It was early in the morning at Akusata High School students were coming in the entertrance some came in groups of two or three while some walked in alone among the ones walking in by themselves was a timid looking boy with straight black hair he wore a pair of glasses and carried his book bag in his arms his eyes darted back and forth like he was watching for someone a worried look on his face then suddenly while he wasn't paying attention another student purposlly stopped in front of him causing him to smack right into them he stumbled back and looked in fornt of him standing in front of him was another boy with his long brown hair tied into a ponytail with a big grin on his face "Well, Well" the brown haired boy chuckled "If it isn't Scaredy Neonmu" the brown haired boy teased "Just the guy I was looking to bump into" he smirked "Oh, hey Nijio-san" the black haired boy smiled half scared "Do..Do you need something from me?" he stuttered. The brown haired boy smirked "I'm glad you asked!" he said with a grin and he wrapped his arm around the black haired boy like he was his friend which couldn't be further from the truth "I forgot to bring some money for lunch today" the brown haired boy grinned "Oh, that sounds like a problem" the black haired boy smiled he wanted to get away from the brown haired boy "Well, I thought you could let me borrow some money" the brown haired boy smirked "Oh, No, I don't have any money" the black haired boy said with a weak smile "I wish I could help you" he laughed "Oh come one now" the brown haired boy said pulling the black haired boy closer to him tighting his hold on him "Were friends aren't we?" the brown haired boy chuckled "Help a pal out" he said with a menacing smile the black haired boy shuddered "I..I don't have any money Nijio-san.." he stuttered starting to become really scared the brown haired boy scoffed and released the black haired boy who let out a sigh of relief but soon after the brown haired boy had grabbed him by the shirt collar and hoisted him up off the ground. The black haired boy sturggeled to get free "I don't have any money Nijio-san" the black haired boy said he was utteretly terrified "Don't play around with me Scaredy Neonmu!" the brown haired boy shouted "I know mommy and daddy give you money each week!" he grinned "Cough it up!" he shouted pulling the black haired boy closer to him "Hey!" shouted a female voice the brown haired boy looked and running over to the two of them was a girl with long black hair with an angry experssion on her face "Ah, shit.." the brown haired boy cursed and he released the black haired boy "Yo got lucky Scaredy Neonmu" he glared at the black haired boy and he turned and walked off into the school the black haired boy smirked "No, your the lucky one" he said under his breath "Neonmu-kun!" the girl shouted running over to him "Ah, Yuna-chan" he smiled like he just hadn't been the traget of extortion the girl was his childhood friend and cousin on his mothers side her name was Izuma Yuna and his name was Yumasa Neonmu "Neonmu-kun! Are you okay?" she asked taking his hand "Ye..Yeah..I'm fine Yuna-chan" Neonmu said with a smile "You're lying to me!" Yuna shouted "I saw what was happening!" she scowled "Oh that" Neonmu laughed "That's just how Nijio-san is" he smiled "He's a bully!" Yuna shouted "Oh no! Nijio-san is my friend" Neonmu tried to reassure her "That's a weird way for your friend to treat you" Yuna said with a scowl. Yuna was always protecting her cousin from those that picked on him ever since she came to live with him a few years back she decided to protect him after seeing how he was beeing picked on each and every day at school "I wish you'd stand up for yourself Neonmu-kun" Yuna said as the two of them walked throught the hall "But, if I'd do that they'd be harder on me.." Neonmu said with a sad look Yuna sighed "Your right.." she said "Sorry, I didn't think about that.." Yuna said she had forgotten how timid her cousin was there was no way that he'd stand up for himself "It's alright your just watching out for me" Neonmu smiled at her "Yeah, I promised Nia-obasan that I'd protect you at school" Yuna said Nia was Neonmu's Mom making her Yuna's aunt and when she had come to live with them she had asked Yuna to keep Neonmu safe. It stemed from the fact that she was a though person who stood up for others and herself a trait she got from her mother it also may have had to do with the fact she took kendo lessons each and everyday "If that guy bothers you again