To elaine30432- Thanks for messaging me and reminding me to not forget about this story! Kudos to you for kicking my ass into gear, which is definitely a good thing, I hope you enjoy this chapter!
~My ownership of Britt, Kato, B/K, Casey, the black beauty, ECT…is unfortunately non existence at this point. Although, the plot, any and all OCs are mine. Just so ya know ; p
AN: This is a weird, wicked, and wonderful muse that came to me; that's my excuse.
ANN: The rating might go up due to violence/cussing…but who knows. This is just an FYI for people who don't have accounts to put this story on story alert.
The angel muse feeds on reviews….thank you for feeding it! The muse also loves cookies; it's munching on one from a reviewer right now! *munch*
ANNN: There is some Mandarin Chinese in this chapter; I do not speak the language so if there are words that are incorrect then I apologize. I have put translations so that you can know what their actually saying!
One more thing: If you are confused about the plot so far, then PLEASE PM me and I'll lay it out for you. I want people to be able to enjoy this story as much as I do, that's why reviews help so much. But knowing that someone is confused just brings my good mood down. You guys are the reason that this story exists (that and the green hornet movie for inspiration) and I want everyone to get what this is about.
Now, the moment you have all waited for…Britt's going to tell them, if he doesn't screw it up first.
PS: Total Word Count: 8,848…an extra long chapter for you patience people!
Here we gooooo….ENJOYYY!
"Who the hell are you?" As the sentence slipped out, she shifted in her high heeled boots before glaring at the newcomer.
Already, with no words coming from the white boy, she didn't like him. From the way he was cowering from her entrance, it was already evident that he was not an associate of Kiba's. Not that the male's company didn't fear her; only a handful weren't afraid of her, three of which thought she was dead and the other two was family; but the others tried to act tough, while the green wearing idiot was hiding behind her brother.
Speaking of idiots…
"Wèi shén me shi ni zheli?" Never taking her eyes off the target, the words came out lifeless, barren of the emotions that had been tearing her apart since their last meeting. [Translation from Mandarin Chinese: Why are you here?]
It had been fifty three weeks since they had been in the same room, and even after a few moments she felt his presence calming her nerves, the ones that had been shredded a lifetime ago. It was always nice to be near him, to feel whole again.
At the time of their last encounter, her anger had come out to scream at him to never come back. And even then he had come closer, to be the eldest like he always had. A warm hug, wiping away her tears; then he was gone, to give her the space she had wanted. Many times during those three hundred and seventy two days, her thoughts had turned to try to contacting him. Each and every time the phone had been put up; she had to be strong on her own.
But with the feeling of her other half being soothing her soul, she did something she hadn't done in a long time. A faint smile came to her lips…damn; it was good to have him back.
"Ta shi bùzhòngyào" As the man tried to find his voice, while digging in his pockets, the reply came to her in a rougher voice than her own. [It's unimportant]
After all, when you took everything else away just like it had so long ago, he was all she had left. Family, friends, possessions, lovers…and yet she still had one thing to anchor her from throwing it all away.
The answer sparked more curiosity; if it was unimportant, why wouldn't he tell her? About to vocalize the question, she was cut off by the idiot of the hour.
"Dude, could you speak English? I only know a few words" Glaring even more at the man, as her brother back a few feet away to come to her side…taking away the human shield that had been there for the newcomer. A small smirk graced Kiba's face; it was obvious he was enjoying the way the man was squirming without him being a barrier between him and her.
Although there was still the protective nature he was know for in his stance, like the man was a link to something that had been lost…her eyes slightly widened at the thought. The last time he had been this silently defensive, ready to take a bullet to protect one person, it had been Kato.
That's it, she was finding out just what the hell was going on.
"Fine…" Turning to face the man she knew to be her slightly older brother, she glared into the eyes exactly the same as her own "…now tell me, why you are here and who is he?"
Two dark eyebrows rose as he smiled at her before he motioned to the nameless man "That is Britt Reid and…"
Cutting him off, she gave him an irritated look "You brought a paper boy into my garage, do you know what that could do to my business?"
Her customers were the lowest of the low and the highest of the high, with two things in common; they liked their cars to be in pristine condition and they didn't like the attention of anyone, especially the owner of a major newspaper like the Daily Sentinel.
The business ring of the city, even though most of it had been shut down by the Green Hornet, was not something that needed to be covered by the media. Hence the reason why she was going to murder someone if they didn't have a damn good reason for being here.
