A/N: *listening to project 86* I'm staying up all night configuring a hard
drive. The lengths I will go to in which to avoid homework. *homework
three inches from her whines to be finished* When I can't write anymore,
I'll finish Animal Farm chapter summaries. Not before. Gomen about the
last chap. It won't happen again, as Miss Claw learned her lesson. Oh,
and Cels is said like Kelse (k eh l s). It's how I say my cousin's name.
I call Nicole nikki, too. I tried calling priscilla pris, but she liked
that as much as she liked me drinking her fruitopia and sprite. "You do
that again, and I'm going to stop talking to you!" I call rachel ray ray.
Also primarily because it annoys her. I also grab at her screw cross, poke
her, wave madly, and just generally annoy her. I call joy joyi; cuz that's
how we figure the Japanese would say her name, even though the teacher
calls Joey in my Jap class Joy. My sensei says she's gonna buy my anime
from me, according to my dad. Parent conferences, what joy. Feh. They're
not denying me my ohio trip yet. So I'll keep working my ass off at a
school I despise. It'll all be worth it if I see .hack//sign in class!
Now we lie awake WITH SHUT EYES! So to forever forget this
I am not Iseult!
Thirteenth Chapter: Die Another Day
Van closed the door behind him, smiling. "The prince has his angel."
Aidana yawned, stretching. "As it's meant to be."
Van cocked his head. "Aren't you at all upset that she stole your man?"
Aidana smirked. "Why would I be? Aren't you at all upset he still your girl?"
Van smiled. "Why would I be?"
Aidana leapt out of the chair, but her legs were still asleep, and she fell towards the ground.
Van sprang forward, catching her. He grinned lopsidedly at her. "Careless."
Dilandau sat up suddenly. "The play!"
Hitomi moaned, and opened her eyes. "Wasn't that over months ago?"
Dilandau relaxed, letting Hitomi's head rest at a more even level. "We cancelled it. Hadley claimed you were born to play Iseult."
Hitomi curled up closer, neither realizing she'd climbed onto the bed and nestled in his arms during the night. "Well then, I guess it doesn't matter if I switch periods again."
Dilandau looked at himself, mortified. "I'm wearing a paper dress!"
Hitomi giggled.
Hitomi closed the door behind her, still giggling.
Van looked up, curious. "What is it?"
Hitomi smirked. "Dilandau decided he needed to wear more than a paper shirt around me."
Aidana snorted. "You've taught him morals, 'Tomi. God help us."
Van started to laugh, but realized she was serious. "It's going to be that bad?"
Dilandau came out in his typical leather. "I'm done here. Leave the money on my bed, and let's go."
The other slayers wakened at hearing their leader's voice, and rushed to pour money on the hospital bed.
Alan prepared his ambush on the catwalk, and prepared for the entrance as the 'killer.' He would slash at Van, and pull Hitomi up to the catwalk, and make his escape. The girl was already a runaway. If she disappeared, there would be no incriminating evidence against him.
Aidana looked up, suspicious. "I'm going to play Iseult."
Van smiled. "Then I'll gladly be your Tristan."
Celesi smiled at the cute little couple squeezed in the booth beside Hitomi and Dilandau. On her side, sitting in Dillan's lap, and Syaoran and Sakura under the table, the 8-person group was small compared to the 13 slayers all crammed in one booth behind them.
Celesi saw Allen enter, and wander the opposite side of the restaurant. Celesi kicked Aidana, who grabbed Hitomi and ran to the girl's room.
Allen turned, and walked over. "I kill her tonight, Dilly."
Allen left the restaurant with a black eye, limp, and wounded pride.
Aidana, wearing the Iseult costume, played her part to perfection. "But, dear king! I wish not to anger you; it is simply that I cannot love you. Through our carelessness, we can do nothing, but I will be your dutiful queen my life through."
Dilandau glared at her. "That is well. You will suffer through being second, as I will find a wife who can love me."
Celesi appeared, dressed as a princess. "I mind not at all being one of two wives, sire."
Van stepped forward. "My Lord, may I have a few words to bid my lover farewell?" he pleaded on one knee.
Aidana forced a blush, and fanned herself, playing herself as pleasantly shocked as she could.
Dilandau glowered at Van. "As long as thou be-est quick."
Van nodded, and pulled Aidana away, kissing her passionately before two guards (Miguel and Dallet) pulled him roughly away, to a cage on stage labeled as the dungeon.
