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contain some dark things, like abuse. So, if you don't like beatings or
that sort of thing...turn back!! And if you still want to read the story,
don't sue me if anything happens to you. This is a story about the
jinzouningen's past...even this isn't k/18, there will be some k/18!
Leading to a Dark Road Chapter 2-The Hating
" Get up, you brats!" Xander felt a sharp pull on his blanket and felt the chill air surround his body. Xander groaned and rubbed his eyes. He saw his father pull off Alex's blankets and dropped it to the floor. " Time to go to school!"
" Okay, otousan!" Alex got out of bed and ran out of the room to the shower.
" When your sister is finished, I expect you to go after," Kevin walked out of the room and headed to the kitchen.
Xander stayed behind and fixed up the room. As soon as Alex finished, Xander had already fluffed the pillows.
" Okay, Xander," Alex said, bringing her dripping, covered body inside the room. " Your turn, but hurry up, or else we'll be late."
Xander nodded and ran to the bathroom. Even though he hated his sister bossing him around, he still had to follow her since she was the eldest of the two and that she would snitch on their father. Xander shook his head as he started the shower. Alex hardly snitches to anyone. If she was to be tortured by her arm being stabbed with a pointy burning steel rod a million times, Alex wouldn't snitch. She would rather die than blab out an important secret or snitch. Xander went in the shower and felt the tiny patters of the water on his back. This was the only time Xander could ever be safe from the outside world.
" Here, your lunch money," Kevin handed three hundred zeni to the twins.
" Arigato, otousan," the twins said in unison as they bowed down low. " Bye!" Xander and Alex ran down their street and turned left and saw a couple of their classmates walking to school. The twins hardly talked to anyone of them.
" Race ya to school, Xander," Alex said in a cool tone.
Xander smirked, " Okay...but what's the point if I'm already going to- "
Alex started off and started sprinting towards the huge brick building. " Come on, slowpoke!"
Xander growled and sprinted after his sister, " Alex, you cheated!"
" Last time you cheated, you brat!" Alex looked behind her. She didn't see the curb and she was going to fast to slow down.
"Alex! Slow down!" Xander shouted.
" Why, are you afraid you're going to lose?" Alex laughed. Her laughter stopped short when she landed hard on the concrete ground.
" Alex!" Xander ran faster to Alex. " I told you to slow down!"
Alex grabbed her knees and started sniffling. " Damn, that hurts!"
" Next time watch where you're going! You almost made me ruin my hair, girl!" an older boy, nine years, sat on the ground fixing his hair with one hand. Two other boys helped him up. " You're supposed to be watching where you're going while you're running, stupid!"
" Why don't you shut your mouth and get the nurse!" Xander shouted, as he looked at Alex's scraped elbows and knees, which were bleeding like crazy.
" I'm not a slave for you," the boy shouted. " You get it, you peasant!" The boy laughed and his cronies laughed. " You want a zeni to help build your rundown house, er, I mean, garbage dump?"
" Shut up! Our house is not a dump!" Xander got up.
" Oh, look, boss!" the boy on his left pointed to Xander. " Look's like he wants to fight."
" He's just a weakling," the rich boy yawned, " puny shrimps like him are no challenge."
" Why don't you come here and say that!" Xander shouted.
" Xander, just leave him alone and get me to nurse!" Alex groaned, as she got up.
" Yeah, why don't you follow your weakling sister?" the rich boy crossed his arms. A large group of kids started to crowd around Xander and the rich boy and his gang.
" My sister is tougher than you!" Xander said.
" So, does that mean you play dolls, too?" the rich boy smirked.
" I'll teach you to make fun of me and my family!" Xander felt his rage boil. Rage that he had never felt before. Rage that had been hidden inside Xander. Xander ran towards the rich boy, his fist held up high. Xander saw the boy throw a punch at him slowly. " I'm tired of your joking!" Xander dodged the punch and felt his fist dig in the boy's belly. Xander opened his eyes and saw the boy clutching at his stomach.
" What's going on here?" a teacher pushed his way through the kids. Alex looked at the teacher.
" Xander was trying to protect me from them, Mr. Miyashiro!" Alex pointed at the boy on the ground and his friends.
Mr. Miyashiro saw blood dripping down Alex's legs and arms. " You better run to the nurse right now, Ms. Ketsuerai. Xander, help your sister while I take care of these hooligans."
" Miyashiro-san," the boy's friend's picked him up. " We never touched her! She tripped on the curb and almost knocked Richie-san out."
" Is this true, Alexandria?" Miyashiro turned to Alex, who was being carried by Xander.
