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Chapter 5: The Good, The Bad, and The End

The next morning, Aki woke up in her room. The sun was just beginning to rise, as she remembered what happened the previous night with Yusei. She figured that he put her in her own room before Mr. and Mrs. Fudo suspected anything.

For some reason, I really enjoyed being with him like that, Aki thought, yawning as she hid her underwear from the night before. After brushing her hair, she still continued to think about what happened. Though she just lost her virginity to an engaged man, she felt more in love with him than she did before.

What am I going to do? He's getting married soon. The wedding is getting really close and so far....no progress on us being together, Aki sighed, sadly.

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While she spent her vacation enjoying a nighttime massage, Hoshiko felt like she was having the time of her life.....that is, until she got some news from her butler.

"I have a delivery for you, my lady." The butler said, handing Hoshiko a long, goldenrod envelope. After sitting up with the towel across her chest, she opened the envelope, read the letter really quick and glanced at what looked like sheets of paper. She realized that they were pictures....and unfortunately, pictures of Aki and Yusei having sex. It wasn't too long before she broke out into a frustrated scream .

"WHAT THE HELL? THAT STUPID SLUT!" Hoshiko screamed, literally ripping the pictures to shreads, "I DON'T EVEN CARE ANYMORE ABOUT THAT STUPID LOSER YUSEI! I'M GONNA KILL THAT SORRY LITTLE BITCH!"

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It was at least four o'clock in the afternoon. Yusei had been thinking for at least two hours about how to approach his parents and tell them he wanted to call the wedding off.

What should I do? I already know that Dad will be pissed....I don't know about Mom...uggghhh, at least being honest is better than going through with something as bad as this. Plus, I can pay them the money back out of my college fund. I have a full ride through school, so I don't need the money, He thought, getting up to find his parents.

"I know what happened." A voice said, sounding venomous.

Yusei wasn't surprised to see that his 'fiance' was standing behind him near the living room couch closest to their front door.

"I'm not gonna lie to you, I did. I never felt any kind of love for you, and I'm starting to get the feeling you didn't either." Yusei responded, sounding a lot calmer than he felt.

"I know you plan on calling off the wedding, but I'm not gonna let that happen." Hoshiko countered, smirking.

As Yusei narrowed his eyes due to the fact he had no idea what she was talking about, she took the goldenrod envelope out of her purse and tossed it on the coffee table. He then realized and was horrified to see that those were pictures of him and Aki having sex.

"I cannot believe you would stoop so low as to hire someone to follow Aki. This fight is between you and I, not her." Yusei told her, starting to get frustrated.

"Actually it does have something to do with her. The evidence is there in black and white." Hoshiko replied, shrugging.

"That's the smartest you've sounded since we met." Yusei snided, trying not to lose his temper.

"Haha, very funny. Here's the deal. You either go through with the wedding and stay away from Aki forever, or I can just tell your parents about you and Aki's little fun from last night." Hoshiko stated, laying out the ultimatum, "And since I pity you, I'll give you twenty four hours to think about it. If you don't comply, Aki could possibly lose her job here."

After grimacing her harshly, Yusei left the house without another word, in fear that he would break something or someone.

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Later on, Aki went into the kitchen to set the clean clothes on the counter so that she could wash the dishes. To her disliking, Hoshiko was sitting there, reading a cosmo magazine with a glass of sweet wine.

"What do you want?" Aki questioned, acidly.

"I know that you slept with Yusei." She muttered, sipping her wine.

"I knew it. You were hiring someone to follow me the entire time." Aki grumbled, not surprised that she would do something like that.

"You shouldn't get to close to matters that don't concern you. Stay away from Yusei until the wedding, or I'll tell your employers that you slept with their son, who is getting married in less than a week and a half." Hoshiko told her, taking her glass of wine and throwing it onto Aki.

Before Aki got really angry, she took of her wine soaked shirt and walked away, leaving Hoshiko to indulge in her glory.

Later on that evening, Aki was busy dusting the top of the fireplace while Mrs. Fudo was reading in the living room. While she was dusting she noticed that there was a picture of Mrs. Fudo and what looked like Hoshiko's mother back at their college graduation.

