AN: Here is the second chapter, enjoy! If there is some grammar mistakes in the story please let me know. Thank you all who has taken the time and effort to review this fic, it really means a lot to me! I want to know what the readers think about my story! Do you hate it, love it or think it's meh? Please let me know, in that manner I can improve my plot according to your opinions. Thank you!
Chapter two
That following morning Kyosuke had slept a well-deserved sleep after last night's happenings. However a warm feeling embraced him after his sleepy brain decided to start working and remembering that today was Saturday and he was free of any duties! He couldn't help but to notice the faint chattering of birds coming from outside, ignoring them he tried to sleep in some more before starting his day but was regrettably disrupted by a sudden gust of a cool morning breeze from his window, ah his window was open, that meant someone had come inside of his room and opened it up for some fresh air. The most likely candidate of the deed was probably his mother who from time to time used to do this. He decided to ignore it and proceeded to stare at the orange box that had been painted on his wall by the timid morning sun. his eyes decided to focus on the illuminated dust particles that was floating around resembling a solar system, it always amused him how the little things could be so much more with the appropriate mindset. It was now time to get up unless he wanted to starve the rest of day. Meals always had a set deadline and finish, those who could not make it in time would have to be happy with what were leftovers. As Kyosuke got up and put on some slacks and a T-shirt he gave himself the pleasure to put all the planets in disarray with a quick blow of air. Closing the door, he made a ninety degree turn and went for the bathroom to freshen himself up, nobody was present at the hallway which indicated that Kirino was already down stairs and eating or that she left early for some photo shoot.
He was wondering about what he should do today maybe head over to Manami's place and hangout for some hours or maybe just watch some movies and invite over Akagi? Huh, it's really hard deciding what to do!
He kept pondering on what activity to engage in while stepping in the bathroom and prepared to wash the drowsiness out of him, the water was cold and refreshing, when he was done he snatched his towel and hastily dried his face and stepped out of the bathroom about to head over to the stairs and have a nice breakfast according to the smell he was sensing, this made him smile as he was humming to one of the songs on his phone he kept listening to. Wow, seems mom outdid herself again hehe!
"Where do you think you are going, huh?" Leaning on her door with her arms crossed Kirino was staring at me with a scornful look on her face.
"I was about to head down to have some breakfast..." Why does she have to be home today? I was about to spend this day with friends or at least planned to.
"Hmph, I don't think so! You are going to come inside of my room this instance, you hear!" Wow, this girl who does she think she is? Why can't she be a bit more polite and a bit less aggressive on reeling me in?
In a last stand I tried to give some relatively decent excuses to why I can't come in! "What about breakfast? Mom and Dad are waiting for us!" This got to do it then I don't know what will!
"Tch" She clicked her tongue and sighed like I am the dumbest guy on the planet and went ahead to place her hands on her hips. "I told them you are not hungry and will eat later!"
"WHAT! Why did you do that I was very hungry you know I might die out of hunger! This is unacceptable! Even if she is planning on torturing me this whole day why is she taking away my most important meal of the day, why?
Her response was dismissive snort and a few brisk but fast paced steps towards me.
"Shut up noisy you should be grateful that you are given the permission to even enter my room!" As if I wanted to anyway, geez give me a break.
Kirino got a hold of my wrist and dragged me inside and locked the door in precaution, then turned around and faced me passively. Sometimes I want to know what goes on in her slightly rounded head of hers, well now that I think about it maybe not. Still remaining silent Kirino was giving her computer some insecure side glances as she was pondering about god know what.
Finally she cleared the fog and apparently now was a lot more exited. "Take a seat!" She said that as she gestured for the pink office chair in front of her desktop computer. By the looks of it the computer was still in standby mode but with a black screen that had been turned off beforehand, I took a closer look and found out that her mouse mat was draped in pink and grazed by the pink haired witch with the ridiculous clothes and an equally silly staff, she is really not lying about her passion that's for sure!
My fighting spirit long lost at the threshold of the bathroom and frustration over my loss of food this morning made me to obey her orders to the latter and took a seat. Without really thinking I turned on the LED screen and waited for some logos to pass by as I leaned back and braced myself for what obscene material she might have prepared for me!
Unsurprised I observed the screen, the thing is I am impressed by Kirino passiveness she is just watching me with those azure orbs that send chills down my spine for no apparent reason. Oh, I spoke to soon! Her trademark disgusted frown took form on her face and was getting ready to scold me!
"What do you think you are doing?"
"Nothing really ju..." And just like that I was cut of mid-sentence; somehow all my arguments are invalid to this girl...
"It seems you haven't learned a thing since last night, you are supposed to wait patiently for my next command and then act. Stupid!"
