A/N: Welcome back to When The Brothers Cry! Sorry for not uploading anything for a while, guys. I have no excuse, as I have been playing my Xbox and Playstation, coming up with new story ideas, and watching anime. That, and I suffered from an illness for a while, so that sucked. Well, anyways, enjoy Chapter 9 - A New World!
Chapter 9 – A New World
Hinamizawa School, 1983
"Good morning, class!" Chie Rumiko called, as she entered the room. "Good morning, Miss Chie!" the children called back, as she placed a set of files on her table. "Well, children, I hope you all had a good weekend, as we have a few new students joining us today, but only one is here right now. I hope you make them feel welcome when they all arrive." Chie continued, before she called through the open door, "You can come in now!" With a small "Hauhau!", the class saw a purple haired girl with horns walk into the room. "Hi, I'm…Hanyuu Furude. It's a pleasure to meet you!" she said, causing the class to gasp at her cuteness. "So, she shares the family name as Rika." Keiichi said, looking to his blue-haired friend, who nodded. "She's a distant cousin of mine." She explained, before the new girl bowed, and was directed to her seat. "Now, we just have to wait for the other two." Chie said to herself, before the class heard a faint rumble. "What was that?" Keiichi asked, before the class ran to the windows and looked out, where they saw a Dodge Charger and Nissan Skyline pull into the car park of the school. Unbeknownst to them, little Rika and Hanyuu were looking to each other, thinking to themselves, "Yes! They're back!", as they saw the driver doors of the cars open, and two figures stepped out. "Alright, I'm going to greet the new arrivals. Please, stay here." Chie said, exiting the room, as Rika looked at the driver of the Charger longingly.
Outside, in the parking lot…
. "You think this is the place, Adam?" the first boy asked, before the second looked round. "Let's see, running track, supply sheds, cars in the car park, educational look of the building, kids looking at us from the windows, and lastly, that sign behind us that says 'Hinamizawa School'. I'm going to say yes, this is the place, Jamie." He said sarcastically, as he shut the door of his Charger. "Fuck you, bro." Jamie said, shutting the door to the Skyline. "Love you too, big brother." Adam said, before he saw Chie and the school principal, Kaieda, coming out of the building. "Look alive." He said, slapping Jamie on the shoulder, and nodding towards the two adults, causing his brother to look round, as the two adults reached them.
"You two are the Robertson brothers, I presume?" Kaieda asked, before Adam nodded. "Aye, that'd be us. I'm Adam, and the twig over there's my brother Jamie." He said, before both of the brothers shook the hands of both Kaieda and Chie. "Nice rides." Kaieda said, nodding to the cars. "We're aware." Jamie said, before the teachers smirked. "Well, I suppose we should get you introduced to the rest of the class, shouldn't you?" Chie asked, before Adam gestured forward. "Lead on." He said, before he and his brother were led inside. After they reached the door to the classroom, Kaieda took his leave from them, and Chie turned to the brothers. "Could you please wait out here for a minute?" she asked, before the brothers leaned on the wall, and nodded. "Alright, just come in when I say." She said, before entering the class.
"So, we prepared to live more than a couple of days in this town, Adam?" Jamie asked, before his brother looked to him. "Better than living in the shithole called Vale." Adam stated, before Jamie shrugged. "Touché." He stated, before they both heard Chie say, "You can come in now!" Pushing themselves off the wall, the brothers entered the classroom, where they were introduced to the rest of the children by Miss Rumiko, before they bowed. "Pleasure to meet you all! We hope we can all get along!" they said, straightening back up. "Alright, now if you two could take the table over there, the first subject is Maths, but since you two have done this work before, you two have this class free." Chie said, gesturing to a table over to the side of the room. Nodding, the brothers walked over to the table and sat down. As Chie started the class, Adam and Jamie reached into their bags, and withdrew what they would need for their free class.
