Rini and Xellos are in the kitchen together when we go back up to the lodge. Rini works in
the kitchen and she must've invited Xellos to help her cook, which may or may not be a
good thing.
The two of them are giggling and fooling around like old friends, so we let them be for the moment and head back towards the lounge.
There, in the small room, are Random and Spike, both sprawled out on the less-than-comfortable furniture. Spike's got a sort of nervous twitch going and I wonder if it's because he's not allowed to smoke and he's going through tobacco withdrawal. The TV is on, picking up mostly static and snow, but neither of them is watching it. Random's got a can of iced tea and she's scrunched up in "my" chair. Spike is draped across the couch, staring at the ceiling.
"Hello." I say pointedly. Some how, neither of them seem to notice us, large crowd that we are.
"Hey, Pic." Random responds lazily. She makes no move to get up, just sits there like a sloth.
Spike looks at us. Georgie lets out a little squeal of glee when she pushes through us into the room and sees him there. "Spike!!" She exclaims excitedly.
He glances at her. Blinks once. Twice.
She scoots over next to him on the couch. "I'm Georgie. I've been waiting a long time to meet you. This is so exciting!"
"Hey, Random, did you know Xellos is here?" Rose asks.
This perks Random up. "He is? Where?"
"In the kitchen with Rini. I think they're making dinner."
"REALLY!?" She jumps up from the couch and scampers out of the room.
Marz comes in then, Goten trailing behind her. She stops in the doorway and surveys the scene. Then she notices Gohan standing by Molly. Molly has been waiting for Goten and Marz has been waiting for Gohan. The two girls immediately glomp onto their respective brother. Gohan looks slightly worried about this, but it doesn't seem to bother Goten that a strange girl is clinging to him. In fact, he seems to be enjoying it.
"Hey guys!" I hear Random calling, "It's FOOD!!"
"Food?" Gohan and Goten look at one another happily. I think to myself, they had better have made a lot of what ever it is they cooked...Two Saiyans can eat a ton of food...
I'm not so happy when I see what we're eating: Taco Bake. Taco Bake (AKA Taco Blast or Taco Crap) is one of those things that's good the first time you eat it, but the novelty has worn off before it makes a second go-round. Plus the salsa at camp is weird and I don't really like it.
Finally, while we're eating, the last two of the bishie-obsessed appear with the last two bishie. Into the dinning hall come Juno and Krystan, a pair of blond men in sunglasses trailing behind them. The lanky one in the red trench coat, he's Vash. I know that because Krystan's staring at him as if not sure he's really there. The other one in the sunglasses is Wesker. Rose has been waiting for him.
Juno looks at everybody. She grins when her gaze falls upon Inu Yasha. Then she looks around the table again. "Wait a minute! There's one bishie too many...MIROKU! What is he doing here?"
He looks up, clearly perplexed by her reaction to his being there. He's seated between me and Laura no Baka (much to his dismay and Laura's insistence), and is clearly enjoying the fact that there are nine young women in his presence (He isn't counting Laura as a young woman). Juno's attitude puts him off a little and I notice something I never would have expected to see in him. He's hurt by her rejection.
I frown. What problem could Juno possibly have with Miroku? Sure, I understand that he and Inu Yasha aren't exactly the best of friends and they don't exactly get along, but that isn't a very good reason for Juno to hate him so passionately. I know she's not happy to see him there, just by the tone of her voice. That worries me. She already despises Laura no Baka, and the two fight, so I hope she isn't that dead-set against Miroku's being there because I want him to stay.
The Taco Crap is not a popular meal among the bishonen. They, like I do, push it around on their plates. Well, except for Gohan and Goten. They wolf it down like it's going out of style. I don't think they even taste it, they're eating so fast. Mom always says that she eats slow so she can taste the food. If she thinks I eat fast, what would she say about the two Saiyans?
I look at Van. He doesn't seem too thrilled to be eating Taco Crap and a look of disgust is spread across his face. "What's wrong?" I ask him.
He looks at me seriously. "What is this stuff?"
"Taco Crap."
Random looks at me from across the table. "Taco Blast." She corrects me.
"Actually," Rini comments, "It's Taco Bake. And I made it so quite complaining."
"No one's complaining." I muttered. I gave the pile of goo that she called "food" another jab with my fork. What a horrid meal. I hope they made Jello. That could make up for the crappiness of the dinner.
Random insists on building a Thunder Fire Ô after dinner so we all troop down to the fire circle. She begins piling wood into the fire pit as we settle ourselves on the ground. She digs through her bag for her "magic matches" (AKA a lighter) and comes up empty handed. "Anybody got a light?"
Spike pulls out a lighter and tosses it to her. "Here."
"Thanks a bunch." She gets the fire going and we sit there until it's dark, talking, telling stories and making s'mores.
It's around midnight when I begin to feel sleepy. I notice that Goten is yawning and it suddenly occurs to me that no one knows yet where they're sleeping.
Random solves the problem for me. She announces that she and Xellos are sharing the tent in Pioneer tonight and they disappear together.
"Ooo!" Juno squeals, "Let's go! I wanna stay in my tent in Explorer!" She grabs Inu Yasha by the hand and pulls him away after her.
