Here's chapter twenty-five of Xanna. Enjoy it the best you can.
'Great! This is just great!' Ixxy complained to Xanna as she was finishing putting up her bags and armor; she was really annoyed. 'Why! Why, damnit! Why am I so hated?! Why did I ever get stuck with you! Agh! I can't believe that we actually have to stay her a-whole-nother freakin' day! Damnit, I hate you!'
'So…you don't mind?' Xanna asked with a smile; that grew into a full out grin when Ixxy hit the floor from shock of stupidity. 'It's so fun to torture you…' She thought, smirking.
'I will have my revenge!' Ixxy said, throwing her right arm up and pointing it straight up; still flat on her back.
'Of course you will…' Xanna thought, putting her bags back under her temporary bed.
Ixxy jumped to her feet and glared at Xanna. 'Quit sounding like you're smarter than me! 'Cause that's so not true! I mean, who's the one that's saved your ass over NINE THOUSAND times!!!'
'It hasn't been that many… Or has it?'
'Maybe not… But still! I've saved your ass more times than you can count! So quit trying to sound like that you're the smart one!' Ixxy yelled, pointing a finger at Xanna.
Xanna rolled her eyes at her voice. 'I'm not trying. I just am.' She said in her smartass tone, sticking her tongue out at Ixxy; then she started to laugh at Ixxy's angry facial expression.
As she laughed, Ixxy pulled out a giant ass sword and began to slowly sneak up on Xanna.
Until Cosmo screamed like a woman.
'And the moment is gone…' Ixxy said, lowering the sword; then sighing and lowering her head in disappointment.
Ignoring Ixxy; Xanna quickly finished putting up her bags, then got up to look over at her friend; who had also been putting up his bags.
"What's wrong, Cosmo?" She asked, walking over to her friend and his temporary bed.
The female Blood Elf trapped in a male Blood Elf's body jumped up to his feet, looking to his friend with tears in his eyes. "I…" He sniffled. "I-I…"
"What is it?" Xanna asked, concerned.
"I lost my favorite nail polish!" Cosmo burst into tears and cried on Xanna's shoulder; spiraling down into a pit of despair from this "tragedy".
'…I…hate…you…'
"Cosmo, isn't that it in your hand?" Xanna asked, pointing to Cosmo's right hand. He sniffled and looked.
It was there.
"Oh! That's right! I took it out a minute ago to do Mittens nails!" He said, giggling. "Thanks, Xan Xan." He said, hugging her, then sitting on his bed to paint Mittens nails.
'……I……hate……you……'
"Hey, Xanna?" Akazil said, walking into the bedroom after he had finished putting his things away. "I was wondering…"
"About what?" Xanna asked, helping Cosmo paint Mittens' nails and brush her fur and put ribbons on her. Pink ribbons. The lioness truly wanted to kill something from being "dolled up"; and she was thinking that it would be Jerry because the little rodent wouldn't stop snickering.
"Could I talk to you for a moment?" The Orc said, pointing to the bedroom door with his left thumb.
Xanna wasn't looking and didn't see; but she did give him a nod as she painted Mittens' last nail on her front right paw pink. "Of course."
"…Alone." Akazil added, still pointing at the door.
"Hmm?" The Elf girl responded, turning her head to look at her Orc friend; then she saw that he was pointing to the door. "Oh, sure." She said, getting off of the bed and walking to Akazil.
"I'll be back later." She told Cosmo, waving at him as she followed Akazil out of the room.
"Alright. When you get back, Mittens and Jerry will be looking absolutely fabulous!" He squealed back at his friend, clasping his hands together as he imagined the two being dressed up in fancy looking clothes.
Xanna giggled at her friend's silliness as Akazil pulled her out of the room and began to lead her to the room he and Makaza were using.
'I wonder why we're going to his room?'
'…No comment. Just no freaking comment.'
"Makaza, could you, Mokoki and Gizzy leave the room for a bit?" Akazil asked when he and Xanna came into the bedroom.
The three boys paused in their dancing; Makaza pausing with his legs widely apart and his arms to his sides, Mokoki pausing in shaking his belly, and Gishezpak pausing in break dancing; slowly turned around and looked at the two at the door. "Um…" They all said.
"I don't know and I don't care. But could you guys take this to another room for a bit?" Akazil asked, pointing to the door with his right thumb. "I need to talk to Xanna for a bit."
