I'm back again! Oh noes! Run! Just like to thank everyone for the nice reviews so far, I'd like to take this time to speak to a few of you...

Tornado: I don't know what you're talking about, honestly. Sorry. If you're thinking about the time when I told everyone that Su wouldn't confess her love to Keitaro at the festival, that wasn't directed at you. It was for DarkFeenix, who warned me not to do anything cliché. (And confessing loves at festivals definitely would be.) So I told DarkFeenix that I wouldn't do that because Naru and Keitaro were married. So no worries, wasn't talking about you.

M.Blade: It's okay about my comments on "Child of the Crimson Moon." Everyone does it now and then. It was stupid of me to think that that was your only work. I didn't know it was your earliest bit, 'cause I hadn't seen your other stories, which have very little self-loathing in them. Thankfully...:)

At any rate, enjoy! You'll find that this piece has quite a bit of Kitsune in it. She's my second favorite character; only Su beats her with me. That has nothing to do with how much time she has in this chapter, though. It just seemed to me that Kitsune would be the best for this part. You'll see what I mean... I'm sure you've heard enough of me, though, so...on to the story!
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What's New with You, Kaolla Su?

Chapter 4

"Oh boy..."

Kitsune had been sitting in bed reading a bit, when she'd decided a quick late-night booze run would probably be a better way to fall asleep. So, about half an hour after everyone had gone to bed, she made her way down to the kitchen. After she'd grabbed a bottle of sake, she was walking back, wondering why she didn't have her own little personal fridge in her room. Then, there it was, bright in the sky, in big red sparks. It was totally silent, but the words 'I love you, Keitaro' and an odd looking picture that, unfortunately, looked unmistakably like Su, appeared in the heavens.

She should have seen this one coming. Actually, she had, but had refused to recognize the symptoms because it was Su. She had only really acted moody like this once, and that was when she'd lost that tooth and contemplated leaving. However, there were no teeth missing tonight, only a big red firework that loomed there ready to corrupt a marriage.

"Oh boy," she repeated.

This wasn't good. She knew everyone had had a little crush on Keitaro at one point or another, but it was different now. He was married, and Kitsune knew that the wife never was one for competition.

She returned to her room, Sake in hand, knowing that this was probably going to end badly. Sure she loved a show, but what was Su thinking? Keitaro and Naru had tied the knot more than a month ago. Su couldn't just barge in and break it up. Could she?

No. Kitsune put that thought out of her mind immediately.

Kitsune sighed. The Sake was a lost cause now. She wouldn't be able to sleep on this one. After hours of thinking, she finally drifted away into a rather fitful sleep. The fireworks had been fun, but she was dreaming about one firework in particular.

The next morning she awoke to the sounds of breakfast, ripped from her sleep by a funny dream, again. It was a dream that had been brought on by Su, again...but this time, there were no funny dream machines involved.

As she walked into the kitchen, a plate of steaming bacon, laughing maniacally, whizzed past her. Shinobu, who was screaming at it, ran after the seemingly possessed bacon. Su in a stealth suit, she thought, and sat down at the table. Those were some ingenious contraptions.

After everything had settled down a bit, they all sat down to breakfast. Everyone except Su, that is, or actually Su's head, which floated above the chair, magically lifting large quantities of food, and putting it in her mouth. Thankfully, the stealth suit didn't allow anyone to see the food as it was being digested, otherwise the other Hinata residents might have lost it. The food just disappeared into Su's seemingly unending stomach. Kitsune picked up the morning paper from outside, and came back to the table, where everyone was just finishing up their breakfasts. She looked at the front page and smiled.

"What's everyone doing today?" Kitsune asked.

"Going to school, obviously," Shinobu replied.

"Oh really?" Kitsune grinned. Finally, she'd have some company.

She turned the paper over to face the table, where the front page showed Tokyo U. Above it were large letters proclaiming 'Tokyo University Flooded.'

Everyone stared.

"Yep," Kitsune said, scanning the paper. "Looks like some vandals got in, set off the fire sprinklers. Hehe, by the time they shut 'em off, the whole place was flooded a foot."

She looked at the paper again, impressed at this fact.

"Those are some fast sprinklers," she said. "At any rate; the school's closed for a few days for repair. I wonder who did it."

Su got up and started jumping around.

