I'm back---errr---BOO! Lol well I decided to make this a well ummn not-one-shot---? Yeah, this'll probably be the last chapter but I couldn't leave ya'll with that ending, now could I? -.- ok, ok in truth I really wanted to write a second chapter. I was just praying and hoping some one would ask me to and some one did! (thanks Kinyah or the painted wolf pup or w/e (sweat drop))
Ok but since you people were so nice to review I'll return the favor and respond : )
The painted wolf pup: I love you too!--also in a friend way---thanks for reviewing!! And I know I already said it but thank you for not wanting it to be a one-shot, I didn't want it to be either and I know what happens, lol--does that make sense? I dunno I want it written---and I want others to get to know what happens--so yeah. There. (sweat drop)
Psychobunny410: Uggh I know, the power actually went out like 6 times after that but I didn't want to keep interrupting the story to tell you that. Yeah, but thanks, the second copy wasn't quite as good as the first but I'm still glad you enjoyed it : )
Maiden Cheza: (tear) that has to be one of the top reviews I've ever gotten (hands you a jug of pocky) Thank you soo much, that review really made my day!
CoLLiSiOn (did I get that right?): yeah I know I wrote "Seether and Amy Lee" and in retrospect I probably should've put "Seether featuring Amy Lee" but what can I say I'm lazy so I just went with "and" lol! But yeah, thanks for reviewing!
LuCiFeR's DaUgHtEr: I almost made you cry? Seriously, now you're gonna make me cry! Lol, I love knowing people enjoy my work! Thanks so much for reviewing!
Whiskers: Ah boy, k I sowwey!!!!!! But read this chapter--you might like me a little better, won't tell you more than that though. Oh and OMG I'm sooo soooo sooooooooooo sorry for not updating my other fic, Red Moon, in so long. You probably don't even care about that fic anymore but in case you do I swear the next chapter is coming this week or I'll chain myself to the keyboard!!! Oh and you get a special award and a jug of pocky for reviewing all my works, Thank you so much!!
Toboe's pup: Well hopefully Quent will have some mercy, or not (shrug) you'll have to read and find out, won't you now. Lol thanks for reviewing : )
Bella: Another awesome review! You people are too nice to me, I don't deserve it!! Thank you soo much I was having a bad day and then I read this review and I was instantly happy--easy to please, heh heh : ) you get a jug of pocky for being so nice to me! So enjoy your virtual pocky and the next chapter!!
Ok that's everyone!! Thanks again for reviewing everyone!! Hope the second chapter lives up to the first----if it doesn't pretend you never read the second chapter, puhleeeassse for me (puppy dog eyes) Lol well off we go-----
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Hige sat silently for a moment, lover lying gently on his lap, as he let the soft, dying winds dance across his soft russet hair. He looked over Blue's delicate neck, the wound didn't look as serious as he had initially thought, the bullet had only grazed her, but the loss of blood was no good in the cold.
"Blue, Blue don't fall asleep!" Hige softly shook her shoulders as he attempted to rise to his feet.
"Mn," Blue woke with a start with her shoulders being forced into a standing position by Hige's gentle grip.
"We've got to find shelter for the night, do you think you can run, Blue?" Hige asked as he brushed a snowflake from her flushed cheek.
"Yeah, yeah I think so." Blue felt herself flash a false smile of reassurance. 'Why am I doing this?' Her thoughts pounded wildly within her head. 'This is Hige, I can tell him how I feel, I don't have to pretend to be strong.'
"Actually," she sighed placing a trembling hand on his shoulder, "I'm feeling kind of shaky from the fight, I'm not really sure how far I can make it." She admitted as she silently chastised herself for not being honest in the first place.
"Ok, I should be able to carry you till we find somewhere to stay, all we need is somewhere dry, and with my nose it won't take long." Hige laughed cockily as he slid his arm around her waist. He knew he shouldn't be so giddy, Blue was so injured and their predicament wasn't the best, but just being there--- Just seeing her beautiful azure eyes, touching her supple honey colored skin, and being enveloped in the soft tinkle of her melodic voice---it was enough. He felt almost sure he could die then, perfectly happy, with no regrets except that he hadn't had one second longer to enjoy her enchanting presence.
