-Beginnings: Part 6-

Moscow Russia, in a large mansion a man with pepper and salt hair and violet eyes stared at the young white-haired man with red eyes who walked into the home office. Surprise played across the man's face while the young man showed no emotions at all. Yet the young man's eyes trailed across the bookshelves, which held lots of books on many subjects, so many subjects that one would think this man had a wide interest but the truth was that was far from the case. Business, money, women, killing these were the things that were high on his list of interest. Women and business being the hobbies in all honestly, yet killing was the one thing that made the man sitting in that chair truly feel alive.

Vas smiled as he sat the newspaper down, there was a warmth in that smile and in those eyes, one not many people ever saw. "Tomi you're home."

Tomi moved further into the room laying across the chair his head on the one armrest and a leg draped over the other. "I was bored."

Vas leaned back in his chair watching the young man in front of him "And what would you like me to do about that?"

"Ah, Father. Your idea of fixing my boredom only makes me more bored." Tomi looked at him slightly before draping an arm over his face "I did not miss the fact that Uncle Boris in Japan. Has business been so well for the family to spread to Japan? If it has I would be very interested in how you managed to do that."

"How did you find out about Boris?" There was no anger in his voice but a hint of surprise that it had leaked out at all.

Tomi lifted his arm slightly to look at his father, "I'm easily bored, not stupid."

Vas seemed to accept this as he nodded his head, "You were part of that Bakkin Hana for some time. Did you find him?"

"No. I don't think he's working in that location anymore." Vas was unsure if his son was annoyed at this fact. It was hard to read the young man in front of him but that didn't mean he didn't attempt to do so. He just didn't have the skills.

"Shame… I'll see if I can't figure out where he is next." Vas eyes turned towards his newspaper as he trailed a finger across a few lines of text.

"Hm," Tomi armed moved from his eyes which seemed to glow slightly as he stared at the ceiling.

Images flashed through my mind my father forgotten in the background as I allowed them to wash over me. The traffic video that played, the woman screaming at someone unseen in the distance. Ah but I know who it was, don't I? Kuon… and the man on the ground his dear Rick and the woman holding his broken and dead body Tina. I didn't care about those two though. Rick, I did like, care is too strong a world. I only knew of the man because I had taken an interested in the boy. Rick became interested only because of how he tried to help Kuon. I wanted to see how it would play out. Rage filled my mind at the driver… the man in the pick-up truck. How dare he mess up my entertainment. To drive off… ah, but I got a look at him. I have a rough idea of who I am looking for, but he's a tricky little shit. True the hit and run wasn't something plan. Oh no, he was doing something prior to that, something he shouldn't have been doing. He screwed up… but still, he has skills. Yes, he joined a family that works out in Japan now. Yet how long before he moved from that family to find a new family somewhere else? Who is feeding him information… is there a leak? Gritting my teeth I let out a sigh time… time. Just a matter of time.

"Take yourself in your own hands" her voice echoed in my mind.

'How my little Hana? I'm so easily bored… there is so little that keeps me interested. I once thought I had something in my grasp but it was stolen from me. He was broken... and he's running and hiding.' My eyes trailed back towards my father sitting at his desk his mouth was moving. Suppose it's time to rejoin the living.

"Find anything interesting to you while in Japan this time?" Tomi ran a hand through his hair, he might not have heard the first half of it but he has seen the way his mouth moved so he knew what was asked.

"Ah yes… a very dangerous man that gave me the shivers" at least when he was showing any of his real self he still did that.

"Can we use him?" Vas said leaning towards his son who had a grin on his face would put the Cheshire cat to shame.

"Sadly he poofed into nothing" Tomi eyes narrowed. Vas frowned taking it as a sign that this man was not for Vas and thus not for the family he was something that Tomi wanted. Vas had learned long ago that once something did catch his eyes until he grew bored of it he wouldn't share it with anyone else unless it interested him to do so. "I also help sell a girl who has my dear auntie's eyes. Shameless hidden from the world behind contacts of mud brown."

