OK! I haven't offically picked another character so send me more. When the next chapter is up, I will introduce her. And those who aren't picked, you will appear in minor rolls in the fic! So I hope if I don't pick you you won't read anymore. That is kinda silly. But anyway. Big help from yohko-lily YET AGAIN for this chapter...
Diclaimer: Rio is mine... Kao-ri is yohko-lily's... and GOD I wish I had Kai, Tala, and Rei. -.-
"Talking"
"Thinking"
Stress a word
Shadow
Chapter 2
Sitting in Rio's apartment, the two girls sat in the kitchen while Tala was busy in the other room on his cell phone, snacking on the chips and dip that Rio had from her latest shopping experience. No, take that back. Kai made Bryan go shopping for her. Sometimes Rio liked the fact that she didn't have to do anything. She was treated like a princess. Well most of the time anyway.
"Don't worry Rio-chan... We'll show Kai how grown up you are..." smirked Kao-ri, a devilish glee hinting in her eyes as she popped another chip into her mouth.
"What the hell are you two talking about?" asked Tala, snapping his cell phone shut and entering the kitchen. He went straight for the refrigerator and started to rummage through it.
"Um... What are you ever so talking about, Tala?" asked Rio, trying to play all the innocence in her. She stuffed her face full of chips so she wouldn't have to respond to him. Kao-ri smiled sweetly and hugged her leg as she rested her foot on the chair.
"I'm not scheming if that's what you're thinking Tala," she 'informed' him. Kao-ri was doing her best to keep a straight face at the attitudes that they were throwing at the tall Russian boy.
"Uh hum. Like you weren't scheming just twenty minutes ago," Tala reminded them, eyeing them quickly before going back to the fridge and finding a beer.
"That's rubbish!" declared Rio, trying hard to lie through her teeth. She really was never good at this. Kao-ri could sense the faulting in her best friend's voice. Not good.
"Say Tala, if you want you could go back to the bar. I'll watch Rio-chan for you," offered the girl. Tala popped open the beer and chugged half of it down. Wiping the liquid from his lips.
"Like hell I'm doing that," he blurted. "For all I know, you set her up with that guy."
"I'd appreciate it if you didn't talk about me as if I wasn't here," frowned Rio. She rolled her eyes to the side a second, and then she internally grinned. Kao was rubbing off on her! "Besides, Kao, we have more important things to talk about... like... damn... my period." Rio's head fell and she pulled both her legs onto the chair and held them up to her chest.
"Its worse this time. The cramps. I feel like I'm giving birth or something." Tala's eyes popped out of his head as he almost choked on beer he was drinking. "And it's lasting longer than before. I'm going to be awake every two hours changing my fucking tampon."
Kao-ri reached over and patted Rio on her back. "I know it sucks doesn't it. Luckily I don't have mine until next month. Say Tala..." An evil grin appeared on her lips. "Do you think you could go to the drug store and pick up something for Rio-chan's cramps?" Rio looked up at Tala was pleading eyes.
"Please Tala??? Damnit! I just realized I have no Tampons either. Can you get those too? Please? I don't want to make the whole apartment fucking bloody!" she exclaimed. Kao-ri was ready to fall off of her seat. Rio was learning well in the game of deception!
Tala rolled his eyes, and threw the empty can into the recycling bin. "Fuck you girls. I'll be back in twenty minutes. And if you tell anyone about this... I swear, I'm going to kill you... no better yet, I'll just tell that boy friend of yours, Kao, that you were cheating on him. And Rio, trust me, I could make so that you'll never leave this apartment again." Tala headed for the door, trying to get away from the feminine talk going on.
"Love ya too, Tal!" shouted Rio after him.
"See you in twenty Hun!" cried out Kao as she blew him a kiss. Tala groaned and rolled his eyes. Leaving the apartment the girls bursted into full out laugher. Their bellies were killing them.
"That got him out rather quickly didn't it?" laughed Rio. Kao-ri was holding her sides and laughing hysterically as she nodded. "So... about this in genius plan... you're the better mastermind than me...you just saw my extent. Poor Tala. I can't believe I'm making him do that! And I just stocked up on two boxes yesterday!"
