Yes. Another chapter. Another day. ^_^ Thank you to all of my wonderful
reviewers! Hi Katelyn! I'll call u! (I don't know if that's a good thing or
a threat. :P) Anyway, onto the story. Arigato for reading!
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***I'm changing Miss Merry's age to thirty seven now!***
Jim started coughing and feeling weak as the night wore on. He had to call Miss Merry and cancel. He couldn't start to get sick. Aniki wasn't capable of taking care of himself, the bills wouldn't pay themselves, and Spencer was being a nuisance to them for no good reason. Though, as soon as he found it hard to get up once he went and flopped onto his mattress, Jim knew that he was unfortunately sick. Was anything going to go their way? Ever?
"Jim? You *cough* doing okay?" asked Gene.
Jim replied, trying to sound cheerful, "Oh! Yeah! I'm fine!"
"I know you're lying," Gene kept pushing.
"No I'm not Aniki. I told you that I'm fine so I'm fine. I'm just a little tired, that's all."
"You're still lying. I can tell."
"And how can you tell?"
"I just can. Call it...an aniki's intuition," said the red head. He rolled off the couch and laid next to Jim. " *sniff* You're worried about that weird nerd. Aren't you Jim?"
"Of course. And then the bills. And you! It's to much," he admitted even though he knew it affected Gene. Making him feel bad about being sick. "But you can't h-h-*ACHOO*help it if you're sick. It's not your fault."
Gene said "Same goes for you, kiddo."
"I don't want to go Aniki!" Jim rolled over, facing him. He hugged his aniki and cried on his chest. "Don't let them take me away! I don't want to leave you! I really don't! I don't know what I would do without you! Aniki...*sniffle* I'm really, really, really sorry about this..."
The outlaw sighed and held his partner close to him. He said "Do you really think I would let my buddy leave? And there's no need to apologize. It's their own stupid fault. Their just bugging us for no apparent reason *cough*. But...I guess I'm not the best parent."
"No, you aren't."
"I know, but you don't have to agree with me!"
"I meant you're the best aniki, aniki! *cough* Guess being around eachother to much has been more than we could handle. Right?"
"Whatever you say!" Gene said, ruffling Jim's hair.
Snuggled up against his aniki, he fell asleep. Gene wrapped his scarred arms around the child's small body, putting the blanket over them. It had been to long of a day for him. He deserved a good rest. Gene knew that he wasn't the best of a parent of times but he meant good.
What would he do without Jim? Go crazy he guessed. Gene couldn't imagine it. Without him he had no reason to live. Who would wake his lazy butt up in the morning to go to work? Who would be there to support him when times were tough? And who else would he find that would have enough respect for him as to call him his aniki? That would be tough. Not a lot of kids worked at this young of an age. It was true. Jim was one of a kind. Truly one of a kind. Gene sighed. Maybe Jim felt the same way. All he knew is that he wasn't letting him go. Never. Not up to that stupid Spencer. He could get through this. Even if he was sick and could barely do anything. That made him think even deeper. There was always a way out of things. Right now that was Jim, and if they took that way....what could Gene say that he had? A business that would be just changed to Starwind? That wasn't going to happen. Never!
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Gene and Jim were awoken by a slamming door(which was their front door) and an angry Spencer came marching in. What in the heck would he have a problem with now. Gene rubbed his eyes to clear his image of him up. Didn't work because he looked dirty as ever.
"What are you two doing!? Sleeping in a bed together!? Mr. Starwind, you're almost an adult! What have you gotten this young boy into!?!" he shouted at the barely awake partners.
Once Gene realized what he said, he shouted "Hey! I'm straight! We just hugged! Okay?"
"And hugging goes into kissing. Than kissing leads to other things that James shouldn't even know about yet. That's it, I've had enough of your troubles. I'm taking this boy out of here before something happens that shouldn't!"
"But nothing's going to happen, you stupid idiot!" shouted Jim.
He reached at Jim but Jim jumped away, finding the strength to keep his ground. Jim shouted "I'm staying! Make him go away aniki!"
Gene didn't care about being sick anymore, he got up and said "Out, now! I don't want to fight you, but if you insist on *cough* taking J-Jim, I have no choice."
