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Authors Note: Thank you for all the reviews everyone : ) Please read the additional Info below:
-Pairings I forgot to mention: Miru & RanxDaichi
-Thank you to the ff: xxxUtauloverxxx, Sk8terGurl315, Hime Cullen Tsukiyomiand an anonymous reviewer named 'Q'
-I also want to say thanks for adding this story to the community Moonlight Serenade& Strawberry Joker & Neko Violinist
-Thanks for listening to all that…now on with chapter 1 !
It Begins: Arrival Of The Royals!
It was a bright and early morning inside the Hinamori household. Amu woke up with the sun brightly shining outside. She got up and fixed her room and made sure that everything was set in place. After getting dressed for the day, she was supposed to go and greet her friends, but unfortunately a voice that boomed and shook the entire household broke her smile.
"Amu!!!! Where are you, you wretched girl?!?!?" yelled Lady Yamabuki.
Once again Amu sighed. This was how her day usually started, if she was lucky she'd get to greet and see her friends before any if this yelling. "I'm coming, Yamabuki-sama." She called back. Ever since her mother passed away and her father had remarried, she never dared to call her stepmother mom. She never liked this woman and it occurred to her that she never would.
Amu walked towards the large stair steps and entered her stepmother's room. "Yes? You needed me for something Yamabuki-sama?" asked Amu
"Took you long enough. Now I want you to go to Saaya's room immediately, she wants a dress to be sown and her room to be made spotless. As you know, we'll be having guests later this afternoon, so I want this whole place to be spotless. Do you understand Amu?" asked Lady Yamabuki in a serious tone.
"Yes, of course. I'll get it right away." Said Amu. As she bowed and closed the door behind her, she gave off a sigh. "Great, this is going to be another long day…."
Amu walked over to Saaya's room. She knocked on the door and heard a voice telling her to "come in". She walked inside and saw Saaya throwing dresses and other things out of her closet, this resulting to a big mess inside her room. "No wonder they wanted me to clean this place, it's as if a tornado hit it."
Amu soon stopped her thoughts and spoke "Um…you needed me Saaya-san?" Just like her stepmother, she never regarded Saaya as a part of her family either.
"Yes I did. Amu, I want you to clean this mess up! I can't have visitors around the house when my room is a total mess. I also want you to fix these dresses and make sure they're perfect! I can't choose what to wear just yet so make sure I can choose from those." Said Saaya "After all, I have to look my best for my prince."
Amu rolled her eyes at that comment, of course how could she ever forget today? It was the day that Saaya's been looking forward too all this time, she's been screaming her head off when she found out about it.
Soon enough, Saaya started throwing dresses at Amu. Those were the dresses that she wanted done. "You can leave for now, clean my room later. Deal with the dresses first I want them finished before our guests get here." Ordered Saaya
"Yes of course, I'll get to them right away" said Amu and then she left the room and headed back downstairs. "Well, I better get these done. I still have a lot to do for today." Thought Amu as she began to walk back to her room to sew and fix the dresses that Saaya had handed to her.
Meanwhile….At the Palace….
Ikuto woke up from his bed and walked straight for the dinning room. There, he met with his parents and his sister Utau. His mornings were the same as usual, he guessed that a few minutes from now his dada would be talking to him about getting married again. He sighed as he took a seat beside Utau and as NIkaidou delivered their breakfast for today.
"Thank you Nikaidou-san." Greeted Tsukiyomi Souko with a smile to the chef.
"It's not a problem Your Majesty. I do hope you enjoy." Replied Nikaidou with a bow before he left the dining room and went back to the kitchen.
As they were eating, Tsukiyomi Aruto opened up another topic for them to talk about. "Now, Ikuto…Utau, as you both know we will be paying a visit to a friend of ours today. We will be going to the Hinamori household, you see the daughter of Tsugumu is currently having her 17th birthday today." Explained Aruto
"Isn't he dead?" asked Ikuto in a bored tone.
