A/N: Sorry for the delay again, I have been slammed by ongoing projects and work from my core classes. Things will calm down after this week and then I can update more regularly.

In the last chapter, I asked you to guess where the names of Tokiya's parents come from, I forgot to mention that it's for this chapter, not last chapter since I didn't mention their names.

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Disclaimer: Do I really have to say it? Utapri= Not mine.

Suddenly, Haruka's head whipped around as she heard Kotomi screech, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU WANTED A NEW GENERATION OF IDOLS!?"

Shining put his hands up in a helpless gesture of defense as his former lover screamed at him furiously.

"WHAT KIND OF A FAKE EXCUSE IS THAT!?" she shrieked. "Oh! I can't believe you sometimes! What the hell were you thinking?!"

Cecil put a soothing hand on her back and gently began, "Mom, it's alright, really."

"No, Cecil, it's not alright. Just look at the poor girl. Ten babies is way to much for anyone. Having you was hard enough on me. I can't believe you didn't kill him. This is not right, Mitsuo!"

"But, Mom, we all love her, and she loves us."

Now Tokiya's mother joined the fray. "My son will have no part in this catastrophe! Tokiya, let's go, we're leaving."

"Rima, dear, calm down. Tokiya is a grown man, we can't force him to leave if he doesn't want to."

"Ichinose Nagihiko, be quiet. Tokiya, come here, now." Rima had put her hands on her hips and was staring up at her son with narrowed eyes.

Tokiya gazed back at her, seemingly unfazed. "No," he said evenly.

Rima errupted, "What do you mean 'no'? You can't really want to be part of this train wreck!"

Meanwhile, Masaomi was grilling his own son...

"I warned you not to go to that useless musical school. You are my heir, carry yourself with some dignity! We are leaving now and you will never look back on this incident."

Noriko, Masato's mother, put a soothing hand on her husband's arm. "Darling, calm down. Masato is happy, that is what matters most. You are nowhere near retirement, and he is a grown man, you cannot force him to do anything."

"If you want to stay here with that slut and be a little sissy boy, then you can do it without my support. You are dead to me," Masaomi spat.

Something snapped in Masato and he suddenly found his fist slamming into his father's jaw. "Never insult Haruka again," he said dangerously. "She is the light in this world, if you can't see that, then you are the one who is dead to me. Take your blood money and kindly extricate yourself from my life, permanently," he spat back at his father.

Masaomi looked down at his son in shock, his silver eyes locking with his son's blue ones. Noriko gasped, her own sapphire orbs widening in shock. Masaomi wiped away some blood that was staining his mouth. Then, he did something unexpected, he chuckled. "Nicely done, son. Forgive my harshness, but I needed to make sure you really loved this girl. You just stood up to me for the first time in your life, for that, I give you my blessing in this odd relationship, but our discussion about taking over the business is not over."

Masato was surprised, but still not quite pleased. "If you ever insult her again, I will have no qualms breaking every bone in your body."

Noriko laughed uneasily, trying to diffuse the tension, but failing miserable. Mai hugged her older brother and pulled him away from their father, closer to Haruka who was now talking to Natsuki's mother.

"Oh, Naa-chan, she's so cute! She looks just like Elizabeth!" Lulu said enthusiastically, a slight Nagoya accent evident in her voice.

"I know! That's what I said when I first met her!" Natsuki and his mother laughed and they both hugged Haruka.

Suddenly, there was a new man in the doorway. "Sorry I'm late," he called as he fixed his golden blonde hair, ruby eyes looking apologetic and frazzled. "My plane from Okinawa just got in, and- LULU!"

"Tadase," Lulu's kind green eyes suddenly hardened as she faced the man in the doorway. "What are you doing here?"

"I came to see my son."

"Well he's not yours, he's mine. You were never there for us, you left us in France, so you have no right to see him."

"Lulu, you know I was not the right fit for that lifestyle, I'm not cut out to be nobility, I'm just an average guy from Okinawa, not an aristocrat like you."

Lulu glared at him and muttered something in French as she crossed her arms, looking like she was biting back saying something worse.

Natsuki glanced between his parents and sighed. "Please don't do this today. Today is about meeting Haruka and talking about the future, not the past. What happened is done with, can you two please get along for my sake?"

Lulu sighed, the fight leaving her. "Anything for you, Sweetheart."

Tadase visibly relaxed.

"What did you mean about aristocrats?" Cecil asked Lulu.

"Oh, Naa-chan never told you? I am actually in charge of the Montesquieu Estates as the Viscountess of the Sault area (A/N: real place in France, but probably doesn't actually have nobility) at the base of Mont Ventoux. That's where he grew up."

