Episode 2
Ayumi's P.O.V
I walked into the school and saw Minami sitting alone. He was daydreaming. I shook my head as I realized that it was about a girl. I saw Sawada get up and I decided to follow him as he looked serious about something, of course he always looked serious. When I had gotten up to the roof, Sawada had told Minami that his girlfriend was cheating. Minami, on the other hand, didn't believe him at all. He rushed forward to hit him for his troubles, and I pulled him off. He went to swing on me, and I ducked and hit him in the stomach.
"You don't want to fight me, Minami. " I said calmly, he scoffed and walked away and down the stairs. I looked at Sawada,
"You ok?" I asked and he nodded,
"I take it you heard what I told him?" he asked, and I nodded simply. His face went back to being blank and I sighed,
"You aren't wrong in what you did, but you can't help someone that doesn't want to be helped. Just let him learn on his own." I said and then I turned and walked off.
That night I sat with Grandpa, telling him what had happened today. I was always close to him. All of us were. Me and my cousins always made it a point to include Grandpa in our plans, and our problems. He could always help us, and he also taught us things.
"How do I help him? He doesn't want my help, and he doesn't want Sawadas help either." Grandpa looked at me for a second before nodding,
"You can only help those that want help. Minami will realize the truth in time, but it is not up to you or Sawada to help him realize it. Instead focus your efforts on being there for him when he doesn't find out." he told me, and I nodded. I wasn't mad that Minami had tried to hit me. I could understand him just a bit. But I was afraid that Sawada and Minami would get into it. I was afraid that their friendship would be ruined over something as trivial as a girlfriend.
"Well I must retire. Do the same yourself Ayumi. Staying up and worrying will not help anything in the long run." he said, and I sighed as I stood up and walked him back to the house.
I was sitting next to Sawadas empty desk, and had my head down, thinking of the last few weeks. I had gained friends, which was a rare thing for me. I had had only a few friends in my life. All of them had been criminals. Being a criminal, myself didn't allow for friendships that would last long. My grandfather had given me the option of bettering myself and continuing my schooling. Now though, my two new friends weren't even talking to each other. And that doesn't sound like much, but to a girl who didn't have many friends to begin with; it hurt me just as bad. Of course, I couldn't tell them that. They were delinquents and guys. So, to show them such emotion would be a bad idea. I heard the door open, but I didn't lift my head.
"I've been called out." said a voice and I lifted my head to see Minami. He was talking to the rest of the class. I sat up fully and stared at Minami.
"Who called you out Minami?" I asked and he looked over at me. I could see that he looked guilty and looked scared. But he was able to school his face in a matter of seconds to hide that.
"Watanabe. Tell Shin I'm sorry." he said, and I looked him over. He was scared. I could see that on his face. He didn't hide very well at all.
"Minami, you need to tell him this." I said and watched as he turned and left. When no one followed him I sighed,
"Are you telling me that you won't follow him? Isn't he your friend?" I asked as I put my bag under my desk. When I got no answer, I looked up.
"You guys are pathetic." I said and then walked out. As soon as I was out of eyesight, I took off for the room that held Shin. I went in without knocking and saw Yankumi and Shin. She was trying to get him to write the letter.
"Minami got called out. No one will go with him. I'm going. Expect a phone call from him." I said and then I turned and ran out again.
Shins P.O.V
After she had run out, I had been distracted by Yankumi again.
"This is just a simple thing Sawada. Please write this for Kuma." She said and walked out. I had already gotten the call from Minami, but I hadn't had a chance to tell Ayumi about it. I looked over at the door as it opened to reveal Kuma.
"What are you doing…" I started, but he stood there staring at the floor.
"Shin. The person who called Minami out was Watanabe. Aren't you going to help Minami and Ayumi?" he asked, and I frowned, Kuma came forward and looked up at me,
"Please. I like her. She's nice, and she helps me when I need it. We have never seen her fight, and we don't know what will happen." He said and I almost snorted. I had seen her fight. Granted it was only a small amount of fighting, but I had seen it. I sighed,
"Go back to the classroom Kuma." I commanded and when he looked ready to argue, I looked at him in a pointedly. He sighed and made his way out of the room, slamming the door behind him.
Ayumi's P.O.V
I walked up to where I had seen him go. There stood Watanabe. I had gone to his school once. He had been my leader then. The big difference was that he was more than my leader at the time. We had our hand in a lot of criminal activities, and he had been the one to organize it. It had been before high school, and he was just as volatile as he was now. He wasn't an easy person to deal with. He liked his women, and most of the women were nothing but objects to him. I also used to be one of those objects. But Grandpa had taught me to fight, and it had all played out from there. Laying on the ground next to Minami was Sawada. How he had gotten here so fast was something I would have to figure out later.
"Hello Watanabe." I said as I stepped up to the group of boys. They all looked at their leader and waited.
