The Matchmaker

...Why ARE you still here? The fourth chapter of MM...

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Disclaimer: o_o;; Omigosh! I managed four chapters already... SUGOI! Waaa! I don't own GS, or GSII for that matter, but I don't think I'm gonna throw in Karst; she'll stay in Chibi-ficcy....

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Rawwwrr! ~ ::Stands poised over a large red orb:: .........Fooza!

*Boom!*

::Falls over unconscious:: e_e;;;

[Stephanie] That didn't exactly work... o_o;;

[Garet] *Eating donut* What was she planning to do anyhow?

[Stephanie] ...^^; I asked her to make me my very own magic eight-ball.

[Garet] ...Why? Out of a red orb?

[Stephanie] TT; Don't ask questions that you know you'll get your head impounded for asking. And the red orb makes things if she concentrates enough...

::Stands up suddenly:: Ack! ._. That didn't work. At all. Stupid "Enchanted Orb of Fire"....

[Garet] Where did you find it anyway?

.......The attic. oo; Why do you ask?

[Garet] ....Oh. Um, because I *think* I saw Jenna tramping up there with some stuff...

Ugh. Phoo, Stephanie, magic eight-balls are pagan items anyhow. -_-;; God only knows how many guys you like.

[Stephanie] At least I got over *him.*

Yeah. You have a bad eye for men...

[Stephanie] ...I just go for the rough and tumble and sorta "Rawr!" look. That's not a problem!

When you live under *my* roof, it is. --;;

*Ka-Boom!*

Aiyaaaaaaahhh... Where did that come from?

[Garet] Oh, oh, I know! ^_^ That came from... Ooh, I'd say the Sunny Room.

...The Sunny Room?... Oooooohhhh, *there.* _;; What did I ever do, God, that made you so freakin' mad at me?

[Stephanie] o_o;; I think...

No, no, no! None of that! Maybe there's a magic eight-ball up there, Stephanie. Go! Fetch! ::Points in direction of sound::

[Stephanie] ...If Saddam Hussein is there, can I tackle him?

....Since when was Luana the holder of mass destructions? I thought that title legally belonged to you.

[Stephanie] Ew! _;; Then... Takuro...

.............o_o AGH! Just go! Take a broom from the closet if you must, just go!

[Stephanie] ................A broom won't stand up against a nuclear missile.

Under this roof, it can handle you the day after Christmas.

[Stephanie] Oh, okay. ^_^ *Runs off*

::Sigh:: Stephanie needs to get her mind out of the gutter. She only said that because *she's* really Saddam Hussein. ^^ Just make sure you didn't tell her I told that bit of info to the FBI... And CIA...

[Garet] *Chews donut*

^_^; Here's THE STORY! Gomen, I had to write all that crap. Don't sue me..........

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The Matchmaker

Chapter four

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"Jenna, what *are* you planning?"

"Umm, nothing. Nothing that you need to be overly concerned about." Jenna chuckled nervously. Matchmaking was *her* business, Mia didn't *need* to know about it, right? ....Right. She glanced at the closed door with a bit of nervousness. Girl talk wasn't meant to be heard by male ears. Oh well, if they heard, blasting them to kingdom come with a fireball was fun enough. If they were still outside after she kicked them out --

"Jenna?"

"Oh... Sorry. Thinking."

Mia laughed weakly.

"You rarely ever think..."

"Yeah... And your point is?" She gave the Mercury adept a stubborn look, then took the pale, cold hand in her own always-warm one. "Get better soon, 'kay? Or the guys will be lonely without your presence."

"I thought being flirty was your job!"

"It is, but it's a whole lot funner if you have two babes running around and causing havoc, isn't it?"

"I suppose it is..."

"Now..." She scooted closer. "Do you know who likes you, in this world, besides family and friends? ...And your Djinn?"

"Um..." Mia scrunched up her face a moment. "Well..."

"Isaac does." Jenna giggled, squeezing the cold hand. "He looooves you, you know? Ivan and Garet catch him doing stupid things in front of you..."

"Isaac isn't stupid!" Mia cried, then blinked, realizing her error. "I mean, he... can be a dork sometimes, yes... Not all the time. I thought Garet was the idiot of us."

Jenna started laughing, then tried her best to snuff out the giggles.

"Oh, so... so... Then... You like him too?" She sputtered. Mia's mouth resembled a fish's.

"I-I never... I never said... What? Jenna!"

"Wahahaha! You like him back! Ooo! Just *wait* 'till the girls hear this!"

"Jenna.....!" Mia sighed.

"Jenna, you know Mia needs her rest! What are you doing in there?" The said dork asked from the other side of the door.

