Episode 4
Ayumi's P.O.V
We were sitting in class waiting on our mid terms. This time though, someone's job didn't depend on us getting the perfect score. I had managed to help Kuma get a good score on his exam, so the teacher who was getting ready to be fired, was spared.
"So what did your grandma want?" Shin asked suddenly and I looked over at him in shock. For some reason he was really interested in my life. I sighed as I looked back down at the necklace that I had in my hand. Suddenly it was yanked away and I looked up to see Shin walking away with it.
"Oi Sawada! Give it back." I yelled as I chased after him. When I did find him, he was on the roof and was looking at the necklace.
"The subject must be important. What are you so worried about?" he asked as he handed the necklace back.
"I am thinking that our family is different. I'm afraid to talk to Grandpa about it. The last time someone did, they compared our family to the Yakuza. But Grandpa didn't take it well. I was 7 at the time." I said and I looked down below where everyone was walking home.
"So you think your family is a Yakuza family?" he asked and I nodded. I sighed and put the necklace back on,
"I don't want to be right. That man that ambushed me on the way to school that day, he didn't seem happy to see the family again. And my family seems to look at Grandpa and Grandma like the head of the family. They make the decisions. Grandma was grilling me, because he was taking it hard that I wouldn't tell him." I said as he stood up, he motioned for me to come with him. As we walked out of the school, we heard ringing. I looked at him, thinking it was his phone, but he shook his head. He began to look for the phone and found a pink one on the ground.
"Ojou?" asked a voice and Shin paled. That was the name that the Yakuza used for their heir.
"This isn't Ojou. This is Sawada Shin from Shirokin." he said and I groaned as he gave his name. The next comment that came nearly made me freeze.
"Our your from our Ojou's school." he said and my eyes widened. As soon as he hung up, I yanked the phone away and looked it over. When I turned it over I nearly dropped it.
"Shin. Its Yankumi." I said and handed the phone back.
I sat next to Shin. I wasn't scared. The man who was talking to us seemed to be nice and his henchmen was nice too. I looked over at Shin who was nervous.
"Ano... Kuroda-San, may I speak to you alone?" I asked suddenly as a thought came to me. Maybe he could tell me why that man had been mad to see the necklace. He nodded and got up. I looked over at Shin and smiled as I got up to follow. We went into another room and I sat down in front of him. I took the necklace off.
"I was wondering if you knew anything about this. A man found me the other day as I was walking to school. He seemed mad to see this, and he threatened my grandpa." I said as he took the necklace. He looked it over.
"I assume your grandfather is Oshiro Yuya?" he asked and I nodded.
"He is my partner. And your right, he is Yakuza. But he follows the ideals that we do. Family comes first. Unlike me though, his wife is the boss of the women. The men follow your grandfather. " he said and smiled at me,
"Your grandfather is a good man. But even good men have enemies. I would suggest you speak to your grandfather. The enemies we have made are not the enemies that you can handle. I shall speak to him myself, and you will be invited to any gathering we have. The fact that you are the student of Kumiko is a good thing to me. I am glad I pushed her to follow her dreams. " he said and I smiled at him, it made sense. If my family was Yakuza, then he would have sided with the Odeo family. When we left that night, I was happy. He had assured me that my grandfather wasn't going to be too angry.
When I got home that night, I called Grandpa to the house. When he got there I sat him down and served him tea.
"Grandpa, I didn't want to tell you because I was afraid I was jumping to conclusions. But I have found out that you are Yakuza." I said and looked down and waited. But nothing came.
"How did you find out?" he asked and I looked down at the necklace.
"Well the necklace started it. I was curious. Then the man showed up and looked angry. He said you would get it. And that started me on the search to find it. But it was Kuroda-San who helped me. His granddaughter is my teacher Grandpa. At first I didn't know what to do, but he said you wouldn't be mad that I had found out." I said and he nodded,
"So all this time, you suspected. Why didn't you just come to me?" he asked and I blushed as I realized that I had been really stupid.
"I remembered my 7th birthday. You had been mad at Uncle Kei for saying the word Yakuza." I said and he laughed,
"Dear, we are Yakuza, but we don't go by that name. Neither does Kuroda. He only uses it when he has to. Us old men, we are family. We protect our own, and our territory." he said and I smiled.
"Of course now you will be part of the clan. Your grandmother will be the person you go to if your in trouble. But I will always be here for you. Any man you have in the future will have to be put into the family." he said and laughed at my look.
"I'm not blind. I see the way you look at the Sawada boy. You like him. And I hope he is the one for you, as he already tries to help you and protect you. But he won't admit to that. Just go easy on him, and help him when he needs it as well. " he said and I laughed as he stood up and walked out. The conversation had not turned out to be so and like I had thought it would.
We walked to the restaurant that we were eating at. Kuma was with us, as well as Noda and Minami. But secretly I had wanted to be with Shin alone. Of course I couldn't tell him that. I sat down next to Shin who looked over at me briefly before going back to looking at the menu. I looked up as the boys started teasing Kuma on liking a girl. I looked over next to us and my eyes widened.
"Ami?" I asked and she looked up from her menu. Her other friends all sneered at me. But Ami smiled,
"Ayumi!" she said and I smiled back at her, and I ignored the boys who were looking at us in shock. They acted like I didn't go to another school before I came here.
"Aren't you supposed to be in America with your cousin?" she asked as she turned to face me, and I shook my head.
"Father wouldn't let me go. And from what Emiko said, its pretty boring." I said and she laughed, then we both fell silent as one of her friends decided to speak up,
"Well shouldn't you be in jail then? After what you did Nana-Chan?" she asked and I turned to see all the boys looking at me, all of them were wondering what I had done.
