After a couple reviews stating I should continue, here is the supremely boring story's chapter 2! The chapter today is kinda un-astrologic, but it still vaguely has to do with it…most of this chapter is kinda matchmakey though…it is also sorta sad…

Disclaimer: Do I sound like I own KND?

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Numbuh 4 walked down the street whistling a tune. Nothing bad happened today: no homework, Friday was here, the weather was nice…

He didn't know how wrong it could and would suddenly go until later.

Passing an apple tree, he turned and headed for the park. Once there, he sat down and felt peaceful. Until those cruddy adults started talking about some weird thing called mouth-to-mouth CPR on the bench next to him…great. Grumbling, Numbuh 4 decided to go to the treehouse and hang out.

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Numbuh 5 was eating some chips and reading a chart when she heard Numbuh 4 come through the front door. "Hey," she greeted casually. "What's up?"

Numbuh 5 was like a big sister to Wally, so naturally he thought he should ask her about what he had heard in the park. "Not much, but I heard these stupid adults talking about…err…what was it…oh yeah, mouth-to-mouth CPR! What the heck is that?"

Now, everybody knows Numbuh 4 ain't the brightest kid ever. So Abby struggled with a simple explanation for what mouth to mouth was. She slowly started to explain. "Ok, Numbuh 4. Mouth to mouth is when you give someone else air through their mouth." Any person would've figured out by that what it involved, but Wally just put on a confused frown. "Huh? How do ya do that?"

"You do it by kissing them, then breathing air in. It saves people's lives."

"Aw sick! I ain't ever doing that to ANYBODY." With that he walked away.

Meanwhile, Numbuh 5 continued to read the astrology chart, and choked on a chip when she finished. Numbuh 4, you just may have to do mouth to mouth soon…

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Hours later, Kuki sat on her bed staring at what she had just packed.

A blanket, three clean outfits, a Japanese rainbow monkey, her photo album, the $250 she had gotten for her birthday, some rice candy, a pack of pencils, paper, envelopes and stamps. Perfect.

She was going to run away.

Why? Well, Numbuh Three is smarter than anyone realizes. At school she appears to be so incredibly naïve, but only her teachers know she's actually a straight A student. And right now she felt so strange. It was like she wanted to escape reality, and by running away she'd accomplish that.

It was time. Kuki smiled, straightened up her room, and put a white envelope on her bed, titled "Numbuhs 1, 2, 4 and 5". Then she slipped her packed backpack on.

Since everybody was in their own rooms, it was a cinch to slip out unnoticed. When she got outside, her heart told her to go to the beach. So without hesitation, she headed for the place that would be her shelter for tonight. Kuki didn't feel depressed or rebellious as most runaways do: she felt vague and dreamy, sort of in a trance.

She reached her destination, parked her bike, and sat down on the cliff leading to the beach, letting the breeze blow her hair around and the sprinkles of wet rain reach her face. Sighing, she wondered how her comrades were doing…

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Numbuh 2 went down the hallway, humming to himself as he snacked on a box of Pop-Tarts. He reached in the box and found a Hello Kitty flavored one. Hey, these are Numbuh 3's favorite. I'll go give this to her! He walked down to her room and went through the curtain. "Hey Numbuh 3 here's a Pop-Numbuh 3?" She wasn't in her room. He shrugged and started to turn away when he saw the envelope. Opening it, he scanned the contents, feeling his face go from one of contentment to one of shock and horror. Immediately he pulled a KND alarm on the wall.

When everybody rushed to his side he said, "E-everyone! Numbuh 3 ran away!"

Numbuh 5 collapsed to the floor, her face getting red and coughing. "Abby!" Numbuh 1 called. "Are you ok?"

"No, but I'm still gonna search for Numbuh 3."

"Negative, Numbuh 5. As your team leader I order you to stay in bed. The rest of us will go search."

Grumbling(but still coughing), she trudged back.

Numbuh 1 glanced at her retreating form, letting out a sigh when she closed the door on her room. "All right. Numbuhs 2 and 4, let's go out and search!"

"Wait!"

It was Numbuh 5. "What?"

