Chapter 3

Memories, Monsters and Maniacs

Gakupo's eyes narrowed as Poiyo approached us. "It's been a while hasn't it?" Poiyo smiled. "You look good."

"Thanks. So do you? How's Paris?" I asked.

"Paris is Paris. Lots of people who are much better at French then I am."

I chuckled. "Why did you decide to study abroad again?"

He shrugged. "For the fun of it."

"You haven't change a bit."

"I was hoping you'd visit soon."

"That'd be nice if I had the cash."

"It's a good thing your job pays a lot." Poiyo said looking around.

"Honestly, I just started working here today."

"Well then I hope you're good."

I elbowed him. "Shut up, you're still as much of an ass as you use to be." We both laughed. Gakupo walked away. I sighed.

"Is he your new boyfriend?" Poiyo asked.

"Sadly yes." I chuckled. "He's an idiot but the good kind."

"Well you did always get the hot guys right?"

"Yeah, I guess I did get the hot ones. To bad they were all ass holes."

"So how much does he hate me already?" Poiyo looked at Gakupo.

"Probably so much he's gonna beat the crap out of you."

"You two must be serious then."

"You can say that." I walked over to one of the couches and sat down. Poiyo sat next to me. "It's sadly extremely complicated." I leaned back against the couch. "And my mom's two overly excited to care."

"How is your mother?"

"As good as she could ever be."

Poiyo smiled. "Does she still walk around the house in a bath robe?"

"Yeah, at least now she wears underwear."

Poiyo and I laughed. "Is she still trying to cook?"

"No, she blew up the kitchen so she's not aloud to cook anymore."

"Good thing, the only thing on her menu is everything burned to a crisp."

I chuckled. "The burn cookies weren't bad."

"True." We both laughed again.

"Miss Gumi, is there anything you'd like from the bar?"

"Any kind of wine would be great" I said with a smile. Sora nodded and walked away.

"Since when do you drink?"

"Well Gakupo order's wine so I might as well. I don't even know what to do as a hostess. Plus I don't trust Gakupo to teach me. He's so weird." I looked at him out of the corner of my eye. He looked steamed. I pulled out my notepad and wrote minus ten points making sure Gakupo could see. I heard him get up angrily and walk away into the kitchen.

"What's that?"

"A private joke, don't worry about it." I crossed my legs. "So Paris is boring?"

"After you've seen all the sights, it's just like being in Japan." Poiyo shrugged.

"Well it must be fun meeting all those hot French chicks right?"

"Well yeah but I still can't get into clubs."

"True." I looked at him. "Not that I'm not glad to see you but why are you here?"

"I'm back for a week. Visiting and everything. I haven't been back in a while so I figured it'd be a good time to catch up with everyone. I just saw Kiku and Mikuo last night."

"No way, how are they?"

"Good, Kiku's still crazy and Mikuo's…well he's Mikuo."

I laughed. "Same old same old. Does Kiku still carry her knifes around?"

"Well of course. She stores them in her boots now."

"Better then her bra" We both laughed again.

"Aw man I miss all of them." I sighed. "But who knows how much longer were gonna be in touch. I barely see both Kiku and Mikuo anymore. I don't see Tei, Ritsu, Mako or Ayane either. It's like after so many years together, it doesn't matter and it hate it."

"Me too but that's how life is." He smiled. "And we still have reunion and stuff like that. We'll always stay in touch right?"

"Yeah of course. I mean it's not like I won't stop sending my pathetic letters to you."

He laughed as Sora set the wine on the table. I poured the wine as elegantly as I could manage. "To reunion?" Poiyo said picking up his glass.

"To reunion" We clinked glasses. I took a sip. And stuck my tongue out. "I don't know how people drink this stuff."

Poiyo shrugged. "You have to get use to the taste." Poiyo took a sip of his wine. "Not bad."

I stuck my tongue out. "Awful." I down the glass through the awful taste.

Poiyo chuckled. "I thought you said it was awful."

"Oh it is but I have an awful feeling I'll be drinking a lot of this stuff. Might as well get use to it." I sighed and leaned back no the couch again.

"So why did you get into Hosting anyways?"

"Honestly I have no idea. The blue haired idiot over there asked and then the baby faced kid with the white hair over there pushed me into it." I pointed them out.

Poiyo chuckled. "You always were easy to persuade."

"Shut up, you're an ass" I punched him then sighed. "It's been way to long. I've really missed you." I looked at him. "Why didn't you just stay here?"

