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Forever Caged	By : Savagehunger47 Category: +. to F > Ai no Kusabi Views: 44150 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 4
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Disclaimer: I don't own Ai No Kusabi nor do I make any money from this fanfic. However, I do own all the original peeps that I've chosen to invade the AnK world.

Rating: NC-17

Pairings: Iason/Riki, Raoul/Katze, original characters and novel character pairings.

Parts: 54 of ?

~~**Forever Caged**~~

Grumbling under his breath, Niko nervously nibbled on his lower lip as dozens of Elites looked at him up and down. "I told you I look ridiculous!" he hissed to Gabriel.

"You look absolutely delicious," complimented Gabriel, although he was a little irked at the boy for refusing to stand next to him, and the fact that his two female pets hand their arms tucked in the nook of Niko's own arms, sandwiching the boy between them. Oh, he understood that his little lovelies were giving Niko their support, showing all the other pets at the party Niko was under their protection, and he did appreciate it, but the sight of them so close together didn't sit well with him, not one bit.

Niko tried not to pull the soft silver glittery cloth down, it would be pointless anyway. The damn shirt wouldn't cover his bared mid section. It didn't matter how many times he yanked at it, nor would his trying to hike up his pants do any good either. The white leather, for one, was too tight and seemed to be locked at his hips making pulling it up impossible.

At least he wasn't wearing little strips of cloth, where with one wrong move the whole thing could unravel leaving him buck-ass naked… he knew that because it was what Mimi and Lili were wearing… he was the one helping them get ready…and it got a little hairy with Gabriel when he came to get them for the party, and he was standing in the middle of the room with Mimi's red napkin of an outfit in his hands because he pulled on the cloth the incorrectly…leaving the girl standing there in her birthday suit… It might have also helped if Lili, dressed only from the bottom down, hadn't been trying to assist him by trying to yank up his stuck pant zipper… and getting her hair stuck in the zippers' teeth in the process…

Naked female pet in front of him with her clothes in his hand, and topless pet on her knees with her face deceptively in his crotch all came down to him getting into trouble and making them late. It didn't make matters better that he also hand his hand in Lili's hair trying to get her silky thread from his slide fastener, it only mattered what it looked like to Gabriel, and Niko was beginning to get tired of telling the Blondie, "It's not what it looks like".

"How long do we have to stay?" Niko whispered. He was already getting surprised glances from Elites, who were frequent visitors of his master- ex-master's home, and he wanted to leave. Gabriel followed Niko's gaze and smiled, with an acknowledged nod, to those Elites. "A cover story has already been made Niko. We both knew you would be recognized. It's just a matter of making them believe the lie we tell them without leaving any doubt behind."

"Easier said than done…" mumbled Niko. It wasn't Gabriel, who was being inspected under a microscope like he was. As a Furniture, Niko never had been to one of these parties. His duty had been to prepare the pets for the coming event…and to clean them up afterwards. Niko had already been warned by the Elite not to play any pranks on any of the other pets for he would be socializing with them, and would not be there to protect him if they decided to gang up on him because of his jokes…

Frowning at Niko's worried look, Gabriel took the step that separated them and tilted Niko's chin up. "There is nothing to fear. We'll make our rounds. You'll be presented as anew pet, and then we'll go home. I for one want to continue where we left of."

Niko blushed furiously at Gabriel's reminder of the lewd things they had almost engaged in before getting interrupted by Dex, the Blondie's uptight Furniture. Their fight from the night before, after Gabriel had taken him from the girls' room, had also ended in them engaging in sexual activities. Niko quietly groaned to himself. It was hard enough, as it were, trying to explain to the Blondie that he was pissed at him. Falling prey to his desires didn't help at all. He was a slave to the sensations Gabriel inflicted on him…and the damn Blondie knew that too.

"We are in public Gabriel. I would suggest you keep your hands to yourself."

Breaking into a large grin, Niko bowed his head, "Master Am. Katze." With the girls hugging close to his sides, Niko moved closer to his former master. "I'm very glad to see the both of you."

Katze smiled kindly at him. "As we are as well, although one of us will deny it."

"I see you still have pets. I would have thought you'd retire them now that you've taken Niko."

Niko quickly looked at the girls, shaking his head, reassuring them that they weren't going to be retired before reaching out to his former master. "I-I like the girls. I don't want them to be retir-" Niko winched when Gabriel grabbed his wrist, preventing him from touching Raoul.

