Battle high: not your average high school

After Battle thirty

A very disruptive night

Kirai stared at her. "Oh my god," he sighed. "Why in god's name did you not say that before we got all worked up over it?"

Sora blinked at them, "Because you always assume I'm going to kill someone and its kinda fun seeing you panic," Sora laughed. Kirai looked at her with a blank expression. "Cloud is rubbing off on you."

"No he isn't..I'm rubbing off on him he's just jealous of my awesome skills," said Sora. Kirai laughed. "As much as I hate to defend Cloud in any way, I have to disagree with that statement."

"Pssh he just wishes he was rubbing off on me," Sora said to him, she looked over her shoulder and saw one of the glow sticks up ahead that belonged to her group.

"Looks like they found the kid," said Sora.

"Y'know I've wondered this for a while, but why exactly do you have a gang in the first place?" Kirai asked, knowing the answer probably wasn't going to be good.

"So I can have something to help me patrol for anyone on our territory..and because its where I learned half of my defense," said Sora. "And how exactly did you become their leader despite you appearing to be younger than pretty much everyone?" Kirai asked.

"Well uhhhh...You see..I don't remember. The only thing I can remember was getting sent to fight the first leader and the rest is all a blank," Sora explained to him. "Interesting." Kirai wondered why they all seemed to have random moment of their lives which they couldn't remember. Probably just a coincidence.

"So you're not killing him? And we can go home without worrying that you're going to die?"

"How is that interesting?."

Sora was confused by him but had to shake it off and remember her original plan.

"No I am not. Yes you can go home."

"But Kirai, Artemis told us not to come home without her," Alex reminded him. Kirai sighed when he was reminded of what Artemis had said. "Damn.. but she's not gonna come backk..," he whined. "Artemis has to know that she wouldn't listen to me anyway. I mean really."

"Well then how about you go back and tell him and I'll stay with her then," suggested Alex. He wasn't letting Sora run around with her gang at night all alone just to send someone home. "Fabulous plan," he agreed with a nod. "Don't kill yourselves," Kirai said to them as he turned to head back to the house.

"We won't..now go tell him and try not to get pinned to the wall by him," Alex called back to him.

Sora watched him leave then started to walk away leaving Alex behind, "Hey wait up."

"I doubt that I'll be successful in doing that," he replied.

Kirai sighed when he walked inside the house. Thankfully Artemis wasn't there to yell at him and both Cloud and Lilly had passed out. They hadn't assigned rooms yet. Oh well.

He walked into the first one he saw- well, actually, the second, because the first was locked- and collapsed onto the bed. Artemis sighed and came back an hour after Kirai had returned and looked around when he saw Lilly and Cloud asleep. He shook his head and shook Cloud on his shoulder a bit, "Hey, wake up," he said.

Cloud blinked his eyes open and upon seeing Artemis, grabbed the nearest pillow and threw it at him lazily. "Why the fuck did you wake me up," he grumbled. Artemis laughed as he stopped the pillow before it hit him in the face. "I just thought you may have wanted to sleep in an actual bed unless you like the chair like your dog over there," teased Artemis.

"Whaat? I actually get a room?" Cloud asked sarcastically, looking up at Artemis with half-closed eyes. "I thought I was still sleeping in the attic," he joked.

"Well thats not cleaned yet..and you can sleep down here if you want still," shrugged Artemis as he tossed the pillow back to Cloud. "Has anyone come back yet?"

"Naw Lilly and Prism cleaned errything. I just don't feel like moving," Cloud said sleepily, closing his eyes again and staying just awake enough to answer his questions. His knife was curled in his fingers like some sort of lethal teddy bear. "Yeah I think Kirai did," he mumbled. Artemis laughed a bit and just shook his head at him. "Well suit yourself then," he said to him. Artemis then went straight upstairs to find Kirai asleep and poked him.

In response, Kirai simply rolled over and ducked his head underneath the blanket. "Go awaaaaay," he whined. "Im asleeep. Go mess with Cloud."

"Where. The hell. Is Sora?!," demanded Artemis as he pushed Kirai out of the bed and onto the floor.

"Jesus calm the fuck down!" Kirai said with pain, rubbing the back of his head but staying on the floor due to his lack of energy. "She's with Alex doing something or other. And just so you know I don't give a flying fuck how much you yell at me," he informed the other. Artemis gave him a smirk, "Alright then..you can go sleep in the attic tonight then," Artemis said with annoyance, "Get your ass up that attic now before I make you sleep in a hole."

Kirai opened one eye and looked up at Artemis incredulously. "No," he said firmly. "I am staying right here on this floor."

Artemis gave a look, "Oh no?," he mocked back and he grabbed a roll of duct tape from his pocket and started to unroll it. "You won't have much say in the matter."

Kirai opened his other eye, starting to get concerned. Was he serious? And why did he keep duct tape in his pocket?!

But he wasn't about to move and he wasn't going to test Artemis any further either. "Cloooouuuddd..," he called, probably too quietly for him to hear.

"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU TWO IMBECILES WANT?" was the shouted reply from the living room.

"Artemis is threatening me with duct taaapee.."

"Good, then maybe you'll SHUT THE FUCK UP."