"But still...that's hysterical imagine his face...when he's at the register," snickered Kao evilly. "Anyways...got any decent club music? I figure...if we dance to some real music in the Benu...then Kai'll have to think we're grown up enough to go out on our own together ne?" Rio chuckled at the idea.
"Like he'd ever do that. Plus, for some reason I just don't understand why he doesn't like you?? Maybe its because you're an 'influence' to me, but music... he only lets me sing conservatively." Rio named off a few songs that made Kao's nose wrinkle.
"That's ok I don't like Kai much either, and we'll bring a radio up with us, and you can sing and dance...and I'll dance with you if you want...or...I can hold Tala and Kai back..." snorted Kao-ri, rattling ideas off her head as they constantly coming to her head. Rio pondered over them, drinking her Sierra Mist within a few thoughts.
"You'd probably have to beat up the audio technician just to get in the back to play the music," Rio declared, getting Kao-ri a Coke from the fridge, and bringing out more snacks.
"Your point being?" asked Kao-ri, cracking her knuckles. Rio laughed at her friend's antics.
"I just don't know what to sing or dance to... That's the problem. Kai has my fucking radio censored... how can he do that anyway! He's a pain in the ass," mumbled Rio, her mood dropping with each depressing thought.
"Tell me about it," nodded Kao. "I could always beat up the guy...and then put in some music in the main radio system for you?" Rio grinned slightly.
"Sounds like a plan, but what song? I need to learn it quickly so I can sing and dance to it... and what kind of song we talking about here?"
Kao-ri rolled her eyes at her friend. "We're talking about a shake your ass in some guy's face kind of song here Rio-chan! As for a song, I have no idea...I listen to techno music not rap!"
"And you think I listen to that?" blurted out Rio, almost snapping at her friend. "Hello!!!! Censorship sucks!" Rio growled, biting her kneecap in anger.
"Ok then," laughed Kao-ri, pulling out her CD holder. "Here I brought some techno with me...you warm-up with this stuff...hopefully I'll be back before Tala is...am I sleeping over tonight?"
"Hell yea!" exclaimed Rio, almost falling out of her chair. "We gotta keep him away as much as possible, even though my conscience is starting to irk me."
"I know...how about...you go into your room and dance once I get back with my stuff and CDs and I'll keep Mr. 'I've-got-a-stick-up-my-ass' busy," suggested Kao-ri.
"Thanks!" squeaked Rio, hugging Kao-ri, almost strangling her before taking the CD holder into her room. Kao-ri smirked and ran out of the door, her apartment was just down the block.
-—
Kao-ri came back to the apartment with a duffle bag filled with her over nightclothes and some CDs, ten minutes later. "I'm back! Is Tala-wala back yet?" she asked grinning devilishly. "We've definitely gotta use that tampon thing as black mail..." Rio popped her head out of the room and snickered at the comment.
"Tala-wala??? Since when has he gotten that nickname from you?" she questioned the other girl, raising her brow. "But anyway, you can use it against him... I can't... he's too much of a family friend for me to do that." Kao-ri waved her hand out at her and laughed, sticking her tongue out.
"Mou. You've must learn to loosen up Rio," declared Kao tossing her a few CDs. "I don't exactly know what's good so I just bought whatever looked good!" Rio caught them and started to flip through them, examining the titles.
"How can you expect me to be lose when I have live with the fact that Kai is my brother?" questioned Rio not looking up. "You should know that! Hmm... what did you bring?" Kao sat down on the couch, curling up in the corner of it. She shrugged.
"A bunch of stuff and some more techno!" replied the girl. "I wonder what's taking him so long? Say, Rio-chan where're your tampons?" Rio motioned to the bathroom as the evil smirk grew on her friend's face. Kao jumped and ran into the bathroom, returning with a large box of Tampax Pearls.
"Enough about Tala!" confirmed Rio. "Don't tell me he's all you're thinking about now. What about Juro? Besides... I've never heard half of these... who are they?" Still flipping through the CDs.
