I'm gonna go kick Tanya's butt for not reviewing. It may be 12:30am but
I've still got enough energy! I think...*dozes off*
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*A week has passed since the when last chapter took place.*
Chapter 22
Kat awoke leaning against the wall as she had found her self that way the past few days.
Something wet and sticky was coating her shoulder and she turned her shoulder to see what it was.
Kat let out a piercing shriek.
A huge wolf head was resting against her shoulder and it was drooling.
There was a click and a flash.
The wolf was startled and its eyes fluttered open, 'Never was a morning spirit but do I really look that bad?'
Suzaku pulled her tong back into her mouth and got off Kat.
Kat heard laughing and turned to see what it was.
Kenshin and Kageunsei were sitting on the floor with a camera perched between them.
To her horror a single picture was making its way out of the camera.
'That's a keeper. It's also a side she shouldn't show other people.'
Kat wandered over and smacked the wolf upside the head.
The picture was taken at the exact moment Kat had screamed and looked quite hilarious.
Kageunsei growled, 'I didn't take the picture.'
"Then who did?" Kat demanded, "Was it you Kenshin?"
He shook his head, "I don't do pranks this early in the morning."
There was more snickering and everyone in the room turned to see who it was.
White hair shone in the light and golden eyes laughed at the four others, "I took it."
"Inuyasha!" Kat exclaimed.
The hanyou grinned, "I came to see what you guys were up to. We got the letter telling us how things were. I'm glad the snow melted so we can take you guys back to the hut."
"So nice to see you again Inuyasha! Who else is back at the hut?" Kat asked.
"Tanya is the only one there right now," he said, "So, you want to go back?"
"Yes, but we need some time to get packed," Kenshin said.
'We'll be waiting for you outside. The sled will be ready by then. Take as much time as you need,' Suzaku said.
Kat nodded then said to Kenshin, "I didn't think there was anything I needed to pack."
Kenshin flushed, "There are some things I need to pack."
"Oh," Kat said.
She followed him to what used to be his room.
He wished for a suitcase and laid it on the floor.
Kat helped Kenshin by packing some of his gi and hakama.
When they finished with his room they walked down the hallway together.
Kenshin hesitated at the door to Tomoe's room for a few seconds before continuing to the kitchen.
Kat wrapped sake cups and packed chopsticks into the fattening suitcase.
They worked in silence both wondering what the other was thinking.
They finished with the other rooms and dragged the suitcase out to the sled.
Kageunsei muttered curses about how he had been reduced to a pack mule and snapped at his harness.
Suzaku waited patiently in her harness and Kat walked up to her.
"Looks beautiful," Kat said admiring the sled.
'Glad you like it.'
Kat checked the traces to make sure they weren't tangled and ran her hand along Kageunsei's harness to make sure it hadn't snapped.
"I'm going to see if I missed anything," Kenshin announced as he disappeared into the house.
"I'll go with him," Kat told the others.
Inuyasha muttered about how slow the two were.
Kat wandered down the hall and poked her head into Tomoe's room.
She was surprised to see Kenshin in there, reading Tomoe's diary.
Kat walked over and read over and began to read over his shoulder.
Kenshin sensed her presence and snapped the book shut.
Kat backed away startled.
"We'll bring this with us," he said in an empty tone.
Kat studied him a moment, "It still hurts even after all these years?"
Kenshin's eyes narrowed, "How could it not?"
Kat understood but was still troubled, "Do you still love her?"
There was a long pause and Kat felt she knew the answer.
She barked out a sharp laugh at the irony, "You know Inuyasha told he loved me right before I went looking for you?"
Kenshin lifted his gaze from the book to look into the stormy eyes of Kat, "What did you say?"
She decided to play a trick on him, "I didn't get to say anything. We were interrupted."
Kenshin frowned, "What did you want to say?"
Kat paused and acted like she was thinking hard about it.
"You two waiting for Christmas or are we going?" Inuyasha yelled.
"Mind if I take these with me?" Kat asked motioning to a box of Tomoe's best writing brushes.
Kenshin paused before giving her a curt nod and leaving the room.
Kat caught up to him at the sled and tried to help into it.
He jerked his arm away from her and climbed in without help.
Kat handed him the set of brushes and watched him slide them onto a pocket of the suitcase.
Kat stood on the back of the runners and grabbed on to the handle of the sled, "Gi!"
'Can you drive?' Kageunsei asked.
"My father used to own a team. I've learned everything I know from him. Now gi!" Kat yelled.
The wolves lunged right (I think that gi means right, haw left, mush go, unbi keep going, and ho stop).
"Haw!" Kat commanded.
The pair of wolves threw their weight to the left and there was a loud splintering as the runners broke free from the ice that had frozen the sled to the ground.
"Now mush!" Kat yelled.
The two wolves lunged forward and their hard-as-steel muscled rippled.
The sled began to pick up speed and Inuyasha began to jog alongside Kat.
The sled glided over the snow with surprising ease and Kat was happy to see that the movement of the sled wasn't hurting Kenshin's foot.
"Haw!" Kat said.
She shifted her weight into the turn and watched the wolves plow through the snow, sending it flying.
They charged on and Kat loved the icy feel of the cool crisp wind against her cheeks.
Kat yelled, "Unbi!" When she saw Kageunsei try to go after a rabbit they had flushed out of its winter home.
The wolf yipped at the rabbit as if to say 'you got off this time but for you there might not be a next time!'
Inuyasha had taken to the tree tops to avoid snow drifts since he was fed up with plowing through them.
Kat smiled to herself and thought, 'I can't wait to get back!'
(A/N: Sorry if I mixed up the musher's phrases! If you know what they are, just tell me and I'll fix em'! Hope you liked it! PLEASE REVIEW!!!)
