The Thing With Hajimes
Keith: and I was thinking we wouldn't have to worry about the next chapter until next week...
Me: =D sorry! I'm in a good productive mood right now and I was encouraged by BrisingrBoy to update soon!
Karrie: O.O what's the trophy that's in the back for?
Me: It's for FriendlyKitty, I'll tell you why in just a bit. KELLYN! KEITH!
Kellyn & Keith: what?
Me: bring the trophy in the room
*the two boys go get the trophy while grumbling and come back with a nice shiny golden trophy*
Kate: what's that for?
Me: It's for FriendlyKitty. The award for coming up with the set of questions that so far have been the hardest and most difficult to figure out the answers would be.
Karrie: *looks at the questions we have so far* yeah, she definitely deserves that award. That set of questions is going to be a challenge to answer.
Keith: uh oh, the genius agrees with the authoress, we're in deep trouble.
Me: It's not hard, it just requires a lot of thought and effort to answer. That's why she gets an award. She came up with very good questions that I was not expecting to get at all. The other two whom have submitted questions submitted good questions as well.
Karrie: Well, we have what? 5-6 questions so far?
Me: roughly...yeah
Keith: will I have difficulty answering questions?
Me: Most likely not. If you wander into the Dragon Ball GT building and anger somebody again and get sent flying into the main building through a wall causing you to have a concussion, then yeah, you will.
Kellyn: You're hiding something...you're acting way too happy
Me: BrisingrBoy finally uploaded a new chapter to his story!
Kate: Ooh, that's that story that I have two sisters, one younger and one my twin?
Keith: I guess Dark's happy in a way...
Me: Meh, I don't know about that. I haven't had ninja stars chucked at me yet though.
Kellyn: I'm not going to ask
Me: Good
Karrie: People, keep on sending in questions! Kellyn, do the disclaimer! Ash, start the chapter!
Me: Who put you in charge?
Kellyn: Why am I always the one stuck with the disclaimer job?
Keith: Isn't it Ash's job to boss us around?
Kate: O.O She's turning into Ash's twin!
Kellyn: ah crap! One sister is enough as it is!
Me: Karrie is supposed to share many of her traits with me. =D
Karrie: We're going to get cut off soon
Me: Why?
Karrie: Hannah and Dark are doing a ninja double team on Midnight.
Keith: And this concerns us how?
Karrie: They have their ninja swords out and are by the cords that plug into the equipment for the backstage commentary.
Me: Ah crap! I knew I should have taken their swords away!
Kellyn: give me that samurai sword that's going to mine for that samurai, ninja, knight, royalty story you're planning and I'll go after them. BUT Keith has to do the disclaimer
Keith: WHAT?
Me: Fair enough. *hands him a nice shinny samurai sword*
Keith: do I get a sword?
Me: No -.-
Kate: Keith, DISCLAIMER!
Keith: pokelover0ash does not own pokemon, ninjas, or samurais
Karrie: GO KELLYN!
Me: Ah man, that's going to leave a mess. I forgot I could stop them *lifts finger and Dark, Midnight, Hannah, and Kellyn separate. Swords disappear, Dark & Hannah are sent back to the OC room and Midnight is sent back to be part of BrisingrBoy's cast*
Kellyn: Well, at least I didn't have to do the disclaimer this chapter =D
Keith: =(
Chapter 29: Happy Birthday Keith!
Keith rolled over to shut off his annoying alarm. Despite it being his birthday, he was too tired to spend it at this rate. If there was a top 5 for the most annoying week ever you had to spend, the week in which he was the same age as Karrie would be around first place.
Rhythmi and Isaac wouldn't quit teasing him. Karrie had wanted to what seemed like a billion different activities. He enjoyed spending time with Karrie, it's just that the activities they ended up doing (like exploring and going to new places) were exhausting, especially since it seems as though Karrie always has plenty of energy. It was more the most exhausting week than the most annoying week now that he thought about it.