Shrugging, Kao-ri replied, "No idea some they're rap artists. And, Juro hasn't been talking to me much lately." Kao sighed the last half, wondering how much her long time boyfriend cared about her.
Rio glanced up with a look. "Really? Last I knew he wanted to ask you something important." Kao-ri jumped up in her seat, leaning towards Rio, wanting the information.
"Really? I'll have to talk to him soon then ne?" asked Kao. "Curse you Tala...why is it I can't get you off of my mind...Damnit!"
The bluenette held up a Christina Milian CD. "Really? Hum. Last I heard he went out and spent a lot at some jewelry store. I guess Tala's good for finding information like that for me."
"RIO...WHAT IF HE ASKS ME TO MARRY HIM?" bugged Kao-ri, falling to the ground. Rio's eyes bugged out as well, and the door opened as Tala walked in, his pockets large.
"But what about Tala..."
Tala threw the tampons and Midol at Rio with force, wanting to be rid of the feminine products. This was not part of his job. "What are you talking about?"
"Huh?" asked Rio, catching the tampons and Midol in her already full hands.
"I'm not stupid," stated Tala. "There's dead silence. You two were talking."
"We were not," said Kao-ri. "And look what we found while you were gone Tala! Kao held up the box of Tampax. Tala growled, his anger building. All that humiliation for nothing!
"Rio..."
Rio quickly jumped out of that conversation. "Anyway, Tala, could you do me a favor and get me some... chocolate cake?" Kao shook her head and got up, shoving her best friend towards her bedroom. Tala watched them queerly.
"No. You should go to bed Rio!" exclaimed Kao. "She could practice in her room and listen to music on my Discman." Kao jumped back over towards Tala, and latched onto his arm. "Don't worry...I'll make sure Tala stays quiet so we don't wake you!" Tala pulled his arm out of Kao's grip and headed over towards the couch.
"What are you still doing here? I thought Rio had to study? Why are you staying?" he questioned.
"I'm sleeping over! And Rio-chan's going to study in her room...and so I'm staying out here so not to bother her. See Tala I can be a good girl..." exclaimed Kao all perky.
"I'd like to see that one day," mumbled Tala.
"Well, you two play nice!" said Rio, running into her room and shutting the door behind her. Tala sat down on the couch and grabbed the clicker, flipping through the TV channels. Kao-ri followed him and lied down next to him. She propped her legs over his lap
"Hey Tala. Did you really see Juro in the Jewelry shop?" asked Kao curiously. Tala knocked her legs off of him.
"So, your point is? Don't you know where your boyfriend is at all times?" smirked Tala flipping through more channels.
Kao rolled her eyes at him. "I'm with Rio almost all the time, and you know that Tala!" She turned and put her feet on the table.
"What are you two joint at the hip?"
"Hey she's my best friend. Aren't I supposed to be with her all the time? So...tell me oh spiky haired one...what's my boyfriend been up to?" she asked all puppy-eyed and needy.
"Spiky haired?"
"Well, oh queen of the damned, I don't know," replied Tala.
"Tala, do you think he'd ask me to marry him?" asked Kao. "I mean you did see him in the jewelry store, and Ri-chan said he had something important to ask me." She hugged her legs to her chest. Tala pretended to be nonchalant.
"I don't know. Its not my job to keep attract of your personal life. I just did Rio a favor. But maybe he will. Who knows?" he simply replied.
"I don't want to get married..."
"Well I'm going to check on Rio-chan," yawned Kao. "Be right back." Kao got up and walked over towards Rio's room.
"Whatever..."
-—
In Rio's room, the bluenette had the Discman on and was listening to many songs that were in her possession. She was swinging her head around, her somewhat long hair flowing around her head. Kao was stifling a laugh at her friend. She had so much built up rage in her. She was going to kick ass the next night. Rio caught her in the corner of her eye and turned off the Discman, not ashamed at all.
"So, is he still out there?" asked Rio, sitting Indian-style on her Temperpedic bed.
