Episode 2

First Sign of Trouble

Emiko's P.O.V

I sighed as I once again heard Shin sigh. He was trying in vain to wake Ayumi and to me that was amusing. He turned and glared.

"Would you mind not laughing, and help me?" he asked when I burst out laughing. I smirked and pushed him aside.

"Let me show you how to do this." I said and with that I smirked as I stood over Ayumi. This was a bad move to make. It could possibly get my hurt as she slept with a set of brass knuckles under her pillow. Shin watched as I suddenly swung down. She suddenly jerked up and was about to hit me when her eyes landed on me.

"Oi. I could have seriously hurt you. Don't do that again." she said and I laughed as I pointed over at Shin, who was looking dumbfounded.

"He tried to wake you. But in the end I had to do it." I said and she blushed as she stood up.

"Sorry Shin. I've been tired lately." she said and just like that Shin went from dumbfounded and amused, to concerned.

"Are you ill?" he asked and she smiled as she shook her head. She turned to me and motioned me out of the bedroom.

As I was walking to school, I saw they boys up a head. Ryu looked really unhappy. He was staring away from the others. Which wasn't anything new with him. His dad was an ass, and I could understand why he looked that way. I came to stand next to Hayato and looked at him. But he was focused on something else.

"Should we go today? I really want to skip." he was saying and I rolled my eyes as I put my hand on his shoulder and poked him in the cheek. Around the same time I did this, I spoke.

"Yes you should go. Don't leave little old me to fend for myself." I said and he jumped as he swung around. I smirked at him as I turned and started walking towards the school.

"Oi! Why do you and Yamaguchi do that. No, I mean how do you do that?" he yelled and I laughed when I heard the other boys running after me,

"Emi-Chan! Wait!" I heard Take yell and I looked back to see him lagging behind. I smiled as I decided to take pity on the guy, and so I stopped. He came up to me at a run, while the other boys had stopped to yell questions.

"Look boys. Its a family secret, and its a secret among friends. Just leave it be." I said and then walked off with Take beside me. Take, Ryu and Hayato were the only one's not asking about my life, or any of that. Take didn't ask because he was just that nice. But the other two knew who I was outside of school. And so far they had kept it secret.

Hayato's P.O.V

When we got into the classroom we were stunned to find a 14 year old girl in the room. She was beat up and Ayumi was talking to her. Emiko was behind me and when she realized that the girl was in the room, she pushed past us and walked over to her.

"Hana? What happened?" she asked as she looked the girl over.

"Ryo and his friends." she said simply and I saw anger on both girls faces.

"He is her brother. Why would he allow his friends to beat up on his little sister?" Ayumi asked and then sighed. Emiko looked at her and put her hand on her shoulder.

"Ayumi. We need to tell Grandpa. If we do anything about it before he finds out, we will be in big trouble." she said and Ayumi sighed again as she looked at Hana again.

"Look. Lets call Rei, and have her watch out for Hana. Then we can go talk to Grandpa." Emiko said as she kept her hand on her shoulder. Ayumi shrugged her off.

"Fine." she said and then sat down on the step that led to the podium.

An hour later the door once again opened and a girl came in. She had tanned skin, and had reddish brown hair. She looked about 16. She wore a blue skirt and white shirt that was informal. She stopped in the doorway.

"What happened? Why is she here?" she asked and Emiko looked from Ayumi to her.

"Rei, her brother did this. And she came here." Emiko said and Rei also looked angry. Just like that both her and Emiko began to argue about going to get him back.

"He is supposed to be her brother. If we don't go now then we won't get him back at all." Rei spat and suddenly Ayumi was standing up.

"SHUT UP!" she yelled and both girls froze and looked at her. The whole class all fell silent and looked over as well. They were in shock. They had never seen her yell before. And she was louder than Yankumi.

"Rei, your right. However if Grandpa finds out, our cousin will be the least of our worries. So how about you consider his feelings. He is always honest with us, and never leaves out of anything. Emiko, Rei is also right. You know Ryo too. He did this because he knows we won't do anything back. We promised him and ourselves that we would help him. We haven't kept that promise have we?" Ayumi asked as she looked at both of them and then sat back down and Emiko blushed. Rei scratched the back of her head.

"I suppose I see your point. Should we go talk to him now then?" she asked and Ayumi shook her head.

"We need you to take Hana to school. " Ayumi said and Rei looked disappointed. But she didn't say anything to her. Instead she held her hand out to Hana, who took it.

"Come on. I'll buy us both food on the way." she said and Hana smiled as she was led out of the room. Ayumi turned to Emiko.

"Stay here with your class. I'll go tell him. You know he doesn't approve of us skipping." she said and Emiko rolled her eyes, but she turned and came to her desk.

I hope this chapter is good. I own nothing.