Chapter 2: Old World New Possibilities

Please return your seats to the upright position. We will be landing in Tokyo momentarily. Thank you for flying Emirates.

For the second time Ryan and Hayden got off the plane. This time however a young man wearing a white driver's uniform, hand gloves and hat was waiting for them at the clearance. He held a board bearing the twins' names in Kanji as well as English. As they approached the man, they heard him greet them with a thick Japanese accent. "Konnichiwa Mr and Mrs Cameron. Welcome to Tokyo."

"I'm sorry Mrs? I am MISS Cameron. Mr Cameron's SISTER" came a sharp reply in the thickest of British accents from a really tired and annoyed Hayden.

"I'm so sorry Ms Cameron" came the corrected reply. "The car is up front. I will make arrangements for your luggage to be transported to the hotel immediately."

The journey to the hotel was undertaken in utter silence where both parties refrained from saying a word to each other in an unsaid agreement. It had been a long flight and Ryan couldn't wait to see where his boss had put him up. As they rounded the corner on the busy Tokyo Street, the car came to a halt right outside a huge hotel. As the driver stepped out, the twins wondered if they were dreaming. Ryan's boss had put him up at The Grand Hyatt.

As if that was not enough. His boss had arranged specifically for the pent house suite and paid for it himself. Ryan knew that his boss liked him, but this much? After that fateful day that the twins lost their parents in the accident, Ryan had run away from his home only to meet the man who was now his boss. He looked at the boy who was around 16 years old and asked him why he was alone. Learning about his parents' death, he offered young Ryan a job. He watched as this young boy grew and matured under his guidance. He allowed the boy to excel while also simultaneously rewarding his hard work.

'Wow! This is so beautiful. I think I see the whole of Japan from here.' Hayden mused as she walked over to her room.

Ryan walked towards the balcony; a strange feeling of déjà vu engulfed him. He felt as if he had been here. Stray images of crumbled buildings appeared before his eyes and vanished in the same instant. He shook his head; dismissing the vague images that had appeared in his mind as being exhausted. 'My mind is playing tricks on me.' He thought as he walked in the opposite direction that his sister had taken and with a soft *click* he shut the door behind him.

Miaka walked towards the new clinic that her brother had recommended. He was worried about Miaka and had asked her about a dozen times already if she was ok. "You ask me once more and I swear you will regret it" Miaka had replied hotly. Judging from her reaction she was ready to snap his neck in one fluid movement. He liked his head in its place and chose to keep his mouth shut for the rest of the car ride to the clinic. His mind automatically went to the annoying blonde former seishi and wondered what he had done to wind her so tight that she would snap any second.

"Yuuki Miaka, the doctor will see you now." Came the melodic voice of the nurse that brought Keiskue back to the present. This was followed by an abrupt jerk on his arm which really surprised him. He knew his little sister was strong but not this much. He was almost certain his arm would dislodge itself from its socket and accompany her if he resisted even a little bit.

They walked towards the examination room when Miaka stopped dead in her tracks. The colour that was present on her face vanished instantly as if she had seen a ghost. Tears that blocked her vision threatened to overflow. She tried to stop herself from crying but the moment she heard his voice, her body couldn't control itself. As if she was under some spell she ran towards him with her arms outstretched and hugged the unsuspecting man. "Mitsukake…. Is it re..really y..you?" she managed between sobs.

It was a bright sunny morning. Somehow the sun had managed to elude the drawn curtains and make its way straight onto the sleeping Ryan's face. He managed to turn away and try to sleep again when a familiar tone rang sharp in his ears. 'Stupid alarm..' he managed as he pushed himself up and out of bed. It was his first day at his new job as well as his sister's first day at her new school. He glanced at the clock. 'Damn, it's already 7 am'

He quickly freshened up and ordered breakfast. By the time breakfast arrived, Ryan was ready for work. He walked over to his sister's room hoping he didn't have to pour ice water over her like she had unceremoniously done not so many days ago.

"Hayden? Are you awake?" Ryan hoped she was asleep, ice bucket in hand. When he did not get a reply, he pushed open the door only to find his beloved sister with a tooth - brush in her mouth and totally messed up bed hair. He was exerting a great amount of control over himself, trying to divert his mind from the hilarity of the sight that was before him. Clearing his throat he managed to inform her that breakfast was ready and he would drop her off at her school. Five minutes later his sister was all ready in her uniform ready for school.

Miaka recovered from the shock of meeting her former shichi seishi only to find out something bigger. "PREGNANT!? You are joking right?"

