Son of the Storm: Black Blood

Chapter 1

Time to Party

Almost a year ago young Ryo Keno began attending Yokai Academy, a school made by monsters and for monsters, though even if he looked apart and was a monster he wasn't exactly the same as all the others. When it came down to it he could control his true self, but through determination and with the help of his friends he managed to unlock the final two gateways that lead to the control he wanted, and not a moment to soon. After a little run in with the nephilim Kaya he made a promise with himself that he would always by there to protect the ones he cared about and no matter what he wasn't going to die, although there was still something he was unaware of hidden throughout his body.

The day started out pretty normal, the sun was out and the snow had stopped falling for the time being. It was pretty strange though, in the Snow Country it seemed even if there was snow on the ground and the sun was out during the summer it was still rather warm unlike in the winter where she almost froze her hands off. They had about a month left before the new school year started and they all wanted to squeeze every bit of fun they could out of the month so it had been decided by Naomi that they all would be going on a little vacation for a week and since she was from the Elemental Country herself what better way to spend a week than at the Elemental Festival. In order to get there though they needed a little help from the chairman, so instead of walking there they were riding in style, inside of a school charter bus that was reserved only for club activities. Still they needed some supervision so Minami had agreed and following her was her mother and father as well as a few of their friends. Next, there was only one stop left, Ryo's house.

As they passed through the snowy trail Minami kept looking down at the necklace that Ryo had given her before they went their separate ways for the summer. She hoped that he was still ok, after all she didn't know what the side effects of the blood she had given him could have on him. Still, she was very happy to be going on this trip with her friends, after all they hadn't seen each other in a few months.

"Still thinking about him aren't you?" Naomi said as she leaned over the seat to look at the silver bat that hung around her friends neck.

"Yeah, it's ok though."

It was and had been pretty obvious how she felt about him ever since the last semester. Hell, Diataro and Oshira had even seen them trying to kiss before they int erupted them.

"Come on, why don't you just tell him the truth. You want to be his lover right?"

Once she heard the word "lover" her face lit up like a fresh tomato.

"What, we don't really seem like that do we?" she whispered.

She had yet to tell her parents about the events that unfolded with Kaya and what she had given Ryo. She was just waiting for the right time to tell them, after all if her mother found out she had given her blood to him there was no telling what she would do to her and him.

"Oh please, it's pretty obvious you want him. Look, your face is red even as we speak."

Did it really seem that way to her, and if so did the others think the same?

"Look, I may not be an expert in the field of love, but you can't keep delaying it. Your a vampire, be aggressive." Naomi said as she sat back in her seat.

Suddenly everyone on the bus flew forward as the bus came to a screeching stop.

"Hey, a little warning next time would be great." Diataro said to the bus driver as he rubbed the top of his head where he had hit it.

"Sorry sonny, but we have arrived at the final stop."

Once Minami looked out the window she could see the large steampunk like castle that they had stayed in during their last winter break, however it was all new to Gino and Naomi as well as her parents and their friends.

"He's been holding out on us!" Gino exclaimed as they all jumped off the bus and into the snow.

"Huh, not bad for someone like him." said Naomi.

It seemed that Gino and Naomi weren't the only ones impressed, Minami's father and his friends seemed to like the look of the castle, her mother on the other hand not so much. Well, there was only one way to call him to the door, it was time to ring the doorbell. However as her finger reached for the button the door seemed to open up on its own at first, that was until a very familiar face stuck his head out to see who was at the door.

"Oh hey guys, are you here for my brother?" Kyte asked as he wiped off one of his spare gears.

"Yeah, is he home?" Oshira asked.

"I'm afraid not at the moment."

"Then where is he?"

"I think he said something about going for a morning run."

"Well, do you know when he will be back?" asked Oshiru.

"Nope, but if you follow the dirt rode back the way you came you might find him at the corner market."

When Naomi looked down at her watch she noticed that they still had around an hour before the festival would kick off.

"Alright, everyone back on the bus." she said.

"Oh wait, could you take this with you? Since he won't be back here you guys should go ahead and take it with you." Kyte asked of Naomi as he pulled out a suitcase from behind the door.

"Alright, I got it." Gino said as he grabbed the suit case.

After everyone had been loaded back onto the bus and everyone had buckled in Naomi told the driver where they were headed.

"I'm not your chauffer you know." he replied as he closed the doors.

Once he saw that everyone was secure he began to drive towards their next destination, the corner market. The market must have been a ways down because after five minutes had passed by they couldn't even see where it was.

"Maybe we should just go on ahead and have his brother or sister drive him down." Diataro suggested as he leaned back in his chair.

"Yeah, maybe your right."

They were all about to agree when Salena saw something right outside their bus, something that was running at the speed of forty eight miles per hour with bright purple hair while wearing a short sleeve red and blue jacket and blue jeans.

"Hey guys, I think I found him." she pointed out.

Once everyone got a good look it was determined that it was indeed their speedy little friend. On the outside Ryo had been running for that long but when he heard Naomi voice come from his right he almost stumbled in the snow.

"Ryo, het can you here me?!" she yelled out to him.

As soon as he looked up at his friends who were looking out their windows at him he gave them a bit of a smile.

"Well, long time no see." he said as he continued to run beside the bus.

"Did you forget what today was?" she asked as she pulled the festival flier from her pocket.

As soon as she stuck her hand out to give it to him he made a jump and grabbed it before he continued running. His eyes scanned over the piece of paper that listed what the festival was for and what events would be taking place each day. How could he have forgotten about such an event, one that involved his own father no less.

"Huh, sounds like an invitation to party."

"So, are you still in?"

"Hah, if you think I'm going to pass this up you must be mad! Come on, let's party!"

And as soon as he had enough speed he jumped on top of the bus and joined his friends through the emergency exit on the top of the bus. Things may have went wrong near the end of his first year, but he wasn't going to let something like that happen again, especially during such an important day.

[Alright, well thanks for reading the first chapter. Also I have created a deviantart account where you can view the characters of this story and once I get to it I'll post the first Son of the Storm on there as well. My username is the same username as on here.]