Chapter 1

A New Family

Ever since our dad announced to us that he was going to remarry, I have been feeling rather uneasy. It's not because I am worried about meeting my new family like how Ema Nee-chan felt, but rather because I know that I would totally not fit in to the family.

That's because I am adopted.

That's right, I am an orphan. Apparently, Hinata Rintarou, my current dad, is a famous adventurer. During one his travels in Japan, he helped out in the orphanage that I was in. At that time, I was only 5. Even though I didn't remember my parent's faces because they pass away when I was a baby, but I could remember very well that moment when I first met him.

That day, I was racing with the other boys in the orphanage. That's right, I am not the typical kind of girl that would quiet stay indoors and play. I enjoy being outside and running around. It was a way that I could be free and be myself without having to worry about anything that has happened to me.

Perhaps it was that which caught the attention of my dad. He was watching at the sidelines, looking at me as I played with the boys.

After we were done with the game, my dad called out to me, approaching me.

"That seemed like fun."

I nodded back at him shyly. This was the first time a stranger talked to me.

"What is your name?"

Dad asked me with gentle eyes. Usually I wouldn't tell any strangers my name but somehow he was different.

"Chiaki…"

"That's a nice name, Chiaki-chan."

Dad smiled at me.

"Thank you…"

I lowered my head, avoiding his gaze.

"Chiaki-chan, how would you like to join my family?"

"Eh…?"

I looked back up at him, surprised at his words.

"Ema, my daughter is older than you but I think that you and her will get along very well."

His smile never wavered, welcoming me. There was a link between us.

"Yeah!"

That's how I ended up in his family.

Dad adopted me the next day and brought me home to meet Nee-chan. Although it was really sudden for her but she was really nice towards me and soon we were as close as sisters. She took care of my need like how an older sister would. And since Dad was an adventurer, he was always not at home. However, I always regarded him as my father since he adopted me.

Joining the family, I realized my purpose was so that Nee-chan wouldn't be lonely when he was away. I could see that Nee-chan would sometimes sigh when I was not looking and looks at a photo of Dad. Because of that, I felt sorry for her and always try my best to fill that lonely spot in her.

And now, Dad decided to remarry and I am happy for him. Asahina Miwa, successful apparel maker, is the women who will be our future mother. The other day, Nee-chan and I met up with her over dinner.

"Miwa, these are my two Daughters. The eldest, Ema."

"Nice to meet you, Miwa-san."

"It's a pleasure to meet you too!"

"And Chiaki."

"Nice to meet you."

"Same here! Wahh… having daughters are the best!"

"Excuse me?"

Nee-chan asked. The both of us were confused by her words.

"I am sorry, it's just that all my children are sons, all 13 of them."

"Eh?!"

That day, we found out that we were going to have 13 step-brothers.

It's not only that, Miwa-san was going to move over to our home to stay. Since Nee-chan and I didn't want to disturb them, we decided to move over to our brothers' place. It was a decision that we made together since we wanted Dad to enjoy his happiness.

And now, it comes to this. Today was the day that we were moving over. Because we had school today, we called the movers to move our stuff over first. Nee-chan was going to head over first since I had club practice.

I had arrived at the district where our new home was supposed to be located. However, no matter how much I ran around looking, I didn't seem to find the place. It was nearing dinner time and this left me with no choice.

I took my cell phone out and called Nee-chan.

"Hello?"

"Nee-chan! Help me!"

"Chiaki-chan? Are you lost again?"

That's right, I am really bad in directions.

"I don't know where am I!"

"Just calm down. Go to the nearest street sign and tell me. I will come and get you."

I listened to her words and shortly after, I found the sign. Telling her the street name, Nee-chan assured me that she is coming down now.

After a good 10 minutes, I heard someone calling out to me. It was Nee-chan.

"Nee-chan!"

I ran up to her and hugged her with my teary eyes.

"Chiaki-chan. Are you alright?"

Releasing my hold on her, I nodded.

"Both of you are sure close."

A voice spoke from behind Nee-chan. There was man behind her. Nee-chan turned around to face the man.

