Welcome to my fourth fanfic! I'm just rolling out fanfics today, I have no idea why. So just a couple things to get out of the way before you start reading: If you're wondering why I said 13 in the title, it's because all the brothers will get a piece on the action, not just the ones living together in the mansion/house. Also, the three digit phone number 110 is Japan's equivalent to North America's 911, but is only used for police while 119 is used for medical and fire. Furthermore, I'm not a doctor nor am I a lawyer, so I'm sorry if any of the smart stuff Masaomi or Ukyo say is wrong. Very little if any romance is present, mostly just humorous interactions between the brothers and many elements of family and sticking together. Alright so it was a pain in the ass to write this story according to the actual layout of house/mansion/complex described in the game, novel and anime so forgive me if there are any plot holes I haven't noticed! Finally, every chapter will be set at a different time because that's how the story is moving. Woo, that just about does it. I don't own Brother's Conflict and enjoy the read!

-2am-

It was 2am when the entire fourth floor of the Asahina complex was wakened by a piercing girly scream. Earlier that day, the area had been hit by a large storm which caused a widespread blackout. Now, being awakened by the horrid sound, the hallway was completely black with only flickers of lightning coming from the rooms that ran along it to allow light in. Tsubaki and Azusa were the first to dash to Ema's room and basically kick down the door followed by Ukyo, Kaname, and Masaomi; the latter prepared with a flashlight.

"What's wrong?!" Tsubaki was wide-eyed and worried when they entered, only to find a peacefully sleeping Ema illuminated by a sudden flicker of lightning.

What the hell?

The scream came again, this time closer and the men were met with a freaked out Fuuto scrambling on his knees to stand.

"Oh look at that, it's just poor little Fuuto." Kaname chuckled watching the boy crawl over to them.

"What's wrong?" Ukyo was the first to ask.

Fuuto's usual high-maintenance and douchey air was gone and left the shell of a scared child.

"I-I was sleeping and I saw a black figure watching me from the doorway!" He was whimpering.

Masaomi approached the boy and put a hand to his head, assessing his temperature. "It seems like he's suffering from slight shock." The pediatrician concluded. "We should calm him down before he passes out."

"You said a black figure?" Azusa asked.

Fuuto nodded as Masaomi grabbed a blanket and wrapped it around him.

Ukyo's eyes narrowed, "There could be an intruder."

Kaname shrugged, "It was probably just one of the brothers playing a trick on you."

"Or maybe a dream." Tsubaki added giving a teasing smile.

Fuuto's wide eyes darted to the wannabe monk and voice actor, "If it was a dream I would've had my entourage of fan girls somewhere."

And that happens to you in every dream? Azusa thought snickering.

"Ok, well where do you think this figure went to?" Masaomi asked.

Fuuto's head shook, "I have no idea, but if I could guess, he probably went to were most of our stuff is... and where there isn't anyone sleeping at."

"So basically the fifth floor?" Kaname asked.

The fifth floor was where the Asahina brothers shared their large living room, kitchen and bathroom. No one had a room on the fifth floor.

"Why are we just jumping to conclusions? I mean, we don't even know if there's a guy up there." Azusa questioned.

Suddenly, practically on cue as if responding to Azusa's question; the brothers on the fourth floor heard a crash from the fifth causing everyone to jump.

"Well I guess we know where we're going!" Tsubaki said cheerfully.

Kaname nodded.

Masaomi still knelt beside his younger brother and picked up the flashlight that they had been using and shone it at the other brothers. "Well if it's true that there's an intruder somewhere I want to take precaution and wake up everyone else."

The others nodded in agreement and Tsubaki was about to wake up the only female in the entire household when he was stopped by Kaname.

"No need to wake sleeping beauty, let the men handle this." Tsubaki nodded and backed off.

Thankfully, the elevator ran on a separate power generator just so the brothers could find their way down to the third floor where the younger of thirteen slept.

They walked out from the illuminated machine into the dark hallway.

Masaomi rustled around for the flashlight and turned it on. There was a figure moving towards the group and Tsubaki was clearly terrified, hugging Azusa tightly from behind and sheltering himself.

"Who's there?" Ukyo asked.

A gleam was caught in the light of the flashlight and Iori emerged from the darkness, holding his cross. He was dressed in dark blue striped pajamas.

"It's just me."

He approached them and Tsubaki immediately let go of Azusa rubbing his head with the back of his hand and laughing unsurely, "I knew it was just little Iori of course!"

The blue haired boy joined the group and they continued down the hallway.

This time the group was approached by two figures practically running down the hallway, Subaru in his underwear holding a folding chair along with Yusuke, in a white tank top and black baggy shorts, with a baseball bat.

"Uh, why do you two have those?" Iori sounded skeptical.

