Another year and a half went by, and the blonde girl had changed only slightly. Her hair was now a little bit longer and even more taken care of, going down her back once more. Her light eyes were still childish, dispite the insident with Hojo and the fact that every other week someone comes home with someone else's blood on them.
Outside the window winter gray clouds covered the sky and the sun, but it surely wasn't going to rain that day. The dazed girl looked up out the window from her seat on the library table, her chin resting on her palm as she slumped over the table. She had just got done with her lessons for the day when Lim started to get ready to go out.
"I'm going to go pick up everyone else from school early. Then Me and Raiden will be going on a assignment that has nothing to do witht he bosses." Lim imformed, following the 12-year-old out of the library exit and to the large intrance of the house. She stared up at him and waited for his other comments. "Raiden is upstairs in his room getting ready, so please don't bother him. He needs his rest for tonight also, so keep quiet. I don't want him stressed for tonite."
"Alright, Lim-onii." Riku said, nodding as Lim patted her on the head.
He walked out the front door and down the white gravel walkway, towards his car. She kept her hands folded in front of her as she watched from the open door, and once he was in the car she raised her hand and waved, "Have a safe trip!"
He waved back and drove off into the small forest path.
Now Riku was all alone, nothing but the large house and her brother snoring up a storm upstairs. She walked to the closed off study instead of her room, and it looked the same it had always been. Raiden's red velvet grandfather chair was still in it's rightful place, and the black ebony piano was still there was well. Heavy black curtains covered the window's only a little light managed to get through the fabric. She yawned, raising her hand and waving it off slightly. The couches seemed very comfortable and inviting right now.
She ran to the couch she first layed on, the one Raiden had put her in when she had fainted that one time. She had napped on it countless times, but she only did when everyone was gone. She layed on her side and bent her legs slightly, snuggling against the cussions and pillow slightly.
She soon fell asleep on her side like a child with her earphones playing a head in her head, her plam facing up as if waiting for a hand to take it.
~.~
"Okay, now you all know the drill." Lim said to the teenagers as Raiden yawned, both were wearing black slacks and their long black coats. The kids were in the public living room, you know, not the private one but the one where when you have company. The house was old and wierd like that.
Miku and Rin were painting eachother's nails clear. Zumi was talking into her cellphone, talking to a boy from her highschool while Meiko was sitting beside her on the couch, drinking a wine cooler. Kaito, Mamoru, and Len were al playing a racing video game on the t.v. set, bumping an pushing and trying to get the other to mess up. They all ignored them for a second.
"HEY!!"
All of them looked up from what they were doing and Zumi said into ther phone "I'll talk to you later" and closing her phone. Raiden sighed heavily with annoyance and rubbed the back of his black head, yawning once again. "Listen up! So troublesome...."
"We won't be back until tommorow." Lim continued, grateful his friend helped him a little. "You know the drill. If anyone suspisious is in the area, if they are one of the Boss's Lackes kill them ont he spot. No parties, Mamoru."
"What?!" Mamoru said, raising a fist in protest. "Why do you point me out and not Meiko!? She's more likely since she's the underaged alcoholic here!"
"Oh, shut it shaggy." Meiko scoffed.
"Bite me, big boobs!" Mamoru spat back, sticking out his tounge.
"Hey now."Raiden said, now fully awake. The two huffed and looked away from eachother an Raiden sighed once more. "I don't care if you stay up late, but don't make any noise and try not to waist the electric bill. Also, make sure Riku is in bed as well. I don't want her walking around like she did last night and hurt herself again."
He ment that the night before Riku woke up and was careful not to wake up everyone else. She walked out the garden and fell on the roses, cutting herself up on the leg a little bit. Raiden, being as protective as she is, freaked out that morning when he saw the bloodied napkin she forgot to burn, and Len freaked out when he went to go wake her up and saw bandaged skilfully wrapped around her leg.
Len blinked when he sat his control down and looked around. He looked at where she would usually be at teis time of day, sitting next to Zumi and letting her mess with her semi-long hair or with Miku and Rin, letting them do whatever to her as well. But he didn't see his fruit-loving girl anywhere.
