SailorStar9: Figured was about time I updated. Anyway, this is Chapter 2 of this fic. Read and review.
Disclaimers: I own nothing, except the pairing, I think.
Chapter 2: The Truth about Ami
In the limousine, the four sat in silence until Akira opened his mouth.
"Ne Frostbite." He began, turning his attention to the blue-haired girl.
"Yes Kira-nii?" Ami asked.
"What made you change your mind?" Akira asked.
Ami looked at him.
"Do you really want to know?" she inquired.
Akira nodded mutely.
Ami sighed and replied, "Remember grandfather's famous saying, 'You can't be too soft lest someone steps over you'?"
The three nodded.
"Let's just say I learnt that the hard way." Ami replied.
"How so?" Soijiro asked.
Ami turned a stone look at him, "Don't ask."
Soijiro nodded silently and shut his mouth.
"It is safe to assume that you would be returning to Hirizawa-sama's place, miss?" Harold, the driver, inquired.
"Yes." Ami replied.
The other three gasped in realization.
"Ami, you don't mean…" Akira stammered.
"Yes, I'm ready to take on grandfather's proposal." Ami nodded, as the driver and steered to the direction of Hiiragizawa Hiiro's mansion.
Hiiragizawa Hiiro is the wealthiest oil and mining tycoon in Japan, and possibly, the whole world, and Ami was his paternal granddaughter and he had named her his sole heir. In fact, it was Hiiragizawa Hiiro who laid the foundation of the four families: the Domyojis, the Hanazawas, the Mimasakas and the Nishikados.
Ami's father had straight out refused to take over his father's businesses and had insisted on striking it out on his own. The elder Hiiragizawa had long given up on his only son and had turned his focus on his granddaughter. Ami's mother, an unknown medical intern when Ami was born, decided to focus her attention on her job and Ami's childhood was spent within the Hiiragizawa household.
When Ami came to age and her mother's career had stabilized, the elder Mizuno had taken her daughter back and the mother-daughter pair moved to Tokyo, where Mizuno Saeko had insisted that her daughter take her maiden name, and thus cutting all ties with the Hiiragizawa family.
But unknown to Mizuno Saeko, the time Ami had spent within the Hiiragizawa household, had led the young girl to learn more about the trades of her grandfather, and thus, making her the most appropriate to be his heir.
Unfortunately for the girls she left behind in Juuban, Hiiragizawa Ami had the power to destroy them, both financially and emotionally.
"Ami." The aged Hiiragizawa's gruff voice greeted his granddaughter some four hours later.
"Hai, grandfather." Ami replied.
"I assume you agree to my terms." The elder Hiiragizawa added.
"Hai." Ami answered.
"Good." The elder Hiiragizawa nodded.
"Grandfather." Ami began.
The aged Hiiragizawa turned his chair around and faced his granddaughter.
"May I request that I take over a couple of your investments for a start?" she asked.
Hiiragizawa Hiiro nodded, "You have my approval, but which investments are you interested in?"
"Kido Publications, Juuban Apartments, Bright Star Artistes, World Sky Racers and Deep Ocean Records." Ami replied.
Hiiragizawa Hiiro raised a silver-white brow, "Those are rather small investments. Why the sudden interest?"
"As I've said, grandfather, it is a start." Ami replied.
The elder Hiiragizawa nodded, "Granted."
Ami smiled in response and headed out of the office, a small satisfied smirk on her face.
SailorStar9: Well, that's it for now anyway. Read and review.