Chapter 1

'Your guitars coming along' Ryusuke told me after another lesson. I shrugged and put away the Guitar. 'Been in contact with Eddie?' he asked I nodded and went over to the river.

'Of Course.' I said my voice cracking. 'He is my brother' I turned and faked a smile at Ryusuke, who was looking even more confused. 'I'm going to turn in now' I stretched and went to the small house next to the river. Ryusuke grabbed my arm and turned me around. He put his lips to mine and tried to kiss me, I broke away. Shook my head 'You'll break it' I told him walking away. Tears rolled down my cheek and I heard Him shout 'I'm sorry!'

I awoke with Beck on my chest barking loudly. Ryusuke was playing Guitar outside. I got up and shook away my sleep. I got dressed and decided to go on a walk with Beck and Ryusuke despite what's going on between us, Beck ran of and me and Ryusuke walked on letting him go 'He'll return' Ryusuke assured me as he saw the look on my face.

We caught up to Beck in the end. A boy was stood near him. Short black hair, looked like he was still in school.

'Beck!' Ryusuke called 'Come here! I told you, you shouldn't go out alone!'

'That's not what you told me' I whispered in his ear he just smiled as he saw the boy aswell. 'Damn dog' He grumbled 'Making me worry'

'He wasn't though…' I whispered again. Beck ran up to Ryusuke and ran round him.

'So, I guess that's your dog?' Called the boy

'Yeah, he's an ugly mutt isn't he?' Replied Ryusuke getting down to Beck's level.

'No no, he's cute!' the boy replied 'I guess…in his own way'

'Beck says thanks for saving him'

Beck ran up to the boy 'sure, good boy' he got to beck level and went to pet him 'That's a nice doggy' Beck then bit his hand. The boy screamed and fell over. I suppressed a laugh.

'Hmm, should probably be more careful, I think he's still a little jumpy' Ryusuke Finalised. He went up to the boy up the lamppost now and I followed behind.

'Use this' Ryusuke handed him something 'See you around' He then turned and walked off.

'See you' I waved and followed Ryusuke behind.

'I'LL GIVE THESE BACK TO YOU NEXT TIME OKAY!' the kid yelled. Ryusuke waved.

The next day I got up and looked in the mirror, my boring brown hair seemed too boring 'Time for a change' I told myself. I ran to the shops to get some blue hair dye. Ryusuke walked in after I had dried my hair 'What have you done, Ayane?' He asked.

'Died my hair blue' I said 'isn't that obvious?'

Maho walked in 'whoa nice hair Ayane' she said I smiled and walked out of the house

'Where you going?' yelled Ryusuke.

'Don't you have a meeting with some one?' I told him

'Damn, hang on' He ran up after me

'SOMEONE SPECIAL TO YOU IS IT RYUSUKE?' asked Maho, I laughed

Ryusuke just walked quietly with me to Remedy. 'Good luck' I told him as he met up with his next ex girlfriend. I sat on the table in front of him, not eavesdropping at all

She started crying 'you're breaking up with me?'

I smiled and looked over, I saw the kid who saved beck, I smiled at him and he smiled wearily back.

'I told you, I don't have time' Ryusuke told the girl (I never found out her name) 'We're over'

I smiled into my glass

'Ryusuke…you…Bastard' she managed to say over her crying. The bar owner saw the kid looking at Ryusuke and started talking to him, probably telling him about how much of a Jerk he is. The barman left and a girl started talking to him. The bar owner came over to me 'Ayane, want another drink?' He asked, I shook my head

'Better not, it sounds like I'll be going soon' I smiled at him and he left.

The ex girlfriend sobbed

'Come on, I know you've got other guys except me right?'

I heard a smack, He earned that one, I thought to myself. She stood up, 'Fine! What more important me? Or that stupid band?'

'The band' Ryusuke replied as if it were the most obvious question ever. The girl ran out crying. I stood up and went to his table 'That went smoothly' I sat down in her place. He shrugged. Ryusuke stood up as did I. The bar owner turned 'Hey you heading out?'

