Room 304, Diety Hall

Author: Yukimi2 yukimi2@yahoo.com

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Episode 46: Masquerade I

Next day (before the ball starts)….

Kyo surveyed the gym carefully. Making sure that neither Takuro nor Sugizo remained in there. He clutched the canteen of the potion protectively and took a deep breath before darting to the snack table. The punch bowl sat in the middle. Kyo snickered as he realized nobody was guarding it. Just as he was closing into the bowl, he felt someone trip him on his left foot.

“Son of a ---.” Kyo cursed as he landed on his stomach. He whirled around angrily and glared at the perpetrator.

Ayumi smiled smugly. “So the midget takes a fall. How amusing.”

Kyo growled. “What are you doing here?”

“OH-hohhoho.” Ayumi laughed haughtily. “It so happens that I am in charge of the snack stand.”

“So? I just wanted to see the punch bowl. Gotta problem with that?”

“Actually, I just wanna take this.” Ayumi swiftly grabbed the canteen.

Kyo’s eyes widened. “HEY!!” he lunged forward, but missed as Ayumi jumped up and ran away.

Ayumi laughed evilly as she unscrewed the cap of the container. Her plan was to put some punch on a cup, then mix some of the potion into the same cup of punch. She had no intention of sharing the potion with anyone.

Kyo went after Ayumi. He knew that girl was up to something. He cursed. Toshi warned that the potion was very strong. Once a person consumed it, they will fall in love with the first person they see.

Kyo suddenly tripped and fell again. “DAMMIT!!” he yelled. He looked up and saw Takuro glaring down at him.

“Why are you running?” Takuro demanded.

Kyo glowered. “None of your damned business!”

“Are you threatening me?”

“Gee. What else do you think I’m doing?” Kyo stood up and glared.

“You will be punished for that.” Takuro snapped.

“So sue me.” Kyo turned around. “Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to stop that bitch from turning the ball into a dating service.”

“Don’t give me that atti---- Hey!”

Kyo slipped under Takuro’s clutches and snickered. There are advantages to being short.

The blonde ran as fast as his little legs could. He saw Ayumi pour punch into a cup, then tilted the canteen to pour the potion into it.

“NNNNNOOOOOOOOOoo!!!!” Kyo screamed. He ran into Ayumi in hast.

Ayumi shrieked as they both lost balance. Ayumi grabbed the table to balance herself, but knocked over the canteen’s contents into a huge punch bowl.

“NO! YOU IDIOT!!!” Ayumi yelled.

“Me!? you’re the idiot around here!”

“You little….” Ayumi grabbed hold of Kyo’s neck and started to strangle him.

Kyo choked back a cry, then grabbed the empty canteen and knocked Ayumi over the head. Ayumi fell back unconscious. He breathed a sigh of relief.

“Tsk. Tsk. Tsk.” A voice said.

Kyo turned around then groaned.

Takuro corssed his arms over his chest and gave a smirk. “First, you threaten me. Now, you assault an innocent girl out of anger.”

“You don’t understand! That ‘innocent’ girl stole my canteen and poured all of its contents into the punch bowl. We HAVE to dump the punch out before ----.”

“Enough, criminal!” Takuro said. “She’s in charge of the snack bar, so she knows how to deal with this. Why would she sabatoge the punch?” He grabbed Kyo by the arm.

“Hey! Lemme go!”

“No. you’re about to receive your punishment.”

Kyo cursed immensely as Takuro dragged him to the men’s room.

“What are you doing?” Kyo demanded.

Takuro ignored him and took out a chain from his pocket. He chained one of Kyo’s ankles and locked it to the sink. “You’re goin got clean the restroom all night. Lucky I’m actually giving you a 6ft. chain so you can move around.”

“HEY! You can’t keep me here!! I need to get rid of the punch!!!”

“Sorry, but the ball is about to start.” Takuro gave a smug smile, then left.

******

“Wow. Look at the pretty decorations!” Levin said.

“Wasn’t Kyo part of the decorating committee?” Hyde asked as he fixed his pigtails.

“Yes, but I don’t see him anywhere.” Jun said. He put an arm around Takeo’s as Takeo took a puff from his Sherlock pipe.

Shinya stood behind Levin and looked at the grand spectacle. There was music blasting from Yukihiro’s DJ set. The entire room was decorated with pretty colorful streamers and balloons. The snack tables were covered with Halloween tablecloths and delicious food.

Die leaned forward and held Shinya closer. “Watcha lookin’ at?”

“Nothing… just admiring the decorations.” Shinya smoothed out his white angel wings and straightened his halo. {Shinya as an angel ^_____^} “Die-kun, you’re messing up my costume.”

“Gomendasai.” Die grinned. “I just can’t help it.”

Shinya pouted.

“Ne, Shinya-san! You wanna drink?” Levin asked.

“What do they have here?”

“I heard it was some icky punch.”

Hyde snorted. “And I heard Ayumi’s in charge of the snack stand.”

Die made a face. “Better not drink it then. Must have poison in it.”

“Hey, guys!” a voice greeted.

The group turned around to see Ryutaro, Akira, Tadashi, and Takashi.

“Wow.” Die whistled. “Nice costumes.”

“Thanks.” Ryutaro replied. “It was all Tadashi’s idea.”

Tadashi pushed up his glasses with a finger. “Well, it just came to my mind that there are four of us, so I thought Wizard of Oz would turn out a great theme.”