"Sorry about that I can leave and we can talk somewhere…" The curly haired Britt swallowed hard, she sent him a look that said 'Shut it' before going back to the one who the question was for.
Her brother sent a soothing look towards the man, just like he was trying to do what he did for…then he turned to her.
"I know, but it's unimportant" A brain vessel popped, her eye began twitching as he said the two words with the evilest look grinning at her.
She tried to not let her anger get fired up, but just the thought that the asshole was deliberately trying to kill her business by bringing in a scardy cat reporter was too much.
The tall form of Kiba crouched down just as a heel went to where his chin would have been, rolling to the side to avoid her downward swinging foot. A snarl coming from her throat, she spoke as she threw a wrench at the family member she hadn't seen in a year. It was dodged, but it didn't matter…
"KIBA!"
…that bastard was going to pay.
XxX~LET'S ROLL KATO~XxX
Patience is a virtue…
"Wo shi quliu shasi zhi" He quietly growled to himself and an empty room, a chant of what was going to happen in the future, while staring at the wooden door opposite to him. [I am going to kill him]
…one that he was fresh out of.
After getting into a yelling match with Lenore, although he was the one mostly doing the yelling, Mike, the father of the building, had 'sent' him to Britt's office to cool down while she tried to get a hold of the dumbass.
Feeling like a kid sent to his room, an emotion he hadn't felt since…forever ago, he scrunched his face before plopping down in the leather chair and propping his feet up to begin his stare contest with the door.
The moment it opened, this 'kitty' was going to pounce and maim someone. Namely Britt.
Through the glass walls of the office, he saw her juggle multiple phones while trying to call/text/and email the playboy all at the same time. He would have volunteered, but every time he moved, he got a death glare from either the senior editor or Casey.
So he stayed put.
Not that he was still though; he couldn't be still if he wanted to. Fiddling with the different pens on and in the wooden monstrosity known as a desk, he soon found himself doing something that he hadn't done since his childhood.
"You ready Kato?"
"Yes"
"On three"
Flexing his hand around the wooden item, he waited. He was never very good at waiting, but for this to work he had to be patient and wait for the perfect moment…
"One"
There was no way that Kiba was going to beat him this time.
"Two"
He had been practicing, he was going to win.
"Three!"
The objects in hand flew; yet his was the only one to come back down…
"OW!" He groaned, rubbing where the pencil had hit his forehead.
His elder just grinned, he glared.
"You're cheating!" The accusation caused the other to react defensively
"I am not!" The dark haired teen replied with a smirk
"Then why can't I…" The sentence ran off as his arms crossed and he gloomily looked at the floor.
It seemed that whatever he did, he was never as good as the two of them. He wasn't as smooth as Kiba and he wasn't as smart as Sumi; him losing was just another reminder.
He had copied the elder's technique, which stuck the tip of the pencil in the soft ceiling every time, but he still couldn't do it. If he couldn't even get a damn writing utensil in an object, how was he going to be as good as the two of them on day?
"Hey angel" He felt himself be poked, but he still didn't look up.
"Yeah?" The grumbled word, filled with annoyance and frustration, left his lips just before he sighed.
"Did you know that it took me two years to get the pencil to stick?" His head snapped up to look into the dark eyes of his elder.
"Really?" There was no way that it had taken the awesome person known as Kiba to accomplish something that seemed so simple.
"One of the older boys had taught me, but I never exactly got it in, until this one day when I…" As he ran off, the older boy twirled the possible projectile in his fingers.
"What, what did you do!" He poked the bigger arm beside him, desperately wanting the answer.
"I changed the angle just enough to work for me" With those words another one flew to hit the giant white target known as the ceiling. "Now you try"
Picking up a small missile, which they had sharpened before hand, he resisted going through the motions he had tried to copy. Tilting his hand just enough, he smoothly released the object and watched it sail…
"YES!"
…and stick.
"Nice job Kato" He smiled widely as he high fived the older male
Going to try and repeat the results, he remembered one thing he had to do.
"Thank you" It was always god to give credit when credit was due, and the elder definitely was deserving of some.
"Hey now, what are big…" Looking at the bigger man, he followed his line of sight to the doorway that was now filled with a certain female figure.
"What the hell are you two doing?" Walking deeper into the room, she looked at them expectantly for an answer.
"Uh…well Sumi, we were…" The older man's sentence was never finished as a pencil fell…
"The hell?" Sumi rubbed her head, glaring angrily at the broken tipped pencil.
