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A Match Made in Heaven
Brianna sighed as she walked around serving the Host Club and their guests.
"Kaoru, Hikaru, I swear you two are so dead." She growled under her breath, as she fanned herself to try and stay cool.
The twins had suggested a summer themed cosplay and now she was literally burning because of the heat. They had tried to get her to wear a breezy summer dress but she had flat out refused, especially seeing how short it was. Carissa on the other hand, had accepted hers without complaint.
"You seem to be in quite the predicament." Brianna turned to face Kyoya, who was smirking at her obvious discomfort.
After Kyoya had told her that his family had apologized for their rude words, she had decided to accept it.
"Don't you have albums to sell and a little black book to write in?" Brianna grumbled, scowling.
Kyoya chuckled and walked off, presumably to go sell albums to a bunch of girls swooning over the twins.
Brianna grumbled and stalked off towards Hunny and Mori's table.
"Would you guys like anything?" she asked as she stopped at their table.
"Oh yes! Some more iced tea would be nice." One of the girls said, the other two nodding in agreement.
"And more cake too please, Bri-chan!" Hunny cheered as he looked at the assortment of cake on the cart.
Brianna smiled fondly at him and nodded her head.
She gave the girls and the two host's refills on the iced tea and then cut a slice of cake off for Hunny. After she was finished, she pushed the cart over to Haruhi's table.
Once the host club was over, Brianna sighed in relief and quickly began to clean, in an effort to get out of the hot room.
"You should've just worn the dress." The twins said as they watched her work.
Brianna didn't even stop as she cleaned; only holding up her middle finger.
"Fuck off." She growled.
"Ouch…we offered you a solution; you chose not to take it."
"That dress was too short, hell it should've been considered a shirt, not a dress."
"But it would've looked cute on you~"
Brianna let out a snort. "I highly doubt that."
The twins only frowned at her. They had only suggested the summer themed cosplay because they had wanted to get Brianna in that dress, but she had refused and that had soured their mood a bit. They huffed and left the room, sulking. Slowly the rest of the hosts trickled out until all that was left was Brianna, Hunny, and Mori, Carissa having left because she was going food shopping with Haruhi.
"You guys aren't leaving yet?" Brianna asked the two seniors.
"Actually Bri-chan I was wondering if you'd like to come with us to our family's annual karate tournament!" Hunny smiled at her, his eyes glistening with anticipation.
Brianna sighed; she really had wanted to go home.
"Why didn't you ask the others?"
"We did, we asked them all before the club started but they all had things to do. We would've asked you earlier but you came in late."
Brianna nodded, still indecisive about going.
"Well…I'm not exactly busy but…"
"Please Bri-chan?!" Hunny glomped her as he stared up at her with wide, pleading eyes.
She averted her gaze towards Mori who regarded the scene with his usual expression.
"Please come." Mori said; which caused Brianna's eyes to widen at him, while he just kept staring at her.
"Alright, alright…I'll go." Brianna sighed as Hunny let go of her and cheered, jumping up and down.
Hunny quickly climbed back up onto Mori's shoulders and the three left the room. Brianna only half listened to Hunny's chatter, only nodding her head along to give the illusion that she was listening.
"Brianna." Brianna snapped out of her daze at the sound of her name.
Blinking, she looked up at Mori.
"What is it?"
"The car door is open." Brianna looked to find that the door was open and Hunny was staring at her in confusion from his seat.
"Oh, yeah, sorry." She quickly got in and Mori go in after her, the chauffer closing the door behind him.
The rest of the car ride was filled with Hunny's chatter as he rambled on aimlessly while Brianna and Mori only nodded along.
Soon the car ride was over and they all exited the car.
"Normally, our family rule is that every Haninozuka clan member must fight as a way of greeting each other so that we are always on guard, but since today is the family competition, no one is following the rule and is saving their strength for the tournament." Hunny explained, as they made their way through the house and towards the big arena.
