Chapter 27

~Visiting Hours~

-Kakuzu's POV-

Ken giggles as we enter a restaurant that looks expensive. Argh, I'm glad to not have a woman. All they do is complain and inhale money. Personally I don't care about any of these girls or that Hidan and Itachi is out on a date with them even if it is by force. I'm only here to make money.

Recently while on break from working at the bank (those baka have no idea that I'm the one taking their money) I had gone to a small cheap restaurant. While there a small group of teenagers came up to me telling me I did a great job cosplaying as Kakuzu. I didn't say anything to them and when I left I went to the library to use one of their computers to find out what they meant. Turns out we're pretty famous here in this world and I am using that to my advantage to make money here tonight. And I don't plan on telling the others in case they plan on trying to take the money from me.

The four of us get a table in a corner and the waiter hands each one of us a menu. I push the menu to the side not bothering with ordering anything. I'm not wasting my money on this place. Three tables away is where Leader and Konan is sitting on our right. In front of us a little to our left five table away is where Hidan, Itachi, Mayumi and Yume will be sitting according to Ken. Pulling out the camera I get ready to record everything, though I wish we were closer to hear the conversations I could probably make more money that way.

-Kasei's POV-

After giving my order to the waiter, I look over to the table with Pein and Konan. Tapping my manicured nails against the table I watch as Pein opens the gift that Ken had placed on their table. He pulls out a pair of pink furry handcuffs and raises his brow when he sees them. A slight blush adorns across Konan's cheek. I smile and then turn away since I'm only here for Yume.

So far everything is going according to plan. I hate what will happen to Yume in the next few weeks and the events that will follow. This is all for the better though, and all I have to do is keep an eye out on Tobi.

-Yume's POV-

I look down twiddling my fingers together unable to say anything. This is like a dream come true but at the same time it's not. Nobody in this carriage is out on this date willingly; almost everyone back home was against us. Not that I don't mind this I just think it would be better if we were all willing, but I guess I shouldn't complain.

"Dammit Old Man stop staring at me it's freaking me out," Mayumi says from next to me.

The seating is like this, Mayumi and I are on one side while Hidan and Itachi on the other side. Itachi is in front of me and Hidan is in front of her.

"I'll look at you all I fucking want," Hidan growls out.

"You want this carriage to stop so I can kick your ass," Mayumi snarls back.

"Like you can do anything in that damn dress," Hidan taunts back.

"You want to test that," Mayumi replies back.

"You two stop it," I chide them with a stern glare.

"Sorry," Mayumi says.

"Fuck off," Hidan says glaring right back.

"That is enough," Itachi speaks up. "If the two of you cannot restrain yourselves from arguing for just a couple of hours I will do it for you."

"No need to get your damn panties in a twist," Hidan says turning to face Itachi.

Itachi looks at Hidan just slightly narrowing his eyes. Hidan glares back for a moment before looking away to face Mayumi. She grins and then starts laughing at Hidan. He glares at her in return. I just sigh shaking my head then look away from the two as the carriage slowly comes to a stop.

"We have arrived," says the man who has been driving the carriage.

"Finally," Mayumi says as she opens the door on her side and jumps out.

I chuckle and turn to open the door on my side. Itachi beats me to it and gets out first. He then offers his hand up to me. I give a small smile as I give him my hand and he helps me down. The driver nods his head to us then pulls out a book and starts reading it.

The four of us head over to the entrance of the restaurant with Mayumi in the lead. Hidan soon catches up with her and then it seems like it becomes a competition of who reaches the door first for the two of them. Hidan beats her and walks inside while closing the door behind him in her face.

"Asshole," Mayumi yells before opening the door and walking in.

I sigh knowing this is going to be a long date. Itachi holds the door open for me and I thank him with a nod. Inside the four of us are greeted with a waiter who takes us to a table. We sit down and the waiter hands each one of us a menu.

"I'm to inform you that the payment of dinner is being taken care of. I will be back in a few minutes to take your orders," the waiter says with a bow then leaves.

"I think Ken is the one who is paying for everything," Mayumi says as she opens her menu.

"I don't fucking think so," Hidan replies.

"It shouldn't matter who is doing it," I say before opening my menu. "We should just be thankful that the person is kind enough to pay for the dinner instead of making us pay for it."

