"Daddy," said a long-haired brunette to her tall, muscular, blond father as he headed for the door. "Where are you going?"
"He's here, I need to go greet him."
"Oh…" Her face went from confused to sad in an instant.
"Sherry Honey, you really don't have to do this if you don't want to."
"No no no, I'm fine." Sherry said as she faked a smile. "This town and the people in it are more important to me than waiting to fall in love before I marry. Please go greet him, don't worry about me." Sherry's father nodded sadly and walked out the door into the hot Summer air. He walked almost the entire distance of the town in a shockingly short few minutes, walking into a large area dedicated to the town's weekly weekend bazaar, only used during the week for tos and fros between the town and the nearby city.
~Elsewhere, a few minutes earlier~
Two men sat in a fancy black car, headed solemnly for Zephyr Town.
"Master Kyoya, your friends have been asking your father about you all year." Said the driver clad in sunglasses and a suit.
"What has he been telling them?" Responded a man dressed in a beautiful, traditional, oriental outfit.
"That you've been traveling the world."
"And that I don't know when I'm coming back?"
"Of course, Master Kyoya."
"Good."
After a minute or two they stopped in front of the town's bazaar area and Kyoya stepped out of his car, grabbed two or three bags from the back seat, and waved his driver goodbye and he drove off.
~Back to present~
Kyoya walked solemnly up to the town mayor, Sherry's father. And handed him a check.
"This should cover the funds, Mayor Felix."
"Thank you. What was that name you told me to call you by again?"
"Lloyd."
"Very well. Before I take you to meet Sherry, there's something we have to talk about."
"And what might that be, Sir?" Felix looked at his sternly and a little bit harshly.
"I've talked extensively with your family before deciding to go through with this arrangement, and while I believe you are a good man, I also don't think you know how to be one. If you ever lie to or hurt my daughter or the people of this town in any way, shape or form, you're going to wish you hadn't." Kyoya smiled.
"Of course, Mayor. I promise." Felix smiled.
"Good. Let's be off now." Felix led Kyoya through the town. It was early enough in the morning that no one had left their houses yet. Upon arriving to his house, Felix opened the door and called out "Sherry, he's here!"
"Coming Daddy!" Sherry called back and she ran down the stairs and held out her hand for Kyoya to shake. "Hi, I'm Sherry. And you are?"
"Lloyd. It's so good to meet you."
"Well," Felix started. "I've got things to get done. Be nice to each other." He went upstairs to his office and Kyoya-or rather Lloyd-flashed a grin to Sherry.
"I have a surprise for you." He said happily.
"Oh really? What is it?"
"Well, I figured that neither of us want to get married when we barely know one another. So I talked to my father and came to the agreement that he will send here with me the funds to keep the town afloat for another ten years. It isn't much, considering how small this town is, but it's enough. By the end of the ten years I have to either marry you or another girl just as powerful-or more powerful-as you, or make the bazaar successful enough for the town to stand on its own two feet. How does that sound?" Sherry smiled ear to ear at the sound of Lloyd's words.
"That sounds amazing! Does my father know yet?"
"I thought he might prefer to hear the news from you, as happy as you are about it. I hear fathers love to see their children glow with happiness, after all." Sherry's smile grew even wider.
"You know what? I think we're going to make great friends!"
"I promised your father I would never lie to you…" Sherry smile faded. "And I think you may just be correct."
