Ch. 12: Crazy Party Part 3
After their parents disappeared into the crazy nonsense of the club, Kashu slams her hand on the table to get the other's attentions and she signs, "See! I told you that they still care for the other!"
Kanjo corrects, "Yeah, but they're drunk! Anything can happen when you're drunk!"
Hannya gets a bit bold and tells Kanjo, "Kanjo-kun! Don't start a fight with Kashu-san! Kashu-san is right!" Kanjo, Kashu, and Kokoro stare at her in surprise as she's giving him her strong face, which is actually really cute. Kanjo's cheeks are read from her cute face and Kashu clearly sees that.
She picks up a drink and thinks, 'Oh geeze.' Kokoro didn't think much of it as he picks up a drink as well. When they both took a sip however, it was both Pai's and Taruto's sake drinks. As soon as the alcohol drink hit their tongues, they spit it out on the side. Both Kanjo and Hannya heard them and looks up at them in surprise.
Then when Kokoro's head was sticking out and people were starting to talk and dance again, his head got hit hard from an elbow. After the hit, he just leaned over as Kashu sits up and wipes her mouth with the back of her hand.
She thinks, 'Man! I hope I'm not as sensitive to alcohol as father is. If that happens then we should head out.' All there were was silence between the two minds. She turns to Kokoro and asks, 'Kokoro?' Hannya and Kanjo watch as then Kokoro suddenly sits up.
He asks, "Okay! Who the hell hit my head?!"
'Huh/Huh?" was all anyone could let out or think when Kokoro started to act like a big macho man.
Kokoro turns around and sees a guy, drunk and he looks like he's dancing but with a glass in his hand. Kokoro grabs his collar and pulls him close in a threatening way. He asks, "Hey! Watch were you're throwing your arm, you bastard!"
The guy asks him, "Who do you think you are?! King of the bar, hot shot?"
"I know that I'm the guy who's going to kick your ass if you don't apologize, ya bitch!"
"Apologize for what, dumbass? I didn't do anything wrong!"
"Now you're dead, you fucker!"
But right before he was going to hit the guy, Kashu hits him in the back of the head to stop him. Kokoro lets go of the drunk guy and falls forward, a bit stunned and unconscious from Kashu's hit. Kashu catches him and picks him up so that he could lean on the table.
Kashu wonders, 'Please don't tell me that he has his sensitivity!'
The drunk looks at Kashu in confusion until he checks out her body. He smirks and greets, "Hi there, pretty girl." Kashu looks up at him in surprise as his greasy hand goes under her chin. He tells her, "If he's your friend here, then I can forgive him if I buy you a drink and you let me have a dance with you."
"She can't!" Kanjo tells the guy.
The drunk looks up at Kanjo in confusion as Kashu hits his hand away from her. He asks, "And why not?"
Hannya's finger points at the cup and then raises it up like she's pointing to something higher. But what happens is that the guy's drink rises up like it's increasing and then when she makes that hand move that looks like something exploded, his drink splashes all over his shirt.
He asks, "The hell?!" He looks at the shirt and then the cup. He notices that it's full now and then after some silence, he starts to walk away. He mumbles, "I think I drank too much. I'm losing it. I'm going home."
All three kids thing, 'I hope he's not a driver.'
Then Kokoro started to get up. He sits up in the chair and rubs his head in a headache. He asks in a mumble, "What happened?" The voice he used sounds like the Kokoro they know; apologizing, self conscious, and timid.
Kashu looks at Kokoro's face and asks, 'You're not sensitive to alcohol?' When he looks up at her, her face is really close. So close that he turns completely red and ends up nearly falling off his chair. Kashu catches him before he got the chance to fall off. Again she asks, 'Well are you or not?'
Kokoro calms down his nerves as he shakes his head. He tells her, "Unlike father, I'm not sensitive to alcohol because I never tried it before. I'm still not drunk since I took a taste so I should be okay." After that, then he remembers something. He asks her, "Did I start acting weird? Is that why you're asking?!"
Kanjo answers, "Well you were acting like a big tough guy."
Kokoro looks at both Kanjo and Hannya as she says, "Kokoro-kun was going to beat up that drunk guy because Kokoro-kun complained that the drunk guy hit his head." As soon as he heard that his head was hit, he lets go of Kashu and flinches in shock and terror. Then gloom took over.
Kashu taps his shoulder and asks, 'What's going on?'
