Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha

REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY and a thousand times REALLY sorry about not updating for more than three months. I know half of you probably want to kill me right now, but I was absolutely brain dead on what to do with this chapter. I came at it from about a hundred different angles and they all seemed to suck. Then suddenly I just got the idea of playing hide-n-seek in a store and then scavenger hunts and baseball and stuff so I finally just said what the hell, this would go just fine and it did. I also was kinda not in a happy mood b/c my internet crashed for a while and then I went to the doctors and it turns out I missed 4 shots so guess who just got a bazillion shots in her arm? Me! Whatever it's still not excuse for my late update and I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOO SORRY for making you all wait forever. I'm a crappy author when it comes to updating. Please read this chapter though, before you set out to kill me. I made it extra long just for y'all. :D

One Year of Hell

Chapter 5: Hide-n-Seek

They had planned the ultimate game of hide-n-seek. Call it childish if you want, but that's only when you only have the house or the backyard to play in. It's the best game in the world when you have a large scale to work with. The group stood outside of a Wal-Mart Supercenter getting the details figured out. It was one of the best ideas Kick Ass had ever come up with.

After lunch and a quick stop at the beauty shop for disguises, the group had decided it was way too early to turn themselves in to Midoriko so they've been wondering around Ohio looking for something to do. The movies were decided on being too boring, skating and bowling too public, and the pool required bathing suits which were at the hotel which they were avoiding. Besides swimming meant no wigs, no wigs meant no disguises, and no disguises meant paparazzi and crazed fans. Two factors they all wanted to avoid more than Midoriko. They think.

So that's when Ayame thought of one giant game of hind-n-seek. Her original plan was a city wide game, but being in a different country made getting lost easy and that was another thing they wouldn't mind avoiding. So then Sango suggested the mall which was still just a little too big and that's when Kagome came up with the Wal-Mart idea. They split into the obvious teams of two and then began.

"Wait!" Ayame shouted before they all went their separate ways. "We didn't pick who's it."

"Oh, right." Rin agreed nodding her head. "Nose goes!" she quickly shouted bringing her finger to her nose and the others quickly followed in suit. All of them except one that is.

"What?" Miroku asked, completely confused, his brows furrowing together.

Ayame rolled her eyes. "The last one to touch their nose is it."

"And it looks like Sango and Miroku are it," Kagome stated grabbing a hold of Inuyasha's hand and pulling him away from the group. "Count to two hundred!" she shouted over her shoulder and the rest of the group except the two chosen to be it dispersed in their separate directions.

"Miroku, why do you have to be such an idiot? I hate being it." Sango grumbled as she turned her back to where her friends had once stood.

"How the hell was I supposed to know what 'nose goes' means? It was a childish thing."

"We're playing hide-n-seek. You're supposed to be in the childish state of mind." Sango huffed, mentally counting in her head. "Besides you seem to know Ms. October, November, December and the rest of the monthly strippers pretty well. I figured something as simple as that could get through to you, but you must be consumed with thoughts of your precious calendar."

"I said I was sorry," Miroku sighed hitting himself in the head. He's been going through the guilt trip all day. He seemed to have forgotten to professionally hide his playboy calendar well enough this morning and Sango found it right before they left for lunch—the only reason his body isn't contorted—and she wasn't exactly excited to find them.

"We'll see how sorry you are when you spend your last two days here sleeping on that couch. And after my hand is permanently imprinted into your left cheek and your body is left with no bones unbroken." She smiled a fake smile at her boyfriend. "Get it?"

"Y-yeah." Miroku trembled out after a large gulp and scratching his head underneath the light brown wig he wore. He was shaking in his boots. He knew when he was in trouble and when to stay quiet and this was definitely one of those times.

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Confession Cam:

Miroku- "Advice to all young men who proudly follow in my footsteps: Beware of strong, quick handed, temperamental girlfriends. If it is too late hide your playboys and work on your ducking. They can back up all the threats they make. You're more likely to die at the hands of them than a serial killer."

