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Chapter 7-The Amazing Visit from Kalos

Fool figured that Sora would not return to her room until after practice time. After speaking to Kalos, she would have no reason to do so. That is, if Kalos understood and didn't ask any questions about Karai's ' incident'. Now, with an interesting matter at hand, Fool decided that perhaps Leon would be needed at the stage. He had been invited to perform at Theatrical Camp, a roaming circus where the entire show is ad-libbed.

The troupe had thought Leon would refuse their offer, but where surprised to actually see him show up. The members of Kaleido Stage were shocked by this as well. He would be gone for two weeks. If Fool was right, then that was too long. He would have to be at Kaleido Stage now. So on he went, to find Theatrical Camp.

Back at Kaleido Stage, Sora had returned to her room. Suzette explained to her what Karai had done while she was gone.

" She TALKED?!," Sora asked, amazed by this. " How can someone who's unconscious talk?!!"

" I don't know," Suzette said. " She just did. Oh, and by way, the spirit guy wanted me to tell you something."

" What?," Sora asked.

" He said he was leaving," Suzette answered. " He'll be back later though."

" He LEFT?!," Sora asked. " Did he say where he was going."

" Nope. He only told me that he was leaving."

Sora couldn't help but ponder where in the world that little spirit would go at a time like this. Kaleido Stage was in real danger for the first time in a while, and its spirit had flown the coop. Where would he have gone? It isn't like him to take off like that. He'd better be ready to explain when he gets back. Then, remembering the matter at hand, she looked at the girl who was still asleep in her bed. She seemed to be a bit more comfortable now. Maybe Fool was wrong and she'd wake up sooner than he expected.

If that happened, it would mean the end of Sora's career at Kaleido Stage, and Karai's. At that moment, as if on some kind of a cue, Karai's eyes slowly opened. " Sora," She said quietly.

" It's alright!," Sora said, coming closer to her. " We're here." Then it dawned on her that if Karai woke up the both of them would be fired. " OH NO!"

" What's wrong?," Suzette asked. " Karai woke up. Isn't that a good thing?"

" Yeah but, now we're gonna get fired!"

" WHAT!," Karai asked, sitting. " Did you just say we're gonna get FIRED! WHAT DID YOU DO SORA?!!"

" Well," Sora said, putting a hand behind her head and backing away from the furious ten year old. " When you got knocked out, I sorta went and told boss you had a stage accident. Now he's coming here to see that I wasn't lying. Um….and if you're conscious, then we're both fired."

" WHAT!," Karai screeched. " I'm out for five seconds and you get me fired?!"

" I-I didn't mean to!," Sora stammered, trying to think of a way out of this. " Um, I'm sure that boss would understand if you woke up and…"

" Sora, he doesn't exactly strike me as the ' Oh, I understand', type of person."

" You could pretend to be unconscious," Suzette suggested.

Karai rolled her eyes. " Yeah, like that would work. Listen, I'd better get thanked for this later." She held her right hand opened, and suddenly a small dark purple crystal appeared within it. It was about the size of a pebble. " This will falsify my vital signs, making it seem as thought I really am unconscious. I'm going to swallow this, and then pretend to be unconscious. You two just have to act natural, and not mess this up.

" She pulled that OUT OF THIN AIR!," Suzette practically yelled as she pointed at the gem in Karai's hand.

" I thought she was holding it already," Sora said. She had not seen the thing practically materialize in Karai's hand as Suzette had. Suzette lowered her hand and stared at Karai. The girl said nothing about the comment as she swallowed the pebble sized crystal. She then laid down and closed her eyes.

After a few minuets Kalos came knocking on the door. Sora opened it nervously and let him in.

" Where's Karai?," he asked. Sora led him to her bed where Karai was 'unconscious'. He bent down and grabbed her arm, checking her pulse. Then he checked her pulse at the neck as well. He then turned to Sora and Suzette. " You got any cold water?" Sora's eyes widened as she figured out what Kalos might be thinking about doing. Still, she couldn't say no.

" Y-yes sir!," With that she ran to get him a glass of water. I hope she can survive this without jumping up and screaming! I know I would do that, Sora thought as she came back with the water. She handed the glass to Kalos. He tossed the water in Karai's face to see if that would make her jump to consciousness. Karai flinched slightly as the water hit her, but made sure to keep still.

" She's unconscious," Kalos decided. " Alright then Sora. You get back to practice with Fool, and as for Suzette here, she can watch Karai. When practice is over you're welcome to come to the stage where I've requested that everyone come to meet you. Karai was supposed to come as well, but we can wait until she's better to let her meet everyone." With that, he walked out the door. When he was gone, Karai shot up out of the bed, breathing hard.

" You two owe me BIG TIME!" Her hair was soaking wet and dripping as she spoke. " And hey, how come I got knocked out?! The only thing I can remember is holding some red shard and being onstage. I was holding a red shard. That's all I remember."

" You don't remember what you did before that?," Sora asked.

" No. What? Did I do something wrong?" Sora shook her head. She doesn't remember what she did onstage. I wonder why.

" Go to practice now Sora," Suzette said. " It's where you need to be. I'll stay here with Karai and we can watch TV or something." Sora nodded. She was still concerned over Karai, but if she didn't go and practice then she would be in big trouble.

" Yeah. I'll do that. Tell me if anything else happens, alright?," Sora asked.

Suzette nodded. " We will. Go now."

Sora walked out of the room, still feeling uneasy about leaving Karai like this. True her new found friend Suzette was there, but what if something else happened? As she walked, Sora figured that this was not the time to ponder such things. She knew for certain that she'd find out later. Fool had said he would explain things to her at five. Hopefully he would be back by then. Until that time however, Sora decided to finish the rest of her rehearsal in the Practice Room.

That's the end of Chapter 7. If you have any questions or comments, please send them to me. I'm really curious to know what you think of the story.