Chapter 29

This was getting tedious. She had warned him so many times, it was completely ridiculous. Aki felt that if she came straight out and told him to back off, that Kyoko-chan could do some serious damage to him, he would probably cause even more trouble. At least right now, he was staying in her view and not sneaking off somewhere to pester the little goddess. Although, what he was doing at the moment seemed just as bad. He thought that he was hiding it, but he had been calling her at all hours of the night and day, leaving very childish messages.

Aki couldn't even begin to guess where he got her phone number and if she had the ability, she would've had his phone disconnected and taken away from him. Alas, no such luck. It was his personal phone and the agency didn't have any power over something like that. Besides, he'd probably just steal her's or Haruki's phone anyway. Her eyes went wide with the revelation. He's been stealing her number when he borrows our phones! She narrowed her eyes at him and huffed inwardly for being obviously manipulated again. Well, only one way to fix that. She smirked and deleted anything in her phone that even mentioned Kyoko-chan and then sent a quick text to Haruki Asami to do the same. She then cleared the messages of their conversation. He would clearly do it again.

She watched as Sho sat with his self-satisfied, smug look after had ranted to Kyoko's voice-mail, and she shook her head. "Sho... Is it really worth it? Riling her up, getting her angry? Are you sure she's even listening to the voice-mail, instead of erasing it as soon as she hears your voice?"

He glanced over at her and scowled. "I don't know what you're talking about Shoko." He huffed indignantly as he quickly put away his phone, behaving like a child caught with its hand in the cookie jar.

Shoko shook her head and sighed. Maybe her doing something to him would make him back off.

Kanae and Chiori watched as Kyoko stared at her phone as if she wanted to melt it with her vision. Kyoko's anger was oozing out of her pores after she had snapped it shut and shoved it into her pocket. "Mo, what is wrong with you? Who was it that caused that reaction?"

Kyoko sighed and regained her composure. "It was that idiot. I don't know how or where he got my contact information, but he's been leaving annoying messages and won't leave me alone." She groused.

Kanae held out her hand, demanding the little pink device. "Hand it over."

Kyoko pulled it back out of her pocket and gave it to her sister. The moment it touched her palm, it began ringing once again. The girls jumped a little in surprise and Kanae answered putting it on speaker.

Without even giving the girls time to answer, the idiot in question began his goading little rant. "Do you really think you can reach my level? A plain, boring, maid servant with no sex-appeal whatsoever?" He laughed. "Not in this lifetime. I'm number one in everything and you are nothing... noooothhhhinnngggg. You are ugly. Worthless. You should just pack up your things and go back to that little shit-hole of a ryokan and continue to be the nobody you've always been. You'll never beat me in anything. I am the great Sho Fuwa. Don't ever forget that." They could hear his smirk.

Chiori smirked. "Wow, who would have thought that Sho Fuwa was such an arrogant asshole." She winked at Kanae and they could almost hear him pale.

Kanae sighed. "I know, right? I wonder what his fans would think if they heard him say things like this?"

Chiori winked at Kyoko. "Fuwa-san, you do know you dialed the wrong number... Don't you?"

The three laughed when he quickly hung up.

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He was officially freaking out as he quickly hung up. This was all her fault. Of course any mistake he made, he would attribute to her. He checked the number he had dialed and decided to try again.

"You can't fool me Kyoko. I know you're there, making that plain face of yours twist into its same ugly look it always does when you think of me." He laughed.

"Mo! Would you stop calling me? This is Sho Fuwa again, right? If you don't stop calling my number and harassing me, I'll have to do something about it. It would really be bad for your image if some random tabloid like Boots go a hold of the messages you've been leaving, don't you think?" Kanae told him in a gleefully evil voice.

Sho's eyes went wide and he quickly hung up again. "W-What the hell? Have I been dialing the wrong number this whole time?" There was really no way for him to check. He hadn't been allowing the person on the other end to answer before he had started in on his rants and the voice-mail didn't reveal her name when she didn't answer her phone.

Kanae cackled after he hung up. "I... really don't ...ha … I really don't think he'll be calling after this." She giggled, wiping the tears of mirth from her eyes as she held her sides.

Kyoko sat in awe of what her best friend/sister just did; although, that probably meant that his next attack of harassment was most likely going to be up close and personal. She was most certainly not looking forward to it and she was pretty sure that if any of her family or if Deimos was around, it would not go very well for Sho. She honestly couldn't decide if that would be a bad thing or not. It's not like they couldn't erase him from everyone's memory if it did happen.