"Arai?" he asked, and I smirked at him as I walked over.
"What are you doing? You do realize that it was her fault?" I said as I looked down at Minami who looked shocked. He hadn't expected to see me here. And he sure didn't expect me to know Watanabe. It didn't affect me in the slightest.
"He was going for my girl." he spat at me and I laughed,
"Don't give me that bullshit story! Your girlfriend went to Minami, not the other way around. There are too many people in this city for someone as small as him would be able to know of who belongs to who." I said right back, and he looked down at Minami. He was thinking it through. I really hoped he took that and left. Then he looked up, and by the look on his face, I knew that he was going to take it out on someone. He didn't believe me, and I knew that my being here was already grating on his nerves. I was the only girl that got out from under his leadership.
"I don't believe that. You made that up." he said, and I sighed as I got into a fighting stance. I didn't get to move very much though, for he suddenly sent his friends at me. I was doing well. I had taken down 3 of them and had broken the wrist of the 4th one. Then more of his friends came out of nowhere and I found myself out numbered. They hit me in the head, sending me to the ground. My hand went to my head and it had blood on it. Then they began to kick me as they all laughed at me. Watanabe stayed standing away from me, he wasn't even touching me. Water suddenly landed on all of us, and I looked up to see Yankumi. I was shocked for about a minute as she came walking up. I watched in awe as she beat them all up. There was no way that she was a regular teacher with morals. There was more to her. Then she came over to us and told us to walk with her. She helped Minami and I stayed behind. They never even noticed that I wasn't with them. I turned and faced Watanabe, who had come back out from behind the building.
"Im not going to go away." he said, and I snorted as I held my stomach and tried to bring myself up to full height.
"I wouldn't expect anything less Watanabe. " I said and he looked me over,
"I'll see you later Arai. This isn't the end of this. You don't get to interfere with things I do. " he spat and I went to open my mouth to speak, but it wasn't me that said anything.
"So, your going to take all your anger out on my classmate?" Shin asked as he came to stand next to me. I looked behind us to see that Yankumi and Minami were gone.
"Yea. Ja Ne Arai." he said and then turned and walked off. I turned back to Sawada.
"Why are you here? How did you get here before I did? Don't you have a letter to write?" I asked and he smirked.
"Call me Shin." he said and then turned and walked off. But he stopped at the gate and waited.
"Well? Come on." he said, and I rolled my eyes as I followed after him.
I read the letter that he handed me. He had yet to turn it in. And he had come to me to read it. As I read it, I felt the urge to laugh. He wasn't telling the man how sorry he was, he was telling him how much he hated him. He kept calling him certain names. But the first 6 pages were of him saying he was sorry. Only it was all written with sarcastic undertones. I looked up at him and burst out laughing.
"Why would you write this?" I asked as I laughed and put the paper on my desk. Shin wasn't really apologizing at all; he was basically insulting the man. This just made me like Shin much more than I already did.
"Shin if he reads this all the way through then you are in so much trouble." I said and laughed again as the face of a shocked and angry Head Teacher came into my mind. I looked at Shin and saw him smiling. Not smirking, but smiling.
"Shin? I'm sorry. You were right and I should have believed you." said a voice and he looked behind him to see Minami. I looked around Shin and smiled at Minami. He smiled back as Shin simply smirked and nodded. I tapped Shin and poked him in the cheek when he turned. I then handed him his letter back.
"Go turn it in Shin." I said and then got into my bag and yanked out one of my books.
I sat in the living room with grandpa. He was laughing at the letter. I had told him all that was in it.
"It seems as though you have made a good friend. I knew that you going to that school would be good for you. " he said and I smiled at him as he stood up. He went to the entrance. He came back with a box. He held it out to me.
"I think it's time that you got your inheritance. Of course, this all depends on if you can stay out of trouble with your old friends." he said, and I looked at him in confusion. Then I opened the package and my eyes widened. It was the same necklace that all the Oshiro Women wore. It was a silver necklace with a small gold hand, that had my birthstones on each finger. The Oshiro name was stamped on the front of the hand. It was outlined in black and it was easy to see.
"Grandpa, I still keep in contact with some of my friends. You know that." I said and he smiled,
"Yes, but you don't go out and deal drugs, or any of the other things you had your hands in before. Contacts are one thing." He pointed at the necklace,
"I make these myself. I made this one for you. All the women get them when they turn 18. It is made for you because it has your birthstone in it." he said, and I smiled as I looked up at him.
"So, my aunts got one, but what about my uncle?" I asked and he hummed,
"Your uncle didn't get one. His wife did. After all, she left her family for ours. And now that your old enough, you will be able to help us with decisions for this family. We are all one family. Yes, there are different family names, but we are all one unit. When one is hurt, we all are. " he said and then smiled as he stood up and kissed my head.
"It's time for bed I think." he said and walked away before I could respond to his last statement.
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