Hello people! Sorry for the delay...just trying to get the school year done with. Every morning now I ask my friends "Is it the end of the year yet?" XD. Anyway I hope you enjoy the chapter!!!

"Chelsea! Are you almost ready?"

"Almost!" I heard a few clatters then Chelsea came running in with her backpack...which looked like it was going to explode.

"Ready!" She said.

"Alright, we might want to get going or else the boat might leave without us."

We started walking to the town.

"Guys! Wait Up!"

We turned to see Chihaya and Mark running toward us.

"Sheesh...what happened to never leave a man behind?" Mark panted.

We giggled "You could've texted me you know?" I said.

"I don't have my phone all the time like you do."

"What is someone tried to kidnap you?" Chelsea asked.

"Well...unless Luke is that kind of guy we are all safe."

"That and the mayor." Chelsea mumbled.

Chihaya and Mark were on the ground laughing, I was afraid they were going to pee themselves.

"Guys we should get going." I said after I giggled a bit.

"You're...you're right, sorry." Chihaya said, he got up "We should go."

When we got to the dock, everyone else was there.

"Took you long enough." Kathy said with a grin.

"Sorry." Mark said, "We got carried away on the path of life."

Chelsea giggled, then looked around "Where is the boat?"

I looked at her "It is right there." I pointed.

"Oh...I thought that was for decoration."

Kathy leaned over "Is she--?"

"She is always like that." I whispered with a grin.

"Wait!" Right when the voice hit us, negative energy went around us from Gill.

"Luke what are you doing?" Chihaya asked, trying to sound surprised.

"You forgot to invite me." Luke told me sounding wiped out from running.

I looked to see him packed and his eyes were pleading for me to go. I could feel Gill's glare on me.

I sighed "I guess we could fit you." I tried to smile "Though, you might need to sleep on the floor."

His expression brightened...though the negative energy from Gill increased.

"Thank you thank you thank you!" He hugged me. I was sure that Gill was seconds away from biting Luke's head off. I pulled away so that wouldn't happen. Part of me wanted to hug Gill to see if that would help...though I'm pretty sure it wouldn't. The best I could do was move over next to him.

Good thing Pascal came in the picture right then "You guys all set?"

I smiled "Yeah, are you?"

He smiled "As ever."

We went on and started heading out. Luke clunked out about twenty minutes into the trip.

"So why did you bring him?" Chihaya asked leaning back with his arms crossed.

"He looked like he really wanted to go, he may be annoying but he is a friend. It would be mean to just tell him no and to go away."

Gill didn't say anything, I looked up at him and he looked like he was avoiding me slightly, his eyes focused on the water. Part of me wanted him to actually look at me, that part of me lost hope for that now.

"I'm just hoping your step parents are going to be prepared." Mai said.

I smiled "I'm pretty sure they can handle anything."

Kathy looked over at Gill while Owen, Mark, and Chihaya were talking. She looked over at me and mouthed "Is he okay?"

I gave her a "I have no clue." look and she nodded.

"How long will it be till we get there?" Chelsea asked after she had talked about almost everything with Mai.

"Um..." I thought for a sec "We won't be on land till morning tomorrow. Then we will have to take a bus or something to get to the town I'm in...so we will be there around late morning to early afternoon."

Chelsea moaned "That will take forEVER!"

I giggled "It will go by fast."

It didn't go by fast, I was begging for Gill to talk to me or t least shoot a quick gaze at me. He was either looking at the ocean or reading. We ate a few snacks and as it got darker we went inside the boat. Later everyone had fallen asleep accept me and Gill. I struggled to keep my eyes open, but when I closed them for a split second I fell asleep. My eyes snapped open, I looked at me watch, I had been asleep for two hours now. I also noticed that Gill was gone. I got up quietly and looked for him. He was outside staring at the ocean again.

"Are you okay?" I asked.

"Yeah." Was all he said without even looking my way.

"Now you are scaring me, you haven't spoken all day today. What is wrong?"

"Nothing, Luke just gets on my nerves."

"Part of me thinks that he isn't the only one you are mad at."

He was quiet "Sure, you kind of piss me off to."

I cringed slightly "What did I do?" I asked calmly, walking over.

