A/N: Just to make sure everything is clear, Kyoko lives with her adoptive family in Kyoto. They have a restaurant called Darumaya and a house in Kyoto. They have a restaurant in Tokyo as well, it's like a second restaurant and is called Darumaya as well. The Kyoto property was mortgaged to get a loan and the bank decided to auction it, not Kyoko's father.

In this AU story, Yukihito is 28, Kuon is 24, Kanae is 20 and Kyoko is 18 years old. I'm sorry if it was confusing. Please review so that I can improve my writing and fix my mistakes. Thank you everyone who is reading this.

I do not own Skip Beat! or any of its characters.

Chapter 5

Today Kyoko felt like fairytales do really exist! The whole estate screamed perfection. Even her sister, the ever so practical Kanae had a dreamy look in her eyes. The auction was about to start in about an hour after the lunch break. They had sitting arrangements in the garden. It was an open auction and Kyoko noticed reporters and well-dressed people everywhere! Then she suddenly noticed a well-dressed young man she knew. Stopping in her tracks, she looked at Kanae who was seeing the same thing as her.

In front of them was Ryouji Yasu, who was looking at them as well. Suddenly he smiled and Kyoko's danger radar was on red alert! After her predicament yesterday, she was suddenly very aware of the attitudes and emotions around her. And her ex-to-be-bother-in-law looked like bad news!

"Well what do we have here! If it isn't my EX-FIANCE and her sister. He smiled sickeningly sweet looking at Kanae, who looked as uninterested as ever. Kyoko felt a shiver down her spine and suddenly became very cautious of Yasu.

"Are you here for the auction as well Ryouji-san?", Kanae asked very formally. No hint of irritation in her voice. But Kyoko felt an evil aura coming from her sister.

"Well I have my eyes on something and I'm going to take it with me today." He said sanding dangerously close to Kanae.

They all snapped up from their little situation hearing a loud commotion. The reporters were frantically taking pictures of the newly arrived guests.

"I wonder if it's a celebrity or something,'' Kyoko said.

"I guess they could be considered a celebrity given their popularity in the market", Kanae said.

A vein popped up in Yasu's head. In their whole arranged marriage thing, he never once saw Kanae interested in anything. He did flashy things to impress her as well, but never got her attention. He simply loathed whoever it was entering the garden.

Well they soon found out. A man with dark mahogany hair and glasses came in who looked like he was in his mid-twenties. He was undeniably handsome. Then another came down wearing sunglasses and a very expensive looking suit. He had blond hair and he was exceptionally tall. He looked like he was in his early twenties. Everybody oohed and ahhed when both men came towards the garden and the reporters were all over them!

The blond one took off his glasses and it revealed a pair of gorgeous green eyes. He was beautiful. Kyoko was as mesmerized as the rest of the people there. But then… the man smiled. Her demons went wild! She visibly cringed away from the little gathering and stood in front of her sister protectively.

Something was wrong. Why was the man angry? He looked like the Demon Lord from hell! What's more surprising was that nobody else sensed the angry aura coming from him. Kyoko made a promise to herself. Whatever happens, even if the world comes to an end, she is never going to be within 10 meters of this man.

She noticed the reporters were removed and everyone else returned to talking and greeting. She just wanted to hide! Anywhere! What's wrong with these people, they don't notice the killing aura coming from him? Then she suddenly noticed her sister and Yasu were gone. When did that happen? She started looking for her worriedly.

Yasu took Kanae rather forcefully, grabbing her arm while Kyoko was distracted with the Hizuri show off!

"What do you think you are doing?" Kanae jerked her hand out of his garb. It had red spots where he grabbed her.

"Well, Kanae what do you think you are doing?

"What am I doing? Why do you care? We do not have a relationship."

At that moment Yasu's ego did a double take. He suddenly thought of something. He took a deep breath and with a sad expression he said,

"I know that we never actually had a relationship. But that doesn't mean I don't feel anything for you! I care for you. I'm even here to save your home!"

At that moment Kanae felt something shift. And the puzzle was complete. She felt her anger rise uncontrollably!

"SO… IT WAS YOU!" she shouted, shocking a very fake sad looking Yasu.

Kyoko was still looking for her sister but then she saw the buffet table and saw the food arrangement, it looked amazing. She took some fried calamari momentarily forgetting her sister. As soon as she took a bite she said, "Needs salt" and heard another person say the same thing.

She saw the man with the glasses who came in the helicopter looking at her with his own plate of fried calamari. Then they both smiled.

"Hello, I'm Yashiro Yukihito, Nice to meet you."

"Good day to you Yashiro-san. I'm Tsubasa Kyoko. I see that you have a nice palate." It took her a moment to realize she was talking to the Yashiro Yukihito himself, the CEO of the company she forgot the name of.

"Well I guess. You would think that these kinds of places have the best food but they are not upto the mark.", he smiled and Kyoko felt calmer and happy around him.

'This is a nice change', she thought.

"If you would excuse me Tsubasa-san for my rudeness, are you here for the auction as well? I do not seem to recognize your family name.", Yukihito said while trying to remember if there was indeed a rich heiress called Tsubasa Kyoko and should he consider them a threat in today's auction. He was well prepared for today and was almost sure he didn't see this young lady's name pop out anywhere in his extensive research. She most certainly had the stance and gesture of someone from a rich family.