Molly, Marz, Gohan and Goten all head off towards Viking together. The group is breaking up into bits and pieces, the posse members and their respective bishie are leaving to go to bed (AN: not "go to bed" in THAT way! ^^;). They all disappeared, leaving me, Van, Miroku and (gag!) Laura no Baka to put out the fire.
Laura no Baka was fawning over Miroku who (for the first time in his life I'm sure) did not look pleased to be reciveing a female's attention. Van was lying on his back, looking up at the sky. The monk shoots me a pleading look, as if he's begging me to get her away from him.
"We might as well go up to Rowe for the night." I say while I sprinkle water over the embers left from the fire.
Miroku jumps up right away. "Good idea. Let's go."
"You don't even know where we're going." Van points out.
"...Right."
"I can show you." Laura no Baka simpers, "Follow me."
"I...I'd rather wait for PiccoLo. You know, to make sure she puts out the fire okay." He stammers and I wonder if a single girl has ever flustered him so much.
I smile sweetly. "I'll be fine, Miroku. You guys can head up to Rowe without me."
"Are you sure you want to walk back in the dark yourself? The woods can be dangerous at night. There are a lot of wild animals, aren't there?" He sounds quite convincing in this speech and it's as if he knows I hate being in the woods alone at night.
I frown. I don't really want to walk back alone. "All right...Gimme a sec and we can go."
Van stands up and stretches. "Take your time." He's enjoying Laura no Baka's clinging to Miroku (which, I must admit, is pretty funny to watch) and he doesn't want it to end that easily.
I finally finish and the fire is out. The four of us trudge of together towards Rowe. Miroku is on one side of me and trying to stay as far away from Laura as possible (which isn't working too well) and Van is on the other.
There's a sudden skittering noise behind us and Laura, baka that she is, screams and grabs Miroku by the hand. The right hand. Not cool.
He yanks his hand out of hers. "What are you doing? Trying to get us all killed?" He asks angrily.
"Wha-what do you mean?"
"If you uncovered my hand, we'd all die." He tells her curtly, "There's a powerful black hole in my hand and it can pull anything in. Why do you think I keep it covered?"
"Style?"
"Baka." I whisper.
"Whatever that means." She glares at me through the darkness.
Miroku, Van and I all snicker. Laura no Baka stalks off ahead of us.
"Chode." I mutter after her. We go a little farther before I feel a hand on my ass. Miroku...does he think I won't notice because it's dark? He can't be that dumb. I wonder how long he'd been planning on doing that. Instead of smacking him though, I just smile. I can easily confuse him...He thinks I'll get mad. My, what a fun summer this will be...
The two of them are giggling and fooling around like old friends, so we let them be for the moment and head back towards the lounge.
There, in the small room, are Random and Spike, both sprawled out on the less-than-comfortable furniture. Spike's got a sort of nervous twitch going and I wonder if it's because he's not allowed to smoke and he's going through tobacco withdrawal. The TV is on, picking up mostly static and snow, but neither of them is watching it. Random's got a can of iced tea and she's scrunched up in "my" chair. Spike is draped across the couch, staring at the ceiling.
"Hello." I say pointedly. Some how, neither of them seem to notice us, large crowd that we are.
"Hey, Pic." Random responds lazily. She makes no move to get up, just sits there like a sloth.
Spike looks at us. Georgie lets out a little squeal of glee when she pushes through us into the room and sees him there. "Spike!!" She exclaims excitedly.
He glances at her. Blinks once. Twice.
She scoots over next to him on the couch. "I'm Georgie. I've been waiting a long time to meet you. This is so exciting!"
"Hey, Random, did you know Xellos is here?" Rose asks.
This perks Random up. "He is? Where?"
"In the kitchen with Rini. I think they're making dinner."
"REALLY!?" She jumps up from the couch and scampers out of the room.
Marz comes in then, Goten trailing behind her. She stops in the doorway and surveys the scene. Then she notices Gohan standing by Molly. Molly has been waiting for Goten and Marz has been waiting for Gohan. The two girls immediately glomp onto their respective brother. Gohan looks slightly worried about this, but it doesn't seem to bother Goten that a strange girl is clinging to him. In fact, he seems to be enjoying it.
"Hey guys!" I hear Random calling, "It's FOOD!!"
"Food?" Gohan and Goten look at one another happily. I think to myself, they had better have made a lot of what ever it is they cooked...Two Saiyans can eat a ton of food...
I'm not so happy when I see what we're eating: Taco Bake. Taco Bake (AKA Taco Blast or Taco Crap) is one of those things that's good the first time you eat it, but the novelty has worn off before it makes a second go-round. Plus the salsa at camp is weird and I don't really like it.
Finally, while we're eating, the last two of the bishie-obsessed appear with the last two bishie. Into the dinning hall come Juno and Krystan, a pair of blond men in sunglasses trailing behind them. The lanky one in the red trench coat, he's Vash. I know that because Krystan's staring at him as if not sure he's really there. The other one in the sunglasses is Wesker. Rose has been waiting for him.