"You are too nice to people." He said.

"Why because I let Luke come with?"

"You know he likes you?" He mumbled.

"Personally I think you think all the guys like me."

"Not all of them just Mark, Luke, and Chihaya. You let them act all flirty with you."

"No, they are just my-- wait...are you jealous?" I asked.

I thought I saw him blush slightly, I smiled then walked up to him "I only consider them friends, don't ever think I would do something like that, or whatever you are thinking."

A wave of relief washed over me as he looked down at me, his eyes softening slightly. I stood on my tiptoes and kissed him on the cheek.

"At least I'm not demanding like Roomi." I whispered in his ear.

He chuckled slightly "Yeah, you are right about that."

"You might want to come inside."

"Right."

The next morning Pascal blew the horn and all of us jumped up at the same time.

Luke slammed his head on the floor and yelped. This made everyone's morning. I went outside to see land just miles ahead.

"Everyone, we re almost there!" I shouted back inside.

When we got off the boat I looked for the nearest bus station. The town we were in right now was not very populated. The only time it would get busy is if a huge ship full of tourists came in here for a stop. The town was small so it didn't take long for us to find the bus station. The bus came by bout fifteen minutes later.

While we were on the road Mai looked over at me and asked "So what is your town like."

"Well...it is probably bigger than Harmonica town. We get a lot of tourists there due to a few of the sites. The town is along the beach...where quite a lot of waves come in so we have surfers too. Plus the ocean is very clean too, the police make sure it stays clean and no one pollutes it. I guess it is kind of like Castanet in a way."

"Is the food good?" Both Mai and Chelsea asked.

I smiled "Yep, my mom's bakery is the best place to get food, she hasn't been beaten yet."

Chihaya chuckled "We will see when I come in." he leaned back in his chair pleased with himself.

Owen flicked him on the head "Don't get cocky."

"Is it just me or is the bus going really fast now?" Gill mumbled.

We all looked outside and saw a huge farm zoom past us. I got a quick glimpse of the speed limit then looked at how fast the driver was going.

"Um...aren't you going a bit fast?" I said.

"Relax babe, we are going through some plains right now, nothing bad will happen. Plus you guys are the only ones on my bus so there wouldn't be as bad as a death toll."

Chelsea looked like she was close to jumping out of the window but Kathy and Mai pinned her down.

"Just sit in the seat and we will be okay." Gill mumbled, though he looked nervous too.

After twenty minutes he still didn't slow down and we were in another small town now, then after five minutes we were back in farm land. I was freaked out because if it took that fast of time to go through another small town, he must've been going fast. I heard a siren behind us and all of us slumped down in our seats in relief.

The driver cursed under his breath and stopped to the side. The police man came up.

"Can I help you officer?" The driver asked in the nicest tone he could possibly make.

"Sir, you've been going thirty miles more than the speed limit."

"I'm sorry sir I wasn't aware."

As the driver was talking I noticed the police man sounded familiar. I perked my head up and saw Daisuke, my step dad.

"Hi Dad!" I waved.

He looked over at me, I couldn't tell if his expression was happy or pissed off because this man put his daughter in danger.

He glared at the driver "License please."

After the driver got the ticket...which was probably worth a lot more than it could've been due to the "Police man's daughter was in a bus going over a hundred miles an hour." thing.

His expression brightened as we got out of the bus. He hugged me.

"How are you doing?" He asked with a grin.

"Well...besides the experience we just had, I'm good."

He looked over at the group of almost sick people behind me. All of them were pale white and I wasn't sure if it was from fear or car sickness. I was used to going that fast considering when I was nine, my dad ended up going on a high speed chase with me in the back of the car with a juice box.

"I was about to take a break at the nearest gas station, we can get you guys something, though please don't puke in the car."

My dad's police car was a truck so I sat up front with him, Chelsea, Kathy, and Mai sat in the behind us, and the boys sat in the very back. They had no seat belts or anything. Owen was standing up casually like he had done this thing a hundred times while Chihaya, and Luke looked like they were going to puke any minute or scream. Gill acted like it was no big deal like Owen only he still looked a bit sick.

"So how has farming been?"

