YAY, I'm back!!! And I wrote as long a chapter as I could muster. This has
Taiora fluff, no Takari in this chappie. But you gotta read it anyway!!!!
Cuz, well, cuz, I worked hard on it. Um, sorry it took a while to update,
well, the problem was. if you want to know, I sorta had to make it sound
better. it sounded really rushed.
THANKY YOU SOOO MUCH, everyone who reviewed. I was giddy with happiness. Well, I have a mock trial coming up, so I've gotten in charge of research, but I'll try to write the next chappie REALLY fast. well, as much as I can muster.
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Disclaimer: I don't own anything, except the plot of this story and Celene, and leaves. (You'll understand when you read the chappie)
A lifetime to know you
Chapter 6
In the Mighty Jungle
Tai was furious with Sora. 'She is like the other girls,' he thought bitterly. Then he thought, 'No, she isn't like the others. She's different and WORSE.' He sighed and then sat down. Something told him to go to the forest and he did, but so far, everything looked the same. He could point out the different plants and animals from scouting with his father as a child, and he could also rip away the overlays that were blocking his path.
He drank a bit of the water he had in his food pouch and then stored it. Who knew how long he would be stuck in the forest? He started to close his eyes to take a small nap. As he fell asleep he felt a sharp pain in his left arm, but took no notice because it went away, and he settled down.
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Sora kicked the fifth set of cut branches aside. 'Boy, he must have gotten really angry to do this,' she thought. Then, she jumped as she heard a small scraping sound. She started to follow the path after not hearing another sound, and kept walking until she met up with the Prince, who in turn was taking a nap under a poplar tree. She looked harder, and noticed that he looked a little pale. She slowly crept up to him and then noticed a trickle of blood going down his shirt and a leech at the end of the small stream.
She immediately got it off with her riding glove and then crushed it with her shoe. She felt Tai's forehead. His body was heating up and fast. If she didn't do something, he could die, and that would scar her for life.
So she slowly tried to wake up Tai. If she had remembered correctly, there was a small lake nearby, and if she got him there, she could clean up his wound. She softly shook him and said, "Tai, come on, wake up." Tai moved his fingers a little and then groaned. He whispered, "5 more minutes mommy, I was just about to get the candy bar." Sora tried to stifle her laughter, but couldn't. She giggled and said again, "Tai, come on, it's been 15 minutes, you'll die if I don't clean this." Tai murmured, "But mom, everyone else in the city can get away without taking a bath, why can't I?" She sighed. This person was extremely frustrating. Finally, she decided to help him up, and lean him onto her shoulder.
Tai open his eyes a bit and saw that he was being led somewhere. His arm was hurting badly and he didn't know why. He turned to the person who was helping him and saw that she looked like Sora. He grinned cockily and said, "Hey miss, anyone ever tell you that you look like the princess?" Sora smirked and decided to play along. She said, "Yeah, that's how I get away with all the murders." Tai's eyes bulged out and he stammerred, "Y- you're a m-m-murderer? B-but you look so nice, unlike that witch of a princess."
Sora winced at the comment but then remembered that Tai was delusional, so she reluctantly led him to the lake. She made him sit down on the bank of the lake and then she gathered some leaves to make a bed for him. By the time she got back to him, he had already gotten unconcious so she dragged him to the bed.
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Sora looked around for some herbs that she could use as medicine. She found the Boreli leaves if there are such leaves, then my mistake and plucked some. Then, she got out her goblet, and put them in there along with some water. She took a good rock and crushed the leaves into a paste. She decided to take off Tai's bloody shirt because, if she remembered her grandmother's advice correctly too, she had to put the medicine at the heart and at the wound.
So she shakily took off his shirt. He had a vest on, and she let him keep that on, simply because she was blushing everytime she looked at him. She slowly applied the medicine to his body, and waited for it to work.
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Sora strained to keep herself awake. Although she had done a lot of night travelling, she was too famished to continue. She stared at the fire, as it started to cackle, and then heard Tai groan.
