I shivered slightly as the wind picked up and blew my hair about my face. I sighed as I realized it blew the leaves out of the trees as well. I watched silently as the Sakura petals gently floated to the ground before settling themselves across the yard of my family's shrine.

"Cecelia, will you be a dear and sweep the yard?"

I heard my mother ask and turned to see her and my father standing by the outer wall leading to the steps outside.

"You guys going somewhere?"

I asked and my father smiled at me.

"Yes. Muokoshi asked for me to help him at a diner party in four days. We'll be gone for about two weeks. You think you can look after the shrine till we get back?"

My dad asked and I glared at him.

"I'm not a little girl anymore dad, I'll be fine."

I said crossing my arms over my chest.

"I know, I just worry."

He said and I rolled my eyes at him.

"Honey, if we don't leave soon we'll miss our flight."

My mom said getting my dad's attention. He looked at her before looking back at me.

"Don't talk to strangers, don't destroy the shrine, and-"

"Don't let any boys in the house, I know."

I said cutting him off and he opened his mouth to say something else when my mom placed her hand over his mouth and pulled him along with her towards the gate.

"Be sure to do your chores. Bye sweetie!"

I heard my mom yell over her shoulder as she all but dragged my father down the steps of the shrine to the taxi that was waiting for them. Sometimes my mom really scares me.

I turned to look back at the yard and sighed.

'Fat lot of good sweeping the yard's gonna do when the wind is just gonna blow more leaves to the ground, but if I don't I have a feeling that my mom will know.'

I thought and shivered at the thought as I grabbed the bamboo broom and started sweeping up the Sakura leaves from the stone walkways in the main yard.

'You know, sometimes I wish just once that something exciting would happen in my life.'

I thought as I swept all the petals up into a nice, neat pile. Suddenly the wind picked up and blew the petals everywhere.

"Fucking A-hey, what's that?"

I asked aloud as I saw what looked like a hole in the sky. I looked up at it and saw it was just that, a hole in the middle of the sky. I watched as three things fell from the hole down to the ground to my front yard.

'What the hell?'

I wondered as I watched the hole close up and disappear, then the wind died down and everything returned to normal like nothing even happened. That's when I remembered three things had just fallen out of the sky into my front yard. It was moments like this when I cursed my curiosity since I found myself walking through the main gate and down the small set of steps to the front yard. I looked around and saw that the bushes to my left seem to be broken and the ground around them was destroyed.

'Great, just great. I'm going to have to fix that.'

I thought as I made my way over to the bush. I pushed the leaves apart to see what had landed in my yard and froze at the three figures tangled up with each other sitting in the middle of a giant crater. My eyes widened when I realized they were three boys around my age. One had black hair cut to his neck with light, sun kissed skin and what looked to be bright yellow eyes. He was tangled up with a boy with grey colored hair cut the same way, but he was wearing a hat and part of his hair hung down into his face to hide his left eye. The other, visible one looked to be light brown and it looked like he had three cuts on each of his cheeks that looked like whiskers. They were both sitting ontop of a boy with rich, dark red hair to about his midback. He was facedown so I couldn't see what his face looked like.

"Will you two get the fuck off of me!"

I heard him yell as he pushed himself off of the ground, taking the two on top of him with him. They instantly jumped off of him and got to their feet.

"Hehe, sorry 'bout that Katsume."

The grey haired boy said as he scratched the back of his head. The red head stood up and dusted himself off. Now that they were all standing I could see what they were wearing. The one with grey hair covering one of his eyes was wearing just a light brown jacket with a tall collar, but it was open to reveal pale, toned skin beneath and he was ripped. He had on a pair of low hanging light blue jeans and I saw a necklace with a star hanging from his neck. I noticed a wrist band on his left wrist with a chain of black beads wrapped around it. And his hat was a mix of white and grey and it was overtop a red bandana tied in the back. The boy with black hair had on a crumpled white button up t-shirt with the top two buttons undone, revealing a bit of his upper body. He was wearing light blue jeans as well. I looked over at the red head that the grey haired one called Katsume. He had on a dark blue long sleeve shirt with a hood and pockets in the front and a pair of black jeans that had cuts along the thighs and legs. I could see his face and saw piercing golden colored eyes somewhat hidden by his red hair. All three of them were gorgeous, but they had trashed my yard and just fallen out of the sky and didn't have a scratch on them.

