MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN! School is booooooooooooooooring!

Ukiyoe Middle School is just as boring as my school in the Philippines! Well, except the boys here keep staring at my with heart eyes and the girls just keep giving me death glares.

By fate, I ended up in the same class as Rikuo and Tsurara. I will admit, when I saw Kana, I almost wanted to scream 'You (bleep)ing (bleep)! You'll never be right for Rikuo, and FYI, stupid, the leader of the Yokai is Rikuo's night form! You blunt and oblivious moron! How the hell did you not notice that Rikuo is never there when you get saved by that yokai? Or that they wear the same kimono?' but luckily, I didn't. It took all my willpower, but I didn't.

Right now, it was lunch time. Being the want-to-be-alone person I am, I climbed up to the roof and silently ate my lunch (Thanks, Tamazuki for giving it to me~!). But then, guess what? The Kiyoyuji Paranormal Patrol pops up and stares at me.

"Ah… who are you?" Maki asked.

"I'm Kirei, I just moved here." I said dully, not in the mood to talk to Ms. Melon-chest.

Of course, I looked around at their faces and soon met Rikuo's. It was Tamazuki's orders that I keep my eyes on him.

"So you're new here?" Kana said, staring at me and taking in my features.

I nodded.

At that, Kiyotsugo suddenly asked out of the blue "Would you like to join the Kiyoyuji Paranormal Patrol?" he said, smiling widely.

Kana sweat-dropped, "Must you say that to everyone you meet?"

I thought about it. Let's see… If I join them, I'll get dragged to Rikuo's house, get involved with yokai and get more chances to watch Rikuo, yeah sure, why not?

"Yeah sure." I replied, packing my lunch back into my bag.

"That's great!"

"Hmm…" I heard Yura's faint murmur, "Kirei-san, why do I feel yokai aura coming from you?"

Again with this? "What do you mean, Yu— Uh…" Almost forgot I was playing dumb.

"Keikain Yura." She said, stepping closer with a suspicious look on her face. "It's very faint, but I can feel it, there's been yokai hanging around you…"

Yokai as in Inugamibyou-Tanuki Tamazuki, Inugami, the Seven Phantom Travelers and the Shikoku HachijuHyakki. "W-What do you mean, Yura-san?" I could feel the sweat beading down my forehead.

"Maybe it's just my imagination." She sighed, backing off and returning to her usual poker face.

Xxx

"You almost got found out?" Tamazuki asked.

"Yes, but I didn't." I replied, bowing as an apology, "I'm sorry! I'll be more careful next time! It's just I can't control my Yoki…"

"You don't have to apologize." He sighed, walking away, "And you don't have to hide your Yoki, you can use that to gain access to the Nura Mansion."

"Speaking of the Nura Mansion…" I added, "I've been invited to go there tomorrow after school."

"That's good. Keep up the good work."

Xxx

Next day…

I had to hold in all of my inner fan girl. I was inside the Nura Mansion, wear them hot yokais were probably hiding behind the screen doors. I looked out the open door to see Kappa's pond, I wanted to jump in and hug the adorable yokai and then treat him to a cucumber.

Dammit, Tamazuki! Why must you send me, a fan girl, to the Nura Mansion, where there are freaking hot yokai dudes walking around.

I must make a list of people to hug when the war is over… Night Rikuo… Kappa… Kubinashi… Kurotabou… Shoei… Gozu… Mezu… Kuroumaru… Tosakamaru… The ever so fluffy Karasu-Tengu (Yes, I consider him fluffy :3)… This could go on forever but I'd rather stop here…

"So, Kirei-kun, where did you come from?" Kiyotsugo asked, pulling me out of my thoughts.

"Ah…" I searched my head for an answer, then it came to me, tell the truth— but leave out the parts that involved waking up at Tamazuki's and so on so on. "I came from the Philippines, I just decided to move here because I wanted to pursue my dreams of being a manga artist. I also wanted to investigate yokai and stuff."

"Wow, you're Japanese is really good, I can hardly detect an accent at all." Yura commented.

"Thanks, I practiced a lot." I smiled. When do we get to explore the house?

"Now that Kirei-san's introductions are done, why don't we introduce ourselves?" Tsurara chimed, wanting to get everyone's attention off of me I guess. Inside I was like that 'Oh, stop it you' Meme.

"I'm Keikain Yura, as you can probably tell I'm an onmiyoji." Yura said.

"I'm Saori Maki." Maki smiled.

"Natsumi Torii~" Torii chirped.

"I'm Oikawa Tsurara." Tsurara smiled, but I know inside she's overflowing with cold tension.

"I'm Nura Rikuo." Rikuo said, scratching the back of his neck idly, "but you probably knew that by now."

"I'm Ienaga Kana," Kana concluded, she gestured to Kiyotsugo, "And that's Kiyotsugo."

"Nice to meet you all." I smiled.

"Nice to meet you too~" They all said.

At that, I faintly heard panting from outside the door.

