Nuit Frivole

Leon stepped out of the dumbfounded classroom into the bustling hallway and drifted off towards his next class. After repeating this same action a few more times, school ended, and Leon walked through the filled courtyard once again.

The students were still gossiping about him, but this still didn't faze Leon. Lost in thought like usual, Leon pondered his plans for the FallenStar gang once again as he made his way back into the bustling streets.

While walking home Leon finally heard the ring of his phone that he had been waiting for. Seeing the blocked caller ID he immediately knew this was from the FallenStar gang and answered the call.

"Yo Leon this is brother Lawrence. Where should we pick you up for the meeting?"

After remaining silent for a couple seconds Leon gave them the name of the street he was on, and told them to pick him up in front of the café on the corner. Hanging up the call, Leon made his way towards the front of the small café that many couples often went to, and took a seat under one of the brightly colored umbrellas overhanging the tables.

While waiting for Lawrence to pick him up, Leon thought about the treacherous bitch that had colluded with his ex-brother in order to take over his business; as he noticed the apparent couples surrounding him. Looking towards the café, Leon noticed two figures approaching him from behind as he gazed at their reflections through the windows of the small café.

Quickly hiding his amused smirk, Leon turned around and watched as Arthur along with Alice made their way towards the café, oblivious to the handsome youth they were approaching.

Right before Leon could utter a single insult a small blonde teenager suddenly sat across from him at the table while extending a coffee towards Leon in hope of starting a conversation. Recognizing the youth in front of him as the kid he had saved the other day, Leon smiled and accepted the coffee.

Looking back to where the snobby couple had been Leon was disappointed as he watched them enter the café before any confrontation could occur.

Directing his attention back to the small student across from him, Leon adopted a curious expression and questioned the kid's intent for approaching him.

"Huh, so you managed to make it home alive after yesterday it seems. What's your name kid?"

Ignoring Leon's first statement the youth answered him.

"I'm called Alexander but most people know me as Alex. I happened to notice you here and wanted to talk with you considering you saved my ass the other day."

Immediately liking the fiery youth before him Leon began to smile.

"So what Alex? You want to learn how to stand up for yourself or some stupid shit like that? I don't have time to waste on troubled youths like yourself unfortunately."

Hoping there was more to the youth behind those fiery blue eyes, Leon waited for his response while taking a sip of the coffee gifted to him.

"I don't care about what others think of me unlike most people. I just want to become stronger so my existence isn't considered a minor struggle. Besides I have some grievances I must settle in this life time."

Touched by the ambition and similarity to his own ideologies in Alex's sentences, Leon decided he would stay in contact with him as he could utilize this new found subordinate in the future.

"Alright, I will help guide you, but first I need to witness your conviction firsthand. For the sake of convenience in the future here is my contact information."

After exchanging information Leon noticed a black Mercedes with tinted windows and a small logo of the FallenStar gang on the hub caps. Parting with Alex, Leon made his way to the Mercedes and entered into the backseat.

Lawrence, upon seeing Leon enter the car, leaned on the console and greeted him. As the car sped off the blonde youth still sitting at the café smirked and then walked off down the street.

As the small high schooler's silhouette gained more transparency, Leon removed his gaze from the side view mirrors and threw a wry smile towards Lawrence.

"So where will this meeting be taking place?"

Lawrence developing a grin out of the corners of his mouth replied to Leon.

"Brother Leon may not know this, but our gangs influence and wealth is pretty broad, even for a lower tier gang. You will find out the location of the meeting as we approach the inner city."

Leon's curiosity became peaked as the Benz made its way through the traffic, heading towards the center of the bustling city.

Once the Benz stopped, Leon peered through the rear-side window and was surprised to see that the original headquarters of the FallenStar gang was the popular nightclub/hotel known as "Nuit Frivole".

In his past life Leon had only known the powerful FallenStar gang at its peak, and only knew of its location in that time frame.

'Looks like they were well off from the start. Which means my connections and income can only increase after gaining this asset!'

Leon followed Lawrence into the hotel after a chauffeur took their car and continued fantasizing about his oncoming future assets. Upon stepping foot into the luxuriously adorned hotel, the two men reached the front desk. Lawrence then advised Leon to wait in the lobby while he notified his boss they had arrived, and proceeded towards the all glass elevator by himself.

Glancing around, Leon noticed a crowd of beautiful women waltzing towards the opposite end of the building. He guessed this was where the nightclub must be located and decided to follow the group of women to take a look out of boredom.

As Leon stepped into the crowded and dimly lit nightclub, he watched as the figures of the beauties he had previously followed, vanished into the bustling and dancing crowd of people.