"Cool," Brianna murmured as she took in the mansion. It was a Japanese styled mansion but it fit the mood of the people.
Hunny stopped rambling when he spotted a familiar face.
"Ah! Chika! Hey!" Hunny called out to a boy who was talking to another, slightly taller boy.
Hunny pulled Brianna over to the two boys.
"Bri-chan, this is my younger brother Yasuchika, and the boy next to him is Mori's younger brother Satoshi! Chika, Satoshi, this is my friend Brianna!"
Satoshi smiled brightly at her while Yasuchika only regarded her coldly.
"Hi! It's nice to meet you!" Satoshi said, taking Brianna's hand and shaking it.
"Ah, yeah…nice to meet you too." Brianna said, smiling a bit at the exuberant boy. Yasuchika stayed silent throughout the whole exchange.
"Hey, Chika! Let's go to the tournament together!" Hunny said.
"No. There's no way I'd be caught dead walking with you." Yasuchika growled, storming off.
"Ah! Hey! Yasuchika, what have I said about disregarding your elders!? Oh! Bye Taka-bro, Hunny! It was nice meeting you Brianna!" Satoshi yelled out as he ran after Yasuchika.
Brianna raised a brow at Chika's attitude towards his brother. Noticing Hunny's solemn look, she placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"You okay?" she asked him.
"Hmm? Yeah…I'm used to it. Yasuchika just really hates me…" Brianna frowned at Hunny's sad tone of voice.
Without warning, Brianna took off towards the retreating figures of Satoshi and Yasuchika. Once she reached them, she quickly grabbed onto Yasuchika's arm, who blushed at the contact.
"He-hey! What are you doing?! D-don't just grab on to me like that!" Yasuchika yelled as Brianna began to drag him back towards his brother.
"I don't care what kind of problem you got goin on with your brother, but he wants to walk with you so that's what you're gonna do. Settle your dispute at your family tournament for all I care." Brianna stated, while Yasuchika just stared at her in shock and Satoshi just trailed behind them and silently watched the exchange.
Brianna stopped in front of Hunny and smiled.
"Yasuchika changed his mind; he's going to walk with us."
"Really?! Yay!" Hunny cheered.
Brianna fell back and fell into step with Mori as she watched in amusement as Hunny and Satoshi simultaneously talked to Yasuchika, who looked less than amused at his situation.
"Oh yeah…hey Mori are you going to be participating in the tournament?" Brianna asked the silent giant.
"No…the tournament is only for the Haninozuka members, the Morinozuka family's tournament is later." Mori explained.
"Oh…that bites…I wanted to see your kendo skills in action. I'm sure you would've looked really cool and I'm sure you would've won." Brianna smiled at him.
"Ah…" Mori smiled back at her, feeling warmth go through him at her words.
"Oh wow! Are you Taka-bro's girlfriend?" Satoshi asked Brianna, curiosity in his voice and on his face.
Both Hunny and Yasuchika whirled around at this statement.
"What…? No I'm not. What gave you that idea?" Brianna asked.
Hunny felt relief flood through him at her statement while Mori felt oddly disappointed.
"Really? Because I've never seen Taka-bro smile at any girl like that before." Satoshi explained.
"Oh…" Brianna trailed off, not really knowing how to respond to that.
Luckily she didn't have to because they finally reached the tournament room. Stepping into the room, Brianna saw various people dressed in karate clothing lounging around, waiting for the fight to begin.
"Hello…who might you be?" a middle aged man greeted and asked Brianna as he walked up to her, Mori, and Hunny. Yasuchika had walked off as soon as they had walked in and Satoshi had followed behind him.
"I'm Brianna Lunar; it's nice to meet you…?"
"Ah, I am Yorihisa Haninozuka, Mitsukuni's father." The man, Yorihisa, stated.
"And I am Akira Morinozuka, Takashi's father." Brianna turned to face the new man who had shown up.
"It's an honor to meet you both." Brianna replied, bowing.
