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Summary: A dangerous curse was placed on the Hitachiin family, all from a woman's jealousy. Hikaru and Kaoru, a pair of twins, have ended up with bad problems because of what their ancestors had done. Hikaru, a man in his twenties has a heart-wrenching past, and his time on earth is running out. Until a certain Lawyer comes along, who may or may not be what his family has been praying for.

Pairing: Hikaru H. / Haruhi F.

Rating: T - For minor Foul Language and hints of mature themes.


A long time ago, a curse was placed on our family.

It was a long, long, long time ago, and we still don't know all the details. It was between old relatives of our and the Nekozawa's. They were hateful people and the later generations (us) are the ones who suffer from it.

Their mistakes and jealously has brought upon great tragedy to our family. There has been a lot of sadness and death throughout the years, and there isn't any way we can fix it.

There isn't any spell, word, action, or any sort of magic that can reverse it. It's permanent, except for one thing...

The families together must produce a male and a female, and if they do, for the curse to be lifted, those two must fall in love. The families being, we, Thee Hitachiin's, and they, the Neozawa's.

The Nekozawa's however, happen to be our worse enemy, and we, theirs.

I guess I should back up a little... Or rather, back up near to five hundred years ago. Back to the Sengoku period.

Our ancestor, Aritomo Hitachiin, from many generations ago, fell in love with a woman, who was the ancestor of the Nekozawa's, Fumiko Nekozawa. Old stories that have been passed down from generations between families, have said this...

Fumiko Nekozawa fell in love with Aritomo first. 'Love at first sight' she called it. Neither were from very rich families, and nothing was keeping them from being together. For a long time they were happy. They were going to get married and talked about a family.

Then one day, there was a celebration and Aritomo got bored. He found himself around other woman and realized that Fumiko wasn't who he wanted to be with. He didn't want to be tied down to just one female. He wanted more out of life, so he left her alone.

That wasn't what bothered her, she loved him so she let him go to do what he wanted.

Two years later, he came back. But unlike she thought, he didn't come back to be with her afterwards. He came back with another woman. And they had a baby.

While he had a family, she was alone. She didn't find anyone else until later in life. Though, before that, she had gone into a deep depression and despised Aritomo and his whole family. She had vowed some sort of revenge so no other member of the Hitachiin family would ever deceive another woman.

She wanted to make so that we'd never break another heart.

There was a witch, and Fumiko had her place a curse on Aritomo. A curse that would be passed down forever. Aritomo's descendants were then, and still are tortured with a curse that enables us from breaking people, but causes us to hurt not only them, but ourselves, too.

Simply put... Fumiko's curse turned all of Aritomo's descendants into borderline vampires with a very complicated virus.

And I, the youngest of thee Hitachiin's newest generation suffer from it as well as my twin brother.

But my older brother is not only suffering from being confined into finding love that he doesn't want.

...He's dying from it.


"Oi! Kaoru..."

"Hmm?"

"You're spacing out."

"Sorry."

"And you're staring at me. Hasn't mom taught you that, that's rude?"

"Yeah, I was just thinking, sorry."

Turning his head around to look at his glass of sparkling water, the eldest of the Hitachiin twins took a deep breath and leaned into the couch, sinking into the cushions to get comfortable.

He lowered his brow and clenched his jaw, looking discouraged. "You're thinking about me..."

Kaoru frowned. "I can't help it."

"I'm fine."

"You're not."

"You're right, he's not. Hikaru darling, honestly, if you're going to get anywhere in life you've got to find a girl." A female voice chuckled behind their heads. They turned as watched their grandmother set herself down in her usual spot on her chair. "

"And you all know why I don't." Hikaru grumbled a growl deep in his throat. "We're related but could we just avoid conversing about my business? It's getting annoying."

"It's getting worse."

He turned to his little brother, his eyebrow twitching. "Please, when has there ever been an incident recently? Obviously the problem has died down."

"It's been impossible for there to be a recent problem, Hika, all our relatives either got married before twenty three, or have died from a natural causes before nineteen. You and Kaoru are the only ones left other than your children (god only knows when there will be any), and Kaoru's married. You're not."

Hikaru glared at their mother as she ruffled his hair from behind and strutted her way to the couch. He ignored her completely.

"Which means you'll be the next recent problem." Kazuha pointed out, (their grandmother), as she grabbed the neck of the wine bottle that was sitting aside on the table. "Things don't just die down in this family, Hikaru. You know that."

