AUTHOR'S NOTE FROM RYIDI/REISEI:

*Sniff* If any of you reading this don't want to see Reisei and Ryo or Dana and Seiji get in a fight then I suggest that you just skip to the next chapter. That part really sucked im my opinion...

Dana sat up, ignoring the evil sunlight and yanwed stretching.
Reisei eventually drifted off, she opened her eyes again slowly when she heard the alarm clock go off, she reached out and turned it off then yanked her arm back under the covers fast, it was cold in the room.
Seiji groaned and buried his face in the pillow.
Ryo sat up and glared at nothing inparticular.
"C'mere!" Reisei said pulling him back down. He had an hour to get ready for school, it took three minutes to get there, she was in no rush to send him off.
Ryo nodded and did as he was told.
She curled up to him and kissed the tip of his nose.
Ryo grinned.
Seiji mumbling into the pillow, "Please tell me today is Friday..."
Dana,"Sorry to disappoint you...but it's only thursday.." She remebered something she meant to tell Reisei sometime this weekend, she grinned and jumped out of the bed and went looking for a letter through her things, she knew she grabbed it when they went to get her stuff.
Reisei smiled, "Last day of school for you for the week, think we'd be left alone if we locked ourselves in the room all weekend?" She grinned.
Dana,"Yea it's friday your in luck!." She remebered something she meant to tell Reisei sometime this weekend, she grinned and jumped out of the bed and went looking for a letter through her things, she knew she grabbed it when they went to get her stuff.
Ryo grinned, "Maybe..Though with the dynasty around I doubt that somehow.."
"Shh! Don't jinx it." Reisei grinned. "Let me hope. And even if we can't pull it off the entire weekend then maybe tonight when you get home from school till tomorrow some time?"
Ryo nodded.
Seiji blinked, "What are you doing?" He asked sitting up.
Dana, "YES! Found it!" She grabbed the worn looking envolope and headed towards the door,"I need to tell reisei something!" She said before running down the hall towards Reisei's room.
She looked at the clock and groaned, "Ok, I guess it is time for you to get up if you plan to eat and everything else." She said, slowly she pulled herself out of bed.
Reisei heard someone running down the hall and walked over to the door opening it and colliding with Dana.
Ryo got out of bed and and went to get his unfiorm.
Seiji blinked as Dana ran out of the room and got his uniform getting dressed.
Dana fell on her butt but her smile never wavering, "Guess what? I meant to tell you sooner but I kept forgetting!" She waved the envolope in front of Reisei's face.
"What?" Reisei asked grabbing for the envelope being waved in front of her eyes.
Dana yanked the envelope away from Reisei grinning, "Kouken is coming back! I'm not sure when some time between now and next weekend! Isn't it great!?"
"Kou's coming home?!" Reisei grinned, "Cool!!!!!!" She said.
Dana's grin widened, "I know!!! I can't wait!" She jumped up, "Ack!! I need to get ready for school! here!" She handed Reisei the envelope beforwe running back down the hall.
Reisei stood up and opened the envelope as she walked over and got a blue skirt with black lace trim and a blue tank top from her dresser. She was grinning.
Dana ran into the room and grabbed her unoform and a brush, dashing out of the room to the bathroom and changing and doping her hair in record time and dashing downstairs to grab some food.
She set the letter down and stepped behind her screen changing and then stepped back out and picked up the letter again. She looked around wondering where Ryo disappeared too.
Ryo had walked downstairs to get some breakfast and had quickly dodged the whirlwind, AKA Dana, that blew by down the stairs and inot the kitchen, he sweatdropped wandering what was going on.
Reisei figured he'd head downstairs. White Blaze was taking it as a lazy morning and was still asleep. Reisei slipped on a pair of sandals and pulled her hair into a pony tail, not feeling like bothering with her make up, she hurried out and ran into Seiji. "God! Could you people take one step a second and not five hundred?!" He asked. Reisei shrugged and hurried down the stairs half reading half making sure she didn't fall, she saw Ryo at the bottom of the stairs. "Hey." She said.
"Hey!" He said, stopping at the bottom and waiting for her before going to the kitchen.
Dana grabbed a bagel with cream cheese and walked out of the kitchen eating, "I can't believe he's coming back so soon! I wonder how long he has off.."She said looking at Reisei. Ryo blinked confused.
Reisei stepped down to him, half involved in the four page letter in her hand, she looked up at Dana, "I have no clue, I just can't believe he's coming home. It's been forever."
Seiji walked down the stairs, "Who, what, when, where, and why?"
Dana, "I know! oh..how are we going to explain what's going on?" She looked at Seiji, "Now THAT is a secret!" Insert Xellos pose and giggle.
Ryo looked at Seiji, "That's what I want to know.." He sweatdropped at Dana's antics.
Reisei reached out and gently thwapped Dana on the arm, "You watch to much Anime, Miss. Sore-wa-himitsu-desu!"
Dana laughed, "Aw! But you know you love Xellos too! Admit it!"
Ryo sweatdropped, "I'm going to get some breakfast..." he mumbled and walked into the kitchen.
Reisei pondered it, "Are we really supposed to tell him? I mean...I dunno." Reisei grinned, "Of course I love the trickster preist, he kicks ass, but I don't quote him!...That often." Reisei watched Ryo walk off. "Ok." She said.
Seiji followed Ryo.
Dana, "Fine! I'll stick to Lina!"
Reisei shook her head and walked towards the kitchen trying to finish reading the letter.
Dana blinked, "Hey! I'm not that hyper am I?" She asked finishing her bagel and following them into the kitchen.
"Yes!" Reisei grinned, "But with good reason." She added and managed to grab a bagle and put some cream cheese on it while still reading.
Ryo grabbed a bagel and spread some cream cheese on it and sat down still confused, "Do you have any clue what their going on about Seiji?"
A very sleepy looking Wes truged into the kitchen, his long midnight blue hair hanging unbrushed over his face, "Where's the party?" He asked.
Seiji shook his head, "None, just some guy coming home or something." Seiji said.
Dana blinked, "I guess your right... I am rather hyper..."
"You look rough man." Reisei said, Wes cast her a 'Gee is it that obvious?' sarcastic look.
Dana turned to Wes, "Good morning!" she was ignoring the sarcastic look.
"Morning." He said getting a cup of coffee and running his fingers through his hair as a comb straigtening it out.
Ryo finished his bagel, "I suppose we should get going..."
Reisei looked at the clock, "You guys have plenty of time, wanna walk?" She asked.
Ryo, "Sure"
Dana, "Are you going to walk with us?"
Seiji nodded and grabbed his back pack. Reisei gave Dana a duh look. "Of course I'm gonna walk with you." She said.
Dana, "Alright" She said grabbing her backpack in the living, calming down...a little.
Wes looked at them, "You guys are way to awake..." He said drinking his coffee. "So glad you noticed." Reisei said and finished reading the letter and put it back in the envelope to give to Dana.
Dana took the envelope and put it in her backpack, "He sure likes to write don't he? Awake and with good reason! This is abnormal and you may never see this again from me so enjoy it!" She grinned.
Wes shook his head and headed towards a sitting room. Reisei grinned, "Kou could be the next Allen Poe if he'd put his mind to it!" She stated, when Kou had been at home it was something Reisei said more often, this was the first time she'd said it in over a year though.
dana grinned, "I remember that saying! He could write ten pages on one event! and not sound repetitive! It was absolutely amazing!"
"And his poetry the rare times we could talk him into writing and sharing. The boy's got tallent!" Reisei said.
Dana nodded and smiled, "I hate it when teachers compare me to him though.."
"That's gotta suck so bad." Reisei said and looked at the guys, "Well, let's get going." She said walking towards the door, Seiji looked at Ryo then at Reisei and Dana as he followed Rei.
Ryo blinked not wanting to even figure it out and went out the door, Dana walked out the door with Reisei.
"Remember when we were littler and actually somewhat normal and would play fantasy games. Kou-sama..." Reisei grinned shaking her head.
Dana nodded, "Yea, and if I remember correctly you and him were BOTH the princes who came to save the Damsel in dstress!" Does a graceful bow, "Me!" Dana stood up frinning.
Ryo wasn't sure about what to make of this.
He looked to seiji blinking with a confused look.
Seiji shook his head looking about as clueless as Ryo. "No no no, he was the prince, I was the princess who dressed like a prince because I'd rather be the savior than the savie!" Reisei corrected grinning.
