Chapter 4

His wishes had been granted by her and he had been thrust into the entertainment world before he was fully prepared. It was almost, no not almost... it was a sink or, swim situation now. He had to learn how to use his gifted talents and fast or, he would fail miserably. When he wasn't combing his mind for every little scrap of musical information, he was ranting over his loss. "That Bitch! She is mine. Mine! My property. How dare she think she can leave without my permission!? She's just a stupid slave! Not even worth looking at! Not only that, she didn't even grant the damn wish! She betrayed me! Me! Fuwa Sho!" He paced back and forth as he continued on this line of ranting, causing no end of worry for his manager.

Shoko Aki sighed and lamented for taking on another eccentric musician. It seemed as though this particular young man, that she had grown fond of, finally snapped. Was he having delusions of grandeur? She wasn't quite sure. He was talking of a woman, she could be certain of that, but the way he was talking of her, like she was an actual slave. Wasn't slavery illegal? She sighed again. How was she supposed to calm him and fix this? She rolled her eyes and sunk into her sofa. "They don't pay me enough for this crap." She mumbled just out of earshot.

"Ren... Ren..." Yashiro snapped his fingers in front of his charge's face to gain his attention. All morning he had seemed to be off somewhere. "Did you hear anything I just told you?" Yashiro asked.

"I'm sorry Yashiro-san, I was just trying to remember something." He smiled apologetically.

Yashiro nodded. "Okay... Well, Takarada-san has a new talent coming in today and he wanted you to escort her to his office when she arrives." Yashiro informed him with a little smirk. Lory was bringing in a new girl. Perhaps Ren would take a liking to her. Yashiro quietly fantasized about Ren and this mysterious new female that would be arriving.

Ren rolled his eyes inwardly. Just as I thought... Boss is trying to hook me up with another mindless bimbo. Not going to happen. He was already determined to not like this new female, just on the principle of her being invited by Lory. He was not about to be matched with another vapid actress with no goals.

She was nervous. Today was her first real day that she would be trying to blend in with humans. She had never been around so many of them in one place. She had always been summoned in private, one person at a time. She found that it made her feel a bit shy. She looked out across the lobby and there he was. The young man of whom she had talked with in his dreams; however, he did not look pleased at all. Why did he seem so angry? Oh... That's right... He may not remember. He started to approach where she was standing as she listened to the receptionist speak to him on his phone. She watched him pocket his phone just before he stood before her.

Ren bowed politely and kept a firm grip on his anger for his boss. "Good afternoon. My name is Tsuruga Ren and Takarada-san has requested that I escort you to his office."

She bowed perfectly graceful. She had spent the past few days after she had left him, absorbing and observing customs, language, etiquette and mannerisms of these mortals. She had even picked a name for herself and conjured an identity so that she wouldn't be discovered. She had shortened her hair and changed the color to a strawberry-blonde so that her former master would not bother her if they were to ever meet again. "Thank you Tsuruga-san. It is a pleasure to meet you. I am Mogami Kyoko." There was a faint blush to her cheeks and for a moment a pair of golden-eyes registered in his memory.

He cleared the thoughts from his mind. "Well then, shall we?"

Ren shook his head at Lory's theme for the day, the Palace of Versailles. How on Earth did he do it? It was entirely too distracting and he had missed part of what was discussed, so he decided to just nod and pretend that he heard and agreed. "That's wonderful Ren! So next week you will help me with the problems we've been having with Ruriko-chan." Ren winced, not what he had expected. He couldn't stand the girl she was too obvious in her attraction to him. "So, you're dismissed and I'll talk to you tomorrow about it."

"Alright... See you tomorrow Boss." He left the new girl in the office with Lory and quickly went to search for his manager, while fighting the overwhelming desire to bash his own head in on the tile floor for not paying attention.

A pair of golden-eyes flashed in his memory once again and distracted him from his inner lamentations over his situation with Ring Doh and Ruriko-chan. Who was that girl? He tried to place a face to the eyes but all that came to him was her veiled, hidden visage and her beautiful, silken black hair.

Lory took in the image of the young woman that stood before him and smiled wildly. He quickly approached her, swept her into his arms and hugged her tightly with tears streaming down his face, after Ren had left her there. She snuggled into him with tears trickling down her cheeks and sighed with relief.

"Brother..." She murmured in their ancient tongue.

"Farasha... It's been too long. I have missed you so very much big sister." He smiled softly and kissed her crown. "When Ruto had told me of a female Djinni he had invited here, I almost didn't believe him. Where have you been?" He told her as he led her to the cushions and poured her a goblet of her favorite wine as she took her original silk clad form, then relaxed into the cushions.

"First, Huba Syd..." She waved around her. "Tell me of all of this. Are you helping those that have enslaved us?" He could hear the irritation in her voice. "Or, is this to toy with them?"

He laughed. "Sister... That man died long ago. Most of us have been free for a very long time. Not all are like him. You behave as though you have only just recently been released." He commented before eating a strawberry.

Her eyes grew dark. "You would be correct in that assumption little brother. I have only gained my freedom through a carelessly placed vague wish by a spoiled mortal child, less than 7 days ago."

"Oh?... You have peaked my curiosity sister. Tell me of this wish and the child that made it." He asked with interest.

She giggled. "The boy had intended harm for your Tsuruga Ren. He desires his position on some irrelevant little list so, I decided to use it for my own freedom." She laughed. "It is actually a very powerful wish and his life force could no longer provide the for price needed for anything after. The coin released me, oddly enough. I honestly didn't think that it would work, but as soon as he summoned me for it... I felt it." She laughed. "I was so amused and elated that I kissed the little whelp."

"Farasha... What exactly did he wish?" Lory asked with concern, Ren had been through enough in his life. He didn't need anything else horrible complicating it.

She waved him off. "No worries dearest brother. I will not harm him or, his status. The wish was to remove him from an eligible bachelor's list or, something of the sort. If you desire, I would enlist your help, after all you are The Great Huba Syd." She smirked not realizing exactly how aggressive her mischievous brother had become in pursuing his hobby over the years.

A/N: Just a little tidbit. I decided to give Kyoko and Lory names in Arabic for their Djinn names.

Farasha: Butterfly

Huba Syd: Love Master