"Yeah, I am sorry!"
"Hmph, at least east you get it!" I don't really know why but I get this itching feeling on my mind when my intelligence is questioned and I am being scolded like some kind of pet and as the icing on the cake it's being done by this girl!
"Now, take a look at the monitor already and stop staring at me like an idiot, I have a complex schedule planned out for today!"
"Does it include food?"
"If you keep nagging about it, you will starve." Aw, come on it's a very basic thing to eat; I shouldn't have taken it for granted, sigh.
The first thing I noticed when turning my face towards the screen was a big picture of a girl, probably eleven or twelve years old by the looks of it. Skimpy rags closely hugging her features I automatically assumed that she was some kind of stranded on an island little sister and was proven correct by the flashy title screen where it stood in a childish style the title of the game. 'Little sister Island' there was four little sisters with similar perseverance's as the main one. The story's setting was pretty simple but interesting enough to hook Kirino, everyone inclusive the big brother or Ni-Nii or whatever he was called had been stranded on a mysterious island and the main plot was set around how the protagonist developed his taboo relationship with his little sisters. It was a point and click visual novel with many varying choices to make regarding the approach you would take to make the little sisters fall head over heels in love with you. As the story progressed you had to build a shelter and upgrade it with a roof and eventually some furniture and stuff.
Kirino had already booted up her save file with an astonishing ninety four percent total completion, seriously when does she finds the time necessary to play these games, kind of made me jealous of her! Model, honor student and the ace of the track team yet she finds the time to kill with these games, she is pretty amazing, however the look on her face when she got when the game finished loading and the images of Rino-chan stopped spinning around on the loading screen was complex to say at least. Frustration and anger had her taken over but she didn't actively show it but instead continued to be totally engrossed in the game without uttering a single word. The atmosphere was getting really awkward, Kirino was standing behind me and was bent over to reach the mouse and keyboard to play, her hand was resting on mine and I was fighting to keep my blush as minimal as possible, her head next to mine and the small furrowed brows showing that something is wrong in game! My thoughts was halted by her voice being raised and her hands rubbing her temples probably barely holding back a head ache by the looks of it!
"Here, it's here where I always get something wrong and get the stupid bad ending to cute Rino-chan's route! She deserves a better ending!"
What is this girl rambling on about? How should I know what she is missing to get a good end, out of all people why is she asking me?"
I had to play this smart and be professional about this matter and successfully avoid a violent backlash, you never knew with Kirino! "Well I haven't played any sort of games like this before so I don't know what to do, but you could go online and search some wiki's about this game." As I was moving my hands to alt tab out of the game to type in the web browser Kirino abruptly slapped my hand away!
"Sigh, don't you think I haven't already thought about that! It's a matter of pride for me to clear this game with my own abilities, not someone else's!"
"Okay, then what can I do to help?" Well it was worth a shot, after all the normal rules don't apply to this girl!
"You see, the problem is that my skills in eroge gaming are godly, and I have completed every little sister game that I got my hands on up to one hundred percent! But this game just won't..."
It would help if she could speak clearly about what is troubling her. "Won't what?"
"J-just wait, I will show you!" as she said that I got shoved out of the way and she replaced me on the office chair, while I got to stand on the side and idly watch her click on some dialogue options popping up as she progressed through the route.
"Here, observe carefully all my dialogue choices from this point on, you hear!" Accordingly I prepared myself by leaning to her side and watch with keen eyes. The scene that was playing out in front of us was pretty cliché to be honest, the little sister had been wandering of to find some firewood for that night's dinner when she unconsciously walked in to a swamp and her way of escape got cut off as a big alligator was lurking around in the nearby waters. The vigilant big brother was unsurprisingly somewhere nearby doing something of less importance as he heard the girly screams for help that was drenched with dread and terror!
At this point we got our first choice to make, there were three options.
Option one: Ignore the desperate cries for help and go tend to other sisters. Is this really an in game option, it's really surprising for a game like this, to just abandon their main character.
Option two: Sprint towards the camp to find help and hope you are not too late. This seemed to be the most reasonable option of the three, I mean how else could a sixteen year old male fend off a fully grown alligator; I didn't have more time to brood over how to defeat an alligator when the third and final option popped up!
Option three: Rush over to Rino-chan's location and save her! As expected Kirino choose the third without any hesitation what so ever! Unable to stand letting a little sister remain in distress any longer.
