Chapter 15: the sister

"Wow the view here is amazing. I'm sure I'm going back here", he says while looking at the sea of clouds while the sun is rising on top of the mountain. "Oh my gosh, it is my first time in mountain climbing and it is very beautiful here", says the girl who just came.

"Backpack backpack, are you Dora?" "What are you talking about, Are you crazy?" ' I mean you're always on a trip going somewhere and game to any adventurous things" "It is fun and exciting, you'll discover new things and gain experiences. You should try it also, I will tag you along if I have a plan, promise you'll not regret it" "You should go out and explore, your life doesn't stop by playing video games"

"Hey men what are your plan this weekend?" "I think I'll go to beach, wanna come? I heard that there are lots of sexy girls there in their bikinis every Saturday" "Sure I'll come. I will not let that opportunity pass" "How about me, can I come too?" " Yeah sure the more the merrier. We're going to have fun" "Are you people crazy or you're just a bunch of stupid people. Can't you see? The summer is over and winter is approaching, no one will go to beach in this time of the year" "So… why do you care. If you just want to tag along just tell us we wouldn't mind" " Why would I go to beach with you", then he leave. "What is his deal" "Yeah what's wrong with him" "Don't mind him, he was just envious"

That weekend a group of five boys of class 2-D went to the beach even winter is around the corner. And as Hitoshi said, they are the only people in the resort. No girls in bikinis, no one. The weather is cloudy that day so who is in their right mind will go to beach at that kind of weather. Disappointments are marked in their faces like expectation vs. reality. Kato can't even get a sleep a night before that for excitement and imagining things that might happen like putting a sunblock on a girl in a bikini under a huge parasol. "I think I lost my excitement and my energy" "I think I'm not in the mood for swimming right now" "G…guys, don't worry if we can't swim right now we can do other activities" "Hitoshi is right, winter is right around the corner so no one will come to the beach this time of the year" "Don't think about what that Hitoshi said. He is the most stupidest among us all. Yeah right why we go to have videoke instead or play ping pong. We can't waste our time coming here doing nothing"

"AAAAAHHHH!!!!" "What was that?" "It look likes it came from that cottage", pointing at the cottage nearby where the running woman who scream came. The five of them went to the place to see what happen, a lot of people are already there, they are whispering to each other while Kato's group is passing by to see what happened. In the center of the cottage, a man in his thirties is lying on the floor with a knife on his chest. After a while the police came and a detective. "Are we witnessing a real crime murder now?" "Someone just died. Why do you seem so excited?" "It is my first time seeing these things" "Are you nuts, some of our classmates are already dead. Then you're saying it was your first time seeing things like this? Do you want to die", he was about to punched him but the rest of the group stopped him.

As one of the people that are present around that place when the killing happened. The police asked their cooperation to tell their whereabouts and alibis when the incident happen. The five of them tell the same thing that happened their names are erased in the list of suspects.

"So… do you still want to stay here?" "If you're asking me it is okay. I don't have issues" "I want to go home" "I'm okay with both ways" "C'mon guys, we don't want to waste our time going here right, so why don't we make the most of it" "Can't you see? Someone already died in here I can't traumatize myself seeing people dying" "Do you mean you are not over about the Chikao incident?" "She's our classmate and she killed herself in front of us all" "So…what. What do you want us to do. Kill ourselves also in front of everyone—", he didn't finish what he was saying, he found himself on the floor aching from the punched he got. "You want us to lock ourselves in our room and let that incident eat us. That is what you want us to do?" "I just want us to be more careful and pay the respect to the person who just died" "It is not our fault that she killed herself, she want to follow Watari to the other world and we have nothing to with this. Yes, she's our classmate but we don't hold her like on what happened too Japana, she killed her own family. Does anyone here know what bring her to do that crime? Yes, no one knows because they are just our classmates, we don't hold their life. And that one, that guy who just died here. We don't even know him. So why we're supposed to stop our world to those people" "Wow, I don't know you're a genius" "Even I doesn't know where I got those things I just said"

