After they finished dinner the girls went to Heather's room

After they finished dinner the girls went to Heather's room.

"This is boring, isn't their something else we can do besides sit here?" Sarah ranted.

"What do you suggest we do?" Heather questioned her friend, giving her the `you know what happened last time look'.

"Lets tell scary stories!" Jamie shouted.

The five girls looked at Jamie.

"Yay!!" Sarah shouted.

Shana and Heather looked at each other and shrugged.

"OK, who's gonna go first?" Jamie asked.

"I don't know any scary stories off the top of my head." Amanda said.

"Hmmmmm..... the only thing that is close to one is when I was in the basement." Katie started.

"Well, keep going." Sarah urged.

"Ummm, well... I was about 15 and my brother had just got his drums. I was in the basement painting and I heard this druming sound. I thought it was my brother playing on the drums, so I got up to go check."

"You couldn't just look?" Sarah asked.

"Nope, our basement is a circle with a little inlet by the stairs." The older girl said making out the shape of her basement with her fingers so her friends could get a better picture of what it was like. "Anyways, I got up to see if it was my brother. I don't like to paint when he's in the basement cause he can get really loud. So when I got over to the other side of the basement where the drums were, there was no one there. I figured it was just my imagination playing tricks on me so I went back to my table to paint. But right as I was sitting down I heard it again."

"The drumming sound?" Sarah asked.

"No, Casper calling my name. Yes, the drumming sound. So I figured my brother was actually down in the basement he was just playing tricks on me. So I went around to where the drums were and was checking every possible spot where someone could hide, when I heard the drumming noise coming from behind me. I turned around and look and there was no one at the drums. The only thing in front of me was the furnace. So I figured that maybe the pilot light was out and was trying to come back on. I walked up to the furnace and looked through the hole where the pilot light was and I heard this high pitched laugh..."

"DA!!!"

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!" All six girls fell off the bed and onto the floor, five were clinging to each other for dear life. The last one was laughing.

"Eh?! What's wrong, na no da."

"Chichiri, don't scare us like that!" Shana chided him.

"You girls look like you've seen a ghost, na no da."

"Haha, that was great." Sarah laughed

"Baka." The rest of the girls said in unision.

"What is going on? Is everyone alright?" Hotohori came rushing through the doorway. The rest of the seishi following closely behind.

"Yeah we're fine." Sarah started, the other girls were still to stunded by the sudded comtion to talk. "We were telling ghost stories."

"%*@@#! girls, they get scared over nothing." Tasuki said putting away his tessen. The rest of the guys put away their weapons and relaxed a bit.

The girls picked themselves up off the floor and sat back down on the bed.

"We should have a slumber party!!" Sarah shouted.

"Slumber party?" Nuriko questioned.

"Yep, we should have a slumber party and tell more ghost stories." Sarah's eyes lit up.

"What's a slumber party?" Kouji repeated the question.

"A slumber party is basically a bunch of people getting together and sleeping in the same place, and doing different things like telling ghost stories. It's kind of like indoor camping." Shana told the guys.

"You mean I'd have to sleep in the same room as all these girls?" Tasuki asked.

"Why not?" Jamie asked. "Or is Tasuki afriad of girls?"

"I'm not &&$##@ afraid of anything." He said sticking his nose in the air.

"Sure Tasuki," Tamahome teased.

"Shut up Obake-chan!"

"Don't call me Obake-chan, Flame brain!"

"Then why not?" Amanda asked, ignoring the squabbling boys.

"I am not sure if this is proper." Hotohori sounded concerened.

"People do it all the time in our world." Heather broke in.

"Really?" Tamahome asked, breaking off from his arguing.

"Well yeah," Kaite continued. "I mean we've had sleepovers at Ty's and Kent's before. Well...with the exception of Sarah, Shana, Amanda and Jamie.... OK that was a bad example. But it's not all that uncommon amoung good friends."

"Well I suppose it would be ok..."

"Yay!!!!" Sarah shouted.

"No way!" Tasuki started. "I ain't staying with a bunch a girls!"

"That's just cause you're scared."

"Aww, shut up obake-chan." Tasuki said show off his fangs.

"Don't call me that flame brain!"

"What the &$#(%# are you guys laughing at?!" Tasuki said looking at the giggling girls who were still sitting on the bed.

"We're laughing at you two." Jamie pointed out.

"Well quit it." He shouted.

"Awwww, S*#*^% it, W^&$)!!" Sarah shouted back.