"No. All the symptoms point to morning sickness. To top it off you said that you were late so it prompted me to check if you were pregnant. Congratulations Miaka." The tall, dark - haired doctor finished.

Miaka was thrilled. She wanted children for some time now. Everything was finally making sense. The stomach lurching at the scent of her favourite foods, the dizziness, the morning sickness…. "I… I'm pregnant! Keiskue! I'M PREGNANT!" she was overjoyed. She couldn't wait to tell her koibito the amazing news. 'He will be so happy.' She thought as she left the doctor's clinic momentarily forgetting Mitsukake.

Buzz… buzz… "Hello? Nakago?"

"What is it koibito? What did the doctor say?"

"Well… ano… nothing serious. But is there any way you could be done with your meeting by lunch?"

"I will try. I need to go now. Aishiteru"

"Aishiteru"

'So this is Raine Consultancy.' Ryan thought as he walked through the doors of his new office building. 'I wonder where my new office is… hope it is spacious.' His thoughts were interrupted as he suddenly found himself instinctively clutching the waist of a familiar blonde model as they ran into each other. This time she was carrying files that were sprawled unceremoniously over the floor. Amethyst met misty grey once again as time began to slow down.

"You…" was all that Ryan could say. He was speechless. Ever since their last encounter, this platinum haired model never left his thoughts. He wondered why a split second encounter was etched so deeply in his mind.

"We really got to stop meeting this way." The blonde with the American accent joked. There was something about the dark - haired man standing in front of her that was different. She was used to getting a lot of attention from the boys all through school, back in America but had never felt the pull that this amethyst eyed stranger had on her. His deep voice, his accent, his… she stopped the thought process before it could go any further. Hastily shuffling through the files strewn on the floor, she hid her anger that she felt for her brother at the moment behind a cheerful mask.

"What are you doing here?" this stranger's voice, thick with an English accent reached her ears and she momentarily stopped what she was doing. 'Answer him you idiot' her mental voice commanded.

"I …. Um… I work here."

"Could you please tell me where the marketing department is?" The stranger asked as he finished gathering the remnants of the files that were on the floor and handed them over to her.

"Fifth floor."

"Thank you" was the last thing she heard as she saw him run towards the lift. 'I seriously wonder who that guy is.' Suddenly realizing that she was late for a meeting at the other side of the city, she left hastily.

Ryan got out of the lift only to run into a certain tall blonde haired, blue - eyed man. "I'm sorry" he said as he pushed past him to go to his office.

'Another Suzaku shichi seishi is here in Japan. Miaka will be so overjoyed to meet this one.' Nicholas decided to file away this new - found knowledge for a later time. Now he had to and deal with something different. Casually he walked outside of the building as he hailed a cab.

'No wonder he had started treating me like I was made of glass. That arrogant know – it – all baka KNEW! How could he keep such a big secret from me?' Miaka's thoughts trailed off. She was so excited when she saw her former worst enemy enter into the living room. She told him what the doctor had told her about the cause for this morning's nausea. He had merely arched one golden eyebrow and had given her that half smirk stating the obvious.

"Why didn't you tell me? How dare you keep such a big secret from me?" Miaka's voice was almost shrill. She was so furious that for a second Nakago thought he saw the bright red aura marking her as Suzaku's beloved priestess, though she did not seem to notice.

"I did not think it would make a difference." He replied nonchalantly. He was aware that she would be angry but this was way past his expectations. This ex – miko never failed to surprise him.

"NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE? How can you be so ARROGANT and INSENSITIVE?" Miaka was close to tears by now. He had to pay for what he had done (or not done for that matter) There was only way she knew that would hurt the walking icicle. "I am going to spend the night at my house with Keiskue and Stephanie, the people who ACTUALLY CARE" she finished as she walked towards the door. Stopping just before opening the door, and without a backward glance, she drove the final insult home, "Andy and Taka are coming over for a movie night and YOU are not invited." With that said she slammed the door shut leaving a completely shocked Nakago standing alone in the living room.

Ryan felt that sudden urge to meet the misty eyed blonde model once again. He tried to get her out of his head since their last run – in and today's encounter did not help it, not even a little bit. 'I wonder if she is thinking about me too' he thought tapping the pencil nervously on the desk allotted to him. 'Who are you kidding? She is a goddess and you? It will be hilarious if she even would consider you in her friend circle.' His mind retorted.

"Shut up" Ryan found himself saying not realizing that he was in a meeting in the boardroom with his boss and a few important clients.