'Yeah'

'Here, some kid asked me to give this to you'

'Yeah?' Ryusuke sounded surprised 'Alright, Thanks Midi'

We then exited the Remedy bar we went down an alley and saw the kid and a group of friends getting bullied by some guy, the kid got picked up by his shirt.

'Knock it off; I saw your car two hours ago and it was already scratched' Ryusuke told him. The man dropped the kid

'Who the hell are you?' He asked.

'You got to apologise to these Kids' Ryusuke told him. I stood quietly behind him observing the situation.

'Do what?' one of the gang guys asked.

'You heard' Ryusuke narrowed his eyes threateningly. The gang laughed. 'Apologise' Ryusuke ran up to them, one punched at him but Ryusuke dodged 'the cops are on there way'

'Shut the hell up kid'

'Come on, lets go somewhere else' He taunted putting his fists up 'Come on' He put them down.

'Come on he says' The men followed closely

'Wait here' Ryusuke told me

I rolled my eyes as he took the boys somewhere

'Ryusuke!' called the kid

'You guys go on home' He told them then ran off with the men in tow

'Just leave him he'll be fine' I told them. Standing in one spot.

They gave me a weird look and went off somewhere. I decided I couldn't wait so I followed the path Ryusuke went.

'Hey just chill man, its cool' I heard the big guy say 'It's cool, you put that thing down man, please just put it down, take it easy okay?'

I turned a corner and saw Ryusuke holding a gun at his head 'You want to do this? I don't know how it is where you're from, but in New York I watched friends die, you do NOT mess around in MY neighbourhood' he shouted 'now get the hell out of here you friggin' scumbags'

The men begged then a gunshot, I saw which gun he had used and the men beat him up then men had left. I ran up to Ryusuke lying in the trash 'Was that necessary?' I asked.

'I told you to stay in one place'

'RYUSUKE!' shouted the kid from before

'Damn, I got tossed with the Trash' He grabbed his head in clear pain. The kid ran up to him.

'Hey man, are you alright?'

I stood to the side. Almost shaking with worry.

'Those guys were so drunk, I didn't think they'd figure it out' Ryusuke looked up to the kid smiling. I exhaled and went closer to him. 'Idiot' I whispered so only he could here, he smiled. 'Jeez…you did real good back there' He groaned in pain 'You showed a lot of hearts, small guy like you going after those big gorillas' He saw the kids face 'What's up?'

The kid started to cry.

'Come on. I'm the one who should be crying here'

The kid wiped away his tears 'Um…I'm sorry…I…well…it just seemed like know knew I existed for such a long time'

'Koyuki!' Yelled a girl running towards him. All the other kids followed.

'They came' the kid said more to himself. He wiped away his tears and went over them 'Hey Hey Guys…'

He drifted of at the end as he saw the girl with Ryusuke.

'Are you okay?' she asked him

'Yeah' he replied 'Just a couple scratches' he looked over to the kid 'But the other day he saved my dog you know'

'Oh your dog?' she said, I decided I didn't like this girl.

'Yeah. Beck he's this old Mutt Eddie and I found when we were in a band together'

'Wow, seriously I totally love Dying Breed'

Ryusuke was smiling. 'Cool then you should come check out my band sometime'

'Okay, I will, that sounds awesome'

'I'll tell you some stories about Mark from Dying Breed, Cause he's something, he always has drink before he gets on stage'

'Wow' she commented

'Yeah, Well we better get going, oh, this is Ayane Lee' He introduced me 'She's Eddies Sister'

'Let's go Ryusuke' I walked off, ignoring the girls "Hi"

'Sorry, she's a bit moody' He told her and she giggled as he ran to catch up with my fast angry walk.

'What was that about?' He asked me

'Nothing absolutely nothing' I told him storming ahead to the Hut.

The next day I ignored Ryusuke for most of it.

He was asking me question a lot like "what have I done now?" and "Why are you doing this?"

He gave up and went out to the band. He came back later though. 'Still not talking to me?'

'Beck's gone out'

'What?'

