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�Okay, so, where is that Kitsune?� wondered Chouku as she searched the castle.
She had a steaming hot bowl of oatmeal in her hand, searching and looking for her archenemy Kitsune. For some reason she hated Kitsune Kat. No one exactly knew why Chouku hated her. It�s just like some dogs. Sometimes they just hate you for no reason!
�Okay, must find the Bakaness,� Kitsune said as she turned the same corner Chouku was turning.
The two bumped into each other. The bowl of oatmeal flew up into the air and landed on Kitsune�s head. She screamed as it ran down her head, burning her terribly. She was terrified of oatmeal because of a traumatizing event involving hot oatmeal and a bare foot. �Kitsune! Old buddy, old pal!� Chouku said.
�Hot hot hot!!!!!!!� Kitsune screamed as she ran around frantically. �I HATE oatmeal!�
�Yeah, I know,� Chouku laughed.
Kitsune finally managed to throw the oatmeal off of her head. Unfortunately, the oatmeal was so hot that it had set her hair on fire. �My hair!!! Bakaness!!!!� she screamed as she ran to find the water cat Mizu.
Chouku couldn�t stop laughing, but she managed to follow Kitsune to induce more pain on her. Without realizing it, Kitsune flew by Salamander and knocked him down along with all his Coke and cookies.
�Dude,� Chouku laughed as she continued to follow the flaming fox.
Salamander was not too pleased. �This is why I am always in my room,� he said.
�HELP ME!!!� Kitsune screamed as she ran into Miko no Kharl�s room where there were quite a few pictures of Kharl.
�Kitsune, what happened?� asked Miko K.
�Chouku threw oatmeal on my head!� Kitsune screamed as she ran in circles around the room.
Miko K grabbed a bucket of water and threw it onto Kitsune�s head. The fire went out, and Kitsune stopped her screaming as she sat on the floor. �My, what happened?� asked Miko K as she sat beside Kitsune.
Chouku entered the room, laughing hysterically. �Oh, Kitsune, you should have seen you face!� she said.
�EVIL!� Kitsune hissed.
�Why thank you!� Chouku said.
�I can see why you fear oatmeal,� Miko K said.
�Fear? Oh! FEAR!� Kitsune said. �We have much to fear. One: Akuma is back.�
Miko K leapt up and locked the door. �Proceed,� she said as she slid to the floor.
�Two: Chouku�s back.�
�Well, I figured,� Miko K said, looking at the grinning jester.
�And three: something weird is happening.�
�When isn�t that true?� asked Chouku.
�You see,� Kitsune continued, ignoring Chouku, �we keep having things like, hurt us.
And this was before Akuma came. A fish bit onto my head out of nowhere, a rock crushed Hi, all kinds of things! And I saw a really weird black smoke before it all happened.�
�Hmm, suspicious,� Miko K said as she got up and went over to her books.
�I doubt it�s in Lord of the Rings,� Kitsune said.
�I wasn�t looking in those books,� Miko K said defiantly. �I am looking in my book of curses. Are you and Hi holding any odd objects?�
�No, nothing,� Kitsune said.
�Except for her face� Chouku said.
�SHUT UP!� Kitsune hissed.
�Hmmm, all curses are brought on by an object, or at least these curses,� Miko K said as she shut the book. �I wonder...�
She put that book away and took out another book. She flipped through the pages, and an odd smoke came out. �Is that book on fire?� asked Chouku.
�My goodness!! It is!� Miko K said as she dropped the book. It burst into flames.
�Ahhh!!!� Kitsune screamed.
Miko K stepped on it to put it out. It finally did and all that was left was a smoldering pile of ashes. �It is worse than I feared,� Miko K said.
�What is it?� asked Kitsune.
�A kurse,� Miko K said.
�A kurse?� Kitsune repeated.
�Yes, a kurse. A kurse kurses everyone but the holder of the kursed abject,� Miko K explained.
�The opposite of a curse,� Chouku said.
�But who could have a kursed object?� asked Kitsune.
�Akuma may have a kurse,� Chouku said. �She seems to be a kursed object.�
�Usually a krystal has a kurse,� Miko K said as she took down another book. �See. This is a krystal.�
Kitsune and Chouku leaned forward to see. There was a picture of a black krystal very similar to Princess Mizu�s. �Hey! The Bakaness has something just like that!� Kitsune said.
Miko K closed the book, causing Chouku and Kitsune to jump back. �There�s the source of the kurse,� she said.
�What do we do?� asked Kitsune.
�We take the krystal and destroy it,� Miko K said.
�But it said that it was extremely hard, harder tan a diamond,� Chouku said.
�We must take it to the fires of Glordor,� Miko K said. �Where all krystals originate!�
�Sounds like Lord of the Rings,� Kitsune muttered.
Miko K pulled out two white fans that were fashioned to look like the Japanese flag with a red dot in the middle. She opened them and began waving them around. �Let-us-go!� she said as she pointed to the door with the fans.
That�s when the doorknob fell off. �KURSES!� Kitsune screamed.
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Meanwhile, Princess Mizu, Akuma, Miko, Neko Meika, and Salamander were gathered around a huge casket where Baka laid. Akuma was crying like a broken fire hydrant while Miko cried between mouthfuls of popcorn. Meika, who was Mizu�s mother, looked a little disturbed.
�Okay, a paperclip died,� she said. �That makes plenty of sense.�
�Weird,� Salamander said as he played his Gameboy.