Disclaimer: I do not own Hana Yori Dango or any of its characters. Matsumoto Jun#1.

Sorry about the somewhat sad last chapter eheh.


Strangers Fantasy: Unanswered Question

She kissed him back as he held her face. As he did so a small spider left the sleeve of his shirt and crawled up the side of her cheek and entered her ear.

"I love you Amon." Sakurako whispered against his lips.

He smiled against hers and gently whispered in her ears.

"I knew you would."

Tsukushi watched as Tsukasa paced back in forth.

"How could this have happened? No one should know about this necklace." He raked his fingers through his curly hair.

"I'm not sure how anyone could have found out about it. But I have a feeling that everything is connected somehow. There was a giant vulture obviously under control of someone. It kidnapped Sakurako, the girl we thought to be the princess, there is also the increased attacks of the Yabun no Kumo everything seems to be happening so fast."

"I agree with Akira, Tsukasa, I think we should leave this place as soon as we can. That necklace was the proof we needed to present along with Tsukushi. We have to find that bird. I think if we do we might have a chance to get the necklace back or maybe a lead in which direction to look for it."

Rui who had remained silent through the exchange finally spoke up.

"I think that Akira and Soujirou should enlist the help of their kingdoms. After all your two kingdoms are the ones best equip for the search."

Akira sighed.

"I guess we have no choice. Let's get ready for our trip and head out we will enlist the aid of our kingdoms once we are on our way and the winds are favorable."

The four guys went into the barely standing mansion and collected what was left of their things. They were glad that they sent their other traveling companions home earlier.

When they were done they met in front of the gates and Tsukasa went to get Tsukushi who had wandered off while they were getting their things.

He found her digging a hole among the white flower garden. She worked silently, no tears, no emotion, nothing. He walked over to her and hugged her from behind. She had been through so much in such a relatively short period of time and all through her life. It amazed him how strong she was, this quality about her only served to strengthen the love and resolved he already had for her.

She stilled in his arms drawing in his warmth and willing herself not to break down in tears again. She would make sure her friend was buried and that she would never be forgotten.

Tsukasa took over digging the hole and was joined by Rui and then Akira and Soujirou. They placed Makiko's body inside the grave once they were finished.

Tsukushi gave a silent prayer for her friend. She would be happy to see her friend in the resurrection.

"Ok I'm ready." Tsukushi walked pass the guys not waiting for a response.

As they followed her to the gate the sky began to darken and a cool breeze blew against them.

Rui looked into the sky as he slowed his steps.

"Tsukushi, is there anything you'd like to get before we leave." He asked casually not taking his eyes off the sky.

Tsukushi paused then turned to him.

"This is nothing really there for me. I need to grab maybe a few pairs of clothes and medicines and I'd like to make a stop at my adoptive parents' home."

"You're parents?" Tsukasa raised his eyebrow. She always spoke of her adoptive parents in a bad light, he was curious as to why she would want to see them before leaving.

"Yes, I have a few things I need to get off my chest before leaving this place for good."

Tsukushi lead the way to her apartment that she never really had a chance to truly live in. She paid the remaining balance of her rent and took a few herbs, potions and pairs of clothing with her.

Once she had everything she cared to take she looked around the somewhat bare quarters and with a sigh closed the door.

"Is that all you're taking?" Tsukasa asked her once she joined them again outside the building.

"Yeah, I didn't have much to begin with and I want to travel light just in case we have any incidents."

Tsukasa was impressed by her forethought. She wasn't a spoiled girl even though she did have a mean streak.

They followed her as she led the way to a small cottage on the outside of the city. A middle aged man was chopping wood, a woman about the same age hung clothing out to dry. A young boy who seemed to be about 15 years of age was carrying a stack of wood into the house. When he saw Tsukushi he dropped the stack and ran toward her.

"Tsukushi nee-san…" his mother and father looked up. A look of relief passed on their faces and then horror as his mother ran after him.