"Are you, by any chance, the girl that helped Mitsukuni defeat those thugs a while back? And the one who gave him that rabbit?" Yorihisa asked, eyeing her.
Brianna nodded.
"Ah yes, I figured you might be. Mitsukuni described your use of karate during the fight. If you don't mind…why don't you participate in our little tournament today." Hunny and Mori both stiffened in shock while Akira just looked at him.
"B-but the tournament is only for clan members and besides, Bri-chan might get hurt!" Hunny said, trying to dissuade his father.
"Ah…I don't really mind as long as it's ok with you." Brianna stated, making Mori and Hunny look at her in shock.
"Good then, I'll have someone bring you a change of clothes." And just as he said that, a maid appeared and beckoned Brianna to follow her.
After Brianna had left, Hunny turned towards his father and glared at him.
"What are you thinking?! Bri-chan could get hurt!"
Yorihisa smirked. "I don't think so…something tells me that she can handle her own against us." Akira smiled and nodded at this.
"Ah…I see what you are saying" he murmured.
Both men walked off, leaving behind two confused teen-aged boys.
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As the tournament proceeded, Brianna didn't show up until the final rounds. When she had first shown up, everyone was confused at who she was until Yorihisa had explained to them who she was. Hunny and Mori both found themselves pissed at the attention she was getting because her karate suit seemed about a size too small and all the males were eyeing her. Now Brianna was having her first match.
Hunny and Mori watched her with rapt attention as she faced off against Yasuchika.
Once they were both given the sign to begin, they immediately began fighting. Hunny was in awe at her fighting skills. Sure, she had held her own against those thugs, but to hold her own against Yasuchika? He was impressed. At first, it seemed like Yasuchika was going to win, considering the fact that she kept just barely dodging his attacks, but then, she quickly began to counter his moves and with a well-placed hit to his stomach, she defeated him.
It was silent as everyone stared in awe over the fact that Yasuchika had been defeated, until Yorihisa stood up and cleared his throat, effectively breaking the silence.
"Seeing as my youngest son has been defeated, Brianna will now face off against Mitsukuni." Excited murmurs broke out among everyone as they all wondered how Brianna would fare against Hunny, though all of them had already agreed on the fact that she'd lose.
Hunny frowned at the fact that he had to fight his friend.
"But…I don't want to fight Bri-chan…"
"It's ok Hunny, don't worry about hurting me or anything, it'll be alright." Hunny's frown deepened but he nodded his head and got up to face Brianna.
The two were given the signal to start and Hunny immediately began attacking her, hoping to end it quickly without seriously injuring her. Brianna didn't fight back and only just barely dodged his attacks. However, when Hunny made a swipe at her face to knock off her glasses, Brianna quickly put her hands up and blocked the hit. Deciding that, based on her reaction, the quickest way to end the fight was to aim for her face; Hunny began to focus his attacks there. Of course, his hits weren't hard enough to leave a nasty bruise but it would leave a decent sized one. Brianna dodged and blocked his attacks but when Hunny faked an attack to her side and she moved to dodge it, he quickly punched her in the face, though not hard. The punch knocked off her glasses and sent her sprawling to the floor.
"Oh no! Bri-chan are you alright?! I'm so sorry!" Hunny apologized, though the girl remained motionless on the floor.
"Bri-chan…?" Hunny cautiously moved towards her, only to jump back when Brianna's leg shot up and almost kicked him in the face. Brianna slowly made her way up, her hair covering her face.
"Bri-chan…? What…?" Hunny felt confusion but that feeling was quickly replaced with fear when he saw her eyes.
Brianna's eyes were filled with nothing but blood lust but the rest of her face remained blank.
Gulping, Hunny began to talk to her again.
"Bri-chan…are you…are you okay?" instead of replying, Brianna immediately began attacking him.
Everyone watched, struck with shock. It became evidently clear to them that in her previous fight, and even during her fight with Hunny before her glasses were knocked off, she was holding back. Now she wasn't, and now, instead of fighting recreationally, she was now aiming to kill Hunny.
