"Talking" 

Thinking

Yenji's POV

Today is going to be great. I thought as I was getting all my school things together.

I looked across the room to see Kenji, my twin, still sleeping. However, it was five o'clock in the morning, and school didn't start for another two hours. I was too excited to sleep. We are going to be starting high school this year. It feels so surreal to think that Kenji and I are going to be first years already. It feels like it was just yesterday that we made our promise to protect each other and to hide that I'm a girl from anyone we didn't trust.

~Flashback~

It was our first day of middle school, and Dad hadn't been too happy to know that Kenji and I got beat up by a group of kids a year older than us.

"I can't believe you two let them get the best of you!" He had yelled, looking angrier than usual.

"Sorry Dad," Kenji said, looking at the floor.

I saw Dad getting ready to hit Kenji with his belt and jumped in the way. I fell to the floor holding my check. Kenji then looked up at our dad and I could practically feel his anger.

"No don't!" I yelled, grabbing Kenji's arm. "You're better than him."

"Ha, your weak sister is right," Dad laughed as he pulled my arm. "Then again she is just a girl, what would she know?"

"Let her go!" Kenji yelled, getting ready to hit Dad.

Oh no, he's going to make this worse. I pondered as I tried to free my arm. I have to stop him somehow.

"What if I act as your son?" I asked, finally getting my arm free and facing Dad. "If I act as your son, then we could fight better, maybe."

"I don't care anymore," Dad started, leaving the room.

I felt my lungs deflate with air I didn't know I was holding. Kenji was looking at me strangely, but I knew I had to come up with something to get Dad to leave us alone.

"Yen, are you sure you wanna do this?" Kenji questioned, moving closer to me.

"Yeah, it was the only way for you to not get hurt," I explained, holding my arm in pain as tears formed in my eyes. "Ken, I need to know you will always be there for me."

"Yenji, I promise you, I will do whatever it takes to keep you safe and happy," Kenji promised as he teared up also.

"I promise to always be by your side, Kenji," I told him as I cried also.

The next day at school everyone thought I was a new student, but I had to explain that the school mixed up my gender. Our middle school years flew by like they were nothing. Dad hasn't said much to us since then, and I couldn't be happier. However, I know Kenji wants our dad's approval.

~End Flashback~

I heard my alarm go off and looked over at Kenji to see that he was still sleeping. I smiled and walked over to his bed.

"Kenji Wake Up!" I yelled in his ear making him fall off his bed.

"Dammit Yen!" he screamed, getting up from the floor. "Do you have to do that every morning?"

"Hmm... Maybe," I replied as I left to make our food.

I made us some rice and eggs for breakfast, and Mom left us some money for lunch. I was about to yell for Kenji again when he walked into the kitchen.

"Hurry up and eat or we will be late," I said, placing his food in front of him. "Also, Mom left us lunch money."

At School

We just barely made it to school for freshmen orientation. Kenji had run ahead of me to find us seats, but as I was walking in I passed by this guy that looked like a giant. I couldn't stop staring at him, and I tripped and fell to the floor. As I was moving to stand back up, I felt someone lift me off the floor.

"Are you okay?" whoever picked me up asked, sounding panicked over me falling.

"Yeah, I'm tougher than I look," I replied, turning my head to see the giant guy I was staring at.

Shit, did he have to pick me up? I thought, feeling my face heat up.

"Ugh... You can put me down now," I said, trying to hide the blush I knew was on my face.

"Sorry, I'm Iwashimizu Sumiaki, Class 1-4," The giant explained as he placed me back on the ground.

"I'm Gion Yenji," I started, looking past him at Kenji waving his arms around to get my attention. "I need to go, It was nice to meet you Iwashimizu."

I walked over to Kenji and sat down in the seat beside him. I felt him tap my shoulder, but I ignored him.

"What happened that the Tree Trunk had to pick you up off the floor?" He asked even though I was trying to ignore him.

"I, uh, tripped and he was being nice and helped me off the floor," I explained, blushing a little.

I could hear Kenji snickering beside me, so I reached over and pulled his ear.

"Don't laugh at me," I whispered, releasing his ear.

"Oww... Yen, that kinda hurt," Kenji said, holding his ear.

"You know better than to laugh at me," I started as I was getting up.

That damn orientation took two hours. I complained to myself, walking out of the gym.

The rest of the school day was boring, but I did get into the same class as Kenji so it wasn't all bad. School had finally come to an end and we were headed to get our shoes and then head home. However, I heard a commotion going on down the row that my and Kenji's shoes were on. As we got closer, I could see Iwashimizu was getting picked on.

He needs to learn to stand up to people. I thought, walking over to my shoe locker, and had to jump to reach my locker.

As I was changing my shoes, I heard Kenji walk over to his locker.

Kenji's POV

Dam school making the shoe lockers so tall. I thought, standing on my tiptoes to reach my locker.

In the corner of my eye, I saw Yenji have to jump to get her shoes out. I didn't notice anyone but us in the locker aisle till someone said something about me being small.

"Short. Short!" I yelled jumping up and kicking one guy in the face. "Jerk don't call me short!"

I was getting ready to pounce on the other guys when the tall guy picked me up and ran out. Yenji ran out behind us laughing at me.

"Put me down!" I exclaimed, punching him in the face and making us both fall to the ground.

"Hahaha..!" Yenji laughed, running behind us. "That was too funny."

"Oh yeah, you want some of this to Yen?" I asked, pulling her up by her collar.

