Ok, here we go, sorry it took me so long, but that's how this works around here. The fascist piggies said I couldn't update or post anything 'till January 29th and K-K can't update nor post anything till then. Well, as many of you have noticed, my fics were indeed deleted, yes. Why? I don't know. They just felt like it I guess. Anyways, I'm currently working on chapter 18, sorry if it's taking so long n-n; I made a few changes around the fic, nothing important, just grammar and stuff and I've removed the IP. The fascist pigs said I couldn't have chat-like text on the fic nor any comments or whatever so away they went. Done and said, now enjoy! n-n
Shattered Past
By Kitty-Kris
Chapter 17: The Hydra
"Ok, everyone got it? Good… let's go…"
He took another drag from his cigarette as he stared up at the ceiling. "Hn…"
Five years.
He had been attending to this kind of humiliation by force for five damn years… and today, he cursed his existence once again. Why couldn't they let him be? Why couldn't he just… go!
A knock sounded on his door "Sir? Are you ready yet? You are being called from downstairs so you better hurry."
Apparently not. "Fine… I'm coming…" He sighed deeply as he put his cigarette out and tossed it carelessly at an ashtray on his bedside table.
What his grandfather had told him about a week ago was played back on his mind as he picked up his tuxedo jacket 'This time Kai, it's different… not only is this a Christmas Masquerade but also, this is your chance to get engaged once and for all. You're old enough to behave more properly now so do. I've prepared this party exactly so it'd be easier for you to pick a fiancé. Which you will. How does that sound?'
"Sounds just lovely…" he muttered as he left his room, his jacket thrown over his shoulder.
"Ok, you guys know what to do. Now please don't let me down! This is a one-time chance!"
"Don't you let us down…"
"I won't. I know exactly what to do…"
Kai soon arrived at the great ball room, where everyone seemed to be having so much fun. 'Oh yay…'
"Ah, Kai! How good of you to finally join us!"
He groaned inwardly and turned around, facing his grandfather with a frown "Really now?" he rose an eyebrow at him and sent a glare to the man next to him. Boris… he still hadn't gotten the chance to kick his worthless ass…
Voltaire glared at him as well and approached the young man muttering menacingly "Now listen here, I said you'll get engaged with someone from my… let's say, circle of friends today, and you will. I do believe it's about time you forgot about that little slut of yours and focused on your real life. Now come here, and try to be nice for once…" he said through gritted teeth.
Boris snickered lightly as he moved away from them, taking a sit on a nearby couch.
Kai merely sighed. He had heard that so many times. And so many times he had pretended that conversation had never existed. So many times… Probably as many times as the ones he had found himself waking up in the middle of the night as he called her name, or as many as the countless times he had tried to escape back to her arms. He often wondered if she had indeed managed to have their child, and if so, how would it be like? A boy perhaps? Or maybe a girl? He didn't really care. He just wanted to go and meet his child, and to be with her again. To stay with her. "Kai? Are you even listening to me?" But no. "Yes. I'm coming…" He had to do other things now. But if Voltaire thought he was just giving in and marrying some- woman, he had another thing coming. He had asked Melody to marry him. And he would marry her. Whether his grandfather liked it or not.
Kai sighed and bowed a bit at the people in front of him "Good evening…" he said in a dull tone, not even looking at them. Not that it mattered anyways. That was a masquerade party afterall.
A masculine voice answered back with an odd accent "Good evening." Yes… that was the lame reply he had. Lame yes, because every single party he attended to had the same things. Same compliments, same "hellos", same kind of people, same conversations… He really didn't see the point of those parties, but if they kept Voltaire out of his hair, good.
The said repulsive being nudged him to look up and he found himself staring at what seemed the usual average couple. He was tall, his hair dark blue and his eyes an odd brown tone, close to crimson but with a strange glint he found quite familiar. He wore, like him, an expensive looking tuxedo, only he also wore it's jacket and a black Zorro-like mask presenting itself as his… "costume". Typical business man.
She, probably his daughter or niece, who cared anyway, wore a long blue waltz dress, an equally blue butterfly mask covering her identity. She had royal blue hair that reached just below her waist, matching her eyes, which seemed to be blue as well, a familiar glint shining through them too. Only this glint was different. He actually found it quite… appealing…
"Kai, these are Ivan Black and his daughter, Kristhiana… Ivan has recently joined our company, so how about you and Kristhiana here get to know eachother a little better while I and Ivan talk a bit, hmm?" he gave him a meaningful look to which he rolled his eyes inwardly, nodding slowly on the outside though. He knew what he meant. He wanted him to go and dance with her, get her to fall in love with him and all that crap. Normally, he'd say it was because her family would be rich and all that, but in this case… he knew he was making all that drama because he knew Kai still hadn't forgotten about Melody. And he wanted him to. He was desperate. Ha. So what the Hell, any girl would do! Just as long as he laid off that one. He still didn't get why he hated her so much anyways, but oh well… whatever made him stay as far from him as possible. Yes, he would dance with that- Kristhiana or whatever (why was he finding that name oddly familiar?) but that would be it.
"Alright…" he finally nodded and took the hand the girl had just offered. She looked back at her father for a second for reassurance he supposed, before letting him practically drag her to the dance floor.
