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Chapter 3: The Start

"He's late!" Rikuo shouted in frustration as he checked the time on his watch. It was almost 10 o'clock and the damn bastard hasn't arrived to pick them up yet. He was already having suspicious that the man was doing this on purpose just to spite them all.

"Don't worry Rikuo. He might be stuck in a traffic already that's why he's so late today." Wakana said, reassuring his son as she noticed the irritated face that her son was making.

"Well, he is late, Wakana. We are already waiting for that man to show up for 3 hours already. He should be here by now." Nurarihyon said looking more annoyed as more time passed.

"Why don't we just use the family car, Shodaisho. I'm sure that Wakana-sama knows the way to her house. She would just lead us to her place." Tsurara said hopefully.

"That might be a good idea Tsurara-chan but unfortunately, my brother offered to drive us there so we can't go without him. It will be rude to leave the man after all." Wakana said.

"Well he's the rude one here. He shouldn't be letting us wait here for almost 3 hours already." Zen said in an irritated voice. He was angry at the man when he heard from some yokai about the insults the man had given to his sworn brother and to Wakana-sama. The nerve of that man! He wondered if putting some kind of poison would give him satisfaction.

"You should go back Zen. I told you that you should be resting inside the mansion. You might start coughing blood again." Rikou said forgetting his anger and replacing it with worry.

"Didn't I tell you last night that I will be the one to heal you if you might become too reckless once you go there? Besides, I would just be staying in one room. It's not like that I will be walking around that place. That's Kurotabou and Kubinashi's job. Also, I will only go out when I'm needed. After all, I'm your family doctor as you humans call it that way. Besides, I don't trust that Kenji guy anyway. Not only did he have the nerve to insult you in front but he has also made us wait for 3 hours already. That's it! I had enough!" Zen said frustratingly and coughed as he had finished his ranting.

Rikuo just watched Zen rant, not wanting to be the receiving edge of it. After all, he also hated that Kenji man. His other self has gone out the night before and had a sparring match to both Kurotabou and Kubinashi just to ease his rising anger. The duo didn't mind though. They were more than happy to have some spar with their young master as well. In fact, they were more than happy to help their young master blow some steam. They heard what the man had said and knew that their master was very angry right now.

Rikuo looked at the yokai that were accompanying them. Kejourou was just standing near the gate. She will be guarding his mom once they get there. Tsurara would be helping his mom do some chores if his mom would want to do it. He knew that his mom loved doing chores. Sasami, one of the Sanba Garasu siblings, was also chosen to be one of the accompanying yokai. She will be accompanying his mom and was tasked to report directly to him if some problems would come. Zen was also coming with them. Although he was very against with it from the start, he insisted on coming with them tomorrow and told them that if they were going to some place then they need someone to heal them if they were in some kind of trouble. Then lastly were Kubinashi and Kurotabou. Rikuo needed them whenever if he wanted to have some spar or blow some steam whenever Kenji annoys him again. They were also given the duty to guard him wherever he goes.

Rikuo was brought out of his musing when a van parked just outside their gate. The car was big enough to fit all 8 of them and all of their baggage. Rikuo sweat dropped a little though, as he looked at their baggage. He couldn't help but wonder why his mother needed to have so many travelling bags in there. He couldn't help but imagine what kind of things she had brought with.

Kenji opened the car and saw the disturbing amount of luggage they had brought. He was silently thanking that he had brought a van instead of his usual car. After all, he didn't want his sister to taint his car. It was too precious for him to be tainted.

"Hey you idiot! What took you so long to get here huh? We have been waiting for you to arrive here for hours!" Zen suddenly shouted to the man in front of him. He was really annoyed at the man already.

"Please calm down Zen-dono. You might start coughing blood again." Tsurara said.

"Shut up, Yuki-onna. I can take care of myself perfectly fine." Zen growled. Fortunately, Kenji didn't hear them especially the Yuki-onna part since he was walking towards his sister and had calmly ignored the shouting man.

