Ok. I am back. Thanks for not forgetting me. (HG!!!) @_@
And um... sorry for not updating as much. It is weird but I gotta go through withdrawals in order to be able to write really well...
So yeah, it's been hard. And plus I kind of have college, and that takes up some time. So all those people who have been e-mailing me, that is why...
Anyway. To the story...
We last left our little group of heroes after they had just discovered a Druid child.
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"Cube! Cube! Cube!!!" The little boy said jumping around Cain.
"He sure is a cute one." Cain said. Zhon's eyes widened as he realized that Cain had just used the word, "cute".
Cain held up the Horodric cube once more and nodded his head. "Yep, this is definitely the Horodric cube. I learned about this when I was married... to my fifth wife."
Zhon cleared his throat not wanting to relive the tale again.
"Yep, this means you'll have to find the Horodric scepter and the amulet because it was separated into two parts."
"Scepter! Scepter! Scepter!" The kid said pulling at Ki-Ki.
"Well, where do we find these two parts?" Ki-Ki asked rustling the boys hair.
"Beat's me!" Cain said shrugging. "Something about a maggot layer and a temple, but that's all I know."
"Oh great! A treasure hunt!" Eudora said annoyed!
"Treasure! Treasure! Treasure!" The boy repeated three times... (well obviously... yeah.)
"And will somebody tell me why that kid repeats everything like a stupid parrot!" Eudora said annoyed.
The boy looked at her curiously.
"Parrot! Parrot! Parrot!" He exclaimed.
"Uhg!" She groaned and glared at the kid.
Ki-Ki squatted down in front of him. "Now settle down." she said calmly. He looked at her and jumped into her arms. She laughed and it seemed as though they were posing for a picture as a mother and child.
"Now, my name is Ki-Ki." She said to the child.
"Ki-Ki!" He exclaimed.
"Yes!" she said excited.
"Did you hear that, Dru?" She said looking up at the Paladin. "He said my name."
"This is making me sick." Eudora muttered as she walked away towards Warriv, and Zhon began to wonder if Warriv wanted kids or not.
The kid watched the Assassin go, his head tilted to one side still in Ki-Ki's arms.
"And what is your name?" She asked the child after getting his attention. He looked at her shyly for a second.
"Wolf..." He said lowly.
"Wolf?" Ki-Ki exclaimed. "That's the perfect name! I have a feeling we are gonna be great friends, Wolf!" She exclaimed. He smiled and then jumped out of her arms and ran after Eudora.
"What the heck?" Eudora muttered as the kid ran past her fast enough to fool an assassin's eyes. He stopped in front of her abruptly and held out his small dirty hand.
"I Wolf!" He said cheerfully.
"Hmp!" She muttered. Ki-Ki and the others walked up behind her.
"He doesn't even know he is human. He thinks he is a wolf." she muttered disgusted.
"No. No! You got it all wrong. His name IS Wolf."
The kid held out his hand. Eudora looked at him annoyed. "I don't care, kid." She said annoyed.
"Ah, that's not very nice Eudora." Ki-Ki exclaimed. But Eudora just walked past the kid. The kid frowned and then noticed a bug on the ground and started to play with it.
"Isn't he so cute?" Ki-Ki exclaimed to Dru as she snuggled up next to him.
"Wonder where his parents are?" Dru wondered.
A crying interrupted them as Atma ran up to them and stood in front of them crying. "I... thank.. you..." She said in between sobs...
A small hand began to rub her on the back. She looked down to see the Druid child. Tears filled her eyes and he smiled up at her. "He... looks..." She began choking.
"He looks like my own son..." She cried.
"Don't cry." Wolf said sadly to the woman. Tears were his only answer.
"Aw..." Ki-Ki answered. Suddenly an idea seemed to form in Wolf's head. And he suddenly bolted out through the city gates.
"Wait!!!" Ki-Ki yelled after him running after him. Zhon and Dru watched the woman run after the boy. Griez watched the spectacle humorously.
"I guess we should follow." Zhon said sighing. Dru nodded and they ran after Ki-Ki.
"Where are you going?" Eudora said walking back toward them. They didn't answer running past her. She grumbled and followed in pursuit. Atma watched the whole thing curiously and went back to her crying...
