A/N: I'm officially back at college! I've got nothing to do though so that means writing and playing Sims. So addicting…anyway. I've been busily editing Things are Not as They Seem, re-writing Anything For You, working on my novel (which is going fabulously), writing chapters for How to Eat a Paopu Fruit, and of course, writing chapters for this. It's rather exciting how much writing I have to do. Guess you're never REALLY done with fanficition, haha. But as for the alert that was sent to those on my alert list about TaNaTS, I did add an additional chapter, it's called The Beach, if you're curious about it. It's a new chapter 9 or 10 for those of you who read it all those years ago. But that's all the announcements I have, so enjoy the chapter!
GirlNapped!
36. Incident-Prone
"Bessy!" Kairi called as she poked her head into the barn. She spotted the strange cow in the corner munching on a pile of hay. She looked pretty bored. Kairi grinned and happily approached her. "How are you today?" she asked as she gently ran her hands against her coat. The cow moo'd in response. "Well, you know what today is, don't you?" Kairi asked, "We're going to do a bit of grooming and then you're free."
She sighed realizing she was trying to have a conversation with the cow again. She often forgot that Bessy was not a magical animal or an actual person. "Right," she muttered. She walked over toward the tool area and grabbed the bucket that was labeled Bessy. She pulled out the brush and happily began to brush Bessy's coat as she continued to munch on hay.
"Kairi!" Sora called from outside of the barn.
"What?" Kairi called feigning anger, "I'm kinda busy!" She giggled to herself.
Sora poked his head into the barn. "Oh yeah, I forgot. I was jus' goin' to tell yuh Roxas is going into town. He wanted to know if yuh needed anything," Sora asked on behalf of his brother.
"Hmm, tell him to get me a new bra. You know, to replace the one you happily destroyed," Kairi muttered. She glared toward him. "That was my favorite one, you know," she hissed.
"I'm sorry! But you're the one who said you wanted to try something new. I automatically assumed that meant destroyin' yer clothings," Sora grunted, "But I'll be sure tuh pass tuh message on." Kairi stuck out her tongue toward him. "Really?" Sora uttered in surprise, "I didn't realize we were still six!" With that said, he quickly left the barn.
Kairi giggled and rolled her eyes. 'He's such a weirdo, but I love him,' she thought happily. She finished brushing Bessy and walked back over to the bucket. "Do you want a bath today or no?" Kairi asked. Bessy didn't respond so she assumed it was a yes. Kairi dumped the bucket's contents onto the ground and went to get the water and soap. "I'll be back!" she called as she walked out of the barn. She left the door open.
A few minutes later she returned and was surprised to see that Bessy was gone. Kairi frowned. "Bessy!" she called. She put the bucket on the ground and ran out of the barn. She heard the sound of Sora's shrill scream coming from the shacks so she ran that way. It was the same scream he always seemed to use for Bessy after the 'hair-eating' incident.
"Sora!" she called as she rounded the corner. Kairi arrived just in time to see Bessy bust through the fence and run down the dirt road. She looked toward the main shack and saw Sora curled up in a ball on the ground. She sighed and hurried over to him. She quickly detangled his limbs and pulled him out of fetal position. "What happened?" she asked impatiently.
Sora sighed and calmed himself. "I dun' know! One minute I'm bringing the eggs into the shack an' the next I've got a cow chargin' at me!" he exclaimed, "Did you leave tuh barn door open again?"
"Maybe," Kairi replied with a nervous smile, "I didn't realize she was going to charge out, though. I mean, she usually likes her bath day."
He rolled his eyes. "Since when? She's always thrown a fit when you mention water or soap or bath or any of the relatin' words! Ugh, we hafta go find 'er now," he grumbled.
"I thought I'd give her the benefit of the doubt! Is that so wrong?" Kairi argued as she followed him through the broken hole in the fence.
"Yeah, if it breaks down a fence and sends us searchin' fer a stupid cow all day!" Sora exclaimed, "I'm sure she didn't go far, though. She's not one to run too far away from her source of food."
Kairi nodded. "I'm really sorry about all this. I really thought it was goin' to be okay," she whispered apologetically, "Hope you can forgive me."
Sora sighed and put his arm around her shoulder. "Of course, I can forgive yuh. For now, anyway. I'm not gonna be too happy when I'm fixin' that fence, though," he joked, "Now, come on. There's no time fer a heart tuh heart right now."
"I already told yuh tuh damn price, lady!" Roxas angrily shouted at the female customer standing in front of his makeshift store.
She rolled her eyes at him. "An' I already told you that I can't afford that price so yuh need tuh lower it, right now!" she screamed back at him.
"Like hell!" Roxas shouted back, "Tuh price I put on this stuff is completely reasonable so yuh need tuh leave if yuh can't afford it! I ain't changin' it ever! Even if some man held a stinkin' gun tuh my head I wouldn't change it!"
The woman smirked at him. "That can be arranged," she replied evilly. She snapped her fingers and two men appeared next to Roxas with guns in their hands. They both held them to either side of his head.
