Kit: Wow...it's been a while.
Aki: Holy sh it has!
Kit: Now I feel bad cuz I've been working on a dedication fic and none of my other ones.
Aki: Learn to balance everything out then.
Kit: Between Homework, Newspaper, Serteens, Girl Scouts, Possible Drama Club, the Yearbook title page (I submitted one of my drawings to be voted for the yearbook), AND studying for the next midterm. Which is tomorrow (1/27/06) I think I have the right to be havin balancing issues.
Aki: Dn man. Well anyways, onto the chapter!
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Kit, later that night
"Well, you ready Kit?" Kouga asked as he knocked on her door.
"As I'll ever be." Kit muttered as she opened her door, "I can't believe my parents are making me wear this." She added as Kouga laughed. Her tail stuck out of a hole in the back of an ankle length pastel blue skirt. The extra fabric fluttered around her legs, and if she were to turn in a circle it would spread out about 2 feet. She had a nice black kimono top with long fluttering sleeves, the entire top showed off her curves, her hair was up in a bun with a small piece of hair pulled out in the middle. she had white eye shadow on her eyelids to make them 'pop' and her shoes were two inches high with straps that wrapped around her legs, up to the bottom of her knees.
"I don't know Kit, It's kinda nice." Kouga answered as Kit growled.
"You're not the one wearing it." Kit answered as she put her hand on Kouga's. Kouga was wearing his usual atire as he led Kit down the stairs.
"And here is the girl of the hour!" The announcer's voice exclaimed. "The heir to the throne of the Northern Lands, Princess Kitrika!" The announcer exclaimed as Kit and Kouga went down the steps, "Accompaning her is the well-known, Prince Kouga of the Eastern Lands!" The announcer added as Kit and Kouga both blushed. when they reached the bottom of the stairs, Kit curtseyed to Kouga as he bowed in return.
"I expect a dance tonight Kit." Kouga muttered as Kit flashed him an annoyed but teasing look.
"Oh, and here I was expecting to get the evening away from you to flirt with all the guys here." Kit replied with a wink, out of view from everyone but Kouga. Kouga gave a toothy grin as they walked away from each other, Kit to mingle, Kouga to become a wall flower of sorts.
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Aki
"Aki, I have something to show you. Follow me." Sesshoumaru said as Aki got off of her bed. She had been reading one of the books she had gotten and she grabbed her camera as she followed Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru opened the large double doors at the end of the hallway with ease. Aki looked around as she noted that the ceiling was open towards the middle, "Look up there." Sesshoumaru added as Aki looked up to where he pointed. She gasped in happy surprise, as she saw the stars.
"The gemini!" She shouted as she looked at the sky and began to snap some pictures. Sesshoumaru smirked.
"This will be your room from now on. If you get cold, you can close the ceiling using this," Sesshoumaru said as Aki looked at him in delighted surprise, Sesshoumaru held a string as Aki listened to him telling her about the room, "Well, I'll leave you here. That door over there leads to the bedroom, and well, I'm sure you'll figure it out." Sesshoumaru added as he turned around. Aki wrapped her arms around his neck in a hug.
"Thank you so much Sesshy!" She yelled as he smirked.
"You're welcome Aki." Sesshoumaru added as he left and closed the doors behind him.
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Kit
"Good Evening Benjamin." Kit said with a curtsey to a slightly chubby boy. The boy had dirt brown hair and his eyes were pale blue. He was one of Kit's many friends in her pack but he was engaged and Kit was glad, because her parents had been starting to get desperate, and even a 'B' would have sufficed.
"'Evening Kit." He said as he bowed to her. Lila came up behind him and gave him a peck on the cheek as she smiled to Kit. Lila and Kit had grown up together and were by now, like sisters.
"Hello Kitrika. How's it going?" Lila asked, looping her arm into Ben's.
