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Pre-chapter Notes: Whee! Chapter 7! Before I know it, I'll be on 10…that's so weird! I get the feeling this will go past chapter 15. Hmm…additionally…I hate roman numerals. Why in the world did I use them? Aish…I suppose I'm just crazy. Hehe. Hmm…I wasn't sure what to do with Kahoko's older brother…I don't even know what his name is, so I just made one up! If anyone knows what it is, please tell me so I can change it for future readers!

"That little girl could be the fairy hunter…"

Kahoko looked at Lili, shocked.

"Saki-chan?! The fairy hunter is Saki-chan?!" she asked in horror.

Lili had a worried look on his face, "Well, maybe. Like I said before, I can't pinpoint it on one person. The fairy hunter aura is everywhere in this school! Also, fairy hunters have the ability to see us."

Kahoko processed that for a while. Saki-chan couldn't be a fairy hunter; she was just a little girl! "But Lili, Saki-chan doesn't even attend Seiso! How could she have spread the aura here?"

"Well, it doesn't take much for a fairy hunter's aura to get around. All they really have to do is go to a location once! They don't need to be there all the time for their aura to stay there and spread."

Kahoko panicked; Len's little cousin? Such a quiet, cute little girl…and her hands…what about that?

"But…" Lili continued, "I guess we can't jump to conclusions. Another thing could be that she's like you."

This, Kahoko understood perfectly. Lili spoke of the kind of person who was the exact opposite of a fairy hunter, a person like Kahoko. She had never thought that there'd be others who'd be able to see Lili like she could; it broadened her view a little bit.

The two looked at each other.

"We need to keep an eye on her Kahoko, please?" Lili said, turning on that little fata charm of his.

A little warily, Kahoko accepted this responsibility. How that was going to happen, she was not sure, but she couldn't continue doing nothing, could she? Kahoko checked her violin case to make sure it was fastened close and walked down to the outside of the school at the front, where everyone usually walked in to school. Standing just behind the front gates stood Len and Saki; apparently, they had not left yet.

Kahoko was about to walk over to them when a strangely familiar looking car pulled over. It parked right in front of the entry way; the door opened and a man walked out.

Eh?

"Oniisan!"

Both Kahoko and Saki called out at the same time. Indeed, Kahoko's older brother walked out of the car, however, Saki was the one who ran over to him and hugged on to his legs.

"Oy, are you really little Saki-chan? When in the world did you get so big?!" he said playfully, picking her up like he was her father.

"Oniisan…" Kahoko said walking up. "What are you doing here?"

Kenji? What in the world was he doing at her school? Kenji was indeed Kahoko's older brother by about 3 years. He was in his first year of college now, since before, he had taken a year off. Before, Kahoko had not seen him often because his college, while it was close, was still not close enough for regular visits. But, now he was on a short break and had been able to visit her on her birthday at least.

He looked up and smiled. "Kahoko!"

Len turned around, slightly surprised. "This is your brother?" he asked plainly.

She nodded. "Uhm…why-"

Saki looked at Kahoko; Saki's little face was expressionless as she said, "Oniisan goes out with Oneechan."

Kahoko jumped. "What?!" Saki couldn't possibly have been talking about Kenji and Seoko. Maybe Saki had another older sister…yes…that could have been it. It seemed too strange that it was possible for her older brother to date someone in Kahoko's age group.

Kenji put down Saki and scratched his head. "Well, actually, we don't go out anymore. Seoko and I don't really talk…"

Now both Len and Kahoko looked slightly alarmed.

Noticing their shock, Kenji blushed.

"Oniisan, you went out with Shima-senpai?!?"

He laughed a little bit strangely.

"Oniisan!!!" Kahoko almost yelled.

This was a rather strange situation. The fact that Kahoko's older brother had gone out with Len's cousin made the world seem to become smaller and smaller.

"Well, if it makes you feel better, she dumped me," he said lightly, seeing that his sister was slightly creeped out about the fact that he had dated someone younger. "Kahoko, it's really not that big a deal. She's only two years younger than me; that's hardly an age difference."

Kahoko sighed, knowing that what her brother said was true. However, it didn't change how weird Kahoko felt about it.

Len stood silently observing what was going on; he had no idea what went on in his cousin's love life (not that he wanted to know in the first place), and he too felt surprised that his cousin had dated a college guy. Also, why hadn't his cousin recognized Kahoko by her last name if she had gone out with Kahoko's older brother? No doubt it had to do with his cousin's tendency to be on cloud nine most of her waking hours.

