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 Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:42 am
Just as her brother just finished saying his words that Miki turned away, looking at her lap. Her fingers were twiddling with each other again. Nervous and Fidgety. Should she tell him? It’s because I don’t know whether or not to talk to you Oniichan and I want you to be happy?
Sighing to herself, she straightened up and spoke “Gomen. I…was kind of thinking you need some time to think. Or maybe clear your thoughts so…I thought maybe I should try and stay quiet so I wont disturb you.”
Miki soon realized when she remembered what Drizzard said. Kai would probably tell her that she didn’t need to do that if he was uncomfortable so she decided to add more to her sentence “But I did also wanted to clear some things a bit. So basically, I also needed some time to clear my own head…that’s all.” She just hope that her brother will buy her explanation.
Kai frowned a bit, especially at the pause between Miki's statements; it was as though she'd been planning what to say, then had forgotten it, hence the pause. "Hn."
No, that was not the end of it. Kai saw her fidget earlier, which meant for some reason she was nervous. Of course, it didn't stray from his mind that his question had been the cause for the dark-eyed girl's nervousness, but unless Miki told him that was so, he wouldn't acknowledge the possibility.
"...If you're sure that's all, that nothing's bothering you," he went on, reaching across the small space between them and patting his sister's hand reassuringly. "Next time, warn me if you're going to be contemplative," here, he smirked at his own statement; it was a futile attempt to lighten the atmosphere, but oh, well. "It... isn't like you to be so quiet, and I admit I'm not used to it, so..."
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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:28 am
Miki’s sadden a bit even when her brother’s tone seem like he was chuckling. “I’m sorry Oniichan. But sometimes…I am just afraid, you know. I am scared, scared of a bunch of things. Like heights, thunderstorms and the dark when we were little. But, I am really scared of make you mad at me.”
Miki gently enlaced her fingers with Kai’s slightly larger hand “I’m sorry if I worried you awhile ago. It’s just…I don’t want you to be irritated with me or annoyed. I guess…I still held the childhood fear of losing you. Since I was still a bit traumatized of Mom and Dad’s deaths. So…I’m sorry..”. Miki ended her apology with her head dropping to her lap, her gaze focusing the small towel she held on her lap.
"...don't apologize, Miki," Kai said, almost immediately after the girl had stopped speaking; he disliked it when his sister thought she had to apologize for everything, even her actions. "Especially since you're making it look like you're apologizing for being who you are. You shouldn't do that."
Giving Miki's hand a gentle squeeze, the slate-haired teen went on. "And please, don't think that I could get mad at you. I may get disappointed, yes, but never angry." Kai fell silent, fingers still entwined with Miki's, even as he thought over how the conversation had gone, particularly Miki's recent response. The nature of it - the words she used, her tone of voice - made him wonder: was his sister happy with who she was?
"Miki..." he ventured finally, reaching up with his other hand to brush some stray bangs from his twin's face; certainly she wasn't comfortable with them hanging in her eyes like that. "I have to know - and this is important - have you accepted who you are? Because I have."
He didn't know, wasn't sure if that was what Miki needed - reassurance. All her life, she'd been compared to him, he knew. He just wondered to what extent her psyche had been injured, and if so, was reassuring her, as often as needed, the way to help heal her wounded pride?
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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:40 am
Miki looked at her brother’s red orbs. For her, looking at the same eyes, gave her strength. Sometimes, it was a silly thing. But her brother had always been there for her, even if they are miles apart (because her grandfather practically brought her to Russia).
Miki couldn’t think straight anymore, now that her brother’s question rang through her ears. Does she accept herself? Was she content with being the girl, who is afraid of simple things, the girl is physically weak and perhaps, even emotional? She didn’t know. She was never good with answers or decisions.
Countless times, she will ask her brother for help. She felt like she burdened him with her problems. She felt like she was just another weight for him. She felt useless. She was just adding to his problems. She thought she was a problem.
