Rae: OI! STOP! Note that this is part Four B. That’s right, dland is being mean and not letting me post it all in one entry so, yeah. Click archive and go to Tokyo Finale; Part Four A

Otherwise, um... You’ll miss the first part of the chapter/whatever. Which would totally suck, yo.

Okay. Have you read part A yet?

You haven’t? WHY NOT?

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GO read A first, dammit! ^.~
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Okay. Read it yet?

You have?

Really?

You sure?

Good.

Now, on with the conclusion, Part B.

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“I think it’s stupid that Shishio couldn’t have made me legal ya know. I mean I’m almost twenty one. Sheesh. He even made Sano legal. Why couldn’t he have given me a fake ID?” Rae questioned grumpily, watching as the water elemental sitting beside her sipped yet another green beverage.

“Ah, Rae-chan. You’re really not missing that much.” Druu replied, an amused smile on his lips.

“Oh, well. If I’m not missing anything... Tell me then. Why are you guzzling it down?” she shot back with a smirk, raising an eyebrow at the sprite.

“Ah, you may have me there.”

“Hah.”

The girl watched the psychic for a moment, trying to... Decide if the sprite had really recovered from the ‘vision’ that had nearly knocked him over only a few minutes ago. He seemed perfectly fine, but... She bit her lip, yet tried her best to keep her expression nonchalant, not wanting the sprite to notice her careful gaze...

“Really Rae. You can stop looking at me like that,” the elemental chirped airily, not even bothering to look up from his glass. “Again, I am fine.”

Oops. Can’t fool the psychic... Dammit.

“Alright, alright. Fine,” the girl responded with a sigh, not wanting to argue with the sprite. What good would it do? She suppressed another frustrated sigh, running a hand through her long hair.

The girl then turned on the bar-stool, glancing about the crowded nightclub. She hadn’t spotted any of her friends as of yet, but that really wasn’t too surprising, considering the huge crowd...

Really, she figured she should be looking for Sanosuke especially, but instead turned back around to glance longingly at Druuvbin’s drink.

I’m usually not a big drinker, but after this day, I reaaally wouldn’t mind a little booze about now...

“Is there even normally an age restriction on drinking in Japan?” Rae griped, leaning an elbow on the bar’s smooth counter.

“Hm. Actually I haven’t a clue. Obviously there is in this establishment at least,” the sprite answered lightly, taking another sip from his glass of green liquid.

“Meh,” she mock pouted. “Totally not fair.”

The sprite smiled, shaking his head a bit at the girl’s playful sulking. “If you’re really that eager for a drink, here.” Druu stated amusedly, handing Rae his half empty glass of green liquor.

“Hee. Thanks!” she replied happily.

“Hey. You aren’t allowed to drink that, ma’am” a voice cut in, and she looked up to see the tall dark haired bartender glaring at her.

BAH... She just simply had bad luck. Period...

There was really no point in arguing with the bartender she realized, as the stamp on her right hand proved without a doubt that she was indeed underage.

Whoa. Weird stamp on one hand, weird tattoo thing on another. she thought randomly, glancing down at her marked hands. I look kinda weird. Heh...

“Ah, I think you can overlook just one drink, neh?” Druuvbin interjected smoothly, winking a lavender eye at the man.

“I-uh...Uh. Well,” the bartender stuttered, a slight blush spreading across his lean face. “Um...”

“You’ll overlook it for me, won’t you?” the sprite blinked innocently, leaning a bit forward on his stool, drawing closer to the blushing bartender.

“I... Um... Yeah, okay...” the man stuttered, taking a shaky step back. “I-Uh, should, um get back to uh.. Customers are waiting...” he mumbled shyly, stepping quickly away from Druuvbin.

Rae watched the bartender hurriedly move on down the counter to wait on other ravers, his cheeks fiery red. She grinned at the embarrassed flush on his face. Hah... That was funny.

“Man, can you flirt your way out of everything?” she questioned teasingly, turning to give the elemental an amused grin.

“Everything? Well... Yes, pretty much so,” the psychic responded cheerfully with a nod of his head.

“Yeah, well what if that guy hadn’t been into dudes? Then what?” Rae teased lightly, continuing to grin at the lean elemental.

“What? Someone able to resist my charm? Simply not possible.” Druuvbin replied happily, winking at the girl.

“Hah. You’re such a dork,” she laughed, rolling her eyes. “Now. To try this drink you seem to like so much.” Rae went on to say, looking down at the bright green liquid.

Well. Here goes.

The girl took a large drink, silently commending herself for not freaking out over drinking from someone else’s glass. Of course her self-pride didn’t last very long as she was quickly distracted by the pungent taste flooding her mouth.

“GAH. Wh- What the hell is this stuff?!” she sputtered, coughing at the intensity of the strong liquor burning away her insides...

“What, you don’t like it?” Druu questioned innocently, blinking his eyes. “And I was so sure you would like it...”

“You jerk!” Rae groaned, shaking her head in disgust at the bitter aftertaste in her mouth. “Gah. Now I suddenly remember why I don’t drink... Man, what is that stuff anyway?” she shivered, glancing down at the remaining green alcohol in the glass. “Geh. Geh. Geh.”

“Ah, well, I’m not sure, it is a club specialty. The ‘radioactive challenge mix’ I believe is what it’s called. It’s supposed to be the strongest drink they have. Though I’ve definitely had stronger...” the sprite commented, taking the glass back from Rae, downing the rest of the glass in one drink.

