I'm so sorry for not updating this for so long. I wanted to, but as I said before, I'm lazy. I already knew what the 3rd chapter would be like even before I posted the first chapter, I don't know what overcame me. Gomen, I decided to finally put up the 3rd chapter for bruises, I hope you like it. Warning, violence.

Shindou had stayed home for a few days, but he wanted to go to school. The whole time he was home he was bored and lazily sprawled his body on his bed thinking of how he could escape his boredom. A certain pink haired boy kept popping into Shindou's head. His parents always came to check on him, and always wore worried faces. Shindou didn't know why though. Whenever they asked what happened, he always said it was the best day of his life. When they asked who beat him up he only tilted his head as if confused.

Today was his 5th day at home, and his mom came to check on him. "Shindou I'll ask you once more, what happened?"

"Ka-san I told you, I had fun that day." Shindou sighed, he thought his mom was going deaf.

His mother burst into tears kneeling in front of her son, "Please Shindou who did this to you?" she dragged him into a hug. "Was it that boy who brought you home, he told you to not say anything, didn't he?" his mom said as her sadness turned to anger.

Shindou shook his head "No he's my friend, he was the one who saved me from getting killed," the little boy said casually.

"Killed?" his mom asked, Shindou nodded. "You almost got k-killed?" Shindou nodded again. "Darling get the limo!" She yelled for her husband. "Shindou were going to go somewhere special, so go get ready."

"Hai." Shindou ran he put on a blue sweater over some shorts. Then he put on his black tennis shoes.

The drive was long, and Shindou kept asking where they were going, but he got no answer. So he just guessed the possible places they could be going to.

When the limo stopped they were in front of a huge building. Shindou saw the name in front of the building, he didn't' know what a mental hospital was, but he hated hospitals. He looked at his mother with a face filled with horror, she just smiled and led him inside.

When Shindou went in his parents went to the front desk he wandered off into the waiting room. To his surprise he saw a certain pink haired boy staring into space at the far end of the room. Then Shindou remembered the fight Kirino got into, a wave of fear washed over him. Then again Kirino did save him, so he was a good guy, right? Shindou walked over to Kirino, but the boy was still of to space. "Earth to Kirino," he said waving his hand infront of his friends face.

"Hmm," Kirino said as he snapped out of it. "Eh! Shindou what are you doing here?"

"I don't know. My parents have been acting weird, and now they brought me here. To tell the truth I hate hospitals. I don't even know what a mental hospital is." Shindou took a seat next to Krino.

"Well, a mental hospital is different, here you go to a psychiatrist. Only people with mental- I mean brain problems, or emotional problems come here." Shindou tilted his head at Kirino's explanation. "Oh, a psychiatrist is the person who helps the people who come here, they are kinda like a doctor," Kirino noticed Shindou's eyes widen at the word doctor. "But, they don't give shots, they only talk to you." He added that quickly so his companion wouldn't freak out.

"Oh, that explains alot. Why are you here, you seem fine to me."

"Anger issues, I get angry easily." Shindou didn't think Kirino got angry so easily. Kirino knew what Shindou was thinking. "You know how I beat up Katsarou." Shindou nodded. "Well after he insulted me I started to beat him up. A person with normal anger, would either brush it off, or ignore it." Shindou seemed to understand, "So I come for anger management, to control my anger. Why are you here?"

"I'm not sure. I think it's because of what I said about the fight." Now it was Kirino's turn to tilt his head. "I said it was the best day of my life."

Kirino stared at the brunnette for a while. "How is getting almost killed fun? Am I missing something here, so please explain to me."

"Well if it weren't for that incident I wouldn't have been saved by you. Then we wouldn't have become friends, you're the first friend. We are friends right?" Kirino didn't answer, Shindou was afraid Kirino didn't want to be his friend. "Right?" Still Kirino kept silent.

Shindou was about to cry but Kirino put his hand on his shoulder. When Shindou looked up Kirino was smiling down at him. "Of course we're friends, I've never had a friend before either. So don't expect too much from me, I'm new to this friend concept. Usually most people were afraid of me." He started to laugh and Shindou joined in.

"Shindou, is this your friend, that you keep talking about." Shindou nodded. "Looks like you two have more in common than you think," though the two kids didn't know she meant the fact that they both go to a mental hospital. "What's your name?"

"Kirino Ranmaru," he said as he bowed.

"Rany who is this," a woman with pink flowing hair came into the conversation."

"Ka-san this is my friend Shindou, and that's his mom."

"Oh you finally made a friend." Then their moms struck up a conversation.

"Kirino what's going in school?"

"Well everyone is pretty much afraid of me, not that that's new. Especially Katsarou, he's even going to counseling. He's been really jumpy lately, everything scares him. They try to figure out what happened to him, he won't tell. Alot of people are going to counseling actually. So the class is empty a lot.

