A/N: Um...sorry about the long delay, folks I didn't mean to make you wait so long. I didn't know how to go about on this chapter so it took me a while to figure it out. I may end up editing this chapter because I don't think it flows as good as I wanted it to. But here's something to tide you over for now

..:An Unexpected Turn:..

By the time Kayata got home, it was 2PM. She had been walking around to calm her nerves and got something to eat. She opened the door to her home and she wasn't greeted with the normal "Welcome back Koneko" so it was safe to assume her brother and cousin were out somewhere. She walked up to her room and immediately plopped on her bed. She began thinking about when Yankumi gave her that look and she remembered her parents.

Her mother was very beautiful, her father would always say. "You get your looks from her, that's for sure." Her father was the only parent around her and her brother. Their mother suffered from cancer and had died in the hospital. She didn't know her mother that well from the get-go but she knew that she was very special to her father. As the years rolled by, she noticed that her father and brother didn't get along well at all.

She would typically stay at home with her brother as their father went to work and preferred to stay out of his way. Sha was a rather bossy and arrogant boy and whenever he was alone with Kayata he would make her do all his chores and pick on her. At first, she thought he was just releasing his anger because of their mom's death.

"Tsh, yeah right. I never liked that stupid bitch." Because he would say things like that, she began to not forgive him and fight him. As they grew older, Sha began getting involved with gangs and drugs, but his father tried to stop him. Eventually, he gave up on him and got involved with gambling to release his anger.

Kayata kept to herself as everything wen wrong in her family, she went to school and did what she needed to do. As the month went on, their father left without a word. Ever since then, Sha has been Kayata's "guardian" but not a very good one.

The sound of the main door opening and shutting woke Kayata. She sleepily glanced to her alarm clock which read 8:16PM then sat up. Usually, her brother would be home by the time school was out. He must've went out to do business with Kashi or something like that. "Koneko-chan!"

Kayata stood up and headed to the door, but stopped midway. "Koneko-chan? Where are you?" She regained herself and headed downstairs to her cousin. She walked to the kitchen to see her cousin pulling out a beer from the fridge. He looked back at her as he popped the can open and took a swig. He hastily pulled the can from his lips and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. "There you are," He began walking to her with one arm extended then placed it around her shoulders. "What have you been doing all this time?" He walked her to the living room and sat her on the couch.

"Sleeping." Kashi sat on the floor by her feet. He smiled at her reply and let out a small chuckle.

"That's so cute, you were sleeping ever since school was out." His head went back as he chugged more of the can of beer. Kayata watched him with cautious eyes. "Guess where I went t-day?" his words were slightly slurred.

Kayata shrugged and dusted off her skirt, "A club?" Kashi put the empty beer can on the nearby table and shook his head.



"Not just any club, a strip club." He scooted closer to her legs and leaned in, like what he was saying was a secret. "I had such a good time, it was unbelievable. I didn't invite Sha though, so don't tell'im I went by m-self." The beer that lingered on his tongue stung Kayata's nose. Why was he telling her this? It would be better if he just kept that to himself. He let his head fall back a few times before he looked in Kayata's eyes. "I just remembered something."

She rolled her eyes and waited for him to talk until he passed out which should be soon. "When I was there, I couldn't help but think how great it would be to see you dance half naked on a pole." Kayata froze. Did he just say what she thought he said? He started caressing her legs and running his hands up to her thighs, "I kept imagining that the girl that was dancing was you." She threw his hands off her and scooted to the farthest side of the couch.

"I need to go. It's too dangerous for me to be sitting here with you right now," She stood up and started walking away, but Kashi grabbed her ankle. She didn't fall, but it was close. "Kashi, let go." He didn't let go, instead he only pulled her leg harder. She tried pulling her leg away but was unsuccessful. Kashi pulled her to the floor and dragged her closer to him.

"You look so beautiful, Koneko-chan." Kayata managed to slap him in the face while trying to push him away. Without warning, a heavy hand collided with her jaw and she recoiled with her hands covering her face. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to"--His lips started kissing her hands and then her neck. He roughly tore at her shirt and starting kissing down her throat. Kayata didn't know what to do, she wanted to kick and scream but Kashi has never done this before so she couldn't do anything.

He continued feeling on her for a few more minutes before he started taking it to the next step. Kayata didn't move, she was barely breathing by herself. What did I do? I must've done something to make him snap like this…She went through everything she could that could have possibly made Kashi do what he is doing. Cold hands pushed against her inner knees and pulled Kayata from her train of thought. Her leg flew up and kicked Kashi in the stomach with a loud THUD. He was now hunched over, desperatly grasping his stomach to make the pain go away. Kayata wasted no time in getting up from the floor.

Her shirt was stretched out and falling off her shoulder as she struggled to open the door. Kashi looked over at her and held a sinister smirk on his lips. "Koneko-chan? Where are you going?" She slammed the door open and jetted out while trying to keep her shirt up. Kashi was standing at the door shouting out to her, telling her to come back and using some selective words. Kayata didn't care if he called her a whore because she was running outside the way she was, all she cared about was getting away from that house and never going back.

Meanwhile, Yabu and his gang were just leaving the karaoke bar. "You shouldn't sing high notes, Hyuuga. It's dangerous to our ear drums and insulting to the songwriter." Everyone laughed as Hyuuga made a face and waved off the friendly insult.

"You shouldn't be laughing, Tsuuchi." Hyuuga turned his attention to Tsuuchi. "You can't sing at all!" They continued critiquing each other's singing voices and talking about the girls passing by. "I sure could go for some ramen."

"For once, I agree with you," Take stated. They started walking to the nearby ramen shop when they heard something tumble into a few garbage cans.



Yabu stopped and shifted his eyes around, "D-d-d-did you guys hear that?" Take unconsiously scooted closer to Tsuuchi, who in turn scooted closer to Hyuuga, who then scooted to Ryu, who looked at him like he was crazy. Hyuuga stepped away from Ryu as he saw his face and laughed nervously.

"It was probably just a cat," Ryu seemed pretty bored and unaffected by the noise. Yabu looked back at him and nodded in agreement.

"Probably," He straightened himself out and cleared his throat, "To the ramen shop." He started walking on with everyone following him. Ryu was walking a few feet behind them when he heard something come from the alley he was about to pass up. When he was standing at the mouth of the alley, he looked in to see a figure propped against the wall.

The figure didn't move from where it was, "Ryu?" It was a girl…A girl he knew. He walked closer until he was able to see her face more clearly.

"Kawai-chan?"