Mood: tired and hyperish. Weird? Random? Odd? Whatever. XD
Music: Digitable niuniu--Cali Gari

((Better warn you now; I’m more than half asleep while writing this. So if it’s weirder than usual or whatever, blame insomnia. XD Typos and weirdness ahoy!))

Rae: Well lookie, it’s me updating again.

Druu: From deep within the Kainitif forest no less.

Sano: -_- I hate trees.

Yuki: Why? Trees are pretty.

Rae: I meant to update yesterday, but got distracted.

Sano: Yeah, yeah. Can we get on with this stupid adventure which is of course going to turn bad somehow? I want to get this over with. -_-;

Rae: Well aren’t we in a bitchy mood? -_-;

Druu: ^^;

Sano: -_- Whatever.

Yuki: O.o Sano-kun’s definitely in a bad mood...

Rae: Oh ignore him Yuki, he’s just pissed because he sucks at gambling and lost all of his money. Again. ^_^

Druu: Yes I believe that about sums it up. ^^

Sano: Oh shut up. >.<

Rae: *ahem* Anyway.*looks around the dark forest the gang is currently standing in* Hm, so this is where this old demon chick lives, neh?

Druu: ^^; Yes.

((For those who don’t remember/know, Hanneke is an old psychic, -psycho- demon lady who once helped out the gang when Malba caught a strange sprite sickness. Apparently Hanneke has helped Druu and the others before as well in whatever the hell it is that they do. XD))

Sano: *looks around warily* Didn’t I say I did NOT want to come? Didn’t I? Huh? >.<

Druu: Yes. You did actually. ^_^

Rae: We just you know, ignored you. ^_^

Yuki: ^^;; Um, yeah.

Sano: -_-;

Rae: Well before we get on with looking for Hanneke’s place, I have a few things to say first, if you all don’t mind. XD

Yuki: I don’t Rae-chan. ^^

Druu: Go ahead. ^^;;

Sano: I still say we should hurry up and get this over with. -_-

Rae: First, about last entry’s little rant. I wanted to make sure that no one misunderstood what I meant about not caring what others think of my writing. I sounded kind of bitchy, when I really didn’t mean to. I of course am happy if people happen to read/enjoy my works, it makes me very happy. I was just trying to say that I need to stop worrying so much. I always tend to worry over what others will think, and that was basically a note to myself to stop caring so much, you know? But not in a bad way. O.o Ugh. I’m not explaining this too well..

Sano: No. You’re not. -_-;;

Rae: Oh shut up. >.< *smacks Sano on the head*

Sano: HEY!

Rae: Anyway, I know I sounded whiny and bitchy, and I didn’t mean to. You just have to ignore me when I get all moody and weird like that, ya know? ^^;;

So from now on, I’ll try not to worry about what others think of my writing, and just write for the enjoyment of it, neh?

Speaking of writing. Posted that new ToS fic I was talking about to Broken Innocence. I’m not that happy with it, (it sucks x_x) but I posted it anyway. If anyone’s interested. Which I doubt. XD Heh.

I’m still working on that bigger ToS fic. It’s going to be loooooooong. O_O

Oh yeah. Someone signed my guestbook. Whoa. Weirdness. Oh and pretty Zelos picture/icon. *drool* Wait...I know that icon. You wouldn’t happen to be the yume_no_hikari that’s a member of the livejournal community Symphonia_Slash, hm? The one who wrote Paper Cut? Because, if you are, I like, love you. ^_~ That fic rocked. XD
Er anyway, thank you for signing my guestbook. ^_^

It’s sad. I so stalk symphonia_slash. (*Is a lurker, freak.* T_T) One of these days I might get the courage up to actually join it... But I dunno. I’m shy. And have nothing to contribute. My writings all suck and well, I dunno. *is a loner, loser, shy, weirdo*

I really am shy when it comes down to it. I usually don’t talk to anyone unless they talk to me first. Not because I don’t want to talk to the person, but because I always feel like I’d just be annoying and... yeah. I like talking to people... I’m just not so good at it. I usually accidentally end up sounding like either a bitch, or a rambling whacko. O_O;...er moving on...

What else...

