Hi everyone! Sorry it's been a while since update. Really stuck with school and stuff. Anyways, here a few so enjoy.
Oh and thanks for pointing out. I haven't been able to watch more than 72 eps so I wasn't exactly sure what Kaidoh's brother's name was. I thought it was Kazue, and didn't know how old he was, so I just made it to fit with my story line. But no worries it's fixed in this chapter!
Oh and for some who gets annoyed at me for switching between the Sakuno and Ryuzaki thing. I do that for a purpose. I'll explain someday haha, too hard to put into writing now.
And one last thing! I'm really sorry about putting in too much Japanese some time. They're really common terms to me so I didn't consider that everyone might not know it. So I'll fix those things up, and I'll minimise the Japanese!
Chapter 4
Kaidoh stood at the hedges of the overgrown bushes and wondered whether he should go through to see if she was there or not. He stood there staring at the vines and branches blankly, causing a few female students to stare curiously and giggle at his absent actions.
He finally decided not to go in and pivoted to leave, when he distinctly heard some choked up coughing and sniffles.
Damnit. Just this once, I'll do it.
He got crouched down and got on all fours and crawled through an extremely small opening to the other side of the tangles grassy barricade.
There she was, scrunched up into a tight ball, with her head in her knees. She stared at him as if she didn't recognise him at first, but then she bounded to her feet and went over to him. He was grunting and was making noises in his throat due to frustration about not being able to get through. Finally he made it through and just sat back breathing heavily.
Damnit, that was harder than training.
"Kaoru-nii…." She said sitting beside him. They sat in silence, until her sobs started up again softly.
He looked at her. She couldn't see his expression because her back was turned to him, but right at that moment, he felt helpless, something he never even considered feeling before. He was having a conversational battle inside his mind over what was the right thing to say or not, or whether he should say it or not.
Why did I come here? I can't help anyway. Damnit.
"Ksshhh…Don't cry." He said at last in his usual low rough voice. She lifted her head and looked straight into his eyes.
Kaidoh was taken aback for a moment, because no girl had ever looked in his eyes before, since they were always scared of him. The next moment she was burying her face into his chest and crying even more.
He flinched and felt himself stiffen. He didn't know what to do in circumstances like this. He didn't understand why she was crying, but it was probably something she had to do, so he didn't stop her.
As for Sakuno, she had never felt so lost and alone before. Ever since her accident, people and places were a blur. She didn't feel like she belonged at all, but she had been trying her hardest to remember them. After trying so hard, she tried to build new memories to compensate for her lost ones. She had avoided the thought that she might not ever be the same again. She tried to be happy with what she had, because she was thankful that her life hadn't ended, but Echizen had reached deep into her heart and exposed what she had most wanted to ignore and forget; The fact that she had old memories at all.
I do want my memories back. I really do, but I can't seem to get it back no matter how hard I try. I feel so lonely without them. I feel like such an incomplete person. I wanted to rebuild myself, but I just yelled at him. I feel like such …a bad person. I don't want to be like that. I didn't mean to be so harsh with him, and now I can't turn back. Everyone is going think badly of me.
She felt Kaidoh place his hand on her head tentatively.
Kaoru-nii…
Sometime later she calmed down, and they decided to go home. She crawled through the opening easily, but for Kaidoh it took more work than his physical training. He was about halfway through when he literally got stuck.
"Damnit!" he growled. Sakuno turned around and saw him struggling. She began giggling.
"DAMNIT kid, don't laugh." He growled while struggling. She continued laughing but when and slightly shifted the grass hole so that he could go through.
Kaoru-nii can be kind of scary at times, but he's really not a bad person. He's very caring and sweet. I just wish that people can see that.
He got up and began walking.
"What are you waiting for, aren't you coming?" he asked without turning around. She smiled brightly and ran to catch up with him.
"Nii-san! Ryuzaki!" Hazue called out. He had been waiting outside Seigaku just for her appearance.
"Konnichi wa Hazue-kun." She greeted him.
"Let's go." Hazue said.
"Oi, where are you taking her?" Kaidoh asked.
"I'm walking her home." He said proudly.
"Come with us Kaoru-nii?" Sakuno asked, taking hold of his hand with her two small petite hands.
Hazue's eyes widened at her actions. No one ever did that to him, no one dared to.
"Fine." He heard disbelieving his ears. Not only did it shock him, but he felt rather disappointed that he wouldn't get to be alone with his Ryuzaki.
The three began walking towards Sakuno's home, except Kaidoh was trailing behind, because he was unsure where she lived. Although Sakuno kept her conversations with Hazue going, she occasionally fell back in pace with Kaidoh to walk with the one person she admired.
Hazue became quite agitated that he couldn't hold her full attention, but they soon reached her house, so he returned back to normal.
"Ja, mata ne." she waved goodbye to them. "Thanks for today Kaoru-nii." She said sincerely.
"What happened nii-san?" Hazue asked his older brother.
"Nandemo ne.." Kaidoh answered.
"Cmon. Tell me!"
"Nothing a sixth grader like you would know." It was something he usually said to annoy his little brother, but…
"Eh?! Sixth grader?" Sakuno overheard.
"Yeh." Kaidoh answered her.
"I always thought he just went to another junior-high. Mou…" she said. She looked at the two boys that looked almost identical, except that Hazue was just a head smaller than Kaidoh.
Shimatta. She knows. What if, because I'm younger than her, she won't return my feelings??
"Neh Ryuzaki—" Hazue began.
"U-wah! Hazue-to!" she said smiling.
"Hazue-to?" he said blankly.
"Hazue-O-TOU-TO", Kaidoh spelt out to him. For some reason Kaidon knew this, even though he couldn't figure out how. Hazue felt himself shatter.
No. No way, she's considering me a little brother now. This can't be happening.
"Ja!" she said again and ran into her house.
Hazue stood rooted on the one spot until Kaidoh called out to him.
"TE-ME ARE YOU COMING OR NOT!!!" Kaidoh growled growing impatient.