He giggled before going into full on hysterical laughter.
Kiba wasn't far behind…
"What is so damn funny?"
…just like the two of them always were.
"KATO!"
Slightly jumping at the voice, he looked at the slightly frustrated figure in the newly opened door. It wasn't Britt, so he didn't move more than taking his feet off the desk before sending one last pen into the ceiling.
Casey's eyes followed the object, before sighing. "Don't teach Britt that"
A smirk came to his face as he thought about the idea of the two of them tearing up the floor above them tiny hole by tiny hole. It'd be just like old times, just with a different person.
But first they had to find Britt, so he could kill him…
"Any luck?"
… then they could talk about target practice.
"No, his phone is either off or he's ignoring us" The second part was spat out, anger obviously behind it as she wearily sipped another cup of coffee that Mike handed her.
"Do you have any idea…" He cut off the older man, not in the mood to be interrogated
"No, he left on his own accord this morning" Besides, just because they were Xiong di didn't mean that he knew where the idiotic hornet was. It was like they were expecting him to know because he was Britt's partner, in more than crime…but that was crazy.
True, Britt was attractive; the training that he had implemented had turned the slightly flabby playboy into a 'sexy man beast' as the green man had referred to himself as. He had just laughed at the comment, although he necessary didn't disagree with the label. I mean, how was he not supposed to look when the man randomly ripped off his shirt to expose the newly built six pack before jumping into the pool?
True, Britt was smart (ish); in his own special way. While he was more technical and precise, which came in handy for building cars and inventing new poisons, the Green Hornet had random facts tucked in his brain (which Kato had thought was somewhat damaged from hangovers) that came in handy at the weirdest times. For example, he had no idea what they would have done on one Hornet job if Britt hadn't know the name of one particular brand of expensive vodka that just happened to be the password to get into the heart of a Russian Mobsters hideout they were about to raid.
And it was true, no matter how cheesy it sounded, that Britt completed him. He himself was silent, conservative, and calm; while the playboy on the other hand was the complete and utter opposite. Loud, obnoxious, inappropriate…although Casey had kicked his ass hard enough to stop the sexual shit around her, not that it stopped it all the time. They were like ying and yang to the point where when they were not around each other, like now where he was freaking out, they caused chaos around them. Not that Britt was mellow when he was around, but it was definitely toned down. He kept the playboy on a leash, to make sure that nothing life threatening happened, and Britt pulled on that leash to get him to do crazier things that he usually wouldn't do.
Through all the crap they gave each other, their partnership worked.
Sarcasm, potty mouth comments, and everything in between; but it was clear that they would never leave the other. Yes, there had been that one time, and it had almost ended in him assassinating the idiot…a shiver went down his spin at the thought of the green man dying, especially by his hand.
True, he would pull the trigger; he would make himself do it, if there was no other choice. But he couldn't imagine Britt not being with him, he had already lost a family, he wasn't going to lose the closest thing he had to a brother…
Everything seemed to flow better when Britt was around, even though it was usually more chaotic that a 'normal' person's life. God knew he made Britt's life easier…he hoped that he made it better.
Sure there were rough spots, but he wouldn't trade it for the world. Hell, he might not even trade it for…
"Did you call him?" Swallowing hard, he gazed at Casey with a 'are you stupid?' look.
There didn't need to be a response to that, it was the stupidest thing he had heard all day.
It was even stupider than nickname that Britt had assigned him after a lapse in emotional control. Kitty, it sounded like the Britt version of Honey Bun or Cutie Pie…which did not help the case that he was trying to resist in his mind that he was more than Britt's crime fighting partner.
The playboy called his accented self 'his man' all the time and maybe it was just because he was going crazy from not enough sleep (or maybe it was the snuggle session this morning) but he wasn't really sure the word was used in a completely platonic way anymore…But Britt didn't swing that way, well other than a few stupid drunk moments where he would steal a smooch from another drunk man for laughs, besides did he even want the white boy to do that to him one night…whisper in his ear, everything else fading but that deep voice, while leaning pulling him closer just before their lips touched…
"I meant have you in the last few minutes?" Damn her, interrupting whatever the hell that had been…
But he shouldn't be thinking like that, it wasn't going to happen. He would just have to watch as a new girl came in, try to block out the giggles…try not to rip her damn head off or growl that Britt was his.
His, no one else's
"Well, have you?"
