Hello, my faithful readers and reviewers! I'm glad you guys liked that chapter. This story is really coming along well. I'm updating as fast as I can. I've noticed that I get more hits than reviews, so would you please take a little time to review, that would make me very happy!

I've decided to starting using some Japanese terms now, since this takes place in modern Japan.

Kami - This is the Japanese word for god.

Shinto - This is one of the two major religions in Japan. The other religion is Buddhism.

Enjoy!

Chapter 23: Celebrations, Emotional Advice and Walks in the Park


Tala's P.O.V

I woke up and found that the source of warmth I had grown used to waking up next to, wasn't in bed. Without opening my eyes I blindly felt the empty space next to me and failed to find the solid form of Aaliyah.

I opened my eyes and propped myself up on my elbows, squinting my eyes as I looked around the room. I pushed the covers off my body and got up, walking towards the bathroom.

I opened the door and found my towel and school uniform on a hanger on one of the hooks. I went to the door leading to the other half of the bathroom and stood in front of it unable to turn the knob.

My hands hadn't fully healed yet, after that incident that occurred a few weeks ago. We had gone to the hospital and the doctors had taken out all the glass shards in my skin. My hands were still healing and the wounds opened up and bled profusely if I stretched my hand too much.

"Aaliyah, are you done yet?" I called through the door and heard the shower stop.

I heard some noises before Aaliyah opened up the door, wearing nothing but a short bathrobe. I couldn't help the smirk on my face as I looked at her long, bare legs and then moved my gaze to the annoyed look on her face.

"Good morning." I said in greeting as she pushed past me and went towards the, repaired, vanity mirror.

"I filled up the bathtub and left your bathrobe by it." Aaliyah said as she dried her hair and proceeded to brush it.

I looked at her in confusion but before I could voice my puzzlement, Taren's whimper's were heard through the baby monitor.

Aaliyah turned to me with a smile, an evil smile, on her face.

"If you're wondering why I filled the hot tub for you, there's your answer. You have to give Taren a bath today. Otherwise you could've just showered like you normally do." She told me and walked towards the nursery.

"But why me? Why can't you do it?" I asked, following her into the nursery.

"Because unlike you, I haven't had nearly enough time to study, because of this child. And the exams are today. So, while you bathe him, dress him, feed him and pack his baby bag for a day at the school nursery, I am going to get ready and study for the exams." Aaliyah told me with an exasperated look on her face.

We looked down at the child in the crib. It appeared that Ms. Ruiki was wrong about the fake children growing at the same pace as normal children. The fake children grew four times as fast as a normal child would. So, in other words Taren Ayden Ivanov was now a four month old child, where a normal child would only be one month old.

"Are you serious? Aaliyah, come on! You're smart you'll pass without that extra studying. And I can't give him a bath, look at my hands." I said showing her my, now lightly bandaged, hands, as I followed her back to the bathroom.

"Yes, I'm serious. Yes, I do need to study no matter how clever I may seem. And I knew you were going to bring up something like that so here," she handed me a bath sponge attached to the end of a long stick, "you can still move you fingers without opening your wounds, which means you can hold this bath sponge."

"Bu-…" I started but Aaliyah cut me off with a glare.

She handed me the infant and went back to the mirror and started straightening her hair.

I sighed and walked into the other half of the bathroom kicking the door closed behind me. I ignored the fact that I didn't here the door 'click' as it closed.

I got into the hot tub and placed Taren in the small tub Aaliyah had placed on one of the seats.

"You know, your mommy is really evil sometimes." I told Taren as I splashed some water on him, getting a smile out of the four month old.

"We used to hate each other, a lot. When we were kids our mommy's used to take us to the park to play with each other and your other aunts and uncles. Your mommy and I got along a little back then. But then when we stopped going to the park and we didn't see each other for a long time. The next time we saw each other we didn't get along at all. Then she moved away and I never saw her, even when she came to visit her grandparents. Then, last year, she moved back again and we remembered each other. She was a bitch. Oops, don't tell her I said that. And then we found out our pet wolves were mates and that we are soul mates. So, now we have to live together for this project, and I think we're getting along okay." I stopped to put some more baby soap on the sponge, while Taren amused himself by splashing water around.