"Golden huh? Well, they do say those with Golden Eyes are among the most unique beings in the world able to blend into their surroundings or stand out amongst the crowd." He tapped his fingers on the desk.

"Those with violet eyes are supposed can communicate with the dead… but that's not always the case now is it Father."

Vas grunted "true… tell me about the girl then perhaps we can buy her from whoever bought her. If she's not too broken." He had a double reason for wanting this girl, women had never interested in his son at all. He had thought his son was into men but that was not the case either, men it seemed were just the ones to catch his eyes. Likely because they were more fun to break than a female which they didn't do in this family. Never hurt a woman unless you had no other choice, children were the same. They had standards.

"Ah… the Blue Rose was plucked from this world I'm afraid."

"That's a real shame then" perhaps he would just have to look for a female with golden eyes if that was what his son was attracted to.

"..."

"When do you plan to take the family name again?" This was a question he had been asking for years.

"I'm Shiro," he said standing up his eyes staring into his father's there was no emotion behind the words he spoke now "Until I die. Nothing against the family."

"There is no place in the world for you but our world Tomi, the sooner you accept that you belong in here in the real world the sooner you will find yourself." To Vas and to most of the family, the underworld was real, the so-called Red Pill vs Blue Pill idea. Everyone wanted to live in the pretend world where the good guys always won. Life just wasn't like that, ask any family with power, they knew how the real world worked. They just wanted the rest of the world to live in that fake one, made it easier he supposed.

"Yet Aunt Nikita was given a pass." his expression show his boredom, his voice of tone gave didn't give away the bitterness he had over this fact.

"She's a woman! You are a man. Most of all you are my son" he slammed his fist on the desk. "That is the only thing that's keeping you alive. Don't you forget that." he waved his hand "Get out of here. I got work to do."

Tomi looked at him some, "I would be bored out of my mind if I took my place in this world." he said with a wave of his hand as he opened the door, "Like you said. I was raised in this world… can you really be surprised it bores me." with that he walked out of the office.

Vas sighed turning his chair to look out the window. Deep down he knew Tomi would never follow his footsteps, he already accepted this but he was still family, he would never speak against them he didn't have that worry and the reason for that was because he knew what happened to those who did. He knew better than anyone else. Still, he wanted to live in the world that pretended the darkness wasn't there, where they seemed surprised and shocked about the horrors in the world when it was forced in their face only to turn a blind eye afterward, as though it was nothing more than a bad dream.

Kyoko stood in front of the mirror, she wasn't exactly sure if she felt out of place in something that was clearly well made and made to keep her warm or at least for the most part. A white dress shirt with a high collar was worn under the dark blue jacket with its wine color trim on the collar and for the letters, RA on her right breast stood out as a bit strange to her. More so when her skirt was a light teal with blue and purple plaid. It also came with the same teal stockings that came up to her thigh likely to help keep her warm as they had a good thickness to them.

Her fingers trailed across the coat of arms with the little bronze chain that connected to a gemstone, she was told it was a white jade. It was smooth to the touch and circle at that. Part of her wonder if it was real but she was too afraid to ask. 'I'll never be normal for me to spend such ridiculous amounts of money on things'

Her eyes trailed to her shoes, shoes that were worn in the house. She wanted to cry at the mere thought, 'I just have to put up with this for one year… just one year' she told herself over and over again. They didn't change their shoes at school either. No the most she could do was switch her room and her private bathroom. Then again… they didn't wash before getting in the bath either… 'I'm going to get sick and die I just know it'

Taking a deep breath she opened the bedroom door and stepped out 'At least I was smart to put the mirror on the bedroom door… near the shoes' she mentally sighed as she went down the halls to the dining hall.

A few nights ago she had learned that Charles and Daniel actually served Her Majesty's Armed Forces. A requirement for all males in the royal family apparently starting at the age of 21 and they must serve at the very least 4 years. They were however lucky enough to be stationed near the Palace but they still had times where they were away from home but for the most part, it was like a job they got up at 5 in the morning and didn't get back until about 6 at night. Charles was Tuesday thru Saturday, while Daniel was Monday thru Friday. Charles was in his last year being 25 he would finish and retire at that time. Daniel was 23 and just starting and finishing his second year.

