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Chapter 2: Bad Omen


"Hey, Kiyomi, wait up!"

Renata had had to pretty much fight through the swarming crowd to get into the halls, and catch up to her. When she finally made it to her side, she huffed,

"Why are you in such a hurry? You usually wait until there isn't a crowd. Not like you're going to gym anyway, right?"

Kiyomi glanced at her, "I am today."

"Huh?" Renata looked at her. "Why? I mean...all year, you've skipped the class."

When Kiyomi didn't explain herself, Renata sighed, but followed after her regardless. She didn't know what was going on in her cousin's head half the time, but it was always like that. Luckily for her and everyone else, she was nowhere near as frightening as her father. Renata shuddered at the thought.

They got to the gym before anyone else, or at least that was what Renata thought. Just as Kiyomi opened the door, a tall guy stood there with his arm outstretched to push the door open. Kiyomi made no move to get out of the way, nor did the guy. Renata shifted uneasily when an awkward silence developed between the three of them. She looked at the guy. Renata had never seen him in their school before. He was tall, had neck length choppy, lavender colored hair and eyes. A small smirk was on his face. He looked from Renata to Kiyomi. When his bright eyes settled on Kiyomi, his pupils constricted. Renata rubbed her arm,

"Did the A/C just get turned on full blast or something? I'm freezing!"

"You're in the way." Kiyomi spoke up finally, her eyes narrowing.

He laughed, making his bangs fall into his eyes, "Am I?"

When he continued to stand in his place, Kiyomi just walked past him, and not gently either. Renata saw anger cross the guys face. He grabbed her arm roughly, and grinned when he saw just a hint of pain on her face. Kiyomi's head snapped toward him,

"You have less than five seconds to release me."

"Or you'll what?" he asked, smirking.

Renata watched as he yanked Kiyomi up close to his chest as if she were some rag doll.

"What's going on?"

The three of them looked back to see Masato, followed with Natsu and Nori. Masato stood there, and glared at the guy who looked at him with surprise. Natsu walked around Masato, and toward him. He yanked his hand from Kiyomi, and shoved him back,

"Release her."

The guy looked at Natsu with an outraged expression,

"Did you just put your hands on me, human?"

"Did you put your hands on a girl, coward?" Natsu shot back.

The guy sneered, but was grabbed by the arm. He glanced back to see Masato holding him. Masato looked down at him with narrowed eyes. A huge smile came across his face. He turned toward him,

"It's amazing. You look like..."

"What...?" Masato glared, not getting what this crazy bastard was talking about.

Nori came up behind Masato, and grabbed the back of his shirt,

"Let him go, Masato. Don't start a fight."

Masato made a face, and then shoved the guy back enough to make him stumble.

"You've started your first day here on the wrong foot." he said. "Let me go ahead and give you tip. There are eight people in this school you don't bother unless you're looking for a fight. Who are those eight people? Me, of course. Kiyomi, Nori, Natsu, Yukio, Iva, Renata, and Kazuya."

The guy grinned, and then gave a laugh, "You hold yourself to their level? How funny."

He straightened his shirt. Masato glared at him,

"What do you mean?"

"Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Hakudoshi Onigumo, and we'll be seeing more of each other soon. Until next time?"

Masato took a step forward as he started to make his way around him, "Wait, I want to know what you meant."

"Masato," Nori urged, "just let him go."

Before Hakudoshi walked out of the gym, he stopped, and looked back toward Kiyomi who was watching him. He grinned,

"Tell your father I said hello."

Kiyomi narrowed her eyes at him. With that, he left the gym just as the rest of them started filing in with the rest of the students in this class. Kazuya noticed the irritated look on his brother's face, and frowned,

"What?"

"This guy tried to fight Kiyomi." Renata said with an irritated look on her face.

Yukio had been heading for the locker room, but stopped upon hearing that. He looked at his sister,

"What? What guy?"

"I handled him fine. The problem would have been resolved quicker had I not been interrupted." Kiyomi said, and then looking down where Natsu was holding her wrist. "Natsu..."

He looked at her, and then down to where he had a hold of her wrist. Natsu smiled, letting go of her,

"Oh, sorry. Are you alright?"

