Masasume here with chapter 2!

Thanks for that one review Mr. Cherry Blossom Artist

Brainstorming for next chapter and such.

Enjoy.

P.S. my japanese suck so endure.

"Huh he left...?" Sara spoke to Harima. Both Yakumo and her were visiting Harima's class at break time.

"He well he said that he didn't want to pester me with his injuries and left," Harima speaking casually, "It's not like I'm his mom to tell him what to do."

"He still hasn't recovered from his injuries though," Sara starting to worried. His wound was still deep. She asked Harima if he mentioned where he would be but, he replied nothing.

"Lets go find him after school," requested Yakumo insisted, " I think he didn't go that far."

"Ah! Yakumo pleasant to meet you." Hanai appeared out of nowhere. "Would you like to go out with me I could show you a much more better time then that delinquent?"

"Hey watch 4- eyes!" irritated from Hanai's remark.

"Ummmm me and Sara have to do something after school sorry!" Yakumo said trying to avoid Hanai's request and leaving quickly .

"Yakumo wait up." Sara running behind her

"Ah wait! Yakumo-kun!" Hanai said.

"Dude get over it she's gone," Harima went back reading his motorcycle catalog,

"Yaku...mo-kun,"

Harima just patted him in the shoulders feeling deep pity on the dumb love struck puppy.

After school Harima decided to fill up gas on his motorcycle.

Damn gas these prices these days are outrageous...I think I should have went with Imouto-san and her friend to help.

Harima heard two thugs complaining at the other side of the pump . They seem pissed as they kicked their side of the pump. Harima eavesdrop on them as they pumped their car.

"That bastard not only he stole those two girls from us but, I'm still sore from that beating ,our leader is still mad at that freaking hobo."

"Yeah I just wish I could kick his ass right now!" His companion steaming in anger.

As the two were venting their anger out one of the thug's cell phone rang.

"Huh hello? Hey wassup...are you serious? Hell yeah we'll be there!" He closed his cell and took out the nozzle of car.

"Hey what with the rush?" His companion ask him.

"Are you still interested on kicking some ass?" A wide grin formed, "They said they might have found him."

"Are you serious!" the man said, "lets go back to the hideout."

"So what the hell are we doing here for lets go!" As they jumped on the car and sped away hearing the noise of asphalt rubbing against rubber.

Harima knowing who where they talking about was mildly amused as how far they would go for one person. " Well hope Nicholas will be alright well, I should go back to the house and work on my manga, better call Imouto-san for help..." Then it Harima like a rat in a rat trap, "Ah! I forgot Imouto-san is finding for him! What if those bastards find Imouto-san with Nicholas, Tenma-chan would never forgive me if something happened to her sister."

Harima panicked in circles so much that he just realized that he was 4 feet under ground. Pulling himself out of the mini moat he grab his cell phone dialed the most reliable person he can think of.

I can't find Imouto-san all by myself, I need some help.

His cell phone rang waiting for a answer. "Hanai's residence," a familiar voice answered.

"Hey Hanai I need your help..."

"Yakumo it's been an hour and we still haven't found him," Sara said, " Maybe we should split up to cover more ground."

Yakumo nod and both of them split.

The sun begin to slowly descend down and Yakumo still couldn't find him anywhere not even the previous place where they first met. She was hoping Sara had more luck finding him then her.

Sara was exhausted, she forgot what she was doing in the first place. She went to the park to take a break on the bench.

"Im so exhausted..." she let out a small sigh, "Finding him is harder then I thought."

"Who's finding who?" A groggy yet, familiar voice was behind her.

"Eeeek!" To her surprise behind her was it was Nicholas.

"What are you doing here Sara? It's already nightfall you shouldn't be here," Nicholas said.

"Well Yakumo and I were trying to find you so you can come back to Harima's." Sara said.

"My wounds are healed, you don't have to worry about me anymore." He swore.

Sara didn't buy his excuses, she squeezed him in the arm that was deeply cut.

"Ow!" said rubbing his arm in comfort and then eyeing Sara who was crossing her arms giving him a look.

"I told you were still hurt, come with me I'll call Yakumo saying to meet me in Harima's house." Sara said pulling Nicholas good arm.

"Like I said I don't need your hospitality."Trying to talk her out of it.

Yakumo was searching around more when she noticed her named being called around. She turned to see Harima and unfortunately Hanai.

"Harima-sempai why are you hear?" Yakumo ask puzzled.

"I heard from the gas station that the same punks that tried to get you are after Nicholas and I was afraid they might get to you also." Harima said.

"Yakumo thank goodness that you aren't hurt!" Hanai said screaming attempting to hug her but, Harima blocked him on the way.

Harima went close to Yakumo whispering , " Sorry Imouto-san but, I needed his help to find you faster before you might have landed in trouble."

"Hey I heard that!" Hanai yelled, "You know you could have called Yakumo-kun in her cell phone and ask where she was." Hanai retorted giving Harima a dumbstruck look. In Yakumo's head she was asking why he didn't do that in the first place but, didn't have the heart to ask.

