Who'll raise you to heaven and drop you to hell Chapter 17: The races are right around the corner 2, a rurouni kenshin fanfic

Started on: September 14, 2006

Finished on: October 22, 2006 (reason at the end of chapter)

R.S.: Hello everybody! Sigh How's school and stuff? Mine is going alright, but I just don't like it too much. I mean, I know everybody there and I love the sports, but it needs to change. Education-wise and shit. But oh well. I'll just make the best of it and reach HIGH up like I want to.

And onto the second part! This part something surprising happens close to the end. You'll go wide eyes and say 'This is getting crazy!' But, it's what goes on in my mind, friends! It's what goes on in my f-ed up mind.

Songs from Mailey Kamiya are from Paramore. I do not own. And the song that Allusius was referred to sing by Mailey is from Emanuel.

I waited for you yesterday

I waited and missed the last train

I waited to say

That I've fallen in love with your ways

-Asshole Fatherby "Sick Puppies"

Who'll raise you up to heaven and drop you to hell

By: Rampaging Sorrow

Chapter 15: The races are right around the corner and I'm about to be busted PART TWO

"One day you'll get sick of saying that everything's alright

And by then I'm sure I'll be pretending just like I am tonight

Please don't get me wrong…"

Kaoru rocked her head and shook about with her cousins as they listened to Mailey's rock music through the speakers. She had made a demo CD and after she had decided to go to Kaoru's house for a visit with the other girls, they laughed as they saw all the boys sitting around in different spots and Kaoru just chilling on the couch as Misao had answered the door.

"This is awesome." Kaoru said to Mailey before she thanked her as she bounced about. After they turned it off and they all sat around with the pizza that Aoshi had ordered half an hour earlier just arriving and steaming. They sat around the floor as Kaoru had pushed the chairs away and she made everybody sit on the floor like back in their home country, Japan.

"What songs do you guys like the most?"

"My Heart and Circles." They all said simultaneously and Mailey just said, 'whoa' with a smile on her face, her eye surprised that they all had actually fell in love with one song.

"That's weird. Misao, you liked them too?"

"I actually liked Conspiracy and Let this Go the most." She admitted before Aoshi just pushed her gently and said, 'agree with me.'

"I'm your husband."

"So? This is a free country and I'm independent. I'm not some lost bimbo like Genia is."

"Hey!" Genia said shocked and she threw a pepperoni at Misao's face.

"Watch the floors! I just cleaned them the other night!" Kaoru said with warning and they just laughed at her because they all knew she was a clean person.

"You're such a neat freak, Kaoru. That's sad."

"I can't help it. I hate being dirty and seeing dirty places. That's why I always use to clean back in Italy. Allusius barely stays there and he's constantly throwing clothes around. It just got worse after that. And I hate men who can't control their hoses. It's nasty to leave that shit on the seats."

"True." Kaname said with Remmy before they just laughed at Kaoru's face of disgust and continued to eat the pizza with friendly conversation about school, the events of the day, and other things that made them laugh and joke around. Yahiko smiled as he chewed quietly and they all just said, 'aww' as he looked innocent.

"Yahiko, you're the cutest Kamiya we know right now."

"Hey. My sisters are adorable." Michael said in defense for them.

"But they're older than him. We're talking about the ones his age. He's the cutest. And then there's my baby sister Emily." Mailey replied with a grin.

"How can you put her second?"

"I don't like about looks. Yahiko's got his mother written all over him. And Auntie Anna was sexy as hell. Shit, if I was gay and she was alive, I'd totally date her."

"Mailey!" Genia and Kaname said with shock. Mailey just shrugged her shoulders as the guys and Kaoru laughed and then she ran her fingers through her hair and she asked what was on the agenda for the night.

"Let's go play miniature golf or something like that."

"Nah. Let's go relax somewhere like… Mailey's house!" they all agreed as she said, 'no!'

"Why the hell not? Emily and Yahiko can sleep at Michael's house since your parents are out of town. And your house has the most shit because your father's a big ass kid."

Mailey sighed and as they all just begged her, she finally gave in and they cheered. Kaoru went to grab some clothes with Shuichi, Tytto and Yahiko before they grabbed all the boxes and took them out the house. Kaoru quickly cleaned the floor and as Misao was getting in her car, Mailey frowned and then got a smile.

"Misao! Come with us!"

"Huh?" she said as she turned around, her ponytail going to rest on her shoulder. They all grinned softly as Aoshi said 'you're going with us.'

"You're my wife and you're taking my last name. So, Misao Kamiya is going to Kamiya night. Sounds good to you?"

"… Yeah." Misao said with a smile and then she left her car there as Kaoru held up a bag of her clothes that she had left.

"Washed and pressed and folded neatly."

"Damn, Kaoru. That cleaning thing of yours is scary." Arjui laughed as Misao just took the bag with a shake of her head and Mailey took her arm.

"You're going with me in my car. I wanna get to know my cousin's wife since all these loons know you. Me and Remmy barely do."

"Sure." Misao said and she waved at Kaoru before Mailey stuck her tongue out. Shuichi got into Kaoru's car with Yahiko and Tytto before Kaoru said 'cha-ching!' at the two hot boys sitting there looking calm.

"I'm getting laid tonight!" they laughed as she jumped into her car and pulled the car door in shut. They all drove out in a single line and they drove off. At the next light, Mailey got caught by it and they all slowed down onto the side and parked.

"Wow. You guys really stick together." Misao said as Mailey finally got the light and they drove out one by one to be in another line.

"Yeah. We're all the next generation of Kamiyas and we're all going to achieve greatness and keep together. And we'll teach our kids this way too. We get into fights and we'll not talk, but we'll not talk and still be around each other because when one of us isn't with the group, it just doesn't feel right."

"It's a tight family thing?"

"Yup. It's been passed down for a long time. We're not going to get rid of it ever. Kamiya children for life."

"Kamiya children for life." Remmy said with a smile that Misao thought was the cutest thing in the world.

"Your smile is way cuter than mine!" she pouted cutely and then Mailey just laughed and ran her fingers through her hair.

"You give each other competition."

"CANNON BALL!"

Misao laughed as Aoshi flipped into the pool and held himself in tight, the splash huge as Kaoru hid herself from the water and she got wet anyway. They were all in the pool and after giving Misao a tour of the house, she wanted to live there instantly. The house was HUGE. It had a game room, an indoor pool, many room on the third floor, and the middle floor was super elegant. Kaoru had hugged a statue for two minutes straight that was by the front door.

"Kaoru, you look extremely sexy in this bathing suit." Ayoshi pointed out as Mailey returned into the room with a picture. Genia grinned as Michael sat down and then she jumped into his lap.

"Hold me, big boy."

"Sure." Michael smiled and then he got up and held her in his arms. Genia gasped and she said 'no!' as she saw him walk towards the edge. A cry was released from her throat as Michael jumped into the water and they both went under. Kaoru just laughed and wrung her hair out before Misao hugged her and Mailey took a picture of her natural smile.

"You weren't thinking about the camera, so it was sexy." Kaoru nodded and as she walked over to the edge, she looked down and she examined her reflection in the water. A sexy grin came on her face as she looked at her body and then she posed before she shut her eyes.

"Ha! I am so sexy!" she then gasped as two arms were put around her waist and she was held by her brothers. Aoshi and Shuichi grinned as they stood at equal height and they just grinned down at their struggling sister. Mailey took a picture from the other side of the pool and the two boys then gave each other mischievous looks, their hair dripping. Aoshi shook his bangs from his face and Kaoru let out a cry for help as Genia was pushed right next to her. They held each other's arms as they began to laugh nervously and tell them to wait.

"Wait! I'm not ready! I'm not ready!" Kaoru cried and soon they both screamed as they were up in the air with the two boys holding them and Mailey took a picture of their screams. Misao laughed as she sat on the edge and they made a big splash before the other Kamiyas just clapped.

"Nice." Mailey said as she put her camera down and Misao grabbed it.

"Family picture!" they went towards the edge of the pool as Genia and Kaoru were leaned against the edge to get out and they then fell to their knees as half of Aoshi's head popped up out of the water with Shuichi. Misao flashed the camera as they looked suspicious and then they just laughed as the two boys vanished back under the water.

"Those two are the male fish and Kaoru and Mailey is the girl fish's of this group." Remmy explained to Misao as she just arched her eyebrow at the two boys appearing in different spots.

"They're stupid when they get together." Kaoru smirked and then she saw them stand up tall in the shallow end and keep completely still. As they dropped into the water again, Misao just laughed with Mailey and they began to get out of the pool.

"Come on Kaoru! You have to tell us some of the crazy things you did there!"

"Why."

"Because we're all family! We want to know!"

Kaoru stuck her nose up into the air as she crossed her arms and she kept her mouth silent. Aoshi smirked as she sat down with her pajama shorts and her tank top. As she stuck her tongue out, Mailey grabbed it gently and Kaoru pulled away with a whine.

"Look. I'll put some of my business out. Over in Italy, I fucked every week with somebody different, had condoms of every flavor and color, I had some fuckin' cuffs, I had sex dice, I had everything."

"Tytto, damn!" the twins said with Remmy as Mailey grew a big grin.

"What? They weren't only mine. Me and Michael shared it and when Allusius came over, he stole from us."

"He's like you guys?" Remmy said with some playful disgust.

"Ew, no. He was married to Kaoru over there." They all froze and looked over at Kaoru as she bowed her head and let her hair hide her face as she refused to look up. Mailey suddenly tackled her and she straddled her hips before flipping her hair over onto one shoulder and giving a sexy grin.

"You were having sex over there, baby cousin?"

"Baby? I'm younger by a month and a half. Remmy's the baby."

"So? You're younger than me, so I'm going to call you baby. Now, were you?"

"…"

"You were! Awwww, my baby is a freak!"

"She's been a freak way before she left." Tyler snickered and they just laughed at her gasp before Mailey let her go and Kaoru sat up, her hair flying over her shoulder and into her face with her blush.

"Good! Now that it's established, let's ask some questions because we all know about everybody but you. The only virgins in here are Kaname and Remmy. And Remmy says she's getting rid of it next week."

"You say it like it's some sickness." Remmy said with irritation in her light brown eyes towards Genia and Mailey.

"It's not! We're just bitches. Anyhow. Kaoru, were you on top, or on bottom?"

"…Both?" she spoke quietly and they said 'oooo!' as Kaoru's face got a small blush on it and she put her hands over her mouth as she rested her elbows on her thighs. Misao just looked at her shocked with Kaname, Remmy, Shuichi, Tyler, and the twins. Ayoshi and Arjui just grinned like maniacs with the others.

"I see. And have you tried any other positions? Like 69—"

"No. I disagreed to that." She quickly defended herself for that one and they laughed at how she put her hands up and then took a swig of her bottle of water.

