Sorry for the wait. Okay, there's some new stuff in here, so enjoy!

oh yeah..this is a little longer because I got a little carried away and realized I needed to start my next chapter soon. D hope its to your sadifactory----

Ayame couldn't be happier. Yet, she could be sad at the same time. Her secret love affair with Koga was the most exciting event in her life so far. Her twisted 'fiancé' still believed them to be wed soon, but Koga made a promise he'd do something about this. 'Its amazing how something's work out sometimes...'she thought on. She was in so much of a daze, she didn't even notice the women stroll through her kitchen door at first.

"Excuse me? Are you Ayame Tech?" She asked with a nasally voice. Ayame shook with surprise.

"Tech? Oh no, I do believe you are mistaken. I am Ayame, but my last name is not 'Tech'. " She said smiling. The women didn't even flinch.

"Do you know an…Alexander Tech?" she asked again with a bored expression.

"Well, I do know an, Alexander but I do not know—"she paused. 'Don't tell me this is one of those "my soon to be last names so we'll just call you that anyway" situations!' she thought.

"I suppose I am her…" she said looking away with concern. The women still didn't change facile expressions.

"Well then. I am Uta Karmina, your wedding planner." She said looking through her purse. Ayame woke up from her dreamy daze.

"Wedding planner? What? No, no! I am not getting married anytime—" she was cut off.

"Look sweetheart, your fiancé told me you were getting married Wednesday. Today is Monday. Now we have a lot of work to do, and if you don't mind, I'd like to get this over with as soon as possible." She said glaring at Ayame. Ayame raised a questionable brow.

Wednesday, did he say? I don't want to rush things too quickly. Make it Friday." She said getting walking away from her spot. Uta looked up at her.

"But Friday's the new year." She said with an 'obviously' attitude. Ayame just brushed it off.

"Wouldn't that make it a night to remember?" she said with fake over dramatic happiness. Uta made a crooked smile.

"Alright. Friday it is then." She said getting a pen and crossed out the date for there wedding that was not even going to happen.

Close to a half an hour went by, and they didn't say a thing about the wedding. They talked about things around or not even remotely close to the wedding.

"I must say, Ayame, when I was put up to this assignment, I didn't really want to. Its not really you, you should know. I just can't stand that Alexander; so demanding he is! Now I just plan pity you, dear." She said jokingly. Ayame smiled a little.

"Perhaps I could tell you something, but you must keep it to yourself?" she said quietly. Uta looked at her with new interest.

"I will tell no one, dear. Its not my way." She said proudly. Ayame took a step closer.

"I'm sure as you can tell, I am no where in love with Alexander. For god's sake, I just learned his name yesterday. The thing is…is that I am in love with someone else." She said with a cliffhanging attitude. Uta's eyes widened with curiosity.

"Are you really? You're having an affair? Why that's wonderful! This is the best I've heard in a couple days! Who is this man?" she said eagerly. Ayame looked at her questionably for a moment.

"You find affairs wonderful? I thought you, being a wedding planner, would be far from acceptable with this." Uta smiled.

"Oh dear, when your in a relationship with a man whom is as controlling as Alexander, life would be horrid. An affair would be VERY exciting; is it not?" she said with much wisdom. Ayame nodded her head.

"Yes, I do find this affair thing very exciting. It's dangerous, I know, but its so thrilling at the same time. But I love him, so it's not just some fun and games. He says he will try his best to break off this engagement." She said staring at her dress. Uta raised an unsure eyebrow.

"Ayame, dear, what is to happen if this should not happen?" she asked trying to look at her face. Ayame tentatively lifted her head and gave a weak smile.

"Well then life as I know it will cease. I will not take it away, but surely I will have no will to carry on. My entire life would be of cooking, cleaning, draw a pretty face for my husband to arrive home, and watch my bratty children because they want to be just like there father when they grow up. Either I wither away, or I'll just run away and never look back." She said confidently at Uta. Uta walked back to the table, and sat down.

