And We Danced
Chapter 2
Spring Cleaning
"Aaaa!" cried Trey, stummbling with a box full of junk. "Watch it dude, you almost made me trip!" he shouted, Len only flashing him a sarcastic grin. "Oh i'm sorry Trey, I didn't see you there." replied the violet haired shaman, Trey growling low. "You are such a liar!" "Yeah yeah." replied Lenny, rolling his eyes as he made his way towards the storage shed, also known as the garage at times, though no major tools or vehicles were ever stored there. ...unless of corse, Jun visits... thought Len, making his way through the crowd of shamans that were walking to and from the house, then back again, by order of Anna.
Ah, yes, Anna had been kind enough to allow Faust, Lyerg, and Chocolover to all stay at the house, free of charge, however noting they would all join the others in cleaning, cooking, training, and so forth. All didn't mind, hell, hadn't even bothered to argue, knew that they were getting free room and board, not to mention the fact that they could all hang out together once more. "So what's the big deal? A little hard labor for this is a steal!" Choco had said early, the others sweat dropping a bit. "Wow, Choco is a poet and I didn't even know it." replied Yoh, laughing lightly with his eyes closed, scratching the back of his head some, the other shamans falling over anime style.
"Dude, that was so lame!" shouted Trey, Yoh only laughing more, causing Trey to roll his eyes. Len smirked now. "You want funny Trey, have a look at yourself in the mirror." he said simply, brushing past his friend and back into the large dojo, Trey falling over anime style once more. "You guys are so mean to me!" shouted a now distressed Trey, sitting up on the ground, his fist clenched, raised in the air on either side of him. He continued ranting and what not, the others just nodding and agreeing with him playfully. "Right Trey, whatever you say."
Pillica had noticed the commotion, and decided to take a peek, to make sure none of the shamans had got into it with each other. She knew that always pissed Anna off, not to mention always got the guys, and herself extra work. ...which I really don't need right now... she thought, was about ready to start cleaning the kitchen then hang out the laundry. She stepped out onto the porch of the dojo, making her way to the edge of it, peering down at the boys. "What's going on?" she asked, blinking a bit as the others stood, seeming to have some sort of giggle fit, one that seemed to revolve around her brother .
"Sis, Len's picking on me!" shouted Trey in his best whiny voice, Len just rolling his eyes. "Len, be nice to Trey." said a now serious Pillica, placing her hands on her thin hips. Lenny looked to her, frowning now. "Excuse me?" he said, Pillica blinking some. "You're telling me to be nice to this idiot?" he asked, pointing a narrow finger to the blue haired shaman on the ground. "Yes, he's my brother afterall." replied the young snow princess, crossing her arms some. Len frowned a bit more crossing his arms before his chest, closing his eyes angrily. "Well, maybe if he wasn't so stupid i'd be nice to him." he stated, Trey growling low.
"Oh yeah! Well now you can REALLY forget about dating my sister because i'm not gonna let you! Not EVER!" shouted Trey, standing behind Len now, Len glaring back at him some, covering his ears with his hands. "Just silence yourself, you're giving me a headache you dolt." said Len, stepping from Trey, blinking a bit. He then turned quickly, saw Trey's back to him. "And for the record I don't want to date your sister!" shouted Len, Trey flashing a smirk over his shoulder. "Uh huh, riiiight." he replied, waving his hand in the air some.
Yoh and the others stood in front of the porch where Pillica was standing, watching the two argue back and forth, Yoh scratching the back of his head some. "Are they always like this...?" asked Lyserg, stepping to Yoh some. Yoh smiled, nodding. "Yup!" he replied, then blinked when the two began shouting again.
"You do too want to go out with Pillica!" shouted Trey. "I certainly do not!" roared Len in protest. "You do too!" "I do not!" "Do too!" "Do not!" The others watched, sweat-dropping, their eyes switching between the two as they countined shouting back and forth. "Do too, do too, do TOO!" roared Trey, taking a step to Len. "I do not, do not, do NOT!" replied Len, taking a step to Trey as well. The two stood now, nose-to-nose. "Do too infinite!" stated Trey, smirking proudly, as if in victory. "Do not infinite, plus one!" replied Len, Trey falling over anime style once again.
