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"Kill intent?" Hatori said, pretty much in shock. He had to make sure what he heard from Shigure was correct. "Towards Akito?"
"Yes, the very same" Shigure said, "Honestly, I was shocked as you to hear such a thing from Yuki, Kyo would never come to me for such things so I wouldn't have known without Yuki saying so since Akito himself is quiet about it."
"Are you sure it was killing intent and directed at Akito?" Hatori asked, unable to believe it. "And you say, only the members of the Sohma could feel it?"
Shigure sighed and said. "I wouldn't have believed it either if not for the fact, Yuki and Kyo seemed to be still shaken up by the event even though they were good at hiding it."
"So what you're saying is that someone" Hatori began. "Not only let out strong killing intent but they have a grudge against Akito" he finished.
"And I don't think it's Akito personally," Shigure said. "I think it was anger towards god, himself" knowing what he was saying, was something that would never cross any of their minds in a million years.
Hatori frowned and said. "Are you saying that someone not only holds a grudge for Akito but also knows the family secret? Impossible. I made sure to wipe the memories of all who have found out"
"Yes, but what if. They kept their knowledge hidden" Shigure suggested. "Well enough that they could act completely normal when faced with one of us?" he asked as Hatori eyes went wide.
" That would take a lot of mental power to pull something like that off," Hatori said, he had never come across such a mind. "Does a person like that even exist?" he asked.
"Believe, me, Hatori," Shigure said, fanning himself.
"Not only does that person exist but they go to the same school as Yuki and the others"
ch 8: The Missing Coat.
"The serpent anger?" Xisto mother asked in a cold tone, looking at her husband.
The man himself looked as puzzled before he said. " I've never encountered god before so I have no idea, how the serpent would have responded to seeing god. However It doesn't surprise me that, the serpent reacted in such a way"
"I'm not surprised either" Xisto said, in his Serpent form, he had yellow and green scales all over his long body, his eyes were small but very sharp and his two front teeth were very noticeable as they were dagger like in nature, he didn't look like the cute and harmless animal like the rest of the Zodiac, he looked downright deadly. "However I never expected the emotion to be so strong, it caught me by surprise and by the time, I finally got it under control, not only did the Sohma notice the intent but God also. They are no doubt trying to find the source"
"And will they suspect you?" His father asked, picking his son up without fear and Xisto wrapped his body around the man arm with no intent to attack.
"I highly doubt it" Xisto said, "I've established myself as a womanizer and a bit of a fool. I highly doubt, they would expect such a strong intent from some like me. I should be the furthest thing from their minds. They would suspect the teachers first since there are less in number and it's easier to check through all of their minds. I think to throw off the trail just in case, I will have a teacher take the fall for me"
Both of his parents nodded, not at all ashamed of pushing the suspicion onto somebody else, in fact, they were quiet proud, their son would no doubt become a wonderful head of the clan.
Suddenly Xisto started glowing and his father put him down onto the carpet, not a second later, there was a puff of smoke and where the serpent once was, stood a naked almost six foot male with red hair as he scratched the back of his head.
He shook of the discomfort of being in Human form, in animal form, he felt freer and more alive, he went to put on his school uniform and his mother helped him do his tie, he could never it right.
"Goodbye son," His father said, seeing him ready to leave.
"Have a good day at school." His mother said.
He turned back to them and said. "I will" with that, he put on his mask and resumed the womaniser persona that he had portrayed onto now and walked past the other buildings in the Valentine compound and the gates opened for him.
Immediately a black car pulled up and a man in came out and said. "Young Master, Valentine" and he opened the door and Xisto got in.
"Make sure to park somewhere, people won't see you" Xisto said, he didn't want the whole school knowing he was rich.
"As you wish, Young Master," The driver said.
# 7 hours later#
Xisto breathed of relief, the school day was over and the weather didn't really look good, luckily he had brought an umbrella.
"Xisto-kun," a girl said and he looked up and put on a smile and asked. "Yes, princess" which made most of the guys in the class roll their eyes.
" I was wondering if you would like to hang out with me and some of my friends" The girl had dark chestnut colour hair and brown eyes.
"I was going to go with Tohru-chan since she invited me but I can't refuse such lovely ladies" Xisto said while the girl herself eyes went wide, wondering since when did she agree to such a thing. "Sorry Tohru-chan. I know I said, I would help you, study but can we schedule next time?" he asked.
"U-um sure" Tohru said, noticing how everyone was looking at her and a bunch of girls behind Xisto were glaring at her, daring her to say no until they felt invisible hands wash over them along with a certain witch looking there way and cowered.
"Thanks, Tohru-chan" Xisto said, as he got up from his seat. "Let me just text my parent to let them know, I'm going out with some friends so they should expect me home, later." he said, taking out his phone and texting the family chauffeur to let him know, to pick him up later before turning to the group of giggling girls. "Shall we?" he asked and was immediately accompanied out of the building while Kyo felt like he someone had spun him a hundred times because he felt sick, just seeing the rain pour down.
#Outside#
Everyone guy, Xisto walked passed was understandable angry.
There was six girls and only one guy amongst them.
Lucky. The guys thought, all of the girls were cute too and the fact that the male was good looking also rose the levels of anger to new heights.
"So where are we going?" Xisto asked.
"First were going to go karaoke" a girl with pink highlights said. "We split the bill between the seven of us" and they all agreed.
They walked into a building that had the biggest and most flashest outside appearance on the whole block, it hurt Xisto eyes to look at it before he was dragged inside by the girls. They were immediately met with an empty looking reputation as if all the money had been spent on making sure the outside was flashy.
Talk about deception.
"Um, excuse me" one of the girls said, approaching the counter to meet an old lady who was busy reading the newspaper and smoking at the same time, the woman just glanced at them before going back to his newspaper.
