^_^ hello everyone. I know you all are a bit confused about what happened in the last chapter. I hope this chapter fills in anything you didn't understand in the last
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Vash the Stampede JR.
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Part 15- The Son Of Knives
((Hakura's POV.))
"Will you two knock it off?" Meryl yelled at Ace and me. Ace finally let me go. I fell to the floor, grabbing my throat.
"Gah! I think you just killed five years off my life!" I said rubbing my throat. His hold was stronger then what Wolfwood did. It hurt!
"So. Explain how Knives had a son and those clones." Wolfwood said.
I sat up and cleared my throat. "Well, as far as I know, Knives DID have a son. He named the kid after himself. He's about as old as I am. He had Legato pick out a suitible woman for him... and you know the rest. She had a son and Knives made Legato take him from her. He raised the boy to hate all humans. As far as I know, Knives Jr. wants to destroy all humans as much as Knives did."
"So we have another insane plant out there trying to kill all humanity." Wolfwood said.
"Yeah... that's about it for the Jr. But the clones are another matter. No one can control them. Well, Knives could. So, his son is going out to find all the clones of Knives." I said, putting a finger to my chin in a thoughtful manner.
Everyone just stared at me.
"Ok.. oh yeah! I forgot to tell you they all escaped didn't I? Well, they did. So, there is about 10 of those clones. None of them are 'perfect' copies of Knives though. Each have some or none of Knives' power and intelligence. I think one of them settled down here and now has a wife. So, that proves not all of them hate humans." I said, finishing my explaination.
"And exactly how long have you known all of this?" Wolfwood asked.
"umm... a long time.." I said with a sheepish smile. He was going to hurt me..
Wolfwood bashed me in the back of the head. "Don't you think you should have told us about this when we first met?"
"No not really! What was I going to say? 'Oh hey guys! I'm Vash's son. You know what? Knives had a kid and made some clones of himself! Now they're going to destory the whole world. By the way, how are you guys doing?' WRONG!"
"You know, Mr. Vash has a point." Milly said, finally speaking up.
"You guys are all creepy you know that?" Ace said, leaning against the wall. "I can't believe half of what I've heard! This whole thing about the world going to be destoryed and everything. And who is this Knives guy?"
"Oh boy. Guess it's time to tell him." I said. I gave a sigh before starting telling Ace from beginning to end of what has happened.
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Knives Jr. then man in the cloak, walked around the town. He narrowed his eyes as he watched the humans scatter in the town. He was going to kill them all. All of them would be dead! All he had to do was find the Knives in this town. Those stupid clones!
'How dare they run from me? Those imperfect clones! They should learn to obey their master!' He thought, scanning the area. When, a man stepped up to him.
"Leave this town!" He shouted.
"You must be one of the clones." Knives Jr. sneered at the man.
"Who are you?" The man questioned. He was as tall as Knives himself. He had dirty blonde hair and dark blue eyes. You could see how he was imperfect in Knives' eyes. He cared for these humans.
"You imperfect creation. Return to your master!" He shouted to the man.
"Master? I have no master." He shouted back.
Knives Jr. took off his cloak. He discarded it beside himself.
The man froze in fear. The man before him was... was..
Knives Jr. took out his Colt peacemaker, and shot the man right in the head. "Wrong answer."
He watched with sick satisfaction as the man's body fell to the ground. Blood soiled the sand around him, turning everything to a red color.
"One down. Nine to go."
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"And that's the whole story." I finished.
Everyone in the room stayed quiet. It was getting very eerie. You could hear a pin drop. Everyone glanced at each other, waiting for someone to talk. Almost, daring someone to talk first.
"Wow." Was all Ace really said. That was a lot to comperhend in that short period of time. He stilled had a hard time believeing a lot of it. There being 'Plants' that escaped the bulb and now walk and talk like humans! It was a lot to swollow.
"Yeah." Was all I said.
"That explains a lot." Ace continued. "So. What is your plan to take out this Knives Jr. guy?"
"I don't exactly know what I am going to do about that. I don't think I could bring myself to kill him though." I said, chewing on my thumb again.
"If you don't, I will." Wolfwood answered, taking out another ciggerette and lighting it. He took a deep drag before blowing out the smoke from his lungs. "That was Vash's big mistake last time. He shouldn't have let Knives live. He would have been alive if he just killed Knives."