" Um...it's ok... have you seen Sara or Nicholas?" Yakumo ask hoping for good news.

" Now two are missing, you should go call Sara and ask her where she is." Harima ask.

"Why don't you like people helping you," Sara ask, "is it because you hate us or are you trying to be a tough guy like Harima?"

"Huh? Um no it's not that don't hate you or anything it's just that where ever I go I just seem to find trouble." Scratching his head.

A ringing was heard in Sara's pants. "Huh it's Yakumo." Looking at telephone number.

"Sara-kun? Are you ok?" Yakumo asked.

"Ah yes I found Nicholas-san, were at the Yagami Park," Sara explained.

As Sara was talking to Yakumo, Nicholas decided to make a run for it. Steadily trying to walkaway unnoticed he turn his back and attempted to run away. "Not so fast." Sara grabbing his shirt.

Damn

As he was being held captive in Nicholas point of view he started to hear motorcycle engines.

"Do you hear that?" Nicholas said becoming more cautious.

"It must be Harima and Yakumo," Sara said happily.

"I don't think so," as more different sounds of engines roared coming near them.

Motorcycles as much as 18 were cycling around them. Not of Nicholas surprise it was the previous gang that he took down before except they brought more friends and weapons.

One of the motorcycles stop cycling them and went inside the circle. The one that hoped out of his bike was no other then the gang leader himself wearing a eye patch.

"Well well well if it isn't Mr. Hero and the blonde. It just so happen that we were just looking for you." He pulled out a chain whip as long as his arm from his pocket.

"She has nothing to do with you!" Nicholas seeing how bad the situation.

Damnit I can't use my left arm and I still haven't eaten anything other then two cookies and water from the fountain.

"I heard that one of my friends seriously put an injury on you on your left arm," he smirked. " this will make things much more easier and once I'm finish with I'm going to have some fun with that foreign girl over their." Pointing as Sara with a perverted grin.

"Touch her and die!" Nicholas said charging. The phrase caught Sara off guard.

He ran toward him trying to land a punch but, his malnutrition and wounds proved to get the best of him as he missed his punched toward the leader. Countering the leader whipped his chain at Nicholas wound's making him fall in to the ground.

As Nicholas was screaming cursing words rubbing his arm to ease the pain. Sara went down to him for aid. "Nicholas are you ok?" Sara ask.

"It just hurts a lot but I'll pull through," Trying to make Sara not worried

Sara stood up and walked to the leader.

"Hehe hehe what are you going to do now missy, try to seduce me for your freedom?" He grinned

SLAP

Instead of a reply Sara angrily gave the leader a smack in the face evenput the cyclistto stop in their tracks from the events.

"Dude that chick just hit leader." a cyclist said.

Trying to recover from what happened the leader clenched the chain on his hand. " You little bitch!"

"Sara watch out!" Nicholas warned but, she was too scared to move after closing her eyes.

"Take this!" Whipping his chain toward Sara.

Waiting for the chain Sara wasn't contacted with pain but an embrace. She opened her eye's to see Nicholas shielding her with his backagainst his attacks.

"Trying to play hero again are you hobo boy ,before I take care of the girl I'll take care of you first!" Whipping him again and again and again.

Sara shocked as she feels the slight thumps as the chain whips hits Nicholas back hard.

He has been already hit 15 times with the chain yet but,he feels that his knees were soon going to collapse soon.

"Now to finish it off!" Scream the leader. "You die now-"

"Hurricane Kick!" A two motorcyclist was kicked into the inner cycle.

"Roar, Special Move, Flower Tiger!" As another two were kicked into the inner circle.

Stopping on his attack he look on his fallen comrades. "What the hell happened!" He said.

One of them pointed at the two people slowly walking to the inner circle.

The leader look closely at one of them and to his horror who he saw. "Harima Kenji! What are you doing here!"

"Harima Kenji! The one that beat Tennouji 'the ogre'." One thug said.

"Who are you?" The leader pointing at Hanai.

"Im Hanai Haruki , I believe you would know my family's greatdojo." Hanai grinning with confidence.

"Don't know," was his reply making Hanai disappointed.

"I knew I smelled trouble on coming here." He said to the leader and then eyed on Nicholas with many bruises on his back embracing Sara.

"Im here to pick up these two." Finishing off his sentence.

"Hell no I still have unfinished business with those two!" He yelled. "I don't care if you are the infamous Harima and your little buddy their your still outnumbered 2-16 the odds are against you."

"Then bring it!" He provoked seeing all the thugs charge at him and Hanai.

As the thugs fought with Harima and Hanai all of them seemed to be forget that Nicholas and Sara were still there.

"Hey are you ok?" Nicholas breaking the silence between both of them.

"Come back here you scum!"

"Mercy! Mercy!"

Sara snapping out of it replied with a nod.

"Feel the fury of justice!"

"Gah!"

"Ok good to hear that." Soon he becoming quiet again.

"That takes care of the last one," Harima kicking the side of the leader.

He went back to the two.

"Hey Nicholas you can stop hugging her you know it's over with," but no reply.

