CHAPTER 4: THE DAY AFTER

It was early when the King of Hearts opened his dark eyes and began to focus them on a ceiling of a very unfamiliar room that the morning sun was pouring into. 'Where am I?' he wondered before turning his head to see his wife lost in sleep lying beside him. Again it was confirmed that he could always count on her to be there by his side even now when he didn't know where they were. Looking at the ceiling once again while letting his hand start to trace his bare chest, he tried to remember what had happened the night before. Amusing memories of catching beads at a parade came to his mind, as did eating delicious crawfish, which ultimately made him recollect that they were in New Orleans. 'But, why can't I remember going to sleep?' he thought not liking that at all. When his hand slid down lower and hit the waistband of his pants he knew it was odd that he had fallen asleep wearing them. Turning his head back to look at his wife, he took note that she was wearing the red nightgown that he loved. Normally whenever she came to bed wearing the red nightie, it never stayed on her very long. As a smile came to his face, he thought mischievously, 'Since she's still wearing that, I guess I shouldn't be surprised that my pants are still on.'

Hating to wake her up, he decided he would anyway because he wanted to know just what had happened. Rolling on to his side, he gently placed a hand on his wife's arm and felt that it was slightly cold. He then noticed that she had both of her arms wrapped around herself as if trying to keep warm. Sitting up, Domon guessed that she probably hadn't been able to get under the sheets because he was laying spread out on top of the comforter. Shaking his head over not knowing why they were there as they were, he stood up from the bed. After pulling the comforter and sheets down some on his side of the bed, he then moved over to Rain and gently slid his arms beneath her.

Upon feeling herself being lifted into the very inviting and familiar warmth of her husband's arms, Rain just barely opened her beautiful eyes and wondering what he was doing, whispered, "Domon?"

"You're freezing," he whispered back carrying her around to his side of the bed just before laying her down and pulling the sheets over her.

Watching her husband closely as he unbuckled his pants while his eyes looked around the room as if trying to familiarize himself with it, Rain guessed that the little, yellow pill she had given him had worked.

After disposing of the rest of his clothing, Domon lifted the sheets and slid himself under them to get comfortable with his wife. He positioned himself against her, loving getting lost in her soft skin while his leg also wrapped around both of hers, pulling her even closer. Once comfortable, he kissed her shoulder and whispered, "Warmer now?"

Loving being held by her husband this way and knowing she'd never get tired of it, Rain nuzzled her face into his neck and wrapped her arm around his waist. "Much warmer, thanks," she said very softly.

"Rain," Domon said just as softly but very seriously, "I know you're tired, but what happened last night? I can't remember."

Wanting to make sure that the pill had indeed worked, she asked, "How do you feel?"

"What?" he asked wondering why she asked him that.

Lifting her face from his neck, she then rested it on the pillow beside his and looking into his brown eyes, asked, "You don't feel sick, right?"

Being a bit stubborn over answering because he just wanted to know what had happened the night before, he said, "You don't have to play doctor with me right now, Rain."

Ignoring him, Rain persisted, "Is your head pounding or do you feel perfectly fine?"

Knowing she wasn't going to give up, he said, "I feel fine."

Impressed with the little, yellow pill that she had given him, the blue-eyed doctor said, "So, it really worked. It kept you from having a hangover, though it obviously didn't keep you from forgetting everything."

"What are you talking about?" Domon asked totally confused on what Rain meant about something keeping him from having of all things…a hangover.

"I gave you a pill that saved you from being very sick last night and this morning for that matter."

Feeling as if he was in the Twilight Zone because he still didn't understand what his wife was talking about, Domon asked, "Why would I be sick?"

The sweet female told herself that she better take in how cute and somewhat innocent her husband looked at the moment with his questioning eyes. Removing her arm from around his waist, she then slid her hand slowly up his chest and then into his wild, dark hair. She wanted to enjoy his calmness before he would no doubt…blow up. "Domon, I will tell you what happened. But first tell me where we are."

Knowing he'd be better off if he obeyed the doctor in his wife, he let his hand began to travel up her curvy side as he said, "We're in New Orleans…and before you ask, I know you are my wife, Rain."

She had to smile since he obviously remembered their first time in New York during the 13th gundam tournament when he had woken up in a hotel room and she had asked him who she was. As her smiling, sky blue eyes stared back into his, she asked, "What is the last thing that you remember?"

It was obvious that he was having trouble recalling much from the night before as his dark eyes blinked back starting to get lost in hers. In a low voice, he finally said, "The last thing I remember is eating those…red things."