Kokoro let out a sigh and tells them, "One time when I was small and I was trying to get a book, I ended up getting buried by books. After they unearthed me and my only injury was a bump to the head, I woke up and started acting like a boy. At first they were concern because I was acting like how father is when he's drunk. I was never like that before but when I got hit in the head again, I returned to normal with no memories of what I did. They ended up telling me and from now on, avoid the head."
Hannya asks, "Why is that?"
"Probably because I can read minds and because my powers are a bit undeveloped, many things can happen if my head gets hit."
There was silence for a minute. Kokoro must be related somehow. He can act like an angry macho guy without the use of alcohol. All he needs is a hit to the head instead of a shot or whisky. While they were silent, Kokoro looks around the club. Obviously he's trying to change the subject.
He points out, "We can't see anything from here at the tables." Kashu's expression and Hannya's expression gets a bit confused as Kanjo looks around himself.
He says, "He's got a point. Seems like there is only one way to look around." He offers his hand to Hannya and she looks from the hand to his face. He's looking away and he's blushing. He asks her, "Want to dance?" Her cheeks flare up as she slowly nods. She takes his hand and he leads her away from the table and onto the dance floor.
At first, Kashu was staring at the two in surprise but as they disappeared into the dance floor, she looks down at the floor a bit hurt. Her thoughts can only be heard from Kokoro and after hearing a good deal of them, Kokoro looks at her with a tiny hint of guilt and pity. He looks down at the ground and his cheeks start to flare up.
Kokoro offers his hand to Kashu and she looks up at him in shock. He's red and his eyes are big like a child's as he asks, "W-W-W-Would you l-l-l-like to d-d-dance?" She sits up straight in surprise as her faces turns red. His face is just as red. Because her mind is a blank, he quickly tells her, "Considering that we both have the same parent to look after, it might be easier to look for him and your mother together."
Well that faded out most of the red from her face. So Kashu takes his hand and tells him, 'I hope you don't have to left feet.'
"I always tried when I was at home."
That makes Kashu look up at him with a smile as she leads him to the dance floor. When they were there, it was a slow song. That made Kokoro very nervous but it didn't make Kashu a least bit nervous.
She instructs, 'Put your hands on my hips.'
He asks, "Huh?"
She asks him, 'I take it that you don't know human dancing?'
"I know it, just not used to it. Also I learned the other one."
'What's the other one?'
"This one." He wraps one arm around her waist and pulls her so close that they were only two inches from the other's face. His arm wraps around her tightly as his other hand is still grasping her hand. She looks at him in surprise as the blush deeps on his face. "This is it, right?"
She looks down and then looks back up at him. 'This is called the Waltz. It's a classic dance that is usually used for dinner parties and such. Not exactly a club but for this song, I guess it can work. Ready?' She grasps his hand and she puts her other hand on his shoulder. He nods, still looking down. 'You know, it might be better if you don't look down. That increases the chances that you might step on my foot.'
"Oh, okay," he shutters, looking up at her face. She smiles and nods. Then they started.
Both of them twirled around slowly and they did a few moves, which includes dips and twirls. Her steps are graceful and smooth like a cats as he was strong and supportive like a tree. When Hannya and Kanjo were dancing, they spent more time looking for their parents then dancing. When they found Kanjo's parents, they soon regretted looking. They were sexual and kissing at every chance they can get. Kanjo wanted to find Hannya's parents after seeing that because he didn't want to scar her eyes. When they were looking for her parents, the saw Kokoro and Kashu dancing. They stopped and pretended like they were dancing to watch them. The blush on Kokoro's face is still there but it wasn't as deep as it was before. Even Kashu looks like she's enjoying it. Hannya smiles at the sweet scene as Kanjo was a smiling a bit; completely forgetting the fact that they have the same father. After watching, they went back to looking for Hannya's parents and to give them some privacy.
Kashu and Kokoro are too busy dancing that they forgot to look for their father and her mother. What happened instead was that they were really enjoying their dance together. Kokoro let her go and she turned out but came back twirling and she dipped. He supported her as he lifts her up as he started to twirl her around. She spins around for a few minutes before he caught her waist again and pulls her near. She stares at him with a small smile on her face and he's smiling too. In fact, Kashu laughs and there was a hint of sound in her laugh. He blinks in surprise of her voice but ends up smiling for real as well. But then they both stopped dancing and just stood there near the edge of the dance floor. Then something spark between them. Their smiles soon faded as they just stared at each other, deep within their eyes. It was blue looking at green and green staring through blue. It was as if they were under a spell. Both of their hearts are pounding in their chests, hard and fast with each passing second. Then they couldn't help it. Kokoro moved first. He leaned towards her, eyes half way closed and her eyes started to look glossy. As he moved closer, the more his eyes closed. Then her eyes closed at once, both of their minds are a blank as he came closer and she waited.
