Okashi and Oyatsu

[Kida]

Kida watched the exchange with a brow quirked. They were an odd pair, but then again some third party might also say that if they every watched her and her twin duke it out. What she found more intriguing, or funny rather, than the exchange however was the way Zeph was trying to keep himself wake. Poor guy, he needed sleep and pronto.

"Uh...yeah....okay." she replied sarcastically when Zephel started talking to her. "I'll just have you escort me home--where you then yet again pass out and make me drag and/or carry you or dump you on my couch. Then while all this is going on some equally mentally-sick-headed buffoon could be mugging your little brother or worse. Yeah, that sounds great."

With Bec thoroughly consoled he wriggled so that he could perch on Kida's so that her hands were free. One of which she rested on Hikaru's shoulder as she shifted her weight towards him. "I'd rather finish escorting you back to the dorm so I know both of you are safe. Besides, I live in the girls' dorms." Kida chuckled. It wasn't like they were across town from each other.

In all honesty her head was killing her and the shoulder she had used to carry Zephel was now aching. Most likely jostled in the whole mob affair. But her integrity and conscience wasn't going to let her walk away. "C'mon." She dusted her self off and started in the direction they had been going.

"Oh and Zeph.....Why did you say certain...? Do you actually know some sick creep?" She hoped like hell this dude didn't live with him. Or else Kida might have to end up kicking some ass.

[Zephel]

Zeph stares at Kida in silence as she explained the downside of his plan...and he continues to stare at her with his lips shut for a minute or so. "...Okay, so you got a point. Without the sarcasm next time please, thank you." Before he had a chance to couter her with his own sarcastic comment, Kida walks off from him, determined to reach the dorms fast.

"Really, Kida. You sure you alright?" He noticed how slightly imbalanced she is according to the way she's walking. Her question strikes the silver-haired sharply that is, as he was stunned for a second before following Kida. "Well, believe it or not, I do. Apparently, he's my accursed--" His sentence was cut off by his brother's.....hum?

With Kida and Zeph walking off in front, Hikaru got left behind and tagged behind them with a hand supporting his jaw....until another hand reached for his mouth and gagged him, dragging him in the darkness of an alleyway. With his jaw snapped, Hikaru can't even yell... So he just...hummed his way as loud as he can to attract his brother's attention.

"HM!! HMMM!!!!!!!!!"

[Kida]

Kida turned around at the way Zeph's sentence was cut off by Hikaru. "Your accursed what?" But then she noticed there was no redhead in sight. "............Hikaru?" she asked in surprise. "Hikaru?!" This time in alarm.

"Shit!" Kida jogged back to the place Hikaru had been behind them before disappearing. "HIKARU!" Okay, this was bad. Even if Kida hadn't know the kid for but an hour he still wasn't the type to just disappear into thin air with out saying anything.

She turned back to Zephel with a worried expression. "Where the hell did he go?!" Kida was the first to admit she didn't really know what to do in this situation. Her mind was occupied with hopes that Hikaru would make some sort of noise so that they would know in which direction to run to get him.

[Zephel]

As cold as he seems towards the redhead, Zeph also displays the same facial expression as Kida. He twists his body as he scanned around, almost reaching 720 degrees before he stops and yelled, "Hikaru!!! Illuminate!! NOW!"

Just as he's done saying that, a glow of light could be seen shining out of an alleyway. Zeph quickly sped to that block and turned to enter the narrow alleyway. Probably after spotting Zeph, the redhead lessened down the light around himself in order not to blind his brother, and reduced it to only a glow. Thanks to Hikaru's light, Zeph almost growled at the sight of the one who holds Hikaru so tightly in his arms...

"...Speak of the devil..."

[Sven]

"Gum drop~!! HI!! So glad I found you~!" A cheerful man, very unlike a kidnapper at all, said happily. Said man, aka the mentally-sick buffoon, is none other than Anthony Reinhardt. His glasses shines due to the light Hikaru's giving off and his skinny hands are tight around Hikaru, one of the poor boy's lips, and one around the kid's shoulder, holding the redhead tightly. "Don't squirm, strawberry shortcake, you'll hurt yourself." The man said gently to Hikaru before facing Zeph yet again.

"Lime gum drop~! There's a report I want you to look at! It's really really long and--" The man paused, now seeing Kida in his range of view. "Eh...? Gum drop~!! I can't believe you! You hide an angel behind your back from me again!" Anthony pouted slightly, trying to express a bit of disappointment, before feasting his eyes on Kida.

