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okay, i don't like the cop scene in this chapter, i think everything from the middle of chapter 9 until they get to new york (at least) is kind of rough. anyway, let me know what you think!~

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Mika managed to usher Tatsuha and I to our room to pack, while Father and Tohma restrained and tied Mother down to protect us. They said it was to keep us all three safe, but I know it was just me. She didn�t care about getting the other two, at least not yet. She just wanted to punish me for being bad. For being different. For being who I was.

I robotically piled my favorite clothing and my rites into a bag. I put in the pillow I could hardly sleep without and opened the drawer to get my notebook, my mind not reminding me Mother had had it last until I had searched half of the cabinet. Mika took us back to the other room, and shoved us right past our mother, who was screaming obscenities at me. Tears welled once more in my eyes, but this time they weren�t of fear or pain, but of anger. I was furious that she would have touched little Tatsuha, so innocent, who hadn�t done anything. If she wanted to beat someone, it was supposed to be me. Not Tatsuha. Not Mika. Just me.

I watched from the yard as Mother kicked and screamed, thrashing to get away. Mika picked up the phone and dialed. Within ten minutes, police were there. They pulled up quickly, stopping centimeters from my head. I stared up the car beside me, trying not to think about what was happening inside. Mother had gotten free, so we had ducked, terrified. The police hadn�t even seen us. Tatsuha was sobbing excessively next to me. Four cops got out. They all started inside, but one, the only woman, turned back when she saw us crouched in front of the car and came to see if we were okay.

She kneeled down before me and smiled. �Hey, scout,� she whispered. �Are you okay?� I nodded. �What about your little friend here?� I shook my head. �What happened?�

�M-Mother slapped him.�

�How many times?�

�T-twice.�

�Is that all?� I nodded again. �Why?�

�He wouldn�t stop crying.�

�Okay. Well, we�re going to take care of him, okay?� I nodded again, and she turned to Tatsuha. �Sweetie, where did she hit you?� He pointed to his cheek where a slight bruise was forming. �That doesn�t look too bad. Has she hit you before?� Tatsuha shook his head. �Alright. I�ll be right back.� She turned and walked into the house and we grabbed our bags and moved closer so we could hear.

�Hey! There�s a couple kids out here, boys! I can�t believe you missed them. It�s lucky we didn�t run them down with the car,� she said.

�What are you talking about, Chaiko?� one asked, holding handcuffs in his hands, prepared to put them on Mother.

�A pair of little boys, sitting right in front of the car! Nearly took the one�s head off, Ginta!� she retorted.

�Fine, are they okay?� asked the one holding Mother down.

�Enough, Hikaru. One has a bruise forming, but it doesn�t look too bad,� Chaiko said. The third guy was in the middle of talking to Tohma, and looked over at her.

�How old are they?�

�I don�t know, Akira,� she sighed. �The one must be under ten, and the other�s in his early teens. Thirteen, fourteen maybe.�

�Yeah. My little brothers,� Mika said. �Eiri and Tatsuha.�

�Ma�am, if you could just wait until I get to you, it would go much smoother,� Akira said to her.

�Wanna hear the kicker?� Chaiko asked.

�What?� Hikaru asked.

Chaiko waved Akira over and whispered it to them. �You�re kidding!� Ginta exclaimed. Chaiko shook her head.

�Well, we�ve got to make sure first, right?� Hikaru asked.

�Yeah, yeah. I�ll go talk to them again. I�ll be back. Continue.�

�I�m not making a false arrest!� Ginta insisted.

�Then hold her, I don�t care!� Mika, Tohma and Father started getting upset and demanding to know what was going on as she walked out the door, ignoring them all. She looked at the car, but we weren�t there. �Uh-oh,� she muttered. I cleared my throat to inform her of our new position. �Oh, there you are!� she chimed, smiling. �Can you tell me what happened?� We sat silently. �Please?�

I shook my head slowly and gently stroked Tatsuha�s hair to keep him calm. Chaiko sighed. �You�re going to be difficult, aren�t you?� We didn�t answer. �I�m Chaiko, what�re your names?�

�We�re not supposed to talk to strangers,� Tatsuha murmured. She looked taken aback, then recomposed herself.

�But I�m not a stranger, I�m a policeman. I�m your friend.� Tatsuha looked at me, but I shook my head. �Please? I just want to help you, Eiri,� she whispered, looking from him to me, unsure which of us it was. �Tatsuha.�

�She hit me for crying,� Tatsuha said. �Mika got us outside and called. I don�t want Mother to be taken away because of me,� he whispered, starting to cry. I held him tightly and told him it was okay.

