Kagome's Heritage
By Tekkaman Xero
Disclaimer: DAMMIT!!! I DON'T OWN INU-YASHA OR GOLD DIGGER!!! KNOCK IT OFF, ALREADY!!!
Chapter 5:
Searching for Naraku had not gone well at all. Being the devious little bastard he was, there was no way to trace him. Every time Xero began to suspect he had found something, he would be attacked by groups of lesser demons. This would solidify his belief that he had a lead, but by the time he finished with the demons, it was too late to investigate. Currently he was at the hotel the Diggers & Co. were staying at, discussing the situation.
Xero was finishing his summary of the current situation on his end, "The way things are right now, we'll have to wait for him to make a move."
Theo nodded, "From what we've been told, he's most likely to attack somewhere that will have some sort of heavy effect on Kagome."
"I've got the school covered. Britanny and Stripe are covering the shrine while training Kagome. And Inu-Yasha's always following Kagome around. What else is there to cover?"
Everyone was silent, until Britanny finally thought of something. "Family and friends?"
This froze Xero's blood cold, "Naraku's MORE than evil enough to do that!!! Someone'll have to cover Sota when he's not home."
"I'll handle that." Gina volunteered.
".Are you sure?" Xero asked hesitantly
"I'm not a fighter, but my force fields should be able to hold up if there's any trouble. I can just delegate all the weaponry adjustments to Brianna."
Xero groaned as Brianna got a VERY mischievous smirk on her face. As soon as he recovered from those feelings, he decided to avoid THAT topic and turned to Britanny, "How is Kagome doing in her training?"
"She's learning to fight with her hybrid form okay," Britanny replied, "but she's still having trouble mastering the formshifting."
"Keep working. Will she be human for school tomorrow?
"No. But she plans to go back to the Feudal Era tomorrow to fill everyone in on what's going on and maybe bring them back to help if she can figure out a way to get them through."
"Good.. The more help, the better."
About 30 minutes later the meeting adjourned, and Xero departed for his own living area. Outside the hotel, he sensed something becoming very familiar as of late.
"Shouldn't you be keeping an eye on Kagome?" Xero asked
"I needed to ask you something." Inu-Yasha asked from his hiding place above Xero.
"Talk fast. Me and Kagome have CLASSES tomorrow."
"Why?"
"Hmm?"
"Why are you helping us deal with Naraku? It is OUR business."
Xero sighed. "That's a fair question, I guess. But the point is, Naraku made it MY business as soon as he crossed into this time period. If there's ONE non-human danger to the people of this world, it's one too many. ANY monster that lives in this world, this TIME, that wishes to hurt people, is MY business! As long as Naraku is in this time, he is MY business as much as he is YOURS."
Inu-Yasha remained silent for a few moments, noting Xero not aiming any malice at him, and then smirked, slightly, "Feh. Perhaps I CAN trust you."
And with that, he disappeared. Returning to the Shrine to keep an eye on the still-in-training werecheetah.
The next day, in the Feudal Era.
".And that's where we stand right now." Kagome finished. She was currently inside of Kaede's hut with Miroku, Sango, Shippo, Kaede and Kirara.
"In a tight spot, it seems."
"If I can figure out some way to, I'd like to bring one of you back with me. We need all the help we can get."
"I'll go." Sango volunteered, "I'm interested in meeting this Hunter you speak of."
"By the way," Miroku spoke up, "Where is Inu-Yasha?"
"He stayed in my time in case Naraku tries anything. He's supposed to come get me if something comes up."
As if on cue, Inu-Yasha entered the hut, "Kagome! That "school" of yours is being attacked by demons!"
"WHAT?!" Kagome wasted no time, "Sango, let's go!" With that she grabbed Sango by the wrist and ran towards the well at speeds that would make A-ko green with envy.
At the well, Kagome stopped only long enough to mutter one line, "Please let this work." And with that. She jumped into the well, pulling Sango in with her and Inu-Yasha following close behind.
All three emerged safely on the other side. Kagome had no time to thank the kami for letting it work, they had to get to the school, FAST!
"The other werecheetah and Xero were fighting the demons when I came to get you."
Kagome was slightly surprised at hearing Inu-Yasha mention Xero's name, but had no time to bring it up.
When they arrived, the school grounds looked like a war zone. Which was pretty much the situation. There were several dead bodies and burnt spots where some demons were vaporized. Some of the bodies were, unfortunately, human.