Tears were threatening to fall from her own red eyes and a few manage to fall down freely, trailing down and shaping her cheeks. Kai accepted her for who she was. Maybe…it was already enough. She loved her brother. Her only family was him now. She didn’t think her grandfather was even their relative, considering how many tortures they both encountered with him.
Gently wiping her eyes, she gave a soft smile and gently held her head up high “Arigatou…Oniichan”. Still keeping her smile, she let her head drop and rest on his shoulder. “I was about to say ‘No’ to your question. But, seeing as I remembered…how everyone liked me the way I am. And you…I guess I will…continue being the way I am. Since…I shouldn’t just let Grandfather and a few of his friend’s comments put me down”.
Before she resumed, she gave her brother a brief but tight hug and brightened her smile “I’m fine Oniichan. Thank you…for being here. With me”. And with that, she tightened her hug, and slowly letting her eyes shut.
"That's good to know," Kai replied, even as Miki reached up to hug him, a few tears streaking down her cheeks and leaving shimmering diamond trails where the light hit just right. He wasn't going to ask why she cried. Kai knew crying was just one of his sister's ways of letting her feelings - good or bad - show. As for him, he'd gone quite a long time without crying, it already felt natural not to cry even if he was sad. There had been exceptions to that, yes, but overall, it was what happened. In response to the embrace, the slate-haired blader brought his arms up to enfold the slightly younger girl, once more reassuring her, physically, that he was there.
"And I know you're fine, Miki. You always will be, no matter what you go through..." he whispered, knowing full well that by all means, the ice phoenix wielder was falling asleep again. That is, if the steadily increasing weight of her leaning on him was any indication.
Kai had to smile when he imagined their position. If they didn't have the same hair and facial features, they really would have passed for a couple. He shook his head. One of the examples of situations where appearances definitely weren't everything.
After a few minutes, Kai gently disengaged Miki's hands from around his neck and eased her back onto the bed before standing up. Asleep or not, he didn't want to disturb her, and felt it best to leave the room, if only for a while. This he did, after a brief glance backwards to assure himself that Miki, indeed, was somewhat content at the moment. She was - he could tell from the relaxed, serene look on her face - and, with that small comfort, he went out and closed the door, heading for the living room for the third time that day.
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Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:18 am
Miki felt her arms unravel and she was placed into the bed. Forcing her eyes to open, catching a small glimpse of her brother looking behind her and smiled softly. Knowing he will be outside, she closed her eyes and continued with her slumber.
Kai stretched out on the couch, head resting on one folded arm, staring up at the ceiling (again). Then he took a deep breath... and allowed himself a small chuckle. The black-clad teen found it ironic that he desired silence from other people - or at least, their discernment as to the 'proper' time to talk - and at the same time disliked it when Miki fell silent.
Perhaps 'ironic' wasn't the best term, but it pretty much captured his feelings about what had just happened. At least the matter had now been cleared up - rather, he hoped it had been. But then... if I need the quiet sometimes, who's to say Miki doesn't? he thought as he shifted a bit; his arm was starting to feel a bit cramped.
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Houka glanced around, trying not to look lost as she did so. Of course, she wasn't truly lost; she just had trouble looking for one of the billboards she'd decided to use as a landmark earlier.
I know I saw it near this gameshop here... she thought, checking the building behind her for the billboard; no luck. After a few more minutes, she shrugged, then continued along the sidewalk. She'd spot it sooner or later; the fact that she passed by the same gameshop was a tip-oof that she was headed in the right direction.
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"Man, Kei! You never told us you had this much manga!"
The brunette glanced up from the volume she was reading - the first volume of Broken Angels - and grinned sheepishly. "W-ell... I tend to forget just how much I have, and I don't like mentioning it since it would most likely make me sound like a one-girl bookstore..."
Hiromi was flipping through several volumes of Shaman King. "At least you don't collect just one genre; most collections I've seen are mostly shoujo, rarely mostly shounen. Yours is probably the first I've seen with both."
