The Thing With Hajimes
Me: YAY! I'm very motivated!
Karrie: YAY! No more bored authoress!
Me: nah, I'm still kind of bored. Bored and motivated are two completely different things. I'm running out of stories to read. -_-" my ability of being a fast reader sadly has its down sides
Karrie: aw
Kellyn: Chapter 31!
Me: CELEBRATE YEAH!
Keith: yet we're still in school...
Me: shut up, I'm actually close to getting you guys through the rest of Sophmore year, Junior year, and then Senior year
Kellyn: shall I get the big celebratory cake?
Keith: cake?
Karrie: each character gets a piece and each person who has reviewed in the past (and now) gets a piece too!
Me: PARTY! *shoots out confetti*
Karrie: WOO HOO! *shoots out confetti*
Kate: hehe *shoots out confetti*
Kellyn: oh, why not? *shoots out confetti*
Keith: fine *shoots out confetti then looks at the script* what the heck? This! *shows paper* has nothing to celebrate about!
Karrie: since when did you become a party pooper? I thought that was Kellyn's job
Kellyn: hey!
Kate: let's start the chapter before Karrie insults Kellyn and Keith further
Me: agreed
Kate: pokelover0ash does not own pokemon
Chapter 31: Something's Off
Karrie's P.O.V.
Kate, Laurie, and Rhythmi were trying to get me out of bed. I was tired. My parents HAD to call for a mental family meeting at midnight. Getting scolded by your parents mentally wasn't fun either.
~Flashback~
After closing my eyes and making it seem like sleeping, I partially separated the mind from the body. I drifted of to the family meeting place. The room was dark like always and I quickly found the big oak table. I took my seat a patiently waited until it was time. Okay, after a while I started to impatiently tap the table with my fingers.
"Someone's impatient." someone said. I turned to see Kellyn come forward and take his seat.
"Hmph." I replied. Kiwi soon joined us with her fits of giggles. I swear she has more energy than me when I'm in a really happy mood.
"Wonder what they called us here for." said Kellyn.
"~The bad guys, Kate, school, Kellyn, and Karrie." replied Kiwi in a singsong voice.
"What did I do?" I asked.
"Well, you are the one who's bonded with the antisocial dragon." Kellyn replied. I bared my teeth at him and somewhat soft growl escape my throat.
"Shut up, bird brain." I replied.
"Make me, dragon breath." he replied.
"Enough!" boomed a male voice. We all froze. We knew that voice. It was Dad.
"Kellyn, we've discussed this before, do not provoke her nor the Great Dragon." said a gentle yet stern female voice. It was Mom.
"And she can provoke me and the Great Bird of Ice? That's not fair." replied Kellyn.
"Actually, since you and the Great Bird of Ice have a lot more control of your wild sides, it is fair enough." replied Dad.
"Enough, this is not why we called for a family meeting." said Mom.
"The organization that has formed from the successors of the ones who used to hunt our Hajime ancestors down in the past has been picking up more activity." said Dad. This is really, really bad news.
"Do any of you have anything to report regarding suspicious characters?" asked Mom.
"There's a teacher who could be deemed suspicious, though I doubt he is part of the Organization since he really didn't seem interested in my last name." I replied. The teacher was Mr. Kincaid. What? She asked about suspicious characters!
"I got nothing." Kellyn replied. I kicked his leg. Yeah right, how about the suspicious guys he almost had a run in with at the age of eight? "Ow."
"Try that again. Or have you forgotten what you told me yesterday bird brain?" I asked.
"Karrie, don't call him bird brain." my mom chided me.
"Oh yeah, back when I was eight..." Kellyn replied and then told the whole story. I kicked him again. He sighed and reluctantly told our parents about Kate and how somehow she was able to receive and send telepathic communication waves (messages).
"Hmm, Hitomis did used to coexist side by side with Hajimes though the two families never mixed surprisingly." replied Dad. Okay, so Kellyn didn't seem to be getting into as much trouble as I thought. "But you entrusted her a piece of the Hajime family secret. She could be targeted for that as well as the fact that she is extremely close to you, Kellyn." Kellyn looked down at the table. "It is now your responsibility to make sure that she does not fall into the hands of the Organization. Karrie, since you are bonded with the Great Dragon and therefore the Legendary Hajime, you will help him."
"Say what?" I exclaimed. This was Kellyn's mess, not mine! Why do I have to help fix it?
"Oh, and Karrie, Kiwi informed me that there is a certain boy that you hold feelings for." said Mom. I blushed. "Be careful." Kellyn smirked. "And that goes for you too mister! You are the one who broke the rules." Kellyn sank back into his chair while blushing. "I really don't think we need to worry about you giving out the family secret, Karrie, since the Legendary you have bonded with is known for being antisocial and not easily giving trust to others." I nodded but then the guilt of keeping secrets from Keith and the rest of my friends arose.
"Mother, Father, would you permit us to tell the telepathic part of the family secret to a select few that are really close to us and we trust them?" I asked nervously. Mom looked at my dad. Dad closed his eyes briefly and then opened them back up.
"The rest of the Hajimes won't like it, but you can admit that you and Kellyn can communicate telepathically with each other. There is one condition, you cannot reveal more than that." Dad replied. I wanted to shout for joy. One less secret to bear. "But then again, I don't want you to mention it nor hint it unless something eventful happens that may require you to do so or if Kate tells them."
