Sorry it took so long to get this up. Hurricane Ike put out the power for two days, so yeah. Well, that's what you get for living in Houston.

So anyway, we've all established that the Hitsugaya's are loaded (with cash), and Koyuki's an anime/manga fan, right?

Well, just to head you up, this is gonna blow away chapter 4 and be your fave chappy.

Karin's POV

"Karin"

"Yeah?"

"You weren't kidding when you said your uncoordinated…"

"Ugh." Yeah. And Hitsugaya wasn't kidding when he said he'd teach me how to dance. Or maybe how to fall. I wonder if his feet were throbbing fight about now.

Koyuki was playing her violin for us. She said she didn't mind, because "It would be great practice, playing things over and over and over." I had to admit, though, she did have a musical talent. She was grinning to herself, letting Hitsugaya teach me.

"All you have to do is get the beat." He said.

"How are you even messing up? You're not even the one leading!" Koyuki said, letting her self-control get the better of her. "Look, I'll even put the metronome on." Tick-tick-tick-tick. One, two, three, four, I thought. It helped a little. A little. I accidentally stepped on Hitsugaya's foot before we even got to the second measure.

"Here, why don't you try." He said, handing me to Koyuki. That was good. How was I supposed to focus, anyway? Just being right next to him made me giddy. He played the piano as Koyuki and I attempted to waltz.

"What's wrong Karin? You dance so much better now. Maybe you're actually falling for me?" she said in a sarcastic tone. Haha. Nice pun.

"Shut up."

"Ok, ok. I know. You just get nervous with Nii-chan. Well don't be. It's just dancing." She said.

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever." I said as we were finishing. You know if this was the twilight saga, Hitsugaya would be Edward and Koyuki would be Rosalie. And I would be the clumsy, out of place Bella. Now wouldn't that make so much sense?

"Now, come on, Karin. It's fun dancing with Nii-chan. I should know we used to go to the Allons ball every year when we were little." She said. I nodded. "Come on Nii-chan! Try again, try again!" Koyuki said. She never failed in "reasoning" her brother to do her favors. Maybe she was Alice instead of Rosalie. Hitsugaya wrapped his arm around me. Uh-oh. Here come the giddies. I caught Koyuki winking at me in the corner of my eye. Ok focus Karin, I thought. Well, I can't say it was awesome, but it was better than before. I could half dance.

(APPLAUSE!! :D)

"Now all you need is a little practice." Koyuki said behind me.

"Inhale Right." I said. Hopefully this would only take another hour.

Hitsugaya's POV

"Koyuki?"

"What up my brother?" she said.

"I just wanted to say thanks for helping Karin out with her training." I said.

"No prob. It was pretty entertaining anyway." I rolled my eyes.

"Say, where is Matsumoto?" I asked.

"Heck, I dunno. Out on a date maybe? I don't keep tabs on her."

"Funny. You keep tabs on me." She looked up from the kitchen table.

"Only because I care, Nii-chan. It's not like I'm a creepy fan girl stalking you or anything." She said.

"Right, right."

(-Silence-)

"Something else you want to talk about?" she asked.

"Sigh. Well actually I wanted to apolo-"

"Save it, I already forgive you for your rudeness yesterday."

"Yeah?"

"Yup. It's not your fault I have a brotherly complex and want to know anything and everything, like Utau's in Shugo Chara."

"You obsess over anime too much." I said.

"Proud of it! Anime otakus shall rule!" chuckle

"Hmmmm. But cha' know what, you haven't answered my question yet."

"Which one?"

"Do you feel guilty?" she asked.

"……."

(Flashback: Shiro- 9 years old Yuki- 8)

"We should probably go now. Okaa-chan's waiting for us." I said.

"Awwww. Can't we just play for five more minutes?" Koyuki asked.

"No. It's going to be dark out soon." I said. She gave her my puppy dog eyes look, and who can say no to that.

"Sigh. If you come home I'll play "Eternal Snow" for you on the piano."

"Yay!" She grabbed my hand and ran over to Okaa-chan.

"Sorry to make you wait." I she said and ran into her arms.