"Masaomi-san, this is Chiaki."

"Nice to meet you, Chiaki."

The man smiled at me.

"I am Masaomi, the eldest."

So this guy is one of my brothers? He seems much older than me and nice too.

"Nice to meet you too."

"Come on, everyone is waiting for us to start dinner."

"Eh?"

I looked at Nee-chan and she nodded at me.

"I am so sorry that I cause that much trouble to you all!"

I bowed at him, apologetically. Masaomi-san shook his head at me instead.

"It's okay. That's what family should do."

That word, struck me hard. Family…

"Chiaki-chan?"

Nee-chan called me and I realized that they had walked quite a distance away.

"Ah! Sorry!"

I ran up to them. I quietly walked with them for the rest of the journey.

"We are back!"

Masaomi-san announced as we entered the building. Soon after, there were footsteps running towards us.

"Welcome back Masa-Nii! Onee-chan tachi!"

A kid, ran up to us, smiling. The kid looked at me and smiled.

"Chiaki, this is Wataru, the youngest."

"Nice to meet you Onee-chan!"

He has such a cheerful smile that led me to smile at him too.

"Same here, Wataru-kun."

"Come on! Everyone is waiting!"

Wataru pulled me along and we walked into the living room, where there were a number of people sitting at the couch waiting for us.

"Did you guys managed to find her?"

Spotting me, that guy got up, and went over to hug me. I began to flusher.

"Eh?!"

"Nice to meet you, my little sister~"

Juli, Nee-chan's pet began to squeal.

Suddenly, he released his hold on me and fell onto the ground. What just happened?

"Sorry about Tsubaki. I am Azusa, please take care of me."

A similar looking guy spoke to me.

"That hurts Azusa…"

The guy that fell, got up. That's when I realized that the both of them look the same.

"Twins?"

"Bingo~"

Tsubaki-san grinned at me, placing one of his arms on Azusa-san's shoulders.

"Tsubaki is fifth and I am sixth."

Just then, one of my hands was swept up and someone kissed my hand. It was a guy in monk's clothes that did that.

"What are cute sister I have."

He winked at me. Somehow, I can feel my nerves bursting for some reason.

"I am Kaname. The third son."

"Kaname-nii. She doesn't feel comfortable if you keep doing that."

Another guy around Nee-chan's age used his hand to release Kaname-san hold on my hand.

"Thank you."

"No problem. I am Iori."

"Iori is the tenth son."

Another guy, wearing spectacles, spoke up.

"I am Ukyo, the second son. Nice to meet you."

"Same here."

"That's Subaru, the ninth son and Yusuke, the eleventh son."

Ukyo-san looked over to the two guys seated on the couch. One of them seemed like a university student while the other was wearing a familiar uniform. That's right, it's the guys' uniform for Nee-chan's school! The two of them who were introduced to me, nodded at me.

"Take a seat."

Masaomi-san ushered us to sit down.

"Chiaki, Ema said that you had club practice today. Which club are you in?"

Ukyo-san asked me.

"I wanna know too!"

Wataru-kun who was clinging onto my arm, looked at me curiously.

"Well…"

I glanced around to see everyone was paying attention to me. Looking at Nee-chan, Nee-chan nodded at me.

"I am in the track and field."

"That's a surprise. I didn't think that a cute sister like you would be the sporty type."

The way Kaname-san just pissed me off now but I held it in.

"Chiaki-chan is a runner."

Nee-chan helped me explained.

"But I only joined because the track and field club needed help!"

I quickly retorted back.

"Help?"

"Chiaki-chan often helped the sports clubs in her school."

"Wow! That's amazing!"

Wataru-kun looked at me with sparkling eyes.

"But still you are a runner, exactly the same as him~ Right Subaru~?"

Tsubaki-san looked at Subaru-san. Subaru-san didn't seem happy and turned away.

"Him?"

Nee-chan asked.

"You will know soon. Anyway, there actually others but 2 of them are living separately while the other 2 are working."

"We heard."

"One of them is on tv now."

