"I asked you favour, would you do it?"

"That depends what you ask me to do Ai." Kyoya was writing in his book next to Ai, who had just kissed her sister goodbye. They where the only two in the room, and he could hear how she was thinking about the best way to ask him this favour. He laid the book down and looked at her.

"Help me get custody of Arisu and Chieko." Kyoya was baffled. He had been thinking she would pull a stunt like that, but it still caught him unaware. He leaned back in his chair, crossed his arms and got his businessman look on his face.

"It would be next to impossible." "I know," her voice was weak, but surprisingly steady.

"But you don't know what he does to you." Kyoya leaned closer so to hear her almost whispering voice.

"First he breaks you down with guilt. He tells you that everything that goes wrong, that people in your life left, because of you. He says this so many times you start to believe him. Then he starts shutting you in his world. Everything you do, you do with him, for him.

He is your entire world. Even when his not around, he is there. A black present that threatens to suffocate you, but he does this so slowly, so quietly, that you don't even realise it." She tugged on her sleeve.

"He breaks you down until you are an emotional wreck, fully relying on him to be alive."

Kyoya didn't know what to do, so he grabbed her hand. She looked at him, a tiny smile on her mouth, but so much sadness in her eyes he just wanted to run out of there and hit mr Fuhiri, but he staid and continued to listen.

She took her hand out of his, and the smile disappeared as she looked at the white wall. She looked as if she was drowning, and had reconciled with her fate. He could barley retain his rage.

"Then the hitting starts. First just a smack on the arm as punishment. Then he hits harder, and more often. Sometimes without telling you what you are being punished for." She took her hand to her face; her voice was now like she was in a trance. Captivated by her memories.

"Then he starts using props. A vase, a book, rope." She lifted her sleeve so he could see her scars. "One time he was going to hit me with the flat side of a knife, missed, and I had to sow thirteen stitches. The doctor said I was lucky my entire arm didn't fall out."

"But why didn't the doctors report him? You have to been to the hospital several times." She looked at him. "You have to ask your father about that."

Kyoya could feel the pit of his stomach. He couldn't breath. He rose, his rage burning in him like fire. Of course, it made sense. His father was a good friend with mr Fuhiri, so if he wanted to conceal his abuse he just had to convince is friend not say anything.

Kyoya hit the wall, unable to retain his anger anymore. He breathed in and tried to calm down. The last thing she needs now is me going on a rampage .He turned and sat down again. She was just sitting there, patiently waiting for him to calm down. What a terrible way to learn patient.

"I can't let him do that to Arisu and Chieko too. He has started. I can see it in her eyes Kyoya. I have seen Arisus scars." She dried the tears that ran down her cheek. "If I break my promise. If I run away, disappear like my mother, I will not be any better than her, and I will doom both of them to the same hell I was trapped in."

She looked at him, and the smile came back. The tiny smile that was pure love and hope.

"The hell you helped me out of." Kyoya didn't know what to say. "Please Kyoya you have to help me get them away."

"Ai, it's not against the law to hit your own children. And no one will believe your abuse claim as the disowned oldest daughter."

"I know." She lay down, just looking up at the roof. Kyoya felt so helpless, and he hated the feeling. He grabbed her hand. "But I will see what I can do." She turned to him, and the smile she smiled made him feel like he could do anything.

He bent down and kissed her. "Now rest, or else the doctors will never let you out of here." She nodded, and smiled again.

Kyoya closed the door behind him and rubbed his head. What have I promised now? He took up his cell and started dialling. But I do owe her.

"I think she would look good in green"

"Or blue" "Yellow maybe." "What about a pattern?" "Sequins?" "straps or bareback?" Ai looked scared as the twins measured her from head to toe, throwing fabrics over her and almost covering her in clothes.

"Are you sure about this Haruhi?" "Of course. Piece of cake."

Ai hadn't seen Kyoya since she was released from the hospital three weeks ago, and now that the prom at Ouran was coming the other hosts had come up with a crazy idea.

They where going to dress Ai up, and sneak her in so she could see Kyoya again. Her head was torn between the joy of seeing Kyoya again, and worring about her sisters.

The twins pulled her behind a screen and dressed her up in a blue dress. Ai had to agree she liked it very much.

"And how are you guys going to sneak me in? And what if my father sees me?" she asked as she went in front of the other hosts. "You'll be my date. A friend from France." "And don't worry about your father. Takashi and I are with the guard," "And the twins and I are waiters, since we are in the second. Don't worry Ai, you'll be surrounded by friends."

Friends. Ai just got to smile before the twins once again pulled her behind the screen and redressed her. She was surprised of just how at ease she was dressing in front of the twins. She came out again, now in a yellow dress.

"Thank you for taking me as your date Tamaki." "It's the perfect way to completely surprise Kyoya." He grinned. "I know you would rather have taken someone else." He got a confused look. "I'm sorry, I thought…" Ai looked confused from Haruhi to Tamaki as Kaoru dragged her behind again.

"Our lord is not aware that he is in fact in love with Haruhi." He handed her a dress as she peeked out behind the screen. Tamaki and Hikaru were wildly flirting with Haruhi, and Haruhi kept responding like she didn't know she was flirted with.

Ai tok of her dress and pulled on the other one. "And Hikaru?" Kaoru shook his head, his smile lowered in strength. Ai turned her back to him so he could help her button the dress.

"How is that possible?" Kaoru laughed. "As Kyoya once said, we have a lot if idiots in this club." "And you?" She could feel him freeze. "Are you and Idiot or just unhappely torn between a brother and a girl?" He buttoned the last one. "I know I love her." She turned, and knew she had touched a difficult subject for him. "I'm sorry."

He shrugged, trying to fool her into beliving he didn't care. She smiled and gave him a reassuring hug. "I should hav known you'dd see it. Kyoya always noticed detailes. He was the first one to realise Haruhi was a girl. How could he accept anything less from the girl he was in love with."

She left him to show the green dress, and looked back to reassure herself that Kaoru was fine. He was smiling at her, their conversation as blown away, and Ai breath a little lighter.