Hello all!
I know, I spent all day working on this chapter for my fanfiction instead of my novel as I should have. However, this one's been weighing on my conscience for a while since I had deliberately left out a specific scene from the last chapter. I added it in here, I just felt it would fit better to do things in a slightly different order.
Anyhow, I apologize for any mistakes in POV that I may have missed, I was very careful in checking.
Thanks for reading
Chapter Eight: Sage's Sister has a Rebellious Stage
That morning when everyone filed into the kitchen, looking sleepy and hungry, they were brought fully to their senses as soon as they looked towards the stove. I heard the first shout of surprise, prompting me to turn around, enticing another cry of shock.
The reason was my hair – I'd been unable to sleep and had decided it was high time for a change. A hair cut, leaving my dirty blonde hair layered and with bangs, hanging in messy tendrils all over the place, was dyed electric blue for about two inches from the bottom up. It was all over the place, wavy or straight, in my eyes on my shoulders. I had also pulled out my goth clothes and applied dark makeup around my eyes, completing the look.
Crossing my arms over my chest I said, "Good morning to you as well."
"What happened to you?" asked Rowen, staring openly.
I rolled my eyes at his original question. "I couldn't sleep last night and I needed a distraction." I turned back to the pan where I had bacon frying.
I felt someone tugging on my hair and as I turned to deliver pain to whoever the culprit was, Cye commented, "Now, this I like."
I elbowed him in the gut and said, "Get a life, Perv."
Sage walked in and blinked at me. I smirked and cross my arms, taking a defiant stance. "Sorry Sagie-poo, I don't look like your sister any more."
He nodded and walked towards the table. "Good."
As everyone delivered their comments or expressed their surprised, I mused aloud, "I would have done orange… but I'm not big on that color."
Kento cast me a sly look. "I wouldn't want you to be my sister anyway."
I paused after setting a plate on the table and put my hands to my hips. "You're right," I said, surprising everyone. "It would sound way worse as 'Sister killed brother' than 'Unknown Girl murdered the Ronin of Hardrock.'" Mary choked on her tea and Kitty started laughing. I grinned as Kento scowled and turned back to his place, sulking over my response.
"So why the make up?" Ryo asked.
"I'll say this one more time and after that you can repeat it yourself to answer all your questions. I couldn't sleep and needed a distraction," I said, my eyes on the ceiling.
"You look good!" Cye said.
I couldn't help slapping myself in the face as everyone laughed. "As much as I appreciate your compliments, I must confess they mean nothing coming from you," I stated, pulling my hand away from my face.
"Ouch," Rowen said. "But the truth is, now you look like my little sister."
"Really?" I asked, turning to him.
"Yeah - and that means you have to do what I say," smirked the archer.
TWACK! "Nice try, Ro."
Rowen looked sulky as he asked in an injured tone, "How was that necessary?"
"You know," I said, tapping my chin and speaking my thoughts, "For everything you guys have been through, you sure are wimps when it comes to us average-strength females." I couldn't help it, it was begging to be said. The expressions I got for that one were priceless - if I'd only had my camera to get a shot of five sulky-faced Ronin Warriors at the breakfast table. "I know, I know," I added for good measure. "I'm evil and scary." Many nods of agreement were visible. "But on the inside I'm cute and cuddly!" I proclaimed. I can't say I was surprised when everyone in the table erupted into laughter. I pretended to pout, "Meanies." At their hysterical amusement I grinned and stuck my tongue out at them before walking out of the kitchen.
An hour after breakfast as Ryo herded everyone outside to train, I lingered, feeling unsure. My body was still tired from yesterday and I wasn't clear on how much more stres my wrist would be able to withstand. Also, I could tell that my concentration was shot. I'd been awake all night, as a hopeless insomniac, and I was an unrested, bleary-eyed zombie instead of Rebekah.
Naturally, Kento looked back to see what was keeping me. He saw the indecision on my face and couldn't resist taunting, "Scared?"
His cocky grin made my mind up for me. I scowled and picked up my bo staff. "Come on, Teddy bear."
"What?" he asked. "What did you call me?"