Then a new song started; Voulez-vous from ABBA. They both opened their eyes, waking up from the trance, only half an inch away from the other. They jumped away and looked the other way as the crowd started to cheer for the change of song or they just know it. Their chests are beating hard and fast even when they're not near each other again. Their cheeks are red but Kokoro looks like the one who is mostly red.
Then they hear Ichigo's voice from one of the tables. "One more dance for the night and we can really have some privacy?"
Both Kokoro and Kashu look up at her direction after hearing that and they see Ichigo sitting on one of the tall chairs and her legs are up high and they wrap around Kisshu's waist. Kisshu is leaning over her and he's panting. Seems like the song just distracted them from an everlasting make out session. The position they're in makes Kokoro and Kashu either turn red or have a face of disgust and shock.
Kisshu smirks, his eyes dangerous and lustful. "One more dance and you're mine." He kissed her again and she kissed him again. After the kiss, she got off the chair and grabbed his hand. They started heading for the dance floor and quickly, Kokoro and Kashu got away before their parents saw them.
When they're both on the other side of the dance floor, Kokoro asks, "What do we do now?"
She tells him, 'I say, let them be. I'm finishing the rest of my drink. I'm dying of thirst.'
"Oh, okay." They both let go of the other's hand and started walking back to the table; Kokoro fallowing Kashu.
When they both arrived at the table, both Hannya and Kanjo were already there. Kashu and Kokoro were surprise to see them and with a look of disgust on their faces and in their eyes. Kashu claps to get their attention but they didn't hear Then she went up to the table and tapped the table. They looked up this time and she asks, "What's up?"
Hannya answers, "Hannya believes that Hannya should be older before coming to the Singing Cat again." Both Kokoro and Kashu look at each other after that. They believe that they know why they're like this.
Kashu asks, "Let me guess. Saw things you weren't suppose to see?"
Kanjo corrects, "More like techniques we don't want to know exist until marriage." Both Kashu and Kokoro turned red from that. Kanjo points at Hannya and says, "Especially her parents. Mine were mild compare to them."
Hannya has her face red as she tells him, "At least Hannya's parents have clothes on!"
'I think they'll get kicked out or fired if they didn't.' That was both Kashu's and Kokoro's thoughts after Hannya corrected Kanjo.
Kanjo turns towards them and asks, "So now what?"
Instantly,
Kashu answers, "Give
them some privacy."
Both Hannya and Kanjo couldn't agree more as both Kokoro and Kashu
sat down on their chairs. They just started to drink the rest of
their drinks, Kashu used teleportation to get another soda, and just
rested. Their bodies and their eyes needed a break from tonight. The
song was half way done when they started to drink. Voulez-vous
(ah-ha) Voulez-vous (ah-ha) Voulez-vous (ah-ha, ah-ha, ah-ha) Voulez-vous
(ah-ha)
Take it now or leave it (ah-ha)
Now is all we get
(ah-ha)
Nothing promised, no regrets
Voulez-vous (ah-ha)
Ain't
no big decision (ah-ha)
You know what to do (ah-ha)
La question
c'est voulez-vous
Voulez-vous...
Take
it now or leave it (ah-ha)
Now is all we get (ah-ha)
Nothing
promised, no regrets
Voulez-vous (ah-ha)
Ain't no big decision
(ah-ha)
You know what to do (ah-ha)
I can still say
voulez-vous
Voulez-vous
(ah-ha, ah-ha, ah-ha)
Voulez-vous (ah-ha, ah-ha,
ah-ha)
Voulez-vous (ah-ha, ah-ha, ah-ha)
Take it now or leave it (ah-ha)
Now is all we get
(ah-ha)
Nothing promised, no regrets
Voulez-vous (ah-ha)
Ain't
no big decision (ah-ha)
You know what to do (ah-ha)
I can still
say voulez-vous
When the song was finally over, the kids started to clap since everyone else was. But the kids didn't pay attention to why everyone was clapping, until Ichigo made an announcement. "How's everyone doing tonight?!!"
The crowd cheered as the kids looked up and they saw something more shocking. Their parents are basically making out on stage. Pai is holding Lettuce close like he's going to eat her pretty soon and she's ready for that, Taruto is occupying Pudding's lips and her hands are feeling every line on his body, and while Ichigo has the mic, Kisshu is kissing her neck like he already has his powers back. Ichigo is really loving it and is holding him close for him to continue. There was one more thing that the kids noticed but the other humans don't. All of their fathers looking like they're in some sort of pain.