“...Radioactive challenge mix? Uh, how many have you had tonight?”

“Hm... I’m not sure. Ten or so?”

“TEN?”

“Well... Maybe fifteen?”

“WHA?”

“It’s fortunate that Shishio-san is footing the bill, hm?” the sprite chirped happily. “It’s actually a fairly expensive drink.”

“...You really are a lush. How do you even manage to drink fifteen drinks? That’s just scary.”

The sprite laughed at the girl’s comment, his bright eyes shining with amusement. “A lush, hm?” he then questioned, smile playing on his lips.

Rae shook her head, a small smirk on her lips. “Yeah. It’s off to AA for you Druuvbin. Definitely,” she teased, poking the sprite’s arm gently in a teasing manner.

“Yes, I’ll look into that. AA... Hm how’s this for an introduction? Hello, my name is Druuvbin and I’m an alcoholic, according to my human friend anyway. I also happen to be an elemental from an entirely different universe and hm, I kill people for a living. Nice to meet you.” Druu stated airily, waving his hand dramatically during his ‘AA introduction’.

Rae giggled, shaking her head at the sprite’s ‘intro’. “Oh my God. Can you imagine the looks you would get?” she questioned through her laughter, picturing the scene in her mind. Heh...

“Hm, yes, I believe it may be best to skip over the killing part, yes?” he questioned thoughtfully, winking a lavender eye at the girl.

“Heh, yeah, I really don’t think that’d go over too well. Uh... Should you even be talking about that in here anyway? What if somebody overheard all that?”

“Well. Assuming there is an actual sober person paying any attention to us whatsoever, they would either A. assume I am very drunk, or B. assume that I am very crazy. Or possibly both,” the sprite answered with a smile, waving his hand dismissively.

“Well. They’d be right about the crazy part at least.” Rae teased with a grin.

“Well. Yes. I suppose they would, hm?” the psychic responded cheerfully, running a lean hand through his long blue hair.

“Heh.”

Well... I guess he seems to be okay... She cast a quick glance at the sprite, searching for any sign of... Well, she wasn’t sure exactly. However, Druu was smiling and kidding around, so that was a good sign, right? No glowing blue eyes or seizures or moans of agony... So that had to be a good sign, right? Right?

“You know. I’m getting the feeling that perhaps you really should go find Sanosuke...” Druuvbin suddenly commented, turning to glance back at the crowded dance floor with a mischievous smile.

“Huh? Why?”

“Well... I’m not entirely sure but...” the psychic trailed off, eyes practically sparkling with playful amusement.

Uh-oh. What did Sano do now?

She raised an eyebrow, turning to gaze at the dancing mass of ravers.

“...You just want to get rid of me so you can flirt some more with that bartender guy...” Rae teased, hopping off of the bar-stool.

“Who, me?”

“Hah. Have another dozen or so drinks while I go look for our rooster,” she responded with a wink, turning towards the throbbing dance-floor.

“Have fun...”

With a shake of her head she walked away from the bar section, pushing her way onto the dance-floor. The farther in she got, the louder the music pounded. As the girl listened to the fast beat, she realized with a smile that she actually recognized the song.

Rae grinned, slightly nodding her head in time with Daisuke Asakura’s quick-paced techno song, Division by Zero error.

Heh, this song is so cool...

Really, she hadn’t been entirely comfortable leaving Druu alone, but judging by that smile the psychic had given her when mentioning Sano... It was pretty safe to assume the rooster had gotten himself into some kind of trouble. As usual.

Now. If I can just find him. Eh. Or anyone actually...

Exactly how was she supposed to locate ANYONE in this crowd?

With a sigh she moved further through the crowd, dodging a few waving green light sticks and jumping ravers.

Oh, there’s Shishio... Rae thought, spotting the bandaged man standing amongst the crowd a bit away from her.

She started to approach the ‘undead’ ruler of 4/10’s of hell but paused, watching with wide eyes as Houji and Yumi took turns... Dancing... Around Shishio in a rather... Disturbing way...

Never the fuck mind. Somehow, she reaaally didn’t think she wanted to get anywhere near that... With a shudder she turned, glancing around for any of her other friends amongst the crowd.

Oh...Hey! Kopaka and Yuki! the girl thought happily, spotting the insane wind sprite thrashing about wildly, swinging Yuki right along with him. She pushed her way over to the two, waving in greeting.

“Hey guys,” Rae chirped, raising her voice to be heard over the music.

“Rae-chaaaan, save me...” Yuki whined, eyeing the girl desperately.

“Heheheheh. This is fun, Yuki-dude!” Kopaka yelled hyperactively, big grin on his lips. “Do the dance!”

Rae bit her lip, attempting not to laugh at the poor ghost being swung around. “Um, Kopaka, try not to pull Yuki’s arms off, man.”

“Heheheh!”

“Kopaka-saaan, I don’t want to dance anymore!”

Rae giggled a bit at the two, shaking her head. “Uh, have either of you seen Sano anywhere?” she questioned, shooting Yuki a sympathetic look.

“Um, I haven’t seen him since before Kitsune came for Kouji,” the silver haired spirit answered, glancing around the crowded room.

“He got drug off to get bitten and dancey-dancey!” Kopaka responded, once again insanely swinging Yuki around and around...

“Kopaka-saaan!”

“Bitten and dancey-dancey?” Rae questioned with an eyebrow raised.
What the hell was the sprite talking about?

“Bite the rooster and dancey-dancey!”

