Chapter: 4 Clearing the fog

"What's all this noise about?" the voice demanded and I turned around curiously to see who it belonged too. Yata-kun stood in my way so I peeked out from behind him. A man stood in front of everyone his hair ruffled and as red as flames from the deepest fire; his eyes the color amber. He wore a black leather jacket with a fur collar over a white V-neck and black jeans a little girl stood by his side in a small Victorian age red and black dress with silver hair and reddish-purple eyes. Her smaller hand was wrapped around his.

"M-Mikoto-san" Yata stuttered in surprise

"Eh?" he spotted me maybe expecting me to run away screaming or start crying on the spot he waited for my reaction

"u-um" I started not sure what to say. I stepped around the teenager ahead of me and stood in front of the man "nice to meet you my name is Kamizuki" I looked up at him before turning around to face everyone "Kamizuki Kitsune" I smiled "please be kind to me"

I looked back at the older man who just studied my face then felt a light tug on right my hand. I looked down to see the smaller silver haired girl looking up at me through a red marble. "Fascinating" she stated "her spirit is very much lively" she gave me a small smile before looking back at the so called Mikoto-san.

"May I see that?" I asked her taking the small crimson marble from her fingers she looked up at me curiously. I threw it up in the air and swiped both of my hands over it "Can you guess which hand it's in?" I winked at her.

Without a doubt she answered me "right"

I opened my right hand to reveal an empty palm "guess again" I smiled at her puzzled expression she was so sure of it

"Left?" she tried again

I opened my other hand and to everyone's shock it reflected the same answer as the right "nothing"

She stepped back in surprise and I leaned forward running my fingers through her hair I pulled out the red marble from behind her ear "Tadaa~" I smiled holding it before her

Her face lit up in delight and she blushed slightly looking at the little orb before her. She laughed and looked up at Mikoto he looked down at her and gave her a small smile. She looked back at me and giggled "Again!"

I did the same trick but this time I pulled it out from underneath Yata's beanie and to nobody's surprise he blushed. "Sorry to disrupt but are you a friend of Yata's?" the boy named Yō Chitose asked a bit confused and the laughter died down.

"Not really to be exact" I admitted rubbing the back of my head

"She was found with that boy" Izumo cleared up the situation a bit "the one who claimed to be the colorless king"

GASP

The whole room fell silent and all eyes were placed on me. I fidgeted a little nervously

"Are you one of his clansman?!" people started yelling out an accusing me of things I never heard of "yeah she is we should beat all the information out of her" scared and feeling like I was about to faint I started scooting to the closest wall behind me. I tripped and fell to the floor as harsh comments were being spat at me. I covered my ears and shut my eyes tight as tears started to swell in the corners of my eyes.

"Enough!" I heard a familiar voice yell and I opened my eyes to see the teen skater standing in front of me.

"Yata-kun?" I whimpered slowly moving my hands from my ears

"if you have time to accuse other people of things we aren't so sure have anything to do with us, shouldn't we have time to hear what she needs to say?!" he yelled frustrated "even Anna said she was a kind person and last time I checked HOMRA doesn't hurt innocent people!"

I felt a hand on my shoulder and I looked up to see Izumo taking my hand in his he helped me to my feet "I agree we don't even know if she's aware of the swords of Damocles or the even seven kings"

"So what you are saying Yata" Mikoto interrupted everybody "is that this young girl here is innocent"

"T-that's not what I'm trying to say" the boy stuttered "what I'm saying is that everybody is innocent till proven guilty" he stood his ground not trying to give in into the older man's power "let's hear what she has to say" he looked him in the eyes

The red head just huffed before giving him a small smile "I like the way you stand for something important to you" he looked back at me before ruffling his head

I sat at the couch everyone else gathered around me Anna sitting by my side and Mikoto leaning against the wall in the far back. "So what you are saying is that this boy, Yashiro Isana just showed up to school one day like a transfer student?"