"We all have enough money to actually pay for the meal though." Mayumi replies. "So I don't know why they would do this for us."

"Who fucking cares, it is going to be a free meal," Hidan answers.

"Unless we have to, we will not worry about the bill," Itachi says.

"Fine," Mayumi replies.

Silence falls over our table as we look through the menu. I don't take long to decide what I want to eat since I'm not the hungry. Closing the menu I look around the restaurant. My eyes land on a table where Pein and Konan are sitting. They're both sitting across from each other and are slightly leaning forward, both ignoring the food in front of them. Konan is talking and Pein has a small smile on his face and nods his head every few moments.

I smile slightly at the scene then look away. The waiter comes back after a few minutes. He takes our order then leaves with the menus.

"So after all of this we go home," Mayumi asks as she taps her fingers on the table.

"I'm not fucking going anywhere else after here," Hidan replies.

"Going home after dinner sounds like a good idea," I reply. "I'm positive none of us really want to be here."

"But…." Mayumi says then trails off as she looks at me with confusion. "Never mind, I'll talk with you later."

"What the hell are Leader and Konan doing here for," Hidan asks looking in the direction that the two people are in.

"It looks like they're spending time together," Mayumi replies.

"What Leader-sama and Konan-san does in their own time together is none of our concern," Itachi says.

"You need to seriously loosen up a bit," Mayumi replies turning to face Itachi.

"May," I slightly hiss out.

"What I'm just speaking the truth," she replies.

"The Uchiha doesn't know how to loosen up," Hidan says with a chuckle.

"Oh my," Mayumi says as she places her hand on her cheek and frowns slightly. "What would the others think, when we tell them how Itachi didn't do much on the date? If he's going to keep this up we might have to find someone else for Yume."

"I don't fucking care," Hidan replies.

"Leave him be, he's not doing anything wrong," I say with a small glare towards Mayumi.

"Yume you need to stop standing up and defending him," she replies.

"Well then stop forcing him to do things," I snap causing Mayumi to lean back in her seat and to look at me in shock.

"What the hell is your problem," Hidan asks. I ignore him as I place my head in my hand.

"Are you feeling well," Itachi asks softly.

"I'm going to be okay," I mumble in reply.

"Yume," Mayumi says slowly. I remove my hand from my head and look at her. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine," I reply just as the waiter returns with the food and drinks.

"Enjoy," the waiter says with a bow then walks away to go serve other people.

"Great I'm starving," Hidan says picking up his chopsticks.

Mayumi with an unsure look but then goes to pay attention to her food. After saying thanks I pick up my chopsticks and slowly start eating.

-Sasori's POV-

"Where is Yume," Ayako ask walking into the kitchen.

"Out on a date," I reply finishing the rice balls I was making.

"With Itachi," she asks as she walks over. I look up watching her carefully. She goes over to the cabinets and pulls down a bag of chips. Opening them she looks back at me. "And I guess the others are gone as well to spy on the date?"

"There was a big commotion about it an hour ago," I reply sitting my plate down on the table and then head to the fridge to get a drink.

"Figures," I hear Ayako mumble as I pull out a bottle of water.

I say nothing and just head to the table. Sitting down, I open the bottle and take a sip of water. Ayako tosses the open bag of chips onto the table and heads to the fridge. She returns a few seconds later with a can of soda and sits down from across me.

After a few minutes pass I ask, "Aren't you going to make a huge deal about it?"

Ayako pops a chip in her mouth and chews slowly. Her blue eyes never leave my brown eyes as we both try to analyze each other. She reaches for her soda can takes a long sip then places it down with a small sigh.

"Personally, I don't like the idea of my cousin possibly dating any of you," she finally replies. "I don't like the fact they Mayumi is helping some of the members of your group to get my cousin together with Itachi. Though Mayumi has given her approval he has yet to receive mine or anyone else in the family. Yume…."

She trails off and looks over to the clock. Her eyes stay glued to it but are unfocused as her thoughts are somewhere else. I don't interrupt her moment of thinking even if it does annoy me that she doesn't finish her explanation. So I try my best to wait patiently as I finish of my last rice ball and take another sip of my water. She eventually turns and looks back at me.

"It's something I'll have to talk with her about and in the end I guess my approval doesn't truly matter. If it makes my cousin happy then I'll support her…not in the way the others are doing it. And if she gets hurt…."

