Episode 5

Shin's P.O.V

I was sitting in class. It had been a few days since the incident with Ami and Kuma. She was sitting at her desk and she was almost asleep. I was starting to fall for her. At the beginning I would have scoffed at the idea. But now, I knew. She was so easy to like. She was a delinquent like us, but she carried herself different than us. She wore skirts, acted girly. And liked to hang out with the boys. She liked fighting as well, but she rarely did it. You had to push her hard to get her to fight. That's what I liked about her. The strength was there, but she didn't need to push it out all the time. I watched her eyes slowly close and I thought she looked peaceful. But just as she closed her eyes, the door slid open.

"Ayumi!" yelled Ami as she came running into the room. She froze when all the boys turned to stare at her. Then she saw Ayumi and ignored the boys.

"Ayumi! She is out." she said and I watched as Ayumi jerked up.

"What? When?" she asked as she sat up and looked at Ami. Ami looked panicked and she sighed. She also looked guilty about something.

"Whats wrong?" Ayumi asked as she looked Ami over. She saw the same thing I did.

"She got out this morning. She hasn't given up on revenge Ayumi. You should have went to America." she said softly and Ayumi looked pale.

"I don't run from my problems Ami. But maybe you should make yourself scarce." She said and Ami shook her head no. She looked over at me and sighed.

"Arai maybe now would be a good time to explain everything." Yankumi said as she too was curious. Ayumi looked even more pale. She looked at Ami and Ami nodded. Then Ayumi bolted out of the room. Ami turned and went to the front of the class and looked at the door,

"She got into it with Nagasaki Nana." she said simply, I heard some of the boys gasp.

"Isn't she the girl that nearly killed another girl for having better grades than her?" Minami asked as he looked around.

" The girl was Ayumi. She spent a while in the hospital. But the real story is that She thought she was better than her. Ayumi had good grades and was dating Nana's brother. She ambushed Ayumi on her way out of the classroom. She then used all sorts of things to try to kill her. But Ayumi was good at fighting, and by the time the teachers showed up, Nana was on the floor next to Ayumi. Both were bad off. If it weren't for the witnesses that saw what happened, Ayumi would have been in jail." Ami said and turned as Ayumi came back in. She looked a little better, but she still looked around paranoid.

"That's not the full story. But I didn't tell Ami about it. She had attacked me and her brother earlier that week, and He died from it. She now blames me for it." Ayumi said as she came to sit next to me.

Ayumi's P.O.V

the next day

I sat on the roof with Shin. He had literally dragged me up here and now we were sitting quietly. My thoughts were really depressing. But I knew that what I was thinking was realistic. Finally I turned to Shin.

"Shin, I guess I have a confession. I really like you, I may even like you more than just like." I said and I hated how I had worded that. I sounded really stupid.

"Why are you telling me this?" he asked and I turned to stare at him. I knew that he had a right to know why I had just told him that.

"I just don't think ill live through this again." I said and he turned to look me. I suddenly saw anger on his face

"I like you too. No I love you. But I don't want you telling me that because your afraid you will die. What kind of confession is that?" he spat and I looked away from him and stood up.

"Shin I don't care that it sounded right or not. I know her. She will not let me live again. The only reason I lived was because I got lucky. I just wanted you to know that I liked you." I said as I turned to face him, and I nearly jumped back in shock, as he was now standing a mere inches away from me.

"You won't die. Just don't face her alone. Don't be alone. Don't leave me with all these idiots." he said and I snorted as I looked up at him. Before I could even respond, he had leaned down and kissed me. It was quick, but it was enough to send chills down my spine. And when he stepped back I was smiling. He smirked and walked off.

Grandpa was sitting on the couch, he was looking me over. I was sure that I looked scared.

"What this girl is doing will come back to her. You can't allow her to get a hold of you. " he said and I looked down,

"What should I do? I know that she wants to kill me for her brother. But I can't avoid her forever." I said as I looked up at him. He seemed grim and he was no longer smiling.

