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Stabbing Immortal Regrets

Chapter Five

Another Outsider

(5 years later)

Kari and Sora Sohma lived with their cousin, Hatsuharu Sohma, in a two bedroom apartment. Haru-san (as they called him) of course had one room to himself. Kari and Sora shared the other. Haru hadn't gone black in a while, as he really hadn't had much of a reason to. True, Sora and Kari fought occasionally, but it had gotten better over the years, and Haru usually found it amusing. The girls had become best friends, and the family now lived in peace, most of the time anyways. The girls still kept in touch with Kureno and Arisa, who had been torn ever since Kita separated them from Kubo, who, along with Tatsuya, now lived with Shigure. Everyone now had a somewhat more tolerant idea of Shigure, ever since the meeting five years ago. Arisa still hated him, but she didn't worry very much about her son. Shigure was a pervert, but he wasn't a molester. Still, she sent him threatening e-mails every once in awhile just to keep him in place. Shigure of course, just laughed them off.

When Haru walked into the kitchen that morning, Kari and Sora were finishing rice omelets, and there was one on the counter waiting for their cousin. Looking at the clock, the cow became confused.

"Why are you guys up so early? And making breakfast?"

Both Sora and Kari rolled their eyes. Just then, Haru noticed they were both in their school uniforms. He laughed.

"Todays your first day at the highschool... right. Guess I forgot. Used to be my school, you know." He sat down and took a bite of his omelet. "You guys are lucky to be in the same class."

Kari bit her lip. "Haru-san, will you walk with us to school today?"

"Yeah," Sora added. "We'd really appreciate it..."

The cow raised an eyebrow. "Why?"

Kari shrugged. "To keep the guys away."

Haru sighed. "Would you want me to walk with you everyday? Come on guys, just be careful. There's always Hatori if anything major happens."

Sora scratched her head. "What if-"

"Nuh-uh. No what if's. Just go to school. You'll be fine."

After a long argument that went something like that, both girls admitted defeat and left for school without the cow. Haru was getting ready to go back to bed when the phone rang.

"Hey, this is Hatsuharu," the man said picking it up. After a moment of silence, he heard a familiar voice.

"I have three fourths of a mind to kill that bastard."

Haru sighed. "Yuki. It's been awhile."

"It has. If I had things my way, it would have been longer."

"So?"

"So my plans have been spoiled."

Haru tilted his head. "Why is that?"

Yuki growled. "It would seem the head of the family is calling the juunishi together again."

"I see. So he's the person you want to kill. My advice? Forget it. He won't be alive forever. Have a little patience."

"I wouldn't kill a kid anyways. Don't know why I'm calling a person like him a kid..."

"Huh. So you're heading back?"

"I'm going to take my time. But I'll be back within a year."

Haru leaned back. "I have something interesting for you."

"Huh."

The cow put a cigarette in his mouth. "Kari and Sora are starting at our old school today..."

Kari and Sora sat next to eachother in their classroom, waiting for the bell to ring. In the back of the room. Not talking to anyone. Same as in elementry.

In middle school, they had gone to an all girls academy. It was expensive, but they loved it. They had felt safe. Looking back, the girls realized they should've known it could never have lasted forever. They should've known that this was part of the torment. All of their friends were sent to America to study. Kita wouldn't let them go.

The bell suddenly rung, and the school turned to chaos. Students came rushing in, girls fought over places to sit, boys jumped around the classroom, and Kari and Sora tried to dissappear. It didn't work, and the bell finally rung.

Everyone was in there seats when the teacher finally walked in. She was a very pretty teacher, although she looked somewhat tired, and elderly. She sighed.

"Hello class. You may call me Mayuko-sensei... and I've been doing this forever. Now that you know about me, I'll take roll." She pulled a paper out of nowhere. "Arai."

"Here."

"Fujii."

"Here."

"Fujiwara."

"Here."

"Fukazawa."

"Here."

Kari and Sora simply watched. She read down the list with a tedious look on her face.

"Sasaki."

"Here."

"Sato."

"Here."

The teacher paused. Her eyes widened as she stared at the list. She looked up.

"Sohma."

"Here." Kari and Sora replied in unison. Mayuko-sensei stared at them for awhile, and then continued. She read the last name.

"Yoshira."

"Here," came two voices to the right of Kari and Sora. They looked over to see dazzling beauties, a boy and a girl. The girls jet black hair ran to her waist. Sora thought she could have called her snow white, as she had all the features, including the skin. She had dark blue eyes. The boy sitting next to her had similar features, though his hair fell just to his chin. They seemed highly optimistic.

Kari bit her lip. Twins. A brother and sister.

At lunch, the two girls sat at a table alone, eating their food in silence. Suddenly, Kari felt a tap on her shoulder. She looked up to see the female member of the twins smiling at her.

"Hello," She chirped. "I'm Miku Yoshira. May I eat with you?"

Sora smiled. "Sure." Miku smiled and sat down.

"Did you guys just move in? I don't remember seeing you at the middle school."

Kari shook her head. "We didn't go to that middle school."

Miku was about to say something else when her brother came out of nowhere.

"Hi," he said with a crooked smile. Miku smiled and rolled her eyes.

"This is my brother, Takumi. Don't worry, he's a good guy, even if he is..." she punched his arm lightly as he sat down. "A little bit fragile."

Takumi shrugged. "So are you guys twins?"

Sora shook her head. "Nah, we're, uh, cousins... yeah."

"That's cool," Miku said. "Do you guys live together?"

"Yup," Kari said. "All our lives."

Miku smiled. "My brother is new here, too. He lived with my dad for the last fourteen years."

"Oh," Sora started.

"So... this is the first time you two have lived with eachother..." Kari observed.

Sora touched her chin. "Why the sudden change?"

Takumi looked down. "My dad died... from cancer..."

There was silence at the table for awhile. It was Sora who finally spoke up. "Uh, my mom is dead, and Kari's dad is dead... but we never really knew them, so... "

Takumi looked up. "Who raised you?"

"Our older cousins," Kari replied.

Everyone was quiet for awhile. Then they all burst out laughing. None of them really knew why.