Sango- "Girls who have unfortunately fallen for the highschool pervert. Make sure you know how to punish them. And if you find a playboy magazine/calendar...kill them."

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"Where do you want to hide?" Sesshoumaru asked Rin as they ran through aisles, barely avoiding carts.

"I was thinking somewhere around the toy aisle or the bikes or something. That way we can play while we hide!" She smiled at Sesshoumaru then lifted her hand, that wasn't locked with Sesshoumaru's to make sure her wig of brown hair wouldn't fly away.

"Brown isn't your color." Sesshoumaru bluntly stated.

"And red is definitely not yours."

The couple exited aisle 12 and made a left turn towards the rack of bikes that were ahead of them. They were about to walk past the skateboards so Rin could play in the Barbie section when the price tag caught her eye.

"Only ten dollars!" she yelled in shock. Most of the skateboards she owned were definitely a lot more than ten dollars. "Things really are cheaper here."

"The quality isn't very good though," Sesshoumaru stated, running his fingers across the board. "This thing will break right in half." He then turned it over to see a money sign in bright green on the deck. "And the deck absolutely sucks."

"Who cares?" Rin snatched the board and set it on the ground. "You can always get the deck done over. It's got four wheels meaning perfect transportation." She hopped onto the board and pushed with one of her foot. "Come on Sesshy!"

"Just great." Sesshoumaru mumbled to himself before jogging after Rin to stop her from colliding with a teenager in the same aisle.

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"Do you know the enemy? Do you know your enemy? Well, gotta know the enemy, wah hey!" Ayame sang loudly bobbing her head as she and Kouga wondered around the electronic section, passing the flat screens when Greenday's Know Your Enemy, started to play.

"Violence is energy, against the enemy. Violence is energy, wah hey." Kouga sang along a lot softer than Ayame as he kept walking, dragging his girlfriend behind him as they made their way to the game section.

"Bringing on the f- Hey!" Ayame shouted when she realized Kouga was taking her away from her beloved TV. "No...Wait," Ayame struggled to pull Kouga back towards the TV's, but he was a lot stronger than her and her feet kept slipping beneath her. "I wanted to see...the rest of the video. They had great...explosions." her voice was becoming strained as she tried to them in to a backwards motion.

"Do you want to study explosions for work, or play Rock Band for fun?"

Ayame instantly gave up her resistance at the sound of Rock Band and the two quickly moved to the gaming aisle to play. When they got there only the drums and the guitar was hooked up and Ayame quickly grabbed the drum sticks.

"I always play the guitar," Ayame told Kouga's pouting face. "Its time for a change."

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Confession Cam:

Ayame- "BINGO! I just got a great idea for the opening to our next concert! Who's a genius? I am!"

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"Are you even good on the drums?" Kouga asked, ducking his head under the guitar strap and getting his fingers into ready position.

"Oh hells yeah."

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"You know what would make this place better?" Inuyasha asked his "red headed" girlfriend as she drug him past the cereal aisle, heading away from Miroku and Sango. "Free Samples. Everybody loves free samples."

"Of course they do. It's free food," Kagome said as they made their way into the soda aisle where books and magazines laid ahead of them. "And the fact that you're so greedy makes your opinion biased. Seriously Inuyasha, we just ate."

"And I'm still hungry. Funny thing, huh?"

"Sheesh, you're hopel-Whoa!" Kagome stopped in her tracks as a picture covering the front of a Peoples magazine, grabbed her attention. And for once it wasn't her or any of her friends going crazy. "Taylor Lautner, in just jeans, with that killer smile with the fang like teeth and his super muscles." she whispered to herself and smashed the magazine against her chest, cradling it lovingly. "I'm in love."

