From Three To Four Chapter 5

     Vanessa didn't respond. She knew that Leeuw was as right as an old man would be, but she missed her old environment. She missed the friends who almost never bullied each other, along with her principal who was always willing to greet her in a friendly manner. The people there were always so close, and so clever. Then again, there was a time to stay and a time to leave. "You know, Leeuw, the reason I want to go back to Japan is because the people there are smarter, and have closer bonds than the criminals in this neighborhood" Vanessa explained. Leeuw listened as closely as a birdwatcher listening to the singing birds. There was no doubt that Vanessa was being logical. Leeuw's neighborhood did have particularly dangerous criminals like Bende van Bloed, and the Dutch did have a different way of doing things than the Japanese did, but Vanessa would have to get used to living in Holland, because her parents would decide where her family lived.

     "Vanessa, I'm so sorry you'd have to leave your safety and live somewhere where you didn't feel safe, but I promise that we will fight immorality as a team" Leeuw assured her. "Don't forget that you have me and Daniil by your side too, Vanessa" Azalea chirped. Vanessa's eyes all of a sudden went wide when she remembered that Daniil had once saved her life. 'That's right. I don't have to feel alone. I have friends' Vanessa thought. "Don't forget you have your family by your side as well" Daniil purred. Vanessa nodded, feeling much better after she remembered that life in Holland wasn't going to be so bad. "That's the way, girl" Fuego giggled proudly. Vanessa only stared at her, but then ignored her and walked over to Neige. "I heard you're coming to help us" she stated. "I will come and help you" Neige assured her. Suddenly, the teacher told all the students to sit down. They all stopped talking and chatting, and sat just as they heard his sharp call. "I appreciate you guys having a chat, but I think it's been quite a bit of time. Let's go over the school rules now" he assured his students.

     All of the students except Algojo and Teivel listened intently. "This rule is the first, yet most commonly broken. No physical violence" he informed the students. Leeuw remembered the time she tried to fight Bende van Bloed, but it drove her insane as she heard this rule. Teivel, on the other hand, interrupted by taking the teacher and punching him in the face. Soon, a few other students, including his girlfriend, Algojo, joined him. Daniil was shocked as he watched. He wasn't as charismatic or handsome as Joseph, but he knew if he didn't do the job that the dominant male in the group normally did, he would be just as guilty as those kids who bullied the teacher. Daniil either had to speak up, or give up. Luckily, his cousin Fuego spoke for him, and yelled "Stop that you close-minded jerks!" The students continued to beat the teacher and ignore her, so she ran up and fought them off. Sadly, they managed to successfully turn on her, but the teacher was free. "Thank you..." he breathed. Fuego did not say a word. She was too intent on fighting the students who had recently tried to beat up the teacher.

     Azalea began to cry as she watched her best friend get beaten up. She did not know what to do. She knew that she had to act, but she was afraid they would turn on her next. Then she suddenly remembered, she had friends to back her up. Besides, she wasn't the dominant female in the clan, Fuego was. She called Daniil, and he commanded the group to attack. On his command, Vanessa aimed her jaws at Algojo's skull, while Leeuw charged at Teivel. Neige, Azalea, and Daniil, on the other hand, fought the other three students that had attacked the teacher. The three students backed down, but Algojo and Teivel did not. Suddenly, Fuego commanded all the fighting to stop. All the other students, and the teacher even looked at her. Teivel and Algojo, even though they were startled by Fuego's fierce voice, still looked angry. "What do you have to say for yourselves?" the teacher asked Teivel and Algojo. "Nothing" they responded, feeling no guilt for what they had done. The teacher did not say another word, and just dragged them both to the office. After a few minutes he came back. "Second things second, don't do drugs" he explained. After that, he went on a long lecture about the school rules and expectations.

     Just ten minutes before break, he snatched Fuego from her chair and put her in front of the class. Azalea felt fear shake her nerves. Was he going to punish the clan's female, or was he going to reward her? Maybe he was not going to do anything at all. Besides, Fuego had gotten herself into enough trouble already, but perhaps it was the right kind of trouble. "Fuego, I thank you for saving my life, but I don't want you to break rules either. It just makes life more unfair" he told her. "Um... listen" Azalea interrupted. "I don't want to hear your reasons for defending her" the teacher told her. "But it's important" Azalea complained. "Okay. Say what you want to say then" he sighed. "Fuego was trying to save your life. If she wasn't there, you would've been unconscious and she would've been equally as bad as those nasty jerks" Azalea told him.

     "Azalea. The letter of the law says no fighting, and everyone has to abide by that rule. Second, you can't right the wrong" he retorted. "I haven't finished what I was going to say yet. Defense of a friend, family member, or of self should be an exception to this rule, because that's the reason me and Fuego joined forces in the first place. We stand up for the helpless, and make life the same for them as it would be for someone who were growing up in a good home. Joseph was supposed to stay with us, but he refused to, so now we have to do what we have to do!" Azalea shouted. Her voice was so loud even the teacher was intimidated. "Azalea..." he begged. "Let him go, Azalea. I'll tell him why he's wrong" Daniil assured her. "Fine. Do what you want to do. You think everything's going to be fine just because you can deal with it" Azalea spat. "Azalea, you're just like I was last year. Hot-tempered, unwilling to give up, until the wrong was right" Fuego told her. Azalea's cheeks went red, and she began to have a warm feeling between her legs when she heard Fuego's words. "I'm going to the washroom then!" Azalea cried, as she ran to her locker, opened it, grabbed a new diaper, and rushed to the washroom.