"You even have some Western ones," Nia added, settling on the swivel chair in front of Kei's computer and starting to leaf through a collector's edition of the compiled Superman biggrin oomsday series.
Again, Kei looked sheepish. "I... don't like having just one genre, I guess; it helps to have some variety, to break the monotony and all."
"Hey! I've been looking for these!" Ruri triumphantly held up three volumes of Free Collars Kingdom "The bookstore I frequent doesn't carry them anymore. Kei, can I bring these home? I'll return them ASAP, I promise. Please?"
Kei had to laugh, just a bit, at her friend's expression. "Even after you read them here? Okay, you can borrow those, but please, take care of them, okay?"
"Yes! Thankyouthankyouthankyou!"
"Ack! Ruri, I still need to breath...!"
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:11 am
Diana finally decided it’s best to leave the two alone to sort things out. Don’t know if anything was wrong but she had a feeling that they got into one of Miki’s self-esteem problems again. Miki always has those sorts of problems. She thinks so little of herself. She and Kai had to remind her over and over that she was a wonderful girl and nothing can change what they think. Knowing that Kai probably was better in comforting his sister, she decided to let him do the talking.
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Kai sighed as he got up from the couch. Several minutes had passed, and he felt... restless. He was sure Miki was asleep, as he'd heard not a peep from the room. The slate-haired teen was torn, really; whenever he felt like this previously, off he'd go for a stroll. He knew, of course, that Miki could take care of herself - if events of that morning were any indication - but he didn't want to leave only to find out later something had happened to her while he was out.
Sighing again, he decided to write a note, then send a telepathic message to Diana - if he could - before goign out. He left the note on the coffee table, weighted down with the television remote, afterwards heading for the door, all the while concentrating on sending the message to Diana.
//Hey, thought you oughta know I'm goin' out for a while; don't worry, Miki's fine. Asleep, though.//
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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:42 pm
Maria laid herself down on her bed after a long hard day of training. Her body was fully exhausted but her mind kept her kept her from dreams still. Keiji and her other team mate had gone to their own places or hotels she didn't care.
All she though about was her feelings for Kai, as she was still curious about his well being and Keiji's sudden change of tone of voice. She had indeed though that if Keiji was boy like he would have been a great catch.
She soon slept soundly forgetting her worries about the tournament.
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:22 am
Diana was about to get her butt of the bed until Kai’s message rang through her ears. Smirking, she thought to herself “Wow, he finally knew how to reply back to me. But it was only possible since I still haven’t taken off the mental lock.” Blinking a few times, she replied back.
MESSAGE:
Sure thing. I will watch over her while you’re gone. Well...even if I am not really looking at her.
END MESSAGE
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//All right...Thanks...//
With that reassurance, Kai went out into the corridor. He took the stairs this time, just for the heck of it. Once he was out of the building, he decided to head west, then see where his feet led him; it was easy for him to find his way back to the apartment complex, anyway.
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"Aha!" Houka said aloud, quickening her pace as she did so. Unless she was mistaken, she'd seen the same billboard ad for some kind of diet soda from the apartment she shared with Diana, which meant she really was on the right track. She turned right at the next corner and, sure enough, she saw the now-familiar awning that shaded the entrance and exit to the apartment complex.
"Well, would you look at that...I wasn't that lost, after all..."
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"Okay, its either we cook tonight, get takeout, or go and have dinner somewhere," Kei was saying as she stretched out on her bed. She'd just taken a call from the househelp, saying that they'd be delayed in coming back. And now she was telling her friends this bit of news, and discussing their options. "Frankly, I'm fine with any of those three, so its basically up to you guys."
"Hmm... we already ate out last night..." Hiromi said thoughtfully. "I wouldn't mind having home-cooked food."
"Same here," Nia acquiesced, looking up briefly from the manga she was reading in order to answer.
"...looks like I'm outvoted..." Ruri said after a while, pretending to look sullen at the thought of not being able to eat fast food. Her companions laughed good-naturedly.