Kaname-san turned on the tv. It was showing a concert.

"It's Fuu-tan!"

Wataru-kun excitedly said.

"Fuu-tan?"

"What a fake smile..."

Tsubaki-san commented while Azusa-san shrugged.

"A tour?"

Subaru-san asked.

"Thinking back, I noticed that I didn't see him much…"

Iori-san commented.

"He's in Hokkaido…"

Yusuke-san answered back at them.

"Then let's ask for a Kanikawa eel for a souvenir then."

Ukyo told us.

"Souvenir?"

Nee-chan and I looked at each other before looking at the brothers' expressions.

"Fuuto is our brother. Asakura is his stage name. His real name is Asahina Fuuto, 15 years old."

Masaomi-san explained to us.

"Eh?"

So that guy on tv is another one of the brothers? This family has everything…

"Is something wrong?"

Masaomi-san suddenly spoke up. He was talking to Nee-chan. Looking at Nee-chan I could see she didn't looked too good.

"Ah, no. I was just feeling a little dizzy."

"Nee-chan…"

I looked at her worryingly. Nee-chan looks like she's sick. All of a sudden, she slammed her hand on the table.

"Nee-chan?!"

I got out of my seat to help her.

"Are you alright?"

Masaomi-san also did the same. Placing his hand on her forehead, he had a serious look on his face.

"You have a high fever."

Nee-chan was brought to her room to rest after that.

I stood outside the room, waiting for the rest of the guys to leave before I can enter. Nee-chan must have not had enough sleep last night since she needed to make arrangements and prepare for the move today. If only I wasn't busy, then Nee-chan wouldn't have fallen ill…

"Why do you look so sad?"

I look up to find a guy that I have never met before, standing in front of me smiling.

"You must be worried about your sister right?"

I nodded at him.

"Don't worry, Masaomi-Nii is a doctor. If anything happens, he will tend to her."

"Eh?"

"Ah sorry, I haven't introduced myself. I am Louis."

Louis-san smiled at me. That's right, Louis is the eighth son.

"Nice to meet you, I am Chiaki."

I nodded at him.

"May I go in to see your sister? I will call you once we are done, okay?"

I nodded and Louis-san entered the room. Shortly after all of them came out.

"Your sister should be fine now, if anything happens, do call me."

Masaomi-san assured me.

"I will prepare porridge for your sister, so don't worry. Dinner will be at 7."

Ukyo informed me before the group of them left. I entered Nee-chan's room.

"Nee-chan! I am so sorry!"

I dash to Nee-chan bedside and hugged her.

"Chiaki-chan, I am fine now. Besides, it's not your fault."

"But if I wasn't busy, you wouldn't have to overwork yourself!"

"It's okay, Chiaki-chan."

Nee-chan petted my head, calming me down.

"Why don't you unpack your stuff in your room? Your room is just next to mine on the right."

"Okay…"

As much as I don't want to, I still had to do it. Nee-chan needs her rest too. Waving Nee-chan good bye, I headed to my room to unpack.

After a good few hours of unpacking, I heard someone knocking on my door. I peered to the door I left opened to find Ukyo-san standing beside the door.

"Yes?"

I got up and headed towards him.

"It's time for dinner. I just handed your sister her meal."

"Oh. I am coming right away."

Closing the door to my room, I followed Ukyo-san to the dining room.

This is something that I wrote because I am sort of uninspired for my other fan fiction at the moment. If you follow my other story, I am apologize for the delay! Also, I will update this story when I feel like it. Unless there is an overwhelming of reviews demanding me to update frequently. Lol.

I came up with this idea because having Ema to have all the guys to herself is kind of...well... Anyway, Chiaki is sort of the opposite of Ema, untidy, sporty and totally not housework friendly. Lol. However she is similar to Ema in the sense that she helps people a lot. Compared to Ema, probably over the top. She is also rely on Ema a lot because she wants Ema to know that she feels needed and does not want her to feel lonely. But with Ema out of the picture, she can depend on herself just as well.

I will probably set up a poll to see who do you want Chiaki to end up with.

That's it then!