"Crawfish."

"Yes, crawfish…and I remember really liking them even though they were too hot."

Smiling for just a second over the fact that she knew that his crawfish were extra spicy, she then asked as seriously as she could, "Do you remember what you did to cool down the burning in your mouth?"

Domon was silent for a few seconds as he tried to remember, before finally saying, "I drank that red stuff that Chibodee brought."

Surprised that he remembered that much, Rain said, "That red stuff you drank was the drink, the Hurricane. I'm sure you must remember being told that only one is enough to…

"Wait a minute!" Domon exclaimed cutting in as he pulled away from his wife and sat up making the sheets fall down to his waist, "Are you about to say that I got…drunk!"

Sitting up as well, Rain looked somewhat embarrassed for him as she said, "Very much so. I tried to tell you to slow down but your crawfish were so hot that you kept grabbing whatever cold drinks were near, which just happened to be…Hurricanes."

Appalled that he, the King of Hearts, pupil of Master Asia, would let himself be taken over by alcohol, Domon exclaimed very upset, "I don't understand how that could happen to me!"

"Well, your crawfish were really very spicy hot," Rain said putting her hand on his shoulder to try to calm him down.

"Wait a minute," the King of Hearts said catching on to something. "Again you said that my crawfish were hot. I'm sure everyone else's were just as hot, right?"

"Well…" Rain said turning her head away wondering how she should tell him that he had been tricked.

Putting his hand on her chin, Domon turned the blue-eyed female back to face him as he said calmly, "There's something you're not telling me, Rain."

"Well," she said again very casually as if it was no big deal, "I guess I should tell you before Sai, George or Argo does."

Instantly realizing whose name wasn't said, the Neo-Japan fighter said, "What did Chibodee do?"

All ready seeing the fury in her husband's eyes, Rain said, "You know that you are a very important friend to Chibodee, right?"

"What did he do, Rain?" Domon asked wishing his wife would just get to the point.

Lowering her voice, she said, "He made sure that you got the spiciest crawfish and then he came to your rescue with the Hurricanes."

"What!" Domon yelled outraged, "That jerk came up with a scheme to get me drunk! He's lucky I don't have our gundam here, cause I swear I'd use the Burning Finger on his ass!"

So used to her husband's outburst, Rain only said, "Oh, you had a beer too." Then upon seeing the anger growing even more on Domon's face, she realized that she could have just left that little bit of information out.

Jumping out of bed, Domon stated very upset, "I am the King of Hearts; the leader of the Shuffle Alliance! I can't believe Chibodee did that to me, and worse, that I let it happen!"

Upon seeing her husband walking to the door of the room, Rain cried out, "Domon, where are you going!"

Hand on the doorknob, he said, "Let's just say that there's going to be one less member of the Shuffle Alliance soon!"

"Wait!" the concerned female yelled jumping out of the bed.

"Why! Don't tell me that it's too early and that Chibodee's still sleeping cause I don't care!" Domon yelled as he turned to face his wife.

No matter how hard Rain tried to fight it, a smirk found its way on to her face before she calmly said, "You can't leave because you don't have any clothes on."

Looking down at himself, Domon then ran his hand through his hair and said, "Well, it's not like anyone in this freakin' city would care about a naked man walking around!"

Knowing her husband would never prance around naked in front of any other woman, Rain said, "I think you would raise a few eyebrows…even in this city. Besides, I know you wouldn't want me walking around naked in front of the opposite sex."

"No, of course not! You're for my eyes only!"

"Oh," Rain said rolling her eyes, "You made that very clear last night, Mr. Possessive."

"What is that suppose to mean?" Domon asked as he walked back to the bed to retrieve his pants, which were still on the floor.

Folding her arms, Rain said, "As Chibodee put it, you marked your territory…meaning me, by putting your bandanna around my forehead last night."

"I did what?" the King of Hearts asked confused as he pulled up his pants and began buckling them closed.

Unfolding her arms, Rain let another smile escape onto her face as she said, "I must say that you were quite a…happy, loving drunk."

"Wh…what?" Domon asked squinting his eyes at his wife as if she was crazy for saying that, "A happy, loving drunk?" Deep down he started to hope that she didn't like him better when he was drunk.

"Oh yes, you were actually too loving considering that we were in public. You were all over me."

Finally calming down and realizing that maybe he should find out just what had happened before he left to find and kill Chibodee, the Neo-Japan fighter said, "Alright, alright…tell me what happened."

