Solaris: This chapter is pretty short, and I hope it's good. I wrote it in a hurry to get something accomplished on this story. So here's chapter 10, hope you like!
Solaris was in the first floor restaurant, eating lunch with Jenks. Breaking every rule perhaps, but Raccoon was asleep, Day and Foxglove were in the water park, and lord only knew where Kurama and Hiei were. She was hungry, and Jenks was with her! Oh, perhaps I should explain how exactly she was breaking rules…
EARLIER THAT MORNING…
"In light of the Sota crisis, I believe we should take some precautions." Day stated to the group gathered in the room. Solaris turned to Raccoon.
"I thought you were supposed to lose precautions to an extent on vacations," Solaris remarked.
"Hey, smartie, you're the one in the most danger from him!" Foxglove said angrily.
"You obviously did not hear her tell him to go 'screw his slut' and leave us 'the hell alone'." Kurama laughed.
"Someday the lassies' vocabulary isn' goin'ta do th' trick, an' she's goin'ta be sorry." Jenks piped up solemnly.
"The pixy has a point." Hiei agreed. "Someday Sota is going to get sick of her refusals, and he's going to just take her off somewhere. Then Solaris will be a different fox demon."
"What 'precautions' do you propose?" Rooney asked.
"First, none of us girls go anywhere without another person. Second, treat Sota like a shark. If he comes near you, hit him in the nose, between the eyes, or kick him in the groin." Day shrugged.
"Uh, I don't think sharks have groins, exactly." Raccoon pointed out. (A/N: I'm sure you like the knowledge of shark anatomy… Sorry!)
"Well, act like he's a shark with one!" Day sighed. "Third, if you need food, get room service. And Solaris, since you're the one in the most danger, always have one of the guys go anywhere with you. Well, except some places." Day cautioned.
"What makes you the expert?" Solaris asked.
"I am the 17 year old, for human purposes, I am the eldest on this trip, with more life experience. Do you understand? And accept the rules?" Day asked.
"Yes'm." Solaris nodded, crossing her fingers behind her back.
"Are y'sure we can do this? I seem ta r'call a rule statin' we cannae get food here." Jenks cautioned from Solaris's purse. Solaris slipped him some food.
"Don't worry, Sota isn't likely to come in here just yet. I saw him putting the moves on a desk clerk." Solaris smiled. "Besides, I'm almost done with lunch."
"If yer sure…"
"I am." Solaris nodded as she finished and paid. As they snuck back to the elevator, Sota saw her.
"Solaris-Chan!" he called.
"Urk!" was her audible reply.
"My love, have you lunched yet?" he asked.
"Yes, although now that I've seen you I get the urge to heave. Go pay some attention to your slut already, she's jealous. Hey, don't be jealous 'cause I can choose the good guys!" Solaris called in smug triumph.
"I'll just console myself that you couldn't get any other guy, little girl!" Ai yelled back, pointing to Solaris's shirt. Solaris looked down, figuring out the obvious insult.
"Shut up! If I gave a damn about that, you'd know! And I don't!" Solaris called back. "Now back the hell off, Sota."
"But I can fix the…" he began.
"I don't want help with that, dumbass. Guys should stare at my face and like me for my intelligence." Solaris said as she got on the elevator.
"Love th' terminology, lass." Jenks said sarcastically.
"So did I. He forced me to it though. And not a word of this to anyone." Solaris cautioned.
"Oh, b'lieve me, I have no desire ta talk 'bout what ya tol' that boy."
No one found out about her lunch encounter and later that night they all went to the water park. Solaris had her black bikini, Day had her azure suit, Raccoon had a black suit much like her other but without the cuts in the side, Rooney had a blue suit much like Day's, and the boys just had their regular swim trunks on.
At the park, Solaris headed straight for the tubing ride. Kurama followed while the other girls dragged off Hiei to the water slide. Solaris was having a blast with the tubing thing, and finally Kurama decided to try. He got in line before Solaris, and obviously splashed down before her. This time's descent was different; Solaris's tube hit something and flipped her into the water. Solaris merely emerged triumphant and happy.
"Boo-YAH!" she cried, not noticing long slim fingers pull the tie at the back of her neck that held her top up. She half jumped, and Kurama closed his eyes tightly and blushed as soon as she stopped. "What?" Solaris asked, then looked down. Several things happened very rapidly after that. First, Solaris screamed. Second, she splashed her torso underwater faster than the eye could see, and third, Kurama opened his eyes to see Ai. The silvery-haired girl's laugh drew Solaris's attention, and the fox girl let fly a string of obscenities the likes of which the world had never heard (quite literally in some cases; a few words she used were from an obscure Makaian dialect.).
