I do not own any of the Final Fantasy, Inuyasha, Naruto or Fushigi Yuugi characters. I do not own Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, Kuro, D3pa1, Kosarai, Kuroxan, Sakari or Wunjo. They belong to their respective owners. I own Kiako, Ukeo, Shoken, Sannu, Star and other unfamiliar anime or game characters (Please don't steal). When a new paragraph starts these little thingies will appear ʓʓʓ and if those thingies don't show up I'm sorry ; And I'm sorry if there are spelling errors (This means you Kuro! But I would appreciate it if you pointed them out)
Oh! And thank you Firamaster for using your characters!
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I plummeted through a couple of branches, my eyes squeezed tight and the book clamped in my arms against my chest. Next I felt something grab me around my shoulders and another something under my knees
"Nyah!!" I yelled reflexivly and squeezed the book tighter.
"You can open your eyes now ya know..." a voice said and I opened my eyes and saw a pair of fur covered arms carrying me
"Huh? When'd you get so big little boy?" I asked staring up at the sallet that the little boy had (This time I actually payed attention to what the sallet looked like. It looked kinda like a beak with a crooked horn on it) There was a tug on my sleeve and the same sallet was looking at me
"Ano??" I looked up and down from the little boy and the stranger with the same helmet. The stranger adjusted his long arms
"For a cat your not very agile and you're awfully heavy" he said setting me on my feet, I rubbed behind my head
"Oh, sorry. Thank you though" I said and handed the book to the boy "Here you go, told you I'd get it" The little boy took the book in his hands and nodded then looked up at the stranger
"Ok, Sannu, meet me back at the forge ok?" the stranger said "I'll talk to the those Clavats" the little boy known as Sannu nodded and ran off. The stranger turned to me
"I guess I should thank you for helping my little brother" he said "My name is Shoken the Yuke"
"I'm Kiako Ornitier" I said giving a single nod.
"I've never seen you here before, are you new in town?" Shoken asked
"I guess you could say that" I said rubbing behind my head "I washed up shore"
"I see" Shoken said and turned around and began walking away "Well come on, you probably don't have a place to stay"
"O-Ok" I grabbed my bag and followed him "So, what's exactly a Clavat? Is it a last name or something?"
"It's one of the four tribes, are you truly that clueless?" Shoken replied "As you know I'm a Yuke. The boys that were haggling my little brother are Clavats," he then gestured to the one wearing animal skins "Those are Selkies," he gestured to the onion heads that I noticed, some had armour on "And those are Lilties"
"Oh I see" I said "So, the ones that look like living onions are Selkies?"
"Lilties."
"Oh, sorry" I rubbed behind my head "Onions equals Lilties. Got it." Shoken let out a laugh hollowed by the sallet
"I suppose they do look like onions" he said rubbing the beak of his helmet and laughing again
"Sorry, It's just I have momentary short term memory" I said tugging at my bangs "Sorry"
"Why are you sorry for? Anyone could mistake them for a pink onion" Shoken said. I grinned sheepishly scratching at my cheek with one finger
"I guess so, if they were underground and were picked, oh boy" I giggled, images of imagination pouring into my head
"Wouldn't they be in for a suprise!" Shoken chuckled "Course the person that picked them would be killed in an instance"
"I can see, those axes and spears look kinda pointy" I said with my finger on my chin, It's a habit, I always have to do something with my hands...
"Very, I'm the one who made them"
"Really?" I said surprised. Shoken nodded
"Yes, I'm a blacksmith" he said rubbing his arm at the same time ruffling the fur
"Sugoi" I said grinning "That's pretty neat" I heard a sigh from inside the sallet
"Sometimes it's not all that great" he said "Sometimes I feel- Nevermind, we're almost there"
"Oh, ok" I said looking at the ground and looking at the pebbles as I walked.
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I followed Shoken to what looked like a house made of iron. There was also a smaller house made of what a house is usually made of next to it, Sannu was sitting in front of it reading his book
"Hiya buddy" I said happily sitting beside him. He looked up nodding at me and then waving at his older brother who returned the wave and stepped into the forge. Sannu tucked his book under his arm and walked into the forge as well, I just followed.
Inside Shoken was near a large fireplace kinda thing and I felt the heat singe my fur
"Please don't touch anything," Shoken said "Everything here is enchanted, touch it and you might end up as a frog with a tail"
"Heh heh, hai" I chuckled nervously keeping my arms as close to my sides as possible.
"I'm going to have to start working soon, so it'd probably be better if you left now," Shoken said "Cause it's gonna get really hot in here"
"Oh, ok" I said and turned around to walk out when I felt something very cold hit my hand "Itai!" I cried bringing my hand up and blowing on it as the fire that lingered on the fur went out leaving a black mark. I saw a giant hammer swing in front of me and hit a piece of metal as it writhered back and straightened into a solid pole
"Stupid enchanted metal, sometimes it has a mind of it's own" Shoken said shaking his head then grabbed my hand "Hmm, doesn't look too bad. Just a burn"
"A burn? It felt pretty cold for a burn..."
"That iron was enchanted with ice magic but it was still cooling" Shoken explained rummaging through some papers on a desk that was in the corner "Guess that tells me to be more careful where I place my things" He came back with a what looked like a clay lip balm holder thingy and some cloth, taking my hand he led me outside and to the front step of the little house. Once we had seated he unscrewed the lid of the holder and dipped his furry finger inside it then smeared some weird gooey green stuff on the burn on my hand, the first thing that came to my mind was boogies
"This'll sting abit" he said rubbing the gunk in circles then wrapping it in the cloth. Already I felt like little needles were poking my burn
"Thanks" I said then looked at my hand "Itai..."
"The burn'll heal in a bit of two days, you'll be fine" Shoken said standing up and carrying his hammer over his shoulder "It's done wonders for me, good thing Sannu's an Alchemist, otherwise the burn would probably take over a couple of weeks and I'd be dead by now"
"Sannu's an Alchemist?" I asked immiediatly thinking of an anime called Full Metal Alchemist. Watch it. Or feel the wrath of THUNDERCLEESE!! Heh heh, opps, imaginations going out of hand again...
"Yes, he makes most of the medicine in this town even though alchemists usually gather minerals, he makes potions" Shoken said "Go on inside and thank him, tell him I'll be back in a while. And keep your shoes on, the floor's already dirty anyways"
"O-Ok" I said standing up and watching him walked back into the forge. I smiled to myself then stepped into the little house.
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"Sannu?" I said walking in and whiping my shoes on the rug at the front of the door then walking in hearing a small tinkling sound. The house kinda looked similar to those hobbit houses in Lord of the Rings, just there was a high roof and no circular door and it wasn't built on a hill side. I rounded a corner and saw Sannu tinkering with a small wooden box. He looked up at me and waved
"Hey buddy, what're you doing?" I asked peering over his shoulder, Sannu closed the wooden box and took out thin silver chain necklace that had a small key on it that was around his thin neck. He then put the key in a little hole on the side of the box and gave it a full turn. Small tinkly sounds came from the box in a small tune (A/N: Just for your curiousity, the tune was the caravan music from FF CC)
"Oh it's a music box!" I said looking at it "You made it yourself?" Sannu nodded taking the box and setting it beside two other boxes and he walked over to me and took my hand in his looking at it, it seemed like he was anyway. Then I remembered
"Oh, your brother told me to thank you. That gooey medicine really works" I said smiling with my hand up like a boy scout, it's another habit... "He also said that he'd be back soon"
"Ok...." Sannu said softly and headed towards the door "You want to go outside with me?"