"Got money?" The woman asked with a puff of her cigarette not bothering to look at them.
"yes, mama," They all said and the woman said.
"Then pick a room. There will be a bell to ring if you want anything" she said and they got the feeling that was the end of the conversation.
"What a hag" one of the girl's whispered as they want to pick a room.
"Come on guys, she probably had a hard day," Xisto said.
"It's true what they say, you really are too nice" one girl said, quiet enough for normal people to not hear but his sensitive ears picked up.
With that one comment, he became suspicious.
They found a room that was big enough to fit ten people, already there was three trays of biscuits and even beer.
"Hey guys, we've got beer!" one girl shouted. "So who wants to take the first sip?" she asked. "Xisto-kun, how about you?"
Xisto looked surprised and said. "I'm sorry but my parents would know instantly if I've being drinking. They would have killed me" getting sour looks from all of them.
"Well, I'll do it" Another girl, opening the bar and chugging it down, like a woman thirty for water while the rest cheered her on.
"Amazing" Xisto clapped, the girl was only a little bit drunk showing her experience in alcohol.
The girl bowed and asked. "So who wants' to go first at trying their hands on the karaoke machine?"
They all took it in turns to sing, some were very off key and made the other cringe but it was fun and when it came to Xisto turn, he did not disappoint, his voice was like an angel.
Little did they know, Xisto was the furthest thing from an angel.
"Hey, I need to go toilet" One girl said, suddenly and immediately the others wanted to go toilet to, leaving Xisto alone and very suspicious.
He turned his hearing up to pick up any sound and heard.
"Hey, do you like Xisto?" A voice he recognised as one of the girl's he came in with.
He heard a laugh from somebody else. "He's pretty but has no back bone. In fact he's so pretty that it makes me feel mad to just look at that face when myself can never be the pretty and if he was a girl, I would have bunched him in the face."
Another laugh was heard. "Isn't that right. At least he makes you look good when you walk alongside with him. Did you see how many guys were checking out my legs?"
"Hey, do you think one of us will get discovered, if we're constantly with him?" another asked.
"Hey did you think he's rich?" Another asked, laughing. "Wouldn't that be a bonus"
"I know right, we could drug him or something, take pictures and fake a pregnancy test and never have to work a day in our lives" Another said and all six of the girls burst out laughing.
"But you know, it's hard to tell with the guy," One said. "He never has anything expensive on him to know for sure, do you think he's actually poor?" getting gasps out of some.
"You mean like in those cases where the guy is super hot, but the money in his pocket isn't deep?" Another asked.
"Yeah, like that," The other said.
"Than there would be no reason to hang out with him other than using him for his looks," One said, getting agreement from the rest.
"That's so mean" another laughed. "You don't even know the guy"
"What's to know?" Another said. "He's a flirt and I bet if we left right now leaving him with the bill, he would total pay it and be too embarrassed to say anything"
"Hey, guys should we escape and leave Xisto-kun with the bill?" another said.
And Xisto had heard enough.
He left the room while they were all still in the bathroom and walked to the counter and said. "Can I pay for my use of a room?" He asked, taking out his credit card and the woman gawked seeing a gold car for the first time in her life.
Her attitude did a one-eighty, in seconds and she smiled brightly, her was newspaper gone as if it was never there in the first place and she said. "Of course, valued customer. Just put your card in the slot. right here" She pointed to the machine and Xisto paid.
"Is there anything else, you would like?" The woman asked, trying to urge the teenager to spend more money.
"No thank you," Xisto said, charmingly before pausing as if he just remembered something and whispered in the woman ear. "I probably shouldn't say this but do you know the girls I came in early"
The woman was all ears.
"Well they don't have any money" Xisto said, like it was a little secret. "They plan on piling up a huge debt and then escaping, they were going to leave me with the bill"
The woman looked absolutely furious, Xisto could see the foam forming from her mother as her eyes narrowed dangerously at the idea that someone was trying to cheat her out of money, she quickly schooled her expression and smiled at the customer and said.
"Thank you for doing the right thing and informing me"
Xisto nodded and walked out of the place just before the woman called security and rushed into the room which he had just been in and the sound of girls screams was heard before the sound of the woman shouting for the girls to pay up.
He inwardly smirked as the sobs reached him.
You just didn't mess with Xisto Valentine.
He was suddenly hit with a dose of rain, it was absolutely pouring outside and his hair became wet before he pulled out his umbrella and wondered what he would do for the next thirty minutes or so before the family driver picked him up and decided to wonder about for a bit.
He walked near some bushes that lead to a forest.
That's when the smell hit him.
The smell of rotten flesh and decay was faint in the air but it was enough to make him feel sick and something about it wrung a bell.
Where was he in the story, again?
That's when he remembered.
He had somehow stumbled onto Kyo other form Arc.
It would be rude not to take advantage of this. Xisto thought as a cold smile spread across his lips and he began to walk towards the smell and ignored how bad he wanted to throw up.
#30 minutes later#
Xisto walked out of the forest and not shortly after, a black car stopped right in front of him, it was the family car driver and the driver got out and immediately rushed to him.
"Young Master, what happened to your coat? Have you lost it?" The man asked seeing Xisto coat was nowhere to be seen.
"Don't worry" Xisto said, lifting his head up from the rain and smiling mysteriously, turning towards the forest.
"I lent it to someone."
Tohru Honda walked towards the main house with Kyo in her arms, resting on her coat, around her shoulders was an unfamiliar white coat with a silver crest on the back.
The crest of the Valentine Clan.
And scene!
Finally done! I hope you like this chapter, next chapter, Xisto coat in discovered, along with the revelation that he has seen Kyo other cat form! Kyo himself goes to return to the coat! Just what would arise from the encounter? Review/Fav and follow!
