Its time for chapter 4 hope everyone had a Happy new year! My hiatus for 2 weeks is over so it's time to get back to work.

Clannad

Transformation

Chapter 04: Burning Emotions

Tomoya and Ryouta walked down the street heading for school. The two had decided to meet up and talk before school had started. "So Nagisa can't make it to school today huh? That's too bad" Ryouta said. Tomoya nodded as a slight wind blew through his blew hair "Yeah but she'll be back soon don't worry " He replied. Ryouta rolled his eyes "Well duh! Of course she'll be back. I'm pretty sure there's nothing that can keep her away that long" He exclaimed.

"Never mind that are you going to do it today or not?" Tomoya asked. Ryouta would let out a sigh and looked at his long time friend "Yeah I will although I'm still not sure how this is going to play out" He responded.

Tomoya smirked "You'll do fine! I can't believe your actually this worried I thought the great Ryouta wasn't afraid of anything" He mocked. Ryouta gave him a small glare "Shut up! This is different and you know it. It's not easy confessing to someone" He said.

Tomoya looked at him and sighed as they continued walking "You have a point but I know you can do it. Unless you want to see her with someone else" Tomoya stated.

"You know I don't want that. I'll do it, don't worry" Ryouta said. Tomoya smiled as the two finally arrived at the school. They were greeted by their friends once they got inside the school. "Good morning you two!" Kyou greeted. Tomoya looked at Ryouta and gave him a small smirk before looking at Kyou "Good morning" He greeted.

Ryou looked at him and smiled "Good morning Okazaki it's nice to see you" She greeted with a soft tone. Tomoya smiled at her and looked at Youhei who was standing near Nagisa "Looks like you made it on time" He said. Youhei sighed and looked at him "It's because Misae banged on my door until I woke up" He explained which made Ryouta and Tomoya laugh.

"Hey guys!"

Everyone turned to see Kazuyoshi and Kotomi approaching them. "Are you guys just getting here?" Kyou asked. Kazyuoshi nodded "Yeah my father gave me a little speech before I got here and it ended up delaying me and Kotomi-chan" He explained. Kotomi nodded and smiled "He has an interesting family but I like them" She responded.

"I'm glad you do because they embarrass the hell out of me" He stated. Ryouta sighed "I feel your pain man" He replied. Kyou looked at Ryouta "Your family isn't embarrassing at all" She said. Ryouta sighed "Yeah that's what you think" he replied.

"Ryouta there you are"

Ryouta turned to see 2 boys standing in front of him. Enter Zane Fuharo and Rai Tenzu. Zane was a boy with blue spiky hair the hung to his shoulders and blue eyes. He had a light skin complexion and was wearing the school uniform. Zane is currently 17 years old. Rai was a boy with short spiky black and red eyes. He also had a light skin complexion and wore the school uniform. Rai was also 17 years old.

"Zane, Rai what's up?" Ryouta asked. Rai looked at him "You know why we're here Ryouta we want you in the band club" he stated. Ryouta sighed and scratched his head "Guys I told you already I'm not interested" He said. Zane looked at him with a pleading look "Come on man we need you. Your the best singer in this school!" He exclaimed.

"This is his third time declining us. Please Fujibayashi your very close to him! Please make him change his mind" Rai said. Ryouta glared at him "What makes you think she's going to change my mind?" Ryouta asked.

Kyou thought for a moment before she looked at Ryouta "Come on Ryouta. They need your help" she said in a nice tone. Ryouta shook his head "No! I'm not interested nothings going to change my mind" He stated.

"You should do it!"

Everyone turned to see Tomoyo and Keiji approaching them. "You did better then everyone else in the Karaoke booth. You know your talented to so why not help them?" Keiji asked. Ryouta gave him an annoyed look "Since when were you this nice. Giving out compliments now! What happened to the I'll kill you attitude?" He asked.

Keiji kept his usual uninterested expression "Shut up. I'm only stating the facts! Your very talented in singing and you should put that skill to good use" He explained. Tomoyo agreed as she nodded "He's right you have an amazing voice you should really do something with it. Showing it off to the school will be a good way to get out there" She stated.

Ryouta sighed knowing that he was starting to lose this battle "But I'm helping Nagisa revive the Drama club it wouldn't be fair if-" He started until Tomoya chimed in. "Why not just help them both you can help Nagisa with the Drama club on your spare time and you can help them also. Your not in either club so you can do what ever you want" He said.

"We just want you to be the singer for our band at school festival. Come on Ryouta the tree of us been friends for awhile and we all been playing around and singing together why not do it for real" Zane said with excitement.