"There are children here, watch your language." Ai chided laughingly. "And have some decency."
Like half of them won't hear this shit sometime in their lives or see this kind of shit eventually! Kurama, could you tie this string in a tight knot? I have a bitch to maul." she growled. Kurama tied it, but held her back.
"No, let it go. Ai, get lost already. Solaris despises Sota, if you can't tell." Kurama said. "Come on, Solaris, let's go somewhere else." Solaris said nothing, but followed him to a pool. A little later, her stomach growled.
"Kurama, I'm starving. Can you get me a soda or something, please?" she begged.
"Oh, all right. Stay right here, I'll be back." he said as he climbed from the pool. Only then did he realize how remote the pool was.
Solaris floated on her back a while, then heard a familiar, suave voice. "Solaris-Chan!"
"SCRAM, asshole. Have I not made it clear that I want you to leave me alone?" Solaris scowled. "Hey, where's superbitch?"
"Off hitting on Kurama, no doubt. Meaning I have you all to myself…" he drawled. Only then did Solaris realize that she was in deep trouble.
"Get lost, Ai, I've got to get back to Solaris!" Kurama said, trying to ditch the giggling girl on his tail.
"But she's so… immature. How could you like a scrawny little thing like her?" Ai pouted.
"She may be a 'scrawny little thing', but she's my 'scrawny little thing'. Plus she's not pressuring me to fall in love with her," he said.
"But by the time you get to her, Sota will have her!" Ai scowled.
"WHAT?!" Kurama yelled, dropped the soda can, and ran away.
Sota was swimming after Solaris, and even using her tail for extra propulsion, he was gaining on her. He seemed supernaturally speedy. Suddenly, his hands were around her ankle. There was only one way to lose him, and Solaris took it. She dove down to about 9 feet. The pressure was tough on her, but Sota didn't seem to care. She lashed out with her other foot, and he caught it easily.
-Now I've got him! He can't block my punches now!- she thought, and lashed out again. It missed somehow; no, went through him! She had a hard time believing she had imagined that! He pulled her back to the surface and held her gasping form tightly, he wasn't even out of breath!
"Such a ferocious beauty. Too bad you needed air." Sota smiled, and brought his mouth to hers. She kneed him in the groin, and he let her go, but had her again soon.
"Release my vixen." came Kurama's voice, furious. Sota spun the helpless fox girl around to face Kurama, pinned her hands behind her back, and put an arm around her neck.
"Leave us alone, or your little girlfriend here gets a one way trip to a watery grave. It'd pain me to do it, but I will if I must!" Sota said evilly.
"She's not my girlfriend." Kurama said viciously. Solaris used that time to kick Sota in the shins and escape. Kurama's fury made it a good time for Youko to take control, at least of the human body, and he dive-bombed Sota. Literally. The unconscious idiot soon laid floating on the water's surface, and Solaris and Kurama walked away.
Solaris walked ahead of Kurama, not wanting him to see her shame that the incident had occurred. Kurama walked over to her and said quietly, "I only did that because I love you."
"I love you too!" Solaris cried in joy, and the two shared a kiss… NOT! That ain't happening in this story, but this will:
The two returned to Solaris and Raccoon's room, and as they sat down to wait for the rest of the group, Solaris gingerly rubbed her throat.
"Did he hurt you?" Kurama asked.
"Nothing I can't get over. But something's odd though." she began at the precise moment that everyone else burst in. Foxglove noticed Solaris, and Rooney noticed her throat.
"What happened to you?" both asked simultaneously. Solaris sighed and recounted the fight.
"…Then Kurama kicked the fool's ass. Something strikes me as strange though." Solaris mused.
"What?" came the mass reply. Solaris's face took on a thoughtful look.
"Foxglove, I'm the fastest swimmer at home, aren't I?"
"Yeah." Foxglove nodded, and Hiei and Kurama nodded in agreement. The fox girl took to water like a fish.
"He out swam me. And the pressure at nine feet didn't even faze him." Solaris said, hating to admit it.
"It could just be good training." Rooney pointed out.
"Is this? We surfaced about 3 or 4 minutes after I dove and we fought, and he didn't even seem out of breath at all. I was gasping. And my punches… One went right through his face." Solaris intoned ominously.
"You didn't…" Day began.
"No, it was not just my imagination. It went through his face." Solaris shook her head. "I have a feeling our Sota-Baka is no ordinary ningen at all."
Solaris: Oooh…. Cliffie! Fun fun!
Foxglove: You shouldn't torture the readers like that.
Rooney: Technically it's not torture, it's suspense.
Day: But I'd think they'd hate waiting to see…
Raccoon: Read and review, please!