"That isn't very nice Ikuto." Replied Souko "Yes, Tsugumu passed away years ago but he still has a daughter. If I remember correctly, he has two actually. Midori died after the second child was born."
"So what's the point of visiting? Won't it be a waste of our time? If both parents are gone then how would you know where their daughters are?" asked Utau
"I have not received any news of them moving, and as I remember correctly Tsugumu remarried before he passed away so I'm sure his daughters are in proper care." Said Aruto
"We haven't seen his family since he passed away, so since today is supposedly his daughter's birthday we decided to pay her a visit." Said Souko
"We'll be leaving later, we've sent word of our arrival there and in return they have invited us to dine with them." Said Aruto "I want you both to be on your best behavior today."
Utau an Ikuto just nodded at their father's statement. Soon as their meal had ended the two siblings decided to take a walk around the castle with their friend Yoru. "Well that was a surprise want it Ikuto?" asked Utau
"At least he didn't say anything about me getting married this time." Said Ikuto with a sigh "But to think we'd be visiting the Hinamori family…I don't even remember meeting Tsugumu's two daughters."
"Neither do I, but father's orders are still orders and we don't have much of a choice. I wouldn't mind going though, it beats staying here all day doing nothing." Said Utau. Ikuto had to agree with that, it was better than listening to the kingdom's leaders talk about their heritage and some other stuff that he has to do once he rules the kingdom.
"You know, you guys have another bright side to this.~nya" Said Yoru
"And what might that be?" asked Utau
"You get to go out of the palace and see what the village is like too~nya." Said Yoru
"Hey, can I ask you something. Do you have to keep saying the word 'nya' in every sentence?" asked Utau looking at their child-hood friend.
"Not really~nya I guess I just got used to it." Said Yoru with a smile
"You can't really blame him can you Utau? He's been like that since we were kids, not that it's such a big shock is it?" said Ikuto "And back to his statement, Yoru does have a point there. At least we get to get out of the palace for once."
"Yeah, you're right about that….I want to go back to my room for now. This is getting a bit boring." Said Utau as she looked at her brother and Yoru. Then a few seconds later she got an idea "Ne Ikuto, could you do me a favor?"
"If it's got anything to do with going out with you then no." replied Ikuto
Utau looked at him with a pout and spoke "Please, I told you I got over you already didn't I? It's got nothing to do with that kind of stuff."
"Fine, what is it that you want?" asked Ikuto
"Can you…play the violin? I feel like singing right now….is that okay?" asked Utau with a pleading look.
"You know, you can be so nice to me sometimes but you're mean with other people. Not to mention you're extremely nice to Ikuto~nya." Said Yoru
Utau has always been like that. She can be stubborn and mean in front of others but she's nice and the complete opposite of it all when she's in front of Ikuto and Yoru. She's especially stubborn when in front of her suitors…not that anyone blames her for that though.
"You know I have my reasons. So Ikuto? Is it okay? You haven't played for a while now and your violins like a display." Said Utau hoping her brother would say yes.
"Fine, I have nothing better to do anyway…" replied Ikuto. He headed down to his room to grab his violin while Utau was smiling happily.
Back in the Hinamori household…
Amu was just about finished in sewing and ironing the dresses that Saaya wanted done. She was happy that she was able to restore the dresses into a nice beautiful form. It made her wonder what Saaya did with these things to make them look trashed. Soon a knock was heard on her room door and Dia came inside.
"Amu-chan, we've been waiting for you. You haven't eaten anything yet and we were starting to get worried." Said Dia
"Gomene Dia, demo I had to do things for Saaya today. She wanted me to sew these dresses and I just finished ironing them too." Said Amu "You didn't have to call me, I'll be fine."
"If I didn't call you, you'd most probably be overworking yourself again Amu-chan." Said Dia in a knowing tone. She was right, Amu would just be following orders and not even worry bout her own health that she sometimes gets to tired the following day to even wake up and eat a proper meal.
