Standard disclaimers applied.
Yo! Minna! ^___^ I'm back! (again.) I tried to run but, I can't escape this fic until I put a full stop to the last sentence. So, I'm back from the chess Olympiad to continue this silly story of mine. Also, it's because I am listening to 'The dream within' , FF the spirit within's soundtrack. I LUV this song and it inspires me a lot in making this fic. Hope you enjoy!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rukawa, Riri and Miyuki, all dressed in evening gowns and a suit, entered a huge mansion, a good friend of their parents. Guests were arriving, the music was being played gracefully, the hall was lit up by hundreds of lightings and a huge chandelier was hung at the centre.
As the trio entered the hall, a fat man, (smaller if compared to Anzai sensei) came to greet them.
"Ah.. Nice to see you here, Konzen!" the man shook Rukawa's hand vigorously.
Riri smiled at the old man. "This is my brother, Kaede, uncle." Miyuki giggled in the background.
"Oh-ho-ho-ho! Not your father? Well, now... you look exactly like your father, son." He 'pat' Rukawa on the back, (a little too hard) causing him to chibily fall forward. But, a second later, Rukawa was on his feet, still in his macho composure; gave a slight nod and disappeared in the crowd.
"Mum and dad can't attend your party because something urgent came up in Germany. They asked us to give you this as an apology." Riri handed him a parcel and a hamper.
"Thank you, my dear. Well, what are you waiting for, come in, enjoy the party!" he passed the presents to his servants and invited the ladies in. However, Riri felt a little uneasy and started looking around, especially the main door.
Meanwhile, Rukawa was out of the frying pan into the fire.
"And then, Mrs. Kitsurugi said..," a woman in an elegant night gown with a feathered hat and peacock feather fan chat with a group of similarly elegant night gowns
"um-hum." said her 6 companians.
"She wants to take that Chiharu's son..,"
"um-hum....."
"To be her husband's next heir to their huge company." She started fanning herself, feeling important.
"Sigh! surprising!" they all said in unison.
"And this, ladies is the man." She pointed to a big potted plant.
"Oooohh.." Said her companians, looking at the pot like a bunch of idiots they are.
However, one of them was smart enough to point out. "No one's there."
The 'leader lady' looked at what she was pointing. "Goodness! Where did that Rukawa run off to?!" she looked around. "Rukawa-kun! Rukawa-kun!"
At the same time, Rukawa was wearing a top hat which he 'borrowed' from a kind gent who was too busy dancing to notice his missing hat and hid behind a pillar. Rukawa stood out more than he wished to and decided that the hat idea was a little bit too silly.
But that was until he heard his name called over and over again by the annoying woman. 'I gotta' get outta' here..' He thought and tried to slip out to the roof.
On the roof, Miyuki and Riri were looking at the artistic collection. More like Miyuki only actually for Riri seemed to be more interested in looking at the main entrance from the roof. It was 7 stories high. As Miyuki looked around, she noticed Riri missing from her side.
Riri was at the edge, looking down. 'Where on earth IS he? He's late.'
A pair of hands suddenly appeared behind her and pushed her down.
"AAAHHHH!!!!!!" Riri shrieked. But, still feel the ground under her feet. She quickly turned to see who the smart-ass was. And it was..
"Hi." An innocent face popped up, waving.
"......Miyuki.." she took a step forward.
Miyuki backed-away. "He.. Hey... I was just.."
"Kidding?" she offered to help finish the sentence but her face was getting darker and darker at every step she took.
"No.Now,now.. Riri-chan.."
Riri was about to glomp over her when something caught her eye. Her face immediately brightened up and a big smile spread across her face. She waved happily. Miyuki raised an eyebrow and turned. To her surprise, in the crowd, stood Mitsui and..... Sakuragi? In a suit? And it was a bit too short on the legs for him as everyone can see he was just using black socks to camouflage his skin to the suit.
Rir ran to them. "What took you?!"
"This dweeb over here spent 3 hours in the changing room, god knows what in the world he was doing in there!" Mitsui pointed an accusing finger o Sakuragi.
"Hey, I was trying to fit in to this short and stubby pants of yours, Mr.think-he's-perfect!"
"You calling me STUBBY??!!!! MONKEY BRAIN??!!!!!"