"Excuse me for a sec. Gotta go to the bathroom~" Len said getting up and almost sprinting out the door.
He stopped and looked out of the window and to the rose maze, she was nohwere to be seen. He quickened his pace, only because he was worried. She knew she shouldn't be wandering alone, and if she was outside she knew she shouldn't go out without telling one of the members. He passed the study doors in a hurry, only to stop in his tracks and took a step back.
Looking inside the door, which was cracked open, he could hear the music to the song "Dancing in the Velvet Moon".
He creaked the door open to almost see nothing. He stumbled over some shoes as he walked in and tried to get to the curtain covered window in one peice. Once he found the window, he opened the curtain and gray light washed in, revealing the small girl laying on the couch asleep.
She was still curled up on her side, one hand to her chest and her knees close to her to keep herself warm. Her bangs flew across her cheeks and forehead lazily. Her other hand was away from her face, the wrist bending and hanging off the side of the couch. Her face was as peaceful as ever, she must've been having a good dream.
Len sighed, she knew she shouldn't be wearing a skirt in the winter. But he smiled nevertheless, looking down at her. She looked just like she did when she was no older then 8, sleeping anywhere without a care in the world.
He nelt down onto both of his knee's and removed the large earphones from her ears, the song now changed to "Ike Lenka". She stirred slightly, wanting the song back in her head. She loved songs like those, confessions, lovesickness, the kind that could either make you jump up and sing along with a fast heartbeat or break down and cry.
He reached out and took her limp hand in both of hers, warming it up. "Hey. Wake up."
"......."
"Hime-sama." He whispered in her ear, he was sure she would wake up with that. She didn't care if people talked about her in that sense, but she hated being called Hime-sama or princess directly. "Hime-sama, wake up."
"Ngh...." She moaned, stirring some more before walking up. Her eyes opened half way and revealed dazed gold eyes. She blinked a couple of times until the bluriness went away, then she realized it was Len who was kneeling in front of her. "Len? What time did you get here? Did Onii-sama leave already?"
"No, he didn't." Len answered, shakign his head and standing up. "Let's go to him, shall we?"
He held out his free hand for her's and she took it, standing up with no feeling in her legs whatsoever. He continued to have his grip on her right hadn as he pulled her through the big mansion, her trailing behind him while rubbing one eye.
Soon they were at the front, where everyone was talking to Raiden and Lim before they left for their assignment. Raiden was showing off his new gun to Mamoru and Kaito, who were staring with jealousy and wanting to try and shoot something with it while the girls talked to Lim about the details of the mission. Raiden noticed the two coming back from whereever and didn't question. He didn't notice that they let go of hands while they walked.
Riku left Len's side and walked up to Raiden, holding up her hands like a child and yawning.
"Still tired?" Raiden asked before excepting the request, pulling her up and holding her.
Since she was still as frail and delicate, he could still hold her with one arm dispite the fact she was almost 13. He rocked from side to side, like a parent trying to lull a child to sleep. And it was working, she closed her eyes and rested her head on her shoulder, falling asleep.
Since Raiden didn't trust Mamoru enough to hold Riku anymore (he dropped her once), and Kaito was eating ice cream and Meiko might've had one too many wine coolers, he handed the sleeping girl to Zumi, who held her close.
"Let her sleep for a while longer," Raiden advised after her kissed his sister on the forehead. "Then wake her up and take her a bath-"
"OOh! Can I take a bath with her?!" Rin asked, waving her hand in the air franticly.
"I....don't care. Now shush." Raiden said while thinking, Aren't you a little too old to request that? He then said a couple of other words and left with Lim into the dangerous world outside the rose garden walls.
"Well, I'm hungry." Mamoru said, rubbing the back of his shaggy head and walking towards the kitchen. "Hey Miku, wanna make some spagetti with me?"
"Okay!" Miku said, running after him. "As long as I can throw noodles at the walls, I'm all up for it!"
The two dissappeared into the kitchen, Meiko wanting to do the sauce so she could but her special ingredient that made it taste good, Voldka! Kaito followed soon after, wanting another tube of ice cream.
"Come one, you two." Zumi said, laughing under her breath as she headed towards the stairs. As soon as she got up to the floor where their bedrooms were at, she handed Riku to Len, telling him to hold her until she came back with Riku's clothes.
