Nobara:-curled up alseep in beanbag-:.
Yusuke:-talking to Inuyasha-: Think we should wake her up?
Inuyasha:-winces at memory of his last attempt to wake Nobara-:
:Memory:
Inuyasha: Hey hag, get up.
Nobara:-opens one eye & growls-: Bite me...
Inuyasha:-kicks beanbag-.: Up, now.
Nobara:-springs from bag & begins to bulgeon Inuyasha with a Biology book-: Faaaaaasssssstlikkkkkkeaninnnnnja!
:End Memory:
Inuyasha: You can...
Nobara:-yawns and sits up-: Have I missed anything?...
Kuwabara: What's that on your head?
Yusuke: It's a birth defect. Or her cable could've been out.
Nobara:-points to wire on her temple-: You think nature did this to me? You think I put this in to get better reception! No! This is what that pyschotic- don't::-Inuyasha pokes the wire-: Oh Caeser::folds one arm over her chest and holds the other out: Emporer of Rome!...
Yusuke:-gleeful expression-: Try another channel!
Inuyasha:-pokes the wire again-:
Nobara: Price check on prune juice, Bob. Price check on prune juice...
Kurama:-reaches over and yanks wire out of her head-.:
Nobara: Ow::-dazed expression-.:
Kurama: Are you-
Nobara:-holds up hand-.: I know where I am, I know where I am...:-falls back into beanbag-:
Yusuke: Why do you always ruin our fun?
Kurama:-shrugs-:
Nobara: Okay, I think... I'm alright... for the most part... so let's get this show rolling. Woot! I've finally made it back! n.n It makes me warm and fuzzy inside.
Hiei: Are you sure that's not just that alfredo you cooked for dinner?
Nobara: Shut up hobbit...
xXxXx
Nobara threw her arm over her eyes in an attempt to block the bright light surrounding her. Slowly her surroundings began to sink into her foggy, half-concious brain. The ground beneath her was cold, and metal. The sterile smell of a labratory made her wrinkle her nose. Hadn't she been outside in the woods?
"Nobara. Nobara, wake up," came a soft voice with a hint of an accent. The owner of the voice lightly patted her cheek in an attempt to rouse the authoress from her sleep. "It's not working."
"Try this."
A wet finger was jabbed into Nobara's ear causing her bolt upright and rub at her ear irritably.
"I knew that would work," the girl sitting beside her wore a large smile of accomplishment.
Rubbing her eyes Nobara's mind had finally cleared enough to recognize the people around her. Kim sat beside her with a smile smaller than before, Christine sat on herr other side with a concerned expression, and finally Lizzy had somehow managed to hang upside down from her legs on a bar in the wall. But her dark haired counter part was nowhere to be seen. "Where's Faia?" her voice was panicked and raspy.
Christine patted her arm to calm her down, "We're not exactly sure, but she should be here soon."
As though cued to do so a door had opened in the far corner. "Get your filthy hands of me you weasel-bastard!" the angry voice of the vixen kitsune preceded her as she was roughly pushed into the room. The door slammed behind her and vanished. Still glaring at the door she continued to mutter incoherent profanities under her breath and rubbed the red marks on her wrists.
"Faia." The redhead relaxed instantly at the sight of the fox. At least now they were all together, now they just to figure out where they were.
"Did you find anything out?" Christine looked to the kitsune who had flopped down beside her to sit Indian-style.
"Not a damn thing."
Nobara passed a confused look to the both of them only to have Kim respond for them,"Faia and Lizzy pretended to fight so Faia could get out of the room and try to find anything that could help us escape."
"Or at least know where we are," Lizzy added. Her tone was happy and upbeat like it usually was though. It was empty and hollow.
Hearing the sound of Lizzy's voice triggered something in the redheaded authoress. "It's like that novel, 1984. We're trapped here and we're not going to get out until they get what they want. Then they're just going to dispose of us..." silent tears streamed over her cheeks as she hugged her legs.
A loud crack filled the room as Nobara stared at the floor in shock. Faia watched her with an expressionless face as she lowered her hand back to her side. Slowly Nobara raised her own to her stinging cheek and looked up at the kitsune.
