Chapter 8.
Wrong assumptions and opening night.
After their little, ' Boosts ', the girls all got back to work preparing for opening night, until Michiru let out a yell, " OH SHIT!!!!" she screamed. This got everyone's attention. " What's wrong?" asked Heedura. " How the hell is anyone going to know that were opening tonight??" she said panicking. Rai's eyes widened, " Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit…..what are we gonna do??" she asked no one in particular. Everyone stopped what they had been doing to aid in the train of thought of what they were going to do to let peoples know about their opening night. " I know!!" shouted Anna, " How about two of us go around outside on the streets and hand out flyers?" she suggested. " That would be perfect Anna, but, we don't have any flyers!!" said Michiru. Rai just waved her hand, " You guys always worry about details!" she said happily. " We worry about them because you don't!" threw in Heedura. " I don't worry because I don't have to!" she said cheerily as she walked over to her purse, and took out her phone. Before she dialed, she turned to her friends and colleagues, " I have peoples who owe me favors." Then, she proceeded to dial a number. During the second strange conversation of the day, the girls looked at each other, ignoring it. " Why do you think peoples owe her favors?" asked Anna to the rest. " I don't know, but she seems to have a lot of peoples at her every whim." Threw in Michiru. " Being her sister, I don't really want to be the one to say it, but maybe she is doing some….personal favors….to peoples to get what she wants." Heedura said slowly, letting everybody take in what she had just said. " Hmm……maybe someone should ask her." Suggested Anna, looking around at everyone, and finally stopping at Setsuna. Setsuna noticed that Anna had stopped to look at her, and looked around to see that everyone else was looking at her as well. " You have to be joking." She said coldly. Michiru sighed, " She's right you know, how could someone like Setsuna ever be able to handle something so difficult? We'll just have to ask someone who's not afraid of something like this." She said, looking at everyone else. " I agree." Said Anna, " So do I." Threw in Heedura. By this time, Setsuna looked like she could blow a fuse, " I am very capable of such an insolent task! I will go as soon as she gets off her phone!" Setsuna said, stomping of towards Rai, who was still talking on the phone. When Setsuna was out of listening reach, the girls started to laugh quietly, " Good thinking Michiru!" Anna said, giving her a pat on the back. " Thank you, thank you! I know none of you could have thought of anything better." Michiru said vainly. " Yeah, yeah, let's just watch." Said Heedura.
Over with Setsuna…..
She stood next to Rai, waiting for her strange conversation to be over with. ' How dare they challenge my capability.' Setsuna thought angrily to herself. " Uh huh, I understand, but just remember, you owe me!!!" she heard Rai say angrily over the phone. " That's what I thought, now, I need them in 10 minutes, can you do that for me?…….You can!…..Perfect!!……Uh huh…..Chow darling!" she said before she finished the conversation and hung up the phone. She turned around, and was surprised to see Setsuna there. " Oh! You scared me! What can I do for you?" she asked with a smile on her face. Setsuna took a deep breath, and said, " Well, The girls over there were just wondering how come so many peoples owed you favors." She said somewhat quickly. Rai raised an eyebrow. " What are you talking about?" she asked confused. " Well," Setsuna started again, " They think that you are doing peoples……favors…..if you know what I mean." She said in a low voice. Rai didn't quite hear her, but she had caught bits and pieces, and when she put them together, her eyes widened, " Ohhhhhhhhh……." She said, extending it. After she finished that, she started to laugh, much to Setsuna's confusion. " What?" she asked. " You guys think that I'm having sex with peoples!!!!!! That's what!!!!" she said low enough for only Setsuna to hear. " No, that's not what I said." Setsuna corrected her, " I said, they think that you are having sex with peoples for favor. I just stayed out of the conversation, and, personally, I could care less." She replied coldly. Rai stopped laughing slightly, " Oh, I see….how about we get them?" she asked slyly. Setsuna raised an eyebrow, " I'm listening." She said. " Alright, here's what were gonna do. You're going to go back over there and tell them that I am indeed having sex for favors, then, I will improvise from there, don't worry, we'll get them." She said. Setsuna was still curious as to why she had so many peoples that owed her. " Why do you have so many peoples that owe you favors?" Setsuna asked. Rai chuckled, " I help peoples with little problems, like if someone thinks that there wife or husband is cheating on them, I act like a private investigator, except I do it for free, and I only do favors for peoples who will be useful to me later on, like the guy at the photocopying place, who is going to make us some flyers for our bar. Do you get it now?" she asked. Setsuna was taking all the information into account. " It makes sense now." She said. " I'll go back over there now." She said, leaving
Rai to go back over to the whispering group of girls. When she got back over there, the girls were interested in what she had to say, " So, what did she say? Is she doing sexual favors for peoples?" asked Anna pryingly. Setsuna nodded her head, "Yeah, she is. She said she only does sexual favors for peoples who will be useful for her later on, but from what she told me, she does this almost every day." Setsuna said in her normal tone. Everyone else had wide eyes. " Wow, I never would have thought that she could be capable of things like that." Said Michiru, lowering her head. The rest did the same, but when they heard a knock on the door, they all looked up and watched as Rai walked over to open it up. When she did, all four girls saw a tall handsome man walk through, and into her awaiting arms to give her a hug, and a peck on the cheek.
At the door…..