"Alright." Mokoki and Gishezpak said; the Troll now standing on his feet instead of his hands and the Tauren no longer in a pose to shake his belly; and were about to make their ways to leave the room when Makaza stopped them; he also no longer in a dancing pose.
"And why do you need to be alone to do that?" He asked, narrowing his eyes at his brother. "Are you planning on trying to-?"
"No!!!" Akazil yelled at his brother before he could finished his sentence, a light shade of pink in the face. "I just need to-"
"You're trying to steal my girlfriend from me!" Makaza pointed an accusing finger at Akazil. "And you're gonna try-"
'Finally! Someone is starting to see the truth behind the baldness…'
"No, I'm not!"
"Liar! You're planning on trying to rape my girlfriend! You sick bastard!"
"She's not even your girlfriend! How many times do I have to tell you this!"
"Shut up!"
"You're an idiot!"
"No, you are!"
"Uh, should we just talk later?…" Xanna asked, now pointing to the door with her left thumb.
"No!" The two Orcs yelled.
"We're going to talk now!" Akazil yelled.
"You're not going to "talk" at all!" Makaza yelled, then grabbed Xanna's free hand. "C'mon, honey! Let's go!" He said, trying to take her out of the room.
"No! She's staying to talk with me!" Akazil yelled; and then he and his brother began to play Tug-O-War with poor little Xanna.
'How does this keep happening to me?…'
'Because you're an idiot.'
"We're just gonna go…" Mokoki said, walking past the three and out of the door.
"Good luck, Miss Xanna." Gishezpak told the poor little Elf, then followed his friend out of the room; and he shut the door, too.
'Aww, man… I'm gonna die.'
'And get raped. Don't forget that.'
"Ow! My eye!" Makaza shouted when Akazil poked his eye.
'Le sigh…'
After finally kicking Makaza out of the room; much force having to be involved; Akazil shut the door, then sat down with Xanna on his bed.
"So, what did you wanna talk about?" Xanna asked. Looking around the room to avoid making eye contact with Akazil. She didn't know why, but she was feeling nervous and just didn't want to make eye contact with her friend.
"I wanted to talk about why you hid from us earlier."
'Wait, so he's not gonna rape you? What kinda shit is this! I expected rape!'
'Never helpful…' Xanna said irritably, bitch slapping Ixxy in her mind; then went back to reality and turned to face Akazil.
"So, why did you?" He asked again, showing Xanna how concerned he was with his red eyes.
"Because…I wanted to play Hide 'N' Seek?" Xanna said sheepishly, sweating a nervous sweat drop on the back of her head. "Heh…"
'Lame…'
Akazil stared blankly at his friend. "Hide 'N' Seek?… That's why you hid?…"
"Uh-huh…"
"So it had nothing to with Dethiam bringing up that you were groaning in your sleep?"
"N-nope. Not at all. Geez, is it hot in here? How 'bout I go and open the door…" Xanna said quickly, sweating quite a few nervous sweat drops as she got up to go open the door and make a break for it.
Akazil grabbed her hand and stopped her; she turned around and looked at him, being shocked to see the look on his face.
'Why does he look so…concerned?'
'No clue… But it scares me.'
"Xanna, why were you groaning in your sleep?"
Xanna looked away, now feeling uncomfortable; and really wanting to jerk her hand out of Akazil's grip. "It was nothing." She mumbled. "Can I go now?"
"Why won't you tell me?" Akazil asked, continuing his interrogation. "When I tried to ask you this earlier, you avoided it. And you're still avoiding it. Why won't you tell me?"
'Persistent, ain't he?…'
"It's nothing, Akazil. Don't worry about it. Let's just go and join the group or something." Xanna said, still not looking at her friend; and getting closer to yanking her hand out of his.
"Was it a nightmare?"
'It was a dream about puppies… So, yes. It was a horrible nightmare.'
"Drop it, Akazil…" Xanna continued with trying to force the conversation to go away, slowly getting angrier and angrier.
"Why won't you tell me!"
"Why do you wanna know!" Xanna yelled, turning back to glare at her Orc friend. "It-was-nothing!" She told him, finally yanking her hand out of his grip.
"If it's nothing, then you should have no problem in telling me!" Akazil said, standing up to glare back at Xanna.
"I shouldn't have to tell you when it was nothing!" Xanna told her friend through gritted teeth, folding her hands into fists at both of her sides. "So-drop-it." She said, turning her head away and sighing in frustration. "Why do you even wanna know! It's none of your business!"