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Zhon, Dru, and Eudora caught up with Ki-Ki standing over a hole in the sand. "I think he is in there!" She said fearfully. Some how and a little ungracefully the adults made their way into the hole in the ground. They found Wolf waiting for them at the bottom. He was in wolf form. He instantly changed back.
"I fell." He explained. He pointed to the ground. Ki-Ki cringed as she noticed that it was crawling with bugs. One of the bugs turned toward them and rushed at them. Ki-Ki put her hands up in defense, but the Paladin quickly sliced at the bug with his sword cutting it in half.
"Bad bug!!!" Wolf said pointing at the bug remnants. Then he began stomping on the bugs. They didn't have a chance as he jumped high into the air and brought his whole body weight upon the bug's abdomens. Once one of the bugs raised it's jaws upward to bite the boy as he came downwards. Ki-Ki held her breath but was relieved when surprisingly Eudora kicked it sending off sparks from one of her attacks.
Wolf looked at her curiously. "We kick!" He said and copied her movement as he kicked another bug against the wall. Eudora just shook her head and walked alone down the corridor. Bigger and bigger bugs met them as they walked down the corridors.
"Those where baby bugs..." Wolf said cheerfully as he stomped on the already squished maggots. Ki-Ki cringed. "I guess boys will be boys..." She sighed. "And boys like bugs right?" She said watching Wolf kicking at the larger bugs.
"These are the mama bugs!!!" He said. "They are bad..." He said and kicked at the squealing Maggot. Dru looked on in disapproval. Then finished off the "mama bug" by slicing at it. Everyone watched as the bug sank to the floor leaking its guts.
"Gross..." Ki-Ki said. But then followed the others deeper into the corridor. Yet another big bug attacked them and Ki-Ki took out her throwing potions to throw at it. Wolf watched fascinated as she threw the potion at the oversized maggot. It screamed as the potion exploded on its back. He changed into his wolf form and pranced merrily around Ki-Ki, slashing at the bug as he passed.
Ki-Ki giggled at Wolf. Eudora rolled her eyes and delivered a kick of flame that ended the bug's life. Wolf howled and changed back into his human form. "Daddy bug!!! That was the Daddy bug!!!" He said still prancing around.
Zhon laughed and shot the dead bug with his wand. A sickly green light came from his wand and exploded the maggot's corpse. Gold and potions came from the body as well as guts.
Ki-Ki gingerly grabbed the items and gold. Slinging the guts off of them. "Next time try to do it a little less messier..." She said wiping the slime off using the dirt walls.
"Messier!!!" Wolf cried and jumped on Zhon's back.
"Isn't he so cute?" Ki-Ki said looking at him with goggly eyes.
"A little help here!!!" Eudora called from the end of the corridor. She was currently battling the one of the biggest bugs they had seen so far. Zhon (with Wolf upon his back) ran over there with Ki-Ki and Dru in pursuit. Wolf jumped down and looked at Eudora slashing at the big bug in awe.
"The granddaddy bug!" He said in awe. Then he stomped on the ground and a vine wrapped itself around the bug. Ki-Ki threw all her throwing potions on it while Eudora continued to slice and kick at it. Dru joined the assassin and chopped at the bug with his sword delivering poison damage. Zhon waved his wand and fire arrows shot from it and embedded themselves in the side of the bug.
It didn't stand a chance as the 5 heroes attacked it. It died easily and drowned in its own body fluids. Afterwards everyone looked for items lying on the ground.
"Look! Look! Look!" Wolf said pointing to a stick on the ground. Ki-Ki picked it up shaking off the bug's body fluids.
"This must be the Horodric staff." She exclaimed then swung it around like a staff fighter. "Do I look like a sorceress?" She said holding the staff above her head.
Wolf laughed cheerfully and Dru smiled. Eudora scoffed and Zhon patted Ki-Ki on the back. "You need to learn the elemental magics of fire, ice, and lightning first." Dru said seriously.
"My assistant learning the magic of a sorceress? I can imagine it now..." Zhon said jokingly. "The magician and his assistant the sorceress."
"It would take a long time to learn these magics." Dru continued.
"Oh don't worry Dru..." Ki-Ki cooed throwing an exploding potion up and down. "I'll just stick to my throwing potions."