"Whether or not I have other pets is none of your concern, Sir Raoul. Niko is entrained by them, and as long as he is happy with them. I see no reason to remove them." Of course Gabriel did wish the boy weren't so attached to the girls, but he saw no harm in keeping the females around as long as they understood Niko was not to be touched by them in 'that way', although he has caught them all in compromising positions, many times.

Gabriel even had to wonder as he gazed down at the small female pets that blinked innocently back up at him, if the girls did it on purpose, their way of annoying him without getting into trouble.

"If Niko does not have a problem with the pets, I see no reason why you should either, Raoul."

Niko smiled at Katze in thanks, receiving a wink from the red-head. He may have gotten into a lot of trouble because of his friendship with the girls, but they were the only ones he knew would keep him company now that he was a…pet. Unlike before, he wasn't free to roam around Eos, or for that matter be able to leave Eos.

"Now, we should all go and greet Sir Iason. He is beckoning to us all to come, Raoul."

"After you, Sir Lazen."

Gabriel moved to stand behind Niko, placing his hands on the boy's shoulders. "No, after you Sir Am."

"Why don't we all go together?" suggested Niko, wanting more than anything to brush Gabriel's hands off of him, but not wanting to show his rejection to all that were watching. It was one thing to do so in the privacy of their home, but not out in public.

"A wise suggestion, Niko. Why don't we do that," said Katze, as he moved to stand beside Raoul.

"Now is not the time, Raoul."

Niko heard the red-head say, and looked over to where Katze motioned with his head, grimacing when he saw the fearsome Blondie, Sir Iason Mink, staring back. "I think we should go too Gabriel."

Gabriel stubbornly waited until the other Blondie glared at him before spinning on his heel, stalking off. The cold red-head hesitated a moment longer to stare at him with his amber eyes before following. Nudging Niko forward, Gabriel plastered a pleasant smile on his face, continuing to hold the false mask even as they stopped at the high ranking Elites' table, but before Gabriel could make his greetings an excited shriek sounded.

"Ni, Ni!"

Watching, Gabriel glared at Marcus's mongrel as the boy jumped on Niko. If it wasn't for his two female pets supporting Niko, the damn mongrel would have tackled him to the floor.

"Well, well, I thought I was mistaken, but it is Raoul's Furniture dressed as a pet. It seems like making Furniture into pets has become quite popular."

"It also seems that not following orders has become a bad habit of yours, Elliot," defended Marcus, but Niko saw that all the while he was glaring at Keita as he spoke.

"Ni, Ni is from the same nursery as us, at the harem," Keita announced. "He was never meant to be a servant."

"And where exactly is this harem you are speaking of?"

Niko tried to cover Keita's mouth. "Shh!"

Gabriel took matters into his own hands by gently pushing Niko in the direction where the mongrel came bouncing from. "Go and have some fun."

With the girls holding onto him by the back of his shirt, Niko was led away by and excited Keita. He turned back to see Katze bowing respectfully before also following.

oOoOoOo

At his corner table Riki smirked at the quiet fight still being played out at Iason's table. He had to admit that Elliot was one brave son of a bitch, publicly going against Iason after he had already commanded all those Elites to piss off. Well, considering Elliot's job was to be a dick. It wasn't too much of a surprise.

"Good to see you're enjoying yourself Riki."

Riki greeted Katze by raking his eyes down the black market boss's body. "You look like a pimp," commented Riki, taking in Katze's scarlet shirt unbuttoned to mid-chest, the gold chain around his neck and black slacks. "Looks like Niko went to the same shop Cal went to, to buy my digs. Except for the fucking fact, you got more god damn buttons then I do," Riki 'tsked'.

"It does fit him though, doesn't it?"

Moving over to allow Katze sit next to him, Riki leaned all the way back into the cushions, Riki smiled at the nervous boy being smothered by Fidget. "Well, well, well, if it isn't the little Trickster himself. Tell me Niko, were you ever going to tell me who you really were?"

"No…I thought it would be better for me if you didn't know…"

Riki 'humph'. "Can't blame you for trying to protect yourself. Not that keeping silent seems to have helped you very much."

"What I want to know is why you became a Furniture in the first place…" Sky softly said.

