Note: A thanks to CloudRunner Sparty for review and Muffie as well for sticking with me. The next chapter might be in awhile because I'm FINALLY editing the early chapters. I aways thought that I was going to fix the chapters when I'm done with story, but Sparty makes a good argument.


"RIN!!" Link exclaimed in horror. The black haired maiden jump from the inn entrance to Link (almost 4 yards!) and knocked the hero to the ground. Lying on top of Link, Rin rubbed her cheek against Link's in total bliss of the moment……

"Oh, Linkie-hun!! Too think that we meet in such a place on the eve of what tomorrow is…"

"What's tomorrow?"

"Oh!! It must be destiny…bring us together let this!!"

"Rin…we followed him here…" a new voice said flatly.

Link looked passed the maiden resting on him and found a second girl standing in the door, arms full of luggage: The girl was the same age as Meeko and Rin, about average height (5'5" to 5'6"). She had long, green hair with two braids wrapped around her head…Link had seen this style before, the braids meet in the back to form one braid that runs the length of hair (……don't ask how he knows). Her brown eyes remembered Link of the earth…but he wasn't quite sure way. The girl wore the same robe-dress that all the maidens at the Cluster wore, so it was obvious to Link that she was another temple maiden……

"Rin…are you going to help me!!" the girl pleaded the luggage slipped from her hands. Meeko quickly ran to her and relieved the girl of a few bags, "Sigh…Thank you, Meeko…"

"Naru!! What are you and Rin doing here?!" Meeko asked. The green haired girl sighed again, though much heavier then last, and explained what had occurred at the Cluster:

Naru had just finished her last class of the day and was heading to dorms to start packing for Autumn Break. It was so nice that the Cluster gave the girls a break in there studies, so they could enjoy festivals and celebrations of their home villages. Naru's village didn't start their festival until the very end of the break, but she planned to go home early and have some go old family-time. The green haired maiden had just reached her room's hallway when someone called out to her……

"Yahoo!! Na-chan!!" Naru turned to find Rin to trotting towards her.

"What do you, Rin." The girl stated point-blank, frowning as her fellow maiden covered her mouth in (fake) shock!

"Oh, my! Na-chan, what would make you think that I wanted to ask you something!"

"For starters…you only call me Na-chan when you want something…" Naru's narrowed her eyes at Rin as she rubbed the back of her head sheepishly and let out nervous laugh.

"Ha ha ha…There is that……So I guess I'll just say it." Rin related as she broke out of her innocent ploy. Naru was taken aback, the raven hair girl usual didn't breakout of the act when asking a favor, "Naru…I've met the boy of my dreams this week…"

"As opposed to the other weeks when you 'met the boy of my dreams'…"

"Problem is that he left on a journey shortly after I met him…" Rin continued, ignoring Naru's interruption, "If I'm going to catch him then I'm going to need a fast horse!"

"Nnnnooo!! NO WAY AM I GOING TO LEND YOU MY STEED, RIN!! You know full well that I'm only allowed to ride her to get my village and back!!"

Naru wasn't going to move an inch on the subject. Rin had tried in the past to borrow her mare, but Rin constantly came up short. It was always annoyed Naru that Rin could never take 'no' as an answer.

"Well Naru…guess I'll have to take 'no' as an answer here…" Rin replied slowly, shocking the green haired maiden out of thoughts

"W-What?! That's it? No whining…no threats?!"

"Of course not." Rin had happy smile across her face and did seem the least bit distressed about the refusal. Naru was confused, but relieved…she guessed that Rin must have become a better person…, "I'm going do you a favor and send that love letter to Mikau for you!" Or Satan!!

"Y-Y-You woul-" But Rin quick halt the girl's speech by holding up a folded piece of paper, "……You are Satan……"

"I'm going to need you come with me, Na-chan!"

"W-What! Why?"

"Well I don't know how to ride!!"

With mighty sigh, Naru accepted……

"Whoa…Naru……" Meeko was astonished, as the green haired maiden finished her story, "Is it really true……a love letter to a Zora?"

"Sigh…of course you're not amazed by Rin's acts…" Naru related as she rubbed her forehead. Her body tensed up and her face blushed as she continued, "Yes, I like Mikau. He being a Zora actually makes him dreamer…what, with there slick bodies and athletic muscles."

