Vera: Here's Ch. 3. I've got a lot of ideas for it. I hope it turns out
like I hoped it would.
Hiro: I'm sure it will, Vera-sama.
Luna and Shuichi: ::rub heads.:: ::Begin arguing over Yuki.::
Vera: On with the fic. ::Shakes head.::
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Cassie hummed to herself as she finished up dinner. She wasn't sure how much to fix, so she decided it would be better to cook too much then not enough. There was a knock at the door. She sighed and went to get it.
"Cassie-chan!" Mika exclaimed, hugging her.
"Mika-san! How are you?" Cassie asked, returning the hug.
"Same old same old." She replied. She stepped inside, and Tohma followed.
"Tohma-san, I'm glad you came."
"Wouldn't miss it." He replied.
"I'll help you finish up if you like." Mika offered.
"Ok." Cassie smiled, leading her to the kitchen.
"Is there anything I can do?" Tohma asked.
"Yeah, warn me if you hear Ryu-chan coming." Cassie joked.
The two stood in the kitchen, Cassie chopping vegetables, Mika making rice balls.
"So, when are you and Tohma-san going to have a kid so I'll have someone to spoil?" Cassie joked.
"About six months." Mika replied.
"Nani?" She set her knife on the counter and turned to her friend.
Apparently this was just in time because at that moment, Cassie was tackled.
"Ryuchi and Noriko are here." Tohma called, laughing slightly.
"Gee, I couldn't tell." Cassie sighed.
She hugged him back and stood up.
"Why don't greet the others like this?" She asked.
"I do, don't I Tohma-kun?"
"Hai, hai." Tohma replied.
"Can I help?" Ryuchi asked, giving Cassie sad puppy eyes.
"I don't think we need any help..." She started.
He looked like he was about to cry, luckily, K arrived with Judy-chan and Mikey-chan.
"Why don't you play with Mikey-chan?" She suggested.
"Ok." He smiled and happily left Cassie and Mika to their cooking.
"It took you two long enough." Cassie said, once it was just the two of them.
"Huh?" Mika asked, looking up from the rice balls.
"You two have been together as long as I can remember." Cassie smiled. ""Was he slow on proposing or what?"
Mika just shook her head.
* * *
"This is the first time we've all been together in years." Cassie sighed as she sat down with the others to eat
"I know." Noriko smiled. "It seemed like only yesterday we were crammed on the bus, going from town to town, hoping someone would show up at the concerts."
"You never had to worry about that." Cassie replied. "You always had a full house."
"That was back when we had smaller arenas." Tohma added.
* * *
*15 years ago*
Cassie sat Indian style in front of Noriko. She was getting her hair braided and playing 'Go Fish' with Ryuchi and Mika. K and Tohma sat off to one side, reading. Tohma checked his watch.
"Guys, it's nearly midnight. Maybe we should let Cassie-chan go to bed." He suggested.
He got met with four sad looks. K just shook his head and continued reading.
"She's only five, I'm sure she's tired by now." He tried again.
Cassie sniffled and got up. She climbed into her bunk, and closed her eyes. Tohma nodded, and went back to reading.
"Ryu-san?" a small voice called shortly after Noriko had picked up Cassie cards so they could finish the game. "Can I hold Ku-chan...at least until you go to bed?"
"I thought you were asleep already." Ryuchi commented. The little girl shook her head.
"Not sleepy?" Noriko asked. Again, the little girl shook her head.
"Come on Honey." Mika said, holding her arms out. The girl climbed into her lap and smiled.
Tohma sighed, he knew when to give up, but he didn't understand how someone so small could last so long.
She eventually did go to sleep...only she had been sitting in Ryuchi's lap 'Helping' him with 'Go Fish'. Ryuchi smiled as he slipped the small girl into her bunk, and set Kumagorou down beside her.
* * *
"I tried to tell you, she won't go to bed if you want her too." K smiled as they laughed over an event from 15 years ago. "You guys were the coolest babysitters ever." Cassie added.
"I like to hope we eventually became friends." Noriko teased.
"Hai, Hai." Cassie replied.
"I kind of miss the days when we were 'Ryu-san' 'Toh-san' and 'Nori-san' though." Tohma sighed.
"I couldn't say your full names." Cassie replied defensively. "I was five, and didn't know much Japanese yet."
"You learned quickly enough." Ryuchi smiled as he remembered an event that took place a few months after the bedtime discussion.
"Oh you mean..." Noriko started.
"Hai." Ryuchi nodded.
