Note: Wow, I guess I just haven't written in like...let's see....three years! Heh, I am back again, although I disappeared for that long period of time. I promise, I will be good this time and update as much as I can! Here it is, the long awaited sequel to Koutaru-Kun which is titled: Ayanokouji-sama.

Summary: A year has passed since Takashi and Koboshi became an official couple. Life is of course normal, but when a friend from the past shows up, she is planning at all cost to keep them as separate as possible. But what exactly will she do? Only Misha seems to know...

Rated: PG-13

Genre: Comedy/Drama/Romance

Chapter 1 – The Return

A black stretch limo came to a complete stop the moment it reached its destination. The inhabitants of the vehicle were surprised at the sudden halt when one of them suddenly flew forward and almost comically went through the window. The other seemed more worried about the coffee she was holding than her own life as she continued to balance the content in her cup. She sighed and glared at the driver through the back window. "Baka..." she mumbled, rolling her eyes and licking drops of coffee that made it on to her hand. She glanced over at her companion, who seemed to have recovered quickly from the fall and sighed, reaching over to open the door. "I think we're here now, Nii-sama." She stepped out of the limousine and turned her head towards her old home. It was still very large from what she remembered, but compared to her home in Australia now, it was small. It didn't bother her very much the difference of the proximity of both homes, but what mattered to her the most was seeing the golden shining hair on a particular young man's head.

With that thought in her mind, she stretched a bit, a smile creeping upon her lips and reached over to her white, satin handbag and took out a round, purple mirror. Kaoru stared at her reflection for a while and smiled to herself. Then, placed her mirror back in her bag and sighed. "Onii-sama, you think he'll recognize me?"

Her older brother, Mitarai Hiroshi straightened himself up and stood beside his sister. "I think he'll recognize both of us! And I'll bet he wouldn't turn down a beautiful woman like you!" He was indeed quite proud of the woman Kaoru had become and if he was looking at the mirror right now, he would indeed be very proud of the man he's become as well. He has worked very hard to be tall, lean and a little muscular and managed to convince his father to get rid of his bowl shaped haircut of a hair that haunted him for many years during elementary and throughout the end of high school.

Encouraged by her brother's words, Kaoru marched towards the direction of the street down in front of her. She didn't bother to look back at the old home she has lived for 8 years, instead she kept on staring forward to the direction of Takashi Ayanokouji's home. Behind her, Hiroshi ran after her, calling her name.

"Kaoru! Where are you going!?"

Kaoru ignored her brother's calls and managed to reach the corner that when turning she would spot Ten-chan's home. Her timing was just right that as soon as she turned, Takashi had walked through his front gate. She was about to run up to him and call his name as loud as she could, when something stopped her.

From the corner of her eye, a young woman with long blond hair stepped through the gate as well and joined Takashi's side. Kaoru, shocked at what she just saw, turned and hid behind the wall and watched curiously as Takashi lovingly took her hand and kissed it. They walked down the big hill in front of them, eventually blocking Kaoru's view from seeing the girl's face. Fuming, Kaoru's eyes turned into thin slits and got ready to follow them, when a hand pressed itself on her shoulder.

"Kaoru, no..." Hiroshi could tell from where he stood behind her that she was fuming from the smoke that was coming out of her ears.

Slapping Hiroshi's hand away, Kaoru decided to follow them, wanting to know who the girl was before an "accident" would happen. Ignoring her brother's pleas, she ran towards Takashi and the girl and saw them reach the bottom of the hill and entering an ice cream shop. The rage was gradually building within her and when she made it to the ice cream shop, she hid behind the window and watched them intently. She could hear footsteps behind her now and could tell it was her brother from the way he walked. "I just want to know who she is, onii-sama...who else would make Ayanokouji-sama happy besides me?"

Hiroshi sighed and nodded, patting her on the head. He didn't really hear any sadness in her voice, just anger. Kaoru wasn't really known to cry so much with little things. When she was determined about something, she would be determined to get it at all costs. No matter how much she knew it was pointless, when she sets her heart on something, it would be either now or never. "I'll go in and order something and listen in on their conversation."

"Really?" There was admiration in her eyes the moment she turned to glance at her brother. Hiroshi was touched by that look and it gave him determination to make his sister happy. Patting her on the head one more time, he stood up and entered the shop. He looked around and walked over to the display windows nearest to Takashi and the girl he was with. He paused in front of the displays and placed his hands in his pockets, stepping a little bit closer to the two. With the corner of his eyes, he watched.

"How's the ice cream?" Takashi asked the girl.

The girl nodded and licked her ice cream. "It's very good. Want to try?" She offered him her ice cream and Takashi leaned over a bit to taste it. After he was finished, noting from the look on his face that he was actually fond of the choice flavour the girl made, he leaned back on his chair and continued to finish his own.