"I'm okay with you helping them also Kazuki" Nagisa added. "You know your the best stop trying to hide it" Youhei teased. Everyone was chiming in trying to convince him to perform. "Fine, Fine I'll do it but only this once" He said.

Everyone smiled as the two boys cheered "Yes we got Ryouta! This is going to blow all the students minds I can feel it" Rai said. Zane smiled "Well we got to let everyone else in the club know we'll call you later and let you know when practice is okay?" Zane asked. Ryouta smiled and nodded as his two friends then left.

Kyou then looked at Ryouta and tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention "Ryouta I have something to do after school so I'll walk home with you tomorrow" She stated. Ryouta sighed realizing that he wasn't going to be able to talk to her today "And you Okazaki! Let's have lunch together again. Don't forget okay" She said before she and Ryou walked off. Tomoya and Ryouta both looked at each other before letting out a small sigh.

Later that day lunch time had arrived and Kyou, Tomoya and Ryou were sitting outside eating on a blanket. He looked at the two bento boxes they had brought. It was filled with sushi, rice balls, bread, omelette and it was neatly placed inside of the box "Wow! This is pretty neat for a boxed lunch" Tomoya said.

Ryou smiled at him "My sister put it all together this morning. It almost looks to beautiful to eat doesn't it?" She asked. He reached over to the Omelette, as he picked it up he put it in his mouth and enjoyed the particular flavor "Wow it's good" He stated. "Isn't it my sister's cooking is in a class of it's own" Ryou said with joy.

Kyou put a few pieces of food on a plate and put it near her baby boar "eat up Botan" Kyou said. The boor snorted in happiness. Kyou then turned her head to look at the two and pushed them near each other "Get closer you two and make some room for the food. You know now that I look at it you two actually make a good couple" She said as Tomoya and Ryou blushed.

"So anyway Tomoya what are your future plans?" Kyou asked. Tomoya raised an eyebrow "Future plans?" He asked. She nodded "Yeah! Like what are you planning to do after graduation" she said.

Tomoya didn't give her any reply which made her start to wonder "Oh come on. Your a senior and you haven't even thought about this? You and Ryouta are the same alright" she said. "Come back to me later. What about you two?" he asked.

Kyou smiled "It might sound strange but I was thinking about becoming a kindergarten teacher" She said. "I was considering nursing school" Ryou added.

"Thanks for lunch, See you later" Tomoya said as he turned around and walked into a classroom. "Don't forget tomorrow it's Ryou's turn to make lunch for us. So look forward to it okay?" She asked as he waved a hand and walked into the classroom.

"What are you doing just standing there? Hurry up and follow him" Kyou said as she turned to look at Ryou. "Hey are you sure about this?" Ryou asked. "About what?" Kyou asked. Ryou looked down to the ground "I don't know I just...I just feel bad for Nagisa" She said.

"Listen Tomoya said it himself that He and Nagisa weren't going out. So there's no reason for you to hold back...If you keep hesitating like that your going to end up losing to that Tomoyo girl...are you okay with that?" She asked. Ryou stayed silent not giving her sister an answer "Well I got to go I'll see you later" Kyou said as she ran off. Ryou kept her eyes to the ground and looked away "Kyou I'm sorry" She whispered to herself.

Later that day school had ended and Tomoya, Youhei and Ryouta was walking outside. "It sucks that Nagisa couldn't come along...Hey you're going to visit her today right can I come along too?" Youhei asked. Tomoya closed his eyes "I don't know if she wants me over there everyday" He lied. Ryouta shook his head and closed his eyes 'So he doesn't know that your staying over her house for a few weeks huh? Well I can guess why you didn't tell him' He thought to himself.

"Okazaki be honest with me. Is there something going on with you and Nagisa?" Youhei asked. Tomoya sighed "I told you I'm not looking for a girlfriend" He replied. 'And that's the reason why he won't tell him' Ryouta thought to himself.

"Oh why not?"

All boys flinched and turned around to see Tomoyo and Keiji standing behind them. "Wait! Why not what?" Tomoya asked. "Why don't you want a girlfriend of course? You don't make a decision like that unless you have a good reason" She said. "Do you even need to ask you seen my father. I'm a good for nothing delinquent and on top of that my house situation is a total mess. As things are now I'm not fit to have a girlfriend" He explained.

Tomoyo sighed "Well if you say so but your dad looked fine to me. Oh whatever now that we're all here we can walk home together! Your okay with that right Keiji" Tomoyo asked. "You don't trust me to walk home by myself?" he asked. Youhei looked excited as he jumped in between the two "Sounds great I'll tag along too" Youhei said. Tomoyo put her hands on her hips "I don't remember inviting you. Although Ryouta I wouldn't mind you coming along" She said.

