A/N this story seems to be gaining a good few fans… but no reviews. I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse…
Blessing- I don't have people rushing me to update
Curse- people (who don't have to guts to just read the summary and read it regardless of reviews) will think it's a horrible story…
AGH WHAT'S AN AUTHORESS TO DO?!
I know! I'll continue my story and worry about that later! :P
For future reference, this takes place after the anime. About a year after the 'Éclair incident' and it's going by the American school year. Just ignore Hunny and Mori graduating XD Also, I don't know if I have the correct last name for Tama-chan's mommy… please tell me!
I DO NOT OWN! (Kyoko plus Rin equal mine, though :-))
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It was absurd.
Not at all possible.
Her Mother sent her away as a baby, so why would she raise such an idiot son? Rin was smarter than him, too! The only similarities were the hair and eyes… And height. Rin was tall, as well. She was nearing 5'11".
But anyway, Kyoko had been silent ever since they left the club. After Tamaki asked that stupid question Rin insisted on going shopping that moment and dragged Kyoko outside with her. They were now in the limo, driving to the dress shop.
"Miss Kyoko, is everything alright?" The driver asked.
"Oh? Yes, all is well." She responded looking pitifully down at the floor of the car.
The driver shook his head in disbelief, but didn't bring the subject up again. They reached the shop, and went to the first rack of dresses. "So… any dress is fine?" Rin asked, glancing over at Kyoko.
"Yes. That is what they said…"
Why was she being so quiet?
Because she knew.
Deep down, Kyoko knew that Tamaki and Rin were related. It was a gut instinct. Having the same face isn't just a coincidence…
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Later, at the Yoshizuki estate
(Yes, I'm making you wait for the details of the dresses XD I'm horrible XP)
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Kyoko was in still in her school uniform. It was late, and she had school, but the red-head didn't care about that now. She was more interested in getting the information she wanted.
She silently, yet quickly, walked down an unfamiliar hall way. It was the hallway leading to her mother's private quarters. The big white door stood right in front of her, looking very intimidating now. Kyoko gulped and lightly knocked on the door. "Yes? Who is it?" Her mother called from inside. "It's me, Kyoko mother… I wish to ask you something…"
There was a brief silence while her mother walked to the door and pulled it open. She put her old bony hand on Kyoko's back to lead her into the room. Kyoko sat on a couch across from a chair. Her mother sat in the chair and smiled sweetly at her adopted child, "Yes, sweetheart? What do you need?"
"Well… I-I was wondering…"
"Go on,"
"D-d-does Rin-chan have a y-younger b-brother?" damn social anxiety…
The older woman let out a deep sigh. The dreaded question. "Yes. He is a rich man, and she was the product of a love affair with a French woman. The man's mother needed an heir, and he refused to have a child with his wife. So, instead of listening to his mother and breaking off his relationship with the French woman, he divorced the woman his mother chose for him. Later on, the French woman had a son, and the wealthy man's mother insisted on having a male heir instead of a female one, so I adopted the daughter as a maid. But if anything happens to the son, Rin will go to her grandmother and be the heiress."
Wow.
That was a lot.
"But, Mother, what is Rin-chan's brother's name?"
"My dear. May I ask a question? Why do you wish to know?"
"I… I may have… met… him… and I was curious…" Kyoko said, playing with her fingers. "My darling, it seems as though there is something more than that." Kyoko blushed and looked at her crossed ankles and fluffy yellow dress. "I… wanted… to have Rin meet her, so she could see what she was like…"
"Kyoko, it is up to Rin whether or not she wishes to see her mother. She may not, for all you know."
Kyoko sighed and said good night to her mother, but vowing not to give up. She had one day left until the spring festival… two days of the festival itself… but how would she get plane tickets to their mother in time? Was it possible? She'd find out a way, but right now she needed to know if Tamaki and Rin wanted to meet their mother.
If they really are related… If.
Kyoko walked to her room and picked up her phone, dialing Haruhi's phone number. It wasn't too late, but what if Haruhi was busy? Maybe she should hang up—
"Hello?"
Too late.
"Ah! Um… Hello, Fujioka-kun… I-I was wondering… do you have Tamaki-san's ph-phone number?"
"Huh? Oh… yeah… why?"
"Um! I needed to ask about… homework! Yes, homework!"
"Ah okay, well, here it is--"
Haruhi gave her the number, and Kyoko wrote it down.
The moment of truth.
Dial.
Ring.
Ring.
Ring.
Riiiiing.
Click.
"Hello?" Someone said. It wasn't Tamaki, most likely a maid or something… what should she say?! "Ah! Uh… H-hello! I-I was wondering… could I speak to Tamaki-sama please?" She blurted out. "Huh? Oh, yes. Hold please." After a few minutes, someone picked up again. "Hello?" Kyoko nearly jumped off her bed. "Yes! Good evening, Tamaki-san! I-I was wondering…" How should she say it? "If it were possible…"
"What is it, Kyoko-chan?"
"Would you like me to bring your mother to the festival?"
It came out more like, 'Wouldyoulikemetobringyourmothertothefestival??" there was silence. "Can you say that again?" Kyoko took a breath and calmed down. "I-if I could… would you like me to… if possible… bring your mother to the festival?"
"WHAT? My Grandmother wouldn't allow it!"
Kyoko sighed and looked at the ground, "I know, but, you won't pay for her to stay! We will!"