"I am fine." she said.

Instead of moving away from her like he knew she wanted, Natsu brought his hand up toward her hair, and smoothed her hair down. It'd started to rise much like a cat whenever it feels threatened. Kiyomi blinked at him like he'd grown another head. No one was really paying attention to either of them since they were trying to get more information from Renata, Masato, and Nori.

"Hakudoshi Onigumo?" Yukio repeated. "I've never even heard of that kid."

"Well, no shit." Masato said, stretching. "He's new here, and...he's no kid. He's our age."

"So what?" Yukio said, looking toward the hallway leading out of the gym.

"Don't get any ideas, Yukio." Iva said. "Masato handled it, and even if he hadn't come, Kiyomi is perfectly capable of taking care of herself."

He looked at her, "She's still my little sister, and I want to find the guy to give him more than a shove. How do you feel when people bother your younger siblings?"

Before Iva could answer him, something that sounded like two hands clapping together once resonating throughout the gym. Everyone's heads shot toward the sound to find Natsu on his butt, and Kiyomi already half way toward the bathroom. Iva sighed,

"Well, it's hard to do that when they're a part of the problem."

Masato laughed, "Man, that sounded like it hurt."

Iva walked over, and grabbed her brother by the sleeve, pulling him up, "What'd you do, Natsu? How many times has Mom told you to keep your hand to yourself?"

He got up, rubbing his cheek, "All I did was flatten her hair out, because it was flying everywhere. I was just helping."

"Yeah." Kazuya said with a laugh. "Helped yourself to groping her ass."

Natsu turned red, glancing at Yukio, and then laughing nervously, "I don't know what you mean. She just doesn't like being touched in general. All I did was touch her hair. I swear."

"How many times do I have to explain sexual harassment to you?" Iva said in a scolding tone, putting her hand on her hip. "I should just let Yukio teach you a lesson."

Yukio had just looked at Natsu with a bright gleam in his eyes. Hearing Iva say that, he grinned, and then started over toward them,

"As if I wanted your approval."

"Yukio, wait." Natsu said, taking a few steps back.

Yukio jumped at him, but Natsu easily jumped away, landing right behind Masato, "Fight Masato. He's your number one rival, right? Do some wrestling before class starts."

"I'd love a fight right now, but..." Masato grabbed Natsu from behind him, and shoved him toward Yukio. "Watching this could be fun."

"Gah!" Natsu fell to the floor with Yukio, who had him in a headlock.

Some students walking in stopped, and laughed. Masato laughing the loudest, and Kazuya being the second loudest. Looking at them, Iva could only see InuYasha. No, more like hear. All anyone had to do was listen to how they talk, laugh, and pretty much breath. She shook her head, and then headed toward the locker room,

"Renata, Nori...let's get ready for class?"

"Yeah." they said in unison.

Meanwhile, Yukio grinned as Natsu tried to get out of his hold, but was unsuccessful.

"This is kinda boring, isn't it?" Yukio asked with a grin. "Maybe I should call Masato and Kazuya over to fart in your face."

"No!" he yelled, looking up at him in horror. "I'll die."

"Maybe." Yukio said, laughing.

The sound of a whistle going off made the laughing stop. Yukio looked back to see the too familiar face of their coach. He grinned, getting up, and then giving a lame wave,

"Hiya, Bankotsu."

"Starting up trouble again, huh? And how many times do I have to tell you not to call me by my first name here?" he asked when he made it over to them.

Yukio just gave a small smile. Bankotsu couldn't help but to grin. Ever since he'd started a family with Naomi, he knew he had to end the dangerous chapter of his life, and settle down. When Renata was old enough, he started searching for another job, and after a while it finally hit him. How great would it be to be able to watch all these kids grow up, and also be able to use his skills to train demons at the same time? Plus, teenager years being the worse nightmare for a father with a daughter, Bankotsu knew with this job he could keep a close eye on Renata. So far, so good though. Renata wasn't really interested in guys as far as he knew, but with teenagers he knew things could change in a heartbeat.

Bankotsu dropped his thoughts, and looked at all the boys, "Alright, go get changed for class."