"Yokie!" I said happily following him. He walked out the door and sat on the step and I sat beside him and rummaged in my backpack pulling out a bouncy ball that was attached to a stretchy string and had a band that went around your wrist. Wrapping the wristband around my wrist, I took the ball in my hand and threw it as it bounced once on the ground and soared back to me and I caught it with one hand.
"This is kinda fun," I said to Sannu and held it out to him "Wanna try?"
"It-It's ok..." he said taking out his book and opening it "I'll read"
"Ok, just be ready to duck if the ball comes soaring your way, but I'll catch it" I said smiling "Hopefully..." Sannu shrugged and faced his book.
After a while of me catching the ball, a sound emited from Sannu's helmet and I realized it was a yawn
"Sleepy?" I asked patting his shoulder
"N-No...I'm ok..." he said and leaned against me "I'm just going to close my eyes for a moment...." I gently grabbed his shoulders and layed his head on my lap. He looked up at me as if in wonder
"It's not very comfortable sleeping while sitting up" I smiled stroking his furry arms
"O-ok...If it's ok with you..." Sannu said softly again and fixing his position so he seemed comfortable like being curled up in a bed
"See? Much better to nap when your actually laying down ne?" I said smiling down at him, my hand resting on his shoulder. Soon after a few minutes I felt his breathing deepen and I couldn't stop smiling down at him thinking of when my grandpa had done for me before what I had just did to Sannu. I tossed the ball a few times more catching it each time, I threw the ball with unexpected speed and held out my hand to catch it
"Hey, he's asleep?"
WHAM!!
"G-Gah...!" I croaked with surprise trying to keep my voice down as the ball collided with my face between my eyes and nose and I heard a faint snap. My hand went over my eyes and nose as I whimpered "Owie owie....My nose....nose.... Watashi baka....."
"Opps, sorry" Shoken said sitting beside me "I didn't mean to interfer with your concentration"
"Don't... worry about it," I groaned giving a weak smile "I probably wouldn't have caught it anyways" I looked down at my lap and saw Sannu was still sound asleep
"So, he got tired huh?" Shoken said. I nodded with a smile
"He's such a good kid," I smiled again and Shoken reached over rubbing his little brothers shoulder
"He's the only family I have left" he said "Our parents died when we were younger, so we fend for ourselves"
"Oh...." I said feeling sadness take over "I'm sorry to hear that...."
"It's ok" Shoken said "At least I still have Sannu, if I lost him I wouldn't know what to do"
"He's lucky"
"Hm?"
"To have a big brother like you," I said "I've always wished for a big brother, my friends Kosarai is like the older brother that always looks after me along with Kakashi. Zero's like the brother that always bugs me." I chuckled at that
"Do you have any real siblings?" Shoken asked
"Well, I have a little sister that likes to throw stuff at me, my dearest friends D3pa1 and Kuro are like my older sisters too, but no matter where I go, I always seem to be the youngest one" I said and smiled "And the shortest one too"
"So where are your friends?" Shoken asked
"Ya know, I'm worried about them" I replied "I want to go find them, but I'm not sure where to start" I felt Sannu stir in my lap
"Big brother?" Sannu asked sitting up.
"Oh, Sannu" I said and when he looked up at me I smiled "Sleep well?" He nodded
"Thank you...." he said and his hand slipped under his helmet again and reappeared.
"Sannu," Shoken said kneeling "I'm going to talk to the Clavats, do you want to stay here?"
"N-no..." Sannu said "I'll come too...."
"Are you sure?" Shoken asked "Cause I might have my hands full with Naki and-"
"Ah, don't worry" I said "I'll watch over him, I've had tons of experience with bullies! I'll protect him with my life."
"You sure?" he asked and I nodded "Ok, let's go then"
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We walked through the town until we reached a wide field with a barn in the center of it.
"Here we are" Shoken said "Be on your toes" I felt Sannu grab the back of my kimono and hide behind me
"Don't worry, if anything flys towards us I'll manage to catch it" I said then added "With my face or head or something...."
"Naki! I need to speak with you!" Shoken called out and a rock flew out of the grass. I moved my head to the side- And ended up getting hit square in the center of my face...
"Itai! It hurts!" I cried rubbing where the rock hit me
"What'd you want Yuke?" a Clavat boy with a cow lick said walking towards us with his arms crossed. Two other Clavats came up behind him, they looked like the kids that were bugging Sannu, only...Bigger.
"Tell your little brothers to stop bothering mine" Shoken said "All of you"
"What're you gonna do if we don't?" the clavat with a black cap said stalking over to Shoken and poking him in the chest. Shoken slapped his hand away
"Don't touch me" he said "Or my little brother"
"Or what?" the clavat with a headband said "You'll hit us?" The three Clavats laughed cruelly. Another rock soared out of the grass and struck me in the back of the head
"What the friggin'!?" I yelled whipping around and hearing a clunk as a pebble hit Sannu's sallet
"Sannu!" Shoken turned to the cowlick clavat, his hands clenched into fists "Naki, tell your brother to stop hurting them!"
"Auh!" Sannu gasped as a rock hit his arm. I dropped to my knees, grabbed him and pivoted on one knee so my back was facing where the rocks were coming from. I heard a crack as a rock collided with the back of my skull and two more hit my spine
"Itai...." I murmered "Itai, Itai, Itai..." I felt three more rocks hit me and clentched my teeth trying to ignore the jolts of pain.
"Stop hurting them!" Shoken shouted tackling Naki to the ground and commenced punching him
"So you wanna take it the hard way?" the clavat with the head band said kicking Shoken in the side
"You should have went back to that little crate you call a house!" the clavat with the cap said also kicking Shoken. With each blow the clavats inflicted on Shoken, Sannu whould curl up closer to me and covering the eye holes in his sallet with his hands sobbing. Another rock hit the base of my neck and all of a sudden, memorise poured into my head showing pictures like a flash animation in my brain. Echos sang through my ears with the pictures
"So you think you're such a hero eh?" a boy with dark hair said to a small girl that looked oddly familiar.
"Yeah! You should mind your own business!" a big girl said shoving the smaller girl
"I'm just doing what's right...." the small girl whimpered with tears pouring from her eyes. The big girl glared at the small one
"I hate girls that think they're all that!" she spat and shoved the small girl and kicking her. Another boy saw this and ran away only to return with a teacher supervisor
"Teacher! Those people are bullying Kiako!" he said pointing "Bullying is wrong right?"
"That's right" the teacher said and turned away "But you shouldn't tattle on other kids, I'm sure they're just playing or wanting attention" the teacher walked away leaving the small girl alone with the assaulters. All alone...
