Author: I got one... or two reviews. Well, still, I guess I'll continue. One can never hope for a story with one chapter to have a lot of reviews/readers right?

DISCLAIMER: I seriously DO NOT own Shugo Chara! and definitely never will.

Special thanks to my one and only beta-reader, sakura-pichu16296!


-Chapter Two-

Kuukai stared at his father blankly.

'Did I just hear what I just heard?' he thought. 'Or am I going deaf?'

"I'm engaged?" he asked weakly.

"Yes, son. Sorry," Ryuutsuki said,, scratching the back of his head.

"But why? You ain't bankrupt, I didn't propose to any girl...." Kuukai said with a confused look on his face.

"Yes, I'm not bankrupt. You didn't propose to anyone. The thing is, it's an arranged marriage," his father said. Ryuutsuki sat down across from his son, beside his wife.

"Arranged marriage?"

"Yes Kuukai. Let me explain. Many years back, I was studying in a program in Greece. There, I met a young man my age. Now, although he was my age, he was quite successful. He doesn't own a certain type of industry. He's pretty much like me, owns a company which owns and operates businesses like restaurants, hotels, clothing lines, medicines and so on."

"During my stay, both of us grew close and were very close friends. So when the day I left Greece, we made a promise. When our children are grown up, they will be betrothed to one another. Coincidentally, you are our only son and while he has other sons, he has only one daughter."

"So son, sorry for hiding this from you for all these years..." Ryuutsuki sighed. His wife lovingly patted him on the back.

"And why do you only tell me now?" Kuukai raised an eyebrow. He was surprised. Yes. But he wanted to know all the information he could get about this "marriage".

Ryuutsuki cleared his throat. "Well, as you know, it's the middle of spring....." Kuukai nodded.

"My friend's daughter just turned fifteen. Same age as you. He wrote to me recently and discussed about the marriage. You're gonna have to meet her sometime next few years. I thought you'd have to be prepared for that. So I told you," Ryuutsuki exaplained.

"What's her name?"

"Uhh, well, for some reason, the girl didn't want to let you know her name until she met you."

"How can I not know my own fiancee's name?" Kuukai demanded.

"Honey, you should understand girls. Maybe this girl, err, well, fiance of yours wanted to meet you and introduce herself to you to cultivate a good relationship. I think she just doesn't want you to be married without a choice," Yuri said with a hint of sternness in her voice.

"Where does she live?" Kuukai asked.

"Greece," his father replied.

"She's Greek?"

"No, they're all Japanese. With some Greek heritage in them. Their ancestors were Greek. I think your fiancee's name would probably be a greek name with a Japanese surname," Ryuutsuki said thoughtfully. "My friend's is Thor. Of course, I wouldn't tell you the surname."

"So you like, promised me to some mystery girl who wants to introduce herself to me?" Kuukai inwardly called his father stupid.

"Correction. I promised you to her father to let you marry his daughter," Ryuutsuki corrected.

"Whatever. I need to think this over," Kuukai got up and exited the room.

Master Souma sighed heavily.

"Dear, don't be so worried. Eventually Kai-chan would forgive you," Yuri said kindly. "Why did you do it anyway?"

"Because I was young and stupid."

Oh, that is so, so true.


(In Kuukai's room)

Kuukai's room was relatively clean. For a guy. This was partly because a maid came in everyday to straighten out his room for him. Another thing was, his room was quite big. Being an only child of a rich couple, when he was young, Kuukai often cried for fear of being alone in his big, dark room.

He always managed to sneak into his parents room and slip in between the covers and sleep with them. Surprising the couple greatly in the morning when he did it the first time. As he grew up, his room started becoming his favorite place in the house.

Walls decorated with pictures of friends, family and football players gave off a familiar atmosphere to him. His room held a number of his personal belongings. His wardrobe, bed, study desk, laptop, book shelves and etc.

The only people allowed in his room were his 'Guardian' friends form his elementary days and his parents. Other than that, only the maid in charge of cleaning his room was allowed in briefly to dust his room.

Kuukai plopped down onto his bed and stretched out his entire body.

"I'm engaged to a girl I don't know...." Kuukai muttered.

"But I don't know...I still like Hinamori...." Kuukai briefly suffocated himself with a pillow while blushing.

Kuukai looked up and stared at the ceiling. Opening his mouth, the boy shouted, "Whoever you are up there! You're cruel! What have I done to deserve this? Was it the time I peed in mom's prized orchids when I was a kid? I admit I was wrong! But it was urgent! Or was it the time when I accidentally refilled dad's shampoo bottle with honey? It was an accident! What have I done to deserve this? What? What?"

Kuukai lay his head on the pillow and rolled to his side.

"What did I do?"


(Few days later)

Talks about Kuukai's promised engagement were pushed aside. The family discussed about other matters. Kuukai, in particular swore not to think a single bit about the engagement until at least he was about to meet his promised fiancee.

"Bye! See ya later!" Kuukai waved to his parents and ran off to school before his mother could again pester him to ask someone to drive him.

"It's a new week!" Kuukai thought happily. Soon, he would get to where his many friends and football mates were. He was particularly looking forward to seeing Hinamori Amu.

Kuukai had a big dopey smile on his face when suddenly Yaya came up to him. "Kuukai, you look stupid. Something happen?" she mischievously grinned.

"Wuzzat an insult?" Kuukai asked, confused.

