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Sakuragi suddenly bolted awake when he heard his dearest's scream. "Is there anything wrong? Kiriko-san?!" He asked, alarmed.

Riri paid no attention to him. Either that or she simply didn't hear him. The latter was more like it. She was frantic! Miyuki was building up the same franticness and Mitsui (even Adam) 'volunteered' to calm her down, each glaring daggers to one another in the process.

"Let GO!!!" Riri was about to karate chop the police when the police suddenly fell to the ground with a loud hissing noise and a lump appeared from his head. Riri sweatdropped chibily for a second before turning to her unconscious brother.

In Rukawa's dream world, he was on the clouds, sleeping. (Yes, he dreamt he was sleeping). It was a nice, cloudy day with some breeze blowing gently, rustling his hair, cloudy as it may seem, no rain cloud was in sight. 'So..... why the heck am I.. soaked?' Rukawa thought. His dream suddenly woke up. (the Rukawa in the dream woke up from his dream but the reality haven't awaken as of yet.. ^__^;) And found himself wet from head to toe. Suddenly, he heard a familiar voice. 'Hmph.. sigh'

In reality, Sakuragi suddenly appeared with the fire hydrant hose and was splashing Rukawa with it. Everyone sweatdropped. "KORA!!! RUKAWA!!! GET UP! KIRIKO-SAN'S WORRIED SICK OF YOU!!!!" Suddenly, amidst the watery situation (the lounge was getting flooded) a figure loomed and a hand came in contact with Sakuragi's throat and the hose was suddenly in Sakuragi's mouth. Sakuragi spat it out and being Sakuragi, did what he always did. "HEY!!!! I WAS TRYING TO HELP YOU!!!!"

"Don't need it. Do'aho." Rukawa was awake and didn't look too happy. As he was about to walk away, he felt the world spinning around him as if he was in the centre of a huge top and felt his knees give away. He shut his eyes, expecting an impact with the ground when a pair of hands caught him. His sight was getting blur. The gas' effect was still very strong.

".A..Adam.." he managed to stutter before darkness engulfed him once again.

"Don't worry, buddy. You'll be okay. Call the medic, investigate any escape made by the Kitty cat or whatever the name was." Adam gave out orders, and put the unconscious Rukawa on a nearby couch (it's a lounge, remember?)

"Sir, Cat's Eye seemed to have escaped from the elevator and most probably through the air vent! She might still be here!" a police reported.

"Ok, form into 3 squads and I want every air vent to be thoroughly checked."

All the men saluted and went off to do their job. Adam turned to the now group of 4 behind him. "As for you guys, sorry for ruining the party but, we need to catch the thief. So, I'd advice you to use the guest room upstairs seeing no one is allowed to get out of this building. And ask from the servants whatever you need to aide him." Adam said, pointing at Rukawa.

"Thank you very much Adam." Riri said gratefully.

"Hey, just doing my job as a police captain. Now if you'll excuse me, I have work to do." And then, he walked off, leaving the 4 to carry Rukawa up 5 flights of stairs and into the said guest room. By the time they reached the room, Mitsui was more than ready to faint.

"That's.... the last time. I'm EVER going to help carry..... someone other than myself.... up flights of stairs like that!!" he panted when he 'dropped' himself on the big bed. "Ahh... I'm soo dead!!" he said, exasperated.

"It's been a long night..." Miyuki said and then went to the phone. "Anyone hungry for a midnight snack?"

"Yesss... please..." Mitsui begged, face down on the bed.

After a while, Sakuragi came, soaking wet. "I'll make him pay for what he's done!!"

"Are you all right, Sakuragi?" Riri asked, taking off her brothers' shoes and wet shirt.

"Ah, nandemonai (it's nothing), Kiriko-san!! NYHAHAHAHA!!! Hey, let me help you with that." Mitsui rolled his eyes heavenwards. He searched around the room for Miyuki since he hasn't seen her.

'I wonder where'd she went off to?' He thought. Suddenly, from the corner of his eyes, he saw Miyuki on the balcony, she seemed to be talking to herself. Mitsui raised an eyebrow and went out, shutting the door behind him.

"Love is a mystery whereby, no one has ever been able to solve it. Control it, it will be uninteresting, wait for it, it will overwhelm you, misuse it, you will break hearts, and... and... ugh...!" She said, frustrated. She put her head on her hands, leaning on the balcony. She sighed.

"Hey." Mitsui suddenly said from behind. She jumped slightly and put her hand on her chest.

"Huh... you scared me. Uh... how long have you been there?" she asked, hoping he hasn't heard anything but, she somehow knew he did.

"Long enough." He shrugged.

"Please don't say a word about this to anyone." She pleaded. "It's a drama for the school actually. I'm supposed to be the lead actress but, I need a partner to practice with."

Mitsui shrugged. "I'm pretty good in school plays. Maybe I can help." He offered. She looked at him and smiled.

"You sure?"

"Absolutely."

"Thank you. Can we start tomorrow?"

"Anytime." He replied. She extended her hand and he shook it. He smiled and looked at each other they didn't realise how long they have been standing, shaking hands but, Riri was the one who called them in.

When they were inside, Riri poked Miyuki in the ribs and whispered, "What's with you and Mitsui-san?" she asked.

Miyuki shook her head, "Nothing. Why?" she asked Riri.

"Nothing." Riri replied and then heard a doorbell. "Ah, room service's here." She went to open the door. Miyuki's gaze fell onto Mitsui. He was talking to Sakuragi about something and they ended up screaming at each other. 'Nothing...' she thought to herself.

To Be Continued...

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