Ayako gives an innocent smile but the look in her eyes promises that there will be hell to pay. My lips slightly twitch but never turn into a true smile. She then stands up dusting off her hands.

"I'm going to go back to my art project," she says closing up the bag of chips. "I'll see you around."

Ayako grabs her soda can then walks out. Standing up I go and take my plate to the sink. Ayako is very different from her cousin and Mayumi. When she first came here she was shy and when founding out we're from another world she became child-like wanting to know anything and everything about where we came from. But that quickly worn off as she learned more staying silent and observing the interactions with everyone. And if she wasn't doing that she would be busy with art.

I shake my head to get rid of the thoughts about her. She may act different but she's just another girl. We'll be leaving this place and heading back to our world eventually. I need to push her away now before anything can happen.

-Itachi's POV-

Yume returns a few minutes later from the restrooms. She looks paler than when she left and sweat is trickling down the side of her face. Taking her seat beside me she gives the three of us a small smile. Hidan completely ignores her and Mayumi returns the smile before returning to her conversation…argument with Hidan, not noticing how the smile on Yume is lace with pain.

I glance over to the two bickering people before looking back to Yume. Her eyes are cast downward as she pokes the remaining of her food with her chopsticks. Reaching over I place my hand on top of hers. She looks up at me with wide startled eyes.

"If you want, I'll finish that for," I say softly so the other to won't hear. I know what it's like hiding the fact you are sick and not having much of an appetite for anything.

"It is fine," she replies giving a small smile. "I'll finish it myself, but thank you."

I nod removing my hand off her. She gives a reassuring smile and turns back to her food then starts eating it. She pretends to be perfectly fine like there is nothing to worry about. I shouldn't be the one to say anything when I do the same. Fighting a battle that we may both lose but while I hide behind my emotionless façade she only hides behind the one where everything is going to be perfectly fine. She smiles, helping others…shows kindness as if any day will be her last and wants to leave behind only memories of happiness.

I look away lifting my cups to my lips to hide a small frown. There is a reason why I didn't want to come on this date. It means spending more time together something we shouldn't do. I know that I care for her a little more than I should and if anything was to happen she would be the one to get hurt either intentionally or unintentionally. I want to keep her safe, shield her from any harm just like I wanted to do for Sasuke, but having anything to do with me will only cause the opposite to happen. I am a liar…a sinner…I do not deserve her for anything…but a part of me wants to be selfish while there is still time.

My frown deepens before I take a sip of my tea. I'll just have to ignore that selfish part of me like I have been doing my entire life.

-Tobi's POV-

I watch from the shadows as Kakuzu, Kisame and Ken all enter the house. Kakuzu splits apart from the two of them heading upstairs. Ken giggles while talking about something to a grinning Kisame. I wait for that kitsune to show up but she never does. And shortly after those three have arrived Pein and Konan enter the house. They better not be getting into anything, I did not create this organization for romance purposes.

"Did the two of you have fucking fun," Ken asks the two of them with a smirk.

"It is none of your concern," Pein replies narrowing his eyes.

"What you did was…thoughtful but such things won't be happening again," Konan replies.

"Whatever you two say," Ken replies with a chuckle as if planning another date night for them.

Clenching my hands tightly, my eye narrows. Konan bids everyone a goodnight then heads upstairs. Ken watches Pein with a smirk as if waiting for him to follow after Konan. My attention turns away from them when the door opens from Itachi. Yume smiles at him in return giving a small nod before she walks in and takes off her shoes. Mayumi and Hidan walk into the house yelling at each other, a normal routine for the two of them now. Both of them kick off their shoes at the same time not once stopping their little argument that is little importance. It sickens me watching all of this happens.

"Fucking welcome back," Ken says cheerfully.

"Have fun," Kisame asks smirking.

"Not with this Old Man," Mayumi replies pointing to Hidan. This causes Kisame to chuckle and Hidan to yell.

"Like you any fucking fun," Hidan growls.

"There's fucking bedrooms upstairs if you two fucking want to have some real fun," Ken chirps.

"Hell no," Mayumi says the same time Hidan says, "Fuck no."

"It's late for this, if you want to argue please save it for tomorrow," Yume replies tiredly. "I'm going to go to bed so goodnight." She gives everyone in the room a smile and then heads upstairs.

