Okay. Forth chapter. Whoot! I will be closely working on the fifth chapter as well. I'm not sure how long exactly this story is going to play out. And firstly I would like to thank all of my reviewers for constant support and advice! ~ I will try to fix my errors in my writing. And I do not own the characters, but I do own the plot. I am also aware that I've been spelling ciao like 'chow'. Lol. I hope you enjoy. ~


Kiyoteru let out a somewhat held breath. His smirk never ceased, but the man felt somewhat disappointed in the group's reaction. As if he was expecting more of them. Or perhaps he was expecting it to rouse them with more anger than they were holding. Then he spoke with a dulled tone after fixing his glasses once again. Then looked up towards the golden ceiling admiring it's circular and eccentric patterns that were painted with a dark gold with somewhat of a orange hue finally speaking. "… It disappoints me, Aria." He turned glancing at her furious facial expression every so often giving Kaito and Miki and glance as he spoke. "You had much potential. To be a thief, so silly.. If only you hadn't fought that time those children could be alive."

"…" IA froze somewhat at this statement. She knew the past of what happened at the orphanage that she had lived at so long ago. The girl tried often not to think of it. But seeing the brunette man move his footing, wearing a brown suit that was almost the same shade of brown as his hair struck a bit of fear in her. She had over sighted the realism of the situation with her emotions, and soon things were becoming painfully clear to her. Even with his lies about the past, it was never her fault.

There Aria was in the manor of a crime lord. With his son, who she thought she loved. With detectives who had agendas of their own, of whom she was connected with in more ways than one by a girl with the name of Kaiko. There was also the violence she had taken to get here. Everything had slipped her mind, even the fact that she had a gun in her hands. But soon as that thought arose in her mind Yuuma had taken it from her.

Aria stared at the brunette man, Kiyoteru. She wanted to yell and claw at him. The sight of that same old smirk from those years ago made her heart thud with intensity. So, she slowly regained her composure in a few moments. It wouldn't have helped the other orphans if she couldn't handle herself in front of that man who made her disgusted in too many ways to count. So, she finally replied to him with her glare aimed at that wretched smirk of his. "Potential is not the same as wrongful experimentation. And you know what? I'm disgusted with you. You are not even worth being called a human being! You make me that sick, Kiyoteru!"

Aria's words were directed to be like deadly venom, but alas it did not effect Kiyoteru as she would have hoped even expecting it not to. He didn't show the slightest fraction of remorse for the dart like memories shot with her words. Kiyoteru had long come to terms with what he had done those years ago. He had accepted it for being how he was taught. So, Kiyoteru spoke once again. "Ah, well that maybe so. But what I am is far more worth while to myself. Be who you are and such, isn't that what they say? Heh… The far fetched irony of that. Well, I guess it isn't considering, as you say I am not a human that it is intended for.."

Kiyoteru's smirk intensified as if to say that it wouldn't matter what anyone said about him, which satisfied him quite well. Then he directed his next latter of words towards Kaito and Miki as he looked more directly towards them. "And I'm quite surprised you haven't tried to rip me to shreds yet, Mr. Shion… I must confess it's refreshing to see you've calmed down for what must be the later years of your life, no? Ah, well, your sister may be already dead. As far fetched as it would be me to say, Miss Miki." His eyes glanced down towards Miki's fuming expression after he looked mostly at Kaito's vicious glare that was directed towards Kiyoteru himself.

"I believe I would say that I am younger than that, you putrid parasite." Kaito scoffed not wavering his glare. His eyes only softened when glancing to Miki for wondering what her thoughts were. Kaito truly wanted to attack Kiyoteru, but this wasn't exactly the time. He thought it was too risky. Despite his deepest feelings of rage towards the brunette man with eyeglasses adorn on his face.

Miki growled deeply. She wanted to run over to the brunette man and attempted to rip off his scalp. Of course that is what her rather violent approach would be to Kiyoteru. Miki also felt sad though. The sadness from Kaiko not being there. She was her friend after all, Kaiko was Kaito's younger sister too. Miki mumbled shortly under her breath. "Says you… Kaiko wouldn't die that easily!" There was still hope after all. Maybe Kaiko wasn't dead. And that's what Miki truly wanted to believe, but… No one could even be certain..

Miki soon grew quieter as Ted began to speak hoping to distract herself from horrible thoughts of where Kaiko might be. He turned looking at the group, giving Kiyoteru a unforgiving stare, leaving a certain softness presented simply his face when looking at the others. "I would suggest that we wrap this up quickly, Kiyoteru. The party, well, ambush, was a bust. And to point out a more certain face, medical treatment for Teto will soon arrive. This business being something of the 'illegal' sort it would be best if we reserved it for another time." Ted spoke in a polite tone showing a pained grimace upon his face every time Teto groaned in agony from her wounds.

Kiyoteru turned to answer Ted with the exact expression still on his face. "Ah, yes. That would be best. What shall we do with our guests? DO you suppose…?-"

"I would believe we should let them off the hook for now. After all that would be in our best interests, Kiyoteru. I would doubt they'd run off without taking care of certain interests." Ted cut Kiyoteru off glancing at Yuuma to see what his thoughts were on the matter.

