Chapter 29: Hay Lin's Temper & Cooling Off
Speaking of Irma, she along with Hay Lin were being escorted back to Yaga in a wagon with two guards. At first, there was silence between the two friends. But soon, Hay Lin had, had enough of it and decided to get Irma talking before she said what she had to say. No matter how much it would hurt or upset Irma.
"How you feeling?", Hay Lin asked as she opened the first aid kit she had and took out a alcohol wipe for the cuts Irma had from Will hitting her.
"Never better.", Irma said sarcasticlly. "Ow!", she yelled as Hay Lin began to wipe some blood from her lip. "That hurt!"
"Well, duh!", Hay Lin said with a grin. "If you haven't noticed, you have a pretty fat lip. Not to mention a black left eye, a bruised left cheek, and other bumps and bruises."
"And who do I have to thank for all of this?", Irma questioned in anger.
"Well if you hadn't did what you did, then the both of you would be okay.", Hay Lin replied. "But you had to go and spit in Will's face."
"And she goes nuts and attacks me!", Irma said. "There's no excuse for that!"
"Ummm... Did you or did you not get with Matt behind her back?", Hay Lin questioned.
"Well she's with 'the mighty King Angelo' now.", Irma said in a sarcastic tone making Hay Lin roll her eyes while shaking her head.
"That still doesn't mean she's not hurting still.", Hay Lin said. "You and Matt hurt and betrayed her trust. Did you really think that she'd be okay after a few days? I'm willing to bet that it took a lot of her will power to not pound you before today."
"Please!", Irma said with a huff. "She didn't pound me!"
"Irma. Will was kicking your butt.", Hay Lin said calmly. "And if Angelo and Matt hadn't jumped in, then she would kicked your butt even more. You may be tough, but Will actually took some fighting lessons from Angelo's uncle, when she lived in Faden Hills, and from Caleb when we first became Guardians. You have little fighting experiance. You could of taken some fighting lessons from Caleb and the rebels, like the rest of us did, but you didn't."
"There's always my powers.", Irma said with a smirk. "One good blast of water and-"
*SMACK!*
"OW!", Irma yelled feeling her already bruised left cheek where Hay Lin had just smacked her. "What's your deal, Hay...", she yelled and stopped once she got a look at Hay Lin who gave her a glare that told her to be quiet.
"Are you going to throw your scary lightning at me? Cause that's the only thing you can do.", Hay Lin said in a stern yet strong tone. "Those were your words to Will earlier and yet you sit here and talk about using your powers against her! I've seen you abuse your powers in others ways, Irma Lair, and I said nothing seeing as no one really got hurt! You may be my best friend, Irma, but if you ever, EVER, abuse your powers the wrong way, I'll go to the Oracle myself and ask him to strip you of your powers and have them given to someone that'll use them properly! Do I make myself clear?"
Irma only nodded, afraid to say anything to the Hay Lin that was glaring at her. The last time she saw that look was when they were in first grade before Hay Lin kicked her butt after picking on her. Who knows what she'd do to her now. And that was a chance she wasn't willing to take. For she learned a long time ago that Hay Lin may not look it, but she was a force to be reakoned with.
"Good!", Hay Lin said after seeing Irma nod to her as she handed her the first aid kit. "Tend to your own cuts and bruises. I'm to angry with you to tend to you. Let alone be around you! I'm heading back to the beach! You head back to the palace and stay there! Do you understand me?"
"Yes.", Irma said in a timid voice.
"Good!", Hay Lin said before teleporting away leaving Irma alone in the wagon as the two guards sat in the front of the wagon.
Breathing a sigh of relief, Irma began to tend to her bruises glad that Hay Lin didn't do anything worse to her. Both of the guards, who heard and saw a bit of what happened between the two girls, looked back at each other and then back at the road ahead of them. They both then made a mental note to themselves about which of the Guardians were the mature ones and which was inmature.
Minutes earlier, at the beach...
"Ow!", Will said as Angelo gently rubbed some cream on her bruises.
"Sorry.", Angelo said as he continued to rub some cream on Will's bruises.
"It's okay.", Will said with a small smile as he finished with the cream.
"Well, now comes the bite mark Irma gave you.", Angelo said as he pulled out a alcohol wipe making Will cringe a bit. "Yeah. It's going to sting.", he said as he rubbed the wipe on the bite mark.
"Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!", Will cried as the alcohol did it's job on the bite mark.
After a few seconds, Angelo put some aloe gel on the bite mark and then but a large bandage on it.
"That should do it.", Angelo said as he put the first aid kit away. "How you feeling?"
"I've been better.", Will said with a grin. "Some day, huh?"
"Well, it's one way to let out one's fustration.", Angelo said with a grin.