"She's weird though. I don't know what to think when we're alone sometimes. It's confusing, you know. I get this weird feeling in my stomach when I think of her or look at her. I can't tell her that, though. She annoys the hell out of me, and I guess I annoy the hell out of her too sometimes. Don't tell her I said that either, okay buddy. So, I'm not exactly sure what we have, it feels right to feel like this about her, but I'm not sure if she would return the feeling. What do you think?" I finished and looked at the child in the small tub. I took him out of the tub and wrapped a towel around him before placing my own bath robe on.

I picked him up and moved to head out the door and saw Aaliyah sitting on the sofa in front of me, fully dressed and ready, with her small planner in one hand and taking a bite out of the bagel in her mouth. She placed the bagel on the plate sitting on the dressing table.

"Done already?" She asked getting up and moving towards us.

I nodded and looked at the child in my arms who let out a little giggle.

"Did you have fun with daddy? Did you?" Aaliyah asked Taren in a slightly childish manner.

Taren simply giggled again before putting out his hands for Aaliyah to hold him.

"I'll dress him. You took less time than I thought. It would have taken me ten minutes more if I was giving him a bath. I brought your breakfast up, it's on the bedside table." Aaliyah said before walking out with Taren in her arms.

I noticed that she seemed to avoid making eye contact with me and she seemed nervous about something. I froze as a sudden thought came to me.

'She didn't hear me talking to Taren about all those things, did she? Nah, she couldn't have, I closed the door.' I thought

'Didn't I?'


Normal P.O.V

The eight teens walked into the school auditorium and sat their for four hours, doing their chemistry, physics and biology exams.

Rei, Kai, Miriam and Aaliyah finished half an hour ahead of the others and waited in the hallway for their friends to finish.

Paree, Mariah, Ozuma and Tala came out with smiles on their faces.

"Glad that's over." Mariah said with relief as the eight walked towards the nursery.

"Yeah, six more months and we're done high school!" Miriam added with a large grin.

"We're dismissed for the rest of the day right?" Aaliyah asked the others, avoiding making eye contact with Tala, a move that didn't go unnoticed by the latter.

"Yea. We can go over to our place and get something to eat." Miriam said, gesturing towards herself and Ozuma.

They all agreed with the plan and drove towards the Mariano mansion.

They went into the dining hall and waited for the maids to bring in some lunch.

They had just started eating when Brooklyn, Alexandra, Aryan, Isabella, Garland, Sophia, Rohin, and Angelique came in. They took up the seats left at the dining table and started helping themselves to food.

"So, how did your exams go?" Angelique asked, taking a sip from her glass of water.

"It was good. Why are you guys here? Don't you have work?" Mariah replied.

"We got the day off today. The elders had some meetings with important international companies and it wasn't important for us to be there. Leo, Julie, Drake and Rio sat in at the meetings for us." Garland told them.

The eight couples, and four babies, finished their meals and went to sit in one of the larger family rooms.

"Everyone we have an announcement to make!" Alexandra said suddenly, getting the attention of everyone in the room.

"We're engaged! Brooklyn proposed last weekend but we decided to wait before telling anyone." The black haired, hazel-eyed neko jin exclaimed excitedly.

The girls started whispering excitedly and congratulating the couple.

"Well, if you spilled then we should too." Rohin said suddenly. Everyone now turned their attention to Rohin and Angelique.

"Rohin and I…are getting married!" Angelique told the group just as excitedly.

"Damnit! Why did you guys have to propose at the same time as me?" Garland said getting up with Sophia's hand in his own.

Everyone in the room looked at the pair with disbelieving looks on their faces.

"You mean you…" Kai started but his sister Sophia cut him off.

"Yes, we're getting married too. Except Garland proposed to me on Christmas eve, and like Brooklyn and Lexie we didn't want to tell anyone until we told the elders, which we did earlier today."

The room was in dismay. The girls were screaming and hugging each other like the world was about to end; while the boys simply shook hands with each other in a form of congratulating.

After five minutes of this everyone sat back down in their seats, before they turned their heads towards a very quiet couple who looked almost frightened by the inquiring looks on the faces of everyone else in the room; Aryan and Isabella.

Isabella was sitting on Aryan's lap and looked as though she might faint; Aryan was holding Isabella tightly and almost seemed to be sweating.

"You two have been awfully quiet. What's going on?" Paree asked with narrowed eyes.

"Well, you see…we…uh…we" Aryan stammered but was cut off by Sophia.

"You're getting married too!" She asked, with a this-is-too-good-to-be-true look on her face.

"No! We don't need to." Isabella replied quickly before the words really sunk in and she gasped and hid her face in the crook of Aryan's neck.

