[sakari09]

I didn’t know they had started leaving until Yiichi called after me from the group of trees a hundred yards away, “Hey William, aren’t you flying with us?”
I shook my head to clear it; I was beginning to think I should get a bite of something before I went to the Council. They wouldn’t like me if I were thirsty.
“Yeah.” I answered Yiichi and caught up with them in a matter of strides.
Kari rolled her eyes, “off in his own little world.”
I didn’t retaliate when she threw that at me. I had other problems to worry about, like not killing them both on the plane ride home.
Yiichi led us to the small jet, where two bodyguards stood at the foot of the stairs. I recognized one from Lilith’s office as Kiel. The other was new.
Yiichi must’ve sensed my confusion and introduced them both to us, “William, Kari, these are my personal assistants, Kiel and Criss. They will be traveling with us to see the Council.”
They both gave us a small bow saying, “It’s a pleasure to finally meet you both.”
Kari looked uncomfortable, having being treated like royalty like this. I was used to it and I wished that she didn’t have to be around these people.
I spoke up to get things moving, “Let’s get out of here, before they find out what happened.”
Everyone nodded and we boarded the jet. I never gave the landscape behind me another glance the rest of the way home.
…

The plane ride took longer than I expected it to, which made the space inside that small room even more unbearable. Yiichi had made herself right at home and was playing poker with Kiel and Criss, Kari on the other hand, was trying to catch a few “z’s” on the other side of me.
She turned over again and opened her eyes, “Will you tell them I don’t need to hear their whole game of strip poker!”
I chuckled at her irritation; “Yiichi can’t take much more off with you awake. Go back to sleep, you need the rest.”
“No, what I do need is some unnecessary cold medicine. There’s no way I can sleep without meds to get me through this.” She grumbled sitting up.
I put my hand on her shoulder to keep her from looking for meds, “Don’t drug yourself. The last thing I need is to present your OD corpse to the Council.”
She glared at me once and sighed, relaxing again, “Fine. You wanna play Yu-Gi-Oh or something? I’m bored.”
I smirked to myself, “You don’t want to join in on strip poker? I’m sure you’d love to see me in my birthday suit.”
I deserved that slap to my face, I’ll admit it, I had it coming…it was funny to watch her face turn beet red.
“You stupid bastard!” She screamed at me, but I just smiled more. Surprisingly, she didn’t hit me that hard.
Kari’s face was still red as she looked away and replied, “Yes…Have you looked in a mirror.”
Yiichi and the others turned toward us with looks of shock on their faces. Yiichi was the first to speak.
“Oh. My. God! Was that a lover’s confession!” She squealed, “C’mon William! Take it off, take it ALL off!”
Kiel could barley manage to add on to Yiichi through his laughter, “Yeah man! Let’s see what’s under those dark jeans of yours.”
We looked at Kiel skeptically. Apparently there was a side of him that no one knew about.
“Well…would you like to explain why you got so excited?” Yiichi asked Kiel, shuffling the cards in her hands, “I’m sure it’ll prove interesting for all of us.”
Kiel was quiet then and looked away from everyone, “Never mind.”
Criss shrugged, “Back to the game I suppose.” And turned back around in his chair.
Yiichi did the same while saying to Kari, and me, “I think it would be best for her if she went to the back room William. Be a gentleman and take her there; I fear that she might have flight sickness.”
This was Yiichi saying that she didn’t give a damn what Kari and I did when we were out of her sight. I did get up and picked her up off the couch.
“C’mon crippy.” I laughed.
She scowled, “Shut up. I don’t need to hear it. I just wanna sleep.”
I smiled. I’ll admit, she looked cute curled up in my arms. So just for kicks I replied back, “Oh…I don’t think you’ll be getting any sleep tonight.”
“You’re dead Will.” Were the last words she muttered before passing out in my arms.
I knew she was going out even before she spoke. I kicked the door open to a small room with a bunk bed stashed in the corner and a small desk on the other side. This part of the jet seemed insignificant compared to the other room, but it suited Kari just fine.