And now for the sequel to Beautiful Curse AvDevjyp (If you haven't read it, I suggest you do)

Beautiful Curse Payback

Chapter 1

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Dev stood waiting outside the elementry building for his little siblings. He shuffled his feet to get some of the ache out of his ankles from standing. "I'm getting lazy," he muttered. He looked into the tinted window of a red car parked next to him. A dark haired, dark eyed, average boy looked back. If he was his strp-dad or little half-siblings he would've growled in dislike of his appearance. Instead he just shook his head and turned to the education building. Just as he was getting more impatient the end-of-school bell rang releasing the kids for their much needed summer break.

Ryu came running out of the dubble doors first. He held onto his base-ball cap and ran across the grass to Dev. "Anything happen at school?" Dev asked.

"We had a fire drill and Akira got stuffed in his locker again," the little ten year old, black haired boy told his older half-brother. He sat down on the curb to wait for his little sister.

"Why does Akira get shoved in the lockers?" Dev asked to pass the time. He knew the answer: Kids are mean and pick on anyone different then themselfs.

"He looks real dirty, like he doesn't take baths. I feel sorry for him, but if I say anything I'll be picked on too," Ryu said sadly.

Dev nodded his understanding. Any unwanted attention to his brother or sister would mean trouble to the family.

They waited in a comfortable silence for thier little sister. After ten minutes of waiting they started to grow impatient. Then they heard cheering coming from the left side of the building. The two boys looked at eachother and ran for the commotion. "Maybe Chiann is there," Dev panted. Ryu just smiled and stayed at an even pace even though he knew he could run a lot faster then his brother. They approached a crowed of youngsters and pushed their way into the center. There standing face to face was a boy that looked the same age as Ryu and a young girl who was two years younger. Her long hair moved from under her pink bandana. She stood standing straight, waiting for something. The boy was crouched ready to move forward. Dev didn't wait though, he rushed forward and hit the boy across the face. "Don't touch my sister!" he yelled at the boy that now lay on the grass.

Chiann came over and grabbed ahold of Dev's arm. She shook her head when he looked at her. "Why not?" Dev asked. She just shook her head. Ryu walked up and looked at Dev.

"We thought dad had a temper?" he asked his big brother.

"What did this look like to you?" Dev asked.

"Well..." Ryu started. He was interupted though when someone in the crowd yelled out, "Teacher!" Everyone scattered, even the boy who was hit by Dev. No one was caught as they ran past the teachers and staff that had rushed to the scene. Dev, Ryu, and Chiann started for the gates. They ran all the way home, not daring to stop for fear that someone had followed to punish Dev.

They panted on the steps of the Higurashi shrine. "That was stupid!" a little voice said from behind them. "Aunt Kagome and Uncle InuYasha are going to be maaaaaaaad." A little boy said in a sing-song voice. He skipped past the three childred.

"Shido, do you want to live to see seven?" Dev asked the little boy.

"Yes, and you can't kill me. I'll tell," Shido said as he stopped three steps up and rocked back on his heals.

"You can't tell if your dead," Dev threatened.

"And we'll throw you into the Well," Ryu added. He cracked his knuckles.

"I will too tell! I tell even if I'm dead! And you'll be in so much trouble," Shido tried his hardest to sound brave, but his little six year old voice shook. He turned around quickly when Dev cracked one of his knuckles and ran up the stairs. "Mommy!!"

"No, Shido!" Dev ran after him, but the little boy was fast since he was so scared.

"Shido, you shouldn't scream like that," a woman's voice said from the top of the stairs. She looked down at the kids running up at full speed. "What's going on here?"

"Mommy! They're going to kill me!" Shido yelled as he ran right into his mother.

"Aunt Sango, we were just joking," Dev defended himself and his brother.

"Dev, you know better then to jest about killing someone," Sango said in a motherly voice. Dev crossed his arms but muttered an apology. "It's ok. Now, Kagome is out and so is InuYasha, but they said you had chores to do and they wanted them done before they returned." With that said she took her son's hand and walked across the shrine grounds. They reached the main house and turned to the backyard, where their house was.

The three children stood there on the top steps. Chiann looked at her brothers and shook her head; then she walked to one of the many small shrine houses to start on her chores. Dev watched her leave, "What do you think she ment by that?"

"She's going to tell on you," Ryu said. Then he sighed and walked away from him too. Dev followed to change out of his school uniform.

He walked into their house. Ryu was sitting at the front living room table eating a sandwhich. His little black dog ears, that had been hidden by a hat all day, twitched at the sound of Dev entering the house. "Paranoid?" Dev asked.

"Only because I don't know what mom and dad are going to do to you," Ryu said with a sly smirk on his face.

'He looks like InuYasha way too much,' Dev thought. "You're a stupid kid, what would you know?"

"This stupid kid knows your going to be in a load of trouble," Ryu said before he took a bit from his sandwhich. He wasn't paying any attention and didn't expect Dev to jump at him.

"Your so stupid Ryu!" Dev yelled as he hit Ryu in the face. He kept yelling and hitting his little brother, who in turn was hitting back. Then Dev felt himself being picked up from the back of his uniform.

"Stop it now!" Kagome yelled from the door. InuYasha held Dev with his left hand and Ryu with his right as the boys tried to break free from his grasp and beat eachother up. "Dev! Ryu! Stop it now!" Kagome yelled again. This time the boys stopped their struggling and stood staring at eachother in hatred.

InuYasha slowly let them go, all set to grab them again if they tried to lung at eachother. "Now, Ryu, go to your room and wait there. Dev, come into the kitchen. Your mother and I want to talk with you." InuYasha pointed to both locations. The boys eyed eachother as they walked towards their designated locations.

Kagome and InuYasha walked behind Dev as they both entered the kitchen. Kagome sat down at the table, "Dev, Chiann said you hit a boy that goes to her school."

Dev looked at his mother, "I didn't do anything wrong!"

"Dev, you listen now. You can't just go beating up little kids. That is wrong," Kagome tried to reason with her son.

InuYasha stood against the wall angerly.

"He was trying to fight with Chiann! I'm not going to allow anyone to hit my little sister!" Dev defended himself. He started to breath hard.

"Chiann said that she was just yelling at the boy when you came up and punched him. Dev your a teenager, he was a little kid. It doesn't matter what you were doing, you know that Chiann can defend herself and you know that you are too big to be picking on kids," Kagome said. "Now I know you think you were doing the right thing, but you weren't. You're going to be grounded to the house for two months. I'm not going to allow any of my kids to fight. Go to your room now."

"But mom..."

"No! Go to your room!" Kagome finally yelled at him.

He balled his fists and stormed off into the hall. The two adults heard the bedroom door slam. Kagome sighed and layed her head down on the kitchen table where she was sitting. InuYasha came over and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. "You ok?" he asked.

"I hate punishing him for this, but he has to learn not to fight. This isn't the fuedal era. He can't just fight anyone he wants to," Kagome said to the table under her. She sighed.

"You're right. He can't just fight when he thinks it's right," InuYasha said. "You would ground me if I decided to hit someone for messing with any of you. He just needs to learn to control his temper."

"Like you had to learn?" Kagome asked looking at him.

"I never had a temper problem," InuYasha said with a smirk. Kagome rolled her eyes at him then stood up and walked to the stove to start on dinner.

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