"Where should I start?" Rain asked putting a finger on her chin as she looked up as if thinking there was so much to tell. "Oh yes," she said looking at her husband once again. "The whole night you were undressing me with your eyes."

"Undressing you with my eyes?" Domon asked giving her a strange look.

"Trust me," the pretty female said; her eyes wide, "The look in your eyes said that you wanted my clothes off."

"So," Domon said calmly not seeing what was wrong with a husband being very attracted to his wife, "It's not like I don't already know every inch of you. I am your husband."

Controlling herself, Rain saw that he didn't quite understand just what she meant. "I see that I must remind you that in public you usually more or less control yourself with me. Last night however, as they say here in New Orleans, you were on me like gravy on rice."

Domon knew that he had definitely let himself go with his wife when they were alone, but now he had to wonder how much he had let himself go with her in front of their friends while in his drunken state. Acting as if he thought that Rain had to be exaggerating, he said, "I'm sure I wasn't that bad."

"Umm, let's see," Rain said seeing that he really remembered absolutely nothing. "First you exclaimed that I was hot…right at the table while you were in the middle of eating your crawfish."

"So what? I must have noticed that you were sweating," the King of Hearts said not seeing at all what had been so embarrassing for her about that.

Slowly shaking her head no to him, Rain said, "Domon, I absolutely love when you tell me that you think I'm beautiful, believe me. But last night, you stated that I looked hot."

"Okay," Domon said forcing himself not to laugh. "I guess the liquor made me say things a little differently than I normally do."

"Differently?" Rain asked, now ready to tell him all as she put her hands on her hips. "While crawfish juice was dripping from your hands, you looked at me, told me I looked hot and then you kissed me right at the table as if no one else was there."

Again wanting to defend himself, he said, "Since when do you mind me giving you a little kiss in front of other people?"

Quickly, Rain shot back, "Oh, it was anything but a little kiss, Domon. I'm sure Sai and Chibodee will gladly fill you in on it."

"You mean I really kissed you, right there at the table?"

"Let's just say that if kisses could be rated, that one would definitely be rated R," she said in a very serious voice as she raised an eyebrow at him. Before Domon could interject, her hands came off of her hips to make fist facing towards the ground. "And, while walking back to the hotel, you actually called me a chick and then later on you let your hands travel over my…my…butt…right in front of everyone and you'll never believe what you told them."

The King of Hearts couldn't believe that he had let his hands enjoy his wife in front of his friends. He wasn't about to ask her where else his hands might have roamed upon seeing that she looked to be getting very upset. Almost afraid to, he finally asked in a very low voice, "What did I tell them?"

Leaning forward a bit with an expression that showed that she wasn't happy, Rain exclaimed, "You let everyone know that I sometimes wear only your bandanna with you!" With that she spun around on him, leaving him to believe that she just couldn't look at him for a second more.

Stunned, Domon couldn't believe that he had let something so personal between them slip out. It had been a pleasant secret between he and his wife along with some other's he hoped that he hadn't leaked out. The room was silent while he just stood there looking at his wife's back thinking that she probably wanted to kill him for putting her in such an embarrassing situation, all because he drank too much. Slowly moving towards her, he stopped when he was only inches behind her and said in a very soft, tender voice, "Baby, I'm really sorry."

Turning around to look at him, she just stood there giving him a cold expression. However, she soon surprised him by giving him a soft smile. "Oh Domon," she said in a much calmer voice as she rolled her eyes, "I'm really not mad at you. I know that if it wasn't for the liquor you wouldn't have acted that way. Just know that I prefer you sober."

"That's good to know," he said softly not planning to have being drunk a common occurrence and he was very grateful that she wasn't mad at him.

"And," Rain said now looking quite pleased as she unconsciously batted her gorgeous eyes at him, "Chibodee said in some cases that the truth comes out when drunk, so I'm very glad that you're so…pleased with me."

A smile crept onto Domon's face, letting her see that he was definitely satisfied with her as his wife, and then he whispered, "I don't have any desire to be with anyone but you, Rain. You know that."

Looking back into his deep, captivating eyes, Rain realized that most other men would love to have her husband's champion gundam status and good looks so that they could have a ton of women throwing themselves at them, but Domon wasn't like that at all. Ever since that very first time when he admitted that he loved her, he had made it clear that she was all he could ever want and he showed her that tender side of him that no one else knew. With that thought in mind, a sudden, strong desire for her husband made her emotions explode and her hands reached out and she literally grabbed him by the waistband of his pants and pulled him to her.

