YAY! I finally found time to update!! YES!!! Anyway, I hope everyone enjoys this chapter!! You'd better, because I just finished my homework and I wanna take a nap but I'm working on my story instead... ::grumbles:: Anyway, as you all should know by now, I won't be updating very often because of school and other dificulties. So, you may have to wait a while before the next update.
(Chapter 8: WHAT?!?!)
Raka grinned down at Jenni, who had her mouth slightly open in shock. "Yes, you heard me correctly, Jennifer."
Jenni glared at him, determined to do something to get the hell out of there. "Not if I have anything to say about it!" she yelled, kicking him in between the legs.
Raka groaned and fell over. (His face: XP) He groaned slightly again and Jenni got up as quickly as she was able to and headed for the door. She managed to get out the door and saw that there was a hallway that looked more like a maze than anything.
"Oh, hell no," she groaned softly to herself. "You have got to be kidding me...." But, alas, the hallway really was like a maze and Jenni chose a random direction and headed that way. She got lucky, as she was heading towards one of the doors.
As she was stumbling along, she thought she felt Kelell's energy, but then it faded for a moment, then—
BAM!! A door to Jenni's right flew open and hit the wall. There, standing in the doorway, was Kelell, looking pissed as hell.
"K... Kelell..." Jenni's eyes watered and she threw herself at her brother, nearly crying. "I was scared, nii-chan! I was so scared..." Jenni started to cry silently on her brother's shoulder.
Kelell hugged Jenni gently, but securely, and then said, "Imoto, I want you to go back to the temple or somewhere safe. I'll follow in a few minutes. I have something to do first..."
Jenni nodded and let go of her brother, starting to walk away and glancing over her shoulder at him. He smiled at her reassuringly.
Jenni walked a little ways away, then followed Kelell after he entered the hallway and started down the way Jenni had come from.
Kelell, meanwhile, was nursing evil thoughts of how he could torture Raka while walking down the hallway. His energy was crackling around him a little (for DBZ fans, like a Supersaiyin) and, as he walked past, paint peeled off of the walls. When he came to a closed door, the door would be blasted off its hinges. Kelell peeked into the first room, saw nothing of interest, and continued on his way.
Jenni peeked into the room as well and saw that it was, apparently, an unused bedroom. She quickly followed her brother down the hall until he got to a door that flew open right before he got there.
Raka stood in the hallway, looking past Kelell to his sister. He glared at her and she flipped him off. His eyes narrowed slightly and Kelell got out a gun, aiming it at Raka's head as he tried to advance on Jenni.
"Take another step and your head will be blown off," Kelell said coldly, glaring evenly at Raka. Raka stopped, still glaring over Kelell's shoulder at Jenni, who was glaring right back at him.
"What brings you here, Kelell?" Raka said in even tones, still glaring at Jenni.
"I came to get my sister back. And to kill you," Kelell snarled. "No, wait, scratch that: I'm going to torture you first, make you wish that you were dead, and then, maybe I'll kill you."
Raka smirked slightly and Jenni stuck out her tongue at him. "How do you know that that'll work? How do you know that you can even get to me?"
Kelell merely smirked and pointed his gun straight at Raka's head, then moved it slightly so that it was aimed at his heart. "If I shoot now, you may die. But, then again, you may not."
Raka snorted. "You think that's supposed to be intimidating? Ha! You are sorely wrong, kid."
Kelell growled softly. "Who are you calling "kid", old bat?"
Raka glared and the two got into a glaring match. Jenni sweatdropped.
'Well, this isn't exactly what I had expected but...' Jenni thought to herself with a little shrug. 'who cares?! As long as Raka's dead by the time I'm gone, then I'm fine with that!'
Raka suddenly smirked and disappeared from sight. Kelell brought up his arm and blocked a blow to the side of his head.
To Jenni, they were mere flashes of light as they fought. Once or twice, Jenni saw Raka get slammed into a wall.
"Jenni, get out of here!" Kelell yelled when a portion of the wall near Jenni collapsed and nearly hit her. Jenni yelped and moved out of the way.
"Got it, nii-chan!" Jenni said, running back the way she had come and exiting through the door that Kelell had blasted open. She walked outside and waited for a few minutes.
Half an hour passed and still no Kelell. Worrying, Jenni peeked in the door and saw no sign of either her brother or Raka.
Jenni was worried as hell, but she knew that she had to go back to the temple. She started on her way back to the temple, limping slightly. It was just then that she realized that it was nearly dark.
'How long had I been in that horrid place?' Kit wondered to herself. 'I guess it's better not to know.' She sniffed slightly, rubbing her eyes. "Stupid leaves. They crumple up and get stuck in my eyes," Jenni muttered to herself, trying not to get too worried about Kelell. 'I'm sure he's fine. I mean, he's way stronger than that evil idiot who tried to take me away from them. He'll be back in his own good time, I'm sure.'
With that comforting thought in mind, Jenni headed back towards the temple, watching the sky above her grow dark. She shivered slightly, quickening her pace.
She reached the temple a few hours after dark. Neko, who had been sitting in front of the window all day, worried sick, jumped to her feet with a little scream and ran outside, jumping on Jenni and knocking her over.
Jenni, laughing, tried to shove Neko off her, but couldn't, for lack of breath. Someone picked up Neko by the scruff of her neck and helped Jenni to her feet.
"Watch it, kiddo. You may find yourself in trouble with this one," Yusuke said teasingly, holding up Neko. Jenni laughed softly and then shivered slightly.
"GET INSIDE RIGHT NOW, KIT!!!!!" Neko screamed, ushering Jenni inside and upstairs to her room. "Now change. I'm not going anywhere, and neither are you, until you're in warmer clothes and you've had your wounds tended to."
Laughing, Jenni called back, "Yes, Mother!" She quickly changed into some pants and a shirt, wrapping her major wounds as best as she could, and merely wiping off the others.
Heading back downstairs, Jenni found Sandra waiting for her. They both sat down at the table in the living room, getting ready to eat. everyone was glancing at Jenni and Jenni, becoming nervous from all the attention, shifted and muttered something incoherant. Neko smiled slightly and everyone went back to eatting.
"So, you're ok, are you?" a voice right behind Jenni asked. "Good. I had hoped that bastard didn't hurt you too much."
Jenni turned around in her seat slowly and saw Kelell right behind her.
"KELELL!!" Jenni yelled, jumping up, out of her seat, and onto her brother. Kelell laughed slightly and caught her. Jenni hugged him and sniffed slightly. Kelell smiled slightly and held her close.
The others smiled at Jenni's behavior, then got up quietly and cleaned off their plates, leaving Kelell and Jenni alone in the living room.
'Well, it looks like everything is ok now,' Jenni thought. 'Wait. What about Rana...?'