Just to tell you…half the part in here has to do with Kazuko and Genjo. As I said before, I never intended to make a sequel so it might be crappy. Sure I have new ideas for this but I don't think it's good as the original…but what is?

Chapter 4: Genjo's luck and Kazuko's swimming test.

Summer was coming near so they had swimming tests soon. It was only one more week until then.

"Okay class, in History, we're gong to learn about America. Since we have someone who came from America in here, I hope she can all help us with this. Is that fine with you, Miss Rowe?"

"Yes…it's fine. I'm happy to help with anything," Kazuko replied.

"That's great. Would you like to tell us something about America right now?"

"Um…sure," she said standing up and she started saying, "Let's see…in America, elementary school has only five years, middle school has three, and high school has four years."

"So do you mean that this is already your second year in high school if you're in America?"

"Yeah…I can say that. Um…we still have to switch classes but instead of the teachers switching, the students switch classes and the people in your class are usually different, so you might make new friends in each class."

The class was interested in Kazuko's speech.

"School starts in September and ends in June most of the time. Sometimes, it starts in August and ends in May. They have semesters as well as trimesters. Well…that's all that I can remember about America school wise anyways."

"Thank you, Miss Rowe. You can sit down now."

Kazuko sat down and rested her head on her hand. It was normal for Kazuko to be bored, but she looked sleepy as well.

"What's wrong, Kazuko?" Daisuke asked at lunch.

"Daisuke!" Kazuko yelled a little low.

"S-Sorry…I forgot."

"Hmph…What do you mean what's wrong?"

"Well, you're acting different."

"I'm not getting enough sleep lately."

"Why don't you take a day off and sleep all day?"

"The reason I can't sleep is because of a dream that I keep on having. It's really weird."

"You're dreams are giving you visions again?" Satoshi asked walking up to them.

"Hello, Satoshi," Daisuke said.

"Yeah…you see, my dreams have been showing me walked down a road in the park and…I see three birds flying through the air…three different birds."

"Really…I wonder what it could mean."

"You see visions in your dreams?"

"Yeah...well, it's not really visions. It's more like I get symbols for things in the real world."

"Chisato, what kinds of birds were they?" Satoshi asked.

"Let's see…I think there was a crow, and a dove, but I can't remember the third one."

"…Can it be…?"

"'Can it be' what?"

"…It's nothing…I'll tell you some other time."

"Um…okay."

They ate lunch and went back to their classroom. After school, Kazuko walked with Satoshi back home and then rode her bike back home. When she opened the door, she found out that Genjo was back from work already. Genjo was wearing jeans and a t-shirt. (Last story, he was wearing shorts and sweater.)

"Hey Genjo. Did you get out early or something?"

"Sort of. They told me to take the day off today because I work so hard."

"Well you do. This should be nice for you to get out once in a while."

"Alright then…in a couple hours…let's go to dinner."

"'Kay. I'll get ready by then."

After Kazuko changed into her regular clothes, they went out and to a restaurant. When they sat down, someone went up to them.

"Genjo?" asked the woman.

"Yes…oh, it's you Anna!"

"I knew it was you! God, it's been far too long since you left."

"Yes it has."

"I was on my way to leave until I saw you here," she looked over to Kazuko, "Oh, who's this?"

"This is my sister, Chisato."

"Hello," Kazuko replied.

"Hello, Chisato. How old are you?"

"I'm 16. I know I'm way younger than my brother."

"Yes you are, so…do you have a boyfriend?"

"…Yeah…" she said with an expression saying that she was asking for too much information.

"Anna, come on," said a person in the front of the restaurant.

"Well…it was nice seeing you again, Genjo."

"Yes, it was nice seeing you, too."

"Hey, if you want to talk again, you have my phone number right? I still live in the same house. Maybe we can hang out again."

"That'd be great. Yeah, I still have it."

"Okay then…see you later, Genjo, bye, Chisato," she said walking.

"Alright…bye Anna," he said sort of smiling.

Anna looked back again and waved but at him. Kazuko looked at Genjo and smirked at him. Genjo looked at her.

"Uh…did you see something?"

"…You like her, don't you?"

"What? No…I don't."

"Yes you do! It's written all over your face!"

"Is it really?"

"Admit it!"

"…Sigh…okay, I like Anna."

"Thought so…by the looks of it, she likes you too."

"Really?"

"Boy, when it comes to love, you're really thick headed."

"Well, how am I supposed to know if I actually never liked anybody before?"

"…Forget it then. If you like her, why don't you go out on a date with her?"

"W-What? I don't know about that yet."

"…Hmph…fine then, we'll talk about this later."

They ate dinner and then went back to their house.

A couple days later, Dark sent out another warning letter. Satoshi informed Kazuko, but she decided not to go.

That night, when Kazuko was lying down on her bed, she heard a knock on her window. She stood up from her bed and walked to her window; she saw that it was Dark on her balcony. She opened to window and walked out.

"Hey Dark, how come you came here?"