Everyone stayed silent. You could tell Wolfwood was hurt that Vash was dead. Meryl suddenly got up from the chair.
"I have to go out. I'll be back soon." Meryl said, leaving from the room. I watched her go. I didn't tell anyone, but I could hear her cry out for Vash every night.
I felt like I was stuck in the middle of this. I was telling the hardest story for any of us to hear, over and over again. Sometimes I hate my life, a lot.
"You know. We should get to finding those clones real soon. I don't think Knives will wait very long before he goes to look for them." Ace offered.
"You're right. He's probably looking for them right now." Then wolfwoof turned to me. "Do you have any idea where they are?"
"I've made contact with a few of them. I warned them that Knives' son was after all of them. They said they would contact the others as soon as possible. We all have a meeting place. I could send them a letter to tell them we have to meet." I said, getting up. I went to go right the letters.
"That's not a bad idea, but." Wolfwood started. I groaned. "Knives might be watching the mail. We're going to have to find them to old fashion way."
"Thomas?" I asked. He hit me upside the head.
"No you Needle-nose! We have to find them and make them come with us!" He said, lighting up another cig.
"But, Knives could get to half of them before we could!" I whinned.
"Yes, but you know where they are. I doubt he does. We have a better chance at reaching them then he does." Wolfwood said.
"I agree with Mr. Wolfwood on this one." Milly piped up. I almost forgot she was there. She had been quiet and listening to us the whole time. "But. Maybe we should split up. You know. So we can reach more at one time."
"Good thinking Insurance girl!" I said to her with a wide grin. "Insurance girl and I will go to find the one in Mei city. You, wolfwood and Ace can go find the one in Augusta."
"There's only one in Augusta? But Augusta is huge! It'll take forever to find him in there!" Wolfwod exclaimed.
"Don't worry. He's always in the town saloon on Saturday. You'll find him there. He looks just like Knives. One of the only ones that looks almost exactly like him." I pointed out. "So. Let's get going."
"It's all good in theory. But, how do you expect us to meet up again?" Ace questioned.
"Simple. In exactly one month, let's meet up at September. Then, we can plan it all out from there. I'll give you the rest of the towns where the rest of the Clones I know are." I said, grabbing a peice of paper and writing down a few city names on it. Four in all.
"Don't you know where the rest are?" Wolfwood questioned, looking at the paper.
"I will gather the rest that I know. I only know where 8 are. The others really have kept under cover." I explained, giving Wolfwood the paper. "Now. I'll go find Insurance girl and head out with her."
"Do you think it's wise spiltting the girls up?" Wolfwood questioned, pulling me away from the other two in the room.
"I have to make it up to Meryl. Don't ask." I said, when I saw his confused face. "I just have to have some time alone with her, that's all. You need to watch over Milly and make sure Ace doesn't go spilling our story everywhere."
"Yeah, yeah. You'd better make sure nothing happens to that girl. And try not to get yourself killed." Wolfwood said.
"Gee.. your concern for my health is overwhelling." I said, rolling my eyes at him.
He knocked me on the side of my head. "Just.. TRY to behave."
"You too." I said, winking at him, while rubbing my sore head. Everyone has been hitting me lately! I could feel small bumps everywhere on my head now. I was sure by the end of this week, my head would look like a someone beat me over the head with a hammer.
Wolfwood glared at me for my comment to him. I could see a hint of a blush on his face too. Nothing outstanding, but it was there. "I owe you a good hit for that one."
"You can give it to me when you get back. Right now I have to go find Meryl. See ya." I answered, walking out of the room.
I walked down the hallway to the girl's room. I was about to knock on the door when I heard a muffled sob. I pressed my ear up against the door and listened in on her. It wasn't in my nature to spy on people, but I couldn't help myself. It was Meryl who was crying.
'She must be upset about Vash.' I thought to myself. I sighed, before knocking on the door. I could hear her getting up. I could almost see her trying to straighten her face enough to answer the door.
"Just a minute." She said through the door. I could hear the small crack in her voice. She was really sobbing hard. I felt my own eyes start to tear up.