"You couldn't hurt anything, much less me, Starwind," Spencer said matter-of-factly. He smirked. "You can barely stand. And neither can Jim. You're making him sick. Do you think this is really how he wants to live? Do you think that he wants to stay with out a loving mother by his side, and a father to teach him about growing up? I know for a fact that you can't."
"Gene!" Jim shouted. Gene turned around and Jim threw him his castor, then pointed it at Spencer. He raised his hands up in the air.
Gene said "Now *cough* g-g-get out of here. Or I *will* shoot."
"You wouldn't dare shoot me. You'd be in big trouble Starwind! Someone would find out. Even if you kill me, someone would know, and arrest your sorry butt! And take away James. So go ahead. If you even dare."
"Do you really think that I would waste a castor bullet on your geeky self?" asked Gene with a chuckle. "I don't think so!"
"Gene! Just shoot him! I put a regular bullet in there, and you better not miss!" shouted Jim angrily. He pointed at Spencer and said "Just do it already!"
"Whatever you say!" Gene said, but before he shot, Spencer ran out of the door, screaming like a banshee. He smiled at Jim with a thumbs up. "Nice bluff kid. You are one hell of a good actor, you know that?"
Jim rubbed the back of the neck "Yeah. I know."
"So? What are we going to do now? It's obvious that he's only going to come back with more men or something. People with guns. We just did threaten a man of the law and he's going to be pissed off for a while. I'm not sure what do to anymore. There's nowhere else we can go."
He sat on the couch, realizing that he was feeling better. Just a bit, but atleast it was progress. Gene let Jim jump up on the couch next to him.
"I know where we can go," the small boy replied.
Gene asked "Where?"
"You'll just have to trust me. Let's just get everything out of the refrigerator that I bought yesterday and then what we need," Jim replied. He added "And that means leaving your panty collection behind aniki."
"Oh man. Do I have too? It's going to be lonely for a while... Where are we going to go anyway?"
"Trust me aniki! Gesshh."
"Who said I didn't trust you?" he asked, irritated.
"Your tone of voice," Jim replied, crossing his arms.
"Brat."
"Pervert."
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"We're supposed to stay *here*?!" asked Gene, with his bookbag and yellow cape flowing in the wind.
They were standing in front of Miss Merry's house. Each with one bookbag and a cooler with drinks and food. Jim wasn't sure if they could stay there or not, it was a fifty/fifty. Hopefully the could. Spencer didn't even know that they knew these people. He wouldn't think of coming here to find them.
Jim nodded. "Hopefully. Her name is Miss Merry, and her daughter is Cecilia. And then her son Jerry. And no hitting on Miss Merry! You got that? We don't want her to throw us out, you huge flirt."
"Shutup," ordered the outlaw.
When they knocked on the door, it was Miss Merry that answered. She smiled cheerfully and asked "Oh! Jim! I thought that you said that your aniki was sick. And you don't look to good yourself, niether does your partner. Is this the guy that has been taking care of you?"
"Yes ma'am," Jim replied.
"It's nice to meet you! I hope you're feeling alright now Mr..ummm...mr..uhh..."
"I'm Gene Starwind, nice to meet you. Why, Jim didn't tell me how pretty you were! You look absolutely beautiful today Miss Merry." He said with a wink. Jim elbowed him in the side. "What now?!"
"Ixnay on the lirtingfay!" He said in Pig Latin so Miss Merry wouldn't understand.
"You know, I understand Pig Latin," said Miss Merry with glaring eyes at Gene. "But...come in. Come in."
"Who are *they*?" asked an eighteen year old boy who was making dinner. He had short black hair and bright brown eyes.
"This is Jim and Gene. I want you to meet my oldest son, Trenton. He was at work today. And then so was Maria. And then Yuki had been out playing. And Kitsami was at work too. Chad...well...he's been gone for a couple days. Usually does that. The only ones with me when you came here, Jim, were Cecilia and Jerry. But their all home now."
With such a big family, Jim and Gene knew that they couldn't possibly ask to stay here now. Miss Merry had all of her children to look out for. They would only be getting in the way. They would feel to guilty to ask her, they couldn't stay, and they both knew that. But then the question was.
Where else could they go?
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HHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIII KATELYN! Yes, I'm putting Kitsami in here. ^_^
Wise words for today-
Would you like my belly button lint? (That's actually between me and Katelyn BUT....)