"I do think that would be best." Yuuma grumbled keeping his stare at Ted. "I will go with them, you'd be assured that way…" Yuuma paused for a moment before continuing like there was something on his mind. "And Ted… Can you please refrain from telling my father anything irrelevant?"

"Yes… I'll be certain not to tell.." Ted sighed nodding then returned to Teto's side.

Yuuma glanced at his mother who was just about done talking with Meiko. She gave him a look that said she wouldn't tell anything that she had heard miscellaneously. After all, his mother often pretended that she stayed in bed drinking to avoid an argument with Gakupo. When they did get into an argument they would scream at each other all day long. She would always wondered what ever happened to the nice guy who gave her roses every day. Perhaps it was the money getting to his head. She also saw him, looking at other women occasionally. It annoyed her feverously, sometimes she just wanted to smack him. They would also get into an argument every time she had security expel a woman that was just about to conduct certain business with him. She never let him in a situation where he would cheat on her. It would turn out many of their female employees were on Luka's side as well. They would refuse Gakupo every time he got near them. The only time they didn't fight with each was when they go to bed. Both of them were too tired from the day to put up an insult to one another.

By this time Kiyoteru left the ornate ball room with little interest in the conversation topic or the sight of people form his past. The man thought they were only for temporary amusement anyway. The temporary time that had already come to pass. His was more interested a newer people and ideas.

Aria glanced at Yuuma who did not have what one would call an in character look on his facial features. He looked tired, dismal, and even somewhat withdrawn from the present time. She had wondered what the 'irrelevant' business that Yuuma spoke of was. But then it sort of his her like a brick in the face. He meant their relationship. THEIR relationship, the one where the two had thought they like one another. She could see why Yuuma wouldn't want his father to know that, after all that she had heard about the man, he seemed what a child might call, 'scary' to say the least. And yet, IA also wondered what would happen next. Yuuma said that he would come with them, that's what he said… She didn't exactly think about after the fact. Which was a bit naïve on her part, somewhat stupid too. But it kind of didn't matter as long as they got to a safe place to stay for a while. And she didn't know what to think of this 'Kaiko' business. She was obviously someone close to both Kaito and Miki. Assuming that she was Kaito's little sister and a close friend of Miki's. But then IA recalled something that Miki and Kaito had mentioned to her a long time ago. They had mentioned something about making their Detective Agency for someone. Someone important to them both. Aria the wondered if Kaiko was that very person that they spoke of then.

IA's thoughts were soon interrupted by Yuuma urging her along towards the doorway. It seemed somewhat unreal, as if her perception was foggy and shrouded with a mist of thought. Even so, she followed him. It seemed so easy to see Yuuma again, there had to be more to it than this. Of course she knew that she would probably see Teto, Ted, and Kiyoteru again. All figures from her past that she would have never thought that she would see again, yet she did. And there would probably be more to do with Gakupo, she did still have that glass object that the purple haired man seemed to covet even more than his wife and child who both seemingly held some sort of scorn for the man.

The duo of detectives soon followed them towards the exit. They seemed somewhat defeated. The atmosphere that Kiyoteru had given off depressed the entire group even more than they were. All the angry negativity seemed to be dispersing around them to a saddened one.

Who knows what on Earth happened to the Miku siblings. They didn't seem to have showed up for the party, but would probably show themselves sooner of later. The group of girls-no just relatives-had just about dropped of the map of life they were all using to navigate their directions.

Everything just seemed lulled by the past few overwhelming events, everything and everyone. Kiyoteru wasn't much of a help either. He only worsened the situation. Each and every one of them just grew with distress and unhealthy annoyance with the sight of the man who just about tore up everyone of their lives except Yuuma's. But of course none of them knew if he had done anything to Yuuma either.

Yukari had just fled the scene with Meiko. Both of them were withdrew as well. Yukari just thought it was dull and boring, she was stopped by Meiko and Meiko's feelings for Kaito. Meiko seemed to have had a crush on the male detective ever since she first met him. Which is probably why she decided to take on the job of an ambush first crafted by Gakupo himself.

Luka of course went back to her room. She wasn't as drunk as she usually was. To be perfectly frank, Luka rarely ever got drunk. She just pretends to be to evade Gakupo's unsightly cursing. She wanted to elude anymore destruction of their relationship. She still loved Gakupo, even though he made it harder and harder to every day. And as for her thoughts on Yuuma, she was worried for him. Luka did not wish their son to see his parents fight with one another. The woman could tell it wounded her son. But the one thing that she was glad for about her son was that he was not aggrieved by his relation with his new friend IA. When Luka first spoke with her son when he got home, Yuuma would only talk about her. And she was proud to think that her son found someone, a girl that he liked. However she was little more than aggravated at her husband for trying to rid the girl for his nonsensical orb of glass that wasn't what Luka would call worth the price of love. Though Gakupo ignored her disdain this being much more exasperated about being unable to obtain the globe itself, and thus developed the plan for capturing it, IA, and the detectives who were chasing his tail of crime and such hoping to catch Kiyoteru, who they did not expect to see on their first infiltration out.


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