Kagura: *putting new gift bow on Juan* I hope you don't mind rejected cabana boys. Juan's non refundable and I can't afford another one. And don't worry about needing to run her to Tahiti. I don't think the hot island boys will care, Dark Angel Himeko. Don't you love killing lawyers? It saves us innocent, pure mystical beings the trouble of writing disclaimers. Don't worry Koriku, you're still part of the club. In fact you and Dark Angel Himeko both part of...

The Official Lawyer Killing Club

And I'm sorry Dark Angel Himeko, but I must leave your presence for now. Koriku and I musteth disposeth of the lawyers' bodieths. Don't worry, we still have to kill Yoshihiro Togashi's lawyers. And if you're off your rocker, I'm the queen of the off-their-rocker people. Today I played Christmas music at full blast just to annoy the neighbors. I also had the weirdest fantasy about Sesshoumaru singing "I'm too sexy" while slowly removing his armor and kimono. He was just about to shed his hakama when my alarm went off. Goddamn alarm clock.!

So you win today's Tahitian Bronze Coconut award! On with the fic!

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'.....and handsome, and articulate.'

"I'll ask you again, Chihiro darling, why were you crying."

This knocked Sou right out of her fanciful thoughts. "For your information, Toma-kun, Chihro was worried about her parents since they were at a party last night. She was upset that they didn't say good morning to her," Sou lied through her teeth to her "beloved".

Everyone stared in shock at Sou. For a girl who really didn't talk, that was a speech fit for an ancient shogun.

Toma opened and closed his mouth a few times, not finding anything good enough to say. Finally he closed his mouth, gave Chihiro a good glare, and stomped off, followed closely by some giggly schoolgirls.

Chihiro gave Sou's hand a good squeeze before smiling warmly in appreciation. Sou answered with one of her own before going to her seat. Chihiro took hers by the window, and started to doodle in her notebook while Watanabe-sensei rambled on about the Tokugawa Regime.

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Sou was sitting in the Ogino kitchen, silently watching Chihiro fill a picnic basket. The plan was they were going to tell Rin they were having a little picnic by the river. Skillfully leaving out the reason there were two picnic baskets.

The first picnic basket was full of bento boxes containing sashimi, sushi, miso, oden, a thermos full of unsweetened green tea and condiments (soy sauce, wasabi, mustard, etc.). The second contained a rather large lamb leg, a thermos full of chilled honey sweetened green tea, and a first aid kit.

'Well, if she's lying, she's certainly going all out.' Sou thought in wry amusement.

"Okay, all done. Ready to go, Sou-chan," Chihiro asked.

Sou sweatdropped. "Ready as I'll ever be, Sen-chan."

Chihiro nodded happily before handing a basket to Sou, who nearly dropped it.

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Sou and Chihiro were trudging through the woods. Chihiro was skipping, where as Sou was nervously trooping behind her, trying to take in the lush green flora all around her. Ferns grew about her feet, oaks seemed to touch the sky, shitake mushrooms dotted rotting logs. This was a place untouched by the hands of men, a place where the air was clean and the earth fresh (a/n: *rolls eyes at Greenpeace activists, cheering at this part, then throws a golfball at them* Shut up or I'll burn down the rainforests!) and fertile.

Sou tore her eyes from a particularly large butterfly when Chihiro had annouced their arrival at the farmhouse.

"Sou-chan, remember to be quiet, and cautious, 'cause I don't even think he really likes me (Haku: Chihiro doesn't think I like her? *sniffle* How is this?)." Chihiro carefully slid open the door, and stepped inside, "Well, hurry up."

Sou stepped up to the open door, prepared to tongue lash Chihiro for lying to her, when what did she see.

Well, she saw Chihiro, stroking the fur on the spine, of, well, a dragon.

Since Sou was only human and could only give the expected human response, she fainted right on the spot.

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Chihiro rushed over to Sou the second she collapsed. While she was busily fanning the girl with a "conveniently placed" paper fan, a certain dragon was following her every movement with his eyes. This new girl, "Sou" as she was called by the frantic Chihiro, didn't seem to pose a threat, but looks could be deceiving. He had known that for a long time now.

Sou might've posed a threat, but Chihiro did not. Chihiro had done nothing but show kindness and compassion towards him. Most people would have shown quite the opposite. But Chihiro was special. If dragons could smile, you would have seen the kindest one upon his face, err, snout. While some doubts were still present, he sure as hell trusted her a lot more than anyone else he had met.

She seemed to be friends with Sou, so if that were the case, he would try his hardest to learn to trust Sou as well. But right now, Sou was just being a bother. She was wasting Chihiro's time. Whenever Chihiro came, he was always the center of her attention. She would focus on him, care for him, show affection in some way. However, at the moment, she was busily trying to revive Sou.

'Stupid Sou,' the dragon thought.

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"Sou-chan, I don't know if you are capable of getting angry, but if you can, please don't," Chihiro said to an unconcious Sou right before slapping her sharply across the face.

Sou awoke with a gasp, coming fully into awareness, and looking up into the worried face Chihiro.

"Oh Sen-chan, I had the most horrible dream. You had taken me to see a dragon in your ....." Sou voice faded as she glanced behind Chihiro to see the dragon slowly (and rather weakly she noted) raising its neck so that its head barely scaled Chihiro's head.

"Chihiro, wh-wh...." Sou couldn't get out the words so she shakily pointed her finger to the dragon behind Chihiro.

Chihiro gave a look of confusion as she glanced behind to see exactly what had frightened Sou. When she did, let's just say her reaction was a little different.

"You're awake!" Chihiro matched her happy tone by rushing to the dragon and nuzzling his face, err, snout. "Hmmm," she hummed happily, "you're okay aren't you?"

The dragon responded by gradually letting his weight rest in the girls arms, which she had happily wrapped his mouth in her joy. Then, to add salt to the wound, he gently growled/whined, giving her the impression he was spent after raising his head.

"Oh my god! I forgot! C'mon, it's time to change those bandages."

'Good, the attention's back on me,' he thought smugly as Chihiro set to do her healing magic. His thoughts turned dark as she enlisted Sou to help.

'No! This is our special time! Go away, you stupid Sou!'

Sadly, dragons don't have voices, so he watched in dismay as Sou helped rewrap his badly wounded body.

Kagura: That was just.. silly. I feel silly, that was silly, WE'RE ALL SILLY!!!!!! SILLY AS FREE WILLY!!!!!! WWWEEEEEEE!!!! Okay, that's enough insanity for one day. Here are the current people in the running for a Tahitian Golden banana award. *takes a deep breath*

Dark Angel Himeko, Koriku, Kawaiikitsune, Jen(cool name), Wild Fox of the Wasteland, Kaio, Hemp Chick, Shazaoblossom, Aki, Taikoubou42, Little Maiden, CK, Kely, Haku-luver(still can't figure out why you sniffed), Geminidragon, Raven, and Lady Sakura. *wipes sweat from brow* Phew, well Ja!