"Teddy bear, or would you rather I changed it to Ronin of Softies?" He was gaping at my teasing and I smirked. "I actually wasn't going for that effect but it is rewarding nonetheless. Now come on, today we're doing this back in the woods - I'm not going to do this for everyone else's entertainment." All I got was a mute nod from Kento, still flabbergasted that I'd called him a teddy bear. What's so bad about that? I guess the big bad Ronin of Hardrock isn't accustomed to being grouped together with soft things of comfort. Well, he knows me now, so he'd better get used to it, because he IS a softie.
Down among the trees, I looked around, in search of a decent area to fight in. The trees were good, I could use them to my advantage, though climbing required two arms, not one. True to my word, I wasn't going to attack him in any below-the-belt manner or otherwise tease him, since my previous attempts had proven useless. Oh well, I guess it just goes to show he doesn't like me like I thought he did. It was almost disappointing but I felt safer that way.
"What are you thinking about?" Kento asked, eyeing my just a little bit worriedly.
I shook myself from my thoughts and said, "I'm just not sure if my wrist is going to hold out."
He understood immediately, "You shouldn't do this then."
I grinned at him, "Aw, that's sweet Kento. Consider that you're passing up the opportunity to squish me after yesterday's tactics and see how willing you are to give up this match."
Kento stared for a moment and then in a laughing voice asked, "What are you gonna do, let me win?"
I raised an eyebrow. "What, make it easy? I never said that. Just think on it, I slept for maximally half an hour last night, my wrist is very weak and I'm generally slow and weary. What does that leave you with?"
He smiled and said, "It leaves me with 'this match won't be any fun' is what I get."
I snorted. "Very nice. Are you willing to do this or not?" I picked up my bo staff and swirled it above my head, testing my arms to see how weak they were. Not bad, all things considered.
Kento grinned. "Yeah, let's do this. I kind of like the idea of squishing you, as you put it."
I lower my arms, holding the staff in front of me defensively, giving him a wary look. "Careful dear, you're acting creepy again."
He smirked and began the fight, bringing his staff towards me at lightning speed. I blocked it and winced at his strength, pushing it aside with much effort. "I am?" he asked, his grin cocky once again. "I thought I was a teddy bear?"
I laughed as I knocked his staff away and hit him across his chest, dodging to the left and evading his aim. "Think of it like a favored teddy bear whose eyes light up red in the dark one night. That kind of creepy." His staff connected with my arm, forcing me to release the staff with on hand as the pain triggered an instant reaction. Ouch, that one's gonna leave a bruise.
"So now I'm a favored teddy bear?" he said, not missing a thing.
I scowled at him and grabbed my staff knocking him backwards with a direct hit on his chest. "How many teddy bears do I even have?" I asked.
Kento gave a laugh as he ducked my next blow and caught my wrists, forcing me back several steps. "Now I'm yours?" he asked.
Oh sheesh, this just keeps getting worse. I released a noise of frustration and wrenched my arms free. I dragged him to the ground by his forearms and used my legs to throw him over me. Getting back to my feet, I said, "You know how I meant that just as well as I do. Stop acting cocky, you're sounding more like Cye every time we talk."
Kento actually shuddered but was quick to parry with, "Says Rowen's little sister."
I grinned at that and as he moved to hit me, I grabbed a tree branch and hauled myself upwards as if to do a chin up. Letting go, I landed on all fours and ducked a second swipe. "No way, I'm so much cuter than him," I couldn't resist saying, the mock pride so amusing Kento started laughing, giving me an opportunity to thwack him across the head. "I see nothing funny about it," I said in an injured tone, though I was grinning.
Shaking his head and grinning, Kento ran up to me and surprised me by pinning me to tree, my hands held above my head. "You're right," he smirked. "There isn't anything funny about it. You ARE way cuter than him." I blushed and stomped his foot hard, getting enough of a reaction to leap free. I dodged his blow and slammed my elbow into his face and then was knocked backwards by a punch in my stomach. "You liked that compliment, didn't you?" he asked, his smile just slightly evil.
Still trying to catch my breath I stumbled to my feet and blocked another punch, before mumbling, "Can't a girl be embarrassed without it coming off as enjoyment?"
He laughed. "Nope."