Hitomi played the narrarator, and spoke from the shadows offstage. A computer generator disguised her voice. "But a masked ally of the king decided that the fools must be killed."
At this prompt, Allen leapt from the catwalk, swung down, slashed Van, and lifted Aidana bodily.
When the play concluded, Van was in the nurse's office.
The crew, confused, asked what was wrong.
Celesi looked up, paling. "Oh my God.the sword was real!"
All twenty immediately broke up, searching everywhere for a sign of Aidana or Allen.
Allen, disgusted, threw the fake Iseult aside. "You make me sick. I promise you that I will have Hitomi, one way or another."
Aidana closed her eyes, and put her arms to her sides. "I guess I'll die another day."
Hitomi ran in circles for a few minutes, just to clear her head. Circling the school, she kept her eyes open, though she doubted she'd see anything. She stopped, and thought carefully. Allen always seemed to be around the girl's locker room. She wondered...
Dillan and Celesi appeared. "Hey, are you finding anything?"
Dillan asked calmly, the worry clearly shining in his eyes for his sister.
Celesi bit her lip. "You're thinking unpleasant thoughts. Please be wrong."
Hitomi shook her head. "If I'm wrong, he could have killed her. So I hope I'm right."
The three walked quietly down the empty school halls to the gym. Dillan thought it a simple matter to bust open the girl's locker room door, a fact that scared them both. He made it look so practiced.
"Um...Dillan?"
He concentrated on the door, and slammed his student body card into the crevice one last time. He removed his tongue from between his teeth. "Nani."
Celesi looked a little imposing-even for an innocent little girl she usually carried. "How do you know how to do this?"
"Oh, I get locked out of the gym room a lot."
Hitomi kicked him in the knees. "You lie well, even through your teeth."
Dillan glared, but heard Celesi's comment with actual guilt, "Since when are you in band?"
Inside, the typical gym room during a school activities. Perverts were going through the girl's lockers, ogling things. They saw the shadows, and panicked. When he saw Celesi's open, his eyes glowed fire. "Tell me if you find anything." He called over his shoulder, cracking his knuckles, stalking up the stairs after the pervs.
The girls giggled.
Looking around revealed little at first. The typical, disorganized locker room, they managed to stop up some perv holes, though.
Hitomi finally went to her own locker. She was upset Aidana's locker had been empty, but she should have known Aidana would leave nothing for vandalizing. Her own locker held what she searched for.
Hitomi opened her note. "You thought you could trick me? I guess that means it's time to play with you. That is, if you want your bitchy friend back." After the word 'bitch,' the handwriting got extremely messy, so Hitomi assumed Aidana had been there, and made Allen's job hell for him. That thought brought a smile to Hitomi.
On the back was scrawled an old grade school rhyme: "I am rubber and you are glue. Whatever you say to me bounces off of me and sticks to you!"
"Cels, found it."
Celesi walked over. "What is 'it'?"
Hitomi showed her the note. The bottom side, of course.
Celesi turned bright red, and clenched and unclenched her fists.
Hitomi looked over, and saw the post note, and felt similar.
Dillan had dispatched of the perverts, and caught Dilandau's attention. "Yeah, Hitomi's inside."
Dilandau raised an eyebrow. "What did they do?" he asked, gesturing to the bloody boys lying in the grass.
"Touched Celesi's bra."
Dilandau broke out laughing.
Hitomi and Celesi came out uttering curses Celesi would blush out if she were herself. Dillan cocked his head, and saw the tightly clenched note in Hitomi's hand. He reached for it, and was clubbed in the nose for his efforts.
Holding his now bleeding nose, he angrily asked, "What did I do?"
Hitomi kept on swearing eternal vengeance. "And after I've dismembered him, sliced each piece eight times, and slow roasted him over a grill an entire night I'll..." This wasn't entirely strange language from Hitomi, but the fact Celesi was helping come up with new ideas was.
Dilandau whispered to Dillan, "Hold Celesi back, and I'll get the note."
Dillan nodded, and grabbed Celesi.
Dilandau wrenched the note from her hand, and held her at arm's length as he read it, eyes widening. He tossed it to Dillan, and set about prying Hitomi's jaws open from his leg.
Dillan felt his blood boil. "And once I'm done with your whoring friend, I'll set about finishing you, 'Tomi. And then your man whore group'll be lost with only one bitch. Maybe I'll make them all suicidal and kill her, too."
