The room was unbearable stuffy and quiet as Asami sat at his desk facing his latest client, in shady business deals that was. The man seemed rather nervous as he faced Asami who was hardly moving as he worked on draining his sixth glass of Whisky since the meeting had started, his eyes never moved from the man as he seemed to be considering something deeply, something even Kirishima couldn't guess. The silence was lasting for so long that Kirishima had just adjusted his glasses and was getting ready to clear his throat to signal to his boss to speak.
"And what is this deal that you think you can entice me with?" Asami asked as he pulled a cigarette out of his pocket and began to light it, watching as the man in front of him shifted nervously again.
"Ahh, well- you see-" the man fumbled over his words as Asami's eyes narrowed at him, "I won't ask much money for it," the man stated right away watching as Asami's eyes signaled for him to continue as he pulled out a small map and pointed out a location to Asami. "I was wondering if you'd be interested in buying this lot here." With careful movements Asami brought the small map closer to himself so that he could get a better look at what the other was trying to sell to him, he wasn't in much of a mood to be cheated out so he was being extra careful with his work, which sadly meant that for quite a few other people their deals were suffering because Asami was turning them down left and right because he didn't have the time nor energy to deal with them. He didn't turn all of them down of course, he set himself about the task of dealing with six deals and a day and no more, those who really wanted to speak with him had to wait till the next day, and those who were impatient to see him- Let's just say that it didn't end that nicely for them.
"And what advantages would this give me?" Asami asked glancing up at the man after carefully examining the map.
"I know that might look rather small, but it happens to be near a harbor and the area tends to be rather blocked in without a lot of light and not many people coming to this area. I've been told more then once in the past that this would a good area for deals to go down. So I was hoping that it would be of some benefit to you." Asami glanced over to Kirishima and gave a short nod of his head, the guard replied back in the same way.
"I'll have it checked out, but before we get that far, how much are you wanting for it? I could imagine someone really trying to get a very hefty sum from this since as you say it does look rather advantageous."
"I would never ask that much from you!" the man said putting his hand up in defense of himself as he was weary and rather afraid to upset the other knowing that there could be serious consequences if he did. "I know how much others would ask for this kind of spot, but for you- if you think that the price would be okay, I would just ask a simple five thousand." Asami looked down at the map in front of him as he pondered over the deal that the man made him, it wasn't that much money he would be having to pay for it, and it did look like a good spot that could come in handy for him, what did the price hurt?
"I'll give you half the money right now, if I really like the spot then you might find yourself ended up with more then expected, you'll by the end of the week if I like it or not." The man seemed rather relieved with the way that Asami had handled the situation. Standing up the man bowed deeply to Asami before scurrying out of the room before he did anything that could accidentally upset the other.
The door had only been closed for seconds before Kirishima cleared his throat, a sign that he wished to know he could speak.
"Go ahead." Asami said as he lit up another cigarette. He always allowed Kirishima to speak because the guard never said anything that wasn't useful.
"Are you sure that it is wise to pay such a large sum for such useless area?" a ghost of a smirk appeared on Asami's face when Kirishima asked this question.
"It's going to be actually more useful then one thinks." Asami replied as he blew the smoke out of his mouth. "It mightn't be that much use to me, but offering such a small piece of land at a low price can prove very useful, especially when one needs a reason to go somewhere." Kirishima understood right away what Asami was planning and bowed his head deeply in apology for questioning the other, Asami didn't mind his questioning though because it helped to make sure that he didn't end up making any bad mistakes which could cost him a fortune in clean up later.
Takaba was rather certain that by the time that he and Feilong had reached Feilong's quarters that there was going to be no way that he would remember the way to them, they had passed through so many halls that his head was spinning from them.
"Feilong!" the door was hardly open before a boy bolted from the other end of the room and latched onto Feilong who smiled sweetly down at the boy and ruffled his hair.
"Have you been good while I was gone Tao?" Feilong asked as the boy let him go so that he could enter further into the room.
"I didn't leave here just as you asked." Tao replied, beaming proudly up at Feilong, turning when he noticed that the door was still partly opened he blinked when he saw Takaba who did the exact same thing back at him.