"Oh no, you don't mean..." Cassie felt herself blushing already.
"What else would we mean, Cassie-chan?" Tohma asked.
* * *
*15 years ago*
"Nori-san, Toh-san, Ryu-san!" A very excited Cassie ran in to where they were sitting. "Guess what! Guess what!"
"What, Cassie-chan?" Tohma asked, smiling down at her.
"I learned a new word."
"What word?" Noriko asked.
"Shimatta!" She exclaimed, smiling broadly.
The three looked at exchanged looks. They we're sure rather to laugh or scold her.
"Where'd you hear that word?" Ryuchi asked.
"A guy said it at the last gas station we stopped at. I think he dropped something."
"Don't say that word any more, ok, Cassie-chan?" Noriko asked, looking at the girl.
"Why? What does it mean?"
"It's..." Tohma wasn't sure how to put this. "It's a bad word."
"We'll tell you what it means when you're older." Ryuchi added.
"Oh...ok!" Cassie said, she then skipped off to find K.
They watched her go, and shook their heads.
(A/N: Shimatta is the not so nice version of "Darn it!")
* * *
"Now I remember why we don't get together very often." Cassie sighed. "You guys always bring that up."
"Not always." Tohma replied.
"Just most of the time." K finished. He'd heard all about it later that night after she'd gone to bed.
"I remember the last time I saw you guys." Cassie said, trying to change the subject.
* * *
*5 years ago*
"No more tours, huh?" Cassie asked as she stood at the airport with what had at one time been Nittle Grasper and their now former manager.
They each shook their heads.
"That also means no reason to sneak off to Japan every summer." She sighed.
She hated the idea of Nittle Grasper splitting up, but she understood why. After 10 years, they needed a break from each other.
"Now boarding fight 628 Tokyo to Los Angels." A voice called over the intercom.
"There's our flight." K said, picking up his carry on bag.
"Goodbye, Noriko-san."
"Goodbye, Cassie-chan."
"Goodbye Ryuchi-san."
"Not goodbye, just ja! Cassie-chan."
"Ja!" Kumagorou echoed.
"Ja, Ryuchi-san." She hugged him. "Goodbye, Tohma-san."
"Goodbye Cassie-chan."
"I'm going to learn Japanese fluently so I can come back after I graduate." She promised.
"And I'll have a job for you when you do." Tohma replied.
She and K boarded the plane, and Cassie watched as her friends got smaller and smaller until she couldn't see them anymore.
* * *
"I told you it was just ja!" Ryuchi smiled.
"And I told you I'd have a job for you when you came back." Tohma added.
"Hai, hai." Cassie smiled.
"Cassie-oba-san." Mikey looked up at her. "Can I play video games?"
"Of course you can." She smiled.
"Can I?" Ryuchi asked.
"Hai, hai!"
"Don't sit too close." Judy called to her son.
"You either, Ryu-chan." Noriko added.
"Yes ma'am." Two voices called back.
There was a knock at the door.
"Konnichi wa." Cassie smiled, opening the door.
Her eyes met three different sets.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Hiro said. "I forgot they were coming over."
"It's ok, Hiro-kun, come on in."
"Yuki went out to eat...and didn't take me...I'm hungry!"
"It's ok Shui-kun, I've got plenty left."
"They dragged me along."
He got flat stares from the other two.
"Ok, ok, my mom kicked me out."
"I'll feed you, but you're not staying here. Come on in Fuji-kun."
She closed the door, and fixed three more plates.
* * *
Everyone sat in the living room, watching Mikey-chan play video games with Ryuchi.
"I won." Mikey exclaimed.
"You cheated." Ryuchi replied.
"Did not!"
"Ryu-chan...please don't argue with my six year old nephew." Cassie sighed as she watched them embark on a stink eye contest.
There was another knock at the door.
'Saved by the visitor.' She thought. 'Who could it be? Everyone I know is here already....literally.'
She opened the door and saw a tall blonde man. He was dressed in black, and had dark shades on. There was a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. He took off his shades and glared at her with cold yellow eyes. She slammed the door closed and tackled K.
"Onii-san!" She exclaimed. "There's a really creepy guy at the door. He scared me, I think he's with the mafia."
"Why would the mafia come after you?"
"I don't know, that's why I came to you."
He stood up and walked with his sister back to the door. Hand on gun, he opened the door slowly.
"Nice to meet you too." The man replied, annoyed.
"Yuki-san?" K asked. "What are you doing here?"
"I came to get Shuichi." He replied.
"Shui-kun, the mafia hit man wants you." Cassie called.
