Disclaimer: Pot doesn't belong to me. Too sad, isn't it?

Rating: T

Summary: Will they fight over Akaya? Will love manage to make things change for the better? ( part 3)

A/N: English is not my first language; feel free to point out the mistakes I made.

Sorry for the long wait…

Kirihara was upset. He kept seeing the blow his sister gave his boyfriend. He wanted to talk about it to someone but he didn't know to whom he could speak. There was no way he could talk to his parents. Neither could he talk to his sempais and especially not to Sanada.

He was afraid. He knew how strong his sister was. He knew what she was capable of doing when angry.

Without realizing it he picked up his cell phone and dialed a random number.

"Moshi moshi"

"Hello buchou, it's me Akaya."

"Yes. What do you want? It's pretty late."

"I've a big problem buchou and I needed to talk to someone."

"Ok, tell me."

"I'm going out with Sanada-fukubuchou and…"

"Well congratulation."

"Thanks but it's not where my problem lies. My sister caught us making out in the clubroom. Now she will fight him in a kendo match. She thinks he was molesting me. I'm afraid she'll hurt him. I don't want him to be injured."

"And what do you want me to do?"

"I know that stupid sister of mine has a crush on you. So can you please make her change her mind?"

"You are talking about Soraya-sempai?"

"Yes but she is as old as you. She skipped a grade in elementary school because she was really smart."

"I'm sorry Akaya but I don't love your sister. Nevertheless I'll try to talk to her."

"Buchou you're the best."

"Don't thank me before we manage to prevent her from hurting my fukubuchou. Now go tosleep. Tomorrow will be a better day."

Sanada was in his room. His cheek was red and he tried to cool the burn with a cold cloth. He expected what was going to happen. He knew it was too early to get close to his lover. He tried to avoid it. He tried everything he could to stay away from him. But he couldn't and now he had to fight his sister, head of the girl kendo club of the Senior High School of Rikkaidai.

He threw the cloth in the laundry basket before picking his sword and going to the dojo to practice a little before dinner.

While swinging his sword he thought that the kiss was worth the blow he got. He also thought about the fight, the strength of Kirihara's sister… Every year her club went to the nationals and won or ended vice champion. Rumors said she was also taking part to adult championship.

Soraya was in her room. The film of her brother being kissed kept playing again and again in her head. Akaya couldn't have let his sempai kiss him from his free will. Love is nothing when you are 13. Love has nothing to do in this problem. It was just an infatuation and Sanada was taking advantage of her baby brother. Just like her first love did. She wasn't going to allow it to happen again. She wasn't going to let him take advantage of her brother or worst rape him.

She opened her door and called her mother who came, running.

"What is it, Soraya?"

"I wanted to know where you put my sword, the one uncle Jiroh offered me on my birthday."

"It's in a box in the basement. Your father doesn't want Akaya to play with it."

"May I put it in my room? I want to practice with it."

"But you have a bokken. You can hurt someone with this sword."

"I won't. It's for an exhibit during our school festival. I'm going to fight Sanada Genichirou in a mock match."

"Ok, I'll fetch it for you."

When her mother went away she closed the door and smirked. The first step of her plan was completed.

The next morning, kendo dojo.

Yukimura Seiichi was waiting for the girl team to exit the building. Soraya was the last one to go out. He grabbed her by the shoulder.

"Can I have a word with you Kirihara-sempai?"

"What is the famous Yukimura Seiichi doing here? I hope my brother isn't a source of trouble."

"Oh no he isn't, but you are. I heard you intend to fight my fukubuchou. I hope you know that fighting on school ground is forbidden. If I go and tell the schoolboard you'll be in trouble Soraya."

"Oh is that so? And what if I go to the board and tell them what I saw yesterday? Sanada would be expelled from school. Is it what you want Seiichi?"

"Ok. What can I do to prevent you from fighting him?"

"Prevent him from being alone with my brother!"

"Impossible. They are on the same team."

"Kick him out!"

"No!!"

Soraya began to walk away. Yukimura looked resigned.

"Would a date with me be enough?"

She was surprised.

"A date with you? No! Either you kick him out of the team or I fight him. It's up to you. I want your answer this afternoon."

