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6

Yazoo grumbled angrily as Loz whooped like a child, snatching at the marshmallow bag. Kadaj rolled his eyes as Loz yelped, poking his finger with a sharp stick as he slid 5 marshmallows onto it. Then, he held it over the fire. I had secretly taken Yazoo's stash of alchohol, and was about to dump it in to make the fire explode. He saw what I was about to do, and cried mournfully as I poured it out. "No!!! Perfectly good stuff, gone! You and your pyrotechnic-ness!!!" He wailed as the fire exploded.

Kadaj looked annoyed when he discovered Loz has pretty much sucked up all the fluffy goodness. "Talin, do we have any more?" Loz begged, licking sticky stuff out of the corner of his lip. "No Lozzie, you ate 'em all." Yazoo grumbled, stabbing at logs with his poker. "Aww... come on!" Loz groaned. I rolled my eyes at him, and then was surprised to see something. I got up slowly, and walked over to the cherry tree, climbing up to the top-most branch. There was a dent in the tree, where the bark had been crushed off. I remember when that happened... unfortunately.

"Kadaj!!!" I screamed, running out the door. It was storming above, leaving the afternoon a dark ominous gray. Yazoo and Loz were right behind me, panicked. "Where'd he go?" Loz asked, squinting. I saw a waver of silver amongst the grays and black of the yard, and ran towards him. Kadaj was on his knees, hugging himself, head dropped onto his chest, breathing hard. "Kadaj, what's happening?" I asked, dropping down beside him. "He's... he's coming back!" Kadaj suddenly yelled. He shoved me away hard, and held his head, screaming. Then he got quiet... he started to laugh. "Daj? What's... what're you..." I began, walking to him again. He stood up slowly, and as his hair blew out of his eyes, I felt my throat close. Green eyes... the vivid green eyes of Sephiroth. "Hello child." He'd breathed, and by just slamming his hand onto my chest I'd gone flying backwards, hitting the tree full force.

I don't remember what happened after that. When I woke up, I was on my stomach in bed, and something warm and stinging was on my back. I'd sat up and discovered Kadaj was asleep next to me. Out in the living room Loz and Yazoo were crunched up on the couch, Loz snoring slightly. My back had been cut and bruised badly. All I knew was after Kadaj saw me hurt, Sephiroth disappeared, and Kadaj collapsed, and had been asleep ever since.

I'd never realized it'd left a mark. Hmm... "What do you think you are, a chimp? Get down here." Yazz called, hands on hips tauntingly immitating me. I stuck my tongue out at him and climbed down. We all sat around the base of the tree, staring up through the blossoms to the starry night sky. "So, what are we going to do now?" I asked quietly. "Well, Mother's gone, Sephiroth's gone, and Brother thinks we're dead... let's just keep being ourselves and do stuff. I don't know... we'll live, how about that?" Kadaj asked. I smirked. "you could've just said we'll find something to do." Yazz commented. Loz shot him a "be nice, meanie' look, and then yawned. I guess I fell asleep.

"Jeez, has she been starving herself or something?" I heard a voice say quietly. I opened an eye slgihtly, and saw Yazoo was carrying me. "Since when have you complained about my weight? You said I was fat before anyways." I growled. "I don't remember you being this light." He replied simply, and then dropped me onto my bed. Then he went back outside, and I laughed a little as I saw both Daj and Yazz were dragging Loz in. Then we all went to sleep.

I woke up around 6 a.m. with a strange idea in my head. Super cookie making... who knew where that came from. I went out into the kitchen, closing the bedroom door behind me. And I started baking dozens and dozens of cookies until eventually the oven was too hot to make anymore without burning them. Then, I counted them and had an even stacked amount of 30 cookies each for us. "God, Loz'll have the sugar high of his life." I thought. Just then, the bedroom door busted open, and Loz came charging in, without a shirt, and just his pants on. "Oh... my... god..." He said slowly, staring wide eyed at the pile that I had even bothered to put a little sign on top with his name on it.

He was shoving them down by the handful, making a huge mess. And soon Kadaj and Yazoo had come out and lost themselves in the cookies. And so did I. The sugar high was extremely wild. We took the cushions off the couch and attacked each other, and then Yazoo had a water gun, and as we rampaged around the living room, I remember suddenly feeling exhausted and dropping to the floor. Then my stomach began to hurt.