Poiyo half smiled. "Because I knew that you and I weren't meant to be together when we graduated."

I crossed my arms. "I know…but you could have stayed. That didn't mean we couldn't chill like we are now. You're such an idiot."

Poiyo chuckled. "You were always so nice to me Gumi." He took my hand and kissed it. "And I'm in your debt for that. If you want me to come home, I will."

My eyes widened. He's giving me that decision. When Poiyo was my boyfriend, he would always make tough decisions by himself and then screw up. I always picked up the broken pieces after words and that's why Poiyo loved me so much. I was always there for him and we were always so happy together. I don't think I've ever been happier then when I'm with him…but that was a while ago and all that happiness has disappeared.

When he left I was devastated and I was depressed for a good month. Now that he's been gone for so long I don't even know what to do now that he's back. I still love him but I can't love him the way I use to. I have Gakupo now and I feel much happier with him then I ever did with Poiyo.

"No, you stay in Paris. That's where you need to be. Not here." I removed my hand from his.

Poiyo half smiled. "We'll I've still got some visits to make so I'll see you later. I'll stop by before I leave. I'd like to see your mother again."

"Good" I smiled. "Maybe I'll have her make burnt cookies."

He laughed. "Good, something to bring back to Paris." We both stood up.

I hugged him. "Don't be gone to long next time ok?"

"Don't worry about it" He smiled then let go and headed towards the register.

"Sora, no pay alright" I called. Sora nodded. Poiyo smiled then left. I sighed and sat down with my hands covering my eyes. "Damn that boy"

"So you still like him?" someone said. I peeked through my fingers. It was Kiyoteru. He sat next to me.

"Not the way I did before. Poiyo was my first love. You can't blame me for lingering a little." I sighed. "But it's time to move on." I got up. "Tell me Kiyoteru, you're a crazy genius right? Can you see the future?"

Kiyoteru chuckled and adjusted his glasses. "What do you want to know my dear?"

"I want to know if I ever become Gakupo's wife."

Kiyoteru smiled with amusement. "I'm afraid that information is your choice Mrs. Gumi. The future's always changing Mrs. Gumi. You can change your future so easily. I can see the paths shifting. Your future is unsure. I of course have many guesses on your future but we'll have to wait to see won't we."

"Your no help" I crossed my arms. "Fine" I walked towards the kitchen.

"I wouldn't suggest that Gumi" Meiko grabbed my wrist. I looked at her. "He's going nuts."

"He's my idiot right? I'll handle it." I removed my wrist from her hand.

"Suit yourself but remember, I did warn you."

I walked into the dinging room. I stood in a completely destroyed room. Dishes smashed. Chairs broken. Curtains torn. Tables turned over. Pictures smashed. Glass shattered on the floor. I heard growls from the kitchen. I pushed the door open to find about the same scene only this time Gakupo had Miku pushed down against the floor. His eyes were an angry yellow and his nails were sharp like dog nails.

"Gakupo!" I yelled. Gakupo growled like a wolf. I walked over.

"Gumi stay back. He'll turn on you when he's like this" Miku warned. She pulled a wand with a jack-o-lantern on the top from her pocket. She pointed her wand at him. "Sorry Gakupo. Immobulus!" Gakupo collapsed on top of her.

"What did you do?" I asked.

"Immobilizing spell." Miku pushed him off of her. Gakupo's eyes turned red but he didn't move.

"Gakupo I'm taking off points for this." I pointed out. He didn't change at all. I knelt down next to him and lifted his face from the floor. I slapped him across the face. His eyes turned back to the original color. "Can you turn the spell off?"

"Very well Mrs. Gumi." She raised her wand. "Finite Incantatum"

Gakupo let out a long breath. "Geez, what happened?"

"Minus 40 points." I pulled my notebook from my pocket and wrote minus 40 on it.

"Oh come on, I don't even know what I did" Gakupo moaned.

"Look around you."

He looked around. "Damn it. I did it again." He groaned.

"Get up and clean up this mess." I chuckled. "All of this over Poiyo?" I rolled my eyes. "Poiyo may have been my boyfriend but the only attraction we had was emotional. We both were in deep piles of crap when we were in high school. Now that I looked back on it I really didn't love him. I loved what he did for me. So calm down Wolverine."

"I'll handle the cleaning Mrs. Gumi" Miku said bowing slightly to me.