"Did you forget what happened last time we fought, Ken?" She demanded, looking scary and grabbing my collar.

I felt the color drain from my face as I released her collar. She then pulled my ear again and turned to the tall guy.

"Guhh... Why is it always my ear?!" I screamed, holding my ear and feeling the heat where it was turning red.

"I'm sorry about my brother Iwashi-kun," Yenji started, bowing.

"Hey, Tree Trunk, why'd you drag me out of there like that?" I questioned, letting go of my ear.

"Ugh, cause the bullies back there were about to gang up on you," the guy replied, shaking and holding his cheek. "Oh, and you saved my skin, thank you."

"You're a pathetic man," Yenji and I said together, looking away.

"Why are you guys being so mean, I just saved you back there," the guy exclaimed, looking kinda hurt.

"We weren't trying to save you, we just hate people that call us short," Yenji and I exclaimed, talking together again.

"Anyways why would I stick my neck out for a giant I just met!" I yelled, dusting my clothes off and turning to leave.

"Why are you so mean," The guy whined. "Anyways, I'm Iwashimizu Sumiaki, It's nice to meet you."

"I'm Gion Kenji," I told him as I walked away with Yenji following me.

As we were walking to the gate a big guy came out of nowhere and tackled me and the Tree Trunk to the ground.

Yenji's POV

I couldn't stop laughing, fist Kenji is carried away from a fight by Iwashimizu, then he's tackled to the ground by a big third-year named Hachioji. He was also mistaken for Iwashimizu's baby. The guy then mentioned something about practice and that caught my attention.

"What kinda practice?" I asked stars sparkling in my eyes.

"Don't tell me you didn't tell them?" Hachioji inquired from Iwashimizu, looking kinda upset that he didn't say anything. "It's rugby."

"You play rugby?" I questioned, looking overly excited.

"What's your name freshmen?" He asked, not to answer my question.

"I'm Gion Yenji," I started as I pointed at Kenji, "and he's my twin Gion Kenji, but he likes Gion better and I go by Yen or Yenji."

"Well, why don't you guys stay and watch and maybe join tomorrow," He replied as more of a statement than a question.

Kenji kept asking a lot of questions, so I told him I would explain it all to him later. I love rugby, but our middle school didn't have a team. However, I didn't know Jinkou had a team.

This school just got 100 times better. I thought as I pulled Kenji away from the fence so we could leave.

"See you tomorrow Gentle Giant!" I yelled, walking away.

We got back home late but like always no one else was home. However, to me, it was a blessing to have no one but us around.

"So, Yen, wanna explain what rugby is to me over supper?" Kenji asked as he walked to the kitchen to make our food.

"Yeah, sure," I replied, setting the table.

What would be the best way to explain rugby to Ken? I pondered as he placed the food on the table.

"Why wasn't the ball around, like all the other sports?" Kenji asked, sitting down.

"To be honest, I don't know the answer to that question," I explained, taking a bite of my rice and chicken. "However, I do know that we both would love playing because anyone can be a star in rugby."

"Really," Kenji said, setting his plate in the sink. "Maybe, we should join."

"Yeah!" I exclaimed, jumping up and down. "This is going to be so much fun!"

We went to bed right after that. However, I went to bed happy, not knowing the trouble my brother was going to bring me.

Next Day

Yenji's Pov

Kenji had dragged me to the Rugby team room after school looking to practice today. However, they were having a requiting day and went to practice. Honestly, he was a little too eager to join, and I was having too much fun watching Kenji try to get Hachioji to practice.

"Fine," Kenji yelled, stomping over to the door. "I'll just practice by myself."

Hachioji asked Kenji to wait but of course, he doesn't listen and opened the door anyway running into some third-year who was outside the door. The two third-years started to talk, then the taller one said something about me and Kenji.

"Oh, they are Gion and Yenji," Hachioji explained. "They wanna join."

"They're kinda small," the taller guy said. "Don't you think?"

"I can't help it that I'm not an oversized monkey," I scuffed, glaring up at the guy.

"Small, I'll show you small!" Kenji yelled, running and trying to punch Sekizon.

I couldn't help but laugh as Kenji hit the lockers and Sekizon called him light.

"Oh man, Ken," I giggled as I held my stomach. "How could you not have seen that coming?"

Hour Later

I can't believe Kenji sent me to look through the club equipment shed. I thought, getting more pissed the longer it took for me to find the tackling dummy.

I finally found the dummy as Kenji and Iwashimizu were walking onto the practice field. I tossed the tackling dummy to Kenji and smiled. I got into my starting stance and took off running at him.

"Hey, wait, Yen!" Kenji yelled as I hit the dummy hard, sending him back a little bit.

"Dammit!" I exclaimed, hitting my leg in frustration. "I didn't use enough strength."

"What are you trying to do?" Kenji asked, throwing the dummy to Iwashimizu.

"I was trying to tackle the dummies," I stated in a no-duh tone of voice, sticking my tongue out at him. "However, it didn't work."

"What's that supposed to mean?!" He yelled, grabbing my shirt.

"It means what I said," I replied, grabbing his arm and pulling it off my shirt, and rolling my eyes.

"Guys, I thought you were going to practice tackling?" Iwashimizu questioned, shaking because he was a little scared of how we were acting.

"Yeah, Ken," I teased, pushing him towards the giant. "You should practice."

(All Out [AMV] Hit Hard)