Disclaimer: Rio is mine... Kao-ri is yohko-lily's... Nikita is Wolfy's... and GOD I wish I had Kai, Tala, and Rei. -. -
"Talking"
"Thinking"
Stress a word
Shadow
Chapter 3
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."
"What... who... who are you?" questioned Rio, her adrenaline running. She felt the hand press her body as it spun her around. Her eyes met a dark pair. He smirked at her, revealing a fang from his mouth. His ears were slightly pointed and his head was matted with green hair. He held a tight grip on her shoulders, standing a few inches taller than Rio.
"Doesn't matter...you're coming with me..." he snickered. Without giving Rio a chance to process the information, he threw her over his shoulder in strong grip and started running down the alleyway.
"LET ME GO!" cried Rio, finally realizing what was happening to her. She kicked and thrashed around in his grip, trying to dislodge herself from his shoulder. She continued to smash her purse around, hitting him multiple times in the head with the bag, which felt equivalent to bricks.
"Shut up bitch!!!" he grumbled, a headache starting to form in his head. Rio continued to scream and swing her purse around wildly, panicking.
"Man, I didn't agree to this to get a fucking headache!"
"KAI!!!!" she screamed as Kevin was running down the alleyway behind the Benu. She accidentally dropped her purse, much to Kevin's joy.
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Kai was contemplating all that Rio had said to him just minutes ago. He sighed, knowing that each and every word she spoke of was true. She wasn't the little five-year-old girl he had to hold in his arms, protecting her from the murders of their mother. She was grown up; she was an adult. He had kept a short leash on her over the years. For her own good he kept reminding himself. Shaking his head, he leaned back. He couldn't let her go out on a date. No, she was his sister.
He did not want to see her hurt. She had enough tragedies in her life that she had to witness first hand. No, he wouldn't let it happen again. Especially after what their father had done to them... The family might have directed Kai's life, but Rio, she was able to escape from it. She would not hold Kai's fate as well.
"Hiwatari-san," stated Bryan, entering the room. Kai looked up with his crimson eyes at the lavender haired employee. "There seems to be a disturbance in the alleyway behind the club." Kai growled under his breath and got up, leaving the office. Tala joined the two of them and they made their way down the back stairwell towards the exit to the alleyway behind the Benu. As they made it out into the alleyway, they all looked around. Nothing was going on. But then out of the corner of his eye, Kai noticed something familiar on the ground. Running over towards it, he kneeled down and picked it up.
"What is it?" asked Tala. Kai growled lightly as he picked up Rio's purse.
"Quickly," stated Kai, jumping up. "Someone has Rio. Go and find her." Tala's eyes opened wide and he nodded, turning on his heel for one of the cars. Bryan nodded and did the same. Kai clutched the purse tightly in his grip and raced over towards the warehouse just around the corner.
Opening it up he looked at all the vehicles he had at his whim. Looking over them all, he found what he would need to find Rio...
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"Everything's going according to plan," smirked Rei in his mind. He watched in the club as Hiwatari and his two henchmen left via the back door, and they never came back. "Time for some action..." Rei slipped out of the Benu via the emergency exit that led to the alleyway. He started to run down the street after Kevin and Rio. He knew where they would be. Everything was going correctly...
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Kao-ri continued her walk down the sidewalk, clutching the fabric of her trench coat through her pockets. She glanced back at the Benu's flashing sign. Rio would be fine...Tala or Spencer or someone else could walk her home safely right?
The redhead shook her head of the bad thoughts and concentrated at the task at hand. Juro was going to ask her to marry her. How could she turn him down...why should she turn him down? Hiisakuro Juro, one of the richest guys in all of Japan who was not a part of some mafia or anything illegal, known for his famous companies, and also his player-like attitude. But apparently...no longer...he wanted Kao-ri...finally someone truly would love her and take care of her.
Then again...she wouldn't be happy...
And here she was...standing in front of his hotel room door...she reached her trembling hand towards the doorknocker.
Her hand stopped immediately when she heard an unfamiliar sound emitting from the room. Kao-ri quickly tried the knob and surprisingly found it to be open.
She quietly slipped into the room and the sound became clearer to her. She tiptoed further into the room and peered around the corner looking into the bedroom. Juro and some woman she didn't recognized were in bed...
Kao-ri's eyes widened in shock; not at Juro's actions, but at the large ring on a specific finger of the woman that was with him.
