The next morning I wake up and it is still dark. 'My body must not be used to the time change.' I think to myself. I sit up and put my glasses on and look at the clock, it is 5am. 'Might as well get ready to go.' I look down to see that Natsume is still there sleeping. Silently I head to the bathroom and get changed. When I am done I grab all of my stuff and head to the door. I look back at Natsume to see that he is still asleep. I quietly unlock and open the door, leaving silently.

"Sorry." I whisper as I shut the door. I walk out of Natsume's apartment building and head towards Meiji University. "This is going to be a long walk." I say looking down at my phones GPS. I skip the Subway and just walk the whole way there. It is about 8 and I stop at a small Café that is close to the University and grab some breakfast. Leaving the store I bump into someone, I turn around saying "Gomeno...sai..."

"Well, look who it is." A man with a deep voice says and my eyes go wide at the sight of him. He is at least 6 ft. and is a body builder. I back away from him and he grabs my arm.

"James what is the hold up?" I hear another deep voice say only this one sounds older.

"Dad, look who I found." James says pulling me close to him. The old man that was calling his name walks toward us. A smirk grew on his face as he saw me. I try to push James away from me but he keeps a tight grip on my arm.

"Well, if it isn't Evolette. Hope you've been well since you left." He says without an ounce of sincerity in voice.

"What are you doing here?" I say with shock evident in my voice. I had hoped that I would never have to see these people ever again. They were my foster family while I was in America. They weren't the nicest of people and they haven't changed since I left them.

"Why don't you stay and have breakfast with us and we can talk a little." James says pulling me forcefully back into the café. He roughly shoves me into a seat and sits next to me to block me in. He puts his hand on my thigh, and I knock it off.

"Don't touch me." I say pushing him away from me and trying to stand up.

"Sit down and humor us." Daniel says pushing me down by my shoulder and sitting on my other side. I sit there quietly knowing that there was no escape.

"You know, we missed you." James says with humor in his eyes. I sit there and keep quiet wishing I hadn't left Natsume's apartment so early. I know what happens when you disobey them, it isn't pretty and it hurts a lot.

"You miss having a punching bag." I say spit flying at them. "Why are you here?" I repeat my earlier question and feel a hard grip on my wrist and wince as it gets stronger. 'That's gonna leave a bruise' I think to myself.

"Watch your mouth." Daniel says growling into my ear.

"Leave me alone." I say to them through gritted teeth.

"Let's talk and catch up. What how long has it been since we've seen each other?" James asks from my other side playing with my hair.

"A week and a half." I say trying to get Daniel's hand off of my wrist. I finally get his hand off and James leans in closer to me and puts his arm around my shoulder.

"Ah, too long. We just had to come and see you." James whispers into my ear.

"You mean you just want to hurt me again." I say back to him pushing him away from me. 'I have to get out of here.' I think to myself, looking around for a way out.

"Now who said anything about hurting you, we just want to have some fun." James says touching my thigh again.

"Why are you really here?" I ask pushing his hands off of my thigh again.

"I got a job transfer to the Tokyo branch, and James transferred to Meiji. We had a meeting to pick up his schedule at 7:30." Daniel says as a waitress sets their coffee's and breakfast down on the table. I look at her with a pleading look hoping she would help me get out of this, but she doesn't look up at us. After she walks away Daniel continues to say "We couldn't say no, knowing that you will be so close."

"Let me go. I have to meet my father, he is waiting for me." I say to them trying to regain my control.

"Oh, Daddy dearest? I don't think you do. You probably haven't even talked to him yet." James says moving from trying to touch me to his food.

"He didn't come to help you last time. What makes you think he will come to the rescue this time?" Daniel says. My eyes go wide as a memory goes through my mind. One of me when I was 16, sending Papa a letter telling him what I had been going through since I arrived in America. I told him that all my letters to him about having fun with the family I was staying with were lies, that they were hurting me, taking advantage of me, and the money he sent for me. The next letter I got from my father was one telling me that he wouldn't be able to write for a while and he was going on another adventure. After that I never heard from him by letter, he would call occasionally to check in, or stop by every couple of years, but he never stayed on the phone or visited for long. I felt abandoned and afraid. I shake my head trying to rid myself of the memory and Daniel began laughing at me.

"Remembering the good times we had together?" James asks with a smirk on his face.

"Shut up." I whisper to them.

"I heard that Rintaru got married recently. How is he? Happy?" Daniel asks with sarcasm in his voice.

"Shut up." I shout and stand up, spilling Daniel and James' coffee.

"Now look what you did." Daniel says anger written all over his face. His raises his hand up and I flinch knowing what he was going to do I feel a sharp pain in my right cheek as my head is turned to the side and my hair falls in front of my face. He backhanded me in the face and I just stand there with my hair in my face. The café has gone quiet and everyone is staring at us. I sling my backpack onto my back, grab my suitcases up into my arms and make a run for it, pushing James out of the way.

