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Disclaimer: I don't own Hana Yori Dango.
Warning: Language, innuendo, and some stuff going on.
Boys Before.................The High Seas???
Chapter Thirteen (Forsaken!)
Soujirou and Akira were breakfasting peacefully in the garden. It was a quiet morning outside. Rui had just spent a whole evening trying to convince them that there was a part of the plan that they had to do. They were stilly shaking their heads about it but had agreed. After all it was for Tsubaki.
"Good morning Soujirou. Good morning Akira. Lovely outside isn't it?" Doumyouji strode into the gazebo with a huge grin on his face. "I hope you all slept well." Akira and Soujirou took one look at Doumyouji's face before turning to look at each other.
"It's about time!" Soujirou exclaimed as Akira quietly handed him money.
"How was it?" Akira leaned in for details. "I know it was your first time."
"What?" Doumyouji's face went red. "What makes you think anything happened?"
"Like you could hide something like that from us." Akira scoffed lightly.
"Do you really want to know?" Doumyouji raised his eyebrows at them. They both nodded in agreement. "She said..."
"Said what?" Soujirou broke in.
"She said she loves me!" Doumyouji seemed to bounce in the air with his words. Soujirou frowned slightly.
"That's all?" Akira asked, looking cheated.
"What do you mean that's all?" Doumyouji seemed to step off his cloud long enough to glare at them. "She loves me!"
"Who loves who?" Shigeru was rubbing her eyes as she stepped into the gazebo.
"Tsukushi apparently said she loves Doumyouji." Soujirou shrugged. "They didn't even do anything." Shigeru's eyes widened.
"That's great! Ahhh! I have to go talk to Tsukushi!" Shigeru ran off at top speed. Doumyouji looked more happy then ever. Akira and Soujirou had never seen him like this. They suddenly spotted Lord Doumyouji walking towards them. His eyes fell on Doumyouji who was now dancing and they widened suddenly.
"Good morning." Lord Doumyouji was trying to talk to all of them but was still giving his son a bewildered expression.
"Good morning, father!" Doumyouji called out. "Wonderful day isn't it?"
"Tsukasa, why...." Lord Doumyouji wrinkled his brow in confusion.
Doumyouji ran up to him. "Tsukushi said she loves me!" Lord Doumyouji had an unreadable expression on his face.
"She did?" Lord Doumyouji asked almost in a slight awe.
"Yep! Here she comes now!" Doumyouji ran up to the approaching Tsukushi. She put her hands on her hips and Doumyouji stopped dead in his tracks.
"Stop telling everyone!" Her voice sounded angry but she was bright red with embarrassment. Doumyouji smile lessened only a little. He got a little closer to her.
"Your blushing..." Doumyouji teased her. She scrunched up her face slightly.
"You are so-" Tsukushi was cut off as Doumyouji suddenly chose that moment for a public display of affection. He kissed her. Tsukushi wanted to be mad at him and ask him what he thought he was doing but found she really couldn't. As they broke, Tsukushi saw Lord Doumyouji staring at them with the weirdest expression. He walked over to them with a curious face.
"You are Tsukushi right? We never did meet properly. I am Lord Doumyouji, Tsukasa's father." Lord Doumyouji introduced himself. He held out a hand.
"Makino Tsukushi." Tsukushi shook his hand enthusiastically. "Pleased to meet you."
"You're one spirited young lady." Lord Doumyouji smiled at her. "I can see why Tsukasa likes you so much." It occurred to Tsukushi that Lord Doumyouji was very kind even if his wife was probably the most evil person she had ever met.
"Husband, what are you doing?" Kaede's sharp voice made Akira and Soujirou jump. "You are supposed to be having breakfast with Lord Heyatsu."
"I'm tired Kaede. I just wanted some fresh air this morning." Lord Doumyouji said in a slightly tired voice. "I've just met this fine young lady and-"
"I don't need a story." Kaede cut him off. "Come on, he won't wait for much longer." Lord Doumyouji opened his mouth to say something but closed it again and walked off. Kaede gave Tsukushi a rather scary look before turning on her heel and going after her husband.
