Panny-chan: Here ya go, chapter 2!
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Kagome almost tripped over a root in her rush, "Ugh!" She kept running and then makes it to the hotsprings, "Hurry Sango-chan!"
Sango laughed at Kagome's antics and caught up, "WOW! You can give a girl a run for her money!
Kagome grinned cheekily, "We have track for a reason, yanno." She started getting undressed and got in. "I just wanna do this before I lose what little nerve I have left...
Sango started to undress, "Oh, Kagome, you can do it if you put your mind to it... and what's track?"
"Thanks, and track is where you run...we take it in gym to help us in the 'real world'... as if I'm gonna be an Olympic medalist someday!"
"Olympic? Never mind... anyway," she hopped in the water, "Hey! This is the first bath I've taken in a long time where that ecchi monk isn't trying to watch me! It feels great!" She sighed and relaxed.
Kagome laughed and got in as well. "Hai..." she laughed, "remember what you asked the first time we went to the springs together?"
"Not really," she tried to remember, "it's been a long time since then, and we've been really busy. It feels like months since I first met you and the others."
Kagome giggled, "We were talking about if Miroku and Inuyasha were gonna peek, and you asked if I wanted Inuyasha to peek." She said teasingly, "I never did answer."
"Well did you? I know some part of me wanted that ecchi to look, but i would never would have admitted it then....." She sighed, "there's just something about him that is pure..... somewhere deep down.... "
"Deep, deep down..." she winked, "As for the answer, I'll never tell." She splashed Sango.
Sango laughed and splashed back, "Oh come on Kagome! I told now you tell!"
"I shouldn't have to say it! You should know." She released a big splash.
Sango gasped at the amount of water that hit her, "Oh.... fine be that way! So.... let's get down to business! Time to make ourselves look pretty!" She laughed and dunked her head under water.
Kagome swam to shore and grabbed some shampoo. Sango came back up and waited for Kagome's return.
"Let's see... I have sakura, peach and apple. What scent do you want Sango? I want Sakura." She held it up to her.
"Apple for me please.... I know Miroku likes that scent best. Have you noticed he always buys apples when we go shopping?" She sighed, "Oh, Kagome, I love Miroku so much.... but if he doesn't feel the same way, what will I do?"
Kagome handed the bottle to her, "You'll either get over it and move on, or hope he'll see the light sooner rather than later. But trust me, he loves you."
"Do you really think so?" She put some in her hand and began to lather.
She nodded, "I'm sure he does. You wouldn't believe how jealous he's been lately, yanno, with that festival that was going on?" She lathered the sakura shampoo, "Man, If I had an egg, I would love to have boiled it on his face when that one teen asked you if you were going. You know, that one that has been hanging all over you lately?"
"Who Misko? Miroku was jealous of him? But he's just a boy...." She scrubbed her head roughly, "Miroku was jealous of a boy?"
Kagome laughed, "Hai! Misko has been hanging around you lately, I'm sure you've noticed. Like, when he brought you those flowers, Miroku literally had to be held down." She laughed harder.
"Misko is just a love sick boy..... Miroku has nothing to be jealous about.... although I don't see him giving me any flowers....." she laughed. "Miroku can just learn to get over it, Misko is a nice boy, but I want a man, ya know?"
Kagome closed her eyes and dunked underwater, rubbing her scalp before coming back up, "Yeah, I know what you mean. I mean, in my time, there's this guy named Hojo, and he's a year older, but he's kinda a wimp. I like him, but he's kinda...meek at times. I don't want that, I want someone who I'm not afraid I'm gonna hurt with my words, who can give as good as they get."
"Oh I know what you mean!" She dunked underwater and rinsed her head, then came back up, "Miroku can take all I've got any day. But Misko is just..... to much of a 'boy'. Miroku is very much a man, in his wants and needs. Something I can handle. So what are you going to do about Kouga?"
Kagome paused, "Hm.. good question. I have no clue the answer though. I guess...I dunno..." She grabbed the Sakura conditioner and applied it, then started combing it, "I have no clue..."
"Maybe we could get his intended in on this and she can seduce him into more of a blithering idiot than he already is....." She applied conditioner, "She would be able to keep him busy..... even if it is chasing him around." Sango laughed.
