My head pounded as I came to terms with what had just happened. Shukaku had gotten me drunk, beat me at poker, and threw me in a closet with a beat up Isonade. Isonade seemed to get his ass kicked a lot lately. His head was down and looking at the floor. At first I thought he was unconscious, but then he talked.
“What did you do?” he asked not looking at me.
“Ssssssake…dam I hate it and manage to get drunk twice! And I lost a poker apparently,” I said angrily.
“I got my ass kicked by Shukaku,” Isonade answered.
“Go figure,” I laughed. I stood up and grabbed the door handle. The closet opened, but Kai and Suki were standing right there.
“Hachi what were you doing in there?” Suki asked.
Before I could answer, Isonade poked his head out from the closet and answered for me.
“What didn’t you know he was my lover?” he asked.
The look on Kai’s face was beyond anything I could explain. It was a cross between shock and death.
“Yep Hachi and I are GOOD friends,” Isonade laughed.
“Man I’ve heard of closet gays, but this is so wrong,” Suki said putting her hand to her head.
“No it’ssss not like that!” I said trying to be assertive.
“Of course it is dear Hachi,” Isonade said grabbing my arm.
Kai paled even more. The shock had left him with only death. He turned around and started running.
“You sssson of a!” I yelled at Isonade and landed several punches on him, “How dare you tell my brother I am a gay!”
“Hey! Is this how you treat the man that loves you?” Isondae laughed.
I beat him black and blue before stopping. Suki was still there with a questionable look on her face. It was not as bad as Kai’s was, but it was still bad.
“Hachi, I don’t want to know nor are you going to tell me,” Suki said flatly, “Your brother on the other hand needs to be found, and I’m going to spend some of this money.”
She turned around and walked away. Isonade was still clinging to my arm. I beat him off and went to look for Kai. He was sitting in the corner of the casino with wolf ears showing.
“Kai, I’m not a gay,” I said bending down to look at him.
“I know you’re not, but that Isonade was…well scary… that’s the only reason I ran,” Kai said calmly.
“And if you ever bring this up again, I will give you three months of training in one day,” I finished. He looked up and smiled.
“I promise Hachi.”
I may have managed to get Kai not to say anything, but not Isonade….he now brings it up any time he can…