" Hello Julian!!! " said Rai happily as she gave the man a hug, and a small peck on the cheek. " Oh, how are you Rai? It's been so long! How are you theses days?" he asked happily, returning the hug and the peck. " I'm fine, how are the kids and your wonderful wife?" she asked slipping an arm around his waist. " Not to bad, except Max has a cold, and….let me think…..oh yeah! Joanna's pregnant, and…." He didn't get to finish, because Rai had thrown her arms around him and cut him off, " Oh that's so wonderful!!!!!" she screamed happily, " Do you know if it's a girl or a boy?" she asked, a strange gleam in her eyes. He shook his head, " No, it's still to early to tell, she's only 3 month's, but, we would like you to be her godmother." He asked hopefully. Rai suddenly had tears in her eyes, " Really?" she asked not quite believing it. He shook his head, " Yes. You have done so much for us, and we wanted to repay you for it somehow, tell me you will?" he asked, grabbing her hands in his. Rai looked up at him with a crooked smile, " Of course I will!! Are you crazy, I would have to be nuts to say no!" she said as the gave him a big hug. Julian just laughed, " Well, I have known you to be a little crazy at times!" he said with a wink. " Here, come and I'll introduce you to my friends, and don't mind them if the give you strange looks, because they think that I do sexual favors for peoples in order to get what I want, you understand." She said, linking their arms and heading over towards there the group. " Up to your old tricks again?" he asked. Rai just smiled at him, " Maybe, maybe not. "she said mysteriously. Julian couldn't help but laugh, " Yep, that's the old Rai that we all know and love!" he said, poking her in the side, receiving the reward of a squeal, " Hey! None of that!!" she said, as she poked him back. By the time they reached the group, the two were laughing hysterically. The Four girls just looked at them, all with strait faces. " Guys, this is Julian, Julian, this is Anna, Michiru, Setsuna, and you of course remember my sister, Heedura." She said, pointing to each one individually. The only one who did anything at all to acknowledge his presence, was Setsuna, but she soon stopped when she got an elbow in the side. " Hi!" Julian said cheerfully. When no one said anything, Julian turned to Rai, " Wow, you weren't kidding." He whispered in her ear. This just caused Rai to get a slight smirk on her face. " Well, Julian, if you would be so kind as to set the flyers over on the bar, you can be on your way, I'm sure someone is expecting you." Rai said, giving him another hug. " Yeah, you're right, but feel free to come over when ever you want, it would be a wonderful visit for everyone." He said, letting go of her, and placing a box over on the bar. He walked over to the door, and, before he left, gave Rai a wink. " See ya." Was all he said before he left. Rai just smiled, and turned back to the rest of the group. " So, who's gonna go out and deliver flyers?" she
asked happily with a smile on her face. Everyone just looked at her. " How come you never told us?" asked Anna breaking the silence. Rai looked at her, and put a confused look on her face, even though she knew all to well what she was talking about, " What do you mean, never told you? Never told you about what? Julian?" she said, etching more curiosity into their minds. " Yes, Julian, and all the rest." Threw in Michiru. Rai looked over at her, " All the rest? You mean all the rest of my friends?" she said, trying not to laugh. " Sure, if that's what you want to call them." Said Heedura, " Why didn't you tell us you were doing favors, we would have helped get you a different job!" Rai looked over at her sister, " But I like my job." She said simply. This earned a gasp from everyone. " How can you like giving yourself away like that, and for free to!!!" screamed out Michiru. " It's not a big thing, and I don't hear any of my customers complaining, so what's wrong with you guys?" she asked. By this time, she was ready to burst from holding the laughter inside. " Oh give it up!!! You know it's wrong!" yelled Michiru. It was too much, she couldn't stop herself. Rai let out all the laughter that she had been holding inside, which just made everyone else confused, except of course for Setsuna, who started laughing slightly along with her. " Why are you laughing? This isn't a laughing matter!" said Heedura in a strict tone. " Oh, but it is!" Rai said between gasps. " You guys think, that I, the innocent one of the group, would go and have sex with guys for favors!!!! Where ever did you come up with that idea??!!" she said, looking at each and every one of them. The girls just looked at each other, then looked at Heedura, " It's her fault, she mad us believe it!" they said at the same time. Rai just waved it off, " I don't care who's fault it was, and who came up with the idea, but, how could any of you think that I was prostituting myself to get favors from men?" she said, calming down a little bit. Everyone sighed, " I don't know where it came from, we were just jumping to conclusions, that's all. Were sorry." Said Anna, lowering her head. " Guys, cheer up! I told you it doesn't matter, so let's just go deliver theses flyers, and hope for a good turn out tonight, alright?" she said, walking over to the bar, and opening the box. When she looked inside, she started to laugh, " Cute." She said to herself, hand everyone an armful of papers. When everyone looked at it, they thought it was just as cute. It had a vicious looking kitten on the front, along with four full grown cats, and on the front it said, " If you don't come to the opening night of The Cats Meow, you're bound to loose something important! The girls looked at it, and couldn't help but smirk. " Alrighty then, let's get going!" said Rai happily as her, Michiru, Anna, and Heedura trotted over to the bathroom to change, and then out the door, looking more then ready to sucker peoples in to go to there bar. While the other three went around the streets, Rai decided to go over to the guys base to let them in on the grand opening. When she got to the ' Wall ' Rai pushed the correct button on the wall, and the door opened on her command. She walked in, and walked down to where the second door was, the one you were supposed to have a security code for. Luckily, she had already seen Quatre type in the code, and so she did the same. When she walked in, she noticed that all the lights were off. " Hmm…" she said to herself, " That's odd…" Just then, she heard a noise from behind her. She dropped the flyers, pulled out her gun and turned around and pointed it at the persons head. " Who are you?" came the voice. Rai couldn't put her finger on it, but the voice sounded familiar. " Heero……is that you?" she said cautiously. Suddenly, she heard the clicking
