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Kurumi,
Nina, and the weapons they were holding. “So girls are allowed to
join now!?”
Akito looked
at the ground and coughed.“Yes, we became low on numbers after,” he
paused. “You know.”
I was hoping
that Akito would provide the opportunity I needed to escape, but
Sis was far too angry to forget about me that easily.
    “ Dai-chan what are you doing here, didn't I tell you not to
hang out with these people.”
    “ Well, I,” I tried to come up with a good
excuse.   I now had a part-time job carrying their
bags,   sounded
good,   but I
had promised not to go near the exorcists again.
    “ Someone's in trouble,”
s aid Kurumi in a sing song
voice.
    “ Ha! Dai-chan,” Taisei laughed. “Good luck.”
    “ Come on, let's go home now,” Sis reached out to grab me but
Akito suddenly moved in between us.
    “ Look, I can see you're upset,” said Akito. “But maybe we can
take a moment to discus-”
    “ That's very kind of you Akito,” she snapped. “But I don't
think Dai-chan is suitable for the organization.”
    “ But on the contrary I believe that Daisuke can be an
important member in our fight against the Obake.”
    “ Really? An important member? Like my brother and all those
other friends of yours who bragged about becoming exorcists, but
were then shredded to pieces and left to die in pools of their own
blood!”
    “ There's no need to be so dramatic Kanako, things have
chang-”
    “ Dai-chan, is not going to be an exorcist!” She reached out,
grabbed my arm, and began to pull me away. I thought this was the
end of my exorcist career until Akito grabbed my other arm and
began to pull back.
    “ Kanako can you please just wait a moment?”
    “ We're going!”
    “ Can we please just discuss this like adults?”
    “ There's nothing to talk about!”
What followed
was a tug of war match between Sis and Akito with me in the middle.
Instead of breaking up the fight like responsible individuals, the
others stood around and cheered.
    “ Come on Akito, you're not seriously going to loose to a girl
are you!” Yelled Taisei.
The others
must have been angry at Akito for chewing them out because they
began cheering for Sis.
    “ Go Daisuke's sister!”
    “ You can take him!”
    “ Go for the knees, Akito's weak spot is his knees!”
    “ Dai-chan's only fifteen!” Yelled Sis. “He has his whole life
ahead of him!”
    “ Nothing bad is going to happen Kanako!”
I felt
honored that Akito suddenly had so much faith in me, but the pain
in both arms was overwhelming and I couldn't take it any more.
    “ STOP STOP!” I yelled. “My arm hurts!”
It was enough
to make them both let go. I let out a sigh of relief and rubbed my
wrist where Sis had gripped on like her life depended on it. “Geez
Sis that really hurt,” I muttered.
My sister's
anger suddenly evaporated and I could see the regret begin to
surface on her face. “I'm sorry,” she muttered.
I felt
terrible for making her look at me like that, but I realized I
could use her guilt to my advantage. What I did next was another
terrible mistake. “What's the harm in just letting me train to be
an exorcist?” I said while trying to put on my best sad face.
She chewed
her lip, and looked like she was going to protest, but I slouched
my arm and tried to pretend I was in pain. “Ow, my shoulder.”
    “ Dai-chan,” she sighed. She hung her head and looked
exhausted. “How about this? I'll stay and talk to Akito if you'll
just go home now.”
    “ OK,” I nodded. I pretended to limp off into the direction of
home, until I remembered that my legs weren't supposed to be
damaged and I quickly stopped.
I felt bad
for seeing that look on her face, but those feelings were quickly
erased by the prospect of Akito convincing her to let me join.
    “ Exorcist,
exorcist ,” I hummed to myself as I
made my way home. I was blissfully unaware that I had just refused
my last opportunity to distance myself from the exorcists and
Obake.
     
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