"Ok, everything's going according to planned…"
"Hehe… now careful sweetie! Don't jump on him now, there are people watching!"
"Shut up…"
"Huh?" Kai rose an eyebrow at her. He had been dancing with that girl for a couple of minutes now and all she had done was stare down at his chest, a light blush accentuating her cheeks. Then suddenly she had muttered that out of the blue. Weird girl…
"Er…" she blushed deeply and avoided his gaze, staring intently at his chest again 'Stupid stupid stupid…' she cursed herself mentally.
"Hahaha! Look at that!"
"Hum, how about we get the atmosphere a little- hotter now? Are you ready?"
"You got it!"
"Who chose THAT song anyways?"
"Who do you think? Our own dearest little love demon!"
"Hn… it's annoyingly mushy… and I DON'T LIKE IT!"
"What? Go and kill her if you don't like it!"
"LEAVE MY WIFE ALONE!"
Kai whipped his head up along with the rest of the ballroom as a familiar song started. If he wasn't mistaken, it was from some dude called Enrique Iglesias or whatever… either way, it was strange… even though a lot of teenagers always attended to those parties, (his grandfather always invited his friends' children along) there rarely was any kind of- "in" music or whatever it was they called it. Hn… the fact was… it sounded quite nice… and it had good rhythm so why not? It wasn't like he had anything better to do and since Voltaire had paid for him to have those horrid dancing lessons he might as well use what he had learned…
He looked down at Kristhiana to find her humming softly to herself, her eyes lightly closed as she started moving her body to the beat. 'Hn… fine… but I'm leaving as soon as this is over girly…'
Kai sighed and clutched her waist more tightly as he started leading her in a fast dance, keeping up with the rhythm as the song finally started.
"From the coast of Ipanema,
To the Island of Capri,
All the way to Kuala Lumpur,
I will follow you wherever you may be…
From the moment I first saw you,
Knew my heart could not be free,
I have to hold you in my arms now,
There can never be another for me…"
Never… "Hn…" That was so true… now if only his grandfather understood that… he sighed again and whipped the girl in another direction as the chorus began, her voice humming the lyrics softly, as if she couldn't care less about anything else at the moment. 'Weird in deed…' but that voice…
"All
I need is
The rhythm divine,
Lost in the music
Your heart will be mine.
All I need is
To look in your eyes…
Viva la musica
Say you'll be mine."
Voltaire smirked at the scene before him. Kai had never been that much time in the company of a girl he introduced to him… he normally discarded them as soon as he got the chance and then left to his room again, never to return back to the ballroom. "Hum, I see your daughter and my grandson are getting along…" he grinned.
Ivan merely nodded, his eyes watching the pair intently.
"Can
you feel the heat of passion,
Can you taste our love's sweet wine,
Join the dance and let it happen
Put tomorrow cares right out of your mind…
As the music draws you closer,
And you fall under my spell,
I will catch you
In my arms now.
Where the night can take us no one can tell…"
"Mushy… ANNOYING!"
"Shut up already and focus on your job…"
"How come that dumbass doesn't hear you? You're practically screaming!"
"I am not. Unlike you, I can communicate in other ways…"
"Oh, telepathy, is it?"
"Freak…"
"All
I need is
The rhythm divine,
Lost in the music
Your heart will be mine.
All I need is
To look in your eyes…
Viva la musica
Say you'll be mine."
"Say you'll be mine…" she whispered.
"What?" He looked down at her eyes, taking in every detail he could. She still had that strange glint, as if she wanted to tell him something, something important. He could see panic, a bit of sadness, oh yes… and quite a lot of… nostalgia… longing… But for what? And why?
"Gotta
have this feeling forever,
Gotta live this moment together,
Nothing else matters,
Just you and the night…
Follow on the wings of desire,
Now the rhythm's taking you higher,
No one can stop us from having it all…
You are my heart… you are my soul…"
She closed her eyes breaking their eye contact and leaned back, sighing blissfully as he spun her around slowly and lifted her up again, still looking into her eyes as if in search of that something, not really knowing what it was anymore. He just wanted to drown in those- HEY! 'Snap out of it! This isn't her…' he cursed himself.
"All
I need is
The rhythm divine,
Lost in the music
Your heart will be mine.
All I need is
To look in your eyes…
Viva la musica
Say you'll be mine."
He now held her closely, his heart racing. He had no idea why, but she was having an odd effect on him. 'Why? WHY?' he snapped back to reality when he felt something soft brush his neck, finding himself looking directly into her eyes, just a few inches away from his own, her fingers brushing his collar. Her eyes were sapphire in deed… just like hers…
"All
I need is
The rhythm divine,
Lost in the music
Your heart will be mine.
All I need is
To look in your eyes…
Viva la musica
Say you'll be mine."
'Melody…' his lips were now hovering over hers, his embrace around her small form tightening. The girl leaned forward a bit and kissed his lips gently, a small kiss, only drawing back an inch before the man in front of her grunted low in his throat and claimed her lips savagely.
"WOO! GO TIGER!"
"My- God… do you think he knows?"
"Nah, he's dense as Hell. But Voltaire looks happy…"
"He is."