Shortly after a loading screen the big brother found himself a few meters away of Rino-chan's proximity. Poor Rino who was trembling out of the fear caused by the blood thirsty alligator, she was shouting for her Aniki to hurry and save her. The place Rino-Chan was trapped in resembled a foggy swamp with vines arching between trees, the atmosphere was something a tad different than the one of a horror movie featuring some horrible swamp monster. Alien sounds echoing from the surrounding jungle further complementing to the atmosphere. The devs had done a good job with the surrounding scenery, maybe even a bit too good. But Kirino didn't falter she had the resolve and clicked away on the choices that was presented to her. Finally the big brother was standing on a different segment of land that was a separated by a large stream of muddy water, on the other side Rino-chan was locked in place by the sheer terror. Unable to move it was up to the big brother to do something. Obviously!
At this point I was equally engrossed in the ongoing happenings in the game that I had placed my hand on Kirino's shoulder for a better and more stable view on the screen.
Game Dialogue
The ground was wet and slippery caused by the constant rain and thunder strikes from the heavens. Rino-chan's terrified sniffles quickened and it was impossible to tell if she was crying or if the rain drops was creating a faux impression, however the utterly terrified Rino was losing her footing and could any minute slip down to the water and be at the alligators fangs mercy, Something had to be done!
"Aniki! Help it's getting closer!" Time was short; she would eventually lose her footing and get devoured by the lurking beast!
"RINO! There are some good vines to get a hold of to your left!" The oblivious Rino who was on the edge of total panicking couldn't reach out to grab the nearby vines because her small body was frozen in place out of fear.
Realizing this, the brave big brother did the unlikely and took a step back to prepare for his jump over to Rino. One could say that he was insane; the alligator could easily launch its body and crush his body with the many razor sharp teeth residing in the beast's massive jaws! However as a result of the adrenaline pumping in his veins and the fear of losing a loved one, such thoughts didn't even cross his mind even once, as he care freely jumped a cross the stream. The first thing that crossed his mind was to get Rino in safety by grabbing her hand and dragging her a few steps back and embracing her with his free hand, the other one was holding the torch he had been carrying around to illuminate the fog that was abnormally thick. His stern gaze never leaving the alligator as Rino was burrowing her head in her big brothers chest. Rino was safe, for now...But the fact remained that how in the world they would get across the stream safely? The gears in his head spinning rapidly trying to come up with a decent way to cross without any of them getting eaten or losing some limbs.
"It's alright Rino I am here now. It's alright everything is going to be fine! I promise." He was not so sure anymore if they would get out of this great ordeal alive or not but he had just promised that he would get them to safety, well, even if it made him a liar it was worth it tenfold just to make poor Rino get a brief rush of safety and bliss.
The alligator was getting restless and started to make its way inlands slowly but surely. Much to the horror of them both! Was this it? Would they meet their demise by this hungry alligator and in this ungodly swamp? NO! He had to do something, anything, oh right he had a torch. The alligator was now only a mere meter away from them and was closing in on them, Rino still holding onto her brothers firm embrace was now crying again, silent sobs and the growing humidity of his T-shirt proved it! When the alligator finally had come to close he swung his torch towards the alligators head and impacted earning him some time to grab Rino and back off towards the stream effectively switching places and able to escape unless they got double teamed by another alligator, carefully scanning the surroundings for any other signs of potential threats and as the alligator now was pushing them towards the stream hoping to trap them, only one choice remained they had to jump across!
"Rino get a hold of yourself! We have to jump!"
"I c-can't make it...s-save yourself...Aniki!"
"Are you stupid I would never leave you behind!" As this line left his mouth he threw the torch towards the alligator and lifted Rino up into the air and carried her bridal style. The alligator was afraid of the fire and wandered off making Rino and her brother to feel relieved. Carrying Rino he easily jumped back to the other side now that there wasn't a wild beast lurking in the stream of water, the rain drops still felt like machine gun fire and smattered against the ground, Rino had fallen asleep out of exhaustion, the continuous rain making it easy to see through her already partially nonexistent clothing. Soon they were back at camp as the sun was setting creating a romantic reunion between the siblings, hugs were exchanged and everyone made sure to express how worried they were when they hadn't come back, they even sent out a search party but there was no sign of them. Probably because stupid Rino had wandered out to a swamp in search of fire wood...Oh Rino...
Later that night
The Camp fire was extinguished long ago and deep silence had settled over the camp as everyone was peace fully asleep in their huts and long gone to dream island. However Rino wasn't asleep but instead was now tip-toeing her way towards her brother's hut where he was unknowingly was sleeping. Nobody noticed her and she found herself at his door, she was anxious! What if her brother didn't want her to be there and would get angry at her for staying up this late! But her anxious ness didn't stop her, as she applied minimal pressure on the door to make the creaking as nonexistent as possible, there he was sleeping soundly, Rino climbed on top of her brother and poked his cheek in order to wake him.