It didn't take Sango long to notice Xero and Britanny fighting a massive horde of demons, protecting a group of students and teachers that were still alive but had been unable to escape. Inu-Yasha was the first to join the fray, unsheathing the Tetsuaiga and cutting down several demons. Sango followed soon after, using her massive boomerang and her shortsword against the demons that stood in there way.
Kagome took it upon herself to get the survivors out. Fortunately no one managed to recognize her in her hybrid form.
After a few minutes, Brianna arrived on the scene, eager to test out her anti-demon combat armor, taking aim, she fired the main cannon and reduced two demons to bloody messes.
Xero was pushing himself to his limit. He dared not use any ki or magic in this fight, as he needed to last as long as possible. But at this rate, we won't make it, anyway. Xero repressed a scream as he received a slash across the back.
Britanny wasn't having an easy time of things. A very large and ugly monster had just smashed her right arm, nearly removing it from her body. At the rate she was going she'd be down for the count. VERY soon.
Thanks partly to the Testusaiga's power, Inu-Yasha was currently doing the best out of those fighting. The Tetsusaiga's Kaze no Kizu was too risky to use, as well, as it ran the risk of hurting his allies.
Kagome wasn't a fighter, but she knew she had to do anything she could to help. So after getting the survivors out, she joined the fight, quickly realizing just how horribly outmatched she was. Still, she held on as best she could and continued fighting. She was slightly relieved when Mrs. Diggers arrived as well.
Even Sango had been having difficulty with the massive horde of demons that they were dealing with. On her own she would have no chance against these others, but she was sure that with everyone's help, they could pull this off.
When Mrs. Diggers arrived she wasted nary a millisecond before attacking. With the appearance of the Armsmaster of Jade, the balance of the fight had unquestionably shifted.
Within an hour, the fight was over. Kagome was now sporting several cuts and a broken arm, which was more than could be said for Britanny, who had gone down about 10 minutes ago and had the entire right side of her body almost crushed. She was suffering from a collapsed lung, shattered ribs, arm, and leg, and probably other injuries that could not be so easily identified. But since no magic or silver was used, everyone knew she would recover.
Julia had only some minor cuts and scrapes thanks to her fighting skills, which were superior to those of everyone else present.
Inu-Yasha had come out of the battle in the worst condition. The energy of the Tetsusaiga had driven most of the demons to him, and now close to every bone in his body was broken.
Sango had a sprained ankle and wrist and a few cuts on various parts of her body. Brianna had come out best of all, having suffered no injuries thanks to the fact she kept her distance and fought with ranged weapons. Her armor would require much repair, though, from when a demon did manage to get close.
Xero's injuries weren't life-threatening or extremely serious, but they required hospital treatment as he was too weak to cast any of his healing spells. There were several deep gashes on his back, arm, and chest. Every cut required stitches and were going to leave scars. He had nearly lost his left eye in the battle after taking a swipe to the face. Only one claw connected, but it cut down over his eye. Fortunately it didn't get through to his eyeball, but he was going to have a scar from just above his eye to about halfway down his cheek.
Xero would not be fighting anytime within the next several days. Maybe even weeks. He had exhausted so much energy that by the time he could cast a healing spell the wounds would be closed and scarred. The group had lost one of it's primary fighters in the new battle, and they might not get him back before the final showdown.
The injured party members that would regenerate without any hospital aid were (carefully) brought back to the Sunset Shrine and cared for carefully. Brianna and Gina set up and energy field around the shrine in hopes that it would keep demons out.
Dr. Digger, who had been watching over the shrine in case the school attack was a diversion, listened to the account of the battle and regretted not bringing any of his healing potions. As things stood right now, the only thing they could do was protect themselves until their best fighters were healed up and ready to go.
Brianna decided to go visit Xero in the hospital, and Kagome, having mostly recovered, decided to join her.
It went without saying that the hospital was swamped with both injured students from the school, and worried parents. When Kagome and Brianna were finally able to get to Xero's room, he was fast asleep, and Kagome's friend Yuka was setting up some flowers on the table beside Xero. Her shoulder was bandaged up, apparently injured at some point in the fighting. Upon seeing Yuka, Kagome 'eep'ed and ducked around a corner.
"What's wrong?" Brianna asked
"I.I can't let Yuka see me in this form!!"