Alex started to cry, " I wasn't...doing...anything wrong! Xander and I were just racing and I told...him to move, but he moved and tripped me. His friends...started to beat me up...and...and..."
" Enough, Ms. Ketsuerai!" Miyashiro turned to the boy's, " I'm going to call your parents!"
" But, Miyashiro-san!" the boys dropped Richie on the floor.
" No buts!" Miyashiro snapped. He turned to the twins again, " Xander! What are you waiting for! Take your sister to the nurse."
" Hai," Xander bowed and took his sister inside the school and into the office, where the secretary gasped.
" What happened?" the redhead flicked her hair back.
" She tripped on the curb when we were racing and these guys started beating her up," Xander explained. The secretary nodded and went inside the nurse's office. The secretary and the dark haired nurse stepped out. The nurse took Alex from Xander.
" Go to class, Mr. Ketsuerai," the nurse said, as she closed the door behind her. Xander stepped out of the office and walked to his class.
" Where's your sister, Xander?" a boy, with brown hair with little highlights, surprised Xander.
" She's at the nurse. She got hurt," Xander explained, as he took his seat at the back row. " She got us off the hook...she put up her fake cry act and Miyashiro-san believed her." Xander looked at his friend and smirked.
" What?" the boy sat in front of him. Xander didn't say anything and opened his bookbag and took out the army man. " Whoa!"
" I found just yesterday while me and Alex were playing outside the house," Xander said. " Isn't neat, Jason?"
" I already have that one," Jason smiled. The teacher, a tall man with gray at his sideburns, cleared his throat and the class quieted down. Jason turned around.
" Xander, where is-" the teacher started.
" At the nurse," Xander immediately said. " She'll be okay."
***
" This might sting a little, Alex," the nurse's accent rang in Alex's ears. The nurse patted the alcohol towel on Alex's cut knee, which was cleaned off from the blood. Alex felt a strong sting on her knee and she held it back. She looked at her elbows, already bandaged, and touched it. The nurse gently put a band aid on Alex's knee. " There...you're finished."
The nurse cleaned up and before Alex could jump of the examining table, the nurse noticed a gash at the left side of her left leg. " What's this?"
Alex jumped off and put her dress back down, " It's nothing. I-I just hit my leg when I fell off my bed. It's not a big deal."
The nurse looked Alex and sighed. ' Hmm.' Alex grabbed her backpack and went out of the nurse's office.
Leading to a Dark Road Chapter 2-The Hating
" Get up, you brats!" Xander felt a sharp pull on his blanket and felt the chill air surround his body. Xander groaned and rubbed his eyes. He saw his father pull off Alex's blankets and dropped it to the floor. " Time to go to school!"
" Okay, otousan!" Alex got out of bed and ran out of the room to the shower.
" When your sister is finished, I expect you to go after," Kevin walked out of the room and headed to the kitchen.
Xander stayed behind and fixed up the room. As soon as Alex finished, Xander had already fluffed the pillows.
" Okay, Xander," Alex said, bringing her dripping, covered body inside the room. " Your turn, but hurry up, or else we'll be late."
Xander nodded and ran to the bathroom. Even though he hated his sister bossing him around, he still had to follow her since she was the eldest of the two and that she would snitch on their father. Xander shook his head as he started the shower. Alex hardly snitches to anyone. If she was to be tortured by her arm being stabbed with a pointy burning steel rod a million times, Alex wouldn't snitch. She would rather die than blab out an important secret or snitch. Xander went in the shower and felt the tiny patters of the water on his back. This was the only time Xander could ever be safe from the outside world.
" Here, your lunch money," Kevin handed three hundred zeni to the twins.
" Arigato, otousan," the twins said in unison as they bowed down low. " Bye!" Xander and Alex ran down their street and turned left and saw a couple of their classmates walking to school. The twins hardly talked to anyone of them.
" Race ya to school, Xander," Alex said in a cool tone.
Xander smirked, " Okay...but what's the point if I'm already going to- "
Alex started off and started sprinting towards the huge brick building. " Come on, slowpoke!"
Xander growled and sprinted after his sister, " Alex, you cheated!"
" Last time you cheated, you brat!" Alex looked behind her. She didn't see the curb and she was going to fast to slow down.
"Alex! Slow down!" Xander shouted.
" Why, are you afraid you're going to lose?" Alex laughed. Her laughter stopped short when she landed hard on the concrete ground.
" Alex!" Xander ran faster to Alex. " I told you to slow down!"
Alex grabbed her knees and started sniffling. " Damn, that hurts!"
