-Back again. Lesse… thanks to all of you who reviewed, I'll respond to you later into the story… now then, onto this story!

Normally, Keichi wasn't the type to help out a new student, but he had an odd feeling about this one… something wasn't really normal about her. As if noticing that Keichi seemed uncomfortable, Takanaka gave a welcome explanation.

"Minamino, Appoline here is half demon."

Now then, to the clear up the supposed confusion, yes, the news about demons and half-demons was leaked out by a rather stupid doctor who stole files from a young woman who found a way to prove that demons existed. (for those of you who have read my other stories, this young woman is Rita from my one shots, Humanity and Salvation) Naturally, humans reacted as they always do… in fear and apprehension. Three years later, there are now many advocators for demon and half-demon rights! It's the civil war all over again! (-.-;;)

"Well, that would explain a few things… uh, why exactly would you want me to show her around?" Keichi asked, honestly curious. It's not like he had a problem with half demons, but he felt that this girl would have a hard enough time without being associated with him.

"I was hoping your reputation would give her small bit of protection," Takanaka explained, putting Appoline's folder back into his filing cabinet and locking it with the key.

It was true. Keichi did have a rather powerful reputation… just not the one that his father would have liked his son to have. Keichi was well known throughout the school as a very dangerous character. Not because he was in a gang or anything. As far as they were concerned, the pretty boy really couldn't fight. No, what everyone was afraid of was Keichi's ability to target anyone's weak points and only make them worse. In seconds, he can make a grown man burst into tears. This lovely gift had sent seven teachers to the insanity ward of the nearby hospital. Why? Well, that's to be explained later…

"Oh… alright, well then, Appoline, would you like me to show you around now?" Keichi asked. Nodding quietly she followed him out of the room and into the large hallways of the school.

"Half-demon, eh? You're pretty brave, coming out into the open with it," Kiechi replied, tossing his long hair over a shoulder.

"There is no reason for me to lie to everyone," Appoline replied quietly, following him diligently like a puppy.

Most the tour was conducted in silence, which nearly killed Keichi, who is deathly afraid of silence… though few people know why. Finally, he stopped in front of her locker, motioning to her to open it.

"Oh, right…" she rummaged around in her pockets until she pulled out a wad of paper with faded numbers typed onto it and began to spin around the small black dial.

"Listen, you don't want to be hanging out with me. No matter was Takanaka says, alright?" Keichi suddenly spoke, spinning the dial to a nearby locker absent mindedly.

"Why is that?" Appoline asked politely, looking down at the combination paper again.

"Because, you're going to have a hard enough time being a half-demon. Saying you're friends with me… It's not going to help you in any way," Keichi sighed, waiting until the lock's hammer hit it's third notch and pulled it open… suddenly realizing that it really wasn't his locker!

"Heh, let's not tell anyone that happened," Keichi laughed nervously, slamming the locker shut as Appoline opened her locker. Promptly, she looked away, nauseous from the stench that was creeping out of it.

"Gods above, did something die in there?" Keichi asked, looking over into the locker.

"I… don't know…"Appoline replied as she heard something growl at her.

"Well, at least school is never boring," and with that they slammed the locker shut and hurried off down the hallways.

"Whew… we need to talk to the school board about those lockers!" Keichi muttered, rolling up the sleeves of his uniform to help ward off the hellish heat.

Surprised, Appoline found herself at what was emblazoned on his skin. Circling around his wrists in a bright blue were tribal looking bands, odd writing making a creepy little border. But what really caught her eyes was the small brand on the inside of his left arm. One look was all she needed to confirm something… the mark was of the Thieves Guild of Makai. A mark of fully fledged member.

"Hey, you got the layout down, right?" Keichi didn't wait for a response, "Let's head off to our class, the bell is going to ring…"

The bell rang out as kids burst out into the hallways.