Kao-ri felt her breathing become rigid and she silently fled the hotel room. Unshed tears blinding her vision. She ran down the stairs of the hotel and out the doors. What she needed right now...was Rio...only she would understand her...would take her seriously.
Lost in her thoughts she ran into the middle of the street. Not noticing the blinding lights that were heading straight for her.
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A loud engine was running from the warehouse and out of the garage door went a 2004 Harley Davidson. Kai pushed the speed up a notch as he rounded the corner and headed down the alleyway, following the direction away from the Benu, the way he figured his little sisters abductor was taking.
"I'm coming Rio, hang in there."
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Tala was in the Honda S 2000, as he was racing around the city. His cell phone was handy, incase Kai or Bryan called him. His knuckles were gripping the steering wheel tightly. He couldn't believe what had happened to the little Hiwatari. His teeth grinded, but then something was in the middle of the road. He slammed on the breaks, stopping a foot away from the figure. Tala growled, sticking his head out of the window.
"What the fuck is your problem?" Then he noticed who it was. Kao-ri. What was she doing in the middle of the road? Why didn't she walk Rio home? Those two were normally attached at the hip. Wait. Was tonight the night she was going to talk to that boyfriend of hers? Must be. Kao-ri looked up at him with tear filled eyes.
"O-Oh...sorry....."
"What's wrong... wait... tell me later. Rio's in trouble," stated Tala. "Get in." He unlocked the doors and Kao-ri nodded her head as she ran towards the passenger seat. Slamming the door shut, Tala sped off. Silence. Kai hadn't called yet. Neither had Bryan. Tala pressed the speed dial on his cell phone.
"Kai, did you find her yet?" The voice on the other side was a bit crackling. He must have the bike.
"No, I'm taking the alleys. You get the rest."
"W-Where's...R-Rio? Tala?" asked Kao-ri as she looked over at the frozen face of the Russian. He was concerned. The Hiwataris were a second family to Tala. From what Kao-ri knew, the three of them grew up together. It was given that Tala was worried about Rio. "I need to talk to someone..."
"We don't know," replied Tala, making a sharp left hand turn down another street. "But Bryan heard a scream, and Kai found Rio's purse on the ground. Weren't you walking home with her?" Kao-ri shook her head.
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"Stop right there!!!" shouted Rei as he was chasing down Kevin and his "hostage". The green haired boy spun around to see the Bái Hu Zu official running down at him. According to plan that was. Rei easily caught up to him and kicked Kevin's feet out from under him. Kevin dropped Rio on the ground as he face planted into the asphalt. Rio landed in a thud on her face.
"OMPH!"
"What the fuck is your problem?" snarled Kevin, standing up, discovering that he had a bloody nose and also blood was dripping out of his mouth.
"Let the girl go," Rei replied.
"Look. I found her first. Find your own."
Rei ran straightforward, body lowered as his shoulder pounded into Kevin's stomach, taking him along for the ride. Rei smashed Kevin into the near-by wall, Kevin's skull hitting the bricks. Rio looked up, feeling the warmth in her upper right cheek and around her eye as she felt it swelling up. She watched as a man with long black hair tied in a wrap ran towards the green haired dude that had abducted her. She quickly scuttled over towards the garbage cans near her, and hid behind there, trying not to watch but her curiosity won over.
Kevin growled at Rei. This was not how it was suppose to go at all. If Rei wanted to play like this, then he would too. Letting out a growl, he swung at Rei with his left fist. Quickly dodging it, Rei spun around and kicked him in the gut, sending him flying down the alleyway, towards Rio. Still hiding, her eyes popped open when the man skidded into her view.
Flipping off of his back and onto his feet, Kevin launched himself at Rei, and managed to gut him. Rei bent over a second, but then he quickly repaid the favor. Kevin felt his insides itching with pain. With another swing, Rei connected with Kevin's left eye sent the boy flying into the wall. Kevin slid to a stop just before hitting the wall, and waited as Rei ran towards him. Kevin slid his leg around his body against the floor tripping Rei, making him fall onto his back. He groaned as he landed, and Kevin leaped into the air, coming down with his fist first into Rei's face. But the neko-jin quickly sprung out of range, and Kevin's hand smashed onto asphalt. He let out a piercing cry as the bones in his hand and forearm cracked and split.
