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Chapter 9

Note: Arguing with the leader is a losing battle

~Kahlan's POV

"Thank you," I say to Laura as she places the stuff down on the counter next to the stove.

"You're welcome," she replies with a grin.

I give a smile in return and quickly dry my hands. Turning the water in the faucet to hot, I fill two pots with the water. Turning the water off, I place the two pots on the stove and turn the burners on to high.

With that done I grab the uruchi-mai, which is Japanese-style rice. I go through the whole process of rinsing the rice, placing it in the rice cooker, adding water and then leave it to cook. I grab some canned tuna out of the cabinet, open it then drain the juice into a cup.

This may be weird but I actually like the taste of the tuna juice. However, I'm going to place the juice in a small bowl and leave it outside for the stray cat in the neighborhood. I've tried to catch him a few times but he always run away so now I just leave food and water out for him and let him go about his life.

"Laura," I call to my friend.

"Yeah," she replies coming to stand next to me as the water starts boiling.

Opening two packets of ramen, I place each one in a pot. "Don't throw out the steak. That Hidan guy wants it so I'll cook it and give it to him. It will be his fault for any food poisoning."

"Do you want me to go get it for you," she asks.

"No that leader guy told us to get us two something to eat," I reply back with a small smirk. "I'm just following his instructions and if Hidan complains I'll just repeat to him what we were told by his leader."

Laura giggles and I give a small smile. I stir the ramen as my smile disappears. How in the world did they make my weapons go into the scroll? How does Zetsu have a flytrap on him? How in the world is Hidan still alive? Once decapitated a person or thing should be dead.

No, I take that back. They decapitated Jeepers Creepers but he was still alive and he had to get a new head. However, Jeepers Creepers is a demon so that must mean that Hidan guy is a demon. Does that mean Zetsu is a demon too? Are all those people demons? I think we're going to have to call a priest because there is no way the cops will help. Plus they might think we're crazy and put us in the loony bin.

"Earth to Kahlan," I hear Laura say. Shaking my head I turn to look at her. She grins then says, "Were you daydreaming again?"

"Sorry, I was just thinking," I reply as I turn off the stove.

I go and drain some of the water out of the ramen then place it into a purple bowl for Laura and blue bowl for me. I add the seasoning and hand Laura her bowl. With my bowl I add a few extra ingredients like some bacon bits, salt (I add salt to almost everything, but I exercise a lot so my blood pressure is good) and some chopped up apples.

Apples are good but I don't love them. Also don't hate my taste for adding apples to the ramen until you try it. Though if it's your first time trying I suggest that you take a chopped apple piece and dunk it into the ramen and give it a try.

"Thank you," Laura says with a huge grin as I hand her some chopsticks.

"It's not a problem," I reply back and start eating my ramen.

I'm curious about what those people are talking about, but I dare not leave my spot. They might send Zetsu in here and that can put Laura in danger. Can any of the others go through walls or do they have to be of the same demon species as Zetsu?

"Argh this is getting on my nerves," I say as I place my bowl down on the counter.

"What's wrong," Laura asks worried.

"My darn ankle," I reply as I walk over to the freezer.

Pulling it open I pull out a small icepack. Thank God I brought the first aid kit in here with us. I'll use the gauze to tie the icepack around my ankle.

"What's wrong with your ankle," she asks as I go back to my spot next to the counter and hop on it to sit.

"I'm not quite sure," I reply as I gently touch the area around my ankle. I make a face at the pain but that's about it. "I know it isn't broken." Grabbing the kit, I open it pull out the gauze and hold the icepack to my ankle. I then start wrapping the gauze around it and my ankle.

"When did you injure it," she asks.

"When they first showed up and I went to get away from them," I reply. "I did a move that I learned in gymnastics, which is something I only did for a year. I sucked at it but it sure did come in handy."

I really did suck at gymnastics but my parents forced me to stay in it until the realized I wasn't improving. That's when they moved me to a bunch of clubs like debate and some medical club. All I wanted to do was play instruments and stuff but my parents wouldn't let me. They said it made too much noise and I wouldn't be able to get a real job. They said with clubs I can get a scholarship for college. I cared about getting into college at the time. I was twelve when I was in gymnastics so at thirteen I joined the clubs giving into my parents.