'He went out, I think he's in the garden'

Ryusuke went outside, I heard him say 'Beck, let go' I was curious so I went out to see who it was. It was that girl and the kid 'Go on, go play, Go' Beck went off. When I say off I mean to me. I sat outside, stroking him 'Looks like it's just you and me Beck, seeing as though Mr. I'm-So-Good is too busy'

I looked over to him and the girl, nothing happening yet; I got a call 'Hello?'

It was my dear brother 'hey Ayane, How's my little sister?'

'Fed up, hows my ever-so annoying brother?'

I heard him laugh on the other end 'He's fine, why you fed up?'

'Well…' I hesitated.

'It's to do with Ryusuke right?'

'No, it's nothing to do with Mr I'm-so-amazing'

'Yes it is, Ayane, I know you, your still going out with that red haired guy though aren't you?'

'Yeah but-'

'So what? Be happy with what you have, Ryusuke still giving you lessons?'

'Yeah, there a bit awkward though' I glanced over to the group of people 'Listen, Eddie, I'll call you back okay?'

'Fine, tell Ray I say hi'

'Will do, see you'

'Bye little sister' Click, My attention was to the group again.

Ryusuke's Gran came out of the house 'Keep it in one piece, Have fun, see you tomorrow' was basically what she said the "It" being the house.

'I know what you're thinking' Ryusuke told them. 'a dump, but it's comfortable, ask Ayane' He gestured to me, who was playing with Beck. He invited them into the House/Hut. 'Come on, leave Beck, and join us' He told me smiling. I sort off smiled back and went in.

'Wow, you have a ton of CD's and…err'

'Girly Romance comics, yeah, my kid sister left them behind what can I say? I got hooked'

'Cool' said the kid; I still had no idea about his name

'This ones good, you should read it'

'Yeah, I know that one'

'I don't believe this' The girl had caught Ryusuke attention just by talking, it takes me to dye my hair blue 'whoa, awesome this is Dying Breed first CD even has the original art'

'Hmm, yah it's a good one'

'Do you have any idea how much this is probably worth now?' she said waving it.

'Uh…a bunch?' oblivious 'they do a cover of sweet by Australia'

'That is so cool'

I lay back on my cushion, bored out of my skull.

'The original track was Real country, kind of like Drag Cowboy'

'Oh yeah, I have Drag cowboy, I wouldn't call it country though'

'Hmm, Eddie is totally into them'

'Obsessed' I added Looking at my fingers

The girl laughed. 'I didn't have time to say Hi before, by the way, I'm Izumi' She told me.

'Ayane, but of course Ryusuke's told you'

She nodded. 'Do you mind if I go fishing' asked the kid

'No, go ahead, Ayane will show you where the fish bite'

I gave a look that only Ryusuke could read that said I'm-going-to-murder-you-in-your-sleep. I went outside with the boy.

'Whats your name kid?'

'Yukio Tanaka, yours?'

'You don't pay attention do you?' I laughed 'Ayane Lee'

'Oh yeah…Eddie's sister, why you here if he's in America?'

'Because, I didn't want to leave. So Eddie Trusted Ryusuke to take care of me' I laughed 'Even though I'm the same age as him and I have more sense than him…come on heres the best fishing spot' I pointed to a spot on the river, Yukio sat down and started fishing, I noticed that he looked over to the window a lot, They were laughing. Yukio and Izumi left, 'see you Yukio!' I waved then turned and went into the house.

'You seemed nicer today. Why?' Ryusuke asked

I laughed 'well, I had a chat with Eddie, helpful brother, calls once a month and sorts all my problems' I laughed again. 'Going to sleep now, see you tomorrow' I went to sleep straight away calmly. I heard Ryusuke call up Yukio; I got up from the bed as I had awoken 'What you doing at this time' I asked rubbing my eyes as I entered the room. I wondered why Ryusuke was staring at me then I realised I was still in my PJ's; I ran to get my dressing gown then returned. He put the phone down 'I don't think Eddie would let you stay here if you do that again'

'I didn't mean to you know!'

'Course not, you free Sunday to help us set up?'

'Yup!' I smiled at him then went to sleep again