Rei smirked and let out a few more punches in a row, connecting with Kevin's face and stomach each and every time. Kevin was whooped. He was beaten. Both knew it. He backed up, holding his broken arm.
"U gaat voor dit betalen. Ik bericht dit naar de Meester. Dit was, aanneemt niet alsof dit te gaan. U bent in voor het, Rei." (1)
Suddenly a headlight came from down the alleyway, and Rei turned around to see the Harley coming down towards them. Rio, still hiding and frightened out of her skin, looked and saw the lights, praying it wasn't another person apart of this fiasco. Kai had turned his bike down that alleyway to see Rei beating the shit out of Kevin and Rio hiding.
Rei panted slightly as he looked back at the bloody Kevin, "Stay away from the Hiwatari..." The Bái Hu Zu member ran out of sight and around the corner just as Kai spun his bike to a stop. Jumping off it, he ran over towards Rio, keeping his hand next to his side where an automatic was waiting, handy to use on Rei.
"You ok?" asked Rei towards Rio, as he walked over, offering a helpful hand towards her. Rio looked at him, uncertain. But a hand grasped Rei's shoulder and spun him, throwing him a good five feet from Rio. Rei looked up to see the harsh crimson eyes of the Hiwatari. His automatic was rested comfortably in his right hand, pointed at Rei's face, who quickly put up his hands.
"What do you want?" His voice was cold, demanding, powerful. Rei had no words right away to answer with. The gun wasn't helping.
With his hands up in defense, Rei replied, "Whoa...sorry...I was just seeing if she as ok...I mean...she did hit the ground pretty hard." Rio jumped up, watching her brother holding the gun on her savior. She placed her hands on his forearm.
"KAI! STOP!"
"You think I'm stupid, Kid?" demanded Kai, shrugging Rio's hands off of him, holding the gun with his finger on the trigger.
"He didn't do anything to me Kai," stated Rio quickly as she jumped in front of Kai and the gun. With his sister in front of him, he automatically lowered the weapon to point to the ground. His face was still ever so stone cold and emotionless.
"I swear I was just making sure that another one of those mafia guys didn't kidnap another lady off of the streets for their own sick pleasures," Rei nodded in his defense. This was working better than he could have ever planned it.
Kai's infamous death glare rose across his face at that stereotype of the mafia. "And what would you know about the mafia?"
"Just that they took my sister and my cousin...and they're blackmailing my family..." Kai just continued to glare at Rei; he was not amused at all with the neko-jin's reply.
There was another set of lights coming down the street, and the car screeched to a stop. Out jumped Tala, and Kao-ri followed him, staying very close to the car as she watched Tala reveal his own automatic. Guns. She wanted to be far from those things.
"Damn...Bái Hu Zu bastards," Rei cursed softly but loud enough for Kai and Rio to hear. Kai raised a brow for one second, until Tala was standing near, his own gun pointed at the neko-jin's head.
"Stop it now!" shouted Rio, when she saw their guns still handy.
"My knowledge of the Bái Hu Zu tells me that they are all neko-jins," declared Tala towards Kai and Rei, ignoring Rio. "You look much like one to me."
"Most people who come from China are neko-jins...my family moved here a few years ago." Kai and Tala never moved their position.
"See, he's not one of them," stated Rio, trying to assuage the situation.
"How would he know about the Bái Hu Zu? They are part of the Five Families: The Bái Hu Zu, Morgans, Oceanus, McGregors, and me. They are only known through the police and the mafia," thought Kai to himself, as he carefully looked Rei over.
"My father became part of the police force here...before one of the Bái Hu Zu members shot him dead," declared Rei, his eyes darkening.
"Come on, stop it Kai. Tala, you too," stated Rio, trying to reason with the two Russians. "If anyone should be upset that's me. Now lower those things before the cops come." Rei smiled in Rio's words. There would be no way the Hiwatari would want to be arrested in front of his little sister.
Kao-ri slowly walked over to Rio, "You think it'd be ok if we go back to the Benu before we go back to your apartment...?" Rio glared harshly at Kai as she took a stand close towards her older brother. Kai returned the look, until he lowered his gun.
"We are ALL going back to the Benu," Kai informed them all.
Kao-ri nodded, but she couldn't manage to smile, "Yeah...ok..."
"I'm going with you guys too?" asked Rei.
Kai looked towards Tala and nodded his head towards Rei. Tala walked over towards the man. Keeping his gun in hand, he grabbed Rei rather harshly and started to drag him to the car.