That's another thing I have from my father. I can cry like a baby sometimes. Just out of nowhere I can start crying and sobbing. It's not because I'm sad, it just happens depending on my emotion at the time.
I heard the knob turn and forcused my attention on what I was going to say to her. I had to make every stupid thing I did to her, up. I had too!
"Oh.. It's you." She said in a slightly surprised voice.
I grinned down at her. "Hiya Insurance girl. We figured out what we were going to do now. You want me to tell you?"
"Yes." She answered back after a second pause.
"..Can I come in?" I questioned her. Her small frame was blocking the door.
"Of course." She answered, moving to the side to let me in. I walked into the room and turned to her, after taking a small glance around the identical room. It was the same as mine.
"What is the plan?" She questioned as she shut the door.
"Well, Ace, Milly and Wolfwood are going to go off, looking for some of the clones. You and me are going to do the same, just in different towns. You know. Split up to cover more ground." I answered. "What do you think?"
"Well,... it could work. But what if one of the clones are.. unfriendly to humans?" Meryl questioned.
"No problem. The ones I met are pretty alright guys. The ones I sent for the others to get, are the nicest of the group. The ones we are oging after are the slightly more... dangerous type." I answered.
"Why are we going after the dangerous ones?" Meryl questioned, her voice recharged with her regular anger.
"Well, they are dangerous to most humans. Since I AM half Plant, they aren't nearly as ... un friendly... to me as they would be to anyone else." I said, rubbing the back of my neck as I spoke.
"So, why I am coming with you and not them?" Meryl questioned, eyeing me.
"Well, I thought... well... I need someone with me.. who can handle themselves.. and since you and milly have to montator ..me.. I guess.. then it's only plausible that you come with me." I answered, sorta waiting for her to hit me while I was talking.
Meryl blinked. "Umm.. I guess you're right. But why isn't Milly coming with us?"
"Well, her and wolfwood deserve to be together." I answered quickly. My nerves were going through the roof! I was sure she was going to see through my little sceme and I was going to pay for it with my head. I waited for the blows to come, but she did something that shocked me.
"I guess you're right. Well, I'll go pack." She said, rushing to get her things together.
I blinked and stared at her back while, she started throwing things she needed onto the bed for her to pack into the suitcase. I heard her mumble a few things like 'This needs to be washed..' 'so does this..' 'I wonder if I have the rest of this outfit..?'
All I really saw were identical copies of what she was wearing. But, there was one outfit that caught my eye. I was a shirt with the word 'Princess' on it, written in black. The shirt itself was a light violet, maybe pink color. The jeans that went with it, looked like they would be a little too small for Meryl's waist. They were blue jeans with black stitches going down the sides of the pant legs. They flared out at the bottom.
I blinked. I NEVER saw an outfit like that one before! Well, then again, I never saw a lot of things before. I watched as she turned around to grab something and spotted me.
"Why are you staring at me?" She questioned ot me with anger in her tone.
"Oh.. umm... that outfit.." I said, pointing to the outfit. "Why don't you ever wear it?"
"This?" Meryl questioned, holding up the .. let's just say 'Princess shirt', for me to look at.
"Yeah." I answered.
"It doesn't fit." Meryl answered quickly, almost too quickly, and stuffed it into the suitcase.
"Then why do you have it?" I questioned to her.
"It's none of your business what clothes I choose to pack. Now, if you don't mind I'd like to pack without someone staring at me." She said, ushering me out of the room. I quickly made my retreat back into Wolfwood's and My room. I opened the door to find all three of them into deep conversation.
They looked up when I came in.
"Hand it over." Wolfwood said to ace, holding out his hand. Ace grumbled something before handing Wolfwood five double dollars.
"What's that all about?" I questioned outloud.
"Well, Mr. Ace bet Mr. Wolfwood five double dollars that Sempai would atleast have smacked you in the face before you came in. Since she didn't, Mr. Wolfwood won." Milly said with her cheerful smile.
"You guys bet on weather I would get smacked or not?" I asked, in complete shock mind you.
"Yeah." They all answered at the same time.
I sighed. There was no use in trying to understand these people.
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Hey everyone! Sorry for the wait on this chapter. I got tied up with my other stories.
Anyways, I signed up for the thingy. I'm not quite sure what it is, but my friends told me I should sign up with it. ::shrugs:: well, whatever makes them happy.
