Hello everyone, I present to you Chapter 7. Good news Chapter 8 is about halfway done!In this chapter we will get to explore some of our main characters feeling. Both Kirino and Kyosuke continue to surprise in many new ways. I hope you enjoy some of the surprises I have left you all! Enjoy and as always Feel free to review and PM. I might respond or I might not... -DJ Tenki

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I do not own Oriemo or any characters related to light novels, manga, or anime...but i love the story so here we are...

Chapter 7: Time flys when you have a model for an Imouto...and her friends?!

Kyosuke

I awoke the next morning to the buzzing of my cell phone. The sweet smell of strawberry and shampoo assaulted my nose. I could feel something very soft laying heavily against my chest. It was still very dark but I glanced over to my clock and saw that yet again it was five am...and I had training to do. The problem..my sleeping little imouto. Kirino had in the night basically used me as her personal hug pillow. I arched an eyebrow as I became accustomed to the darkness, I could make out her sleeping face and the fact that her pink little top had ridden up during the night and now her bare chest was laying against me! My mouth went dry as I tried not to imagine what any 18-year-old boy might do when faced with this situation. I thought she might wake up as I felt my pulse quicken so I took a quiet deep breath and tried to relax...mission accomplished. huh...how to get up without waking her? I decided the best course of action would be to try to take my pillow and use it as a replacement for me. I pulled it free from my head and gently raised her arm and slide out from her hold as I replaced myself with the pillow and it worked! I quietly got up and covered up my overly errr exposed imouto trying not to look at her chest geeeeez so defenseless. I grabbed my clothes and stepped out into the hall to get dressed. It was then that I felt a sudden sharp pain in my arm and one of my legs..ouch son of a... I thought as I reached down to rub my leg. I must still be feeling the effects of that fight with Shin, well looks like a leisurely jog is all I will be able to do today damn.

I headed out into the street and started down toward the warehouses, I really do enjoy running early in the morning it gives me time to think through my problems. The biggest of which I was dealing with was my feelings toward Kirino. What did I really think of her? I mean she's my sister, I mean yes she is beautiful and intelligent and stubborn to a fault and no matter how much I may lo-o-o...No not going there. She is my sister sheesh why the hell am I wrestling with this? It's not that hard I have to be a responsible big brother and do what is right for both our futures...and yet Kyosuke anytime she lays a hand on you, you crumble like cube of sugar in coffee. I shake the thought as I clear the warehouses at a slower pace than normal..man this leg injury really is slowing me down today.. I start to jog my way down toward the docks I feel like I can think better there, as I make my way out into the clearing that heads across to the docks I can see the sun rising over the ocean and the large container ships as they pass into the bay and for a moment my head clears up. Yeah it was a real good idea to run down here to take a break. I sit down on one of the wooden dock posts and get back to my thoughts, if I really think about it I know what it is I have to do. I have to really be firm with Kirino and try to start keeping some small distance between us. I mean she may not like it but I'm sure if I ask her friends to help they can get her distracted and maybe after a bit this will all blow over...yeah right like that's going to happen. My inner voice chides me for even thinking that because I know how stubborn Kirino is. She wont stop until she get her way but I am really going to have to try, as I steel my emotions for the coming confrontation.

With that settled I get up and try to stretch my leg a bit and then head back around the long way to finish off my jog. I hit the gate at our house and head in through the front door as quietly as I can. Good it looks like she's still asleep, I wonder what I can make for breakfast? I head out to the kitchen and open the fridge to find a note, huh looks like mom left me a surprise. I picked it up and read it to myself.

-Kyosuke if you are reading this then it seems I was right and your going to cook. What a good brother you are, please remember that Kirino is not allowed to pig out. Make sure she eats a balanced meal she hates veggies but she needs them so tell her I said to eat them. thanks and good luck, -love mom.

Oh boy nice that she left me with that ugly task heh, oh well it could be worse I could actually have to take her to one of those modeling jobs. I shuddered at the prospect...