About an hour later…
About halfway through the Maths class, while he was reading a book, Adam felt a light tap on his shoulder. Looking down, he saw that he was looking at Rika. "Yes, how can I help you, Miss…?" he asked, trailing off when he realised he didn't know the girl's name. "Oh, I'm Rika Furude! If I could ask, can you help me with this?" She asked, holding out her Maths book. Looking to his brother, who smirked, Adam nodded. "Alright, Rika, jump up." He said, patting the empty seat next to him, as he took Rika's Maths book. Complying, Rika jumped up into the seat, then pushed it closer to Adam, so she could see the book, but also causing Jamie to let out a near-unaudible chuckle. "Right, which ones do you need help with?" Adam asked Rika, who pointed out the questions she needed help with. "Oh, I can see how you'd need help. Right, well, basically what you do is multiply this out, add that number on, divide by this, then carry the one." He said, double underlining the answer he reached. "Oh, so that's how you do that!" Rika said, before Adam nodded. "Just do the same as I did for the rest. Guarantee you'll find it easier now." He said, passing the book back to Rika. "Alright, thanks, Adam!" she said, before heading back to her seat next to Satoko, Adam smiling as he watched her.
"Ahh, young love!" Jamie sighed, before Adam growled, and stepped on his foot. "Stow it, Jamie." He said, before Jamie smirked. "Oh, come on. You were making googly eyes at Rika there. I may be a dick, Adam, but I'm not thick." He stated, making Adam scoff. "Sometimes you shock me. She's about 7 years too young for me. Now you? I see you eyeing up that green haired girl up the back of the class." He retorted, making Jamie scowl. "I was not. Heads up, by the way." He said, making Adam raise up a hand, and catch an oncoming piece of paper that had been slingshotted to him between two of his fingers. Looking round and smirking, Adam saw that Mion had a shocked look on her face. Unfurling the paper, Adam read,
To the Robertson brothers…
You may just be newcomers to our class, but you two strike me as potential Club material. Can you please hang back after school finishes?
Mion Sonozaki, AKA the green-haired girl in the full uniform.
P.S. The other green-haired girl, the one in uniform, minus the vest, is my sister Shion. Tell that to your brother, Adam, as I noticed the stares he was giving her.
As Adam read the note, his brain was working in overdrive. "Club? Wonder what kind of Club we're dealing with here." He thought to himself, before Jamie asked, "What's up, bro?" Passing the note over to him, Adam looked back over to Mion, who he could see was smirking, even though she was looking at the table. After reading the note, Jamie passed it back over to Adam. "So, we doing it?" he asked, before Adam picked up his pencil, and scrawled a reply. "What do you think?" he asked rhetorically, as he folded the paper back into the projectile it used to be, placed a rubber band between two of his fingers, and slingshotted the paper back to Mion, hitting her on the top of the head. Glaring to him, Mion picked up the paper, and read the reply. Looking back up, she nodded to the brothers, with them returning the gesture, before they all got back to work…
Later on…
After school ended, the brothers waited behind after the final class ended, as they saw Mion walk up to them. "So, what can we do for you, Miss Sonozaki?" Adam asked, before the green-haired girl smiled. "I wanna formally invite you two to become the new members of our Club!" she said, gesturing up to the back of the room, where the rest of the Club was pushing tables together. "So, what exactly does this Club of yours do?" Jamie asked, before Mion cleared her throat. "We try to come out ahead of others through tests of strength, intelligence and cunning!" she said, before Jamie raised an eyebrow in confusion, and looked to Adam, who was smirking. "You get what she's on about, bro?" he asked, before Adam chuckled. "To be blunt, they play games." He said, before looking to Mion. "Am I right?" he asked, before Mion nodded. "Well, are you two in?" she asked, before Adam looked to Jamie, who shrugged. "Yeah." He said, looking to Mion. "We're in." Smiling, Mion clapped her hands together. "Great! Now, if you'll meet us up the back, we can get started on your entrance exam!" she said, before heading back up to join the rest of the Club. Looking to Jamie as they both stood up, Adam said, "Well, better than laying around the house doing fuck all.", gaining a nod from Jamie. "I'll give you that one." The older brother replied, as the two pulled their chairs over and sat down.
