Prologue
Lorrie stood in the shower lavishing under the steady stream of water hitting her skin. This feels so beautiful. She thought to herself. The door to the apartment slamming interrupted her reverie.
"Karrie's home." She said aloud. The hermit crab on the shelf went back into his shell at the sound of Lorrie's voice. She turned off the shower and looked at the hermit crab cowering in his shell. She stuck her tongue out at the crab.
"You are a fine companion indeed Crabby. Karrie named you appropriately."
"I wonder what it is today." She listened and could hear her sister crying.
"Shit." She said as she wrapped a towel around herself and ran out to the living room where Karrie was crying.
"What's wrong?" she looked at her sister curiously. Karrie looked up and shrugged.
"I don't know… I've just really had a bad day." She said as she kicked off her shoes. Her coppery hair falling in front of her eyes. "This college thing is totally killing me."
"Oh… is that all? I could have told you that." Lorrie said and went to her room to get dressed.
"You are a heartless bitch, you know that."
Lorrie giggled and replied, "It's my specialty… What are you doing tonight?"
"What? What do I always do on Friday nights? I hole myself up here and worry myself to death over you guys. Those dreams I've been having are getting more and more disturbing" Karrie responded.
"Well, not tonight. Tonight you are coming out with us! We're going clubbing!" Lorrie said, strutting out of her room in a short leather mini skirt, a blue tube top, black nylons and four inch heels. She grabbed Karrie's wrist and dragged her to her room.
"Sit." Lorrie pointed to the bed and Karrie sat. She raided the other girl's closet.
"Hmmmm…. Let's see here…. Okay, this will work for starters… This looks good on you." She said as she threw a plaid dress Karrie's way. "And then this." A white shirt came flying at her. "And these," a pair of fish net stockings were next. "And the final touch." She came out of the closet with a pair of lace up go-go boots.
"You want me to wear this? Who are you and what have you done with my sister. Last time I wore this you told me you would never let me back in the house again."
"I've changed my mind about it."
"Oh."
"Well?"
"Well what?"
"Get Dressed!"
Karrie jumped and looked at her sister suspiciously. She stuck her pierced tongue out at Lorrie. Just then, the door bell rang.
"That will be the others… now get dressed!"
Lorrie turned and went to answer the door. Karrie could hear the other three girls enter and flop down in the living room, giggling the entire time. Karrie smiles as she got dressed. Maybe this is what I need. I do need to get my mind off everything. But still. I feel like something is about to happen.
Karrie walked out and joined the others.
"Wow" Kayla, Brenda and Emma responded.
"Karrie's actually leaving the house tonight!" Lorrie said.
Emma ran up and hugged Karrie. Her short blond hair had been slicked down and she had her favorite butterfly bobby pins in her hair. She stood back and showed off her new dress. It was a light green and blue dress with little butterflies all over it.
"Cute dress."
"We've missed our big sister…. You spend too much time working on homework!"
"I go out to get groceries."
"But how can you live without seeing everyone?" Emma asked.
Karrie shrugged..
Lorrie then shoved a leather trench and a purse in her face. Karrie looked at Lorrie annoyed.
"Thank you dear sister." She said and grabbed her coat and purse. "Whose car is it tonight?"
"My dad let me have his convertible tonight." Emma said and swung a set of keys in the air.
"Well… let's make like the hoochies we are and blow this joint!" Kayla said and ran out the door.
"I guess we better catch her before she scares some poor old woman to death.." Brenda said, running out after her.
"She always finds something to get herself in trouble with." Lorrie agreed, and walked out.
Emma and Karrie looked at each other and shrugged.
"I guess we better get going." Karrie said and ushered Emma out, locking the door behind them.
"They can't go any where with out me anyways." Emma grinned as she went towards the elevator.
Karrie laughed.
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He looked up at the copper haired girl. He caught her hazel eyes and she smiled at him.
"We've been through a lot… but what doesn't kill us only makes us stronger." She said and wrapped her arms around his neck. She softly kissed him.
"Kento. Wake up." Cye said shaking the other man.
Kento rebuttled by throwing his pillow at Cye.
"I was just having that dream again… and you had to wake me up. I was just getting to the good part."
"I'm sorry Kento… but we gotta get going. The guys want to go clubbing. Go get dressed."
"Get me something to eat while I get ready." He said as he rolled out of bed.
"What am I your maid?"
"That's what I thought was in the contract… Where's your little maid out fit?"
"KENTO!!! Why I auta…"
"Cye… Kento… Are you guys ready to go yet??? We're gonna miss all the good girls if we don't go now!" Sage's voice came through the door.