Certainly surprised to say the least, the King of Hearts only whispered her name and wasn't about to stop her hands from unbuckling his pants.

In a seductive voice, she said as her eyes locked with his, "Mr. Kasshu, I must admit that your faithfulness and desire for me makes me want you even more."

"In that case," Domon whispered, lifting his hands to the straps on her red gown, "Let me show you how much I love it when you wear this gown." Unexpectedly, there was a knock at the door and as Domon felt Rain about to rid him of his pants, he whispered in a dazed look, "Just ignore it."

Shaking her head yes that she'd ignore the knock while her heart raced, the pounding on the door started again and before Rain could finish undressing her husband, a voice came through the door. "Rain…it's Chibodee. I just wanted to check on Domon."

Both stopping what they were doing, Domon's mood instantly changed making him grunt and then say very, very seriously, "I'm going to kill him."

Pulling on her husband's arm to keep him from going to the door, Rain exclaimed, "Wait! There's got to be another way to handle this, Domon!"

Taking a second to think it over, Domon soon said, "I know, but we don't have the Burning Gundam here for me to help destroy him."

"That's not what I meant, Domon," the nervous female said trying to stop her husband from committing murder as she watched him pull the white comforter from the bed. "What are you doing?"

Wrapping the comforter around his wife, the King of Hearts said, "Keep this on you so that pervert doesn't see any part of you, cause I know he wants to."

Before Rain could tell her husband that she had a robe, Domon quickly buckled his pants and headed to the door.

Meanwhile, outside of the door, Argo and Nastasha spotted the Neo-American fighter. "Chibodee Crocket," the Neo-Russian woman said as if he was crazy, "Are you trying to get yourself killed?"

Agreeing with his ladylove, Argo said, "Nastasha is right. The King of Hearts is not going to be happy to see you."

"Chill out, won't ya?" Chibodee asked putting his hands in his pockets. "I know my trick last night was wrong and I just wanna help Rain with her hubby. Neo-Japan must be throwing his guts up at the moment. Then again," the boxer said thinking about it some more as he glanced up into space, "If by some miracle he isn't sick, he's gonna want to pound on me and I only want to party while I'm here in New Orleans. So…Bye!" With that, the Neo-American fighter took off down the hall.

"What an idiot," Nastasha said rolling her eyes just after watching the boxer leave. Turning to look at the Kasshu's hotel room door, she said, "Now we have to put up with a nauseous Neo-Japan gundam fighter."

"Yes," Argo said really not wanting to see the condition that the King of Hearts was in. "I'm sure he's not in the mood to see anyone."

Just then the door swung open to reveal a very upset King of Hearts yelling Chibodee's name. Upon not seeing the boxer, Domon narrowed his eyes and calmed down enough to say in a bit of surprise, "Oh, Argo, Nastasha…I thought that the…supplier of Hurricanes would be standing here."

"No, he's not," Nastasha said in a very serious voice. "He was, but then realized that you wouldn't be happy at all to see him."

"Well, he got that right!" Domon exclaimed just before poking his head out of the room to look down the vacant hall to see that unfortunately the boxer had to be a good bit away by now.

"Domon," Argo said looking very confused, "I must say that you look like you haven't been drinking last night."

Just before the Neo-Japan fighter was about to give his wife credit for the little, yellow pill, Rain moved to stand next to him holding the comforter around her. "My…King of Hearts is quite a man," she said making Domon look at her strangely. "Last night no room spun for Domon and he eventually slept like a baby. Someone needs to tell Chibodee that my husband shook the alcohol in his system off like it was nothing."

Domon didn't know what to say while still looking at his devoted wife. Evidently it was a way for her to get back at old Chib.

"I am very glad that you're not sick, Domon," Argo said still looking a bit shocked since he had seen how many Hurricanes that had been practically inhaled by the champion gundam fighter.

Winking at her husband, Rain said, "Domon's one in a million."

'No, you are,' Domon thought, winking back as his wife.

Seeing that everything was fine between the Kasshu couple, Nastasha smiled and said, "I would love to tell Chibodee Crocket that his trick wore off way too early." Raising an eyebrow at the Neo-Japan fighter, the Neo-Russian woman added, "You may be able to handle a lot Domon Kasshu, but earlier last night you sure couldn't control your…desire for your wife."

A sudden shade of red spread on Domon's face since he couldn't deny that he found his wife impossible to resist.