"Laughter is the best medicine, ya know?" Jenna snickered, as she opened the door a crack. "Leave her to me, and she'll get better in no time."

"Leaving her to you is like leaving her in a tornado! Jenna, let Dora take over!" Garet grimaced, a dimple appearing in the side of his face.

Jenna was glad that she had been laughing before, so that she was red now, that Garet would not notice the sudden blush that crept over her pretty features.

"It's better than leaving her to you!" Jenna blew a raspberry at him, then shut the door in their faces, leaving two bewildered boys standing out in the hallway.

"So what'd you hear?" Garet asked Isaac curiously.

"Nothing, really. Just sporadic bursts of laughter from Jenna." Isaac sighed, blinked at the door a few times, then trudged back downstairs, mumbling something about a snack.

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"Boys are dorks! All of them!" Jenna said tiredly, as she plopped herself back in the chair.

"Even your precious Garet?" Mia chirped, ducking under the covers as Jenna swung at her head.

"Garet is a bonehead. Has been, is, and always will be." Jenna said, defiantly, stomping around the room, then pausing to look out the window. "...It looks like it might clear up soon."

"That's good."

"Yes, it is good, seeing we need to have Isaac there, and, oh, he needs a *perfectly healthy* partner to go with him -- he can't slow dance alone, y'know?"

"Yeah. Right. And Garet needs a dance partner too!" Mia chuckled, still under the covers.

"Mia, I'm warning you -- "

"You're supposed to take care of me, not try and kill me!" The sick healer retorted. Jenna stuck her tongue out at her.

"I'm going to go out and get you a bit of that honey bread, if Garet hasn't eaten all of it. Okay? I'm *caring* for you." Jenna gave Mia face, then stalked out, heading downstairs, when --

"Oomph!"

"Ow!"

Ivan and Dora looked up to see a mess of Mars adepts in front of the stairs.

"Oh dear." Dora said, a hand going up to her mouth instinctively.

"Oh no..." Ivan sighed.

"Hey! Watch where you're going!"

"Watch where *you're* going!"

"You ran into me!"

"You knocked me over!"

"You probably ate all of the bread!"

"You have no evidence!"

"I'll ask Isaac, or Ivan! They ought to know if you ate the bread, you pig!"

"Jenna, if I didn't know any better, I'd say *Isaac* ate the bread -- "

"I did not!" The Venus adept called from the kitchen.

"See? Ivan's not the type to tick me off like that, so you ate it, with or without evidence -- "

"Dears, there's still plenty of bread. I gave a little to the patients, that's all." Dora intervened, looking rather flushed from the warm fire in the hearth.

Jenna glanced from between Garet, Dora, and Ivan, who blinked innocently. Then, she gave a snort, and stomped off to the kitchen, much to Isaac's horror.

"There's a Mars adept's temper!" Dora tsked, rearranging blankets on a table. "Isaac has no idea what he's doing with all this..."

"That Jenna -- " Garet started, but, as to be expected, Ivan cut in.

"Is who you like!" He chirped.

"Don't anger him, Ivan!" Isaac called. There was a yell following, then Jenna stalked back out, gave Garet a mean look, then pounded on up the stairs, making all of the patients look in fright.

"Looks like Jenna got to Isaac too. We can't have him injured before the Festival..." Dora sighed. "Isaac, dear, are you okay?" She went to investigate.

Ivan chuckled softly, then went to busy himself with the fire. Garet remained where he was, stroking his chin thoughtfully. How exactly *had* he fallen in love with that spitfire of a girl?

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Mia sighed, pulling at her pillow. Jenna had left a half hour ago, saying that she had to make sure Felix wasn't planning any more surprises for the rest of them, and to go home to dinner, politely refusing Dora's invitation. Jenna was a good friend, teasing and giggling about boys, and urging her to go on a date with Isaac - which, of course, she always refused to. Isaac seemed to be a nice enough guy, but there was just a road- block of confusion right there. Garet sometimes flirted with her, but that was merely humor between good friends. Isaac did flirt with her... *sometimes.* You had to squint to see it. Did Isaac... well...

/Do you want to find out if Isaac likes you?/ An all-too familiar voice squeaked in her mind.

/Oooh, Isaac *likes* her?/

A chorus of Djinn voices stormed through her head and she tried, futilely, to block them out.

/You didn't *know?*/ Fizz squeaked, surprise tinting its voice.

/It's not obvious enough!/

/Of course it's not obvious... Isaac never shows the right signs!/

/You bribed Flint!/

/Yeah!/

/How else would you know?/

/I pay attention, unlike the rest of you rowdy little -- /

Mia stuffed a pillow over her head as Djinni ramblings poured through her mind. She didn't hear the door open, and for a little while, Isaac stood there, amused as Mia yelled to her Djinn to stop squabbling. When silence suddenly dominated the squeaking, she cracked one eye open. The Djinn giggled as she reddened to the color of Garet's hair.

