Tsukune was dressed in a tan jacket and slacks with a white oxford shirt and leather shoes. He had no idea where he was meeting his dad and thought he should dress up a bit. Despite being in civilian clothes again he was riding in the back of one of the Youkai school buses. The Chairman had somehow known about his trip back to Japan almost as soon as he had and had offered him transportation.
Tsukune once more looked at the simple note his father had sent him.
Dear son,
There is something very important I need to discuss with you. Please come and see me tomorrow at listed address. I know this is rather sudden but it's urgent I talk to you.
Below was an address in Tokyo.
His dad often traveled on business so it was not surprising he was currently in Tokyo. This was the first time though he'd ever been asked to come and visit him while he was off on a trip. The way the message had come out of the blue and the lack of detail was what worried him. His father wasn't one for mystery. He liked to come right out with what he thought and what he intended. Asking his son to leave school and visit without even giving an explanation why was completely out of character.
Well I should know what this is about soon enough. Looking out the window he saw the skyscrapers and busy streets of downtown Tokyo. The streets were jammed with noon day traffic and they were inching along.
"Make sure to be careful boy," the bus driver spoke up. "Wouldn't want anything bad happening to you."
Tsukune looked up form his father's note with an unhappy grimace. "I'm just going to meet my dad. It's not like I'm going to be at any risk. The Cultural Festival was more dangerous." He shuddered at the memory of that dunk tank.
"You never know where danger may come from," the driver answered mysteriously. "You should just be careful. That's all I'm saying."
"Right," Tsukune nodded and looked back out the window. While that was certainly true he'd been in enough real danger to not be worried about visiting his dad in the middle of Tokyo.
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"Well here we are," the bus driver announced as he pulled up in front of an office building and opened the door. "Please step carefully as you exit the bus."
Tsukune quickly exited. "How do I contact you when I need to go back?"
"Just click your heels three times and think, 'There's no place like Youkai Academy.'"
Tsukune stared. "You're kidding… right?" When dealing with monsters it was hard to tell some times.
The bus driver grinned around his cigar. "Just wait and I'll come for you." He began to shut the door. "Good luck to you boy, and be careful."
Tsukune nodded absent mindedly and headed toward the building's main entrance. He was wondering if he'd have to wait to speak to his father. How important was this? It had to be pretty significant for his dad to invite him here out of the blue. Those were his thoughts as he entered the building and noticed the company logo that was etched into the granite floor.
Seeing it brought him to a sudden halt. "What the hell?"
Fairy Tale. Looking about he suddenly realized where he was. This was fairy Tale's Tokyo headquarters. It was the same building Ria had brought him to all those months ago back when she was introducing him to the family.
He got a very sick feeling in the pit of his stomach. There was no way this could be a coincidence. he headed to the elevator to go to the office on his father's address. More than ever he needed to find out what was going on.
XXX
Aono Taka smiled weakly at his son. Tsukune had grown up idolizing his father and had always been respectful to him. he wasn't used to having his son glaring at him. They were in his private office and he was just standing there looking utterly furious.
"You look good son, how is Moka? How are you enjoying your senior year at the academy? You know we haven't really discussed what colleges you'll be applying for. Now might be a good time to…"
"Dad," Tsukune cut him off. "Why are you a Vice President working for Fairy Tale? How could you not have mentioned this to me?"
"Er, well about that, you see Ria offered me this position as well as a new home for your mother and me here. She said that since we were going to be family she wanted to help us."
"Ria said she wanted to help and you believed her?" Tsukune asked angrily.
Taka blinked. "Why wouldn't we?"
Tsukune mouth shut with a snap. That's right, he thought. To them Ria is just a sweet kind hearted girl who is a sister to their future daughter in law. They would think she wanted to help them. This is the problem with having to keep so much secret from them, there's so much they don't understand.
"Dad, there are things about Ria you and mom don't know. She's not as innocent and sweet as she appears to be."
"Oh I know that now son," Taka said with a grimace. "At the time though it seemed like a very kind gesture and this opportunity was just too good to pass up."
"Why didn't you tell me about this?"
"Ria-sama asked us not too, she said she wanted to surprise you and Moka."
"Oh I'll just bet she did," Tsukune said with a hard expression. The woman had found one more way to mess with him and the people he loved. "If she wanted to keep this a secret why did you write to me to come and see you?"
"Well about that," Taka looked uncomfortable in the extreme and couldn't bring himself to meet his son's eyes. "There's something I need to tell you. It's something I was trying to keep secret but I finally realized I had to tell you. I'm afraid of what might happen to you and your fiancé."
"What?" Tsukune was already certain that whatever it was he wasn't going to like it.
With a shameful face and his eyes looking down at his shoes Taka tried to explain. "Well you see son Ria-sama and I went out one night to have a few drinks to celebrate my joining the company. Well, ah, one thing led to another and…"
XXX
Ria was in her office on the 80th floor when she head a commotion from beyond her door.
"Hey! You can't go in there!"
Without warning her office door was ripped off its hinges. She looked up to see Aono Tsukune standing there looking at her murderously. She could feel killer intent coming off of him in waves.
"Ria you fucking bitch!" He screamed at her.
Still seated behind her desk Ria smiled at him. She pressed a finger down on an intercom button. "Yuka," she said in a sweet tone. "I want this floor cleared within five minutes and I want security to put a lock down on the stairs and elevators."
"Right away Ria-sama," a voice answered.
Neatly and gracefully she stood up. "Brother darling, so nice of you to visit." She held out her arms to him. "Come give me a hug."