Hunny, found himself no longer able to hold back and was actually going full out in the fight, but still Brianna was able to keep up, which shocked him. No one dared to get in the middle of the fight, especially seeing how the two were fighting, all were too scared by the fact that Hunny was going full out in the fight but was still being matched blow for blow.
Yorihisa felt his eyes narrow at the sight before him, the gears in his head beginning to turn.
Mori took out his phone and quickly dialed Carissa's number.
"Hello Mr. Tall, dark, silent, and handsome. How may I assist you?" Mori ignored her first sentence and quickly answered her question.
After explaining the situation, he was only slightly shocked at the string of curses that left the red-head's mouth.
"Fuck, shit, damn, motherfucker, are you fucking serious, are you fucking shitting me right now?! This seriously CANNOT BE FUCKING HAPPERNING!"
"Carissa…"
"Shit…Mori you don't fucking understand! If Brianna is fighting and her glasses get knocked off or taken off, her 'other side' comes out! This other side of her doesn't differentiate between friend or foe and all it knows is how to kill! Since she was fighting Hunny she now thinks Hunny is her enemy and she won't stop until she kills him!" Carissa rambled out, fear gripping at her. "She's practically invincible now!"
Mori felt himself swallow a bit at her explanation. "Then how do we fix her?"
"You have to put her glasses back on! It's not going to be easy but you have to. If not she's going to kill Hunny!"
Mori quickly gave her his thanks and ended the phone call.
"Mitsukuni, you have to put her glasses back on!" Hunny nodded his head to show he heard him and quickly broke away from Brianna and ran towards her glasses.
Brianna chased after him, relentlessly pursuing him. Grabbing her glasses, Hunny narrowly avoided a punch to his throat. Quickly flipping and landing behind her, he grabbed onto Brianna and quickly slipped her glasses on. Immediately, Brianna went slack and Hunny gently placed her on the ground.
"Bri-chan…are you alright?" in response, Brianna groaned and sat up, blinking and rubbing her head.
"What the hell happened?" she asked looking up and staring at Hunny's relieved expression and everyone else's fearful ones (Except Yorihisa, who had a calculating look on his face, Akira, and Mori, both having a neutral expression on their faces.)
"Yeah Bri-chan! You're back to normal!" Brianna just sent him a confused look.
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After the tournament was ended due to, what everyone was now calling, the 'glasses incident', Brianna was sent home without any answers and Mori and Hunny were called into a meeting with their fathers.
"Mitsukuni, Takashi, just how much do you know about that girl?" Yorihisa asked the two boys.
"Well…not much. Bri-chan doesn't like to talk about herself…" Hunny answered.
Yorihisa nodded his head in understanding.
"Is that so…" he murmured. "Mitsukuni, Takashi, from here on out I am ordering you to stay away from that girl." Both boys looked up in shock.
"What?!" Hunny exclaimed.
"Now listen, you saw what happened out there, yes? That girl has superb fighting ability that's true, however her fighting training is extremely different from normal ones." Hunny nodded, of course! Everyone was taught differently but he didn't see why it mattered. Mori nodded as well, thinking the same thing as Hunny.
"That girl was not trained to fight for defensive reasons or just recreationally, she was trained to fight, to kill." Everyone felt the pressure behind his words. "You saw how she lost control like that; she was aiming to kill you Mitsukuni, even when she hadn't lost control, I was observing her during her fight with you and Yasuchika. She's not an average fighter, she wasn't just dodging your attacks because she couldn't hit you, she was analyzing and observing your movements, she was learning the way you two fought and then once she learned, she began attacking your weak points and the areas with the least defense. That level of skill only comes with years of practice. When she had lost control she was attacking all of your vital areas with deadly precision as if she was actually used to killing and attacking people. I'm not sure who trained her or even what kind of training she got but I can say her training and fighting style was like that of a soldier or a mercenary."