"Oda, can you tell me why are you so obsessed in traveling because I already know you since middle school yet you are not acting like you were before" "You know, this is my first time telling it to anyone. I met a girl when my friends invite me once to hike and then there I saw an angel, she is so beautiful and cute yet I forgot her name but her face, I will never forget it" "So.. how does that girl connected to you being an adventurous" "Well you see, she's that kind of girl. She loves adventure and discovering new things, so if I do the same as her maybe I can meet her again if we meet in the middle of our journey" "Ah, Oda mamen you should introduce us to that girl", he said while hanging his arms to Oda's shoulder. Oda removed that arms around him and moved one step backward. "No way, you might steal her away from me, I know you guys you have the same taste at girls as me" "Oh, Oda is a protective man to his girl… but what if she has already someone" "No way, no freaking way. The last time I saw her she said that she's single and no one is making moves. They try to hit her and I will hit their head million times more" "Now you look like a protective father to his only daughter" "Shut up, I'm serious this time"

"Broooother!!", a girl who is one year younger to Kazumi came running to hug him. "Kurumi, what are you doing here?!", he asked with full of curiousity on why does his little sister showed in front of him all of a sudden. "I missed you, you never called home and you even didn't say goodbye to me when you leave" "I'm sorry something came up and I don't want you to be affected on the curse" Kurumi removed her hands around her brother and looked at him straight into his eyes. "What do you mean curse" "N…no nothing", he said avoiding the question. "It is already late, you should stay here for the meantime and take the first trip tomorrow", he said while fixing the shoes. "Nah, I will stay here for… let's say, a week maybe" "Whaat?!" "Hmm I missed you so much and I want to see how you deal with your life here. I don't have a class for the time being and I also got mom and dad's permission and they said yes" "No way Kurumi, you don't know what might happen" "But you are going to protect me right? I don't know what is the curse you're talking about but I'm sure that we will got it through if we were together right brother?" Kazumi took a deep breath of abidance. "Just don't do anything funny mainly when I'm gone" "Yes brother", she answered while smiling hiding her eyes and here head was bend a little. Holding a bag of her clothes.

Kurumi woke nine in the morning, her brother already left for school. There was a note in the table and a prepared breakfast covered with plastic.

I already prepared a breakfast in the table, eat it all and when you got hungry, there are stocked foods in the fridge. Clean the room and wash the dishes after. Don't go out and do anything stupid. Okay

-bro

"He act like an old man", Kurumi said to herself after reading the note. She ate the breakfast on the table and do the house hold chores then ate lunch after. In the afternoon, she got bored so she thought that she may visit her brother in his school and also she's bit curious on what kind of school his brother is attending to in the city.

She's not good in direction and she just know the school by its name and doesn't know where this school is. She roam around the city for almost an hour and half and asking around until she came to the place. When she came, it is the exact time they got dismissed. She wait in front of the school entrance for her brother watching all the students passing by.

"Kazumi! We're going to hang out in the nearby coffee shop, wanna come?" "Ahm I'm sorry I'll pass" "Oh, are you going on a date" "My little sister is alone in my apartment so I have to home first" "What?! Kurumi is at your place? I should visit you this evening and let's have dinner together", said Hitoshi with excitement. "Do you know my sister?!" "I told you Kazumi, what is there that I do not know" "Aah… I went to meet her Kazumi", said Fuyumi with matching beautiful eyes in a cute voice in front of him. "Ah…sure"

"Kurumi… that name ring a bell like I hear it somewhere", Oda whispered to himself. "What, do you know Kazumi's sister?" "No but that name seems familiar, well maybe I heard it somewhere" "Maybe she's a different person, there are lots of people name Karumi" "Yeah maybe I heard it somewhere"

Oda and his group walked first while Kazumi is in the back. Kazumi's eyes got bigger when he saw Kurumi in the entrance of his school. He was about to approach her when he saw Oda ran towards her. "Hi, it's been a long time. what are you doing here? Are you…visiting me by chance?" "Hi Oda, so you are studying here too" "Do you know him?", asked Kazumi entering to the scene. "Kazumi, do you know her?" "She's my little sister" "C'mon brother you're embarrassing me I'm not little anymore", Kurumi said turning her cheeks into a rosy red. "Yo…your sister?!" "Ahm yes. is there anything wrong?"