"Just a minute!" Kento yelled back and went to his suit case to get his clothes. He opened the case and rummaged through the clothing haphazardly thrown in when he had packed back in Japan. He found his plaid punk pants and a black muscle shirt. He then pulled on his Doc Martins , put his wallet in his back pocket, grabbed his jacket and he was ready to go.
"Okay lets go dudes!" He said and left the room.
"Okay…" Cye said as he pulled on his leather jacket, and placed his yuori in his pocket. He then saw Kento's on the night stand by his bed. He grabbed the other one, locked the room and caught up with Kento and Sage.
"Hey Ken." Cye said and handed Kento his yuori.
"Oops… uh, thanks Bro"
"Common' guys… Ryo rented a convertible. This is gonna be fun." Sage started going on about the plans for the night. "I'm gonna get so many phone numbers…." He continued waving his little black book in the air.
Cye looked at Kento.
"I can't believe you wore that. We're in America, you're gonna get made fun of by male and female alike."
"Do you think I really care? I really didn't want to come on this trip."
"Remember what Anubis said… He said that our counter parts would be here. In plain language, that means your dream girl is here. Do I have to spell it out for you?"
Kento mumbled something under his breath a quickened his pace to catch up with Sage.
"What did you say?"
Kento didn't answer and jumped in the back of the red convertible.
"All aboard who's going aboard!" Ryo called out and revved up the engine.
"Hold on to your brains everyone. Here we go!" Rowen yelled as they left the hotel parking lot.
They pulled out of the parking lot and stopped at a stop light. A white convertible pulled up next to the guys. Kento looked over and saw her. He nudged Cye in the side.
"Look." He said motioning to the other car.
"I am. I'm liking the red head in the front… the tiny one with the short hair."
"I'm looking at the red head in the back. She looks familiar."
"Maybe it's your dream girl you keep telling us about." Sage said and laughed while he was making eyes at the cute blond in the drivers seat.. She smiled a gorgeous smile, blew a kiss at him and speed off as soon as the light turned green.
"FOLLOW THOSE GIRLS!" Sage and Kento said in unison.
Ryo stepped on the gas pedal and caught the car at the next light and started to follow them. The white car twisted a turned around the streets of the night lit city and finally pulled into the parking lot of an abandoned warehouse.
The five guys pulled up next to the girls car as they were going into the warehouse. Kento caught the girl with the long coppery hair as she went into the building and took in a breath when he realized the plaid of her dress was the same plaid as his pants.
"I wonder where they're going… this place is deserted." Rowen said as he jumped out of the car and followed them in to the building. Kento was right behind him, totally mesmerized by the taller red head.
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"Do you think we'll lose 'em in here?" Emma asked Kayla.
"Sure will."
"Why do we wanna lose 'em? They're cute!" Lorrie said
"This place gives me the creeps." Karrie said, shivers going up her spine. She looked around, aware of what was around her, looking with both her eyes and her mind. She could feel the other four girls, the five guys, and then five more presences. She stopped dead in her tracks and looked ahead of the other girls.
"We're not alone."
"Duh… those five guys are after us." Brenda stated, grinning mischeviously.
"That's not what I mean. In that room right…" before she was able to finish her sentience, five "men" in black suits jumped out of the room with bolts of light coming from their hands. Karrie barely had a scream out of her mouth when she blacked out.
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Kento heard a girl scream and bolted towards the sound. The other four followed right behind him and got to the corridor the five girls had been ambushed in. All Kento saw was what looked like a man in a black suit walking in to a room with the red headed girl over his shoulder, and then a bright flash of light.
"They've been captured."
"I'll bet you they're the Five Sisters Anubis was talking about." Sage said, and ran into the room. Kento and Ryo ran in behind him.
"They're gone!" Kento said.
"You think?" Sage said and began examining the room with Cye looking for the thugs' means of escape.
"You will find no physical evidence of their escape in this room." Came a voice from seemingly no where. All five guys looked around the room for the source of the voice.
"The evil sprites of the Farie King have kidnapped the five sisters and taken them to The Labyrinth of the Five Castles." The voice came from a floating orb in the center of the room.
"Who are you?" Ryo asked cautiously.
"A friend." The voice responded and all five men were enveloped in light and they blacked out.
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Kento opened his eyes and looked around. To his right was Cye's unconscious form, but in stead of his regular clothes, he was in his sub armor. Kento sat up and looked down, and noticed he was in his own sub armor. He then looked around, taking in his surroundings.
"Kento?"
"Ryo?"
"What's going on here?" Kento asked his friend.
"That's a good question." Both men turned around to see a little old man dressed in red robes. His beard went down to the ground, smiling he continued.
"Once your friends awaken, I shall tell you the legend of the Labyrinth and The Five Sisters.