Disclaimer: Michiru and Haruka are products of someone else's imagination I'm just using them in this story.

Oh thanks for your reviews…. An sorry for the delay .I dedicate this chapter to Master E, Rushing wind and Ashja which decided to go out tripping at the same time in the middle of my winter depression-crisis! Thank you Guys! Just kidding you know I love you….

Anyway here's the next chapter:

Unwelcome to the Family Miss Kaioh!

By auraluna7

Chapter 19 : Snowy Sky

(Synopsis: Haruka and Tazuka are having a weekend trip with their father in Aspen, while Michiru decides to leave for Kyoto to see her just recovered heritance: her parent's house, the trouble is that she left in secret…..)

"Mi toes are officially frozen!"

"I told you to get back in the inn but you didn't listen, come on Taz I'll find you a hot chocolate…"

"Girls! I was looking for you; Kitten there's someone I'll like you to meet"

"It's ok Haruka I'll go get my chocolate and I'll be upstairs"

Haruka followed her father to the Inn's bar, they had just arrived a couple of hours ago and she and Taz had been outside in the snow must of that time; her father however chose to stay inside.

They walked to a table where a beautiful woman was sitting on, her long black hair falling to her waist; her eyes were dark blue, she smile at them.

"Haruka do you remember Sora?"

"Ah…."

"Of course she doesn't Hazuko-san the last time I saw her she was 12 and I was 9 …."

"Sorry"

"Oh well Haruka this is Sora Yukiko, she's the daughter of a good friend of mine"

"Oh, nice to meet you then"

"The pleasure is mine; your father was telling me you're a car racer? How interesting"

"It's a job like anyone"

"And she's modest too! Oh Hazuko you were right about her…"

"Well Haruka I was telling Sora you could escort her to dinner tonight, she was expecting a friend but it didn't showed up"

"I…. sure, I just have to go upstairs to get changed"

"Excellent, I'll leave you to then, Sora I'll go see your father, there's a business thing we have to discuss"

"See you later"

"Bye dad"

"So…"

"You come here often then?"

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"Miss Kaioh?" Michiru just arrived to the airport and was completely lost in her thoughts, she was a nervous wreck, how could she get this stupid idea of coming up here, sneaking of her house, what if Haruka found out? What excuse could she have at all? Anyway it was done…

"Mrs. Shizuka?"

"That's me"

"Oh I'm glad you're here, I was completely lost, how did you know it was me?"

"Ms. Kay describe you really well"

"Ok , can we go then?"

"Sure, you'll be gladly surprised Miss I'm sure"

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"What do you say? Have you lost your mini-mind? What's this about you going out to dinner with this woman? What would Michiru say eh?"

"She's dad's friend, he ask me to, what do you expected?"

"Michiru is going to freak"

"Well I'll call her and consult her, but there's no phone in this so exclusive place cause is in the middle of a freaking mountain, so she'll have to trust me on this"

"What's her name?"

"Sora something"

"Is she pretty?"

"Stop asking questions you're not with the FBI"

"Take me with you"

"No, have a little faith in me would you? I'm not cheating, I love Michiru and I'll marry her in a few weeks so stop being paranoiac, besides the fact that I'm dining with a nice woman doesn't mean I'll throw myself at her!"

"I don't like any of these"

"Go to bed Taz, I'll come in a few hours"

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"So what do you think?"

Michiru could not speak, she could only feel the tears running down her face, there it was the house where she spent her childhood, standing at one side of the Yodo River, here there were the Zen gardens where she played and have so much fun, the smell of Kyoto had already make her nostalgic but this vision was too much for her, she was crying a little bit for her lost parents but mostly her tears were of happiness, she was back at last to the land of the cherry trees and the willows….

"It's … oh god, excuse me"

"It's ok, have a tissue"

"Can we go in?"

"This place is yours Miss Kaioh; of course we can get in"

Michiru open the paper rice panel to enter the hall, the altar with the mortuary tables with the names of her family where there, the house was quiet but the smell of old burned incense filled the place, Michiru smiled remembering how she used to slide on the just waxed wooden floors when she was a little girl.

The house was in an excellent shape, Michiru was prepared to found ruins but she found the house was as beautiful as it was when her mother was alive, she walked through every room in the house, many of her mother things where now gone, replaced by new ones. "There was a portrait of my mother in this room"

"Many things are on the ware house in the back, your aunt wasn't allowed to take anything out, but I guess there would be things that won't appear"

"Yes, I guess"

"The house had 3 servants I'm not sure if you'll keep them or hire new ones so they are waiting your call"

"Three servants?"

"Your aunt was not much of a spender, of course hiring more staff won't be a trouble"

"More? Where I'm supposed to get the money to keep this palace?" "That won't be necessary Mrs. Shizuka; I think I'm selling the house" "I'm sorry mom"

"Selling? That's not such a good idea Miss Kaioh, the real state market is not in it's best shape this time of the year, besides this house is an architectural jewel, this house was built by Tomiko Hatana itself the value of this house in inestimable"

"I… this house maintenance is going to be a problem for me"

"Oh well we could not recover any money from your aunt but this house makes enough money to maintain itself and even more."

"I'm not sure what are you talking about"

"You see…"

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"That was by far the nicest evening I've had in a long time Haruka"

"Thanks Sora I enjoyed it too"

"Do you recall when we were kids Haruka you were always mean and pulled my ponytail?"

"I'm not proud of that, I'm nicer now"

"It shows" Sora smiled at Haruka in an enchanting way, her dark blue eyes sparkling, they were walking down the hall to Sora's room, the moonlight coming through the glass walls. You're really sexy Haruka had someone ever told you that?" Haruka smiled but couldn't speak; Sora's words had taken her by surprise. They finally arrived to Sora's bedroom; Haruka could not wait a minute more to run off. "I didn't scare you did I? I mean your father told me you were…." Sora placed her arm around Haruka's neck, her breath hitting Haruka like a ton of bricks; she could feel the warm of Sora's skin surrounding her

"I am"

Sora smiled and then she whispered into Haruka's ear "Fine, the so you want to come in?"

(Ah! What do you think Haruka's going to say? And Michiru back at Kyoto seems to be having a lucky strike….would it last? Oh you'll find out if you send me lots of reviews cause let me tell you we are close to the end….but I'm still not sure how things are going to turn so….review! P.S 'Sora Yukiko' means something similar to snowy sky…)