DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN OURAN IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM

"Excuse me young man but can you give us a moment?" asked Tamaki gently pushing the boy back into the room and shutting the door.

"No way in hell!" said the twins "No way in hell are we going to let this little Tonnerre punk near Ichiko!"

"Guys please," said Haruhi.

"Haruhi I'm sorry but I can't allow this either!" said Tamaki, "I don't think this is a right match!"

"Really?" said Haruhi.

"I have to somewhat agree," said Kyoya, "I can't help but think this match isn't really one that will work out in Ichiko's best interest."

"What?" said Haruhi, "I would think you'd be all for arranging to get the kids with multibillion dollar families."

"Oh I do, but at the same time, given what's happen courtesy of my father I also would like to put the interest of the children first as well," said Kyoya. Mori grunted and nodded his head. Haruhi turned and looked over at Hunny who shook his head no.

"No, no this is not going to work. I don't care how nice he seems. I don't like his mother very much after what she did before," he said.

"Would it make a difference to any of you if I told you that Ichiko actually seems to like him?" asked Haruhi.

"What?" asked the guys.

"When I went to talk to Ichiko I saw her getting ready and the way she was acting, it made me think she actually likes this boy a lot," said Haruhi.

"Seriously?" asked Hikaru.

"Very much so," said Haruhi. Hunny gave a sigh.

"You may be right," he said, "The other day when he called she was really excited about getting his call. The look on her face really suggested she was happy to hear from him."

"There see?" said Haruhi, "Know why can't we all just put aside our little issues about Ichiko acting grown up and being happy for her?" The guys all groaned and nodded their heads.

"Is he here? I'm ready to see him!" said Ichiko appearing. Everyone turned and looked at her walking up in her dress now with her makeup applied and her long blond hair flowing down on her shoulders that was now wavy.

"Wow Ichi-Chan you look nice," said Hunny.

Thanks Daddy," said Ichiko, "I couldn't have done it without Sai and Genji's help."

Hikaru and Kaoru both looked at each other proud of their kids' work.

"Well Eduard is waiting for you," said Haruhi nodding to the door.

"Did you meet him? Isn't he just charming?" asked Ichiko looking like she was in love.

"Yes dear we did," said Haruhi, "And you're right he's is very charming. He's waiting for you in there." Ichiko took a deep breath.

"Okay then, here goes nothing," she said as she opened the door and walked in. Haruhi turned and looked at the men.

"Now don't tell me that doesn't sound like a girl who doesn't seem at least interested on her own, not because of family ties or social standings he could bring her," she said as she shut the doors behind her.

"Yes it does seem like her feeling are true," said Tamaki.

"Yeah," said Kaoru.

"Did anyone else notice that the window in the room was open?" said Hikaru. The men were quick to hurry outside to the garden. Haruhi groaned and followed after them.

"Guys stop this!" she said once she caught up with them outside.

"Shh!" hissed Tamaki, Hikaru, Kaoru, and Hunny.

"We can't hear," said Tamaki.

"I can't believe you guys," said Haruhi.

"I've missed you so much!" they suddenly heard Ichiko say from the room, "I can't believe you came all the way from France to see me! This is so great! I can show you all over Japan! There's so much to see here. And I just know you'll get along with my mother and my father. You probably heard all about that didn't you?"

"Yes, yes I did," said Eduard, "That's actually why I came to see you. I'm sorry if you misinterpret my real reason to coming here."

"What are you talking about?" asked Ichiko.

"Well in case you haven't noticed your family involved in quite the scandal with your fathers and mother," said Eduard.

"Well yes but," said Ichiko, "That's not all their fault. It was my step-grandfather's.""None the less he's still family to you. And I'm sorry but that just something my family can't be affiliated with," said Eduard.

"What?" asked Ichiko.

"My family's too respectable and important to be affiliated with you and yours. So I don't think we're going to be able to see each other anymore," said Eduard.

"You're, breaking up with me?" said Ichiko.

"Of course," said Eduard, "Who would want their family linked to yours?"

"But what about me, don't you care about me, myself?" asked Ichiko.

"No of course not," said Eduard, "Who would want to be with someone as childish as you? The only good thing you were mostly good for was with you link to stepfather Tamaki's family. It's just too bad you have that scandal that no one can really be connected to."

"You came all the way from France just to break up with me!" said Ichiko, "And you don't even care about me on a personal level!"

The next thing everything knew, they could heard Ichiko burst into tears and could hear the door burst open and then slam shut.

"Oh my god!" said Haruhi as she hurried back into the house. The others ran in after her, heading straight towards the lounge.

"You little punk!" Hikaru and Kaoru both shouted as the burst into the room. Eduard looked calmly over at them.

"How dare you just up and dump a girl like that!" said Tamaki.

"Oh easily," said Eduard like it was nothing, "I simply told her the truth. It's not my fault the truth hurts."