"Sus-…" Tsukushi smiled and ran towards her brother, but it faded quickly when her mother ran and grabbed him, pulling him back toward the house.

"Nee-chan?" he gave her a pleading look as he tried to dig his heels into the ground, but his father joined in pulling him back.

Tsukushi couldn't take it any longer and ran up right as they pulled him into the house and slammed the door.

She began banging and kicking at the door with her fists and feet.

"Why are you doing this? Why are you trying to run away?"

There was shuffling on the other side of the door but she received no reply.

"Stop ignoring me. Tell me why you're keeping me from my?" She continued her onslaught against the door.

Tsukasa had seen enough. She deserved to get an answer as to why they were treating her so coldly. He moved Tsukushi to the side and gave the door a good kick which rocked its foundation. Then he delivered a wood shattering blow.

Tsukushi stared in amazement as the door fell forward opening the way for them. Her parents were huddling over each other in a corner. She was happy that she was inside but now she didn't know what she wanted to say.

"Please leave Tsukushi." She heard her mothers frightened voice say.

An emotion passed over Tsukushi's face which she quickly hid.

"Mother…"

"I'm not you mother." The woman yelled.

Tsukushi closed her eyes trying to ward off the hurt and holding back the tears.

"Makino-san…" she said once her emotions were in check. The name held a certain iciness to it.

"I'd like an answer to my questions. Starting with why you suddenly kick me out of the house and why you just tried to avoid me?"

"It's because you're elvaan. You deceived us and pretended to be Hume." Her adoptive father yelled his face still covered as he huddled.

"We had to think about Susumo and his safety. If you stayed then who knows what might have happened."

"If you felt that way didn't you say that when you threw me out? Instead of using that same lame excuse of "because you're elvaan". You have conflicting answers one says it's because I'm elvaan the other because of Susumo's safety. Which one is it?

Her parents grew quiet.

"Tell me why!" They flinched at her voice.

Tsukasa's patience ran thin again and he walked over and grabbed Tsukushi's adoptive father by the front of his shirt and picked him up from the ground.

"Tell her what she needs to know." He growled.

Her mother started screaming and her brother ran to Tsukushi and hugged her.

"Onee-chan please don't let him hurt papa." He looked at his sister his eyes pleading.

Rui tapped Tsukasa on the shoulder.

"Its ok Tsukasa let him down."

Tsukasa gave his friend a glance and then dropped the poor man, who landed on his behind. His wife scrambled to hug him.

Tsukushi who would have normally ran to protect her father had to maintain self control not to throttle the hotheaded elvaan that threatened her him.

"Onee-chan, otoosan and okasan had a reason for doing what they did. They didn't really want to throw you out but they had to because-

"Be quiet Susumo stop trying to fill her head with lies, w didn't want her around anymore." Tsukushi's mother turned her face as her voice cracked.

"Mama…" her husband questioned as he looked at her then Tsukushi and Susumo.

He sighed.

"Mama I think its time we told her the truth."

"But-

"No buts if we have to reap the consequences so be it but I do not think any of us can take the pain any longer."

He motioned for everyone to take a seat at the long table.

Once everyone was seated he began to pace back in forth in front of them.

"Tsukushi you remember they day we found you so long ago, of course you don't you were too young." He rubbed his bald head nervously.

"Just get on with it papa."

"Tsukushi when you were found, well actually we were directed to you by someone. He told us that we could have a child to call our own for a little while and that the child was elvaan. At the time mama and I thought we would never be able to have a child of our own. We were too poor really. But the stranger said that we would receive compensation as long as you were in our care."

"At first we were some what unsure but we needed the money and it was only temporary. But we grew to love you as our own and then your brother was born and we felt like a family. But there was always the fact that you would one day leave us in the back of our minds. We thought that when the time came that we would fight for you if they asked to take you back. We didn't care about the money any longer we just wanted to keep you." His shoulders sagged as he divulged everything.

