Ello! I'm back again! Muahahahahaha!

Pixie: you're REALLY evil...

Dusk: shut up about my Aibou!

Pixie: Vern, can you get Dusk to be quite

Vern: she can say what ever she likes...

Pixie: *mumbles* suck up...

Ami: okay... well, I hope you all like it! Oh, and foreva! You left me kind of stumped on the last chapter, so this would be pay back! Muahahahaha!

Pixie: she's gone insane...

Ami: when did you notice?

Dusk: .........

Vern *sweat drops* um... hope you enjoy the chapter! Bye^_^;;
Little Sprite
Tiamo paced around her room, muttering curses in a few different languages, amusing herself be counting how many of these languages she could curse Michael in 50 seconds. Her record was 5.

'Stupid Baka,' she whispered. 'That nanashi idiot MUST have had something with what happened last night... I NEVER put my guard down THAT much... asshole...' only 3 this time.....

She sat on her bed, thinking about how she would have to use this all to her advantage...

'Let's see,' she thought. 'Good: I'm in the house that I plan to steal from. Bad: I'll be the prime suspect. Good: Kai seemed to have a real thing for me. Bad: Kai seemed to have a real thing for me. Good: if you can't remember last night, he most likely won't. Bad: stupid perverted Michael guy has my brothers, is here, and most likely had something to do with last night's 'incident'. Good: ... Bad: it's getting REALLY hard to keep Enrique off my mind...' She sighed, resting her head in her hands. This day was getting worse and worse...

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Kai woke up and instantly regretted it. His head hurt like hell, and he couldn't remember anything about the night before.

'Knew I shouldn't have drunken that punch...' was all he said, before forced his eyes closed, and went back to sleep...

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'What to do,' Enrique thought. 'The little squirt's asleep, the girl's won't come by until around lunch, I don't want to deal with Tyson's appetite right now, and Tiamo... Tiamo's mere image has haunted me almost every second of the day so far...'

The blonde sighed, laying back down on his bed, closing his eyes, seeking for the release of sweet, sweet sleep... but he never got that luxury...

'Damn,' he whispered, willing the image of her to disappear from his mind. 'Why can't I just stop thinking of her? She likes Kai more then me... and Johnny will be here soon enough...' he sighed again, wondering how much farther he would sink until he finally admitted it to himself that she was in his mind because he was absolutely crazy over her... 'No,' he shook the thought out of his head. 'I've invited Johnny over here, because Kai doesn't deserve her. Johnny is more of a gentleman the he is...'

With that thought securely settled into his mind, he gathered up enough courage to face the world again, and scribbled down a little note to Shiro, telling him to meet him down in the dinning room when he woke up. Today, the kid was going to go around town with him and his friends.

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Mike paced around the room, looking every once in awhile at the kid curled in the corner, petrified in fear. The kid's blue-green eyes glistened with unshed tears, and his silky blue hair was messed up in knots.

'Hey kid,' he asked, watching as the boy stood up, like he had been told to at when he was first brought here. 'Tell me, what makes your sister tick.' He saw him hesitate to answer the asked question. 'Don't be afraid little boy; just answer the question.'

'O-oka-kay,' he stuttered. 'She-she ha-hate-hates it w-whe-when m-me and Sh- shir-ro go o-out w-with-o-out tel-tellin-ing he-her...' he hung his head, ashamed at what he had said.

'Is that all?' he growled, annoyed at the shrimps answer.

'N-no,' he said, looking to the door, as if trying to see through it.

'What else?' he pressured the boy.

'I-I c-ca-can-t sa-say,' he said, looking closer at the door. 'I-I wa-an-na s-se-e m-my si-sis-te-ter,' he looked up at the man, the tears in his eyes finally falling. 'P-pl-please?' he looked at the kid, carefully deciding what to do.

'I'll let you have an hour,' he said, walking to the door, pulling the boy with him. 'But after that, you'll tell me everything I wanna know, or else.' He turned to look at the kid again. 'Got it?' the kid could only nod, happy that he would see his sister again...

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Tiamo sat up, and headed to her door. She started walking absentmindedly around, taking note of where some valuables are. She wouldn't want to forget anything.

'Hmm,' she murmured to herself. 'Those pictures could be worth something. And I know someone who would buy that vase... but where's the cash?' she heard footsteps and kept quite, curious upon who would be here. Within a few moments, she saw someone's sandy blonde, and instantly knew who it was; Enrique.

