It was the end of the summer and we had just moved to a new town, Sunrise Valley is its name. My mom transferred here to work at the Sunrise Valley Hospital. She is a nurse and the hospital was in desperate need of nurses. It didn't hurt matters that we, my mom, my two brother and me needed a fresh start either. There was some trouble at my last school that resulted in my almost being killed. Now everyone there always watched and whispered that their sweet all American football star wouldn't have lost his temper if I hadn't been such a tease. They didn't know the whole story, I'm a witch and he was trying to forcibly take my powers from me. After he was acquitted of trying to kill me, we decided that we just needed to get away from there for all our safety.
My dad, his wife Rin and step son Bankotsu followed us to Sunrise Valley shortly after our move. Luckily they were able to acquire the house next door to us. Bankotsu, is trying hard to fit into the strange family dynamics we have, which isn't always easy. My brothers and I are triplets and even though we are the same age as Bankotsu he is sometimes left out because of our unique connection and he has only been with us for a short time, he wasn't raised around us. Dad and Rin only met and married a few years ago. My brothers Koga and Shippou were not happy about the move to Sunrise Valley, but I have a feeling they are going to enjoyed meeting all the new girls here. Bankotsu doesn't seem to mind the move as much; he is always more laid back and just goes with the flow of things around him. Even though me and my brothers are triplets we don't actually look alike which is good in my opinion. Koga is almost six feet tall, with muscles that most linebackers strive for, Raven black hair that is a little too long and ocean blue eyes. Shippou is just a little over six feet tall, lean muscled but sharply cut, with collar length red hair that has streaks of blonde running through it, and long lashed emerald green eyes. My step brother Bankostu is the tallest of the bunch at six feet two inches, swimmer lean, with waist length black hair, and light brown almost amber eyes. I knew the girls would be all over my brothers, they are good looking guys. As for me I'm the short one of the bunch at five feet ten inches tall, with jet black wavy waist length hair, and crystal blue eyes and living with these guys there wasn't a chance at being anything other than lean and muscular. My mother has shoulder length brown hair with crystal blue eyes, slender/toned standing at five-eight. My father has short brown hair with green eyes, muscular/toned standing at six-two. Rin has waist length light brown hair with blue eyes, slender/toned standing at six-two.
As school was starting tomorrow I decided that I needed to get one of my vehicles up and running so I didn't have to ride with one of my brothers. I had a choice, my 1963 Ford F100 or my 1943 Harley Davidson Pan head. As the truck had a lot more work to finish it than I could do in a day or two and the Harley only needed a tune up I decided to work on my Harley.
With a ratchet in hand and the needed parts on my mock workbench, an upside down milk crate sitting beside the bike I stood looking at my bike in the carport. Just as I was ready to dive into the tune-up I heard footsteps come up behind me.
"Excuse me miss" I heard a male voice say behind
me.
"Yes, can I help you?" I said as I put the ratchet
down and turned around.
"Hi, I'm Hakkaku Grayson and this is Ginta Carson, we live just down the street." Hakkaku said and then he grinned at me.
Hakkaku was an easy six foot with a nicely muscled body, collar length blonde hair and blue eyes. Ginta while easily matching Hakkaku in height and muscle was dark to Hakkaku's light with mahogany brown shoulder length hair and dark brown almost black eyes. Being a witch has advantages, advantages other species don't have and I could tell right away that Hakkaku was a wolf demon and Ginta was also wolf demon. I began to wonder if things might actually be different here in Sunrise Valley. I mean where else are you going to find friendly wolf demons, they usually just attack and eat you. Mom had said we would be happy here.
"Hi nice to meet you, I'm Rylie" I said.
"I noticed that you had a ratchet in your hand as we walked up. Do you work on your bike?" Ginta asked as he stepped closer to my bike.
"I guess you can say that, I saved this Harley from a junk yard, and built it from a rusted frame and piece parted engine to what you see here." I said not bragging just stating facts. Hakkaku and Ginta looked at each other then grinned I had a sneaking suspicion that these boys already knew I worked on my own stuff.
"Really? Would you mind if we bring our bikes down here and you take a quick look, they are running rough and making noises, and Ginta's is leaking something." Hakkaku asked almost pleading.
"Sure no problem, I would be happy to." I said. At that they ran down the street to retrieve their bikes.
"Rylie, who were those guys?" Shippou asked as he came out of the house with Koga and Bankotsu right behind him.
"Oh um, some guys that live down the street. They asked if I could take a look at their bikes for them." I said giggling.
"I guess that is a price you pay for being a better mechanic then every male in our family." Koga said, but when he ducked and started laughing as dad playfully took a swing at his head. In reality dad taught us all everything we knew about cars, bikes, and mechanics in general.
"Rylie, we're back" Ginta called as they pushed their bikes into the driveway. He and Hakkaku looked around at everyone now standing in the carport. I looked behind me, gave a laugh and decided that introductions were in order as no one in my family was budging until they knew who was at the house.
"Family, this is Hakkaku and Ginta they live down the street. Hakkaku, Ginta, these are my brothers Koga, Shippou, and Bankotsu. This is my dad Jineji, his wife my step mom Rin, and this is my mom Kirara." I said as I gestured toward each of them in turn.
"Nice to ah meet you all" Hakkaku stuttered, Ginta just nodded. Both looked a little shell shocked.
"Alright you guys, you have had your fun, go back to killing each other and let me get to work." I said. After giving both Hakkaku and Ginta an assessing look my family left to go back to what they had been doing. I shook my head and laughed. "Sorry about that my family is very protective of me" I said as I bent down and started looking at their bikes. Two Honda crotch rockets, but I don't begrudge them that, at least the ride. After eliminating the usual things I had Hakkaku's narrowed down to a loose push rod. After taking care of the push rod I turned my attention to Ginta's bike, he got lucky, a loose oil line behind the oil tank was a easy fix.
"Wow, you really are a good mechanic" Hakkaku said after he started his bike and it purred.
"Yeah you are. Thanks a lot, here." Ginta said as he tried to hand me a stack of bills.
"No thanks; since you two are the first people that I have met here I won't charge you this time" I said.
"Rylie, you know that school starts tomorrow are you going?" Ginta asked, as they both started to climb on their bikes.
"Yeah I have to go, will I see you there?" I asked hoping I had just made my first friends here.
"Yeah, we have to go too, thanks again see you tomorrow." Ginta said. They then roared off on their bikes. Shaking my head, I grabbed my bag and went in the house. When I got to my room and I threw my bag toward the bed but it didn't make it.
When it hit the floor, I bent down to pick it up and a hand full of bills fell out. I realized Ginta must have shoved the money in my bag that was sitting on my brother's car. Dammit, they made me take the money. I hid the money in a secret compartment in my jewelry box, and took a shower. Afterward I went down to dinner and dealt with the ribbing I knew was coming. After helping clean up I went up to my room and I lay down and fell asleep as soon as I put my head down.