A.N. I feel so loved, thank you my fans, you mean allot to me! *sniff*

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Note-VOTE!! DO YOU THINK RYO AND CLOUD MAKE A GOOD COUPLE??!! HOW ABOUT MIA AND SAGE!!?? R&R!!

Why did the last period of the day have to seem so long? It was one of the few classes she had with Sage and Ryo, yet it was so boring! The teacher just talked and talked and talked! On and on! It was so frustrating.

If that wasn't bad enough, whenever he drew up anything that had to do with walking, he thought he did her a favor by working around it without using walking, running, soccer, sports, etc, etc! But in fact it only embarrassed her more.

Today he was doing it yet again. Ryo gave her a sympathetic look, then mouth it's almost over. She gave him a grateful smile.

Of course, then Min took that moment to throw a wad of paper at her. Of course, the teacher didn't notice, so she opened it.

Stay away form them, or else!

Cloud raised an eyebrow, and put the paper in her binder. It wasn't her fault they liked her. She looked back at Min, and smiled. She mouthed 'Hello' and then turned around again.

She didn't notice Min give her a heated glare, like she wanted to twist a knife into her back. Her posse did the same thing. Cloud sensed it then, and rolled her eyes. It wasn't her fault!

The bell rang and she started to wheel away, not bothering to wait up for anyone. This one really got her angry! I mean, how could Min decide her friends for her!?

*

Cloud made it to her locker, deposited her books, and then took out her backpack. Another threat note fell out and she added it to her little collection. "Give me a break! That's the 56th one!" it was true. Her second day and she had already received 56 threats; counting the 22 she had received her first day. She was beginning to think they really didn't like her. "Oh what gave you that clue genius," she muttered to herself.

She put her backpack on the back of her chair. "meet you at the car!" kento yelled, dashing by, Cye on his heels, glaring at him. On closer inspection you could see that Kento had the Englishman's cooking project.

Cloud shook her head and laughed lightly. She wheeled herself outside, pausing to breath in the air that smelled freedom from school for the whole weekend! That was one thing to give credit to her 'mother' for. She had made sure Cloud would arrive on a Thursday. That meant more time to get adjusted to her surroundings.

Cloud looked up from her thinking as a group of shadows circled her. It was min and her stupid posse. Cloud rolled her eyes and sighed. "Just great," she muttered.

Min had her arms crossed. "We warned you!"

"We warned you," her obedient slaves echoed, getting in the same position as their leader.

"Oh come on, its not my fault!" Cloud replied. "Just let me through and I wont kick your ass, I'm not in the mood today!" Min snarled, and made a move to punch Cloud, so cloud got ready to block, only to have Min give her a spin kick that sent her out of her wheel chair and too the ground.

Cloud felt her eye start to swell and throb. Blood trickled down the side of her face. She propped herself up with one hand, and used the other to cover the right side of her face. Min and her posse smirked, but Cloud remained speechless and Min kicked one of her legs, sending sheering pain through it for a minute. Then they left.

*

Ryo was walking to the car to meet the others; he was late because a teacher had held him up. He saw the whole thing, and then Min and her posse left. "Cloud!" alarm went through his body as he took off at a run. Cloud was sting on the ground holding her face, blood tricking out of her fingers. Her left hand was tightly clenched. "Cloud!" he fell to his knees by her. 'Are you all right?" she made no move to answer him, just looked down.

Ryo gently wrapped his arms around her and carefully lifted her light form back into her wheelchair. Cloud made no move to remove her hand let him see, so he took the job of wheeling her to the parking lot. "Thank god it's Sage's turn to drive, ne?" he tried to lighten the situation, and get her to speak, at least before the guys started bombarding them with questions.

"I didn't do anything except hang out with you guys. and Sage," her voice sounded hurt. "Its not my fault,"

"I know, it's o.k."

The guys were all waiting for them, and when they saw Cloud, it came like a hurricane! "What happened?"

"Are you alright?"

"Let me see?"

"Who did this to you!"

"QUIET!" They all blinked and looked at Ryo. "Lets just get home, I'm sure she doesn't feel like talking about it." They all nodded and Ryo gently helped Cloud in the car, while Kento put her wheel chair in back.

It was a quiet ride home. The air was thick with anticipation. Sage and Rowen were up front, Kento was in the back with Cloud's wheelchair, Cloud was on the left side, Ryo was in the middle, and Cye was on the left.

Ryo sighed, and finally turned towards Cloud. He gently removed her hand and winced. That drew the attention of Cye. He too gave a soft wincing sound. Her eye was swollen shut almost. It was already starting to go purple, and bruising was everywhere. Cuts covered it too. It was red and puffy form the swelling. He reached to touch it, but Cloud winced and pulled away, recovering it with her hand before anyone else could see.