Ryouta smiled and nodded accepting her invitation. "Well I hate to break it to you but when you invite Okazaki and Kazuki you invite me too. I have to make a quick stop on the way back so keep me company okay" he said as the four began to walk down the street.

Meanwhile Kotomi and Kazuyoshi were walking home together. "So that's the answer! Wow I was having so much trouble on it when it was so easy" Kazuyoshi said. Kotomi smiled "It's in the book silly!" She replied.

"Well now I know" He replied. As they got closer to her house he looked down. She could tell something was on his mind "What's wrong Kazu-chan?" she asked. Kazuyoshi sighed "It's my family they just embarrass me to much and sometimes I think their jokes about you and I are going to far. I don't want them offending you in any way" He said.

Kotomi looked at him with a worried look "Why would they offend me? Kazu-chan you have a wonderful family. They might be a little over the top when it comes to privacy but they are good people and mean you no harm" she replied.

"I guess so" He said as they had finally arrived too her house. "Don't worry about it okay? I'll see you tomorrow" She said as she opened her door. "Okay! Have nice night Kotomi-chan" He said as he waved at her and then walked away.

Back with Tomoya and the others! They were walking down an ally where thugs and delinquents were hanging out. "Why did we have to come to a place like this?" Tomoya asked. Youhei looked at him with a confident smirk "You'll find out soon enough."

The four of them would walk towards a group of boys who was sitting on the ground laughing about who knows what. As they looked up to see Keiji and Tomoyo approaching them they're expressions turned to fear. "Sakagami!" One of the boys exclaimed.

"What's Fukohei doing here!" Another yelled. The boys soon stood up and ran away not wanting any problems with Keiji and Tomoyo.

Tomoyo and Keiji sighed. "Well now you know they hate me here. They all treat me like some kind of monster" Tomoyo explained. Ryouta looked at Keiji and raised an eyebrow "And I'm guessing that they fear you because you use to be the leader of the Skull Knight Gang?" Ryouta asked.

Keiji nodded "It'll never change" said Keiji. Tomoya looked at Tomoyo "So the rumors that you use to beat up trouble makers are true after all" He said. "Yeah but that was ages ago" She said in a slightly sad voice.

"Oh no it's Sakagami!"

"Sakagami and Fukohei together? I'm out of here man!"

"Run!"

Tomoya and the others turned to see three more boys running away. This caused Tomoyo to feel completely sad but her pride was trying to hide it. Keiji could see this and was slowly but surely getting pissed off.

Ryouta and Tomoya turned to Youhei who still had a confident smirk on his face. "That was a dirty trick" Tomoya stated as he and Ryouta pulled Youhei to the side. "I couldn't help it those guys are always messing with me. It was great! Totally worth it" Youhei replied.

"Sunohara can you hurry up and finish up what ever you need to do here I'm ready to leave" Tomoyo said. Ryouta turned around and looked at her "Actually this isn't the place he needed to go to. We just happened to pass through here on the way to some place else."

Youhei looked at Ryouta with a shocked expression "Huh?" He exclaimed. "Keep your mouth shut and just play along" Tomoya stated. "If you don't we'll tell them why you really brought them here" Ryouta added. "No! No! Anything but that!" Youhei said in fear.

15 minutes later the four of them had stopped at a coffee shop and sat at a table with coffee in hand. "I see so you just wanted to come to this coffee shop?" Tomoyo asked. Ryouta and Tomoya nodded "And guess what all of this is Sunohara's treat." Tomoya stated. "See he's not such a bad friend after all" Ryouta added.

Keiji and Tomoyo nodded with a smile "Yup and from now on you can consider me and Keiji a friend too. Okay Sunohara?" She asked. "Yeah it'll be my pleasure" He said with tears in his eyes as he was now totally broke. "You know it's always been his dream to bring a girl here" Tomoya stated. "Is that so?" Tomoya asked.

Later that night Tomoya and Ryouta was walking home. "Today wasn't such a bad day after all" Tomoya stated as he looked at the star filled sky. "What are you trying to say? Are you saying that you thought it wasn't going to be a good day because Nagisa wasn't here?" Ryouta asked.

Tomoya glared at him "I didn't mean it like that!" He exclaimed. "Well you could have fooled me" Ryouta retorted. The two stopped and glared at each other for a moment before breaking out into laughter.

"I can see why you didn't tell Sunohara that your staying at Nagisa's house for a few weeks or better yet Kyou and the others" Ryouta stated. "I'm actually going home tonight only brought a weeks worth of clothes over to her house. I just wanted to get away from my father for a little bit that's all" Tomoya said.