"Nicholas-san?" Sara pulling out the embrace too see that he was unconscious again.

"Harima-sempai we have to take him to a hospital!"

"Huh where am I?" Waking up from his sleep seeing an unfamiliar ceilling, " ugh I feel horrible."

"Your in a hospital," Sara said siting in a chair right next to him, " Harima is coming over soon to check up on you."

"Glad to see you made it out of that ordeal." He said with humor. His stomach soon growled like wildfire.

"Oh! Here let me go get some ramen." Sara insisted. Soon both of them were eating ramen quietly.

"Ahhh that's some good ramen." Feeling relieved and sinking back down to the bed. He looked at Sara who seemed to be eying down on her ramen.

"Something wrong?" Nicholas asking worried.

"Hmm oh its nothing I just haven't gotten any rest after that night." Replying back.

The door then opened seeing Yakumo, Harima, Tenma and her gang walked inside.

"Sara your alright," said Yakumo.

"Hobo!" Tenma said cheerfully while a vein popped at Nicholas forehead.

"I thank you for saving one of my club member," Akira said casually.

"Umm no problem?"

"So what are you going to after recovering?" Sara ask Nicholas.

"Well I don't know maybe go back to the park or somewhere," Nicholas trying to think of somewhere to go.

"What you can't go be a hobo again your just too good for it," Tenma replied, "Anyways not only save my Yakumo but, you save her friend also."

Harima was being ticked off as he was the one who saved him after all.

Damn him getting on Tenma's goodside again...I was the one who freaking saved him and that girl! Must restrain from strangling him for their are too many witnesses.

"Hey why don't you stay with Yakumo and me for a while since you got no where else to go," Tenma just so being oh so generous.

"You think that would be alright? Letting a boy stay in your house," Suou worried for her not so bright friend.

Harima was heart stricken by Tenma's request.

Damn him again! The nerves of him going to go sleep in the same roof under Tenma-chan, that deluded molester might...might...

A small vision engross Harima's thought:

It was late night and everyone has gone too sleep at the Tsukamoto residence.

Just as Tenma was going to sleep dreaming of Karasuma he heard the sliding door opened.

Quickly she went up to see who it was. To her surprise it was Nicholas who she invited him to

stay over her house.

"Tsuka- ... no Tenma-chan I have to tell you now that I have always been in love with you when I first lay upon your beautiful eye's ."

Slowly he walked closer to Tsukamoto. "Wha-a-at are you doing here for," she spoke softly.

"Im here for you to acknowledge my love for you,"

Coming closer he soon went and passionately kissed Tsukamoto.

Pulling away from the kiss "We ... we..can't my sister might hear us," Tenma said afraid.

"Do not worry," kissing her again.

"Nicholas-san..."

"Tenma-chan..."

The imaged burn a hole though Harima's skull.

That man-whore! I'll kill, I'll kill him! I need to act now before the decision is final.

"Oh hey why don't you stay over my house?" Harima said in the most casual voice he can do to Nicholas other then screaming.

"Oh hey that's a good idea you already went over his house anyways and your more familiar to Harima," Tenma said, " Good thinking Harima!" Giving a thumbs up.

I'm in heaven

"Don't get I get a say on this?" Nicholas trying to butt in the conversation but, was ignored.

"I'm going to pick you up tomorrow kay so don't be late." Harima said.

Great now I can monitor his every move...Im such a genius

"Ugh I have a bad feeling about this," Nicholas said trying to rub his forehead to ease the pain.

He felt a hand on his shoulders. Turning to give a look it was Sara.

"That nice to that your staying I'm hoping to see you more." Sara said smiling.

Nicholas smiled back.

Then again...

"Hey Itoko I'm back." Harima said entering the living room.

"Don't forget about 'san' sheez, im already getting pissed off even after I come back from my vacation." She said watching T.V. and eating chips.

"Hey Itoko-saaan," saying with sarcasm, "my friend is going to live with us for a while would that be ok?" Nicholas entering.

"Hello I'm Nicholas Ronoa." He bowed down.

"So your dumping Yakumo and swinging the other way huh?" Itoko said jokingly.

"It's not that is just that he needs a home." Harima said controlling the volume of his voice.

"Can you pay rent?" Itoko asked Nicholas swaying his head left to right.

"I could do all household chores and maybe get myself a part-time job." Nicholas counter-acting her offer.

"Huh I like you already might as well get rid of my pathetic excuse of a cousin here and adopt you." Itoko said laughing making Nicholas blush on her statement.

This is for a good cause... This is for a good cause... This is for a good cause.

Harima's head repeatedly said that over and over.

"How old are you?" Itoko ask curiously.

"15 yrs. old." Nicholas answered.

"Any education?" He nodded.

"But just a little but, when I was became an orphan I had to quit school ... I read unwanted textbooks after for leisure."

Itoko grabbed a chip and placed it in her mouth. "Well you go take a bath and Harima will bring you set of clothes for you and after that we will discuss your school enrollment." Taking another chip from the band and biting it.

"Huh school enrollment?" Harima and Nicholas said in unison.

"Shhhhh my favoritve show is on."