Chapter 4: The search goes on.

Kiyoko thought she would find Rinoa first. She sniffed the air and followed her scent. She has briefly met her, but has caught her scent on Roc's jacket, since she did hold it for him sometimes.
She stopped in front of the library. Rinoa's scent was strongest here. She walked in and noticed a girl behind the counter.
'That must be that library chick Zell was talking about last night.' She thought to herself. The girl didn't move from her spot from behind the counter. She just, stared, at her. Kiyoko made a fake smile showing her fangs as she waked up to the counter.
"Is Rinoa in here?" She asked politely, yet erasing her smile.
Her answer was just a point to her left, Kiyoko's right, and she followed her direction. She saw Rinoa on the computer, typing and clicking. She ducked immediately and hid behind a bookcase as she watched Rinoa scroll up and down on her screen. She was on some kind of search engine and keyed in something. Kiyoko couldn't tell what it was, the font was too small. Rinoa hit enter and waited. Then, in big bold letters was 'Felious'. She scrolled down and found sites in blue, though there were only three sites:
1. Felious, fact or fiction
2. Fantasies and Legends or the Felious
3. Felious Reports.

'So you think you're pretty smart, huh?' Kiyoko thought. 'I'll just go to the library and look you up and no one will ever find me here.' She mocked in Rinoa's voice in her mind. To the right of Rinoa's seat was Squall on the computer, doing the same thing, but on a different search engine. It didn't matter though. It still made Kiyoko bitter. She was starting to angry. She turned around, her back against the books and slouched a little.
'Everybody wants to know about me. Everyone's so nosey. I feel like I'm back in that stupid bubble again, only this time I'm free to move around in it and it has a big fountain and an elevator.' She wanted to trash them out some more, but she knew that wouldn't help her on what a spa was. So she got up quietly and left the library in search for the last human women she knew: Quistis.

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Kiyoko sniffed the air again. Then she found who she was looking for. Before, when she was around Quistis, she particularly smelled a certain perfume she would wear.
"Kinda smelled like lilies." She said aloud.
She started walking in the direction of the scent when she saw Zell shadow boxing. She took a few steps back so he won't see her spying on him. It was kind of cute watching him there, bouncing around trying to punch his own shadow.
'Now that's adorable.' A small smile escaped her lips.
She continued walking on past him when, on accident, Zell almost punched Kiyoko in the side. Her reflexes were quick though, and she caught his fist in time. She continued to hold it when she glanced up to him.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" He sputtered out. "I didn't mean to!"
"Don't be such a baby. It was an accident. Besides I caught your fist anyway. To tell you the truth, you are kind of slow."
A soft glare spilled out of his blue eyes and into hers. He quickly noticed that she had the brightest gold eyes he had ever seen. He stared into them not knowing he was getting lost in them.
"Keep it up."
He squinted in confusion on what had just happened. He didn't hear that come out her mouth…but he heard it in his mind. He closed his eyes and shook the confusion away. Kiyoko took this opportunity to leave. She released his fist and silently walked away from him.

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"Ooooooh Quistis.....where are yooooou?" She said while jogging towards her scent. She soon stopped where the scent was strongest. The most dreaded place that was that she feared. The infirmary. Hesitant and afraid, she stood there in front of the sign.
'Well, if they put a needle in me, they got another thing coming. Like a punch in the face.' With that thought in mind she bravely marched down the hall. She stepped in front of the door and it automatically opened. She immediately dropped to the floor in a crouch position ready to strike. Somewhat startled, she realized the door was harmless and crawled inside.
Meanwhile, Quistis was in her desk doing some work. As soon as the door opened she looked up, only to find no one standing there. So she shrugged and went back to work at her desk, not knowing Kiyoko was in the room. She realized that she was in the same room as the 'Quistis' scent. Her back was against the desk and she look under it to see a pare of black boots. They were crossed by the ankle and she looked relaxed. It didn't seem like she had noticed Kiyoko had come into the room. Kiyoko took this as an opportunity to scare her unsuspecting prey.
A low growl escaped her lips and she manipulated it to come from Quistis's right side. She turned around nervously in her swivel chair. Frightened and confused, she shrugged it off once more and continued back to work. Then she heard it again, louder this time. She turned and stared only at the entrance door. Kiyoko crept up slowly behind her, extended her claw on her index finger, and tapped her lightly on the shoulder. Quistis felt three pricks near her neck. She turned abruptly; face to face with button nosed cat girl.
"BOO!"
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"
"hehehehehehe."
"Shut up!"
"Am I good? Or am I good?"
"Do I have a choice?"
"Those are your choices!"
" *sigh*...No comment."
"....Can I ask you a question?"
"Shoot."
"What is a spa? I asked Roc, but he wouldn't tell me. Why is that?"
"I can probably figure out why." She laughed. "What else did you ask him?"
"I said, 'What do you wear to this spa?' and he told me to go ask one of you, and then he went into his room and locked his door!"
"Well, I don't blame him." She laughed again.
"Well, why? And why are you laughing? And what do I wear to this dumb spa!?"
"That's just the point."
"Huh?"
"You don't."
"I,...don't,...what?"
"You don't wear, anything."
"!!!......WHAT!!??"
Just then she grabbed Quistis by the collar,
"Now Kiyoko, calm down..."
"No, I will not calm down. You invited me to this stupid spa and you expect me to walk around naked!? And on top of that, YOU INVITED THOSE MALES TOO!!?? Are you, INSANE!?"
"Kiyoko-" She said calmly, "Let go of me."
She eyed her first, then let go obediently. She admired Quistis's since of calm and bravery.
"Sit." Quistis said firmly.
Kiyoko sat on command. She could still smell a hint of fear on her, but she decided to let Quistis talk.
'Then maybe I can finally know what a spa is!' Kiyoko thought gleefully.
"See," Quistis began, "What a spa is-"
"Yes!" Kiyoko interrupted, "My quest is over!"


30 minutes later............


Kiyoko walked out of the infirmary with a dumbfounded look on her face. Quistis led her out by the arm like she was handicapped. Her eyes were wide and she was speechless. Kiyoko was just out side the door when Quistis broke her silence.
"Oops!" She glanced at the door just in time to hear the phone ring.
"I'll be right back."
She left Kiyoko standing by the door as Quistis ran in and picked up the phone. She stood there, remembering their previous conversation. She broke it down into 'good news', and 'bad news'. The good news was that there was a Men and Women on each spa. 'Yea.' She cheered dully. This particular spa cares and pursues purity, so when you leave the resort, you get to feel clean and refreshed. The bad news was that this "resort"-Kiyoko fingered the abbreviation- as Quistis called it, as said before, pursues purity. Of course in order to do this you have to bathe…nude. The only thing you can wear outside the spa, is a complementary towel. You don't get your clothes back until you leave the resort. She remembered Quistis saying something about taking your clothes to a special place to be cleansed and washed making you, the guest, feeling nice and clean.
"And the worst part of all is that we're staying there for three days!" She whined out loud.
"So besides being in the spa," she continued, "I'm going to do all my activities in a bath towel! This sucks."
She heard the door open and spun around to be greeted by Quistis.
"That was Squall. He said he talked with the owner of the resort. We're leaving in ten minutes! Also if we're lucky, we might stay a few more days!"
" 'If we're lucky'!?" Kiyoko repeated sarcastically.
She heatedly walked away while Quistis called after her,
"Don't worry, It'll be fun!"
"Oh, fun she says..."