KOF Extras

Trip to Ireland: Part one

As planned, the NESTS team helped book hotels to the Isle of Eigg. Mainly, Krizalid.
"You booked everything, right?" Benimaru's voice was heard from Krizalid's phone. "I already banked in some cash, so don't say I didn't pay you."
"I never said that..." Krizalid said in an annoyed tone, turning his head slightly towards the his phone on the left, typing some details on his laptop. "By the way, I'm booking as we speak."
"Great," Benimaru said. "So when is it?"
"Next Sunday's okay, right?" Krizalid said, typing his banking details into the PC screen. "You're free?"
"Yeah, I don't have anything for the whole of this month," Benimaru said. "Anyway, thanks Krizalid. It was nice of you to volunteer to do the booking."
"You're welcome," Krizalid said, smirking to himself. "It's the least I can do."

Everyone met up in the living room of Benimaru's mansion. Krizalid stood at the centre, grinning with a sheaf of papers in his hand.
"I got our hotel things printed out," Krizalid said with a smirk. He went to Benimaru and handed a sheet of paper to him. "Have a look, Benimaru."
He cringed a little when he saw Benimaru's diamond studded earrings that Aiko gave him for Valentine's Day. For some reason, he never liked earrings. He shrugged it off and passed the spare sheet to K'.
K' took a look at it and groaned, rolling his eyes. Benimaru let out a shocked 'what?!' while Iori just started laughing, peaking over the paper in K's hands.
"So this is why you insisted on booking the hotel for us..." Maxima commented, shaking his head. "Well... I should've known..."
Krizalid didn't book them a hotel in the Isle of Eigg, he booked them one in Dublin, Isle of Ireland.
"Kriz... why?" Benimaru said, slightly annoyed. "I already booked us a domestic flight to Glasgow!"
"Well, has it been paid?" Krizalid asked, smirking, knowing full well that Benimaru was the type to pay cash on arrival just in case something comes up in between. "It isn't, right? Just cancel!"
"You're so mean..." Benimaru said, shaking his head with a sigh. "Well, since you're so well-versed in Ireland, which hotel did you book?"
Krizalid turned to him in surprise.
"Wait, you're not mad?" Krizalid asked, a little surprised.
"Why would I be?" Benimaru said with a shrug. "I want to see Ireland too. If you booked somewhere in Japan instead, then I would've skinned you alive."
Krizalid chuckled. "Well, I'm not that dumb, but yeah. I booked us a good hotel." He turned to the rest of his team. "Shamrock Shake hotel is okay, right? I liked it the last time I stayed there, and I noticed that you guys stayed there too... during the... convenience store incident..."
They started laughing at this, Mainly K', Maxima and Zayn.
"We're going to Longford," Maxima said. "I mean... for the restaurant. How many nights did you book in Dublin?"
"Three nights," Krizalid said. "How long do you guys wanna stay there?"
"As long as you please," Benimaru said with a shrug. "I'm clear for the whole month."
"What about you guys?" Krizalid said, turning to the rest. "You guys up for how long?"
They just shrugged, meaning they were okay with staying there for however long they want to. Iori suddenly stood up.
"Guys, wanna have a BOF performance while we're in Ireland?" Iori asked, smirking. "We didn't perform there the last time we went there."
The musicians agreed in delight. They haven't told Nakoruru yet, and they had to. A sudden dismay arose.
"What if she can't come?" Aiko said suddenly. "We didn't tell her anything about this trip."
"And Athena?" Honoka added with a shrug. "She's in your team too, right?"
"Yeah, she's okay with it, I already asked her," Iori said. "Terry would definitely be okay with it too. But Nakoruru..."
There was silence at this. Iori sighed and pulled out his phone, sitting back down on the leather sofa.
"I'm gonna ask her right now," Iori said, dialling her number. He put the phone call on speaker mode and soon the others heard the dial tone. "Please pick up." Iori murmured as the steady beeps continued.
A high-pitched voice answered him. He instantly knew who the voice belonged to.
"Rimu, where is your sister?" Iori asked, rolling his eyes slightly. She always seemed to be playing with her sister's phone. "Is she with you?"
"Uhh... she's in the shower," Rimururu said. "Anyway, who is this?"
"Goodness, I didn't know you knew someone who has a deeper voice than mine..." Iori said, slightly annoyed. "Rimu, it's me, Iori. Yagami Iori."
"Oooh! It's you, Oniisama!" Rimururu said in an excited tone, finally realising. "Sorry, I didn't know! Anyway, my name is Rimururu, not Goodness..."
The others smothered giggles. Rimururu can act really dumb sometimes. Well, after all, she was centuries older than them in reality, but just physically younger since she travelled through time.
"Never mind..." Iori said, shaking his head. "Anyway, are you guys free next Sunday?"
"Why, Oniisama?" Rimururu asked. "You guys wanna perform with Oneesan?"
"Yeah, technically," Iori said, nodding though she can't see him. "Also, we wanna have a trip to Ireland. How does that sound?"