"Oh, sound interesting. I never thought I'd see, well in this case hear, the day the mights Katsarou Nori would become a wus," They laughed and talked together, until for a while. Soon both boys were called at the same time to different rooms.

On Shindou's way home, he thought about his time at the mental hospital. He found the psychiatrist extremely annoying. She kept asking the same questions, and never seemed to get the ones she wanted.

The next school day Shindou was allowed to go, he was so excited. No more boredom, and no more of his parents constant nagging. When he walked into his classroom, the atmosphere was dark. He received a few dirty glares from students, but nether the less he didn't care. School went well that is until recess. But let's start at lunch first. So Shindou was looking for a table to sit at, but was too scared to sit with the other second graders. He noticed that at the far end of the lunch room Kirino sat alone.

"Mind if I sit?" He asked his just glared at him a bit. "I'll take that as a yes," he said with a giggle. Kirino rolled his eyes at his friend.

When Shindou sat down the whole second grade was staring at them. Katsarou was plotting revenge.

"Shindou you go ahead, I'll meet you outside in a minute," Kirino told his jumpy friend.

"Hai," Shindou said then skipped away. He was so happy, that day really was the best day of his life. When he was outside he sat under a tree. He was busy waiting for Kirino's return so he didn't notice Katsarou and his gang heading this way.

"Hey cry baby." Katsarou was now in front of Shindou, his gang blocked of any means of escape. "I owe you one."

"One what," Shindou was trembling, he felt as if his feet would turn to jelly any moment now.

"One of these," Katsarou balled his hand into a fist, and punched Shindou right in the face. Shindou fell down, and just stared up at Katsarou, like he was confused. "Hey why aren't you crying."

"There is no reason to cry," Shindou answered calmly.

"What do you mean?" Katsarou was getting angrier by the minute. He pushed his foot onto Shindou's chest slamming the other boy onto the ground. Shindou only winced in pain, but didn't cry. "Why aren't you crying? So you've become tougher huh, then I'll just have to hit harder," he kicked Shindou in the stomach, but still Shindou didn't cry. Katsarou was getting really pissed, "Don't piss me off, or nobody's here to save you now. All you have to do is cry and maybe I'll let you go." He kicked Shindou in the back, on his spine, there was a cracking sound. Katsarou's gang backed away. Katsarou walked around Shindou and stood in front of him, Shindou looked him straight in the eye with an obvious scowl. "Don't give me that face." A smirk smirk was plastered on Katsarou's face, he kicked Shindou in the face. Shindou's nose started to bleed, black spots appeared in his vision. While Katsarou was busy beating up Shindou, the rest of his class started to surround the fight scene. Ayame Gorou(remember him) went to go look for help. The first person he saw was Kirino, but the other boy was so far away. He ran as fast as he could.

Kirino had just finished whatever he had to do, and went outside, the first thing he saw was Ayame running towards him waving his hands wildly. Since he was part of Katsarou's gang he gave Ayame the evil eye. "What do you want?"

"I know you don't trust me, but I need you're help-" Kirino was about to walk away, he needed to think fast. "I need you to save Shindou, Katsarou is hurting him again!" Kirino turned around suddenly.

"Where are they?" His fists were already in fists ready to beat anyone up.

"Hai, follow me," Katsarou led Kirino to the place. Katsarou was still too busy to notice Kirino, or the students who cleared a path for the pink haired boy. Shindou lay half conscious on the floor, he saw Kirino, and reached his hand out towards the other boy. Katsarou noticed, and turned around.

"Hmm, I didn't think you'd show up," a sly smile crept across Katsarou's face. He turned to Shindou. "Shindou won't last long, maybe I should finish him off," he slipped a knife out of his pocket and held it to Shindou's wrist.

"Kirino help!" Shindou screamed, with teary eyes. He wanted to stay strong, but he was scared. He was barely hanging on to consciousness. Kirino was started to walk towards Katsarou.

"One more step, and I'll end his life." Kirino froze. He didn't want Shindou to get hurt, but he wasn't sure if Katsarou would hurt even if he stayed back. Shindou stared at Kirino, with pleading eyes. The brunette mouthed the words help, just before he lost consciousness. Kirino's bangs covered his eyes, he was shaking, not with anger but with fear.

"Oh looks like the cry baby is out cold, it won't be much fun if he won't suffer. I guess you'll have to do." Katsarou walked over to Kirino holding a knife up to the pinknette's throat. Kirino took this chance and drove his elbow into Nori's jaw. "Bastard!" he yelled at Kirino as he got up. He ran towards Kirino surprisingly fast. Kirino saw a teachers with frantic faces running towards the fight scene. If he got caught fighting he could be suspended. He promised his mother the boy would behave this time, and he didn't want Shindou to be alone when he returned to school. Kirino made a split second decision and took the hit. It was surprisingly hard, and knocked him to the ground, but it was worth it. The teachers made it close enough to the fight scene in time to see Katsarou hit Kirino. Once Kirino got hit, he started to cry as loud as possible. Katsarou was about to punch Kirino again but the crying shocked him. Lucky for Kirino he was a good actor, nobody suspected those were fake tears. When the teachers arrived one of them picked up Kirino in her arms to try and comfort him. The others grabbed Katsarou and dragged him away after confiscating the knife. The other teacher picked Shindou's unmoving body.