Dana, "Oh yea! That was it..."
Ryo shook his head and continued walking.
"Remember that time at the store that we were all goofing off and he slipped on wet floor and knocked over like four shelves?" Reisei grinned at one of Kou's clumsey moments. (Maybe one of his very few or very many, that's up to you to determine)
Dana laughed, "He always was too tall.."
Rei grinned and realized they were at the school. "Well, I'll see ya guys later!" She said and kissed Ryo on the cheek.
Ryo, "Bye Reisei."
"Bye hun." Reisei said and waved as she turned to head home.
Dana grinned and waved to Reisei and the others before running off to her first class.
Seiji waved back to Dana and headed towards math.

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Seiji shook his head as he walked out of school to meet Dana and Ryo out front. He hadn't been able to figure out what Dana and Rei had been talking about at all.
Kouken decided to pick Dana up at school before heading home to see his parents he drove into the school parking lot and parked, stepping out of the car and looking for Dana.
Dana met Seiji and Ryo out front, "How was your day boys!?" She asked her smile the same from this morning.
Reisei was once again sitting in the sitting room, waiting for Dana, Seiji, and Ryo to get home, and reading the book of Poe she had found the day before. White Blaze curled around her feet.
"It was ok..." Seiji mumbled, he failed another math quiz, horribly.
Ryo, "It was the same as usual at least I don't have any homework.."
Dana was going to make a comment towards Seiji when she caught sight of Kouken, she dropped her back pack and ran towards him hugging the life out of him.
Ryo blinked.
Seiji blinked, he caught Dana's backpack, but still blinked.
Slowly Seiji made his way over to Dana and the other guy, the clearly older guy.
Kouken laughed, "How ya doing kiddo?" Dana let go and smiled up at him, "I'm good, But your still to tall!!!" She said looking up him. "Kouken laughed, "Ready to go home," Dana blinked, "I'm not living there anymore, and Reisei left home too...We're living up at a mansion with some friends it's close by the school.." Kou blinked, "Why aren't you at home?" Dana took in a deep breath, "Stuff happened.."
Kouken, "You and Reisei can explain later...who are these guys?" he asked looking at Seiji and Ryo.
Seiji looked up at Kouken as he approached, he had to look up.
kouken, standing at 6'2" looked down at Seiji. Dana, "Kouken this is Seiji! Seiji Kouken!"
"Nice to meet you..." Seiji said.
Kouken, "Nice to meet you too" He said.
Seiji looked over towards Ryo, who hadn't moved.
Dana, "And that's Ryo!" Ryo, "Nice to meet you," Kouken, "Same"
Seiji blinked really unsure of whatelse to say.
"Ummm...maybe we should get home soon...Reisei'll be waiting...if she hasn't sparred Wes to death out of boredom..." He then mumbled, "Suspension must suck..."
Dana, "Kouken, why don't you drive us to the mansion, I'll direct you to the mansion and we can surprise Reisei!" Kouken, "She got suspended?" Dana nodded.
Seiji looked at Dana and then Kouken.
Ryo nodded.
"She got in a fight with some girl..." Seiji said.
Kouken, "Ok everybody in!" He said getting in on the drivers side, Dana got in on the passengers side. Ryo got in back confused.
Seiji got in back with Ryo.
Kouken started the car, and with Dana's directions they made it to the mansion.
Kouken blinked looking at the mansion, "Dang just how many of you are there?" Dana, "umm..5" Kouken, "A bit much for 5 people don't you think?" Dana shrugged still grinning.
Reisei heard a car pull up and sat her book down, she had changed into a pair of blue jean shorts and the same tank top because the skirt had been irritating her legs. She ran out onto the porch.
Dana's grin widened, "He's here!" She yelled to Reisei.
Kouken, "I think she noticed that.."
Seiji hopped out of the back of the car. Reisei grinned boardly, "I can see that!" She yelled coming off the porch.
Ryo got out of the car.
"She's still the master of the obvious!" Reisei stated to Kouken as she neared the car.
Dana hopped out of the car along with Kouken.
Kouken, "And always will be!"
When Kouken got out Reisei hugged him.
Kouken, "So what's this I hear about you getting suspended?"
Reisei grinned sheepishly, "The girl was talking trash about my boyfriend..."
Kouken,"Boyfriend?" Dana tip toed away knowing what was in store for Ryo, "I hope your not going out with that Ze thing again.."
"No!" Reisei almost shouted.
Dana laughed.
Kouken, "Well that's good...Now who is this boyfriend of yours?"
"Ze was a mistake, a bad mistake." Reisei smiled and looked towards Ryo, "I believe Dana has probably already introduced you to my new boyfriend."
Ryo walked up, "That would be me.."
Kouken, "ah! Alright everybody in the house, I have a lot to catch up on and a person to interrogate!" Ryo gulped.
"Be nice!" Reisei said and grabbed Ryo's arm gently. "He's more honorable than most teenage guys." She said.
Wes walked out onto the porch and blinked, "What, are you guys advertising now?" He grinned and called to Rei and Dana jokingly.
Kouken, "I'll take your word for it but I still have questions! and I'll forgo the torture to get answers..."
Dana, "Maybe!" She called back.
Reisei shook her head. "Let's go inside." She said. Seiji headed into the house, so did Wes.
Dana headed into the house, Ryo went in not far behind.
Reisei looked up at Kouken, "I assume Dana told you I got kicked out of my house..." She said.
Kouken, "No..all she told was neither of you were living with your families anymore.."
Seiji and Wes stepped into the main hall. White Blaze was still sleeping at the chair Rei had been sitting in.
Dana walked into the haouse smiling.
"Well, I got kicked out, a little over a year ago. Daddy dearest and mother had another kid, space was needed, so out I went." She said and reache down scratching one of the healing cuts on her legs.
Seiji looked at Dana, "So, um, how exactly do you know him?" He asked.
Dana, "I haven't told you?"
Seiji shook his head no.
Dana, "Oh! oops! I can't imagine the impression we gave then!" She laughed, "Kouken is my big brother!!!"
Seiji sweatdropped, "Oh." He said.
Dana scratched the back of her head sheepishly, "I never realized you didn't know! I'm so sorry! Out of curiousity, what impression were Reisei and I giving?"
"I was living in an apartment till earlier this week. Ze lived near by and he pulled some crap. And my dad showed up on my door step looking for a punching bag..." Reisei said looking down slightly.
Seiji blinked, "The 'swoon over him on a daily basis' impression." He said sweatdropping.
Dana laughed uncontrollably.
Wes shook his head, "Now see, that's the good thing about being single, you don't have to worry about your other half giving impressions like that!"
Kouken, "remind me to kill him okay? By the way why did Dana leave home?"
Rei winced, "I should let Dana tell you why she left home." She said and looked up with Kou, "With what happened, even if she hadn't chose to I would have never let her step foot in that house again." Reisei said and began walking towards the porch.
Kou nodded, "I'm getting the idea.." He said walking into the house.
He caught sight of Dana laughing her head off.
Reisei walked over to Ryo and slid one of her arms around it after she walked in with Kou.
Kou, "What's so funny?" he asked Dana. Dana was gasping for breath, "Well you see...Reisei and I never toild them who you were and they got the wrong impression..."
Wes was wearing a baseball cap. Seiji raised an eyebrow, "What's the cap for?" He asked, Wes shrugged, "The crapo hairdye I use washed out, so I've got my natural colour tucked under here." Reisei looked at Ryo and Seiji and then at Dana, "Are you serious?!"
Kou sweatdropped, "Well I can see how important your older brother is to you!"
Dana nodded to Reisei.
Reisei couldn't help but laugh some, she looked up at Ryo, "Trust me, Poe is nothing to worry about in that department, he's my older bro in to many ways to be intrested in him like that." (Poe, another of Rei's nicknames for him)
Ryo visibly relaxed.
Dana, "Anyways! How long are you off of school?" Kou, "I dropped out" Dana facefaulted.
Reisei hugged Ryo around the waist, "I'm sorry, we should have told you guys sooner, it just slipped our minds..." Rei blinked and looked at Kou, "Why?"
"You were doing so well the last time I heard anything from you!" Rei said.
Seiji relaxed and walked over to Dana standing by her.
