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The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires,

but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

- Bob Marley

Being a butler in Kuroko Household was not easy as he had imagined. Seijuuro had to manage all the household chores and was in charge of general cleaning, washing, curtain replacing and laundry. And of course, he would also be the one responsible for all of Tetsuya's meals. The health of his friend is in his hands.

Before he had taken the role as butler of the house, the previous butler had an illness that cause him to retire. It was a very saddening issue because that butler had been close to Tetsuya and had stood as his second father for many years. Noshiro told Seijuuro that they needed a trustworthy butler inside their household so the red head decided to take the chance and apply for the job. This way, he could also be with Tetsuya.

Noshiro had quickly accepted Seijuuro's request of becoming the butler of the house. After that, he planned all the stuff with the help of the maids to surprise Tetsuya.

"Tetsuya-sama requested if you could change the interior of his room," Noshiro appeared behind Seijuuro who was dusting the bookshelves of the library and stacking books.

"Did he have a specific theme or design in mind?" Seijuuro asked.

"No, it's up to you. I already called the furniture company and they'll arrive here tomorrow."

"I understand. Noshiro-san, I haven't given you proper thanks from before" Seijuuro bowed his torso. "Thank you very much."

Noshiro picked up the remaining books from the floor. "I did what I had to. I'm good at judging people and I can tell that you're a good man. Tetsuya-sama needs a friend who will stay by his side and I want you to be that man—"

"Tetsucchi~" Noshiro's sentence cut off by Tetsuya's cousin, Ryota Kise.

"Ryo-sama, what are you doing here?"

"Wah~ Non! Non! I missed you" The blonde, Ryota, Tetsuya's cousin, hugged the taller man.

-bonk-

Noshiro hit Ryota's head with the book in his hand.

"Oucch... So mean! Non-chan, you shouldn't do that to your master~" Ryota softly grunted before whining.

"As far as I can remember, my master is small, cute and smart," Noshiro deadpanned, emphasizing the words which were an accurate definition of Tetsuya.

"Hahaha you never changed, you really like Tetsucchi," the blonde grinned at Noshiro. He couldn't deny the fact that Noshiro is a very handsome and elegant-looking man. With sleek, wavy silver hair that reached his shoulders and eyes with long lashes and turquoise irises, Noshiro is one of the most popular employees of the Black Dragon Corporation, one of the company owned by Kuroko Family.

Actually, Ryota was well aware that Tetsuya was using him as a decoy to avoid the women's community in the company. There was once when a woman in the finance department talked to Tetsuya and said that he was cute not knowing that she was talking to the president of Black Dragon.

"Non-chan, where is Tet—" Ryota pauses when he saw a person in the room whom he had never seen before. "And who you might be?" he asked Seijuuro.

"My apologies. I'm the new butler in this household. My name is Seijuuro." Seijuuro bowed respectfully to the tall handsome blonde in front of him.

Ryota inspected the red head and found his mismatched eyes amusing. He was about the same height as his cousin but was taller by a few centimeters. "Hi there~ I'm Tetsucchi's cousin, Ryota Kise."

Noshiro then grabbed Ryota's arms and dragged him outside the room, leaving Seijuuro to return to his duty of cleaning the bookshelves.

In the high business industry, there were families who held the biggest portion of fame and power—the five Households, also known as the five empires. They were the top five wealthiest and most successful companies that were competing with each other in the business world. However, in actuality, these families were very close to each other because the owners were once best of friends back in high school and college days, even up till now. Two of these families are the Kuroko Household and the family of Tetsuya's cousin, the Kise Household. Although, Tetsuya father, Kuroko Fumihiko and Ryota's father, Kise Ryuujirou, were half-brothers, they never merged the two companies and were recognized as independent companies.

Every week, the successors of these five empires gathered in one special place that was exclusive for important business related purposes only. Well... not really.

"Waaah~ Tetsucchi~ Tetsucchi~" Ryota's immediately glomped his cousin who was sitting at an area far away from him.

