"You ungrateful bitch! How could you let people find out! How could you! You know the danger! You know!" Uncle Mitch was screaming inside the room. I was standing by the door, staring through the small glass window, tears running down my face. He hit Shawna again and again, and it was all my fault. After each blow, he would yell at her, and she would slowly, and painfully force herself back onto her feet, as if to say 'you can't break me'. Finally, she could only manage to lift herself up to a sitting position, but he still hit her. I noticed Jesse standing on the side, watching with a certain glee in his eyes. I sunk down on the door, hand over my mouth, tears streaming. This was all my fault. I had to do something.
I leapt up and burst into the room. "Uncle Mitch! Maybe... maybe you should speak to the head of the other family. The rat from the zodiac is outside, I'm sure he can help you get to the Sohma estate." I was panting in fear, as Uncle Mitch stared at me.
"You are right, my girl. I should talk to the head of this Sohma family. Very good thinking Kaia. Just what I would expect from you. I commend you for calling the house when you found out what evil deeds were being committed." Uncle Mitch smiled and patted my head and I relaxed.
"Dean'll show you who Yuki is." I said softly. Uncle Mitch nodded, and left, Jesse following like a little loyal puppy.
I turned to where Shawna lay. She hadn't gotten up from that last blow. "Shawny? Shawny, hey..." I carefully stroked her face, trying to revive her. When she still didn't move I ran off to get a wash cloth and water. Upon returning, I carefully washed her face of the blood and was preparing to sew her up (she needed it, he lip was busted really badly) when her eyes fluttered open. "Get away from me, you traitorous whore." she stated simply.
"Shawny, please..." I said, as she tried to get up. "Listen, let me sew up your lip, then I'll leave you alone and go be a traitorous bitch somewhere else." I said firmly. I couldn't leave her walking around like that.
Shawna hesitated for a moment, then nodded and sat still long enough for me to sew up her lip. Carefully I placed a bandage over it and then stood, offering my hand down to help her. She stared at my hand then painfully lifted her body heavily and stood by herself. "Go. Away." She state angrily. Slowly, I left the room. At least she had let me sew her up...
"Kaia!" I turned around to see Lilah run up behind me.
"I know. I'm a traitorous bitch. I shouldn't have called the main house. It's just Dean was shaking so hard and was so scared. I love my little brother Lilah. I went into blind rage, and sort of did it on automatic pilot. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." I couldn't take it if one more person looked at me the way Shawna and Dean were right now.
"Kaia, I get it. Trust me, I get it. I was coming to say that you have been doing really good at keeping tabs on Shawna for me. I'm not here to yell at you. Just be more careful next time, k?" Lilah gave me a supportive smile, and I couldn't help but hug her. This is why Lilah is everyone's second mom. She's perfect at saying the right thing at the right time.
"Thanks..." I whispered.
"Don't worry. Shawna will come around. Just keep apologizing. I think Dean's only gonna be mad for a day or two, you know him, and you don't have to live with anyone else. Shoji's an adult, let me talk to him, and I'm sure me won't blame you, just like I don't." Lilah stroked my hair and soothed me softly.
"Come on. Uncle Mitch is going to the Sohma house, and he wants you two to come." Jesse walked up and announced. I nodded and released Lilah, and we headed off to the Sohma estate.
"Uncle Mitch, please." Rebecca tried desperately to calm Uncle Mitch. He had quite a temper, and right now, it was directed towards the head of the Sohma family. I'm not even sure why. He was just yelling and getting very red in the face. I didn't really care. Finally, I couldn't take it anymore. I stormed out the doors, and climbed the nearest tree. I glanced over and noticed Shawna and Kyou neck deep in a fist fight. Suddenly Kyou went flying backwards and Shawna said something, then helped him up. They sat on the steps to the estate and talked and I widened my eyes in shock when I saw how much they both were talking. Then I nearly fell of the tree branch i was perched on when I saw both of them smile. Then the families began to poor out of the house and I quickly leapt down from the tree.
Dean stopped and said something quickly to Shawna as he passed, and I decided to follow his example. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have..." The glare Shawna was giving me was too much. I shook my head and walked away.
Suddenly, I heard Shawna screech "JESSE!" and I whipped around. That was pretty loud. I was already a block away. I came back to find Jesse laughing and pointing. Then ran up to me and threw his arm around my neck, grinning. "You don't mind that I'm coming to live with you, do you, Kai?"
I was about to snuggle into his embrace when a picture of that glee in his eyes while Shawna was being beaten flashed through my mind. "Don't touch me." I muttered and shrugged out of his embrace. The fact that he was so happy to see Shawna getting hurt was repulsive to me. "Don't call me that. My name is Kaia. Only Shawny calls me Kai." I did my imitation of The Shawna Death Glare and then walked off, leaving Jesse in a state of shock and Shawna, Kyou, Lilah, and Dean almost laughing.