Generations:

Chapter Fourteen:

"Un…Uncle Tatsuha?" Shinichi gaped at the sight of the black haired man, his dad's brother, completely forgetting the situation from shock.

"…." Tatsuha turned to the blond teen at the sound of his name, staring at him in thought until recognition flashed in his eyes. "Shi…Shinichi?" His dark eyes widened as he took in the teen's appearance. "You grew so much I didn't recognize you at first."

"Of course I grew; it's been six years since you last visited, what did you expect, for me to remain the same as when I was nine?"

"No, I just…." Tatsuha studied Shinichi's appearance even more. "I didn't think you'd look so…hey wait a minute, is that a girl's shirt you're wearing?" The black-haired man gawked at the sight of the lacy, fluffy cuffed shirt Shinichi wore; then he laughed when the blond teen's face turned red.

"What's it to you?" Shinichi growled, glaring at his uncle, his hazel eyes gleaming.

"Hey! If you two don't mind, how about bringing me to the nurse's before I bleed to death?" Kessuke interrupted, startling them both for a moment.

"Oh yeah, sorry Kess." Shinichi riveted his attention back to his friend.

"Oh shit." Tatsuha stared at the black-haired teen, and knelt down to look at the wound on the teen's shoulder. "I thought I heard a gunshot while I was in the hall, but I wasn't sure—this is a school after all." He looked over the wound briefly and then held put pressure on it to slow the bleeding. "We shouldn't move you. Shinichi, is there anyway to contact the nurse rather than going to her office?"

"There's an emergency number and phone in every hall—I'll go find one."

"Good." Tatsuha turned his attention back to Kessuke as Shinichi left, still keeping pressure on the wound. "It'll be okay…ur…um…."

"Kessuke." The black haired teen replied, shifting his gaze so he stared into the dark eyes of the man. "You don't have to reassure me, I'm not afraid."

"…ah…." Tatsuha response stuck in his throat as he gazed into the deep cobalt eyes of the teen, the color and intensity pulling him in. 'I've seen eyes like that before, where…' He sucked in a deep, sudden breath. 'God…no way…it couldn't be….'

"Um, mister, you're starting to hurt me." Kessuke intoned, fidgeting under Tatsuha's tightening grip on his wound.

"Sorry, my bad." Tatsuha averted his eyes to the teen's shoulder, heart beating wildly. 'God, get a grip Tats, there's no way he could be…there's no way he…god…'

"You're Shini's uncle?"

"Wha…yeah, my name's Tatsuha. Tatsuha Uesugi." He replied, glancing back at the teen's face but determinately avoiding looking him in the eye.

"…Thank you for stopping Koichi." The teen motioned over to the unconscious teen lying against the wall—the dark-haired teen that was so vicious before now looked defenseless and pathetic.

"There's no need to thank me. I…." Tatsuha paused when Shinichi walked back in. "Did you…?"

"They're sending a stretcher to carry Kess—they'll be here in a few minutes."

"Good."

Turning to Kessuke Shinichi said "Toya's dad is here now too, I asked the nurse about it after I told about you."

Kessuke merely shrugged, wincing when that small movement caused pain in his shoulder; "Do you know if Toya told his father about Koichi?"

"I dunno, they wouldn't let me talk to him over the emergency phone."

"Koichi? Toya? What are you two talking about?" Tatsuha looked from Shinichi to Kessuke and then back to Shinichi. "Do you mean your cousin Toya? Seguchi's son?"

"Yes. He's in the nurse's…Koichi…well…."

"Yes? What happened? Does it have anything to do with Koichi shooting Kessuke and trying to shoot you?"

"Um…well, yes…everything actually…."

"Koichi had Toya raped." Kessuke spoke up meeting Tatsuha's eye as the man gasped. "I was confronting Koichi about it when he took out that pistol of his."

"R…holy shit." Tatsuha glared at the unconscious Koichi by the wall, eye's narrowing in anger and shock. "Now I wish I hit him harder—the nerve of him messing with my nephews…damn."

At that moment the stretcher for Kessuke arrived, and Tatsuha and Shinichi backed away to let the medics take care of the wounded teen.

A/N: End chapter, please review.