Hey y'all! How have ya been doing! Well I'm just fine and dandy . . . dandy? I have some weird vocabulary! Well, enough reading this, on with the story!

Disclaimer: I own nothing except for Riana . . . and maybe some other characters that pop out of nowhere . . .

Chapter 2:

Amidamaru awoke to the sound of scratching noises in what he assumed to be the kitchen. He cleared his throat, "Ms. Riana?"

"What!"

"What are you doing?"

"Trying to fix the flippin' sink, samurai boy!"

Amidamaru sweat dropped, yup this girl was something alright. Who used the word "Flippin?" This girl was probably the strangest girl he had ever met . . . Just then, Riana entered the room.

"Hey, here's some breakfast." She said, holding up a bag of oranges.

He shook his head. "I don't want to." He watched as Riana went behind him to the other side of the room to enter the kitchen. "I don't know where's that's been."

Riana whirled around and pelted an orange towards his head. He watched as her eyes widened in shock as the orange zoomed through his head. "What the!"

Riana continued her endless assault of throwing oranges at Amidamaru, as though determined to make one hit him. Amidamaru tried hard not to laugh. This was the first time that anyone tried to make him solid by pelting oranges at him.

"Hey? Um, where exactly am I?' Yoh said as he exited the bedroom and Riana immediately threw an orange at him as well. "Ow."

"AHA! There is life! Now, how come you are solid and he is not? I think I am going crazy." Riana said, jumping on the counter in the kitchen.

Yoh gaped in surprise, "You can see him?"

"Yes."

" . . . Are you a shaman?"

" Seeing as I don't know what that is besides an Indian tribe . . . no."

Yoh scratched his head in confusion. Amidamaru got up from his position on the couch and floated toward Riana. "Master Yoh, there is something else confusing about this girl.

"Hey! You don't have any feet." Riana stated, looking at where his feet should be. Yoh chuckled.

Amidamaru ignored the two and touched Riana's hand. Instantly, he became solid flesh again. He heard Yoh's jaw hit the ground.

"You have feet . . ." Riana said, stepping next to Amidamaru, staring down at his feet. Then there was a cracking sound and she jumped slightly, "We gotta move."

Before the two even had a chance to move, the floor collapsed under them. Amidamaru instinctively wrapped his arms around her waist and broke her fall. It seemed natural to do so.

"You know," Yoh said as the two climbed up from the floor, Amidamaru being careful to keep a hold of her so he could catch her if the floor collapsed. He was absently gathering the oranges from the ground and was already eating one. "This isn't a very safe place. Maybe you should come live with us."

"No!" Riana said, struggling to get out of Amidamaru's grip on her wrist. "I cannot leave, I have to wait."

"You can leave and wait for him at our home."

"No! If I leave, he'll find me and kill . . . me or the resident's of your home."

"It sounds like you're in danger."

"So!"

"So," Amidamaru started, "You are coming with us for protection. This building is rotting and you are waiting for someone to come and is willing to kill you."

"What if I refuse."

Amidamaru casually picked her up and slung her over his shoulder. Personally, he did care about this girl's protection, but he also liked the feeling of being solid and feeling everything once more. Yoh laughed at Amidamaru for the way he was acting and put his shirt on over his bandaged body and grabbed a couple of oranges. "Let's go."

The walk home was a bit . . . interesting. People kept on staring at him, especially females. They kept looking at his well toned chest and winking at him. Eventually, after Riana finally gave up on pounding his back, she started getting annoyed at the way some girls were smiling devilish at him.

Riana couldn't take the disgusting looks of those slimy women, "Hey! He's carrying a girl on his back! Get it through your thick heads that he's not intrested in you! Sheesh!"

Immediately the girls backed off.

"Why did you do that?" Amidamaru asked in curouisity.

"I hate predators."

Amidamaru blinked rapidly at the bitter tone in her voice. "If I put you down . . . will you run away?"

"Let's see, I have a one man . . . and a boy about my age . . . forcing me out of my home against my will. Why ever would I have the urge to run away?" She said sarcastically, making Amidamaru chuckle and Yoh laugh.

"I'll put you down, but I won't let you go.'

Amidamaru gently set her down and wrapped an arm securly around her waist. He continued walking as if this were a normal thing. She did struggle, but he didn't notice because he was a lot stronger.

As they entered the inn, no one expected prayer beads to lunge toward Riana. . .

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