The memory ended when a rock hit my back again. I shook my head and did a hand seal with my arms still wrapped around Sannu
"Kage Bunshin no jutsu!" I cried and five shadow clones appeared around me and Sannu in a circle.
"So, who's up for a game of cat and mouse?" one of the clones said
"Me me!" another clone said diving into the grass and coming back up with two clavat boys in each hand "I found two!"
"I found one another one" another clone said holding up another clavat, who was sqirming and flipping around kicking. I ordered two of the clones to watch over Sannu and rushed to where Shoken was laying beaten up on the ground with the clavat with the cowlick still kicked at him
"This'll teach you not to confront your superiors!" Naki growled and drew his leg back for another kick.
"By superiors do you mean me?" I asked grabbing his leg and flipping him over
"What the-?" the clavat with the head band backed away "What is that thing?! A fiend from the miasma?!"
"Shoken" I said gently putting my arms underneath his torso and turning him onto his back. He grunted in pain with his hands still curled into a fists
"S-Sannu..." he groaned
"He's fine," I said "Are you ok? Anything broken?"
"Maybe a couple of ribs and some internal bleeding," he said with a chuckle "But I'm fine, you?"
"Just a cracked skull, a rattled brain and probably a snapped spinal cord, It all good" I smiled. Then looked up with my own version of the Glare O' Doom, it wasn't as scary as Kuro's but close enough.
"Three against one isn't very fair" I said standing up and putting my fists on my hips "You guys've got alot a nerve"
"This doesn't concern you, unless you wanna be beaten too" Naki said fixing his hair.
"You wanna fight? Then fight me!" I said putting up my fists and jabbing the air a few times "Fight me! Fight me!! I beat that bully in grade six and I can do it again!"
"You really wanna fight?" the clavat with the cap said walking up to me
"Bring it! I'll kick your sorry butt to the next planet with a twinkle in the sky!" I yelled but stopped when the clavat with the headband grabbed my chin and put his face in front of mine.
"You know, you're pretty cute when you're angry" he said grinning in a way that reminded me of Vale and Miroku put together, trust me, it'd be pretty freaky. I stumbled back, my face heating up
"Uresai..." I muttered then bolted up "I'll still fight you! Put 'em up ya panty waists, chumpy boots pansies!!!" I paused "Wimps." I punched the air a couple more times
"Of using your fists? Now that's how I like it" the head band clavat said coyly "Since I'm sure you want to know, my name's Dearka"
"Oh whatever, put 'em up!" I said bouncing from foot to foot. Dearka smiled and turned around
"Let's go" he said walking away
"You chocobo pansy! Stay and fight! Or are ya scared some hyper cat girl's gonna beat ya huh?"
"I have better things to do" Dearka said and turned around winking at me "I'll see ya soon honey"
"Honey?" I growled my eye twitching I brought my hand up in front of my face and squeezed it into fist of determination "I shall crush him later..." I turned and stood over where Sannu was tipping a bottle in Shoken's half open sallet.
"Better?" Sannu asked
"I'm fine now, thanks" Shoken said sitting up and closed his sallet "Are you ok?" he asked and Sannu nodded. Then he turned to me
"Are you ok too?" Shoken asked
"I'll live" I smiled my hand giving a carefree toss "Sure I could've been paralyzed, but I'm not" I grinned. Shoken stood up and rubbed the beak of his helmet
"Well, let's go back." he said "I'm kinda tired...."
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We walked back into town to Shoken's house.
"I'm going to rest for a bit, Sannu you should stay in" Shoken said "You can go explore the town if you want Kiako"
"Ok" I said smiling "I'll be back! try not to strain yourself!" I called running out of the house into the street.
"Now, what to do?" I said to myself looking around and saw a giant crystal in the middle of the toqn square. I turned again seeing some lilties and clavats playing what would look like soccer, I grinned and walked towards them.
"Pass it! Pass to me Miep!" a lilty called running along side a clavat girl with long hair that was tied at the end and a bandana with two feathers sticking out. With a smile the girl kicked the ball to the lilty and the lilty savagely kicked it towards what looked like a fishnet on a wooden box frame. A clavat that was in the net dived to the side knocking the ball away. I blinked as it rolled to my feet and smiled. Picking up the ball I walked towards them and bent down to their level
"Hello" I smiled
"Hiya!" the clavat girl said boldly slightly puffing out her chest
"Mind if I play?" I asked handing her the ball
"Um," she looked at the other players and some shrugged while some nodded happily. She turned back to me and smiled "Yes! You can play! But you're on my team!"
"Yosha!" I grinned pumping my fist in the air with enthuciasm "I haven't played in a while so if I trip or something I'm sorry"
"It's ok" the clavat girl said "My name's Prin by the way"
"I'm Kiako" I said "But most kids call me kitty cat"
"Game on!" a lilty cried "Oh, and my name's Lief"
The ball was kicked forward and I dash right for it tucking it under my foot and passing it to Prin
"Catch!" I called and ran ahead on the right side of the field. I watched as Prin kicked it to Lief who passed to another litlty who passed to a clavat with brown hair
"Catch it!" he called kicking it towards me. I ran forward to except it but it was interfered by a clavat with a white cap
"I don't think so!" I cried running forward and cutting him off
"Ochua catch!" the boy shouted kicking the ball
"Huh?" was all I said before feeling my face go numb and stumbling backwards until I fell over holding my face.
"Oh no!" the boy with the cap cried dropping beside me as the other players crowded around me "I'm so sorry! Are you ok?!"
"I'll live..." I winced but managed a grin rubbing my cheek "Nice kick, I can't feel my face anymore" I laughed as my eyes watered
"Are you going to be ok?" Prin asked
"I'm really really sorry!" the clavat in the cap said both his clenched hands in front of his mouth in worry "I didn't mean to-" he began to cry.
"Hey hey!" I said bolting up and putting my hand on his shoulder "Please don't cry! I told, I'm fine! I'll live! Daijoubu dai yo!" the clavat looked up at me sniffling with tears still pouring
"I'm...sorry..." he sniffled. I grinned and did a funny pose
"Not to worry! You'll need more than a soccer ball to knock out the likes of Kiako Ornitier!" I declared "You'll need a wrecking ball! Or a balloon! Or prehaps a rubber bouncy ball! But that'd be my limit and I'd probably be dead"
"Can we keep playing?" Lief asked "Please?"
"Duh!" I said standing up "Forget about the incident, Game on!"
"Yay!"
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The sun was beginning to set and a golden light was poured onto the field casting long moving shadows, Prin was running towards the net again with the ball. I was near the net to the side and watched as Prin approuch the net rapidly
"Score!" Prin shouted kicking the ball and it was deflected by the goalie again- Straight towards me. Without thinking I ran forward catching the ball in my stomache and it fell to the ground bouncing up to my height. I used my head to bounce it back down and kicked in towards the net, now usually in my world I wouldn't be able to do this, but it isn't my world and I'm not in my normal body. It bounced up again and dropping to my hands using them as supports, lifted up my lower half and scissor kicked the ball into the net
"Yay!!" Leif shouted jumping up and down with a group of his team "We won, we won, we won!!"