Dana, "I don't beleive it!! This from the guy who thought school was fun!!!!" She said sitting up on the ground. Kou, "I didn't like it much there..."
Dana gave up at looking up at him and stood up, "Your still to tall..." She grumbled. Kou, "You said that before..."
Wes took a cigarette from his pocket and lit it, :What school?: He asked, only, after a second he realized he hadn't said it outloud. Kou would hear it though.
Seiji rested one arm around Dana's shoulders.
Kou, "Harvard.." He said absently not noticing that Wes hadn't sauid it outloud.
"Harvard?" Reisei asked wondering why Kou was saying the name of his school.
Kou, "Hm? That guy I haven't met yet asked.." He said noticing Seiji's arm. He cleared his throat loudly.
Seiji moved his arm fast, Reisei blinked. "Wes didn't say anything." She said looking at Kou strangely.
Kou, "I could've sworn that I heard him ask.."
Dana blinked, "Oh yea......"
Wes was trying to contain himself, that was cool. :I'm Wes!" He thought to Kou to see if the guy would realize it this time.
Kou blinked, :oh...:
:And I'm screwing with his mind!: He sent another message to Reisei. She yelped and jumped about a foot in the air.
Wes couldn't help it, he started laughing.
Dana blinked, "What's wrong Rei-chan?"
"Wes talked to me!" She said. Wes started laughing harder.
Dana blinked, "He didn't say anything.."
:So sure about that?: Wes thought to Dana.
Seiji was to busy being confused.
Dana jumped.
Kou laughed a bit.
Ryo blinked confused.
Wes bent over putting his hands on his knees laughing and his baseball cap fell off sending his white hair falling all over, what was left of the blue dye causing blue streaks in it.
Kou blinked.
And Dana was slowly getting angry.
Seiji blinked at the white mop top.
Reisei shook her head. "You're scary, you know that, Wes?" She asked, he nodded and then realized his cap fell off. "Ah damn it!" He said picking it up and putting it on stuffing his hair under it again.
Dana, "Hey! Don't mess with my head dangit! I'd like to keep my mind and I'm finding it hard to do!!!"
Kou blinked again.
"Sorry. I just had to do that." Wes said.
Dana crossed her arms and grumbled.
Seiji blinked and shook off what he was thinking.
Kouken, "Anyways Dana Why aren't you living at home anymore?"
He looked at Dana, "Don't be sour with him just because he tends to be immature. Wait until he does something worth getting extremly angry over or he might raise Reisei's rent." Seiji said.
Dana blinked, "Dad...became weird...." She said.
"Well, look who his best friend is..." Reisei mumbled under her breath hoping Dana didn't haul off and bitch slap her for that.
Kou, "I get it, If you were staying home I'd have to throw you out... what about Dylan?" Dana, "I don't know..I'm worried about him though.."
White Blaze got up and padded out into the main hall and padded over to Ryo and Reisei laying at their feet while keeping a look on everyone else in the room except Seiji and Dana because he knew Seiji fairly well and Dana some.
Kou, "Interesting..You people thought a dog would be to...oh I don't know..normal?"
"Hush! White Blaze is a perfectly fine pet." Reisei said sticking up for the tiger. (And one wonders why he competes with Ryo for her attention-Reisei-)
Ryo laughed, "I've had him forever"
Dana, "I never realized he was here..."
Kouken sweatdropped at his sister.
"Don't worry, Poe, White Blaze is perfectly gentle as long as you don't threaten his owner." Reisei said.
Kouken nodded.
Reisei leaned against Ryo some.
Dana looked at Kouken, "Oh I have other news..I have a boyfriend too" Dana waited for him to blow up.
Seiji looked at Dana like 'You're trying to kill me.'
Kouken was silent then, "Who?" Dana cringed at the thought of what he would do to Seiji and sent him an apalogetic look, She pointed, "Seiji" she said.
Seiji waited to have a gun pointed in his face and the trigger pulled or something.
Kouken, "How did you meet my sister?"
"School." Seiji said.
"We're in two classes together. Science and Drama." Seiji said.
Kouken, "What kind of family do you come from?"
"A nice family, very in with the martial arts." Seiji said, he felt like he was shrinking under Kouken's questions.
Kouken nodded, "What plans do you have for the future?"
Seiji consider saying saving the world...But didn't think it'd go over well. Reisei saw the look on Seiji's face and moved purposly but making it look like it was accidental, she stubbed her toe hard on the doorway and yelped.
Kouken looked at Reisei, "Are you ok?"
"Yea." She said with one of those one of a kind 'I just stubbed my f-ing toe hard do you think I'm OK!?!' looks.
Kouken blinked, "Don't give me that look young lady!"
"You aren't my care taker!" She said half heartedly and keep the 'pained' look onher face even though she'd already healed any damage done.
Kouken shook his head, "Anyways, What are your plans for the future?" He asked turning back to Seiji.
Reisei looked at Ryo and gave an 'I tried to help him' shrug.
"Martial arts tournaments, buisness school, I am trying to avoid planning to far ahead because things can change in a snap." Seiji said nervously.
Ryo nodded. Dana tip toed over to Reisei, "Nothing gets his mind off anything like that.."
"What if I fell down a flight of stairs?" Reisei whispered.
Kouken nodded, "And what are your exact feelings for my sister? and be warned I'll know if your lying.."
Dana shook her head, "Nope he'd just continue later on.."
"I wouldn't lie about my feelings for Dana." Seiji said, "I love her."
Reisei snapped her fingers lightly then looked at Seiji then to Dana, "He's off the deep end girl..." Reisei whispered grinning.
Dana sniffed in the background, "Aw.."
Kouken nodded and walked to Dana, "He checks out.."
Dana smiled and ran over and hugged Seiji.
Reisei grinned, "Well, now that everyone is all okie-day..." She grabbed Ryo's hand and began to slowly walk off.
Seiji hugged Dana back tightly.
Kouken cleared his throat loudly.
"Get back here you two"
Reisei cringed and turned back to Kouken.
"Really, there's no need to check Ryo out..." She tried to reassure Kou.
Kouken looked at Ryo, "How do you know Reisei?"
Dana looked over at Reisei, "Don't even try to talk him out of it..you'll fail miserably..."
Reisei looked at Dana like 'I know' and pressed her face against Ryo's shoulder gently.
(-Lita-)Out of laziness, they do the interrogation and Ryo passes, I'm just that lazy...heh
Later on that evening they were sitting at a huge dinning room table with dinner set out on it. Reisei was seated next to Ryo, Seiji next to Dana, and Wes was sitting at the head of the table, (You chose where Kou is...) Reisei shifted in the chair, she wasn't used to eating at such a fancy looking table.
Wes still had his damn baseball cap on.
Kouken was sitting on the other side of Dana.
"So..." Reisei tried to start conversation, "You still writing poetry, Kou?"
Kouken nodded, "None that I'll ever let you read"
"Why not? You write so beautifuly..." Reisei pouted.
Kouken, "Too bad for you"
"Someone's gotten snappy since he's been in America." Reisei said and raised an eyebrow.
Kouken simply smiled at her.
Reisei smiled back one of those pure innocent grins. (Innocent my arse!) She turned in her chair some and kissed Ryo's cheek.
Kouken shook his head, "So how are you doing in school Dana?" "I'm doing good.."
Wes had been quiet, soon Reisei felt why, it wasn't as strong as the other attacks had been, but she knew what it was. She drew in a sharp gasp, "May I be excused?" She asked, Kouken more than anyone. She wondered why Wes wasn't reaching for the medicine, maybe it had to get to a certain point before he was supposed to, she didn't know.
Kouken nodded at Reisei.
Reisei nodded a thanks and stood up heading for the doorway. She got out of the dining room and made her way towards the stairs. The feeling hadn't gotten anyworse or less, but she didn't want to subject Ryo and Dana to seeing that again, and she didn't want to have Kouken see it.
Seiji looked at Ryo quizzically.
Dana blinked, "I wonder what that was about.."
Kouken nodded at Dana's comment.
Wes, while still breathing quietly, had begun to breath deeply.
Seiji looked at Wes, "You ok?" He asked, Wes nodded, "Y-yea. I'm cool." Wes said.
Dana raised an eyebrow.
Wes grimaced, the pains and beats in his chest intensifying some. :Jeez, if I'm going to have an attack just have it!: He thought to no one but himself.
