Just a warning I am Dyslexic so my stories will not be perfect but I now have one Beta reader to help me along the way :D

Thank you so much to Roshelle Diall for offering to work with me :D

Hello my sweeties,

Well you can well and truly blame Cana99

for this new fic it is totally her fault after

talking about story ideas all last night

I have been unable to get this one out of my head all day.

Enjoy.

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Letters of My Life.

Kanae knocked on the door and listened until the voice called out,

"Come in." a choked voice called as Kanae pushed open the door and entered.

"Mo! I can't believe you're really crying all because of a dress." Kanae groaned as she looked at her best friend who sat before a large vanity mirror, tears streaming down her face.

"Mo, at least let me see what all the fuss is over." she said as she walked towards the girl. Kyoko stood slowly from the chair. Stepping to the side she turned towards Kanae. She couldn't help but gasp, she hadn't even meant to do it since that wasn't like her at all, but as she looked at her best friend, her reaction was one of true awe. She could only be described simply as a princess.

The gold dress was what all little girls dream of wearing when they heard those princess stories as children. As Kanae looked closer she realised it was a lot like a dress she had seen in one of those stories, 'Beauty and the Beast' was it? She couldn't really recall now but it certainly was stunning. The tightly laced top with the silken scarfed neckline was beautifully decorated with small glittering gems and embroidery leading down to the sashed and bowed skirt with the layers of material falling full yet delicately.

It must have a small under bodice

she decided as she smiled and nodded. The outfit was perfect, right down the the elbow length golden gloves, golden sandals and even the small tiara that had been placed in her hair after Jelly Woods had expertly styled it for her.

"Mo, you look great! Why are you so upset?" Kanae asked thinking honestly she wished someone would buy her something like it.

"Moko-san, how can I accept this? I know Dad said Mom had it made specially for me and everything and Mom looked so happy when I put it on but Moko it must have cost so much!" the young woman looked distraught, happy, anxious and completely euphoric all in the same moment.

"Mo, you baka you're not 18 every day! You know it's your birthday gift! Stop looking a gift horse in the mouth, you like it don't you?" she crossed her arms and stared at the girl.

"Yes." Kyoko couldn't meet her eyes.

"It's the type of dress you have always dreamed of wearing." Kanae was smiling at the uncomfortable look on her friend's face. The truth is so easy with this one.

"Yes." Kyoko started shuffling her feet so Kanae went in for the kill.

"So why are you upsetting Julie-sama by not accepting it? I bet she thinks you don't like it the way you went on crying so they couldn't even fix your make-up." Bingo Kanae thought as Kyoko's head suddenly snapped up.

She knew that Julie had come out of the room to her husband smiling at how much Kyoko loved the dress, but she wasn't about to tell Kyoko that, now was she?

"She probably feels heartbroken. She probably thinks you don't like it even after she spent all that time designing it and having it made." She continued in a whimsical tone.

"Oh, Moko-san what do I do? I don't want to upset Mom (Julie had insisted upon first meeting Kyoko that she call her this). What can I do to show her how wonderful and kind she is?" Kyoko was looking at her with begging eyes.

You're too easy to manipulate

Kanae sighed inwardly with a chuckle but none of this showed on her face as she faced Kyoko with a stern look,

"Mo, you can wear the dress and smile for a start! Now you are to calm down in here and after a while Jelly will come back and do your make-up for you to rejoin the party." Kyoko nodded at Kanae's words,

"Were you worried about me Moko-san?" Kyoko asked as Kanae scowled at her. She had been worried yes, but she was here by orders from the top.

"Mo, I was just wondering how much trouble you were causing for yourself but also the president asked me to give you this along with the message 'You are to read all these in order. It will give you something to do while you wait for Ten.' so I suppose I better leave you to it." she passed Kyoko the battered shoe box and turned to leave.

"Do you know what it is, Moko-san?" she asked a little worried

"Mo, how should I know? Just open the damned thing!" and with that she was gone out of the door and away. Walking back down the hall she entered the study without knocking. The room had a few people standing and sitting around as she nodded to the president.

