(HOME)
"Good morning, Sleepy-Heads!"
A pillow smacks into PheonixFox's face, and she stands there a moment with it glued to her face.
"Go away, you stupid kidnapper!" Hiei growls as she peels it off.
The room on the other side of the closet from the rest of the house was fairly big and luxurious, the four present beds covered in white sheets. There was a bathroom door in a corner in the far back.
"I really don't understand this..." Higuchi sighed. "Again, WHY are we here?"
"Nevermind that! Time for breakfast! To the dining room we go!" She flicks of the light without any of their consent and is gone in an instant.
With Hiei grumbling indecencies the four got up and went out of the closet into what seemed to be a long hallway. Outside of the door stood Lucifer, waiting patiently.
"This way, please." He heads down the hallway, and they follow him.
Except for Hiei, who stays put and allows them to walk forward without him.
Higuchi looks back as he notices only Kurama and L are in front of him. He looks at Hiei questioningly.
Giving him a look that said he was already fed up with all this, he headed down the hallway in the other direction.
Reluctantly, Higuchi followed.
L and Kurama smelt food long before they reached a pair of double doors a floor down, and as Lucifer galantly opened the doors they found a long table set for five, with PheonixFox sitting at one end. At the center of the table between the places were plates with eggs, bacon, and french toast, as well as pitchers of syrup. For L's benefit, some strawberries and whipped cream had been added as well.
PheonixFox gave a cheerful grin. "Dig in!"
With well expected trepidation the two came forwad and sat down on her either side.
Kurama looked around in surprise. "Hmm? Where's Hiei?"
L piled a whole bunch of french toast and strawberries on his plate, smothering them in whipped cream as he spoke. "He probably broke off to find a way out of here."
"Yeah, probably," PheonixFox said with a shrug, eating a strawberry. She looked over at Lucifer. "Hey, would you mind finding them for us? Hiei may not be big on eating but Higuchi should at least have something to eat."
"He must have been caught up by Hiei breaking off fom the group." L took a bit out of his now very syrupy breakfast and chewed, looking kind of dull. As usual.
Lucifer, in the meantime, had already bowed and left.
"Where ARE we? o_o;" Higuchi asked.
Hiei paused, looking down one way of the two-way fork. Finally he admitted, "I don't know."
"Geh." Grimacing, Higuchi stepped forward and looked both left and right. Both hallways looked the same. "Do you think we should have stuck with the others?"
"What? No way. They were being lead straight to that crazy lady, and that's the LAST place I want to be."
"Good point..."
Hiei heads off suddenly, and Higuchi jumps and follows quickly. Hiei goes to the right and tries the first door to the left. "There's got to be window somewhere or something," he mutters, and Higuchi nods.
Inside they found that this was not the right room to try.
Some time later, Lucifer found them wandering the halls, looking like they're just been through a horror house. "Ah! There you are. Did you get lost?"
Higuchi pushed his glasses up his nose and didn't answer. Hiei was too exhausted to as well.
confused, Lucifer took their elbows and began to lead them down the hallway in the right direction. "Are you all right?"
They both gasp out, "Otaku!!"
Minutes later they enter the dining room, and everyone looks up and see's their post-traumatic expressions and grimace.
"Hiei? Higuchi? What happened to you?" Kurama asked anxiously.
They both just shook their heads and sat down, Hiei next to L and Higuchi next to L. They were noticeably staring at PheonixFox.
"W-what? o_o;"
They looked away and dutifully started to get their breakfasts.
"So anyways, the reason why you are all here!"
They all look at once.
"This is our story! Our adventure! No responsibilities, no real rules, no nothing! Freedom! besides being in a house I'm sure you don't know the location of and having been kidnapped with the use of duct tape..."
L frowned. "About that--"
"But we're going to have a bunch of swell adventures together! Isn't that swell!"
"Not with YOU!" Hiei snarled, momentarily shifting back to his old self.
"And there are still a few who have yet to arrive. Oh, this is exciting! I can't wait!"
"Wait...MORE of us..?" Kurama asked. He couldn't help feeling sorry for the poor guys. And They weren't even there yet.
Higuchi and Hiei looked at PheonixFox suspiciously.
She immediatly noticed their stares again. "Whaaaat? Did I break my nose or something? Is my face neon green? Is there a bug on me?"
They both gulped and said nothing.
PheonixFox sighed. "We're getting nowhere with this. Well, anyways, let's enjoy this meal like we should! Lucifer, go get some for yourself as well!"
"No thank you."
L looked at Lucifer more closely. "A 15-year-old with a butler?"
"Not just ANY butler! He is a patented, contracted Cyborg Demon Bulter Ninja!!" PheonixFox announced grandly. "The very best! Love him to bits!"
Lucifer bowed.
"Now like I said, food for you, Lucifer!"
Nodding curtly, the bulter turned and left the dining room.
PheonixFox beamed at the rest of them. "So tuck in! We don't want you starving like prisoners here!"
"That's exactly what we ARE!" roared Hiei.