Kagome giggled, "Maybe, but that would delay it...hm. Maybe we can get Ayame after we get our men. I'm sure Inu-chan won't have any objections to doing it after that."
"Yes.... but Inuyasha won't want any other male around you so maybe we should take care of it before all of this. That way Inuyasha won't ever have to see that 'wimpy-wolf' again," she laughed as she washed out the conditioner and then brushed her hair.
Kagome laughed, "Maybe." She dunked and rinsed out the conditioner.
"What should we do with our hair?"
"Hm...with your dress, you should put it up in a coif I think. That'll look pretty."
"What's a coif?" She asked looking puzzled.
"It's like...an organized messy bun."
"Oh.... okay....." She still looked puzzled but content with Kagome's choice, "What about you?"
"Hm...." She thought about it, "I would say a...."
"Maybe a braid? Or a twist?"
"The best thing would be to wear it down, because I wanna look like me, and not like. ..you know... her."
"But Kagome, you don't look anything like her.... I've never seen the connection, except maybe your eyes, other than sharing a soul you two are as different as day and night. And anyway you should want to look special for Inuyasha, so I say a French twist with little braids to set it off. What do you think?"
Kagome nodded, "That sounds good."
"There you go! Now... we haven't much time, so let's get to work!" Sango got out and began to dry herself. Kagome did likewise, and was glad for her shorter hair.
"After we get done drying we'll get dressed in regular clothes, find our special areas, get the food started, then we'll do our faces, get the dresses ready, do our hair, then I'll send Kilala to Keade's and we go on our own from there, okay?"
"Gotcha."
"Okay let's do it," she said, beginning to get dressed, but stumbled, getting nervous.
Kagome smiled, "Need help? Just take a deep breath."
Sango breathed in and out a couple of times, "Thanks, I needed that."
"I could tell." She put on her uniform and hid her stuff, "Ready?"
Sango nodded, "Yah, let's go find the perfect spot and set things up." And she started off.
Kagome caught up, "Well, it depends on where you want your moment to be."
"I've always thought that being by a river or a creek on a full moon night would be romantic, but since there will be no moon tonight, I guess I'll have to save that for later," Sango thought over her special places.
Kagome sighed, "I'm not sure if it should be by the well or the tree. Those are our special places... "
"Not by the tree.... that's where you know who trapped him there.... hey, doesn't Inuyasha transform on the night with no moon? And that's tonight, so.... oh......," Sango looked at her friend, "Is that okay?"
"Is what ok?"
"No moon.... human Inuyasha...." She moved her hands around for emphasis, "Get it?"
Kagome blinked, "No...." She clapped her hands, "I know! The hill! That's our place. That's were I made the promise!" Kagome looked at her, "I still don't get it...."
Sango did an anime fall, then jumped right back up, "KAGOME!!!! NO MOON! HUMAN INUYASHA!!!! DO YOU GET IT NOW!!!!!"
"I know that he's human tonight, but I don't get what that has to do with anything..." Kagome blinked innocently.
Sango breathed heavily, "Kagome, Inuyasha won't be the same, you know how he's always more.... oh how should I put it, more cuddly towards you when he's human, and he's not as hard headed," she said. 'Like you are.' she thought. "Get it now?"
"OH! Yeah, I get it...so? What does that have to do with anything? He's still Inuyasha to me."
"Ugh! Never mind.... and what promise were you talking about?"
Kagome blushed, "Well, uh, you know how I saw Inuyasha and her hugging under the tree one time? And I went away?"
"Yah?"
"Well, I came back...and waited for him. And when he finally came back, we talked and ended up walking," she said, 'Hand in hand...' She continued, "And then we reached this hill, and I promised him silently that I'd always be by his side."
"Oh... how sweet.... so he didn't know about the promise? Maybe you should say that in you little speech to him?"
"....Maybe. But I think he knows, Kami-sama knows I've given him enough hints...I think I said it out loud to him once... or something like it."
"Hmmm, Kami-sama Kagome, i'm so nervous! What if I can't do it?"
"Iie Sango-chan! You can!"
"Oh.... I'm just so nervous!"
Kagome hugged her, "It's gonna turn out fine. If the words won't come, let me tell you a phrase I heard.."
"What's that?"