Before Nastasha could say how unbearable Domon's drunken state had been to her, George and the Princess were heard making their way down the hall to the Kasshu's room to check on the King of Hearts. "Miss Marie Louise," the Knight said looking at the white cup in her hand, which held a daiquiri, "Why do you keep insisting that I drink that?"

"I just think you'll enjoy it," the Princess said innocently and then spotting the King of Hearts and his queen, memories of Domon all over his wife, came to Ms. Marie Louise's mind. With excitement in her voice, she exclaimed, "Oh Rain, I bet last night with your husband was fantastic! Was he totally out of control!" Everyone looking at the Princess as if she was crazy, which made her say, "What I meant is that…uh…poor Domon must have been…uh…quite sick."

Both Domon and Rain weren't about to admit that he had passed out.

Actually smiling at the Princess, Nastasha said, "Your…excited, so called concern for the Kasshu couple is nice and I see that you're still trying to get George to have a drink."

Miss Marie Louise smiled as she tried to act so innocently while moving the daiquiri she was holding behind her back.

Argo smiled at how clueless George seemed to be of the Princess wanting to get a bit more personal,

"Bro!" Sai said coming down the hall next with a ton of bead around his neck, "You're okay!"

Watching as Sai kept walking past everyone, Domon asked, "Where are you going?"

As the youngest fighter kept walking away, he said, "I'm going to get some more crawfish before the first parade starts today. You know how I love to eat good stuff."

Even though George knew, the Knight found himself asking, "This early in the morning you are going to eat crawfish?"

Shaking his head as if he agreed that it was a bit too early to eat the mudbugs, Argo said to George, "I agree that crawfish are not something to eat for breakfast, but Sai told me that since the parades are an all day thing today that this morning is the only chance he'd get to get some."

"What an excuse," Nastasha said not buying it. "He could get crawfish between each of the parades. He just wants to catch some action down on Bourbon St."

"I have to agree," Rain said smiling at her close friend. "It's obvious that Sai wants to wave some beads in front of some women."

"Well," George said very appalled, "He is too young for that and that is just disrespectful! How dare he lie, saying that he wants crawfish now."

"So," Domon said with a devious smile as a plan came to mind, "I might just have to get my hands on some live ones."

Everyone looked at the King of Hearts wondering why he would want live crawfish, when he could get them already boiled. Surely, the Neo-Japan fighter didn't know the trick to how to boil them or even had a place to do so for that matter.

Not much later in the stands of the hotel on the parade route, the Kasshu's friends were ready to enjoy the parades of the day. They were more than glad when Domon accepted Chibodee's sincere apology. The boxer had really looked worried when Domon had first entered into the stands with Rain and decided it best to keep a distance till Shirley nudged him to go to the King of Hearts and confess his plan with the spiciest crawfish and the Hurricanes. Though Domon had only grunted back at first, he had then smiled at the Neo-American fighter. Everyone was relieved because tension was not wanted on what was meant to be a very fun and exciting day. However, knowing her husband all too well, Rain knew there had to be a reason why Chibodee's apologize had been so easily accepted by her hotheaded fighter.

Through out the first parade, Ms. Marie Louise was thrilled to see that George had taken a few sips of the daiquiri that she had been following him around with. Though he was overly happy with the parade, she knew it wasn't because of the liquor because the day before he had been just as happy and hadn't been drinking alcohol. 'Eventually the daiquiri might hit him though and make him feel real good,' she hoped imagining having to take care of her Knight later.

Though Domon had tried to act all calm and cool while watching the first parade, he soon found himself letting go once again, as he did the day before. He couldn't help but try to catch a ton of beads and he soon agreed to compete with Chibodee's crew on who could catch the most.

Even Nastasha and Argo were getting into the parades more than they had the day before. As she ordered the people on the floats to throw more, Argo easily caught enough to compete in the little competition going on all ready between his friends.

After plenty of catching and dancing to the music of the bands passing by, Chibodee decided it was time that he said what he had been wanting to say to Rain Kasshu, all day. "Neo-Japanette," the boxer said moving over to Domon's wife who was coming back onto the stands from the restrooms, "I know that I really should have apologized to ya earlier today. So…I'm sorry. I know that because of me, Neo-Japan drove ya crazy last night."

While Domon was still busy catching beads, unaware that his beautiful wife was back, Rain said with a mischievous smile and with stars in her eyes to the boxer, "No need to worry, Chibodee. Last night with my husband turned out to be simply…magnificent."

The boxer was speechless since he hadn't expected Rain of all people to imply what she had.

