Unicorn13564: I couldn't think of a title for this one for ages! Really sorry if some chapters are way short. v.v
Chapter 2: Sink Or Swim
Hao pushed the rusty key inside the lock, and sure enough, the lock opened.
The six figures entered the cellar of the school, closing the door silently behind them.
"…Fuck, this is too dark…" complained Lee.
"Yeah, I can't see a thing." Yoh agreed.
"Maybe we should go back up and get a torch." Andy suggested.
All could hear Hao and Ricky sigh. "Fine." They muttered in union.
The six figures climbed back up the dark metal stairs which led to the corridor and disappeared, making their journey to room 07.
A/N: Ricky and Lee's room
"Ew, Ricky why the hell do you have a condom!" asked Hao, holding the small packet in the air.
"No reason. You can have it if you want, not like I'm gonna use the fucker."
"Cheers." Said Hao appreciatively, and shoved it in his pocket.
"Lee, were did you put the torch…?" asked his spiky-haired roommate.
"Dunno… hey I think it's in that jar on the shelf, hey Ren, check inside the jar for me."
Ren, who had been leaning against the wall, waiting impatiently for his unorganized friends, walked up to the small jar and stuck his hand inside. Ren face twisted into a look of untold terror as he immediately withdrew his hand, making an almost silent squeak as he did so.
"Wow, Ren did you just… squeak…?" asked Horo, trying his hardest to hide the giggles in the words he spoke.
"The-The-The… There's s-something in there!"
Ricky, Andy and Hao burst into fits of laughter.
"Yeah, we know!" cried Andy.
"It's my jar of dead bugs!" laughed Ricky.
Hao collapsed onto the floor from laughing so hard and started to pound the floorboards with his fist. "Fuck Ren, you are so easy!"
After a few minutes of laughing, Andy removed a small torch from his pocket.
"S-So this was all a joke? A set-up to get me to stick my hand in that jar!"
"…Wow, he's smart…" said Hao quietly.
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All six teens walked towards the cellar yet again, but as they approached, Horo abruptly stopped, causing the others to bump into one another.
"Horo, what's wrong…?" asked Yoh, wondering why he'd stopped.
"Dudes, look…"
Everyone peered round the corner to get a glimpse of what the Ainu was on about, and immediately saw what the problem was.
Mr Clod, one of the teachers in the school, locked the door to the cellar, for he'd obviously come from it himself.
"Shit…" muttered Ren in fake disappointment, "Guess we can't go down there."
"Aw come on you guys! I still have the key!" moaned Hao.
"…No way man…" muttered Lee.
"You're kidding right?" said Andy.
"I think we should leave it." Said Yoh.
"Me too." Agreed Horo.
Hao stared at Ricky with hopeful eyes.
"Well don't look at me, I'm not gonna be an individual!"
Hao hung his head, and slowly followed Yoh back to their room.
--
Horo sat quietly next to Ren at English. After they'd went back to their rooms, Horo and Ren had picked up were they left off till around 3 in the morning, and Horo was having difficulty staying awake.
'Man, I am so tired! I could just…'
Ren's blush was hardly noticeable as the Ainu leant against his shoulder.
'…Horo
you idiot, if you were tired you should have told me and I
would have stopped… damn you Ainu baka…'
Ren pushed Horo off of him and he tilted onto Yoh.
"Hey, Horo just because Ren isn't giving you enough sexual intercourse, doesn't mean you can move onto Yoh so sod off!"
The peeved Asakura, pushed the now dazed Horo back into Ren, and the people around the room began to stare and make faces of disgust about Hao's last comment.
"Ahem!" said the English teacher, and walked over to the four who sat on the back row. "Look Horo, I know you are growing and I know you want to experience new things, but if you're going to be knackered after you do, then I highly suggest you don't. Got it?"
People began to snigger but quickly quietened down.
"…Got it…" he mumbled, still half asleep.
"Good, now to continue, today we are doing poetry on our feelings. This could be about the things we like, the things we dislike, our emotions, etc. You have ten minutes to create a poem."
The ten minutes passed by slowly, yet everyone seemed to be scribbling something down as ideas flowed into their minds.
"Ok, now let's have volunteers, then victims."
"Ok, ok. I'll go." Said Hao, trying not to sound like he wanted to read his out.
