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Chapter 4– Sasayaita Himei

Her features were justly sized; her slender arms, her velvety skin, her thin frame, her delicate hands, and her eyes that reflected the coral reefs and palm beaches, the white-capped waves and the foamy surf. She held all the magnificence of the ocean in those eyes.

Ritsu became lost in those eyes as he did only a day ago; his mouth agape, his gaze wide, and his cheeks flushed. Yuu waved a hand in Ritsu's face, "Um, Kasanoda-san?"

Ritsu blinked, snapping out of his intense daze. He noticed how her hair was a REALLY light shade of blonde, almost white, as it draped all the way down her back in waves. Yuu wiggled to remind him of her shoulder so he'd get back to work. It became very quiet after that and Ritsu was struggling not to stare. The silence continued as Ritsu finished cleaning her up and started unrolling the gauze. It was so uneasy that Yuu felt the need to break it, "Is it so bad that I'm a girl?"

Ritsu snapped to, "No! It's just that you looked like a dude. No Wait! That's not what I meant. You're not a dude. I just…"

"OW!" Ritsu stopped to realize that he just pulled the gauze too tight. Oh how he cursed himself for bumbling like that. The silence returned once again as he finished wrapping her up. It was hard to concentrate though with that strong urge to test the genuineness of such beautiful, pale locks so the job came out sloppy. Once finished, Yuu put her hoody back on and got up to leave. "If I make you uncomfortable, I won't trouble you anymore."

Her tone seemed disillusioned of his tenseness. Ritsu grabbed her wrist, "Wait."

Yuu flinched in pain when Ritsu realized that he grabbed the wrong arm and let go quickly, "Sorry…I…"

She seemed to understand and sat back down. The awkward hush was seeping through the walls. Yuu got on all fours and crawled closer catching Ritsu of guard. As she reached out for his uniform, she froze, "Um, may I…?"

Ritsu's tensed up further, "Y-yeah, g-g-o ahe-ad."

A small blush painted across her face as she removed his uniform coat. Once his coat was off, she stopped again, "Um, could you take off your vest?"

Ritsu's breath caught in his throat and his face turned bright red. She was asking him to strip. The next move was difficult to decide; grant her request or stay clothed. She entreated once more, "Kasanoda-san?"

The pressure was building until he nearly snatched it off of himself. Then he watched as Yuu unbuttoned his shirt, the last article of clothing between her soft hands and his bare chest. Ritsu was frozen stiff. His eyes shut tightly as if to prepare for what he believed was next. Yuu only unbuttoned five of the eight when she began to pull from the collar down his left arm. The brush of her smooth fingers over his arm sent chills up and down his spine. At that moment, there was a loss in contact but in another moment, he felt a sharp, burning pain on his left shoulder, "AAH!"

Ritsu opened his eyes to see Yuu swabbing the wound on his shoulder with alcohol. She still was blushing, no doubt from seeing a man's chest. She wiped up around the wound which had started to scab over with strands of cloth from his shirt tangled in, "I'm going to remove the scab so I can clean it properly. Is that okay?"

"S-sure." Ritsu braced himself for the peeling. It was quick but stung a little. Wrapping the scab in one of the scarlet wipes, she grabbed another and continued wiping. The stinging was unreal but since his wound was much smaller, it was quickly over. She blew on it gently to calm the burning sensation. Ritsu's grimace slowly disappeared. Grabbing the gauze, she unrolled a little and started to wrap him in it. The quiet of the room was relentless so Ritsu finally asked her, "W-why…were you dressed…like a…"

"Like a boy?" she interrupted, "I'm hiding from my bodyguards."

Ritsu raised an eyebrow, "You have body guards too?"

"Yeah," she answered, "but unlike yours, they're well-seasoned. The only place they don't follow me is in the school because the principle won't allow it. So they sit outside waiting to me take me home every day. But today, my friend Ran helped me sneak out past them. Since my hair and eyes stand out, I wore a disguise."

Ritsu was still weary of looking her in the eyes. He kept his head lowered.

"Thank you for not staring," she continued, "but you don't have to completely cut off eye contact."

Ritsu looked up to see that her eyes were looking dead back at him. She was so close. His eyes went wide and a blush reddened his face. He couldn't stop staring so she broke eye contact and finished the last few rounds of gauze and backed away. Ritsu noted that his bindings were much cleaner than hers. Yuu grabbed her stuff and prepared to leave, "Thanks for cleaning up my arm. See you around."

Ritsu actually didn't want her to go but who was he to stop her. Yuu slid open the door and right before her stood a middle-aged man. It startled her so that she fell backwards. The man had black and gray hair with an equally colored mustache, "Leaving so soon? But you MUST stay for dinner."

"But I-I have to be somewhere in a…" she was interrupted by the man's sudden cold glare, "But I insist."

His voice was deep and gruff and sent shivers up and down her back. Surely this was the master of the Kasanoda syndicate. Only a pure yakuza could possibly solicit such a reaction from ordinary people. Ritsu objected in her stead, "Otou-san! She said she had somewhere to be!"

