Ugh! I couldn't get any sleep with these ideas sprouting in my head! I just had to write! But I couldn't . . . with our big tests coming up, I can't afford any distractions. But it got the better of me! So I had to write! AAH! I just hope that I can still study for my exams . . . Oh yeah . . . before I forget. In this chapter, Hao will sort of . . .um . . .have his . . . er . . . fun. But it's not any lemon! So don't go acting like my demented (and a pervert!) cousin Mark when you read somebody whose -----! I won't say it! You have to read it yourself coz it's not like it's a threat anyways . . . thank you again for all those who had spare time to read my story. Arigatou! -
Chapter 3: Messing with Fire
". . ." Akira woke up, which was earlier than usual. She managed to stretch out her arms in relief. It felt so good to sleep in a bed again. She looked at the others who were still sound asleep on the floor. The maiden then looked at her side shocked to see her right arm around Yoh's waist and . . . and . . . he slept facing her! "AAH!" then quickly hitting the unsuspecting Asakura that sent the poor lad flying towards the wall with a loud crash that woke the others up.
"Ow! Ouch! What just happened?" Yoh said, holding his head in pain,
"Huh?" the others said sleepily. Akira was furiously blushing at this point. Realizing what she had done to the orange-lover, she rushed over to him while screaming "Gomen! Yoh-kun!"
"Akira . . . it's so early in the morning . . . what's all the racket for?" Horohoro said dully,
"Gomenasai, mina-san!" Akira said bowing her head a little in the process, "I didn't mean to wake you guys up so early. Also, gomen Yoh-kun!"
"Just please don't do that again. You pack a serious punch! I'd rather take the pain in Anna's training that your punch . . . I could die with that you know." Yoh, massaging his cheeks,
"I'm really sorry Yoh-kun . . ." at this point it looked like she was about to cry,
"Hey-hey! There's no need for that! Why did you hit me anyway?" Yoh said quickly moving his hand like he was shooing a fly,
"Eh . . .hehehe . . ."Akira stuttered looking at the ceiling with one of her eyebrows twitching, "forget about it, to make it up to you, why won't I make breakfast?" then putting on a pair of puppy dog eyes. Yoh knew that he wouldn't be able to say no, plus, even though she's not as good as Ryu or Tamao, she can still make a good meal. The orange-lover decided to drop the question and nodded in agreement and showed her a smile. Akira smiled back and ran downstairs to prepare breakfast.
"It's so early in the morning for you two to be snuggling each other Master Yoh . . ." Ryu said with a grin plastered on his face,
Yoh simply laughed at the joke, "she just hit me in the face, Ryu. There's nothing sweet about that."
Horohoro, still half asleep to pay attention to any of this, walked towards the bathroom which was scenically placed above the kitchen area. He splashed some water n his face and looked out of the window just to see the morning sky. 'What a beautiful sight. Just like at home. The sky's blue, the birds are chirping and a guy in a poncho . . .wait . . . HAO!' he thought to himself. He snapped awake wide awake at the sight and yelled, "HAO?". It seems that the brunette heard the Ainu's yell and with a blink of Horohoro's eye he vanished. The rest of the guys came in running,
"Where? Where is he?" Ren said looking around, "He's not here Horohoro! Are you trying to play a trick on us?"
"No, he was here, idiot!" making Ren's hair jerk upwards at the name-calling, "he was on that tree over there looking at who-knows-what just below me! He had this weird evil look on his face too. Kinda creepy if you ask me." He said shrugging at the thought. Then Lyserg suddenly remembered something, "Akira-san! She's the only one down there! That Hao!"
Then it hit them. "Akira!" all of them tried to reach the kitchen first which sent them tumbling over each other. Akira stopped what she was doing and stared at the pile of shamans confusedly.
"Um . . . you guys want something?" she said still staring at them.
"Akira, are you alright?" Yoh asked which earned him a smack on the head from Horohoro,
"I think she's fine." Lyserg added before the Ainu could say anything,
"Guys, what're you talking about?" Akira interrupted,
"We just saw Hao outside the window. We think he's up to something." Ryu replied. Akira then remembered her little meeting with Hao, 'that jerk!' she thought to herself clenching her fist with a vein appearing on her head.
"Um . . . Akira?"
