Bishone Beware
Chapter 3
Don't mess with a Red Head
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They emerged in a courtyard, to see the men all yelling to each other, and rushing at a tiger.
"How'd that thing get in here?!" Kouji yelled.
"It came through the north gates!" a man yelled, when suddenly a yell cut through all the noise.
Riina's eyes widened as Lana ran out of one of the passages, something held in her arms, yelling, "DON'T HURT HER!!!"
"Get out of the way, Baka!" the men yelled, when Lana ran in between the men and the beast. The tiger leapt at Lana, taking whatever it was from her arms, and climbed up a tree, hiding in the branches. The bandits charged the tree, but Lana was suddenly in the way, fighting them off.
"What the- LANA! WHAT'S GOING ON?!" Riina yelled, but her voice was drowned out by the yells and shouts of the men. Lana fought against all of them silently with a determined look on her face. Her fighting was different from what Riina had seen before. It was graceful in an animal-like way, and stronger than usual.
Suddenly one of the men accidentally swung his sword, the blade biting deep into Lana's cheek, making her howl in pain.
"Kittling!" Riina yelled, running towards her.
"EVERYBODY!! HOLD IT!!!" Tasuki yelled, and all of the men froze, Lana prowling around the base of the tree, panting.
Riina ran up to her, and asked, "Lana, what's going on?!"
"She was just trying to get her kid, and they were going to KILL her for it!" Lana yelled back, looking angry.
"Kid?" Kouji asked walking up. Lana jerked a thumb up at the tree, and everyone looked up to see the animal look at them all with a cub caught by the scruff of it's neck in it's mouth.
"How did you know, no da?" Chichiri asked, looking confused and serious.
Lana opened her mouth to reply, but closed it, looking confused herself. She looked up at the tiger, cocking her head to one side. The tiger jumped down from the tree, making everyone jump out of it's way but Lana, who was still looking at it as if she were trying to figure something out.
To everyone's surprise, the tiger gently set down her cub, and went up to Lana, gently licking her cheek, before grabbing her cub again, and running out of the gates.
"You're welcome." Lana said, then looked confused and shook her head, saying in a tired voice, "I need to lie down. I'm going insane."
"Hai." Riina sighed, and added, "I always knew you were weird, kittling, but THIS takes the cake."
"Come on, we'll get that cheek taken care of, then we'll talk more about this." Kouji ordered, grabbing her arm and dragging her in the building. Lana didn't fight in the least, in fact, Kouji nearly had to carry her.
"Well, I gotta say this, Genrou. You sure pick the feisty ones." Kouji said teasingly to his friends, who whacked him upside the head with his Tessen, glaring murderously.
"Say that again, and I'll hurt you." Lana yawned, barely able to keep her eyes open.
"Whatever, kittling." Kouji teased.
Lana's eyes flew open. "Don't call me that!!!" Lana yelled, trying desperately to get enough footing to clobber him, but finally gave up, growling half-heartedly, "You're going to be in trouble if I remember that tomorrow, buddy boy."
"You two have been awfully quiet." Riina stated, looking back at Tasuki and Chichiri. Tasuki looked peeved, and Chichiri looked like he was in deep thought.
"Just trying to figure out what happened, no d-" Chichiri started to explain, but was cut off.
"GAH!" Kouji explained, as Lana slumped over, falling asleep, and he just barely grabbed her in time to hold her up. "Man, you two MUST have been traveling a lot. She's out cold." he said, picking her up to carry her.
"Why're you being so F^&%*&@ nice?!" Tasuki growled at him, looking untrustingly at the limp form in his arms.
"Ah, cool down, Genrou. I don't think they're a threat. They're only women, remember?" Kouji joked.
"Ugh, who're you callin' a woman? Put me down, I can walk, damn it." Lana said groggily from where she was being carried.
"You don't even sound like you can see straight." Riina said flatly, peering down at her friends face.
"I'm still against being carried." Lana replied, suddenly wincing and touching her cheek, giving a start when she saw the blood. "SUZAKU!!! Why didn't anyone TELL me I'm bleedin'?!" she exclaimed, seeming wider awake, and struggling to get down.
"You worship Suzaku?" Chichiri asked, almost looking relaxed before Lana answered.
"Worship? I'm Christ-" she started to say, but Riina pinched her arm discretely, shooting her a Look.
"I think Lana needs some bandages, that looks a little deep." Riina said with concern in her voice, prodding Lana's cheek, and being answered by a wild howl of pain and an uppercut that barely missed her chin.
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*ahem* That was for this chapter. I hope that you enjoyed from it! ^^ And please, don't forget to review before you leave. *sweat drops* Okay, that sounded stupid even on my own ears. -_-; I'd like to thank all of you, who has reviewed this fic. You people are the best. *gives a hug for the reviewers* And then for to the feedbacks.
Chiri26 - *smiles amusedly* Oy, I'm not a lazy bum, I just happened to be a bit *er* slow…. And don't worry, I'll keep updating. Eventually. ;p…. So no need to send your sis over here. ^~
Alatril Carnesr - Yesh, I updated… again! ^^ And you'll see soon what happens in the next few chaps. Word explanation for 'kittling': *ahem* *cough cough* Kittling is a word pun and a nick name that I'm calling Lana. It started with our age difference, we're both big cat lovers and that I'm always worrying over her like a mother cat over her kittens. So she's my kittling. ;p Nice to see that you're still hanging with us.