An hour later, Kento and I emerged from the woods. I was half leaning on my staff for support and cradling my wrist. Kento was limping and had his arm around my shoulder as if to hug me as we walked (he actually was partially holding me up since I flatly refused to let him carry him). Both of us were sweaty, red faced and worn to exhaustion. The red faces were more or less from the embarrassing insult contest we'd had towards the end of our fight. Kento won, as I'm sure you could have guessed. I get embarrassed way more easily.
As we approached the others, Cye turned to see us. I could see the gears turning in his head and I was quick to halt the inevitable by saying, "One dirty comment and I'll go 'Vlad the Impaler' on you, this staff will go in one end and out the other," I promised evilly. "Got me?" Cye nodded, paling slightly, and edged out of our path while trying to be inconspicuous. Kento laughed and hauled me against him. "Hey!" I whined, squirming in his grip. "Lemme go!" He shook his head, still laughing and tossed me onto his shoulder. "KENTO!"
"Ah, be quiet," he teased me.
"No, Kento, put me down!" I yelled, hitting his back. He started walking towards the house, ignoring and otherwise impervious to my hollering. The other Ronins smirked at my expression, though Sage looked as disapproving as ever. I couldn't help but wonder if the Ronin of Halo had any other expressions.
Once inside, I went and showered gratefully. Oh the joy of being clean! And warm, for that matter. Anyway, I took my sweet blessed time and hearing someone trying the door knob (I hadn't been dumb enough to leave it unlocked), I said, "Bloody hell, can't you wait your effin turn?"
I heard Kento's snort and he said, "I want my shower."
"Good for you, you can have it when I'm done, dammit." I hauled my black tanktop over my head and then my low rise jeans, the only pair that actually fit me, since I was too cheap to buy two pairs at once. My wet hair flying all over the place, I banged open the door, Kento falling in on me. "Gah!" I yelled, tumbling backwards with him on top of me, looking equally stunned. He lifted himself up partially, staring down at me. "Get off!" I said, pushing at him. "I'm clean and you stink!" Smirking, he hauled himself upwards, before offering me a hand up. I took it and was yanked upwards, right into his face. "Perv," I said with narrowed eyes, before walking out.
By the time I had my hair dried and brushed out and was exiting my room, Kento was emerging from the bathroom, clean and damp. I blinked and then looked down with a blush. No, I'd never seen a guy without his shirt, except my Nii-san and Kento was built very differently than my brother. He laughed upon seeing my embarrassment and slung an arm around my shoulders. "Come on," he chortled, at least being kind enough not to tease me. "The guys'll be waiting." We walked back downstairs and Kento said to them, "We're back."
"Where were you?" asked Rowen, not having looked up from his book.
Kento grinned. "Making out."
"WHAT?" I turned to him in absolute shock, but it was nothing compared to the rest of their faces. "What the hell, are you delusional?"
Kento smirked at me. "Oops, didn't realize I wasn't supposed to divulge that."
My hands rose towards his throat and I said menacingly, "You are digging your own grave, buddy."
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"We're going to attempt to get Sage on a sugar high."
Kitty blinked and then grinned, "Oh, now that ought to be good. I'm sure it would like some form of crack for him."
I laughed and nodded, "Here Sage, do some drugs, you'll feel much better! Hey, maybe once we get him on a sugar rush, we can get him to dance!"
Kitty giggled and said, "Oh my gosh."
"He can dance to 'I'm too sexy'," I said with a wild grin.
"Mental picture is too funny," gasped Kitty, laughing hysterically.
"I know," I grinned as I pulled out a camera. "Forget that movie of Kento, it's time for Sage to take the stand! We can make Sage eat candy! Bwahaha!"
Mary groaned at us. "Why don't you just dare the guys to go skinny dipping in the minues 30 degree weather instead? No, wait, Kitty, you would like that too much."
Kitty nodded, "I would. I'd lock the doors too."
"Steal their clothes?" I asked, one eyebrow raised in amusement.
"Yeah, while the doors are locked."
I was trying to stifle my laughter as I said, "Please note I'll be sitting with my face in a couch cushion and waiting for it to end."
"I figured that much," Kitty said. "That's why I'll be taking pictures!"
I groaned and slapped my forehead. "To give me nightmares?"
She grinned. "Yup!"
I shook my head and said, "Back to our plan. We were going to get Sage on a sugar rush!"