"Numbuh 1, can I talk to Numbuh 4 before he leaves?"

"Well…all right, but be quick." He and Numbuh 2 left.

"So…what do you wanna talk about?"

"Numbuh 4, I know this is gonna sound weird but trust me. Go and search for Numbuh 3. But when you guys come back, make sure you wake up at 2 in the morning, while everyone's no doubt sleeping. Then meet me outside-cough-. Got it?"

He nodded. "Oh, and don't tell them about this."

"All right."

She shut the door and heard him leave.

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Numbuh 5 instantly stopped the fake "ill" act. Walking over to her desk she read the chart over again. Yep, this is how it's all going to go.

She had already known about all these events from the astrology chart for today's horoscope.

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The three boys wearily walked back to the treehouse an hour later.

Nigel spoke up. "Ok, so we didn't find her. But tomorrow we'll do another search, just as soon as-yawn-we get some sleep…"

The other two nodded solemnly.

"Good night, team…"

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Wally tossed and turned on his bed. He looked at the clock. It read 1:59. Remembering what Numbuh 5 told him, he slipped into his regular clothes and went outside.

Numbuh 5 was already there. "Ok, you're finally here. Want me to explain everything?" After he sent her a "duh" look, she continued. "I have a hunch where Numbuh 3 is."

"WHAT?" He couldn't believe it.

"Shhhh!" she hissed. "Go look for her at the beach. And yes I know that it is 2 hours away. Take your bike and go right now."

He did as he was told, pedaling off quickly.

In the moonlight Numbuh 5 smiled. Everything was going according to plan…

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NOOOOOOOO the chapter has ended! Naw, not really cuz I don't feel like giving a cliffhanger…- enjoy the rest!

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Numbuh 3 still sat. She couldn't fall asleep no matter how many times she tried.

So, she went for a late night swim, at about 4 AM, gliding smoothly on the surface, reaching a deep part of the water. She dunked her whole head in, holding her breath. She saw something shiny and decided to go deeper. It was then that she saw Numbuh 4, pedaling to the cliff. Their eyes met and both pairs went wide. Kuki gasped, forgetting she was in the water. She started coughing, sinking rapidly and started to go unconscious as the waves brought her down…deeper and deeper, until everything went black…

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Numbuh 4 watched in horror as Kuki sank down. Without thinking he jumped, swam down and picked her up, rising to the shore. She wasn't moving, and looked like she was gonna die.

Numbuh 4 frantically thought of a way to revive her, until it hit him. Numbuh 5 said CPR saved lives! Maybe if he-

He didn't think, he just did it. Pressing his lips to hers he exhaled deeply, then parted, sucked another breath in, and repeated the process. After about 4 or 5 times of this she started coughing, then opened her eyes to see Numbuh 4 on top of her.

He broke out into a relieved smile. "Thank goodness you're alive! I wasn't sure if that mouth to mouth worked, but I just kept on doing it, and-"

He was interrupted by Kuki and her horrified face. She squeaked,"Mouth to mouth?" Geez, the one time he kisses me, and it just HAS to be mouth to mouth. Embarrassing! And sure enough, she turned a bright shade of red.

Wally, also realizing what he did, turned pink.

They just sat there for a seemingly long awkward time, till Numbuh 3 teased, "I'll race ya back to the treehouse, Numbuh 4!"

He broke out into a grin. "You're on!"

And so the awkward experience was put off (discussion-wise) for now, but neither would ever forget it.

It was about 7 in the morningwhen they got back, panting. Numbuhs 3 and 4 sat down at the table and ate some cereal just as 1, 2 and 5 came downstairs.

"NUMBUH 3!" They ran and started asking questions, except for Numbuh 5, who knew the answers already. She just sat there, as did Numbuh 4, and they ate silently.

Finally, the barrage of inquiries ceased and life went back to normal again. Everybody went and watched TV, except for Numbuh 5. She was back in her room again, reading another chart.

Suddenly she smiled slyly. Phase one of plan complete…

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Ok, NOW the chapter's over. This is a really long one: but I'm sorry to say that not all chapters will be like this. Well, I hope you liked, and please review!

-Astrea