".....Kida...san...correct? Hahaha, forgive me for being in such an awkward situation that I forgot to introduce myself. Hello, I'm Mr. Reinhardt, gum drop's telepathy and telekinesis teacher~!" His voice has a certain melodic tune in it whenever he ends his sentence, almost like he's singing.

"And I'm here to declare how incredibly dissapointed I am that gum drop over there hides you from me... How long have you two been together??" He blurted out excitedly, though still holding tight onto poor Hikaru, almost hugging the redhead in a way.

[Kida]

Kida was in stride with Zephel towards the light that, apparently, Hikaru was emitting. Skidding to a halt she was ready to thrash and kick the hell out of the man who was holding the little red-head hostage. Then he started talking. She couldn't say for sure what had really stopped her. Either the fact that he apparently knew the two...or just how some of the things he said were. WTF....Gum drop?

"Wait, how do you know my name?" That S.O.B. better NOT be inside her head or she really would kick some ass. Either way, Kida felt that at least she didn't have to introduce herself if the guy already knew her name. Then he looked her over--which didn't bug her. Yet, at least. But this Anthony didn't seem to be letting Hikaru go. "Nice to meet you." she muttered sarcastically under her breath.

Kida stepped forward and placed her hands on her hips. "Are you okay, Hikaru?" she asked, eyeing the boy. He didn't look thrilled to be there. "Let him go if you know him, Anthony."

"Together? I just met Zephel earlier tonight." Kida shook her head.

[Zephel]

Zeph took a step forward, almost like preventing Anthony from seeing Kida in a way. Maybe after hanging out with the bastard, he knows what's best for everyone. "Anthony, by all means, please let go of Hikaru and leave us alone... I'm too tired to kick your ass today..." Even his tone sounded tired...sighing in between his threats too...if that can even considered as a threat.

His right hand traveled to his left waist...intending to grab a hold of his sword...before noticing it's not even there. Even the sheath. '...Damn...' Back at the restaurant...figures. Sighing again, this time almost boredly, the silver-haired stood straight, trying to prevent himself from swaying around and bobbing his head out of the continuous sleep-attack. Well, he's sleepy, and he's weaponless. Great.

"...What are you planning, Anthony... Wait, don't answer that. I don't want to take part in it, anyway." He eyed Anthony's grip on Hikaru's mouth, guessing he knows the boy's jaw snapped, considering how uncharacteristically gentle he holds the redhead's mouth.

Hikaru gulped, alarmed and confused on what to do, only emitting that light out of him is all he knows... He stayed still, one of his hands still holds the lower part of his face right on his chin... He looked over to Zeph, then shifts to Kida, his eyes obviously mirroring everything he feels right now. Helpless and scared. Anthony's grip on him is amazingly strong, holding him back from even moving, since his jaw might hurt if he tries to escape.

[Sven]

Anthony clicked his tongue at Zeph, who blocked his view from the only female present. "Follow my voice, Kida-san~!! And take little Hikaru here from me, will you?" He said gently, his smile seeming to be stuck there. Then , he turned to the silver-haired, still smiling, and chuckled, "Now, now. Be a nice little gum drop and move over, please. I can't see the angel there~" He tried to stand on his toes, peeking over Zephel to take a look on Kida.

"And....aww! You know my name already~! I'm touched. I guess gum drop has been talking about me?" He laughed this time, which...in fact, sounded quite charming. "And no, I don't want to let go of this cute little strawberry shortcake. He's my Eviekins' protege~! ...Unless Kida-san would kindly collect him from me." There's a cryptic...thing...in his voice...that sounded wrong...though no one can guess what.

"I'm waiting~"

[Kida]

"You are one of the teachers..." she mumbled. She'd read over the list of classes carefully before getting into anything and thus seen all the teachers names. His probably stuck out because Kida had avoided his class. Kida was glad she did now, the guy was a cryptic creep. What the hell was with the 'Gum Drop'? Not to mention the underlying meaning in his words or the fact that Zeph had been talking about him earlier.

This night just got weirder and weirder, no matter how much she thought that impossible. Kida's eyes caught the movement when Zeph went to grab for...nothing. He would be passing out from exhaustion soon, she was sure. "Look, Mr. Reinhardt, Anthony, whatever....This has been a rather long and annoying night....so...Let Hikaru go or I'm gonna not only take him back, but then kick your ass and then drown you." They were after all in an alley. Trash water and puddles were abound.

