I'm back! Hell yeah. I should really update my other stories before I update this one, but, I was struck by inspiration, so I couldn't resist. Here's chapter 10!
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"You know what? We should go to a bar some where and randomly do karaoke." Marissa said out of the blue as a silence fell over the group as they thought of things to do.
"The guys would never let us go." Laci said. "And I think they have to ability to stop us." She continued in a flat tone.
Alena and Maggie both looked thoughtful for a moment.
"They're planning something." Amanda whispered to Marissa and Laci.
"Yep. And those two… God knows something will happen." Marissa replied.
"What's stopping us…"Alena started.
"From making the guys go with us?" Maggie finished.
"Making the guys go with us where?" Shizuru asked as she entered the room, Yukina, Keiko and Botan behind her.
"We wanna make the guys go do karaoke with us." Maggie said.
"And we know we can." Alena continued.
"You two are more like twins than cousins." Laci muttered referring to the way the two could finish one another's sentences. She could finish their thoughts too, but… anyways. "But yeah. That's what we're planning."
"That sounds like fun." Shizuru said.
"Yes, but how do you plan on getting them to come?" Botan asked.
"Yeah, they're not really easily convinced. And Yuskue and Kuwabara are playing video games." Kieko added.
"Threats," Alena said.
"Bribery," Maggie continued.
"Blackmail," Laci added.
"Brute force," Marissa stated.
"And any other ways necessary." Amanda finished.
All eight girls present laughed slightly. They all had a pretty good idea one way or another of what threats and bribery could easily be used.
"But first. As a night out on the town. We have to get ready." Amanda announced.
"What are you planning?" Alena asked suspiciously. She'd known the girl for years and she was defiantly planning something.
"I think I know." Marissa said with a grin.
"We have to get dressed up of course!" Amanda said.
"Oh, this will be so much fun." Botan said. Alena and Maggie's slight groans were droned out by the slight cheer from the rest of the girls. Everyone was lead/dragged into Amanda's room.
"Let's see…." She said digging through her bags.
Ten minutes later….
The girls were all ready, and prepared for a night on the town. Not all of them were particularly happy with the situation.
"Do we –have- to go to a karaoke bar?" Alena and Maggie whined simultaneously. They may not have seemed it, but they were extremely nervous about performing on stage.
"Yes, we do." Marissa said flatly. "You Alena, are going to perform a song, any song—with piano music--- and Maggie's going to play, with what ever back up music you need." The two in question sighed slightly. Torture. Pure and complete torture. Plus, they had been dresses up for the occasion. Nothing fancy, but more than what they were used to.
Botan glanced around at their group of seven girls. Wait seven? "Where's Laci?" She asked as she noticed the girl was gone.
"Good question. I don't think I've seen her since she changed." Shizuru stated.
Alena glanced at Maggie. "You don't think she."
"She's not that stupid is she?" Maggie replied.
"She could be."
Marissa and Amanda sweat dropped as the cousins continued a conversation that no one else could follow.
"What…exactly are they talking about?" Botan asked.
"God knows." Amanda muttered.
"A pretty good guess, Laci doing something idiotic." Shizuru stated simply. Shizuru smirked slightly as Laci's loud yelp filled the dojo and she came running down the hall at high speeds.
"She's that stupid." Alena and Maggie said simultaneously.
"I wonder—" Botan was cut off as Hiei came down the hall a moment later looking pissed. "Never mind…" She said with a sweat drop. Laci provoked Hiei. Kami only knew what she did.
Alena and Maggie, in the confusion, slipped easily away into the living room, where the guys all sat with a wide variety of amused and amazed looks. The cousins exchanged looks then turned expectantly to the boys. "Well." Simultaneous question.
Nikolas snickered slightly. "I didn't know my kid sister could be so stupid." He said, not answering the question asked.
"I didn't think anyone could be that much of an idiot." Yuskue said, beginning to laugh also. But yet it still didn't answer the question. Alena raised her left eye brow and she cocked her head slightly to the same side as Maggie raise her right eye brow cocking her head to the right side. They didn't find it amusing that they couldn't follow this conversation. They didn't of course realize how weird it was when they carried on a privet conversation…
"She'll get what's coming to her." Pheonix muttered.
"Shorty's too hot tempered. It's not like she wasn't provoked." Kuwabara intervened.