The nightclub was quite big and had fluorescent lights lining everything in the room, along with multi colored lights flashing around randomly, there was also a small bar to the one side, and a booth where a DJ stood controlling the flow of loud music.

Across the room sitting in curved sofas was a group of young women that were surrounded by a few older men. The short and fat man that seemed to be leading these men was wearing a ugly tan colored suit, sported a comb-over, and had the body type of a gopher.

It was clear to Leon that these men were annoying and harassing these women due to the disgusted expressions on their faces, and decided to walk over to the group.

The older man that's looks were reminiscent of a gopher continued talking as Leon was making his way through the crowds of people on the dance floor.

"So as I was saying before, how about you beauties accompany my brothers and I for the night. I happen to know one of the upper managers in this hotel and could swipe us a couple of rooms. Of course, all the rooms are located on the third floor and have great champagne to accompany us as well."

The short gopher chuckled inside figuring he had captured the beauties interest since any rooms above the fifth floor were considered to be for wealthy VIP patrons.

Unfortunately, unknown to this gopher, the women in front of him were all first years in college and were not bribed easily, especially by uncouth and ugly men.

After the women all simultaneously replied with a quick shake of their heads and scornful frowns, the group of men continued to approach closer and the leading gopher grabbed the most beautiful woman of the group.

This girl had long blonde hair, fair pale skin that could be seen between the fabric that exposed her figure, and a serene look on her face that would make any man swoon.

However, when touched by the disgusting man before her, that peaceful expression faded and a look of worry along with hatred could be felt emanating from the icy beauty.

Suddenly, a hand that belonged to a handsome youth with dark brown hair and charming eyes, grabbed the wrist of the shrewd looking man, and with a devilish smile that melted the hearts of the beauties near him, he looked towards the group of men.

"I leave my friends for a couple of minutes and they already began making trouble for you gentlemen. I sincerely apologize for any anguish they may have cause you but this is still no way to treat a woman."

As Leon was speaking the gopher in the tan suit had tried removing his hand from the youth's grasp several times, and was frightened to see his hand would not listen to his commands no matter how hard he pulled.

"There's no problem young man, we simply just wanted to introduce ourselves and talk more with these beauties. They had previously agreed to accompany us tonight and were just about to leave with us until you appeared..."

The shrewd man peered at the youth up and down before continuing and recognized him to be of the lower class based off of his apparel.

"Here's three hundred dollars as an apology for the trouble we may of caused, so how about you be a good little brat and run along to bother other people's business!"

After throwing the money at Leon's feet, the shrewd man smirked and focused his attention back towards his prey. However, before he could utter another word his vision became darker, and was confused as he saw ground beneath the red high heels of the beauty he had previously grabbed before falling unconscious.

After throwing a punch to the side of the gopher's face and placing the money that was thrown at him in the front pocket of the man's suit, Leon directed his gaze towards the remaining trash behind him.

"If anyone else has money to donate to their hospital bills step forward and give it to me before I knock your ass down as well!"

Upon hearing this sentence and witnessing their boss taken down in one hit only one goon stepped forward while taking a switchblade out from his jacket.

"You're gonna wish you never stepped into this club kid!"

As the man quickly approached the brat in front of him and stabbed forward with the switchblade aiming for Leon's side, he formed a low arc with the blade.

Before the man could move any closer Leon shifted to the side and swept his leg across the side of the man's head, hurtling him down to the ground next to his unconscious boss.

"Anyone else wanna try?"

Leon coldly glared at the rest of the men that had encircled them and caused them to retreat a couple steps until a voice could be heard from behind them.

"What idiot is making all the ruckus here?"

A low and deep voice emanating from a short sized man that looked to be straight out of a mafia movie with his slick black hair and black suit, stepped forward into the confrontation.

A frown appeared on the man's face as he saw the two bodies laying on the floor and directed his gaze towards the handsome youth in the center.

"Did you cause this disturbance?"

As Leon matched the man's gaze and adorned a heartless expression he replied to the man.

"I didn't cause this scene sir... I only ended it."

A thoughtful and appreciative expression appeared on the short and stout man's face and nodded his head before extending his hand.

"The names Giovanni, but everyone calls me Gino. Don't worry about the mess that was made here, I'll have some "staff" clean up this trash."

Accepting Giovanni's gesture, Leon shook his hand and introduced himself.

"I'm known as Leon Jackson."

Upon hearing the youth's name a surprised expression could be seen on Giovanni's face before quickly disappearing, and leaned over to talk to Leon in a hushed voice.

"The boss is ready to see you now. I was told to bring you to meet with him and Lawrence, since brother Lawrence is currently occupied with the boss at the moment."

Nodding his head Leon followed Gino through the crowd of dancing youths in the nightclub, leaving the group of college girls fantasizing about him as they watched his figure disappear in the crowd.