The conductor came over the intercom and announced we'd be arriving soon.

I decided it would be best to ignore everyone else on the bus. We arrived after a short while to the temple and a kind woman introduced her self as the Okami of the temple. I walked through the doors. But once the people there got sight of Bon they cheered.

'So they did run away'

"Call the Okami out here!" one shouted.

"Don't, this ain't a homecoming! I just happened to come here because of my job as an Exwire!" He shouted.

"Ryuji!" the Okami exclaimed.

I was expecting one of those scenes in anime with the flowers and sparkles while Bon just stood there getting a hug from the woman.

BOY, was I wrong.

"You, ACTUALLY WENT AND DYED YOUR HAIR HUH? YOU WANT TO TURN INTO A CHICKEN OR SOMETHING NEXT? YOU SURE HAVE GUTS SETTING FOOT IN THIS INN AGAIN! DIDN'T YOU SAY YOU WERE GOING TO STUDY?"

"LIKE I SAID I JUST HAPPENED TO GET ASSIGNED TO COME HELP HERE AS AN EXWIRE! AND WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT CHICKENS? THIS HAIRSTYLE SHOWS MY DETERMINATION! DETERMINATION!"

I just looked upon the scene with wide eyes.

"WHAT DETERMINATION? FOR WHAT PURPOSE DID I BIRTH SUCH A HANDSOME SON?"

I blushed and looked away, 'I happen to like his hair, it's soft.'

I ignored the rest of it till she grabbed my arm, "Oh my what a pretty young girl."

"E-eh?" I blushed and began shaking.

"Such soft shiny hair, and enticing blue eyes. Not only that, she has the face of a respectable young woman!" She glared at Bon, "Why can't you attract girls like her?"

Bon's face and mine were neck and neck for reddest color. I looked down, "B-but I-I'm not pretty."

She looked at me in shock then glared at her son once again, "What kind of Bull shit are you feeding this poor girl?"

"I ain't done nothing to her!"

"I beg to differ, wasn't it you to be the first and only one to call her a name?" Izumo questioned.

The okami gasped, "And just what was this name?" she growled out to her son.

Bon's eyes widened, "P-please, it's nothing, Okami-san." I stuttered trying to pry her off.

She smiled at me, "Such a sweet girl as well. Well I'll give you a name to call him if you like."

I smiled shyly, "It's fine I already have a few." She pulled me into a bear hug.

"Why couldn't Bon turn out more like you?"

I blinked, "…Then he'd be a girl? I wouldn't really like that." I muttered softly as I blushed.

"Anyway," Shura butted in, "Moriyama, Kamiki, Takara, and Okumura-kun, you will follow Yunokawa-sensei here and assist him as he treats patients I know we just arrived, but work hard!"

"Got it!"

"Ryuji, Renzou, Konekomaru, would you like to see Yaozou?" Okami asked.

They nodded nervously. Okami-san grabbed my arm and dragged me along with them. I began to shake as we came across a certain room. 'This aura… It's, awful. I have to get away. Now!'

I tried to pry her hand off but she tightened her grip as we approached.

"His condition isn't too great, and because he's the chief I set up a separate room for him from the rest." She slid open the door, "Yaozou-san, we're coming in."

She dragged me into the room as the other three followed.

He was covered in bandages and was pale. He tried to sit up weakly. "B-bon." He said slightly shocked.

"Yaozou?" Bon muttered.

"POPS?" Shima shouted and ran over to the man and tried to get him to lie back down.

"What are you talking about, this is nothing. I'll be all better in about two weeks." I sat at the foot of his bed and watched patiently, despite my stomach doing somersaults at the state he was in. His aura was painful and yet, slightly prideful. "For the chief himself to be in such a state, I can't rest until I return to office as some as I can."

"Is everyone hurt real bad?" Bon choked out.

"It's alright, everyone will recover with the right treatment, and not a single person died either. Even though things look bad right now!"

