Wow, *looks at reviews* my first flame. Ok, that wasn't very nice. -_-; IN YOUR FACE, ya dork!!

DM: *takes a look at flame then spits out his coffee* Ahh! TOO HOT!! *gag* Why would I… with that elf?!

CG: Hmm… someone should pair me up with my Pixie Stix. I luv candy. ^_____^ *gets swatted by Neo*

Neo: No one will EVER write such a thing, you dolt!

DMG: *tears up* do people really hate me?

Chaos: Did I ever tell you how much I love you? *gets hit by DM's coffee mug* XD

DMG: Am I really a hooker or a ho? What does that mean? *looks confused*

DM: No, nobody hates you. It's all right. Jealousy isn't everything. *pats DMG's shoulder*

DMG: *sniffs* I have the nicest master ever… even if he is a bit mean sometimes.

Erm, ok. Now continuing from where we left off…..

Chapter 4

Chaos gasped for breath as he leaned against the wall outside a shop, clutching the aching stitch in his side. Exercising wasn't one of his top priorities. He looked around. Cosmo Queen was nowhere in sight.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

~FLASHBACK~

He was tiring and slowing down and Cosmo Queen was closing in on him. Geez, how is she able to hover that fast?!

"Chaos, you know you can't run from me." She reached out to grab him.

Chaos, knowing that he could never outrun her did the next best thing: Drop and cover

Cosmo Queen breezed over him and he mumbled a quick spell while she was distracted and looked around for him.

When she finally noticed him, he stood up, grinned and vanished in a black puff.

"Sucker."  

Cosmo Queen clenched her fists in anger. "Grrr, that brat got lucky but he won't be next time…"

~End Flashback~

An elderly man walked by the store and noticing Chaos, greeted him.

"Why, hello Chaos. How have you been?" greeted the Dark Sage.

"Fine," Chaos mumbled.

"Would you mind staying and helping me out? I could use some help from a strong youth."

"Naw. I got to be going."

"Oh really? Then fell free to drop by anytime."

Chaos turned to leave.

"Well what do you know, there's Cosmo Queen over there." He gestured with his staff. Chaos suddenly stopped. "It's been a while since I last spoke to her. We've known each other since childhood. Perhaps we should go say hi."

"NO!!!" Chaos suddenly whirled around and dragged Dark Sage into the shop. "What should I help you with?"

"Help? But I thought you said you had to go--"

"Forget it." Chaos interrupted. I'm only doing this to get away from that rabid freak.

"Alright then," Dark Sage pointed to the shelves. "First I need to sort through these boxes…. then help me arrange the staffs….."

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"I'm home!" Dark Magician Girl called opening the front door.

Silence.

"Maybe he's still asleep." Mystical Elf said, looking around the quiet room.

Dark Magician Girl shrugged and dropped the shopping bags. "I'll go check."

She didn't have to look far. Her master was curled up in front of the couch. This struck Dark Magician Girl as being very strange.

Mystical Elf came by and stood behind her.

"Sensei, get up." She gently shook his shoulder. He stirred and instinctively slapped her hand away. "Kri," he mumbled flately. Dark Magician Girl blinked in confusion.

"C'mon, get up." She shook him harder. She was relieved when he finally sat up and rubbed his eyes.

"Kuri?" He looked at her and suddenly embraced her in a tight hug that took her by surprise. This seemed very wrong for him to do as he rarely does this.

"Master, are you ok?" The blonde asked as she felt his brow.

Her master made no reply. He rumbled deeply in his throat while toying with her loose strands of hair with his fingers.

Mystical Elf knelt down next to her. "I don't think this is your master," she said. Dark Magician Girl was suddenly struck by realization that only one person does this to her, in the Shadow Realm. It could be none other than-

"Kuriboh!" she exclaimed, remembering that Kuriboh often showered his affection for her by running his claws through her hair. Except seeing her "master" doing this to her made her feel slightly uncomfortable.

"If this is Kuriboh, then where is my Sensei?" she wondered out loud. "In Kuriboh's body, no doubt." Mystical answered for her, fuming at the thought of Chaos. "We'll have to find your real master. We'll take "Kuriboh" along with us, of course"

"Great, we can have some fun with him. Maybe we can teach him a few tricks!" Dark Magician Girl exclaimed gleefully, imagining herself teaching him how to play dead, while trying to pull "Kuriboh" to his feet. Kuriboh however, objected. (As he didn't know how to walk). Mystical noted this and picked up Dark Magician's staff, which was lying in a corner. "We'll have to teach him how to walk first," she smiled. "Perhaps the Dark Sage may know what to do. Let's walk him there." (remember how I said Dark Sage was famous for knowing Kuriboh's language?)

"Kuriii…" "Kuriboh" protested as he was pulled to his feet by the two girls.

"You first put one foot down in front of you, then place your other foot down in front of that foot." Dark Magician girl demonstrated, once "Kuriboh" was able to keep his balance standing. "Kuriboh" attempted to mimic, but tripped over his long robe and crashed to the floor. Mystical Elf rubbed her temples.

This might take a while…

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It seems like whenever I update a chappie, it doesn't seem as long as I expected. I'll be busy as I've always been. I just hope that I can pass the stupid chemistry test this Thursday. I also have a quiz for French as well, dammit!! _

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Chaos: Flames will be used on Kuriboh and Dark Magician's hair!!