"Are you sure you can handle it?" Blue asked sheepishly, cheeks cascading with shades of deep scarlet. 'Why does his touch turn me into such an idiot?' She mentally questioned herself, running a warm palm down her arm in an attempt to squelch the rising goose bumps.
"Yeah but we better hurry, it's getting darker." Without one more sentence Hige pushed Blue's body up his back. "You better hold on to my neck," he warned, wrapping his arms around her legs before swiftly taking off into the snow.
Blue sighed, laying her head against Hige's muscular back as she contemplated the soft huffs of his breath against the winter evening. The safe feeling of being near the one she loved was such a comfort.
"Hige," she spoke in an almost inaudible whisper. "I never want to be apart from you again." She hesitated, his eyes remained forward fixated on finding a shelter for the nights woes. He didn't seem to have heard her words so she continued, "Hige," she spoke her lovers name once more, voice falling to an even lower octave as she let his name glide amiably across her tongue. "I love you"--- she whispered, before nuzzling her head into his warm back and falling into a deep sleep.
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Hige laid his sore back against the long stony wall of his new found shelter. He had been lucky enough to come upon it; long after his beloved had fallen asleep. It was a large boulder that jutted out in the perfect position to block both wind and snow. A cave was what he had intended to find, but as the weather dropped to the negatives of night he knew this was the best he could do. His shoulders quaked with shivers giving him an unpleasant reminder of the bitter cold engulfing him.
Slowly Hige let his soft maroon eyes fall to Blue as she moaned and tossed fretfully in her sleep. "Shh, it's only a dream," he cooed, slightly embarrassed at the way he was behaving. "Blue you make me do weird things," he sighed to her sleeping body and let his fingers slip to her soft cheek.
"Dammit!!" He swore as soon as his fingertip fell to her skin. She was so hot, clearly radiating with fever, why hadn't he noticed this?
"Blue, Blue!! Wake up!!" He tenderly shook her shoulders for the second time that day, feeling guilty for once more disturbing her from the sleep she greatly needed. Except this time was different. This time she wouldn't wake up.
"I've got to get her warm." He told himself aloud, desperately trying to compose his racing thoughts. "Firewood," he decided, slamming his fist into his palm. He started to step from his shelter when a long shaft of snow-filled wind caressed his tired cheeks. "Any wood I could find would be too damp." He told himself, feeling tears rise to his eyes and a knot fasten in his taunt throat.
"Blue I don't know what to do." He admitted, falling to his knees once more and placing his teary cheeks on his warm palms. 'Why do I feel so desperate? I've never felt this way, so helpless, so alone---' his thoughts trailed off as his blurry vision fell upon the soft yet thick butter material of his sweatshirt. "There's still a chance then." He told the night as he ripped the sweatshirt over his head and placed it on her quaking shoulders.
Blue continued to tremble in fever, snuggling deeper into the new warmth she had received. Yet the warmth wasn't from the material but more from the scent of her beloved that rested heavily upon it.
"That's it, you'll be fine now." Hige spoke, a small smile crossing its way across his chapped lips as Blue nuzzled her nose into the rich creamy fabric. He leaned back and took a deep breath of air, resting a hand on his cool forehead, as he let his rushing mind return to a calmer state.
"Look what you've done to me, Blue?" He chuckled, lying beside her to provide the rickety body with his own tender body heat. "I'm like a mother, freaking out about a fever." He willed his voice to be sure, confident but despite Hige's most valiant effort the voice that met his haggard ears was weak, unsure.
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(A/N: with the rest of the pack)
Soft golden eyes lay to the swirling dance of snow and wind as his soft bated breaths filled the warm morning air with a cold fog. "Kiba, Hige hasn't come back yet. Do you think he'll be ok?" Toboe's gentle whimper filled the vacant walls of the deserted house the pack had taken as shelter.
Toboe's eager ears waited for a response, hopefully of reassurance, but only silence pulsed through the air as Kiba lay against the wall, pretending to be asleep.
"Tsume?" Toboe turned to his white-haired companion in desperation, "don't you think he should've gotten back last night? He's almost been gone a whole day, he could be lost---"
"We knew he wouldn't come back." Tsume simply stated, shifting his position away from the pup's face. The runt was still young, his senses weren't fully developed and so he hadn't smelled her scent. Blue's scent, one of the assortment of things that could liberate Hige from his pack.