Se groaned; how was she ever going to get him off her mind if he was right there?

'Maybe he won't notice me,' she reasoned in her head. 'Maybe he'll just continue walking by, maybe he won't notice me...' she kept still, not daring to breath. She closed her eyes, willing him to leave her alone... no such luck...

'Hey Tiamo,' she heard him say. She slowly opened her eyes, only to see his smiling face... about an inch from hers...

'Um...' she momentarily forgot where she was; who she was. 'Hey, Enrique... what are you doing?' He stepped back a bit, and Tiamo allowed herself to breath again.

'I was just heading down to the dinning room,' he said calmly, his eyes sparkling. 'Would you care to come with me?' for a moment, she didn't even know what he had asked, but finally, she got her wits back.

'Of course!' she squeaked. 'Lead the way.' Enrique only smiled, and started off to their destination.

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The little boy stretched, and reached to wipe the sands of sleepiness from his eyes. Looking around, he noticed a scrape of paper, and walked over to it. Snatching it up, he read the short message.

Dear Shiro,

Please meet me and my friends in the dinning room when you awake. I would like you to come around Rome with us.

See you then, Enrique

Shiro smiled, and reached for the extra clothes that the rich boy had offered him. Changing quickly, he started to the door. He reached up, having some trouble getting to the door knob, but his sister had taught him a few tricks, and soon enough, he had opened the door.

'Now,' he whispered to himself. 'Which way was the dinning room again?'

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Johnny got on the plane, and got to his seat. Why he had agreed to Enrique, he didn't know. But he had, and he was sure that he was soon going to regret it.

'He said something about a dream girl,' Johnny mused, sitting down in his 1st class seat. 'Phhf. Probable wants me to help him score... but WHY would he want my help? He knows that I hate girls...'

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Kai woke up for a second time, and he STILL regretted it.

'No way in hell that I'm going to wake up later then Tyson,' he murmured to himself. 'I'm the team captain, and if he thinks that putting something in the drinks makes him better then me, well then he's wrong.'

He silently changed into his clothes, thinking up of ways to torture Tyson, when he heard a knock at the door. Still cursing the unfortunate boy, he walked over to the door and opened it, only to see a little blue-green eyed boy with silky blue hair.

'What do you want?' he grunted at him.

'H-hell-lo,' the boy stuttered, not daring to look at the boy's eyes. 'I wa- wan-an-ted to k-kno-ow i-if yo-you c-cou-old t-ta-tak-ke me t-to T-tia-ia-m- mo.'

'What do you want with her?' he asked, his voice slightly cracking at the boy's vulnerability. The boy looked at him with wide eyes, hearing his change in tone.

'DAMN!' he scolded himself in him mind. 'If a little kid can tell when you pity someone, who else can? Your growing soft, Hiiwitari. You cannot let that happen.'

'I want to visit her,' the boy said, a new confidence in his voice. The boy smiled.

'Fine,' Kai sighed; he WAS growing a little soft. 'I'll take you to her kid. Now, what's your name?'

'My name is Riko,' he said, rolling back and forth on his feet in a (dare he think it?) adorable manner. 'What's your?'

'My name is Kai,' he replied. 'Now come in while I finish.'

Kai lead him in, motioned him to sit on the bed, and headed off to the bathroom to brush his teeth. All throughout this, he was still cursing the unfortunate Tyson.

'Stupid asshole,' he whispered, not daring to let the child, he had just let into his room, hear. 'Why couldn't he have spiked Ray's or Max's drink? He knows that I'm going to work his ass off as soon as I find him...'

'As soon as you find who?' Kai looked down at the little voice that had interrupted him.

'A friend of mine that thought it would be funny to spike my drink,' he answered the boy's question, the slightest bit of emotion edging on his voice; Riko heard it.

'But-,' Riko let out, before claming his hand over his mouth, and heading back to the bed. Kai allowed himself to follow the boy, and sat down on his bed with him.

'But what?' Kai asked him, clearly concerned, even though he wanted to hide it.

'But nothing,' he said back, lowering his face to the ground, efficiently hiding his eyes from Kai's sight. 'It was just a slip of tongue; I'm sorry.'

Kai sat, bewildered at the boy's words; how could he go from a curious little sprite to a wary spirit? Instead of pondering the question farther, he got up, retrieved a brush from the bathroom, and cam back. He sat behind Riko, and slowly started brushing the petite boy's hair, being careful of the many knots.

