It was hard to be home. Now it wasn't just the pictures of Agito that bothered me, it was all of them. I hadn't been in Japan for so long. I hadn't noticed the homesickness until I was home.
The second day, I walked out to Agito's grave. I didn't cry, that was a good step forward. I told him, or the stone, everything that had happened. I only omitted the times Cyan tried to bite me.
"It's your fault you know, if you were still with me I wouldn't have all these problems. I probably wouldn't give Edward a second glance if you were by my side," I accused. I sighed. "That doesn't change my situation does it?" I asked already knowing the answer. "Is this why you wouldn't let Aro kill me?" I asked. "Did you think I could be happy while still alive without you?" It felt like he wanted something in return. I knew what Agito wanted. I sighed again. "I won't decide anything until I can bake again, and I'll bring you a tart next time," I told him. "You know though right?" I asked as I got up. "Even if I fall for him, He'll never hold my heart, cause you took it already,"
Christmas was a big event with father. Decorating the house and the tree took all day, even with Kogorasumaru's help. On Christmas I received an empty photo album from Father. It was green. I also got a new camera. "I want you to take pictures of all your friends in Forks, you just have to fill the album." He told me.
Cyan gave me a new kimono. It was white fading to gray then black. The sash was red and there were little golden threads woven through out the cloth. I wore it to the New Years festival. I spent the Christmas night having eating contest with Kogorasumaru at Onigiri's Father's ramen shop. It was really fun.
"So how many boys have confessed?" Emily cornered me.
"They don't really confess in America but if I had to total it by looks alone, about four guys are fighting over me," I told her.
"You're just too beautiful for your own good," Onigiri said.
"No way, four?" Emily exclaimed.
"You're not used to the attention huh?" Kazu teased. He was right, no boy approached me beside the team when Agito was with me.
"Are they cute?" Emily demanded.
"Chill, you'll be able to see them soon," Ikki said. The team groaned.
"That was a secret Ikki!" Kazu yelled at him.
"What? Why would you see them?" I asked.
"Well the teachers pulled some strings and we'll be at Forks High for January and February," Kazu explained.
"But, how, why?" I said confused.
"You're the team's little sis, we can't let you stay somewhere, where they don't know the consequences of messing with you, besides when I looked up that team, it looked like you would have your hands full staying alive," Buccha said, reaching for another bowl of ramen.
"So you're playing hero cause you think I can't handle some D class-"
"That's not it, we want to make sure you're doing fine there, that it's really helping, and you know, not making things worse," Emily said.
"Besides the battle you won't even know we're there," Ikki said. I sighed.
"I don't have a choice do I?"
"Nope!" everyone replied.
I was not looking forward to the first day of the new semester. Ikki and the others had come back with me and were staying in another house rented out by the school. Honestly what was that principal thinking? Thankfully I managed to sway Cyan so he would allow Emily to stay with us. I only had one thing to barter with, and who can say no when you're offering your blood?
"Thanks," she said when I told her.
"I'm not leaving you in the same house as that pack of wolves, you would get eaten," I told her.
She got along well with Due, so I taught her how to ride. She could only go at a mild run but she was learning fast.
"Feel free to ask me if you don't know something in English," I told her when we parked.
"Yes, I will," Emily answered in perfect English. She would be fine; it was the boys I was worried about.
"Nami!" Mike called jogging over. He had caught us getting out of the car. "How was your break?" he asked.
"Great, I had a lot of fun in Japan. Oh, this is Emily, she's from Japan too. She'll be studying here with a few other students until March," I told him. He looked at Emily.
"Hi, I'm Mike,"
"Nice to meet you," she said careful to pronounce every word. Mike smiled at her. She reacted like I expected her too. She didn't swoon, she just smiled politely back.
I took her to the front office to get her schedule. The rest of Kogorasumaru was there too. Mike had followed us and he was shocked when everyone greeted us.
"I have to get to class, but you'll get a map and the people here are really friendly so feel free to ask for help. Ikki I'll kill you if you get into trouble," I called as I walked out.
"Could that be-"
"Kogorasumaru, yup. They're here till March, so if you don't mind could we change the one on one match to a five on five?" I asked as we rushed to class.
"Sure no problem," he said easily.
I got caught in the halls by Ikki and Kazu several times. This really annoyed Mike and Eric. Not that I was acting any friendlier than I acted with them, it was because they called me Sweetness. Mike had heard Cyan call me that so he knew it had some special meaning.
"What's up with that any way?" he demanded in biology. Edward was ignoring me like usual and mike was leaning on the table. "Your uncle called you that too," he said.
"It's family nickname," I told him. "Father started to call me Sweetness and the others just caught on." I said. Mike smiled a bit.
"I could see where that fits," he said.
"Bet you're wrong," I said.
"It matches with your personality, your kindness," he said. I heard Edward choke back a laugh. He didn't even talk to me and he knew I wasn't nice Mike glared at him.
"Nope, the name has nothing to do with my personality." I said. The bell rang then. All through class I could feel Edward's curiosity. I wondered if I should just tell him.
Buccha was in my gym class. A lot of people were staring at him, even more when he waved me over.
"Yup, invisible alright," I said.
"We're not doing a very good job of blending in are we?" he asked.
"To be fair, I don't think you guys can blend in anywhere, not even the AT world."
"Guess not, anyway, have you made any progress, Sweetness?"
"Progress?"
"Cooking, It looks like you really miss it. Try again, get Emily to help you," He said. I laughed.
"So you've decided to stop acting indifferent towards problems?" I asked.
"You're the team's little sis, you take care of us. It's our turn now. That's how I see it." He said this in Japanese. I nodded. I was called over to a team then.
"Do you know him?" Jessica asked me.
"Yes, since middle school." I told her. She grimaced. I wanted to tell her off.
We got through January with out any mishaps. That alone was enough to make me think miracles were possible. It was February now. Mike had set up the match in the school gym. No one else was there but we did set up the web cams.
I was in all black, with the Kogorasumaru jacket hanging lightly over my arms. Mike did have five people on his team, but I wasn't paying attention to them. Ikki had told me to handle Mike. That would be easy. He didn't want to attack me. I hadn't felt this kind of blood lust in a while. It felt familiar and good.
"Kogorasumaru!" Ikki called.
"Kill 'em dead!" the others replied.
"We're just waiting on the ref," Mike said as the door opened. I felt my eyes widen slightly at who walked in.
Emmet Cullen.
Yeah, great cliff hanger I know! Too bad you won't have to wait long. Well it depends on how fast you can type up a review. Feel free to tell me anything. I'm a perfectionist when it comes to writing and I want to get better. Still I hope you enjoy reading!