“Er...Okay... I think I’m gonna keep looking for him...” she trailed off, not even sure what to make of Kopaka’s newest ramble.

“Rae-chan, don’t leave me!” Yuki pleaded, shooting the girl a beseeching look. “I’m not a good dancer!”

“Sorry Yuki-chan, you’re on your own.” Rae grinned teasingly, running a hand through her pink hair. “Have fun.”

Yuki merely sighed with defeat, once again allowing Kopaka to spin him around. “Good luck finding Sano-kun...”

Rae smiled, shaking her head a bit. Poor Yuki. But really, how did the ghost expect her to save him from Kopaka anyway? Kopaka always gets his way... Like I could make him stop acting like an idiot...

With that she once again turned, back on the hunt for Sanosuke.

Where had the stupid rooster went?

With the loud music reverberating through her body and crazed ravers bumping into her every two seconds, Rae decided that when she did find Sano, she was totally going to beat him up. Well. Or not. But still. Man, it’s hard trying to find someone in this big crowd...

Rae blinked, turning her attention to the left of her. Hey, did I just spot that spiky rooster hair? With that thought, the girl pushed further, trying to look over the crowd. Which wasn’t that easy as she couldn’t see much, being short and all.

Rae jumped up a bit to get a better view. AH! That definitely has got to be Sano’s hair!

She moved closer with a sigh of relief, glad she had finally spotted the spiky haired teen. As she approached Sano however she came to a sudden halt, eyes widening at the sight before her...

Whoa. Sano’s being like... Molested.

She watched with an eyebrow raised, as a tall pretty blonde guy with glasses glomped onto Sano, latching onto the teen’s neck...

The girl really wasn’t sure if she should laugh hysterically or go kick blondie’s ass. After a moment of consideration, she settled on the laughing hysterically thing.

Suppressing another giggle, Rae approached the two, crossing her arms in amusement. She opted to say nothing for the moment, simply observing the scene instead.

“What part of STOP IT do you NOT GET?!?!” the spiky haired teen growled, attempting to shove the blonde away. “Get off of me!”

“Awww, Sanosuke baby. You know you love me,” the spiky haired blonde replied huskily, leaning down to... Whoa. He’s biting Sanosuke...

Rae glanced over the weird molester guy, noting his pink and purple top, his nice jeans, his pink shoes and his neat glasses... Actually, for a crazed molester, he was pretty damn cute. Plus his hair kind of reminded the girl of Gackt’s in the Vanilla PV so...

“Want to techno again?” the blonde questioned with a wolfish grin.

“NO!” Sano snapped angrily, his face turning bright red.

...Techno?

“Aww, sure you do!” the bleach-blonde responded happily, quickly letting go of the angry teen long enough to pull out two glowing green light sticks from his jean pockets. The man began to wave the sticks around Sanosuke, moving closer and closer...

Rae bit her lip, trying not to laugh... Which proved rather unsuccessful. As she snickered, she stepped closer, finally deciding to help the poor guy out.

“Uh, excuse me? Am I interrupting something here?” she questioned through a laugh, as Sano turned to glare at her.

“Get him OFF OF ME!”

“Hey sweetie, what’s your name? I’m Kousuke, want me to bite you too?” the blonde chirped happily, not missing a beat of his ‘techno’ dance around Sanosuke.

Rae raised an eyebrow at the blonde, a bit taken back by his forward come on. “Eh?” Was this guy for real?

“I’m a good biter, just ask my Sanosuke here.”

“WHAT?”

“Oh? Hm...” Rae bit her lip to not laugh out loud, instead she shook her head. “Uh, Kousuke is it? Look, my friend here really isn’t into guys so...”

“Suuuuure he’s not,” the blonde interrupted, casting a wink at the girl.

“WHAT?”

“Well, okay so he did have a thing for Saitou that one time...but you know,” she replied, waiving a hand dismissively.

“...I w-what? WHAT? SAITOU? WHAT?!” Sanosuke shouted angrily, once again unsuccessfully attempting to free himself from the blonde.

Rae really tried not to laugh at the teen, but the angry brunette and his bright red face was a bit too much to handle.

“What are you laughing about you idiot? Get him away-from-me!” Sanosuke shouted, his words slurring together.

Rae glanced at the teen’s eyes, noting the blurry, unfocused look...

Well. He must be smashed or something...

“I don’t know Sano. You look like you’re having a good time... Maybe I should just leave you two love-birds alone...” she trailed off, a downright evil smirk appearing on her lips.

“You wouldn’t!”

“Oh? Really?”

“RAE!!”

“Alright, alright, geez. Uh, look. Kousuke, not that my friend hasn’t had a great time and all, but I kind of need him back now.” Rae addressed the dancing blonde, taking a better look at the man’s face.

His face...

The girl blinked and cocked her head, stepping a bit closer. Uh...He looks kind of like.... Nah. Couldn’t be... she shrugged, deciding that her eyes were just tired or something... Because, really... The guy kind of reminded her of someone... Nah...

“Aw, but I was having fun,” Kousuke pouted, glomping onto the angry brunette. “He’s so cute.”

“GET OFF!!”

“Can I at least bite him one more time first?” the blonde questioned hopefully, casting his eyes to the teen’s neck.

“Sure, why not?” Rae shrugged, smirk reappearing on her lips.

“HEY-OWW!!” the brunette practically screeched, his face turning even redder, if possible. “GET AWAY!”

