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CHAPTER FIVE: Change of Tactics
Gorgeous.
That was the first word that popped into Rayne's head when she saw Yoro Higano.
He had long dark hair tied in a ponytail at the base of his neck and beautiful emerald eyes. He had a body that was toned and muscular but not overly buff. Around him were five women that made Rayne do a double take on herself. These women could have been models but Yoro wasnt looking at them anymore. His attention had been diverted elsewhere.
He was staring at her.
They looked eyes for a moment before she blushed and looked away. The blush, to her dismay, was real. Kakashi noticed and glared at Yoro.
"Tamon, we have to go reserve the rooms," Rayne said in a soft spoken voice not so different from Hinata's. She had seen Kakashi's glare and had noticed that Kotetsu had joined him in giving Yoro some serious death glares. So she had decided to break it up and give them a reminder that they had a mission to complete.
Kakashi nodded and bowed his head, acting the part of a servant, a bodyguard to be exact. "Yes, Miss Tomohiro." He and Kotetsu walked her to the front desk and rayne checked in under her alias as Kira Tomohiro.
"Your room is right this way Miss Tomohiro. Your father said you will be staying with us for two weeks and that your bodygurads will be staying with you," one of the women who worked there at the spa said as she led them to the three rooms. Kakashi would be staying on the one to the right of her room and Kotetsu the left. Rayne, of course, would be in the middle.
Rayne nodded, "Yes, thats right. Thank you." She motioned for Kakashi and Kotetsu to bring her bags in. Both men nodded and silently began to load all of the suitcases into her room.
They were filled with incredibly expensive clothes bought early this morning. Rayne didnt usually were dresses or skirts- she was a mother of four and a ninja, who had time for such girly things? And so they had to go out and buy a whole bunch. But, apparently her uncle was a lot better off than she had been led to believe. He was a well known political figure and had taken the name Hige Tomohiro when he had been appointed arbitrate for the council. Rayne was not happy about the fact that she would have to be wearing dresses the entire time. I mean, she thought they were gorgeous and all but she just wasnt comfortable in them.
Once the two men had loaded her bags of dresses into her room she smiled at them before going in and shutting the door behind her . Once in the room she hung all her new clothes in the closet before undressing and heading for the shower to change and clean up for dinner.
While she was in the middle of washing the soap from her body she heard a knock on the door and quickly finished washing off before stepping out and wrapping the one article of clothing she had brought from home, her rose pink robe, around her.
She opened the door and let out a startled squeak when she realised it was Yoro. She had been expecting it ot be either Kakashi of Kotetsu.
Yoro chuckled at her reaction, a very pleasant sound, and smiled apologetically. "Im sorry to have startled you." He looked over her wet hair and robe and frowned, "I seem to have interrupted your bath, I apologoise." But Rayne noticed that he was having a hard time keeping his eyes on hers and not her body.
Rayne, who had a very fast recovery speed thanks to her training, smiled and shook her head. "Its no problem at all. Is there something I can help you with?" she asked, her voice sweet and innocent yet intelligent.
Yoro nodded, "I would like it very much if you would have dinner with me tonight, Miss Tomohiro."
She raised an eyebrow delicately and leaned against the doorway, crossing her arms. "Thank you for the invitation Mister..."
"Yoro, Yoro Higano," he supplied.
"Mister Higano, but I am going to have to decline for fear of the jealousy of the women who were...accompanying you earlier. But, thank you for the offer," she declined politely and quietly.
Yoro frowned, obviously not used to being told no by a beautiful woman. "I could protect if your body guards are unable to," he countered.
Rayne smiled and looked down, letting a rosy blush adorn her cheeks. "Mister Higano, Im not supposed to dine with strangers. My father would have a fit if he heard..."
He grinned and crooked a finger under her chin, lifting her face up to look at him. "Miss Tomohiro, first of all, please call me Yoro. Secondly, I doubt your father would object if he knew that my intentions are nothing more than to dine and speak with his lovely daughter. I assure you, I am not out to try and get you in bed," he chuckled lightly when he saw her cheeks grow redder.