I spend the next half an hour cooking up eggs, rice, some left over miso soup from mom and cut some fruit up for Kirino, I know she likes that. I drop some cut up peppers into the rice and then set it out on the table. As I go back to the stove to fill the plates with some eggs I had failed to notice that the aroma of breakfast had woken up my imouto. All of the sudden a pair of arms snaked their way around me from behind and onto my chest, I froze and my breath hitched and this caused her to giggle. What really had caused me to freeze was the fact that I felt a squish as she leaned against me and said my name. "K-y-o-s-u-k-e, good morning my aniki, I see you have made breakfast?" she asked inquisitively. "Yeah I thought you might be a little hungry so I tried my hand at cooking." She raised an eyebrow and let go of me and moved over to sit at the table. I turned around and up to this point I hadn't seen how she was dressed. shit! she hasn't put on any clothes yet geez.. She could tell my eyes were on her because as she turned to take her seat at the table she wiggled at me and then smirked. I came out of my daze with a head shake trying to remind myself that I had to be firm with her. " Hey there Kirino shouldn't you throw on some clothes, I mean it is morning after all." She started to dig into the food with a smile on her face I guess it was good, I'm an ok cook after all! I thought. "Nope this is way more relaxing Kyosuke and since mom and dad wont be home for another day, I am taking the time to wear relaxing clothes whenever I can. So don't bother asking because this will probably be my casual ware when my friends go home."

Great that is not going to make my life easy, models can't live with em, can't get em dressed sheesh. One thing did catch my attention though. "You said your friends are coming over? What time is that?" Kirino stopped eating and looked up at me with that dangerous glare. "Well two friends of mine you havent met from school will be stopping by today in a few hours. They are Ruri and Saori, we play the games together and watch anime sometimes. we also go to akiahbara and shop and do conventions. They are not to be hit on understand..." She said menacingly. "I get it, I get it dont hit on your freshman friends." I say as I wave her off with a very neutral look. This seems to quell her anger and she goes back to eating until she sees her rice. She looks up at me with a disgusted look and asks "Hey are those peppers in my rice? You know I don't eat veggies what were you thinking baka Tch...I love rice to." she mumbled. I chuckled looks like mom knows here all to well. I knew she loved her rice so that's why I did it I knew no matter what shed still eat it but I gave her moms orders anyway. "Well mom said a model needs a balanced diet and you have to eat them, so eat up!" She made a disgusted face once again but settled back into her meal. Well that ended up being easier than I thought. "Hey kyosuke speaking of a model, you know what tomorrow is don't you?" she asked with a questioning look on her face. There we have it no way she eats those peppers for free...well I guess I lined myself up for this one with that model crack. "Nope I have no idea what might be going on in your world tomorrow, what is it?" I try to ask with ignorance. Ah the smirk has once again returned as she responds, "Well tomorrow is a modeling job, and guess who mom said has to go with me for supervision?" Tch..I would guess with a look like that I have been volunteered it seems.

"Good I can tell by that look on your face that you will be coming along, we leave at nine a.m." I can't believe my luck mom owes me for this and I am going to see to it when she gets home. "Alright If I have to I'll go but I am going to stay way back out-of-the-way, that model world of yours is not something I want any part of." This cause her to huff and cross her arms at me. "Oh you, it will be fine and I know once you see me in my clothes you will love it so behave yourself" with that she had finished her meal and took her plates in to clean and put away. I couldn't help but once again notice the baby pink tee she had on with the stripped undies, when will I learn... I got up to take my plates as well but when I got to the kitchen sink Kirino wouldn't let me pass. "Hey Kirino whats the deal let me by I need to clean these up." she took my dishes from me and this cause me to raise an eyebrow. "You go on you cooked so I'll clean the dishes, go relax in the living room Kyosuke, I'll be in when I am done." I wanted to argue that I needed to get upstairs and get cleaned up from my run but that look told me not to cross her. I went out and took my seat on the couch knowing all to well what Kirino had planned. I was going to try hard to keep it within sibling boundaries, no need to let anything get out of hand.

Once Kirino had finished the dishes she made her way out to the living room swaying her hips as she came. how can a freshman look like that really is it in the water or something? I thought as she gave me a sly smile. Instead of sitting next to me she moved a pillow to the end of the couch, I was confused by this. "Hey Kyosuke get your feet up and sit back against the pillow now." I could tell no argument would sway her so I complied. She then get in front of me and sat down with her back toward me and wiggled back against my crotch and laid back against my chest. why do I even bother to try to resist her geez.. Once she settled into her wanted spot she snatched the remote from me and changed the channel a few times until she found what she wanted to watch. "Hey don't you have friends coming over in a bit? shouldn't you be getting ready?" she giggled and snuggled deeper into me and let out a soft hummmm. " You sure do have a six-pack Kyosuke I can feel it leaning against you." Great just ignore my question I thought at that statement. "Well I have trained for a while now, so I guess it happens." I try to say this as neutral as I can but it's so difficult because she feels so soft against my chest and she smells so good, it's taking all my will power not to reach up and grab her. "Well yeah my friends will be here in a few hours so we have time to watch some TV so just relax and enjoy it." I sighed in defeat but at least I kept my cool and didn't do anything that might dishonor my imouto..