Yet doing that would ruin the 'bromance' as Lenore had referred to it a few times, that he had with Britt. Losing another Xiong-Di was not something he wanted to experience again, especially if it was his actions that ran the man away. The scenario that was his reality at the moment was fine; he would just have to deal with it.
"Kato, answer me"
Would it be that way for the rest of his life, granted he wasn't killed by the possible threat of a raven trio? Not that he minded what he was getting now, but it would be nice to get more.
"Kato"
More.
A single word made up of four letters, two consonants and two vowels; somehow it was the only thing he could think of that actually described his feelings at the moment.
Actually, that wasn't the only word; too many to count swarmed his mind.
Want.
Need.
Lust.
Love.
Love.
The sound of it echoed his mind, the last time…
"We need to go" From the shadow of the building, the panted words reached his ears as the one who said them scanned the darkness.
She suddenly put him down from where he had been held, the warmth of her embrace soon evaporating into the cool night. "Kato, you need to stay here"
"No!" He didn't want to be away from the, not after what happened earlier the crazy night. The thought of being alone chilled him more than the wind…"Please don't leave me" Tears were already leaking down his face, he clutched the lower half of one and the hand of the other.
"We don't want you to get hurt" Whispered while two dark eyes looked at him, he tried not to cry.
"No, you can't…please don't…please…" From his look out spot, the tallest of them circled to surround his other side. At the same time, his two guardians gently held him close…
"We'll come back when it's safe" Kiba wiped away a tear
"Promise?" A sniffle, he tried to see the positive. They would be back, hopefully soon and then everything would be okay.
"Cross my heart and hope to die" He smirked, although the sadness was still seen in his eyes.
"Die?" He squeaked in fear
"Way to go dumbass" The female grumbled, smacking the older male on the shoulder.
"I was kidding; you know it'll take a lot to bring me down" The sentence made him feel a bit better, although he still was worried.
"Sumi?" She had never given her half of the vow
Taking his pinkie, she intertwined it with her longer, more slender one. "Promise" She smiled, her eyes looking a bit watery.
A moment later, there was the sounds of very faint footsteps were heard. Giving one last squeeze, Kiba stood to place himself between them and the open entrance. Reaching under his jacket, the hand bigger than his own pulled out a gun. Taking a stance, ready to use his very good aim, he shot one look to Sumi.
Nodding slowly, she turned back to him.
"Just know that whatever happens, we love you…"
Pulling him into one last hug, he felt one of her tears hit his skin.
"…we love you so much"
"KATO!"
Jerking up from where he had slumped in the chair, his feet went to the floor. Looking up to meet the eyes that had yelled his name, he saw them soften in shock. Then he felt it, a tear slowly moving down his tanned skin.
Swallowing the memories, he whipped the betraying tear away before pulling his phone out.
"No, but I will"
And as the ringing in his ear began, he thought about the word.
Love.
Only a few names could be associate with that…
Jiejie, sister.
Sumi.
Gege, brother.
Kiba.
Other than that, there was only one more four letter word….
"Kato, my man, what's up?"
…Britt.
XxX~LET'S ROLL KATO~XxX
What. The. Hell.
God, he was so confused.
He'd of thought that the situation would have been serious, which it was…
Truthfully, he had been scared shitless when she had been told he was who he was. The other person had been cool, calm, and supportive to him. It had made him feel better, having an older Kato like figure there to protect him if things got back.
But now, as he watched the two play a screwed up version of cops and robbers, he seriously reconsidered if he had the right people.
"NI WANGBADAN!" [You bastard!]
At the moment, 'Sumi' was chasing the taller male around the garage, only a step behind as Kiba dodged the machines, tools, and people that littered the garage. It was like the badass people he had been with had descended into an immature state worst that his usual self.
It was ridicules.
It was strange feeling like he was the adult of the situation, especially since both of them were more than likely older than him and he thought that he was the most childish person in Los Angeles (or at least in the top 5).
Strangest thing was that, while he would have been screaming for Kato to save him, Kiba was actually grinning while being chased. It was like he was enjoying it, being chased by a slightly psychotic female who was carrying a gun. Maybe the dude was just going crazy, one too many blows to the brain…
He sighed, what the hell was he going to do?
Okay so he had found, supposedly, the guards that had protected Kato, also known as his family, the only members of his clan. That was step one off the list…
As a tool box was pushed into her way, he watched the female of the pair clear it without missing a step before thinking of step two.
Well frankly, he didn't have a step two; he didn't think he would have gotten this far. The chances of him getting this far were slim compared to the chances of getting killed, kidnapped, or something else by the two 'mysterious' people.