Sage pulled into the driveway, and cloud uncovered her eye only to wheel herself inside. "WHAT HAPPENED!!??" that's what Mia's reaction was when she saw it. She then went to the bathroom to get the first aid kit and a wet washcloth. She pointed to the kitchen and handed Ryo the items.

Cloud was silent as she lifted herself onto the stool. "What happened?" Cye asked. They stared at Ryo and Cloud expectantly. Ryo sighed.

"Your gona have to tell them sometime," she looked at Sage.

"I can't talk, touch, be nice, be mean, etc etc. If I meet you in the hall I have to go another way," she took a breath. "That goes the same for Cye, they obviously have major crushes on you," Cye blinked.

"oh my.."

"So Min did this to you??!!" Kento growled angrily. Cloud flinched as Ryo started to gently wipe away the blood form her eye. But Cloud refused to cry, she would never cry in front of them.

She gave a soft cry as Ryo began to dig the small stones and dirt out. "I have to clean it out," in truth it bit into Ryo's very soul with each swipe, with each cry she emitted. He winced looking at it. "I wont lie, this is one ugly wound," he said quietly.

"You o.k. buddy?' Kento flashed her a smile.

"I'm sorry I cause so much trouble,"

"This is nothing compared to waking Rowen up in the morning," Sage smiled. Cloud let out a soft laugh.

"You don't have to stay away form us, we wont let this happen again," Cye smiled. Rowen grinned at her.

"Now I can tease you!" Cloud gave a groan. She looked at him with her one good eye; it finally shone with familiar amusement.

"There is more ways than one to tease a guy," Ryo chuckled. "Don't forget, I have an accomplice, so now it'll be so much better," Ryo turned to grin at Rowen.

"I hope you wake up tomorrow, cause I think she's got plenty of devious ideas stored up there," he finished his work and took out a bandage. He wrapped it around her forehead a few times, and them at a horizontal slant to cover her eye. He pinned it here and there to keep it in place. Cloud looked at him, and her eyes spoke for her. She nodded at him in thank you, and he smiled. "Your welcome," he whispered.

"I'm almost scare dot think what she's planning," Rowen chuckled.

**

Dinner, an almost scary time in the Koji household. Why is that? Two words, Black Holes. Kento and Rowen, biggest eaters of them all, outdoing Cloud easily tonight, maybe even double. If your hand got in the way, they might have eaten it. Anything that came in contact with their plates. they ate! It was scary, yet fascinating at the same time.

Cye had finished everyone else's dishes, but they had kept on eating. Of course. when the food ran out he eventually got their plates. "You know. my belly never gets full," Kento said, patting his stomach. Rowen burped happily, but before Cye could scold him he said an "excuse me" with a grin.

Then silence over took everyone as Cloud went to do her exercise.. without Rowen's 'help'. This disturbed the young samurai. Never before had silence and uneasiness overtook them before. It seemed so wrong! Besides.. it had been happening a lot.. ever since Cloud came into their lives.

Its not that some of them didn't like her, it was just new, and like all new things, they can have either a good or bad effect. They just stared at each other.

"I think we should get to bed," Mia said quietly. "Yeah," so each one went to his or her room.

**

Sage didn't go to sleep though. He was in deep thought, a battle in his mind. 'what is it about her?' he thought irritatingly. Something had sent his alarms off. Like there was something more to her. She couldn't be all innocence. Nobody could be ALL innocent.

Yeah, of course she had her flaws. like her sadness. No one should be that sad. 'Of course. I haven't really experienced not being able to walk' he thought. Yeah.. all of them had their on horrible pasts. Maybe that is what drew they together. Finding a common link and drawing on each other for support.

Sage sighed. "Cloud.. it's not that I don't like you," he whispered. "Its just. we had a good thing going, and you well. not destroyed, but you pushed it aside." Sage continued his thoughts, looking out the window. "What are you hiding?!"

TBC

A.N.

*laughing* I got my first flame for this story!! YEAH ^^

Cloud-... how can you be happy?

Because.*grins* I can now warm my feet ^.^V

Cloud-*face fault*

And besides.. she wasn't criticizing me. she was criticizing you! LOL ^^

Cloud-me? *big teary eyes*

*laughs* that was priceless! Anyway, it may have hurt my feelings at first, but oh well ^^! Now, to all the flamers who want to flame.. flame away! Because the flame will be laughed at and used for story ideas!! Like this one! I got a good spin off plot! Thank you Inuyasha Lover!