"With your fiancé I hope," Inuyasha scowled deeply. Kagome was off in dreamland. "Hello, anyone home? Kagome." He snapped his fingers in front of Kagome's glazed over eyes. "Whoo-hoo, Kagome? KAGO-"

Kagome snapped out of her trance, slapping her hand over Inuyasha's mouth, stopping his sentence, and glared at him. "Announce it to the world that I'm here why don't ya. Not only are we playing hide-n-seek but we're in disguise trying to pass as normal shoppers and your big mouth was about to blow it all."

"Well sorry, but apparently yelling at you was the only way to snap you out of you daydreaming about that damn vampire." He jabbed his finger at Taylor's picture.

"He's a werewolf," Kagome said defensively. "And I bet you daydream about some gorgeous American super star too."

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Confession Cam:

Inuyasha- "I personally don't give a damn about the true origin of the thing, but the fact that Kagome's drooling is enough for me to want to kick his ass.' that killer smile with his fang like teeth'. See this? I got the REAL FANGS! And yeah, I think Megan Fox is hot and watched transformers more than I should have, but I'm not drooling about her in front of Kagome! And they kind of look alike. Blue eyes and long black hair...Megan Fox could remind me of her for all she knows!"

Kagome- "I'm not stupid. I saw how he stared at Megan Fox. He looked as if his mind was deeper in the gutter than Miroku's!"

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"He's, uh, not your fiancé."

"Awwww, Inuyasha you're not getting jealous of the extremely hot actor/ the guy who is the XMA icon, are you?" Kagome baby talked him, pinching him cheeks.

Inuyasha pulled Kagome's hands away from his face and scowled lightly at her. "Inu youkais are extremely territorial and jealous."

Kagome laughed and grabbed his hand, interlocking their fingers. "So I've been told. No need to get jealous though, I'm engaged to you, he's seventeen, and I heard he was dating some Selena chick." She began to pull him away from the books/magazines section.

"Aren't' you going to put that back?" Inuyasha asked pointing to the magazine.

"No, I need something for him to sign when we meet him in person. I can't wait till we hit L.A!"

"I can," Inuyasha mumbled to himself as Kagome dragged him behind.

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"You do know that I'm more than just some retired band manager/ secret agent, right?" Bank asked Tien as they walked towards the music department of Wal-Mart.

"What else are you then?"

"Besides a mad kisser?" he set sloppy kisses on her cheek and she pushed him away, giggling. "I can play the piano and I'm going to play you a song." They stopped by a grand piano and he sat on the bench.

"You really don't need to impress me by making a fool out of yourself," Tien said taking a seat beside him. "I'm already your wife." she gave his braid a light tug before placing her hands in her lap. Since they weren't part of the band or one of the band member's boyfriends they didn't have to look like idiots in disguises that don't suit them.

"Hardy, har, har." Bankoutsu placed his hands into position. "Inuyasha wrote the song for me."

"Was it for you? Kagome wouldn't be happy to hear about this."

Bankoutsu smiled his lopsided grin. "Just listen, okay?"

"Okay."

"The singing might not be that great."

"Okay."

"And I'm not doing the entire song."

"Okay."

"And I might-"

"Just go already!"

"Okay."

"Okay." Bank took one more deep breath before actually beginning to play.

There's a song that's inside of my soul
It's the one that I've tried to write over and over again
I'm awake in the infinite cold
But You sing to me over and over again

So I lay my head back down
And I lift my hands
and pray to be only Yours
I pray to be only Yours
I know now you're my only hope

Bank finally stopped playing and looked at Tien expectantly. "Well?"

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Confession Cam:

Tien- "He plays me a song in the middle of a store and its romantic. I don't think the day he proposed was this romantic! What am I supposed to think?"

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"Are you trying to seduce me?"

"Is it working?"

She kissed Bank quickly. "It's starting to."

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"198…199…200." Sango finally finished counting and stood from the bench she had been sitting on while she counted. "Now let's get to work."

"How are we supposed to find them in a supercenter?" Miroku complained. The idea of playing hide-n-seek in a Wal-Mart was starting to suck now that he was it.

