Elementals

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Sora's eyes widened. "Well...that's..."
Etsuyo came to the door. "Move it," she said simply.
Sora looked at her with one of those what-are-you-doing expressions.

[Shayla, I is eatin mint icecreame~ :3]

Monique saw nothing.
Let me in.
Monique unclipped Kyori's leash and Kyroi bolted up the stairs.

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Etsuyo slipped past Monique and continued walking down the street.
"You're not going to like what you find," Sora warned, immitating Etsuyo's past actions.

[Shayla, I is eatin mint icecreame~ :3]

Monique rolled her eyes as Sora passed. Kyori sort of tiptoed down the stairs, the only sound came from her claws. She was wide-eyes and bushy tailed.
"What?" Monique's expression changed from snappy to shocked in an instant.
I-I don't know.

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Orihime struggled as she was dragged down a dark corridor. "Let me go!!!" she shouted over and over. Kuro and Saki easily held her back. Soon, they saw a light. 'What's that?' Orihime wondered.
As they stepped into the illuminated room, Orihime noticed a familiar face. "Kisaki!" she growled, trying to charge at her but was easily held back.
Kisaki laughed an evil laugh. "Konnichiwa, Nee-chan"
"Don't call me that! After what you did to Ayame and Monique...I'll never forgive you!"
Kisaki laughed again as she continued her track towards Orihime. "I don't need you forgiveness," she said, sliding her hand under Orihime's chin. "I only need your power."
"I'll never give anything to you!" Orihime growled, shaking the hand off her head.
Kisaki laughed loudly. "Well...Let's see if I can change that thought. Yameru joukai."
Everything went black.

[Shayla, I is eatin mint icecreame~ :3]

((really angel?))

Arashi stepped up and presented Kisaki with the keys, bowing his head.

((do you want Senkou to rescue Orihime?))

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Kisaki snatched them out of his hand, not even muttering a 'thank you'. Kisaki pulled a key out of her pocket, causing Kuro and Saki to snicker in the background. "Shut up," she snapped. They followed her orders.
Unlocking a giant bird cage, she pulled Orihime inside it and locked the door, taking the key back to her throne. "We'll see what you think in a little while," she announced, and the room full of evil people was filled with laughter.

[Shayla, I is eatin mint icecreame~ :3]

((oh yeah! senkou can show up tho, right? i g2g for a least an hour))

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Sora twidled with a small bouncy ball. 'Where are you Orihime-kun?' he thought despairingly. 'We looked all over town...' "Doko ka?...Orihime-kun..." he muttered wonderingly. "Boku ga...momoranai...gomen."
A single teardrop splashed onto the apartment rooftop. "I thought I could do it...Shikashi...saishū-teki ni wa...kimi kega onri."
His hands curled into fists, his cross necklace hanging down. "Sumimasen...Etsuyo ga itto hanasu: 'Orera feiru'."
"Stop beating yourself up over this, Sora." He turned his head, his expression solemn.
"Naze, Luna-kun?"
The cat continued to stare at his master, his eyes locked on Sora's. "You figure that out." It was silent for awhile. "If you don't sleep, how do you expect to save her?"
"Boku ga kannai. Kimi ga yappari da, ne?"
Luna sighed. "Yes you can. Why do you always feel so powerless? Orihime-sama believes in you." Sora's eyes widened as he was brought out of his depression. "Why can't you believe in yourself?"
There was a long silence. 'He's right. I never believed in myself until I met Orihime-kun. She's...different.' "Yoshi." he decided, wiping away his tears. 'This is the first time I've cried since my parents died. But Orihime-kun's so important to me that I would...I would...' "Aitsu ga shinde tameni," he mumbled quietly, Luna not hearing a word. "Aishite," he confirmed, laying on his back and staring at the brightly-lit moon.

[Shayla, I is eatin mint icecreame~ :3]

Monique thought hard about where Orihime could be. She looked at Kyori, seeing her outlined shape. Kyori shook her head mornfully.
"That's it. I'm going to that pervert Sora in the morning to see if he knows anything." SHe promised herself.
She strolled to her balcony and sighed, sticking her head over the side.