"*sigh* Amu-chan why don't we go to the garden together. Su's prepared tea there and a meal for us to eat. Miki's just about done with her morning duties as well. Nagi and Rima are there too." Suggested Dia
"Alright, let's go." Amu gave in to what Dia had suggested. She knew that she was only forcing her because she cared about her welfare. Thinking of the bright side, she'll finally be able to see her friends for the day.
Amu walked with Dia to the garden and there she saw Su, Rima, Nagi, Miki and Ran. She was greeted by all her friends in the garden with happy smiles and some with worried and confused looks.
"Amu-chan! You're finally here!" called Ran "We've been waiting for you."
"You're much later than usual, did something come up?" asked Nagihiko
"No, it was nothing special. Saaya just wanted me to sew some of the dresses that broke and iron them for her." Explained Amu as Dia led her to the table and she sat on one of the chairs in between Nagihiko and Rima.
"Again? She's asking you to do her chores for her again????" asked Rima, she didn't like Saaya and her mother, in fact none of them did.
"Yes, but I don't mind really. I should be used to it by now." Said Amu with a sigh as Su was pouring warm homemade tea into their cups.
"That's what so bad about this situation. She shouldn't let you do anything like this, especially not today." Said Miki. Everyone knew what was so special today, I was Amu's special day. But it was the same every year, there was no celebration. Her friends would hold one for her and then she'd just spend time with them for a couple of hours. She was forced to work weather it was her day or not.
"Amu-chan, today of all days. You should go to the village today and we should celebrate. It is your 17th birthday, shouldn't it be a special day? It looks like all you do for your birthday every year is work non-stop." Said Miki with a sigh.
"Besides, you shouldn't be even working for them in the first place. When Tsugumu-san was still here this place was so much fun." Said Ran
"They should be the one's working for you not you working for them. They owe you Amu-chan. The inheritance was supposed to be yours, it doesn't belong to that witch!" said Rima with a huff.
"Now just quiet down Mashiro-san, if she were to hear you, Amu-chan might get punished…again." Said Nagihiko with a sad tone in his voice. The last time Amu got punished, she couldn't even manage to carry herself or walk for days.
"This is abuse I tell you, she wouldn't even have to be in this situation right now. It's just not right." Said Ran
"Not to mention we're getting a visit from the royal family today~desu. They're coming here to greet Amu-chan aren't they?" asked Su. The main purpose of the Tsukiyomi's visit was because of Tsugumu's daughter and it had nothing to do with the Yamabukis.
"True, but that witch might just make up some excuse that Amu isn't here or something like that. She knew their reason for coming from the moment she got the message. There's no way she didn't plan anything." Said Rima
"That's undeniable, she must have thought of something to get Amu-chan out of the way. I'm sure Saaya wouldn't want anyone else to get near her precious prince." Said Dia
"As if the prince would ever go for someone like her. She's the complete opposite of the words nice, caring and kind." Said Rima
"This is going to be a long day. Amu-chan won't even get to see Ami…" said Miki. They all saddened at the name of the sweet little girl. It's been months since Amu last saw her and she's her little sister too.
"It's okay you guys, Ami understands. It won't change anything, even if I keep sulking here. They aren't going to grant me any freedom today even if it kills me. Besides I get freedom to go to the village every so often, I'll see her soon." Said Amu. Deep down though she missed her little sister and she even wished that Kukai and Daichi were there to help her.
The others could see she was lonely on the inside. Nagihiko put an arm around her shoulder and spoke "One day, Amu-chan, we will get you out of here. All of us will, soon the truth will be exposed about what they've been doing to you. You deserve better than this Amu-chan."
The others nodded in agreement, if there was one thing they wanted right now it'd be to be free from this prison. The Yamabuki's had been in control for long enough. They knew Amu had something to look forward to and being in this house isn't the answer to her happiness.
It wasn't long before a sound was heard, the royal family had finally arrived at the household. Amu and the others were tending to there household chores and duties for the moment and were made sure not to be seen in front of the prince and the other royals. The didn't really care weather the royals saw them or not, either way it didn't bother them and they didn't try to complain.