As Kirino laid against me she said "Hey Kyosuke can I ask you something without you getting mad?" I raised an eyebrow I really don't know what she was about to ask but I didn't like where this was headed. "It depends on what you want Kirino, but I'll try to keep an open mind...I guess" Kirino let out a breath I didn't know she was even holding then asked me a question that made my heart just about stop. "Look Kyosuke I know that were siblings, I know it's not right really but I want you to wrap your arms around me so I can feel your warmth, j-j-just for a little bit so I can see how it feels...please" she mumbled quietly. You could have heard a pin drop in the room when she finished her sentence. "Well..err I mean as long as you aren't asking me to touch ah anything I shouldn't, it's just as your brother I want to protect err... I mean geez if that's all then OK." My flustered attitude caused her to giggle and snuggle deeper into me. I gently reached around her with both my arms and rested them on her. I could tell that this made her relax fully and breathing seemed to slow way down. I was careful to try to avoid touching what I could and she seemed satisfied and went back to watching TV. "That's better Kyosuke you have such big hands compared to me, and I like your arms...mmmmm nice toned muscles" as she rubbed my arms. I chuckled trying to just stay neutral. "I seriously spoil you way to much Kirino but I guess I have to since I am your brother."

The hour went by fast with a lot of channel surfing and her snuggling back into me. "Well I think I better get ready for my friends. Thanks for holding me for a while Kyosuke" she said as she got up swaying to the doorway and giggling, then ran upstairs to get ready for her friends. I decided I need to cool off so I made my way to the bathroom to take a soak in the tub for a while. I just wanted to stay out-of-the-way while she and her friends hung out. I heard a knock down stairs and some commotion. Looks like her friends had arrived, good this should distract her from me for a while, I think I'll get out and go take a nap I still feel beat I thought.

I got out and got dried off and put on my silk boxers and wrapped a towel around my waist and made my way out into the hall as I got to my door I heard a wolf whistle which confused me. "Saori likey! Wow Kirinos brother sure is buff!" I looked down the stairs and saw all three girls staring up at me at the top of the stairs. Kirino was stunned and her two friends both were looking at me with mouths wide open. I shook my head "Hey take a picture you three it will last a bit longer." I went into my room and shut the door, well I thought they would have moved to the living room by now. Oh well looks like more rumors for school on monday especially that tall girl with the dark hair she seemed pretty wild, and whats with that other one so quiet and serious. I pondered this as I finished drying my hair and tossing my towel in a pile by my door. I laid back on my bed and could still smell Kirino all over it...strawberries and flowers man I wont be able to think of strawberries any other way again. I rolled over set my alarm for two hours that should be enough rest. I rolled back over and breathed in Kirino's smell and drifted off to sleep with thoughts of our earlier TV watch dancing in my head.

RING RING RIIIIIIIING I was awoken to this high-pitched chirp that assaulted my groggy head. what the hell is that... Whaaa? I found that it was my cell phone that was ringing like mad. I rolled over and grabbed for it but it fell of my night stand so I sighed and rolled further over and grabbed it off the floor. I looked over at the clock and it had been more that two hours it was now four in the afternoon! "What the heck I know I set my alarm whats the deal?" I set that aside to think on, I looked down and saw that it was Kohei calling.

I flipped open my phone "Hey Kohei whats up man, why are you calling?" Before I could even finish Kohei started rambling on about Shin and practice and something about another tournament? "Wait wait Kohei slow down man I'm still half asleep here."Kohei chuckled at this "Oh you were asleep Kosaka? What the hell are you sleeping on a Saturday for man? Its time to stop being lazy and get up and stop by the warehouse. I'd like to train a bit if you are up for it." I yawned and stretched my free arm over my head as I thought about the prospect of sparring. "Yeah man I am feeling a lot better so sure, give me about a half hour and I'll make my way down there." Kohei snickered on the phone and it raised my curiosity. "whats so funny Kohei?" "Well Kosaka you sure seem to be recovering pretty fast these days, I guess those treatments are working out huh?" At this he started full-blown laughing on his end of the phone. "Go to hell Kohei I'll see ya down there." I shut my phone as a I shook my head in defeat. It was then that my phone lit up a second time...1 message. Huh a text who's this from? I opened my phone and clicked open the text. Low and behold there was an image of my imouto Kirino with a finger pulling down and eye lid and her sticking her tounge out at me. I raised an eyebrow at this...quite cheeky my imouto I thought. The message read -If you are reading this you have woken up! It was I who shut off your alarm! You needed to recover and I wanted to make sure you did, so rest and take it easy today...I'm out shopping with my friends, I'll be home by 7pm. Oh and Saori and Ruri wanted me to tell you they loved those black silk boxers! Don't worry it was all look and no touch...that's only for me! (.o)