"What tuh fuck! What kinda shit is this? Yuh can't jus' rob me in broad daylight!" Roxas screamed, "I won't stand fer this bullshit!"
"I would watch yer words if I was you," the woman warned, "Besides, no one cares if you're robbed. Yer prices have been ridiculous fer tuh last couple of weeks. No one in this damn town even likes your family!"
"That's not true!" Roxas fired back, "Surely, someone 'ere likes tuh Strife name." He scanned the crowd walking through the marketplace as if nothing was happening. He pointed to a person in the crowd. "You! Yuh like me, dun' yuh, Alice?" he practically begged.
She only turned away with her nose in the air. "I do not," she replied smugly.
Roxas growled. "Oh, come on! I was tuh one who loaned yuh some munny when yer business was strugglin'!" he protested, "How can yuh not like someone that gave yuh some munny?"
Alice scoffed. "As if! Yuh made me pay it back tenfold and once I was done payin' yuh, you insulted me and called me a whore without a penny to my name! Half of it is true, but that's not something you say to a lady!" she shouted before she quickly walked away.
"Okay, so she wasn't tuh right example. I got another!" Roxas exclaimed. He scanned the crowd again. This time he found a male. "Hey! You! Yuh like me, right? We're bros?" Roxas asked desperately.
The man rolled his eyes at him. "Whatever, we went drinkin' together an' then yuh ditched me while I was too drunk tuh even remember my name! I woke up tuh next mornin' in a pile of cow shit from yer cow!" the man declared in outrage, "Then my wife left me 'cause I could never get tuh smell off! I still smell like shit, Roxas!"
Roxas shrank. "Sorry," he murmured as he watched him walk away, "Talk 'bout holdin' a grudge. It wasn't my fault he didn't control himself…"
The woman smiled at him. "Do I really need tuh see anymore of yer examples?" she taunted mercilessly.
He sighed. "Maybe yuh were right 'bout tuh town not likin' my name, but that still dun' give yuh tuh right tuh rob me!" Roxas exclaimed.
The woman rolled her eyes at him. "I dun' have time fer yer whines and complaints. Now, 'eres tuh decision yuh gotta make. Do yuh wanna die today or hand over yer bag of munny?" she asked, "I'll give yuh five seconds, startin' now."
"Jus' take tuh stupid munny!" Roxas cried in aggravation. He pulled the bag out of his pocket and tossed it to her. "Yuh might as well take what yuh wanted too at this rate," he grumbled as he watched the woman and her manly aids scoop up his merchandise and walk away. "This town is somethin' else," he muttered under his breath.
Roxas sighed and looked at his empty set-up. There was no point in 'packing up' before he left. He grumbled to himself and began to walk toward the farm. He knew Sora and Kairi were not going to be happy when they heard about how he was robbed. He knew Sora wasn't going to be happy when he told him how the town hated the family name again, because of some bad choices Roxas made in the past. He knew Kairi wasn't going to be happy when she saw that Roxas hadn't brought her a replacement bra. Then again, it was Sora's fault that the other one was broken so he might be able to get away with that.
He trudged down the dirt road with his hands in his pockets. "At least I dun' gotta worry 'bout bein' robbed again," he thought out loud. He sighed and shook his head. "That's not reassurin' at all," he grumbled.
He arrived at the farm five minutes later and was surprised to find it deserted with the fence broken in the front. Roxas rubbed the back of his neck. "Surely there's some kinda explanation fer this," he thought as she stared at the broken pieces of wood, "We dun' even have tuh munny tuh repair this right now." He inwardly groaned.
"Roxas!"
He spun around on his heels and was surprised to see Sora and Kairi approaching with Bessy on a leash. She had a mussle around her mouth. Roxas raised an eyebrow. "Yuh know, Bessy ain't a dog. Yuh dun' hafta put 'er on a leash an' take 'er fer a walk," he muttered sarcastically.
"She broke out, can't you tell?" Kairi replied, "We only put a leash an' mussle on her, because she kept trying to bite Sora's head."
"Yeah, it's official. I hate 'er fer real now. All those times before, they were jus' jokes. But now, now this is serious. Yuh hear me, Bessy! I'm serious!" he screamed into the cow's ear. The cow broke free of Kairi's grasp on the leash and charged at Sora. He screamed and hopped over the broken fence and ran for his life with Bessy closely chasing after him.
Kairi sighed, "I had a feeling something like this was going to happen. So, Roxas. Where's my bra?"
Roxas's eyes widened. He turned to look at Bessy and Sora and then he turned to face Kairi. "You're not gonna do anythin' 'bout that?" he asked in disbelief.
"Nah," she replied casually, "Bessy won't kill him. Besides, that's what he gets for destroying my bra. But anyway, seriously. Where is it?"
He sighed. "I dun' have it 'cause I kinda got robbed. All our munny is gone," Roxas explained as gently as possible.