"Yatta!" I exclaimed jumping up too "Great game everyone! That's the best soccer game I've ever hand!"
"Uh oh, it's late! I should've been home long ago!" Prin gasped her eyes wide "Now, She will come for me!!"
"Who's she?" I asked rubbing my head.
"Prin! Poshi!" a voice called out "Where are you?"
"Oh no! She's here!" the clavat with the cap cried hiding behind me with Prin
"I suppose your name's Poshi then huh?" I said feeling my eyebrows tilt up in amusement, Poshi nodded. Just then a clavat girl with the same long dark hair as Prin came out of the grass with her hands on her hips
"Poshi, Prin" she said "I can see you"
"Oooh...." Prin said with disappointment coming out from behind me, I smiled down at her
"I hope we can see each other another time" I said and smiled at Poshi
"Bye Kiako!" Prin called running to the clavat with the short hair
"Bye" Poshi said following Prin "We're really sorry that we were out so late June..."
"It's ok Poshi" she smiled patting his head "Just don't do it again" she looked up at me "Now who's this?"
"She played with us!" Prin said happily "Poshi kicked the ball in her face though"
"I said forget about it!" I said rubbing behind my head "No harm done to anybody!"
"I'm really sorry if my siblings caused you any trouble" June said "Are you ok?"
"I'm fine, I'm fine! I'll live! And they weren't any trouble!" I said waving my hands in front of me nervously, it's another habit of mine... "I had fun with them" I smiled
"Well, thank you for watching them for me" June said also smiling.
"No problem! I hope to play with them again soon" I said and looked at the sun "I should be going back to Shoken's house, well, Bye everyone!"
"Bye Kiako!" Prin and Poshi called waving
"Bye Kitty!" the children all called in unity. I smiled to myself as I ran back to where Shoken's house was and jumped turning in mid air
"Bye!" I shouted waving and continued running.
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I made it back to Shoken's house before nightfall I might add and wiped my shoes on the rug in front of the door and knocked. The door opened a crack and in curiousity, I tilted my head to the side and peeped through the crack
"Kiako?" Shoken's voice asked
"Bloop doody doo bloo bloo!" I jabbered then grinned "Can ya guess?" the door swung open
"Come on in" Shoken welcomed waving me inside. I smiled and walked in seeing Sannu sitting in front of a lit fireplace reading a book with a star shaped carrot in one hand that was half eatten
"Hey buddy!" I grinned sitting beside him "What's up?" Sannu sat up and rubbed his sallet
"Um.... the stars?" he said tilting his head to the side
"Well, I suppose so" I smiled poking my forehead, I guess they don't know those kind of sayings or at least he doesn't.
"Here." Shoken said handing me some colorful grapes "I'm not sure what you like to eat, all we have here is some star carrots, gourd potatoes, stripped apples and rainbow grapes"
"This is fine, thank you" I said and ate a pink grape and gasped "It- It takes like a grapfruit!"
"Yeah, rainbow grapes taste like different fruits, does it bother you?" Shoken asked sitting beside me with a star carrot
"Oh no! It's just kind of odd to me, I've never had different flavored rainbow grapes before!" I said hastily waving my hand in a paniced fashion.
"Heh heh, your funny" Sannu giggled breaking off a peice of his carrot and by opening his sallet slightly, tossed it in
"Well, I try to act like a normal person would but I'm not very good at it" I chuckled with my hand behind my head. There was silence except for the crackle of the burning wood and some munching sounds from the Yuke brothers.
"Sannu," Shoken finally said "What if I joined a caravan?"
"Is... it that time again??" Sannu asked
"Hm?" I listened intently while chewing on a grape that tasted like a strawberry
"Yes, I already signed up for the caravan this morning" Shoken said "I will be sending letters to you though"
"But, where will I go?" Sannu said and began to sniffle.
"I have a very reliable friend, he's a clavat farmer but he has two daughters named June and Prin and a son named Poshi" My ears pricked up
"June, Prin and Poshi?" I asked "I met them today," I smiled "Sannu'll be in good hands" Shoken nodded
"Yes, June plans to join the caravan, as well as some others" he said "I suppose you'd like to come as well?"
"Who me?" I asked pointing to myself
"Yes, don't you have friends to look for?"
"Well, yeah I do..." I said pulling on one of my hairs "But I don't want to be a burden"
"Well you won't live without a chalice to protect you from the miasma" Shoken said and stood up "We should rest now, Come on Sannu. Kiako, sleep where you want"
"Sure ok" I said laying down on the rug in front of the fireplace "I'll just lay down here"
"Ok, good night"
"Nighty Night!" I said and used my arms as a pillow. I kinda stayed there for a moment until I heard foot steps and Shoken came back out with a blanket in his arms
"You'll need these" he said handing me the pillow and blanket
"Oh, thanks" I said and layed down again "G'Night"
"Good night Kiako, sleep well"
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After getting waked up by Shoken and having some more rainbow grapes, Sannu, Shoken and I walked to the town square where the giant crystal was. There were some others there. Tons of people!! I saw Prin and jumped up waving
"Prin! Prin! Hi!" I called and as Prin caught sight of me, began to jump up and down too then ran over to me
"Hi!" she said happily "Are you going on the caravan?"
"I guess so" I said patting her head and looked up as a shadow loomed over me
"Hi there" June smiled "I don't think we were introduce, I'm June"
"Kiako's the name!" I grinned holding my hand out and she shook it firmly.
"So you and Shoken are part of the caravan?" June asked, I nodded and nearly keeled over as something grabbed the back of my neck
"Hi kitty!" Poshi said cheerfully with his cap nearly falling off his head
"Yo buddy!" I cried carring him over one shoulder and spinning in a full circle then setting him down fixing his cap. Just then a small boy with kinda short purpleish hair walked up to us and looked at me
"You look funny" he said tilting his head to the side
"Well, I know I do!" I laughed. The boy reached up and touched my ears
"Your ears are big" he said
"Well they're what make me, me" I smiled
"Your tummy's round" he said next.
"Well, um, I guess... I need.. to... lose weight then!! Ha ha!" I chuckled nervously scratching at my cheek
"That's enough Sabuji" an older boy with animal skins and shorts with a bandana on his head said picking up the smaller boy "Sorry about my brother, he's very open"
"Ah don't worry about it" I said patting Sabuji's head "He's honest, never lose that"
"Brother? What's honest?" Sabuji asked looking up
"Um, Uh....Ask mom" he said and put down his brother "Hi, I'm Galfer. I'm a Selkie"
"Kiako, I'm a kitty cat" I chuckled "Nice to meet you though"
"So your part of the caravan?" Galfer asked. I shrugged
"I'm with Shoken, so I'm not sure" I said and turned around seeing Sannu clutching onto his brother who patting him on the shoulder
"Excuse me," I said and walked over to Shoken "What's wrong?" Sannu let go of Shoken and grabbed onto me shaking his head and sobbing
"I don't want you to go! Take me with you! I'll be good I promise!" Sannu cried "Don't go! Don't go!" I kneeled down in front of him
"It's ok! Your brother won't be gone forever" I said "Hey how long is this trip gonna last?"