"My patience is really thin right now." Once again she had to step up beside Zeph. This was not only so Reinhardt could see she was serious, but also to catch Zephel if he happened to pass out in the next few minutes. Bec was still sitting on Kida's shoulder, watching curiously at this new development. "Kyu!"

[Zephel]

Hikaru gulped once again while continuing to emit that faint glow of light around him. It's a good thing his control of his ability wasn't restricted to his emotions, or he would most likely blind everyone. A crazy thought of escaping dawned on his mind for a while, his red eyes slowly traveled down to his feet, wondering if stomping this man's foot would render him helpless enough for Hikaru to scamper off...

'No, shush Hikaru...stop thinking! He's a mind-reader, he can read what you think, that's why he's currently touching you. So DON'T think ANYTHING. Not about me, or Kida, or anyone! He can take advantage of your thought..'

Hikaru winced after hearing what his brother just telepathically said to him...which means Mr. Reinhardt would highly likely heard that. The redhead continues to hold his chin with a hand, his other one loosely clinging onto the teacher's arm that's wrapped around the boy's shoulders. The view of Kida stepping up beside his brother, threatening this man to let Hikaru go, is seriously not good for the light-wielder to obey his brother's order.

'Kida-san.... She's so nice...and I just met her.'

To be honest, Zeph was a little annoyed at how weak he feels right now, standing weaponless beside one highly brave woman...until one word in between her threat caught his attention. "Wait. Drown?" The thought of Kida being able to control water reaches his mind. Okay, this is good. This is actually really good. Zeph's a water-wielder himself...along with 3 other elements... If only he KNOWS how to use his abilities...without accidentally killing someone that ISN'T his target again...

A slap on the head. Zeph has had enough. He's tired...he's sleepy...he's dead worried of his fire-lizard and puppy back at his dorm, the thought of them climbing up a window and dived down 30 feet below is seriously messing his mind...now Hikaru's freaking out. ...And God knows what happens when Hikaru freaks out...complete with a broken jaw.

"Dammit Anthony, I have THINGS to take care of, don't waste my time!"

[Sven]

"Oh?" Anthony tilted his head sideways slightly, blinking owlishly at this girl. He echoed Zeph's initial tone on that one word in Kida's threat that didn't seem to fit in the situation. "Drown? My, my... Why would you use the term drown...? ...Unless.." The teacher's face brightens suddenly as a random theory dawned upon him. "Don't tell me...you possess hydrokinesis?" If it wasn't for Hikaru's light that shines on his spectacles, Anthony's eyes would've revealed how excited he feels at the moment.

"Oh!! This is just wonderful! Gum drop can learn from you, darling! He's hopeless when confronted with the ocean~!" And off he goes intimidating his favourite victim, and earned a highly unfocused glare from the silver-head. Anthony chuckled at his feat, then looks down to his current victim, plotting things in his cute little head, thinking about how nice this woman is. He already noticed Hikaru had snapped his poor jaw...though that's really kind of common after diving inside the boy's memory pool.

...Though...that accident made the odd teacher wonders of something. His thought travels far off than the alleyway...a confectionery. Aside from women, candies caught his eyes and interest like mad. And him being already mad made it worst. Obsessive even. "...Jawbreaker...gobstopper..." The strange man suddenly muttered under his breath, only the redhead in his arms probably heard of that slow whisper.

"That's it!" Anthony spread his arms wide, releasing Hikaru with a wide grin...but too suddenly that he slightly bangs a part of his hand on Hikaru's chin. "Gobstoppers usually have layers covering around them, each layer consists of different-coloured flavours~! It's too hard to bite, so it needs to be sucked and licked~~!!" He ranted excitedly.

Then, here comes his signature name-calling act. An index finger of his right hand pointed sharply towards Kida, his glasses shines in mischief. Actually, he's done this to quite a lot of people, each bearing a sweets-related name call from him. So far...he has Zeph as lime gum drop, Maki as transparent gummy bear, Kimiko as bouncing jelly bean, Hikaru as strawberry shortcake, Kalas as peppermint stick, Syani as caramel and the latest, Toph as buttered popcorn.

And now it's Kida's turn.

"From now on~! You shall be known as....GOBSTOPPER~!!!"

[Kida]

Not concerning herself with whatever Reinhardt was whispering about, Kida's eyes darted to Hikaru. Maybe the best plan of action was to just grab him, kick the guy in the head and run. But unexpectedly, Reinhardt suddenly released the little red-head. Kida was about to reach out and pull Hikaru to safety when that little speech burst from the lips of the creep.

