Y'know, I just now realized that the Dark Tournament was only about 10 days.....

#Author looks around and sighs# No one has been reviewing!! #pout#
#Kyo comes back# Well that's your own damn fault!! You're the one who's been taking-- looks what? Five months?-- to update!
#Author glares and then hugs Kyo, turning him to Kyon-kichi.# Alright peeps, more on Ato.....

"Obligation and Duty"

Chapter 6.51.2 .oO(Ato is my property. She is not a self-insert. This story is my property. It's very annoying when people make fanfics that use a lot of stuff from your own, so please don't plagiarize.)
#Setsuna gives sideways glance# I don't think They'll believe that. #truth#
#Author shrugs# So? It's the truth. #word#

Instead of saying hello, Rei started screaming.
"Rei!" Hiei yelled, trying to be heard over her scream. "SHUT UPPPPP"
"PUU!!!" everyone's favorite blue penguin came flying in. He latched onto Rei's face, making her slip in the bathtub. Thankfully, she didn't hurt anything.
"Well," Ato said and stood up. She started fogging away and said, "I better be going. I have work to do"
When she was totally gone, she chuckled, 'I might just make her a pagoda'
Rei managed to get Puu off enough to yell after her, "DON'T YOU DARE"

Kurama and Suzuki had been sitting in the living room when Yusuke returned. He was huffing and puffing and asked, "Did anyone see Puu fly by"
Suzuki was rubbing his temples and Kurama pointed over his shoulder sleepily. "He flew into the bathroom"
Before Kurama could say anything else, Yusuke rushed to the bathroom and brought on more screams from Rei. Suzuki rubbed his face hard and jumped up, "I have to get out of here"
Hiei came into the living room and stopped Suzuki momentarily. Suzuki asked, "Why is she screaming so much"
"We just met Ato"
Kurama jumped up now and asked, "Is she still in there"
Hiei shook his head. "She's screaming now because of Yusuke. Puu.. uh, won't let go"
Kurama's look turned humorous, "He won't, huh? Maybe I should go help"
Hiei's look turned lethal in turn, but he couldn't say anything because Yusuke came in. "You won't need to," he said, giving Puu a noogie. "Jeez, what's wrong with her"
"She didn't sleep well," Kurama answered.
"That doesn't mean she's allowed to scream her head off and make us all go deaf," Yusuke stuck his finger in his ear and twisted. "I think my eardrums are bleeding"
The other boys felt the same, but wouldn't voice it because Rei had come out of the bathroom in her school outfit. She looked very perturbed and said, "I'm going to school now. Don't bother saving the house if she catches it on fire"
"Uhh... what?" Yusuke asked, but Rei didn't answer because she was already out the door. The boys exchanged glances before Yusuke shrugged, "She's going crazy. We have a ghost. All's right with the world"