The two mysterious people playing 'tag' right now…
"Hey!" He tried to get their attention, probably not the best idea for two people that protected and more than likely trained the kickass Kato.
Neither heard him of their muttering, cursing, and breathing as they had turned to hand to hand combat after the slightly taller man had been cornered. Watching the punches and kicks, he knew that he had the right people, no matter how immature they were being.
But it was time to give them the goods, telling them that Kato existed and was only a few miles away…
"HEY!"
…if only he could get their attention.
"Ge dou ni…." The sentence was cut off by a near close punch to the mouth, Kiba dodging just in time. [That all you…]
A growl sounded as their battle continued.
What the hell did he have to do to get their attention?
A light bulb, if you will appeared over the idiots head.
"AZRA IDIOTS, LOOK OVER HERE!" Both froze to whip around and look at the thing he was waving in the air, which just happened to be the picture.
"What did you say?" She spat venomously, coming forward in large steps to be this close to being able to punch him.
Well that was before someone grabbed her fist; he sighed in relief.
"Yi" The bigger male said firmly [Easy]
"What did you tell him?" She hissed; he involuntarily slunk behind Kiba.
"Nothing" He felt two set of dark eyes on him, he held the worn picture out.
She snapped it out of his hand before studying the image; it only took a moment before the anger melted out of her expression to be replaced by sadness.
"Where did you get this?" He hesitated, although he knew it was time to come clean, but the scariness of her tone was not helping loosen his tongue.
"We are both here, now tell us" Kiba said in a 'don't you dare back out' tone, which a look to match.
"First, you are Sumi right?" The shorter tensed, before narrowing her eyes at him.
"My name is Kasumi, but if you call me that I will kill you" By her clenched fist, he knew that it was not a playful threat.
"And to think that is means mist, I think that 'bitch' would have been more appropriate" The darker colored male muttered with a smirk before wincing where a punch was delivered to his shoulder.
"Dude, what are you two?" They acted like more than friends, even brother and sisters, and during the fight they had literally blocked attacks they knew had been coming, either they were lovers or…
"Unfortunately, he's my twin" She slightly groaned, giving him an annoyed look
"You know you love me" He smirked, poking his other half in the shoulder before his hand was slapped away.
Well that was interesting…he thought; the single fact somewhat explaining their behavior. Perhaps they had been apart for a while and being together brought back their inner childishness? That could be an answer, but frankly he didn't care.
"Now that we have answered your questions…" One started
"…tell us where you got this photo" The other finished without missing a beat from where the other ended.
"One more question" The two gave each other a look before the taller of the two forcefully pressing him into the wall behind him, the one he had huddle near while they were fighting. His feet were barely on the ground from his strength, he gulped as the pair went into serious mode.
"Tell us now" He locked eyes with the more familiar with the two, the male saying the words with the force of a freight train. She had tucked the gun back into her waistband, but he knew that it could be back out any moment; and he knew that the knife the male carried was nearby due to the silver sliver of color he saw out of the corner of his eye.
This is what he had expected, serious aggressive ninjas. Guess he got what he wanted, he grumbled at his stupidity. He wished Kato was here.
The grips on his shirt tightened in irritation, he took a breath to start talking…
MEOW~!
Then a familiar jingle sang from his pocket, only one person it could be. [AN: You all know the jingle for Meow Mix cat food right? If not youtube it, you will laugh your ass off! XD]
As it kept going off, he found his voice "Dude, can I…?"
After a moment, a hand reached into his pocket gently before giving him the phone. While the grip on his loosened, a hand still remained, ready to put him back at any sign that he was trying to run.
Opening it, he rid his voice of any panic before thinking of the man on the other end. That gave his voice a little pep as he said "Hey Kato…"
The moment the name exited his mouth, the hand fell away.
Everything went deathly silent, the two staring wide eyed at him…
The two stared at him, looking desperately at him with slightly watery eyes.
He nodded, knowing the unspoken question.
Yes…
"…my man, what's up?"
…it's him.
XxX~LET'S ROLL KATO~XxX
Just with those six simple words, a normal question, he felt the frazzled stress melt away. He stopped pacing in front of Lenore's desk, where he had walked to when listening to the rings.
Was he still worried? Yes, but hearing the deep voice of his man made the situation that much better. Britt wasn't dead nor was he being tortured, the playboy was never good at hiding pain, so the fact that his voice was relaxed and a both silly as usual meant that nothing was wrong.
