A/N: Welcome back to "When The Brothers Cry"! I know, it's been a while, but I promise, things are starting to get good here. Enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 14 - War

A couple of days passed, and the Club put their plans in place, but they did all this by passing messages in secret, as Rika had warned them that the Yamainu could have eyes on them, and be able to listen into their conversations. After she had explained the situation to the Club, Rika had pulled Adam and Jamie out into the hallway, and they would never forget the conversation that followed...

"Okay, you two, I have a request for when the Yamainu attacks." Rika said, causing the brothers to nod. "Go on." Jamie stated, getting a nod from his brother's girlfriend. "Okay, in the previous world, you two were forced to helped us by killing some of the Yamainu. And as much as I appreciated it, I can't help but think it was part of the reason that we lost the fight against fate. So, what I'm asking is, when the Yamainu come, please... Do. Not. Kill." Rika explained, causing the pair to look at each other, before Adam said, "Alright, Rika. When it goes down, we won't kill any of the bastards. Can't promise we won't fuck 'em up, but we won't kill them. Sound good, bro?" He asked Jamie, who shrugged.

"Doesn't matter what I think, Adam. I do what you do, just slower." Jamie stated, getting a smile from his counterpart, as well as from Rika. "Alright then..." Adam started, cracking his neck.

"Time to get to work."

After that, Adam had left his car at his house, and had slept his nights away at Rika's. However, between those nights, he and the girls would go to his place and work on the Charger. Jamie, on the other hand, had made the call that Adam specified, and had spent his time modifying his Skyline. This pattern continued for about half of the next week, until one day, when they were all at school...

Thursday afternoon...

After finishing up classes for the day, the Club packed up their belongings, and were heading out of the School, when Adam was stopped by Rika tugging on his shirt. Looking to her, he asked, "What's wrong?", before Rika looked at the ground. "There's been a jeep parked outside since this morning. It's them." She explained, causing Adam to sigh, especially when he saw the aforementioned jeep out the corner of his eye.

"No doubt they're planting listening devices. They've done it in the previous worlds, under the guise of being maintenance workers." Rika continued, getting a nod from her boyfriend. "Alright, then." He said, looking to his watch, before speaking up. "Jamie, seems we forgot we're on cleanup today. I asked you to remind me!" He said to his brother in an admonishing tone, before his brother facepalmed. "Shit. Must have slipped my mind." He groaned, before he looked to Shion. "Sorry, babe. Seems I have to skip the night." He explained, before Shion nodded, and kissed him. "Alright, but you will be making up for this later, Mister." She growled, getting a salute from the boy, as Adam knelt down to Rika, and kissed her.

"Good luck." Rika whispered in Adam's ear, before he smiled. "I make my own luck." He stated, before Rika ran off to join Satoko and Hanyuu. "See you guys later!" Mion called, waving farewell, as she, Shion, Keiichi and Rena left the grounds. Looking at Jamie, Adam cracked his knuckles. "Right, now that we're alone..." He said darkly, turning back towards the school...

"Time to have some fun."

After sneaking around the back of the school, the brothers peeked round the wall, where they saw four men in overalls rummaging in the flowerbed underneath the classroom window. "Excuse me!" Adam called out, drawing the men's attention. "Hey kid, shouldn't you two be on your way home?" One of the men asked, before Adam smirked. "Yeah, but we just wanted to give you a piece of advice." He replied, getting a laugh from the men. "Advice? From you? Alright, let's hear it." The man stated.

"If you're planting a listening device, you might not want to be so subtle." Jamie stated, catching the men off guard. This caused Adam to smirk. "You know who we are, don't you?" He asked, getting a nod from the lead man. "Yes."

"And you know why we're here?" Another nod. "Yes."

"Now tell me, are you planning to fight back?" This time, the man looked to his partners. "Yes."

Smiling, Adam looked to Jamie. "We were hoping you'd say that..."

Later that night...