Hunny and Mori gulped, finally seeing what Yorihisa was saying.
Brianna was dangerous; she could kill someone with deadly precision and without blinking an eye.
This sudden realization made them both realize just how little they knew about their friend.
Yorihisa nodded, seeing how his words had reached the two boys.
"So that's why I said that you two must stay away from her, she is dangerous and—"
"No." Hunny had his head down, hair covering his face, as his hands clenched into fists on his lap.
"What?" Yorihisa asked an eyebrow raised.
Hunny looked up at his father, who was taken back to see the deadly serious look on his sons face.
As memories of his time spent with the Hispanic girl flashed into his mind, Hunny continued talking. "No. I won't stay away from her. I may not know much about Brianna but I do know that she would never try to harm me intentionally. That Brianna in the fight was not her real self and if she knew what had happened, I know Brianna would be extremely upset and very sorry. Brianna is always there for me and is one of the nicest people I know. I won't stay away from her…I can't stay away from her because I…I love her. I love Brianna so you can't ask me to remove her from my life. It's impossible." Yorihisa stared at his son in unconcealed shock. Never had he seen his son so determined and serious in his life.
Akira, who had been silent throughout the exchange, sighed and addresses his own son.
"Then Takashi, I am counting on you to—"
"Sorry father, but I'm going to have to agree with Mitsukuni." Akira stared at his son in shock as well.
As Mori remembered all the time he spent with the sarcastic yet kind girl, he also came to his own realization. "I love Brianna as well and I don't want to lose her either."
It was quiet between the four men for a while until Yorihisa broke the silence.
"Fine then, seeing as you both have strong feelings for her and refuse to cut her out of your life, I guess I can't stop you. Just be careful." Akira nodded along to Yorihisa's words, staring hard at the two boys.
Hunny smiled and Mori gave his own little smile.
"Now go." Yorihisa dismissed the two and both left quickly.
"So what do you think about this?" Akira asked and turned towards Yorihisa.
"You can't stop a man once he's in love. Especially not stubborn ones like those two, so I guess we'll have to see how this all pans out." Akira nodded at Yorihisa's words. "…I think that girl would be a good match for Hunny though. She can actually keep up with him when he's going all out. It's basically a match made in heaven." Yorihisa continued off handedly.
Akira smirked. "But…I've never seen Takashi so comfortable with a girl before. She can definitely bring out the more 'outspoken' side of him. And it also seems as if his presence calms her down a bit. That is my definition of a match made in heaven."
Both men stared hard at each other before cracking a smile.
"I guess we'll just have to see how this all plays out." Yorihisa said, smiling a bit.
"Indeed." Akira nodded.
"Shall we go eat Mitsumame (boiled beans)?" Yorihisa asked, getting up.
"Yes, let's go." Akira answered, following him.
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Hunny and Mori walked in silence as they headed towards the bath house.
"Takashi…do you really love Bri-chan? Like more than a friend?" Hunny asked the taller guy, stopping and looking up at him.
Mori stopped and looked down at Hunny. "Yes." He answered.
Hunny nodded his head. "I see…"
It was quiet between the two, before Hunny broke it, a dead serious look on his face.
"Just because we're cousins and friends doesn't mean I plan to give up. I'll definitely marry her."
Mori smiled a bit at this. "I feel the same way. I will not back down."
Both boys stared at each for a little longer, until they both smiled, breaking the tension.
"Okay! Let's go to the bath house now!" Hunny cheered, skipping ahead while Mori followed him silently.
So how was it? Sorry for the wait but I hoped you enjoyed it! Don't forget to review.
Review replies:
Minji12: I'm glad you loved it, and I hope you enjoy this one
Vivien G: yeah they all had to realize their feelings at some point. And maybe…anyways I'm glad you liked it!
briannap0122: I'm glad you enjoyed it! And to be honest I kind of fangirled at that moment as well while I was writing it.
Thanks for all the support you guys! I hope you all like this chapter! Till next time, bye~