"Excuse me? Do you have something to say Mr Cameron?" came a stern reply from a really annoyed man.

"I'm sorry sir I didn't mean to interrupt. I guess I'm just tired." Ryan found himself apologizing in a way that sounded foreign to his own ears. He was lucky that his boss accepted the apology since he knew that this new British Marketing Executive was severely jet lagged. Ryan promised it would never happen again and the meeting continued, this time however, Ryan was listening to what his boss was presenting and all thoughts of the blonde model were filed away in his mind for examination at a later time.

'I really wonder what that idiot has done to her now' Stephanie Raine thought as she shook her head. It had not been long now since her young sister – in – law had barged into the house and locked herself up in her old room. All she could hear were muffled sobs from which she could only imagine that the russet haired girl had buried her face into her pillow. Not long from now, a very protective Keiskue would come back from his work to find a distraught Miaka sprawled across the bedroom floor. He would be furious at Nicholas for this. She had to do something. She could not let Keiskue anywhere close to the idiot who was also her brother for fear of a fist fight.

"Miaka? Are you alright?" came the sweet sound produced by the tall platinum blonde goddess with a pure accent and words spoken in English.

"N.. Nothing… Na… Nakago no Baka" she managed between sobs.

"I know he is an idiot. Come. Talk to me. I HAVE lived with him all my life. Maybe I can help you?" for lack of anything better so say, Stephanie was trying the best she could to cheer Miaka up. She thought of the man that she couldn't get out of her mind. She decided to take Miaka's mind off her arrogant brother and this was the best way to distract her.

"Miaka, I need to tell you something. It is about this man… I don't know his name…."

Before she could finish, she was cut off by the sound of the door unlocking and out came the young former miko with a broad smile on her face. The only evidence left of her dramatic teary entry was her reddish eyes and the moisture left on the pillow in her room.

"A MAN?" Miaka asked sounding very excited. She had been trying to get Steph to date anyone she met for a really long time. Every time she would see a random good-looking guy, she would point him out to Steph and she would dismiss him as not her type. The only man she had agreed to try to date was the man she was currently living with. After Miaka and Nicholas got married, Steph had been living with Keiskue. She did not want to live for free so she had convinced Keiskue to charge her a rent fee which was easy for her to manage and was half the cost of rent anywhere in the city. She had gone out for a number of dinners with Keiskue and had enjoyed them too. He had made it very clear that he did not want a serious relationship since he was already managing studying and a job. Steph knew and so she had not given her heart to him.

"TEMME TEMME TEMME…" Miaka's excited tone brought Steph back to the present.

"All right. Let's go down to the living room and we will talk about him there."

"Hey Steph?"

"Yeah?"

"Could I stay here for the night? I have no intention of seeing Nakago tonight."

"Sure. Do you need to ask?" came a sweet reply. 'I really need to know what he has done this time' Steph vowed to herself as she opened a bottle of sake and proceeded to pour herself a glass.

"Miaka, sake?" she called from the kitchen.

"No thank you. A glass of juice will do." Miaka was not a regular drinker but she liked the taste of sake. Her mind was telling her to have a glass. She had almost had told Steph to pour her a glass too when her hand automatically went to her still flat tummy. 'You can't drink, Miaka. It is not good for the baby.' Her mental voice reasoned. Her internal monologue was halted when Steph came out of the kitchen bearing gifts of delicious foods and fresh sweet lime juice.

"Tell me about your mystery man." Miaka began as she sipped the delicious juice in her hands.

"I don't know Miaka, he is nothing like anyone I've met before. His voice is soft like silk against my ears. So deep…"Luckily for Steph the doorbell rang at that very moment which was enough to distract Miaka. The door slid open to admit two young men.

"Taka! Andy! It is so good to see you again." Miaka exclaimed as she dashed towards the newcomers. She hugged both men as she proceeded to tell them of the movie night that she had planned. Not long after Taka and Andy had arrived, Keiskue too arrived. They proceeded to have a very interesting movie night.

"Hello? Miaka?" came the sleepy voice from the phone.

"I need to tell you something. I'm Pregnant."

A/N: Thank you so much for the encouraging reviews. I do hope to update regularly praying that my real life does not interfere with my updates.

Wasabi19 and Fourteen, I hope to continue surprising you. Hope you like the chapter.

Andrea19: I really thought Alcestics could have written more. I actually did mention to Tatiana that I wished to continue the story and she gave me the idea for it.

Well here is the next chapter in this series. I hope y'all like feel free to leave me a review.

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