Britt was safe.
The sentence made him smile; something that Lenore and Mike did not miss.
"Well, where the hell is he?" Casey asked anxiously
Holding up one figure to signify for her to wait one moment, he turned back to the phone "Where are you?"
There was a little moment of silence, like Britt was trying to think of something, which was unusual. The man didn't usually think; which was why one of his unspoken nicknames was the 8th wonder of world because he didn't have a filter. But right now, Britt was filtering himself, his only question was why? The playboy had never filtered himself before, especially not to him…
Then the reply came "I'm just visiting someone"
"Who?" Was his automatic sentence, the one that next came out of his mouth. And why would Britt be all secretive about visiting someone, and why the hell wouldn't he take his accented self along?
"Just a friend" Well that was bullshit, Britt's 'friends' were mostly assholes like him or…
"You're with a hooker aren't you?" Both Mike and Casey face palmed at the sentence, he on the other hand died a little on the inside. Why was he jealous of a hooker? Because she was where he wanted to be, getting love from Britt.
"Jealous?" Yes, yes he was. That was the answer he was tempted to give, scream it into the phone, YES! But that would ruin his relationship with the man, so he'd just have to give a Kato standard answer. It was obvious that Britt wasn't with someone or he wouldn't have answered the phone to begin with.
"You wish su tong" While Britt was mostly lingual in one language, he was learning Mandarin. Slowly but surely, although it was mostly curse words that he muttered under his breath when Britt did something stupid…which was why Britt would know exactly what he meant when he said that. [White boy]
"Why does everyone keep calling me that, I'm not THAT white!" He heard Britt grumble lowly, with a smothered laugh heard faintly in the background.
Wait, someone else was calling him that? He was the only one that called Britt that, because HE was normally the one that knew Mandarin that was near the playboy.
"What?" The background noise fell away, and Britt seemed to come back to the conversation.
"Nothing man, so are you at the office?" Way to change the subject, although he was going to get answers later.
"Yep, Casey is about to kill me" And that was the truth, since the woman was stressed out, exhausted, and not amused that he hadn't given them an definitive answer of where Britt was at the moment.
"Well tell her to calm down, I'll be there soon" Britt would be here soon, he felt the knots in his muscles melt a bit more away.
"I'll make sure to…" He ran off, as the phone fell out of his hand to drop somewhere.
How were they here, how did they find him? He didn't care what happened to the phone; he had to get everyone away.
Another gunshot came a moment later, shocking the whole floor into panic.
"STOP!" Roaring the word, everyone froze to look at him.
"Kato?" Casey said, but he ignored her.
He only had a few moments before they were up here and if anyone stood in their way, they would kill them to get to him.
"Here is what you are going to do, go as quickly and quietly as you can to the fire escape on the other side of the floor." He watched, almost all the heads nodded in understanding "Get to the ground, but do NOT go through the main lobby. STAY OUTSIDE THE BUILDING!" The last part was barked because it was the most important part, they would have the lobby locked down and anyone that came from the outside in would be shot or worse…
Everyone understood and almost all were gone, he heard the elevator begin to rise.
"What about you?" Lenore whispered
"I have to hold them off, just go" He gave a light push towards the right way
"But…"
"NOW!" He mouthed silently as his enemies came closer and closer
She hesitated before nodding, disappearing around a corner before he ran into Britt's office. Reaching underneath the desk, he did two things: First. trigger the silent alarm that James Reid had had put in years before grabbing the gun that was stored in a secret compartment.
Checking to see that it had a full round of six bullets, he turned the office chair to look like he could be in it before exiting the room and closing the door.
Running into the maze of cubicles, he heard Britt faintly trying to reach him.
"Dude?"
But he ignored it, taking cover just as the elevator dinged open. He heard the small taps of heels, telling him it was the coldest of the trio.
"Here angel angel angel" An icy cold voice echoed, so she was here too? Well that's interesting; to think he once liked the bitch…
"Idiot" Wonderful, both ice cold women were here, not that he expected any less.
"Kato?" Almost unbearable, he heard the confusion, but there was nothing he could do.
He could almost see the grins on their faces at Britt's concern, after all, they didn't care about feelings, they thought it was amusing.
"Pick up you kitty bastard!" It was a bit louder, but he still remained still, although he desperately wanted to hang up the phone, so Britt wouldn't have to hear the shots about to be fired.
"KATO!" His heart broke just a little, but he had to focus.