Kao-ri nodded. "Yeah don't worry he's watching TV though. And flipping the channel every second." Rio rolled her eyes and patted her bed. Kao walked over and sat down.
"What did you expect? A good night kiss?" she asked, chuckling as she did so. Kao's face blushed into a red color to match her beau.
"I wish..." Rio was flabbergasted. She didn't know how to react.
"You're shitting me right?" she finally blurted out.
"I mean I wish he would!" Kao tried to cover up but realized her mistake as Rio's grin kept growing and growing. "NO I MEAN I WISH HE WOULD DIE!!!" Rio eyed her suspiciously, and smirked, nodding her head.
"Let me get this straight. You hate my brother, but you love his right hand man and best friend since him, Kai, and I were in fucking diapers?"
Kao-ri laughed nervously, "Hey maybe that's why I don't want to get married!"
"Married? How did we get started about talking about marriage? You now want to marry my bud?"
"That's not what I meant--I mean--I don't want to marry Juro!" covered up Kao as quickly as she could. "You said those things, and it's making me think that..."
"I didn't mean to lead you on to anything. Oops, I have a tendency to do that," confessed Rio. "Don't I... so more about you and Tala..."
"What's the use?" huffed Kao in defeat. "First off Tala hates me. Secondly I've been classified as a 'whore/slut' in your brother's eyes and probably in his too..."
"Kai's an ass. Why should you care what he thinks? And Tala, why would you say that??
"Rio...he's Kai's best friend...they think alike..." Rio scrunched up her nose.
"You make them sound like they are seeing each other!" Kao-ri's face fumed up and she lost her temper and her sanity for a second.
"THEY BETTER NOT BE!" She ran out of the room. "KEEP coughdancing cough STUDYING..."
Tala watched her run out of the room after screaming something. "What's eating you?"
Kao-ri blurted out, "YOU BETTER NOT BE DATING KAI!"
Tala sweat dropped, his belief dropping as well. Kao dashed out of the apartment before the man could act. "Where the hell did that come from!"
-—
The next night at the Benu, the crowd was thinning down. That guy Kai had punched out had plenty of clients in the club and they all left with him. Not to mention the cops were getting suspicious of the acts that were being caused in the Benu. They could swear that it was a front for some criminal group, but they just couldn't gather the evidence to hold it against them. It was all here-say now.
"Our profits have dropped in the last month," stated Kyouju, the accountant for the Hiwataris. Kai, sitting in this desk frowned.
"How could this be?" he mumbled.
"It is the fights that break out here," stated Kyouju, stepping out of his place. "Especially the last one that you... um... took care of, Sir. He was one of our more wealthier members."
"I don't care. No one goes near my sister," growled Kai, which made Kyouju jump back and hide behind his briefcase. Behind Kai, Tala rolled his eyes. "Besides. I'm not worried about the money. I need this as a front. I can't have the cops snooping around here."
-—
"Are you ready?" asked Kao-ri.
Rio sat in front of the mirror, fixing up the last part of her make-up. She made sure her stripes made her look more exotic than normal. And Kao-ri gave her a new hair cut, accenting her layers even more than normal. Kao-chan had also lent her a new outfit, one that Kai would die if he ever found her in it. It consisted of a tight white tang top and TIGHT, black, leather pants. She had no shoes on and she wouldn't need them for what she was going to do. Her pendant from her brother was still around her neck.
She finally finished her touch ups and nodded to her friend.
"Better now, or never." Rio smiled. Kao nodded and headed off out of the back room, and snuck towards the technician's room.
-—
Rei entered the exclusive Benu. It took him two weeks until he had finally got accepted into the Benu. He never realized how hard to get in. But it appeared easier to get kicked out. All they had to do was break one of two rules, bring the cops here, or court with the owner's little sister who ever that was.
He had to find that out soon. She would be needed in his plan.
"I need to get close to him, and then that's when I just pluck the information from him. But I have to befriend his stupid sister."
