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Chapter 23

"Well this is the place," the girl said to herself as she climbed the porch steps.

She leaned against the porch railing and gazed at the liquid amber trees in the yard. She thought of how peculiar the trees looked standing there in front of the forest of bamboo. Leaves dropped from the trees and floated to the ground. The red, orange and yellow colors of the leaves amazed her. She watched the leaves as they descended and her mind began to wander again.

'Will he come for me? Did he find this place alright? How long has it been since I've seen Kat? I hope she doesn't mind-' her thoughts were interrupted when she caught the sound of something from in the house. She frowned and reached for the door handle. What she saw when she opened the door didn't phase her one bit.

"VASH?!" She screamed.

He shot to attention as soon as he heard his name. Jasmine and Kat had been playing Twister and Kat slipped as soon as she saw who was at the door. Kurama looked up from reading the paper and Saku growled form being woken up by the yell. The girl in the doorway ignored the others in the room and launched herself at Vash, tackling him and effectively pinning him to the floor.

"VASH!? I love you! I love you! I love you! Marry me?!" she asked.

Vash looked to Kat for help before yelling, "Get off me! Somebody help!"

"Vix?" Kat asked.

The girl on the floor ignored Kat and squeezed Vash harder still yelling, "MARRY ME!" at the top of her lungs.

Someone else stepped through the doorway and froze, "Vix?"

The girl on the floor instantly stopped her chant of marry me and rolled off Vash as if he had just bit her, "Oh hi Dev, um…It's not what it looks like?"

The man in the doorway stormed off and the girl ran after him yelling, "Let me explain!"

Kat frowned, "That was weird."

Everyone in the room nodded.

"Excuse me," Kat said and went to follow the two mysterious people.

Vash got up after retrieving his sunglasses (which had been knocked out of his pocket) and followed Kat. Jasmine and Kurama watched from the window.

"… AND I get here after flying five hours on a plane just to see you and what do I see?! I see you, MY girlfriend latched on to some Vash wannabe!" the man yelled.

"I told you Dev, that he's the real thing! Kat always had a fancy for anime characters. Tanya, Kat and I were best friends! I was there for her when she arrived out of the blue pregnant and broken heated! We're best friends!" she yelled back.

"That still doesn't explain why you were hugging him!" he hissed.

Kat and Vash had approached the fighting pair and had caught what they were saying.

"Vixen Kuroibara the Queen of Hearts, what on earth have you been doing?!" Kat asked her friend.

Hearing her nickname and part of her real name in the same sentence caught her attention.

Vix turned around, "Not much-"

Vix had caught sight of Vash and she made to tackle him again but he dodged her and began to run. Kat ignored them and turned her attention back to the man her friend had come with, "Who are you?"

He snorted in annoyance upon seeing Vix snatch Vash's sunglasses and take off running, "I'm her boyfriend. My name's Devon but you can call me Dev."

"Let me guess, this is your first time meeting?" Kat asked.

Dev nodded, "You guessed it. So are you and Vixen friends? If you are could you tell me her real name?"

Kat smiled, "I guess you could say we're friends but we're more like sisters. We've been friends since we were born but haven't seen each other much since Vix has problems with her family. As for her real name?" Kat paused and whispered, "Between you and me? Her real name is irreverent."

Dev laughed slightly, "You know she told me the same thing."

He paused when he saw Vix now running around in Vash's precious coat. Kat snatched the coat with lightning fast speed and slung it over her shoulder.

She yelled to Vix, "You can steel his glasses anytime you want but his coat belongs to me!"

Vix laughed as she continued to run away from Vash, "I had no idea you fancied this needle-noggin too!"

Kat huffed mumbled something like 'I don't,' but it wasn't convincing.

"Could you tell me what's going on?" Dev asked.

Kat laughed but it came out as more of an irritated bark, "You want the long story or the short one?"

(A/N: Vix is a made up character, Dev is a moron friend of mine. PLEASE REVIEW!!!)