I hope you all like this chapter. It took me awhile to figure out what to do for this chapter, but I am satisfied with this chapter and hope you guys are too. For some reason ever since the end of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) I've had a problem coming up with ideas, but I think I'm good now.
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Chapter 6: The Cat's Outa the Bag
Mai and Naru woke up the next morning suddenly for no apparent reason. They stared at each other for a long moment, just listening to each other's heartbeats when a voice outside their door sent a bolt of electricity through their spines.
"Hey, has anyone seen Mai? She's not in her bedroom," rang Monk's voice from outside of Naru's bedroom door wiping away any trace of their blissfully dreamless sleep.
"No," came John's polite reply.
"Okay, well, then I guess I'll just go ask Naru," he said.
Mai and Naru slammed into a sitting position, staring fixedly at the door. The doorknob slowly began to turn. Naru shoved Mai quickly off the bed. She crashed to the ground, covering her mouth with her hands so that no sound came through her lips. Naru shot up from the bed, turning his back to the door and quickly peeling off his shirt. From a suitcase under the bed he pulled a black dress shirt.
Monk burst through the door, with a huge smile expecting Naru to still be asleep with their Mai. "Hey Naru, wakey wakey eggs and bakey! I've got a question!" he shouted excitedly. His face fell as he spied the teenager cramming his arm into the other shirt sleeve.
Without turning around, Naru sighed in exasperation, "What do you want so early in the morning?"
Monk's grin dropped into a pout as he saw that Naru was alone. "Oh, I was just wondering if you've seen Mai this morning. She's not in her bedroom."
Naru gave an annoyed sigh. "Obviously if I am just waking up then I haven't seen anyone, including Mai," he said condescendingly, rolling his eyes towards the other side of the bed where he knew Mai was hiding. He bent down pulling a pair of black slacks out of the suitcase. Under the bed on the other side Mai stuck her tongue out at Naru. His eyebrow rose at her before he straightened back up. He quickly pulled off his pajama bottoms and pulled on his slacks.
"Looks like someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed," Monk grumbled, "Fine, thanks anyway. If you see her, tell her that her father needs to have a word with her." He left, shutting the door more forcefully than needed.
Mai instantly popped her head over the side of the bed, angry. "What the hell was that for? Why'd you push me off the bed?" she cried indignantly, glaring at him. Her face went pink as she stared at his bare chest and a strip of his blue boxers through the open front of his slacks.
Naru blinked his eyes slowly at her like she was stupid, ignorant of her stare. "Did you really want Monk walking in here and seeing us in the same bed? You'd be the one to get the brunt of the teasing," he explained slowly, watching this new information circulate through her brain.
Before Mai could say anything Lin came in through the door. "Noll, I have something for you to look at from last night's tapes," Lin started to say, but trailed off as he spied Mai leaning on the edge of the bed in her powder blue pajamas with her head on her hands and Naru half-dressed and red-eyed.
He stared at the two wide-eyed teens for a long moment. He turned on the ball of his foot and headed back out the door.
The teens groaned. Now they would be in for it when they got to base. Lin may not do it on purpose, but he was actually a huge gossiper.
Mai slammed her head into the bed, groaning comically. "This is going to suck!" she whined, "Might as well go face the music. It's not going to get any easier." She sighed, pushing herself up from the bed and heading for the door.
"Hold on. Let me finish here and I'll go with you," Naru said, his jaw tensing with irrational fear. Or maybe not so irrational. Not far down the hall they could hear that annoying male voice yelling, no screaming, at someone. It sounded like it was coming from base which was not something Naru wanted to deal with right about now. He also didn't want Mai anywhere near that boy.
Naru quickly finished dressing. They made their way down the hall, but in the opposite direction of the screaming. Whatever was happening Lin and Monk could deal with it until he got there. Mai was his priority.
Mai dressed just a quickly. She was in and out of her bedroom in a matter of moments dressed in a solid blue material skirt topped with a long sleeve, V-neck shirt. She rubbed her hands over her skirt as if she were nervous about something.
They slowly made their way back down the hall, cautious of the screaming boy. Something was off though. As they drew closer to base they could hear the boy's words. "Where is the princess? Where is she? And that damn samurai! Where have they gone? I know you know!" he was yelling.
