A/N: I finally have done it! The great rivalry is on. Now I don't have much to say so...moving on now. Ladies and Gentlemen-Act 10: Boot Camp.

Disclaimer: I don't know in anyway, no way no how, even in my dreams have the rights to Yu-Yu Hakusho within my reach.

Chapter 10: Boot Camp

Relapse-Liz speaking: In our last chapter, we learned about our new friend, Yoreith of Cyn who arrived at Faen's bedsides just in time to literally beat Faen into consciousness. Yoreith's tender care might have to be redirected towards Munin since, in a fit of self-hatred; he smashed his hands through a mirror. Dae's devious plan for revenge left Youko shock and very aroused. Will Munin and Amani be able to accept Munin's beast? Will Youko counterattack? What are Faen and Hiei doing in their rooms? On with the show!

Curtains open.

Yoreith and the others continued to walk towards the doorway.

"Now that my business is done here, I will be leaving." Yoreith said abruptly.

"Aww, so soon?" Dae asked giving her friend a quick hug.

"I'm afraid so," Yoreith said, embracing her friend. "I must return to protect my lands."

"Come back and visit us soon." Amani said.

"I will." Yoreith said, hugging Amani quickly. "You can come and visit me too. You are welcome to bring your friends as well. I trust your judgment in them." Yoreith finished giving her a quick wink. Amani blushed and immediately tilted her head, hiding her flaming cheeks behind her blue tresses.

Yoreith merely gave her a knowing smile and turned to Youko and Munin. "You take care of my friends or I will personally remove your most prized appendage." She leaned in and whispered. "Every paper thin slice at a time." She smiled, a quick snarl of fangs.

Youko and Munin gulped and nervously shook their heads in understanding.

"Alright then, I hope to see you in the future." Yoreith said as she calmly walked out the door. The rest of the crew watched as she her frame began to glow. Sparks of light flared around her growing brighter and more rapid by the second. Finally, in an explosion of white, Yoreith disappeared.

Blinded by the explosion, Dae, Amani, Munin, and Youko rubbed and blinked their eyes until the incoherent white spots became a focused picture.

"Ok," Youko said after giving his eyes one last rub. "Now that our illustrious visitor has departed, I suggest we train."

"What?" the other three asked.

Hiei smiled as he reached down and brushed his thumb across Faen's lips. Her golden eyes shined brightly as she smiled under his touch. He slowly bent forward and laid a gentle kiss upon her lips before returning to gaze into her eyes.

"Faen I....."

"Hey you guys!" a yell interrupted their moment.

Both lovers turned to see Amani sticking her head in the doorway. Amani's smile cracked as she shakingly withstood the glares she was receiving from both.

"Umm.....hi." Amani said sheepishly.

"What do you want Amani?!" Faen yelled.

"What?.....Oh yeah. The rest of us are going to train outside and we wondered if you wanted to join us." Amani explained quickly.

Faen turned her gaze from her friend at the door to her lover above her. "You wanna train?"

Hiei gave her a short contemplative gaze before it turned into a deviously evil grin. "Sure as long as we can continue over previous activity before we were interrupted." Hiei whispered, biting out the last words so Amani could hear it.

Faen smiled when she felt Amani's uneasiness. "Give us a moment. We'll be there in about five." Faen replied.

"Fine, sure. Leaving now." Amani jumbled as she quickly shut the door and walked toward the garden where the Youko, Dae, and Munin were waiting for her.

Faen and Hiei locked gazes again.

"Well I guess we better get down there before they all come up here." Faen whispered.

"Yeah." Hiei sighed, not moving. The two stayed motionless for another couple of moments before Faen finally sat up a bit. Hiei slowly pulled himself up until he was kneeling. "You sure your head can take the training?"

Faen smiled and gently touched the bump on her head. "Yeah, it'll be fine." She replied before giving him a quick peck. Hiei pulled himself from the bed then turned, holding his hand out to Faen.

"Shall we?"

Faen grinned as she took his hand. He pulled her to her feet then hooked her arm with his.

"Let's go." Faen said as they exited the room.

Amani smiled as she approached the courtyard. Her mood had slightly improved after she had left Faen and Hiei. 'Faen's so lucky. I wish I could find someone would love me like that.' She thought as she stepped into the sunlight doorway.

"Hey Amani! Are they coming?" Dae yelled from across the courtyard where she and the other two males were huddled in conversation.

