I have a couple of apologies to make for this chapter: first, I originally put up another chapter and after getting some good feedback decided to lead up to it so it'll BE in the fic but later on; second, because there is no flashback in this chapter the chapter is shorter. Anyway I really hope you enjoy it!! ^_^

Chapter Twelve: Taking Care of Him

"'Kari!!" Sakura yelled, her eyes widening at seeing her old friend there and got up, running to her and hugging her. Over the years Sakura had grown slightly taller and her hair had gotten a lot longer but looked more or less the same. "When Akira told me that you were alive then, I...I couldn't believe it but seeing you here!! I can't believe it, since it's you I'm sure you had a good reason for lying to us about something this important."

Hikari bowed her head, now removing her hood and allowing her face to be shown. "I...I don't think it was good..." she whispered before lifting her arm to show her determination, "But it was to help Takishima and I'm still going to help him in any way that I can."

"Ah, so you did all this to help Kei?" Sakura asked with a very confused expression, "That's just weird Hikari. Making him believe that you were dead hurt him the most. I don't think that there's any way of helping him when he's going through that kind of emotional torture."

Hearing those words, Hikari started to shiver not sure what to do at all. She wasn't used to hearing it phrased like that even though she knew that it was true. She took a deep breath in imagining his many sad, pained looks she had seen over the past couple of days. Seeing him with that kind of difficulty broke her heart time and time again and yet she knew him, he was covering up his real pain and dealing with everything by himself. Her eyes filled with tears as she thought about him.

"Hikari?" Akira asked before pulling her old friend towards her, "I'm sure that that idiotic Kei is alright so don't worry about him. As long as he knows that you're alright, that you're safe, he'll be fine."

"Yeah, sorry about getting off on you like that," Sakura apologized. "It's true, once he knows that you're safe then he'll be fine. That's something people know about Kei-kun. So where is he anyway? I'd expect for him to handcuff you so that you were never out of his sight."

"Ah, Takishima got into a fight with Iori and Iori got knocked out so Takishima said that he'd stay to make sure that Iori was taken care of. It was very noble for Takishima to do that," Hikari smiled, thinking highly of her boyfriend whilst Akira and Sakura exchanged questioning looks.

"I'm sure that Kei will take care of him," Sakura commented as Akira looked to the side with a slight smile. If that guy had done something bad enough to get himself on Kei's list then it might be good that he was 'taken care of'.

Meanwhile

Iori cracked an eye open as he lay in the hospital bed, he didn't remember getting this bruised before the first time he fainted which meant that the second time was worse, although he could hardly remember it. All he knew was that at one point there was a black demon filling the entire environment and at the next he had fallen to the ground.

Noticing a doctor in the room, he blinked sensing a presence from behind him but felt a pain in his neck from that side and so didn't look. "H—Hey, how did I..."

"One of your friends brought you in," the doctor smiled in a kind manner, "Said that they wanted to take care of you. They've been sitting beside you the whole time, quite sweet actually. Well I'll leave you to get some more rest," she smiled before walking out.

Iori lay very quietly before closing his eyes, "Hi—Hikari I'm..." at that point he heard menacing laughter.

"You really think that I would leave Hikari alone with someone like you?" Kei laughed to himself coldly. "Unfortunately, my morals are telling me that you don't beat up someone who is in the hospital, pity really. There was so much more that I wanted to do to you."

Iori sighed, "So...I can guess that it was you who tried to kill me the second time?" Iori asked as he rolled over and stared at the sinister blonde teenager. "Hikari really is an idiot to think that she can find her hero in you."

Kei glared at that comment, "Don't call Hikari an idiot," he said very bluntly. "I'm not in charge of what Hikari sees in me, if that's a hero then I'm happy, what she sees in you however is the sick pervert who raped her. That's what I see as well you psychopath."

"Takishima, you must really be having fun blaming other people for your own problems," Iori replied, "I saw the news report a while back: Successful Grandson and Heir to the Takishima legacy is on life support after a suicide attempt." The hair stylist looked round at Kei with a superior smile, "Bet you didn't know that even in the US there was that report, it was on the Japanese channel though but," he looked away, "Good enough right. And you're wrong about Hikari, she pretty much agreed to do it with me."

Kei's eyes widened, he turned slightly pale and his heart hurt again. "I..." he spoke in a monotone voice, "I don't believe it. That isn't what she told me. That wasn't how her face looked when she told me and I trust Hikari more than a disgusting creep like you."

"You know, the only reason why this is upsetting you so much is because you're a virgin," Iori commented. At this Kei stood up, turning away from the one who disgusted him to the depths of his soul. "You still are one aren't you Takishima? Sad that I had her first?"

With his back turned Kei began to laugh in a way more manically than ever before. "At least I'm not some animal who will force an innocent girl to be a test dummy for what will most likely to be an eternal life of nothing more than meaningless enjoyment. You'll see what happens then," he told Iori now looking very confident about this, "When you're all alone and I have Hikari!"

"Be happy with damaged goods then!" Iori barked bitterly, "It's all your family's fault that my sister is dead, your family that drove me to wanting everything, deserving everything and getting nothing. I lost a member of my family!!"

"Actually," Kei looked back with the same gleam of hate in his eyes, "You lost two. Hikari had a miscarriage, funny that you didn't check to see if she was all right after your memorable night but good for me. That means that you have no further connection with Hikari and if you don't leave her alone, you'll be in a situation worse than death. That is my promise to you."

Leaving the hospital room, he slammed the door on the way out and felt his phone vibrate. He panicked for a moment before relaxing and stared at the number, his grandfather was calling him. That was the person that he wanted to talk to least of all. Taking a deep breath in, he opened the phone up and said in a forced depressed tone, "Moshi Moshi."

"Are you coming on your own to the business dinner tonight or are you still with Celine? You need to bring a date and you should know that. Now I expect to see the two of you there at eight tonight and do not argue with me about this. There will be important business people there and I expect you to make a good impression for the company. I also expect for you to bring another young couple who might make a good impression on our shareholders, no questions or comments about that and I will see you at eight, no exceptions." With that Kaname hung up the phone leaving Kei standing there silently.

Bowing his head he thought for a moment before calling Akira, after getting her response he said very simply, "I need your help on something for tonight. I need you to help me present her in a way that no one can tell it's her." After getting her response he hung up the phone and thought for a moment. Who was the other couple that he should bring, which couple would fit in best with that type of society.

End Chapter Twelve

Question for your reviews: In the next chapter which couple [besides KeixHikari] would you like to see?

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