My Childhood with You
Kamui sat in a tree on a cloudy day that seemed to reflect his feelings. Basically, he was sulking, and why? Becaused Subaru got to go to an antique blood convention with his mother while he and Hotaru stayed here. Of course, if he had (as Hotaru had pointed out) stayed a good little boy and not climbed up, Akemi would definitely have taken him along. Hotaru had made it clear that she didn't want to go the night Akemi mentioned it and she threw a vase at Akemi.
Kamui blinked from his thoughts when he heard a shuffling sound – like someone walking through the bushes behind him. It could have been Hotaru, but she never walked through plants, let alone make sound. He turned around, curious.
Who was this strange man? Kamui had never seen him before. He lowered himself off the branch, landing on the grass beneath with a muffled thump. He then looked at the odd person standing in front of him, "Who are you?"
He knelt so that he was at Kamui's height – which wasn't very high – and smiled an odd, somewhat welcoming smile. However, Kamui's deeper, natural instincts were screaming at him, telling him that he was in a dangerous situation. That he should get up and run. Kamui was frozen though. His conscious mind said that it was perfectly fine to stay, albeit a bit strange. Deeper, he was quaking in fear.
Hotaru blinked when she heard voices. The golden-eyed girl, now in the image of a 14-year-old girl, looked out to be horrified by what she saw. She threw down the thick volume she had been looking through and instead of taking the stairs, launched herself straight out of the window.
She landed with ease and without wasting a second, went straight for Seishirou. Hotaru would have not been ready for Serishirou's attack if she had been younger and less experienced. But in between the last time she had seen him and now, she had grown. Of course, not without Akemi's expert training.
Kamui watched his sister's rage and was surprised by it. Never had he seen such a ferocious look in her eyes which were usually filled with joy and amusement. "Hotaru-"
Hotaru looked at her brother, knowing that he was worried and that this wasn't what she was normally like. She smiled a small smile, "I'll be fine, Kamui."
Kamui wasn't satisfied, who would be? He scrambled to his feet, both irritated and worried with his sister, "How the heck would you know?"
Hotaru paused, thinking for the answer that would definitely puzzle as well as reassure her hot-headed sibling, "I'm sure."