Eyes of the Heart
Author notes: All that have reviewed my story a big thank you. You have no idea how happy it makes me, at first I was going to be lazy about posting new chapters , but now I want to post as soon as I can. I do all my writing at work (I'm a slacker what can I say) so sometimes I get interrupted. Thank you Soleil666 for the corrections, Luna I really try to make sure its error free, and Baleleggurl I am glad I got you hooked, Killjoy my sister says the same thing about past tense and present, it is a bad habit I know gomen I will try to do better, thanx also to my first reviewers Purebloodwitch, and Lovedoves, I am glad you are sticking around. Anyway on with the next chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Hana Yori Dango or any of its characters; I am just a single writer showing her appreciation of the time and effort it took to create such a wonderful series.
Chapter 3: Assassin in the Home
The next day...
6:00 am at Doumyoji Enterprises Tokyo Home Office
"Good morning Miss Makino, I am Tendo Aika, I am Doumyoji Kaeda's assistant, nice to meet you."
Her greeting held no warmth even though it was accompanied by a 'nice to meet you'. The woman that stood before Tsukushi could not be counted as pretty, but she wasn't ugly either. She wore an excessive amount of make-up that detracted from the little beauty that she could have had.
"Yes its, a pleasure, I remember you from the other day. And from what I gather I will be getting my assignments from you along with giving you my reports."
"Yes that is correct."
For some reason Ms. Tendo seems so uptight. Was it something I did? Does she not like me already?
"Well..." Tsukushi fidgeted nervously. "... Since we will be seeing so much of each other I don't mind if you call me Tsukushi, it sounds less formal, and I am sure we will be good fri---."
"Miss Makino, I am here for the sole purpose of business. We are not friends and I doubt we ever will be. Now if you are ready I would like to give you your instructions and be on my way, I have other much more important things to do."
Now, that little outburst was completely unnecessary, if not for the fact that she is my paychecks assistant than I would wipe that little smirk off her face.
"Please forgive me for my presumptuousness." You rude, overly done woman.
As they got into the limo, Aika began giving instructions.
"Starting today, you will be living inside of the Doumyoji household. There are a few things that you must remember. As Doumyoji Tsukasa's assistant you are to help him in his everyday activities. You are at his beck and call whenever he needs you. You are to act professional in your dealings with him, and you must keep in mind that he is the heir to am empire and you are just a stepping stone that will aide him in his life. By keeping this attitude I am sure your presumptuousness will not show its face again."
Tsukushi's face had turned a nice crimson, but not from embarrassment, this was from pure anger.
Must...control...fist...of...death... what nerve of this woman, why does everyone seem to treat me as if I am some kind of insignificant weed among beautiful flowers. Well if I am a weed, than I won't be cut down, I am immune to any kind of herbicides.
As the limo moved steadily closer to its destination Aika stated various facts on the different companies that the Doumyoji Enterprises owned and operated. Tsukushi listened attentively; she knew some of the corporations but was surprised at a few, especially the clothing line. After about a 20 min drive they arrived at the Doumyoji mansion.
Tsukushi couldn't help but gaze in awe at the beautiful building. There was a large fountain in the front, with marble stairs that lead up to the main house. The house was surrounded by a large flower garden divided into different sections roses, nocturnal flowers, seasonal flowers, and gardenias. There were rose bushes of every shade organized from the red to the white. The gardenias, put up a nice show as well, competing with the much more popular roses. The archways for each section were covered in blooming jasmine vines, which gave off a wonderful sent. The smell of which attach itself to a person once they walked by.
The flowers alone made Tsukushi dizzy but once in the house she was again dazzled. They were let in by a older gentleman, by the name of Haithem. What a strange name for a Japanese butler.
The floor was a nice cream and pink marble, with mahogany pillars that lead to the stairs. Even though the mansion was so huge, there was no warmth. It was like a haunted house with people in it.
Tsukushi was greeted by a kindly but stern older woman by the name of Tama. Who she later found out, had served in the Doumyoji household for more than 50 years. Than she was introduced to her own maid . Tsukushi received the remainder of her instructions, from Aika in the foyer. After which Aika excused herself, to do the much more important things.