It's got to be a coincidence that both their husbands work together......or is it? Aki thought, curiously, "Hey, Mrs. Fudo, is this you and Hoshiko's mother?"

"Oh yeah. Hoshiko's mother was my sorority sister in Alpha Kappa Delta Phi, during our sophmore year in college." Mrs. Fudo answered, sweetly.

After Aki put the duster down for a minute, Yusei came into the room with them. Aki was excited to see him, but did not noticed how glum and sad he looked.

"Hey, what's up?" Aki asked, now noticing his expression, "What's wrong? Are you okay?"

"I need to talk to you....outside." Yusei mumbled, so that Mrs. Fudo wouldn't hear them. As she followed him out to the backyard, Aki got a horrible feeling that something was majorly wrong. Something had to have happened for Yusei to be so down.

"What's wrong?" Aki repeated, after they were far enough into the backyard.

"Aki....you know I love you, right?" Yusei questioned, quietly.

"Of course, but please....don't be around the bush, just tell me what's making you upset." Aki demanded, trying not to sound bitchy.

"We can't be together...anymore." Yusei said, just spitting it out.

For a moment, Aki's facial expression and body language completely changed within thirty seconds. She couldn't believe what she just heard come out of his mouth.

"Wha...wha...why? I...I...I..I don't understand." Aki gasped, confused and shocked at what she heard.

"I can't tell you....I wish I could, but I really can't." Yusei said, feeling awful, "I'm trying to protect you."

"What are you trying to protect me from?" Aki questioned, starting to get upset and frantic.

"Hoshiko knows what happened between us last night. It really would be best if we didn't talk anymore." Yusei responded, feeling like his insides were about to fall out.

"I...I...I can't believe you! I thought that you loved me...and...and..you said we would be together! This is like a huge slap in the face! I don't ever wanna see you again!" Aki shouted, storming off into the house.

Aki, I wish you could understand. Hoshiko may be stupid, but when she's really pissed, she knows exactly how to exact her revenge, Yusei thought, sitting on the edge of their patio steps.

The following day, Hoshiko came by to see if Yusei had an answer for her. When she knocked on the door, she waited patiently until Mrs. Fudo answered.

"Oh, hello, Hoshiko. Come in." Mrs. Fudo said, sounding the least excited to see her.

"Thank you." Hoshiko replied, noticing that Yusei was on the living room couch, looking through a magazine, "So.....?"

"I've stopped talking to her." Yusei responded, plainly.

"I knew you'd see things my way." Hoshiko purred, cuddling next to him.

"I need to be alone." Yusei told her, getting up and heading upstairs.

Ugghhh, this whole getting over Aki thing is way worse than I thought, Hoshiko thought, noticing that Aki was coming downstairs, "Well, if it isn't Cinderella."

Aki didn't say anything but continued to descend the stairs, with her suitcases and purse. It wasn't until Hoshiko turned around did she notice the items Aki had.

"Where are you going? Don't you have something to clean?" Hoshiko snided, giving off a girlish giggle with it.

"If you must know, bitch, I quit." Aki told her, as tears came down her cheeks.

"Oh, now why would you ever do that?" Hoshiko questioned, sarcastically.

"Don't give me that bull shit. Just piss off, golddigging whore." Aki replied, walking out the door. As she walked out, the security guard she met on her first day, Hiro, helped her put her things in her trunk.

"You will be dearly missed, Ms. Aki." Hiro told her, politely.

"I'll miss you too, Hiro. Take care, while I'm gone." Aki responded, hugging him before she went to her car.

After Hiro was out of the way, Aki drove out of the Fudo driveway and back home, where she felt she belonged. As she was driving, even though she quit being a maid, she felt that she couldn't leave the Fudo's to be killed.

There's gotta be something fishy about this Hoshiko thing. She is for sure having outside help. She's not that stupid to not use her wealth against me. Question is who is helping her? Aki thought, as she stopped at a stop light, Well, this help has to be a female, which explains the rose gold, diamond ring. There's something else that's missing...but what is it?

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Right around eight o' clock, Yusei just returned home from being out literally all day. He noticed that when he pulled his Avenger into the driveway, Aki's car wasn't there. He figured she may be out or something.