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Tai felt like ropes were holding him down. Every limb in his body hurt and on top of that, he didn't know how he was lying down. He opened his eyes only to meet the night sky. He saw the moon shining brightly and then slowly dragged himself up. He realized that he had no shirt on and the cloak that was on him seemed familiar. Then he heard a voice say, "How are you feeling now?" He looked across the fire and met amber eyes. He sat up completely and then said, "What are YOU doing here." Sora looked away from his eyes. They were full of hatred and she felt a lot of guilt just looking in them. He continued to stare at her until she mustered to mumble out an apology. She said, "I'm really sorry for what happened this afternoon. I didn't mean to be so rude, really."
Tai just glared at her and then said, "But what am I doing here? The last thing I remember is taking a nap under the poplar tree. Sora looked up and said, "Yes, well, thanks to your ignorance, you almost got yourself killed and I had to save you." Tai screamed, "WHAT?" Sora shushed him and he smirked. His voice was dripping with sarcasm as he said, "Don't tell me the brave princess Sora is scared of ickle monsters." It was Sora's turn to glare.
She said, "Well there ARE monsters in this forest MR. Kamiya and it would be wise of you to shut up about things you don't know about." Tai frowned and said, "Well you know what, I know you and girls like you. You're all the same. The same stupid insane ideas roll around in your mind about beauty and makeup. It's so dumb and disgusting. And I hate you. I don't know how Matt convinced me into this but I'm getting out as soon as possible." Sora's eyes started to fill with tears.
No one had ever insulted the Takenouchi Princess, EVER, because she was a kind-hearted person, although very frank, that everyone loved. And now, some insane boy that she hadn't even known for a day was dissing her. She got up and took the cloak from Tai's hand. She could feel the thunder rumbling and quick clouds gathering but she didn't care. She ran away from him and then kept running until she saw the waterfall. Every waterfall has a small cave-like structure right behind the dropping water and so did this one. Sora walked in, sat down and cried. He was just like every other guy. He was just looking for girls who could bow down to him, not stand up to him.
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The thunder was rumbling louder as the clouds got worse as well. Tai looked up just to meet severe darkness. He sighed and got up to get his shirt. If he did't get into some shelter fast, he would be drenched in the rain. So he put his shirt back on and picked up his food pouch. Right next to it, he found another pouch and realized that it was Sora's. Suddenly, he remembered looking at her in the forest, and he was being led somewhere. He remembered calling her a witch, and then, her joke about her being a murderer. As her giggles haunted his mind, guilt washed all over him. She had only tried to help him get better, and he acted like she was a crazy person. He sighed as he remembered the sight of her running away and silently prayed to be given a chance to make things up to her.
As he walked by the bank of the lake, he remembered that seeing her had changed his whole defenition of beauty. She had so much agility and grace, something the other princesses lacked. And she seemed so friendly to Matt and so happy before he came along and ruined it. Tai looked up and saw the first flash of lightning. He quicked his pace and about a half hour later, reached a waterfall. Well, consider the factors, I mean, the guy was pretty hurt and weak at the time, so he couldn't walk that fast An image of him camping out behind a waterfall with his father when it was in a situation like this, came to mind, and so he looked behind the waterfall, saw a cave, and went in. He went in just in time as well, because the second he entered the cave, the sky opened.
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Sora looked up to meet a blurry image, because her eyes were full of tears. As she wiped them away she started to notice the brown puffy hair. She got up quickly, turned around, and scoffed. She started walking out the cave when suddenly a hand caught hers. She was whipped around before she knew it, but it didn't go too well and the next thing she knew, she had her head in his chest and they were against the wall. She looked up slowly and their eyes met. 'Wow,' they thought looking at each other.
Something cracked, right at the moment, and they saw a piece from the top of the cave start to fall. Tai instinctively pushed her against the back of the cave and Sora watched in fear from over his shoulder.
When it started to calm down and the rumbling stopped, Sora looked up and amber met chocolate once more fine so they're pretty much the same colors, but heck, imagine they aren't. She could feel a rythmic pounding in her ears but she didn't know whether it was her heart or his.