Ichigo announces, "Sorry but we kitties need to retire for the night. We hope that you all enjoyed the show and please come again next week!" Then she just drop the mic like she didn't care but as soon as the mic hit the floor, there was that loud screeching sound. Everyone flinched from that as well as the ones on stage.
Kashu heard Kisshu mumble as he backed away from Ichigo, "Place that thing nicely, next time! You idiotic witch."
Ichigo just told him, "Shut up and kiss me, you old nag." She grabbed his jacket and pulled him to another kiss and he didn't complain. Then after that, the girls pulled them off the stage and into the backstage. The crowd was cheering for the girls' success on getting them as well as they were cheering for the boys as the kids turned to stone.
Kashu came back and asks, "Who wants to go in there and stop them?"
All three answered, "Not me/Not Hannya."
"Me neither," she agrees. "This might be their big chance to get back together. Sure it's sleeping with the other, but at least it's the adult way of showing it."
Kanjo tells her, "If we ever get back home and are able to watch TV again, no more murder series for you." Kashu just shrugs her shoulders.
Then Hannya asks, "Hannya is worried about papa. Why was papa in pain like that?" They all looked Kokoro for that answer.
He turned red from the sudden attention but he tried to think. He says, "My best guess is that maybe their formulas ran out. I've seen pained faces like that when they turned back from human to alien. I saw them do experiments a few times here and there."
That struck a nerve in Kashu's head. "Then that means that the reason why our mothers said it was time to retire was because they knew that their formulas were running out. They did that to protect them."
Kanjo mumbles, "At least that proves that our moms are not just sex hungry then. Good, I was ready to puck out my dinner."
'Good grief,' Kashu thought as she watched them look kind of pale. Hannya looks like she's starting to panic from Kanjo's last remark. 'Oh wait!' Kashu looks at Kokoro and he looks back at her from her 'wait'. She asks him, 'What time is it?'
He looks down at his wrist for the time and says, "It's…12." Dead silence went around. Then the pain came. It just felt weird but it started to hurt this time because they were re growing their ears, their tails, and their ribbons. Few minutes of pain passed and all four of them looked at the other; they're not human anymore. Kokoro grabbed Kashu's hand and Hannya's hand and quickly said, "We need to get out now!" Without asking anything, Kashu grabs Kanjo's hand as Hannya does the same to him. They all closed their eyes and teleported out of that club before anyone saw them with their new looks.
'Why the heck are we here?' Kashu asks Kokoro after they teleported. Apparently, all four of them teleported to the roof of the building.
Kokoro answers, "Well I… ahh…"
Kashu just tells him, 'Never mind.'
Hannya looks around as Kanjo does the same. When Hannya got it that they're on the roof, she turns to Kokoro and tells him, "Kokoro picked a good place!"
Kashu and Kanjo asked, "Huh?" as Kokoro was looking at her surprise that she said that.
She explains, "If both of our mamas and our papas are inside then and both of our mamas and papas are drunk then the next morning when mamas and papas wake up, Hannya and family can see mamas' and papas' reactions and see if they can get back together. Like Kashu-san said. Mamas and papas must be doing 'it' for a reason." For someone who was really embarrassed of the idea that they're parents are having sex, she sounds so calm and almost cheerful when explaining it and it made all three of them really surprise to hear her say all of that. She goes back to shy mood from their silence and asks, "What's wrong? Does Hannya's plan not work?"
Kanjo tells her, starting to freak out, "No! No! It's perfect, actually so we'll stay here."
Kashu raises her brows and signs, "And knowing my mother, we don't need an alarm clock." Kokoro stares at her once again in surprise and curiosity. After a moment in silence, Kashu signs, "We'll stay on this roof until they wake up. If I remember correctly the last time mother got drunk, she passed out in only two hours and she woke up in about six hours."
"So mamas and papas should be getting up at about eight in the morning?" Hannya asks. Kashu nods. Then… "Achoo!" Hannya sneezes. She rubs her nose a bit as Kanjo takes his jacket off. He puts it on her and she looks over her shoulder in surprise.
He tells her, "Your arms are pretty much covered so this should cover your shoulders."
She smiles and tells him, "Thank you." He turned a bit red from her smile as Kashu, once again, rolls her eyes at the scene. Her actions kept capturing Kokoro's attention.
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"Kashu-san," Kokoro calls. Kashu looks over her shoulder to see Kokoro putting his jacket on her shoulders. She's surprise by that as he sits down next to her on the edge of the building. "Thought you would be cold," he says as a murmur and with his cheeks all flared up. He wouldn't even look at her when he said that. However, Kashu didn't seem to mind.