It's Inugami, isn't it?

Please, Inugami, don't kill me. I pleaded inside my head, praying I won't get killed by the loyal dog that I loved so much. (I even named my white dog (whom I found as a puppy) Inugami.)

Xxx

After we toured around the house in hopes of finding yokai, which we didn't because they always hide when humans come, the other members of the group left.

"Ah, aren't you going home, Kirei-san?" Rikuo asked, eyeing the setting sun wearily.

"I don't really have to go home, honestly I live alone." I said idly. I have to get my hands on the precious information that Tamazuki wants, this "favor" I'm doing him is the only thing keeping me for being killed by a certain brown dog yokai.

"Ah, okay…" Tsurara sighed, "But I'm not sure if it would be okay with Wakana-san if you stay here for the night…"

"Wakana-san?" I asked, cocking my head. Remember, play dumb. Play dumb. Play dumb. Play dumb. Play dumb.

"Rikuo-kun's mother."

"Ah, I see… but Tsurara-san," I tried to look as innocent as possible, "Shouldn't you be going home too?"

"I live here, my mother's on a business trip and she got Rikuo-kun's grandfather to let me live here." She lied. I wanted to scream 'Liar! You're a Yuki-Onna and you just live here because you're Rikuo's bodyguard!' But again, I stilled that scream.

"Ah, I wouldn't mind if she stayed here tonight."

I looked over Rikuo's shoulder, Wakana was standing there, examining me… Why does everyone want to do that?

"She could stay for the night, it would be so rude to just kick her out into the cold night." Wakana smiled.

"T-Thank you." I smiled, bowing respectfully. "I'll try not to be a burden."

Get into the Nura Mansion, check.

With my face parallel to the ground, hidden by my long hair, I converted my kind smile to a Tamazuki-like smirk.

Xxx

An hour later, the sun had set and the Mansion was shrouded in beautiful moonlight.

I stared at the Sakura Tree, expecting Nura Rikuo in his night form to pop up, sitting on the tree, smirking.

But then I diverted my attention the silent halls inside, I slipped into the room I was spending the night in and into the inner workings of the house. I found the main hall where the yokai clan heads have meetings and eavesdropped.

'Rikuo, who is that girl? Why can I feel yokai presence from her?'

'I have no idea myself, Jiji, I just thought letting her stay for the night would help us find out about her.'

I clasped my hand over my mouth to prevent my fan screams, I heard Night Rikuo's voice in there.

'What did you say was her name, again?'

'Kirei. She apparently came from the Philippines.'

"Oi, what are you doing?"

I closed my hand over my mouth even tighter. I looked around, Kurotabou was standing in front of me.

I almost let out an 'OH MY GOSH, KUROOOOOOOOOO~!' but I just managed to shorten it to an "Eep!"

"Who are you?" Kuro asked sternly. I found myself staring at his long black hair. I mean seriously, the dude's hair must be rebonded or something, it looked so soft.

"I-I-I'm Kirei, Rikuo's classmate." I mustered out.

"Why are you here?"

"Rikuo-kun has allowed me to spend the night."

"I see." At that, he walked away. As he turned, his hair brushed out. Unable to control myself, I let if brush against my palm. Daaaaaaaaamn, that guy has the softest hair I've ever felt.

Now I'm starting to question Kuro's gender…

Xxx

A few minutes later, standing out the door got boring. I went back to my room, sighing.

I opened the door so that I could see the Sakura Tree, and guess who I saw? THE NIGHT RIKUO!

I stilled my fan screams and stared at him intently. Soon, I felt his red eyes meeting my dark brown ones.

He jumped down, stepping closer to me, I let out a small squeal but in my head I was like 'Must… resist… urge to… glomp…'

"Who are you?" He asked suspiciously.

"H-Huh?" I asked, still in play dumb mode, "Who are you?"

"I'll ask the questions, Kirei." He said, entering the room and sliding the door shut. Please, lord, don't be this kinda scene again. Having Tamazuki on top of me was enough, add a Night Rikuo and I'll die of nose bleed.

"Except… are you really Kirei?" He suddenly asked as I backed in front of a mirror.

"Huh? What do you mean? Of course I'm Kirei!" I said defiantly.

"By the looks of it, I think you're a yokai."

"Eh?" I looked at the mirror. At the reflection I saw, I screamed.

My long black hair had turned translucent white, a few silver lines running along my locks. My dark brown eyes had become bright pink-red, my pupils slit. My already pale skin was paler. I would've refused to accept that it was me, but I was wearing the same uniform, so it had to be me.

I looked to Rikuo, He was staring at me intently, "What are you really?" he asked, taking a cautious step towards me.

"I don't know…" I muttered, my legs wobbling. "I'm human… I have been since I was born… how could I be a yokai…?"

This scared the hell out of me, as much as I dreamed to be a yokai so I could join the Shikoku Hachijuhyakki, this scared the hell out of me.

What happened to me while I was sleeping?