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Tai was going out of control and he knew that. All he could think about were her beautiful, large and innocent eyes. She looked very pretty even though he could barely see her in the dim light. As their eyes met, Tai took a sharp breath and tried to calm his pounding heart. He slowly whispered, "A-are you okay?" Sora nodded very slowly, and she opened her mouth to say yes, but no sound came out of her mouth.
Instead, she found herself closing her eyes as he bent down. Their kiss was gentle and sweet, but much to the dismay in both of them, Tai ended it quickly. His eyes clouded over as he moved away from her and said, "You have a Prince who's going to be your future husband waiting for you at the kingdom Princess. I'm sure he's eager. Let's head back." Sora looked miserable. Tai thought silently, 'Sora, I wish you knew how much that kiss meant to me. If I could, I'd give you my life to keep you happy.' He then started walking away. This time, it was Sora who caught his hand, and she quietly said leaning her head on his arm, "Couldn't you be my Prince." Tai looked down. He didn't know how well he would be in the duels, because his hand was still hurting very badly. So he felt as if he couldn't hold her back with the hope in a promise.
And on top of that, a rock had hit his back and fell away, a pain he chose not to express to Sora because she was already meaning a lot to him. He sighed and bent down to pick up their pouches when Sora said, "Listen, I'm not scared or anything, but there are very dangerous creatures out at night. If they found us, they would be more than happy to eat us, so I suggest we stay here." Tai nodded and just took his pouch, placing hers down and walked to the other end of the cave. She looked as he turned around and slept on the fairly damp floor. She knew that he was avoiding her, even if it meant that he had to sleep on his bad arm, and she slowly sat down at the opposite end and fell asleep.
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Sora woke up in the morning when she felt like she was being shaked. She opened her eyes a little and felt like all of her muscles were frozen. She slowly got up and saw that Tai was trying in vain to put some medicine on his wound and tie it up. She smiled and then got up. She walked in front of him and took some medicine from his hand and applied it to his arm. She took the utmost care as the medicine tended to burn. Then, she took a handkerchief in her cloak and wrapped his arm tight. She was about to throw away the cloth in his hand when he said, "Why didn't you just use the one you used yesterday." She raised an eyebrow and said, "Well for sanitary purposes of course." He just left it at that.
Then, they started their journey back. Tai held Sora's hand tightly as he led her through the rubble from the day before. Her shoes were not exactly fit for the environment and she kept slipping. It took them almost four hours to get out the dense forest and as they were nearing the palace, Sora asked Tai to stop. She told him that they were really close to the palace, but she wouldn't let him go until she said what she had to say.
Tai turned around and faced her. She looked down at the ground and started fiddling with her necklace. Then said looked up and said, "Tai, I'm really sorry about yesterday. I shouldn't have been that cold to you, and also, thank you for saving my life. I really appreciate it." Tai grinned one of his trademark lopsided grins and said, "Yeah well, I'm really sorry that I yelled at you and I'm grateful for you saving my life. I shouldn't have done that and I'm sorry for pulling you like that, I, don't know what came over me." Sora said, "that's alright, I mean this will give us another chance to start our friendship. So, can we be friends?" She held her right hand out. Tai moved his sore hand forward and said, "You got it, friends."
Then, they started again, and walked to the castle, just to meet a very relieved father and a fuming friend.
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End of Chappie!!!!
Hope ya liked it...
So far, I'm in the plans of switching scenes, so one week, it'll be Taiora and the next Takari and Dailene. That's how I'm thinking of doing it, but it'll eventually lead off into my original pairing, Takari. Well, I figure that there'll only be about two more chapters of Taiora, and the rest will be with the two other couples taking the rest of the story into their hands. But don't fret Taiora lovers, they'll be back later on in the story, atleast I think.
Yeah, so it's your choice. If you want both of them in the same chapter, then I'll do that, AFTER the next one, because I need to get the cute couples their moments. *gushing*. so yes.