Quote for Today-
ALL HAIL ME AND MY SEVEN DOLLAREDNESS!!
*(((Sugar Snaps A Lot)))*
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***I'm changing Miss Merry's age to thirty seven now!***
Jim started coughing and feeling weak as the night wore on. He had to call Miss Merry and cancel. He couldn't start to get sick. Aniki wasn't capable of taking care of himself, the bills wouldn't pay themselves, and Spencer was being a nuisance to them for no good reason. Though, as soon as he found it hard to get up once he went and flopped onto his mattress, Jim knew that he was unfortunately sick. Was anything going to go their way? Ever?
"Jim? You *cough* doing okay?" asked Gene.
Jim replied, trying to sound cheerful, "Oh! Yeah! I'm fine!"
"I know you're lying," Gene kept pushing.
"No I'm not Aniki. I told you that I'm fine so I'm fine. I'm just a little tired, that's all."
"You're still lying. I can tell."
"And how can you tell?"
"I just can. Call it...an aniki's intuition," said the red head. He rolled off the couch and laid next to Jim. " *sniff* You're worried about that weird nerd. Aren't you Jim?"
"Of course. And then the bills. And you! It's to much," he admitted even though he knew it affected Gene. Making him feel bad about being sick. "But you can't h-h-*ACHOO*help it if you're sick. It's not your fault."
Gene said "Same goes for you, kiddo."
"I don't want to go Aniki!" Jim rolled over, facing him. He hugged his aniki and cried on his chest. "Don't let them take me away! I don't want to leave you! I really don't! I don't know what I would do without you! Aniki...*sniffle* I'm really, really, really sorry about this..."
The outlaw sighed and held his partner close to him. He said "Do you really think I would let my buddy leave? And there's no need to apologize. It's their own stupid fault. Their just bugging us for no apparent reason *cough*. But...I guess I'm not the best parent."
"No, you aren't."
"I know, but you don't have to agree with me!"
"I meant you're the best aniki, aniki! *cough* Guess being around eachother to much has been more than we could handle. Right?"
"Whatever you say!" Gene said, ruffling Jim's hair.
Snuggled up against his aniki, he fell asleep. Gene wrapped his scarred arms around the child's small body, putting the blanket over them. It had been to long of a day for him. He deserved a good rest. Gene knew that he wasn't the best of a parent of times but he meant good.
What would he do without Jim? Go crazy he guessed. Gene couldn't imagine it. Without him he had no reason to live. Who would wake his lazy butt up in the morning to go to work? Who would be there to support him when times were tough? And who else would he find that would have enough respect for him as to call him his aniki? That would be tough. Not a lot of kids worked at this young of an age. It was true. Jim was one of a kind. Truly one of a kind. Gene sighed. Maybe Jim felt the same way. All he knew is that he wasn't letting him go. Never. Not up to that stupid Spencer. He could get through this. Even if he was sick and could barely do anything. That made him think even deeper. There was always a way out of things. Right now that was Jim, and if they took that way....what could Gene say that he had? A business that would be just changed to Starwind? That wasn't going to happen. Never!
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Gene and Jim were awoken by a slamming door(which was their front door) and an angry Spencer came marching in. What in the heck would he have a problem with now. Gene rubbed his eyes to clear his image of him up. Didn't work because he looked dirty as ever.
"What are you two doing!? Sleeping in a bed together!? Mr. Starwind, you're almost an adult! What have you gotten this young boy into!?!" he shouted at the barely awake partners.
Once Gene realized what he said, he shouted "Hey! I'm straight! We just hugged! Okay?"
"And hugging goes into kissing. Than kissing leads to other things that James shouldn't even know about yet. That's it, I've had enough of your troubles. I'm taking this boy out of here before something happens that shouldn't!"
"But nothing's going to happen, you stupid idiot!" shouted Jim.
He reached at Jim but Jim jumped away, finding the strength to keep his ground. Jim shouted "I'm staying! Make him go away aniki!"
Gene didn't care about being sick anymore, he got up and said "Out, now! I don't want to fight you, but if you insist on *cough* taking J-Jim, I have no choice."
"You couldn't hurt anything, much less me, Starwind," Spencer said matter-of-factly. He smirked. "You can barely stand. And neither can Jim. You're making him sick. Do you think this is really how he wants to live? Do you think that he wants to stay with out a loving mother by his side, and a father to teach him about growing up? I know for a fact that you can't."