Rin and Len sat on a bench that was placed on one side of the hallway walls, waiting for Zumi to return. Rin was chatting up a storm about some guy that wanted to ask her out, while Len dozed off. Riku was asleep in his lap, and he started to play with a strand of her hair as he thought.
"Nm...."
He looked down do see the curled up girl open her eyes slightly, he could tell she was still out of it by the way her eyes were clouded. Len took this chance to get her off of his lap, if she saw this she would blush and start protesting. Rin watched as her brother stand up and sit the girl down on his warm seat, and she was now fully awake.
"Whaaa..?" Riku asked, rubbing one eye as she looked up at Len. She yawned. "I feel asleep again?"
"Yes, have you been getting enough sleep?" Len asked, watching Rin scoot over and lean closer to the girl so she could fix her hair.
"Of course I am!" Riku said, nodding and messing up what Rin called, "Perfect Bangs". Rin told her to be still and she obeyed, not moving her head. Her held out her hand to Len, her index finger almost touching his nose. "How about you, Len?"
"Of course." He said, smiling down at her and messing up her hair.
"THAT'S IT!" Rin growled, getting up and trying to strangle Len. But he starte running in circles, and Rin couldn't catch him if she tried hard enough. "I'm gonna kill you!"
"That's enough, you two." Zumi said, laughing and appearing beside Riku. The girl looked up to see that Zumi had her an Rin's pajama's in her other arm as Zumi grabbed Riku's hand and helped her up. "Let's go take a bath, Ri-chan."
"Alright, Onee-chan!" Riku said, trying to sound happy about that.
Zumi sighed as she watched Rin adn Len play and then grabbed Rin's collar, dragging her towards the huge bathroom. "Come on, girly!"
"Bye Len!" Riku said, waving over her shoulder before turning to look straight ahead.
Len sighed, he was jealous because Rin still could take bathes with Riku. But, as Raiden had said, he's too old to take baths with Riku and Rin anymore.
~.~
"There, you're all nice and clean, Ri-chan!" Zumi said, taking a step back to look at her masterpeice.
Riku was standing in the middle of Meiko's room, where Zumi had put her. Her blonde hair was soaking wet but smeeled very good, and it stuck to her back a little. She had on a white nightgown that where her knee's started with spaggeti straps. She was instantly glomped by Meiko, who was now drunk with the help from about 18 peach wine coolers.
"So small. Sooooo kawaaaii!" Meiko cooed, rubbing her short brunette head against the younger girls' wet blonde hair.
She had her arms wound around Riku's neck a little too tightly, so she had her hands over Meiko's arms so she could have some air go through her lungs. Miku laughed as she brushed Rin's hair, who was jealous that she didn't glomp Riku first. Zumi was on the phone now, talking of flirting or whatever to the boy she was talking to before. She laughed as well, and then closed her cellphone.
"I know, she is huh?" Zumi agreed, nodding her head.
"Yep!" Meiko smiled childishly before the two fell on the bed. Riku squeaked and looked up to ee Meiko's eyes were closed. Oh my god she's dead! was what she first thought until the Meiko let out a sleepy sigh with wine coller breath in her face. Riku coughed.
"Welp, I think Meiko's waisted." She laughed, while Riku struggled to get out of Meiko's grip. "You know what that means-"
"SLEEP OVER!!!" Miku cheered, her and Rin running and jumping into Meiko's large bed.
Zumi laughed and did the same, putting her phone on vibrate before hoping in. She turned off the lights and layed in the middle, Miku and Rin beside her, andd Meiko beside Rin. Riku was on the far side, thankful Meiko waas holding her with a tight grip. If she hadn't, the poor girl would've fallen flat on her face.
She couldn't sleep.
Meiko was mumbling and cursing in her sleep, so it was kinda hard to fal asleep. So she just stared outside Mieko's uncoverd window. The Moon wasn't out and there was thunder and lightning. She hated that. Don't get her wrong, she liked rain, but the thunder and lihgtning just ruined the melody the rain gives off.
Riku continued to stare at it in a daze until lightning flashed, then she flinched. Then she felt herself being set free.