"Rin's a kid at heart so they'll probably be in the toy section, Ayame and Kouga being gaming freaks are by the electronics, Kagome's obsessed with some American celeb so it's a good chance that she's in the Magazines/Books section."

"How do you know all of this?" Miroku asked astonished.

"You would know all this too if you paid any attention to your friends instead of having your eyes glued to April's breasts." Sango snapped, shooting Miroku another glare, then turned on her heel and walked away wondering aloud where Bankoutsu and Tien had went to seek refuge. "Could be in linens since Tien loves decorating, but Bank would hate being stuck there. Sports could work I—"

"Instruments," Miroku answered coming up beside Sango. "Inuyasha wrote a song for Bank for Tien and he kept saying the second he was near a piano he was going to play it to her. I think it's all part of his master plan of getting lai—ow!" Miroku cut off when Sango boxed his ear. Now it was red and throbbing.

"Not everyone sings to a girl just to get laid." Sango lectured and grimaced. "I can't believe I stood up for you at the meeting. 'Miroku's not that bad.' Ha! You've got to be the biggest lecher I've ever met!" She then picked up her pace and stormed ahead, leaving a defeated Miroku in the dust.

"I'm SORRY!" he called to Sango's retreating back and was only met with more silence. He jogged up to catch up with her clutching his hot ear. "Don't I get let off some for knowing where Tien and Bank were?" Miroku asked desperate.

"No!"

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"Okay," Rin steadied her balance on the board. The aisle they were in was a very back of the toy section completely clear of all other customers. "On the count of three push me."

Sesshoumaru shook his head at Rin. "Okay."

"Alright. One…Two…Three!" Sesshoumaru pushed Rin and as soon as he did two figures appeared in the aisle.

"Found them!" Miroku shouted running towards Sesshoumaru to tag him and make him prisoner. Sesshoumaru barely dodged Miroku's outstretched hand and then took off, demon speed, after Rin who was skating away from Sango, her hand pressed down firmly on her wig.

"You can run, but you can't hide!" Sango yelled after Sesshoumaru flew past her so he was now running alongside Rin.

"So I've realized," Rin laughed as she pushed off the ground and coasted around the corner, making a right turn so they were no longer in an isolated aisle. No, now they were in an aisle full of shoppers pushing carts and screaming and cursing as Rin whipped by them, barely missing their toes.

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Confession Cam:

Miroku- "Just wondering: Did anybody else see how unfair this game is? Rin has a skateboard, Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, Ayame, and Kouga all have demon speed, sense of smell, and super hearing. The only fair couple there is would be Tien and Bank. Let's protest!"

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Sango was running full speed to try to catch up with her victims when an empty cart caught her attention. "Miroku!" she called to his slow-moving figure. "We could use this cart to catch them. I'll get in and you push."

Miroku only nodded. He really didn't want to be the one pushing, but he was on pins and needles with Sango so he just shut up and did what he was told. He was fighting for her forgiveness not to be punched in the face or yelled at again.

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Inuyasha and Kagome were walking out of the food aisle, past a giant basket of rubber balls that was attached to the end of the aisle, when a brunette came flying past them laughing like a maniac, a red head close by.

"Weren't Rin and Sesshoumaru the red-brown couple?" Kagome asked looking at where the two were running off to.

"I think s—"

"Excuse us! Sorry! I apologi—Stop Miroku!" Sango demanded cutting off her apologies to the angry customers they were throwing off course, once she saw Kagome and Inuyasha at the end of an aisle staring after Rin and Sesshoumaru in wonder. Miroku suddenly stopped, breathing hard, sending Sango forward in the cart. She quickly hopped out the cart and smirked at the black-red couple. "Gotcha'."

"I don't think so." Inuyasha reached up in the basket he was standing next to and pulled out a SpongeBob rubber ball. "Balls away!" he let out his battle cry before he pelted Sango with the ball he held before grabbing three more—Dora, pink, and Kim Possible—and threw them at Miroku. Kagome was already taking off down the aisle after Rin and Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha ran to catch up to her, swooping her in his arms before he took off full speed.