Kai crushed her body against his own, growling as she parted her lips invitingly, his tongue darting anywhere and everywhere. 'Why- am I losing control like this? Why can't I- stop? And why does it feel so good? And so- right…'
"Can you feel the rhythm?
Can you feel the rhythm?
Can you feel the rhythm?
Burning… Burning…"
The girl suddenly pulled back, breathing hard "Melody…" she inhaled sharply at that and whipped her head up to look into his eyes.
"Can
you feel the rhythm?
Can you feel the rhythm?
Can you feel the rhythm?
Burning… Burning…"
Kai watched as her eyes started brimming with tears, realizing what he had just done. He had kissed her. And he had… called Melody's name after it. Damn. "I- I'm sorry I-"
She just shook her head, a small smile grazing her lips as she squeezed his hand hard and turned around, running away from him and into the crowd.
"Can
you feel the rhythm?
Can you feel the rhythm?
Can you feel the rhythm?
Burning… Burning…"
"Wait! I-" he felt something crumbling in his hand. "What the?" a small piece of paper? He unfolded it and found himself gaping at it with his eyes as big as plates.
"HAHAHAHA! Look at that! She left him a note! How romantic!"
"Hehe…"
"Quiet you two! Do you have any idea of what you almost did?"
"But we were just-"
"Shall I get in position?"
"Hum… yes… lose the creep and get ready… I'm moving up for phase two. Everyone get ready. This is our only chance…"
"You've said that…"
Kai felt his pulse practically stop as he read what he had in front of him again. Could it be? It had to be! He roamed his eyes over the small piece of paper one more time. 'Kai-Zer says, stay where you are and keep your eyes on the stage. Wait for the Dark Shadow to take you away.' He furrowed his eyebrows 'What? "Dark Shadow"? What does that mean?'
Gasps sounded around him as the lights went out all of a sudden, the only light source coming from the stage in front of him. 'No… she- she wouldn't…' he twitched as a piano sounded, playing a music he knew all too-well… "Melody…" he smirked as a shadow suddenly went up on the stage, approaching the microphone. For what he could tell, it was- Kristhiana since her mask was still on despite her new outfit, consisting of a pair of fitted black leather pants and a sleeveless black tank top, a pair of fingerless gloves on her hands and black army boots. He- hey! What had happened to her- scars?
The girl breathed in and started singing softly.
"All of my hate cannot be found
I will not be drowned by your thoughtless scheming
And, you can try to tear me down
Beat me to the ground
I will see you screaming…"
The drummer gave the command and in no time the rest of the band had joined in, the whole crowd watching in amazement and confusion as the mysterious girl finally removed her mask, revealing her identity. She smirked at the back, where Voltaire and Boris now stood gaping at her, and leaned forward, taking the stage like only she could do.
"Thumbing through the pages of my fantasies
Pushing all the mercy down, down, down
I wanna see you try to take a swing at me
Come on, gonna put you on the ground, ground, ground"
'Well Boris, can you hear me this time? I hope you can, 'cause this is for YOU!'
"Why
are you trying to make fun of me
You think it's funny
What the fuck you think it's doing to me
You take your turn lashing out at me
I want you crying with your dirty ass in front of me"
Boris gaped at her "Why that little-"
"Quiet… where did Ivan go?"
The two men looked around, exchanging worried looks with eachother as they found nothing. Voltaire cursed "Damn! Find Kai, I'll get the security guards…"
"All
of my hate cannot be found
I will not be drowned by your thoughtless scheming
And, you can try to tear me down
Beat me to the ground
I will see you screaming"
Melody watched as the two men looked around and separated, Boris' form approaching Kai at a rapid pace. She merely exchanged a glance with her "partner", who was standing not far from the slate haired boy and watched as he made Boris go back a few meters with a simple bow of his head. Smirking inwardly, she kept on singing. If everything went according to planned, her friends should be taking care of their getaway on that moment. Her eyes locked with Boris again, her voice growing angrier now.
"Thumbing
through the pages of my fantasies
I'm above you, smiling at you, drown, drown, drown
I wanna kill and rape you the way you raped me
And I'll pull the trigger
And you're down, down, down
Why
are you trying to make fun of me
You think it's funny
What the fuck you think it's doing to me
You take your turn lashing out at me
I want you crying with your dirty ass in front of me"
Kai looked up at her in disbelief. Was that a dream? It had to be…how could she be there? How- "Kai…" he whipped his head around to find himself staring at Ivan "Wha?"
"I'm the Dark Shadow or whatever it is she said I was. Now come on, she's got them distracted, we can leave now…" he muttered as he dragged him away from the ball room, opening one of the balconies' doors' and stepping outside, his hand firmly clenching Kai's shirt.
Melody glanced at them as they left and turned her eyes back to the crowd in front of her, locating Boris and Voltaire again.
"All
of my hate cannot be found
I will not be drowned by your thoughtless scheming
And, you can try to tear me down
Beat me to the ground
I will see you screaming"
She walked back a few steps as she got ready to finish the song. She was now able to see a couple of security guards trying to get to her, the massive crowd making it hard for them though. She smirked for a split second and went on.