"Yeah. They said they'd be down in about five minutes."

"That's good." Dae huffed as she sprinted across the stone patio to join her friend. "So what were they doing when you opened the door?"

"Dae!" Amani said hitting her friend playfully in the shoulder.

"What? You know that you'd be asking me the same question if it had been me up there." Dae whined rubbing her shoulder.

"Yeah, but still."

"So, tell me what happened." Dae whined, tugging on her friend's sleeve.

"They were just kissing."

"Really." Dae said taking in note how her friend's countenance took a sudden drop. "Is that all?"

"Pretty much. They were just kissing and talking and stuff." Amani said quietly.

"Uh-huh." Dae glanced quickly over her shoulder to make sure Youko and Munin were out of hearing range before speaking. "You ok?"

Amani shook herself like she had just woken up. "What do you mean?"

"You look a bit sad or disturbed. I can't really tell which" Dae said quietly.

"Is my distress that obvious?"

"No. I just know how to read you." Dae said giving Youko and Munin another quick glance.

"It's just....."Amani sighed. "It's nothing really."

"No, no. It is something. Tell me." Dae pushed.

"I'm just-"

"Hey everyone!" Faen yelled announcing they're obvious arrival.

"Hello Faen and Hiei." Dae said to them before turning back to Amani. "We'll talk about this later, mk?" she whispered giving her friend a warm smile.

Amani simply nodded her head and followed Dae to go greet their friend.

"Hey, Youko, Munin we're about to start. Wanna join us now?" Dae called.

The two men immediately stopped their conversation and joined the rest of the crew in the center of the court.

"So exactly what are we doing?" Hiei asked.

"Well," Dae answered. "Youko, Munin, and I were talking and we decided that we didn't do to good a job in our last encounter with Toguro and his hoard. I mean, it's good we all survived, but we could have done a lot better and ended the battle a lot quicker."

"Thus the training." Youko interrupted.

"Plus Youko and I have an inkling that these lovely women might have something more than they know." Munin finished.

"Oh ok." Faen said. "So where do we begin?"

"We need to get partners." Amani suggested.

"I got Hiei!" Faen said grabbing Hiei's hand for emphasis.

"No Faen." Dae and Amani answered at the same time.

"Why not?"

"You're too much alike." Youko answered.

"Both being fire demons and such." Dae added.

"And also you two would go too easy on each other I believe." Munin concluded.

"No I wouldn't." Faen grinned.

"The answer is no." Amani said. "I think Faen should pair up with either Munin or Youko."

"I agree." Dae added. "It would be either Fire vs. plants or fire vs. wind."

Faen gave Dae and Amani a panicked look before grabbing them both by their forearms and dragging them away from the group. The captive girls huffed indignantly as they marched backwards with Faen's guidance. Faen finally pulled them to an abrupt stop about fifteen feet from the guys.

"What are you doing?" Dae snapped.

"Yeah, why are dragging us around like dogs?" Amani retorted.

Faen shushed them both before lowering her voice to answer. "I have a.....ah little problem."

"What problem?" Dae whispered, focusing all her attention on her friend.

"Be quiet long enough and I'll tell you." Faen hissed. Dae glared, but kept her mouth shut. "Well, I don't like tall people."

"What?" Amani quirked.

"Why?" Dae added.

"I don't know but they freak me out ok?" Faen said uneasily.

Dae and Amani looked at each other, then back at Faen before bursting into laughter. But after a few seconds, when the two realized Faen wasn't laughing with them, their laughter quieted and smiles disappeared.

Dae gave her friend a long stare. "You're serious aren't you?"

"Yes. I don't know why, but tall people just give me the creeps."

Amani giggled. "Do you have like a height limit or something?"

"Yeah kinda.....average height I guess."

"Average?" Dae questioned. "How tall is average in your mind?"

"Well, probably about six foot before they bother me." Faen said.

"So that's why you went after Hiei." Dae said.

"Huh?"

"He's short." Amani answered.

"Well there is that, but overall it's just because he's so cute." Faen said, her smile returning.

"Considering that Hiei's like 4'10 while Youko is like 7'0 and Munin is about 6'10 and considering your fear, I see why you went after Hiei."

"But Faen you're 5'5. They're not that much taller than you." Amani said sarcastically.

Faen glared. "This is big news coming from someone who's 5'7."

Dae watched the tension rise and sighed. They were about to go at it again.

"It's not my fault that I'm tall or that I'm taller than you." Amani snapped.

