Chapter 14: okay this is seriously the final one

"now over there is the mess hall and the main court. We're supposed to meet there every other day but it's now more like every other week. The showers are around the corner and the bathrooms are all indoors at the mess hall. Any questions?" I asked him as we got to his door.

"no I don't think so." He said, opening the door and then stopping.

"it was the room Windrie had. That's the only one we had left. Do you not like it?" I asked. He shook his head quickly and saluted me before going in and shutting the door behind him. Kinda rude but he's supposed to be a good surgeon. I walked away and sighed.

"ah home sweet home. My old tent too." Gust smiled, taking his hat off and tossing it on the bed, his deep blue hair spilling down almost to his hips. "but now I have to keep it up so no one knows…"

"oh Gust I forgot something!" I said, coming back and knocking on the door.

"yes?"

"we have an assembly tonight at midnight. Don't go to sleep or I will personally drag you out of your tent whether you're asleep or not." I called.

"okay ma'am!" he said. I walked off again. "ma'am? Man I never would say that to her before." Gust laughed.

"gust get up! it's time to go!" I yelled in, rapping on his door loudly. Was he snoring! I swear I heard him snore. I opened the door slowly and stopped in the doorway. Yeah he was asleep: sprawled on the bed. Wait…I walked over and picked the hat up off his head, his hair coming out from being hidden under it. I studied the face and then froze. "Hayate…?" he turned slightly and waved his hand in my face like he was saying 'leave me alone I'm tired'. Yep it sure was that jack up!

"ma'am Sergeant baker won't get up!" Flam said, annoyed as he came in, stopping when he saw me sitting on the edge of his bed looking at Gust with his hat in my hands.

"huh? Oh. I'm coming. Goh? Does he look like someone we know…?" I asked. Goh raised an eyebrow and walked over. He looked at him and then smiled.

"well what do ya know? He found his way back after all." He said, laughing.

"I knew it. cancel the assembly we can do it next week. Tell everyone I'm sorry and to go back to bed. I'm going to stay here until he wakes up." I instructed. Goh nodded and left to run back to the mess hall. "you are really something Hayate. Changing your name and everything to actually come back. Fooled me big time you know? Shin was right…I should apologize to him later. It feels weird talking to you while you're sleeping. It feels like I'm just talking to myself. But I'm staying here until you wake up and I will not fall asleep!" I instructed myself, flicking my wrist every few minutes so I stayed awake. It was about 7:00 the next morning when he woke up. The first thing he did was reach for his hat. I handed it to him and he said thank you groggily. His eyes shot open after a few seconds and he jerked up, almost falling off. I laughed and stood up.

"what the!"

"that's how we do it around here when you SKIP assemblies." I smirked.

"oh oops-"

"how did you keep it from me? Why couldn't I tell?" I asked as he stood up, turning away from me as he put his hat back on.

"because I didn't want anyone to…"

"but why?"

"because if anyone knew than I'd be toast if the general came back for one of his visits. I didn't want to leave again." He said, taking his hat back off so his hair just fell down and then put his hat back on, not bothering to hide it anymore.

"well you're safe of that for now because unless there are more than one person with him he's not stepping foot on my island ever again." I said, crossing my arms.

"ah okay."

"what did he say to you when you guys were together?" I asked. I was extremely curious.

"well he seemed pretty sorry actually." Windrie said, buttoning up his jacket.

"oh really? Well it doesn't mean I have to forgive him." I said stubbornly.

"you're still as stubborn as ever." He smirked. "now I'm hungry." He stated before I could yell at him, opening the door behind me and stepping out with me behind him.

"hey the mummy did come back to life!" Bulb joked.

"yeah. Watch out I've been in hell." Windrie smirked back.

"hey ass! It's been boring without ya." Flam laughed.

"oh yeah I'm sure. Here ya go." Windrie laughed, tossing Flam something.

"wow…Hayate went to hell and all I got was a lousy magnet! What's with that!" Flam laughed, stuffing it in his pocket.

"momma! See Shin told you it was dada!" Shin said, running up to me and grabbing my pocket again.

"yes you were right it was me. It was hard to keep it from you big guy wasn't it?" Windrie smiled, kneeling down to his level.

"yesh. Now Shin is happy! Momma and dada are together again." Shin said, smiling broadly. Hayate blinked, slightly pink and I looked away as I started turning red.

"Shin! Go buddy!" Flam laughed. Hayate stood up with a cough and looked at me. I looked at him for a second before both of us looked away. It was awkward.

"well I'm going to eat." Kei laughed, walking off with Goh and Shin.

"momma and dada can eat with Shin!" Shin said, smiling again. Oh no…

THE END