"Is every teenage girl fanatical about some guy or type of guy?" Link asked flatly as he stood you, Rin still draped around his neck (I think he ready knew the answer).

"What, you just figuring that out?!" Meeko retorted, her voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Umm…excuse me!" The inn owner, Okaju, announced to the whole group, "But if you all wanted your own room, you should know that I have only two left."

"What?!"

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"HEY!! OLD MAN!! COME OUT SO I KILL YOU!!" Okiru was flying across his master's room, looking in every nook and cranny, "OOLLLD MMMAAAAAN!!"

"Okiru!!" the boy turned back to the door of the room and found Iago, his fellow trainee, "Okiru, if you are look for the Master, his not here-"

"HA! No doubt hiding from the boom of my voice!!"

"No, Okiru…sigh…he left to heal a woman of any ailment." Iago seemed fustigated about something, but Okiru didn't know the cause, "…Okiru…the woman who you were supposed to heal after your training." Oh, that's why.

"Ha ha ha ha…" the boy rubbed his neck sheepishly, an apologetic grin across his face, "Sorry about that…"

"Okiru…how are you going to one day take the role of shaman-heir of Master Sahasrahla if you have the memory of a field mouse?" Iago's words started a warm spot to grow inside Okiru's throat, "Seriously, I can't imagine why the master would pick-"

"Stop with lecture, already!!" The spot turned red hot and Okiru choked backed the feeling, "It not like your father and anything!! Neither is the old man!!"

The boy speeded past Iago and out the door. Iago stay to where he stood with a somber look on his face. Okiru would come back, the man thought, he always did.

Okiru was half way across that village when finally stopped at the bottom of a staircase…the flight leading up to the old windmill, the famous land mark of Kakriko. The structure was had stood there since before the village was opened up to the common populace and was the second oldest thing in the Kakariko. Whenever Okiru looked at it, he felt a sense of connection…a longing for the something that was lost. Watching the windmill blades turn slowly, Okiru questioned aloud the one thing that hammered his been……

"Why don't I have a past……Why don't I have parents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles…why I'm alone…" the air around him was silent, no answer this evening, "Well…at least I know way I don't have any friends…"

As he finished, Okiru reflected on his last comment. Did he know why the village seemed to hate? Knowing there's hate and knowing way is two different things, entirely. Even when he was little, the other children evaded him like the plague! It was terrible…but Okiru stuck it out and now didn't even care if everyone hated him. He was better than them, as Okiru saw it. He didn't need any of them, not even the old man and Iago…he'll just use them and be on his way. A sensation of emptiness rushed through the little shaman, followed by a dull pain in his heart.

He was lonely……

"Grrr!! Enough of this!" Okiru declared, shaking his head and slapping his cheeks, "Right!! Time to have some fun! Be happy!!"

The boy raced away and proceeded to his most favorite spot in the village……

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Link stood out in the cool night air, letting the breeze roll gently over bare skin. The sight before him was probably the last thing Link had expected to see…a hot spring? Well it made sense, the hero thought to himself, Death Mountain in future was full of springs. Even the inn where the Ordon kids stayed at had a hot spring!

This was Blue Lady Inn's exclusive hot spring, or so the owner had said, it supposedly had miraculous healing properties…just like every hot spring that Link has been to. The spring was in the back of the inn, in the walled off section against cliff face. In the middle of the area there was a large pool, steam floating up from its warm surface. All around pool, the ground was made of gray limestone which contrasted the brown rock of the cliff face. The water was fed by a rocky stream that ran down the cliff face and into a limestone funnel, then finally to the pool. Link looked about through steamy atmosphere and found that he wasn't alone……

"Oh! Hello there goro." A Goron said from the far side of the pool.

"Um…hi…" Link was never that comfortable with being naked in front of people. Of course this Goron was a guy and wasn't seeing anything new, but it always made Link feel unsettled, "Aaahh…nice weather we're have?"

"Oh, yes goro! Very warm for this time of year!"

