The Thing With Hajimes
Me: The poll is officially closed
Karrie: Kellyn, Kate, and Ben are all tied for first place
Kellyn: at least I'm I first place
Kate: yeah =D
Ben: I want to thank all my fans
Me: O.o
Karrie: O.O well, um, Laurie, Summer, Solana, and I are all tied for second place.
Ben: Ha ha! Summer, I beat you! =P
Summer: T.T Ben, you have 15 seconds to change the attitude before I cream you
Ben: I ah...*looks at Summer and sees that she's serious* I'll be good
Keith: Ash, why has it been so long?
Me: ^_^" I had trouble thinking of what to put in the next chapter
Karrie: T.T you also made a new poll
Me: well, I'm curious to see which OC is their favorite
Keith: Karrie
Me & Karrie: ?
Keith: *blushes* uh my favorite OC
All the girls except for Karrie: aw, that's so cute!
Karrie: *blushes*
Kellyn: O.o
Kate: ^.^ pokelover0ash does not own pokemon
Nathan: Moon! I want to go that way!
Moon: But I got to go pee!
Me: XD now this just keeps on getting better and better!
Kellyn: T.T you just like torturing him, don't you?
Me: maybe
Keith: Munchlax, hand me the popcorn
Muchlax: *hands Kellyn the popcorn instead* =P
Kellyn: What the heck?
Me: aw, thanks Kellyn and Munchlax! I was just going to get some popcorn! *takes the popcorn from Kellyn and starts eating it while watching Nathan and Moon argue*
Moon: Nathan! I'm not kidding! I really have to go!
Nathan: There's no way I'm going in the bathroom with you!
Moon: Then how the heck am I supposed to go in with my hand stuck to yours?
Nathan: um, use a tree?
Moon: *whacks Nathan* I'm a girl not a boy
Topaz: man is this amusing *eats popcorn*
Kellyn: START THE CHAPTER ALREADY! AND NATHAN, JUST LET HER GO TO THE BATHROOM!
Me: aw, ok
Nathan: but- *receives glare from Kellyn* fine
Moon: Thank you Kellyn! *drags Nathan off*
Chapter 38: Summer at a Dojo
"We get to go to a dojo this summer!" exclaimed Karrie as she jumped up and down with great excitement.
"That's not exciting at all, why can't we go to a beach?" asked Rhythmi.
"Hey Karrie, according to the brochure, the dojo is own by a Hajime." said Kate while ignoring Rhythmi.
"Out of all the dojos in the world, they had to pick that one? I have a feeling this has to do with my dad's meddling." replied Karrie.
"Is it bad?" asked Keith.
"Not at all." replied Karrie. "In fact, it's considered to be one of the best, if not the best. I'm pretty sure its Uncle Rex who owns it."
"Does that mean we get to meet a family member that's not your brother?" asked Keith.
"Well, Ben has met Zenya who is actually my cousin, her parents are Uncle James and Aunt Mary-Ann. Meiko might be at the dojo, we may see Lyra and Kenny if they are not in school, and I think Kyoteru and his family is still traveling. Technically Uncle Rex is my dad's cousin versus Uncle James being my dad's younger brother." replied Karrie.
"Exactly how many relatives do you have?" asked Keith as he sweat dropped.
"Um," started Karrie as she stopped to think. After a good five minutes or so, she gave up. "I really don't know exactly how many, there are so many."
"So, are all of you going to participate?" asked Laurie.
"Of course!" replied Keith and Karrie.
"It's worth a shot." replied Kate with a shrug.
"Don't count on it." replied Isaac and Rhythmi.
"Hurry, hurry! All Juniors who are becoming Seniors who are going to participate, please assemble in the front yard!" said Mr. Lamont on the loud speaker.
"Let's go, I heard we get to go on a plane!" said Laurie.
At the Dojo entrance
"Now that I think of it, Bruno may be here too." said Karrie thoughtfully. "But that would mean..." She sweat dropped. "Fun..."
"Hm? Karrie?" asked Keith.
"Nothing, just a thought." replied Karrie.
"KARRIE!" shouted a brunette girl with pigtails and a huge white hat as the girl ran and leaped to hug Karrie. Karrie turned around just as the girl coming in for a hug.
"AH!" exclaimed Karrie as she got hug and squeezed.
"Karrie! It's been so long! I've missed you!" said the girl.
"I've missed you too Lyra." replied Karrie though it was clearly visible that Karrie had no clue what to do with the brunette hugging her to death. Keith, Kate, Laurie, and soon Karrie sweat dropped along with Munchlax, Emolga, and Pachirisu. "Um, you can let go now."
"Oh, I'm sorry," said the girl, who Karrie identified as Lyra, and she released Karrie from her hug. "I got so excited that I guess I couldn't control myself."
"It's okay." replied Karrie.
"Who are these people?" asked Lyra as she turned and noticed Keith, Kate, Rhythmi, Isaac, Laurie, and Todd.
