"You mean?" Akurei spoke in a quiet, questioning tone. "Yes. It will be your job to keep him out of trouble while he's here." Amakusa slid a folder across his desk. "There goes my weekend." Akurei groaned. "Remember. This is important. We don't want to...damage...our relations with out North American branch any further. The last 'incident' was bad enough." Amakusa stated as he stood up and began to pace. Akurei thumbed through the contents of the folder. From the photos, the boy looked quite average. But when he scanned down the notes... he couldn't keep the evil grin off his face. A plan sprung to mind. One that, no doubt, Amakusa had also come up with. But that was where they differed. Amakusa didn't have the guts to pull it off. "Don't do it." Amakusa hissed into Akurei's ear, startling him. "You don't want to have to face the consequences, do you?" Akurei barked out a quick, "Yes sir!" and hastily retreated from the office. Amakusa sat back down at his desk and brought his fingertips together in a contemplative position. "I don't think he was all that convinced." Amakusa's eyes glinted and his voice took on an evil edge. "It's about time Akurei learned another lesson..." ******* Akurei contemplated the consequences of going through with the plan as he strolled down the hall. It would be quite painful. Amakusa would make sure of that. But then again, how would he know what truly happened? Akurei glanced down at the photo in his hand. He would do it. This was too good of an opportunity to pass up. Yuri would be dead by tomorrow night. ******************************************************** Dark Heart High Netherworlds Educational Institution For The Universal Propagation of Evil Started by Mads This Chapter by: Smlee Chapter Fourty-three: Triangulations! ******************************************************** Yuri tripped over Amy as she rushed from the house this morning. It wasn't a lot of fun. After much apologizing, Yuri realized that if she wasn't late before, she sure was now. She grabbed Amy by the hand and ran. Amy, stumbling while trying to keep up, took the opportunity to ask a question that had been bubbling on the back of her mind for a while now. "Don't you have an alarm clock?" Yuri didn't falter a step as she turned around to look at Amy, and began to run backwards towards the school. Amy, bewildered at the feat of dexterity, muttered "Uhh...Yuri?" "Yes." Yuri replied. "Yes?" Amy asked, confused. "Your question? Yes. I have an alarm clock." "Yuri?" Amy's voice rose as they veered dangerously close to a tree. "You want to know why I'm always late? Simple. When the alarm goes off, I hit snooze, and that's what I continue doing." "Yuri!" Amy squealed as Yuri dragged them across the road on a red light. "I know I should wake up the first time I hear the alarm, but it's just so hard to get up from that nice, comfy bed. You know how blah mornings can be." On that note, Yuri spun around and ran through Dark Heart High's gates. Yuri pulled to a stop in front of her first class. She turned to Amy, and asked, "Why are you so pale? Are you sick? Maybe you should visit the nurse's office?" Amy recovered enough to blurt out, "No!" "Well," Yuri started, audibly sighing, "Time to face the reaper. Literally." Yuri turned the doorknob...only to find the room locked. "Eh? What's going on? It's not Sunday, is it?" Yuri queried Amy, who was struggling to get back on her feet. Amy pointed at a sign hanging from the door. Yuri glanced at it. "Whew. Saved by the assembly." Amy made it back onto her feet, only to be swept off of them again by Yuri, who made a quick dash down the hall. ******* The students of DHH (minus Yuri and Amy) had been sitting in the dimmed auditorium for the past 20 minutes, wondering what exactly was going on. So when Yuri finally did show up, all eyes turned to her. "Eh....heh....heh...." Yuri laughed nervously under the scrutiny of the entire student body. From out of nowhere, a pair of hands shot out and yanked Yuri down into a seat. "Sit down! Before any teachers see you!" hissed a voice accompanying the hands. The pair of hands and the voice just happened to belong to Leilei. Bala glared at her. Yuri blushed and looked away. "Amy!" Yuri exclaimed whipping her head back to Leilei. "Where'd she go?" Leilei pointed to the head directly in front of Yuri. "She's been there all along." "..." Yuri remarked. "How'd you get here so fast?" "I was dragged here. Remember?" Amy replied sarcastically. "Uh....huh." Yuri went over in her mind what had been said in the past minute. Something didn't add up. But before she could put voice to any concern, a spotlight