A/N: Any ideas why ff.net is having so many problems? I only hope people can actually read this chapter. Lately, I've been visiting and nothing shows up in the anime section. What is up with that? Btw, I wrote this while suffering from massive brain cell loss. That's why it sucks. Hopefully, while writing, I'll gain more brain cells.
Shadow: Dunno They had better get if fixed soon or I'm going to have some fun kicking ass!
…Right, anyway, here's the next chapter. Shadow, disclaimer please.
Shadow: alright, Midnight does NOT own Digimon or anything else except for the piece of junk she calls a computer, her small and ridiculously clean bedroom, various anime photos, anime info, anime…
That's ENOUGH, Shadow! You don't need to list everything I own! The disclaimer is to show what I DON'T OWN!!! Not what I OWN!
Shadow: yeah yeah, just get on with it.
/…/:thoughts
(…): MY thoughts
Chapter 15: Two Weeks of Rest nobody's POV
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Week 1
Running through thick shrubbery, Ryo and his friends ran swiftly towards their hideout, the warehouse. Ryo was holding an unconscious Mel in his arm, worry showing brightly in his eyes. Mel was badly hurt from the blast and her condition wasn't getting any better. Her aura was streaked across with black[1], growing wider and wider.
/Where is that damn warehouse? We should have reached it by now!/ Thought Ryo desperately. If they didn't reach shelter any time soon, Mel could die and Ryo wasn't about to let that happen. Not especially after just finding her.
/You are NOT going to die. I won't let you! I'll kill you myself if you die, Mel./ Ryo inwardly scowled as a look of fresh determination spread across his face. He picked up speed as he continued running and was soon flying over broken branches, leaves, grass, etc. The others, recognizing the new need for speed, quickly matched pace with Ryo and they finally reached the warehouse in a matter of minutes.
"Juri! Do something! Mel isn't getting any better!" Ryo shouted, panting[2].
The wound had opened further and was now bleeding heavily. Juri rushed over to Mel and placed both her hands over Mel's wound. A soft golden glow settled over the wound and ever so slowly the wound began to close.
Five minutes…
Ten minutes…
Finally, after 15 minutes, the wound was fully closed and healed. Juri was looking pale and her aura had the first signs of exhaustion showing. However, she just moved on to the other wounds, closing them from several seconds to several minutes. As the last wound was closed, Mel finally relaxed, free from pain-for as long as she remained unconscious.
With a weary look, Juri unsteadily stood up, quickly being supported by Rika.
"There. That should do it. In about a week or two, Mel should be fully healed and ready to fight." Juri said, with a slight smile.
"That's great! Thank you so…" Ryo was cut off as Juri raised her hand and shook her head.
"I'm not finished, Ryo. Mel has to rest for a week. Then she'll have to spend another week exercising. Even with all her wounds healed, if she works too hard, she can have a relapse. Make sure she doesn't get up to do ANYTHING, no matter WHAT she says. Understand?" Juri firmly said, looking at Ryo expectantly.
Ryo nodded, a determined look across his face, "No matter how hard Mel fights, she's going to rest-for a week."
/I'm going to need all the luck in the WORLD to be able to do that! Mel sure is determined when she wants to do something. I can't think of anything else she'll fight harder to do than this…except killing Akuma, that is./ On the inside, Ryo grimaced, knowing it would be hell to try and get Mel to stay still. She wasn't someone who would just stay still and do nothing, especially rest.
"If you need it, we'll give you our help. Juri will definitely help you out since she's our resident healer and I'll definitely help, considering this was all my fault to begin with." Henry said, a guilty expression showing in both his face and eyes.
"Forget it, Henry. It wasn't your fault. It's Akuma's fault. Don't blame yourself for something you had no control over. If you want to blame someone, blame Akuma. Or you could blame his mother for giving birth to him, or her mother, and then her mother, and all the mothers before his mother. Then you can, depending on whatever religion, blame the maker of the universe for thinking about making humans/Mystics/Evils/whatever. Oh! Or you can even blame the weather!" Takato said, his face changing expressions: somber, loving, hatred, thoughtfulness, confusion, and finally, complete and total happiness.
The others stared and stared and stared.
"Why are all of you looking at me like that? You're looking at me as if I've gone insane of I'm someone or something you've never seen before. It's very unnerving, you know." Takato whined, looking uncomfortable.