The surprise was like a punch to her gut, and Kida literally gasped and stumbled to a halt right in front of them. "....WHAT?!" she shouted when she got her voice back. "Gobstopper?! Just what the fuck are you trying to imply with the reasons behind that name?!" If she hadn't been so astounded at that moment she might not have sworn in front of Hikaru, but she couldn't help it. Was this guy for real or was she just having a really, really weird dream?

"And don't call me 'darling'." she growled, inching closer to Reinhardt. Kida couldn't help it if the slightly of blushes had tinted her cheeks from what he had said. It disturbed her, also, that there was something freakishly familiar in this man's eyes. Some aspect of him that she'd seen before...but she didn't know where or what.

"Just what's your deal anyway? Besides being some instructor."

[Zephel]

Being used to all the reactions people received from Anthony's pointless name-calling act, Zeph calmly grabs Hikaru as the boy was released. "Keep your light on." He simply said to the redhead before helping the kid to balance himself on his two shaky feet. Zeph leans the poor shocked Hikaru by the wall and, like a real brother for once, actually patted the boy on the head. "And don't loose your jaw."

With that last thing said, Zeph turned to Kida and Anthony, surprised at how close they are, inches probably! Quickly, he rushed towards them, grabbed Kida by the shoulder and pulls her off. Anthony is NOT someone you can be too close to. His mind can do things in close-distance...

If Zeph wasn't so tired, he would kick that sorry piece of a teacher flying off, like usual. ...That bastard's lucky today. "...You won't stop until you got beaten to mush again, am I right?" It's on these moments, the silver-haired wished he had mastered his telekinesis... ...Too bad his instructor on that particular subject is this same crazy guy he's facing.

"Then FINE." His red eyes focused itself onto the smirking teacher, readying his mind. Challenging a master on his own field is quite a bet...but if he used his fists, Anthony would have more of an advantage to raid his mind because of the close contact. And Zeph seriously HATES that.

[Sven]

"Ah-hahahahaha~!" Anthony chuckled, again with his charm trailing around his little laugh again. One of the many things he love about naming people...is their reactions. Kida's being his favorite, by far. Plus, her question right after her amusing antics pleases him...very much. "My, my... Do you REALLY wish to know the reason...?" He smirked, gracefully stepping closer towards Kida. "It's like I said... A gobstopper is too hard to bite, so it needs to be licked an sucked to dissolve it bit...by bit."

The sheer act of the woman inching closer towards him in rage, growling and blushing at the same time, thoroughly amuses him, a smirk curled up his lips at this. He stared down to her eyes, the light on his spectacles vanished from her view, mainly because of how close they are right now. Her next question did it.

"I'm not JUST an instructor, my darling gobstopper..." And with that, he delivered a sudden kiss to her lips, catching her off-guard and surprised...just what he wished for. If it weren't for Zephel suddenly pulling his 'gobstopper' off, he would've continued with his tongue.

"Now, now, gum drop. You know its impolite to disrupt my entertainment like that." The shine on his spectacles are back again as he stood straight, facing the silver-haired. "...And are you honestly challenging me...?" This surprises him. Even knowing he's going to loose, his student is still hoping to win?

"Gum drop, you're being immature, I assure you. So please step away and take a nap, mhmm? Your stance is unstable, if you haven't noticed."

[Kida]

Kida's brain shut down for exactly three seconds after being pulled away from Reinhardt. "BLECH!" She rubbed her lips furiously with the back of her hand and then spit into the alley. Kida might have started hacking and wheezing if the kiss hadn't been so chaste-like. Why Zeph had pushed her back she didn't know, but she wished he hadn't because then she would have been in perfect range to kick this guys ass. Zephel, whatever he was trying to do, didn't look like he could.


"You are so dead!" Kida launched herself back toward the two, carefully avoiding Zephel so that he wouldn't be down for the count (She did not want to carry him again), and throwing her fist at Reinhardt's face. A punch for kiss seemed like equal trade to her.

"Haven't you ever heard of what happens to teachers who try to get with their students?!" Though, technically Kida was not in Reinhardt's class that didn't really matter to her. She was still a student of the school. A kiss was icing on the cake of this crappy night too. The probability that she was take a tranquilizer rather than ibuprofen went she got home was increasing. Danny could watch over her deaden body and Bec. Hell, she might even put more of those potted plants in Kida's room.

As angry as she was at this point, he was still setting off some sort of alarm in her head that she knew this kind of behavior. And not in theory. Gives bizarre nicknames, has no concept of personal space (he kissed her!), sulking around and grabbing people.... But most of all that crazy glint in Reinhardt's eyes.