"And I'm sure when we are in a more private setting Niko can tell you how he came to be one." Riki answered, motioning Niko, and the two female pets hiding behind him, to sit, sighing when Fidget refused to let Niko go. The poor kid had Fidget pulling at him to sit next to him and his twin, but the female pets were pulling Niko in the opposite direction.

"Mimi. Lili. Niko is in good hands." Katze said, trying to soothe the two girls' fear of Niko being near Riki. The devil mongrel all the pets were afraid of. "I had hoped to get here sooner, but there were a few things that I couldn't put off."

"So that's what you're calling it now days?" Riki asked, pulling Katze's collar away from his neck to show everyone in the group the freshly made hicky, making everyone snicker.

"The reason," Katze hissed, knocking Riki's hand away, "I wanted to come early was to stop this from happening."

Riki raised a brow. "Stop what from happening?"

"This." Katze motioned to their gathering. "Fidget's outspokenness reached Raoul and my ears before we stepped into the club. I know we agreed in causing a stir, but having them hang around you isn't what I had envisioned." Katze turned Riki's attention to everyone who had their eyes on them.

"Already thought about that," replied Riki nonchalantly. "Everyone here are 'pets' of Iason's top Blondies. Gabe, and the others, are already spinning their lies that V and the twins are from some rich harem, prized studs, they coned some King to give to them. Niko's new past is that he was from that harem. He's Raoul's ex-Furniture and your Raoul's pet. It'll only be natural he'd gravitate to you in an unfamiliar surrounding."

Riki shrugged his shoulders. "Your concern about all of us being together right now is moot. From everyone's point of view, the reason why we must be all friendly has to be because we must have already been introduced, and gotten to know one another."

Katze sighed. "You're leaving much to chance Riki. The way everyone is acting, you all are too familiar with one another to have only just met."

"Hey guys. What are we talking about?" V asked.

"Finally got free did you?" Riki asked V. He wasn't ignoring Katze, only putting it off to think about it fully. Yea, it wasn't the most brilliant of ideas for the whole gang to group up so quickly in public, especially when he was being watched closely, but now was the only time they would all be together. It was highly doubtful that all the Blondies would let them meet up like this without them threatening to do some crazy shit that would get his ass in trouble, and that was what he told Katze.

With his boys finally together in one spot, Riki made sure the first thing he told them was not to drink anything, saying that it was bad and knowing they understood his meaning when they all nodded back to him.

"Don't worry about it," V said, flopping down next to the twins after greeting Niko with a greet big hug, ruffling the kid's hair. "Why do you think I didn't join you sooner?"

Riki could see the V wanted to talk to Niko, but due to where they were, the only thing he could do was that. He could also see the Sky too wanted to grill the kid with questions, but was restraining himself.

"Because you were whoring yourself off?" Fidget asked, lifting his head from his twin's lap to look at V.

"No, it was because he was pretending that wearing white wasn't misleading at all," commented Sky.

"See! I told you! I told him white was false advertising."

"Yea, the one thing I don't miss, is how the both of you ganging up on me," growled V. pushing Fidget's legs off the couch, nearly making the mongrel fall if his twin hadn't caught him. "Unlike you bitches, I was whispering sweet little white lies to all the pretty things snuggling up against me."

Riki grinned as V nudged Niko hard in the side causing the boy to bump into the two female pets on the side of him. "And what things are those?"

"The shit Orphe told me they were going to tell everyone where we are from," V grinned. "That we're from this big time exclusive harem. Fidget started the talk about how our little prankster was from there too, which allowed me to spin my tales, of how he was taken by the Blondie, Raoul, and I made it so that big fucker who captured up…"

"Gideon." Riki supplied.

"Yea, that huge bastard. Anyway, I just gave my little group the three L's and-"

"The three L's?" Fidget asked. "Like what? Liquor, lube and liquorish?"

"No- wait. Liquorish? What the hell would you do with the liquorish?" V asked.

"Oh my god, you've never used liquorish between the bed sheets before? Dude, it's the best! First you buy the rope form of the candy, then you wrap the sticky sweetness around his-"

"Fun as this may be, can we get back to the topic at hand?" Riki asked. Entertained by the spiritedness of the two mongrels, but actively aware that they were being watched, Riki knew it would only be a matter of time before pets came sniffing around them.

