Summary: AU of HYD. Tsukushi, Tsukasa and Tsubaki are siblings. Tsubaki the eldest, Tsukasa the middle, and Tsukushi the youngest. Tsukasa has always been jealous of his younger sister, for some reasons.
A/n: I don't remember the name of Kin's fiancee in HYD, so I made up this name. And yes, if anyone interested in being my beta, please mail me at amyheidi()gmail(.)com.
Chapter 4
While walking along the school's ground, Tsukushi and Akiko talked to get to know each other better.
"Senosuke never mentions that you are going to enter Eirin," said Akiko.
"Well, I was at odds between Eirin and Eitoku," Tsukushi admitted. "But at last, I made my choice."
"You'll be able to fit in! Don't worry," said Akiko. "School only started a week ago."
Tsukushi nodded in response.
"What clubs are you going to join?" asked Akiko. "No, don't tell me..."
"The drama club!" they both answered in unison.
"Then, let me show you the drama club, Tsukushi," said Akiko, leading the way for Tsukushi.
"Ah, will you look at the time!" Tsukushi exclaimed, looking at her new Fossil watch. "I promise my mother that I will accompany her to her business trip!"
"I thought you are the youngest?" asked Akiko.
Tsukushi just smiled at Akiko, and answered, "Yes, that's why she brings me wherever she goes,"
"It's funny that I'm only in Japan for two days, and then jetting off to Taiwan for two days after that," continued Tsukushi. "Oh well... that's my life."
Akiko smiled and nodded in understanding. Her politician father also took them to State trips most times, and she has to leave school at times.
"Will there be a tutor with you?" asked Akiko.
Tsukushi nodded, and answered, "That's why, I won't miss a day of school"
Taiwan is just another destination for Tsukushi as she accompanied her mother on this business trip.
Tsukushi knew the real reason behind this business trip, it's to introduce Tsukushi to some of her clients, as her eldest daughter, was already engaged to a person of her choosings.
Her mother had told Tsukushi that she won't choose who Tsukushi wants to be with, but had stated that it will please her if Tsukushi chooses someone of equal standings or higher.
Not that Tsukushi didn't find any of the men her mother introduced to her not attractive, it's just that, some of them were already in their mid-20s, since they have either taken over the company from the parents or just starting to enter the company, and yes, they didn't measure up to the three flowers that her brother introduced to her.
"Mother, do we have any dealings with the Mimasaka, Hanazawa and Nishikado family?" asked Tsukushi out of a whim one day.
"Yes we do, that's why their heirs are your brother's best friend," answered Domyouji Kaede.
Tsukushi nodded in response. She's going to start school soon, Eirin had accepted her application. She can't wait for school to start, where she would meet boys of equal standings to her, albeit they are political families, and she hoped some of them would outshine the F3.
It's just so bad that the one that caught her eye did not notice girls her age.
Eirin Academy
To say that Tsukushi has a fabulous time in school was an overstatement. Yes, she's in Akiko's class, yes, everybody wants to be her friend because she's a Domyouji, but, only a select few in the class, knew how to speak English!
Her circle of friends in Eirin includes Akiko and Akiko's friends who can speak English. It's downright annoying sometimes, when she heard some of the girls who's not in her circle to talk behind her back.
Once, she heard some of the girls argue with Akiko. She asked Akiko about it, but Akiko didn't want to tell her what they had argued about, but she knew, they were arguing about her, because she heard 'Domyouji' being muttered a lot of times in the argument.
"Look Akiko, tell me the truth, what are they saying?" asked Tsukushi that day.
Akiko looked away, not wanting to tell the truth, and answered, "It's nothing, Tsukushi, don't worry about it,"
"Akiko, I can see those girls do not like me one bit," replied Tsukushi.
"Tsukushi, those girls called you a snobby bitch who thinks she's too good to not speak Japanese," said Shimizu Yuri, one of Akiko's friends.
"Hey, they are snobby too, I can't help it, I'm so bad in my Japanese!" Tsukushi defended herself.
"Never mind them, Kushi," Akiko said. "They are not worth it"
It started out like a normal day. Tsukushi came out of her car, taking her Prada Limited Edition bag from her chauffeur.