"What do you mean you don't need to?" Aaliyah asked curiously.

"Well, you see we…uh…remember back in December when we left for Tokyo for that business meeting? Yeah, well it wasn't really a business meeting. I mean…it was, but not in the sense that…well anyways. We eloped." Aryan finished off quietly.

The room was very silentas everyone let the words sink in.

"You what?" Mariah whispered.

Isabella thought it best to stop hiding and looked up at everyone in the room.

"We eloped. Please don't kill us!" She said, when she noticed the looks on Sophia, Alexandra and Angelique's face.

"Why didn't you tell us!" Angelique exclaimed.

"We won't kill you! Let's celebrate!" Alexandra said.

"Did you tell the elders? We can still have a big party for you guys!" Sophia said.

"We weren't planning on it, but then while we were in Tokyo we ran into a few old friends and they invited us to their wedding. We went to their wedding and on the way back we thought about getting married, so, we had a court marriage. We're married legally but we haven't performed the traditional, religious Shinto wedding ceremony. We told the elders already and they have asked one of our family priests about it. Our wedding is going to be in a month. The elders asked us to tell you, since it concerns us." Isabella explained.

"So, that means it's time to celebrate!" Rohin said excitedly after hearing the explanation

Ozuma came in with a bottle of champagne. He filled up glasses for everyone.

"A toast to Rohin and Angelique; Brooklyn and Alexandra; Garland and Sophia; and Aryan and Isabella. Congratulations!" Tala said holding up his glass and toasting to the people mentioned.

"Welcome to the family!" Aaliyah and Paree said in unison looking at Isabella and Angelique.

Everyone moved their glasses to take a sip of their champagne but stopped when they saw that Isabella wasn't even holding her glass of champagne.

"Bella, you love champagne. Why aren't you toasting with us?" Sophia asked Isabella. The light purple haired, amber eyed girl looked towards Aryan, who nodded and ran a comforting hand up and down her back.

"You see, there's one more thing. I'm…uh…pregnant." Isabella told the small group. Everyone looked at her in shock for a moment before Alexandra, Angelique, Sophia, Aaliyah, Paree, Mariah, and Miriam let out an identical, large, bird like shriek.

The boys all winced and covered their ears.

"Look my glass has a crack in it now!" Ozuma exclaimed showing his glass of champagne to the others around him. And indeed, that large shriek from the girls had cracked Ozuma's glass. The boys looked at the girls with looks of amazement, which their female counterparts ignored.

"When did you find out?" Sophia asked.

"How much time has it been?" Aaliyah asked.

"Yesterday. It's been four days." Isabella replied to the very excited girls in front of her.

"We're going to be Aunties!" Aaliyah and Mariah said together and hugged each other tightly.

"So are we!" Alexandra, Angelique, Sophia, Paree, and Miriam reminded the other two girls, who simply smiled sheepishly.

"Okay, so food and more champagne to celebrate, sparkling juice for Isabella, a new champagne glass for Ozuma, and some music is what we need right?" Miriam said counting the things off on her fingers.

Everyone nodded and the celebrations began.


The preparations for the Isabella and Aryan's wedding were now underway. Shinto and Buddhist priests had been called in to try and set auspicious dates for Rohin and Angelique; Brooklyn and Alexandra; and Garland and Sophia's weddings.

These three wedding would take place on the summer solstice, the end of July, and the fall solstice; in that order.

In the midst of all this the eight teens were still busy with school, their fake children, and their own emotional problems.

There was now a day left until Isabella and Aryan's wedding. Or at least, their religious wedding, legally they had been married for three months now. Luckily for Isabella, her tummy hadn't grown much, yet, so she could fit into her mother's wedding kimono.

Aaliyah, Paree, Miriam, and Mariah had planned a surprise bridal shower and organized it with the help of Alexandra, Sophia and Angelique.

The boys had taken this idea and turned it into a bachelor party, for Aryan. The girls of course had know idea.

The boys had just come back from a club and were now sitting in the Hiwatari mansion drinking some very strong alcoholic drinks. They were immersed in deep conversation.

"Guys, why the hell are girls so confusing?" Tala asked suddenly, taking a sip from his glass of vodka.

"They were just made that way, I guess. Kami should send instruction manuals with them, though." Ozuma replied.

"Or they just find it amusing to see us men get confused. Why Aaliyah's been confusing you?" Rohin said with a smirk in Tala's direction.