"Kagome, is that you?" Yuka called out, having heard Kagome's voice. Fortunately, she didn't hear what Kagome had said.
Kagome panicked, knowing she hadn't mastered formshifting yet, and she could hear Yuka's footsteps approaching. "Ohno,ohno,ohno. Okay, Kagome, you can do this. Just think about what Britanny taught you." She concentrated on her human forms, going through what Britanny had taught her about formshifting, and, for the first time, switched forms without having to wait 24 hours.
She didn't take time to celebrate the achievement, instead going right back to see her friend. "Hi, Yuka. Um.. Are you..?
"I'm fine." Yuka said, knowing Kagome was referring to her shoulder, "Just a little glass cut from when those..things. came in."
"Yuka. What happened when they arrived? Can you tell me?"
"Well, it was right in the middle of history class.."
Flashback..
As the teacher droned on about historical significance of this or that, Yuka glanced over at Xero, seated on the other end of the room. Forcing herself to push down THOSE kinds of thoughts (wanting to save them for AFTER class), she turned her head back towards the front of the room. Then a flash of movement caught the corner of her eye and she looked out the window adjacent to her. There were several people charging through the gates of the school.
Xero had apparently noticed, though he was on the far side of the room. "EVERYONE GET DOWN!!!"
Then all hell broke loose. Several shards of the suddenly shattered window sliced up Yuka's shoulder, then she caught a glimpse of one of the.THINGS impaling Hojo. The next thing she saw was a monster about to do the same to her, only to have it's arm ripped off by Xero.
Unbeknownst to Yuka, Xero had been moving before the window even shattered. He had called to his sword but it would be a few minutes before it was there for him to use. He would still fight without it as long as there was ONE student or teacher left on the school grounds. "EVERYBODY, RUN!!! GO NOW!!!"
Outside of the school, Britanny, who had come to talk to Xero about something, had already joined the fighting. Yuka just barely managed to escape being killed and get to a hospital to get her cuts taken care of.
End flashback.
".And that's all I know."
"From the sounds of it that's right before the others showed up." Everybody turned to see Xero awake, "I remember seeing her scrambling away just before you got there."
"Xero!" Brianna exclaimed, "Don't talk about it in front of-"
"We can't afford to be careful, Bri', and YOU know it. This is way too serious! Not knowing what's going on might just make things worse for her."
"..Fine."
Kagome still looked a little nervous about the issue, but agreed nonetheless.
"Kagome? What are you all talking about.?"
"Yuka," Xero spoke up, "Go to Kagome's shrine. We'll be there soon to explain things."
"But-"
"GO!"
"..Okay." And with that, she left."
Brianna was next to speak, "Okay, we need to figure out what exactly that attack was all about."
"Isn't it obvious?" Xero said, getting up, "I'm out of action for at least a week until the stitches are out and my ki builds back up. I could tell Inu-Yasha and Britanny were in bad shape, though they'll regenerate. It should be clear: That attack was meant to weaken s. Naraku saw the fighters we had on our side and took steps to reduce our numbers. He wants something. Something BIG."
"Like what?"
"..If I go with my gut instinct, I'd say the whole world."
End chapter 5
Next chapter: Yuka finds out what Kagome has REALLY been up to, and what's going on around town! Yuka wants to help, but how can she? Uh-oh. Brianna's got that look in her eye. What's this? Hey, is it just me, or is Yuka falling in love with Inu-Yasha...? Brianna, PUT PEEBOCHU AWAY ALREADY!!!! And does Naraku really want the world? Why would he.? Doesn't make sense! Or does it.? Don't miss the next chapter!
Author's Notes: I'MSORRYI'MSORRYI'MSORRY!!!! I made a promise and didn't follow up with it!!! Real life conspired against me!!! I know I wasn't going to continue this until I got my other two fics a little further along, but when I finally got off my ass and back to writing I decided that FIRST I'd get the next chapter of this out since it's the fic that has received the MOST attention between reviews and e-mails! PLEASE don't hurt me!! I'll try to get chapters out more frequently, now!! But I won't set deadlines for myself. I'm lousy at making deadlines. Unless it has to do with serious work(like at school, for example. Got college comin' up, had to take care of some of that stuff). But anyway, hope all my loyal fans aren't too upset. Please review and e-mail me! Suggestions for future chapters welcome! (I'm always looking for ways to improve my plans!)