"Ha, I win."stated Len, turning from Trey and the others. "You can't beat me, not even at arguing." said a now victorious Len, crossing his arms before his chest, smirking with his eyes closed. Trey growled, about to pounce Len, when suddenly... "Get him!" shouted Ryo, everyone, excluding Lyserg and Pillica, diving to Trey, piling on him in hopes of crushing his attempts to start another argument...literally. "Yaaah!" shouted the snow shaman, pinned beneath the others, including Morty. "Yahh, how did I get dragged into this!" asked the short boy, trying to pull himself out from under Yoh and Faust. "Ow, who's elbow is in my back!" asked Ryo. "I think it's mine." answerd Yoh, Morty still attempting to pull himself out from under the others. "Gah, you guys weigh a ton!" stated Trey, his voice slightly muffled. "How can we? With all of Anna's trainning, we should weigh less then a toothpick." stated Yoh, laughing lightly, the others sweat-dropping.
Len looked to the group, raising his eyebrow some, then rolled his eyes, shaking his head. "You all are so sad." he stated. "Geh get off me!" roared Trey. "We're trying!" replied Choco. "Well try harder!" yelled Trey once more, him and the others wrestling with each other now. "Ow! Get you're elbow out of my back!" sobbed Ryo, Pillica blinking, watching the group and Len, who seemed to on the verge of grabbing his weapon and smiting them all in one fellow swoop. "You're all giving me a headache!" he shouted, throughly annoyed now. "Maybe you just need a break Len?" asked Pillica, her voice slighlty shakey. "What?" he asked, looking to the young girl. She blinked, blushing, then lowered her gaze, twidding her fingers slightly. "Um, well, you have been working really hard all morning, so maybe you should take a break...?" she asked softly, looking up at him slightly.
Len blinked, noting her now pink cheeks, and raised an eyebrow. He then frowned, annoyed with her soft speaking, finding it hard to hear her. "Come on now, speak up. You expect me to hear you when you talk to your hands?" he asked, facing her now. Pillica blinked rapidly, felt herself blush more. ...great, now he thinks i'm annoying and stupid... she thought, felt tears in her eyes. "Oh forget it!" she shouted, turning quickly, running back into the dojo, slamming the shutter type door behind her.
Len only blinked, the others doing the same, stairing at the now empty area that Pillica had been standing in. "What was THAT about?" asked Trey, glaring at Len. Len looked to him, then frowned. "What's that look for?" he demanded, Trey growling now. "You know what it's for!" he shouted, trying to lunge for Len, but to no avail. "Gah, get off! Can't you see I have to teach Len a lesson?" shouted the blue haired shaman to his friends who were piled upon his back still. "The only one that's going to teach ANYONE a lesson, is Anna, especially if she sees us lying around like this!" stated Yoh, the others blinking some. "Well, she's not here yet so don't worry about it!" Trey shouted, turning his attention back to Len, who was seeming to head back into the Dojo.
"Ohhh no you don't!" roared Trey, grabbing Len by the ankle, the purple hair shaman blinking as he felt himself fall foward. "What the hell?" he shouted, landing on his face in the dirt. "Where do you think YOU'RE going?" asked Trey, dragging Len towards the pile now. "I bet he was going to get Anna!" shouted Choco, the others gasping. "LEN!" shouted Ryo. "I was not, you idiots!" roared Lenny now, kicking at Trey, Trey refusing to let go. "First you make poor Pillica cry, then to attempt to get Anna? THIS means WAR!" yelled Trey, leaping on Len, the others following. "Oh, that's it! Bason!" shouted Len, his ghost rushing to his side, along with the other spirits.
Lyserg and his spirit watched, sweat dropping. He then blinked, realized he was still holding a rather full box of books and what not. He then gave a glance to the others, who were still wrestling with one another on the ground. "I'll...just take this to the shed." said the emerald haired shaman, turning with his small spirit on his shoulder, had the strangest feeling that Anna would soon be on the porch of the dojo, checking up on them. He had no idea how right he was...