"…Ok Hao…" he said, and allowed him to be the first to read his poem out to the class.
"Ahem! …I really thought I was going to crack
The first time I felt you slide into my bum-crack.
You gave me so much pleasure and joy
All that from such a little boy.
I look forward to when we do it again
It all so much excitement that I cant contain.
I love you so much Asakura Yoh
Especially in bed, that much you know."
Suddenly Ricky burst into tears of laughter. "Hao you twisted little person!"
Hao grinned and looked at the disapproving teacher. "Hao, you do realize you have a detention with me for that don't you?"
"Fine." He sighed, "But a poem's a poem right?"
"Hey, can I do mine now?" moaned Ricky.
"As long as it's decent, sure." He said wearily.
"Yes! Ok, this is dedicated to Hao. …You are an idiot, Asakura Hao
If you were a girl I'd call you a cow.
You're so pathetic and needy
You're also very greedy.
You want all the sex all for yourself
You don't even care about the little elf.
At first it sounded like you were fuckin' Manta you freak
At least my dub name isn't 'Zeke'!"
"…Anyone have any DECENT poems!" screeched the now stressed teacher.
"Ren does!" yelled Yoh, holding up the piece of paper.
"What! Damn you Asakura Yoh!"
"Well, go on Ren, don't be shy."
The Tao sighed and stared at the Ainu who smiled back. "…Whatever…"
Ren took a deep breath, and nervously began to read out the poem he'd written.
"I am lost in a pit of despair
The pain in which I can no longer bare.
When I am covered in a blanket of darkness
Horokeu makes me no longer heartless.
He is the light that shines in the dark
He is the path on a journey on which I may embark.
Horo knows that I love him, for he loves me too
We ended up together, who'd have knew.
He is my angel in disguise
He is the face I memorize.
Even though he can be a total slacker
He will always be my Ainu baka."
(A/N: My god, I can't believe I wrote these! Sure, I have a sick and twisted mind with Hao's poem, but this one really gets me! T-T)
They all looked towards the front as they heard a sniffle and a sob. "…That was magnificent." Cried the teacher. "Magnificent!"
"…Dude… since when does a dude cry…?" muttered Ricky to Andy who had been sitting next to him on the row in front of Hao's.
"Probably a wuss…" mumbled Andy.
"Hey," said someone randomly, "has anyone seen Pete McCray?"
"What? Pete's away? But that dude's never off." Shouted Ricky, wanting to start a conversation.
"Yeah, I know."
"Well, he has been marked down as medical." Said the teacher, looking at the register.
"But I saw him this morning, he seemed fine." Argued the random person whom I have not named.
"Yes, well people can get ill very easily, so no worries, I'm sure Pete is in his room sleeping."
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In the next lesson, Science, Hao was beginning to act weird.
"Don't ya think it's a little weird Horo?"
The Ainu sighed. "Hao, for the last time, no!"
"But look, Pete was absent and now Jerry is too. It's…"
"Normal?"
"Yeah- no, not normal! There disappearing Horo, don't you see it!"
Horo glanced at his arm that Hao was now clutching. "I wish Ren was here, you're so annoyi-agh! Not annoying! You're not annoying!"
Hao smirked and stopped digging his nails into the blue-haired boys flesh.
"Fuck Hao, now I now why Yoh can't decline sex with you! …You're very brutal you know that…"
"Yes, I know."
--
After Hao had continuously pestered Horo about something being wrong, he decided it was time for the inquiry of his 'investigation' and made his way down the empty corridors.
"Hey, gay boy, aren't you supposed to be in class?" asked a voice Hao couldn't recognise.
The Asakura turned round to see Ricky with a huge grin on his face.
"…Idiot…" he replied harshly, and began to continue with his walk to his destination.
"Aw come on dude, I was only kidding!" Ricky apologized, running to Hao's side. "Were ya goin' anyway?"
"To see Mr Clod, what are you up too?"
"Needed to go to the bathroom."
"…Already been?"
"Yeah, so don't even bother with the 'drip, drop' thing." Deadpanned Ricky with a smirk.
Hao sighed and parted with his friend, Ricky going down one corridor, himself wondering down another. The Asakura twin stopped as he looked upon the classroom door which read:
'Science Room 6- Mr Clod'
The long-haired boy was about to walk in when he noticed something out of the corner of his eye.