hit the podium, and the students fell quiet. "Citizens of Dark Heart High!" A voice boomed out from the speakers, "The city is in peril!" "Huh?" Yuri whispered to Leilei. Leilei shrugged. "Who can save us from the clutches of the evil Count Nefaria?" The voice continued, unfazed by the wave of 'Huh?'s that were sweeping the room. "Who's Count Nefaria?" Yuri whispered to Leilei. Leilei shrugged. "Look! Up in the sky!" Naturally, half the students looked up. "It's a bird! It's a plane! No! It's Captain Courageous!" "What kind of a lame..." Yuri began, and then trailed off as someone stepped up to the podium. The first thing Yuri noticed was that he was tall. And muscular. And had the most gorgeous looking long, silver hair. Which he tossed back in a nonchalant, and most definitely cool method. Before she knew it, Yuri found herself sighing. Along with most of the female population of Dark Heart High. "That," He started, speaking in a deep, rich voice, "was quite lame. Remind me never to let them do that to me again." Bala glanced over at Yuri, who seemed to be engrossed in the man's speech. And then he fixed his eye on the man. Something was...not right about him. And no, he wasn't jealous. "My name's Tom Martin. In America, I am a famous actor/model/real estate agent." A few snickers rose from the guys in the audience, only to be shushed away by the girls. "I'm currently playing the lead role in a superhero show called Captain Courageous, but I'm sure none of you people here have even heard of it. I don't know why I let my agent talk me into that intro." A lone cry of, "We love you Tom!" came from the audience, but the rest remained silent. "But that's not why I'm here!" Tom continued, "I'm here to learn! As a student of Dark Heart High in America, I felt it necessary to visit the original school! Learn all there is to know from the experts! Amakusa is considered amongst the top 10 principals in this world, and it is an honor to spend the week in his presence. But most of all, I am here to ask Leilei for her hand in marriage!" Tom's statement took a moment to sink in, but as soon as it did, the audience collectively let out an "Eh?" Leilei herself looked quite a bit more shocked than everyone else. "Who? ...Me?" ******* Akurei...grinned. It was showtime. Akurei walked a good five paces behind Tom as he made his way from the stage. "So..." Tom started. "Yes?" Akurei snapped. Tom stopped for a moment before remembering that Akurei was in a perpetual bad mood. "Can you introduce me to Leilei?" Akurei paused. "What?" "Can you introduce me to Leilei?" Tom restated. Akurei blinked. "You haven't even met the girl, and you proposed to her?" "Well, I don't have much of a choice. You see, it's been arranged. I'm to marry her on my eighteenth birthday. My birthday is in three days. Therefore, I would like to meet her now." Akurei barked out a laugh. "You're in for a big disappointment. She's...not your type." "I really don't care." Tom stated coolly and full of bitterness. "Oh?" 'This can't get any easier'. Akurei thought. ******* Bala looked at Leilei. And blinked. Leilei looked at Bala. And blinked twice. Yuri looked at Leilei, mouthing questions that didn't actually come out. Amy just looked up towards the ceiling for no particularly good reason. "So...Leilei...do you have any idea why that guy just proposed to you?" Yuri asked. "Nope." She simply replied. "Aren't you...a little young to be receiving a proposal?" Yuri questioned again. Leilei pondered a moment. "Hmm....nope." "What?" Exclaimed Yuri. "Well, well. Loitering in the halls? Don't you four have a class to be in?" Akurei's strict voice carried down the hallway. "Err...Akurei..." Yuri started. "Well, I'm going to have to let you off the hook this time. After all, you saved me the trip to find Leilei." Akurei's frown turned into a grin. "Tom! This is Leilei." He said while pointing to the little pink haired girl. "Hiya!" Leilei greeted. Tom looked her over and blinked. He turned to Akurei and said, "No, seriously. I'm not into that child porn stuff. Which one of these ladies is really Leilei? Is it this stunningly beautiful lady here?" He grabbed up Yuri's hand, brought it to his lips, and kissed it gently. Yuri's heart fluttered up into her mouth. This was a true gentleman. If a bit strange by Japanese standards. Akurei barked out a laugh. "No. This is Yuri Mikagami." "Ah! The spawn of Hellstrom! I wanted to meet you while I was here!" Tom said enthusiastically. He quickly whipped out a small book and pen. "Can I get your autograph?" Akurei's eye twitched and he growled. Yuri backed off a step. Since when was she famous? "Uhh...sure