Laura at 22 was going to a University, she wanted to be an Interpreter she was aiming for France to become an ambassador there. Kyoko had also learned the woman was perhaps 30 degrees lower than her father, which Leiko said proved her connection to her nephew. Still, she loved all things dealing with romance and had a strange way of twisting things to be romantic in some way… like going to school was the first step to finding love and she highly recommended falling in love at least 15 times before you finished… because when you get to University you have to limit yourself to no more than 5 romances and then the 5th was supposed to be everlasting but not to worry if you found it before then either. She was currently working on her 2nd romance the guy just didn't know it yet.

Michael at 20 was heavy into sports, he played several but his favorite was football. He too was going to a University but only because Leiko had forced the matter on him so he was studying Sports Medicine seeing as that way he could remain in the thing he loved best. Kyoko had asked him if there was a team he liked, the answer had confused her… apparently all of them. In the end, she was left to guess that this meant he didn't he just loved the game and people who took enjoyment out of it.

Amanda and David were as she already gathered were extremely close, he doted on her, she doted on him. They saw each other in the other and she began to realize that there wasn't a hint of romantic love but that they had always had each other from birth. David had a line of girlfriends, nothing serious and there had only been one that she ever approved of, they had broken up however not because of Amanda like one would think but because they couldn't deal with how Leiko and how David seemed to do everything that the elderly woman said without question, she had said something about it and in the end David had ended it. Amanda also had a few boyfriends nowhere near David but in the end, she and ended it with them. David had very little complaints about her choices when meant she likely knew how to choose good partners. They were both two years older than Cody and herself being 17 years old and going to the same school. Kyoko was really happy about this, while they were family it meant there was going to be at least two more people she knew… and could help her fit in more.

Mary was actually nice and she was told to call her Aunt Mary, it was just 'too' weird otherwise, besides she pointed out women her age tended to be called Auntie by those younger than them. This had been enforced by Robert who stated that she should just refer to him as Uncle. It would help make a stronger family bond in the end. Watching Mary and Robert with their children and how they clearly loved them had caused pain in her heart. While she hadn't known her father or even what a father was when she was very small she had a mother in her last life and that mother in a way was still a heavy part of who she was. The affection, even when they disapproved of their children all proved once again in her mind that her own mother was never going to approve of her… and she would never smile at her either. Mary clearly had wanted a large family, maybe not this large but you could tell she wouldn't have changed anything and the only regret that she seemed to have was that she could not even out her sons to daughters ratio at all.

Leiko, however, was Kyoko's favorite, the old woman was something else. Well in her mid-60s she had no issues moving around and she was quick too. Daniel said the wrong thing and the next think Kyoko knew the old woman had his ear pulling his frame to her face. She had said nothing at first but apparently, the boy knew the look and apologized for his rudeness. She was sitting back at the head of the table as soon as the words were out of his mouth. She was also very kind, her smile and nods seemed to brighten everyone around her. In Kyoko's mind, she was exactly what a Queen should be and it made her want to know what she had been like as a ruler… not the face she should the public but her husband and her daughter. There was a bit of sadness in her eyes too, Kyoko had learned that her husband had died shortly after the twins had been born, her son had died a few years ago there was always wars going on in the world she had told Kyoko, not the ones with names but the smaller ones the personal wars.

Kyoko understood right then and there that Leiko was telling her not to let her own past destroy her future. That if she gave up, there would now be people who would be very sad over it. In a way, Leiko had told her she was lucky to know what she did because now that she knew the other side it would make her that much stronger.

She had also gotten to know her Godmother Kyoko or Kyo. She was stern but warm and kind. She worked in the fashion world actually. Her home base on in Japan but she also had a location here in England. Her business and label was KYO which was why she preferred being called Kyo. It connected her to her label and people around her line of business knew when she said her name was Kyo just who she was. While KYO did sell things for younger women and men, their main focus was for older women and men. She believed there was plenty of fashions for young people but there were so little women her age who wanted to also be fashionable without looking foolish.

