Over Powered
This is outrageous! Father is going to marry me off to a green eyed monster. Father's business failed due to the 2 year drought Fuka has endured. Our tobacco farmland failed to yield enough tobacco for us to keep up with the contract we had with Japan's largest cigarette company. Hundreds of millions of yen in debt, we are completely bankrupt. Our cars, villas, and farm estate is about to be foreclosed.
I have no choice ,Shizuru, I'm sorry princess. Only you can save us from losing our ancestors' estate. I failed as your father, said the tall greyed hair Kano Fujino. The Kugas have agreed to fund us with paying off our debt, if you agree to marry Natsuki.
Natsuki Kuga, the one person I despise in this world.
From what I heard she is a great beauty, smart, and… a womanizer! Father!? Interrupted Shizuru Sadness filled Kano's heart, "I-I'm sorry, hunny..I don't know what to do; I have failed as your father and failed as a Fujino, and failed your mother in my promise to take care of you."
Looking at her father, she felt sorry as well, she will do anything for him, for her family, for Aoi's future as well, even if it meant marrying the dirty monster herself.
Tired and exhausted after many days of thinking about what has transpired a few days after the proposal from Saeko and Sergey Kuga, Shizuru couldn't find anyway out of the situation. Her father has given her everything she wanted up until now. "Father,its ok, I will marry the Kugan monster," said Shizuru. "Thank you, hunny, I'm very thankful, thankful to have you, princess." Said the sulking Kano.
"When..when d-do have to marry her, father?"
"Day after tomorrow."
Kuga Manor
A young bluenette stormed off to the red beamer convertible.
Natsuki! Natsuki! Get back here! Get back here right now! If you don't I will cut all your inheritance and access to your account. Even take away your Ducati and Duran!
Stopping dead in her track, the bluenette turned around to her mother. "Mother, you can't do this to me!" You are marrying me off to a gold digger!? I don't even know who the hell this person is! Well don't personally know who she is, most important not someone I chose to marry and I don't want to get married! Why not marry her off to Alyssa or Maria?! said the outraged bachlorette.
Maria?! Maria is your 60 year old nanny, Natsuki! Said Saeko
So, she is still single, old and single, Mother…! I heard that Natsuki-sama, interrupted Maria, behind the bush, adorn in her gardening attire. What the!? Shivered Natsuki, Maria the old nanny, she always has that creepy timing out of nowhere.
Alyssa is still 16, Natsuki. You are 26, and you are still roaming around from city to city, with different girls every night, me and your father want you to settle down with someone nice and take over the business! Said Saeko
Mother, I'm not roaming the city, I'm just having fun, and those girls are just friends! Said Natsuki
Yeah friends that I see you on the news every other day playing mouth hockey with, Natsuki!?
Mother, I-I.."No mother me, said Saeko, "you be home tomorrow morning, and wear your wedding dress for your wedding tomorrow afternoon or ELSE!"
WHAT?! Tomorrow afternoon?! Is that desperate gold digger that desperate to marry me!? Natsuki angrily yelled.
"I don't care what you say, show up tomorrow, or get ready to lose Duran, your lovely Ducati, and your other lovely toys and credit cards!"
Hot in the face, Natsuki angered beyond belief, with her eyes squinted "Hmpph I will show this gold digger, marrying this Kuga ain't going to be that easy" turning around only to yelp out of surprise "Maria!" standing right there in front of her with a garden shovel in her hands and dirt on her face. "Don't think about anything silly, Natsuki sama, you might burn yourself." Maria turned away and followed where Saeko has gone to.
Saeko office
On the phone. "Sergeay, I'm not sure this will work out. I hope Shizuru can mend Natsuki heart….Hmm I know, I want Natsuki to come back to us just how she had left us to the states…Yeah, I really hope Shizuru will bring her back to us. From all the information we gathered on Shizuru, our Natsuki can resist all she want…mmm.. She is the only daughter in law I can accept…mmm Ok, I will see you tomorrow at the reception. Love you." Saeko gently place the phone down. She thought back to about 20 years ago when a little brunette girl soothing a little bluenette girl whom fell and scraped her knees. Her little Natsuki looking up with large teary green eyes at the little smiley brunette and accepting her candy…Shizuru, I know you can help my little Natsuki.
Screeching her tires near the club. Natsuki jumped out of her car and entered the busy wild club. Stopping by the bar she sat down in her tight skinny jeans and hip tight hugging white blouse. "Crown and coke, please!" Natsuki said to the bartender…counting down 5-4-3-2-1…a nice curvy blond approached her from behind "care to dance honey?"
Natsuki smirked "after my drink." Another party night to keep her at bay.
Splashhhhhhh
"Ugh! What the hell was that for, Mai!?" Startled Natsuki
"Get up, its 2pm, you got a wedding to go to!" a large bucket in her in hand, her angry red headed friend tossed the bucket to hit the other person on the other recliner.
"OUCH!" screamed Nao, rubbing her face.
Grumbling Natsuki held on to her head. She sure over did her drinking limit last night again. Didn't help out Nao joined her halfway through the night at the club.
"Nao you are in trouble," said Mai. "What the hell were you guys thinking partying like animals last night? The night before your big day, Natsuki?! "
"Oh please," said Natsuki, "I didn't agree to this wedding!"
Mai paused, "I know you haven't gotten over her yet, Natsuki. But it wouldn't be fair to your wife to be."
"I didn't ask that gold digger to marry me!" angered Natsuki
"But Natsuki, apparently she has agreed, and I don't care what you think, from what I remembered of Shizuru Fujino, she is quite a well mannered, well liked girl in college, I'm sure there must be a good reason for her to marry you out of debt."
"Why don't you marry her!" Fired Natsuki.