Stepping into the pool, Link slipped down into the hot water and let his body sink down. The water was sizzling hot, but that was how the hero liked it. He made a note not to stay in for too long, he didn't want to get sick. With a pleasant sigh escaping his lips, Link thought drifted to the current dilemma with the rooms. The inn keeper lady had said that each of their three rooms had two beds a piece, so there were definitely enough beds. Meeko, though, was obsessed with the pairing…well, obsessed that the pairing wasn't Link and her. Rin had quickly popped in and suggested it be Link and herself (big surprise), to which Link had out rightly refused. That had left Naru and Link, though the green haired maiden didn't like the idea of staying the night with a complete stranger. Link released another sigh…this one had been much heavier and full of gloom. The hero turned to his fellow hot spring occupant and the Goron sent back a large Goron smile. He was carefree guy……Wait a minute……

"Hey, you most be the guy who in the third room." Link related to the Goron. The mountain dweller blinked at the young man before realized what he was saying……

"Yes, I'm staying at one of the rooms at the inn. Why do you ask goro?"

"Your room has two beds like rest, right?" Link asked, twisting his torso toward the Goron. After receiving a hesitant nod, Link jumped up in cheer, "Then I can stay with you!! I-I mean…Can I please stay in your room for tonight? It would really help out!"

The Goron crossed his arms over his chest and took a moment to contemplate the matter. After a few seconds of silent, the Goron shook his head, yes. Link was ecstatic! He plopped back down into the water and made himself comfortable. Link could actually relax for a change……

"I really can't believe followed him here. That's stalking!!" A muffled voice called out.

"I don't see it that way…" A second voice replied, "I just pursued him where ever he went without him knowing about it!"

"Stalking." A third corrected. Link looked back to the entrance…two entrances?

"Um…way is there two accesses to the man's section of the hot spring?" Link inquired his Goron friend.

"Man's…section goro?" The Goron was confused, "This is an onsen…a mixed gender hot spring……"

Link froze when the Goron said that, as a chill raced down his spine. The Goron continued to speak, saying how different it was to see a Hylian so at ease with body…though Link wasn't listening. All he could think about was that HE WAS DEAD!! He could deal with humiliation, but the girls would kill Link the moment they saw him in his exposed state! Well…Meeko would at least. Naru would probably be more understand, unless Link read her wrong, and Rin? Sigh…Rin……

At the instant Link saw movement at the second entrance, he dove behind the Goron. The mountain dweller didn't now how to this. The Hylian boy was so shy, what did he come into an onsen naked? There was sign in plain Hylian that described the hot spring's mixed nature. You have to be hundreds of years old not to understand it (or from over a hundred years in the future…sigh). The girls step out, still moderately covered in swimsuits, though Rin's was a little more revealing. Perhaps the boy wanted to spare the females the embarrassment, the Goron thought to himself. He decided to stay were stay where was and help hide Link.

"Wow…what a dinky hot spring…" Rin stated softly.

"Rin, that's rude!!" Meeko whispered to her friend, as though owner was standing right behind them.

"What do you expect…it's an onsen after all." Naru announced, "There's no way the owner could have divide this pool into man's and woman's sections." Link narrowed his eyes after hearing her comment…of course it's so obvious!

"Hello, there goro!" The three turned to the Goron at the far end of pool. Naru promptly gasped at the sight of him and recoiled a bit, though Meeko was more gracious……

"Oh, hello there, Mr. Goron. I hope we're not intruding!"

"Oh, my, no gor-" The Goron cut himself off and fumbled forward a bit…as though someone had shoved him…, "What I mean to say is…I was hoping for a little solitude before you I went to bed."

"Please, Mr. Goron. Just let us stay for a little while…" Meeko had put on the 'pout look', puppy-dog eyes and all. Under such an onslaught, the Goron had no choice but to submit……

"O-Ok…goro" The Goron replied and the three girls immerse themselves in the hot water. The Goron sighed and murmured a sorry to Link.

"…Hell…I'm in Hell……" Link whispered to himself. Any other guy would have been praying their thanks right then…three gorgeous girls in a hot spring (don't tell me I'm the only one praying for it!!). However, with one girl most likely to kill him and another most likely to rape him…Link wished that it had been Ganondorf who stepped out that doorway, instead!!

"Hey, Goron guy!" Rin said to the Goron. Her voice sound a lot closer then it did a second ago and to Link that meant that she was a lot closer, TOO CLOSE!! "You didn't happen to see a fine-looking human guy come into here did you?"

"Oh……N-No! I have not." The Goron answered as he started to sweat significantly.