"About a year" June said standing beside me
"A whole YEAR?!?!" I exclaimed falling over "By then Zabuza could've slain Tazuna and the mist village could be desintigrated!" I thought back to the family that was in the village.
"Huh? What're you talking about?" Galfer asked
"Um, Nevermind..." I said and sat back up and Sannu's hand snaked under his sallet and he sniffled
"What if you find your friends and you don't ever come back?" he sobbed. I tapped my chin in thought, then, that shiny lightbulb of wonderful ideas popped over my head
"AH-HAH!!" I shouted and Shoken, June and Galfer all jumped back and some villagers stared. I grabbed my backpack and rummage through it till I found what I was looking for.
"Here!" I pulled out a yellow fluffy duck plushie. Remember Mr. Warkster? Yeah that yellow duck that looks like a chocobo! "This is my most treasured toy! As you can see I take it pretty much everywhere with me" I handed Mr. Warkster to Sannu and smiled
"You take care of it for me ok?" I said "I will be coming back for it, I pretty much love that duck more then life itself" Smiling, I pat his head and stood up. Suddenly, the air was filled with high pitched screams
"Uh-oh..." I said shaking my head
"What's wrong??" Poshi asked
"Fangirl screams, brace yourselves" I said and watched as the crowd of girls disappated showing, Dearka.
"Oh dear..." June said as Poshi and Prin hid behind her.
"Well, I knew we'd be meeting again, but not this soon" Dearka said standing in front of me
"Yeah, same here..." I said throwing my backpack over my shoulder
"I suppose you're not going on the caravan?" he asked looking from June to Shoken
"In fact, she's coming with me on the caravan to search for her friends" Shoken said stepping up beside me
"I see" Dearka said pulling a loose strand of his brown hair out from under his headband "Then, might I accompany you my dear?" the fangirls behind him began to cry and sob
"Well, wouldn't that be a joy ride" I said crossing my arms
"The caravan's full anyways," Galfer said "Fours the maximum capasity, and you wouldn't want to disappoint your fans wouldy ou?" Dearka smiled and stepped in front of me taking hold of both sides of my face, my eyebrows slanted down into a glare as the fangirls all squealed in terror
"I suppose you won't mind if I give you a farewell kiss before you set off now would you?" Dearka said leaning in closer. I put two of my fingers up in front of my mouth blocking his lips
"Sorry," I said smiling innocently as my inner chibi was screaming and kicking "But I'm waiting for someone special" Dearka smiled and for a moment I thought he understood. Oh how wrong I was.... He grabbed both my arms and pushed them down to my sides
"I am special" he said and leaned in again
"Hey..Hey no.... No!" I shouted trying to pull back "I said NO!" I drew my left hand back and slapped Dearka across the face with a giant SMACK! I would have used my right hand but trust me, he'd go flying. Dearka stood there stunned for a moment holding his slowly reddening cheek
"I'm sorry but told you, I'm waiting" I growled dusting off my hands. All the fangirls schreeched and screamed shouting insults
"You monster!"
"My Dearka! How dare you strike him!!"
"Demon! You vile Demon!"
"Half Demon!" I shouted back "I'm a friggin half demon!! HALF YOU OBSESSIVE FANGIRLS!!! I SHALL SMIT-ETH THEE!" I swung my fists around. Another habit...
"Now now!" A voice rang out and everything fell silent. An old man walked out of the crowd holding a kind of fancy looking bowl with an arch that had a shiny crystal at the end bent over it
"Elder Fir" Shoken said respectfully bowing his head
"So, all of you will be part of the caravan correct?" the elder nodded. Shoken nodded
"Yes, June the Clavat, Galfer the Selkie and I, Shoken the Yuke will retreive the Myrrh for the town of Tipa" Shoken announced
"Very well, then accept the chalace with the element of fire to protect you from the miasma" the Elder said handing the bowl to Shoken, so, it's called a chalice! I learned something new!
"And, will this feline be accompanying you?" Elder Fir asked
"Yes, she is in search of her friends and is accepted into our caravan" June said
"And she will be great entertainment!" Galfer laughed
"Well I'll do my best then!" I grinned softly punching him in the arm as he punched me back.
"Very well, Good luck caravaners" Elder said "We, the people of Tipa give you our prayers"
"And ours to you" Galfer said bowing his head.
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"Well, Let's go everyone!" Shoken said throwing a giant backpack over his shoulders, I swear it was as big as he was!!
"Are you sure your going to be able to carry that all?" I asked loading a couple of supplies into the caravan with the funny blue oxen shuffling it's hooves
"I'll be fine" Shoken said "I think it's Galfer we'll have to worry about"
"I swear! I can carry this!" Galfer said dragging a sack of potatoes
"Yeah, sure" June said shaking her head. I walked over to him and grabbed the bag
"Hup!" I threw the sack over my shoulder and carried it to the caravan.
"Kiako! Wait till Galfer has at least let go of the sack!" June cried
"Hm? I turned around and saw Galfer was still clinging onto the bag "Opps! Sorry!"
"It's ok, I'll go get something lighter, like the grapes!" he grinned and ran back.
After loading all of the supplies, we began to walk away from the village with people at the entrance waving at us
"BYE!!" Prin and Poshi called waving and jumping up and down. I was Sannu waving with one arm and Mr. Warkster clutched tightly in the other
"BYE EVERYONE!!" I called as did June and Galfer. Shoken turned around and waved as well.
"Hmm," I said looking at the chalice as we walked "This is kinda neat! It has no container to hold the myrrh but the myrrh holds together into a sphere! Sugoi"
"It really is amazing isn't it?" Galfer said shouldering his racket looking thing.
"Yeah, and it's all so shiny!" I laughed adjusting my backpack and hearing a tinkle "Huh?" I took my backpack off and wore it backwards to look inside of it
"What's wrong?" June asked. I found the tinkly thing in my bag and felt happiness overwhelm me. Yes. It was that good of a tinkly thing.
"Aww!" I said smiling like Star Trek geek, note I didn't say Star Wars, Star Wars rules man. Boba Fett!! Er, anyways....
"Aww what?" Shoken asked walking beside me
"Someone put this music box in my bag" I said pulling it out "And the key's already inside of it" Shoken looked at the box and sighed
"It's Sannu's craftsmenship" he said "He's the only one I know who can make one like this"
"Aww" I said again and turned the key as the tinkly notes played the caravan song.
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"Are we there yet?" Galfer asked from the seat of the caravan, I wanted to drive but he didn't trust me with the reigns
"Does it look like we're anywhere near River Belle?" June asked
"I suppose not, I don't see any rivers" I said typing on my laptop. I had attached a strap to it so it was around my neck and the laptop kind hung around my neck anchored on my stomache so it was upright while I walked. I went to my DeviantArt account and yelled in surprise
"What is it?" June asked peering over my shoulder
"I HAVE OVER A HUNDRED MESSAGES IN DA?!?" I cried "THIS'LL TAKE FOREVER TO GO THROUGH!!"
