What Remains of Hunny.

“Kasanoda” Mori commanded quietly capturing the glowering red heads attention.





“I couldn’t help it!” Kasanoda whined before catching himself. “It took me a while to work up to that. Mori, why don’t you just propose to her after you sleep with her?” After Kasanoda had managed to pick himself up from where Mori had knocked him across the yard he tried a different tact. “You know I really don’t see you and Haruhi as an item. Marrying out of a sense of obligation is unfair to you both.” Kasanoda was weary of Mori. He had already surmised that Mori was tired, which made him more dangerous.





“I am not the reason I came out here.” Mori intoned waiting for the reason to come through Kasanoda’s skull.





“Well then why don’t we go finish eating and maybe…” Kasanoda trailed off as Mori’s meaning finally sunk in. “Tetsuya?” Mori’s nod prompted Kasanoda to begin a stuttering response only to stop. “I love the man but I don’t know what to do with him. He is about as easy to get through to as a cement wall covering a pillow.”





“Isn’t it always that way?” Mori replied rhetorically knowing the feeling from personal experience.





“If I tell him the truth and we make it public it would dishonor him.” Kasanoda reasoned and began to pace the length of the yard. “If I don’t say anything I lose him. Well hell what a choice, dishonor or losing the one you love. It makes you think.” Turning Kasanoda studied the silent Mori whose eyes were slits in concentration.





Mori felt like his mind could not work any harder. There was some wisdom to Kasanoda’s thoughts. He did not want to think about what Hunny was thinking in heaven. His daughter was his female twin and already had some of his habits. Mori smiled, thinking about how he had woken her up once and found himself seeing Hunny all over again.





Coco was all that remained of Hunny and Mori had to protect her where he had failed to protect Mitsukuni. On the other hand, Haruhi was the love of his life. He had known he had strong feelings for her in high school and the feelings just kept growing. When he had first realized Hunny was seeing her he had immediately tried to shut off his feelings. Mori had given them both their space and tried to stay away from the young couple.





Mori had taken up a couple of unlikely hobbies during the week that Haruhi and Hunny were together. He was engaged in one such activity when he got the call that Hunny was dead. Mori had withdrawn so deeply his family and the Haninozukas had done an intervention. Mori had thrown himself into his work, opening a dojo and running both the Morinozuka and Haninozuka businesses effectively. In competitions, he was an unbeatable machine. He as a man had ceased to exist until he had found out about Haruhi and Coco.





Haruhi had slowly taught him to breathe again. She became his reason for existing. He could live knowing she did not love him. He could not live with her no longer in his life. Mori had tried valiantly to be the gentleman but gentleman only seemed to get so far. Mori was a romantic though and hoped that maybe in their time together Haruhi had learned to love him even a little bit and it would be enough.





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Hideo could not believe his luck. He had managed to sneak in a window and grab the sleeping baby along with her nursery bag. Moving quickly he loaded her in the car and drove off. Hideo immediately called his friend Kashi for help. “Hey Kashi do you think you could help me with something?” Hideo asked. Getting his reply Hideo began the two-hour drive to Kashi’s apartment.





Kashi was an above average criminal in a below average syndicate. The scars that marked his dull face were those of constant combat. His large black eyes and full lips would give the untrained observer the thought that Kashi was just another one of them, normal people. It was the intelligence and the 6’0 frame that his victims never forgot if he let them live. Kashi had been using Hideo as an underling for a while now. Hideo was good hearted, something Kashi generally detested, but Hideo was lucky and that made him good to have around.





Kashi smiled at his phone. He knew from the information he had gathered on the baby that she was an heir to a martial arts dynasty. Kidnapping her would show them all the power of the Sendous. The Sendous had been a force to reckon with when Kashi had first joined them. Their feud with the Kasanodas was legendary. Kashi had steadily been moving up the ranks until he happened to make a pass at what he thought was a woman and turned out to be the boss’s son, Tetsuya. Kashi had been more than a little angry at being over looked for the new yakuza boss. Instead the old boss had decided a truce needed to be called and had sent for his son to take over and lead the groups together.





“After I kill that bothersome girl, Tetsuya, I will raise the girl to be a force.” Kashi smiled thinking to the future and picking up a file. This file held all the information on the baby and her mother. Kashi then let his mind focus on the other part of the file. The baby’s mother was something that Kashi had felt his body take interest. She looked like she could be a little boy with her haircut short but her figure was very feminine. Kashi thought about being able to bend said female to his will once he got his hands on her child. He could have anything he wanted when he became the Sendou boss.





Tetsuya had run out of the house to escape his situation only to seen Hideo driving away. Instinct took over as he glanced at the house and noticed one of the windows open with the screen leaning against the side of the house. “Haruhi get in the car!” Tetsuya yelled. Haruhi reacted instinctively and jumped in.





“Where are we going?” Haruhi asked the frantic Tetsuya.





“I want to be wrong but I think that idiot Hideo just kidnapped Coco.” Tetsuya replied speeding to catch up with the vans progress. “Call for help.”





Haruhi felt around and realized she had not brought her cell phone. “Tetsuya…” Haruhi started her eyes huge.





“Well it looks like we can’t stop until we figure out where he is going.” Tetsuya sighed in despair. “It’s a good thing I have a full tank of gas.” Tetsuya said as an afterthought.





“He can’t get that far. When Coco wakes up she tends to make a mess.” Haruhi said confidently and hoped that the moron Hideo would care enough to stop.





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Due to popular demand, I did a little plot shuffling so you all could see the families’ feelings on the whole situation earlier. This also made for a nice little sedge way so as always thank you reviewers and readers alike.