"I see. But there are places too. There's the table, there's a wall, there's the kitchen, the washing room, the living room, the bathroom, the dining room, the garage… how many did you do? Out of about… I'd say 10 positions if you count the basement and a floor. Or the front porch. How many, Kaoru?"

"…"

"Come on, baby sister. Tell us." Shuichi urged as Kaoru just looked away and she kept her mouth silent. Then, as she was going to answer, she caught herself and said, 'hey!'

"I'm not telling you this stuff! This is personal and between me and the person I did it with. So unless you ask him and me, I'm not saying shit."

"Mmmhmm… say, Kao-kao… you ever get head before?" Kaoru gasped as turned towards Genia as she and Mailey hit hands with matching looks.

"Excuse me?!" she said with pink cheeks.

"You know. Head, eaten out, tongued…well, have you?!" Kaoru didn't answer and as she just blushed and bowed her heads, they said 'oooooo!' and Misao hit her shoulder with a, 'kinky thing!'

"Hey, I never answered!" she said to defend herself.

"You didn't, but that blush on your face did." Kaname and the twins replied to her. The others nodded and as Kaoru just brought her knees up to her face, Mailey cooed for her and she hugged her from behind.

"So, Kaoru. Now that we know you've done that… you ever give head? Like, blow-job, go for the apple; you know what I mean, Kaoru?"

"Yes, I know what you mean, you pervert." Kaoru snapped to Kisho. Kisho gasped in mock-hurt and Masahiro was quick to his aid to hug him close and rub his back.

"It's okay, brother. She's just feisty. She didn't mean those words."

"But it hurts, Masa." Kisho whined into his brother's arms. Genia took a picture with the words, 'in-cest' on her lips as she sang it to them and made them laugh.

"A serious Ouran Host Club set of twins." Aoshi sighed before they laughed again. Then Mailey looked at Kaoru and saw that she thought she was free.

"Don't think you got out of that question, Kaoru… did you?!" they all looked at her now and as Kaoru tried to keep a straight face, the blush didn't hide itself and it spread like wildfire.

"YOU DID! YOU DID, OH MY GOD YOU LITTLE FREAK! HOLY SHIT!"

Kaoru buried her face deep and she just began to shield herself from all the commotion and the shocked faces. Aoshi was so shocked that he fell over onto his side and his eyes just kept wide in amazement. Genia just smiled big and laughed with Ayoshi and Mailey.

"So Kaoru… how was it?"

"Shut—the—hell—up—Mailey."

"Hey, don't get mad at me because you sucked—"

"Let's go outside!" Kaoru said as she jumped up and put her fist into her palm. They watched her walk away muttering curses before Mailey just finished the sentence and dodged her slipper.

Next Morning
Mailey Kamiya's Residency
11:30 a.m.

"My head is killing me… those fuckin drinks Genia and Kaoru made are ridiculous…"

Michael sat up and he pulled his hair from his face and tied it into a small ponytail. He stretched as he stood up from their sleeping bags and then he looked around to find that one person was missing.

"Hmmm… The princess is missing… where could you be… Oh Kaoru…"

"She's outside by the pool."

Michael looked down to see Tyler up already and just laying and reading a book for school like Aoshi was. After he thanked his brother for the information, he walked towards the stairs, ascended, and then he traveled through half the house to reach the doors for the outside. A soft smile came on his face as he saw Kaoru sitting on a float and relaxing with shades on her face.

"She's sleeping… aww…"

"I'm wide awake, asshole. I watched you walk up to the door."

"You're so vulgar in the morning." Michael teased before he stripped his clothes down to his boxers and he dove into the deep end. Kaoru sat up as she saw his body move forward gracefully and then he rose up and shook his hair from his face before swimming to her. He put his arms on her float and as she pushed her glasses up, he grinned sweetly and he turned his head.

"Like my ponytail?"

"You know I hate it. That's why we're getting it cut today."

"Who's cutting it?"

"Misao is. She knows how to cut hair. Pretty good at it too seeing as Yahiko looks extremely adorable now."

"Oh." He replied softly and then he shifted before Kaoru ran her fingers over his face and she hummed softly. Michael just laid his head down for her and shut his eyes as he kicked his feet slowly underwater and he made the float move. As Kaoru removed her fingers from his face, he raised his head up and pressed a soft kiss to her lips.

"You miss our pool, don't you?"

"… Yeah." Kaoru sighed after thinking and Michael just gave another soft smile.

"It's alright. Allusius has our house safe, you know. We'll go back on holidays and stuff. And who knows? Maybe we'll go there for college like we all had planned too."

"That would be exciting to go back and start up again." Kaoru said in a deep thought as she let him rest his head on her thigh.

"Of course it would. You didn't want to leave, remember? You changed the ticket five times. If you didn't, we would have been back in March. We came back the last day in April… you ready to graduate?"

"Sigh Doesn't really matter to me. We're already alumni of our Italian high school. This one just shows that we're alumni in America is all."

"True, true."

It was silent as they drifted about the pool and as they reached the wall, Michael kicked his feet to the wall and pushed it forward, his mouth opening to start another conversation.

"So what's going on with you and Kenshin? Did you two have make-up sex?"

"Yeah." Kaoru answered truthfully.

"And after that?"

"He bought me a lot of clothes for all the holidays he missed. And it was okay for about… I dunno, two days?"

"That's it?" Michael said in disbelief. Kaoru nodded as she finally reached over into the cup holder and took a sip of the drink she had made in the morning.

"Two days. And after that, we just fell apart again. He's… I'd say too protective, but he's barely around to actually watch me. It's better to say…"

"A man who just doesn't want you to talk to your best friend or be independent."

"That's the perfect way to say it. I talk to Allusius and him at the same time, right, and it went smooth in the beginning because Kenshin didn't know. And Allusius barely cares about what Kenshin thinks, so no harm done. As soon as he knew, he got pissed and Allusius started an argument just to piss him off. And after like twenty minutes, Kenshin just got mad at me because of what Allusius said and he hung up."

"Sounds like some jealousy."

"Who knows? But after that, we've just been fighting. Yesterday was the biggest fight we've had since we had the make-up shit. But anyways, it felt good to actually beat on somebody. I was itching for a fight after what happened to Misao earlier on that day."

"I see. And you called all the Kamiya Boys in the area for it."

"I didn't call all the Kamiya boys. You know there's two more missing."

"Who?" Michael asked with an arched eyebrow.

"Dad's youngest brother, Taylor."

"Oh! The only one with the english name. Isn't he graduating this year?"

"Graduated last year and he's on a little break from his first year in college like Aoshi is. I didn't wanna mess with him seeing as he owes me an ass whippin' anyway."

"He's owes you, meaning that you did something to him?"

"Yeah. I… well, I kinda did something to his house… okay; I basically exploded his car."

"What?! To Taylor?! Are you nuts?!"

"No! He just said that he didn't want his car and he had tried to drown me in wine!"

"Wine? You should've drank it, you stupid drunk."

"I did. That's why I blew up his car. I was so drunk afterward I lit his car up and roasted marshmellows in the flames. Shuichi and Genia had to hold me so I wouldn't eat it. And now everytime I sign onto myspace, he leaves me death messages. I'm not scared, but he'll call cousin Lucius."

"Lucius Kamiya? Wasn't he on your mother's side?"

"Not at all. My mother simply made him say that because she loved him to death." Kaoru laughed before the two shared a pure thought of the past and laughed it up into the air.

They sighed and Kaoru finished up her drink before Michael pulled her into the water. Kaoru gasped at how cold it was and then she just glared at Michael as he held her up and twirled about the water.

"You can't even get mad at me for this. If it was you-know-who, you would've thought it was romantic."

"That's because we were in love and we were basically married." Kaoru said in a matter-of-factly voice. Michael just grinned at her pushed up nose.

"Do you still love him?"

Kaoru tensed up as she froze and Michael let her go before going under and vanishing from sight. Kaoru sunk to the floor angrily and then she chased him before grabbing his waist and letting him pull them up.

"You're such a loser!" she laughed as she hit his arm and he just laughed with her before they started to pull themselves out at the edge. Kaoru wrung out her hair before she pulled it over her shoulder and Michael asked the same question as before.

"Do you still love him?"

"…I'm going to shower so I can head to the mall for Yahiko's things." and with that, Kaoru avoided the painful question and she grabbed a towel before heading inside. Michael just looked at her disappearing form with a frown before he stood up and he went right back into the water quietly.

"What happened to him?"

"They said they don't know. Enishi's little brother came back to school today from a suspension and as soon as he entered his class, Yahiko lost his mind."

"Oh my god… did he got revenge?…"

Kaoru ran up to the elementary school building with Michael and Tytto, a worried expression on her face as she moved to the stairs and went down. She jogged with the others towards the last room and once she could hear Yahiko's voice screaming out in English and Italian, she stopped at the door before it and she pulled it open.

"Yahiko." She sighed and she quickly ran to her little brother, his hands tied up with rope and his legs tied to the chair.

"Who tied him up like this?! Huh?!" she asked the security and the teachers in the room. The principal stood there calmly and as Kaoru pulled out her pocket knife and let him loose, he leaned himself from the wall and greeted her. Kaoru looked at his young features and then she glared at him.

"Who tied up Yahiko like this?! What the hell is this school doing roping students to chairs?! Look at his fuckin' wrists!"

"Please calm down." The principal urged and Kaoru just got even angrier before she calmed herself and turned to Yahiko. She knelt down and then she put her hands on his shoulders as he sniffed and he began to sob.

"What happened?" she asked him calmly.

"H-he came back to s-school and he's in m-my classes!"

"Who?"

"H-his brother, Kao-kao! His brother's in my class! I've been seeing him all week around recess when he walks by. He keeps threatening that you're going die. Why is he saying that?!"

"I don't know, Yahiko. What did you do to him?" she asked gently as she wiped his face with her sleeve and she held him by his shoulders.

"I hit him! I did it for you and I did it for what he did to me! I still remember what he did! I still feel it everytime I got to recess! I kept sleeping and it was there, Kao-kao! I wouldn't go away! So I did what Allusius told me to do. I got him for what he did to me."

"Allusius told you to do this?" she asked in a quiet voice. He just bowed his head and said, 'hai' quietly.

"What did he tell you to do?" Kaoru looked up at Michael and Tytto as they just glared at the others and they stood on either side of Kaoru as protection. The principal just sighed before he sat down and he spoke.

"Yahiko put the Yukishirou's youngest son in the hospital. He broke his arm and he gave him a stab wound with a pen before beating him up. That sum it up for you?"

"Who are you getting smart with?" Tytto asked as he took a step forward. The security guard went to get in front and Tytto just held his hands ready as he spread his legs apart so one leg was in the back.

"Relax." Kaoru said and Yahiko just apologized as he wiped his tears. She ran her fingers through her hair and then she tied it up neatly before she spoke.