"See, I told you, that name rings a bell. She's the girl I've been talking about and it happened that it is Kazumi's sister" "Small world huh" "But that Kurumi is really cute, she's my type" "Back off" "Oh someone is getting jealous" "That girl is a real deal, no wonder that Kazumi is also handsome. Their parents might be a gorgeous people" "I want to see her again" "Get lost guys, she's mine" "We're not saying that we will steal her away from you. We're just saying that she's cute" "And don't act like you owned her" "She will be…soon" "Then cheers to that then" They raised their cans of softdrinks to cheers. "Ah… why does it have to be his sister", Oda said while messing his hair. "What's wrong if she's Kazumi's sister?" "Yeah, does it seem much better, you can get close to her by Kazumi. You just have to be friend with him and get close to Kazumi" "I know right, thank goodness that her brother is Kazumi and not any other guys, at least I have an advantage. Fate maybe is on my side"

"Do you know Oda?" "I met him once when I was hiking with my friends" "What?! When?! How?! Why?!" "C'mon brother, don't over act, he was just a friend" "He's my classmate so I know him better than you" "So… I don't see anything wrong with that" "Huh Kurumi, will you listen to me just this once okay. Don't go to school again, just stay here" "Hmmm… but I'm bored" 'Then watch a tv or read a book, just don't go to that place again" "Why are you acting like that, it's not like I'm doing something wrong" "I just don't want anything will happen to you" "Bro, I'm older enough to protect myself. I promised I will not do anything that will harm you or me okay, just trust me for this" "Okay, if anything happen just tell me, but I still don't want you hanging out again with this Oda guy okay" "Yeah yeah whateves"

A knock from the door stopped them for a while. Kurumi went to entertain whoever is this person. "Kurumi!!" "Hitoshi!!" "Wait!! Do you know each other?!", said Kazumi running towards them who was hugging each other like they are really close. "You don't know him brother? He came with the same junior high school with you. I didn't even know that he was here" "we are going to the same school again this time and I'm living next to him" "Woah that was cool. You must love hanging out with my brother that much" "Yeah I really love your brother but it seem that he don't feel the same" "H…how?! I can't remember seeing him in my entire life" "Ah that must be because—", Hitoshi stopped Kurumi giving a sign shaking his head to not tell him what she was supposed to say. "What?! You're getting me curious and nervous at the same time" "Ah… Kazumi, I prepared a dinner we should eat together" "Really?!", Kurumi asked in excitement with matching sparkling eyes. "Yeah and guess what, it was your favorite" "Oh!!", said Kurumi with amazement. Even Kazumi don't want to go back to Hitoshi's apartment, as if he has a choice, he needs to look out for his sister and to make sure that this guy will not do anything weird. "Wow!! Did you cooked all this by yourself?" "Of course, when I heard that you are here I prepared all this especially just for you" "Yiee I like you Hitoshi" "I like you tooo", signing a peace sign while smiling while preparing the dishes. "Wha…what was that!" "Brother, don't over act on little things. Hitoshi is like my older brother also and we used to be like that all that time, don't you remember?!" "Wha..what, remember what" "Kurumi don't stressed your brother out, his brain might popped out of his head" "If that happened, he will not be a genius anymore" "Girls will not go to him already" "I don't think so, even he become dumb, he will still have his face that girls will love" "You're loving your brother so much, I'm jealous" " Don't be, you're also handsome" "Really! Thank you" "But my brother is much better" "You are still the same, you are still too proud of your brother" "Of course, he's my brother after all. He might look like stupid sometimes but he's still my brother" "What stupid! Me?! stupid?!" "Nothing brother" "Wait, are you alone here? Where's Miss Honda?" "What?! Miss Honda is also here?!" "Yes, Kurumi but she's not here. She went to take a break and freshen her mind. She might be coming back after a day or two" "Cool, I want to see her also"

There are lot of things that are running into Kazumi's mind at the moment like why there are lots of things he doesn't know about. How does Kurumi know Hitoshi, why they are so close. Why does he don't have an idea about anything or what is happening. What else

a puzzle that only him has a missing piece.

"Good morning Kazuuumi" "No" "What?! I'm not saying anything" "Oda, why are you suddenly acting so friendly?" "I'm always friendly Kazumi, it was just you who don't notice" "Just don't act so close to Kurumi again" "Aah… why but I like Kurumii" "Just don't, she's my sister. I don't want her to get in danger" "So do I look like a danger to you Kazumi?" "No I was just saying that I don't want her to get hurt" "You're so sweet as a brother. Don't worry, I won't hurt her" "I still don't like you" "Hmmm Kazuuumiii" "Don't act cute, it doesn't fit you" "Oda! Do you know her sister also?", Fuyumi asked while approaching them. "Ahm yes" "Why does it just like me who doesn't know her"