"Well, it's not my fault I have this fear!" Faen yelled crossing her arms across her chest.

"But it's a stupid fear." Amani countered. "Six foot is only 7 inches taller than you."

"Seven inches is a lot, Amani." Faen spat.

"Not that much."

"Yes it is."

"No it isn't."

"Yes-"Faen started,

"Shut-up both of you! I am 5'4 and still, unfortunately, the shortest. If anyone has a problem with me ending the fight right now, be quiet or I'll make you hold your peace!" Dae flared.

"What's all the commotion?" Youko yelled.

"Yeah, what's going on over there?" Munin bellowed as he and the other men walked over to join the cluster of women.

"Nothing." Amani answered spiritedly. "Just discussing partners."

"Well, can we be included?" Hiei asked.

"Uh, sure." Dae said as the circle reformed on each side of her. "Due to recently brought up issues. Faen will be partnered with Amani."

"Why?" Munin questioned.

"Reasons." All the girls answered.

"O.....kay." Munin muttered.

"But Dae," Faen started. "It won't work. We've tried this before remember. Fire and ice cancel each other out."

"Yeah, remember we got in that one fight, and we tried to best each other?" Amani pushed.

"Yeah and remember we kept fighting and fighting until you got bored and walked away?" Faen added.

Dae sighed. "Yeah, I remember. And I fell asleep, I didn't walk away. Remember Faen, you tripped over me and that's what ended the fight?"

"Oh yeah." Faen said. "That really hurt."

"Well it doesn't matter anyway because you won't be using powers." Dae countered.

"What?!" Hiei, Amani, and Faen screamed at her.

Dae sighed again in an attempt to control her slowly slipping temper. But before she could start, Youko interrupted.

"There are going to be times when you are unable to fight with your energy. At these times, you must rely on whatever weapons you have. Hence the reason we will not be training with powers just yet."

"Ohh! Ok." Faen chirped.

Hiei hmphed. "Whatever."

"Sounds good." Amani finished.

"Okay." Munin started. "So Amani and Dae are sparring."

"But we always spar each other." Faen whined. "I wanna spar someone different."

"Well, Faen." Dae semi-snarled. "With you little "problem" that limits you to Hiei or Amani so you have no choice."

"Why can't I spar you?" Faen asked angrily.

"Yeah, I would like to know that too." Amani tossed in.

"Because I'm training her." Youko said, laying a hand on Dae's shoulder.

"You are?" Dae asked turning to look at Youko."

"Yeah. Since you're an energy demon, I am curious to see whether you can manipulate more than just raw energy itself. So, I'm going to try to teach you how to create the rose whip."

"Oh mk, so sorry can't train with you." Dae quirked leaning into Youko a bit. Amani glared at Dae while Faen stuck her tongue out.

"Well since Faen cannot train with either Hiei or Dae," Munin said broadly. "Looks like you're stuck with Amani. Sorry Faen."

"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?" Amani growled elbowing Munin in the ribs.

"Nothing I swear it." Munin smiled innocently.

Amani continued to glare none the less.

"It's settled then." Hiei barked. "I'll duel Munin while Faen duels Amani and Youko teaches Dae how to play with plants. Sound good?"

Mutters of approve, some more enthusiastic than others, were his answer.

"Then let's begin."

Munin and Hiei walked off to the far left side, while Dae and Youko exited toward the garden leaving Faen and Amani to fight each other in the middle of the courtyard.

The two women watched Munin withdraw his two short-blade katanas and Hiei unsheathe his broad blade katana. The two men bowed to each other, a mere inclination of their heads, then they disappeared in a flash of speed. Sparks burst through the air from the clashing swords, but that was all that could be seen of the duel.

Amani and Faen turned their gaze towards the garden where Youko and Dae currently resided. They heard Dae gasp as Youko sliced apart a weathered statue with expert accuracy hitting each discrete part before they hit the ground. The two kitsunes soon turned to the rose bushes in order to find the perfect roses to experiment with.

Their gazes ended up returning to each other after a while.

"So what do you want to fight with?" Faen finally asked.

"I don't know. How about daggers?" Amani offered.

"Hmm.....nah. They're your specialty. Maybe we should just stick to swords or something." Faen muttered as she glanced at the assortment of weaponry in the corner that she had failed to notice when she first came arrived. "What about.....these?" Faen said triumphantly holding up a pair of wooden practice swords.