"If you say that it is only dinner..." she began hesitantly.
"I do," he offered.
"Well then perhaps father wouldnt mind...I would love to dine with you, Mr. Hi- Yoro," she accepted, her voice sounding nervous at how close their bodies were and further playing her innocent act.
Yoro grinned and stepped back. He kissed her hand before nodding. "Thank you very much, Miss Tomohiro. I will see you tonight then." He bowed once before turning and walking down the hall.
"Yoro," she called a moment later, her voice nervous and shy. When he turned she blushed further and looked down, "You can call me Kira."
He smiled a brilliant smile and nodded before turning and walking to his room.
Rayne quietly walked back into her room and leaned against the back of the door once it was shut.
"I Hate blushing," she muttered, annoyed that some of her blush had been real.
"I would never know with your cheeks so red," a voice said from her window.
She whipped around before sighing and pinching the bridge of her nose. "What are you doing in here Kakashi? If Yoro comes back, how am I going to explain why one of my guards is in my room while Im in a bathrobe?" she asked as she walked to the closet to pick out a dress to wear to dinner tonight.
"Tell him you thought you saw a mouse in the bathroom," he replied annoyed. He was having a very hard time averting his gaze from her body due to the fact that some of her was still wet and the thin satin of her robe was sticking to her in some places. Two happened to be here ass and breasts. Now, any man with eyes would have a hard time looking away from that. Plus, on top of being male and able to see, he was in love with her. That just made it a whole lot worse.
Rayne didnt notice him watching her because she was too busy rifling through her closet to try and find a dress that would be appropriate for dinner and yet still catch his attention. She picked out a simple yet elegant saphhire one that clinched at the waist and flowed loosely down to mid-calf. She grabbed a pair of silver heels and turned to Kakashi, showing the articles to him.
"Quick, I need a man's opinion. Does it look nice?" she asked holding the dress up so he could see it clearly.
"I dont like it," he muttered.
Rayne glared at him before walking to the bedroom. "You dont like it because you dont want me to look good, and have him looking at me," she called from the bedroom. "Well, that isnt going ot happen and you and Kotetsu better start accepting the fact that I am going to have to try and seduce a man out of his secrets and the success of the mission depends on my ability to do so. And in addition to that, we are no longer engaged and therefore you have no right to be jealous. Understood?"
Kakashi frowned and when he didnt answer Rayne called from the bedroom, "Understood?!"
"Yeah, fine. Just dont be to good at it..." he grumbled uncharacteristically. He really didnt like this mission, he decided as he glared at the door, as if Yoro was still behind it.
About five minutes later Rayne came out of the room wearing the dress but with her robe covering it and walked past Kakashi, not noticing he was sitting on the couch watching her. She quickly rushed into the bathroom, dried her hair and did her make-up. After about half an hour she stepped out and Kakashi inhaled sharply.
The dress hugged her upper body nicely and excentuated her small waist before hanging loosely around her legs. Her hair was its natural curly chestnut stlye but she had straightened the front so that it framed her face perfectly. Her make-up was done simply and elegantly: she had on light sheeny silvery eyeshadow and a light pink on her full lips. It was all done very lightly but it made her look put together and beautiful.
When she realized Kakashi was still in the room she looked away and cleared her throat. "You should go fill Kotetsu in on everything. Tell him that I am having dinner with Yoro tonight and you two will be accompanying me until he objects, which at some point he will. He knows he wont be able to get me into bed as easily as the others but he mistakes my innocence as submission, which I am going to change tonight. I have decided to change my tactics. The innocent act stays but he expects me to be submissive and that means he thinks he can get me into bed relatively soon. Im going to use tonight to show him that I may be innocent but I'm also smart. He'll realize he has to earn my trust and while he's doing that, I'll be earning his. Thats how I'll get him to tell me about what he does. When he makes his move I'll object and say its because we dont know eachother well enough. He'll either tell me or he wont. Its up to him. Tell Kotetsu to be ready in ten minutes to walk me down for dinner. The maid he'll send up to get me will be here around then."