"It's alright, but this is the last time you two stay out this late." She said. We both nodded. She just loved it when Okaa-chan carried her. Ok, maybe she was 8 years old, but that was fine with me.

We were walking home from the park when I spotted this white van out of the corner of my eye. It had been following us for some time now. Koyuki was holding my hand when she asked, "Is that what they call stalkers?" she whispered. I narrowed his eyes. "Ignore it." I said.

And so we did. But it got increasingly hard, because the van was getting closer and closer. I was getting pretty freaked out. Okaa-chan was now letting us walk in front of her; she was acting a little wary. We were about two blocks from our street when all of a sudden the van sped up and the door flew open, and a pair of hands grabbed her, a white cloth covering her mouth. "Mmph!"

"Koyuki!" Okaa-chan tried to grab her back, but she was hit on the head with a bat and fell to the ground.

"Okaa-san! Are you alright?!" I said, blood streaming from her forehead and the van now making its get away. "Yuki" was all she could mumble before losing consciousness. It all happened so fast that I didn't know what to think of it. Was it possible?

Of course I couldn't get any sleep at all. Who could when your sister just got kidnapped?! I thought back to the conversation I overheard.

"What are we going to do?!" Okaa-chan asked.

"Pay the ransom, or risk Yuki getting hurt or worse." I heard Okaa-chan muffle a cry.

"I should have picked them up earlier! This never would have happened if I hadn't waited too long. And I should have kept a better eye out!" she said.

"Of course it's not your fault. They were probably waiting even before then." Otou-san said.

"So are you saying it was inevitable that she was going to be kidnapped?!"

And that was as much as I had heard of it.

Koyuki's POV

Ugh. Where am I? And why am I tied up? ……………Oh! That's right! I was snatched away by these weird goons! I looked around. There was this dim light on the far end of the room. I opened the door to what looked like a rusted old place. I crawled and hid behind a pillar.

"So we're clear then? 100,000 euro and the deal is done." I heard one of then say. 100,000?! Damn, that is a lot! They hung the phone up.

"Hmph. That was surprisingly easy. He didn't even put up an argument."

"Yeah? Well that just makes it easier for us."

"Kidnapping and getting money is one thing, but I didn't actually think that you'd resort to murder." What? What are they talking about?

"Well. That bastard deserves everything that's coming to him. I want to see how much he'll suffer when his beloved wife and children are out of the picture."

Then all of a sudden something grabbed me and brought me out of the pillar.

"Ow! Man, don't you know how to handle a lady?!" I said.

"Well, well. Spying is not befitting of you, little lady." I didn't respond to that. All I did was glare.

"So that's what you're planning? To massacre my family?!" I said.

"Ouch, well when you put it that way, it makes it sound like a crime."

"It is a crime!" I said.

"Sassy. Get her out of here." And a hard object hit the back of my neck, and I fell and passed out.

Back to Hitsugaya

Ok, I know you all are going to scream at this, but I couldn't resist. Maybe stowing away in the trunk of our car wasn't the best of ideas, but how was I supposed to sit back and let my sister be in that kind of situation?! I felt the car stop, and I peeked out of the car. We were in front of a warehouse. I crawled out of the trunk and hid behind some crates that were lying around inside. Miraculously, no one had spotted me when I snuck inside.

"Where's the money?" asked one of them. On the day of the kidnap I couldn't see who they were. Now I could. Three of them were male, and one a female. Okaa-chan raised the briefcase in her hands. One of them nodded to the other and the woman brought Yuki out. She was a little dazed, but otherwise alright.

"Now would you be so kind as to hand over the cash." One of them said.

"Not until you give me my daughter back." Okaa-san said.

"Then at the same time." Okaa-san walked forward and so did the woman with Yuki. She grabbed her while the other grabbed the case.

"Hmph. Very good." And one of them raised his gun.

"Look out!" I pushed okaa-san out of the way, but the bullet still hit her shoulder. She screamed a bit.

"Ugh. Toshiro? What are you doing here?" she asked.

"Well, all in all, I think it's it a good thing that I was here." I said.

"True to that" Koyuki said. "But I think we ought to run for it, Nii-chan."

"And leave okaa-san here?!" I said.

"But if we don't, we're all going to be in a heck of trouble!"