"Actions speak louder than words"
"Oh... well that makes sense," she sighed, "aren't you nervous?"
"I think...I will be...when we finally get to it."
"Yah... so, let's go find our spots..... "
"Yeah."
Kagome goes off to the hill, "Ganbatte Sango-chan!"
"Ganbatte Kagome-chan!"
'Now I'm left to find mine on my own.....' she sighed, 'oh well.....'
Kagome walked to the hill and prepares it, "Oh...I'm starting to get nervous now..." She wrung her hands. She rearranged the blue blanket with little stars for the umpteenth time.
"Oh! I know.... the God tree would be perfect for us because we have no history there and can create a great memory of that tree..... if everything goes according to plan....."
Kagome placed a little picnic basket down and looked in it, "Ok, grapes, nonalcoholic wine, cake, and of course..." 'Ramen.'
Sango headed for the tree and collected firewood as she went.
Kagome pulled yet another thing from her huge yellow pack, 'I swear...I'm like that Gaijin Mary Poppins...' She pulled out a pretty little radio and lamp, 'I hope Sango finds the one I left for her...'
Once she got there she prepared a fire and got the oysters out.... "OH NO!!! I FORGOT TO GIVE SOME OF THESE TO KAGOME!!!!" She panicked, "AHHH!"
Kagome looked up, "Heh? That sounded like Sango..." She stood up, "Sango- chan? Where are you?"
Sango ran up to Kagome carrying some oysters, "KAGOME-CHAN!!!!!"
"Ne? What's wrong? The boys aren't here, are they?" She looked around.
"NO, NO!!! I forgot to give you some of the oysters!" She breathed hard form her running.
Kagome smiled, "Oh! Arigato!" She took them from her, "Here, take these." Kagome handed her a CD player and showed her how to work it, "That should 'set the mood'. See, I have one too."
"No problem...." Sango fainted and you could see little swirls for her eyes, "eeeeeea....."
"Sango-chan? Sango-chan?" She looked over, "Oh no! Miroku-sama is here!"
"WHAAAAT?!?!?!?!" Sango jumped up looking around.
Kagome giggled behind her hand, "Well, now that you're up..."
"Grrrrrr Kagome! That wasn't nice," she said. They heard a sound in the bushes. "Huh?"
Kagome inched behind Sango, "What's that?"
Out popped a little bunny rabbit, "A rabbit, Kagome...."
Kagome went all sparkly eyed, "KAWAII!"
Sango sighed, "Come on let's get to work, I'll let you know before I send Kilala"
She nodded, "Gotcha!" She went back to work, "Oh, by the way, where are you setting up? It must be pretty close since I could hear you."
"The God Tree, I figured we could make our own memories there.... is that okay?"
Kagome nodded, "Hai! Then we can all take our anniversaries there!" 'If it works...'
"Yah! That sounds like fun!" 'Please let this work' "Bye Kagome-chan, thanks for the thing!"
"Bye!" She started to rearrange the blanket yet again ............
Sango sighed as she went back to work, "I hope this works!" She began to set up everything then started to get ready.
Kagome sighed, "This better work or I'm not sure I'd be able to bring myself back here again... "
"This has to work.... or I won't be able to show my face around anyone ever again..... "
*2 hours later *
"Uh, Kagome, does this dress look okay?"
Kagome nodded, "It's perfect with your hair like that. Just let me arrange it a little more....and viola! Perfecto." She made the ok sign.
"Great! And you look fabulous too!"
Kagome nervously smoothed her dress, "Really?"
Sango nodded, "So, are we ready to send Kilala with directions?"
Kagome nodded, "Hai!" She looked at the demon. "We're counting on you." Kagome petted her, "Alright! I'm gonna head to the hill now." She hugged Sango, "good luck Sango-chan!"
Sango hugged her back, "Good luck Kagome-chan!" She released her friend, "Go now Kilala and find Miroku and bring him to the tree then take Inuyasha to Kagome, okay?"
Kilala, "Meow!"
"Good, now go!" Kilala ran off. "Kami-sama give us strength!"
Kagome nodded and went to the hill, sitting on the blanket, 'Kami- sama...onegai...we need this strength so much.'
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Panny-chan: Well, there is our second chappy. More to come!
IsleofSolitude: Thanks and R&R!!!!!!!
