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As for the story… Daisuke has decided to answer questions and it seems as if he might be questioning his favorite cousin. We will see if he really does or if the lies are so ingrained in him that he still believes Yasu. I want to say thank you to all of the reviews! Love them all. Here is the next chapter, let me know what you think if you get a chance.

Chapter 27 – Soundly Beaten

"Hey Haruhi, don't worry. I am sure whatever Haninozuka-san had to do tonight, he will be fine," Bethany said with her hand on Haruhi's shoulder. She was trying to encourage her new friend to join them for dinner instead of staring out of the window.

Haruhi looked behind her and found Bethany. She looked around the room and noticed that no one else was present, "Where is everyone?"

Bethany giggled, "Yasuchika and Satoshi went into the dining room a couple of minutes ago to eat. I have been trying to get your attention so that you could come eat with us."

"Sorry, today has just been a bad day and I guess my mind is elsewhere. Why do you call Mitsukuni Haninozuka-san or –Sama? You are going to be family and he counts you as a friend," Haruhi sighed.

"I know how that can be, but let's go get a bite of food before those two eat it all. As for Haninozuka-san, it is because he is my boss and it feels weird to call him by his first name," Bethany said softly. She could tell that Haruhi had a lot on her mind and knew exactly what was going on thanks to her fiancé. She and Satoshi had been at the Morinozuka estate when he received a call from Hunny asking him to go over to Chika's house to meet Haruhi. Hunny dropped her off and was gone before anyone had a chance to say anything to him. That was not normal, but right now their priority was the woman staring out the window and not the absentee boyfriend of the woman. Grabbing her hand, she pulled Haruhi towards the dining room.

Haruhi laughed at the brazenness of her friend, "I can see how it would feel kind of awkward. I actually never called him by his name until recently. I always called him Hunny in school. Ok, let's go eat. If they have eaten all of the food, does that mean we get to hit Satoshi over the head with his shinai like he does to Chika?"

"Well, I don't know about that. He hasn't done that since I have known them, but I will let you," Bethany said as she sent a wink her friend's way.

"You are kidding. Satoshi has stopped hitting. Miracles do exist," Haruhi joked as they walked into the dining room and found that the men had yet to start eating choosing instead to wait on the girls.

"What did I do?" Satoshi asked when the girls had walked in. He had heard his name mentioned and wanted to know what was being said.

"Haruhi was just giving me some interesting information about you," Bethany said sweetly to her intended and sat down next to him.

This didn't sound good. It may have been a couple of years since Haruhi had been around, but she had been there for years before she disappeared and probably knew things most people didn't. Eyeing his fiancé warily, he said, "What did she tell you?"

"Is it true that you used to hit Yasuchika?" Bethany asked with a smile.

"Well yah, but he deserved every single one of those hits and now that he is better behaved, he doesn't need so many. However, every once in a while I have to whack him again," Satoshi said simply. He believed he was right, besides it was common knowledge.

"Satoshi Morinozuka!" Bethany yelled.

"What?" Satoshi said confused.

Haruhi started to laugh and Chika was chuckling. Both were thinking that the youngest Morinozuka was busted.

"So you just hit your own cousin and best friend just because?" Bethany sputtered.

"Only when he deserved it, like when he was rude or mean. It helped to develop his character and it was my job to make sure that he was a gentleman and not a brat," Satoshi defended himself.

"Your job?" Bethany asked.

"Well more like my duty as a Morinozuka," Satoshi explained.

"And he took his duty very seriously if I remember correctly," Haruhi laughed.

Bethany looked from Haruhi to Chika to Satoshi and then with narrowed eyes asked, "How many times did you hit him?"

Satoshi shrugged, "Only a few times."

"A day," Chika muttered.

"With his shinai," Haruhi giggled.

"What? Wait let me get this straight… You would hit Yasuchika for character development with your shinai a few times a day?" Bethany asked carefully.

"Well, yah. It is the duty of the Morinozuka to serve the Haninozuka, and therefore it was my duty to make sure that he wasn't a holy terror. So I would hit him. Taka and Mitsukuni knew and so did our parents. Why?" Satoshi asked. He really didn't understand why this was such a big deal.

"Didn't your parents try to get you to stop or decrease at one point in time?" Haruhi asked.

"Yah and I did until he started to act like an ass to his brother again. You should have a healthy respect for your older brother," Satoshi said simply, "Can we eat now? Yasuchika and I are starving!"

"Fine whatever. I can't believe that you would hit your cousin," Bethany mumbled to herself.

Haruhi shook her head and took pity on her as the two men in the room started to eat, "The Morinozuka's take their duty to the Haninozuka very seriously, even when it was no longer needed because the families had merged. Satoshi always felt like it was his duty to make sure Chika was less willful and firmly believed in spare the rod spoil the Chika. Chika had a short fuse back then and I think Satoshi believed the only way to get through to him was to beat it into him. He never did serious damage and Chika would give as good as he got a lot of the times." Haruhi was laughing as she tried to explain everything to Bethany.

Bethany turned to Satoshi and said, "If you ever do that to our children, I will beat you with your shinai."

The table erupted into laughter and Satoshi leaned over to give her a very wet kiss on the cheek, "I won't ever have to do anything to our kids. They are going to be perfect like Taka and me."

Bethany snorted her disbelief as she used her napkin to wipe her cheek. What was it about Japanese men and their confidence level? She started to laugh and soon enough joined in the meal with everyone else.

