AN: Legal I don't own YYH or any of their characters, however, M'klin, Bo'cki, Liv'raldki and the plot are all mine.

Sorry it took so long and that the story was so long. However I hope you like it.

Dealing with the Devil

Chapter 2: The Dragon brothers

Slowly she entered the dojo type area, where the class was assembling. She smiled at the teacher who returned it and turned back to correcting a small error in a young man's stance. Staying to herself though, she moved to the back corner, placing her bag there and making sure that the book was all right. Once she was sure that it was safe in her bag, she stood off her shoes and placed them with her bag. Stretching as she moved to her normal spot a few feet away, she took a chance to look around as she started to warm up's stretching her arms one way and then the other.

The first thing that caught her eyes were three young men who stood off to the side, watching everything with interest. They were new to Karm's eyes. Karm watched the tallest who looked at her for no longer than a second before looking away, uninterested in her it seemed. Slowly her eyes wandered his body, judging his strength, before going to the next young man next to him. He did not look away when she sought his gaze.

Luring grey-silver eyes flashed as he watched her warm up, her gaze held by his own. Slowly she looked around to see if anyone who normally was there was watching, before walking over slowly. The young man had short black hair with silver highlights that sparkled from the lights overhead and the retreating sunlight from the windows. Around his neck was a black choker; etched into it was a small silver dragon whose body intertwined around it the black leather. He turned as she neared and started to talk with the taller young man and the slightly younger man he was with.

His back to her, she flicked her eyes to the last man. Like the oldest of the three, he did not look at her for more than a second, his interest seeming to peak only while she was watching the rest of the people in the class and answering his friend's occasional questions. Nearing even slower, she looked around and then back at the young man who had held her gaze. "You new?" She asked, startling herself. She wasn't the kind of person to go into a situation blindly as she was doing now.

The one who had locked eyes earlier with her turned, their eyes locking once again. A smile latched onto his handsome face as the girl stood there, one knee bent so that she stood slightly to one side, her jeans tight around her skinny but muscular legs, a hint that if someone attacked her and let her use her legs, she could send them flying with enough force put behind a kick. A slow nod however was the only acknowledgement Karm got from him, though he did not turn back to his friends. His black and silver hair fell slowly over half of his face as he tilted his head to the side.

The younger one was the first one to talk of the three, "All three of us are taking the class." He said, his own storm-grey eyes turning from the oldest man to the girl. "Why do you want to know?" His voice was almost musical as he spoke to the girl, though it seemed to be far off as if they were a far distance away from each other.

"We don't usually get new students half way through the year." She answered. Why was she talking to them? Was she mad? This could lead to a very bad incident if the three before her were less than honorable. She thought over all the options before finding herself drawn into their conversation.

Karm found out in the follower five minutes that they were there to train and that their names were Bo'cki, M'klin and Liv'raldki. Bo'cki was the tallest young man, his black and red hair framing his face a little more than messy. M'klin was the young man who had held her gaze while Liv'raldki was the first to actually speak to her.

"Yeah, we are here to hone our fighting abilities for a tournament that we were going to join next year." Liv'raldki said softly after introductions had finished. "Why are you here? You don't seem the push over type of girl."

Karm looked at Liv'raldki and had a strange mix of frowning and a partial smirk. M'klin looked over at her just in time to see it and froze. Even though it would have been awkward on anyone else it seemed to fit onto her face as naturally as the straight face she had had on earlier during her warming up. He watched her, trying to figure the red-blonde girl out as she retorted to his young brother that she was perfectly able to hold her own in a fight against anyone he threw at her, including himself.

M'klin, still watching her intently, stopped his brother from saying anything damaging to their own existence, "So, your name's Karm right? IS it short for anything?" He asked, as Bo'cki turned his obsidian black eyes to him, his stone cold face showing slight surprise.

Karm looked at him, "Why do you ask?" She asked, her own black eyes becoming like slides of ice, cold and distant.

"Just wondering. People are coming up with something called Karma. I was wondering if you got Karm from that." He answered softly, causing her to relax slightly. Why had she suddenly gotten the feeling that he had read the book she had gotten earlier that afternoon? There was no way of that… Was there?

She smiled and shook her head. "Nope. No skeletons hiding in my closet. It's always been Karm." She answered, before the teacher announced that class would start in five minutes and that everyone should start to warm up. She nodded to the boys in a way that meant that she had to go, however, M'klin stopped her.