Her answer came in the form of Amani's raised eyebrow.

"Oh come on. It could be fun. Plus we'd probably killed each other with real swords."

Amani rolled her eyes. "I guess you're right." She sighed. "Give me one of those."

Faen smiled happily and tossed the wooden blade to her friend. "Ready?"

"Yep."

"Three, two, one. Fight!"

Dae and Youko quickly snapped about a half a dozen roses and laid them in a nearby dry bird bath. White, crimson, and yellow petals clashed in the moss-covered stone tub.

"Okay we have our flowers now what?" Dae asked setting her hands on her hips as she waited for Youko's explanation of what exactly to do.

"I think that you should watch me do it first then I'll try to explain the process." Youko answered grabbing one of the rouge colored flowers.

"That works." Dae said, crossing her arms under her bosom. "I usually need to see something done first before I can do it, but after watching it once I'm usually hands on the rest of the way."

"Really?" Youko said giving the female kitsune a sly smile.

Dae blinked in shocked before flustering. "Pervert." She hissed as she smacked him on the shoulder.

"I'm just joking." Youko chuckled before turning serious. "Are you ready to begin?"

Dae nodded.

"Then let's begin." Youko held the red rose between his index finger and thumb an arm's length away. He sighed a shaky breath and closed his eyes, forcing himself to go through the method of creating the rose whip as slowly as possible. He pulled down from inside of him and coaxed the energy from within him. He felt it answer his call, a blue flame from within him. The flame rose through his body, entering his veins, pumping with his heart until it spread through his fingers. He heard Dae gasp as he pushed his power outward into the stem of the rose. The power continued to fill the rose until the rose could no longer hold anymore. This was the most important part right here. Youko visualized the thorns growing; he imagined the petals disappearing as the stem grew out the make the thorn covered vine that was his favorite weapon. Youko opened his eyes; in his hand was the vine he pictured.

"See simple." He said as he watched Dae stare intently at the weapon in his grasp.

"How did you do that?" Dae said inquisitively as she reached forward and poked the whip. A gasp escaped her mouth as one of the razor sharp thorns pricked her finger. Dae turned her hand and brought it to her face. Blood welled up in the small wound until it spilled down her hand. Dae quickly licked away the blood and sucked her finger till the wound closed. With her finger still in her mouth she met Youko's gaze. "Show me."

"Do you need me to explain it to you?"

"I think I sorta got it." Dae said picking up a vibrant corn shaded rose. "Can I give it a shot and if I mess up you can tell me what I did wrong?"

"Yeah, go ahead." Youko said taking a step aside to give her room to concentrate.

"Mk." Dae held the yellow blossom just as Youko had. She then called the energy within her as she had felt Youko do. A green light flared within her. The energy burst into her, racing through her blood stream seeking an outlet. Dae tried to let go of the rose, but it was too late; the power had found an opening and it wanted out.

Youko covered his face as a barrage of petals and flower parts splattered against his arms. He nearly fell to the ground in a fit of laughter at the sight that greeted him when he dropped his hands. Dae stood where she had been before. Black tinged Dae's white hair along with smudges across her cheeks and nose. The white shirt Youko had loaned her was now sprayed with and array of green flower parts and black ash. His humor died when she turned to him. A small trickled of blood ran down the side of her cheek from her nose.

"It didn't work." She answered monotonously. She pouted her bottom lip causing Youko's to chuckle again. "What's so funny?" Dae pouted even more.

"It's nothing." Youko said as he recovered his emotions and returned his face to it's no-nonsense state. "Nothing at all."

Dae pouted even more, letting her disappointment show in her eyes.

Youko sighed and grabbed a white blossom before walking to Dae's side. He took her hand and gently placed the flower back in between her slightly charred index finger and thumb.

"Let's try again, but this time I'll help you control just how much power you're putting into the rose. I probably needed to tell you this. You need to kinda create an image of the rose whip in your mind when you're pushing your power into the flower itself. So shall we try again?" Youko said smiling gently at Dae.

Dae's pout faded into a smile as Youko intertwined his fingers with hers. "Okay."

Youko gave her a quick peck on the nose before circling around Dae to encompass her from behind. Dae blushed as Youko brushed his fingers up her unoccupied arm to lace the fingers together there too. She could feel the closeness of their bodies; the scent of his hair mixing with hers, the heat of his chest against her back, it was all a bit overwhelming for her. Dae mentally slapped herself and forced her mind to concentrate.