"Ricky, fuck off." He sighed, noticing his friends head peering round the corner.
"Dude, I wonna know what you're up to…" he moaned, standing beside Hao.
"Nothing, now go away."
"What are you gonna do, question me?" mocked Ricky, "That is what you're doing right? You're gonna question poor, old, defenceless Mr Clod about all that crap that's formed in your little head about disappearances… can I come…?"
"What, after that abuse!"
"Yeah, come on Hao, we can play 'good cop, bad cop'! You know you want too!" he said excitedly, "…I'll even let you be the bad cop!"
"Hmm…" said Hao, considering the thought. "…Ok."
"Wait!" said Ricky, before Hao had a chance to open the door.
"What!"
"…You ever played 'good cop, bad cop' before…?"
"Yeah, with Yoh… only… under different circumstances."
"…But how can you play it that way? There's no suspect."
"Well it was sort of, 'bad cop, sleeping, innocent, un-suspecting victim'." Confessed the Asakura, causing a grin to subconsciously spread across his face.
"Ew," quivered Ricky, "trying to delete nasty images here!"
"Oh, sorry."
Finally, the moment Hao had been waiting for had arrived.
--
Mr Clod, who was sat alone, peacefully at his desk marking work from his previous class, dropped the papers he was holding as two boys burst through the door, both wearing black sunglasses.
"What do you two want?" he asked, rather annoyed that they didn't have the courtesy to knock.
"Some answers!" demanded Hao, "Why were you in the cellar of the school? Something interesting down there!"
"Cool it Hao! Give the man a chance to speak!" scolded Ricky, holding his so called 'partner' back.
"Speak! More like time to think of an excuse! …Well! What explanation do you have!"
"I-I- I was merely ch-checking the cellar because someone complained that there were rats down there!"
"LIES!" yelled the Asakura, slamming his fists down on the desk, startling the confused teacher. "What kind of a man are you Bob!"
"M-My name isn't Bob…"
"Clive!"
"It's not Clive either…"
"What kind of a man are you Mr Clod! To make up such a pathetic excuse, come on, you can do better than that!"
"Ahem- I complained…" mumbled Ricky quietly.
"What? Speak up Ricky; I can't hear you, too busy yelling at Rupert here."
"I was the one who complained about the rats…"
"What!"
"I WAS THE ONE WHO COMPLAINED ABOUT THE RATS!"
"…I meant 'what' as in disbelief 'what', not 'what, I can't hear what the hell your saying', geez!"
"…Where were you on July 25th!" yelled Ricky.
"…Ricky… were in March…" sighed Hao.
"...Why did you dump Mrs Summers? Were you not satisfying her in the bedroom!"
"Getting off the subject Ricky…" sighed Hao.
"And off reality…" added the teacher. Hao and Ricky paused. "I mean I don't date Mrs Summers!" shouted Mr Clod, getting stressed at the two boys.
"Hm, didn't think one-night stands were your kinda thing." said Ricky.
Mr Clod groaned and stood up. "If you boys will excuse me, I have a meeting to attend too."
The two teens watched as the middle-aged man left the room.
"…We really need to work on our questioning skills…" moaned Hao, and both he and Ricky headed to their classes.
--
"Yes Andy?" asked the teacher.
"What if there was a big cow in the middle of the road?"
It was Geography, and Mr Tetch was showing them all how to use maps, and at the same time, explaining to them that there is always a scientific explanation to things.
"Then it probably would have wondered out of its farm." Said Mr Tetch.
"But what if it had no legs?"
"Then it would be a dead cow."
"But what if its ear twitched!"
"The wind."
"BUT WHAT IF IT SHAT OUT ITS FANNY!" yelled Ricky as loud as he possibly could.
"…Yeah, what if it did!" asked Andy.
"Then you'd wake up and it would have all been a dream, now shut up and let me get on with my teaching-"
"Can I have your attention please!" spoke a voice through some loudspeakers. "There has been an arrangement by Mr Clod for a few well behaved students, to go on a swimming trip. Will the following students please go to their rooms and pack what they wish to take, such as money and swimming shorts and what not. Ahem- Yoh Asakura, Hao Asakura, Thomas Carson, Luke Folloms, Lee Hyson, Robert McGeorge, Ricky Marrot, Ren Tao, Horokeu Usui and Andrew Willson."
