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A/N: Hehe…here I come with chappie 21, don't get angry 'kay? I know that I took too long to update, but well…you see…my bro is sick so I have to take care of him…wait, I always have reasons why I'm late updating…but I'm not lying! To calm you a little…please have fun reading this chapter.

21st Corda: Beware of boys around 'her'

Recap:

"I understand why Obaa-sama wants to kidnap Shiraishi-san, but why Hino-san and Fuyuumi-san...?"

"Now that you mention it..."

"Talk about that later...where's Kei?" All of them turned to stare at Kaji.

"He hasn't come? I thought I had sent him e-mail since he didn't answer his phone..." Azuma replied, confused.

"Don't tell me...he was kidnapped by Obaa-sama's people too..." They looked at Kazuki. Len frowned...his face had an 'are-you-stupid-or-what?' expression plastered all over it.

"Kazuki...Obaa-sama only needs our 'girlfriends' not us..." Azuma tried to explain the problem to Kazuki.

"Oh, yeah that's right...haha..." Kazuki laughed sheepishly as the others sweatdropped. But then again, the twins wondered where their youngest brother was.

Chapter Starts.

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A green-haired girl walked slowly, making her way to her boyfriend's house. Her cousin had just sent a message telling her to come. She was a little afraid since she was all alone in that street.

If only I hadn't made that 'promise' to Kei-kun. She thought sighing desperately. No, no. I should be braver! Fuyuumi thought as she clenched her fists. Just as she was ruminating, she realised that someone was following her but upon turning her head around, she found no one. Standing there frozen with fear, Fuyuumi made many bad conclusions. Thus, she ran with all her might towards her destination. She'd never been good at sports but that thing always had its own time.In no time, Fuyuumi had arrived at the Tokutos' house panting.

Lifting her hand to the bell, she stood calmly.

"Kei!" Before she could ring the bell, a green-haired boy came out yelling so loudly that it made her jump.

"Uh…Fu-Fuyuumi…Wari, I thought you're Kei…" Ryotaro apologized when he realized he had yelled at the wrong person.

"Eh, Kei-kun hasn't come home yet?"

"Uh, yeah…I guess he hasn't…" Ryo answered rubbing his head.

"You guess? He's not at home, so he DEFINITELY hasn't come home." Len affirmed irritatably.

Sending a death glare toward his twin, Ryo replied, "Shut up. I'll go look for him…" He said passing through the gate.

"Wait! I'll go too…" Kazuki said as he made to follow his younger brother.They were just getting ready to go when they froze in surprise - they had a blonde boy in front of them.

"Where are you going, nii-san?" Kei asked with a perplexed frown.

"Kei…That should what we're saying! Where were you?!" Ryo yelled in 'mama' mode.

"I just got back from school…" Kei answered as if it was nothing.

"School??? Don't joke with me, Kei…School finishes at 4 pm! And it's already 8.30 pm now!" Ryo retorted.

"…" was the only reply from Kei.

"Well…could you explain to me WHAT WERE YOU DOING IN 'THAT' 41/2 HOURS?!" Ryo asked, demanding a good answer.

"There, there, Ryo…Before that…how about if we let Kei and Fuyuumi-san in first?" Azuma cut off smiling.

"A-Ah…" Ryo stood there, frozen realizing where they were.

It was lucky their neighborhood was quite tolerant about Ryo's mama attitude towards them. Because sometimes their 'temporary' mom could get very noisy, especially about their tardiness and getting home after dinner time.

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Sitting opposite Kei, Ryo crossed his arms staring at his youngest brother. The girls were waiting outside, as Mori explained everything.

Frowning at his brothers who were staring at him, Kei broke the silence "Uhm…sorry…are you guys…uhm…interrogating me?"

"Eh? Of course not!" Kazuki replied abruptly, a little surprised by Kei's question.

"We are!" Ryo cut off.

"Did I do something criminal?" Kei asked, looking rather nonplussed.

"Nope." Len replied coolly.

"Yes you have…" Again, Ryo cut off his brother.

Now their combined attention was focused on Ryo."Oh, c'mon…coming home late at 8.30 pm is something normal…" Aoi commented.

"It's not." Ryo shot back.

"It is." Len replied flippantly.

"Is not!" Ryo replied stubbornly. "I can tolerate it if he came at 8, but 8.30???"

"Well, why don't we let Kei explain it?" Azuma cut.

"I was playing with my friends…" Kei replied yawning.

"With…your friends?" His brothers turned to them.

"Yep, I was too busy with them so I forgot to call. I brought them home, just in case aniki wanted to meet them…" Kei replied smirking.

"You…brought them home…?"

"Yep…" Kei said as he walked out of the door. A minute later, he came back into the room dragging a sack.

The twins quirked an eyebrow in unison as Kazuki and Azuma had matching expressions of confusion.

Opening the sack, Kei introduced, "Well, aniki…meet my friends…"

All of Kei's brothers' jaws almost dropped (but not Azuma), when their youngest brother opened the sack, it revealed three men in black tied up together. They were…well you could say, not in good condition.

"Well, let me tell you about our unforgettable meeting…I was walking out from a bookstore, when I saw them in a lost state. So I came asked them what happened…and then I saw them following a girl, so I thought I should help them, right?" Kei said smiling at the men.

They only nodded in agreement crying.

"He-Helping…?"

Azuma stared at those men, "Kei-kun, these men, could it be…"

"I dunno that you played with older men too, Kei." Kazuki said, his innocence blindingly obvious. The other almost went into anime mode at his remark.

"Ka-Kazukinii-san…" They didn't know if it was because he was too innocent or too idiot…

"Well, anyway, thanks for bringing them Kei. We have a lot of things to ask them…" Aoi smirked in the most angelically ominous way.

"Well…I will finish my business with them after I cook dinner…" Ryo said shrugging as he went out of the room, leaving Aoi, Kei and Azuma.

Len'd gone practicing dragging Kazuki behind him.

Well, Ryo and the others could hear a shout of pain from that had-been-locked door, but being Len and Ryo, they pretended that they didn't hear anything and continued their activities calmly.

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Chapter 21 ends.

A/N: Hehe, sorry for the short chapter…Xp. Btw, please review.

Next; 22nd Corda: Beware of 'her' brother – Ryotaro part!