My organization is falling apart, turning into a circus because of these girls and Ken. I must stop that from happening. I've been keeping my distance since winter break, but now the gloves are coming off. Yume acts like a saint but she isn't one, and I will break her, show everyone that she's no better than any of us. Mayumi, I will have fun torturing her and Ayako I'll find something to do with her. As for Ken…I just may have to kill him just like that wretched kitsune once I get my hands on her.

-Yume's POV-

A week later everyone is in the living room doing some sort of activity. Ayako is talking with Deidara as the two of them work on clay sculptures. Tobi and Zetsu seem to be engaged in some sort of hushed conversation. Kakuzu has laptop, that I'm guessing he bought, and a camera hooked up to it and doing something. How he figured out to use both of the electronics is beyond me, and then yet again people at work might have helped him. Sasori and Itachi are playing shōgi with Pein and Konan on the sidelines to have a match with the winner. Hidan and Mayumi seem to be having some sort of competition. Kisame, Ken and I are watching the discovery channel.

The phone starts ringing but gets ignored and after the fifth ring it stops. But then the phone rings again a minute later but this time ringing on until the seventh time before stop. And then it happens again but this time the ringing doesn't stop. I sigh realizing no one is going to get it and so getting up I head to the kitchen to answer the phone.

"Moshi-moshi," I answer.

"Moshi-moshi," come the reply on the other end.

"Uncle Sato," I say with a grin. "How are you and aunt Etsu?"

"I'm doing fine and so is your aunt. I was calling because she wants to see you and Ayako. Do you think the two of you can visit down at the hospital today?"

"We can come and visit," I reply as I walk into the living room. "Is it alright if Mayumi comes as well," I ask. Hearing her name Mayumi looks over to me and I give her a small smile.

"Who is on the phone," Pein asks.

I ignore him as I listen to my uncle reply, "That will be fine. We hope to see you three soon."

"Alright we're on our way," I reply and then end the call. "That was Uncle Sato," I answer Pein's question.

"Is my mom alright," Ayako asks jumping to her feet her body and face becoming tense with worry.

"He says she's fine but wants to see you and me. Mayumi can come along as well," I reply. Ayako lets out a small sigh but the tension stays.

"Alright then let's go," Mayumi says as she stands up and stretches. "Got to make sure aunt Etsu doesn't stop kicking." Ayako gives Mayumi a small smile of thanks and Mayumi grins in reply. I place the phone down onto the coffee table.

"You three are leaving now," Pein asks.

"Yeah," I reply.

"Tobi wants to come with."

"Family only," Ayako says.

"But…Masaru-chan is going with," Tobi whines.

"That is because she is family," I reply.

"Don't fucking go yet," Ken yells jumping off the couch and running into the kitchen.

"Okay," Mayumi says shaking her head as she heads to the door and place on her shoes.

"Can Tobi come with please?"

"No," Ayako and I reply in union.

"But…." Tobi starts to say but I interrupt him.

"Family only," I say sternly. "You are not part of my family and therefore you will not be coming with. I'm sorry but my uncle and aunt know nothing about you and it will be staying that way."

I tense as Tobi pulls me into a hug. "You are getting too mouthy for your own good. I would be careful what words you speak if I were you lest someone gets hurt," Tobi whispers in a voice dripping with the promise of death.

"Okay I'm fucking back," Ken shouts as Tobi lets go of me. Ken looks between Tobi and I then shrugs as he walks over to Ayako. "You can fucking give this to your fucking parents." Ken hands over a small platter of pastries.

"Thank you," Ayako says with a smile.

"Alright let's go," Mayumi says. "See you guys later."

"Bye everyone," I say with a nod as I hurry over to the door. I place on my shoes and walk out with Ayako and Mayumi.

"So where to," Mayumi asks.

"The hospital," I reply.

"I'll drive," Ayako says as she hands me the platter.

"Fine but we're taking my car," Mayumi answers as she hands over her keys to Ayako.

"Okay," Ayako replies.

We all get into the car and minutes later are driving away from the house. It takes an hour to get into the city. When we reach the hospital Ayako quickly finds a parking spot closest to the hospital doors. Getting out of the car I hand the platter back to Ayako and the three of us head to the entrance where Uncle Sato is waiting for us, his brown hair falling over his brown eyes.