He looked away from her, slumping against the arm of the love seat he sat on. Kaoru looked at him and pressed his lips to the rim of his glass.

"We're not trying to irritate you, Hikaru. We're just worried."

"Well stop worrying, People die eventually, don't they?"

Kazuha shrugged, sipping her drink. "How does it feel though, to know that this problem can be solved so easily?"

Kaoru gave her a warning look. "Grandmother, not now."

"I don't want a girlfriend." Hikaru replied solemnly, clenching his fingers around his cup. "I decided that a while ago."

"She doesn't have to be your girlfriend," she sighed, averting her attention to her quiet husband who finally made his presence noticeable. "Hell, you don't even need to like her, or know her name."

"And then what? Be suck forever with some chick who doesn't even like me?" Hikaru moved his gaze towards his brother. "You know what that does to you."

Kaoru pouted. "This is about you, don't mention my marriageable troubles."

"Twenty-four and your wife hates your guts, how does that make you feel?"

"...Low blow, bro."

"Then ignore my problems. I'm not dying. Everyone here is just too worried about what I do."

"But Hika... You are dying."

Hikaru opened his mouth, but before he could get any words out, there was a knock at the door. He closed his mouth and shot his mother a suspicious glare. She shrugged towards his expression and looked towards her husband. Who only did the same thing.

"Is your other relatives here again?" Hikaru groaned, raising his lip as he looked at his twin.

Kaoru looked at him. "Not that I know of. They didn't tell me."

Kazuya groaned. "Tell them to go away."

After the room became quiet, Hikaru waited for someone to get up and answer the door. As he looked around the room at all his family members, he noticed that none of them showed any interest in getting up. He looked over towards his grandfather who was pouring himself a glass of water and his grandfather looked back at him, tipping his eyebrows.

"Alright fine, I'll tell them." He sighed, standing up. "I feel like I'm the only one in this family who actually does anything."

His mother snickered. "Nah, we just talk behind your back when you leave."

Hikaru rolled his eyes and left the room.

Not even making sure his brother was out of ear shot, Kaoru slumped back into his cushion on the love seat and rested his elbow on the arm of it. He furrowed his brow and let out a long stream of breath from his mouth.

"...They're going to try and take Mayuki away, again."

Kazuya handed her husband her cup to re fill it. "They can take her for all I care."

"You know what'll happen."

"Eh."

"You're so cold hearted, grandmother."

"It's your fault her parents don't like you."

Kaoru pouted, looking away. No, It's Fumiko's fault...

It's all her fault.


Hikaru walked through the large hall of the mansion as he made his way to the door. His feet dragged beneath him until he reached it.

He took a deep breath before reluctantly turning the knob of one of the polished double doors. His scowling face was what he let be the first thing they'd see.

"Go away." He said, without a thought. "Mayuki isn't here, so buz-..."

His words stalled in his throat. His brother's in-laws weren't there. He opened the door wider and saw a short woman all alone. The sides of her short brown hair was pulled back behind her head leaving the rest to lay against her shoulders. She was dressed in a professional dark purple skirt suit.

He raised his eyebrow at her. She wasn't looking at him. She was watching the gardener trim the hedges. She was holding a orange file against her chest and he made his own asummtial as to why she was there.

"Whatever you're selling, we're not interested." He grumbled, catching her attention. She turned her head and looked at him, looking a little relieved.

"Oh good, I thought no one was home." She sighed. Her brown eyes fluttered a few blinks. "Do you know where I can find Mr. Hitachiin? Is he home?"

Hikaru tilted his head. "...It depends. Are you one of my ex girlfriends from college?"

"...No. I don't think so."

"Do you want to repopulate with me?"

She looked over her shoulder, then back to him. "...No?"

"Then he might be." He muttered, leaning his head back closing the door slightly. "Kaoru! There's a female at door!"

"...No, Um..." She bit her lip, pulling a lingering piece of her hair behind her ear. "I'm looking for a... Hikaru Hitachiin."

"..."

She blinked again.

He frowned, gripping the door knob. "Why?"

"It's personal business. I need to talk to him. Is he here or not?"

Hikaru shrugged. "Nope!" He slammed the door shut.

But it didn't shut all the way. He looked down and noticed the woman had put her foot between the wall and the door. He took a deep breath and opened it again.

He glared. "When I slam the door, you're supposed to go away."

