Chapter Three
R: Hiya all! Sup?
J: "Glaaaare"
R: /cowering behind Tobi/ Wha- what did I do this time? /puppy eyes/
J: Huh? Not you, I am glaring at the empty seats where there should be readers...Hi Tobi/Madara, don;t tell Tachi
T/M: Oh don't worry, he already knows /evil grin/
R: /too busy reading a fanfic to notice what was going on/
J: /Changes direction of glare to Reo/
R: /blinks, feels heavy glare sensors going off/ huh? ACK~! /jolts up and behind Tobi again/ WHAAAT~? I thought you were glaring at the empty seats!
J: That was until someone went blabbed about something that happened a long time ago to a certain bigger blabber mouth! /Poof from behind/ Daaaamn
T: /putting on act/ HI ITACHI! Reo-chan called you to do the disclaimer as a return favour for telling you that Jenna likes Kiba-kun!
R: /waves from behind Tobi/
J: Fume, fume, fume /slowly walking away to hide/
It: Hn. Reo does not own any of the places that are mentioned. There are no named people to disclaim. /Grabs Jenna in choke hold and drags away/
T: /waves/ BYE BYE!
R: Have fuuuunnn~! /has sudden thought/ AND DON'T HURT AKAMARU! HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO YOU!
"Oooooh, that bath was bliss to my poor muscles. I don't care what you say, I am going to bring that bath tub and the water system with us when we leave tomorrow." Hana chirped this out when she exited the bathroom dressed in her now clean clothes. (A/N: Each girl owns three sets of clothes and alternate every week to get the most out of them. On the third week they wash their two dirty sets of clothes.) This time she was wearing a purple top with two pandas on the front, black pants and a black and white hat with 'Naughty but nice' on the front.
Since she had had a bath first (having been the one who paid for everything) Roxie was already spread out on her bed in her black long sleeved mesh shirt and grass green muscle shirt over top, as well as her form fitting black capris. Her eyes half open since sleep was starting to set in she mumbled in response," If you can manage that then I'll buy whatever you want for breakfast tomorrow. Mmmmm. Good night!" Hana sweat dropped when her friend passed right out after saying that, it was these moments that reminded Hana of what Roxie was, and she was sure it was her own moments that reminded Roxie what she was.
Unable to resist Hana went over to Roxie and pet her head just a smidge, when a low rumbling could be heard from Roxie's throat Hana backed away with her hands over her mouth so as not to laugh right in Roxie's ear and wake her up. Crawling under her own comfy hotel covers Hana called out loud to no one in particular," Can't wait to see what shit happens tomorrow for us, cause its always shit. Never anything good…" And off Hana went to her dreams of a cool crisp night with a full moon shining over head, running though a dense forest with a pack of wolves.
The next morning the girls woke refreshed and eager to face the day, despite the nagging sensation in the back of their heads singing of trouble. After filling their stomachs the girls set out to do their shopping for their next long journey into the wilderness. The only thing they hated about stocking up was the extra weight it added to their poor backs. " We're not even half way done getting everything we need and I'm moving at the frick'n speed of a stupid snail! Roxie you've got the bigger body build, take some of this fu- shit from me."
"No, I have to carry the really heavy stuff. You know the new pots and pans, the two boxes of flint, the folded up fishing poles and don't forget I have a sword on my hip too." Roxie was catching Hana's whining syndrome and almost went on a full tirade herself.
"You don't even know how to use that metal stick! Why keep it? Its a waste o' space, if you ask me!" Hana grumbled this while poking at the object in question to see if it cut her finger or something of the sort.
" Just seeing it on me might make certain kinds of people leave us alone, and I can train myself to use it." Roxie took a step away from Hana to prevent her friend from accidentally cutting off a finger with all her poking.