"Where do you think you're going?" I hear James shout behind me. I keep running not paying attention to where I am headed. I am panting out my breaths, my ribs are hurting, and I can still hear them behind me, chasing after me.

"Evolette?" I hear a guy say my name. I have my head turned to see how far Daniel and James are behind me. I run right into someone and they grab onto my arms to keep me steady. I look up to see a guy with gray eyes and gray hair. I stare at him for a second and then I realize it is Subaru. My eyes widen as I hear footsteps pounding behind me. "Are you alright?" I hear Subaru ask me.

I nod my head and grab onto my sides to try and brace myself against the pain. "Sorry I ran into you." I tell him in between gasps.

"Why'd you run away Evolette?" James asks as he gets closer. Subaru looks up from me to James and Daniel, who isn't very far behind him. I move to the side and stay silent.

"Who are you?" Subaru asks them stepping in front of me.

"Evolette's friends who are you?" Daniel asks fiercely. I stay silent looking at him and holding my sides. Subaru's eyes narrow at them then he looks back to me and I slowly shake my head.

"Daniel and James." I say quietly, still gasping for breath. "They were my foster family in America." Subaru stays quiet and nods his head.

"I am Asahina, Subaru her brother." He tells them.

"It is nice to meet someone from Evolette's family. We'll have to spend some time together." James says casually with a glint of malice in his eyes.

"It was good to see you, but we have to go." I say my breath having returned, but the pain in my ribs still there. I pull on Subaru's jacket sleeve to get him to walk with me. I grab my suitcases which I dropped when I ran into Subaru and start towards Meiji. As we walked past them Subaru didn't say anything, he just nodded his head at them.

"Who were they exactly?" He asks me once we have walked away.

"Huh?" I ask in return.

"It doesn't exactly seem like they were someone you were happy to see." He says looking down at me as we walked.

"I'd rather not talk about it right now." I say looking away from him. He looks at me for a moment before nodding his head and looking forward. He didn't talk to me again but kept glancing at me out of the corner of his eye.

Once we reach Meiji I excuse myself and head to the bathroom where I redo the bandages on my ribs, and splash water on my face. The red mark from the slap was gone, I was glad that Subaru hadn't walked on that side. I check the time on my phone to find that it is 9am. I have calmed down a lot from what had happened and the pain in my ribs is barely there. I walk out of the bathroom to see Subaru outside the bathroom on his cellphone. He hangs up and looks up to see me walking towards him.

"Masaomi called. They have been frantic trying to find you. Natsume was supposed to take you to the residence today but you left when he was asleep." Subaru says looking right into my eyes.

"Sorry, I have things I need to do and if I want to get them done on time I needed to leave early." I tell him.

"I am supposed to bring you back to the residence." He tells me with a serious face. "I have class then basketball practice, after that we will head there."

"Well I have to buy my books and supplies for my classes. Would you mind showing me where I can get them at?" I ask him hoping he will take me there and then head to class. He nods his head and starts to walk off. I follow behind him and in a short amount of time we are at the bookstore. "Thanks." I say, pulling a sheet of paper out of my backpack.

"I will be in class, I get out at 2 then basketball practice is in the gym. I will see you then." Subaru says and walks off.

"Well that was easy" I tell myself.

After buying my books and supplies, which took until 11:30, I head to the cafeteria. I grab something to eat and sit outside under a tree, my backpack, suitcases, and all of my supplies beside me. "How am I going to carry all of this?" I ask myself staring at the pile of books and taking a bite of my desert.

"Don't worry about it." Subaru says from in front of me. I look up to see him surrounded by a bunch of guys that look like basketball players. I stay silent and look at him.

"Go get her Subaru." One of his friends say and pats him on the back. Subaru's cheeks turn pink and he looks away. His friends are laughing at him as he just stands there.

"Have you guys already eaten?" I ask them. Subaru stays silent, face still pink.

"No. We were headed to the gym to eat." One of Subaru's teammates says.

"You're more than welcome to join me if you want." I tell them with a smile. Several of them nod their head and sit down in front of me. Subaru stands there not moving, and just staring at me. "Subaru are you going to eat or just stand there?" I ask him with a confused look.

"Huh, oh" Subaru says and nods his head. He sits down as far from me as he can, while still being in the group. His friends laugh at him and his cheeks get even pinker.

"So what am I supposed to do until your class is over?" I ask Subaru with a smile.

"He just stares at me for a while. "I didn't think of that." He says in embarrassment and averts his eyes.

"I can walk myself home you know. I am not completely helpless." I tell him with a roll of my eyes.