The Girls' Locker Room

Kiyomi undressed, and began to change into her gym clothes. She could feel the others staring at her. Kiyomi clenched her jaw, trying to control the blush she knew was on her face. She was trying her hardest to keep her face hidden until the damned blush went away. Kiyomi mentally cursed that idiot's existence.

"So, Kiyomi," Renata started with a grin as she got dressed herself, "what was all of that about? What happened? You know...with Natsu just now?"

"Do not pester me about that pervert." she said.

Renata smiled, trying to catch a look at her, but she seemed to turn her head in some way every time.

"Oh no, wait." she said, walking over, and grabbing her cousin's arm.

Renata turned Kiyomi toward her, and was welcome with a light, red tinted face. She gasped,

"You're blushing!"

"What?" Nori and Iva said simultaneously, looking over at her.

Kiyomi shook her cousin's hold, and turned back to her locker, "That's usually what the feeling of rage does."

"Don't even try to pull that!" Nori said quickly. "Do you like Natsu?"

"Of course not. You are all being ridiculous." Kiyomi retorted, finishing up, and then closing her locker.

When she turned to leave the locker room, she saw a lot of the girls staring at her curiously. When Kiyomi narrowed her eyes, they all turned away, but that didn't stop them from whispering to each other.

"Okay, you guys should lay off." Iva said, a hand on her hip. "How could someone like Kiyomi like our goofy, slyly perverted brother?"

"Opposites attract." Renata said.

Nori nodded, somewhat eagerly, "Exactly!"

"What's your type anyway, Kiyomi?" Renata asked.

When she looked, Kiyomi was no longer there. Iva blinked,

"Wasn't she just standing there?"

"If she's avoiding the conversation, then it's safe to assume, right?" Nori asked.

Iva shook her head, sighing, "Come on, guys. You're going to end up spreading unnecessary rumors. Kiyomi isn't the first, nor will she be the last, girl Natsu acts perverted toward. Opposites can attract, sure, but this is beyond that. They're polar opposites. It's like...like Sesshomaru dating Kagome, or something."

"Ew." Renata made a disgusted face.

She laughed at their expressions, "Exactly, so let's drop it."

"I could hope." Nori said, following them out. "At least then we wouldn't have to worry about Natsu finding the wrong girl."

"Right, because a girl that doesn't like to show too much emotion is his perfect match." Iva said.

Nori stuck her tongue at her older sister, and then pursed her lips. As usual, most of the guys had already beat them to the bleachers. They all split up as they got to the bleachers. Iva going to sit with some of her friends that'd left the locker room before her, and Renata to Kiyomi. Nori followed up them up the bleachers, cell phone out in front of her, and her finger gliding across the screen skillfully. She wasn't paying attention to where she was going, and didn't notice a person stand up from one of the bleachers. Nori ran into something hard and gasped when she lost her footing, dropping her phone as to try and find her footing. A hand grabbed her wrist, and pulled her forward.

Nori had her eyes squeezed shut for a good bit, but opened them when she heard a laugh. She looked up to see a grinning Masato, his red eyes gleaming with amusement. Any other girl might feel afraid, or dazed but Nori was all too familiar with this. She felt her cheeks puff up in irritation, and he laughed again,

"What? I helped you, didn't I?"

"Yeah, well obviously you were the cause of it." she twisted her wrist out of his hold.

Masato rolled his eyes, "Or it was your own fault for not paying attention."

He knelt down, and grabbed her phone.

"Hey, Nori!"

Nori looked away to see the group of people she usually hung out with at the top of the bleachers. She smiled, and waved,

"I'll be up in a second!"

Nori's eyes shifted back to Masato. He no longer looked so amused, and she frowned seeing how he was looking at her,

"What?"

"Nothing." he said, moving out of her way, and retaking his seat.

Nori looked back toward her friends, and then back at Masato. She huffed, plopping down beside him. Masato looked at her,

"What are you doing?"

"You're acting weird!" Nori exclaimed.

He didn't give her so much of a glance, "So? What's it to you?"

"You're my friend, dummy. You know I'll listen if you need to talk...about, well-"

"I'm fine, thanks." he said gruffly.