"Wow, you aren't as noble as I thought you were." The man walked a little closer. Koyuki glared at him.

"Ohhh, if looks could kill you'd be a mass murderer." He said.

"Beats being one." She muttered.

"Not one of the most hurtful disses I've had, but oh well. Any last words." He said as he took his mask off. Koyuki hugged me. So was that it?

"Been nice knowing you, little lady." And the last thing I heard was a shot, and blood covering me.

Ugh. How long has it been? I opened my eyes slowly. What's this heavy thing on me? Okaa-san? …………………gasp!

"no……" Koyuki said weakly. The last thing I heard was the sound of police sirens before passing out again.

(End flashback)

"I'm………sorry." I mumbled.

"All of that was definitely NOT you fault." She said.

"But-"

"But nothing. I went through as much as you did, and I did feel guilty for a time. But you know what I did? I put it behind me because I didn't want you or otou-san to worry about me. Time you did the same." She said. I thought about all of it, and smiled.

"When did you get so mature?" I asked.

"One of the many things I do behind you back. Does it disturb you?" she said in a sarcastic tone. I laughed.

"I'll consider it."

"And you'll do it. So anything else you have on your mind say……something about Karin?" I flushed. God, now the sound of her name made me blush.

"No." I said.

"Ugh! The things you do to yourself make me want to pull my hair out!" she said.

"So if you were me what would you do?" I said.

"I'd confess."

"I was joking."

"Come on! She's only staying till Monday! It's already Sunday and you barely have any time left!" she said. I didn't say anything. "The Allons dance is probably you last and only chance."

"And?"

"sharp inhale do I need to write you directions?! You're a guy, your supposed to know how to do this!" I started to walk out toward my room.

"And this brings me back to my point. Do you even know if she likes me back?"

"Oh please, Nii-chan. There couldn't have been more clues! She blushes around you, is going to the dance with you even though she wouldn't consider it normally, gets nervous when you're within arms length, Nii-chan are you seriously that oblivious!" I stopped and looked down. Maybe she was right. Maybe.

"So how would you do it? Confess I mean." I asked. She giggled, knowing that the fish was on the hook and all she had to do was reel in.

"There's always a fireworks show at the end of the ball, and maybe you could take her to the Eiffel tower to get a better view." She said. "Then when you're all alone you can tell her. Hehe"

"Koyuki, I'll think about it" Translation: I'll do it.

"Yay!" she exclaimed. "Holy crow! Is it already 6:00PM?!" she looked at me. "Nii-chan is probably the best pass time there is." She said laughing.

"Yeah, yeah. Just help Karin get ready."

"Hehe. Just don't chicken out at the last minute."

"Right."

"Promise?" she asked. No person could say no to the look she was giving me. I sighed.

"Promise."

Karin's POV

"Ohhhhh, you look so great, Karin!" Koyuki shouted. I nodded.

"Seriously, Karin. I wouldn't be surprised if any boy dropped dead at the sight of you." Matsumoto said.

"I hope that was meant as a complement." I muttered.

"It was." Koyuki said. To say the least, I did not enjoy being in a dress.

"Man, I thought it looked cute on the hanger, but it looks so much better on you" Matsumoto said. I wonder why they were paying all this attention on me. I suddenly had a feeling something was gonna happen tonight. I saw the lollipop on my desk and ate it. It had a sweet milky taste to it. Hmmmm, addicting, I thought.

Koyuki and Matsumoto looked great too. Koyuki was wearing a silk, blood red dress, and Matsumoto had worn one of the dresses she'd shown me on our little shopping trip. Maybe she thought it would suit her more than me. Koyuki took a step back to look at me, and nodded to herself.

"Perfect. Nii-chan's gonna be speechless." She said. We walked out of the room and started down the stairs.

"You're going to be pretty speechless yourself. Shiro-chan looks so dashing in a suit." Matsumoto said. I tried not to let that get to me. I didn't want to walk into the room all red faced. We were almost downstairs.

"Please don't make a big production out of this." I begged Koyuki.

"Aww. But I was gonna be all "Presenting the lovely Karin!" and stuff when we got downstairs." She said.