(Rubbing his eyes to make him aware of what was going on.) "Huh, Rino what are you doing here, it's pretty late you should be asleep!"
"Are you mad?"
"No, I would never be mad at you!"
"That's good!" Burrowing her head in her brother's chest, she became overwhelmed by his smell. "Can I sleep here?"
"Of course!" he answered reassuringly.
To his surprise Rino went ahead and kissed him on the lips, it felt great but he was perplexed to why this was happening!
"Do you love me Aniki?"
"Uhh, I guess." This was super strange Rino never was this frank about things like this!
"I love you too! Aniki!" As they were talking Rino had snuck up behind her brother and was giving him an arm lock!
"R-Rino? What are you doing it hurts! Stop please!"
"I am just showing how much I love you! Later we are going to do the legs and eventually even the fingers!" He was trying to overpower Rino but to no avail, when did she get so strong, He couldn't even budge! The pain was getting more intense and pulsating; it was getting to the point of being unbearable!
"Rino, why are you doing this?"
"Aniki is surrounded by females all the time, which are trying to steal him away from Rino! That's no good isn't it? Aniki is only mine and will always be...mine! Rino's eyes had lost their regular glimmer and was now frighteningly soul less! The pain was getting greater and when he thought he was at his limit an explosion of pain and agony welled over him, and a loud crack came from his arm! When he turned his head around he saw that his arm was bent in the wrong direction and was numb, he got caught by a wave of sickness and passed out. The last words he heard where. "When I am done with Aniki I can bring him with me everywhere I go! I love you so much Aniki!
The End
"Oh, god why?" Why did have to witness that with my sister?
"Geez, I have had enough of this farce! This game is broken and stupid! I didn't buy this from the Yandere shelf it was bought from the Tsundere little sister shelf! Gaaah! I have tried every possible choice I even went as far as abandoning her! I am turning in this game to get a new one...Stupid, stupid game! Look I even scribbled down all of my choices and they all resulted in the exact same ending!" She was literally rubbing her Merulu note pad against my face to get her point through!
I reached out my hand and did what I used to do when we were kids, patted her head in a gentle and comforting way! "It can't be helped; you tried your best after all! Look at the screen, one hundred percent completion!
"But it wasn't fulfilling it feels like there is a big hole in my stomach and...what is life?" It feels strange but accomplishing, to be able to do something for Kirino without being verbally assaulted for once!
"That's probably hunger; we haven't eaten a thing the whole morning thanks to a certain someone!"
"Hmph fine, but you will have to cook something! I am not in the mood right now!"
"As if I was going to let you your culinary skills are horrible!" Holding back a laugh at Kirino's reaction, which was surprisingly cute for once? It felt like we were actually siblings again!
"Wha-that's not tru...Wait a minute why is your hand still on my head, you pervert? And don't you think I didn't notice your hand on my shoulder you siscon! It was good while it lasted, sigh!
We had been glued to the computer monitor for at least an hour! I got kicked out of Kirino's room, as she was going to change from her sleeping wear to something more casual and didn't want me around to witness that. She briefly told me to change into outdoor clothes because we were heading out after Brunch. I didn't even have the chance to complain before I found myself outside her door, not that it would change anything of course but at least I could tell myself that I didn't go down without a fight and get to keep my dignity! Geez, the pace of this girl is just too fast, she is stressing me out! Right, I have to fix something for us to eat. With that on my mind I hurried to change into something suitable to accompany that girl in public if I went for something casual that doesn't stand out in a crowd I would probably get scolded by her and be sent right back up to my room to change, which I would rather avoid at all cost! It's all about keeping your dignity with this girl!
The living room door was open and I wandered in not finding our parents there but instead a small note. Probably from mom because dad works now so that only makes mom the only possible option, she is most certainly out with her other mom friends hunting for some new frying pan or something. I strolled by the note on the dining table having already predicted its contents and was now in front of the refrigerator pondering on what to make. What about a nice salad? Nah, to light what about an omelet, hmm that will do, all the required ingredients are present in the fridge. This shouldn't be too hard I could add in some pork to, yeah that's nice! As I went ahead and made the omelet there was no sign of Kirino, what is she doing in her room that is taking such a long time?
The pork omelet was steaming hot as I cut it in half, it was pretty disheartening to watch as my masterpiece get butchered but oh well, we got to eat something. Opening the kitchen cabinets I took out two mediums sized plates and set table, two glasses, one can of water, oh right let's not forget the cutlery it would be hard eating without them. As I made these small but important arrangements there was someone coming down the stairs, the footsteps gave away the fact that it was Kirino!