The young maid, named Ran showed Tsukushi to her room, which was well furnished with a large queen, sized bed. The room was decorated with a Victorian style in mind. The ceiling was painted as if the viewer were looking into the open sky. There was a long slim couch matching the room's lavender, and cream colors. There was a small desk next to the balcony doors, which opened up to the view of the gardenia garden. The scent of the flowers and the faint jasmine lazily drifted into the room, giving the room a natural air freshener.
This room is lager than my whole house. Maybe I should go and change now where is the closet... WOW this thing is the size of my family's living room. My cloths don't even take up a quarter of this space. Oh to be rich, they have it all.
"Oh by the way Miss Makino, your room is attached to the young masters. If he needs you for anything I am sure he will call. He made it a point of you having this room so that you wouldn't have any trouble helping him. Your key to the adjacent room is on the desk in a box."
Tsukushi froze in her tracts. He made it a point?
"Please call me Tsukushi, and I can not accept this lovely room. You can tell the young master that I will stay in one of the less spacious rooms."
"Oh no, I couldn't do that, he would be very angry with me if I allowed you to stay in any other room but this one."
"He would get mad, hmm... Where is the young master now?"
"He is in his room sleeping, but he doesn't wake up until the afternoon, and it is 7:30am right now. And the young master hates to be woken up any earlier than noon."
"Well maybe he needs to wake up a little earlier. Thank you Ran I can take care of myself from here."
A few minutes after Ran's departure, Tsukushi walks over to the desk and picks up a soft velvet box. Inside the box is a gold key with a D inscribed on it.
What is this place some kind of hotel?
Tsukushi walks over to the door, joining the two bedrooms, unlocks it, and walks into the dark room.
Tsukasa was once again sleeping on the chair by the main door to his room, when the sound of soft foot steps woke him up. He had begun sitting in his chair at night whenever he couldn't sleep in the bed, since his 'accident'.
He would often wake up reliving the night his sight was stripped away from him. Everyone thought he lost his sight in some kind of freak car accident. When in truth he had lost it, when one of his mother's assassins came in the dead of night and attacked him. She felt it was her duty to test her son's strength and at the same time find a weakness that she could one day exploit.
Many times he had almost been kidnapped, and after each attempt he was sent to some kind of martial arts school. After school various thugs were sent to attack him, and he defeated them all.
But on the occasion of his last attack, he had just come down with the flu, and was resting after a big argument with his mother, when he was attacked. Even though he won the fight, the cost of that win was that of his sight.
Of course his mother denied that it was one of her assassins, but Tsukasa could tell by her voice that she was lying. The woman that never showed emotion was like an open book before her blind son. He could see right through her, just by hearing her speak. This is why she didn't deal with him personally, not that she was ever there for him before.
Enough of my musing, what do we have here? Another assassin? I guess my rest is to be short lived. For an assassin they are much too loud...they are by the bed I think. Well this time they are the ones to be surprised.
With that Tsukasa silently snuck up behind the perpetrator and tackled them causing both of them to fall onto the bed. The perpetrator let out a yell and begans to fight him back.
Ah ha, a feisty one, and strong too. But it sounded like a female; I guess I should take it easy on her. AGHH she pulled my hair the minx. Hehe maybe a nip to the shoulder will do the trick. (Another yelp is released by his prey) This one is fun, she is pretty strong though and she—AGHH she bite me back. Now its time to put on a little more power, this ends now!
Tsukasa finally pinned the intruder down, lying on top of her with both their hands held above their heads.
"Who...sent you and...what do you want?" Tsukasa moved his face closer to his victim, although he can't see her he at least wanted to intimidate her.