Okay. That’s funny. Rae laughed, mischievous smirk still playing on her lips. “Well, now that you got to bite him and all, can I have him back?”

“Oh I guess. You ruin my fun though,” the blonde let out a melodramatic sigh, finally letting go of Sanosuke. “Oh but, here’s my cell number. Call me cutie.” Kousuke went on to say, pulling out a printed card from his pocket, handing it to the stunned brunette.

He has pre-made cards with his number? God... Just HOW slutty is this guy?

Before the stunned spiky haired teen had a chance to respond, another loud voice broke in, “Kousuke! There you are, you ass!” a man shouted over the music, stepping up to the blonde.

Rae’s eyes widened as she looked over the new guy...

Long dark-purple hair wildly spiked around his head, very pretty, very girly... Cute light-purple top with jeans... Why did he look... So familiar to the girl?

...Nah. Couldn’t be...

“Oh, Yuri, hunny!” Kousuke chirped happily, latching onto the purple haired man. “Wanna techno, Yuri?”

The purple haired man rolled his eyes before turning his attention to Sano and Rae. “Has he been bothering you?”

“Hell yes he’s been BOTHERING me!” Sanosuke shouted, rubbing at his bite mark covered neck with one hand, while clutching the --now crumpled-- card in his other fist.

“Sorry about that. He gets a little... Well you know. When he has too much rave juice... I lost track of him a little while ago...” Yuri trailed off, casting another annoyed glance to the blonde glomping onto him.

‘Rave juice’ huh? Riiight....

“I wasn’t cheating on you, I promise, Yuri! It’s just, he tasted good and...”

“Yeah. Right Kousuke.”

“But, but I love you! And Himiko and Hikari and Jet and Genghis and Bobo and Venus and Mazuhiko and J.J. and... Loop D...and...”

Rae cocked her head, watching the odd blonde rattle on, all the while glomping happily onto Yuri. Whoa...This guy... Is uh, interesting...

“Uh, anyway. I’m taking him back to our apartment now so... Sorry if he bothered you,” the purple haired man cast a quick apologetic smile to Sanosuke and Rae, then turned, pulling the blonde away.

“But can I bite him one more time?”

“No Kousuke.”

“...Can I bite you?”

“When we get home.”

“Can I bite Himiko and Hikari too?”

“..We’ll see...”

Rae watched the two walk away, eyebrow once again raised. Nah... It couldn’t be...

With a shake of her head she turned her attention to Sanosuke, who stood fuming, his face still bright red. “So uh, Sano. Have fun?”

“Shut up.”

Rae watched the teen for a moment, noting the way he swayed unsteadily, eyes blurred and red. “You drunk?”

“I guess.” Sano answered distractedly, his eyes following the flashing lights flickering across the dance floor.

“You guess?”

“I... The lights are kinda...”

...Uh... “Sano? You didn’t happen to take any pills or anything did you?” she questioned slowly, watching the way the teen’s eyes followed the lights.

“Pills? I don’t think so...” he trailed off, seeming to forget that he had just been bitten several times by some crazy nymphomaniac raver. Instead he stood, watching the bright lights and neon glow sticks with a fascinated expression.

“Hm. Uh, let’s get you off this crowded dance floor huh?” she replied, taking the teen’s toned arm, steering him through the crowd.

“Those lights are really bright...”

“Uh. Yeah. They are.”

“Really bright.”

“...Yeah, really bright.”

“....Really, really bright.”

“Right...” Rae rolled her eyes, practically dragging the stumbling teen across the dance floor. He is so beyond stoned...

After finally maneuvering her way out of the crowd, she led the brunette to the bar section, back to where Druu still sat on his bar-stool, drinking yet another ‘radioactive challenge mix’.

Luckily Druu had saved her seat, so she pushed the disorientated teen over to the stool. “Sit,” she ordered.

“Huh?” he questioned blankly.

“...Sit down, Sano.” Rae repeated slowly, pointing to the bar-stool.

“Oh...Ok?” the teen replied, unsteadily plopping down on the metal stool. “Why is everything moving so much?”

Rae raised an eyebrow, turning to meet Druu’s gaze.

“Hm, it would appear you found Sano,” the sprite noted calmly, pleasant smile on his lips, as always.

“Yeah. I found him alright.”

“Hm, it looks as if you’ve had quite the night, Sano-kun,” Druuvbin chirped, playfully touching one of the various bite-marks covering the teen’s pale neck.

“Shll-shhut-uup!” Sano snapped, his words slurring oddly.

“I’ve never seen him act this weird from just booze,” Rae pointed out, all the while looking over the teen’s neck. “Whoa. That guy really bit the hell out of you...”

“Oh? A guy? Hm... Sano, I wasn’t aware,” the psychic teased lightly, winking at the spiky haired teen.

“Grehh. SHUT up...” Sano muttered, thumping his head down on the bar counter. “Just let me die here...” the teen mumbled.

“Hm. I would wager that he had a spiked drink. It would explain his... Odd behavior.” Druu stated, taking another sip from his own glass of booze.

“Yeah, that’s kind of what I was thinking might have happened...” she responded with a nod of her head. “Man, who would have done something like that anyway?”

“Hm, now I wonder...” Druu trailed off, amusement in his voice.

“Damn... You Kopaka...” Sanosuke mumbled from his position on the counter. “Idiot...”

“Kopaka? He wouldn’t...”

“He wouldn’t?” Druu raised an eyebrow at the girl’s comment.

