Chapter: 3

The Round up

There was something in the way she lay beside him, the way she fit perfectly and clung on to his chest, the way their feet was in a tangled mess, and the way their breathing was in sync. How they simply lay beside one another, searching for warmth as the storm brewed and began to show off it's excellence. Simple, yet breathtaking to him. And as proof, it had been an hour he lay awake since she decided to join him, an hour of holding her close,and an hour of staring. He kept repating to himself a jumbled prayer,because he wouldnt want her eyes snap open, it would, he thought, kill him instantly. He laughed as an after thought, it's in the middle of the night...she can't slap me! But He shoved his thoughts away, as he beacme more interested in memorizing her features with his fingers.

He traced a finger up her jaw, and pondered why she had allowed herself to sleep with him tonight. Perhaps, she was just tired..or well.. maybe she wanted to? he conciously grinned. Maybe she really was just tired.. Then he found himself stroking the same spot on her face. Thank Kami she did'nt stir.

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It was at 10 am that they decided to get up and start another freezing day. Well, actually she decided, Yoh was up 3 hours ago, he just had fun nuzzling his head on hear shoulder. But it was his second dare, he thought, because at the moment she wakes up, he would have been slapped to next door. Miraculously, she yawned, greeted him good morning(to his surprise), asked- no, ordered him to make breakfast flaccidly, and gave him a peck on the forhead.

He stopped in mid-air, as he was moving out of his futon, and gave her a look of confusion. Then he found himself thinking of those mixed prayers last night. But before he could close his eyes, ready for his early morning slap,
she left, leaving him even more confused. Maybe...she.was.just.tired..that's all!

Yoh raced down the stairs, right after he heared the bathroom door slid shut. Wincing as he saw the the wall clock above the kitchen door stare down at him, as if every ticking of it's second hand seemed to tell the boy to move faster because she gonna kill you. Nodding to himself, he entered the kitchen only find out Pirika had started cooking breakfast..in her sleeping robeses. well, that was new, he thought and noticed a chinese shaman. no that's new! I wonder.. He studied him, finding that it was odd that Ren was stealing glances and totally felt uneasy. 'This...is getting stranger by the moment..ughh.. maybe im also just tired...'

"YOH-DONNO!"

The sudden yell snapped his thoughts instantly, and he turned to face the spirit, who yelled again, but Yoh gave him a blank expression. "..huh?"

"YOH-DONNO! Wake up! somethings happened to Tamao-san! and-"

His desperate speech was immediatley cut off as 3 people suddenly rushed through the ghost, he was left there, dumd struck under the door frame.

But his master suddenly came to a halt, sending his 2 friends to the floor, before yelping and yelling to eachother.

"eep!"

"ouff!"

"Ren no hentai! get off me! 'WHAAAPAACKKK" (Echooo...)

"aughh! What's wrong with-"

"Ano..Amidamaru..where did you say they were?" He asked the spirit, completely ignoring his friend's insults, "Baka! Where's your brain at!"

He stared at the ceiling, thinking of last night, ignoring his ghost's directions that Tamao was in the living room with Horo.

"..What?" He finally spoke.

Blink blink

"..What? why are you all staring at me like that?"

"You must be really confused, YOh..really.." Pirika shook her head as Ren helped her up from the floor. Lets go, he said, leading the four of them.

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"So you mean to say," Horo-horo started. "That Tamao is..that she's.." He trailed off, pretending to be interested on his drink.

"Pregnant.." Faust finished. As Tamao sobbed even more in Anna's Shoulder. (1) We have to find the idiot, she said impassivley. Anna instructed Faust to round up the boys, each of them to be tested by DNA, as this process was chicken pie to Faust. He could only smile, as the "plan"
was working accordingly, then he asked the girls to leave the room. "smart girl, that Anna..."

(1) Iv'e seen in the manga that it was always anna who comforts tamao everytime she cries, eg. in the patch village..

Is this a good point to stop? not too cliffy?