"Job done." Lory nodded, a very happy smile on his face as he looked over the gathered people. Kanae went and sat next to Chiori who smiled at her. Kuu, Julie and Ten sat chatting while Yashiro stood looking worried and confused,

"President, where is Ren? I thought he was coming to? Shall I go and find him?" Lory grinned at the nervous young manager as the side door to the study opened.

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Kyoko sat back at the vanity unit and opened the box before her. It was full of what looked like letters. Picking them up, she noticed on the corners of the letters, the numbers 10-21.

"Well I guess if I'm to read them in order I start at ten. Picking up the topmost envelope she read the name on the front,

"Dear Kyoko-chan" her heart stopped. The writing was neat, but it seemed whoever had written it was unused to writing Japanese. It was almost childlike, she thought as she opened the envelope and pulled out the slightly crumpled paper. Within the first line her heart was racing,

How? How could this be true?

LETTER TEN:

Dear Kyoko-chan,

I hope you are well, even though I'm not sure when you will get this letter it's something I've been told I must write to my future wife.

I never really explained about that stone I gave you, but now I really must because that little stone has caused me no end of trouble lately. The stone I gave you is actually called a sapphire, but a very special kind. A rare variety of natural sapphire, known as color-changing sapphire which is why it has that magical way of changing colour when you turn it in light.

That sapphire is given to every son in my family by the family head my grandfather. It is to be kept and when the right time comes is to be made into something beautiful for someone special to you. If this doesn't happen, we are supposed to present it at the family gathering on the 25thDecember every year or present it to the special someone.

This year I gave my stone to you. I had only received it at my tenth birthday so when I was unable to produce the special stone or the special someone you can imagine how my family took it. Mom cried and Dad was a little angry, but the rest of the family mainly Aunt Toshi were furious. They said I would never marry well and that I had brought a curse down upon myself. I don't really believe in curses and I'm not too bothered about getting married so I didn't take it to mean much. The only one who didn't speak was grandfather and I rather like him so I just prayed he wasn't angry at me.

But he wasn't. He sent everyone away but me and then asked me to tell him about you Kyoko-chan. So I told him all about how nice you are and about all the things we did together and how you call me Corn. He seemed happy and asked me why I gave you my precious stone and the truth is Kyoko-chan I just hated seeing you cry. It hurt me to watch your tears, it felt like a piece of me was being torn away but when you smiled that little piece of me was really happy. So no matter what anyone says and whether I'm now cursed or not I will never regret giving you my stone Kyoko-chan.

Grandfather asked me if I ever found you to care for you as the stone meant so much to our family. He asked if I would uphold my decision of who I gave the stone to and I told him I would. You mean alot to me Kyoko-chan. Before I met you, I thought Japanese people were all like the ones that hang around Dad all the time but you're different. So grandfather told me from now on instead of presenting my stone I would write and present a letter telling you about my life. When the day finally comes for me to return for you and my stone you can read about all the things I have done and I will then be able to listen to all the things you have done.

I really do hope this letter finds you well,

Kuon Hizuri

Her heart was racing as she re-read the name signed at the bottom of the letter. It wasn't a mistake, it definitely said his name.

"Kuon!" she looked down at the smudges of small finger prints and even though at the neatly- written, slightly off letter to herself and her heart skipped.

Corn!My dear Corn was really Kuu and Julie's son?

It took a few moments for her to settle her heart, it was racing almost skipping as she tried to realise just what was going on. Her stone was a precious gem? Kuon saying he would come get her and the stone? These letters? How was all this happening? Why does the president have these? Thinking was too hard. Her brain was too full with emotions to think clearly, so instead she picked up letter 11

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Hello my dears

so what do we think?

Is this something you would like to read more of?

As you have probably guessed each letter will be a year of Kuon's life

let me know what you think

R&R please

as if people aren't interested I can stick to my other projects :D

Neh xxx