Her husband Dachi was much older than her, Kyo had pointed out she had fallen in love with him and the eight-year different didn't matter at all. Not when she was in love she married him when she was 18 years old and had her first son Daiki when she was 19. Kyoko had a hard time believing someone would want to start a family so young… but then she remembered she had wanted to do the same thing with Shotaro once but in her heart, she knew now that was because she believed it would assure he wouldn't leave her.

Dachi was rather quiet but his love for his wife shone in his eyes, he had been working in government in some form or another for years and took his work very seriously, he was up today on all the major events and very passionate about it. He knew several languages which Kyo pointed out just means he has a very talented tongue. Kyoko herself didn't get it but based on the expressions on his two sons and several others at the table, plus Leiko disapproving look, she was pretty sure that wasn't a good thing and she dare not ask for it to be explained.

Their eldest son Daiki had gone to school with Michael and they were the same age but they weren't that close, they knew each other but he preferred the world inside of video games, not the romance or easy to play kind either. He liked the games that were first-person shooter and based on wars or other events in history. In that respect he was studying world history and gaming at university his dream was to create the most realistic first-person shooter game, where you picked a side… and while one could not 'recreate' history they would be able to return as a hero or even become a Legend. Kyoko also realized that Keiji and Daiki weren't really close but they still seemed to care about each other.

Yes at the end of the day Kyoko had learned a great deal about her family. So much in fact that she honestly felt like she had known them all for years.

Charles lifted his head from his book as the door swung open, "Good Morning Kyoko" his head going right back down to his book. It hadn't taken her long to know this was the norm for him.

Kyoko moved towards him leaning over his shoulder some to see what he was reading through, "what are you reading today?"

"Oxford's book of American poetry," he said turning slightly so she could get a better view over his shoulder.

"Any that you like so far?" her eyes scanned them over but thus far she couldn't see anything that stood out.

"A few. I can loan it to you later if you like" he turned the page as she moved back some.

"Thanks. Maybe you can mark the ones that you think I'll like the most" The one thing about him was his fast reading ability. It amazed her how quickly he could read.

"Perhaps," he said turning the page.

Kyoko moved away from him and grabbed an apple, normally she would be cooking and while she was allowed to do so. The cooks in the palace already had it set out… she had learned that here breakfast was very different than what she was too. Still, she helped herself to some scrambled eggs, toast, baked beans, mushrooms and half a tomato setting it at the table she moved and got herself a cup of coffee.

The door swung open and David and Amanda stepped in "I just don't think you should pick that thing to be your girlfriend, she's clearly a golddigger, you do know what that is right?" She huffed as she grabbed herself a plate and sat down.

"How can you tell she's a golddigger? You only met her yesterday." he sat next to his other half.

"How did you meet her?" perhaps this was someone Kyoko was supposed to know. Then again he had so many flings if she could even call it that. She wondered exactly what would happen if Amanda didn't keep a tight grip on her brother.

"When we went to pick out some flowers for Grandmother she was at the shop. She's a real looker too." David said with a grin.

Amanda rolled her eyes, "and she knew who you were and was fawning and handing off of you the whole time."

"Let's be fair Amanda you wouldn't let her touch me," he said between bites. Amanda turned on him at that very moment her fork close to his face. Kyoko tried to keep her face school but she couldn't help but turn towards Charles, who simply picked up his coffee as if not bothered by this. Kyoko looked at her own plate.

'Maybe this is normal then? Yet is this place safe for such outbursts?' So Kyoko found herself focus on his uniform comparing it to her own. They had the same jacket, but the school initials were on his left breast pocket where he actually had a pocket there unlike her. She knew that he was wearing teal pants. Yes, most of it was the same the red tie was the biggest addition. Her eyes trailed towards the school coat of arms and the fact that he and Amber both had citrine gemstone instead of the white jade that she had, showing they were year 12. That was how you could tell what year a student was. Cody and she would be in year 10, but she would have a year eleven course, Keiji was year 11 and he his would apparently be a ruby. While she didn't know anyone in year 13 she knew their stone was a sapphire this would be all useful.