"Great. Flirting with boys, seeing if it really does annoy Kouga, like my friends say, talking with you guys, oh and did I mention trying to make Kouga jealous?" Kit asked mischieviously as she took a picture of the couple. Lila and Ben began to laugh at her comment as a man with broad shoulders came up behind Kit. The man had long blonde hair in a ponytail and blue eyes. He tapped Kit's shoulder, making her jump and quickly turn around, "DADDY!" She yelled as she jumped up a little and gave him a hug (A/N: Her father is a very tall man, he's about a head taller than her).
"Hi Pumpkin. How are you?" Kit's dad asked as he gave her a squeeze.
"I'm great, I found Ben and Lila and was just talking to them!" Kit answered as they let go of each other. Kouga came up behind Kit and tapped her shoulder.
"Excuse me, may I borrow your daughter?" Kouga asked politely as Kit laughed and her dad nodded his consent. Kouga led Kit out to the dance floor as a waltz came on. Being the heirs to thrones they had been taught all formal dances, but when Kit had gone to the present she had started several other dance lessons, Hip Hop, Tap, Jazz, Belly Dancing, and Ballet, making her far more flexible then she had been in the feudal era. Even if it was only two months. Their movements were fast, but the passion they held in the dance was what caused everyone to leave the floor, they were in the middle, every now and then veering off the usual course and farther out in the dance floor. At the end of the floor Kouga had Kit in a low dip and both were slightly out of breath but smiling happily. The cheers and claps surrounded them as Kouga helped Kit stand upright. Kit was blushing at the attention and Kouga was simply nervously laughing.
"It seems that you've continued your dance lessons while you were gone, Kitrika." Kit's dad said as he came up to his daughter.
"Yes, plus several other dances." Kit answered, "Oh, dad, this is Kouga, one of my best friends, and my usual dance partner for lessons. Kouga, this is my father Kraitan." Kit said as her father shook hands with Kouga, firmly.
"Pleasure to meet you Lord Kraitan." Kouga said as Lord Kraitan laughed.
"I suppose my Pumpkin hasn't told you much about me and Kala." Lord Kraitan said.
"DADDY!" Kit yelled as she smacked his arm and he began to laugh. "What is with you and Mommy!" She yelled in annoyance. Kouga laughed as Lord Kraitan patted her back.
"It's our job to embarrass you infront of you friends." Lord Kraitan answered, Kit huffed at him as he laughed lightly, "Anyways, Kouga, Kala and I prefer to be called either Mom and Dad or Kala and Kraitan by Kit's friends." Lord Kraitan said as Kouga nodded.
"My apologies, I forgot what Kala had said earlier." Kouga said with a smile. Kraitan nodded happily.
"Lord Kraitan! We need to speak to you!" An elder from the northern packs shouted as Kraitan nodded.
"Excuse me please." Kraitan said as he gave Kit a kiss on the forehead. Kit smiled but when he left, sighed sadly.
"Sorry Kouga. Dad gets busy a lot." She said, covering up her sadness.
"I take it you didn't get to see a lot of him growing up?" Kouga asked as they walked over to the table with the drinks. Kouga poured each of them a glass.
"No, not usually. The most I saw him was probably once a month, and that was on Holidays. Maybe twice a month if he could make it to our birthdays." Kit answered as she took a sip of the punch, "Agh, this is spiked with sake. should'a spiked it with red wine if anything." Kit said as she grimaced at the taste. Kouga took a small drink of the punch then made a face at the sour taste.
"Agreed." He added as they set their drinks down. Kit took a picture of his face and laughed at his annoyance. There were still many films for the camera but she was only using one roll for the night, "Wanna find your siblings?" Kouga asked.
"Well, here comes Karo. I'll be right back, okay?" Kit asked.
"Okay. I'll stay right here." Kouga said as Kit nodded and walked over to her sibling. She whispered something in his ear and he replied to it by whispering his answer in her ear. Her face went from curious to serious. She waved to Kouga and signaled to give her a minute. He nodded his 'ok' and, patting her brother's arm she went off into a room that led off of the ball room. Kouga guessed it was a study by the books that he glimpsed from the crack in the door. Karo came over and began talking to Kouga.