"Eh? Oh n-!" And she was face down on the floor with a painful BANG!
She instantly shot up on her hands and knee's to see if she had woken up anyone, but only Miku had stired and turned. She sighed with relief and stood up, making sure she didn't cut or hurt herself in the process. And with the quietness of a cat, she tip-toed past the girls and opened the door successfully.
Closing it behind her, she ran down the barely lit hallway. Another crash of thunder and lightning was heard and she jumped three feet in the air beofre stopping and then dodging to the most familiar. She opened the door.
"L-Len...?" She whispered, peeking her head into the door. "Are you awake?"
"Yeah," Len said, turning on his nightstand lamp and sitting up. He rubbed his eye and ran a hand through his hair before holding out one hand lazily. "What's wrong? I thought you were sleeping in Meiko's room with the rest of the girls."
She explained what had happened when he wasn't with her as she walked towards him. Len stiffled a chuckled and she huffed. "It's not funny. It really hurt my head. And now the lightnings' making it worse."
"I know you're afraid. Come on, your gonna freeze your butt off if you just stand there."
She took his hand and he helped her up on the bed, opening the sheets so she could slide in. She rested her head on Rin's pillow and Len rested his on his own. Len rested their hands inbetween their heads. Riku's grip was tight, she was still afraid.
"Just close your eyes and go to sleep now." Len whispered, petting her head. She closed her eyes and sure enough in about two minutes she was breathing deep but regularly. The 14-year-old smiled to himself as he soon fell asleep as well.
~!~ Next Morning.~!~
"Nemh...." Riku yawned, sitting up and rubbing her eyes. She looked out to see that the clouds still ahven't gone away after the storm.
She rubbed her eyes and looked over lazily to Len, who was still beside her. He was still asleep, and if he wasn't awake, then no one else was either. She took this chancce to see if her Onii-sama and Lim were back.
She climbed off the bed with success and ran to the door, closing it behind her. She ran quietly all the way down the long and wide hallway until she was at the double doors, and opened them slightly.
Lim was sitting on the left side of Raiden's bed, doing something with the raven-haired boys' arm. He plucked a bullet out from a wound and tappe the pliers on a white glass bowl that was sitting on the floor next to his feet. Raiden winced, but that was all.
Riku wanted to sneak in quietly and her plan was ruined because she sneezed.
"Ri-chan!" Both boys said in unison, turning to look at her.
She smiled sheepishly and laughed nervously, running over to them. She stood next to Lim and clutched onto Raiden's bedsheets. "Are you alright, Onii-sama?!?"
"Yeah, I'm alright." He said, smiling and patting Riku's blonde hair. He pointed to himself with the arm that Lim wasn't leaning over and working on. "It's just flesh wounds, nothing complicated. Nothing you should worry about!"
"I should worry about it!" Riku said, huffing and crossing her arms. "I want to help, Lim-onii. What can I do?"
"You can dress Raiden's wounds on this arm, I'm finished with it." Lim said, standing up and tossing a roll of bandages to Riku.
She stumbled and almost dropped it as Lim walked past her and started to work on the other arm, and she finally caught it. She sat on the side of the bed and started to wrap up her brothers' arm as he talked to Lim. She didn't eavesdrop, like she usually did, because it sounded too serious-
"Hey Ri-chan." She looked up to see Riaden looking own at her. "Are you tired of staying only here? Would you like to get out, even if it's only for one night?"
Um....?? "Sure. It would be kinda cool, Onii-sama." She said, nodding. Raiden sighed and they both looked at her contently, and she felt like she couldn't breath with all the attention.
"Can you do me a favor?"
"Yeah, sure Onii-sama!"
"Go get Len for me." He said, turning away. "And make sure you don't wake up anyone else, alright?"
"Right!" She said, saluting him and climbing off of the bed. She then ran to the door, opening it slightly and slipped out, turning her back to the hallway an closing the door veerrry softly. Once she heard a small Click she sighed in relief, hangling her head and happy she got out of that stiff room.
"Hime-sama!" Riku jumped three feet in the air and turned around, squeaking when she reconized the voice.
