Rei groaned as she opened her eyes, an instant pounding in her head. She groaned more, but that only made the pounding worse, making her groan more. She pressed her hands to her head and shut her eyes, the feeling slowly, very slowly, ebbing away. This allowed her to open her eyes once again, blinking repeatedly. Gradually, she sat up looking around without any jerky movements, trying to keep the pounding at bay. Beside her, a familiar large man laid, his red hair strewn all over his pillow and his mouth wide open and... Rei scrunched her nose at the drool and slid off the bed, seeing she was in a large one bed room. Clothes were strewn all about the room and that immediately made Rei light up bright red, feeling she was wearing none. Instantly she grabbed the sheets off the bed, only to see Renji was butt naked. She squeaked, only to make her head pound more, and threw the sheets back onto Renji.

She grabbed a pair of pants and a shirt off the ground and shut one eyes as she walked out of the room, quickly sliding the clothes on. The pants were hers whereas the shirt was not. It was a male's dress shirt that Renji wore the night before. As she walked out of the room, she buttoned the shirt up and found she was actually in one room of a suite, the other eight's doors open and looking just as messy as hers had. She also wasn't the only one awake because there was someone laying on the couch, rubbing their temples. With the shuffling of her feet, she walked over to them and dropped down next to them, picking their legs up and setting the atop hers. The one rubbing their temples was Kiku, her looking up and barely smiling at Rei. She was wearing an incredibly skimpy outfit, one you would see in a strip club. Rei had no doubt the other blonde of the group convinced her to wear when she was intoxicated last night.

"What the hell are you wearing?" Rei whispered, even that quiet noise making her head hurt. Kiku sighed and looked herself over.

"I bet Leiko got it for me." then Kiku looked at Rei and raised a curious eyebrow, "But what are you wearing?" she asked, sitting up carefully. Rei glared over at Kiku and shook her head, Kiku knowing what happened with a smile, but made the gesture of keeping it quiet.

"So is everyone else still...?" Rei trailed off as she saw Katrina sway out of her room wearing the black dress she wore the night before. Izuru was  following her closely, holding out his hands for when it looked like she was about to fall over, which she did a lot. She was like a zombie, her eyes almost closed but she still managed to make it to the kitchen, easily finding the buttons in order to make coffee. When it was finally made, she came and sat next to Rei, leaning on her friend and sipping coffee. Izuru sat on the ground in front of Katrina, leaning his back against the couch.

"Kat... next time you eat a cake from Leiko, let me check it first." Izuru said, Katrina nodding and sipping her coffee again. After he spoke, the light brown haired girl with purple markings under her face walked out, helping a taller man out of his room. He looked almost dead, but he shuffled along with her, his dark brown hair a mess and his grey eyes nearly shut.

"Do you need help with Coyote Akuma?" Kiku asked softly, the other girl simply shaking her head and taking Starrk to another seat in the room and sitting him down. After that she quickly went to the bathroom grabbing a wet towel and a glass of water. She gently dabbed his face and gave him the water, the man slowly drinking it. Rei leaned against Kiku and sighed, shaking her head.

"Why the hell did we come here?" she grumbled, her head beginning to hurt all over again. Kiku gently ran her hands through Rei's hair and shrugged.

"Kiyomizu-Taicho is very persuasive." Kiku said, Katrina nodding in agreement.

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{The day before}

Leiko saw a group of people sitting in a room, grinning as an idea popped into her head. She pursed her lips and skipped inside, all of them smiling and looking at her.

"I have a proposition! Let's go to the human world and hang out there." the group seemed skeptical, knowing Leiko's track record for "hanging out" in the human world. "Oh come on. I'll pay you all." ad with that, the group was ready to go.

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{Current time}

Rei rolled her eyes and sighed. "Damn money." Kiku leaned her head against Rei's and winced as she heard an angry shouting of words coming from one of the rooms.

"Aye! Mitsuro who the hell is this?!" the female barked, Rei, Katrina, and Kiku wincing, but listened with interest. Akuma sighed and began rubbing Starrk's temples as he groaned loudly. "Some little whore joo decided to bring along to joor bedroom huh??" another female ran out of the room and out of the hotel room as a mocha skinned woman chased her out, spouting off random Columbian words. A tired looking Mitsuro trudged out to where the other four sat, wearing nothing but a sheet around his waist. He saw everyone's surprised expressions and sighed, turning around and going back into his room. Rei glanced up and Kiku and Kiku rolled her eyes. Within a few moments, Kensei emerged from Kiku's room, gritting his teeth at the shouting. He immediately saw Kiku and walked over to sit next to her. He gently lowered himself onto the couch and wrapped his arm around Kiku, her dropping her head against him, but still running her hands through Rei's black hair.