It was now Tuesday, and Koga decided to take action. Problem was, he wasn't really sure where to start. So, he just figured he'd start with Ayame's mother. After all, she is related to Ayame. Whenever Ayame would speak of her mother, she would say she works in a restaurant not to far away from here. He walked slowly thinking of the words he might say. 'Hello, you may not know me, but I know your daughter, and were kind of in love. Can I marry her? Yeah. Sounds good', he said sarcastically to himself. He sighed, and stepped inside. The place was well light up, and the waitresses had nothing but smiles. For a few moments, it started to make him a little uncomfortable. Then slowly walked up the closet waitress, still looking at all the cheerful faces.

"Can I help you sir!" she asked a little too joyfully. Koga was about the raise his eyebrow, but decided that would be rude.

"Um…yes. I am looking for an…"he paused. 'DAMN! What did Ayame say her mother's name was? Ale? Adie? Ai? Yes! Ai!' he thought.

"A waitress named Ai." He said smoothly. The waitresses smile dropped completely.

"Yeah. She's in the back; let me get her for you. But I have to say…aren't you a little young for her?" she asked questionably. Koga now raised an eyebrow not quite getting what she meant. But the moment he did, he waved off the thought.

"No, no! I am not courting her! I am here on…business." He said. The waitress nodded her hand, and went to the back. Koga sighed deeply. Women with reddish brownish hair, slightly pale skin, and pale grey-green eyes came out, and looked at him. Even if Ayame and her mother did have the same hair, eyes, or skin color, you could see they are still similar. Koga walked up to her.

"You must be Ai, Ayame's mother?" he asked. She gave a little smile.

"Yes, that would be me. Please, don't tell me my daughter is in trouble of some sort. She really is a good girl, I swear to you—" she was cut off by Koga.

"Oh no! She's not in any trouble at all! But I rather talk to you about this…somewhere else." He said trying not to look at the first waitress he met, who was practically behind Ai. She turned and saw what the trouble was.

"Well, alright. Maybe outside a little…there's a table out there." She said leading him there. When they got outside, Koga pulled the chair out for Ai to sit. She smiled.

"Such a gentlemen you are. Now, what is it you wish to talk to me about Mr.…" she said hinting to him.

"My name is Koga Kenosha, and, well…I don't really know how to put this in an easy way…so I'm going to try and come out with it. I am in love with your daughter, and I wish to marry her." He said closing his eyes. When he opened them, he saw a rather shocked mother. She had her hand on her chest and the other towards her mouth.

"Oh my! This is quiet a shock! I will only say yes if you pass my test." She said with skeptical eyebrows. Koga nodded a little.

"Good. Stand up." She said standing up herself. He was a little tentative at first, but he did after a good minute or so. She looked from his face to his chest. She pointed it a couple times, and looked all the way down to his feet. She gestured him to turn, and he obeyed. She pointed his back and his lower back.

"Alright. Sit once again." She said sitting herself, and he did as obeyed again.

"Well the good news is, is that you pasted my physical test. Now I must ask you a few questions." She said sternly. Koga continued to say nothing.

"My first question is, how long have you known my daughter?"

"A couple years now."

"That's interesting. She's never mentioned you."

"She said she would have, but your not really around to talk to, beg my pardon."

"Well, okay. Moving on to question two. How did you meet?"

"Well.." he said remembering, "its kind of a strange story. You see I was on a walk out of the house. I was walking, but I wasn't really paying any attention to the people walking to and fro. Unfortunately, for both our obliviousness, we walked right into each other, and knocked each other down. Apparently, I noticed her eyes where closed and I assumed she was walking around with her eyes closed. And to my guess, I was correct. She was completely embarrassed, but I was completely intrigued. You see, the people in my family or around my family would never even dream of doing something like that. And to see an already attractive girl, your daughter, do something like this, well it was like a breath of fresh air. Over time, we became very close friends."

Ai didn't say a word. Such a bizarre meeting between the two amazed her. Yet in a way, it was quite sweet.

"I have decided. You may marry my daughter." She said with a smile. Koga shifted a little in his seat.

"But there's a little problem. You see…Ayame seems to be engaged to someone her step father has chosen for her. She doesn't like him, and I know him as well and I do not care for him either." He said nervously. Ai looked as if she were about to explode.