Aidana yawned; covering her mouth with one hand, while her lighter slowly melted the chain on the bed. "So when do you plan on raping me?"
"Whenever I feel like it, whore."
Aidana took a nail file from her pocket, and threw it into his back. "You son of a bitch!"
"That means you're going to have me for a kid."
Aidana laughed at that. "Oh, hell no. My kid'll know better than that."
"There are three notes to find. I'll get bored eventually, bitch."
Aidana yawned for real this time. "Whatever, mother fucker."
Now we lie awake WITH SHUT EYES! So to forever forget this
I am not Iseult!
Thirteenth Chapter: Die Another Day
Van closed the door behind him, smiling. "The prince has his angel."
Aidana yawned, stretching. "As it's meant to be."
Van cocked his head. "Aren't you at all upset that she stole your man?"
Aidana smirked. "Why would I be? Aren't you at all upset he still your girl?"
Van smiled. "Why would I be?"
Aidana leapt out of the chair, but her legs were still asleep, and she fell towards the ground.
Van sprang forward, catching her. He grinned lopsidedly at her. "Careless."
Dilandau sat up suddenly. "The play!"
Hitomi moaned, and opened her eyes. "Wasn't that over months ago?"
Dilandau relaxed, letting Hitomi's head rest at a more even level. "We cancelled it. Hadley claimed you were born to play Iseult."
Hitomi curled up closer, neither realizing she'd climbed onto the bed and nestled in his arms during the night. "Well then, I guess it doesn't matter if I switch periods again."
Dilandau looked at himself, mortified. "I'm wearing a paper dress!"
Hitomi giggled.
Hitomi closed the door behind her, still giggling.
Van looked up, curious. "What is it?"
Hitomi smirked. "Dilandau decided he needed to wear more than a paper shirt around me."
Aidana snorted. "You've taught him morals, 'Tomi. God help us."
Van started to laugh, but realized she was serious. "It's going to be that bad?"
Dilandau came out in his typical leather. "I'm done here. Leave the money on my bed, and let's go."
The other slayers wakened at hearing their leader's voice, and rushed to pour money on the hospital bed.
Alan prepared his ambush on the catwalk, and prepared for the entrance as the 'killer.' He would slash at Van, and pull Hitomi up to the catwalk, and make his escape. The girl was already a runaway. If she disappeared, there would be no incriminating evidence against him.
Aidana looked up, suspicious. "I'm going to play Iseult."
Van smiled. "Then I'll gladly be your Tristan."
Celesi smiled at the cute little couple squeezed in the booth beside Hitomi and Dilandau. On her side, sitting in Dillan's lap, and Syaoran and Sakura under the table, the 8-person group was small compared to the 13 slayers all crammed in one booth behind them.
Celesi saw Allen enter, and wander the opposite side of the restaurant. Celesi kicked Aidana, who grabbed Hitomi and ran to the girl's room.
Allen turned, and walked over. "I kill her tonight, Dilly."
Allen left the restaurant with a black eye, limp, and wounded pride.
Aidana, wearing the Iseult costume, played her part to perfection. "But, dear king! I wish not to anger you; it is simply that I cannot love you. Through our carelessness, we can do nothing, but I will be your dutiful queen my life through."
Dilandau glared at her. "That is well. You will suffer through being second, as I will find a wife who can love me."
Celesi appeared, dressed as a princess. "I mind not at all being one of two wives, sire."
Van stepped forward. "My Lord, may I have a few words to bid my lover farewell?" he pleaded on one knee.
Aidana forced a blush, and fanned herself, playing herself as pleasantly shocked as she could.
Dilandau glowered at Van. "As long as thou be-est quick."
Van nodded, and pulled Aidana away, kissing her passionately before two guards (Miguel and Dallet) pulled him roughly away, to a cage on stage labeled as the dungeon.
Hitomi played the narrarator, and spoke from the shadows offstage. A computer generator disguised her voice. "But a masked ally of the king decided that the fools must be killed."
At this prompt, Allen leapt from the catwalk, swung down, slashed Van, and lifted Aidana bodily.
When the play concluded, Van was in the nurse's office.
The crew, confused, asked what was wrong.
Celesi looked up, paling. "Oh my God.the sword was real!"
All twenty immediately broke up, searching everywhere for a sign of Aidana or Allen.