just shout for me" Yuna said Neonmu smiled and nodded they came to a staircase "Seeya at lunch" Neonmu said as he walked up the stairs while Yuna stayed at the bottom "Alright" she waved as she watched her cousin walk up the stairs on the way to his classroom she then went her own way Neonmu walked through the hallway and entered the bathroom and stood in front of one of the sinks and waited soon a few minutes later the brown haired boy from earlier walked in "Hey there Nijio-san" Neonmu smirked the brown haired boy laughed nervously after catching sight of him "Ah, Hi, Neonmu-kun, what's up?" he grinned nervously "You really surprised me there lifting me up like that" Neonmu grinned the brown haired boys body shuddered "S-s-sorry, I had to make it convincing" he stammered "I know, I just wished you would have told me you were going to do that" Neonmu smiled "Why?" the brown haired boy asked nervously "Cause" Neonmu said and his face showed an intense sense of anger "I was about to beat you ass into the ground" Neonmu said with a devlish grin the brown haired boy shuddered "I'm sorry boss!" he said bowing to Neonmu "And Nijio-san" Neomnu said "Yes?" the brown haired boy asked looking up with a nervous look on his face "When we're alone call me by my real name" he said with a grin the brown haired boy shuddered "Sorry Yenon-sama!" he said bowing again and again Neonmu laughed his true nature in full show his timid self was nothing more then a facade this was his true self the side he gotten from his late father who was thought to be a timid man as well he wasn't a timid boy like he pretended to be he was actually a ruthless person and he was the leader of the most infamous gang in Akusata the A2K's a gang that has been running the streets of Akusta for years and the brown haired boy bowing to him was Nijio Kurama a new A2K recruit "So, Yenon-sama" Nijiro asked looking up at Neonmu "Yes?" Neonmu said "How did I do?" he asked "Oh, you did well" Neonmu said "I look forward to working with you Nijiro-kun" Neomnu smiled Nijio smiled back "Thank you Yenon-sama!" he said bowing once again excited that he had just become a member of the A2K's. That's when the bell rang "Ah, you should get to class" Neonmu said "Yes sir!" Nijio said straighting himself "And later on today we'll meet up at the usual spot and publisize your acceptance" Neonmu said "Yes Yenon-sama!" Nijio saluted and he ran off out the bathroom with a huge grin on his face "Man, these new recurits are getting crafty" he smirked "That's good I need those kinds of people" he smiled back at himself in the mirrior. "Well, better get to class" he said and he walked out the bathroom and went back to his timid boy facade and headed off to class. Later on at lunchtime Neomnu sat in class eating his lunch with Yuna "You really do know how to cook Yuna-chan" Neonmu said scarfing down his lunch "Thanks" Yuna smiled as she slowly ate her lunch Yuna was the cook in her family so she had to always make breakfast, lunch, and dinner and that habit didn't leave her when she moved into her cousins house the lunch the two were eating she had made earlier in the morning before she went to school "So" Yuna started Neonmu looked at her ashe scarfed food into his mouth "I have kendo after school" she said Neonmu swallowed his mouthfull of food "Yeah?" he said "So, you'll have to go home on your own" she said "Oh, I see" Neonmu said with a sad look on his face "I can skip" she said seeing his face "Oh no! You don't have to skip because of me!" Neonmu said "You sure? Cause after this morning I'm worried about you going home alone" Yuna said "Don't worry Yuna-chan, I can get home alright" Neonmu said "Are you absolutley sure Neonmu-kun?" Yuna asked unsure Neonmu nodded "Okay" she said later on in the day the school day had come to a close and Neonmu was packing his things up when Yuna walked in "I came to ask you one more time" Yuna said "Are you sure you're okay getting home by yourself?" she asked "Yuna-chan, I told you I will" Neonmu said "Now, get to kendo practice stop worrying about me" he said Yuna nodded still unsure and she left the classroom. After that Yuna made her way to the schools kendo dojo she got suited up and started practice she had a few practice matches with other members but she wasn't focused on the club she was worrying weither or not Neonmu made it home okay. Yuna was constantly checking her watch to see when kendo ended when after the fifhtenth time she checked her watch it showed it was time to go Yuna