(Lidia-Hey! I hope you liked the last one! O! Before I forget, I've already thought of my next FF I'm going to write. It's for Fruits Basket. Maybe you've read it. If you haven't, then you should! It's really good! Kyo's just the best! Hope you'll read that too! But for now, I'm going to focus on getting on this. THIS AND ONLY THIS! Don't take me so literally But pretty much yeah. But I do introduce a few characters from my next FF briefly in this chapter. I also thought it was about time I have another moment with Kai and Mannen when they're actually not arguing. lol Hope you like! Shorter than usual. I know. But I'm sleepy.
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Magical Poof- Thanks! And I've tried that card thing so many times. It's amazing how often it works. O.O
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The Legendary Knight-What almost was...
"Alright, I can't breathe," Kai gasped.
Kaoru set her down and scratched the back of his head. "Heh, sorry. I just remember you as being so small."
"Well any friend of Himeno's is a friend of the family. Will everyone be staying?" Mrs. Awayuki asked.
"Yeah," Shin nodded happily.
"Then let's go make you guys some orange cake." Hajime and Shin followed close behind her to the kitchen.
"So how've you been?" Kaoru asked.
"Fine."
"Really? That's good. How's the family, how's your dad?"
"They're…alright. My dad's…dead."
"O, I apologize."
"Trust me when I say you really don't need to."
"Let's go get that bag into Himeno's room and she can introduce you to the rest of the family."
Kai nodded and followed Himeno up stairs."Wow. I didn't want to say anything about it but for once I met your dad and he's not drunk and he doesn't have a hang over."
"Yeah. Dad barely drinks anymore." Kai set her bag next to Himeno's bed. The house was really big but Kai didn't awe at it too much since her own bed back in Lefaenia wasn't much smaller than this. Though Kai did wonder how it was such a palace on the inside and just a giant tree with a wooden roof over the leaves on the outside. "Your room's...pretty," Kai winced at all the blindingly light pink.
"Thanks," Himeno smiled, taking it as a compliment. "Let's get down stairs. I'll introduce you to Mayune and Mawata."
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"Hello," Mawata greeted with a warm smile.
Kai returned the smile but somehow to her it didn't seem to be as humble as hers. Probably becuase she had to think about whether to smile back. Wait...why would I be thinking about that? "Hey."
Mayune showed up not too much later after their conversation on monotonous questions all people ask when you first meet. "There's Mayune! Mayne, this is Kai!" himeno introduced.
Kai smiled and greeted Mayune too. "So this is the 'sweet little girl' Kaoru was talking about. Hello."
Kai looked at her oddly. Sweet little girl? "He still talks about me like I'm five years old."
Mayune approached a little more and scanned the woman. "Haven't I seen you somewhere before?"
"Hmm? I do't think so," Kai said slowly, trying to figure out if maybe she really did.
"Wait a second. I remember. How could I forget a brat like you!"
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"Remember, only let Hijikada and the Seigusa women in. Got it?"
"Yes father," Kai responded absentmndedly. He frowned at her lack to pay attention but ignored it for the time being.
"Let's go Akira," her father said before making his way into the building.
"I'll be right up," the young man replied as he watched the brute climb the stairs. Once he was out of sight, the rest of the guys standing outside joked around.
"You'll be right up huh?" one of them laughed. "We all know why you're still out here. Don't worry, we'll keep an eye on you girlfriend."
"Very funny, Maki," Akira smirked. While he was turned around, Kai gave him a look so cold, it almost seemed as if hr eyes culd kill, and it scared him a little.
"Relax, I'm just joking." Maki waved off the subject and continued talking to someone else.
Akira leaned over and whispered something in Kai's ear that made her turn a deep red and giggle slightly. Then he kissed her on the cheek, said he'd be back, and walked into the building. Mao took the opportunity to make fun of her. She mimiked that small giggle while saying, "O Akira. I can't wait until my father leaves so we can make out on the sofa like yesterday!"
Kai snapped her hand over Mao's mouth and hissed at the snickering bunch. "Shut it Mao! Or I'll tell everyone about how you thought Ryu got you pregnant with your clothes on!" she said in a harsh whisper only loud enough for her to hear.
