17

The next morning was kinda eventful. Around 5 in the morning we all got woken up to Leia choking False in bed which turned into an all out wrestle until Maniac and Kato broke it up. Leia had scratch marks all over her face and False's neck was bruised from Leia's grip. Both didn't really look all that well.

False stayed in her room most of the day and watched TV while Leia curled up on the couch and stared outside, momentarily surveying the room before her eyes drifted back to the window. After a while she reached up and lightly picked at one of the scratches, causing it to bleed.

Pushing myself up using the couch I carefully walked to the staircase and sat down at the top step, moving forward a bit and sitting down on the next, and so on. I started doing this since it was easier then having to steady on one leg and I had a very low chance of falling this way.

About half way down, Kato walked over and looked at me from the bottom of the staircase. He smirked and walked up, standing a couple steps in front of me so he was eye level.

"Are you intentionally trying to be very cute or is that just a natural thing with you, Blondie?"

"Um.."

"I'll take that as natural."

"Okay."

I started to move again and attempted to go around Kato, sticking my hand out and pushing on his leg to get him to move, but instead he moved more in front of me. Each time I moved to the side he moved also.

Eventually I looked up and growled, kicking his leg with my good leg. He just looked down and nudged my leg, then pushed it off to the side.

"...Quit."

"You're the one that started kicking, I should be telling you to quit."

"No, I mean-"

"Eleven do me a favor and take her back upstairs, we have company."

I looked over off the side of the staircase out of the window and squinted for a second, moving away from Kato to buy more time to see who it was.

"Hey, hey, don't make this harder than it has to be."

"I wanna see who it is."

"No."

"But-"

"No."

"..."

Kato reached out and grabbed my arm, pulling me up and beginning to carry me back upstairs when I saw a glimpse of a girl with pink hair and two guys waking beside her.

"Wait.."

"Can't, sorry Blondie. You're not allowed to intervene on this one. You're just gonna stay up here and sleep for a bit."

"N-No, that's Drat and Kenta and Katous."

"...Yes. And?"

"Put me down."

"No-"

I growled and bit Kato's shoulder, kicking at him until I fell and scrambled downstairs quickly. I found an open window and climbed through it, turning and quickly slamming it shut and turning to run/limp away as quickly as I could toward the group.

I heard False yelling behind me along with Kato and Leia, which I wasn't surprised cause Maniac is the only calm one. I just tried to focus ahead, though, I was starting to slow down because my foot was bleeding and hurting like crazy.

Eventually I dropped down the ground and held my foot, whimpering and shutting my eyes. The bandage was completely soaked in blood and I could feel it throbbing.

"Leiko!"

It was Drat. She ran over and leaned down, looking at my foot and cringing before looking around. Katous and Kenta made it over and looked at the house before Katous picked me up and looked at Drat and Kenta.

"Well, I don't think we'll be escaping this fight."

I looked over at the house, wrapping my arms around Katous as Kato, Leia, Maniac and False approached us. Drat growled and glared at False, who in return smirked and crossed her arms. Maniac and Seven didn't really say much (which I kinda expected) while Kato and Katous both kept a far distance between themselves. Leia stood beside Kato and kicked the ground, a large chunk of earth coming out along with a dust cloud.

"Took you all long enough. Was beginning to think for forgot about little Blondie."

"D-Don't call me little."

Kato stepped forward, crossing his arms as Katous's glare intensified.

"Normally, I wouldn't let you guys leave so easily. But, since one of your party members is injured, one of ours can't have any fun, so we'll just have to hold off till he gets healed. You better come back when she does or we'll come for you."

"You're just letting us leave like that?"

"Don't push your luck. Go before I change my mind."

Kato smirked, spinning one of his pistols in his hand while Leia leaned back and forth on her heels, glaring at the ground.

"I'd like to fight my own one on one with my opposite too, you know. So bring her back when she's not.. disabled."

"Alright then."

Kenta turned and began walking away, followed by Drat. Katous continued to glare at Kato for another moment before turning and following the two.

When we got back to the house, Katous set me down on the couch and sat beside me, insisting that he check to make sure that I wasn't hurt anywhere else even though I already told him I wasn't. When he was satisfied with the fact that I was only really injured when it came to my foot, he stood up.

"You definitely need to go take a bath. You don't smell bad, which is kinda surprising, but from the way your hair looks and feels and all the dirt on your feet you need it."

I looked at my feet and felt my hair, and I did have to agree, my hair really did feel super oily and my feet where covered in dirt.

"Ok, fine. But you'll have to carry me since my foot still hurts."

"Fine, fine, only cause you've been gone for so long."

Katous picked me back up and carried me to the bathroom, checking my foot again before leaving so I could take a bath.

It took me a long time to wash my hair since I had to keep rewashing it. I didn't realize how dirty it was until I noticed that my hair had actually been darkened from the dirt and oils in it.

When I got out of the bath I sat against the edge, braiding my hair then putting it all up into one large bun and limping back to my room.

I quickly grabbed whatever I could and threw it on, then fixed my hair and went out to the living room. I sat down and rubbed my foot, which was slowly healing. The hole was beginning to close finally, which was good, but it was really slow.

"Hey you."

I looked up and grinned at Katous, pointing to the seat beside me. He sat down and pulled me into a hug, squeezing me tightly and ruffling my hair.

"Welcome back, prick."

"Thank you, bigger prick."

"Hey don't make fight you."

"Too late."

I reached over and started tickling Katous, grabbing one of the couch pillows and stuffing it over his face so he couldn't fight back while I tickled him. After a little while though he managed to roll over and started tickling me, and I didn't get very far with pinning him back down.

"Ok! Ok! Quit before I pee already! You win, alright, you wiiiin."

"Heh." Katous leaned back and adjusted his shirt, grinning. "I win again."

"It's not a fair win since you're too big. So meh."

"Meh? Alrighty."