Hello everyone! This is cheater boy- A, your author of this story.

This isn't my first fan fiction, however, this is my first under Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East. I hope you will like this so far. I am not too familiar with this anime, but I like it so much. So, if you find anything wrong, please do tell me.

Thank you for clicking the story.

Please enjoy the show.

Chapter One: The Night Before

It has been two weeks since the day Sousuke's bead got stolen by some creature, and yet Shino, along with the rest of the Eight Dogs of the East, had not found any clues of its whereabouts. He knew Ao had the bead of Duty, however, there was no any progress even with the help of Kaede, who can sense them.

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"Where do you think we should look first?" Kabungo asked all of them as he rested his chin on his palm and sighed. The eight of them were in the one of the rooms at the Konaya's inn where they usually talk.

"I don't know. I haven't any clue at all." Shino answered. His fists, which rested on his lap, clenched the fabric of his shorts and gritted his teeth. His golden green eyes glared at them as his brows furrowed.

"Don't worry, Shino. We'll find it soon." Genpachi reassured him. He smiled genuinely and looked at the purple haired boy, who looked back at him, with soft eyes and his hand wrapped Shino's.

Kabungo cringed at the sight. How his brother could show that side of him? "Aniki! He IS a guy!" clutching his head, he exclaimed, but his brother seemed to hear nothing as he still held Shino's hands who was feeling awkward.

"Genpachi is right since the beads had gathered around you without us noticing it until then." Sousuke said.

"Well, let's call it a day for now. It is getting dark already. Why don't we continue our search tomorrow?" Keno suggested.

"But where?" Dousetsu asked.

"I dunno, maybe at the northern region? Since it is clear that the bead wasn't here."

Everyone nodded.

"Now that's settled, we are going back to the mansion now." closing his eyes as he said this, Shino stretched his arms upward and yawned.

"We're going then." Sousuke said.

"Alright." they chorused.

"Take care, Shino, Sousuke." Shinobu smiled.

"Yeah." the purple haired boy replied with a smile and with that, he and Sousuke went off.

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The two, Shino and Sousuke, silently walked back to the manor side by side. They passed by the stalls in which they stopped occasionally, taking a look at the products while on it. Sometimes Shino would nag Sousuke to buy him some meat buns and mitarashi dangos, but Shino would reprimand him about eating those before dinner; however, he gave up and bought him in one condition though.

"One meat bun would be enough."

"But I want four!" Shino whined.

"One."

"Four."

"ONE."

"I said FOUR."

"Two, then."

"...fou-"

"Two and THAT'S final." Sousuke said firmly who received a scowl from Shino.

"Fine..." he mumbled.

Sousuke asked Shino to stay while he went back to where the meat buns were. It didn't took him too long since it wasn't that far, but it took him 30 minutes to get what he want since the last of the fourth batch of the buns were sold out.

"Sorry for the wait, sir." the young lady apologized as she handed him a bag of two buns.

"It's alright, thanks." Sousuke took the buns and paid for it. He knew Shino was getting impatient and so he rushed back to where he was waiting.

"Shino! Sorry I'm la-" he cut off and almost drop the newly cook buns when he saw Shino unconscious.

"Shino!" he dropped on his knees, sat the buns aside, and held Shino on his laps. "Shino, wake up! What happened?" he shook the boy and tapped his cheeks, but he didn't respond at all, not even a twitch. Finding it useless, he placed the on his back, picked the buns, and run as fast as his human form could back to the mansion.

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At the Four Sacred Beasts' Mansion, in the room both Shino and Sousuke shared lied a boy on one of the two beds under the white blanket. At the left side of the bed, there stood three young men and five foxes.

"What happened to little Shi?" Kaname asked, arms were folded against his chest.

"I have no idea. I just left him to buy him the buns and when I came back he was lying on his stomach, unconscious. ...I shouldn't leave him. I'm sorry."

"It's okay. It seems nothing bad had happen to him, hopefully. Let's just let him rest and ask him when he wakes up." Satomi said. He then turned his back and made his way out of the room to the dining room.

"Come on, Sousuke. Food is waiting."

"Right."

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Bright sun shone, bathing the earth in sunshine, washing the darkness away, and waking the sleeping heads to start the day bright.

At the mansion where the members of Four Sacred Beasts inhabited, the boy with purple hair stirred in his sleep as the light rays hit his face. He turned his back on it so he won't face the light and continued on his slumber because he didn't feel like waking up soon and wasn't planning on waking up later. That was until the door to his room creaked open and entered a young man with short dark hair and kind, soft blue eyes.

"Shino." He called softly as he sat on the edge of the bed. "Time to wake up."

"Mm-mm." the boy, Shino, mumbled upon tucking his head in blanket. "Let me sleep more, Sou…" he pleaded drowsily.

Sousuke sighed. "I came here an hour ago and tried to wake you up, but you didn't."

"…What time is it…?"

"Pass nine in the morning."

"…"

Silence overtook the both for a second or two before Shino bolted up, tossing the blanket away, and jumped out the bed in which he stumble on the blanket he just tossed and fell down the floor. Face first.

"Oww…" he muttered.

"Shino! Are you alright?" worried, Sousuke crouched to his side and helped him sat.

"I'm okay. Just a little dizzy." Rubbing his sore face, he said.

"That's what you get, bolting up so suddenly."

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Shino's breakfast didn't end well in his part seeing that Satomi ordered him to not to eat too much, make it fast, and to see him in his office where he does his paper works in fifteen minutes. Being the stubborn, he wanted to eat a lot of meat and take his time in eating, however, Sousuke was there to make sure he eats whatever was served for him, which was full of greens and liver that Shino loathed so much he would faint, and to not to eat too much. Furthermore, Kaname was also there who reminded him that Satomi would cut his allowance once more if he didn't oblige. And so, he grudgingly followed the others and went up to where Satomi was.

"So, can you tell what happened to you last night?" behind his desk, Satomi asked as he eyed his charge. He then propped his elbows on the table, intertwined his fingers together and rested his chin on it, waiting for an answer.

"Last…night?" Shino, who stood in front of him, repeated as if he wasn't sure.

"Yeah, last night Sousuke bought you back here unconscious." Kaname, who was behind him sitting on the couch with a book on his lap, answered for Satomi.

Shino looked over his shoulder to see Kaname reading the book with a smile gracing his face then back to Satomi, confusion etched on him. "…I…don't know. I don't remember…" he trailed off, clutching his head which begun to pound.

"What do you mean?" Satomi asked, furrowing his brows.

"I mean…last night. Last night I was with…Sousuke and the others at the Konaya. Then…then…" he stuttered.

"Then…?"

Shino didn't recall what happened next and to force himself to remember, his head started to ache until it was unbearable. It hurt him so much that he had to clutch his head and shut his eyes close. As the pain kept on growing, Shino bent down until he was on his knees. This occurrence bought Satomi's and Kaname's attention. They rushed to his side and tried to figure out what was wrong with him.

"Shino, are you okay?" worried, Satomi asked.

"Of course he isn't look, Rio. Look, he is in pain." Kaname said sarcastically.

Shino couldn't decipher who were the people with him, though he knew he was with Satomi and Kaname, since his vision blurred at the moment. His head really hurt so much that he past out due to unbearable pain he was feeling.

"Shino!" was what he last heard before passing out.

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