Disclaimer. It goes right here. But I'm feeling too lazy to put it again, so just look at Chapter One's disclaimer.

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Walking down the hill, Kyoree and Kouji were mostly silent. "I didn't notice 'fore, but ya seem ta know ev'ryone here pretty well, so what's yer name?" Kouji suddenly wondered.

"My name? It's Kyoree," The lady stifled a yawn. "Howcome?"

"Jest thought, if I'm gonna protect ya, if I need ta scream yer name cuz yer busy doin' yer make-up an' there's something behind ya, it might help ta actually know yer name," He replied, taking pleasure in the sleepy glare he could feel burning through the back of his head.

"Yeah right, I don't need your-OHMYGOD!" Kyoree squealed as she jumped into a chibi Kouji's arms, resulting in a painful landing for the latter.

"What's yer probl'm now?" He grumbled, standing and dusting himself off.

"I...hate...bugs," Kyoree half-whispered, clinging to Kouji's leg and staring at a tarantula not more than ten feet away.

After a failed attempt to shake her off, the man walked over and scooped up the giant spider, "Aww, c'mon, it's so cute."

"Put...it...down. Now," She was still clinging to his leg, though squirming a bit. "Please?"

"Hmm..." He looked as though he was gonna give in, but his eyes brightened. "I think I'll keep 'er. I'll call 'er...Kyoree. You two look so much alike it's scary," He said, looking down at Kyoree then back at the spider and then back at Kyoree. "Yep, she's definatly a Kyoree. No doubt 'bout it," Kouji shoved the tarantula on his shoulder, and Kyoree reluctantly let go of his leg and backed away. The man resumed walking and the woman resumed following. "Where are you taking me anyway?" She asked, genuinly concerned. After all, I did sound pretty suspicious at first.

Kouji snorted, "I'm not takin' ya anywhere. Yer followin' me ta wherever I wanna go, apparently. But it jest so happens that when I ran inta ya an' heard ya talkin' ta yerself-" Kyoree blushed at this "-I was headin' ta tha palace ta get my ol' friend Genrou an' see if his age lowered twelve years too. If not I was gonna make fun o' 'im. But now I know it did an' it's all yer fault-"

"Hey-"

"Don't interrupt me when I'm tryin' ta be nice! I was gonna say thanks, but now I'm not, friggin' baka," Kouji crossed his arms and started walking again.

"Well-at least I don't have a big head," Kyoree shot back.

"Yes ya do."

"No I don't."

"Yeah, ya do. Go look in a mirror if ya don't believe me."

"Well-at least I don't have blue hair."

"So then ya admit ya have a big head?"

"Y-n-um...I don't like you!" She stopped suddenly and turned away, arms crossed.

"Fine then, ya can't expect everybody in yer life ta like ya," Kouji mimicked what Kyoree had said earlier.

"Puh-leez. Everybody likes me."

"I don't."

"That's cuz you're a nobody."

"Then what does that make you? I'm much more popular in this world than ya could ever hope ta be."

"Don't bullshit me. How is that possible?"

"Cuz I'm tha current leader of tha Mt. Reikaku bandits maybe? Or maybe it's cuz I'm so damn handsome? You tell me, you seem ta know alot."

"Ugh! I'm going to the palace!" Kyoree shouted, stomping back up the hill.

Kouji, still in place, shouted back, "Which one? Tha Konan palace is this way, ya know, at tha bottom of tha hill."

"Grr...I knew that! I was just getting some fresh air!" The green-haired woman stomped back down towards the bottom of the hill, and in doing so shoved Kouji out of the way. This angered the bandit. Who tha hell does this bitch think she is? Maybe I'll jest leave 'er here...but no, Genrou would be pissed if I jest left some helpless, clueless girl outside in tha middle of tha night again...an' then that strong one would be even more pissed...Kouji unknowingly rubbed his stomach in memory of the last time he left someone alone in the middle of the night, But I don't wanna take 'er with me...maybe I'll jest blame Genrou...say that tha only reason I brought 'er ta tha palace was cuz I knew he was gonna hurt me if he found out I didn't...then I could dump 'er on 'im an' he would have ta deal with 'er. Yeah, good idea. Kouji broke from his daze when he noticed Kyoree already at the bottom of the large hill and facing him, hands on hips again. "What are you doing, having a telepathic chat with your homeplanet? I've been calling you for almost two minutes now! Are you coming or what?" Grabbing the suprisingly calm tarantula from his shoulder and setting it in a pocket in his shirt, Kouji couldn't help but smile at his new companion.