"I saw that you weren't at the museum."

"Oh…well, I decided that I don't want to steal as much…that's all."

"And why's that?"

"Satoshi asked me about that night…I have an idea that you steal for some reason, I don't think you have a choice to.

"Well, I can't argue with you, but Satoshi made you think again?"

"Not really, I'm just remembering about that time about one week ago. You have a purpose to steal; it's inevitable for you. For me, I just steal for fun…so I can go if I want to. I think stealing is pretty dangerous now since I don't want to leave here again. I already have a brother and a 'boyfriend,' so I don't want to lose that."

"I see…well, it's not like I'm in the picture."

"Dark, I didn't mean that. Of course you're a friend of mine. I'll change my mind someday…about me stealing."

"Alright then…I'll see you some other time then."

"Okay…see you later, Dark."

Kazuko went back inside and closed her window while Dark flew away.

The class had a swimming test the next day. In the morning, they went to the pool's locker room and they all changed to the school's swimsuit. Satoshi didn't changed for one reason or another so he sat and leaned on a wall. The teacher was doing roll call when the class was talking with each other. Kazuko walked up to Satoshi after her name was called and talked to him.

"How come you're not swimming?" she asked.

"Do I need a reason?"

"…Fine, you don't have the answer that. Well, that was the reason I wanted to come over here. Since you don't want to tell me, I have to go now."

Kazuko turned back and walked towards the rest of the class. Satoshi watched her walk back until he noticed something different about Kazuko.

"Kazuko," Satoshi said.

Kazuko turned back and took a couple steps towards him.

"Satoshi, how many times to I have to tell you not to call me that?"

"We're far from the group. It doesn't matter."

"Yeah, but they might've heard that."

"I'm used to calling you by your regular name."

"Alright…so why did you call me over for?"

"I noticed that your marking is gone."

She looked on the back of her left shoulder.

"Oh yeah…the marking. I never really had seen it disappear. I think it went away when I actually regretted that I killed my parents."

"You regret that now?"

"When we were in America, I saw all those people at open house with their moms and dads. They looked so caring to their children. Of course, I already asked myself why I would care about that and that I'd never miss them, but thinking about that, I'd never feel how it's like to be comforted in a house with your mom, dad, and siblings. You know what I mean Satoshi. I mean, you're adopted, aren't you?"

"How did you find that out?"

"Genjo. He has all these connections to get information on people's backgrounds. Don't ask me, I don't know who these people are. It's freaky, but he's helpful too. Now that my marking is gone, I found out that I have a new power."

"…?"

"Miss Rowe, class is starting now."

"Well, see you later then…oh…"

Kazuko took of her glasses and gave them to Satoshi.

"Can you hold these for me?"

Satoshi took the glasses out of her hand walked over to the rest of the class.

"Okay, your partners will watch to see if you're swimming properly. Partners, make sure you time your partners right."

Daisuke was paired with Riku and Kazuko was paired with Masahiro. Takeshi begged to switch partners with Masahiro, but he refused. All the girls were at the starting point and the boys had the stopwatches in their hand. Daisuke looked over at Kazuko and she looked kind of nervous.

"I wonder what she's so nervous about."

"Ready…go!" The teacher said.

The girls dove in the pool and started swimming laps. Everyone was doing well but Kazuko was a little ahead of the others (She built muscles while being a thief). Kazuko finished five seconds faster than most of the girls. Riku was right behind her. When she was trading at the edge of the pool, she went to catch her breath; she was breathing a really hard. She climbed up the ladder and went to get her towel. Satoshi was sitting next to the towels so when she walked up there, he said,

"Good job, Kazuko."

"Satoshi…"

"Sorry." (Name thing)

"…Thank you. I haven't swum for a while now."

"And yet you managed to beat the other swimmers."

"I don't want to rub it in. That's not my style."

She hung her towel back on the rack and walked back to the group.

"Good job, Miss Rowe. You might as well join the swim team by the looks of you."

"I don't think so. Swimming is just something I do. I don't want to make it a habit."

"Okay then, but if you change your mind, talk to me."

"Yes, sir."

When everybody was done with their swimming tests, they went to their locker rooms to change back into their school uniforms. The bell was about to ring so the class was waiting at the pool until it rang. Kazuko came out of the locker room and walked to the edge of the pool. Satoshi walked up to her and placed a hand of her shoulder. She looked to see who touched her she started to turn her body around. The ground that she was standing on was wet so she slipped and she was falling backwards into the pool. Luckily, with Satoshi's reflexes, he grabbed Kazuko and held her in his arms. She looked up at Satoshi and Satoshi looked at her. Kazuko started blushing so she quickly let go of him and looked away.

"Thank you, Satoshi."

"It's no problem."

"You know, when I was over in America, I almost drowned when I was swimming. That's why I swam a little fast so I can get it over with."

"I would have never thought of that."

"I know…well, it's no use thinking about it now. The moment has passed and what's done is done."

The bell rang and all the classes were walked back to their houses.

End of Chapter 4