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As he moved on, Blade saw Hitsu and Neko once more as well. Only now Neko's hair was... different. Considering how he was reacting to what Yuki had said, the thief decided not to comment on the hair, and instead just raised an eyebrow at what he saw.

Then moving over towards Poke and the fire, he saw that she was cooking something. Fish to be more exact. She must have caught it recently here, considering there was the lake and all. Then, glancing back towards the others, he looked around to see if he could spot Riyo anywhere. Or Atticus for that matter if he happened to be nearby still. As far as he could tell neither were in his line of sight however.

Once Tobi was finished eating the bread Mitsu stood to follow the others as they left to gather together again. Finishing off the dried meat as she walked she came up along side Riyo. "The boys have been acting weird." She stated randomly looking up at the taller girl with a confused expression. "What do you think is wrong with them?" Even though her statement was general she had excluded Blade in her thoughts. He was still rather new to the group so adding him into the mix hadn't happened yet.

Following behind Mitsu happily Tobi kept close until a new scent caught his nose. He stopped for a moment taking it in with deep breaths of air. Then he began to follow the scent trail that eventually led him back to Poke. The first thing he spotted was the fire which he was a little leery of but the second thing to catch his attention was the fish.

Letting out a yip of excitement he bounded over toward Poke tail wagging at high speeds behind him. As he approached he laid down in front of Poke head rested on his paws looking up at her with big brown pleading eyes. A small whimper escaped his throat as he looked from her to the fish she was cooking and then back to her. Apparently this was his form of begging.

Riyo wasn't too surprised at the sudden little voice next to her. She looked down at Inu with a raised eyebrow. Weird, huh?

"Well, it could be a number of things, I suppose. Someone could've said or done something to change their point of view, or-" The girl stopped and stared... Stared at Neko. What... Had...

She put her hand over her mouth. "Oh my...." She closed her eyes. She couldn't let it escape.. She couldn't.

"Heeeeee..." A small giggle escaped. She tried harder. But to no avail. "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!" Came a booming laugh. God, she didn't know why it was so funny, but right now Neko looked like he'd gotten in a fight with a hungry moose and lost.

hearing the dog before seeing him, she was not surprized to see tobi bound up to her, expecting some share of the bounty. But what she didn't account for was his skills at begging.
She look at him, and it only took a few seconds for her to then cry out with a squee. "How could I refuse a face like that?!" she said out loud. Upon hearing mitsu and hitsu when they had arrived, she started to rummage through her back pack again. "Nah, I did say it would be his, and I shouldn't go back on my word. However..." she took out a small pocket knife; Another item that was used for this sort of thing. "I never said I couldn't have a bit for myself". After taking the fish of the fire, and
measuring carefully, she started to cut through the fish so there were to halves. She then handed the top half to tobi.

"since you're already had something else to eat, this should be more then enough" she then got up, kicking some dirt over the fire to put it out. As she took a bite her eyes went to neko and yuki who were arguing about something and-

She choked, trying to laugh and swallow at the same time isn't something easy to do. poke had to punch her chest a few times but it went down, and now she was free to snigger away at neko's unusual hair-do.

Tobi snatched the fish as it was tossed to him and in little time flat it was gone. Finally he seemed a bit more satisfied as he didn't linger long looking for more. Instead he got to his feet and bounded around his new companions happy and full of new energy. Amazing what a meal can do.

Giggling to herself Mitsu started to stand back up from her spot but her head suddenly began to swim so she quickly sat back down. Pressing a hand to the side of her head she closed her eyes for a moment trying to make everything stop spinning. When she opened them again and everything was still whirling about she felt a sudden fit of nausea start to take over.

Quickly stumbling to her feet Mitsu only made it a few feet to some nearby bushes before emptying the newly acquired contents of her stomach. Resting on her hands and knees Mitsu's small form was shaking from her recent sickness but that was being over taken by the burning that continued to crawl over her skin. It was an odd feeling so Mitsu wasn't sure what was wrong. Of course, she had never been sick before either so this was all new. Living in a sterile environment prevented bacteria and disease from spreading.

Hearing the sound of lurching Neko looked back to see Mitsu leaning over some brush. Rubbing the back of his head nervously his anger forgotten at the moment he wasn't sure if he should head back to help her or keep going. "Damn it all." He hissed as he started back. He didn't want Mitsu telling everyone the reason for her sickness just yet. There was planning to do before that point. Planning that would hopefully prevent him from being lynched.

"Are you alright?" Neko called once he was close enough gaining Mitsu's attention somewhat. She only shook her head which turned out to be a bad idea as the world began to spin again.

Oh, Riyo almost busted a gut with all the laughing she did. After she got done. "Cant... Breathe.." She mumbled between laughs and whiped the tears from her eyes. Why was it so funny? Maybe because karma said it was. Or maybe because humor was on the positive side of the emotion spectrum. And hers was severely under-developed. But either way, it was ******** hillarious to her.

"Phew." She had to look away from Neko to stop laughing. It was gonna be hard to look at him in the eyes for awhile without thinking about how... Silly his hair looked.

Then the smell of cooked fish caught her nose and her mind took on a different subject. She peeked over the bushes to see Poke eating the fish.

"Mmmm..." She hummed quietly to herself as she watched Poke almost cough up her meal at the sight of Neko. She couldn't... Could she? Like taking candy from an... Otter.

But.. Something odd happened the closer she got to Poke. There was this strange feeling. Like little bugs were crawling on her skin. She looked at either arm and realized there was absolutely nothing on her. "... Odd.." She whispered.

The sound of vomiting was what caught her off guard. She gave away her position and stood up from behind the bush. "Mitsu?" She called and quickly walked over to where the poor girl was loosing her lunch.

"Maybe she's just sick from sleeping outside in the rain last night," Neko stated as he knelt down to help Mitsu to her feet. "I feel a little weird myself." And that wasn't far from the truth. His skin felt like fire was prickling all over it and he couldn't seem to shake the feeling. Odd.

Allowing Neko to help her to her feet Mitsu took the water bottle from Blade and gingerly sipped from it afraid to drink to much and be sick again. Once she was done she wiped the top and handed it back to him. "Thank you." She said quietly as she rubbed at her arms trying to rid them of the burning sensation. "I think I'm okay." She said to those looking at her with concern.

"Do you think you can walk for a bit?" Neko asked.

"I think so."

Even Tobi seemed to be concerned as he sat at Mitsu's feet looking at her with big brown eyes. He gave a soft whimper before nudging against her legs as if trying to comfort her. This seemed to lighten Mitsu's mood as she smiled down at the dog.

"I'm alright Tobi. Don't worry."

Neko gave a quick glance at Yuki to make sure he wasn't going to say anything. He was relieved that Mitsu hadn't said anything at this point so hopefully he would have more time to think of a way to break the news. 'Hey everyone I got Mitsu pregnant.' Yeah...that would get him killed for sure. "Let's get going then." Shifting the bag slug over his shoulders he left Mitsu to follow behind him as he made his way back to the dirt road.