Kiyoko and Keitaro walked together in silence for a while until they reached the school grounds.

"Thanks for walking with me Keitaro, we should walk together more often," she said smiling as she started to walk away.

"Hey, Yagami!"

Keitaro was grabbed roughly by the shoulders and turned forcefully around to face a group of tall sixteen-year-olds.

"H-hey Shinobu…"

"So, where's your big brother geek?"

"He's…he's not here…"

"Aw, so the baby has no one to save him? Great! That'll make this a whole lot easier!"

Shinobu shoved him and he tripped and fell backwards.

He raised a fist.

"Hey! Leave him alone!" Kiyoko yelled running towards them.

"Well whadoyou know? His little girlfriend's gonna try and help him."

"Kiyoko, what are you doing?"

"Saving you, that's what!"

"Don't worry about me, I can handle it!"

"Keitaro, don't be stupid, you'll be pummeled!"

"I know but…I don't want you to get hurt too…"

Kiyoko frowned, "Keitaro…"

"Go Kiyoko! I can handle this!"

"Ok…I'm gonna go find a teacher…and maybe the nurse!"

Kiyoko ran off towards the school.

Shinobu turned back to Keitaro, "now, where were we?"

Kai took his time walking to school. He wasn't sure why he was even going; he rarely showed up for regular school, he usually just went on test days. He shifted his bag to his left shoulder and picked up his pace. If he was going to school today he might as well show up soon enough to have some time to talk to his girlfriend. Kai arrived at school and walked to his locker.

"Hey you," Kai's girlfriend, Yori, said throwing her arms around her boyfriend's neck. He put his arms around her waist and gave her a quick kiss on the lips.

"How come you never call me or come visit me anymore?" She asked frowning.

"I'm sorry Yori; I've just been really busy lately. Ryuzaki won't let me out of his sight!"

"That creepy guy that's taking care of you and Keitaro?"

"Yep, that's him."

Yori glanced out the window, "hey, isn't that Keitaro getting beat up by Shinobu?"

Kai glared out the window, "yeah…that idiot never learns; I'll be back in a minute…"

Kai sprinted out the door and ran over to Keitaro and Shinobu, "hey!"

Kai grabbed Shinobu by the collar and shoved him into a wall.

"What did I tell you about messing with my little brother?"

"Oh hey Yagami, we were just kidding around, weren't we guys? Heh…no need to get all riled up about it…"

"Oh yeah? If you were just messing around then I'm sure you wouldn't mind me doing to you what you were doing to Keitaro then huh?"

"Don't Kai."

Kai turned as Keitaro stood up and wiped the blood off of his mouth.

"Don't worry about it, you beating them up isn't going to solve anything and you can't afford to get in any more trouble."

Kai let go of Shinobu's collar and he and his friends ran into the school building. Kai bent and picked up Keitaro's broken glasses and handed them to him.

"Looks like I'm going to need a new pair huh?"

"Wish I'd gotten here sooner, I could've stopped them before they even started, either way somebody needs to teach those jerks a lesson, didn't anybody try to help you?" Kai asked examining Keitaro's eye, which was quickly turning a dark purple color.

"Kiyoko did but I told her to leave, I didn't want her to get hurt too."

"Kiyoko…that's Matsuda's kid right? Is she the girl you were talking about, the one you like?"

Keitaro looked down and nodded, blushing.

Kai smiled, "sounds like you picked a good girl if she's willing to stand up for you like that. C'mon, let's go to the nurse's office. I'll find a way to teach those jerks a lesson later," Kai offered his hand and Keitaro hesitated before taking it.

He said he wanted to teach them a lesson, how far is he willing to go? He won't kill them will he? He's not that evil…Keitaro! He's your brother! Why are you even thinking like that? Stop that! Kai wouldn't go that far…he won't…I—I know he won't…will he?