of a gun behind her, and decided that now would be a good time to get her ass out of the
situation, so, she did the only smart thing……she jumped as high as she could, and latched on to the bar that she knew was above her head. She heard several peoples wandering around down on the floor in the dark, and a couple of them she knew would hit each other eventually. Of course, she didn't have to wait long because around five seconds later she heard a crash and, " Ow! Jesus man, who was that?" she knew that voice of by heart. " Duo? Is that you?" she asked, using her mini flash light to look around on the floor. When she shined the light on one spot, she immediately recognized the bright violet eyes. " It is you!" she said happily. " Hey babe! What are you doing here?" he said, lifting himself off the ground, and walking over to turn on the light. When he did, Rai noticed a whole bunch of overturned furniture. " Whoa," she said jumping down from the bar she had been sitting on, " What happened here?" she said. Quatre scratched the back of his head, " Ah….I think that was us…" he said sheepishly already starting to fix everything up. Rai couldn't help but giggle. " I'll ask again, how come you're here?" Duo said, coming over to stand next to Rai. " Well, I just came to invite you guys to opening night of our bar…that is if you would like to come." She said, picking up the flyers that were now scattered all over the floor. She handed one to each of them. As each of the looked at it, they became even more apt to the idea, " I know I'm defiantly going!" said Duo happily. Rai smiled, " Good, you can come early to see us in our costumes." She said evilly. Duo didn't catch the mischievous tone in her voice, so he decided that it would be a good idea. " How about every one else?" Rai asked, looking around. Everyone just kinda shrugged their shoulders. " Alright, suit yourselves, but you don't know what you're missing!" and with that last final statement for everyone to think about, she left just as easily she had come. Duo turned to the rest of the guys, " Aw come on, there's no harm in it, and it'll be fun!" he said, trying to persuade them into going. " Well, I don't know Duo, we do have to get up early tomorrow…." Started Quatre. Duo shook his head, " Are you forgetting? There the ones training us, and, since they own the bar, they'll be up later then any of us, so they'll be late tomorrow!" he said happily. " Well, I suppose….Why not? It might be fun!" said Quatre. Duo, satisfied that he had Quatre going, started working on the rest of them. " How about you Hee-chan?" he said, elbowing him in the side. This just managed to get a glare from him. " Don't give me that, you know you want to go…..Heedura will be there.." he taunted. " Fine." Was all he said. Duo, figuring he was on roll now, moved on to Trowa. " How about you?" he said simply. Trowa looked at him, then looked at Quatre who looked like he was pleading with him to go, " Alright." He said in his usual voice. Duo's smile just seemed to grow, until he realized that he now had to move on to Wufei. " Well Wu-bear, it looks like you really have no choice, the rest of us are going, so you might as well come to!" Duo said, moving over to stand in front of the chinese pilot. Wufei just glared at him, and kept his composer. " I refuse to waist my time in some silly refuge for idiots." He said simply. Duo sighed, " Fine then, you'll just have to stay here, all by yourself, while were having fun." He said, as he turned around and started walking away towards his room to get ready. Wufei just grunted, " I would rather stay here then go anywhere with you." He said under his breath. As Duo opened the door to his room, he thought to himself, ' Oh, he's going, he just doesn't know it yet!' and then closed the door and started getting ready. Out in the lounge, the other's, excluding Wufei, had started off towards their rooms to do as Duo had. As Wufei sat alone in the big room, he realized it would be like this for a
while. ' I suppose it couldn't hurt to go and make sure Maxwell doesn't get into any serious trouble. ' he thought to himself. He decided that that would be exactly why he was going, to make sure Maxwell didn't do anything stupid. As he went to get changed Duo peeked out the door of his hall, and smirked, " I am good!" he said to himself with a smile on his face.
Meanwhile, over with the girls……..
" Is everyone back?" Rai asked, looking around. " Yep, everyone's here!" said Anna happily. Rai looked over towards the D.J table, and noticed that the D.J, a strange looking guy with pink and green hair in dreads, was setting up the music, " Good!" she said, turning back to the group of girls. By this time, the four girls who had gone out, had managed to change back into their outfits, and put on some make up, to enhance the cat effect. Each of them had dark mascara, and dark eye shadow on, to make them look sexy and mysterious. Rai looked down at her watch, " Alright girls, it's almost time to open up!" she said happily. Everyone looked at her, and over to the door. " I'm kinda nervous. " Said Anna, playing with the tail on her outfit. " Oh give it up! Everyone will love you….or at least, they'll love grabbing you…." Said Michiru, saying the last bit a tad quieter. Heedura sighed, " Alright, we should start everything up like the music!" she said, yelling it a little louder so the D.J could hear her. Thankfully, he did, and started blasting the music so loudly you had to scream anyways. " Perfect!" Yelled Anna. " What?" shouted Michiru. " I said, perfect!!!" she yelled again. " Oh!" Michiru yelled back. " Huh????" yelled out Anna. " Never mind!!!!!" Michiru screamed. As this continued, Rai and Heedura decided to go look outside at the show of peoples. " It probably won't be a lot, because we just opened today." Rai said loudly into Heedura's ear. " I know what you mean, but, let's hope for a semi good turnout." She replied. As they walked over to the door, they were surprised to hear peoples. ' Hmm…' Rai thought to herself, ' Maybe it will be a good turn out.' As she opened the door, she saw her two huge bouncers holding back screaming guys and girls waiting to get into their bar. " Whoa." Was all Heedura managed to get out, as she looked around quickly and then slipped back inside. She turned to Anna and Michiru who were still trying to talk to each other, and walked up to them to hand them a little ear piece each. Anna looked at her with a confused look on her face, " What are theses for?" she asked into Rai's ear. " These are so we will all be able to hear each other, all you have to do is click the small button here, and it comes on, automatically allowing you to speak and listen to other peoples." Rai responded, showing off the cute little invention. After a few seconds, everyone had processed what she had said, and stuck the thing in their ears. Anna looked at Rai, " Mines not working!" she screamed. Rai rolled her eyes, and reached over by her ear to push the small button. Rai knew it worked when Anna started smiling, " Hey!! I can hear everything you guys are saying! And you aren't yelling, how cool is that?" she said, jumping up and down in excitement. * Everyone sweatdrop* " Alright Anna, settle down!" said Michiru, trying to refrain he from jumping. " Alright guys, it's time to open," started Rai, " There is a huge line of peoples out there, so it's probably gonna be busy. I don't want anyone slacking off, or flirting!" she said, looking over towards Anna and Michiru. " What?" they both said at the same time. Rai couldn't help but laugh. She turned to Setsuna, " Alright Setsuna, it's time for you to head off behind the bar, and don't forget about our little deal, no hurting peoples in any way, and you get money." Setsuna