" Next time watch where you're going! You almost made me ruin my hair, girl!" an older boy, nine years, sat on the ground fixing his hair with one hand. Two other boys helped him up. " You're supposed to be watching where you're going while you're running, stupid!"
" Why don't you shut your mouth and get the nurse!" Xander shouted, as he looked at Alex's scraped elbows and knees, which were bleeding like crazy.
" I'm not a slave for you," the boy shouted. " You get it, you peasant!" The boy laughed and his cronies laughed. " You want a zeni to help build your rundown house, er, I mean, garbage dump?"
" Shut up! Our house is not a dump!" Xander got up.
" Oh, look, boss!" the boy on his left pointed to Xander. " Look's like he wants to fight."
" He's just a weakling," the rich boy yawned, " puny shrimps like him are no challenge."
" Why don't you come here and say that!" Xander shouted.
" Xander, just leave him alone and get me to nurse!" Alex groaned, as she got up.
" Yeah, why don't you follow your weakling sister?" the rich boy crossed his arms. A large group of kids started to crowd around Xander and the rich boy and his gang.
" My sister is tougher than you!" Xander said.
" So, does that mean you play dolls, too?" the rich boy smirked.
" I'll teach you to make fun of me and my family!" Xander felt his rage boil. Rage that he had never felt before. Rage that had been hidden inside Xander. Xander ran towards the rich boy, his fist held up high. Xander saw the boy throw a punch at him slowly. " I'm tired of your joking!" Xander dodged the punch and felt his fist dig in the boy's belly. Xander opened his eyes and saw the boy clutching at his stomach.
" What's going on here?" a teacher pushed his way through the kids. Alex looked at the teacher.
" Xander was trying to protect me from them, Mr. Miyashiro!" Alex pointed at the boy on the ground and his friends.
Mr. Miyashiro saw blood dripping down Alex's legs and arms. " You better run to the nurse right now, Ms. Ketsuerai. Xander, help your sister while I take care of these hooligans."
" Miyashiro-san," the boy's friend's picked him up. " We never touched her! She tripped on the curb and almost knocked Richie-san out."
" Is this true, Alexandria?" Miyashiro turned to Alex, who was being carried by Xander.
Alex started to cry, " I wasn't...doing...anything wrong! Xander and I were just racing and I told...him to move, but he moved and tripped me. His friends...started to beat me up...and...and..."
" Enough, Ms. Ketsuerai!" Miyashiro turned to the boy's, " I'm going to call your parents!"
" But, Miyashiro-san!" the boys dropped Richie on the floor.
" No buts!" Miyashiro snapped. He turned to the twins again, " Xander! What are you waiting for! Take your sister to the nurse."
" Hai," Xander bowed and took his sister inside the school and into the office, where the secretary gasped.
" What happened?" the redhead flicked her hair back.
" She tripped on the curb when we were racing and these guys started beating her up," Xander explained. The secretary nodded and went inside the nurse's office. The secretary and the dark haired nurse stepped out. The nurse took Alex from Xander.
" Go to class, Mr. Ketsuerai," the nurse said, as she closed the door behind her. Xander stepped out of the office and walked to his class.
" Where's your sister, Xander?" a boy, with brown hair with little highlights, surprised Xander.
" She's at the nurse. She got hurt," Xander explained, as he took his seat at the back row. " She got us off the hook...she put up her fake cry act and Miyashiro-san believed her." Xander looked at his friend and smirked.
" What?" the boy sat in front of him. Xander didn't say anything and opened his bookbag and took out the army man. " Whoa!"
" I found just yesterday while me and Alex were playing outside the house," Xander said. " Isn't neat, Jason?"
" I already have that one," Jason smiled. The teacher, a tall man with gray at his sideburns, cleared his throat and the class quieted down. Jason turned around.
" Xander, where is-" the teacher started.
" At the nurse," Xander immediately said. " She'll be okay."
***
" This might sting a little, Alex," the nurse's accent rang in Alex's ears. The nurse patted the alcohol towel on Alex's cut knee, which was cleaned off from the blood. Alex felt a strong sting on her knee and she held it back. She looked at her elbows, already bandaged, and touched it. The nurse gently put a band aid on Alex's knee. " There...you're finished."
The nurse cleaned up and before Alex could jump of the examining table, the nurse noticed a gash at the left side of her left leg. " What's this?"
Alex jumped off and put her dress back down, " It's nothing. I-I just hit my leg when I fell off my bed. It's not a big deal."
The nurse looked Alex and sighed. ' Hmm.' Alex grabbed her backpack and went out of the nurse's office.