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME??!!!"
Everyone on the roof turned to see the two guys. They were either shocked or were thinking, 'who invited these kids?' or 'A bunch of simpletons' or just simply, 'sigh do'aho...' (Hey, it was Rukawa!)
Embarrassed Miyuki and Riri pushed the 2 guys to the elevator to the hall. Rukawa saw the whole thing and shook his head. He decided that the roof, like the school's roof, was his only escape to everything. 'I'm closely fated to roofs.' He thought.
He looked around the artistic collection like Riri and Miyuki. Suddenly, the lights went off. Rukawa sighed. 'Now what?'
A spotlight was directed to the host and beside him was a covered painting.
"Ladies and gentlemen, it is my greatest pleasure to unveil this special painting which I have drawn 20 years ago. I must inform you all that it has never been seen by anyone but myself and it is worth more than my life itself. Ladies and gentlemen, 'The elegance'"
The painting was unveiled. But to everyone's surprise, it was nothing but the frame. "What?!!! Wh ... where did it go??!!! What's this?" a note was attached to it. 'What's mine stays mine.' His face turned red. So red that steam could have been seen escaping out of his ears.
Seeing the commotion building up, Rukawa decided this was his perfect chance to escape this party unnoticed. He went to the elevator and pressed ground floor. As the doors began to shut, a hand stopped it.
"Sorry. I need to go to the ground floor." It was a woman. She looked to be in her early 20s and was panting as if she ran from something or someone. Trying to cut short the conversation, Rukawa simply nodded. "Thank you." She entered and calmed herself. She didn't notice Rukawa studying her from the corner of his eyes.
She had long, black hair, dark features and was wearing a long, Spanish- like gown. Nothing striking about her. Rukawa felt the familiar sensation in his head and started to doze off. 'Darn, this lift is taking forever.' He thought.
Beside him, the girl was thinking the same thing. "Darn, this thing is taking too long." She grew impatient. 'Okay, calm down, I'll just chat around with this guy.'
"Oi."
She practically jumped at the sound of the voice. "Uh..... yes?"
"What are you doing?" She was practically talking to herself and disturbed Rukawa from his sleep. Well, he had to admit that sleeping standing is not very comfortable therefore, he can hear the slightest whisper.
"Oh, I er....." suddenly, she smiled, noticing how idiotic she must've looked like. "I'm Dynah. You?"
"Rukawa."
"Nice to meet you."
Suddenly, the lift's lights blinked a little and the lift stopped moving.
"Just great.. Power failure." Dynah was about to reach for the intercom when something fell off her skirt. She turned just in time to see Rukawa bend down looking at it. She froze.
Rukawa looked at the painting and then at her. "Yours?"
She said nothing but looked away, hands in her dress pocket.
Suddenly, he intercom cracked to life and a man's voice can be heard, "Hello? Can anybody hear me? Is there anyone in there? If there is, please answer."
"....." Rukawa walked to the intercom. Suddenly, he heard a gun click.
"Hold it." Rukawa turned and sure enough, a gun was pointed at him.
"Is there anybody there? Answer please."
"Say yes, there is. But, you're the only one in here." She made a motion for him to move with her gun.
Rukawa went to the intercom. "Yeah,"
"We're very sorry sir, the power supply will be back once everything clears up. Something went missing and Mr. Garcia wishes all exits to be locked up, including elevators."
"It's okay."
"How many people are in there sir?"
"....." he looked at Dynah, who still pointed the gun at him. "Just me."
"Please wait for a little while sir, the power supply will be back within half an hour."
As the voice intercom died out, Rukawa felt the barrel of the gun pressed against his back. "Make a foul move and you're history."
"Sigh.. Then shoot me already."
She smiled. "You're lucky you're cute. I'll spare you for now; but if you do something I don't like, I don't care, cute or not, I'll kill you. Capice?" she tucked the gun back in her pocket like a wallet and then leaned against one side of the lift, hugging the painting. Rukawa leaned on the opposite side. It was quiet for 2 minutes until Dynah spoke up. "You know, he stole this painting." Rukawa looked up at her face. "I just got back something that belongs to me."
"...." Rukawa looked away, uninterested.
To Be Continued....
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!
REVIEW PLEASE!
Lots Of Love, Dark Gemini !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!