Kazu was the first to gain his wits back. "Umm, right. Whatever Takato said is correct. I think. Actually, I didn't understand anything he said at all aside after 'blame Akuma'. Soooo, I'll just say this. What happened wasn't your fault. Don't beat yourself up about it. Also, don't listen to Takato. His logic is confusing, stupid, and utterly incompre…whatever."
"It's 'incomprehensible', Kazu. Anyway, thanks, you guys. Oh! Looks like Mel is regaining consciousness. Hello, welcome back." Henry said, smiling.
Mel winced, feeling some slight pain in her side(err…that's where the wound was situated) and looked around, blinking.
"Wha…huh? Eh?" Mumbled Mel, looking disoriented.
"…wha?" Ryo asked, looking confused.
"Err…" Mel sounded out, looking more than just "disoriented".
"Huh?" Ryo replied, now past confused.
"Mm…" Mel started, but was cut off by Rika placing her hand over her mouth. Veins were popping out all over Rika's face as she hit Ryo on the head.
"E-NOUGH with the unintelligible sounds! You, Ryo!" Rika shouted, still looking very ticked off.
"Yes ma'am!" Ryo shouted, quickly snapping a military salut. Rika stared at him for a few seconds, looking confused but then shrugged it off.
"Right, anyway, your girlfriend wakes up and all you can do are make sounds?!? At least tell her where we're at!" Rika snapped, shaking Ryo. "Damn, some boys are completely clueless!" With that, Rika threw her hands into the air and marched off muttering about how some boys were complete and total idiots in some areas (no offense, guys).
"Uhh, right. Mel, you're at the warehouse, Juri healed you, everybody's ok, and…youneedtorestforawholeweek." Ryo said, rushing the last part.
"Oh, that's good. Wait, WHAT???" Mel shouted, looking furious.
"You, uh…have to uhh…rest for a whole week." Ryo said, giving a half-hearted smile.
"Oh, NO WAY. I am NOT staying PUT for a WHOLE WEEK!" Mel shouted, trying to get up. Ryo gently pushed her back down onto the covers, shaking his head.
"Sorry Mel, but that's the doctor's orders. Rests for a week then have some nice exercise for the second week. I am not going to let you get up and have a relapse."
"argh…don't CARE! I will NOT and I CANNOT stay put for a WHOLE week! No WAY no HOW!"
"You're fighting a losing battle, Mel." Henry gently admonished.
"I don't CARE! NONE of you can MAKE ME STAY PUT FOR A WHOLE WEEK!" Mel yelled, trying in vain to get up.
"Well, we're certainly going to try. If we can't convince you to rest, then we'll have to –force- you to rest. We don't want to have it come to that, do we?" Juri asked, looking innocent.
Mel opened and closed her mouth several times, a shocked look adorning her face.
"Now stop that, you look like a fish and you're going to catch some flies if you keep that up." Kenta said, shaking his finger. Kazu snickered, saying something that sounded like "mother".
"…It's only for one week, right?" Mel asked in a small voice.
"Yep! Just for one week! You rest for one week and then you can join the rest of us the next week for some light training. Note the word 'light'." Juri said, smiling happily.
"YOU ARE GOING TO TRAIN WITHOUT ME?!" shouted Mel at the top of her lungs once more.
"Don't shout, and yes, we are going to start training without you. Don't worry-it'll just be light sparring." Rika said, her voice giving no room for argument. Mel decided to try, anyway.
"B-but, there's an odd number of you! Without me, there's only seven people and well, you can't spar with each other because one person will be left out!" Mel said, trying to reason with her teammates.
"Yeah, we thought about that. I, I mean, 'we', decided that I would go against two of them. That way, everybody has a sparring partner. Good plan, ne?" Henry said brightly.
"NO, it's –not- a good plan. Do you want to know why? It doesn't include me in it!" Mel snapped irritably. "I cannot believe you guys are going to train without me."
"Mel, stop being so selfish, man! You sound like Mimi [3]! The rest of us aren't hurt and it wouldn't do us any good to just sit and relax when we –know- Akuma is planning to attack us sometime in the near future. We're just hoping that he won't attack this week or the next. Don't forget Mel-you're a fast healer once all your major injuries are well, healed. After this week, it'll take you about two days top for you to be back to your tip-top fighting shape. So let the rest of us –healthy- people train!" Kazu said, waving his arms around in the air, scowling.
Mel gained a thoughtful look for several seconds, which turned into a shamed look. "Yeah, sorry. I forgot about that one detail. Forgive me?"