It's not like I'd know. She won't even look at me, Yusei thought, sadly, as he locked the door behind him.

"Hey, sweetheart, are you okay?" Mrs. Fudo asked, sweetly coming out of the kitchen.

"I'm okay. Where's Aki?" Yusei questioned, as Mrs. Fudo got really quiet, "What? Where is she?"

"I'm guessing your father never told you." Mrs. Fudo muttered, sighing.

"Tell me what?" Yusei inquired, waiting for an answer.

"Aki quit, Yusei. She's not our maid anymore." Mrs. Fudo told him, in all honesty.

Not saying another word, he rushed upstairs. He didn't want to believe the woman that he loved deeply was gone.

She can't be gone....she can't be..., He thought, opening the door to her old room. His mother had been right. Aki was indeed gone. After he went back downstairs, he grabbed his keys again and opened the front door.

"Where are you going?" Mrs. Fudo asked, sounding confused.

"I have to do something." Yusei muttered, before shutting the door. As he hoped in his car door, he quickly hoped in and started his car. After knowing Aki for a little while....and listening to her phone conversations, the one place she always went when she was down was Sam's house.

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"It'll be okay, sweetie. I know you tried your hardest." Sam said, quietly as she stroked Aki's back, as her cousin continued to weep on her shoulder.

"I just still can't believe he would do that to you." Yumi added, sadly.

"I just...cared about him so much and....I just should have listened to you guys when you said to no waist my time with him." Aki sniffed, blowing her nose once again.

"I know what'll make you feel better. We can egg their house." Yumi suggested, cunningly.

"What did the Fudo's ever do to you?" Aki questioned, sadly.

"Oh, God, you really are heartbroken." Yumi muttered, hugging her friend. While the girls were trying to comfort Aki, Sam heard the doorbell ring. As she was going to the answer the door, her little dogs followed her to the door barking, while she looked out the window.

"You've got some nerve coming here, after what you've done to her." Sam said, glaring at Yusei.

"Please, Sam, I just came by to see if she was safe." Yusei responded, sighing.

"Well, she's a lot better here than she was with you, if you want to know the truth. If I honestly knew you were going to break Aki's heart, I would have kicked your ass when I had the chance. But stupid little me gave you the benefit of the doubt." Sam mentioned, sourly.

"Can I please just talk to her?" Yusei questioned, not wanting to hear the relative lecture.

"It's okay, guys, really." Aki murmurred, as Sam and Yumi shared a look.

"Fine, we'll be in the kitchen." Yumi told her, hugging her, while Sam followed her.

As Yusei sat next to Aki on the creme colored couch, he noticed that she looked horrible. Her hair was in a low, sloppy bun. Her eyes were all poofy from all the crying she must have done, and her nose was a bright red from all the tissue that was lying on the coffee table.

"I thought I told you I never wanted to see you again." Aki said, coldly.

"Aki, I didn't want to do this to you. I'm trying to keep you safe from Hoshiko. She may not have any common sense, but when she wants to hurt someone, you can't underestimate her." Yusei explained, quietly.

"What's the worst she can do after what you've done? I already gave her what she wanted and you've already done her bidding." Aki replied, sounding harsh.

"You act like I wanted to stop talking to you on my own free will! That's not how it is! She's pissed off because we did it and she didn't see it coming!" Yusei exclaimed, getting frustrated.

"It has nothing to do with that. What infuriates the hell out of me is that you know she doesn't care about you, but yet you're still her little marionette doll. She's controlling your every move." Aki responded, literally trying not to pull her hair out, "Just go away, Yusei!"

"Fine." Yusei mumbled, walking out the door.

With the wedding only about three days away now, it only gave Aki three days to find out who was behind planning the murder of the Fudo's. She had the evidence, but the hard part was putting the pieces together.

Okay, so first things first, this contract about the Fudo fortune. Obviously, the murderer's purpose is to get ahold of the Fudo fortune to make Yusei penniless. Either that or they plan on killing him. Along with that, the aid to Hoshiko is someone who is a chick, has a rose gold diamond ring, and love's getting French manicures......but it's still not adding up.....I've seen that same ring before....I think I may know, Aki thought, grabbing her car keys and Nikon camera.