"Hey what is that little book?" Shoken asked also looking over my shoulder
"It's called a laptop" I explained "It holds masses of information and data. It's much more efficient and easy to tasks"
"Intriuging" Shoken said rubbing his beak
"Indeed" June said next
"Hey! You guys better pick up the pace if you don't want to get outside of the barrier!" Galfer called
"Coming!" We all ran towards the caravan and walked along side of it again. I selected a music file and browsed for a decent song to listen to, another of my habits is that if an event or something happens I play specific music to go with it. Plus since all my music is all organized in it's own unique folder, everything's easy to find!! I'm a genieus. Not.... Clicking on the Final Fantasy music folder, which the songs are also organized into their belonging folders, I looked in the Final Fantasy X-2 folder and clicked on the music for Mi'hin Highroad. The music played softly from the speakers as I bobbed my head along with it
"Where's that music coming from?" June asked
"Sorry, my bad" I said turning it off and tucking my laptop away. I looked up and saw tiny suits of moving armour
"Lilties straight ahead!" Galfer called stopping the caravan. A lilty walked up to us and pulled off it's helmet
"Hail caravaners!" he greeted
"Hello" Shoken said
"Beware caravaners, for a black knight as we had heard has been sighted! Be cautious!" The lilty warned. My ears pricked up
"Hey! Have you seen another knight?" I asked "He's very tall and has silver and bronze armour and has a big red cape!"
"Why, yes." the lilty said "He who you speak of is in our camp at this moment"
"Really?! Can I see him?" I asked "He's a friend of mine!"
"Very well," the lilty said stepping aside "Come now" I turned to Shoken and the others
"I'll be gone for about a minute, if you leave without me I'll just find some way back to the Tipa" I said
"Don't worry, we'll wait" Galfer said kicking back
"But we don't exactly have the time!" June protested
"Hey who's the driver here me or you?" Galfer asked closing his eyes and laying back.
The lilty lead me to the back of the camp and pointed to a tree
"He's there" the lilty said
"Thank you" I said bowing down then dashing to the tree and slowly looking behind it. There sat one of the knights of the round with his back agaisnt the tree trunk and petting a white puff ball. With the sun glinting off his bronze, silver lined helmet and the light breeze making his giant red cape sway, he looked so. At peace. Like he's never even known war, but I knew that wasn't true. Hey I do research too you know
"Knight?" I asked standing beside where he sat. The knight looked up
"Oh, Lady Kiako" the knight said as the white puff ball flew into his arms and he still stroked it. Hey it has a pom pom on it's head!
"Kupo!" the puff ball said cuddling up to the knight, I grinned
"Looks like you made a furry new friend" I smiled and pet the moogle on it's head
"For some strange reason it will not leave me alone" the knight replied still stroking the moogle
"And for some strange reason I'm thinking that you don't want it to leave you alone" I grinned with my finger in the air again.
"That's one of our moogles," a lilty said "His name's Mogkie, but he's the only moogle I know that can't talk. He just says kupo."
"Kupo!" Mogkie squeaked and flew up in the air flying around my head
"Whoa!" I fell backwards.
"I see you've made some friends as well" the knight said looking over at Shoken, June and Galfer as they talked to the lilties
"Which reminds me...." I said standing up and crashing my fist over the knights helmet "Where have you been the past two days?!?"
"I should be asking you the same thing!" the knight said finger flicking my forehead
"RARR!" I cried jumping up and smucking him again. The knight kinda glowered down at me then patted my head
"Tis good to see you again m'lady" he said
"You too" I smiled.
"Hey you gyus done yet!?" Galfer asked from the caravan seat "I think the crystal's gonna die before we collect even a drop of myrrh!"
"Coming!" I called then turned to the knight "You coming?"
"Well I have to stay with my summoner don't I?" the knight asked standing up
"I suppose so" I said shrugging and running back to the caravan "Thank you!" I called to the lilties
"You're very welcome" When I got back to the caravan, Shoken, June and Galfer all looked up at the knight in shock
"Everyone, this is my friend" I said smiling "You can just call him Knight"
"Nice to meet you" Knight said.
"Y-Yeah, right back at ya" Galfer said nervously then picked up the reigns "Let's get going" he gave them a flop and the caravan moved forward. I noted how, majestic Knight looked with his cape trailing behind him as he walked, I gotta remember to take a picture of the one day
"Kupo!" A tiny voice cried "Kupo Kupo Kupo!!"
"Hm?" Knight turned around, as did I seeing Mogkie flying after us. Well, not exactly flying. Just kinda flopping in the air dipping and diving once in a while.
"Mogkie? What's he doing following us?" Shoken asked
"Kupo!" Modkie said then when it was inside the barrier of the chalice, plopped onto the ground
"Mogkie!" Knight said franticly picking up the moogle and cradling it
"Kupo!" Mogkie said happily his bat wings still flapping even if he wasn't flying "Kupo Kupo!" The moogle rubbed up against Knights chest plate
"Aww, I think he likes you!" June said patting the moogle
"Why'd he just collapse?" Knight asked stroking Mogkie's fur.
"Probably of exaustion, that was a pretty far fly for him, he's only a baby moogle it seems" Shoken said taking out a flask and pouring the water that was inside of it into his hand then holding it out to Mogkie, who drank gratefully.
"Aww! Kawaii!!" I said watching the pom pom on the moogles head bounce up and down...Up and down. Up. Down. Heh heh heh.
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We kept walking until we made it to a broad river. Immidietly Shoken began to unpack
"Why're ya unpacking?" I asked as he laid out his hammer and some other things
"It's getting dark, we should set up camp and rest before we go inside the River Belle to retrieve the myrrh" Shoken said. I looked up at the sky and saw it was turning into a mix of crimson and orange with the last bits of the suns rays shining through the leaves in a tree.
"I see" I said and sat down
"Any idea where we are?" Knight asked sitting beside me with Mogkie sitting on his shoulder taking a snooze
"Why're you asking me? Ask Kuro" I said setting down my backpack
"But she's not here is she? So I'm asking you"
"Well how am I suppose to know!?!" I shouted with frustration and bolted to a nearby tree and smashed my head continuously on the trunk
"Lady Kiako! Stop hurting the tree" Knight said
"Kupo!" I sighed and stepped away from the tree and ran my hand over the bark feeling a slight dent in the wood. I heaved another sigh and heard another one behind me
"And she heaves a great big sigh" Knight teased and imitated my sigh again.
"Grr!" I cried but grinned.
"Kiako! Are you gonna join us or what?" Galfer asked
"Yea! Just one more head slam though" I said and whammed my head against the tree once more. There was a rustle of leaves and a cry of surprise
"Oh Lordy!" I shouted before something landed on top of me.
"Arg! Dude! That hurt dude!!" I heard someone say and then they yelped and I felt the weight that was on top of my lift off
"Are you ok lady Kiako?" Knight asked. I used momentum and swing myself back up into a sitting position rubbing my forehead
"Itai...." I groaned "What landed on me this time?"