"What the fuck were you two doing in the palace anyways?"

Katsume asked the other two and I noticed they flinched at his tone, I would too he sounded pissed.

"Well, Hikaru here wanted to see what you were doing and I couldn't let him go by himself."

The gray haired boy said motioning towards the black haired boy.

"Whatever Daiki. I still can't believe that bastard resorted to this."

Katsume said motioning around him and the two others looked at him confused.

"Hey Katsume, where are we?"

The black haired boy, Hikaru, asked and that made the other two freeze.

"I don't know. I was sucked into that stupid vortex just like you two idiots."

Katsume snapped and Hikaru moved to stand behind Daiki as if looking for protection.

'Just who are these guys?'

I wondered.

"Maybe we should look around. See if we can find anyone."

Daiki offered and it looked like Katsume was thinking it over before turning around.

"You two can do whatever you want, just don't drag me into it."

He said and Daiki smiled at him before turning to Hikaru.

"Come on Hika, let's see if we can't find someone."

Daiki said and Hikaru nodded before they jumped out of the six foot crater and landed lightly on their feet.

"You go that way and I'll go this way. Holler if you find something."

Daiki said before walking off in the opposite direction. Hikaru nodded to himself before walking in the direction that I was hiding.

'Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit!'

I thought before scrambling backwards until my back hit the trunk of a tree and I had nowhere else to go. Hikaru looked over in my direction before walking towards me. He crouched down infront of the bush hiding me and pushed the leaves apart and stared at me in surprise. I didn't think, I just swung out with the bamboo broom in my hand with my eyes squeezed shut.

"Hey! What was that for?"

I heard him say and opened my eyes to see I had whacked him with the end of the broom.

"You just fell from the sky! And there's nothing wrong with you!"

I shouted at him and he flinched at the tone of my voice and covered his ears that I noticed were pointed.

"Alright, alright. Quit yelling."

He said and I instantly shut my mouth.

"Do you know where we are?"

He asked as he lowered his hands from his head. I just stared at him, how was I suppose to react? Simply tell him he's in my front yard after having seen him and the other two fall from the sky and act like there was absolutely nothing wrong with that? Yeah, that was gonna happen.

He moved closer to me and I whacked him with the broom again.

"Will you stop that!"

He snapped at me and I squeaked and got to my feet and backed away from him. He followed holding his hands up so I wouldn't hit him with the broom again.

"Hey, take it easy. I'm not going to hurt you."

He said and I glared at him.

'Why is it I don't believe that? Oh yeah, it's 'cuz he just fell from the sky and doesn't have a scratch on him!'

I thought as I watched his every move warily.

"Look, I just want to find out where me and my friends wound up."

He said as he walked closer. I swung out with the broom, but he caught it and smiled at me.

"Ha!"

He said and I acted on instinct. I planted my feet, squared my shoulders and socked him right in the jaw. I hadn't expected him to react and attack back. I ducked when he swung the broom at me and swung out with my leg and knocked him off his feet. I was about to pull one of my friend Naka's favorite moves when I saw the black haired boy staring up at me in complete shock.

"Woah, I give."

He said and I looked at him confused, but relaxed my stance.

'Ha, and my dad said I'd never have to use my martial arts skills.'

I thought as the boy slowly got to his feet.

"That was unexpected."

He said as he rubbed his jaw.

"Let's try this again. My name's Hikaru Donoshii, what's yours?"

He asked and I looked at him confused before realizing he'd asked me a question.

"Cecelia Teez."

I said uncertainly and he smiled at me.

"Well Cecelia, those were some pretty good moves. You train a lot?"