just nodded her head to show that she understood, and walked off to stand behind the bar. She already knew how to make several drinks, and, Rai had taught her a few new ones that she hadn't known before, so she was all set for her job. While the rest of the girls fussed with their makeup some more, Rai walked over to the big wooden doors, and checked outside with her body guards. " How's everything going? No one giving you trouble I hope?" she said with a smile on her face. The two turned to her, almost hovering above her. " No Miss.Fenel, everything is fine." Said the one to the left. " Good!" she said cheerfully. Just then, there was a shout from the line of peoples, " Hey! When do we get to go in? I'm tired of waiting!!! Hurry up and let us in whore!!" Rai turned to where the voice had come from. She saw one of the body guards starting to move towards the guy who shouted, but she stopped him, " Let me." She said simply. She walked past the guards, and past several peoples. When she came upon the guy who was so terribly rude to her, she stopped, and stood directly in front of him. " What did you call me?" she said calmly. The guys just looked at her, grinned, looked back at his friends who were also smiling, then looked back to Rai, " Well, I think I called you a whore…isn't that what you are?" he said, reaching for her boobs. Rai didn't move, just waited until he got just close enough, then, grabbed his wrist, and twisted it in a direction it just wasn't supposed to bend, so it made a horrible cracking sound. " I think you owe me an apology, 1, because you called me a whore, and I'm not, I'm just a bitch, and 2, because I own this bar, and if you ever have any hope of getting in, now would be a good time to start groveling." She said in her still calm voice, as she let go of his wrist. He fell to the ground, clutching his hand to his chest, " I'm sorry maim….. it'll never happen again…I'm sorry, please, just don't hurt me….." he said, practically bowing down at her feet. Rai just smiled, " Apology excepted, now, get out of my site, and don't come her for another week, that is when you will be aloud in my bar. " she said sternly. He got up, and started backing away real fast, then, started running. As Rai looked around, she noticed that peoples were now staring at her in amazement, " What? " she said simply. When no one said anything she smiled, " Alright then, who's up for some fun!!!" she screamed. Everyone started yelling and screaming as Rai walked back into the bar, but before she walked in, she stopped at the guards, who were smiling, " That's how it's done boys, that's how it's done." And then walked back in. The bouncers just laughed slightly, and started letting peoples in one at a time, taking the fee of 20 bucks a head. As the room gradually started filling up, the noise also started to rise, making the ear pieces seem much more useful then before. As peoples walked in, they also started ordering drinks, not really a big surprise, but a lot more then expected. Rai was officially running to give peoples their drinks. ' Good thing the waitresses stop serving at 10:30.' She thought to herself. They had decided that it would be much more efficient, and easier on them, if they stopped serving other peoples, save Setsuna, and started walking around and making peoples happy. Now, Rai, Anna and Michiru's idea of this, was getting up on the platforms and dancing to please everyone else. It didn't take long for ten o'clock to come around, and the girls were more then happy that they only had a half an hour left. Even though everything had slowed down, it was still pretty hard to keep up, but, of course, the girls managed.
Somewhere around town…..
" Duo, do you have any idea where were going?" asked Quatre politely. Duo turned around with his famous grin on, " Of course I know, it's just a little harder to find in the dark is all….." he said, the last part a little slower then the rest, while he looked around at the street names. He suddenly got a much bigger grin on his face, " I know exactly where we are now!!! It should be right around…….here!!!" he said, turning around to look down the street and pointing to a place that had a line up of peoples and flashing lights coming out of it. Everyone suddenly got a murderous look on their faces, even Quatre. " Are you telling us, that it was right down the street the whole time…..and you never noticed!!!!" said Wufei venomously. Duo just shrugged his shoulders, " What are ya gonna do? Were here now, so let's go!!" he said, running away before anyone could protest, or, better yet, before anyone could attempt to hurt him….*cough* Wufei*cough* When they finally arrived, not two minutes later, Duo casually walked up to the door, and started walking inside….that is until he was stopped by one of the bouncers. " Can I see some idea please." He said, in a very low voice. Duo stopped for him, and casually, he started reaching behind his back to grab his wallet. He took it out, and showed the man a piece of id, which of course was fake, he put it back quickly into his wallet…. Or so he thought he was doing, " Can I see that again please." Said the other one, looking a little suspicious. By now Duo was getting a little worried, but, of course, wasn't showing, that might screw him even farther! " Sure." He said calmly as he took out his wallet once more, and flashed the id. The first body guard took it away from his hands, and proceeded to examine it more closely. ' Like they'll find anything, that is perfectly made by yours truly.' He thought smiling mentally to himself at his wonderful work. By the time they were done doing their examination, the other four guys had already caught up, and were now standing right behind him, all with murderous looks on their faces. " Alright, you can go in." he said, a little hesitantly, still not really believing at all that he was of age. Of course, being the smart ones, everyone else got in just fine, withought any hesitation of the humongous body guards.
