That's no way to settle this

Just in case you're wondering who this dude is, that's Rico, Amélia's older brother who just came all the way from Brazil to visit Amélia in Japan. He hears that Kenta has been bothering her, and now he wants to confront him about that (and if you ask me, I don't think it will end well 0-0, cos he has a short fuse 0-0).
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With the half-term now started, Amélia, Miki, Sana and Sari are walking home together, as they go through a nearby park.

"This is awesome!" Sari all but squeaks in eagerness "School is out of half-term, we did all our homework, and we're stress free! WOO!"

"I know right?! Now we don't have to worry about schoolwork again!" Sana agrees along.

"While I'm still happy that school is out, one thing we shouldn't forget is to put God first in everything; holidays or no holidays." Miki reminds them.

"Now you mention it, yeah." Sana considers.

"Not to mention doing the Great Commission, aka: spreading the Gospel as Jesus told us to."

"That reminds me." Amélia jumps in "You know the youth leader at church, Pastor Monotone?"

"Yeah?" The rest ask.

"I recently heard from the newsletter called Salt & Light that there will be a Christian film show there." Amélia replies.

"Eh?! For real?!"

"Yeah. It will even cover the issue of why premarital relationships are wrong, and why it is important to fulfill the Great Commission." Amélia adds in. "This should be in your emails."

"Okay. Now THIS is getting interesting." Sari switches in, and takes out her phone. "I am SO inviting my cousins."

"I'm inviting Ryo and Akita. And of course Pukka." Sana also announces as she passes the word to the mentioned invitees.

"I better invite my older sister and brother." Miki joins in and sends the message likewise. "Not to forget Goto Satoyama."

"EH?!" Amélia, Sari and Sana exclaim in surprise.

"Miki, is this some kind of joke?" Sana questions her.

"Why would I joke about that?" Miki replies her calmly.

"Miki, that's crazy talk. This is Mr. Satoyama's son we're talking about here!" Sari halts her.

"You know how much he hates God and us Christians." Sana adds in.

"I'm aware Mr. Satoyama doesn't like us; but his son is nothing like his dad." Miki replies.

"Plus, Jesus didn't die for just one group of people, He died for every single person on earth, including him, so that they can be set free from the bondage of sin." Amélia adds in.

Sari and Sana were speechless, having remembered John 3:16. Amélia then turn to Miki.

"And Miki, if you want to invite Mr. Satoyama's son, then go for it non-stop, cos the Gospel is for everyone including him."

"I'll do just that." Miki agrees with a smile as she sends the invitation. "By the way Amélia, who are you inviting?"

"Um, Hiro." Amélia replies.

"Hiro? Who the heck is he?" Sari asks.

"The guy who actually told off Kenta in front of everybody." Amélia replies.

"NO WAY!" Sari exclaims.

"Yes way." Amélia counters back.

"Okay, who else?" Sana joins in.

"Sakura and ... my brother." Amélia replies.

"Your brother?" Sana asks in bewilderment.

"Yeah." Amélia confirms.

"I didn't know you had a brother." Sari said in surprise.

"Well, now you do." Amélia confirms "He says he is coming from Brazil to visit me and my family here in Japan." She goes on and then remembers his arrival. "And ..... DANG IT, he should be here by now! Man, why did I forget?"

"Maybe your mom and dad must have picked him up already." Miki suggests.

"Oh yeah, that's true" Amélia remembers.

"Hey, isn't that him?" Sari asks pointing to the quarter left.

As they look at the pointed direction, they see a tall boy, wearing dark blue denim jeans, a leaf green hat, and a grey-cream hoodie with red checkered patterns inside; underneath it is a simple white shirt.

"Oh my word, its him!" Amélia exclaims recognizing the young man. She greets him on afar running to his direction; her friends run after her.

The young man, hearing her voice, turns around and sees Amélia.

"Amélia!" the young man greets back smiling.

The two hug each other like they haven't seen in a long time.

"I really missed you, Amélia." The young man states.

"I missed you too." Amélia replies back.

The three finally reach and are tired.

"Sheesh, Amélia, you run like bullet!" Sana states, breathing heavily. "Slow down the next time. Please!"

The rest laugh at that sentence.

"Well, she was the best runner during primary school. She outran even the best in the higher years; even after that she can still run faster than anyone else." The young man tells her. "And she still does." He then adds looking at Amélia and petting her head, laughing.

"Now I'm scared to even challenge her to a race." Sana resigns, causing the others to laugh.

"Anyways, enough about me." Amélia then switches, letting go of the young man. "Everyone, this is Rico my older brother. Rico, these are my friends Miki, Sana and Sari."

"Nice to meet you ladies." Rico greets them, bowing to them slightly in greeting.

"Nice to meet you, too." The ladies greet back likewise.

"So how is school, Amélia?" Rico requests

"Well, it was okay. We just finished for half-term." Amélia replies.

"That's good." Rico smiles. "Anything happened lately?"

"Well, nothing except that Kenta's being-" Amélia answers him but gets cut off by her brother Rico.

"Hold on. Who is this Kenta?" Rico asks her, in a slight demand.

"Some guy from school who has been bugging me about me being his girlfriend." Amélia reluctantly, knowing that he is very overprotective of her.

"You turned him down, right?" Rico requests.

"Yeah. And I told him at I'm a Christian and that I don't date or have boyfriends." Amélia answers him. "I mean, seriously, my body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, not some show-wardrobe for everyone to come and mess with. Geez." She then emphasizes.

"Was that the only time this guy has been coming to her?" Rico then asks the girls.

"Not really." Miki replies. "Ever since he laid eyes on her from day one, he has been continuously bothering her ever since using all means, and she keeps turning him down over and over again."