"Are we going now?" Eudora said impatiently. Wolf began jumping around her merrily.
"Go! Go! Go!" He said excitably. She rolled her eyes and opened a portal not waiting for an answer.
"I have a feeling she doesn't like us." Ki-Ki said to Zhon. He shrugged and hurried them through the portal. Taking one last look around he followed.
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Zhon went looking for Ki-Ki after bathing and taking a nap.
He went to the edge of the city to find Eudora sitting comfortably on the lap of Warriv who was conversing with some of the locals. "Magician!" Warriv winked.
"I was just telling them how you helped the Western Rogues kill Andariel. They really hope you can help them here." He said. "I told them not to worry, that you would somehow find a way to rid the land of evil with the least possible amount of killing of course." Eudora smiled up at him and offered him a drink of ale. He swallowed it never taking his eyes off the Magician.
"I just wanted to ask you if you had seen Ki-Ki." Zhon said a little uncomfortable in front of the couple.
"She's not here." Eudora answered for him in her nasal accent. "I bet she's with that Paladin." She added. Zhon couldn't tell if she was annoyed or not, but he said his goodbye and turned away.
"Bye Zhon." Warriv called followed by another sip of ale.
In the center of town he found Dru surprisingly not with Ki-Ki. He was currently conversing with Fara who was playfully throwing her hammer up in the air and catching it on the way down.
"Dru?" Zhon asked. They stopped talking and looked at him curiously. He was surprised not to see Ki-Ki. "Where's Ki-Ki?" He asked.
"I don't know." He said shrugging. "She was watching Wolf in her room the last I saw."
"She wasn't there when I checked, but I will check again. Thank you." He said.
The Paladin bowed respectably and went back to his conversation with the female ex-paladin.
He checked the room again, but she wasn't there. He made his way to the front of the city gates. He found Deckard Cain who had joined forces with Elsix, whistling at every lady that passed. Atma passed by crying so she didn't hear Elsix whistle and Cain attempt at a whistle.
"Excuse me Deckard Cain?" He asked the last man of the Horadrim. He quickly leaned backwards avoiding a spray of spit as Cain made one last attempt at a whistle.
"No. You gotta pucker your lips like this." Elsix explained showing the proper technique.
"Deckard Cain?" Zhon asked again. Both men turned attentively toward him.
"Uh... Do you know where my assistant Ki-Ki is?"
"No." Deckard Cain answered and turned back to Elsix.
"I DO!" Elsix said slyly. "The lady went outside with the kid. I asked her if she wanted my manly company..." He said scratching his stomach letting the sentence hang. Then a woman wearing a veil passed. Both Deckard Cain and Elsix whistled.
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Zhon found Ki-Ki outside the city gates with Wolf. He was running around by the wall rolling in the sand. Ki-Ki was laughing at him occasionally watching for any dangers in the distance.
"Hello Zhon!" Ki-Ki called. "Look what Zhon gave me." She said holding up some flowers.
He nodded. "I'm surprised he found any flowers out here." Zhon said looking around.
Wolf came running up carrying some more flowers. He grabbed Zhon's hand.
"Come on!" He said tugging at his arm. Zhon followed with Ki-Ki behind. Wolf ran up to Atma who was currently crying in front of Griez who was trying to cheer her up.
Wolf let go of Zhon's hand and tugged at Atma's robes. She stopped crying and looked down at him sniffing. "Here." He said holding up some flowers. She took it sniffing.
"Thank you." She said. Then walked back toward her bar at a loss of words and at a loss of crying.
"That's the first time she's stopped crying for a long time now." Griez said a bit astonished. He playfully messed with Wolf's hair.
"I better follow her and offer my... counsel ship." He said and followed the woman to her bar.
"Isn't he so caring." Ki-Ki said hugging the boy and ignoring Greiz. "By the way, have you seen Dru?" She asked.
"He was talking with Fara..."
Ki-Ki's face turned bright red. "I wonder what he's doing with her..." She said jealously.
Zhon shrugged and watched as Wolf ran around playing merrily in the road. Ki-Ki was gone in a second.
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There we go. Another chapter. Hope it is as good as the others. Remember to review and I will have another chapter up if you do.