"What's his punishment? Is he getting expelled, suspended; what?"

"This is expulsion, but now we don't know because last year when… his incident happened, they gave him a suspension of two months and home-schooling for the rest of the year."

"What do you want to give him?! Stop beating around the bush and bull-shitting me!"

"I'd advise you to watch your mouth—"

"I'm not watching my mouth for anything."

"Hey, what did he just say to you?"

"Touch her, and you deal with us." Michael cut in and he said his remark towards the guard as he stood forward and he cracked his knuckles as Kaoru picked Yahiko up. She wiped his face again and grabbed his book bag before she turned to face the principal and his teacher.

"I'm sorry for this… whatever, but in all honesty, this makes things equal for them."

"You're treating this like there's nothing wrong! That was an act of revenge!"

"Look." Kaoru barked, "The point is that Yahiko did what he was trained to do. This is his last day. Best education or not, Yahiko's not going to be here with that boy and his cousins. I'm not going to have Yahiko get hurt again because it's ridiculous!"

"You're not his parent." The principal said with a glare.

"No, but I'm his guardian. Good day and I'll request for his papers transferred when we find a school for him."

Tytto opened the door and once they all left, he brought his leg up and broke it through the chair. They gasped in shock as he shut the door and the Kamiya trio quickly left. Yahiko sat in his seat and as he began to cry in fear of his father, Kaoru called Allusius and put it on the speakerphone the car had for it.

Brrrrr…brrr…brrrr…. "You now want to call? What do you need from me?"

"Who the fuck told you to tell Yahiko to attack that boy?! Huh?! Because of you, he's expelled! What's the reason you gave him that information for, huh?! To beat that kid up. He has the kid in the fucking hospital!"

"Don't you dare bark at me right now because when I see you, I'm going to show you what he was supposed to do." his voice sounded full of anger and it was deep with rage, but Kaoru didn't care. Kaoru was just as mad as him and if not, even more.

"Where are you? Huh? Where are you talking like a big shot?! You have my brother on the fucking fritz! When I find you, I'm going to punch you in your fucking face you sonova—"

"I'M IN AMERICA! I'm so close to you I'm breathing down your neck. And you better show your ass in school tomorrow because I went there today, and you're not around. You got in some fight yesterday, as I hear. Don't you DARE come looking for me either. I'm going to beat you senseless."

"Excuse me?!"

Click!

Kaoru looked at the phone in anger and as she did a U-turn and she drove off in the other direction, Michael asked what was going on.

"I don't know. But he's really here if he knows that we fought yesterday. The question is where he's at and why he's so angry. That's what I'm dying to know right now."

"Let's just take Yahiko to the apartment and calm him down. Your father's probably going to be there anyway."

"He doesn't know where I live." Kaoru said as she turned and headed for her street.

"No, but your siblings do."

"He's not here. Stop making me so goddamn worried, Michael."

"It was only a thought."

Yahiko lay in Tytto's arms fast asleep and as Tytto sat on the couch and kept him in his arms, Kaoru watched Yahiko start to twitch and move his fingers in a certain movement with his arms. Michael looked on as well and as Yahiko let out a cry to stop, Kaoru's eyes opened in realization.

"It's a violin… he's moving like he's playing a violin… shit!" Kaoru ran to her room and as she dug through her dresser drawer by her desk, she pulled out a manila folder and she opened it on the floor. She licked her finger as she moved papers aside and then she pulled a paper up before she shut the folder and she ran back into the room.

"Look at this, Michael. Tytto, hold him close!" Tytto nodded and Yahiko cried in his sleep as Tytto made him rest his head against his shoulder and he cradled him to his chest. Kaoru and Michael both began to read the paper and as Yahiko let out a long groan, Kaoru got up and she removed him from Tytto's arms.

"Snap out of Yahiko!" Kaoru laid him on the floor gently and she gave him a soft slap with the back of her hand. Yahiko gasped and he arched his body up as his eyes opened up. Kaoru began to whisper into his ear in Italian and as Yahiko was pulled up into her embrace, he put his arms around her neck and he just shivered and held her against him the best way possible.

"Michael, take him to my room and rub him down with some cold water." Michael nodded and he slowly took Yahiko from Kaoru.

"No! Kao-kao don't let me go! I don't wanna go back! I don't wanna go back!" Kaoru watched in sadness as Yahiko beat on Michael's back and he reached out for his sister.

"Please, Kao-kao! I'm sorry for hurting him! I won't listen to Uncle Llusi anymore! I promise!"

Kaoru buried her face into her hands as she suddenly broke down and Michael shut her bedroom door. Tytto pulled her up into his arms and she cried into his shoulder as she saw Yahiko's pleading face go over and over again in her mind.

"What is going on?" she cried softly.

"Why is this all happening right before the races? What the hell is this supposed to mean?"

"Who knows. We just have to stick together." Tytto replied gently before he rubbed her back and he let her pull at his shirt.

"He looked so afraid… so goddamn afraid…what did we miss in Italy, Ty? What did we miss?"

"I don't know, Kaoru… I don't know…"

Next Morning
Maxson High School
11:15 a.m.
Dance Room

"Is he alright?"

"He's at sleeping at Shinji's house with Uncle Taylor. He drove up here to stay with him while we're at school. He should be fine."

Kaoru sighed and as they sat at the desks in the dance class and wrote things down that the dance teacher told them to, Tytto looked over to Kaoru and he gave her a sympathetic smile. Kaoru gave one back before he sighed.

"Three more hours to go. You think he's coming?"

"… Nah. Allusius is just trying to scare me. He could've called the school. He wouldn't go out of his way to come here. He could still be at home. Honestly, he's not a real threat to me—"

"KAORU!"

Everybody looked up as they silenced and they heard the voice echo through the hall.

"Where are you, you goddamn girl?! Answer me right now! I've been through thewholeinside and out of this goddamn school and you are on his fucking floor!!"

Kaoru froze in fear and as they all looked at her, Tytto said 'he wasn't kidding' in a quiet voice. The stomping got louder and a locker was heard being hit before the door was finally thrown open and gasps went through the room.

"Allusius…" Tytto said in shock. Kenshin narrowed his eyes as Soujiro just whispered, 'holy shit…'

In the doorway was Allusius in the flesh, his body giving off rage and his eyes in a strong glare towards Kaoru's direction as he heaved and he breathed deeply and he held his fists balled. The blue and the gray were ice and as Kaoru looked at his whole frame, she saw bandages and a scar forming right on his shoulder. His small white shirt was soaked through from the rain outside and his body dripped as his fists shook in anger. His baggy jeans showed off the name brand of his boxers and the black crosses that were on them.

"I have a fucking BONE to pick with you right now."

"Me? Me?! What did you tell Yahiko?!"

"WHO TOLD YOU TO START GOING AROUND FOR INFORMATION?!"

Kaoru froze again as the realization hit her and as Allusius stormed into the room, the male and female teacher told him to exit.

"Shut-up." He barked and he grabbed Kaoru's arm and pulled her up from her seat harshly. She winced in pain and then she glared at him before he pulled out a bunch of papers from his back pocket and rolled them up to slap it on her head. The others gasped, but it wasn't because he hit her… it was because she didn't strike back.

"Who the fuck told you to do what you did?! Didn't I say to lay low?! Huh?! Answer me!"

"What did you expect me to do?!"

"LEAVE IT ALONE FOR ME TO SOLVE!" Tytto winced at his voice. It left a sickening echo as everybody stayed quiet. He had never seen him this angry before and as Kaoru kept her ground and continued to glare at him, Allusius stared right into her face and he kept breathing in deep because he tired from looking around and stopping people in the hallways with his harsh behavior.

"When you last called me with the one person I hate over here—something I have another problem with—I wasn't in France! I had to lie over the phone because they tapped my fucking line. I was in fuckin' Russia! They attacked my Aunt's fuckin' house!"

"Russia?!" Tytto and Misao asked shocked.

"Russia. I was over there with my mother's brother and I had to leave two days later because they shot at his car! You went and you fucked with that underground station when I specifically said not to."

"Code names!" Tytto tried to tell him.

"I don't give a fuck what happens anymore! I was running because they called back and said I was a liar! I finally can breathe because I had to lie and tell them that it wasn't you! It was somebody who looked like you from the other side and that Misao was just being used! They were going to come here and beat her up too! Do you know how hard it was to lie like that?! I got jumped for it! Look at my neck!"

Kaoru winced at the scar as he turned his head and then she just sat on the desk as he glared down at her and he kept breathing. After he managed to calm himself a little bit, he cracked his knuckles.

"Let's go… I said let's go! Don't sit here and play with me, Kaoru!" Kaoru said 'ouch!' as he pulled her up and he pushed her with a kick to her butt towards the door. Kaoru turned around and she glared at him as he started to throw everything into her bag harshly.

"Hey. You can't treat Kaoru like that."

Allusius stopped what he was doing and he just stared out the window to see the people that were standing behind him. More were coming in and Kaoru then glanced over to Sanosuke as he was sliding his phone into his pocket, ice on his face as he held it there and cooled down his bruise once more.

"You didn't." Kaoru said in a worried voice. Sanosuke's gang walked into the room one by one, their jackets all black with an X on it as they shut the door and told the teacher to sit down.

"We'll cover this… disturbance."

Allusius turned half way around to just turn his head and look at them with his blue eye showing to the public. Tytto asked him if he wanted some help, but Allusius simply shook his head and he emptied his pockets as he put his hand up to say 'wait'. Kenshin shook his head as he saw Allusius walk into the middle of the fifteen men, his mind thinking that Allusius was nuts.

"But who cares? He'll get beat and you'll laugh about it later since you two hate each other so much."

"I heard that. Who's that guy, Ty?" Allusius looked over at Tytto as Tytto just nodded his head towards the other side of the room.

"That's the sneaky Himura. The younger boy. He started the whole commotion the other day."

"I see… he'll get it too." Allusius looked back at all the boys and as he saw the female teacher going for the phone, he said 'don't bother'

"I had my good friend send all security on a wild goose chase for him. He's running about the other building right now."

"You did what?" Kaoru asked while narrowing her eyes.

"I told what I was going to do." He said and as they just glared at him, the students moved to one side of the huge dance room. The thunder flashed outside and as Allusius put his hands above his head, he began to bring them down really slow with a sigh.

"This one's mine. He's going down!" one of Sanosuke's members said and he charged forward. Kenshin jumped up and said 'no, wait!'

Allusius moved so fast it was sickening to Kenshin to see him with that kind of speed. All you could hear was body parts being hit and as Allusius' arms finally went down into a guard, they gasped as his victim froze and his eyes rolled up as he fell backwards and onto the floor.

"I hit your whole chest area. Don't ever come into something you don't know."

"Johnny… look at what you did!"

"You'll pay for this, black punk!"

