Death by Drunkenness :
{Drinking Party Gone Wrong}
Recent string of failures at the hands of the iara left Kunzite coming up with the plan to get the boys in better shape as a team. Invitation he sent Bastion to meet within a week at a bar located in a back street in one of Tokyo's busiest area. A narrow bar hidden on the second floor above the street named JBS bar with 13 seats and huge vinyl record collection. Where the father of six met the Knight of purity and affection for bottle of aged saki until 11PM. The two talked endlessly about what what they could do about Dann, Angel, Andor, and Ciprian needing to improve. Making top of the list that they need to be more polished as knights along side the girls, if they were continue protecting Earth. This made Bastion laugh while sharing how his son's doubts and frustrations about their recent let downs. Only got a quiet nod from Kunzite as glasses were refilled and conversation was further carried on until closing.
The two would go their separate ways with Jewel picking up her husband while a private town car with a chauffeur came for Kunzite. Plans to help sharpen the boys were supposed to secretly kept until shared when Kunzite made a personal visits. Ended up being shared by a drunken Kunzite when he got home that night and loudly greeted his wife. Before Mina could drag her husband to their room to sleep off his inebriated state as he got handsy with her. She and their daughter were informed about Dann, Angel, Andor, and Ciprian were to be off grid doing improvement training. This had Mina taking to her phone wanting answers while informing her friends about this bit of news.
"Some of us are in middle of class." Amelie sounded angry.
"Actually I am in middle of finishing my chores at the shrine." Reika could care less.
"At the Carnival with Angel," Mako got bushful. "We're going the caramel apple stand."
"Your not going to believe this." Mina spun the news.
Telling the girls about what her brother drunkenly confessed to plans for the guys was enforced by what Angel has to say. This bothered Amelie and Mako since they knew that Andor and Angel had tried their best against iara. Mina didn't like how her father was pushing Dann as Reika was only one to agree with what Kunzite wanted.
"Your not helping!" Mina didn't like Reika's response.
"Not like I was impressed with what Ciprian been doing," Reika pointed out. "I just think he needs to improve on a few things."
"…." Amelie and Mako went quiet.
"I wish none of you would fight over this." Angel added his sense.
Mako took a soft grip of Angel's arm as her form of support to him when he ended up easing angry about his brothers emotional state. Despite each time they face off against iara and was able to get way with a minor success on their end. Some how a form of damage did take place to the girls or one of them that showed some places the guys lacked. Didn't sit will with his brothers after they last confrontation almost almost ended with Ciprian in hospital with sewn up throat.
"We need this." Angel tried not to sound to agreeable with Kunzite.
What he got was a huff from Mina before she signed off and needed to make a plans to infiltrate whatever this training session was. Not wanting her dad to get in the guy's heads and start making them doubt what they were doing was wrong. She knew calling her brother and Ammar for help without one of them getting back to his father in way or another. Her mom wasn't going to be any help since she would just state how her daughter needs to leave Dann and his brothers alone. Not like all her friends were on board with what she was going to planned for her father's secret boot camp.
"To the pink board!" She shouted.
"Mina!" Her mother reminded her. "No shouting. Your father is trying to sleep off his stupor."
"Sorry." Mina got to her sock clad feet.
She then tip toed to her room to send the rest of her lunch hours at her desk wit her markers and blank paper making plans. Mostly colors orange and yellow were used to make out the words while actual pink was her rest of her plans outlined. She slowly backed away from large board that held thumbtacks and string with cut outs from magazines. Had her realizing she was going to need to be sneaky with how she was going to pull this off without much trouble.
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What Mina found after used her allowance to pay off the alcohol delivery man to take his place was a sorry sight on her end. She got passed the front door with her face covered face and speaking in a voice that wasn't her own at the time. She tried to hide the smile she had when Dann was the one to answer the door and allowing her inside without noticing. When she used his instructions to walk further inside the building while pushing the cart when things got weird. She swore she heard Taiki's voice in slurring manner from other voice address Ciprian and Angel. Some how made her walk faster in pushing the cart toward that room then one she was instructed to go.
Left Dann to chase after her after he secured the door she walked through to try and point out she was going to wrong room. Turned into a mini reveal when she stepped back from the cart of booze and took off her hat. Making sure to put on her practiced idol audition smile when she sings ta- dah to everyone staring. What she got was a VERY tipsy Taiki and Sei barely pronouncing her name in drunken tone. She looked to the table where the empty shots glasses were un- neatly stacked in front of the two. Opposite of the table quietly sat Ciprian and Angel with same amount in the form fo a pyramid. All their eyes seemed to be staring at her with Dann a little surprised that Kunzite's prediction was right.
"Am I late to the party?" Was second thing out of Mina's mouth.
"I don't think this is that kind of party," Andor sets a empty bottle down. "Its a long story about how we ended up here."
"I'll listen." Mina took a seat.
