The ray of the sun flooded her bedroom announcing it's time to wake up. But Anna's been awake for awhile now. Actually scratch that, she never truly slept at all last night. There were moments she dosed off but they were short lived lasting no more than thirty minutes each at most. Today was the day she will be graduating summa cum laude at Keio University. Any parent would be proud, however Anna did not have any parents. They abandoned her when she was so young she could not remember their faces.

It didn't matter though because she did all this not for them, but for the family that took her in. Most of them with the exception of one particular arrogant jerk welcomed her to their home with open arms. They gave her everything she needed so she would no longer be the lonely, homeless girl living in abandon buildings. However, the main person she really wanted to be proud of her was Kino. And today Kino said she had something very important to talk to her about. She still remembered the day they met clearly.

-x-

Anna's stomach growled as she sat against the wall of the brick building, contemplating what she should do for food. It had been over three days since she last ate anything. She was so hungry, she even entertained the thought of going back to her foster parents. The moment the thought came to mind, Anna quickly shook it away. A boy she had seen around the alley walk by with his gazed fixed on something, or rather, someone. It was an old lady walking towards her car carrying a huge designer purse around her right arm. The corner of his lips curled as he continued to stare at the lady while he walked toward her direction. It didn't take a genius to know what he had in mind.

With a sigh, Anna looked around for something. Spotting an empty glass bottle, she grabbed it and quickly caught up walking behind the guy. They were only a few steps away from the old lady when the guy made a swift run to grab her purse. The whole thing couldn't have taken more than a few seconds. The guy was only able to take a total of 3 steps with the purse before being completely knocked out by the beer bottle to the back of his head. All the onlookers stared in shock while Anna walked over to the guy, picked up the purse and brought it over to the old lady.

"Here you go. You really need to be careful walking around with a nice purse like this," she said handing the purse to the smiling elderly.

"Thank you dearly. I typically don't carry something so flashy, but it was a present from my son. What's your name child?"

"My names's An..." Her stomach growled at that moment, interrupting her introduction. Her face turned a shade of red as she instinctedly rested her hand on her stomach. "Sorry, I haven't eaten in a few days."

"Oh dear, let me take you to get some dinner as a thank you for your help," the lady insisted.

Anna's usually not one to take charity, but given what happened, she felt it was well deserved. She nodded, to which the lady seemed pleased with. "What do you want to do with him?" Anne motioned to the still unconscious guy.

"Leave him to the police," she waved her hand.

They entered one of the fanciest restaurant Anna had set foot in. The hostess eyed her up and down with a frown before noticing the old lady. Her face lit up instantly as she quickly greeted her.

"Lady Asakura, we're so glad to have you." The girl greeted cheerfully. "Let me show you to your usual table."

"Thank you, dear. It will be for two tonight," the lady smiled back at the girl.

"I see..." The hostess respond uneasily. "Right this way." she directed.

Anna noticed several eyes were on her as they were being lead to their table. "They're probably not use to seeing someone like me in a place like this." Anna said and looked at her clothing. Her jeans were distressed and torn at the knees and her top was a plain black turtleneck.

"Pay no attention to them," Lady Asakura dismissed as they finally seated. She went ahead and ordered for both of them. Anna figured as hungry as she was, it didn't matter what the lady ordered. "Now tell me about yourself." Her eyes were completely focus on Anna now.

Anna wasn't sure if she should tell the lady the truth since she was underage and have ran away from her foster parent's home. She really did not want to have to go back there. She opened her mouth and intended to lie, but stopped herself after seeing how sincere the lady's eyes were. "My name is Anna. I'm actually homeless."

A worried expression appeared on the lady's face. "Why are you homeless, dear? What happened to your family?"

"I was...actually abandoned as a child," Anna responded sadly, starring at the table, her finger started tracing a circle by the small plate in front of her. "I was living with my foster parent, but my foster dad tried to beat me after he had a fight with his wife and she left. I guess I was the only one around for him to beat at the time."

"My dear, that's horrible," the lady placed her hand on top of the startled blonde girl. "Since you don't have anywhere to go, why don't you come stay with me. "

Anna was dumbfounded. Who would ask someone they just met to live with them? "I can't possibly ask you to do that," Anna pulled back her hand. Although deep down she wouldn't mind it. even if she had to help the lady out around the house, she would have a place to sleep and food to eat.

"Nonsense!" The lady responded sternly, surprising Anna. "You're not the one asking, I am. In fact I insist on it." Anna study her face for a moment. For some reason, she trusted her. Her expression slowly soften and she merely nodded in acceptance. "Good, now eat."

Some of the appetizers arrived then and Anna couldn't remember when she had a better meal.

-x-

A knock on the door brought Anna back to the present.

"Anna, are you ready?" A familiar voice asked from behind the door.

"Yes, coming." She opened the door to meet a face brighten with a contagious smile. Seeing his smile made her involuntary smile back. She took a step back and studied him for a bit. He was much taller than her, with a lean thin frame. His hair was a nice medium brown that ended right above his shoulder. He was very handsome in very sense of the word. Seeing him dressed semi formally in a button up shirt and a blazer made Anna want to just stare at him for a bit longer.