"We're just going for a little ride..." Rio rolled her eyes at Tala's comment.
"Rio, you're coming with me," demanded Kai, as he walked back towards his awaiting Harley. Kao-ri followed Tala back towards the car and got into the front passenger's side. Rei glared at Tala and Kai, even when Tala shoved him into the backseat of the car and slammed the door in his face. Rio got on the bike with Kai, sitting behind him and took the helmet from her older brother.
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AT THE BENU
Still with his gun in his hand, Tala placed it in his pocket and pulled Rei out of the car. Holding onto the neko-jin, he pressed the barrel against Rei's side as a warning. Rei didn't even think of trying anything right then and there. It would be too detrimental to his whole plan. Kao-ri got out of the car and quickly went into the Benu. Rio jumped off of the Harley as Kai parked it outside of the entrance to the club. She didn't even say anything to her brother, and chased after Kao-ri, who stopped before she got far into the Benu.
"What's wrong?" asked Rio, as she stopped close to her friend. The pace of the club had not slowed down its pace and a few of the people inside recognized Rio from earlier that night. They shouted for her to perform again, but she ignored them. Her best friend needed her; she would be there for her.
As Kai got off of the bike, he started into the Benu after his sister. He placed a hand on Rio's shoulder and directed her towards the office. Reluctantly Rio started to go where Kai was directing her, towards his office. Kao-ri was right on Rio's heels. Kai glanced down onto Rio, noticing that her cheek was swelling; he frowned. His anger grew again.
"I need to talk to someone...but why can't I talk to Rio...or anyone," thought Kao-ri. She slipped from the group, but Rio noticed her leave. So did Rei and Kai, but neither mentioned it. Standing in front of the office was a women dressed in a business looking suit that contored around her frame. Her silver eyes pierced into the crimson ones. She was leaning against the wall, her arms crossed like she was waiting for someone.
A growl escaped Kai's throat. "What do you want?"
The woman turned towards them and smirked slightly but then returned the glare back at the club owner. Kai could feel his adrenaline running. Rio could sense it. It would be a major fight if one wrong word were crossed.
"I'd like to see how Rio is doing," she replied, standing up on her own, nudging her head towards the younger Hiwatari. Kai's death glare only continued.
"What is it to you, Nikita?" asked Kai as he went to reach for the door knob, but the woman stood in front of it, blocking him from his office entirely. "Get out of my way."
"I'd be glad to step aside if you allow me to speak to your sister, Hiwatari," she replied, speaking to him as if he was mentally challenged, slow and pronouncing each syllable. This drove Kai over his top. Rei watched this argument with fascination. So the powerful Hiwatari let women overrun him?
"You will move your ass out of my way, or you'll be escorted out of my club," hissed Kai. Rio rolled her eyes at her brother. His threats to Nikita were either useless or carried out. It happened randomly, but Nikita was banned from the Benu twice already.
Then again, she had gotten into major fights with Kai. Sometimes it was over the "concubines" that he was always with, other times it was with dealing with members of the Benu. She was in charge of customer satisfaction. Since Rio did own a little share of the club, she made Nikita that position. And Rio was always bringing her back into the club, despite Kai. Nikita was good at her job. No shit, look how crowded the place was.
Nikita shook her head with a sigh. She really wasn't in the mood for another brawl that would go nowhere. "If you'd like to talk Rio, I'll be over by the bar." With that, the girl walked off down the hallway pass the group.
Kai let a smirk of victory escape his features. That took a shorter amount of time than he had expected. Damn Rio. Why did he give her a portion of the Benu anyway? Oh yea. It was either that or a company that their grandfather had built. And there was no way Rio was going anywhere near one of those buildings. Tala shoved Rei into the room after Kai had opened it and went in himself.
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Sitting at the bar, Kao-ri kept ordering different drinks, chugging them. She wanted to drown, otherwise drink, her sorrows away. How could that bastard do that to her? What had she ever done to deserve that? Tala? She never flirted with Tala. Maybe retreated him like a big brother, even though it could have passed off as flirting, but no. It was all her fault. She did something wrong. She looked over towards the empty stage where Rio had rocked her ass off hours ago.
She got up out of her chair, after drinking one more tube and walked off towards the back of the stage.