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Sora groaned as he was awakened by the bright sunlight in his eyes. 'What time is it?' he wondered, looking to the position of the sun in the sky for guidance. 'Reimei ka?'
His gaze shifted to Luna, asleep on the rooftop next to him. He sighed. 'Might as well get started on breakfast,' he started, standing up.
"Sora-kun," a voice from behind him said.
He jumped, half-turning around. "Etsuyo-kun, nandato?"
She jumped down from the ledge she was on. "I found her," she said simply, a small smirk on her face.
His eyes widened. "Doko ka?!" he exclaimed, waking up Luna.
"Bikou."
He obeyed.

[SleepyFox, Spread the love~]

Etsuyo led Sora to a small shack, rust beginning to cover the tin-plated concrete walls.
"Are you sure this is the place?" Sora asked, scanning the run-down shack.
"They do say the worst hideouts are always the best," Etsuyo replied.
An unbelieving look was plastered on Sora's face. "Yeah, sure, sure." He continued to glance around. "But if this is really their hideout, where are the guards?"
Etsuyo smirked. "I guess they have a small budget," she joked, and peeked in a small hole at the top of the door.
"Shouldn't we go get everyone else?" Sora asked her suddenly, seeing as she was actually going to go inside alone.
"I already told them," she said simply, frowning at his disbelief in her.
"Oh," he realized as Ayame and Tsubaki dropped in. "Who's the newcomer?" he asked, pointing to Tsubaki.
"I'm Ayame's nee-chan," she introduced, obviously proud of herself. 'Geez, another girl with an ego.'
Ayame smacked him on the head. "Get your head in line. Once we're inside there," she paused, tilting her head towards the shack, "it's do or die. Wagatta?"
Sora nodded.
Ayame glanced around, looking for the others. "What about Monique, Kira, Kionu, and Larry?" she asked.
"I couldn't find them," Etsuyo said, frowning. "It's almost as if...someone else is hunting us down."
Everyone's eyes widened in shock.
"Who?" Ayame asked aloud.
"I don't know," Etsuyo replied whole-heartedly. "But it's now or never," she peped determinedly. "Ready? Watch each other's backs, don't rush in blindly..." Her gaze locked on Sora's before going back to the semi-circle of people in front of her. "...and most of all, don't die. We all want to make it out of there alive." That comment recieved nods from everyone in the group. "Alright, Mission: Rescue Orihime commences now!"

.< ok, the best part begins!>

[Shayla, I is eatin mint icecreame~ :3]

Senkou watched as the others walked in the shack and he closed his eyes. Why run when you can flash? He nodded and a bright light over took him. He came back in view right infront of Etsuyo, Sore, and Ayame.
"Hello. I'm Senkou." He introdued.

[Shayla, I is eatin mint icecreame~ :3]

Monique blinked and recovered from the strange night before. The night before she had been walking up stairs to her room, alone, when a suited man had waved a bottle under her nose, making her unconsious. She saw nothing, as usual. She saw a spirit outline.
Kyori!
She struggled to sit up but found she was trapped in the room when she got up and rushed to the locked door she yelled out but no one heard her cries. She felt around for Kyori.
Over here. In the cage.
Monique sighed and dashed over.
"Kyori!"

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Etsuyo immediately braced herself for a fight, pulling out her two katanas. "Don't even try it," she growled.
Ayame stared in shock at Etsuyo's personality change. 'Can someone really be that protective?'
Sora braced himself also, although his reaction was delayed which earned him a stop-spacing-out glare from Etsuyo. He grimanced but nodded all the same. With his spellbook in hand and his cross shining brightly around his neck, all he needed was a headwind and cape to be the perfect image of the badass guy from any manga.

[Shayla, I is eatin mint icecreame~ :3]

((wow angel. b one of the scientists))

Senkou shook his head and reassured,"I'm here to help."
Chikara raced up behind the rest of the group.
"Man he's fast." She panted.

[Shayla, I is eatin mint icecreame~ :3]

Monique felt for a latch on the cage. She freed the cage open and Kyori charged out of it and against the wall. Monique stared in shock when a shadow rounded the corned and Kyori whined.
Moniqe-sama! Watch out!

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Sora lowered his defense when he saw Chikara. "C-Chikara-chan?" he stuttered.
"Tch," Etsuyo grumbled. "What'd the cat drag in?"
Ayame gave her one of those what-did-you-just-say kind of looks.
Tsubaki gawked at Etsuyo for a moment but regained her composure and introduced herself.