"All
my friends are gone, they died
They all screamed, and cried
Gonna take you down
Gonna take you down
Gonna take you down
Gonna take you down"
Kai breathed hard and glared at the man in front of him "WHO ARE YOU? WHAT THE HELL IS THIS ALL ABOUT?"
The man rose an eyebrow at him "Hum… I thought you were a bit more perceptive than that… don't tell me you still haven't realized who-" he snickered "-Kristhiana really is…"
Kai felt caught "I- I have! I mean… she is- isn't she?"
"All of my hate cannot be found
I will not be drowned by your thoughtless scheming
And, you can try to tear me down
Beat me to the ground
I will see you screaming"
"Melody? Yeah… that is how her friends call her…"
The boy was about to head back inside when the man once again clutched his shirt "Don't do that. We have everything planned, and if you do as you're told, no one will be left behind. If on the other hand you don't… well, I can't watch over the two of you at the same time…"
Kai sighed and leaned against the wall as he heard Melody sing the last part of the song "Fine…"
"All of my hate cannot be found
I will not be drowned by your thoughtless scheming
And, you can try to tear me down
Beat me to the ground
I will see you screaming…"
"It is time…" Kai watched as the odd man started glowing and a pair of dark wings grew on his back, his true identity revealing itself when the glow disappeared, his hair now presenting itself in a black messy fashion and his eyes with an extremely vivid red color, his tuxedo replaced by an Egyptian wrap. "B-Black- Dranzer?"
He smirked at him and bowed a bit "Now to get Melody…" he darted through the glass door and into the ballroom, knocking down everything and everyone until he stopped abruptly in front of the girl, who eyed him unamused "You're 3 seconds late…" she sneered
Black Dranzer shrugged "My bad…" he got his arm around her waist and quickly flew back outside, where he clutched Kai by his shirt one more time, flying away before the boy could even understand what was going on.
"Tala? We're coming! Start the engine!" Kai looked up as Melody spoke out of the blue again, looking down at him afterwards "Hey…" she smiled softly "I missed you…"
"I- I-" he stuttered
"Hellos later please, not in the middle of the flight…" Black grumbled
Tala's muffled voice sounded from somewhere "Yeah, have a little respect for us, will ya?"
"I- Ivanov?"
"Yo! Ya know, I do hope it was worth risking our lives to save your worthless ass, so you better not be engaged or married or something yet…"
"Tala!"
Kai glared as they landed next to a black van, the human Bitbeast opening it's back door and stepping inside, still dragging the two teens.
"Alright Rob! Go go go!" Tala waved frantically at the driver's seat, grimacing as the tires squeaked and the van took off at high speed. The red-head then turned to look at them, smiling sheepishly as he took his headphones off "So, how'd the rescue go?"
Melody yawned "Good, good…" she then chuckled as she turned back to look at Kai "Welcome back Kai-Zer…"
Kai blinked at her and plopped down on the floor, staring away blankly "Wha?"
Robert rose an eyebrow at him "Hum, guess things were done a little too fast for him…"
A chuckle was heard "In deed, he's still processing what just happened. Why don't you help him Melly, hmm?"
Melody blinked at her best friend but still shrugged, kneeling down and kissing Kai's lips briefly "Snap out of it Kai… c'mon!" she shook him lightly, jumping back when he suddenly gagged something again "Mel- ody?"
"Er, yeah…" she sweatdropped.
"MELODY!" he jumped and hugged the life out of her, nearly causing the two of them to crash down to the floor "GOD I MISSED YOU SO MUCH! ARE YOU OK? WHERE'S OUR KID? WHERE ARE YOU STAYING AT? WHERE IS EVERYONE? WHAT'S BLACK DRANZER DOING HERE? WHERE-"
"TIME OUT!" Melody frowned at him "Geez, you were starting to sound like Deenix now… what's gotten into yo-" she wasn't able to continue as Kai had gone over his shock and was currently kissing the life out of her as well.
Tala rolled his eyes "Here we go… I wonder when the "scream and get laid" routine starts again…" he chuckled and sat next to Robert, who shook his head "My God…"
Black Dranzer, who now wore normal human clothes again merely yawned and leaned against the closest wall, looking out the window. He snickered when Melody started stuttering again "Er, nice to- to see you too- er, Kai…"
He sighed and hugged her tightly, stroking her hair "I'm sorry… I- I know I promised I'd be there for you and- I'm sorry I wasn't…"
"It's ok… just tell me something… You- you knew they were about to break the door down- didn't you?" she clutched his shirt tightly "Why did you-" she croaked "Why?"
"It was either me or you. I couldn't let them get you… I knew they'd kill you. Me on the other hand… I knew they wouldn't." he smirked "They needed me."
Melody shook her head and nuzzled further into his chest, her grip on his shirt intensifying "Don't you ever leave me again! Do you have any idea of how much I- I missed you, needed you… we all did! How could you be so-"
Tala chuckled as Kai once again shut her up his own way "And again, he shuts her up with a kiss… how romantic…" he cooed, laughing heartedly when the couple sent him death glares "Chill out you two! Now, I know your hormones are jumping around and everything, but we still have a looooong journey ahead of us, so I'd advise you to sleep. Literally, ok?" he finished with another chuckle and turned back to the road, talking to Robert now and then.