"Please no!" I said in a more pleading voice now that I knew what she was planning.

"Hmph, fine. Whatever you want." She said. I sighed in relief. We were finally at the first floor.

"Wow Nii-chan! You look so cute!" Koyuki said.

"I'm too old for that word." He said. It seemed like ages since I heard his voice, and I caught my first glimpse at him since lunch. Whoa. He looked so indescribably…………….cool (if that's the word). He looked at me. Did he just blush? I couldn't tell real well. We started walking to the park (that's where it is)

"Real smooth." Koyuki said through her teeth.

"Shut up" he mumbled.

"Well don't you look nice." I told him. This time he did blush.

"See! Even she can openly give a complement!" Koyuki said.

"Say something!" Matsumoto whispered.

"I'll bite my tongue and die." He said. ((an old form of suicide. Basically you bleed to death))

"Come on, Nii-chan. It will be a warm-up for later." She said real low. Did she think I couldn't hear her? I was right here. And what did she mean by "later". Now I really had a feeling, divided between bad and anticipation.

Hitsugaya looked at Renji. "A little help?'

"Just wait, gals. He'll probably make a move at the dance." He said. Hitsugaya rolled his eyes.

And we finally made it. It was so pretty. There were lights hung everywhere, and they illuminated the blossoms nicely. There was a nice size of people already here. Hitsugaya grabbed my hand and we snuck away from them. We joined the people already dancing.

"Care to dance?" He said. Oh man, I hope I wasn't blushing.

"Sure."

I danced four times tonight. The most I've ever done in my life. Twice with Hitsugaya, once with Renji, and once with Koyuki. I didn't eat anything, though the buffet was very tempting. I walked around the park with Matsumoto, this was both our first time getting a full blown tour of the place. Much to my surprise, it was a very enjoyable night. One thing, though, had me kind of anxious. It was something Koyuki told me, of course.

"And there's this beautiful fireworks show at the end of the ball." She said.

"Hmmmm, interesting. I'd like to see that." I told her.

"If you see it from the top of the Eiffel tower, it's even more lovely." She said. "Why don't you go up there with Nii-chan? There aren't many people up there at that time. Actually, nobody might be up there."

"………..Right"

She was definitely implying something. It's something plainly obvious, but I don't know what. It's the end of the dance, so I'll find out whether I want to or not. I saw Hitsugaya walk toward me.

"Koyuki told you, didn't she." He said.

"About the fireworks?"

"Yeah."

"Yup" Some awkward silence.

"She told me you can get a killer view of them at the top of the Eiffel." I finally said.

"Did she now" he said. He sounded like he was gonna kill her, but I don't know why. Ok, I'm completely fed up with being clueless. I'm ending this now.

"Will you take me up there? I'm want to see what it looks like." I said. He looked surprised.

"Ok." He said smiling. I never had a chance to visit this tower. I could see most of France just going up. We finally made it to the top. Weird……….. just like Koyuki said there was no one up here. But I put it at the back of my head. The view was just too good to ignore. The city was on lights now, and even though it was dark you could see everything.

"Oh wow. The view here is so cool!" I exclaimed.

"Yeah, it is." He said. I noticed he was looking at me.

"Um, something you want to say?" I asked. I felt like I said something really stupid, but he just smiled and said.

"You look really beautiful tonight." I was sure that I was blushing now. He brushed his hand against me, brushing away the hair from my face. This felt way uncomfortable.

"If you want to kiss me, that's fine." I said so low that he might not have heard me. But he did (thank you super human hearing) and bent down and pressed his lips against mine. His lips were so soft , it was hard not to stop. But we did (darn).

"It might be a little late but, I really like you." He said. I smiled. "Is that too corny?" he asked.

"I don't think so." I said as I wrapped my arms around his neck. He seemed to get the message. We went for a second kiss, this one definitely more passionate than the last. I felt his tongue slip into my mouth and I moved along with his. I don't really know how long we were making out, but then again I don't really care.

This ending makes me want to say "AWWWW!" and "FINALLY!"

So we now all know how their mom died. Maybe I should change it to Romance/drama? oh well

Yes! Our long awaited first kiss is accomplished! XD

So PLZ REVIEW!!