OMG, I got like.. a lot of reviews. Most i owe to Alfonzo Pulcifer... freakish person i know at school, also my wife (don't ask -_-)

BUT I GOT 100 REVIEWS!!!

so, here is chapter 33.

I also decided that since the last thing worked so well, I'll do it again. I'm only gonna update when i get to 125 reviews... which shouldnt be too hard if you actually, you know, review instead of going 'I'm addicted... read it, done, bye.'

You know who you are. Don't make me smite you.

anyways, ENJOY~

P.S. I'm kinda glad people are happy i picked Mori... it was just easier developing his character because (im gonna hate myself for saying it... but...) there is so little to him. He's pretty quiet, so its not hard to make it look like he came out of his shell. :D


My head was spinning, and it really hurt.

"Sa-Chan?"

I recognized that voice, but replying would be too much effort, so instead I grunted and rolled over.

"Sa-Chan, we need to find the others..."

I opened one eye to see Honey staring at me. He suddenly didn't look so childish, but more in control of the situation than I would have figured.

"Honey, where are we?" I mumbled, sitting up. I rubbed my head, and felt a lump... brilliant, how many times was I going to bang my head while in Japan? I think I've had several thousand brain cells killed so far.

"We're somewhere in the jungle... we have to find the others, especially before sun sets. Can you stand?" he turned to me.

I was somewhat shocked, Honey had turned from the happy-go-lucky person with the five year olds attitude to a serious down to business eighteen year old. Even by looking at his eyes I could see he wasn't going to play any time soon. They seemed smaller, more narrow than before. More grown up.

I stumbled to my feet, using his shoulder as a prop while I steadied myself, then we went for a walk through the dense trees to find the others.

It wasn't a pleasurable experience. More than once I ran into large tarantulas (I can't stand spiders!) but when we ran into snakes I wasn't too bothered... it was just Honey that didn't like them. So I saved him from snakes, he saved me from spiders. Fair deal.

Another thing I wasn't too fond of was the fact that I was in a bikini with a shirt pulled over the top... and Honey had magically become an eighteen year old. I found myself becoming very self conscious. I could almost feel his eyes wandering to me.

And it didn't help when it started raining...

"We need to find shelter!" I said to him, brushing my sopping hair from my face so I could get a good look at him. He nodded, grabbed my hand then pulled me to a dense patch of trees.

"We can stay here..." he pulled a few large leaves over us to stem the amount of water dropping onto us, then sat beside me.

After five minutes, I'd started to shiver, and I felt him pull me closer (to share body heat) and he kept his arm wrapped around me.

"Honey;" I muttered to him "Do you think we'll find the others?"

He looked at me, nodded and smiled, a flicker of the childish Honey in his eyes.

"Course we will Saori. I won't let nothing bad happen to you. We'll find them."

I smiled back at him, then rest my head atop his and fell asleep where I sat.

* * *

"The rains stopped." he said nudging me.

I opened my eyes and sure enough it had, and the sun was shining brightly again. I stood up and we continued our trek for about another ten minutes... when we heard shouting.

I peered through the bushes to a clearing and saw Mori carrying Haruhi and about a dozen policemen in armor, pointing guns at Mori while shouting at him.

"Crap!" I whisper-shouted.

"Make a distraction, I'll sort them out." said Honey, suddenly leaving me.

"Um... what?" I felt panic take over me, but when I heard one of the men cock the holster, I knew I couldn't wait a minute longer or something bad could happen.

I jumped out from the bushes, screamed as I tripped and landed smack on my face. I glanced up to see all the men had turned around but they had their guns pointing at me now.

"Holy crap!" I shouted, springing to my feet, dodging past a few of the men and flinging my arms around Mori and I could feel him wrap his arm around me, and Haruhi patted me on my head to get my attention. So I lifted my gaze...

And the most amazing thing happened. Honey sprang out from a tree and starting kicking and throwing the policemen around.

When he was done, he started to shout at them "Hurting my friends is a big no no!"

I giggled, and went to give the little guy a hug, as the police recognized who Mori and Honey were and started apologizing right away.

As they apologized, I went back to Haruhi, and noticed that the others were working their way through the trees.

"Saori! My daughter! I'm so glad you're okay!"

He swept me into a hug, which the twins joined in pretty quickly. Then they moved on to hug Honey and Haruhi, while Mori came over to me.

"Are you okay?" he asked in that old monotonous voice.

"I'm fine. Just cold" Yet again, I was wrapped up in a hug, but this time it was Mori. He didn't hesitate, he just pulled me close and hugged me to him. I hugged him back in a silent thanks, then felt more and more people squish around. I glanced and saw Honey wrapped around my legs giggling, Haruhi was squashed to me, between both the twins, Tamaki was trying to fit his arms around us all (and failing miserably) whilst Kyouya was stood at the side.

He doesn't hug, obviously. But he did extend his hand and brush some stray strands of hair out of my eyes, then pat my head, smiling to himself.

Strange boy.

I spent one day lost in the jungle, three days to go...

* * *

"You're doing better Saori" said Kyouya, who currently had his feet dangling in the water.

"Yeah, well, Mori is kind of holding me up." I grumbled.

It was the last day, and since the first day, the guys had pushed me into learning to swim against a current until my joints ached.

"Can I take a break?" I asked, trying to roll out of Mori's arms while he was trying to keep me afloat, supporting me under my stomach with one arm.

"sure." he said, smiling at me when I grinned up at him.

I did my best doggy paddle to the edge of the pool, while Kyouya clapped along with Honey, who was watching from a deck chair.

"Sarcastic bastards." I muttered. "I can swim, just not against a current..."

Kyouya smirked and made a comment about having to get me in the schools pool (I flipped him off) and I went to grab a soda... while walking like a duck.

"something wrong Saori?" chuckled Haruhi, looking at me.

"I got a god damned wedgie..." I grumbled, pulling the bikini bottoms down slightly so they didn't ride up my ass. She chuckled and moved away, while I stuck my tongue out at her back.

"You're getting better." I heard someone say, so I looked up to see Mori, then I passed him a drink.

"Kinda... but I don't like moving water." I shuddered. Since I'd seen my cousin A.J. Nearly drown in the sea, I'd steered clear of it.

"Don't worry. Non of us'll let you get hurt."

I smiled at him.

Despite my previous thoughts, maybe it wasn't so bad having these guys as friends.