"Thank you." I said quietly. So basically, Kate will have to spill the beans which I doubt she will any time soon.
"Ahem, Kellyn, your mother and I wish to speak with you privately after this family meeting comes to a close." said Dad. Kellyn nodded
"Karrie, I hope you haven't made a scene with any anger issues. That would arouse suspicion very fast." said Mom. I nodded. Yeah, I didn't exactly have the best of control over my 'special gifts.' I did have a lot to leash though.
"A suggestion would be not to follow Kellyn's example. Thanks to his lack of control of feelings, we have quite a mess to clean up." Dad said. I kinda felt bad for Kellyn. He DID have control, it just so happened that his control slipped. I know Dad and Mom have slipped at least once in their lives...
~end of flashback~
"Karrie!" shouted Kate.
"I'm going to go get Keith if you don't come out of bed now!" shouted Rhythmi. I debated whether or not Rhythmi would follow through with her threat. Yeah, she would, she's Rhythmi. Now whether or not I really cared was something I wasn't too sure about. I put my pillow over my head. It was worth the risk.
Or so I thought. I hadn't expected Keith to actually climb up to me to try to wake me up. Keith being Keith, his method just had to be poking me until I answered.
"Karrie, Karrie, Karrie, Karrie, Karrie," Keith continued to say. I tried to block it out. If it had been Kellyn, I would have kicked him and have sent him flying across the room, but this was Keith. I felt him take the pillow off my head. "~Oh Care Bear." I felt myself turn bright red. Then I felt his finger poking my cheek. I whacked his hand away. I turned to face him to check whether or not he was in my bed or somehow managed to be stretching enough to poke me.
Luckily for him, he wasn't in my bed. I would have freaked and he would have hit a wall.
"What's up with you Care Bear?" Keith asked. Again with the nickname! Despite being annoyed at him, I still managed to blush! "Usually they don't have trouble getting you up."
"Tired." I replied. Keith looked at me and then attempted to fix a stray hair on my bangs.
"Trouble sleeping again?" he asked. I smiled. He had no idea.
"A little." I replied.
"Aw," I heard Kate, Rhythmi, and Laurie coo. Keith and I immediately blushed.
"Um, you better get ready, class is going to start soon." Keith said awkwardly.
"Yeah," I replied. Keith climbed down and exited the girls' dorm room. I then got out of bed and went to go get changed.
"I told you I'd get him." Rhythmi said with a smile.
"I knew you would, I just didn't expect him to climb up." I replied.
Keith's P.O.V.
As I walked out of the girls' room, I couldn't help but have this feeling that Karrie not wanting to get out of bed was not going to be the only thing gone wrong today. Call it a gut feeling but something was off. Speaking of off, why did I give Karrie a nickname?
'Care Bear.'
I smiled. The name suited her more than any one could ever know. Go figure that I had come up with it at that moment. Well, calling her Care Bear did get her attention.
"Hey Keith! We need your help waking up Isaac!" shouted Todd. I groaned. What was I, the official person to wake up geniuses?
"Pour ice cold water on him, that will wake him." I replied with a smile.
'Pay back time Isaac...but why is it that both Isaac and Karrie want to sleep in today?'
'Maybe they were doing something together late last night?' A shot of anger and jealously shot through me. Then a small reminder popped into my head. Karrie seemed to be afraid of Isaac. I smiled. Nothing to worry about.
Soon Karrie, Kate, Laurie, and Rhythmi came out and a yelp could be heard from the boys' dorm. I grinned, Isaac just got a wake up call that he deserved.
"What did you do?" asked Kate.
"Nothing, I just gave the idea." I replied. I got looks from them that clearly said that they knew they didn't want to know. "Shall I escort you fine young ladies to class?"
"Since when did you become a gentleman?" asked Rhythmi.
"Since I was born," I replied. Rhythmi snorted.
"I'm going to wait for Todd, you guys go ahead." said Laurie.
"Okay, if you say so." replied Karrie. Together we went to our class with Ms. April.
Class went on like it normally did, maybe all my previous worrying was in vain and my gut instinct was wrong. After an hour or so I started to here a low ringing noise, it was rather annoying. I looked at Karrie to see if she noticed the sound. I found her rubbing her head as if she was getting a headache. Something was wrong, Karrie Hajime does not get headaches from Ms. April's lectures. Then again, she never did seem to get a headache while she was here.
The ringing got louder and louder. I glanced at Karrie, she was definitely trying to block out the sound without seeming rude. I checked on Kate, she was rubbing her head like Karrie had been doing. Finally, Ms. April stopped mid-lecture.
"What is that noise?" she asked.
~end of chapter~
Keith: ~Care Bear
Me: -_- I did want to spell the nick name Kare Bear but I decided that would look weird.
Kellyn: *hiding in depression corner* ….
Kate: what's wrong with Kellyn?
Karrie: wow, he must have gotten quite a lecture in private by Mom and Dad
Kellyn: you have no idea
Keith: *throws confetti in the air* okay, the atmosphere is too depressing! I must change it! We're supposed to eat cake and ice cream and celebrate!
Me: =D and don't forget cookies, Reese Peanut Butter Cups, and Junior Mints!
Karrie: AND PRESENTS!
Kate: it's not a birthday party Karrie
Karrie: =(
Keith: *puts on Dynamite by Taio Cruiz* =D
Me: you really like that song, don't you?
Keith: maybe
Kate: Review!