Kouji dagger was inches away from Izumi's side when a rock flew threw the air. It hit his hand, sending the dagger flying somewhere into the bushes.

" Dang." he mumbled while he looked up to see who disturbed his assassination. Ikito and Takuya frowned at him from the trees.

" I'll be right back," Kouji said to Izumi.

" All right."

She looked up at him and smiled at him again.

The still wet boy walked over to the two other boys, glaring and scoffing at what they did.

" Dang you two," he muttered as he walked past them.

" I can't let you kill her," Takuya said, " Don't you see how pretty she is? What's your problem?"

" And I can't let you kill her for future purposes." Ikito said mysteriously. Takuya looked at Ikito strangely.

" You can tell the future?"

They continued on with their conversation ignoring Kouji for the time being.

The loner looked back at Izumi. She sat in the bright green grass, still glistening with dew, as he hair blew with the wind. The blond hair shone as brightly as gold as she turned towards the three boys. Izumi stood and smiled while Kouji started to walk back to the house.

Kouji walked into his room an hour later shivering from the cold. He sat on his bed, leaned his head against the wall and thought over what happened that day.

A knock was heard at his door as he woke from a sleep.

" Come in." Tomoki walked into the room smiling softly. He walked over to where Kouji sat and sat down next to him.

" Izumi said its time to eat. She made something new." The small boy looked up at him adventurously. He frowned when he saw Kouji's face.

" What's wrong Kouji?" the boy asked quietly.

" Nothing."

" Oh. do you like how Izumi takes care of all of us?"

Kouji looked at Tomoki.

" She takes care of all of you too?"

Tomoki smiled.

" Yesterday morning she was up really early gathering food and stuff from outside."

" I don't like how she cares for us. Its really annoying."

Tomoki nodded in agreement. He looked up to Kouji with respect for his calm ways, never shouted out or argued too much. The mushroom hat boy also looked up to Takuya. He always was looking out for the group, fixing problems. Sometimes he made them though. Tomoki nodded again and walked to the door.

" Kouji-senpai, come down and eat."

Tomoki walked into his room once again and saw him asleep on the bed. As he walked back down the stairs Takuya looked at him.

" Why did you call him senpai?"

Tomoki smiled.

" Just because."

Tomoki looked at Izumi.

" Kouji-senpai is sleeping. He fell asleep a little after a called him."

" Ok, we'll let him sleep."

She smiled at Tomoki as he walked over to the table.

Tomoki looked around. When he saw Izumi begin bringing the food to the table, he jumped up, ran to find his plate, and brought it over to the table himself. Izumi looked at him puzzled. He smiled at her as she brought the rest of the plates over and then began to eat.

After dinner Junpei and Takuya walked off to their own rooms. Their laughter went silent when they parted company and headed towards their own rooms. Tomoki stayed, washed his dishes, threw away his trash, and then walked off also.

" Hey Tomoki," Izumi said, " Why are you suddenly doing all these things? You know I'd do it for you."

" I want to be like Kouji-senpai."

She looked at him puzzled. The boy walked over and sat down on a nearby chair. He told Izumi everything Kouji had told him. Izumi nodded in understanding as Ikito smiled from a dark corner.