She was now standing at the living room door frame in her usual pose with her hands on her hips, systemically scanning her surroundings. I don't know why but with her standing there judgingly studying me with those azure orbs kind of makes me nervous, the worst is the silence that comes with not knowing what she is up to. The living room clock was ticking louder than usual it seemed, tick tock and so on, the silence made me notice these small things I wouldn't normally. My gaze averted between her eyes and the clock not knowing which one to focus on, the clock showed that the time was twenty past noon, huh, it was pretty far into the day if we were supposed to head out then we should hurry, if this girl just would say something instead of just standing there!
Kirino's right eyebrow was raised and a confident smirk grew on her face baring her lone fang to the world, then she went ahead and sniffed with great excessiveness, while her arms changed positions in to a demonstrative folded arms position her smirk evolved to a flashy grin: "At least it smells good!" With the awkward silence broken she approached the kitchen in a quick pace. I could not help to be a bit proud at least, I mean it's not every day this girl praises you about your cooking, well it maybe wasn't that much of a praise, but more like passive teasing.
"I made some omelet, do you want some?" Kirino was giving me a weird grimace as she heard my line.
"What, that's like breakfast not lunch which you were supposed to make! And to answer to your question, what of a choice do I have, than to eat your omelet, Hmph!" I am sure one or two veins popped on my forehead just now, I put my soul into that dish and she has the nerve to complain about how plain it is when she excused herself from helping me cook something perhaps a bit more appealing! So ungrateful, maybe I should strangle her, that would make my day...What the hell am I thinking, such thoughts don't belong in my as of yet relatively normal brain!
"Hey, stop being disrespectful and when you space out you are disgusting, seriously stop!" Maybe I was a bit too hasty when deciding against strangling her, the big question remains to where I should bury the body?
Kirino's hand reached out for my face and snapped her slender fingers stopping me from my scheming.
Annoyed with this bitchy girl I proceeded to answer with as little acknowledgement as possible which resulted in a stupid sounding: "Huh?"
"Don't huh me, we need to hurry!" I give up!
Taking her first and maybe last bite out my omelet, I could do nothing but to watch the fork that had pierced the small bit of omelet enter her mouth and the small pink lips hers surround it. I was feeling stupid! I shouldn't feel so hopeful about her liking it, even if she did there is no way she would say it clearly for me to comprehend! Chewing slowly and moving the food around inside her mouth like one of those professional food critics as she tasted my omelet, her eyes never leaving my own and keeping her annoying poker face on while she still munched on the food. Finally she swallowed and reached out for a napkin to wipe her lips of any potential smudge, it felt like forever until she decided to open her mouth again to give the final nail in the coffin for my self-confidence regarding cooking. But it never came! Instead what I got was a monotone "It was good!" with as little lip movement as she spoke. Better than nothing I guess. The rest of our little brunch passed by smoothly without any of us conversing any further.
Having placed the dirty plates and glasses in the sink, we stepped out of the kitchen/living room area and found our way towards the cubby where our shoes where located. Me picking my a bit fancier sneakers with some green crocodile on them, and was done putting on my shoes first and opened the door. As fast as the first ray of sunlight hit my poor eyes before I could narrow them I noticed that the family sedan was gone and not parked at the drive in of the garage, strange seems that I should have read mom's note after all! But I just couldn't bear the thought of going back inside shoving past Kirino and into the living room...Nah not worth it. By the way Kirino is taking an abnormal amount of time to put on her shoes. Taking a closer look I noticed that in her hands was the new pair of high heels she and mom purchased last weekend. The ridiculous amount of leather straps made it amusing to watch as Kirino struggled with putting them on and I failed to hold back some of my chuckles, I knew very well that she was going to practice her revenge on me, but it was still worth it...at the moment.
With the scorching afternoon sun making me regret having chosen my new beige chino pants and the navy blue vest for this trip to god knows where, surprisingly my attire was given an O.K by Kirino, but it didn't help the fact that my shirt was clinging on to my body like tapestry because of my sweat, it was a nice shirt the dominant colors were red and navy blue, patterned in squares all over the shirt while white stripes complimented the combo by giving it some complexity, but regrettably most of the shirt was obscured by my vest and had to go through a urgent trip to the washing machine when we came home later, however it was nice day, perfect for heading out to the inner city or whatever she had planned.
Some minutes had passed and the station was visible from the few hundred meters we still had to walk for reaching it. Throughout the stroll to the station Kirino had insisted on us walking at least five meters apart, which was kind of weird even for her. Do I smell bad or something? I don't really know.
As expected on a Saturday the station was filled with different people, some girls aged around thirteen walked in a horizontal line of three and enjoying their ice creams in the hot weather, at the waiting platforms further down the security stops some high school teen agers similar to my own age and build who appeared to be delinquents where thrashing about, thank fully Kirino was headed towards another platform and I breathed a sigh of relief, I am in no mood for getting ganged up on and losing a tooth or two.
