| Part 13 �Takatori?� Farferello grumbled and tried to hide his face in Crawford�s armpit, making the man besides him bit his lip to stop a giggle. �What does the pig want?� You didn�t have to ask twice to see Farferello hated the man. Sure he put up with him but if ever Farferello got jailed *completely not his fault* he�d be left stewing until someone *usually Nagi* informed Crawford. �It doesn�t say, but it must be important. He wants to meet us at twelve in the new meeting room�. Farferello sighed, turning over slightly to look at the bedside clock. �Two hours, you think Nagi knows?� Crawford nodded. �I guess, I�ll call his room and arrange for us to meet�. He reached over Farferello, who�d lay back down and dialed the number for Nagi�s room. After a few moments he got through and after a few more �hums�, �hars� and �uhuh� he put the phone down and stretched out beside him. �We�ll meet him at eleven thirty here. He thinks it�s good news. �It better be or I�ll castrate him�. Crawford gave him a look, �what is it with you and castrating people? Aren�t I enough?� He laughed as Farferello pouted at him. �I�m being serious, if he just wants us there to whine at, I�ll hurt him, and that asshole�� He drifted off as he lay his head on Crawford�s shoulder, an arm slipping around his waist. �I know Jei, I�ll go mad myself if he just wants to bitch�. Giving him a kiss to the cheek Crawford stood up. �I�m gonna shower�� and after a pause ��coming?� Farferello grinned and jumped off the bed as they went to shower. ~~~~~~~~~~~ At twenty past eleven they were dressed and waiting for Nagi to show. Farferello by now was twitchy and desperately fiddled with one of his recently polished knives. *Nothing like intimidation tactics to make things go your way* Dead on time Nagi arrived and was talking energetically besides them. �So what do you think will happen? Maybe he�ll let you come back, maybe he wants a chat, maybe you�ll get a rise, maybe�� �NAGI� Nagi stopped talking to look up at Crawford, his eyes blinking under his mass of hair. �Hai?� �Shut up� Nagi blinked and glared at Farferello who giggled a little and then returned to listening to his Walkman only turning it off as they arrived. �Ah boys� Takatori was the first to greet them, he was sweating and looking very uncomfortable. �Please sit down�. He opened the door to the meeting room and let them in first. Wiping at his face with a handkerchief. The first thing they saw was Schuldig and Crawford had to place a restraining arm around his waist before he could jump and strangle the German, who just stared at them with ease. �Why are we here Takatori� Crawford asked, keeping an eye on Farferello as Nagi glared at Schuldig, kicking him every now and then under the table he was seated at. The other three remained standing. �After thinking and realizing what a grave error I made and getting over the shock and getting the TRUTH out of Schuldig I would really appreciate it if you would come back to the band. I apologize sincerely for my reactions�. He began sweating more. �Why should we you asshole� Farferello growled, trying to bite him. Crawford sighed and held him tighter. Takatori began to sweat more, twitching oddly. �I know I made a mistake and I should have listened, I was just worried that the announcement on television would have cost our sales. �BECAUSE WE�RE GAY!� Farferello continued to mumble as he calmed slightly. �Yes.�I didn�t know HOW the media world would react, but I see after talking with business associates and people, and after seeing your wide fan basis I realized I had nothing to worry about. So please come back�. Crawford thought for a moment. �Ok�� �Brad!� Farferello squeaked �Let me finish Farfie�. He set him down before steeling himself to Takatori. �We will on these conditions�. Takatori nodded. �One. You don�t make us hide we�re together�. A nod. �Two. You don�t make me and Schu have pictures unless it�s the band�I only want singles with Farfie or Nagi, he�s no annoyance�. Schuldig snorted and shut up when Takatori glared then nodded his acceptance. �Three. Schuldig stays away from Farferello and I. He annoys us he will end up with a broken nose and bruised eye�. Everyone looked to Schuldig. �Fine!� he growled. Farferello smirked. �Four. We get more time off. And a higher pay package, for Nagi to�. �Now wait a minute.� �NO! You abide by that or we walk�. Takatori nodded solemnly. �You have a deal�. Crawford nodded and Nagi grinned. �Great� �Wait a second, why is he agreeing so easily to our demands?� Farferello asked. �There has to be some reason he�s so desperate for us to come back�. He turned a raised silver eyebrow at the man. �Uh�.� �Well boys�� A female voice answered, as it came into the room. They all turned to look at the women. �I�m Manx, and Taki here needs you so he doesn�t lose to me in the �war of the bands�� she rolled her eyes. �Your boss and I are old rivals isn�t that right Taki?� Farferello giggled at the nickname as all eyes turned to a sweating, red faced, angry Takatori. �True. Manx�. He spat her name out full of venom. �Rival bands?� Nagi asked. �What do you mean?� �Well you�ve heard of the new kids haven�t you? �Weiss Kreuz?� Farferello snorted at the name. �We remember�. �Well I�� she grinned. �Am their manager�. �BOYS� The door opened again and in walked four teenagers to stand near her. The others looked them other as they themselves were scrutinized. Farferello gave a toothy smirk at what appeared to be the youngest member who looked at him in wonder, shock and then fear. The red head of the band looked at him in slight horror, his face then returning to its unemotional stoic features after the initial shock. The brunette with the goggles looked with wonder and the tall blonde was staring right at Schuldig. *Who was staring right back* �Meet your rivals boys� Ran, Ken, Omi and Yohji�. They all looked. �Meet Schwarz�. They all stared, at each other�.. ��..And so the rivalry began. ~The end~ *or is it?* |