Syo gaped at his best friend. "You told me that you grew up in the French countryside, yet you conveniently forgot to mention that you are a viscount!"

Natsuki smiled innocently at his friend, rubbing the back of his head as if to say, "I don't know what you're talking about."

Sohrab looked at Natsuki in a new light, muttering something about a worthy adversary.

Tadase looked over at Haruka who was currently being hugged from behind by Natsuki. Natsuki regarded his father carefully, with wary eyes that had a slight Satsuki-like edge.

The older blonde was dressed in a casual business suit, looking like he had just come from an office, but his rough hands and tanned skin revealed his vocation to be more labor intensive.

Tadase extended a hand to Haruka. "Thank you for being with my son."

"Father, she didn't just choose me...," Natsuki started.

Tadase cut his son off though by saying, "I know. Natsuki, I work for Saotome-san. I arrived late because I was finishing the construction of your new vacation house in California. I was already informed of the situation. You don't have to worry, I understand that your love is true. Take care of her, Son."

Lulu looked at Tadase with grudging respect for caring about their son.

Tadase continued, "I have been working for the Saotome Agency since you began attending the Academy. I never stopped watching over you. Never."

Tadase reached out slowly toward his son who promptly engulfed him in a tight hug. "I love you, Papa." Tadase nearly cried in relief at his son's affectionate labeling of 'Papa'.

"I love you so much Natsuki. Your mother and I may not have worked out, but I'm sorry you got caught in the crossfire."

Tadase pulled away slowly and faced Haruka. "Thank you for everything. Making him whole, loving him, and going through with the pregnancy." Haruka gasped at his knowledge of Natsuki's split personalties becoming whole. They hadn't told anyone and she was not even aware that Shining had known about Satsuki in the first place.

As she opened her mouth to inquire about that, she was suddenly swarmed by another energetic family, the Kurusus. Syo wrapped his arms around her protectively. "Haruka, whatever you do, don't talk to them! They will rot your mind and slowly drive you insane!"

"Oy! Onii-chan is so mean!" Kaoru fake cried as he exclaimed this. "And here I came all this way to congratulate you and see the mother of my new niece or nephew." Here he unleashed a great sigh of depression.

"How could you have known that!" Syo cried in frustration. "You guys just found that out after we announced it five minutes ago!"

Syo growled at his brothers display, but he was caught off guard by his parents looking at him with sad puppy-dog eyes. "Syo-chan," they chorused. Haruka giggled as Syo swatted his father's head, chestnut bangs sweeping to the side. His mother looked up at him with innocent silver eyes, her long blonde hair draping across narrow shoulders. His father's kind cerulean eyes seemed to be laughing at his elder son.

While Syo was once more occupied by Kaoru, Yuki swept gracefully toward Haruka while her husband, Kaname, followed closely. "We would like to congratulate you for the babies. You are the most important person to our Syo-chan, please take care of him. If you ever need anything, please don't hesitate to ask," Yuki informed Haruka. Kaname nodded to signify his agreement.

Haruka was getting tired of standing, so she wandered over to sit on the sofa beside Ren who was calmly discussing matters with his brothers. When she sat beside her lover, his second eldest brother bowed before her, bringing her delicate hand gracefully to his lips. "It is an honor to meet you, Lady Haruka. My name is Jinguji Kenji, I hope my idiot younger brother has not caused you too much trouble over the years. "

As Kenji ranted, Ren stood up briskly and slapped his brother on the back of the head, forcing him to face-plant on the plush couch cushions. Seiichiro laughed at his younger brothers' antics. As Ren and Kenji acted like five-year-olds, Seiichiro approached the young lady who had captured so many hearts.

"You have done so much to help Ren over the years. It is my hope that you may continue to do so. If you need the assistance of our family, I will support you. Please look after my brother, he should always have that shining smile."

"Of course, and it is nice to see you again, Jinguji-san," Haruka continued politely.

"Please call me Seiichiro, we're family now."

Kenji paused his fight with Ren. "And you can call me Kenji, Madame."

Ren pushed Kenji away. "That's enough out of you. My apologies, Haruka. There was a reason you only met Kenji today."

Haruka laughed as Ren straightened his hair and let out a deep sigh. "It's quite alright, your brothers are wonderful." Ren looked surprised by her enthusiasm.

Back to Tokiya...

"Rima, please stop it, you don't even know the girl. She could be wonderful, you have to give her a chance," Nagihiko pleaded on behalf of their son.

After a half an hour of fighting and getting nowhere, Rima gave in with a sigh. "Fine, I'll talk to the girl and see how well-suited she is for Tokiya. After what happened to Ikuto, I don't want him to get hurt too." At the mention of her elder son, Rima's eyes began to well up with tears.