I guess." As quick as he'd whipped out the book, he put it away after Yuri finished. And then he took a step towards Amy. "Don't even think about it." Amy growled, Mistypuff suddenly drawn and pointing right between his eyes. "Ehhh...not Leilei. Got it." Tom backed off. "So that leaves...!" Bala blinked at him. "Errr...maybe not." Leilei walked in front of him, and pulled his face down to look at hers. "My name is Leilei. You proposed to me. Why?" "Aw buttons. I was really hoping I'd end up with someone...older." Tom hung his head in depression. "What do you mean?" Leilei queried. "Surely you haven't forgotten our arranged marriage?" Tom asked, surprised. "Err..." Was Leilei's response. "When I was eight, your parents met with mine, and arranged our marriage. I had assumed that you were my age then...but I guess you were only a baby." Tom leaned back against the bank of lockers, and folded his arms in the attempt to look cool. "Hmmm. How old are you?" Leilei quickly asked. "Seventeen. Turning eighteen in three days. Which is also the day we're supposed to marry." "Well. That explains it then. I would have already been working for Bala when you were eight." Leilei explained. "You were working...when I was eight? How old are you exactly?" Leilei giggled. "Twenty seven!" Tom, Amy, and Yuri all stared at Leilei. Yuri spoke first. "Twenty seven?" "Yep. Hum...how should I explain this...the females of my clan are born into the service of the Wargmere clan. When Bala was born, I passed into his exclusive service since he needed a heck of a lot more attention than the entire clan itself." Leilei nodded, satisfied with her explanation. "..." All three said at once. Tom picked his jaw up from the floor. "Uh...huh...Maybe there's a mistake somewhere. I'm not supposed to marry some sort of commoner. The entire slave to someone else's will thing just doesn't work for me. I'm going to use the phone. Akurei! Come!" Akurei's anger was apparent on his face, but Tom ignored it. "Let's get out of here. I've still got classes today." He said coolly. "What was that all about?" Yuri wondered as Tom and Akurei rounded the corner. ******* "So? What do you think of your fianc‚ now?" Akurei snickered. "Accidents happen." Tom stated flatly, and then entered his classroom. Akurei rubbed his claws together. This was perfect. ******* "You really did that Bala?" Yuri giggled as she shoveled another spoonful of ice-cream into her mouth. Leilei, who was standing on top of the table, obviously a bit hyper, giggled as well when Bala gave a quick nod of his head. "Wow. I would think you'd be scared to go bungee jumping into the pits of hell. But to do it just because you lost one of your baby teeth down there? That's too weird." Yuri stifled another round of giggles with another spoon of ice-cream. "Oh oh! And there was this one time, Bala climbed up Mount Everest because he didn't want to take a bath!" Leilei dropped to the table in a fit of laughter. Yuri nearly spit out her mouthful of ice-cream. As it was, she was barely able to contain her laughter. Bala merely blinked. "And...and...then..." Leilei started before breaking into another giggle fit. Yuri shoveled another spoonful into her mouth, and gave a thoughtful look to Bala. Bala blinked. "Y'know..." Yuri said, swallowing her ice-cream, "I...I...really missed..." "Well well." Interrupted Ki, from behind Yuri. "What's he doing back in town?" "Errr...Hi Ki!" Yuri quickly spun around in her chair. Before he could say anything else though, Yuri clamped her hand around his mouth, and dragged him away from their table. Bala blinked. When they were safely out of Bala's hearing range, she let go of him. She glowered down at him. "I swear! Do you like, follow me everywhere I go? And why is it you have the absolute worst timing I've ever seen?" "I'm afraid I have no idea what you're talking about. I just finished the most...uninteresting conversation with my cousin, and decided to get myself a milkshake. I saw you sitting there, so I thought I'd say hi." Ki nodded. Yuri would buy that story. "And who exactly was that girl I saw you with earlier?" Yuri asked, surprising herself with the anger she found creeping into her question. "Ah...umm...err...you saw that?" Ki said, at a loss for words. "That was...umm Junko, a new friend of mine. I met her earlier today." Yuri tapped her foot, obviously not buying it. Ki however, had actually told most of the truth. What was it Yuri was so angry about anyways? Was she actually...jealous? No, that wasn't it. Since when had she shown any interest in him before? It was always Bala this, and Bala that. Even when they'd