A/N: I don't own XS or Lady and the Tramp or Bella Notte...
Okay, so this chapter got a bit caught up in something else to describe the date... This chapter just got caught up in general really...
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-Anna x
Twila spent all night picking everyone's schedules. At 8am, they had wakeup call, breakfast and getting ready. By 9am, everyone had to be in the courtyard setting up the date except for Omi, Twila, Dojo and Zach who were going to be figuring out what Omi's problem. Then 10am, Omi would have a session on conversation over dinner with Zach, Twila, Kimiko and Anastasia will be figuring out what to wear to the date whilst everyone else continues setting up. Then at 11am, Anastasia will have a special lesson with Dojo and Twila whilst Kimiko and Rai choose what Omi should wear. 12pm, lunch for everyone until 2pm. That's when Dojo, Zach, Rai and Clay will be teaching Omi manners and courting skills whilst Taylor, Ashley, Twila teach Anastasia about flirting and everything. Then at about 4pm, Dojo, Twila, Kimi and Ashley will be giving Anastasia another special session whilst Rai, Zach, Taylor and Clay give Omi his special session. At 6pm, Anastasia will be getting ready with the girls and Omi will be getting ready with the boys plus Dojo. 6.30pm, Dojo, Twila and Zach will inspect the courtyard to make sure it's perfect, then check Omi is ready then get him to the courtyard early, then go and inspect Anastasia and get her to the courtyard in one piece for 7pm.
Twila had to make sure this was the perfect date. She had a reputation for pulling off extraordinary things like this. But it all started with a drill like this.
It was 7.30am and Twila had been through the bathroom, eaten and was already dressed in her dungarees and trainers with her hair in a messy bun ready to begin setting up. She had an alarm set for her to go on wakeup call with Dojo who was already awake and helping her create a design for the courtyard. They decided to have a Lady and the Tramp style date, with the Italian food, checked table cloth and cute chairs whilst Bella Notte played quietly in the background. This was going to be perfect. So they set to work; Dojo getting a checked tablecloth, table, fairy lights and the music, ready for everyone to set up to the instructions Twila was writing up with diagrams. They were done with two minutes to spare. The got the gong ready and hit it three times. Everyone began getting ready.
"READ YOUR SCHEDULES EVERYONE!" Dojo and Twila shouted, before everyone started to go about their normal routines. They all grabbed their individual schedules and began to moan. "THIS DAY IS NOT ABOUT YOU." Twila screamed.
Everyone stopped mumbling and scrambled to get ready.
Kimiko had gotten ready in the nick of time and had 45 minutes to spare. She thought she would go and see Rai to tell him how she felt, especially after last night. She put her fingers to her smiling lips, just remembering the kiss. She opened his door to find him standing in his boxers, choosing what to wear. He turned to see a stunned Kimi. She hesitated before covering her eyes. She felt herself flush, way more embarrassed than him.
"Oh my god, I am so sorry. I did not mean to, erm, see you like that erm. I'll just, um like, um, you know, um, go." She could dither for Japan at this rate!
"Um, Kimi, it's okay, it's not like I'm completely naked!" He removed her hands from her eyes. "You don't have to go. I was choosing what to wear anyway so you can help me pick." He took her small hand in his and walked over to his dresser.
He stood behind her as she went through his clothes. He moved her black curls to hand over one shoulder. His arms slid round her waist as he began to kiss her neck lightly. She tried to continue picking through his clothes but his kiss on her neck was too much for her. She dropped the clothes options she had picked out, turned round in his arms and threw her arms around his neck. In the spur of the moment she kissed him wildly. She then realised she left the door open. She broke their kiss and ran to shut the door. She pressed the door shut quietly, knowing Clay, and possibly Taylor, could be next door. She turned around to see him watching her. She realised she was wearing her short skater skirt and vest, luckily she was wearing black leggings underneath so what she was about to do would be completely decent in her head.
She ran towards him and jumped into his arms, wrapping her legs around his waist and her hands fiddled with his hair at the nape of his neck. His arms held her up and they kissed passionately. It was wild and unlike the normal Kimiko to do something like that but desire was taking over and she had to get some of those feelings for him out before she exploded. He pushed her against the wall beside the dresser and put his hands on her tiny waist. He felt her smile as they kissed. He pulled away, looking into her eyes. He smiled and whispered something against her lips. She didn't hear what he said though but before she could ask, his lips were on hers once again and she was in pure bliss; her hand tangling in his hair whilst he began to kiss up and down her neck and jaw until Clay and Taylor walked into the room, holding hands. Kimiko pulled Rai's hair since he hadn't noticed Clay and Taylor in the doorway. He looked up and saw them. Kimiko didn't jump from Rai's arms though, she stayed perfectly still.
There was about two minutes of awkwardness.
Rai broke the silence. "Kimi was just helping me choose what to wear today."
"Yeah, I was." She said, sliding down the wall to stand on her feet but accidentally treading on one of the tops she had chosen as an option for the day. She looked at Rai desperately and then realised he had her lipstick all over his lips.
"Oh, is that what that was?" Taylor said, raising her eyebrows at Kimiko.
"Well, I think you two walked into the wrong room. And one of you certainly walked into the wrong room last night." She looked at them both; they flushed rhubarb colour. She flicked her gaze at Rai who was smirking at what she had just said.
"Kimiko, I love the new lipstick style." Taylor was starting a fight which she was going to regret.
"What lipstick style?" Kimiko was not in the mood for this.
Rai picked up his skinny jeans and a fitted t-shirt Kimiko had dropped. He began to pull the jeans on.
