Okay, so Risa came to live with us. Goody goody. That's just what we needed, another mouth to feed. And ya
know, that snot… she's really getting on my nerves. It seems like every night she finds a way to get one of the
mattresses. And she's lowest in the rankings! She's getting a lot of food to, for a mouse. And I call her a mouse
because that's what she is. A little, conniving lil' mouse. She sneaks her way into getting more food than she
should, she somehow always finds the warmest spot under the bridge that evening, and she… ohhh, she gets
my blood boiling. I don't think I've ever hated anybody… I didn't think it was possible for me to hate anyone.
But there's the proof! She's getting all cozy with Syaoran! What's with that!! I… I cant even begin to FATHOM
WHY she would want to! Every morning we wake up, Syaoran makes it a priority to see how everyone is doing,
starting with me and Suppi. And every time he starts talking to me, she buts in. She sticks her little, prissy,
smelly, notmeantforstreetlife nose in everything. It makes me sick. But I suppose that's really not the point.
What's really the big thing today, well okay, there's two big things. One; I've officially been with the vagabonds
I now call friends for a full year. And I'm 13 today. Holy crap, I'm a teenager. Maybe that's why I'm always so
moody. I remember before mama died, she told me to never grow up, cause teenagers were nothing but trouble.
We'll I wouldn't rightly know If we were trouble or not. I don't quite have it figured out how I can watch myself
grow up yet. And that bothers me sometimes. But anyways. That was only the semi- big thing. So listen up,
cause its cool. You see. Me and Syaoran went on our daily 'hunt', but we got started late because Risa wouldn't
shut her whiny little yap, complaining how she wanted a chance to go with Syaoran. He stood his ground of
course, said something along the lines of ' I've never been fond of changing how things work. Before Sakura I
hunted by myself. Now I hunt with her. You don't like it, don't hunt and go hungry, cause if you don't pull your
own weight, you don't get anything.' That made me smile. A lot. And I really don't quite know why. Oh well.
Anyways, where was I… oh yea. So we had gotten a late start, by about two hours. I think. But anyways, By the
time we had gotten into town, most of the vendors were on break and watching every single move everyone
made. Well darn. So we had to go somewhere else. One of the more shoddy places in the city, the East End. Its
not that it was a bad neighborhood…okay it was, I lied. But there was some of the best food there, so we found
out. And we found something even better. Strategically placed on the corner of two streets, was an old
abandoned house, The door was boarded up, but the windows were all open and it was in pretty good shape all
together. We snuck a peek inside and found it to be rather homely, Syaoran guessed it was one of many houses
abandoned when the turn of the century came round and a lot of people went out of business. But what's one
mans loss is another mans…hmm. What would that make it. I know its what's one mans trash is another mans
treasure, but how do you phrase it for something they lost? Well in any case. I had a revelation, one of many
lately, and when I talked it over with the head honcho, he had the exact same thing in mind. So we gathered our
daily scavenges and headed home, bearing a bit bigger load than usual. Home. That has a nice ring to it. And I
suppose that's what we called it. But as soon as we walked through that tarp and told everyone of our findings,
they jumped at the chance to get outta here. Good. Im sure we were all a bit tired of laying on rocks every single
darn night. The next day, since we didn't really have anything to pack, Save for me, who seriously needed to
pack her blanket and tuna for Suppi, we left. Syaoran and I lead the way, which semi-aggravated Risa, so you can
bet I was happy. As we collected in front of the house, Takashi gasped and coughed, gaping at the size of it. I
smiled and glanced sideways at Syaoran, who was smiling at me. Creepy. But just slightly. I'd never seen
Syaoran smile before… it was odd…but at the same time…not. But that wasn't all. Risa noticed and steamed. I
think she has a strange complex about Syaoran, which makes me laugh all the more. She should have stayed at
the orphanage. At least we would be happy, and probably more full. Did I mention this chick eats more than
Tomoyo? Yea, I didn't think that was possible. But once again, I was proven wrong. Its gotten her in trouble
several times, because she would wake up and sneak whatever was left. And, she, on several occasions, has
tried to steal either mine or suppi's food. I clocked her once because she had, right in front of us, well me at least,
moved Suppi from where he was sitting and eating, chucked him into a wall, and began to eat his food. I felt so
bad for that poor little kitten, I hopped right up and socked her square in the eye, than picked up my cat and fed
him her food. She has a black eye now. But its beginning to fade. How sad. Walking into the house, one can
understand why they would abandon it. The structure was more or less sound, and the floors were sturdy, but it
smelled like pond water and there was either dust or mold EVERYWHERE. However, there were more than
enough beds for everyone and cupboards where we could keep food instead of under a rock. Risa didn't like the
smell or the house in particular, and Syaoran and Eriol both poked in and sneered, saying that if she didn't like it,
than go back to the bridge. She frowned and ran her finger along the mantle over the fireplace, scoffing at the
dust. I smiled at her dismay. At leasat I knew my feelings of hatred for her were mutual. Our first priority was to
get this place clean. So Syaoran and Eriol had gone out with a few buckets and a bag. Syaoran was going down
to the stream we used to live at to grab some buckets of water and Eriol to pilfer some soap. One to clean the
place, and two to clean each other, for the fact that we all stunk something awful was staring us in the face. A
couple hours later, Syaoran came through the door, pushing a bucket of water with his foot and carrying one in
each hand. Eriol came in soon after with enough soap to capsize a small boat. That was good. As soon as they
got things ready, we pulled out some rags that were left lying in a linen closet and began scrubbing things down.
Some of the things were easy to clean. I had an abnormally easy time with things I could reach, but on several
occasions I had to ask Syaoran to give me a boost so I could reach something high up. By the end of a few
hours, the sun was setting and Takashi had, oh wow, done something right. He had grabbed some wood from a
smashed table out back and schlepped it into the fire place and lit that bad boy up. We had gotten a few of the
rooms clean completely. The main room and two of the bedrooms. The rest would have to wait until tomorrow.
Not wanting to go into the cold bedrooms, we all pulled our mattresses into the main room by the fire and
crashed there, after eating what must have been the smallest meal anyone had ever seen in the history of forever.
Takashi had decided to stay up later than the rest of us to feed the fire when it started to grow low, but no
sooner had all of us fallen asleep than we all woke up to a crazy crash coming from the kitchen. Syaoran, being
the oldest, was prioritized to get up and go check it out while the rest of us cowered in a bit of fear. Ok, it was
only Risa who was cowering, we were just sitting there wondering what it was. A few minutes passed, and a few
loud thumps and a yelp…and a strange sort of squeal…some more thumps. Then silence. A few seconds later
we saw Syaoran walk out of the hallway with a small bundle in his arms. Which just so happened to jump up and
start running for me, knocking me back on my… well, back. When I had the mind to open my eyes, I found two
things startling, one, the fact that staring me in the face, was probably the cutest damn puppy I have ever seen
and two, Syaoran was smiling at me again. But what was scarier was that, I smiled back.
"Sakura, meet Kero"
Right-o! That's chapter…umm…five? Right five! Sorry, brain fart. Anyways, there's Kero! A lot of people
were wondering when he'd come in. And I couldn't rightly make 'im a talking teddy bear…thing… so I made
him a dog. Hope you don't mind. Anyways, until next time!
Ja!
Kirra