Oh! Thanks for the note, mystdreamer. Made me feel better. (Someone likes my fics, yay! ^^) Heh. I love that screenname by the way... Mystdreamer. Sounds cool. XD Left ya a note back...I’m so rambling. Rambling Lalala....lalala...

Sano: Uh. Yeah. You are...

Rae: I’m in a weird, hyper mood. Yet strangely so, so tired. I know I’m acting even weirder than usual. Sorry. Just ignore me, my brain is broken. O.O;

Yuki: It broke?! O_o

Druu: I don’t believe she means that literally, Yuki-chan. ^^;

Yuki: Oh. Um. I knew that. ^_^

Rae: *blink* Anyway. One more thing, then I’m finished rambling. I didn’t even feel like talking...er writing, whatever, about it the other night, but now I must rant a little.

Sano: Great. *groan*

Rae: -_- Shut it.

Well after ages of not hearing from Matt, (long time loser psycho best friend weirdo, complicated confusing SOB) he called me the other night at about four thirty in the morning.

Which surprised me of course. Well what he had to say surprised me even more.

He was on his cell phone driving. I asked him where the heck he was, what he was doing out at four thirty in the morning, “Don’t you have to be at work in a few hours?”, etc.

He told me he had just left the hospital.

Yuki: Huh? O.O Did he die?

Rae: Uh no Yuki. He wasn’t in the hospital. And he didn’t die. I was talking to him on the phone, so he couldn’t be dead, right? Well. Unless he were a ghost, which he wasn’t. ^^;

Yuki: Um, oh.

Druu: ^^;;

Rae: Anyway, I asked him why the hell he had been at the hospital.

“Havin’ a baby.”

His damn girlfriend had another friggin’ baby.

WTF!?!?!?

>_<

I’m like, “WHAT? NANI?”

He goes, “Oh, did I forget to tell you she was pregnant again?”

....

What an ass. -_-

Yuki: He didn’t even tell you?

Rae: No. He didn’t. Damn jerk. I’m completely irrelevant in his life now it seems. I’m not even important enough to be told that he’s having another kid. -_-

But then he got weird on me. Weirder than usual I mean.

He refused to talk any more about his girlfriend or his kids, but instead spent an hour talking to me about when we were kids. This weird nostalgic conversation, which seemed to leave us both very... melancholic. It was just. Fucking weird.

I don’t understand him. Or us. We used to be so close, and now... Heh. I dunno. It’s just weird. Very weird.

Okay, I’m finished rambling now. Sorry about that. ^^;;

Sano: About time. *rolls eyes*

Rae: *twitch* ...So Druu, where’s this Hanneke chick’s house or whatever?

Druu: Well actually her hut moves. So it’s a little difficult to locate. I can sense her barrier, so I think I can track it now. It may take a few minutes though.

Rae: It moves? O.o

Yuki: How is that possible?

Sano: She’s an evil-hag-demon-woman, she probably uses her evil demon powers, right?

Druu: Well, not exactly how I would have chose to word it, yet, basically, yes. ^^;;;

Rae: ^^;; Heh.

Yuki: So it floats around?

Druu: No. She teleports her hut from time to time, and also puts a protective barrier around it, which cloaks her ki for the most part. However I can still sense it. And I believe...*points down a dark path* It’s somewhere this way.

Sano: *glances uneasily down path* Great. -_-

~*The gang starts the long walk through the dark forest*~

...

~~*A few minutes later*~~

Sano: Are you sure it’s this way? *glances around the seemingly endless stretch of forest*

Druu: Hm. Not really. ^^

Rae: ^^; That’s reassuring. Heh.

Yuki: Are we lost? O.o

Druu: Possibly. ^^

Yuki: O_O We’re going to be trapped here forever and die, aren’t we?

Druu: I suppose it’s possible. ^_^

Rae: Oh Druu stop it, you’re scaring him *laughs*

Druu: My apologies. I’m only teasing you Yuki.

Sano: Uh, since when can ghosts die, anyway? -_-;

Yuki: ^_^ Oh yeah. I forgot.

Sano: ...Right. *sweatdrop*

Rae: Heh. ^^;

Sano: I don’t remember it being this hard to find the old hag’s place last time.

