Second chapter. Hope y'all enjoy.

Disclaimer: Everything but Hanako Nakawaga, the councilor, and Shinji Tanaka, the physics teacher, belongs to it's rightful Japanise owner. I own nothing except my two characters. Any infringment their names may have on somebody elses character is completely unintentional. The song belongs to Linkin Park, not me, by the by.

Chapter II

It was raining when Kai finally came into sight of the school building. He was late, again. Not that he cared about that, school and him didn't get on anyway. The only reason he came was to get out the house. The problem with being late was the ten minute lecture he was bound to get about puncuality.

He never listened to them, and his teachers knew he didn't listen to them. The mystery was why they kept giving the speeches.

He sighed, and pushed his sodden fringe out of his eyes. His face paint was smeared, his uniform was in tattors, curtosy of his grandfather, and he'd already missed a good half of his first class. What better way to arrive into school?

Smiling grimly, he pushed open the main doors and made his way to the science labs.

xXx

Kenny always sat at the front of the classroom. It was easier then trying to find a seat further back. Being a nerd, he didn't have much hope of getting someone to save him a seat, so he just sat where he could.

Double physics, first thing on a tuesday morning. Not even Kenny could quite stand that. Physics was not a subject you could listen too first thing in the morning, not for a double and especially not when it was raining.

He sighed, and tried despritally to make sense of the problem in front of him. He knew full well that Mr Tanaka would ask him for the answer first. It was an unspoken rule, the nerd in the class will be asked first, no matter what. Glancing up expectantly at the teacher, having gotten at least a half way right answer, Kenny found himself liberated from his usual post by the opening of the door. Several pairs of eyes turned up from their books at the creak of the hinges. A boy sauntered in, looking more like a drowned rat then a student.

His thick, two-tone blue hair was dripping, sending small rainwater rivers flowing down the boy's pale face. What must have once been some kind of face marking was now a smeared blue mess on both the boy's cheeks. His uniform, apart from being soaked as well, had one of its knees ripped out, and the blazer was in tattars at one of the shoulders.

Everyone in the room knew who this boy was. How could they not. More rumors had been started about this boy then all the other students combiened, and that was saying a lot.

Kai Hiwatari.

The name was used to scare the first-years. The stories people came up with were unbelievable sometimes, but when that name was mentioned, everyone nodded and said 'Ah'. The first years were terrified of him, the older students were in awe of him, and the teachers hated him.

"Mr Hiwatari, you've got ten seconds. Start talking."

Kai blinked, and turned around. Mr Tanaka held the reddish-brown gaze unwaveringly. Kai shrugged, an obvious sign that he was not going to answer. Every eye in the place was fixed on the soaked teen.

Mr Tanaka sighed, and pushed his small round glasses up his nose. "Mr Hiwatari, sit next to Kenny, up in the front." Kai's shoulders stiffened, and his red-brown eyes suddenly blazed full crimson.

Kenny cringed back from the angry, smoldering eyes. Mr Tanaka held their gaze with equal intensity. "I said sit up the front, Mr Hiwatari. Move."

A bead of rainwater dripped off the end of Kai's nose, he never moved.

Mr Tanaka turned his shielded blue eyes onto Kenny. "Kenny, would you be so kind as to run and get the princable and Miss Nakawaga?"

Kenny nodded, and clambered unsteadily to his feet. Quick as a flash, a rough shove had him back in his seat. Kai was towering over him, his eyes looking angrier and hotter then the hinges of hell. Kenny noted that under the ruined knee of Kai's trousers, his knee was bloody. The sooty lashes around the now crimson eyes were clumbed together with water. Kenny swallowd, gazing up at the smouldering teen glaring at Mr Tanaka.

xXx

Kai's mind was reeling. Though he'd rather die then admit it, but his physics teacher scared him. Tanaka seemed to find it far to easy to express his control. Kai didn't like people being in control of him. He got out of his house to get away from that kind of shit.