"Yo! Keith, wake up!" said Todd as he tried to wake Keith up. Keith was fast asleep and Keith sleeps like a log. "He's not waking up."
"Did you try pulling covers?" asked Isaac.
"Yeah, he still didn't wake up." replied Todd.
"Rhythmi's not going to be happy." said Isaac.
"Karrie's going to be disappointed, she made him breakfast this morning though I'm not suppose to tell him nor Rhythmi that." replied Todd.
"That gives me an idea." said Isaac.
"What gave you an idea? Breakfast? Rhythmi? Or possibly Karrie?" asked Todd.
"Karrie." replied Isaac with a slight smirk.
"Ah, I think I know what the plan is." said Todd with a huge grin. "Oh Keith." He turned to the sleeping redhead. "Karrie says she wants to meet you in private." Keith responded by shifting in his sleep.
"You need to say something more provoking, Todd." replied Isaac.
"Oh, and you have a better way of provoking him with this idea of yours?" asked Todd.
"Yes I do." replied Isaac. "Now this is pay back time for all the times he pulled a prank on me." Isaac turned to face Keith. "Keith, Karrie's here. She says that she wants to give you a kiss for your birthday. A real one, full on the lips. Maybe finally you'll be able to say that you actually made out with some one."
"WHAT?" shouted Keith as he shot up from his sleeping position while his face turned bright red from blush.
"Isaac, for a boy genius, you have a pretty perverted mind." said Todd.
"I blame my Uncle Hayden for dirtying my mind." replied Isaac.
"Wha-what did you say about Karrie Isaac?" asked Keith, wanting to know if he heard the blonde boy genius correctly. Isaac smiled.
"So now we have a method of waking Keith up." said Isaac.
"What do you mean? Answer me! Is Karrie really here?" asked Keith as he frantically looked around to see if Karrie was there.
"Chill Keith, she's not really here. Isaac came up with awesome way to wake you up." replied Todd who was trying hold back fits of laughter.
"But I'm sure we can ask Karrie to come in to see you," said Isaac with a smile. "she would be naive enough to do that." Keith blushed.
"Well, seeing how making you believe that Karrie wants to kiss you woke you up with your face all red from blushing furiously, we can assume you really have it bad for Karrie." said Todd.
"I DO NOT!" protested Keith while turning bright red. They then heard a knock on the door.
"Hurry up boys!" shouted Kate. "Rhythmi and Karrie are just about ready to come over, break down the door, carry you guys out, and then who knows what they would do next...except for Keith probably." The boys paled. An angry Rhythmi was bad enough on its own, an angry Karrie was already scary enough by itself, and put the two together, I shiver at the thought. After Keith got changed, the boys bolted out of the room and left Kate to eat their dust. "Yeah, geez thanks." Kate then walked to the cafeteria.
Keith was in awe of all the pancakes that were stack at his table space. In addition to all the pancakes, there were bacon, sausage, and eggs, all made possible by Karrie with a little help from Rhythmi, Kate, Laurie, Janice, and the lunch ladies.
Keith being Keith, he he ate all the pancakes, sausages, bacon, and eggs in less than an hour.
"You eat like a pig," said Kate.
"Whatever," replied Keith and then he burped. "Ah, that was good!"
"Gross," said Rhythmi.
"Thanks Karrie!" said Keith while ignoring Rhythmi. Karrie blushed.
"Um, how did you know she made your meal?" asked Laurie.
"I heard Todd talking about it with Isaac while I was two thirds asleep." replied Keith. Laurie glared at Todd.
"Hey! How was I supposed to know he would hear me?" asked Todd in defense.
"So Karrie, what did you get Keith?" asked Rhythmi. Karrie blushed.
"It's a secret." replied Karrie.
"Are you going to give him a real kiss for his birthday?" asked Laurie. Keith and Karrie turned bright red.
"N-n-no! Of course not!" replied Karrie.
"Let's do the closet game tonight!" exclaimed Rhythmi.
"The one where someone goes in a closet and pulls someone else in with them and they supposedly 'have' to make out or something for ten or more minutes?" asked Keith.