Oh, next chappie is called, "I never knew this feeling before" so, another fluffy chappie.
REVIEW PLEASE!!!
~*Spectraangel*~
THANKY YOU SOOO MUCH, everyone who reviewed. I was giddy with happiness. Well, I have a mock trial coming up, so I've gotten in charge of research, but I'll try to write the next chappie REALLY fast. well, as much as I can muster.
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Disclaimer: I don't own anything, except the plot of this story and Celene, and leaves. (You'll understand when you read the chappie)
A lifetime to know you
Chapter 6
In the Mighty Jungle
Tai was furious with Sora. 'She is like the other girls,' he thought bitterly. Then he thought, 'No, she isn't like the others. She's different and WORSE.' He sighed and then sat down. Something told him to go to the forest and he did, but so far, everything looked the same. He could point out the different plants and animals from scouting with his father as a child, and he could also rip away the overlays that were blocking his path.
He drank a bit of the water he had in his food pouch and then stored it. Who knew how long he would be stuck in the forest? He started to close his eyes to take a small nap. As he fell asleep he felt a sharp pain in his left arm, but took no notice because it went away, and he settled down.
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Sora kicked the fifth set of cut branches aside. 'Boy, he must have gotten really angry to do this,' she thought. Then, she jumped as she heard a small scraping sound. She started to follow the path after not hearing another sound, and kept walking until she met up with the Prince, who in turn was taking a nap under a poplar tree. She looked harder, and noticed that he looked a little pale. She slowly crept up to him and then noticed a trickle of blood going down his shirt and a leech at the end of the small stream.
She immediately got it off with her riding glove and then crushed it with her shoe. She felt Tai's forehead. His body was heating up and fast. If she didn't do something, he could die, and that would scar her for life.
So she slowly tried to wake up Tai. If she had remembered correctly, there was a small lake nearby, and if she got him there, she could clean up his wound. She softly shook him and said, "Tai, come on, wake up." Tai moved his fingers a little and then groaned. He whispered, "5 more minutes mommy, I was just about to get the candy bar." Sora tried to stifle her laughter, but couldn't. She giggled and said again, "Tai, come on, it's been 15 minutes, you'll die if I don't clean this." Tai murmured, "But mom, everyone else in the city can get away without taking a bath, why can't I?" She sighed. This person was extremely frustrating. Finally, she decided to help him up, and lean him onto her shoulder.
Tai open his eyes a bit and saw that he was being led somewhere. His arm was hurting badly and he didn't know why. He turned to the person who was helping him and saw that she looked like Sora. He grinned cockily and said, "Hey miss, anyone ever tell you that you look like the princess?" Sora smirked and decided to play along. She said, "Yeah, that's how I get away with all the murders." Tai's eyes bulged out and he stammerred, "Y- you're a m-m-murderer? B-but you look so nice, unlike that witch of a princess."
Sora winced at the comment but then remembered that Tai was delusional, so she reluctantly led him to the lake. She made him sit down on the bank of the lake and then she gathered some leaves to make a bed for him. By the time she got back to him, he had already gotten unconcious so she dragged him to the bed.
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Sora looked around for some herbs that she could use as medicine. She found the Boreli leaves if there are such leaves, then my mistake and plucked some. Then, she got out her goblet, and put them in there along with some water. She took a good rock and crushed the leaves into a paste. She decided to take off Tai's bloody shirt because, if she remembered her grandmother's advice correctly too, she had to put the medicine at the heart and at the wound.
So she shakily took off his shirt. He had a vest on, and she let him keep that on, simply because she was blushing everytime she looked at him. She slowly applied the medicine to his body, and waited for it to work.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~That night~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sora strained to keep herself awake. Although she had done a lot of night travelling, she was too famished to continue. She stared at the fire, as it started to cackle, and then heard Tai groan.