Miroku's shoulders slumped low. "This is so unfair."

"Come one Miroku!" Sango shouted taking off after them on foot, not bothering to hop back in the cart.

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"There about six teens and they are out of control!" a shrill old lady yelled outraged at the Customer Service rep. "I come here to get in my weekly shopping and I'm almost thrown to the ground by some girl skating like a maniac on a skateboard! Now surly that has got to be breaking a lot of rules here. She was playing with merchandise and assaulting an elder, you have to do something! Then there was another two racing by on a cart and then another, throwing balls everywhere. They're going to kill us all!"

Jason looked at the old lady not really moved by her complaint. He absolutely hated his job at Wal-Mart. Listening to people whine and bitch about everything was not what he wanted to spend the rest of his life doing. Yeah, so a bunch of teens destroying Wal-Mart was a pretty big deal compared to the usual complaints he was forced to listen to, but to tell the truth he just didn't give a damn. Kid will be kids, so what's the point of ruining their fun? Right, he had bills to pay. Why couldn't things just be free nowadays?

"I'm sorry mam, I'll be sure we get it taken care of."

The old lady looked down at the young man not buying it. He looked like he could care less and he would rather be asleep than do his job. "You better get this settled or I'll be sure to have you fired." She glared at the roll of the man's eyes before turning her back and huffing. "Young people these days just don't have any respect for their elder or anybody else for that matter."

Jason shook his head at the grumpy old hag that had just threatened his job. It's not like it's the first time this has happened. Jason sighed as he searched around his sloppy desk area for his walkie talkie. He still had yet to understand the need to have Wal-Mart security. Those people were more pathetic than the Mall Cops. Really, what is going to happen here besides a kid stealing a piece of candy from and open bag and rare days like today when teens decided to get rowdy. It was dumb jobs like Wal-Mart cops that made Jason have some appreciation for his own job.

Finally locating the black walkie talkie he contacted the only man with a dumber job than his.

"George, we have a complaint on some rowdy teenagers"

There was a sound like a grunt before George spoke up. "Can I get a description?" A gruff voice yawned and Jason felt a pang of jealousy when he registered that the fat man had been on his ass sleeping all day.

"I didn't get a description."

"Then how the hell am I supposed to get them, Jason?"

Jason rolled his eyes at George's complaining. Didn't he get enough of the whining from the old lady? "Teenagers reeking havoc around the store. Is it really that hard?"

"Whatever, man. 10-4."

Jason then tossed the walkie talkie aside just in time to see what looked like a middle aged lady storming towards him, not a very happy look on her face. Jason sighed, all energy leaving his body as he prepared to listen to another lady bitch about how screwed up her product was.

God, he hated his job.

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Ayame was ducking in and out of customers with Kouga just a few steps ahead of her, breathing hard with sweat beginning to form above her brow. She ignored the angry shouts of the customers as she barely missed their carts, her mind mostly concentrated on getting away and keeping the blonde wig that she wore, on her head.

It had happened so fast. One second she was running away from Sango who had already caught Kagome and the next her friends had been snagged by some wanna be cop and another was after her and Kouga. It was like in a movie where the little girl is having fun running from her friends when she runs into a dark alley and the only other person there is some creepy tall stranger. That's when all the fun goes to the dogs.

Ayame already knew it was just some security guard and it wasn't like she was going to jail or anything, but what Midoriko would do to them once they all got caught seemed just as bad.

She made a quick right turn after Kouga only to run into his back when he suddenly came to a stop. She lifted herself up on her toes to peek over her boyfriend's shoulder only to see that a security man, nice fat and juicy, was already coming towards them. She whipped her head around ready to make a dash for her getaway, when she saw another guard.

Trapped.

