The Japanese Politician's Woman

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cherry blossoms: I'm all for writing non Usagi & Mamoru focused fanfiction, because there are so many of them around. At some point, with lots more work, I'll get one of each of the inners :) Here's me hoping!

thebodyfarm: Good to know its not getting too mushy….

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Tuesday 6:30am

He sat casually in his study, leaning back into a chair and sipping a cup of green tea that was before him, his eyes looking vacantly at the photo sitting at the side of his desk. The sky was bright red as it was every morning, bird chirping their bright little tunes were lost on deaf ears as his mind drifted off to another time, another space. A maid came into his study, hands carrying a large white tray, on one side was a bowl of porridge for breakfast, and the morning paper. "Good morning sir."

"Morning, have you prepared the two rooms yet?"

"Yes sir, I had them prepared last night."

"Good." Helping himself to a spoonful of porridge, he nodded his head for her dismissal as he picked up his paper. In his mind he was ready to see Seira and Kyoru-san's teary faces as they played up an act for sympathy over the 'called-off' marriage, but that had not prepared him for what was on the front page.

Tuesday 6:45am

Knocking on the closed door softly, he peered into the dark room of Rei, he found her in uniform, sitting in front of a mirror quietly brushing her hair. "Good morning, I would kiss you, but I would feel like I was kissing a kid," he said good-naturedly referring to her school uniform.

She smiled at him, "and good morning to you."

"Do you plan to lock me here all by myself while you go to school?"

"Grandpa will be here, so will Yuuchuiro, you won't be here by yourself."

"I would prefer if you were with me though."

"I can't! I have school to go to."

"Remember? We withdrew you from school for three months."

"As long as I'm in Juuban, I'm going to school."

The door slid open as Yuuchuiro walked in and dropped the morning paper on the desk beside Rei, his body shaking with rage, and behind all the hair in his eyes, he gave a vicious glare to Kenta. Rei gave Yuuchuiro a curious look and turned her eyes to the page, "oh my god, they have photos Kenta!"

Tuesday 7:15am

"Morning Ami-chan! What's in the news today?" Asked Usagi as she leisurely walked into the classroom, a yawn escaping her lips.

"Well, er… maybe we'll start with the sports today, umm, golf, there is a tournament in the US at the moment, and um…" Ami bit her lip nervously and avoided her gaze.

"Ami-chan, lets not drag this out any longer than we have to, just start with the news and end with the news please." Usagi flopped onto the chair next to Ami and cocked her head to one side awaiting the boring information that Luna had forced her to know.

"Um…" Ami could not speak and quietly handed the newspaper to Usagi.

"Is that who I think it is? Wow! Who is that guy she is kissing? He looks good!"

"Kenta Inouye, the person running for deputy with Imaruru Hino, Rei's father."

"Wasn't his photo on the paper yesterday?"

"Yes it was."

"And she is lip-locking him? Wait a minute, that was the guy who came to have dinner with her on her birthday wasn't it… that assistant guy."

"He was set to marry the current Prime Minister's daughter, it more or less implies that Rei broke them up, he and Seira Kyoru called off their wedding yesterday, it does paint her in a rather bad way."

"So he's the Prime Minister now?"

"No, they have to elect him first and he's running as the deputy Prime Minister."

"What's that?"

"He's like the person who comes second."

"So Rei gets to be like Mrs Deputy."

"Usagi-chan! It's not easy for her."

"Well of course it's not easy, Mamo-chan and me wasn't easy."

"The whole of Japan thinks that she broke up Kyoru-san and Inouye-san's relationship."

Tuesday 7:30am

Rei opened the main doors separating the private section of the dojo and the public shrines, and was greeted with a face full of cameras. She immediately slid the doors shut as she heard the cameramen knocking furiously at the door, ready to thrash it down any moment.

"Ojii-san is not going to be happy about this. What did I do, I've destroyed the sanctity of this wonderful place," Rei ran her hands through her hair, "my mother will be so disappointed in me."

"I'm sorry. I'm sure they'll understand that it's not your fault," Kenta said softly, "your mother loves you and I don't think she could be disappointed in you. You know what thought? It looks like you are going to spend some time with me today, does it?"

"Yes, you got your wish." She smiled as she pecked him lightly on the chin.

"Oh, and much more than I bargained for."

His cellular phone rang, disturbing the mutual communication between them, reading the caller ID display on the phone, he shook his head and sighed, "guess what? It's your father…" She smiled and went back into her room, "moshi-moshi?"

"Do you realize what deep shit we're in right this moment because of you? What was that about PR schooling that we sponsored you for, did they teach you how the hell to lose a watertight election by PR?"

"I'm sorry sir."

"I told you to act teary, dumped and heartbroken. Which part didn't you understand? Not only do you disobey me, you go hopping off to my daughter's arms. She's a child, you sick boy, how dare you take advantage of her? Get your dirty little paws off my daughter you little piece of $I-I17!"

"Imaruru-san, I am serious about her."

"You can damn forget it if you think that you will get anywhere by getting into bed with my daughter but out that front door!"

"I am for real here, its not some one-nighter, I… I know the risks I am taking, and I accept them, readily, in fact, I… I'm willing to hand in my resignation right now sir."

He heard Imaruru, the man who had treated him like a son, take a deep breath, "I want it on my desk by this afternoon, get the chauffeur to drive it over as soon as possible."

He moved his lips, but no words came out, then slowly he said, "it has been my pleasure to learn from you Imaruru-san, you have been like a father to me all these years, you have given me every chance to learn and apply, I apologize for my mistakes and my decision, which you also believe to be a mistake. I am willing to prove to you that my being with your daughter has nothing to do with my goals in life other than that of a happily married man, and… I sincerely hope that my resignation will show that. I will do everything in my power to make sure that this will have no bearings on your election, I believe in what you stand for, your integrity, your morality. I may not deserve it, but I hope that you will give me your best wishes in pursuing someone that if I don't, right now, then I will regret for the rest of my life, because I have truly fallen for your daughter."

"And you hit your head on the way down." Imaruru Hino hung up shaking his head in disbelief. Kenta, for the second in a week stared at his cellular in shock, hardly knowing what had given him the courage to resign.