I know it has been about four years now since I wrote the first chapter; so I apologize to everyone for that.

Chapter 2

First Night

Heihachi arrived at the bar a good deal earlier than Kyuzo, he felt that he had to, to make sure that everything was stocked up and ready for opening; it was what he always did in his past bar work.

However he was in for a surprise. Unlocking to door with the key Gorobei had given him he saw a group of people already doing various jobs to get the bar sorted. He didn't recognize any of them.

"Heihachi!" A familiar male voice called over and he turned to see Momotaro, who was putting a load of bottled drinks into each fridge under the bar; "You're early... I thought you began at six?" He raised an eyebrow at the other as he looked over his watch.

"Well, I'm kinda used to having to fix up the place first," The ginger haired man explained, rubbing his neck.

"Gorobei should have told you, I get to do all that, along with some hired help, we get the place all ready, you bartenders just need to get in and be sure you know where everything is," He grinned; "But since you are here, you are an extra hand! So I am putting you to work,"

With that said, Heihachi followed everything that Momtaro told him to do; from the right number of chairs to each table to making sure the ice machine was working, to double checking the beer taps were working.

When he saw Kyuzo enter the bar, who was wearing all black as was the standard dress code for the bouncers of this place, Heihachi looked at his friend in confusion;

"What's the time?"

"Six," Kyuzo stated.

"Wow, heh, time flies when you're cleaning!"

"Now you know not to make that mistake again," The older male told him; "Hey Kyuzo, go on upstairs, Tessai should already be there,"

"Right," Kyuzo walked away from them and up the stairs that were to the side of the bar.

Opening the door to the staff room he saw the man that he gathered was Tessai; a short, plump man with rather bad teeth; Heihachi had met him already and dubbed him the stereotypical bouncer.

"So, you're the new guy?" The man was blunt, which surprised Kyuzo, since he had never met someone who was so direct and to the point.

"Yes," He answered, glad that he never allowed himself to show his surprise, perhaps his eyes gave him away, but the shorter man said nothing of it.

"Good. You'll be working the door," He told him beginning to leave the room before turning back; "You have done this before?"

"Yes,"

"We'll see..." The man said and left the room; "Being a bouncer here is a lot harder than most people think," and saying that he closed the door.

The younger man just hoping that tonight someone would come along tonight to cause a scene; just because he felt the urge to hit something. Hard.

He looked at the lockers that took up the majority of the wall opposite the door; his was six, Gororbei had already told him that his 'tools' were inside.

A club I.D card, to be put around the neck, or around the wrist; a UV torch to check out any suspicious I.D's, and also a radio to keep in contact with the other bouncer's and the staff at the bar. He wrapped the I.D around his wrist, the cord tight against his skin and he pocketed the rest before putting his wallet and key's in to the locker when he heard someone come into the room.

"Oh, hello," The voice was delicate and feminine.

Turning he looked at her; long brown hair, brown eyes, peachy skin, wearing a read vest top and cropped jeans. She smiled at him, taking in what he was wearing as well, combats, turtleneck jumper and boots, as well as the messy blonde hair and sharp red eyes.

"You are our new bouncer?"

He nodded in reply, taking the key and putting it in his pocket.

"I'm Kirara," She introduced herself and held her hand out.

Kyuzo mentally sighed, he hated the moments of introduction; however he had no real choice, he took her hand into his a shook it.

"Kyuzo," He said and left the room.

Kirara watched him leave, wondering if she had offended him in some way.

Later on in the evening the bar was in full flow; a decent queue of people were waiting to get in, a horde of people waiting to get served at the bar; with Heichachi being run off his feet with the orders, but he was fully enjoying it. The small talk people gave him, sober or drunk, it was the best kind to him, but he did notice one guy; who was always trying to get Kirara's attention; but she kept ingoring him and instead sent Hechiachi over, but the man wasn't wanting to be served.

"I need to speak to her,"

He raised an eyebrow; "What's your name?"

"Katsushiro,"

"I'll see what I can do," Was all he said, with the man nodding his head in thanks and backing away to the side of the bar.

