"So who is the kid again?" Gourry asked for the tenth time that morning, before getting punched in the face by a very annoyed Lina.
"She said that her name is Kiri, and that her mother vanished and her sister won't wake up. She doesn't remember anything else," Lina answered, also for the tenth time this morning (and Gourry had only been up for 15 minutes), "It looks like she may have just come from a battle, but as far as I know there have been no battles anywhere near here."
"The fact that she also seems to have sustained no injuries is also a bit odd, considering the fact that she only remembers a few small details of her life," Zel added.
"Can't you see! The poor girl is traumatized and needs our help!" exclaimed an over-enthusiastic Amelia.
Lina looked at the little girl, who had been cowering behind a tree all morning. DEFINANTLY traumatized. The girl haden't said much sense Lina had found her the night before. After much coaxing, Lina and amelia had got her to take a bath, and then looked her over for any injuries. Surprisingly enough, there were none to be found.
"Kiri-chan, are you hungry? I'll share my breakfast with you," Lina offered, nearly giving her companions heart attacks.
"If she doesn't want any, I'll take some!" Gourry piped up, only to be attacked by Lina.
"I offered KIRI some food! NOT you!" Lina growled as she pummeled Gourry. Kiri simply stared at them with a look of intrest.
"I'm ok, Miss Lina," Kiri whispered.
"Are you sure you don't wan't any food?" Lina asked, watching as breakfast cooked.
"Give the others my share! The way you eat, the others will need any food that you can spare!" Kiri responded.
"Huh? How do you know how I eat?" Lina growled.
"That is a strange thing for a little kid to know," Zel added with suspicion.
"Maybe she just heard about what a big pig Lina is!" Gourry exclaimed, only to be pounded by a VERY angry Lina.
"WHO is a PIG?" demanded Lina.
Kiri did a mental headslap. It was going to be hard to grant Yumeko's wish if she didn't act like a normal little girl, and that meant not knowing who these people are.
Meanwhile, everyone but Zel had forgotten Kiri's statement and greedly consumed their breakfast. After they finished, they all sat down to decide what to do about Kiri.
"I say we bring her with us! It would be UNJUST to leave a little kid alone!" (Amelia)
"I agree. The kid has nowhere to go, and we could possably find her someplace to stay." (Lina)
"Where are we going again?" (Gourry)
"GOURRY! We are going to visit Sypheil! YOU got the invitation!" (Lina)
"Mabey Miss Sypheil will take care of Kiri! Kiri is cute after all, and Sypheil seems to like cute stuff..." (Amelia)
"You think a bubble-brain like Sypheil could take care of Kiri?" (Lina)
"No..." (Amelia)
After a few more hours of sensless babbling, Lina told Kiri that she could come with them, and they headed out to visit Sypheil, unaware that the wind was signaling the arrival of a few other old friends, as well as a couple new ones.
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Toki: Hi? Did you like chapter 1? I'm sorry it's so short, but I am trying to release a new chapter every 3 days at the most!
Suka: But in order to do that we need your help! Tell us what you think of the fic to inspire us, and send any ideas of things that can happen later on to me a MahouBunnyBell@aol.com! This goes for all chapters!
Naoki: We would also like people who would like to edit the fic for us, seeing how it is typed up really fast, and never edited or proofread!
