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Chapter 3: Almost On The Road

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Narsume came running from the back of the house. He'd gone back there to take a quick look at the ocean. He'd always loved the view from the girls' beach house. They sat much closer to the beach than he, Koko, and Ruka did. Just as he was really starting to enjoy the view, he'd heard Mikan yell.

"What's wrong?" he asked as he rounded the corner. He didn't seem a bit winded from the run. All those years as a secret agent (is he?) must have payed off.

"Look at Ruka's truck!" exclaimed Mikan, dropping her bags and running over to it.

"Is that it?" He'd interuppted his quiet time for nothing. Though, he didn't really mind. He'd thought Mikan was injured, and he would have ran much farther than from the back yard to make sure she was safe. Whoa, where had that thought come from? He would have ran a distance for any of his friends. Maybe not as fast, but still, he would have run it.

"It has t.v.'s!" Mikan cried, inspecting every piece of the Navigator. "And a laptop. Whoa!"

"Awsome isn't it?" Ruka said, patting the top of the car lovingly.

"Ruka," Hotaru turned to face the young man, "how much did all of his cost?"

"Nothing. It was free." He continued showing the contents to Mikan. "Check out the PS2. And, it has a navigator."

Hotaru gaped at him. Free! How was it free! She knew people gave them things, but never they had never recieved nothing as nice as this.

"You'll need that navigator," stated Mikan. "Remember our last trip?" She shuddered at the memory. It had taken them half the day to get to their two hour destination.

"That was free?" Anna whispered to Koko.

"Uh huh. The guy just gave it to us."

Anna arched her eyebrows. She knew she should have went with Koko and Ruka...

"Seriously, Anna," Koko said. "He just gave it to us."

"Kokoroyomi..."

"I know. I know."

Patting his shoulder, Anna said, "I'm going to go have a look at this new truck." Walking over to the Navigator, she hoisted herself into it. "Did I hear you say t.v.'s?" she asked Mikan.

"Um, Ruka," Hotaru said, tapping him on the shoulder. "did you say free?"

"Yeah, the guy just gave it to me. I don't really know why, but why fight what's good?" Ruka ushered her into the door. "Look at all this stuff!"

Ruka was so excited, Hotaru couldn't help but smile. "It's all very nice, but are you sure it was free?" she asked gently. She didn't want him to think she thought he was stupid, but Ruka could misread people sometimes.

Thankfully, he didn't seem phased by Hotaru's comment. "Yep. Positive. I don't know the details, but what I do know is that I have an awsome truck, and we have a luxery ride for our vacation. So don't worry about, 'kay?"

"Okay. Fine," Hotaru sighed. "This is a vacation." Plus, she knew she could trust Ruka.

"Ruka smiled at her and said, "Now come look at the truck!"

As Ruka and the girls were ogling the truck, Koko decided to go talk with Natsume.

"So, Natsume, why'd you come running around the house like a chicken on fire?"

"What?"

"Don't play dumb, brudda."

"I heard Mikan scream, and I wanted to make sure she was all right." There. That was the truth.

"By the looks of things, I woulda thought the house was on fire."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

Looking over at Natsume, Koko grinned knowingly.

"What?"

The edge in his voice let Koko know all he needed to. "You hide it so well."

"Hmph." So what if he wanted to make sure Mikan was all right? "You would have done the same for Anna."

"That's my point."

Whoa. Back up. Koko and Anna were in love. He, on the other hand, was not. Sure he may have a crush on Mikan... Wait, a crush? Crushes are for elementary school children. Natsume doesn't have crushes...Respect. Yeah! That was it. He had respect for Mikan. She had also aided in defeating Reo, hadn't she? And she was his friend. Though he never knew respect could fill like this...

"Brudda?" Koko said, nudgeing him in the side.

"Respect. I have respect for her," Natsume told him.

"Good excuse," Koko grinned.

"Hmph." Picking up Mikan's bag, Natsume headed towards the navigator. "Come on people. Let's get the show on the road."

"Keep telling yourself that!" Koko laughed, following him Natsume to the truck.

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OOkkkaaayyy!!!! Finished!!! wait for the next chappie ayt? please read!! it's okay if you don't like mah story! but, i'll keep updating! bye-bye! paalam!
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-Gabrielle