"Alright," Mao caved, removing Kai's hand from her mouth. They stood outside the glass double doors of the extravigant building and soon noticed the boys were drawing a crowd of girls. "You guys should get inside. You don't need to be out here anyway."
"Alright," Maki said before winking at Kai. She rolled her eyes at him.
Just before he walked inside, Mao slapped him across the head with the case of her sword. "Stay away from my sister pervert."
One of the guys had been conversing (flirting out of boredom) with a girl not too much older than Kai. She had long pink hair and a fake laugh that killed (really). She began following them inside when Kai stopped her at the door. "Go ahead in Goku," Kai rushed. The guy smirked and squeezed her nose like a teasing big brother before walking in.
"Excuse me. I was going in there!" The young lady piped.
"No you weren't," Kai said before closing the door.
The girl looked surprised and appalled at the same time. "Do you know who I am?"
"No, But I'm sure you're going to tell us," Mao groaned.
"I am Mayune! The eldest daughter of the wealthiest woman in Japan!" she huffed.
Kai and Mao both faked expressions of surprisal. "O! My I didn't know!" Mao gasped.
"We apologize for our rudeness! Your mother must own this building then?" Kai asked.
"Well, no-"
"Then I guess we don't have to let you in." Mao shrugged.
"You must not have heard me correctly!" How dare they not let me into a public establishment!
"No, we heard you correctly. Your name's Mayune, daughter of the wealthiest woman in Japan. I'm Kai, and this is my little sister Mao. Daughters of the father who told us not to let anyone in. And that's just what we're going to do. So run along."
"I'm sure Goku was just looking for some brief attention anyway," Mao informed.
"Well I never! I'll be back."
"If you must, come back AFTER we leave. Annoying..."
Just then, a man, a woman, and two other girls around Kai's age showed up at the door. Kai scanned the group momentarily. The woman was tall and looked like a model. Jet black hair, sunglasses, and a look wealth. The man was a bit old, but held a dangerous aura about him. One of the girls clung to the woman like a small child, blonde, silver eyes, and a sneaky grin. The last girl seemed rather distracted by her own thoughts. Striking resemblance to the woman, and looked thousands of times better, jet black hair and blue eyes. "I'm Mr.Hijikada. This is Sara Seigusa, Tomoko Seigusa, and Ami Seigusa." Kai stepped aside and let them in.
"You let them in!" Mayune almost shrieked.
"Unlike you, we were told to let them in." Mayune became angry and stormed off into a nearby limo while shouting 'HOME TANAKA!'
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"O. So that stuck up snob was you."
"Don't call me a stuck up snob you bratt!"
"Please, you guys," Himeno pleaded, hoping to stop the arguement.
"While your here, just don't bother me!"
"Gee, that's going to be tuff but I'll try not to." Mayune huffed and tormed off in the opposite direction. "Well that went well. I think I like your family Himeno."
Mawata exchanged glances with Himeno and the two smiled at the woman.
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"I know how you like to get up in the middle of the night for snacks so feel free to raid the kitchen if you get hungry."
"You don't have to ask me twice," Kai smirked before rolling over to get some sleep. And indeed, later that night, Kai awoke to thee sound of her rumbling stomach. Need...food...now...Where was that kitchen again. Kai stumbled along lazily until she finally found it. She dug in the fridge for some celery and searched the cubbord for peanutbutter. (Lidia-My favorite when I'm not that hungry. Don't knock it 'til you try it) It was pretty hard to find becuase the kitchen was amazingly huge. Once she did find it, she sat it on a plate a the counter and tried to open the jar of peanutbutter. What the hell did they do? Sucion this thing on? Open, dammit!
"Let a man get that for you," Mannen said before grabbin the jar from her. he snapped it open almost effortlessly and handed it back to her with a smirk on his face.
Kai stared at him for a while before snatching it from him. "I could've done it myself."
"Sure," Mannen said sarcastically, taking a seat at the counter.
"What are you doing down here anyway?"
"I got hungry. Then I saw the great assassin here struggling with a peanut jar-"
"I was not!" Kai began yanking the leaves off angrily but soon calmed down. "Make yourself useful and hand me a knife. I'm hungry Ice Princess."