Tsukushi looked around, Akiko hasn't arrived yet, so Tsukushi made her way to the lobby of the campus.
That's when a red convertible with three people stopped right in front of her, and one of them literally picked her up, and tossed her into the seat and drove off from Eirin.
"Hey! What are you doing?" she screamed at the top of her head.
"Don't worry, we won't do anything to you," said the guy who picked her up.
"Yes, the least we will do is contact your brother," said another guy in front.
"Who are you and why in the hell would you want to kidnap me?" shouted Tsukushi again.
"If you want ransom money, I could call my mother now," continued Tsukushi.
"Now, why would we want your money, Domyouji Tsukushi?" asked one of the men, and took of his sunglasses. "When we have lots of money ourselves."
Tsukushi gasped. It turned out to be Mimasaka Akira.
At Starbucks...
"I still don't understand why the three of you kidnapped me," said Tsukushi, while drinking her capuccino.
Tsukushi had called Akiko earlier and lied that she's sick.
"Tsukasa growled whenever we ask him to invite you along to our gatherings," said Soujiro. "So, we have to try the next best thing."
"Wait, aren't the three of you should be in class as well?" asked Tsukushi, realising the time.
"If you enter Eitoku, Domyouji Tsukushi, the teachers won't care," answered Akira, emphasizing the Domyouji name.
"That's basically the real reason why I won't enter Eitoku," replied Tsukushi. "I have a feeling nii-chan will terrorize the campus."
"Nii-chan won't invite me anywhere. I know he hates me," Tsukushi said sadly. "I just don't know why."
The three flowers looked at each other, and thought the same thing.
'She doesn't know the reason why Tsukasa hates her,'
Soujiro started the round of teasings by asking, "So, Miss Domyouji, do you already have a fiancee?"
"Mr. Nishikado, I still don't have one," answered Tsukushi truthfully.
"Mother won't pick for me, but she said it will please her if the person is of equal status with me," hinted Tsukushi, and hoping that Akira will take the hint.
'One day, Akira has to take a young wife,' she thought.
"You are one lucky bitch," said Soujiro, and quickly added, "Pardon my language, but you are lucky."
"I know," Tsukushi smiled. "That's why mother brings me along to all her business meetings, she's hoping one of them will catch my eye."
"Anyone caught your eye yet, Miss Domyouji?" asked Akira, seductively looking at Tsukushi.
Tsukushi tried hard to resist that wanting look, and replied, "Yes, but according to my sister, he's VERY unavailable,"
"So, I'm looking for someone who can match him in his looks, because I don't think he'll ever notice me," continued Tsukushi.
Akira didn't look as if he took the hints. Tsukushi was getting really frustrated. Rui, on the other hand, noticed, and he kept on looking at the two, directing more on Tsukushi.
"Tsukushi, if I may call you Tsukushi, why is your Japanese very bad?" asked Rui.
"Sure, the three of you can call me Tsukushi, the reason why my Japanese is very bad is because I spent almost my whole life abroad, as mother and father bring me along wherever they go," answered Tsukushi.
"And as of last July, I'm a student at Taunton School in Somerset, England, so I spent more time with Europeans than Japanese," explained Tsukushi. "I'll probably go back if I think Eirin doesn't give me the education that I crave, and if I miss it very much."
'The only reason why mother wants me back is because she wants me to choose the person I want to be with,' she thought.
"Would your mother let you?" asked Akira.
"She knows I want to do my undergraduate studies in Cambridge, so, she'll have to let me go," answered Tsukushi. "And Taunton is the best place to get a place in Cambridge."
"Won't you miss your family?" asked Soujiro.
"It's not like mother and father don't have the money to go and visit me every once in a while," answered Tsukushi bluntly. "Plus nee-chan's fiancee is based in the UK."
"And nii-chan should be sent to UK or the States to learn English!" said Tsukushi annoyingly. "His English is no longer broken, it shattered!"
The F3 can't help but suppress a laugh at the way Tsukushi described Tsukasa's English proficiency.
"His grammar was bad, but that's acceptable, English is not our mother tongue," Tsukushi ranted off. "But to use different words that totally mean different things?"
