A/N:- Hi all! I'm back! *Gets pelted with rotten vegetables by the Ghost Hunt cast*
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Kit/Gene POV
Noll was angry, I could tell. This whole thing was my fault. I just had to insist we treat the girls. Hah, some plan that turned into!
I didn't mean to laugh at the girls when they were chased by a flock of geese and slipped over face first in the mud nor when they encountered the overeager deer. It just reminded me of one of those cheesy home video shows where something just has to go wrong and you wish you had a camera for it. Then Mai got mad that we just ordered food without giving her a choice and I just had to mention that stupid football game to Noll on my way back from the bathroom.
I didn't think he was going to abandon them without telling them, then again maybe I should have said something. Now we were both sopping wet from having two glasses of cola apiece thrown over us and the only thing I could think of to say was that Noll's hair gel had washed out as promised.
He was glaring at me as the roomful of men we were stood in burst into laughter at what had just happened to us. To be honest I'd never seen him look so hateful before. I must have hit a new record for making him mad. I don't know where the girls went, but I had the feeling that Noll and I should maybe leave them be for a little while.
We decided to go home so we could get out of our damp, sticky clothing. Well, what I mean by that is that Noll decided by dragging me to the car by the front of my t-shirt. I put up no resistance though as it would just make his mood more foul. The ride was completely silent. I kinda wished the girls were with us as they would probably at least chatter away with each other providing some form of noise other than the hum of the car engine. We finally pulled into the driveway of the house and Noll cut the engine. He sat there scowling for a moment not moving. I thought he wanted to say something so I waited, but he only let out an irritated growl and got out of the car. I took a deep breath as we moved towards our certain doom, especially if the two girls had already arrived.
As predicted, when the front door swung open, five angry women were stood with their arms crossed in the hallway waiting for our arrival. Thankfully, there wasn't a sixth one in their congregation. She would've been the worst one too. Zach was also dancing around them chanting "You're in trouble, you're in trouble!" I felt like glaring at him until he stopped dancing around and said to me "I wouldn't bother or I'll tell Mum." 'Okay, make that two women I'm glad aren't here!' Seriously, between Noll and I's mother Luella and my current mum Marie I really don't know who's more fearsome.
Three of the women in front of us, Mai, Nolie and Louise, glared angrily at us before shaking their heads and going into the kitchen, presumably for yet another round of tea and chatter. They were followed by Zach. Madoka and the miko remained in our path rivalling Noll's glare with their own for all they were worth. Noll tried to get past them, I assume to change and get back to his precious work.
Madoka and Ayako extended their arms out to their sides to prevent his escape then Madoka grabbed him by the ear. The priestess came forward and, before I had time to get out of the way, grabbed one of my own ears. They each dragged us in the direction of a bathroom, shoved us inside and closed the door. I saw that preparations had already been made for me to shower in my bathroom as there were fresh clothes and a towel waiting for me. Resigned to my fate, I stripped and showered. I assumed escape was impossible as the two women were probably waiting right outside our bathroom doors. This was confirmed when I stepped out of the shower and heard Madoka shouting at Noll to go get cleaned up before she went in and did it herself unless she wanted him to call Mother. I almost laughed at this, but then I remembered it was me who got us into this mess.
I finished dressing, wishing I looked like Noll, but still proud of my own physique. I carefully opened the door only to be grabbed by the ear by the miko again. She dragged me in the direction of the second living room and practically threw me on the couch, standing over me with her arms crossed. I gulped a little. The monk had told me that if you make this woman mad she was formidable, especially if she was armed with her handbag. She wasn't right now so I guess that was something I should be thankful for. I heard Noll being brought back downstairs by Madoka and taken to the base. I guess our lessons were to be different, assuming that's what this was supposed to be.
"Tell me, whose idea was this?" Ayako demanded after a while.
"Mine." I said defeated. She gave a small nod before retreating out of the door. I heard a whispered conversation going on in the hallway, presumably between the shrine maiden and Madoka to compare our answers. Ayako came back in and stood in front of me.
"It seems you were telling the truth, as such I will be teaching you your lesson." She declared in a prissy manner. 'Oh boy, this'll be fun!'
Naru's POV
Madoka was treating me like some sort of criminal. Okay, yes, I made a mistake, a big mistake, in watching football instead of being with Mai. I just…I have been in Japan for so long that I'd forgotten the joy of just being a guy and watching my favourite team play for a couple hours. Yeah, I'm supposed to be this big, serious bookworm who is a workaholic and never seems to be able to have fun and to a certain extent I guess that's true, but I'm also a teenage male who has other hobbies besides the paranormal, I just don't talk about them.
