AN/ I know, I know. With my concentration, I shouldn't be starting a new story... But I couldn't help it! One day, Kai just popped into my head and with her came all my new and lovely characters! And she refuses to leave. So Flower is going on hiatus while I work out the issues I've been haveing with the two computers I have. Which means that all this story has in terms of beta-ing is my grammer skillz and a spell checker. I can hear the groans already... COME ON! AT LEAST GIVE IT A SHOT!!

Oh, and I should also mention that the chapters are all rather short. I feel like I've written a lot, but looking at it now and typing it, wow...It's a LOT shorter than I thought...

Chapter One

No one was deluded enough to think that there was any "love" in the household. If asked, all anyone could claim was that they were a bunch of kids who happened to live in the same household and have the same mother. No love, just a mutual respect and tolerance.

Kai was one of the "middle" children. At eleven years old, she had lived without much support, other than the few siblings who took it upon themselves to make sure that no one dropped out of elementary school at least. Even though her full name was Kaiyoko, no one except the oldest child, Moki (18), and her mother ever called her that. Not that the woman was much of a "mother". As far as she was concerned, she was only interested in you untill you were born. After that, your siblings cared for you untill you could care for yourself. After that, no one cared.

Her father had given her her name. It was the only influence he had in her life, and she intended to keep it that way. The less support or contact she received, the less problems she would be faced with. But after eleven years of no contact, the steady streak was broken. It turned out that she would be the only one in the house hold to receive a "true" sibling. She was going to have a little brother. Not that she didn't already have a younger sibling, there were seventeen kids in the household, not a single one was believed to have the same father as another though.

As was her mother's ritual, she gave birth, named the boy "Tobi" then was out partying and getting laid again within two days. Kai ended up taking care of her little brother.

Kai was on the shorter side, with blonde, rippling hair and sparkling blue eyes. Tobi's hair was darker, almost brown in color, with gray eyes. And Kai found herself to be a very doting sister. Swear words were common with the kids, but many quickly learned not to let one slip near Kai, since Kai meant Tobi, and Kai would lash out at anyone who dared to set a bad influence for Tobi. More than one boy had gotten beat because he had let his tongue slip near Tobi.

She also discovered she could actually cook, which was a skill not taken lightly in the household, seeing as there weren't many that could actually do it. There was always someone hungry, not that they were poor, their mother did make some people pay for her "services", and seeing as she only took the rich clients, the sum was pretty high, they always had food. But with ten boys in the house and of varying ages (Tobi had brought the figure up to eleven) someone somewhere always wanted something to eat.

As Tobi got older, Kai quickly learned how to take care of him. He was very picky about his food, he usually wouldn't eat unless Kai cooked it. He wasn't able to sleep unless she was there. He was also shy and would seclude himself, Kai being the only person he spoke to.

Tobi grew quickly, and before Kai could believe it, he was four years old, still clinging to her silently. And that's when everything began to change out of Kai's pictured life.

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