"That's not all that hurts you know!" said Hunny, "I knew you weren't nearly good enough for my little girl!"

"Not good enough? I think you are mistaken," said Eduard, "She's the one that's not good enough for me. I come from a great and noble family in case you didn't know."

"Oh we know alright," said Kyoya, "But with that said we also know that you as an individual are in no way good enough for our daughter."

"Your daughter? Sir she's not your daughter," said Eduard.

"Oh she's not is she?" said Kyoya, "Are you suggesting young man that while the five of us were all married to her mother we didn't treat like she was our daughter? Are you saying we didn't care about her wellbeing? Are you saying we didn't make sure she had a happy birthday or Christmas? Are you saying we didn't sure she got good food to eat or good clothes to wear? Are you saying we didn't make sure she went to school to make sure she had a bright future? Are you young man?"

"Um well," said Eduard.

"Young man it takes more then DNA to be a father and I can assure that even though I didn't see two of these men with Ichiko as a father I can assure you we all treated her like she was our own and we still see her as a daughter. And with that said, if you are going to treat our daughter like that you can leave never come back," said Kyoya.

"Yeah," said Hikaru and Kaoru, "Get out!"

"Very well I shall leave then," said Eduard as he stood to leave.

"And we better not hear or see you around here again understood!" Tamaki snapped.

"Oh don't worry I won't be back," said Eduard as he headed to the door only to come face to face with Hunny.

"I meant what I said. I don't think you were then or now good enough for my daughter. You're not even good enough to walk next to her in a hallway!" he said.

"Well excuse me sir," said Eduard as he slowly walked around Hunny and headed to the door. He had just about reached it when he felt someone come up behind him and kicked him in the butt. He jumped and turned around to see Sai looking at him mad.

"I beg your pardon young lady?" he said, "What do you think you're doing kicking my butt?"

"You ever show up here again and make my sister cry like that again and you won't have to worry about me kicking your butt. You'll have to worry about my older brother kicking your butt!" As if on cue, Kaito showed up and glared at him. He punched his fist in anger making Eduard jump a little.

"Oh please I just got the same lecture from your fathers," he said.

"Oh I doubt that," said Sai, "Especially since their lecture didn't include the butt kicking or the knee kicking."

"Knee kicking?" asked Eduard.

"Genji!" said Sai. Genji suddenly showed up and kicked Eduard in his knee.

"Jerk!" he said, "Making Ichiko cry like that after she went through all that trouble to look nice for you!"

"Or how about the foot smashing?" said Sai, "Aiko!" Aiko suddenly ran up.

"What was I suppose to do again?" she asked.

"Stomp his foot for making Ichiko cry," said Sai.

"Oh right," said Aiko as she went and did just that, "That's for making my sister cry you big meanie!"

"Oh I am too important to put up with this!" said Eduard.

"Ha please!" said Will joining his brothers and sisters, "You just gave up a connection to five of the most important families in Japan because of your one single family thought they were better then us. We as a family have more connections then you have hairs on your head and you just blew that all away. You are and your pathetic excuse for a family is probably one of the least bit important families now thanks to this."

"You seem pretty sure of yourself there sir," said Eduard.

"Even if I'm somehow wrong with that, you still made my sister cry and that my friend immediately makes you less important to us and our families as a hold, which makes you not all the important at all. Now then you were leaving?" Eduard sneered and stormed out.

"Do you think Ichiko's okay?" asked Genji.

"I saw Mom heading to her room. She'll be okay," said Sai.

Haruhi raced to her daughter's room where she found Ichiko on her bed crying.

"Oh honey!" she said as she walked over to the bed and sat down next to her, "honey are you okay?"

"Momma, Eduard broke up with me!" said Ichiko.

"Shh, shh come here," said Haruhi as she managed to help get her daughter to sit up and cuddle her, "It's okay honey, its okay."

"I feel like such a fool Momma," said Ichiko in between sobs. "I can't believe that I let myself be fooled so easily. I really thought he cared about me. How could I have been so stupid!"

"Shh shh you weren't stupid honey. He was a jerk," said Haruhi, "He made you think that way. I bet if this whole scandal hadn't come up he would have kept trying to make you think he liked you like that. You know if he's like that, maybe you're better off."

"You think so?" asked Ichiko.

"Honey, take it from someone who knows first hand. They are plenty of more guys out that will love you for you. They won't care what family you come from, they won't care what connections you have. They will like you merely because you're you. Just hopefully it won't be quite as bad as what happen to me," said Haruhi.

"Hmm," said Ichiko, "It doesn't make me feel any better."

"I know honey. I doubt it would," said Haruhi, "You can just sit here and cry all you want and I'll stay here the whole time if you want." She could feel Ichiko holding her arms tight around her. She started crying harder and harder. Haruhi sighed.

'Somehow I just know this is all my fault,' she thought.