god i must NEVER write the whole story as one document. im such a noob...

Chapter 5

"23 Main Street means the one in Chicago, America, trust me," Akito assured Hatori, "How do u know?" was his reply. "I just do."

Hatori shrugged and walked over to the rest of the group who insisted on helping to find Tohru. It was made up of Kyo, Yuki, Shigure, Momiji, Kisa, Hiro, Kagura, Haru, and Ritsu. Their faces were distorted with mixed emotions. On one hand, they were very worried about Tohru, the other, excited about going to America.

"Ok everyone, put your luggage on this," Hatori yelled while gesturing towards the uniformed man with a large cart. All complied, even though there was a lot of pushing and shoving. "Hatori, the plane is docking," Akito stated from behind.

When everyone heard this statement, they all rushed towards the dock. All except for Kisa, and when Hiro saw this he fell behind with her. She was looking at the ground with a sad expression on her face.

"What's wrong Kisa?" asked Hiro.

"Nothing," Kisa replied, "I just hope one-chan is ok."

- - -

"What the hell?" Natalie sounded incredibly annoyed. "Why are we in Los Angeles! We're supposed to be in Chicago!" "Calm down." Said McKenna, though she sounded equally annoyed.

A male flight attendant who stood behind them answered the question, "It's raining in Chicago and won't seem to stop. All flights scheduled to take off from there are delayed (I remember having a problem like that in Vegas) and all flights that are more than 1,000 miles are to land elsewhere. We are very sorry for the delema." The man then turned around and walked away.

"That's just great," said McKenna. Natalie nodded. Tohru stood behind them, next to Sabrina and Sarah yet again, all three not part of the ranting of McKenna and Natalie.

"Ok, I guess we should go get our luggage." McKenna said suddenly to the entire group.

"I have to go to the bathroom." Natalie said as they were about to go, "I'll meet you guys in the lobby." "Alright," McKenna replied. She gave Natalie a suspicious glance that no one else seemed to notice.

Los Angeles? I wonder where that is. Or how far away it is from "Chicago." Hmm… Tohru was too absorbed in her thoughts to notice the staircase they were about walk down. When she attempted to walk normally, the sudden dip caused her to fall over and roll down, colliding with everyone and everything in her way.

"Watch where you're going, DUMBASS!" McKenna spat at the disoriented Tohru lying at the foot of the stairs. "O-o-ok," was her response.

"It's ok Tohru." Sabrina said as she offered a hand to help Tohru up. Sarah had a dazed look on her face. "Hmmm…. McKenna is really annoyed. I wonder if it's the whole L.A. thing or if its…." She paused, "something else."

- - -

Natalie walked into the bathroom and locked the door. Luckily, no one else was inside. She pulled out her cell phone and dialed a number.

Ringing, ringing. Finally, "Hello?"

"Hi, is The Boss there?"

"Sure, he'll he with you in a moment."

There was a long pause. Then, "Hello?"

"Boss?"

"Yes, who is this?"

"Natalie."

"Oh, is there a problem? I do hope you havn't screwed anything up."

"I haven't, the damn weather did. It rained in Chicago, so the plane decided to land in L.A."

"Ah yes. There is quite a storm here. So, you have no means of getting to Chicago as of now?"

"That's correct."

"Ok, I'll book something."

Then she could hear the phone being set down. In the background there was some yelling at the assistant. I guess I should be heading towards the lobby. McKenna's sharp. If I stay too long, she'll get suspicious. Natalie unlocked the door and began walking.

"Ok. I've just booked a train to Chicago from the Fort Bridge Station (I made that up completely). Tickets are booked under 'Myres'"

"Alright."

The line was cut with no goodbyes. She looked up and noticed she was in the lobby. She also noticed that McKenna was looking at her from beside the baggage claim before quickly turning away.