Kakashi rasied an eyebrow and asked, "How do you know he's going to send a maid?"
Rayne turned to him, a small smirk on her face. "Because he wants to show me how much money he has and would like a dramatic entrance. He'll probably be a few minutes late and have some excuse being held up by someone important."
"When did you learn to know all of this?" he asked surprised. Rayne had always been good at reading poeple but this was stuff that should be considered psycic.
Rayne smiled and shrugged, "Part is from being a women, part is from studying while you were gone and I was stuck in bed wiith pneumonia. Shizune had brought me up medical books and some pyscological ones too. I learn fast," she explained as she opened the door as a way of letting him know to leave.
He nodded, taking the hint and walking out, but not before whispering in her ear, "You look amazing."
She looked down and he left. After shutting the door she closed her eyes for a moment and sighed at how his compliment affected her so much. Loving someone but not trusting them enough to let them back into your life was about one of the hardest things she had ever experienced.
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"Wow, Rayne. You look great," Kotetsu complimented as soon as he and Kakashi met her out in the hall.
Rayne smiled at him. "Thank you for thinking so." Suddenly she became serious again and fixed her dress, making sure it was perfect. "Okay, the maid will be here any moment. When she gets here just follow me and act as if you are constantly on the lookout for any potential dangers. Understood?"
Kotetsu nodded, now serious once more. Kakashi nodded once and set his face in an unwelcoming glare fit for his gruff appearance.
"Miss Tomohiro?" a small woman asked as she bowed in front or Rayne, who smiled and nodded.
"Yes, how can I help you?"
"Mr. Higano sent me to show you to his room where you will be dining tonight. I have been told to inform you that Mr. Hogano is running a little late. He sends his apologises and promises to arrive shortly," the maid explained.
Rayne resisted giving Kakashi an 'I told you so' look and followed the petite woman to Yoro's room. The maid led them outside to a deck where a table had been set up with beautiful china. There was a bouqet of flowers on one of the chairs, it was a mix of roses: pink red and white and was absolutely gorgeous. The table was covered with a creamy white lace tablecloth and the chairs were dark cherry wood.
"Oh, its beautiful isnt it?" Rayne commented to the maid, who smiled at her reaction and nodded.
"Yes, Miss Tomohiro. It is beautiful, you must be a very lucky woman." She then nodded to Rayne, Kakashi and Kotetsu and left them outside.
Rayne walked over to the table and smelt the roses, inhaling their auromic scent slowly before sitting in one of the chairs and turning to her guards.
"Yoro will most likely ask that you leave. Do it without argument please," she asked them in the sam esoft spoken tone she would be using for the next two weeks.
Kakashi was about to argue when Yoro stepped out and joined them. He walked over to Rayne and took her hand, kissing the back of it softly.
"Im so sorry for my lateness but I was held up in a meeting with one of my associates," he explained as he took the seat opposite her. "By the way, you look beautiful tonight," he added as he sat.
Rayne smiled sweetly at him and let a blush creep onto her cheeks. "Thank you, Yoro. And I understand that you are an important and busy man, so I forgive your latenes. Besides, these flowers are so beautiful that I have a hard time finding a reason to be angry at you."
Yoro grinned at her but frowned slightly when he saw her two guards especially Kakashi who was glaring at him openly. He turned to Rayne and raised an eyebrow.
"Kira, I understand that they are supposed to follow you everywhere but, would do you say that they give us some priacy for just an hour or two tonight?" he asked her.
She studied his face for a moment, noting that he seemed sincere before turning to Kakashi and Kotetsu, "Tamon, Haruya, please excuse us for a while. I will call when I need you."
Kakashi's glare hardened and he shot Rayne a cautious glance. Kotetsu however just nodded, bowed and dragged Kakashi back inside.
Once they were gone Raynet turned to Yoro. "Im sorry about Tamon's...rudeness. He is just overprotective of me," she tried to explain Kakashi's open hostility.