gone on the date. Yuri's mind was stuck on Bala. And now that he was back... Something about the expression on Ki's face just then struck Yuri as odd. Gone were the villainous smirk and victorious grin that normally seemed to adorn his face, replaced by...sadness. Ki had never seemed sad before. "Ok." Yuri said plainly, before turning around to head back to her table. Bala had his eye fixated on her. Yuri didn't notice the three kids dashing toward her. Ki reached out his hand, and grabbed Yuri's arm. "Watch out!" He exclaimed as he tried to prevent Yuri from being run down. Unfortunately, the kids did manage to knock her, and she lost her balance. Bala kicked up into a standing position and dashed to catch her, but he was too late. Ki and Yuri landed in a tangled mess on the floor, their faces just inches apart. Then Yuri found herself closer. And then, their lips touched. Bala blinked, promptly switched directions, and ran crashing through the wall, into the night. ******* "You may have gotten a near-perfect score, but that doesn't give you the excuse to doze in my class!" Yuri bolted up in her seat, awakened from her dreams. Feng was hanging over her head. Yuri didn't think of him as a pleasant sight to be waking up to. "I...I'm sorry Feng-sensei, I just...didn't get a lot of sleep last night." Yuri darted a glance over to Bala, who had his eye fixated on Yuri. Bala's head whipped away to look at some uninteresting piece of the wall. "Don't do it again, or it's straight to Amakusa. And you know what he likes doing to certain...female students that are sent to his office." Yuri shuddered. She didn't want to have to sit through another session on the rack any time soon. Bad enough her father used it as a form of punishment when she was little. Feng nodded, and went back to writing on the board. "Now, as you know, long term planning is essential for the continued existence. Planning for the short term is what gets you killed. In Yuri's example, we see a firm grasp of this concept," Everyone in the class glared at Yuri, "And in a...certain other student's paper, we have a clear lack of an understanding of the concepts I've been teaching throughout the semester." Everyone glanced over in Craig's direction, as he was slowly sliding down his chair, out of sight. "And I guess that's all the time for today. Get to your next class before I'm forced to eat you. Yuri, Craig, stay." After the class had emptied, Feng addressed the two remaining students. "Craig, your paper was outright wrong. As have many of your papers this semester so far. Yuri on the other hand, seems to have a strong grasp of the concepts I'm teaching. It doesn't take a genius to figure this one out." "You...want me to tutor Craig?" Yuri spoke up tentatively. "What?" Craig exclaimed. "Exactly. Now get to your next class." Feng shoved them out the door. ******* "As if my day couldn't get any worse." Yuri muttered as she and Craig walked to class. "What was that?" Craig asked. "Oh, nothing." "So...uh...when are we going to do this?" Craig asked, after a few moments. "Um...I guess I can free up some time tomorrow night." Yuri responded after giving it thought for a moment. "Great! It's a date!" Craig exclaimed, and then dashed inside the classroom. As all eyes turned to Yuri standing in the doorway, she realized that her day had indeed gotten much, much worse. ******* "This day cannot possibly get any worse!" Yuri declared again without thinking, as she, Amy, and Leilei walked home together. "Yeah, asking Craig out in front of the class was not one of your better ideas." Leilei chipped in helpfully. Yuri grabbed her by the collar, lifted her up to look her in the eye, and stated angrily, "For the last time. It. Was. Not. A. Date. Feng just wants me to tutor him." Leilei giggled. "And Feng wants me to be his love monkey." Yuri's fist was restrained by Amy. "She's just trying to provoke you, Yuri. Give it up Leilei." Yuri dropped the girl to the ground. "And what about you? What are you going to do about that guy? Hm?" Leilei picked herself up from the ground, and a serious expression came to her face. She looked up at the sky for a moment, and then looked back to Yuri and Amy. "I...don't know. I don't know if I'm ready for this. It kind of...sprung on me so suddenly. Then again, I'm not getting any older." Yuri couldn't help but snicker at the bad pun Leilei had made. Leilei continued, "Do I even have a choice Yuri? It's an arranged marriage! Even if I don't go through with it, what are the chances I'll find someone else?" Tears formed in her eyes. "I don't want to be alone forever." Amy stepped forward, and put a