"Yeah!" Kitty said in excitement and then added a little quieter, "Um, this could prove to be a hassel."
"Naw," I said calmly. "We'll just bribe Cye to get some vodka."
"What's the bribe gonna be?"
"I'm not sure," I shrugged. "He's a perv, that's all I know about him for sure."
"Hmm," Kitty said, then offered. "I could offer you up as a bribe." I gave her a look like a deer in the headlights. Kitty rolled her eyes. "Not like that. It would be a get the vodka and I'll give you a kiss' kind of thing." I gave her another look. "Hey, sorry but, he likes you not me, otherwise I'd do it."
I was struck by a sudden inspiration. "I know, I'll tell him he gets a kiss so he'll assume its from me and then you can do it!" I grinned, pleased with my brilliance.
Kitty looked thrilled, note the sarcasm. "Fine," she said.
"What, you WANT Kento jealous?" I teased.
"Well, you DID just ruin my master plan, you know."
I considered the reaction I might get. "I could do it just to be amused by Kento's reaction."
"I'm pretty sure I know how he'd react. A little of spluttering, some glaring and then lots of ice cream."
"You guys are mean to that poor guy," Mary commented from where she was studying.
I grinned and said, "Don't worry, he'll live. After all, he isn't the one we're filming." I turned back to Kitty, "Ok I'll do it just to see it."
Kitty laughed and clapped her hands. "Yes! I hope there's enough ice cream. Something tells me a carton just won't do."
I laughed quietly. "In January up here? We have none."
"Oh man. We're gonna be in trouble then. Cookie dough?"
"None."
"Shoot. Hmm... he could go into a withdrawl, like a druggie needin a fix, with no ice cream or cookie dough to drown his sorrows into." Kitty thought and added, "Eh, maybe we could con Cye into picking some up at the store."
"Then I'd have to kiss him twice," I said, pulling a face.
"Hey, double the fun!" she teased, then said, "Nah, I wouldn't do that to you. One from you and one from me. He's a perv so it shouldn't matter."
"Good," I said with relief.
"So is that the plan then?" she asked and I nodded. She said happily, "Then lets find us some ronins!"
"Whee!" I said, skipping out of the room to find Cye.
"Kento had better deliver," Kitty muttered while following after me.
"I'll say," I seconded before we emerged into the main room. "Oh CYE!" I called. Cye looked up from the TV, evidently concerned with our beckoning him. "We have a preposition for you," I said.
Cye stood, looking wary as he said, "A what?"
Kitty rolled her eyes, "We want you to go to the store for us. You know, get a few things."
Cye crossed his arms and said, "What things?"
I grabbed his arm and dragged him into the kitchen, out of Sage's hearing range. Kento was in there but he was ignored. "I need you to go get a bottle of Vodka so we can prank Sage."
Cye looked at us, not convinced of this. "What do I get out of this?" This caught Kento's attention who curiously came over to us.
"Hm, now what was that we were willing to do?" Kitty turned to me, while tapping her bottom lip.
I huffed and said, "Get us a bottle of Vodka and I'll give you a kiss."
Cye perked up, "Ok, no problem."
"Now get us a couple cartons of ice cream to go along with it and... I'll kiss you too," Kitty mumbled the last part out.
Kento waved it off, at this point not convinced that I'd really go through with what I'd said. Cye was standing with stars in his eyes, obviously in fantasy land somewhere sane minds wouldn't dare follow. I grimaced and said, "But if you want it, hurry the heck up or I might change my mind." Cye nodded and darted out, like lightning, determined not to miss out on this opportunity.
"Good lord," Kitty sighed now while plopping down into a kitchen chair.
Kento snorted. "I don't think I've ever seen him move that fast before."
Trying to convince myself that it wasn't so bad, I said, "At least he's cute."
Kento's eye twitched at that. "So what's this plan with Sage and vodka?"
"We're gonna spike his tea," Kitty proclaimed happily. "And if he won't drink it then we'll force feed him M&M's."
"Why?" Kento's brow rolled up at this.
I grinned, "I want him to get a sugar rush and do a dance impression an sing 'I'm too Sexy.'"
Kento's lips pursed together, he held one hand up, turned away and then looked back at us. "And... you're going to go through all this trouble, just to see that?"