Nikita had made her way to the bar after leaving the outside of Hiwatari's office. That bastard. He could be so... so... She couldn't really think of the appropriate word for Hiwatari right now. A drink. A good hard drink would help her. Or at least give her a reason for not dealing with him. She sat down at the bar, where Kao-ri had just left. Ordering a scotch on ice, she sat back and waited for nothing.
Rio walked up towards Nikita, glad to be away from her brother temporarily.
"Hey Nikki," stated Rio pulling a seat next to the older woman.
"I'm sorry, but unless you have a validated card, I must ask you to leave," stated the barkeeper. Rio rolled her eyes and gave the man a look like "you're-kidding-right? -I-own-this-place". Then he realized who she was. "Oh, I'm sorry Hiwatari-san." He turned on his heel and quickly went away to serve someone else.
"Arg this is so annoying," declared Rio. "I own part of this club, and I can't get a damn drink. No, I can't even sit here!"
"I wouldn't say which part you do own," stated Nikita, taking the drink that the keep passed to her and had a sip. "Maybe that dance floor. Especially after what I heard..."
"Kai was pissed."
"I bet."
"Here, Hiwatari-san. This is for your eye," stated the bar keep, handing over a bag of ice, a towel, and a glass of water before rushing away. Nikita looked over Rio's face and noticed how her eye had swollen up a bit. Rio picked up the ice and towel and placed it over her eye.
"What happened to you?" asked Nikita. Rio smiled sheepishly.
"You remember that guy with my brother and Tala?"
"Man with long black hair and golden eyes?"
"Yeah, well he kind of saved me from this one guy..."
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Meanwhile Kao-ri was fidgeting in the back, and a few minutes later, she came out onto the stage, a guitar strapped around her, looking slightly flushed from the liquor. She was nervous as anything as she stood on stage and stared out into the audience.
"She paints her nails and she don't know, he's got her best friend on the phone," she sang, strumming on the guitar as she sat down on the stair case on the stage. Many of the people turned their heads to watch as this strange new girl started to sing. "She'll wash her hair his dirty clothes are all he gives to her. And he's got posters on the wall, of all the girls he wished she was, and he means everything to her." Kao-ri started to strum hard on the guitar as she continued to sing.
"Her boyfriend." Strum, strum. "He don't know." Strum, strum. "Anything about her. He's too stoned. " Strum, strum. "Nintendo." Strum, strum. "I wish that I could make her see." She started to strum rapidly, hitting the different cords. "She's just the flavor of the weak!"
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Nikita was finishing up her scotch on the rocks, and made Rio remove the ice pack to see the black eye. She could be too motherly sometimes to Rio. But then again, Rio had never mentioned her parents, ever, so Nikki had taken it on herself to play the surrogate mother to the little Hiwatari. The older one... he could fend for himself.
Then the voice of someone familiar echoed in the club. "Oh dear..." she stated, turning around to see Kao-ri singing and playing the guitar. "May have had a little too much to drink..."
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"It's Friday night and she's all alone. He's a million miles away!" "How could he do this to me?" "She's dressed to kill, the TV's on, he's connected to the sound!" She continued to strum her brains out on the guitar at the appropriate times. "What did I do to make him love someone else?" "And he's got pictures on the wall, of all the girls' he's loved before, and she knows all his favorite songs! Her boyfriend." Strum, strum, strum. "He don't know." Strum, strum, strum. "Anything about her!" Strum. "He's too stoned." Strum, strum, strum. "Nintendo." Strum, strum. "I wish that I could make her see... she's just the flavor of the WEAK!"
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Rio's jaw dropped when she was listening to the song being sung on the stage. There were plenty of murmurs going on around them, and Rio had to place the ice back on her eye. "Please don't tell me that's who I think it is."
"I think it is, Rio," confirmed Nikita watching Kao-ri on stage. Rio slapped her forehead and shook her head, trying to keep her eyes off of Kao-ri's...err... performance.
"I hope she doesn't draw too much attention to herself," declared Rio. She knew that it wasn't true, but wishful thinking.
"I think something's bothering her," declared Nikita. "Do I have to baby-sit two of them now? Man, Rio's hard enough with her jack-ass of a brother..."
"Even a blind squirrel could see that! And a deaf person could hear it too," declared Rio, trying to cover her ears when Kao-ri screeched out the last verse of the song. She was definitely feeling the drinks that she had had earlier. Her voice started to crack and she ended up way off key. Not to mention her strumming on the guitar stopped matching the song by the time she ended.