Kurama caught sight of the killer glares being sent at the four boys. He laughed quietly shaking his head. "Laci slapped Hiei because he called her a baka onna, and said she was idiotic enough to believe she had any control in the world." He explained quietly.
Alena and Maggie started laughing slightly. Laci would never change.
Laci, who escaped being killed by Hiei, for now was hiding, unceremoniously, in a closet. Yes, a wonderful hiding place. So hard to figure out. But Laci was desperate and she needed a plan. Plan, yes a plan on how not to be killed would be a -very- good thing at the moment. Especially before Hiei found her, which knowing Hiei, wouldn't take long.
As Laci sat curled in thought, the closet door was thrown roughly open, but guess who, an extremely pissed off Hiei. Two words ran through Laci's mind as the fire demon stared down at her. 'Oh, damn.' These were also the last words out of her mouth as she attempted to bolt.
Hiei grabbed the girl's wrist before she got anywhere far and lifted her off the ground. Laci's struggles against this were stopped as her dark gaze met Hiei's red one. She was scared to death of her mentor honestly. But yet, she was oddly attracted to him. And it bothered the hell outta her.
"Hiei. Let. Me. Go." She growled flatly. She couldn't stop her voice from shaking slightly. Hiei's cheek was still slightly red from where she'd slapped him. That hadn't been her smartest idea in the world, but hey, he'd insulted her first.
But that didn't change the fact that she was dead meat at the moment, considering she had no advantage in this situation.
"Hn." Hiei released her arm. Laci stumbled slightly before Hiei pinned her to the wall by her shoulder.
Laci laughed nervously as Hiei just stared at her. "Eh, I'm guessing an 'I'm sorry' really isn't gonna work, huh?"
Hiei held her gaze for a moment longer, before letting go. "Hn. Watch yourself onna." He said flatly walking away. Laci stared after him in pure confusion. That boy was causing her -way- too much mental stress. She muttered incoherent profanities under her breath as she stalked into the living room where she was met by amazed looks.
"You're not dead?" Nikolas asked.
"What a shame." Pheonix and Yuskue said.
Laci glared at them slightly. "Shut ya traps 'fore I'm forced to do sumthin' drastic." She muttered under her breath.
"Well, we'll be off." Botan said rushing out the door, closely followed but Shizuru and Keiko who were dragging Alena and Maggie, plus Marissa, Amanda and Yukina trailing along behind them.
"Where the hell're they going." Yuskue asked.
"Karaoke bar." Laci answered flatly, examining her nails as she sat casually down on the couch.
"How'd you know that?" Kuwabara asked. Laci shrugged slightly.
"I was s'posed to go with them, but I'm obviously not." She said flatly again. "And you're too late to stop them if that's what you're thinking. Amanda's truck just started up."
Yuskue glared at her slightly. Then he sighed. "We'd better go make sure they don't do something stupid." He muttered heading out the door. Kuwabara, Kurama, Nikolas, and Pheonix followed, leaving Laci sitting, from what she thought, alone on the couch.
Hiei watched as the girl began to channel surf out of pure boredom. "Hn. You're wasting time you could use for training." He said suddenly and flatly, making Laci jump. She settled back into the couch, before replying coolly.
"Key words there, could use. What if I'm choosing not to?" She asked flatly. Hiei replied with his usual 'Hn.' And the two sank back into silence. Laci, honestly, was kinda scared of being stuck, alone, with Hiei. Training, she had a weapon, and her friends within hearing distance. Now, she was on her own.
Alena pulled Amada's truck into the parking lot of a respectable looking bar. The girl in question got calmly out of the car, giving to rest of her group odd looks as they clambered out looking slightly shaken. "What?"
"Kid." Shizuru said after a moment. "You are never driving again. Got that?"
"I'm not that bada driver." Alena muttered under her breath, before her sensitive hearing picked up on the sounds of Yuskue's complaining. "Damn. The guys are pretty close. We'd better get inside." With that the group of girls entered the bar.
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Chapter 10 done. Finally. I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry it's kinda roundabout and whatnot. I should get down to the mission in the next chapter though. I hope…. Anyways. R&R. Yet again. You want a picture of one of the charaters, leave your emailaddress with your review. I'm also gonnatry andstart posting the pics on a web site, www.midnightshade. Anywho, that's all.Later.