Reisei stopped and groaned, she sat down ont he step she was on, which was about halfway up. "This is not my idea of fun..." She said to the empty stairwell around her.
Reisei stood up again and headed back up the stairs. She got to the top and made her way to her and Ryo's room, she slipped in and closed the door then laid down on the bed, at least this way she wouldn't crack her skull open or anything by falling.
Dana put her fork down, "I wonder where Reisei went..."
Seiji shrugged.
Wes put one of his hands down on the table hard, not meaning to.
Dana jumped a bit and Kouken and Ryo looked towards him.
"Sorry." He gasped, he was going to have an attack soon, and by the feel of it it was gonna be a big one. Seiji looked at Wes.
Dana, "Can I get something for you?"
Wes shook his head and went to stand up, "I'll go in a different room, please, continue with your meal, I'll be back as soon as this chills out." He said and headed towards the door slowly.
Dana nodded reluctantly.
Once Wes was out of the room Seiji looked at Dana and Ryo.
He kept his mouth closed though. If Reisei had wanted Ryo to know something was ailing her she would have told him.
Reisei felt a release on her chest, and felt like everything was back to normal. She left out a sigh of relief, that one wasn't so bad. She stood up and made her way back down. (You'd think she'd learn to not underestimate anything) She entered the dinning room and took her seat next to Ryo again.
Dana remembered something, "Kouken there's a horror slide in this house..you might like..Reisei went down..I haven't though" Kouken looked at his sister, "I'll have to try that sometime..."
"Horror doesn't begin to describe it..." Reisei mumbled quietly.
Kouken, "You'll have to show it to me after dinner.." He said thoughtfully, thinking it couldn't be that bad.
"I'll show you where it is, you're welcome to go down on your own." Reisei said softly.
Kouken nodded.
Wes was sitting in the sitting room, he was still having a little trouble breathing, but the attack seemed to have decided not to come, he just hoped he wasn't making a premature diagnosis on that.
She more played with the food on her plate than ate it by pushing it around with her fork.
Seiji watched Reisei and shook his head slightly then looked at Dana and Kou.
Dana shrugged and returned to her food, unsure of what to say.
Kou, "Reisei, is something on your mind?"
Reisei looked up, "No." She shook her head, "Just...I um...just have a bit of a headache." She said.
Kouken didn't believe her but returned to his food anyways.
Reisei leaned against Ryo slightly, hoping he didn't mind.
"Ya know what...I'm not really hungry..." Reisei said and pushed her plate away some.
Wes went to get up to go back to the dinning room when suddenly the first vioelnt stages of the attack hit, "Oh...christ....moved...to soon..." He gasped as he dropped back into the arm chair. Reisei's shoulders stiffined suddenly. :Not in front of Kou....Not in front of Kou...: She thought to herself, she didn't want to have to explain. She lowered her head so that her hair hid her face, if she could just keep quiet maybe she could get by without to many questions.
Dana and Kou didn't notice while eating. Ryo looked at Reisei but decided it best not to ask.
Reisei forced herself to stand wobbly, she leaned over and breathed in Ryo's ear, "It's happening again..." Not because she didn't want Dana and Kou to hear, but because she couldn't get enough breath to talk any louder.
Ryo looked at her, "Anything I can do?"
"Help me upstairs, I don't want Dana to have to see this again..." She said.
Ryo nodded and helped Reisei to the stairs and then up.
Dana blinked and so did Kou.
Seiji watched them go but didn't say anything.
They were just about to the bedroom when the full of the attack hit Reisei, she cried out before she ran out of breath and leaned against the wall trying to stay up.
Ryo hled her up, not knowing what else to do.
Reisei found enough to push herself from the wall and against him, she felt safer that way, even if she couldn't breath. It didn't seem like it was going to stop anytime soon.
"Wonder what that was about..." Seiji said quietly.
Dana and Kouken nodded.
After what seemed like an eternity and was maybe two or three minutes Reiseipulled in a small breath as her lungs opened and the pain and whatnot left her chest slowly.
mRyo was releived that the attack was sub siding.
Wes walked into the dinning room looking a bit winded and weakened, "Where'd Ryo go?" He asked, Reisei had left the first time a bit before he had.
She caught her breath slowly, "I'm sorry..." She said quietly.
Dana, "He went with Reisei upstairs"
Ryo, "It's ok..It's not your fault."
"Oh." Wes said and sat down, "Sorry I took so long...My heart is going to be the end of me, I swear." He said.
"I don't know what's happening..." Reisei said, "This is the third time..."
Ryo, "I wonder too.."
"You can go back downstairs to Kou and Dana and Seiji and Wes if you want to, just please walk with me to our room first." Reisei said.
"I'll stay with you" Ryo said helping her to their room.
"Ok." Reisei said, one they were in the room she slowly made her way to the bed and sat down on it, "I should have stayed up here when I came up earlier instead of really thinking it was just going to chose to not come..." She said.
Ryo nodded sitting down by her.
She leaned against him slightly.
Ryo hugged her.
Wes picked at his food, he never really had much of an appitite immediately after one of his little fiascos. "Is something wrong with Reis?" He asked wondered why she had decided to take to upstairs.
Reisei hugged back and moved slowly laying down on the bed.
Dana, "I'm not sure.."
Ryo laid down by her.
Reisei moved and curled up by Ryo.
Seiji set his fork down, "I'll go check on her in a little while, see if her or Ryo need anything." He said.
Dana and Kou nodded setting their forks down.
Wes looked at Kou, "Sorry about earlier, man. The whole mind thing, I guess I never really grew up, every time I discover something new it's like a little kid with a new toy." He said.
Kou laughed, "It's ok..I really didn't notice.."
"Ok." Wes said.
Reisei moved slowly laying her head on Ryo's chest.
Ryo hugged her tighter.
She closed her eyes relaxing feeling him hug her tighter.
Seiji stood up slowly, "I'll be right back." He said.
He made his way out of the dinning room and towards the stairs, then up the stairs, he stopped outside of Ryo and Reisei's room, after a second he knocked softly.
Ryo, "Who is it?"
"Seiji." He said.
Ryo looked at Reisei, "Want to let him in or not?"
"He can come in." Reisei said leaving her eyes closed, she didn't mind Seiji coming in, or seeing her curled up part on Ryo's chest. Now if it were Kouken...That'd be another story.
Ryo, "Come in!" He called.
Seiji opened the door slowly and stepped in closing it behind him, "She ok?" He asked.
Ryo, "Yea she's fine"
"Good. You two need anything?" Seiji asked.
Ryo, "I don't need anything Reisei? what about you?"
"I don't need anything." Reisei said. Seiji nodded, "Just wanted to check." He said.
Ryo nodded.
Seiji quietly left the room and walked back downstairs and into the dinning room. Reisei curled a little closer to Ryo.
Dana didn't notice him come back still lost in her own thoughts.
He sat back down. Wes had gotten up and cleared the table and was probably in the kitchen doing dishes.
Reisei sighed against Ryo's chest.
Kou looked at Seiji, "What's up?"
Seiji considered telling all he knew but didn't out of respect for Reisei, "She's got a headache and wanted to lay down." He said picking up the lie Rei had used.
Kou nodded.
Seiji gently nudged Dana, "Still awake?" He said with a small teasing grin.
Dana blinked, "Hm? I'm awake.."
He hugged her gently, "Something on your mind?" (Master of the obvious over here...-Reisei-)
Dana, "Everything"
"Wanna talk about it?" Seiji asked.
Dana, "No that's ok"
Every once in a while Reisei would breath in deeply, she was begining to fall asleep. She didn't really want to, yet she didn't really mind.
"Ok." Seiji said.
Reisei shivered and opened her eyes slightly, she looked up at Ryo, "Can we get under the covers? I'm a little cold..." She said.
Ryo nodded.
Reisei moved slowly, pulling away from him for a minute to grab the covers, she laid back down pulling the covers over them, she opened her mouth to say she loved him but then thought it over, it hadn't been said verbally since she admitted it back in the apartment, did she need to say it? Or did they both just know? She was going to confuse herself, and she didn't want to do that, so she just laid her head back on his chest and closed her eyes. She let out a small sigh.
Ryo hugged her again after they were under the covers.
Reisei smiled and listened to the steady rythm of his heart beat. "Ryo?"
Ryo, "Yea?"
"Can I ask you something that might come out sounding kind of silly or weird?" She asked.