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Kit
"Dad, why didn't anyone tell me?" Kit exploded, there were three other men in the room, and all of them spun around to look at Kit who seemed very much enraged.
"Pumpkin, could you give us a moment please?" Kraitan asked tiredly. He appeared drained but by now Kit felt that her father owed her an explanation.
"NO! I am of age to be invovled in the lands problems. Both politically and economically. Why did you not tell me that we were at war?" Kit exclaimed as Kraitan sunk in his chair. Defeat was an ever-lastin gbattle with eight children, and defeat number fifty had just presented it's self.
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Aki
"Wow, these are so cool." Aki muttered to herself as she ran her index and middle finger along the spines of the books on the shelf next to her bed. The bed was in the middle of the room with the head against the back wall, it extended just long enough for Aki to lay in fully with about 2 inches to spare, it was wide enough for three people to sleep in, with room to spare. On the right, against the wall was a book shelf, next to a window over-looking the lake. The left had a bed table with some candles and matches on it. The lanterns to put the candles in were on the table as well. Aki left the bedroom and went back to look at the stars, the room had two chairs, a couch, another large bookshelf and some lanterns with unlit candles in them. Aki got a match and carefully lit the candles in the lanterns to see in the room.
Looking out the window she saw some servants lighting floating candles in the lake. Two or three people were out walking, and Aki noticed one of them was Sesshoumaru. She decided to find Zala and get her to take her for a walk to see the floating lights. Quickly snapping pictures of the rooms she got a bag, put the camera and some film into it and left to find Zala, and, if she was up, Rin.
"O'! Aki! You're still up?" Zala asked as she came up to Aki.
"What can I say, I'm a night owl."
"You're a bird demon?"
"NO! I'm...oh nevermind, it's a form of expression." Aki said as Zala laughed at her mistake.
"O', my apologies t'en." Zala said.
"It's okay, anyways, do you wanna go for a walk, I wanted to look at the floating lights." Aki said.
"Yes, just give me a minute." Zala said as she went into her room and got something, hiding it in her right boot under her ankle length skirt, She was wearing a white long-sleeved shirt with a low-cut back, her skirt was ankle-length and light grey and her boots were black. She tied up her silver hair with a blue ponytail holder, and grabbed a ring of keys, hooking them to her skirt hem.
"I feel like we're going to war, seeing you." Aki said as Zala chuckled.
"Never can be to cautious around 'ere." Zala said as Aki nodded, they began to go to the lake and walked along the path.
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Kouga
"Is everything okay? They've been in there for over an hour." Kouga said as Kit suddenly opened the door to the study and slammed it. She walked confidently over to the stairs and stood at the top.
"My apologies to those of you who came just now, but the dance has come to an end. Thank you all for the warm welcome home. I will make a round of the lands tomorrow, if you would wish me to make a stop at your own house, leave the village's name with one of my siblings or parents. Thank you again to those who came." Kit said with a deep curtsey as she stood, whipped around and walked into her room, slamming the door shut. The gabbing stopped and was replaced with the shuffle of leaving feet. Karo and Kouga stared at each other for a minute before running up the stairs. Karo knocked on the door.
"Kit-nee?" He asked as there was a moments silence, then the sound of scoffing feet and a muffled choke. Kit opened the door slightly.
"What is it Karo?" Kit asked.
"Um, are you alright?" Karo replied.
"It's not to be your concern, and I'll be most pleased if you were to stay out of it as well Kouga, it is not in your place to ask me of this. Good night boys." Kit said as Kala came up the stairs.
"Boys, please return to your rooms. you may get snacks from the kitchen in one hour if you are hungry." Kala said sternly as she opened her daughter's door and walked in, gently shutting the door again before the boys could see Kit.
"Wonder what's eating them." Kouga said as Karo shrugged. The boys returned to their designated rooms and were soon asleep as soft sobs came from Kit's room.
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Author's Notes:
Kit: Next two Chapters are Aki's. hope you enjoyed!
Both: TTYL! COME AGAIN!