"…Who the hell's Andrew Willson…?" asked Ricky blankly.
"IT'S ME YOU PRICK!" yelled Andy, slightly offended, therefore throwing a text book at Ricky's head.
"Ow! PAINFUL!" he yelled in Andy's face purposely.
"GOOD!" he yelled back; then the two laughed, noticing the people around them staring.
--
Everyone rolled there eyes as they heard a very loud sigh coming from the back of the coach that was taking them to the swimming centre.
"Are we there yet?" moaned Ricky.
"Well if we were, we wouldn't still be moving, now would we." Ren muttered half-heartedly.
"I dunno, the driver seems pretty stupid to me, maybe he drove past it already…"
"…Ch, idiot…" said Ren, glaring at Ricky, who seemed to be smirking.
"What's so damn funny…?" asked Hao, smirking along with him and leaning closer, wondering if his friend would spill.
Ren glanced at the two whispering beside him, trying to look as if he wasn't interested in their conversation. It was so unfortunate for him that Hao and Ricky had to be asses and sat in-between Horo and Ren. Along the back seat sat a sleeping Yoh, who was leaning against the window, Horo, Ricky, Hao, then Ren, whilst Andy and Lee sat in front of Yoh.
The Tao glared at Hao as he burst out laughing, telling Ricky how fun it would be.
"I know!" Ren heard Ricky reply, "Ren's such an idiot!"
"I AM NOT!" the Tao yelled, getting frustrated.
"I know, but that's what you get for eavesdropping." Murmured Ricky, as if to say 'ha-ha-ha, asshole- shouldn't have been listening'.
"So what if I eavesdropped, you pathetic excuse for an ass-wipe."
"…Whatever…" said Ricky, and closed his eyes, leaning on the shoulder to his right.
Horo stiffened as he felt a hand slide down his thigh as a blush began to appear on his cheek.
"…I like you Horo…" whispered Ricky, "I like you a lot…"
"WILL YOU STOP THAT!" barked Ren.
"Horo, I…" Ricky inched closer to Horo's face and moved his hand towards the middle of his legs. "…I love you…"
The Ainu grabbed Ricky's hand, and to everyone's surprise, placed it in the middle of his legs, forcing Ricky's hand to press hard against the hard body part.
"Hell-o!" grinned Andy, staring at the scene.
"Truth is…" whispered Horo, "I love you two!"
"AH! I'M SORRY! PLEASE LET MY HAND GO!" cried Ricky, trying his hardest to move his hand away, yet failing.
"…But I thought you loved me…" said Horo, his eyes showing the pain in his heart.
"NO YOU SICK FUCK! IT WAS A JOKE TO GET REN MAD!" he screamed.
"…Oh… well in that case… Hey Ren, can I stop now?" asked Horo, looking at Ren.
Ricky turned his head to see a nodding Ren, and felt his hand being freed from the grip it was in.
"BASTARD!" Ricky yelled, "YOU SICK FREAK! WHAT KIND OF BOY FRIEND LETS THEIR BOY FRIEND FLIRT WITH ANOTHER BOY!"
"Well you shouldn't have tried to get me mad." Smirked Ren.
"Ok people! Lets sing!" grinned Hao wickedly as people around him began to groan.
"ROMEO SLEW TYBALT! ROMEO MUST NOT LIVE!" yelled Lee in a high-pitched voice.
"REDRUM! REDRUM!" screeched Andy freakily.
"ELEMENTARY MY DEAR DAWSON!" said Horo, joining in with the randomness of it all.
"TALLYHO!" yelled Hao.
"…Oh for the love of God, shut the fuck up!" snarled Ren as people began to snigger and teachers began to glare.
"Hey guys, keep it down, I'm really tired." Yoh moaned.
"Oh yeah?" grinned both Lee and Andy.
"Ok, that is getting annoying. Every time someone mentions their tired, you two put it down as them having gay sex." sighed Hao.
"So… is that the actual reason he's tired…?" asked Lee.
"Well yeah, but that's not the point."
"…Yoh you imbecile, you have pen all over your face." Said Ren; pointing to the black markings all over Yoh's face.
Andy and Lee began to snigger, reading out the little comments they had wrote all over Yoh's face.