Chiori patted her on the back. "Aoidḗ, it's okay. We're here for you and we won't let him bother you again... That's what sisters are for." She smiled softly. Yes, there's the old Melétē. The one that all the sisters remembered.

Aoidḗ hugged her tightly. "I really missed you guys. I'm so glad we found each other again."

"Mo, come on it's not like we could remember each other until recently, but you're right. There's always been something missing without you." She stood up from seat at her dining table. "Come on, we have chocolates to finish and music to practice."

Ever since he and the band received the invitation to the Valentine's Gala, hosted by LME, he had been plagued by strange dreams and that incessant tingle on his back. He honestly did feel like a bear just out of hibernation now and Reino still hadn't stopped acting strange around him. There was that odd little spirit that always hung around and kept whispering in Reino's ear too. She looked oddly familiar, like someone he should absolutely know. He decided to take a guess and throw caution to the wind. If he was wrong, he supposed Reino would understand and brush off the incident. However, he wasn't sure he could actually tolerate Reino's teasing if he did turn out to be wrong.

Miroku stared at the little being intensely and quickly sat at the table when Reino left to get a drink. "Euterpe..." He said and she looked up at him with surprise and a wide, satisfied smile.

"Eros..." She greeted. "You finally remember?"

He gasped a little sharply. That was not the response he'd been expecting. Actually, he hadn't been expecting anything at all. Reino's little spirits were something he'd never spoke to or noticed. "You aren't a spirit?"

She giggled. "Of course not. I am one of Aoidḗ's creations. I assist her with those who have talent, but you already know this." She glanced at the doorway and Reino backed away to give them privacy.

A look of concentration fell over him. "Hmm, Aoidḗ... The original Goddess of Music?"

She nodded. "Do you remember anything else?"

His brow furrowed and he ran his fingers through his long blond hair. "I think I do... Melétē?... I remember a sweet girl named Melétē, but I think there's more." He frowned a little. "I think there was a Psyche, but that name leaves a very disgusting taste in my mouth when I think of it. The name Melétē makes me feel happy and light. I feel like I know her. Like I've loved her or do love her, but I really don't know who she is."

Euterpe nodded. "That's reasonable." She commented as she strolled back and forth on the table before him. "You'll remember her soon enough." She told him as she smiled at the pink and gold invitation laying off to the side.

"So... Eros... Does that mean..." His question faded as he went back into thought.

She plopped down in front of him. "I suppose I could call you brother... Kind of. I am part of the sisters and by extension, I suppose that would make you a Brother In Law, in a roundabout way." She pondered to herself.

He groaned a little. "Don't tell me I'm married."

She rolled her eyes. "Come now... You're The God of Love, Eros. A god... Marriage doesn't mean to us, what it means to humans." She grinned, trying to make mischief or was she actually testing his fidelity?

He narrowed his eyes at her. "It may be that way for you, but it means more to me than that. I may not remember everything, but I do remember that I'm not some lecherous ass that's more than willing to screw just any female." He growled at her.

Euterpe held up her hands in surrender. "Now, now. No need to get all worked up. I was only testing the waters to see if you still felt the same way about her. After all you are one of the few gods that divorced like your mother, Aphrodite." She explained.

He nodded and a memory of the beautiful goddess, as she begged him not to court a mortal, flashed in his mind. That particular memory seemed to be the key to the floodgate. He held his head as other, more painful memories began to flow. The arguments, the infidelities, the betrayals then came the good memories. The memory of his two brothers introducing him to the Muses. He remembered how love had come to them without intervention, how he wished that for himself and how he had slowly become acquainted with the beautiful little Goddess of The Written Word. He looked up at Euterpe with hope. "Do you know where she is?"

Euterpe smiled and nodded. "I do, but you have to discover her for yourself, just as you have to discover your brothers." She floated up to eye-level and kissed his cheek. "Not to worry, they're looking for you too. It will happen soon." She reassured him.

"Out of curiosity, may I ask why you're here?" He asked as she sat back down.

"Of course... I'm here to inspire Reino. He's not only a talented musician, but he is quite capable of being one of the most revered and powerful High Priests. There is also Aki Shoko, but she will need to step away from the influence of Shotaro Fuwa before it's revealed to her. I'm not certain how long that will take or if it will happen at all." She said a little sadly in the end.

He smirked. "Well, then I suppose we should get to work and knock him off his little pedestal so she'll have a chance. Shouldn't we?" He held out his hand.

She giggled and gave him a tiny high-five. "Yes we should."