Nori watched him, and then sighed heavily,

'Ugh, I feel like even though I'm the closest to him and I've known him all my freaking life, I still don't get him! Why does he have to be so complicated!? It's not like I'm trying to be bitchy per say, I just want to be seen as someone rather than just "Natsu's sister". It's been like that since we were kids and it wasn't a problem back then…because I really just WANTED to be like him. But when we both decided to start being independent…it just became so much easier for him…I had to fight for people to even learn my name! We are just seven minutes apart…geez.'Nori sighed again, smirking a little, 'I mean, Masato can be a total jerk…always trying to piss me off and whatnot…but, I'd like to think he sees me like I see him…a best friend…'

Nori felt something smacked her in the forehead, and she winced, cupping her forehead.

"Ow!" she whined, and glared over at Masato knowingly.

He looked at her with a raised eyebrow, "Are you alright? You look like you're having a mental party. Hm, I still have a ton of Abilify if you'd like some."

Nori gave him a look, and he laughed. She knew she could have slapped him on the arm, or yelled at him but didn't.

'I really don't get how he can joke about his disorder. Still smile. Even though it's rare for anyone to see it, I'm glad I get to on rare occasions such as this.' she thought, smiling.

Masato brought his hand to thump her forehead again, and she caught his wrist this time,

"I don't think so."

She brought her other hand up, and giving him a hard thump on his forehead. Nori laughed seeing him wince. She smiled when he simply grinned at her.

"Alright!" Bankotsu called over the talking of the students. "If I can get your attention, I'm going to start."

After a while, everyone finally calmed down, and gave him their attention. He smiled,

"So as you all know, we only have a month left of school, and so the time has come for HADIT. For you new to the school this year, that means Humans and Demons In-Training."

A few people started to laugh, and Bankotsu smiled,

"Yeah, yeah, I know. The name's a bit funny abbreviated, isn't it? You can all thank me for the marvelous name."

He heard a loud groan, and looked to none other than Kazuya. Bankotsu raised an eyebrow,

"You have something to say, Kazuya?"

"I do actually." he said, a big smile on his face. "Well, I was just going to say that I think we've about had it with you reminding us you made it up."

The laughter got louder.

"Oh, ha...ha ha." Bankotsu said. "Anyway..."

He gave Kazuya a look, and he just grinned back at him in return, reminding him of his cocky father. Bankotsu continued,

"HADIT begins with a series of preliminary training. During these sessions of training, I will be choosing the team for the HADIT tournaments this year. Normally there are sixteen to twenty tournaments every year, but it depends. Now, I encourage all of you to not immediately decide you can't do it, because you never know unless you try. Any questions so far?"

The first hand to be raised was by Iva. He nodded at her, and she sat straighter as she spoke,

"I thought it'd be helpful to the newbies if you told them the benefits of being apart of HADIT."

Bankotsu nodded, "Good suggestion, Iva. Ultimately, you all simply become more skilled in your abilities. Other benefits is if you manage to be on HADIT all four years, then colleges are more likely to take a closer look at you. There are bigger tournaments, and programs like this in college, so you also become more familiar with what is expected. Anymore questions before I move on?"

No one raised their hand. He continued,

"The team consists of eight, and one of the eight being the captain, just like any other sport. The training will start tomorrow after I find out who will be trying out. All students that do not wish to participate will be placed in a study hall during class for the rest of the year. In other words, the paper to sign up is on the bulletin near the guidance office. That's about all I have to tell you all for now. Any questions now?"

Yukio waved at him, and he asked, "Are you going to ask a good question, Yukio, or do you feel the need to crack a joke like your cousin?"

"Psh, I'm not that childish." Yukio said with a grin, getting a glare sent his way by Kazuya. "I just want to make sure I'm still captain. Usually you announce that right off the bat."

Yukio expected an expression that explained he'd forgotten, but he frowned.

With InuYasha: 9PM

It brought InuYasha everlasting pleasure to see his computer dim to blackness. Another workday came to an end, and he could finally go home. Today had especially been a crappy day when he found out there'd been a meeting, but he hadn't been invited. It wasn't like it was the first time. The real problem lied in the fact they only included him when they couldn't handle it alone anymore.

"Cocky sons of bitches." he thought grumpily.