"This weird... person that's wearing very vivid clothing" Knight said holding up and teenage boy
"Yo! Put me down dude! You're just jealous cause I'm more colorful!" the boy shouted thrashing around. He was actually pretty colorful. He had a kind of ninja attire. He had a baggy, green chinese shirt and some kind of black gauntlets. His pants were also baggy and bright yellow with navy blue chinese shoes and a pouch that was clipped to the side of his pants.
His hair was spiky and was dark blue near his scalp then slowly turned purple as you got to the tips of his stand up hair. A read ribbon kept his three silver bangs out of his face though they still kinda hung in front of his eyes and he had the same kind of mask thing that covered his mouth and nose like Kakashi. The skin of his face was kinda peachy colored and pale-ish.
"Knight, he seems harmless enough" I said "You can put him down"
"Oh alright..." Knight said dropping the strange boy on the ground
"Ow! Dude be more gentle would ya?" the boy said rubbing his head "Dude..."
"Say dude one more time and I'll skewr you sword" Knight hissed reaching for the sword that was tucked in his belt.
"Fine..." the boy said crossing his arms "I still say that your jealous I'm more colorful then you"
"Shall I slay him?" Knight asked me. I shook my head grinning
"Nah, I think he's harmless" I said and looked at the boy.
"Hey who're all you people?" the boy asked
"Well, who're you first?" June asked bending down beside me
"The name's Star!" the boy said jumping up and starting doing jumping jacks
"Are suppose to be a ninja??" I asked
"Course!" Star said still doing jumping jacks "I'm the best there is!"
"Are you sure? Ninjas don't usually wear bright colors" I said pointing at his bright yellow pants "You couldn't get lost in the snow even if you tried with those pants on" Star stoppng doing jumping jacks and sat down
"I'm working on it...." he said his head drooping. There was a funny ringtone from my bag
"Got it!" I shouted diving for my back and yanking out my lap top "Hello??"
"Kiako? You there? Can you hear me??" A voice said
"GOD?!" I exclaimed through the microphone. Hey there's no way it could be Kuro ok?
"God? What the hell're you talking about you drunken looney! It's me! Dpal!!" D3pa1 screeched "You thought I was thy lord..."
"OH! DPAL!!" I cried hugging the laptop and swinging side to side "IF WE WEREN'T COMMUNICATING THROUGH LAPTOPS I'D BE HUGGIN' YOU RIGHT NOW!!"
"Stop swinging around your laptop! You'll break it you numbskull!" D3pa1 shouted
"Sorry," I said rubbing behind my head "So what happened? SH said that you both got seperated when you guys came"
"Yeah, she said something before we went in that cause the portal is unstable or something like that only five people at a time could go through"
"How'd she know all that?" I asked
"She researched of course," she said. I smiled and sighed
"Always leave it to SH to figure out the hard confuzzlating stuffies" I said
"Oh yeah, she wants us to call her Kuro from now on, Hao started to call her that and now she wants us all to" D3pa1 said
"Si I've heard" I said "So uh, where are you?"
"I dunno, some weird place" she said
"Well you have to at least explain it to me!!" I shouted. Shoken crawled up beside me
"You can communicate with your lap top as well?" he said "Amazing"
"Ah yes, technology is amazing isn't it?" I smiled.
"D3pa1? I need to go potty" a voice said from the backround
"Ok Brak! Just don't go too far!" I heard Dpal call.
"Who was that?" I asked
"Did you ever watch the Brak show?" she asked
"No"
"Well, that was Brak." D3pa1 said and I heard a boom in the backround
"STAY ON YOUR SIDE OF THE CAMP" a robotic voice said "THIS IS NOW MY LAWN"
"And that was Thundercleese..." D3pa1 said
"Thundercheese?" I asked for fun
"Hungerwheeze?" D3pa1 said catching on "Bluderbleese?
"Chuggergleese!" I exclaimed with my finger going into the air again
"Why do you always do that?" Shoken asked
"Heh, habit" I said grinning sheepishly "So do you have a webcam??"
"Yeah"
"Turn it on then!" I exclaimed
"Ok ok...." D3pa1 grumbled and hearing a small whirl, saw a picture of her with a skull cap, vest and the whole army attire.
"Wow, you look like a mercenary" I said tapping the side fo my head
"Yeah I know, pretty damn cool eh?" she said grinning and picking up a shot gun, turning around and firing a blast which made everyone including me, jump
"That's just a warning!! You touch my stuff again and I'll shoot your brains out!" D3pa1 shouted
"Y-Yes!" someone said
"Hey who're you with now?" I asked.
"Well, I'm with Auron, Lulu, Barret, Red XIII, Yuna, Sango, Kirara, Gippal, Nooj, Zidane, Quina and the adorable Vivi!!" D3pa1 cried.
"Vivi? Lemme talk to him!" I shouted
"OW MY EARS! Why?" she asked sticking her finger in her ear then wiping it on her vest.
"Just let me talk to him! I haven't spoken with him for nearly a whole year since the game world incident!" I shouted
"Fine fine!!" D3pa1 said "Vivi! Can you come over here?"
"Ok." someone said and I saw a black mage boy with the usual black mage hat, a dark blue trench coat and black pants with three different belts hanging off his waist. The black mage sat in front of me and his golden eyes lit up
"Kiako?" the boy asked
"V-Vivi?" I said thunder struck "Oh my god you grew so much since the past year!"
"Yeah I know" Vivi said using his gloved hand to rub his cheek "You have too" His face was the same except for the black bangs in front, which had blue on the tips "I missed you so much!"
"I missed you too!" I smiled "So has Dpal strangled you with hugs yet?" Trust me, D3pa1 loves. Correction, ADORES Vivi.
"Yup." Vivi said "So how's it going big sister?"
"Sister?! Since when?!?!" D3pa1 shouted her face showing on the screen. I screamed and back away, hey her just zooming in at close range like that can startle someone
"Since when we first met" I said sitting back up "We do almost have to same last name"
"So? That doesn't matter still!"
"Look ok! I'll tell you later!" I cried.
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"Hmm, so that's where you've been the past few days" D3pa1 said after I told her the whole story from the very beginning "You klutz, you were lucky Kuro was there to make sure you didn't die"
"Yeah" I replied. I looked around and everyone had occupied themselves with something. Shoken was reading a book, June was sewing something, Star was poking at the fire and Galfer was laying beside the fire eatting. Even I changed my position, leaning against Knight as he played with Mogkie
"My gosh you guys can talk forever" Galfer said taking a bite of a stripped apple
"No kidding" Knight said petting Mogkie.
"So where're the other people that were with you?" I asked D3pa1 "They, were with you weren't they?"
"Yeah, Kagome phoned everyone when you went missing, Kuro told me that she destroyed nearly all the phones in her house cause Kagome kept phoning her"
"Ok but what about the others?" I asked
"We got split up" Dpal said shining a rifle "We all jumped in six at a time like Kuro instructed but then Wakka jumped in while Kuro, Inuyasha, Kagome, Yuffie, Cid and Brother were going in and they already had six so it's probably his fault"
"Most likely" I said "But we can't blame everything on Wakka"
"Hm, yeah you got a point" D3pa1 said "Well, then I guess we blame you instead"
"WHAT?!"
