IIWAYF- UPDATED AT LAST!!

Nieni: I wonder if Itoshii will even realize I've updated. Maybe she won't decide to molest my character after all..

Nite: Sure.. and I'm really a woman.

Nieni:..

Nite:..

Nieni:.. Huh?

Nite: I WAS BEING SARCASTIC!

Nieni: Oh.. Ok.. Because you know I'd support you if you were-

Nite: I'M NOT A WOMAN! I'M ALL MAN, BABY!

Nieni:... hehehe! Ok, back to seriousness. In my haste to update, I leisurely(snort)re-read this story about five times.. And I must say, it's very obvious to me just how old it is, because it seems I hadn't yet grasped the difference between past and present tense. twitches My readers obviously have a lot of willpower if they are able to overlook it all while its writer is overly frustrated by the mistakes. deep breath Oh, Itoshii-chan, if I make mistakes with your character (this is assuming you haven't forgotten this story exists) then please let me know.. Cuz I've kind of lost the little character profile I made for you.. Send bits of info in review if you'd like certain phrases to be used or would like something to happen with your person.

Nite: looking down his pants expectantly, not noticing anything around him

Nieni: AND, the side story is getting updated as well.. For those of you who STILL don't know, it's titled "Oops".

Itoshii circles Emily slowly, occasionally stroking the smaller girl's hair as she passes from behind. Emily sweat drops, mentally swearing to herself that she had just felt Itoshii smelling her hair. She lets out a small sigh of relief as Itoshii finally steps away to pace in front of the other three occupants seated on the couch silently.

"Well! You bring me an interesting specimen, indeed!" Itoshii,
finally, proclaims after a few more tense moments of silence. Chibi squeals, either in response, or because Tora squeezed her leg.

"BUT! All of our roles have been basically filled. Chibi, you
yourself are our leader, we have a hacker, a distracter, an intimidator-" Tora smirks at her title, "a planner, a fund raiser..all of us are some sort of spy.."

"But, Itoshiiiiiiiiiiiiii-!" Chibi begins to wail, but stops abruptly as Tora taps a black polished nail on her lips.

"She can be a sit-in and can help with spying. We, of all people, should know that there is no such thing as too many spies." Tora says softly, growling when Chibi chews on her finger.

"Oh." Itoshii blinks blankly a few seconds before grinning. "Alrighty then! A sit-inner she is!"

Nite claps dully from his perch on the right couch arm. "Does that mean the kitten won't be staying home with me?"

"No, she comes with us! Em-chan has WORKIN' ta do!"

Emily shuffles nervously inside her disguise, fighting off the urge to bend down and scratch her ankle as students walk by with their own oblivious thoughts. One boy pauses to stare at Emily, trying to comprehend why the "tree" just wobbled.

"HEY YOU! BACK OFF, OR YOU'RE NEXT! I HAPPEN TO KNOW A FEW PEOPLE WHO WOULD LOVE A GO AT YOUR ASS!"

The green-haired boy yelps as Chibi throws a pink envelope in his general direction and quickly ducks into a passing horde of peers to make himself scarce. Turning back to Emily with a wide grin, Chibi flashes a thumbs-up and begins jogging a short distance away to make another scouting lap around the schoolyard.

As Chibi passes again, Emily reaches out a "branch" and snags the pink-haired girl by the arm. "Chibi!" Emily hisses, attempting to look casual to passersby. "Why do I have to be dressed up as a tree?"

"BECAUSE-!" Chibi glances around sheepishly as everyone within the vicinity looks in their direction. Clearing her throat, Chibi starts again in more hushed tones. "Because trees are camouflage! We're testing you to see if you can handle spy work!"

"B-but.. But.. What do I do?"

"Act like a tree, of course!"

"Chibi, this is just silly." Emily mutters, blushing heavily in embarrassment despite the lack of attention from the students around her. The itch on Emily's ankle tingles torturously and she wobbles a second time. "I-I'm going to fall!"