"She'll get really mad."
"Tamaki-sama! Forget her! If you're mother wants to see you she can! You're grandmother has no right to stop her from doing so! A-and if she does get angry… I will take full responsibility! I wish for you and Rin-chan to meet your mother!"
"But we don't even know if we really are related…"
"Tamaki-san, are you French? Is you're mother French?"
"Yes, why?"
"Because Rin-chan is too! It can't be just a coincidence!"
"Alright. You can try, but I'm telling you, Kyoko-san, it will be hard."
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Kyoko was in her nightgown now; it was a short one, pink with black ruffles on the bottom and short flow-y sleeves. She was on an urgent mission; Get the phone number of Tamaki's mother from her Father's employee records. It had to be in there.
Earlier in the evening, Kyoko was able to sneak the keys to her Father's filing cabinet away from a butler. All she had to do was sneak into her Father's office, unnoticed. She crawled down the hallway, and was about to open the door when she heard her father about to open the door. She flipped behind a big statue on the wall. The head of the Yoshizuki family stepped out of his office, and closed the door behind him. Kyoko's heart began beating rapidly in her chest, and her father walked by. He didn't see her, because, as Kyoko noticed, his glasses were off.
Kyoko sighed with relief. She snuck up to the door, and pushed on it, surprised when it flew open. There were papers on her father's desk, and across from the desk, next to a closet, was the object of Kyoko's searching. The filing cabinet. She kneeled next to it looking at the letters on the drawers. It was rather dark in the room, making it difficult to read. Kyoko figured the next time she did something like this; she needed to bring a flashlight.
A-H and I-Z
She unlocked the A-H drawer, and realized… She didn't know what Rin's last name was. She would have to look at every name to find Rin in there. So began the search.
It only took about 5 minutes for Kyoko to find it.
Grantaine (Suou), Rin.
Kyoko opened the file, and found a phone number for her mother. Her mother apparently spoke Japanese, so that saved Kyoko from having to speak in her choppy French. She wrote the number down, placed the file back and locked the cabinet again. She heard footsteps coming toward the room, and got scared. What if she was caught? She could get in a lot of trouble. She grabbed the closet door and hid inside, peeking through a small crack she left open. Her father walked into the room with a bottle of water, and looked around the room. His eyes lingered a while on the closet, but he sat down after a minute. Kyoko could do nothing to stop her heartbeat as she stared at the clock. 9:36.
Her father left the room at 9:51, and Kyoko bolted out of the room the second he was gone. She dashed down hallways, earning stares from maids and butlers, until she reached her room. She slammed the door shut behind her and plopped on the bed.
"Let's see…" she muttered, "If it's 10 o'clock in Japan… it's about 3 o'clock in France! I can call, and I won't be disturbing.
She picked up the phone and dialed.
It rang a few times until a man answered.
"Bonjour?"
"Hello, my name is Kyoko Yoshizuki; I'm calling on behalf of Rin and Tamaki Grantaine. May I please speak with Miss Anne-Sophie Grantaine, please?"
"Y-yes, one moment."
A woman answered next.
"Hello?"
"Mademoiselle Grantaine?"
"Yes?"
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The next day at the club, Kyoko showed up requesting to speak with Tamaki alone for a moment. After a few moments of speaking, Tamaki announced that he was going home early today, and left with Kyoko.
As they walked down the hallway, Tamaki couldn't contain his excitement, and half way to Kyoko's car, He grabbed her hand and ran with her all the way to there. In the car, Rin sat waiting in her maid dress, hands folded in her lap. Tamaki pulled the back door open, helped Kyoko in and then practically dove in. They drove to the airport, and everyone except the driver got out. The driver went to find a parking space. The three teenagers walked into the airport, getting quite a bit of attention. It was two school kids and a maid, after all. They stood at the proper gate, anxiously and bored (Rin), for the arrival of their guest.
As the people from the plane walked out, they kept their eyes peeled for blonde hair and blue eyes. "Ah!" Kyoko said, pointing to a woman with long blonde hair and aqua eyes, standing far off from everyone else, looking around confused, as though she was searching for something… or someone. Tamaki grabbed Kyoko's hand in one hand and Rin's in his other before running to the woman. He yelled out her name, "Anne-Sophie Grantaine!" She turned and began crying when she saw the children running toward her. Tamaki released the girls' hands and wrapped his arms around his mother. Rin stood behind Kyoko, just staring at the woman. Tamaki stopped hugging her, and Anne-Sophie dried her tears. Kyoko walked up, "Miss Grantaine, my name is Kyoko. I'm the one who called you last night--" Anne walked up and hugged the red headed girl. Kyoko looked shocked as the woman buried her face in her hair. "Thank you… You're an angel…"
Kyoko pulled back and pulled Rin in front of her, saying, "Miss, this is Rin… I have a feeling she's your daughter." Anne covered her moth with her hand as she looked at her daughter for the first time in 17 years. Rin's beautiful blue eyes were wide with shock as she looked at -what seemed like- an older version of her. Anne hugged Rin and began full-blown bawling.
"Mon bebe! Mon bebe!" She cried, over and over.
A/N That's enough! Long chapter this was, eh? Well, I'm leaving for vacation on 7-19-08 so there won't be updates for a while… sorry… but we authoresses deserve a break every once in a while, too!
So, begin your predictions of what will happen next in Second to the Right!