“Oh who the hell am I kidding? Of course Kopaka did it.” Rae muttered, shaking her head in irritation. “Baka.”

“Man... The room is too bright... And spinning...” Sanosuke complained, not bothering to sit up from his position on the smooth counter’s surface.

Rae cast a sympathetic look to the disorientated teen, patting him on the back. “Yes we know Sano. The room is bright and spinny.”

Man, Kopaka, that’s so not cool, the girl thought with exasperation. What was up with Kopaka’s love for drugging people anyway? She really didn’t get the wind/ice sprite sometimes...

“I suppose we should probably be ending this little trip hm? I believe the club closes in a few minutes anyway. It’s almost three after all.” Druu stated, once again playfully poking at the bite-marks on Sano’s neck.

“It’s almost three?! Really? Wow. Most places close at midnight over here. We were lucky to find one that stays open this late.” Rae responded, surprised that it had gotten so late... No wonder she was tired. Well. Not to mention the day had been a bit stressful to say the least...

Stress + Rae = Tired Rae...

“Whoa. The time will be all different when we get back to the states... Instant jet-lag or something....” she went on to say with a small groan. “But yeah, we probably ought to wrap this up. Take Sano to my place and let him crash. Oh, and make sure that Kopaka hasn’t pulled Yuki’s arms off or something...”

“Magick lights and spinning rooms...” Sano muttered, and from the sound of it, Rae figured the teen was probably about half passed out.

What kind of drug did he give Sano anyway? She wasn’t overly familiar with rave drugs or whatever, so she wasn’t really sure. Of course, for all she knew, it could have been one of Kopaka’s ‘specially made’ drugs...

“Well then, I’ll go find the others. You take care of Sano, Hm?” Druu stated calmly, standing and stretching his lean frame.

“Druu-chan, I can go find everyone if you want to stay here.” Rae offered quickly, not wanting the psychic to overexert himself. Because really, shouldn’t he rest some after a big vision thing? That had to have at the very least worn him out...

“I believe I can handle it, Rae,” the sprite replied with an amused smile. The lean blue haired elemental turned, walking --graceful as always-- into the large crowd.

“Meh.” Rae mumbled, plopping down on the stool Druu had previously occupied. “So, Sano. You alive?”

“No.”

“Ah, just checking.”

“...I can’t believe that guy bit me...” the teen mumbled with irritation.

“Yeah, you might want to look into getting a rabies shot or something.”

“A what?”

“Never mind.” She really needed to remember that a guy from the past wouldn’t exactly get some of her random future-ish related jokes... Somehow she doubted they had rabies shots in Meijii Japan...

“You know, I wanted to talk to you about something...” Sano suddenly stated, pulling himself into a sitting position, attempting to focus his eyes on the girl.

“Hm? About what?” Rae asked curiously.

“...I can’t remember right this second.” With that said, the teen once again dropped his head down to rest on the counter.

“...Uh... Okay. I guess we’ll talk about it later then...” she responded, raising an eyebrow. Wonder what that was about?

With a sigh the girl closed her eyes, placing an elbow on the counter.

Kitsune and Kouji’s past... Malba’s red eyes and broken hand... Druu’s vision... It’s all so... She sighed again, re-opening her aqua colored eyes. Honestly, it was all a little much to think about at the moment... Somehow she didn’t think it had all fully sunk in yet...

“...It’s...He has a funny color...”

“...I...I can’t remember what it means. I’m sorry...”

“...I’m...I’m sorry...I’m sorry, okay?...”

“...I also burned that machine to ashes and contemplated doing the same to you...”

“...How about when I kill everyone, including you, because I can’t fucking control myself. See if you care then...”

“...Don’t TOUCH IT! You...You’re a human and... Idiot! Just...Don’t touch it...”

“...Will... Will you Keep Kouji with you? Here, in your world?...”

“...Kouji... Kouji is in fact my older brother...”

“...Too dangerous to let live, too powerful to destroy...”

“...I was sent to the best military training schools, and was well trained in combat and... Assassination. I was his pet lapdog, following his every order like a mindless fool...”

“...Do you know I made my first kill when I was ten?...”

“Lifeless. Kept in an isolation chamber with a breathing tube stuffed down his throat, wires and IV’s and needles... I hated it. Hated it so very much. Never moving, never aging... Eternally sleeping...”

“...Despite my high rank status, I was declined clearance... I couldn’t accept that...”

“...I couldn’t leave him there anymore... I don’t care what he is. I don’t care...”

“...the symbols roughly translate to ‘Shadow’ and ‘Judgment’...”

“...Why bother, it’s not like he’ll tell you anyway...”

"...It’ll stop--in a second...S...Sorry...”

“...Not to worry. I’m fine....”

“...Just a pesky little vision, that’s all...”

The girl shivered, a chill running up her spine. So many things to think about... Rae shook her head, shuddering. Really, too much to think about all in one night... She glanced down at ‘the jump’ implant, the dark tattoo...

“...I trust you...”

“Hey Sano?”

“...Huh?”

“...Like my new tattoo?”

“...Huh?”

“Never mind.”

Yeah, she’d think about it once she got home, back to her room. Right this second... Her brain just wasn’t ready to comprehend it all...

So she decided to poke Sano’s bite covered neck instead.

“Hey! Stop that!”

“Heh.”

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Rae let out a sigh, glancing about her backyard, noting that indeed, time was completely different in the States. Obviously. Man, now my sleep schedule is going to be all screwed up for awhile... Er, well it’s always screwed up so I guess it doesn’t matter...

