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The next day, Hatori, Shigure, and Ayame all walked to school together. Hatori was thinking about the phone call he had received yesterday…

RING RING! RING RING!

"Hello?"

"Um…hello? Uh…is Hatori Sohma available?" a shy voice asked.

"This is he." Hatori replied.

"Oh…um…hi Hatori. This is Takara Nakamura from school." Takara said shyly.

"Hello Takara. What is it?"

"Um…well, since we're…um…you know, partners, I was thinking that…uh…well, we should…you know, get together at the library or someone's house or something." She stuttered.

"Oh yes, that is a good idea." Hatori said. "How about we meat up at your place?"

"No!" Takara said hastily. Hatori was startled. "Uh…I mean…uh…the house is really messy, and…um…you can barely walk over here." Hatori was about to reply, when there was a screaming noise in the background and what sounded like breaking glass.

"Takara, what was that?" Hatori asked suspiciously.

"Uh, it was nothing! It was just uh…it was…um…the TV! Yeah, that's it! It was the TV!"

Suddenly, Hatori heard a man scream in the background, 'YOU LITTLE BITCH! GET OFF THE PHONE NOW!'

"Takara, is everything all right?" Hatori asked with a hint of concern.

"Yeah! Everything's fine, Hatori. It's just the TV, really! My brother likes to watch TV and he blasts it a little too high." Hatori heard more breaking glass and he could have sworn he heard Takara panting. "I got to go! See you at school Hatori!" and with that, she hung up.

Hatori sighed. 'I wonder what was going on.' He thought. Hatori was pretty sure that the yelling and breaking glass was not from the TV.

"Hari, are you all right?" Ayame asked him.

"Yeah, you seem kind of out of it." Shigure piped in. Hatori glanced at his friends.

"I'm fine." Was all he said to them.

As the three boys finally entered the school grounds, they saw Takara talking to another boy who looked eerily similar to her. He had the same emerald eyes as Takara, only, they weren't the kind, gentle, and sad pools that Takara had. His eyes held anger, hatred, and were lifeless.

They saw Takara was crying, and the boy glanced at the three of them, embraced her and said something to her. Takara shot a glance at Hatori. Her eyes widened, and spoke to the boy a little longer. The boy glared at her, and, after shooting another glance at the trio, left.

Curiosity got the better of him, and Hatori walked over to Takara with Ayame and Shigure following behind.

"Takara?" he asked her. She turned around and smiled weakly at him.

"Oh, hello Hatori. Um…how are you?" she said in her usual shy tone.

"I'm fine, thank you. Who was that you were just talking to?" Hatori asked before he could stop himself.

"Oh…um…that was my older brother, Ryu. He goes to collage, but he still visits me every once in a while." Hatori nodded. Suddenly, a rather fake cough came from Shigure. Hatori glanced at him and sighed.

"By the way, these are my cousins." Hatori said.

"Hello, I'm Shigure Sohma." Shigure said in his usual happy voice as he shook her hand.

"Um…hi. My name's Takara Nakamura." Takara said sweetly.

"Hello Takara. My name is Ayame Sohma." Ayame took one of Takara's hands and kissed it. Takara blushed a little bit.

Hatori glared slightly at Aya, and then he was slightly confused. 'Am I…jealous?' he thought to himself. This was odd. Hatori had never 'liked' someone before. 'No, that can't be it. I'm just annoyed that stupid Ayame is acting like a pervert and embarrassing me. Yeah…that's it…isn't it?'

"Uh…nice to meet you both." Takara said after a pause. "Well, we better get to class, or we'll be late." She said. The three boys nodded and they all walked together to their first class of the day.