Druu: She’s hidden it a little better this time. Such an odd woman... If I try to use magick to get us there immediately, I’m sure she’d jump locations.

Rae: Why is she so secretive? Is she in some kind of danger or anything?

Druu: Not that I’m aware of. ^^;; She’s just uh. Eccentric.

Sano: *mutter*That’s putting it mildly...

Rae: Man, too bad she doesn’t have a phone or something. You know. So we could just call her. ^^;;

Yuki: Um...Couldn’t you just send her a message? You know telepathically? ...

Rae: ...Oh yeah. Druu, why didn’t you think of that?

Druu: I did of course. The only answer I got was, hm, lets see... She instructed me to “Find me and keeeep me Druuvbin-sama. Hide and seek baby.” ...She’s a very odd woman. ^^;;;

Sano: O.o; *shudder*

Rae: She’s a freaky old hentai, isn’t she. -_-;;;

Yuki: Um, she likes playing hide and seek?

Rae: *sweatdrop*

Sano: That’s it. I’m leaving. You guys go see her. I’m outta here. *turns to walk away, having no intention of seeing the scary Hanneke*

Druu: I wouldn’t advise it, Sano-kun. ^^

Sano: Why?

Druu: This forest isn’t what I’d exactly call the safest area. It isn’t wise to walk alone here. Especially for a human.

Yuki: Um, why is it not safe here? O.o *glances around nervously*

Rae: *raises eyebrow* Yeah. Where exactly are we, Druu?

Druu: Come on, it’s this way. ^_^ I’ve located the hut, I believe.

Rae: *sweatdrop* I hate it when he does that.

Sano: Yeah well, I’m not afraid of this stupid forest. *crosses arms*

Rae: Yeah but if you try to leave, you’ll just get lost anyway. Remember your little trip to Kyoto? *grin*

Sano: Shut up!

Rae: Heh.

~*The gang follows Druu a little further into the dark forest, when suddenly they find themselves in a small clearing, with a little hut...*~

Druu: Ah. Here we are. ^_^

Sano: *moan*....

Yuki: O.o

Rae: Well. I guess we should, uh knock?

*before Rae gets a chance to knock, the door to the wooden hut opens, and a beautiful young lady steps out, long blonde hair and pretty green eyes*

Sano: Not that again. -_-

Druu: Hanneke-san. Hello. ^^;

Yuki: Um, isn’t she supposed to be old?

Rae: That’s Hanneke? Uh, the same Hanneke?

Druu: The one and only. ^^

Sano: Don’t be fooled. She doesn’t really look like that. Trust me.

Hanneke: Oooooohhhhhh. Neeew visitors you have brought me again, Druuvbin-sama. Yesss. A human spirit and a female human. Oh and Saaaano. My strong Sano returns. *winks at Sano*

Sano: -_-;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

Rae: Er, hi? *wave*

Yuki: Um, hello, Hanneke-san. *Japanese-style bow*

Hanneke: Oh, you foooound me again Druuvbin-sama. Such talent. Oh, oh the power. The POWER of YE!!

Rae: ...*sweatdrop*

Yuki: O.o;

Sano: *shudder*.... *slowly moves to basically hide behind Druu, terrified of Hanneke and her glomps of doom*

Druu: Ah yes, Hanneke-san. Well, we are here to see if you can help us with a little matter-

Hanneke: I neeed compensation of course.

Druu: Of course. ^^;

Rae: ...What kind of compensation?

Hanneke: *glomps Yuki* Oh, you shall do, my spirit of tragic past and DESPAIR. Ohhh.

Yuki: O__O;;;;;;; *being glomped by Hanneke*

Rae: Hey. Look here. You leave Yuki alone, lady. >.< *overprotective of the little guy*

Hanneke: Oh? Hmm. *lets go* Well. You shall do then. *glomps Rae instead* I just loooooooove humans. ^______^ *reverts into her true form, a short, scary ancient looking lady, with glowing green eyes and wild, insane long white hair* <33333333333

Rae: O__O;;;;;;;;; GEH?...Can’t...BREATHE....HELP...X_X;;;;;;;;;;;;

Sano: Hah. Now you see how I felt! Serves you right. Hmph. *still basically hiding behind Druu*

Yuki: O.o;;;;; She’s killing Rae-chan!!