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Kagome almost tripped over a root in her rush, "Ugh!" She kept running and then makes it to the hotsprings, "Hurry Sango-chan!"
Sango laughed at Kagome's antics and caught up, "WOW! You can give a girl a run for her money!
Kagome grinned cheekily, "We have track for a reason, yanno." She started getting undressed and got in. "I just wanna do this before I lose what little nerve I have left...
Sango started to undress, "Oh, Kagome, you can do it if you put your mind to it... and what's track?"
"Thanks, and track is where you run...we take it in gym to help us in the 'real world'... as if I'm gonna be an Olympic medalist someday!"
"Olympic? Never mind... anyway," she hopped in the water, "Hey! This is the first bath I've taken in a long time where that ecchi monk isn't trying to watch me! It feels great!" She sighed and relaxed.
Kagome laughed and got in as well. "Hai..." she laughed, "remember what you asked the first time we went to the springs together?"
"Not really," she tried to remember, "it's been a long time since then, and we've been really busy. It feels like months since I first met you and the others."
Kagome giggled, "We were talking about if Miroku and Inuyasha were gonna peek, and you asked if I wanted Inuyasha to peek." She said teasingly, "I never did answer."
"Well did you? I know some part of me wanted that ecchi to look, but i would never would have admitted it then....." She sighed, "there's just something about him that is pure..... somewhere deep down.... "
"Deep, deep down..." she winked, "As for the answer, I'll never tell." She splashed Sango.
Sango laughed and splashed back, "Oh come on Kagome! I told now you tell!"
"I shouldn't have to say it! You should know." She released a big splash.
Sango gasped at the amount of water that hit her, "Oh.... fine be that way! So.... let's get down to business! Time to make ourselves look pretty!" She laughed and dunked her head under water.
Kagome swam to shore and grabbed some shampoo. Sango came back up and waited for Kagome's return.
"Let's see... I have sakura, peach and apple. What scent do you want Sango? I want Sakura." She held it up to her.
"Apple for me please.... I know Miroku likes that scent best. Have you noticed he always buys apples when we go shopping?" She sighed, "Oh, Kagome, I love Miroku so much.... but if he doesn't feel the same way, what will I do?"
Kagome handed the bottle to her, "You'll either get over it and move on, or hope he'll see the light sooner rather than later. But trust me, he loves you."
"Do you really think so?" She put some in her hand and began to lather.
She nodded, "I'm sure he does. You wouldn't believe how jealous he's been lately, yanno, with that festival that was going on?" She lathered the sakura shampoo, "Man, If I had an egg, I would love to have boiled it on his face when that one teen asked you if you were going. You know, that one that has been hanging all over you lately?"
"Who Misko? Miroku was jealous of him? But he's just a boy...." She scrubbed her head roughly, "Miroku was jealous of a boy?"
Kagome laughed, "Hai! Misko has been hanging around you lately, I'm sure you've noticed. Like, when he brought you those flowers, Miroku literally had to be held down." She laughed harder.
"Misko is just a love sick boy..... Miroku has nothing to be jealous about.... although I don't see him giving me any flowers....." she laughed. "Miroku can just learn to get over it, Misko is a nice boy, but I want a man, ya know?"
Kagome closed her eyes and dunked underwater, rubbing her scalp before coming back up, "Yeah, I know what you mean. I mean, in my time, there's this guy named Hojo, and he's a year older, but he's kinda a wimp. I like him, but he's kinda...meek at times. I don't want that, I want someone who I'm not afraid I'm gonna hurt with my words, who can give as good as they get."
"Oh I know what you mean!" She dunked underwater and rinsed her head, then came back up, "Miroku can take all I've got any day. But Misko is just..... to much of a 'boy'. Miroku is very much a man, in his wants and needs. Something I can handle. So what are you going to do about Kouga?"
Kagome paused, "Hm.. good question. I have no clue the answer though. I guess...I dunno..." She grabbed the Sakura conditioner and applied it, then started combing it, "I have no clue..."
"Maybe we could get his intended in on this and she can seduce him into more of a blithering idiot than he already is....." She applied conditioner, "She would be able to keep him busy..... even if it is chasing him around." Sango laughed.
