We were at the crowning party, which, surprisingly, doubled as a wedding party...
"Gotta say, I did NOT see this coming," I said to Hidama. We agreed that I would call her that from now on. She just sighed.
"What makes you think ANY of us did?" I couldn't argue with that. I saw Amy sitting by herself, looking a bit sick. I was about to walk over and talk to her, but one of Yuri-san's maids went over to her and motioned her over to the stage. She started to sing.
"I dreamed of living
Alone but fearless
Secret longing
To be courageous
Loneliness kept
Bottled up inside
Just reveal your brave face
They’ll never know you lied"
I was amazed, and so was everyone else. Here was someone no one knew anything about, and her singing was amazing. Unconsciously, we started swaying to the music. when she was done, we all clapped as Amy walked off the stage.
"Wow, who knew Amy was such a good singer," Hidama said with awe. I nodded in agreement. But for some reason, when Amy looked at the crowd, she looked a bit pained, and ran out with tears in her eyes. No one else seemed to notice.
Worried, I ran out after her, wondering what was wrong. Why was she crying? I thought. Everyone loved her singing...
I couldn't find her, and it wasn't helping at all that I decided to wear heels. I took my shoes off and started calling out. "Amy! Amy, where are you?" I heard crying, and following the sound, saw Amy sitting down, weeping. "Amy?" I said worriedly. She looked up at me, surprised. "Amy, why are you crying?"
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dark: huh...didn't see that coming...and you just leave me at the party... 
kou: what was i supposed to do?! tell you to stay?
dark: well, you could've at least told me where you were going...
me: *sigh* -_-;;
~Kou and Hida
The title is pretty self-explanitory... 
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Finally, the day of the crowning came. It seemed like it took FOREVER just to get all the preparations done. I chose a navy blue kimono with white doves on it. Even Dark Koumori came, in a black kimono with a pattern of red roses. We went down to the courtyard where the crowning was at. I noticed someone I hadn't seen before, but assumed they were from SOMEWHERE, or at least a member of the club. I walked over to her.
"Um... Hi," I said shyly. "I've never seen you before. What's your name?" She looked a bit surprised at my question.
"I'm Amy," she replied. "Who're you?"
"Koumori."
"And her?" Amy asked, gesturing towards Dark Koumori. I panicked a bit. I hadn't thought of what to say if someone asked that.
"I'm Hidama," She said unexpectedly.
So, I thought, she already thought this problem through.
"Nice to meet you, Amy. So, did you come from somewhere from the biju realm or with the club?" She didn't have time to get an answer. Shukaku ran up to where yuri was being crowned. He looked worried. The guards threw him into the crowd, and started talking frantically with Suki and Kyuubi.
Oh, great, whats wrong NOW? I groaned internally.
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dark: hidama means "falling star". i dunno why she chose that name for me, though.
me: it suits you. 
dark: ...
kou: *sigh* -_-;;
~Kou and "Hida"
I've noticed a lot of lag in the storyline, and most of it is due to writer's block. 
so I'm just writing a little short-ish part, but it will be written on-the-spot, so if its crappy, tell me, kay?
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My eye twitched as i saw what dutch turned into. A giant whale? Come on!! How original... Well, that's one dark down... And... How many to go? I had no idea.
hmmm... I wonder where Alistar went after I passed out in the cave. and where's Lobos? I wanted to look for them. I asked Dark Koumori if she could help me.
"It might work better if we split up," she said. That was fine with me. A strange object caught my eye. When I picked it up, I couldn't tell what it was, but there were several others. I started picking them up, and I found a river. Just inside the riverbed was another object, but it was clean, and had no dirt. I finally could tell that it looked like a wooden carving of a carp fish.
Strange..., I thought. What would something like this be doing out here? Then I noticed that the eyes of the carving were made out of some sort of gem. It was a dark maroon colour.
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...yeah, i know, its really sloppy, isn't it? 
i cant really remember the inspiration for this...
~Kou Carp
Dark Koumori suddenly tensed up besides me. A few seconds later, there was a loud sound. I could feel arenaline in my veins.
"What was THAT?"
She just growled. Then I heard wings. But the sound didn't go with the time of day... I was sure bats only came out during the night... My wings came out, and despite everything that was telling me NOT to do this, I went towards the sound. I felt a presence following me, and briefly turned my head to see Dark Koumori flying with me.
"Did you honestly think I would let you go there ALONE?" She tried to smile, but it came out strangled. My return smile was just as grave. I landed, and saw two beast-like creatures fighting. One had bat wings. That explained the noise I heard. But the other creature looked so familiar...
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Gosh, this took forever to type up!!!! but that might be due to the fact that I wasn't using a real keyboard and didn't have much inspiration... 
the thing that dark Dutch turned into reminded me of a nightmare I had. So yeah.
~Koumori
Ok so switching back to Koumori's view.
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I don't remember even throwing up again. When my eyes opened, I was in some place that I didn't even know about. Suddenly, Dark Dutch called out,
"Hey D. Shukaku, how you been?" I was a bit surprised, and looked at the person he was talking to. when I did, the "dark" winked at me and smiled.
"Oh I'm alright. Just ready to kill after I had been resting. Let me scare this prey before we kill her." He suggested. Now I was really freaked out. They brought me here to kill me?! When Dark Dutch nodded, he dragged me out, covering my mouth with his hand.
"Before you scream, I want to let you know that I'm on your side. The real me can control the darkness for now. Just leave now. Kyuubi will be waiting for you." So... this was the real Shukaku? Or another trick? I didn't want to trust him, but I just nodded and left as fast as I could.
I ran into Dark Koumori on my way. "What are you doing here?!" I was getting panicked. I thought she had been locked somewhere in the hotel...
"Relax, I felt the presence of those other Darks, and came over." I could tell she was just trying to calm me down, but I let her. I didn't want to be worried right mow. When we got to the boat, kyuuibi looked really mad that Dark Koumori was with me.
"Save the theatrics for later. She's on our side. Right now, you should find Shukaku. I think he's gonna try to fight D. Kyuuibi." I pointed toward the strange place.
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I continued one of shukaku's posts. the "title" of the post is a true fact. it's really hard to keep up.
~Worried Kou