"Where is... Air Land?" Rimururu asked, confusion laced in her voice. "What kind of a place is it?"
"Not Air Land, it's Ireland," Iori corrected. "It's a country in Europe, near England."
"Oh... okay...? Rimururu said, sounding confused. "I'll tell Nako-Oneesan about it."
"Tell me about what?" Nakoruru's voice came from somewhere in the background. "Who are you talking to, Rimu?"
The phone was evidently in speaker mode since the soft burp that Rimururu let out was clearly heard, making everyone laugh. Iori shot them a warning look before going back to staring at his phone screen.
"Nako, is that you?" Iori asked for confirmation.
There were footsteps, before the sound of Nakoruru sinking into the sofa was heard.
"Iori-san?" Nakoruru asked.
"Yeah, it's me," Iori said. "Alright, listen here, Nako. Are you two free next Sunday? We're going to Ireland. We also plan to have a performance there."
"Okay, that's great," Nakoruru said, sounding sceptical. "Until when are we staying there?"
"That's the thing," Iori said. He released a breath before continuing. "We don't know. We might even stay there for weeks. But still, the maximum duration is the end of the month. Are you okay with this?"
"Yeah, sure I am," Nakoruru said, evidently grinning. "I'll pack right away."
"Great," Iori said. "See you this Sunday."
He hung up and turned to Krizalid, now sitting down with the rest of his team.
"Kriz, can you book one more room?" Iori asked him. "I'll pay for it."
Krizalid nodded and took his phone out to start booking another room for the sisters. Kula suddenly spoke.
"Umm... who's gonna be my roommate?" Kula asked. "Can I share with Rimu?"
"Sure," Diana said with a shrug. "Who are you sharing with anyway?"
"Seirah," Kula said. "She won't mind sharing with Nako-neesan, right?"
"I don't think she will," Kyo said, shifting slightly on the sleek cream-coloured leather sofa. "Who's sharing with me?"
"Are your parents and Yuki coming?" Benimaru asked with a smirk.
"No, but Shingo is," Kyo said, giving the latter a look. "So I'll share with him."
"Wait, Yuki isn't coming?" Benimaru asked, leaning forward on his armchair. "Kyo!"
"What?" Kyo said, raising his hands in defence. "She's going for a holiday with her parents! You can't expect me to pull her outta there right? Mr. Kushinada would kill me!"
The others started laughing. As it is they were going in a very big group.
For starters, the whole of K' team, the Japan team, Shingo, the Yagamis, and Honoka. Oh and Kanako. That was around 17 people in total. Plus two more, the ruru sisters.
"Are you sure the spaceship is big enough for like twenty people?" Benimaru asked doubtfully. "I mean... it's a spaceship, not a plane..."
"Sure it will," Zayn said with a grin. "The capacity is actually fifty. Well, technically more if you consider the cryosleep chamber in there..."
Benimaru nodded thoughtfully.
"Now why on earth is there a cryosleep chamber in there?" Iori asked suddenly. "Like...?"
"I don't know, but good thing there was," Zayn said, remembering the first and last time it came in useful. "If not, I might've not been able to bring Isolde back."
Iori silently nodded at this, and Isolde put her arms around Zayn, leaning her head against his tense shoulder, her gleaming hair falling over her face. Memories suddenly started flooding into Zayn's mind. Krizalid decided to lighten things up a bit.
He stood up and walked to the centre before clearing his throat rather loudly.
"As a person who spent nearly two months in Dublin, I know a few places that might interest you guys," Krizalid said, raising his phone to eye level. "There are lots of parks, zoo, museums, art museums, lots of stuff to do."
"I wanna go to the rock n' roll museum," K' chimed in, taking out a zip lock packet of beef jerky. "Kriz?"
"Sure," Krizalid said, scrolling through his phone. "There's that prison too."
"That place looks creepy, even from the photos," Aiko said, shuddering at the thought. "You guys really wanna go there?"
"Yeah!" Iori said excitedly. "At NIGHT!"
Aiko slapped her brother's back while Honoka started shaking him.
"I don't think that's a good idea, Yagami," Benimaru quickly said. "I don't want my Aiko to get scared."
Iori gave him a scowl, causing the blond man to turn away, a little red in the face. Aiko smothered a giggle.
"I don't think Niisan would scare me like that," Aiko said, holding her brother's arm. "Right?"
"Don't torture me like that, Iori," Honoka said, holding his other arm. "I get scared easily, though I'm brave."
"That doesn't even make any sense," Kyo said, snickering. "How can she be brave when she's a coward?"
Iori's glare shifted to him. The K' team were clearly enjoying it, especially K'. He munched in his beef jerky as if it was popcorn.
"It does make sense," Iori said, defending her. "You said Yuki is a brave girl, right? Ask her if she wasn't scared when she was about to be sacrificed for Orochi."
Kyo zipped his mouth and leaned back against the sofa. Goro laughed next to him, shaking the whole settee, together with Kyo.