Kagome giggled, "Maybe, but that would delay it...hm. Maybe we can get Ayame after we get our men. I'm sure Inu-chan won't have any objections to doing it after that."
"Yes.... but Inuyasha won't want any other male around you so maybe we should take care of it before all of this. That way Inuyasha won't ever have to see that 'wimpy-wolf' again," she laughed as she washed out the conditioner and then brushed her hair.
Kagome laughed, "Maybe." She dunked and rinsed out the conditioner.
"What should we do with our hair?"
"Hm...with your dress, you should put it up in a coif I think. That'll look pretty."
"What's a coif?" She asked looking puzzled.
"It's like...an organized messy bun."
"Oh.... okay....." She still looked puzzled but content with Kagome's choice, "What about you?"
"Hm...." She thought about it, "I would say a...."
"Maybe a braid? Or a twist?"
"The best thing would be to wear it down, because I wanna look like me, and not like. ..you know... her."
"But Kagome, you don't look anything like her.... I've never seen the connection, except maybe your eyes, other than sharing a soul you two are as different as day and night. And anyway you should want to look special for Inuyasha, so I say a French twist with little braids to set it off. What do you think?"
Kagome nodded, "That sounds good."
"There you go! Now... we haven't much time, so let's get to work!" Sango got out and began to dry herself. Kagome did likewise, and was glad for her shorter hair.
"After we get done drying we'll get dressed in regular clothes, find our special areas, get the food started, then we'll do our faces, get the dresses ready, do our hair, then I'll send Kilala to Keade's and we go on our own from there, okay?"
"Gotcha."
"Okay let's do it," she said, beginning to get dressed, but stumbled, getting nervous.
Kagome smiled, "Need help? Just take a deep breath."
Sango breathed in and out a couple of times, "Thanks, I needed that."
"I could tell." She put on her uniform and hid her stuff, "Ready?"
Sango nodded, "Yah, let's go find the perfect spot and set things up." And she started off.
Kagome caught up, "Well, it depends on where you want your moment to be."
"I've always thought that being by a river or a creek on a full moon night would be romantic, but since there will be no moon tonight, I guess I'll have to save that for later," Sango thought over her special places.
Kagome sighed, "I'm not sure if it should be by the well or the tree. Those are our special places... "
"Not by the tree.... that's where you know who trapped him there.... hey, doesn't Inuyasha transform on the night with no moon? And that's tonight, so.... oh......," Sango looked at her friend, "Is that okay?"
"Is what ok?"
"No moon.... human Inuyasha...." She moved her hands around for emphasis, "Get it?"
Kagome blinked, "No...." She clapped her hands, "I know! The hill! That's our place. That's were I made the promise!" Kagome looked at her, "I still don't get it...."
Sango did an anime fall, then jumped right back up, "KAGOME!!!! NO MOON! HUMAN INUYASHA!!!! DO YOU GET IT NOW!!!!!"
"I know that he's human tonight, but I don't get what that has to do with anything..." Kagome blinked innocently.
Sango breathed heavily, "Kagome, Inuyasha won't be the same, you know how he's always more.... oh how should I put it, more cuddly towards you when he's human, and he's not as hard headed," she said. 'Like you are.' she thought. "Get it now?"
"OH! Yeah, I get it...so? What does that have to do with anything? He's still Inuyasha to me."
"Ugh! Never mind.... and what promise were you talking about?"
Kagome blushed, "Well, uh, you know how I saw Inuyasha and her hugging under the tree one time? And I went away?"
"Yah?"
"Well, I came back...and waited for him. And when he finally came back, we talked and ended up walking," she said, 'Hand in hand...' She continued, "And then we reached this hill, and I promised him silently that I'd always be by his side."
"Oh... how sweet.... so he didn't know about the promise? Maybe you should say that in you little speech to him?"
"....Maybe. But I think he knows, Kami-sama knows I've given him enough hints...I think I said it out loud to him once... or something like it."
"Hmmm, Kami-sama Kagome, i'm so nervous! What if I can't do it?"
"Iie Sango-chan! You can!"
"Oh.... I'm just so nervous!"
Kagome hugged her, "It's gonna turn out fine. If the words won't come, let me tell you a phrase I heard.."
"What's that?"
