Author's Note: How do you find my OC so far? I hope this chapter will give a little background about her. This is a prelude on how would Akashi take his revenge over a younger troublesome heiress.
Chapter 2: Blood Red
The impudence committed by the Wanazaki heiress still lingers in Akashi's mind as he lay on his bed. This is the first time that somebody dared to embarrass him. Does she know that he travelled all the way from Kyoto to Tokyo just to meet her? Though it is true that he is the one who invited her, it is still unacceptable not to inform him that she will not show up on their supposed to be meeting.
Suddenly, a knock on the door brings him back to his senses.
"You may come in." he glanced at the door and get up from lying down.
"Here is what you are looking for, Bocchama." His butler handed him a folder containing every details he has to know about the girl who made him look like a fool hours ago.
Akashi took the folder from his butler but before he can scan the content of the folder, his butler spoke. "I received a phone call from the Wanazaki mansion earlier apologizing in behalf of the household's daughter. Natsumi ojou-sama suddenly got difficulty of breathing and rashes on the way to your meeting place. It is believed that she caught allergy from the mango fruit shake she drank this afternoon."
An image of the girl sipping iced drink while sitting at the park flashed in Akashi's mind. The other party's alibi might be saying the truth. "Yet they do not inform us that our dinner will be cancelled." Akashi stated the fact without any glint of concern about the girl's condition.
"The butler said that it is his fault for not calling earlier because they panicked upon seeing Natsumi ojou-sama's state."
Akashi didn't exchange any word further so his butler left. He flipped the folder's cover and started to read the girl's full profile that they got from an insider working for the Wanazaki family. Who knows if the girl intentionally drank something that will trigger her allergy so that she can have an excuse not to meet with him? He made up his mind. He will get his revenge.
Wanazaki Natsumi, 14 years old, born on the 19th day of March as a product of gestational surrogacy. After she was born, her biological parents divorced. Natsumi's sole purpose of existence is to create a lifelong business partnership between the old rich Wanazaki family and filthy rich Atobe family to acquire more wealth and power. She grew up alone overseas but when she was 12 years old, she stayed at the Wanazaki estate in Nagoya. Her parents rarely visited her since both remarried after their divorce. She got step siblings from her father and a half-sister from her mother.
Natsumi spend her childhood and education at an overseas research laboratory for gifted children co-funded by her family. She studied first year of junior high school at Nagoya Seitoku but later dropped on her second year when she was involved in an accident during a school field trip. Due to this incident, she chose to stay abroad to recuperate. Natsumi returned to Japan just less than a week ago. She never joined any official kyudo tournament yet her skill is said to be at national level.
"How interesting." Akashi thought to himself and smirked. "Such a pitiful soul."
Running security personnel are seen everywhere in and out of the Wanazaki mansion. The electricity and communication was shut down, the magnetic gates won't open and all the cars got flat tires. All of these things happen because a certain genius heiress desperately escaped before her father sends her abroad. If only she didn't catch an allergy and didn't ruin her supposed to be meeting with the Akashi heir, things should work well for her. She should now be looking at the list of her potential new school. However, right after she was dismissed at the hospital, she received a message from her father that she will be sent abroad in the morning. Her father was fuming with anger so she knew that he was dead serious.
Natsumi was able to escape their mansion and continue her way to find refuge at her maternal family; the Atobe family. She called her cousin to help her bail out from her mess by arranging a shelter for her to hide while waiting for her father's anger to subside.
"Send me your chauffeur. I am on the run. Literally, I am running right now." Natsumi said over the phone as she runs while looking around if security personnel are trailing her.
"What did you do this time, ahn~? Ore-sama doesn't want to get involve with whatever you got yourself into." Natsumi's cousin replied knowing that the girl might have done something outrageous again.
"If you will not help me, I will take Beat with me wherever place on earth Chichue chose to throw me this time. Mark my word." Natsumi threatened since she knew that her cousin loves Beat, the Afghan hound dog, very much. Therefore, it is a priceless blackmail material.
"You're going overboard. Ore-sama-" her cousin was cut off his rebuttal when he heard a screeching of tires from the background followed by a not so loud thud. "Natsumi? Oi Natsumi!"
Natsumi feels pain creeping on her body with her half opened eyes staring at the bright blue sky. She tries to remain conscious as much as she could but dizziness is trying to lull her to sleep. She jerked her head a bit on the side and saw her phone on a distant. She wanted to reach for it but her hand won't move even an inch then she passed out.
Meanwhile, Akashi shifted his gaze towards his driver's direction as if asking why their car stopped. "Bocchama, I'm afraid that the car before us was caught in an accident."
Akashi didn't bother to inquire further. After all, it is not them who hit the pedestrian. Accidents do happen but he got a bit startled when the car in front of them dashed away leaving its victim lying on the asphalt road.