Ryo, "sure"
"I've told you that I love you and you've said you love me, this is where it might sound a bit odd, do we really need to say it? I mean, I know you love me, and I know I love you, but I've only said it once, so does that mean it needs to be said, or is that a possible way of saying that we don't need to say it, we just sorta know?.." Reisei realized in her little speech she had lost herself somewhere.
Ryo blinked, "I'm sorry but you lost me.."
Reisei shook her head, "That's ok...I lost myself...just forget about it." She said closing her eyes.
:Now if I'd let myself forget it!: Reisei thought to herself as she laid curled to Ryo.
Dana returned to her thoughts staring at nothing thinking about everything til' she gave herself a headache, then being the stubborn person she is continued thinking. (Heaven knows I would have stopped!)
Seiji stood up from the table and exited the room, he walked out to the porch and sat down on the porch swing watching the sun going down.
Kouken looked at Dana, "Hey! Worry to much and you'll hurt something!" Dana shook her head, "I gave myself a headache already so your too late.." Kouken shook his head, "Care to show me to my room?" Dana blinked, "Uhm..Why don't you ask Wes about that, I'm not to sure myself on what rooms are what yet!" Kouken nodded and headed towards the kitchen. Dana returned to thinking. Upstairs, Ryo fell asleep.
Wes was putting the last dish away when Kouken came in. "Hey." He said.
Kou, "Hey, I was wondering where I was going to sleep, Dana isn't sure herself..'
Reisei felt Ryo's breathing slow and laid there for a few minutes, then she pulled herself up gently so she didn't disturb him and walked across the room to grab a blanket off a chair, she figured she'd go sit outside, or in the sitting room, one or the other, then she headed downstairs.
"Well, hm, any of the rooms on the first floor are open except the second one on the left side, that's Seiji and Dana's, the third on the right side is mine, and the fifth on the left side is Reisei's and Ryo's." He laughed, "Basicly if the door is closed chances are the room is taken, you can take your pick from the rest, I don't mind." Wes said.
Kouken nodded, "Wait a minute you mean their sharing rooms?" (*innocent whistle*)
Wes nodded, "Yea, apparently they were before they moved in here, Reis' old apartment was only a two bedroom." He said, not knowing what kind of crap he might be starting. Reisei passed the kitchen and saw Kou and Wes, "Hey." She called out to them and stopped incase either wanted to make conversation.
Kouken turned to her, "You guys are sharing rooms?"
Reisei sighed and leaned against the doorframe, "Yes, Kouken, we're sharing rooms."
Kouken shook his head, "I trust you guys, I'm going to bed.." He said going upstairs, finiding an unoccupied room he went to bed.
Reisei shook her head once he was out of sight. Wes smirked slightly. Reisei passed the dinning room and saw Dana sitting at the table looking dazed. She stepped in and knocked on the table lightly. "You ok?" Reisei asked sitting down by Dana.
Dana blinked, "Yea I'm fine, what about you?"
"I've seen better days and worse days." Reisei shrugged.
Dana nodded.
"It happened again..." She said referring to the whole chest thing. "That's why I went upstairs...I didn't say anything to you or Kouken because I didn't want to scare you guys, or sit here and let it happen and you guys have to watch." She said.
Dana nodded, "I understand..."
Reisei rubbed a hand over her face, "I shouldn't have come back down the second time, I should have just stayed up there, it wasn't fair for me to ask Ryo to come up there either, poor guy, he's sleeping now." Reisei said. She looked like there was something else on her mind, but she wasn't going to dredge it out. She moved and hugged Dana, "Gods...in not even two weeks everything we know has been rocked to the core." She said.
Dana hugged Reisei back, "Life is becoming too much to handle...not only do we have to worry about the fate of the world we have other more normal problems..I swear I'm going to go insane one of these days..."
Reisei nodded.
"When I get back to school I'm going to go to the counsler and talk about taking my ACT and SAT, I know that if scores are high enough one can graduate early, so I'm going to try that." Reisei said. : Oh yea, and stress yourself to the freaking max studying!: She thought. She moved some laying her head on the table.
Dana put her arm on the table and her head in hand again, "That's good...I can't seem to get Dylan out of my mind, I'm just so worried about him at home, as much as I don't like the little fungus.."
"I'd give so much to go back to before last week. If only I hadn't poked my nose where it didn't belong and make that joke we wouldn't be here. Sure, I wouldn't have Ryo, and you wouldn't have Seiji, but we wouldn't literally have the fate of the world on our shoulders, I wouldn't be suspended, and I'd be able to keep on dreaming instead of spending that time worrying. I dunno." Reisei said, she looked at Dana, "He's your little brother, if you didn't worry about him I'd be worried."
"I worry about Itami and the babies and we all know how much hell they put me through." Reisei said, "We'll find some way to get Dylan, promise." She said.
Dana nodded, "Still along with all these worries you have to admit good stuff did happen...I just can't figure out if that makes it as worth it as I thought before.."
"Yes, good stuff did come." Reisei said, "Is the good stuff worth the bad? No, I don't know. I don't know anything anymore to be honest. I don't know what's happening to me. I don't know what's happening to the world. I don't know this, I don't know that." Reisei felt a warm tear stream down her cheek, "I don't know what's happening to our friendship, the past week we've spent how much time together? Plenty in the same house, but I mean actually together studying or listening to music, or mocking Poe, Shakspear, and Shelley, or making fun of the worse songs on the radio..." Reisei shook her head.
Dana, "I don't know.." Dana got an idea, "C'mon, it's been forever since we spent some time together as normal best friends, We're gonna go do something like we used to.."
"What though?" Reisei asked as she stood up from her chair.
Dana, "I have no clue..I was hoping you would come up with something actually..."
Reisei smiled some, "I would suggest going somewhere but you know as well as I do as soon as we try we'll have someone following us." She said. "Not if I show you out!" A triumphant souding voice came from the doorway, Reisei turned and saw Wes, "Why you!" "Hold up, Reis, I didn't listen in, I just caught you saying something about someone following, go get your keys and wallet, I can show you guys how to get out of here without being spotted." Wes said.
Reisei went and got her wallet and keys, which were in the sitting room, and returned to the dinning room, she loked at Dana, "Wanna go out or stay put?" She asked.
Dana, "Let's go out, We'll be in for it when they find out we went out but we deserve to have some fun!" Dana said standing up.
Reisei smiled. "All right, follow me!" Wes said, he showed them a back way out of the house and down to where Reisei's car was parked. "You just follow the normal driveway down, by the time you're spotted they won't be able to stop you." He said and headed back towards the house. Reisei climbed in the driver's side.
Dana got in the passengers side, "Now! This is more like what we used to do!"
Reisei nodded and turned the car on, then in her old fashion she hit 60 just to get out of the driveway then she slowed down on the main road. Seiji, who had been on the porch, saw the car and jumped up running in the house. He found Wes, "Where are they going?!" He demanded, Wes shrugged, "They who?" He asked, Seiji let out a sigh of frustration and wondered if he should go get Ryo or not, or if Ryo had head the crunch of gravel and squeal of tires.
Ryo woke up to the afformentioned sounds, he looked out the window and saw Reisei's car go by, he ran downstairs, 'What's going on?!?!"
Kouken woke to the same sounds and headed downstairs, "I heard the screeching of Tires what going on?" He asked yawning.
"Good question, no one seems to know." Seiji said.
Wes seemed to be the only one not freaking out.
Dana looked at Reisei, "What do you want to do?"
Reisei found her powerman 5000 CD and put it in turning it on 'When Worlds Collide', "Mall? I've got money." She said.
Dana grinned, "Sure!"
"Ok then!" Reisei headed towards the mall.
Dana, "They're gonna kill us when we get back!" Her grin widened.
"Let 'em try." Reisei said and grinned mischeviolusly.
Dana laughed.
She pulled into the mall parkinglot and found a spot as close to the mall as she could.
Kouken, "Hey Wes you don't seem as worried as the other two..have any clue on what's going on?"
Dana got out of the car.
Wes walked past Ryo, Seiji, and Kouken, "Me? Nope. I just don't see the point in getting worked up over two teenage girls who obviously need to get out of the house getting out of the house for a while." He said grinning.
Reisei got out and began walking towards the mall.
Dana walked next to her it felt good to be doing something normal again.
