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Chapter 25
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Gun fire filled the air as targets appeared at random from various ranges, heights, and angles. My eyes focused upon each target and I played with some of my senbon. This is the newest training grounds, a firing range. Guns are highly restricted in this country, but well...I'm a Hibari and I practically have an unlimited amount of resources at my disposal.
"Hit...hit...hit...hit...hit...miss...hit...hit...miss...hit...hit...hit...hit...miss...miss...miss..." Suzume said using binoculars to check the targets much further away..
"I am very impressed with your aim at this point. Sadly, you only hit the ones you see and can react to before the targets flip back down. That is the best sniper rifle on the market, but you are unused to it." I said tucking the senbon away.
"It can't be helped." Itachi adjusted the sniper rifle in his grasp. While skilled in archery, he had ditched it for the increased range and accuracy the rifle can give him. That and he can carry a hell of a lot more bullets compared to arrows. "Kiku-sama, I'll need more ammunition...enough for five months and enough for when we do fight." Itachi said rotating his shoulder.
"...Let's see..." I mentally calculated the costs. If he fired at least 100 bullets every two to three days for five months...then the amount he might need when we do go against my brother...the costs would equal...ugh...expensive. "...If you master this art, you'll be training others." I said conceding to his request.
"Thank you."
"This shooting range was not cheap. You better make use of it before I beat your ass for spending a quarter million on it."
"..."
Itachi looked away guiltily...and I decided to let him have this one. The man returned shortly after visiting Alex for some American traditional festivities called...Thanksgiving, I believe it was. I knew the duo had a huge fight about their respective positions and jobs, the secrets they had kept between one another. He was depressed and him firing a rifle repeatedly apparently cleared his head enough to forget about whatever pain his heart is in. I don't know or understand love, but I do know that he can't do his job because of this pain.
"Love is a very mysterious thing, Suzume." I said as we headed for our favorite cake shop.
"It is...it is, Kiku-sama." Suzume said holding a letter of some kind.
"...An admirer?" I asked noticing it is a man's handwriting.
"W-Well..." Suzume said looking quite red.
"Give it." I took it from her and I instantly knew whose handwriting this belongs to after reading the contents. "Hm...Are you considering it?"
"No way."
"What did you want to have today?"
I found myself in a sticky situation less than an hour later...by government officials. I was detained, detained! I stared at the handcuffs on my wrists and the two idiots who sat on either side of me then the third idiot driving. I still had my wagasa since they stupidly didn't take it away. They were so lucky they didn't take Suzume with me or I would have killed them. I was being treated as a criminal though even though I didn't do anything...officially. I remained calm as this idiot sheep had me in an interrogation room, with a 'list of crimes' I had committed and the thinly veiled threats directed at my person. I calmly sat where I was with my hands on my lap until the idiot began shouting at me, getting angry with my lack of response. I took the papers from him and I flipped through it myself. I was somewhat impressed, some of these charges are legit...so that begs the question...who actually obtain this information. There was no this way this third-rate cop obtained any of this information...do I have a mole? No...no...not a mole, some of this information I kept to myself, Hato, the people who obtained it, and to my father. Oh...oh.
"...Chichiue, testing your daughter in this way is very pathetic. If you want to see me, you should do it properly and not use your men for this." I said tossing the papers onto the table.
The lights dimmed and I turned my gaze to the two-way mirror where my father stood. I stood up...and I did not hesitate to throw the idiot who was acting as my interrogator to the ground with a broken arm. I was pissed, he actually spat on me when he started screaming in my face. I walked out the room, using my sleeve to wipe my face. I gave my father a sharp stare before ignoring him as I attempted to leave...please notice the word 'attempt'. I was being carried like a princess after he hit me hard enough in the stomach to stun me...after I almost threw up on him.
"I hate you..." I muttered holding my gut.
"Hn."
In the end, I was detained to his office as we discussed business...until he brought up Kiyofumi and the fight between the two of us. I sipped my tea as I thought about my answer to his question...concerning what I would be doing if I were to be the one to win. I was half tempted on not answering him at all, considering his rough treatment of me just now.
"I have little interest in inheriting the family. I have the ability to lead, to think ahead, but I have no desire to hold responsibility of those who will attempt to uproot my position. You and I both know that while I act the way I act...there are some weakness in my heart..." I stated calmly placing my cup down.
"You mean that bird of yours?" Chichiue inquired with a raised brow.
"Chichiue, a woman's heart is much more sensitive compared to that of a man's. Also, I do intend on marrying and having my own children in the future. Quite frankly...the mere thought of being stressed and irritated while carrying a potential child in my body...More than a dozen people will end up dead by the time the child is born." I explained knowing how hormonal pregnant women can be.
"Are you pregnant?"
"Not at this time. I will take the proper precautions before deciding on a permanent partner."
"Good."
"..."
"Kiku."
"No, I am not seeing anyone at this time nor have I had intercourse."
"Hn..."
"No, I will not introduce my first partner to you."
"Hn."
"If they are not kind and gentle to me during that time, I will kill him, not you."
"Hn..."
"No, just...no. Ugh, I'm leaving."
Speaking with this man is like speaking with Kiyofumi. I left in disgust at the mere mention of anything that has to do with me being a woman with my biological father in this world! A month after this incident, I got an apology in the form of a new kimono and hakama. I was still angry with him though! Seriously! What father asks their 14 year old daughter that kind thing?! We might be Hibari, but that is no excuse! I can only handle so much, damn it!