He asked and I felt myself relaxing around him. If he looked like he was going to do something I could always just lay him out again.

"Yeah. Who are you and how did you survive that fall?"

I asked as I completely relaxed.

"Oh that little fall? That wouldn't hurt me."

He said and I looked at him confused.

"And why not?"

I asked, thought I wasn't so sure I wanted to know the answer.

"Because, I'm a wolf demon."

He said and I blinked in surprise for a minute before bursting out laughing.

"What's so funny?"

He asked as I doubled over and held my sides. He'd said that with such a straight face as if he really believed it.

"Sorry, but you expect me to believe that you're an actual demon?"

I asked in between my giggles.

"Hmph. I'll have you know I'm a very powerful wolf demon."

He said crossing his arms and looking away from me which only made me laugh harder.

"Aww come on, do I have to prove it to you?"

He asked and I stopped laughing long enough to look at him before bursting out laughing again.

"Fine."

He said before he got down on all fours. I stopped laughing when I felt the wind pick up and a wave of some sort of energy come from the boy before me. I watched in disbelief as his nails grew to claws, then his hair grew before wrapping around his body and his face lengthened to that of a snout. I watched as the boy before me turned into a wolf before my very eyes.

"Holy shit!"

I screamed as I fell back on my ass and stared wide eyed at the 5'4" black haired wolf before me.

"Told you."

He said and my jaw dropped.

"You can even talk."

I said and he cocked his head to the side and I couldn't help but think how cute that looked.

"Aww, that's adorable!"

I screamed before rushing forward and wrapping my arms around his neck. I'd always loved animals, wolves and panthers were my absolute favorite.

"Hey, what are you doing!"

He cried out, but I just hugged him and ran my hands through his fur. He suddenly jumped out of my reached and growled at me.

"Don't do that!"

He snapped at me and I blinked in surprise a moment before standing up.

"Sorry, I love wolves."

I said with a smile and he stopped growling at me for a minute before straightening back up. I watched as another wave of energy picked up, then he transformed back into the boy he'd been before.

"Alright, you've convinced me. You're a wolf demon. But that doesn't really explain what you and you're friends are doing here."

I said crossing my arms over my chest as he walked back towards me.

"We don't know either. Heck, we don't even know where here is."

He said and I blinked in surprise.

"Seriously? You don't know where Tokyo is?"

I asked and he cocked his head to the side like he'd done before.

"To…ky…o?"

He asked confused and I sighed.

"Tokyo, you know, in Japan."

I said and he just continued to look at me like I'd lost my mind.

"Japan. Asia. Earth!"

I said and noticed that once I said Earth his eyes got wide.

"Say what! We're on Earth!"

He yelled and I looked at him confused.

"Yeah, where else would you be? Mars?"

I asked and he didn't seem to hear me.

"Oh this is not good. This is not good."

He said talking to himself as he paced back and forth.

"What's not good? Hey, are you listening to me?"

I asked, but he just kept pacing.

"I've got to tell Daiki and Katsume. Ooh, Katsume's not gonna be happy about this."

"Hey!"

I snapped as I grabbed him by the shoulders and forced him to look at me.

"Why is you being on Earth not good?"

I asked and he blinked before meeting my gaze.

"Because we're from a completely different Dimension and we have no idea how to get back."

He said and I blinked in surprise before letting him go.

"Oh, that is bad."

I said and he nodded.

"What did you mean when you said you had to tell the others?"

I asked and he smiled at me.

"The other two who came here with me, they're demons just like me."

He said and I smiled at the thought of more wolf demons.

"So they're wolf demons too?"

I asked excitedly, but frowned when he shook his head.

"No."

He said laughing.

"Daiki is a panther demon and Katsume is a phoenix demon."

He said and I jumped up and down at the thought of seeing a panther demon. I loved wolves sure, but panthers were just so majestic.

"Well what are you waiting for? Call them over."

I said and he looked at me surprised.

