A town on the Kantou Plain; Ukiyoe town, in that place there is a family that has been feared for generations.
"Ryo-sama! Lord third has requested your presence immediately." Kubinashi, the headless stringer, scolded the 15-year-old who seemed to be sitting wooden targets with a kendo sword. Ryo sighed as he put the sword away and wrapped his long white hair in a ponytail.
"What does the old man want now?" Ryo mumbled as he left the garden and entered his, very traditional, house. He was met by a man with brown hair and round glasses who was eating a bowl full of rice peacefully.
"Judging by the amount of sweat, it seems you were ignoring your homework again." The man, named Nura Rikuo, said not even bothering to glance at the teenager who stood in front of him. "Should I talk with your principal again?" Rikuo said as he opened his eyes slightly to glance at his son.
"I don't even know why I have to go to school, I can only be human nine hours a day. It's not like studying will make any difference in my life." Ryo rolled his eyes and sat down to serve himself a rice bowl. He took a spoonful and his eyes widened… it was a warm meal. "You and mom fought again. What did you do this time?"
"It's not fair that you always assume I'm the one to blame for our fights,your mother has quite a temper if you must know. Besides we are not fighting, Tsurara is just handling some business with the strike team tonight." Rikuo said as he removed his glasses and cleaned them up with his robes.
"Are you that useless that you have send mom to handle business for you? You are quite the yakuza… Sometimes I wonder if all those stories about you are made up. You look like a pretty useless human to me." Ryo scoffed as he wolfed down his dinner and stood up. "You should hurry up and make me fourth heir soon, before you regret it." Ryo added before slamming the door behind him.
"And that is why spending time with humans could do you some good." Rikuo sighed as he continued to eat.
Ryo woke up that morning and headed straight to the bathroom to wash his face. He sighed as he looked at his pathetic human form. He had brown hair and blue eyes, and just like his father, his eye-sight wasn't the best while in human form so glasses were required in order to be able to see properly.
"GOOD MORNING RYO!" A loud scream was heard as his door was opened rather harshly. The loud noise came from a tall woman with long blue, almost black hair, and yellow eyes. "I made you some soup for you to start your day with great energy! You are going to kick those tests in the butt!" Nura Tsurara exclaimed as she placed the tray in Ryo's table.
Ryo scratched his head as he exited the bathroom to meet his mother's smile. "Mom, we talked about being this energised in the morning." He sighed as he sat down to eat his so called soup, it was too cold to be even be considered melted ice-cream, but he ate it nonetheless. If there was something Ryo couldn't stand was to see his mother upset, so enduring cold meals was part of his everyday routine.
"Yes, yes! But you just know I can't control myself. I wake up everyday extra early so I can make you some breakfast. I just love seeing you in your morning form. You look so handsome! Just like your father~" Tsurara grinned as she pinched one of Ryo's cheeks.
Ryo ate as fast as he could, kissed his mother on cheek and grabbed is bag before rushing to the door. "Have a good day at school, Ryo-sama!" The entire Nura clan greeted him by the entrance before he made his way out.
Ryo sighed in relief once he was out the main house. He though he would have a peaceful walk until he heard a very familiar voices behind him. "Nura-san!" was enough to make him cringe. He felt a taller person, almost as tall as a lamp-post, wrap his arm around his shoulder quite aggressively. "Yamada-san… I thought you lived in the other side of town." Ryo said trying to muster a fake smile.
"Yes, but I had some very important business to discuss with you! I overheard some girls in class B were trying to find some guys to join them. Apparently they were dared to go to the abandoned prison, but they are too scared to go alone. So naturally, I signed up us both as volunteers. We are meeting them at four!" The black-haired boy said excitedly.
"Four?! You mean like four, after school ends at three, four?!" Ryo asked shocked. Of course he couldn't go, he would be in yokai form by then but he didn't have any excuse not to go.
"Yes, and there is no use on bailing on me this time! I called your father and he insisted on taking you with me! A true role-model if you ask me! He truly understands what makes the livelihood of a man!" Yamada exclaimed excitedly.
"This is just great…" Ryo sighed and looked down.
And so the daily life of Nura Ryo begins.