"No Gakupo is gonna clean this up. How is he gonna learn if you clean up for him?" I crossed my arms. "When you're done you get ten points." I walked out of the room.

"Gumi wait!" Gakupo said grabbing my wrist as I grabbed hold of the door knob. Miku smiled and waved her wand in the air. She disappeared. "I'm sorry…I guess I let my anger get the best of me."

"Why are you apologizing to me? I don't care about why you did this. I care if you clean it up. If you're going to apologize, apologize to Miku. You're the one who destroyed her kitchen." I opened the door. "Now get to work. I'm sure Miku would like to use her kitchen. After all, lunch is coming up soon and she'll need to use he kitchen." I removed his hand. "I have work to do so I'll see you later." I left leaving Gakupo, wide eyed, on the floor.

I didn't get anymore customers that day but honestly, I didn't want any. I spent the day observing everyone. So far I've learned that Kaito's a douche bag, Meiko's a slut, and Rook's an ass. Gakupo had to cancel all of his appointments to clean up the mess he made in the kitchen.

After a little while Piko joined me. I looked at him. "Hey Piko. Work was good today?"

"Yep! My second favorite customer came by today! She's such a nice lady! I love being a host!" Piko smiled.

"Whose your favorite?" I asked.

"Your mom!"

"That's disgusting" I stuck my tongue out.

"But she's so nice!"

I chuckled. "Then you obviously don't know my mother."

"I know Kiku anywhere!" Piko said seriously with a serious face which was so adorable.

I half smiled. "So you're interested in my mother?"

"Is that weird?"

"No, do what you want with her. My mom needs to get out more anyways." I crossed my arms.

"Yeah!" Piko hugged me. "Then I can stop charging her!"

"You were waiting for my permission to let you not charge my mother?"

"I thought you'd be angry if I didn't charge her!"

"You don't need my permission to do anything."

"Yeah!" he hugged me again.

"Gumi, would you like some wine?" Sora asked holding a bottle of wine.

"No thanks. Piko, do you want some?" I asked.

"I don't drink wine!" Piko said with a smile.

"Very well" Sora went back to the bar. I half smiled and got up. He obviously was trying to be nice and get me wine.

I sat down at the bar. "So Sora, are you a host or are you just a bartender?" I asked.

"I am a host but I rarely have guests" he said impassively. This guy has no facial expressions what so ever. He's like a rock. "Why do you ask?"

"Just wondering." I looked him over. "You seem bored."

"I am not bored. Simply uninterested."

"In?"

"In the events of today. Nothing out of the ordinary."

"Gakupo destroyed the kitchen and you don't call that out of the ordinary?"

"It's not the first time Gakupo has destroyed something." Sora leaned against the bar. "You should go home now. Were closing up and the ladies are back from there trip tonight. There not very pleasant after there little trips."

"The girls?" I asked.

Rook was letting our last guest leave. "I'll see you next week alright."

"I have some free time on Wednesday. Your free aren't you Rook babe?" the woman asked.

"For you, my schedule is cleared." He kissed her seductively. She smiled obviously dazzled by Rook's charm.

"Wednesday at 7 alright?"

"As you wish my dear." The woman left and Rook shut the door. "How much longer until the chicks are back?"

"I'd say 40 seconds" Sora said.

Gakupo walked out of the kitchen. He must be done. He looked around and spotted me. He sighed and looked away. I half smiled and got up. I walked into the dining room. It was spotless. I looked in the kitchen. Also spotless. Well done Gakupo. I thought he'd fail at cleaning and then ask Miku to help. I took out my notepad and wrote down plus 30 points.

Miku walked into the kitchen. "I'm impressed. I think your doing good for Gakupo Mrs. Gumi" Miku said she waved her wand and things began to move around. "But he put a lot of things in the wrong place."

I sighed. "He probably should have asked." I crossed my arms. "Very well." Miku began to put pots and pans on the stove. "Hey Miku, who are the girls?"

"The girls are Lily, Haku and Teto. They often go on trips to the Elf village near by." Miku explained as she began to pour things into a pot.

"What do they do there?"

"Lily and Teto visit friend while Haku speaks with the Head Elf about our current situation here. She has brought up the issue of you this month."

"Me?"

"You think you can just waltz in here and expect acceptation. It's not that easy. This place is watched over by the Head Elf. This isn't just a place to free load Mrs. Gumi." I heard the doors to the house open. "Well, it looks like there back."