"Are you sure? I mean, they are demons after all."

He said and I sighed.

"Look, if I'm not afraid of you then I'm not going to be afraid of them alright?"

I asked and he looked at me for a minute before nodding.

"Alright."

He said before he turned around and cupped his hands around his mouth before taking a deep breath.

"DAIKI! KATSUME! COME HERE, I FOUND SOMETHING!"

He screamed and I flinched at how loud he was, he even made the birds nesting in a nearby tree fly off.

"They'll be here in a minute."

He said with a smile turning back to me. I wiggled a finger in my ear to make sure I hadn't lost my hearing.

"You can be quite loud when you want to can't you?"

I asked and he just smiled at me.

I suddenly felt a change in the wind, but knew that nothing had really changed. I looked up and blinked in shock when I suddenly saw the gray haired boy and the red haired boy from earlier. They hadn't been there before.

"Hikaru, who's this?"

The red head asked and I could hear the distain in his voice.

"Oh, sorry. Daiki, Katsume, this is Cecelia. Cecelia, this is my friend Daiki and Katsume."

Hikaru said pointing to each in turn.

"It's a pleasure to meet you."

I said with a smile. I noticed that Daiki returned it and I gasped when I saw his fangs. Katsume simply glared at me.

"So, what did you find out?"

Katsume asked turning to Hikaru, completely ignoring me.

'Asshole.'

I thought with a frown. I noticed Daiki was looking intently at me and blushed a bit.

"You're not afraid of me."

He stated and I shook my head at him.

"No. Are you the phoenix or the panther?"

I asked and he looked at me in shock for a minute before laughing.

"I'm the panther demon. The redhead there is the phoenix demon."

He said as he wiped his visible eye.

"So, can you transform too?"

I asked and the two of them froze before I heard Katsume start to yell at Hikaru.

"You changed infront of a human! Are you stupid?"

He asked and I frowned when I saw Hikaru shrink away from Katsume.

"N-No, it's just she didn't believe me when I said I was a wolf demon so I showed her."

"What made you think it was a good idea to tell her you were a demon? Kami you're an idiot!"

Katsume yelled and I heard Hikaru whimper and my anger flared, which is never a good thing.

"Hey!"

I yelled and they all turned to look at me.

"Don't yell at him like that you asshole! Just what gives you the right to call people names like that!"

I yelled and his golden eyes widened just a bit before narrowing and he walked over to me.

"You, little human, should learn your place."

He said through clenched teeth and that only pissed me off more.

"And what place is that? I'm not some low life piece of shit you can order around just because you feel like it. I haven't even known you for five fucking minutes and you're already pissing me the fuck off. Do you get off on picking on those younger than you? Is that why you're suck an ass!"

I yelled and heard Daiki try to cover up his laughter.

"Why you…"

Katsume said and I felt the air around him change and knew I'd done something I shouldn't have.

'Aw shit. Why did I have to go and open my big mouth?'

I wondered as I saw his eyes start to go red. I started to take a step back, but then remembered something I'd read about animals seeing that as a sign of weakness and when they saw weakness they striked. So I squared my shoulders and stared him straight in the eye.

"If you're going to do something do it, don't just stand there all pissed off in the middle of my fucking yard you big ass bird."

I said and his eyes returned to normal and he stared at me in shock before turning to glare at Daiki who was full out laughing his ass off while rolling around on the ground.

"Shut up!"

He snapped and Daiki instantly stood up and coughed a few times to get himself under control.

"At any rate, could you be so kind as to tell us where we are?"

He asked, all traces of humor gone.

"Right now? You're standing in my front yard after you fell several feet from the sky and created a giant ass crater in the middle of my garden which I'll have to fix later. But if you're looking for a less technical answer, you're in Tokyo Japan on the planet Earth."

I said and noticed that his and Katsume's eyes widened a bit.

I heard the phone ring from within the house and cursed under my breath before bending to pick up the bamboo broom that had been forgotten when Hikaru transformed and turned to go through the main gate to the house.