Yoro frowned at the door that the men had left through and turned to her. "Kira, I believe that Tamon is in love with you," he stated, not sounding pleased by the idea.
Rayne's eyes widened and she stared at him, faking shock. All the while she thought in her head, 'Kakashi so help me, If you screw up this mssion I will kill you!' "Are you sure? It cant be true..." she stated, pretending to be confused and surprised.
Yoro relaxed when he saw that she was shocked and nodded, "Yes, its true. I can see it in the way he looks at you and how he glares at me...Kira, I need to know this before we have dinner and before I have feelings for you. Do you feel the same way about him?"
Rayne looked him in the eyes and answered as steadily as she could, "No, Yoro. I only see Tamon as an...overprotective brother. I- I had no idea that he felt that way towards me..." Her voice was still softspoken and she sounded like she was still surprised.
He smiled kindly at her before taking her right hand in both of his. He was about to say something when a servant entered and placed their food in front of them. Yoro shot the servant a glare, who turned and hurried back inside. He then turned to Rayne. "I hope you like the soup, I wasnt sure but I figured that it would be something you would enjoy," he explained, motioning to the sweet and sour soup infront of them both.
"Its my favorite," Rayne said, actually shocked. That was her favorite soup.
Yoro seen the shock on her face and chuckled. "I can see that I was right on the dot with that one."
Rayne looked up at him and nodded, an embarrassed blush spread on her cheeks at how stupid she probably looked. She began to eat silently, waiting for him to break it.
After a few minutes he set down his spoon and focused his attention on her. "Kira, why dont you tell me about yourself?" he asked.
She looked up, giving him her complete attention and setting her spoon down also. "Well, there really isnt much to tell...Im an only child, my father is Hige Tomohiro...um, i cant think of anything else really..." she looked up at him through her long eyelashes and smiled honestly.
He raised an eyebrow and folded hi hands in front of him and leaned forward. "Why dont you tell me about things you like, dislike, your favrotie color, yoru favorite nimal, things like that?" he suggested with a smile.
Rayne didnt like him leaning forward the way he was. He was trying to make her answer out of intimidation without her realizing it. It was subtle but she picked it up due to her training. But she smiled at him shyly and answered his questions.
"Well, I like flowers, the roses you gave me are te most beautiful things I have ever seen. I like animals and kids. I dislike liars, cheaters and people who like ot see others suffer...My favorite colors are blue and red and my favorite animal is the wolf."
He raised his eyebrow at her last comment and looked at her sloghtly surprised. "A wolf? I had honestly thought you were going to say puppies," he admitted.
Rayne giggled (something she rarely ever did and felt odd doing) and flashed him a beauitful smile as she explained her choice. "Well, wolves are strong and majestic. They are tough and can handle a lt but can also be loving...Its stupid but, sometimes I wish I was a wolf..."she looked down while she made her little confession and looked incredibly shy at the moment.
This was soemthing Yoro apparently like becasue he just sat there and gazed at her for about three minutes before speaking."Its not stupid at all. Its actually a very intelligent and respectful answer. There is much more to you than meets the eye, Kira. I would like to take the time to get to know you. Have dinner wiht me tomorrow," he said, more a demand than a question. Rayne took this chance to make sure he knew she wasnt as easy to manipulate as he thought she was.
"Im sorry, Yoro, but tomorrow I have dinner plans with my father...But, I am free for lunch. That is, if you still want to get to know me..." She asked, looking up at him hopefully. But she had to resist drawing in a sharp breathe when she looked up and saw a large white wolf approaching Yoro from behind. The wolf was ina a stalker crouch that Rayne knew all to well and it made her eyes grow wide.
Rontu was going to attack Yoro.
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Over 3,640 words!!
Oh my gawd! That has to be the longest chapter i have ever written! I think I deserve some new reviewers for written all that. Come on, thats a ton of words!
Next Up: Rontu is back and trying to attack Yoro. Kakashi deals with some more jealousy and then does something that could further jeopardize the mission.
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