"…Yeah, I forgive you. I know Ryo, Juri, and maybe Rika has forgiven you since the very start of this argument but I don't know about the others." Kazu said, smiling sheepishly at Mel.
"I have forgiven you-ever since you were told about having to rest for a whole week. Don't forget-I hate staying in bed for that long too." Rika said, growling at the thought.
"I'm with Kazu. I forgive you too for acting so…mean, for lack of a better word." Kenta smiled, looking sincere.
"Uhhh…personally, I have no idea why you're asking to be forgiven. It was so obvious that you would react this way when you heard the news! I mean, come on! Who wouldn't react like you did? I acted the same way when I was ill-but I had to stay in bed for TWO WHOLE WEEKS! I mean, COME ON! Just because someone has the flu doesn't mean they can't move around. The flu is SUCH a SMALL ILLNESS! It was-" Takato was cut off as Henry kissed him into a dazed state. Whistles, cheering, applause, and catcalls came from their surrounding friends as they watched this display. Takato and Henry blushed at the attention but didn't stop. Soon, the noise died down and turned into an awed silence. The two were still at it. They were still kissing.
…And kissing.
…And kissing.
…And kissing until Rika stopped the kissing. She had, with an annoyed expression on her face, went up, and pinched the two lovebirds noses closed. Takato and Henry broke apart, gasping for breath and pulling Rika's hands away from their noses.
"Sorry! We just, umm, got carried away for a moment there." Henry explained, grinning sheepishly but satisfactorily. Takato, after gaining his breath back had fallen into a dazed state, his cheeks still flushed from the intense kiss. Henry waved a hand in front of his koi's face, hoping to elicit a response. However, after receiving no response, he sighed, shrugged his shoulders, and gave up, by hitting Takato upside the head.
"Um yeah, I forgive you too. Now that this is over with, I suggest all of you rest while Takato and I take care of business." Henry said flapping a hand at the others, dragging Takato behind him on the way to their room.
A bewildered silence reigned over the remaining team. Ryo was the first to break up the silence.
"Ahem. Right. Sooo, with those two lovebirds gone to do um 'business', I guess we should follow Henry's advice." Ryo said, haltingly.
"Business. Right. Yeah, Kenta and I are gonna go take care of business, also. Smell ya later!" Kazu said, grabbing a startled Kenta and pulling him towards their shared room. The others also left, muttering things about also taking care of business. The room eventually cleared out with Mel and Ryo left in it. Both Mel and Ryo had bemused looks on their faces, wondering why the others couldn't just say what they were going to do, instead of making up lame excuses like saying they had "business" to take care of.
"Well, that was stupid and interesting. Let's get you to our room, shall I?" Ryo inquired, picking Mel up.
"I can walk, you know. My legs aren't damaged." Mel protested, straining to release herself from Ryo's strong grip.
"Nuh-uh. You've got orders to rest and I intend to help you keep those orders. Which means no walking or doing whatever on your own."
"You mean you're going to FEED ME???"
"Yes."
"What about going to the bathroom and showering and things?"
"…Good point. I'll help carry you to the bathroom but then you're on your own. You should be happy. ^_^"s
"…I hate you, Ryo Akiyama [4]."
"The feeling's mutual, love."
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Week 2
"YES! I'M ALIVE!!!" Mel shouted exuberantly, standing up. "Whoa…head rush. Heh, must've stood up too fast."
"Baka! You should'v waited for me to help you!" Ryo scolded, supporting Mel.
"Are you JOKING? After a WEEK of you mother-henning me, you think I REALLY want you to carry me all over the place again?" Mel said, incredulously.
/Actually, I do want him to carry me all over the place. Then again, it'd be great to do things on my own once more. Ah, I've got to admit it-doing this on my own is great!/ Mel thought, grinning inwardly. By now, Ryo had let go of her and she was easily standing up, looking around. Attempting a few steps forward, Mel discovered that she could walk just fine and walked to Juri who was nervously standing a few feet away, watching Mel's progress.
"Hey Juri! I don't remember thanking you before so I'll just thank you again. Or for the first time. Whatever. Yeah, thanks for helping me the past week." Mel said earnestly, hugging Juri. Juri smiled softly, returning the hug.