: )
And um... sorry for not updating as much. It is weird but I gotta go through withdrawals in order to be able to write really well...
So yeah, it's been hard. And plus I kind of have college, and that takes up some time. So all those people who have been e-mailing me, that is why...
Anyway. To the story...
We last left our little group of heroes after they had just discovered a Druid child.
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"Cube! Cube! Cube!!!" The little boy said jumping around Cain.
"He sure is a cute one." Cain said. Zhon's eyes widened as he realized that Cain had just used the word, "cute".
Cain held up the Horodric cube once more and nodded his head. "Yep, this is definitely the Horodric cube. I learned about this when I was married... to my fifth wife."
Zhon cleared his throat not wanting to relive the tale again.
"Yep, this means you'll have to find the Horodric scepter and the amulet because it was separated into two parts."
"Scepter! Scepter! Scepter!" The kid said pulling at Ki-Ki.
"Well, where do we find these two parts?" Ki-Ki asked rustling the boys hair.
"Beat's me!" Cain said shrugging. "Something about a maggot layer and a temple, but that's all I know."
"Oh great! A treasure hunt!" Eudora said annoyed!
"Treasure! Treasure! Treasure!" The boy repeated three times... (well obviously... yeah.)
"And will somebody tell me why that kid repeats everything like a stupid parrot!" Eudora said annoyed.
The boy looked at her curiously.
"Parrot! Parrot! Parrot!" He exclaimed.
"Uhg!" She groaned and glared at the kid.
Ki-Ki squatted down in front of him. "Now settle down." she said calmly. He looked at her and jumped into her arms. She laughed and it seemed as though they were posing for a picture as a mother and child.
"Now, my name is Ki-Ki." She said to the child.
"Ki-Ki!" He exclaimed.
"Yes!" she said excited.
"Did you hear that, Dru?" She said looking up at the Paladin. "He said my name."
"This is making me sick." Eudora muttered as she walked away towards Warriv, and Zhon began to wonder if Warriv wanted kids or not.
The kid watched the Assassin go, his head tilted to one side still in Ki-Ki's arms.
"And what is your name?" She asked the child after getting his attention. He looked at her shyly for a second.
"Wolf..." He said lowly.
"Wolf?" Ki-Ki exclaimed. "That's the perfect name! I have a feeling we are gonna be great friends, Wolf!" She exclaimed. He smiled and then jumped out of her arms and ran after Eudora.
"What the heck?" Eudora muttered as the kid ran past her fast enough to fool an assassin's eyes. He stopped in front of her abruptly and held out his small dirty hand.
"I Wolf!" He said cheerfully.
"Hmp!" She muttered. Ki-Ki and the others walked up behind her.
"He doesn't even know he is human. He thinks he is a wolf." she muttered disgusted.
"No. No! You got it all wrong. His name IS Wolf."
The kid held out his hand. Eudora looked at him annoyed. "I don't care, kid." She said annoyed.
"Ah, that's not very nice Eudora." Ki-Ki exclaimed. But Eudora just walked past the kid. The kid frowned and then noticed a bug on the ground and started to play with it.
"Isn't he so cute?" Ki-Ki exclaimed to Dru as she snuggled up next to him.
"Wonder where his parents are?" Dru wondered.
A crying interrupted them as Atma ran up to them and stood in front of them crying. "I... thank.. you..." She said in between sobs...
A small hand began to rub her on the back. She looked down to see the Druid child. Tears filled her eyes and he smiled up at her. "He... looks..." She began choking.
"He looks like my own son..." She cried.
"Don't cry." Wolf said sadly to the woman. Tears were his only answer.
"Aw..." Ki-Ki answered. Suddenly an idea seemed to form in Wolf's head. And he suddenly bolted out through the city gates.
"Wait!!!" Ki-Ki yelled after him running after him. Zhon and Dru watched the woman run after the boy. Griez watched the spectacle humorously.
"I guess we should follow." Zhon said sighing. Dru nodded and they ran after Ki-Ki.
"Where are you going?" Eudora said walking back toward them. They didn't answer running past her. She grumbled and followed in pursuit. Atma watched the whole thing curiously and went back to her crying...