"So, what game you lot playing today?" Jamie asked, before Shion smiled. "Rummy. Know it?" she asked, causing the brothers to look to each other, and grin. "Please. We own this game." Adam said, before Mion smiled the same grin as her sister, and started to shuffle the cards. "We'll see about that." She said, going to deal, but she was cut off by the door sliding open, followed by the purple-haired girl that transferred to the school walking in. "Hanyuu, if I remember correctly." Adam thought to himself. "What can we do for you, Hanyuu?" Mion asked, causing the girl to look to Rika pleadingly, only for Rika to smile, and look away. "I'm not going to help you. If you want something, ask for it yourself." She said, causing the girl to pale. "I…I…I want to join your club!" she said, causing the Club members to look to each other. "Well, you're in luck, Hanyuu. We've got two members going through their entrance exams right now." Rena piped up, gesturing to the brothers, who waved. "Take a seat, and we'll see what you've got." Mion said, before Hanyuu nodded and took a seat. "Alright, now that that's sorted…" Mion said, starting to deal out the cards…
"Game On!"
After a few games…
"I'm out!" Adam said, placing down his finished hand, marking his latest victory in his streak, with Jamie following after him. "Well, I'll admit; I am impressed." Mion said, placing her hand down, before looking up to the brothers in time to see them bump their fists together. "You two are good." Shion said, following her sister, before the brothers smirked. "Yeah, our family had a lot of free time in Scotland before we came here, so we kept ourselves preoccupied." Jamie explained, as Rika, Hanyuu, Satoko and Rena placed down their cards, leaving Keiichi the only one still holding cards. "Why?" he asked, placing down his cards. "Why do I always lose?" Leaning over, Adam clapped him on the shoulder. "Keep this in mind for the future, mate; Never take a Scotsman, especially a Robertson, on in a card game. Trust me, you will lose." He said, before Mion scoffed. "Oh, really? We'll see about that, Adam. One day, I will have my vengeance!" she said, before Adam and Jamie smiled. "I look forward to that day, whenever it may be." Adam said, before looking to the watch on his wrist. Looking back to his brother, he nodded, before both of the brothers pushed their chairs back and stood up. "We'll see you around, you lot. We've got stuff to do." Jamie said, passing his brother his bag, before the Club nodded. "Alright, we'll see you two later." Mion said, before the brothers left the room.
Outside, the brothers walked over their cars. After they got into the driver's seats, Adam heard the walkie-talkie attached to his dashboard buzz to life. "What do you wanna do now, bro?" Jamie's voice asked, causing Adam to smirk, and pick up his radio. "We're gonna have to get acclimatised to this town, bro. How'd you feel about a race?" he asked, before he heard the Skyline's engine rev. "Sounds good." Jamie replied, before Adam said, "Let's do it.", placed his radio down, and revved the Charger's engine. Looking to each other, the brothers shifted their gearsticks, and sped out of the grounds in a cloud of dust.
The Next Day…
"So, what we playing today?" Adam asked the Club, as he and Jamie joined them after school ended. "Well, I know you two are males, and you've just joined the Club, but today this is a bit more, shall I say, intimate." Mion explained, as the Club saw her place a glass bottle on the table. "You gotta be kidding me. Spin the Bottle?" Jamie asked, before Mion grinned. "What's wrong, Jamie? Scared?" she asked, causing the elder Robertson to look to his brother, who raised an eyebrow. "Well, Jamie? You heard the lady. Scared?" Adam asked sarcastically, smiling when he saw Jamie clench his fist. "Alright then, bro, I'll play along." Jamie said hesitantly, before the brothers looked back to Mion. "Well, if we're ready…" She said, reaching for the bottle, before Shion held out her hand. "I propose that we add one rule. If one boy gets another on their spin, if they choose to, they should be able to spin again. That sound good?" she asked, before Mion nodded. "I agree." She said, before the Club nodded. "Alright, if we're all agreed…" Adam said, reaching for the bottle. Taking a hold of the bottle, he said…
"Game On!"
A/N: And I hope you enjoyed that! I know this chapter simply seems like a rewrite of the first chapter, but for those unfamiliar with Higurashi, the show is built on repeating the same time period over and over, with slight changes changing the outcome of each arc. Come to think of it, sounds a lot like a Playstation game. Anyway, I'll see you in Chapter 10 - Spin The Bottle II! Madman out!