Well that answers how my alarm got turned off...geez to let your friends violate me while I was sleeping...next time I lock the door damn it! Well I guess I don't have to worry about sneaking out of the house. I throw on my dark workout shirt and some grey sweats and my tennis shoes and head down stairs throwing my keys and phone into my pockets I head out to the warehouse. It's a pretty short jog down the block and around the bend to the warehouse.

When I get to the fence I notice that Kohei isn't there waiting for me, hmm he must have gone in already..I guess. What I did not expect was what I saw as I walked into our secret workout place, they're sitting on some empty oil drums were both Kanako and Ayase. "Kohei! what the hell man! Why are the two of them here in our workout warehouse?" I said through clenched teeth. Kohei winced at my outburst he was well aware of what would happen when I found these two were here. "Yeahhhh funny thing Kosaka I was not aware that I was being trailed as I came through the fence and inside not two minutes time passed before these spies made their way in and confronted me." He scratched his head clearly at a loss as he looked over at the pair. Ayase looked somewhat apprehensive about the whole thing since my attention was now squarely on the pair of them. Kanako on the other hand was just as relaxed as always rolling that smile that made you think she had eaten a canary.

"Relax K-y-o-s-u-k-e we knew at some point you'd come out away from Kirino so we just staked out Kohei house. When he left in his training gear we knew it wouldn't be long before you'd show as well." She said this with a giggle as she tilted her head and smirked at me and Kohei. "Well obviously no place is sacred to you two, and what do you mean away from Kirino? Shes not my keeper or anything" as I raised an eyebrow at her. "Well you could have fooled me..you looked pretty cozy on the train ride home with her" as Ayase hopped off the oil drum and swayed herself up to me with a challenging glare on her face. "Well that was all her idea and not my own, but you know Kirino she is stubborn it's either her way or the highway." I stepped a little closer to Ayase as I said this and deepened the scowl on my face, I would not be intimidated by some freshmen girls. This scared Ayase and she stumbled back a bit in suprise, it was then that Kanako spoke up. "Hey hey Kyosuke we didn't come here to fight really, Ayase and I just wanted to be allowed to watch you and Kohei in action." I turned to face Kanako "Why should we? This is a private practice place that Kohei and I found you both would just be in the way."

I scowled at them to try to get my point across. Kohei decided that he should try to play peace maker "Hey Kosaka I say we let them stay as long as they are quiet AND as long as they promise to tell no one about this place. I mean they already found us so why not?" he said with a shrug. I sighed and gave him a sideways glance with a feeling that it was probably a lost cause. "Damn, alright you two can stay as long as you stay out-of-the-way and quiet...er and no lustful glares or drooling or your out." They both smiled real big and shook thier heads as they ran back to sit on thier oil drums.

why the hell am I such a push over when it comes to these model types? Kohei too...the guy folded like a card table...well its too late now I guess. With that settled I turned my attention back to Kohei he was looking pretty focused, we both took off our shirts and started to stretch. "I'm not gonna go easy on you Kohei even if there is an audience, It's the usual five-minute round or until one of us is down." Kohei nodded took his spot and we bowed and we took our stances. I looked at how serious Kohei was and I began to close my eyes and focus within myself, calming my breathing, listening to my heart beat it was in that moment of clarity I said one word "BEGIN".

Kohei and I blurred into flash as we came together forearm to forearm, we began a series of punches and kicks that were being blocked at every turn. I reversed low to try to take Kohei off his feet but he leaped over me in a flip and came down and back around with a roundhouse kick! This surprised me but I caught it with my forearm and opposite handed him square in the chest with an open palm thrust the blew him across the ground. He came up with a grunt and a laugh and once again flash back into a blur toward me, I underestimated his speed this second time and took a fist square to the jaw and was rolled across the ground myself.

