CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

"Come on, Raaaan-chaaaan!" Rhelex whined with Abriel. "You have to get up there with usss!"

"No." Ran said, moving away from them towards the others already seated at the table. "I refuse to get up there."

"Buuuut!! RAAAAANIE!!" Rhelex sobbed. "You HAVE to get up there!!!"

"No, I don't."

"Yes!! You doooo!" Abriel cried.

Kraus paused his conversation with everyone else and stared at the three boys. "No. I don't. And. Thats. Final!"

"Do what?" Platima inquired to them.

"DANCE!" Abriel and Rhelex shouted in unison. Before turning back to Ran. "You will, and no buts!!" The two each grabbed him by an arm as Hacker and Gabriel each grabbed a leg.

"NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, AND NO!!!" Ran yelled, squirming around, trying to get out of their grasp. "Guys!! Help me!!"

The members of Weiß and Schwartz stared in shock at the red-head's outburst. "Don't just stand there! HELP ME!!!" he shrieked. "They're going to KILL me!!"

"Us?" Hacker said, tickling his sides. "Why we would never hurt our Rannnn-channnn."

"Y-You bastard!"

"Now, now. Name calling isn't nice." Hacker said, jabbing him with his index finger in a ticklish spot.

"Apologize."

"Never, you bitch!"

"Bitch, eh?" Gabriel said, poking him on the other side. "Who's the bitch now?"

"H-HELP ME!" Ran cried with laughter. "They're killing me!"

Tears started to leak out of his eyes, and his face was a little flushed. "Will you dance with us?" Abriel asked, tickling him in a new spot.

Rhelex tickled him on the other side. "Or will you stay here and be tickled until you pass out?"

"Fine!! I'll dance. I'll DANCE!" he shrieked with laughter.

The four flashed a thumbs-up sign to Kraus who leapt on the extremely large table. "Hello! Welcome to the GawL-Lunch-Hour-Special!!" he shouted, using a spoon as a mic.

He looked behind him and nodded. "Up first!" he shouted, "The Domestic Fuck--" he turned around. "NO!" he growled, "Find another one!"

Whining could be heard from the background.

"What were they going to dance to?" Yohji asked, with a raised eyebrow.

"The Domestic Fucker Family." Kraus hissed. "I don't want my boys dancing to that."

A shout, that sounded like Ran, was heard, "FINE! UMBRELLA!!"

Kraus nodded with a smile. "They will be dancing to 'Umbrella!"

The music started and the table rocked slightly when the five of them jumped on it. They're hands touched the top of the rafters, so they held on to help them with their turns.

They began to spin to their right, perfectly with each other. It went from the right. Rhelex, Gabriel, Ran,

Abriel, Hacker.

When they got to the point they shifted their turns in the opposite direction. Ran let go of the rafters when the others began to sing without him. The four chanted, 'Pathetic' twice before he cut in.

With a deep voice that made the others quiver in their chairs, Ran sang out, "Reitoushokuhin kaitou!Hakanai dake daro, kitanai dake daro, minikui dake daro... oodoburu!"

The others chanted one 'Pathetic' after each of his verses. "Amai, amai!" he paused, "Aoi, Aoi!" he paused again, "Guroi, Guroi!!"

They all sang out, "Kokonotsu mitsugo no SHOWTIM-! Ahhh!!" With that scream that destroyed their note Ran fell back onto the floor, rather ungracefully.

The four that were on the table jumped down and surrounded the red-head, but left room for the others to see him. Tears were welling up in his eyes. "Are you alright, Rannie?!" came Rhelex's cry.

He sniffed and tried to stand up, "My ass hurts." he whined.

"Want me to kiss it and make it all better?" Bree asked with a deep laugh, but his laugh ended when King smacked him over his head. "Oi! What was that for?!"

"You were being a dick." King hissed.

"Awww, but Kingsley... I thought you said that you wanted to keep all of the dirty talk in the bed room?" his comment only gave him another slap.

Ran looked at Rhelex then to Hacker, "I hate dancing tables. I don't see how you four can take it!" he said, running a hand through his hair.

"Well, it helps if you hold onto the bar on the roof." Abriel said, pointing up to the bar.

"But, if I hold on then I'll become slower than the rest of you." Ran answered with another sigh. "I'd rather dance on the floor."

King stood up, "I'll dance with you Rannie." He said hugging his friend.

"I will too!" Tatsuya said happily. "I know it!"

Bree and Lucreziachin sighed. "I can't believe I'm doing this." was said in unison.

Chimera sighed and snapped his fingers, everyone looked at him. "What? I'm not dancing." he said icily. But a doorway opened and four people entered the room. "Hello, you will dance with them." Chimera said pointing to the others.

"Really now?" came a female voice. "What do you think, Mama? You wanna get over there and shake what grandma/pa gave you?"

"Gah." came a male voice. "I can' stand you two, constantly bickering! It's like you aren't related!!"

"But, Torque! We are related!"

"I know that, Clarissa." the mexican-snake-man hissed at the young neko girl and her mother. "I know eeeverything."

"No, you don't sweetie." came an irish sounding voice as he stepped into the sun light and revealed his bright neon-blue mohawk. "'ello, Rhelex. Hacker. Abriel, Gabriel.." he paused before adding, "and friends."

"Hey! It's the bouncers from the club!" Ken pointed out with a smile.

"Yes, KenKen." Yohji said, patting his lover on the thigh.

Torque ran a tanned hand through his spiked-up black hair, "Why must we do this?" He whined to his boyfriend, Cyekyou. "It's absolutely degrading!"

"Aw, shut it." Melanie laughed, and ran up to Ran, "Rannie, it's been so long!" she hit his arm playfully, "And you didn't even come and visit me when you were at the club!!"

Ran laughed and hugged her back, "Clair!!" he called out as Melanies' daughter ran up to him and glomped Ran, causing the red-head to collapse onto the ground. "Look how big you've gotten!!" he laughed again. He paused and looked at her before laughing some more, "The last time I saw you, you didn't have a tit between you and Cye!"

"Hey!!" the girl shouted, "Not funny!"

"I'm a dude, dude!" Cyekyou shouted, ripping off his shirt, and reaching for his belt, "I can prove it too!!"

Wrapping Ran in a headlock and giving him a noogie. "And, this is what you get for questioning my body!" he laughed, "Now, what do we say?"

Ran tried to struggle out of Cye's grip, "Never!"

The other assassins sat back in shock. But, everyone else had been laughing at the scene before them, "Awww. Is witttle Rannnie getting angry?!" Torque teased.

"Bring your forked tongue closer and I'll rip it out!" Ran hissed with a mock growl.

"Me?! Forked?! Never!" Torque laughed and waved his hand.

"So. What are we here for?"

END CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

A/N: Hallo! This is another segment of 'Meetings'!! Isn't it just dandy! I've updated!

Nagi: Wondeful! But, who are these other people you keep adding?

A.O.: My characters.

Omi: and why are they in this?

A.O.: Because they make for a plot.

Schuldig: And we dont?

A.O.: No... you're a wonderful plot.

Bradley: Then what?

A.O.: Well, you all get to kill the bad dudes... my charas shall make for the damsels in distress!! Now, what do we say?!

All: R&R!!