Karigoya Yabureme
Chapter 2
By shadows/of/flame

Sorry I haven't updated in ages! But I was on holiday!

An inevidable confrontation.

There was no peace in the Palace when Ashelin found out Keira was Torns new right hand girl.
Jak tried to calm her down, but she was immune to his blond charms.

"Torn replaced me for that sap?" she roared, and stormed off to confront Torn at the Underground hideout.

Keira was still getting used to the manner of living as part of the Underground crew.
Torn was getting annoyed at her asking everyday when she would be allowed to go on a mission.

The answer was always no. No, she wasn't allowed to go on a mission yet. Yes, could she please stop bugging him?

Keira was made to do little jobs, like clean the hideout, or get Torn coffee from Haven Star Bucks down the road.

"How can I prove myself by being Torns slave girl!" Keira fumed to herself as she made dinner for the whole present Underground crew.

Listening closely, Keira heard someone enter the Underground via the backdoor.
Keira could tell the person was female, because males didn't wear high heels.

"Wheres Torn?"

"I am right over here. Can't you see me?"

A chuckle.

There was a pause, and Keira strained her ears to listen over the bubbling of the curry on the stove.

"Ashelin! What the hell are you doing here? I thought you'd be snuggling your darling Jak at the Palace."

She chuckled sourly.
"You are employing Keira."

There was silence again.

"Shes a mechanic. What use is she to you?" Ashelin snorted.

Torn laughed.

"All shes doing at the moment is the Undergrounds servant work."

There was utter silence.

"Why did youthrow me off and make her your right hand girl?" Ashelin snarled.

Torn took a deep breath, testing the shaky ice that was forming between them.
"YOU were kissing JAK. I gave Keira a helping hand because she wanted to prove herself. To prove that she didn't need to depend on anyone anymore!"

Ashelin snorted heavily.
"You are such a bad liar Torn. How can she prove herself when shes on servant work? You lo..."

"OUT!" Torn roared. A slamming sound was heard, obviously Torn was trying his best to get Ashelin out.

"Go running home to Jakky boy! He needs you! I don't need to depend on you anymore, OK?" Torn yelled.

The front door was slammed shut and Keira knew she had left for good this time.
Keira was silently fuming.

Torn hired her to do SERVANT WORK?

She threw the pot of curry she had been making for dinner at the wall, and the curry started dripping down in yellow lumps.

What a shame her next job was to re-wallpaper the hideout.

Torn heard the noise and went to investigate almost immediately.
He saw the mess and started yelling "What the hell have you done?"

Keira faced him, eyes blazing.

"I heard what you said to Ashelin. You said you hired me so I could prove myself. But now its pretty obvious you don't think I can do it, so you put me on SERVANT work."

She pushed past Torn and his opened mouth expression, and ripped open the front door much like Ashelin had 15 minutes before.

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Keira sat on the roof, with the rain pouring down on her, and for the first time in 3 years, she started to cry.

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Torn slapped a hand to his forehead. Did women always misunderstand men, and expect to be forgiven when the true truth was revealed?

He was worrying about her, as she had kind ofstormed off in the middle of a storm.

'Why did I say anything to Ashelin? Keiras a good worker.. oh hell have I screwed up.'

He went out to look for Keira, and found her huddled up on the roof, soaking wet no less.

"Keira..." he murmured.

Keira opened her eyes groggily to see Torn standing a few metres below on the pavement.

"Torn... I..."

She had been about to apologise for her behaviour, and then remembered she was supposed to be angry at him.

"What did Ashelin mean when she said 'You lo...'?" Keira asked, remembering the whole conversation, especially the bits about her.

Torn thought a minute and shrugged. "That aside... and your behaviour aside... I want to send you on a proper mission."

Keira glowed.
"Really? You will let me?"

Torn grumbled. "Let me finish first. Before you are even considered for the mission, one of my Underground boys will set you up with a weapon and tell you how to use it correctly."

"But what about all the servant work I have been doing?"

Torn chuckled.
"Every newbie does a few days servant work before they are considered for a mission. They have to prove they can do things around the house too. Count yourself lucky I'm not making you clean up that curry. Now get inside - we left you some Chinese."

Keira giggled, and jumped off the roof, going inside to change and get some food.

'I'm going to get weapon training! And I'm being considered for a really important mission!'

It was one of the best days of her life.
But the thing still echoing in her head was "You lo..." "You lo..." "You lo..."

What does it mean?

Sorry I haven't updated, but I can and will update ASAP!