"Ah!! Damn…I wanted to see Link's muscles…" Rin whined and turn back to where the others were, to Link's relief.

"Come on, Rin." Naru called over to the girl, "Don't fret over it. So his a cute guy…it's not like you to freak over a one guy."

"Yeah, but he looks so good looking!" Rin retorted, "And I bet he looks better without a shirt!!"

"…He isn't that much better…" Meeko said knowingly, but she soon regretted even opening her mouth……

"Ooohhh!! So you've seen what Link has to work with, huh?" Rin's voice suggested much more than what she had spoken.

"NO!! He only had his shirt off……NO, WAIT!!" But it was too late to revoke the comment and Rin bounced upon it.

"So in at the dead of night, you and Link had romantic meet……Oh!! I can see it:

"You twisted and turned in your bed…your every though wafted back to the green clad hero that saved you from the wastelands and was now your faithful comrade in arms. The deep, secret passions you hold for him created a fire in your heart prevented you from entering your nightly slumber. You rose and left for the balcony, overlooking the gardens, in hopes that the cool air would settle the flames of desire! But what you find only feds the fires!! Link…gazing up at the stars…dressed in a mere shroud around his waist, below his rippled stomach and defined chest.

" 'Lady Meeko…' He said to you, 'Was it also impossible for you to find peace this night?'

" 'Master Link…' You replied as you stared deeply into his crystal blue eyes, but you turned your face away as you announced your decision, 'I fear that I will only be a burden to you on this journey. I should go back…'

"You turned to depart, but suddenly his strong, muscular arms wrapped around you and stopped you cold. His warm breath collided with your skin and the heat of his body seeped through your nightgown.

" 'I would never ask you to leave…Lady Meeko…' Link proclaimed to you.

"He then swiftly turned up about, pressed you closer to his naked chest. Your hearts became as one, as he pulled you even closer and bent down, pressing his perfect lips against your own-"

"NO! NO!! NO!!" Meeko exclaimed as she leaped up from the waters, "NOTHING LIKE THAT EVER HAPPENED!! IT WAS NEVER A REAL KISS!!"

"W-What?!" Rin was taken aback. She never expected anything really happened, "What wasn't a kiss?!"

Oops…This was good. Meeko said too much again!! She needed to word the next few lines right…or else she'll loose a friend! (Bad mouth! Bad!!)

"Rin…It was pure insanity that night! Link stopped breathing…and I had to do something!! I keep telling myself that was it just CPR, it was just CPR……And Link, himself, said that it didn't mean anything to him, either!!"

The raven haired maiden looked heated for a moment…but then she sighed and smiled at Meeko.

"Meeko…this is stupid…" Rin avowed, "We've been friends for too long to have something like this pull as apart. Besides, you saved my Linkie's life! So it's ok that kissed him first…as long as I get those lips next!"

"…It wasn't a kiss…wasn't a kiss…" Meeko kept murmuring to herself as the cloud of gloom found its self above the maiden's head…yet again. Naru consoled the Yellow Maiden and gently pulled her back down into the waters.

"Oh, what a heart reaching moment goro!! To see true friendship in pitiless times like these!" The Goron cried out, tears streaming down his face. With quick sniff, he turned around and looked at Link, "Wouldn't you agree young man goro?"

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!" Link roared. He was now in perfect view of the girls!!

"I'm sorry goro…" The Goron replied softly with an apologetic expression on his face as he rubbed the back of his head, "…I was lost in the moment…"

Link glanced over to Meeko and Naru, thinking that it was the end! But they didn't react like Link had expected. They just seemed to be surprised to see him……Had they seen a naked guy before? Link soon realized that in the fading light of the even nothing could be seen below the surface. As long as they didn't get close, Link was in the clear.

"Linkie-hun!! You're such a nottie boy!" Rin exclaimed.

"N-No! It's just a big m-misunderstanding!!" Maybe he spoke too soon!

"You shouldn't have been hiding! Oh, your shyness makes you even cuter!!" Link let out a sigh at the comment, Rin hadn't noticed. But relief he felt soon disappeared…Rin was walking over to Link!!

"W-W-Wait Rin!! You should stay back!! I…ah…umm…have a cold! Yes!! Cough, cough I don't want you to get it!!"