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Zhon, Dru, and Eudora caught up with Ki-Ki standing over a hole in the sand. "I think he is in there!" She said fearfully. Some how and a little ungracefully the adults made their way into the hole in the ground. They found Wolf waiting for them at the bottom. He was in wolf form. He instantly changed back.
"I fell." He explained. He pointed to the ground. Ki-Ki cringed as she noticed that it was crawling with bugs. One of the bugs turned toward them and rushed at them. Ki-Ki put her hands up in defense, but the Paladin quickly sliced at the bug with his sword cutting it in half.
"Bad bug!!!" Wolf said pointing at the bug remnants. Then he began stomping on the bugs. They didn't have a chance as he jumped high into the air and brought his whole body weight upon the bug's abdomens. Once one of the bugs raised it's jaws upward to bite the boy as he came downwards. Ki-Ki held her breath but was relieved when surprisingly Eudora kicked it sending off sparks from one of her attacks.
Wolf looked at her curiously. "We kick!" He said and copied her movement as he kicked another bug against the wall. Eudora just shook her head and walked alone down the corridor. Bigger and bigger bugs met them as they walked down the corridors.
"Those where baby bugs..." Wolf said cheerfully as he stomped on the already squished maggots. Ki-Ki cringed. "I guess boys will be boys..." She sighed. "And boys like bugs right?" She said watching Wolf kicking at the larger bugs.
"These are the mama bugs!!!" He said. "They are bad..." He said and kicked at the squealing Maggot. Dru looked on in disapproval. Then finished off the "mama bug" by slicing at it. Everyone watched as the bug sank to the floor leaking its guts.
"Gross..." Ki-Ki said. But then followed the others deeper into the corridor. Yet another big bug attacked them and Ki-Ki took out her throwing potions to throw at it. Wolf watched fascinated as she threw the potion at the oversized maggot. It screamed as the potion exploded on its back. He changed into his wolf form and pranced merrily around Ki-Ki, slashing at the bug as he passed.
Ki-Ki giggled at Wolf. Eudora rolled her eyes and delivered a kick of flame that ended the bug's life. Wolf howled and changed back into his human form. "Daddy bug!!! That was the Daddy bug!!!" He said still prancing around.
Zhon laughed and shot the dead bug with his wand. A sickly green light came from his wand and exploded the maggot's corpse. Gold and potions came from the body as well as guts.
Ki-Ki gingerly grabbed the items and gold. Slinging the guts off of them. "Next time try to do it a little less messier..." She said wiping the slime off using the dirt walls.
"Messier!!!" Wolf cried and jumped on Zhon's back.
"Isn't he so cute?" Ki-Ki said looking at him with goggly eyes.
"A little help here!!!" Eudora called from the end of the corridor. She was currently battling the one of the biggest bugs they had seen so far. Zhon (with Wolf upon his back) ran over there with Ki-Ki and Dru in pursuit. Wolf jumped down and looked at Eudora slashing at the big bug in awe.
"The granddaddy bug!" He said in awe. Then he stomped on the ground and a vine wrapped itself around the bug. Ki-Ki threw all her throwing potions on it while Eudora continued to slice and kick at it. Dru joined the assassin and chopped at the bug with his sword delivering poison damage. Zhon waved his wand and fire arrows shot from it and embedded themselves in the side of the bug.
It didn't stand a chance as the 5 heroes attacked it. It died easily and drowned in its own body fluids. Afterwards everyone looked for items lying on the ground.
"Look! Look! Look!" Wolf said pointing to a stick on the ground. Ki-Ki picked it up shaking off the bug's body fluids.
"This must be the Horodric staff." She exclaimed then swung it around like a staff fighter. "Do I look like a sorceress?" She said holding the staff above her head.
Wolf laughed cheerfully and Dru smiled. Eudora scoffed and Zhon patted Ki-Ki on the back. "You need to learn the elemental magics of fire, ice, and lightning first." Dru said seriously.
"My assistant learning the magic of a sorceress? I can imagine it now..." Zhon said jokingly. "The magician and his assistant the sorceress."
"It would take a long time to learn these magics." Dru continued.
"Oh don't worry Dru..." Ki-Ki cooed throwing an exploding potion up and down. "I'll just stick to my throwing potions."