"You won't have to wait. I won't kick him out."

"So I'll fight him."

She started walking again. Yukimura was astonished. He hadn't expected her to refuse everything he suggested. It was hopeless. He thought everything was lost when something came to his mind. He ran after her, caught her and prevented her from going on.

"What do you want? I thought you told me everything you wanted to tell me."

"I did. I've just a last thing to tell you."

"Ok. Spit it out!"

"Have you thought about your brother's feelings? Haven't you seen how happy he was, how his grades were higher than before, how he stopped being violent…? Do you want to destroy your brother? Do you want him to end up like you after your boyfriend took advantage of you? Are you so jealous your brother found happiness that you feel the need to destroy it? As his sister you should be supportive of his choices. You should be ashamed of yourself. You don't deserve to be the head of a team seeing how you care about your brother."

Without throwing her a last look Yukimura walked away, so did Soraya.

Later that day Sanada found a piece of paper in his locker.

"Meet me tomorrow at 5pm in the kendo dojo.

Don't forget to bring your katana.

Soraya."

Kirihara had to walk home alone. He waited for his sister but she never came. He looked for her, he even asked the secretary to make a public announcement. In vain.

After her little talk with Yukimura, Soraya went to her classroom. What he told her didn't really matter. She knew her brother better than that captain of his. But she didn't expect his words to come back and torture her during lunch break. She tried to block them. Yukimura couldn't be right.

She spent her whole afternoon in an old chemistry lab. She didn't want people to see that the great Soraya could be disturbed by something as trivial as a talk with Yukimura Seiichi. She went home long after the last students had left the school. When she reached the front door of her house she was welcomed by a very pissed Kirihara-san.

"Kirihara Soraya I hope you have a good explanation to come home that late!!!"

She dragged her daughter inside.

"I'm listening."

"I didn't know it was that late. I was working with a friend on our chemistry test."

"Stop lying! You weren't at school this afternoon. Your advisor phoned to know why you didn't attend your lessons. So where were you?"

"At school in the old chemistry lab. I didn't feel well and I didn't want to see the nurse. She would have made me go home.

"I don't know if I can believe it or not. For the moment you'll be grounded. I want you at home at 6pm every day. No outing with your friends on Saturdays and Sundays. Now go to your room. No dinner as you are late and we've already eaten."

Soraya ran to her room and threw herself on her bed. It wasn't fair. She didn't do anything wrong. True she skipped her lesson and lied to her mother but she had a good reason. She just wanted to protect her brother.

The next morning was tensed in the Kirihara household. Akaya didn't talk to his sister. Soraya wore a gloomy expression and their mother was angry because she burnt her husband's lunch. School activities weren't cheerful. Sanada wasn't present and Yukimura wasn't in a very patient mood. In the kendo dojo things were even worse. Soraya made her teammates go through a really harsh training.

Lessons seemed to be boring. During lunch break Kirihara decided to talk to his sempai tachi hoping that one of them could tell him where Sanada was. The first one he met was Niou.

"Sempai, do you know where Sanada-fukubuchou is?"

"Yo bratling, if you want to know you'll have to do a little something for me."

"It means you know?"

"Of course, the whole school knows."

"Please tell me."

"You'll have to promise me to help me with my huge prank project."

"I'll help you."

"Sanada and your sister will fight after club activities in the kendo dojo. With real swords. Sanada decided to concentrate so he didn't take part to morning practice. By the way what did he do to your sister to make her that angry?"

Kirihara didn't answer. He ran away. He wanted to find his sister. He wanted to convince her that fighting wasn't necessary. He didn't find her. All he could do was to go to his classroom and concentrate on his lessons. He failed. As a result he had to stay after school to help his math teacher.

When he was released it was already 5.40pm. He ran as fast as he could towards the Senior High dojo. He opened the door. The whole tennis team was present. He managed to go in front of everybody but he regretted it. Someone was on the floor holding its arm. Blood was flowing.

Kirihara hoped he had arrived earlier. Maybe he could have prevented everything from happening….

A/N: Who is hurt? Try to guess. Part 4 will be the last part. Thanks again for reading...