The Royal Academy which she mentally cringed at the thought of the name, broke up their school different than normal. They included year 10 which not every place did. The school even had dorms if one wished to lived there or weren't within walking distance. So she supposed that was another big difference between what she was used to vs what she knew.

Cody pushed opened the door, looked at Amanda and David who were clearly having a disagreement his eyes flashed towards Charles before falling onto Kyoko who seemed to be in her own world now he shook his head as he went and grabbed a plate of food before sitting next to Kyoko. "Morning Kyoko" he couldn't help the grin when she saw her jump in surprise at him 'appearing' next to her.

"Morning Cody," she said looking back towards her plate.

He turned towards Charles "what are you reading?"

"Oxford book of American poetry, Kyoko will be borrowing it first," he said simply not really looking from his book.

Cody nodded his head "Alright, I'll make sure to return it to you when we are both done with it." his eyes turned towards Kyoko "Though I didn't know you liked poetry."

"Well, I have a hard time understanding it… but I thought it might help me in the long run." From what she had learned quickly was that this family had a lot of expectations for them, not so much from each other but from those outside of the family. She never really thought much about it prior not being one who cared about famous people, not even royalty. Which was funny seeing her love of fairytales but she supposed she just didn't see real life royalty in the same light as her fairytales. Being here she knew she hadn't been mistaken in that.

"Well, it is good for understanding emotions and thoughts. I find. If you have any questions you are free to ask me or Charles. He reads just about everything. I once found him reading their medical books" he shook his head "He studies nothing but reads everything he gets his hands on" he said rolling his eyes.

"Not everything, just most things and good for expanding the mind. You should try it." Kyoko couldn't help but smile, how he could keep reading, hold a conversation was beyond her. "Amanda you are going overboard now." Another huff and she stabbed her fork into tomato but the argument seemed to be over with "David apologize"

David sighed held up his hands "Alright I'm sorry, I won't date her… I'll find someone else."

"Now was that so hard?" Amanda glared at him.

"Aww but I think it's really cute when you get all upset. Besides if you look that cute, then I must be just as cute when I am upset. Seeing as I don't get upset nearly as much as you do how else would I know how adorable I could be?" Amanda sighed.

"I can't… I can't deal with you right now" she waved at him "disappear male me" David laughed as he pulled her into a hug.

Shoutaro sat on a couch leaning back against the wall. His eyes trailing over each woman that walked in through the doors or out. Akatoki clearly had there pick of may pretty faces. Sho first pick had been LME but that's because they were pretty much the leading name in show business in that they actors, musicians, talents, and models all over the world. They were international by every means of the word. Akatoki wasn't that bad they had ties with America and France but it was lacking in other locations but well they didn't spread themselves so thin like LME at least that's how Sho was looking at it.

LME was only number one in Japan because of that pretty-boy-face with no real talent. 'Yeah with me no matter who I sign with, they will become number one because of my talent alone.'

"Fuwa Sho?" a woman looked down at him, he slowly opened one eye looking at her. Blond hair and brown eyes, her jugs were a bit too small for his taste but her face made up for it.

"Yeah?" Sho thought her beauty went up when she smiled.

"Hello I'm Umeki-san, I'm one of the people in charge of the Singing Section. If you can come with me, We're going to have you sing for us, then depending on how that goes, we will have you record so that President can listen to it."

Sho rose to his feet shoving his hands in his pocket, the other thing he had learned from LME that this could be a test, so he would have to wait until he was inside, besides not every place has to be as bad as LME when it came to having a good time. Still better safe than sorry, he wanted who he signed on with to have a good pull so he could get whatever woman that wanted by using their strings. He mentally smirked at all the women who would be clinging to him soon.

A/N: I wanted to just take a moment to thank the people who have left a review and favorited this story so far.