At school, Rei had a hard time concentrating. AGAIN.
Kito leaned over in her first class-- she hadn't realized last time that he was in this one-- and asked, "Bad night"
Rei forgot her vow to never talk to him again and rubbed her head as she whispered back, "You don't wanna know"
"Boyfriend giving you trouble"
"I don't have a boyfriend"
"Doesn't surprise me," Kito said and leaned back over. Rei gave him a dark look and thought, .oOKami, this guy is SO annoying
For the rest of the school day, Rei was pretty good with her vow. Asato had come up in the hallway after lunch and asked her if she took notes yesterday, but she only grunted her answer.
"What's wrong with you?" he asked her. She rolled her eyes at him and almost answered, but quickly shut her mouth. In the next three classes, Asato kept trying to make her talk to him. In the last class, he did something Rei figured only Yusuke was stupid enough to do.
He set his hand on her knee and squeezed, making her jump and punch him in the arm. The teacher just happened to be the biggest loser of them all and called, "Ms. Amerasu! Disruption of the class will not be tolerated! Make me tell you again and I'll send you to the principle"
Rei set her jaw and glared at Kito. He just sat back with a smug look on his face. She turned her head back to the blackboard but kept her mind on Kito. .oOAfter school, I'm gonna rearrange his face... she promised herself, but then had second thoughts.
When the end of school came around, she had totally forgotten. She hurried home before she saw Kito again, but then wished she had stayed in town. She had a whole second floor now.
"I have an upstairs... I have a FREAKIN UPSTAIRS!!!!" she started screaming again. Hiei must've used his speed and covered her mouth with his hand. "Must you scream ALL the time?" he whispered in her ear. He did NOT sound happy. "Mff mm mooou," she said, muffled by Hiei's hand. She pressed her tongue against his palm and he pulled his hand away quickly.
"Eyhh," he shook his hand and wiped it on his pants. Rei stuck her tongue out at him and walked into the house. She set her backpack on the table and looked at the new doorway in the kitchen with apprehension. Before she could go through it, though, Yusuke came into the kitchen and said, "FINALLY! I'm hungry"
Rei whirled around, "Fix something"
"Rrrreoww," Yusuke mimicked a cat and curled his hand like he had claws. Rei rolled her eyes and got out a cookie sheet anyways. Soon, she made the boys some chicken nuggets and french fries. When Yusuke saw what it was, he asked, "Where's the box juices"
Rei was about ready to slam him in the face with the cookie sheet, but Hiei came in and walked straight past them and up the new steps. Rei set down the cookie sheet, and followed him, as did Yusuke. She stopped a few times to look, though.
Down the hallway, on her left were windows and on her right were two rooms. The first was a small coat closet and the second was a bedroom. Rei walked up the steps straight in front of her and turned at the landing. In front of her was a hallway with doors on her right and left. She counted six doors, and went to her left to check them out.
All three on her left were bedrooms as were the first two on her right. The last one on the right wall was a big bathroom and it had a small window. The LeftRooms didn't have windows but the RightRooms had big windows-- a grown man could fit through them. She looked out the first bedroom window. All the boys were sitting on the roof, talking to Ato. She heard Hiei ask Ato, "So you're that thing I've been seeing creeping around"
"Creeping, yes. Around, no," Ato leaned back.
Rei started climbing out the window and Ato looked up. "How do you like your new addition?" she smiled widely.
Rei straightened up and walked over to them as she brushed her hair out of her eyes. "It's interesting. But can I ask WHY you built it for me"
Ato titled her head back and touched her chin as she thought. "Duhh... I thought you needed some more room"
"But they're all bedrooms," Rei pointed out. Ato smiled and nodded.
Rei watched Ato closely as she answered everyone's questions. She seemed pretty dense, but Rei figured it was all an act.
"Why do the other bedrooms not have windows?" Rei asked, breaking into something Ato was saying. Ato blinked and answered, "Some people don't like sun"
Rei noticed Ato was dressed in a different outfit now. She had on a long-sleeved purple shirt, black bibs hanging down and the same black hat-- only backwards. She still had all her hair hidden besides her thin bangs, though. Rei leaned forward, "What people"
Yusuke jumped in on Ato's behalf, "Rei, this isn't Twenty Questions. Just leave her alone"
Rei raised an eyebrow, "I'm not allowed to ask questions when this person-- who I've NEVER met-- starts terrorizing me"
Yusuke almost answered, but Ato beat him to it. "Just shut up," she said, her voice changing from high and preppy to a deeper/boyish and slightly accented one. "There's always SOMETHING that makes you go off the deep end. Just chill"
"Off... the deep end? Chill?!" Rei repeated, unsure if she should laugh or punch Ato. But Ato was mumbling to herself, "That's the problem with Mary Sues... They're always so annoying. Predictable, too"
"SO..." Suzuki started, trying to stop a war from erupting. "Where are you from, Ato"
She pointed below her at the roof, "Here"
"The house"
"Yeah," she nodded.
"Well, how'd you die?" Yusuke leaned forward. "What's this thing about a computer"
Ato jumped up and looked frantic. "Where?! Get it away"
She clutched around for something to use as a weapon, but finding nothing, she started to panic.
"Oh no... Not again... I refuse to be bested!" she said, confidence in her voice and then she disappeared.
Yusuke looked totally at sea. "What'd I say"