Druu: ^^;; Hm. Eh, Hanneke-san. That’s enough now.

Hanneke: *sigh* Oh all right. Deaaarie, I just love humans so...* lets go of Rae*

Rae: itai... x_x.... *falls over*.....

Yuki: She’s dead. T_T

Rae: Mou...Not cool...@_@; *slowly gets up, still dizzy from the scary glomp of doom*

Hanneke: So Druuvbin-sama, where is my beautiful Maaaaalba-kun? Hm? With the ice fox? I do not like her. For she stealeth MY MALBA-KUN!!!

Rae: *sweatdrop*.... Malba fangirl much?

Yuki: She scares me...O.o

Sano: Everything scares you...

Rae: Oh like you have room to talk Sano...

Druu: Ah, I’m afraid Malba is not with us. I’m sorry Hanneke-san.

Hanneke: Hm. What of my Kopaka-chan? I want his beautiful HAIR. Wouldn’t it look lovely on my crystal ball? A beautiful wig for my precious glowy ball of wonder!!!

Rae: O.o;;;;;;;;

Druu: Eh. Yes well Kopaka isn’t here either. I’m sorry Hanneke-san. Now, if we could, hm, get to the matter at—

Hanneke: OH WOE!! WOE!!! WOE! DOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!.

Sano: Oh for Kami’s sake...-_-;;;;;;

Yuki: Doom? O.o

Rae: *sweatdrop*

Druu: ^^; Ah. Yes well—

Hanneke: Oh Druuvbin-sama!!!! DOOOOOOOM! DOOOOOOM!

Sano: Hey how come Druu gets special treatment anyway? What’s with the –sama?

Hanneke: Because you silly, beautiful, rooster, human, hunky, bishy, baby doll. I must respect my elders! Now come, come into my little house of mystery and WONDER!

Sano: Elders? What the hell are you talking about, you old hag?

Rae: ...Elder? ...

Druu: ^^;

Hanneke: Malba, the child of doooooom. Where are THOU??????? Oh woe...

Rae: *sweatdrop* Uh, look lady. Malba ain’t here. And he wouldn’t want an old freak like you anyway....

Hanneke: Oh a sharp tongued human. How I looooooove sharp tongued humans... *prepares to flying glomp Rae again*

Rae: O_O Hey, stay away!! I, uh don’t like being touched. *hides behind Druu, with Sano* Scary old freak...

Hanneke: Children of woe and misfortune they all are. DOOOOOOOM!! ^____^ Malbie-poooo. Ko-chaniee. Ice-fox girl. All children. Mere children!! Right Druuvbin-sama? DOOOOOOOOOM!

Rae: O_o;; She’s friggin’ insane...

Sano: Told ya.

Yuki: O.o;; Doom?

Hanneke: YEEEES!!!! DOOOOOOOOM! DOOOOM! ^___^ Now come to my hut of WONDER!!

Sano: No way in hell. I’m staying out here. -_-

Rae: Are you sure? Druu said it’s dangerous out here...

Sano: Compared to that old hag? I’ll take my chances with the forest, thank you very much.

Yuki: O.o;; She’s kind of scary...

Sano: Kind of?! *shudder*

Hanneke: *blows kiss at Sano* My Saaaanosuke. Loveeee. <333333

Sano: O.o Definitely staying outside...

~*Everyone -except Sano- follow Hanneke-san into her small hut*~

~They enter a small room with a table and chairs, a glowy crystal ball sitting in the middle of said table~

Hanneke: Sit. Sit at my table of amazement! *sits in big black chair*

*Everyone sits around table*

Hanneke: Now tell me. What do you need from the GREAT, beautiful Hanneke?

Rae: *sweatdrop*....

Yuki: O.o;

Druu: A, hm, contact that I and the others have come to rely on has, well, simply vanished. We have tried to locate him numerous times, yet have failed.

Hanneke: And your psychic sight?

Druu: I cannot seem to locate him. Or anything relating to him for that matter.

Hanneke: I SEEE. And I know why. OH YES. YES I DO!!!

Rae: Really?