"'I like little boys'" laughed Lee.
"'Suck on this bitch!'" chuckled Andy.
Everyone blinked, staring at the doodles. There was a doodle of a penis next to 'suck on this bitch' and a doodle of a little boy chained to a wall next to 'I like little boys'. Each writing and doodle on either side of Yoh's cheeks. They'd also drew a beard and a pair of glasses.
"…Nice handy-work guys!" applauded Ricky.
The two 'artists' bowed their heads at the applaud.
"Sick fucks." Said Horo, and handed Yoh a wet-wipe.
"Thanks." Said Yoh appreciatively, and began to scrub at his face.
"I thought I might need this…" said Hao, and removed some glue from his pocket.
"Hao you druggy!" shouted Ricky.
"Its sticky glue… you know; the liquid type…"
"…Are you still gonna sniff it…?" asked Ricky.
"No you idiot, I never was going to sniff it." Sighed Hao.
"Then what the hell you gonna do with it?"
"This."
Lee and Andy moaned as Hao leant over and dabbed a big blob of glue on their bare arms.
"…And the point in this is…?" asked Andy as he watched Hao smear the glue all over their arms.
Lee sighed and waited for the glue to dry, then tried to pick it off. "Agh, shit!" he cried, trying to pick off the dry glue. "Fuck, Hao how do you get it off? It really fuckin hurts!"
"I know it does, and you can get it off with soap and hot water… either way, it still hurts."
A/N: Hi Tkari, hi Jen-Tao07! This little trick sound familiar? XD We should do that again some time! BEWARE THE GLUE! BEWARE! Ahem- anyway, putting glue on your bare arms hurts like fuck so if you have an enemy or a friend who thinks they can handle pain, put glue on their arms and watch their eyes water! It's really fun in dares! XD
"OW! OW! OW! OW! OW!" cried Andy, pulling a patch of glue off his arm.
"Serves you both right for picking on Yoh."
"Ok, were here!" yelled an anonymous voice.
"Fin-ow-ally!" muttered Lee, and everyone began to make their way off the coach.
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Ren's golden eyes flashed dangerously at the Asakura as he dived into the pool, causing a large wave to go over the Tao's head, soaking his entire body.
"I'M GOING TO ENJOY KILLING YOU!" yelled Ren, and gripped Hao by the shoulders, forcing him under the water.
"Dude, don't kill him- Yoh will be devastated!" yelled Ricky, watching the scene.
"TOUGH SHIT!" he yelled in reply, "HAO MUST DIE! THAT BASTARD WET MY HAIR!"
Ren felt someone clutch his shoulders and yank him back, causing him to fall back, and Hao, for the first time in around a minute, be able to break the surface of the water, and take a breath of air.
"…Tut, tut, tut. All this over your hair…" said Hao cheekily as Ren rose to the surface, "Baby want his nappy changing?"
"DIE!" he yelled with hatred, and was about to pounce on Hao and try to drown him again, when someone, that same someone from before, pulled him back again, making him go under once more.
As the Tao exited the water for the second time, he spun round to see Yoh, a defensive look in his eyes.
"Stop it Ren, Hao's afraid of the water. He's only just getting used to it and he doesn't need you to make him afraid of it again."
Yoh walked beside Hao and hugged him, whilst Ren raised an eyebrow. "Since when did you come up with that bullshit…?" he asked, looking at a grinning Hao.
'Last night.' Mouthed the Asakura.
"Figures…" said Ren, and gave up his quest in drowning Hao.
"Yoh, I'll be right back." Said Hao, and quickly walked past Ren.
'…Hao moves quite fast in the water…' thought Ren as he watched Hao quickly walk over to the ladders and climb them, exiting the pool.
Horo, Andy and Lee sat on the side of the pool, Horo staring in at the water, Andy humming to himself, and Ricky… well Ricky was crouched with a look on his face that people would only describe as constipation.
"Hey Horo…" said a voice from behind.
"Yeah?" asked the Ainu, not even bothering to look behind him. Horo was taken by surprise as a pair of hands pushed against his back, and he quickly felt the wetness around his legs as he fell into the cool water. "Hao you bastard." muttered Horo, and watched as he pushed Andy in.