"Yes. I mean, no, of course not. Anyway, Amu-chi wanted me to tell you that she wants to tell you that a friend told her that another friend told him that someone else told him that another person told her that the transfer students are coming today!" Yaya said very quickly.

Amazingly, Kuukai seemed to understand what Yaya said. It was a result from hanging around her too much.

"Cool! What class are they in?" Kuukai asked eagerly.

"Not sure," Yaya shrugged. Yaya said 'bye' and hurried off to find her friend, Amu.

"New transfer students huh?" Kuukai mused. He pushed the thought aside and hurried off to his classroom. Since he arrived an hour or so too early, it wouldn't hurt to have a little game of soccer before class started.


"All right Souma! Five minutes to class! See ya later!" someone shouted back to Kuukai. He sat up toweling his hair. He had just had a quick shower in the showers. (A/N: No pun intended)

He put on his uniform and dashed out of the door. Kuukai ran straight ahead and was about to turn into a corner when....

"Ouch!" Kuukai groaned. He had collided with someone in his haste. Judging from the surprised squeal he heard, it must have been a girl.

The young teenager looked in front of him and was greeted by the sight of a very harassed and embarrassed looking girl in front of him. A very cute girl with bright lilac eyes.

'Whoa, she's pretty cute. Aren't those eyes the ones from last Friday? What the heck am I doing? Kuukai! Help the girl up and apologize!' he thought furiously to himself.

He picked himself up and extended a hand to the dazed girl, saying sorry. She accepted his hand and mumbled something. Kuukai thought that her fair hands felt rather warm in his.

"Umm, excuse me, but what did you say?" he asked her.

She opened up her mouth and spoke in a clear, soft voice, "Thank you. I'm very sorry to collide into you. I apt to be very clumsy and dumb at times."

She looked straight into Kuukai's greenish topaz eyes.

-Kuukai's P.O.V-

There was something in those extraordinarily colored eyes. Determination, kindness, mischievous, positivity, sorriness, this girl's eyes are able to describe so many emotions at once, These lilac eyes. Honestly, it was the first time I've ever encountered such a color. I wonder if she's wearing contacts?

She's pretty cute. But this girl has a mature look in her features. I wonder if she was that flute-girl the other day.... or maybe she's the new transferee.

Oh, darn, there goes the bell.

-Mystery Girl's P.O.V.-

Okay, so he's apologetic and gentlemanly. That's good. I really should get to the teacher's lounge now....

-Normal P.O.V.-

"Nah, it's okay. It was me who ran into you. I should've been the one who was looking. I'm sorry but I've got to get to class now. See ya!" grinning, Kuukai resumed his pace and started dashing off towards to class.

"I really should get going..." the girl mumbled.

(In class)

Panting, Kuukai slammed the door to his classroom open.

"I'msorryI'mlate!" Kuukai announced.

To his surprise, his classmates were still lounging around, chatting and playing a fool. The teacher wasn't there yet.

"Yo Souma!" a boy with brown hair and eyes came up to him.

"Marada..." Kuukai cocked his head in confusion. Marada Itouchi was one of Kuukai's classmates who was on the soccer team with him.

"We all don't know what's taking . She's pretty late today. I guess by right, you got here on time," grinning, the boys gave each other a high-five.

"Teacher's coming!" someone shouted.

All at once, the students scrambled back to their seats. Kuukai walked up to his seat at the back, by the window and sat down. A young woman with straight black hair and golden eyes came in. The class stood up and greeted her.

"Sit down and good morning. I'm sorry that I was late today. I had some things to attend to. Now, before attendance-taking, I want to introduce you to your new classmate. Please come in now," gestured to the doorway.

'It's her!' Kuukai thought, bewildered.

In came a girl. The strange combination of her sharp yet gentle lilac eyes and her striking hair seemed to fit her, and the girl seemed to have a mature, mysterious appeal of a silent beauty.

The students were whispering to each other in low voices.

"She's a real beauty!"

"Are those contacts?"

"Is she really fifteen like the rest of us?"

"I wonder if I should ask her out?"

Comments about her obvious strange beauty were being thrown about.

The teacher cleared her throat to get the attention of the students.

"This is your new classmate. As most of you, I presume, heard of. She's an exchange student from an European country. Koigokoro-san, please introduce yourself," the teacher smiled kindly at the girl.

Taking a deep breath, she opened her mouth and greeted her new classmates, "Good morning. My name's Koigokoro Tenshi."

Kuukai didn't know which was more amazing. The fact that she spoke pure Japanese or the fact that she was indeed Japanese.

Tenshi continued, "I'm from Greece, but I'm a pure Japanese. I recently turned fifteen. Me and my brothers moved here to accompany one of my brothers who's starting his work here in Japan."

'Is she my fiancee? No, that can't be..... dad said my fiancee had a Greek name....' Kuukai shook his head of those wild thoughts. ' 'Sides, I can't possibly be engaged to a girl like her....'

"All right, any questions for Koigokoro-san?" the teacher asked.

Instead of questions, the usually cheerful-slash-lively class burst into applause. There were shouts of, "Welcome to our school Koigokoro!" or "Hope you like Japan" or "Welcome to our class"

Relieved her class liked Koigokoro well enough, told her to sit next to Kuukai at the back.

Tenshi nodded and made her way to her new seat. Their teacher sat down in her seat and began taking attendance. Kuukai observed his new seat mate. Tenshi noticed Kuukai staring at her, so she smiled at him and said, "Hi"

That was the start of a beautiful-slash-comical friendship.


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