KOF Extras

Kyo's Birthday

Iori was having K' over at his place. Aiko was hanging around with Kula, playing with her.
Zayn and Isolde were there too. Isolde kinda ditched him to play with Kula too.
So he joined Iori.
"It's a good thing we came over," K' said. "The old guys are out and so are the giants."
"That explains why Kula and Isolde are here," Iori said. "If not, it's just you guys."
Iori's phone started ringing.
"Who?" K' asked, peeking at Iori's phone.
"Don't know," Iori said, showing that it was an unknown number. "Seems new."
"Don't pick up," Zayn warned. "Might be a scam."
"Might even be a request for a band performance," Iori added. "Let's just see..."
So he picked up.
"Umm... hello?" Iori said when he didn't get a reply. "This is Iori Yagami of the BOF?"
"Oh good, I called the right number," a female voice said. "I need your help."
"Umm... who's this?" Iori asked. "I'm not sure I know you..."
"Yagami-san, this is Yuki," the voice said. "I need your help."
"We need your help," an older female voice said.
"Mrs. Kusanagi?" Iori said, confused. "What's going on?"
K' and Zayn sat up, looking confused. Zayn even scratched Iori's shoulder to ask him what was up.
Iori motioned him to wait and listened to what the women on the other end was saying.
"Kyo's birthday is coming up, and Saisyu's been coming up with nothing but bad ideas," Shizuka said in an annoyed tone. "Is that friend of yours with you?"
"Who?" Iori asked, confused.
"That boy with our family's flames," Shizuka said. "You know, the white hair?"
"It's actually grey..." Iori said. "But yeah, he's here with me now."
K' and Zayn looked confused as Iori put the phone on speaker mode.
"You guys there?" Yuki asked. "Dash... and his white-fringed brother?"
"It's actually Zayn..." Zayn said, slightly annoyed.
"Yeah, you guys," Yuki said. "We need your help."
"You got kidnapped?" K' asked, annoyed. "Again?"
"No." Both women said together.
By this time, the girls joined them too. Isolde jolted her head upwards at Zayn to ask him who's on the phone and he whispered to her. She in turn passed this info to the rest.
"It's Yuki and Shizuka," Isolde whispered to Kula.
"It's Ukee and Suzuza," Kula whispered to Aiko.
Aiko was confused.
"Then why are you calling us?" K' asked, confused.
Iori motioned for him to be quiet and spoke instead.
"Kyo's birthday is coming up," Iori said. "When is it again?"
"It's this Saturday," Shizuka said. "On the twelfth."
"Oh..." K' said, trying to hide a laugh.
"And we need your help," Shizuka added, ignoring the strange noise K' made to hide his laughter.
"But... that still doesn't explain why you're calling me, Mrs. Kusanagi..." Iori said, slightly confused.
"Oh please, just call me auntie," Shizuka said.
"Fine, auntie," Iori said, smiling slightly. "So what do we have to do?"
"Can we meet up?" Shizuka said. "It's hard to talk over the phone..."
"What about video call?" Iori asked, his gaze sweeping across the messy room.
"My phone's gonna die, Yagami-san," Yuki said.
"Call me Iori..." Iori said, slightly annoyed. "I'm only a few months older than Kyo..."
"Okay, we'll be there in an hour," Shizuka said. "See you then."
He hung up and they all scrambled to clean the place up a bit.
"I have a question," Aiko said when they were done. "Kula, who's Suzuza?"
"What?" Iori said, amused.
"No, she told me that Ukee and Suzuza were on the phone," Aiko said. "Isn't Ukee Terry's monkey?"
"Wait, isn't that their names?" Kula asked confused. "I dunno, that's what Isolde told me."
"I said Yuki and Shizuka," Isolde said with a chuckle. "I have no idea what you heard..."
"Pfft Suzuza..." K' laughed. "I'm sorry, but that's really funny."
So they all fixed their appearance a bit, mainly Iori, and waited for the women to arrive. Iori's hair was a mess and there was even a stain on his shirt. Well, he figured no one besides his close friends would see, but Yuki and Shizuka were far from close. Especially the latter.