Kirino annoyingly picked up her pace and I fell a few steps behind her, it was then I for the first time today noticed her apparel, the thing that initially caught my eyes first was her Venetian blonde hair which flowed in the wind elegantly. She was a model no point arguing against it, and her attire just proved the point even further, today she was sporting a turquoise sweater paired with a black mini skirt which showed that she was bold enough to wear something utilizing a bit more risqué, by any means not in a slutty way of course, her outfit screamed sophistication. Matching the skirt with a pair of charcoal colored stockings that followed her slim legs all the way to her thighs making it a perfect match. Her favorite accessory the necklace with the single pink cross, not the Christian cross but the one you find in hospitals, nonetheless it looked fine on her, I could only imagine the price tag of the tiny bit of plastic, I would probably be traumatized. I have nothing against designer brand clothing in fact I believe my pants are of an expensive brand, but the fabric is to some degree water resistant and of higher quality which makes it worth the price. On her head a pair of white sunglasses was placed in a stylish fashion, but it kind of worries me that she not even once used them to shield her eyes from the radiant sun that grazed us today, maybe they were aesthetic. Around her right arm, her pink handbag was swung across her shoulder and dangled back and forth as she took a new step forward.
Perhaps the thing that identified Kirino as Kirino was her pink hair pin which I gave her many years back; she probably doesn't remember that, anyway she wore that accessory all the time! She must really be fond of it.
We were now standing in front of the big screen which told us when the trains arrived, I had no idea which train we were supposed to wait for nor did I bother to ask.
With one hand occupied holding her phone and the other had been elevated to a position where her index finger was gliding in the air in front of the arrivals screen searching for a particular train, it stopped for a moment but before I could focus my vision and pinpoint what train we were boarding she had removed her finger and walked away gesturing eagerly for me to follow.
The only leads I've got so far on where we are going are the following: We are on the chuo-Sobu Line, heading east of Chiba and at a rapid pace. Surprisingly Kirino had me sit with her on the train. Buildings flashing past with a mixture of white and grey blur, while the sun was continuously blinding my eyes as it hid behind the taller buildings and coming out to further blind me in a peek a boo fashion, when the smaller ones appeared, but it all came to an end when the train entered the Sobu line tunnel. Suddenly being engulfed by the darkness of the tunnel made me look to the side and check on Kirino but she didn't notice that, she was with great dexterity and speed tapping away on her phone probably texting her friends.
Soon the tunnel was long gone and back to the outside world, I was kind of tired of watching blur and turned my head ninety degrees facing the seat in front of me. Eyes still fixed on the phone and small rectangular light reflections from the screen showed the focus in her text messaging, not caring enough to take a peek I closed my eyelids letting myself be put in a trance while listening after the sounds of the slight screeching of the of the rails as the train made a turn and soon I was off dreaming of eating the freshly backed sweets at the Tamura sweet shop….
"Pinch!" there is something lightly bugging me!
"OW, oww sthap, stop! It hurts, damn it! Finding out that the slight bugging was indeed a cruel pinch with her nails that hurt like hell! I was wide awake with a red mark on my right cheek, why couldn't she just shake my shoulder or something!?
"Its time for us to get off!"
Having grasped my wrist with great power to make me follow I couldn't do much to resist without making a big scene when we exited the train and arrived at the island platforms.
More question marks than answers had popped up in my head, when I saw the many cosplayers clad in some strange costumes from the equally strange anime's they presumably watched! Why where there teen age girls who had dresses up as maids and while shouting lines like Master and lord, handed out flyers to by passers.
As soon as we took a step outside my vision got obscured by the infinite amount of gigantic LED screens streaming the latest anime! So many shops and stands selling merchandise of popular manga! This could only be one place I can think of, Akihabara!
We had only walked a few meters away from the station before the regular people where separated from the Otaku's, the west path that headed towards the household electronics area were travelled by those families who wanted to buy a new washing machine or microwave oven, but me and Kirino where headed north to the bastion of Otaku culture...
I was kind of nervous, to be honest! I had never been here, EVER! After all the horror stories you hear from various people including my own dad, no wonder you might feel a bit nervous when coming to this place!
However Kirino on the other hand was in some sort of supreme bliss and watching everything like a kid in a candy shop, giggling hysterically.
Suddenly she stopped and flung her arms in the air and took a deep breath before yelling with the top of her lungs: "AAKIIIHAAABARAA~!" What an idiot, people will thing she is some sort of lunatic!
"Stop that, you are being weird!"
"Huh, and that is supposed to come from you?"
"How am I weird?"