She pulls the jacket to fit all around her as she thinks, 'Thanks. Are the others asleep?'
He nods and answers, "Hannya-san fell asleep first and Kanjo soon fallowed after he kept her close to keep her warm."
'Figures. Those two act like they're married when they're only thirteen.' Kashu's words had a small amount of venom in them and it finally gave Kokoro the courage to ask.
"Kashu-san, if you don't mind me asking," he says, "do you have anything against Kanjo?" Her eyes are surprise as she looks at him in confusion. He tries to explain, "Every time something happened between Hannya and Kanjo, you have these thoughts of despair, jealousy, and sadness." Now she looks like someone who just crack the system to her success on a test score.
She turns away and asks, 'Do you mind controlling your powers better so that you don't have to read every thought that pops into my head?'
Now he's a bit sad from her words. "I'll try."
She looks at him from the corner of her eyes as he looks down at all of the humans now leaving the club either drunk or not. She lets out a sigh and answers, 'It's embarrassing to say, but I guess I should at least tell someone. I'm getting tired of always keeping things to myself and it's so tiresome to sign something so that someone would know.' He looks back at her and she looks like she's preparing herself. 'For as long as I could remember, it was always the three of us. We couldn't go to school because we can't wear hats to hide our ears and tails, we couldn't help our mothers with the café because they didn't want us to get friendly with anyone, and they didn't let us out of the café while they can go to the store and get more ingredients. It was both annoying and unfair. Why couldn't we do that stuff when they could? If they just gave us a chance we can show them how careful we can be. I tried many times to help her but it all ended up with a fight with my mother. So while they were off in the real world, it was only the three of us that could keep each other company. Both Kanjo and Hannya are very dear to me even though they get on my nervous but I guess you can say that I was always in love with Kanjo.' The moment she said that, Kokoro's eyes went really wide. 'He was the only boy that I ever know, but I know that he loves Hannya. I like dressing up as a boy because I don't want to be weak. I want to be someone that can take care of myself and not relay on anyone! I thought that maybe Kanjo could see that I'm a strong person but instead he goes off and likes Hannya. She loves flowers, dressing up, and putting on makeup. She's kind, gentle, and shy like her mother. For years, I can see that Kanjo likes taking care of her while he tries to take care of me. Trying to be the man of the three but I held strong but still, he likes the girly-girl. It's irritating but I should just give up by now.'
Then there was silence between them. Kokoro didn't speak and she didn't think. However, after a while she looks at him and smiles. 'But you know, it was a lost cost from the start! I'm perfectly fine because I didn't need a man anyway! I can take care of myself. I am a strong, independent woman and I will fight off anyone who dares to challenge me!'
Kokoro couldn't help smile back at that. Then he confesses, "I never knew my mother." Kashu looks at him, her smile gone as he continues, "I asked once what my mother was like and all father answered was that she was a nice and sincere woman who died trying to give birth to me. I believed until I saw him grieving over a picture of your mother. When I was close enough, I read his mind and I kept hearing him think, 'I'm sorry' or 'Why couldn't you wait a little longer'. I thought that for a fact that he lied about my mother and that she was alive on earth somewhere. I left home because I wanted them to be happy and so that I could know the truth. But when I saw that she was also your mother, he must have been telling the truth because he didn't know that she was pregnant with his child; you."
She asks him, "So you mean to tell me that father probably had a child with another woman?"
He nods. "I was hoping that it wasn't true because it looks like he really loves her, especially after that reaction when he was drunk and saw her."
'And it looks like that mother must still love him otherwise why else would she act like that?' Both of them let out a sigh. She thinks, 'Damn it! This is so irritating!'
"Indeed. What happened fourteen years ago is what I want to know." Then there was silence again for a while.
'Well let's get to bed,' Kashu tells him. He looks at her as she continues, 'We have a long day tomorrow and we need our rest if we're going to fallow our parents around.'
He nods. "Okay. Ah…ah… ACHOO!!" He rubs his nose after the cold and Kashu moves closer towards him. She wraps his jacket around both her and him. He notices and looks at her surprise and red.
She tells him, 'Don't want to catch cold now, do you? You're bone skinny and you're wearing a tank top.'
He tells her, shly, "Th-Thanks."
She pulls him closer and rests his head on her shoulder. Then she started humming a lullaby and he gets sleepy enough to forget the fact that he's resting on her shoulders. In minutes, he fell asleep and she rests her head on his. In only minutes, she fell asleep too.