"These are my friends," replied Karrie. Lyra looked over Karrie's group of friends in awe and then soon after she went up to them.
"Hi! I'm Lyra Hajime!" said Lyra. "What are your names?"
"Rhythmi Note." replied Rhythmi.
"Isaac Einstein."replied Isaac.
"Laurie Heart." replied Laurie.
"Keith Dazzle." replied Keith.
"Kate Hitomi." replied Kate.
"Todd Bank." replied Todd.
"So you're Kate Hitomi!" exclaimed Lyra.
"Yes." replied Kate.
"There's been talk that you might become the newest member of the Hajime family." said Lyra. Kate blushed.
Lyra. Warned Kellyn and Karrie at the same time mentally.
Sorry. Replied Lyra mentally.
"Well, anyways, why don't you go tell Uncle Rex that the Ranger students have arrived?" asked Karrie.
"Will do!" replied Lyra and she sprinted off towards a house that was attached to the dojo. Karrie let out a sigh.
"And I thought my sister and I were bad when we got excited." said Karrie.
"You have a sister?" asked Rhythmi.
"Yeah, her name's Kiwi." replied Karrie with a nod. "Don't ask why my parents named her after a fruit, I'm still trying to figure out why they decided to name Kellyn, Kellyn."
"We'll be staying in the guest houses, students." said Mr. Kaplan.
"Guest houses?" asked Rhythmi, Kate, Keith, Todd, Laurie, and Isaac.
"They have to have at least five of them, I wouldn't be surprised if there were ten of them." replied Karrie as she walked on with her hands behind her head.
There were six guest houses in total. One of which was used to house the dojo students, another currently housed some important people, another was used by relatives, and what they thought was another dojo was actually the house in which was a Hajime house which meant it was a mansion. All of the guest houses were huge though the main house was much larger.
"You weren't kidding at all when you said your family was rich." said Rhythmi as she collapsed upon one of the guest beds in the room she had been assigned along with Kate, Karrie, and Laurie. Karrie sweat dropped.
"Well, after having so much wealth being passed down through generations, yeah it builds up quite a bit." replied Karrie.
"So, tomorrow," said Kate as she turned to Karrie, "you're introducing us to the rest of them."
"Well, hopefully not everybody in my huge family is here." replied Karrie.
"Are all of them like Lyra?" asked Laurie.
"No," replied Karrie.
"Thank goodness! You looked lost when Lyra hugged you." exclaimed Laurie and Karrie blushed.
"I've never been good at socializing which is the exact opposite of Lyra." replied Karrie.
"Can you tell us about your family? Preferably the ones we'll most likely meet?" asked Kate.
"I could, but I think Kellyn might like it if I let him tell you." replied Karrie.
I don't really care. Said Kellyn mentally to his sister.
Yes you do. Replied Karrie mentally.
No, I don't. Said Kellyn.
Geez, have you forgotten that, since we're close distance wise, we can hear you two argue? Asked Lyra.
Just how many of the family is there? Asked Kellyn who caught on to the we part.
Counting isn't my forte, so I'll say A LOT. Replied Lyra.
Names? Asked Kellyn.
Mom, Dad, Meiko, Kenny, Uncle Travis, Aunt Gwen, Bruno, Gold, Ethan, me, and Jasmine comes and goes. I think we have more people coming. Replied Lyra. I believe Uncle Dan, Aunt Becky, and Kiwi are supposed to come after they somehow get you.
Ah, I see what my parents are trying to do. Said Kellyn.
What? What do you mean? And what are they trying to do? Asked Karrie who was obviously confused by her brother's comment.
And you call me birdbrain. Replied Kellyn with some annoyance. Geez, I guess dragonbreath doesn't have much of a memory.
No offense but, can you save the whole name arguing thing for some other time? Asked Lyra. Every single time...
Sorry. Replied Karrie and Kellyn.
Oh, Kellyn, before I forget... said Lyra.
What is it? Asked Kellyn.
When is Kate becoming a Hajime? Asked Lyra. There was a long pause of silence.
I think he decided to withdraw from the conversation. Said Karrie finally.
Karrie, is Keith the weird ginger boy Kiwi was telling me about? Asked Lyra. Karrie decided to pull a Kellyn and not answer as well as withdraw mentally from the conversation.
"Oh, Kate, Karrie, guess what I overheard." said Rhythmi.
"What?" asked Kate and Karrie.
"Kellyn's school's juniors are coming here tomorrow!" replied Rhythmi.
"YES!" yelled Kate with a girly squeal. Then something dawned on Karrie.
"Laurie, how long are we staying here again?" asked Karrie.
"August 25th," replied Laurie. "Why?" Karrie face palmed herself.
"I should have known, that something was up." said Karrie.
"What do you mean?" asked Kate, Laurie, and Rhythmi.
"On my birthday I turn 16," replied Karrie.
"Oh yeah," said Rhythmi, Kate, and Laurie as if they had forgotten that Karrie was a year younger than them, either that or they forgot that her birthday was coming up.