"You're dead!" yelled Lenny, wrapping his slender fingers about Trey's neck, choking him. "Ah, shut up ya moron!" shouted Trey, also choking his so-called friend. "Get off me!" yelled Morty, letting out another scream, as Faust rolled onto him. "Well hello there." said Faust softly, with a smile, his dear Eliza's skeletal skull flopping out from his now open doctor type jacket, landing softly on Morty, the skull only a few inches from the young boys face. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" screamed Morty, struggling despritly now. "Get off of meee! Get off of MEEE!" he cried, the others attempting to move, only falling onto one another again.
They continued this pattern of insanity, stopping only when they heard the dojo shutter slam open. "Just WHAT do you think you're all doing?" demanded a cool, feminine voice. All froze, didn't even need to look to know who it was. "ANNA!" they all shouted in unison, slowly turning their heads in the direction her voice had been. There she stood, her short black dress blowing softly in the wind, as was the long tips of her red bandana. She stood, poised, her arms crossed before her chest, wearing her infamous expressionless look. "Well?" she demamnded once more, the shaman boys still piled on one another, exchanging glances. "Ohhh, just...lying around." answer Chocolover, instantly being double slapped by Trey and Len. "Stupid shaman! Stupid Shaman!" growled Len. "Finally, something we agree on!" stated Trey, Choco shouting out.
Anna blinked, shocked that they would still carry on such stupidity before her. Perhaps they didn't care, or had taken a hell of a lot of stupid pills for breakfest. Aside from that, she still noticed the numerous boxes stacked at the edge of the porch, not to mention the many boxes that still lineing the dojo hall. This annoyed her, not to mention made her feel a bit off schedual. ...time to get them in line... she thought, stompping down on the porch with one foot. "EXCUSE ME!" she shouted, the boys instantly freezing. "Err, yes, Anna?" said Choco, Anna giving a quick glare. "That's Miss Anna to you." she stated, before continuing on.
"I don't remember telling you all that you could take a break." she began, the others about to protest. "I'm not done speaking." she hissed, all silencing themselves once more. "I can see you've been goofing off for some time now, seeing as all the boxes from this morning are still piled here and in the hall." she said, looking to them. "Anyone want to explane why?" she asked, the others exchanging nervous glances. "Ah, well, you see Anna, Trey here got into a little schuffle with Len and uh...it kinda escalated and well...yeah...you know how it goes." said Yoh nervously, giving a cheesy grin with his eyes closed, scratching the back of his head.
"Hey, don't blame me!" shouted Trey in protest. "It was Lenny who started it!" he stated in defense. "I did not you liar!" roared Len now, glaring angrily at Trey. "Dude, don't lie!" he said, waving a finger before the chinese Shaman's face, Len only blinking rapidly. "It's not nice to lie." Trey stated with a straight face. Lenny blinked once more,then grolwed, biting down on Trey's extended finger. "YEOW!" shouted the blue haired shaman, swing his arm wildly, attempting to shake his friend off.
Anna staired on with her expressionless look, the others, excluding Len and Trey, slowly backing away from her. "Get him offa me!" shouted Trey, running back and forth with Lenny attached to his index finger. "Get him offa me!" The others watched, Anna narrowing her eyes, emmiting a low growl in the back of her throat. "That's it..." she stated, the others looking to her wide eyed. "She's gonna blow!" shouted Chocolover. "Hit the Dirt!" cried Ryo, tackling Choco and the other shamans to the ground.
"Enough!" she shouted, kicking Len and Trey, seperating the two. "Ow dude, that hurt!" stated Trey, blowing on his now sore, red, and throbbing finger. Lenny sat up now too, rubbing his head. "What the hell was that for?" he demanded, looking to the blonde Itaki. Anna glaired, crossing her arms before her chest, causing Trey to cling tightly to Len. "Gah, get off!" began Lenny, pushing at Trey some, Trey continuing to cling. The two froze when a black shadow fell upon them.
