CE: Yayness! Chapter Two!!! Hehe... Let the madness begin!!! Muhaha!!

Kurama: O_O

CE: Oh, hello, Kurama!! ^_^

Kurama: ::slowly tries to back out of the room::

CE: Where ya goin'?

Kurama: Uh...nowhere? ::sweatdrops::

CE: Good, then you can do the disclaimer for me! ^_^

Kurama: Fine. -_- Crystalline Entity does not own squat, except her computer and Ivy.

CE: Yup! What he said. SO STOP FOLLOWING ME!!!

Men in Black Suits: ::shuffle away::

Kurama: O_O

CE: 'Bout time to. They were getting annoying. One last thing, I'm gonna put the people's emotions in [AN:] ( those. (i.e. [AN: O_O], etc.) Anyways, on with the fic!!!

Chapter Two: Rude Awakenings

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Ivy groaned and rolled over in her sleep, twisting the covers around her. With a jolt, her eyes flew open. Oh boy, now that was one weird dream! Well, maybe the one with the llamas was a close tie, but this one took the cake!

She slowly sat up and wiped the sleep from her eyes. She turned to get off the bed, but hit a wall. "Ouchies!!!" she yelped. 'I coulda sworn that my bed was against the other wall...' she thought. So, she turned and got off on the other side. Ivy was about halfway out of the bed when she saw it.

It was the guy from her dream! The one that she'd hit with the bat. And, come to think of it, she thought that the bat had cracked after hitting his head... But, yup, that was him all right. Short, spiky, black hair, red eyes, and - wait a sec, red eyes???

And Ivy being, well, Ivy, decided to pretend like she had never woken up. She slowly sat back down on the bed, pulled the covers over her head, and softly mumbled to herself, "It's just a dream, Ive. You woke up inside another dream..."

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Meanwhile, Hiei was now officially freaked out. Now, he wasn't exactly a human expert, but he was pretty sure Kurama never got up, tried to go through a wall, then pretended to go back to sleep.

Cautiously, Hiei got up from his perch on the windowsill, and walked over to the lump under the covers that was Ivy. He drew his sword and...

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Kurama had woken up about an hour earlier, and was busy making breakfast. It was a good thing that his mother was out of town until the following Sunday. [AN: It's a Tuesday.] Or else he would have quite some explaining to do about why there was a strange girl in the upstairs guestroom. He fully expected Hiei to come by, like he usually did when Shori wasn't around. Today's breakfast was pancakes and bacon, an American dish that Kurama had seen on T.V.

He thought that he'd heard some movement upstairs and decided to go upstairs and see Ivy. And then, he heard a scream, followed by a crash. That was all it took for Kurama to sprint the rest of the way up the stairs.

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...drew his sword and poked Ivy. No response. He poked harder. Still no response. Now this girl was starting to get on his nerves. Hiei repeatedly poked Ivy with the tip of his katana. He must have eventually hit a soft spot because, next thing he knew, a horrendous, high-pitched noise emitted from the lump under the covers.

Ivy practically leapt off the bed, screaming. "You poked my butt!" she yelled. "What kind of sicko, perverted, dream person are you! You should be ashamed of yourself! Even if you are a figment of my overactive imagination, I can't understand why I would dream up such a sick person!"

Ironically, Kurama chose this particular moment to enter the room. A room that contained a screeching girl, who was waving her hands around psychotically, and a cowering Hiei, who was up against the wall, hands clamped tightly over his ears. His mouth was moving, but Kurama couldn't hear over the noise Ivy was making.

Ivy must have seen Kurama because she stopped yelling, and Hiei's voice could be clearly heard. "Kurama! Please, make it stop!" Kurama sweatdropped. Hiei then noticed that Ivy was no longer screaming her head off, so he stopped yelling as well.

Kurama was the first to speak. "Hiei, what are you doing here? And in Ivy's room to." The youkai fox teasingly raised a questioning eyebrow. Hiei snorted, "I don't know what fantasies are going on in your head, Kurama, but I simply entered the wrong window, and this...onna started screaming at me."

A very confused Ivy raised her hand. [AN: o.O] "Question!" she said.

"Yes?" That was Kurama.

"What's a onna???"

Both Kurama and Hiei face-fell, anime style. Kurama was the first to recover. "I see that we have quite some explaining to do..."

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About an hour later, Kurama and Hiei were practically dragging Ivy behind them. Their destination: Reikai.

"Where are we going? Where am I? What are we doing? Who are we gonna see? Why is your hair sticking up? Why is your hair so long? Is this a dream? Can I go home? I'm hungry-"

Hiei rubbed his temples. This had been a long hour. Ivy had been asking questions and talking nonstop for the whole hour.

"Kurama," Hiei hissed, "You'd better find some way to shut her up, before I do."

Kurama nodded. "Ivy, if you be quiet, I'll give you a special treat when we get to where we're going." Ivy's eyes got all big and shiny. "Candy? Can I have candy?" "Yes." Ivy did a little happy dance. "Candy! Yayness!" Hiei glared at her, "Quiet!" he yelled. Both Ivy and Kurama stared. [AN: O_O] Long silence.

"We're here!" Kurama's voice rang out. Ivy stared. "It's a tree," she said. "Oh, very good. Your perception is most astonishing," Hiei mockingly retorted. "Thank you!" Ivy responded. [AN: Ivy: ^_^]

Kurama stepped over to the tree and tapped on one of the roots. Immediately, the tree appeared to spring in half. Ivy yelped and jumped onto the nearest person who was, unfortunately, Hiei. He quickly dropped her and stepped through the glowing portal in the center of the tree, muttering something about stupid onnas and the like.

Ivy pouted. 'Meany,' she said under her breath. Kurama watched this whole exchange with great amusement. "After you," he said to Ivy. "You mean, go through that," Ivy responded, pointing to the portal. "Yes." "Okay!" And with that, she happily jumped into the vortex. Kurama shook his head and jumped in himself.

To Be Continued At A Later Date...

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CE: W00tage! Second chappy up!!! Though, on another note. I got a review saying that I should space my dialogue between characters twice. I actually have done this, but it doesn't show up on the 'Net. I will need some help on how to fix this, or you'll just have to deal with it, OK?

I think that's all my notes for now. Look for the next chapter: The Decision, coming soon to a computer near you!!!! Until then, ja ne!