"Gene!" Jim shouted. Gene turned around and Jim threw him his castor, then pointed it at Spencer. He raised his hands up in the air.
Gene said "Now *cough* g-g-get out of here. Or I *will* shoot."
"You wouldn't dare shoot me. You'd be in big trouble Starwind! Someone would find out. Even if you kill me, someone would know, and arrest your sorry butt! And take away James. So go ahead. If you even dare."
"Do you really think that I would waste a castor bullet on your geeky self?" asked Gene with a chuckle. "I don't think so!"
"Gene! Just shoot him! I put a regular bullet in there, and you better not miss!" shouted Jim angrily. He pointed at Spencer and said "Just do it already!"
"Whatever you say!" Gene said, but before he shot, Spencer ran out of the door, screaming like a banshee. He smiled at Jim with a thumbs up. "Nice bluff kid. You are one hell of a good actor, you know that?"
Jim rubbed the back of the neck "Yeah. I know."
"So? What are we going to do now? It's obvious that he's only going to come back with more men or something. People with guns. We just did threaten a man of the law and he's going to be pissed off for a while. I'm not sure what do to anymore. There's nowhere else we can go."
He sat on the couch, realizing that he was feeling better. Just a bit, but atleast it was progress. Gene let Jim jump up on the couch next to him.
"I know where we can go," the small boy replied.
Gene asked "Where?"
"You'll just have to trust me. Let's just get everything out of the refrigerator that I bought yesterday and then what we need," Jim replied. He added "And that means leaving your panty collection behind aniki."
"Oh man. Do I have too? It's going to be lonely for a while... Where are we going to go anyway?"
"Trust me aniki! Gesshh."
"Who said I didn't trust you?" he asked, irritated.
"Your tone of voice," Jim replied, crossing his arms.
"Brat."
"Pervert."
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"We're supposed to stay *here*?!" asked Gene, with his bookbag and yellow cape flowing in the wind.
They were standing in front of Miss Merry's house. Each with one bookbag and a cooler with drinks and food. Jim wasn't sure if they could stay there or not, it was a fifty/fifty. Hopefully the could. Spencer didn't even know that they knew these people. He wouldn't think of coming here to find them.
Jim nodded. "Hopefully. Her name is Miss Merry, and her daughter is Cecilia. And then her son Jerry. And no hitting on Miss Merry! You got that? We don't want her to throw us out, you huge flirt."
"Shutup," ordered the outlaw.
When they knocked on the door, it was Miss Merry that answered. She smiled cheerfully and asked "Oh! Jim! I thought that you said that your aniki was sick. And you don't look to good yourself, niether does your partner. Is this the guy that has been taking care of you?"
"Yes ma'am," Jim replied.
"It's nice to meet you! I hope you're feeling alright now Mr..ummm...mr..uhh..."
"I'm Gene Starwind, nice to meet you. Why, Jim didn't tell me how pretty you were! You look absolutely beautiful today Miss Merry." He said with a wink. Jim elbowed him in the side. "What now?!"
"Ixnay on the lirtingfay!" He said in Pig Latin so Miss Merry wouldn't understand.
"You know, I understand Pig Latin," said Miss Merry with glaring eyes at Gene. "But...come in. Come in."
"Who are *they*?" asked an eighteen year old boy who was making dinner. He had short black hair and bright brown eyes.
"This is Jim and Gene. I want you to meet my oldest son, Trenton. He was at work today. And then so was Maria. And then Yuki had been out playing. And Kitsami was at work too. Chad...well...he's been gone for a couple days. Usually does that. The only ones with me when you came here, Jim, were Cecilia and Jerry. But their all home now."
With such a big family, Jim and Gene knew that they couldn't possibly ask to stay here now. Miss Merry had all of her children to look out for. They would only be getting in the way. They would feel to guilty to ask her, they couldn't stay, and they both knew that. But then the question was.
Where else could they go?
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HHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIII KATELYN! Yes, I'm putting Kitsami in here. ^_^
Wise words for today-
Would you like my belly button lint? (That's actually between me and Katelyn BUT....)
Quote for Today-
ALL HAIL ME AND MY SEVEN DOLLAREDNESS!!
*(((Sugar Snaps A Lot)))*