"So... home cooking it is, then." Kei added, getting up from the bed and walking towards her desk. "Anyone want a particular dish or something?"
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:39 am
Miki tossed a bit until she finally rubbed her eyes from sleep. She felt like she was sleeping for so long. But she was really tired. She couldn’t help but try to fall asleep again. This she did and finally her red eyes closed once more to allow herself to get more minutes of peaceful slumber.
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Diana smiled a bit and stretched. She felt like she was turned to stone and couldn’t move for thousands of years. Standing up, she took off for the kitchen to get a mug of milk and drank hastily. Flipping herself for the couch, she turned on the TV and stretched once more. She just got out of bed and here she was, lounging her a** on the couch. Ironic.
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Kai stopped walking for a bit, glancing around to get his bearings. Looks like he was headed for that place again - where he and Takao had first met and battled. Not like anyone was there now; the Blade Sharks had disbanded, so it was just an empty dumpsite and recycling center. Well... empty of people, anyway.
Been a while since I trained in a...less controlled environment..., the slate-haired teen thought as he resumed walking. Might as well, since I'm headed there, anyway... Besides, he wasn't used to not training at least once a day.
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Houka glanced up and down the corridor, trying to make sure that she was on the right floor. The door number seemed right, but she hadn't really paid attention to the floor number when she left the apartment. Oh well... nothing to lose by knocking.... So thinking, the auburn-haired teen raised a hand, and rapped on the door thrice, hoping that she got the right apartment and the right floor, and that Diana was in, as she didn't have the keys on her person.
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"Hmm... if you don't mind, can one of you head for the convenience store on the corner?" Kei asked, not bothering looking up from her 'fridge content-hunting'. "I'm going to need a bottle of olive oil and some parsley; apparently, we ran out of both a few days ago..." Just a few minutes earlier, the group had decided on having pesto. And, as Kei had just said, a few ingredients were missing.
"I'll go, Kei," Nia volunteered cheerfully. "I want to pick up a magazine, anyway."
Kei smiled gratefully as she closed the refridgerator door. "Thanks, Nia. Hang on; lemme get my wallet and give you the money for the foodstuff..."
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:22 am
Miki blinked a couple of times until she finally woke up from her long sleep. Stretching for a moment, she creased the wrinkles from her clothes and went outside to see if her brother was there. And he wasn’t. A small flick of white caught her red eyes and saw a small note weighted by the remote.
Reading it for the moment and finally giving a smile, she decided to prepare dinner while Kai was gone. Folding the paper again and placing it inside her pocket, Miki went to ref to see if she could try and make a new dish to go along with the left over croquette and salad she made last night.
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Diana opened an eye when she heard of the knocking and stubbornly stood up. “If it’s one of those desperate Casanova jerks, they will be sorry they even thought of knocking here” Diana turned the knob and found a familiar auburn-haired girl. “Oh, hey Kurozuki. Amazing you didn’t get lost” Diana smirked.
"Gee, thanks for the concern," Houka replied sarcastically - purely in jest, though. She knew her brunette roommate was like this, and she was getting used to it.
She entered the apartment then settled herself on one of the armchairs. "So... what did you do while you were out? Or was it something private...?" It was understandable that the sea green-eyed teen was curious, as Diana had been out for quite a while.
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...locked? One slate eyebrow raised questioningly. The door to the main building in the depot was never locked; he knew from experience. Once more, Kai jiggled the doorknob. Yup; it was locked.
The phoenix blader sighed. He'd wanted to get some of the stuff he knew was inside in order to make an obstacle course. But he'd have to make do with what was out in the yard. Besides, you never know; the obstacles he could derive from the items outside might just turn out to be more challenging, comparatively...
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Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:23 pm
The organizations of the tournament pre-event has given out the locations of the tournament and also request of presence.
Philippines- Manila
Russia
France-paris
USA-las vegas
Africa -south
The letter said sent via mail though contact information given.
