Yes, I am Filipino. Anyway, thanks so much to the people who take time to read this fic. I'll try not to disappoint anyone.

Chapter 20: The Kissing Booth

"I guess she's going to be alright, her fever broke." Lei sighed contentedly as he removed the thermometer from Yukino's lips. The girl turned on her side facing Lei, she mumbled a few incoherent words and smiled.

"Is she always like that?" the small crimson bird perched on his shoulders asked. Lei lightly patted the bird's head and smiled. "Yeah." Lei sighed. He stood up and closed the door to Yukino's room.

"Imagine that, living with three gorgeous chicks! No wonder you left the palace." The crimson critter chuckled. Lei extended his hand into the air and the bird landed on it, he eyes the avian seriously. "Pyre, tell me… how did you find me?" he asked. The bird shook its tail. "A familiar can find It's master, simple as that." Pyre chirped.

Lei opened the windows and sat on the balcony. "I do hope you lost those agents in the process." he said. Pyre flapped its wings and landed on Lei's head. "Yep, I made quite a commotion in Comodo." It chirped happily. "Wait, don't you dare shit on my hair again!" Lei said angrily through gritted teeth. The bird laughed. "Of course I won't!" it replied. The two laughed but Lei suddenly stopped.

Rae's lithe form crept up behind him. "What's this little fellow, answer Lei?" she asked, her nails tracing the contour of Lie's face. He swallowed hard. "My pet." he answered nervously, it was partly true. The bird found himself in a small brass cage before he knew it. "Damned witch! How did—" the bird closed it's beak shut when Rae shot him a terrifying glance. "Silence you lower life form! Or ill eat you for breakfast!" she hissed. The bird trembled under her gaze.

"A sentient bird! Amazing!" she muttered under her breath. "This bird must cost a fortune!" she added with wonder in her voice. Lei slowly inched back into the room, however before he could, he found her hands on his shoulders. "We can add this in our attraction." her voice bordering on madly excited. Lei snatched the cage from her hands. "No!" he firmly told her.

Rae crossed her arms. "Why?"

Lei raised a finger and looked like he had a good excuse, but the confident smirk on his face disappeared. He couldn't tell her the truth, he quickly thought up a half-assed lie. "He's sentimental… A gift from someone close—" he fumbled with his words when Rae's plump chest hung inches from his. The girl pinched his nose and looked at him with puppy dog eyes. "Please Lei-kun!" she flashed him a disarming smile and she crept closer and closer. "Just one afternoon? Pretty please?" she begged him.

Lei however, was too busy looking at her to even hear what she was saying. He unconsciously nodded and she hugged him tightly. Lei felt himself getting turned on when a cold feminine voice from behind him said. "I don't know what's going on here but someone has to die tonight."

Azami! Lei swallowed hard and raised his arms protectively. The sword slash, never came. Instead the sound of someone falling on floor reached his ears. Rae quickly sprung to Azami's side placing a hand on her neck. "I think it's a cold." she said with a concerned voice.

"I guess it wasn't a fever after all." The bird chirped.

Rae double checked her list and smiled. "Alright, since Azami's stuck in bed, Lei will just have to kiss twice as many girls." she muttered nonchalantly. Yukino shook her head. "But it's not right for him to kiss so many girls!" the brunette exclaimed. Rae's brow shot into the air. "Jelous?" that remark made both Yukino and Lei blush. "Well if you can pay me ten thousand zenny ill be fine with that." Rae said coldly.

Rae scratched her chin. "Hmm… I guess I have no choice. Pyre should rake us in at least two thousand…" she lifted the cage up into the air. Lei waved a finger at the cage. "H-Hey that's my pet!" he shouted. Rae rubbed her temples ignoring Lei completely. "Hey Yukino, I seem to have left our other supplies in our room… would you mind?" she asked Yukino politely. Yukino cheerfully said. "Sure!" and left without a moments notice.

Rae slapped her forehead. "Aw geez! I forgot to register our booth. Lei, ill be back alright, you can handle this for a bit, right?"

Lei nodded with a solemn look on his face. Rae quickly sprinted back to the tower. Lei sighed in relief and smiled. Lei sat on the chair grinning like an idiot, surely no one would—an attractive girl slammed her fist on the table. When she opened her fist a few coins fell on the table. Lei looked up with a surprised expression on her face. "That Rick's gonna get it, oh yeah! He's not the only one who can fool around!" she muttered under her breath.

