Authors Note: D Hey thanks everyone for all of the reviews! I will individually thank all of you at the end of this Authors Note. Ahem, and if I spell Menou's name wrong, it's not my fault, don't kill me! I am too lazy to get Book 6 out Hahaha. Well, there may be slow updates due to family business, and definitely no updates on Friday, Saturday and maybe Sunday because my friend is coming over. A note, did I already said that Daisuke is older? lol he's like… 18…. ages were changed.

Mood: Ah, feeling okay. D

Scheduled: Sleepovers! Hahaha, No, I am not a girly-girl.

Lady Lithe – Thank you so much for the review!

Kitedragon – Yeah, I wanted to make the summary point out it was like Love Hina. Hahaha, it'll just be his step dad, but not a REAL dad.

Shimmering Solitude – Hahaha omg! Thanks for telling me Ritsuko's last name I honestly had no idea!

lil-saturn-goddess – Thanks!

Chapter 2: A Meeting With Riku

Daisuke's face immediately dropped when he saw the tall man with a slender figure, and a menacing smile. His glasses hid his eyes, giving a cold tone.

It was Hiwatari's dad.

Daisuke had met him one day when Satoshi had to invite a friend to one of… his dad's 'gatherings'. Satoshi, having only the choice to bring Daisuke, brought the red-head along. Daisuke, already hating Satoshi's dad, was in immense shock to see that Mr. Hiwatari was standing there. Pondering to himself, he wondered if that meant that he was related to Satoshi.

"Daisuke Niwa, what a surprise."

Daisuke was just staring.

"I know this may be a surprise to you… it is to me too."

Still staring.

Daisuke finally let his eyes travel to the person standing behind Mr. Hiwatari. (1) There was a purple haired boy, about 19, with purple eyes to match his hair. He was pretty muscular, and tall.

"Er, Mr. Hiwatari, Satoshi isn't here…." Daisuke said, thinking the man was looking for Satoshi.

"Don't be silly, say hi to your stepbrother."

Daisuke gulped when the purple-haired boy approached him. He was a lot taller than him, which made Daisuke feel immeasurably short.

"Dark." the tall boy said.

Daisuke was confused for a second until he realized it was his name.

"Uh… Daisuke."

"Well, I should be leaving now, important business! Have fun!" Hiwatari said in a fake-happy voice. When he shut the door, he frowned as he turned on his heel and left the porch.

Dark flopped on the couch, putting his feet on a glass table. "H-hey, don't do that!" Daisuke immediately exclaimed.

"Pssh, whatever," he said, waving Daisuke off.

Daisuke fidgeted. He wished his mom would just call right now. His wish was answered, and he quickly jumped for the phone.

"Hello?" he said, almost dropping the phone clumsily.

"DAI-CHAN! IS DARK THERE YET!" Daisuke heard his energetic mom yell.

"Uh, yes, he is."

"Did your… step father already come? Is he there?"

"Uh, he left. Why?"

Emiko brushed his question away with a giggle. "Well, come on the plane right now! I'll see you in 3 hours!"

2 hours later

"This. is. HORRIBLE!" Riku Harada yelled! Her short brown hair wildly bounced in anger.

The youngest sister, about 16, looked at her reflection in the mirror. "C'mon, Riku! It's not that bad having a man in our all-girls dormitory!" she said.

Riku and Risa looked exactly alike, except for the fact Riku had shorter hair, and they were both different. Risa and Riku went to Azumono High School (?), and Risa was in dance classes and drama club, while Riku was in chorus, but unknowns to her sister, and on the track team.

Emiko had gathered all the girls: Ritsuko Fukuda, Riku Harada, Risa Harada, Menou Kurashina, and Miyuki Sawamura in a group meeting discussing Daisuke coming to the dorm.

"This is crazy! This is an all-girls dorm, for crying out loud!" Riku yelled.

"Riku, I'm sure it's OK. It's Emiko's son after all," Miyuki said.

"But remember LAST time? When we were 14!" Riku yelled.

"Riku, don't sweat the small stuff!" Risa said, agreeing with Miyuki.

"I can't believe you're agreeing with this! Menou, you understand what I'm talking about, right! Ritsuko?"

"It's no big deal. Don't sweat the small stuff!" Ritsuko said. (2)

"Fine by me," Menou said, playing around with her necklace.

Emiko clapped her hands together. "I guess it's agreed then! I'll be back in a year to check up on you!"

Riku threw her hands down in mock defeat. The other girls nodded, leaving to their rooms, all except Menou.

"I'm sure it's fine. He seems really nice."

You haven't even met him.

Menou left her as well, leaving just Riku and the furniture. She groaned and left there as well, going to her room across from Risa's, next to Ritsuko's. She got out her bear she had for 13 years.

"This sucks," she said to herself.

The bear immediately reminded her of when she was 5. She had visited Emiko's dorm for the first time around then. That day, she had brought her bear, but it managed to get lost. She had sat in the sandbox that day when a boy around 7, had found the bear and gave it back to her, then ran off. She never did find out who he was, though.

"Maybe Emiko knows about it… or maybe it was just a dream, anyways."

She looked out her window, seeing the two boys who would be staying as the landowners for their dorm. One had red hair, and looked fairly okay, but the other was tall and muscular, and had purple hair. From her assumption, he seemed like the type she would hate.

Ritsuko stared up at the beauty standing before her. "Oh my god!" she squealed, seeing Dark smile.

Daisuke sweat dropped. He already hated Dark, he was constantly making fun of his fear of heights (3 IMPORTANT) on the plane.

Miyuki was chattering with Ritsuko about how cute Dark was, as well as with Risa, and Menou just stared at Daisuke. He oddly reminded her of someone she met in her younger years, but brushed the thought off. It wasn't worth pondering anyway, he died when Menou was 5.

Riku glared at Dark when she came downstairs. He smiled at her, expecting her to smother in a puddle, but the glare was still piercing at him.

This guy looks like bad news… but he looks familiar…

"Riku, this guy looks great!" Ritsuko yelled, immediately talking to Riku about how cute the boys were. Riku just smiled bitterly.

(1) Sorry for all the Mr.'s I don't know his name!

(2) A lot like Risa, no?

(3) A little contest! D Whoever can point out who I borrowed this trait from (It's in a manga, and the Manga's name starts with a 'K' and ends with an 'A' and the person's name starts with an 'A' is the only hints I'll give you) gets to decide who Dark will first go on a date with out of all the girls. Ha, it can't be Riku though, sorry! D LOL, you can find the answer somewhere at T o k y o p o p . c o m in the 'K' section. Good luck! LOL, I made this pretty easy, many people should know if they read shoujo (girls) manga.

Authors Note: D Heh, listening to 'Tales of Symphonia' music really helps the mood! Suggest you go get the full downloaded MIDIS at Midi Shrine!

Next: Emiko's vacation is a disaster! Her ex is on the cruise! (Disaster)