“Lemme guess.” Hyde said. “Ryutaro’s Dorothy, Akira’s the Lion, you’re the Scarecrow, and Takashi’s the Tinman.”

The group nodded.

Suddenly, Kirito and Aiji came by in a hussle. “Hey guys, where’s the men’s room?” Kirito asked.

Hyde and Die rolled their eyes as Kohta hid his face in embarrassment.

The rest of the group: ^^;;

“It’s over there.” Takeo pointed across the room.

Without another word, the couple left in haste.

“It’s such a shame.” Ryutaro commented.

“You’re telling me.” Kohta said.

“No, no. I meant that their costumes are so cute. You know, Kirito dressed as a Prince and Aiji dressed as a Princess; but we’ll probably be the only ones to see that all night. Since they’ll be too busy in the restroom.”

Akira shrugged. “Well, just as long as they’re having fun, I guess it’s alright.”

Die grinned and leaned into Shinya’s ear. “Ne, Shin-chan. Let’s go to the restroom.”

“Hentai!!” *smack*

“OW!” Die faked a sob. “Shin-chan, that hurt.” He rubbed his head. “Can you kiss it to make it better?”

*SMACK* SMACK*

“Ack! Just kidding!”

Shinya: >_<*****!!

*********

In the men’s room…

Kyo: -_-*;

Kirito: “Mmmmm…Aiji….so good…….”

Aiji: *MOAN* “AH~AH~AH~……!!!”

Kyo: (thinks) Damn you, Takuro!!!

******

Prof. Yoshiki entered the ball in search for Kyo. He hoped to return the Pokemon robe to him. To his dismay, Kyo could not be found.

Sighing in resignation, he moved over to the snack stand where on of the other Prof., Prof. Heath, stood eating a cookie.

“Yoshiki! I didn’t think you were coming.”

“Actually, I’m looking for someone. Have you seen Kyo?” Yoshiki picked up a cup and poured some punch into it. {Ta-da-da…}

heath shook his head. “Nope. Hey, why aren’t you dressed up?”

“You’re not dressed up either.”

“I’m only here to eat, you know that. I don’t’ participate in the costume contest.”

“So I see.” Yoshiki lifted his cup to his lips, then stopped. He sniffed the liquid and made a face. “Why does this smell like lemons?”

Heath blinked. “Lemons?”

Yoshiki set the cup aside. “I think I’ll just have water. You want this?”

Heath shrugged. “Sure.” He took the cup, then heard a familiar, death-defying shriek.

“YOOOOOSSSSSHHHHHHIIIIIIIKIIIIIIIIIIIII!! ^O^!!!!” Toshi yelled.

“Oh shit.” Yoshiki cursed. “Hey, um. Help me hide.”

Heath looked around. “Er… the mens’ room is right there.”

“Thanx.” Yoshiki jumped over the snack table and bolted into the restroom.

Toshi walkd up to Heath. “A-RE? I THOUGHT I SAW YOSHIKI HERE?”

“You must be seeing things.” Heath replied, calmly taking a few sips of the punch {^.^}

Toshi crossed his arms over his chest and made a sour face. “THIS IS UNFAIR! WHY CAN’T YOSHIKI JUST STAY STILL??!”

Heath set the empty cup in the trash. He held his head after he suddenly felt a dizzying headache. He blinked a few times and saw Toshi’s sour face. He shook his head and blinked again just to make sure.

~OMG! I’m going NUTS!~ Heath thought.

He was getting aroused just watching Toshi pout.

*****

kaoru and Miyabi entered the ball fifteen minutes after it started. Miyabi dressed as Cleopatra and kaoru dressed as Death {^_^} once Kaoru entered the ball, his first instinct was to search for Toshiya; but he didn’t see him anywhere. He sighed. He shouldn’t be thinking of the blue head.

Suddenly, he felt a slap on the back. He turned and saw Die grinning at him.

“Die! Wazzup?!”

“Hey. I thought you weren’t showing up.”

“Wer’e only 15 mts. Late.”

Shinya stood beside Die. “Wow. Miyabi-kun desu ka? You look just like Toshiya!”

Miyabi blinked. “Really?”

“Hai. It must be the make-up. He always does his make-up darker like that.”

“Oh, DOES he?” Miyabi fumed.

“Maa~. It’s probably our imagination.”

“Is that so?” Miyabi gritted his teeth. He suddenly had an urge to wipe off all the make-up. Being compared to the look alike just fouled his mood.

“Er.. ne, Shin-chan. Let’s go dance.” Die suggested.

Shinya pouted. “Die. You know I don’t dance.”

“Naw… C’mon. just dance. I’ll lead.”

“But---.”

Die dragged Shinya off to the dance floor.

Kaoru sighed. “Miyabi, why don’t we go get a drink?”

Miyabi, still fuming, didn’t reply. But he went with Kaoru to the snack stand anyway.

Kaoru poured a cup and gave it to Miyabi. Miyabi took it but didn’t’ drink it. Out of a fit of anger, he crushed the Styrofoam cup to a pulp and sent punch spattering all over his costume.

“Miyabi-kun!” Kaoru said.

“Gomen.” Miyabi said wearily. “I’ll wash it of in the men’s room.” Without waiting for a reply, he walked off.

Kaoru sighed. He looked around the crowd to see everyone but Toshiya and Hakuei.

Becoming bored out of his mind, he poured a cup of punch and drank it in one gulp.

CONTD @ ~ Episode 47: Masquerade II

to be continued~