"Everyone agreed that it would be best if someone were to stay with you at all times until you get back to the house." He says with a serious look.

"And you have been with me all day." I say sarcastically. His friends are staring at us weirdly so I look over at them giving them a seductive look and a wink. Their expressions changed to shock and confusion.

"You had something to do and I knew it would take a while so it was okay." He said not batting an eyelash at my comment.

"Whatever. It's not like you can keep me here while you're in class." I say with a sigh. Thinking he hadn't heard me.

"Well I can have one of them call off work and come get you. They would be able to get here before my next class starts." He says taking a bite of his lunch.

"Fine." I say crossing my arms. 'They don't need to take off work just for me I will be fine. I might as well wait for Subaru or else they might send out another search party for me.' I think to myself rolling my eyes. Subaru stays quiet watching me silently. I look over at his friends who are still sporting a confused look.

"Um, exactly what is going on?" One of Subaru's friends asks raising his hand.

Subaru stays quiet, thinking about how to answer the question. "She's one of my new sisters." Subaru says after a few minutes of awkward silence.

"Wait I thought you only had one sister and that she was in high school." One of his friends say.

"Hm. I have been in America for a while, they probably forgot." I tell them. They nod their heads thinking I meant that they forgot to tell them they had another sister, but I meant they forgot about me entirely. Subaru just stares at me trying to understand what I meant.

"Cool." Several of his friends say their grins growing and their eyes scanning me.

Forty minutes later they have to head to class. Subaru carries my stuff to the gym and sets it down before he heads to class. 'Great, I am stuck here by myself for the next 2 and a half hours. I put my headphones on, put my IPod on shuffle, and close my eyes. Soon I fall asleep and catch up on the sleep I missed last night.

I hear a pounding sound nearby and footsteps running. I open my eyes to be staring at the rafters of a tall ceiling. "Where am I?" I whisper to myself rubbing my eyes and slowly sit up and look around. I notice that I am in the gym and that there a lot of basketball players on the court. "Oh yeah." I say and grab my phone to look at the time. The screen reads 5:45. 'When exactly is practice over?" I think a look of confusion covering my face.

"You're awake." Someone says to my side. I look over to see a guy in a track suit sitting next to me. He was older than the rest of the guys, probably in his thirties.

"Hello." I say to him, guessing he must be the coach.

"So you are Subaru's sister. He told me about you. You're more than welcome to stay through our practices so that he can walk you home." He tells me with a stern look.

"Okay. I think this will probably only be a one-time thing." I say to him.

"I thought you were a student here as well." He says with a look of confusion on his face.

"I don't start until next week, plus I have a job that I need to be at." I tell him. He nods his head in understanding.

"You are more than welcome to stay whenever you need to though." He tells me with a serious face.

"Thank you." I tell him bowing to him. He blew the whistle that had been hanging around his neck.

"Hit the showers." He says and walks away from me. All the guys put the equipment away, grab their drinks and head to the locker room. I walk out into the middle of the gym and look around.

"Alone again." I say to myself.

"Not exactly" I hear a familiar voice behind me.

"Hikaru." I say "Did you come to pick us up so that I wouldn't run away again?"

"Now why would we do that?" I hear another voice that I assume belongs to Kaname.

"Great." I say under my breath. "Hello, Miroku. What has brought you here?" I say louder and turn to face them.

"We thought you guys would like a ride instead of walking all the way home." Hikaru says throwing an arm around Kaname who is pouting. "He looked up who Miroku was." Hikaru adds giving him a side hug.

"Nice boots." I tell him blinking at the sight in front of me. Hikaru is hugging Kaname from the side, but he is dressed as a woman. It makes it look like they are a couple. His dress is super short and his boots are hooker boots, plus he is wearing fishnets. They just stand there without a care in the world. 'Well I can't say much. For work I wear a lot less than that, I mean a lot. He can work it, so more power to him.' I think to myself and shrug.

"Where is everyone?" Kaname asks regaining his composure.

"They just finished practice and headed to the locker rooms." I tell him walking back to my stuff so I could gather it up.

"I didn't think they would be done yet." Hikaru says and walks over to me and sits down on the bleachers.

"I'll carry those." Kaname says trying to take the big pile of books out of my hands.

"I can carry them." I tell him trying to pull it back to me.

"I got it they look heavy." He says stepping closer to get them from me.

I smirk and say "Fine" dropping the weight of the books into his hands. He falls forward a little and his eyes go wide.

"Before you say anything, I told you they were heavy and that I could handle them." I say turning. I put my backpack on and grab for my suitcases but another hand reaches over and snatches them from me. I look up to see Subaru holding them. "You guys do know that I can carry things on my own, my hands aren't broken." I say crossing my arms over my chest giving them an angry look.

"We were taught to help out a lady in need, and you, my dear, are in need." Hikaru says with a smile.