Rei looked over from the crab tables to the bar that was completely filled. He managed to order a scotch on the rocks, and found himself a seat near the stage area. He bobbed his head to the techno music that was jamming in the background. His hand was beating. Not many people were paying attention to anything. They all seemed consumed in their own world. The Benu really didn't seem like a place to meet people. It really just appeared to be a place to say that you belong to an exclusive club.
Then the lights dimmed and the music switched on to something oriental. Rei and everyone else's attention was turned towards the stage where a rhythmical voice started to float. A single light appeared on the stage and there, standing against a column was a beautiful blue haired goddess dressed in tight clothes. Her microphone hung around her head.
"Says he wants you, he says he needs you, it's real talk, then why not make him wait for you," sang the voice. All the men let out a hoot.
"If he really wants you, if he really needs you, really got to have you." She started to walk forward and sway her hips.
"Take your time and feel him out, When he's a good boy, I mean a really really good boy." She started to walk towards the audience, and down the staircase, running her hands up and down her sides. "Why not let him lay with you? That's when you give it to him good." She started to dance all seductively, shaking her ass and swaying her hips. Rei was drooling slightly.
"Damn...who is that girl?"
"Dip it low." Rio rolled her hips and shrunk down towards the ground on her legs. "Pick it up slow, Roll it all around." She slowly shook her ass as she was standing up, rolling her hips side to side, raising her hands above her head, closing her eyes.
"Poke it out let your back broke." She threw her chest forward once she was standing and let her head fall backwards. "Pop, pop, pop that thing. Ima show you how to make your man say "Ooo"." With each 'pop', she snapped her hips viciously to the other side. She rolled her ass and pivoted on her feet until she made a full circle, swinging her head down, flipping her hair.
"Dip it low." Rio, now facing the audience fell to the ground on her hands and knees, and slowly and seductively walked towards the hooting audience, chucking her shoulders as she walked. "Pick it up slow. Roll it all around. Poke it out let your back broke. Pop, pop, pop that thing. Ima show you how to make your man say "Ooo"." This time with each 'pop', she bucked hand flipped her hair, covering her face. She crawled up and started to walk towards the men, stopping at the first table, and started to roll her hips right in front of his face.
"You getting bold, He growin' cold, it's just the symptoms of young love. Growin' old, you think it's time, and you're thinking of leaving, but give it time." She moved over towards another table of men, and started to do the same to them, running her hand across their jaws.
"It's late at night, He's coming home, Meet him at the door with nothin' on, Take him by the hand." She brought her face up close to the youngest at the table's faces and was practically placing her lips on his, but she quickly pulled back before he could kiss her. "Let him know what's on, If you understand me, Yall come on. All my ladies wind it up, if you know just how to move, all my fellas jump behind, and show her what you want to do." She backed up and ran across the floor, jumping into the air. As she landed, she started to do the same dance she did with the chorus. Rei's heartbeat was racing and he could feel the tightness growing in his pants. Well, every other guy was feeling the same as the goddess danced before them.
-—
In Kai's office, the leader had his back to the window, but Tala glanced out the window for a brief second, his eyes widening, and almost wanting to chuckle. He couldn't believe his eyes. He never in a million years expected to see what he was seeing.
"Um... sir..."
"What is it now?" asked Kai, looking through the plans that they had lied out across the table.
"Your little sister is performing."
Kai glanced down at his watch, "Well that's earlier than usual." He went back to paying attention towards the plan.
"NO Kai, she's PERFORMING!" Kai stood up with a sigh and turned around to see the blue haired girl practically giving a lap dance to one of the men in the tables. Kai had to do a double take and his jaw dropped all the way to China. He was frozen in time. He watched her roll and rock around the dance floor, everyone stopped dancing and doing everything in the club. There was now 100 attention towards the girl. Even all the women were waving their hands, cheering her on. Kai's temper rose skyrocket.
"What!!!! What the fuck is she doing?"
"I would say seducing the men-" stated Tala, pointing out the obviously, making it into a halfway joke, but Kai was too far cold to pick up on that.
"I can see that!" he snapped at his best friend. "She has stepped out of her boundaries this time!" He growled and stalked out of the room, slamming the door behind him.