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Chika sat in front of the shrine dedicated to his brother Hunny solemnly thinking. He had been thinking a lot about Hunny lately. His mind traveled to when he had received word of Hunny’s death. He had failed to comprehend it and made a joke of it. Commenting to the normally talkative Satoshi, Mori’s brother and Chika’s companion, Hunny had probably choked to death on a piece of cake. For the first time in history, Satoshi had beaten the living daylights out of Chika. Satoshi even refused to speak to the newly contrite Chika for months afterward.




Chika though had not been without feelings for his brother. Hunny’s heroic death had put him up as a martyr in Chika’s mind. Hunny had ultimately performed an act of selflessness that resulted in his death. All Hunny’s various actions of selfishness up until that moment were gone. In Chika’s mind, Hunny had done something honorable at last and deserved Chika’s respect. Chika even went so far as to set up a cake night in Hunny’s honor. The whole family had joined in.




Chika had never seen his father anything but solemn and serious. Hunny’s death had almost killed the man. Mori had taken over the family business to allow the Haninozuka head some time to grieve. It served the dual purpose of helping Mori stop thinking about his failure. The entire family had mourned for months the passing of the ultimate weapon and master of their family’s special fighting technique. When news of Hunny’s daughter and widow surfaced, the family threw off their mourning. They were determined to make her and her mother feel welcome. Mori had prevented them all from coming to see her until she had finished recovering.




Chika could not believe he was an uncle. Even now, he smiled thinking about going to visit Mori and see his niece, who by all accounts was a Hunny look a like. The news that Hunny had married and produced an heir had been a surprise to everyone. Chika had wanted to laugh helplessly at the news. He managed to restrain himself though because Satoshi’s eyes had been warning him of what would happen. Satoshi had just started actively speaking to him again so Chika had refrained. Chika could imagine that Hunny would probably have convinced the girl to play dress up and gotten married under the guise of it being a pretend wedding.




“Chika, what a surprise.” Satoshi remarked and sat down beside the non-responsive Chika and began to think himself. Chika had changed a great deal over the last year. He had become more mature since Hunny’s premature death. Prior to Hunny dying, Chika would say things with a brash manner and never seemed to think about or care for anyone. When Satoshi had finally confronted him, Chika had laughed in his face saying that being selfless was what mattered. People having feelings about what others said just made them selfish. Satoshi had stood by Chika and tried to make him see the error of his ways.




News of Hunny’s death had made Satoshi ill with worry for what his brother Mori must be going through. When Chika had laughed and made a joke about it, Satoshi had come within an inch of ending Chika’s life. As Chika lay bleeding on the floor, his father had pleaded for his last son’s life. “Satoshi do not take the only son I have left.” The man had pleaded with the youngest Morinozuka. Mori had only placed a restraining hand on the shoulder of his younger brother.




Satoshi had simply looked down at the twitching Chika and said “Selflessness is protecting those weaker than you from those who are stronger. You Chika have failed to live up to your family’s standards and my own. You cannot even begin to fill your brother’s shoes because you are just a child. He may have enjoyed cute things and put on an act but that is just what it was an act. When it mattered he was there protecting those who could not protect themselves.” Satoshi had walked away from Chika and had been determined never to contact him again.




Satoshi had expected his parents to be angry about his actions. They had applauded them and told him they were proud. His family had not seen Hunny’s death as Mori’s fault but had seen it as a sign that there was more for Mori to do. Mori had not said anything about Satoshi’s actions. Three months had passed and Satoshi had moved on living his life but occasionally he would wonder about Chika. Finally one day Satoshi came home to find Chika waiting for him. Chika had beaten the living daylights out of him.




As Chika helped him clean up afterwards they had called a truce. Chika demanded that Satoshi never abandon him again and they had gone on to have a stronger friendship because of it. Satoshi had almost immediately noticed the changes in Chika. Chika actually seemed to care more for people and was more tolerant then before. Satoshi was proud of him.




Chika was not the only person who Satoshi took pride in; Mori was finally pulling himself together. It had taken awhile and a certain female’s help but he was slowly turning back into himself. Coco was supposedly the spitting image of Hunny. Satoshi could not wait to see her. He and Chika would head over after Chika had changed.




“Alright give me ten minutes.” Chika said bowing to his brother’s picture and heading to the shower. Satoshi smiled and wondered how Chika would take the news that Mori was going to propose to Haruhi. Chika had almost had an aneurysm when he had learned that Mori had Hunny’s widow and daughter living in his house. Satoshi struggled not to laugh at his friend’s old-fashioned morals. Reminding Chika that Mori possessed the same morals and probably had honorable intentions would probably not have set well at the time.




“Let’s go.” Chika said some time later. Satoshi rose and bowed at the shrine and two set off, stuffed animals in hand to see the baby.




“That’s odd.” Satoshi commented as they pulled up to Mori’s house. Quickly taking in the open door and window with the screen lying next to the house. Satoshi motioned for Chika to take the back of the house. As Satoshi went through the house, he took in what seemed to have been an interrupted lunch for three people and an empty crib. He heard Chika talking to someone outside and as he approached, real fear gripped him. Walking out the back door, he saw his brother and Kasanoda. Chika was questioning the two.




“Where is my niece Mori?” Chika demanded. Mori nodded to the house as Satoshi walked through the door.




“No ones here.” Satoshi said answering the unspoken question. Chika and Satoshi both took a step back and Kasanoda quaked with fear as Mori emanated an aura of deadly intent.




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Looks like the search for Coco just turned into a family affair. I wonder what’s next? I hope you enjoyed it. Oh and the Hitachin twins are for the next chapter they have a little something to do with Mori’s hobby.