Atobe Keigo, the eighteen year old purple haired heir to Atobe Corporations, one of the richest companies in Japan, the only son of Atobe Kazuki and his wife Atobe Shiori nee Ryuuzuki strode into the family study depressed without his constant companion Kabaji or his younger imouto Sakuno.

Glancing at the mahogany desk that sat in the study for as long as Keigo had been alive, he remembered his childhood with his only sister Atobe Sakuno or as he liked to think of her, the auburn haired menace that he loved to pieces, before that bastard destroyed the woman she was growing to be.

**FLASHBACK**

Keigo and his father were talking in this study about Keigo's day at school, with Keigo in his father's lap sitting behind that exact desk. They had just started talking about when his father had met his mother and when he had known that she was the right woman for him, the next Atobe Matriarch. BANG

The door slammed open. In the doorway stood the twin braided, auburn haired seven year old Sakuno, grinning at them.

"Oto-san, kaa-san you had to read me a story."

Oto-san had winked at him, before telling Sakuno that yes he would read her a story if she could get the book down off the shelf.

Sakuno had nodded.

"Hai" she said before running over to the mahogany shelves that reached from the floor to the ceiling. The book was on the middle shelve above Sakuno's head, to get it she had to use the ladder which was at the other side of the shelves. She had looked at the book with an intense look of determination, and then she jumped at the book. No she couldn't reach it that way. She then looked at the ladder and went "aha, I've got you now Mr Book"

Keigo and his father grinned at each other knowing that she couldn't move the ladder alone. Keigo had watched her struggle for a few minutes before he remembered that as her older brother he should help his younger imouto. He had then hopped off his father's lap and helped her push the ladder to the book she wanted.

"Don't worry Hime-chan I'll help you get the book you wanted"

Keigo then helped her climb up the ladder to the book. When she had grabbed the book, they both headed for Oto-san's lap and climbed in. After watching Keigo help his sister, oto-san had had a look of immense pride on his face. Oto-san then smirked at him and said to Sakuno "Aren't you lucky that your kind Onii-Chan helped you get the book?"

"Hai Oto-san" she had replied "I'm very lucky in having Onii-Chan as my aniki. I know that he will always be there for me and I love him for that."

Keigo had grinned at her before kissing her cheek saying "I love you too imouto. Keigo had promised himself that he would always be there for her.

**FLASHBACK ENDS**

(Extra Information: The memory had occurred seven years ago, when Keigo was nine years old and Sakuno had been seven. Kabaji had not been there because he had not meet Keigo yet they would meet the next year in Europe on holiday and Kabaji would follow him back to Japan and adopt Sakuno as his little sister.)

Keigo grinned a normal grin not his arrogant I'm better than you grin or his Ore-sama grin as he remembered how happy he was to hear that his little sister loved him. Ever since then he had honoured his promise by watching after her and he had kept her from heartbreak until that bastard came. Now he had to watch her grow up and fall in love and marry then someone else will be protecting her, but until then he vowed that no-one else will ever hurt my imouto.

He frowned, thinking about the incident that had caused his sister to change from the happy, bubbly girl she was into the shy girl she is now. The only time she acted like she used to, was when she was alone with family, after the incident with the bastard she didn't trust anyone not to hurt her romantically.

RING RING (came from the cell phone on the desk) RING RING

The call interrupted Keigo from his reverie about his sister. Keigo picked up the phone.

"Ohayo Atobe Keigo speaking"

"Ohayo Kei-chan" came a soft voice through the speaker, Keigo winced at the nickname.

"Kaa-san, I asked you not to call me that, my name is Keigo. K-E-I-G-O." he replied grumpily.

"Yes Anata, you don't want to embarrass you son now do you? Teased a loud voice through the speaker phone." Don't you know our only son is growing up?" The voice mocked cried in dismay.

Keigo walked towards the window as his mother and father argued about their children being old enough to deny a mother nickname for her only son.

"Oto-san can't you act your age" Keigo said trying to stop his parents mock fighting about their children growing up and moving away from them.

"Umm Kaa-san Oto-san is there a reason why I made Sa-Chan go on vacation, when she clearly didn't want to?" Keigo asked starring out the window wondering aloud why he had to basically force his imouto out the door and into the car which would transfer her to their country home.

Keigo heard his parents take a deep breath over the speaker phone and could only just image them exchanging looks.

"Keigo" his mother's voice said softly "you might want to sit down for this" Keigo gulped, the fact that his mother had called him by his name meant this was serious.

"Alright I'm sitting"

10 MINUTES LATER

"AHHHHHH" All staff members of the Atobe house within 100metres of the young heir automatically retreated to the kitchen where it was safe, knowing the heir's temper where it came to his imouto and her safety.

Keigo sat in the chair by his father's desk, breathing deeply, counting to ten, trying to remain calm. One breath, two breath, three- ahh Screw it he thought before yelling into the phone "what do you mean that bastard is back. Sakuno is already withdrawn enough from who she used to be, I don't want her to withdrawn anymore if she does then she would then be invisible."

"Sakuno is already on her way to the vacation house. She is protected" his father's voice snapped breaking through Keigo's rant.

"Atobe Keigo. You will speak more politely to your mother and me. We have your best interests at heart." Keigo's father snapped irritably "so shut up and listen to your mother."

Keigo's mother began speaking, "Keigo dear we know how hard it is for you to not attack that man, and how protective you are of Sakuno. But you have to listen before judging."

"Hai Kaa-san, Gomen Oto-san, Kaa-san" he muttered moving around on his chair to be comfortable.

"Good, now first things first. Yes that bastard…."

"Antana" Keigo's mother said warningly, "you watch your mouth around the children" Keigo grinned at his father's misfortune to be caught swearing by his wife, and how quickly the CEO of Atobe Corporation cowered before his wife.

"That man then" Keigo's dad grumbled obviously annoyed at not being able to use the correct language to refer to the man. "Is in Japan. Secondly for no reason are you to interact with him especially if Sakuno is there. We have a plan."

After hearing about the plan, Keigo said "Gomen" to his parents, knowing exactly where he got his sneaky, cunning nature from as well as his pride and expectations. "But what does that have to do with Sakuno being sent to the country while that bastard is in Tokyo?" he asked confused. "That bastard could hurt her"

"The reason that we got you to send Sakuno to the country house is so that if that man does come to our house she wouldn't run into him. We decided it would be better to send her away in hiding to allow her to be herself again before we let her face her demons or In this case the bastard." His mother replied.

"Also," his father's voice added. "We want Sakuno to return to that cheerful, enthusiastic girl who doesn't fear anyone or anything instead of that timid shy version we now have.

His mother's voice continued "We want out daughter back and we thought that you would want your sister back, so I talked to a friend of mine Fujiwara Michiko wife of the Fujiwara CEO Fujiwara Daisuke, she suggested that we send her to our country house, where she has always been completely safe until her vacation ends and let her eldest son the tensai Fuji Syusuke unknowingly restore her faith in romance, while she restores his belief in the good of people."

Keigo wrinkled his nose at the name Fuji Syusuke and said "in other words you are match making my little imouto with the ever sadistic tensai Fuji Syusuke in the hopes that Sakuno become herself again or that they fall in love and merge the companies"

"Exactly" his mother's voice replied cheerfully.

Keigo looked at the speaker phone and gave a heartfelt groan.

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