Len was jogging down the hallway, towards her. He had the most worried face she had ever seen, and once he was up to her he grabbed her hand. "Why did you wake me up when you woke up? What're you doing out here in only that? It's freezing out here, and you know you can't bother your brother this early in the morning."
"B-But, Len!" She said, tugging on his hand so he would stop pulling her away. He stopped and turned to her, looking down at her for a explaination. "Onii-sama want's to talk to both of us. Right now."
Len blinked, "Um....Alright. Let's go."
She nodded and he opened the door, walking in with her hand still in his as he stopped so she could close the door with her free hand. They then walked together to the now lounging Raiden. He looked hesitant, something his sister had never seen in his face before.
And it kinda scared her.
"Is there something wrong?" Len asked, blinking as he stared straight at Raiden with a face all buisness. They were standing so close together so Lim wouldn't see their holding hands. His hand was squeezing onto hers like he would never let go no matter what would happen and she just let him do what he pleased.
"No, I actually got something for you two to do. A assignment." They both looked up in shock, Len more than Riku. Raiden looked at his hands and then raised his hands, patting both of their blonde heads. "I want you to go to this one party and represent me. As you can see, I can't go to the party in my assumed condition."
"A party?!" Riku asked, her eyes bright. "I've never been to a party as a guest before.....!"
Lim stood up and walked to Riku, putting his hands on her shoulders and steering her away. Lim sat her on the window seat and told her about the stuff that could happen, and loosely described how it would go. Since the girl had been cooped up in the house this whole time, she almost forgot how other houses looked like.
"What brought this up?" Len asked, looking at Raiden. Len was shocked that Raiden would just up and let the girl go out in public just like that, with no warning at all. "Are the others going?"
"Yes, but only to keep surveillance." Raiden said, nodding. Len sat next to Raiden as he explained. "I was supposed to come to the party as apart of a meeting between me, the leader, and a subordinate in another town. But, I can't go like this, now can I? Plus, it'll be her 13th birthday in a day or two. So, I'll just let my little girl go enjoy herself for at least tonight. She deserves it, it's been about six years since she had been out, not including that one time two years ago. So, do you agree with me, Len?"
"……" Len was quiet at first. What would happen if something went wrong? He knew that his leader wasn't telling him everything, maybe because Riku could overhear something that she shouldn't hear. He averted his eyes. "Yes, Leader-sama."
Len looked over to see that Lim was texting someone as Riku was leaning out the window, the wind blowing slightly through her hair. And, soon after Lim closed his phone shut, Zumi came walking in.
Riku looked around to Zumi and blinked, wondering when Zumi had woken up. The black haired girl smiled down at the younger blonde and pulled the blonde into a lazy hug, thinking I really need to get more hours of sleep~.
"I heard your going to the party as well!" Zumi said with a drozy smile still on her face. Riku smiled and nodded, and Lim held out her hand in his to Zumi, which she took. "Come on, dear. Let's get you ready for the party!"
"Already?!" Riku asked, blinking in surprise as Zumi tugged her along past her older brother and her best friend. She reached out to Len who just stayed in his spot. "No, no, no, no! It's too early! Len, help me~ Noooo-!"
Then the door closed, muffled by Riku's yells of protest. Len sighed at her childishness and Raiden just laughed as Lim sighed and shaked his head.
"I love that girl!" Raiden laughed. He then looked at Lim. "Hey, Lim. Get Len fitted into a tux, stat."
"WHAT?!" Len asked, sweatdropping. Lim hovered over the blonde boy as he shook his head wildly. "No! No! No! No way!"
Then, Mamoru and Kaito came out of nowhere and pounced on the 14-year-old boy as well, and it was about three hours before the two blondes even considered stopping with the struggle.
!~!~!
Len sighed as she leaned against the wall, his hands stuffed halfway into his pockets.
He had his tux on after a hour or two of fighting, and ended up putting it on anyway. The reason was because Riku would be embarassed that she had to wear a dress and Len wouldn't put on his tux and join in. He had black tux plants and his jacket drapped over his arm, it was too early to get fully dressed. He had on a dress shirt and a vest, his yellow tie hanging out. He looked so cool with his outfit on, if girls from his school was there, they would be drooling over him.