In the evil government-testing lab...
Iteru approached the young girl, quickly grabbing her from behind and holding her beneath the armpits. She began to struggle, kicking her feet at his white coat. He smiled. 'Might as well silence her now...' He quickly took a piece of cloth from his pocket and tied her arms and legs together while reserving a piece for her mouth. He snickered to himself when he saw her eyes widened in fear. 'This is going to be so much fun...' he thought evily. "Now you're going to tell me everything you know," he told her darkly, ignoring her muffled cries for help.

[Shayla, I is eatin mint icecreame~ :3]

Chikara rose her eyebrows a little at Sora and then turned away to face Etsuyo.
"I have come to help as well. Monique has been captured and I haave come to help in her place as well as Senkou."

[Shayla, I is eatin mint icecreame~ :3]

Monique narrowed her eyes, still unable to see. She turned around so her back faced Iteru. SHe clenched her hands tight. She released them and slightly brought them up, creating a mid-air wave. She dropped her hands slightly. The wave crushed down on Ituro. She clenched her hands again and released them. She broungt around a water whip. She carfully manouvered it around to her face, feeling its every movement. She slashed the rope around her mouth and it fell off and he water fell to the ground. She turned around and smirked.
"I'm blind you idiot!"

[SleepyFox, Spread the love~]

Etsuyo looked Chikara over. 'Accepting help from an outsider...' She mentally sighed. 'I guess we're going to need all the help we can get.' "Fine, just don't get yourself killed," she said sassily. "I don't need to go to anymore funerals." Then she continued down the hallway, pushing her way past the two standing in front of her.

A look of shock was plastered on Iteru's face. 'What the hell?' He'd known that Elementals were powerful, but he'd never expected THIS.
The door burst open and a cat-like girl came in. She looked to be no older than 7 or 8. "Kami, you can't even handle HER? And you call yourself part of this team." She flicked her hand and instantly restrained Monique. She took two bags and rope from the table and tied them around Monique's hands. "That's how it's done," she proclaimed proudly before snapping her head in the other direction to Kyori. "Be sure to restrain her as well," she told him, pointing to the dog.
"H-Hai, Ugoki-san," he stuttered, reaching for Kyori as Ugoki shut the door.

[SleepyFox, Spread the love~]

Name: Ugoki
Age: 7
Gender: F
Power: Telekinesis (can move things w/ her mind)
Overview: Her mother died giving birth to her and her father died being a police officer. He was shot by a robber...someone familair?...
Looks: Long blonde hair and purple eyes. Her hair is stringy and goes all the way down to her butt. She usually wears headbands.

[Shayla, I is eatin mint icecreame~ :3]

Kyori barked and barked at the approuching hand. Monique turned her head and saw Kyori's outline.
"Run Kyori! Get help!" Monique yelled.
Kyori shook her head.
I am your protector. I leave when we're both free!
Kyori put one paw back and one paw forward. In the stance, she brought her head back toward her neck, curving it to restrain great power. She jerked her head forward and barked, sending a sonic wave through the air, fliping Iteru onto his back.

((she has SUPER BARK!!!))

[Shayla, I is eatin mint icecreame~ :3]

Chikara followed and kept a close eye on Senkou for any tricks.

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Etsuyo led the group to a rusting door. Signaling to stay quiet by putting her finger over her lips, she peeked in the tiny crack and took in the scene on the other side.
Her eyes widened as she saw the giant bird cage and a young girl with long white hair, her bangs held out of her eyes by a leaf hairpin. Blood stained her white, lacy dress and glittering hair. 'What's going on here?' Etsuyo thought.
Her eyes went to the over-sized cage. There she saw Orihime, tears streaming down her face. Out of the blue, she yelled, "Yameru! Moy he, ogeki...ogeki..."
Her thoughts traveled back, a blood-filled street filling her vision. The man, in blue, now looked purple as the blue mixed with red.
"Etsuyo-kun," Sora whispered and she was snapped out of her trip down memory lane.
"S-Sumimasen" she said quickly before again scanning the scene. She saw another blonde, yet much older than Orihime. 'Who is she?' she wondered.
More people stood behind her, laughing silently at the gore-y scene before them. Her face crinkled in disgust. These people really were evil, creepy monsters.
"Hey, Kisaki, I didn't know we invited rats to the party," one of the men in the background joked. 'Shimite!' she cussed silently to herself.
The two men that looked like splitting images of each other just smiled.

Iteru got up, confused and not sure what just happened. 'Did that dog just...' But before he could even finish his thought, he was thrown back again by yet another Super Bark.

