Kokoro No Kaitou : Once Lost, Now Found
Chapter 10
~*~
Amaya awoke with the biggest headache of her life. Her head throbbed, and she squeezed her eyes shut at the pain.
She was aware of someone with their face in her chest…
She looked down, and saw Jin snuggling her. She blushed furiously, and gently pried him off of herself. She groaned and sat up, her head swimming at this point.
"Amaya?"
She looked over at Kurama, who had been sitting beside her. He had a concerned look on his face, and she smiled reassuringly at him.
"Ohayo, Kurama." She whispered, so as to not wake the others. "I'm fine. Just a little headache, is all."
He looked like he didn't believe her, but said nothing more.
She stood, and attempted to fix her wrinkled yukata. She pulled the covers over Jin, and looked around the room.
Kuwabara and Yusuke were snoring loudly, and Shishiwakamaru was sleeping a bit more quietly. Touya was in the corner, sleeping sitting up. Suzuka was face down in his pillow.
Amaya smiled at the couples around the room.
Midori and Kano had fallen asleep leaning against each other, and she was clasping his hand. Dawn had apparently fallen over in her sleep, and had her head on Hiei's shoulder, and he had his cheek against the top of her head. Amaya's smile turned into a full out grin when she saw that Chuu had his arm around Naomi's waist, and they were sleeping next to each other.
Kurama stood as well, taking care not to wake up Kano. He looked over at the tennyo, and wondered what she was grinning about.
Then again…did it really matter, as long as she was happy?
He walked over to her, and she seemed to snap out of her daze. She looked up at him, and he smiled.
He leaned over, and whispered into her ear, "Come on. Let's get some breakfast."
She nodded, and started walking towards the door, stepping over Jin as she did. She opened the door, and slipped out, Kurama behind her. She practically skipped to the kitchen, and stopped to grin at him.
He was confused by her unusually childish behavior, and wondered what the cause was.
They went into the kitchen, and she did a twirl. He leaned in the doorway, and crossed his arms over his chest. He was really curious now.
"What's got you so happy, Amaya?" He asked,
She grinned and grabbed his hands. "Kurama-kun, didn't you see Naomi-chan and Chuu?" She exclaimed excitedly.
He blinked. "What about them?"
"He's liked her for the longest time, Kurama-kun! He was entirely convinced that she hated him, but- oh, didn't you see them?"
"Well, they kissed last night." He said slowly.
She stopped, and if possible, her grin widened. "Really?"
He nodded. He didn't know why she was so happy about that. He didn't think that Chuu was exactly the best man for his daughter to be with…
But Amaya laughed happily and threw her arms around his neck.
"This is wonderful!" She exclaimed.
Well, he sure as hell wasn't going to stop her if she was going to hug him like that…
He felt something poke him in the chest, and he gently pushed her off of him. She gave him a confused look.
"What is it, Kurama-kun?"
He looked down at her chest, and saw a piece of paper sticking out of her yukata. He pointed.
"What's that?"
She looked down as well, and blushed in embarrassment.
"Oh! For a second there, I thought you were staring at my chest for the heck of it!" She said.
He blushed. "N-No!"
She smirked slyly. "It's not bad - I am your mate, after all."
He blushed even more, surprised at how forward she was being. But he could sense that his youko side was quite happy about that…
She pulled some pictures from her yukata, and started flipping through them. She held up one for him to look at.
It was a picture of an entire field of massacred bodies, and they seemed to be laid out in the kanji for…
"Moon." He said.
"Is that what that kanji is, Kurama-kun?" She asked, looking at the picture herself.
"Yes. It's the kanji for moon." He said. "But why are they laid out like that?"
She shrugged. "I'm not sure. I found them in a room in Reikai."
"The room you were in before I got you?" He asked.
She nodded.
"That's Koenma's office…" He said. "Why didn't he show these to us…?"
Both were quiet, and Amaya blinked when she felt a familiar presence. She stepped out into the hall, looking at the door.