"Children continue having recess till this is sorted," a teacher ordered, she put down Kirino and ran after the other teachers. Kirino watched as the teachers disappeared into the school building. The students watched him. They never thought Kirino would ever cry.

Kirino turned toward the crowd with an evil smile on his face. "Fool," he said coldly. "He actually thought he could defeat me, when in the end his own plan backfired on him," he chuckled at the remembrance. "What are you all looking at?" He tilted his head cutely, playing innocent.

"Weren't you crying a second ago? You look as if you weren't." Ayame said. The other students nodded.

"Oh, because I wasn't crying. Those tears were fake. If I was caught fighting I would be suspended or expelled. So I took the hit, and fake cried." He said as a matter of factly.

"Eh, really!" Ayame was shocked, they looked so real. A wave of guilt washed over him. "I'm so sorry for all the trouble we've caused you," he said bowing down. "It's just that Katsarou is so scary, so we just follow what he wants us to do. Please forgive us."

""Un!" The other kids yelled in unison, they were bowing too.

Kirino sweatdropped at this, he let out a sigh. "There's no need to bow, since you were doing this against you will… I forgive you. Just stop bowing I'm not a king. I'm the same as all of you."

"Arigato Kirino-san!" they all said in unison. Kirino sweatdropped again, Now they're calling me with -san at the end of my name, he thought. He smiled a genuine smile, he had a feeling things would be going well after this. For once he actually found a school he could go to peacefully, and fit in. All the kids sat down with Kirino under a tree, they talked until the teacher came to call them in. All through out class all Kirino could think about was Shindou. Kirino's cuts were taken care of, but what about Shindou.

After class Kirino ran to the infirmary, Shindou was still out cold. Kirino pulled a chair to the side of the brunette's bed, he held Shindou's had in his own. He started to cry, for real this time, he mumbled silent apologies through his tears. He kept crying until he felt a warm hand on his cheek. He looked up and saw Shindou with a weak but true smile on his face. Shindou's hand was on his cheek, gently caressing it.

"Ranmaru don't cry, I'm okay. I swear." Shindou petted Kirino on the head.

"But I couldn't protect you," Kirino squeezed Shindou's hand. "I'm so sorry, I-"

"Don't apologize, the important thing is that you came and helped. Just promise me one thing," Kirino looked up staring Shindou right in the eye. "You'll always stay by my side."

"Of course, I will. Just promise me one thing," Kirino started.

"What?"

"You'll stop getting hurt so often. I'll get a headache from worrying too much."

"Hai," Shindou started to laugh a bit. Kirino was thrown off a bit, but joined in.

Soon the boys fell asleep. Kirino lay his head on the side of the bed, Shindou's hand still in his. When both their parents arrived, Shindou's mom was crying, Shindou's dad comforted his wife. Kirino's mom just looked on worriedly. Kirino's father stood behind his mother with both hands on her shoulder. "Aye, they both look cute like that," Kirino's mom spoke up. Kirino's face was tear stained, he was still holding on to Shindou. Shindou was peacefully with a small smile on his face.

"They do, don't they. I'm just happy Shindou has a friend now." Shindou's mother had now stopped crying. All the parents looked at the cute scene happily, and started to chuckle at how adorable it was. The sleepy boys woke up, and sleepily looked around the room confused, which made the parents laugh harder. The two boy exchanged worried and confused faces, not sure what was so funny. Thier parents were acting strange. They shrugged their shoulders and just stared on at the scene.

Gomen for being late again. I hope you liked it, I liked it. But I feel it's a bit rushed, what do you think. I'm so evi. Two chapters in a row Shindou gets beat up. Don't worry, he won't be getting beat up every chapter. The next victim is Kirino.

Kirino: Shindou don't you think she's acting weird?

Shindou: No that's natural. She was born weird.

Kirino: Why is she picking on us?

Shindou:I dunno.

Kirino & Shindou: Mi-chan doesn't own Inazuma Eleven.

Katsarou: Me and Ayame, are Mi-chan's OCs. Don't worry I shall return.

Ayame: Mi-chan will post soon. She is working on a really long one-shot, so that's one reason she hasn't posted. She is thinking of making it into chapters. She will try to post chapter one of Tail Whips & Fang Marks soon. If you don't know what Tail Whips & Fag marks is, it's a story where Kirino is a vampire and Tsurugi is a merman.

Mi-chan: Other InaGo cast characters will show up in later chapters. I might put some slight Kyouten. Tell me what you think.

All: Please Review, it would be much appreciated.

Mi-chan: Mi-chan Out!