Tanaka appeared to have had enough of him when he shoved the little brown haired nerd. The older man stood up, and walked up to him.

"Get yourself out of this room, Kai. You know I won't have you attacking other students, whatever your personal issues. I'll see if Miss Nakawaga can take care of you for the rest of the day, you obviously aren't fit to be around others today."

Kai stood in front of the older man, stunned and trying not to show it. The words hurt, they hurt like hell. He was not going to let the stupid teacher get the last word after that, no way.

"Too weak to handle me yourself then? First sign of trouble, and you go running. Pathetic, really."

Tanaka just shook his head, and sighed. Kai shoved past him, wanting nothing more then to start running. He hated the stupid man. What gave idiots with degrees the right to belittle and humiliate.

He hated them, he hated them all!

xXx

Shinji Tanaka sighed. Hanako had warned him not to push Kai too far, and he always ended up doing just that. Kai was always on a short fuse, and it was impossible to tell how far was too far. At least this time, he'd spotted the danger signs, and gotten the boy out of the room.

He knew Kai hated him right now, and he also knew there was sweet fuck all he could do about that. Hanako would have better luck with the angry young man, or so he hoped. He stopped at the right door, Kai hovering sullenly a step or two ahead of him.

Swallowing yet another sigh, he raised his hand to knock.

Hanako poked her head around her office door at the first knock, and when she saw who it was, Shinji could imagine her wishing to drop her her head into her hands.

"Kai, Mr Tanaka ..."

She was doing her best to sound confused, and she seemed to know it sounded horribly false. Shinji gave a gentle shrug of his shoulders, she nodded. After ushering Kai into the room, Hanako closed the door.

"What happened?"

Shinji shrugged. "He didn't want to be in class, it's that simple. If I though I could've handled him, Hanako, I would've tried. He pushed one of my students, and I just couldn't risk having him there. I am sorry, but could you watch him today?"

The young women sighed. "Yeah, alright. Just go tell the princable, alright?"

He nodded, noting the strain on her smile. "Hanako, I'm really sorry about this. I can't put students at risk."

He knew she understood. One shove may have seemed small, but Kai could start getting destructive very fast. Shinji shook his head, the boy shouldn't even be in the school. The boy needed help above Hanako's level.

Showing up half an hour late in the state he was in. Shinji was sure that something must have happened. Not even Kai was known for showing that way. He just prayed that Hanako would control the boy for awhile, calm him down a bit.

xXx

Kai had adopted his usual pose when he was in her office, hunched over and staring hard at his knees. She sighed gently, and walked to the opposite side of the room. Kai lifted his eyes at the sound of the kettle switching on. She couldn't help but remember what happened the day before. When Kai got upset, Kai aimed to hurt. She wasn't even sure he'd been aware of what he'd been doing at the time. He'd just wanted to hurt her, because she'd hurt him.

Oh, what was that song. Some stupid little thing her brother's daughter listened too ...

You want someone ... what was it? You want someone ... to ... to hurt like you. You want to share what you've been through.

That was it. That fitted Kai done to the bone. Well, it was time she made him realise that hurting others wasn't going to save him.

None of her things had been broken when he had snapped yesterday, but picking everything up had been annoying. Kenny had helped her out, dispite her telling him not too. Kenny was a sweet boy, and was recovering nicely from his stress induced panic attack at the start of the year.

Upon shoving a cup of tea into his clammy hands, she took a seat across from him.

"Kai ..."

She stopped herself. There was no point in trying to talk to the boy right now. She decided to let him simmer down. That was the best option.

xXx

Yes, yes, before anyone comments. Kai is still OOC. I know, and I'm sorry about it. I'm trying to keep him as true to form as I can, while sticking to the story line. Sorry. Kenny will come in again ... maybe next chapter. We didn't see much of him here. Anyhow, review. Pretty please with suger on top. Reviews mean the world.