"Stop it Ryota-niisan, I can't breathe," the pale man reached out to pinch Ryota's nose.

The so called 'meeting' had ended and the secretary of each successor moved to another room, leaving the five - Tetsuya, Ryouta, Daiki, Atushi and Shintarou - to start their usual bonding activities as close friends. They had studied in the same middle school, high school and university. However, the biggest question for all five of them still lingered in their minds even after the graduation in college. Just how exactly did the ever lazy and 'idiotic' Daiki manage to pass the entrance exam for Tokyo University?

"Oi! Ryota, get away from Tetsu!" The tall man with dark skin tone approached Ryota and Tetsuya and snatched Tetsuya away from the blonde.

Daiki Aomine. His family owned all sorts of businesses related to sports. They owned thousands of gyms and soccer fields around the world, ranging from sports equipments to training facilities and trainers who trained the best athletes that joined the Olympics and won golds. His arrogant and slightly narcissistic personality as well as his love for big boobs is well known to his friends. Especially his secretary and childhood friend who was also a rival for Tetsu's affections, Satsuki Momoi. Daiki and his father, Daimeki, shared the same dark skin tone and personality. Because of this, they often clashed against each other, arguing about who was the best at basketball or who was much cuter between Tetsuya and Tetsu's father, Fumihiko. This every day war between them snapped the nerves of Daiki's mother and she thus sent him to work to lessen the encounters of her idiotic husband and son. As a result, Daiki is now the president of the Japanese Branch of Blue Gale.

"Stop that Daichin, Ryochin. You both hurting my Techin~" The tallest of them all was the purple-haired man eating a bag of potato chips. He was sitting on the table near the window.

Atsushi Murasakibara. Due to his family business, his whole being is now under the watch of a secretary-cum-nutritionist, Tatsuya Himuro. Growing up in a Household full of sweets and sugary kind of foods is the reason for Atsushi's lack of nutrition in his body. His mother spoiled him so much that he turned into a big baby and remained as one, all the way until now. Their family business revolved around cakes, candies, chocolates and breads. They owned thousand of pastry shops abroad. Akio, Atsushi's dad, wanted his son to be more responsible in the future so he decided to put his inexperienced son in the business field. Akio also wanted to have a little entertainment because he was bored. So he throws Atsushi off the deep end for fun, just like a lion pushing his son to fall off a mountain. Hence, Atsushi became the president of Japanese Branch of Purple Flox, located in Akita.

"Shut up, Atsushi! Tetsu is mine!" Daiki pushed Ryota's face away from Tetsuya who was now sipping his vanilla milkshake (made by Noshiro), not care about the rest of the world as long as he had his precious milkshake.

"Hey Daikicchi! Tetsucchi is my cousin. I have more right than you to tell everyone that he is mine!" Ryota stuck his tongue out and boasted about his position as Tetsuya's cousin.

Ryota Kise. He is Tetsuya's half cousin but since his father and Tetsuya's father were close like real brothers, they considered each other as real cousins and treated each other like brothers. Ryota had a brother-complex to Tetsuya— like his father with his Uncle Fumihiko. The Kise Family is now leading the entertainment world as they managed hundreds of famous artist, singers, bands, actors and actresses, dance groups and models. Other than that, Ryota's mother is a well known fashion designer abroad and was currently based in Paris. Ryuujirou, Ryota's father, is now wandering around the forest of some easily-forgotten country. Since his dad is an adventurer and a forest-maniac, Ryota came back to Japan to assist the management of their business and since he was quite new in the entertainment industry, Ryota was guided by his dad's secretary, Yukio Kasamatsu. He would temporarily lead the Golden Silva.

"All of you, could you please shut your mouths and act as civilized human beings?" A green haired man said to Daiki and Ryota while re-bandaging his fingers. "You are men in your 20s but both of you still behave like ten year old brats." His attention turned to the munching giant. "And you, Atsushi, how many times I have to tell you that talking while eating is unfit for a respectable businessman of your standing and it is also very inappropriate." The man pushed his glasses up after hearing the 'sorry' from Atsushi.

