I don't own any characters from the Final Fantasy series, Fushigi Yuugi,Shaman King, Tales ofseries, Black Cat, StarOceanand Naruto characters. I do not own Hayashida Heihachi or any of my school mates, as much as I hate some of them...
I own Kiako, Ukeo, Shoken, Sannu, Star and other unfamiliar anime or game characters © Kiako Ornitier 2000 (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 Fira-san for using your characters! I don't own his characters either. (Bows dow) Arigatou Fira-San!
Other voice and memories: Italic
This chapter isdedicated to my beloved grandfather, who will never be replaced. Even by time.
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Well, about a month passed after we were all sick, and everyone was better! Surprisingly people at school got sick too. We all just decided to chill at my place, for reasons I don't know... Meh, maybe cause it's bigger.
"Zero hurry up! It's your freaking turn!"
"Shut up! A pro needs time to think!" Zero snapped and threw down three cards "3 Ace"
"CHEATER!" Heihachi shouted jumping up and pointing.
"Hei-man, you're suppose to shout Bullshit not Cheater" BM said shuffling his cards
"Bull crap sounds so boorish, so I'm sticking with Cheater." Heihachi said sitting back down.
"Dammit how'd you know I was cheating!" Zero cried. We weren't doing much, just sitting on the living room floor playing cheat. Everyone else had come over and since most of them wanted to play Cheat, AKA Bullshit, I had to combine two decks of cards together.
"Why do the cards have screenshots from Naruto and Full Metal Alchemist on them? Don't you have any normal cards?" Kuro asked placing her cards down "MWUAHAHAH! I WIN!"
"As do I..." Eve said laying down her cards.
"I won a long time ago!" Train said drinking milk out of the jug.
"HEY! WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT DOING THAT AT MY HOUSE?" I cried "Man, and I just bought that..."
"Yeah Train, be a little more respective" Sven lectured "There! I'm done too!"
"We're all done, who lost?" Kel asked. Everyone stared at Cliff, who was the one who lost.
"What? IT WASN'T FAIR!" he shouted flopping onto his back.
"Seriously Cliff, you're face is way too obvious. I can tell if you're cheating no matter what!" D3pa1 said
"Yeah, you're eyebrows go all funny" I grinned
"WHY YOU!"
"NAAH!"
"Alright alright people, change of game!" Zero called shuffling the deck "Poker!"
"Why Poker?" Kel asked
"Poker? I can play that!" I grinned and began jabbing my finger into Zero's side "POKE POKE POKE POKE POKE"
"OK fine, I've a mean poker face!" Cliff said sitting back up
"Yeah, maybe of constipation"
"Dpa1 be nice..."
"So, any wagers? Come on people!" Cliff asked trying to ignore Dpa1's comment "I'm wager this!"
"EW! Cliff how long was that in your pocket!"
"Oh come on banana's don't expire in your pocket in a few days!" Cliff said as Zero dealed out the cards "Plus, it's a snack in case I get hungry"
"Alright! Anyone else for bets?" Zero asked "I'm dibbing this baby" he slapped down something small and I glared at him.
"Where'd you get that from?" Kakashi asked pointing at the coin "That looks like an antique"
"I swiped it somewhere, nifty eh?" Zero said and raised his eyebrow at me "Kiako why're you glaring at me?"
"When did you steal this?"
"Who said I stole it? I found it somewhere around the house" Zero shrugged "Why?" I made a grab for the coin but Zero's reflexes beat mine.
"Give it back!"
"What do you mean 'Give it back'? I found it!" Zero said jerking away from me "It's mine!"
"No it's not! Give it back!" I cried swiping at him as he nimbly jumped aside "GIVE IT BACK!" I tackled Zero to the ground wrestling with him to get the coin.
"Kiako calm down! It's just a coin!" Sven yelled pulling me off.
"Lemme go! It doesn't belong to him!"
"This isn't funny anymore" Cliff said also grabbing me "Grow up! It's just a coin"
"It's grandpas! Let. Me. Go!"
I saw Kel and the others staring at me with strange looks- the looks that people gave me when I was trying to do something right or smart. I wonder what they're thinking... Probably I'm just some volatile spoiled kid with anger issues, or I'm weird, or something like that...