"I give you a simple task, to clean out the guest rooms, taking the boxes and books stored there to the shed, and yet, I find you out here, flirting, fighting, and wrestling, with nothing else to show." she began, all exchanging glances with one another. "Is there anything else you'd like to add?" she asked, looking to Trey with a sincere smile.
The blue haired shaman blinked, felt himself blush at bit. "Uhh...um...uhh..." he stuttered, looking up at the sky shyly. "I take that as a no." stated Anna, turning now. "Get back to work, you have one hour to put all those boxes in the shed and prepare the guest rooms." she said simply, starting her way back towards the dojo's entrance. "But, but Anna!" protested Trey, leaping up on the edge of the porch where the itaki had been standing. "It's not even spring break, heck it's not even officialy spring yet! So why are we doing all this cleaning now?" he asked, crossing his arms before his chest, tapping his foot on the ground.
Anna froze, glancing over her shoulder at the snow shaman. "Excuse me?" she asked. Trey blinking rapidily, felt himself begin to sweat. "Uh,..." he thought, then looked back at the others who where all crowded behind Faust VIII and Ryo. "You-you heard me!" he stated, closing his eyes now. Anna glared, emitting another low growl, as she slowly, mechanically turned to face the blue haired boy.
"She's got fire in her eyes!" shouted Choco. "And in her hair!" added Yoh, all huddiling closer to the two taller, older shaman males. "The ends coming, clear the decks!" shouted Morty, diving for the bushes, the others, including Faust and Ryo joining them, leaving Trey on his own.
"Wa-wait for me!" cried Trey, quickly turning, about to step off the porch, but was stopped when he was jerked hard from behind by the collar of his jacket. "ACK!" he choked, struggling in the air now, held in Anna's iron grasp. "You wanna repeat that?" asked Anna calmly. Trey shaking his head. "Oh no, that's ok!" he said, giving her a weak and nervous smile. "Good." she said, dropping him, him landing in a heap on his back. "Ohhh..." he groaned, looked up to see Anna was already making her way back towards the dojo's entrance. "I'll be back in an hour. I expect the boxes moved and the guest rooms prepared, if not you will all be very sorry." she said, turning to face them.
"One more thing, Morty, come here." she said, Morty poking his head out from the bushes. "Damn you Trey!" shouted the short boy, making his way up the steps and to where Anna was. "Y-yes miss Anna?" he asked meekly, with a weak and toothy smile.
Anna smiled back, slowly raising her hand out to him, placing it atop his head. "Huh?" said the short boy, blinking up at her, his face ridged with confusion. Anna only smiled widder, then lifted him into the air and threw him out, his corse set, leaving him to only scream as he sailed through the air.
"Ahhhh! Whatch out!" shouted Morty, but to no avail, as he continued to pick of speed. The shaman boys watched, blinking as Morty drew closer and closer to them. "Uhhh..." began Yoh, looking to the others. "Maybe we should move?" he said with a cheerful smile. "Too late!" cried Trey as Morty collided with them.
It was almost too perfect, as if worked out by a master mind...which was true. Morty had been the bowling ball, and the shaman boys? They had been the pins, had by some strange twist of fate, gathered in the perfect spot, in the perfect, eight pin position, at the prefect time. It was priceless when Morty collided with them, had hit them so pefectly, all falling to the ground, tumbling swiftly together, and down the well know, Hill O' Doom.
"Strike." stated Anna cooley, flashing a quick grin, before turning, entering the dojo, slideing the shutter door closed behind her, heading off to do what she did best...read and give orders.
The shaman boys rolled down the trecherous hill, hitting numerous rocks, trees, and bushes, only coming to a stop when they reached the bottom, landing in a massive heap, one piled atop the other...excluding Trey, who landed about a foot or so from the others. "Ohhh..." he groaned, it muffled as he sat up. "I think I chipped a tooth." he manage, his hand cupped over his mouth. "We should be so lucky..." mummbled Len, rolling his eyes, pinned beneath the others on his stomach, tapping his slender finger tips against the ground.
"Ohh, I don't knwo what hurts more," began Yoh, laying on his back, piled atop a dizzy Faust, and a dazed Ryo. "Anna or the Hill O' Doom." It was silent a moment, all in deep thought. "Anna" they all stated in unison, slowly pulling themselves to their feet, dusting themselves off.