Tala half-heartedly sent him a glare before finishing his vodka and pouring himself more.

"Yea. She made me give our robot child a bath and I said some things while I was giving him a bath. I think she might have heard. She hasn't looked me in the eye for four whole weeks. She hasn't said much to me either. It happened that day you guys announced about your engagements and everything." Tala told the others.

"Don't worry it won't be a big issue. She'll come around eventually. Unless, you were talking about being unsure about your feelings for her, then your in for a long time of the silent treatment. But even you wouldn't be that stupid, you are my cousin after all." Garland said with a smirk, before proceeding to take a sip from his beer.

"But that's exactly what I was talking about." Tala said with a frown.

Brooklyn, Aryan, Rohin, Kai, Ozuma and Rei burst out laughing as theysaw Garland choke on his beer when Tala said this.

"After all, Garland, he is your cousin!" Brooklyn said patting his friend on the back before bursting out into laughter once more.

"Looks like you two share blood and stupidity." Aryan said with a smirk that earned glares from both Ivanovs.

"What do I do now?" Tala said resting his elbows on his knees, and his head in his hands.

"Well, an apology won't work. I tried apologizing after I broke her first bike, she gave me a black eye." Aryan said grimacing at the memory.

"She likes things to be proven to her. Like this one time when we were younger, I found her doing something to my computer and told her she was an idiot and didn't know anything about computers. She got mad and didn't talk to me for a whole week. I found out that she wasn't doing anything wrong to my computer after all. She had just made a short cut file I could use to find my saved homework files. I bought her, herown laptop and told her it was wrong of me to judge her knowledge because of her age and that she wasn't stupid. She was back to normal and forgave me for what I said. Try proving that you are sure about your feelings for her and she might come around." Rohin suggested.

Tala looked thoughtful for a moment before he shrugged and agreed to try it.

"What about you three? Same problems as this loser?" Garland said gesturing towards Tala when he said the last word. He was still a little annoyed by the fact that Tala had proven both of them to be stupid when it came to things like girls.

"I'm good." Rei said with a smile.

"We're okay. Not as close or personal as Rei and Mariah but we're okay." Ozuma answered.

"Not even friends yet, but I'm working on it." Kai mumbled.

The boys continued their conversation oblivious to the fact that the girls were conversing about the same thing.


The girls had organized the party at the Bikonai Mansion.

They had surprised Isabella earlier that evening and given her presents. Then, they watched a few movies before relaxing in the indoor hot tub and eating delicious sweets and pastries.

"So, let me get this straight. You guys still swear at each other and argue and call each other names, but he told you that he cares about you? And he'll kill anyone who tries to harm you?" Sophia said, looking at Paree, who was sitting across her in the hot tub and taking a bite out of her piece of cheesecake.

"Yea, that's about it." Paree replied taking a bite out of her piece of strawberry shortcake.

"Kami! My brother is really messed up!" Sophia said shaking his head slightly.

"Paree's messed up too, except in different ways. So, they sort of complement each other." Miriam said. Paree stuck her tongue out at the blue haired girl.

"I wouldn't talk if I were you. One minute your calling Ozuma by the nickname you gave him just to annoy him, and the next minute you two look like your lips have been glued together with super glue." Mariah teased Miriam.

"As if your any better! Whenever, I see you and Rei together you're in such compromising positions that I'm surprised the elders haven't seen you and had heart attacks yet." Alexandra joked earning a mock glare from Mariah before she,too, giggled at the comment.

"What about you and Tala?" Isabella said turning to her soon-to-be sister-in-law.

"What about us? We get along." Aaliyah said avoiding making any eye contact with either of the girls.

The other seven girls gave each other similar looks of concern and curiosity.

"What's wrong Aaliyah? Did something happen?" Angelique asked in concern.

"No, not really. I guess it can't be considered as something bad, really," Aaliyah said shrugging, she looked at the other girls and sighed, "alright I guess it sort of is something big."

"You can tell us, don't worry this is a strictly girls only thing and it will only remain between us." Alexandra said kindly.

"Okay. Well, I asked Tala to give Taren a bath a few weeks ago. I heard some mumbling and got a little curious so I listened in, because the door was still a little open. Tala was just saying how we got along a little as kids and then we started to hate each toher. He was talking about how we still hated each other when I moved back. Then he started talking about not being sure how he felt about me. He said his stomach did flip flops whenever he thought about me. Then he said I annoyed the hell out of him, and I probably felt annoyed by him too. He said he didn't think I would feel the same way, or anything. I couldn't look him in the eyes after that cause if I did he would know that I had heard what he said about me. I haven't spoken to him properly either for a while now." Aaliyah finished explaining.

