Last chapter for today! A hint on the questions, meiosis II has to do with haploid cells.
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Chapter 33
Kenshin walked over to the tree the house was in and reached behind it.
He pulled a rope ladder off a branch and handed it to Kat, "Ladies first."
Kat gave him a look, "Yah right. How am I supposed to do this?"
"Just jump on," he said holding the ladder.
Kat stared at the ladder flatly before placing a foot on one of the steps.
Kenshin let go of the ladder as soon as she did and Kat had to act fast to make sure that she didn't fall off.
"You're getting faster," Kenshin complimented.
Kat glared at him, "What do I do now?"
Kenshin rolled his eyes, "Try climbing it."
Kat glared at him.
There was no way she could climb the ladder.
It hung over the river and if she moved the ladder would begin to sway uncontrollably.
"Kenshin," Kat said, "I hate you."
He grinned at her from the shore, "Just start climbing."
Kat nodded and moved her leg to place it on the next step up.
The ladder began to sway and Kat gripped it for dear life, "I hate this!"
'The only way to get up this ladder is by using speed. But am I fast enough to make it?' "Kenshin, promise me that if I fall you'll catch me?" Kat asked.
He nodded and Kat disappeared from sight.
The ladder swung back and forth and Kat reappeared a second later on the porch of the tree house, "That wasn't so hard."
She smiled and made to take a step into the house but her foot slipped out from under her and she began to fall.
"KENSHIN!!!"
He disappeared and the water parted in a straight line towards Kat.
She stopped falling half way and was caught by Kenshin.
They landed in the water and Kenshin was soaked.
"Thanks," Kat said blushing at her clumsiness.
Kenshin smiled back before his foot gave way and they plunged into the water.
Kat sat up in the ice cold water coughing and spitting.
She stood up shivering and looked for Kenshin.
He was sitting in the water with a pained expression on his face.
He was sitting on his bad foot and it looked as if it hurt too much to move.
"Oh Kenshin I'm so sorry!" Kat whispered.
He eased off his foot and sat in the water a second before disappearing.
Kat gasped before she found herself in the tree house.
Kenshin had wished them there and he was now sitting on a futon in the corner rubbing his foot.
"Can't you wish us back to the hut? Your foot must have broken. It's all my fault!" Kat wailed.
"It's not broken. Besides, it wasn't your fault you fell and I promised I'd catch you too."
Kat nodded, "But are you sure you'll be ok?"
"I can't wish us back but yes we'll be ok."
Kat's clothes changed into a many layered kimono.
It had long flowing wings and a fan with many tassels appeared next to her.
The fan had two cranes on it and it was enormous.
Kat picked it up and admired the wings on her kimono.
"Thanks Kenshin. Why the beautiful attire?" she asked.
"Just thought you'd like it," he said.
His clothes changed to a dark blue gi and the usual white hakama.
He tucked his arms into his gi and leaned against the wall.
"It feels good to be warm," Kat said.
Kenshin nodded in agreement and Kat laughed, "I love all your little habits."
Kenshin followed her gaze to his arms and smiled, "I had no idea that you even noticed how often I do that."
Kat scrambled over to the futon and sat down next to him, "You have any idea how hard it is to move in this?"
She raised her fan to her face, "How do I look?"
"Like a princess. Only princesses or queens wear the patterns and colors you're wearing but how did you know to raise your fan to conceal your face when you talk?"
Kat smiled behind her fan, "I read it in a book about Japanese culture. Aren't ladies also supposed to talk behind a screen in the presence of others?"
Kenshin lowered her fan, "Yes but no one really uses screens anymore. It's no fun and it's out of style. Besides, I can never see the face of the women I talk to."
Kat blushed and Kenshin mirrored her for no apparent reason.
His face matched the color of his fiery hair.
"Why are you blushing?" Kat asked.
"Why are you?" Kenshin asked back.
Kat's ears picked up the pitter patter of rain on the roof and smiled, "It reminds me of the song 'I'm only happy when it rains.' I always loved that song."
"But is it true? Are you happy only when it rains?" Kenshin asked.
Kat shook her head, "I love it when it rains but I love being around you more."
"If I could, I'd make it rain forever."
"Then I guess we have a lot in common."
(A/N: its 11:30pm give me a break (actually it's 5:15pm but it must have been 11:30 when I wrote this). PLEASE REVIEW!!!)