InuYasha got up, and undid his tie, pulling it off. He didn't bother packing up any stuff, and just grabbed his car keys. InuYasha headed out of his room, and down the dim lit hallways to the elevators. However, when he passed Sesshomaru's office, he paused. InuYasha's ears twitched when he heard an unfamiliar voice inside his office.

'It'd be easier on you to just agree on the merge. How could such an inferior business such as my own, destroy your clearly superior one?' a male voice asked sarcastically.

InuYasha moved closer when he heard his father's voice instead of Sesshomaru's.

"It is exactly because of your status that we do not want you." InuTaisho said without hesitation. "If we want you, we'll have you without any merging."

"Ouch." the man said after a pause. "Say what you will, but rather by agreement or force..."

InuYasha frowned. He could smell the man's scent. Heavily coated with human cologne, and mixed with his own natural strong spice-like scent. It burned his nose. The man's natural scent smelt familiar. Toxic. He blinked out of his wondering thoughts, and continued to listen to hear Sesshomaru's words,

"...think that you could touch this company with no reputation, is beyond human smarts idiotic. Then again, you are half human so I suppose it makes sense."

"Sesshomaru." InuTaisho said in a warning tone.

The man gave a laugh, "How professional of you."

"Professional is doing business, and you're only wasting my time." Sesshomaru responded; the sound of a chair scraping the floor was heard. "Father, you can deal with this fool on your own."

"You bastard." the man growled, suddenly angry. "I've been keeping my cool, but you're really quite the nerve hitter. Is it not business to want to destroy your competition? While you may be my competition, but you're also the murderer of my brother."

"Your brother." Sesshomaru repeated.

There was a silence.

"You are no more but a detachment of him, and to think otherwise is nothing more than a fantasy." he continued. "I will kill you just the same. It makes no difference to me who you are, or your motive."

InuYasha didn't move even though he knew Sesshomaru was coming for the door. When it opened, he didn't even look at his brother, but at the man. He had back length black hair, tan skin, and jade colored eyes.

"Move."

InuYasha finally looked at Sesshomaru. He scoffed, and stepped out of the way. Sesshomaru walked out of the room, and down the hall toward the elevators.

"The meeting is over." InuTaisho said.

InuYasha looked into the room again, and did not hesitate to ask, "Who is he?"

InuTaisho looked at InuYasha, "It does not matter."

"I am Muso Onigumo." the man blurted, looking InuYasha directly in the eye. "Naraku's brother, and technically...Masato's uncle."

InuYasha's face contorted from curiosity to anger, "Yeah, and what do you want here?"

"Did you not hear the conversation?" he asked. "Clearly that will not work, so I suppose the original route it'll be. He'll be most happy knowing that, anyway."

"He'll?" InuYasha repeated, his hand clenching into a fist. "Did that bastard survive? Naraku...he's-"

"Dead, so obviously not who I'm speaking of." Muso said bitterly, but then grinning. "At least, he'll remain dead for now."

He grabbed his jacket.

"I'll excuse myself, then." Muso said.

InuYasha didn't let him pass him. He grabbed him by the arm, and growled,

"I don't like the sound of what you said, what are you planning you bastard?"

"Release me." Muso sneered, shaking InuYasha off of him.

"InuYasha." InuTaisho appeared at his son's side, putting his hand on his shoulder to prevent him from grabbing at the man.

InuYasha growled, watching as Muso turned, and left. He looked at his father,

"What the hell was that?"

"I was hoping to keep you out of this, but it seems Naraku was not alone as I'd originally thought. This could be bad, but for now I am not worried. With his status, there is not much he can do to our business, but what he said about Naraku..."

InuYasha felt his hands clench into tighter fist. Kagome, Maiko, Masato and Kazuya flashed through his head. The only one to worry him the most right now, though, was Masato. He didn't even know...

As far as he was concerned, he was never going to find out.

"I'm heading home." he said, starting toward the elevators himself.

InuTaisho asked, "How much longer do you think you can hide this from him? It was hard enough trying to explain to him as a child why he didn't look like you, or Kagome?"

"Keh, hard how?" InuYasha asked, glancing back at his father. "He had Kagome's hair, and some dead person of our family's eyes. Question never asked again."