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Meanwhile, Kai was sitting behind his desk, facing out the window, and watched as Rio walked over towards the bar with Nikita. Once more problem he would have to deal with, but that would have to wait for later. He hated that bitch, Nikita. His attention then was drawn back towards the waiting neko-jin on the other side of his desk with Tala standing behind him.
"What kind of fool do you take me as?" asked Kai calmly, turning his spinning chair around.
"You're not a fool if you don't trust me...in fact that's very smart," declared Rei.
Kai's eyes narrowed as he pressed his fingertips together, resting just in front of his face. "What trick are you trying to pull?"
"No tricks," stated Rei. "I was merely looking out for your sister...since you hench men-" He glanced at Tala "-didn't seem to notice that guy who was watching her seriously when she was dancing." Rage filled the red headed Russian as he heard the words. How dare he say that Tala wouldn't watch out for Hiwatari Rio. That was too absurd for anyone not to see. His free hand reached forward and clenched around the back of Rei's neck, the neko-jin's spine in between his fingertips.
"I would watch what you say," said Kai, allowing such an action from Tala. "Your word choice has not been very well thought out."
"I apologize then," stated Rei, glancing back at Tala quickly before he looked back at the Hiwatari. Then he chuckled slightly." It was just the first words that came to mind."
"You think this is a joke?" demanded Kai, his temper rising. "Do you know who you're dealing with?"
"If I didn't know...then I'd be the fool," replied Rei, his tone narrowing down to being dead on serious. Kai had enough of this man.
"Tala, just take care of this." The Russian's face expressed a smile as the pressure placed on Rei's spine grew as Tala pressed his hand closed.
"So...you're going to have him kill me then?" asked Rei very quickly.
"You're another problem out of my way," blandly stated Kai, getting out of his chair, and walked around the desk. "Tala, make sure you don't leave my floor dirty."
"Where have I heard that before?" sarcastically wondered Rei. Then he thought of something.
"Rio....would never forgive you, you know," stated Rei. Kai was stopped just before he left the room at the mention of his little sister.
"And why would my sister care?"
"I did save her," reminded Rei. "Though...that probably means nothing to you."
"And your point is? That was another neko-jin you fought. For all I know you planned this," snapped Kai, his patients with this man growing thin.
"I can assure you that I did not...though...through all the years of running this mafia...I don't suppose you remember how to trust people."
"What mafia?" Kai questioned. "Who said anything about this being a mafia?"
Rei reached into his pocket, and felt the barrel of Tala's gun press against his temple. Slowly he revealed a bloodstained packet of powder. "I didn't mean to...but I had to get some information out one of your men...I want to join your mafia so that I could get revenge on the Bái Hu Zu." Kai turned on his heel and walked over towards Rei, grabbing the bag from his hands, inspecting the powder.
"Where did you get this shit?" asked Kai.
"Bought it off of some guy by the docks," Rei informed him. Kai's crimson eyes narrowed at the neko-jin.
"And why would I want you to work for me? What would you want to do? Why should I let you live?"
"I managed to get the information I needed out of one of your men...I could spy for you...or do whatever you want me to..." stated Rei, running the first thoughts that came to him off of his head. Kai glared at him once more before throwing the powder into the garbage bin and stalking towards the door.
Rei bowed his head and whispered, "I only want to protect the ones I care about...just as you protect the one you care about."
Kai frowned at Rei and mumbled "La ham dra. Vi ser om han er den virkelige handelen eller ikke."(2) Tala nodded as Kai left the room.
"Get out," stated Tala, releasing the golden eyed neko-jin. Rei stood up and rubbed the back of his sore neck.
"So, do I have the job."
"You'll know when you know."
So!!! What do you think? Hehehe? LMK! I left a LOT of blanks in the story. For later chapter's purposes! Can you spot them all??? hehehe Remember. I'm like the queen of twists...Remember to Review! Compliments are loved, suggestions put into consideration, flames are used to improve!!!!!! Sorry for the long update...
Translations:
The Bái Hu Zu speak in Dutch to each other, the Hiwataris speak Norwegian( I wanted Russian and Chinese but they don't come up very well...)
(1) You are going to pay for this. I am reporting this to the Master. This was not suppose to go like this. You are in for it, Rei.
(2) Let him go. We shall see if he's the real deal or not.