"Why is your mom like that? Your dad is nice." Tsukushi commented. Doumyouji put his arms securely around her.
"I don't know." Doumyouji whispered into her ear. "I don't know." She stood there looking off into the distance. I hope that one day Doumyouji's father is as happy as we are.
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"Oh Lady Tsukushi!" A familiar male voice called out to Tsukushi. Tsukushi was trying to sneak a tray of nice pastries to Tsubaki's room and talk about what her next orders were for the plan. Tsukushi turned around to see Lord Thomas standing there.
"Um, hello." Tsukushi said politely before backing away towards Tsubaki's room.
"Are you busy? If not it would be my pleasure to take you on a carriage ride through the country." Thomas offered, walking closer to her.
"Actually, I'm very busy." Tsukushi excused herself. "But maybe some other time." Thomas was still walking towards her, which was making her nervous. She backed into a wall, bumping her elbow in surprise.
"How busy can you be?" Thomas was standing over her now. "I don't see Doumyouji around anywhere. He wouldn't know." Tsukushi sidestepped away from Thomas.
"I would, now I'm going to go visit my friend now, so you'll have to excuse me." Tsukushi couldn't believe the nerve of this guy. If Doumyouji had been there he probably would have punched him.
"I will see you again I trust?" Thomas raised his eyebrows at her. Tsukushi turned around and strode into Tsubaki's room. Tsubaki's looked ready to pop out of her head when she saw Tsukushi.
"What's wrong Tsubaki?" Tsukushi asked her. Tsubaki shook her head, her face turning slightly more to a regular expression.
"Oh nothing!" Tsubaki said a little too loudly. "Why Tsukushi, I didn't realize you were here!" Tsukushi gave her a strange expression.
"Why are you talking like that?" Tsukushi asked slowly.
"What are you talking about?" Tsubaki smiled at her. "What brings you?"
"Well I was coming to give you some pastries and talk but…" Tsukushi gestured towards the door. "That Lord Thomas won't leave me alone."
"Lord Thomas and my mother are close business associates. Be very careful." Tsubaki instructed, jerking her hide slightly to one side as if motioning something.
"Um, are you okay?" Tsukushi wondered if it was just nerves or something. Tsubaki was definitely acting weird though.
"Hey, Tsubaki!" Doumyouji's voice boomed as he came into the room. Tsukushi turned around and saw Shigeru standing there looking much like one caught at something.
"Tsukasa!" Tsubaki exclaimed.
"What's Shigeru doing?" Tsukushi asked.
"On my way out the door!" Shigeru began to laugh and then stopped when she realized everyone was staring at her.
Tsubaki smacked her forehead loudly and Tsukushi felt even more puzzled. "Um, okay, what's going on?"
"I just came in here and I'm confused." Doumyouji explained. Shigeru slapped him hard on the back. He flinched slightly.
"Hey 'Kasa, got to go!" Shigeru ran out of the room with as much speed as she could muster.
"Now what were you saying about Lord Thomas?" Tsubaki changed the subject so smoothly that Tsukushi just gave up. Maybe it was one of those times she didn't want to know.
"Lord Thomas? Is he bothering you?" Doumyouji asked, looking up sharply.
"Well…kind of…" Tsukushi trailed off. Doumyouji stood up and started to crack his knuckles.
"I'll go take care of that." Doumyouji announced starting to leave the room.
"Doumyouji! What are you going to do?" Tsukushi questioned in a demanding tone. Doumyouji turned to her.
"I'm just going to make sure he knows who you belong to." Doumyouji's voice was rather serious. Tsukushi grabbed his arm with both her hands.
"Don't be stupid! You can't just go around beating people up! Maybe if I keep turning him down he'll go away." Tsukushi felt that they ought to solve this in a peaceful way. Doumyouji probably did not share her sentiments.
"Tsukushi…" Doumyouji trailed off hesitantly and started to walk away. Tsukushi tried to think of a good way to stop him from having a pointless fight with someone. Something came into her mind right then. Tsukushi jumped up and latched her mouth onto Doumyouji's ear. Just like the last time his whole body seized up. She let go and saw that Doumyouji's face was strangely red.