With that she bolted behind Hiro. She saw a pink flash as Shuichi tackled Yuki.
"Not to be rude...er...but who are you, why are you at my house, and how did you know where I live?"
"I'm Yuki Eiri...I came here to get the baka...and the baka left a note...Shuichi, get off!"
Shuichi did as he was asked.
Cassie had plenty of other questions to ask, but there was yet another knock on the door.
"Who could it be now?" She wondered as she inched past Yuki to get to the door.
She opened it to reveal a black haired man in a black leather coat and shades.
"It's another mafia hit man." She sighed, stepping back a little.
"Is he here?" the man demanded.
"Who?" Cassie asked.
"You know who!"
"No I don't. Who are you?"
"Tatsu-chan, don't scare the poor girl." A voice called behind him.
It was a blue haired woman that resembled Yuki and the New Guy.
Cassie shook her head and retreated back behind Hiro.
"Who are these people?" She asked.
"Yuki's brother and cousin." Hiro replied.
He could tell she was pretty shaken by so many strangers showing up at her house all of a sudden, and decided to use this to his own advantage. He slipped an arm around her shoulders.
"It's ok." He smiled. "I'll protect you."
There was a quick motion as Hiro found himself staring down the barrel of K's gun.
"K, put the gun down." Judy said behind him in a firm but still kind voice.
K sighed and put it away. Cassie stepped out from behind Hiro and walked to the newcomers.
"How did you know where I live?"
"Read Shuichi's note...thought Ryuchi might be here...RYUCHI!"
The man ran for Ryuchi. Ryuchi's eyes grew wide as he dodged and tackled the woman.
"Ryu-chan!"
"Ryu-chan...yelled Ryu-chan...and tackled the blue haired lady...why?" Cassie asked.
The woman stood up.
"K-chan!" She smiled, hugging K. She then looked at Cassie. "You look like K-chan!"
Cassie soon found herself wondering why a complete stranger was hugging her.
"I hope I look like him...he's my onii-san." Cassie said. "Who are you?"
"Kawaii! I didn't know he had a sister." The girl finally let go. "I'm Uesugi Ryuko, what's you're name?"
"I'm Cassie, and K has 5 sisters." She paused. "Did you say Uesugi Ryuko? As in the creator of 'Seven Days'?"
"Hai."
"That was my first manga! And my favorite!" Cassie exclaimed, she suddenly didn't care that she'd never met these people before. "Do you know when the next volume will be out."
"Nope." Ryuko smiled. "No spoilers either. Sorry Cassie-chan."
* * *
Cassie was saying goodbye to everyone when something dawned on her.
"Shui-kun, how did you know where I live?"
"Hiro told me the address so I could put it in the note and let Yuki know."
K pointed his gun at the guitarist for the second time that night.
"Onii-san! Don't shoot my boyfriend!"
"Boyfriend?" K repeated, a glare settling over his face.
"Oops..." Cassie laughed nervously.
"I agreed to let you two go out once." K said, aiming gun a little better.
"Claude!" Judy called behind him. "Put the gun down!"
"But Judy-chan..." K started.
"Put it down, we're going home."
"Ok." He put the gun down, hugged his sister, glared at Hiro, and left.
"I'd like to stick around, Cassie-chan, but I've got a date." Ryuchi said, hugging her.
"We do?" Ryuko asked.
He nodded and they left.
"My own cousin!" Tatsuha exclaimed, sulking out after them.
"Don't mind him, he's a rabid fanboy." Yuki sighed as he and Shuichi left.
Suddenly Fujisaki's cell phone rang. He answered it, had a short conversation, and hung up.
"Alright!" He exclaimed. "Mom said I could come back home."
He said goodbye and started out for home. After saying goodbye to Tohma, Mika, and Noriko, Cassie turned to Hiro.
"Boyfriend, huh?" He asked smiling.
"If you want to be." She smiled back.
"I don't suppose I could get that kiss now?" He asked.
Cassie shook her head. Why had she ended up with a flirt? She kissed him, and pushed him towards the door.
"I'm going to go to bed now...and no you are not invited."
"Aw, why not?"
"Go home Hiro-kun." She sighed, giving him one last kiss. "I'll see you tomorrow."
With that she slammed the door and slid the dead bolt into place.
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Vera: In case you're wondering who Ryuko was...to put it simply, she's an OC from a friends fic. For more detail, you can read the fic. It's called "How To Torture Eiri Uesugi" And as far as how Cassie knew what Hiro would have said...she's a Winchester. K probabally put het through some sort of training.