"Miss, might we able to assist in resolving this issue?" A soft spoken voice caused Roxie and Hana to turn around to find themselves facing two males they'd never seen before. One was about the same height as Roxie with short brown hair laying perfectly straight on his head so that it covered his eyes, he wore a dark green turtle neck and loose fitting black pants with a lot of zippers. The other male was a good foot taller than his partner, he had a very big smile on his face and sported spiky orange hair that had underlying tones of red and blonde that made it appear as fire itself. He was also one of those men that appeared to have his eyes closed but were actually open, he wore a dark red t-shirt and regular looking blue cargo pants.
Before she could grab hold of a limb Hana was right in the poor guys' faces. First was the shorter one who she just had to wave a hand in front of his face while saying," Wow, you don't see guys with gorgeous hair like this anymore, and you must use some wicked skin cream to have not a single blemish! Seriously, what shit do you use?" The poor guy didn't get a chance to say anything when Hana moved onto his taller counter part and circled him to get a complete visual, again her mouth saying exactly what she was thinking," I want to get a hold of that fucking cow you were drinking milk from! Every part of you seems to be huge, does that mean you're big MPGH!" Roxie violently slapped a hand over Hana's mouth before she could finish the very vulgar question that would lead to a few red faces, Hana's not included.
Pulling her back Roxie nervously apologized," Soooo sorry about that, she never developed a brain to mouth filter. Thank you for the offer but we can manage as we always have. OOPH!" Much to Roxie's surprise Hana elbowed her right in the solar plexus to have her mouth freed, rather harshly too.
Pushing Roxie a ways back to recover Hana cut in," Ignore the old badger that can't appreciate a sexy blessing when offered. We'd love your assistance for however long you're willing to give it, you fine specimens of men look like you can handle some heavy lifting."
"Haaaaaannnnnnaaaaaaa!" The warning growl was enough to let Hana quickly side step and miss a charging Roxie who was now out for blood. Not only had the cursed girl attacked her, she'd gone and made a decision without at least talking to her about it!
The shorter male gave Hana what she would later call a 'charming smile' and questioned," I do not believe it is a mutual agreement, perhaps you should talk it over first?"
"Fiiiiiiine. Roxie get the fu- fudge over here and say yes already!" Hana got this much out before Roxie took hold of her pony tail and dragged her a good few feet back out of hearing range.
Her eyes glowing with inner fury Roxie hissed," BAKA! Attractive males or not, they cannot be immediately trusted. For all we know the second we turn away they would run with whatever we gave them to carry! This has happened before, remember the kid back in the Land of Rice Paddies? Gone in an eye blink with a good portion of our food! We are not accepting their help, that is final!"
"But, what if they don't carry anything at all and they just walk around with us or something like that? Pleease, I need some good eye candy to have around! Or would you rather I go compliment all the attractive males we come across in the streets from now on, and you know I will too." Hana met Roxie's furious glare with her own sharp icy stare of persuasion. Slowly, very slowly they morphed into big, blue puppy dog eyes, and Roxie had to slump in defeat. She really needed to kill whoever taught her friend that trick.
Going back over to the ever patient males Roxie informed them sternly," Fine you can come along for however long you're willing to tolerate HER, but we do not need any assistance in carrying anything. Now if you don't mind I would like to continue gathering supplies." Their position announced with an included thumb jest towards the now humming and dancing Hana Roxie walked past them to continue collecting the necessary supplies.
Hana once more got right into their personal space to ask with big sparkling eyes," So what can I be calling you lovely gents?"
"Ah, forgive us for not introducing ourselves in the beginning. I am Tsukune Tachimoto." Tsukune was of course the very soft voiced boy.
The larger one gave a crooked grin when saying," Just call me Kyou, my last name is of no importance." Hana, being the easy going girl she was, didn't push further on it and accepted this.
"I'm Hana, and the grouchy old biddy doing all the bit-beotching is Roxie. Don't mind her though, she's always had a pole up her arse. FUCK!" Having said all this quite loudly Roxie threw the apple she had just purchased for a snack at Hana's head.