After dinner the four friends decided to play a game together and to make everything interesting, they decided that it would be boys against girls and Pictionary was the game selected. As they were setting up Haruhi turned to Chika and said, "Why aren't you out with your girlfriend tonight?"

"She had plans with her family and my family needed me," Chika said simply.

"You could have gone out with her if you wanted to. I am sure I could have been entertained by Satoshi and Bethany."

Chika turned his gaze onto Haruhi and studied her for a moment, "No, like I said she had plans and if she didn't, my family needed me."

"I am not exactly family."

"Yes, you are. You are dating my alien brother and you are friends with those freaks in the host club. You are family and you have always been a good friend."

Haruhi blushed at his bluntness, "Thank you."

The set up was completed soon afterwards and the game started. The problem with the guys was they knew everything about martial arts and zero about drawing. Oh they tried, but neither could quite get it right. The girls on the other hand seemed to be able to draw in just a few strokes what they wanted to convey. Chika was beginning to wonder if they had some sort of psychic connection. Not only did the boys lose, but they were annihilated. Satoshi and Chika decided a new game was in order after their loss and so the night continued, the men choosing a game and all except for Jenga, they lost.

Back at the Black Onion Squad headquarters, the three former hosts were meeting in a conference room after their interrogation of Daisuke. Hunny only lost it once and hit the man when he said that maybe his cousin was right and Haruhi had led Yasu on and then changed her mind. Hunny could not contain his anger at that one statement and let his fist fly. Mori had been quick and pulled his cousin away from the prisoner before more damage could be done.

"I do believe him when he says he does not know where Yasu is, but I don't think he will tell us if he finds out anything," Hunny sneered. He believed that Daisuke could not be trusted and needed to be watched. It was obvious that he still held sympathies for his cousin, which amazed him since it was his cousin that threw him to the wolves in the letter to Haruhi. He knew all too well how close cousins could be, but Mori had never turned his back on Hunny and was there for him whenever he was needed. They were best friends, but Yasu did nothing but manipulate Daisuke and Daisuke still believed his cousin loved him. There was no other word for it, Daisuke was brainwashed.

"I agree Hunny and that is why when I release him, I will have a tail put on him. He will go nowhere without me knowing where he is at all times of day and night. I have also called Kasanoda to ask him to keep an eye out for Yasu and Daisuke, since he has eyes and ears we do not have," Kyoya explained.

"So you are just going to let him go? What if he tries to help Yasu?" Hunny yelled frustrated.

"Mitsukuni, she has bodyguards and officers watching her," Mori said calmly. He could understand why Hunny was so upset. In truth, he was too, but he was keeping his temper under control. It was a good thing Hunny had hit Daisuke first because Mori was ready to hit him too.

"And one of those officers could already be traced back to Yasu. What if there are more?" Hunny asked.

"I am having my team run a full security check as we speak, and this time they will cross reference with Yasu Sato and Daisuke Sasaki. Nothing will slip through the cracks this time. Although usually I don't have to worry about this, everything is being re-run and will be checked every six months going forward," Kyoya said slamming his fist on the table. He was still mad that something so important was missed. When officers were hired an extensive background check was done and again for major promotions, but if an officer stayed at the same level, only a periodic check was done. It was time for a change because this was not going to happen again. "I would suggest that until I have everything completed, Haruhi needs to stay with you. I have already called Ranka and he will be staying at a hotel that I have arranged for him. I should have everything completed by tomorrow morning."

Hunny took a deep breath to calm down, "I do not blame you and I know Haru-Chan would not blame you either. Starting tonight, we will be at my family home. I will make arrangements for Ranka to stay there also. It is one of the safest places they can be."

"It sounds like a good plan, but you are forgetting Haruhi. You know how she can be. She may not like you telling her where she is going to stay," Kyoya said raising an eyebrow at the older man.

Sighing, Hunny said, "I know you are right. I just want to protect her. I will explain the situation to her and let her decide. I only hope that she chooses the safety of my family."

"Me too," Mori said softly. Hunny was right when he said that the Haninozuka estate was one of the safest. They had their own guards and every one of them was a master at martial arts, although none as skilled as his cousin. They would also protect the family and anyone that was considered family with their lives.

"So what are we going to do now?" Hunny asked Kyoya.

"We let him go in the morning. I want all checks run before Daisuke is free. I will not release him from his position just yet because it may come in useful later on to set a trap for Yasu. Once he has been released, a tail will be kept on him at all times and we will know when Yasu contacts him. I am also having taps put in and we will record everything. This should help us to gather the information we need in order to put Yasu away for good," Kyoya explained.

"Fine, let's just make sure that Haru-Chan is safe in all of this," Hunny said fisting his hands again.

"I agree Hunny. Don't worry. I have no intention of letting anything happen to her. She is too good of a friend and we just got her back," Kyoya said in a rare moment of revealing his feelings.

"If we are done here, let's go then. I need to get back to Haru-Chan before she decides to convince Chika-Chan or Sato-Chan to take her home for the night," Hunny declared as he turned on his heel and walked towards the door.

Mori and Kyoya looked at the shorter man and followed him out of the room. They knew he was too close to this and if allowed, he would fight Yasu making sure that nothing happened to Haruhi. The question was, if and when it came down to that, would they stop him? They weren't sure that they would. They joined Hunny in the limo and together, the three friends drove off towards the Haninozuka home.