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Bankoutsu let out another frustrated sigh as he sunk down lower in his chair in the security area in the back of the store. He had been so close. Tien was his for the taking when Miroku and his newly captured prisoners, Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru showed up and ruined it all. Then it just so happened the store actually had security—as crazy and stupid as that is—and the next thing he knew he, his wife, and his friends were being taken away to some secluded room only to join the rest of his friends.

He rubbed his temples trying to stay relaxed. Were they ever going to stay out of trouble?

"This wig is starting to itch." Rin mumbled from her spot on the floor beside Sesshoumaru and the guard that was supposed to be watching him but had diverted his attention to a magazine and a box of doughnuts, finally looked up at Rin in question.

"Wigs?"

Damn.

One by one he went down the aisle yanking off Rin's long brown hair to Kagome's shoulder length red wig with bangs. Finally he came to stand in front of Bank and he glared up at the cop. "I'm not wearing a wig."

"Yeah, and I'm Britney Spears," he rolled his eyes and placed his meaty hands on Bank's head and gave it a hard yank causing him to yelp in response. "Must have it glued on there pretty tight." Before Bank could make another protest his hair was pulled at again making his eyes water and another yelp to slip pass his lips. The "cop" gave it another hard pull and Bank screamed and he came up with a couple of strands of jet black hair.

"I told you this was REAL!" Bank shouted outraged. "Isn't there something against cruel and unusual punishment!?"

The "cop" shrugged as if he could care less. "Hair that long, I thought it was fake."

Bank stared at the man as if he was the dumbest person he had ever met. Did he not see Inuyasha, Kouga, and Sesshoumaru when he pulled off their wigs?

The guard moved over to Tien and Bank defensively put his arm in front of her. "It's not a wig."

The guard took a step back and his breath caught in his throat when he finally realized who they were. He reached over his desk to pick up the magazine he was once reading and flipped open to a page, comparing his prisoners to the picture, before staring at all of them in disbelief. "Y-y-you're Kick Ass."

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Confession Cam:

Kagome- "I personally thought the whole thing was completely unfair. Why should I have to be the one to make the call? I was just in deep shit this morning and she probably already found the door being ripped off the hinges. Why couldn't Tien do it? She never got in trouble!

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Teenagers scare the living shit out of me. They could care less as l—

Midoriko cut into My Chemical Romance's Teenagers and quickly snapped open her phone. Once hearing the song she knew it would serve as a perfect ringtone for any of the ten teens she had been forced to travel with, who's goal was to send her to an early grave.

"Midoriko…"

Midoriko instantly recognized Kagome's uneasy voice and snapped into her pissed off mode. "Where the hell are you!? More importantly, why do you find the need to DESTROY EVERYTHING!?"

"Umm…sorry about that but we have bigger problems."

Midoriko tried to take a calming breath before grinding out through her teeth, "What the hell could be worse than a missing hotel door?"

"Uhh…we kind of need you to come get us." Midoriko waited for Kagome to continue and tell her wear she would have to pick up her soon to be murder victims. "From the security department at Wal-Mart."

"WHAT?!"

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Well that took me about…forever. Once again I must apologize for my brain deadness on the on this story. I think I came up with about four different ideas of what to do with this before finally settling on this one. I got the idea when I was writhing Welcome To My Life where they're hiding at soon to be and I just thought of a million things I could do with that and just put that into this story and I finally updated. It was going to be even longer but I just couldn't take it so I cut out some insignificant parts. I highly doubt there is a Security System at Wal-Mart and if there is well I'll be damned. Once again I'm REALLY sorry, but please don't forget to REVIEW!!

IMPORTANT!

I HAVE NEW STORY IDEAS ON MY PROFILE! READ AND VOTE ON WHICH ONE YOU WANT ME TO WRITE NEXT!!! I'm only keeping the poll up for one more week and then I'm shutting it down and going to start on the new story. I am putting myself into having a lot chapters ready before putting it up for people to read that way I won't run into problems like taking forever to update so I need to get started as soon as possible.

~Kimiko888~