Getting to Know His Roots
Thank you all for the OC's that I got :D I made this based on when (or if) the French throne gets restored.
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Akemi quietly walked through the park, trying to find an explanation for Anthony's appearance. "Why would the prince come here?"
Just then, a soccer ball rolled in front of Akemi, she skillfully tossed around with her feet and kicked it back up so that it would land in her hands. She smiled softly.
"Akemi!" Akemi looked up and saw Kukai running up to her. "What are you doing here, don't you have a park at your house or something?" he asked jokingly.
"It gets lonely at my house…" Akemi said a bit sadly. "So I come here every so often."
Kukai grinned. "Would you like to come to my house for once?" he asked.
-…-
"Souma-kun, how is it… being with your family every day?" Akemi asked quietly after a long walk of mostly silence.
Kukai was furrowed his eyebrows. "Okay I guess, they can get annoying at times though, they always want to know exactly what's going on in my life, you know?" he said sighing.
Akemi shook her head. "…Not really…" she said. "To my parents, I'm just an heir. I've seen them once, but I've only talked to them on the phone… I'm glad I have Odaijini though."
Kukai suddenly held Akemi, catching her off guard. "Akemi, you'll always have me, ne?" he said softly.
Akemi blushed but nodded.
"And who might this be?" A teenage boy with long auburn hair asked looking at Kukai with a bored expression.
Kukai suddenly jumped back when he heard that voice. "U-Unkai, what are you doing here?" he asked trying to stay calm.
Unkai rolled his eyes. "You're right in front of our house, doofus." He said stoically.
Kukai and Akemi looked up, and in fact, Kaidou and Rento were smirking through a window while Shuusui was reading a book by a different window trying to not look interested (though he clearly was).
Both Kukai and Akemi blushed. "Oh…" Kukai said scratching the back of his head.
-…-
"Are you going out with my brother?" Rento asked excited and shiny eyed.
Akemi simply shook her head, not flustered at all. "I met him at school." She said calmly.
"Really," Kaidou said. "Then how did he kidnap you into coming here?" he asked happily.
Akemi sighed. "I agreed to come here onii-san…" she said.
"Honto," Unkai asked surprised, though his face expression didn't show it. "For what possible reason could anyone like Kukai?" he asked silently laughing to himself.
"Well…" Akemi said slightly blushing. "His smile… it seems like he had the best life in the world to have a smile like that. He's so helpful and upbeat, he's a really happy person, and he changes the whole world to fit into his perspective. Of course though he's an idiot, and over ecstatic, and rude, and… I'm sure you know all about him by now."
Kukai's brother's burst out laughing.
"How cute," Shuusui said closing his book.
"When will you get married?" Rento asked ecstatically.
"Eh?" Akemi said scratching her head.
Kukai came in and grabbed Akemi's hand. "What the heck did you say to her?" he asked suspiciously.
Kaidou smirked. "We were just asking-"
Kukai kicked a ball to Kaidou's face and was already up the stairs before anyone could object. He slammed the door.
"I think I've seen that girl somewhere before…" Unkai said.
"She's a Berlitz," Shuusui said immediately (it seemed as if all of the brothers were ignoring Kaidou, who was wincing in pain 5 inches away from them).
"Oh, I remember!" Rento said. "The news was filled with her when she came from France."
-...-
"Souma-kun, you have such a big family…" Akemi said sitting Japanese style under a kotatsu in Kukai's room.
Kukai sighed. "Yeah, but sometimes they just drive me crazy." He said. "Being an only child, you probably don't really know."
"I do have an older brother," Akemi said calmly.
Kukai was utterly surprised. "Is he back in France with your parents?" he asked now interested.
"His body is…" Akemi mumbled under her breath so Kukai wouldn't hear. "I haven't seen or talked to him in a very long time." She said stoically.
Kukai felt the odd tension in the room. "Maybe I should go get some more tea." He said getting up and leaving the room.
At the corner of her eye, Akemi saw a soccer ball and started kicking and playing with it. She smiled to herself as she dribbled it between her legs, and kicked it up into her hands.
"Well, what do we have here?"
Kukai was leaning on the edge of the door smirking. "I came to ask what kind of tea you wanted, but obviously you'd rather play soccer."
Akemi flushed and dropped the ball. "S-Souma-kun… w-what, um, I was…"
Kukai took the ball out of Akemi's hands. "Who knew that Akemi Berlitz herself, would be any good at soccer." He said laughing.
Akemi frowned sadly. "P-Please don't tell anyone! If my parents find out they'll-"
"If I remember correctly, your parents didn't pay any attention to you." Kukai crossed his arms.
Akemi nodded. "Yes but when I was younger, there was a boy who taught me how to play soccer, and when my parents found out, they told me if they ever found out I was playing soccer I would never be able to meet another child again." She said sadly.
Kukai was taken back. "They said that to you?" he asked alarmed.
Akemi nodded. "But it doesn't matter, they always say that kind of stuff…" she said trying to sound happy.
Kukai sighed. "Are you really happy about all of this, the way you live I mean?" he asked.
Akemi shrugged. "After 7 years of this sort of thing… no, I'm not." She said looking away. "I've always wanted to leave."
-The Next Day-
"We will be getting a new student in our class today; he is new to this country so treat him nicely." The teacher said.
After that Anthony walked in. "Enchantée, I hope we get to know each other well." He said bowing once he was at the front of the class. All of the girls in the class swooned at his smile (except for Akemi and Hinata who sweat dropped).
"Akemi-chan!" Anthony said running up to Akemi and holding her hands. "I haven't seen you for two whole days Akemi-chan, I told Arthur-kun where you were and he said that he will be coming here too!" he said happily.