"It's no problem. I love being able to help my friends. Especially when they're in need. Just remember, If you ever need my help, just ask, okay? This goes for you too, Henry!" Juri said, emphasizing Henry's name. Henry blushed a little but just grinned at Juri's back. Mel could feel Ryo pouting behind her back so she turned around, ran and leapt up onto Ryo, effectively startling him.
"Whoa! Mel, you shouldn't have done that! If I wasn't able to catch you…" Ryo was silenced by Mel kissing him. Once more, a kissing fest started, except between Mel and Ryo. This time around, though, it wasn't Rika who stopped the two. It was Kazu. Obviously, it didn't go well with him and the couple.
Kazu, quickly becoming bored of the display had walked up to Mel and Ryo and poked them in their sides. When that didn't stop them, he started poking their faces.
Poke, poke, poke…on and on he went, until Mel and Ryo finally became annoyed and together, they dropped-kicked Kazu right out of their bedroom. Kenta gave a small yelp and ran out, worriedly checking to see if his boyfriend was still alive and in one piece. Juri had followed Kenta and when they discovered that Kazu was ok, they hit him on the head, a nervous tick developing on their foreheads.
"OW! What was that for?" Kazu asked, furiously rubbing the large bump on his head.
"That was for poking Mel and Ryo in the faces like that." Juri replied, calmly dusting her hands off. Kenta nodded, similarly dusting off his hands.
Rika snorted and muttered, "Stupid brainless, tactless, infuriating, annoying, uncaring idiot, jerk, asshole, pea-brain.." and continued in this vein for quite some time until Henry hushed her.
"Before this gets out of hand, I believe Mel is ready for some LIGHT sparring. You guys pick your own partners," Henry instructed, "HOWEVER, Ryo may NOT be paired up with Mel. Is that understood?"
"What? Why?" Ryo asked, alarmed. Mel, looking surprised, looked to Henry for answers.
"Simple. You'll go too easy on her. You're her lover and being that combined with Mel just getting out of bed for the first time will make you go too easy on her." Henry said impassively.
"Oh…you've got a point there." Mel muttered.
"I'll go against Mel." Juri piped up, walking to Mel. Ryo looked crestfallen but Mel just nodded and walked off with Juri to one the mats.
"Rika, you go against Ryo. You're the best one at irking him and right now, doing that will be a GREAT idea." Henry suggested.
"Sure. Let's go Ryo, unless you think you can't beat me…" Rika said, smirking at Ryo. Ryo's eyes lit up with the challenge and together, challenging each other at each step, the walked towards another set of practice mats.
"I'll take you on, Henry. That is, if you don't mind, Takato." Kenta said, meekly looking at his goggle-adorned friend.
"What? No, of course not. It means I can beat this senseless idiot." Takato replied, smirking at Kazu.
"Oh yeah? You want to bet, goggle-brain?" Kazu spat back, rising to the bait.
"Let's not bet-let's fight!" Takato shouted running towards yet another set of practice mats. Kazu chased after him, leaving Henry and Kenta coughing in the dust he left behind.
"How do you –control- him??? He's like a contained ball of wild energy!" Henry asked Kenta, amazed.
"I have no idea how I do it. I'm just glad I can." Kenta replied morosely, shaking his head.
"When you discover how you do it, give me some tips. Let's go spar." Henry tossed over his shoulder as he walked to the mats that were left. Kenta quietly followed the younger boy, watching the others fight.
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An hour later, Juri stopped sparring, noticing that Mel was tiring. Seeing Mel was about to protest Juri held up her hand and shook her head, saying, "No, you've just left the bed for the first time in a week. I won't have you have a relapse just because you're too tired from sparring with me. After all, you are tired right now."
At that, Mel just nodded her head, knowing what Juri said was right. She was tired and wanted nothing more than to have a cold drink and take a nice long break.
Noticing Mel and Juri leaving the practice room, Ryo stopped his spar with Ryo and rushed over to Mel.
"Are you okay? Are you hurt? Is everything okay? Can I do anything to help?" Ryo asked in a rush, hovering over Mel. Annoyed, Mel brushed him aside and shook her head.
"Yes, no, yes, no." Mel answered. Ryo blinked, cutely looking confused.
"Yes, to your first question, no to your second, yes to your third, and no to your fourth." Mel explained. Ryo's face lit up and he nodded, looking relieved. Juri giggled shaking her head and Ryo's antics. Her eyes widened as she saw an annoyed Rika stomp over to Ryo.
"Ryo?" Juri questioned.
"Yeah? Is something the matter?" Ryo asked, looking towards Juri.
