A/N: Alright! Chapter 2 for this fanfic. Thanks so much to those who reviewed and took time to read this. :D Took me and DG are trying to come up with a good chapter and luckily, SS had the strangest but brightest idea out of the three of us.
Chapter 2: Fujino, Kanzaki, and Kuga
The fujino family has its difficulties along the line of business. But they were never the middle or even the 3rd of the business chain. Even in their downs, they still belong to the high-class society. That is for the sole reason of their wit and strategies. All of them are gifted in being manipulative. Whether it be under pressure or just for fun. And with the vast connections they have, none really took the initiative to go head-to-head with them.
Kanzaki Family, a family with a long line of tradition. They live, breathe and speak of tradition. They might break some but in the end it's just another tradition being improvised as the generations goes by. All are open-minded but not all are nice to be dealing with. Power is something they have, their name (神崎) signifies both 'dark person' and 'rough deity', to which fitted their family as they are someone you should dealt with respect.
Kuga, a name that can be associated with motorbike events, motorbike racers and more importantly, the motorbike itself. The family owned a very famous motor company and their leaders are what you call modern. No traditions to follow and a few strict rules govern their business. Just like a river that flows along the current.
The three families are all connected; due to the current leaders are all friends. Ferid and Shimera Fujino, Daigo and Aria Kanzaki, and lastly, Saeko and Frederico Kuga-Searrs. Moreover, even their children are somewhat familiar with each other. Shizuru Fujino, only daughter of the Fujino family is best friends with Natsuki Kuga, the eldest of the two daughter's of the Kuga-Searrs. Reito Kanzaki is the eldest of the Kazaki siblings and because his little sister took up the last name of their mother, which is Minagi, he is automatically heir to the Kanzaki family. She is Shizuru's long time classmate aswell as vice-president during their school days and being known by Shizuru, the guy was introduced to Natsuki aswell.
Well to put the three heirs relationship to small terms, aside from being bestfriends, Shizuru is inlove with Reito while Reito only treats the two female like little sisters. Natsuki, being Shizuru's self-proclaimed knight in shining Ducati, has been inlove with Shizuru but never confessed to her and remained 'bestfriends'.
Crimson-colored eyes stared at the raven-haired male as he stood in line at the counter, awaiting his turn to order their food. She sighed dreamily, staring at his broad shoulders, breath-taking smile and handsome features as he converse with their blunette friend. She wonders when she can confess to the tall male her secret feelings and hoped that they can be more than friends instead of sibling-love as Reito calls it. Her sight turn to her other best friend who was animatedly talking to Reito. She giggled at the motion of her friend, which looked like describing her recent victory in the motogp with her hands imitating the revving of a motorbike.
"So, I cut around some drifting time and got ahead of the racer front of me and won the race! Really Reito, you should've been there! Even the old man was proud of my daredevil act." Natsuki explained, grinning widely. She's a proud racer and the current vice president of the KS Motor Corporation.
Reito scrunched Natsuki's hair, indicating that he is proud of the young blunette's achievement again. "Ohh? I apologize Nat-kun, you know how my father is when it comes to business meetings. China is a great place to visit but I bet watching you race in Greece is alot enjoyable." He flashed one of his dashing smile towards Natsuki who just punched him on the shoulder. It was quite painful but years of training to be a gentleman and bear with Natsuki's roughness has kept him from flinching.
The blunette grinned widely and nodded her head. She really admired Reito because the guy was really nice and understanding. He really felt calm and protected whenever she's with him and it was unusual since no one aside from Shizuru and her family had given her that assurance. She glanced beside her and saw the angelic brunette looking at their way, pointing at the nearing service crew of the fastfood chain they are currently having lunch at. She smiled back to her friend and turned to look at the blushing crew who had just finished taking Reito's order aswell as his debonair smile. 'So much of a silent playboy.' She noted, mentally laughing at the fact the her friend likes to tease. When it was her turn to order, she gave the crew a puppy pout, pretending to have a hard time choosing what to order. with her index finger over her over her lower lip and brows creased in distress.
The crew, hair tied up and held by a hairnet, saw the pout from the blunette and can't help but to give Natsuki a warm smile and assisted her in her order. She was rather surprised to hear the cute female order ten packs of mayonnaise for her double cheese burger meal. Her heart fluttered when Natsuki beamed her a wide smile, paying for the meal and thanking her for the assistance. the cashier gave her a small kiss on er cheek and said, "No more pouting alright little puppy?" thus making Natsuki laughed a bit and nodded her head before going back to her friends.
As she walked towards the two, carrying her own tray of food, she can't help but feel sad at how Shizuru was seated beside Reito. She knew of her friend's crush-love with the raven-haired male and she can only support her friend on it. Making every moment possible for the two to be together. She can see Shizuru's disapproving look upon her recent action and just laughed it off. She knew her friend dislike her and Reito's flirting ways, always stating it brings them more fans which accompanied by trouble.
