Sorry for the long wait in an update but here's the next part. If I don't get very many responses for this chapter I'm probably going to discontinue this fic. So if you love this story then you had best review! Or I'll sick Krim on you.
Samanda
Disclaimer: I don't own .Hack nor am I making a profit writing this story. It's all in pure fun not monetary compensation.
How I Blew My Summer Vacation
Chapter Five: Uncle Ernie Was A Soulless Husk Of A Man
Written By
Samanda Hime-sama, who was forced to work by her oveerseer, Akichi
Subaru finally calmed down after half an hour of reassurance. Rose
assured her that if the dryer was possessed it was by nothing satanic. Probably just an old family spirit that refused to pass on, she explained but refused to tell anyone exactly how she knew. Rose just told Subaru that she was psychic and knew everything there was to know about ghosts. (Kite later spoke of her traumatizing childhood being raised at a Shinto shrine.)
Mistral swore that it was her uncle Ernie after Rose got through speaking
about the ghost's peculiar habit of collecting bags from Victoria's Secrets. Krim just shook his head at the whole thing and refused to speculate. Kite shrugged and offered his friends some fried soy protein which all declined politely.
Mistral was just getting too weird for everyone but Kite and Rose.
She began lighting incense and praying to her 'Uncle Ernie' several times a day. Mimiru was just freaked out and wouldn't even approach Mistral for any reason.
Tsukasa had gently pulled the still traumatized Subaru away from the chaos in the laundry room. Subaru was shaking as she stared down at her hands.
"Are you okay?" Tsukasa asked her gently.
Subaru looked up. "I'll be fine. We only have two more days after all."
"That's true," Tsukasa agreed then gathered his courage. "But how about we get out of the house tonight?"
Subaru brightened and inquired, "Pizza?"
"Sure." Tsukasa smiled.
"Great. I'm sure everyone will really enjoy this!" Subaru was all but bouncing around.
A crestfallen Tsukasa muttered. "Yeah, I'm sure they will."
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"No!"
Tsukasa begged. "C'mon. Please."
"No!" Mimiru repeated herself as she glared at Tsukasa.
Tsukasa was desperate. "Please Mimiru. All I need you to do is to drive us there and back. You can ditch us until we're ready to come home."
"No," Mimiru stuck her nose in the air and turned her face away.
Sensing that he was wearing her down he continued. "You can bring someone along to talk to while Subaru and I are at the pizza place."
"Ha! There's no one I want to talk to right now. They are all weird."
Tsukasa got down on his knees and clasped his hands together in a begging pose. "Please Mimiru. You are my best friend and I need your help. There's no one else I could ask to help me with this."
Mimiru's mouth twitched and she opened her mouth to say something-
Kite burst into the room. "Tsukasa! I need you to- Whoa there! Sorry, didn't mean to interrupt you."
Kite backed up in horror and took off running from the scene where he thought Tsukasa was proposing to Mimiru. After all, to a guy like Kite, nothing can be worse than being shackled to a ball busting bitch who's chains you will never entirely escape even after your both dead and occupying a place in the Afterlife. Well except for the short reprieve after one of you dies and the other is waiting to join them.(And if anyone disagrees with this statement I haven't made 'Rose's tendencies clear enough to you!)
Tsukasa and Mimiru stare after Kite who's running like devils are chasing after him (which in a sense they are) then Mimiru snorts.
"Fine, I'll do it." Mimiru glared at him. "But only to get out of this crazy place."
"Thank you," Tsukasa bounced up from his kneeling position and started dancing.
"Ahhh! The torture! Stop dancing!" Mimiru yelled. "First I have to deal with a Britney Spears wannabe who's praying to a dryer who she thinks is housing the spirit of her dead uncle. And now there's you!"
"But he's not dead," Mistral chirped as she appeared in the doorway. "My mom always said Uncle Ernie sold his soul to the devil to be rich but now I can tell her I found it for him!"
Mimiru and Tsukasa fell over, anime style. "Get me out of here," Mimiru said weakly. "I'm going to go insane."
"Meet you out by the car." Tsukasa whispered.
Mimiru ran into Krim as she made her way urgently to the front door. "Sorry."
"What's the rush?" He asked.
Mimiru answered. "Need to find a sanctuary for my sanity. If you wish to come meet us by the car."
"Let's go." Krim said fervently as he ran to catch up with Mimiru, who was almost running by now.
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Stay tuned to see how the pizza experience went. Will Mimiru ruin Tsukasa's chance at love with Subaru? Or will Mimiru find someone to share her problems with.