argue at the moment so instead he bobbed his head up and down. "Alright."
She smiled thankfully at him and he returned it. "Good-bye, forever..." She said to his retreating back.
"Finally!" The Delightful's sighed in relief, reminding Kuki that they were still there.
She blinked the tears from her eyes and smirked at them. "And good-bye to you all too." She gave another glance at her watch.
'It was nice knowing all of you.'
"What are you talking about?!" They shrieked, but they soon got their answer as the ground rumble slightly under them. "What's going on?!" They yelled in fright, glaring at her.
"The end." She replied and pressed a button on her rabbit shaped watch.
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The fur kids stood in a distance from the large ( A/N: I just remembered that in a great story that I read a while ago there was something similar to the warehouse thingy already happened so I'm changing the scene to the Delightful's mansion ^_^) mansion owned by the Delightful Children from Down the Lane.
Wallabee's and Abby's eyes widened at the debris.
"Numbuh 3's still in t'ere!" Abby yelled.
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Demon: HAHAHAHA! I've finally finished this chapter! I've been working on it for months now! Sorry but I had writters block so if it came out bad you can blame the writer's block ::picks up a torch and pitchfork:: Whose w/ me?!
4: heh not today n_n
Angel: ::shakes head:: n.n
2: Put 'em down before you hurt yourself! Or worse one of us!
Demon: --;; Fine ::puts down pitchfork and torch:: but actually I tried my hardest to finish the chapter because I'm going camping for 2 weeks and then I only come back a day and then I leave for another week but I'm going up to Maine O_O it'll be a long 3 weeks! So the next Chapter will be up as soon as I have internet access, which is in 3 weeks --. But who knows?! In that time my writters block maybe gone and I'll be able to update once a week again ^_^. Here's the thing, no flames about me taking so long or I will not update V_V.
4: FLAME HERE ABOUT IT! ::gets hit w/ a frying pan:: @.@ owiez
Demon: ::hides another frying pan behind her back:: well c yaz ^^ Review! Oh and yes, as most of you guessed by the third or second chapter, they didn't talk about her, but I didn't want to give it away ^^;;. Oh and if ne1 has a Numbuh 25 as an OC don't yell at me or anything! It was more or less a random Numbuh hehe ^^