Hanneke: Oh yes. YES. I do. NOW!! DOOOOOOOOOM!

Druu: Well Hanneke-san. Any insights you have in the matter would be appreciated...

Hanneke: YESSSSSSSSSSSS. *gazes into her crystal ball* I. I. I... Wait. Dammit. *picks up crystal ball*

Rae: Nani?

Yuki: What is it? O.o

Hanneke: DAMN reception!!! *bangs crystal ball against table a few times* Ah, there, much better. YESS. ^______^

Rae: -_-;;;;;;; .....

Yuki: O_o;

Druu: Well, Hanneke-san?

Hanneke: You seek the shadow. Yes. Yes you do. Your beloved SHADOW.

Rae: As in Shadow the Hedghog? Shadow the Summon Spirit from ToS? What shadow? -_-;;

Hanneke: NO. SHADOW. The shadow. Yeeeees.

Druu: Well?

Hanneke: Oh the beloved shadow. Yesssss. Hidden. Hidden. Hiddeeeeeeeeen! Yeeeees.

Druu: Hanneke-san. What. Do. You. See? *eerily serious*

Hanneke: I see death.

Druu: ....

Rae: What? Eh? Death? @.@

Yuki: O.o

Hanneke: What you seeeeeeeeeek, faces death. Yes!!! DOOOOOOOOOM!

Druu: ...Is he dead?

Hanneke: OHHHHHHHHHHHH. The horror! DOOOOOM! The lost shadow. Lost.....

Rae: Look, could you at least try to make sense? >_<;;;;

Hanneke: You cannot see because you are clouded. Yes. Clouded. Oh yes Druuvbin-sama is clouded by shadow!!!

Rae: Huh? @_@ *getting very confused*

Druu: *rubs eyes wearily* Hanneke-san. Get to the point please.

Rae: O.o;

Yuki: Druu-chan, are you okay?

Druu: Of course. ^_^

Hanneke: WRONG!!!!! OH SO WRONG!!!!! Too much. Too much inside. It swirls, pulling, tugging. Breaking. YES.

Rae: *narrows eyes* Oh? Hann-

Druu: *cuts Rae off* The contact, Hanneke?

Hanneke: DOOOOM. ^__________^

Druu: *twitch* Hanneke.

Hanneke: ...The shadow lives for now. Danger is near. You must find him before its too late.

Druu: Where?

Hanneke: Oh. THE DOOOOOOM. DOOOOOOM.

Rae: If this dude’s in danger, how can we help, Hanneke?

Hanneke: DOOOOM. ^___^ Doooooooom. HEH! DOOOM! Beautiful, doom. Beautiful, shadow dooooom!

Yuki: She isn’t being very helpful. *sweatdrop*

Hanneke: First I must be kissed. My payment. KISSY.

Rae: O_o;; Not me. Hell no.

Yuki: O_O;;;;;;

Druu: *twitch*...*rubs eyes again*

Rae: Um, Druu?

Yuki: We could make her kiss Sano. ^^;

Hanneke: Nope. MALBA. Bring me my Malbieee. ^__^

Rae: What? We don’t even know where the idiot is!

Hanneke: MALLLLLBA.

Rae: No. Look, you’re starting to piss me off. Where is the contact? This guy? What kind of danger, and how do we help?

Hanneke: DOOOOOOOOOOM. DOOOOOOM.

Rae: What? You aren’t making any sense. @_@

Hanneke: Kissy! Doom the KISSY! AHAH! DOOOOOOM! DOO--

Druu: ENOUGH. Tell us what you know now woman, before I kill you. Understood? -_- *voice suddenly cold, very unlike Druu’s normal tone*

Rae: O_O;;;;; Damn. Uh... Druu?

Yuki: O_____O;;;;;;; Scary.....

Hanneke: O.o;;; ....um. Druuvbin-sama I--

Druu: NOW. *evil death glare which is about ten thousand times scarier than Kitsune’s death glares ever thought about being*

Rae: O.o;; Uh.

Yuki: O_O *ready to faint*

Hanneke: I-I-I do not know Druuvbin-sama. But I see death.
....Druuvbin-sama. The pain, it grows worse, correct? You know what this means, it—

Druu: So this is all you know Hanneke-san? He is alive, yet in danger of some sort, right?