She pulled her foot back, adjusting her shirt. "You have no idea how many doors I've had slammed in my face. Now, could I came in and talk to him? I have important issues to discuss with. Mr. Hitachiin."

"The only ones referred as Mr. Hitachiin, here, are my father and my grandfather, both of which are both married so... best of luck to you, bye!"

Just as he was about to shut the door on her again, she grabbed the other side of the door knob and kept it open by pushing it towards him.

He looked down at her hands and glared, trying to push it back.

They ended up fighting over which direction the door would go. He, of course, was stronger than her so it was to his advantage, but the condensation on his hands from holding his cold glass earlier turned against him and made his hands slip from the knob.

Her voice strained. "I don't care! Just let me talk to someone with the name Hitachiin, so I can go-.. Eek!"

Still pushing, her feet slipped over the bottom door rim and she fell forward. The door hit him in the head. He exclaimed, being knocked back. He was barely stable when he opened his mouth to swear into her face, but even his words were cut off as her body crashed into him.

They both made a sound that didn't necessarily sound human as they fell to the floor with her landing on top of him.

His head luckily didn't hit anything, so his mouth could still run.

"Dammit woman! You do want my babies. Get off!"

She gasped, pulling her hair out of her face that had come undone. "I'm sorry, sir! I-... I wasn't-"

"Hikaru, why are you making so much noise? You're going to-... Oh dear god! Hikaru not on the floor! We repopulate in private!"

Hikaru just laid there as the girl straightened herself up. He looked up and saw his brother standing there above them. He glared and got up himself.

"Way to blow it, Kao."

She turned to Hikaru, her face pinched in a frown. "You're Hikaru Hitachiin?"

"The one and only." Kaoru grinned, holding his hand out to her to take. "Did my brother try to take advantage of you? Sorry, he's really nice when you get to know him."

"I bet." She mused, standing up, puling down her shirt. "I was hoping someone more rational, but considering what you're wanted for, I shouldn't have gotten my hopes so high."

Kaoru watched his brother fix his hair. "Wanted? What's he wanted for?"

"I'm sorry, that was unprofessional." She took a deep breath, picking up her file. "Mr. Hitachiin is wanted in court for a few violations. Nothing serious, but he's ignored all of his parking violations for the last two years."

Kaoru looked at his brother with his hand on his hips. "For shame, Hikaru. I told you, the blue lines are for the handicap, not for VIP parking."

"What?"

"You haven't paid for any of your tickets or violations in the last twenty-three months. You're wanted in court in two months. To be more specific, in August."

Hikaru threw his head back. "Call my lawyer."

"...I am your lawyer."

He looked back at her as if she had personal offended him. "What?"

She sighed, blinking a few times before pulling out a pile of papers out of her file. "Haruhi Fujioka. You weren't present during the last court hearing, so the court presented a lawyer for you. That's me."

Kaoru eased closer to his brother, moving his lips to his ear. Whispering. "Hika... She's a female."

"I know she's a female." Hikaru swatted him away, before returning the to her strange look. "One, I didn't know about any court hearing. Two, no one told me."

"Um... it was two weeks ago. Last Saturday."

"You're lying."

"No... I'm not."

Hikaru turned to his brother, then back at Haruhi. "...We don't allow women in this household. If you have business, contact my intern."

"Don't be silly, there's plenty of women here." Kaoru nudged his brother in the arm before locking elbows with the brunette. "Mother likes to say that women are powerful in this family. And in certain ways, they are. Come, come. We'll talk all about, Hikaru. His faults, his flaws, his type. Do you want to see his baby pictures?"

"...Um," Haruhi hesitated, being pulled by him. "I just came here for business."

"Of course, Of course, business. How about some tea?"

"Kaoru!"

"No. I really just need to-"

"Stay for dinner?"

"Well I-... No. I just need to work out some things with your brother. I don't have time for-"

"Eh, sure you do. Business and dinner. That's how the family is here most of the time anyway."

Standing in the middle of the hall, with the door still wide open, Hikaru stared at his brother, watching him practically drag the strange woman, who just suddenly decided to come, over to the main room.

His expression hardened into a firm, glare. His golden eyes darkened as he heard his brother talk to her in the distance. Obviously his brother missed the hint when he had said 'no women allowed'.

He closed his eyes and a foggy vision of long silky black hair flashed in front of him. He opened his eyes as he heard his mother squeal.

He clenched his fist.

She can't stay...

"Hika! come! Come entertain your guest!"

He grumbled, walking towards the living room.