Disclaimer: Pot doesn't belong to me. Too sad, isn't it?
Rating: T
A/N: English is not my first language; feel free to point out the mistakes I made.
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DAY 18 (Wednesday)
When Sanada woke up the sun was already high in the sky. He didn't stand up. He jumped up. He forgot about the children, about his practice and about his appointment with his future boss. He ran downstairs, entered the kitchen to see his neighbor cleaning everything. He greeted her and asked her where the children were.
"Oh I drove them to school. Your kendo student arrived just after I came home. I told him you were ill and I forgot to phone him. Rikkai University called. I told them the same thing. Your appointment has been postponed. It is now on Monday evening."
Sanada was relieved. He thanked the old lady. But he thought about his kendo team and about the calligraphy club. He was about to talk about it but Saruwatari-san was faster than him.
"I didn't cancel your afternoon activities. I thought you would need to see Yukimura-san to talk about the children. I heard you weep during the night. If you decide to go, just pretend to be sick."
Sanada nodded. He spent what was remaining of the morning working in the garden. It was nearly time for him to leave for Rikkai when a car stopped in front of his house. He thought it was his parents and his brother. It surprised him as they were supposed to come home only during the night. He opened the door only to see his nephews and their teacher. The little boy had a black eye and a split lip and the little girl was holding her swollen wrist.
His surprised was soon replaced by anger.
"What on Earth happened to them?"
The young woman seemed to be afraid. She knew Sanada wasn't someone you should anger.
"I don't know. They were playing with the others. So I decided to go and check something in the classroom. When I came back they had disappeared. I found them behind the gymnasium."
Sanada was glaring. He was angry. Against the teacher and against his nephews. At first he decided to invite her to enter in order to talk about this little problem but he changed his mind. She didn't seem to know what happened. Had she known she would have told him right from the start. He thanked her and asked her to tell the kendo team that their practice was canceled. She also had to tell the calligraphy club to practice alone or to ask their Japanese literature teacher to help them. She nodded and left.
The twins followed their uncle in the living room. Said uncle thanked God the old lady went out with some of her friends.
"So what happened? Do not even think about telling me lies."
Kagami began to cry and her brother looked at the floor. Suddenly the carpets were really fascinating. Sanada waited. Five minutes, ten minutes… He asked the same question again. Kuan Ti looked at his uncle.
"A boy from the High school section attacked Kagami. We were playing in the sandbox with Tohru-chan when he came out of nowhere and dragged Kagami away. Of course as the good brother I am I had to follow them."
"You should have called your teacher."
"No because when I arrived he was kicking her and he nearly broke her wrist. She has lots of bruises on her legs and arms. I ran and kicked him as many time as I could."
"But you lost… Do you know who that boy is?"
"Of course I lost. I knew it from the start that I couldn't win. He was so much stronger than me. He didn't tell his name but he said that it was your fault because you didn't appoint him captain of the team."
Sanada was shocked. Angry, so angry that smoke was coming out of his ears. He picked up the phone, went in the kitchen, came back and drove the children to the nearest hospital. He wanted to make sure they weren't badly injured. The little boy was alright. Only some bruises but Kagami had a sprained wrist. She got some painkillers and a candy because she didn't cry when the doctor looked at her swollen wrist.
Sanada drove them home. Fortunately his neighbor was back. He told her what happened and rushed towards Rikkai. He had to meet someone. Someone who wouldn't be really happy after said meeting.
Yukimura was waiting for him in front of the dojo. Next to him was a boy who didn't seem to be pleased. To be honest he wanted to be somewhere else far away from the man who was walking in their direction. It took Sanada a few seconds to grab the boy by the collar of his shirt and to slam him into the dojo's wall. If his eyes could kill the boy would be so dead that nothing, not even the Dragon Balls, could make him come back to life.
Yukimura had to stop his lover. But stopping an angry Sanada was harder than making Marui stop chewing gums. He had to threaten him to stop coming to his place to help him with his private practice. Sanada dropped him and expelled him from the kendo club.
"Now that you are quiet, we can go and meet the headmaster to settle this problem."
They followed Yukimura.
The boy was expelled during two weeks and he was no longer allowed to join a club. Cleaning duty was his fate for the years he still had to spend here. Moreover his parents were phoned. It was decided that they would pay for the medical expenses.
Sanada went home. Yukimura followed him. When they stopped in front of the house Sanada saw his father's car. He wasn't ready to see him. He didn't want to explain them why the children were injured. He knew his brother would beat him even though he couldn't have done anything to prevent it from happening. He sighed, knowing that he didn't really have the choice.
He looked for his keys and found a little golden key. At first he didn't recognize it but soon he remembered. It was the key the old lady gave him. Yukimura looked at him and smiled. They crossed the street and entered Saruwatari-san's garden…
A/N:Sorry… The children aren't that bratty. But Sanada is suffering so I guess it's ok. I liked this chapter a lot, especially the violent Sanada. I would have done the same thing if someone had hurt my little sister or my cousins… Oh and Dragon Ball doesn't belong to me. I just thought it would be funny to mention it…