{ Well the tournament is starting decide how to get there and get it on. The countries is just for fun. Tell me how can I not go to God-moding}
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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:06 am
Diana was about to glare until she decided to toy with Houka for the moment and made herself comfortable on the couch “Well if you must know Kurozuki, Kai was indeed a good kisser”.
Houka started, but cautioned herself not to react too quickly. She didn't know if her roommate was serious or not. Still, her voice came out a bit too shocked for her liking. Of course, it was to be expected, one would think. Not many people could say they went out with what was probably the living equivalent of a mannequin and get a kiss from said 'mannequin'
"You went out with Hiwatari... and you kissed?"
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Miki busied herself with taking out the croquettes and salad until she had an idea. Taking out something she didn’t tell her brother she will buy, she took out some ham, ground pepper, butter, 3 eggs and sour cream. She put on the apron once more and starts to prepare. Measuring all the ingredients, she set the oven for 180 degrees and proceeded to mix all of the ingredients in a bowl.
Mixing the mystery item she bought with the mixture, she was glad she thought of separating the egg whites to the yolks before she thought of mixing them. Beating them slightly, she added them to the bowl with a hint of pepper.
Taking out a baking dish, she brushed on butter and carefully placed her mixture. Evening a layer of chopped ham, she placed the rest of the mixture. Carefully placing it inside the heated oven, she sat on the dining table to wait.
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Arms crossed over his chest, Kai surveyed the little obstacle course he'd set up with a critical eye. Would it be enough to challenge his current speed, agility, balance, and strength? A few more run-throughs of the aim of each obstacle told him it would be.
Taking up his position at the starting point of the course, the slate-haired blader raised his launcher in front of him, then pulled on the ripcord. "Go, Dranzer!"
Metallic whirs and flying dust filled the warehouse, but Kai paid no attention. He focused solely on his blade's performance - or tried to. His thoughts kept flitting back to Miki, then Kei alternately. The latter had, by her own admittance, never had formal training in the sport, only a keen sense of observation and the ability to adapt what she gleaned from others into her own playing style. The former was still at something of a crossroads, unsure of herself and her skills even though Kai himself knew these were more than enough. For both, this tournament would be their first.
Of course, he had no doubts about Miki's abilities; with her bright mind and arsenal of skills, his sister was well-equipped for this. Nor did he doubt Kei's skills - as a sacred soul bearer, she was at something of an advantage, being in almost complete control of her beyblade as both blader and bitbeast.
He was more concerned with the fact that both were being targetted by Souichirou's organization. True, Miki had Diana on her team, and he could count on the dark-haired girl to keep an eye on her; meanwhile, Kei was with the Blitzkrieg Boys (how did Yuriy feel about that, he wondered) and he knew that neither of them wanted to see the old goat succeed and so would more or less make sure the sacred soul bearer didn't fall into the old man's hands.
A clang at the far end of the room - one of many within the warehouse - alerted the phoenix blader once more to his surroundings, and he realized that he'd forgotten to time himself. Cursing his momentary inattentiveness, he went to retrieve his blade, then returned to the starting point for another run.
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"You three can use the bath first; I need to check my mail," Kei said, hand resting lightly on the doorknob of her bedroom door. It was after dinner, and the brunette thought it would be nice for her friends to relax a bit in the Japanese-style bath - which she'd shown them earlier. Without another word, the sacred soul bearer entered her room and sat in front of her computer and turned it on.
While waiting, she popped a CD in her player, and soon Amy Lee's haunting voice flew about the room. As soon as the computer had booted up completely, Kei logged into her email account. Amethyst eyes widened when she saw the announcement - that the tournament was starting sooner than she'd anticipated, and that it would involve going to different countries, just like in the previous tournament.
The first thing that entered her head was whether or not Kai knew about this yet. For that matter, did Miki, Diana, and Houka know? Man, hopefully I'll see them tomorrow, so at least they know what's happening...
((Well, since that post is apparently an NPC post, you're not god-modding, Sayka.))