It appears they are just as tired as I am, I must say I do respect someone brave enough to fight me back. Most of them just run away when they realize they have been overpowered. Now lets see what they have to say-- sniffsniff is that vanilla? Vanilla... VANILLA!! Please don't let this be who I think it is. But that sweet smell has already been burned into my nostrils. Aw man, the more I think about it the more sense it makes. She was supposed to come this morning, her room is next to mines, she has a key, and she also has ... a pretty nice body. Tsukasa blushed a nice crimson shade as his body starts to react to such close contact. 'Stop thinking that way Tsukasa'. Crap she is going to be mad, maybe I could explain this all away. I could say I was sleep walking... yeah sleep walking and she woke me out of it. She will be suspicious if I tell her that I was sleeping in a chair looking out for possible attackers. But man she feels so nice here, and she smells so good. Maybe I'll stay like this a little while longer and pretend I don't know who it is. Yeah that should work, I don't know who this person i—before he could finish his thought a fist came out of no where (next part done in slow motion)
Tuskasa falls to the ground and looks up, his sight kicked in at that minute only to see the shadow of a foot flying towards his face...
A few minutes earlier
Tsukushi tried to close the bedroom door as quietly as she possibly could, yet it had an audible clack when it was shut.
Darn I hope he didn't hear that. It is so dark but the light seeping in through the curtains tells me that this is one big room, oh my goodness he has a canopy covering his entire bed, like some kind of king. I can't believe I have to move the folds away just to see if he is in bed, give me a break, I guess he wants no light coming in at all. Look what I have to go through just to wake him up personally. Hehe (mischievous grin) ...hmmm he isn't in his bed I wonder where he could be; maybe he already got u- AHHH... As she was lost in her thoughts Tsukushi was being attacked from behind by what she thought was a stalker, perhaps sent to attack Tsukasa and mistakenly found her.
What the heck, I knew I should have stayed in my own room and now I am being attacked. Well I'm not giving up without a fight. Let's see if a fist full of hair will cause him to let me go. (Yelp from her attacker) hehe serves him right, but that was odd I think he had cur- Ayiiii He bit me what the heck is this guys problem, well only one thing to do when dealing with cannibals...(another yelp) serves him right. Man this guy is strong, and I am the one usually beating the boys up. If it was in any other situation I would like to meet this guy. I guess I lose this round he has me pinned...WAIT a minute that voice sounds like Tsukasa's...and he did have curly hair. Who sent me and what do I want, why is he asking me this? He seems tired from the struggle, and his face is so close, I can feel his breath and the heat from his face. If only he would move a little closer in I could... 'SNAP out of it girl!' I could nothing he must not know who I am, but that doesn't give him the right to attack me. He needs to get off of me now fist of death you are now released. And now time for the flying jump kiiicccckkk.
Time has caught back up
"What is your problem crazy woman?"
"You are the one that attacked me and you call me crazy."
"Well you shouldn't have been sneaking in my room in the middle of the night."
"Sneaking, I just came to wake you up and this is far from the middle of the night. Geez this is what I get for trying to be nice." Actually I was trying to be mean, but he need not know that.
"Besides that you punched and kicked me." That was a pretty good right hook she had there.
"I'm sorry I won't do that again, I should have knocked anyway, I mean you could have been in your unda..." She began to blush profusely as she thought about catching him in his underwear and if they were in the same compromising position they had been in a few minutes earlier. The last thought turned the heat up in her face.
"...anyway it won't happen again."
Tsukushi began to walk out the room when she felt a hand grab wrist, causing her to turn around.
"Uhh...ok... well I am..."
Tsukasa came in closer to her, he couldn't quite make out her face but as he looked down he noticed her lick her lips out of nervousness and then part them slightly as if she were about to say something. He forgot what he was going to say as all his attention was directed to her lips, and than his body moved on its own.
He moved in closer to her face sensing that her breath had become a little heavy, her pulse moving a little faster, and her resistance to him had lowered. He was less than an inch away from her when his sight left him causing him to suck in his breath.
Darn it why now, and why am I about to kiss this girl I barely know.
Tsukushi took his hesitation as a invitation to escape.
"Ok, Ihavetogosoi'llseeyoualittlelater."
She escaped out of the room and quickly closed the door.