"Hey, where are you going?"

I heard Hikaru ask and stopped long enough to look back at him and the other two still staring blankly at the ground.

"To answer the phone. You guys can come inside if you promise to behave."

I said before walking through the gate and going into the house to answer the phone. I heard them walking inside as I was talking with my mother. I heard them go into the kitchen and tried to listen to what my mother was saying.

"Did you sweep the front yard like I asked?"

She asked and I almost laughed at how irrelevant that seemed right now.

"Yes."

"Did you finish the rest of your chores?"

She asked and I sighed as I leaned against the wall.

"Yes."

"Alright then, I was just calling to let you know we got here alright. I love you Cecelia."

She said and I sighed to myself.

"I love you too mom, bye."

I said before hanging up and walking into the kitchen. I stopped when I saw Daiki holding one of my mother's priceless fine china plates and looking at it, Katsume was sitting at the island looking bored, and Hikaru was literally sniffing at the fridge.

"What the hell are you all doing?"

I asked and they all looked up at me. Daiki dropped the plate in surprise and I screamed as I dived for it. I caught it, but slid across the hardwood floor. I clenched my teeth when I felt the friction burn the skin on my side. When I finally stopped sliding I stood up and walked back to the kitchen.

"Nice catch."

Daiki said and I glared at him as I gently put the plate back in it's place.

"Don't touch anything."

I said slowly as I made my way over to the kitchen sink. I pulled out a first aid kit and lifted my shirt and looked down at my side. I winced when I saw the red skin and growled when I saw I was bleeding.

"Dammit."

I said to myself as I let my shirt fall back down and rummaged through the first aid kit for the band aids. When I found one I peeled off the paper, lifted my shirt and put it on my wound before throwing away the trash and putting away the first aid kit. I turned around to find three demons looking at me intently.

"What?"

I asked and they all blinked as if coming out of a daze.

'Weirdos.'

I thought to myself before taking a seat at the island across from Katsume.

"Are you alright Cecelia?"

Hikaru asked coming over to me and I looked at him confused before I realized he was talking about my side.

"Oh yeah, I'm fine. I've had worse."

I said and that caught the attention of the other two.

"You have?"

Daiki asked and I blinked at the surprise in his voice.

"Enough about me, you guys seem to be in some sort of bind right?"

I asked and they all nodded.

"Hikaru here said you were all from a different dimension, is that right?"

I asked and noticed that Katsume glared at Hikaru before answering me.

"Yes. We are from the Demonic Provinces. They are a dimension that exists next to your own."

He said and I nodded.

"Okay, so you three came here through that hole in the sky. Any idea why?"

I asked and noticed they all looked away from me.

"Katsume here pissed off the wrong person and they sent him here. Hikaru and I just happened to be in the palace when it happened and got caught up in it and came with him."

Daiki said and I looked at Katsume wondering briefly who he pissed off.

"Any idea how to get back?"

I asked.

"None."

Daiki said and I sighed.

'Wonderful.'

"Well, if you want you guys can stay here. We've got plenty of rooms in this place and my parents won't be back until two weeks from now. You can stay here until they get back."

I said and they all nodded in thanks. My watched started to beep and I sighed as I realized it was seven o'clock already.

"Well, pick any of the rooms you like."

I said as I headed for the door and sat down at the stoop. I pulled on my tennis shoes before pulling my hair up into a high pony tail.

"Don't go out of the house, don't answer the phone, don't let anyone else inside…."

I said as I grabbed my gym bag from under the bench.

"And if I get back and see my house is destroyed then I will personally make sure all three of you wish you had never been born."

I said seriously which made all three of them look at me.

"Now, if you'll excuse me."

I said turning towards the door and opening it.

"Where are you going?"

Hikaru asked and I stopped. I thought about not telling them, but it's not like it'd hurt to tell them.

"Training."

I said before slipping out the door and closing it after me. I slung my bag over my shoulder, made sure my hair was pulled back, then took off for the gym.