"Then its settled then..duct tape it is and into the attic you go now small child," said Artemis as he started to walk towards Kirai with the duct tape in hand. Artemis was serious about sending him into the attic tied up in duct tape.

One moment Kirai was struggling to get away and the next he was in attic in duct tape like a burrito. "You aren't allowed out until morning!, "Artemis shouted and slammed the door shut. Cloud nearly died laughing his ass off when he heard that door slam. "Oh my god you were serious," he choked out through the laughter.

"Please take a picture. That will make my entire life complete."

Artemis came walking back down the stairs and threw the tape aside and had the key in his hand.

"I never fuck around when I send someone up there..I'm dead serious I've sent Sora up there tons of times before," said Artemis. "That, sir, is fabulous," Cloud said, still smiling from the thought of how much Kirai was probably freaking out. "But you also suck because now I'm really awake."

"Well he asked for it..and if your awake now how about I make some food?," suggested Artemis with a calm voice. Calmer then it had been with Kirai. Cloud thought about that idea and realized that yes, he was hungry, and no, he could not remember the last time he'd eaten. Food was probably a very good idea. He nodded. "That sounds like a good idea."

Cloud nodded and sat up, wondering how an hour of sleep could take away all his tiredness. He ran his fingers through his hair. "I'm pretty sure that shampoo was meant for girls. I smell like a strawberry."

Artemis looked at him and laughed, "Lilly must have given you her shampoo by accident, you chose the mountain breeze one remember?," Artemis reminded him. Artemis went into the kitchen and started to go make the food.

"Ahh man." Cloud sighed and glared up at his hair, part of which was obstructing his vision. "I don't know how girls can take this; it's already driving me crazy."

Artemis heard Cloud from the kitchen and laughed his ass off. "Hey why not wake up Lilly and tell her food is almost ready and ask her that question while you're at it too," Artemis called.

Sora came back to the house covered in cuts and bruises by the time Cloud had started to complain about strawberries. Alex couldn't believe what had ended up happening instead. Sora's original plan had taken a turn for the worse, she was even covered in blood on her hands, some was on her face and splattered on her shirt.

Cloud lazily walked over to the couch that Lilly resided on and poked her repetitively. "Hey wakeupppppp."

Prism walked inside the house, thankful that it wasn't as cold in here as it was outside, and very confused at everyone, especially Sora. "What happened to you?"

Primrose raced downstairs, an annoyed look on her face. "Why is Kirai locked in a closet? He keeps kicking the goddamn wall."

Lilly rolled over and looked at him sleepily,"Whyyyyyyyy?," she whined.

Sora looked up at Prism, "My original plan went wrong and may have taken a turn for the worse," she told Prism. Alex nodded, "I saw it happen and there was nothing I could do since she wouldn't let me help."

Artemis was coming out of the kitchen and wash drying his hands on a towel, "I locked him in there for being an idiot."

"Because everyone's here and now stuff is happening," Cloud told her, not seizing his poking. "Get uupppp."

Prism tilted her head at Sora curiously. "And what the hell was your original plan?"

Primrose looked over at Artemis. "Well can you make him be quiet?" she asked sweetly. "I don't waaannnnaaaa,"Lilly complained as she tried to curl back up under the blanket and hide away.

"To return someone home...but they ended up fighting me in the end and the fight went too far on their part...as for you Alex you were the one who got captured and who's life was in danger that moment with four guns pointed at you and two knives at your throat," Sora snapped at him.

Artemis laughed, "We can ignored him he's tied in duct tape anyways and he can't keep it up all night."

"Yes you dooooo," Cloud argued, pulling on her hair a little in an effort to get her up.

"That's whatcha get for running away again," Prism teased.

Primrose shook her head. "I wouldn't doubt him. He's been at it since you threw him in there."

"Lilly does not appreciate this hair pulling Cloud," said Lilly as she sat up and glared at him with tired eyes.

"Hey! Let's see you try and save two lives at the same time and only save one in time before the other took the fall for their own mistake! I was sending that kid home he fucked up his plan and got killed I couldn't save his life in time!," Sora snapped back. Alex stepped away from Sora a few inches.

"Not unless I send Cloud in there to torment him," said Artemis calmly. "Cloud does not appreciate this continuing to lay down Lilly," Cloud said back, sticking his tongue out at her childishly and giving her hair another small tug.

Prism laughed quietly at Sora's reaction. "Relax dear, I was kidding."

"What about Cloud?" said teenager piped up upon hearing his name. Lilly threw a pillow in his face and just sat next to him and the took better advantage of this and snuggled to him.

Sora growled up at Prism with a glare. Alex walked over to Sora and placed a hand on her shoulder, "Let's get that blood off your hands."

"No point...his blood was mine to start from like he said.."

"I'll send you up to Kirai if he won't shut the hell up," said Artemis with a sly smirk. "At least you're awake," Cloud sighed, allowing himself to be snuggled.

Prism did a little wave at Sora when she was glared at, just to drive her a little more crazy. It was Cloud's job to annoy Kirai, and her job to annoy Sora. That was the system.

Cloud glared over at Artemis. "NO. You are not. Plus do you really think putting me and Kirai in an enclosed space together is the best idea?"