Chapter 2: There is always a silver lining
Jojo wakes up the next morning feeling regret about how his dad reacted to Mana the previous night, Jojo then begins to lay awake in bed until his mother calls him down for breakfast.
"Jojo come down for breakfast hun"
"I'm not hungry, and dad is an ass for what he did"
"Aww Jo i already said i was sorry"
"Um no Ned you didn't"
"Well then I am sorry Jo for acting that way, will you please come down to breakfast"
Jojo just mutters to himself thinking that Mana might have gotten jumped or into an accident, or even worst killed just like his brother. As the thoughts began to race through his head a knock was heard on his window, Jojo then looks as a smile spreads across his face as he runs and opens his window.
"Mana your alive!! Dude I am so sorry for the way my dad acted, but why did you leave?"
"I never left, I fell asleep in this tree"
Mana then cracks his neck as he lets out a soft sigh,
"That...felt....good"
"Hey Mana, i got to go eat so i will meet you outside"
"If you want to"
Mana then begins to swing off the tree as he lands on his feet and picks up his bag and begins to walk, a few minutes later Jojo catches up and they begin to walk together. Mana then tells Jojo stories about him and his brother and how even though Koa was the oldest, he still envied Mana because of the talents Mana had.
"Wow Mana so Koa had it pretty rough huh back home"
"Yes he did, but now he doesn't need to feel pain or be afraid anymore"
"Do you miss him?"
"No"
Jojo can't believe what he just heard, did Mana really just say that he didn't miss his own brother? As they continue to walk Jojo begins to think to himself why Mana would say that, Jojo begins to doubt that they were even really brothers.
"Your thinking about if me and Koa were even really brothers huh Jojo?"
"Yea, but...but how did you know that"
"I don't need to hear you say it, the look in your eyes and the feeling I'm getting from you says enough. You see the bond between me and my brother was so great and strong, that we rarely had to talk about how each other felt, we just knew from the look, and essence of the person"
"So you mean people who you are close to, you could tell how they are feeling ?"
"That's right"
"So why does your voice sound Monotone all the time"
"It's because i simply stopped caring and I stopped showing my emotions, that is why i could easily read my brother, but he did not have a single clue on how I felt"
They continue to walk as they come up to a little fast food place, they make their way inside and decide to have lunch there, the two friends continue to eat as 3 really big scary looking whos make their way inside the place.
"Well look here fellas we got ourselves the mayor's emo little brat, you know what kid, we hate emo's and we hate the mayor, so it looks like you're in for trouble punk"
Mana then stands up as he looks at the whos and simply stands between them and Jojo, as One of the who's pulls out a knife and starts waving it around, this action doesn't faze Mana,
"Well look what we got here, we got ourselves a mute. Oh well at least when I stab him he won't scream"
"Your heart is filled with rage, which leaves you blinded by anger, and in doing so your actions are predictable and you won't even be able to touch me"
The older who begins to slice at the air trying to Cut Mana but is simply dodged by the younger more agile who.
"I told you, you will not be able to touch me while you are blinded by your own hatred and greed....You selfish fuck"
Mana and Jojo then make their way out of the fast food and head back towards Jojo's house, but what Jojo didn't realize is that a single tear made itself known on Mana's face. As they finally get up to Jojo's front door, Ned opens it up and see's Jojo standing there with Mana.
"Jojo i would really like to make it up to you son for how i acted,"
"It's fine dad Mana and I just went out to eat lunch"
"Oh you mean your little punk fr..."
Just then Sally then elbows Ned in the gut which makes him lose his breath for a moment
"What I meant to say was your new friend, Well I'm Ned Jojo's father and this is Sally, his mother"
"I'm Mana, Koa's Brother"
Hearing that Made Ned's heart jump into his throat, Koa, one of Jojo's best friends had a brother and he ended up slamming the door on his face the previous night.
"I am so sorry I didn't know"
"Doesn't matter, you slamming the door on my face didn't faze me at all"
"Well I truly am sorry"
"It's ok your forgiven"
Jojo and Mana then make their way towards Jojo's room as Mana then collapses but Jojo manages to catch him, worry overcomes Jojo until he hears a light snoring coming from Mana, Jojo then Lays Mana on the bottom bunk and places a blanket over him as he snickers.
"Haha Just like his brother, always pushing himself to surpass their limit"
Just then Jojo begins to play on the who guitar that Koa gave him, and while he is playing a black crow comes flying and lands on his window, the crow then begins to tap its beak at the window which makes Jojo look, and when he looks the crow begins to flap it's wings as if trying to say "hi" and ends up flying away after. Jojo thinking this is weird just shrugs it off and continues to play, But Mana knows exactly what the crow was and what it was trying to do.
Disclaimer: this is the end of chapter 2, hope you guys like it and I will be explaining what the crow was in the next chapter, also The next chapter will be very dramatic so just a heads up the next chapter will be about Koa and Mana's life. hope you guys are eager to find out.