"That's good to hear." He calmed down a bit. Though I was still shaking.

"Dear what's wrong?" The okami asked.

I shook my head weakly, "I'm fine, please don't worry about me."

"More importantly, Bon. I'm happy to see that you're well."

"Yeah thanks to everyone."

The Yaozou nodded, "Konekomaru Thank you for protecting Bon. It must've been difficult."

Konekomaru quickly bowed his head, "N-no, no. I didn't protect him or anything like that. All I did was flounder about!"

Shima quickly piped up and shed a few small tears, "Pops! Pops! I think I broke a rib." He whined.

I smiled softly knowing he just wanted attention, then it faltered when his father beat him over the head. "ALL YOU DID WAS DYE YOUR HAIR PINK!"

"THE HELL?"

"I DIDN'T GIVE YOU K'RIK SO YOU COULD GO AND DYE YOUR HAIR PINK YOU KNOW!"

"I-I'M SORRY I DID SOMETHING REALLY THOUGHTLESS!"

I was pale throughout the argument. 'He has a lot of energy for someone who could just barely hold himself up two minutes ago…'

"Shima-kun did some floundering of his own, huh?" Konekomaru chuckled.

"Koneko-san that doesn't fit into the conversation." Shima added.

"And you young lady, are you a friend of Bon's?" I jumped at the question.

"N-no, I don't think so." I looked down.

He frowned, "What's your name, child?"

"O-okumura Utsukushi."

He began a smile, "Little Utsukushi? The little angel that Fujimoto-san raised?"

"I'm hardly an angel."

"Where's Pops?" Bon interrupted. "I heard he collapsed. What happened to him after that?"

"Oh yeah. You mean even the high priest got caught in the miasma?" Shima added.

The smile fell and his mood dropped "…The high priest just happened to come by the branch office for a visit. And thus got tangled up in the incident. He was so shocked he lost his legs."

"… Th-that's it?"

"He's back in the pink of health now don't worry."

Bon's mood went south and I'm sure he wanted to scream. "Where's Pop's right now?"

"Who knows? Where could he be, I know he returns to the temple every day though. He doesn't even have a mobile phone."

"I've got something I absolutely have to say to that bald Daruma…!"

A chill went up my spine as he stormed out and Shima and Miwa chased after him.

"Well you certainly have grown. I only saw you once before when you were only two. And it was because he brought you over here to brag, 'Look here I told you I'd have an heir! Not only one, no…I've got three!' then he'd whip out a picture of you and your brothers." He chuckled, "You were so energetic back then, back then you liked to pick on Bon. Tugging his hair and hanging on him." He smiled softly.

I blushed, "I don't… remember?"

He sighed, "It's no wonder you don't remember it, you were still just the size of a normal baby at the time. You seem so much more nervous though, what happened?"

A tear fell down my cheek but I smiled and wiped it away, "Nothing much sir."

He reluctantly nodded and dismissed me.

I walked out into a field in the middle of the property and just sat on the edge as a bald chubby man walked towards me.

"Oh? And you are?" he asked cheerfully.

"Okumura Utsukushi sir."

His face grew to shock then back, "I just met your brother back there didn't I?" he asked.

"I believe so sir, was it Rin or Yukio?"

"Rin, he helped me slice the watermelons I brought for the sick." He sat down beside me. "You seem a little more troubled then your brother, is something the matter?"

"No, sir."

He gave me a funny stare, "Your eyes don't agree."

Truly enough my eyes were wet and puffy. I laughed, "Would you believe me if I said it's normal?"

He stared at me in that same way Bon did when he was worried, "No, something is troubling you." He sat back up and took a swig of sake. "But, I won't bother you about it. I will tell you this, whether you are human or demon it's not healthy to bottle up your feelings and throw them into a box to be forgotten. I would think that Fujimoto-san would've agreed with me."

"By the way , give my greetings to that chicken-haired son of mine."

My eyes grew wide as he walked away. 'That was Bon's father? He's so much more calm!'