Shintarou Midorima. He had mother-hen-like features and was very concerned about his friends but he hid it under his gentleman-like attitude. Since young, he experienced the strict environment due to his grandmother's watch. He grew up in the family of musicians and theater actors in his mother's side. After his grandma died when he was 14, he was transferred to their main Household. Their business is centered on health care which includes a private hospital and pharmaceutical company. His father, Seita was a doctor and a very kind man, he's now traveling across the globe to help people and distribute free medicine to poor. His charity was supported by his friends Fumihiko, Ryuujirou, Akio and Daimeki. Seita chose Shintarou to manage their pharmaceutical company and hospitals in Japan while his wife is currently handling an international theatrical productions and art exhibits in Europe. Thankfully, Shintarou just finished his study of medicine to become a doctor himself. He was assisted by the son of their family's old house butler, Kazunari Takao. The pharmaceutical company known as Green Marea and the private hospital under the name of St. Ohn's Medical Center was in the capable hands of Shintarou Midorima.

"Sorry Shintarou-kun, Daiki-kun and Ryota-niisan, please stop fighting," the ever monotonous but sweet voice of Tetsuya made the three stop bickering and they went back to their seats quietly. Tetsuya smiled at them. "We're always very lively every time we meet, aren't we? Why don't we play monopoly? I have a set in my car. I'll ask Non to fetch it for me," he calmly said while dialing Noshiro's number.

Last but not certainly not the least—Tetsuya Kuroko. Since Fumihiko was busy with the main branch that was based in Moscow, he put the Japanese branch under his Tetsuya's care. It had been in the state of bankruptcy, so he wanted to see if his son would be able to manage the company that was on the verge of collapse and start from scratch. The reason for the bankruptcy was that for the past two years, the board members of the Japanese branch had been stealing millions of dollars and terminating countless of employees to lessen the people they would have to pay for. Fumihiko had been very confident that Tetsuya would be able to pull the company back up in no time. And as he had expected, his son was able to recover the company profits in only half a year.

The Kuroko family's wealth was on a much higher ground than the other four, considering that Tetsuya's mother is the only heiress of her family's five star hotels, restaurants and malls. The business that Fumihiko established focused mainly on wines and other high class liquors. Ironically, Tetsuya hated the product as much as he hated drinking soda.

When the company became stable, Tetsuya secretly opened a small but elegant restaurant on which his father and mother is not known of it. Only his secretary and at the same time the part-time cook in the restaurant, Noshiro and his four friends knew about it. The reason for opening a restaurant is to showcase the new kinds product of Black Dragon other than the commonly known liquors they make. One of the new products is called 'palm wine' which is made of coconut. This palm wine caught his attention when a Filipino investor gave him some as a present. The palm wine is now the best-seller in his restaurant and Tetsuya is planning to launch the product by the end of the year.

He was well loved by all the people around him especially his father and mother. After a kidnapping incident that happened to Tetsuya when he was a child, his mother became paranoid all the time and his father immediately hired hundreds of guards around their house. Tetsuya knew that his parents were overprotective because they love him so much so he understood and tolerated it all. Now, he had become an independent man and he was doing superb on his own. The small imperium that he currently heads had been successfully recovered and regained its previous acknowledgement and ranking in the business world.

Daimeki Aomine, Akio Murasakibara, Ryuujirou Kise, Seita Midorima and Fumihiko Kuroko.

Those five people founded the five empires of the business world. Their heirs who share the same features of their fathers would soon become the supreme pillars that would rule the future of many lives under their wings.

is that... Meteor Garden? :D F4.. no, wait ... it's F5 :) yeah \m/
(Meteor Garden is the Taiwanese version of Hana Yori Dango a japanese shoujo manga)

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*I put slight changes in Shintarou's family business. =3=

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