Thanks a lot for your reviews again ^_^. My computer was being stupid, so that's why I haven't posted for a while. This chapter's kinda short and nothing really happens, so I'll be sure to post more as soon as I can, which will probably be tomorrow some time. I've already tried to italicize with html coding, and it doesn't seem to work. All well. I've decided that Kinou's thoughts shall be marked and ended with *'s. That should make it a little less confusing! (Later note: now I know how to italicize, so never mind the asterisks ^_^)
4. A New Home~
The team of Rare Hunters finally got Kinou into her room and they locked the door. She kicked at it for several minutes, then, giving up, she decided to take in where she would be staying for however long Marik was planning to keep her. The walls were plain and white with no pictures; only artifacts that looked very old and delicate were hung on them. A large bed was parallel to the opposite wall with a canopy hanging over it. There were short bookshelves lining the bottoms of the walls and a few small tables in random places, one of which was right by the bed with a small lamp upon it. She noticed a full-length mirror to the left of the bed, so she stepped up to it. She had already seen her face, so she instead looked at her body. She hadn't lost her curves, she was glad to see, but her legs were definitely skinnier and her breasts looked bigger. She remembered hearing somewhere that women are seen as sexual objects in Japanese animation and in almost every cartoon she had seen, all the girls over the age of 10 seemed to have perfectly formed chests already. Her arms weren't too different: they did have the few small things attached to them and her hands had perfect black nails: there were no chips in them and they were evenly cut. She turned to the side and noticed that her stomach looked really strange. She was used to seeing it hang out slightly with the "beer gut" she had inherited from her father, but now she was really skinny. At least she didn't have to hold it in anymore. Not too shabby, she said to herself, grinning. Emily was still hanging out of her pocket; Kinou picked her up and looked at her. She hadn't changed at all, though she felt limper in Kinou's hands.
There were large windows with no curtains covering most of the wall opposite the door; she walked over to them and peered out into the night.
Night? She wondered. She could see some feeble light still shining in the distance. Well, dusk anyway. Wow, time really flies in dreams... I really wish this one were one of those dreams where I could just decide to wake up; it's starting to freak me out. All of my other dreams jump around randomly, people hardly ever speak in complete sentences, and no one has ever insisted this much that it's not a dream. She looked out at the back yard, which wasn't that big, for a dense forest started about six feet from the house. She looked to the left and noticed that the forest curved around this side of the house. To the right, there was a sharp contrast: she could see a street and some other houses in the distance; just beyond them, a city rose up from the ground, illuminating the sky around it. That must be Domino City, she thought. I wonder if Kaiba Land is still open? The moon was shining brightly; the way it lighted the trees made them look like they were painted. She opened two of the windows and inhaled the air. It reminded her of home somewhat, and it gave her comfort.
Kinou turned back to her room. Not bad, she thought, settling herself down upon the bed; it was soft and she immediately began to feel drowsy. She lied back and fell asleep quickly.
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