"Wait, the lipstick that's on your cheek leading down to the hickey on your neck isn't a style?" Taylor faked a surprised face and began to walk away after Clay who was already out the door.
Rai pulled the top over his head to see Kimiko pulling Taylor's hair and jumping on her back. He was too shocked to do anything until Taylor started fighting back and pulling Kimiko's hair, making her scream. He ran over and pulled Kimiko off Taylor but not before she made a clean scratch across Taylors face. She put her hand to her now bleeding cheek and began to charge at Kimi whose hair was a mess and she still had her claws out to scratch her again but Clay's huge arms whipped her off her feet and he carried her out, giving Rai and Kim an apologetic look.
"I can't believe her." Rai put her down once he heard Clay close his door.
"You did attack her first…" Rai said. He then got hit in the ribs. "Okay, I did not deserve that."
"She's so unreasonable! Why couldn't they have gone into one of their rooms?!" She wailed. She brushed through her hair with her hands, taming it enough to be presentable.
She then remembered what Taylor had said about the love bite and the lipstick. She put her hand to the place where Rai's mouth had once been.
She grabbed the mirror on top of his dress and looked at her now imperfect neck.
"Ugh, Rai! You gave me a really bad love bite!"
He smirked at his work. She hit him in the ribs again. He thought about it for a second. "Okay, I definitely deserved that one."
"Does it look bad?" She continued to look in the mirror at her neck.
His arms went round her waist and bent down to kiss her neck. "You look beautiful." He kissed her neck between every word and she dropped the mirror on his bed and giggled. She turned round in his arm and kissed him smack on the mouth. She tugged on his collar and the two fell on his bed in a compromising position but it didn't bother them. The continued to kiss and Kimiko giggled every now and then.
Clay walked back in. "Guys, it's nearly time to be in the courtyard." He saw them on the bed together. Kimiko had her hands on his collar and looked to be straddling him whilst Rai's hands had made their way under the bottom of her rucked up vest and were sitting on her ribs and were going to move their way up a bit further but they were interrupted. They were both looking at Clay like rabbits caught in headlights.
"Maybe I should go." Clay said.
"No, we needed to go. Thank you for coming to get us." She got off of Rai, sorted out her top, flattened out her skirt a bit and walked past Clay.
"Sorry, buddy." Clay apologised.
Rai just glared and growled slightly.
"Well are you coming?" Kimi was waiting for them.
The three of them were ready right on the dot. They all began setting up to Twila's instructions.
Omi followed Dojo, Zach and Twila to the dining hall.
"So, Omi, what is your problem?" Zach asked.
Omi hadn't stopped smiling since they announced their plan to sort Anastasia's problem; it was getting rather scary.
"I have no problem; you have solved my problem." He continued to smile.
"Um, okay… Well, what was it?" Twila asked slowly.
"He has a crush on Princess." Dojo said.
"Oh, okay. Well Omi, can you stop smiling so creepily. I'm beginning to get a bit scared of you." Twila was going to be honest with the kid, he obviously hadn't had the same social experience everyone else had growing up but she was determined to make this date perfect and if he kept smiling like that, it would be terrifying for Princess to sit through dinner with him.
"Oh, sorry." He nodded and they realised they had an extra half an hour so Twila decided to grab some coffee before going and helping setting up.
"Rai, about last night… and this morning…" Kimi was passing him the fairy lights whilst he hung them up.
"Yes?" Rai looked at her, looking for any doubt in her eyes but he was too distracted by the different shades of blue to remember what he was looking for in the beautiful sapphires.
"Can we not tell anyone about what happened this morning and last night?" She continued to look at him.
"Of course, Kim. What could we say anyway?" He gave a light-hearted laugh.
She smiled. "I knew you would understand!"
"Kimiko! I need a word with you, NOW." Ashley sounded angry.
"Oops, that's probably about this morning with Taylor!" She dropped the fairy lights and began to walk away. Rai got down off the ladder to untangle them. She then looked around to see if anyone was watching. She ran back and kissed him on the cheek. "I'll see you tonight, okay?" She whispered in his ear, knowing the answer before he said anything. She then walked away to see Ashley.
"Yes, Ash?" She saw Ashley and Taylor sitting in the dining hall.
"Why the hell did you attack Taylor this morning? We're trying to sort out the fights rather than create more. If that happened outside the Temple, then Chase could have seen. He would have known one a weak link in the team and then would have worked on it. Thank god, that was in the Temple. We are talking about this tomorrow. No arguments; save anything you have to say till tomorrow. Have I made myself clear?"
"Crystal." Kimiko smiled sweetly. She didn't actually care; Taylor deserved it either way.
"That goes for you too Taylor." Ashley looked at the blonde.
"Of course, I would never do something to jeopardise my team! If I were a base, I would never let my flyer down even if my flyer scratched my face for no good reason." Taylor gave a fake smile.
That tiff this morning had declared war between the girls.
Wuya was happy with this; it would make it easier to split the team up. Chase had agreed to share the power with Wuya if she could return to her human state. That was all she needed to do because, together, they were unstoppable.
A/N: I also went slightly overboard with the length of this chapter considering it's about 300 words longer than expected... Oops...
Anyway, I think that was rather cute. Claylor is not happening yet, by the way. Neither is RaiKim. Claylor is implied and what is happening with RaiKim will become apparent in the next chapter, hopefully. There will be the rest of the day and, hopefully, the date and my backstory promise in chapter 9! It's 11.30pm (ish) here and I'm still writing! I'm going to die of exhaustion! But it's worth it!
Thanks! R&R guys!
-Anna x