"I swear, I'll never eat another cookie again." Yazoo groaned, laying on his back, holding his stomach tenderly. Kadaj was on his hands and knees, a garbage can next to him, breathing heavily, trying to keep the goodness down. I felt like I was going to die. Meanwhile, in the background, we could hear Loz giggling hysterically as he jumped on the couch. "Talin, can you make some more?" He asked as he jumped. "No Lozzie, no more today." I managed to groan before feeling my stomach churn. I shoved Kadaj aside and gagged, feeling as if my entire stomach was going to come out. I could feel Loz, out of pity, was holding my hair back, and Yazoo was groaning about, "Just seeing it makes me wanna... ugh." And he held a hand over his mouth. Kadaj was shakily crawling towards the bathroom. "Loz, you have no idea how lucky you are." He grumbled, and bent over the toilet.

Of coarse, Loz had a major crash about 3 hours after a sugar consume this big. He was snoring obnoxiously on the couch. We'd recovered from our sickness, and were now cleaning up the mess. "Ahh, a good high. Nothing like them. Even through the sickness, it's worth it." Kadaj said, smirking as Yazoo's face turned slightly green. Loz never got sick, no matter what combination he ate, or how much. Oh, I envied him.

Well, you'd think things couldn't get any better, and yet, in an ironic way, they did. Kadaj's cell phone rang, and he looked at it questioningly. He passed it to me, rolling his eyes. Reno, again... "Hello?" I asked as I dropped a towel over a puddle of water. "Still answering the phone?" A nagging voice asked. "What do you want?" I growled, sitting on Loz by accident. "Just letting you know, we're coming for you." He said. I hung up, irritated, and Kadaj turned it off as it started to ring again. Then, I clambored onto my bed, sitting in the corner, and listened to "Vampires will never hurt you" by M.C.R.

And if they get me and the sun goes down into the ground
And if they get me take this spike to my heart and
And if they get me and the sun goes down
And if they get me take this spike and
You put the spike in my heart

And if the sun comes up will it tear the skin right off our bones
And then as razor sharp white teeth rip out our necks I saw you there
Someone get me to the doctor, someone get me to a church
Where they can pump this venom gaping hole
And you must keep your soul like a secret in your throat
And if they come and get me
You put the spike in my heart

And if they get me and the sun goes down
And if they get me take this spike and

[Chorus
Can you take this spike?
Will it fill our hearts with thoughts of endless
Night time sky
Can you take this spike?
Will it wash away this jet black feeling?

And now the nightclub set the stage for this they come in pairs she said
We'll shoot back holy water like cheap whiskey they're always there
Someone get me to the doctor, and someone call the nurse
And someone buy me roses, and someone burned the church
We're hanging out with corpses, and driving in this hearse
And someone save my soul tonight, please save my soul

[Chorus
Can you take this spike?
Will it fill our hearts with thoughts of endless
Night time sky
Can you take this spike?
Will it wash away this jet black now?

And as these days watch over time, and as these days watch over time
And as these days watch over us tonight
[x2

I'll never let them, I'll never let them
I'll never let them hurt you not tonight
I'll never let them, I can't forget them
I'll never let them hurt you, I promise

Struck down, before our prime
Before, you got off the floor
Can you stake my heart? Can you stake my heart?

Can you stake my heart? Can you stake my heart?
(And these thoughts of endless night
bring us back into the light
and this venom from my heart)

Can you stake my heart? Can you stake my heart?
(And these thoughts of endless night
bring us back into the light
kill this venom from my heart)

Can you stake me before the sun goes down?

(And as always, innocent like roller coasters.
Fatality is like ghosts in snow and you have no idea what you're up against
because I've seen what they look like.
Becoming perfect as if they were sterling silver chainsaws going cascading...)

I love that song. I went to listen to something else when I heard a yelp. Getting up, I went to ask what was going on, but was instead hit square in the face by a box. "Ow! What the fuck?!" I snarled, holding a hand over my cheek where it felt like it'd been cut. "Oops." A childish voice teased. I looked up. "Holy..." gunshot

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