Both the man and Yuu were frozen from shock of Ritsu's terrifying outburst. The man recovered more quickly, "B-but I've already prepared a seat for her."

Yuu shrank into her space feeling caught between two menacing forces. Before she was even aware, she found herself seated in front of a tray of food; tempura domburi, yakizakana, and miso. The room was filled with all the men from before but surprisingly, it was very quiet in there. When Yuu pictured a room full of yakuza, this awkwardness was not what came to mind. They weren't eating but instead rest their gaze on her. Was it the way she looked, that she was a female in a house full of men? Suddenly, an itch came to her nose. She tried to hold it but couldn't so she grabbed her napkin and sneezed into it, "Sumimasen."

Harmoniously, the men excused her of her sneeze, "ODAIJI NI!"

She found herself taken aback by the abrupt wave of voices. Their intense gaze remained after so Tetsuya, who was sitting across from her pointed to his chopsticks to tell her they were waiting for her to take the first bite. Though unsure if she could even eat all of it, she picked up her chopsticks. The men leaned towards her in anticipation. She picked a tempura and brought it to her lips. The men were on the edge of their seats. She took a bite and chewed, "Oishi."

All the men heaved out a deep breath. Ritsu's father commented, "I'm pleased that it's to your liking. Your presence among us seems to have captivated my men."

At last, the men began to eat and talk freely. Ritsu remained quiet. Yuu was very sure but she felt she needed to confirm it, "Excuse me, Kasanoda-dono,"

"Please," he interrupted, "call me Hayato."

"Okay, Hayato-dono," she continued, "Are you yakuza?"

The atmosphere of the room darkened in that instant and all went silent again. All eyes were on her and every face they belonged to became a grueling mug shot. Hayato answered her calmly, "Whatever gave you that idea?"

Yuu could feel the menacing aura fuming around her and it chilled every inch of her body. Ritsu cut it, "DAMMIT! QUIT SCARING HER, YOU IDIOTS!"

With the scariest mug of all, each person in the room was turned to ice. Yuu was so scared that she accidentally knocked her miso soup onto herself and the ground. Tetsuya got up immediately to clean it up.

"I-I'm sorry." Yuu tried to help him but he refused, "It's all right."

Tetsya cleaned up the spot as best he could with the napkins while Yuu went on to clean up herself. However, like the floor, there remained a stain on her hoody.

"I apologize," Hayato intruded, "We're currently at war. Things have been so tense lately that it's become hard to trust people. Yes, we are yakuza but there is no present reason to fear for your life."

"What do you mean 'war'?" she entreated. Hayato sipped some miso soup from his oriental spoon before responding, "We are the most powerful yakuza in Kanto. The Mioji's want that power to take our place. Right now, we're nearly at equal standing but the battles for territory will only worsen from here."

Yuu thought for a moment, "What if you just share the title, or you could merge syndicates through an agreement."

The men were immediately in a riotous laugh. "Yeah, like that'll happen!" one voiced.

"They'd sooner kill their first born!" blasted another. Hayato spoke up, "I admire your innocence but we're yakuza, it simply doesn't work that way. But enough about us, what about you? Where do you go to school?"

Yuu was a little embarrassed by the outburst she caused, "St. Lobellia Academy."

"I see…" he nodded.

The conversations continued. Yuu came to understand the men to be crude and protective of their young lord but that was the good side of them. They were relatively honest and loyal men and each of them had their own kind side. Hayato was stern, but justly wise for his age. He came off as a little doting but as a yakuza, he can still be a very nerve-racking person. And Yuu, well she was a little clumsy but very interesting young woman. It came to be an exceptionally noisy but entertaining dinner and by nightfall, Yuu had completely forgotten about her previous engagement. Ritsu offered to take her home but Hayato advised against it. Instead, Tetsuya and Katashi took her. It was a pleasant car drive for the most part but there were a few moments of silent unrest in her eyes, like something heavy was weighing on her mind.

"Wakamiya-san," called Katashi, "Which way next?"

Yuu looked out the car window and realized they were very close, too close actually, "Stop the car!"

Katashi floored the brakes nearly sending them colliding into the windshield. Katashi and Tetsuya looked up to find themselves in front of a medium, traditional estate. Yuu opened the door and stepped out, "This is fine, thanks."

"See you later." Tetsuya called as they drove off. Yuu waited until they turned the corner and were out of sight. Instead of walking onto the property, she walked a little further, at least two more estates down to an equally beautiful one as the first. Before she could open the door herself, a man and a woman opened the door. "Haha-ue, Otou-sa…"

Her father slapped her head into a spin. He then grabbed her arm and yanked her into the house. He hauled her down the hallway and into a specific room where he dropped to his knees pulling her to the floor with him. Her mother sat on her knees on the other side of her. Her mother and father bowed with their noses in the tatami mats while her father pushed her head down with theirs. Her mother and father then proceeded to express their deepest apologies, "Moushiwake-gozaimasen!"

