Disclaimer: I no own SK!!
Author's Notes: Geh...that chapter was just weird. I'm so mad at Shonen Jump, though! They're not going to put Rurouni Kenshin in their lineup! Oh, well. There's always the chance to drool over the graphic novels... Kenshin: O.O Oro?? GS: Anyway, back to the SK fanfic! *huggles Kenshin*
~***~ A Dream Come True?
Chapter Eighteen ~***~
Then I realized that my foot was encased in the same boot I'd been wearing as Hao! I looked myself over and discovered that I was still wearing Hao's clothes. Major "Hot Chick" reference...
Thank God I'd bought a shirt to put on under the cloak before we left Tokyo. I looked over at Hao. He was unconscious and swirly-eyed but he was wearing the same clothes he'd bought while I was in Japan.
Yoh was laughing. "Don't you think you overreacted a little?!"
I glared at him over my glasses. "Don't push me."
Hao sat up. He still had the emblem of his own boot on his face, but he was smiling. "You can keep the outfit, Mira-chan. I knew you'd like it."
"Yay!" I got out of the van and ran to the back. I opened the door and pulled out the duffel bag I'd bought way back in Chapter Two.
"C'mon, guys!" I shouted, going into the street and sliding the door open. "I'll introduce you to my Grandma and I'll make hot chocolate and we'll make lunch and watch a movie- -"
"Look out!!" Ren shouted suddenly. I looked up to see a familiar gray truck barreling towards me. And two very familiar faces inside, fighting for control of the wheel. Cyndi and her boyfriend Matt (nicknamed Draco for his love of dragons).
The breath was knocked out of me as I was tackled out of the street. I landed on something soft, and I sat up to see Draco finally wrest control of his truck away from Cyndi. They sped off around the corner.
I stood up in disbelief. "HEY!!! Next time you want to kill me do it FACE- TO-FACE!!!! YOU HEAR THAT, COWARD???!!!"
"Excuse me," a voice at my feet cut in.
I looked down. My left foot was standing on the middle of Lee Bailong's chest, my right foot on his thigh. He was giving me a look that could kill.
"Would you mind getting off?"
"Whoops."
I stepped off him and he stood up. I swear, that guy must be at least six foot four!!
Ren was staring at my front porch like he'd just seen the aftermath of a mass murder. I followed his gaze to see Jun sitting there wearing denim shorts, a familiar white shirt and sunglasses. In her right hand was a tall glass of lemonade.
I blinked at this sight. "Oooookay...who invited HER?"
"I wasn't invited," she called out. "Hao called me while he was still in your body. He suspected something was up. I've been here for the last two days waiting for you to show up."
Hao walked over and opened the gate to the driveway. "I knew I couldn't keep you away. What have you found out?"
Jun set down her lemonade and stepped forward. "Well, it's obvious that girl wants Mira dead. At the same time, the boy Draco doesn't want anything to do with it. He seems to be as much under her control as Bailong was under mine. Only she doesn't use talismans, she uses threats and verbal abuse. In other words, the lowest sort of brainwashing imaginable."
"I KNEW it!" I shouted. "Draco used to be one of my closest frinds before she sank her dirty claws into him. Wouldn't even let him lend me a video game..."
Then I got a good look at the shirt she was wearing. It was MY "Gone Crazy, Back Soon" shirt! "Gee, that looks awfully familiar..."
She shrugged. "So I went through your closet. Big deal. It's not my fault we both wear the same size."
Yoh sighed. "So what do we do about this Cyndi girl, anyway?"
"Slip cyanide in her food," I mumbled.
Everyone glared at me.
"What?! I was just kidding!" I looked up at Bailong and grinned. "I don't think you'd like watching the movie 'Kung Pow: Enter the Fist'."
He blinked. "What?!"
"Never mind. I'll pull out 'Thirteen Ghosts' after lunch."
~***~
That proved to be a mistake. About halfway through the movie, Yoh and Ren were both on the couch, huddling close to Anna. Not to mention that even though I was lying on the floor, I was plagued by a pair of ghosts in spirit orb mode taking quick peeks over my shoulder. Even Bailong was hiding behind Jun's chair, ducking during scary moments.
I've already done the math and found out that Bailong was born in 1948. So the scariest movies he'd ever seen would be titles like "Wolfman" and "Frankenstein". Kinda pathetic to see a big guy like him (a zombie, no less) scared of "Thirteen Ghosts".
At the part where the Jackal attacks the main character's daughter, Bason scurried over to Ren to hide. But Amidamaru (still in spirit orb form) jumped into my arms! Instant gratification!!
I grinned and hugged him tight. "What's the matter, Ami-chan? Scared of ghosts?"
He slipped out of my hug and glared at me. "Don't call me 'chan'!!"
"Get down!" Anna snapped. "I can't see with your big ectoplasmic head in the way."
Amidamaru sank down and sulked. I breathed a sigh of relief. 'Okay, that was kinda stupid. He could've found out my secret...'