Melody stood up, motioning towards the bench that lined the wall opposite to the one Black stood against, his pose remaining the same. Kai sent him a weird look as he sat next to her "Ok, how come he's here? And what kind of name is Ivan Black?"
Melody sighed "Well, he did save our lives and stuff, so he stayed with us. As for the name… Ian thought of Ivan and Black… well that's his real first name and I liked it anyways. Er, but, you did know about my middle name being Kristhiana, no?" she gave him a meaningful look.
"Hum yeah, sure I did…" he then glanced over at her, remembering something "Hey, whatever happened to your scars? And what have you done with your hair?" he asked clutching a patch of royal blue hair in his fingers.
She rose an eyebrow at him "Don't tell me you miss them… Well I certainly don't. Blacky over there was nice to me and did that weird magical thingy of his and away they went!" she grinned "Ain't it great? And Minx forced me to dye my hair yesterday… I just hope it gets out easily…"
Robert smirked "I think it suits you…"
"Shut it…" She muttered "I don't like it…"
Kai blinked at her and merely nodded slowly, another question popping into his mind, this one, of great importance to him "The kid! How- who- what er, our kid?"
Tala burst out laughing "Oh, did ya hear that Melly, he wants to know about his kid!" he laughed harder "About the Hydra!" he was now clutching his stomach and rolling around on the floor, Robert and Black frowning down at him and Melody chuckling a bit herself. Kai blinked at him "What's so funny? And what do you mean "Hydra"?"
The girl shook her head and placed her hands on his shoulders "You'll see m'dear… you'll see… and I do believe you'll like it!" she winked at him and chuckled softly at his confused face "Ok Ivy, that's enough… I want to sleep now…" she yawned and laid her head down on Kai's lap, not giving him another chance to say anything else. "Can't you at least tell me if it's a boy or a girl?"
"No…" she chuckled "Be patient… you'll see soon… now do yourself and me a favor and go to sleep too…" she sighed and closed her eyes.
"But…"
(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)
"Hey Melly! The cell's ringing! And it's for you!" Tala said in a sing-song voice.
The girl mumbled something and sat up yawning "How can you- tell?"
"It says Dumbass on the ID." He chuckled "It's Can-Head!" he laughed harder "Woo! Have fun! Oh, and let us hear what he says!" he set the mobile on the car's phone thingy and pressed a button, an enraged voice sounding immediately, causing Black to growl low in his throat "The thing…"
"MELODY JURGEN!"
Melody sighed and stood up, approaching the cell phone. She cleared her throat and answered sweetly "Yes, sweetie?"
"DON'T YOU "SWEETIE" ME! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?"
She smirked "Hum… aren't we in a hurry today… Whatever happened to "Hi", "Hello" and "How are you"?"
"MELODY!"
"Ok ok… chill! Huh, where are we Robbie?"
"IS THIS SOME KIND OF JOKE!"
Robert rolled his eyes and checked the map "Hum… we're still six hours away from Vladivostok… and quit yelling Kane! That's uncouth!"
A low growl sounded from the other side "And just what are you doing SIX HOURS away from here?"
Melody was currently exchanging looks with Tala and laughing uncontrollably "Me? Oh, er… ya see-"
"WELL YOU BETTER BE HERE IN THE MORNING OR ELSE!"
"Or else- what?" she asked innocently. Apparently that was getting to the Kane guy, since it sounded like he was sputtering "JUST GET HERE!"
The girl clapped cheerfully "Oohh! Does the boss need lil' ol' me? Another one of those big mean old guys you can't handle? Is that it?" she smirked.
Kane growled and hung up, to which Melody and Tala immediately burst out laughing, while Robert and Black Dranzer shook their heads and Kai blinked "Er, who was that?" he asked.
Melody grinned at him "Why, my dear partner! We work together!" she then exchanged another look with Tala and the two of them burst out laughing again "Poor Can-Head! Can't do anything on his own!" Tala howled.
"Partner? In what?"
Robert sighed "Settle down you two… well you see, about a year after what happened to you, Melody finally found something to distract herself, so she wouldn't go mad thinking about you anymore."
"'Cause that would be a terrible waste… such a waste…" Tala sighed and burst out laughing again next, causing everyone to sweatdrop at him.
Robert cleared his throat "Anyways, she carried on with her studies and in less than four years she was working as a criminal psychologist."
Kai whistled "So you're a psychologist then… but why criminal? Ain't that dangerous?"
Tala sighed again "Dunno about that criminal part, but she certainly is a great psycho-logist…" he howled with laughter once again until a can hit his head "Shut it! You're being ridiculous!" She turned back to Kai and shook her head "No, not at all. Besides, I always felt fascinated towards the human mind and everything, especially the serial-killers' minds! And since I gots a big brain and everything, I breezed through college in no time, which was great, otherwise I'd still be starting it… But unfortunately my boss still doesn't let me go anywhere near one of those psychopaths… says I need more experience… No fair!" she pouted for a split second before grinning evilly "Poor Can-Head has to take them instead. They hate his guts 'cause he's so annoying! Last week they beat him up again! It was so funny!" she laughed "What a dumbass!"
Tala gave Kai a meaningful look as he rubbed his head and pointed at her "See what I mean?"
