BLOOD+ The New Generation
Chapter III
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"After the incident at Okinawa High School, school has been cancelled until further notice. According to the police, they have not yet caught the murderer. We suggest you keep a sharp look-out..."
Kai set his mug down on the counter and frowned. The TV hanging on the wall spoke the news, but it was never going to change. Before, when Saya lived at the shack, they found someone to blame and they were doing the same again... only they wanted to make it seem serious. He turned to the old photo of Saya and his family.
He smiled softly, he really was a punk back then. Now, he had so much responsibility. But he could never get his sister and his sister-in-law's kids to call him "dad".
"Kai..."
Kai looked, he blinked. "What is it, Kanai?"
The girl set her things down and plopped down on the seat by the counter. She relaxed, "I like spending time with family but... it's exhausting!" she groaned.
Her cousins came racing into the shack with a load of shopping bags. Iva laughed out load, "Come on, cousin! We still need to do much more things before you get serious with your job again."
Eva giggled, "Yeah!"
Kai clapped his hands, startling the girls. "Come on now, give her a break, kids." he said.
The twins looked to one another and giggled, they obeyed and left to the back room. Both shared Riku's bedroom, and Kanai had Saya's, so they basically lived there all together.
Kanai looked to the old man, "Kai... where is my sister?" she asked.
The man sighed, becoming silent. She groaned, "You don't know."
"I-"
"Kanai," Hagi called from the front door.
She jumped, he never left her alone at least once! "H-Hagi I didn't mean to skip-"
"Here," he spoke, holding her mom's katana. "Practice."
Kanai rolled her eyes and took the katana in her hand. She left the shack then afterward. With a disappointed look, Kai approached Hagi. "You're being a little harsh."
"It's her duty-"
"But Saya also realized it was her duty to make time. Hagi, you know that. I don't want her to have any breakdowns like Saya... When did you decide it was always duty before family?"
Hagi didn't answer. But behind them, were the twins peeking through the doorway. Jamie grew nervous and drew them both back, it was too intense to watch another little arguement go between Kai and Hagi.
Hagi looked away, "Saya is somewhere... and I promised her that I will take care of her daughters-"
"Then where is the other sister?!" Kai demanded.
The chevalier gasped, the question was a difficult one to answer. "Sister..."
"I remember seeing her sister... but after you lost her..."
The bell from the door rang, "Um... How long am I gonna wait?" Kanai asked.
Hagi nodded. He left the room without another word. Kai exhaled, he respected Hagi but sometimes he had to say something. Hagi lived a life without a family but Saya was the only family for him. He crossed his arms.
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"Good morning, sleepy-head!!!" sang the blonde chevalier.
"Ugh... for once can you not do that?"
"Sorry, little princess, but you were sleeping too long. Something bothering you?"
"No..." The short-haired Queen slipped off her canopy bed and shoved the chevalier away. "What's the matter, Saya?" the blonde man asked.
"Nothing." The Queen rolled her eyes to the chevalier, "And don't call me that. It's mockery, Nathan."