[Shayla, I is eatin mint icecreame~ :3]

((truth time!))
Another man stepped forward, laughing with great amusement. His eyes widened when he saw Senkou.
"Senkou! Why are you with them?!" He snarled.
Chikara stepped up and matched his obnoxious evil voice,"He's with us!"
Senkou stood there afroze.

[Shayla, I is eatin mint icecreame~ :3]

Monique's eyes widened. She had known her dog was powerfull, but not this super.
"Kensei kawa!" Monique commanded.
Kyori Super Barked again. She did a summer sault and barked again. She barked in Monique's direction. The straps that held Monique down were broken and Monique had tumbled to the floor. She got up and quickly posed her hands. Water shot from her hands.
"Kensei kawa, Kyori!" Monique commanded.
Kyori barked again, spreading the water every where, including on Iteru.
((jap translate: Kensei=power kawa=bark))

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Etsuyo tried desperately to avoid being caught.
Kisaki's laugh ripped through the air around them. "Looks like the maggots came to rescue you, nee-chan."
'Nee-chan?' Etsuyo thought silently to herself. 'There's no way that that's...'
"Kuro, Saki, make sure there's none of them left."
They nodded in obedience.
"What's going on, Etsuyo-kun?" Sora whispered, pushing her out of the way. When he saw Orihime crying in the cage, his eyes widened in fear. That was HIS Orihime locked up in there. His hands curled into fists while the transformed Kaze just smiled. She knew what he would do.
Sora turned back, looking to the rest of the group with determined eyes and burst through the door to fight Kuro and Saki. Their portal opened once again in an attempt to carry more people inside. What everyone didn't expect was the two girls climbing out.
"K-Kionu and K-Kira?" Ayame stuttered, confused.

Iteru ran out the door in fear, shooting straight past at least 20 other men in white lab coats. He didn't know what he was doing here anymore. Suddenly, the $100 a week paycheck didn't seem worth it anymore. Not if he was going to lose his life like this.

[SleepyFox, Spread the love~]

[Shayla, I is eatin mint icecreame~ :3]

((HAHAHAHA!!!! lol! Nice Angel!))

Kionu stared at everyone, shocked.
"Where's Monique?!" She demanded.
Senkou slapped a hand on his face.

[Shayla, I is eatin mint icecreame~ :3]

Monique put her hands on her hips and smirked as she heard the foot steps fade. She waited for anyone else who dare challenge her and Kyori again.

[SleepyFox, Spread the love~]

Kuro and Saki stared in shock at the two girls. Etsuyo wasn't going to let this chance slide. She whipped out her two swords, Eiry appearing behind her. She giggled the little laughs of a tiny devil. "Corosu" she said with an evil undertone, making everyone else in the group wonder which side she was on. Etsuyo nodded in agreement as the teenager changed into an almost completely different person.
Sora grabbed the bow off his back and took a shot towards Kisaki.
She easily dodged it. "Where are you aiming?" she taunted before noticing he cut the ropes tying up Kaze who smiled slyly in reply.
Orihime wiped the tears from her eyes, standing up and putting her hands around the bars. "Sora-kun!" she called out.
He looked up to her. "Orihime-kun!"
"She has the keys! Both of them!" Orihime informed.
But as he glanced back at Kisaki, he caught the end of her incantation: "mokuhyo o tsukuru!"
Screams came from behind him as Ayame and Tsubaki fell, blood covering everywhere. Etsuyo looked behind herself, going against her own advice and getting slashed at in the process. She knelt to the ground, holding her injured arm as the blood began to stain her t-shirt.
Everything began to feel surreal to Sora, thousands of questions whirling around in his head. 'We had gone into this battle perfectly. Our plans had no flaws. How...' Kisaki grabbed his neck, beginning to choke him.
"LIE! YAMETE!" Orihime screamed, practically shattering the eardrums of everyone in the room.
Kisaki smiled victoriously. "Kimi ga shinde" she told him as if the fact was absolute.

[SleepyFox, Spread the love~]

Ugoki walked with confidence to the front office, grabbing her bag. "I'll be seeing you later," she said to the lady at the front desk.
"Have a good vacation Ugoki-san. We look forward to seeing you again."
"Of course," she replied sweetly and took off down the street.

[Shayla, I is eatin mint icecreame~ :3]

Senkou nodded and a bright light over took him. He landed in front of Kisaki and whipped out a whip. He whipped Kisaki's hand, causing her to drop Sora.