"Well think about it! It's your fault that you made all the worlds go weird!" D3pa1 shouted
"Well I was just trying to beat FF VII!!" I shouted back "At level 60!"
"Oh whatever, I'm gonna go to sleep" D3pa1 said "Later"
"Bye" I said and she logged off. I sighed and leaning back on Knight
"More complications?" he asked
"You wouldn't believe" I groaned closing my weary eyes "One of these days..."
"Hey take a breather" Galfer said "Here," he handed me a fish on a stick
"Thank you" I said and looked up at Knight "Are you hungry?"
"I'm a summon, I don't need to eat so no. I'm not hungry." Knight replied but held up Mogkie "But I think he is" I peeled off a piece of my fish and checking that there were no bones, held it out to the moogle
"Are you hungry? Do you like fish?" I asked and mogkie sniffed at it "Fishy? Fishy, Fishy Kupo?" I added
"Kupo!" Mogkie said nibbling the fish. I smiled and peeled a piece of for myself eatting it
"Did Star eat??" I asked
"Yeah, while you and your friend were in the middle of the argument if Kakashi was gay or not" Star said
"He is not gay!!" I cringed clenching my fists "Grr! I shall crush her one day!"
"Ok everyone! Time to sleep!" June said and opened the door to the caravan "We'll sleep in the caravan, who knows what's out there"
"Yeah" Galfer said standing up and climbing in the caravan
"Good point" Shoken said also going in
"Come on Kiako" June said.
"But, what about Knight and Star?" I asked looking up at Knight
"Star can probably fit in here too but Knight, he's another story" June said shaking her head "Sorry but he's just too big"
"Oh... Well, if he's sleeping out here then I will too! There'll be more room in the caravan then" I said "Just, pass me a blanket"
"No, It's ok Lady Kiako" Knight said "I'll be fine out here. Besides, Mogkie will keep me company"
"You sure?" I asked still staring up "Cause if you want we could kick Galfer and Star out then there'd be room for you"
"You wish! I am not moving out of here!" Galfer called
"I was kidding!" I smiled "But really, you sure you wanna sleep out here?" Knight chuckled
"I'll be fine, you go on ahead and sleep" he said.
"Okie then, Good night!" I said waving and giving Mogkie a pet "Good night to you too Mogkie!"
"Kupo!" Mogkie said flying up and nibbling my ear.
"Sleep well Lady Kiako" Knight said
"You too, and don't get eatten by wolves! Er, Fangs! Or those weird pumpkins with napkins that were in Vincent's house!" I said and climbed into the caravan "Wow, this thing is bigger then it looks"
"Yeah, it was built for four people only" Shoken said "But since Galfer is so small Star can also fit in here"
"Hey! What's with everyone teasing me?" Galfer demanded while smiling. We all laughed heartily
"Don't worry Galfer, tomarrow we can tease Shoken" June laughed
"Then Kiako" Shoken chuckled
"Then June" Star said his emerald eyes twinkling.
"Then Star" I smiled "And maybe Knight too if he doesn't slice us in half afterwards" We all shared another laugh.
"Good night everyone" June said laying down "Tomarrow hopefully we'll be able to make it to River Belle"
"Yeah, hopefully" I said pulling the blanket over my shoulders "I'll sleep sitting up, if I lay down I'll probably roll over one of you by accident"
"Yeah, at my house you nearly rolled into the fireplace" Shoken said "While it was still lit"
"What?!" I said in disbelief "No way! I would've been set on fire then!"
"Remember when I woke you up there was a block of wood on your sides like a box?" Shoken asked. I nodded "Well, that was to prevent you from rolling around any more"
"Oh....." I said and heaved another sigh "Well, I guess I'm gonna have to make sure I don't rool any more" I heard a loud crash and the spliting of wood
"What in the hell?" I cried flinging the door of the caravan open and slaming it behind me
"OW!! YOU HIT MY NOSE!!" Star cried
"Sorry!" I called and ran to where Knight was. Or, where he was suppose to be anyways.
"What's going on?" June asked drawing a sword
"Knight?" I called "Knight where are you??" I ran behind the caravan and saw a broken tree
"Well that explains the wood snapping" Star said drawing his own samurai sword.
"No kidding" I said and looked to he left seeing Knight had pinned someone down to the ground and he had his sword out "Knight?!"
"M'Lady! This intruder tried to sneak into the caravan!" Knight called. I ran to where he was and saw the person he had pinned down had silver hair and was kicking and thrashing
"Let me go!" a very familiar voice said. Immidietly I reconized it
"Knight stop! It's Kosarai-san!" I cried.
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"Forgive me for my impertinence Master Kosarai" Knight said with his head bent down in shame.
"It's ok, just. Don't do it again" Kosarai said rubbing his neck where Knight had nearly strangled him
"Nii-san, how'd you get here?" I asked
"Don't you remember? As long as there's a forest somewhere then I can go anywhere" Kosarai smiled rubbing his head "I'm happy to see that you're safe Kiako-chan"
"But, what about the others?" I asked.
"They're still in shock that you and the knight got washed away, Chichiri's having a fit" Kosarai said
"Still? But it's been nearly two days!" I exclaimed "My brain hurts...."
"Two days?" Kosarai said in confusion "But, I left right when you got washed away, and that was two minutes ago"
"Say WHAT?!?!" I screamed and ran back to the tree banging my head on it "ARRG!!! MY BRAIN HURTS SO MUCH!! THIS IS ALL TOO CONFUSING!!!!!!!" I banged my head again and again. Then taking a deep breath, turned around and sat back down
"Better?" Kosarai asked
"Better" I said
"You act like it's normal of her to bang her head on trees" June said
"Well, it is" Kosarai said, apparently he knows my habits by heart he's seen me doing them so many times..... Shoken, Galfer, Star and June stared at me
"You're pretty strange" Shoken said
"I think it's kinda funny" Galfer laughed
"Weird..." Star muttered
"I think she's insane...." June said shaking her head.
"Well I think it's cute" Kosarai smiled
"Nii-san..." I smiled weakly. There was a rustle and a black sword landed right in front of me missing me by an inch
"W-WARK!!" I cried backing away. Kosarai stood up drawing hsi swords and twirling them around as loud CLANGS were heard and kunai's dropped to the ground.
"Kuroxan!" Kosarai called into the darkness "I know you're there! Get your sorry ass out here!" Right then something black jumped out of the bushes standing in front of Kosarai
"So, we meet again" a ninja said crossing his arms "Long time no see Kosarai"
"Kuroxan..." Kosarai said and it almost sounded like a hiss.
Authors notes: Sorry this took to long to write! I kinda had writers block plus I've been busy cleaning. MY HOUSE HAS BEEN INVADED WITH MICE!!!! But anyways... Man this was pretty long (At least to me) I hope this doesn't take forever to read. I've been thinking of making the whole Through the Fireplace story into a comic.
1. To inprove my drawing skills
D3pa1: What skills? You call those scribbles skill?
Kiako: Shut up!
2. Cause it seems fun
3. So Kuro and D3pa1 will critizize it and I'll be able to improve more and....Stuff.... Well, I hope you liked this chapter!! BYE!!