"Nobara you haven't shed a tear over anything since your dad walked out on you." Faia's face had turned stern but her voice remained steady and soft. "You taught me to smile because it confuses your enemies, well damn it smile now. Don't you dare give up hope when we've just started to fight back."
The redhead looked up at her with the suprise still evident in her eyes, "But I have Faia...I cried when I lost-"
Faia snorted, "It's not important. Just dry your eyes and prove to me that I didn't decide to posess the wrong person."
Nobara gave a weak laugh and leaned forward to hug the vixen who looked as though she'd been slapped herself. "Thank you," she whispered to her friend before sitting back and wiping the tear trails from her cheeks, now embarassed by her moment of weakness.
"So...now what?" asked Kim look first to Nobara then to Faia.
"Simple, we smile," chimed in Christine.
Faia folded her arms,"And wait for those incompetent knights."
./x./x./x./x./x./x.
"Are you sure this is the way they went?" Kit stood watching the silver haired hanyou sniff the ground in disbelief.
"Listen lady, if you don't believe me then you can go wait back in the clearing."
She scowl but kept her mouth shut. Her body was still sore from...well, whatever it was that had knocked her out. As her mind wandered a familiar voice calling her name drifted into her mind.
"Miss Kit! Miss Kit!" The flame haired ruroni walked out the underbrush into their path. He was followed by everyone else who had been in the group, minus all the girls. It took a moment for him to realize who was standing right before him. "Miss Kit! I'm so glad you are safe!" Kenshin hugged her happily.
Over his shoulder she had spotted the new woman with them and the biker-poacher from before. "What in the hell is he doing here!" she demanded angrily, breaking free of Kenshin's hold and walking towards the man. Kurama intercepted her though and held her back by her shoulders.
"I know this'll be hard to believe but he's a friend. His name's Luke. This is Tatiana, and on her shoulder is Rowan."
Kit wrinkled her nose at the sight of the small winged woman, "But she's a faerie. She's one of the ones helping the poachers."
Kurama shook his head, "Maybe we should stop and explain what has happened."
She grudgingly sighed and nodded, passing a death glare to Luke and Rowan in the process. "Even if you do I still won't trust them so it would be best to just keep going."
"Wow,I like an honest girl. Plus she's got a pretty nice tushcus." Kit turned to find the raven haired spirit detective crouched behind her examining her rear end.
"What is it with you guys and my butt!"
The crack echoed through the trees, several birds flying away in fear. Kit glared evilly at Yusuke who had fallen onto his back from the impact of her hand. "Ahhh, just like Keiko's..."
The dark haired woman laughed to herself before looking around at the others, "We probably should just keep going. I told Yamashira we'd be back by Monday night."
"What day is it now?" Kit rubbed her trobbing temple and looked at the woman with a softer expression than the other two.
"Monday morning."
Kit sighed and looked around at the group. Hiei's face was a mask of stoicism but she could see past to the pain and anger it hid. Kenshin too tried to hide his emotions under his usual cheery facade. The ninjas were gone, so was Yoko, who she assumed had gone ahead to look for the authoresses. Yusuke and Kuwabara had joined up with them somewhere and Inuyasha and Miroku had found her. The last one she looked at was Kurama who had moved away from her towards the back of the group and stared up at the sky. Unlike the others she couldn't tell what he was feeling, he was blankly calm.
Looking back to Tatiana she nodded, "Well then, we'd better start walking."
./x./x./x./x./x.
Nobara: YES! I FINALLY GOT IT UPDATED!
Yusuke: Yeah, yeah, good for you.
Nobara:-tosses 'The Color Purple' at him.-: Shut up, you're adopted, unloved, and your opinion is insignifigent.
Kurama: That was kind of harsh...
Nobara:-rolls eyes-: He knows I'm just messin' with him.
Yusuke: Well what if I don't? You're paying for my therapy...
Nobara: Yeah, right after you pay for mine...baka ketsuona...:-takes two Tylenols and a swig of Sprite.-: I'm very sorry that it took me what seven months to update? I deeply apologize and promise that I'll try to do better...