"Actions speak louder than words"
"Oh... well that makes sense," she sighed, "aren't you nervous?"
"I think...I will be...when we finally get to it."
"Yah... so, let's go find our spots..... "
"Yeah."
Kagome goes off to the hill, "Ganbatte Sango-chan!"
"Ganbatte Kagome-chan!"
'Now I'm left to find mine on my own.....' she sighed, 'oh well.....'
Kagome walked to the hill and prepares it, "Oh...I'm starting to get nervous now..." She wrung her hands. She rearranged the blue blanket with little stars for the umpteenth time.
"Oh! I know.... the God tree would be perfect for us because we have no history there and can create a great memory of that tree..... if everything goes according to plan....."
Kagome placed a little picnic basket down and looked in it, "Ok, grapes, nonalcoholic wine, cake, and of course..." 'Ramen.'
Sango headed for the tree and collected firewood as she went.
Kagome pulled yet another thing from her huge yellow pack, 'I swear...I'm like that Gaijin Mary Poppins...' She pulled out a pretty little radio and lamp, 'I hope Sango finds the one I left for her...'
Once she got there she prepared a fire and got the oysters out.... "OH NO!!! I FORGOT TO GIVE SOME OF THESE TO KAGOME!!!!" She panicked, "AHHH!"
Kagome looked up, "Heh? That sounded like Sango..." She stood up, "Sango- chan? Where are you?"
Sango ran up to Kagome carrying some oysters, "KAGOME-CHAN!!!!!"
"Ne? What's wrong? The boys aren't here, are they?" She looked around.
"NO, NO!!! I forgot to give you some of the oysters!" She breathed hard form her running.
Kagome smiled, "Oh! Arigato!" She took them from her, "Here, take these." Kagome handed her a CD player and showed her how to work it, "That should 'set the mood'. See, I have one too."
"No problem...." Sango fainted and you could see little swirls for her eyes, "eeeeeea....."
"Sango-chan? Sango-chan?" She looked over, "Oh no! Miroku-sama is here!"
"WHAAAAT?!?!?!?!" Sango jumped up looking around.
Kagome giggled behind her hand, "Well, now that you're up..."
"Grrrrrr Kagome! That wasn't nice," she said. They heard a sound in the bushes. "Huh?"
Kagome inched behind Sango, "What's that?"
Out popped a little bunny rabbit, "A rabbit, Kagome...."
Kagome went all sparkly eyed, "KAWAII!"
Sango sighed, "Come on let's get to work, I'll let you know before I send Kilala"
She nodded, "Gotcha!" She went back to work, "Oh, by the way, where are you setting up? It must be pretty close since I could hear you."
"The God Tree, I figured we could make our own memories there.... is that okay?"
Kagome nodded, "Hai! Then we can all take our anniversaries there!" 'If it works...'
"Yah! That sounds like fun!" 'Please let this work' "Bye Kagome-chan, thanks for the thing!"
"Bye!" She started to rearrange the blanket yet again ............
Sango sighed as she went back to work, "I hope this works!" She began to set up everything then started to get ready.
Kagome sighed, "This better work or I'm not sure I'd be able to bring myself back here again... "
"This has to work.... or I won't be able to show my face around anyone ever again..... "
*2 hours later *
"Uh, Kagome, does this dress look okay?"
Kagome nodded, "It's perfect with your hair like that. Just let me arrange it a little more....and viola! Perfecto." She made the ok sign.
"Great! And you look fabulous too!"
Kagome nervously smoothed her dress, "Really?"
Sango nodded, "So, are we ready to send Kilala with directions?"
Kagome nodded, "Hai!" She looked at the demon. "We're counting on you." Kagome petted her, "Alright! I'm gonna head to the hill now." She hugged Sango, "good luck Sango-chan!"
Sango hugged her back, "Good luck Kagome-chan!" She released her friend, "Go now Kilala and find Miroku and bring him to the tree then take Inuyasha to Kagome, okay?"
Kilala, "Meow!"
"Good, now go!" Kilala ran off. "Kami-sama give us strength!"
Kagome nodded and went to the hill, sitting on the blanket, 'Kami- sama...onegai...we need this strength so much.'
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Panny-chan: Well, there is our second chappy. More to come!
IsleofSolitude: Thanks and R&R!!!!!!!