"Fine, but you and I are going to have a little talk later Fidget. Anyway, like I was saying. I gave the pets the three L's. Life, love and laughter, baby." V winked at them, stretching out and draping his arms across the back of the couch.

"…That's stupid," said Sky.

Riki had to agree with Sky. "You wanna explain further?"

"I don't understand." Niko said frowning.

"Look, it's like this. I feed the little chicks a few stories of the adventures I've had. That's life. It excites them and makes susceptible to believing my lies. Then I charm them, make them feel special and loved, and last I make um laugh. Everyone loves to laugh."

Everyone was quiet.

"Keito's right, that's the most stupidest thing we've ever heard," Fidget huffed, playing with the jeweled bracelet his twin wore.

"Riki," Katze sighed when the tall violet haired mongrel jumped the other mongrel.

Riki held Katze back with his hand. "Leave them alone," he said as he watched Fidget, Sky and Violet wrestle on the ground. "We may be in Eos, pretending to be pets to some high ranking Elites, but we're anything but that. We got our own way of doing things."

Looking away from the three trying to rip each other's heads off, Riki saluted Iason, who was watching from a distance, giving him a satisfied grin… Only it was the grin that was returned that wiped Riki's smile off his face.

"What have you done Riki?" Katze asked him.

Furrowing his brows, Riki turned away from Iason, lifting his feet up as the boys rough housing bodies rolled over to him. "Nothing," Riki replied to the unconvinced Katze. Sure, at this particular moment he was beginning to regret his rash bet with Iason, but knowing his Blondie, there was no getting out of it, even if he wanted to.

"Riki…"

"You know how shit is with Iason, Katze." Riki left it as that. He knew with those words Katze would leave him alone, knowing Katze would see that the game he was playing, and the stakes he would be playing for were high…even though he didn't know what the hell he was betting for, but knowing Iason it would be for the max.

"If you need help…"

"The need for help came and went a long time ago Katze." Riki replied as he stood, scattering the pets inching closer. "Talk will happen regardless if the boys come to me. I may not know much, but what I do know is I doubt harems let sex toys talk back, or let them be as spirited as my gang." Spying Jade entering with Gideon, Riki stepped over the boys with dishing it out on the floor.

"Don't get me wrong Katze," Riki said, waving to Jade to come over to them. "I don't think V wasted his time by pulling the wool over these little sheep's eyes, but speaking from experience. I know his pretty little lies will only work for a few days, at best, until they begin to get suspicious and start digging."

"If you knew this, then why all the talk on the balcony?"

"Because what we need is time Katze, and V doing his thing was one way of gaining more of it. You know as well as I do that this little dinner show we're all throw'n will slap us all in the face sooner or later. The main thing we need to do is figure out how to keep my boys from getting burned at the stake after they're discovered." Riki frowned when he saw Jade's path to them was blocked by a few cocky pets. "Will you excuse me for a minute Katze? I need to do something."

"Good ol' Riki. It's nice that he cares so much for us that he'll turn everyone's attention to him and not us."

Katze frowned at the three mongrels dusting themselves off the floor, acting as if they hadn't just been fighting tooth and nail with one another. "What did you do?" Katze asked. The boys looked suspicious, too well at ease. Katze looked at Niko, who had his hands full trying to get Gabriel's female pets from tugging at him to get the boy's attention, but he saw that Niko understood perfectly what the mongrels did.

"Don't mind us. You should be paying more attention to Riki, cause it don't look like he's about to play nice to the children fucking around with his kid," V said with a grinned, sitting back down on the couch with the two happy looking identical mongrels.

"Yupper's dude. If you haven't heard about it yet, our Riki's one strong S.O.B now, and I'm not talking about him doing a few more push-ups than the rest of us," Fidget stated pointing to Riki making his way to Jade. "If I were you, I'd go stop him before he kills someone, because when he snaps… let's just say you don't want his dark side coming out."

"Not a very pretty picture…if we had time, I'd tell you about the time he broke the arms of this one asshole just because the moron dared to touch him while he was sleeping." Sky shrugged his shoulders. "It was too bad he didn't snap his neck, but you can't have everything you want, can you."

"If you know this, then why don't you do anything to stop him?" Katze asked the three'o doubtfully.

"Because we don't care if he hurts anyone here," V announced. "Don't mistake us for a bunch of bleeding hearts, 'cause we're not. Sure, if Riki was about to get gunned down, we'd do something, but in this world, Riki's boy rules, and he ain't going to let anything happen to him."