Andor sighed and started part of tale with Kunzite telling them about a being forcefully assigned a watch this new idol group. Fear they were going to be next target of iara is what ended with the four brother playing body guard. Yacoub was one that proposed the drinking contest of three on three of them to pass the time. The prize would be group date to a place of the girls choice the school wide holiday was to take place. Which Ciprian and Angel instantly being volunteering as Andor was neutral judge and Dann being full in. Taiki and Sei ended up going againest them in hopes they could out drink the two for Dann to give up.
We kinda forget to inform Taiki, Yacoub, and Sei that booze made on Earth," Dann pointed out Yacoub was in nearest restroom. "Doesn't effect us like it does them."
"We're not..." Sei ended up passing out.
"Lose?" Angel finished for him.
Taiki nods his head unable to use words anymore without the taste of bile and processed food on his tongue. While he slapped a hand over his hand with a request someone get him a bucket for him to barf. Ciprian answered by handing him a near by plastic trash bin that Taiki placed in his lap and the hurled in.
"He going to be alright?" Mina leaned away from him.
What she got was thumbs up from Taiki before he hugged the bin to his chest while mumbling he was going to die. Sei finally lifted his head for at least five whole minutes to narrow his eyes and look upon Mina before happily saying her name. He swung back so far from his cushioned seat be been on with his hands over his head as a simple wave. He ended up falling flat on his back with his hands above his head upon landing on the solid wood floor with little notice. Since his eyes were to busy taking in the sight of the light fixtures that were casting the very light they all were under.
"Pretty." Sei grabbed toward the light fixtures.
Mina went on to suggest the three be taken to a more comfrotable place to lay down then solid wood floor after night of drinking. Ciprian and Angel agreed in unuion when Taiki started ot address them as if he wanted to start a brawl. Neither one of them could take his serious since he couldn't sit up straight to stare them with a single finger pointed at them. Even trying to be all intimanating wrnt out the window when his slurring of words couldn't be made out. Waiting for him to fall over on to his side and pass out was the asy part of Mina's plan that went correctly so far. Just picking them over and tossing them over a shoulder before being carried up the stiars to a single bed room. This gave Mina a chance to see what the bedroom of idol looks like after years of imagining after reaidng magazines and news print.
She followed first person to be laid on his side and curled up with a bucket from the kitchen was Yacoub wa s he was found in the bathroom. Poor thing complainted about how dry his throat had become and sand paper tounge he had. Got him scooped by Dann and taken to a room décor was boyish innoiece from the old memoriablia from Three Lights everywhere. Pictures of his childhood back on Kinmoku were in pearl frames on bedside table as had a single-occupant bed. On the bed he was carefully placed with his trask bin relocasted next the side after he was placed on his side. Taiki and Sei were next in being broughtto their own rooms by Ciprian and Angel uanble to handle their drunkeness any further. Reloating those two was bit of a problem since they sturggled at the beginning and whined. To give up and end up noticing the muclefinition on the two with a hint of jealously before falling asleep.
"Who hungry?" Mina asked as she hopped down the stairs.
Andor was only one left down stairs to clean up the mess of shot glasses and empty bottles that littered the tables got Mina asking was her friends and her really the pirze the Kous put up for keeps. Her eye rolling at the fact neither one of the Kous gotten over her or her friends choosing someone else. Made her guess this drinking contest was jus their way of getting her or one of her friends alone. Try and convince them individually how they were better choice to court them than unknown people.
"Amelie isn't going to like how she was a door prize." Mina sighed.
"Don't remind me," Andor laughed at the notion. "What are you ordering?"
"Nikujaga." She showed her phone's screen.
Before she could get the place order button on her screen after figuring out what the guys as in flavors when she looked spices over. The doorbell to the front door ran once and had her staring at Andor for an answer when he went quiet. He shrugged his shoulders when he picked up the last of the bottles and cups while getting back up in a standing position. Watching Mina getting closer and closer to the front door's knob. In which she would take hold without waiting for Dann or someone else to cover her. Turned while pulling the door open to greet whoever was at the door. What she found was a ramen noodle delivery driver with her head tucked and box in hand. Saying they had won some raffle after a business card was pulled from their jar by a hostess.
"Mina!" Ciprian yelled from the stairs.
His warning came too late when an elongated set of sharpen nails on a single hand ended up being extended when a wooden delivery box was pulled out of Mina's reaching range. Not getting out of the way in time become Mina's problem when she ducked out of the way with a chunk of fabric that made up the shoulder part of her shirt, ended up being ripped away. As she got four linear flesh wounds with a strap of her bra was sliced in half while landing on her side in the middle of the walkway.
"Not good!" Ciprian ran toward Mina.
"Ooopies!" iara retracted her nails while dropping the delivery box.
"Everything ok?" Andor came rushing in with his fingers grazing his lepal pin.