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Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 12:33 pm
did you guys see my last post about sho stoing away to osaka destroying several bey blade courts and won a city tourniment at osaka dome?cuase i can not find it. the first world tourniment round in russia is in moscow right?
making a guilly suit out of a big cloth he found in a back alley. sho sits waiting for the plane going to the philippines get on the strip. the plane was going to a island south of manila's island. a small plane buzzed by sho almost blowing of his rank guilly off. but that quick snap back to reality made him notice the 747 he was waiting for. the plane roared down the way as it accelerated. sho stayed low in a spinting position with the guilly on his back. the plane was 200 feet away when he started runing. the plane caught up in seconds so sho shimied up the front leg of the plane with the last of his suplies with included a detinator, a brick of c-4, five zing bars, 3 vitamin waters, a kunai, four shurikens and some bey blade parts.
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:54 am
{Well that just breaks my heart}
Maria woke up by her cellphone alarm the song she has always liked but now she felt something odd about it. She tried to get up but her body didn't. The training she had was not as intense as the ones she had before. The events of the previous day came back to her along with the words of Keiji. It made her blood boil and she say up.
It was then that she noticed 3 messages on her phone. She checked it and saw the announcement for the tournament. She had no permanent address nor a permanent phone or address so that no one could follow her. All her communication items were provided for her and no one else but the party involved and Boris knew her mission. Since Keiji was close to the boss only he had access to those information.
"The higher ups must already know this. They'll take care of everything as usual. She then changed her clothes.
She wore a short sleeved white plain shirt, red shorts and a long plain white coat that long sleeves was cone like. Her shoes were red short boots with a bit of heels. She wore a red fashionable belt bag which perfectly held all her items passport, wallet cellphone, and beyblade.
Well to pack." She said going to the bathroom and got her newly both hair color. "I'll be needing this" she said putting it into a small red luggage.
She had no other valuable items except what she had on her. Clothes were just something that she buys recently an extra pre-caution whether she would be checked if she had gone to other places. She packed most of her clothes until the luggage was already full.
A world tournament was risky for a girl in her line of work.
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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 5:03 am
Miki smiled as the oven pinged! for her to open it and take out the dish. Blowing the steam, she breathed the aroma and sighed. She still remembered her mother’s recipe for baked rigatoni with sour cream. Miki giggled to herself when her stomach grumbled. She was always a pasta lover. Her big brother never failed to tease her of getting fat when she was little, because she always asked for more after she had thirds.
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Diana was already smirking in her mind and she leaned her arm on the armrest. “Yeah, Kai was good. First, I didn’t know that he will allow me to giving him. Second, he even gave one of his own”. Diana didn’t know but she was slightly emphasizing “Kai”. Hope Houka also caught that she was using his first name now.
The auburn-haired teen found herself slumping back against the armchair's backrest. "And you're on a first-name basis, too..." she half-whispered. Personally, it was a bit of a shock, but then, now that she thought about it, Houka realized that this was just like Kai - and most likely, was typical Diana behavior as well. Both seemed prone to unpredictability, so in truth, the news shouldn't have been that much of a surprise.
"But, all that aside... anything else?" she pressed.
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Kai came upon the apartment complex in a few minutes - he hadn't wandered as far as he'd first thought - then, after a moment's contemplation, deigned to use the 'alternate' route to his and Miki's unit. He remembered how he'd gone after Sayka the time she kidnapped his sister; it was a simple matter to reverse the route. Assuming, of course, that the window to the bedroom was still open.
Nimble as a cat - and true to his prior training in the Abbey - Kai made his way up the support post onto the awning; from there, a few jumps got him across the slight chasm and onto the first branch that formed something of a natural ladder leading towards the upper floors. It was more difficult to mount than a ladder, however, but might as well take what you could get.
In about three minutes, the slate-haired teen was hoisting himself into the bedroom via the window, then dropped to the floor quietly. A whiff of air wafting in from the kitchen told Kai that Miki had been cooking once more, and that reminded him that it was dinnertime. Most days, he tended to pay no attention to such details, but with his twin ever mindful of the time of day - and when to start meal preparations and such - he doubted it would be that way.