"Yep!" replied Rhythmi.
"I believe that's called Seventh Heaven." said Kate.
"We're not doing that!" replied Keith while blushing hard.
"Spin the bottle?" asked Rhythmi innocently.
"No." replied Keith.
"Please?" asked Rhythmi with pleading eyes.
"No." replied Keith. And this went on for a half hour.
"Fine." said Rhythmi and then she turned to Karrie. "Karrie, would you like to play spin the bottle tonight?"
"No." replied Karrie and Keith laughed at the sight of the rejection in Rhythmi's face. Rhythmi turned to Keith with great anger and started to point her finger at him.
"I wouldn't be laughing Keith." said Rhythmi and Keith stop laughing as soon as he saw anger radiate out of Rhythmi. "You two will kiss, mark my words, you will kiss. Even if it means an intervention, you two will kiss." She got up and walked away, leaving Keith feel like he either just got cursed or had a prophecy told to him, heck, it could be both.
"Okay, awkward silence." said Todd to break the very awkward silence.
"Isaac, why don't you go and calm Rhythmi down before we have Keith open presents?" asked Kate. Isaac got up and went over to see his girlfriend.
"Why is that everyone seems to want to see us kiss?" asked Keith to himself out loud.
"Because you two belong with each other, it's extremely obvious that you two really like each other, and you two would make a perfect couple," replied Kate. Karrie and Keith started to blush hard.
"We don't like each other...not that way." replied Keith and Karrie simultaneously.
"Speaking of kisses, why haven't I gotten one in a long while?" asked Todd making Laurie turn bright red.
"Sh-sh-shut up." replied Laurie. She turned away quickly leaving Todd, Keith, Karrie, and Kate puzzled.
"Laurie?" asked Todd. Laurie clenched her fists out of nervousness and then turn to him. She suddenly kissed on the lips. Though surprised, Todd kissed back. They realized they had an audience and quickly pulled away. Both of them were blushing, Laurie was blushing more though.
"I was, I was going to wait until we had some more privacy and some more time." replied Laurie.
"Thank you for being so considerate," said Karrie.
"Don't worry, I believe we all have seen a kiss and/or have had a kiss before." said Kate making Keith and Karrie blush.
"Um, don't we have some opening presents to do?" asked Keith who was desperate to get out of the awkward conversation.
"Yeah," replied Karrie. "You do."
"RHYTHMI! ISAAC! We're going to get ready for Keith to open presents!" shouted Kate.
"OKAY!" Rhythmi shouted back.
Soon they had all gathered in the lounge. Keith was surprised that everyone had a present for him, even Isaac.
"Even you Isaac?" asked Keith.
"Yes," replied Isaac with a sigh.
"It was either get you a decent present or receive the silent treatment from Rhythmi and be hung from a 100 foot pole by Karrie." said Kate. Keith laughed.
"Seeing Isaac dangling 100 feet in the air from a pole would make a great present." replied Keith.
"Keith!" scolded Rhythmi.
"Present time!" shouted Laurie as she tried to break the tension that was forming between Isaac, Keith, and even Karrie.
"Here." said Rhythmi as she handed him a small package.
"If this is makeup Rhythmi, I'm going to kill you." replied Keith and then he began to open the present. It was a book that said Are You In Love?: Know The Signs & What To Do. "What the heck?" He read the author's name: Annabelle Note. "Oh, I forgot your mother is a psychiatrist who is well known for he love advice in Hoenn. But still, did you have to get me one of her books?"
"You need and you know it." replied Rhythmi with a smile. Keith looked at her and rolled his eyes. He did not need a stupid book that is all about stupid love advice.
"Here you go Keith," said Laurie, obviously trying to change the topic before the conversation went too far out of hand. Keith took the package Laurie handed him and opened it. It was what looked like a...a somewhat complicated small machine.
"Cool!" replied Keith. "What is it?" Kate, Rhythmi, Todd, and even Karrie started laughing.