"Excuse me." I said leaving the kitchen and then the dining room. Three girls stood at the door. One had long white hair pulled back in a low pony tail. Another had long blond hair. The other had drill shaped red hair in pigtails. A guy with long red hair tied back in a low ponytail was hugging the red hair girl. The blond haired girl was staring at Sora who was staring back. The white haired girl was glaring at Dell who was asleep on the couch.

"Damn it boy! Get up!" the white haired girl yelled slamming a sake bottle over his head.

Dell yelled in pain. "What the hell woman? How many times have I told you not to do that? You could kill a person doing that!"

"But you're no ordinary person. Are you Dell?" the white haired girl asked with an evil smile. Dell groaned and dropped his face into the pillow. The girl laughed.

The red haired girl spotted me and smiled evilly. "Is that Gumi?"

"Teto, you promised you wouldn't." The red haired guy she was hugging warned.

"Damn" she mumbled.

The white haired girl looked at me. "You're Gumi?"

"Uh yes" I said nervously.

She sat down on Dell's back and Dell groaned. "I bet you'd be happy to know what the outcome of that conference was."

"Yes, how was the conference Haku?" Kaito asked leaning over the back of the couch.

"Gumi is allowed to stay here as long as she agrees to procreate. It's important to keep the population of the wolves stable. The Head Elf believes this will be beneficial rather then harmful." Haku looked at me. "Well? Do you agree?"

My eyes widened. Everyone stared at me. "On my terms" I said as coolly as I could mange.

"And your terms are?"

I held out my notepad. "When Gakupo get's 1000 points I'll do whatever he asks of me including procreate but not before that point. Otherwise I do not agree and I will leave now."

"Let's not act so hastily Gumi. Your terms are simple enough and are accepted by the executive council. Being that, you are willing to stay as long as you hold your end to the bargain." Haku stood. "Now that the works out of the way, let's start drinking! Sora, bring on the Sake!"

"Of course" Sora walked behind the bar and grabbed a bottle of Sake.

The red haired girl walked over to me and looked me over with suspicious eyes. "She's interesting" the girl smiled evilly. "How would you like me to give you a make over?"

"No way. Go give Neru a makeover." The red haired guy said.

"Yeah!" the red haired girl spotted Neru. "Oh Neru!"

"No! I don't want another make over!" Neru shrieked running for the stairs. The red haired girl sprouted wings and soared in front of her blocking the door. Neru's eyes narrowed. Suddenly a Grim Reapers Scythe appeared next to her. She grabbed it and made a run at the red haired girl. Quickly, everything turned into a fight with the throwing a slicing of stuff.

"Kaito, do something." I said elbowing him.

"But they'll hurt me" Kaito said with a scared eyes.

"Be a man."

"I'll handle it" Gakupo said. I didn't even see him get up. He didn't even look at me as he pasted me. Maybe I went a little too far. Rook sprouted black wings and soared over to the windows. He pushed the curtains aside revealing the full moon. Gakupo smiled evilly as he looked up at the moon. Fear burst from his skin and then second later he was a giant dark purple and black wolf. Neru and the red head looked at Gakupo with wide eyes. He first pounced on the red head that gave up and let her wings disappear. He then went after Neru who was making a break for it. He tackled her to the ground and pined her down. She viciously tried to get up but Gakupo had her down. She groaned and gave up. Her Scythe disappeared.

"And how do we change him back?" I asked.

"Well you might not want to do that right here?" Kaito said.

"Why?"

"He'll be naked"

Neru shrieked and hid behind the couch. "I don't want so see anyone naked!"

"What a prude" Meiko said. She sat on the couch with Rook sitting like a whore would at a club.

"You're disgusting." Lily mumbled. She stood next to Sora who looked around trying not to look at Lily. They must have a really awkward relationship.

Gakupo roared with anger and sprinted up the stairs snarling like a dog. "Damn" I hissed. I ran after him. The walls were scrapped up as I quickly arrived at Gakupo's room. I heard him howl at the moon and had to cover my ears from the roar of sound. I opened the door weakly. Gakupo was still a wolf. "I'm gonna take points of damn it if you don't change back right now."

Gakupo glared at me. It was so weird to look at him in this form. It was kind of funny. He looked kind of like a crazed dog. He roared loudly causing me to cover my ears but he slowly turned back to his real form leaving him on the bed naked.

