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Chapter 8- The plot

Nuto and the group went to sleep under an old oak. But that night, all the sabers (Nuto aside) gathered. Akite was in the middle of everyone, when he cleared his throat they all became silent.

"…Thank you. My people, we've been waiting for this. Finally, we may sacrifice someone other then ourselves and the spirits will finally set us free! We will no longer have to be imprisoned, forced to sacrifice one another for their sick needs. Now, I'm not stupid, and anyone who didn't see the way that young male was looking at Kira is completely and utterly brainless! So it's agreed, Kira, you flirt with him, distract him with your…how should I say this…'feminine charm' and we'll sacrifice his friends after all, we said we wouldn't eat them, didn't we?"

Kira groaned, "Do I have to?" Akite nodded "Yes, unless you want to take his friend's place! I'm tired of having to kill my own people! Why not kill someone we don't know for once! Just…distract him!"

Again she groaned "Whatever." Akite nodded "Good." He walked over to where they sleep peacefully "Hm…sleep well tonight guests…it'll be your last…ha, ha!"

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Greg woke up first "(YAAAWN) Ohh! Man…ah, good sleep. Hey, get off my back." Ouji and Joyce both slept on the tree, but felt lonely so quietly, in the middle of the night, went back down and slept with Nuto and Greg.

Joyce yawned and got off his back "Sorry, got lonely." Ouji flew to the top of the tree and chirped "MORNIN' EVERYONE!" then flew back down. Greg blinked "Ok…so! What're we gonna do today?"

Joyce smiled "Lets wake up Nuto. See what he wants to do."

"WAIT!" a voice said suddenly. Greg frowned as a saber approached "Who are you?" The saber panted "I'm…you're guide! I'll show you around and…stuff." Ouji smiled "Great, let's get Nuto up so we can go-"

"No, no, no! Uh…I mean, look at him, he looks so peaceful!" he said slowly. Nuto was lying on his back, mouth open, muttering something, his arms flailing around occasionally.

Ouji tilted his head "Peaceful?" The saber looked around "Um…Come! Come, he'll catch up, there's so much for you to see! Come!" Joyce and Ouji looked at each other, then at Nuto, then Greg.

Greg frowned "…Hm…well, Nuto did say to trust them…" Joyce smiled "Well then let's go!" And she and Ouji went ahead. Greg circled the saber "…but believe me I don't…grrr…"

He laughed nervously "Hahaha, (gulp) ok…" Greg still growled, but went after his friends. The saber shivered "That guy's scary!" then went after them.

Kira waited until they were completely out of sight. She smirked "Ok. Now, let's try and make this convincing shall we?" She groomed herself slightly then walked over to the sleeping Nuto.

He made a loud snorting noise and rolled over "I said no water!" Kira rolled her eyes "Ugh, charming." She nudged his side then ran behind the tree. He almost jumped up "WATCH OUT!…huh? Wha? Oh, just dreaming…"

Kira walked from behind the tree seductively "Hello…" Nuto turned "AH! I mean, AH…llo?" She chuckled "We didn't really get to met did we? My name is Kira." He smiled sheepishly "I'm…uh…N-N-Nuto! Heh, ha…"

She smiled "Nuto. Oh, you're friends seem to have gone on a tour." Nuto looked around "Huh? Hey! They went without me? Man, you'd think they'd have woken me up! (Grumble, grumble)." Kira smiled "Well, I could always show you around."

Nuto looked around "Well, I dunno-" Kira rubbed her head under his neck "Come on. Just the two of us, it'll be fun!" When she moved he fell, his eyes half closed he laughed weakly "Ha…ok…" She smiled, inwardly thinking "Ugh, why me?"

So off they went, Nuto as happy as ever "Wow…she's so beautiful…" his main thought. Kira smiled "Ok, well, here's the biggest tree in the entire area, most of the fruit here is about the size of a boulder."

He stared at it "Wow…bet that'd be a mouthful! I wonder if Joyce can climb up to the top!" She let out a fake chuckle "Who knows!" In her head "Come on dad, just get his friends so I can leave!" They went on.

"Here, is the lake." She said. Nuto smiled "Hey, lets fish!" She raised an eyebrow "Fish?" He smirked, "Just watch." Without another word, he jumped in the lake with a huge splash.