MOnique smiled slyly and charged out the door. Kyori flashed by Monique to let her grab the leash.

[SleepyFox, Spread the love~]

Kisaki gave Senkou a disgusted look. "I never thought that one of our own would betray us."
Sora stared in shock at the person who had saved him.

[Shayla, I is eatin mint icecreame~ :3]

Senkou stared Kisaki in the eyes.
"I am no longer one of your spies."

[SleepyFox, Spread the love~]

She smiled slyly. "Then you can die," she told him, looking past him at the swordsman about to chop his neck.
Sora's head whipped around. His body instinctively tried to stop it but the dark red liquid poured out of Senkou's neck anyway. His eyes widened as he fell to the floor, his hand landing on Sora's, giving him Orihime's keys.
He looked at the man and nodded before dodging a blade and running to the cage to unlock Orihime.
"Sora-kun," she greeted in a relieved voice, falling into her lover's arms.
"Momoru, Orihime-kun," he comforted.
She smiled as she nestled into his arms.
The swordsman smiled slyly before running to stab the duo but instead a sword was plunged through his chest by the red-haired girl behind him. "You won't win," she told him before they both fell to the ground.

[SleepyFox, Spread the love~]

Ayame saw Senkou next to her. 'He can help her..' she thought as she entered his mind and healed him. 'You can't die,' she thought strongly, 'You will live.'
Kisaki bit her lip. None of this was working the way she wanted it to. 'How did these brats just walk in here and ruin my entire plan?' She gritted her teeth as she picked up a metal rod off the floor. She would finish this. She would kill these spoiled brats who had everything she hadn't. Who had parents.

[Shayla, I is eatin mint icecreame~ :3]

Monique came through the pathway in the shack, led by Kyori. Kyori held back her head and shot it forward, releasing a bark that shot Kisaki backward. Monique let a water mistle burst from her hands. Kyori barked again, making water spread everywhere.

[SleepyFox, Spread the love~]

Orihime felt the approaching danger. Her body tensed.
Sora squeezed his arms tighter around her. "I said I will protect you, and I'll keep my promise," he whispered to her, his cross glowing yet again and the familiar star symbol appearing beneath them.
"I trust you," she told him.
Kisaki flung the rod at them.
Sora noticed the approaching piece of metal and began saying one of his favorite spells: "Born from darkness, return to light. Protect that which breeds pure light!"
A shield promptly covered the duo and the metal stopped with a clang.

[Shayla, I is eatin mint icecreame~ :3]

Kyori put more power in her sound and barked again, shattering the metal rod. Monique gingerly stepped forward and made her way to the bird cage.
"Orihime-kun?" She asked.
Kyori barked again, pushing Kisaki back with the sould wave.

[SleepyFox, Spread the love~]

Sora glanced at the two newcomers. "Monique...and the dog."
Orihime looked up at him. "Kyori-chan?"
Sora nodded.
Kisaki gritted her teeth. 'Why do all these old thorns keep coming back to stick me in the side?' "Jigoku e ike," she growled to them, signaling her final trump card to come out. Ugoki took a step forward.

[Shayla, I is eatin mint icecreame~ :3]

Kyori whined and backed up from Ugoki. Monique was pushed back to the Super Bark and fell back and down the stairs, not being scraped.

[SleepyFox, Spread the love~]

Ugoki took the bait and followed her, extracting a piece of drywall nearby and using it as a shield, led the duo away from the scene in the other room.

[Shayla, I is eatin mint icecreame~ :3]

Kyori quietly followed Ugoki.

[SleepyFox, Spread the love~]

Sora looked at the leader. Kisaki smiled back. "She never fails me," she told him. "But I think someone failed you." A sly smile played across her face.
Sora's eyes narrowed as Orihime's hands tightened around Sora's shirt. "Dare?" she whispered to him, tension not rising in her voice since she felt safe next to Sora.
"I don't know what she's talking about either," Sora replied seriously. A smile then appeared on her face. "She's probably just trying to hype us up. Let's play along."
Orihime nodded and continued to stand next to her boyfriend.
"So you don't know..." Kisaki started. "He did a good job."
"Nani hanasa?" he asked her.

[Shayla, I is eatin mint icecreame~ :3]

Kyori pticked her ears, thinking it could be valuable information.