Moving the opposite way of the corner of the floor that he was most familiar with, his mind raced to come up with a plan. He had to stall the bitches long enough to let the others get out of the building, and then he had to get out without killing himself. Then he would kill Britt for worrying him.
Stall.
Escape.
Kill.
Pretty simple, now if only he could get through step one…
In his thinking, he only heard part of a spoken sentence "…nor will he ever be, bye now"
Well that sounded good, he muttered in his mind.
"Get ready to die Kato"
A death sentence, he gripped his only weapon tighter…
"You're going to have to catch me first" He said so quietly that he barely heard it.
…let Round Two begin.
XxX~LET'S ROLL KATO~XxX
Creeping through the shadows, he knew that the slightly missteps of the heeled feet following him weren't from the slightly wet ground from rain earlier. The faint sound of tears ripped through his heart, but they had to keep moving. The farther they were from Kato, the better things would be…as good as leaving a ten year old as dear to them as the boy was alone when killer ravens were on the streets could be.
"…" Wordless, almost silent sobs sounded.
The reaction was normal, if leaving your Didi behind was normal, he just had to keep it together for the two of them or he would be crying too. But not was not the time, someone had to be strong…
"We'll be back soon enough" He said gruffly, all his emotions on lock down to avoid the distraction of them.
Every shadow was gazed at before moving on, they couldn't take any chances. But the best scenario would be finding the three, so that they could lead their rivals away from where Kato was. Then every single one would get a bullet to the head, extinguish any chance that the Ravens could come back…they would all have to die, even the one that secretly held a place in his heart.
But that didn't matter, it had to end. No matter what happened in the past, or how he felt, family came first…he would protect his own.
"But what if…"
"That won't happen"
What she was suggesting was 'what if they both died?' It would leave Kato all alone, something that might just be worst than him being killed. He wouldn't, no couldn't, let that happen.
"You can't be sure"
"At least one of us will make it back"
She grabbed his arm and almost violently turned him around "I am not leaving you behind, if that's what you are suggesting"
"At least one of us needs to get back to Kato, so if that means you run while I shoot…" He was cut off by a slap, which didn't feel good any day, but it stung with the emotion she was feeling.
"No, one mourning caretaker is worse than none at all and you KNOW it…" She had a point; it would need to be both of them. If only doing it was as easy as talking about it. "…besides, you can't get rid of me that easy"
With a smirk, she promptly took lead and left him behind. Rolling his eyes, he caught up but let her remain the leader.
If tonight didn't kill them, everything should go back to normal…
A bullet hit the brick next to them, the sound of footsteps mixing in with the sound. He took off; with Sumi keep a perfect pace with him as they raced to find some cover. Looking over his shoulder, he saw only two chasing them, but the third could still be somewhere hidden. Either way, keeping that promise wouldn't be easy.
…if they didn't get shot first.
"Hey Kato…"
Everything else fell deaf on his ears, his surroundings freezing in everyway. Was that why Britt had come to find them, is that why he had the picture? He felt stupid for causing that shit will Sumi, delaying the impossible news that he was now hearing.
A hand locked with his own, she gave a small squeeze, although neither of them was in a great state to be comforting another.
It didn't matter what happened after this, the stress, the pain could be lifted.
He looked at the man that had brought the miracle to them… "Is it…?" He spoke without moving his lips, and received a nod in return.
"…my man, what's up?"
He gripped a bit more, out of the corner of his eye he saw a tear drip down.
It was going to be okay…
XxX~LET'S ROLL KATO~XxX
"Where are you?" He paused of a moment, distracted by joy radiating out of the two that had been threatening him a moment before.
Another idea hit him; he hit the speaker phone button.
Putting a finger to his lips, he wasn't sure it would be best to tell Kato the news over the phone, they both nodded in understanding.
"I'm just visiting someone" He replied, although he knew it was suspicious that he had taken so long to answer.
"Who?"
The one word made another tear come down her face, a faint happy smirk on his face. It must be nice, he thought, to know that he's alive and well. He smiled at them, they smiled back; had it not made so much noise, they probably would of hug the hell out of him.
"Just a friend" Smooth Britt, he groaned to himself, that was SO believable. He didn't really have 'friends' he had business partners, drinking buddies, but his only friends were really Kato and Casey.
"You're with a hooker aren't you?" The twins almost doubled over simultaneously in silent laugher, he fake kicked at them. Kiba pointed at his sister before striking a pose that would have been sexy had he had the curves, just like she did. She smiled widely before hitting him in the shoulder gently.