She gasped and shook the water off her "UGH! Hey!" Nuto swam back to the shore with two fish in his mouth. He spit them out and smiled "Lunch?" She smiled slowly "Well…ok…"

They both ate their fish next to the water. Kira stared at him "…Why'd you do that?" Nuto smiled "Oh, well…a family thing, OH! Hahaha, see there was this one time, I didn't really like water to much, but my friend Kurt pushed me in a lake and…Hahaha, imagine this, ok, see, when I came out of the water a fish, was stuck on my tooth! Hahaha, I didn't even try and I got it! After that I was like a fish! I loved water, but Dad's kinda not good with water, but I get him to swim sometimes, heh, you're looking at the fastest swimmer from my home!"

Kira laughed, smiled and thought, "Ok, maybe he's not that bad…" Nuto grinned "So, where to next?" She hesitated "…Come on, I'll show you a secret place."

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Meanwhile, Greg, Ouji and Joyce were on their tour. Greg's suspicions just grew and grew. The saber smiled "Here's the boiling pool of water." Ouji flew inches above it "YIPE!" and flew right back in Joyce's arms.

"Whew! That is boiling hot!" Ouji commented. The saber nodded, then chuckled. Greg frowned "What's so funny?" He stopped "Oh man, I forgot he was there!" He swallowed hard "Um…n-nothing…Hahaha…eh, lets move on shall we?"

Greg growled as the saber moved. Joyce frowned "Greg, be nice to the poor guy, he's probably just new!" Ouji flew up "Yeah, and Nuto said we should trust these losers anyway."

"I don't…there's something about this place that puts me on end…haven't you guys noticed that everyone's gone! There's nobody here! All I'm sayin' is…just keep your guard up…" he whispered. The saber looked back "Are you guys coming?" Joyce ran up "Oh yes! Coming!"

Greg rolled his eyes and groaned "Yeah, just ignore what I said…" he looked around and thought "Nuto…where are you?"

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He, as it would have it, was in a field of flowers. Nuto smiled "Wow…you have no idea how much this reminds me of my home…I have a friend, a sloth actually, not this one though someone else, it was funny, he always tried to eat them all but…heh, well…it's funny."

Kira smiled sadly and nodded. He frowned "What's wrong?" She sighed "You know how I said this place was secret?" he nodded. She stared at the ground "Well, this is where my sister and I use to play together before…" she took a shape breath.

Nuto opened his mouth but she cut across him. "Oh no! I know what're gonna say, I'm sorry! Everyone's always telling me to 'get over it' or 'your father/I could always have another daughter for you to play with'. But…"

"Well that's stupid!" Nuto said suddenly. She looked up "What?" He frowned "That's stupid! Stupid, stupid, stupid, STUPID! UGH! I CAN'T BELIEVE THEM! No matter how many daughters they have NO ONE can ever take the place of another! That's so…UGH! IT MAKES ME SO MAD!"

She chuckled as she watched him rant. He stopped "What?" She laughed "Well, it's just…I've thought all that stuff my entire life, but I've never been allowed to speak it. I mean, being a female and all."

Nuto frowned "What's that gotta do with anything!" She looked confused "Well, I'm just a lowly female. All I'm good for is baring young and taking care of them. No more, no less. (Sigh) I don't even get to pick my own mate, but those are the rules, what choice do I have but to follow them?"

That did it. Something snapped in Nuto at that moment "GrrrRRRRRR! THAT IT!" and he marched back to where they first met Akite. Kira frowned "Wait, where are you going?"

"I'm going to beat some sense into that beast you call a 'father'! UGH! THAT'S JUST NOT RIGHT!" he screamed. Kira gasped "Oh no…w-wait! STOP!" but he did not. He kept right on marching.

She groaned "Stupid, MALE!" at the word 'male' she jumped him from behind. They tumbled for a moment, but Kira came out on top and had him pinned "LISTEN TO ME!"

His anger all but vanished when he saw the desperate look in her eyes. She was almost sobbing, "Please, you can't go to my father! I may not be able to choose my mate, but I can stop the one I want from walking to his own death! My father will kill you, please if you care about me at all don't go looking for him!"

Nuto want to say so many things at his moment, but the only thing that came out was "…Kay…" Kira smiled softly and let him up. "Waaait…'the one I want'…does that mean…she loves me back!"