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Tai felt like ropes were holding him down. Every limb in his body hurt and on top of that, he didn't know how he was lying down. He opened his eyes only to meet the night sky. He saw the moon shining brightly and then slowly dragged himself up. He realized that he had no shirt on and the cloak that was on him seemed familiar. Then he heard a voice say, "How are you feeling now?" He looked across the fire and met amber eyes. He sat up completely and then said, "What are YOU doing here." Sora looked away from his eyes. They were full of hatred and she felt a lot of guilt just looking in them. He continued to stare at her until she mustered to mumble out an apology. She said, "I'm really sorry for what happened this afternoon. I didn't mean to be so rude, really."
Tai just glared at her and then said, "But what am I doing here? The last thing I remember is taking a nap under the poplar tree. Sora looked up and said, "Yes, well, thanks to your ignorance, you almost got yourself killed and I had to save you." Tai screamed, "WHAT?" Sora shushed him and he smirked. His voice was dripping with sarcasm as he said, "Don't tell me the brave princess Sora is scared of ickle monsters." It was Sora's turn to glare.
She said, "Well there ARE monsters in this forest MR. Kamiya and it would be wise of you to shut up about things you don't know about." Tai frowned and said, "Well you know what, I know you and girls like you. You're all the same. The same stupid insane ideas roll around in your mind about beauty and makeup. It's so dumb and disgusting. And I hate you. I don't know how Matt convinced me into this but I'm getting out as soon as possible." Sora's eyes started to fill with tears.
No one had ever insulted the Takenouchi Princess, EVER, because she was a kind-hearted person, although very frank, that everyone loved. And now, some insane boy that she hadn't even known for a day was dissing her. She got up and took the cloak from Tai's hand. She could feel the thunder rumbling and quick clouds gathering but she didn't care. She ran away from him and then kept running until she saw the waterfall. Every waterfall has a small cave-like structure right behind the dropping water and so did this one. Sora walked in, sat down and cried. He was just like every other guy. He was just looking for girls who could bow down to him, not stand up to him.
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The thunder was rumbling louder as the clouds got worse as well. Tai looked up just to meet severe darkness. He sighed and got up to get his shirt. If he did't get into some shelter fast, he would be drenched in the rain. So he put his shirt back on and picked up his food pouch. Right next to it, he found another pouch and realized that it was Sora's. Suddenly, he remembered looking at her in the forest, and he was being led somewhere. He remembered calling her a witch, and then, her joke about her being a murderer. As her giggles haunted his mind, guilt washed all over him. She had only tried to help him get better, and he acted like she was a crazy person. He sighed as he remembered the sight of her running away and silently prayed to be given a chance to make things up to her.
As he walked by the bank of the lake, he remembered that seeing her had changed his whole defenition of beauty. She had so much agility and grace, something the other princesses lacked. And she seemed so friendly to Matt and so happy before he came along and ruined it. Tai looked up and saw the first flash of lightning. He quicked his pace and about a half hour later, reached a waterfall. Well, consider the factors, I mean, the guy was pretty hurt and weak at the time, so he couldn't walk that fast An image of him camping out behind a waterfall with his father when it was in a situation like this, came to mind, and so he looked behind the waterfall, saw a cave, and went in. He went in just in time as well, because the second he entered the cave, the sky opened.
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Sora looked up to meet a blurry image, because her eyes were full of tears. As she wiped them away she started to notice the brown puffy hair. She got up quickly, turned around, and scoffed. She started walking out the cave when suddenly a hand caught hers. She was whipped around before she knew it, but it didn't go too well and the next thing she knew, she had her head in his chest and they were against the wall. She looked up slowly and their eyes met. 'Wow,' they thought looking at each other.
Something cracked, right at the moment, and they saw a piece from the top of the cave start to fall. Tai instinctively pushed her against the back of the cave and Sora watched in fear from over his shoulder.
When it started to calm down and the rumbling stopped, Sora looked up and amber met chocolate once more fine so they're pretty much the same colors, but heck, imagine they aren't. She could feel a rythmic pounding in her ears but she didn't know whether it was her heart or his.