"To beat the shit out of the intruder, that's why!" Yusuke hissed.

"Really? A folding chair Subaru?" Tsubaki couldn't help but laugh at the twenty year old, it didn't help that the man was only dressed in his underwear.

Subaru was red, "It was the only thing I could find."

"So you guys could heard the crash despite being two levels from the fifth floor?" Ukyo asked.

They nodded in response.

"Are the others up?" Kaname asked.

Louis yawned as he left his room, his hair up in curlers and his pajamas a light baby blue color clad with white polka-dots. His eyes widened at the sight of the large group.

"Eh? What's with the gathering~?" He yawned sleepily. "Is there a party or something?"

Masaomi was straightforward, "We think there's an intruder on the fifth floor."

Louis eyed the baseball bat and folding chair and calmly replied, "I have a curling iron if you need more stuff to use."

Now Wataru emerged from his room wearing a cute pink onesie and trailing a pillow behind him and dashed towards his older brothers.

"Wataru? Why are you up this late?" Masaomi asked the young boy.

Curiosity shined in the young child's eyes as he happily proclaimed, rather loudly at that, "Wataru was going to be a hero and catch the bad guy!"

"No." Masaomi said with finality, immediately crushing the boys dreams.

"But Whyyyyy?" He whined, "I have the tools too!" He waved his pillow in the air as proof.

"A pillow? Pfff." Tsubaki couldn't resist the urge to laugh, and immediately received a smack on the face from Azusa, who replied more kindly to the boy, "Wataru, this is a job for grown-ups, we don't want you getting hurt."

"And unless that pillow's filled with bricks, it doesn't exactly qualify as a 'weapon'." Yusuke added under his breath.

"Not unless you use it to suffocate him..." Iori muttered, immediately receiving death glares from the others to not further encourage the boy.

"I don't think there's any need to bring material objects in general." Kaname commented.

"Well what's your weapon, Mr. Womanizer Monk?" Fuuto glared at the blond.

Kaname smiled and kissed his fist, "Some good old fashion fists of justice."

"See! Even big brother Kaname is trying to be a hero, using his weapons for justice!" Wataru proclaimed.

Out of nowhere, Juli, Ema's squirrel, appeared. Kaname picked it up by the scruff of it's neck.

"We could always throw this thing at him."

Hearing this Juli proclaimed angrily, "You damn wolf! I can scratch your eyes out if I wanted!" and tried scratching at the monk but to no avail- ended up scratching the air. But as always, his squirrely anger got translated in random chirps that no one could understand, except Louis, who chuckled at Juli's remarks.

"Well let's not get too carried away on assaulting this guy when we find him." Ukyo said, receiving attention from the whole group, "If he gets even a scratch from us, he could likely sue."

Yusuke's eyes widened in disbelief, "But he's robbing us!"

"True, but there have been cases when the burglar was shot or hurt in the process of his deeds and could sue for unreasonable actions taken by the homeowner or its occupants." He shrugged, "The law works in mysterious ways and I'd rather not represent someone who tried robbing my house in court."

"How about someone just calls 110?" Subaru asked.

Tsubaki immediately reached for his phone but was surprised to find it didn't have a charge.

"It's probably from the storm." Ukyo's eyes narrowed looking out the window, "We lost power before dinner and I imagine most of you have been using your phone prior to the loss. Does anyone have a solid charge?"

All of the brothers who had a phone pulled it out but no one seemed to have a charge at all. Kaname didn't seem surprised, "Well it's 2am and no one's been able to charge for about seven hours now. So no surprise that everyone's phone is dead."

Masaomi nodded, "Our best option would probably be to use a landline that runs underground."

"But the only landline in the house is..." Subaru stated, "in the kitchen."

The group went dead silent.

"There's also a phone booth outside if push comes to shove." Kaname eventually spoke up, "And the police station is a good thirty-minute drive from here."

"Damn fire escapes!" Yusuke cursed, "Mom never even bothered finding a way for her own kids to escape if shit like this happened!" The red-haired boy suddenly had a compelling urge to flip a table.

"Well we have a way to escape dumbass!" Fuuto corrected him, "I just think none of us want to leave the safety of the house at two in the morning, in the rain, much less if this intruder is just our imagination!"

"He could have the rest of his gang outside, ready to attack..." Iorri muttered.

"This isn't the time to argue!" Masaomi snapped, quieting the younger brothers, "This is serious, we have to know if there's someone up there."

Ukyo sighed, "The only way to find out is to check..."

Thank you so much for reading the first chapter. Oh god, I'm sorry about the cliffy. Personally the next chapters will be better than this one, I promise! Just getting things settled in. AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, that folding chair cover for the story will have relative importance. I promise! Reviews are welcomed! :)