'Why does you hair have so many tangles?' Kai asked, trying to get the boy to speak again.

'Because,' was all he got from him.

'Because why?' he pressured on.

'Because I can't tell you,' Riko said, swiftly turning to meet Kai's gaze. In doing so, the brush collided softly with his head, and Riko winced slightly in pain.

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Shiro slowly paced down the corridor, now remembering everything, and feeling guilty that he had just forgotten his brother like that. He looked around, and saw antique vases, pictures, portraits, monuments, and finally the window that he had sawn about 5 minute before, when he was at the other end of the corridor.

'Maybe,' he whispers to the glass, gazing out at magnificent Rome. 'Maybe I can help Tiamo. I'm sure that she's somewhere nearby, for this guy has the biggest pad in Rome that I've seen, so maybe, I can figure out where something she's looking for is. Maybe I can help her get me and Riko out faster...'

He closed his eyes at the unexpected pain he felt when he thought of his brother. He didn't know why he was out, he just knew that Riko has told the Michael guy that he would like to 'slightly' change Tiamo's part of the deal, then Riko went with the guy, to explain what the change was, and then he was being taken to Enrique to be taken care of, instead of staying in Michael's care.

'Sometimes I don't get him,' he said to the glass, leaning his forehead to it, seeking comfort in the coldness of it.' He and Tiamo both take care of me, as if I'm a child. Just because he's older by one minute, doesn't really mean that I'm THAT much younger then him... it was still nice of him to get me out of there...'

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Tiamo dumbly followed Enrique around like a loyal puppy; at least she had the dignity to keep her natural grace.

'What are you doing?' she questioned her sanity several times. 'What did I tell you about? Hmm? I told you to stop thinking about him! You know perfectly well that while lust can be avoided, love can't!'

'Oh no,' she whispered under her breath, hoping that the sandy blonde wouldn't hear. 'I did not just think that...'

'Think what?' luck didn't seem to be with her today. Enrique turned around, letting himself walk backwards.

'Nothing,' she said, moving in front of him; as she did, she hit a small pressure point on his arm, causing him to trip. 'Now please get up, I for one, want to eat.'

'Sorry,' he murmured, slowly standing up. 'I don't usually fall. Guess it must be something with-,' he stopped himself there, his eyes slightly wider then before. 'Um... I guess it must be something with the carpet, we just renewed it today.' He hastily got in the lead again, and started for the dinning room a little raster then before.

'Lying little son of a bitch,' she cursed in her head. 'At least he had the dignity to lie,' the voice of 'so-called' sanity reasoned. 'All you would do would break down and end up in a lip lock with him...'

'Damn,' she cursed under her breath again. 'Tiamo no baka, don't think like that.'

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'What's wrong?' was the first thing that Kai said. Carefully, he pulled the kid into his lap, and moved aside the hair at the base of his neck, only to see a bruise. 'What happened?' he looked Riko in the eye.

'I t-tripped,' he lied, averting his eyes to the elaborate wood carving of the head board.

'Liar,' Kai hissed. 'Someone punched you or something. Now tell he what happened.' Riko pushed himself out of Kai's lap, and crawled up to the head board, tracing the curls and swirls of it with his finger and his mind.

'Nothing important happened,' he whispered. 'I was just protecting my brother. I didn't want him to even get a scratch,' he turned slightly, looking at Kai from the corner of his eyes. 'Sometimes this is the price of freedom; even if it's only the freedom of another.'

'Who did it?' Kai asked, a sense of protection for this boy growing in his mind.

'Just,' Riko paused. If he told him the truth, his sister might fail, and to fail could mean the ultimate price; His brother might die.... HE might die... Tiamo might die... 'I=I can't tell you...' He hung his head, embarrassed at what he had already let out. 'It was a bad idea telling almost everything I've already told you. It'll only make it worse if I tell you more...'

He didn't expect Kai to answer, but when he did, he was shocked.

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'Stupid kid,' Mike cursed; he was making breakfast for the BladeBreakers, and one of them just wouldn't stop eating. 'Why can't he eat like a civilized person? It's not like it'll kill him...'

'MIKE!' someone called. 'WE NEED MORE PANCAKES! GET THEM OUT HERE, PRONTO!'

'YES SIR!' he yelled back sarcastically. Sure, there were some pretty cute maids here, but the cooking and cleaning was a huge drag. 'Oh well,' he said in a softer tone, so that they wouldn't hear him. 'Guess I'll just have to trick someone into cleaning everything off for me again.........'

