Cloe: SQUEE! Yes, another chapter! I must write quickly before the readers kill me!

Mandy: Yeah. Can we get to it already? I need to type out her history paper!

Cloe: Heh, I already did science with Trish…heheh

Jenny: *sighs*Ahh, wouldn't you just LOVE yamis who do homework for you without complaining?

Mandy and Cloe: Who said we weren't complaining?

Jenny: Dang.

Cloe: Welp, here's chapter 8!

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My Immortal

By CFB

Chapter 8

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key: 'blah' = hikari to yami. /blah/ = yami to hikari

(POV's shall come later in this chapter, right now we'll focus in on Malik and his yami)

Marik laughed a laugh that had just a twinge of evil in it. Oh what am I saying? He laughed evilly. VERY evilly. And this is Marik we're talking about, so you KNOW what that laugh must sound like, right?

His plan was working just as it should. Pretty soon, they'd all be going cuckoo over the CEO, and be fighting each other off like starving hyenas to a piece of meat.

(a/n: Nice metaphor, eh?)

Malik, who had been sitting in a dark corner, cringed at the sound and felt Marik's thoughts in his own mind.

'Soon…very soon…'

He shuddered and quickly left the room to try and get away from the thoughts entering his head, trying to put up a barrier. It didn't work. Nothing did those days for Malik. He'd had just about enough of it, too.

Grinning impishly, and quite uncharacteristically for that matter, he strode back to his own chambers and looked through his spell books for the first one mentioned in the beginning of this entire story.

With a smile of triumph, he pulled it off the shelf and flipped through it carelessly, only looking for one certain spell.

"Hmm…" he muttered, going through slower now, page-by-page.

His hand faltered as he almost passed the spell he was looking for.

"Here it is…now, how does this chant go?" He asked himself. He tried the chant out to see if he could pronounce it correctly.

Suddenly, the book began to glow, and Malik screamed as he was sucked up into a swirling black mist emitting from the book…

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(Back with the girls)

"I still don't know WHY I thought that." Yugi rambled.

"Because, obviously, your female hormones are going crazy. It's dead obvious!" Tiami explained.

"Yeah, well, I don't think I like them…they make my head all fuzzy and stuff."

"I agree!" Joey piped.

Honda nodded.

"I don't think they've effected me that much…I haven't gone tackling random guys or anything…but…"

"But what?" The other four girls in the room chorused.

"I get this feeling in the pit of my stomach…I think…never mind, it's too hard to explain…"

"That's okay. I think I know what you mean." Vanessa said with a grim smile.

Ryou stepped into the room, blushing faintly.

"I'm back."

"So, how was Kitsune this fine evening?" Joey asked in a polite yet teasing voice.

"She was chipper from what I could tell. She said that if I come to the party, I can be part of their posse. Quote, unquote."

"What?" Joey asked, confused.

Ryou pegged him on his head with a pillow.

"OW!" He yelped, picking up his own pillow and hitting Ryou back.

Vanessa hit Joey, too, and then Honda hit her, so Yugi hit him, and then when Yugi got pummeled, Tiami stepped in with…a random bag of flour. JUST KIDDING! She stepped in with two pillows and started beating people every which way…and that's when the phone rang. Yugi picked it up.

"Hello, Motou residence."

"Anzu? Umh…Yugi's lost his voice, can I take a message?"

"Okay…that all?"

"Alright, 'bye." Yugi said, lightly placing the phone back in its receiver.

"Now where were we?" Vanessa asked, picking up Yugi's forgotten pillow.

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(The next morning)(Honda's POV)

Have you ever felt that feeling that you get when you know something's wrong? Well, that's how I feel when I see this blonde girl asking me for the price of Duel Monster cards.

"Excuse me? Cashier?"

I jump out of my zone and utter something like 'huh?'.

"How much are these?"

"Umh…seven yen."

She lays the money on the counter and I put it in the cash register, and then put the cards pack in a bag for her.

"Excuse me, but where is the owner of the store? I would like to ask him something."

"About what?" I growl.

"I'm the daughter of an old friend of his."

"Are you related to Rebecca Hawkins?"

She looks confused.

"Well, no…"

"I'll go get him."

My fingers untangle the knot on the store apron (No, not the one Tiami was wearing for cooking) as I walk to the back of the store. "Hey, Yug', where's your Grampa?"