Guess I should be used to it by now. Poor Vivi, his golden eyes were wide with what looked like-
Fear.
"Sven, Cliff, Let her go."
"What?"
"But Kel, she'll tear Zero apart! You've seen what she does to him when she's not angry!"
"Yeah, if we let her go there won't BE a Zero left!"
"Just let her go!" Kel barked then turned to Zero "Drop the coin"
"Make me! OW!" Zero yelped as Kel pinned him to the ground twisting his arm until the coin fell out of his hand. I made a mad dive for it snatching it up.
"Thanks... Kel-san..." I said quietly and squeezed the coin in my hand. Kel just gave me a nod.
"What is wrong with you!" Zero shouted getting to his feet "Psycho..."
"I cannot blame Kiako for this misdeed!" Vale spoke up
"She just tried to murder him! And you don't blame her?" Sven exclaimed "You people are weird..."
"You guys don't understand, SO PUT A F---ING SOCK IN IT!" D3pa1 shouted in rage with her fists clentched.
"You put a sock in it you banshee!"
"Where're you going!" Zero yelled after me. I ignored him and ran upstairs until I felt something grab my arm "Get back down here! And gimme back my coin!" I turned around as fast as my human inferior body would let me and punched Zero in the face sending him reeling into the wood chest.
"I hate you Zero!" I screamed. I could tell everyone was either scared or shocked, but I didn't care... Let them hate me... I DON'T CARE!
"Kiako..."
"I hate you, I hate you... I HATE YOU!"
"Kiako!"
"Wait Kiako-chan no da!" I slammed my bedroom door and slide down to the floor rubbing my wet eyes and trying to control my breathing.
I hate him...
I hate him...
I...
Still the bickering from downstairs was so loud I heard it through my paper thin walls.
"I hate you too! So there!"
"HOW DARE YOU SPEAK TO KIAKO THAT WAY! SHE HAS A RIGHT TO HATE YOU! VULGER ABOMBANATION!"
"Calm down everyone, I"m sure we can all work this out somehow..." Heihachi's worried voice was almost drowned out by the arguments.
"Oh ok, let's see um... We could tie her up! How's that? Or maybe just stick her in a giant hamster ball! She won't be able to hurt me that way! I'm a genius!"
"You shouldn't have stolen that coin from her in the first place"
"Hey finders keepers you witch."
There was an audioble crunch.
"Kuro!"
"Save some for me!"
"D3pa1!"
"Sven! Cliff! And er, everyone! Grab Kuro! I've got Dpa1!"
SLAP!
"BM YOU PERVERT!"
"AHH! I DIDN'T MEAN IT!"
I sighed pulling on my hair. Great, now everyone's fighting cause I went homicidal on everyone... Why must I be cursed with overreactions?
Run away.
What?
Leave the house for a bit and wait for them to all get to sleep, they'll eventually sleep.
How about it?
ʓThird Person P.O.Vʓʓ
The arguments had died down only to be replaced by silence and uneasiness. Chichiri was fiddling with his prayer beads while Heihachi twiddled his thumbs. Trying to snuff out an firey inferno of angry, overly pissed teenagers wasn't easy. The both of them were doing their best to stop everyone from turning against each other.
"Well... at least it's quiet now" Heihachi said trying to make conversation
"Yeah no da..." Chichiri replied and stood up "I'm going to check on Kiako-chan..."
"I'll come with you, I'm wondering about that coin..." Heihachi said. The both of them nodded and went up the stairs knocking on Kiako's door.
"Kiako-chan no da?" Chichiri called "May we come in?" When there was no reply he frowned.
"Maybe she went to sleep" Heihachi rubbed his head. Chichiri turned the knob and gently pushed the door.
It wouldn't open.
Chichiri pushed harder only to find the door wouldn't budge.
"No da?"
"Is something wrong Chichiri-san?" Heihachi asked as his eyebrows creased together.
"Kiako's door won't open" Chichiri said cutting his No Da off "Kiako?"