"Oh, Isaac! ...Um... Sorry..."

"Yeah, I have Djinn problems too... Evil things they can be, even though they helped in saving the world."

/We are NOT evil!/ Granite squeaked.

/Yeah! Only Flint is!/

/Hey!/ The said Djinni yelled back at the others.

"Flint, be quiet."

/Are you on their side?!/

"Maybe I am. Be quiet."

/Hmph./

"Um, Isaac... Why'd you come up here?"

"Oh, my mother said to come check up on you. And I... Um..." He blushed furiously. "I also need to ask you something."

Mia put up a mental block in her mind, knowing her gossiping Djinn would only make things worse.

"Well, you can see I'm perfectly fine. Even better if these wretched little things weren't here. What do you need to ask?" Her face was calm, but her insides were stretching and twisting in ways she didn't know were possible...

"Um, well.. You know the Festival of Sol and Luna..." She nodded. "Will you... Uh... Accompany-me-to-the-dance?" The last part came out in a rush of words, and she blinked. "Only if you get better, of course... I don't want to force you out if you still have a fever..."

"The fever's already almost gone. Of course, Isaac. I couldn't bear to leave you to those fanatic girls jumping to dance with you... Of course. I'll show mercy and accompany you to the dance." Mia smiled. Isaac could've sworn his insides turned to mush at the delighted turn of her lips and sparkling, dancing eyes.

/Oh, he's fallen!/ Spritz squeaked, giggling.

/Yeah, and hard!/ Dew chuckled.

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Ooooh............. ::Doesn't know what else to say::

[Stephanie: o.o]

_;;;;; Sorry for the lack of updates. I've been skimming around, poking my nose in the Rurouni Kenshin section, and I've always been addicted to Fluffy/Kago stories... Meh. That, and I like bugging Felix!

[Stephanie: 'Bugging' is synonymous with 'torturing.']

Hey! You have no evidence! ............O_O;; You know what synonymous means?!!

[Stephanie: ::Blinks:: Hey, I do! ::Blinks:: No, wait... Wait... No, I don't.]

...........oo;;;

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Midnight C: You're always so nice...... o_O;; ::Can't imagine Midnight C with an axe:: ....Never mind, I don't *want* to imagine it...

Mr. Jupiter: I'm glad it's interesting, if nothing else. Yeah, 'interesting....'

Snoopy6458: ^_^!!

Tsuka: .......Yay!~~Chickens!~~...... oo;

xT-Zealot: Yeah, so it seems...

My BumIsOnFire: Are you complimenting me or criticizing me? I hate trying to decide, so be a dear and tell me, 'kay?

FYI: Whee! I'll be rich!! ^_^ I'm a *special* person!

[Stephanie: EVERYBODY knows that.]

Shut up, equally-as-insane-as-me-muse.

Shadow: -_-;; She has training from a certain crazy homicidal muse...

[Stephanie: XD!!]

PhishyKiss: Doesn't matter, s'long as it's positive. ^_^ And makes me update, right? Right!

Wayward Son: Nonetheless, it doesn't matter. I cheer up at your reviews, for some reason...

TimeSage: Yeah, that was a twist, wasn't it? ^_^ You know I like being weird. Heh...

yuggrl14: Okie-dokie-pokie! ^^

[Stephanie: .....Twenty-six reviews! Holiness!]

Yeah, I know.

[Stephanie: There goes your plan of 'humbling yourself.']

Meh, I was just saying that. How can I, when I'm this popular?

[Felix: Stop torturing me....!]

You missed out on Core, and I had to run around for like an hour to find him/her/it.

[Felix: ...It... Was of... um.. Well, Jenna was the one missing it...]

So? I like Jenna! She's cool!

[Felix: ....]

Yeah, too bad for you, maybe coolness doesn't run in the family. ^_^

[Felix: ......What about Garet?]

He's an oaf, but... Yeah, he's cool. I'd like it if he was faster, tho. That, and have a larger brain...

[Felix: You're so evil!]

More so than........ Alex trying to steal the cookies under Stephanie's nose?

[Felix: Yes. Of course.]

::Smacks him:: That was bad, and you know it! And besides, you tried borrowing my computer!

[Felix: It was for a good reason!]

Tch. Spreading 'World Peace' again, Felix?

[Felix: ...Yeah!]

::Sighs:: We're all hopeless dorks here, so make us feel better and review! ^___^ And give me some innovative ideas to tort--um, BUG Felix!

[Felix: ......-_-;;;]