Youko smirked from behind Dae. He felt her edginess and decided to play with her later, maybe get her back for early that day. He slowly bent his head until he was breathing on her neck. "Shall we?"

"So you are really scared of tall people?" Amani said as she blocked another one of Faen's blows.

"Yeah so. Why don't you just drop it?" Faen growled, swinging her training sword through the air. A loud crack echoed against the stone floor as Amani blocked Faen's blow from leaving a large bruise across her skull.

"Because it's really silly." Amani laughed as she pushed Faen's sword away, crouched, and sprung towards her opponent.

Faen jumped out of the way of the blow and knocked Amani's sword downward tripping Amani, causing the ice demon to have to make a sudden stop or be scoured by her own sword from the wrong end. "No it's not. I can't help it that I have a fear of people who are more physically exempt than I am. Besides you have no room to talk."

Amani recovered herself and turned to face Faen in her favorite defensive position. Holding the sword double handed in front of her, she waited for Faen to either attack or continue. "What do you mean?"

"You know." Faen said, swiping her sword around in her hold. "You're little issue with bird-boy over there."

Amani's eyes narrowed. "What do you mean?"

"I heard about how you ran out on your little 'session' with Munin." Faen said drawing her sword back with one hand while moving the other one to the end of her sword.

"Who told you?" Amani hissed.

"So it did happen? I was just making stuff up." Faen said as she charged Amani thrusting her sword in front of her. Amani intercepted the attack in mid air, spinning Faen off to the side.

Amani growled, her temper beginning to rise. "Nothing happened." She said as she launched an attack on Faen while she still tried to recover from her dizzying spin.

Faen through up sword just in time to catch Amani's. "So something did happen." Faen said holding her crouch against Amani's attack.

Amani's eyes filled with rage as she pushed Faen from one knee to both. "Nothing happened." She snarled between her teeth.

"Is this denial I'm hearing?"

"I can't believe I'm taking all of this from a person who is frighten of six-foot men." Amani said, a cruel smirk stretching across her face.

Faen answered with her own anger. She shifted her sword a bit before shoving back. The two women soon stood face to face; their wooden swords pushed inches away from where their glares meet.

"So what happened Amani? Lost your nerve?" Faen said pushing against Amani.

"Nothing happened. Why do you care anyway? You're scared of him." Amani snapped back.

"At least I can get a guy who I'm not scared of!"

"Who said I was scared?"

"It's obvious you are." Faen growled pushing harder down on the training sword. "What happened?" Faen hissed sarcastically.

Amani shook her head. "I freaked okay!" The swords began to crack. "I was scared okay!" The crack began to splinter throughout the wood. "I was worried that something might happen and I wouldn't be able to control it!" The swords shattered. The two demonesses jumped back out of the way of the falling projectiles. They stared at each other across the wreckage, panting. Faen's grip on the hilt of her sword before she chucked it to the floor.

"Well I can't help my fear, I can't stop it or prevent it. Hell, I can barely deal with it." Faen growled.

Amani chunked her hilt and remaining blade at the splintered ruin on the stone courtyard floor. "And I can't help mine. I'm trying to fix it, but you're not helping. So shut-up!"

"You shut-up!" Faen snarled preparing to jump Amani. Suddenly a pair of arms wrapped around her waist from behind. Faen didn't have to look to know it was Hiei. His arms gently held her while he buried his face into her shoulder blades.

Amani jumped as two hands laid themselves gently on her shoulders. She turned to gaze into Munin's chocolate eyes. He smiled as he watched her eyes widen. "We heard you two arguing and decided to stop you two before you really did kill each other."

"You heard our conversation?" Amani asked nervously.

"No, just incoherent yelling." Munin answered with another soft smile. Amani watched the line of his jaw as he talked. The way his lips moved and the fluid shifting of his tongue. She blushed as she pulled herself from her inner thoughts and nodded stiffly, her gaze still caught in Munin's eyes.

"Are you two cool off enough so you won't kill each other or not?" Hiei said walking to Faen's side. He looked into her face and nervously laced his fingers with her. Faen smiled and gave his hand a gentle squeeze. She knew he wasn't one for showing to many of his more "intimate" emotions in public.

"Actually, I tired. I don't know about you Amani, but I want to throw in the towel." Faen said wearily sighing.

Amani relaxed as Munin gave her shoulders a squeeze, which sent shivers down her spine. "Yeah, sounds good. Let's call it a day." She answered.