I came from a rolling crouch into a ready stance, it was then that I decided to use a technique my grandfather taught me. I hadn't tried it out at all and was not sure I could even get it to work but I closed my eyes and began focusing on the air around me, listening to the ebb and flow of it around my body. Kohei could tell I was planning something major so he decide it was either now or never and came at me with a full-blown jump kick clearly trying to take the fight in one fell swoop. It was at the last second when I felt the air between he and I change that it happened Harikēn no namiI thought as I reversed a round house kick at Kohei.

I'm still not exactly sure what happened but when I opened my eyes Kohei was in a heap on the far end of the warehouse inside a crushed crate and both the girls had been blown off their oil drums and their hair was completely disheaveled. "Kyosuke! w-w-w-what was that! what did you do?!" is all I got from Kanako and poor Ayase was shaking with eyes as wide as saucers. "Yeahhh sorry about that girls I uh tried something I was taught a really long time ago and I still don't have the hang of it...heh"

Ayase took this moment to get involved "Kyosuke don't ever do that again when I am here..er unless you want me to kill you!" she shrieked at me. I laughed out loud it was funny to see such a composed model type lose her cool like that. She stood up and folded her arms and Hurmphed at me with an evil glare.

I shrugged and decided now was a good time to check on Kohei. "hey Kohei you ok man? I hope I didn't kill ya sheesh!" Kohei tried to get up out of the crates but stumbled around and fell back to the ground. "Kosaka what the hell was that! I didn't even see you move all I felt was some huge force push against me and then I was airborne in the other direction!" I gave Kohei my hand and arm to get him up to his feet with a grin. "I can't really say for sure Kohei just know it was something my grandfather and I were working on the last time I visited. I wont do that again until I've figured it out. Sorry man"

Kohei waved me off as he let go of my hand and finally seemed able to stand on his own, "Yeah well I'll just chalk that up as another loss to me, I'm done training for the day man... I think...i think.. I need to sit down." Kanako and Ayase decided it was time to join our conversation and made their way over. "Geez Kysouke you don't pull any punches when you train do ya?" Kanako grinned at me with that smirk similar to Kirinos.

"W-w-well that was quite interesting Kosaka-kun I am glad we were allowed to stay and watch...and er sorry for threatening you earlier I was just shocked!" Ayase said with a red hued face and arms waving. "Hey no problem Ayase I am kinda sorry I tried something that I wasn't trained in fully that could have been ugly my bad." I said as I grinned at the two girls.

"You know Kyosuke these two might be able to help you with that ah issue we discussed the other day ya know?" I looked over at Kohei as my jaw hung open. "NOT NOW KOHEI I am dealing with it in my way." Kohei's huge grin made it clear he had accomplished his goal. "Hey Kyosuke what issue is Kohei talking about exactly? Maybe me and Ayase can help you with it." she said with a concerned look on her face and now Ayase to was staring hard at me with a serious face.

"Nope I'm good ladies there is no issue I think I might have hit Kohei a little to hard earlier is all." as I gave Kohei a neutral face that he knew all to well as the drop it face. "Well if you change your mind Kosaka-kun Kanako and I are good listeners maybe we can help." Ayase said through pursed lips. i could tell I wasn't fooling either of them.

"Well were done for today Girls I hope you enjoyed the show but try not to make this a regular occurence, our training really is private and I can see you two at lunch anyway ok?" This deflated the two of them but they smiled mildly and got up to leave. "Well its no big deal Kyosuke well see you later at your house me and Ayase are going to come over and hang with Kirino later tonight anyway. We are staying over!" Kanako said with an evil smirk that turned into a happy grin as she finished her comment.

Just great 3 model types in one house lord only knows how bad this is going to be for me..iIdon't get a break do I? "Yeah yeah great then I guess I'll see you two later then I sighed as I faked a smile. With that the two departed through the warehouse door leaving me and Kohei to our own conversation.

"Hey Kohei...explain yourself! How the hell do you get followed? and then that crack about my issue? Have you lost your mind!?" Kohei sat down on an oil drum and laughed out loud at me. I wasn't sure what was so funny as I glowered at him. "No Kyosuke I haven't lost my mind, I knew I was being followed I just thought we could use them to help distract Kirino more so that maybe she can come off her possessive nature when it comes to you lately...its not healthy man!" I could understand where he was coming from I mean I have wrestled with the issue for the past week or so. "Yeah I have come to my decision on that I am really just going to try to keep the affection stuff to a minimum Kohei and be a good big brother."