That came out all wrong and rushed. My heart was beating so fast I thought I would have a stroke. I am sure he was about to kiss me, but why? First I am attacked and than I am almost kissed. But I wasn't afraid like I had been with Junpei when he tried to kiss me; I actually wanted to be kissed by Tsukasa. I don't get it, I want to be kissed by someone I don't know and yet not by the guy I thought I loved. 'Tsukushi you are one weird girl.' Maybe its because I am 19 and have yet to be kissed. What a sad person I am, a good looking guy comes along and my thoughts are turned to mush. Well I'll just pretend like it never happened.
Well might as well take a shower and get ready for the day.
Meanwhile...
Tsukasa turned the shower water to its hottest. As he allowed the water to fall down on him, he contemplated what he should say. The water and steam from the shower causing his hair to straighten, in a way to make the already gorgeous guy even more attractive.
He wished that just as easily as his hair was straighten with the water that he could straighten out the mess with Tsukushi. The steam licked up on all his sides, enveloping him in a light mist as he came out the hot shower, clinging to him, begging him to stay within its folds. But of course it can not keep its hold, as it dissipated the further he walked away from the bathroom.
It was her fault in the first place; she shouldn't have just come into my room without knocking. And here I was going to apologize to her. But it would only be right if I did say sorry. Since when did I start sounding like such a sap, I am the great Doumyoji Tsukasa I apologize to no one, especially one of my mothers employees. As a matter of fact I won't apologize to her until she comes groveling to me. I don't care if she already apologized; I want another for her behavior of not only today but yesterday too.
Tsukasa finished dressing and knocked on the adjoining bedroom door.
"Hey Makino it's me Tsukasa I'll meet you down stairs in the library. I have a few things to discuss with you."
"Ok, I'll meet you when I finish dressing."
Tsukushi leaned against the door to make sure he left his room before letting out a big sigh. It was quite apparent that working with that man would be a real challenge. But a challenge she was up for.
I wonder what 'things' he wanted to talk to me about? I guess I should just get dressed and head on down. And forget about what happened earlier.(Her new Mantra)
Tsukushi was lost in thought when the sound of music from a violin was heard coming from the garden outside her balcony. She walked outside and sat on a chair, resting her head on a ledge, closing her eyes to let the music work its magic. It had a calming effect on her. When the music ended she felt as if she had been swept into a wonderful dream and than suddenly dropped into reality.
What a talented musician to be able to play such wonderful music is a gift.
"Please continue playing, I really enjoyed it."
The rustle of leaves could be heard.
"No."
"No, why not you are so talented and..."
"Didn't you hear me the first time I said no."
Even though the guy was rude Tsukushi was not offended.
I guess I spied on him, oh well maybe another time he will play for me.
"Will you come again?"
"Who knows maybe?"
"Thanks because I would really appreciate it." Even though she spoke the words fell on the ears of the flowers only, because the mystery musician had already left.
Tsukushi returned to her room, and looked at the clock, only to realize that Tsukasa was still waiting for her. As a matter of fact he had been waiting for almost and hour.
Darn it I am late, and he is going to be so mad at me.
Tsukushi ran out the room towards the library, which of course she didn't know where it was and ended up getting lost for 10 minutes. By the time she reached the library she was out of breath, sweating, her glasses were falling down her face and tendrils of her hair had come out of her bun. She threw open the library doors only to be faced with 4 of the most beautiful men she has ever seen.
One of which she knew and seemed was the most angry. Two of them had a slight smirk on their face as if they would laugh at any minute, and the last had a look of slight boredom. She was drawn to the last ine in that his eyes tried to scream boredom but hid much more.
"Makino Tsukushi I would like you to meet my closets friends in the world, Soujirou, Akira, Rui and together we make up the F4.
Ok, guys that's the end of chapter 3, I hope you enjoyed it. I keep trying to give you the POV of both Tsukasa and Tsukushi because most fan fics always give Tsukushi's POV and I always want to know what is going on through his mind. I actually got one of my guy friends opinion (Got him into HYD) and he saying that I should have Tsukasa say "she has nice boobs or breast" of course that was scratched. I also had a cameo for my friend he knows who he is. Oh and you may have noticed that I gave the steam in the shower scene human characteristics...hee hee, that's me, I would love to be the steam attached to Tsukasa man o man if only he was real. Anyway tune in next time for another episode of Eyes of the Heart.