"Hey!" Josue and Tommy growled in offense, but it wasn't heard as they all charged for him with battle cries. Kaoru said, 'oh no.' and Tytto just grew a silly grin as Sanosuke asked what's wrong.

"He can't be all of them."

"Yes he can. He's going to break them." Tytto chuckled and he pulled out his cellphone to record what he could get.

Allusius kicked forward and as he turned to kick backwards, he jumped up and he sent his feet into two different chests. He jumped out of the circle and as he flipped backwards, two men charged for him. Allusius blocked both their hits and he grabbed both their arms before a sickening crack was heard. They cried out at the same time and Allusius pushed them back before giving a kick to one of their faces and then spinning back in the opposite direction to finish the combo as they got another crack in the air. They both fell and Allusius just stood straight and he wiped his face.

"Well?! Is this it?! You all come for me as if you're going to kill me! Let's see what this bullshit gang can do!"

"What'd you call us?" Sanosuke said as he rose up. Allusius looked over to him and as he started to walk towards him, a few more charged at him. Allusius let out a scream of anger as he slammed his fist into one of their stomachs and he fliped them over his shoulder into a desk.

"Damn!" Tommy said as he backed away from the desk and moved somewhere else. Kenshin was amazed at the strength that his body held. He didn't look like he could do it. He blocked hits on both sides and as he dipped forward, he dropped to the floor and brought his legs up to flip the man off of his feet as he held himself up with one hand. He but both arms down and then he kicked upward into his back, another small crack being hard as the man cried out.

"Somebody call security!"

"They're not there… they're not there!" Megumi said in fear as she hung up the phone. Kaoru just watched as Allusius lost his mind and he demolished anything in his path towards Sanosuke and Kenshin's area. He dropped down dodging two knives and with a spin of his body, it looked as if he were breakdancing as he spun his legs around and kicked them both. He did a handstand and he kicked outwards before he locked his legs around and flipped somebody over him into a desk.

"That's where you learned it from?!" Josue and Tommy asked in shock.

"Yeah. That's where I learned it from. His is five times faster than mine. Just watch." They watched as he did it again and they just winced as the teachers exited the room with some students and ran for help. Kaoru put her hands over her ears as more cracks and cries were heard.

"What is this?! Huh?! Is this supposed to be a fearful gang?! This isn't shi—" Allusius froze as he felt a stab towards his rib. He felt it pull out and without even thinking, he kicked backwards, turned himself around, grabbed the person's arm and twisted it around him so that he ended up stabbing himself.

"ALLUSIUS, STOP IT!" Kaoru cried as she heard a cry tear from his throat and Allusius kick him to the floor. Allusius kept walking and as he just glared at Kenshin, Soujiro and Sanosuke before the three got ready to defend themselves.

"No! Llusi, stop! Just let me take you home! Don't do this!" Kaoru stood in front of him and he put her onto his shoulder before she said 'put me down!' Allusius didn't even pause as he just tightened his hold and he told them to come forward to him.

"Come on! You think that Kaoru's holding me back?! Let's keep this thing going!"

"Behind you!" Kaoru cried and she put her hands over her eyes as he kicked his footbackwards and brought it up. She let out a cry of shock as she was flipped onto his other shoulder and he used his good hand.

"My foot's all better now. It's a wonder what family remedies can do, eh Tytto?"

"Real fucking wonder. I think it's better than before."

"Don't encourage it, Tytto!" Kaoru said towards her cousin with a 'help me' glare. Tytto just put his hands out and as Sanosuke and Kenshin moved forward with Soujiro, Kaoru pleaded for them not to as she looked through her pocket mirror that was in her hand.

"Don't do it!"

"I'm going for this one!" Sanosuke said and as he went forward, Allusius began to dodge his hits. He ducked, turned his body to the side, and he used his arm and his legs to dodge. Kaoru begged for him to put her down and as Allusius grabbed his fist, Sanosuke swung with the other one.

"Sano, you idiot!" Kaoru cried, but it was too late. Allusius raised his leg up and gave a swift hit to Sanosuke's jaw. Sanosuke stumbled back out of dizziness and he fell into his chair before Megumi ran to his side with the ice from before.

"Sano! Sano, speak to me!"

Allusius set Kaoru down and he put her in front of him before he turned her so her back was to his chest. He held her wrists and made her fists balled before making her arms go limp as Soujiro went up to strike.

"Let me go! I'm not hitting them!" Kaoru cried, but Allusius just used her for his purposes before he made her duck down and he slammed his fist straight into Soujiro's chest. Tytto grabbed their things and told Misao to start moving as Kaoru started to pull Allusius away from Kenshin's view.

"Let's go, Allusius. Please, let's go."

"Why should I listen to you now? You don't listen to me!"

"I did it because I was scared for him! He's my blood! Please let's just go!" Allusius looked at her eyes watering up before he turned around and he put Kaoru back over his shoulder. Kaoru cried out as his grip hurt and then he began to walk out the room.

"This is a warning, Himura. Watch your ass from now on because I'm in American until the races, punk."

"I'm ready whenever you are." Kenshin barked back and Allusius set Kaoru down before he turned around ready to go back. Kaoru grabbed his belt and she pushed him along before the others just looked at the mess.

"Holy shit… what the hell is he on? Steroids?" Josue looked at Tommy as he asked it and then he went to help Sanosuke out of his chair.

"I got you." Josue said as he held his arm over his shoulder. Kenshin helped his brother up as well before Megumi just put her hand over her mouth and looked at the destruction.

"What the hell just happened?... Who the hell was that?"

"That (heave) was Kaoru's best friend. And this… this is destruction."

"I can't believe you did that! I can't believe you really went and did that! I'm going to get arrested!"

"Shut the fuck up."

"Don't you dare talk to me like that! I don't give a fuck what I did, but you'll show me some fucking respect in my goddamn house! Who the fuck are you?!"

Allusius called Yahiko over gently and he picked him up before wiping his face and letting him rest his head against his shoulder. Yahiko kept quiet as Allusius bounced him gently and told him that he was going to be okay.

"I'll talk to you later. Now put your shoes on to go get chinese from the store. I have to talk to Kaoru alone." Yahiko nodded in his response and he got down before he ran off to the door with the other three. As they just gave Kaoru some sad looks, Allusius barked to hurry up and the door shut.

"What do you want, Allusius? I'm pissed off with you right now."

"I could care less." Allusius said as he walked to her room and he shut the door. Kaoru frowned with a growl as she picked up the cups and papers before she took it to the kitchen and threw them in the garbage. She pulled her hair from her eyes and she took off her slippers and her socks before she heard her name being called angrily.

"Get your ass in here. Now." Kaoru glared and as she walked towards the door, she glared and she pulled it open. As she let herself inside and she shut the door, she looked up angrily.

"You know what, you stupid—ignorant—"

Her words were caught in her throat as Allusius stood before her in nothing but boxers. She looked at the bandages that were in different spots and as he just examined his hand, he looked up at her with distant eyes.

"See these? This is what I've gotten for your mistake. And this one that's red is from today." Kaoru backed up as Allusius walked up to her. Her back met the door and as she stood a few inches away from it, Allusius looked at her up and down.

"They beat me badly in Sydney. That's right, I traveled all the way to Sydney just to get some kind of peace. But I didn't get it there. Instead, I got ambushed and I had to make a lie for you. They beat me to tell me to make your family be careful."

"Allusius… I'm sorry…"

"Why'd you do it? Huh? Why'd you go and do that to that underground station? You didn't have to cause all that ruckus. You could've just gotten the information and left. I told you not to go anyway, but it's the last you could've done. And you took Misao with you. What's up with these sudden mistakes? Italian Kao never made mistakes like this. This is amateur behavior."

"I… I don't know…" Kaoru looked down and as Allusius just sighed and he shut his eyes, Kaoru lowered her eyelids and then she bit her lip.

"I didn't mean for this to happen… I just wanted to see why Yahiko's name came up and if he was doing things that I didn't know about. I just wanted to save my little brother from whatever was going to happen. I didn't mean for you to get hurt at all—"

Kaoru's eyes widened as she was pushed up against the door and her lips were caught in a rough kiss. As he let go, she let the breath go that she didn't know she was holding.

"That's for putting me through the trouble of hearing your bitch talk while I was on the phone first. And now… this is for all the trouble you've put me through."

Kaoru whimpered as his lips slammed against hers again and she kept hitting at his shoulder to tell him to let go. As his lips moved against hers and his one hand went onto her thigh to relax her, Kaoru felt her arms stop hitting him before sliding around his stomach area to pull him closer to her. Allusius smirked into the kiss as he put his arm around her waist.

'Why does this feel so good… why do I feel so guilty?... What's going on with me?'

"Now come sit here and look at how you fucked me over."

"… Did you have to say it like that?"

"I have all rights to, Kaoru. I have all rights to."

Michael smirked with Tytto as Kaoru sat down next to Allusius and she kept the towel over her shoulder as she finished drying her hair and let it fall over her shoulder so she could make sure it was untangled. Allusius tugged it roughly and she slapped him on his neck before he winced and he opened the folder. The Kamiya trio looked on and as Allusius pointed, Kaoru saw that he had written the whole thing out.

"Had a lot of time on that plane, huh?"

"Well, with the way you fucked up, I could have written a fifty page essay on that shit. Plus a powerpoint essay and a video of explanations and examples." Kaoru frowned as her cousins laughed at her.

"It was not that bad." She barked at Allusius, her voice angry that he was making fun of her like that.

"Please." He said drawing out the word and then he pointed to the paper and he made her look to see. The two Kamiya boys laughed softly but silenced at his glare. They had been laughing at his drawings at the whole thing. They were good, but it's the fact he drew them that made him laugh.

"AFI is the bomb." Tytto said as the song on the Ipod changed, the speakers playing it at a decent loud so the people below them wouldn't stop complaining again about how they blasted music without care of the other people.

"Anyways. This is mistake number one. You went to the library and snuck in. I told you to always just hack from your home or something. The library got a virus since the underground snapped back and attacked them. The police had to get their best computer technicians to fix it. That's how bad it was. They were gonna arrest some of them that were down there. That was mistake number one. Mistake number two was you asked people on the street." Allusius explained as if it was a known thing to her not to do it.

"… what's so wrong with that?"

"The street has mouth, Kaoru. Don't you think they told after you played them out? I mean, jesus. You could have at least given a peck on the lips for them doing it. They told about what happened and word spread around from that. That was mistake number two. You ready for mistake number three?"

"Sure." Kaoru said with sarcasm in her vocie and Allusius' glare made her get serious.

"I'm dead ass, Kaoru! You could've gotten me killed!"

"Okay! Just tell me!" Kaoru said back irritated and Allusius just glared again before he shut it.

"Fuck it. I'll just tell you how it is. Third mistake was bringing Misao. What is my rule?"

"…"

"Kaoru.What is my rule?"