" I think you'd better get back to your spar or run." Juri advised, pointing behind him. Ryo warily turned to look and his eyes widened as he saw Rika and the cold blue glow surrounding her hands.
A whispered "shit" was all that was heard of Ryo as he turned and bolted for his dear life. Rika raced after him shouting at the top of her lungs and attacking him.
Mel and Juri were laughing so hard as they watched they had to lean on each other for support as they walked to the kitchen.
"Oh Seraphymon, that was hilarious! I've never seen Ryo run so fast!" Mel said breathlessly, wiping tears of mirth from her eyes.
"I know! I don't think I've ever seen Rika's face so red! She must've been really enjoying her spar with Ryo." Juri agreed, taking out two cans of soda from the fridge. She handed one to Mel and they both walked back to the practice room to watch the others spar with each other.
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Near the end of the week, tensions were high and faces stopped smiling. Kazu stopped trying to make jokes when he realized that they weren't helping at all. Everybody could feel each others nervousness which only helped heighten their own nervousness. Henry was effected by the tension the most. He knew that Akuma was going to attack very soon and although the knowledge that his team was at their best and highest levels, didn't help lessen his nervousness or tension.
His friends could see him constantly pace around the room, a dark aura replacing his usually light aura. Nobody could approach him because they would only be rejected or ignored. They were all worried about him but couldn't do anything about it. Eventually, they had stopped approaching him but Takato never gave up. He would try and talk to Henry every day and was the only one who would be acknowledged. Still, Takato could not find out what was bothering Henry.
As the Friday came by, tensions were so high that everybody took their worry and stress out against each other. The result was a huge fight against one another with surprisingly helped. All but one of the team was relaxed and ready for anything. Henry remained the same: broody, dark, antsy, worried, and stressed out. He was beginning to undo the light feeling that had overcome his friends.
Putting their minds at work, they came up with one solution: another fight. A fight had helped them so it should work with Henry, right? All they could do was pray and hope that their plan would work. Finally, the day on which they would initiate their plan came. It was Saturday when it started.
Henry had noticed that his friends had returned to feeling happy again so he tried to stay away from them by locking himself in his room, only letting Takato in when it was time for bed. When Saturday came, he noticed a change in everybody. Instead of a light feeling he had been receiving as of late, feelings of annoyance, anger, and frustration came rolling over him in waves. Curiosity replaced his dark feelings and he ventured out of his room to see what was wrong. The sight that greeted him both horrified and surprised him.
Lights were flashing, friends were attacking friends, and a whole lot of shouting was going on. Worried, Henry rushed into to stop the fight but was attacked. Throwing up a shield to ward off that one attack, he ended up counterattacking another attack. Soon, he was fighting his friends all at once. Everything was in a chaotic mess. Henry was also in a spot of chaos himself. He was enjoying the fight while at the same time, wanting, no, needing to stop the fight. At the end, Henry's responsibility side won against his wild side. The fight was ended when a shield literally exploded in the middle of the chaos and threw everybody, with the exception of Henry, against the walls of the warehouse.
All around Henry, bodies were picking themselves off the floor, shaking their heads, trying to rid themselves of the dizziness that had overcome them all of a sudden. A quiet yet dangerous voice cut through their hazy minds and helped cleared them in an instant. Everyone felt a cold chill creep down their backs and cautiously turned to face the speaker.
"Were you deliberately trying to kill each other? Or were you merely trying to attract Akuma's attention?" Henry asked, his words cold and sharp, like a knife.
Complete silence reigned over the warehouse as his friends blushed self-consciously. No one dared to speak, afraid of evoking Henry's wrath on him or her.
"Someone answer me." Henry ordered, glaring at each of the turned down faces. Still, no one spoke. Henry sighed, frustrated as he rubbed his temple, trying to ward off an already growing migraine.
Taking a deep breath than exhaling, Henry controlled his temper and calmly said, "I do believe each of you have the ability to speak. If not aloud, I know you all can speak through our mindlink. Well? Will somebody please tell me what was going on or do I have to dig through your minds to find out?"
Everyone flinched at the thought of the Henry digging through his or her memories. They knew it wouldn't be a mind rape since they would let him go through their memories. Still, it wouldn't be a pleasant experience-it was incredibly uncomfortable and unnerving.
Takato finally spoke up, the only one who was pretty sure Henry wouldn't injure too severely.
