AN: This is my shot at Summer Wars! I saw the movie at a friend's house and I loved it, so here we are.

Disclaimer: Own the movie, I do not.

Warning: Mild swearing and violence

On a hot summer day, when two students were exiting the school building, only a single question needed to be answered.

"Uhh, y-yeah, umm… about that…" Kenji stuttered and blushed, embarrassed. "Is it cool if I bring my sister? I can't just leave her at home all alone like that… A-and my parents are going to be out if town for the next week or so, a business trip. So… Err, can she come?" He asked, his eyes glued to his shoes.

'Why did I have to say it so awkwardly?!' Kenji thought to himself.

The girl smiled. "Oh, yes, that's fine, no problem!" She laughed.

"Great, thanks, Natsuki…" He was almost proud of himself, he didn't stutter this time.

The sky was blue and the city was swiftly retreating behind them as the bullet train sped onward. Except something wasn't quite right, Natsuki just knew it, and that something had to do with Kenji's little sister.

"Psst, hey Kenji… Your sister's been really quiet, is she okay?" Natsuki whispered, her gaze flickering from Kenji to the girl sitting next to him.

"Uzume? Yeah, she's fine, she's always been like that." He shrugged as he picked at his store-bought bento.

Natsuki's brows knitted together in concern. "Are you sure? She-"

"It's not like I'm right here or anything, not like I can hear you guys talking about me…" The girl grumbled, shifting a bit and tucking her face further into her light pink scarf.

"Uzume," Kenji scolded. "Don't be so rude."

"Yeah? Well, it's rude to talk about people like they're not there!" She snapped back. Kenji sighed and shook his head.

"Sorry Natsuki. You can't reason with her when she gets like this…" Kenji said, an apologetic smile on his lips.

But that didn't ease Natsuki's concern, not one bit. "Ah, no, it's fine." But, of course, she let it go. After all, there were bigger things to worry about.

They waited for the next train as a few fluffy white clouds gently floated by about their heads. It was almost peaceful, Uzume would admit, until Natsuki opened her mouth.

"Hey, Uzume. Want some food?" Natsuki asked, a kind smile on her face.

Uzume glared. "No."

Her smile dropped from her face with surprise. "Oh, uh, okay then."

"Uzume, what's wrong with you? Natsuki was just asking if you wanted to eat!" Kenji said, his face a mix of disappointment and anger.

"What the hells wrong with me? What the hells wrong with you? You asshole!" Uzume hissed before stomping off.

The silence was deafening.

"S-so, um… My great grandma's turning ninety in just a few days, crazy, right?" Natsuki said, in an attempt to lighten the mood.

"Oh, so your great grandmother was born in 1920? Huh, talk about a full life. She must've-"

"Natsuki?! Natsuki it is you!" A woman shrieked happily as she ran up to Natsuki, two children followed behind her, almost robotically.

Natsuki seemed to recognize the woman, as a grin spread across her face. "Aunt Nanako!"

The two women laugh at each other, "Oh, it's been too long, I've missed you!" They say to each other.

The train jostles slightly and a breeze filters in gently as Nanako excitedly strikes up a conversation with Kenji.

"We Jinouchi's go back sixteen generations, you know." She says.

"Wait seriously?"

"Yeah, we have graves going as far back as the Motomachi days. We made quite a bundle in the silk industry during the Meiji era, we were rolling in the cash! Then old grandpa, rest his soul, managed to fritter all of it away." She laughs. The train stops suddenly, causing the smaller kids, Uzume included, to fly forward.

'I hate trains and high school girls.' Uzume decides.

"Kid, we used to kick butt, these days we got nothing, no factories, no mines, not even a wholesale store!" Yumi rants, though Uzume isn't bothering to listen after that.

"Ne, big sister, can you hand me that?" A little boy with a bowlcut asks and pointed at a game chip on the floor.

It took a moment for Uzume to realize that the kid was talking to her, and it didn't go unnoticed how her brother shot a glare at her.

"Here…" She sighed as she plucked the chip off the floor and tossed it to him.

He grinned, "Thanks, big sister!" He said before going back to his game while Uzume stared at him. She sighed again and turned to face the window, staring at nothing.

Kenji sighed in relief. Conflict: Avoided.

"Woah! They actually live here?!" Kenji gasped, in awe of the place. Uzume simply glanced at the large house, her eyes flickering a shade of blue, or so it appeared, for a moment before she shifted, revealing her normal, natural brown eyes. She grumbled something unintelligent under her breath before quickly following the others inside.

"You all must be tired from your long journey! Come inside and have some watermelon…" An older lady, most likely the grandmother, said.

Suddenly, Uzume's sensitive ears picked up the slight wheeze of air rushing into lungs, a sound that was distinctly Kenji, a sound that meant he was about to say something, and when he spoke, he usually embarrassed himself.

'Not today!'

And so, just as Kenji was about to utter the first syllable of whatever horror he managed to come up with, Uzume's foot connected solidly with the back of the boy's knee, send him sprawling to the floor with a pained yelp.

Uzume stood awkwardly. "...Oops."

"Yeah, right! I should have left you at home! What the heck is your problem?! You've been nothing but a brat the whole way here!" By now, several family members that had already arrived had gathered around the entrance, watching on.

A shadow fell over Uzume's face and her eyes seemed alight with fury.

"Oh, well!" She snarled. "I've been reigning in my anger the entire trip here because you see, someone decided to bring me all the way to Ueda, even though The Anniversary is coming up! Did you ever think about that?!" Uzume spat before disappearing off to some unknown part of the house.

"Um... Kenji?" Natsuki shot him a questioning look. Kenji's face morphed into one of shock, quickly turning into one of guilt.

Kenji gripped his knee as he looked at the floor, "Crap, I forgot…"

AN: That concludes the first chapter. FAVORITE AND REVIEW PLEASE!

Updated - 11/5/2016 (Sorry it took so long!)

Lunie