The corridor was much, much cooler than the kitchen, and she furrowed her brow. She slowly reached out towards the door, and as she did, the air got colder.
There was something on the other side…
"BOO!"
Amaya screamed when someone jumped up behind her. Her careful control over her powers was broken slightly, and her energy blew up several vases and pictures in the hall.
Midori stared at her with widened eyes. "You…you just…"
Amaya whirled back to face her, and glared. "Midori!"
"What happened?" Kurama exclaimed, running out to join them in the hall.
"Nothing!" Amaya replied quickly. If they knew that she had lost some control over her powers just now… Well, she didn't want to think about the consequences.
Kurama looked at Midori, and she blinked.
"Really, it was nothing, Kurama." She said reassuringly.
"I just…I just remembered something!" Amaya said, laughing nervously. "I need to go out and buy some food. You know - some tofu, sugar, rice, the basics."
She smiled, and Kurama gave her an odd look. "Okay…"
"I'll be back a bit later, because I'll probably do some other shopping while I'm out." She said, walking past them and towards her room.
Kurama and Midori stared after her, but neither said anything.
~*~
An hour or two later, Naomi awoke. She groaned, and rolled over. She had a headache, and she knew that it couldn't be from drinking, considering she didn't have any alcohol.
She opened her eyes, and came face to face with Chuu.
Her eyes widened, and she rolled away from him, thoroughly confused. She sat u and looked back down at him, and he kept sleeping.
She sighed when she realized that her powers must have gotten out of control again.
Naomi had a certain power, which was entirely unique to her, and it was similar to empathy. She could feel strong emotions of other people, but only certain people. It was hard to explain, but she assumed that the feelings that she got from others were only present when they would somehow affect her.
Like when Kuwabara had first gotten his bug, she had felt his pain because they were working together, and his sickness would affect her. And a while earlier, during the Ankoku Bujutsukai, she had felt Jin's pain when he had gotten punched in the stomach by Yusuke, because she later on had to heal him.
She wasn't quite sure what she had then…
But apparently, she had done something that she may regret. What kind of emotion had Chuu had the night before…? She couldn't quite remember, because when she was channeling others' emotions, her own mind sort of…blanked out.
She crawled over to Touya, who was sleeping soundly across the room. She lightly shook his shoulder, whispering his name. His ice blue eyes opened slightly, and settled on her.
"What is it, Naomi?" He asked.
"Uh…what did I do last night?" She asked awkwardly. Touya was the only one that knew of her power, because he was her most trusted friend. Not even her own mother knew about it…
He showed little emotion, as usual. "Chuu must have been having some strong feelings for you, because you two kissed. Was that because of your powers, or did you really kiss him?"
She groaned, and rubbed her face with her hands. "No, no, no, no, no…I couldn't have kissed him!" She said. She looked over at the ice master.
"He was pretty drunk last night. Do you think he'll remember that, Touya-kun?"
He shrugged. "I'm not sure. He's been worse than that before, and some things he'll remember and some things he won't. It all depends."
"Why didn't you…stop me or something?" She asked.
"I couldn't. By the time I realized what was going to happen, you two were already kissing." He said. "Look, Naomi, don't worry about it. He'll understand if you explain it to him."
She sighed, and he looked thoughtful.
"That is, unless you actually do have feelings for him…"
She blushed. "N-No!"
He smirked. "Are you so sure about that?"
She sighed, and sat next to him. She brought her knees to her chest, and looked down at the floor.
"I mean…we're really good friends. Like me and Jin. I've…never really thought about him as anything other than that." She said.
He smiled. "Maybe you should…because I know that he has feelings for you."
She snorted. "Touya-kun, I've seen him lust after other girls before. It's probably just that."
"Naomi, I personally think that his feelings are real. You should talk to him about it."
Both of them looked over at Shishiwakamaru, who had apparently been awake during their conversation.