"Dad," Ayako says and I take the platter from her as she runs over to him and hugs him.

"My little princess," Uncle Sato says with a smile as he returns the hug.

"Give it here," Mayumi says holding out her hands. I look at her confused and she takes the platter from my hands. "Now go join them."

"Thanks," I say giving a smile and then rush over to my uncle and cousin. I wrap my arms around both of them. Uncle Sato chuckles and places his left arm around me in return.

"Hello to you too," uncle says.

"Is mom okay," Ayako asks worried as she pulls away.

"You should come see her for yourself," he replies. "Troublemaker, get over here," he says as he looks over to Mayumi.

"I was letting you all have your family moment," Mayumi replies with a grin as she walks over. She then hands the platter to Ayako.

"Alright then," uncle says. "Follow me ducklings."

I smile as uncle leads the way to aunt Etsu, who is my mother's twin sister. Ayako follows right behind him with Mayumi and me walking behind her side by side. A few minutes later we arrive to the room where my aunt is. Aunt Etsu is sitting up in bed smiling as we walk in. Her black hair is cut short and her blue eyes look a lot brighter from when I last saw her. There's no IV drips or any other type of wires connected to her either.

"Hello you three," aunt says, her voice sounding a bit rough and deep.

"Hey mom, you look better," Ayako says with a smile as her blue eyes get watery. "We brought some pastries. They're a gift from Ken," she continues as she walks over to Etsu.

"Thank you," she replies her smiling getting larger. "I'm starving…who is Ken?"

"A very…weird guy," Mayumi says with a chuckle. "But he's kind of cool and he really makes some amazing food."

"Alright," Etsu replies with a small chuckle taking the platter from Ayako. Removing the plastic, she picks up one of the pastries and bites into it. She hums in approval, closing her eyes. After swallowing she says, "This is amazing."

"We know," I say as Mayumi and I walk more into the room. Uncle Sato goes over and picks one of the smaller pastries and pops it into his mouth.

"Not bad," he says a minute later as he picks up another one. "Not too much sugar like others and the flavors really work well together. Is this Ken fellow a professional?"

"I told you his cooking is amazing," Mayumi replies with a chuckle.

"He is working as a chef at Mayumi's workplace," I answer my uncle's question. "But he wants to own his own restaurant."

"Well if he continues what he is doing he just might get there," Sato replies then pops the other pastry into his mouth.

"So how are you feeling mom," Ayako asks as she takes a seat in one of the available chairs in the room next to the bed.

"I'm feeling good," Etsu replies as uncle Sato takes a seat on the bed. Mayumi take a seat in the other two chairs. "I will be getting better as time goes on too. Just a few days ago the doctors were finally able to figure out what was wrong with me and have been giving me the right treatment. Tomorrow I will be able to go home with some prescription. I'm practically cured."

"That's amazing news," Ayako squeals as she throws her arms around her mother.

I smile happy for my cousin, aunt and uncle. My uncle and aunt laugh as they have their own family hugging moment. Mayumi then jabs me in the ribs and we join the hugging. But I pull away a moment later as a bitter feeling falling crawls up my throat and stays dancing on my tongue.

The three of us stay until visiting hours come to an end. A doctor and nurse would come in every couple of hours checking up on my aunt. I kept smiling but stayed silent watching everyone in the room, hardly interacting with any of them.

When we get home I ignore everyone and head up to my room. Closing the door I lock it and go over to my bed. I pick up the bear Itachi got me and bury my face into it as tears burn my eyes but don't fall. I am happy for my family; really I am happy that my aunt is better now. But at the same time I am mad because I know that happiness will be ripped away from all of us soon and it's going to be because of me.

As each second ticks by my sickness gets worse, and I can feel it in my soul that there will be nothing the doctors will be able to do for. That is why I don't bother going to the hospital for any treatment because if I do get any it will means lots of test and chemotherapy that will just make me feel more sick and tired then I already do. I will be bed ridden for most of them time. It will only prolong the inevitable.

I scream into the bear as the tears trickle down my face. A moment later I throw it across the room making it hit the wall. I grab the next available thing in my reach and throw it just like I did the bear. Glass shatters and rains down but I'm already reaching for another object. A minute later there is knocking on the bedroom door and the door knob is jiggling but I continue with my rage of destroying everything I touch. For now I need this to get rid of the bitterness growing.