Taking a deep breath and putting up a facade, Natsuki grinned at her friends when she got to their table. Reito was laughing with her, giving her a small pat in the back at how she got the attention of the cashier. "Ha! Two can play your game Rei-nii! i even got a kiss to prove it." Natsuki said, grinning from ear to ear.
The raven-haired male laughed a bit as he ate his hamburger. "I just gave you chance Nat-kun. next time, that kiss on your cheek will be blown away by my charisma over women." Reito said, playing along Natsuki's flirting game.
"Ara, you 'guys' should know that there is a lady dining with you? who knows, this lady might tell the whole world how much of a flirt you two knows how you two attract women trouble and it even surprise me how many Natsuki's female fans are. " Shizuru stated as she took the steaming cup of tea from the table a took a calm sip from it. the two looked at her like she had just grown another head and she raised a brow as she glance back at them. "Is there something wrong, Natsuki? Reito?" She asked the two which they shook their head in response.
"Nothing Shi-chan." 'how I wonder where she got that tea.'
"Nun 'Zuru." 'Is she a tea-goddess? tea always come popping out and her drinking it.'
The brunette smiled and again took a sip of her tea. "Good. Now go and be some good 'boys' and finish your meals before our parents catch us playing hooky. god forbid how Miss Maria has been hunting Natsuki down everyday. And for the record, it's always Natsuki's idea." Shizuru explained with a smile that made the two heirs gulp in fear.
"B-but 'Zuru! it's just once a week! And you know that i just got back from Greece after a long three months of racing. Gimme a break!" Natsuki could only whine as the crimson orbs glared at her. she pouted, her famous puppy dog pout and hoped it would work on the brunette.
Shizuru cocked a brow and saw the cuteness of Natsuki's pout. But being a mistress of deceit, she shrugged it off and looked at her coldly. "No Natsuki. Just your point, you were away for three months and the first day you came back, you dragged me and Reito away from our offices and here in this... she looked around the fastfood place, smelled the oil and soda, and cringed. "hell you called restaurant, just to skip work. I bet auntie Saeko is furious." She stated, taking another sip of her tea.
"Whoa, that's harsh Shi-chan. C'mon lighten up. we know how Natsuki worked hard in the race so give her some credit." defended Reito. He always feel like he's in the middle of a battlefield whenever Shizuru lectures Natsuki about skipping work (before was classes) and her eating habits. Which reminds him that Natsuki's burger was dripping with the stomach churning substance and hopes that his brunette friend wouldn't notice it.
"Meh~! Mom wouldn't mind. But C'mon! I won the freakin' race! Ain't that enough for me to have an excuse?" Natsuki whined again. She took a bite of her burger which made Shizuru cringe in disgust as she saw Natsuki devoured the said greasy food with added white substantial grease. Natsuki saw this and just gave Shizuru a questioning look. "What? i thought you are already used to see me eat this?" She asked, taking another bite of her burger.
Feeling the tension rise a bit, and the stares from the other diners, he felt that it is time to intervene. "Now, now Natsuki. We all know how Shizuru is just worried about your eating habits." He said with a concerned look.
"Eating habits? This is my first mayo-slathered food for the week. Mai took the liberty of banning me from anything with my beloved mayo. And to think I was half-way around the world that time." She stated with a pout.
"Oh? Mai-san was able to stop you from your mayo-addiction? Please do tell how she did it?" Reito asked, amused at the sudden revelation.
Natsuki felt an on-coming blush as she remembered a certain busty woman taking her mayo-privileges in her own 'Mai-way'. "Nothing of your concern Rei-nii." she muttered, sinking down on her seat, eating what is left of her burger.
Reito rubbed his chin in an amused manner and grinned at the blunette. "But it is 'Lupus'. You know how much Mikoto and I love her cooking. So what did she offer you to have a week on Mayo-less diet?" He tried to persuade Natsuki, even calling the female by her racer name 'Lupus'. Natsuki remained silent, blushing at the thought of how Mai has put her through the diet.
Shizuru placed the teacup down and wiped her lips gently with a tissue before standing up. When she heard that a certain fiery-haired female was able to limit Natsuki's addiction on mayonnaise was something she felt hurt about and how Reito was proudly admitting he loved the busty female's cooking. She has been lecturing the blunette of the limitation of a certain white-greasy substance but somehow it is ignored and she had cooked for the raven-haired male yet it cannot be compared to Mai.
Mai Tokiha, whom Natsuki just met some years ago, had the power she couldn't have. "Seeing Natsuki's finished with her...food? I believe we should head back to our work." She stated coldly, leaving the two behind. 'Even Reito is defending her and actually amused when Natsuki mentioned Mai. Am I that uninteresting to him?' She questioned herself as she walked passed everyone, ignoring Natsuki's continuous effort of stopping her.
