Kaida: Ok, so this chapter is short because it's just wrapping up what happened last…enjoy.
(Anna and Yoh run to catch up with Kara, who is stalking back to their house. She is still steaming, and still red. Constant muttering escapes her mouth.)
An: I haven't seen you this red since we were three and your nose bled all over the place...but I see what you mean. You got it far worse than I did, and I got YOH.
Y: HEY! Would you STOP with that?
An: I'm just "looking out for your best interests."
(Kara isn't really hearing what everyone else is saying, she is in her own little world, complain world to be exact. She turns a couple corners, and back tracks, then goes down different corners.)
Y: But I thought that was a good one!
Am: I believe she is talking about how you had to get it from someone else, lord Yoh.
K: (Stops, and turns sharply on them) I DON'T KNOW THE FRIKEN WAY TO YOUR DAMN HOUSE!
An: That's obvious, but you were hungry...?
K: WELL I'M OBVIOUSLY NOT ANYMORE, WHY THE HELL DO YOU THINK I WOULD BE GOING TO YOUR HOUSE!
(Yoh takes a step back.)
An: Fine. Yoh, go shopping
Y: What?
Am: Where did she get that?
K: (Turns and glares at Yoh) Oh yes, the idiot, I'd forgotten about you.
Y: Er... (Yoh sees the look in Kara's eyes, and takes another step back, then he starts to run) Ok Anna! Off to the store! (Runs out of sight, followed by Amidamaru.)
An: Hn, idiots. C'mon, let's go.
(Still steaming Kara follows Anna, muttering all the way. As they get nearer the house, Kara remembers Tori, and realizes she would freak out if she knew what had happened, blaming herself. So Kara started to breath deeply, and tried to calm herself down. She was still furious in her mind, however.)
K: (Gasp) Shit! Do I have blood on my back? (Tries to look over her shoulder at where the cut is.)
An: Yes.
K: (Mutters) Damn. (She feels the cut on her shoulder, trying to see if it is still bleeding; it is. Tries to sense where Tori is, and feels that she is in the front of the house.)
An: We can go in through the back if you want, but she'll probably find out anyways...
K: Worth a shot.
An: Ok, this way... (Leads the way into house.)
K: Can I borrow one of your dresses?
An: Yep, got plenty of 'em...
K: (Small grin) I really don't know how you stand them.
An: Then why do YOU want one? I have other clothes you know...
K: (Small foolish grin)
T: ANNA? IS THAT YOU I'M HEARING?
K: (Looks wildly around) Uh-oh (She faces Tori as she comes in, pointedly making sure her cut isn't open for Tori to see.)
T: Oh good! You're back!
K: (Small grin) Yup, have fun? (Thinks) -Why does she have such good hearing?-
T: (Grins) Of course! And you?
K: (Strained) Oh yes. (Thinks) -I wish.-
T: What?
K: (Blinks) What?
T: You said you wished...
K: (Blink, blink) Heh heh, oh that was nothing, you must have imagined it.
T: I doubt it...my imagination is too far under my control...
K: (Waves hands in front of her, even the one with some blood on it from touching her wound.) Maybe being around me has broadened it or something.
T: Really?
K: (Nods head) Yep.
T: ...ARE YOU BLEEDING!
K: What? (Looks at her hand and remembers she touched her wound. Thinks) -Aw man, I forgot...-
T: (Wailing) FORGOT WAT? FORGOT YOUR GHOST? NO, I FORGOT YOU! IT'S ALL MY FAULT YOU'RE INJURED! I'M NOT WORTH AN APOLOGY!
K: TORI! (Yelling to get her attention) It's ok! Really! You can do your own stuff too! And about the bleeding, it's nothing... I just fell... you know how clumsy I am! (Thinks) -Well I wasn't actually clumsy, but I did act like a fool. Why do I always feel like I'm such an idiot with him?-
T: I WANT TO BELIVE YOU BUT I DON'T! AND WHO'S "HIM"?
K: (Thinks) -I've got to stop thinking...- (Out loud) Who? I don't know...
T: (Wailing, and sort-of sobbing) THINKING WHAT? STOP LYING!
An: Oh, Tori...pull yourself together! If you were solid I'd slap you. You're wailing over a small cut...
K: Really! Believe me, I would have caught him before it was a big one!
T: A BIG WHAT? CAUGHT WHOM?
An: Dammit, Kara! Shut-up!
(Kara gives a foolish grin, realizing that she is bad at lying, so she is just going to shut up.)
An: The fact of the matter is, if you slap a band-aid on it, and give it a few days, it'll go away. There's no point in blubbering
K: (Nods)
T: (Calming down) But you still haven't explained to me who "he" is...something tells me it's Ren…(Freaking out again) OH GOD, IT WASN'T REN, WAS IT?
(Kara shakes her head no, but in her head is muttering.)
An: Oh. My. God. SHUT-UP! Suck it up! If she gets hurt, there's nothing you can do! You. Are. Dead. You can't protect her all the time!
K: (Sigh) Though harsh, she is right Tori. Don't worry about me! Believe me, through G-ma's training I've got a couple tricks at least.
T: (Sniffs) Fine. But you could at least tell me who "he" is...
K: (Mumbles) Ren.
T: (Shrieking) I KNEW IT!
An: SHUT -UP!
T: Sorry.
K: (Thinking) -Stupid-dumb ass-idiot-(String of words for Ren, then sighs while thinking.) -And every time he tops me. Why do I have to be such an idiot! And then with the stupid water thing...-
T: You're not an idiot. His idiocy is merely clogging your intelligence.
K: (Grins at Tori)
T: (Winks)
(And with that everyone went on to finish a moderately normal day with friends and family.)
And next time on Shaman Blood…G-ma's B-day Plot…uh-oh…