"He went out on some errands. What's the matter?" Yugi asks.

"Some girl says she knows him and she'd like to see him."

He shrugs. "I'll go see her."

He brushes past me in the blink of an eye and puts on my apron.

"You wanted to see Soguroku?" he says.

"Yes. Are you in relation to him?"

"I am."

"Then can you give him this for me?" she asks, handing him a bulging envelope.

"Of course."

"Thanks. Later!"

She walks, no, waddles out of the shop and somehow the air loses its tenseness.

"Hey, Honda, can you go wake up the others? We may need some help this morning."

I nod and make my way upstairs.

"Jou, wake up!" I urge in a whisper, shaking his shoulder.

His eyes flutter open and he yawns as I start to shake Ryou. Surprisingly, I start a chain reaction. Ryou rolls over and hits Vanessa who accidentally punches Tiami, who groans and clutches her stomach while sitting up.

"Heheh, oops…"

Tiami rolls her eyes, and stands while stretching.

"Whasa matter?" Vanessa asks, yawning.

"Yeah, it's Saturday, you know the day that normal people sleep in on?" Ryou snaps sleepily.

"Yugi needs help downstairs. Saturday is also a day in the weekend on which many normal people go shopping." I snap.

"Your point?" Jou asks.

I slap my forehead with my palm. "My point is that there are more customers than usual coming and we haven't eaten breakfast yet so Tiami and Vanessa need to make some for us because, frankly, none of us can cook." I say, taking a deep breath afterwards.

Joey stares at me incredulously.

"Sure…speaking of breakfast…" His stomach growls and he looks towards Tiami hopefully. "Got anymore of those knish things?"

Tiami smiles, "Of course I do! I put them in the freezer!"

She skips down the stairs, still in her pajamas, and disappears from view. Vanessa jumps up and follows excitedly, also in her nightgown.

Ryou and Joey shrug and reach for their borrowed garments.

(a/n: Ooohhh, cool word right tharr *points to 'garments'*)

(switch POV to Vanessa)

Tiami hands me two trays of frozen knish.

"Put them in the microwave, and then we can make our own breakfasts. Personally, I don't know WHY Andy likes them so much. I think they're awful, but you know that boy."

We roll our eyes in unison, and I set about to cooking the food.

"I think your cooking's okay…for a pharaoh."

"Whatever. I used to have slaves back then to make my food."

I laugh.

"I didn't. I had devoted workers at my every command."

"Hm." She mutters, thinking hard about something.

"Yami? What's wrong?"

"I just…think…something's amiss. Do you feel it?"

I shake my head. "No. What kind of feeling? 'Cause Ryou mentioned something to me yesterday about something like this."

"Oh well. Never mind. Whatcha want for breakfast?"

"Not hungry. I'll take the food to the guys."

I take the tray and walk out to the dining room. Joey, Honda, and Ryou look up at me as I enter.

"Morning. If you don't want these, you can get something else."

Slouching, I walk back into the kitchen and sit across from the pharaoh.

"Did you hear about Ryou? Getting on the cheer team?" Tiami questions, starting up a conversation.

"He got on?" I ask in disbelief.

"Yeah. Yugi got a call this morning and I heard the conversation through our link."

I give her a high-five. "Nice snooping! So who called?"

"Anzu and Miho. They were really excited, but when Yugi said Ryou was asleep, they started asking Yugi about Yugi! Like his dating life, personal life, etcetera."

"Did Yugi answer?"

"Yeah, he made up a lot of stuff like he was dating some girl from another school and that he was starting to check out the cheerleaders."

I snigger. That's definitely not the Yugi I know. Anzu and Miho are probably caught up on gossip. Heh, won't they be surprised when they find out that he's not interested…

"They're gonna be ticked at Yug' when we get back to our normal states."

"That's what I was thinking, but, 'Kura, what happens if we never turn back? We could be stuck as females forever…"

I shrug. "S'not so bad. Besides, we've only been girls for two or three days. No big deal. I'm sure we can find out what happened."

"Yeah, and I DO like freaking them out by acting weird." A smile plays on her lips.

At this moment, Ryou comes in and starts digging in the cupboards for something edible. He finds a muffin and joins us on the kitchen counter.