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Tai was going out of control and he knew that. All he could think about were her beautiful, large and innocent eyes. She looked very pretty even though he could barely see her in the dim light. As their eyes met, Tai took a sharp breath and tried to calm his pounding heart. He slowly whispered, "A-are you okay?" Sora nodded very slowly, and she opened her mouth to say yes, but no sound came out of her mouth.
Instead, she found herself closing her eyes as he bent down. Their kiss was gentle and sweet, but much to the dismay in both of them, Tai ended it quickly. His eyes clouded over as he moved away from her and said, "You have a Prince who's going to be your future husband waiting for you at the kingdom Princess. I'm sure he's eager. Let's head back." Sora looked miserable. Tai thought silently, 'Sora, I wish you knew how much that kiss meant to me. If I could, I'd give you my life to keep you happy.' He then started walking away. This time, it was Sora who caught his hand, and she quietly said leaning her head on his arm, "Couldn't you be my Prince." Tai looked down. He didn't know how well he would be in the duels, because his hand was still hurting very badly. So he felt as if he couldn't hold her back with the hope in a promise.
And on top of that, a rock had hit his back and fell away, a pain he chose not to express to Sora because she was already meaning a lot to him. He sighed and bent down to pick up their pouches when Sora said, "Listen, I'm not scared or anything, but there are very dangerous creatures out at night. If they found us, they would be more than happy to eat us, so I suggest we stay here." Tai nodded and just took his pouch, placing hers down and walked to the other end of the cave. She looked as he turned around and slept on the fairly damp floor. She knew that he was avoiding her, even if it meant that he had to sleep on his bad arm, and she slowly sat down at the opposite end and fell asleep.
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Sora woke up in the morning when she felt like she was being shaked. She opened her eyes a little and felt like all of her muscles were frozen. She slowly got up and saw that Tai was trying in vain to put some medicine on his wound and tie it up. She smiled and then got up. She walked in front of him and took some medicine from his hand and applied it to his arm. She took the utmost care as the medicine tended to burn. Then, she took a handkerchief in her cloak and wrapped his arm tight. She was about to throw away the cloth in his hand when he said, "Why didn't you just use the one you used yesterday." She raised an eyebrow and said, "Well for sanitary purposes of course." He just left it at that.
Then, they started their journey back. Tai held Sora's hand tightly as he led her through the rubble from the day before. Her shoes were not exactly fit for the environment and she kept slipping. It took them almost four hours to get out the dense forest and as they were nearing the palace, Sora asked Tai to stop. She told him that they were really close to the palace, but she wouldn't let him go until she said what she had to say.
Tai turned around and faced her. She looked down at the ground and started fiddling with her necklace. Then said looked up and said, "Tai, I'm really sorry about yesterday. I shouldn't have been that cold to you, and also, thank you for saving my life. I really appreciate it." Tai grinned one of his trademark lopsided grins and said, "Yeah well, I'm really sorry that I yelled at you and I'm grateful for you saving my life. I shouldn't have done that and I'm sorry for pulling you like that, I, don't know what came over me." Sora said, "that's alright, I mean this will give us another chance to start our friendship. So, can we be friends?" She held her right hand out. Tai moved his sore hand forward and said, "You got it, friends."
Then, they started again, and walked to the castle, just to meet a very relieved father and a fuming friend.
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End of Chappie!!!!
Hope ya liked it...
So far, I'm in the plans of switching scenes, so one week, it'll be Taiora and the next Takari and Dailene. That's how I'm thinking of doing it, but it'll eventually lead off into my original pairing, Takari. Well, I figure that there'll only be about two more chapters of Taiora, and the rest will be with the two other couples taking the rest of the story into their hands. But don't fret Taiora lovers, they'll be back later on in the story, atleast I think.
Yeah, so it's your choice. If you want both of them in the same chapter, then I'll do that, AFTER the next one, because I need to get the cute couples their moments. *gushing*. so yes.
Oh, next chappie is called, "I never knew this feeling before" so, another fluffy chappie.
REVIEW PLEASE!!!
~*Spectraangel*~