Pushing the bedroom door open, he sauntered casually into the living room. "Tadaima, Miki," he said, waiting to see how the blue-haired girl would react to his sudden entrance.
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"And you're leaving...when?" Hiromi asked, an eyebrow cocked questioningly.
Kei shrugged, then slid a blood-red sweater, and then a fur-lined jacket into one of her bigger duffel bags - a blue-and-silver one this time, more suited to travel than her red or black ones, although she wouldn't hesitate to pack those, too. "The email didn't say, but I suppose I'd better be prepared, in any case."
The information dispatch had come as a real surprise, for all four of them. None had been expecting Kei to leave so soon; it was safe to assume that since the info had been disseminated to all participants, the tournament proper would begin shortly.
"So you're going out of the country at some point," Nia murmured, eyes scanning the email still displayed on the monitor. "Which of these countries will you be going to first?"
Kei crossed quickly to her still-open wardrobe, then brought out two pairs of cargo pants - one with a camouflage print, the other a dark blue-gray - a dark blue miniskirt and a black one, and three long-sleeved tops with striped sleeves. These, too, she folded before placing them in the bag. "I'm guessing the Philippines is our first destination; its the first country stated in the list, anyway." Her friends nodded in agreement; it was a logical assumption. "And before anyone asks, I'm not sure how long this tournament could take, but I doubt it will encroach next school year; I intend to be back before then."
Hiromi nodded once more. "She's right; no telling how long tournaments last; it could be just a month, it could be longer, depending on how many teams each participating team needs to beat.
"Well, hey, no big," Ruri said, allowing herself to fall backwards onto Kei's bed and cause the pillows to bounce a bit from the impact. "As long as Kei doesn't forget us when she's famous."
"Hey-!"
A small pillowfight ensued - the amethyst-eyed teen making sure her neatly-packed bag was never in jeopardy. Things calmed down after a few minutes, all four girls slightly breathless from the exertion.
"Well, that's enough of that," the sacred soul-bearer said finally. "I've packed around half of what I may need; I'll get to the rest tomorrow, after I confirm the locations of each leg of the tournament, and of course tell Kai-san and the others about this. I'm not sure if they know this yet..."
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Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 1:09 am
Maria looked around for other things around her place. She saw a 2 boxes of hotcake mix.
"Well might as well eat it" Maria said then picked up her celphone and called Keiji.
"good morning"Keiji said in a sleepy tone
"Hey I'm having a lot of pancakes come over and bring just a little maple syrup."Maria said.
"Fine you and your pancakes."Keiji said annoyed by the though of Maria's no care pancakes.
She then wore an apron. She prepared the hotcake slowly not as fast as she can but still keep the mix in the bowl. It was her first meal the only thing she could cook and
the only thing she enjoyed to cook. She did it as she liked except only something about mixing the liquids then the solid ingredients. Droplets
was all over her kitchen. She didn't care how dirty it was she could just clean it quickly and no one else could see it other than her "team mates".
No one would care about it but she cared who would see it.
She made all sorts of shapes from the perfect fluffy, to the playful shapes like hearts and stars. She made even more of 3 the characters K, A,I .
The door then rang and it was Keiji and the other one.
"Maria I heard we leave in 2 hours"Keiji said trying to escape the pancakes.
"Yeah we have another one with us. Whatever it's a reseved seat get a taxi later and eat now. We're there earlier to look around."
"It may be little but I hear there's alot of people there."
"yes I know almost like china only the country got smaller. There's no job for us there though. So we haven't gone there yet but I hear people have to be careful."
"Not we?"
"We're always alert and careful. Now eat."Maria said as she sat put butter and lodes of syrup on her pan cake.
They then ate and soon went to the airport to a small country called the philippines.
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"Is Takao awake yet?"
"Oh we'll soon be heading out for the tournament soon. I've already booked their flight so they better prepare"
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