"What do you mean, it's dangerous out there. He could be hurt!" The pup continued, stepping to the wall of the moldy house he wrapped his arms around Tsume's wrist. "Come on let's go find him."
"Find him yourself if he means that much," Tsume growled, ripping his wrist from Toboe's meek hold. "That dog can do whatever he wants, I don't need him."
"H-how can you say that?" Tears filled Toboe's glistening golden eyes as he turned his attention back to the unfeeling face of his pack leader. "Kiba, you care don't you? Hige's your good friend, don't you worry about him?"
Kiba finally opened his eyes, tired of pretending he was asleep he rose his calm voice. "If he wants to part from us he's free to do so." Kiba stated simply, voice unwavering as he spoke to the young boy's melancholy eyes.
"Kiba." Another voice piped in, reminding the wolves of the flower maiden's gentle presence. She spoke not another word but instead wrapped her pale fingers around the warm flesh of Kiba's arm.
The pack leader's heart faltered; in her soft scarlet eyes he saw the image of his stocky friend, wallowing in pool of his own crimson blood. "Fine," he sighed, finally admitting defeat. "We can look for him till afternoon but then we have to keep moving." Kiba added, rising to his feet.
"Of course," Toboe nodded, letting his voice take on the giddy emotions he was feeling. "I'm sure we can find him." He let a soft smile spread across his tender lips as stepped over to Tsume's now standing body.
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(A/N: not really sure why I feel like I always have to tell you this but back to Blue and Hige)
Blue slowly opened her cobalt eyes as she felt gusts of soft warm breath waft her neck. "H-Hige?" She attempted to rise to her knees before falling as she coughed brutally into her hands, slightly shocked at the coarseness of her own voice. 'My neck,' she swiftly reminded herself. 'It was wounded in the battle, no wonder it hurts so much to breathe.'
"Hige," she tried once more, taking care to talk quietly as she tenderly rubbed his shoulder. "His, his sweatshirt!" She gasped, struggling to stand once more before crumpling in pain. 'He must have given it to me to keep me warm.' She realized as she laid a soft hand on her arm, feeling the familiar material of her lover's jacket.
"Oh Blue," Hige's waking voice suddenly touched the girl's tender ears, causing her to lurch in surprise. "Oh I'm sorry did I scare you?" He laughed sweetly, rising to his knees he combed his hand through her messy black hair.
"No, no I'm fine." She managed, taking brief moments to cough into the ground.
"You don't seem fine to me!" He protested at the rasping sound of her voice. Reaching down he pulled her body soothingly to his lap, holding her throbbing head to his warm chest. "We've got to get you back. Shouldn't be far though." He nodded as he closed his eyes in contemplation, swiftly sniffing the air.
"Hige, stop a second!" Blue rose her voice dangerously high, as she pulsated in sudden pain. "You can't be too well either, sleeping all night in such sparse clothing." She recovered, feeling a sudden twang of guilt realizing she still had his sweatshirt wrapped lovingly around her own slender shoulders.
"No I'm fine, used to the cold. Don't worry about me Blue." Hige protested, lifting her gently from his lap he rose to his weary feet. "It won't take long to get back to the city now that the snow has stopped falling so hard." He told her, turning his gleaming claret eye's to the thick mass of heavy gray clouds overhead. "We better hurry though, before the sky decided to 'snow' on our parade once more."
"Well then let's go before you're too hungry to run." Blue let a smile spread across her arid lips as Hige boosted her once more on his muscular back.
"Don't remind me!" Hige laughed as his stomach growled in agreement.
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Ok, Ok so maybe this will be 3 chapters or maybe more. As I'm writing this I'm realizing the possibilities that lie with the pack's situation as well as Blue and Hige, not to mention Quent. Heh heh this might turn out being much longer than I had originally intended. Anyway, I'll try to write a longer chapter next time, I'm getting in to a bad habit of short ones because school is making writing feel like a chore. (sniff)
Oh and I forgot! Nobody kill me, Blue's not dead, now anyway--- Hee hee am I evil or what?