Hiro: I'm sure it will, Vera-sama.
Luna and Shuichi: ::rub heads.:: ::Begin arguing over Yuki.::
Vera: On with the fic. ::Shakes head.::
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Cassie hummed to herself as she finished up dinner. She wasn't sure how much to fix, so she decided it would be better to cook too much then not enough. There was a knock at the door. She sighed and went to get it.
"Cassie-chan!" Mika exclaimed, hugging her.
"Mika-san! How are you?" Cassie asked, returning the hug.
"Same old same old." She replied. She stepped inside, and Tohma followed.
"Tohma-san, I'm glad you came."
"Wouldn't miss it." He replied.
"I'll help you finish up if you like." Mika offered.
"Ok." Cassie smiled, leading her to the kitchen.
"Is there anything I can do?" Tohma asked.
"Yeah, warn me if you hear Ryu-chan coming." Cassie joked.
The two stood in the kitchen, Cassie chopping vegetables, Mika making rice balls.
"So, when are you and Tohma-san going to have a kid so I'll have someone to spoil?" Cassie joked.
"About six months." Mika replied.
"Nani?" She set her knife on the counter and turned to her friend.
Apparently this was just in time because at that moment, Cassie was tackled.
"Ryuchi and Noriko are here." Tohma called, laughing slightly.
"Gee, I couldn't tell." Cassie sighed.
She hugged him back and stood up.
"Why don't greet the others like this?" She asked.
"I do, don't I Tohma-kun?"
"Hai, hai." Tohma replied.
"Can I help?" Ryuchi asked, giving Cassie sad puppy eyes.
"I don't think we need any help..." She started.
He looked like he was about to cry, luckily, K arrived with Judy-chan and Mikey-chan.
"Why don't you play with Mikey-chan?" She suggested.
"Ok." He smiled and happily left Cassie and Mika to their cooking.
"It took you two long enough." Cassie said, once it was just the two of them.
"Huh?" Mika asked, looking up from the rice balls.
"You two have been together as long as I can remember." Cassie smiled. ""Was he slow on proposing or what?"
Mika just shook her head.
* * *
"This is the first time we've all been together in years." Cassie sighed as she sat down with the others to eat
"I know." Noriko smiled. "It seemed like only yesterday we were crammed on the bus, going from town to town, hoping someone would show up at the concerts."
"You never had to worry about that." Cassie replied. "You always had a full house."
"That was back when we had smaller arenas." Tohma added.
* * *
*15 years ago*
Cassie sat Indian style in front of Noriko. She was getting her hair braided and playing 'Go Fish' with Ryuchi and Mika. K and Tohma sat off to one side, reading. Tohma checked his watch.
"Guys, it's nearly midnight. Maybe we should let Cassie-chan go to bed." He suggested.
He got met with four sad looks. K just shook his head and continued reading.
"She's only five, I'm sure she's tired by now." He tried again.
Cassie sniffled and got up. She climbed into her bunk, and closed her eyes. Tohma nodded, and went back to reading.
"Ryu-san?" a small voice called shortly after Noriko had picked up Cassie cards so they could finish the game. "Can I hold Ku-chan...at least until you go to bed?"
"I thought you were asleep already." Ryuchi commented. The little girl shook her head.
"Not sleepy?" Noriko asked. Again, the little girl shook her head.
"Come on Honey." Mika said, holding her arms out. The girl climbed into her lap and smiled.
Tohma sighed, he knew when to give up, but he didn't understand how someone so small could last so long.
She eventually did go to sleep...only she had been sitting in Ryuchi's lap 'Helping' him with 'Go Fish'. Ryuchi smiled as he slipped the small girl into her bunk, and set Kumagorou down beside her.
* * *
"I tried to tell you, she won't go to bed if you want her too." K smiled as they laughed over an event from 15 years ago. "You guys were the coolest babysitters ever." Cassie added.
"I like to hope we eventually became friends." Noriko teased.
"Hai, Hai." Cassie replied.
"I kind of miss the days when we were 'Ryu-san' 'Toh-san' and 'Nori-san' though." Tohma sighed.
"I couldn't say your full names." Cassie replied defensively. "I was five, and didn't know much Japanese yet."
"You learned quickly enough." Ryuchi smiled as he remembered an event that took place a few months after the bedtime discussion.
"Oh you mean..." Noriko started.
"Hai." Ryuchi nodded.
"Oh no, you don't mean..." Cassie felt herself blushing already.