Kohei looks me over for a few and shakes his head. "Good luck Kosaka I really don't think you can do it. Shes wayyy to gorgeous and a model to boot. those girls are used to getting their way or bumping heads until they do...they are stubborn!" Kohei chuckled one more time and waved me off as he hopped off the oil drum as a sign that it was time for him to go home. "Thanks for one hell of a work out Kyosuke, I wonder how it might have gone if you did that against Shin...I guess you were holding back still huh?" I gave Kohei a sideways glance and shook my head. "Nope Kohei I gave him all I had it was a fair fight really." I waved Kohei off as well it was time to head hope and deal with the madness that might ensue. I headed out through the door and out of the fence. I think I am gonna walk home slow, lord knows its going to be chaos tonight with three models under one roof. I sighed shaking my head "I guess it could be worse, at least dad didn't leave the liquor cabinet unlocked how bad could this night really be?" Little did I know that my will had yet to be really tested but like always the world was only happiest when I was under stress and stress is what I would get in spades...

Kirino:

Well when I left the house to go shopping with Ruri and Saori little did I know that they had plotted against me the whole day...It was only when we got to our final destination that they enacted their plan. We had made our way to Akihabara to get in some shopping for anime related items and I found out that one of my little sister eroges had come out so I thought what the heck lets get over here so I can collect it!

Once I had picked up my item and we went to five other shops that Saori and Ruri wanted to hit, we decided that was enough so we went to our favorite hide away to get something to drink and rest for a bit. It was during this rest that my happy day took a turn for the worse and it started with a simple question...

"So Kirino how bad has it gotten with your bro-con situation?" Ruri asked while taking a sip of her drink with a serious face. This cause me to almost spit out the tea I was drinking! "Wha-you! You! How could you ask me such a question Ruri! I'm not some bro-con girl..I just have to keep an eye on my aniki because hes cocky and will get out of line if I don't." Saori exchanged a glance with Ruri and dropped her two cents, "So the glares that you were giving everyone on the train on saturday that was just what exactly then Kirini-chan?" I knew that was going to come back and bite me in the ass. "Look you two I was told I had to ride home with Kyosuke by my mom, I couldnt help it! I mean after the tournament I was sure girls were going to come up and get sexually harrassed! I was just keeping them away so they would get harrassed by my baka of a hentai brother!" I pleaded while giving both of them the most evil glare I could muster.

"Well Kirini-chan I think you might be traveling down a river here it's called de-nial! I think you are fooling yourself into thinking you don't have feeling for him but you aren't good at hiding it." Saori says this and I try to salvage as much of my pride as I can. "Oh Saori you and Ruri are both nuts, I don't have feelings for my brother I just need to keep him in line it's what a responsible imouto does. Like I said I know that baka all to well and he can get a big ego especially since he did so well in the tournament."

"Hmm I see then well that is good to know, well then if that is the case you won't have a problemwith me and Saori talking to your brother at school Monday. I think we can both agree after that little nap incident we saw earlier today he would definitely be someone we would want to hang out with." Both Saori and Ruri smile big and gave each other a nod in agreement and took sips of their drinks. I took a deep breath to calm my already fraying nerves, oh these two were starting to flare my anger. "Suit yourselves but why you would want to hang around a lazy guy like him I wouldn't know, I think you will find him borrrring." I refused to be cornered on this...but why is my chest so tight? what is this burning rage that I am feeling? No...it couldn't be, I choked down what I hope isn't jealousy no there's no way I could be jealous.

After about another hour of questions about Kyosuke I had taken about all I could and decided it was getting late. I had a modeling job tomorrow and I wanted to be fresh, plus I had to get home before Ayase and Kanako came over to spend the night! so we went to the station to catch our rides home. "Look you two I just want to warn you my brother is not someone to take lightly he can be a handful so if you do talk to him don't give him any ideas OK? I would hate to have to intervene because he starts acting like a hentai baka!" Saori laughed at me and Ruri just kept that impassive neutral face. "Don't not worry Kirini! If we do talk with him it will be civil no funny business!" Saori saluted me and headed off to catch her train but Ruri was hesitant. "Kirino I am only going to say one thing, if you don't have feelings for your brother then this wont be a big deal...but after the events at the tokyo dome I am sure many girls will be talking to him come monday..I just thought you should know." Ruri bowed and turned and headed off to catch Saori.