Kira brought him out of his thoughts "You're very kind. No one has ever stopped to listen to me before. Or cared how I felt or even asked how I was. I was just always…there…" she closed her eyes sadly at this thought.

But she opened them when she felt herself being pulled into a hug (you know, like in the Lion King when Simba/Mufasa hugged Rafiki), she felt warm. Nuto looked down at her "Know this. I swear, no matter what happens or what either of us does, I care so deeply about you…nothing will ever change that…" he whispered softly in her ear.

She giggled and blushed "What's with this guy? He's so…different…in a good way! Hm, he's so kind and warm…ha, I think I…'love' him…hm, as if such a thing existed…"

Almost as if reading her thoughts, he said "You don't know of this feeling, because it has never been shown to you…" he pulled her closer to himself "…Please give me chance…lower your walls so that I can help you…show you what it really means to love…will you give me a chance?" he asked.

She smiled, a true smile. The first really smile she ever wore on her sad face. "…Hm…you need a chance? I think you just proved it now…" she said, pushing their noses together.

Kira smiled and got up "Nuto, can you do something for me?" Nuto was shocked by what just happened. When he heard those words come out his mouth, it sounded like he was listening to them, not saying them…

She smiled, "Will you teach me how to do that…um…'fish' thing?" He agreed with the words, sure, but it didn't sound like he was saying it. AND…on top of all that, "…I think I just got my first kiss…" A smile crawled on his face as the spot still tingled.

Nuto laughed stupidly and walked over to her "Ha…ha…ok…" And together, they caught 12 fish. Of course they couldn't eat them all, but it was just fun to caught 'em.

When they got out of the water they laughed when they saw their fur cling to themselves. Shaking off the water they both lay down and looked up the moon and the stars. Nuto smiled "Wow…it's very beautiful…"

She looked over at him "…Yeah…beautiful…" Nuto felt her eyes on him and looked over at her. "What?" she giggled "Nothing…" she put her nose to his once more "…just thinking…about how much I love you…"

Nuto gasped, "You…y-you love me?" She blushed but nodded. He grinned, "Oh, I love you to! I loved you the first moment I met you I loved you!" She looked around "Shhhhh! Not so loud, someone might hear you!"

Nuto nodded, but if he had to be honest, he didn't care. In fact, he wanted people to hear, he want everyone in the world to hear. Kira suddenly stood up "Well! It's getting late, I'll, see you tomorrow?"

This time, he pressed his nose to hers "…Count on it." She giggled and walked away. But accidentally tripping on a tree root "Oops, heh, sorry I'll just…heh…go now…" then mutter to herself about her clumsiness.

Nuto stood there for a while, then, he felt as if he was floating when he walked back to the old oak. Greg, Joyce and Ouji were already there when he showed up. Greg ran up to him "There you are! Where were you! I stuck on this stupid tour with the stupidest…why are smiling like that?"

Nuto still had that stupid smile on his face as he looked up "Hm? Oh, hey Greg…(sigh)…I just had, the most, wonderful day off my life!" Joyce walked towards him cautiously "Um…are you ok?"

Suddenly she found herself in a noogie. "I'M BETTER THEN OK, SILLY LITTLE SLOTH!" All the happiness he tried to contain suddenly came out. Nuto jumped up "WAH-HOO! I FEEL LIKE I COULD FLY TO THE MOON!"

Ouji looked at him "Um…you're sure you're ok?" Nuto smiled "I'm great! In fact…" he climbed up the tree, all the way to the top. Greg looked at him at the top "…What the heck's he doin'?"

Suddenly they heard him scream with what sounded like all his might "HEY WORLD, I LOVE KIRAAAAA!" then he darted down the tree and lay on the ground "Heh, stupid body limitations…I'm tired."

Joyce squealed "Oh guys! Nuto's in love! I know, it's that girl that found us isn't it?" Nuto sat up "Yeah! Her name is Kira." Joyce sat down in front of him "Well! Don't spare details, what happened?"

And they went on, talking like two 'girls friends' talking about a date. Both oblivious to the fact Greg and Ouji were staring at them. For a while they just stood there, staring.

Finally, Ouji spoke "…So is he ok or what?" Greg shook his head "I'm goin' back to bed." Ouji looked at him, then at them, and back to him "…Wha?"

THE END…for now!

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