Kyosukes Crossroad

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I do not own Oriemo or any characters related to light novels, manga, or anime...but i love the story so here we are...

This fanfiction is a "what if" Kyosuke and Kirino weren't related at all but didnt start out knowing that little detail. There will be a little bit of the original story early but after that we hit the high road with a total diffent is my first fanfiction. I hope you the readers will find it worth the time to read and enjoy it as much as i have writing it. Feel free to leave comments or PM I may or may not respond - dj tenki.

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Kyosukes Crossroad

legal jargon:

I do not own Oriemo or any characters related to light novels, manga, or anime...but i love the story so here we are...

-normal type for conversations

-italics for thoughts

Chapter 1: hidden agenda's

Well here I am looking out over the bay in the quiet of the night on a tug boat. The breeze is salty and tickles my nose as a take a deep breath and think to myself I really can't believe the choice that I had to make. When I think back to the events that led to this moment it really came down to how I felt about the biggest family secret my parents hid from me. When the truth did come out, I came to the realization that...I fell in love with my sister...

I'll admit in the beginning of all the ensuing chaos I really just wanted to keep my secret life going, pretending to be a lazy student with no life goals. It was only after a certain person started putting the pieces together that everything my parents worked so hard to hide came to light... Wait a minute though, I am getting myself here, you probably want to know exactly what happened to get me to this point right? Well let me introduce myself my name is Kyosuke Kosaka I am 18 years old and on a tug boat and seems...I'm on my way to the U.S. Well I guess it could be worse she could already know I left but I'll let you judge of that...

Kyosuke

(Flashback: Kosaka Household 5am)

Beep, beep, beep, beep...click sigh man I hate waking up this early every day, but I know that if I don't get up now I am not sure I will get out there and train like my father asked me to. Yeah I try real hard to look like a lazy do nothing slacker to everyone. I only do that to try to keep my secret. I love to run, do martial arts and train my body to the razors edge. My father always tells me "Kyosuke you have to be ready for any attack, I will not tolerate laziness in this house." "I'm always like what dad you think some crazed weirdo is going to storm the house of a police officer...really?" All he does when I say this is scoff and say "you can never be to ready so get up and train". So here I am 5am getting up and dressed to take a three-mile run and then do my daily exercise regiment of push ups, sit ups, and Kata stances. There is another reason I do this as well... the run gives me time to think...to think about how I should deal with the one life distraction I can't seem to get out of my head, and that is Kirino.

You might wonder who is Kirino? Well lots of teachers at the high school we go to would tell you she a straight A student. Her fans would tell you..oh she's that glamorous model for seventeen magazine, her friend would tell you she's the like nicest girl you would ever meet, and all the guys would tell you she's the hottest girl you will ever lay eyes on...I laugh at this because to me she's just my evil little sister. Yes I know you hear brothers all the time say that but in this case its true.

She is always looking down on me, anytime we are at home we never talk and all I ever get from here is click of her jaw or that ice-cold stare of disapproval. My parents tell me it's just a phase she's going through, that after a while she will get over it but I have my doubts. I grudgingly will agree that yes she is very smart we go to the same high school I have seen her grades. I have watched from the shadows as she ran her track meets and won a few and I did cheer. I also hate to admit that I saw one of her outdoor photo shoots one day a while back and yes... (Sigh) she really is very beautiful...BUT that doesn't mean I will ever admit these things to her directly. I just keep on wearing loose-fitting clothes, keep to myself and keep my melancholy facade up so that people wont expect to much from me. I guess keeping my secret from mom and Kirino has taken a bit of a toll on me, but the late night chats on the porch with my father and the approval he gives is enough to keep my spirits up...i guess..

I head out of the house to run and do my workout and then before anyone else gets out of bed I am back home and in my bed like nothing has ever happened. Like I said I can't have people thinking I am out there putting forth effort. It is strange though that on this morning when I got back from the workout my father was sitting at the kitchen table in the dark. I entered the house and as I started to make my way up stairs my father called out to me in a hushed tone. "Kyosuke come in here for a minute"I respond "yeah dad what is it you need this early in the morning?" "Kyosuke I was sitting here yesterday when I received a phone call from your aunt in Chiba. She has asked me and your mother to come over for a family discussion. It's about an issue your grand parents are having and we will be gone for two days. I want you to watch the house and keep an eye on your sister."

"No problem" I told him it shouldn't be to difficult since me and Kirino hardly even speak it should be really peaceful. "Thank you Kyosuke, it puts my mind at ease to know you will be here and all this diligence you put in your training, it is appreciated. You might want to head on up before your mom and sister get up don't want you to ruin your sterling reputation right?"