"…now…"

And with that, the two parted their ways…

"MINAMINO! MOVE IT!" the P.E teacher bellowed as he watched his students run their warm up laps of the school's track.

"Jeez, I'm just jogging…" Keichi grumbled, looking around the school's track, noticing that the new kid Samui was in his class. Currently he was sitting up on top the hill on the bleachers, watching the rest of the class run. He didn't have a P.E uniform yet.

"MINAMINO! RUN ALREADY!"

In no way was Keichi enjoying this in the first place, but he had no real choice. Years of running to and from school and home had made him a very quick runner… and being a half-demon himself didn't really hurt. In record time he had already raced around the track the required eight laps and quickly ducked out of class, making his way up to the bleachers on the top of the hill.

Normally, the teacher would have yelled at him, but it was the last few weeks of school! He honestly didn't care anymore. Besides, at least the kid was fast, which meant that somehow he was athletic…

"Samui!" Keichi called out as he raced up the grassy slope to the stands, collapsing onto the grass next to it. Samui wasn't entirely thrilled to be seeing Keichi though. After all, the annoying young man nearly threatened him.

"What is it?" Samui replied curtly, pushing his bangs out of his eyes as he watched Midori cautiously, making sure she didn't get into any fights.

"I just… well… wanted to apologize for earlier."

Shocked, Samui looked over at Keichi, getting a pretty good look at him for once. He was leaning casually against the small chain link fence that served as a barrier in front of the bleacher. Due to the heat, his waist long auburn hair was pulled up into a rather girly high ponytail with a gold hair clasp. Because it was summer, he was actually tan for once, though you really couldn't see much of it. All that anyone ever knew was the fact that no one ever saw his wrists. Even now they were covered with black wrist bands and a watch. Adding to his rather female appearance was his delicate face and striking, large mismatched eyes. On his left was it was emerald green while the right eye was an unnatural gold that glinted in the light mischievously.

"You… want to apologize?" Samui asked, leaning forward onto his elbows.

"Yeah, I kinda attacked you without reason. It's just been bugging me. So, again, sorry," Keichi replied, leaning farther back against the fence, stretching his slim body in the sunshine.

"It's alright."

Samui was shocked. Of all things, Keichi had just apologized to him. That was indeed rather rare…

"So you're friends with Midori? Don't mind me asking but, how in the Gods name did you become friends with that gang banger?" Keichi asked, tugging at one of the two gold hoops that ran through his right ear.

"I've known her since I was little, and she's not that bad of a person."

Keichi sniggered slightly, tugging absent-mindedly at his sleeves in bad habit and then sighed, leaning back onto the hill's grassy slope, his mismatched eyes staring at the sky.

"So, do you ever plan on telling anyone that you're a half-demon?" Samui suddenly asked.

Naturally surprised, Keichi rolled onto his side to get a better look at the teal haired youth. It took a second for what Samui said to sink in, but it did make Keichi suddenly burst out in laughter, nearly wiping tears from his eyes.

"That's good… how long have you known?"

"Since you came over here. I'm very good at sensing demonic auras," Samui replied, slightly disturbed by Keichi's sudden laughter.

"Nah, I'm not gonna tell anyone. What's the point? I've managed to annihilate everyone around me and they think I'm human!"

Samui, being Samui, just guessed that Keichi was half human, half demon. Not even close. In fact, on the day of his sixteenth birthday Keichi just ceased being human all together, which he found disturbing. But then again, wouldn't you? In fact, what happened that day could be considered cruel, comical, or both. But you'll find out just what happened a little later, in one of those annoying flashback scenes where everything goes all wavy and such and you find out more about a character. Don't ya just luv those?

"You don't have to piss everyone off," Samui suggested helpfully, watching as Midori somehow managed to get into another fight. As usual, the teacher was too exhausted from the heat to try and stop it.

"I don't need friends," Keichi muttered, looking off darkly.