"It's ok! It'll be worth it…" Rin countered in her suggestive voice, "You heard what I said before……You still owe me a kiss…"

Rin leisurely strolled towards Link, getting closer and closer, kicking up sparkles of water into the air. The hero needed to think fast! If Rin saw him this way, then she would surely make a scene, causing Meeko to kill him. It was a domino-effect of doom!! The girl was two feet away now, Link needed to do something…anything to stop her cold in her traces. In the adrenaline and desperation of the moment, Link grabbed Rin's head between his hands and kissed the girl.

Rin tensed up, her eyes widen to point of falling out…Link's body had stiffen as well, but his eyes were shut tight. The strong Hero of Time was gone and replace by the nine-year-old Link having his kiss with Ilia so many years ago. But this was different……back then, Link could feel a tingle sensation dance around his heart…but now…empty……Of course the experience was nice…kissing a cute, half naked girl…though it felt hallow and meaningless.

Meeko and Naru both gasped as the scene unfolded. Naru was just shocked at the suddenness of the kiss, but the blonde haired girl's heart was race with emotions at the sight. Anger at Link's pervy-ness, embarrassment for sharing such a private moment, and……something else. A hot spot started to emerge in Meeko's chest, slowly and surely. She knew what the feeling was, but she wish didn't. As Meeko watched Link kiss Rin, she felt weight of one emotion squeeze her heart…jealousy.

An eternity later (one or two seconds), the two separated. Rin was still in a daze, she had wanted to feel Link's lips from the moment she seen the hero…but to have it happen out of the blue, no warning at all…? Rin placed a hand on her face…it was warm on the touch. She was blushing! She never blushed!! Not with the other boys, not when they kissed her. She always hated that, it ruined her act of innocence and made her less cute. But now…with Link……she was blushing……

"I-I'm sorry!" Link said quietly, swiftly removing his for Rin's head. I guessed it worked, Link thought to himself,……now what?

A stone fell abruptly and hit the water with a splash. Link and the others spun their heads to where the stone had fell from, high up on the cliff face. A short figure speedily retraced its self from view, though everyone continue attach their attention on the spot in hopes of catching a glimpse of…wait…everyone's attention was on the cliff……Link carefully moved his person to the pool edge that was closest to the spring entrance. After making sure everyone was still distracted, the hero jump out the water and made a mad dash for the man's changing room.

"I wonder what that was goro…"

"I bet it was some peeping-tom!" Naru related in disgust, "The nerve of some men! I swear!!"

"Yeah…" Meeko was inclined to agree, some men were pervs. The thought made her twist around and look for Link, "Hey…where did Link go?"

"Maybe he really is shy, like Rin said." The green haired maiden construed by the hero's disappearance. The Goron let out a small chuckle after hearing Naru's comment.

Meeko looked back at Rin. She still seemed unsettled and Meeko could have sworn she saw red on the girl's face. The image of Rin kissing Link popped back up in Meeko's mind and the jealousy she felt before returned with a friend…depression.

Rin was just plain confused. Was Link…different from the other boys she met before and fooled around with? Her heart was still beating irregularly fast and the feeling of pleasure mixed with anxiety fill her body. It scared Rin a little…but she didn't want the feeling to stop. Link was different from the others…he was special……

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Okiru was in his 'favorite spot', surveying the striking scenery below…i.e. peeping on the girls in the hot spring. He was extremely pleased to see that girl from before, Meeko, was down there with two other female friends!! The first girl had long, green hair with braids. Even in the modest swimsuit that she was wearing, Okiru could tell that her chest proportions where a lot bigger than Meeko's own…though he stilled preferred the blonde's over the green haired's ones (……this is another character I don't like writing for). The second girl in much sexier suit!! Though her chest was the smallest of the bunch…but those legs!! Those long, athletic legs…no doubt silky soft to the tough!!

"Oh, yeah!!" The young trainee shaman whispered enthusiastically, "The Blue Lady's onsen always has the best landscape at festival time!!"

"…I was hoping for a little solitude before you I went to bed…" The Goron said from below.

"NO!!" Okiru was trying with all his might not yell out at the mountain dweller to shut his fat mouth! He'd hate to see such a lovely sight disappear before he could enjoy it, but Okiru knew Meeko's type. If he was caught, he'd be KILLED!!

