UNTITLED AS OF YET

By saicho_18

April 7,2002

"Ooh, nice!" Fuuko said as she fell onto the large soft bed in her equally large room.

It had been a very tiring day for Fuuko. After Neon and her siblings had taken their entire luggage to their respective rooms, they went into the massive dining room to eat lunch. The food prepared for them was so exquisite that one would think that one is dining in a five-star restaurant. After their scrumptious lunch, they, she along with her parents, had a tour of the large house. Her parents didn't seem to mind; in fact they were the most excited ones during their tour. But Fuuko, after the tour, was thoroughly tired. But even so, she had to admit Kurei did make a good tour guide.

"Oh! Look at that!" her mother would sometime exclaim somewhere along the way. "It's so cute!" or elegant or exquisite or expensive or any other known adjective to describe an object's divinity. Fuuko didn't say a thing but the occasional 'Hn's and the 'That's really great, yeah's whenever her mother would talk to her. She didn't want to say anything on account of she didn't feel safe inside Kurei's mansion. Fuuko didn't risk talking; it was too hazardous to do or say something stupid inside the enemy's territory. Even though the enemy itself is charming her parents, and trying to charm her, she didn't let her guard down. Not one bit.

UNTITLED AS OF YET

By saicho_18

April 8, 2002

After exploring every nook and cranny inside the house, they finally had an even finer meal than their lunch for dinner.

"All of your things are settled in your respective rooms," said Kurei politely to Fuuko's parents as they were seated at the vast dining table. "I hope that all of you will have a good night's rest af--"

"Wait a minute," interrupted. "I have to go home. All my stuff is in there and as you know, tomorrow is a school day. I have to get my school uniform, books and everything, you know."

"Do not fret, over it, Fuuko," replied Kurei calmly. "Everything can be arranged. I could send Raiha to get your stuff from your apartment, just give him the address and the list of everything that you will need for your stay here. He will take care of everything."

Kurei flashed her one of his 'innocent and charming' smiles.

Fuuko ignored it. "What do you mean 'for my stay here'?" she asked calmly and politely.

"Oh, did we forget to tell you?" asked her father in a somewhat surprised tone. "We're going to stay here for quite a while. You know, to let you guys, um, time to, you know,"

"Oh, just spit it out, dear," Fuuko's mother intervened. "We're going to stay here to give you to some time to get to know each other. After a week, we'll be on our way again to Tibet. You know, for some meditating? I heard that the monks there were really kind and your father and I want to—"

"I can't stay here!" Fuuko half-shouted. "I still have school and . . ." Fuuko was about to say that she felt extremely uncomfortable staying in Kurei's 'humble abode' for fear that he might do something horrible to her and she wouldn't have the chance to escape. Good thing that she caught herself just in time.

"There, there, dear," said her mother in a tone as if comforting a little lost child. "Didn't you hear? Kurei had all ready arranged for your stuff to be gathered and about your school. You don't have to go to school tomorrow, either. I want you to spend every minute of tomorrow with us. We have missed you terribly and your father and I would like to consume every second we have in Japan with you."

Here, she looked at Kurei.

"Fuuko, I also go to school and I can accompany you in going to and from school." Kurei continued. "Fortunately, the college I go to is quite near your high school. Raiha could fetch us both. Your classes end at 3:15, right?" Fuuko grudgingly nodded. She knew exactly where this was going. "Perfect! My classes end at 2:30. I could wait for you."

Fuuko saw Kurei flash her another one of his smiles. But this time, she saw something flicker in his eyes. Was that a look of 'triumph'?

"Great!" Mr. Kirisawa exclaimed. "Now that's over and done, I have only one thing to say. Dig in!"

And with that, they all had that scrumptious dinner. Even Fuuko, who thought that she had lost her appetite because she had lost her opportunity of getting out of that mansion safe and alive, had eaten a good deal amount of the food that was served to them.

After their dinner, she listed down her apartment's address, the things she would need, and other necessities. Blushing furiously, she gave the list to Raiha, who reassured her that everything would be well taken care of. He told Fuuko that he would go to the city first thing in the morning to collect all of her necessities.

She bid her parents goodnight, right after she had given her list to Raiha. Her parents at that time were having tea with Kurei in the den. She felt a pang of jealousy with Kurei because in all her life, she had never gotten close to her parents as Kurei was close with them now. Kurei must be doing his best to charm her parents, Fuuko thought. After bidding them all goodnight, well, maybe except for Kurei himself, she went up to the room that Kurei had shown her earlier as hers.

After at least fifteen minutes of getting lost in that enormous house, she finally had stumbled over to her own room, well it wasn't hers, per say but it was the room that Kurei has lent her.

A pair of blue pajamas, pair of clean underwear, toothbrush, toothpaste and every essential was laid in her bed. She quickly changed in to the pajamas, went to the bathroom, brushed her teeth and climbed onto the bed.

Fuuko fell asleep very fast and it was either because of her drowsiness, the silence of the whole house, fatigue or the softness of the mattress that made her do so.

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UNTITLED AS OF YET

By saicho_18

April 10,2002

Fuuko's sleep was a peaceful one; no dreams haunted her sleep that night. She didn't toss and turn in any part of that night. If she was fed with at least three sleeping pills or perhaps there was something in the food that induced a very peaceful sleep, she did not know.

But all good things must come to an end. Fuuko heard a slight scraping noise from somewhere inside the room and she stirred in her restful slumber. When she had awoken, she noticed that it was still dark outside the window and the moon was hanging high in the sooty black sky. She sat up straight, forgetting that she heard a scraping noise at all. She flexed her arms and yawned.

Fuuko was stuck in that position, with her mouth open, for at least half a minute because she had just realized that there in front of her, sitting in the large chair that was placed in front if her bed, was someone. That 'someone' was the last person she could ever imagined being there, assuming a condescending stance, staring at her.

"Kurei!" Fuuko gasped, yet for the second time that day.