"Ugh…" Kayla's eyes opened to slits, revealing bright jade irises. She sat up, yawning, and examined her surroundings groggily. "Wha..?" The tired teenager struggled to remember the previous events that had so rudely awakened her. Finally, the last layer of fog was lifted from her clouded memory and several things clicked into place at once. First, there had been a scream. Secondly, an annoying thump had followed. Then another thump. Wait, no, that had been her. Falling of the bed. So that was why her butt her so much. Kayla stood slowly, stretching her arms, and headed downstairs.

Ikki was screaming, of course.

"What was that- that thing doing in my bedroom?! In my bed?! Why the hell wasn't it in your room?!" he asked, pointing accusingly at Kayla. Akito waved and smiled.

"Huh? Oh yeah… I locked the door. Ah, gomen." (1)

"You did what?!" Still fuming, Ikki stormed off to get dressed. As he went up the stairs, Ringo descended, scowling at something off in the distance.

"We're going to the amusement park today," she muttered in a tone that would have been more appropriate were she announcing a trip to hell.

"YAY!! AMUSMENT PARK!!!" Kayla and Akito screamed at the same time, jumping up and high-fiving each other. It was as if they had become best friends overnight.

"Kayla-nee, (2) let's go on all the rides!!" Akito clung to her arm, there to stay until Ikki returned. Kayla smiled lovingly at him. So cute!! He really is just like a little brother!! She took another moment to study the boy. He was about an inch or two shorter than her, with bright, sparkly eyes and silky midnight blue hair. Kayla silently wondered if he would ever allow her to brush it. Her fantasy was interrupted when Ikki came charging down, pushing Akito as he walked by. Kayla and Akito fell to the ground, Kayla on bottom, and Akito's hands on either side of her head. However, somehow the eye patch had been shifted in the fall, and Kayla found herself looking not into the innocent, wide left eye of cuteness, but instead into the cold, narrowed right eye of… of… well, not cuteness. But he certainly wasn't unattractive. Kayla could feel the warm blood pooling in her cheeks long before the pale scarlet spots appeared under her eyes.

"Ch." Agito stood and switched over and her 'little brother' stood in his place, blushing. "Um… gomen…"

Kayla laughed nervously. "N-No problem…" She took a deep breath and put an arm around Akito's shoulders, giving him a thumbs-up. "Anyway, let's have lots of fun at the amusement park today!!" Akito agreed enthusiastically, and then set off to glomp Ikki. Kayla bit her bottom lip and placed a hand over her heart. It was still beating erratically. The image of Agito's face so close to hers kept replaying itself over and over in her swirling thoughts.

"Ten minutes!!" Ringo's voice echoed from some unknown location in the house. It finally occurred to Kayla that she wasn't dressed. Crap!! She frantically rushed up the stairs, five at a time, and into her room, where she pulled out clothes as fast as humanly possible. She ended up with dark jeans, a black tank top, a black zip-up jacket, a black beanie cap, and a pair of rip-off converse airwalk shoes. The sleeves of her jacket were scrunched to her elbows, and she wore black fingerless gloves. Kayla ran a comb through her hair and brushed her bangs to either side of her face. I'm going to have to get those trimmed…

"Is everyone ready?" A bright smile lit Kayla's face as she skipped down the steps. It looked like it would be just Ikki, Akito, Ringo, and herself going. Ikki was scowling and muttering to himself.

"Why are we going?"

"Because it'll be fun. Anyway, you already agreed to go, Ikki, and Kazu and Onigiri are going to be there too." Ringo turned and marched out the door, and Kayla raised a hand to stifle a laugh. The jealousy on Ringo's face was obvious. Everyone followed her, each lost in there own thoughts. Except for Akito, who was giggling to himself and staying glues to Ikki's side.

"Ikki."

Silence.

"Hey, Ikki."

Silence.

"Ikki, Ikki."

"WHAT?!"