-—
Rio started to dancing in front of Rei, who wasn't allowing too much of his emotions show. She winked at him as she shook her ass in front of him.
"We can move if you wanna, we can move if you wanna, we can mooove if you wanna, we can mooooooove..." She jumped up onto the sturdy table that was in front of Rei before starting to table dance. Many of the men jumped up and surrounded the table, hooting and waving their arms at her.
"Dip it low." Rio rolled her hips and shrunk down towards the table on her legs. "Pick it up slow, Roll it all around." She slowly shook her ass as she was standing up, rolling her hips side to side, raising her hands above her head, closing her eyes, shaking her head side to side.
"Poke it out let your back broke." She threw her chest forward once she was standing and let her head fall backwards. "Pop, pop, pop that thing. Ima show you how to make your man say "Ooo"." With each 'pop', she snapped her hips viciously to the other side. She rolled her ass and pivoted on her feet until she made a full circle, swinging her head down, flipping her hair.
"Dip it low." Rio popped her arms and went down onto her knees, still popping her arms (A/N: I think Brittany Spears did this once... I just don't like her). "Pick it up slow, Roll it all around. Poke it out let your back broke." She moved to the edge of the table and bent backwards into a bridge and stood on the table on her hands and feet, upside down, then pushed herself up onto her hands, and was swinging her feet. "Pop, pop, pop that thing. Ima show you how to make your man say "Ooo"." She stood up carefully and started her original dance, making a few more chants coming from the crowd.
"Dip it low." Rio rolled her hips and shrunk down towards the ground on her legs. "Pick it up slow, Roll it all around." She slowly shook her ass as she was standing up, rolling her hips side to side, raising her hands above her head, closing her eyes.
"Poke it out let your back broke." She threw her chest forward once she was standing and let her head fall backwards. "Pop, pop, pop that thing. Ima show you how to make your man say "Ooo"." With each 'pop', she snapped her hips viciously to the other side. She rolled her ass and pivoted on her feet until she made a full circle, swinging her head down, flipping her hair.
Rio jumped off of the table and the crowd split as she ran back towards the stage where she continued to dance."Dip it low." Rio rolled her hips and shrunk down towards the ground on her legs. "Pick it up slow, Roll it all around." She slowly shook her ass as she was standing up, rolling her hips side to side, raising her hands above her head, closing her eyes.
"Poke it out let your back broke." She threw her chest forward once she was standing and let her head fall backwards. "Pop, pop, pop that thing. Ima show you how to make your man say "Ooo"." With each 'pop', she snapped her hips viciously to the other side. She rolled her ass and pivoted on her feet until she made a full circle, swinging her head down, flipping her hair. She stopped and was panting, sweating and found herself exactly where she started. The lights turned out and the crowd was ecstatic.
-—
Rio ran into Kao-ri who was screeching with pride. The girls hugged each other and the taller Kao-ri picked up the short Hiwatari and swung her around.
"Ohm god! I can't believe you actually just did that!" shrieked Kao-ri. Rio was panting, she was tired just from all of that.
"Neither can I. Oh, Kai's going to be furious," worried Rio, running her hand through her drenched hair.
"Brush your shoulders off," quoted Kao-ri from Jay-Z. "It won't matter. You did it! Welcome to the dark side!"
"Just exactly how Kai sees it," said a voice from behind them. Kao and Rio turned around too see Tala, Spencer, and Bryan standing in the hallway. The two girls faces dropped, they were in for it.
"The boss wants to see you, Rio," stated Spencer, pointing down the hall way towards the office. Rio hung her head. Tala walked over and grasped her by the shoulders, directing her towards the room.
"Come on. Better get it over with," he whispered. Kao-ri waved her friend good-bye and good-luck. Rio sighed. She and Tala walked down the hall way towards the office. "If I must say so, you really got your brother's attention. Not to mention every single male in this club." Rio smirked, and half punched her oldest friend in the arm.
"Every male?" she questioned. "What, did I impress you?" Tala snickered and pushed her faster. "Answer the question, Ivanov."