"Tch, you just are, period!" Looking away to her left effectively avoiding my stern gaze, she was ignoring me.
"Hey, stop being so over the top, it's annoying!"
"Hmph, where is he?"
"What do you mean? There was no other guy with us other than me!"
"The guy that cares about what you say!" BADUM TSSS! That's the sound she made when she kind of burned me, cruelly. It was such a bad diss...
"That hurt you know even if the diss was horrible!"
"Then stop being noisy!"
"...Okay!?"
"Good."
The remaining self-esteem I had left from being with this girl had hit the bottom, the fact that my opinion wasn't valid when with her was kind of depressing, I could leave her here and return back home it wasn't too late to save my Saturday. But no, I couldn't leave her here, what if some perverted cross dresser kidnapped her or something! Stay vigilant Kyosuke! Vigilant!
Kirino seemed a bit nervous, after witnessing the immense crowd of sweaty Otaku's waiting for some shop to open up!
"Hey, do you see that crowd?"
"Duh, of course I do!" still a little pissed from before I just couldn't answer with decency.
"I want you to escort me through that crowd!"
(Brain processing sentence...)
"Eh, what do you mean by escorting?"
While being flustered she answered:"Geez, why are you so unbelievably stupid! Do you want me to spell it out for you? Just let me latch on to your arm that's all and don't you dare come up with a stupid theory of me liking you!"
"Who said I liked you?" the face she made when I cornered her was so insecure and girly! Blushing and out of words. Soon she would come up with a counter attack, I better act before that!
Stretching out my arm she did her thing and got a hold of my arm. It made her surprisingly happy!
Now with me leading the way, we continued to walk down the densely packed streets of Akihabara, colliding with a great deal of people as I manly paved a path for us while the pissed bystanders glared at us. Many that was too engrossed in their portable games or cellphones didn't notice us at all making it that much easier for me to shove past them, after a lot of elbowing with sweaty Otaku's Kirino brought our Akiba march to an end in front of a suspicious game shop, the same pink haired girl that she so fondly adored and worshipped being used as the main theme of the shop. We were currently ten meters from the shop and still having a good fifty people packed between us and the entrance.
"Listen I will now reveal the objective of today's trip to Akihabara to you!" Better late than never, I guess.
"O.K and they are?"
"There is a game I want really badly, and today is the early release event of the game!"
"But why are there so many people here?"
"The game is a very highly estimated sequel of a previous equally godly game!"
"I get it but why do you seem so restless?"
"You just don't get it do you? The game is only available in twenty five copies!"
"Why can't you just wait for it release for everyone?"
"And wait like one week? By then everyone is already maxed out their gear and reached the level cap! That is not an option!
"What is the name of the game anyway?"
"How can you not know the name of the hottest game of the year? It's called Siscalypse!" Maybe because you didn't tell me!
"So what am I supposed to do?"
"Okay, I want you to put your honor on the line and make a rush for the entrance of the store to be able to secure a copy Siscalypse for me!"
"So you are telling me to sacrifice myself and getting trampled to death by a hysterical mob just to buy a game?"
"Correct!"
"That's like asking me to commit seppuku!"
"You don't have a choice!"
"And why is that?" Trying to look more intimidating by furrowing my brow and putting on my best (lips formed into a thin line) expression. Kirino didn't even flinch!
"Then I should show mom and dad your small stash of porn mags? Hmm it's really tempting!"
Why. How?! When did she find out about those?
"Oh, what happened? Not so confident anymore are you huh?" I give in! Sometimes it's better to just don't resist your fate!
"Fine I will do it!" I had no choice but to comply.
Kirino flipped open her cellphone seemly checking something.
"There is exactly one minute for the store to open, brace yourself!"
Gulp...I can do this!
"And go!"
"Wait there has only been a few seconds!?"
"GOOO! FOR THE GLORY OF LITTLE SISTERS!"
The doors of the shop slowly opened and the timid crowd instantly turned into an anarchy driven horde! Someone pushed me on my back and I was launched forward, luckily I didn't lose my footing so I was able further advance! Shortly after my vest got grabbed by another angry otaku hindering me from my objective! It couldn't be helped my vest had to be abandoned! Zipping myself out of it and continuing the sprint towards the cash register. It seemed all of these Otaku's where after my blood, no mercy was given and I earned myself some minor scratches on the wrists. Many had already bought their game and were contently strolling out of the back entrance.
Next in line was me and there were only two copies of Siscalypse left I could do this!
STEP! JUMP! FLIP! Someone with the agility of a ninja just front flipped over my head and landed in front of me in the line! The mysterious figure was clad in in a green squared shirt and some plain jeans from the nineties! In fact the whole outfit seemed to be directly taken from a stereotypical otaku in the nineties! The tight shirt that was neatly tucked in under the jeans and those strange whirly glasses that seemed to just be aesthetic. What a large chest area...oh looks like it's a girl, now that I have mentioned it she has really long hair to!
