Shiki thought a moment.'we should be safe as lobg as were nit right beside her when she wakes up,maybe wake her fromthe door would be best...

"Okay then," Xing said, not straying far from the doorway. He patted Shiki on the shoulder. "I'll let you do the honors!"

Shiki sighed."gee thanks".he said andcarefully went in. Looking around he frownd some seeing where Abby had been starying. There were a few holes in the roof. Not ery protection from the weather. He then spotted Abby in a hamic,sleeping peacefully.Makeing sure he was at the door her sighed. "HEY ABBY WAKE UP!",he yelled out,knowing hed get hit afterwordfor it.

Abby,who was sleeping peacefully,jolted awake,yelping and she fell out of the hamic and onto the ground."owwww",she groaned andsat up rubbing her head,then slowly lookedto the door abd was taken by surprise tosee everyone there.".....Kimiko!",she yelled angrely.

Kimiko gave Abby a look from the door way."dont 'Kimiko' me ... this is a intervention"

"Abby, use your head!" Xing called. "You're being irrational. The lot of us have been worried about you!"

"He's right, Abby." Elliot said. "What happened to Xing wasn't your fault. It was Faust's. Not yours."

Kimiko gave a smile to them."please Abby ,lissen to them,there your friends!if they wernt ,i can bet you they wouldnt be here .... and i knowyou feel guilty for what hapened toXing,but you were cheering him on,Faust just wanted to mess around"

Abby sighe."i know that,butits what happened in the hospital when Xing was unconchous is what bugs meyou guys dont understand,you''ll all be in danger if I stay around you guys"

Admidamaru apeared behind her."ctually they do Abby ....Ive told them everything"

Abby let out aylp moveing away formAdmidamaru and stared at him shocked,"y-y-your......"

"Kimiko's right, Abby." Xing said. "It wasn't your fault. If you want to blame anyone, blame that weird necro-guy! He's the one who sent me to the hospital to begin with."

Abby sighed looking down."but ... icant risk thenut job thats afterme hurting you guys...."

Admidamaru frowned." Abby they know abouthim and want tohelp ,i told them evetything, your reallast name .... who that wack ob is ... everything "


Abby went to inturupt when she herd a dark laugh.Looking up to the rafters she glaredseeing the man that hadbeenposses by the darkspirit."you again!dont you ever quit?!"

Admidamaru and Kimiko bothe looked up.

Theman smirked."aw why are you not happy to see me?",looks toXing and the others."see even they found you,really Abby if your going to hide from people you may as well comefind meand getour fight over with",he said ssmirking coldly.

Xing scowled. "Just get out of here, freako!" He shouted. "If you deal with Abby, then you have to deal with us, so just shut up and leave her alone!"

The man laughed."oh really now?",he said smirking at Xing then looked to Abby."nowAbby i think i warned you didnt I?about getting your friends involved? you will end up loseing them... just like youdid your family...."

Abby growled."shut the hell up! if you try anything I sware I'll kill you!"

The man just laughed."ah Id love to see that...."he said looking to the group at the door."if you really choose to be involved ...then ilook forward to the meeteins we will have on the batel feild",he said laughing like a maniac before vanishing.

Abby growled thensighed flopping into the hamic."now do you guys see why i didnt want help?i dont want him huring,or killing any of you",she said looking at the floor sadly."if i lose nayone else that gets close to me i dont know what i'ed do....

Kimiko frowned."Oh abby",she said softly knowing she was holding in any tears.But also knew it had to be a relief that all of her friends knew what was really going on.

Elliot shook her head. "Quit being thickheaded. None of us would be sticking by you if none of this was real." She said. "Whatever happens, we'll be there. Plain and simple."

"She's right you know," Spire added. "Last I checked, friends were supposed to stand by your side, not abandon you when you need their help."

Abby looked at them , nd sighed softy."i know your right",smiles some.

Kimiko grined."so does this mean we'll be going back with them Abby?"

Abby lookd up at the group ,thinking nbut nidded."yeah, trying to deal with this alone isnt really working",she said smileing more.

"Glad to see that you're using your head again," Xing said, smiling. "So, you ready to come home or what?"

Abby nodded."yeah home sounds good",she said getting up and wet over to them.

Shiki smiled.'good! lets all go home and get something to eat im starving!"

"You and me both!" Xing said, grinning.

"You just ate, Xing." Elliot pointed out.

"So? I'm still hungry!" Xing replied.

Abby smiled softly."when we gethome ill cook smething u alright?"

Shiki smiled." that sounds good to me!"

"Same here." Xing said as his stomach growled. "Just, nobody let Elliot drive. I nearly lost my lunch on the ride over here."

Yukina laughed."do you have alicence then? i dont,,Shiki does,but he dosent drive much...."

Shiki smiled." well it wouldnt be right for me to drive without permission"

"Er, fair point." Xing said.

"Either way, there's still a minor problem." Elliot said. "There's only room for one person in the sidecar, and one person on the back of my bike. So, someone's gotta stay here, unless Shiki or Xing comes with me on the bike and the other two take the bus."

Abbysmiled."i can take the bus,and no worries illgo stright homeand i wont run off,o sware",she saidsmileing.

Kimiko grinned."yeah,and Admidamaru and I will make sure of that....."

Abby nodded."hey i wont be rideing alone",she said laughing a little and goes to wait for the bus.

Shiki frowned somebut smiled."fair enough .... see you there....",he said heading for Elliots bike.

"I'm going with Abby." Xing said. "I'm not too willing to risk barfing along the way."

"I'm gonna pretend I didn't just hear that." Elliot grumbled as she fired up her cycle again.

Abby blinked turning to Xing."you sure?youed get home alot faster"

Shiki laughed a little then looked at Elliot."when we get there ,i'll show you the room you can stay in ,this house is hudge!"
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"I think I'll take safety over speed." Xing said. "Trust me, once you take a ride on Elliot's hovercycle you'll know what I mean."

***

"Thanks for the offer, but I've already got a place to stay." Elliot replied.

Shiki frowned a bit.are you sure?"

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Abby sniled softly as they reached the bus stop and witha yawn she sat on the bench and streached a little,then looked at Xing.im glad to see youralright Xing,you had meworried...."

"I'm sure," Elliot replied. "Though, if you guys don't mind me mooching food off of you, it'll save me a lot more money than eating out all the time."

***

Xing smiled softly. "I wasn't going to die after that, you know." He said. "As Bason has reminded me on several occations, I'm too stubborn to get killed."

Shiki smiled."not at allwedenhoy th company"

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Abby blinkedlooking at himand smiled."well thenill have okeep that in min if you ever get hurt like that aain"she said smileing softly at hi befor leaning backand looking up at the sky.