A/N - Hello, everyone! I apologize for not updating in so long, but, I've updated, so, please, please, read my new chapter! (begs you with puppy dog eyes)
Chapter Four: Ren Fill Your Bath
Yoh walked into the huge foyer of the Tao mansion after Jun. Pirika was still unconcious on his back, and she was starting to feel heavier. Ren, Anna, and Tamra followed.
"Ren go fill your bath with warm water for Pirika," Jun intructed.
"What?" Ren shouted in anger, looking at Jun like she was, completely insane, "Why the hell does she have to use my bath?"
"Because yours has jets," Jun explained, then snapped at Ren, "Now, go!"
Ren jumped at the tone of his sister's voice, and hurried up the stairs, grumbling slightly.
"Li!" Jun called, and Li Pryon came into the foyer from the living off to the right.
"Yes, Miss Jun?" Li asked.
"Would you bring me my chinese remedy kit, please?" Jun said.
"Right away," Li promised, and left to complete the task.
"Here, Yoh," Jun said, walking towards the living room, "bring Pirika into the living room, until her bath is ready."
"Okay," Yoh said, and he followed Jun into the living room, the others followed.
"Put her down here, Yoh," Jun said, gesturing to a red silk sofa, as she sat in an identical armchair.
Yoh was about to do so when he stopped, and looked at Jun.
"What about her head?" Yoh asked, as Li returned with a fairly large red, and gold, silk box.
"Lay her so the her head extends over the edge of the sofa, here," Jun said, and she motioned to the space between her armchair and the sofa.
"Okay," Yoh said, and he laid Pirika down like Jun said, he then collapsed into the nearest armchair in exhaustion from carrying her so far.
Jun reached down to the box that Li had placed at her feet, and pulled out bandages, and an odd flat, pale blue, glass jar.
Jun put the bandages in her lap,thentook off the lid to thejar and placed both the jar and lid on the table beside her. She then reached into the box once more and pulled out a small, soft looking, whitecloth. She dabbed it into the icy blue cream of the flat glass jar, then turned towards Pirika and touched the cream on the cloth to the wound on Pirika's head. Pirika suddenly shivered, and her eys fluttered open slightly.
"Pirika, you're awake," Jun said, "how are you feeling?"
"My head feels cold," Pirika said, trying to reach up to touch the wound that was now covered in the cream, but Jun grabbed her wrist and held it back.
"You can't touch it, otherwise, it'll get infected," Jun warned her.
"But it feels so cold," Pirika said, studdering slightly, and shivering once more.
"It's suppose to," Jun explained, letting go of Pirika's hand as she withdrew it, "It cools the blood so itcan heal faster."
Jun took the bandages from her lap and started to, carefully, wrap them around Pirika's head.
Pirika, then, slowly, sat up, and looked around, and noticed Tamara, armsempty of the shopping bags, since Li had taken them to the kicthen, and now Li stood at the enterance to the living room, from thekitchen, Anna was hovering over a worn out Yoh.
"Yoh, are you okay?" Pirika asked.
Yoh look over at her, grinned, and gave her a thumbs up. Pirika smiled at Yoh's, seemingly, endless enthusiasm.
Ren walked in, scowling like usual. Pirika recoiled, she had never liked Ren, whenever he was around her, an odd painful feeling ran through her body.
"Is the bath ready?" Jun asked.
"Yeah," Ren answered, starting to walk away, but Jun called him back, so he turned and asked, "What is it?"
"Could you carry Pirika for me?" Jun asked, "Yoh's exhausted."
"WHAT? NO WAY!" Ren protested.
"Jun, that's not neccesary," Pirika insisted, smiling at Jun, "I can walk."
"Are you sure?" Jun asked.
"Yeah, I'm sure," Pirika said, getting to her feet, and she walked a few steps to prove her statement to be true.
"Alright," Jun said, leading Pirika from the room, "But I'lllead up therejust in case."
"Okay."
Pirika followed Jun from the living room, as Tamara tried to strike a conversation with Ren before he tried to leave.
"Ren? Do you really have your own weight room here?"
"Yes,"
"Can you show me?"
"No."
"Why-"
"OUCH!" A voice cried from the hallway.
"REN!" Another one called.
Ren glanced at the doorway to the foyer, "What do you want, Jun?"
"Come carry Pirika," Jun requested.
"No," Ren refused bluntly, "Get Pyron to do it!"
"REN!" Jun shouted in a dangerous voice.
Ren glared at the doorway, then gave an angry pout, and stood up, "Fine, I'm coming."
Ren walked through the doorway to the foyer, to find Pirika flat on her butt, and Jun crouched beside her.
"What happened?" Ren asked, before he could stop himself.
"She fell when she tried to climb the stairs," Jun explained, "Now, will you please carry her for me?"
Ren rolled his eyes, but approached Pirika nonetheless.
A/N - I'm so sorry it took so long to post this chapter! Please forgive me! (falls to her knees and begs you all) ...I'm really really sorry. A friend of mine has asked me to co-write a story with her. So...yeah, her name's Sasukegirl, I'm co-writing a story called "Do As You're Told", if you like Naruto, check out my friends profile, and read it. I think it's pretty good, and tell her that RenSpirit sent ya!