Grinning, I held up my camera. "You kidding me? This is going on YOUTUBE!" Unable to contain it any long, Kento is thrown into a fit of laughter; double over with hands on his knees to support himself. Smirking I hid the camera in her hoodie pocket and said, "But you didn't hear anything from us, right Kitty?"
"Yeah, we didn't say a thing," she attempted to give him an intimidating stare, that only made him laugh harder. I laughed and high fived Kitty then dragged her out to find Mary.
Mary looked up as we entered and said, "Uh oh, what's afoot now?"
"We're gonna spike Sage's tea!" I said in an excited whisper. "Cye has been sent for the vodka."
Mary groaned and covered her head with a pillow. "Wake me up when its over."
"Now, now," Kitty pulled the pillow from her. "None of that."
Mary said to her, "When you've got him stripping and Rebekah is hiding behind the couch, I'll be up here napping."
I piped up, "Hey, I won't be behind the couch! I'll be on it - with my head in a pillow."
Kitty shakes her head at both of them. "Why do I feel like the odd man out here?"
I looked innocent, "What? Cye's obsessed with the opposite sex too!"
Mary snorted and Kitty raised one brow ridge at that. "Oh, so now I'm being grouped in with the perv? Gee thanks."
Mary kept a straight face, saying, "Now, no fighting. You're not in the same group as Cye, you gave up on Ryo and Sage, right?"
"Who are they again?"
"I've proven my point," Mary grinned.
I heard the door slam downstairs and said to Kitty, "C'mon, to the Kitchen, sounds like Cye's got the goods."
Mary snickered as we left, "Sounds like you're going to put crack in his cup instead."
"Best damn crack in the world!"
Sniggering, we made our way down into the kitchen, where we saw Cye set a bottle of Vodka on the table. "Ice cream is in the freezer, ladies," he said, unable to hide his smirk. Oh yeah, he felt real bad about agreeing to this.
"Quick," I said to Kitty, "Verify that, seeing as how this is the Ronin of Perverted Comments we're talking about." Kitty nodded and checked the freezer. She sighed and nodded to me, meaning the ice cream was there.
Cye put his arms out, "Give me some credit, I'm not that dumb."
I rolled my eyes. "Yeah, yea, get over here." He walked over and I leaned up, kissing him. It was short and to the point, especially considering who it was. At that moment, Kento decided to come into the kitchen and grab himself a quick snack. He stopped dead in his tracks as he saw me and Cye, his eyes going wide and his mouth agape. I shoved Cye off as he went to put his hands on me. I grabbed the bottle of vodka and went to make the tea. I glanced back and said, "Oh, hi Kento."
His mouth moved but no audible sound escaped. Shaking his head he seems to come to his senses somewhat. "What the.. you just.. but you... why would... that's so wrong!" he finally managed to splutter forth.
I blinked at him. "What, you need a kiss too?"
He paused and considered it before giving Cye a sneaky grin and nodding. "Yeah. Yeah, I need one now too."
I snorted though I wasn't surprised. What do I look like, a coin machine? "You'd better think of a good reason first."
Kento's face fell and he turned a glare to Cye, hands coming up and making strangling gestures. "I'm gonna kill you," he muttered.
I immediately frowned, where I was pouring hot water into the mugs. Since when is one of my kisses worth killing Cye? It was only a bribe anyhow. "No need to," I said. "He'll be dead anyway if dares to mention it to anyone outside this room." Kento's hands clenched and unclenched, the look in his eyes portaying the mad urge to strangle Cye. Growling, he turned away from the man before he really did and stalked off. He grabbed the carton of ice cream just as Kitty had predicted, flung off the lid and grabbed a spoon, before eating right out of the container.
I glanced at him and then at Kitty, rolling my eyes so that he wouldn't see it. Sniggering happily at our plan, I handed the bottle off to Kitty. "Find a place to hide it, ok? We don't want anybody drowning in their sorrows."
"Like a certain someone," she motioned to Kento who has nearly at the bottom of his container at this point. I smirked and nodded. I made tea for everyone else too, so that Sage wouldn't get suspicious, singing 'I know what Boys Like' which had oddly enough just popped into my head. Hiding the bottle behind her back, Kitty carefully stepped around Kento who's head was now buried into ice cream heaven, stashing it safely amongst the cooking pots in one of the cupboards.
