Chapter 4

Things are about to get real interesting as we dig further into Lili's past here.

Once it was lunch time, the gang gathers on the rooftop. "Finally a sweet treat!!" says Lili who pops a lollipop into her mouth. "Do you have a sweet tooth Lili?" Yuki asks. Lili nods.

"Not surprising since she is a Princess." Kyo says in a teasing tone. "Oh you are one to talk Mr Hotshot!!" Lili fires back. Then suddenly, she halts in her tracks as she comes face to face with a certain someone that she had long forgotten about.

"E-Eduardo what are you doing here?"

The boy in question chuckles. "Thought you could forget about me that easily Emilie?" Kyo stares at Lili. "Is he your boyfriend?"

"My ex."

"We were meant to last till you broke things off. Why did you do that to me huh?" Lili glares daggers at me. "Says the boy I caught sleeping with Miranda. I mean, she is my sister."

"I did not do anything with her!! I swear!! She forced herself on me!! Babe you've got to believe me!!" he says.

"Looks like we've got to leave the two lovebirds to settle their differences." Kyo replied sarcastically. Eduardo folded his arms. "What are you even doing in Japan of all places? There are far more fancier, cooler places than this dump. And by the way, who was that tall brunette guy? You new boytoy? Pfft...how pitiful. He is not even as good-looking as I am."

Kyo flares up. "The fuck did you just say?!" Before Kyo could attack though, Lili had beaten him to the punch by slapping Eduardo across the face.

Eduardo was stunned by her actions. "You slapped me Emilie?!" She smirks. "First of, I go by Lili now and secondly Kyo and I are just friends. Thirdly, you are a harsh reminder of the type of life I wish to disassociate myself from. Lastly, you are not boyfriend material and never were."

Eduardo gets angered by her words. "Oh you have not seen the last of me!! I shall not rest until I get you back Emilie!!" With that, he storms off.

"Loser." says Kyo. Lili just sighs. "I have forgotten how obssessive that bastard is." she says. "So you used to date him?" Athena asked.

"Unfortunately. You see, our dads were both good friends. So he was like my first friend. However, he became way too possessive of me and manipulated and abused me for years. When I saw him with my sister Miranda whom I have never spoken to in years, that was the final straw for me. I dumped him and he caused me to lose all the friends I ever had."

"Damn. That's rough. Now I can understand why you valued your relationship with Kazama. She was probably the one person that saw you more than just a mere spoiled rich girl."

"Yeah and I blew it." Athena places a hand on Lili's shoulder. "Don't be too hard on yourself." Yuki gives her an encouraging smile and takes Lili's hand. "We are here for you." Lili smiles softly and nods. "Thanks guys."

Kyo then thinks to himself. "Hmmm.....how about we all go grab some ice cream? Last down is a rotten egg." With that, the gang race off to go get some ice cream.

"So how was your first day at school Lili-chan?" Shizuka asked. "It was fine until my ex-boyfriend showed up." she says as she takes her seat at the table. Saisyu raises an eyebrow. "Ex-boyfriend huh? And why would he come all the way from Monaco to come fetch you?"

"He was trying to win me back and who knows, probably trying to get me back to dad. But knowing the old man, he would not budge. I mean, that bastard cheated on me with my own sister and expects me to completely forgive him."

"That is awful." Shizuka comments. "I should have broken that pretty face of his but Lili gave him a nice slap so heh, we kind of won that one." says Kyo.

"Kyo no fighting in school." says Shizuka. The boy pouts. "Jeez mum..." Lili just giggles. "Oi!! Stop laughing!!" Lili just sticks out her tongue at him. Kyo gets up and begins to chase the girl all over the house. "Kids." says Shizuka, shaking her head. Saisyu merely chuckles.

Lili laughs and keeps on running. "Oi!! Get back here!!" Kyo yells. "Nope!!" she shouts and keeps running towards the courtyard. Kyo soon catches up to her and pounces on her. "Gotcha!!"