"Whatcha talking about?" she asks, taking a bite out of the muffin.

"You," Tiami says, after a moment she adds, "and Yugi."

"What about us?"

"You getting on the cheer squad and Yugi lying to Miho and Anzu about his personal life." I answer bluntly.

The phone rings, and Tiami jumps up to get it.

"Hello?"

Ryou and I grab the other phone and listen into it.

"Hi, is Nika there?"

Tiami glances at us. "No, she went to get medicine for Yugi. Who is this?"

"Miho. I really needed to tell her something…who is this?"

"Yukiri, Nika's friend."

"Oh…well, can you tell her that she made it? I was going to wait till Monday to tell her but I just couldn't wait."

"Oh wait! She just walked in. Why don't you talk to her?"

Ryou glares at her. "Hello?"

"HI! Guess what?"

"What?" Ryou asks, rolling his eyes.

"You got on the team!"

Ryou lets out a squeal of pleasure that sounds so, totally fake. Did I just think that?!?!? Oh well. Maybe this girl thing is starting to take a toll on me…

"That's great! What times are the practices?"

The conversation continues for about seven minutes and then Ryou hangs up the phone and immediately starts whapping Tiami with it on the arm. "I hate you! You know how long it took me to get that squeal JUST right? I knew I'd get on, but honestly!" She drops off her sentence and sits back on the counter in a huffy silence. Tiami and I glance warily at each other.

"C'mon, tomb robber, let's go." She mutters loud enough for Ryou to hear.

"'Tomb robber'?"

"Yeah. You didn't really think we'd act like lunatics, didja?" I ask with that tone of voice girls usually use when they think someone's stupid for believing something…well, stupid. Point blank.

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(Tiami's POV)

"Hm…think Ryou'll tell the others about our little act?"

"He's not a blabbermouth. Trust me." Vanessa assures me.

I sigh. "But if he DOES tell, the jig is up…"

"True, true. BUT, he won't tell. You know why?"

"Why?" I ask, blatantly bored.

"I have soo much blackmail on him, he wouldn't dare to tell." She answers, smiling sadistically.

"'Kay…and?"

"Well, if he tells, his private info goes out to the public…well, school at least."

"You are way too mean. But tell me, what IS that black mail you have on him?"

She whispers in my ear.

O_O RYOU?! Ryou Bakura?!?!? You have got to be kidding. I don't think I want Yugi to hang with HIM anymore.

"And what was YOUR influence on this behavior problem?"

She looks taken aback. "I had nothing to do with this. Well, okay, I taught him how to use the frying pan, but he just kept learning new ways on his own. He's such a fast learner." She says, a dreamy look upon her face.

I slap her head with the back of my hand. "You are some kinda freaky."

"Ow…" she rubs her head where I hit it and glares daggers at me. "When I get my body back, I'ma kick your-"

"Vanessa?"

We both turn to see Yugi staring at us critically. "Were you just threatening Yami?"

Vanessa shakes her head. "I was just joking with him-er-her."

I roll my eyes and pat Yugi on the back.

"Come, Aibou, let us kick the tomb robber's butt together. 'Cause we can't have her trying to torture me, now can we?"

He stares at me. "You're kidding, right? And have you taken down those stupid pink frills from my room?"

"I was just heading to your room to do so." I lie.

Yami, honestly. Just take down the frills. I know you don't want to…

/Is this what this is all about?/

*blink* Yeah…Yami, you scare me.

/I try…I MEAN, er, I scare many people/

I'm sure.

I break the link.

"Yami, we need to talk later about your problem."

"It's TIAMI. NOT Yami. Get it through your head, little game." I retort, ignoring the last part of his statement.

He quirks an eyebrow at me. "Game? Where the hell did you come up with that?!"

I sweatdrop. "Your name means 'game', Aibou…"

"Oh…yes…well, anyways, I gotta get ready to be sick for Anzu. She's coming over any minute now."

He darts past and into his room, leaving me and Vanessa dumbstruck. Anzu…coming…HERE??? NOW??? Oh Re, this should be amusing…

I look at Vanessa. She nods and we both run as quickly as possible up the stairs to the room.

"Yugi?! What're we gonna do about the fact that YOU'RE NOT HERE?!" Vanessa yells.