As she drove onto the Fudo mansion, she was still trying to remember where she saw the same ring that mystery figure had. It seemed so familiar to her.

I cannot remember but maybe she can help me, Aki thought, noticing that she got to the Fudo's pretty quickly, Probably from all the shortcuts Yusei showed me.

As she got to the gate, she noticed that Hiro was at the gate. He did a double take when he saw that it was Aki.

"Miss Aki. It's great to see you, but what are you doing here?" Hiro asked, happily.

"Look, Hiro, you're the only one I can trust. If I tell you this, you have to swear that you won't tell Mr. and Mrs. Fudo." Aki told him, quietly.

"Sure. Just pull into the garage. Mr. and Mrs. Fudo barely use it." Hiro replied, checking to see if anyone was looking.

After shutting the garage door, Aki sat Hiro down and told him about how Hoshiko was planning on marrying Yusei to get ahold of the fortune and on top of that, she may plan on killing Mr. and Mrs. Fudo to get the money from Yusei quicker.

"Are you for certain that this is what Hoshiko is planning on doing?" Hiro questioned, confirming what Aki told him.

"Yes, Hiro. I don't know if you realize it or not, but I'm in love with Yusei. The last thing I want for him is to get hurt. That's why I quit." Aki admitted, blushing a little bit.

"Well then, I believe you. I've been protecting the Fudo's since I was seventeen years old. I've been with them for many years and I'm willing to risk my life everyday to protect them. They are very dear to me. So what is it that you need, Miss Aki?" Hiro asked.

"I have a lead. A few weeks ago, I saw Hoshiko at the gas station up the street talking to someone wearing a trenchcoat and sunglasses, but she's wearing a ring that I've seen somewhere. It's rose gold and has a diamond in it." Aki explained, biting her lip.

"I think that Mrs. Fudo has a rose gold diamond ring." Hiro told her, as they went into the mansion through the garage.

"Oh, hello, Hiro. Aki, it's wonderful to see you." Mrs. Fudo said, holding a mug of coffee. As Aki was about to say something, she saw the exact same ring on her finger. It was the same rose gold with a diamond, and a little engraving that had Greek letters on it.

Oh my God, that's it! But it can't be Mrs. Fudo. Why would she want to kill her own family? There's someone else I know who for sure has that ring! Aki thought, snapping back to reality, "Oh, I'm sorry....I think I left my blow dryer in my old room. I hope you don't mind if I go get it."

"Oh, of course, dear. Oh and Aki....just because you don't work for us anymore, we're still good friends. So don't be afraid to call whenever." Mrs. Fudo told her, sweetly.

"Thank you." Aki smiled, as Mrs. Fudo disappeared into the backyard.

"So you noticed the ring?" Hiro asked, while they went up to her old room to 'look for her blow dryer'.

"Yeah. It was Greek letters. What do women use Greek letters for.....?" Aki questioned, as the answer popped into her head, "How could I have not figured it out before?"

"What is it?" Hiro inquired, waiting for an answer as they rushed back downstairs.

"Those Greek letters. Sororities and fraternities use Greek letters to represent their organization. Mrs. Fudo was in the sorority Alpha Kappa Deltha Phi. Those were the same letters on her ring." Aki told him, looking at the picture near the fireplace. In that exact picture, she saw a young Mrs. Fudo and Mrs. Hamasaki. But what shocked her the most was not how young they were. She found the same french manicured finger with the ring she had been searching for.

"Oh dear God....," Hiro muttered, noticing the same thing.

"I can't believe it.....Mrs. Hamasaki is the one helping Hoshiko....to kill the Fudo's." Aki gasped, sharing a look with Hiro. Now Aki really did not know what the outcome of everything would be.

So, I know this chapter is kind of short.....but all the drama is for later. I just seemed to have had a rush of creativity for this chapter....which is good in a way.

Next time: It's now wedding day, which is a terrifying thing for Yusei and a down to the wire race for Aki to prove that Hoshiko wants to kill the Fudo's. Just exactly what drama is in store for the wedding? Will death befall anyone? R&R plz!

~Cherriez