Tokiya looked down at the floor, shoulders tense and fists clenched. Regret for getting his mother so worked up resounded within him. Haruka's slender arms wrapped around him as she soothed, "It's alright Tokiya, I'm here."

Tokiya collapsed on a couch across from his parents. Nagihiko was holding Rima's hand reassuringly. Haruka sat beside Tokiya and his fingers intertwined with hers. "I actually did have a twin brother named Ikuto, before I met you. When we were young, he was my best friend, he kept me light-hearted and he stopped me from being too serious. But, before Saotome Academy, we were on our way home from one of my jobs as HAYATO. He was depressed because his girlfriend had cheated on him with his best friend, me. We were barely speaking at that point, him having just found out while on set with me. I felt terrible because I didn't even know they were dating. He had walked into my dressing room, ready to tell me about his amazing new girlfriend, Saaya, but instead he found her making out with me." Here Tokiya made a sound of absolute disgust and contempt at himself. "She had played both of us, but he was too broken to hear anything, not that I offered much. When we were about twenty-minutes from home, we were ambushed by a gang of thugs who were looking for money."

Tokiya's eyes began to well, but he continued on with the story. "They had guns, and after they took all of our cash, they pointed the guns at us. I heard the shot ring out, but instead of feeling a searing pain, I felt Ikuto's body land on me. I screamed at the top of my lungs as the thugs ran away. Ikuto looked at me, pain clouding his eyes. I had looked at him and asked, 'Why?', he just looked at me with eyes full of love, 'Because no matter what happens, you are always my number one, my best friend, my partner in crime. I just wish I had longer with you.' I looked down at him and said, 'You're going to be alright. You have to be alright, okay? You can't leave me here alone. Please, Ikuto.'" Tokiya's voice broke on a sob. "But he just looked at me grimly, his blood covering both of us now. By the time the cops got there, he was already gone. It took three men to pull me away from him. I refused to believe he could be dead. Within a week they had caught the men responsible, but it wasn't enough. The following month, I had gone out in my car, driving too fast in a sad attempt to feel something other than emptiness, but instead of that, I almost met my own death. Going 100 KM/H, I got distracted and hit a tree, I was hospitalized for a while, struggling to find myself again, to be someone without him."

Tokiya paused and looked at Haruka who was sobbing empathetically for his tale. "For a while I pretended I was okay, but you were the one who really saved me. You reminded me of who I was and who I could be. I felt that just maybe, with you, everything would be alright again. I love you so much Haruka. Thank you for being in my life." Now Tokiya looked at his mother who was sobbing as well. "Mother, Haruka has saved me. These last few years, I have only been able to be myself again because she was here for me. Without her, I would still be like I was back then. Please let us be together, Mother."

Rima looked at Haruka, her eyes were no longer as hard as they had been. "She's not cheating on me with the others, she is saving all of us. I love her despite everything, or maybe because of everything that has happened. I never want to be with anyone but her," Tokiya finished resolutely.

"Ichinose-san," Haruka addressed Tokiya's mother, "No one should have to go through what you went through. I'm sorry sorry for your loss, but please let Tokiya stay with me, stay with us. I love him and I always want to hear his wonderful voice singing for the world to hear. Your son is one of my best friends and he is a wonderful man with a bright future. I hope that you may understand the happiness he brings to others and the importance he has to us all," here Haruka gestured around the room to the other members of STARISH, Shining, the teachers, and QUARTET NIGHT who were all looking affectionately at Haruka and Tokiya. "I hope that if not now, then someday we can be friends."

Rima's face was hidden by her hair when she stood. She walked over to Haruka and pulled the slightly taller woman into a hug. Rima cried as she talked and Haruka rubbed her back soothingly. "I'm sorry for trying to judge you before knowing you. I just didn't want Tokiya to get hurt too. After losing Ikuto, things have been tense between us all. I'm glad to see that my worries were for nothing. You are a wonderful young woman, please continue look after Tokiya."

"Shh. It's alright. It's okay now, we're all here for you. If you need us, we'll be here for you, Ichinose-san."

Rima looked up at Haruka. "And if you ever need us, we'll be here for you."

"Oh, I almost forgot, here," Haruka smiled, handing Rima an ultra-sound picture.

Rima gasped, "Oh my goodness, they're so beautiful." Rima glanced between Haruka's midsection and the sonogram. "Hello my beautiful grand-babies, your Grandma and Grandpa are here. You all will have the most amazing parents, all eight of them. Soon enough I'll get to meet you guys, and I want to be there for you every step of the way."