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"Are you still angry with Hibari-sama?" Itachi stared at the note on my father getting put to the bottom of the list of people who get information for the next three months. "What exactly did he do to make you angry?" Itachi questioned with a raised brow.
"...Itachi, would you ask someone you're related to about their sex life?" I asked not even looking up from my homework.
"Point taken and I will never ask again." Itachi said nodding his head.
"Hn."
I would think he would learn not to question why I'm angry at someone for no reason. I'm not that petty of a person...am I? I thought about previous actions I took and I decided to say yes...I can be very petty. This is my last year of schooling...but I wonder if this is truly alright...to have an incomplete education? Then again, considering my level of intelligence it'd be a waste of my time. Now if only Itachi would stop being so annoying and telling me to boring homework to do something productive. I get that I have to graduate from middle school, but it's annoying listening to Itachi nag about me about this. I wonder if it's payback for all the university classes I forced him to take to learn since I had no interest in sitting in a classroom all day long.
"Done, let me have the files." I said holding out a hand for the file in his grasp.
"Here's the current stock market information." Itachi said handing it over without any resistance.
"Kiku, help me study." Kiyofumi said entering my study without warning.
"...Kiyofumi-sama, Kiku-sama is busy..." Itachi said looking towards the male in exasperation.
"Quiet, mutt." Kiyofumi said giving him a blank stare.
"Give it up. I'll help him so please invest in these companies." I gave him a list of companies to invest in. Most of my previous memories are very vague, but I do know a few company names that will become big in the future. Best to invest while still new and obtain a lot in the future! "Also, purchase these and bring it to that place." I said handing over a list of things I would need.
"Yes, Kiku-sama."
"So?" I looked at my brother in annoyance. "Did Chichiue send you to check on my mood?"
"Hn."
"Tsk."
"Angry with him?"
"Pissed."
"Hn..."
"Not happening."
"Hn."
"Not happening. If he thinks he can buy back my forgiveness with a new outfit, he's got another thing coming." I must admit, it was pretty and I liked it quite a bit, but it wasn't enough of an apology! Also! I'm sure it our mother who told him what to do because that outfit suited my tastes quite well! "Really...Hibari men are all idiots. Do they only think that a present would get a woman to forgive them?"
"..."
"Don't answer that." Most women are like that, I realize, but not me! "So, if you're here I might as well help you study."
"Hn."
"You chased away Itachi when I was working, you are not getting out of this."
I took his notebook and I stared blankly...at the barely filled out notes. The most I had was a few notes here and there. I shot my brother a sharp stare and he looked away as if he wasn't guilty of anything! I got up and I quickly intruded upon Takiya. I borrowed his notes and I quickly went through my brother's room for his previous test results.
"This...is a lot worse than I thought..." I said seeing as he was in the 60 to 70 range.
This...is horrible! What the hell has my brother been doing?! I quickly whipped out my wagasa and I stared down at my brother with a false smile on my face. It'd be an embarrassment if my own brother, my own twin brother, continued to get such horrible grades! Takiya is also at fault so I made sure to drag him along for this lesson. I made sure to beat the information into my brother while also threatening Takiya to hold the reins tighter so my brother isn't mistaken for an idiot thug! If I knew about this sooner, you can bet that I would have made sure he studied properly!
"Takiya, as his right hand you are to ensure that he is living a proper life! That means when you are both in school, I expect his grades to be above 80!" I shouted angrily.
"Even if you say that..." Takiya said looking away in shame.
"Onii-sama, you are also at fault!" I shouted looking at my brother.
"...Hm..."
"Do not try to get away from this. A Hibari is never average nor are they below average...! Do you intend on insulting our family name by having such horrible grades?!"
"..."
"Onii-sama..." I took out my katana from my umbrella and I pointed the tip at his throat. "If you dare to fail...I will not hesitate to annihilate you come April."
"Do you think you can do it?"
"Do not think I haven't been sharpening my fangs during our time together."
"When April comes...I will be the one winning."
"Try as you might, but...your world is much too small..."
I suppose that is the reason why I was chosen, why I had become Kuroyuki. I may love my country from the bottom of my heart, but I wanted much more. I want to see it all...that this world has to offer before my second death. I know I will not get a third chance. Kiyofumi would be satisfied with remaining within a place he deemed his own, finding it unnecessary to leave to explore. That's how most Hibari are after all, but...it doesn't change that we deem this place our home and there is no way anyone...will ever do anything to it again. I chose Namimori as my territory, I staked my claim on this town...if some upstart from the family attempts to take it from me...hehehehe...I'll happily beat them into the ground until they know their place.
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Chapter 25
I almost completely forgot to update today...my bad. Let's see now, let's talk a bit about what happened between Kanta and Kiku, if some of you forgot Kanta is Kiku's father's name. Like most Hibari, they lack some common sense and...well, they're pretty damn blunt and straightforward so Kiku getting angry about her sex like being questioned by her own father would mortify her beyond belief. Kanta's rougher treatment towards his own daughter accounts for how he sees her more of a real Hibari now than he did before when she was a little girl who needed protection. Kanta not knowing how to apologize is quite normal since a Hibari would never willingly bow their heads to those weaker than them so him sending her a gift would be more influenced by his wife than figuring out a way to apologize on his own. By the way...Are you guys disturbed by the relationship between Seiichi and Kiku? I had a review about that and I'm just wondering if it bothers you all. Just curious about whether or not I should tone down their relationship. Welp, nothing else to add so that's all for today! Bye-bye~!