Hiroshi, watching from the corner of his eyes, realized he could not recognize the girl just by looking at the side of her face. He knew he had to get closer. With just the girl's voice, he was very bad at familiarizing who people were. So he leaned in against another table sitting beside him and pretended to look at the menu.

"Are you ready to order, sir?"

Startled by the voice, the hand that was keeping him up slipped from the table and he fell to the side, hitting the table where Takashi and the girl were sitting. The ice cream flew from their hands and landed on the ground, some falling on Hiroshi's head. He sat there, unable to move, very frozen on his spot after that embarrassing moment.

"Oh! Are you all right?" The voice belonged to the girl Takashi was sitting with. He felt a tiny hand helping him up and the ice cream continued to melt on his head, making his hair very sticky. He would have to take two hours of showering tonight.

"I don't know what happened, but that was a nasty fall you made," another voice spoke, this time, Hiroshi recognized as Takashi. Noises of tables being put back together were all around him and Hiroshi, with the ice cream on his head could not see from behind his set of hair. That same tiny hand was helping him remove the sticky bangs from his eyes and as soon as his face was cleared, he could finally see again and he found himself staring into a pair of ruby eyes.

There was a smile on her face as soon as his eyes caught hers and he found himself just staring into her eyes, finally recognizing who it was. "Uematsu?"

Koboshi seemed surprised and she blinked for a moment, trying to figure out who this young man was. "How did you know my name?"

Takashi seemed to have been wondering the same thing for Hiroshi found himself also staring into the blond man's eyes. There seemed to be a sudden recognition from his eyes as there crept a smile upon his face. "Why if it isn't Mitarai Hiroshi!" The taller man wrapped his arms around Hiroshi, having to bend a little bit to give him a friendly embrace. Despite Hiroshi's efforts to be more handsome looking, from what he could see, Takashi grew to be also very tall and muscular. However, he wasn't as surprised as the transformation set on Koboshi Uematsu. He knew 9 years ago before they were sent over to Australia to study by their parents, that Koboshi had gotten rid of her cat ears and supported a new hairstyle. But he had no idea how grown up she looked now and it did not compare to the Koboshi he knew back then.

"How have you been? It's been so long!" Takashi continued, finally releasing the hug.

"You mean, Mitarai Hiroshi!?" Koboshi spoke finally, after the initial shock of this man knowing her name. She looked back and smiled. "I didn't even recognize you!" Koboshi studied him up and down and was quite surprised at Hiroshi's own transformation. It's understandable, they were all grownup now...almost. "Where is your sister? Is she with you?"

This seemed all too fast for Hiroshi, as he shook his head and lied. "No, she's back in Australia." He forced a smile on his face and glanced from Koboshi, to Takashi. Takashi seemed relieved at Hiroshi's answer, seeing as though he didn't seem to have recovered from the first and last time he encountered Kaoru. However, he had a feeling Takashi wouldn't like this addition to his answer. "She'll be joining me soon enough. She just had to finish a final exam this week."

There seemed to have tenderness of love built between Takashi and Koboshi as the blond woman reached over and ran a caring hand upon Takashi's arm. "Did you want to join us for some ice cream, Mitarai? Since you dropped ours, you think you could treat us for some ice cream?" Koboshi punched his arm. "Ow....sorry, it'll be our treat since Koboshi seem to think it's a good idea with you being rich and all and us being starving students." He received another gentle punch from his girlfriend and this time he chuckled.

Koboshi, Hiroshi thought. From the last time he remembered, Takashi always called her by her last name. "Sorry, I have to get going. I heard about this place from a friend of mine and I thought I stopped by and check it out. Maybe I can take my sister here when she arrives." He gave an awkward wave before heading out.

As soon as he joined his sister outside of the store, who was hiding behind a dumpster, he took her hand and she obediently followed him, confused. "I think we should just leave them alone."

"What? Why? Who was the girl? And how on earth did you get ice cream on your hair? You know who it is, don't you? Who was she!? I DEMAND an answer, nii-sama!" Kaoru stopped walking and pulled her hand away from him. She was getting irritated.

Hiroshi turned and sighed. "Fine. Don't act so surprised, because I was already surprised on your behalf."

Kaoru folded her arms across her chest and waited impatiently for him to continue.

"That was Uematsu."

Her mouth gaped open and her arms fell to her side. "You mean, Koboshi-chan?" There was still unbelief in her eyes and Hiroshi nodded. He watched as she began to pace back and forth, still hardly able to believe what she just heard. "That can't be right! They're just friends...and....That can't be right!"

Hiroshi sighed, walking over and wrapping an arm around his sister's shoulders. "We'll deal with this tomorrow, right now, I'm still jet-lagged and I want to get rid of this ice cream from my hair."

Kaoru fell silent, allowing her brother to lead them back to their old home. Yes, we'll deal with this tomorrow, she thought.

A/N: WELL! That was a looong first chapter! I hope you all enjoyed it. Now, what it Kaoru up to???? XD Find out on the next chapter!