"Fine... I admit. You looked... good out there," he forced out.
"Thanks."
"Well, don't be expecting to do that anytime soon."
"I don't..."
-—
Kai was sitting in his chair, in his tradition-angered position. Rio sat alone in the room with him in the seat across the desk. Tala had dropped her off, but did not go in with her. Kai hadn't said anything for ten minutes, just stared out the window. Rio rolled her thumbs, waiting for the on coming lecture.
"Just what happened out there?" he finally asked. "Explain yourself."
"Um, what is there to explain?" she asked him back.
"What did you just say?" snapped Kai, spinning around in his chair, facing her. She could feel his crimson eyes burning into her.
"Nothing." Rio looked up at the ceiling.
"I trusted you—"
"Kai—"
"...and you turn around and pull this shit on me?"
"Kai, I –"
"What were you thinking?"
"That I'm not a child anymore." Rio snapped forward, slamming her fists into the table.
"You are a child—"
"No, I am not! I'm almost 20 for god sake! I'm legally an adult, and I have no life! "
"Yes you do!"
"No I don't! I haven't kissed a guy, let alone been able to have one as a friend—"
"What about Tala, and Spencer?"
"I don't call your 'people' my 'friends' in the you order them to be around me!" Rio leaned back in her chair, her anger boiling just as much as her stubborn brother. Boy it was easy to see that they were related.
"And you have a problem with that?"
"Are you on drugs?"
"You know I don't do that shit—"
"But you sell—"
"We are not discussing family business! And we are not going to change the subject!"
"Kami, Kai. Why won't you let me do anything I want to do?"
"You don't know what you want!"
"I want to go out on a date! I want you to trust me to make my own choices. I want—"
"Why?"
"Because it is natural to want to be loved!"
"I love you."
"That's different, Kai. We are blood, it is a guarantee of our love for each other."
"So now everything I do is a guarantee?"
"I didn't mean it like that—"
"But that is how you said it—"
"Kai, I want to get know someone."
"You know plenty of people."
"You are impossible." Rio crossed her arms and mumbled the first part. Kai almost could feel a slight sign of victory in this debate. "When have I ever asked anything from you?"
"Well, you wanted to sing in the club which by the way is over, that Mini Cooper you have, the vacation for you and Kao-ri to Hawaii for two weeks..."
"It's called a figure of speech! Kami! You are so thick headed!"
"But it is better than beheaded, which is where you are driving me!"
"I've kept my mouth shut about what really happens in the Benu. Juro is constantly questioning me.""I know he was trouble." Kai turned to his intercom and pressed a button. "Bryan, pay Kenshi Juro a little visit tonight."
"Don't Kai. Don't you dare!"
"What, what do you think I'm going to do?"
"I'm not stupid."
"I know; that is why you are going to college."
"Kai, you are now changing the topic! Please, let me go out with one guy! That is it! Please, I'll do anything!"
"I don't want anything from you... I'll think about it."
"Oh thank you!" Rio jumped out of her chair and leaped across the desk, knocking half of the things off the table and caught her brother in a death grip hug. She wouldn't let him go for a bit and kissed him on the cheek before letting go and getting off the table. She bounced towards the door, in joy, finding a reserve from her tiring performance.
"But if you pull this again," stated Kai that halted Rio at the door. "I am going to send you to the convent!"
-—
Rio was walking down the alleyways home. It was late and she was going to be late for her scheduled study time with a classmate. She sighed. She knew this girl was a priss and hated when someone was late. She seriously was ready to ditch her. She was so happy. Rio told Kao-ri what Kai told her... exnay the convent and Juro thing. And the girl was just as happy that Kai didn't ban them forever. Kao-ri had to meet up with Juro as well, and she left earlier than Rio.
Fussing through her purse, a musky voice crept up her neck, as she felt a pair of hands with pointed nails grab her shoulder.
"Dance for me bitch..."
O.o Cliffy... I'm evil! Just as an FYI, Everything is put on hiatus. This story is becoming more fun than that. Sorry. Read and Review! If you have any ideas for songs for her to sing, lmk!
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