Katze couldn't take the chance that the mongrels were bluffing or not, not when in that exact moment Riki grabbed one of the pets by the throat, lifting the male off the ground with astonishing strength. Katze stood instantly to go and stop Riki, but not before turned towards the amused mongrels, snapping, "This isn't a game you're playing!"

"When are you going to tell him you all we're just messing with him?" Niko asked from his corner after Katze left.

"Hell, did you see the way his eyes glowed? That's one spooky ass dude. I'm not telling him anything," Fidget said, pretending to shiver.

"And neither are you Niko." Sky threatened.

"Boy, you're just lucky the first thing I did was give you a hug and not a punch to the gut. Don't think I forgot how you shaved one of my eyebrows off when I was sleeping, the day I was kicked out of Guardian," V said.

"Nor I on how you replaced my mouthwash with colored chili pepper water." Sky growled.

"I didn't mind very much when you hid all my shoes, and I had to leave barefoot," chirped Fidget, giving Niko a sweet smile. "I knew you did it out of love. I say we leave him alone. We've all worried about him, enough to try and sneak back into Guardian to see what happen to him when he didn't show up with the fresh meat the following year."

"Hell no," said V. "It's two against one. Sky and me wanna beat his ass with interest for those tricks he played on us, and for making us worry."

Fidget gazed sadly at his twin. "You'll really vote against me?"

"…Of course not."

"That's fucking cheating!"

"Fine!" Fidget sat up from his comfortable spot. "How about we make a bet to see if we give Ni, Ni a beating."

"Dude, do you not see where we are? We don't have any cards or guns, which all our bets have always required before," V commented with a laugh. "So how do you think we'll play to win?"

Fidget looked at his twin for help, who pulled him down to whisper in his ear, making Fidget grin. "Okay, how about this. We play a little game of 'Leaner', and the winner gets to determine what the real game will be, and the winner of that game gets free say on how we get to dish out punishment for Niko's past crimes."

"…Ah, don't I get a say in this?" Niko asked as he batted the girls' hands from playing with his hair.

"No." All three mongrels said together.

"Okay… If we're going to do this, we need to get started before Katze gets Riki back here with Jade," Sky said. "You and you." Sky pointed to the two girls snuggled up against Niko. "I need the both of you to get thirty shots of alcohol. It doesn't matter what kind it is. Do it now," Sky commanded before snapping his fingers to Niko. "You, I need to grab those two foot stools." Sky motioned to the stools at the far end of where they were sitting.

As Sky predicted, the two extremely sexy female pets with their old time friend were able to smooth talk a skilled waiter, balancing two trays of their little glasses of fun to their table in record time. "Gentlemen, we are on the clock. Keita, V, please take you places in front of one another. Niko you are to sit to their side. Girls, please, quietly, bring the table closer."

"I don't care if you both know the rules; I'm going to tell you again for the benefit of our friends who do not know. Keita and V, you both take two shots then inch closer towards one another. At the same time, you both take your shots, so too will Niko and me."

"Wait. Why do we have to drink?" Niko asked. "Didn't Riki say not to drink anything because it wasn't good?"

"Because we're the judges," explained Sky, ignoring Niko's second question. "There are no real rest periods. We all take a shot, Keita and V get doubles, and they move closer. Niko, you and I have to inspect them to make sure they're not touching one another. Once we see that they're not, we take another drink. We all keep drinking, and they continue leaning towards one another. The first person that touches the other loses."

"…Why?"

V winked kindly to the soft spoken female pet handing each of them a shot glass. "Why? To have fun, get drunk, win a bet without bloodshed, and do it quickly before the warden gets back to stop us, sweetness."

After the first five shots in less than twenty seconds, Niko gasped, "Do you guys play this game a lot?"

"Nope," Fidget giggled. "This kind of game, you need to be sure that there is no physical attraction between the players."

"More so, especially considering what it is that we're drinking," snickered V.

"More moving and drinking. Less talking," Sky scolded. "We all only have five drinks left, and we've wasted a thirty seconds by talking. Drink."

Choking back the last shot, Niko, being supported from behind so he wouldn't fall over by the girls, voiced his question before he forgot, "w-wait… What jid sue..err.. I mean, you. What did you mean when you said "Especially considering what it is that we're drinking"?"