"Well that was fun, wouldn't you agree Trey? Seeing as it's your fault we ended up down here." stated a now annoyed Len, sweeping dirt and whatnot from his upper and lower arms. "Hey dude! You were there too!" shouted Trey in defense, Len frowning some as he looked to his blue haired friend. "Right, whatever you say." stated Lenny, reaching to Trey, gently pulling a twig from his deep blue hair. Trey blinked, looking to the twig, and watched as Len turned, dusting off his pant's legs. "HEY! Don't think you can make up for this by pulling twigs from my hair!" stated the blue haired shaman, Len rolling his eyes, moving his mouth now, silently mimiking Trey's words as he continued to rant and rave.
The others had all recovered now, Faust helping Ryo to his feet, Choco tending a still dazed and confused Morty, while Trey and Len continued their arguing. Yoh couldn't help but smile when he thought of what the blue haired shaman had said to Anna earlier. ...hell, it's not ever spring yet... Yoh chuckled lightly to himself, causing the others to stop what they were doing and look at him, exchanging worried glances. "Yoh, are you ok?" asked Trey, leaning to his friend some. "Huh?" Yoh asked, blinking a bit. "How many fingers am I holding up? Who are you? What color is the SKY?" shouted Trey, his forehead pressed tightly against Yoh's now, Trey's hand wrapped about the headphone wearing shaman's shoulders.
"Uhhh, you're not holding up any fingers, i'm Yoh Asakura, future shaman king, and the sky is...i'd say...baby blue." he stated, Trey falling over anime style, but quickly recovering. "Well, you scored one out of three..." stated the snow shaman, his back to Yoh now, arms crossed, eyes narrowed and towards the ground. "Right, but I have to give you creativity points Trey. 'Hell, it's not ever spring yet' was one of the best lines you've ever used on Anna. Bravo!" said Yoh, patting Trey on his back, giving the shaman a cheesy and toothy grin.
"What! Are you crazy? She almost killed me!" he shouted, panting heavily now. "Correction, almost killed US!" cried Ryo, Chocolover lightly patting his back. "There there...it's ok." he began, conforting a now sniffling Ryo.
"All I know is that if we don't get up there within the next few minutes Anna really WILL kill us." stated Morty, supporting himself on a rock. "Ahh, that's true. So let's go guys!" said Yoh cheerfully, the others looking at him, sweat-dropping. "Is it just me, or does Yoh find Anna's death threats...fun?" asked a now sweat-dropping Chocolover.
Yoh only continued to smile as he headed for the path that would take them back up the hill and to the dojo. He then blinked, stopping. "Hey guys...where's Lyserg?" he asked, all falling over anime style. "That jerk! I'll bet he's doing all the work, so he can take all the credit!" stated Trey, growling. "Oh no, not my Lyserg, he's far too good for that." stated Ryo, clasping his hands before his chest, day-dreaming about the dreamy emerald haired shaman. "Uh huh...right, gotcha..." said Morty, sweat-dropping. "Well, come on! The faster we get up there the fastest we can help out!" said Yoh, the others rolling their eyes, slowly starting their way back up the steep hill.
"By the way Trey, were you blushing earlier when Anna was threatning you?" asked Yoh, Trey blinking rapidly. "Wh-what! Of corse not!" he shouted, looking away from the others. "Ohhh look, I think he's blushing!" sang Ryo teasily, Trey lowering his head more. "I am not! Quit stareing!" he yelled, felt himself blush even deeper, the others, including Lenny and Trey himself, laughing softly as they continued their climb.
(EEEYAAAGHChapter 1 is finally FINALLY up! Please forgive me for taking so long with this, i've been so busy and writers block is so crule. sobs Anyhoo, i'm soooo happy with this chapter! I think it's sooo cute, and gives hints as to explanations of what's to come in later chapters, but yeah, enough of that, lol. Anyhoo, chapter 2 will be up and running soon, so please continue to read and review and please enjoy this chapter and the next! -Melis D )