Naomi sighed, and shook her head. "I don't know. I mean, I'm not the type of girl that's into all of that romantic bullshit."
Shishiwakamaru smiled. "Maybe you should give it a try."
She stood. "I'll…I'll think about it. But as you both know, I can't think on an empty stomach. I'm going to get some breakfast."
They nodded, and she left the room. She had a lot to think about…
~*~
Later on, when everyone had woken up, they gathered in the kitchen. They started discussing the bugs, and about what had happened while each group was out, because they hadn't had much of a chance to discuss it earlier.
"We found a slaughtered village." Touya said.
"Really? So did we." Midori said. She sipped some of her tea, and sighed. "There were so many dead…children…"
Kurama remembered the picture that Amaya had shown him. "Oh! Amaya showed me a photo that she found in Koenma's office. It was of a slaughtered village, and the bodies were laid out in the kanji for moon."
"Moon?" Naomi asked, suddenly curious. "What about the moon? Why would they be laid out like that?"
He shrugged. "I'm not sure. I was planning on talking to Koenma about it."
"That's odd…" Midori mused. "Moon…the full moon is tonight. Maybe something is going to happen tonight." Dawn looked around. "Where did that silver-haired girl go?"
"Who?" Naomi asked. "My mom?"
"Yeah. Her."
"Probably meditating." Naomi replied. "But that's a bit odd about-"
"Actually, she went out shopping." Kurama interrupted. "She said she was going to buy tofu, sugar and rice."
The half-tennyo gave him an odd look. "What? But we just went shopping the other day. We've got enough food to last us several months."
Midori looked confused. "Why would Amaya-chan lie to us?"
"She's hiding something." Kurama said. He was angry at the fact that his own mate would hide something from him.
"Should we go out and look for her?" Suzuka asked.
Naomi growled. "No."
"Why not?" Kurama asked.
"When my mom doesn't want to be found, then she doesn't. It's just her way. If she wanted us to follow her, it would be a different story, but apparently she want some alone time."
The silver-haired girl sighed, and rubbed her temples. "So much shit has been flung lately, huh?"
Chuu said nothing, but wondered if she was referring to their kiss…
"You say that she can't be found…" Kurama started. She looked over at him. "But I know a way."
"You do?"
"Suzuka-san?"
The blonde inventor blinked. "What?"
"I want you to try to come up with something to round up these bugs." Kurama said. "Then, round them up and have our three fire-users torch them. I'll go look for Amaya, and I want Yusuke, Kuwabara, Chuu and Naomi to try to find out more about the sendings that we saw. Touya, Kano and Jin, I want you three to make sure the village is secure, then find out if there is anything special about the moon tonight."
Everyone nodded, with the exception of Dawn. She snorted.
"And who the hell died and left you in charge?" She asked sarcastically.
He narrowed his eyes at her, and they briefly flashed gold. "Don't cross me."
She seemed slightly surprised by his eye color changing, but just glared right back. "I'll help just this once. But next time, I'll be giving you orders."
"Fine. Whatever." He said, standing. "Now, let's get to work."
~*~
Author's Notes : Well, I got my report card, and I only got a C. PHEW!! Still, I'll be staying after school for help (I really hate geometry, so it'll probably be hell). Anyways, this means fewer updates (still about two chapters a week, but they'll be spread out even more). Also, I'll be trying to give more attention to my other fics, so expect more updates for them.
Also, about Naomi and Chuu: I'm glad that so many of you have supported this pairing! Originally, I liked the idea of what Kurama's reaction would be, then realized that they actually are a good pairing. But I was worried that you reviewers would yell at me because you don't like Chuu or something… My sister actually wanted Naomi to go with Shishi. o____0
Thanks for all of you support, everyone!
crimson7319 : I'm making a point to update all of my stories equally, so yes. And I don't think they'll be informing her anytime soon, just because of the fact that they're all a bit busy right now…
miyako14 : No kidding. What's the point of knowing geometry? NOTHING! THERE IS NO POINT!!! Ahem, anyways, Amaya was *trying* (and it may not have been her best attempt, considering how drunk she was) to say porcupine. She thought that Kano's hair looked like a porcupine.