"What's wrong?" a voice behind the two asked
"Kakashi-sempai... Kiako's door won't open" Heihachi explained. Kakashi rapped his hand on the door
"Kiako? It's Kakashi, please open the door" he said.
"She's not inside..."
"Why do you say that Eve?"
Eve was kneeling on the floor beside the door as her long blonde hair retracted from under the door.
"The door is blocked, the window is open, no one is inside there..." Eve said and looked up at the questioning adults "I transformed my hair into fiber optics." Heihachi ran down the stairs and began digging through his belongings.
"What're you looking for? What's goin' on?" Kel asked as Heihachi swept off the other objects from the kitchen table and spread out a map.
"Kiako-chan's missing. So we'll just have to look in the places she'd most likely be." Heihachi said taking the pen that was in his mouth and pulling off the cap circling places on the map.
"Where'd you get that from Hei-san?" Sven asked looking over Hei's shoulder.
"Kiako-chan gave it to me when I picked her up from work one day, she showed me plenty of spots that she liked." he replied and growled in frustration "Arg she could be anywhere in this city!"
"Where would we look first?" Kel asked staring at the map.
"Well, the closest is the lake that's part of her dog walking route, then there's the public library near the school and a book store called Chapters on the East side of the city, she may be at her grandmothers house but that's all she told me." Heihachi listed scribbling the alternatives on a piece of scrap paper.
"A simple C rank mission" Kakashi said "Ok then, I want Sven, Eve, Hao, Kratos, Baralai, Leon and I to search thelibrary. Cliff, Zero, Wakka, Chichiri, Train and BM will check the lake, Heihachi, Vivi, Kel, D3pa1 and Kuro will search the Chapters."
"And her grandmother's house?" Kel asked
"We'll skip that for now until we've checked the other places." Kakashi held his chin "Well, we have no way of communication so if we'll set a time limit."
"3 hours should be sufficiant" Sven said "So whether you've found her or not, meet back here in 3 hours"
"So it's settled." Kakashi undid the ribbon over his eye and replaced it with his Konoha headband "Let's go retrieve our hostess!"
"YEAH!"
"Jeez, what a hassle for just one kid..." Zero muttered as everyone got ready "She'll come back on her own, she wouldn't stay away from home too long"
"Just shut up and get ready ya?" Wakka said pulling some kind of giant orange jumper over his head.
"Why the hell do you all care so much? She's gonna come back, you're just wasting you're time!" Wakka narrowed his eyes at Zero.
"Look man, Kiako don't like me much, I can tell ya that" he said "But even I know she'd be worried too if one of us ran off. Even you ya?"
"Yo! Wakka! Zero! Hustle it up!" Cliff called tying a scarf around his neck and running out the front door.
"Why must I stay behind and worry?" Vale pouted
"It's in case she DOES come home" Baralai said "Beside's once she gets back I'm sure she'll jump into your waiting arms."
"NO CHANCE" mostly everyone seemed to utter at once.
"Can't believe I'm doing this after what she did to me..." Zero grumbled pulling on a jacket.
"Listen man, Kiako may be a bit weird at times, or she has mood swings and is too happy for her own good, we all still care" D3pa1 said "And if you make fun of her of hurt her, I SWEAR I'll kick your balls off!"
(A/N: Seriously, D3pa1 in real life would've really said that)
"So how're we gonna get to the East side when we're all the way in the North?" Vivi asked. Heihachi took out a pair of keys.
"We drive."
"Hey those're MY keys!" D3pa1 cried
"Well we're going to have to borrow your van" Heihachi said hopping into the front seat "Ooh, comfy"
"Well, I really hope we find Kiako soon" Kuro said.
"Yeah I know, who knows what trouble she's caused by now" Kel said mimicing Zero.
"Not only that.." Kuro pointed outside and everyone seemed to groan.
It had started to rain.
Authors notes: Yeah, I thought I'd dedicate these next two chapters to my grandfather before the story picks up. Man I was so sad when he was gone... Everything in this fic is real to me, so I hope it wasn't too sappy or anything XD Don't worry, I'm starting on the chapter when the story picks up right now. Thanks for reading. (Sniffles)