I got my first flames/hate reviews! Woop de doo! Here's my reply.

Guest: I made you loose brain cells? Honey, I don't think you had many to begin with. For one, please get some grammar. For two, if you didn't like it, keep your negative thoughts to yourself. You in no way discouraged me, and I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I'm continuing this story. Have a nice day.

Guest: I respect both, I will have you know. I love my readers. I do not, however, love insolent people who do nothing but flame and bring others down. If you don't like my story, don't read it, sugar! I write what I write, sweetie, and if you don't agree with that, you can go ahead and find another story that you do like. Have a nice day.

Hah! People these days. Think they're so cool just because they say something other than, 'this sucks'. People might say I'm too harsh, but if you fuck with me, I fuck with you. Don't like what I write? Don't read it! It's that simple!

Disclaimer: I own nothing and no one other than my OC, Haku.

Enjoy~

"So, Yuma," Haku spoke cheerfully, "what do you think about Ryoga?"

Yuma blushed slightly. "W-What do you mean?!"

His cousin laughed, "You know what I mean."

The boy looked away in order to conceal his blush, though Haku knew he was blushing anyway. He really, really, liked Ryoga, didn't he?

"He's cool." Yuma answered after he'd calmed his racing heart back down.

Haku raised an eyebrow. "That's all?"

She giggled when Yuma gave her a look as his cheeks tinged red. They kept walking, and for a moment, Haku thought she'd done something to upset Yuma. After all, the boy was a huge chatter box and rarely stopped speaking.

"Hey, you two."

The cousins turned around, smiling when they saw one of their best friends: Kite Tenjo, who also had his little brother -known as Hart- with him as well.

"Hey Kaito, Hart." Yuma and Haku said in unison, approaching the two. The other pair did the same till they were close enough to talk to each other.

"Where's Mizael?" Yuma asked with mock curiousness. He grinned when Kaito glared slightly and blushed every so lightly.

"You know we're not dating." The orange haired boy replied, though there was a hint of sadness in his voice, as if he didn't want to say the words.

Haku snickered evilly. "Not yet."

Kaito rolled his eyes and grinned slyly. "Haku tells me you have a crush yourself, Yuma."

The two tone haired boy blushed and glared his cousin, who was laughing her ass off. "Traitor!"

Haku wiped a tear from her eye, "You should've seen his face, Kaito! He was blushing his ass off!"

At this point, everyone but Yuma laughed. The boy himself was still sulking over his 'invasion of privacy'. But if Haku knew something, unless it was important to her, she'd expose it to the whole planet.

Now, it would be a lie to say Haku couldn't be trusted. If it was something that would hurt someone if the truth got out, Haku would keep it a secret until she was allowed to tell.

But when it came to Yuma, the girl exposed anything and everything.

"What were you up to, Kaito?" asked Haku after she'd recovered from her previous bursts of laughter.

Kaito smiled. "Me and Hart watched a movie, that's all."

"It was really good, too." Hart piped up, earning a smile from everyone around him. The boy truly was precious and sweet.

"Well, we've gotta get home." Haku said, checking her wrist watch reluctantly.

Kaito nodded and said goodbye to the two cousins, as did Hart, before the pair turned around and left, walking towards their own home. Yuma and Haku did the same, though they didn't have to walk as far as they were almost there in the first place.

"I'll warm up dinner." Haku offered as they stepped inside of the warm living room.

Yuma nodded his head and ran to go play video games while his cousin heated up their dinner. They didn't live alone; they couldn't. Yuma was only 14, as was Haku.

They lived with their Grandmother, whom they called Mimi-san.

She wasn't home as she was visiting a few of her friends, though earlier she'd called Haku and informed her that she'd made dinner. The woman then instructed the girl to warm it up the moment they got home, which Haku was currently doing.

"Sure is a pretty sunset." Haku commented to herself quietly, awe inspired by the wonderful shades of orange, yellow, purple and blue.

Little did the cousins know, Ryoga was having anything but a relaxing night.

"Father, stop it!" Rio cried as she watched her older brother ruthlessly hit with the blunt edge of a knife.

"He needs to learn his place, Rio!" Mr Kamishiro said angrily, ignoring the horrified expressions of the servants and his own wife.

The girl shook her head rapidly, tears forming in her eyes as she watched a thin trickle of red travel down the side of Ryoga's pale face. It should be her, the one getting hurt like this.

He'd done nothing wrong.

It was her who'd cost the family countless thousands of money due to her sickness. Her hospital bills had been overwhelming, yet her father still beat her brother, who was the perfect child in Rio's eye.

"That's enough." Mrs Kamishiro said suddenly, her face now lit up with anger.

The man faced his wife angrily before it melted away, replaced by a devilish grin. "You can't stop me, darling." He glanced at Rio. "Neither of you can."

"Wanna bet?!" Rio challenged, rising from her seat, only to be pushed back down hurriedly by her brother, who was shaking his head rapidly.

"Rio, you'll only get hurt!" The boy whispered softly, smiling sadly when his sister gave him a reluctant, but compliant look of defeat.

"Go to your room, Rio." Their mother said with a sigh, her tone hinting she'd outwardly calmed down. Though you could tell her anger wasn't completely quelled.

The girl nodded and gave Ryoga a look before looking back at her mother. The woman pondered silently for a moment before nodding her head, giving Rio permission.

Before their father had any objections, the girl clutched her brother's uninjured arm and pulled him up the steps and into her room. Ryoga winced at the girly smell but was grateful none the less.

"Sorry about my outburst back there." Rio said apologetically, sitting down on her soft floor across from her brother. "I just couldn't help getting mad when I saw that blood -!"

The girl shot up quickly, remembering the injury Ryoga had sustained after being abused once again. She leaned in and parted his indigo hair in order to see where the blood was coming from.

After discovering a gash on his head (which sickened her to no end), Rio sat up and quickly ran over to her bathroom, where she fetched her first aid kit and some wet towels.

"Ngh...!" Ryoga gritted his teeth as his sister dabbed his injury gently.

The girl mumbled an apology and dabbed again, jerking when her brother gave another cry of pain. Worriedly, she tore a bandage off from the long roll of cloth and wrapped it around Ryoga's head clumsily.

"I'm not a nurse, but it should feel better soon." Rio said sympathetically, offering her brother an encouraging smile. "You can sleep in my bed, if you want too."

Ryoga shook his head and returned his sister's smile weakly. "No, the floor is fine. Thanks, Rio."

The girl nodded and stood up, running to find her phone.

She had to tell Haku and Yuma!

Well, that's chapter 2. I hope some of you enjoyed this, and if you didn't? Well, you didn't, and I'm OK with that. After all, everyone has different opinions. Don't worry; negative reviews don't bother me. I'll continue this story for as long as I can.

R&R!