"Let's just pretend that we don't know what we know, let's just say it's any other Friday night and we're just trying to avoid late night TV re-runs." Reisei said.
Dana laughed, "You don't have to tell me twice!"
Rei grinned, "Good." She said as they walked into the mall.
Kou blinked and grabbed the colloar of Wes' shirt, "I know you know something! I want to know what it is!" He growled.
Wes looked Kou dead in the eyes, "You want to know what I know? Fine, I helped the girls sneak out of the house and to Reisei's car, am I showing you the way? No. Don't worry about it, they will be home soon. You can't keep them locked up in this house, or if you didn't notice Dana was staring at walls and Reisei looked like she just stepped off the roller coaster from hell." Wes yanked free, his baseball cap falling off spilling his hair agian, he didn't attempt to pick it up and hide it this time.
Kou glared at him, "If Dana wanted to talk she would have!"
"If she wanted to talk to YOU." Wes pointed out, "If she wanted to talk to YOU about it she would have." He turned and began to walk away.
Ryo, "Why would they sneak out though?"
Dana and Reisei had went into a store that was for just about every social group that existed. Reisei found a gothic dress that looked pretty nice actually, she tried it on and called Dana over to show her.
Dana walked over, "Wow! Reisei that looks really good on you!"
"Reisei's been out of the house and off the property once since you guys moved in, that was this morning to walk you to school, they've been stuck in here. I don't know why the snuck out, but apparently it's because they thought you guys wouldn't let them live their lives and be actual teenagers, good God imagine that..." Wes shook his head and walked away.
Reisei grinned, "Thank you!" She said and went back into the dressing room to change back, "Go ahead and pick out anything you want, Dana." Reisei said.
Dana, "You know I have a pair of shoes that would look really good with that!"
Seiji grabbed Wes' shoulder and spun him, "Don't you dare walk away, if you know where they're going, you tell us, now." He said, Wes shrugged, "Out, all I know is that they're going out." He said.
Reisei grinned, "Cool."
Dana grinned, "Alright!" She walked off and began looking at different clothing.
Reisei picked out a few more outfits and some accessories, even a couple pairs of shoes and some other stuff, just to spend the money, she'd use it in time, but not right away, she just needed to say f-it for once.
"Now, are you done interrogating me?" Wes asked the guys.
Dana picked out a couple skirts, and some new shirts, a couple accesories she found a dress she especially liked, It was a chinese style on it had a black background with red roses on it. Aagain, she had the perfect pair of shoes with her stuff to go with it. Dana met Reisei where ever, "When we get back we have to model the new clothes for each others! It's an absolute must!"
Kou nodded absently at Wes, going and sitting down, "I just don't believe it!"
Reisei nodded smiling.
Wes turned and headed for the stiars. Seiji was half tempted to knock him out.
After a bit more of running around to different stores Reisei looked at her watch, it was getting late. "I guess we should head back now." She said.
Dana nodded, "Yea, This was great though!"
Reisei nodded smiling as they headed out and put their stuff in the car.
Seiji shook his head and sighed.
Dana got in the car.
Reisei got in the driver's seat and began the drive back to the mansion.
Ryo sat on the stairs and sighed.
Dana, "I hope your not broke after this little escape from reality!"
After about ten minutes of driving they pulled into the driveway, "Nah. Trust me, I have plenty in my bank account." She said as she got out and got the stuff she bought.
Seiji heard the car and walked out onto the porch not looking happy.
Dana got out and grabbed her stuff, "Well, we should prepare ourselves for the biggest lecture of our life!"
Kouken and Ryo followed him with equally displeased faces.
Reisei shrugged, "Or the biggest fight." She said and bounded up the walk and stopped, the boys were blocking the porch and door. "I can go around back to get in, you know." Reisei said.
Dana followed Reisei up to the porch.
Seiji looked right at Dana, "I hope you think running off like that was real cute." He said.
Dana, "I felt like taking a break! Sue me!"
"You shouldn't be running off like that!" Seiji said.
Ryo looked at Reisei, "What were you thinking?"
Dana, "I can do whatever I darn well please!" Kou glared at her, "Oh and who says?"
Reisei looked at Ryo, "I was thinking that I needed a small trip from reality. Is it a crime to need to get away every once in a while?"
Seiji stood right next to Kou, jaw firmly set.
Ryo, "And what if something happened?"
Dana stood her ground.
"Such as? One of my little heart attacks, those only seem to happen while I'm in the mansion. The friggin cracker jacks? What's the AOD for? Oh, I forgot, you're the big bad leader of all us, we have to get down and kiss the ground you wlak on if we piss you off." Reisei said.
Seiji looked at Dana, "We didn't even know where you were going!"
Ryo looked at her, "Do you know how worried you had us?"
Dana, "Well Duh! That was the point! If we told you you would have come!"
"Well, excuse me, next time I'll just stick around till everything inme is broke to the point where I jump off the roof!" Reisei said sarcasticly.
Seiji glared at Dana, "You're not funny."
Ryo, "You could have at least told us where you were going!"
"You would have followed us! The whole point was to get away from the trouble, not bring it with us." Reisei said.
Wes watched from a window on the second floor and shook his head.
Dana, "I'm not trying to be! If you haven't noticed things for Reisei and I changed, our lives were turned up side down and we barely spend any time together anymore! We needed to get away and at least pretend to be normal!"
Seiji, "That's not an excuse for running off like that." He said.
Ryo, "You could have at least left a note or leave a message with Wes to give us so we wouldn't worry!"
"We did. We said we were going out, we'd be back in a while, and, he said he wasn't going to tell. I don't need someone watching over my shoulder all the time, if you haven't noticed, Ryo, I'm not two years old!" Reisei said.
Kou, "Dana" He said in a warning tone. Dana glared at him, "I would think you would understand more then anyone about why we did what we did and Seiji that's a perfectly fine reason for going out!"
Seiji, "You could have been hurt or something! And God knows the way Reisei drives, you had to have been doing 80 getting out of the driveway!" Seiji said, Reisei turned her attention to Seiji for a second, "Sixty." She said and then looked back at Ryo waiting for him to bat something else out at her.
Ryo, "I know your not two years old, but a lot is going on I don't want anything to happen to you!"
"IF YOU DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO HAPPEN TO ME THEN WHY HAVEN'T YOU NOTICED THAT BEING UNDER A CONSTANT WATCH IS SLOWLY KILLING ME AND DANA!?" Reisei yelled at Ryo.
Dana, "If you don't remember I can heal my wounds! If I get hurt so what! One simple action and the bad boo boo is all gone!!!! And don't even make a remark of Reisei's driving! Reisei has never been in a single accident!"
Seiji glared at Dana.
Dana glared back daring him to say anything.
"As far as I'm concerned what you did tonight was inexcuseable." Seiji said.
Dana, "And as far as I'm concerned I don't give a crap about what you think!! I needed a freakin break! Excuse me for wanting to be a normal teenager!!! I didn't think it was too much to freakin ask!"
"Now, if going to the mall wasn't enough for you, I'll go stay at a friggin motel till you realize that I can take care of myself!" Reisei said, and she wasn't making an idle threat, she would got stay in a motel.
"You aren't a normal teenager, Dana!" Seiji said.
"I can wish! and beleive me I will go stay at a motel with Reisei if need be!" Dana said.
Seiji, "You had better not!"
Kou looked at Dana and decided to back off on her, he never heard her talk like that in his life and looked at Reisei, "Don't you dare!"
Ryo looked at Reisei, "I don't think so!"
"JUST WATCH ME!!!!" Dana yelled.
Reisei looked at Kou, "Who the hell are you to tell me what to do? You haven't been around for nearly two years, you don't know shit about my life right now." Reisei spun her head and looked at Ryo, "You do not tell me what I will and won't do, I love you, Ryo, but when you start snapping orders at me is when I will walk away, when you begin to think YOU run MY life, is when you will never see me again." She said looking him dead in the eye.
Ryo glared at her.
Seiji walked down those stairs and grabbed one of Dana's wrists, "In the house, now." He said.
Dana pulled her wrists out of Seiji's grasp and took a couple steps back, "I DON'T FREAKIN THINK SO!! You have no right to tell me what to do!!!"
