Chapter 5

Problematic Times

Disclaimer: And we are back with chapter 5! Apologies on the wait for this one as well. Now… Let's roll on! And as always, I own nothing but what you see here!

A few days after the rally saw Akio arriving at Big Belly Burger with a black eye much to the immense dislike of his mother and demanded to know what happened. AJ however was quick to jump in and defend his best friend. Stating that Akio had simply gotten in the way of a bully who'd been saying some pretty harsh things to a kid who wasn't white. Said bully took offense to Akio interfering and had knocked him pretty good in the eye, earning himself a suspension in the process. "While I am pleased you were willing to come to a fellow classmate's aide, perhaps it was better to have found a teacher instead to stop it." Remarked the mother shortly after being told of what happened.

"Had I done that, there's no telling what would have happened to Edina while that bully was being mean to her!" Defended Akio and AJ had to agree on that.

"And that is why you send AJ to find a teacher while you watch to make sure nothing happens."

The two boys looked at one another for a moment before looking back at Tatsu. "We uhh.. We didn't even think about that." AJ muttered in slight embarrassment but he would for darn sure remember to do so in the future if it happened again!

"Well I think that earns you two a burger and a shake." Spoke up Thea with a smile.

"I want to learn how to fight." Grumbled Akio with his arms crossed and looking in Oliver's direction.

Who was actually sipping on a chocolate milkshake throug his straw. And it didn't take him long to realize Akio was staring his way either. "Why are you lookin' at me for? I can't train you buddy."

"But you know how to fight!" Protested the young boy.

"And I do, but I have no desire to put you through what I did when I was trained."

Hell, the kid was far too young for that kind of thing as it is anyway! "But why not?"

"Cause, I had bits and pieces of training by people who were either worried about being hunted and wanting his daughter safe, was too paranoid and didn't trust easily which made him rough, or was an ice cold witch. And its because of that that me training you is not the best option as I could seriously hurt you as none of them went easy on me."

Thea couldn't help but feel a pang in her chest over the limited knowledge her big brother just dropped about how those who trained him weren't all that pleasant. She was glad though that he was actually using his head about all this. Akio pouted at the older man's response as he'd really been hoping his honorary big brother would show him a few moves! Tatsu came and knelt down next to her son. "I can show you if you would like. Perhaps Ted can as well."

Akio looked up at his mother in excitement, his earlier unhappiness immediately gone. "Really!?"

Tatsu nodded and the young boy cheered happily, making everyone else smile at the sight. Better them then me at least. Thought Oliver to himself as hurting that kid, even unintentionally was the absolute last thing he wanted to do.

Later that Evening at Sebastian Blood's Home

Sebastian Blood was honestly having a nice relaxing evening in, which felt like a rarity to him if he was being honest. But he would always happily enjoy it to the best of his ability consideringh his dark past and the darkness in his own soul. Little did he know though that he was about to have some unexpected guests. Rude ones at that too and it all began when he went flying to the floor in a hury when shots started being fired at his home. Reaching blindly for his phone from the coffee table, he managed to finally get it and bring it to him and dialed 911 to let them know what was going on. On the outside was six men with machine guns and they were there with one single purpose. Which was to kill Sebastian Blood so that he wouldn't get in the way of the New World Order and their plans to cause chaos and fear.

Little did they know however that a guardian angel was about to descend on them and provide his thoughts of what he felt about the whole situation.

Same Time at the Yamashiros

The family of three were forced to the floor to avoid being hit by gun fire, Maseo had had a feeling something like this was going to happen after that rally from a few days ago and was glad he'd talked about it with Oliver and Ted. Maseo could only hope that Oliver was still in the area since he promised to keep an eye out for any odd activity just to be on the safe side. The man wished he could return some shots of his own but with the rapid firing of bullets, that wouldn't have been safe at all. Oliver, I pray you are able to get here in time…

Author's Notes: Well this is certainly a pickle. Will this mysterious guardian angel, along with Oliver be able to stop these attackers? Read on to find out! Hopefully though this chapter didn't suck too badly either and apologies if it did. R and R!