"… Don't drag anybody that's not in the organization into your work." She said softly and Allusius just nodded before he shook his head in a dissapointed manner.

"And you took Misao. Do you know what they could've done to her? It would've been a ransom type of thing."

"I know, I know. But, I can protect Misao! Like when we got chased! I protected her!"

"I know you did, but just think if they started shooting—for god's sake, Tytto! You suck!"

"You can't do no better in this dance, sick foot!" Tytto yelled to Allusius as they listened to M-flo's Lotta Love. Allusius excused himself from Kaoru and as they started the song over, Tytto started dancing again at the words as Allusius bounced and got into the beat.

"Watch me, boy." Allusius said before he started to dance slow. Once the song got into the beat again, he sped up and Michael cheered him on with Kaoru as Tytto just stopped and watched with a grin, Michael's slim video camera out and recording him move. Allusius spun around and pulled Kaoru up with his hand.

"Even she can do it!" he said and Kaoru just nodded before the two started to dance. Kaoru began to laugh as Tytto faked hurt and then they just sat down as Michael said, 'you got served by your female cousin.'

"Alright. Now that it's done and out of my system, ready for mistake number four?"

"Yup." Kaoru said with a soft smile at how Tytto was still pouting and two-stepping behind the other couch.

"You made noise about it. When you do these things, do it ninja-like. You were supposed to take somebody's tag and sit there. Not just sneak and beat the person behind the desk. Even if you only just knocked him out, it was still a minor mistake. I'm not complaining about that, but that's what you did. And you had the nerve to walk out and go through the file desk!"

"What?!"

"You never touch it! They think that is PURE disrepect and they try to kill you for doing shit like that!" he said with his hands in the air. She rolled her eyes at his glare before she frowned at his hurt look.

"Yup. And then you cursed their hoes out, beat on em, caused havoc through the floors, and hid from them. And you fought some in the ghetto area. Whoever those two black boys are, that's the street I'm talking about. That was what it really started with. When you were rockin' out over there all those times. You can't just keep doing these things, Kaoru. After the races, go nuts! Fuck a bitch up! But you're supposed to just be on the D-L."

"I know, I know. But, what did you expect me to do?! Yahiko's my little brother and basically son. I couldn't stand the fact that he was dragged into it with something that I didn't know about. It made me fuckin' boil because just recently he started having spasms about instruments and crying about how he'll do better. I want to know what the hell's going on."

Allusius just nodded while he rubbed his chin before he just sighed and he got up with open arms. They glared at his sympathetic smile.

"I'm sorry for today. It was wrong of me." Kaoru gaped with the two boys as they just watched him act as if all he did was kick somebody's car.

"Allusius. You beat up a lot of people today and that's all you say? You could at least give us money and buy us things. We want some treats, okay? Some good ones at that." he nodded with a cute face before Kaoru just got up and they surrounded him and gave him a hug.

"We forgive you!... somewhat, anyway." Allusius gave a fake sob and they laughed before letting him go. Michael opened his phone as they started to play around and then he grinned as he shut it.

"Kamiya get-together at the club. You guys up for it?"

"Hell yeah!"

(A/N: Take a break here or something because after this little party scene, there's something crazier to come! Go walk around, get something to eat, stretch, do whatever! I don't want to keep you here too long……………. Lol, here we go after the break! I know you might be mad at the AxK in this, but don't worry! It's nothing serious.)

"Allusius is hot, Kaoru!"

"Thanks!"

"He's a stud! Do you see his moves to M-Flo?! He's a machine!"

"I know!"

Kaoru laughed as she danced with her female cousins as Allusius was on the dance floor with the Kamiya boy and just showing them moves. He had a minor crowd formed as he wore his black skull-cap and a tight gray shirt with black jeans that had numerous chains on it. His shoes were black air forces with the sign gray and as he slid them across the floor, he gave a sweet smile to Kaoru and just spun around to dance again.

"He's a beast." The twins said and Kaname just nodded before Allusius pulled Kaoru into the circle. She tried to resist him, but as he started to two-step, she couldn't help but smile and do it with him, their outfits matching completely and Kaoru's hair pulled back into a ponytail. As they got deeper into it, the others gasped at the way Kaoru was moving.

"Damn. Kaoru's a beast too." They said amongst each other as Kaoru danced on her tippy-toes. They moved fast and then they slowed it down hard as Kaoru swung her leg out and Allusius dodged it with a slow wave of his body. They did the same thing again, except Kaoru was the one to drop her body backwards and let Alluius throw a punch at her.

"That's hot as hell!" Ayoshi and Arjui cried out as they paused in motion and then jumped right into the pace of the song.

"This is cool!" Remmy said with a smile as she held onto Tytto's arms and Tytto gave her a smile and Michael held the camera tighter.

"They have good chemistry. It's like Kenshin and Kaoru used to be, but with more crazy mvoes added in."

"True."

"Kaoru, come dance with me!"

"Why not Genia?!"

"Because our song is coming up! I just asked him to play Summer Time Love!"

"Gasp That is our song!"

Mailey gave a nod as the girls sat at the bar for a moment and Allusius took her hand and let her get down and walk with him to a good spot before their song came up and the other girls went out onto the floor to dance as well.

"Yo, isn't this Kaoru's voice?!"

"Sounds like her when she was younger, right?! It's not, though!" Michael said with a smile as they danced together and they looked over at Kaoru. They gasped and then Michael said, 'whoa!' with Tytto before the other boys said it as well.

"She can move that body boy! He's handlin' it like it's really his!" Tyler said with a laugh before they watched Kaoru lean her head back onto his shoulder and the two just begin to sway from left to right. Kaoru's lips formed a soft smile as he spoke in her ear and she just waved at her cousins and her siblings with her hand before Allusius gave a sexy smile and they went back to dancing instead of swaying once more, her arm going around his neck.

"They're cute. Never thought Kaoru'd go for a black guy, but they're cute." Mailey said to Remmy and she just nodded before Genia laughed.

"You're so silly! It doesn't matter the color. It matters about the heart."

"… Get away from me with your sappy shit. Man, you goin' soft, Genia."

"Hey, I was with a black guy for a while too. So kiss my ass."

"Sure!" Mailey said with a smile before Aoshi grabbed her and said, 'not in public, babe.' Mailey just laughed with Genia and Remmy before they went back around to dancing.

"They're beasts."

"Why do you say that?"

"They haven't stopped dancing for four songs. They keep moving through the crowd and moving.You tell me that's not beast material. I need to have a chat with this Italian guy. He's gonna teach me to dance."

"Yeah, he's a monster, eh twin?"

"Yeah!... Yo, let's go. They're calling us over. I think they're dancing for show again."

"Cool."

Kisho and Masahiro jogged through the crowd and stood next to Aoshi and Shuichi to only gape at Kaoru and Allusius pulling off a sexy spanish dance to Paradise Baby by M-Flo. Kaoru was spun around and let go as Allusius moved his hips like a pro and he caught her into his arms before he moved back and forth with her as their legs moved and one of their hands kept together and they held each other's body at a distance. Allusius spun Kaoru around with her hand still in his, her fingers spinning into his palm. He dipped her back and as they gazed into each other's eyes, the crowd went wild.

"That is some serious fuckin' chemistry." Mailey said with a smile to Genia who could only nod as they stopped and went with the hip-hop beat that had come up. The crowd said, 'ooooo' at the switch and as Allusius did a split and bounced back up, they went back to the other beat and danced. It slowed down and as they just had their palms against each other and circled around with a soft smile, the beat came back and they spun into their positions and started to dance again as the song.

"I love it. I love it all." Kaname said to Tyler. Tyler just nodded and as Allusius put Kaoru inbetween his legs, she slid on her knees and gave a sexy smile to her siblings before she was pulled up with ease and they kept dancing. At the ending, she rolled over his back and the two posed as the song ended and they got a high applause. They stood straight and bowed.

"That was fun." Kaoru said to him as they bowed again. Allusius just nodded and kissed her cheek gently before he excused himself from the crowd. Kaoru arched her eyebrow as he kept going and she said, 'hey!' before she saw him just wave his arm. She pulled her hair from its ponytail and called out to him.

"Where are you going?!... At least wait for me!" Mailey pouted as Kaoru flipped her hair back and walked through the crowd to where Allusius stood and waited for her.

"What's wrong?" Arjui asked her gently.

"I want some attention from Kaoru! He has her on lock and she needs to be under my wing again! I want it, I want it, I want it!" they burst out laughing at her childish antics before she said, 'sike nah' and they went to wandering around and taking pictures of the funniest things they saw and people that they wanted to smile with.

"What's going on, Michael?"

"Huh? Nothing's going on, Aoshi. Why do you think something's going on?"

"Because Kaoru and her best friend look like they're about to burst. Well, Kaoru already did, but he looks like he's about to join her."

"Burst as in crying?"

"Yeah."

Michael looked over to see Kaoru with her hand over her mouth and her eyes shieled by Allusius' shoulder as he rubbed her back and buried his face into her neck. He arched his eyebrow and the others soon turned to look to see what was the deal. Mailey frowned because she knew Kaoru was crying and she hated when her cousin shed tears.

"Why is she crying? Did he say something to her?"

"Mailey, calm down." The twins said to her quickly.

"No, I wanna know! If he did, then we're gonna have some fuckin' problems!"

"Relax, Mailey! If he made her cry, he wouldn't be about to cry himself that quickly." Tytto replied to her anger burst.

Mailey frowned again and as she saw Kaoru's shoulders shake, Michael pulled out his phone and sent a text message.

'What happened to Kaoru?' he waited for a few moments and then he felt his hip vibrate as he got one back.

'I just told her the news. Allen got shot. We're officially fucked.' Michael cursed as he shut his phone and he ran his fingers through his hair with a sigh before he put his hands over his head and blew out.

"I can't belive it… we're really screwed.

"What happened?" Tytto asked.

"Allen got shot." He replied weakly before Tytto said, 'holy shit' and he sat down right in the chair that was near them. He ran his fingers through his hair and as Michael just shook his head, they asked.

"Our friend got shot. Allusius just got it on his phone." Allusius walked by and as he held Kaoru's hand, he said that he was going to take her home.

"Let's all just leave for tonight." Aoshi said and Tyler agreed with him before they paid for their tab and they left the club's blinking lights and hot dancing bodies behind.

"So, Alluius… are you in sexual love, or the love from the heart type shit with my cousin?"

"I'm not answering that question without my lawyer, thank you very much."

"You're a real rock star, aren't you?"

"Yup."

Allusius sat on Kaoru's couch as Kaoru sat next to him and just kept silent as she drank her tea. The news had shaken her up completely because Allen was so high up in the underground and he was able to be hit easily from what they read from their e-mails. Allusius looked at all of her cousins wandering around her penthouse and sitting down once they were satisfied with what they had gotten.