comforting arm around Leilei. "One thing is for sure. Running away from your problem won't help any. You should confront this as soon as possible. Especially since your wedding day draws so near." Amy blinked. "Now where'd the heck did that piece of advice come from?" "You're right Amy!" Leilei said with determination, "I'll just go tell him that I..." "You aren't going to marry." A voice said from behind. "Eh?" Leilei turned to see Tom standing all bioshen-like at the end of the street, long coat flapping in the wind. Yuri sighed. "You aren't going to marry." He continued, "Not me, and not anyone else. Ever." And then his eyeball fell out. "Gurk!" Yuri commented as the eyeball rolled past her foot. Blood flowed from within Tom's eye socket, and began to pool at his feet. And then his head began to deflate, as if there were nothing inside to support it. Amy narrowed her eyes and shifted a bit closer to Yuri. Tom's skin hung loose, and fell off completely. Blood continued to puddle. Leilei's eyes widened. "Run!" She yelled as she herself took off in the opposite direction. Amy nudged Yuri, and when she didn't respond, grabbed her by the hand and pulled. They took off after Leilei. "Wha...what? What's happened to him?" Yuri asked, as a bit of color returned to her face. Amy glanced back, then quickened her pace. "I should have noticed it before. It's his 'gift'. His power. He's actually composed entirely of sentient blood." "Oh. Yuck." Yuri deadpanned. "Duck!" Leilei yelled. Amy pulled Yuri down, just in time to avoid a pointed extremity of blood through the head. Unfortunately, her head didn't miss the pavement, and she blacked out. ******* "Augh!" Yuri exclaimed as she shoved Ki backwards. "Did...did...that was..." Ki stuttered, at a loss for words. Yuri slapped him. Ki looked up angrily. "What was that for?" "You! You! How dare you!" Yuri fumed. "Me? It was you!" Ki defended. His hand slowly rose. "Get away from me!" Yuri exclaimed. Ki sighed. "I would, except you're sitting on me." Yuri's cheeks reddened even further and she scrambled off of Ki. Ki sat up, only to intercept another slap. "You get away, and stay away!" Yuri threatened. "Or I'll...!" Ki sat up again. "You'll what?" He sneered. Yuri slapped him again. "Point taken." Ki said as he hopped to his feet. Yuri glared at him as he calmly walked to the door, and exited. Then she broke out in tears and wailed. Leilei put a comforting arm around Yuri. "Yuri, it's alright. Everything will be alright." The store owner stepped up to her, and handed her a bill for damages. Leilei winced at the total. "Well, everything except this bill." Yuri's teary eyes focused on the Bala shaped hole in the wall, and she whispered, "Bala..." ******* "...ght flank!" A loud voice yelled, pulling her from her unconsciousness. "On it!" Yasuko's voice floated in from the other side. Yuri sat up, clutching her head. In front of her was a vaguely humanoid red blob, being attacked from two sides by Yasuko and Mordred. Off to one side, Leilei was being tended to by Amy. Leilei was drenched in her own blood, the source of which seemed to be the numerous cuts that were inflicted unto her. And then a shadow loomed over her. "Well well. Still amongst the living, are we?" Akurei snarled. Yuri blinked. "Akurei? You've got to help!" Akurei looked to the battle, then back down to Yuri. His mouth opened into a toothy smile. Then it hit Yuri. "You...aren't here to help, are you." Akurei continued to grin as he pulled out a knife that looked oddly like flowing blood. "I think your uncanny luck is about to run out. This blade has been shaped from a blood sample that has come into my possession lately. I don't think anyone's going to question it too much if Tom had succeeded in killing you." "But...aren't there witnesses?" Yuri queried, looking around for a way out. "Dead witnesses can't tell tales." Akurei paused for a moment and gave a contemplative look. "Well, actually they can, but I know just how to stop that." "Akurei...you don't want to do this." Yuri said, continuing to stall for time. Akurei got one of those crazy glints in his eye. "Amakusa must realize that you are not the future. I am!" Akurei brought the knife up high, readying for his strike. "Akurei!" Yuri yelled. "Hm?" Akurei paused at the apex of his arc. "One last thing. You talk too much." Yuri stuck out her tongue. "Huh?" Akurei said as he felt something cold and metallic prod the back of his head. "Dodge this." Amy stated, as she pulled the trigger on Mistypuff. Akurei's head was blown clear off his shoulders. ******* Mordred put a torch to the last of Tom's blood. "Hah! That was fun! Haven't