"Okay, as I stated earlier today, we should leave at preciously 10:00 pm. Koenma won't even know we are there if we dress like invites. So remember it's a party and keep your smile on." Said Shizuro to a group of five boys including Topaz.
" You heard your prince, get off with you till then," Said Topaz scatting the boys away.
He turned his head to the prince and with a grin said "Dear prince, everything will work out as planned so don't worry."
Shizuro smiled. " I'm not, as long as your in charge I don' t need to…or do I." He said raising a brow. He looked at him and tossed his hands to the side. "Will anyways I have preparations of my own to attain. I will like to make sure my princess marvels at me when I set foot at the ball and get her back."
With that said Shizuro walked away into the castle. Topaz watched from behind as he vanished and left to get ready himself.
"So it's at ten. Well, well, a party is something I can do. It will be a perfect disguise for me and I can get a lot of spying done as well. My dear brother, I'll protect you from anything that may come to your harm." Said Reiji poking his head out of the bush that he was secretly hiding and listening in. "Now I think I need a shower, Ouch, thorn…"
Chiisuteru woke up at noon. Her laziness was on overdrive today, maybe she thought she could sleep the whole day threw, but she knew that she had to go because Kurama would be waiting. She gently tossed over on the bed sheets and rose up, rubbing the sleep from her eyes. She then pulled her arms above her head and stretch while yawning.
" I should get ready." she looked over at the clock 12:02. " The ball starts at 6:00, and knowing Botan she'll come by earlier to do god knows what with me." Chiisuteru strained her voice to change. " Oh, this bow looks so cute on you, oh, try this, try this you'll look so pretty in it." She laughed her impersonation of Botan wasn't very well done.
While she was tossing with laughter on the bed she didn't notice Shugutenshi in the room with a tray of food. He gently placed the tray on the desk and hurried towards her. When she noticed he was standing there it gave her such a shock she fell off the bed onto the floor. She looked up into his clear crystal eyes. Then he smiled and helped her up.
" I suppose that is something you won't tell anyone about I hope." Chiisuteru laughed. She just remembered he couldn't speak. That and no one else could see him. " Did you bring that tray for me?" she asked him. He looked over at the desk where he placed her Brunch and grinned. " Guess so." She walked over and took a bite. It was delicious. One of Kurama's plates she guessed. No one could have been better than him. "Hey Shugutenshi I was thinking about something?" She took another bite and chewed. "You think maybe just for the ball you can be seen. It would nice as well if you could talk too." She looked over at him he had a sad look on his face. "I know you have to follow orders, but I bet if you asked nicely they'll let you do it just this once." She gave him a pouted look. He glanced over at her trying to think it over. Then he reached over behind his hair and pulled out a feather. He then placed it in front of them. It was floating in mid air and he started to draw letters in front of it with his finger. Slowly it glowed a light purple and a smoke filled the room. " Hey what's going on?" (Coughs) Chiisuteru tried glancing around, but she couldn't see anything but smoke. When it cleared there was a little girl about the age of nine standing in the middle of the room. She had really nice golden eyes with long black hair. She was wearing a kimono with two slits on the back for her large white wings. To add to her beauty she had a little golden ring above her head.
" Hello, international dimension calling at your service." She bowed and looked up at Shugutenshi. " You called?"
Shugutenshi smiled and placed his hand out towards her. She took it and then by the looks of it read what he was thinking. " So you wish to ask the Elite Guardians for permission to speak. Am I right?"
He looked at her and nodded his head. She smiled and then pulled out of her pocket some sand and she blew it in his face. " Processing request. Sending message now." Shugutenshi coughed as he blew the sand out of his face. He then stood tall and waited for his reply. Out of nowhere there was a tap at the window. Chiisuteru ran over and opened it finding a beautiful flower lying there. Attach to it was a message. The little girl came up to me and took the flower away while walking over to Shugutenshi. She placed it in his hands he said. "Answer delivered, thanks for calling." Then the cloud of smoke came and she was gone.
Shugutenshi looked over the message on the flower. When he was finished reading it the flower crumpled into pieces and disappeared.
"Shugutenshi, what's going on?" asked Chiisuteru walking up towards him.
" I guess my request was granted for this one occasion." Chiisuteru froze in excitement. He sounded so beautiful. I guess he was right. Any girl would have fallen for him, but then again he is an angel so weren't they of holy beauty and perfection. She wasn't sure. She just stood there.
"Thank you." She replied with her hands covering her face.
"Chiisuteru why are you crying?" he asked coming up towards her.
" It's nothing."
" Never seen you like this before Kurama." Said Hiei while he glanced at Kurama from the windowsill he was sitting at.
" Like what Hiei." Said Kurama pulling out his tuxedo for the ball and placing it on the bed.