Madoka ordered me to sit and I did so as I knew what defying her meant. She had asked me whose idea the whole thing was before leaving to presumably talk with Miss Matsuzaki outside the room. Well, at least Mother wasn't here; she'd have had a field day. Madoka came back into the room and I prepared myself for her inevitable wacky and in detail lecture. She sighed and sat on the opposing sofa. 'Okay, this is different. Normally she'd have torn me a new one by now.'
"Why'd you do it Naru? Why did you abandon such a pretty, sweet young lady in favour of watching sports?" She asked gently. 'Is this some kind of new approach to giving me a hard time?' I let her words sink in for a second realizing that, that is exactly what I had done, I had abandoned someone I was supposed to be with in a country that wasn't their own where they didn't even know the language in favour of doing as I wished. How selfish could I get? I hung my head in shame. Yeah, this isn't like me, but I at least have the decency to know when I have screwed up royally, after all confidence can only get you so far.
"I don't know." I muttered.
"Some advice Naru, think before you act. Also, I think you know what you have to do now." She looked at me with a knowing gaze. 'Man, way to guilt trip someone!' I nodded solemnly. I didn't particularly want to do the task that lay ahead of me, but I knew it was only right. I must apologize to Mai.
"Would you like me to bring her to you or will you go to her?" Madoka asked. I thought about it for a moment before swallowing a bit more of my pride and standing, ready to make my way to the kitchen and the gaggle of girls occupying it.
"Good choice." Madoka murmured from behind me as I exited the room.
Kit/Gene's POV
The miko was really going all out with her lesson.
"…and then you gently push the lady's chair into the table until she is a comfortable distance away from it so she may eat, but also exit if necessary. Are you making notes of this?" She asked as she continued her explanation of proper gentlemanly etiquette at a restaurant. She had given me a pad and pen and ordered me to take notes before she started. So far we'd been through good manners, or what she considered good manners, in places like a park, a bar, at work, even at home! I nodded, listening with boredom as she continued on with her speech on what I should apparently be doing next at her fictitious restaurant. I don't know about this woman, but Nolie would never go for any of this stuff. I stifled a yawn as Ayako dragged me through a description of how to eat spaghetti.
"…then you lightly twirl the fork until the spaghetti is fully secure." She explained.
"Really? And here was me thinking you picked it up with your fingers and threw it at people." I replied flippantly, finally having had enough of her dumb lecture.
"Don't get smart with me you Little Punk! I may not be able to say these things to your brother, but I am certainly able to say them to you without fear of reprimand. Both of you need to smarten up your attitudes towards others or one day you will both find yourselves alone when you need help the most. People are not toys and they are certainly not your brother's work slaves. What you did to poor Nolie disgusts me! Abandoning her in the middle of a date…"
"It wasn't a date." I denied.
"I don't care! You abandoned a sweet, vulnerable young woman in favour of being an idiot! Now, get your arse in that kitchen and apologize to her before I take away your reason for being a man." She threatened. 'Holy crap, that monk was right! She is scary!'
Subtly protecting my family jewels, I stood and made my way out of the door, the miko's glare boring into my back as I went. I got to the kitchen just as Noll did. He didn't look particularly scared, just ashamed. We knocked on the door of the kitchen and it was opened by a still angry looking Louise. I cleared my throat to speak when Noll spoke.
"I'm here to see Mai; I have something I need to say to her." Louise's face softened a little and she allowed him entry. I made to go after him when she blocked my path.
"I don't know where you think you're going as I haven't heard a reason why you want to come in here and you don't look particularly sorry to me." She said. I heard Noll behind her saying to Mai how sorry he was for his rude behaviour and asking her to forgive him. I sighed.
"Lou, please, I just want to talk to Nolie and tell her how wrong I was about this entire day." I said pleadingly to my younger sister. She seemed to think about it for second before shifting out of my way so I could enter. Mai was glaring at Noll although it looked to me like his words of apology had, had some effect on her. I braced myself and turned to my own girlfriend. Nolie did not look pleased to see me.
"What do you want?" She demanded. I took a breath, looked at her and said the words that I hoped would make everything a bit better between us.
"Nolie, I'm sorry."
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