"Huh?" looking at Yoh,
"Something's burning . . . "trailing off pointing towards the stove. Akira screamed and promptly turned off the stove as smoke came out of the pan. "My omelet . . ." she said sobbing. She continued sobbing until Yoh and Lyserg approached her. "It's alright Akira-san. I'm sure it'll still be tasty." Lyserg said with a comforting smile. She wiped the few tears on her eyes and joined the others who were already in the dining area. 'This is all Hao's fault! He's gonna pay for ruining my omelet!' Akira thought as pictures of her tormenting Hao appeared on her head making her smile at the ideas. Horohoro and Ren were at it, again. Bickering at whose fault it is that made Akira cry. That was sweet. Akira couldn't help but smile again at the two boys which made them both (the two) blush lightly. Yoh was right, it didn't taste so bad. Burning it made it crispy but tasty, except for the black spot which tasted awful.
After breakfast, they quickly packed up their things and left the inn. Soon enough, the town was already out of sight. They continue their journey at the direction Lyserg pointed. Night eventually came and they had to camp out somewhere near the woods. Akira found out about a nearby source of water, to be more precise is a lake, and decided she wanted to take a bath. Making sure that none of them would peek at her while she was naked, she tied each of the boys to a tree. Akira knew that this was nothing to the boys, they could easily break free. She looked back at them,
"Don't any of you even dare of breaking free. When I get back, all of you should still be tied in there, or else . . ."
This sent chill down to their spines. They knew the sweet Akira couldn't do this, but some other Akira, like now, was dead serious about having her 'privacy' that they would be facing her wrath when they disobeyed.
Before leaving she then said, "Don't worry. I won't be long, maybe." laughing.
"Akira!" the guys said in chorus, "what if we needed to go?" Horohoro said after her. She just laughed evilly at the Ainu's question. Then she whispered to Karuma, "Don't let them out of your sight. Make sure none of them would even try to break out of the ropes." The wolf spirit simply nodded at his master's order, making a growl towards the tied-up boys.
As Akira neared the lake, she checked for the last time if she could sense anybody near who might be spying on her. Assured that nobody else was there, she took off her clothes and left them laid on a nearby rock. Akira checked the water with the tip of her toe and was satisfied that it was cool enough. Slowly she made her way to a deep part of the lake. Her appearance was somewhat seducing to the eyes of any man. She looked like a fairy in the moonlit lake.
Too busy washing her hair, she didn't notice a stranger that walked on the terrain. The figure came closer that Akira could finally sense the presence. She quickly hid under water, hoping the figure didn't see her. The figure didn't move from it's place so she decided to slowly approached it. Sensing a familiar aura, she approached the figure but this time more noticeable. Keeping her body underwater, she let the figure see the mad expression on her face.
"Yoh-kun? Is that you?" realizing the possible reason why he could be here, she started splashing water at him yelling, "you pervert! Go away!" surprisingly, a fire wall appeared before him just before the water hit him. "You . . . You're Hao! Perv—" the figure suddenly vanished and reappeared behind her, kneeling on the water, and covering her mouth with his hand. Akira could see him clearly now. He had an evil grin on his face. Akira began thrashing around to get away from but he was obviously too strong for her. Akira hit him in the stomach with her elbows. Hao chuckled lightly in pain which turned into a laugh. It was horrible. The sound of his laugh was almost maniacal! She quickly swam towards the land, grabbing the towel that was on the rockand wrapping herself (did you think I would just leave her naked with Hao chasing her? If yes, pervert!), then quickly ran through the forest trying to get away from Hao as far away as possible. But it was no use. He was too powerful. In an instant, Hao appeared in front of her, making her scream in fear.
"Akira!" Yoh yelled as he heard the distinct female voice, thinking of what kind of misfortune would fall upon the fair damsel.
Um . . . that was notoriously short . . . I have to start thinking of better twist for my story, ne, Kyla-kun? And here I am talking and asking advices . . . from a cat? I'm desperate . . . (what's wrong with that? Meow! –Kyla) Eh? Did she just . . . ? Oh heck! Never mind! Hope that you like it, even though compared to your works, mine is crap! Yeah, I know. I'm degrading myself again. (sigh) I have some self-esteem issues but I also admit to myself that I'm just a try-hard-but-not-just-good-enough writer. (sigh) Again, I thank you all for the support, except YohJenny or Lulalu who I know is my demented sister! (I know you!) you're very obvious you know, Jennifer! Hehehe!
And . . . the guys are not acting like they like-like Akira, it's just a brother-sister relationship coz she's the only . . . she! Sorry for the OOCness! Bear with me! And please tell me if there's anything wrong with my grammar of if I should change anything! Thank you!