PLEASE REVIEW!!!
*A week has passed since the when last chapter took place.*
Chapter 22
Kat awoke leaning against the wall as she had found her self that way the past few days.
Something wet and sticky was coating her shoulder and she turned her shoulder to see what it was.
Kat let out a piercing shriek.
A huge wolf head was resting against her shoulder and it was drooling.
There was a click and a flash.
The wolf was startled and its eyes fluttered open, 'Never was a morning spirit but do I really look that bad?'
Suzaku pulled her tong back into her mouth and got off Kat.
Kat heard laughing and turned to see what it was.
Kenshin and Kageunsei were sitting on the floor with a camera perched between them.
To her horror a single picture was making its way out of the camera.
'That's a keeper. It's also a side she shouldn't show other people.'
Kat wandered over and smacked the wolf upside the head.
The picture was taken at the exact moment Kat had screamed and looked quite hilarious.
Kageunsei growled, 'I didn't take the picture.'
"Then who did?" Kat demanded, "Was it you Kenshin?"
He shook his head, "I don't do pranks this early in the morning."
There was more snickering and everyone in the room turned to see who it was.
White hair shone in the light and golden eyes laughed at the four others, "I took it."
"Inuyasha!" Kat exclaimed.
The hanyou grinned, "I came to see what you guys were up to. We got the letter telling us how things were. I'm glad the snow melted so we can take you guys back to the hut."
"So nice to see you again Inuyasha! Who else is back at the hut?" Kat asked.
"Tanya is the only one there right now," he said, "So, you want to go back?"
"Yes, but we need some time to get packed," Kenshin said.
'We'll be waiting for you outside. The sled will be ready by then. Take as much time as you need,' Suzaku said.
Kat nodded then said to Kenshin, "I didn't think there was anything I needed to pack."
Kenshin flushed, "There are some things I need to pack."
"Oh," Kat said.
She followed him to what used to be his room.
He wished for a suitcase and laid it on the floor.
Kat helped Kenshin by packing some of his gi and hakama.
When they finished with his room they walked down the hallway together.
Kenshin hesitated at the door to Tomoe's room for a few seconds before continuing to the kitchen.
Kat wrapped sake cups and packed chopsticks into the fattening suitcase.
They worked in silence both wondering what the other was thinking.
They finished with the other rooms and dragged the suitcase out to the sled.
Kageunsei muttered curses about how he had been reduced to a pack mule and snapped at his harness.
Suzaku waited patiently in her harness and Kat walked up to her.
"Looks beautiful," Kat said admiring the sled.
'Glad you like it.'
Kat checked the traces to make sure they weren't tangled and ran her hand along Kageunsei's harness to make sure it hadn't snapped.
"I'm going to see if I missed anything," Kenshin announced as he disappeared into the house.
"I'll go with him," Kat told the others.
Inuyasha muttered about how slow the two were.
Kat wandered down the hall and poked her head into Tomoe's room.
She was surprised to see Kenshin in there, reading Tomoe's diary.
Kat walked over and read over and began to read over his shoulder.
Kenshin sensed her presence and snapped the book shut.
Kat backed away startled.
"We'll bring this with us," he said in an empty tone.
Kat studied him a moment, "It still hurts even after all these years?"
Kenshin's eyes narrowed, "How could it not?"
Kat understood but was still troubled, "Do you still love her?"
There was a long pause and Kat felt she knew the answer.
She barked out a sharp laugh at the irony, "You know Inuyasha told he loved me right before I went looking for you?"
Kenshin lifted his gaze from the book to look into the stormy eyes of Kat, "What did you say?"
She decided to play a trick on him, "I didn't get to say anything. We were interrupted."
Kenshin frowned, "What did you want to say?"
Kat paused and acted like she was thinking hard about it.
"You two waiting for Christmas or are we going?" Inuyasha yelled.
"Mind if I take these with me?" Kat asked motioning to a box of Tomoe's best writing brushes.
Kenshin paused before giving her a curt nod and leaving the room.
Kat caught up to him at the sled and tried to help into it.
He jerked his arm away from her and climbed in without help.
Kat handed him the set of brushes and watched him slide them onto a pocket of the suitcase.
Kat stood on the back of the runners and grabbed on to the handle of the sled, "Gi!"
'Can you drive?' Kageunsei asked.
"My father used to own a team. I've learned everything I know from him. Now gi!" Kat yelled.
The wolves lunged right (I think that gi means right, haw left, mush go, unbi keep going, and ho stop).
"Haw!" Kat commanded.
The pair of wolves threw their weight to the left and there was a loud splintering as the runners broke free from the ice that had frozen the sled to the ground.
"Now mush!" Kat yelled.
The two wolves lunged forward and their hard-as-steel muscled rippled.
The sled began to pick up speed and Inuyasha began to jog alongside Kat.
The sled glided over the snow with surprising ease and Kat was happy to see that the movement of the sled wasn't hurting Kenshin's foot.
"Haw!" Kat said.
She shifted her weight into the turn and watched the wolves plow through the snow, sending it flying.
They charged on and Kat loved the icy feel of the cool crisp wind against her cheeks.
Kat yelled, "Unbi!" When she saw Kageunsei try to go after a rabbit they had flushed out of its winter home.
The wolf yipped at the rabbit as if to say 'you got off this time but for you there might not be a next time!'
Inuyasha had taken to the tree tops to avoid snow drifts since he was fed up with plowing through them.
Kat smiled to herself and thought, 'I can't wait to get back!'
(A/N: Sorry if I mixed up the musher's phrases! If you know what they are, just tell me and I'll fix em'! Hope you liked it! PLEASE REVIEW!!!)