Chapter VII
It was morning. Cassandra smelled brewing coffee that woke her up. She blushed incredibly though finding Iori's face very close to hers while he is still sound asleep. His breathing was even and tickled her own face. She touched his face. She must make sure this is not a dream. The touch only woke him and he smiled groggily at her.
"Good morning, love." he greeted her then without warning suddenly went on top of her and kissed her passionately. She can feel his arousal which made her gulp. Iori stopped however and was able to joke kissing her forehead. "Heck, I do hope you do not mind my morning breath my beautiful fairy princess."
Maria was at the door and blushed when she saw them on that compromising position. She cleared her throat and the couple looked toward her in pure embarrassment. Iori fumbled to sit up on the side of the bed and Cassandra also sat up unable to meet her mother's eyes. Maria was relieved both are fully clothed. It was not a mistake to let Cassandra s boyfriend stay for the night. She recalled the distressing message Raphael told her over the phone and told them,
"I-Iori, Vice and Mature are holding Nigel captive they want us over at the Meiji inn...all of us..." Iori's expression darkened while Cassandra covered her mouth growing very worried for her godfather. "Raphael warned to never ask for Bathala's assistance."
"Y-You do realize you are forfeiting the fight on the KOF arena?" Nigel still wants to be diplomatic about his capture. He can try to talk sense to these women but hell, he needs another plan if this fails.
"Our bastard of a leader we believe, is presently enjoying his sweet time on that Halfling s arms by now." Mature answered him. "As you can see we can't fight without Yagami."
"Huh, I hope to see those arms lifeless soon!" Vice retorted.
"I-Iori is still on Oriental Paradise h-hotel?" Nigel cannot believe it.
"We had a strong hunch Iori is seeing that... girl!" Vice said with a very disgusted tone. "Only when we chanced upon him and the girl, you were able to approach them first before we did. She could had been dead by now if only you did not get in the way!" Vice rudely tapped painfully Nigel's forehead as he still laid shackled on the inn's bed.
"We were able to follow you on that hotel but Vice convinced me it is better to wait." Mature related. "We are counting on Yagami will leave the hotel... and we will teach him some discipline after he does. Only we changed our plan when it was the two of you that left that hotel."
Vice laughed heartily, "One brilliant idea I ever had, eh Mature? Luck is with us. It is not possible to hit a lot of this birds with one stone if these two had not decided to leave that hotel."