"This is a joke, right?" Kairi suddenly asked, "You weren't really robbed, were you? You're just saying that as an excuse for not having my bra."
He shook his head. "Nah, got robbed at gun point in broad daylight today. Haha, an' no one cared!" he suddenly exclaimed, "This damn town hates me, but it should really hate itself fer bein' so damn stupid."
"I can see you're about to rant so I'm jus' gonna excuse myself before you get serious. You don't mind, right? Right. I'll go rescue Sora now…or maybe I'll have some tea," Kairi quickly excused herself. She turned to help Sora, but then changed her direction toward the shack.
"Kairi!" Sora wailed at the top of his lungs.
She sighed and stopped herself before she entered the shack. "Okay, okay!" she cried back, "I'm comin'! Jus' let me get the tranquilizer first!"
Roxas raised an eyebrow. "Since when do we have a tranquilizer?" he dared to ask.
Kairi smiled. "I bought it a while ago. I figured something like this would happen eventually. I just always thought it would be you running from Bessy, not Sora. But I guess you already had something bad happen to you today," she explained before she disappeared into the shack. She was back out in a couple of minutes with a large tranquilizer gun in her hand. She giggled happily, "You know, I've never used this before! How exciting!"
Roxas took a step back. "Jus' be careful where yuh aim that thing," he warned.
"Any day now!" Sora screamed.
"Coming!" Kairi cried as she hurried toward where Sora was running. "Stay still!" she shouted before she fired the tranquilizer. Sora froze and fell onto the ground instantly unconscious. Bessy stopped running and changed direction. She casually walked toward the barn as if nothing had happened. Kairi smiled and blew on the tip of her gun.
"What the hell!" Roxas screamed as he hurried over to his brother, "I told yuh to be careful where yuh aimed that!"
"I know, I was. I hit the target, didn't I?" Kairi answered as she ambled over to where Sora had fallen. She pulled the tranquilizer dart out of Sora's leg.
Roxas's eyes widened. "Yuh meant tuh hit Sora?" he asked in disbelief.
"Well, yeah," Kairi answered casually, "You didn't expect me to shoot Bessy, did you?" She reloaded the gun and then bent down to check Sora's vitals. Roxas couldn't get over how casual she was being about this entire situation.
"I…I dun' understand," Roxas mumbled.
Kairi smiled at him. "Hold the gun," she ordered as she handed it to Roxas. "The way I see it is, if I shot Bessy then she would be unconscious an' then we'd have to haul her back into the barn. Do you know how long that would take? Not to mention, she'd be really mad after it and she'd hate all of us!" Kairi exclaimed, "So, I shot Sora. I can easily lift him from the ground and put him to bed. And when he wakes up I'll just tell him I missed. Simple, right?"
Roxas paused. He didn't know what to say. "Kairi…yer so twisted," he whispered.
She shrugged as she lifted Sora from the ground. She flung his arm over her shoulder and began to drag him toward the shack. "Jus' keep in mind, I made the plan when I thought it was going to be you that I was shooting!" she called as she walked away.
"This doesn't have any side-effects, does it?" Roxas asked curiously.
Kairi turned around and shook her head. "Nope, just puts the person to sleep for a little bit, that's it," she explained.
"Hmm, well okay," Roxas replied. He pointed the gun at Kairi and smiled. "See you in a couple of hours," he said before he fired. Kairi instantly fell to the ground with Sora still knocked out on top of her.
Roxas grinned. "Revenge is sweet, sweet indeed," he whispered to himself. He walked over to the couple and stared down at their sleeping faces. He pulled the dart out of Kairi and put it back in the gun. "I'm glad yuh bought this, Kairi. I think I'm gonna hold onto it, though. Heh," he chuckled.
Kairi opened her eyes. She looked around the room and was surprised to see Sora hovering over her. He looked worried. "Kairi?" he called, "Are you awake?"
She nodded and sat up in the bed. "What happened?" she asked, "I can't even remember…anything. I just remember going to find Bessy and then she was chasing you and it's all blank after that."
Sora nodded. "Roxas said you were trying to shoot Bessy with the tranquilizer gun to calm her down, but yuh hit me by mistake and then yuh accidentally shot yerself," he explained, "He read tuh papers for it while we were unconscious an' said memory loss is one of the side-effects, but other than that we should be fine."
"Oh, good ol' Roxas. He's always looking out for us, isn't he?" Kairi asked with a small smile.
Sora nodded. "Yeah, he's pretty great. I dun' understand why the town doesn't like him," he thought out loud, "But anyway, he said once you feel well enough yuh can get started on dinner. He already took care of Bessy."
"All right. I think I'll make potato soup tonight. Roxas deserves it," she announced. She leaned over and kissed Sora. "I'll see you at dinner, darling," she whispered before she stood up and walked toward the kitchen.
Roxas snickered from outside of the shack's door. "Ah, Kairi. If yer gonna play tuh game yuh gotta read all the instructions first," he quietly chuckled to himself.