"Go ahead and glare, I'm not afraid to live through a little pain, I already spent the most of my life wallowing in it. So go on, glare and think you'll tell me to jump and I'll ask how high. If you're that dumb then you are just as bad as everyone else and I must have been stupid when I thought I saw anything different in you." Reisei said and turned walking back towards the car, she had just managed to stab herself in the chest. "C'mon Dana, we don't have to put up with this." She said.
Seiji glared at Dana.
Dana turned around, "Your absolutely right Reisei, I'll see you guys around...Maybe!" She walked to the car with Reisei and got in on the passengers side.
Ryo blinked dumbfounded.
Kouken glared at their retreating forms.
Reisei threw her stuff in and cast a look back at Ryo, she shook her head and got in the car, she started it and back out of the driveway and headed to the nearest motel.
Dana crossed her arms, she had thrown her bags in the car before she got in, "They have no Freakin right to talk to us like that!"
Wes shook his head and headed for the stairs. When he got down them he looked at the three guys, "Idiots." He said.
Reisei pulled into the parkinglot and parked then laid her head on the sterring wheel.
Kou glared at Wes, "And what right do you have to say that?"
Dana leaned back and finally took in a deep breath calming down.
"Well, I'm not the one who ran them off, am I?" Wes asked, holding a point and a half.
Ryo glared at him, "And what would you have done!?"
"The same thing that I did, let them get some breathing room. Jumping their asses doesn't help." Wes said, he was about ready to knock Ryo out.
Kou and Ryo glared at him.
Reisei shook her head, "He didn't even seem to care, I warned him and told him and he still pushed me." Reisei said commenting on Ryo.
Seiji sat down on the steps shaking his head and biting his lip hard.
Dana, "I don't know what gave him the idea he could tell me what to do"
Dana, "And I thought that Kou would understand at least!"
"Do you have a problem with me being right?" Wes asked, "Because if you had any sense you'd realize two great girls just walked away from you guys because you guys were being idiots!"
Reisei covered her face with her hands. "I will knock Kou out if her tempts me enough." Reisei said, "C'mon, sitting out here won't get us anything." She said and grabbed her stuff getting out of the car.
Kou, "I just don't understand what has gotton into Dana..(a) She never would have don something like that before and (b) I've never heard her use language like that..Dana's never tlaked like that in her life.."
Dana got out of the car and grabbed her stuff.
Wes shook his head.
Reisei walked to the desk and rented a room with two twin beds, got the key, and headed for it.
dana followed Reisei towards the room.
Reisei opened the door and went in holding it open for Dana.
Dana stepped in, "Thanks.." She went and sat down on one of the beds.
Reisei closed and locked the door and walked over to the other bed setting her stuff down, she sat down on the bed indian stlye and leaned forward till her forehead touched the matress.
Dana let her stuff drop to the ground laid down on the bed.
Ryo, "And what do you sugest we do Mr.Perfect?"
Wes looked at him, "Well, I suggest you get your asses out there, find where they're staying, and apologize, that is unless you wanted them to walk out on you!"
"Oh shut up!" Seiji snapped at Wes.
Ryo was speechless.
Dana, "I guess we should try and get some sleep..."
"You go now and you might be able to salvage what's left of your relationship!" Wes said looking Ryo dead in the eyes.
Ryo gulped and sat down in thought.
"You can." Reisei said, the thought of doing anything made her sick.
Dana, "Are you going to be ok?"
"So you sit down! Do you love the girl or not?" Wes asked Ryo.
Ryo, "I do..I just.."
"Yea.." :In time...: Reisei thought.
"Just what?" Wes asked.
Dana nodded, "Promise me you'll try and get some sleep tonight alright?"
"Okay." Reisei said.
Ryo, "Nevermind..I suppose your right..."He stood up, "I need a car though.."
Wes pulled his car keys from his pocket and tossed them at Ryo.
Dana nodded and went to sleep.
Ryo caught them, "Seiji do you want to come with me?"
Seiji looked at Ryo and nodded wordlessly.
Ryo tossed him the keys, "You drive. I'll keep an eye out for Reisei's car."
Reisei stood up from the bed and walked over to the window, not that Dana was asleep Reisei let herself break, she sat on the sill watching the sky and crying silently.
Seiji caught the keys and nodded heading for Wes' car.
Ryo followed.
Kou shook his head and moved to go inside.
Seiji got in and waited for Ryo, when Ryo got in he started the car and headed out.
Wes looked at Kou, "Not going with them?"
Kou, "And why should I?"
Kou's pride was getting in the way again.
"Aren't the girls like sisters to you? Or one is and the other is like a sister?" Wes asked.
Kou's eye twitched, "and?"
Wes shook his head and headed back up the stairs.
Kou walked inside he went and sat on the couch in the sitting room.
After awhile Ryo spotted Reisei's car, "There." He pointed.
Seiji drove into the parkinglot of the motel.
He parked and got out of the car.
Ryo got out of the car.
"There." Seiji said as he pointed to a window with a white hair girl sitting in it.
Ryo nodded.
Seiji walked toward the room.
Ryo followed.
Reisei happened to glance and see them coming and she moved out of the window, "Shit..." She hissed.
Dana rolled over in her sleep.
Reisei opened the door just as the boys got to it and looked at them both, "Go home." She said and went to close the door again.
Ryo stopped the door with his hand before it shut all the way, "Hear us out first!"
"Hear out getting yelled at more? I think not!" The red-rimmed eyed Reisei said holding the door as closed as she could.
Ryo, "We're not going to yell. We came to apologize.."
Rei let go of the door and walked over to the bed dropping down on it, "Fine, humor me." She said, not being sarcastic or a bitch, she looked down at her fingernails, easier than looking Ryo in the face.
Ryo stepped in taking in a deep breath before beginning, "Reisei, I was wrong and I'm sorry I love you too much to let you go..I'm really sorry I over reacted I guess.."
"You didn't seem to care so much when you were glaring and going on the righteous act..." Reisei said biting her lower lip.
Ryo, "I'm sorry about that.."
Rei got up and stood in front of Ryo, she looked down, "I refuse to be controled, and that's what it seemed like you were trying to do..."
Ryo, "I understand, I didn't mean to act so controling at the time, I was just worried.."
Reisei bit her lip again, she was going to cry, and she knew it. She put her arms around Ryo's neck buring her face in his chest.
Seiji walked over and looked down at Dana.
Ryo hugged Reisei.
Reisei felt the warm tears begin to run down her face as she kept her face pressed into Ryo's chest.
Ryo continued to hug her.
Seiji sat on the edge of Dana's bed.
Reisei finally moved lifting her head and looking at Ryo.
Ryo looked at her.
"I didn't mean to make you mad...I just had to get out, without having someone tagging along to be my protector...And I thought if I told you...You'd follow..." She said and looked away as she felt more tears run dow her face.
Ryo, "Your right I would have followed...."
"Which is why I didn't tell you..."
"I'll not to be so paranoid about you and your safety.."
"I can't be watched all the time...it makes me feel like I'm not trusted and that it's thought that I'm not responsible and can't take care of myself..." Reisei looked down again.
Ryo, "I do trust you..."
Reisei nodded slightly and hugged him again laying her head on his shoulder.
Reisei had still kept her head on Ryo's shoulder. Seiji looked down at Dana wondering if he should wake her up or let her sleep.
Ryo continued to hug Reisei and Dana continued to sleep peacefully.
Seiji, chancing getting his head ripped off, gently grabbed Dana's shoulders and shook.
Dana, "Five more minutes mom.." She mumbled trying to go back to sleep never opening her eyes.
"Wake up." Seiji said softly and shook her again.
Dana grumbled and rolled over.
Reisei pulled away from Ryo, walked over, and clapped hard right over Dana's ear, "Rise and shine." She said.
Dana opened her eyes and tried to form a glare in Reisei's direction, "What is it?"
Reisei poited across the bed from her at Seiji.
Dana grumbled and sat up and looked over seeing Seiji, she managed an ice cold glare his way.
"Dana..." Seiji began.
Dana glared at him.
"I'm sorry..." He said, Reisei walked back over to Ryo.
Dana raised an eyebrow.
"I overreacted, because I was worried, because I didn't know what was going on. And I'm sorry." Seiji said.
Dana, "You sure as hell did more than overreact!"
Seiji winced, "I'm sorry." He said.
Dana, "And what gave you the idea you could order me around!?"
Seiji, "I don't know...I was just upset..."
Reisei picked up her stuff and looked at Ryo, one of those, 'Let's leave them be for right now' looks.