"Yeah and my head hurts. I think I'll take a nap or something before it gets worse." Faen said.

Hiei gave Faen a worried glance before looking at Munin. Munin caught the glance and nodded from behind Amani. "I think I'll call it a day too. Don't you agree Hiei?"

Hiei merely nodded.

"Should we tell Dae and Youko what we're doing?" Amani asked.

The four turned to see Youko embracing Dae from behind.

"Nah, we don't want to ruin their 'concentration'?" Hiei said with a smirk.

Faen laughed as she pulled Hiei after her. The two entered the house leaving the raven and ice demon to themselves.

"Care to spar?" Munin asked releasing Amani's shoulders.

Amani immediately missed the warmth of his hands. She turned and looked Munin in the eye. Deep inside her she wanted to. She wanted so badly to make any contact, any way to touch him. She wanted that, but.....

"No. Thank you, but I'm really tired." Amani said as the ball of disappointment dropped to the pit of her stomach.

Unbeknownst to her, the feeling was mutual. Munin collected himself quickly, hiding hurt within him. He smiled.

"Maybe another time then?" He said as he picked up his twin swords, which he had discarded when he and Hiei had stepped in to break up the two girls, and started to walk away.

Amani watched him turn and leave her. She felt she should say something to make amends, but nothing romantic or witty would come so she settled for decent. "Yeah, maybe another time."

Munin paused for a breath then continued walking until he reached the far corner of the courtyard. Amani sighed. She watched Munin for a moment longer before walking to the corner opposite from where Munin had begun running through some basic fight skills. As his fist went flying through the air, Amani's hands rose to mirror each other inches from her face. A blue haze began to ebb from Amani's hands as she focused her energy. After a few moments, the blue vapor was pulled into a center point between her hands. A small bright blue light sprung to life and grew until Amani's hands were stretched as far as they could go. With a flick of her wrists, the light began darker and denser until a slush-like pile rose above her head. Then the potter began working her clay. Expert hands molded and moved the ice. With each touch, each wave of a finger, a figure became more present in the once undistinguishable mass. Minutes slipped by and soon the artist had finished her masterpiece. With one last kiss of her frozen breath, Amani finished the portrait into front of her.

From across the courtyard, Munin had secretly been watching Amani while venting his frustration on the poor straw dummy. He watched Amani out of the corner of his eyes created a mushy pile then began to shape it. He saw her take a step back, rest her hands on her hips, and admire her work. From his position, he was unable to discern what she had created and, with his curiosity getting the better of him, made his way across the stone floor to inspect Amani's handwork.

Amani turned at the sound of approaching footsteps. A slightly startled Munin stood behind her; eyes wide, mouth slightly parted. The clang of metal striking stone echoed through the air. Munin did nothing to retrieve his dropped swords as he stared at the figure in front of him. He blinked until his mind comprehended it. Munin stood opposite of ice copy of himself. The sunlight outlined the detailed feathers of his wings. His eyes traced the feathers up the sculptures arms and into its face. Thin lengthy feathers stretched out from the scalp to rest on the muscled shoulder blades. A stray beam of sunlight directed Munin to the statues feathered chest and neck. Munin glanced at the hands to see long talons jutting from the fingers. Slit irises locked with Munin's brown ones. Unable to speak, Munin simply stared at his beast frozen in ice.

'How it should be.' Munin thought before speaking out loud. "It's hideous."

"Really." Amani said turning to look at Munin. "I think it's beautiful."

A/N: Deepest Apologies for the, I think, 9 month wait. I had soccer in the spring, then had to work during the summer (never work at Wendy's it's hell), and then my first semester is a stress bomb waiting to explode. Don't ya just love AP English? I don't. Oh yeah, and I just survived Hurricane Ivan. That was scary especially since I stayed. Bunkering down during a category 3 hurricane can sometimes be fun, but a 4 is just scary. Lucky me though, my area got the west side of the storm. The eye made landfall only 45 minutes from where I live. We only had one tree lean away from the house and a bunch of tree size limbs along with every twig and leaf on the trees in my yard on the ground. It took me a total of 5 days to clean up 2 yards. This is working 10 hours a day. But I've seen the devastation first hand. A friend of mine had two trees go through his house. Another man I know had his house completely swept away. Well, I hope I can update sooner next time. This is Lykaios Theophania saying, "The life blood of any disaster recovery is COFFEE."