They all went back downstairs and agreed to not talk about computers around Ato. As they were eating, though, someone rang the doorbell. Yusuke went to answer it and instantly they all heard an unmistakable Australian accent.
"Nice place y'got here. Hope you don't mind if we stay around for a while," Chuu said, stumbling into the kitchen. Rinku was following him with a look between embarrassment and annoyance.
"Uhhh..." was the only thing Rei could get out. Chuu was already at the counter, munching on a chicken nugget and then searching through the fridge.
Rinku sat down on a barstool. "Sorry 'bout this. Chu said we should come to the Human World for a while, and then we remembered that Yusuke lived around here somewhere, but we din't know where, so we just followed the power levels"
"'t's not very hard to find ya'll. 'Specially Yusuke," Chuu said with his head still buried behind the refrigerator door. Rinku nodded and grabbed some chicken nuggets for himself. Rei looked around, but the guys all had their heads down.
"Sure! Why not?! Everyone else lives here!" she threw up her hands and walked from the room. Chuu looked up over the fridge and Rinku looked confused.
"That's Rei," Yusuke said. "She owns this place and let's us all live here. She tends to blow things out of proportion, but you'll get used to her"
"Oh," Rinku said and stuffed a chicken nugget in his mouth.
Chuu closed the fridge door and pointed towards the living room doorway with a Root Beer bottle in his hand. "Hey...I've seen her before. Wasn't she at the Tournament with you"
"Yah," Yusuke answered, looking up. Chuu gave him a sideways glance and shrugged. Hiei watched Yusuke out of the corner of his eye with growing disgust. .oOWhat's his game? he thought. .oOUsually he's all nice about Rei, but now
They finished eating and Chu and Rinku set off to find themselves some rooms. Chuu took Ishida's old room and Rinku took Sachi's. Yusuke went to his new room-- the one on the first floor next to the coat closet-- and Hiei left the house. He decided it'd be safer if he stayed away from any humans for a while. Kurama went outside to plant in his garden, so Suzuki was left alone. He walked into the living room and saw Rei sprawled over her couch.
"Is it actually possible to overdose on orange soda?" she asked. Suzuki shook his blonde head, "Don't think so"
Rei nodded and sat up. "Want to go to the mall"
"Sure," Suzuki answered, afraid of what she might do if he said no.
So Rei got up to change and get her purse. Suzuki was only waiting for a few minutes before she came back in. They walked off to the mall, but were sidetracked when a gay-looking guy on the street called, "OH MY GAWDD! You're PERFECT"
Both Rei and Suzuki turned. The guy had on a blue-fur coat and rainbow pants. His eyelashes were mascara'd and he wore atleast 5 rings. He circled around Suzuki and Rei before clucking, "Just perfect. I NEED you"
The two's jaws dropped. "Uhh..." Rei blurted. "What?" Suzuki asked, inching away from the man.
He flipped his hand lazily. "You'd be the perfect model for my new summer line. Please say you'll do it"
"Uh-I-I-I dunno," Suzuki stuttered. Rei remembered Suzuki's fortune and grabbed his arm, "C'mon! It'll be fun"
The man smiled at her, "Yes, listen to the little lady. She can model with you for a bit until you get used to it"
.oOLittle lady? Rei asked in her mind, quirking an eyebrow. Suzuki looked down at her and shrugged, "Sure"
"OOOhh!" the man clapped his hands together. "Come with me! Okay, you aren't going to have to start today, but we'll need you to sign some things. Oh, and by the way, my name is Cameron Chino"
Rei's first thought was 'Foreigner?' because of his bleached hair, but since he had a Japanese last name she figured he was only using it as an alias. But Cameron broke into her guessing by saying, "Ahh, here we go"
They were down an alleyway in front of a door with a sign over it that said 'mnIfEst0'. Cameron guestured to the sign, "I was going to use 'Chino' but there was already a clothes line in America with that name or something like that. Though it is Mexican or something," he added, rolling his eyes. "Or maybe it was Chico's..." he added more, touching his chin.
Rei was just starting to get used to Cameron's spastic actions when he handed them over to a twenty-something girl sitting behind a desk.
"Get the papers," Cameron told her with a huge smile. "The boy is going to model my new line"
The girl smiled and blew a big bubble with her gum, only to pop it and twirl it around her finger. She had long, black hair put up in buns and dredlocks and her makeup was more on the goth side, but she seemed nice enough when she said, "Hi! I'm Kita! We just need you to fill out this questionaire thingy and then you can leave"
She handed them both a clipboard and went back to whatever she was doing. Suzuki gave Rei a puzzled look and she shrugged towards two chairs.
"What do I do?" he leaned over and asked. Rei looked over the sheets of paper and answered, "Just answer the questions"
For a few minutes Suzuki didn't bother her until he came to the question: How old are you?
"Do I tell them in Demon Years or what?" he asked, feeling stupid.
Rei giggled, "Say you're 19"
He looked at her sheet, "You wrote you're 15"
She looked at him, "Yeah. 'Cause I am"
He gave her another puzzled look and said, "But your power feels a lot older"
Before she could ask him what he meant, Cameron came back in. "Not done yet?" he pouted.
"Almost," Rei answered for them. Cameron peeked over her shoulder and gasped, "Ohh? Only 15? Kita, do you think we'd get in trouble"
The girl only said, "No. It's not like you're having sex with her. She's just wearing clothes for your enjoyment"
Cameron straightened back up and his lips curved into a pouty glare, "Don't say it like that"
Kita only shrugged. "Well," Cameron started, "I'll leave you two to finish. I probably won't see you when you leave so Bye"
Then he left the room. Suzuki and Rei finished not long after that and handed the clipboards to Kita.
"Suzuki?" she asked, scrunching her nose up, "That's sounds like the motorcycle"
"Yyyyeah," Suzuki answered, not sure what she was talking about.
Kita then shrugged and handed him a piece of paper. "We'll see you both tomorrow same place, same time"
They both instantly looked up to the blinking cat clock to see the time. Kita cleared her throat, "Tomorrow. Five-fifteen. Here"
They turned for the door but Kita jumped up, "Oh, almost forgot. I need to take measurements"
Kita measured them only height-wise and came up with 5'2 1/2" for Rei and 5'9" for Suzuki.
"Alright, that's it! See you tomorrow!" Kita went back to her desk.
"Ohhkay!" Rei chuckled a little and waved. "Bye"
Kita waved after them and they hopped out the door to head for home.