The Glass Feather

Errata: YIKES!! It's REMBRANDT, not RUBENS! Oh, and it's CHIAROSCURO. Eek, Oliver's going to kill me for THIS…^^;; Gomen, GOMEN! Anyway, WHO IS THAT GODDESS?! It's still far off into the future if you ask me, and NO, it's not ASAYA. She's a Cherry Tree Goddess, not a BROKEN-WINGED Goddess. Could this Goddess have something have to do with the Winged Nike…? Hmm…8]

Takao was wide-eyed as they were all ushered into the manor that night.

"Lord Kon would be meeting you shortly," the maid told them in a soft voice. "Please make yourselves at home while I go announce your arrival to him."

"O…K." The BBA Team were quiet for a few seconds, then Max gave a long low whistle.

"We have to be extra careful," Max whispered to Takao. "We wouldn't want Lei's grandfather to throw us ALL out because of YOU."

"HEY!" Takao protested indignantly.

"Is it going to be OK with Chairman Daitenji? He had an appointment with us first, anyway," Professor said worriedly.

"I have no idea," Kai replied. "But…he said don't worry about it, right?"

Tsukiyo was looking around the huge living room with interest. "So many ANTIQUES…are you sure we didn't wander off into a museum or something?"

"All genuine Chinoiserie, if I do say so myself," a familiar voice called out. "Ah, I always have a soft spot for rich old history."

"!!!" The whole BBA Team was surprised. "Chairman DAITENJI?!"

"Hello, kids, how was your trip going here? I trust it was without any incident," Chairman Daitenji said, with a small smile on his face.

"None whatsoever, Chairman Daitenji!" Max replied cheerfully.

"But…why are you here…?" Takao asked, blinking.

"I was planning to meet him for dinner, and he'll introduce me to all of you, so my grandson wouldn't have too much of a shock." Lao Kon emerged from behind Chairman daitenji, smiling at them in a grandfatherly manner. "Hello. I guess you're the legendary members of the BBA Team?"

"Yes, they are, Lao." Chairman Daitenji nodded. "The blinking one's Takao Kinogu, and the hyperactive one's Max Mizuhara."

"Good evening, sir," Takao and Max said at the same time.

"…" Lao blinked. "Oh? And who might those lovely ladies BE over THERE?"

"Tsukiyo Shinohara and Asaya Ninomiya," Kai said, nodding. "One's excess luggage, the other's our assistant Bey tech."

"~~~~" SD Tsukiyo's eyes became devilish little slits.

"Goodness! Say, beautiful lady, did you repair Driger?!" Lao said, coming over to Asaya and holding both of her hands in his own.

"Errh…yes, sir…" SD Asaya replied, her eyes little beads.

"Lei didn't say you're an extremely BEAUTIFUL WOMAN! How OLD are YOU?"

A rolled up newspaper swung out of nowhere and hit him squarely at the back of his head. SD Lee had a gargantuan twitch on top of his head. "Quit it, you perverted old man, she's young enough to be your great great granddaughter…"

"???" Takao, Max and Professor all turned SD.

"Meet Lee Kon, Lei's older brother," Chairman Daitenji introduced the young man, who by now was unrolling the newspaper. "He's quite well-known in the art community around here for his watercolor paintings, and his beautiful calligraphy."

"I'm not that GOOD, Chairman." SD Lee waved at them. "Hi."

"L-LEE~~~?!" SD Asaya was blinking.

"ASAYA~~~?!" SD Lee was blinking back right at her.

"???" Now even Kai and Tsukiyo were both SD.

"Lee's an -Auran-, too," Chairman Daitenji explained. "Been so for 23 years now. These 2 met before Lee went away 10 years ago."

"Hey, SQUIRT! I never thought I'd be seeing you HERE. You did one hell of a job with Gran Driger, I tell you! I just knew you'd be going somewhere," Lee told her.

"L-L-Lee…" SD Asaya became wobbly-eyed.

"!" Lee was aghast. "Don't cry, Llewelyn's going to kill ME~~~!!!"

"I REALLY will, you TRAITOR~~~!!! How DARE YOU show up after 10 long FRIGGING YEARS~~~!!!"

SD Llewelyn shot out of nowhere and kicked him away from Asaya, along with SD Giovanni and SD Pierre. SD Lee gets thrown off, his eyes little spirals.

"We thought you were DEAD those whitecoats were BEYOND reason they almost KILLED us in retaliation did YOU KNOW THAT~~~?!" SD Llewelyn said, panting for air, his hands curled up in little fists at either side of his body.

SD Lee was blinking, then became wobbly eyed. "I didn't KNOW! FORGIVE ME~~~!!!"

"…" The whole angry SD lot of the rest of the Bey Masters Team (with the exception of SD Asaya, who was still sniffling) glared at him. Then Llewelyn blinked.

"We were only KIDDING." He looks over at Chairman Daitenji. "Thank you sir, for inviting us along with you."

"No problem."

"FALSTAFF…you…BASTARD…" SD Lee had an ominous battle aura emanating from him.

"Got YOU!" Llewelyn laughed. "Hey I missed you Slow Pokey Bastard!"

"~~~~~"

Chairman Daitenji laughed. "Well, so everybody's here."

"Let's go inside, the dinner's going to get cold," Lao said. "And Lei's waiting for all of you there."