Wrong assumptions and opening night.
After their little, ' Boosts ', the girls all got back to work preparing for opening night, until Michiru let out a yell, " OH SHIT!!!!" she screamed. This got everyone's attention. " What's wrong?" asked Heedura. " How the hell is anyone going to know that were opening tonight??" she said panicking. Rai's eyes widened, " Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit…..what are we gonna do??" she asked no one in particular. Everyone stopped what they had been doing to aid in the train of thought of what they were going to do to let peoples know about their opening night. " I know!!" shouted Anna, " How about two of us go around outside on the streets and hand out flyers?" she suggested. " That would be perfect Anna, but, we don't have any flyers!!" said Michiru. Rai just waved her hand, " You guys always worry about details!" she said happily. " We worry about them because you don't!" threw in Heedura. " I don't worry because I don't have to!" she said cheerily as she walked over to her purse, and took out her phone. Before she dialed, she turned to her friends and colleagues, " I have peoples who owe me favors." Then, she proceeded to dial a number. During the second strange conversation of the day, the girls looked at each other, ignoring it. " Why do you think peoples owe her favors?" asked Anna to the rest. " I don't know, but she seems to have a lot of peoples at her every whim." Threw in Michiru. " Being her sister, I don't really want to be the one to say it, but maybe she is doing some….personal favors….to peoples to get what she wants." Heedura said slowly, letting everybody take in what she had just said. " Hmm……maybe someone should ask her." Suggested Anna, looking around at everyone, and finally stopping at Setsuna. Setsuna noticed that Anna had stopped to look at her, and looked around to see that everyone else was looking at her as well. " You have to be joking." She said coldly. Michiru sighed, " She's right you know, how could someone like Setsuna ever be able to handle something so difficult? We'll just have to ask someone who's not afraid of something like this." She said, looking at everyone else. " I agree." Said Anna, " So do I." Threw in Heedura. By this time, Setsuna looked like she could blow a fuse, " I am very capable of such an insolent task! I will go as soon as she gets off her phone!" Setsuna said, stomping of towards Rai, who was still talking on the phone. When Setsuna was out of listening reach, the girls started to laugh quietly, " Good thinking Michiru!" Anna said, giving her a pat on the back. " Thank you, thank you! I know none of you could have thought of anything better." Michiru said vainly. " Yeah, yeah, let's just watch." Said Heedura.
Over with Setsuna…..
She stood next to Rai, waiting for her strange conversation to be over with. ' How dare they challenge my capability.' Setsuna thought angrily to herself. " Uh huh, I understand, but just remember, you owe me!!!" she heard Rai say angrily over the phone. " That's what I thought, now, I need them in 10 minutes, can you do that for me?…….You can!…..Perfect!!……Uh huh…..Chow darling!" she said before she finished the conversation and hung up the phone. She turned around, and was surprised to see Setsuna there. " Oh! You scared me! What can I do for you?" she asked with a smile on her face. Setsuna took a deep breath, and said, " Well, The girls over there were just wondering how come so many peoples owed you favors." She said somewhat quickly. Rai raised an eyebrow. " What are you talking about?" she asked confused. " Well," Setsuna started again, " They think that you are doing peoples……favors…..if you know what I mean." She said in a low voice. Rai didn't quite hear her, but she had caught bits and pieces, and when she put them together, her eyes widened, " Ohhhhhhhhh……." She said, extending it. After she finished that, she started to laugh, much to Setsuna's confusion. " What?" she asked. " You guys think that I'm having sex with peoples!!!!!! That's what!!!!" she said low enough for only Setsuna to hear. " No, that's not what I said." Setsuna corrected her, " I said, they think that you are having sex with peoples for favor. I just stayed out of the conversation, and, personally, I could care less." She replied coldly. Rai stopped laughing slightly, " Oh, I see….how about we get them?" she asked slyly. Setsuna raised an eyebrow, " I'm listening." She said. " Alright, here's what were gonna do. You're going to go back over there and tell them that I am indeed having sex for favors, then, I will improvise from there, don't worry, we'll get them." She said. Setsuna was still curious as to why she had so many peoples that owed her. " Why do you have so many peoples that owe you favors?" Setsuna asked. Rai chuckled, " I help peoples with little problems, like if someone thinks that there wife or husband is cheating on them, I act like a private investigator, except I do it for free, and I only do favors for peoples who will be useful to me later on, like the guy at the photocopying place, who is going to make us some flyers for our bar. Do you get it now?" she asked. Setsuna was taking all the information into account. " It makes sense now." She said. " I'll go back over there now." She said, leaving
Rai to go back over to the whispering group of girls. When she got back over there, the girls were interested in what she had to say, " So, what did she say? Is she doing sexual favors for peoples?" asked Anna pryingly. Setsuna nodded her head, "Yeah, she is. She said she only does sexual favors for peoples who will be useful for her later on, but from what she told me, she does this almost every day." Setsuna said in her normal tone. Everyone else had wide eyes. " Wow, I never would have thought that she could be capable of things like that." Said Michiru, lowering her head. The rest did the same, but when they heard a knock on the door, they all looked up and watched as Rai walked over to open it up. When she did, all four girls saw a tall handsome man walk through, and into her awaiting arms to give her a hug, and a peck on the cheek.
At the door…..