"You two…should go to your own room to do that!" Tsubaki giggled over in her chair. Tsukushi was about to break away when Doumyouji suddenly picked her up.
"Doumyouji what are you doing?" Tsukushi asked, as Doumyouji seemed to be walking very fast towards his destination. "Doumyouji!" Suddenly she saw that they were in her room. He laid her out on the bed and began to kiss her.
Tsukushi's yells of protest and other things were muffled by his mouth. His hands slid her side and he didn't show any signs of letting up. Doumyouji began to kiss her neck, sending tingles down her spine.
"Hmm…Tsukasa…" Tsukushi froze when she realized that she had just called him by his first name, which she had never done before. Doumyouji froze and looked up at her face.
"Say that again." Doumyouji told her.
"Um, Tsukasa?" Tsukushi felt a little weird under his intense gaze. Tsukushi yelped in surprise when he began kissing her more and more, in some sort of frantic excitement. His hands started to go to the buttons on her dress and Tsukushi's eyes widened in surprise. "Doumyouji, wait!" Tsukushi switched back to his last name. He didn't show any signs of stopping. Tsukushi put her hands on his chest and pushed firmly but gently.
"What?" Doumyouji asked her.
"We really shouldn't…we aren't married or anything…" Tsukushi trailed off a little feeling sort of bad. After all, it was apparent what Doumyouji wanted to do but she wasn't so sure…
"Rui and Shizuka aren't married…" Doumyouji got that seductive light in his eyes and he started to lean down to kiss her. Tsukushi put hand on his mouth, stopping him.
"We aren't Shizuka and Rui." Tsukushi told him. Doumyouji sighed, rolling off of her. Tsukushi settled herself so that her head was lying on his chest.
"Next time, don't bite my ear like that…" Doumyouji told her almost a little grumpily.
"Well then don't try to get in some fight with someone just because of me." Tsukushi snapped back. Doumyouji made an irritated noise.
"Don't make yourself sound like your nothing." Doumyouji told her. "That's not the way I see you."
"I don't want you to get into a fight like that though." Tsukushi explained. "If Lord Thomas was threatening me or was causing me harm then you could beat on him all you want."
"Hmm…I'll hold you to that." Doumyouji murmured. "You make it sound like I would lose in a fight with him though."
"I know you wouldn't lose…" Tsukushi trailed off. "I just don't want to see you get hurt at all." Doumyouji pulled her closer to him.
"Then how do you think I feel?" Doumyouji asked her. Tsukushi just held onto him tightly.
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Most of the time, the group didn't really have dinner together. But tonight, Lord Heyatsu invited them all to dine with him so that he could get to know Tsubaki's companions. Naturally none of them wanted to go but slowly one by one they all decided to. Shigeru went because she didn't want to leave Tsubaki alone with the lord, Soujirou bet that Akira would go and since Soujirou never lost a bet somehow convinced Akira to go, Doumyouji and Tsukushi decided they would keep the others company, and Shizuka and Rui took a small time out from whatever it is they usually did to come eat dinner with them as well.
"Why is Rui stealing apples?" Tsukushi asked Shizuka who was sitting next to her. The girls were sitting on opposite sides of the men. Shizuka giggled slightly.
"No reason." Shizuka's smile said otherwise however. Shizuka grabbed an apple from the bowl in front of her and bite into it, shooting Rui a look. He smiled back at her. Tsukushi wondered if those two ever thought about anything else. Doumyouji was eating a lemon, piece by piece and Tsukushi wondered if he actually liked lemons or he was trying to not punch Lord Heyatsu in the face. He certainly would if Lord Heyatsu looked at her like that.
"So, Doumyouji, tell me have you been well?" Lord Heyatsu was rather ugly and Tsukushi felt very sorry of Tsubaki. The whole group seemed to emanate a hate for him as he spoke.
"Yes." Doumyouji said quickly and Tsukushi felt as though there was probably a string of names that were not being said.
"Psssttt…Akira…" Soujirou couldn't get the longhaired boy's attention and threw a grape at him.
"Soujirou!" Akira looked slightly pissed and through food right back at him, it missed however and hit Tsukushi. Tsukushi's eyebrow twitched before she threw the nearest object, an apple from the fruit bowl in front of her at Soujirou. Lord Heyatsu was looking at them apprehensively.