Beep! "Thank you for your purchase! Hope you have nice day!
The sound of the scanner registering the barcode of not one but two of the Siscalypse games successfully making the game shop out of stock of that particular game...I had failed!
The otaku girl gave me a short glance before she to decide to walk out of the backdoor and the rest of the customers let out a defeated moan. Now I had to face the furious Kirino, Sigh.
Back outside Kirino was waiting with hopefulness almost jumping out of excitement.
"Did you get it, I am sure you did! Right?"
"Erm hate to break it to you but, I didn't manage to grab a copy of your game."
"WHAAT!? YOU ARE A FAILIURE!" Calming herself and getting a grip of her emotions Kirino continued to speak. "You were supposed to fight to your last breath out there; you bring shame to the rest of the ancient gladiators who gave their lives to Rome!"
So she sees me as nothing more than a gladiator, hah. I snorted at the thought. "Just let me explain, okay?"
"It better be a damned good explanation!"
"Some girl beat me to the register and bought two copies of the game!"
"What, that's cheating, so dirty!"
"I know, but that's how it is and unfortunately I can't change it!"
"Hmph lets go just go home!" Handing me my vest which she had been kind enough to pick up as we turned our heels and started walking back to the station.
"Ooii! Wait up!" Turning our heads towards the voice I was taken aback when I saw the strange otaku girl jogging towards us!
"Hah, I thought I would never find you!"
"Um, hello..." Kirino didn't say anything and was looking away.
She waited until she had caught her breath before speaking. "You are the one from the store earlier, right?"
"Yeah!" This one sided conversation was getting awkward.
"I think you would appreciate this!" In the hand she had stretched out were the game Kirino wanted, Siscalypse!
"Are you sure, I mean why would you give away one of your copies?"
"Well, that's a good question, I had thought of using that copy of Siscalypse as a giveaway for my club."
"Really?" I can't help to be a bit skeptical when a total stranger was offering a free game to me!
Finally Kirino broke her silence and spoke. "What sort of club are you in and what is it called?"
"Let's go and sit at a nice café and I can show you my club!"
I am still not sure about this, I should decline! After all she is a stranger and all!
Slightly tilting my head towards Kirino and with a whispering voice I tried to convince her to leave.
"Kirino, I think we should" Before I could say anything more Kirino interrupted me!
"We accept!" Wow, really smart, dad would be proud of her!
"Kirino what are you doing?"
"We could at least hear her out!"
"What are you two whispering about?"
I prepared to speak bur Kirino beat me to the punch!
"Nothing! Would you please lead the way! Oh right what should we call you?"
"Call me Saori, Saori Bajeena!" Her lips curled into a strange W patter.
Cough, cough!
What a name, is she serious! I really wanted to laugh out loud but that would make me look like a dick. Kirino showed no signs of laughter; she must be struggling with inner turmoil right now!
"Do you two happen to be in a relationship by the way? You look really nice together!"
This time it was Kirino turn to cough...
"WHAT! No, no there is nothing like that! He is just my brother...
"Yeah, it's true!"
With the little miss understanding out of the way we went to a popular maid café, pretty garden it was called apparently. There we got to further know this Saori Bajeena, and learned that she in fact was the president of a club! The club was an otaku club oriented towards females, which was apparent in the name: Otaku girls unite! She showed us the web site and Kirino added Saori to her contacts, my suspicion never really fading until she actually showed us the website on her tablet. After our little talk Kirino promised that we would be present at the next meet on Tuesday. I was still not okay with this, Saori seemed nice enough! But the idea of an offline meet up was fishy! When we finally parted ways Saori discreetly handed me the game I a few hours earlier was trying to get.
Waving her hand at us Saori took off towards the western part of Akihabara while we headed towards the JR Station.
"Hey, Kirino I believe you want this!" Handing her the game with a smile on my face I couldn't help but to feel a bit happy for her!
"It seems you completed your mission after all! Hihhihehe!"
Then an explosion of happiness welled over Kirino and she sprinted towards the station with game clutched against her chest, making me hurry after her!
With a sudden side step she turned around and uttered something, I couldn't hear what she said, but I figured out soon after one of her really warm and genuine smiles that the words she spoke where some sort of thank you. It really warmed my heart!
My little sister is a strange individual, at times she can be cute and sometimes she is just plainly annoying! But being able to see her smile like this just makes it all worth it in the end…
AN: Really enjoyed writing this one! Chapter three will be out soon! I hope…