I took the tray of tea mugs into the main room, remembering that the one with the dog on it, and began to distribute them. Sage was handed his and he accepted it without looking up or speaking. Walking out, Kitty and I shared secretive smiles
Cye walked up to Kitty and tapped her shoulder, "Forgetting something?"
"What? Oh..." begrudgingly, she reached up on her tip toes to kiss him on his cheek. "There, now run along."
I laughed, seeing Cye's disgruntled expression. "You deserved it, you ass."
Cye glared at her before grabbing Ryo's tea and drinking it for him. Ryo said, "HEY!" But did not get it back. He grumbled and returned his eyes to the TV.
Another round of tea, more vodka for Sage, and results became visible, if only slowly at first. He looked kind of saggy eyed and as if he was looding control of his facade. With a nudge, Kitty motioned to Sage. "I think he's just about there."
I grinned and said, "One more dose, I think." It wasn't too hard to convince him to take another at that point, in fact he just took it without her having to say anything. Cye tripped on Ryo's foot that was jutting out, falling flat on his face. Everybody turned in amazement at the sound coming out of Sage - laughter! I turned on the camera, content that he was drunk enough for the show to begin. I handed it to Kitty, "Can you handle this? I want to coax some candy into him."
She gave a salute while holding the camera up. "You got it."
Grinning, I walked over to Sage while producing from somewhere behind me a bag of candy. "Oh Sage?" she said in a calm voice, as if nothing were out of place. "Want to try something really tasty?"
At this point, Ryo looked at Cye, Cye looked at Rowen, Rowen gaped at Cye, and they all pretty much figured out that us girls had done something weird to Sage. Just what however was beyond their scope of imagination. "Sure, what the hell?" slurred Sage, reaching for what I was holding. I grinned and offered him a piece of chocolate, trying to keep a straight face was too hard. It didn't appear to matter, however, as Sage seemed to like what he was getting fed and accepted another piece afterwards.
Sage, never having consumed sugar to begin with, gave an excellent response to the rush it send to his brain. At this point, he was bouncing in his seat, eating candy. I handed him the bag and went over to the CD player and inserted Right Said Fred, playing "I'm too Sexy" at full volume. I motioned for the other guys to be quiet, as Sage bobbed around to the song at first.
"I'm too sexy for my shirt, too sexy for my shirt, so sexy it hurts," sang Sage, bobbing his head from side to side. It hurt, I found, to hold in the laughter that was bursting to be released. She clapped and he got up off the couch, dancing to the song, attempting to look sexy. "I'm a model, you know what I mean, and I do my little turn on the catwalk," he literally shook his ass, causing me to double over in silent laughter. "I'm too sexy for my love, too sexy for my love, love's going to leave me!" he pulled off his shirt and danced around more, his exposed now to the videocamera that Kitty had set on the shelves, aimed at him. "I'm too sexy for your party, too sexy for your party, no way I'm disco dancing! I'm a model, you know what I mean, when I shake my little tush on the catwalk, oh, the catwalk."
Kitty clapped her hands, cheering him on for more while trying hard to not laugh too loudly. As it looks like he's getting close to stripping off more of his clothes, in front of the ecstatic Kitty and completely stunned Ronin, I dodged back into the kitchen, doubling over in laughter. "Omg, that was SO worth kissing that disgusting pig!"
Sage smirks at Kitty as he writhed and in general made it clear he really DID think along these lines. He dances around her now, smirking as he sings, "Too sexy, I'm too sexy." Kitty covered her mouth with both hands, desperately trying not to laugh. It was too funny and almost... disturbing watching this. Sage slung an arm around her shoulder, still singing and sort of dancing, if it could actually be called that.
I looked up to see Kento and said, "Oh dear, you're still sulking in here?"
"Not sulking," he muttered, belching loudly and tossing the empty ice cream carton in the trash and spoon on the table.
I walked up and snaked an arm around his middle. "You ate all that ice cream?" He looked down and nodded. I pouted, "That's not fair - I wanted some."
He pointed back at the fridge. "'Nother one in there if you want it."