"What else would we mean, Cassie-chan?" Tohma asked.
* * *
*15 years ago*
"Nori-san, Toh-san, Ryu-san!" A very excited Cassie ran in to where they were sitting. "Guess what! Guess what!"
"What, Cassie-chan?" Tohma asked, smiling down at her.
"I learned a new word."
"What word?" Noriko asked.
"Shimatta!" She exclaimed, smiling broadly.
The three looked at exchanged looks. They we're sure rather to laugh or scold her.
"Where'd you hear that word?" Ryuchi asked.
"A guy said it at the last gas station we stopped at. I think he dropped something."
"Don't say that word any more, ok, Cassie-chan?" Noriko asked, looking at the girl.
"Why? What does it mean?"
"It's..." Tohma wasn't sure how to put this. "It's a bad word."
"We'll tell you what it means when you're older." Ryuchi added.
"Oh...ok!" Cassie said, she then skipped off to find K.
They watched her go, and shook their heads.
(A/N: Shimatta is the not so nice version of "Darn it!")
* * *
"Now I remember why we don't get together very often." Cassie sighed. "You guys always bring that up."
"Not always." Tohma replied.
"Just most of the time." K finished. He'd heard all about it later that night after she'd gone to bed.
"I remember the last time I saw you guys." Cassie said, trying to change the subject.
* * *
*5 years ago*
"No more tours, huh?" Cassie asked as she stood at the airport with what had at one time been Nittle Grasper and their now former manager.
They each shook their heads.
"That also means no reason to sneak off to Japan every summer." She sighed.
She hated the idea of Nittle Grasper splitting up, but she understood why. After 10 years, they needed a break from each other.
"Now boarding fight 628 Tokyo to Los Angels." A voice called over the intercom.
"There's our flight." K said, picking up his carry on bag.
"Goodbye, Noriko-san."
"Goodbye, Cassie-chan."
"Goodbye Ryuchi-san."
"Not goodbye, just ja! Cassie-chan."
"Ja!" Kumagorou echoed.
"Ja, Ryuchi-san." She hugged him. "Goodbye, Tohma-san."
"Goodbye Cassie-chan."
"I'm going to learn Japanese fluently so I can come back after I graduate." She promised.
"And I'll have a job for you when you do." Tohma replied.
She and K boarded the plane, and Cassie watched as her friends got smaller and smaller until she couldn't see them anymore.
* * *
"I told you it was just ja!" Ryuchi smiled.
"And I told you I'd have a job for you when you came back." Tohma added.
"Hai, hai." Cassie smiled.
"Cassie-oba-san." Mikey looked up at her. "Can I play video games?"
"Of course you can." She smiled.
"Can I?" Ryuchi asked.
"Hai, hai!"
"Don't sit too close." Judy called to her son.
"You either, Ryu-chan." Noriko added.
"Yes ma'am." Two voices called back.
There was a knock at the door.
"Konnichi wa." Cassie smiled, opening the door.
Her eyes met three different sets.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Hiro said. "I forgot they were coming over."
"It's ok, Hiro-kun, come on in."
"Yuki went out to eat...and didn't take me...I'm hungry!"
"It's ok Shui-kun, I've got plenty left."
"They dragged me along."
He got flat stares from the other two.
"Ok, ok, my mom kicked me out."
"I'll feed you, but you're not staying here. Come on in Fuji-kun."
She closed the door, and fixed three more plates.
* * *
Everyone sat in the living room, watching Mikey-chan play video games with Ryuchi.
"I won." Mikey exclaimed.
"You cheated." Ryuchi replied.
"Did not!"
"Ryu-chan...please don't argue with my six year old nephew." Cassie sighed as she watched them embark on a stink eye contest.
There was another knock at the door.
'Saved by the visitor.' She thought. 'Who could it be? Everyone I know is here already....literally.'
She opened the door and saw a tall blonde man. He was dressed in black, and had dark shades on. There was a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. He took off his shades and glared at her with cold yellow eyes. She slammed the door closed and tackled K.
"Onii-san!" She exclaimed. "There's a really creepy guy at the door. He scared me, I think he's with the mafia."
"Why would the mafia come after you?"
"I don't know, that's why I came to you."
He stood up and walked with his sister back to the door. Hand on gun, he opened the door slowly.
"Nice to meet you too." The man replied, annoyed.
"Yuki-san?" K asked. "What are you doing here?"
"I came to get Shuichi." He replied.
"Shui-kun, the mafia hit man wants you." Cassie called.