"Ikki, Ikki, give me a piggy back ride!!"

"No way in hell." Ikki, still scowling, quickened his pace so that Akito and Kayla were a few feet behind the other two. Akito started to whimper.

"Hey, Akito, I'll give you a ride." Kayla bent forward slightly. Akito smiled happily and jumped on her back. "Ready?" After receiving a nod for a reply, she hurried to catch up with the other two. When she finally made it, Kayla held up a hand to block out the sun. The bus stop was only a few yards away.

"Wait, why are we riding the bus? Let's just use ATs." Ikki held up his pair, which he, of course, carried everywhere. Ringo shook her head.

"We didn't bring ours. If you want to ride so bad, go get everyone else's." Ikki scowled, but nonetheless shoved his ATs on his foot and rode off.

"Um, Ringo, I don't have any ATs," Kayla explained nervously. She didn't have any as far as they knew.

"No problem, just have Agito carry you."

"Eeeh?!"

"Here." Ikki was back, throwing a pair of ATs to Ringo and Akito. "Can we go now?"

"Hold on." Ringo glared at him as she took her time doing up each part of hers. Akito had already put his on and was stumbling around. "Akito, switch for a few minutes so that Agito can get to the amusement park. Oh, and he needs to carry Kayla." Akito nodded and moved the patch so that Agito now stood, glowering at the small group.

"There's no fucking way I'm carrying her fat ass all the way there. She can fucking walk."

"Agito, it's not that far, just carry her!"

"Then why doesn't she just walk?! The stupid slut could use the exercise anyway!!"

"I'm not fat!!"

"Do it or I'll dye your hair pink the next time you fall asleep!! And I'll take pictures!!"

"Whatever." Scowling, he scooped Kayla into his arms bridal style and took off ahead of the others, resigned but determined to get it over with as soon as possible. Kayla pulled her hat down to cover her eyes. It did nothing to help hide her blush, however. Once there, Agito dropped her on her butt and immediately let Akito out, who held out a hand for Kayla. "Gomen, Kayla-nee."

"Ah, its okay," she replied, using his hand for support. Ikki and Ringo arrived on the scene within seconds.

"Yo, Ikki, over here!" The blonde-haired, blue-eyed, white hat boy that was Kazu waved to Ikki from a food stand. Onigiri was standing next to him and chomping down on some unidentifiable meat substance. Ikki hurried over to them. Ringo's friends – Kayla never could remember their names – stood over near the boys, and Ringo went off to meet them, leaving Kayla and Akito.

"Okay, Akito, what should we ride first?"

"Ferris wheel!!" He grabbed her hand and practically dragged the poor girl to his favorite ride. Kayla didn't mind, the line was short since it was so early in the day. A seemingly bored man stood at the rope thing, and waved them through without a word.

"Kayla-nee, look, look!!" Akito pointed out to their friends, who appeared to be ants from their current height. "IKKIIIIIII!!!" He screamed down. Ikki looked up. "HIIIIII!!!" Akito waved excitedly, and Kayla giggled. Little brother!!

The rest of the day was spent going from ride to ride, winning plushies, eating cotton candy, and other various activities. It seemed too soon for it, but the sun had started to set, the pretty shades of red and orange spreading out over the sky.

"Akito, we have time for one more ride." Akito pointed wordlessly to the ride that Kayla feared most. It went upside down. Kayla gulped and nodded reluctantly. "K-Kay…" Obviously the ride didn't do without tons of screaming and other terrified noises that emitted from Kayla's throat. They left the ride and met up with the others. Akito was unshaken. He quickly clutched Ikki's arm.

"Ikkiiiii!!"

"Kayla, are you okay?" Kayla looked at Ringo, her face pale and eyes wide. She fainted.

Gomen – sorry

–nee - sister

A/N Sorry for the loooooong wait!! Hope you enjoy this chapter!! Please review!! And thanks to everyone that's reviewed so far. .