Juno looks at everybody. She grins when her gaze falls upon Inu Yasha. Then she looks around the table again. "Wait a minute! There's one bishie too many...MIROKU! What is he doing here?"
He looks up, clearly perplexed by her reaction to his being there. He's seated between me and Laura no Baka (much to his dismay and Laura's insistence), and is clearly enjoying the fact that there are nine young women in his presence (He isn't counting Laura as a young woman). Juno's attitude puts him off a little and I notice something I never would have expected to see in him. He's hurt by her rejection.
I frown. What problem could Juno possibly have with Miroku? Sure, I understand that he and Inu Yasha aren't exactly the best of friends and they don't exactly get along, but that isn't a very good reason for Juno to hate him so passionately. I know she's not happy to see him there, just by the tone of her voice. That worries me. She already despises Laura no Baka, and the two fight, so I hope she isn't that dead-set against Miroku's being there because I want him to stay.
The Taco Crap is not a popular meal among the bishonen. They, like I do, push it around on their plates. Well, except for Gohan and Goten. They wolf it down like it's going out of style. I don't think they even taste it, they're eating so fast. Mom always says that she eats slow so she can taste the food. If she thinks I eat fast, what would she say about the two Saiyans?
I look at Van. He doesn't seem too thrilled to be eating Taco Crap and a look of disgust is spread across his face. "What's wrong?" I ask him.
He looks at me seriously. "What is this stuff?"
"Taco Crap."
Random looks at me from across the table. "Taco Blast." She corrects me.
"Actually," Rini comments, "It's Taco Bake. And I made it so quite complaining."
"No one's complaining." I muttered. I gave the pile of goo that she called "food" another jab with my fork. What a horrid meal. I hope they made Jello. That could make up for the crappiness of the dinner.
Random insists on building a Thunder Fire Ô after dinner so we all troop down to the fire circle. She begins piling wood into the fire pit as we settle ourselves on the ground. She digs through her bag for her "magic matches" (AKA a lighter) and comes up empty handed. "Anybody got a light?"
Spike pulls out a lighter and tosses it to her. "Here."
"Thanks a bunch." She gets the fire going and we sit there until it's dark, talking, telling stories and making s'mores.
It's around midnight when I begin to feel sleepy. I notice that Goten is yawning and it suddenly occurs to me that no one knows yet where they're sleeping.
Random solves the problem for me. She announces that she and Xellos are sharing the tent in Pioneer tonight and they disappear together.
"Ooo!" Juno squeals, "Let's go! I wanna stay in my tent in Explorer!" She grabs Inu Yasha by the hand and pulls him away after her.
Molly, Marz, Gohan and Goten all head off towards Viking together. The group is breaking up into bits and pieces, the posse members and their respective bishie are leaving to go to bed (AN: not "go to bed" in THAT way! ^^;). They all disappeared, leaving me, Van, Miroku and (gag!) Laura no Baka to put out the fire.
Laura no Baka was fawning over Miroku who (for the first time in his life I'm sure) did not look pleased to be reciveing a female's attention. Van was lying on his back, looking up at the sky. The monk shoots me a pleading look, as if he's begging me to get her away from him.
"We might as well go up to Rowe for the night." I say while I sprinkle water over the embers left from the fire.
Miroku jumps up right away. "Good idea. Let's go."
"You don't even know where we're going." Van points out.
"...Right."
"I can show you." Laura no Baka simpers, "Follow me."
"I...I'd rather wait for PiccoLo. You know, to make sure she puts out the fire okay." He stammers and I wonder if a single girl has ever flustered him so much.
I smile sweetly. "I'll be fine, Miroku. You guys can head up to Rowe without me."
"Are you sure you want to walk back in the dark yourself? The woods can be dangerous at night. There are a lot of wild animals, aren't there?" He sounds quite convincing in this speech and it's as if he knows I hate being in the woods alone at night.
I frown. I don't really want to walk back alone. "All right...Gimme a sec and we can go."
Van stands up and stretches. "Take your time." He's enjoying Laura no Baka's clinging to Miroku (which, I must admit, is pretty funny to watch) and he doesn't want it to end that easily.
I finally finish and the fire is out. The four of us trudge of together towards Rowe. Miroku is on one side of me and trying to stay as far away from Laura as possible (which isn't working too well) and Van is on the other.
There's a sudden skittering noise behind us and Laura, baka that she is, screams and grabs Miroku by the hand. The right hand. Not cool.
He yanks his hand out of hers. "What are you doing? Trying to get us all killed?" He asks angrily.
"Wha-what do you mean?"
"If you uncovered my hand, we'd all die." He tells her curtly, "There's a powerful black hole in my hand and it can pull anything in. Why do you think I keep it covered?"
"Style?"
"Baka." I whisper.
"Whatever that means." She glares at me through the darkness.
Miroku, Van and I all snicker. Laura no Baka stalks off ahead of us.
"Chode." I mutter after her. We go a little farther before I feel a hand on my ass. Miroku...does he think I won't notice because it's dark? He can't be that dumb. I wonder how long he'd been planning on doing that. Instead of smacking him though, I just smile. I can easily confuse him...He thinks I'll get mad. My, what a fun summer this will be...