"Hey that's my insult." Katie said smacking Sarah upside the head with one of the pillows.

"Hey?!"

"Oops, would you look at that. My hand just moved on its own."

"Yeah right." Sarah picked up a near by pillow and hit Katie with it, knocking her and Amanda off the bed.

"Hey?! What's the big idea?"

"Sorry Amanda."

"Sure... I believe you."

"Alright then, this is war!" Sarah said stricking a dramatic pose on the bed. She was then hit with a pillow on the back of her legs. Shortly after all of the girls were hitting each other with the pillows. Sarah ran to her room to get more `ammo' as she launched pillows at the others from across the room.

"This is stupid." Tasuki snorted as a misfired pillow knocked him to the ground.

"Hahaha. Better watch out Flame Brain." Tamahome laughed.

"Bit me, Obake-chan." Tasuki swung the pillow, Tamahome ducked the pillow flew over the top of his head and hit Nuriko letting the pillow go with the seishi. Nuriko stumbled back and hit Kouji and both went down. Nuriko then got up and hit Tamahome with the pillow sending him flying to the other side of the room into the pillow fighting females. Who relaliated by throwing pillows at the guys and the guys throwing them back at the girls. Hotohori Sat down in a chair by the door and sighed.

"Mitsukake-san?!" Chriko asked. "Shouldn't we stop them?"

"I don't think that's possible at the moment. Come on Chiriko." Mitsukake guided the younger Seishi out of the room.

"Take this!!"

"Oh yeah?!"

*Thwap* *Crash* *Bang*

"Ahhhh..." *Thump* "Itai."

"Hey quit betting up on defensless young ladies!"

"Who's defenseless?!"

"Fine." *Thwap*

"Who's a lady?!"

"Oh that's it!" *Smack*

"What the &*$$##!!!"

"Hahahahahahaha."

"Grrrrrr."

"Ahhhhh.... Kawaii, kawaii, kawaii!!!"

"I'm not cute!!!"

"Hehehe."

"Hey no tickling."

"That's not fair!"

"So what."

"Ahhhh.... Aniki."

"Hey leave my Imoto-chan alone!!"

"And you call double teaming fair?"

"Here, let me help."

"Ahhhh...."

They fought back and forth till they were all to tired to stand. Then the girls collapes on the bed and the guys on the floor. Hotohori got up out of his chair and covered the girls over with a comforter, before settleing down on the floor.

"Oyasumi, Hotohori." Heather whispered.

"Good night, Heather." He whispered back. And within minutes all in the room were sleeping.

* * *

Later that night Amanda woke up with a dry throat. Great just what I need, to get sick, she thought as she got up to go get some water. Being extra careful not to wake anyone up, she was already on the edge of the bed so it wasn't that hard. She looked over her shoulder as she was getting up to see Sarah and Katie sprawled out Sarah's foot on Katie's stomach and Katie's arm across Sarah's forehead. She stiffled a small laugh and continued to walk out of the room noticing Tamahome and Tasuki in a similar position that she had seen Sarah and Katie in just a moment ago. She stiffled another laugh and continued out into the hall. She walked down the long corridor, realising that she wasn't quite sure where to go for a glass of water. She turned toward the kitchen and ran right into Kouji.

"Ahhh... Sumimasen." Amanda appologiesed quickly.

"Hey don't worry about it. Huh? These things happen all the time, you don't need to apologize. OK." Amanda laughed. "So where are you headed so early in the morning?" He asked, a big grin already on his face.

"Actually I wanted a glass of water. But I'm not quite sure where to go." She gave him a little smile.

"Ahh..." He said bowing. "Right this way ma'am." Then offered her his arm.

Amanda turned red then quickly took it and they walked outside. "We have to go to the well to get some fresh water."

"OK." Amanda said looking at her feet as she walked. When they got to the well Amanda got her drink and after they sat down and talked awhile. Kouji even stopped his talking to himself act to let her get in a couple of sentences.

Back in the Heather's room.......

Jamie woke when she was kick by a frailing Sarah. She sighed and tried to go back to sleep but it didn't work. She laided in the bed awhile staring at the ceiling before she turned on her side and saw a light green glow. What the heck is that?, she thought. She crawled out of bed to investigate the irre green glow coming from the corner of the room. Unfrotunatly for her she was so entranced by the green glow that she failed to see where she was stepping. And she stepped right in the middle of Nuriko's stomach.

