CYH: nope! not at all! - AB: .:sigh:. lets just get this over and done with.
CYH: i do not own shaman king AB: but we do own mikki, dankitto, and some old man CHY: do not DISS tha old man! hes cool!lol AB: whatever... enjoy
MISUNDERSTANDINGS
"Ren's gonna be so mad at me," Mikki mutters, waiting at a bus stop. She draws her knees closer to try to protect herself from the coldness of the winter night. "I told him that I'd be home by nine. Why am I such an idiot? Why the 'ell didn't I leave earilier?" Then she remembers that Yoh was going against Hao sometime in the tournament. Wouldn't Ren have to go against him as well? Her eyes soften. Hao. Ren. She loved them both. Why did she have to though? Pretending not to worry and to be so strong for the others was hard for her. She broke down and begun to cry. The wind and snow kisses her cheeks bitterly. Dankitto appears before his shaman. Seeing her tears, he wipes one away. She looks down, ashamed and away from his gaze.
"What's wrong, mistress?" he asks. She didn't want to tell him that one of the shamans that she liked had actual killed him.
"Please don"t call me that." she mutters.
" Call you what?"
"Mistress."
" Why not?"
" It makes me feel like you are my slave. In which you are not. You're my friend." He smiles.
" I am honored, mist- er, i mean, Mikki."
" Thank you." She smiles, but he can still see that she is sad.
"Please tell me what is wrong."
" Well-" A bus stops in front of them and opens its doors. She gets on.
"AND GET OUT!" The driver yells to the back of the bus. She loooks at him, somewhat confused. The aging black man turns to her and gives her a smile. " Well if it ain't lil' Mikki. Good evening to ya."
"Good evening to you, Mister Casey," she says, feigning a smile. " I thought you didn't do this shift."
" Two things little lady. One, don't call me Mista Casey. It makes me sound too old. Yous know that 68 ain't too old. Second of all, I ain't gots a shift. This is my business and this ole thang is my ole bus. I can go pick peoples up anytime I wants to."
"Oh, okay." She sits down behind him. " Who were u yelling at?"
" There was this lil' youngin'. A boy wit dark 'air. I told 'im ta get out cause of his comments of y-" he looks at her through his mirror to see that her face was a little wet from tears. " 'Ey, youra cryin."
She looks behind her. "No one's here, Casey."
" I was talkin ta yous, Mikki. Why tha tears?"
"Well... It's kinda complecated."
"Does it 'have ta do wit your friends?"
"Yoh and Ren?"
" Yes'm thats 'em. Your ghostly friend wasa talkin bout 'em a time or two ago."
" Dankitto?"
" Yes'm thats im."
" You can see ghosts?"
He chuckles. "Lil' lady, I lived in tha haunted New Orleans of tha US of A before i moved here. I've seen those lil' hauntlings everywhere. And if I'ma not mistaken, yous musts be a shaman."
" W-why, yes I am."
"It's a gift, that's what I say. It's also a curse as well thoughs."
She sighs. "i know that all too well."
"Sos, what's tha problem?"
" It's not my friends. they've stopped fighting a while ago." She sees Dankitto wandering towards the end of the bus. She becomes uneasy. " Dankitto, can you sit down. Thats kinda rude."
"I'm sorry, Mikki. But I thought I heard something from the back," Dankitto remarks.
" There's nothing there. Don't worry."
Agitated, he frowns and looks at the back once more. He knew something was in the back, and it wasn't too pleasant. He knew that Mikki wouldn't believe him until it was much too late. Then he decided the best he could do was to get help from Ren, before this ominous feeling came to life. "I'm going to tell Ren that you will be late, Mikki." And with that, he leaves.
She looks to where he was, confused. What just happened? " ...Alright..."
" Sos, lil' lady. Can you tell me what's wrong?" Casey asks.
"uh, sure. Dankitto doesn't know though and I would like it if you kept it a secret, okay?"
"That's a mighty fine deal."
She sighs before she begins. " I know two boys. One of them, I've known for my entire life, the other, i've known for at least half of it. And I think I'm in love with the both of them."
"Ah, a love triangle."
"I guess so. But they are extremely possive and protective of me. I don't know what one wants with me because I've been running from him in fright of what he could do to me. I don't know what to do."
"Tell me bout tha both of 'em then."
"Well you know Ren."
"Well of course I do! He gave you those roses on this ole bus!"
She blushes. She didn't want to tell him that they were from Ren and the gang when she was in the hospitial nor the fact that if he didn't, Horo Horo would bug the crap out of him, saying that he was gay then. But he did partically give them to her because he did love her " Well, that's him for you."
"Then who's this other boy that yous been talkin bout?"
"Well, I've known him forever. We were friends, then lov- er, boyfriend and girlfriend. I loved him. So for an anniversary gift, i went to a friend of mine. I was so obessed with findin the right gift, that it looked like I was cheatin on him with this new friend of mine." She sighs. " My boyfriend confronted me, and I told him the truth -except for the gift. But he didn't believe me at all. he went to my friend and they got into a fight where my friend die- er, I mean, got hurt. i was so mad that i went to him and said that it was over. And that I hated him."
"Is it true?"
" I don't know. I-I've been running from him for so long that I don't know what to think. i don't know what to do either because I both love them...I think."
"Well do what my momma always a say. She said: 'Follow your heart. If you can't choose, you're screwed!'"
"Your mother must've been very wise," Mikki says containing her laughter. Her tears were gone by now.
" My momma wasa nutjob!"
Mikki couldn't help herself. She broke into a deep state of laughter. Casey chuckles heartily.
"Well, I'm a gladden that youra happy." All of a sudden, he slams on the breaks. Mikki slams into the seat in front of her. "Shit'en!"
"What's wrong?"
"I missed your stops."
She looks out the windows. " No problem, I'll walk through the cementary."
"Yous sure?"
"Yeah. It's no big deal." She goes down the stairs, then turns to Casey. "Thank you."
"Notta problem."
" You're like the grandfather that I never had. I owe you so much." She begins to walk away, when she hears something. She turns back to Casey.
" Can yous do something for me?"
" Anything."
"Well, I neva had no kids, much less grandkids... Can ya,...can ya call me pappie?"
She smiles. "I'd be honored to ...Pappie."
" Thank ya youngin. Yous made my life more worthwhile."
A tear shimmies down his face as he smiles while she walks away. "How sweet," he hears behind him. " I told you she was a sweet heart."
Casey turns around. " Boy, I thught that I told ya ta get outta here."
" I guess I didn't hear you, Elder." The boy looks at Mikki as she walks into the cementary. " She's a real beauty."
"Now don't you go talkin bout 'er like that. i know what your gettin at."
The boy smiles. "Of course I'm not getting anywhere, talikng to you that is. Besides, your her Pappie." He turns away from the old man, talkin to himself. " I need to talk to Dankitto. He sure did screw up things for me."
"What are you talkin bout?"
" Don't play games with me, elder. Her spirit is whom I wish to talk to." He flashes Casey a smirk. " zyou see, I'm the other boy that she was talking about." He walks down the steps and towards where Mikki was heading. Casey hears him laugh. "Thanks, ELDER."
"Oh no. What 'ave I done?"
TO BE CONTINUED
CYH: dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!
lol. i couldn't contain myself. so what will happen next? who knows? read the next chapter of MISUNDERSTANDINGS to find out!
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