[SleepyFox, Spread the love~]

"Don't you remember? Taa-san, Kaa-san?" she sang playfully.
Sora's eyes widened. Orihime's grip became tighter, reminding him she was still there. "They died a long time ago," he said defensively.
She smiled slyly. "Dare ka?" she sang.
Sora gritted his teeth. "Like you know anyway," he spat angrily.
Her smile widened. "Or do I?"
'There was no way she knows...' he thought to himself.
"She's trying to hype you up, you said so yourself," Orihime reminded him.
"Orosai, nee-chan. This is between me and him."
Orihime frowned. Sora stared at Kisaki. "Don't tell her what to do and stop acting like your the boss all the time."
She laughed maniacally. "Then maybe I should tell you something...I KILLED YOUR PARENTS!"
His arms dropped from around Orihime. "Sora-kun?" she asked timidly.
"K-K-Ki...Kimi...ga," he stuttered.
She smiled widely, an evil expression covering her face. "They begged me not to kill you!" she laughed.
His eyes widened even farther as he dropped to his knees.
"Sora-kun!" Orihime called out to him, dropping to his side.
"You were weak! You could've never saved them!"
Tears gathered in Sora's eyes. 'I couldn't save them...' Memories flashed from the back of his mind. "Taskete, taskete!" he heard again and again. Finally, he realized those words were coming from more than just his blood-filled vision.
"SORA-KUN!!!" Orihime screamed, feeling a knife against her throat. "Let me go! SORA-KUN!!!"
His head snapped up to see her in Kisaki's arms, the blade drawing blood at her neck. He immediately felt around for his bow but found it at the other side of the room. 'There's no time,' he thought hurriedly, standing up and running towards Kisaki.
"Sora-kun! Yamete! She'll kill you too!" Orihime warned him, although she felt herself becoming light-headed from lack of blood.
He continued rushing towards her. He remembered his promise: 'Momoru, Orihime-kun' He didn't care if he died. 'I'll save her. I'll save her because I couldn't live without her!' Memories of his time together with her took center stage in his mind, whipping him back to the time in the forest. He remembered her pink tinged cheeks. He felt her heart beating next to his. He knew why he loved her. Why he would never let her die.
"Taskete!" Orihime finally screamed the final ear-piercing scream of death as Sora plunged the arrow into Kisaki's heart. Orihime's eyes opened when she noticed death wasn't coming. She saw Sora, hair covering his face. "S-Sora-kun...?" she questioned. She heard a tear hit the stone floor. Her head went back in shock. "S-Sora...? D-Daijoubu?"
She gasped as her head was cradled in two hands and Sora's lips met hers. She stopped fighting back and let him take control.
He pulled back, both of them gasping for air. "I'm sorry...I just couldn't..."
"Live without me?" she finished for him, her face entirely red. "Wagateru ga kore," she told him, smiling.
He smiled back. "I always wanted to do this," he told her, kissing her again.

[Shayla, I is eatin mint icecreame~ :3]

Monique woke up and blinked. She saw everything. Kyori trotted over to Monique. Monique put a hand on her dog and sat up.
"I can see. Kyori, your white." She blinked, trying to see if she was dreaming.
Your not dreaming Monique.

[SleepyFox, Spread the love~]

Ugoki's eyes widened. "They killed her, huh?" she asked, dropping the wall. She sighed. "Figured that teme would die eventually. Really, I was only doing it for the money," she explained. "So now I guess I don't have a place to stay..." She smiled, her eyes curving up like upside-down u's. "Guess it's back to the streets," she said positively.
"Matte," a voice from behind her called out. She turned. "I'll show you a place where no one will find you," the red-head said, still holding her injured arm.
Orihime came up behind her, piggyback-riding on Sora's back. "You can stay with us," she said to the two girls. "My apartment's not extravagant but we used to have a lot of friends that stayed over so we have a bunch of sleeping bags." She smiled at the rest of them.
Etsuyo remembered her initial attitude. "What did you do?" she asked Sora, narrowing her eyes.
He laughed the question off. "Betsuni," he sort of sung then laughed.
Orihime joined in.
Etsuyo's sweat dropped. 'Yeah, sure,' she thought sarcastically. She saw more people behind them: Senkou holding Ayame in his arms and Tsubaki next to them. "Hey!" she called out. "Who are you?"
Tsubaki sighed tiredly. "I ALREADY TOLD YOU," she replied sassily.
"Not you, him," Etsuyo pointed.