"Well, how do you feel about him?" Isabella asked.

"I don't know. I know I like him so much it hurts sometimes. I don't want to say anything though 'cause he's still not sure about his feelings for me." Aaliyah replied with a hint of sadness in her voice, as she ran her hand over the warm water.

"Don't worry he'll come around. And when he does accept him. Garland was like that too. I guess being confused runs in their blood." Sophia said getting a few laughs from all the girls.

"Yea, don't worry about it." Paree said.

"Mm hmm." Mariah added.

"I concur." Miriam said before bursting into giggles. Paree, Mariah and Aaliyah remembered that conversation at the Ice cream Parlor, and also started laughing, while attempting to tell the confused 24 year olds the story behind the joke.


Isabella and Aryan's wedding had been a great occasion for the girls to be able to wear traditional kimonos and the boys wore traditional robes, similar to the kimonos.

The wedding had taken place at the shrine located in the local park. Everyone had now left for their homes to rest and get ready for the reception that was to happen later that evening at the Bikonai Mansion, in honor of the newlyweds.

Tala had asked Aaliyah to walk around the park with him. Aaliyah had asked Tala's mother to take Taren home with her which she was more than delighted to do saying it would be good practice for when she had a real grandchild. Aaliyah and Tala blushed at the looks his mother had given the two of them when she said this.

Aaliyah unconsciously smoothed the front of her pale blue kimono and the dark blue sash around it. She looked at Tala and took in his black and blue robes. She was still amazed that he had tied his hair back into a ponytail today instead of having the usual spikes.

"Aaliyah, I…um…I have something to show you. It's a surprise, so you have to close your eyes." Tala said nervously as they came near the part of the park that led into a small forest.

Aaliyah closed her eyes unsurely, and felt Tala grasp her hand. She held onto his hand tightly and followed him towards wherever he was leading her. They stopped walking after a few moments, and Aaliyah heard the sound of water hitting a surface.

"Open your eyes." She heard Tala say as he let go of her hand.

She opened her eyes and was awed by the sight before her.

They were standing in a small but cozy clearing. There was a beautiful waterfall in front of them that formed a small pond. There were a few lily pads floating here and there on the surface of the water.

Overall it was a great place. Peaceful and natural. Aaliyah walked closer to the waterfall and felt some mist hit her face.

She felt Tala's body behind hers and shivered as his breath touched her neck.

"Do you like it?" He whispered in a husky voice.

Aaliyah turned around and smiled at him. Tala placed his arms around her and pulled her close.

"I…Aaliyah, I love you." He whispered before planting a kiss on her forehead.

Aaliyah stood there in shock for a moment before she came back to her senses.

'He said he loves you! Don't just stand there you idiot! Say something!' She heard a little voice in her head say.

"I…I…I love you too!" She whispered back, pulling his head down so there lips met in a soft kiss. They pulled back and Tala stared at her for a second in disbelief before capturing her lips with his own in a lip bruising kiss. He held on tighter as if she would slip away. Aaliyah just melted right there in his arms.

"You don't how long I've wanted to hear you say that." Aaliyah whispered when they finally pulled apart.

Tala simply smirked and bent down to kiss her once again.


Two figures walked away from the shrine and around the park for a while after the wedding ceremony. The female of the figures was wearing a white kimono with a pink sash; while the male was wearing simple black and white robes.

"Rei?" Mariah said as the pair walked through the park.

"Yes Mariah?" He replied.

"Do you think Tala and Aaliyah made up?" She asked.

"Yea, I think they did." Rei said with a small smile.

"What makes you so sure?" Mariah asked suspiciously.

"Tala just called and said he and Aaliyah are going to be a little late for the reception, because they're a little 'busy'." Rei said with a smirk.

"Oh. Are they still here?" Mariah asked, looking around the park.

"Yea, they're enjoying the view of a really nice spot in the forest that Tala said he was going to take Aaliyah too. Fortunately, I found one of my own, that I'm going to share with you." Rei said taking her by the hand and leading her through the forest on the other side of the park to a small creek.


Miriam and Ozuma were walking around the park quietly, side by side. Miriam wore a light green kimono with a dark green sash tied around her waist; while Ozuma wore robes that had two different tones of beige.