An awkward silence prevailed over the group, that is, until Saki broke it.

"Oniisan," her little voice squeaked out as she tugged on his pant leg. "This is Len Tsukimori, our cousin."

Kenji looked up at Len and smiled in recognition. "Ahh…so you're Len Tsukimori. Seoko has told me a lot about you." Kenji stuck out his hand for Len to shake; but, Len had not taken notice of the hand and instead, asked suspiciously,

"And what exactly has she told you?"

Len's eyes narrowed causing Kahoko to cringe back a little.

Kenji stood his ground and continued smiling while saying, "Oh, just things…little things."

Of course, Len was not satisfied with this answer, but something about Kenji's expression caused Len to know that he would not get a better answer than that. Having this been the second time Len had lost something today, he walked away without saying much of a farewell to Kenji, but at least an actual "Good-bye" to Kahoko and Saki.

Kenji blinked. "Yes…Seoko told me that he tends to be like that," he said before Kahoko could rush to Len's defense of his almost wordless exit. "Anyways, I better get this little girl to her doctor's appointment." He picked up Saki again who had reverted to silence and simple observing.

Kahoko nodded, but suddenly thought to ask, "Oniisan, were you really close enough to Shima-senpai for Saki-chan to be calling you her brother?"

Kenji didn't say anything for a minute, but looked at Kahoko thoughtfully. The look that her brother was giving her was one that Kahoko had not seen before; it was serious, but very gentle. She was unsure of what to make of it.

As if knowing that his real little sister couldn't think of anything else to say, Kenji got out a free hand and waved. "I should go, but after I'm done, I'll be home for dinner."

After putting Saki into the car, Kenji got into the front and drove off saying good-bye to Kahoko, leaving her alone at the front of the school.

I guess there are some things that even I don't know about my older brother…

"Ahhhh! Vacation is so close!!" Nao yawned.

It was a lazy afternoon with the sun shining outside and everyone eating lunch inside.

Restlessly, Kahoko picked at her food and mulled over the fairy hunter situation. Her only lead on this was Saki now, and that was difficult enough by itself considering that Saki was only eight years old.

"Eh? Kaho-chan, what's wrong?" Mio inquired, noting her friend's agitation.

Blinking wildly, Kahoko looked up at her friend's worried facial expression.

"Oh, nothing…I'm just thinking is all…" Kahoko covered, knowing that she'd probably never be able to explain her fairy problem to them.

"Thinking about your vacation trip your mom and sister gave you??" Nao wondered, knowing already that Kahoko was to invite 7 other people (Mio and Nao were already invited).

Oh-!!

"Uhm, yes!" Kahoko animatedly exclaimed, just remembering that she still had the tickets in her room. "I'm not sure who else to invite besides you guys, and maybe Fuyuumi-chan."

Although Kahoko was well-known throughout the school (because of the concours), she did not have other close friends like Nao and Mio. Perhaps Nami or Manami? Both were very much helpful in the concours; she owed them a lot.

"Ne, Kaho-chan," Nao nudged, "how about inviting the rest of the concours members? You got really close to them, didn't you?"

"Eh?"

Considering fully that most of the other members were guys, Kahoko's face turned a scarlet shade of red. "Nao!"

"What?" Nao said, not feeling embarrassed one bit. "We're not in middle school anymore, Kahoko. Lighten up! It's not as if we're going to a night club or anything. This is a parent sponsored event, ok? I'm sure we're all mature enough to go on this trip. Besides, didn't you go with some of those guys on a music training camp?"

"Well…"

Yes, Kahoko remembered this vividly. Streams of random images flashed through her mind from those few days they stayed at Shoko's family's villa, some of which were uncomfortable…while others were…

…

….

…..

……

Ave Maria…

"…Kaho-chan, you're blushing again," Mio observed.

"Apparently, I'm having trouble controlling that function…" Kahoko said dejectedly.

After Notes: Hmmm..well, this chapter was shorter than I wanted it to be, but I decided to separate it from the next part. Yup, there is going to be a typical manga-type vacation trip to the beach! YAY! Lol…I couldn't help myself. Too much fun stuff can happen in that situation. I'm sorry this was really slow, but I'm trying my best to juggle things with school! Please tell me if there's anything wrong!