Rima was cleaning the halls of the large mansion when she heard footsteps down the stairs. She looked up and saw Saaya approaching her as well as Lady Yamabuki. "Good morning Saaya-san, Yamabuki- sama." Greeted Rima. She wanted to be nice, at least for this once she didn't mind. It's not like getting angry about anything would help.
Lady Yamabuki just turned away from Rima and spoke "Remember your role in this household. You and the others are nothing more than mere maids to be told what to do. You are not to make close contact with any of the royals do you understand? Just as a reminder, do not defy your orders unless you want to get punished again." And with that she was walking down to open the door "Now get out of my sight child."
Rima was starting to loose her calm outer character, she tried to remain as calm as she could while walking away from the halls. She soon caught a glance of the royal family entering and so she became the curios cat. She hid behind the walls, just behind the staircase to listen in on their opening conversation.
Lady Yamabuki opened the door and soon the royal family came out of the carriage. She and Saaya bowed and invited them inside. "Welcome sire to our humble abode." Spoke Lady Yamabuki with a smile
"This is my daughter Saaya." She introduced as Saaya bowed.
"Hello Your Majesties, it's a pleasure to meet you all." Said Saaya as politely as she could.
"The pleasure is ours, thank you for having us today." Said Souko with a smile. "Oh yes, let me introduce myself. I'm Tsukiyomi Souko, this is my husband Aruto and these are our two children. My oldest son Ikuto and my daughter Utau. This is Yoru, he's a close friend." She introduced them one by one pointing to each one of her family members.
Ikuto caught Saaya's attention, he was as the rumors had said. Mysterious and handsome, and he was fit to be the kingdoms prince. She was practically doing nothing more but stare at him while her mother talked with the other guests.
Ikuto noticed Saaya's stares and so did Utau and Yoru. Ikuto simply shrugged it off and looked away, it was nothing new to him. This was why he was never quite attracted to girls, all they ever do around him is swoon and stare. Utau was bit disappointed and at the same time a bit disgusted by Saaya. She never would have expected Tsugumu's daughter to turn out like this. Yoru was…well he didn't know how to react to this girl in front of him, he just found her weird. Period.
Then after a few more minutes, Queen Souko brought a question up. "Saaya, you must be Tsugumu's oldest daughter. You just turned seventeen am I correct?" she asked with a smile.
"Oh! My apologies." Said Lady Yamabuki "I'm afraid you're seeking for my other daughter yes?"
"Other daughter? I thought you only had two? Isn't the other one just a little girl?" this time it was Utau who asked the question.
"Well….yes. But you see, it was a sad event for us all. After my husband had died, his oldest daughter from his first wife was in a state of depression. She soon ran away from home and she took her little sister with her. I haven't seen them for a long time, I've heard that she sold her sister to another family and took off." said Lady Yamabuki and she had a sad expression on her face.
"Oh my….that's so sad." Replied Souko
"I apologize for not telling you when I got your message that you will be paying us a visit. I just couldn't bring myself to…" Lady Yamabuki acted as if she was about to cry as she told the tale.
Souko put a hand on her shoulder to comfort her and spoke. "I am so sorry to hear that. It's alright, it must have been hard on your part."
"Both my stepsisters are no longer with us. I don't blame them for running away but I hoped it could have gone better." Said Saaya as she was also faking a cry.
Meanwhile Rima was furious. "How dare she! That she witch! What does she mean ran away? Amu's right here!" Rima was getting angry, she wanted to go over there and expose all of Lady Yamabuki's lies. Rima was so angry that she didn't notice she was walking further and further away from her hiding place. Soon she got exposed…
"Mashiro Rima!" This was definitely Lady Yamabuki's voice. She was approaching Rima with the royal family by her side.
Rima gulped, she's done it now. If they knew that she heard she'd be dead by nightfall, or worse, Amu could get hurt. "Yamabuku-sama, I apologize I was just…" Rima kept calm and pit out her outer character façade. She was doing well enough, except there was one problem…she had no excuse.
