Lesson 4: CRASH A DINNER PARTY

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AN: okay, in this chapter there will be a cameo appearance of an OC from a friend's fic It's called "Don't Shoot the Band" by Vera-Sama. Anyway, her name is Cassie. She's K's little sister and is going out with Hiro against K's wishes. BTW, there will most likely be a LOT of these cameos, so bear with, kudesai. If you haven't noticed, we don't like Ayaka- baka.

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ANPS: Ooo...y'all are lucky, you get what none of my readers have ever gotten before...~cue dramatic music~ DOUBLE CHAPTER INSTALLMENT....ok , I'm done. Here's chappie four.

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"Hm," Tatsuha said, walking in.

"What is it, Tatsu-Chan?" Ryuko asked.

"Where's Eiri?"

"He went out to eat..why?"

Tatsuha looked around the large apartment thoughtfully. Something finally caught his attention. He picked up a small piece of paper. "'Yuki, Ryu-Chan..'" he read aloud. "'I'm going to a friend's house for dinner. See you when I get home. Here's the address if you want to look for me.'" The black-haired monk sat back and rubbed his chin in thought.

"What's that look for, Tatsu-Chan?" Ryuko asked.

"Wherever Shuichi is...Ryuchi usually follows...Come on, Ryu-Chan!" with that, Tatsuha grabbed his long, black leather coat, and dragged Ryuko away giving her hardly enough time to grab her fringed suede jacket (AN: just for those of you who forgot, she lived in Texas.)

"Tatsu-Chan, since when did you have a motorcycle?!" Ryuko exclaimed when they got down to the street

"Awesome seventeenth birthday present, ain't it?" he asked, throwing her an extra helmet as he climbed on.

She smiled as she put on the black helmet and climbed on behind him. She was just going to hang on to the motorcycle, but she changed her mind as Tatsuha kicked off in full-speed.

"Sorry, I should've warned you, Ryu-Chan," he said as she flung her arms around him.

"That's okay, Itoko-Chan," she said as they sped down the street, weaving around cars. "Tatsu-Chan, do you think this is safe?!"

"Heh!" he laughed. "This is how I get to school every morning! It's great having connections with a local temple, ne?!" he added, speeding up even more.

"If we get pulled over, I had nothing to do with it!"

"You've been in America too long! The traffic control here is horrible!"

Ryuko blinked as they passed a sign. "So are the speed limits!"

She just rolled her eyes and calmed down. "Ne, what's that smell?" she moved her head off her cousin's shoulder. "Oi, I think it's coming from your head!"

Tatsuha let out a laugh. "It's the shampoo Ryuchi uses, like it?!"

"It's really strong!"

"I know, I wash my hair with it three times a day!" he proclaimed.

'Poor Ryu-Chan,' Ryuko thought as they finally slowed down. She thought they had finally gotten to the building, but Tatsuha had that look on his face again.

"You okay back there?" Tatsuha asked.

"I'm used to pick-up trucks, I've never really been on a wild, speeding motorcycle with my seventeen year-old cousin driving!"

"Hm," was all he said before he screamed, "HOLD ON!!" He kicked off again with all the poor little motorcycle had and they flew off the road onto a grass hill with a thud.

The grass hill led up to a group of apartment buildings. So this was where they were going.

"Hey!" Tatsuha exclaimed as he rolled the motorcycle around the parking. "There's Eiri's car!" He pulled the motorcycle between Eiri's car and another motorcycle.

Ryuko got off and set the helmet back where Tatsuha had grabbed it from and Tatsuha got off, put his helmet back where it was and looked at Shuichi's note.

"Okay, I know where it is!" Tatsuha declared as his grabbed Ryuko's arm and darted up some stairs and around a few sharp turns on the breeze way and finally stopped at a door.

"Hai?" a girl's voice asked after Tatsuha knocked. She couldn't see the girl, because her young cousin was blocking the doorway.

"Is he here?" Tatsuha asked.

"Who?" the girl asked.

"You know who!"

"No, I don't, who are you?"

"Tatsu-Chan, don't scare the poor girl," Ryuko said, walking up.

The blonde girl retreated behind Hiro. "Who are these people?" she asked

"Yuki's brother and cousin," the young guitarist answered. He slipped an arm around her shoulder with a sly smile. "Don't worry, I'll protect you..."

Ryuko blinked as K put a gun to Hiro's head.

"Put the gun down," Judy said walking up.