"Is Yahiko asleep?"

"No. He's playing video games." Allusius got up and left the room before he came back with Yahiko sitting on his arm as he held him up and showed his strength.

"Show-off." Tytto snapped playfully before Allusius just sat down and let Yahiko sit in his lap. Instantly, Yahiko snuggled up against him and fell asleep as Allusius ran his hands through his hair and hummed a lullaby for him. Kaname and Remmy had gone to sleep in Tytto's room and the twins were asleep on Michael's bed. Tyler had gone home to help his father with some matters that were around money and Aoshi had gone to Misao's house to sleep since she was lonely.

"Where's Arjui?"

"He's in the kitchen. So it's just us, Genia, Ayoshi and Arjui that's awake."

"Where's Shuichi?"

"Went home to talk to Uncle Shinji. He's gotta call his school and let them know that's coming back on Sunday."

"Oh." Michael replied before Allusius got up and put Yahiko to sleep on his sleeping bag that was in Kaoru's room. He came back and he just sat down before laying his head back.

"Kaoru, dovete ottenere qualche cosa di piacevole per portare per domani sera.(you have to get something nice to wear for tomorrow night.)"

"Che cosa per?(What for?)" Kaoru asked quietly.

"Ci è una cosa del partito della roccia che accende domani e siamo stati invitati con il vostro cugino. Siamo andare giusto socializzare, giochiamo una canzone o due se siamo chiesti e basicamente avere divertimento e guardare il nuovo talento. Voi in su per esso?(There's a rock party thing going on tomorrow and we were invited along with your cousin. We're just going to socialize, play a song or two if we're asked, and basically have fun and look at new talent. You up for it?)"

"Sure, why not." She replied after a few seconds and then Alluius asked Maily in english.

"Sounds awesome." She answered to him before he just nodded and Tytto brought in some snacks and they began to eat and talk quietly. Genia rested her head against Ayoshi's arm and he pulled her closer to him before she fell asleep with her head on his chest. Kaoru just shook her head and called her sister a hoe before they cracked grins at the comment and Arjui got up with a stretch.

"I hope those twins better make room. They're so damn incestial."

"They do it for spite(1)." Tytto said with a sigh before Arjui just bid them goodnight and left the room. Mailey kicked her legs up and she began to hum softly as she shook her feet from left to right. As they were departing one-by-one, Ayoshi finally got tired and he pulled Genia into his lap before raising her up into the air.

"Any more beds?"

"You can sleep on my bed. I'll sleep out here on the couch." Kaoru said a yawn before Tytto got up and said that he was going to bed. Kaoru told them goodnight and as the three left, Mailey raised her head up and she blinked her bored green eyes.

"Kaoru, you're too quiet. I'm getting sleepy since you won't talk. What happened at the club?"

"Nan demo nai." Kaoru answered quietly.

"Kare ha kizutsuke ta ka? Node kare ga—(Did he hurt you? Because if he did--)"

"Iie, kare ha watashi o kizutsuke nakatta. kare ha sore o shi nai.(No, he didn't hurt me. He wouldn't do that.)"

"Well, nani ga okotta ka?(Well, what happened?)"

"Watashi no yuujin ha itaria no dageki o e ta. Kare ha watashi ni chichi no you de ari, sore ha, yoi kizutsuku ka. Watashi ha yoi.(My friend got shot in Italy. He was like a father to me and it hurts, okay? I'll be fine.)"

Mailey just nodded and as she shifted her weight, Allusius asked her a question that started up a good atmosphere.

"So, what made you want sing songs like those? They're awesome, you know."

"Thanks." Mailey said and as she thought, she answered the question.

"It's basically the lives of us Kamiyas in song, you know? All of us suffered heartbreak, all of us have friendships, love, happiness, sadness; we all share things that make my music what it is. I base it off myself at times, but I also include my family because in all honesty, if it wasn't Kaoru I'd still be searching for a manager."

"Kaoru helped you?"

"Yeah," Mailey said with a nod, "She did a lot. She had to beat her manager to let me get some kind of studio time. After that, I guess I was a hit with him because he kept asking me to come back."

"I see… have you heard my music?"

"You're a monster. I love your rock songs. It's like, you have this soft side, and then there's this dark side that comes every two songs or so. It's amazing."

"A dark side, you say." Allusius said as he sat up and rested one hand on his knee with interest. Kaoru got up and as she stretched, Mailey threw a brownie at her mouth. Kaoru, who had been yawning, caught it inside and almost choked. Allusius began to laugh and gave her a high five as Kaoru chewed with a death glare.

"But anyways. Yeah; you got a dark side to you."

"And how did you notice this?"

"Just think about it, Allusius. You have a song that's called All Deliberate Speed (By Mae) and it's got the softest touch to it. You knew a way to make the listener feel your words by the softness of the song and the words. Hell, I know that's one of my favorites now."

"Thank you." He said with a smile as Kaoru sat down and kicked her legs across his lap. He began to massage them as Mailey just shook her head with a smile and kept speaking.

"And then there's a song called The Willing."

"How'd you hear that? Nobody's heard it, 'cept for… you." He pointed to Kaoru with a playful glare, his words coming out in fake anger and shock as Kaoru innocently sipped on her drink and looked around the room.

"Who me? I'm innocent. She must've hacked into my name."

"She sent it to me, dude. She's the culprit."

"You sell me out for a hot black guy?"

"I'll sell you out for a hot any color guy. There's nothing wrong with getting something sexy."

"Traitor. I'm telling your father." Kaoru said with a laugh.

"Tell him. He laughs when I say it myself." Mailey replied with a sly grin before her cellphone began to blast Kaoru's favorite song. She pulled it out and she opened it before reading the text message. She frowned as she shut it and sighed.

"My guitarist just messed up his wrist skateboarding. He can't even go tomorrow. They knew about it as well… who's gonna help me play my songs…fuck…"

"I know who!" Allusius said with a smile and he jumped up before Kaoru gasped as she was flipped backwards. They laughed as her legs were over her head and she was was struggling since they got stuck in the cushion. Allusius flipped her back forward and she kicked him before giving a glare and beginning to curse him.

"Che il fotte, Allusius! Lei potrebbe avere appena me ha detto di alzare il mio dio condanna le gambe! Ho rotto quasi il mio collo lei femmina! Tengo a dire lei che lei prende a eccitato! Merda!(What the fuck, Allusius! You could have just told me to raise my god damn legs! I almost broke my neck you bitch! I keep telling you that you get to excited! Shit!)"

"Watch your mouth and shut up!" she heard Tytto go before she glared in the direction of his room before Allusius just apologized and he pointed to himself.

"I could help you." Mailey opened her eyes and said, 'really?!' before he just nodded and he sat back down. Kaoru raised her legs and slapped them into his lap before he pinced her and she winced.

"I'd be honored if you did! That's like, a big ass thing! Why do you want to help me though?"

"Any family of Kaoru's is a family of mine. And she told me she plays on circles, right?" Mailey nodded.

"Well, two famous stars joining into your one song means big deals and big bucks. Just think of it as a welcoming gift into the rock industry."

"Sweet. Thank you so much." The two shook hands and Kaoru kicked her legs out in a stretch before he just sighed and looked over at her.

"You're legs need to find a hobby."

"And that hobby would be?"

"Beating me off or something." Kaoru gasped as he got up and he said that he was going to the bathroom. As she watched him walk off, she threw her slipper at him with a string of curses.

"Lei è tale fottere pervertito! Prendere una vita e la fermata facendo miei cugini credono che sia dell'anomalia! Pensano già che fottevo di tutti i giorni in Italia!(You are such a fucking pervert! Get a life and stop making my cousins believe that i'm some freak! They already think I was fucking everyday in Italy!)"

"Ciò è perché noi di tutti i giorni in Italia! Non mentire!(That's because we did everyday in Italy! Don't lie!)"

"Fare non la merda di toro me, Allusius! Abbiamo fatto non!(Don't bull shit me, Allusius! We did not!)"

"Denial is a bad thing!"

"And it's a fucking river too!"

"SHUT UP!"

"YOU SHUT UP, TYTTO!" Kaoru said angrily and then Mailey just burst out laughing as Kaoru was blushing angrily and crossed her arms to give an angry pout.

"He's a liar."

"Denial's a bad thing." Mailey said mocking Allusius. Kaoru jumped on her barking, 'It's a river!' and the night was filled with some more laughter and fighting.

"It's not true!"

"Denial!"

"A RIVER!"

"AN EMOTION!"

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!"

Two days later
Shinji Kamiya's Residency
Noon

"Kenshin, get your goddamn cousins!"

"I can't, Shinji! For god's sake, get off of the goddamn counter Salix!"

"You tell Lucien to leave me alone with his lizard! It scares me!"

"Salix! IT'S FAKE!"

"I HATE IT!"

Shuichi just laughed it up with Aoshi and Misao as they sat in the living room and they drank iced tea, their amusement circling around Kenshin and his two male cousins. Salix Himura was the younger of the siblings being 8 years old, and he was by far Kenshin's biggest problem to handle. The gold-eyed reddish-brown haired boy was a bundle of energy and if he wasn't paid attention to, would start to get destructive. Kenshin refused to beat them, but even he had limits and was ready to swat at him with a spatula.

"Salix, get down! Lucien, for the love of god! PUT THE GODDAMN LIZARD IN YOUR BAG!"

"I like it out!"

"PUT IT AWAY!"

"Kenshin's like a kid with them. This is hilarious." Misao laughed and they just nodded as they saw Lucien stomp into the room. He was a strawberry blonde with light blue-green eyes that Misao thought were competition with her own. As he shut his book bag, he saw his brother jog over to him and shake his bangs from his face, his eyes giving a minor sparkle as he looked at his 12 year old sibling.

"Can we play together now?"

"Let's play… touch the lizard!"

"AH! ITS NASTY!"

"Lucien! Goddammit, do you want my father to hit you?!"

"No!"

"Then put it away! Amedea, show some control!"

"For what? They do it regardless. Let them chase each other."

"You lazy little—grrrr…."

Misao giggled and looked over to the oldest of the siblings. Amedea Himura just glanced at her brothers, her eyes an icy green as she just smirked and nodded for them to continue their madness. Her hair was a dirty brown color and as she swept it up into a ponytail, the doorbell rang.

"Can we get it?!"

"Go with Amedea!" Kenshin said and Aoshi just nodded before the three siblings got up and they walked to the door. Amedea told them to calm down and as she just sighed and they fixed themselves up, they opened the door. From the other two rooms, they heard complete silence. Then their ears were greeted with big screams.

"OH MY GOD IT'S THE GUY FROM OUR FAVORITE BAND! MR. AOSHI WASN'T LYING!"

"IT'S ALLUSIUS AND KAORU, MEDE!"

"CAN WE HAVE YOUR AUTOGRAPH?!"

