Back with another chapter, and the last completed one at that. I'm working on the next one at this moment. And after this chapter, I will be following the anime episodes from then on.

The chapter takes place after "Here Come Kagura!" so everyone already knows her and crap. Well, you'll find out if Tikari knows here or not ;)

It was a quiet, peaceful Sunday, the day after Tikari's horrible scare with the thunderstorm and the incident at the store. Now, everyone was sitting at the table. Tikari, Tohru, and Yuki were drinking tea while Shigure read his newspaper and Kyo practiced his martial arts outside with the door open. It was a nice day for that.

Tikari was getting ready to take another sip when the ground started to rumble. She blinked before smiling and setting down her tea. Yuki glanced at her.

"Tikari, why are you smiling," he asked, confused.

"I know exactly who that is," Tikari answered. She stood up slowly when Kyo's surprised and enraged yell filled the air. She then walked over and stood by the door, watching the scene that was unfolding outside.

A girl with brown hair had latched herself onto Kyo's side. She was speaking to him kindly before she suddenly went into a rage and started beating the crap out of him. Of course, he was trying to get away. He then noticed Tikari at the door.

"Tikari, help me!" Kyo pleaded, still trying to escape the girl's wrath.

Tikari giggled just as the girl stopped mid-swing and turned in her direction. Her eyes immediately lit up and she gasped, smiling.

"Tikari!" The girl started slowly jogging over to the door with outstretched arms.

Tikari smiled even more and went over to meet her. "Kagura!" They embraced each other in a friendly hug, squeezing each other gently and smiling. Everyone stared at them confusedly. They let go after a few moments and held each other by the shoulders at arm's length. "Oh my god, how have you been? It's so good to see you again!"

Kagura smiled in return. "It's good to see you, too!" She then glanced at Kyo who was still staring at them in confusion. When Kyo caught her gaze he flinched. "Kyo forgot to call me again, so I had to come see him."

Tikari glanced at Kyo as well and gave another smile in his direction. "Don't worry, Kagura. I'll make sure he calls you sometime." That earned her a horrified and disgusted look from Kyo's direction.

"Really? Oh, thank you!" Kagura embraced Tikari in a much tighter hug this time.

Tikari cringed at the tightness of the hug. "Yeah.. Okay…" She muttered, trying to catch her breath. She was relieved when Kagura let go of her.

Kagura looked passed Tikari and smiled. She then went over and embraced Tohru in a hug, who had just come to stand just outside the door. "Tohru! It's good to see you again!"

Tikari smiled before walking over to Kyo and putting a hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry. I won't have you call her." He looked relieved at that. "Besides, you don't want to know how she is on the phone," she told him with a shake of her head. He blinked at her. She stepped back just as Kagura came running back over to Kyo, embracing him in a death hug once more. She shook her head with a smile before turning and waving with one hand over her shoulder. "I'm going for a walk," she announced.

If anyone heard her, they didn't make notice of it. Tikari then began to walk slowly towards the trees with her hands in her pants pockets. She stared up through the leaves on the trees as she walked through the forest, watching the small white clouds dash across the clear blue sky. She didn't think to put her IPod and headphones in her pocket so she was just left to listening to the music of the forest. It was good to listen to the forest once in a while as well. It was so peaceful, quiet, and full of life. Birds sang here and there throughout the forest, little critters scurried about through the undergrowth and chattered at each other. Even the trees made their own noise: the sound of the wind rustling through the leaves and bushes, making the bark creak as it moved.

She stopped as she came upon an open area with a large oak tree in the middle. She stared up at it for a few moments, just staring at the leafy branches before walking over to it and reaching up towards the lowest hanging branch. Wrapping her fingers around the branch, she pulled herself up and onto the think branch before climbing onto the next. She continued up the great oak until she was on the largest branch halfway up. She sat with her legs on either side of the branch and her back up against the trunk. She rested her head against the bark as she stared up at the sky. She slowly closed her green eyes and just listened to the sounds of the forest, her black-tipped orange hair slightly blowing in the breeze. She took a deep breath before letting it out through her nose slowly.

It was nice to get away from everything sometimes. There's nothing particularly wrong with Shigure and the others. It was just nice to enjoy the peace and quiet of the forest once in a while. She didn't really get to do that often. She normally had to listen to Yuki and Kyo argue or fight, Tohru fuss over things, and Shigure just being his perverted self. It was just normal everyday life at Shigure's house. There was nothing wrong with that, but sometimes it was nice to get away from it all. Spending some time with each person, one at a time, was nice too.

"What are you doing up here?"

Tikari's eyes flew open in an instant and she almost fell off the branch, had it been if Kyo's hand hadn't caught her arm in time. She straightened herself and glanced at Kyo, who was on the branch in front of her. She let out a huff, "Geez! You almost gave me a heart attack." She then sighed to calm her racing heart, which it did in at least a minute. "What are you doing out here? I thought you were still back at the house."

"I had to get away from Kagura," Kyo snapped, crossing his arms as he sat down on the branch with crisscrossed legs.

Tikari giggled softly as she closed her eyes. "Right, right, sorry."

Kyo glanced at her with a softer expression as she brought her gaze up towards the sky. "What are you doing up here," he asked again.

Tikari shrugged without looking at him. "I found this tree while walking and I just felt like climbing it. Was I asleep?"

"No, it didn't sound like you were sleeping," Kyo answered, looking up through the leaves as well.

"Mm," Tikari hummed softly in response as she closed her eyes once more. "It's nice and quiet out here." Kyo glanced at her as she said this. "There's no sounds of the town, no sounds of anything really, except for the animals that live here. It's quite nice."

"Yeah, I suppose so," Kyo said quietly. He was quiet for a few more minutes. And then he finally spoke. "Almost reminds me of when I was in the mountains with my Master."

Tikari opened her eyes and glanced at him in curiosity. "Your master? The one Shigure kept saying you were up there with and fighting bears and meditating under waterfalls?"

"Yes, but you better not believe a word he says about that! I didn't fight bears," He snapped.

"I know, I know, calm down," Tikari told him. "I don't believe a word he says, mainly because almost everything that comes out of his mouth is perverted." She shook her head at that. "And even if you did do that stuff, I doubt you would have survived because no one can survive a bear attack." She giggled slightly. "Not that you would have died or anything," she quickly added.

"Yeah, whatever." Kyo clasped his hands behind his hand and decided to stare through the leaves once more.

That made Tikari smile, though she didn't know why. "What? You don't believe me?"

Kyo glanced at her with a slightly raised eyebrow. "I never said that."

"You never said you did either," She countered playfully. Kyo scoffed and continued staring up at the sky. "Oh, relax! I'm just teasing." She poked him in his side with her index finger as she said so. He flinched slightly at the sudden contact and that made her smile even more. She would have enjoyed poking him even more, but she decided to lay off and just enjoy the quiet time with him instead.

Yup. Next chapter will be in episode 6 "Invisible Friendship" so yeah.

Oh and I was also wondering if I should start writing these chapters in Tikari's POV or not. Tell me what you think. Plz Review!