"Should we help, bocchama?" his driver asked but Akashi already moved out of the car and casually headed straight to the pedestrian that was caught in the accident.
His instinct is right. Lying on the asphalt road helplessly is the despicable woman who ditched him last night. He looked down at her without any hint of sympathy and watched as the girl fought to remain conscious but later failed. His attention was diverted at girl's mobile phone.
Akashi calmly bent and picked up the phone.
"Natsumi, are you alright? Do not make Ore-sama worry like that!" the person speaking in the other line speaks up.
Akashi was surprised to hear a familiar voice. Is it Aomine Daiki on the other line? Impossible. There is no way that Daiki is related to the unconscious insolent girl in front him. He moved the phone away from his ear and checked the name of the caller just to be sure that he is not talking to his former teammate. The caller's name reads as Atobe Keigo.
Natsumi slowly opened her eyes and blinked. She could still feel the dull pain on her head and body. The girl is pretty sure that she is in the hospital based on the bright white surroundings and chemical scent. She tried to move her arms and wiggle her feet just to be sure that they are still intact after she got hit by a car.
"Natsumi-sama!" her butler exclaimed upon seeing that she already regained her consciousness. "How do you feel? Are you alright?"
The girl didn't respond. Lying in the hospital bed with her family's butler frantically asking her condition only means that her father knew her whereabouts. The butler called the doctor to check on her and after answering some questions, she was advised to take a rest.
"Please don't do it again next time ojou-sama. You made all of us worried."
"Does Chichiue come to visit? Does Hahaue called and asked for my condition? " Natsumi asked but when her butler kept mum, she fully understood. She is so silly to ask a question that she already knew the answer. Who is she to receive her parents' attention? Her existence is merely for the sake of business so as long as she lives, her parents won't concern themselves over her.
"I'm sorry ojou-sama." Her butler apologized as he pitied the young heiress.
"You got nothing to apologize." She replied with a blank expression and changed the topic. "By the way, how did you find me?"
The butler's mood suddenly changed as if he was so excited. "My apology I forgot to tell you earlier Natsumi-sama. It is the heir of the Akashi family who informed earlier about your situation. He said that he saw you by chance. The car that hit you ran away leaving you unconscious at the middle of the road. It happened that he is also in the area and recognized you. Akashi Seijuro-sama accompanied you here in the hospital until we arrived."
Natsumi blinked in astonishment upon hearing her butler and a small smirk formed at the corner of her lips. "Can you schedule a meeting with him when I was discharged from this hospital so that I can thank him properly?"
Meanwhile in Kyoto, Akashi is having a dinner with his father. He just arrived after a grueling five and half hour car ride from Tokyo since he didn't take the bullet train. They eat in silence until his father speaks up.
"How do you find the daughter of the Wanazaki conglomerate?"
Akashi paused from cutting the steak on his plate upon hearing the question. He didn't bother to look at his father who is sitting across the long dining table and answered. "She is interesting.. intriguing if I may say."
"I received a call from Wanazaki Tsutomu this afternoon extending his gratitude for the help you've done to his daughter."
"I see." Akashi replied as if he is not elated of the praise he received. Rather, he continued to slice the steak in front of him slowly without taking his eyes away from it.
"Who would have thought that after your cancelled dinner, you will meet the daughter of the Wanazaki family in an unexpected turn of event?"
"Indeed." Akashi responded nonchalantly and sliced another piece of the steak slowly. Nothing can really be kept from his father. Akashi Masaomi knew that his son was ditched last night by the troublesome heiress.
A flashback of his conversation with Natsumi's cousin when he picked up the girl's phone from the place of accident crossed his mind.
"Atobe Keigo, this is Akashi Seijuro speaking. The girl that you are looking for is currently unconscious after she got hit by a car. Unfortunately, the culprit left."
There is a short pause from the other line before the annoying Aomine Daiki voice alike Atobe Keigo responded. "Is Ore-sama's cousin alright?"
Akashi scanned the knocked out girl and responded. "I believe she is not dead- yet."
"Ahn!?" It is more of a question rather than as an expression from the other line.
"There is no indication of bleeding, maybe just few broken bones and bruises." Akashi elaborated.
"Akashi-senpai, can you stay with her until the medics take her to the hospital? Contact me once you know where the medics will take her."
Akashi slightly raised his eyebrow, "Are you commanding me?"
"Why would Ore-sama command you, ahn~? It's a request."
There was a long silence before Akashi replied. He looked down at the girl over again with blank expression. "I will let you know later the hospital address."
"Ore-sama appreciates your help. Ore-sama will definitely repay your kindness."
Kindness? Did he hear it right? The only reason that he is helping Natsumi is because the girl hasn't served her purpose yet. He still needs her service. Not to mention, he still hasn't forgiven her. He will still get his revenge on her. He still needs to punish her. There is no need to rush. The game has just started.
A/N: Next chapter, the Akashi company gala.
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