Yuki and Shizuka came in with some tonkatsu and ramune for everyone.
And they even brought strawberry sorbet, specially for Kula.
She was becoming everyone's favourite.
"Thank you for offering your help," Shizuka said gratefully.
"But auntie, we haven't even started," Iori said with a shrug. "You just came."
"We need a way to surprise him," Yuki said. "What do you suggested?"
"Steal his bike?" Iori said with a shrug. "Well, he stole mine for my birthday."
"What about stealing his girlfriend?" Another voice said from behind them.
They turned around to see Benimaru walking in, spinning his car keys on a finger.
"I already have a girlfriend," Iori said, annoyed. "Why don't you do that? You're more likely to do something like that, huh Benimaru?"
Benimaru still had some fear towards him for being his girlfriend's brother.
"I didn't mean that sorta stealing, Yagami," Benimaru said, joining them. "I meant kidnap Yuki."
"What?!" Yuki uttered in shock.
"Well, yeah," Benimaru said with a shrug. "He doesn't even protect you properly. Which is bad, if you asked me."
"That's true sometimes..." Yuki admitted with a sigh. "He prefers sleeping instead of going on a date with me..."
K' started laughing.
"What?" Yuki asked, confused. "It's true!"
"I know," K' said with a grin. "But I know a certain someone else who's like that too."
"Who?" Everyone asked.
"Zayn," K' said with a laugh.
"What?!" Zayn asked in shock. "Why me?"
"I've seen how you sit down and eat grapes instead of hanging out with Isolde," K' added with a chuckle.
"Hey that was because Isolde ditched me!" Zayn said to his defence. "Did you ever see me doing that when she's around?"
"Yup," K' and Isolde said together.
"Fine..." Zayn said with a sigh.
Shizuka and Yuki were waiting for them to finish.
"What about Kyo's birthday?" Shizuka asked, slightly annoyed with the bickering. "Do you have any ideas?"
"Well, I think the part about stealing Yuki is good," Benimaru said. "I can't even count how many times she's been kidnapped."
"And how many times we rescued her," Iori said, annoyed.
K' and Zayn nodded too.
"It's a good thing we saw her when we did," K' said. "Hey, but make sure he doesn't meet an accident like last time.."
"We need to make sure that he's careful," Shizuka said. "I think we should call that girl just in case."
"Which girl?" Almost everyone asked.
"Athena," Yuki said. "She can heal, right?"
"Does Mr. Kusanagi know about this?" Iori asked suddenly.
"Saisyu... let's just leave him out of this, shall we?" Shizuka said. "He'll ruin it. We better tell him at the last minute."
The others smothered a laugh when she said this.
"Sure," Iori said with a grin. "So what's the plan?"
"I'll try and persuade him to take me out, and then you guys take me away," Yuki said with a sigh. "Be gentle with me, okay?"
"We will, don't worry," Aiko said. "And then?"
"He hunts for her, duh," Benimaru added, scooting closer towards Aiko. "And we send him a location."
"And then?" K' asked, reaching for the tonkatsu.
"We send him a threat," Iori said with a smirk. "Can't be that hard now, can it?"
"Nope," Shizuka agreed. "So where do we 'keep' her hostage?"
"Definitely not in any of our homes," Zayn said. "That would be lame..."
"We should ask the Ikari people," K' said, eating his tonkatsu. "They have all sorts of sketchy places."
"It better not be the same place where they hosted Dash's birthday," Iori said. "Kyo's already been there. So he might know."
"Did you guys come in through the entrance that I came in?" K' asked. "I came in through the cave."
"No, we didn't," Benimaru said thoughtfully. "We came in through the Ikari barracks."
"That's perfect," Iori said. "Holding her hostage in a scary-looking cave."
Yuki gulped a little. Aiko put an arm around her.
"Don't worry, Yuki, it's only gonna be us," Aiko said. "We wouldn't even torture you."
For some reason Kula and K' started laughing.
"I have no idea why you guys are laughing, and I'm not gonna ask," Shizuka said. "Anyway, we'll meet again for the planning."
"And the gifts..." Iori added. "I have no idea what we should even get him..."
"Fish?" K' and Zayn added together.
"Oh, I know!" Benimaru added suddenly. "Let's get him some Shioyaki!"
"Yeah!" The others said with a grin.
"I'll make him his favourite aji furai," Shizuka said. "He loves it."
They planned a few things and left.
"This week's gonna be rough..." Iori said with a sigh. "I think we should start getting paid for event planning."
"We've been doing this for free for far too long..." K' added.