Kyou couldn't hold it in any longer, he erupted into a fit of loud almost earth shaking laughter that caused Tsukune to sigh with a sweat drop and the girls blink strangely at the big guy. Once he quieted down he explained," I'd carry everything you guys have got if you keep up an act like this! You girls are hysterical!"
Roxie glared at Hana to accuse her for the bad impression they had just given, and Hana just smiled back innocently as possible. She enjoyed making others laugh, even at her own expense, depending on what her own expense was. Walking over to retrieve her now greatly bruised apple Roxie grumbled," Give it a few hours and you won't find it funny since it's how we spend most of our days. I just need to a cooking stand for a pot and we're done. You guys know where I can get one?"
" You're buying to travel I see. Where is it you will be going?" Tsukune sounded genuinely curious when asking this.
Roxie turned her back on the group and started walking down the street to search for the cooking stand, aware that they were right behind her she answered," Do you really need to know?"
" That's Roxie's nice way of saying non of your fudging business, which isn't very polite even asked nicely! We're not really going anywhere, we just like to travel." Hana managed to dodge the apple thrown at her again and continued walking alongside Tsukune and Kyou.
"I see, but you both look rather young to be on your own. Don't your parents worry?" There came no response for this question, not even from the ever eager to share Hana. Catching on that he'd hit a sore spot Tsukune changed tactics," Well...If you were to be heading to the next town in the north we could join you for the trip. We own a cooking stand as well as a rather large tent that we'd have no problem sharing."
" For a couple of guys we just met you're sure keen on staying near us, and I know it's not out of attraction. Whatever your motive is it won't be indulged." The nagging sensation that had appeared in the morning hummed more intensely once Tsukune had offered the invitation, meaning that travelling with these young men would not be in their best interests for survival.
" Actually I feel like we've met them before, you have this scent I just barely recognize but I can't put a name to where. It's a very nice smell too, fresh water and mint leaves. Have we met before? I swear I'd remember two sexy beasts such as yourselves if I did." Hana had walked up ahead of the two men so she could turn around and walk backwards to watch their expressions to her words, it had always been a hobby of hers. Tsukune was hard to see anything because his eyes were covered his hair and Kyou no longer seemed amused.
Tsukune smiled kindly and told the now suspicious girls," No, we've never met before. I apologize if it seemed that we had alternative motives for joining you. We approached you not out of ill intentions. We approached you because we could see even from a distance that you are like ourselves. We have no home to speak of and like yourselves we travel place to place in hopes of finding a place to settle down. We had thought that even for a short while you might want to enjoy the company of others instead of the short evening or day company you receive once only within the confines of a town."
They had stopped walking and were now at the very edge of the town. Hana walked around to face Roxie to see what her eyes told of their story. As Hana had expected Roxie's eyes were large with shock, Tsukune had said exactly what Roxie had thought for the past three months. An abnormally calm smile on her face, that really creeped the two men out for a second, Hana pat Roxie on the shoulder and told the two boys quietly," We would enjoy your company to the northern town...But no wandering hands or eyes, that's my job alone got it? No one takes my job!" (R: Lol, insert Might Gai pose here) Those words totally ruined the mood, which Roxie was quite grateful for since it was starting to feel a little too heavy for her liking.
Continuing to walk once more Roxie told the boys over her shoulder," She means it to, so don't be surprised if she ever actually gropes your ass, she lives for your reactions."
"Hell yeah!"
"She's welcome to try and get behind me." Kyou chuckled this while giving Hana's pony tail a little yank.
Tsukune increased his pace to match Roxie's so he could whisper to her with an apologetic smile," Kyou is someone that enjoys taking on challenges, and Hana is a new one in his eyes. So this might be a very entertaining trip."
"Heh, good to know." Roxie allowed herself to smile back despite the continuous nagging sensation in the back of her skull, she decided that she would let these two men tag along, but she would still be wary of them. If they tried anything she would drag Hana away in the dead of the night to keep them safe, even if it meant leaving behind all their supplies.