�No, �twould be no good,� Miko K said. �But I can already feel tension rising in the Court.�
�Signs of war?� asked Kharl.
�I hope not,� Miko K said. �With this Court, you never know what will happen in a war!�
Miko K sighed sadly. �Do not worry, dear priestess,� Kharl said.
Miko K grabbed Kharl and glomped him tightly. �Oh, I won�t, as long as I have you,� she said. �Uh, Kharl? Kharl? Shoot! I need to ease up on the glomping.
There was a sudden rumble and a terrifying roar. Miko K heard someone running and screaming at the top of their lungs. Then they ran into the door. There was a hard thump and Miko K ran to the door. She flung it open and found Kooky Salamander passed out in front of her.
�Help...� he mumbled.
�Mwuhahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!�
Something came flying by on something big, red, and fiery. �Why does that seem normal?� Miko K asked herself.
�Akuma! Wait for me!!!�
A white, fluffy, shiny thing flew by this time. It was Miko on Fluffy. The other blur had been Akuma on a dragon that she stole from the menagerie. �Mwuhahahahaha! You�ll never catch me!� Akuma laughed.
�Akuma, wait! I want my bologna back!� Miko said as she tried to keep up. As beautiful as Fluffy was, he wasn�t real graceful, so he kept tripping in midair. Dragons, though, are very graceful, not to mention beautiful, so this one was turning corners with great ease. �Fluffy, watch out for the penguin!�
Fluffy turned sharply just in time to miss the lost penguin. Ah, yes, penguin. I think he belonged in the ice room...Anyhow, the dragon, whose name was Fire Blood, and Akuma were scheming. This particular dragon loved evil and destruction, so as you could guess, he liked Akuma a lot. Akuma was whispering in his ear, and Fire Blood was grinning evilly. Down, down, down he soared, down until he was about to hit Miko K, who at this time was crouched down, trying to shield herself. Fire Blood suddenly jerked upward, flying up, up, up, until he was about to hit the ceiling! And he didn�t stop for it. BANG! CRASH!!! Down came the ceiling and out went Akuma, laughing maniacally as she flew off with the dragon. Fluffy had crashed to the ground, lying on top of Miko as he ate some of her popcorn.
�Akuma! Wait! MY BOLOGNA!!!� she cried. �Up Fluffy, up!�
Fluffy got up and shook his purple wings out. Miko then began to chant the magical phrase that she and Mizu had been taught by the Magic Fishie. �Fluffy Magic! Give me a kite to fly to Akuma with!�
With that, Fluffy�s purple horn began to glow and a bright light engulfed him. In an instant, and purple and pink kite appeared. Miko grabbed the end of it and was carried off to where Akuma was doing figure eights in the sky while singing the Sweater Song.
�Hmm, odd,� Miko K said as she approached Fluffy and looked up at the broken ceiling. Fluffy gave a neigh and shook his mane. �Hmmm...I think Fluffy here can help us...Come on Kharl!�
Kharl was still unconscious, but Miko K dragged him onto Fluffy anyhow. She then commanded Fluffy to fly up into the sky where she would be able to monitor the Court�s activities. Since Chouku was now the caretaker, someone had to watch over it.
�What was all the noise?� asked Neko Meika as she entered the hall, looking up at the ceiling. �Did Mizu blow the ceiling up again?�
�Didn�t you hear?� asked Mahou with Luna on her head as she too entered, roused from her depressed state by the commotion Akuma had caused.
�Hear what?� asked Meika.
�Mizu ran away. She left Chouku in charge,� Mahou said.
�She ran away?� asked Meika.
�Indeed, and it seems she has left the Court a mess,� Luna said, looking around.
�No, the Court always looks like this,� Meika said. �Oh dear, I wonder how much sugar she had today. She does strange things like this when she has too much...�
Meika walked off, clucking her tongue at the mess, thankful she wasn�t the one who would clean it up. �I�m afraid sugar had nothing to do with this,� Mahou said sadly. �Mizu must hate us!�
�AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!� screamed Hi as she ran into the room, Hiei hot on her tail.
�Hi!� Mahou exclaimed.
Hiei pounced on Hi and started scalding her with his tongue as he licked her face. �OUCH!!!!!!!!� Hi screamed in pain.
�Hiei!� Mahou scolded. �Be nice! I know you like her, but still!�
�Nice, kitty,� Luna said nervously.
Hiei sat down, allowing Hi to get up. She did so slowly as she put out the fire on her hair. �Mahou, it�s not that Mizu hates us, it�s that she�s bored,� she said.
�Bored?� Mahou repeated. �How could she be bored when she lives here?!�
�Good point,� Hi said, glancing nervously at Hiei. �Well, maybe her temper snapped. You know how short it is.�
�Eh, yeah...� Mahou said, not wanting to think of the times Mizu had lost her temper. They still hadn�t gotten Salamander�s imprint out of the cement door from the last time she lost it...
�But whatever the reason, you know she won�t last...this is Mizu...she gets lost in her closet. Remember when she was lost in there for a week?� Hi said.
�You know, we never did find out how she got frostbite in there,� Mahou said.
�My word this girl sounds like a ditz,� Luna mumbled.
�Anyhow, Mizu just is not capable of staying out there on her own. She�ll come back,� Hi said.
�But then is she capable of ruling an entire land?� asked Luna.
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Miko K was circling the castle grounds, surveying all activity despite Fluffy�s inability to fly straight. �Everything seems okay,� she said. �But you never know what will happen in this land...�
That�s when Kharl woke up. He was a little dazed at first, but when he discovered he was high in the air, he flipped out. �IT�S HAPPENED!!! I�M DEAD!!!!! I�M A GHOST!!!!!!� he screamed.
�Kharl, you�re not dead,� Miko K said.