"I'm your friend, Xanna. I'll always want to know what's bothering you." Akazil said with such a loving look on his face, taking Xanna's hands and holding them. "You can tell me anything."
Xanna blushed slightly, and looked away; an annoyed look still on her face. "That's nice, but I have nothing to say…"
"Xanna…" Akazil said, letting go of Xanna's right hand and cupping the right side of her face to make her look at him. "What's wrong?"
'Le sigh…'
'Le idiot…'
"And that's what I dreamt about…" Xanna finished telling her nightmare to Akazil; leaving out the parts that mentioned Ixxy. "Nothing important. So don't worry about it. Let's just go see the gang." She said quickly, motioning her head to the door.
"Xanna…" Akazil said, grabbing her hand again. "Your dream…"
"Was stupid, I-"
"Was a lie."
"Huh?" Xanna asked, turning to her friend. "What'd ya mean?"
"I mean, we're always gonna be here for you." He said smiling. "So don't worry about having dreams like that."
Xanna smiled at him. "Thanks, Akky. You're my best friend." She said, hugging him tightly.
Akazil smiled and hugged back; but on the inside, he was frowning. 'If only we could be more than friends.' He thought, hugging her tighter. "You're my best friend, too." He said out loud.
'Ah, love.' Ixxy said, a cute little bird landing on her shoulder; she reached up for it. 'It's disgusting…' She said, breaking its neck.
"Thanks for the talk, Akazil. It really hel-" Xanna was saying, opening the bedroom door; and finding the whole group there. Cosmo actually fell over because the door was removed from his ear. "-ped…" She finished her sentence, looking at the rest of her friends. "Uh…what're you guys doing?"
"We were…" Makaza was saying, trying to come up with an excuse; which he wasn't doing to well at recently.
"Eavesdropping." Dethiam said, looking at her paddleball as she paddled the ball.
Xanna raised an eyebrow. "Uh, you didn't really hear anything', did yo-ooh!" She was cut off at the end of what she was saying because Cosmo had hopped back onto his feet and squeezed her in a hug.
"Oh, Xan Xan! Why didn't you wake me up last night to tell me about your nightmare! I would've held you and let you stay in my bed and whispered sweet things to you all night so you could sleep and have sweet dreams!" Cosmo cried hysterically as he squeezed all of the air out of Xanna's lungs.
'But he sleeps naked…and wallows…'
"Thanks…Cosmo…that's…nice of you… Sorry for…not waking you… I just didn't…wanna…disturb you… I can't breath…" Xanna said quickly and as best as she could; but not being able to breathe was making speaking a little rough.
"Xanna, I'm so sorry for leaving you! I'm sorry! I'll never do it again! I'm so sorry!" Cosmo continued to cry and smother his friend in his hug.
'Geez, you're getting' a lota pity hugs today, aintcha?'
"Cosmo…you're hurting me…" Xanna said, trying to move her arms to push her friend away; but was unsuccessful.
"I know! And I'm sorry! I'm sorry, Xanna! I'm sorry!"
"No, I meant physically." Xanna said, still making an attempt to try and get away from the hug of suffocation; but was still unheard because of Cosmo's crying. "I'm sorry!"
"Dude, she's turning purple!" Mokoki pointed out as he and the others just watched and stared at the two Blood elves hugging each other.
"I'm going to…pass out now… Goodnight…" Xanna said, then literally blacked out from lack of oxygen.
That's the end of this chapter. Hope you guys are still enjoyng the story.
Note: I apologize for the chapters getting so short. I really am working my best on that. It's just been a little hard for me to write for the past few months. I hardly ever get to talk to my inspiration anymore. I mean, it's not his fault; but he did inspire me and put me in a happy mood to write. But he's been so busy, I hardly ever get to talk to him. Is it dumb to miss an internet friend so much? To feel like that part of your heart and soul is missing when they'e gone?
Second Note: I also wanna say sorry for the drama, but that was coming no matter what; it's apart of the storyline. And there's still some more drama to come. I guess that's also another reason why I'm having a hard time writing; just not really used to writing drama. Especially when the story has been nothing but comedy so far. So, bear with me.
Third Note: Also; I'd like to say that I have a couple of Friend-Versaries coming up. The first will be on April Twenty-Forth; it will be with AriaAsaCura, whom I will have been friends with for a whole year. And the second will be on July Thirtieth; it will be with Yereton, whom I will have also been friens with for a whole year. I just wanted to let everyone know about that and that I'm gonna try to post special one-shots or start special stories on those days.
Last Note: I really need a hug right now...