Mannen was irritated by the name but reached over to get one anyway. "What is that?"
"Celery and peanut butter," Kai stated as if he were a moron, wich was probably what she was aiming for.
"Yuck. Why eat that crap when there's leftover cack in the fridge?"
Kai slabbed one down with peanut butter and shoved it his mouth. "There. Now don't tak with your mouth full."
Mannen was a little surprised by the action, but then by the taste. Who knew vegetables could taste so good. Even Broccoli and cheese irritated him to an extent. He swallowed a bite of it. "It's not that bad..." he stated in a tone suggesting it wasn't that good either.
Kai smiled at him for the first time in a long while. He froze and for a moment, he felt his face turn red for a moment. "Don't lie to me. You like it. So just eat it." She finished her first one, oblivious to the way Mannen was looking at her, and went toget something to drink. "You thirsty?" she asked from the open fridge.
"Uh, yeah." She came back with a grape soda for her and a cream soda for him. "How'd you know I wanted a cream soda?"
"It's all you ever drink," she stated as if it were a fact of life. Go ahead...open it.
Mannen was a little surprised she noticed, but then again, who didn't? He opend it and out shot cream soda all over his face. Kai broke down in to laughter at the wet knight. "Is that supposed to be funny!" Mannen shouted while wiping the soda from his eyelids.
"Very," she said between laughs. "I still can't believe you actually drank it without being at least a little suspicious. You're not getting soft on me, Mannen, are you?"
"Soft?" He grabbed her drink and shook it up. Then he grabbed her by the arm so she couldn't run and drenched her with it. Then opened it up and dumped the rest on her head. Gasped before shivring a little.
"I know it wasn't that cold before. You did that on purpose!" Now Mannen laughed. Ka grabbed one of her peanutbutter covered celery and smeared it across Mannen's face. He chased around the counter, which was pretty hard to do considering how fast she was, and smeared her face in it too. "Alright! Alright! I'm sorry!" Mannen released her only for her o slip on soda and knock him over as well. "I'm so sorry!" She tried to seriously apologize but at the same time she just couldn't stop laughing. Mannen rubbed the back of his head and smirked.
"It's alright. I'm fine. But we won't be fine if someone else sees this mess."
"O right!" Kai said a bit more urgently. Kai carefully got off Mannen, who didn't start blushing until after he realized hat just happened.
"T-They should be under the sink in the cabinet," Mannen stuttered.
Kai went to go get it. "What's shampoo doing down here? ...Doesn't matter. I'm using it. I don't want to go back to Himeno's room a mess. Kai handed Mannen a rag and they both began wiping down the counter and floor. "Hey Manny-baby, you missed a spot," Kai joked. They soon finished.
"Can we go now?"
"Can you wait for me while I wash this crap out of my hair?"
"Why should I?"
"Because I don't want you to leave me here all by myself," she said with the cutest look on her face. How could he say no?
"Alright. But hurry up with it." Mannen sat back at the counter, almost ready to go back to sleep. Once she was done, she insisted on washing Mannen's hair too. If he didn't get it out now, his hair would end up all sticky later. Once again, he caved in. Mostly becuase she said it might end up needing to be cut off. She handed him a clean rag to dry himself off. Then they started down the hall, back to the rooms they were staying in. During their conversation throughout the walk, Mannen felt himself feel weird everytime she smiled up at him. Not too much farther before they came to their rooms Mannen stopped her. "Uh Kai..."
"Yeah?" she asked curiously.
Mannen thought about it for a moment, then shook his head. "Nevermind."
Kai got a look of disapproval on her face. "You can't just start saying something and not finish."
"Really it's nothing."
"If it's nothing then say it." Mannen turned red again. She smiled at him again. "But if it's something stupid I'm going to hit you."
He couldn't take it anymore. Even drenched in soda and covered in peanut butter, she was still hot. He grabbed her by the shoulders and leaned in, but haulted once he felt her go rigid under his grip. Her eyes were shot open wide, staring at him. He sighed and whispered good night instead and walked away.
Was he going to...
