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Nami: God, will you just shut the hell up?!
Momo: Continues humming
Nami: sigh Since I'm Momo's original character, I'll be doing the disclaimer that she's been neglecting. ahem Momo doesn't own anything Wolf's Rain-related, except for her Collector's Edition DVD Set and OVA DVD's. And this fic of course.
Momo: continues singing
Nami: sweatdrop
Hige: Don't even bother. You know she's going ot continue to neglect it.
Kiba: Yeah, what's the point?
Nami: shrugs I guess...
Three: Leave Momo singing drunkenly to herself
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Okay, I feel so cheap doing that, but the KH fic area is so big on , it's hard to hook in readers...
Anyways, I know I'll always have you guys for KS! Enjoy!
.:Chapter 10:.
Nami
Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! This is so not happening!!!
Azumi was sitting in the darker corner of the spring with the high rock walls. And thenk God for that. She had decided that no one else would be coming into the baths at this hour, so she was hiding in the corner with her towel and other belongings around the corner.
There is no way this is happening! NO WAY!
Nami ppressed her back tighter to the wall. She could hear the boys wandering around towards the corner. The sharp rock was cutting into her skin.
"Do you smell blood? It's really faint, but I can smell it..." Hige asked. Kiba agreed with him.
How the hell can they smell blood?!
But that soon became the least of Nami's worries as she heard the boy rustle the bushed near her.
Shit!
Holding her breath, she ducked under water, pressing herself against the wall. It was hard to see in the water when it was dark, so maybe they wouldn't notice her.
Ha, they can smell blood for Chris sake, why wouldn't they be able to see me?!
But as her fingertips wandered further down the rocky wall, she noticed it became smooth.
Okay, either I'm getting woozy, or there's like a passage or something here. PLEASE BE A GODDAMN PASSAGE!!!
Feeling around more, she found it was a square, big enough for her to fit through (easily) and had a button-like form sticking out of the center.
Through her water-blurred eyes she could tell that the button hadn't been pressed in a while (if that was even what it was) but she had to take the chance; she was running out of air.
Pulling her arm back, and slamming the button with all the force she could muster, Nami impatiently waited for something to happen. Just as she was about to head back up to the surface and give up hope, the square slowly began to budge, cranking upwards. Nami helped it along and threw it open with her arms.
Bubbles trickled out from a dark, seemingly empty and endless tunnel.
Well, is pride really worth drowning over...? Yes. Plus there rare bubbles, meaning that there's probably air somewhere...I hope...
Ignoring the burning in her chest, Nami began the swim down the tunnel, where the door slowly closed behind her.
Well, guess I'm going this way...
Swimming harder, Nami realized there was an incline to the floor.
Meaning there's an exit! Or at lest and end to this water...
And she soon found out, nearly swimming herself on the ground. Her fingertips brushed cement, quickly scrambling to her feet, Nami stood up and took in a deep breath.
"Okay, thank God for that!" she exclaimed with a sigh.
She continues wading in the dark, when she saw a light up ahead. Sloshing forward to see what it was, she found it was a hole about 6 inches tall and a foot long. There was a grate in front of it
What the-?
The room seemed oddly familiar...the scent too...but the unbelievable happened when the door across from her opened.
"Yeah, tell me if she turns up Kiba," said Hige as he walked through the door, "God, where did Nami wander off to?"
Oh. My. God. I'm in Hige's room?! These must be air vents! Or fake ones anyway...
Feeling over to her left, her fingers curved around what seemed to be another passageway. Slipping down that route, she discovered almost immediately that it was a dead end.
Rip off...but wait...there's a latch?!
Undoing the latch silently (must have been well-oiled) Nami opened the hatch. It slid to the wall (where the tunnel system, as it seemed to be, as located) as silently as the bolt. Nami noticed that the top was carpeted as well and had no latch, meaning that you would have to know exactly where it was to access it. She soon found out that she was under Hige's bed, mainly by the fact that he was standing in front of her. He was facing the other way, though, and she didn't realize what he was doing until she saw his tan cargo shorts land on the floor by her.
I think that's my cue to go....
Leaving as silently as she had come, Nami slid the trapdoor shut again and continued down the tunnels.
Each room was set up similarly, one fake air vent to look through, and one trap door under each of the beds. Nami also discovered that there were tow thinner, more discreet tunnels leading to Tsume and Kiba's rooms with the same arrangement. Continuing past Toboe's room, Nami found she could peer into the living room, kitchen, bathroom, and then could access the study.
This could seriously be useful...
Nami also found that there was an exit into the hot springs area. In the corner by the kitchen, there was a group of plants where the tunnel was blocked by an easily-removable grate. While looking out there, she saw Kiba looking for her.
The last thing in the tunnel system was a pulley-system elevator (for a human) that led to the back of the closet near the entrance to the hot springs. This way, if she was locked out of the teahouse for some reason, she could use the grated entrance and exit my means of the elevator. By hitting a button that was accessible on both sides, the shelves slid into the walls, as if they were never there.
Heading back through the system, Nami crawled out of the trap door (under her bed) just in time to answer a knock at her door.
Acting as if she had been sleeping, Nami groggily answered, "Yeah?" as she opened the door.
"Oh, um, were you asleep?" Hige asked, scratching the back of his head.
Nami yawned, "Yeah, but I was getting up anyways, "she said, making sure to hide the rest of her body behind the door. Wouldn't want to reveal the fact that she was standing there naked.
Mind if I come in? Nothing much is going on around here," he asked with a sigh.
"Um, that's not such a good idea...gimmie a few seconds..." she said nervously, quickly shutting the door and throwing on her pajamas.
Opening the door and revealing herself, she let him in her room.
Tousling her hair behind Hige's back, she straightened out her light blue tank top and light blue Care Bear pajamas.
"Um, why is there water all over you floor?" Hige asked, gesturing to the trail of water drops she had left behind.
Nami paled. She didn't think he would've noticed that.
"Um, why don't we hang out in the living room? I get dibs on the couch!" she said nervously, taking off down the hall.
Thinking nothing of it, Hige shrugged his shoulders and followed.
Nami jumped in the air, landing in a pike position and taking up the whole couch.
"Hey! That's not fair!" Hige exclaimed, arriving shortly afterwards.
She shrugged, "Life's not fair, buddy."
Thank God he didn't ask anymore questions!
Guess I'll just have to lay on top of you, then," he said with a sly smile.
"Not if I get there first!"
Kiba, out of no where, jumped over the back of the couch and landed next to Nami, slipping an arm around her waist.
Hige fumed, "Come on, move it, Kiba."
Oh no. This isn't gonna work...
"No way, man, get your own girl!" Kiba said back playfully.
"Girl? Who said I was anyone's 'girl'?" Nami asked, raising an eyebrow.
A moment of silence.
"Geronimo!" yelled Toboe, entering the picture, and landing on Tsume.
The three hadn't even noticed Tsume sitting there, But then they saw the bowl of Lucky Charms in Tsume's hands, the cause for Toboe's attack was immediately prominent.
"Ooooookay...whatever. Kiba, just move," said Hige, getting a little fed up.
"Oooooh, jealous, are we?" he asked snuggling up to Nami.
Nami rolled her eyes, "Come on, guys. Knock it off."
"Kiba, I'm serious..." Hige said dangerously as Kiba continued nuzzling Nami, "I said, knock it off!"
Hige dragged Kiba up at this last statement.
"Hey, lay off, man, I was kidding!" Kiba said, knowing his friend was overreacting.
"Kidding, my ass! You were all over her!" Hige exclaimed furiously.
.:End Chapter 10:.