"What the...." Nuriko woke with a start and was on his feet in a second. With a startled wide eyed Jamie in his arms.

"Don't do that." Jamie whispered to Nuriko.

"Do what, I'm not the one stepping on people." Nuriko whispered back and was a little upset when Jamie walked past him. Then he saw what she was walking towards, and that she was yet again not paying any attention. Nuriko picked up Jamie and held her out in front of him.

"What are you doing." She looked back and the boy.

"Yes well I don't really mind that you stepped on me, I don't think the Emperor will be to appriciative."

Jamie looked down at the sleeping emperor and sweatdroped. "Uhhh, Thanks."

"No problem." Nuriko set the girl down on her feet, pushed her behind him and then walked toward the green light.

"What do you think it is?"

"How should I know?"

"Ummm, I don't know."

When they were only a couple feet away they stopped. Nuriko got down on one knee to get a better look. *Creak* Nuriko and Jamie turned to see Amanda and Kouji comming into the room.

"What are you two doing?" Nuriko whispered.

"Nevermind us, what are you two doing?" Kouji whispered back.

"NO! WHAT ARE YOUUUUUUUU DOING?!! Sarah shouted pointing at the four who were now clumped by the corner of the room. They all gave very good `deer caught in the headlights' look as the rest of the room woke up.

"Who the _(^$#& is yelling?!"

"I'm yelling, look at you."

"What about me?"

Sarah rolled her eyes then smacked Katie with a pillow. "Wake up."

"What's going on?!" Hotohori asked, smoothing back his already perfect hair.

"Ahh well...." Jamie started.

Tamahome got a candle and lit it, then started to light other candles.

"Here Okake-chan, let me help," Tasuki said pulling out his fan. "Rekka Shiennnnnn......." Flames flew from the fan and engulfed Tamahome and the candles.

"Tasuki...."

"Oops."

The light from Tamahome being set on fire was just enough for Jamie to see what the green light was coming from. Before the light went out completely and it was dark again. She snatched up the glasses that Tai'itsukun had given her and put them on. Once her eyes ajusted to the new light she saw everything in a greenish light. Every move every person in the room made almost as if it were plain day.

"Hey aren't those the glasses that Tai'itsukun gave you?" Shana asked her eyes ajusting to the dark.

"Yeah," Jamie said a smile passing over her face.

"What are you doing with them on?!" Sarah asked.

"I can see you!" She exclaimed.

"Yeah sure, answer the question."

"No really I can see everone in the room. They're like night vision."

"What's night vision?!" Tamahome asked. The girls sighed.

"Well...ummmm...it's something that allows you to see in the dark." Shana tried to explain to him.

"Ohhh... Pretty colors!" Jamie was `ohh'ing and `ahh'ing and looking around the room.

A chorus of `hehe's came from most of the girls.

"Hey Jamie let me see!" Sarah said grabbing at the glasses.

"What the..." Jamie started. "Hey they're mine!" Jamie pushed the older girls hand away from her face. And in a New York accent, "Keep your finger's outta me face!"

"Hey wake up!" Katie was hit with another pillow, but the girl simply groaned and turned on her side, snuggling into the covers.

"Geezz... she's impossible!" Heather continued.

"Now you know what I go through trying to wake her up for class!" Sarah looked back at the girls gathered on the bed.

"Ahhhh!!" Jamie started and was leaning back like she was on a roller coaster going down hill.

"What's wrong with Jamie??" Amanda asked.

Nuriko grabbed the girl so she didn't fall over. Light was starting to filter through the cutained window as the sun rose. The girls and guys in the room stared at Jamie, who looked like she was in lala land. The sunglasses in her hand.

"They're breaking the statue." She finally said.

"What statue?" Shana was standing next to the girl, who still looked out of it.

"The one of the bird."

"Suzaku?!" Hotohori chimed in.

Jamie looked at him and nodded.

The remaining stood up and headed toward the door throwing on clothes and gathering weapons as they went. The girls looked back at Jamie and Nuriko motioned them on. "I'll take care of her." Jamie, Nuriko and the sleeping Katie, covered in blankets, were left in the room. Nuriko shook Jamie and the girl seemed to come out of her trance and stared at him. Tears starting to form in her eyes.

"It hurt," she stammered. "I could almost feel it crying." Nuriko grabbed the girl and hugged her to him.

"It's alright now. Everythings going to be OK." He lead the girl out of the room and to her own. Put her in bed and ran to join the rest of his friends.

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