My P-…Not so Perfect Brother?

Day 1: Hour 7: Minute 15

Journal.

You will never believe it. Kaa-san and Tou-san had a family meeting today, and they announced their kicking Aniki out of the house because they can no longer stand having an android for a son. JK.

They did have a meeting- to discuss my grades.

Yeah. IT was too Fun.

Hahaha. I'm killing myself with all this humor.

By the way- it looks like we may be seeing more of each other in the future. I'm under house arrest…that wasn't a joke Journal. Don't laugh. Well since you don't know about it yet, I'll tell you the events that led to my conviction.

First off, it was all my chemistry sensei's fault. Yesterday, we took an exam. Today, he called Kaa-san to notify her that on the Calorimetry test I received a -drumroll- C. You don't have to be sympathetic journal…I know you're disappointed with me... what with my high B average in the class I just go ahead and fail the test. Seriously Journal, learn to laugh here- I need all the humor considering my dry attempts at it. Anyways, on with the story.

So Sensei called Kaa-san telling her how worried he was for my grade in the class. Kaa-san then had to go call Tou-san to inform him of my imminent failure. To sum it up Journal-They ambushed me. And I never saw it coming. My fault really. There had been signs. Kaede was staring out the window as I walked up the sidewalk to our door, her eyes were wide, sympathetic; I should have known. Even if I didn't realize it then, I should have known when I saw Tou-san's car in the driveway. He's never home at five, five thirty maybe, but never five. If I could go back in time…I'd prank sensei so bad for all this trouble he's brought down upon me. Tou-san sitting in the living room sipping tea as I entered was the biggest sign. Did I listen to my instincts and hightail it out of there? No, because I'm an idiot. Kaa-san coming out of the kitchen cut off my chances of escaping while it was still available.

"Ikeda sit down."

Tou-san's voice is so cold and intimidating. My spine shivered with apprehension. Dictators could take lessons in intimidation from Tou-san. Unsuspectingly, I walked into the living room and took a seat at the opposite side of the coffee table from him. Aniki was sitting there on the other end across from Kaede staring at his tea. That surprised me. Another missed sign! Aniki's usually at golf practice, so he gets home a little while after I do. I was beginning to think my watch was broken, and I was later than I thought. Soccer practice had gone on longer than I anticipated. Kaa-san sitting down interrupted my thoughts. Tou-san hadn't looked up from his tea to greet me.

"Ikeda, Otou-san and I would like to speak with you about some disturbing information we received today. How did I miss the signs? They even sounded like they were announcing a death! Of my social like! Yokoma-sensei called me today. He says you failed the test, you received a 76 percent, which lowered your overall grade from an 88 percent to 86 percent. Otou-san and I want you to know this is unacceptable. We talked with your sensei. He said that if you get above 91 on the next three tests, in addition to, handing in two extra-credit essays he will move your class grade to a 91."

Finished speaking, she sipped at her hot tea. I was really annoyed, wanting to yell at them 'What's so wrong with getting a B', but of course a B is failing to them. Forbid that a Yagyuu does not get all A's, compromising the chance to get into an elite high school. I was shaking. Furious. It was then that Tou-san put down his tea and looked at me.

"I find your performance in school unacceptable Ikeda. After Yokoma-san called, I phoned your principal who informed me of the marks in your other classes. The marks in your math, Japanese and PE classes were all acceptable, but I expect you to improve the scores in your chemistry, history, English, and German classes. Your performance in those classes is lacking, so until those grades improve I asked your soccer coach to bench you from participating in the games. Now you will not have to stay the extra hour at practice, also, you are not to associate with your friends. I have decided to get you a tutor to help with your studying. Hiroshi has agreed to help with all your subjects except German- Shirashi Komo will tutor you between five and six on Wednesdays for that. "

I stared at him shocked. My hands clenched tightly into fists. Too many emotions assaulted me. I threw a glance at Aniki, but he was still staring at his tea. His eyes were hidden behind his glasses. He had to be my tutor. Great! My parents plan to use him to turn me into android too. Tou-san let out a heavy breath.

"Ikeda. Hiroshi . Begin studying tonight. Dinner won't be for an hour yet."

Aniki finally looked up from his cup of tea at Tou-san.

"Yes. Right away, Otou-san." He finally turned his head to look at me."Do you have your chemistry book? We can go over what you are doing in class right now."

I stared directly at his face, but his creepy glasses only reflected the light. I couldn't understand him. He was so cold. It makes me angry, why can't he be a normal person?

"It's upstairs." We both stood up, and I led the way to my room, while Kaa-san went to the kitchen to cook leaving Tou-san and Kaede in silence.

So now, I have no social life. It looks like they found a way to capture and cage me in, so they can tame me into another manageable son. That's what they did to Aniki. The only difference is that he never tried to get out of his cage once he was caught. They got to him early so he would never have a taste of freedom. Now he can't survive outside the cage. I don't want to be like Aniki. I've tasted freedom and I never plan to let it go…at least once I am out of their reach…How am I supposed to deal with this?

Caged Pre-teen,

Ikeda

Revised: 1-26-12

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I know this chapter didn't have a lot to say about Yagyuu or Niou, but it's getting there. It's the small things. To clarify some things- Ikeda has a severe persecution complex to his brother, which affects his view of him. In the first paragraph Ikeda doesn't think he's failing, he's being sarcastic. He feels he does average so he gets upset when his parents expect perfection and consider a C failing. Hmmm… just how to introduce Niou… In the upper corner Ikeda's counting down the days of his punishment.

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