"Wait, what does that have to do with anything?" asked Kate.
"I always hated when they they would go all out for everyone's birthdays so after a while, I would never let them organize such a big event for me." replied Karrie. "I just barely got out of them going all out for my 10th birthday. Now my sweet sixteen...Oh gosh, why can't I have a normal family?"
"I did wonder why you always would stress that you didn't want us to get you anything for your birthday." said Laurie.
"Wow, sounds like it will be quite an event!" exclaimed Rhythmi.
"I don't recall Kellyn ever having that problem." said Kate.
Actually, I almost did but then Karrie was born and some other cousins so I wasn't the main attraction any more. Said Kellyn.
Actually, they used to spoil you rotten by getting you out of school for most of May just so that you could go visit them since they were out of region. Replied Karrie.
Christmas was the best, with all those presents. Said Kellyn.
Christmas and the dances were always suffocating. Replied Karrie.
"Well, instead of parties and nearly suffocating affection, Kellyn gets tormented by all the talk about him and his girlfriend, a.k.a. Kate," replied Karrie.
"What kind of talk?" asked Rhythmi.
"Mostly about Kate, but there has been some talk that Kate will become a Hajime." replied Karrie. Kate blushed and Karrie turned to her. "Kate, just to warn you, most of my family, if not all, will problem want to meet you since you're Kellyn's girlfriend."
Not only the girlfriend part but the fact that she's under Hajime protection from now on. Added Karrie mentally but she was careful that only Kellyn could hear it.
Don't forget that Keith, Rhythmi, Isaac, Laurie, and Todd could be placed fully under Hajime protection. Kellyn reminded Karrie.
Crawford, Elaine, Luana, and Barlow as well as Ms. April and Mr. Lamont. Added Karrie mindfully.
What a mess things are turning out to be. Exclaimed Kellyn.
I'd blame you for starting it, but... started Karrie.
But what? Asked Kellyn.
I have a feeling that the time that the legendary battle is coming sooner than some would like. Replied Karrie.
I don't like admitting this but, I know you're right. Said Kellyn. I just hate how fate can be sealed for us like that, especially you. A pattern that has to be broken. I don't want to lose you like our ancestors lost the first, and last, Legendary Hajime.
I know. Replied Karrie. Thank you, brother, for worrying and caring so much for me.
I love you, sis. Kellyn said.
I love you too, bro. Karrie replied with a smile.
"Alright, I'm not asking why you're smiling," said Laurie, "but why warn Kate?"
"She deserves the right to be warned." replied Karrie.
"Let's go to sleep before we get in trouble." said Kate.
"Yeah," replied Rhythmi, Laurie, and Karrie. So the four girls went to bed to awake to a new day in which Kellyn, Ben, and Summer would be arriving.
~end of chapter~
Keith: O.O
Lyra: hehehe
Kellyn: =.= Lyra...
Karrie: so many relatives... _ affection level does not compute
Me: sorry for taking so long. November has been REALLY busy for me lately. Plus, distracted by Fruit Basket...and a couple people bugging me to get a video out. Oh, Jetzul, thank you for the reviews and I do not have two brothers. I have one brother and a number of male cousins. I don't having any sisters, never mind three, so I can't say I feel your pain.
Keith: O.o
Me: oh, and as for the poll, well, please vote
Hannah: I wonder if I scare some people...
Me: Karrie is my favorite OC, mostly because she the one I can really relate to and understand the most, but I respect you the most. Once I write about your past and what not, I believe readers will come to respect you greatly.
Nick: Hannah, you're only scary when you get mad, truly really mad.
Sarah: we love you sweetie! *hugs Hannah* especially Nick, though he won't admit
Nick: …. *blushes and turns bright red*
Topaz: people don't know me nor do they know Garnet, at least not very well so it's explainable that some of the OCs won't get votes.
Me: I am glad that all my OCs all have at least one good trait. Topaz, I'm surprised, you're not bugging Garnet?
Topaz: nah, he and Jewels started having a glaring contest which turned into a competition...I deiced to leave and bug Nathan instead.
Me: oh
Karrie & Keith: O.O
Kate & Kellyn: O.o
Laurie & Todd: ?
Rhythmi & Isaac: why are you making couples do they same thing?
Me: it's fun! ^.^
Keith & Karrie: *blushes* WE'RE NOT A COUPLE!
Me: well, anyways, I need to get this back on track to revolving around Kellyn and Kate again and not Keith and Karrie.
Keith & Karrie: about time
Kellyn: I was starting to wonder if you forgot about me
Kate: you've been making Karrie in the spotlight for a while now.
Me: arigato!I'm so sorry!
Moon:We're back!
Topaz: did he actually go into the bathroom with you?
Moon: only after he realized that his arm wasn't long enough to allow me to reach the sink let alone the...
Me: O.O tmi
Topaz: how was that experience Nathan?
Nathan: *blushes* not one I particularly want to do ever again.
Lyra: Review and vote!