He merely sighed "My- God…"
The red-head laughed along with her, both of them ignoring the weird looks the other three were currently sending at them.
(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)
Kai yawned for the hundredth time that hour and turned to Robert "How long now? It's practically morning by now, no?" he looked down at the girl currently sleeping in his arms and smiled softly.
"About half an hour and we'll be there. And it is morning. Ten o'clock to be more precise…"
Black Dranzer suddenly jumped up from his seat and reached to his back pocket, taking a vibrating cell from it.
Kai gaped at him "He has a cell phone!"
Black Dranzer tossed him a fed-up look "Who doesn't nowadays?" he then frowned and answered it "Yes?… Oh, hi there… er, sorry but me and your mother really had to leave early the other day and- he did?" he smirked "I have to see that… we'll be there in about- half an hour… make sure I get it… I don't know… ask him to wait and do it a bit later… I'm sure it'll work anyways… yes, he is dumb enough… good…" he chuckled, causing Kai to gape at him "Good… now go and make sure you only start that when we get there… thank you… bye now." He turned off the cell and kept it back, tossing Melody a smirk as she sat up yawning "Ian's gonna get it…"
"Oh boy…" she rolled her eyes "Why do you go and tell them to do these things?"
"I don't… I just say go ahead, I like your plans." He closed his eyes and sat back, a smirk still plastered on his face. Kai blinked at them both "Ok, I'm totally lost here… what's gonna happen to Ian and who's gonna do it?"
Tala chuckled "Oh, you'll see… It'll be to die for, I assure you! It always is!"
Melody shook her head and sighed in exasperation "You know what? Never mind! Let them grow to be a pack of criminals, see if I care!" she pouted and went to sit next to her brother, who chuckled a bit as well, much to Kai's annoyance since he still didn't get what was going on "Ok, now I'm even more lost! What the Hell are you talking about?"
Robert looked back at him for a second "Don't worry, we're almost there now. Oh, actually, this is where you leave Luna…"
The girl looked out the window and smirked "Aw… Kane's waiting for me! Ain't he nice?" she chuckled and slid the door open as Robert stopped, jumping down from the van and right in front of an enraged blue haired man "You're late!" he sneered.
She blinked innocently "But Can-Hea- I mean, Kane! You never set an hour for me to arrive! You just said "Be here in the morning"… So as far as I'm concerned, I'm on time as usual. Unlike some peeps I know, I don't spend my nights in clubs and orgies…" she winked at him, grinning widely.
Kane was currently foaming "Why you- HOW DARE YOU?"
"Ah! There you are Jurgen! And right on time!"
"Hi Mr. Benson!" Melody smiled at the approaching plump figure and snickered at Kane, sticking her tongue out at him, which caused the poor guy to practically have steam coming out from his ears, the steam increasing when he heard Tala's laughs from inside the van "SHUT UP IVANOV!"
The red head showed himself, grinning sheepishly at him "Meeh… you mean me?" he wiggled his eyebrows at Melody who still looked like she was about to explode with laughter and nodded to her boss "Yo Mr. Benz! Okie Melly, we'll be leaving now, and if Can-Head-poo here gets any ideas, tell me and I'll get Blacky-boy-toy to kick his ass. Alright?" he suddenly gasped as "Blacky-boy-toy" slapped his back hard, growling at him "Ok- gah, we're- going now… bye Melly!" he choked, rubbing his back.
Melody giggled and waved at him. She was about to turn around when she remembered something and went back. Like taking the cue, Kai stepped out of the van and opened his arms, allowing her to hug him and kiss him briefly "Bye Kai-Zer, have fun with the Hydra!" she winked at him and went to meet up with her boss, who smiled warmly at Kai and nodded in a compliment, turning around to leave when he nodded back, talking to Melody about God knew what. Kane on the other hand, was currently looking at Kai with eyes as big as plates "You- is he? The Monsters' father? God! Not another one!" he blinked and made a disgusted face before turning around and leaving, cursing about God knew what too.
Kai rose an eyebrow "Monster? Gee… is my kid that nice?"
Tala shook his head "Don't mind him. Though he is partially right I must say… ok, let's go now and see what your monstrous- offspring has in store for us and poor Ian…" he laughed heartedly and went back into the van, Kai following suit with a shrug.
(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)
"Here we are…" Robert sighed as he stopped the van bellow a small mount, a nice looking house right at the top, surrounded by a green grass field and a couple of trees here and there, a wooden fence around the whole thing.
Kai stepped out of the car and looked around "Hmm… so this is it huh? Nice place…"
The group started walking towards the house "Yes, excellent for kids." Robert nodded.
"Hn, guess that means mine's happy then, no? Where is the little monster?" he smirked.
Tala suddenly chuckled and stopped his track, just by the entrance of the fence, pointing a bit further "Yo guys! I think it's started… Let's watch…"
Kai blinked and looked at what he was pointing at. His heart just stopped. Kneeled down next to a tree stump, was a little girl, her purple hair up on a high ponytail, her small hands tightly clutching a rope and her crimson eyes focused on the house. She was wearing a red shirt, brown pants and a pair of red sneakers, light pink socks peeking from under her pants. "Is- that?"
Robert frowned "Romana! What are you doing?"
