Disclaimer: I do not own Paradise kiss...blah, blah, blah. *sighs* If only.

This chapter is more of a background chapter for Lan, getting to know her better and why she moved to Japan. Yes, you will need this information; it will be useful with up coming twists in the plot.

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With the large box of papers emptied and spread out in piles on her floor it took Lan very little time to organize them. While reviewing the papers and her drafts, she made a list of all the supplies she would need, more things to add to her master list, which seemed to be ever growing. Sighing inwardly she placed them into a brief case she dug up in her moving boxes.

"I knew this would come in handy." she smiled as she went through the house

straitening up what she had tried to unpack but with so few boxes, and no furniture, there was little she could do. It was still the first week of living in the ancient temple, it seemed that some things were falling into place.

Paul, her grandfather's attorney had given her a small package a few weeks before she moved, she had been surprised when the elderly man had shown up late at night. He had said that he had just gotten off of the phone with Cain, her older cousin, and had learned that she was moving to Japan for an extensive period of time. He had handed her the package and hugged her, wishing her good luck and left, but not before giving her a few tips on places to go in Japan.

Walking into the area she had decided was going to be her bedroom, she sat down on the rolled out sleeping bag that would be her bed until the one that she had ordered arrived. Glancing around at the boxes of clothing and personal items that she dared not leave behind, her gaze came back to the box at her feet and the picture of her mother, father, grandfather, grandmother, Paul and his wife. It had been hard leaving the island, harder than she had expected it would be, she had understood from the very beginning that this wasn't going to be a vacation and that Japan was far different from America, but she had never expected to feel so alone.

The temple/house had been a gift, its land and building belonging wholly to her. It had taken so long to get the papers and everything in order, a teenage girl not even eighteen living on her own in a foreign country, it had been an almost impossible task, but she had been determined to go. Not only to fulfill her parent's and grandfather's wishes, but to get away from the mad legal disputes that were centered around her.

You see, her grandfather while living a very sparse almost monk quality life had been a master of business and his ingenuous ideas and business ventures had made millions, a trait that was passed down to his daughter, who had taken over running most of the business a few years before she was married and had her daughter, Lan.

Her parents had died in plane crash, when their private jet had gone down over the ocean, leaving their money and possessions to their daughter, who was only five at the time. So the money sat, growing interest and accumulating until she was old enough. But upon the death of her grandfather, who was her guardian, a title that was now passed on to Cain, she inherited the family fortune and the entire business and estates, but a sixteen year old girl could not run a international multi-billion company.

The lawyers had a field day trying to rip apart the will and contracts trying to steal, and cheat the girl from her inheritance. Now she could not receive more than a monthly allowance, which was somewhat lacking, until she was twenty- one. The lawyers were fighting to push the age back to twenty five now, wanting more time to pick at the documents. Fat chance she would sit around there that long. Little did they know she possessed the same business 'sixth-sense' as her grandfather and an independent stubborn streak when it came to what she believed in, from her father.

The plans were made; she had designed a budget and a plan for organization, tomorrow she would stop off before she was due in and buy the supplies she needed. No she wasn't totally pressed for money, but the job allowed her to put her energy into something, and would make her life just that much more livable. Being on your own for too long had a way of turning the brightest person into a depressed emotional heap of loneliness. Something Lan had no wish to become.

From the way the small group had gotten on at the interview things would be interesting if nothing else. She had a feeling that this job would be what she needed to get her mind off of her old life.

________--------------__________--------------___________------------- ___________ Hehehe. That's some of the background; I know nothing really happened next chapter should be up within two days. So don't worry.

By the way, Lan is pronounced like lawn incase you thought it was like land, or lane. Am I the only one who was worried about this? (probably)

Next Chapter: First day, oh what a day!!!