"We've got everything ready over here, Adam. Just need the signal." Mion said into the receiver, getting a smile from the boy on the other end of the call. "Alright, thanks, Mion. You hear that, bro?" He asked to the walkie talkie in his other hand, which crackled to life. "Loud and clear. The rides are good to go and all, bro." Jamie replied, causing Adam to look at the three girls behind him. "Alright, then." He said, before moving over to the radio set he had...'acquired' that afternoon. As he got closer to it, the boy heard a faint static, which slowly revealed itself to be a voice.

"All teams, get ready! We move on the target in five minutes!"

Smiling an evil grin, Adam looked back to Rika, Satoko and Hanyuu. "Showtime." He said, as he walked over to the kitchen. Holding up his walkies again, he said, "Game Time! Go!", before dropping both of the radios on the floor and stamping on them, shattering the casing. "Time to play my part." He said to Rika, getting a smile from her, as he reached under the counter, and pulled out what he was after...

After a few minutes, the front door of the house was kicked open by a group of 3 men dressed the same as those Adam and Jamie had encountered at the School. As they rushed upstairs, they were caught off guard by seeing Adam in the middle of the room. "Surprise!" He stated, before raising a pistol and shooting all of them before they could react, with the three intruders falling to the floor.

"Are they dead?" Satoko asked, as she and the other two girls came out of their hiding place. "Nah..." Adam said, sliding the clip out of his gun, revealing that it was loaded with...

"Darts?" Rika asked in surprise, getting a smile from her boyfriend. "Yep. Sleep drug. They'll be out for a while." He replied, before he slid the clip back into the gun and cocked the chamber. "Let's go!" He said, pointing at the window. Nodding, Rika and Satoko ran over to the window and heaved it open. On the other side, there was a rope ladder descending to the ground. "Go, go, go!" Adam ordered, keeping his gaze fixed on the entrance to the room. Nodding, the three girls clambered out of the window, and down the ladder. As soon as they reached the ground, Rika whistled up to the window. After a few seconds, the trio was shocked as they saw Adam leap out of the window, and roll to a stop when he hit the ground. "Nailed it!" He said, straightening up, before looking at the girls.

"What you still standing there for?" He asked as he dusted himself off, a smile plastered on his face. "Let's go!" Nodding, the trio followed him into the forest. Due to them doing this, they were oblivious to a number of jeeps pulling up at the front of the Furude house. Situated in the lead vehicle, a radio blared to life. "The targets have escaped into the forest. Find them! Kill the others, but bring the Queen Carrier to me! Move!" The voice on the other end ordered, before the doors to the jeeps opened, and the Yamainu surged out, following after their prey.

With Jamie...

After his brother had ended their radio conversation, Jamie had destroyed his own radio, then ran to the garage of his house. Sliding into the driver's seat of his Skyline, he shot a glance to the empty space where his brother's Charger was usually parked. "Hope this plan of yours works, little brother. Alright, let's ride!" He thought to himself, before pulling off. In his haste, however, he missed the jeep that started to follow him.

After a few minutes, Jamie looked at his rearview mirror, and smiled at what he saw; The Yamainu jeep was still following him. "Just as Rika predicted." He thought to himself, as his grip tightened on the gearstick. "Alright, then. Play it cool." He said to himself, as he brought the car to a stop, which just so happened to be outside the Ryuugu house, where Rena and Shion were waiting. Opening the doors, Shion sat next to her boyfriend in the passenger seat, while Rena got into the back seat.

"Ready?" Jamie asked, getting a nod from the two girls as they buckled their seatbelts. "Alright, then. Hold on!" Slamming on the brake, Jamie made the Skyline shoot backwards, with it crashing into the Yamainu car. Groaning and cracking his neck, Jamie looked to Shion and smiled. "Be back in a minute, babe." He said, before exiting the car and walking up to the jeep.

"Alright, lads?" He asked the two men who had exited the jeep. "Sorry, thought I was pressing down on the accelerator. My bad!" He said in a jovial tone, only to narrow his eyes when one of the pair pulled out a pistol and held it up to his head. "Whoa!" Jamie exclaimed, putting his hands up. "Can't we talk about this?" He asked, frowning when the man holding the gun scoffed. "What do you think?" The man asked, prompting Jamie to sigh. "You try to be friendly..." He said, before moving in a flash, and pushing the gun away from him, causing the man to reflexively pull the trigger...