"Hells no!" Nao yelled out of nowhere. "Nao! How could you keep Natsuki out that late?!" Nao thought by staying quiet she could get out of Mai's wrath.
"I'm sorry Mai, she didn't listen to me, she kept saying she had to celebrate her last day of being a bachelorette….I felt bad," said Nao
"That's enough, I have to go…you guys..can show up to the small reception or not…in fact do not show up I don't want anyone to remember this stupid wedding. I won't let her enjoy her marriage with me, I hate people who marry out of money" with an evil gleam in her green eyes, Natsuki rose to her feet and walked out of the apartment.
Mai looked at Nao, and then decided to dial her phone "Saeko-sama, she is on her way, mmm I hope this turns out well, I don't think this is going to turn out well for Shizuru-san…. Yes ma'am, just let me know what I can do to help…the Green Cabin?! No no ma'am, I-I, are you sure it will be safe for Shizuru-san?! Yes, I will help out."
"The Green cabin?!" Asked Nao, this ain't going to turn out too well for Natsuki's soon to be wife.
Kuga Manor
Clenching her jaws, Natsuki, looked into the mirror in front of her. Mother sure is determined. Tucking in her light blue tux shirt into her skinny white jeans.
Natsuki pulled out a locket from her desk. She hesitated in opening the locket. I shouldn't. She let me go, I need to let her go. Hurt evident in her eyes. She threw the locket at the wall.
Adorned in her white simple white dress, Shizuru sat across her father and Aoi in the limousine. She looked out the green pastures from the window. Its over. Her life has been twisted around. Pain gripping her heart. I'm sorry Reito, I couldn't wait for you.
Aoi stared at her beautiful sister. She felt bad that she couldn't help out. She was still in college and the Kugas specifically ask for Shizuru hand in marriage. "Oneesan…I heard Natsuki-san is pretty."
Shizuru froze, eyes closed. "Pretty? You mean Promiscuous?!" Aoi stiffen. "I-I"…Nothing else to add. Aoi looked down at her feet for the next 25 minutes. Her father patted her on the back. The limousine drove through the woods and came to a halt at a the large wooden cabin in the middle of the woods. Shizuru took note during the drive, not many other homes nearby, in fact the last house was probably about a mile or 2 from this cabin.
"We are here, Fujino-sama" said the Chauffeur. He came around and opened the door for the family to come out. There were a few cars parked on the other side of the cabin.
"Fujino-san!" Called out Saeko. "You are here." Shizuru looked up and saw a bluenette with aqua green eyes come up to her and her family. "Oh my, and you must be Shizuru, my new daughter." Hugged Saeko. Shizuru stiffen in the hug. New daughter..new daughter. "Nice to meet you, Saeko-sama."
"Please, call me mother" excitedly said Saeko. "Let's get you inside; we'll get you some touch up. Natsuki should be here soon." She better be here soon, maybe another threatening phone call will do.
A threatening call she did. After an hour. Everyone heard a loud screeching of tires and looked out the large cabin windows to see a debris of dirt fogging the air. Quickly charging out of the red beamer came a really cold looking Natsukil
Natsuki was beyond mad. She was super pissed. Her mother decided to throw the reception at the Green Cabin. Out of all places the Green Cabin! She was about to not come, but old Maria had happily informed her that her mother has confiscated her Ducati and had Duran hostage ready to be shipped to be a guard dog at one of the companies out in Misawa.
"Mother, Mother! How could you!"
"Welcome, to your wedding Natsuki, your bride is waiting. The reception starts in 5 minutes!" in her sing song voice.
"But mother, why of all- pla"
"Natsuki, I thought you told me one time you wanted to get married here, no?" asked Saeko
"Mother I did! But that was with me and Shim-a"
"NO, you will have your wedding here with Shizuru. I do not want to hear her name on the day of your wedding. Respect your wife. She is your future now."
Natsuki stared eye to eye with her mother. "Fine. Very fine my mother. You love her that much, huh? I will sure make her a good wife of mine. I promised" Natsuki mockingly said to her mother.
"N-Natsuki. Don't hurt her." Saeko felt uneasy. "She is your wife."
"Yes. She is my wife and she will have to fulfill her role at her best. Isn't that right mother dear?" grinned Natsuki with an evil gleam in her eyes.
Saeko didn't like where this was going. She took a deep breathe. " I will gather everyone, get your ass into the house, your father is waiting for you."
Natsuki adjusted herself and walked into the Green Cabin. Thoughts of her past came running through her mind.
"Natsuki, lets gets married here one day, hmmm? I love it here…."
Natusuki shut her eyes. Walking into the main den where the reception was, Natsuki saw her father Tate and Nao at the front altar talking to the Pastor. There was about 100 guests seated: mostly close friends, family, and business associates. "Natsuki!" her father waved her over.
"Natsuki, you are late!" scolded Sergeay
"Father, I-I"
"No not today, Natsuki" said Sergey, "I know this is not what you want, but your mother and I had good intentions. We already discuss this with you before and you know the consequences if you don't oblige. I hate to be this hard on you, but this is only the few times we had asked you to follow."
Natsuki wanted to argue, but as stern as her father is, it's too late to get out of this wedding plan. It was true, her father and mother did not ask her too much of her throughout her life. She did have the freedom to once have the choice to marry anyone she wanted. She had screwed up herself. Through her rebellious state she knew she had gotten to herself to this state. "But why did they have to set up the wedding here at the Green Cabin?"
"By the way" said Sergey, looking sternly at his elder child. "This is your wedding house, from now on you will have to live with Shizuru here."
Stunned, Natsuki was about to protest, Nao nudged her and soon the she heard the piano begin to play. Natsuki turned around to see her mother and Mai walking out with her bride to be.
Red eyes staring right back at her.