Darn it...darn it! darn it! darn it! Why did she have to say that now its all I am thinking about. I took a seat on a platform bench to ponder the conversations I had with my two friends today. Why did Kyosuke have to do so good, its like the fates mock me and want to pile up more aggrivation and take my oni-baka away from me. Well any girl who thinks she can take all his time and monopolize him will have another thing coming. Stupid tournament, stupid publicity I thought as I held my bags a little tighter and could feel my anger flaring yet again as I thought about Kyosuke not being around me.

The train arrived and I got on still thinking about the fact that my once unmotivated brother was going to be the center of attention come next week and what I should do about it. The other thing that was playing on my mind was Ayase and Kanako. I had told them initially that I would meet them at the fashion shoot tomorrow but they insisted on coming over for the night and kept badgering me until I caved.. Whats with those two I wondered? I was starting to get the suspicion that one or maybe both of them really wanted to stay the night to see Kyosuke! Well they both are going to find out that he is off-limits if that is the case, and I'll make sure of that tonight for sure!

The ride home was actually pretty quick but that didn't help with all the thoughts that were rolling around in my head. I mean seriously why should who Kyosuke bother me at all? I mean he's just my brother I know he cares for me but its only as a sibling...this thought was logical but my chest remained tight every time I thought about it, or thinking of him hanging with other girls. This just made me mad I wanted his time too and no matter what it takes I won't go back to the way things used to be..no hes my aniki and I'm not gonna share him.

I got off at my stop and started home its only three or so blocks to my house as I cleared the platform and made my way down the sidewalk I got the feeling I was being followed so I hurried my pace, it was as I rounded the corner two large boys appeared in front of me. I clutched my bags and stepped back with an angry glare. "Hey get out of my way!" I yelled at them. The larger of the two looked down and chuckled "Whats a pretty little thing like you doing out here tonight?" I retorted "look you losers I don't have time to waste with you I need to get home." I tried to side step and walk past them and that's when the smaller boy grabbed my arm causing me to drop my bags and scream. Thats when it happened there was a gust of wind and I was disoriented and ended up face down on the ground, I heard yelling and a loud crack as I regained my senses I looked up and was shocked by what I saw...Kyosuke?!

Kyosuke

I felt some severe frustration as I left the warehouse..how the hell could Kohei let this happen. I mean its bad enough that I had to deal with one of Kirinos friends but now there are two of them and they know where I hang my hat when I want to get away from people...greeeeat... The other thing was that Ayase girl worried me when she got up from being knocked down she didn't look to mentally stable, threatening to kill me? seriously? That girl wouldn't even be able to lay a hand on me if I got serious I scoffed...mental note stay away from that crazy chick. Well at least they might keep their mouths shut about it I can hope I guess.

Whats even worse Kohei almost exposed my deepest secret to my sisters friends what the hell man! I think it was this that was getting me so worked up. Sure I might have a huge sister complex in the end, but the whole damn world didn't need to know about it! If Kohei had told them and it got back to Kirino I'd have to leave the country..period. It would be way to awkward and it would just give Kirino the opening she would need to do who knows what?! No I'll just have to choke down my feelings and keep on being the best brother i can i guess...sigh it so hard to keep my feelings in check these days.. I kinda wish we could go back to not talking to each other much but I let that ship sail so whatever.

As I rounded the last corner to head down our street I couldn't believe what I was seeing, there on the side-walk were two boys from my school and...what the hell? that's Kirino! I started to pick up my pace toward them I could tell Kirino was getting mad and that's when it happened. the smaller of the two grabbed Kirino..oh fuck no you did not just grab her I thought. I closed my eyes and concentrated I can't remember ever being as mad as I was at that moment..when I was less than ten feet away the larger boy noticed me but by then it was way to late.

Furasshu-fū kattāas I reversed my body and swung it around bringing up my foot to meet the larger of the two boys face. The impact cause a loud crack and then backlash of wind carrying both boys across the ground and to a sliding stop face down on the pavement. I finished with a sliding stop not three feet from them. I looked back and could tell that Kirino was disoriented but for the most part unhurt. I returned my attention to the scum that touched my sister. I walked up and knelt in front of both of them as they turned over to get up. "I'd recommend you both stay down and listen very closely to what I am about to say. If I see either one of you on my block again or I see either of you bothering girls in such a way again I will end you." I whispered so that only they could hear. The narrowed eyes and menacing face I gave them made it clear that I wasn't joking. "Look look man we were just kidding around Kosaka we didn't even know who she was but we get it...lets go hiro.." The larger boy grabbed up the smaller of them and stumbled to their feet and took off around the corner as fast as their feet would carry them.

