Author's Note: HEY EVERYONE! Didja miss the Neko-chan? Hopefully….this is ChibiToriNekoEllieChan, the author formerly known as Dark's Angel. Now, this chapter is a collab with my British buddy, Dan. His character, Katsu Tenryu, is Jenny's brother. Half-brother…obviously…they've got two different last names. I wanna give a big fat thanks to oOforeverobsessedOo again, she's been such a great help! Give it up for the girl, people! Anyways, on with the chapter!
Chapter 11
Katsu
messed up his spiky brown hair, glancing over at the girl in
the
passenger seat. "Jen," He sighed, turning off the
radio, "I'm no expert on romance, but..."
She
turned the radio back on. "I don't wanna talk about it."
He
looked towards the road, then back to his little sister.
"Imouto-san(1), you can't keep everything to yourself. I'm your
brother, you know; you don't need to hide anything from Kazoku,
especially when you got a protective brother like me." He moved
a hand from the wheel, gently rubbing her shoulder consolingly,
making sure to check the road every few seconds. "Are you sure
he's the right guy for you? I don't want this to keep happening
y'know, Jen."
She glared out the window. "I didn't even say he was my boyfriend...He's just this annoying guy who likes me for some reason, and is insisting that he take me places...not to mention he's a pervert..." She explained quietly, keeping her temper down to a low. She hadn't seen her brother in quite awhile, and she didn't want to start a fight; especially not after the day she'd had. "Rika thinks I should let him be my boyfriend..."
"A
pervert, huh? He'd better not be trying to get my baby sis in bed
with him." He grinned playfully, trying to lighten her mood up
a little. "Need I castrate him?" He brought his hand back
to the wheel and leaned back, resting as he drove. "Or maybe a
little beating like I did you-know-who." He daren't mention
the actual name of Hiei; he never did like him in the first place,
and still doesn't after hearing what he had done to Jenny and even
though he hated bringing the piece of scum up in front of her, he
couldn't help but use him as an example. He brought a hand up to
his face, gently rubbing his eyes with his thumb and index finger
groaning to himself, 'bloody dust…' He cursed under his
breath, bringing his attention back to Jen.
"But
hey, I know the saying 'people don't change,' but if he likes you,
and you get your point across, maybe he would change from being a
pervert?" He questioned carefully, not wanting to arouse the
monster inside her known as her temper.
She sighed heavily, glancing at him out of the corner of her eye. "I think you're kind of missing the point, bro…" She murmured. She smiled a little. "Thanks, though…I've gotta deal with this some way or another. Can you drop me off a few blocks further from our house?" She requested, pointing at the white-yellowish house she meant to be.
He nodded, taking her to where she wanted; glad he got at least a smile from her. "You don't like him?" He questioned. "Well, if you need any help, you can always call me." He drove a little past the house she directed and stopped as she wanted him to do. "I'm sure things will work out, whatever you do, y'know?"
She smiled again, unbuckling her seatbelt and hugging her brother around the neck. "You're the best, Katsu." She told him. "Don't be such a stranger; you're always welcome to come over." Climbing out of the car and shutting the door, she waved as he drove off. 'The funny thing is,' she thought to herself, turning faintly red. 'I think I do like him.'
She turned back to the house looming before her, looking up at the highest window and sighing a little. This was the place. Going up to the door, she rapped on it a few times. "Hello?" She called, almost immediately regretting it; she had a lack of impatience that drove her and all her friends a little nutty. After a moment, she heard footsteps from the other side of the door and then the turning of a knob.
A boy opened the door, looking at Jenny for a moment with curiosity. His ruby eyes sparkled with innocence, and what could've been clueless ness, and matched his unruly red locks to a 't.' He tilted his head to the side slightly. "Hello…May I ask who you are?" He inquired.
Jenny nodded. "Yep. My name's Jenny Masaki. And yours?"
The boy blinked. "Daisuke…Daisuke Niwa." He replied tentatively. "Are…you a friend of my mom or something?"
She shook her head. "No, actually…a friend told me that this is where I might find a boy named Dark Mousy?" A friend hadn't done such a thing; in reality, she had found the address in a diary that she'd snatched from Avalon. (The preppy bitch deserved it!)
She could almost see the light bulb turn on over the boy's head. "Oh! Yes, he does live here. But, he went out and hasn't come back yet." He told her. She nodded.
"Oh, yeah, I know. I kind of figured he wasn't here, but…" Sighing, she dug through her pockets and pulled out a crumply piece of paper. "Got a pencil?" She inquired, holding her hand out. He nodded, turning around and taking a pen off of the table behind him. He handed it to her, earning a slight smile. She scribbled something down on the paper, folded it, and wrote 'Dark Mousy' on the top. "Make sure he gets this…okay?" She handed the paper and pen back to Daisuke, who took them both.
"I will." He promised, smiling. She smiled back.
"Thanks, Daisuke Niwa. I've gotta be going. Ja ne!(2)" She said with a wave, skipping off the steps and down the sidewalk. Rika would probably still be out with her newest crush, so that meant…
"It's time for some me-time."
Note: Okay, so sue me…it's short. But y'know, I've got some KILLER ideas for the next chapter! You're gonna love it! I hope………Okay, translations: (1)Imouto-san…means like, little sister, or just sister. There's a lot of words that mean sister. (2)Ja ne, if you don't know what that means….it means, like, "see you" or something like that. Read and review, I've already begun cooking up a new chapter! Laters!
--ChibiToriNekoEllieChan