It was a while for him to speak to Kirara about Katsushiro though, he was at the opposite end of the bar, however over the next hour he did gradually get closer to her and spoke;

"Kirara? Katsushiro..."

"Please don't," She interrupted him as she filled up to glasses with beer and gave them to the customer; "Katsushiro is the reason why we are always looking for a new bouncer,"

"Why?"

"He's good at fighting, I doubt that Kyuzo would stand a chance," She explained, taking the tops off two bottles, getting two long glasses and filling them with ice.

"I don't know," Heichachi commented with a grin, giving a customer two vodka shots; "Kyuzo is good,"

She looked at him, completely startled; didn't he know? She shook her head and got back to work, deciding that it would get her mind off Katsushiro.

For Kyuzo manning the door with a pink haired man, it was quiet aside from the drunken louts who tried to barge in, nothing exciting had happened.

Their radio's did go off, however his partner had said it was nothing to worry about just a regular, who was always a bother.

"He has a habit of harassing Kirara," He explained.

"Why is he not barred?" Kyuzo asked, wondering why Gorobei would allow some man to harass his bar staff.

"Money talks, even Gorobei isn't immune to it,"

That was something the blonde knew too well, every good bar always had a bad side, he and Heihachi were usually the casualties. For Heihachi it was his desire to speak the truth, to tell the person who annoyed him why he refused to serve them; while for him it was his inability to let the same people Heihachi refuse to serve walk all over him and talk trash about his friend.

"Where is he?" He asked and the other just looked at him.

"You can't be serious. Katsushiro isn't the type that you can send away peacefully,"

"Fine by me,"

The pink haired man sighed and clicked the radio; "Is Katsushiro still...?" He never finished.

"Can someone please get him to leave?" Kirara spoke, sounding nervous and shaken.

The blonde took the radio from his partner; "Where?"

"By the stairs... To the office,"

"Perhaps if you just..." Tessai spoke in the background, sounding rather grumpy.

"I will not reduce myself so cheaply," She snapped back at him.

Kyuzo looked at his partner who nodded;

"Before she causes a scene,"

Moving inside he looked around, gathering his bearings. He had no idea who this Katsushiro was, since the bar was so busy and there was a lot of people by the stairs. Walking through the mass of bodies he got to the stairs and began to walk up them when he felt eyes boring into him, he glanced to the side and saw a young man, probably only a few years younger than himself, glaring at him.

He opened the door to the staffroom, spotting Kirara in mid-rant at Tessai. It appeared that the stout man had once more put his foot in it, as the young woman looked furious; but she paused and looked over at him when she heard the door close.

"Kyuzo, you think you can deal with Katsushiro?" The older man asked, not truly believe that this man could do it, so many had tried and failed.

"Yes," He stated simply, turning to Kirara; "Which is he?" Although he already had an idea, he had to make sure.

She took him to the blinds and opened the a bit, pointing out the man with the dark green hair and green eyes that had glared at Kyuzo as he came up.

He nodded his thanks and began to leave the room when she spoke;

"Be careful,"

Saying nothing he closed the door behind him and walked down the stairs; Kirara continued to watch from the window as he approach Katsushiro and gestured for him to follow.

"We'll need another advert," The stout man stated; "He's not cut out for this,"

She continued to watch however, noticing how the blonde wasn't fazed by the other yelling at him, he never allowed any emotion leave him face or eyes.

"He's doing well," She informed him, and he walked to the window to look out but the two men had left the bar.

"Hm... Maybe, but just because we can't see him doesn't mean it's over,"

Kirara calmed herself, all she ever felt like doing to Tessai was slap him; she didn't understand why Gorobei would hire such a man; but as Shichiroji told her, he was good at picking the bouncers for the bar, and he had years of experience.

Suddenly the radio spoke;

"He's gone," Kyuzo's voice said.

Tessai looked at the machine in surprise; as did Kirara, but she left the room and quickly went back to helping the others serve drinks.

"How did he do it?" The stout man asked himself, wondering how a slight man such a Kyuzo managed to take on the one man who posed such a challenge to all the other bouncers.