Here's the second part, which I didn't even think I'd write a week ago. Thank you to everyone who read and reviewed; your sweet (and undeserved on my part) comments gave me the motivation to sit down and write. I also made Katou's entry much longer; originally I wanted the journal to reflect how involved the character was in the plot, but people seemed to like his, and he was fun to write. Special thanks to my best friend M-chan, for beta-ing this; your advice was invaluable. So, everyone, read, review, and hopefully enjoy.

Setsuna's Journal 2

Day 7 Continued

I wasn't going to go to the warehouse, because damn it, I'm a man, and Sara needs to respect that, and realize that I'm not going to be at her beck and call every time she needs to mysteriously meet me in an abandoned warehouse, but someone just threw a brick through my other window, and the note tied to it says that she wants to share a secret with me. A SEXY secret! A SEXY POKEMON secret! Got to get there, got to catch them all, got to find out my sister's sexy Pokemon secret . . . I'll take my deck, just in case. Who knows, we could be playing Strip Pokemon!

Later

There was no sexy Pokemon secret, though I think I was on one of those hidden camera reality shows. Sara's crazy friend tried to kill her, which I guess makes her a pretty crappy crazy friend, and all the thugs she had in there turned into these horrible monsters. Then this big glowing guy showed up, and he said "Setsuna . . . I am your father" and I said "No you're not, my father's an alcoholic skirt-chaser who's never home." Then he said "Setsuna, I am your mother", and I said "Wrong again, my mother's a crazy Scientologist bitch who hates me." And then he said "I'm more Alexial's mother and father." I said "That's too bad, because I've known you for two minutes and I like you better than my real parents." He said "Yeah, you got screwed over, now listen: you have to awaken Alexial." And I said "I don't want to, it'll be hard" and he said "But you can do it" and I said "No I can't, I don't feel like it" and finally he said "Oh yes you can, and you will, young man," and recognizing where the conversation was going, I finally said "Okay, fine, whatever". Then one of the panda girls asked him what shampoo he uses and disappeared, along with Sara's crazy friend and the monsters. I'm not quite sure what was going on, but it'll make for one hell of a Candid Camera episode.

At this point, Sara had passed out, since she's a female and delicate, so I had to carry her home. I also did a little "practicing" on her; I can still pull off a girl's bra without having to take off her shirt! Now, that, my friend, is sheer talent.

I snuck her back into her house, and had her tucked into bed, when I remembered the time Katou set the school bird house on fire, because one of the birds was "sassing him", and then called on me to help put out the flames because he had forgotten he had hidden his stash in there. Anyway, when fleeing from the scene I tossed my ID out of my pocket to make room for the slightly singed pot, and the police found it and blamed it on me. When everyone around me was convinced I was a bird-murdering arsonist, Sara knew I hadn't done it, but instead had committed a lesser crime, namely possession and use of illegal substances, which may actually be a greater crime when I think about it.

But she stood by me, and I decided to repay her in the greatest way I knew how, namely slipping her the tongue while she was unconscious. Okay, there was another, greater way, but all the jerking around probably would have woken her up.

Just as I was getting into it, Mother Mood-Kill showed up and was screaming at me about sin and going to hell and Baby Jesus crying. At this point I was willing to do anything to get out of there, so I told her I was just fooling around with Sara. She tossed some religious brochures at me (Including one called "L. Ron Hubbard: Your Special Friend", and another titled "Scientology: That Great Big Spaceship in the Sky") and kicked me out. I guess I got lucky. Normally she throws garlic and holy water at me and asks why I'm not dissolving into a pile of muck yet.

So, what to do now? I'll ask Kira tomorrow. He always has answers for me, even if they're shitty answers.

Day 8

Met Kira today. Mused a bit on his inability to open up and love someone, to which he said "Take my damn necklace and go the hell away." I don't know why he gave me his necklace, what the hell it means, or if I'm now going to have to perform unspeakable acts on him, but I appreciate it. It didn't solve a single damn one of my problems, but I appreciate it.