V and Fidget began giggling.

"His breath touched me."

"Doesn't count Keita," Sky said, crouching closer to the two, watching intently since their faces were now only an inch away.

"Yea, ya fucking cheater. You tried to say you won the last time we played this game that way," V hiccupped.

"How would y-you know," said Fidget, burping. "Cuse me."

"Cause I… Well, I don't exactly remember, but I know that you did," replied V.

"You still haven't told me what is in the drink...It's kinda hot, isn't it?" Niko said, thanking Mimi and Lili when they began fanning his flushed face with their hands.

"Amaylea is what was in the drinks Niko." Sky answered, grinning, and in turn making his brother and V begin laughing.

Niko blinked at them. "Waz dat?"

"An aphrodisiac." The three crowed together.

Catching up to Riki, Katze calmly put a restraining hand on the black haired mongrel's bicep. One glance up at Raoul's table confirmed that, while the Blondies were deep in discussion, Iason's ice blue eyes were tracking every move Riki made… but Katze knew the other Blondies knew what was going on.

Katze's main concern was Riki. The pets harassing Jade were the pets of Sir Elliot Maress, who was a headache they did not need to go up against. Whispering into Riki's ear, Katze made his case clear to the mongrel, and how Riki was about to undo everything before they even started doing it. Motioning to Jade to help him, the both of them talked Riki into lowering the whimpering pet's feet back onto the ground. Telling him to let the boy go.

Riki was pissed, but not to the extent he knew Katze and Jade thought him to be. Coming back to Eos, being with Iason for only a week had taught him damn fast on controlling the animal in him. What he was doing was sending a message to all the pets in the joint. They fuck with Jade. They fuck with him.

Occasionally, he'd get a new kid on the cutting board which thought to test their bravery by messing with him, all because he was a mongrel. Some lessons never set in, unless you pound it in, and Riki was more than happy to beat the knowledge into their heads until it stuck. Sadly sometimes is all it takes, and he'd be back to stare at the wall again.

"I'm not going to kill um Katze." Riki said, ignoring the laughter of his gang in the back of him. Concentrating only on the pet he still had a hold of, looking as if he was about to pee himself.

"It's okay Riki." Jade whispered. "My voice is completely healed…Master Gideon has also made me swear to him that I wouldn't hold back if a pet thought to step out of line with me…"

"Did he now?" A smile spreading across his face, Riki looked to Iason's table and nodded to the large Blondie, who raised his glass to him. Riki then looked at Iason, and 'tsked' when his Blondie arched an annoyingly perfect pale brow at the attention he was drawing to himself.

"Let him go Riki," Katze repeated. "Jade won't have you to watch his back every time. He needs to learn to stand up on his own."

"And I agree with you Katze," answered Riki. "But I think I also need to send a message to all those thinking of even trying to start shit." Riki narrowed his eyes at the pet trembling in his fist. "You wouldn't want to seriously piss me off by fucking with my friend, would you?"

"N-no," sobbed the male.

Riki released the pet and slapped him hard on the back, grinning. "See Katze. No fist fight necessary, and look. Lilly's just arrived. Perfect timing."

With the crisis averted, Katze finally turned his attention to the whispering, and laughter going on behind them…and sighed.

"Riki. I think it might be best if we return to our table-""What the fuck, dude… Lilly's hair and face." Riki stared hard at the boy entering with his Blondie, Mikhale. "How much of a coincidence is it that you, me and now Lilly all look like we've dipped into the fountain of youth, and gotten hair extensions that won't come off?" Riki quietly asked the red-head next to him.

"Explanations can come later." Katze hissed. "Right now you need to get back to the table."

Riki shot Katze a glare. "Why th- you must be shitting me," hissed Riki seeing what Katze was getting all bent out of shape for. "Sons of bitches!"

With Jade in tow, Riki stormed through the thong of giggling pets and reached over Sky's squatting body to smack both Fidget and V up side the heads, knocking them into one another. "What the hell!" Riki raged through clenched teeth. "I told you fuckers not to drink anything!" Seeing how many small three inch glasses were scattered on the table, and the flushed faces grinning at him, had Riki shaking his head.