" Hello Julian!!! " said Rai happily as she gave the man a hug, and a small peck on the cheek. " Oh, how are you Rai? It's been so long! How are you theses days?" he asked happily, returning the hug and the peck. " I'm fine, how are the kids and your wonderful wife?" she asked slipping an arm around his waist. " Not to bad, except Max has a cold, and….let me think…..oh yeah! Joanna's pregnant, and…." He didn't get to finish, because Rai had thrown her arms around him and cut him off, " Oh that's so wonderful!!!!!" she screamed happily, " Do you know if it's a girl or a boy?" she asked, a strange gleam in her eyes. He shook his head, " No, it's still to early to tell, she's only 3 month's, but, we would like you to be her godmother." He asked hopefully. Rai suddenly had tears in her eyes, " Really?" she asked not quite believing it. He shook his head, " Yes. You have done so much for us, and we wanted to repay you for it somehow, tell me you will?" he asked, grabbing her hands in his. Rai looked up at him with a crooked smile, " Of course I will!! Are you crazy, I would have to be nuts to say no!" she said as the gave him a big hug. Julian just laughed, " Well, I have known you to be a little crazy at times!" he said with a wink. " Here, come and I'll introduce you to my friends, and don't mind them if the give you strange looks, because they think that I do sexual favors for peoples in order to get what I want, you understand." She said, linking their arms and heading over towards there the group. " Up to your old tricks again?" he asked. Rai just smiled at him, " Maybe, maybe not. "she said mysteriously. Julian couldn't help but laugh, " Yep, that's the old Rai that we all know and love!" he said, poking her in the side, receiving the reward of a squeal, " Hey! None of that!!" she said, as she poked him back. By the time they reached the group, the two were laughing hysterically. The Four girls just looked at them, all with strait faces. " Guys, this is Julian, Julian, this is Anna, Michiru, Setsuna, and you of course remember my sister, Heedura." She said, pointing to each one individually. The only one who did anything at all to acknowledge his presence, was Setsuna, but she soon stopped when she got an elbow in the side. " Hi!" Julian said cheerfully. When no one said anything, Julian turned to Rai, " Wow, you weren't kidding." He whispered in her ear. This just caused Rai to get a slight smirk on her face. " Well, Julian, if you would be so kind as to set the flyers over on the bar, you can be on your way, I'm sure someone is expecting you." Rai said, giving him another hug. " Yeah, you're right, but feel free to come over when ever you want, it would be a wonderful visit for everyone." He said, letting go of her, and placing a box over on the bar. He walked over to the door, and, before he left, gave Rai a wink. " See ya." Was all he said before he left. Rai just smiled, and turned back to the rest of the group. " So, who's gonna go out and deliver flyers?" she
asked happily with a smile on her face. Everyone just looked at her. " How come you never told us?" asked Anna breaking the silence. Rai looked at her, and put a confused look on her face, even though she knew all to well what she was talking about, " What do you mean, never told you? Never told you about what? Julian?" she said, etching more curiosity into their minds. " Yes, Julian, and all the rest." Threw in Michiru. Rai looked over at her, " All the rest? You mean all the rest of my friends?" she said, trying not to laugh. " Sure, if that's what you want to call them." Said Heedura, " Why didn't you tell us you were doing favors, we would have helped get you a different job!" Rai looked over at her sister, " But I like my job." She said simply. This earned a gasp from everyone. " How can you like giving yourself away like that, and for free to!!!" screamed out Michiru. " It's not a big thing, and I don't hear any of my customers complaining, so what's wrong with you guys?" she asked. By this time, she was ready to burst from holding the laughter inside. " Oh give it up!!! You know it's wrong!" yelled Michiru. It was too much, she couldn't stop herself. Rai let out all the laughter that she had been holding inside, which just made everyone else confused, except of course for Setsuna, who started laughing slightly along with her. " Why are you laughing? This isn't a laughing matter!" said Heedura in a strict tone. " Oh, but it is!" Rai said between gasps. " You guys think, that I, the innocent one of the group, would go and have sex with guys for favors!!!! Where ever did you come up with that idea??!!" she said, looking at each and every one of them. The girls just looked at each other, then looked at Heedura, " It's her fault, she mad us believe it!" they said at the same time. Rai just waved it off, " I don't care who's fault it was, and who came up with the idea, but, how could any of you think that I was prostituting myself to get favors from men?" she said, calming down a little bit. Everyone sighed, " I don't know where it came from, we were just jumping to conclusions, that's all. Were sorry." Said Anna, lowering her head. " Guys, cheer up! I told you it doesn't matter, so let's just go deliver theses flyers, and hope for a good turn out tonight, alright?" she said, walking over to the bar, and opening the box. When she looked inside, she started to laugh, " Cute." She said to herself, hand everyone an armful of papers. When everyone looked at it, they thought it was just as cute. It had a vicious looking kitten on the front, along with four full grown cats, and on the front it said, " If you don't come to the opening night of The Cats Meow, you're bound to loose something important! The girls looked at it, and couldn't help but smirk. " Alrighty then, let's get going!" said Rai happily as her, Michiru, Anna, and Heedura trotted over to the bathroom to change, and then out the door, looking more then ready to sucker peoples in to go to there bar. While the other three went around the streets, Rai decided to go over to the guys base to let them in on the grand opening. When she got to the ' Wall ' Rai pushed the correct button on the wall, and the door opened on her command. She walked in, and walked down to where the second door was, the one you were supposed to have a security code for. Luckily, she had already seen Quatre type in the code, and so she did the same. When she walked in, she noticed that all the lights were off. " Hmm…" she said to herself, " That's odd…" Just then, she heard a noise from behind her. She dropped the flyers, pulled out her gun and turned around and pointed it at the persons head. " Who are you?" came the voice. Rai couldn't put her finger on it, but the voice sounded familiar. " Heero……is that you?" she said cautiously. Suddenly, she heard the clicking
