A first meeting

lori was running to find a hotel, so she would get out of the rain. she steped in a mudd puddle and almost triped, sliping and sliding around till she came to a stop, and then laughing loudly when she was ok

Katie, whom was with Lori around this time, ran quickly after her. "T-Takegami?" She asked, scared for about what she would feel soon--
Too late.
She gripped onto her arm, feeling the burning pain from Ilona's mark of her surname.

"Take, L-Lori's my friend...you don't need to hurt her..." She stated, trying to hide the fact that she was in pain, but surely failing at that.

lori poked on of the sowrd "wow, those are...awesome! scary as hell but awesoem" she said jumping up and looking at katie "whats wrong katie?" she asked worried

Katie opened her eyes completely. Her pain was gone, and the burning was gone, too.
"Y-yeah...thank you," She smiled warmly, and returned the hug.
Remembering what Ilona had said, she knew it wasn't true. If there was no place in Takegami's heart for her, then why did he do what he just did?

Ilona was just trying to intimidate her. But, if she ran into her again, and if she knew about what happened, Katie would surely be dead. She would just have to steer clear of her, now...

lori kinda stood there, clueless and muddy "ummm guys, i'd hate to break up this little love fest but...its kinda raining and i dont think we wanna get colds" she said rubbing the back of her head

Katie's eyes opened wide.
"T-Takegami!" She tried to stop him. "I-I don't mean to...but Lori's my friend..." She told him. She didn't want him to be mad at her, even though he never was. She didn't want him to start now.
"P-please?" She begged, with a slight stutter, showing that she didn't want him to be mad at her in anyway.

lori backed up away from the guy. pushing him back when he went for her neck "katie, your friend is really strange"

Katie smiled softly, feeling happy that he wasn't mad at her, nor that he would eat her friend.

"Thanks, Takegami." She quickly pecked him on the cheek, as a daughter would to a father. "Yeah, Lori, Take, let's get out of the rain. I'm sure there's some place near by."

"well alright then, im just gonna pretend that that didnt just happen and let it go" she mubbled sweat droping.

"Well, her name's Lori Ann Kiki. She's a friend of mine. And, well, she wanted to come here, so I decided to take her here. I didn't even know this place until she pointed it out...you could say we just randomly came here." Katie explained to Takegami, as she walked closer to him, staying under the umbrella.
"I never thought I'd see you here...oh and thanks for before. About taking care of that mark...I-Ilona did that to me, and said if I got close to either her or you, then it would feel like my whole body would be burning." She didn't want to explain why, or what else she said to her.

lori was ignoring them, being her dissy self while she looked around. she got an idea and snuck up behind katie and started tickling her "mahahaha, i ish bored!" she said laughing evily

"Ilona told me that she would gladly kill me if I wasn't...your "little girl"...and she also told me that I had no place in your heart what so ever..." Katie recalled what Ilona said, trembling a little, remembering the complete fear she felt.
"She then grabbed my arm, and it felt like she would break it, but instead, she put her surname on my arm and said whenever you or her are near me, that it would burn...like it did when she put it there." She explained, not really paying attention to Lori. She remembered everything from that day. That was the worst day of her life...she's never felt more scared of anyone...

lori was wiggling and but stoped and lisened, she got out of take's grip and hugged katie "sis, you i think you should have a talk so i finaly know what the heak is going on in your life" she said huggling katie tightly

Katie smiled again, being hugged by her newly found half-sister, and hearing those words from her father like figure.
"Thank you...to both of you..." She said, hugging Lori back. She felt a little giddy when Takegami called her his little girl.
She didn't feel scared anymore, and she certainly felt loved.

lori smiled and yawned "im so tired, i ate to much candy" she laughed still hugging katie "and we really need to get out of this rain i dont want my little sister getting sick" she said smiling and pulling off her skarf, putting it on katie ot keep her warm

Katie laughed, taking the scarf, happily.
"Yeah, Lori and I recently discovered that we were half-sisters..." She mentioned, a little stuttering in her voice.
"Sorry I couldn't say before, but I just found out a few days ago. I'm not sure if we'll be traveling together, though. I mean, I have my missions, and Lori probably has places she needs to go to, too."