Kenshin, who was inside the kitchen, immediately slammed the knife down and Shinji saw his eyes snap into a golden color immediately. He told him to relax and as he shut the kitchen door and walked out, he saw Kaoru smiling with the rest of her cousins and Allusius just with surprise as he hugged the two little kids and shook Amedea's hand.

"You guys know him?"

"Know him?! We have all his music! He's a beast! And Kaoru's rock music is awesome! Oh my god, we are such fans." Amedea said and then she just sighed and apologized for their behavior before they went into the living room and they sat them down. Allusius saw Lucien get a small book and as he smiled, he took it and pulled a pen from his pocket.

"You guys are so young, and yet you're in love with my music. Why is that?"

"You're so real! Our mommy listens to you!"

"And how old is your mommy?"

"Our mommy is Amedea!" Amedea just nodded with a sad smile before Allusius apologized for the loss. She nodded again before he signed something for the three of them and he pulled out his digital camera.

"You guys wanna see some pictures from the rock party last night? Wicked awesome."

"Sure." They said and they sat around him before he began to show them. Kaoru heard the kitchen door open and she opened her eyes as she saw Kenshin walk in with a metal bucket.

"Here's the lunch I prepared." He slammed it down, the lid preventing anything from spilling and he set down the bowls for the original people. As Allusius looked up at him, he flashed him the cockiest smile possible. Shuichi got up and he grabbed Kenshin before throwing him over his shoulder.

"Hey! Put me down, dammit! I don't need a fucking escort!"

"Yes you do. I saw that jump in your system." Shuichi replied calmly before the kitchen door shut and Kaoru just sighed.

"Now what are your names?"

"I'm Amedea, this blonde over here is Lucien, and this is Salix. He's the baby."

"Hi!" Salix said with a smile and he shook his hair from his eyes, his freckles making Allusius just pull him into a hug and go 'you're adorable!'

"I love freckles. My sister's baby has them and he made me fall in love with it."

"See?! I told you they're nice!" Salix said to Lucien and Allusius just laughed softly before Kenshin walked back into the room with the rest of the glasses.

"Salix. Come here." Salix jumped out of Allusius' arms and ran over to Kenshin before Kenshin led him into the kitchen. Amedea looked at Allusius' grin and then she asked what the problem was.

"Sorry to say, but I hate Kenshin." Amedea instantly got up and Lucien did as well before going to sit in their original seats.

"Why do you hate Kenshin? He's a good caretaker and he made sure that we didn't get split up. He's a good man."

"Well, we never got off on the right foot. But don't worry yourselves. I promise that I'm not here to harm him. Even though we're not friends, I'm a good person who hates violence."

"Don't bullshit my cousins."

Allusius looked over at the doorway to see Kenshin standing there with a glare on his face, Salix hugging onto his pants because he knew the tension in the room was dangerous. Aoshi began to hum as he took the pot and put it between his legs so that it wouldn't hurt anybody in the room. Shuichi began to beat box his mouth as he took the dishes and put them aside his foot. Both the brothers could tell that there was some serious tension.

"I beg your pardon?"

"Don't bullshit my cousins, I said."

"And just whatdo you mean by that?"

"Don't sit here and lie to them. I'm a good person who hates violence. If you're gonna be some kind of idol to them, at least tell them the truth."

"… But I do hate violence. I only use it when its necessary."

"Hmmm. I see. So when you get your anger fits its necessary, huh? Wow, that's better than some of us, huh? But I guess that's how things run in your country. No restraint."

"Excuse me?" Allusius said, his eyes showing he was offended.

"You know what I said." Kenshin barked and as Allusius dusted off and got up, Kaoru got up and stood inbetween them.

"Not today. Not today, not tomorrow, not anymore. Stop the violence."

"I didn't do it this time, Kaoru. He did. He's just jealous because—"

"Listen here, your ignorant, conceited, sonovabitch." Salix gaped with his siblings as Kenshin put the desserts down and he pointed to him.

"I am sick and tired of hearing your mouth run. It runs bullshit all the fucking time. There is never anything smart or useful coming out. You come here and you talk bullshit. Me being jealous of you. For what? You think I want what you have? I could care less!"

"Then why are you so worked up about it?"

"Because I'm sick and tired of hearing you run your mouth and not back the shit up. If you wanna talk all that shit, then do something to show what you mean."

The room fell quiet as Shinji looked at Kenshin with wide eyes, Allusius' anger showing in his eyes as he removed his jacket and he rolled up his sleeves. Kenshin grinned in excitement, his cheerfulness angering Allusius as he told Salix to go and sit down and he walked to the front door.

"If you think you can back it up, then meet me on the front lawn. This is for Soujiro and Sano, you punk ass bitch." The door shut and Tytto immediately said 'no' as Allusius growled and removed his jewelery.

"Don't even do it." Allusius ignored Tytto's words and he stormed to the front door before Mailey said, 'well! Let's get this on the road.' And she pulled Genia to go and watch. They sat on the front porch and soon the others came out. Kaoru said, 'stop!' as she stood, but they weren't listening to her as they just circled each other and glared.

"You ready for a real ass kicking? Kaoru can't interfere with this one."

"Who said I want her to?" Kenshin replied smoothly before they swung at each other and went back to circling.

"Stop this! You're on my front lawn for god's sakes!" Shinji said, his care going straight to his grass and not to the two men about to fight. He honestly couldn't give a fuck because he knew it was going to happen as soon as Kenshin had slammed the knife down.

"Don't do it, Kenshin… Kenshin, don't do it—WHOA!" Kaoru gasped as Kenshin speared Allusius into the grass and Allusius grunted in pain as the injuries on his back were still there. Kenshin punched him and as Allusius kicked him off, he glared and he got serious. Shuichi and Aoshi threw two metal poles and as they caught them, the two grinned.

"Are you kidding me?! You two are so bad! Why give them that?!"

"I want to see if Allusius can use a sword of any type in anyway. If he can't, he's screwed. And if he can, Kenshin's got a battle ahead of him."

Kenshin swung the pole around him and as he got into a stance, Allusius was still looking at the pole. He cocked his head to the side in curiosity and as he began to spin it in his fingers and move it all around, Kenshin's eyes opened as he saw him do it without having serious concentration.

"Nice one, Aoshi." Shuichi mumbled to him before the two did a small handshake and Allusius put the sword to his side as he tossed his cellphone to Tytto. He took it and as Allusius shifted his body, they arched their eyebrows at his stance.

"What the fuck is this; Shakespere fighting? Get a real stance, boy!"

"Daddy, don't be ignorant. That's an old fighting style in Italy and you know it." Kaoru said, her eyes never leaving the grass as she watched Allusius' feet were a good distance away from each other, his stick held forward.

"What do you think of this one?!" he asked towards Michael.

"Stop wasting my time." Kenshin said as he charged up to Allusius and he brought the stick down. A clashing noise was heard as Allusius dodged it and pushed him back.

"That stance sucks." Michael replied before Allusius got serious and the two began to circle each other. They were taunting each other with each step and once they got tired of it, they gave a small battle cry and charged in to hit. From there, fast movements were heard as they moved across the grass. Kaoru watched the whole thing with ease, but Kaname and Remmy had a hard time keeping up. Mailey got the hang of it a minute in and Genia just watched like her male family sicne they had experience.

"He's pretty good." Aoshi said as he and Shuichi shook hands again. Allusius rolled out of the way as Kenshin brought his blade down hard and he quickly spun it to hit Allusius in his rib. Allusius managed to barely dodge it but as he saw Kenshin swing it around again, he saw an opening in his left side.

'Bingo.' He thought as he saw Kenshin raise his blade higher.

'Come for it… Come for it… Hook, line and sinker.'

Kenshin made himself open and as Allusius went for that area, Kenshin quickly made Allusius come right off of his feet. He pushed the pole upward and as he was going to slam it to break his ribs, Allusius turned his body to block it while he was up there and he landed before they began to clash again.

"Don't worry, everybody! They're just doing this for Yahiko's entertainment!" Shinji said to the neighbors and as Yahiko put on a nervous smile to seal his father's words, the neighbors nodded and started to head back inside with a good enough answer for them as to why there was so much noise.

"Come on, Llusi… Come on, Kenshin…" Genia grinned as Kaoru quietly cheered both her guys on and as they just began to glare at each other and sweat, both stripped their shirts quickly and began to circle each other again. As they charged into each other, they slapped the metal poles together so hard, both of them grew a dent and the others gasped.

"That's some serious power." Ayoshi whistled as Arjui said his statement and Mailey and Remmy just nodded with Kaname. They threw the poles aside and as they slid their feet in the grass and got ready, both of them charged at each other with a battle cry and dove straight into each other. They crashed and dropped before they began to just beat each other on the floor. As they got up and reached for their pockets, Kaoru had enough and pressed a button on her car.

Instantly music began to play as they were going to pull out their pocket knives. Kaoru saw them try and charge for each other again before she used speed of her own and stepped inbetwen them.

"This is our favorite song, Kenshin. And you as well, Llusi… let's just clam down and enjoy it, eh?..."

The song was 'Remind Me(Someone Else's Radio Remix)' and as Kaoru began to step left to right, the two boys glared at each for a few more moments. Kaoru started to shake her hips and dance to the beat, her eyes pleading for them to relax.

Slowly, Kenshin.started to smirk at Kaoru's movements and he put his hands up to show that nothing was there. He began to step left to right gently and then he saw Kaoru smile in thanks before he just nodded and he started to head for the house.

Allusius was beyond pissed that Kenshin was the bigger man and as Kenshin got towards the door, he did a little dance for Yahiko. Yahiko laughed as Kenshin began to swing his hips as he took two steps at a time, his one hand on his hip the other on his head. Yahiko began to do it on the steps with more laughter and then he saw Kenshin give a silly face and stop.

"You wanna help with cookies?"

"Yeah! I wanna help! I wanna make brownies too! And the cookies should be all chocolate chip, with the gooey chocolate chips and soft cookie dough, "

Yahiko went on and on as Kenshin took his hand and led him into the house with his cousins. As the door slowly began to close, Kenshin looked back at Kaoru with a look of longing and coldness, his eyes a sexy smolden gold color, before he turned and let the door shut. The others began to head inside as well and as Kaoru saw Allusius sigh and pull his shirt on, she walked over to him.

"Take my keys and go cool off."

"Sure, whatever." He said and he grabbed her keys before she just pressed a kiss to his cheek in thanks. Michael and Tytto went to Allusius before they got into Kaoru's car and Kaoru gave Michael a piece of paper. As they reversed, Allusius asked Kaoru if she wanted to go.

"I have to speak to my father." She said and as the three nodded, her cousins blew kisses to her while Allusius just stared at the road angrily as they sped off down the street. Kaoru went to her father's door and she let herself in before she went to the stairs and she jogged up. She walked down the hallway towards his room and she opened the door before she saw him sitting at his desk with his twin. She didn't know he was there at all. Kaoru went and she sat on his bed before she apologized for what happened to his lawn.

