Ash Crimsone

The blond-haired man smiled inside of the mansion that stood on the outskirts of Paris--a place where not much traffic came through and it was somewhere ideal to live because of it. He noticed all of the time when Orochimaru was making threats and even his actions would definitely make almost anyone mad, but he couldn't care less. After all, all is fair in love and war; he was going to make sure Kyo regretted winning the battle against him...he still had something the brunette did not have--too bad he didn't remember what he did have in the aftermath. Then again, did Kyo even know what it was?

Ash thought it was pretty brave for the Kusanagi heir to come alone despite the many possibilities that the both of them could have been lying about the whole thing and it could have been a setup. But either way, he was happy that Kyo accepted--with a smirk he thought about the potential of finally obtaining The Sacred Treasures. He knew one thing was for sure, if Elisabeth found out he was doing this (again) she would probably give him a hard time--although it would be worth it...for that cause.

The butler in the house set down a small plate with his favorite food, sachertorche.

"How's our prisoner of war doing, Orochimaru?"

There was a wide grin on Ash's face as he walked out of the kitchen, holding said food in his hands--he looked from one of the security cameras on the gate to wait for Kyo's arrival and in anticipation of his arrival he also put up a big sign over the mansion that read,

'WELCOME KYO KUSANAGI. HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR STAY.'

Indeed everything was appearing to work out fine today.