"I'll get dressed in my PJs then lie in bed with many covers to hide my girly parts. Then I'll spike my hair a bit, spray water on my face and act really sick. Nothing big. I've done it before."

"You have?" Vanessa and I question in unison.

He laughs. "'Course I have! I'm not as innocent as you think, ya know. I AM sixteen for crying out loud! I just act all harmless to attract the girls. They really dig that stuff. Why do you think Ryou has so many admirers? The only thing he's missing is fame. Like yours truly." He points a thumb at his chest.

(a/n: Who knew Yugi was conceited? Seriously, I didn't mean for this to happen…oh well! Gotta work with it!)

I stare at him in wonder. What has happened to Yugi? I gotta get a book from the library to figure out how to fix this all. Why do kamikaze pilots wear helmets? Why do they disinfect the needle before execution? What IS my last name?

(a/n: sorry about the interruption but…XD! I'm so evil to Yami!)

"Tiami, why do you want to know about kamikaze pilots?" Yugi asks, his face contorted into a mix of curiosity and amusement and stupid suspicion.

"Umh…there's a reason for that. You see, I was reading the other day, and it was about kamikaze pilots and-what's my last name?"

I oppose the urge to smack myself. But it was for the good of my…embarrassment? Oh hell. Who cares?

"Your last name's…umh…"

The store bell rings and Ryou calls up the stairs, "Anzu's here!"

Yugi's eyes widen and he jumps into his closet then comes back out dressed and sweating naturally. So much for the water. He slides under the covers and tries to mess his hair up.

"Vanessa, hide in the closet! Tiami, act like you're checking my temperature!" he commands.

Vanessa ducks into hiding and I put my hand on Yugi's forehead right as Anzu walks in, looking at Yugi concernedly.

"Hey, Yugi. I heard you were sick. How ya feeling?" she asks.

Yugi coughs, and shakes his head.

"Oh, I forgot. You lost your voice. Uh, who are you?"

"Tiami. I'm Yukiri's yami." I respond, smiling faintly.

She nods in understanding and turns back to Yugi.

"Well, I brought you something! I think you'll like it!"

She pulls a card and separate envelope out of her handbag and gives it to Yugi. He takes it and reads it.

"Thanks." He croaks, sounding surprisingly sickly.

"Aww, poor thing. Can barely talk. Why don't I get you some tea to sooth your throat?"

"Sounds…good."

I cock an eyebrow but keep my mouth shut as Anzu gets up and quickly runs downstairs to make some tea.

"Heh. Sucker." Yugi mutters under his breath.

I suppress a giggle. This is a side of Yugi I've never seen before…hmm. You think I should get him some psychological help? I mean, honestly, the boy's living two lives at once! That's gotta be tough, ne…? I sigh. Oh well. 'Spose I'll just ask him about his life after the cheerleader leaves. Oh wait, there are two cheerleaders here.

I mentally laugh. Poor Ryou.

Yugi hands me the card while he looks in the envelope.

"Dear Yugi, I hope you feel better soon! School's boring without you around to stir up some mischief every once and a while. Love Anzu." I read aloud. "Hey. She loves you."

Yugi colors and hands me the envelope.

I lift the item out of it and stare for a moment before cracking up and falling on the floor, shaking with laughter.

"She gave you her favorite card?! And it has the 'friendship ring' on it!" I say in between laughs.

"Shut it, Yami. She's just trying to give me support as a friend, so just…never mind." Yugi finishes, defeated.

I slide the card back in and set the two objects on his desk, and just in time. Anzu comes whistling up the stairs, holding a tray of stuff in general. Cinnamon apple tea, saltine crackers, and a cup of…ice? 0.o

"If the tea's too hot, you can put the ice in it."

Oh. That answers my question…

"But I have a question."

Uh-oh.

"Why are there pink frills in your room?" Anzu asks.

Yugi coughs while giving me a look.

"Oh! Umh, I put them up. I was trying to make his room more colorful, but…it didn't exactly work…what with all the Dark Magician Girls hung up everywhere." I say, reaching up to pull down one of the decorations. It falls down onto of my head. "I'll be going now…" I murmur, draping the frills around me and heading towards the door.

"Wait, Tiami! I need to ask you something!" Yugi whispers loudly, still acting sick.