He finished flipping the pancakes, and put them on a plate. He put the plate on a tray, and then started to the kitchen door, heading for the dinning room. He pushed open the door, and walked through at the same time as Tiamo and Enrique entered the room.

'Oh, what a coincidence,' he mentally smirked. 'Well now, I can make her uncomfortable, AND get my revenge on the stupid boy that's making me work.'

'Hey Tyson!' he heard Enrique call to his friend. 'Slow down a bit, will ya?'

'And why should I listen to a rich guy like you?' the boy asked between bits. He saw Enrique smirk.

'Mike, can you bring those pancakes over hear?' Mike silently obeyed, smirking at Tiamo when he pasted her. 'Thanks! Now, you can go and tell everyone in the kitchen that they may have the rest of the day off. Just as long as there back to cook us a late supper, say around, 9?' Mike nodded. 'Good, now, while your going back to the kitchen, you think you can grab Tyson's plate to stop him from eating anymore?' Mike nodded again, looking at Tiamo; he made sure that she saw him look her up and down, his concentration seeming to stay below her neck. 'Good, oh, can you also go and get the squirt? I wanted him to come with us.' Mike's concentration quickly snapped back to Enrique.

'I'm sure that he's still asleep, Master Enrique,' he said, careful to keep his tone even. 'I would abide you not to wake up the child, for at least one of the maids will snap at you.'

'Good point,' Enrique said, looking a little sadly at his plate. 'Oh well, I was hoping that I could show the little squirt around, but I'll guess that I'll have to wait for another day.'

'I guess,' Mike agreed, nodding slightly. He turned on his heels, giving Tiamo once last hungry look, and snatching Tyson's plate from him as he pasted. Yep, his day had just gotten slightly better.

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Pixie: THAT was your twist in the plot?

Ami: why did you have to interfere? I still have a few more ideas that I can put in.

Vern: you do know that you past you record for the number of pages you typed for one chapter long ago, right?

Ami: I know. But I still have and idea that I want to put down! Foreva might get the wrong idea of this, and not put it down!

Pixie: alright, alright! Write already!

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'Stay here,' Kai said, shocking both himself and the boy.

'What?' Riko asked. 'I'm not sure that I heard you correctly.'

'I said stay here,' Kai said a little more continently. 'I've been trained to protect myself against many opponents. I'm sure that a person who beats kids will be easy enough to beat.'

'One problem,' Riko said. 'I TOLD him that he could do that...' Kai was really shocked at that, but Riko didn't see, because he had turned back to the head board, and had continued tracing the patterns once again.

'Why did you tell him to?' Kai asked him.

'I guess I can tell you that,' he murmured, turning fully around to meet Kai's gaze once again. 'I did it so that he'd let my brother free,' he noticed the shock on Kai face, and how it was growing ever so slightly. 'Like I said before, sometimes that's the price of freedom, even if its not your own...'

'Come here,' Kai said, and Riko obeyed. He crawled back to the spot that he was before, and Kai continued to get the tangles out of his hair.

'Why are you helping me?' Riko suddenly asked. Before he could think, Kai answered.

'Because; you remind me of someone I know, and I feel like I owe it to her to do this,' Kai momentarily stopped, but started up again soon after. 'I just don't know why I owe her anything...'

'Probably had something to do with the spiked drinks,' Riko said in a knowing tone; unbelievably, Kai didn't notice.

'Yeah, probably.'

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Ami: okay, NOW I'm done!

Pixie: good! I'm tired of not knowing where Vern and Dusk ran off to.

Ami: oh, they said something about cleaning a closet.

Pixie: okay... I do NOT want to think of what they're doing...

Ami: Heehee! Okay, Foreva, hope you can work with all this! There's a little explaining to do, probable a flashback or two (or more if u decide to put them in), and several POVs that you can go into!

Pixie: *runs up to Foreva* HELP ME PLEASE! I'M SURROUNDED MY MANIACS!

Ami: we ALL know that I'm a maniac Pixie. Don't tell me that you JUST figure it out!

Pixie: no, I knew all along. Its just fun watching Vern getting beaten up.

Ami: what you say Pix, what ever you say... ANYWAY! I hope that you like what I did! I spent all morning on it! And I didn't get to move onto my other Fics. *whines* boohoo! *5 minutes later* I'm over it! Now, enjoy ourself with the writing! Bye Bye All &_&