"I didn't know that I was that angry about it.", Will said as she hugged her knees to her chest. "I mean, I knew I was still upset, but to go off like that surprised even me!"
"Are you kidding me?", Cornelia questioned as she, Elyon, and Taranee came walking up to them and sat next to them. "After what she did to you, I'm amazed you didn't kick her butt earlier!"
"Plus, she spat in your face.", Elyon added. "That's just disgusting!"
"And she pulled that dirty trick by kicking sand in our faces.", Taranee added. "That was just plain mean!"
"It's Irma!", Cornelia said. "What do you expect?"
"You know, you have your own mean streak sometimes, Cornelia.", Elyon said with a grin getting a laugh out of the others, including Will.
"Well at least we got Will laughing.", Cornelia said with a grin.
"Not to change the subject, but what do you plan on doing now?", Elyon asked Will.
"What do you mean?", Will asked.
"About the training you plan on doing.", Elyon replied.
"Well, I know that I'm not in the mood to be around Irma anytime soon.", Will said. "Today is a prime example of that. But I need to train like the rest of you."
"I've been thinking about that.", Angelo said.
"Same here.", Elyon said.
"So what are your ideas?", Will asked.
"Well, how about I have Falco, Princess Sorleen and her bodyguard slash boyfriend, Raven, teach you here in the Drakken Kingdom?", Angelo questioned.
"I was just going to suggest Falco train Will.", Elyon said. "I didn't even think about Sorleen and her boyfriend."
"So if I do this, I'll have three teachers.", Will said thinking about it. "Each with their own fighting style. Hmmmm... Interesting."
"Well, take your time in making your choice.", Angelo said. "For now, I just want to kick back and relax. I hardly get moments like these."
"I can relate to that.", Elyon said. "If it isn't one problem my people have for me to solve, it's another."
"Yet you feel good helping your people.", Angelo said.
"True.", Elyon said with a smile.
Suddenly, to everyone's surprise, Hay Lin teleported back to the beach, she then simply sat next to Eric and said nothing. But by looking at the look on her face, Eric knew something happened between her and Irma.
"You okay?", Eric asked. "Did something happened between you and Irma?"
Hay Lin then looked at Eric with watery eyes before she broke down and buried her face in his chest and cried as she held on to him. Eric said nothing as he held her in comfort while rubbing her back in a soothing manner. Seeing this, the others knew that Hay Lin and Irma got into some kind of argument.
'Sorry to bother you like this, Hay Lin, but are you okay?', Taranee asked her friend telepathiclly. 'Sorry! Dumb question. What I mean is...'
'I know what you mean, Taranee.', Hay Lin said in a sad tone. 'I'll be okay. I just got into an argument with Irma.'
'What happened?', Will asked.
'Well...', Hay Lin began to say.
'Don't tell us. Show us.', Cornelia said. 'You can do that through our link.'
'Here goes.', Hay Lin said as she opened her mind to the girls.
Once she did that, they saw what happened between Hay Lin and Irma. Even the slap, Hay Lin gave Irma.
'And that's what happened.', Hay Lin said after she showed them everything that happened.
"Why that little...!", Cornelia snapped getting the attention of the guys and Elyon. "When I get my hands on her, I'll..."
"Did we miss something?", Caleb questioned as he, Nigel, and Matt walked up to them.
"You guess is as good as mine.", Angelo said.
"Sorry.", Taranee said. "Will, Cornelia, and I were talking to Hay Lin telepathiclly.
"Oh.", Nigel said. "So what happened?"
"Irma's what happened.", Will said. "She and Hay Lin got into an argument which ended with Hay Lin slapping Irma."
"And Hay Lin, being kind and gentle self, was hurt by doing that.", Elyon figured.
"Not to sound rude, but are you sure that Irma is a good Guardian?", Angelo asked. "I'm not trying to judge, but by what I've seen from her actions, she's not someone that fits the bill as a Guardian."
"She may have her moments, but she is a good Guardian.", Will said. "It's just that sometimes, she knows how to get off one's nerves!"
"Ain't that the truth.", Cornelia agreed.
"I hate to admit it, but it's true.", Matt said. "I tried telling her abouit it. But it goes in one ear and out the other."
"I hate to say it but she needs a taste of her own medicine.", Taranee said.
"She needs a good pounding.", Cornelia said. "And I know just how she should get it.", she said as a smirk grew on her face.
"What's going on in the head of yours?", Will asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Taranee. If you'll please.", Cornelia said as she opened her mind to the Fire Guardian.
Feeling this, Taranee opened a link between her, Will, and Hay Lin and showed what Cornelia was thinking. Once they saw what Cornelia was thinking, a smile grew on all of their faces.
