The Beautiful People

I Came 2 Party

Disclaimer: Once again, I don't own Loveless or the songs I referred to in this fic.  The OCs are me & my band, so I'm not sure if you can say I own them...

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"Where are we anyway?" Yoshida Emi asked with a yawn. She laid her head on the shoulder of her Fighter, seate next to her on the bus. The Fighter, Tanaka Yuuki, stifled her own yawn.

"I dunno, but apparently Kotone's Sacrifice is here," answered an equally tired Ikeda Frank. She pushed back her short, thick hair, giving her own yawn.

"Who is it?" Konda Kika asked, genuinely curious, but for personal reasons.

"I don't know his name, other than Painless," Fujiwara Kotone replied, hardly glancing at Kika.

"But it is a guy?" Kika asked for confirmation, a gleam of interest in her light green eyes.

Frank and Yuuki sighed. Their friends, some of whom were also their Sacrifices, were forever hitting on guys. The two of them had never approved any more than they had the first time (a grand total of about 5% combined).

"Oi, Yuuki!" called a voice from the back of the bus. The gothic Fighter looked towards the sound and smiled. Sitting in the last seats, rubbing sleep from their eyes, were Breathless. It was Midori who had called out to the Careless Fighter.

"Damn, he's hot," Frank hissed quietly. It wasn't exactly strange to hear that from her, but it was rarely someone that at least one of them knew. Yuuki glanced at Frank in surprise.

Before anyone could say anything in response to Frank's comment, Ai and Midori slid into the seat with her, behind Kotone and Kika and across from Emi and Yuuki. Ai sat facing Careless, while Midori was sandwiched between her and Frank.

Introductions were made, along with a few of the usual snide comments from Frank. Yet Midori and Ai were still smiling brightly, a sign that they would probably be able to pass Frank's "test of endurance" (a series of demeaning remarks and embarrassing questions that, in truth, never really ended).

"So what are you doing her?" Ai asked finally. Careless and Dreamless all looked at Kotone.

"The Painless Sacrifice is supposed to be here," She answered. Breathless looked confused. "You mean you have to go find them?" Ai asked. Kotone nodded. Silence ensued.

"Hey, wait...Why are you guys here?" Emi asked Breathless after a moment.

Midori shrugged. "We figured we'd go see Loveless, since we have some time off," he explained.

Frank blinked. "Loveless is that kid Agatsuma Soubi fights for, isn't he?" she asked, confused. Midori squirmed around to face her, putting their faces only a few inches apart. Frank fought down a blush. Why did Midori have to be so hot?

"Yeah. That adult is disgusting..." Midori trailed off, making a face.

"We actually saw him kiss Loveless!" Ai added, making a face similar to her Sacrifice's.

Frank, Yuuki, and Kika screwed up their faces in disgust, while Kotone looked as if she couldn't care less and a perverted expression made it's way onto Emi's features. Yuuki whacked her on the back of her head, causing it to change to an expression of pain.

When the bus stopped, the seven of them got off. Midori and Ai waved and headed off in the opposite direction of where Kotone led her friends.

"How do you know which way to go?" Kika asked, secretly hoping they would get to this place soon. She wanted to meet this guy!

"It's just a feeling," Kotone said quietly, looking totally caught up in the trail.

The other four looked at each other and shrugged. They knew what Kotone meant. Even before the first meeting, Sacrifices and their Fighters had unusually strong bonds. Now, Kotone was absentmindedly leading them up the front steps of an apartment building.

They passed the front desk without even acknowledging the man behind it, though he called out to them. Completely silent for once, they made their way up the stairs. Kotone seemed practically in a trance, and the others couldn't help but worry. They were also uneasy. Though they were now out of range with Midori, they detected the presence of a Fighter other than themselves. "Agatsuma Soubi?" Frank asked in a whisper.

Kotone seemed to snap out of her trance when they reached one of the doors. She knocked briskly, and they waited. A tall man with lightly tanned skin, greenish-blond hair, violet eyes, several piercings, and a skinny white sucker stick poking from between his lips answered the door.

"Ah, Sou-chan! Now girls too!" he whined loudly over his shoulder. As he spoke, two smalled males looked out around him. One had long, straight, aqua-colored hair, purple eyes, and pale skin, while the other had the same pale skin, long, curly, red hair, one bright green eye and an eye patch covering the other.

"What do you want?" demanded the green-haired boy as a man they vaguely recognized as Agatsuma Soubi approached.

"Do you want to fight?" the redhead asked agressively.

"No," Yuuki answered, watching Kotone rather than the two boys looking for a fight.

"But we can if you want to," Emi told him. Yuuki looked up, followed her gaze, and mentally groaned. They'd just gotten here and her Sacrifice was already flirting with the green-haired guy!

"No thanks," the redhead responded, heading back into the apartment.

"Why are you here?" Soubi asked calmly.

"He's me Sacrifice," Kotone announced, pointing a slim finger at the blond man.

"Me?" asked the man. "Kio?" Soubi asked at the same time.

"Yep!" Kika chirped, stepping forward and attempting to throw her arm around his shoulders. He looked disconcerted by the nearness of the girl and looked to Soubi for help.

"What's your name?" Frank asked bluntly.

"Kaido Kio."