"Please, Mr. Goron. Just let us stay for a little while…" That right! The boy thought himself, Put on the charm, Meeko-chan!!

"O-Ok…goro" Yes!! No one could say no to Meeko-chan's looks, Okiru said in his mind, aahhh…Meeko-chan……

The young shaman's thoughts drifted to Meeko and his future together (God in heaven help me! I have to write this!!):

After a long day of fighting evil spirits and purifying villages, Okiru returned home to his awaiting bride……

"I'm home, my dearest…Mrs. Meeko Okiru!"

"Oh, darling!!" Meeko exclaimed as she jumped into Okiru strong, defined arms (oh, God! What a ham). The maiden was dressed in short skirt, pink dress and a frilly apron with red hearts across it, "Made your favorite for dinner tonight. And after dinner……"

"Hahaha…You too good to me, Meeko-chan!" The great master shaman continued to laugh delightly and hold his blushing bride closely, when suddenly……

"Oh! Okiru-sama!!" The green haired, large chested girl appeared. She was wearing a dress with the some measurements as Meeko…though this one was colored light green and showed a little more cleavage, "Aren't you to greet me as well!!"

"Don't be sad, Green Haired Girl. I'd never forget you…"

"Hey…Okiru-sama…" Okiru turned around and found the athletic, raven haired girl. She was lying on a large bed…the sheets covered just enough to see that there was much else under there!! "I've warmed the bed for us…Okiru-sama……"

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!"

The trainee shaman popped out of his fantasies and looked down. Had he been found out?! Okiru saw the same guy in green from before, though he wasn't wear green right then. He seemed horrified for some reason and was keeping his body at waist level in the water. What should he be afraid of, Okiru silently thought, I'd pray to be in that hot spring with three hott girls (See!! I'm not the only one!!). The raven haired girl was moving toward the guy, saying something about 'owning her a kiss'…but would he do it? Okiru thought the guy (he really did not remember Link's name) was with Meeko, which dowsed any hopes of young shaman had of hocking up with her. The raven haired girl was two feet away from the guy when the guy sudden KISSED HER!! WOW!! Okiru leaned forward for better look, but as he did, he knock a rock fell off the edge of cliff. The stone hit the water with a loud splash and turned everyone's attention to where the stone had fallen from…WAIT! THAT WAS WHERE OKIRU WAS!! The boy backed away quickly, crawling on his hands and knees…until his back hit something……

"Okiru…you are up to your old tricks, again…" A sagely voice proclaimed. Turning around, Okiru eyes meet the one person he had vainly wished it wouldn't had been……Master Sahasrahla…

"H-H-Hey there…how's it go-" A firm strike from the old man's staff cut the boy off.

"Okiru! You bring shame to the shaman before you!!" Sahasrahla stated angrily, "Peeping on the innocent girls as they bath their smooth, virgin skin…"

"…I get the feeling that I was only one looking-OW!!" Staff + Head Pain!!

"Okiru……There are two down there that I was destiny to meet. The ones who saved you earlier today…"

"Oh! You mean Meeko and that guy. Yeah, there down…WAIT!!" Okiru leaped up and pointed a finger at his teacher with fury burning in his eyes, "WHY THE HELL DID YOU TIE ME TO A TREE IN THE FIRST PLACE!!"

"It was necessary, young one…" Sahasrahla replied in wise tone, "Only those two could have helped you out of those ropes. Anyone else would have failed…"

"WHAT!! THAT'S NOT A GOOD REASON AT ALL!!"

"Okiru!! We must hurry if we are to catch them in the inn lobby!" The old man had turned and started to walk down path that leaded back to the inner village.

"OLD MAN, WAIT!! YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR TYING ME UP!!"

Okiru raced after the elderly shaman. Despite his yelling, the boy was happy! If that guy was with the raven haired girl, then he would have his chance to for a bright, new future with Meeko! A tint of pink crossed Okiru's face as he silently made his objective: Get Meeko or Bust!


Author's Note: Like I said...It's really annoying to write for Okiru and others when their off in their little worlds. That might sound weird..."Why would you create characters you hate?"...well, I do like the characters and writing the interactions between them...but I'm never sure of how to present the character. I feel good about this chapter, so please tell me your opinions.