The F3 then thought of the incident when Tsukasa said, 'We have to protect our pride' when what he wanted to say 'We have to protect our privacy', and laughed!
"Hey, what's so funny?" asked Tsukushi.
"It's a private joke," answered Soujiro.
"Ok," Tsukushi replied. "SPILL!"
"The F4 were being followed by a reporter when we were in Junior High," started Akira. "The reporter was very stalker-ish."
"Tsukasa found out, and he said to us, 'The F4 must protect our pride'!" Soujiro continued.
"And I said, if he were to want to use English, use it correctly," Rui butted in.
Tsukushi's mouth twitched in her smile.
"Shattered English," Akira said. "Nice way of putting it in"
A while later...
A furious Domyouji Tsukasa entered Starbucks and immediately spotted his three best friends with his little sister.
"Aren't you supposed to be in class?" bellowed Tsukasa.
"I can't help it! Those three kidnapped me!" yelled Tsukushi. "And besides, aren't you supposed to be in class too?"
"I'm not mother's golden child, so it's ok for me to skip class," muttered Tsukasa.
"Say that again!" said Tsukushi angrily. "I'm not mother's golden child! She treats all her children equally!"
"Whatever you say," growled Tsukasa, and pushed Tsukushi aside.
"Tsukushi, Tsukasa," said Akira. "Calm down, both of you."
"I can't believe you are so rude towards mother!" mumbled Tsukushi. "Mother only wants what is best for her children!"
"Stop it, ok!" Tsukasa yelled.
"Nobody yelled at me before, Domyouji Tsukasa," shouted Tsukushi. "Even though I love you, I can't believe you would do this to me, nii-chan!"
Tsukushi turned, and walked out of Starbucks.
"Tsukasa..." said Akira.
"Let her! She's so insolvent towards me," muttered Tsukasa.
"You mean, insolent," replied Rui, and stood up.
"Rui, where are you going?" asked Soujiro.
"That girl doesn't speak Japanese," Rui answered, and walked out.
"Tsukasa, why do you let Tsukushi walk out?" asked Soujiro. "You know she can't speak Japanese"
Meanwhile, Tsukushi...
"Stupid, insolent, arrogant, pompous, rude bastard!" muttered Tsukushi while walking. She didn't realise that Hanazawa Rui was trailing her at the back.
"I can't believe I call him my brother," muttered Tsukushi.
"Bête, fou, bastard!" muttered Tsukushi, and stopped walking after she heard...
"Such colourful language," a man said.
Tsukushi turned to look at Hanazawa Rui, who has a smile or rather, smirk on his face.
"Who cares if I have a colourful language?" asked Tsukushi.
"Your mother won't like it," answered Rui.
"Doesn't matter, she won't hear any of it," replied Tsukushi. "To her, I'm her innocent little girl."
"C'mon, let's go to an ice cream parlor," said Rui.
"Ah, I don't want to eat ice cream," replied Tsukushi. "Can you bring me home?"
"You want your mother to catch you home?" asked Rui.
"Ah..." Tsukushi mumbled, and only remembered she skipped class. "Oh yea..."
"Why not we go shopping for new clothes for you?" asked Rui.
Tsukushi then noticed that she's wearing school uniforms, while he is not.
"My treat," Rui said.
"It doesn't matter," Tsukushi replied. "I can use my own credit card."
Walking towards the nearest boutique, Tsukushi was surprised to see Rui not say anything, but continued to walk with her. She would have expected him to want to drive.
"Is it ok if we walk?" asked Tsukushi. "I'm used to walking while I was in England, so I don't mind walking."
Rui shook his head, indicating that it doesn't matter to him whether they walk or drive.
Starbucks
"You are not worried that Tsukushi's with Rui?" asked Soujiro to Tsukasa.
"Why should I?" asked Tsukasa. "Even if I don't like that girl, I know father will have my hide if something bad happens to her, but she'll be ok with Rui."
"I would be worried if she's with either of you playboys," growled Tsukasa. "That one, I know father will kill me if something bad happens to her."
"Aww... don't you trust us, Tsukasa?" cooed Akira.
"Yea... Tsukasa..." Soujiro teased.
"Shut up!" Tsukasa growled.
End of chapter 4 - please read and review