Disclaimer: DAMMIT!!! I DON'T OWN INU-YASHA OR GOLD DIGGER!!! KNOCK IT OFF, ALREADY!!!
Chapter 5:
Searching for Naraku had not gone well at all. Being the devious little bastard he was, there was no way to trace him. Every time Xero began to suspect he had found something, he would be attacked by groups of lesser demons. This would solidify his belief that he had a lead, but by the time he finished with the demons, it was too late to investigate. Currently he was at the hotel the Diggers & Co. were staying at, discussing the situation.
Xero was finishing his summary of the current situation on his end, "The way things are right now, we'll have to wait for him to make a move."
Theo nodded, "From what we've been told, he's most likely to attack somewhere that will have some sort of heavy effect on Kagome."
"I've got the school covered. Britanny and Stripe are covering the shrine while training Kagome. And Inu-Yasha's always following Kagome around. What else is there to cover?"
Everyone was silent, until Britanny finally thought of something. "Family and friends?"
This froze Xero's blood cold, "Naraku's MORE than evil enough to do that!!! Someone'll have to cover Sota when he's not home."
"I'll handle that." Gina volunteered.
".Are you sure?" Xero asked hesitantly
"I'm not a fighter, but my force fields should be able to hold up if there's any trouble. I can just delegate all the weaponry adjustments to Brianna."
Xero groaned as Brianna got a VERY mischievous smirk on her face. As soon as he recovered from those feelings, he decided to avoid THAT topic and turned to Britanny, "How is Kagome doing in her training?"
"She's learning to fight with her hybrid form okay," Britanny replied, "but she's still having trouble mastering the formshifting."
"Keep working. Will she be human for school tomorrow?
"No. But she plans to go back to the Feudal Era tomorrow to fill everyone in on what's going on and maybe bring them back to help if she can figure out a way to get them through."
"Good.. The more help, the better."
About 30 minutes later the meeting adjourned, and Xero departed for his own living area. Outside the hotel, he sensed something becoming very familiar as of late.
"Shouldn't you be keeping an eye on Kagome?" Xero asked
"I needed to ask you something." Inu-Yasha asked from his hiding place above Xero.
"Talk fast. Me and Kagome have CLASSES tomorrow."
"Why?"
"Hmm?"
"Why are you helping us deal with Naraku? It is OUR business."
Xero sighed. "That's a fair question, I guess. But the point is, Naraku made it MY business as soon as he crossed into this time period. If there's ONE non-human danger to the people of this world, it's one too many. ANY monster that lives in this world, this TIME, that wishes to hurt people, is MY business! As long as Naraku is in this time, he is MY business as much as he is YOURS."
Inu-Yasha remained silent for a few moments, noting Xero not aiming any malice at him, and then smirked, slightly, "Feh. Perhaps I CAN trust you."
And with that, he disappeared. Returning to the Shrine to keep an eye on the still-in-training werecheetah.
The next day, in the Feudal Era.
".And that's where we stand right now." Kagome finished. She was currently inside of Kaede's hut with Miroku, Sango, Shippo, Kaede and Kirara.
"In a tight spot, it seems."
"If I can figure out some way to, I'd like to bring one of you back with me. We need all the help we can get."
"I'll go." Sango volunteered, "I'm interested in meeting this Hunter you speak of."
"By the way," Miroku spoke up, "Where is Inu-Yasha?"
"He stayed in my time in case Naraku tries anything. He's supposed to come get me if something comes up."
As if on cue, Inu-Yasha entered the hut, "Kagome! That "school" of yours is being attacked by demons!"
"WHAT?!" Kagome wasted no time, "Sango, let's go!" With that she grabbed Sango by the wrist and ran towards the well at speeds that would make A-ko green with envy.
At the well, Kagome stopped only long enough to mutter one line, "Please let this work." And with that. She jumped into the well, pulling Sango in with her and Inu-Yasha following close behind.
All three emerged safely on the other side. Kagome had no time to thank the kami for letting it work, they had to get to the school, FAST!
"The other werecheetah and Xero were fighting the demons when I came to get you."
Kagome was slightly surprised at hearing Inu-Yasha mention Xero's name, but had no time to bring it up.
When they arrived, the school grounds looked like a war zone. Which was pretty much the situation. There were several dead bodies and burnt spots where some demons were vaporized. Some of the bodies were, unfortunately, human.