"Woohoo! No SCHOOL!!!! Come on, Shinomu! Let's do something!"

She grabbed Shinobu and danced around.

"So...back to my original question. What's everyone doing today?" Kitsune asked.

"Well," Motoko started, "I don't have to be at the dojo until later today...I suppose I'll do something here."

"Same, nothing to do now," Kanako offered.

They all ended up staying at Hinata House, now that school was cancelled; all except for Naru who had to teach that day. Even Keitaro stayed; deciding he'd start catching up on his landlord duties. Mutsumi went around, doing who knows what. Motoko and Kanako ended up sparring on the landing. Shinobu went out to do some laundry, while Kitsune sat around drinking booze and watching T.V. Which is what she does best, anyway. Su went out to the hot springs, where she met Tama-chan, and had fun trying to eat him.

Keitaro had just gotten done cleaning the bathrooms, and decided to do the hot springs next. Once there, he saw Su bathing and reaching at Tama-chan.

"Aghh! Sorry, I didn't know you were here," Keitaro said, and started walking back.

"Kei-TAR-oooooooo," Su sang at him.

He stopped and looked back at her. Su looked around; she was wearing a towel...

"You can stay," she said, leaning back, and eyeing the turtle floating around lazily above her. "You're just cleaning, right?"

"Yeah, I guess," he said, and walked back, putting a mop and bucket down.

"Hehe..." she laughed, evilly, "It's just you and me."

Keitaro eyed her cautiously, "No new brain control devices, I hope..."

"No," she said, "but it's fun to keep you on your guard."

She watched him mop a bit, then saw Tama-chan out of the corner of her eye, and splashed after her, much to Keitaro's amusement. After a little of this, Su turned and looked at Keitaro, rather pensively, and he stopped mopping and looked back at her, smiling a bit.

"Why'd you marry Naru?" she asked after a while, settling back down into her old position.

This caught Keitaro rather off guard, and all he could do was sputter for a short time. Afterwards, he started mopping some more, looking around thoughtfully.

"Why do you ask?" he said to her.

"No reason," she lied.

"Well," he thought, "I suppose because she seemed like the right person."

"How so?"

"Well, she's smart, and attractive, and she's very nice to everyone. I like her sense of humor..." He looked at her, and nodded.

"And..."she paused, "and what if someone better came along? What if you really liked someone, but you were already married?"

"Well, I don't know, really. Hopefully it wouldn't come to that."

"But...but, what if," she was almost in tears by now, "what if you both REALLY liked each other. What would you do? What could you do? Could you get a divorce?"

"Well," Keitaro said, looking puzzled and a bit put out, "who exactly are we talking about, here, that I would need to divorce Naru?"

"I..." she stopped, and lowered her head, "I don't know."

She got up and out of the hot springs.

"I'm done," she said, walking back into the changing room, leaving an altogether confused Keitaro to finish cleaning.

As she was walking slowly back to her room, Kitsune saw her and frowned. Uh oh, she thought, I hope Su didn't do anything stupid. Nervous, she ran out to Keitaro, who was still cleaning up, and humming to himself.

"Hey," Kitsune said to him quickly, "Su didn't do anything crazy did she?"

"Hmm?" Keitaro said, trying to recall anything. "No, not really. We just talked a bit about Naru."

Kitsune nodded, and walked back into the T.V. room, sitting down on the couch. I've got to calm down, she thought. That girl will do damage to my health even without her jumping all over me. Still, this new fit of depression that Su had just been in, it was a little unnerving.

"What am I gonna do?" Kitsune muttered to herself. This wasn't a secret that will be able to remain hidden for very long, especially from people more observant than Keitaro. She grimaced; that meant everyone.
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That's it for now. You know, I just realized something. After the epilogue of book 14, which is when this story is set, there was an extra girl who was added. It was that Ema Maeda girl, who was 15, I think. I never put her in the story. Oh well; I'm the author! As such, I can make whole characters disappear. Muahahaha! You have been warned...Ooh! Contest time!

If you notice, the chapters now have different names when you go to choose the next one. Ten cool points to whoever can first tell me (in your review) what song the titles are from, and who sang it.

As always, Reviews are greatly appreciated. Flaming is not allowed, but I'm definitely open for some 'constructive criticism' as they say. Compliments are, of course, appreciated.