Back with Adam, a few minutes later...

"Alright, in, in, in!" Adam ordered, as the quartet reached the Charger, which he had asked Jamie to park on the other side of the woods. Nodding, the three girls got into the car, as the boy slid over the hood, and leapt into the driver's seat. Immediately, the car revved to life when Adam slammed his key into the ignition. Shifting his handbrake, he spun the car round, just as the Yamainu members appeared from the woods.

"Open fire!" The squad leader yelled, before the Yamainu members nodded, and did as ordered, their gun barrels igniting. As the barrage ricocheted off the car's frame, Adam smirked. "Oh, thank you Oyashiro for reinforced frameworks!" He said, getting a smile from Rika, as he slammed the accelerator down, causing the Charger to speed off down the road, the last few bullets of the Yamainu bouncing harmlessly off of its frame. After the fire ceased, the Yamainu leader held up his radio.

"Cuckoo, this is Squad A Leader. Targets have escaped. The Mentor reinforced his car's frame." He spoke into it, before the radio voice crackled back. "Trust me, they won't make it far. We've blockaded the roads out of Hinamizawa. More likely they'll meet up with the rest of their friends. We'll intercept them. For now, beat a tactical retreat." The voice stated, getting a grunt in reply. "Copy that, Cuckoo. Squad A, move..." The soldier started to say to his men, only to be shut up by a group of men, dressed differently from his Yamainu men, coming out of the forest. "Greetings, gentlemen..." The man at the head of the pack said, cracking his knuckles...

"We need to talk."

In the Charger...

"So, everything going according to the plan, Adam?" Satoko asked from her seat in the back of the Charger as it cruised through the hillside roads. "Aye, that it is. All we need to hope for is that they don't..." Adam went to reply, only to be cut off by a truck coming out of nowhere, and crashing into the back of the Charger, causing the car to spin out, coming to a stop on an outcrop overlooking Hinamizawa.

Inside the car, Adam and the girls were all regaining their vision, as the collision had caught them off guard, and so they had blacked out. Thankfully, they had all buckled into their seats. "You three good?" Adam asked, his hand going to the handle of a weapon under his seat. "Yep. Nothing broken." Rika replied, before she and Adam looked to the back, where Satoko and Hanyuu were. "We're good." The yellow-haired girl coughed out, causing the two in the front seats to smile.

"Alright, that was unexpected..." Adam started, cracking his neck. It was then that the doors to the car flew open. "Shit." Adam stated, before all 4 of them were dragged out of the car, and thrown to the ground.

As Adam struggled to pick himself off the dirt, he was shocked when he saw that the Yamainu had Jamie, Mion & Shion on their knees. "Sorry, bro. I fucked it." The elder brother said, as Adam narrowed his eyes at the black eye Jamie was sporting. "Punk was quicker than I expected. Doesn't matter. I've seen a lot meaner streets than the ones you're used to." Said a man standing behind Jamie, which caused Adam to chuckle, as he got to his feet finally. "Well, in that case, stick around..." He stated, pulling the sledgehammer he was holding up. "Mine's are gonna get a lot meaner."

As Adam was preoccupied with the man who hurt his brother, he was blindsided by another man coming from behind him, who kicked him back to the ground. Laughing, Jamie's attacker stepped out from behind the older brother, and withdrew a pistol from his waist. When he reached Adam, he pointed the gun at his head. "What, you thought this was gonna be a street fight?" He asked mockingly, as Adam looked up. "One question; What's your name?" He asked, getting a raised eyebrow from the man. "You'll be dead anyways, what harm could it do? Tetsuro Okonogi, pleasure to meet you. Why do you ask?" The man replied, prompting Adam to smile.

"Because I'm gonna enjoy what happens next, Okonogi." The boy coughed out, as the Yamainu man's finger tightened on the trigger...

A/N: Yeah, I think it's safe to say I'm a bit of a prick for leaving this story off here. Sorry, but trust me, the wait will be worth it! I'll see you all in Chapter 15 - War II. Till then, Madman out!