It didn't take Sango long to notice Xero and Britanny fighting a massive horde of demons, protecting a group of students and teachers that were still alive but had been unable to escape. Inu-Yasha was the first to join the fray, unsheathing the Tetsuaiga and cutting down several demons. Sango followed soon after, using her massive boomerang and her shortsword against the demons that stood in there way.
Kagome took it upon herself to get the survivors out. Fortunately no one managed to recognize her in her hybrid form.
After a few minutes, Brianna arrived on the scene, eager to test out her anti-demon combat armor, taking aim, she fired the main cannon and reduced two demons to bloody messes.
Xero was pushing himself to his limit. He dared not use any ki or magic in this fight, as he needed to last as long as possible. But at this rate, we won't make it, anyway. Xero repressed a scream as he received a slash across the back.
Britanny wasn't having an easy time of things. A very large and ugly monster had just smashed her right arm, nearly removing it from her body. At the rate she was going she'd be down for the count. VERY soon.
Thanks partly to the Testusaiga's power, Inu-Yasha was currently doing the best out of those fighting. The Tetsusaiga's Kaze no Kizu was too risky to use, as well, as it ran the risk of hurting his allies.
Kagome wasn't a fighter, but she knew she had to do anything she could to help. So after getting the survivors out, she joined the fight, quickly realizing just how horribly outmatched she was. Still, she held on as best she could and continued fighting. She was slightly relieved when Mrs. Diggers arrived as well.
Even Sango had been having difficulty with the massive horde of demons that they were dealing with. On her own she would have no chance against these others, but she was sure that with everyone's help, they could pull this off.
When Mrs. Diggers arrived she wasted nary a millisecond before attacking. With the appearance of the Armsmaster of Jade, the balance of the fight had unquestionably shifted.
Within an hour, the fight was over. Kagome was now sporting several cuts and a broken arm, which was more than could be said for Britanny, who had gone down about 10 minutes ago and had the entire right side of her body almost crushed. She was suffering from a collapsed lung, shattered ribs, arm, and leg, and probably other injuries that could not be so easily identified. But since no magic or silver was used, everyone knew she would recover.
Julia had only some minor cuts and scrapes thanks to her fighting skills, which were superior to those of everyone else present.
Inu-Yasha had come out of the battle in the worst condition. The energy of the Tetsusaiga had driven most of the demons to him, and now close to every bone in his body was broken.
Sango had a sprained ankle and wrist and a few cuts on various parts of her body. Brianna had come out best of all, having suffered no injuries thanks to the fact she kept her distance and fought with ranged weapons. Her armor would require much repair, though, from when a demon did manage to get close.
Xero's injuries weren't life-threatening or extremely serious, but they required hospital treatment as he was too weak to cast any of his healing spells. There were several deep gashes on his back, arm, and chest. Every cut required stitches and were going to leave scars. He had nearly lost his left eye in the battle after taking a swipe to the face. Only one claw connected, but it cut down over his eye. Fortunately it didn't get through to his eyeball, but he was going to have a scar from just above his eye to about halfway down his cheek.
Xero would not be fighting anytime within the next several days. Maybe even weeks. He had exhausted so much energy that by the time he could cast a healing spell the wounds would be closed and scarred. The group had lost one of it's primary fighters in the new battle, and they might not get him back before the final showdown.
The injured party members that would regenerate without any hospital aid were (carefully) brought back to the Sunset Shrine and cared for carefully. Brianna and Gina set up and energy field around the shrine in hopes that it would keep demons out.
Dr. Digger, who had been watching over the shrine in case the school attack was a diversion, listened to the account of the battle and regretted not bringing any of his healing potions. As things stood right now, the only thing they could do was protect themselves until their best fighters were healed up and ready to go.
Brianna decided to go visit Xero in the hospital, and Kagome, having mostly recovered, decided to join her.
It went without saying that the hospital was swamped with both injured students from the school, and worried parents. When Kagome and Brianna were finally able to get to Xero's room, he was fast asleep, and Kagome's friend Yuka was setting up some flowers on the table beside Xero. Her shoulder was bandaged up, apparently injured at some point in the fighting. Upon seeing Yuka, Kagome 'eep'ed and ducked around a corner.
"What's wrong?" Brianna asked
"I.I can't let Yuka see me in this form!!"