"Everyone needs friends. And… MIDORI! DON'T BEND HIS ARM THAT WAY!" Samui suddenly screamed out, sighing as Midori stopped fighting and made her way over to them, making Keichi groan.

"Samui, what are you doing with… him?" she pointed over at Keichi with an obvious look of disgust.

"I was talking. Would you mind telling me why exactly you decided to pick a fight with him?" and with that he pointed over at the rather beaten up kid who was hobbling off to the nurse.

"He started it. Hey, looking, that new chick is pretty good at gymnastics!
Midori pointed over at Appoline, who was indeed very talented as she spun herself around the parallel bars that were set up on one side of the field.

"Surprising, I didn't take her to be all that athletic," Samui mused, watching the girl's small frame whip into the air to fall back gracefully onto a bar, her petite hands grasping at the metal.

Already bored, Keichi resorted to looking over at the watch he had slapped over his left wrist and groaned, collapsing onto the grass.

"What is it now?" Midori asked, her hand resting impatiently on her hip.

"P.E's almost over…" Keichi replied, resting his hands over his eyes, trying to block out the sun's rays.

"That's bad? I thought you of all people would hate this class," Samui added, his eyes still following Appoline's progress through the air as she landed. Instantly, the teacher started giving her a hard time. Mainly because she was a half-demon. If only the teacher knew who her father was…

"Yeah, P.E sucks, but its better then the other classes," Keichi groaned, making Midori snigger a little bit.

"What?"

"It's just, when you rest like that… you look just like a girl!" Midori taunted.

Annoyed, Keichi just made a face back at her and waited until the bell rang, signaling it was time for the next period…

The sun was already beginning to set when Keichi left the school's grounds and headed for the old bookstore located downtown. Pushing open the glass door, he was heralded by a ringing of a tin bell. Just starting to close up, the owner looked over and smiled slightly.

"Suekechi, you're late today. Here to pick up your father's book? I've got it right here," the middle aged man handed a batter leather book over to Keichi who tucked it into his book bag along with various loose sheaves of paper, three mechanical pencil's, a laptop prototype and various seeds that somehow managed to sneak in.

"Yeah, here," he handed over a wad of money and waited until the cashier counted it out and gave him his change before leaving, turning the OPEN sign around as he left.

Wanting to get home as soon as possible, he made his way down his usual shortcut of the alleyway and sighed, looking up at the darkening sky.

"Great… it's dark, I'm walking down a deserted alleyway… and there's nobody to hear me scream… that was smart…" Keichi muttered sarcastically to himself, only slightly aware that he was being followed. Finally, fed up with that creepy feeling of the hair on the back of your neck standing up, he called out into the darkness.

"HEY! If anyone's out there! COME OUT!"

No one came out. Go figure. Nervous, he quickened his pace, trying to get through the long alleyway before something got to him.

"Heh, smart, real smart…" Kiechi laughed nervously once before screaming out to himself and the darkness, "WHY IN HADES DID I TAKE THIS ROUTE!"

Keichi really didn't expect a response. But he got one.

"I don't know… why?"

-Alright-y, it took me a while to finish off this chapter, so you'll have to tell me once again what you think! For the record, the relationships of the parents are as follows: HieixOC, KuramaxOC, KuwabarraxYukina, and YususkexKeiko. You dig? (why did I type that?) For all of you who read this fanfic, I'm so glad that you like it! And, to Hieifan666, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAISE! When my friend Sabs and I designed the rekai tentai's kids, we tried our hardest to make them their own individual characters. In many ways, these kids are not clones of their parents. As you'll notice, Appoline is nice! ( grumbles unlike her father, Hiei) and Keichi has major issues with authority. And why is that? You'll find out, but just don't blame his father! Oh, and Yukaito, the last name for Appoline, came from the alias my friend Sabs made for Hiei in one of her fanfics. If you want, read our fanfics that include these OCs! (no real pressure though.) So please review and enjoy!