Tachiagair Jakunen Written by: Fira Flame

I do not own these characters; they belong to their respective owners. Keeren belongs to me and Missy and Teri belong to Missy and Teri.

This is a re-written version of the original copy of Tachiagair Jakunen, which I had written in the fall of 2002. It sucked, really bad, so here I am, re-writing it...

Enjoy!

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Author's Notes: Hello all. Time for me to finally get a bit in about me!! As you know, if anyone at all reads these, this is a re-write. The original version obviously sucked. For those how DID read the original version, you can tell that there are many differences. One big one, to be exact. Why did I take it out? Well, mainly because it was stupid, corny, and did absolutely nothing for the story. So what I do, DELETE!! HAHAHAHA!!

You could consider the original to be an 'outline' of what the story would actually be. And that it is. This new version will and does have more personality to the characters, more development in relationships and more in the general area of a much improved writing style. Enough of my ranting, you want a story, right?

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Chapter 5

Keeren peered inside the tent for only a moment when she knew that it was empty. She took another look in the tent next to it and found Nuriko happily sitting with a blanket around her shoulders.

"Hey, have you see Missy or Tasuki anywhere?" Keeren asked.

"No, I haven't seen them since after dinner. I think they went on a walk" The seishi replied. Keeren frowned and looked around the camp. It was empty. Once the rain had started everyone had run to cover. The largest tent was currently full of everyone except her, Melissa, Tasuki and Nuriko. Apparently they were playing some sort of game to pass the time.

"Say, why're you alone in this tent?"

Nuriko shrugged. "Dunno, I felt like being alone, plus I really like this book." She held up a small novel which was tattered and torn. Keeren could tell it was one of Melissa's book.

"Well, holler if you seem them" Keeren waved and walked off to her own tent to dry off. Her clothes were soaked through, but she could easily dry them with a bit of ki. She was getting worried. Melissa and Tasuki were nowhere to be scene and the storm was getting worse by the minute. Just before stepping into her tent, she passed a glance across the lake and saw a bit of light coming out of a small rocky hill. She felt Melissa's ki off in that distance, and found that Tasuki was with her as well. But something going on in between the two told the Saiya-jin to bug off and mind her own business. So, she did.

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"G'night." Teri called into the large tent, which Chichiri, Chiriko, Mirai and Nuriko shared. While everyone had been waiting for the storm to end, they had played a series of games. First, they started with jokes (one joke lead off into an insult to GT from Mirai, a brawl started between them), then to a game of 'shadow puppets' (Keeren accidentally poked Teri in the eye, another brawl), someone had brought the game 'Twister' with them (Three on the board, Chiriko was squashed underneath Legolas and Mirai), and finally, when Mirai and GT had fallen asleep, Teri brought in some of Melissa's nail polish and they all painted the time twins' toe and fingernails hot pink. They had to be sure not to let GT see them as he was dragged back to his own tent.

Teri looked up at the sky, it was still full of clouds, the trees occasionally dropped large amounts of water onto the tents or to people who happen to be walking under them. The Saiya-elf had an urge to lead Legolas under one and shake a branch full of water onto him. Snickering to herself, she went to her tent. Just before un-zipping it, she dimly remembered Keeren mentioning something about Melissa and Tasuki. She had not seen them the entire time the storm raged. She could tell from this distance that the two pyro's tent was empty.

She pondered to herself for only a moment, until she was interrupted by a large drop of water landing on her head. Deciding not to worry about her sister, she went into her tent, and was quickly greeted by another Saiya- Elf's foot, which just happened to make her stumble. Teri fell into her tent with a loud 'oof'.

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Bzz bzzz bzzzzzzzz

"Grrr...."

Bzzz bzzz bzzzzzz

"Shut up!!"

Bzzzz bzzzzzzzz bzz

"Damn it!!"

Keeren shut her book quickly and hurled it across the tent at a rather large mosquito buzzing at the corner of her tent. She missed. Growling, she reached over and grabbed her book, throwing it at the bug again. Again, she missed. She huffed furiously as she lounged across the tent and tried to catch the bug in her hands. It dove out of her reach. Keeren tried again, missing. Each time she clapped her hands to squish it, it got away. She was hopping around her tent like a hormone crazed rabbit.

"Do you have any nail-polish remov-" GT stepped into the tent, and was quickly bumped by Keeren, who again, was trying to kill the mosquito. "- er?"

"God damn that thing!" Keeren barked, glaring at the mosquito.

"Chill out." GT said coolly. Keeren looked up at him, a hint of annoyance on her face.

"Then how am I suppose to read?"

"Dunno." GT replied. He ruffled Keeren's hair, who swatted his hands away. GT smiled down to her, he was only an inch or two taller than her, but it made all the difference. Keeren glared at him, fixing her hair. A thought struck her, and she made actions of that thought. Her glomp wasn't as successful as she had hoped it to be. She tried to push him off his feet, he just stood there, looking down at her, confused. Keeren frowned and looked up at him, her arms around her waist. She raised herself to his level, their faces so close they could feel each other's breath.

Playfully, Keeren pecked him on the cheek. GT smiled and caught her lips with his own.

Bzzz bzzzz bzzz--

SMACK!!

The mosquito fell to the floor, flat as paper. GT brushed his hands off and left the tent, letting Keeren tag along behind.

The sun hit her hard as she stepped out of the tent. She'd been inside of the tent since she had woken up, reading. Looking around, she could still not find Melissa anywhere.

"Has Missy come back yet?" She asked.

"Nope." GT replied, going over to the cooler, pulling out a juice box. "Haven't seen them since last night."

"Hmm..." Keeren looked across the lake. "Maybe I should go look for her."

"Don't bother, she'll be okay."

"You never know, something could have-"

"She'll be fine." GT said sternly, stabbing his juice box with the straw. Keeren frowned and sat down on the log.

"Fine..."

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A/N: Short chapter, yeah, who cares!! Mystic maybe, because she's the only one who reads this shit!!

To Be Continued....