“Well then. You had fun?” Shishio commented with a smirk, crossing his arms across his chest.

“Er, yeah Shishio, it was cool. Thanks for taking us.” Rae replied, casting a smile to the odd bandaged man.

“Bunny.” Kopaka agreed, picking at Sano’s neck.

“St-oop.” Sanosuke snapped, stumbling a bit.

“It was... Nice, Shishio-san.” Yuki commented quietly, grey eyes cast to the grassy earth.

“SHISHIO-SAMA is the GREATEST!” Houji chirped excitably, bouncing around in his high heeled green boots.

“Yes.” Yumi nodded, moving to snuggle with Shishio.

“Well. I suppose you three will be leaving now?” Druuvbin questioned pleasantly, an amiable smile on his lips.

“Yes, I am a rather busy man after all. Though, we should do this again sometime. It’ll be my treat. Again,” the bandaged man responded, an evil smirk randomly appearing on his dark lips. Which really wasn’t an uncommon sight. It was actually more unusual when Shishio didn’t have an evil smirk on his burned lips actually...

After a few more moments of casual conversation, the three residents from hell vanished, returning to... Hell.

Guess being a ruler of hell has benefits. They can come and go as they please...

“Well. I suppose I should be leaving as well. After all, I need to go have my required daily scolding from Kitsune.” Druuvbin commented cheerfully, lavender eyes showing his amusement.

“Required daily scolding hm?” Rae questioned, small smile appearing on her lips. Well I guess that’s one way to put it...

“Well. I suppose I’ll be going now. I’ll see you soon, neh?” the psychic smiled, waving a bit to the group before making the jump, disappearing.

Rae looked down at her hand as it temporarily flittered with cold energy. Weirdness.

“Heheh.” Kopaka laughed, randomly outstretching his arms, spinning around like... A hyperactive child...

“Well. That was... An interesting trip.” Yuki commented cheerfully, smiling brightly. “Did you have fun, Rae-chan?”

“Eh, well. Yeah. Sure.”

“Can I sleep now?” Sano muttered, rocking a bit on his feet, his bleary red eyes drooping.

“In my backyard?”

“At this point... I really don’t care.”

Kopaka suddenly stopped spinning, moving over to grab Rae’s left hand. “Heh. You can do the jumpy jump now. Cool.”

“Yep. Druu implanted it a little while ago,” she replied, casting a glance down at the mark. “So yeah.”

“Cool. Jumpy jumpy jump. Rae can jump. Human jump,” the sprite rambled. His attention then quickly wandered and he dropped the girl’s hand, returning to spinning instead.

“Huh?” Sano mumbled, glancing at Rae’s hand with confusion.

“Ah, it’s my new tattoo. Druu and Kitsune decided that they want me to be able to jump if the need ever arises. So. Now I can jump. Hopefully,” she attempted to explain, however after noting the blank look on Sano’s face, she shrugged. No point in trying to explain anything to him right now...

“What? They...Wh-why did they—I mean, um. So you can jump now too? How?” Yuki questioned, and Rae turned to the ghost, cocking her head a bit in thought. The spirit had sounded a bit strange at first, hadn’t he? Like... What? Rae wasn’t sure ... However as she examined his face the only expression she could read was curiosity. The girl shrugged. Man, I guess I really need some sleep... Now I’m imagining things...

“It’s a weird device. To make a long story short, you implant it, it makes a cool tattoo, you use shiny new tattoo to jump. End story.” Rae explained with a tired grin.

“Why... Um why did they decide to give it to you?” the silver haired spirit asked inquisitively, moving closer to look at Rae’s hand.

“Because. Starting tomorrow, Kouji is going to be staying with me for awhile. It’s safer for him here, but just in case I need to get to their world, they wanted me to have the jump,” she replied, stretching her hand a bit, noticing her busted knuckle was starting to get a bit sore.

“Huh? The kid?” Sano questioned, trying his best to focus on the girl.

“Yep.”

“So... Um... They think it will work on a human?” the spirit inquired slowly, eyes locked on the intricate black design.

“Eh. Not as well. Hopefully well enough though.” Rae answered, raising an eyebrow. “Why? What made you ask that?”

“I... Um. I don’t know,” the ghost smiled, shrugging his thin shoulders. “Guess I’m just curious. It’s interesting.”

“Heh. Yeah, it’s pretty interesting I guess. And plus hey, cool new tattoo,” she smiled, tracing the design with a finger.

“Jumpy jump jumpy jump.” Kopaka rambled, grabbing a hold of Yuki, once again forcing the poor ghost to spin with him.

“Kopaka-saaaan! Not again!”

“I’m really tired...Head feels weird...” Sano yawned, rubbing his eyes. “Plus... There’s four of you...”

“Heh. Um, you can crash in my room Sano. Sleep it off, you’ll be alright. Speaking of that. Kopaka! That wasn’t nice to spike Sano’s drink! God. You druggie weirdo.”

“Heheheheheh...”

Rae shook her head, rolling her eyes at the odd elemental. “Idiot...”

“Kopaka-san, you’re making me dizzy...”

“I’m already dizzy...” Sano muttered.

“”Hey Kopaka...”

“Yep-yep, dude?”

Rae rolled her eyes at the ‘dude’ comment but smiled regardless. “You... You’re the one who... You’re the first one who wanted me to know about... Stuff. You took my side when Kitsune and the others really didn’t want to trust me. I... Thanks for that Kopaka,” the girl stated firmly, giving the sprite a grateful smile.