�She shouldn�t have hit you. You didn�t do anything. I promise you�re safe as long as she�s gone.�

�You promised I�d be safe if you were there,� he sobbed.

�I know. I was wrong, but I tried.�

Chaiko stared at us, wanting to understand. �Boys, what happened?� Tatsuha buried his face in my chest and I stared back at her. �Please just tell me if she�s ever hit him before,� she asked me.

�No. She has never, ever hit Tatsuha before,� I provided.

�Thank you.� She stood and started inside.

�If you get my notebook from them, I�ll tell you if she�s ever hit me,� I muttered. She paused, looking at me.

�What kind of notebook?�

�It�s blue. There�s some kanji and English written on the cover. It�s almost full, too. Please get it back.�

�Okay,� she said. She walked inside. �Eiri, I think, says she�s never hit the younger one before. Right?� she asked Mika.

�She hit Tatsuha?� Mika exclaimed.

�Oh my-- I didn�t even notice!� Father said.

�She- Why would she have ever--?� Tohma fumbled.

�Yes. Wasn�t the call about him? He has a bruise coming in on his cheek, I just assumed��

�No,� Mika said. �It was about Eiri! She�s been beating him for years, but I�ve been away, I had no idea. She beat him badly early this afternoon. That�s why we called.�

�Oh! Alright, Ginta, cuff her already.�

�On it.� As the cuffs slipped over her wrists and her rights were read, I walked into the house.

�I�ll say it again: I�m not confessing or accusing Mother of anything until I have my notebook back.� Everyone in the room looked at me, as though seeing me for the first time. �At least not that she did anything to me. To Tatsuha, maybe.� Mika looked at Mother, who just smiled, then she ran into the kitchen. I stood, trembling, waiting for her to come back. When all she brought back was the mangled cover, clinging to the spiral for life, and the few odd pages still holding on, I burst into tears. I whipped around to face my mother, off of the wall now that she was handcuffed.

�How could you?!� I screamed at the top of my lungs. �I stand here, taking your shit, trying to make you love me, trying to find your approval! I avoided you when I knew I would cry so you wouldn�t make it worse! I tried to make you happy for years, and you couldn�t let me have the one thing that made me get out of bed in the morning besides your damn hand beating my ass every four seconds!! I HATE YOU!!� I screamed, lunging at her, wanting to beat her myself. Before I got within distance, though, she kicked me away, knocking the air from my lungs and causing me to fall to the floor.

I stood back up, glaring at her. Tears were in my eyes, livid that she would shred my book, but I should have known she could, no would, since she�d destroyed my garden. I refused to let the water slip down my face, refused to give her the pleasure of knowing I was hurt. Instead, I screamed swears at her.

�You goddamn bitch! You stupid, goddamn bitch!! I HATE YOU!! I hate you, I hate you!! You can�t let me be happy for one damn day! One day!! You can�t let me have my own fucking birthday!!! What kind of damn mother does that?!� I was struggling to stay on my feet, to not collapse and cry. Slowly the salty water began to slip past my eyes, burning the scrapes on my face from earlier that day. �You ruined the one thing I loved and the one pastime I had! Why? What the fuck did that get you, damn it?� Everyone else was staring at me silently. �Answer me, damn it! NOW!!� She didn�t. The two holding her hauled her out as she started laughing. Laughing at me. At the pain I didn�t hide as well as I thought I had. At the things I had held precious. At my anger. I finally gave up and fell down, sobbing heavily. Mika ran over and pulled me into a hug as Chaiko went to bring in Tatsuha.

I�m unsure how long I cried, but when I stopped, Father was holding me, and Akira was talking to Tohma and Mika as Tatsuha slept nearby. It was the last time I cried for myself, for something that had happened to me. Father smiled and kissed my forehead, handing me aspirins as I realized I had a splitting headache. �Thank you,� I whispered. Chaiko turned towards us from over Tatsuha, hearing me speak. She swooped over, motioning Father away to tend to Tatsuha, and began questioning me.

�Sweetie, can you tell me what happened?� I looked at her, not wanting to talk. I was feeling extremely tired and I saw it was dark outside. �Eiri, please? I just want to help you.�

�What happened when?� I asked coolly. �This evening, when I started screaming? This afternoon, when she hit Tatsuha? This afternoon, when she destroyed my garden? Or the last five years, when she made sure her hand connected with my body forcefully at least once a day?�

She looked at me and sighed. �Let�s try starting with Tatsuha.�~
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