I looked at him funny "I don't think you would really get it."

"Well that is insulting. At least tell me in third grade terms."

The girls giggled in the back.

"Okay, it is doing really good and i get a lot of money everyday."

"That's good. Is your brother okay?"

"Yeah...but he is still annoying."

He chuckled "I think brothers do that."

"Yuki has his own category." I heard Kathy mumble in the back.

"Anyway, is mom's store doing alright?"

"You know it never will go out of business, we got people coming in there just to see if you will come back."

I giggled, he continued "Your friends have been wondering about you, I'm pretty sure they will be glad that you are visiting. Plus you brought some guys along so I bet they will think you are a lifesaver." He mumbled the last part.

"I don't think they are paying attention. I think they are focused on surviving the rest of the trip."

"They won't fly out the back." He said.

"Yeah but if you end up going on a high speed chase again they will...either that or you will have a huge mess to clean up."

"That was only one time and your mom still hasn't forgiven me."

"What did he do?" Mai asked.

"Took me on a high speed chase with him."

"That must've been fun." Kathy said while laughing.

"Not if you are going left and right constantly and aren't sure if you are going to crash."

"Looks like the gas station is coming up." Daisuke said.

When we drove up to the gas station Luke hopped out of the truck and ran inside.

"What--" Daisuke was about to ask.

"I think we know where he is going." Kathy said.

Daisuke turned to me "Can you introduce me to your friends so I don't invite complete strangers to my house."

I laughed "Yeah. The one that ran in there is Luke, this is Kathy, Mai, and Chelsea, and in the back there is Owen, Gill, and Chihaya."

He smiled "Nice to meet you all, I'm Hikari's stepdad Daisuke, you will be meeting my wife shortly."

The girls smiled while the guys attempted...I think they were still horrified by the bus experience.

Luke ran back out "Sorry...can we get something in there? I'm starving."

"Go ahead." Daisuke grinned. The guys jumped out and went in while Kathy, Chelsea, and Mai were making their way up as well, talking about the whole bus thing.

"I'm guessing Luke is the type that is a bit difficult to handle?"

"We all think there is something wrong with him."

"Well I'll give Mai a heads up."

"Part of me thinks this will be confusing considering we have two Mais in the house now."

He chuckled "We can manage."

While the others were outside enjoying the weather and drinking some sodas, I was grabbing some snacks for everyone. Daisuke was looking at them in the car then went over to me.

"Which one is your boyfriend?" He asked.

"How do you know one of them is my boyfriend?"

"I don't think you wouldn't bring him."

I laughed "The blond haired one."

He looked over "Well now I'm going to have to give him trouble considering he is going out with my girl."

"You aren't funny." I gave him a slight punch in the arm then continued "He is Akina's son you know?"

"I thought he looked familiar..." He looked over to the truck "Now that you say that, he looks so much like her...except for the boy part and that his attitude is different."

"Did you know she passed away?"

He was quiet for a second "Yeah."

"You didn't tell me why?"

"We were afraid you wouldn't take it to well. Did he tell you?"

"Well, he is the mayor's son and considering that is where Akina lived I thought he would know. I kinda looked like an idiot asking him." I smirked at him "But don't worry about it."

"Are you okay abut that?"

"Just kind of sad, but I keep my head up."

He chuckled "Just like what Akina told you?"

"Yep." I smiled.

Gill walked in "Are you all set yet? Luke is getting a bit anxious."

I smiled "Yeah, I just need to pay..." I said while reaching into my pocket to take out some money. I almost spilled a few things but Gill got them, he reached over and took a few more bags so I had enough hands to grab my money.

"Can you think before you do things?" He said with a bit of a joking tone and a smirk on his face.

"Sure...I just need to think occasionally...good thing there weren't any eggs in my hands or that would've been bad."

He chuckled "You probably would do that." Then he patted my head.

I smiled, I was sad Akina was gone, but Gill reminded me of her, even though his way of showing was different, he still made me feel happy. I was glad that he was my boyfriend, or even just my friend.

Kawaii :3!!! I liked doing this chapter, I just thought it was funny and cute! Please comment or leave an idea for future chapters!

-00Spirited Away00