"It's a special state-of-the-art GPS with protective covering and emergency communication device." replied Laurie.
"Oh, that makes a whole lot more sense." replied Keith.
"Here you go Keith," said Todd as he tossed a package to Keith. Keith caught it.
"Thanks." replied Keith. He opened it up and found that it was a...laser pointer? "Ah, is this some kind of joke?"
"It's a laser pointer, you dummy." replied Todd with a smile. "With a second function that enables you to turn into a laser cutter." Keith mouth the words 'oh.' Then he got hit the head with a box thrown by Isaac.
"Dude! Really?" asked Keith.
"Yeah, really." replied Isaac with a smile. Keith glared at him but then opened the present. It was a sock monkey.
"Oh wow. Just what I wanted for my fifteenth birthday, a sock monkey." said Keith sarcastically.
"You're welcome," replied Isaac.
"Ahem, you have two more presents to open." said Kate.
"Right," replied Keith.
"H-here Keith," said Karrie while blushing. She handed him a small box wrapped neatly in pretty paper.
"Thanks Karrie," replied Keith as he accepted his gift from Karrie. He opened it to reveal some thing he least expected. "No way!"
"What?" asked Laurie and Todd.
"What is it?" asked Rhythmi.
"It's an I-Phone Touch!" replied Keith.
"WHAT?" asked Rhythmi, Laurie, Isaac, and Todd. Kate sat there with a smug look on her face that gave away that she knew Karrie got him that the whole time. Karrie was looking down trying to hide her bright red face.
"Oh cool! It comes with headphones!" exclaimed Keith. "Oh! And even an I-Tunes gift card!"
"Do you like it?" asked Karrie nervously. Keith stopped and looked at her. Soon his arms were embracing Karrie in a hug.
"Best birthday present I ever got. I love it." replied Keith. "Thank you Karrie." Karrie kept on turning deeper shades of red.
"Y-Y-You're welcome," said Karrie and then she smiled. "I'm glad you like it."
"Aw," replied Rhythmi. Keith turned bright red and then released Karrie from his embrace. The ever growing silence was ended when Kate chucked her present at Keith's head.
"OW!" shouted Keith.
"Sorry, I had to do something to get your attention," replied Kate. "Open it, it's not much but..." Keith opened the present and was amazed that Kate had gotten him Green Day and Nickleback CDs. Two of each.
"Green Day and Nickleback! How did you know I liked these bands?" asked Keith.
"It was a guess." replied Kate with a shrug. "Kellyn likes Green Day and Nickleback so I figured that most boys do like those two bands."
"Thank you Kate." said Keith.
"You're welcome Keith," replied Kate.
"Keith, can you hug Karrie again so I can take a picture?" asked Rhythmi. Keith blushed.
"No." replied Keith.
~the end of chapter~
Me: Sadly, seeing Isaac get hung on a 10 foot pole or maybe even a 100 foot pole would be somewhat amusing.
Keith: Man, why did my present to Karrie have to suck compared to what she got me?
Me: It was a suggestion
Kellyn: What are the plate of cookies, brownies, and other delectable delights for?
Me: BrisingrBoy, PrincessofDestiny14, FriendlyKitty, celegal1, alkizor, xXlunar-moonstoneXx, and Hawkpaw44
Kate: Why?
Me: They're all people who have submitted at least one review for this story.
Karrie: you keep track of that?
Me: no, but I did go over a look at this stories reviews to see who has submitted at least one review to make sure I got every body.
Kellyn: 30 reviews and 7 reviewers
Keith: 30 reviews, 7 reviewers, and 28 chapters
Karrie: O.o why? Why must you two share data randomly?
Me: Well, hopefully people will submit more questions and remember to review
Kate: That reminds me, you had said you had an idea to create a few polls to see who is everyone's favorite TTWH character
Me: I'm doing that after more characters get introduced
Karrie: I am curious though, who is their favorite character in this story?
Me: that's enough of that for now
Kellyn: please keep on submitting questions and please continue to review