Hope you liked the chappie!! If you didn't well then---errr sorry (sweat drop)
Please R&R, feedback is greatly appreciated! Thanks!
Ok but since you people were so nice to review I'll return the favor and respond : )
The painted wolf pup: I love you too!--also in a friend way---thanks for reviewing!! And I know I already said it but thank you for not wanting it to be a one-shot, I didn't want it to be either and I know what happens, lol--does that make sense? I dunno I want it written---and I want others to get to know what happens--so yeah. There. (sweat drop)
Psychobunny410: Uggh I know, the power actually went out like 6 times after that but I didn't want to keep interrupting the story to tell you that. Yeah, but thanks, the second copy wasn't quite as good as the first but I'm still glad you enjoyed it : )
Maiden Cheza: (tear) that has to be one of the top reviews I've ever gotten (hands you a jug of pocky) Thank you soo much, that review really made my day!
CoLLiSiOn (did I get that right?): yeah I know I wrote "Seether and Amy Lee" and in retrospect I probably should've put "Seether featuring Amy Lee" but what can I say I'm lazy so I just went with "and" lol! But yeah, thanks for reviewing!
LuCiFeR's DaUgHtEr: I almost made you cry? Seriously, now you're gonna make me cry! Lol, I love knowing people enjoy my work! Thanks so much for reviewing!
Whiskers: Ah boy, k I sowwey!!!!!! But read this chapter--you might like me a little better, won't tell you more than that though. Oh and OMG I'm sooo soooo sooooooooooo sorry for not updating my other fic, Red Moon, in so long. You probably don't even care about that fic anymore but in case you do I swear the next chapter is coming this week or I'll chain myself to the keyboard!!! Oh and you get a special award and a jug of pocky for reviewing all my works, Thank you so much!!
Toboe's pup: Well hopefully Quent will have some mercy, or not (shrug) you'll have to read and find out, won't you now. Lol thanks for reviewing : )
Bella: Another awesome review! You people are too nice to me, I don't deserve it!! Thank you soo much I was having a bad day and then I read this review and I was instantly happy--easy to please, heh heh : ) you get a jug of pocky for being so nice to me! So enjoy your virtual pocky and the next chapter!!
Ok that's everyone!! Thanks again for reviewing everyone!! Hope the second chapter lives up to the first----if it doesn't pretend you never read the second chapter, puhleeeassse for me (puppy dog eyes) Lol well off we go-----
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Hige sat silently for a moment, lover lying gently on his lap, as he let the soft, dying winds dance across his soft russet hair. He looked over Blue's delicate neck, the wound didn't look as serious as he had initially thought, the bullet had only grazed her, but the loss of blood was no good in the cold.
"Blue, Blue don't fall asleep!" Hige softly shook her shoulders as he attempted to rise to his feet.
"Mn," Blue woke with a start with her shoulders being forced into a standing position by Hige's gentle grip.
"We've got to find shelter for the night, do you think you can run, Blue?" Hige asked as he brushed a snowflake from her flushed cheek.
"Yeah, yeah I think so." Blue felt herself flash a false smile of reassurance. 'Why am I doing this?' Her thoughts pounded wildly within her head. 'This is Hige, I can tell him how I feel, I don't have to pretend to be strong.'
"Actually," she sighed placing a trembling hand on his shoulder, "I'm feeling kind of shaky from the fight, I'm not really sure how far I can make it." She admitted as she silently chastised herself for not being honest in the first place.
"Ok, I should be able to carry you till we find somewhere to stay, all we need is somewhere dry, and with my nose it won't take long." Hige laughed cockily as he slid his arm around her waist. He knew he shouldn't be so giddy, Blue was so injured and their predicament wasn't the best, but just being there--- Just seeing her beautiful azure eyes, touching her supple honey colored skin, and being enveloped in the soft tinkle of her melodic voice---it was enough. He felt almost sure he could die then, perfectly happy, with no regrets except that he hadn't had one second longer to enjoy her enchanting presence.
"Are you sure you can handle it?" Blue asked sheepishly, cheeks cascading with shades of deep scarlet. 'Why does his touch turn me into such an idiot?' She mentally questioned herself, running a warm palm down her arm in an attempt to squelch the rising goose bumps.