"Oh! I'm sorry. I'm not here to buy anything. I'm just here with my sister to see to whom our property is being sold to and possibly persuade him to let us try and have it back. We know that it's near impossible, so our main objective is to convince them to take care of our home." Kyoko smiled sadly.

"I'm sorry to hear that. I wish you good luck. Now please excuse me so that I can go and look for my cousin", Yukihito said while putting his plate down.

"Yes of course! Take care." She said and he nodded before leaving.

'Oh! I need to find Nee-chan!' she thought, suddenly remembering and removing herself from there.

Kuon learned how to deal with overly excited media very early due to having a supermodel mother. His looks and money didn't help either. But he learned to turn this fact into an asset thanks to his genius of a father. He wanted to suppress him in his achievements. Undeniably he learnt a lot from him and respected him a lot. Only his business sense though. His father was an emotional fool and it had cost them a lot. So even though he struggled to keep his anger in check and smiled his fake smile to the point it started to hurt, he managed to get through it somehow.

He made a lot of enemies in the business world because of his ruthlessness and arrogance. He was best at what he did and the world did revolve around him. As he moved to have himself seated while ignoring the lunch and politely nodding to people, he sighed remembering how the only people who complain about his nature are his family and godfather.

Number one would be his sister, his favorite person in the world who he actually listened to. But the sad part was that Jude knew what kind of power she has over Kuon. She was the only reason he didn't run away from home after almost going to jail for assault charges. She is the reason he has some sanity left because both of his parents and godparent are crazy. His father showered Jude and him with extreme form of affection and mother who was always guilt ridden for not being able to give them enough time was enough to spoil them. However the reason he wasn't a total spoilt brat was because of Lory and Yukihito. Lory did his best to keep him focused and away from danger and his brother was the only other person he would do anything for… Taking down the Yashiro empire was nothing! This estate was something Yukihito held dear and he was going to get it. So it took him four years and a lot of late hours and a lot of secrecy, but he was able to make that happen. It wasn't easy to take down Yashiro Youta. But he is now in the same position they were years ago. Funny thing Karma! He smiled inwardly. Speaking of which….. where was his brother anyway?

Yukihito strolled towards a rather secluded place in the garden while looking for Kuon. He was differentiating between how the estate was before and now. Suddenly he heard a woman scream, "SO… IT WAS YOU!" and snapped out of his thoughts to look for the owner of this voice. He saw a very beautiful young lady and what was his name? Yes, Ryouji heir…. Ryouji Yasu… facing each other. The man looked shocked and the woman was furious.

"What are you talking about?" Yasu asked.

"I'm talking about the fact that you are the reason our property is in today's auction. It was not on the list. So only the bank and we were supposed to know that it will be auctioned today. How did you know? The only explanation is that you are the one who suggested it! You have a motive as well. You were angry because I broke my engagement with you! You are doing this so that you can make me beg you! Am I wrong?!" The pretty lady hissed!

Yasu's expression changed into a very dangerous one. "I didn't think you were smart Kanae-chan. But I don't need my wife to be this smart."

"Who are you calling your wife?!" Kanae was trying so hard not to punch the bloody moron!

"You will get married to me, even if it's to save your property. You know very well that I'm the only one here who is capable of doing that. Now why don't you give your knight in shining armor a kiss for good luck?" Yasu grabbed her and was dangerously close to her.

Kanae was shocked beyond belief. She was trying to move away from that man but somehow managed to freeze. She was even more shocked to feel a hand wrap around her waist to pry her out of Yasu's reach the moment he leaned to kiss her.

"It is apparent that the lady doesn't like your actions Ryouji-san", Yukihito growled barely keeping himself from punching the man. He kept his arms around Kanae to prevent himself from doing so.

"What the hell do you think you are doing?" Yasu was beyond furious!

"I'm preventing myself from hurting you and I'll be taking her with me", Yukihito said and walked away with Kanae who was still shocked out of her mind. The man had his arms still wrapped around her. She could see that he was angry but she tried to put some distance between them as she said, "Thank you for what happened back there, but it wasn't anything I couldn't handle"

"I think I might have crossed the line. I apologize. Nice to meet you, I'm Yashiro Yukihito", he said, putting a respectable amount of distance between them.

"I'm Tsubasa Kanae. Nice to meet you Yashiro-san. All the best for today's auction.", Kanae tried to be polite.

"I think I just met your sister, Kyoko-san some time before"

"Do you know where she is?" Kanae asked

"I saw her last around the lunch table.", he replied.

"Thank you again. Take care." With that Kanae went off leaving Yashiro who proceeded to sit down next to Kuon.

His mind was still thinking about the beauty that was in his arms moments ago. Tsubasa Kanae, she was the first lady he was interested in after all these years. Nobody caught his attention like she did. He wanted to know her, talk to her, if possible, hold her again.

"Yuki-nii, you look weird.", Kuon told his cousin who had a dreamy look in his eyes.

"Kuon, I think I saw the most beautiful creature I've ever seen in my entire life!"

"What are you talking about?", said an irritated looking Kuon, breaking Yukihito from his trance.

"I presume the model is still nowhere to be found?", Yuki said, clearing his throat.

"I swear I'll destroy the woman's career if she makes a fool out of me. Because Mom is going to kill me. I have enough people trying to sabotage this thing. If I even think someone is trying to do something out of rivalry, I'll lose it completely today"

"You need to get that anger under control Kuon, it will not be good if you lose it today."

Kuon sighed. He took a deep breath and tried to calm down. It didn't help much, but it was a start at least.