Yo! Minna! ^___^ I'm back! (again.) I tried to run but, I can't escape this fic until I put a full stop to the last sentence. So, I'm back from the chess Olympiad to continue this silly story of mine. Also, it's because I am listening to 'The dream within' , FF the spirit within's soundtrack. I LUV this song and it inspires me a lot in making this fic. Hope you enjoy!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rukawa, Riri and Miyuki, all dressed in evening gowns and a suit, entered a huge mansion, a good friend of their parents. Guests were arriving, the music was being played gracefully, the hall was lit up by hundreds of lightings and a huge chandelier was hung at the centre.
As the trio entered the hall, a fat man, (smaller if compared to Anzai sensei) came to greet them.
"Ah.. Nice to see you here, Konzen!" the man shook Rukawa's hand vigorously.
Riri smiled at the old man. "This is my brother, Kaede, uncle." Miyuki giggled in the background.
"Oh-ho-ho-ho! Not your father? Well, now... you look exactly like your father, son." He 'pat' Rukawa on the back, (a little too hard) causing him to chibily fall forward. But, a second later, Rukawa was on his feet, still in his macho composure; gave a slight nod and disappeared in the crowd.
"Mum and dad can't attend your party because something urgent came up in Germany. They asked us to give you this as an apology." Riri handed him a parcel and a hamper.
"Thank you, my dear. Well, what are you waiting for, come in, enjoy the party!" he passed the presents to his servants and invited the ladies in. However, Riri felt a little uneasy and started looking around, especially the main door.
Meanwhile, Rukawa was out of the frying pan into the fire.
"And then, Mrs. Kitsurugi said..," a woman in an elegant night gown with a feathered hat and peacock feather fan chat with a group of similarly elegant night gowns
"um-hum." said her 6 companians.
"She wants to take that Chiharu's son..,"
"um-hum....."
"To be her husband's next heir to their huge company." She started fanning herself, feeling important.
"Sigh! surprising!" they all said in unison.
"And this, ladies is the man." She pointed to a big potted plant.
"Oooohh.." Said her companians, looking at the pot like a bunch of idiots they are.
However, one of them was smart enough to point out. "No one's there."
The 'leader lady' looked at what she was pointing. "Goodness! Where did that Rukawa run off to?!" she looked around. "Rukawa-kun! Rukawa-kun!"
At the same time, Rukawa was wearing a top hat which he 'borrowed' from a kind gent who was too busy dancing to notice his missing hat and hid behind a pillar. Rukawa stood out more than he wished to and decided that the hat idea was a little bit too silly.
But that was until he heard his name called over and over again by the annoying woman. 'I gotta' get outta' here..' He thought and tried to slip out to the roof.
On the roof, Miyuki and Riri were looking at the artistic collection. More like Miyuki only actually for Riri seemed to be more interested in looking at the main entrance from the roof. It was 7 stories high. As Miyuki looked around, she noticed Riri missing from her side.
Riri was at the edge, looking down. 'Where on earth IS he? He's late.'
A pair of hands suddenly appeared behind her and pushed her down.
"AAAHHHH!!!!!!" Riri shrieked. But, still feel the ground under her feet. She quickly turned to see who the smart-ass was. And it was..
"Hi." An innocent face popped up, waving.
"......Miyuki.." she took a step forward.
Miyuki backed-away. "He.. Hey... I was just.."
"Kidding?" she offered to help finish the sentence but her face was getting darker and darker at every step she took.
"No.Now,now.. Riri-chan.."
Riri was about to glomp over her when something caught her eye. Her face immediately brightened up and a big smile spread across her face. She waved happily. Miyuki raised an eyebrow and turned. To her surprise, in the crowd, stood Mitsui and..... Sakuragi? In a suit? And it was a bit too short on the legs for him as everyone can see he was just using black socks to camouflage his skin to the suit.
Rir ran to them. "What took you?!"
"This dweeb over here spent 3 hours in the changing room, god knows what in the world he was doing in there!" Mitsui pointed an accusing finger o Sakuragi.
"Hey, I was trying to fit in to this short and stubby pants of yours, Mr.think-he's-perfect!"
"You calling me STUBBY??!!!! MONKEY BRAIN??!!!!!"
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME??!!!"