'Oh that can work.', Taranee said telepathiclly while smiling.
'I couldn't agree more.', Will agreed with a smile.
'Ditto!', Hay Lin said with a giggle. 'This teach Irma a thing or two!'
'And then some.', Cornelia said before Taranee cut their link.
"I'm not even going to ask what you girls were thinking.", Angelo said as he looked at the smile on their faces.
"Let's just say that we thought of a way for Irma to get her just desserts.", Will said with a smirk. "Also, I think I'll go for the training here with Falco, Sorleen, and Raven. I think I still need my distants from Irma."
"Works for me.", Angelo said as he wrapped an arm around Will as she rested her head on his shoulder. "This way we can spend some time together when your not training."
"That works.", Will said with a smile before they shared a kiss..
"Could we be looking at the future queen of the Drakken Kingdom?", Cornelia questioned with a smirk.
"Queen Willhemia Vanders!", Hay Lin said as she and Eric came walking up to them.
"That's Queen Will Vanders, thank you very much.", Will said in a regal tone.
"Yes, Your Majesty!", Hay Lin said as she and the others bowed to her getting a laugh out of Will which got the others laughing as well.
"Speaking of love interst, is your mother seeing someone, Will?", Elyon asked.
"No.", Will said. "Why?"
"Well, it seems that one of my Honor Guard has taken a liking to you mom.", Elyon said.
"Who?", Will asked.
"Caleb's dad.", Elyon said with a grin.
"Julian?", Will questioned in surprise.
"I figured something was up with him.", Caleb said. "He was really nice to your mom. He even helped her onto the wagon when we were about to come here to the Drakken Kingdom."
"I wonder how Julian would do on Earth?", Taranee questioned while tapping her chin.
"About the same as Caleb.", Hay Lin said with a giggle.
"I think I do pretty well.", Caleb said proudly.
"Not when you first came to Earth.", Cornelia said with a grin. "But you have improved a lot since then.", she said making Caleb smile a bit.
"Well if Julian is smitten by Aunt Susan, why don't we hook them up on a date?", Angelo suggested.
"He is a nice guy.", Will said thinking it all over. "And he's only two years older than my mom. This could work."
"That's nice and all, but my father doesn't know much about Earth and it's customs.", Caleb said.
"But he can learn them.", Elyon said. "We just need to find someone to teach him."
"There's my Grandpa Joe.", Angelo said. "And Uncle John."
"This just may work.", Will said with a small smile.
"Just give my uncle and Grandpa a month or two to teach Julian what he needs to know about Earth.", Angelo said.
"And in the meantime, I can have Julian come here to learn more about the strenghts of the other kingdoms, seeing as he's one of my main strategist.", Elyon said. "And if Ms. Vandom is here for a visit, by some chance, then they can spend some time together."
"And with that plan set, I say we kick back and relax until we have to head back to the palace for the firworks.", Taranee said as she laid on her beach towel and began to chill out.
Agreeing with Taranee's suggestion, everyone went to relax before they had to head back to the palace. As for Irma, she was now at the palace and heading to her room when she ran into Cassidy and Nara.
"My word!", Nara said as she looked at Irma.
"Whoa!", Cassidy said after getting a good look at Irma. "What the heck happened to you?"
"Will Vandom. That's what.", Irma said with a grumble as she opened the door to her room.
"What do you mean?", Cassidy asked as she and Nara walked into the room with her.
Irma then explained what happened between her and Will. As well as her and Hay Lin. And she was honest about it seeing as lying wouldn't help her. Not to mention that Nara could tell if she was lying.
"I figured Will wouldn't be over it so fast.", Cassidy said.
"Is her agner not justified?", Nara questioned before turnign to Irma. "You and her former beloved were seeing each other behind her back after all."
"She's got you there, Irma.", Cassidy said.
"Gee, thanks.", Irma said as she laid on her bed looking up at the ceiling.
"Look, Irma.", Cassidy said as she stood up from the chair she was sitting on. "You know what you and Matt did was wrong. No matter how you slice it. And now, you're paying for it. The best thing I can tell you is this. Tell her you're sorry and give Will her space. In time things will be okay between you two. But for now, keep your distance from Will. And with that, we'll leave you to get some rest.", she said before she and Nara left the room leaving Irma to her thoughts.
"I screwed things up!", Irma said as she started at the ceiling while laying on her bed still. "Boy did I screw things up!"
A/N: First Will kicks her butt some, then she gets it from Hay Lin! I must say that when Irma ticks folks off, she does it with style! But you have to wonder what Cornelia's idea was. And then there's Susan and Julian. Will they get together? Will Caleb and Will end up being brother and sister? Well, you know how to find out.
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