Author's Note: This is one of the many stories, I've decided to update, since...It was still on my mind after so long! So, yes, I'm continuing it, even though it's been like, what, two years? I did plot it out until the end, but unfortunately, everything I plotted was on my old laptop and it was lost. So I have to redo everything.

Disclaimer: I, KawaiiNurikoChan, does not own Ouran High School Host Club by Bisco Hatori, nor Ima Demo Zutto / Now and Forever by Spontania feat. Yuna Ito.

Ima Demo Zutto

Chapter Two

People chatted about what had happened. They stared where Yuri had disappeared to, before looking over at her parents. Eventually, they glanced over at Yoshio for a moment. It was an awkward moment between the two families, who had a close relationship, but their children just had a huge argument. Obviously, there's something wrong there.

"A-Ah! Please don't mind what had just happened! J-Just go on with everything else, okay?!" Miyuki stuttered, watching people slowly turn away from her.

Her eyes darkened at the sight. This wasn't looking too good. The older woman glanced at Yoshio for a moment, before they quietly began to wander off together to talk about this.

Meanwhile, inside of the house, Yuri glanced at the taller, light-haired male thoughtfully, watching press the 'End Call' button on his smartphone. They were outside of her room, talking about what had just happened for a bit, before Yukio had to take a phone call. It was just now that he finished and he had to resume his conversation with the woman before him.

"Can't believe you two dated each other," Yukio remarked, leaning on the hallway wall. "I mean, for as long as I worked with you, you seemed like you were the type to date someone more...flashy,"

The brunette rolled her eyes at him, giving a huge huff. "Rude," she grumbled.

"Just sayin'," he smirked. "Then again, his current girlfriend is a looker. If she wasn't so witty, I would've went after her myself. You know, it's a good thing that you didn't get into a cat fight with her,"

Biting her lip, Yuri took a deep breath, and nodded. He sounded to be about right. However, she did feel a bit bitter. She literally embarrassed herself by pouring out her feelings to her ex, who looked like he wasn't even interested anymore. She was already better off being alone for the rest of the life, for all she cared.

"Yukio-san, it's all good. Looks like I'm going to be busy to even think about love, so don't worry about me," she nodded.

"Well, if you need me, you can call me okay?" Yukio nodded. "I have to head out since I have to deal with some stuff at the home office,"

The woman nodded towards him, as they gave each other a friendly hug and went their separate ways for now. Yukio had to go back to the front entrance, while Yuri went to fix her messy appearance. As the male wandered down the stairs, his eyes looked up to see Kyouya and Ren emerging from down the first floor hallways, giving them a curt nod.

"Oh, Mizushima-san," Ren muttered. "Where did you come from?"

"Harada-chan's room," he replied, fixing his hair. "We were 'talking' about stuff, but I needed to head out for some business. I'll see you,"

Watching Yukio head out the door, the couple stared at the man's back in suspicion. Apparently, he made it sound a bit lewd for their tastes. Obviously they didn't see Yuri coming down the stairs for a while, so they assumed that they did something bad up there. Although Ren didn't like the tone of Yukio's voice, something simply urked Kyouya about what Yukio had said.

"That idiot is getting played by him," he muttered.

"Did you say something, Kyouya-kun?" his girlfriend questioned, watching the former Host shake his head.

"That's where you were! I was worried about you!"

The smiling Miyuki hugged her daughter tightly, while Yuri smiled nervously. Averting her gaze, the younger Harada slowly pulled away from her mother and whispered into her mother's ear. A surprised Miyuki looked at her daughter, before quickly hurrying off to get her husband. The three of them had a small talk before Yuri nodded at her mother with a grim look on her face.

"It's what I want. Don't worry," Yuri muttered.

"But, Yuri-cha-"

"It's for the best, Miyuki," her father objected, patting his wife in the shoulder. "Besides, the Mizushima family knows about this already,"

With the live band still playing, Yuri had to wait until the song finished to politely interrupt. She grabbed the microphone and stepped on the small stage, formulating the right words to say. Some people shifted their attention to her, immediately making her freeze up on the spot. A huge lump formed in her throat, making her face look a bit uncomfortable.

"A-ah. Uhm, thank you for coming tonight everyone! I'm actually here right now to make a formal announcement that my parents and I have come to a decision to quite recently..."

Eyes staring at her, people gossiping about the 'news' that she might bring forth...Was she ready? Yuri searched the crowd for Kyouya and Ren, hoping to see their reactions. This somewhat involved them after all.

"I, Harada Yuri, youngest daughter of Miyuki and Naoki, will take over as Vice President of my family's company, ACE*SO. Also, we have formed a partnership with the Mizushima family for an upcoming project that is currently being developed as well. Please, continue to support me, my family, and the Mizushima family as we go through this special project. Thank you!"

"...What happened with Miyuki-san?" "Is she retiring?" "Is that why Yuri-san with the Mizushima's boy earlier?" "They might have a 'special' relationship, that's why they're doing that project,"

The heiress quickly walked down from the stage and walked past the people who were still looking at her. She was trying to avoid their looks, hopefully trying to give herself a moment to take a breather from doing this. Passing by Kyouya, noticing that he was alone this time. She stopped and gave him a forced smug look, while he kept a calm look...A look that irritated her.

"What are you plotting?"

"Competition." Yuri emphasized. "May the best family win, Ootori-kun," she smiled.

"But, of course," Kyouya said, mirroring the smile back at her.

As she walked away from him, there was a grim look forming on their faces. They weren't looking happy over the output of what was going on. Rather, they knew this was coming. For now, they had to wait. Wait to see who was going to win. Though, a painful look was on Yuri's face as she went back inside the mansion. She didn't want to do this, but she had to call onto some desperate measures.