i know it seems like the story is draggin on but i promise the climax shall come!

Chapter 8

Natalie and McKenna acted as thought nothing had happened the previous night. It was as though they subconsciously knew that they shouldn't let anyone know what had happened, or that anything had happened at all.

"Are we there yet?" came Sabrina in an impatient voice. "No, for the 5th time. We should be there in an hour or so, ok?" replied Sarah. Sabrina only grunted.

The time passed very slowly, simply because there was nothing to do. Natalie and McKenna were off doing something, something that the remaining three had no idea what was. They just sat at a table in the train, awaiting the both its arrival and McKenna and Natalie's.

Tohru dosed off. 'Well, this sure has been a pleasant trip so far. I'm so grateful. Hmm…I wonder what McKenna and Natalie are doing. It seems like they're always together. They must be really close…. I always seem to find myself with Sabrina and Sarah. Not that it's a bad thing…I love being in their company…oh no I must sound so ungrateful!'

"Uhh…uhm…Tohru?" Sabrina suddenly noticed Tohru's paniced expression. When Tohru didn't respond, she moved forward to touch her arm. Tohru responded by slamming her head down on the table in front of her.

"Ok that's it, we need to go do something." Sarah decided. "Why?" inquired Sabrina. "Why! Because we're all dying of boredom that's why! Look at Tohru! Jeez!"

With that, Sarah got out a cell phone. "Where the hell did you get that!" Sabrina said, puzzled. "It's mine, duh." Sarah smirked. "I'm gonna prank call Kevin."

"Hehehe," Sabrina looked excited now. 'This'll be hilarious' she thought. Tohru looked confused. "Uhm, who is Kevin?"

"Oh, he's a friend of ours. Lives in California, near Los Angeles where we were actually," Sarah paused for a second thoughtfully, "That's pretty much where we live too."

"Oh, well that sounds fun!" Tohru didn't really understand what a 'prank call' was, but decided it was probably a lot of fun.

Seeing that no one had any more comments, Sarah dialed Kevin's phone number. Then she put the phone to her ear. Everyone was dead silent as they waited for the phone to be answered.

"Hello?"

"Hello," Sarah's tried to make her voice deep, "Welcome to the outhouse company. If you want to buy an outhouse, press one. If your outhouse is broken, press two. If you can't get into your outhouse, press three. If you need instructions on how to use your outhouse, press four." Sabrina was about to burst into laughter.

"Is that you Sarah?"

"Uhm uhhhh no…this is…. Bob." Sabrina let a little laugh escape her.

"What do you want Sarah?"

"Dammit Kevin!" Sarah shouted then hung up. Sabrina burst into laughter.

Tohru just stared as Sarah began to laugh hysterically. Tohru just smiled. 'Well, at least they are amused.'

"Come on guys, we're here," came McKenna's voice from behind Tohru. She grabbed Sabrina and brought her to her feet, and Natalie did the same to Sarah. Both of them pulled up Tohru at the same time.

"Jeez where were you guys?" asked Sarah. Neither Natalie nor McKenna answered. They just headed for the exit of the train, walking rather fast. The other 3 struggled to keep up.

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"We can't land in Chicago due to horrible weather, so we are going to land in Ohio," declared the flight attendant, "I'm sorry if that causes any inconvenience. We are about to begin landing, so please buckle your seatbelts."

"Dammit, we need to get to Tohru!" Kyo cursed. "I know, but it looks like we'll be delayed some," Hatori responded calmly before walking towards the ever so content Akito.

"Just relax you baka neko. We still have 3 days to recover Tohru," Yuki tried to reassure Kyo in an unusual way. But he himself was uneasy. He would rather not delay reaching Chicago and getting his precious Tohru back.

"Grrrrrr….." Kyo muttered as he buckled his seat belt. Soon the plane dipped down and landed, Momiji yelling, "Weeeeeeeeee!" The entire time much to the dislike of the others in that plane. He had done the same when the plane was taking off, 8 hours earlier.

"Ok, you may now exit the plane," boomed the loud speaker. After and antagonizing 5 minutes, they were out of the plane and went to get their luggage. Kyo wanted desperately to find the pilot or someone to blame for not being able to land in Chicago, and then hit them with his luggage.

The mood was basically worn out. An 8-hour plane ride, the 4:00 a.m. hour, and the worrying had really taken a toll on their energy level. The only one who was remotely upbeat was Momiji, who wouldn't shut up.

"Momiji, please calm down," Hatori said, approaching Momiji. Then he yawned.

"But I can't wait to see Tohru come on guys!" Momiji began pushing Hatori, who pushed him away as fast as he could. "Momiji, we're all very tired please stop…" Another yawn.

'Well, at least someone has faith that Tohru's ok…' thought Hatori.