Please review!
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Vash the Stampede JR.
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Part 15- The Son Of Knives
((Hakura's POV.))
"Will you two knock it off?" Meryl yelled at Ace and me. Ace finally let me go. I fell to the floor, grabbing my throat.
"Gah! I think you just killed five years off my life!" I said rubbing my throat. His hold was stronger then what Wolfwood did. It hurt!
"So. Explain how Knives had a son and those clones." Wolfwood said.
I sat up and cleared my throat. "Well, as far as I know, Knives DID have a son. He named the kid after himself. He's about as old as I am. He had Legato pick out a suitible woman for him... and you know the rest. She had a son and Knives made Legato take him from her. He raised the boy to hate all humans. As far as I know, Knives Jr. wants to destroy all humans as much as Knives did."
"So we have another insane plant out there trying to kill all humanity." Wolfwood said.
"Yeah... that's about it for the Jr. But the clones are another matter. No one can control them. Well, Knives could. So, his son is going out to find all the clones of Knives." I said, putting a finger to my chin in a thoughtful manner.
Everyone just stared at me.
"Ok.. oh yeah! I forgot to tell you they all escaped didn't I? Well, they did. So, there is about 10 of those clones. None of them are 'perfect' copies of Knives though. Each have some or none of Knives' power and intelligence. I think one of them settled down here and now has a wife. So, that proves not all of them hate humans." I said, finishing my explaination.
"And exactly how long have you known all of this?" Wolfwood asked.
"umm... a long time.." I said with a sheepish smile. He was going to hurt me..
Wolfwood bashed me in the back of the head. "Don't you think you should have told us about this when we first met?"
"No not really! What was I going to say? 'Oh hey guys! I'm Vash's son. You know what? Knives had a kid and made some clones of himself! Now they're going to destory the whole world. By the way, how are you guys doing?' WRONG!"
"You know, Mr. Vash has a point." Milly said, finally speaking up.
"You guys are all creepy you know that?" Ace said, leaning against the wall. "I can't believe half of what I've heard! This whole thing about the world going to be destoryed and everything. And who is this Knives guy?"
"Oh boy. Guess it's time to tell him." I said. I gave a sigh before starting telling Ace from beginning to end of what has happened.
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Knives Jr. then man in the cloak, walked around the town. He narrowed his eyes as he watched the humans scatter in the town. He was going to kill them all. All of them would be dead! All he had to do was find the Knives in this town. Those stupid clones!
'How dare they run from me? Those imperfect clones! They should learn to obey their master!' He thought, scanning the area. When, a man stepped up to him.
"Leave this town!" He shouted.
"You must be one of the clones." Knives Jr. sneered at the man.
"Who are you?" The man questioned. He was as tall as Knives himself. He had dirty blonde hair and dark blue eyes. You could see how he was imperfect in Knives' eyes. He cared for these humans.
"You imperfect creation. Return to your master!" He shouted to the man.
"Master? I have no master." He shouted back.
Knives Jr. took off his cloak. He discarded it beside himself.
The man froze in fear. The man before him was... was..
Knives Jr. took out his Colt peacemaker, and shot the man right in the head. "Wrong answer."
He watched with sick satisfaction as the man's body fell to the ground. Blood soiled the sand around him, turning everything to a red color.
"One down. Nine to go."
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"And that's the whole story." I finished.
Everyone in the room stayed quiet. It was getting very eerie. You could hear a pin drop. Everyone glanced at each other, waiting for someone to talk. Almost, daring someone to talk first.
"Wow." Was all Ace really said. That was a lot to comperhend in that short period of time. He stilled had a hard time believeing a lot of it. There being 'Plants' that escaped the bulb and now walk and talk like humans! It was a lot to swollow.
"Yeah." Was all I said.
"That explains a lot." Ace continued. "So. What is your plan to take out this Knives Jr. guy?"
"I don't exactly know what I am going to do about that. I don't think I could bring myself to kill him though." I said, chewing on my thumb again.
"If you don't, I will." Wolfwood answered, taking out another ciggerette and lighting it. He took a deep drag before blowing out the smoke from his lungs. "That was Vash's big mistake last time. He shouldn't have let Knives live. He would have been alive if he just killed Knives."