"Come on Riki. You said for us to be ourselves without them finding out who 'ourselves' actually were," said Sky as he helped his brother up off the floor. "This is also a party." After getting his twin on the sofa, Sky leaned closer to Riki of only he could hear him. "Let them have their fun for now. Unlike me, I know there is no getting out."

Riki frowned at Sky. "If they get out of hand, I'll have to hurt them Sky." Riki sighed. "Did you have to get Niko shit-faced along with you?"

Sky waved away Riki's complaint. "Punishment for becoming a Furniture and a few tricks he played on us before we left…the harem."

Riki sat down. "You fuckers are going to be the death of me."

"We'd better all have a drink then, before you die," V said with a silly grin plastered on his face. Snapping his fingers to the waiter, V ordered everyone a shot. "Drink up Riki. It's not like you need to worry about the consequences of one little drink, not with that super body of yours. As for Sky, the butt-nut over there, and me…well, we've been feeding on the pure shit of Amaylea for so long, that its effects aren't as hardcore as it should be."

Riki sneered at the small glass Sky shoved in his hand. "I'm not fucking drinking this," said Riki, giving the shot back.

"…Don't worry Riki. The drug isn't overly as bad as he says, and V is right. For all we know, you won't feel anything since you're so…freaky," Sky replied, pressing the glass back at Riki. "I've had five shots. The boys, ten. We're slightly shushed, but otherwise fine."

Hesitating for a second, Riki took the shot, swallowing the burning liquor, ignoring his gang's cheers before following suit.

"You'll maybe feel a little 'alertness', but other than that nothing. Oh, and by the way, V. I won," slurred Fidget grinning.

"The fuck you won! I did! You touched me first!" V argued.

"Those two have a bet in place. I had them play Leaner, since we don't have our normal tools to use." Sky said, smiling at Jade.

Riki glowered at the drunken morons. "The both of you lost," Riki stated to the arguing mongrels as Sky explained the simple rules of the game to his kid. "I hit you both ,and you both touched one another at the same time. Is there a follow up game Sky?"

"Not yet."

"What is "not yet"?"

Grinning, Riki turned and greeted their missing member who arrived with Katze, "Fuck Lilly. Finally decided to get your ass down here to join us lowly folk, did ya?"

Lilly shook Riki's hand. "We just got back a few hours ago. Mikhale and I…we had a lot to talk about." Smiling at Jade, who stepped forward, Lilly gave his friend a hug, the deep concern he felt for Jade this whole time he had been away fading just a little by the boy's healthy glow…and happiness he saw.

"Fricker got prettier, just like Riki."

Rolling his eyes, Lilly greeted Fidget, Sky and V.

"You're just jealous 'cause you're the only ugly mug in this joint Fidget."

"I'd shut up if I were you, before I start calling you the "One Brow Wonder" again."

Riki caught V's hand that raised to smack the smart mouth mongrel. "You can all play later. Right now we need to get Lilly up to speed with the rest of us. Jade, some cover please, and make sure they're deaf to everything they might hear from being so close."

Jade nodded. Taking a few steps back, he began whispering to a group of pets not too far away from them, then proceeded to do the same to other groups, returning only after their table was surrounded. Jade nibbled on his lip when he noticed Gideon watching him, but wasn't overly worried that he would be punished by the Blondie. His life living with his new master was…good.

"Someone's got a boyfriend," Fidget sang.

Jade swiftly looked away, blushing. "I-It's not like that…"Riki looked between the tightly knitted bodies to the huge Blondie seated by Iason. "Uh huh," Riki said doubtfully, but since his kid appeared a shit load better than he ever had, before he knew jade was his kid and with Jerico, Riki wasn't going to but in…unless he had to. "Not all Riki," Kate interrupted smugly. "I have been excused from the display due to my advanced age."

"Alright, excluding the old timer here, we'll be parading our shit so the snobs in the first row. The newbie's go first, the pets that've lasted over a year are next, and then the unlucky bastards who have been here over two…where the fuck is Niko?" Riki demanded, only then noticing the boy, and his two little followers, were missing.

"I'll go and find him." Jade quickly offered, wanting to get away from the twins, and V's, drunken snickering and jabs to one another as they looked at him, then at the table where Sir Gideon was. He really didn't want to answer any of the questions he could see forming on their lips. Even though Gideon had warned him to stay near Riki at all times, he didn't want to stay. If he did then he would get the truth of what his time has been like with the Blondie this whole time… It was too embarrassing…

Jade didn't have any problems shifting through the pets… Not after all of what they had witnessed with the confrontation with Riki. Hearing giggling coming from behind the curtain where there were private rooms, Jade ducked behind the screen…

"Hello, Jade."

