Chapter 8

In the little continent of Japan, tucked away snugly in its backwaters, was a small town and within that town held the Kinomoto residence.

The larger then most house was alive with the sound of music, video games, and laughter. Delicious aromas wafted throughout the house as the father cooked away a large welcome home brunch for his daughter that had returned from school.

Makoto, her brother, his girlfriend, her sister, her boyfriend and her family friend Yukito sat in the living room, playing some video games.

"ONIICHAN, I CAN'T SEEE!" Makoto cried as she feebly tried to get her laughing brother to remove his hands from her eyes.

"Hey, you left me alone with monster over here." Nineteen-year-old Touya said with a wide grin, ignoring the loud cry of "IM NOT A MONSTER!" from his other sister.

"Oh stop being mean to your sisters." A soft voice chided from the sofa, slightly muffled by the magazine the person was reading.

The magazine suddenly lowered revealing a young dark-haired girl, eyes twinkling with something playful. She grinned before adding,

"Peachie-baby."

"AATTHEENNAA!" Touya whined miserably, moving his hands away from Makoto's eyes and falling backwards.

The two brown-haired, green eyed sisters quickly dropped what they were doing and jumped to the floor. They began to tease their dear brother mercilessly until that Athena girl pulled her boyfriend free from the two.

"You guys are horrible." She murmured with a lopsided grin, shaking her head as she wrapped her arms around the tall male's middle.

"Oh you're just as bad, Ni'ele." Touya mumbled, face bland and slightly irritated.

This won him a slightly offended HEY from his petite girlfriend, slapping his chest disdainfully.

"Saku, Koko, feel free to continue!" Athena huffed, returning back to her magazine.

The door bell rang and made a mad dash for the door, not even bothering to say he'd get it.

He slowed a bit as he realized that the girls hadn't followed him. A few deep inhales to regain his breath and he opened the door.

A very tall boy with short-cropped white-blonde hair and powder blue eyes stood at their stoop. He wore a long white, short-sleeved shirt, hidden somewhat by the long-sleeved, blue plaid button up shirt that he wore over it, left undone. Loose fitting faded blue-jeans hung from his hips and fell heavily over a pair of sneakers.

"Err…may I help you?" Touya stammered difficultly, eyeing the boy up and down with a questioning stare.

He noticed this and huffed, scowling as he pulled out a crumpled piece of paper from his jean pocket.

"I believe Makoto Kinomoto lives here. Am I mistaken?" he questioned with a quirk of the brow.

Nodding, Touya began who in hell was this kid and what exactly did he want with his sister.

"No, no…come in." he said, stepping aside and gesturing for him to enter.

The light-haired boy nodded slightly, entering and walking further into the house. Touya closed the door and turned, running to pull the boy back.

"Yo, ditch the shoes." Touya commanded nonchalantly, pointing at his sneakers and throwing his thumbs up over his shoulder.

Blue eyes flickered with confusion, somewhat glaring at the older male but complying with his wishes. Touya glowered, taking notice of the glare, but brushed it off.

"Hey peach-baby, who was it?" Athena asked as Touya stepped into the room, face faintly irritated.

"Some boy for Mako…" he grumbled in reply, plopping himself onto the sofa next to his girlfriend and throwing his arm about her frame.

"Oh-HO! Got yourself a boyfriend and not telling us, eh Koko-chan?" Athena suddenly questioned teasingly.

Makoto's reply was cut off as the boy in question stepped into the room and all the breath she had planned on using to speak, faded into nothing.

Eyes blinked several times, curled fists reaching up to rub them a few times. Seventeen and her vision was going cause she could swear on Merlin's wand that Draco Malfoy was standing at the doorway of the living room.

"D-draco?"

Lips curled into a one-sided smirk as he stepped foreword and extended his arms wide.

"The one and only."

Makoto continued to shake her head as she stumbled into his embrace, completely unaware of the sudden vein in her brother's forehead that was threatening to pop.

Cold blue-eyes scanned the room, eyeing the inhabitants of the room. One looked jarringly like Makoto, what with the same bright green-eyed and heart shaped face. Draco let his eyes fall onto the boy that the Makoto look alike currently was hugging, who stared back at him with curious amber colored eyes, spiky brown tendrils falling into them. Another boy, somewhat older with light silver hair and warm blue eyes also stared at he, smiling slightly. Then a slight girl with sultry brown eyes and a thick mane of shiny black hair, a few red strands streaking through.

The silver-haired boy with warm blue eyes suddenly cleared his throat.

"Care to introduce us to your friend, Makoto?"

Makoto chewed her lower lip, turning about slightly.