"What did I tell you? Were you here this whole time?" asked Lady Yamabuki, she was speaking as nicely ass she could as to not expose her anger in front of the Tsukiyomis.
Rima knew her voice was a lie, heck her whole tale earlier was all a fib. "I…I was just here to…" Rima was about to run out of a excuse when suddenly…
"Oi! Mashiro-san! Did you get the bill from Yamabuki-san already?" Rima turned to the sound of the voice and saw Kukai heading her way.
"K-Kukai…." Muttered Rima, she was shocked to find him there "How'd he find me here anyway?" she thought
"Hey, did you get the payment like I asked?" asked Kukai as he ruffled her hair.
"Payment?" asked Rima as softly as she could.
"Yeah, for the deliveries today. Man, you must have been day dreaming or something, I leave you for five minutes and you totally space out!" said Kukai with a smile and Rima could have sworn that he winked at her.
Kukai then turned to the Tsukiyomis and bowed. Then he turned to Lady Yamabuki "Gomen Yamabuki-san. I asked Mashiro-san here to collect the payment for our deliveries today so that my brother and I could store them out in the back freezer. She just returned from cleaning the halls and said you were still here so asked for her to go back." Said Kukai. Rima knew he was lying, she never went back and she never met Kukai on her way either. She knew where he was getting at and man was he right on time.
"Sorry Kuakai, I was about to head back when I saw Yamabuki-sama talking to His Majesty and Queen Souko. I didn't want to be rude. Then you suddenly come along." Said Rima, she was playing along Kukai's little act.
"No biggie, come on. For that you have to help me store all that meat in the back fridge. Daichi must be freezing in there." Said Kukai with a laugh. He gestured for Rima to go on ahead. As Rima passed him he whispered "Go on, I'll meet you with the others kay?"
Rima bowed to the royal family and soon left, Kukai turned back to Lady Yamabuki and her guests. "My apologies, that stuff was my fault. I shouldn't have ordered her around like that." Then Kukai turned to the royal family's attention "I'd also like to apologize for interrupting your conversation." He spoke with a bow. As he got back up he saw Utau looking at him. She looked confused and as if she knew, he was trying to help Rima a while back. He stared back at the blonde princess, but soon they were interrupted by Lady Yamabuki's voice.
"Souma-san, I suggest you and your brother tend to your duties. I will pay for the deliveries later. I'd like to put my guests first." She told him
Kukai smiled, but he was smirking on the inside. For one, Kukai knew all about the punishments and harsh things that Lady Yamabuki can do to her workers when they disobey her. He knew that if he admitted this whole thing was his fault, she couldn't do anything to punish him cuz he doesn't work there. "Firing me wouldn't do any good either, unless she wants to loose all her supplies that is."
Kukai turned to Lady Yamabuki and spoke "Of course, I'll get to work right away. Once again I deeply apologize for all of this." And with that he gave Utau a last glance and flashed her a smile and walked away.
Utau looked at him walk away wide eyed. She was shocked about the whole smile and staring thing that just happened a few minutes ago. Ikuto looked at his sister with amusement in his eyes. He smirked at her reaction and soon shrugged it off.
Then Lady Yamabuki faced her guests as soon as Kukai was nowhere to be seen. "I apologize, my maids can be a bit disobedient at times."
"Your maid seemed to be quite young." Stated Souko
"Oh yes, Mashiro Rima. She was abandoned by her parents, I took the poor child in and tended to her. She offered to work here to repay for living here it was rather kind of her." Said Lady Yamabuki.
Not knowing that Kukai was still near the area, he heard all of it. "Another story filled with lies…" thought Kukai as he sighed and completely walked away from the main halls.
Kukai walked into the garden and he saw Miki there with Dia and Amu. He went to offer Diachi some help, but it turned out that he finished all the work on his own anyway. He walked over to his friends and soon Rima was there with Nagi.
"I can't believe that witch!" yelled Rima in an angered tone. Amu and the others stopped what they were doing and looked at their friend.