"You should enter and close the door." Feilong told Takaba who realized that he was leaving the door wide open for anyone to see him.
"Who is he?" Tao asked Feilong once Takaba was inside of the room.
"He's a guest who's going to staying here for a bit, his name is Takaba." Tao looked over Takaba carefully and frowned when he was done.
"He doesn't look Japanese."
"I know I don't." Takaba mumbled, a small pout noticeable in his voice, the more he had it, the more he was finding that he didn't like the changes that had been made to him as they made him feel strange.
"He's truly Japanese, just right now he's carefully disguised so he doesn't get found out." Feilong explained to Tao who had crawled up on the bed to sit next to Feilong.
"Who can't find out about him?" Tao asked now that his curiosity was peaked.
"Yan." Feilong replied as he watched Tao's brows furrow. "You remember Asami, yes?" Tao nodded his head yes to Feilong's question. "Well he's currently working for him, well Yan wants to get a hold of him because he thinks that Asami wronged him. Right now I'm keeping him with me in order to make sure that nothing bad happens to him." Takaba wasn't certain that he liked the fact that Feilong was talking about him like he wasn't even in the room, but he wasn't going to complain about that at the moment because he was finding out more information about the situation that he somehow got involved in.
"What he do, is he someone important?" Tao then asked looking over at Takaba who hadn't moved away from being near the room's door though it was now closed.
"Depends on the use of important. Asami seems to think that he is rather important, which in turn makes Yan think that he must be something special and I don't really know what to think of him." Feilong's attention then turned to Takaba who was processing everything that he was being told. "You're safe to come further into the room, I won't yell at you unless you accidentally break something so you're free to do as you please." Takaba gave a small nod of his head as he stepped further into the room and looked around, the room itself wasn't that large but because of the way that everything had been placed in it, it gave the impression that it was rather spacious. Takaba carefully took a set on the futon that was placed not very far from the bed, too nervous to do much else, especially when he had two pairs of eyes that were watching him rather intently, the eyes of Tao he could handle easily because the showed the innocent curiosity of a child, but Feilong's were another story because it felt like he was waiting and watching intently for him to do something special, the longer he was stared at the more it felt like his skin was crawling which in turn caused him to start shifting around uncomfortable. "Takaba, why don't you show Tao what it is that you can do?" Feilong suggested, watching as Takaba looked up at him.
"But I don't have any paper or pencils." Feilong smirked when Takaba said this, standing up Feilong moved over to the dresser that was placed in the corner of the room.
"Here is where all of the supplies that you need will be resting. I figure that Asami wouldn't be very pleased if I didn't allow for you to at least work while you're staying here so I had this prepared for you." Feilong beckoned for Takaba to come over and the mangaka did as he asked without questioning. He was rather surprised by what he saw when he opened the door- there was anything that he could ever want or need when it came to make the perfect drawings. "Take what you please and show Tao." Feilong told Takaba again.
It took hardly any time for Takaba to choose what he wanted and reseat himself back on the futon with Tao curled up next to him waiting to see what amazing thing he would be doing. It wasn't exactly the most comfortable place for Takaba to be sitting, nor the best for him to draw at, but for the time being it was going to have to do for him. Taking him time and working carefully Takaba began to draw the next scene that he had planned for his manga.
"This is amazing!" Tao exclaimed after Takaba had finished only half the picture, the mangaka couldn't help but smile at how thrilled the Chinese boy was with something so small and simply as far as he was concerned. Feilong was also smiling as he watched the two interact. "Show me how to do it!" Takaba couldn't help but chuckle when Tao gave this order.
"This isn't something that can be easily taught in just a few minutes." Takaba explained as he looked down at the drawing in front of him. "This is something that takes quite a long time to perfect and to learn how do to properly. I can help teach you, but don't expect it to be something so easy to learn." Tao seemed eager nonetheless to learn even after Takaba told him this. Takaba used fresh paper to show the boy some of the basic things that he would need to learn first before going onto anything that could be considered difficult. Takaba was rather surprised to see that the boy learned rather quickly, he could understand how to do a basic shape, but getting to look exactly as it should was the biggest problem that he encountered. Takaba's lesson was interrupted when his phone suddenly started ringing.