Miriam had finally had enough of the silence. She decided to ask what had been on her mind for a while.

"Ozuma. I was wondering something. I've been thinking about it for a while now and I thought I'd ask you what your opinion on this matter is." She started.

Ozuma looked towards her indicating that she had his full attention. Miriam shifted nervously under his gaze.

"Um…yea, so I was wondering. What would you call our…our relationship?" Miriam asked feeling the heat rising up her neck and cheeks.

Ozuma gazed at her thoughtfully for a moment, not missing the blush on her cheeks. He turned and kept walking towards the area of the park known as "Secrets of Nature", it was a garden.

Miriam followed him curiously, passing the small gate leading into the garden.

She watched as Ozuma looked at all the flowers in the garden before picking a flower which had petals of different shades of green, and breaking it off the flower bush. He walked around her and placed the flower into the hair, which was put up in a fancy bun today.

She felt him place his arms around her waist and felt his chest against her back as he pulled her closer to him.

"Our relationship." Ozuma said thoughtfully.

"I don't know what it may be tomorrow but for today I can say with confidence that we are two souls learning to find peace in one another." He answered after some more thinking.

Miriam was quiet for a moment as she leaned against Ozuma's frame.

"Two souls learning to find peace in one another. I like the sound of that. In other words we're boyfriend and girlfriend?" She said reaching a conclusion.

"Yea, I guess you could say that if you want it simple. But, two souls learning to find peace in one another sounds much more smarter and cooler. Besides with the traditional, formal clothes I'm wearing now, my ancestors would have been impressed by hearing me talk like that." Ozuma said turning Miriam around in his arms and grinning at her.

Miriam smiled back.

"I don't know about your ancestors, but I know I'm impressed. And right now I think that the two souls are restless to find some peace, love and joy." Miriam said giving Ozuma a wink before turning to walk away.

"Where are you going?" Ozuma called from behind her.

"Where do you think?" She replied showing him the car keys jingling in her hand.

Ozuma simply grinned and caught up with her.

"Did I mention how beautiful you look in that kimono?" He said, placing an arm around Miriam's waist.

"You can flatter me all you want but you are not getting that far with me." Miriam said rolled her eyes at the puppy dog look her gave her.


Kai and Paree were walking around the park with Paulo in a stroller, being pushed by Paree. Paree was wearing a dark red kimono with a tan colored sash tied around her waist. Kai was wearing black and tan colored robes.

Unlike their friends, they hadn't given Paulo to Kai's parents to take home, instead they took him along on the stroll around the park.

An old lady stopped as she was about to pass by them.

"Oh, what an adorable child! Is he yours?" She asked Kai and Paree, the former who was trying his best to hide his annoyance.

"Yes, he is." Paree replied politely.

"Oh, well I thought maybe it was your nephew or something, you two look way too young to have a child, but then again anything's possible." The old lady started mumbling to herself.

"Yes, um, we're in a bit of a hurry so bye." Kai said quickly and placing his arms around Paree's he steered the stroller and Paree, who was caught in between the stroller and Kai towards the parking lot where their car was parked. He quickly placed Paulo in the car seat, the stroller in the trunk and when he got into the car he saw Paree shaking with silent laughter.

"What's so funny?" He asked with a sigh.

"You! You rushed us away from that old lady like she was about to turn into a big demon and eat us up. It was just a little old lady who wanted to look at Paulo." Paree said finally able to bring her voice back to it's normal frequency.

"That was the 7th "little old lady" to stop us and tell us we were too young to have a child but he was adorable nonetheless. Don't you find that even a little irritating?" Kai said resting his forehead against the steering wheel.

"No, it's funny!" Paree said bursting out laughing at the look of shock, horror, and disbelief on Kai's face.

"I'm doomed. Oh Kami, why did you have to make a fruitcake like her my soul mate." Kai mumbled looking out the car window towards the sky with a pleading look on his face.

"Hey! You're the one talking to a car window, and you're calling me a fruitcake! Hypocrite!" Paree said rolling her eyes at him.

"I need to get her some help." Kai mumbled to himself, as he started the car and started driving towards the Hiwatari mansion

"Get yourself some while your at it! It can be couple's counseling!" Paree said brightly, a strange look in her eyes.

Kai looked towards the back at Paulo who at first was giggling at his mommy's actions but now seemed thoroughly scared.

"I know what you mean. All thatstrawberry shortcake has drivenyour mommy mad!"


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