(From this point onward this is the one-shot of when Ken first met Ame. If you want to read this go ahead if not well then don't and you can skip down to the author's note.)

-Omake/One-shot-

A little seven year old boy with messy silver hair and blue eyes was watching his older sister Aya going through his clothes for his first day at the academy. Aya, a girl of sixteen years, moved her similar silver chest length hair away from her face as she looked over to her one and only little brother. She glanced down at the clothes in her hands then back up to her brother with a smile.

"Okay Ken I have the perfect outfit for you," Aya said as she walked over to the boy.

"Do I fucking have to," Ken asked crossing his arms.

"Hai," replies his sister. "You have to always look your best." Aya then gently slapped her brother across the mouth.

"What the fuck was that for," Ken asked glaring.

"For swearing," Aya replies with a stern glare. "If kaa-san ever heard you repeat the words father does she would have your head."

"If father can do it I can too," Ken said with a small pout.

"You are so adorable," Aya replies pinching her brother's cheeks. "Now get dressed so you can eat breakfast. You don't want to be late for your first day at the academy."

Aya left her brother and went to help their mother in the kitchen. Meanwhile, Ken changed out of his pajamas and into the clothing his sister picked out for him. He was a bit upset that he couldn't pick his own clothes, but didn't complain because he knew his sister had good taste in clothes since she was a fashion designer. He had helped her a few times when he wasn't helping their mother in the kitchen with food.

Ken pulled on black trousers, a grey shirt and a blue vest. He then left his room and headed to the kitchen. In the kitchen his blue eyes were met with the sight of his father's arms wrapped around his mother's waist whispering things in her ear causing her to giggle. Aya was setting up the table for breakfast and his other older sisters Emiko and Manako were sitting at the table talking.

Emiko was the oldest child of the age twenty-seven with black hair and blues eyes just like their father. She usually had her hair in a messy bun while working at the hospital, she was a doctor. Manako was a year younger than Emiko and was a Jounin ninja like their father. She had black hair that was in the style of chin length bob cut and green eyes.

"Yo, Ken come on over here and give your big sister a hug," Manako said opening her arms wide.

With a grin Ken went and hugged his sister. Manako hugged him tightly for a few long moments before letting him go. Ken then hugged his other older sister who gave him a small gentle hug back.

"Ohayou gozaimasu everyone," Ken said to his family.

"Oh my little boy," said the mother as she pulled away from her husband and hugged their son. Her silver shoulder length hair tickled the side of his cheek. "You're growing up so fast. Who will I have helping me in the kitchen?"

"I'll always help you in the kitchen kaa-san," Ken replied with a grin as he hugged his mother back.

"My fucking boy needs to learn to be a fucking man," said the father from behind them.

"Ichiro," the mother said in a dangerous tone as she pulled away from Ken. "Our son can still be a man while working in a kitchen. Now watch your language before he picks up your swearing habit."

"Are you fucking sure about that when his fucking sisters always fucking dress him up and makes him play fucking tea parties and other girly things? Boys should fucking spending their time outside getting fucking dirty and destroying things."

"They say it's so I can be a good gentleman," Ken said to his father.

"He's going to be just fine," the mother replied before whacking her husband on the forehead. "No swearing in front of Ken."

"Okay I think we should eat breakfast before it gets any later or Ken will be late to the academy," Aya said reminding everyone why they were eating as a family on that early morning.

They all ate breakfast happily. They talked with one another, mostly Ken's family were telling him about their school days stories. This went on until it was time to leave. Emiko and Manako were going to stay home and clean things up. Ichiro, the father, had a mission to get to but was putting it off to see his son of on his first day. Akira, the mother, and Aya were also joining Ichiro even though they had things to do and places to see.

Ken walked between both his parents as he held their hands and walked to the academy. He was nervous since he never played or talked with other kids his age. Most of his time was spent either with his sisters who used him like a Barbie doll or he was helping his mom in the kitchen. Most of that time was in the kitchen, he loved watching his mother cook and getting to help her.

When they reached the academy there was a bunch of kids laughing and running around. They were getting together with friends or trying to make friends. Parents and teachers were meeting and talking about what the students would be learning throughout the school year.