Well…Kaito wasn't lying. I took out my notepad and wrote down plus 20 points. Gakupo groaned. "How many points did I lose this time?"

"None." I half smiled. "You gained 20 points."

"For what?" his eyes were wide.

"Ending a fight and looking stupid." I chuckled. "It was rather amusing." I regained my composure. "In a stupid way."

Gakupo smiled and rose. I looked up at the ceiling trying to not look at him all naked. He pulled me to him and hugged me tight. "What do I get for how many points I have?"

"Being the fact you have -50 points, I'll slap you."

Gakupo sighed. "What if I kiss you forcefully?"

"Negative 30 points."

"I think it's worth it."

I pushed away and looked at the clock. "It's late." I sat down on his bed. "I'm going to bed." I climbed under the blankets and waited for Gakupo to leave. Instead he climbed in with me. I blushed but luckily he couldn't see.

"How can I bring my points up?"

I looked at him out of the corner of my eye. His arms slid around my from behind and he kissed my neck. "Tell me who the girl is in that picture." He flinched. "You'll be at 0"

"I'll only tell you her name."

"Fine but if you give me the back store you get 100 points."

"Damn you."

"Well?"

"Here name is Miko, Miko Ooka…how about a short back story?"

"You won't get as many points."

"That's fine." He took a deep breath. "Miko was the last female wolf."

I blinked in shock. So he knew the last female wolf…it must have been an emotional time when she died…I won't push him anymore unless he wants to tell me. I sighed. "100 points."

"Why so many?" He pulled me closer. "You want me to don't you?"

My eyes grew impassive. "Not even." I pulled my notepad and wrote it down. "Obviously it's a touchy subject so you get extra points."

"And what do I get for 100?"

"This isn't a prize game you know?"

He tilted my chin so I was looking at him. He looked serious. "I want you so badly. That seems to be a subject you can't grasp. You can't even begin to guess how difficult it is for me to watch you knowing you're not mine." He looked at me more seriously then before. I froze. "You are the only one I want. The only thing I care about. The only person I love and that will never change for the rest of my life." He held my face in his hands. "This not about creating more of us, this is about me wanting you for all eternity and I won't rest until that comes true."

I gasped. Is that really true? I shut my eyes. Gakupo really loves me that much…but I still know next to nothing about him. I'm not going to give him all those points just because I want to enjoy myself a little. I have plenty of time for that. Right now I just need to show Gakupo that I actually give a damn and I actually do even though I refuse to show it.

"Gakupo" I hugged him. I heard him gasp. "50 points."

It took him the longest time before he said anything but when he finally spoke he said. "And what do I get for that?"

"You can sleep with me tonight."

"And when you say sleep with me you mean –"

"No sex. No kissing. Just sleeping in the same bed together."

"And I can hold you in anyway I want?"

"With my approval."

He turned out the light. I stood up on the bed. "What are you doing?"

"I can't sleep in jeans." I jumped off his bed and walked over to his closet. I pulled a button down shirt and then closed the doors to the closet behind me so I could change without him watching. When I finished I slid back into bed with him. "I don't know how you can sleep naked like that" I mumbled. I laid my head on his chest and snuggled next to him. "Are you happy?"

"More then you could ever know my love."

"Minus 10 points."

"Why is that?" he yelled.

"You called me love." I glared up at him. "I have a name you know. It's Gumi. Remember it Gakupo." I punched him. "And you better be damn happy I gave you so many points."

Gakupo sighed. "You know you may just be more then your worth."

My eyes narrowed. "Take that back."

"Oh please. I'm only kidding." He smiled warmly down at me. "I'd wait an eternity for you…it feels like I've waited an eternity already."

I sighed and snuggled close to him. "Just go to sleep and if you try anything I'll break your arm, you feel me?"

"I feel you." Gakupo chuckled. I grumbled to myself as I shut my eyes. He's such an ass. How did I even get myself in this situation…looks like I'll need my mom for the answer to that.

Still…I can't help but be happy around Gakupo even if he's an ass and I want to strangle him all the damn time. He really is a nice guy…snap out of it Gumi! You don't love him! He's trying to get in your pants so he can procreate or whatever! You don't love him! You don't love him. You don't…damn.

Well I finally made a new chapter…I know I know it took a while but I've been busy with Kyousei which you can read if you want…I get writers block when I write this one so the chapters may be a little slower. Sorry but I finished the second I got a review from AnimeSweetheart16 so this is for you AnimeSweetheart16.