I bend over so that my ear is by his mouth.

"Don't leave! What if she finds out it's not me?"

"Well then, explain to her what happened or lie your way out of it. You're good at that." I whisper, somewhat bitterly at his immense capability to fib and weasel his way to freedom…and yet still be called innocent by everyone. How does he do it?

A frill falls into his face and he shakes it off. He remains silent and I back off to leave the room.

"I'll be back to check on you in about five minutes, 'kay? Don't miss me too much, Yug'." I tease, walking wistfully out of the room, trying to not giggle about Yugi's stricken-yet-surprised face.

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(Yugi's POV)

The door closes quietly and all stays still and calm.

"I almost have enough money to go to New York." Anzu says, breaking the astonishingly comfortable silence.

"That's good." I croak, cracking a tired grin.

She looks at me sympathetically and feels my forehead with the back of her hand.

"Hmm…you feel cool, but you look terrible." She muses. "Here, drink some tea. It'll help your throat." She commands, handing me the tea cup.

I take a big whiff and sip a bit of the scalding liquid, feeling the heat go all the way down till it reaches right above my navel. I shudder a bit, and set down the cup.

"It's hot." I whisper, trying to keep my now burnt and sensitive tongue from touching anything in my mouth. I wince as the said muscle touches the roof of my mouth.

(a/n: Yes, the tongue is a muscle. I asked Jenn's mom. Dang engineers know everything these days...)

Anzu bites her lower lip in thought. She mutters a 'sorry', and sits on the end of my bed.

A muffled sound comes from the closet. Oh Kami! I forgot Vanessa! I cough to cover up the incriminating sound. Anzu subconsciously runs her hands down the bed-spread to straighten it.

"Yugi…" She stops as another sound comes from the closet. "What is that?!"

The closet door opens just as the bedroom door opens and Tiami steps in, right in front of the closet. Vanessa darts out of the room, unnoticed by Anzu.

"Yugi, you have visitors…" Tiami announces.

Joey and Honda come in looking…normal. Normal like boys.

"Hey, Yug'!" Joey says, disguising his voice to his usual Boston accent.

"Hey, Anzu, Yugi." Honda says, also disguising his voice.

"You guys are back! How was your trip, Honda?" Anzu asks, turning her attention away from me.

"Oh, it was awesome! I didn't have enough money to buy anything, though, so no souvenirs."

Anzu fakes a pout. "What about you, Jou? Were you really sick, or just trying to get out of our history test?"

Joey colors. "I was sick. Still am, kinda." He coughs for emphasis.

Anzu raises an eyebrow. "So why are you out with a healthy person? Is this some kind of scheme to get Honda sick so that you two can miss school together?"

"No!" Honda and Joey say at once.

A flicker of a smirk appears on Anzu's face then disappears just as fast.

"Okay. Well, Jou, if you're still sick, you should go home. Honda, are you coming back to school on Monday?"

"If he doesn't get me deathly ill first, yeah." Honda responds, semi-sarcastically.

"Okay. We'll meet here. Yugi, you'd better be well on Monday." Anzu warns jokingly. She pats my hair and stands up. "See you guys on Monday at seven sharp. Got it?"

We all nod enthusiastically.

"Well, Yugi-san, if you're still sick on Monday, you don't have to…" She fades off, sending me a quick compassionate/friendly look.

"I think I'll be better." I croak, smiling dimly.

Tiami clears her throat, and attracts everyone's attention.

"I think it's time for everybody to go. Nika's waiting downstairs to talk to you, Anzu. Honda, Joey, I don't want you two sick. Go. All of you. Shoo!" She demands, waving them all out with her hands.

Anzu stops at the door and opens her mouth to ask Tiami a question, but gets cut off by Tiami's persistent nagging to get out. She finally gives up and leaves dejectedly.

Tiami grins at me. "Just had to buy you a bit more time. You were starting to loose your sick look."

"Thanks. Can you tell me if Anzu's coming again? And when she leaves? And…hmm…wait a tick…I have an idea…" I grin impishly. What if my supposed 'girlfriend' called while Mazaki was still here?! Heheheh…you see what goes on in my head every day? I quickly explain the plan to Tiami. She smirks and rushes downstairs.

A few minutes later, the phone rings. Tiami picks it up and I listen through our link.