"Jealous?" He replied, which they all knew he would have been had he knew that it was them instead of a hooker.
"You wish su tong" The two were still laughing, he rolled his eyes.
"Why does everyone keep calling me that, I'm not THAT white!" A giggle escaped her mouth at the comment; at least he had been able to make someone laugh.
He made motions for them to be quiet, it went back to silence as they wiped away their tears of laughter…"What?"
"Nothing man, so are you at the office?" Kato would want to know why he was changing subjects, but the casual sentence would tell him where to bring the special presents he had just found for the man.
"Yep, Casey is about to kill me" Their eyebrows rose in question at the name.
"GF?" Sumi mouthed at him, he shook his head before almost chuckling at the thought.
Sure it had been a possibility when Lenore first came to work for the paper, but one thing led to another and they were just good friends now. Hell it was more possible for him and Kato to be a couple than Casey being with the man.
"Well tell her to calm down, I'll be there soon" He heard a small sigh of relief.
Note to self, do not worry Kato again unless necessary.
Stress would probably kill the man, not a bullet.
"I'll make sure to…" Kato ran off, before he heard the impact of the phone hitting something.
That was strange…he checked the connection, the call hadn't been dropped nor had the man hung up. What was going on?
A gunshot rang through the speaker system; they all tensed before staring at the cellular device. Chaos seemed to be unleashed on the other side, although a gunshot can do that to a crowd of people.
"STOP!" Faintly crackled through, as well as bits and pieces of instructions by Kato. "Here is what….go as quickly… fire escape…other side..."
Frankly, he stopped listening then. Turns out, so did they.
"BOYS, BE IN THE CARS IN A MINUTE GUNS AND ALL!" Sumi roared, the mechanics jumped to follow the order, grabbing the necessary equipment before scurrying to the back to where he assumed the 'cars' were stored.
"You got another? I'm only single strapped" Kiba called to her as she reached into a drawer.
With a nod, she threw a gun and two ammo clips at him, which he caught flawlessly. A moment later, a dark package was thrown.
He eyed it, which the older man noticed "Throwing knives, let's just say I'm a damn good shot with more than a gun" saying so as he tucked the silver slips into his back pocket.
And she's a sword person, he thought…seeing her strap a long version of his knife to her back before tucking two guns into her waist with ammo.
Feeling useless, he tried to reach Kato.
"Dude?"
But then "Here, angel, angel, angel" came through, all movement stopping. Did they know the voice? Obviously they did by the reaction that came with the next voice.
"Idiot" Time sped up as they hurried even more, what was so bad about these two? More questions to be answered he guessed.
But the fact that there were two, very mean sounding voices in the vicinity where his man was was making him very worried.
"Kato?" Still no answer…faint footsteps approached the phone, but still no one answered.
Was Kato ignoring him or something? That did not settle well with him, patience with people that ignored him was not his strong suit.
The two around him furiously hustling around, he tried a less soft technique "Pick up you kitty bastard!"
The people around him didn't even bat an eye at the name, being too focused on getting ready to go than a trivial thing as someone being called a kitty.
"KATO!" By this time, he was a full blown wreck, somehow being transformed into that in seconds. His best friend, his Xiong-Di, his man, wasn't answering and it was driving him to insanity.
Had something happened to him, did the gunshot find a mark in the man's chest?
No.
No, that hadn't happened, it COULDN'T have.
A hand grabbed him, he met eyes with Sumi.
"We need to go" Allowing himself to be pulled, he mindlessly pointed to the Black Beauty before giving her the keys.
The phone was by his ears, so he only heard it as he was pushed into the backseat as the engine turned over.
"I'm sorry, he's not available at the moment nor will he ever be; bye now"
Wha? What did that mean?
There was no way that they were going to kill Kato, right? They couldn't, they couldn't do that.
Not to him.
"Where?" Two sets of eyes looked at him from the front seats.
"Daily Sentinel" The car roared off with speed he had only seen Kato drive with, perhaps even faster.
He clutched the phone, knowing that he might of…
Truth was…
No matter how he tried to deny it or wished to heaven and hell that it was all just some big joke, that it wasn't happening.
No matter how he tried to remember all the good times and how badass Kato was.
No matter how he tried to forgive himself for not telling Kato that…
…he might have just spoken to his man for the last time.
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Will Kato be able to dodge the hell sisters?
And will all be explained?
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