"I had a feeling I mean we just passed the turn that leads to Nagisa's house I figured you was going back home" Ryouta stated. "Just take it easy on your old man. He's going through hard times but I understand where your coming from as well" Ryouta explained.

"Yeah I guess your right but enough about that. we're going to make this happen tomorrow or what?" asked Tomoya. "Yeah, yeah! I'll do it for sure" Ryouta stated. "Alright so me and you will wait for her in front of the school and then when she comes I'll leave so you two can be alone" Tomoya explained.

Ryouta frowned "What are you trying to say. You think that I'm going to run off or something?" Ryouta asked. Tomoya raised his right eyebrow "You telling me you wouldn't" he asked. Ryouta sighed and said nothing "Exactly" Tomoya stated which brought him into a small chuckle. The two walked home and said their good byes awaiting the next day.

The next day had arrived and school had just finished. Tomoya stood in front of the school waiting for Ryouta to meet him there. He knew that Ryouta had forgot his bag in the class room and went back to get it. Tomoya had noticed a ball rolling over to his leg.

"Tomoya! Grab that ball for me"

Tomoya turned to see Kyou in her gym uniform holding a bunch of balls. Tomoya nodded and grabbed the ball following her to the storage room. Once they got inside they set the balls inside of a box "P.E class had ran longer the usual. So it's my job to return the equipment." Kyou informed. Tomoya raised an eyebrow "That's fine but why do I have to help?" Asked Tomoya. She looked back at him "This is the least you can do. You shouldn't complain to the girl that feeds you everyday" She stated.

2 minutes before that Ryouta had headed for the school doors. He could see Tomoya through the glass door. Before he could reach it he could see Tomoya walking away with Kyou. He decided to follow them as he opened the school doors. He watched as the two walked inside the storage room but before he could walk towards it he saw a young girl close and lock the storage room door and walking away.

Ryouta ran after he knowing that they wasn't going to be able to get out without the key. "Hey!' He called out. The turned around to see Ryouta coming toward her "Can I help you" She asked in a nervous tone. "There were people inside that storage room that you just locked can I have the key to open it?" he asked.

The girls eyes turned wide "Oh my gosh I'm so sorry I didn't know anyone was in there" She said as she handed him the key. Ryouta shook his head "It's okay" He said as he soon ran off heading for the storage room.

When he finally got there he could her voices coming from the Storage room indicating that Tomoya and Kyou didn't know he was there. He stayed silent so he could hear them clearly.

"You must know! It's obvious isn't it? Why I keep inviting you to have lunch with Ryou I mean. It's not cause I want to hang out"

"Well I have an idea"

"And yet you still chose me!"

"Yeah but.."

Ryouta eyes went wide when he heard Kyou and Tomoya's voices. His heart was starting hurt, His eyes were gazing at the ground. Ryouta was completely speechless.

"Tomoya would you rather Ryou just leave you alone?" said Kyou

"No I-I wouldn't say that" Tomoya replied.

"Well then..." She started

"That's it!" He exclaimed.

"What is it?" Kyou asked.

"Don't think about anything else just leave this to me" He informed.

"Wait you aren't serious?" She asked.

"I'm dead serious I don't need to think this over" He said.

"Wait what about Ryou. And besides I don't know how this stuff works this is my first time" She said in a soft tone.

"This is my first time too but leave everything to me" He said in a confident tone.

Ryouta eyes grew even wider. It was getting hard for him to breathe he couldn't believe what he was hearing he was feeling so betrayed.

"Turn around for a second I need to take off my shirt." Tomoya ordered.

Oh Okay" She said in a nervous tone.

Ryouta had heard enough he quickly opened the door and was shocked at what he saw. Tomoya was standing in front of Kyou with his shirt off while Kyou face was completely red. The room was totally silent no one said a word. Could you blame them? This was a situation that left them all speechless. "Ryouta I know what this looks like but you-" Tomoya started until Ryouta shook his head stopping him from finishing his sentence.

"Ry-Ryouta" Kyou said in a sad tone as she and Tomoya both saw for the first time in they're life a look of anger that was aimed at them. It was only for a moment but Kyou and Tomoya swore they had seen a tear come down Ryouta face. He slowly backed away from the door before running off.

"Ryouta wait!" Tomoya exclaimed. But it was too late Ryouta was not willing to listen to anything they had to say. Tomoyo watched Ryouta run off knowing that now wasn't the best time to get close to him. He slammed his hand against the storage room wall and gritted his teeth 'Damn it! This wasn't suppose to happen' Tomoya thought to himself. Kyou watched as Ryouta was soon out of sight "...Ryouta" She said to herself in sadness not understanding why he was upset.

Well that was chapter 4 chapter 5 coming in two days be ready for it guys!