"What? Do I look funny? Should I go change?" He started to look at his arms and legs to see if there might have been something on it.

"No, it's just I'm not used to seeing you all dressed up. You look handsome, Yoh."

The guy blush at her compliment and gave a light chuckle while rubbing the back of his head. "Oh well you did pick the outfit." Yoh continued to smile as Anna turned around and walked back to get her cap and gown that laid on her bed. His eyes followed her every move as if memorized. There was a certain gracefulness to her movement. Her golden waist length hair bounced left to right as she walked and Yoh noticed for the first time just how tight and form hugging her black dress was. He was use to seeing her in a more flowing dress, but what she had on at that moment revealed every just about every curved if her body.

"Are you staring at me, Yoh?" The blonde turned her head ever so slightly that all he could see was a glint of her right eye. Yoh took a step back a little nervous.

"Oh, I didn't mean to. I was just uh…um" the guy stammered. Anna smirked slightly, grabbed her cap and gown and walked back towards the still blushing Yoh. Another figure appeared beside him just as she reached the door. Aside from the length of their hair and a certain air of complete arrogance emitting from the older of the pair, the two were identical.

"Well, well aren't you a sight," he commented. Anna didn't know what to make of his statement. From the first moment she stepped into the house, he already told her just how unworthy she was to be there. She still remembered how much he protested when Kino brought her home announcing she would be adopting Anna into the family.

-x-

"No way, where did you dig her up from grandmother?"

Anna's hand clenched into a fist. "Why that asshole," she thought to herself.

"Hao, that's pretty rude," the other boy, clearly his twin tried to calm the other one down.

"This is my decision, Hao. You have no say in this," Kino gave Hao a stern look, but he refused to back down.

"How could you soil our family name with such a lowly person. The only suitable place for her is but a lowly servant at best," the boy continued. That did it. Anna slowly walked towards him, causing him to stopped and stared at her with a confused expression. Her icy eyes alone caused chills to run down his spine. Sensing danger, his brother backed away slowly. Hao opened his mouth to say something but Anna's hand swung so quickly that he did not have chance. Her hand landed hard across his face and Hao was on the ground before he knew what hit him.

"Well, I guess I'm going back to being homeless," she thought. "Any second now," she was expecting them to kick her out of the house, maybe even call the police on her. Anna stood above the boy on the ground, daring him to say another word with her eyes. He only managed to stare back at her with complete shock on his face, unable to speak. Oh how she wanted to smack him on the other side of his face as well. Then some something unexpected happened. They weren't kicking her out, rather they were laughing, Kino's laugher being the loudest.

"Oh my. I think we've found someone who's finally able to shut this grandson of mine up." Kino walked up to them. Anna stared at the old lady, puzzled by her words. "Yoh, why don't you show Anna to her room. Use the guest room next to yours."

"Ok!" The other boy almost ran to her and grabbed her hand before she could react. Anna walked quickly after him, her head swimming with the words Kino just said.

"Her room…My room." she thought. The boy looked back and gave her a smile. It was the warmest and most sincere smile anyone had ever given her. "That was so awesome," he simply said and turned forward again to take her to the guest room, that soon became her room. It was a place she was finally able to call home.

-x-

"Hao," she said, merely acknowledging his presence. She walked right up to him and looked him in the eyes. Their eyes were locked and they stared at each other, either one refusing to back down.

"Um…are you guys going to stare at each other all morning," Yoh asked, looking back and forth between Hao and Anna.

"I just came by to tell you grandmother wanted us all for breakfast." He finally broke his gaze from Anna to walk towards the dining room. "Although," he looked back gaining both Yoh and Anna's attention. "I wouldn't mind staring at you all morning. Especially in that dress." Hao winked at Anna and continued on his way.

Anna rolled her eyes. "He's really testing me." She narrowed her eyes as Hao turned around the corner.

"Oh come on. I think he really likes you." Yoh's comment made her want to gag.

"That's disgusting," she looked at him, anger in her voice. "I don't need you to be playing match maker for me and your arrogant brother. He already has a collection of willing girls to choose from." Anna had no idea why was felt a rushed of anger. Yoh's comment sounded like he was trying to push her towards his brother. Why would he want to do that, she hate Hao's gusts. She has never made that a mystery to anyone since she became part of the family. Yoh chuckled lightheartedly and smiled at her. She loved his smile. It always made her want to smile back and she almost did, until she realized she was suppose to be mad at him.

"You're right, he does have a lot of girls. I think we should go. Grandmother Kino's probably waiting for us." Anna nodded and they walked towards the dining room together. It was at that very moment that Anna finally remembered Kino said she had something important to talk to her about. She didn't tell her what it was about. The only hint she gave was it would change her life forever. That was the reason why Anna couldn't sleep last night.

"Wonder what she wants to talk about." Anna thought to herself.