Chapter 4: Noob
"Ah!" Kanae smiled as Kyoko's eyes fluttered open.
"Sorry Moko-san" Kyoko said after fully blinking the sleep out of her eyes.
"For fainting?" Maria-san inquired.
"No," Kyoko brought a hand to her weighty head as she sat up. "I," She winced as se felt another sharp pain in her temple. "I was wrong, we can't find them,"
"Why not?" Tsuruga-san said, slightly hoping that he could make himself a part of the conversation by doing so.
"Untraceable," Kyoko swung her feet out over the edge of the plush pink couch. "Anyone who they kill always turns up missing, and they're never found,"
"Kill!?" The three shouted, making Lory jump as he entered the room.
"Yeah," Kyoko leaned against the back of the couch.
"H-how are we supposed to catch 'em?" Maria-chan stuttered.
"If we want to catch them, or at least have a chance to do so than we need to wait for them to come to us," Kyoko seemed pretty casual with the whole situation.
"How long do think it'll take?" Kanae wrung her hands.
"Give it a week, tops," Kyoko maintained a carefree atmosphere as she inspected her cuticles.
"What do we do until then?"
Kyoko broke the heavy silence that Maria-chan created when she sighed, "Just go about your everyday lives.
THE NEXT DAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
"I've got a surprise for you!" Lory raised his hands as a gesture of excitement. Two of the three LoveMe girls clenched their teeth for fear that it would be information about Kyoko's mysterious enemies. But he wouldn't bring that up in front of Chiori, would he? (If that's not right, I'm sorry but I'm pretty sure that's
Amamiya-san's first name)
"We're getting a new member of the LoveMe section!" All three of the girls' jaws dropped. They could only imagine the next poor girl that would be cursed with the hot pink coveralls.
"Oh," Kanae's eyes grew wide, "My gawd!"
Everybody seemed shocked, except for Kyoko that is, who had clamped a hand over her mouth in order to stop herself from bursting into uncontrollable fits of laughter.
"Are you laughing!" The tall skinny man said in English, as his face turned almost as pink as his uniform.
"Maybe…" Kyoko remained silent for only a few moment before she was, quite literally, rolling on the floor laughing. "I'm thoroughly impressed Jonathan!"
"Ah!" Jonathan grabbed Kyoko underneath her arms and wrenched her to her feet. It looked painful, it wasn't, but it definitely looked like it. "Kyoko?" He tilted his head to the side like a confused puppy.
Kyoko smiled weakly, "Hey Jay"
He stood for several moments; awestruck, before picking her up in a grueling bear hug. "It's been so long and I never expected to see you here!" He put her down and looked her in the eye before saying, "Why are you here?"
"Here as in Tokyo?" Kyoko bit her lip, not wanting to have to explain her and that idiot (Shotarou)'s relationship again.
"No!" Jonathan laughed. "Here as in this building; LME"
"Oh!" Kyoko stood up straight, abandoning the demons that Sho's image awakened. "I work here!"
They continued normal introductions, knowing that asking Kyoko how she knew Jonathan was more dangerous than asking the devil for a favor.
After everyone else had left Jonathan grabbed Kyoko by the shoulder and whispered in her ear "Stay out of my way; don't think I can't hurt you!"
Kanae who had heard from outside the door laughed to herself: "Hurt Kyoko? Pfft noob!"