"And one time, he almost chocked the life out of her, threatening to humiliate her in front of everyone if she refuses him." Sari adds in.

"Sari, what was that for?!" Sana turns to her, rebuking her. "Didn't you promise Amélia that you won't tell anybody else about this in the open?! Except for the principal?!"

Sari then covers her mouth in shame. "Sorry...but I just can't keep it to myself."

Rico, upon hearing what Sari said, became really angry.

"Amélia is that true what she said just now?" Rico questions Amélia.

Amélia pauses for five seconds, being very reluctant to answer him, but then gives in. "Yes, its true."

"Okay, in as much as I don't agree with your views on dating, what he did to you is wrong; he has no right to put his hands on you!" Rico states.

"I know but-" Amélia tries to counter back.

Sana turns around and sees Kenta in the park.

"Oh brother. This will not end well." Sana thinks out loud.

Everyone heard it, including Rico.

"What did you say?" Rico then turns to Sana, and looks at her direction to where Kenta is. "Is that the dude bothering my sister?" He then asks her.

"Y-yes he is." Sari quickly replies removing her hands from her mouth.

"Sari, come on!" Sana rebukes her once more.

"Sorry..." Sari apologizes, and covers her mouth again.

Rico, being full of rage at what Kenta did to her, forcefully grabs Amélia's hand and goes to where Kenta is.

"Let me go, Rico!" She protests. "Where are you taking me?! Let go of me!"

"Taking you to where that jerk of a guy is, cos I'm sick to death of this guy bothering you every darn day!" He answers her in anger. "He has no right to force you to be his girl! Its not right!"

"I know he doesn't, but Rico-" Amélia employs him.

"That's enough reason for you to hate him." Rico cuts her off as he still drags her to the spot. "I'll make sure I'll beat the living heck outta that jerk!"

"But Rico, that doesn't solve the problem." Amélia corrects him "Sure what he did to me is wrong no question about it, but hating him or even beating him up, will only make it worse. It can even turn to unforgiveness, Rico; even Jesus himself said that if we don't forgive people of their trespasses neither will our Heavenly Father forgive us." Amélia adds in, making Rico to freeze on the way.

"Sure I'm against the dating thing and the boyfriend-girlfriend thing cos its wrong before God, but does that mean that I hate Kenta? No." Amélia goes on. "Rico, have you forgotten that while God loves everyone but hates sin? That is why God sent His one and only Son Jesus to die for all sins, including that of Kenta's. So its better we leave this matter into God's hands, because the battle is His, not ours; and if we take matters into your own hands, how on earth will we even solve this?! How will souls even get saved at this rate you want to take by making the battle your own, instead of God's?!"

"Amélia, how do you expect me to even befriend a guy who has no respect for you or other ladies?! I don't like him! And I don't like what HE did to you!" Rico reacts back.

"Hating his actions is one thing, Rico; but hating him as a person is a totally different story. It's better to hate sin, than hate the sinners. Please Rico, I'm begging you, please don't make this any worse than it is. Don't let the devil get the better of you!" Amélia replies.

At this, Rico does not listen to her plea, and goes ahead to Kenta's direction, dragging his sister Amélia with him.

"Rico, don't do this. That's no way to settle this! Please!!" Amélia begs him in warning once more. 

The three girls watch from afar as Rico drags Amélia to where Kenta is.

"Somebody is going to be in a hospital bed today." Miki said shaking her head.

"Oh great." Sana says in distress. "Now you see what you've done, Sari?! Because of you, he's lost his cool and is now raging mad after Kenta!"

"I said I was sorry." Sari repeatedly apologizes.

"Look here, arguing will not solve the problem." Miki informs them. "Now we have to go and calm the situation down before its too late. Come on." She then adds, running after Rico and Amélia.

"Sari, next time you make a promise, stick with it." Sana informs Sari.

"If its a good one, then yes." Sari replies. "Plus, didn't the Bible say that when you make a vow to God, do not delay to pay it; For He has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you have vowed—? And that it is better not to vow than to vow and not pay? And also not to let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger of God that it was an error. Why should God be angry at your excuse and destroy the work of your hands?" She then adds.

Sana then considers the statement. "Yeah, you're right." She replies, and then sees Miki running after Rico and Amélia "Hey, we better scoot before things get escalated." Sana then switches and runs after them.

"I'm coming, Sana." Sari joins in, running after them. "Hey, wait up!"
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NOTE: At the end, Rico confronted Kenta and things turned out very nasty (he actually beat the living heck out of him, until he is put into a hospital bed). If you ask me, although Kenta did deserve it (he was a jerk anyway), Rico should have at least controlled his temper, and not try to kill him. *sighs*.

*ahem* Again, the premarital relationship thing is wrong in the eyes of God. People these days think that getting a boyfriend/girlfriend is "harmless" when really its not, its wrong, it will only create an open door to the devil. Jesus saw through Satan's deception, and resisted the temptations by speaking God's Word. King David (the shepherd boy who slew Goliath) said in Psalms 119:11, "Thy Word have I hidden in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee."

And honestly, I will rather preserve myself until I'm married to the right man God will send me, than to sell off my body to a stranger out of impatience all in the name of getting a future husband. 

Also, it is better to leave situations into God's hands; unfortunately some either give in to sin, or just take matters into their own hands (which never ends well). But if you ask me, fearlessness shouldn't escalate to violence.

Honestly, the devil will use anything, AND anyone to try and weary down your faith. Let's remember what the Bible says: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?…

To all Christians reading this, stand for God despite all the odds.
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Amélia, Rico, Miki, Sana, Sari © Aniministries
Story © Me
Stuff used © www.rinmarugames.com/game/?gam…
Credit © God