Weird as he could be, Kopaka had always been pretty open to her, considering. He had even stood up for her, wanting the others to tell the truth about their world and... She hadn’t really gotten much of a chance to thank the elemental for it...

“It’s just. The others are finally sort of opening up and... I kind of get the feeling that you have a little something to do with it. Hey. Are... Are you the one who first suggested letting Kouji stay with me?” Rae questioned, watching the spinning sprite.

Kopaka stopped his crazed spin to look into Rae’s eyes, giving the girl a goofy grin. “I told them that you’re the cool pink human girl-girl. Kouji-dude will be safer in pink-pink land, man. That’s what I said. I like you, you’re the pink girl dude,” he rambled, his mischievous blue eyes sparkling.

“Thanks Kopaka. You’re cool too. And... I’m still not a dude.” Rae laughed, shaking her head. God he’s so weird...

“Heheheh.”

Oh, hey, Kopaka, when you aren’t concealing your jump tattoo thingie, where is it?” she questioned curiously, glancing over the sprite.

“Heheheheheh.... You really want me to show you?”

“Er... Maybe I don’t want to know after all...”

“Heh. Just kidding. It’s on my ankle-ankle dude.”

“Geez, the way you said that, I thought you had it on your ass or something...” Rae smirked, rolling her eyes at the grinning elemental. Big Dork.

“Whoa, that would be cool, dude. Heheh.”

“No. It really, really wouldn’t.”

“Heheheh.”

The girl glanced up at her apartment building, letting out a yawn. “I guess we should head on up to the apartment and get some sleep, hm?” she questioned, glancing at the spaced out teen. “Sano? You alive?”

“No...”

“You drugged him Kopaka, so you get to help him up all the stairs.” Rae chirped happily, winking at the sprite.

“Mission carry rooster in action, dun-dun-dun-dun-DUN-DUN,” the elemental responded with a salute and a goofy, mischievous grin.

“So... Is Sano-kun going to be okay?” Yuki questioned with a touch of concern, watching the inebriated teen. “Sano-kun?”

“Leave me alone...” the brunette mumbled grumpily, crossing his arms.

“Yeah, he’ll be fine Yuki-dude. It’s the rave dancey dance drink!” Kopaka responded happily, tugging on a lock of Yuki’s long silver hair.

“Hey! Don’t mess up my hair!”

“Yeah Sano just needs to sleep it off. At this point I’m more concerned about him getting rabies...” Rae joked with a grin, reaching over to playfully poke Sano’s neck.

“Stop!”

“So Sanosuke...”

“...What?”

“Did you keep Kousuke’s number? You gonna call him?”

“SHUT UP.”

“Because you know, I can always teach you how to use my cell phone if you want to call him...”

“I SAID SHUT UP!”

“Heheh, he’s got rabies, dude. The rabid rooster!”

“WILL YOU IDIOTS LEAVE ME ALONE?!?”

Rae giggled at the teen’s outburst, running a hand through pink hair. “Let’s get Mr. Rabid Rooster upstairs, neh?”

“Mission RABID ROOSTER! Heheh.” Kopaka chirped, hopping over to grab Sano’s arm. “Carry the rabid rooster! Dun-Dun—Dun-Dun—Dun-DUN!” the wind sprite tugged the teen’s arm over his shoulder, bouncing around all the while.

“I can walk myself! STOP!” Sano shouted angrily.

“Okay.” Kopaka abruptly let go of the brunette, who immediately fell face first on the grassy earth. “Rabid rooster, heheheh...”

“Kopaka-san!” Yuki squeaked, leaning down to check on Sanosuke. “Are you okay Sano-kun?”

“I’m...Sleeping here...” Sanosuke mumbled, closing his eyes.

Rae rolled her eyes. Well. He’s out... “I think he just passed out,” she commented, raising an eyebrow at Kopaka. “You really shouldn’t have drugged him up you know.”

“Heheheheh. Rooster Impossible!” the sprite responded with a grin, picking up the unconscious teen, slinging him over his shoulder with ease.

“Whoa... You’re kind of strong...” Rae commented. Not that it was a big surprise. He is an elemental after all...

“He isn’t dead is he?” Yuki questioned fearfully, eyes wide.

“Uh... No. Yuki. Kopaka may be a jerk, but we know he wouldn’t give Sano anything that would actually kill him.” Rae replied, giving the spirit a comforting pat on the shoulder.

“Um... Okay...”

“Rabid rooster!” With that said, the sprite saluted, then turned and began the trek to the apartment, with Yuki and Rae in tow.

After climbing the winding stairs, Rae opened the door with her key, letting the others in. “Man, I’m glad to be back. I need sleep...”

“The rave was pretty hectic.” Yuki commented, letting out a small yawn.

“Well, let’s throw Sano on my couch, and I’ll...” Rae trailed off as she opened her bedroom door, her eyes widening.

“Maaaaan. I waited for the party, but there was no party! So I made a party!!” Ansem proclaimed happily, lounging on Rae’s bed.

“Wha-What did you do to MY ROOM?!?!”

The normally dark moody room was now streaked with vivid shades of bright pink paint.... Not to mention the swarms of pastel heartless crashing about, making a huge mess of everything.

“I had a party!!!” the man replied happily, petting one of his heartless contentedly. “We need more cotton candy!!”