"Emmy-chaaaaan.. Don't mooooooove!"

With an undignified squeak, Emily topples over.

Itoshii takes a big bite out of Emily's salami sandwich and slides down the wall to sit in the middle of the Yaoi Squad. "Wumphummd-" She swallows thickly, "Disguised spying isn't one of her strong points, obviously."

"Obviously." Tora repeats with heavy sarcasm.

"AAAAAaaaaaaau! Don't give up yet, Emily-chan!" Chibi hugs Emily tightly around the chest, wailing loudly.

"As if you would allow her to do any such thing." Asami hisses acidly, blue eyes dripping with suspicion as she stares at the newest member of their group.

"Shut up, Ass!" Ichi slaps her twin on the back of the head, sending Asami face-first to the ground.

Haniko steps over her fallen friend, pulling something out of her pocket to dangle in front of Chibi. Curiosity getting the better of her, as always, Chibi snatches the thin wire from Haniko and looks it over. "COOLIEZ! Whatzit do??"

"It's my latest spy camera. Feel the bump at the end of the wire?"

It takes her a couple minutes of feeling, but Chibi manages to locate a tiny indent at the very edge of Haniko's creation. "YEA! Whatzit do?"

"Well, you can either wear it, or hide it just about ANYWHERE to tape up to fifteen minutes." Haniko smiles slowly, letting the information sink in.

"Oh.. Ooooh!" Chibi cackles suddenly, startling Asami into a fit of swearing. "THIS! I can work with this!"

The class bell rings, cutting off any further exchanges. Chibi picks up her backpack, frowning at it's heaviness. Reaching inside, she pulls out a large Biology book and drops it on the ground carelessly. Emily glances down at the open cover page and is surprised to not find Chibi's name inside. "Who's Refti Hanun?"

"Hm?" Chibi clips her backpack closed again and tosses it over her shoulder. "Ohhhhh.. Just some cheerleader. C'MON!" Grabbing Emily's arm, Chibi drags her red-haired friend inside the door her group had been lounging beside for lunch.

As they turn a certain corner, though.. The pink-haired girl stops, staring with a pleased expression at someone standing in the middle of a hallway. Emily squints, then her eyes widen as she realizes he is the boy from earlier who had seen through her tree disguise.

The green-haired boy scowls at something too far away for Emily
to see, then grins a split second later. Just as Emily begins to question the boy's sanity, Chibi makes herself heard.

"HEY REVY!"

The smile is quickly replaced by a look of indifference as Chibi bounces up to him, pulling Emily along behind her.

"It's Rivet, not Revy... Hello, Chibi." Rivet says, his voice carefully monotone. "Who's the kitten?"

"Why does everyone keep calling me that?" The Emily asks blandly, not expecting an answer.

"... OH! This is Emily-Chan, my new friend! She joined my 'group' recently!"

"Hn." Rivet tunes out the rest of Chibi's hyper babbling, turning to look back in the direction he had been watching earlier. "Shit."

"-So Itoshii's gonna get her acquainted with all the odds and ends, which is COOLIES, cuz Emily-Chan doesn't know ANYTHING- BYE REVY!" Chibi continues, seeming to be oblivious to Rivet's distraction. She does, however, notice as the boy makes it half a hall away and waves wildly, hopping up and before again grabbing Emily's arm and starting to drag her again... only to stop once more as a small boy storms past. Chibi stares after him. "... Winawen Reaper... Huh..." 'Perfect. Just as planned.'

"... What now?" Emily mutters tiredly as her pink-haired friend takes out a walky-talky and starts muttering and giggling into it.

"Hm? Oh, nothing! LEZ GIT GOING! WHEEEEEEEE!"

Nieni: cackles I can just see the light bulbs flashing over every reader's head all of a sudden.

Nite: yawns School starts tomorrow. Go to sleep

Nieni: Nuuuuuuuuu! I must be free! FREE!