FieryKitsune : Why didn't you correct me? I said that the bug would be explained in the next chapter, when I meant to say the photo…well, it was a really off day for me. Well, I'm WAAAAAAYYY too young to be drinking (still in high school), but I've had a champagne or two…and I never wish to repeat the experience. I did what Amaya did. 0____o
DarkVixenNisha : Drunk people ARE weird. That chapter was supposed to be funny…
Story Weaver1 : You know, I was expecting a lot of people to yell at me for pairing them together, but I think they're perfect together! I wanted someone who would match her personality, and yet freak Kurama out at the same time. Chuu was perfect. ^___^
Cerebral Juxtapose : Yeah, she did miss that little clue. The little girl will be explained later, and Amaya was trying to say porcupine. But she failed. LOL.
Katie E. : Amaya did act like a bum, didn't she? LOL! And yes, Naomi is short (considering that she has some pretty tall parents). She's about 5' 3", which is a few inches taller than Hiei. It's almost like Toguro and Genkai, height-wise…well, maybe not THAT bad.
Suzaku no miko : Thanks! I'll be sure to tell Lucky-chan!
fuzzythehampster : Everyone is pitying Kurama…but I thought it was hilarious!! And you actually like that pairing? Because I honestly thought that people would yell at me about it.
Sun Priestess : Yeah, I did kinda feel sorry for him…
KARTOONCRAZY : Another compliment on Naomi and Chuu! I'm glad! I'll tell you too - I thought that people would yell at me about that.
Shessha's Crazy : I'm sorry that you got grounded and your computer crashed, but I'm glad that you can read the fic again! I was beginning to think that you had abandoned it…
Psychocatgal : Yay! ANOTHER compliment on Naomi and Chuu!
Chapter 10
~*~
Amaya awoke with the biggest headache of her life. Her head throbbed, and she squeezed her eyes shut at the pain.
She was aware of someone with their face in her chest…
She looked down, and saw Jin snuggling her. She blushed furiously, and gently pried him off of herself. She groaned and sat up, her head swimming at this point.
"Amaya?"
She looked over at Kurama, who had been sitting beside her. He had a concerned look on his face, and she smiled reassuringly at him.
"Ohayo, Kurama." She whispered, so as to not wake the others. "I'm fine. Just a little headache, is all."
He looked like he didn't believe her, but said nothing more.
She stood, and attempted to fix her wrinkled yukata. She pulled the covers over Jin, and looked around the room.
Kuwabara and Yusuke were snoring loudly, and Shishiwakamaru was sleeping a bit more quietly. Touya was in the corner, sleeping sitting up. Suzuka was face down in his pillow.
Amaya smiled at the couples around the room.
Midori and Kano had fallen asleep leaning against each other, and she was clasping his hand. Dawn had apparently fallen over in her sleep, and had her head on Hiei's shoulder, and he had his cheek against the top of her head. Amaya's smile turned into a full out grin when she saw that Chuu had his arm around Naomi's waist, and they were sleeping next to each other.
Kurama stood as well, taking care not to wake up Kano. He looked over at the tennyo, and wondered what she was grinning about.
Then again…did it really matter, as long as she was happy?
He walked over to her, and she seemed to snap out of her daze. She looked up at him, and he smiled.
He leaned over, and whispered into her ear, "Come on. Let's get some breakfast."
She nodded, and started walking towards the door, stepping over Jin as she did. She opened the door, and slipped out, Kurama behind her. She practically skipped to the kitchen, and stopped to grin at him.
He was confused by her unusually childish behavior, and wondered what the cause was.
They went into the kitchen, and she did a twirl. He leaned in the doorway, and crossed his arms over his chest. He was really curious now.