I nodded my head before adding to his sentence "yes but it was like if everyone knew him for the longest they all treated him like they were best pals or something it was all very confusing" I shook my head "we went to town to buy materials that were needed for the festival today and that's when you guys appeared"

"So why did you run?" asked Kamamoto

"Well I don't really know any girl that wouldn't run away from a psychopath swinging a bat around at you and your classmate violently" I smiled and Yata blushed uncomfortably mumbling something along the lines of 'sorry' "on top of that also having the ability to control fire. Hey by the way I've been meaning to ask you guys something, how come you can control fire and stuff?"

"Do you know about the seven kings and the Damocles swords?" Izumo asked. I tilted my head to the side and he sighed of "course not; well there are seven kings each who possess a special power and a sword of Damocles. Are you catching on so far?" I nodded my head and he continued "for example the first king Adolf K. Weismann A.k.a, the silver king. The second king Daikaku Kokujyōji, A.k.a. The gold king. And the third king…" he paused and waited for me to fill in the blanks

"Mikoto-san A.k.a. The red king?" I guessed

"Yes you are doing well so far!" he smiled. I looked to the back of the room to see Mikoto with his eyes closed listening to the conversation. "So we think your friend Yashiro-kun is the seventh king, the colorless king who murdered one of our friends" he smiled casually and I fidgeted in my seat.

"umm I don't know about that but what I do know from the little time I've spent with him is that Yashiro wouldn't hurt a fly then again I don't really know him that well" I pondered "oh and sorry for the loss of your friend" I bowed my head

"It's alright" he sighed "it wasn't your fault" I nodded my head and looked back at the blonde yawning. Mikoto stood up before disappearing from the room. "It's getting pretty late; why don't you stay the night?" he stood up

I smiled "that would be nice"

"You could stay in the guest room" he looked at Anna and she led me upstairs.

She started pointing out everyone's room "that one's kamamoto's, izumo's," she pointed to a door at one end of the hall "Mikoto's" she pointed to the one next to it "this one's mine" and kept walking to the other end "this is Yata-kun's" she went a bit further "and this one is yours" she opened a door that was at the opposite end of the hall to reveal a normal size room with a bed, TV, window, dresser, etc.

"Thank you" I smiled at her and she nodded closing the door

I took of my messenger bag and threw it next to one of the dressers "ah a bed~" I mumbled as a let myself face plant into the sheets. There was a soft knock on the door and I sat up straight "come in!"

In came a slightly flushed Yatagarasu with a couple of clothes in his hands "I-Izumo told me to lend you some of my c-clothes for the night considering Anna's were too small and I was the s-second youngest here" he scratched the back of his head nervously.

"Aww thank you yata-chan" I smiled and took the clothes from his hands, kissing him on the cheek I closed the door with a 'good night'.

I checked the clothes he gave me a white long-sleeved button up shirt and another long sleeved slip on shirt with blue and gray stripes from Zoo York. No pants or shorts. This was going to be a problem I thought before I slipped on the white long-sleeved shirt. "Hmm maybe not" I thought. It was long enough to cover my goodies and ended where my thigh-high socks should've if I was wearing them. I left the buttons un-button because if I didn't I would suffocate during the middle of the night or have a hot flash (I still kept my underwear and bra on js).

Misaki Yata P.O.V:

What is this feeling? Why do I feel so hot inside out? It's only when I get close to her; maybe I'm coming down with a fever. I touched my forehead "yeah that might be it" I was leaning against the wall when I got up to go back down stairs I saw Anna. "What?" I asked after a minute of a complete stare down.

"Nothing" she turned away and walked back into her room closing the door and shutting off the light in her room.

~so for the sake of Kitsune let's just say that scepter 4 didn't issue the warrant for Mikoto's arrest till a day after it was originally planned because something came up kay? So the whole beginning of when they go to beat up that guy who owned the gun that Totsuka was shot with and everything didn't happen till the next chapter. REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW

Kittycloud signing off :3 ~