“...KOPAKA!!” Rae screeched, turning to glare at the sprite. “You’re idiot friend ruined my room! AGAIN!!”

“Oops. I forgot I invited him...Heheh.. Sorry.” Kopaka laughed, obviously not the least bit sorry. At all. “Heheh...”

“Rae! Get these things away from me! Help!” Yuki screamed in terror as the odd little pink heartless began to enclose on the poor spirit.

“Heheheh.”

Typical. Very, very typical.

“GET OUT OF MY ROOM!!”

“Heheheheheheheh!”

“Cotton candy rules all!”

“They’re...EATING MY HAIR!!”

“WE NEED BUNNIES TOO!”

--THUD—THUD-- --THUD—

“MY HAIR!! NOOOOO!”

--CRASH---

“Cotton Candy!”

“Bunnies!”

--THUD---

With a defeated sigh the girl turned, grabbing Yuki’s wrist and pulling him out of the swarm of glomping heartless.

“Come on Yuki.” Rae stated flatly, pulling the spirit out the door and into the hall.

“Where are we going?”

“The tv room. They can just freaking have my room. I don’t care anymore...” the girl muttered darkly, slamming her door closed

“Um. Okay. Rae-chan.”

“BUNNIES!”

“COTTON CANDY!”

“Um.. Should we really leave Sano-kun in there with them?” Yuki questioned, glancing back at the closed door.

“Eh. Probably not, but I’m too tired to care,” the girl shrugged, a small grin appearing on her lips.

“BUNNIES!!”

---CRASH---

“HEHEHEHEH!!!”

---BOOOM---

Rae twitched at the loud destructive noises coming from her poor room, however turned with a shrug of her shoulders.

“Let’s watch tv, Yuki-chan.”

“Um, okay? What should we watch?”

“Something... Something that doesn’t involve the color pink.”

----CRASH---BOOOOM---

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it never ends!!! XD
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Rae: WAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH. The Tokyo Arc has finally, finally, FINALLY concluded. *falls over*

I got a tattoooooo. XD

I want a tattoo for real... I guess an imaginary one will have to do for now. ^.~

Man... For the first time... I’ve never really felt guilty before when writing. I mean.... Gah. I’ve just set something into motion that... Um... Man. T.T But I can’t back out of it... I’ve been foreshadowing it for a long time... It’s just, I’m kinda feeling guilty about it now...

Which is new. I never feel guilty when writing t3h angst. But this is different. These are my own characters (except for the RK gang...and Ansem...) and um, they all feel extremely real to me and I love ‘em and... um... I’m rambling. Sorry. XD

And no, I’m not telling you what I feel guilty about! ...You’ll find out soon enough.... T.T;

...Heh. I decided to torture myself a little, to ease the guilt. Which is why the jump implant hurt. XD Hah. I figured with as much angst and stuff I have my poor muses putting up with... I so deserved it. ^.~

*laughs* Seriously though.

Hah. Kousuke and Yuri. Two of my crazy urbz. You know, Yuri was in an oddly good mood in this fic. Because usually he would have totally slapped Sano for messing with Kousuke. (Even though it completely wasn’t Sano’s fault.) But well, at that point I was starting to feel a little sorry for Sano, so I spared him the bitch-slaps. Yuri was feeling very generous. XD

Heh.

I am so beyond tired. No sleep = badness, yo.

Ah. But I said I would post pics of Kousuke, Yuri and Mazuhiko. So. T3h pixxx:

((UBER lame pics. Sorry, my digital camera was being a bitch.))

'Tis Kousuke. Looking like an idiot... ^^;;

Kousuke... Looking like an idiot. Again. XD

...Kousuke looking insanely stoned. Because he is. Too much rave juice... XD

Yuri and his crazy purple hair. ^^

Yuri again, neh?

And again. ^^

And again. XD

Now it's the crazy raver, Mazuhiko. ^^ Hey, random fact: she used to be a stripper ya know... XD

Heh. Mazuhiko again. I like that hat... It’s so dorkishly cute. XD

Kousuke and Yuri demonstrate exactly what "techno" is... ^.~

More techno-ing... Oh dear... XD

And now.. Remember how Yuri said they were going back to their apartment?

Well.. Here's what happened once they got there...

... I should have taken pictures of Himiko and Hikari getting all kinky and like orgying it up with Yuri and Kousuke, but I got tired. XD (Well. They do all live together, ya know. ^.^;;;;;)
I thought about putting Hikari and Himiko in this entry as well, but um... It was getting insanely long. And Himiko would have KILLED Sano because she's um... a scary jealous type. XD

But hey, maybe I'll post some more urbz pics later if I get in a random mood. XD

Oh, hey. Also. Because I’m in such a generous mood... You know that song that was playing in the club at one point? Daisuke Asakura’s Division by Zero error yeah, that’s a real song. A very cool song.

Here it is, because as previously stated, I’m in a good mood.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DLM27E4L

Yesh, I uploaded it for ya. XD

Remember though, ‘tis for sampling purposes only and um, legally you are supposed to delete it after what, twenty four hours or so? Whatever, as long as you know you can’t blame me if you get in trouble. XD Heh...

I uploaded it to megaupload.com, which downloads slow, I know. But it doesn’t expire as fast as yousendit...

Anyway.

...Lot of grey in this, huh? I mean the color grey. Hm.... Wonder what it means.... XD

Hahahah. I am so random and insanely tired.

I think I should probably shut up now. So.

That’s all for today yo. ^^;;

~Rae