The girl whipped her head in their direction, looking a bit shaken "Ssh…" she winked at them and looked back at the house, suddenly looking back at them again with a huge grin "They're coming!"
Kai blinked in confusion "Who- who's coming?"
Tala grinned "You'll see… oh, this'll be great! Popcorn anyone?" he chuckled.
Suddenly Ian's loud voice could be heard, along with two sets of giggles "COME BACK HERE YOU TWO! I'M GONNA MAKE SURE NOT EVEN YOUR MOTHER RECOGNIZES YOU WHEN I'M DONE RIPPING YOUR INSIDES APART!"
Kai looked up at the house to find Ian chasing after two other kids, a boy and a girl, both of them with bright blue eyes and two toned hair like his own. The boy's hair was styled pretty much like his, and he was wearing a purple sweat shirt and some oversized blue jeans, what apparently were brown boots peeking from underneath them now and then. The girl had short spiky hair, a part of it on the back of her neck reaching past her waist in a braid. She wore a short blue turtlenecked, long sleeved dress, a pair of dark blue gym shorts under it and dark brown long boots, her style quite similar to Melody's when he had met her over five years ago, only the main color here was blue instead of red or black. "Meet the Hydra." Tala snickered.
"Wha?" he blinked
The girl sped up her running while the boy jumped around Ian calling him names to annoy him further (which was working), and in no time, she was going past the four men, not forgetting to greet them "Hi hi hi hi!" she breathed.
"Hey."
"Yo kid."
"Hello…"
"Er, hi…"
The small girl got herself behind another tree stump nearby and grabbed something from the ground, another rope for what they could tell, putting it around the stump before nodding to the other girl, both of them pulling both their ends, which happened to belong to the same rope, with all their might when the small boy jumped across the path separating them, causing Ian, who was hot on his heals to trip on the rope and fall face first, since the two girls had just made him fall for one of the oldest tricks in the book. Literally.
With a loud war cry, the two girls ran to him, still clutching the rope. The boy ran back to Ian as well to help them and in no time, the short man was tied up before he could even understand what was going on. "Wha? UNTIE ME THIS INSTANT YOU BUNCH OF SPOILED BRATS! NOW!"
The kids merely laughed at him, the purple haired girl sticking her tongue at him while the other two dragged him next to a tree.
Tala chuckled "Should we help him yet?"
Black Dranzer smirked "Nah… let them have their fun…"
The small boy helped what apparently was his twin up on the tree, passing her the rope afterwards and in no time, Ian was securely hanging a couple of feet above the ground much to the children's delight. The blue haired girl grinned at him "Hey look guys! A piñata! Where's the stick?"
Ian panicked "No! No please! C'mon kids! Put me down! PLEA- HEY you guys! Get me down! Kai! Kai please! Put me down before these pests kill me! PLEASE! You don't know how they're like! HELP ME!" he whined
The little girl giggled at him and took a stick from behind the tree Ian was hanging from "Hum… now what a coincidence to find just what I needed here…" she grinned evilly and started swinging the stick in front of Ian's face "Ok, now tell me where you hid our candy!"
The three men fell over while Black Dranzer chuckled heartedly. "They did all that because of candy?" Kai blinked.
"Yeah, meet your lovely children… I have a scar caused by a poker for eating their chocolate once…" Tala sweatdropped
Ian glared daggers at the blue haired girl "NEVER!"
She pouted at him and swung the stick menacingly "Well if you don't tell me I'll kick your ass so hard you won't be able to sit for a whole month!"
"NASTASHA HIWATARI WHAT KIND OF LANGUAGE IS THAT!" Robert yelled.
Kai blinked "Na- Nastasha?"
She blinked back at him, ignoring the fuming man beside him "That's me name yeah." She then frowned at him, running to his side quickly. She looked him up and down and from side to side, even bothering to climb up the fence to take a close look at his flustered face. She grinned widely and looked back at the small boy, who was currently blinking at Kai as well "Hey! He looks just like you!"
The boy looked at him pensively, pouting and crossing his arms over his chest afterwards "He does not! I'm much more handsome!"
The four men fell over again.
Kai sweatdropped at the small boy and turned to Robert "Are they all?"
"Er, guys? Could you?"
Robert blushed lightly "Herm, er… no… Romana's… my er, daughter…"
He grinned evilly "What? You mean, the first one we saw?"
He nodded awkwardly "Yes… we er, I mean… me and April er… had a… well, an accident so…"
Tala sighed "They got drunk and forgot to use a condom…" he rolled his eyes "And a couple of months after those two were born, there came lil' Romana! Ain't she cute?"
Romana fluttered her eyelashes innocently at them for effect "Of course I am… Mommy says so all the time!" she grinned proudly.
Kai sighed in relief "You know, for a minute there I thought-"
"She was your kid too, right? It's natural… she does look a lot like Melly. But the Hydra over there… that's what belongs to you. And trust me, it's more than enough. Now you two! Be nice for once and say hi to Daddy!" Tala grinned sheepishly at the twins.