The girl pouts. "Not fair!!" She struggles to break free but to no avail. Kyo smirks. "That is punishment for naughty princesses like you." he teases. "Tch...I'm not naughty."

"Yes you are and naughty girls should be punished." Before Lili could say anything more, Kyo hoists her onto her shoulders and drags her back inside much to the girl's dismay as she begins to voice her disapproval.

"Oi!! Put me down!!"

"Sorry Usako but nope."

"Oi!! I am not a bunny!!" she whined.

"Yes you are."

"Am not!!"

"Are too!!"

"Am not!!"

"Are too!!"

"Kids!!" Shizuka yells. Kyo comes back to the dinning room and drops Lili down. "Kyo be nice to her." she says. "I am but Lili here is misbehaving."

"NANI?!!"

Saisyu laughs at the comedic scene that unfolds before him. "Ah these children." Kyo and Lili both glare at him. "Seriously old man?" they both say in unison before staring back at each other.

"Why are you both acting like twins now?" Shizuka asked with confusion on her face. "We are two different people Mrs Kusanagi." says Lili. "Yeah. I am not a beautiful Barbie like blondie here."

"Oi!! Who are you calling Barbie Ken?!" Lili retorts. "What did you just say Goldilocks?!" he snaps. "You heard me Godzilla!!"

"Kids behave!!" says Shizuka. "Sorry." The two of them both take their seats whilst Saisyu keeps on laughing.

They both stick their tongues out at each other which causes Shizuka to fume. "THAT'S IT!!" Both of them cower in fear. "Uh oh...."

The two of them end up sitting in Lili's room after that. Shizuka gave both of them quite an ass whooping. "Man your mum's tough." Kyo laughs. "She is a Kusanagi so it is to be expected."

"Why were we even arguing?" she asked. "Oh I don't know, guess we had some steam that we had to let out." he replies. "There he goes with the fire puns." she says, rolling her eyes.

"You are one to talk Her Royal Majesty." he teases. "I am not even a real Princess yet everyone calls me Princess."

"That's because you kind of act like one Lili." he says. "Well, I was kind of raised that way so it is sort of expected."

"You are not acting like one now. Why the sudden change?"

"Because I am free of all expectations placed upon me. I can now be me for once."

Kyo grins. "Good for you." Lili just shrugs. "Oh that reminds me, how long have you and Yuki been dating?"

"How did you know?" he asked. "The way you look at each other is a dead giveaway." she says. "Well Yuki and I have been together for like two years now."

"Aww how sweet."

"You know, you are not that bad."

"That's because the Asuka incident has made me re-evaluate life." she says. "I mean, there is more to life than being a royal pain in the ass."

Kyo laughs. "Says the actual princess." She just shrugs. "I am excited for this new chapter of my life." Kyo places a hand over hers. "And I will be with you every step of the way."

Meanwhile in Switzerland, the other Rocheforts had gathered in a room. "So that bastard went after her? I have a bad feeling about this." says Sana, the oldest Rochefort daughter. "You notice that Miranda is not here?" says Clara.

"Considering what she did to Lili with that guy, her absence is understandable." says Ricardo.

The oldest in the family Bryan simply stares at the wall facing him. "Judging from what we heard, we still need to talk with Lili. I bet she thinks that we all sided with dad when it is that stupid Kazama girl that caused it. Why did she call the old man to tell him all that?!"

"Lili herself did not help matters. I mean, she often bottles up her feelings and does not express herself well." says Sana,

"Yeah but it is not her fault. Dad seperated all of us years ago. I mean he divorced mum when Lili was born and took custody of just her and left the rest of us with mum even denied mum visitation rights to Lili." Ricardo argued.

"Knowing her, she would want to distance herself from us and she has every right to." says Clara. "Let us wait for the perfect opportunity to talk to her. We also need to watch that Eduardo closely."