My brother and I walked down the beaten concrete sidewalk that led from our school to our home. The sun beat down hard on our backs, yet we kept walking, as we were almost there. We had been walking this path for a good time now, almost half an hour, the same route we take every school day. My brother, Taikaku, walked with his head down, his long, spiky dark brown hair covering his eyes. "What's wrong, Tai?" I asked him, even though I knew very well what was wrong. "Have you tried telling any teachers?" I asked him, though I knew the answer to this as well.