Author's Notes: Geh...that chapter was just weird. I'm so mad at Shonen Jump, though! They're not going to put Rurouni Kenshin in their lineup! Oh, well. There's always the chance to drool over the graphic novels... Kenshin: O.O Oro?? GS: Anyway, back to the SK fanfic! *huggles Kenshin*
~***~ A Dream Come True?
Chapter Eighteen ~***~
Then I realized that my foot was encased in the same boot I'd been wearing as Hao! I looked myself over and discovered that I was still wearing Hao's clothes. Major "Hot Chick" reference...
Thank God I'd bought a shirt to put on under the cloak before we left Tokyo. I looked over at Hao. He was unconscious and swirly-eyed but he was wearing the same clothes he'd bought while I was in Japan.
Yoh was laughing. "Don't you think you overreacted a little?!"
I glared at him over my glasses. "Don't push me."
Hao sat up. He still had the emblem of his own boot on his face, but he was smiling. "You can keep the outfit, Mira-chan. I knew you'd like it."
"Yay!" I got out of the van and ran to the back. I opened the door and pulled out the duffel bag I'd bought way back in Chapter Two.
"C'mon, guys!" I shouted, going into the street and sliding the door open. "I'll introduce you to my Grandma and I'll make hot chocolate and we'll make lunch and watch a movie- -"
"Look out!!" Ren shouted suddenly. I looked up to see a familiar gray truck barreling towards me. And two very familiar faces inside, fighting for control of the wheel. Cyndi and her boyfriend Matt (nicknamed Draco for his love of dragons).
The breath was knocked out of me as I was tackled out of the street. I landed on something soft, and I sat up to see Draco finally wrest control of his truck away from Cyndi. They sped off around the corner.
I stood up in disbelief. "HEY!!! Next time you want to kill me do it FACE- TO-FACE!!!! YOU HEAR THAT, COWARD???!!!"
"Excuse me," a voice at my feet cut in.
I looked down. My left foot was standing on the middle of Lee Bailong's chest, my right foot on his thigh. He was giving me a look that could kill.
"Would you mind getting off?"
"Whoops."
I stepped off him and he stood up. I swear, that guy must be at least six foot four!!
Ren was staring at my front porch like he'd just seen the aftermath of a mass murder. I followed his gaze to see Jun sitting there wearing denim shorts, a familiar white shirt and sunglasses. In her right hand was a tall glass of lemonade.
I blinked at this sight. "Oooookay...who invited HER?"
"I wasn't invited," she called out. "Hao called me while he was still in your body. He suspected something was up. I've been here for the last two days waiting for you to show up."
Hao walked over and opened the gate to the driveway. "I knew I couldn't keep you away. What have you found out?"
Jun set down her lemonade and stepped forward. "Well, it's obvious that girl wants Mira dead. At the same time, the boy Draco doesn't want anything to do with it. He seems to be as much under her control as Bailong was under mine. Only she doesn't use talismans, she uses threats and verbal abuse. In other words, the lowest sort of brainwashing imaginable."
"I KNEW it!" I shouted. "Draco used to be one of my closest frinds before she sank her dirty claws into him. Wouldn't even let him lend me a video game..."
Then I got a good look at the shirt she was wearing. It was MY "Gone Crazy, Back Soon" shirt! "Gee, that looks awfully familiar..."
She shrugged. "So I went through your closet. Big deal. It's not my fault we both wear the same size."
Yoh sighed. "So what do we do about this Cyndi girl, anyway?"
"Slip cyanide in her food," I mumbled.
Everyone glared at me.
"What?! I was just kidding!" I looked up at Bailong and grinned. "I don't think you'd like watching the movie 'Kung Pow: Enter the Fist'."
He blinked. "What?!"
"Never mind. I'll pull out 'Thirteen Ghosts' after lunch."
~***~
That proved to be a mistake. About halfway through the movie, Yoh and Ren were both on the couch, huddling close to Anna. Not to mention that even though I was lying on the floor, I was plagued by a pair of ghosts in spirit orb mode taking quick peeks over my shoulder. Even Bailong was hiding behind Jun's chair, ducking during scary moments.
I've already done the math and found out that Bailong was born in 1948. So the scariest movies he'd ever seen would be titles like "Wolfman" and "Frankenstein". Kinda pathetic to see a big guy like him (a zombie, no less) scared of "Thirteen Ghosts".
At the part where the Jackal attacks the main character's daughter, Bason scurried over to Ren to hide. But Amidamaru (still in spirit orb form) jumped into my arms! Instant gratification!!
I grinned and hugged him tight. "What's the matter, Ami-chan? Scared of ghosts?"
He slipped out of my hug and glared at me. "Don't call me 'chan'!!"
"Get down!" Anna snapped. "I can't see with your big ectoplasmic head in the way."
Amidamaru sank down and sulked. I breathed a sigh of relief. 'Okay, that was kinda stupid. He could've found out my secret...'