"Yeah thanks dad I'll talk to you later...oh yeah dad I have something I need to ask." "What is it I help you with Kyosuke?" I hesitate but ask anyway "I have a karate tournament coming up in Tokyo two days from now. I wanted to see if it was OK that I enter since I want to represent our school." "The thing is I don't want Kirino or mom to know so I'll just ask at the table today if I can go hang out with friends this weekend will that be OK?"

My father looks at me skeptically but then agrees..he then asks "Kyosuke why is it you don't want either of them to know how hard you have worked? I think they would be proud of you don't you?" "Well I just think that mom would laugh and Kirino and I's relationship has fallen so far that I just don't need anymore belittling from her I get enough as it is." "Alright Kyosuke I will keep your secret for now, so good night son". "Thanks dad you too." I then head up stairs to rest for another hour before it is time to start my day...

My alarm goes off again and eight am and I get up for the day. It's the usual routine for me get dressed in my school uniform, go to the bathroom to brush my teeth, then I grab my pack and head downstairs to the breakfast table. I am usually the last one there my father Diasuke sitting there reading the paper and my mother Yoshino is at the stove humming a happy tune and talking with him...then there she is the honey blond-haired high school girl sitting at the table munching away on some toast. When I come in and sit down I always look to see what kind of mood she is in. I settle my stare on her briefly and then announce a "good morning" to everyone at the table.

I get the usual grunt from my father, a cheery hello from mom and what I can only be described and a jaw click and a huff from Kirino. Why is it always like that with her... whenever I try to interact sigh...I think to myself oh well I'll just make the best of it. Then the usual family conversation breaks out and I expertly ask my question for earlier to which my father agrees to. He then he tells us both about the trip he and mom are taking in three days. I see out of the corner of my eye..did Kirino just raise and eyebrow at me? No just my imagination. Breakfast ends and I excuse myself in the standard form, toss on my black sneakers and head out to school.

When I head out to leave and passing out of the gate to head toward school someone calls out to me...Kirino? "Hey baka I have a question I need to ask you." I narrow my eyes at her because we haven't talked in a good three months. "what is it you need Kirino?" "You said you were hanging out with friends this weekend, what is it you exactly do with them?" I am take aback by this and gather my thoughts before I respond to her, I can't have the truth of it coming out..

"Well Kirino I think were going to hit a movie and the arcade or just something like that why?" "Tch I thought you guys might actually be doing something useful, I guess it just something useless as usual" she says and then pushes past me and runs down the street toward school...and there we have it the usual belittling from my sister I guess now I can start my day I sigh...

School for me is the same as for any other student I study hard do well on exams and I don't talk a lot with people. I keep to myself, but I'm not anti-social or anything. I have a couple of close friends Kohei Akagi and Manami Tamura. Manami and I have been friends since we were little kids and hang out some at her house. Her relatives are always trying to pair us up like some married couple. I know she has feelings for me but I wont ever see her that way so I just try to play it off and ignore it. Akagi on the other hand I met at school here early on when I met him he was a wise cracking jokester with I think a huge sister complex...I'm still trying to prove it of course.. I got him involved in my training regiment quietly of course, and now he's just about as physically trained as I am, he is my training partner for karate after school. Yeah I don't know where I would be in my martial arts study without my good buddy Kohei.

I come into class and sit down and greet both Manami and Kohei and then set my books up for class. It's at this point Kohei starts talking with me in a low conversation tone. "He Kyosuke did you get approval for our trip to Tokyo? I really want to see what you and I are capable of man"

"Yeah Kohei were good my dad said it was alright now we just need to go ask Tanaka if he will withhold our names until its time to register for the tournament when we arrive." "Yeah good call there Kosaka we don't need any unwanted attention from classmates asking questions" Kohei says. Manami then speaks up and ask what it is we are whispering about. "Nothing serious Manami I am just asking Kohei about an assignment in history we have a paper due." Manami looks at me with some hesitation but then goes back to talking with a few of her friends from across class.

"Man Kyosuke she's really been keeping tabs on us lately hasn't she?" "Yeah I think she's trying to figure out what we have been up to Kohei but things will quiet down after Tokyo man I am sure of it." "Well Kyosuke I think you and I have a shot at winning it all were getting really good now. Who would believe that even Tanaka can't beat you in sparring now Kosaka." "Thanks Kohei but look at you no one in this class would believe that you and I can spar evenly now." "We have come along way Kosaka lets just show them this weekend, were really going to surprise them in Tokyo."