"It's alright. Sniff sniff it'll grow back."

Kaoru gave a soft grin and her Uncle jumped on her with such speed that she had to laugh at the growl he gave. The two began to wrestle like dogs and as Asahi barked at her, Kaoru let out a whine and Shinji pulled out the belt.

"No Mutts on the damn bed! I have to sleep here! Bad mutts, bad mutts!"

"Shinji, ouch! Come on, dammit! I'm no dog! She is!"

"Hey! Why I gotta be the dog?! OUCH!"

"Cuz you're tryin' to pimp two guys at once! HEY, MY NUTZ!"

Shinji laughed and stopped before jumping on the bed with them and joining into the fight. Kaoru could only kick her shoes off and just laugh as they rolled about and ended up laying there panting and watching the ceiling fan move round and round until they got dizzy from trying to follow it.

"Kaoru, what are you doing with these two men? At least tell us how you plan to figure out who you want to be with" Kaoru let out a sigh and she shrugged her shoulders gently before she sat up and she removed her hair from its ponytail holder. She then held it as she dropped back and Shinji turned on the CD that was in his stereo system.

"Yo, what the fuck. It's like everybody's hyped up on M-Flo these days. Why is this?"

"We're all japanese, you dickhead. Of course we'd like them. I guess it's just because they're getting hotter with their music so we're listening more."

"… Who you callin' a dick head?" Kaoru said with a glare to Asahi. Asahi gave her the finger and she just laughed before Shinji let out a sigh and he asked her why she didn't know.

"I really have no idea. It's like, they're alike in so many ways, but then again they're so different that I can love them in different ways."

"Okay; we'll start on their personalities. How are they alike and different?" Kaoru grew a soft smile as she began to speak and the twins noticed that her eyes gave a faint twinkle.

"Well, they both love me a lot."

"No shit." Shinji said with fake surprise and Asahi laughed as Kaoru rolled her eyes.

"Anyways. They both love me a lot. They're both willing to bust their asses to defend me. They both get me anything that I ask and that's not a lot, just to let you two know. And it's like, around them both, inside I just feel so happy. They're both always thinking about when I'm hurt and they both always think that I should be pampered from head to toe. They… they think I'm a real princess. Oh! And they both hide their emotions a lot. It kills me when they do that." She let out a sigh after she finished.

"I see… now what's different?" Asahi said as he ran his fingers through his hair and looked at their feet moving from left to right.

"Well, since A's at the beginning of the alphabet, I'll start with Allusius. Allusius thinks that he can basically rule the freakin' world. I mean, he's a real tyrant, but it's like, you can't just fuck up everybody who gets on your nerves, ya know? The other day, the man went to my school to find me in a rage and he fucked half of Sanosuke's gang. It was like… fifteen of em' and he just went ballistic."

"All this was to look for you?" Kaoru nodded with a 'mmhmm' and she then squealed as the song changed to 'Beautiful Love' by 'The Afters'

(A/N: Oh my god, I love this song. I swear, I'll confess my love to somebody with this one day. -

"Anyways. That was all to look for me. And then he thinks that it's all good and that he's off the hook. Which I'm still punishing him for. He also has a little bit of jealousy in him."

"What do you mean by that?" Shinji asked as their feet moved to the new tempo once again and Kaoru drummed her fingers on their hands.

"I mean, he gets jealous when its needed. Like, if at the club a guy tries to hug me up that I don't know, he'll get jealous and pull me to him with a 'back off my girl, punk' or 'what the fuck are you doing touching my wife?' Stuff like that. And that's not all that bad. But at times… well, I guess he hides his jealousy and he shows it through his actions. Like what he did outside after I broke the fight up."

"What didyou do? We went inside first, you know." The two brothers smirked as Kaoru gave them glares and rolled her eyes.

"Well, I went up to him and I told him to go drive and cool off. And he got jealous because Kenshin backed off first and he knows that I'm grateful for it. He was like "Whatever." In this quiet voice he gets at those times and he just went to the car. I hate that with him. Because after that, it takes forever to make him lighten up."

"I see."

"Well, what about my first son-in-law? I mean, there must be something that's going on if you just immediately went to Allusius when he got here."

"Damn right." Asahi replied to back up his brother and then Kaoru turned over onto her stomach and held herself up on her elbows as her hair came over her shoulder. They turned to lay on their sides, both facing her, and Kaoru just began to study her ends as she gave a slight pout. Instantly, she perked up and she jumped.

"Is this mommy's song?"

"Which one do you mean?" Shinji asked with a sly smirk.

"Tokyo Nights! I love this song!"Kaoru exclaimed with a smile and as she began to dance on the bed to it, the two brothers just watched her shake her hair until it was wild and then move her hips in circular motions as she laughed and then fell to the bed.

"I love this song." Kaoru said with a sad smile as her father just hugged her and said, 'I know.'

"Her anniversary is coming up soon, right?" Asahi asked gently.

"Yup. Two weeks from now. It's on the day that your races will be for the championship."

"Fuck." Kaoru mumbled and she moved from her father before asking if it was right to go and run.

"Do it for her." The two brothers said before she just sighed and nodded. Then she got up with a smile before she started to dance.

"Me and Michael made this dance up to this song. Just watch."

The two brothers couldn't help but smile as Kaoru began to dance and explain what he was supposed to do while she moved. As she sighed and stopped at the end of a certain part, they crossed their legs and put their hands on their calves as Kaoru spoke. She laughed and said, 'twins' before she sighed and began.

"With Kenshin, it's constant jealousy towards Allusius. Constant. I mean, Allusius isn't as bad as he is. Kenshin does not like the fact that Allusius was my best friend over there. For the simple fact that he's a guy and for the fact that he sees him as competition. He sees him as the biggest threat between us because of the way I act now."

"The way you act now is… plain-ol' I don't give a fuck about the actions until my punishment later And Three strikes and I'll kill you type shit." Asahi said as he was in thought.

"Well… part of that. And then there's the I'm gonna party my ass off until I get arrested for assault type four days out of the week."

Shinji glared at her and threw his slipper before she winced and just shrugged her shoulders. He shook his head and he sighed before Kaoru said that she'd change.

"I promise. I'll really change this time. I've been getting in trouble—"

"Well, that's an understatement." He replied and Asahi nodded before kaoru just slapped her hands together and gave a whine.

"Please believe me this time. After the races, I'll shapen up. I'll give you all my weapons, I'll graduate with al the credits I need. I already graduated in Italy, but I'll graduate over here just to make you happy, kay? I'll be a good influence on the little kiddies."

"You're already an influence on Yahiko. He tried to attack me for his car when I was polishing the baby up. Jumped on my back and pushed my head straight into the water."

"See that?... That's not me." Kaoru replied with a shocked face and she shook her hands to show what she meant as she gave a soft laugh.

"That's Tytto's work right there. Tytto thinks that whenever he gets mad and he doesn't like somebody, he can shove their face into things to get his point across. He was the one who helped Taylor attempt to drown me in wine early this morning."

"Taylor, eh?" the two brothers said in unison before they rubbed their arms opposite of each other and they thought with a smirk on their faces before they looked back at Kaoru.

"Where is he now?"

"Working on something. But anyways. That's all Tytto. Now back to my dilemma. Um… anyways. Kenshin tries to get through, but it's like, when he does, we go right back to step one. He just doesn't understand that people don't stay the same. And I love him to death, but he doesn't seem to grasp that I can't just flip back in one day. It doesn't work that way. If it did, then I'd be bipolar, ya know?"

Kaoru let out a sigh before she sat on the edge of the bed and said, "I just want things between us to be wonderful again. Not all this fighting…. This is the worst fucking love triangle in Kamiya history."

"That's the goddamn truth!" Asahi said with Shinji and they laughed and shook hands happily. Kaoru arched her eyebrow as to ask what was going on and then they shook her hand and thanked her.

"From now on, you have to be the one to speak at reunions for the family! Remember they always said the one who had the worst love problems has to speak? Well, this is your year! Oh my god, winter's going to be a blast!"

Kaoru gaped as they got up and patted her on the back, the two strolling out with their arms linked and laughing in the exact same way. All the could really do was sigh angrily and drop her head back. She examined her tattoo on her arm and a small smirk came up on her face.

"The races are here. And after these… I'll make things so right that they can't possibly fuck up more than they are now."

Kaoru jumped up and she jogged down the hall and the stairs before going towards the kitchen. She saw Kenshin with his head in his arms and as she looked at Yahiko munching on cookies, she launched her water bottle at Kenshin's head. He dodged it without thinking and threw a cookie to her face. She opened her mouth and caught it before giving a smile of thanks.

"Screw you. You did that on purpose." He said towards her coldly before she shrugged her shoulders and she yawned boredly. Kenshin's gold eyes lingered on hers for a moment and as Kaoru watched him look at her with different emotions in her eyes, he dropped his head down and waved his hand to dismiss her.

"Get outta here. I know you have things to do and you hate me anyways."

"Hey, don't pull that card."

"Why not? 'Cause if you don't hate me, I don't know that the fuck it is."

"I don't hate you." She said and she put on her jean jacket before she turned and exited the kitchen. Kenshin just watched her leave and after she left, Yahiko wiped his hands and sipped on his milk.

"Don't worry, Uncle Kenny. Kao-kao loves you."

Kenshin opened his eyes as Yahiko got down and he jogged out the room to the backyard. A soft smile tugged on his lips after he registered what the little boy said. He chewed on a soft chocolate cookie after a second of more thoughts and he looked out the window with his fist resting on his chin. The sun made his violet eyes light up and almost look clear violet as he sighed and ran his fingers through his hair before returning his fast back to the space it was before.

'There's got to be a way to win her back. There's just gotta be something…'

I miss the warmth.

A/N: OMG I AM FINALLY FINISHED!

Sorry this took so long guys! With my grandmother being here and me helping her, me getting the most amazing puppy in the world that needs a lot of attention, and school and soccer, the most amazing sport in the world, taking up a lot of time as well. Sigh I'm surprised that I got it done though. And I haven't been on the computer in a while either.

I'm really sorry if this chapter is… idk, in so many places. I don't think I did too well on it. It's been a puzzling while and I'm having trouble with my friends again that I need to solve.

Shout out to Glenda. I LOVE THIS CHICK!

Next on: Who'll raise you to heaven and drop you to hell
Chapter 16: THE RACES

"This is it… all that we've worked on… all that we've dreamed about… it's right here. Our blood, our sweat, our tears… everything comes down to this… we can't afford to give up anything. We have to give it our all…

"It's win or go home, Kaoru. It's win or go home."

"Good look, babe."

"OH MY GOD! I'M FREE!"