"Hello?"

"Hi, I'm looking for Yugi."

"Yugi? Oh, he's sick."

"Can I talk to him? He hasn't called me in a while."

I recognize that voice.

"Who may I ask is calling?"

"It's his girlfriend, Misou."

"Okay. I'll get him."

Tiami starts to walk up towards my room, but stops.

/Anzu's asking who it is/

Heh. Tell her it's my girlfriend.

/Okie doo, Aibou/

"It's his girlfriend. Be right back." Tiami answers, dashing up to the room.

She breaks out laughing as soon as she closes the door.

"It's Vanessa." She giggles, handing me the phone.

"Hey, Vanessa."

"Sup, Yugi?"

"Not much. Long time, no see, eh?"

"Yeah…sure. How long do we hafta do this?"

"Dunno. Tiami, how long are we supposed to talk?" I ask.

Tiami shrugs. "Just keep talking. I'll go downstairs and make sure they're not listening in."

"Didja hear all that?"

"Yeah…so…"

"So…"

(a/n: Interesting conversations, eh?)

/They're just about to pick up the phone to listen. I'd make the discussion more…you know/

Tell Ryou to tell Vanessa.

/'Kay/

Vanessa pauses, obviously listening to Ryou.

"So, Yugi, how are you feeling?"

"I…can't talk very well." I croak.

"Aww, poor baby. Is there anything I can do?"

"You can come over if you want." I suggest.

"Okay. I can be over there in about five minutes, okay?"

"Okay."

"All right, see you in a bit, honey."

"Bai, Misou."

Vanessa hangs up, and I follow suite, then end up laughing my ass off, but not as loud as I would've, 'cause of the group downstairs. Mainly Anzu.

/Anzu's coming up. She looks pissed. Be on the look-out/

Uh-oh. Is she gonna kill me, Yami?

/…/

Heheh. I got it covered.

I squirt a bit of water on my face and then close my eyes, acting tired. Anzu barges in and opens her mouth to scream at me (no, seriously, her face is beat red), but stops when she sees me. I've done it again. Go me!

She takes a deep breath. "I heard your girlfriend is coming over. I guess I'll see you later, Yugi." She spits.

I resist the urge to ask her if she gives towels with her showers. One look at her face tells me to keep my mouth shut or be in danger of having my head blown off by evil friendship fairies.

(a/n: *cracks up* Sorry! Couldn't resist!*sheepish smile*)

"See you." I whisper, closing my eyes again.

She starts to walk out but runs right into Vanessa.

"Oh! You must be Misou! Nice to meet you!" Anzu chirps fakely (a/n: I know. It's not a word. Bare with me here).

"Yeah, And who are you? Yugi's never mentioned you." Vanessa says as sweetly as possible.

I gape at her. Dang, the girl's got acting skills.

Anzu's smile falters for a second. "I was his best friend. I gotta go now. Bye Yugi." She sneers with one final glance before flouncing out of the room.

We stare after her until she's out of ear-shot, then we break up laughing.

"Re, that was funny! She's never going to forgive you!" Vanessa teases.

"Now who could resist this face?" I ask, pouting cutely.

"Not Anzu."

I smirk. "Exactly. I'll just explain to her that I didn't want to bring up another girl so early in our relationship, and that I was going to tell you about her today."

She stares at me and nods vaguely. "That's…way smart. But I think your plan worked, and I gotta hand it to ya, you're damn good at pranks."

"That's a compliment, right?"

"According to my rules, yes."

She gives me a high-five, and then the door swings open again to reveal, Anzu.

"I know what you're up to." She mutters darkly.

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Cloe: And that's a wrap! Sorry about the cliff, folks!

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AstroFae: YAY! You're back! I'm glad there were no mistakes.^_^ As you can see, I am, indeed, updating!

Cloe: Welp, that's it for today!

Mandy: I believe you owe your readers an apology, sis.

Cloe: *sighs* Fine. I'm sorry for not updating sooner, and I know that you have every right to flame me for being so procrastinate (ooh, long word).  But I worked hard on this chapter! This is, believe it or not, over ten pages long! That's more than any other chapter! So I hope I made it up to you with this chapter. *hopeful grin*

Jenny: RRREEEEVVVIIIIEEEEWWWW!!!!!!