"His name is Draco Malfoy, a friend of mine from Hogwartz. Draco, this is my family friend Yukito, my little sister Sakura, her boyfriend Syaoron, my brother's girlfriend Noelle, and my brother."

The group remained silent for a moment, giving each other a few weird side glances before Athena stood up.

"Nice to meet you, Draco." She offered, smiling warmly,

"The names Noelle, but you can call me Athena."

He nodded slightly, not replying verbally.

"So why are you here?" Touya asked rudely, receiving a scornful glare as his pretty girlfriend whirled around to face him.

"To see Makoto, what else." He replied with a slight frown.

Touya was certainly not pleased with the amount of attitude behind his words and was just about to set him straight, but was quickly restraint by his girlfriend and other sister.

"So, who was at the door?"

The whole group turned to see a young, tall man with a head full of chestnut brown hair, matching brown eyes, and thin framed glasses. He looked about 35 or so and wore a white apron, slightly tainted with powder and vegetables. Kind warm eyes fell upon the new entity within the room.

"Well, you could have told me more company was arriving, I would have added an extra plate on the table." He commented with a welcoming smile.

"I'm Fujitaka Kinomoto, their parents."

Draco blinked a bit, looking back at the father and to his kids several times. He looked so young for his age AND to have three kids, all teenagers. Something was just…fishy about it.

"Uhh…yeah dad, this is Draco Malfoy. A friend of mine from Hogwartz." Makoto informed with a nervous smile, kicking the boy lightly on the back of his heel.

Draco frowned and looked at her, asking why in hell did she just hit him.

Fujitaka merely laughed, patting the younger boy's back.

"I'm not going to bother you with paranoia questions, Touya's here for that." Mr. Kinomoto said, shaking his head at Touya's yell of "DAMN RIGHT!" behind him.

"But I do insist that you join us for dinner and fill us in on how bad Makoto has been."

"DAD!"

The awkward tension between Draco and Touya continued throughout the brunch, exchanging deadly glares and curt, rude comments. Athena as well as Fujitaka had noticed this and were quick to indirectly distract the two form each other's presence.

The meal had long since been over and the group had gathered to the living room, playing some video games while Fujitaka sat in the study, silently reading over ungraded test papers.

"Man, let's change the game. Anymore ddr and I'll faint." Athena exclaimed exasperatedly, pulling up her hair into a high, bun.

"Karaoke!" Sakura squealed happily, jumping up and down with 'Karaoke Revolution' in her hands.

When her older brother showed no signs of disagreement, she quickly placed the cd into the compartment and started it up.

"So who wants to go first?" she called over her shoulder.

Touya, who currently lay lazily on the sofa with his girlfriend curled about his frame, looked over to the love seat where his other sister and male 'friend' sat.

She was situated on Draco's lap; head cradled onto his shoulder while her calves hung over the armrest of the chair, swinging about like a girl on a swing. He said something that caused her to suddenly burst out laughing, pressing her face into his neck to cover her face.

Now, Touya was said to be overly protective of his sisters, which he totally thought was untrue. Sure, breaking that Freddie guy's arm was a bit too much, but it was all an accident! Though Touya had been twisting the boy's arm until he heard the snap but…well, yeah.

"How about you, Draco?" Touya suggested with a challenging stare.

Makoto looked up from his shoulder to her brother, eyes suspicious and questioning. His jaw jutted out stubbornly and he stared the older male straight in the eye.

"Sure," Draco murmured, not taking his eyes off of Touya's.

"Just hand me the mic."

Makoto mumbled something to Draco, holding him in place but he shook his head, face hardening with the familiar cold, determined shield.

He gently lifted Makoto off of him then placed her back onto the seat, grabbing the mic from Sakura's hands. As he began to skip through the songs, Touya suddenly tugged the controller out of his hands.

"What are you doing?" Draco snapped, raising his voice and causing Makoto to run from her seat and stand between the two.

Touya glared at him a bit, which Draco just glared back just, before skimming through the songs and choosing one.

Blue eyes went wide as bright letters lit up the screen, pronouncing the artist and song.

I'm Yoo Sexy For My Shirt by Right Said Friend.

"I am NOT singing that song!" The light-haired warlock sputted out, shaking his hands in the air as he turned his heel.

Touya only laughed while his girlfriend kneed him in the ribs, glaring at him as she began to lecture him. This didn't stop him of course, mischievous person he was.

"Scared?"

Everyone knows that Draco's reputation and image was VERY precious to him and when it was threatened, he'd protect it at all costs.

So, he turned back around and snatched the mic out of the man's hands, smirking wide and preparing to belt out his best notes.

Okay, really. All the good stuff is in the next chapter. Promise. ;x