Here's chapter 1. I hope you guys enjoy it.

Chapter 1: Katie Callaghan

"Rylie, wake up squirt."

"Not a squirt." Rylie mumbled, turning on her side and slowly opening her eyes. Not that opening her eyes made much of a difference.

Ryker sighed. "Come on little sister. Kichiro made breakfast."

"I'm only 13 minutes younger than you." Rylie mumbled. "Why do I even have to get up? I graduated already."

Ryker chuckled. "I know but I can't let you sleep all day. It's not healthy."

"That makes no sense but whatever." Rylie reached to the side, fumbling for her sunglasses. When she couldn't get them, Ryker slowly moved them closer to her fingers. Once she grabbed them, she quickly slipped them on.

"Really, Kichiro was going to take you around the city today."

"I don't need our big brother babysitting me."

"You're blind little sister, no matter how much of your vision those glasses improve." And with that, Ryker was gone.

Rylie quickly scanned her room letting the sunglasses identify her clothes for the day. Even though she could only see shapes with the glasses, since she still had memory of color, the glasses could identify that for her.

She got dressed and ran (carefully) down the stairs. Rylie could smell breakfast on the table. Kichiro was an excellent cook. He smiled when he saw his sister walk in. "Morning Ryles."

Rylie simply waved, sitting down at the table across from Ryker. Kichiro placed a plate of scrambled eggs and toast with glasses of milk in front of each of the twins. Rylie immediately began digging in, while Ryker ate his food slowly. Kichiro made himself a plate and sat down between the twins.

"So Rylie, we'll drop Ryker off at the high school then I've got some errands to run." Kichiro said. Rylie raised an eyebrow but shrugged.

Ryker smiled. "I don't think trying to show Rylie around will work big bro." Rylie stuck her tongue out at him.

"Those glasses let her see shapes and identify colors. That should be just enough."

Rylie rolled her eyes. "You know you guys can stop talking about me like I'm not here."

Kichiro and Ryker smiled. "Sorry, Rylie." Kichiro said.

Rylie grinned. "I should be used to it by now with two over protective older brothers."

Once breakfast was through and Ryker was at the high school, Kichiro was driving around the city.

"Let me guess: you're going to show me all the colleges San Fransokyo has to offer."

"Well you haven't decided where you want to go."

"Because I'm not sure I want to."

"But I thought you wanted to help people the way those glasses help you."

Rylie looked out the window. "You ever hear of a kid in college?"

"San Fransokyo Institute of Technology recently admitted a fourteen year old robotics genius." Kichiro said.

Rylie looked at him. "Seriously?" Kichiro nodded. Rylie got a thoughtful look on her face. "That sounds interesting." She mumbled.

Kichiro grinned, knowing he had caught Rylie's attention. "I could see about taking you on a tour."

"Do they even allow that?" Rylie asked. Kichiro nodded.

"It's one way to get new students."

Rylie looked out the window. "That sounds like a good idea." She said quietly though Kichiro could hear her.

"Alright. I know what we're doing today."

It only took about twenty minutes to reach the institute. Even though she could only see the shape of the building, Rylie was already impressed.

"Woah." She mumbled. "This is impressive."

"I know right? Wait until you see the inside."

"We can see inside?!" Kichiro simply nodded, parking the car and getting out. Rylie threw open the door and ran to the other side of the car. She would've kept running if Kichiro hadn't grabbed her by the tail of her hoodie.

"Hold on, kiddo." He said. "We do need to let the people in charge know we're coming in." Rylie crossed her arms, frowning, but followed the older Tsukimoto sibling into the building.

They walked up to the front desk where a woman with a kind face was sitting. When she saw the two, she smiled.

"What can I do for you two?" She asked, her voice dripping with sugary sweetness.

"I was hoping me and my sister could take a look around." Kichiro replied.

"Were you thinking of applying?"

"Not me, although I'm hoping she will."

The woman looked down at Rylie, eyebrow raised. Then she looked back at Kichiro. "I'm afraid this institute doesn't accept children."

"I'm not a child!" Rylie exclaimed. Kichiro put a hand on her shoulder.

"You have a fourteen year old boy in your school. Obviously the school does accept some children."

"The boy is a genius."

"So is my sister."

"Oh she is?"

Kichiro looked at Rylie and gestured to her glasses. Rylie sighed and took them off, revealing sightless green eyes. The woman looked at her expectedly.

"I made these myself." Rylie said. "Originally they were designed to allow the wearer to see in multiple scopes such as infrared and ultraviolet by plugging directly into the nerves in the skull, but they didn't work out like that." She looked at the woman, or the direction she assumed she was in. "As you can see, I'm blind. There's no possible way I can see anything right now." Rylie had Kichiro raise a number of fingers which, of course, she could not guess. "Now I put the glasses on and I'll have my brother shown me a number again." Kichiro did so, holding up three fingers. "He's holding up three fingers."

The secretary looked amazed. Rylie continued her explanation. "The glasses have allowed me to see shapes despite being totally blind. And since I still have memory of color, they can identify that for me. All by connecting to my brain."

"Well, I'll be." The secretary said. "You really are a very smart girl. I'll have to have a word with one of my superiors but I'm sure he'd be glad to let you two look around."

Not long after, the secretary called one of the students in, saying that there was no one better to give the tour. The student was a girl who looked to Rylie to be about nineteen years old. She was about a foot taller then Rylie herself, and she was smiling.

"Hi. My name is Katelyn Callaghan, or Katie as I prefer." She introduced, holding out a hand. Callaghan. Where had Rylie heard that name?

Kichiro took the offered hand politely. "I'm Kichiro Tsukimoto and this is my sister, Ryland."

"Rylie." Said sister automatically corrected.

Katie smiled and continued. "Let's get that tour started shall we."

Katie belongs to my friend, MistyLilyValley and i'll tell you this: she is related to Callaghan but she's not his daughter. Don't worry. That honor still belongs to Abigail.

Hopefully, Rylie is as intelligent as I imagine her to be.

I know Rylie hasn't met the gang yet, but don't worry that's coming up. I type these chapters on my iPhone cause my laptop doesn't have word on it yet. So i'll do my best to update them as fast as I can.

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