Akemi paused. "Y-You told Arthur that I came here?" she asked trying to sound calm.
Anthony nodded. "Now the three of us can be toge-"
The teacher cleared his throat. "Um, Orléans-kun," he said sighing. "Could you please come to the front of the class and introduce yourself?"
Anthony blinked. "Don't they already know who I am?" he asked innocently.
The teacher sweat dropped. "His name is Orléans Anthony-kun, he is the prince of France." He said quickly, pausing for the 'wows'. "Anthony-kun, could you please take that seat next to Hinata-chan?"
"Eh?" Anthony protested. "But I want to sit by Akemi-chan!"
The teacher sweat dropped. "I'm sorry Anthony, but Kukai already sits next to her." he said, beginning to get irritated.
Anthony puffed out his cheeks. "Kukai-kun, move."
The class burst out into laughter.
"Oh my gosh!" Hinata grabbed and Anthony's ear and practically dragged him to the seat next to her, ignoring his protest. "There! Sit there and like it!"
-Lunch-
"So why are you here Anthony?" Hinata asked confused. "Don't they need you back in France?"
Anthony pondered. "I want to see Akemi more than they need me." He said calmly.
Hinata giggled while Kukai glared at Anthony and Akemi turned red.
"Anyway," Hinata said trying to change the subject. "Do you know what chara are?" she asked.
Anthony nodded humbly. "I have a chara, but I'm afraid he's asleep right now." He said bringing out a gold box with a dark blue egg in it, decorated with light blue crowns.
Kukai groaned. "How long will you be staying here anyway?" he asked.
Anthony smiled brightly. "Until Akemi-chan comes back home with me." He said cheerfully.
Kukai growled. "I've had enough of you!" he yelled, pouting in his seat.
Hinata laughed. "I have to say sire, you may be here for a very long time." She said calmly.
Akemi nodded in agreement. "Anthony-kun, I already told you that I have no intention of going back to France…" she said sadly.
Anthony looked determined. "Akemi-chan, if you don't go, you'll miss your brother's-"
"I'm not going."
Anthony furrowed his eyebrows. "Akemi, I thought you loved hi-"
"I told you I'm not going!" she yelled running out of the cafeteria with a blurring vision, and tear stained eyes (gaining the attention of everyone in the area).
Anthony gave an exasperated sigh. "Why won't she go?" he mumbled to himself. Kukai got up and ran after Akemi, trying not to glare at Anthony.
Hinata furrowed her eyebrows. "What's going on, sire?" she asked confused.
Anthony sighed. "Akemi's brother… he's about to have his funeral…"
-…-
"Akemi!" Kukai yelled quickly catching up to Akemi and grabbing her hand to stop her.
"What are you doing?"
Akemi tried her best not to cry as she and Kukai stood in the forest just outside the school building. "S-Souma-kun, I didn't know you followed me here." She tried to say without emotion.
Kukai crossed his arms. "You act like I can't tell what's going on in your head." He said rolling his eyes. "You always try to hide your feelings, why is that?"
Kukai soon found Akemi with her arms around him, silently sobbing, he flushed. "A-Akemi, are you sure you're okay?" he asked half joking.
"Souma-kun," Akemi said in a weak voice. "My brother… is dead…"
-Flashback-
"Onii-chan, wanna go play?" A 5 year old Akemi asked her 17 year old brother. The two were in front of an extremely large mansion that they called home.
Ikuto smiled softly at his little sister. "Sure," he said happily as he brought out Akemi's favorite ball out of nowhere.
Akemi's eyes brighten when she saw the ball. "Are you sure you want to use your favorite ball Ikuto-ni?" she asked.
Ikuto smiled brightly. "As long as I get to play with you, it's fine." He said.
A few minutes later, Akemi and Ikuto were playing soccer. "You're so good!" Akemi said trying to kick the ball into a goal though it ended up in the street.
Ikuto chuckled. "You kicked it into the street Akemi, I'll get it!" he said running into the street. As Ikuto was about to pick up the ball, Akemi saw him pause. After Akemi realized what was happening, her whole world stopped.
"I-Ikuto-ni…" she whispered as the car on the street collided with him.
"IKUTO!"
-…-
"Akemi didn't smile anymore after that… Ikuto was the only family she had contact with, but he ended up dying." Anthony said in a sadly.
Hinata sighed. "That explains a lot…" she said calmly. "Demo, Akemi still hasn't gotten over it, has she?"
Anthony shook his head slowly. "After he died her parents put more pressure on her to work harder… she once told me that she wanted to get her life over with so she could have a family again…" he said depressed.
Hinata couldn't believe was she was hearing. "T-That was it… I knew Akemi was hiding something, but this is just… Anthony, I will change this!" she said determined.
Anthony was taken back by Hinata's words. "Hinata, I'm afraid there's a low chance of that." He said.
Hinata smirked. "As long as there's a slight chance, I know I'll be able to do it." She said as Anthony slightly blushed.
-…-
"Because of that, I know that I'm not meant to be loved in this world." Akemi said hopelessly.
Kukai widened his eyes. "A-Akemi… you don't honestly believe that, do you?" he said almost speechless.
"I don't know what to believe any more, Souma-kun…" Akemi said without a speck of life in her words. "To be honest, the sooner my life is over, the better."
Kukai hugged Akemi with a tight grip. "Akemi, how do you think I'd feel if you died?" he asked seriously.
Akemi remained silent.
"Souma-kun..." she finally said. "Please try not to get close to me. I have to marry Arthur-"
"I know." Kukai said as his grip got tighter. "Just let me have you for now."
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I'm done! Okay guys, before I go, I need to tell you that I need some MALE oc's…