When the Pieces Fit
PART: A
The House (Suuichi Hatakana's POV)
It was a Monday, again. School was about to start, again. I walked groggily down
the stairs only to be greeted by my all-too-cheery step-mother and my barely awake step-
brother. Today, the man of the house was gone on a business with his secretary.
Sometimes I think that they get a little too friendly when Shiori is not around, not that he
is cheating, just that the woman scares me, somewhat. My thoughts were broken as the
secretary's daughter came walking out of the kitchen holding, in one hand, pancakes and,
in the other, a glass of milk. She set them down in front of Suiichi-san.
"Would you like some breakfast, Suuichi-chan?" she asked gingerly.
"Yes, please. That is very thoughtful of you," I have always had the biggest crush
on her, but this, I never expected.
She came back five minutes with a full plate of food. I had already chosen a seat.
Ten minutes after she had set the food down, I had finished and headed out the door
behind Suiichi-san and Kitty-sama. They were walking together, talking about plants.
Why does my brother have such an interest in flowers, anyway? He's a man.
As soon as we got to school, Kitty went to her to her crowd of 'boy' friends.
There were a couple of girls there, too. She's not very popular, I still love her.
She only has the heart for one guy, though. His name is Brennan, an American
transfer, just like her. Too bad I am not that guy. He doesn't even notice her or act like
she even exists. It's really a shame, but she'll come around, I hope.
My best friend, Taeki usually comes running about now. She is such a spirited
young lady, though she can be annoying. Suiichi-kun and Kitty-san are both graduates
this year. Me I am, well, a freshman, just starting on my road to boredom. So far that is
all it has been that year. This is my schedule:
Whitey, K Science 7:15-8:00
Togashi, J Art 8:02-8:30
Break co-curriculum 8:30-8:45
Healy, T English/Nihongo 8:45-9:15
Johns, K History 9:15-10:00
Break co-curriculum 10:00-10:15
Lunch lunch 10:15-11:00
Hansonga, A Mathematics 11:00-12:30
Keijick, M Bully-anti 12:30-1:00
Busy, ne? Oh here she comes now, running as usual, I have to brace myself for
impact, because when she starts running, there is no stopping her. I got knocked over, as
usual. She isn't like Kitty. Kitty is not as energetic as Taeki. Taeki likes this senior
named Bo. Nobody loves me. I sigh.
All through the day nothing out of the ordinary happened except when I looked
out of the window of my Math class and I saw a very strange thing. There was a man in
light blue clothing with bright blue eyes, sitting in a tree and when I turned around to
look again, he was gone.
(Somewhere in recent history Suuichi Hatakana's POV)
There was a guy like that came to our front door and asked if 'Kurama' had seen
Hiei and Suuichi turned to look at me to leave the room. I caught a few of the things they
were saying. Something about a tournament and 'makai' and hadn't seen him since then.
Out in the hallway, eavesdropping isn't my best subject, but they made it easy. It was
very odd because the guy gave my brother something and Suiichi looked around and put
it in his pocket. I searched forever but couldn't find it.
At Home (Suuichi Hatakana's POV)
When I was doing my homework, there was a knock at the door. Suiichi then
shouted "Got It!"
It was that man again. Suiichi-san stepped outside. I cracked open the window
near the door. I heard something about Yuseke leaving for Makai to find Hiei. They
needed him for the next mission. The man, now known as Touya said that he was going
to get Jin for this one and then to meet him at Genkai's place.
I wonder what it all meant. I have decided to follow Suiichi to where ever it is he
is going. I have to find out what it all means. My curiosity is going to get the best of me.
The last thing that I heard was Touya asking, "What was the name of the girl who
was kidnapped?"
"Unfortunately, it was Kitty from our high school. I can't remember her last
name, though," 'Kurama replied, solemnly. Now, I know, I am going. Call me crazy, but
I love that girl and if anything happened to her and I knew that I could have done
something about it…