Allen, disgusted, threw the fake Iseult aside. "You make me sick. I promise you that I will have Hitomi, one way or another."
Aidana closed her eyes, and put her arms to her sides. "I guess I'll die another day."
Hitomi ran in circles for a few minutes, just to clear her head. Circling the school, she kept her eyes open, though she doubted she'd see anything. She stopped, and thought carefully. Allen always seemed to be around the girl's locker room. She wondered...
Dillan and Celesi appeared. "Hey, are you finding anything?"
Dillan asked calmly, the worry clearly shining in his eyes for his sister.
Celesi bit her lip. "You're thinking unpleasant thoughts. Please be wrong."
Hitomi shook her head. "If I'm wrong, he could have killed her. So I hope I'm right."
The three walked quietly down the empty school halls to the gym. Dillan thought it a simple matter to bust open the girl's locker room door, a fact that scared them both. He made it look so practiced.
"Um...Dillan?"
He concentrated on the door, and slammed his student body card into the crevice one last time. He removed his tongue from between his teeth. "Nani."
Celesi looked a little imposing-even for an innocent little girl she usually carried. "How do you know how to do this?"
"Oh, I get locked out of the gym room a lot."
Hitomi kicked him in the knees. "You lie well, even through your teeth."
Dillan glared, but heard Celesi's comment with actual guilt, "Since when are you in band?"
Inside, the typical gym room during a school activities. Perverts were going through the girl's lockers, ogling things. They saw the shadows, and panicked. When he saw Celesi's open, his eyes glowed fire. "Tell me if you find anything." He called over his shoulder, cracking his knuckles, stalking up the stairs after the pervs.
The girls giggled.
Looking around revealed little at first. The typical, disorganized locker room, they managed to stop up some perv holes, though.
Hitomi finally went to her own locker. She was upset Aidana's locker had been empty, but she should have known Aidana would leave nothing for vandalizing. Her own locker held what she searched for.
Hitomi opened her note. "You thought you could trick me? I guess that means it's time to play with you. That is, if you want your bitchy friend back." After the word 'bitch,' the handwriting got extremely messy, so Hitomi assumed Aidana had been there, and made Allen's job hell for him. That thought brought a smile to Hitomi.
On the back was scrawled an old grade school rhyme: "I am rubber and you are glue. Whatever you say to me bounces off of me and sticks to you!"
"Cels, found it."
Celesi walked over. "What is 'it'?"
Hitomi showed her the note. The bottom side, of course.
Celesi turned bright red, and clenched and unclenched her fists.
Hitomi looked over, and saw the post note, and felt similar.
Dillan had dispatched of the perverts, and caught Dilandau's attention. "Yeah, Hitomi's inside."
Dilandau raised an eyebrow. "What did they do?" he asked, gesturing to the bloody boys lying in the grass.
"Touched Celesi's bra."
Dilandau broke out laughing.
Hitomi and Celesi came out uttering curses Celesi would blush out if she were herself. Dillan cocked his head, and saw the tightly clenched note in Hitomi's hand. He reached for it, and was clubbed in the nose for his efforts.
Holding his now bleeding nose, he angrily asked, "What did I do?"
Hitomi kept on swearing eternal vengeance. "And after I've dismembered him, sliced each piece eight times, and slow roasted him over a grill an entire night I'll..." This wasn't entirely strange language from Hitomi, but the fact Celesi was helping come up with new ideas was.
Dilandau whispered to Dillan, "Hold Celesi back, and I'll get the note."
Dillan nodded, and grabbed Celesi.
Dilandau wrenched the note from her hand, and held her at arm's length as he read it, eyes widening. He tossed it to Dillan, and set about prying Hitomi's jaws open from his leg.
Dillan felt his blood boil. "And once I'm done with your whoring friend, I'll set about finishing you, 'Tomi. And then your man whore group'll be lost with only one bitch. Maybe I'll make them all suicidal and kill her, too."
Aidana yawned; covering her mouth with one hand, while her lighter slowly melted the chain on the bed. "So when do you plan on raping me?"
"Whenever I feel like it, whore."
Aidana took a nail file from her pocket, and threw it into his back. "You son of a bitch!"
"That means you're going to have me for a kid."
Aidana laughed at that. "Oh, hell no. My kid'll know better than that."
"There are three notes to find. I'll get bored eventually, bitch."
Aidana yawned for real this time. "Whatever, mother fucker."