Knowing she had him right where she wanted him and remembering how Domon had told her that the boxer had tried to give advice for their honeymoon, Rain said sounding so satisfied, "Chibodee, you should seriously think about asking Domon for advice. Last night he literally took my breath away." Seeing that the Neo-American fighter was still speechless, Rain left to walk over to the man who had really passed out the night before.

Smiling at his wife's return, Domon said, "I saw you talking to old Chib and I can only imagine what you told him because of the weird look on his face."

As a purple bead practically fell into Rain's hand, she lifted it and put it around her husband's neck as she said with a devious smile, "After what I just told him and him thinking that you don't suffer from hangovers, let's just say that I think he is really going to look up to."

Making eyes at his wife, the King of Hearts then said, "I don't think he will after tonight."

"Does this have something to do with crawfish?" Rain asked upon remembering her husband speaking to Sai about where to get some of the red creatures.

"Let's just say that around here getting crawfish is easier than rounding up clowns," the Neo-Japan fighter said smiling with good-humored revenge in his eyes. "Chibodee just thought he was scared of clowns."

"Miss Marie Louise!" George was heard asking behind the Kasshu couple, "Where did you get another daiquiri?"

"Oh, George," she said happily, "Do not worry about it and just drink it!"

After a day and a night full of parade after parade and then hanging out in Chib's room on the balcony till all hours of the night, the boxer's friends finally left him alone. After taking a shower, he decided to take one last look down onto Bourbon St. before retiring to his bed. Wearing only a pair of red, white and blue colored boxer shorts, he slid himself under the covers looking very forward to the next day, which was Monday. On Mardi Gras weekend in New Orleans, Monday was Lundi Gras.

The boxer was still surprised about how forgiving Domon had been and also recalled how happy the Neo-Japan fighter had been while celebrating Mardi Gras. 'Neo-Japan's finally making up for all the lost time he spent training with his Master,' Chibodee thought smiling. 'I bet Domon would have been quite the party animal if he would've been free as a teenager.'

Thinking he felt something by his toe, the boxer ignored it as he thought about how much fun everyone had, except for poor George, who couldn't stay awake. In the Knight's case, drinking too much only made him want to sleep, which disappointed Miss Marie Louise greatly.

Now feeling something taking hold of his little toe, Chibodee couldn't ignore it. Sitting up, he swung the covers off and there he saw about ten live crawfish crawling around in his bed making him scream like he used to at just the thought of clowns. "Domon Kasshu!" he yelled jumping out of bed, now knowing why the King of Hearts had looked so satisfied that night.

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I hope you liked the way that Domon got even with Chibodee. (Many, many years ago when I was a young child watching my family boiling crawfish outside, I used to freak out to say the least when a live one managed to get free and started crawling around on the ground. Crabs were worse to me though since they are bigger! LOL)

Thanks sincerely for the reviews since my last post:

GoldAngel2-You explained Domon the best-a cutely perverted drunk. Love that! I hope to have dancing in the next chapter. And, I just really like Rain and Nastasha being friends. Though they're so different, I can just see them agreeing a lot. Take care of yourself.

Redlion2-I'm so glad that you like what I'm doing after "Partners Outside of the Gundam." I know, who would have ever thought of these characters in New Orleans! I had such fun writing the last chapter. Thanks!

Ryan-Yes, I figured that if Domon had gone through a hangover that he definitely would have ended up killing Chibodee. Plus, a hangover would have made Domon miss a day of Mardi Gras and I couldn't do that. I hope you like how he got even with old Chib.

Heaven's Rain, Cat and her alter ego Henry, Golden Girl 2002 and Black Joker Lady-I loved your reviews. They really cracked me up! Thanks!

Koto Juri-I'm glad you enjoyed Miss Marie Louise with George. I was worried at first on how some would take it.

Turtle Lover, Tuliphead, Gemini, Ryu Xander Himura, Sqeekers, Sock-her chick and Anime Dreamer-Thanks for your kind reviews. I love so much getting them!

Fang-Thanks so much for your idea. I'll try to do it soon.

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Namaida-I'm so sorry that you have been sick. I will keep you in my prayers. Keep taking care of yourself and I'll make a Kasshu baby appear somewhere in this story. And, I hope I wasn't too bad in this chapter. LOL

The Notorious Cat-(Love that name) I guess I should admit that I am from the South.

Last but not least, Multi Facets-I was thrilled to hear from you again! You definitely said Nawlins better than me. Shame on me! I hope I keep you grinning or just happy. Thanks for your kind words! I'm really trying to keep everyone in character.

Thanks to all! I'll be back! Jen