Chapter 4

"That went as well as could be expected."

"Is that so? I don't recall having my brother atempt to hit me as 'well'."

"Yamato," Lindsey said halting in his tracks his temper rising "he is a young emotional child how else did you expect him to react?"

"I just...I didn't want to hurt him."

"Is that so? Lilah was right you really are a sucker for family love." Yamato's only reply was a heart wenching sigh, which served only to infriate Lindsey more.

"Yama," Lindsey began placing an arm around his shoulder "he was looking to hurt you financialy and physically. Don't show empathy for those undeserving."

Yamato lifted his gaze from the ground and locked it with Lindsey's "Perhpas your right." He agreeded nodding assent. "I'm going to my room, call me if anything comes up."

Lindsey watched Yamato walk down the hall and get onto the elevator, as soon as the doors slid shut Lindsey let out a small groan of frustration, unable to hold himself up he leaned against the wall. 'I have to stop this' he thought, desperately trying to control the mulitude of emotions surging within him.

"Oooh what's the matter Lindsey? Still moping over the perky assed blonde?" Lilah Morgan quiered walking up to him. She was clad that day in a simple black business jacket and skirt which emphasized her long legs, her shirt, a coral colored silk one had a small coffe stain down the front.

"What's the matter Lilah? Forget to wear a bib?"

"Oh that?" she shrugged "I was lunching with Akevi." Lindsey smirked, finally noting that her usually carefully applied makeup was a bit smeared.

"I see someone has been playing with our clients. Again." Lindsey responded catily. Outwardly he was indifferent, inwardly he was seething with jealousy. Both he and Lilah worked for the Teenage Wolves, the difference being thought that Lilah handled the band's affairs where as he was Yamato's personal lawyer, a position Lilah had wanted. The senior partners of Wolfrm and Hart where all to aware of Lilah Morgan's "affairs" and so had rightly given the position to Lindsey. A position that Lindsey was regretting more and more everyday. It wasn't as if Yamato was a tedious client, on the contrary he was on of his most complacent clients ever, it was the fact that every time he saw the young blonde he wanted to jump his damn bones! Most undignified behavior for a top lawyer of Wolfram and Hart.

"What happened Lindsey? Blondie turn you down?"

"What are you talking about Lilah" Lindsey tossed back feigning innocence. 'Suely she can't have caught onto me, I havn't been THAT obvious! Have I?' Lindsey thought imedately regretting it.

"Ah so Lindsey McDonald plays for the other team."

"Shut your trap will you Lilah, it really is unbecoming for a...'lady' to flap her gums constantly."

"So tight..." Lilah smirked folding her arms gently so as not to wrinkle th silk "that is how you imagine him correct?" Lindsey opened his mouth to give a scalding remark but Lilah barreled on. "At least that's what his ex thought about him."

"What are you..."

"You forget Lindsey, I've been with the Wolves longer than you, I've been covering and burying the many hot topics the press managed to get wind of. I'm the one who make sure those pulitzer -prize seeking journalists disapear if they catch a clue about these boys. It was I who made sure a certain reporter had a horrible accident after he planned on doing an expose on Yamato's love intrests, it's been me not you who has kept the Wolve's names free of scadal. I deserve the apointment of Yamato's personel lawyer, not you. Keep that in mind when you decide to procede with your 'plans' for Yamato. Statutory rape is a nasty charge." With a final smirk Lilah headed for the elevators, completely sure of a victory over her long time rival.

"Oh Lilah," Lindsey whispered once her figure had disapeared from sight "how you underestimate me." Pushing himself off the wall Lindsey McDonald headed to the elevator and straight for his room. It would take a long night's worth of research and planning but he would beat her at this, for the prize was to great to simply pass up.

His leg muscles were sore, he hadn't run this much since attending that elite basket ball camp last summer. He stopped then bending over to catch his breathe, 'I should't have atended that camp, I had no right to be there.' he thought wincing at the remeberence of Yamato's words. Straighting up Takeru looked to where his feet had taken him, before stood a towering aartment building it was Hikari'sn adn Taichi's. 'He's probably the only person now, besides that damn lawyer , that Yamato will listen to.' Takeru thought moodily his mind racing over the possibilities. He himself didn't know the whole story as to why Yamato left last year, only two people knew and Taichi was one of them 'I should storm up there, demand he apologizes to Yamato and set this whole sticky situation right.' Takeru thought but how could he do that, when he could barely bring himself to look in Taichi's direction, ever since last year when Takeru had found Yamato curled up on a bench on Christmas night mumbling something about Taichi his face and hands completely blue, fingers bitten with frost bite.

"No." Takeru said determinedly "I have to talk to him, if I wont do it then I'll have lost my onichan forever." Steeling himself for the worst Takeru marched into the building and straight to the Yagami's door.

Taichi Yagami sat, his eyes glued to the television set, atempting to lose him self in a soccer match, but to no avail he just couldn't get a certain blonde out of his mind. 'Baka' he cursed mentally 'I should never have gone to see him.' On the tv the game had just finished and Taichi had no idea who was playing let alone who won. "Great just grea" he mumbled "he's been back a few hours and already he's fucked up my life again" Taichi's thouhts began to turn to rather sadistic means of revenge when there was a knock at the door. Taichi was more than happy to let his mom answer the door, but then he glanced down at the note on the coffe table before him:

Taichi,

Hikari is staying at Takeru's and your father and I are going to visit your grandmonther for a few days, taker care honey.

~Mom

P.S: There's Beef Jerky shakes in the fridge and tofu burgers in the freezer.

"Great, just great she saw me earlier ans could have told me in person" he grumbled, another know sounded causing Taichi to hiss in frustration "I'm coming!" he howlered at the un-known visitor, already plotting their death. "I't better not be a salesmen" Taichi growled yanking the door open and hitting his face with the door.

"Chikuso!" he cried grabbing his forehead in pain.

"Uh...it looks like I came at a bad time." Takeru said peering at his hurt friend anxiously.

"Takeru!"

Oooh, okay I'll be back with another chapter soon ta ta for now. Please review or I may be tempted not to upload the rest.