Everyone stayed silent. You could tell Wolfwood was hurt that Vash was dead. Meryl suddenly got up from the chair.
"I have to go out. I'll be back soon." Meryl said, leaving from the room. I watched her go. I didn't tell anyone, but I could hear her cry out for Vash every night.
I felt like I was stuck in the middle of this. I was telling the hardest story for any of us to hear, over and over again. Sometimes I hate my life, a lot.
"You know. We should get to finding those clones real soon. I don't think Knives will wait very long before he goes to look for them." Ace offered.
"You're right. He's probably looking for them right now." Then wolfwoof turned to me. "Do you have any idea where they are?"
"I've made contact with a few of them. I warned them that Knives' son was after all of them. They said they would contact the others as soon as possible. We all have a meeting place. I could send them a letter to tell them we have to meet." I said, getting up. I went to go right the letters.
"That's not a bad idea, but." Wolfwood started. I groaned. "Knives might be watching the mail. We're going to have to find them to old fashion way."
"Thomas?" I asked. He hit me upside the head.
"No you Needle-nose! We have to find them and make them come with us!" He said, lighting up another cig.
"But, Knives could get to half of them before we could!" I whinned.
"Yes, but you know where they are. I doubt he does. We have a better chance at reaching them then he does." Wolfwood said.
"I agree with Mr. Wolfwood on this one." Milly piped up. I almost forgot she was there. She had been quiet and listening to us the whole time. "But. Maybe we should split up. You know. So we can reach more at one time."
"Good thinking Insurance girl!" I said to her with a wide grin. "Insurance girl and I will go to find the one in Mei city. You, wolfwood and Ace can go find the one in Augusta."
"There's only one in Augusta? But Augusta is huge! It'll take forever to find him in there!" Wolfwod exclaimed.
"Don't worry. He's always in the town saloon on Saturday. You'll find him there. He looks just like Knives. One of the only ones that looks almost exactly like him." I pointed out. "So. Let's get going."
"It's all good in theory. But, how do you expect us to meet up again?" Ace questioned.
"Simple. In exactly one month, let's meet up at September. Then, we can plan it all out from there. I'll give you the rest of the towns where the rest of the Clones I know are." I said, grabbing a peice of paper and writing down a few city names on it. Four in all.
"Don't you know where the rest are?" Wolfwood questioned, looking at the paper.
"I will gather the rest that I know. I only know where 8 are. The others really have kept under cover." I explained, giving Wolfwood the paper. "Now. I'll go find Insurance girl and head out with her."
"Do you think it's wise spiltting the girls up?" Wolfwood questioned, pulling me away from the other two in the room.
"I have to make it up to Meryl. Don't ask." I said, when I saw his confused face. "I just have to have some time alone with her, that's all. You need to watch over Milly and make sure Ace doesn't go spilling our story everywhere."
"Yeah, yeah. You'd better make sure nothing happens to that girl. And try not to get yourself killed." Wolfwood said.
"Gee.. your concern for my health is overwhelling." I said, rolling my eyes at him.
He knocked me on the side of my head. "Just.. TRY to behave."
"You too." I said, winking at him, while rubbing my sore head. Everyone has been hitting me lately! I could feel small bumps everywhere on my head now. I was sure by the end of this week, my head would look like a someone beat me over the head with a hammer.
Wolfwood glared at me for my comment to him. I could see a hint of a blush on his face too. Nothing outstanding, but it was there. "I owe you a good hit for that one."
"You can give it to me when you get back. Right now I have to go find Meryl. See ya." I answered, walking out of the room.
I walked down the hallway to the girl's room. I was about to knock on the door when I heard a muffled sob. I pressed my ear up against the door and listened in on her. It wasn't in my nature to spy on people, but I couldn't help myself. It was Meryl who was crying.
'She must be upset about Vash.' I thought to myself. I sighed, before knocking on the door. I could hear her getting up. I could almost see her trying to straighten her face enough to answer the door.
"Just a minute." She said through the door. I could hear the small crack in her voice. She was really sobbing hard. I felt my own eyes start to tear up.
That's another thing I have from my father. I can cry like a baby sometimes. Just out of nowhere I can start crying and sobbing. It's not because I'm sad, it just happens depending on my emotion at the time.