"I see you haven't changed a bit Wakana-san. You still like to travel with a lot of luggage with you. So how many did you bring today?" Kenji calmly said when he was standing in front of his sister.

Wakana chuckled a little. She know that her brother would definitely be annoyed whenever he sees the amount of travelling bags she brings. She just brought a lot today so she can see his reaction.

"Well, you also haven't changed as well, onii-san. You still had the habit of always arriving late."

Kenji scowled a little at his sister's remark. His sister might not notice his reaction but the others did unfortunately.

Kenji was about to retort back to her sister when Nurarihyon suddenly started ordering the others to put the luggage inside the car.

"So, where is your home located Kenji-san?" Nurarihyon asked curiously as he walked towards them. Wakana didn't tell him the place where she lived and he never bothered to ask his daughter-in-law about it anyway.

"We will be staying on Ashikaga City in Tochigi Prefecture. It is not that far since it is still here in the Kanto Region." Kenji said.

"Ashikaga City huh? So it still here in our territory. Tsk. I can't believe that the place they were staying is the exact location where 'that event' will be held. Isn't this too much of a coincidence?" Nurarihyon thought with amusement.

"So are we just standing around here, or are we going to go now? We still have a long way to go to reach that place." Kenji said as he looked at the people in front of him. "So who will be coming as well?" Kenji asked as he noticed that the others were also putting their own luggage as well in the car.

"Oi, Everyone! Come here quick and introduce yourself to the guy. The man wants to know you." Nurarihyon shouted.

The yokai that were selected to come along looked at Nurarihyon and went towards them. They were all wearing scowls on their faces since they really didn't want to have anything to do with the man. When they have gotten to the car, they started introducing themselves.

"Hello! My name is Tsurara. It's nice to meet you. I am one of the maids that will be helping Wakana-sama in your home." Tsurara said with fake cheerfulness. Deep inside her, she was thinking of many unpleasant things to the man like being encased with ice for eternity. She had heard the insults the man had said to her young master. It was only because of the reason that the man was her master's uncle that he couldn't freeze him to death. She was wearing a cute maid outfit that made Kenji blush at the sheer cuteness. Tsurara noticed this and was immediately disgusted.

"My name is Kejourou. You already met me yesterday. I was the one who brought you tea, remember?" Kejourou said in a bored voice. Like Tsurara, she was also thinking of choking him to death with her hair. She was still wearing her usual Kimono since she finds the maid outfit to be dull for her. And noticing the blush that Kenji had made when he saw Tsurara, she felt that she had made a good choice.

"My name is Sasami." Sasami said in a simple manner. The others who saw this just sweat dropped at the scene. She was also wearing a maid outfit just like Tsurara's, though the length of the outfit was longer.

"The name's Zen and don't forget it. I'm their personal family doctor." Zen said as he points his thumb at himself.

"My name is Kubinashi. I'm the young master's butler. It's nice to meet you." Kubinashi said politely, although he was very irritated at the moment.

"Kubinashi? Doesn't it mean ne-" Kenji said but was cut off by Kubinashi's menacing glare. The man abruptly shut up.

"You got a problem with that?" Kubinashi said glaring at the man in front of him.

Kenji was sweating bullets at the dark aura that was emitting from Kubinashi. He promised himself to not get on the man's bad side. Unfortunately for him, he already had.

"Ahem. I am the young master's head bodyguard. You can call me Kuro." Kurotabou said a strict manner.

"Okay…now that I know your names, so shall we go already? The van is enough for all of us to fit inside." Kenji said when the atmosphere became awkward after their introductions.

"I want to have a word with my grandson for a minute Kenji-san." Nurarihyon said surprising the man again. He was very quiet that he thought that he was already back inside the mansion.

"Alright then. We'll just wait inside the car then. But be quick. We still have a very long journey to go." Kenji said as he walked towards the car with the others.

"Listen here Rikuo, Ashikaga City is where the biggest finances of the Nura clan. They sometimes throw parties now and then so it's better if you join them." Nurarihyon said in a serious manner.