"When you told me about her yesterday I called a meeting. I have both my men, and Kuroda's men out searching for her. I even have one of Kuroda's men watching you. Don't give her any reason to attack you. Stick to your friends." he said as my phone started ringing. I looked down at the phone in confusion. Shin was bowling with his sister and the boys, and I had skipped out to speak to my grandpa. The Nana situation really did have me scared. I opened my phone and answered it.

"Shin?" I asked as I answer it. I heard him panting in the background.

"I need your help. My sister, she's missing." he said and I looked at Grandpa, who was looking at me. I stood up and went to the other room, so that I could say that no one had over heard. I knew that Shin was showing more emotion that he liked to show.

"Please come out. If anything happens to her, I don't know what i'll do. " he said and I asked for the address, then hung up. I raced through the house, grabbing my coat, and a couple changes of cloths and my uniform. Then I took off, not even bothering to tell Grandpa where I was going.

I found Shin, he was standing in the spot on the street. He was looking around frantically. I ran over to him and watched him for a second. Then I grabbed him and forced him to stop walking around.

"Shin. We will find her. Panicking isn't going to help." I said and he turned to look at me. And I saw that his blank mask had completely fallen.

"She called me. She said she couldn't take it anymore. She said she was scared. " he said and I sighed, he wasn't going to be okay any time soon.

"She is going to be fine. You have to believe that. " I said as my phone once again rang. I had called some of the boys on my way here, and now the whole class was out looking for her. I answered, while keeping a close eye on Shin, who was looking like a rabbit ready to freak out and run.

"I found her. She is about to go into a bar. Its highly illegal and is being watched by the cops." Noda said and I asked for the address. Then I hung up and turned to Shin who looked ready to run.

"No! Shin let me do this. If you go you will scare her. Please trust me. Ill get your sister. Meet me at your place." I said and pushed him in opposite direction. Then I turned and ran towards the bar.

When I got there, I noticed a long line. I looked for his sister in the line and saw her. She was scared and clinging to her friend. She was looking around and also looked ready to run. I ran up to her.

"Natsumi. " I said and she turned to me, she looked somewhat relieved when she saw me. I held out my hand.

"Come on. You don't want to go in there. Come with me. Your brother is worried about you." I said and she looked ready to cry. Her friend had moved forward in line, and she had let go to stare at me. Finally she took my hand and I led her away. When I got her to the apartment, I noticed that Shin wasn't there, but the door was unlocked. I found a note as well, so I ignored that he wasn't here. I sat her down and wandered to his kitchen. And came back to her with some tea.

"Now, tell me what happened? Why would you call your brother if you were going to go to that place. You wanted him to come and prove that he cared. " I said and she looked down at the cup she held.

"I'm pressured at home. They don't care about me. They don't care about anything but their image. I can't take it. I don't know how to handle it. Shin left me alone there, and while I understand it, it hurts me." she said and started crying. Of course that was when Shin came back. He looked at her in shock. Noda, Minami, Uchi and Yankumi were behind him, and he started forward, he looked angry. I jumped up and pushed him away from his crying sister.

"Shin!" I said and got no answer, so I did the only thing that I thought would work. I kissed him. He looked down at me in shock,

"Shin. Your sister is a girl, not like me. She is hurt, pressured and feels unloved. Don't go over there acting like you normally do. She deserves more than that." I said and he looked at his sister before nodding. He looked back at me,

"Stay tonight?" he asked and I smirked at him,

"I'll stay for as long as you want me to stay." I said and then pushed him towards his sister.

That night, Natsumi slept in his room, while I slept on the couch, and Shin slept on the floor. Earlier that night, I got call from Mom. She yelled at me for leaving when there was mad girl after me, and I apologized as many times as I could before telling her that I was going to not come home for a couple of days. At first she was mad, but then she sighed. She had told me that I had always been independent. And then quickly put in that she wanted to meet my boyfriend before hanging up.

"Thanks for finding her." Shin said and I sat up slightly to look down at him. I smiled at him,

"Not a big deal. I like your sister. " I said and he smirked up at me, as he put his arm over his eyes and fell asleep.

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