He sighed once more before he heard the door beside him open, making him open his blue eyes.
Rin walked out, looking out rom the left wall to the right, where Len was. She smiled an stepped out, her regular shorts and yellow tank top. She closed the door behind her and strolled to Len, smilng.
"You look so handsome, Len-chan!" Rin teased, making Len scoff and look away with his arms crossed over his chest.
"Whatever." He huffed, making Rin laugh.
She grabbed Len's hand and lead him to the door, opening it and closing it behind her. Len looked around Zumi's room, he hadn't been in her room for a long time. Rin giggled as she walked into the other room connected to Zumi's. "Wait here, Len-chan. ZUMI-CHAN~"
Len sat on the window seat as he waited for his twin to alow him to come in. And, sure enough, when he opened his eyes again Rin was back in the room and leading him into the other room.
And dancing with eachother was Zumi and the dressed up Riku.
She was wearing a dress, for the first time in a long time. It was white, the skirt stopping right at her knee's. Light blue stitches on the off the shoulder sleeves and at the end of the skirt, and a light blue ribbon was on the side of her head and light blue flats on her feet. She looked like a little doll, she might as well have been.
Riku heard the door close and she turned her head to look over her shoulder, smiling at who she saw. She turned away from the window and ran to him, looking up at him with her childish little smile. "Len! Your in a tux!"
"Yeah, well, your wearing a dress!" Len countered, looking away and blushing at his childishness.
"Aaaw!" Zumi cooed, and the two turned to her. Snap! went off the camera shutter. The two blushed deep red and Rin laughed, Zumi holding up the digital camera. "For future references, and for Raiden!"
"Whaaa!?" Riku said, blushing even redder. She didn't want her in a dress for future reference! "B-But-"
"Shhh. Hime-sama." Len said, making her blink. "I'll delete it later."
The girl smiled and nodded, completely and utterly grateful an happy that Len understood how she felt.
~!~
"Len, I'm nervous!" Riku admited, just outside the fairly large mansion.
The mansion was far grander than the one she had worked for long ago. All of the lights were on, even the ones on the top floor. Butlers were parking cars while the richly dressed party guests made their way to the large double doors. Riku immediatly felt under dressed, she didn't have pearls or dimoands or anythign of the sort, and Len didn't have any kind og fancy pocket watch and chain.
She was clinging to Len's hand with both of hers, just like she did when she was a child. He stopped right at the doorway and let go of her hands, putting both of his on her shoulders.
"Now, Riku. You should be excited!" Len said, smiling down at her. When she gave him the 'I'm having second thoughts!' look, he chuckled under his breath and said. "Okay, after I meet with this guy I'll call Lim and we'll be right out. Don't worry, Hime-sama. I'll protect you."
"Oh...Okay." Riku said, then blushed. "And don't call me Hime-sama!!!"
Len laughed and grabbed her hand again, pulling her into the mansion. She wasn't surprised at the wonderfull ballroom, it was just like the one they had at home, but this one was a little shinier than theirs. And, there was also a balcony that over looked the dane floor, there was probably a floor up there too, because peopel were up ther eas well.
People were already dancing the waltz as the musicians played. As soon as the song ended and the music slowly dissapeared, so did Len.
"I have to go." Len said, laughing at Riku when she wouldn't let go of his hand. He leane in and kissed her forehead. "I'll be right back. Don't move anywhere!"
And he was gone. He left the golden-eyed girl blushing a deep red and sipping a glass of cider. It must've been, since it didn't taste like wine (Meiko's fault). She looked as the couples started to dance again, and then started to doze off under the spell of the music.
"Hey." She blinked, a head of dark brown hair blocking her view of the floor.
It was a boy, about 15, with short-ish dark chocolate brown hair and weirdish rich violet ones. He was dressed waaay better then Len, so he must've been apart of the rich crowd. He had his hand in front of hiim in a grand jesture.
"Well, hello." He said, talking directly to Riku. She blinked, looking down at his hand and then back at his face. He was so......Dreamy!!!! Now she new how Rin felt with that one guy from a boy band. "I'm Suzuka, what's your name?"