"Are we going now?" Eudora said impatiently. Wolf began jumping around her merrily.
"Go! Go! Go!" He said excitably. She rolled her eyes and opened a portal not waiting for an answer.
"I have a feeling she doesn't like us." Ki-Ki said to Zhon. He shrugged and hurried them through the portal. Taking one last look around he followed.
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Zhon went looking for Ki-Ki after bathing and taking a nap.
He went to the edge of the city to find Eudora sitting comfortably on the lap of Warriv who was conversing with some of the locals. "Magician!" Warriv winked.
"I was just telling them how you helped the Western Rogues kill Andariel. They really hope you can help them here." He said. "I told them not to worry, that you would somehow find a way to rid the land of evil with the least possible amount of killing of course." Eudora smiled up at him and offered him a drink of ale. He swallowed it never taking his eyes off the Magician.
"I just wanted to ask you if you had seen Ki-Ki." Zhon said a little uncomfortable in front of the couple.
"She's not here." Eudora answered for him in her nasal accent. "I bet she's with that Paladin." She added. Zhon couldn't tell if she was annoyed or not, but he said his goodbye and turned away.
"Bye Zhon." Warriv called followed by another sip of ale.
In the center of town he found Dru surprisingly not with Ki-Ki. He was currently conversing with Fara who was playfully throwing her hammer up in the air and catching it on the way down.
"Dru?" Zhon asked. They stopped talking and looked at him curiously. He was surprised not to see Ki-Ki. "Where's Ki-Ki?" He asked.
"I don't know." He said shrugging. "She was watching Wolf in her room the last I saw."
"She wasn't there when I checked, but I will check again. Thank you." He said.
The Paladin bowed respectably and went back to his conversation with the female ex-paladin.
He checked the room again, but she wasn't there. He made his way to the front of the city gates. He found Deckard Cain who had joined forces with Elsix, whistling at every lady that passed. Atma passed by crying so she didn't hear Elsix whistle and Cain attempt at a whistle.
"Excuse me Deckard Cain?" He asked the last man of the Horadrim. He quickly leaned backwards avoiding a spray of spit as Cain made one last attempt at a whistle.
"No. You gotta pucker your lips like this." Elsix explained showing the proper technique.
"Deckard Cain?" Zhon asked again. Both men turned attentively toward him.
"Uh... Do you know where my assistant Ki-Ki is?"
"No." Deckard Cain answered and turned back to Elsix.
"I DO!" Elsix said slyly. "The lady went outside with the kid. I asked her if she wanted my manly company..." He said scratching his stomach letting the sentence hang. Then a woman wearing a veil passed. Both Deckard Cain and Elsix whistled.
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Zhon found Ki-Ki outside the city gates with Wolf. He was running around by the wall rolling in the sand. Ki-Ki was laughing at him occasionally watching for any dangers in the distance.
"Hello Zhon!" Ki-Ki called. "Look what Zhon gave me." She said holding up some flowers.
He nodded. "I'm surprised he found any flowers out here." Zhon said looking around.
Wolf came running up carrying some more flowers. He grabbed Zhon's hand.
"Come on!" He said tugging at his arm. Zhon followed with Ki-Ki behind. Wolf ran up to Atma who was currently crying in front of Griez who was trying to cheer her up.
Wolf let go of Zhon's hand and tugged at Atma's robes. She stopped crying and looked down at him sniffing. "Here." He said holding up some flowers. She took it sniffing.
"Thank you." She said. Then walked back toward her bar at a loss of words and at a loss of crying.
"That's the first time she's stopped crying for a long time now." Griez said a bit astonished. He playfully messed with Wolf's hair.
"I better follow her and offer my... counsel ship." He said and followed the woman to her bar.
"Isn't he so caring." Ki-Ki said hugging the boy and ignoring Greiz. "By the way, have you seen Dru?" She asked.
"He was talking with Fara..."
Ki-Ki's face turned bright red. "I wonder what he's doing with her..." She said jealously.
Zhon shrugged and watched as Wolf ran around playing merrily in the road. Ki-Ki was gone in a second.
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There we go. Another chapter. Hope it is as good as the others. Remember to review and I will have another chapter up if you do.
: )
