Chapter 10
The crowd of students arrived at the hotel for sleeping there for the night. Taniya watched the students head off the bus. Soon, Bastion who was holding Meg's hand caught her eye. Holy crap thought Taniya watching them, if he does anything to hurt her, he will die. Taniya sighed wondering how exactly that happened and why did that happen. Sometimes, Meg had the tendency to rush into things. Could he be one of those things wondered Taniya.
"Are you alright?" asked the concerned Crowler acknowledging the expression on the Amazonness's face. She looked like her wife when she was worried about the pregnancy of their son.
"It's nothing," lied Taniya getting off the bus proceeding Crowler. She's lying, I know it Crowler admitted to himself. It seemed that it had to do with the new girl and Mr. Misawa, but he wasn't certain.
As the teachers headed into the lobby with the rest of the students, they noticed Raoul and Wesley at the front desk. Wesley's eyes were glazed from getting stoned an hour before work while Raoul was doing some paperwork and complaining about not getting a role for a soap opera. They look a bit like Bastion Meg and Taniya thought noticing their square jaws and broad shoulders. Taniya, Crowler, and Miss Fontaine strolled up to the front desk.
"May we… I mean I help you all?" asked Raoul politely looking shocked at the mob of upperclassman in the lobby. Bastion looked over to see his brothers working and his little sister, though she was his half-sister running to see their older brothers.
"We're from Duel Academy," explained Fonda Fontaine, "We have a reservation here." Raoul nodded typing in something into the computer, and with a frown he looked back at the teachers.
"Well, it's not under 'Duel Academy', but could it be possibly under anything else?" asked Wesley looking over his brother's shoulder. He may be a stoner, but he still knew how to read a computer screen.
"Try under Vellian Crowler," said Crowler proudly. He did help arrange this trip after all, so maybe that would help. Well, he hoped so at least.
"There it is," Raoul said stiffly, "Thank you Mister…" said Raoul being cut off by a now an annoyed Crowler.
"That would be Doctor Crowler. I do have a Ph. D in dueling," said Dr. Crowler proudly. Jaden laughed seeing this, he had heard this lecture a thousand times before, and now some British stiff would have to learn that as well.
"Of course," said Raoul curtly. Wesley pushed his incompetent brother aside sensing Raoul's lack of people skills. No wonder, he was a bad actor, he couldn't work he was a bad actor; he could not work with the audience.
"Let me apologize for my brother's behavior," said Wesley, "I am Wesley and that," he said pointing to Raoul who was obviously pissed off, "is Raoul." He looked down to see his eight year old sister who looked upset that she was not introduced.
"And this is our little sister, Angel," said Wesley picking her up, "If you need anything, be free to find us, and we'll be more than happy to help you." Angel waved and saw Bastion.
"Look it's Bastion," she said excitedly, "It's our brother!" She ran down to see her brother while Raoul thought looks like he can't avoid his real home forever. Wesley looked at his younger brother who had grown up so much over the last couple of years.
"We should go see him, Raoul," said Wesley. The actor nodded in agreement and left their stations to see Bastion.
"Bastion!" yelled Angel running up to meet him. Many of the students stared in confusion. How did he know them? Were they related? Raoul and Wesley strolled to greet him whilst Angel hugged her older brother.
"Hey Angel," said Bastion hugging her back. She had grown so much over the last few years that he had been gone, but he had left when he was fifteen and she was five. He looked up to see Raoul and Wesley, his older but not wiser brothers.
"Long time, no see, Bastion," said Wesley greeting Bastion with a handshake. He felt his hand weaken when Bastion shook his hand thinking Wow! He has a stronger grip than I do now. The tides have changed. He looked over Bastion who looked like he did when he was eighteen, but now Wesley's hair had grown and was often kind of tangled and he had a goatee.
"It certainly has been awhile," said Bastion with a smile. He wondered how Wesley still could act like his old self with the drugs still in his system, but then again, Wesley was a natural people person.
"Bastion," said Raoul looking at his younger brother shocked that he was with a young lady that was breathtaking. He gulped and looked at Wesley wondering if he had noticed at all.
"Raoul," replied Bastion with a polite nod, "oh how rude of me. This is Meg, my girlfriend." Meg waved shyly. She was secretly intimidated by Bastion's family, and it didn't help that she hadn't heard great things about them either.
"It's a pleasure to meet you," said Wesley, "so how long have you two been together?"
"A couple of hours," Bastion admitted, "In the Opera House at that." Raoul nodded wondering what exactly did the young woman and his brother did in there. He shouldn't ask, but it was something that should be brought up for sanity's sake.
"You didn't do anything down there?" Raoul asked curiously. Bastion and Wesley looked appalled. How could he ask something like that especially in front of the eight year girl?
"No," said Meg ferociously, "You obviously have no shame." Raoul looked disgusted at the young woman. How dare she even utter those words thought Raoul angrily. He didn't know her, but he already hated her.
"I didn't ask you for your opinion of me," said Raoul bitterly.
"She has a point, Raoul. You really should watch your mouth otherwise I may have to tear it off for being rude to my girlfriend. My first girlfriend at that," snapped Bastion. Raoul shrugged off his younger brother's words.
"Raoul, Bastion," said Wesley, "Grow the fuck up. We aren't kids anymore so stop fighting like we are." He hated confrontation, and that's why he started doing drugs so he could be too drugged to listen to it all.
"Oh that's funny coming from the one who smokes and drinks," responded Wesley without any sort of control. "If you're so wise, why do you do that stuff?"
"Why do you act when you have no talent?" asked Bastion and Wesley simultaneously. Raoul looked offended as the words rang loudly in his ears. Angel backed away and looked at Meg.
"Why doesn't this scare you?" asked the eight years old quietly glancing at her screaming brothers.
"I've lived with this my whole life, so it's nothing new to me," said Meg watching trying not to smack the older brothers who were being extremely rude to their brother who had just returned to his home.
"I've had enough of this," yelled Bastion looking at his brothers, "This is one reason that I left for Duel Academy so I wouldn't have to deal with this shit."
"We're glad you left," snapped Raoul, "We didn't want you here." Bastion ran off to the roof of the hotel as Meg followed knowing her boyfriend's pain.
"You really went overboard," said Wesley leaving Raoul to think about what he said.
Mew Kazurinu: Well, that was interesting enough. So what happens next? Does Bastion confide in Meg? Will there be a heartfelt moment? Find out next chapter!