"Im.......Uh..."Riku heasitated for a second, her hand coming up from her side. She then smiled. "I'm Riku!" She mentally kicked herself at what she said. I'm so dead......
"Nice to meet you, Miss Riku." Suzuka smiled and grabbed her hand, kissing it. The girl blushed a a light pink, but she shook her head and tried to calm herself down as he stood up again. "You're very cute, you know. Are you here with anyone?"
"I'm here with my...Friend." Riku said, nodding her head and looking down at her hand. Suzuka was still holding it.
"I see, would you like to dance?" He asked, smiling once more. She felt like she would melt to the floor.
"I-I......can't. I d-don't know h-how to dance." She muttered.
But by the time she stuttered the words Suzuka was already leading her to the dance floor. With the hand he was holding he put it up in the air and put his free hand on her waist after putting her hand on his shcoulder. "Here, then. I'll show you."
"B-B-But....!"
He started to dance and she just had to follow, or else she would lookk like a fool. She looked to teh side to see girls' Suzuka's age glaring at her, and she looked down and flushed again. He laughed slightly and reassured her that she was doing a grand job, making her cheeks even hotter. But soon, she got the hand of the dance stepps and was doing even better, she even looekd up at Suzuka and smiled a bit. She was content, until-
"Hey!" She stopped right in her tracks. She knew that voice! She stoppe dancing and her smiling face turned red again as she inched her head to the left. Oh no.....
Len was standing on the side, huffing slightly. She knew he was looking for her, and she instantly felt embarassed. The blue-eyed boy looked at her, and then to Suzuka. She didn't see it, but his eyes hardened. Then he did the unexpected.
He atuallly ran through the dancing crowd and to her.
"Hime-sama!" He called, making everyone who twirled around them looked their way. Even the musicians were interested, but they kept playing their song.
"L-Len!" Riku stuttered, breakign away from Suzuka, much to his dismay. Suzuka glared at Len as the taller blonde stopped in front of the younger girl. She flailed, tryign to explain, "I-I was just."
"Hime-sama." Len repeated, then did something he never did before and would never do in public.
He grabbed one of Riku's hnd and knelt down to one knee, his other hand across his chest. He bent his hed down and kissed her hand. He looked like a servant bowing to his master. And this scene wooed the ladies, Riku more than anyone. She was blushing beet red with her free hand clutching onto the cloth of her dress.
Len stood up and smiled down at Riku. He reached up and put one hand gently behing her head, sayin. "Hime-sama, you were suppoused to stay put."
"I-I'm sorry, Len! I won't do it again!" Riku sputtered, still embarassed as she looked down slightly, dazed. Is Len mad?! He would never put up some twisted kind of fanservice!!! Huwaaaa!
And on the meantime, while Riku was in her own mind and looking down, Len smiled happily. He looked up at Suzuka, who was staring back down at Len with a mad look. Len just smirked against RIku's hair and then parted slightly, saying, "We should get you something to eat."
"Yeah, okay." Riku said, snapping out of her lala land. She looked back at Suzuka as Len pulled her away from the dance floor, he was walking the other way with his hands in his pockets. Riku turned her head and tried to catch up with Len, trying to ignore the stares from couples they dodged and passed.
Suzuka, who was heaing ot oneof the great stairwells, pulled out a cellphone and put it up to his ear. His frown turned into another one of those wiked grins and he said. "Yep....it's on."
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"L-Len, are you mad at me?" Riku asked, looking down at her ice cream as she poked it with a spoon.
They were sitting on another stairwell, looking out at everyone who was dancing in and socializing. Riku didn't want to go back with them and get stared at the rest of the night. She was happy that the people in the second floor didn't see the scene.
Len blinked as he looked up from his crepe, tilting his head. He smiled a little, "No, I'm not mad at all. Why would you think that?"
"Because you acted weird down there." Riku said, blushing slightly.
Len smiled at how embarassed she was and patted her hair, chuckling again. "It was just a show," Also to show that guy that he shouldn't mess with what's mi-! He stood up and held out his hand. "Think nothing of it. Want to go to the second floor and dance for a bit before Lim picks us up?"