quickly threw off her head gear and kendo sword to the ground she rushed into the locker room and changed clothes and ran out the dojo nearly forgetting her shoes and she rushed home it didn't take Yuna long to run from the school to Neonmu's house she rushed inside expecting to see Neonmu waiting inside when she didn't see him anywhere she got worried "Neonmu-kun?" she called as she looked around the house for him "Yuna-chan?" came her aunts voice Yuna turned and looked "Nia-obasan" she said and rushed over to her "Where's Neonmu?" she asked "Oh, Neo-kun, he's hasn't been home yet" her aunt replied "What?" Yuna said her face shaken with worry "He left school before me" she said to her aunt "Well, he didn't come in dear" her aunt said "Your the only one to come in from school" her aunt added "And your not worried?" Yuna asked "Not really" her aunt said "Why?" Yuna asked "Well, he's always done this" her aunt said "What do you mean?" Yuna asked confused "Before you moved here he'd sometimes come home really late after school" her aunt said "Sometimes he'd be gone for days" she said "Days?" Yuna said worrying even more "Didn't that make you worry?" she asked her aunt "Oh his father was like that so I just chalked it up to genes" her aunt laughed Yuna's eyes softened "Oh,I see.." she said she had forgotten that Neonmu's father had passed away not to long ago. Her aunt sighed "He really is like his father" she said "Making me worry like this" she said lowly Yuna was slightly able to hear her words Yuna scowled "Don't worry Nia-obasan" she said her aunt looked at her "I'll find out what he's doing" Yuna said with a smile "Okay dear" her aunt smiled and went off into the kitchen Yuna waited up until nightime came around she was sitting on the sofa in the living room trying not to fall asleep just before she nodded off Yuna heard the front door squek open slowly thinking it was someone breaking in Yuna slowly made her way to the front door she heard it being slowly closed back she could see the shadow of a person fumbling around in the dark Yuna felt on the wall for the light switch and flicked it on "Freeze!" she shouted "Ah!" came a yell that she recognized Yuna blinked and her eyes focused in on Neonmu who was looking at her with a shocked face "Ah, hey Yuna-chan, why are you up so late?" he asked "Neonmu!" she shouted and grabbed him "Woah! What?" he gasped "Are you alright!?" she asked with a worried tone "Huh? Yeah, why?" he asked. Yuna looked him over to see if her had anything on him or wrong with him she breathed a sigh of relief "Good" she said then she put a serious look on her face "Where have you been?" she asked "What?" Neonmu smiled nervously "I asked where have you been?" she said Neonmu stayed silent "Neonmu-kun I'll ask again where have you been?" she asked again Neonmu didn't say a thing growing frustrated Yuna shouted "Answer me!" she yelled "It's none of your damn business!" he shouted in a tone she never heard her cousin use before and he was looking at her with a really angry look on his face she let him go and shrank back "I'm sorry" Yuna said Neonmu sighed "I'm going to bed" he said in his normal tone. Neonmu headed upstairs and Yuna heard his room door close she had a sad look on her face that was the first time Neonmu had blown up on her like that it still took her by surprise "What is he hiding?" she asked herself she was even more worried now then before what if Neonmu got into something he can't tell no one about what if he was being forced into doing something bad that he can't talk about all of these and other thoughs swam around Yuna's head which made her worriedness grow she then made her way upstairs as she turned off the living room light when she passed Neomu's room she saw that his light was still on and behind the closed door she could hear him talking like he was with someone "Who is he talking to?" Yuna wondered as she crept towards his door placing her ear to the door she could tell he was on the phone as she heard only him walking around she listened closely "So, let me get this straight.." he said in a tone she never heard before "Who is he talking to?" she asked herself "Okay okay, I'll do something about it tommorow" he said "We'll meet at the usual spot" he said "Usual spot? Tommorow?" Yuna repeated the words she heard to herself "Perfect" she smirked and she walked away from the door as she made the plan to fallow him "I'll get down to the bottom of this just you wait" she smiled as she went into her room. [End of Part A]