"Kagome, is that you?" Yuka called out, having heard Kagome's voice. Fortunately, she didn't hear what Kagome had said.
Kagome panicked, knowing she hadn't mastered formshifting yet, and she could hear Yuka's footsteps approaching. "Ohno,ohno,ohno. Okay, Kagome, you can do this. Just think about what Britanny taught you." She concentrated on her human forms, going through what Britanny had taught her about formshifting, and, for the first time, switched forms without having to wait 24 hours.
She didn't take time to celebrate the achievement, instead going right back to see her friend. "Hi, Yuka. Um.. Are you..?
"I'm fine." Yuka said, knowing Kagome was referring to her shoulder, "Just a little glass cut from when those..things. came in."
"Yuka. What happened when they arrived? Can you tell me?"
"Well, it was right in the middle of history class.."
Flashback..
As the teacher droned on about historical significance of this or that, Yuka glanced over at Xero, seated on the other end of the room. Forcing herself to push down THOSE kinds of thoughts (wanting to save them for AFTER class), she turned her head back towards the front of the room. Then a flash of movement caught the corner of her eye and she looked out the window adjacent to her. There were several people charging through the gates of the school.
Xero had apparently noticed, though he was on the far side of the room. "EVERYONE GET DOWN!!!"
Then all hell broke loose. Several shards of the suddenly shattered window sliced up Yuka's shoulder, then she caught a glimpse of one of the.THINGS impaling Hojo. The next thing she saw was a monster about to do the same to her, only to have it's arm ripped off by Xero.
Unbeknownst to Yuka, Xero had been moving before the window even shattered. He had called to his sword but it would be a few minutes before it was there for him to use. He would still fight without it as long as there was ONE student or teacher left on the school grounds. "EVERYBODY, RUN!!! GO NOW!!!"
Outside of the school, Britanny, who had come to talk to Xero about something, had already joined the fighting. Yuka just barely managed to escape being killed and get to a hospital to get her cuts taken care of.
End flashback.
".And that's all I know."
"From the sounds of it that's right before the others showed up." Everybody turned to see Xero awake, "I remember seeing her scrambling away just before you got there."
"Xero!" Brianna exclaimed, "Don't talk about it in front of-"
"We can't afford to be careful, Bri', and YOU know it. This is way too serious! Not knowing what's going on might just make things worse for her."
"..Fine."
Kagome still looked a little nervous about the issue, but agreed nonetheless.
"Kagome? What are you all talking about.?"
"Yuka," Xero spoke up, "Go to Kagome's shrine. We'll be there soon to explain things."
"But-"
"GO!"
"..Okay." And with that, she left."
Brianna was next to speak, "Okay, we need to figure out what exactly that attack was all about."
"Isn't it obvious?" Xero said, getting up, "I'm out of action for at least a week until the stitches are out and my ki builds back up. I could tell Inu-Yasha and Britanny were in bad shape, though they'll regenerate. It should be clear: That attack was meant to weaken s. Naraku saw the fighters we had on our side and took steps to reduce our numbers. He wants something. Something BIG."
"Like what?"
"..If I go with my gut instinct, I'd say the whole world."
End chapter 5
Next chapter: Yuka finds out what Kagome has REALLY been up to, and what's going on around town! Yuka wants to help, but how can she? Uh-oh. Brianna's got that look in her eye. What's this? Hey, is it just me, or is Yuka falling in love with Inu-Yasha...? Brianna, PUT PEEBOCHU AWAY ALREADY!!!! And does Naraku really want the world? Why would he.? Doesn't make sense! Or does it.? Don't miss the next chapter!
Author's Notes: I'MSORRYI'MSORRYI'MSORRY!!!! I made a promise and didn't follow up with it!!! Real life conspired against me!!! I know I wasn't going to continue this until I got my other two fics a little further along, but when I finally got off my ass and back to writing I decided that FIRST I'd get the next chapter of this out since it's the fic that has received the MOST attention between reviews and e-mails! PLEASE don't hurt me!! I'll try to get chapters out more frequently, now!! But I won't set deadlines for myself. I'm lousy at making deadlines. Unless it has to do with serious work(like at school, for example. Got college comin' up, had to take care of some of that stuff). But anyway, hope all my loyal fans aren't too upset. Please review and e-mail me! Suggestions for future chapters welcome! (I'm always looking for ways to improve my plans!)