The Asakura crept behind Ricky and was about to push him in, when he realized the expression on his face. "…Ricky… you constipated…?"
Ricky's expression suddenly changed from constipated to happy. "Nope." He grinned, and leant forward himself, falling purposely into the pool.
"Agh! Ricky, you dirty bastard! That better not leak into the pool!" scolded Hao, moving away from the puddle that had formed, then diving into the pool himself.
Ricky, for some strange reason, climbed out at the other end of the pool.
"Ricky, what the fuck are-"
Andy didn't have time to finish his sentence, as Ricky leaped into the air, stretching out his arms and legs, and landing on top of poor Andy.
Yoh sighed as he watched Andy and Ricky splash water at one-another. "Pathetic aren't they…" muttered Yoh. "Lee…?" he asked, looking around to find out were Lee had got too. "Lee? Le- YOU FUCKIN BASTARD!" shouted Yoh, as he felt someone under water pull his trunks down.
"Way to go Yoh!" grinned Hao, happy that his brother actually got mad and swore for once in his life.
Yoh glared at the figure under the water and pressed down their head as they tried to come up for oxygen. "You can stay down there!" yelled Yoh furiously.
Bubbles rose to the surface and exploded, and with every second that passed, less and less bubbles rose, until finally, none rose at all.
"Ok Yoh, I think he's had enough!" said Hao worriedly, and moved Yoh back so that Lee could get up… only he didn't… he just laid there, underneath the surface of the water… totally still… or not.
Hao and Yoh shit themselves as Lee broke the surface of the water, yelling 'boo'.
"BASTARD!" yelled Hao, and pushed Lee backwards, making him fall in once more.
Ren floated peacefully in the middle of the pool, away from all the commotion that was going on around him. The Tao just floated, enjoying the peacefulness of the calm water.
Ren made a strange sound as a hand grabbed his wrist and pulled him under. He was about to strike with his fist when their lips pressed against his, and he immediately knew who it was, and kissed back.
The two could hear a faint voice shouting and laughing. It took Ren a few seconds to catch on to what it was saying, but finally he realized who it was and what the words were.
"Hey!" yelled Ricky at the two figures under the water, "Its not that deep and we can still see you! REN, YOU'RE A CRAP KISSER! BUT YOU'RE BACK INTO IT!"
He laughed hysterically as he saw a figure push the other away and come up for air.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP RICKY!" yelled Ren, and went back under.
--
Half an hour later, a whistle blew, and everyone was ordered to get out of the pool.
"Hey Ricky, help me out." Said Andy, and reached his hand out to Ricky, who had used the ladders to get out of the pool.
"Help yourself dude." Grinned Ricky.
"Ricky! Help me or I shall tell Lee how porn managed to get itself onto his video project that he got done for a month ago!" Ricky sighed and grabbed Andy's arm, only to be pulled back into the pool. "Thanks." Said Andy smugly, and lifted himself out of the pool, walking to the changing rooms.
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Back at school, Hao was doing his usual night time thing since people began to 'disappear'- which was spying on the number one suspect: Mr Clod.
He watched suspiciously from around the corner, as he saw the male teacher enter the cellar.
"…Ok… I'm going in…" said Hao to himself, and followed the teacher a few minutes after he'd gone down.
In the cellar, Hao crouched on the stairs, and realized that the dim light was on, but what freaked him out was that something was there that wasn't there before.
'Wow!' thought Hao, feeling his heart rate increase as he began to panic. His eyes fixed on the large sack that was tied up and slammed against the wall… a large sack that was big enough to hold a body… 'T-That things massive! …Wonder who it is… I need to get a closer look!'
Hao inched closer, going down one more step, and another, and- 'Oh crap!'
The Asakura stiffened as he saw Mr Clod appear out of the shadows, staring at the large sack. "Wont be long now…" he said, and grinned, before returning to the shadows.
Hao let out a long sigh, then continued down the steps, then another, then- "Oh for the love of God!" he said rather loudly as he accidentally kicked a small can down the stairs. "Bollocks!" he mumbled, before retreating from his 'mission', and running back up the metal stairs.
Unicorn13564: Yay, it was a long chapter! Anyway, this chapter was mainly about the gang and stuff… ahem- not much to say really… I'll try and update sooner. Oh, sorry there wasn't much HoroxRen, HaoxYoh action.