Demons were thought to have disappeared in the modern age. However, over time the great demon lords past down tricks to their children on how to blend in. By the modern age many demons had found a way to completely mask their presence with shape shifting, magic, and technology. Using a simple charm even the most powerful demons could appear human. As time went on the younger demons did not even know of their identities as their unique gifts had been sealed away at a young age, only showing in times of peril. One clan gave birth to twin girls; however, they disappeared after an accident killed their father. No one knew what happened and the girls were presumed to be dead.

"Come on Aya, we need to get home." A small thin girl said as she led an identical girl away from the school.

"Bye Hojo!" Aya said with a smile and then turned to the girl in front of her, "Sorry Chay, let's get going." Aya looked at her sister whose long black hair was pulled back into a high ponytail, the ends still reaching her skirt. Aya preferred to braid her hair in two braids that went over her shoulders. "Do you think he's home?"

Chay stopped walking and gave her sister a sad smile, "He probably is. Just go straight upstairs when we get home." She offered her hand to her sister and the two walked on to their run down home. Once they arrived Chay stepped in first keeping Aya right behind her, "We're home." She said as she took a step into the entryway.

"You're late." A man snapped at her as he backhanded the girl. "I told you to come straight home."

Aya quickly went over to her sister and helped her up, "It was my fault I'm sorry." She saw him raise her hand and squeezed her eyes shut waiting for the impact. When it never came she looked up to see her sister holding his wrist. "Chay…"

"Go to your room." Chay said quietly as she glared at the man. Aya quickly nodded and hurried out of the room leaving her sister with the man. "Isn't it a little bit early to be drunk?"

The man glared at her, his brown eyes bloodshot. "Don't you sass me!" He yelled as his other hand grabbed her ponytail yanking her closer to him. "I'm your father."

"You are not! You're just some man mom married before she died." Chay clenched her teeth as he yanked on her hair.

"I will teach you some manners!" He said as he broke her grip and slapped her again. "Your mother left me in charge of you and your sister. So if I have to beat you to become decent citizens, I will." He yanked her hair again and pushed her to the ground before kicking her stomach. "I will not have you little whores getting around and making a mockery of me."

Chay got to her knees and hands panting for air. She looked up at him and gave him a smirk, "We don't have to do anything to make a fool of you."

The man grabbed the collar she wore and yanked her up on her knees with it, "You remember what this thing is?" He held the thick black leather collar that she had on her neck and smirked, "You can't ever take this off, and if you try to run away from me it will just get tighter and tighter and tighter, until you can no longer breath. You can never leave me, so I suggest you try to fix that little attitude of yours and learn to become a good little girl. Otherwise, this is just going to continue."

Chay glared at him and felt his hand hit her cheek again, "I'd rather die then listen to you."

He punched her stomach causing her to fall forward into his arm. As she gasped for breath he stroked her hair, "Now now, is that a nice thing to say. You know I don't like hurting you."

Chay shivered at his touch and finally managed to push away from him, "You make me sick." She clenched her eyes shut and let the blows come. When he finally got tired he left her sitting in the entryway beaten and bleeding. Chay felt soft hands pull her up and lead her to the small room she shared with her sister. "Block the door."

Aya nodded and quickly placed the heavy chest in front of the door before returning to her sister. "Are you alright?"

Chay nodded weakly as Aya began to clean her cuts. "I'm sorry I can't get us out of here."

Aya held back her tears and nodded. She hated seeing her sisters beaten body every day. She gave Chay a hug, who began to rub her head softly, "I'm sorry. It's all my fault you're like this."

"It's his fault, not yours." Chay replied as she gently pushed her sister off of her and stood up. She took off her bloody school uniform and tossed it into a bowl of water. "He should be falling back asleep soon. I'll sneak down and get us something to eat." She pulled on a hoodie and a pair of sweatpants then began to sneak down the stairs. Leaving Aya

Aya waited for her sister to return and continued on the daily chore of cleaning Chay's uniform. After that her and Chay would eat the little dinner they could get and then go to bed. Aya couldn't help but feel pity for herself, her life was pathetic, all of her friends had loving parents, even Kagome had a loving mother and grandfather. She heard her sister return and went over to eat, "Do you think Kagome will be healthy enough to come back to school tomorrow?"

Chay shrugged, "She's been out for a while, so who knows."

"I wish we could go visit her."

"Let's go tomorrow morning. We'll wake up early and visit her before school."

Aya gave her sister a large smile, spirit restored. "Yay I can't wait! We haven't gone anywhere in a while!"

Chay gave her sister a smile then finished her small dinner, "You should eat the rest, I'm going to bed."

Aya quickly finished up the last couple of crackers and cheese then hopped in her bed. "Night sister."

"Night." Chay said as her sister drifted off to sleep. Chay stayed up and watched the door in the dark room, the night not even affecting her vision. She waited then heard someone try to open their door. After several minutes she heard cursing and the man stomped away from the door. Only after she was confident he would not return, she went to sleep.