The guys passed out the extra sonograms Dr. Hihara had given them to the rest of the crowd.

"This is so touching," Reiji cried in the corner, holding his own copy of the black and white picture.

Ranmaru hit him over the head, but as he went to scold the older man who acted like a child, his attention landed on a very attractive person just across the room. The person saw him gawking and gave a sly wink. Ranmaru blushed and made his way through the crowds. Icy blue eyes enchanted the rock artist. From behind, Reiji smirked knowingly. Ranmaru continued his slow approach and, in turn, the blue-eyed charmer advanced toward him.

"When did you get here?" Ranmaru asked, dumbfounded.

"I'm just as surprised to see you here, Darling."

"Shh! Not in front of people!" Ranmaru hissed, a faint blush adorning his cheeks.

"I'd rather listen to that sort of command in the bedroom," Kaito winked at his boyfriend. Yes people, Haruka's older brother and Kurosaki Ranmaru are boyfriends. They met a little over a year ago at a rock concert in Germany. They had exchanged numbers at the time, and after returning to Japan, they had kept in contact and they had been going out happily for six months now even though Ranmaru was a bit shy about being openly gay.

"You're in an unusually good mood, aren't you," Ranmaru stated.

"Well now I get to see these guys squirm as they explain to their families. It was less fun when Haruka had to explain to us."

"Now there's the sadist I know," Ranmaru laughed to himself.

Kaito looked up at his boyfriend with a sudden seriousness. "You know, my family already knows that I'm gay, and no one's opinion really matters, we should just come out. Right now."

"Now? I think this is a little sudden."

"Really," Reiji butted in, "I was rooting for you guys, you're so cute together! Com on Ran-Ran!"

Ranmaru sighed as his boyfriend and his bandmate urged him to tell. "Alright, but what if they take it badly?"

"After everyone in this room agreed to letting Nanami be in a relationship with seven different men, I highly doubt they will object to a relationship between two men," Ai informed.

Ranmaru jumped, "Where the hell did you come from!?" he shouted at his youngest bandmate.

"I agree, there should not be a problem with you relationship in the eyes of these peasants and few nobles," Camus added thoughtfully.

"Alright, alright. Let's do this," Ranmaru conceded.

Kaito stood up in front of the large television as he declaimed, "Attention please, we have an announcement to make!" The assembled people listened curiously. Kaito pulled Ranmaru up beside him. "My boyfriend, Ranmaru, and I would like to announce our six month anniversary."

The crowd froze, comprehending what they had just said. Haruka was the first to speak, "Congratulations! I wish you both happiness!" Soon the whole room seemed to come back to life as cheers and whistles rang out from the people gathered around.

Ranmaru sighed in relief, letting out a breath he didn't know he had been holding. Reiji flashed a grin at the couple and Ranmaru mouthed a 'thank you'.

After a short time longer of mingling, Reiji and Ren emerged from the kitchen to announce that dinner was ready. The two chefs had outdone themselves, preparing enough food for all thirty-six people. They had curry, hot pot, takoyaki, yakisoba, sushi, and (as a joke aimed at Cecil) pizza.

The large family(?) gathered around the extensive oak table that ran through the dining room. At the head was Shining with Sohrab at the other end. When the meal was over, everyone retired to the various rooms around the house.

After Kotomi was asleep beside him, Sohrab withdrew his cell phone (yes he has one) and sent one word to an unknown number, "NOW." As soon as he hit the button, he placed a gas mask over his face.

Within moments, he could hear the faint noise of the villa's ventilation system activating and an odorless gas spread through the house.

In her room, Haruka was laying down with Tokiya curled up on her lap. She ran her fingers absently through his beautiful blue locks with one hand while the other wrote down a new melody that had come to mind after dinner.

She suddenly found her eyes becoming heavy and her throat became dry. "Wha-?" She didn't get to finish her inquiry before she passed out on the bed. Tokiya jumped up, startled by her fainting. At the doorframe, Cecil collapsed, his own eyes beginning to close. Tokiya looked at him, his own throat becoming as dry as a desert.

Cecil croaked, "Damn that old bastard," just before he collapsed. Tokiya fell to his knees, unable to fight the urge to sleep.

A/N: Thanks for reading! Again, I'm so sorry for the delay in updating. Remember the first person to tell me where Tokiya's parents names are from gets to name one of his future children. If you tell me where Syo's parents are from you can name the child of either Tomo-chan and Kei or Kaito and Ranmaru. The same goes for if you tell me where I got the names for Natsuki's parents. Please review and all that great stuff. Thank you guys so much for your continued support!

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