They blinked, Nastasha snickering at the red head "Are you stoned or something? Mommy always said Daddy was trapped in a HUGE bad castle, guarded by a lot of mean old guards and a HUGE fat and ugly Squid King and his ugly stupid Maggot servant. And she said she'd go rescue him and bring him back herself. So that can't be Daddy 'cause Mommy's not here! He's a decoy sent by the evil Squid!" she nodded to herself as she ranted along, as if all she had just said was the most reasonable thing in the World. Her brother quickly nodded as well "That's right!"
Tala right out laughed "No way, she told you that? Oh my God! Boris a maggot!"
"Er, guys?" Ian squirmed.
Kai was currently gaping at her "Stoned! Just what are these guys teaching you kids? And what is that all about?"
Black Dranzer chuckled and ruffled the small girl's hair "Now Nastasha, don't startle you father… your mother wasn't- herself when she said that… at least I hope she wasn't… this is your father, Kai Hiwatari."
She blushed slightly "Oh… ok… if you say so…" she beamed at Kai "Hi Daddy!"
Romana soon joined the party, grinning at him too before running to her own father "Hi uncle Kai!" she giggled as she hugged Robert's knees tightly, smiling when he stroked her temple lightly. "Hi to you too Daddy! I missed you!"
Kai looked back down at his daughter, currently clutching his knees too. "Er, hi er… Nastasha…" he just stood there, feeling awfully awkward "Hey! What about me?"
He turned to the small boy currently tugging at his pants, sending a helpless look at Tala, who chuckled lightly at his confused look "Ok, ya want full info? Here goes: that cute little girl's Nastasha Luna Hiwatari, named after her grandmother, and the boy's Nicholai Daemon Hiwatari, who was named after his grandfather, your father to be more precise. There you have them! The Hiwatari twins, or as we like to call them, the Hydra, the two-headed monster!."
"Oh, ok…" Kai looked down at his so- He smiled. His- son… and his- his daughter… "Er, hey there- kids…" he quickly knelt down and hugged the two of them tightly, sighing blissfully "I'm sorry I haven't been around…" he whispered softly. He hadn't felt that happy since Melody had told him she was pregnant from him. He had never thought he'd get two kids instead of only one… now that was quite a blow… but a nice blow, nonetheless. Or at least he hoped it was…
Nastasha smiled softly "That's ok Daddy… you're here now…" she hugged him back with a squeal, her brother copying her in no time "Can we go fishing sometime?" he asked out of the blue.
Kai rose an eyebrow at him as he pulled back "Fishing?"
"Yeah, that's what daddies on TV do with their kids all the time!" Nicholai stated matter-of-factly.
Kai blinked at him "FISHING?"
"GUYS!" Ian struggled.
Nastasha glared at her brother "Now Nicky! That doesn't mean he has to do it! Mommies on TV wear flowery dresses all the time and spend hours on the phone and house cleaning and Mommy doesn't do any of that!"
"Oh… good! 'Cause I don't like fishing! Can we go to the arcade sometime then?" he asked again with a hopeful glint.
Kai nodded uncertainly "Er, sure son… sure… Fishing!?"
"YAY!" he jumped around a bit and suddenly stopped as a car approached from behind them. He turned around and meeped as he recognized the car, clutching his sister's hand "Oh no! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!" the twins yelled in unison and ran behind a tree before Kai's confused eyes 'Ok…'
Robert merely sighed "Here we go… Romana…"
The little girl smiled happily at her father "Yes Daddy?"
"Hey GUYS!" Ian was currently foaming from his mouth.
"I'm sorry for what's about to happen, but there's nothing I can do…"
"It's ok… I'm used to it anyways…" she shrugged, her expression quite similar to her father's. Noble and also that superior glint that clearly said "I'm used to suffering from boredom caused by inferior beings, go on peasant… take your time… just don't stain my expensive carpet.". (XD)
"ROMEY!" Kai blinked as what apparently had squealed flew past him and glued itself on the small girl, hugging her tightly and spinning her around several times, the small girl's face remaining the same. "I miss'd ya sooooo much! Ya look so cute today! You are so cute! I wuv you so much! I wuv you! I wuv you! I wuv you! I- Oh! Hi Kai! I see they did getcha back!"
Kai waved at her "Er, hi er, Minx… how've you been?" he sweatdropped a bit.
The young woman grinned at him, still holding the now flustered girl in her arms. She no longer had her hair tips tinted red, but now it all fell silkily till her shoulders, raven black from root to tip. Her eyes still were the same vivacious emerald green, and she still had her eyebrow piercing on. And apparently she still dressed in brown all the time, if the brown tank top, brown jeans and sneakers were of any indication. Though apparently she now dressed in a more casual style than before. "I see you changed your hair…" he smirked.
"Glad ya noticed it!" she smiled at him and motioned towards Robert, kissing him briefly. "Heya Robbie!" Her accent was a little better too apparently, though there still were a couple of glitches here and there. "Now, why are y'all still standin' out here for? C'mon! Ah'll get y'all some tea, an' milk an' cookies for the kiddies!"
The twins immediately appeared again "COOKIES!"
"HELLO!"
"WHAT!" they all finally turned to Ian, who was still hanging from the tree "WOULD YOU GET ME DOWN ALREADY!" he squirmed, his face red with anger.
The group sweatdropped "Oh, sorry!"
RR PLEASE! n-n