"Damn riff raff why is it I can't have a quiet walk home it's always like this around here...you'd think they would learn by now..sigh" It was as I turned around that I made eye contact with Kirino she was standing in front of me with eyes wide open and her mouth agape, I smirked at her.

"You know if you keep your face that way it will get stuck like that." All of the sudden tears started to drip from her eyes she dropped her bags and ran at me. "K K Kyosuke! I was so scared!" Kirino sobbed as she grabbed tightly onto my shirt. I rubbed the back of my head and patted her on the shoulder to try to calm her down. "Hey now Kirino your safe, no way I'd let anything happen to you seriously. Come on now girl its alright." I continued but the shaking wasn't stopping sigh figures it would take this. I gently wrapped both arms around Kirino and pulled her into a tight hug. After about five minutes she stopped shaking and seemed to have processed the whole event and wouldn't you know it...questions...

"Hey Kyosuke I want to ask something, what did you do exactly? I couldn't even see you when you came out of nowhere like that...and what did you say to make them run so scared like that?" she asked with those blue sapphires looking up at me and still clutching my shirt tightly. "Well its kinda to hard to explain Kirino its just something grandpa taught to me a long time ago, as for what I said to them lets just say I got my point across." I said with a raised eyebrow looking down at Kirino.

"You can let go now Kirino your safe we need to be getting home, you have friends coming right?" I gently back her off me and went over to collect her bags, it was then that I noticed her whole face was red? She slowly walked over to me after I collected her things and grabbed onto my arm and move in close to me. "Hey now Kirino! whats up with this were out in public, the neighbors might get the wrong idea." Kirino shook her head and then mumbled "I'm not letting go you saved me and this is your reward..th..thank you."

Geez why is it she always knows how to get past my defenses. I just shook my head and told her we should be getting home because I imagined her friends would be coming soon, and what a horrifying thought that was for me. the walk home from that point was a quiet one I could tell from Kirinos even breathing that she was really enjoying this walk home because she never once let go of my arm. There were a few neighbors outside and the looks we were getting told me that my mom would hear about this from the gossip community for sure...just great I thought.

It wasn't until I saw the gate at our house that the dread really started to set in. Sure enough there on the porch were both Ayase and Kanako, when they saw us they jumped to their feet and came out to meet us. "Kyosuke! Kirino! whats up you two?" Kanako said with as much zeal as she usually had with a devilish smirk on her face.

What scared me was the wild-eyed look that was on Ayase face. "Kirino w-w-what is the meaning of this? Let go of Kysoukes arm!" she said with venom in her voice. I looked down expecting Kirino to be a bit embarrassed and let go of me quickly all the while calling me some names. What I got instead was unexpected, Kirino had that smirk on her face and very narrowed eyes she reached out and grabbed her bags from my hands and then reached up and kissed me on the cheek!

I was so stunned all I could do was stand there thunderstruck, Kanako's devilish smirk vanished and Ayase narrowed her own eyes. "Thank you for saving me Kyosuke, hello girls lets head in and freshen up so we will be ready for the shoot tomorrow! Oh and Kyosuke remember your promise about tomorrow OK?"

All I could do was nod as my face started to heat up. Both Kanako and Ayase looked at each other than looked at me as Kirino moved past them and into the house. "Kirino no way you just did that to him! What the hell!" Kanako yelled as she turned and ran in after Kirino. "Kyosuke stay away from your sister or I will have to kill you!" Ayase said with similar venom to her voice as she turned and started to walk away. Nope no way this bitch says that a second time to me... "Hey Ayase I'd watch it, because if I get serious you wont even be able to lay a hand on me. You are welcome to give it your best shot though..." As she turned around to give me a hate filled look it turned to fear, she took one look at my face and knew I was all to serious. "I hate you Kyosuke your corrupting Kirino!" she retorted and ran inside.

Figures Kirino would go and declare war on her two best friends and there all high-class model girls...screw my life. Hurry up and get home mom, dad this model gig is going to be hell. I took a deep breath and sighed, shook my head and started for the front door to the loud sounds of a very heated argument between three high school model girls...great Sunday is gonna suck so bad, I made my way in hoping to avoid what I expected to be one very long night...