I laughed and shook my head. Pulling away, I stretched, ignorant of how my shirt rose up along with my arms, exposing my flat stomach. A yawn escped my lips. "That prank was great. Now I've only got one more thing to do."
"Yeah?" he seemed to be coherent now, the sugar rush slightly forgotten while staring at her. "What's that?"
I tilted my head back at him then turned around and said, "Get you to quit pouting!"
He scowled at her. "I am not pouting."
I walked up and slung my arms around his neck, leaning up and said, "One kiss says you are." I smirked ever so slightly. Okay, so Kitty's influence was definitely showing itself.
A grin came to his face. "Ok, so put up the kiss and then we'll see if you're right."
I cocked an eyebrow at this but I pulled him down with my hand on the back of his head and kissed him. My other hand found its way to his jaw, as if moving without my brain giving it a command.
A flash goes off and then Kitty's triumphant laughter can be heard. I groaned as I pulled away, "I'd know that evil laugh anywhere..."
"You know..." a pondering frown was on Kento's face, "I'm sure that the two of us could get that camera."
I looked at him, "What are you thinking?" This very well could be interesting.
"Well... seeing as how I'm bigger than her and you're smarter... I'd say chances are good that that picture could disappear."
I giggled and said, "Considering that Sage is currently drunk and on a sugar high, yeah, I think so too. C'mon, you've got to give Sage a shove in the right direction."
Kento cracked his knuckles. "A shove I can do."
As Kento convinced Sage to go hang on Kitty, I kept a sharp eye on where the other girl was with the incriminating evidence. I smirked as Sage drunkenly wrapped his arms around Kitty from behind, picking her up and toting her over to the couch as if she only weighed five pounds. Quickly, I ducked over to the bookshelves where she'd set the camera at the last minute. "Yes," I said, as her hands closed around it. Quickly, I located the photo and erased it, before snapping one of Sage on top of Kitty. I gave Kento a thumbs up, indicating for him to go ahead and restrain said Ronin of Halo.
Kento stood back, watching it all unfold before him with arms crossed over his chest and smirked. "Do I have to?"
I rolled her eyes He's probably still pissed she interrupted his kiss, I thought with a snort and I walked over, slapping Sage upside the head, HARD. "Yo," I said to him, "Get the hell up!"
Sage looked up at her before obeying, obviously beginning to regain some of his whits. Scratching at the back of his head, he said, "Um, sorry?"
I looked at Kitty and helped her up. "Sorry, but all's fair in love and war," I smirked, waving the camera before tucking it back into my pocket.
Kitty glowered at me. "How was that fair? I just got mauled by him!"
I grinned, "No, you got cuddled by him, there's a difference."
"I think she liked it too," Kento throws in with a wink. Kitty advanced on Kento, intent on drawing blood.
I jumped between them quick to diffuse the situation with, "Come on, we have a video of Sage making a complete idiot of himself, what more do you need?"
She stopped while remembering Sage dancing around like an idiot and singing. "I guess nothing."
I relaxed and said, "Good. C'mon, lets go put it on the internet before he's coherent enough to stop us!"
She snickered, "Like that would happen."
I grabbed Kento's arm and said, "Come on, since you were in the ktichen sulking the whole time, you have to watch it." With that, Kitty, and Kento and I went up to Mary's room, intent on our mission: ruin Sage's reputation.
"Have I been in her room yet?" asked Kento.
I smirked, "Come on, I can protect you from the big bad dragon."
Kento snorted. "Like I'm afraid of her."
I opened the door and dragged Kento in without another word, "Guess what!" I sang out. "We bring evidence of a crime well committed!" I hooked the camera up to the laptop and downloaded the track, then opened it and it began playing for Kento and Mary's amusement.
"Well I'll be damned," Kento said and let out a less than contained laugh. "He can dance."
I said in mild disgust, "Shaking your ass is not dancing." I covered my eyes, "It's disturbing."
Kento said, "Hell, it's disturbing Sage doing anything outside his norm."
"My eyes are burning," I commented, "Tell me when its over."
"It's over," Kitty told me, only to have me pull my hand away and still see Sage 'dancing'. "Whoops! My bad," she said.
"I think God hates me!" I groaned again and pushed my face into Kento's chest. "Hide me."
Kento patted me on the back. "It'll be okay."