Before them, was a man in a business suit standing tall over them, "Leave us."

Her mother and father left the room but the mother looked back as the sliding doors shut behind them. Feeling little regret, Yuu chose to stand instead of keeping her face in the floor. The man glared at her, "Where have you been?"

Yuu remained silent so he continued, "You were to accompany me to a very important dinner. Imagine my embarrassment when I arrived alone."

Yuu remained silent still, "You understand my belief in silent women but you will speak when spoken to."

At long last, Yuu broke her silence, "Don't think for an instant that I remain silent for you. I will use my voice whenever I choose, not on your whim."

There was a pause in his speech but a short-lived pause nonetheless, "You stink of fish, and I imagine that stain is miso. So you'd rather eat in the company of someone other than your fiancé. How scandalous."

He motioned his fingers to his personal bodyguards. One took hold of her arms while the other belted her in the gut causing her to regurgitate her dinner all over the floor. Tears filled her eyes with every agonizing wave she coughed up. "Those clothes really suit you right now – stain and all – but your gorgeous features are deserving of far better. I expect to see that from now on."

Yuu, weak from vomiting, tried to stand but was slightly off balance. "You aren't even wearing your engagement band." he continued, "How many rings must I waste on you? I anticipated as much and got you a replacement."

"Keep it. Your mark insults me." Yuu strained defiantly. He shook his head in disappointment. "Your constant rebellion tires me. I treat you well enough. Get you the finest things. All I ask is that you not embarrass me and where my ring."

"I'd sooner have no hand for you to put it on." He slapped her to the ground and stomped on her left hand repeatedly. Yuu cried out in anguish. She could feel her hand rapidly breaking under his rage. Once her hand was thoroughly crippled, he took her wrist in one hand and placed the ring on her finger then threw it down to the floor. She grimaced profusely from his rough handling. He took her hair into his grasp and brought her to his suitable low, "This time, you'll feel pain if you remove it again. I was preparing another dinner to make up for today but I can't have you attend with your injuries. I don't even know how you damaged your arm like that. You seem to forget your place a little too often. I consider myself a reasonable man but I will not be made a fool of and ESPECIALLY not to THIS degree! This rebellion will end or I will end you and your family!"

Yuu went silent, this time to deny him the pleasure of seeing her in more pain. He let go of her hair to stand tall once more, letting her head thud against the tatami. "Now that we have an understanding," he straightened out his suit then turned, "good evening."

Her fiancé left and her mother ran in to help her. She could have the whole world listening to only her and no one would answer to her whispered screams.

A/N: Sorry, for the wait. Preparing for college is time consuming and so is moving. Well, this is our debut of Hiroshi Ienari, the jerk of a fiancé. And before you decapitate me on the cliches of the parents who arranged a marriage with a drunk and/or violent boyfriend and the helpless girl who can't escape, I didn't do that. Her parents have a deeper connection with her but their culture of arranged marriages just comes with the package. She's actually ok with marrying him for the good of the company since she's very smart and was preparing to run the company herself anyway but the first time he hit her, she's know's there's no reason to stay with him so he's virtually a stalker now. And the abusive boyfriend thing, he's more complex than that. He's a decent gentleman but he hates being publically embarrassed; that's when his rage become uncontrollable. He's all about image so his rage is somewhat justified but yeah, he does take it to the Chris Brown level.

Any loop holes in my explanaition will probably be explained within the next few chapters when I can find out how she's going to escape those body guards again. If you have any ideas, they're appreciated and I will give you credit for a good idea but please keep them realistic to the point where they're not constantly being fooled by stuff a child can figure out. Just remember, I haven't read the manga so I'm working soley off of two episodes from the anime, give me some credit for creativity.

And if you were unaware, the all new Ouran High School Host Club Japanese drama is airing right now. It started the 22nd of July and a new episode airs every Friday so the subbed version should be available within 72 hours of that. For all of you who like to see stuff dubbed, get a clue. It's Asian drama, it will NEVER be dubbed. I saw the first episode and it was ok. The comedy is a little forced and Tamaki a little too obvious with the "I'm in love" bit but overall, it's still ok. I'd reccomend seeing at least the first episode. The first 4 episodes are on but if you find it on other sites, that's good too. I hope you enjoyed my story and plan to read future chapters.

Sasayaita Himei = Whispered Scream
Otou-san = Father, Dad
Tempura = prawn, other seafood, and vegetables deep-fried with some other food put on top of the rice
Domburi = a bowl of cooked rice Yakizakana = grilled fish
Miso = dissolved miso paste in hot water and additional ingredients such as wakame seaweed and small pieces of tofu
Sumimasen = excuse me
Odaiji ni = equivalent to "bless you" for sneezing
Oishi = delicious
Haha = Mother, Mom; this is a more familiar term than Okaa-san but with the personalized –ue at the end, it expresses the deeper connection between mother and child
Tatami = traditional Japanese-style floor mats
Moushiwake-gozaimasen = a form of "I'm sorry" but with severe regret of what was done