"What's got you so happy, Amaya?" He asked,
She grinned and grabbed his hands. "Kurama-kun, didn't you see Naomi-chan and Chuu?" She exclaimed excitedly.
He blinked. "What about them?"
"He's liked her for the longest time, Kurama-kun! He was entirely convinced that she hated him, but- oh, didn't you see them?"
"Well, they kissed last night." He said slowly.
She stopped, and if possible, her grin widened. "Really?"
He nodded. He didn't know why she was so happy about that. He didn't think that Chuu was exactly the best man for his daughter to be with…
But Amaya laughed happily and threw her arms around his neck.
"This is wonderful!" She exclaimed.
Well, he sure as hell wasn't going to stop her if she was going to hug him like that…
He felt something poke him in the chest, and he gently pushed her off of him. She gave him a confused look.
"What is it, Kurama-kun?"
He looked down at her chest, and saw a piece of paper sticking out of her yukata. He pointed.
"What's that?"
She looked down as well, and blushed in embarrassment.
"Oh! For a second there, I thought you were staring at my chest for the heck of it!" She said.
He blushed. "N-No!"
She smirked slyly. "It's not bad - I am your mate, after all."
He blushed even more, surprised at how forward she was being. But he could sense that his youko side was quite happy about that…
She pulled some pictures from her yukata, and started flipping through them. She held up one for him to look at.
It was a picture of an entire field of massacred bodies, and they seemed to be laid out in the kanji for…
"Moon." He said.
"Is that what that kanji is, Kurama-kun?" She asked, looking at the picture herself.
"Yes. It's the kanji for moon." He said. "But why are they laid out like that?"
She shrugged. "I'm not sure. I found them in a room in Reikai."
"The room you were in before I got you?" He asked.
She nodded.
"That's Koenma's office…" He said. "Why didn't he show these to us…?"
Both were quiet, and Amaya blinked when she felt a familiar presence. She stepped out into the hall, looking at the door.
The corridor was much, much cooler than the kitchen, and she furrowed her brow. She slowly reached out towards the door, and as she did, the air got colder.
There was something on the other side…
"BOO!"
Amaya screamed when someone jumped up behind her. Her careful control over her powers was broken slightly, and her energy blew up several vases and pictures in the hall.
Midori stared at her with widened eyes. "You…you just…"
Amaya whirled back to face her, and glared. "Midori!"
"What happened?" Kurama exclaimed, running out to join them in the hall.
"Nothing!" Amaya replied quickly. If they knew that she had lost some control over her powers just now… Well, she didn't want to think about the consequences.
Kurama looked at Midori, and she blinked.
"Really, it was nothing, Kurama." She said reassuringly.
"I just…I just remembered something!" Amaya said, laughing nervously. "I need to go out and buy some food. You know - some tofu, sugar, rice, the basics."
She smiled, and Kurama gave her an odd look. "Okay…"
"I'll be back a bit later, because I'll probably do some other shopping while I'm out." She said, walking past them and towards her room.
Kurama and Midori stared after her, but neither said anything.
~*~
An hour or two later, Naomi awoke. She groaned, and rolled over. She had a headache, and she knew that it couldn't be from drinking, considering she didn't have any alcohol.
She opened her eyes, and came face to face with Chuu.
Her eyes widened, and she rolled away from him, thoroughly confused. She sat u and looked back down at him, and he kept sleeping.
She sighed when she realized that her powers must have gotten out of control again.
Naomi had a certain power, which was entirely unique to her, and it was similar to empathy. She could feel strong emotions of other people, but only certain people. It was hard to explain, but she assumed that the feelings that she got from others were only present when they would somehow affect her.
Like when Kuwabara had first gotten his bug, she had felt his pain because they were working together, and his sickness would affect her. And a while earlier, during the Ankoku Bujutsukai, she had felt Jin's pain when he had gotten punched in the stomach by Yusuke, because she later on had to heal him.