"That explains why you aren't helping." I say grinning.

"Yup right now I am a lady." Hikaru says striking a pose. I couldn't help but laughing. Kaname laughed with me and Subaru just looked at us with his stern stare.

"Let's get going." Subaru says walking to the exit with my suitcases. I roll my eyes and follow.

The ride to the house was quiet, well except the jokes from Hikaru and the flirty remarks from Kaname. When we get back to the residence the boys once again help me with my belongings, I am refusing the whole time, telling them that I wasn't weak. We head up to the 5th floor, get off the elevator and head down to the lounge where Kaname and Subaru put my stuff down. They walk away with Hikaru, into the kitchen to eat while Ukyo and Masaomi walk into the lounge. Ukyo motions for me to sit down on the couch and they both follow.

"Evolette, I am glad to see that you are okay." Masaomi says with a smile. "You had us worried."

"Sorry, I am just used to living on my own." I say lying to them. Ukyo stares at me the whole time, not making any facial expressions.

"We're your brothers now, you can rely on us." Masaomi says giving me a pat on the shoulder. I stay silent and look at Ukyo who is still staring at me.

"Why were you in a place like that?" Ukyo asks looking at me, his glasses glinting from the lights hanging over head. 'Crap he has gone into Lawyer mode.' I think.

"It was the cheapest place I could find that wasn't a total dump." I tell him truthfully, giving him a blank stare.

"Why did you leave suddenly?" Masaomi asks taking my attention away from Ukyo. I look to his face to see genuine concern. I stayed silence for a bit and he says "I know you didn't want to see Rintaru yet, but you could have come back after they left." He adds.

"I need to figure some things out before I see him. I promise I will talk with him soon, so that he doesn't drag you guys half way around the world." I tell him hanging my head.

I feel a hand on top of my hand and hear Masaomi says "Don't worry about that, we just want to know what is bothering you."

"It's nothing important, I just don't know if I am ready to see him after all these years." I tell them, lying and keeping a blank look on my face.

"Why would you be hesitant to see him?" Ukyo asks pushing his glasses up and crossing his arms.

"I said something's I shouldn't have before I left, things that weren't very nice or true." I tell them hanging my head letting a little emotion show.

"It's okay I am sure Rintaru forgives you. He seemed really happy when he was talking about the trip." Masaomi says with a laugh and hugs me to try and make me feel better.

I hug him back with a pained look on my face and think to myself 'It hurts to lie to him too, he believes it so easily.' I am really glad that Ukyo is facing my back.

"How about we get you something to eat and let you settle into the room we prepared for you." Masaomi says pulling back. I nod my head and head into the kitchen.

POV change: With Masami and Ukyo

They two oldest Asahina brothers watched Evolette walk into the kitchen, when she disappears into the next room Masaomi turns to Ukyo who says with a glare "She is hiding something and lying to us."

"I know Ukyo, but she will tell us in her own time. It is probably something she doesn't want people to know." Masaomi says brushing his hand through his messy hair. "Don't be too hard on her, Subaru told me that he ran into someone Evolette knew today, and that he didn't trust them. She was running away from them."

"Who were they?" Ukyo asks, voice turning quickly to anger.

"He wasn't sure exactly, but they were both male." Masaomi says sighing.

"She said they were her Foster family when she was in America. Daniel and James." Subaru who had walked in on their conversation says from behind the couch. The oldest brothers turned to him in surprise.

"Why would she run from them?" Masaomi asks him concerned.

"They were both men, a father and his son." He says sitting down on the couch.

"Did she say anything else about them?" Ukyo asks anger still evident on his face.

Shaking his head Subaru says "No she said she didn't want to talk about it."

Masaomi leans forward putting his elbows on his knees and his head in his hands. "I think we need to keep an eye out for them then." Masaomi says.

"I will see if I can find anything out at work." Ukyo says nodding his head.

"I think we also need to have a meeting with the rest of our brothers." Masaomi says looking up at them. Subaru and Ukyo nod their heads in agreement. The three of them sit there in silence, thinking on what had happened today.

A/N

Hello everyone. This chapter is my longest one yet. Lucky you. A lot happened in this chappy, hopefully answering some questions or maybe even confusing you more. Hehehe. Some big secrets were revealed and some are even suspicious, and two new characters that are connected to Evie's past BUM BUM BUUUM. What are your thoughts on Daniel and James? Any one OOC? Any comments, complaints or suggestions? Man I sound like a recording. Thank you to Orchidellia, purpleYumi, SupernaturalRomanceIStheBest99, for reviewing and letting me know how you all feel about my story. Also thanks to everyone that reads this. yes that means you too. Be waiting for my update next week ^.^

Last but not least I have to sadly say that I do not own Brothers Conflict or Inuyasha. T_T