Chapter Four: "His Warmth"

"Shouldn't we go after her?!" Hyuga asked.

"We should. Who knows what could happen!" Kagami replied. The four guys along with Kise started running after me.

Kise's P.O.V

While running, I saw someone's long red hair flowing. It was Kaku-cchi, and she was panting.

"Kaku-cchi!" I yelled. She turned around, and her face was red from crying.

"I don't know where she is." She replied. It started raining too.

"What does she look like?" Kiyoshi asked.

"She's a seven year old. She has pink hair tied onto the side of her head, and blue eyes. She often wears black fingerless gloves along with her uniform. She's only in 3rd grade."

"Okay, let's split up. We'll go into pairs of two. I'll go with Kiyoshi, Kuroko goes with Kagami and Kise, you stay with Kakusei-chan." Hyuga spoke up. We agreed and split up. As we ran in the rain, Kaku-cchi was panting pretty hard. She held onto her sword like her life depended on it, while her other hand was free. I worked up the courage to hold her hand. She was shocked by my actions, and I just squeezed her hand. We stopped running just for a moment to catch our breaths. I was still holding her hand, but she continued crying. I pushed her into my chest. Slowly stroking her soft hair.

"It'll be okay, Kaku-cchi. We'll find her." I gave her a reassuring smile. We ran again, and we came upon a specific street. The lights were all out, except for a small streetlight. We could both hear a conversation between two men.

"Did you tie her up?" One asked.

"She's still struggling." The other responded. Kaku-cchi looked, and sure enough, it was her little sister. She could only stare as she watched the two men attempting to get the seven year old into their van. She gritted her teeth, and eventually let go of my hand. This was something I haven't seen before.

"Gomen, Kise-kun." She whispered.

"Huh?" I asked, confused, with my heart in my throat. Why is she apologizing?

"I know you don't like violence, but I can't hold myself back anymore. This is the kind of monster I am." She smiled. What did she mean by "monster"? I then looked.

Her wooden sword became a real one. The blade was extremely sharp and her features changed as well. Her long red hair turned into shades of yellow, orange, purple, and blue. Her left eye was revealed as well, and it was the same colors as her hair. Elemental wings appeared on her back, and she positioned her sword. With a battle cry, she attacked them. They had guns on them though, but she attempted to dodge every bullet. Without even landing a single hit on them, she was struck by a bullet in her leg. She fell to the ground, her sword next to her.

"Onee-chan!" The little girl cried out. Kaku-cchi attempted to extend her arm out, but they shot her again. I couldn't stand this anymore. I came onto the scene and picked up her sword. I ran up to them and cut the man with the gun. I then cut the other one down. Kaku-cchi slowly got up on her own and threw some chains. I got the chains and tied the criminals down to the ground. The others came as well, and saw Kaku-cchi wounded.

Kakusei's P.O.V

The wounds hurt badly. I'm just surprised at how Kise-kun managed to cut them down. Not just anyone can wield my sword and attack with it. My left eye was bleeding. The others who were in search of my sister came in and saw the scene. Hyuga and Kiyoshi came up to me and held me while I couldn't move. Kagami went to check on my sister, and Kise found my sheath and sheathed my sword, putting away my powers and returning it to a simple wooden sword. Kuroko stayed back and called the police.

"Are you alright?" Kise asked me gently. He was worried, too.

"Yeah, I'm fine." I said, panting. Kagami then came with my sister. "Is she wounded?"

"No, she's alright. Just passed out." He replied.

"I see," I replied, trying to get up.

"We should get you to the hospital." Kise said, scooping me in his arms.

"It's alright. I can get the bullets out on my own. I just need to get home." I responded. I then looked at the other four guys. "I'm really sorry for you guys to get involved in this."

"It's alright. Don't apologize." Hyuga said, coming near me and ruffling my hair. Kuroko and Kagami came up to me. "Anytime you want to play a game, just come on over to Seirin."

Kise sat me down gently and Kagami gave me my sister.

"Thanks." I smiled. We then bid eachother farewell, and the four men left the scene. Kise sat next to me as we waited for the police. I was shivering from the cold. He wrapped his arms around me, and I blushed.

"You'll catch a cold, Kaku-cchi." He said. "Come closer." I did as he said, and I put my head on his chest.

"You're so warm, Kise-kun." I replied. He blushed and touched my hair gently.

Eventually, Hisashi and the police came. The police arrested the men, and offered to take me to the hospital. I refused. That's when Hisashi came and asked me a million questions.