"Did something happen, Mashiro-san?" asked Niagihiko with a confused look on his face.
"A lot happened. Trust me you wouldn't want to know." Kukai's voice was heard. Amu shot up and ran to Kukai and gave him a big hug.
"Kukai! You came!" greeted Amu as Kukai hugged her back
Kukai gave out a laugh and spoke "Course' I came, I wouldn't miss it birthday girl. You growing old today Hinamori." He teased
"Hey! You're way older than I am." Said Amu with a laugh.
"That's true." Replied Kukai, as they broke from the hug, he ruffled her hair just as he did with Rima.
"Oi Kukai, I' done with everything." Daichi's voice was heard and everyone turned to see him walking to the garden with Ran. Daichi went over to Amu and waved "Look who just turned seventeen." He told her
"Hehe it's nice to see you too Daichi." Said Amu. Then she noticed that someone was missing "Hey guys, where's Su?" she asked looking around
"Not here. She's been told to make lunch for the guests. She's probably serving them now." Said Dia
"That witch isn't worth her time." Hissed Rima
"What happened with her?" asked Ran as she looked at the others hoping for an answer to Rima's sudden anger issues.
"Don't know, she was like that when she got here. She was screaming something about the witch, which I'm guessing is you-know-who." Said Miki. They all knew who Rima called a witch, it was pretty obvious.
"So what'd she do this time? Another punishment?" asked Daichi
"Nope, this time it was a bindle of lies to match." Said Kukai facing the others
"Bundle of lies?" asked Nagihiko
"So…what exactly happened anyway?" asked Ran "Mind sharing?"
Rima told her part of the story and as she was doing so the others were all shocked and most of their mouths were pretty much wide open by now. "And she even said that Amu sold Ami to another family and ran off. I mean, the nerve of that woman!" said Rima as she finished.
"Woah, that's just….woah…." That was all Daichi could muster to say he didn't know how to react to that. He never thought someone would actually go that far.
Nagihiko looked furious by now. He was looking at Amu and saw that she was trying to control her anger too. "That was going a bit too far…even for her. Lying like that….it's unforgivable."
"She's making it look like Amu-chan was the criminal here." Said Ran
"Amu-chan would never do anything of the sort. Sure she was lonely when Tsugumu-san had passed away but there was no way she'd run away without a trace and there was no way she'd do anything out of control like sell her own flesh and blood to someone else." Said Dia
"She told all those lies…what I can't seem to believe is that they all bought it." Said Miki. She never knew that the royals were that oblivious.
"Maybe they did, maybe they didn't, who knows?" said Kukai
"I would never ever sell Ami…even if it was for money. I'd give her a better life if I could." Amu's voice was starting to fall apart.
Nagihiko put an arm on her shoulder and spoke "Amu-chan, you can't let anything she said get to you."
"It's going to be okay Amu-chan. I mean if Su heard this I think she's going to loose it, even if she is all that kind." Said Ran
"Yeah she isn't, especially if you hear what else she said." Said Kukai
"What? There's more?" asked Daichi in disbelief.
"Yeah, more lies that is." Replied Kukai. He told them what he overheard with that talk about Rima. As Rima heard this she huffed.
"As if! She didn't take care of me! I was fine until she came along. In fact we were all doing fine until she got here!" said Rima
"That's true, Tsugumu-san was making us work and all but at least we got the respect and treatment that we all deserved." Said Miki
"I don't know what my father ever saw in that woman. She's changed the minute he passed away." Said Amu coldly. Her friends knew she wasn't blaming her father she was just mad right now. But who could blame her?
"Come on Amu-chan, we're just about done here. Do you want to go to your room?" asked Dia comfortingly
"No thanks Dia, I think I'll stay here at the garden, it's much more relaxing than my room." Said Amu, she tried to smile, at least to shrug off all the other thoughts in her head.
