Chapter III: Meet the Regulars

The moment Sakuno caught the sight of Isabella she immediately flushed bright red. Directing her gaze down to her knees she began with fiddle with the hem of green skirt and tried to say something, anything. Lifting her gaze up shyly she stuttered out, "Ano, ari-arigato for saving me and gomenasai for the trouble I have caused you."

Chuckling softly, Isabella reached out with her right hand; she patted her head much like she would her favorite pet. "Saa there is no need to apologize Sakuno-chan, there was a person in trouble and I helped them, my Master would be most disappointed in me if I had let something happen to an innocent without trying to protect them with the best of my abilities."

"Your Master," questioned Sumire. Sakuno lifted her head to look at Isabella with curiosity shining brightly in her hazel eyes, flushing when she was caught by Isabella who in turn chuckled again before she answered.

"Hai", she answered smoothly turning to look at the person who asked the question, "I am competing in an international martial arts tournament in two months time here in Japan, my reason for coming so early is because I wished to visit my cousins and find two very important friends, and I also am being transferred here."

Surprise crawled through out Sumire's nervous system; she had seen the commercials and the tabloids on the news, this event was huge and from what she gathered you had to be invited to be able to participate in this tournament. A ring cut her thoughts short:

He was a boy
she was a girl
Can I make it anymore obvious?
He was a punk.
And she did ballet.
What more can I say?
He wanted her.
She'd never tell.
Secretly she wanted him as well.
And all of her friends
stuck up their nose.

They had a problem with his baggy clo-

Reaching through her pockets Isabella grasped her cell phone, giving an 'excuse me' before flipping her phone open and placing in next to her ear responding with a 'hello'

"Hai, I'm here."

"Are you almost done?"

"Bye."

She flipped the phone closed, placing it back in on of her pockets. Turning back to the rest of the people in the room, she explained. "My cousin."

Sakuno looked up slowly and shifted it here sitting position nervously. "Ano, Isabella-san are you related to Fuji-sempai?" she shifted again. "Ne Isabella-san doesn't need to answer the question if she doesn't want to." she finished off bowing her head down.

The girl who was asked said question frowned. The girl in front of her was a bit too submissive for her tastes, there was a spark of fire in her eyes that have seemed to given out, she hated that look, no one she ever have that happen to it, and right then and there she decided to take the girl under her wing, an apprentice of sorts, she was far to venerable for her own good. She nodded her head mentally, yes she would do that, but first she would answer the question.

"Hai Syu-aniki is my cousin. He is a bit worried I was supposed to have met him and Mitsu-aniki a while ago." Her voice held a bit of an exasperated tone to it, personally they were to overprotective or there own good.

Sakuno perked up, she really was surprised that she actually answered her question, most would have scoffed at her and told to mind her own business. Maybe Isabella-san was different.

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