"Would you like to be our friend and warm up with us?" he asked kindly, Liv'raldki smiling at her from behind his brother. Bo'cki didn't show any emotions but nodded his head as if saying that he agreed with his decision to ask her.

She looked up at the middle brother, surprise evident in her face. 'Their friend…?' She thought 'I just met them though… Can I fully trust him?' Slowly she accepted, motion to her bag and shoes which she went over to claim from the back corner, before moving over to their area. This caused a stir in the class. As far back as any of the people could remember she had never strayed from her own little corner… Never.

Karm put her stuff down next to Liv'raldki's and Bo'cki's own stuff. When she turned around, she jumped. Behind her stood the six foot one inch Bo'cki, who towered over her own five foot seven inch frame.

"M'klin wants to know if you need a ride to your home after the class. The teacher says some people stay until 9:00 sometimes. "Bo'cki asked. She watched him for several moments before smiling and shaking her head.

"Thanks for offering but I only live a few streets down. " She said, stretching. "That was a really kind of you to offer." Just as she finished her sentence the teacher called for everyone to take their normal places. She looked at the teacher and then moved back to her normal spot. Liv'raldki followed, taking a place to her left.

Through the class she partnered with one of the three brothers. M'klin was the only one at first who didn't hold back when 'attacking' her. As soon as Liv'raldki noticed that it seemed to make her happy to have a challenge, he joined. Bo'cki seemed the only one who did not try to impress or make her happy. He took it slow and gentle. She took this time to get to know him better. She could have sworn that at one point he had smiled at her, though the next second it was gone.

Slowly, the sun retreated as time passed for the rest of the class. Karm could have sworn that it was literally gone in a blink of the eye and that the only one left were herself, the teachers, and the three boy's. The clock on the wall read 10:15.

Bo'cki had been her partner when she noticed the time. Her odd fingernails released a pressure point which she had been pushing with the least of her power... Bo'cki backed up and straightened as she released him and, for the first real time that night, he smiled at her fully. "Are you sure you don't need a ride?" he asked as his brother neared.

She stared and then smiled, "Yeah. I'll be fine. Thank you for giving me a cool down time between those two." She teased, which shocked not only herself but also the teacher. "Go ahead and go where you need to go." She said, turning and walking to the teacher. The three young men nodded, watching her worriedly. They each had their own work to do that night, but still they worried for the girl. As good as she may be there were things that were tougher than anyone she had ever had to fight before.

The teacher gave Karm a hug and they talked for another thirty minutes. The two always talked after each class, even if he had not been the one teaching. He gave her a way to rant and not worry about how it came out. She could tell him about things like the incident with Reron earlier that day. He listened every night they talked. And not just scanned through what she said, but actually listened.

At the end of the chat, the young woman pulled out an envelope which was filled with enough money to pay for the next six months of classes. "Just in case we get into a no money situation." She said, answering the questioning look from the teacher. "My father is having a hard time with getting money for us so we thought it would be a good idea to pay while we could."

The teacher smiled and nodded, giving her a hug before thanking her softly as he took the money and placed it in his safe. As his back turned, she left, silent as always, never wanting to say farewell to the dojo. When the man turned around to find no one there and the dojo door closing, a gentle smile lit his lips.

"Such a sweet child." She said to no one before turning to go to the part of the Japanese style building that was his home, where his wife waited with their three small children and his food.

As Clio Karm walked down the street she looked around herself. Nothing. Absolute nothing. That should have been her first sign. No dogs, no people. No cats or beggars. However it didn't faze her, she was busy thinking about M'klin and Liv'raldki.

Behind her a shadow emerged and started to follow her. As she moved, the shadow gained ground on the girl who only felt the slightest presence, but that was normal to her. There was always someone else around… No matter how much she wanted peace. A few feet from the corner which led to a busy street she called home, the shadow launched his attack, driving the girl to the ground. It roughly rammed her head into the sidewalk. As her was turned over by the shadow, her vision started to darken around the edges and then slowly close in, sending her into complete darkness.

When she opened her eyes, she winced. Light shown in through her bedroom window. She lay on her bed, her baggy pants and fitting shirt having been traded out with a loose tank and a pair of long pajama pants. She looked at her clock and then the calendar on her wall. She blinked several times.

"Monday?" She asked herself. Had she been sleeping the whole weekend? She shook her head, doubting it. She'd never slept more than 6 hours before. Slowly she stood, shakily 

moving her body, getting use to moving again, before moving over to her closet. She moved through her normal routine after that without noticing the small book on her desk.