A hand covered Jade's mouth before he could shout. Terrified, he could only stare up at his former master…

oOoOoOo

Riki cursed when Jade raced off before he could stop him. "Damn that kid. It's because of you little shit-heads that he ran off," Riki said to the drunken fools grinning like idiots up at him.

"Katze, do me a favor and update Lilly for me. I'm going to go find the brat before trouble finds him." Riki stood, and then steadied himself from the sudden dizziness that rushed him.

"Considering the fact that he is going off to find Niko, whom was a part of the little drinking game that just happened I would search quickly Riki. The boy thrives on trouble."

"No shit, Katze," Riki muttered. He had been pissed when he'd seen his gang had gone right a head and drank the moment he had turned his back, but after seeing how stupidly happy they were, his anger had passed. After tonight those dip-shits were going to have a world of problems due to their own making. Riki only hoped their punishments wouldn't be as severe as his had been with Iason.

Blinking the blurriness from his eyes, Riki wiped the sweat beading on his forehead and upper lip. He was burning up. "Never should have listened to fucking Sky," Riki growled as he neared the curtains Jade walked behind, swearing under his breath with the lights dimmed, and the tone of the music playing became more upbeat. "Fucking pet shows about to begin."

"If you continue making noise, I will have to hurt you."

Not sure he was hearing correctly. Riki snarled at a pet that didn't get out of his way fast enough. The sight that greeted him when he stepped behind the thick curtain had him reacting before his brain even registered what he saw.

Seizing the Onyx's wrist of the hand who was covering Jade's mouth, Riki shoved the Elite forcefully away, grabbing Jade and pulling the kid behind him. "At least I can tell Katze that the trouble you found wasn't Niko," Riki said darkly.

"Riki-"

"Head back out Jade. It'll be your turn to go on stage soon. Tell no one about this," Riki said calmly. "I'm not going to do anything kid. I'm just going to have a few words with Jerico. I'll be right behind you." Riki reassured when he saw Jade hesitate.

"He's not going anywhere until my say so."

Riki sneered at the Elite. "Go now Jade."

Blocking the Elite when he tried to stop Jade from leaving, Riki pushed Jerico back, and then smirked a little at the Onyx's astonished look. "Keep away Jerico. If you didn't get the memo, Jade doesn't belong to you anymore. You've been replaced with a better model." Riki taunted.

Just as he was hoping for, the Elite grabbed him. Riki heard the sound of ripping as Jerico fisted his shirt, pulling his towards him. "You know, in the past, I might have been a tad concerned about this." Riki, with more ease than he thought, twisted the Onyx's hand until he gasped in pain and released him. However, even more satisfying was Jerico could not get away. Oh, Riki felt the Elite trying, but he couldn't break free.

"Looks like hair color isn't the only thing that separates you fuckers from one another," Riki whispered up to the Elite. "Now, stay away from Jade."

Letting the Elite go, Riki backed away. "You fucking popped the only fucking button off my damn shit." Not liked it mattered, thought Riki as he took in the fact that one of his sleeves was hanging at his elbow. Taking the whole thing off, Riki tossed the blouse to the side. With one last look at the Elite shaking with rage, Riki headed back out. "Another hour or two and the night will be all over…" Only problem was he was getting hotter by the minute. Trashing his shirt didn't seem to have helped much either.

"Niko!"

Riki barked out in laughter when he saw that Gabriel was the one who found the boy…bad news for the kid was he was passed out on the very ample bare breasts of a senior pet.

From the look of things maybe he didn't have to wait for a couple more hours. The sight that greeted his eyes was of the twins and V jumping on stage with the pets who'd made it pass a year in Eos, and pushing them off one at a time until they were the only ones left standing.

Riki could see that V's three "L's" method worked a little too well when two females, and one male, pets pulled him off the landing and proceeded to worship his mouth with theirs. Jade, Lilly and Katze were wisely still seated at their table talking. Riki grinned wickedly. Oh yea. He was going to rub it in once he and Iason returned to the apartment, because from the pissed looks on all those Blondies faces that housed his boys, there was no way he didn't win.

TBC…
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