"I do not think I know all of you." Lord Heyatsu said slowly. "Lady Tsubaki, my dear, why don't you introduce me?" Shigeru looked like she was ready to commit a violent crime.
"Lord Heyatsu, these are all my friends. All my friends, this is Lord Heyatsu." Tsubaki said through clenched teeth. Tsukushi felt sure that at any moment a brawl might start and she knew whom everyone would immediately leap on. Other than Shizuka and Rui who were far too busy watching each other eat to pay much attention to anything else.
"Oh Lady Tsubaki, you do make wonderful jokes. Now please introduce me to all your friends." Lord Heyatsu's face moved into an ugly grin. Shigeru, who had been eating something, was now twisting it into a pulp in an attempt to keep herself calm. Tsukushi could almost hear Tsubaki's teeth grating together.
"The Lady Shigeru, the Lord Soujirou, the Princess Shizuka, Tsukushi, Lord Doumyouji, Rui, and Lord Akira." Tsubaki pointed to each one in turn. "Happy?" Akira and Soujirou's food war had begun to escalate although they were keeping wonderful aim until Soujirou dodged. Food got on the Lord Heyatsu and he looked none too pleased. All the others started laughing however, breaking the slight tension.
"Excuse me…" A servant came in bowing at them. "The Lady Tsukushi is needed." Tsukushi looked up.
"I'm not a lady!" Tsukushi insisted. "Why am I needed?"
"I'm sorry, I wasn't told why. A young man asks if he could have a word with you." The servant explained. Tsukushi blinked and looked around. Doumyouji started to get up.
"Tell this young man, I'd like to have a word with him." Doumyouji pushed his chair in. Tsukushi stood up immediately.
"Doumyouji, don't worry, I'm sure it's nothing." Tsukushi assured him. "I'll be right back okay?"
"I don't know…" Doumyouji trailed off. "Let me come with you."
"Tsukasa…" Tsukushi dared to use his first name once more. "I can take care of it." Doumyouji sat down looking as though he wanted to go with her no matter she said. Tsukushi followed the servant into a different room. Surprisingly though, no lights were on and it was completely dark.
Tsukushi looked around quizzically. Maybe the servant had accidentally gone to the wrong room. She felt a pair of strong arms wrap around her, covering her mouth. She struggled frantically with them. Tsukushi felt like she was winning till something hit her sharply over the head.
No…I can't…pass out…now…
That was all she thought before the darkness took over and she drifted away.
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AHHHHHHHH! What happened? Find out next time you silly! Everyone is a little queer, how come she can't be a little straight? I'm dumb she's a lesbian? I thought I had found the one! We were as good as married in my mind but married in my mind's no good! Dude, Teresa, have you been holding out on me or something? I found that song while listening to the Attack of Ertauq! (Remember when you first invented Ertauq? When he tied up Quatre and was crazy on the show for a few episodes?) Oh well here you go! (Get the cool…. get the cool shoeshine! Okay I'll stop.)
What just happened to Tsukushi? Has she been kidnapped? Is Junpei involved? Why do I hate Junpei so much? Why didn't Junpei die? Why did they try to beat on Doumyouji in the anime like that? Why did they think they could beat out his doomyness? Will I stop adding words like 'doomyness' to the spell check? Will that dinner be able to continue without anyone dying? Will Akira and Soujirou's food fight stop? Will they have a bet on the victor? Will Rui and Shizuka EVER stop thinking about sex? Will we find out what Shigeru was doing in Tsubaki's room? Will Doumyouji kill whoever kidnapped Tsukushi? Will they find her in time? In time for what? Will Kaede somehow be involved? Will something bad happen that I cannot somehow connect to Kaede? Will I go into detail about how I can prove Kaede was the only reason Doumyouji and Tsukushi did not end up having sex on the Canada trip? Will I ever get over the fact that they didn't? Will this have a point? Should it have a point? Will Tsubaki get out of her marriage with that ugly lord guy? Will Thomas stop macking on Tsukushi? Not to mention Makiko! Stay tuned!