She stuffed her bag with a change of close, a pair of regular tennis shoes, and stuff she needed for school. When she arrived in the kitchen, she yawned, pulling the blazer over her head and her white shirt. She looked around the empty kitchen. What she had told to the teacher was a lie. Her foster parents had ran out on her three weeks earlier, leaving her there in the apartment with only a small note as to why they left.

'Dear Clio. You've become too much for us to handle, the hair was the last straw. Hope you can live until you get a job on the money we've left in the living room under the sofa. Mom and Dad.'

She snorted as she remembered that, pulling out a small bag of raisins and ate a handful before picking up her bag. Once she was sure everything was okay, she turned and started to walk out the house, locking the apartment door and starting off to school. She past her normal route to school with almost no intrusion's from groups of people who wanted her dead.

About a block from school, a crash almost happened right next to the corner that she was standing on. A motorcyclist with a passenger behind him turned the corner and had turned his head to look at the seventeen year old, who was turning around the corner and starting to walk the same way he was going. While staring at her from behind his visor, a car turned at the same time and would have hit the motorcycle if the passenger had not shifted his own body weight, sending the motorcycle to swerve.

However, besides that, nothing happened during her walk to school. During the fifteen minute walk all she could think of was the 'dream' she had had, and the two young men, M'klin and Liv'raldki. She smiled as she reached school and then let the smile drop as she saw the eyes on her. It seemed to be a hobby for all the jocks and preps of her school. She moved through the school and got to her class room without having to resort to violence, which had been a trial in itself.

When she reached her classroom she sat on her desk, looking out the windows which were to the left of her seat. Her back to the doorways that led into the room, she didn't notice a 

young man with red hair enter, nor did she notice a very familiar black haired young man with storm grey eyes, while a taller version of him entered as well, explain to the teacher that the red head and the young man were in his class now. At the sound of a familiar voice, Karm turned her head, freezing as she saw Liv'raldki and M'klin.

Liv'raldki was talking softly with the red head, his voice soft, his back to the young woman. M'klin looked back at her and blinked several times, touching his brother's shoulder, pointing to her as she straightened and stood.

"M'klin." Karm said, noticing a pair of riding gloves and a helmet in his left hand. "What are you doing here?"

"Um… Karm, I could ask you the same thing." He answered in his smooth voice.

"I… I go to school here. Liv'raldki? What are you two doing here?"

"I'm starting school here. This class. Are you in here?"

"Yeah..."

"That's cool! Oh! Let me introduce you to one of my work mates, Suichi Minamoto." He said, pointing to the red head. Karm blinked and looked over to the young man who had turned around to look at who his two friends were talking to. His sparkling green eyes stunned the young woman. His red hair was pulled back into a small pony tail, which somehow reminded the young woman of a fox tail. Put together, the hair and the eyes made an amazing effect against light skin.

She finally pulled from her frozen state and smiled, "Nice to meet you Suichi." She said, nodding, gaining a smile and a nod in return. "You two can sit next to meet if you want." The teacher turned around and looked at her, blinking several times. Trying to suppress the feeling to ask the young girl if she was all right, he nodded to the two. "Go ahead. It's nice to meet you Liv'raldki, Suichi." He said softly, turning back to what he was doing.

Quickly, as people started to file in, Liv'raldki snatched the seat to her right as Suichi fetched the seat next to the windows and to the left of the girl. M'klin nodded to the three 

before leaving. How had she been so luck? She smiled to herself as she started to talk with the two trying to get to know both even more. After all, they would be her only friends here… Why not take advantage?

Suichi seemed more of the polite kind of guy, who did as he was told, and did it well, but also had a mind of his own and knew when to say not. Liv'raldki was almost exactly his opposite. Even though he was polite to her, he was a total jerk to others and didn't seem to like authority.

As class started she looked out the window past Suichi, finding herself attracted not only to M'klin, who had set her heart beating quickly with each gaze of his, but also to Liv'raldki and Suichi.

'They are all attractive in their own way… Suichi and Liv'raldki are complete opposites, but they are all the kind of guys I like…I'm screwed.' As the thoughts ran through her mind, she thought of the book. Her eyes enlarged several sizes. She hadn't seen it in her bag when she had started to pack that morning. Her body went ridged. 'If I don't have it… Where did it go?'