of a gun behind her, and decided that now would be a good time to get her ass out of the
situation, so, she did the only smart thing……she jumped as high as she could, and latched on to the bar that she knew was above her head. She heard several peoples wandering around down on the floor in the dark, and a couple of them she knew would hit each other eventually. Of course, she didn't have to wait long because around five seconds later she heard a crash and, " Ow! Jesus man, who was that?" she knew that voice of by heart. " Duo? Is that you?" she asked, using her mini flash light to look around on the floor. When she shined the light on one spot, she immediately recognized the bright violet eyes. " It is you!" she said happily. " Hey babe! What are you doing here?" he said, lifting himself off the ground, and walking over to turn on the light. When he did, Rai noticed a whole bunch of overturned furniture. " Whoa," she said jumping down from the bar she had been sitting on, " What happened here?" she said. Quatre scratched the back of his head, " Ah….I think that was us…" he said sheepishly already starting to fix everything up. Rai couldn't help but giggle. " I'll ask again, how come you're here?" Duo said, coming over to stand next to Rai. " Well, I just came to invite you guys to opening night of our bar…that is if you would like to come." She said, picking up the flyers that were now scattered all over the floor. She handed one to each of them. As each of the looked at it, they became even more apt to the idea, " I know I'm defiantly going!" said Duo happily. Rai smiled, " Good, you can come early to see us in our costumes." She said evilly. Duo didn't catch the mischievous tone in her voice, so he decided that it would be a good idea. " How about every one else?" Rai asked, looking around. Everyone just kinda shrugged their shoulders. " Alright, suit yourselves, but you don't know what you're missing!" and with that last final statement for everyone to think about, she left just as easily she had come. Duo turned to the rest of the guys, " Aw come on, there's no harm in it, and it'll be fun!" he said, trying to persuade them into going. " Well, I don't know Duo, we do have to get up early tomorrow…." Started Quatre. Duo shook his head, " Are you forgetting? There the ones training us, and, since they own the bar, they'll be up later then any of us, so they'll be late tomorrow!" he said happily. " Well, I suppose….Why not? It might be fun!" said Quatre. Duo, satisfied that he had Quatre going, started working on the rest of them. " How about you Hee-chan?" he said, elbowing him in the side. This just managed to get a glare from him. " Don't give me that, you know you want to go…..Heedura will be there.." he taunted. " Fine." Was all he said. Duo, figuring he was on roll now, moved on to Trowa. " How about you?" he said simply. Trowa looked at him, then looked at Quatre who looked like he was pleading with him to go, " Alright." He said in his usual voice. Duo's smile just seemed to grow, until he realized that he now had to move on to Wufei. " Well Wu-bear, it looks like you really have no choice, the rest of us are going, so you might as well come to!" Duo said, moving over to stand in front of the chinese pilot. Wufei just glared at him, and kept his composer. " I refuse to waist my time in some silly refuge for idiots." He said simply. Duo sighed, " Fine then, you'll just have to stay here, all by yourself, while were having fun." He said, as he turned around and started walking away towards his room to get ready. Wufei just grunted, " I would rather stay here then go anywhere with you." He said under his breath. As Duo opened the door to his room, he thought to himself, ' Oh, he's going, he just doesn't know it yet!' and then closed the door and started getting ready. Out in the lounge, the other's, excluding Wufei, had started off towards their rooms to do as Duo had. As Wufei sat alone in the big room, he realized it would be like this for a
while. ' I suppose it couldn't hurt to go and make sure Maxwell doesn't get into any serious trouble. ' he thought to himself. He decided that that would be exactly why he was going, to make sure Maxwell didn't do anything stupid. As he went to get changed Duo peeked out the door of his hall, and smirked, " I am good!" he said to himself with a smile on his face.
Meanwhile, over with the girls……..
" Is everyone back?" Rai asked, looking around. " Yep, everyone's here!" said Anna happily. Rai looked over towards the D.J table, and noticed that the D.J, a strange looking guy with pink and green hair in dreads, was setting up the music, " Good!" she said, turning back to the group of girls. By this time, the four girls who had gone out, had managed to change back into their outfits, and put on some make up, to enhance the cat effect. Each of them had dark mascara, and dark eye shadow on, to make them look sexy and mysterious. Rai looked down at her watch, " Alright girls, it's almost time to open up!" she said happily. Everyone looked at her, and over to the door. " I'm kinda nervous. " Said Anna, playing with the tail on her outfit. " Oh give it up! Everyone will love you….or at least, they'll love grabbing you…." Said Michiru, saying the last bit a tad quieter. Heedura sighed, " Alright, we should start everything up like the music!" she said, yelling it a little louder so the D.J could hear her. Thankfully, he did, and started blasting the music so loudly you had to scream anyways. " Perfect!" Yelled Anna. " What?" shouted Michiru. " I said, perfect!!!" she yelled again. " Oh!" Michiru yelled back. " Huh????" yelled out Anna. " Never mind!!!!!" Michiru screamed. As this continued, Rai and Heedura decided to go look outside at the show of peoples. " It probably won't be a lot, because we just opened today." Rai said loudly into Heedura's ear. " I know what you mean, but, let's hope for a semi good turnout." She replied. As they walked over to the door, they were surprised to hear peoples. ' Hmm…' Rai thought to herself, ' Maybe it will be a good turn out.' As she opened the door, she saw her two huge bouncers holding back screaming guys and girls waiting to get into their bar. " Whoa." Was all Heedura managed to get out, as she looked around quickly and then slipped back inside. She turned to Anna and Michiru who were still trying to talk to each other, and walked up to them to hand them a little ear piece each. Anna looked at her with a confused look on her face, " What are theses for?" she asked into Rai's ear. " These are so we will all be able to hear each other, all you have to do is click the small button here, and it comes on, automatically allowing you to speak and listen to other peoples." Rai responded, showing off the cute little invention. After a few seconds, everyone had processed what she had said, and stuck the thing in their ears. Anna looked at Rai, " Mines not working!" she screamed. Rai rolled her eyes, and reached over by her ear to push the small button. Rai knew it worked when Anna started smiling, " Hey!! I can hear everything you guys are saying! And you aren't yelling, how cool is that?" she said, jumping up and down in excitement. * Everyone sweatdrop* " Alright Anna, settle down!" said Michiru, trying to refrain he from jumping. " Alright guys, it's time to open," started Rai, " There is a huge line of peoples out there, so it's probably gonna be busy. I don't want anyone slacking off, or flirting!" she said, looking over towards Anna and Michiru. " What?" they both said at the same time. Rai couldn't help but laugh. She turned to Setsuna, " Alright Setsuna, it's time for you to head off behind the bar, and don't forget about our little deal, no hurting peoples in any way, and you get money." Setsuna
