"Brother, do you believe in 'Love-at-first-sight'?" a lovely girl of 17 asked, looking up at her strong older brother out of curiosity.

"Jessica, I've seen plenty of people and not once have I fallen in love with them." said older brother answered truthfully. It was in his ninja training that he should look at everyone and gauge their threat against him. He knows their eye color, hair color, skin tone, voice, what kind of acne cream they use, what they wash themselves with, what kind of soap they use, what kind of shampoo and conditioner they use, he knows their scent, and their height and weight. Nothing gets past him. He knows everything about the person sight and scent wise.

"No, I mean, really look at someone for the first time and your heart flutters. Look right into their eyes and immediately think that this is the one you were meant to be with." Jessica clarified.

"Like I said, I've looked at a lot of people and not once have I fallen in love with them." He repeated. "What is with you? Why talk about this, who is he?" he asked jump starting into 'Brother mode' as Jessica said it.

"No," Jessica laughed, "deactivate 'Brother mode', Jesse, honestly, you are too much." Jessica laughed, "I'm just saying have you ever fallen in love with anyone?"

"Why are you asking this? It's unlike you to ask about my s-love life," Jesse had just caught himself, he knew perfectly well that Jessica knew about sex, but he still views her as his baby sister that he only got to spend three months with when she was born to when he was taken from his home.

"Ah! Do you love or have loved anyone in your miserable grandfather life?" Jessica asked starting to get frustrated.

"No."

"Why not?"

". . . no?" Jesse figured that he should stick with 'Yes' or 'No' answers, but this question wasn't giving him any leeway for such answers. Apparently now Jessica wants 'specific' answers.

"Fuck!" Jessica cursed out loud and flopped on the couch arms over her brown eyes, black hair spilled about her dripping over the edge of the couch. "Jesse, your 21 and you don't have a girlfriend. Are you gay?" said older brother rose a brow at his little sisters antics. He knew how old he was, he knew that he was single. Why state it? And why does she question his sexuality with such malice that it might hurt?

"I don't see why you should question my sexuality, I thought all siblings were okay with their other siblings with their sexual preference, no matter what." Jesse said and made way to go and do some laundry, hoping that this statement would end the 'awkward' conversation.

"Of course I don't care if it's a guy or a girl, or an animal as long as you're happy!" Jessica yelled out, clearly still annoyed. "Are you happy?"

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He had just stopped mid sentence when this memory occurred to him. The main fact was that it had nothing to do with what he was talking about. He didn't even know what he was talking about.

"Jesse?" Kisame asked, looking at Jesse's frozen form, looking like he was on his way out the door.

"You were saying something about where you were going, hm?" Deidara asked on the other side of Kisame on the couch. "Hey! Hello, hm!" Jesse remained where he was a few moments more wondering if what his sister had said from nearly a year ago, collided with the events that were happening now. Clearly he didn't like anyone here. Sure they were enjoyable to hang around, but, he didn't like them. At least not in that way. 'Do I?' he wondered, confused for the first time in his life.

"Was this what she meant?" he said aloud and quickly turned on his heel to go and speak with his sister that went down into the basement to grab something.

What he saw nearly caused his heart to jump out of his chest, he yelled falling back at the lion head that was growling with rage and superiority. It then crouched revealing his sister's head riding the large beast.

"You okay?" Jessica asked, seeing his frightened expression. Yeah, she meant to scare him, but not this much. It was indeed a victory.

To him, Hidan's laughter was in the far distance, he was still trying to collect himself as best as he could. The sudden remembrance of that awkward conversation a year ago, and now a large lion that looked as if it wanted to eat him. He wasn't sure how he was suppose to deal with large lions, everything else that he encountered were easy but a lion wasn't something to mess around with. Especially lioness'. He was still caught in between showing his sister what he could actually do, and not showing her. He still hasn't told her that he was a ninja, a real life ninja that could do exactly what these men in his house can do. He still hasn't told her that she can do it too.

He breathed out a sigh, laying down on the floor where he fell on his ass. "Just when I thought I got the little sister thing figured out. . ." he got up and walked out the door, saying nothing. He had keys in his hand, so maybe he was going somewhere with the car. "I'm going to Sid's," he muttered and got in the car, buckled up, started the car, and drove to either pick up his best friend, or visit him.

Soon enough he spotted Sid on the road walking to his house. He slowed the car down, and let the blue haired male in. Together they drove in silence back to Sid's house. Once there they got out.

"What's the matter, your sister hit you with 'I like girls'?" Sid asked laughing.

"No, she attacked me with a lion head, and worse yet, she just stood there." Sid busted out laughing, and Melody came out wondering what all the fuss was about. "Hey, sweetheart," Jesse said smiling at her, she smiled back a small dust of pink on her cheeks.

"Hii, Jesse," she said back equal to his 'I'm-picking-you-up' voice, as she describes it, "what's wrong?" she asked, now concerned.

"Nn," he grimaced, "Nothing get's past you," he said guiltily.

"Get in here, both of you." she said sounding crossed as she walked in. Sid closed his car door and followed after his sister. Jesse locked the car, pocking the keys and closed his own car door and jogged to keep up with the two.

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He told them of his memory, and of what happened.

"Ah, I remember that day!" Sid said smiling seductively at Jesse. "That was the day when you told your sister that you and me had something special." Sid glided his chair over to Jesse, Melody giggled at her brother's overly unhealthy affection to Jesse.

"I said that to get her off my case," Jesse weakly defended himself.

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"Jessica, look, right now I just want to spend time with you. When I want to go out with some-"

"Then why don't you?" Jessica interrupted.

"Okay, what Sid and I have is special-" Jesse was interrupted by said man walking in.

"Oh we do, do we?" Sid smiled closing the door.

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"Sure, love, sure." Sid said and got up giving Jesse back his space. Jesse relaxed as soon as Sid was far enough away and looked across the table to Melody.

"What you two have is special, what woman would think that they could storm in and break you two apart?" Melody said still giggling.

"Honestly, Sid is making you worse! You used to be a sweet young girl that understood the problems of men." Jesse frowned at her, while she laughed.

"And you're no better!? You flirt with the pizza man!" she said.

"I d-" he thought about it, then plopped his head down on the table.

"And with countless women that even show a hint of interest, you even let guys hit on you!" Melody went on.

"Okay that-wait how do you know this!" Jesse demanded. Melody only laughed and got up from the table to finish her daily chores. Not once has he seen her around him when he talks to people. Not once. She must be a ninja. Or a spy.