A/N: AN UPDATE! God I am so sorry . another delayed update. Thank for you still reading.

Chapter 16: Prepared

"I'm going to regret this" Rhea sighed as she looked up at her parents' house. Surprisingly her old house key still worked, surprised that her father hadn't changed all the locks in the house so she couldn't sneak back in.

The lobby was quiet the light wasn't switched on it hardly ever was. People were home she could hear the muffled sound of the television and the kettle whistling loudly. Leaving her shoes on, she advanced towards the living room light seeped out from under the door, she pushed the door open and leant against the doorframe "I'm back" she announced startling the red haired woman who was sat on the sofa,

"OKAA-SAN!" the woman shouted loudly, within seconds an older woman with dark hair appeared at in the room,

"O Rhea! I'm so glad to see you well" her mother was almost moved to tears and Rhea's aloof attitude prevented her from embracing her daughter.

"Yeah we're so glad" her sister Akane sneered not moving from the sofa

"It's only a fleeting visit" Rhea stated "I have a lot of work to attend to"

"O and what's that? Fighting and being a whore?" Akane and Rhea had never seen eye to eye, mainly for Rhea's guts to say no to their father's forceful lifestyle.

Her mother was smiling at her youngest daughter with tears pouring out of her eyes "You won't have to live like that anymore. Takahiro-kun has asked to marry you despite all you flaws"

The young woman took a deep breath keeping her temper under control "My flaws?"

Her sister took it upon herself to answer for their mother "You're childish, obsessed with fighting like some sort of thug, you're still going through your teenage rebellious stage, riding around on that ugly bike need I go on?"

Rhea smirked "you forgot selfish and arrogant and for your information my bike is lovely."

From the lobby came a loud bang, turning to face to noise she was confronted by a group of mafia henchmen at the back of the mob stood the boss of the gang, he had a strange hairstyle, thick black rings around his eyes, his bulky stature and black and white business suit he just reminded her of a panda. Next to the panda man was her father.

"So you've stooped so low as to seek help from the yakuza?" she mused trying not to act too surprised.

"I've decided marrying you off is a waste of time, it is much simpler to just keep you locked up in a room where you can't cause me any grief."

Rhea couldn't help but laugh "No I'd still manage to cause you misery, it seems to be my job."

"So it would seem"

The panda man laughed loudly "A little birdie also tells me you're in possession of some Shen-gong-wu, so you can hand them over now"

Thinking back to the events earlier in the day Rhea remembered what she had seen using the fountain of Hui and the eagle scope 'It just seems so…easy'

Sighing irritably "All good is hard. All evil is easy."

"What nonsense are you sprouting now?"

Rhea just ignored her father pulling a strange mask from her coat "I will break everything you own." Placing the mask over her face she uttered the words 'Mask of Rio' and vanished on the spot.

"Where did she go?"

"She used one of the Shen-gong-wu! She can't have gone far"

Rhea walked straight passed her sister and into the kitchen to escape through the backdoor. Without even looking back on the house, she hopped the fence and headed off to Shibuya.

Taking the train was weird for two reasons: she didn't use public transport much and second she was still wearing the mask of Rio so was still blending into her surroundings. She hopped the ticket terminals and then decided to remove the mask and headed off to a familiar place 'Club Paradise'. As usual the bouncers and hosts greeted her casually, walking up a flight of stairs to the head's room.

Knocking loudly on the door she opened it without waiting for a reply "Yo"

The pink haired woman sat behind her desk with a bottle of jack next to her "What have I told you about barging in, what if I had a client?"

"Then someone would have warned me" Rhea retorted taking a seat in the very comfortable arm chair in front of the desk,

"What do you want?" Rayne asked her bluntly, knowing full well she came for something.

"You have information on a lot of higher-ups that come here often. I need you to accidently leak it all to the media."

The bottle of alcohol was sent flying off the desk "Are you mad? I run a respectable business and my client information is confidential"

"You and I both know this is hardly what you call 'a respectable business'" sighing again Rhea fired more ideas at the hostess "So tell them you were held up at gun point. Not that I own a gun but it sounds more dramatic than held up at knife point"

"I admit held at gun point sounds more drastic than held at knife point but why should I "accidently" release information on some of my best clients Rhea? I love you dearly but I could lose a lot of money and have the yakuza and just about everyone else on my ass" Rayne calmed down a bit and chucked a cloth on the split liquid hoping it wouldn't spread any further on the carpet.

Rhea sank further into the chair and placed her boots onto the edge of the desk "it's all part of my plan to throw the world into pandemonium besides you know I can keep the Yakuza off your back easy"

Rayne let out a weary sigh "I can keep most of the yakuza bosses at bay for a while, care to share your cunning plan with me?"

"Just to get rid of law and order, who needs it anyway? Without people would do all the things they've dreamed of without the repercussions and places like this will soar with business, so in the long run wont it be beneficial?"

Now any decent businessman or woman knows when a profitable idea is laid out in front of them to take it without question that is their duty to strive no matter what the cause or consequence: Rayne was no different. A wicked smile flashed eagerly across her face "Why didn't you say that from the start? I'm in what do you need me to leak on whom?"

"I knew you'd understand Rayne-chan."

Rhea left the host club and ambled back towards Chase's layer, it was strange as she thought about what she was going to do she broke out into a snigger, butterflies fluttered around her stomach Rhea hadn't been this excited since she first started getting into gang fights in Shibuya during her school years.

"Well don't we look pleased with ourselves" Wuya's voice sneered from a corner, "Where have you been all day then?"

"I've had business deals to make" Rhea spat back,

"In Kabukichō? Why doesn't that surprise me" Wuya sneered again,

"How do you know I was there? And what doesn't surprise you?" Rhea asked her mood instantly turned sour around the aging witch,

"That you had business with whores and I'm a witch I have my ways" Wuya spat the last word like even saying it would give her something,

"Is that all you can do now? Spy on people? Whores and hosts are completely different I'll have you know"

"How should I know?"

"Common sense really but I guess being old and decrepit you're lacking in that department" Rhea mocked,

"That's enough Rhea" Chase commanded,

If it hadn't been for the dark prince's timely intervention Rhea just might of chucked Wuya off the cliff at the front of his layer,

"What no snide remark? He has got you trained well hasn't he?" Wuya teased loud enough for Rhea to hear she glared angrily at the witch and pinned Wuya against a wall with her arm which she pressed hard into Wuya's windpipe,

"RHEA!" Chase's stern voice made her cringe "I thought I taught you to control your temper"

The pink haired woman grimaced, Wuya could only look at Rhea with a smug expression as she was released from the hold,

"Teachers pet"

'What is she six with these insults, just ignore her' Rhea chanted in her head and marched towards Chase "I actually wanted to talk to you" she announced staring up at him, stood quietly at the top of the stairs,

"Oh yes?"

"I've been doing a lot of thinking and I haven't really committed one way or the other to you or the monks and after a lot of thinking I've decided something"

"And that would be?"

"I'm committing to a side – the side of evil" Rhea said boldly,

"Then I suppose an official welcome is needed Rhea, I'm glad you've chosen to 'commit' to our side" Chase said with an actual smile, "I will expect more of you in the future"

For some reason she felt like she had walked into a different world she had been accepted not just as a student but as an accomplice "I have already put a plan into motion"

"It will be interesting to see how it turns out then"