"Judy-Chan!" Ryuko hailed. "It's been awhile!"

K crossed his arms and glared lasers at Hiro.

"How have you been, Ryu-Chan? I haven't seen you since you moved to Texas."

"Just fine. How's Mikey-Chan?"

"He's fine. K, go round him up, we're going home."

K walked into the living room, shooting glares at Hiro as he walked.

"It's a little K-Chan clone!" Ryuko shouted, hugging the girl.

"Who are you?" she asked nervously.

"Oh!" she said, letting go. "Uesugi Ryuko. I didn't know K had a sister, what's your name?"

"Cassie, K has five sisters. Wait a minute. Did you say 'Uesugi Ryuko'? As in the creator of Seven Days?"

"Hai?"

"That was my first manga and my favorite!"

"Hah, I should stay in Japan, I get a lot of reactions from fans!"

"What's taking them so long?" Judy asked, walking into the living room. "CLAUDE K. WINCHESTER!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING PLAYING VIDEO GAMES?!"

K heaved a sigh and everyone sweat-dropped as he walked to the door, holding Mike in one arm, Judy following.

"Ja, Cassie-Chan," Judy said as they walked out, K shooting one last glare at Hiro

"Hm," Cassie said after they left. "For some reason, I'm not convinced...I don't think she's related to you," she added to Yuki. "Probably because she doesn't look like she belongs to the Mafia!" she went on, motioning to Tatsuha's all-black attire and Yuki's own Mafia hit man- like outfit.

"Oh, no," Yuki said, shaking his head. "She's not a hit man. Didn't you know? She's the number one assassin."

"No, no, I'm the boss..." Ryuko said jokingly.

"Eh?" a familiar voice came from the living room.

"RYUCHI!!" Tatsuha screamed, running over to give him a hug.

Fortunately, Ryuchi dodged him and darted, instead for the door. "RYU-CHAN!!" he called, tackling his friend at the door, sending them both to the floor

"Man, that looked weird," Cassie said, scratching her head. "I never thought I'd see Ryu-Chan shout 'Ryu-Chan'."

"Oh? Sorry, Ryu-Chan, I didn't think you'd fall," Ryuchi apologized, helping her up.

"It's okay," she said with a laugh.

Ryuchi let out another laugh. "Well, I'd like to stay and talk Cassie-Chan, but I've got a date!" With that he took Ryuko's hand and started out the door.

"Nani?" Ryuko asked as they left. "We do?"

Cassie and Hiro sweat-dropped as Tatsuha face-faulted. It looked very strange on someone wearing a long, black, leather trench coat and shades. "MY OWN COUSIN!!" he lamented, walking out after them.

"Don't mind him," Yuki said after the door closed again. "He's a rabid fanboy."

"Aw man!!" Noriko shouted. "That was my ride!!" (AN: Cassie originally had NG over for dinner plus K and family. BL decided to stop by too. Just read the fic...Ryuko has cameos in that one too^^)

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Ryuchi glanced over his shoulder as he heard Cassie's door close again. "Let's lose him!" he said with a smile as he sped them up.

"Aw, man!" Ryuko exclaimed as they got to parking lot. "Another motorcycle?! At least you're not Tatsuha..."

"Don't worry," Ryuchi said, handing her his extra helmet. "Noriko- Chan got here in one piece, didn't she?"

"Ne, Ryu-Chan," Ryuko started as they went down the road. "Where are we going?"

"My place," he said just a little too cheerfully.

"Eh? In America?"

"No, no, I have a place here when I come to visit. Besides, we have to pick a song for the end theme song, don't we?"

After about half an hour, Ryuchi finally got to his garage. "Here we are!" he said in a sing-song voice. For some reason, Ryuko didn't seem to be moving. "Ryu-Chan?" he asked, turning around. "Oh, she's asleep. No wonder she was so quiet. Hm....I have an idea!" With that he whipped out his ever-famous Kumagoro.

"Ryu-Chan..." Kumagoro said, nudging her shoulder. "Ryu-Chan?"

She finally shook her head and took off her helmet. "Eh? Oh, Kumagoro-Chan, did you wake me up?" she asked, patting the pink rabbit's head.

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(AN: yare...for some reason, that was harder than I expected...wonder why. ~rolls eyes~ ok. Now for an irrelevant question that has EVERYTHING to do with the next chapter. Who sang "Bird" and "Break Through"? I've seen it both, so I'm completely lost....)