Ken and his family went to the office to get the necessary paper work that was needed. They then went to go find Ken's teacher. His parents told him to go mingle with the other students and try to make friends before class starts. Left alone Ken looked at all of the students not knowing what to do. He didn't like that his parents and sister left him alone. What was he supposed to do just walk up to one of the kids randomly and ask them to be friends?

Ken decided he was just going to go find his family and stay with them until his eyes landed on someone. That someone is a girl with black waist length hair tied up in a high ponytail with red ribbons and purple eyes. She's wearing a green kimono with owls on it and is talking and laughing with her group of friends.

"Somebody catch your eye," Aya asked from beside her brother causing him to jump and slightly blush. Aya gave him a sly grin and he looked away back to the girl.

"She's…beautiful," Ken told his sister softly.

"I don't know about that since I'm not into little kids," Aya replied in a joking tone. "But whoever it is you're speaking about I guess she is pretty."

"I'm talking about her," Ken replied pointing to the girl he is unable to take his blue eyes off.

"Ah, yep just as I thought, she's pretty," Aya said. "Good taste otōto. Now instead of standing here go and talk to her."

"What," Ken said as he looked up at his sister with a panic.

"Go talk to her," Aya replied holding in her laughter.

"But…what the fuck am I going to say," Ken asked as he looked back and forth between his sister and the girl.

"Well first off no swearing," Aya replied. "All you do is go over their say hello, introduce yourself, find out her name and then from there become friends. Just remember to act like a gentleman, girls don't like mean guys."

"You make it sound easy," Ken replied kicking at the dirt.

"It is, now go talk to her or I'll embarrass you…in front of everyone," Aya said with a sly grin.

"Fine I fucking will," Ken said with a pout as he placed his hands into his pocket.

Aya chuckled and gave her little brother a shove forward. Ken stumbled for a moment before making his way of to the girl and her friends. As he neared them they became quiet watching him making him feel nervous.

"Konnichiwa," Ken said shyly and a twinge of red tinting his cheeks. "My name is Koizume Ken, but you can just call me Ken." Some of the girls in the group giggled and that made Ken shuffle his feet a little bit.

"Konnichiwa," each girl in the group said to him and one by one, they introduced themselves. Finally the girl who Ken really wanted to know the name spoke.

"My name is Ame," she said with a soft tone.

"It's nice to meet all of you," Ken said but his eyes never left Ame. He then gave a small bow causing most of the girls to giggle. He finally decided he should be blunt and so asked, "Can we be friends?"

"No," Ame replied. "Tou-san says that being friends with boys are bad and that they have bunch of cooties that take away little girl's innocence." Ame then turned around and walked away.

Ken watched with a frown as she walked away ignoring the other girls around him. The pout was soon replaced with a look of determination that came across his face. He was going to make Ame his friend one way or another and then one day she was going to be his wife. He was going to ask his sisters and mother's help. Maybe he should bring her some cookies tomorrow, everyone liked cookies and that could be one step closer to achieving his goal.

Aya smiled as she watched her little brother walk back over to her with a determined and thoughtful look on her face. She knew what happened and she was going to help her little brother in any way she could.

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And I finally got to update this again after a long waiting period. Don't worry, I plan for the updates on this to become regular again, as in updates every Tuesday. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and for those who read the one-shot I hope you enjoyed that as well. I hope everyone like the change in POVs. One more thing after going through everything for this story and planning, the chapters have been cut down from 40 to 36 so this story will finish a lot sooner.

Okay so I didn't receive twenty reviews for the last chapter, but I wrote the one-shot anyways and I had fun. In fact I might start having little one-shots of Ken and Ame at the end of every chapter. I'll leave that up to you guys to decide by telling me in a review if you want that or not.

Anyways, the next update will be Tuesday. We all know Masashi Kishimoto owns the Akatsuki. I only own Ken, Yume, Mayumi, Kasei, Felix, any other OCs, any places I've created and the plot. I thank everyone who has read this and been faithful as well as add this to their favorites/alerts and who has reviewed this. Reviews are appreciated and stay tuned for the next chapter. I bid adieu for now until we meet again. ^.^

P.S. I didn't go too much into detail about the dates, I wanted to leave that up to all of my readers imagination about what happen.