"It was a mistake coming here." Kensei grumbled, his tone as annoyed as usual. Kiku sighed and shut her eyes until she heard two more people coming into the area where they all were sitting. She popped one eye open to see it was Resu and her husband, Toshiro. They walked out together, leaning heavily against each other, but still seemed to support each other. Resu wore a simple flowing bit of lingerie and Toshiro wore a shirt and his boxers. They went into th kitchen and got glasses of water, sitting next to each other at the bar and cuddling closely. Kiku cleared her throat to say something and only received a death glare from both of them, her widened her eyes and looking away. Mitsuro walked back out of his room, wearing a pair of pants, that showed a significant amount of his boxers, and no shirt.

"Shocker." Rei said as he sat down on the ground. "Can't find a shirt that fits your size?" she asked as Mitsuro looked groggily at her as if to reply but only stared before shutting his eyes and dropping his head down onto the ground, clearly him having the worst headache of them all. He pressed his cheek onto the cold ground and groaned until he heard the main door to the suite slam open and shut. Everyone glared over to see Ruby raging into the room. Mitsuro sat up eventually and saw Ruby, in a large simple t-shirt and panties, glaring down at him.

"What do joo have to say?" she asked angrily.

"Wha... I... Is sorry?" he said, his words slurred and slow. Just as Ruby was about to say something, a few throats were cleared, coming from Ruby's room. Four muscled men stood there awkwardly, looking over at Ruby.

"I told joo to stay in the room!" she shouted, everyone wincing from her voice. Mitsuro peered over there and widened his eyes.

"Whas that!? You yellin' a me fer... furkin' having a friendly," he paused as he stood, swaying and blinking. "Sleepover with a girl and youuuuuu..." he said, drunkenly pointing at her. "Joooo go and... sleep with four other guys."

"How is that possible?" Rei asked, Kiku nodding in agreement, Katrina seeming lost in thought, trying to figure out how it was. Izuru caught up on that immediately.

"No Kat... don't figure it out."

"I was just having a 'friendly sleepover.'" Ruby replied as she walked off to her room, "Joo all should just leave." she said, the men quickly walking out. Mitsuro shook his head, stumbling from that movement, and followed Ruby into her room.

"Now... now you jus' waiit!" he said as he shut the door. Rei sighed and stood up, shaking her head as Resu looked over and gasped.

"Hey... what on earth are you wearing?" she asked, raising an eyebrow. "That's not what you wore last night." Resu said, more intrigued, but before Rei could defend her case, Renji came strutting out of the room, Rei mentally face palming herself. Resu looked over to Renji, who was wearing the same dress pants as the night before, but no shirt. She looked over at Rei and grinned widely, putting the puzzle pieces together in her head. Renji smiled like an idiot as he walked over to Rei who was lighting up brightly as everyone in the room figured it out, except for Ruby and Mitsuro who had gone incredibly silent and were no doubt going to have sex any moment. Renji put his arm around Rei's waist and was about to kiss her on the cheek when her left hand caught his cheeks, squishing them.

"I'm going to kill you later for walking out here at this incredibly, very bad timing." she hissed. But no one was paying attention to what she was saying but the...

"Rei!" Kiku whispered, standing up and grabbing her hand. "Look at... wow." she said as she held Rei's hand up, it having a ring on it. Everyone crowded around, even Renji who was staring at it like he couldn't believe it. Rei stared, her expression blank, nothing passing over her face.

"Wow..." Resu repeated. Renji blinked and widened his eyes. Katrina stared at that and nodded.

"Wow." she said also.

"I have to talk to my Captain!!!" he said like a child who was going to run to his mother after something bad happening. Rei snapped into reality and grabbed Renji's hair, pulling him back to face her.

"Don't call rose petals! We are partners in crime now." she said, throwing her hand with the ring on it in his face. "So... we'll figure it out... somehow." Renji nodded and shut an eye.

"Could you let go of my hair?" he asked, Rei releasing it. There was silence in the room before Akuma spoke, Starrk now completely passed out on the seat he was on.

"Do... do any of you know where the other four who were with us are? Leiko, Kaze, Juno, and Kizomaru?" she asked, Kiku nodding immediately.

"Yeah! They're in that room." she said, walking over to it and turning on the lights. Before she could even take two steps in, a voice roared at her.

"SHUT THE DAMN LIGHTS OFF!!!!" it was Kizo, who was huddled in many blankets and pillows, trying her best to block out the light. Kiku shut the lights off and ran out of the room, jumping into the arms of Kensei, her crying softly.

"Well... we know Kizo isn't missing at least." Resu said. Rei sighed and grumbled something.

"Let's go find them. I don't doubt they're in the hotels casino." Kensei said as he pulled Kiku up into bridal style. The group of strangely (and barely) dressed people walked out of the hotel room, leaving Kizo, Mitsuro, and Ruby to hold down the fort.