I kind of came to enjoy the clubs. I stayed in them all the way until I was halfway done with high school. The reason I stop was my way of rebelling against my parents. For a few years I was secretly learning about music and learning how to play the piano and guitar until they found out. They got mad and it caused a huge argument to breakout and then bam, I just gave up the clubs. There's more to it than that, but I won't bore you with the details, maybe some other time.

Anyways, I finish with my task and go check on the rice by scooting over to the rice cooker. With a small smile I turn it off since it's done and open the lid to help cool it off faster. With a nod I go back to eating my ramen.

"Finished the ramen," Laura calls out and places her bowl in the sink.

"Leave the dishes in the sink," I tell her. "I'll wash them tomorrow."

"You two," someone says. I look up to see Kakuzu. "Get in the front room now."

"But…." Laura starts to whine until Kakuzu stops her.

"I will force the two of you in there," he says glaring.

"Hold your horses," I say to him as I slowly place my feet on the floor and stand up. He looks at me with a questioning look for a moment but then glares. "We're coming."

Instead of going to walk out I wet my hands with some cold water and sprinkle some salt onto them. I grab some rice and place some tuna into on it then start making the rice ball as I walk over to Laura.

Glaring, Kakuzu grabs both of our arms just as roughly as Leader did. He almost causes me to drop the food but thankfully I didn't. He drags us into the living room and pushes us down onto the couch. I hold my hands up in the air to protect the food and end up landing on my face. With a grunt, I use my elbow to push myself up and roll around until I'm in a somewhat sitting position.

"Here," I say to Laura as I finish the rice ball.

"Yay thanks," she says with a huge grin and starts to happily nibble on the food.

"Not a problem," I reply as I bring myself up in a more comfortable sitting position then look at Leader with all emotions hidden. "What is the verdict?" The reason why I ask that is because I can only come up with the conclusion that they were discussing about whether or not to kill us.

Leader glares before answering. "Since neither of you two are really a threat to us," he states and stays silent for a moment.

I shrug not caring about him pretty much calling us weak. A lot of the stuff people say about me no longer bothers me. As for Laura, well she's actually a lot tougher than people think, but I'm not letting that information get loose.

Leader continues, "We will make this our new temporary base until we find a way home. From the information gathered, this place is different than our home and therefore you two are going to be kept alive until you are no longer useful."

"Where exactly do you plan on having everyone sleeping," I ask. "There aren't enough rooms for everybody. Plus that means more money being spent on clothing, hygiene products, any special type of products and food. We don't have trees in our backyard that grows money that we can go to whenever we want and just pluck off as much as we need. No way am I asking my parents for money to borrow."

"Silence," Leader says with a glare interrupting me. "If we have to Kakuzu can sell your weapons."

"Screw that," I reply getting pissed off. "You can get the hell out of our home and stay at a hotel. No way am I letting you waste our money by letting you mooch off of us."

Before I can finish my rant, Leader is in front of me in a flash holding a weapon to my throat. He glares at me and I bite down on my lower lip to keep any more words from spilling. In fact I take a deep breath to calm down my anger.

"Not another word or I'll cut your tongue off then shove it down your throat for you to choke on," Leader says. I move my head back to put some space between my throat and the weapon and nod my head letting him know I understand. "We will stay here and that's final. If you're worried about money being a problem that can easily be solved. As for the sleeping arrangements you can figure that out on your own, but I will be getting the biggest bedroom."

"I call dibs on no one getting my room but me," Laura calls out.

"I don't care," Leader says moving away from me. "Just tell me where I can find the biggest room, I need my sleep." I elbow Laura to tell him where that room is. I'm not taking the risk of getting my tongue cut off.

"That would be Kahlan's room," Laura replies. Leader looks to me and I can only guess he's silently asking which room is that.

"It's a blue door on your left," I answer his silent question. He nods in reply than walks out the room. I grab Laura's hand and stand up. "The couch pulls out into a bed. Some of you can sleep on that. We'll try to find sleeping bags for the rest who'll sleep on the floor. I'll be sharing Laura's room with her and…Konan. If you're hungry there's rice in the kitchen to eat. Goodnight and that's it." I start walking to Laura's room dragging her with me. I got to keep my emotions in check.

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