Taka stepped hesitantly in her room his concern clear as day on his face.
"What happened to you?"
"Just tell me what the information is." Nika said somewhat courtly as she looked in his direction but her eyes so swollen and sore from crying seemed to look right through him.
Taka sighed and kneeled down in front of Nika as he took an envelope from his pocket and handed it to Nika.
"Your father wrote this before he…..it's for you so I made sure no one read it before you did."
Nika reached out a shaky hand and gently took the envelope holding it close to her before she opened it.
Taka watched her face in earnest. What happened to the sweet and happy Nika who came by the jailhouse to visit her father? The teenage girl who seemed to make even the darkest of criminals smile when she walked by, the one who he would make the officers tea every time she came to visit?
Before him was a tired and weak woman. Never in Taka's life did he think that anyone could age so rapidly, but to his surprise as Nika's eyes scanned the paper she lit up a bit and a choked giggle came out only to be replaced by wide eyes.
"Nika?" Taka asked hesitantly reaching out to her.
A few tears fell down as Nika neared the end of the letter and she looked up only to have her eyes roll back and her body slump to the side.
"Call an ambulance she's unconscious!" Taka yelled franticly as he scooped Nika up.
"Kyouya please say something." Yoshiro pleaded as he watched his son stand up and take his glasses off in silence.
"Why? Why did you destroy a family all for what happened in the past? Why did you taunt her all this time? Why did you let me fall in love knowing this would happen!" Kyouya shouted slamming his fist on his father's desk in front of him.
"I tried to stop you when I found out you used our database to get information on her."
"That still doesn't account for why you continued to torment her! You kept her doll and even sent her flowers every year! Why?" Kyouya demanded.
"I kept the doll as a reminder for what I did so when the day came I would face the consequences of my actions. As far as the flowers: the black stands for regrets, the yellow for sorry, and the red for love." Yoshiro explained.
"Nika was told they meant you were regretting not waiting for her love."
"I suppose they could be interpreted that way but it means I regret not saying sorry for her love by which I mean her father."
"No matter what you have to say nothing can explain your actions. You willingly led me to believe that by bringing her here I could possibly be happy for once in my life."
Yoshiro took his sons words into consideration and was glad he prepared for this turn of events.
"I don't ask for your forgiveness because I know fully well I don't deserve it. All I ask is that you treat her well while I'm gone." Yoshiro said as he stood up from behind his desk.
Kyouya gave his father a puzzled look.
"Remember when you bought out the company and handed it back over to me? Well I decided that it would only be in my name until you turned of age, but I think it's best if I disappear for a while. There's no need for me to dredge up bad memories for you two and heaven knows I could use some soul searching." Yoshiro chuckled.
"So you're going to leave after causing all this damage?"
"Would you rather me stay and that young lady always fear that I'll come for her?" Yoshiro asked.
Kyouya merely turned his back to his father. He was utterly confused by the night's events and revelation after revelation was not helping, but all the while he couldn't help but think about what Nika must be going through.
"Don't worry son. I can tell that you love that girl and I know personally how powerful love is. It can turn a man into an idiot or a monster so be careful and do what you think is best." Yoshiro said as he grabbed his jacket from a coat stand next to the door and prepared to leave.
"Where will you go?" Kyouya asked without thinking.
"I'm an old man with many burdens on my shoulder, I think I'll try to repent and do some good in life before I die. So I'll just disappear and leave the company to your brother to take care of until you're of age. Then you can what you want with it. Sell it, run it, burn it to the ground. It's all up to you." Yoshiro said as he closed the door leaving an emotionally exhausted Kyouya in his office.
"We need to do something about that naiveté of yours." Kyouya remembered saying to Haruhi when he had straddled her trying to help out Tamaki.
He couldn't help but see a small resemblance in what he did to Haruhi and what his father did to Nika. None the less he would never go that far.
Kyouya slowly walked out of his father's office and made his way to his room silently trying to piece together what had happened and what this meant for him and Nika.
"At least I finally got what I wanted…but at what cost?" Kyouya asked himself as he plopped down on his bed with a sigh.
He was now the official owner of the Ootori group once he became of age. He had worked his whole life to get that from his father. Only to have it handed to him at the cost of the last bit of heart the only girl that had ever truly made Kyouya happy.
Kyouya rubbed his eyes and rolled over to the side of the bed looking at the picture that Suka had taken of their first date.
"I already know I could never be mad at you for long." Nika said under her breathe with a smile after she stopped laughing.
"And why's that?" Kyouya asked.
"I just know that's all." Nika answered putting the rest of their food in the basket and standing up.
Kyouya could still remember how much his heart sped up when she laughed at him and he smiled at the memory.
"I guess I should call her and at least let her know I'm alright." Kyouya thought to himself as he reached over to grab his phone.
Surprisingly he was met by her machine and grew worried only to have Kiyoshi rush into his room panting.
"Nika is in the hospital!" Kiyoshi yelled obviously having rushed over to tell Kyouya.
"Take me to her." Was all Kyouya said as he got up quickly and fallowed Kiyoshi.
Little did either know that Yoshiro was entering the Ootori Group hospital room that she was in.
Nika lifted her head groggily and was startled back looking around unaware of where she was and why Yoshiro was standing at the door looking at her.
"Don't worry Nika-San, you're at the Ootori Hospital. It seems you passed out from dehydration, lack of sleep, and extreme stress." Yoshiro told her with a tinge of concern in his voice.
"Does Kyouya know you're here?" Nika found herself asking.
Yoshiro nodded his head no and took off his jacket and put it over a chair that was inside the room for visitors. He then walked over towards Nika's hospital bed causing Nika to jump up and stand in the corner in a defensive position out of instinct.
"Get away from me!"
Yoshiro didn't even flinch as Nika yelled at him but merely sighed and kneeled down on the floor in front of her in a ceremonial way as he removed a white bundle from behind him.
"What are you doing?"
Yoshiro unwrapped the white bundle and Nika's eyes grew big as he held up a medium sized Kitana for her.
"I am old and do not have the strength to do this myself. Please end this miserable existence for me and take your revenge as my punishment. Yoshiro said as he motioned for Nika to take the sword.
Nika cautiously took the sword in her hands and looked at Yoshiro as if it was all some weird dream as Yoshiro prepared the white silk linen to collect his head and rested his hands on his thighs in the ceremonial position.
"You want me to commit a seppuku?" Nika asked hesitantly.
"It is only right that you find some peace. My only last wish is that you find someway to forgive Kyouya. Unlike me his heart is still warm and he truly cares for you."
Nika looked at her reflection in the blade and remembered all the pain she went through this past week, 8 years ago, and a few hours ago as she slowly raised the sword and Yoshiro bent his head forward.
(a/n: will she do it? Who knows? Oh wait I do! Lol. I'm actually supposed to be writing some smut for my friends right now but I had to update you guys are more important then some smut. Also my chapters are going to be longer then usual and I hope you will like it.) zell-chan