Dana, "That's not an excuse! Remember those words?"
Ryo nodded and headed for the door.
Reisei followed Ryo.
Seiji looked down, "Yes...I remember them, and I'm sorry...Damnit Dana you mean to much to me." He said.
Dana, "You don't have to worry about me you know! I'm perfectly capable of taking care of myself!"
"I know, and I'm sorry." Seiji said.
Reisei put her stuff in her car then walked back over to Ryo and hugged him again.
Dana, "Alright, I forgive you...but I expect to be allowed to live my own life"
Seiji nodded and moved hugging Dana gently.
Dana hugged him back
Ryo hugged her back.
"Let's go home, shall we?" Seiji asked.
Dana nodded, she got up and grabbed her bags heading for the door.
Reisei pulled away from Ryo as Dana came out the door followed by Seiji.
Ryo turned around and looked at Seiji and Dana.
"Everything ok?" Reisei asked quietly. Seiji nodded.
Ryo, "It looks like we brought two cars.."
Seiji nodded, "Dana and I will take Wes' car..." He then looked at Dana to make sure he wasn't going to far by telling her what car to ride in.
Dana nodded, "That's ok with me"
Reisei nodded. Seiji headed towards Wes' car. Reisei headed towards her own.
Dana followed Seiji and Ryo followed Reisei.
Seiji got in the car and waited when Dana got in he started the car and headed back to the mansion. Reisei got in her car and waited for Ryo to get in, once he was in she did the same.
Back at the mansion Wes suddenly came running down the stairs looking like he'd just discovered some great secret, he ran past the sitting room mumbling, "Holy shit...holy shit....holy shit..."
Kou looked at him oddly, "What is it?"
Wes stopped and looked at Kou, he wasn't going to tell him all of it, but he could at least affirm something, "Reis' last name is Kurai, isn't it?"
Kou nodded, "Yea why?"
"Oh...Nothing..." He said.
Kou raised an eyebrow, "I don't beleive you on that.."
"Yea, well it's really none of your buisness." Wes said.
Kou, "Well, since I know it something to do with Reisei it certainly makes it my buissness!"
"Why? You're not her guard dog. She has a tiger to do that job. And you're not related to her!" Wes snapped.
Kou, "She's practically a sister to me!"
"Practically, but not exactly. Which means this is none of your buisness." Wes said.
Reisei pulled into the driveway after Seiji. Wes heard the car and headed out towards the porch.
Kouken narrowed his eyes, "Tell. Me. Now."
"No." Wes said as he walked out onto the porch.
Kou sat and fumedon the couch.
Reisei got out of her car. Seiji got out of Wes' car. "Oh...joy..." Reisei mumbled expecting Kou to come out and raise all hell.
Dana got out of the car and grabbed her stuff, "Who votes we go in the back way and avoid Kou?"
Ryo got out of Rei's car.
"We may as well face his fury now." Reisei said and walked towards the house. Seiji followed and they went in, Wes remained out on the porch.
Dana gulped and followed Seiji in. Ryo followed Reisei in.
When Ryo was about to walk in Wes grabbed his arm, "Everything cool?" He asked.
Ryo, "Yea everythings cool..and as much as I hate to admit it you were right.."
Kou looked up at the three that entered the house.
Wes nodded, "Take care of her man, I want the best for my sis." Wes made 'sis' sound like a girl he saw as a sister.
He let go of Ryo's arm and stepped into the house.
Reisei looked at Kou. Seiji stood by Dana.
Ryo stepped in the house and stood by Reisei.
Dana, "Now Kou before you overreact-" Dana never got the chance to finish when Kou stood up, "Why didn't you two tell anybody where you were going?" He said in a low voicfe.
Reisei shook her head, "Would you get over the damn pride factor and let it go?" She asked looking at Kou.
Kou, "Fine! Now tell me what gave you two the idea you could go and stay in a motel!"
Reisei looked at him, "You don't run my life and I didn't want to stay here at the time, that's what gave me the idea."
Wes walked up standing behind Reisei and Ryo.
Kou mumbld something and turned to Dana, "And what about you?" Dana, "And what about me?" Kou, "You know.." Dana, "I don't see why your so friggin upset! Before you left we did the same thing all the time! except for the fact that we were climbing out second story windows!" Kou, "I have a bad feeling that something is going to happen and/or is happening!" Dana was opened mouthed, "A bad feeling..is that why you.." Kou, "Yes! That's why I came back!" Dana closed her motuh and stopped talking, Kou, "I'm going to bed!" He headed to the stairs.
Reisei blinked, then doing what she thought was the rational thing she ran after Kou and grabbed his shoulder spinning him around, "We've got to talk." She said seriously.
Kou, "We'll talk in the morning, I'm tired and going to bed!"
"No, Kouken, this is about that feeling you had, we have to talk now or I will stand outside your room all night banging on the door." Reisei said.
Kouken gave up and sat on the step, "Alright talk!"
"Something is happening. Ugh! I don't know how to explain it, so here, I'll show you." She stepped back off the stairs, "Yoroi Kokushibyou Tao Metsubou!" She called her armor. Seiji looked at Ryo and raised an eyebrow. Wes looked about half duh. "Dana and I are part of a team that, well, this is going to sound silly, but we've got to save the world." Reisei said.
Kou looked at her, "Ok I'm not surprised you have new 'super powers' but I think its rather silly to say you have to save the world."
"It's true though. I was even captured by the enemy last week." She said banishing her armor. Seiji looked at Kou, "It's true." He said.
Dana nodded, "It is!" Kou looked at her oddly.
"I wouldn't lie about that, Kou." Reisei said.
Kou nodded, "Strangely enough I believe you guys.."
Wes spoke up, "Well, I'd hope so apparently it's true..." He said,
Dana leaned over to Seiji, "I don't remember telling him anything..you?"
Seiji shook his head. Reisei looked at Wes. :What?: Wes asked speaking through mind again. :How the hell did you know it was true?: She asked back. :I...well...to be honest....I'm not exactly sure...: Wes gave a nervous grin.
Dana shook her head, "It's been a long night..."
Reisei nodded. Seiji looked at Dana, "Let's go upstairs." He said.
Dana nodded, "Well, Reisei this didn't turn out as well as expected, we'll have to try on our stuff tomarrow..."
Reisei nodded, "That's ok." She said.
Seiji headed towards the stairs.
Dana nodded and headed upstairs to the room she shared with Seiji.
Reisei watched Seiji and Dana disappear up the stairs.
Kou, "Now I make my exit! But fear not! I shall return in the morning!" He finished his dramatics and headed upstairs to his room.
Reisei shook her head.
Wes sighed slightly.
Ryo,"Wanna go to sleep Reisei?"
"I'm not really that tired." Reisei said, and she wasn't lying.
Ryo nodded.
She looked at Wes, "What's wrong?" She asked the not to happy looking guy, he shrugged.
"Reis, did you know both of your grandmothers?" Wes asked, Reisei blinked and gave him a strange look.
Ryo blinked.
"No...My grandmother on my father's side died a bout five years ago. My grandmother on my mom's side lives outside the country and I've never heard from her...Wes...I think you need some sleep." Reisei said.
Reisei went to head towards the sitting room. "I'm related to you!" Wes called to Reisei, she stopped and looked at him, "What?"
ryo fell over in shock.
"Wesley Maboroshi Okeru Kurai is my real name." He said.
Ryo made no attempt to get off the ground.
Reisei blinked, "There could be 100 Kurai's in the world, it doesn't mean you're related to me." She said and helped Ryo up.
Ryo accepted her help and decided it wise to sit on one of the steps.
"Daniel Kurai ring any bells?" Wes asked, Reisei nodded and narrowed her eyes, "I'm his oldest son." Reisei suddenly felt light headed and almost fell backwards. "So, what, my dad is not only a scum bag to his kids but also sleeps around?" Reisei asked.
Wes decided maybe telling Reisei wasn't the best thing, he turned his lips up in a mischevious grin, "Just kidding about all that, I like to cause trouble." He said. Reisei narrowed her eyes at him and punched him in the arm hard.
Ryo blinked.
"That wasn't funny." She said, Wes rubbed his arm, Reisei looked at Ryo, "Wanna go upstairs?"
Ryo stood up, "sure"
Reisei headed up the stairs. Wes shook his head once Reisei's back was to him.