Riku blinked and looked up, smiling and taking his hand. "Yeah, one more! Let's go!"
He pulled her up to her feet and she dusted off the bottom of her dress with her free hand as he lead her to the dance was people on this floor, and they were all older than the two. She let Len lead her wherever they were dancing the steps too, and she really didn't know Len could dance like this before. It just goes to show what he does when he's not hanging around her.
"I didn't know you could dance like this before Len! Your good." She commented, smiling. Len blushed a light pink before adding. "It makes me feel like I'm dancing with a old man~"
"Hey, don't make fun of me." He said, glaring down at her as she laughed a little. "I could be dancing with other girls instead of you, you know."
Riku blinked, realizing that the fact was true. The hand that was on the boys' shoulder clutched onto his shoulder unconsiously, her head down sightly and her eyes were kind of dazed. This made Len think twice about what he had said.
"Listen, I-" Len stopped what he was saying and his eyes grew alert. He stopped dancing and clung the girl to his chest, making her blink and blush a light red.
She pulled away from him and looked up, "Len, wha-?!"
BANG!
Screams drowned out Riku's question as other shots went into the air. People rushed outside and the people on the second dancefloor scrambled to get downstairs. They didn't care if they knocked the two kids apart from eachother, making Len move back witih the bodies and Riku fall down on the ground away from the crowd.
"Riku!" She winced and rubbed her butt as Len tried to fight the people who were trying to get downstairs, calling her name and trying to get past them. But she didn't hear him through the screams and the shots.
She didn't look at him, instead, she looked at the shadow that was over her. She blinked and the cloaked figure held out a hand, grabbing hers and helping her up. Len's eyes widened. She kenw never to go with someone he didn't know. She stood up and the figure pulled her to a run the other way, deeper into the house.
One of the men got tired of his struggling and picked up Len, following the others down as he protested. "I need to get her! Let me go! Riku!!!"
But she was gone.
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"Mr. Suzaku's hurt?" Riku asked, holding onto her skirt with her free hand as she tried to keep up with the cloaked figures' sprint. She didn't see the guys face, but she knew she reconized the voice from somewhere.
"Yes, you gotta help him!" The guy said, not turning around. Riku stumbled a bit and almost slipped, the shoes she had didn't have heels and also didn't have a grip on the floor. "He's in need of you! Just down this hallway!"
Riku blinked when the guy stopped and pushed her down the hallway, making her stumble even more. She blinked at the end of the hallway. It was a dead end, and no Suzaku. She turned to see Suzaku with his hands coming towards her. She backed up.
"Wah!?" She ran past him but didn't get far, because her eyes and mouth was covered by a cloth. She felt dizzzy all of a sudden, and even though her eyes were open, she felt her vision slipping away.
Len!
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Len ran down the hallway, smoke now surpoundign the house. It was on fire now, and he was lucky to get away from the man who tired to "save" him. The loaked figure from before was walking the other way, his back turned to the blonde assasin. Len's fury took the better of him and-
BANG!
Len shot Suzaku right in the back of the head, two bodies fall to the floor. Wait....two!?
"Riku!" Len yelled as he saw the end of Riku's dress skirt under the spread black cloak. He ran and pushed the body of Suzaku off fo the girl and stared at her before kneeling down to his knees and pulled her to him.
She had no scratch on her whatsoever. No cuts anywhere, Thank god! And she was breathing, even better!
He slapped her cheek lightly, trying to wake her up ."Hime-sama! Hime-sama! Wake up!"
"Hm....?" Riku's small voice said as she opened her eyes slowly. Len smiled and let out a great sigh of reliief, holding the younger blonde girl to his chest.
"Oh, Ri-chan! You're awake!" He exclaimed happily, as she blinked with her cheek on his heart. He grabbed her by the shoulders and rested his forehead on hers. "Don't ever leave my sight again! I was so worried about-"
"Len...?" He stopped his ranting when she touched his face. He looked down into her eyes. She was looking at him, but not at him. His eyes widened as he hugged her and clutched onto her until someone could come with them. Her chin on his shoulder, she continued to look straight ahead, her mouth open.
"L-Len....How come...I can't see?"
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Cliff hanger~! OMG! 0.0
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