"Rei-nii..."
Reito stopped on his tracks when he felt Natsuki's hand pulled him back. He looked at the frowning Kuga and smiled at her. "She's not mad don't worry. She must be tired, considering the workload she has. Give her time Nat-kun" He assured her.
The blunette nodded her head and walked towards her bike, a black Ducati Diavel, and took a wooden box from it. "Give this to Shizuru alright? Tell her you asked me to buy it in Greece as your present. I bet she'll love it." She said, shoving the box to Reito and grabbing her black helmet with a silver wolf design. She straddled her bike and turned the ignition on, revving it loudly like thunder clapping among the clouds.
The raven-haired male could only frown a bit. He knows that Natsuki has some intimate feelings over their brunette friend and he knows Shizuru has feelings for him. He has been acting as Shizuru's 'Prince Charming' ever since they were young and agreed with Natsuki playing the 'Knight in Shining Ducati' as the lone female had once said. He sighed and rubbed her temples a bit before giving his friend a smile. "As you wish Natsuki." He made his way to his own vehicle where Shizuru, who was his passenger, awaited for him.
"I hope you like this Shi-chan. I had to ask Natsuki to find it for me. So better thank her for this aswell." He said to the annoyed brunette. Handing the wooden box to Shizuru, he can see the mood of the girl had lightened up and was now smiling upon seeing what the box contained. It contained a miniature tea set, ceramic and she can tell it was hand made. Glancing up on the person who gave the gift, she hugged him as if her life depended on it. "Ookini Reito! I love it! You are so thoughtful." she thanked him, not knowing the truth behind the present.
Reito laughed a little and pushed away from Shizuru to breathe and pat Shizuru at the head. "I told you, you shouldn't thank only me. It was Natsuki who went to Greece, not me."
"Then I shall text Natsuki regarding this and forgive her about the mayo issue. Ookini Reito." she said with a slight blush, realizing she had hugged Reito.
"Alright, but call her not text. Now shall we go mi'lady and i'll take you to your company before your father let out his private army on us..." He twitched. "Again." he then walked around his car, a blue Jaguar XKR-S, and opted to make a fast drive before any of their family decides to hunt them down.
"Yo! Kuga here!" Natsuki answered her ringing cellphone which echoed throughout her room. She decided not to go to the office and went home to get some rest or kill some time by the shooting range.
"Mutt! Got the news you were back. Me and the others are planning a victory party tonight, and ofcourse you will pay half of the expense. Wanna come?" came the voice of a very enthusiastic female over the phone.
Natsuki cocked a brow, not even thinking that the caller cannot see her actions. "Why, please tell, do I need to spend for my own victory party that YOU are setting up, Nao?" she asked curiously and with a threatening intent. She can hear the nervous laughter of the said caller and the loud shuffling from the background. "Mai and Chie are with you, correct?"
"Don't ask the obvious. So you in or not? You can ask Kanzaki and that Fujino to join if you want to."
It took Natsuki a few minutes before giving the caller a positive response and ending the call.
OMAKE: World invasion
Zaki: Hey D' you wanna hear a joke?
DG: sure? This is not about the tribe and fruits is it?
Zaki: No! besides its already written as a fanfic here. this is a new one!
DG: alright, shoot!
Zaki: okay. so a certain country decided to wage war. the country leader went to Amerca, Iraq and Japan:
-JOKE START-
Country 1: Imma wage war on you! Say America how what is your army?
America: OH! We have 10,000 infantry, hundreds of tanks and not to mention the hundreds of both fighterplanes and battleships!
-Country1 escaped while America was telling their army size
Country1: America too strong, i'll try Iraq! Hey Iraq, how big is your army?
Iraq: We don't have much military facility.
Country1: (YES!)
Iraq; but we do have Antrax bombs, Scud storms, Quad cannons, a few thousand jets and the famous, angry mob. anything we can help you with?
Country1: o-ohh... nothing! -runs off- Maybe i'll try japan.
-went to japan.
Country1: Hey Japan! how big is your army?
Japan: 5
Country1: only 5?
Japan: hai!
-country1 rushed and called it's army and attacked Japan.-
Country: Go! wage war with Japan!
Japan: release the 5 machines!
-Sound of 'Borutesu Faibu no Uta' filled the area and 5 flying machines came to country1's view-
Country1: weird yet familiar. -looked at the 5 machines- O_O retreat!
-Joke End-
Zaki: so? :3
DG: that's... corny yet amusing... let's call it a 'corsing' joke?
Zaki: O_o Corsing? really now? why not call it Amurny instead?
SS: moral of the story, never let Zaki out of coffee and Dark-Gunner36 sleepless. ^w^ R&R guys?