She wasn't quite sure what she had then…
But apparently, she had done something that she may regret. What kind of emotion had Chuu had the night before…? She couldn't quite remember, because when she was channeling others' emotions, her own mind sort of…blanked out.
She crawled over to Touya, who was sleeping soundly across the room. She lightly shook his shoulder, whispering his name. His ice blue eyes opened slightly, and settled on her.
"What is it, Naomi?" He asked.
"Uh…what did I do last night?" She asked awkwardly. Touya was the only one that knew of her power, because he was her most trusted friend. Not even her own mother knew about it…
He showed little emotion, as usual. "Chuu must have been having some strong feelings for you, because you two kissed. Was that because of your powers, or did you really kiss him?"
She groaned, and rubbed her face with her hands. "No, no, no, no, no…I couldn't have kissed him!" She said. She looked over at the ice master.
"He was pretty drunk last night. Do you think he'll remember that, Touya-kun?"
He shrugged. "I'm not sure. He's been worse than that before, and some things he'll remember and some things he won't. It all depends."
"Why didn't you…stop me or something?" She asked.
"I couldn't. By the time I realized what was going to happen, you two were already kissing." He said. "Look, Naomi, don't worry about it. He'll understand if you explain it to him."
She sighed, and he looked thoughtful.
"That is, unless you actually do have feelings for him…"
She blushed. "N-No!"
He smirked. "Are you so sure about that?"
She sighed, and sat next to him. She brought her knees to her chest, and looked down at the floor.
"I mean…we're really good friends. Like me and Jin. I've…never really thought about him as anything other than that." She said.
He smiled. "Maybe you should…because I know that he has feelings for you."
She snorted. "Touya-kun, I've seen him lust after other girls before. It's probably just that."
"Naomi, I personally think that his feelings are real. You should talk to him about it."
Both of them looked over at Shishiwakamaru, who had apparently been awake during their conversation.
Naomi sighed, and shook her head. "I don't know. I mean, I'm not the type of girl that's into all of that romantic bullshit."
Shishiwakamaru smiled. "Maybe you should give it a try."
She stood. "I'll…I'll think about it. But as you both know, I can't think on an empty stomach. I'm going to get some breakfast."
They nodded, and she left the room. She had a lot to think about…
~*~
Later on, when everyone had woken up, they gathered in the kitchen. They started discussing the bugs, and about what had happened while each group was out, because they hadn't had much of a chance to discuss it earlier.
"We found a slaughtered village." Touya said.
"Really? So did we." Midori said. She sipped some of her tea, and sighed. "There were so many dead…children…"
Kurama remembered the picture that Amaya had shown him. "Oh! Amaya showed me a photo that she found in Koenma's office. It was of a slaughtered village, and the bodies were laid out in the kanji for moon."
"Moon?" Naomi asked, suddenly curious. "What about the moon? Why would they be laid out like that?"
He shrugged. "I'm not sure. I was planning on talking to Koenma about it."
"That's odd…" Midori mused. "Moon…the full moon is tonight. Maybe something is going to happen tonight." Dawn looked around. "Where did that silver-haired girl go?"
"Who?" Naomi asked. "My mom?"
"Yeah. Her."
"Probably meditating." Naomi replied. "But that's a bit odd about-"
"Actually, she went out shopping." Kurama interrupted. "She said she was going to buy tofu, sugar and rice."
The half-tennyo gave him an odd look. "What? But we just went shopping the other day. We've got enough food to last us several months."
Midori looked confused. "Why would Amaya-chan lie to us?"
"She's hiding something." Kurama said. He was angry at the fact that his own mate would hide something from him.
"Should we go out and look for her?" Suzuka asked.
Naomi growled. "No."
"Why not?" Kurama asked.
"When my mom doesn't want to be found, then she doesn't. It's just her way. If she wanted us to follow her, it would be a different story, but apparently she want some alone time."