Hanneke: ....Yes.

Druu: ^_^ Well then. Thank you for your help Hanneke-san. *the evil death glare has completely vanished, now replaced with the normal, innocent Druu smile*

Hanneke: But Druuvbin-sama, you—

Druu: That will be all. Thank you. ^_^

Rae: Wait....What else were you going to say Hanneke? I’d like to hear what she has to say.

Hanneke: ... *glances at Druu* ... Eh. Um. Doom? *halfhearted*

Rae: *narrows eyes* No. That’s not what you were going to say. What else?

Druu: It’s fine, Rae-chan. I believe we have over-extended our welcome. Time for us to leave, neh?

Hanneke: ...Druuvbin-sama. Uh. Yes...

Yuki: Uh, is anyone else really confused now? O.o

Rae: ...Hm.

Hanneke: *clears throat* ...Ahem. Um. Ah yes. My payment. I need compensation of lips. LIPS. ^___^

Rae: -_-:;;;; Fine. You can have Sano. Yuki why don’t you go get Sano, okay?

Yuki: But—

Rae: Go on. ^_^

Yuki: Um, okay. *leaves room*

Rae: *frowns* Tell me what the hell is going on. Now. I’m tired of secrets.

Druu: Hm? Nothing to be concerned over Rae-chan.

Rae: Yeah right. Hanneke. You tell me. You know something.

Hanneke: I only know DOOOOOOOM. AND KISSSY. ^___^

Rae: Feh. Fine. Leave the mere human out of the loop. Again. Whatever. *irritated*

Druu: Rae-chan, it’s nothing to be concerned over. Right now, we need to just focus on finding—

Rae: *interrupts* I know. The contact. Can you at least tell me a little about this person I’m trying to help you find?

Druu: ...His name is Ryuuji.

Rae: Ryuuji, huh? And who is he?

Hanneke: A shadow!!

Rae: Huh? Er anyway...Why is he so important? WHO is he?

Druu: Well. I think a term you might be familiar with is, hm. Spy.

Rae: A spy? What like a Spy, spy? Like a double agent or something? Wait. Why do you need a spy? Spying on what? Mou...*confused*

Hanneke: I need KISSY. KISSY.

Rae: -_-;; Man you’re annoying, Hanneke.

Hanneke: Why thank you, my precious huuuuman. ^_____^

Rae: -_-;;;;;;

Druu: ....*rubs eyes wearily, seemingly lost in thought*

Yuki: *re-enters room* Um...We have a problem. O.o;;;

Rae: Hm? So, where’s Sano? *smirks at the thought of making Sano kiss Hanneke*

Yuki: Uh that’s the problem!! T_T He’s gone.

Druu: *looks up* Hm? What do you mean?

Yuki: All I found was this!! *holds up Sano’s red head band, now ripped* T_T He’s gooone!!! *cries*

Rae: Nani? Where the hell did he go?

Druu: Oh. *eyes widen* ...Damn. *rubs eyes again* I didn’t see it. I’m sorry.

Rae: See what?

Druu: We need to move quickly. *sigh* I told him it wasn’t safe out there.

Rae: What happened? Where is he? O_O

Yuki: T_T *cries* He disapearedddd....

Druu: I’ll explain as we go. Come on. *quickly gets up from chair* I can’t believe I didn’t sense it.

Hanneke: I told you...

Rae: Told him what?

Hanneke: Nothing. ^_^

Yuki: Sano-kun disappeared. T_T

Hanneke: So, does that mean I don’t get a kissy?

Rae: -_-;;;;; ...Sano what the hell did you get yourself into now?

To Be Continued...

Ryuuji hm? Just who is this mysterious “spy”, contact, whatever?
What is going on with Druu, anyway? O.o
What was Hanneke trying to tell the gang?
Where the hell is Sano?
For that matter, what the hell is going on?

Find out next time, in the insanity of Rae’s deranged, non existent brain!

~Rae and the gang.

((Oh dear. *smirk* Looks like we have a vague plot developing amidst the random insanity....hm....Please excuse any typos, etc. I am sooo damn tired right now...))