"We have to get going Amu-chan, we still have to clean some of the other rooms in the second floor." Said Ran
"We're sorry Amu-chan…" apologized Dia
"No it's okay, I'll stay here. I have no further orders but to stay away an keep myself hidden from the royals." Said Amu
"I'll keep you company for a while. Daichi, can you head back to the village alone for now? I'll keep Hinamori some company for a while." Said Kukai
"Sure thing Kukai." Replied Daichi with a thumbs up "Just be back before dark."
"I'll be staying here too Amu-chan. My job is here in the gardens so I don't have to go anywhere else." Said Miki with a smile
"Arigatou Miki, Kukai. You guys better go, you might get in trouble if you got caught here." Said Amu looking at her friends. They all nodded and left, Amu was soon left in the gardens with Kukai and Miki with her
Su was busy making lunch in the kitchen and serving them in the dining table. She was serving them to the royal family and she heard some of their conversations. She heard Lady Yamabuki apologize to the Queen as well. "I am dearly sorry that I haven't told you about my daughter, it is her birthday today. I hoped that I'd be able to see her…"
Su was pretty much confused with this and thought "What does she mean by that~desu? Amu-chan's right inside this house." She shrugged of the disturbing thought and delivered the food to the table.
"I hope you enjoy your meal~desu." Said Su as she bowed and placed the dishes on the table.
"My, you have such a young cook." Said Souko as she took a bite of the dish that Su had made "And she's quite talented too."
Su smile and she was pleased that the guests were enjoying their meal, then she caught a glance of Ikuto and Uatau. She knew who they were, but to her they seemed bored and uninterested at the moment.
Su was right, Ikuto and Uatau paid no heed and attention to what Lady Yamabuki was saying. They had their reasons for that, then soon Utau spoke up. "Mother, we'd like to take a little walk around if that's alright."
"But of course Princess you're quite welcome to do as you please. In fact, why not let Saaya accompany you? She can give you a grand tour." Said Lady Yamabuki
Utau didn't like that idea, she was hoping to walk alone with Ikuto and Yoru. If they needed a tour guide she definitely didn't want it to be her. Then it's as if Utau's wishes were answered as Su spoke "If you'd like I could give you a tour~desu I know this place from top to bottom." She said happily
Lady Yamabuki was about to object when, for the first time since they got there, Ikuto spoke "That'd be fine. We wouldn't want to interrupt your meal Saaya-san." Ikuto stood up from his seat and Yoru did too. Su followed them, and as Saaya was about to object they were already away from the dining table.
Su took them to different places around the mansion and she smiled as she noticed that her guests were somewhat paying attention. "I might get punished for this later on~desu, but it seemed like they weren't comfortable with Saaya as their company." Su smiled, as much as she didn't want to get punished, she figured it was worth it.
Soon they reached the part of the garden. Su didn't know that Amu was there with Kukai, but as soon as she saw a silhouette of Miki she wanted to stay safe. She hurriedly took them away from the garden hoping that no one would notice Amu and Kukai there.
Unfortunately, as they were walking passed the place Ikuto caught a glance at the pink haired girl and stared at her as she was laughing with Kukai and Miki. For some reason, Ikuto was immediately attracted to this girl. Utau didn't seem to have noticed her and neither did Yoru.
Once they were almost away from the garden, Su sighed thinking that no one saw and she was in the clear. But she was wrong, because a few minutes after that Ikuto spoke. "We have to go back to the garden. Now." He told them
"What are you talking about?" asked Utau
"Let's just go." Said Ikuto as he made his way back to the mansion's garden.
"Wait~desu. You can't…." but before Su could say anymore, Utau and Yoru were already following Ikuto. She sighed, she knew it was too late to stop them now. What more could she do?
"I hope Amu-chan knows how to tell fibs~desu She's going to get hurt if she get's caught by Yamabuki-sama again…." She followed them to the garden and hoped that they wouldn't find out the truth.
The truth that the girl Ikuto saw was actually Hinamori Amu, Tsugumu and Midori's first daughter, the one who should have inherited all this. And most importantly, the girl that they heard was lost forever…
Authors Note: That's it, the first chapter. I hope you guys liked it. Please tell me what you think of the story : )