Everyone on the roof turned to see the two guys. They were either shocked or were thinking, 'who invited these kids?' or 'A bunch of simpletons' or just simply, 'sigh do'aho...' (Hey, it was Rukawa!)
Embarrassed Miyuki and Riri pushed the 2 guys to the elevator to the hall. Rukawa saw the whole thing and shook his head. He decided that the roof, like the school's roof, was his only escape to everything. 'I'm closely fated to roofs.' He thought.
He looked around the artistic collection like Riri and Miyuki. Suddenly, the lights went off. Rukawa sighed. 'Now what?'
A spotlight was directed to the host and beside him was a covered painting.
"Ladies and gentlemen, it is my greatest pleasure to unveil this special painting which I have drawn 20 years ago. I must inform you all that it has never been seen by anyone but myself and it is worth more than my life itself. Ladies and gentlemen, 'The elegance'"
The painting was unveiled. But to everyone's surprise, it was nothing but the frame. "What?!!! Wh ... where did it go??!!! What's this?" a note was attached to it. 'What's mine stays mine.' His face turned red. So red that steam could have been seen escaping out of his ears.
Seeing the commotion building up, Rukawa decided this was his perfect chance to escape this party unnoticed. He went to the elevator and pressed ground floor. As the doors began to shut, a hand stopped it.
"Sorry. I need to go to the ground floor." It was a woman. She looked to be in her early 20s and was panting as if she ran from something or someone. Trying to cut short the conversation, Rukawa simply nodded. "Thank you." She entered and calmed herself. She didn't notice Rukawa studying her from the corner of his eyes.
She had long, black hair, dark features and was wearing a long, Spanish- like gown. Nothing striking about her. Rukawa felt the familiar sensation in his head and started to doze off. 'Darn, this lift is taking forever.' He thought.
Beside him, the girl was thinking the same thing. "Darn, this thing is taking too long." She grew impatient. 'Okay, calm down, I'll just chat around with this guy.'
"Oi."
She practically jumped at the sound of the voice. "Uh..... yes?"
"What are you doing?" She was practically talking to herself and disturbed Rukawa from his sleep. Well, he had to admit that sleeping standing is not very comfortable therefore, he can hear the slightest whisper.
"Oh, I er....." suddenly, she smiled, noticing how idiotic she must've looked like. "I'm Dynah. You?"
"Rukawa."
"Nice to meet you."
Suddenly, the lift's lights blinked a little and the lift stopped moving.
"Just great.. Power failure." Dynah was about to reach for the intercom when something fell off her skirt. She turned just in time to see Rukawa bend down looking at it. She froze.
Rukawa looked at the painting and then at her. "Yours?"
She said nothing but looked away, hands in her dress pocket.
Suddenly, he intercom cracked to life and a man's voice can be heard, "Hello? Can anybody hear me? Is there anyone in there? If there is, please answer."
"....." Rukawa walked to the intercom. Suddenly, he heard a gun click.
"Hold it." Rukawa turned and sure enough, a gun was pointed at him.
"Is there anybody there? Answer please."
"Say yes, there is. But, you're the only one in here." She made a motion for him to move with her gun.
Rukawa went to the intercom. "Yeah,"
"We're very sorry sir, the power supply will be back once everything clears up. Something went missing and Mr. Garcia wishes all exits to be locked up, including elevators."
"It's okay."
"How many people are in there sir?"
"....." he looked at Dynah, who still pointed the gun at him. "Just me."
"Please wait for a little while sir, the power supply will be back within half an hour."
As the voice intercom died out, Rukawa felt the barrel of the gun pressed against his back. "Make a foul move and you're history."
"Sigh.. Then shoot me already."
She smiled. "You're lucky you're cute. I'll spare you for now; but if you do something I don't like, I don't care, cute or not, I'll kill you. Capice?" she tucked the gun back in her pocket like a wallet and then leaned against one side of the lift, hugging the painting. Rukawa leaned on the opposite side. It was quiet for 2 minutes until Dynah spoke up. "You know, he stole this painting." Rukawa looked up at her face. "I just got back something that belongs to me."
"...." Rukawa looked away, uninterested.
To Be Continued....
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!
REVIEW PLEASE!
Lots Of Love, Dark Gemini !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!