"Yeah but we better hurry, it's getting darker." Without one more sentence Hige pushed Blue's body up his back. "You better hold on to my neck," he warned, wrapping his arms around her legs before swiftly taking off into the snow.
Blue sighed, laying her head against Hige's muscular back as she contemplated the soft huffs of his breath against the winter evening. The safe feeling of being near the one she loved was such a comfort.
"Hige," she spoke in an almost inaudible whisper. "I never want to be apart from you again." She hesitated, his eyes remained forward fixated on finding a shelter for the nights woes. He didn't seem to have heard her words so she continued, "Hige," she spoke her lovers name once more, voice falling to an even lower octave as she let his name glide amiably across her tongue. "I love you"--- she whispered, before nuzzling her head into his warm back and falling into a deep sleep.
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Hige laid his sore back against the long stony wall of his new found shelter. He had been lucky enough to come upon it; long after his beloved had fallen asleep. It was a large boulder that jutted out in the perfect position to block both wind and snow. A cave was what he had intended to find, but as the weather dropped to the negatives of night he knew this was the best he could do. His shoulders quaked with shivers giving him an unpleasant reminder of the bitter cold engulfing him.
Slowly Hige let his soft maroon eyes fall to Blue as she moaned and tossed fretfully in her sleep. "Shh, it's only a dream," he cooed, slightly embarrassed at the way he was behaving. "Blue you make me do weird things," he sighed to her sleeping body and let his fingers slip to her soft cheek.
"Dammit!!" He swore as soon as his fingertip fell to her skin. She was so hot, clearly radiating with fever, why hadn't he noticed this?
"Blue, Blue!! Wake up!!" He tenderly shook her shoulders for the second time that day, feeling guilty for once more disturbing her from the sleep she greatly needed. Except this time was different. This time she wouldn't wake up.
"I've got to get her warm." He told himself aloud, desperately trying to compose his racing thoughts. "Firewood," he decided, slamming his fist into his palm. He started to step from his shelter when a long shaft of snow-filled wind caressed his tired cheeks. "Any wood I could find would be too damp." He told himself, feeling tears rise to his eyes and a knot fasten in his taunt throat.
"Blue I don't know what to do." He admitted, falling to his knees once more and placing his teary cheeks on his warm palms. 'Why do I feel so desperate? I've never felt this way, so helpless, so alone---' his thoughts trailed off as his blurry vision fell upon the soft yet thick butter material of his sweatshirt. "There's still a chance then." He told the night as he ripped the sweatshirt over his head and placed it on her quaking shoulders.
Blue continued to tremble in fever, snuggling deeper into the new warmth she had received. Yet the warmth wasn't from the material but more from the scent of her beloved that rested heavily upon it.
"That's it, you'll be fine now." Hige spoke, a small smile crossing its way across his chapped lips as Blue nuzzled her nose into the rich creamy fabric. He leaned back and took a deep breath of air, resting a hand on his cool forehead, as he let his rushing mind return to a calmer state.
"Look what you've done to me, Blue?" He chuckled, lying beside her to provide the rickety body with his own tender body heat. "I'm like a mother, freaking out about a fever." He willed his voice to be sure, confident but despite Hige's most valiant effort the voice that met his haggard ears was weak, unsure.
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(A/N: with the rest of the pack)
Soft golden eyes lay to the swirling dance of snow and wind as his soft bated breaths filled the warm morning air with a cold fog. "Kiba, Hige hasn't come back yet. Do you think he'll be ok?" Toboe's gentle whimper filled the vacant walls of the deserted house the pack had taken as shelter.
Toboe's eager ears waited for a response, hopefully of reassurance, but only silence pulsed through the air as Kiba lay against the wall, pretending to be asleep.
"Tsume?" Toboe turned to his white-haired companion in desperation, "don't you think he should've gotten back last night? He's almost been gone a whole day, he could be lost---"
"We knew he wouldn't come back." Tsume simply stated, shifting his position away from the pup's face. The runt was still young, his senses weren't fully developed and so he hadn't smelled her scent. Blue's scent, one of the assortment of things that could liberate Hige from his pack.