Ciprian was the one that scooped Mina into his arms with his arms going under her legs and the upper part of her back to get her out of the way by hauling her into the nearest room. While Knight Froze stepped forward finished his transformation half a minute would slam his body against the door and lock it with the chain before iara tried again. He backed toward the stairs that Ciprian was standing on with his eyes on the door trying to stay on guard when iara stated a door wouldn't keep her out for long. She angrily demanded in a shrill voice, a Kinmoku humanoid by the name Kou Daiki to be handed over since he survived being drained by her.
"Not happening." Knight Froze whispered low enough she couldn't hear.
He was soon joined by Dann and Angel running down the stairs rather concerned about what was going on as over Knight Froze's shoulder Dann ended up blood droplets and torn material. What came to his mind was Mina and he saw red with his fingers brushing his lepal pin to trigger his transformation as he pulled an acrobatic stunt. To get past Knight Froze and follow the blood droplet trail to where he found Mina being bandaged up by Knight Fiur using alcohol from the bottles and dust rags. Mina whined the whole time about her newly bought La Perla brand, Pink silk, Push-up Bra with frastaglio at her dad's expense before Chevalier Luba's presence quieted her. Where she started to purr like a happy kitty when his gloved fingers barely touched the handy work of Knight Fiur in a soothing manner at a slow pace. She assured him how she was alright and she had her father so twisted around her little finger that he wouldn't get in trouble about her getting hurt when visiting him.
"Knock! knock!" iara tapped on the closed-door interrupting them.
Led to the plan of Mina sending a message to Mehr about getting over here to handle his sister as the sound of the door's knob shattering when skrewed by the same set of elongated nails. Had Knight Froze acting fast in freezing the door shut by covering seems of the door chuck after chuck of ice tossed from the palms of his gloved hands. Make sure to cover from time to button until the door couldn't further be opened as the what of the door's knob was unable to be salvaged when left in pieces by the nails. Angel ended up jumping over the railing of the stairs instead of bypassing Knight Froze to make his way toward raging Chevalier Luba and Knight Fiur with Mina. He ended up trading placing with the two for them to focus on when iara was coming through that door to start a fight over only survivor and witness to her crime.
"How long is going to be?" Angel asked Mina.
"He'll be here in a few minutes." Mina excitedly spoke.
Meaning Chevalier Lubam, Knight Froze, and Knight Fiur had a short time to try and hold iara off until some form of help came to negotiate her down from trying to want Kou Daiki dead. Up to the door, Chevalier Lubam walked not caring for the warnings that Knight Froze and Knight Fiur gave him about what was waiting out there for him. Silencing the two of them by asking them to watch his back when his sheer strength was flexed when he pried open the frozen door and broke the chain to walk out. Knight Froze and Knight Fiur ran after him before stopping at the opened door to watch iara standing at the end of the walkway with one of her hands coated in Mina's blood.
"Fury in those eyes," iara shivered over how he would taste. "Delicious!"
Chevalier Lubam kept his angry I check when he was about to bring forth his Goden Bow and a single arrow if wasn't for the rushed food steps and a voice yelling for him to spare his sister. An out-of-breath Mehr clenching a cell on one hand and holding a strap of a bag hanging off one of his shoulders stopped aa few inches from iara; eye pleading Chevalier Lubam.
"Vai!" He addressed her by actual name.
"It's iara now!" She corrects him. "Shouldn't you be with your bipedal, oxygen breathing, monkey?"
Her answer came when she watched her brother pocket the phone he was holding while putting down his bag on the ground when he removed his sweater and gloves. Showing off his newly acquired human body from a set of vast shoulder to toned torso that was clearly displayed in the tight shirt he wore. Had muscle tone she had never seen on him before with a tattoo sleeve in the process of being done since it was mostly lines that formed symbols of their clan. Distracting her from when he ended up approaching her knowing the risk he was taking by her attacking him if she noticed his closeness to try to stop her.
"WHY?" She found she began to cry. "You had the brightest and prettiest fin among the men of our world. Your bioluminescence was most colorful during our world's nocturnal phase."
"Vai!" He yelled back to silence her, "That was my choice, and your know that very well."
"To trade it away for the mere life of some stranger on this mudball of a world." She couldn't stop her tears.
He ended up getting close enough to notice tips of her fingers, on one hand, were coated in human blood as he disappointed reached out with another hand to grasp her chain. Opening her mouth wide enough to notice a piston-like tongue now resting in a place of the human-shaped one she had before they touched down on Earth.
"You've developed the tongue of a lamprey and carry the scent of blood," He spoke truly worried. "You've fully woken up as a Waviren."
"Don't judge me." She pulled away from him.
This was when she broke down in front of him by burying her face in his chest unable to fully stop the tears that now poured from her glazed-over eyes. Into his arms, she was drawn to be calmed down as he ended up instructing that he has everything handled and Ben was on his way.