Outside, a long-haired blonde was seen running towards a parked black Pontiac. Its windows were tinted so no one could see what was transpiring inside.
"What took you so long?" a male voice asked as she entered the car. But she didn't have the chance to answer back, for the second she closed the door to the back seat, she was pinned down by her fiancé.
"I missed you, Usako."
"I missed you too, Mamo-chan."
And that was their last, and only, exchange of words, before they were replaced by moans and screams of pleasure.
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Maybe it was just plain coincidence, or maybe she was just 'that' lucky that day. In the morning, Setsuna saw the chairman's daughter, Michiru, in good terms again with her girlfriend. And now, at noon, she caught a bigger fish. This time, it was Chiba Mamoru locked in a passionate kiss with Tsukino Usagi, while standing outside his car.
Click.
Her camera snapped shut. She gloated with glee. It was all Meioh needed to bring down the vain newcomer.
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"Sir, here we are at the villa," Mishiro's driver opened the door for him.
"Finally, I can relax." Kaioh smiled as he breathed in fresh air and took view of his surroundings. The rest house was huge, with a beautiful lake nearby and a mountain filled with the greenest of trees. "Don't tell anyone that I'm here."
"Yes, sir," Sou Shinta, the fatty bald chauffer, bowed and left his master.
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Her car sped off, breaking the highway's speed limit, but Setsuna didn't care less. All she cared about were the photos lying inside her bag. Photos that would make her the one to succeed Kaioh in his position. Surely, the current Gaichou wouldn't mind an emergency visit like this.
At last, she reached the driveway to the large house. She even greeted Sou and asked him to watch over her car for a while before she proceeded to the chairman's office.
"Good evening, Chairman."
The man looked up from the stack of papers in front of him. Even on a retreat, he was still worrying about his companies. "Good evening, Setsuna-san. Are you not aware that I don't want to be disturbed when I'm here?"
"I apologize, Sir. But I have a few things I'd like you to look at." She handed a brown envelope to him.
"And this is…" Mishiro trailed off after seeing the pictures in his own hands.
"…This can't be! Mamoru-kun would never…"
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Two hours passed. A raven-haired man was seen walking back and forth outside the Kaioh villa. His eyes were raging, his teeth grinding towards each other. Mamoru took out his phone from his pocket and called Usagi.
"Usako, I need you to contact Tenoh Haruka. Look under the school's files to find her number. Tell her to come here at the Kaioh villa. You know the address…"
"Hai, Mamo-chan. I'll tell her it's urgent." Usagi didn't even dare to ask why. She was like a puppy to Mamoru, his loyal, devoted servant. She would do anything for that man. She would even die for him.
"Arigato, Usako. Ja."
The conversation ended. Chiba smiled mysteriously.
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Haruka read the message once again.
Tenoh Haruka.
Your presence is requested at the Kaioh villa.
Please go there immediately.
- Tsukino Usagi, C. Kaioh's secretary
"Sir, can we go faster?" The taxi driver glared at her.
"This is the fastest we're allowed! We'll be there in ten minutes," he said. But the words flew by her mind. She worried, dead worried about what might be the reason why she was asked to go to that place.
God, please…don't tell me they'll try to separate us.
Though of course, no matter what they'll do, she'll never give up her love. Never again.
I'd rather die that be away from her.
She made up her mind. She will tell the chairman that she has nothing but the purest intentions to his daughter. That all she wanted was Michiru's love, and not her status.
"We're here."
Tenoh paid the fee and marched up to the front door. I can do this, she calmed her self. In and out, she breathed slowly, until her sweating stopped.
She knocked on the door. "Chairman Kaioh…this is Tenoh Haruka. I'm here."
After a minute of waiting, she spoke again. "Sir, I'm Tenoh Haruka. You asked me to come here." Three loud knocks, but they were all in vain.
She twisted the knob open, finding it unlocked. The door revealed a dark abode, Haruka had trouble seeing inside. She called out, "Sir?" as she made her way to a room up ahead.
"…help me…" Out of nowhere, a man grabbed her shoulders, attempting to hold himself up using Haruka's height. His voice was weak, and his knees were trembling. The teenager's eyes widened in shock when she saw that he was all bruised and bloodied. In her panic, she tried to scramble away from him, but his grip was firm. He even managed to scratch Haruka's neck before he passed out in pain.
"Shimatta!" Haruka can't help but to curse loudly. She hurried over to the next room all the while, screaming Kaioh's name.
"Gaichou!"
Finally, she found him, slumped into his table, breathing heavily, and unconscious. She struggled to hoist the chairman in her back to carry him outside the house.
Suddenly, she heard footsteps from behind her, but before she could find out whom they belong to, someone slammed a metal bar on the back of her head.
Haruka fell into a world of darkness.
Disclaimer:
Haruka,
Michiru, and the rest of the BSSM gang belong to Naoko Takeuchi. I'm
just borrowing them for a little while.
And SBS owns the Korean TV
series Green Rose.