"What do you mean, it's dangerous out there. He could be hurt!" The pup continued, stepping to the wall of the moldy house he wrapped his arms around Tsume's wrist. "Come on let's go find him."
"Find him yourself if he means that much," Tsume growled, ripping his wrist from Toboe's meek hold. "That dog can do whatever he wants, I don't need him."
"H-how can you say that?" Tears filled Toboe's glistening golden eyes as he turned his attention back to the unfeeling face of his pack leader. "Kiba, you care don't you? Hige's your good friend, don't you worry about him?"
Kiba finally opened his eyes, tired of pretending he was asleep he rose his calm voice. "If he wants to part from us he's free to do so." Kiba stated simply, voice unwavering as he spoke to the young boy's melancholy eyes.
"Kiba." Another voice piped in, reminding the wolves of the flower maiden's gentle presence. She spoke not another word but instead wrapped her pale fingers around the warm flesh of Kiba's arm.
The pack leader's heart faltered; in her soft scarlet eyes he saw the image of his stocky friend, wallowing in pool of his own crimson blood. "Fine," he sighed, finally admitting defeat. "We can look for him till afternoon but then we have to keep moving." Kiba added, rising to his feet.
"Of course," Toboe nodded, letting his voice take on the giddy emotions he was feeling. "I'm sure we can find him." He let a soft smile spread across his tender lips as stepped over to Tsume's now standing body.
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(A/N: not really sure why I feel like I always have to tell you this but back to Blue and Hige)
Blue slowly opened her cobalt eyes as she felt gusts of soft warm breath waft her neck. "H-Hige?" She attempted to rise to her knees before falling as she coughed brutally into her hands, slightly shocked at the coarseness of her own voice. 'My neck,' she swiftly reminded herself. 'It was wounded in the battle, no wonder it hurts so much to breathe.'
"Hige," she tried once more, taking care to talk quietly as she tenderly rubbed his shoulder. "His, his sweatshirt!" She gasped, struggling to stand once more before crumpling in pain. 'He must have given it to me to keep me warm.' She realized as she laid a soft hand on her arm, feeling the familiar material of her lover's jacket.
"Oh Blue," Hige's waking voice suddenly touched the girl's tender ears, causing her to lurch in surprise. "Oh I'm sorry did I scare you?" He laughed sweetly, rising to his knees he combed his hand through her messy black hair.
"No, no I'm fine." She managed, taking brief moments to cough into the ground.
"You don't seem fine to me!" He protested at the rasping sound of her voice. Reaching down he pulled her body soothingly to his lap, holding her throbbing head to his warm chest. "We've got to get you back. Shouldn't be far though." He nodded as he closed his eyes in contemplation, swiftly sniffing the air.
"Hige, stop a second!" Blue rose her voice dangerously high, as she pulsated in sudden pain. "You can't be too well either, sleeping all night in such sparse clothing." She recovered, feeling a sudden twang of guilt realizing she still had his sweatshirt wrapped lovingly around her own slender shoulders.
"No I'm fine, used to the cold. Don't worry about me Blue." Hige protested, lifting her gently from his lap he rose to his weary feet. "It won't take long to get back to the city now that the snow has stopped falling so hard." He told her, turning his gleaming claret eye's to the thick mass of heavy gray clouds overhead. "We better hurry though, before the sky decided to 'snow' on our parade once more."
"Well then let's go before you're too hungry to run." Blue let a smile spread across her arid lips as Hige boosted her once more on his muscular back.
"Don't remind me!" Hige laughed as his stomach growled in agreement.
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Ok, Ok so maybe this will be 3 chapters or maybe more. As I'm writing this I'm realizing the possibilities that lie with the pack's situation as well as Blue and Hige, not to mention Quent. Heh heh this might turn out being much longer than I had originally intended. Anyway, I'll try to write a longer chapter next time, I'm getting in to a bad habit of short ones because school is making writing feel like a chore. (sniff)
Oh and I forgot! Nobody kill me, Blue's not dead, now anyway--- Hee hee am I evil or what?
Hope you liked the chappie!! If you didn't well then---errr sorry (sweat drop)
Please R&R, feedback is greatly appreciated! Thanks!