Lei watched the girl tap her fingers impatiently. The girl flashed him an angry stare. "Well, where's my kiss?" she spat.

"Uhh…"

Frustrated, the girl just pulled him close and planted her lips on his mouth. Lei found himself helplessly responding. The girl pulled away with a dreamy look on her face and crimson red cheeks. "Hey, your cute."

Lei stammered. He was still new with this. He couldn't believe what had just happened. Just then he noticed a girl with long blonde hair, pale skin and black-gothic apparel leaning on a tree in front of his booth. The girl was staring right at him with two furious blue eyes. Luckily, depending on the way you'd see it a group of girls jogging stopped in front of his booth.

"Isn't that the boy from the other day?" one of the girls exclaimed, waving a finger at him.

"Yeah… A kissing booth! Twenty Zenny each kiss?" one of the girl's pointed at the billboard.

"Hey, wasn't he that guy who played Romeus?"

"He is kinda hot…"

"I'm not a cradle snatcher but…"

Before he knew it girls swarmed to his booth. They tossed coins, pinched his cheeks, ruffled his hair and kissed him by force. Lei didn't care if he'd have died. At least being trampled by a stampede of girls was a good way to go.

Lei had the girl's sign a notebook, every signature served as a point to get the grand prize. Seeing as it was too difficult he had them just put their signatures there. After an hour he opened the booklet.

Annesy Rithellehan, Geffen Tower, room 16-D.
-Your lips are sweeet! Are you free on the 24th?
Monica Durnharrow, Geffen Tower, room 147-J.
-I lost a bet, had to kiss you. Sorry.
Ellahin Summerset, St.Claire Mage School, Jupitel St. 1286.
-Your so cute I could eat you! Don't forget me!
Rica Mellowfall, Prontera Chruch, Oridecon Rd. 9032.
-Hey, do you have a girlfriend?
He scanned the rest of the pages; there were a lot more names and addresses.

Lei slammed the notebook shut, he didn't intend to make some address book! He was nervous, if any of the girls found out… "Hey are you listening to me!" said the girl. He looked up. He was face to face with the gothic blonde girl, she dropped a small pouch on the desk.

"Ten thousand Zenny! For a kiss!" she said in a loud voice that was sure to catch the attention of anyone within earshot.

Lei felt a bead of sweat trickle down his neck.

She immediately lifted him by the collar and kissed him outright. Unlike the other kisses this one was different, she bit into his lips drawing blood. Lei despite himself, found him kissing her fiercely and when he pulled away he blinked… His knees felt weak. Purple eyes rested on his. "That was good…" the blonde woman licked her lips.

Lei took a few steps backwards. "Sister!" Yukino blurted, she dropped a pile of boxes on the cobblestone street. Lei spun around surprised, this was definitely going to be hard to explain he thought. The woman approached Yukino and kissed her on the cheeks. "It's been awhile."

Rae placed a hand on Lei's shoulders. "She's an Aerahein..?" Rae muttered in shock. Lei looked at Rae with a dumfounded expression. "A what?"

"Aerahein… one of the seven strongest Wizard families in Geffen today. Their mastery over the dark arts is unparalleled. They're famous not only for their power, but their merciless, underhanded and evil methods…" Rae explained with a serious air.

The woman draped her arms around Yukino and stroked her sister's hair. "I see… Your quite smart girl." A devilish smile crept on her lips. A small crowd had formed around their booth. She bit Yukino's ears. "So this is the boy you've been hiding with, eh?" she licked the trembling girl's earlobe. "I'm impressed. I didn't know you had such good… friends."

Yukino shook her head and broke free from her sister's embrace and ran beside Lei, she grabbed his arms tightly. "I don't need you! Just…" she buried her face in Lei's shoulders "I don't need you anymore Natalia!" she screamed back at the woman.

Natalia crossed her arms and smiled. "No matter, your coming with me, like it or not."

Yukino clutched Lei's arms tighter. "Please… Don't let her take me away…" she begged Lei. The boy stepped between Yukino and her sister. "Don't worry, I wont." he said reassuringly.

Natalia flung her hair impatiently and grinned. "My, my… This is a problem.