"Why would I join them?" Rikuo asked curiously.

"Well, they sometimes can't come in the Main House whenever we had a party since they are always so busy with their work. So as the new head of the clan, you must also grace them with your presence. So you better join them and behave yourself as well since their parties had human guests as well." Nurarihyon said.

"What!? You can't do that to me. I'll be an outcast when they have that kind of gatherings." Rikuo said.

"As if! You're the guest of honor! You'll never be an outcast there. Don't worry. The others will be coming as well. Oh I almost forgot! Next month, one of the clan's head would be visiting the house you are currently staying. He will tell you about the things that will happen next month in 'that gathering' and help you prepare yourself when that time comes. Listen here, Rikuo. It is very different to the parties that they sometimes held. That gathering is important to the clan. Your father and I had already participated in that event and if you ever try to disappear from that gathering then I would personally drag you to the meeting place like what I had done to my son." Nurarihyon said in a very serious manner making Rikuo sweat dropped.

"From the tone of your voice, I suspect that the meeting was boring." Rikuo said making Nurarihyon flinch a little at the suspicious tone.

"I thought so. You want me to attend that gathering just because you thought that it will be unfair to you and to dad if I didn't go there as well. Am I right?" Rikuo said in an accusing tone, his eyes widening as he really couldn't believe how childish his grandpa could be.

"It's just unfair. If your father and I had to suffer to their boring talks then you had to suffer as well. Don't worry, when you had a child, you can let him or her attend the meeting as well if that child became the next successor." Nurarihyon said with a smirk on his face.

"Grandpa!" Rikuo said. He was blushing from embarrassment at what his grandpa had told him. He can't believe that the man was waiting for another heir to show up. And he was just 13 for god's sake.

Rikuo was about to scold his grandpa more when Kenji interrupted them with van's honking.

"Hey you two! Are you done talking here! We don't have all day you know!" Kenji shouted not noticing the 6 yokais' deadly glares behind him. If he had looked behind then he would definitely faint from fear.

Rikuo and Nurarihyon gave Kenji a menacing glare making the man shut his mouth for the second time. The duo noticed this and smirked inwardly from their success.

"So, see you later gramps." Rikuo said while running towards the car.

"Take care Rikuo! You as well, Wakana-san! Oh and Kubinashi, I'm counting on you!" Nurarihyon shouted as he waved his hand to them.

"We will!" Rikuo said as he entered the front seat of the van making Kenji scowled a little. He had hoped that the kid would just sit behind together with his mother and his subordinates. Apparently, he didn't want to.

Kenji started the car and drove towards their destination. Towards his home.

Ashikaga city- a city in Japan, in Tochigi Prefecture, on central Honshū Island. The city has an extensive trade in cotton and silk textiles. (Got this on Microsoft Encarta Premium 2009) I just randomly looked at a map in Japan inside the Kanto Region and I saw this. I read the description and thought, what the heck. This will be good for my story.

A/N: That's that. I was thinking of just putting Aotabou as one of the guards but unfortunately, I had some plans for him in the future. Don't worry. There will be lots of yokai who would be featured in the story also next chapter would be arriving in the place. Rikuo would finally meet his relatives. I wonder what their reaction would be if…uhm. That would just be for the next chapter. You know this chapter was supposed to be the chapter 4 but I had read your reviews and was compelled to make this story more interesting. My original chapter 3 was supposed to be about the general's meeting. I had finished that part but when I had reread the story, it was incredibly boring so I just thought why just skip to it then. I almost have a writer's block with this story. See the lack of adjective? Yeah. I had a hard time with this. So hope you enjoyed this story.

A/N: Lots of thanks to the reviewers in this story. It was only because of your reviews that made me so happy to the point that was really fired up in making this story. Oh and for those who are asking if Night Rikuo will show up then don't worry. He will show up later in the chapters since he will have a big role in there. I have many plans here involving every character here as well. All of them had some roles they need to do.