It was at this point the bell rang and the long boring first half of my day began. After the first half of the day Kohei Manami and I went to lunch and it was there that something unusual happened. I sat down at our senior table and started to eat Kohei went to get his bread addiction fix and Manami decided that she was going to eat with a few friends at another table. So there I was alone eating when a first year girl with red hair pig tails came over to interrupt my meal.

"Excuse me are you Kyosuke Kosaka?" she asked. I took a look at her and noticed right away she looked like the model type...oh great another high class girl..."yes I am, who are you if I may ask?" Geez manicured and painted nails just like hers...great.. "My name is Kanako Kurusu and I am a friend of your sister Kirino." F*ckin figures...sigh...At this answer I now narrowed my eyes at her and took a deep breath to calm myself,

I do care for my sister but I don't want to deal with her cronies. "What do you want Kurusu-san I am trying to eat my lunch here." This startled her a bit and she took a few steps back. I had hoped this would be enough to send her on her way but she steeled her gaze upon me and stepped back in to ask a further question.

"Look Kosaka sempai I am not trying to be a bother but I have something I need to show you, would you mind if I sit down?" Since I knew that there was no way now she would leave me alone I decided to humor her. "Alright Kurusu-san have a seat and show me what it is you need to." At this she sat down uncomfortably inside my personal space and pulled out her smart phone.

"This is what I need to show you Kosaka sempai." When I looked at the phone I was not ready for what I saw. There was a picture of me and Kohei in the middle of a sparring match in the old gym. Students don't use it anymore so we decided to battle without our shirts and it looks like somehow she got a photo of this. I raised an eyebrow and did my best calm look over at kurusu-san while inside my heart was thumping a mile a minute at what these pictures would do if they spread.

"Alright Kurusu-san you now have my undivided attention" I said to her in a very dangerous voice. She was now smiling very widely quite unconcerned and then said "my name is Kanako and I would like you to call me that from now on no honorifics just my first name."

"I don't know you well enough to do that Kurusu-san" I told her not giving into her blackmail. "Its Kanako or do you want me to show the other first years these pictures of you and Akagi sempai?" It was right about this time that Akagi came up and saw those images as went around to the other side of the table and sat down.

"Hey Kosaka who is this little red-head?" "Hey Akagi this is Kanako and she seems to have some dirt on us man." Kanako smiled again at the use of her name from me and then looks over to Akagi. "Yeah Akagi sempai I happened to walk by the old gym when I was on my way to my club activity last week and to my surprise there you two were going at it pretty hard." Akagi looked at her then looked me straight in the eye and slumped back in his seat putting his hands behind his head. "Well Kyosuke looks like she's got us eh?" I just grunted in responds to his comment. "Well what is it you want from us Kurusu-san?"

She smiled widely again and stated "nothing from you akagi-san but this guy over here as she looked over at me will be spending some time at lunch with me each day for a while." This cause Akagi to stifle a laugh and I looked over to him with a disgusted look. "Look Kanako I am not sure why you want to bother with a guy like me but I am sure my sister and the rest of your friends would miss you at lunch right?"

"Oh that's no problem because Kirino and Ayase and our two other friends eat lunch at a different time than I do, so this will work out well." I looked over to Akagi for help and he just shrugged at me helplessly, so I had to make a decision do I eat lunch with a first year girl? or do I let photos of me and Akagi get passed around for gossip and who knows what else...Sigh "alright Kanako you got me I'll eat lunch with you on one condition."

Kanako looked a little nervous but said "what is your condition?" "We have to eat up on the roof out of sight I don't need any questions being asked and you can't tell my sister or any of your friends or the deal is off." To this she smiled again and agreed and used Akagi as her witness. she then got up and walked away but not before looking back over her shoulder brushing a hand through her hair and saying "I'll see you at lunch tomorrow Kyosuke-kun"... Just great I thought, how did I get myself into this mess...and why is she using my first name?

Now that Kanako had left I looked to Kohei "man this is a fine mess I have gotten myself in to here and why did she just ignore you Kohei? "I mean you are in those photo's too." "I don't know Kyosuke but I think she might have a thing for you." "What!? you got to be kidding me, I bet she just hears my sister talk bad about me and she wants to get in on tormenting me as well, they are friends after all."

"I don't think so Kyosuke but there's only one way to know for sure...and that's have lunch with her." "I sure hope your wrong Kohei by the look of her I think she is trouble man with a capital T."