"If what you say is true then why did you…" Tsukushi trailed off, and then looked at Susumo.

"They threatened you? Does it have something to do with Susumo I remember you said earlier that you had to think about Susumo's safety, what was that about?"

Her parents glanced at each other and her mother began to fidget with her hands.

"Please tell us why you had to hide all of this and who is behind it. We can assure you we can protect your family." Akira gave them a kind smile.

Her mother smiled slightly back at Akira.

"It was shortly before Tsukushi turned 18. When she was younger she could easily pass for Hume, but as she grew older her elvaan characteristics became more pronounced. It didn't bother us, we didn't care that people would know that our child was elvaan. But then we started to get letters.'

'The first ones were inquiring about out daughter and that she looked more elvaan each day. Then they stated that soon they would come for Tsukushi and that we were to get her ready. They also said that we had to cut all ties with her. It even gave a detailed description of what we should say to her.'

'Granted we knew the day would come when she would have to leave but we never imagined that we would have to cut ties with our beloved daughter, we didn't even know who the letters were coming from.'

'We were appalled by what we were told to say and we resisted. We said that she was our daughter and that we would not give her up.'

'The night before you turned 18 while you and Susumo were sleep we had a visitor. Papa answered the door and was attacked by a cloaked figure. The only thing he could see was his sharp teeth. The rest of his features were hooded. I came into the room because I thought papa had been taking too long and I saw the hooded man holding papa in the air by the neck. In a blur he had his hand over my mouth before I could let out a scream.'

'He dropped your father and then dragged me over to him. He told us in no uncertain terms that he would kill us and take Tsukushi starting with our precious son. He told us that you would be taken care of and that some of your own kind would pick you up. We were totally defeated before placing a single blow on him. The next day we threw you out and cut our ties. It hurt so much Tsukushi and we prayed for you everyday even though we didn't come to see you.'

'We are very ashamed of what we did to you but we felt as if we had no choice." Her mother began to cry and everything from that day flooded back to Tsukushi.

She remembered the screaming and the tears. The question she'd asked over to herself had finally been answered. She felt relieved and sad at the same time. And with the sadness came that familiar feeling of anger. Why did all these things always have to happen to her? She felt the resentment for her own race surface as a hand gently took a hold of her own.

She turned to look at two grey marble like eyes. It shocked her that the quietest one of the 4 young elvaan gave her his hand in comfort. He pulled her toward the door and gave his friend Tsukasa a look who'd started to burn a hole in the back of his head the moment he took Tsukushi's hand.

"Let's go and get some fresh air Tsukushi I think Tsukasa would like to ask them a few questions and its best you don't hear."

"No I think I want-

She was silenced by a stern look from Rui, as she allowed herself to be ushered out of the house.

Back inside Tsukasa leveled his heated glare on Tsukushi's father.

"Who was this man that told you what to do?" Tsukasa took a menacing step forward as the older man took one back.

"I-I- I was told not to say anything." He backed up a little further.

"I wonder if it's the Yabun no Kumo, and if so if its one of those guys from earlier."

"I'm not sure Soujirou, but who knows apparently this was planned a long time ago. What was the point in having her thrown out?"

Tsukasa slammed his hand on the table before turning it over violently.

"You will tell me who it was or I will finish what the man didn't." Tsukasa bellowed revealing his sharp canines.

Tsukushi's father jumped.

"H-h-his name was Junpei."

Tsukasa's body went cold as the color drained from his face. He turned to his other friends and they all mirrored the look of shock.

"Junpei was the one that threaten Tsukushi's parents? He was the one that contracted them to take care of her all these years? If he knew who and where Tsukushi was then why did he send us here in the first place?"


So what do you think? I'm I going to slow for you guys . I'm sorry I really just want to flesh the story out. Tell me what you guys think I need inspiration . even though this chapter was originally 10pages long I had to cut some of it and save for the next chapter cause it was getting too long. Anyway R and R you guys are the reason I continue this story lol.