"Lin, what is going on here?" Naru asked coldly as he and Mai entered the base. He grabbed Mai's hand and quickly led her around the enraged boy. The whole team started at the state of Naru's eyes. His face had lost that blotchy red color, but his eyes are still red-rimmed. The others contribute this to lack of sleep except for Lin who is the only other person who knows what he looks like after crying besides Mai.
The boy, Mai's ex-boyfriend, was staring fixedly at the two. His eyes followed Mai's every move, every swish of her skirt or hair, and every flick of her eyes. For Naru he reserved a simple glare that spoke volumes. "My princess, I have waited for so long to see you once more. Why are you with this lowly samurai?" the boy asked haughtily, exuding superiority.
Mai chokes on her words. "L-lowly? What the fuck is wrong with you? What right do you have to say stuff like that?" she cried, anger welling up inside of her.
"I am the prince. I have every right to say what I like," he told her as if she were beneath him. His attitude actually isn't too far from how he usually acts, but these words seem to enrage Mai.
She scowls at him, her eyes narrowing at the boy. "What the hell is wrong with you? You're self-centered, but the prince thing is new. And annoying as fuck," she growled, crossing her arms hard over her chest.
The boy chuckled. "Oh, you're just having mood swings. Why haven't you taken care of that little problem yet? All those problems will go away instantly," he said his eyes growing hard.
This just seems to light the fire of hate inside of Mai. Her face grows hot, but she stands her ground. "Because it's not your choice, it's mine, so but out of my business," she snarls, her eye nearly twitching with the fury she was trying so hard to contain.
"Wait, what? Back track. What is he talking about Mai? What is this 'little problem'?" Ayako asked, turning on Mai and completely forgetting about the boy with a severe superiority complex.
Through gritted teeth Mai said, "Nothing. It's fine. It's nothing big." She rubbed her hands over her stomach nervously, a clear sign that she was lying through her teeth, literally.
"Oh come now princess, I think your problem is no small thing at all. In fact, its life changing," the boy said, relishing in the joy of causing Mai problems.
"Life changing? Mai, what's the matter?" It was Monk's turn to act the concerned parent. He grabbed Mai's shoulder, pulling her around to face him. "What is it Mai? You can tell us. We're your family."
Mai's eyes are tearing up when Naru suddenly changes the subject, attempting to keep the waterworks at bay. He didn't want to see Mai cry especially after the night they'd both had. "You've been referring to yourself as 'prince', Mai as 'princess', and someone else in the room as 'samurai'. Why is that?" he asked the boy, holding back his own annoyance with the boy. He already knows where he's heard the terms before and who they are directed at, but he still needs to confirm his theory.
The boy glares at Naru. "Do not speak to me you lowly samurai. You will sully me with just your words," he snarled. Well, that answers who the 'samurai' comment was directed at for the rest of the team.
Mai gasps, the realization of why the boy had been acting so 'odd' surprising her. "He's possessed!" she gasps, placing her hands over her mouth.
The boy laughed. "More like taking back a body, but yes. Essentially I have possessed this boy's body," the prince says with a laugh. Monk quickly comes up behind the boys before he can be told to and restrains the boy. "Now that we all know my secret, why don't you tell everyone your secret princess?"
"Mai, what is he talking about?" Monk asks, his voice holding the no-nonsense tone.
"I… I…" Mai stutters, ringing her hands now. Tears are filling her eyes once more and she's glancing from one person to the next. From her friends' worried expressions to the boy's triumphant smile to Lin's face that only shows some of his emotions, and finally to Naru's expressionless face. His eyes held all of his emotions, unable to hide them this time. Mai's tears fall.
"Go on, princess, tell them. I'm sure they'd all like to hear," he tells Mai, his smile growing ever wider.
Mai is shaking her head, crying now. She won't tell them. She won't be the one to break their hearts, to destroy her bonds and the trust they give her, to cut her affection with Naru.
"Fine, I'll tell them," he says smugly, grinning as he slowly enunciated every word for more effect, "Our princess is pregnant."
So there you go! Big chapter –well, in plot at least.-! We had a very big announcement and some ghosty activity. Hope you liked the ending. I thought it was very dramatic. Next chapter we'll find out what Lin found. Stay tuned for the next chapter and review please :D