just nodded her head to show that she understood, and walked off to stand behind the bar. She already knew how to make several drinks, and, Rai had taught her a few new ones that she hadn't known before, so she was all set for her job. While the rest of the girls fussed with their makeup some more, Rai walked over to the big wooden doors, and checked outside with her body guards. " How's everything going? No one giving you trouble I hope?" she said with a smile on her face. The two turned to her, almost hovering above her. " No Miss.Fenel, everything is fine." Said the one to the left. " Good!" she said cheerfully. Just then, there was a shout from the line of peoples, " Hey! When do we get to go in? I'm tired of waiting!!! Hurry up and let us in whore!!" Rai turned to where the voice had come from. She saw one of the body guards starting to move towards the guy who shouted, but she stopped him, " Let me." She said simply. She walked past the guards, and past several peoples. When she came upon the guy who was so terribly rude to her, she stopped, and stood directly in front of him. " What did you call me?" she said calmly. The guys just looked at her, grinned, looked back at his friends who were also smiling, then looked back to Rai, " Well, I think I called you a whore…isn't that what you are?" he said, reaching for her boobs. Rai didn't move, just waited until he got just close enough, then, grabbed his wrist, and twisted it in a direction it just wasn't supposed to bend, so it made a horrible cracking sound. " I think you owe me an apology, 1, because you called me a whore, and I'm not, I'm just a bitch, and 2, because I own this bar, and if you ever have any hope of getting in, now would be a good time to start groveling." She said in her still calm voice, as she let go of his wrist. He fell to the ground, clutching his hand to his chest, " I'm sorry maim….. it'll never happen again…I'm sorry, please, just don't hurt me….." he said, practically bowing down at her feet. Rai just smiled, " Apology excepted, now, get out of my site, and don't come her for another week, that is when you will be aloud in my bar. " she said sternly. He got up, and started backing away real fast, then, started running. As Rai looked around, she noticed that peoples were now staring at her in amazement, " What? " she said simply. When no one said anything she smiled, " Alright then, who's up for some fun!!!" she screamed. Everyone started yelling and screaming as Rai walked back into the bar, but before she walked in, she stopped at the guards, who were smiling, " That's how it's done boys, that's how it's done." And then walked back in. The bouncers just laughed slightly, and started letting peoples in one at a time, taking the fee of 20 bucks a head. As the room gradually started filling up, the noise also started to rise, making the ear pieces seem much more useful then before. As peoples walked in, they also started ordering drinks, not really a big surprise, but a lot more then expected. Rai was officially running to give peoples their drinks. ' Good thing the waitresses stop serving at 10:30.' She thought to herself. They had decided that it would be much more efficient, and easier on them, if they stopped serving other peoples, save Setsuna, and started walking around and making peoples happy. Now, Rai, Anna and Michiru's idea of this, was getting up on the platforms and dancing to please everyone else. It didn't take long for ten o'clock to come around, and the girls were more then happy that they only had a half an hour left. Even though everything had slowed down, it was still pretty hard to keep up, but, of course, the girls managed.
Somewhere around town…..
" Duo, do you have any idea where were going?" asked Quatre politely. Duo turned around with his famous grin on, " Of course I know, it's just a little harder to find in the dark is all….." he said, the last part a little slower then the rest, while he looked around at the street names. He suddenly got a much bigger grin on his face, " I know exactly where we are now!!! It should be right around…….here!!!" he said, turning around to look down the street and pointing to a place that had a line up of peoples and flashing lights coming out of it. Everyone suddenly got a murderous look on their faces, even Quatre. " Are you telling us, that it was right down the street the whole time…..and you never noticed!!!!" said Wufei venomously. Duo just shrugged his shoulders, " What are ya gonna do? Were here now, so let's go!!" he said, running away before anyone could protest, or, better yet, before anyone could attempt to hurt him….*cough* Wufei*cough* When they finally arrived, not two minutes later, Duo casually walked up to the door, and started walking inside….that is until he was stopped by one of the bouncers. " Can I see some idea please." He said, in a very low voice. Duo stopped for him, and casually, he started reaching behind his back to grab his wallet. He took it out, and showed the man a piece of id, which of course was fake, he put it back quickly into his wallet…. Or so he thought he was doing, " Can I see that again please." Said the other one, looking a little suspicious. By now Duo was getting a little worried, but, of course, wasn't showing, that might screw him even farther! " Sure." He said calmly as he took out his wallet once more, and flashed the id. The first body guard took it away from his hands, and proceeded to examine it more closely. ' Like they'll find anything, that is perfectly made by yours truly.' He thought smiling mentally to himself at his wonderful work. By the time they were done doing their examination, the other four guys had already caught up, and were now standing right behind him, all with murderous looks on their faces. " Alright, you can go in." he said, a little hesitantly, still not really believing at all that he was of age. Of course, being the smart ones, everyone else got in just fine, withought any hesitation of the humongous body guards.