"How do you think he'll react to finding out you lied to him?" InuTaisho asked. "Masato is hard to control already."

"His disorder is hard to control, not him." InuYasha retorted.

InuTaisho sighed, "It's still a part of him. You should have been thinking how finding this secret out could affect it."

"He won't find out. Period." InuYasha retorted before continuing down the hallway to the elevators.

InuTaisho watched InuYasha's back disappear around the corner, and sighed. He shook his head, and then returned into Sesshomaru's office to gather his things.

Back At Home

The house was quiet. As usual, everyone was asleep way before Masato. He lied out on the couch, the television the only source of light in the dark living room. Masato craned his neck toward the door when he heard it unlock. When he saw silver hair, he knew immediately it was his father. Masato's gaze returned to the television. After a second, InuYasha entered the living room,

"What are you still doing awake?"

"This is surprising, how?" Mastao asked, his eyes still on the television.

"Smart ass." InuYasha grumbled, seeing a smirk come onto his face.

Masato expected him to head down the hall to his room, but he felt his presence still near the couch. He looked over again to find him staring at him, and with softened eyes. Masato blinked, and then raised an eyebrow. That was rare...and weird.

"Are you drunk?" Masato asked, taking a sniff in the air.

InuYasha shook his head, "I'm not."

"Okay...then why are you looking at me like that?" Masato asked. "Drugs?"

InuYasha couldn't help but to laugh. Masato sat up. He noticed there was something off. His father seemed on edge. InuYasha shook his head, and then turned to head down the hall. Masato stopped him,

"Dad."

InuYasha stopped, and looked at him, "What is it?"

"What's your problem?" he asked.

InuYasha shook his head again, "Not your problem."

"Yeah, well if you worry, then Mom worries and then that's hell for the rest of us, because you just start arguments instead of just talking to her." Masato replied.

He snorted, "Ain't my fault she's sensitive."

There was a short silence, and then InuYasha turned toward him again. He looked Masato right in the eye,

"Just don't worry about it. Goodnight."

"Right...goodnight." Masato said, shrugging it off, and then lying back on the couch.

When he heard the bedroom door shut, Masato yawned, and then got up. He shut the TV,

'Well now that he's here, I can finally go to bed.'

Masato didn't bother cleaning up his mess, and instead ran upstairs.

Meanwhile, InuYasha got dressed in his pajamas and joined Kagome in bed. He wasted no time wrapping his arms around her waist, and pulling her closer to him. InuYasha buried his face into the hollow of her neck, breathing in her sweet scent, and felt himself relax. Kagome took in a soft breath, and eventually her sleepy voice speaking,

"You're back."

"Well why wouldn't I be?" he asked.

Kagome mumbled incoherently for a second, and then yawned, whispering, "Be a good doggy, InuYasha. Don't be mean."

InuYasha grinned, "Yeah, whatever. Just go back to sleep."

Instead of moving closer, she pulled back and kissed him on the lips. He kissed her back, and eventually pulled away. Kagome moved closer to him, smiling,

"I love you."

He just grinned, and then kissed her neck before holding her close to him. Soon enough, InuYasha heard Kagome's breathing slow down as she settled back to sleep. It didn't take him long to follow suit.

A/N: I need to tell you guys about the Tumblr page where I have a picture of all the characters (the new ones, that is). If you want to have a better visual of them, go to midnight-sesshy [d o t] tumblr [d o t] c o m; without the brackets, dots, and spaces, of course. I had to do that in order to show the link, because Fanfiction doesn't allow you to post links. Anyway, on that page, on the left below the picture of InuYasha and Kagome, you'll find four white boxes. There's one labeled IDENTITY KIDS (there's one labeled IDENTITY ADULTS as well). Click on that, and you'll get to see just what all these characters look like in detail. I really encourage you go check it out first, and then read this chapter. It'll help. Trust me.

Also, I just want to thank Kita. She's been a ton of help in WHB and this story. Without her, WHB wouldn't of been finished, and this story wouldn't even be a thought. I also want to thank all of you readers, and especially those that take the mere minute it takes to give a review. You don't understand how thankful I am. So thanks, all of you wonderful people. ^_^