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Rei walked with Renji, who held her hand and continuously looked at ring, murmuring things to himself, and getting on Rei's last nerve. Kiku cried in Kensei's arms still, but managed to whine about being hungry or thirsty or bored. Resu and Toshiro walked in the back of the group, though Resu glared at anyone who was loud or passed the two by, her looking as if she were about to bite their head off, whereas Toshiro just tightly held Resu, being more cuddly than usual. Akuma had managed to wake Starrk from his sleep and now he was leaning on her tiredly as they walked, her struggling to hold him up, due to him putting all his weight on her and the face he was significantly taller than her. Katrina was carrying two cups of coffee, sipping from one and soon to move onto the next one, Izuru holding two other cups for her, but staying close, for her still swaying. The group seemed to have a difficult time focusing due to the bright lights, noise, and the enticing gaming machines they all know they wanted to play.

"Kensei... Kensei... Kensei please? Can we please? Please, please, pleeeease?" she begged, looking at him with a puppy dog face.

"Kiku, we have-"

"Youuuu hate me!" she cried, tears welling even more from her eyes, making the pounding in Kensei's head worse.

"No Kiku I-"

"Then let me play the slot machiiines!" she cried again, slamming her little fists to his chest. Kensei shut his eyes and groaned, the pounding feeling as if there was a hammer breaking his skull open.

"Okay fine!" he said, trailing off from the group, Kiku cheering happily. Rei sighed and continued walking, glancing around everywhere for the missing group of girls. Akuma now shook under the pressure of Starrk.

"I... I need to find him a place to sit down. I believe he is falling asleep... again. I'll find you all later." she said as she walked to the lobby, where there were couches for the man to lay down on, and Akuma to take a rest on. Resu and Toshiro walked with them, but Resu soon exploded when a girl cut in between Resu and Toshiro.

"What?! You can't walk around?? Are you dumb? Or blind? Or just plain lazy? Huh? Huh??? What don't you answer??!" she barked, Toshiro widening his eyes and pulling Resu over to him.

"Apologize." he said, raising an eyebrow as Resu looked to glare at the girl. "Res!"

"Fine! Sorry... I'm sorry." she said simply, the girl running away from her. Toshiro sighed and continued walking with Rei and Renji, Renji now bringing her hand up to her his face to stare more at the ring.

"I don't even know how I could afford this." he mumbled just as a girl skipped over to them, scantily clad. Rei sighed and smiled as she realized she found Leiko.

"Thank god we found you." Rei said as she pulled her hand away from Renji, Leiko's hazy blue eyes on the ring.

"Rei-Rei!! Wh-whaaaat is that?" she slurred happily. Immediately Rei hid her hand.

"Nothing!" she said as Leiko grinned idiotically and looked over at Katrina.

"Whaaaaat happened Kitty Kat?" she purred, Katrina blinking.

"Oh, they got... married I think." she said, Leiko immediately widening her eyes and pulling Rei into a tight hug, smashing her face to her chest.

"Oooooh! Yaaaaay!" she said, Rei lighting up a bright red as she tried to escape from Leiko's iron grip, quickly losing her breath. "I kn-knew comin-coming here wa-was a gooooood idea! A greeeeaaat idea." Rei pulled away from Leiko finally, taking a deep breath.

"Are you drunk Leiko?" she panted, smelling the alcohol on the blonde. The blonde was just about to answer before a messy haired brunette came and pounced onto Leiko's back, her no doubt drunk too.

"Leeeeeikoooo, come on we can-cannot b-be gone from-from the table for tooooo long. We may mi-miss ou-our tuurn and looooose mon-money." she sang, Leiko smiling dopily. "And plus Ju-Juno might find us."

"Kaaazeee I know. But I came t-toooo congratulate Reiiiii." she sang back, both of them smiling. "She's married." she whispered. Kaze smiled brightly and pulled Rei to her chest for another hug.

"Congraaaats!" she said happily, Rei pulling away more quickly just as Juno jogged over to them.

"Jesus, where the hell were you two? You need to go get some rest." Juno said, giving Rei a feeling of relief to hear she was sober.

"Wait wait." Leiko said putting her hand up and stopping Juno. "Can we pleaseeeeee stay. Thi-this was so much fun an-and everyone else had fun right?" she said, gesturing to the group, who were all shaking their heads no. "Well how... how 'bout... I-I pay and we can al-all rest and then later... li-like tomorrow we go out and ju-just have a good fuuun group time."

"I sup-support her!" Kaze smiled and leaned on Leiko. The group was skeptical, but Leiko grinned.

"Pleeease? I can... get people to do your pa-paperwork." immediately they nodded in agreement, finding the people of their group that ventured off and going back up to their room to rest up today and tonight, then tomorrow... another night of adventures awaited them.