I heard the knob turn and forcused my attention on what I was going to say to her. I had to make every stupid thing I did to her, up. I had too!
"Oh.. It's you." She said in a slightly surprised voice.
I grinned down at her. "Hiya Insurance girl. We figured out what we were going to do now. You want me to tell you?"
"Yes." She answered back after a second pause.
"..Can I come in?" I questioned her. Her small frame was blocking the door.
"Of course." She answered, moving to the side to let me in. I walked into the room and turned to her, after taking a small glance around the identical room. It was the same as mine.
"What is the plan?" She questioned as she shut the door.
"Well, Ace, Milly and Wolfwood are going to go off, looking for some of the clones. You and me are going to do the same, just in different towns. You know. Split up to cover more ground." I answered. "What do you think?"
"Well,... it could work. But what if one of the clones are.. unfriendly to humans?" Meryl questioned.
"No problem. The ones I met are pretty alright guys. The ones I sent for the others to get, are the nicest of the group. The ones we are oging after are the slightly more... dangerous type." I answered.
"Why are we going after the dangerous ones?" Meryl questioned, her voice recharged with her regular anger.
"Well, they are dangerous to most humans. Since I AM half Plant, they aren't nearly as ... un friendly... to me as they would be to anyone else." I said, rubbing the back of my neck as I spoke.
"So, why I am coming with you and not them?" Meryl questioned, eyeing me.
"Well, I thought... well... I need someone with me.. who can handle themselves.. and since you and milly have to montator ..me.. I guess.. then it's only plausible that you come with me." I answered, sorta waiting for her to hit me while I was talking.
Meryl blinked. "Umm.. I guess you're right. But why isn't Milly coming with us?"
"Well, her and wolfwood deserve to be together." I answered quickly. My nerves were going through the roof! I was sure she was going to see through my little sceme and I was going to pay for it with my head. I waited for the blows to come, but she did something that shocked me.
"I guess you're right. Well, I'll go pack." She said, rushing to get her things together.
I blinked and stared at her back while, she started throwing things she needed onto the bed for her to pack into the suitcase. I heard her mumble a few things like 'This needs to be washed..' 'so does this..' 'I wonder if I have the rest of this outfit..?'
All I really saw were identical copies of what she was wearing. But, there was one outfit that caught my eye. I was a shirt with the word 'Princess' on it, written in black. The shirt itself was a light violet, maybe pink color. The jeans that went with it, looked like they would be a little too small for Meryl's waist. They were blue jeans with black stitches going down the sides of the pant legs. They flared out at the bottom.
I blinked. I NEVER saw an outfit like that one before! Well, then again, I never saw a lot of things before. I watched as she turned around to grab something and spotted me.
"Why are you staring at me?" She questioned ot me with anger in her tone.
"Oh.. umm... that outfit.." I said, pointing to the outfit. "Why don't you ever wear it?"
"This?" Meryl questioned, holding up the .. let's just say 'Princess shirt', for me to look at.
"Yeah." I answered.
"It doesn't fit." Meryl answered quickly, almost too quickly, and stuffed it into the suitcase.
"Then why do you have it?" I questioned to her.
"It's none of your business what clothes I choose to pack. Now, if you don't mind I'd like to pack without someone staring at me." She said, ushering me out of the room. I quickly made my retreat back into Wolfwood's and My room. I opened the door to find all three of them into deep conversation.
They looked up when I came in.
"Hand it over." Wolfwood said to ace, holding out his hand. Ace grumbled something before handing Wolfwood five double dollars.
"What's that all about?" I questioned outloud.
"Well, Mr. Ace bet Mr. Wolfwood five double dollars that Sempai would atleast have smacked you in the face before you came in. Since she didn't, Mr. Wolfwood won." Milly said with her cheerful smile.
"You guys bet on weather I would get smacked or not?" I asked, in complete shock mind you.
"Yeah." They all answered at the same time.
I sighed. There was no use in trying to understand these people.
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Hey everyone! Sorry for the wait on this chapter. I got tied up with my other stories.
Anyways, I signed up for the thingy. I'm not quite sure what it is, but my friends told me I should sign up with it. ::shrugs:: well, whatever makes them happy.
Please review!
