My darlings :) It's so great to have you read yet another chapter of this wonderful story!

This one has some interesting information, but you may find it boring. Don't kill me, okay?

Just keep on hatin' Yuki ^^

Anywaaaays.

On the next chapter I plan to bring Kyoya into the story in a very interesting way ;D

Gosh, I'm so terrible!

Enjoy! :)


Kaoru

The sun was far too bright when I woke up. I felt disoriented as I sat up. Glancing about the room I shared with my brother I felt a frown work onto my face.

"Kisuru!" I searched every corner, a panic swelling in my chest. I moved to wake Hikaru, but then froze. Kisu was wrapped in Hika's arms. For some reason my mouth fell open. Slowly, I closed it. It shouldn't surprise me, should it? Hikaru was much more expressionless until it came to someone he loved.

And he truly loved Kisuru.

I was jealous of him. In truth, I loved Kisu as well. I wanted to be selfish, to take her away from him. To shove him off the bed. To yell at him 'That's my Kisuru you're holding!'. But I knew that I couldn't. All three of us had come so far. Been through so much. It wasn't like I could take my brother away from something that made him happy.

A knock came from my door, and I frowned again. "Come in." My voice was low. I didn't want to waken either of my two bed-mates.

A servant opened the door. "Master Hitachiin? There… there is someone here." His voice and face both mimicked the worry that clouded the air around us.

"If it's Tamaki tell him to come back later." That idiot.

"It's not Master Tamaki, sir. He says his name is… Tsuneo?"

I visibly bristled. How dare he come here, onto our property! "I'll see to him in the sitting room. Don't you dare make him comfortable, though. If you do, I shall see you fired!" I hadn't meant to be that rude to him, but the thought of this scum-bag in my own house make me sick.

As slow as possible, I got dressed. Kisu and Hika were both sleeping soundly. For a second, I contemplated waking Hikaru up to come with me. But then I realized he would probably kill Yuki the second they were in the same room.

I glanced to Kisu, my face softening. She looked angelic when she was fast asleep. Almost as though nothing had happened to begin with. A small smile worked its way onto my face. Our little Kisuru.

I sucked in a slow breath as I closed the door behind me. It made no noise. Good. I walked down the hallways, slow as possible again. That bastard could wait.

"Kaoru?" My mother stopped me. "Kaoru, what is it? I just came home for a minute, but I'll be leaving on another business trip I'm afraid. Is something the matter?"

"Mother," I murmured. "Do you know who is in our house at this very moment?"

She cocked her head to the side, "I heard Kisuru is here."

"Do you know of Yuki Tsuneo?"

Her look grew dark, and for a second, I honestly thought she was going to break something. "Kisu is his newest victim isn't she?"

God, did everyone know about this Yuki guy except for me?

"Yes." My mother's hands clenched at this news. I wasn't sure if I could take a step back, or give her a hug.

"Then her father…" she couldn't even finish that sentence before looking like she would hurl. "Listen. There is only one out. This may sound extremely cliché Kaoru. But either you or Hikaru must marry her. Technically, it'll mean you own her. But I'd rather see it to you two, then that bastard."

"Mother, it's up to Kisu to decide whom she will marry. But she can't at the moment. The things he did to her…"

"Why is he here?"

"If I knew, I wouldn't be having a nice little stroll admiring all the cobwebs, would I?"

She smiled at me, even though she hated my sarcastic streak. Blame it on Kisuru.

"Go get him for me son." Brushing my shoulder tenderly, she briskly walked away. The formal mother was back.

Taking a deep breath to calm my frayed nerves, I walked down the hallway and into the sitting room.

Yuki sat on a couch, pushed up on the right wall. His arms were braced against the back of it, while his one leg was crossed at the ankle onto the other.

"Well, well. Hitachiin. You came."

"You're in my house, aren't you?" The sarcastic remark came at the fly.

Tsuneo inclined his head to me, "Touché."

"What do you want? I'm in no mood to even have you in the same country as me. As far as I'm concerned, you could take a leap off a bridge, drown in the water, and get eaten by a large fish. Then I would tap dance on your coffin at your funeral." I hadn't felt so graphic in my life.

Sadly, Yuki laughed good-naturedly. "Then it's fair that I would feel the same way! But that's not why I'm here. I know Kisu is with you, and I would like her back."

That arrogant and selfish son of a bitch. "You think you can traps into my house- uninvited may I remind you- and think you can just ask for Kisu back? You're a fool, Tsuneo. Kisu will never be allowed to go back to you again."

"Allowed? What, do you really think you can control her?"

"It's not about controlling her! Kisu is her own person. A cheerful, bright, and amazing person! I wouldn't trade anything about her for the whole entire world!"

"Really?" His voice was back to being arrogant again. "You mustn't understand anything, Hitachiin. In order to have a good wife, you must keep her under control. You must make her realize that you're the only one she answers to. Any way possible." He clenched his fist, as though it was to prove his point.

"Don't think you'll ever be able to control her." I crossed my arms, now severely pissed off at this man. "No one can control Kisuru. She's one in her own. No one could ever hope to understand her. You would be the last on that list by a long shot."

Yuki stood in one fast movement, and was in front of me in another. "You will give her back to me. I own her. I signed the paperwork her father handed me. She has no one left except for me. That is how it will stay. I expect to have her back by the end of this weekend. If not, I'll be coming her to personally come pick her up."

"Fuck off. Get out of my house!" Hikaru was at the door, his face twisted in rage.

"Ah. The second Hitachiin. I suppose you know where she is, don't you?" Yuki was back to being calm.

"Get. Out. Of. My. House!" Hikaru was definitely mad.

Shrugging, Yuki followed a servant out of the room.

The two of us didn't move until he was outside.

"Is she still asleep?" My voice was quiet.

"I sure hope so. Let's walk back up. Explain to me why that guy was here."

Slowly, we made our way back to the hallway.

"He says he wants her back. That she needs to be 'controlled'. What do we do Hikaru?" My voice was soft. I began to feel like I was whining. "We can't let him get her. We just can't."

"I know." Hikaru looked straight ahead.

Knocking on our bedroom door, we entered it.

Then we froze.

"Kisuru?!" We both yelled at the same time.

The window was wide open, the curtains fluttering uselessly in the wind. Sunlight streamed onto the empty bed.

We turned to each other, our eyes wide. "She's gone!"