1. Prologue (1/2)

iridescentwritten by: ejo

summary: when natsume hyuuga became the president, there was nothing he could not have, except for the previous president's widowed wife.

author's note: i told myself i shouldn't be posting without finishing any of my series but i couldn't help it. i wanted an 11-11-11 stamp. shallow, i know.

additional note:

hello, guest that posted on 9/7/12.

i would have appreciate it if you left a registered username, in that way i could have reply via private messaging. i know that japan doesn't have the presidential system, but this story is set in an alternate frame, although not stated i don't want my writing to be limited inside the box. i want to go beyond and explore the what-ifs. you stated that japan only has emperors, you are quite wrong. they also do have prime ministers and japan's form of government is constitutional monarchy, just the same as u.k.

thank you.

p.s. sorry for the followers who assumed this was the actual chapter 3. (taken from the temporary 4th section.)

prologue

"congratulations," the person before him greeted with a handshake and a wide grin. "you are now the president of japan." natsume hyuuga took a while before letting everything sink. it went fast—too fast. like a bolt of lightning, this news struck him in the gut. it was his long-time dream for this to happen, he hadn't expected this happen to him while he was still twenty-three. for the record, he was japan's youngest president and he believed that he was the most capable one.

five years of serving the government was worth it to reach the height of his political ambitions. he came from a well-known oligarch family and never had to experience hunger nor starvation. he had everything that any man could want of—looks, riches and women.

he used to be a senator who cared the matters of his country, but when the previous president was assassinated, a new election was held. with four candidates, he managed to beat them all with a sixty-five percent vote. he was a young ambitious man who won't stop for nothing.

the flashing of flickering camera lights made him return back to reality. every reporter's eyes were on him. some were extending their microphones to him while some took the opportunity to take a picture of the rich and powerful bachelor.

"did you expect this outcome, sir hyuuga?" one of the reporters asked.

he looked at her and leaned a bit. "to be honest, no."