" Your so excited." Hiei jumped of the sill and walked towards the door. " How can you be so happy to be going to that ball? If it were I, I would be irritated just by thinking about it."
Kurama chuckled and smiled at Hiei. " When the day comes you fall in love you will understand the excitement as well."
Hiei laughed. " You must be kidding, I would never show such emotion expressed by a human."
Kurama raised a brow. " You never know Hiei it just may happen."
Hiei smirked and walked out of the room. If Kurama thought he was that soft he was mistaken.
" You never know my dear friend." Kurama glanced over at his tuxedo. "Okay now to prime and press this."
" How do I look." Said Reiji turning circles to his friends. They were in his bedroom at the moment and it was an hour till Prime time.
" Is that a grass stain?" Pointed Kippei from the bed.
Kenichi pushed his glasses to his nose and took a better look at the sleeve of Reiji' suit.
" No, that's blood." He said flatly.
"Blood? Reiji how the hell did you get blood on that." Said Kippei pointing to the spot with his sword.
" I don't know this is Shizuro's." said Reiji pulling the sleeve up to himself to get a better look. " Oh, never mind that." He said straightening up and dusting himself off with his hands. "Tell me if it looks okay, if I'm going to this ball I have to look decent."
" Well, the color looks good, and the shoes are a prefect size." Said Kenichi analyzing him.
"Yeah, you just have to do something with your hair." Said Kippei sliding off the bed walking towards him. " Maybe a trim." He ran his hand threw his hair.
"WHAT!" yelled Reiji backing away. " Do I have to?"
"You look like a wild man. You have too, there's gonna be ladies their you don't want to be shunned. Do yeah." Said Kippei.
Reiji glanced over at Kenichi hoping to win him to his side.
"Kippei," He replied sternly. "Reiji is going to the ball for the safety of the Prince not for girls."
Kippei smiled while rubbing the back of his head with his hand. "Guess you know now what I usually think about."
Both Reiji and Kenichi rolled their eyes at him. " Your hopeless." Said Reiji placing a finger on his forehead and pushing him back onto the bed. "Seriously hopeless"
The three of them laughed.
" Ay. That looks really pretty on you."
" You think so Hana I'm not quite sure. I think it's to revealing." Said Chiisuteru looking herself in the mirror.
" No, it's prefect. Your title as princess is complete with this outfit." Said Botan smiling from the bed.
Chiisuteru smiled and glanced at the mirror again. Her dress was pretty to an extent. The dress itself was light purple with a V shape top and two shoulder strings. It also had this nice embroider of white snowflakes going across the shoulder to the side. On one of the legs was a slit opening exposing the thigh. To add to the perfection were these nice flat shoes. They were a lavender color with tiny diamonds going along the side. Chiisuteru also had her hair down and entwined in them were two small white ribbons.
"Hey what time was Kurama supposed to pick you up?" asked Botan suddenly.
"He told me to meet him at the front doors outside the ballroom."
"Oh, ok, well I better get going myself." She said standing to leave.
"Yeah me too, I have to go find Hiei and make him take me. If he even wants to attain he has to have a date." Said Hana grinning devilishly.
"Well, ok see you soon." Chiisuteru waved to them from outside her bedroom door till they disappeared.
(Sighs) "I can do this. No chickening out." She glanced at herself in the mirror. " But gosh I feel so exposed. How could Botan make me buy this?"
" You look beautiful, there's no reason why you should worry princess. He will still be glad to see you no matter how you come to him."
Chiisuteru turned around to see Shugutenshi standing there. He was wearing a lovely tux. It was dark blue exactly the style he needed to bring out his hair and eyes.
" What do you mean he'll still be glad to see me no matter how I come." Said Chiisuteru walking past him to get her purse.
"Don't deny it. You know he has feelings for you and you him. "
Chiisuteru froze for a minute. Then she turned around and said, " I don't know what you're talking about. Your mistaken he doesn't like me and I don't like him, only as a friend."
"I would never believe that. With all the times I've caught you staring at him I know very well what you think of him."
Chiisuteru glanced over at Shugutenshi he was smiling. " I don't like him. I mean ……well…even if I did. Could he really be in love with me? Oh, why bother." She threw herself onto the bed and started crying.
Shugutenshi came up towards her and whispered into her ear. " What are you afraid of? Open your heart and give love a chance. I know you want to protect yourself, but hiding yourself from it will only make matters worse. Hiding myself, stop running away, my mother told me the same thing Chiisu thought "If you should happen to fail I will always be with you to ease your pain." Said Shugutenshi as he gently pushed aside her hair and tenderly kissed her on the forehead. " Now come princess the ball has begun." He picked her up by her hand and led her out of the room.