"No. After all she deserved it. Besides shouldn't you be in the mental place right next to her?" I asked, and smirked as my comment struck a nerve. Ami stood up suddenly, she bumped the table and her drink went flying. It landed on Kuma who looked up in horror.
"Leave her alone! She was my protector when she went to school. I can't even believe that I decided to be your friend." Ami said to the girl as she turned to Kuma and blushed.
"I am so sorry." she said and held out her handkerchief, Kuma blushed too and took it. Then Ami turned and fled.
I sat in class and ignored all the questions that the boys had asked me. Shin kept trying once in a while, and I shot him down at every turn. Finally at the last question I had had enough. I jumped up and focused on the class of boys. I ignored Yankumi who looked at me,
"Shut up! You don't need to know. I have my own secrets! I don't need any of you putting your noses into it! There is a reason I transferred here, and leave it at that." I yelled and then turned and stalked off. But I never got out of the door, before more questions hit me. But they were different now. It was Kuma. And so I turned, and took pity on the poor boy.
"She has a boyfriend Kuma." I said bluntly, and I felt guilty when his face dropped. I sighed and yanked Kuma up. Then I pulled at Shin to follow me. Both boys followed me and when they asked I simply ignored them. I led them to the shop that I had fallen in love with. It wasn't Kuma's family shop, or mine. But a cute little diner type setting.
I smirked as Kuma stopped after the first dish. I looked at Shin, who was rolling his eyes.
"Kuma shut up and eat. Ill be back." he said and I smiled as Kuma brightened up as Shin left the table.
"Kuma I didn't mean to hurt you. I just thought you should know that she had a boyfriend. She can be pretty mean when she wants to be." I said and he looked up from his second dish of food.
"I know. But I really like her. I know I just met her, but I really like her." he said and I smiled at him,
"Oh Kuma. I'm glad you like someone. And I'm sure it will work out eventually." I said as I looked up, I heard talking then. They were talking about Ami and her boyfriend. I looked Kuma almost as soon as I heard them speaking. I managed to grab his shirt before he could jump up.
"Think straight Kuma. If you go there now you will be out numbered. Please let me go get Shin and then you won't have to do this alone." I asked and he nodded, and I let go. I got up to go get Shin. Then I panicked as I saw him jump up and bolt of the shop. I turned and sighed. Then I looked towards the bathrooms to see Shin coming out.
"He took off. " I started and he took out his phone and called Kuma. Then he called Yankumi.
We got there to see the whole class there. I looked over at the corner and saw Ami. She looked scared. I turned and tapped Shin on the shoulder.
"I'm going over to her. Don't let them come after me." I said and walked across the room. I got there just as Yankumi started her lecture.
"She is one strange teacher." Ami said as she watched her. I snorted.
"Strange isn't the right word. She is the best teacher. She sees us as we are. And she doesn't expect us to be anything different." I said as I turned to look out onto the scene. I was standing, while she was crouched. I looked down at her and noticed her watching Kuma.
"He really likes you. The moment he heard you were in trouble he came out here by himself." I said as the class started helping Kuma up. She looked over at me and then back at Kuma, who was being supported by his classmates. I smiled as I offered her a hand.
"Just take it easy on him. He has a hard time most of the time. Don't immediately turn him down." I said and she nodded as I helped her up and led her over to where the others were.
Me and Shin stayed behind the whole class. We were waiting for Yankumi to lag behind so that we could tell her we knew. It took a while, and then slowly she started to lag behind and I smirked at Shin who started walking beside her.
"Why do you cover it up?" Shin asked as he looked at me, I guess we were taking talking to her. I could do that.
"Cover what up?" she asked and I repressed the urge to snort. She was so stupid sometimes.
"Well, it'd be bad if you were known as the heir to the Odeo Family, wouldn't it?" I asked and began to slowly count down in my head. Waiting for her to realize what I had just said.
"It's true, I guess that..." she started and then stopped and turned to me stunned.
"You, you, you... How do you know that?" she asked clearly shocked and not connecting the dots. I looked at Shin and waited. It wasn't my turn and I didn't feel like making it easy on my teacher.
"The ones that returned your cell phone was us." Shin said boldly and I laughed at her look.
"What?" she asked and then a look of pure panic came over her face and I decided to end her misery.
"We won't tell. If you get fired for that, school won't be fun anymore. Right Shin? Besides I would be hypocrite of I told, after all my family is Yakuza as well." I assured her and then turned to Shin to have him assure her too. He didn't even respond and instead just nodded.
"You rascal... WHAT?" she yelled and I finally burst out laughing at her face.
"Of course Yankumi. My grandfather is the leader of the Oshiro Family." I said and her eyes widened. I then took Shin's hand and yanked him away from their teacher and left her to look after us with shock on her face.
"You know she is a moron." Noda said when she came up and started spouting nonsense about running towards the sun. I smiled and looked at Noda,
"Yea, but she's fun. " I said and I saw the whole class nod in agreement. I turned and noticed that Shin's arm had gone around me, and I smiled. I really hoped he hadn't see me smile for that reason. But something told me that he had seen it.
Ami's P.O.V
I was in class, and I was trying to study. The girls had stopped talking to me and I became the outcast. I was in the same position that Ayumi had been in. I looked up as the girls came in and I paled at the sight of Nagasaki Nana. She was the same girl that had beat Ayumi up. And Ayumi had had to nearly kill her to escape from her.
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