had such an easy kill in a long while!" He turned to Yasuko and continued, "Was it good for you too?" Yasuko was trying to wring some blood out of her clothing. "That was so much fun, I'd like to do it again and again." She deadpanned. Mordred grinned. "That's the spirit!" Yuri walked up to the two. "Thanks for the help. Um...I was out for most of it." "Feh. I didn't do it to help you." Yasuko firmly stated. Amy walked up, cradling Leilei's prone body. "She needs a doctor." "I can take her. I've got a car after all." Mordred pushed a remote in his hand, and a red sport car blinked its lights in response. Yuri gave him a worried look. "He won't do anything to her." Yasuko glared at him. "Will you." Mordred grinned. "I said I wouldn't, and you can take my word for it." Amy nodded, and placed Leilei carefully into the backseat of the car. Mordred and Yasuko got in front, and drove off. Amy walked back over to Yuri. "Are you alright?" She asked. "I'm fine." Yuri responded. "I think it's safe to say now that your day can't get any worse." Amy joked. Yuri said nothing. Her eyes widened and her jaw dropped. Amy turned around, ready for anything. Akurei's body was gone. ******* Author notes: So where exactly did this all come from? I had an idea. I wanted to explore Leilei's past a bit. So I said to myself, Leilei is supposed to be older than she appears. And then I said to myself, what kind of a situation can I put her in, where she'd talk about herself? The first thing that came to mind was an arranged marriage. At first, in my explanations, Leilei was actually younger. Much younger. She was actually the age she looked to be. But that really didn't work out. Especially after Sharyna pointed out to me that she's attended a normal school. Almost a bad goof on my part. I ended up with a lot less background than I intended. I didn't address the questions of why she looked so young, or even defined what clan she was from. But I guess mystery is a part of many characters in DHH. Then, as I was writing this, Sharyna reminded me that I probably should follow up on her part. Which turned out to be a good thing, because the story would have been a lot weaker without it. Although, it is fairly rushed. Stupid exam week. At least I didn't skip. So what exactly happened with Bala and Ki? Yuri has managed to alienate both potential boyfriends, and the love triangle (rectangle?) is coming to the foreground again. With Bala and Ki out of the way, at least temporarily, is this the chance Amy needs to get her hands on Yuri? Who knows! Maybe Craig will take their 'date' as an opportunity to make his move! Two minor notes. Although I didn't intend it in the first place, due to a mistake in my first draft, Amy is in two places at once. How does this happen? Some mysterious new power? Sharyna suggested astral projection, which would fit, but again, I'm leaving it for other authors. Akurei. Why did I do all this to him? Why not? He's been lounging in the land of non-used characters, and it's about time he did something. He's had it out for Yuri since day 1, and I thought it was because he wants to be principal after Amakusa. Taking Yuri out would certainly help towards that goal. And now, I thank people. Loads of thanks must go to Sharyna for pointing out how many faults I had. Err....yeah. Thanks to Tris-chan for giving me a name for the new character (I really couldn't think up a good one). Thanks must also be extended to Tris-chan, Anna, and Lafing_Cat for last minute pre-reading. And finally, big thanks must go to Lawrence Chu, who gave me a few days extra time so I could finish this. December 16, 2002 (Two skips in a row, but now I'm back on track). ******* A tall, blonde, and busty girl stood in the auditorium, dressed in a wedding gown. She was flanked by two of her friends. "I don't think he's coming." The first said. "We should go home, Leilei." The second said. "But I'll miss my marriage!" Wailed the blonde Leilei. ******* "How's the patient?" Amakusa asked the nurse. The nurse (in chibi mode) twirled around in her chair and giggled. "Restowasion is pwoceedin smoothy. I think we sould give him one of those goofy lookin moustaches thouh. Awe you suwe you wan' him zactly the way he was?" "Yes. Exactly. He's learned his lesson." Amakusa tapped on the large glass tube in front of him. "Haven't you, Akurei?" ******* Ki sat at the bar, drowning his sorrows in beer. "Hey Ki. What's the problem?" Seichorou said as he sat down next to him. "Yuri." Ki muttered, and then gulped down his drink in one shot. "Really? Then do I have a proposition for you..." Seichorou grinned, and ordered him another drink.