The silver-haired girl sighed, and rubbed her temples. "So much shit has been flung lately, huh?"
Chuu said nothing, but wondered if she was referring to their kiss…
"You say that she can't be found…" Kurama started. She looked over at him. "But I know a way."
"You do?"
"Suzuka-san?"
The blonde inventor blinked. "What?"
"I want you to try to come up with something to round up these bugs." Kurama said. "Then, round them up and have our three fire-users torch them. I'll go look for Amaya, and I want Yusuke, Kuwabara, Chuu and Naomi to try to find out more about the sendings that we saw. Touya, Kano and Jin, I want you three to make sure the village is secure, then find out if there is anything special about the moon tonight."
Everyone nodded, with the exception of Dawn. She snorted.
"And who the hell died and left you in charge?" She asked sarcastically.
He narrowed his eyes at her, and they briefly flashed gold. "Don't cross me."
She seemed slightly surprised by his eye color changing, but just glared right back. "I'll help just this once. But next time, I'll be giving you orders."
"Fine. Whatever." He said, standing. "Now, let's get to work."
~*~
Author's Notes : Well, I got my report card, and I only got a C. PHEW!! Still, I'll be staying after school for help (I really hate geometry, so it'll probably be hell). Anyways, this means fewer updates (still about two chapters a week, but they'll be spread out even more). Also, I'll be trying to give more attention to my other fics, so expect more updates for them.
Also, about Naomi and Chuu: I'm glad that so many of you have supported this pairing! Originally, I liked the idea of what Kurama's reaction would be, then realized that they actually are a good pairing. But I was worried that you reviewers would yell at me because you don't like Chuu or something… My sister actually wanted Naomi to go with Shishi. o____0
Thanks for all of you support, everyone!
crimson7319 : I'm making a point to update all of my stories equally, so yes. And I don't think they'll be informing her anytime soon, just because of the fact that they're all a bit busy right now…
miyako14 : No kidding. What's the point of knowing geometry? NOTHING! THERE IS NO POINT!!! Ahem, anyways, Amaya was *trying* (and it may not have been her best attempt, considering how drunk she was) to say porcupine. She thought that Kano's hair looked like a porcupine.
FieryKitsune : Why didn't you correct me? I said that the bug would be explained in the next chapter, when I meant to say the photo…well, it was a really off day for me. Well, I'm WAAAAAAYYY too young to be drinking (still in high school), but I've had a champagne or two…and I never wish to repeat the experience. I did what Amaya did. 0____o
DarkVixenNisha : Drunk people ARE weird. That chapter was supposed to be funny…
Story Weaver1 : You know, I was expecting a lot of people to yell at me for pairing them together, but I think they're perfect together! I wanted someone who would match her personality, and yet freak Kurama out at the same time. Chuu was perfect. ^___^
Cerebral Juxtapose : Yeah, she did miss that little clue. The little girl will be explained later, and Amaya was trying to say porcupine. But she failed. LOL.
Katie E. : Amaya did act like a bum, didn't she? LOL! And yes, Naomi is short (considering that she has some pretty tall parents). She's about 5' 3", which is a few inches taller than Hiei. It's almost like Toguro and Genkai, height-wise…well, maybe not THAT bad.
Suzaku no miko : Thanks! I'll be sure to tell Lucky-chan!
fuzzythehampster : Everyone is pitying Kurama…but I thought it was hilarious!! And you actually like that pairing? Because I honestly thought that people would yell at me about it.
Sun Priestess : Yeah, I did kinda feel sorry for him…
KARTOONCRAZY : Another compliment on Naomi and Chuu! I'm glad! I'll tell you too - I thought that people would yell at me about that.
Shessha's Crazy : I'm sorry that you got grounded and your computer crashed, but I'm glad that you can read the fic again! I was beginning to think that you had abandoned it…
Psychocatgal : Yay! ANOTHER compliment on Naomi and Chuu!