With that she bolted behind Hiro. She saw a pink flash as Shuichi tackled Yuki.
"Not to be rude...er...but who are you, why are you at my house, and how did you know where I live?"
"I'm Yuki Eiri...I came here to get the baka...and the baka left a note...Shuichi, get off!"
Shuichi did as he was asked.
Cassie had plenty of other questions to ask, but there was yet another knock on the door.
"Who could it be now?" She wondered as she inched past Yuki to get to the door.
She opened it to reveal a black haired man in a black leather coat and shades.
"It's another mafia hit man." She sighed, stepping back a little.
"Is he here?" the man demanded.
"Who?" Cassie asked.
"You know who!"
"No I don't. Who are you?"
"Tatsu-chan, don't scare the poor girl." A voice called behind him.
It was a blue haired woman that resembled Yuki and the New Guy.
Cassie shook her head and retreated back behind Hiro.
"Who are these people?" She asked.
"Yuki's brother and cousin." Hiro replied.
He could tell she was pretty shaken by so many strangers showing up at her house all of a sudden, and decided to use this to his own advantage. He slipped an arm around her shoulders.
"It's ok." He smiled. "I'll protect you."
There was a quick motion as Hiro found himself staring down the barrel of K's gun.
"K, put the gun down." Judy said behind him in a firm but still kind voice.
K sighed and put it away. Cassie stepped out from behind Hiro and walked to the newcomers.
"How did you know where I live?"
"Read Shuichi's note...thought Ryuchi might be here...RYUCHI!"
The man ran for Ryuchi. Ryuchi's eyes grew wide as he dodged and tackled the woman.
"Ryu-chan!"
"Ryu-chan...yelled Ryu-chan...and tackled the blue haired lady...why?" Cassie asked.
The woman stood up.
"K-chan!" She smiled, hugging K. She then looked at Cassie. "You look like K-chan!"
Cassie soon found herself wondering why a complete stranger was hugging her.
"I hope I look like him...he's my onii-san." Cassie said. "Who are you?"
"Kawaii! I didn't know he had a sister." The girl finally let go. "I'm Uesugi Ryuko, what's you're name?"
"I'm Cassie, and K has 5 sisters." She paused. "Did you say Uesugi Ryuko? As in the creator of 'Seven Days'?"
"Hai."
"That was my first manga! And my favorite!" Cassie exclaimed, she suddenly didn't care that she'd never met these people before. "Do you know when the next volume will be out."
"Nope." Ryuko smiled. "No spoilers either. Sorry Cassie-chan."
* * *
Cassie was saying goodbye to everyone when something dawned on her.
"Shui-kun, how did you know where I live?"
"Hiro told me the address so I could put it in the note and let Yuki know."
K pointed his gun at the guitarist for the second time that night.
"Onii-san! Don't shoot my boyfriend!"
"Boyfriend?" K repeated, a glare settling over his face.
"Oops..." Cassie laughed nervously.
"I agreed to let you two go out once." K said, aiming gun a little better.
"Claude!" Judy called behind him. "Put the gun down!"
"But Judy-chan..." K started.
"Put it down, we're going home."
"Ok." He put the gun down, hugged his sister, glared at Hiro, and left.
"I'd like to stick around, Cassie-chan, but I've got a date." Ryuchi said, hugging her.
"We do?" Ryuko asked.
He nodded and they left.
"My own cousin!" Tatsuha exclaimed, sulking out after them.
"Don't mind him, he's a rabid fanboy." Yuki sighed as he and Shuichi left.
Suddenly Fujisaki's cell phone rang. He answered it, had a short conversation, and hung up.
"Alright!" He exclaimed. "Mom said I could come back home."
He said goodbye and started out for home. After saying goodbye to Tohma, Mika, and Noriko, Cassie turned to Hiro.
"Boyfriend, huh?" He asked smiling.
"If you want to be." She smiled back.
"I don't suppose I could get that kiss now?" He asked.
Cassie shook her head. Why had she ended up with a flirt? She kissed him, and pushed him towards the door.
"I'm going to go to bed now...and no you are not invited."
"Aw, why not?"
"Go home Hiro-kun." She sighed, giving him one last kiss. "I'll see you tomorrow."
With that she slammed the door and slid the dead bolt into place.
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Vera: In case you're wondering who Ryuko was...to put it simply, she's an OC from a friends fic. For more detail, you can read the fic. It's called "How To Torture Eiri Uesugi" And as far as how Cassie knew what Hiro would have said...she's a Winchester. K probabally put het through some sort of training.