"We only wanted you to loosen up. We thought since fighting had helped us loosen up, it might work for you." Takato said, looking apologetically at Henry. Henry sighed and shook his head.
"You could have just talked to me, you know." Henry said wearily.
"We tried. You either ignored us or told us to leave you alone." Spoke Rika, looking at Henry. Henry remained quiet, a blank expression on his face. The others instantly became nervous again, not liking the look, or non-look, on Henry's face. When Henry gave a wry grin, everybody released a breath they hadn't known they had been holding.
"Yeah, I just remembered. Sorry about that. I guess I'm just worried about the attack Akuma's going to launch." Henry offered, letting them in on what had been gnawing away at him.
"Didn't you think we'd be worried about that too? Come on! With Akuma and that stupid prophecy looming over us like dark clouds on the horizon, how can we not be worried? Henry, we're your friends. We want to help you. I also believe that you want to help us. If you had just let us in a bit, we could have avoided a whole week of dark and antsy feelings." Juri expressed, walking up and hugging Henry.
Henry sighed again and hugged Juri back, "I know. If we ever meet again, I'll be sure to let you help me."
"You mean, 'In the future', right? Not 'if we ever meet again', right?!" Takato asked, walking up to Henry and grabbing his forearms.
"No, I mean 'if we ever meet again'. You do remember the not-quite-last-line of the prophecy, don't you? It clearly states what's going to happen to me. Every prophecy that has been told has always come true, word for word. I don't doubt the fact that the prophecy will come true again. Considering we don't have the whole prophecy, we don't know if the rest of you will also live." Henry quietly said, unable to meet Takato's eyes.
Takato shook Henry, furiously shaking his head.
"No! I won't let you die! You mean the whole world to me! If you die, I'll just die with you. We were meant to be together FOREVER and you know it! I'm not going to let you die just because of some stupid prophecy, I'm not!" Takato cried, tears showing in his ruby red eyes.
Henry didn't answer but also didn't move away. The others quietly looked on, their hearts clenching in pain from the scene.
"Henry! Answer me, goddamnit! You won't leave me, right? Right?!?!" Takato yelled, falling into Henry's now outstretched arms.
"I'm sorry…but you can't deny the fact that no prophecy has every been altered. I hate it too, but I can't change what has been written ages ago. You know I can't change it. You know I can't, no matter how much any of us wants to change it. I can't change my destiny…" Henry broke off, tears falling out of his silver eyes as he and Takato clutched each other, as if doing so would change what was destined to happen.
As the moon rose high overhead and the stars twinkled in the inky black sky, a whispered "I'm so sorry" was all that was heard before the wind carried the soft words away.
Owari (what's this mean?)
A/N: How is that for length? ^_^ I hope you liked it! My attempt at humor sucks, I know. My attempt at angst also sucks. As does my attempt at everything else. Still, I rather like this chapter and I hope you do too. :/ Please review! Reviewing would make everybody happy, especially Henry!
Henry: It will?
*aims a sharp kick at his shins*
Henry: *winces and tries not to shout* Oh, yeah, it will! Please review! ^__^
Shadow: *snickers*
[1] black=pain
[2] I tried that once, it's not easy but it can be done
[3] OK, Mimi is not –entirely- selfish, but you have to admit-she is selfish in some episodes.
[4] Is that his last name?
[5] I can't remember what Rika calls him, if any of you remember, tell me!
Notes to the reviewers!
Henrika: It was deleted? Seriously? Well, I received both reviews. Hmmm nice idea I might just use it. Not here…or maybe here….dunno, I'll keep your suggestion in mind. Thanks for the tips! ^_^
KimMi: Thank you sooo much for the review! *hugs KimMi* Oooo I love the things you sent me, especially the plushie and the flamethrower! *grins evilly at Shadow* Shadow: *gulps* Awww you're soo nice! You like Kai from Beyblade, too? Or is it Kai from another anime? Anyway, thank you sooo much for your review, I love it! Oh, before I forget, I give you a security system to keep anyone you want out of your room!
A friend: Baka. I showed my fic to many people in Gregory's class! Afterall, she would never notice us doing anything. *rolls eyes* What a stupid teacher. Perfect nap time period, huh.
Crisp-pa: Cool, a Takato fan! I hope I didn't portray him too badly in this chapter. *winces* sorry if I did!
Mel: Hope you like this chapter and thanks for your answers! Like the scenes between you and Ryo? Is this chapter long enough?
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