This is hacked down from the original idea I had due to, ahem, technical difficulties. I hope it's good enough.

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Chu stared down at the innocent little face of his best mate. Well, mostly innocent, if you overlook the fact that the boy had been responsible for more than a few brutal murders... Close enough. Death by yo-yo didn't seem that bad in Chu's book. Actually, he found it kinda cute. The boy always looked so happy when he was playing with his toys. But now, it was about that time. Innocence was nearly a thing of the past. As soon as someone explained to this boy the way things worked, it would be gone, and he was going to be the one to do it.

"Mate, there's some things a man needs ta know about when he gets a certain age,...and... uh.."

'Oh man, he's not going to say what I think he's going to say, is he?' "Chu, you really don't have-"

"No, I've made up my mind! You've gotta learn about it some time, and I want ya to hear it from me. So..."

"Chu, I wasn-"

"Iss alright mate. I know whatcha was lookin' at them girly magazines for. Ya need ansas, and I'm gonna give 'em to ya." 'Just as soon as I figger out how...'

In the kitchen...

Suzuka: "Wonder how he's doing."

Shishi: "If I know Chu, he's about mid-way through scarring the child for life."

Touya: "Now, now. We should try to have some faith in him."

Jin: "Yer wantin' us to be puttin' our faith in the guy who dropped his britchies and made water in the bird bath 'cause he thought we got an outdoor urinal while he was down at the pub?"

Touya: "Maybe someone should check on them..."

Suzuka: "Like who?"

The other three demons each took a step back, but the blond noticed too late...

Shishi: "You're a good man Suzuka!" Patting Suzuka on the back.

Suzuka: "But... but..."

Jin: "Yeah, better get in there 'fore Chu starts tellin' laddie 'bout 'em."

Suzuka let out a sigh, knowing he was outnumbered, he headed toward the den. ' Why me?'

In the den, there was a curious sight. There was Rinku, sitting on the chair, and Chu sitting on the ottoman a couple feet in front of him. Chu had something in his hand. As Suzuka drew closer, he could see that the object Chu was holding was a small notepad. In his other hand, he could now see a pen. 'What the?'

30 minutes later, in the kitchen...

"They've been in there too long," Shishi said.

"Waaay too long, I say. Somebody else oughta go have a look-see."

"Not me," Touya informed the other two.

"Then who?" Jin asked. He noticed the other two demons looking straight at him. "OH NO! Not ME! Shishi's his friend! HE should be goin'!"

About an hour later, in the den...

All eyes were on Rinku. The four older demons sat around him, listening intently, pens and paper in hand. Chu was still parked on the ottoman, Jin sat indian-style in mid-air beside of him. Shishi had taken the end of the love seat closest to Rinku. Suzuka had done the same on the couch that sat on the other side of the chair.

Touya had decided that out of four men, surely one of them could keep the situation under control. He had no intention of being dragged into this. He thought this might be a good time to finish reading his book, knowing that Jin was occupied in the den.

'Oh, no!' he thought. He remembered sitting his book down on the couch before going out to "save" Jin from the tree. He'd have to go in the den anyway. Oh, well. If nothing else, it would be an excuse to see how things were going without having an obligation to stay. As he entered the den, the sight he beheld was very intriguing. There sat all the men, listening to the boy.

'Last time I checked, they were supposed to be telling him how things went. Why is he the one doing all the talking?'

Touya thought it better not to ask. If he did, they might pull him into this. He was just going to go to the couch, get his book, and get out, quickly. Moving closer to the couch, he saw that his book wasn't there.

'Now where did it go?' Touya looked around, finally noticing that his book was on the desk that sat in the far corner of the room. He figured Suzuka must have moved it there, since he was the only other person in this house who ever bothered to pick anything up. He briskly walked to the other side of the room, thanking the stars above that no one had noticed him. Just as he was about to pick up the book...

"Holy mother of mercy! Where'd'ya put five women at once?" Jin cried.

"Five is simple. It doesn't start getting complicated until eight. That's when they start fighting over the good spots." 'IDIOT!'

The words were already out of his mouth. Five pairs of wide eyes were on Touya.

"You sound like you're speaking from experience...," Shishi said, a little shock in his voice.

Touya's cheeks turned rosy red. Jin snickered, trying to keep from bursting out with laughter. The others just stared.

"I always heard it was the quiet ones you had to watch out for...," Suzuka added getting nods from most of the others, all but Jin anyway.

"This sounds int'restin', mate," Chu said, looking at Touya as if to say "Spill it!"

'Change topic! FAST!" "What are you guys writing? I thought you were supposed to be talking to Rinku about some things..."

"Chu thought it would be easier to let Rinku tell him what he already knew and then fill in the gaps," Suzuka explained.

"And?"

"Well, laddie started fillin' in a few of our gaps...," Jin blushed.

"Looks like we've been hitting up the wrong person though. So Touya, what about this 'eight women' story?" Shishi grinned evilly.

"Heh..heh... Just a joke, you know, ha ha?"

"I wondered where ya used to sneak off to o' the nights. Risho'd've needed to jump start his ticker if he'd heard about that!" Jin started laughing uncontrollably again.

"Sneaking off? This I have to hear. Good little Touya, Mr. Perfect, slumming it with a bunch of tramps. This is going to come in handy for blackmail later!" Suzuka laughed.

"Who said anything about slumming it with tramps? I hold myself to higher standards than that! Tens only." Touya crossed his arms and turned up his nose. A pose that looked more like Suzuka than Touya.

As the others started hounding the poor ice apparition for details about these "tens", Rinku saw his chance.

'Time to get out of here before they start on me again! Sorry, Touya, but better you than me!'

Rinku slipped out through the archway that connected to the hall, then ran back to his room and locked the door. He never thought he'd be so glad to see his old Game Boy. A little while later Rinku felt the temperature drop. He guessed that meant that Touya was tired of getting pestered. He beat the high score on his Tetris game for the 37th time in a row, then figured he might as well try to find something else to do in here, since there was no way he was going back down to that pack of loons. He hoped that if Chu never saw him with one of those magazines again, he'd forget the whole thing. That way, he' be off the hook. He looked over to Kuwabaka's cage, to see...

"Oh, no! He's out again!"

A small rustling could be heard under Chu's bed...

Here we go again...

The End

Sorry this took so long, I'm switching to a new computer and things are getting hellacious! Anyway, whaddya think?