-Daiki-

I yawned as I walked into the kitchen. I saw that Rai and the others were already in the living room and Katsume had a rather foul look on his face.

'Ha, serves him right.'

I thought as I moved to stand next to Hikaru.

"You ready? If you want to do this you should do it before Celia wakes up."

I said stifling another yawn. Kou nodded and turned to Rai who nodded and held his hands out before him.

"Boundaries of time and space, take us from this time and place."

He said and an invisible wind picked up and ruffled our clothes and hair before settling and disappearing much like the night before.

"I don't understand it, why can't you transport us back?"

Kou asked and Rai just shook his head.

"I'm not sure. My magic has been replenished completely. It should work."

He said and I scratched the side of my head.

"Well, apparently it doesn't."

I said before moving to walk into the kitchen.

"Where the hell are you going Daiki?"

Katsume snapped and I turned to look at him over my shoulder.

"It's almost eight, Celia will be up soon and I'm starting to get hungry."

I said and mentally smirked when I noticed Katsume flinch slightly at the sound of Celia's name. I sat down at the counter in the kitchen with Hikaru right behind me. It didn't take long until I heard Celia moving about upstairs. I heard her head into her closet before she made her way downstairs. She walked into the room with a hand infront of her mouth trying to stifle a yawn. She had on a red tank top and a black pair of short that barely reached her knees.

"Morning Celia."

I said as she pulled out the carton of orange juice and grabbed a cup. I smiled as I watched her pour her some and lean forward on the counter as she drank it.

"Morning Shadow."

She said when she finally set her cup down. She was always like this in the mornings. Most humans woke up with a cup of coffee, but Celia preferred a cup of orange juice or milk.

"How'd you sleep Cece?"

Hikaru asked and she yawned as she turned towards the fridge and started to pull things out for breakfast.

"Fine, how 'bout you guys?"

She asked as she put the carton of eggs on the counter next to the stove along with the bacon, the sausage, and the bologna.

"Good."

I answered and she nodded before she finished off the last of her orange juice and set the cup down before starting to make breakfast. I smiled when Kou, Ken, and Rai slowly made their way into the kitchen and sat around the rather large island counter in the middle of the kitchen. Katsume followed shortly after and sat in his usual spot next to me.

"What about you three?"

She asked Rai and the others from over her shoulder as she cooked the bacon.

"What?"

Kou asked confused and I shook my head at him.

"She's asking how you slept."

I said and he looked at Celia even more confused.

"On the bed."

He said and I thought she was going to get mad at him, but instead she started laughing.

"Yeah, I've been told they are a lot more comfortable than the floor."

She said with a smile as she finished cooking the bacon and started cooking the sausage and bologna.

"But as funny as that was, that's not what I meant Kouhai. I meant did you sleep well?"

She said and I noticed that Kou blushed.

"We slept fine Miss. Cecelia."

Kenta said and I stared at him in shock as did Celia, but she smiled at him before turning back to the food she was cooking. My mouth was starting to water and my stomach growled making her laugh.

"Just hold on a lil longer Shadow, I'm almost done."

She said and I noticed that Kou and the others looked at me weird when she called me Shadow, but I ignored them.

Finally, she set all the food down on the table and sat down herself across from me and next to Rai.

"Thank you Miss. Cecelia."

Kenta said and she smiled at him.

"Please, either call me Cecelia, Cece, or Celia. No need to be so formal."

She said and I smiled at her as I reached for a piece of bacon. She'd cooked enough for everyone.

"Help yourselves."

She said and I'd noticed that she'd managed to set plates down for everyone when I wasn't looking, but then again considering I was thinking with my stomach at the moment that made sense. Everyone grabbed food and piled it onto their plates and thanked her for the food as they started to eat, but we all stopped when she suddenly stabbed the counter with a knife inches away from Katsume's fingers.

"Don't even think about it buzzard boy."

She said and he glared at her and she returned it easily.

"So I'm not even allowed to eat?"

He asked as she pulled the knife back.

"No."

She said simply and I saw Katsume narrow his eyes at her even more before grabbing for a piece of bacon only to have Celia stab his hand.

"What the hell you crazy ass woman!"

He yelled and spread his fingers to reveal the knife to have gone between his fingers. Either Celia had really good aim or Katsume was really lucky.

"I already told you bird boy, no food for you."

She said and he growled at her, but drew his hand back. I smiled to myself as I went back to eating my breakfast. The others followed my lead, but I could tell they were looking at Celia in shock. No one had ever told Katsume no or gotten him to listen to them and yet she had and lived.

"Well I'm gonna head out."

Celia said as she got to her feet and headed towards the door.

"Where you going?"

Hikaru asked and she smiled at him as she laced up her sneakers.

"Take a guess."

She said and he smiled at her.

"Daiki…."

She said and I turned to look at her with a piece of bacon in my mouth. She very rarely used my actual name anymore.

"Hm?"

I asked as she pulled her hair up into a ponytail.

"You're in charge while I'm gone. You know the rules. Don't answer the phone, don't leave go past the outer gates, and-"

"Don't let Hika near the cookie jar."

I said as I swallowed the bit of food in my mouth. She smiled at me before waving and slipping out the door. As soon as she was gone Katsume tried to grab some food, but I snatched it away from him.

"What the hell Daiki!"

He asked and I sighed at him.

"You heard Celia, no food for you."

I told him and he growled at me.

"I'm actually surprised she didn't skin you alive."

I said and Hikaru smiled as he got up and headed into the living room.

"As if she could."

Katsume said under his breath and I smirked at him.

"She seemed to be able to knock you out easy enough."

I said and he glared at me before disappearing upstairs to his room. I laughed to myself before doing the dishes. Rai, Kou, and Ken made their way into the living room and watched the Discovery Channel with Hikaru.

-Cecelia-

"Why do you need a new window?"

Algo asked after I'd asked him to pull some strings.

"Umm…well you see, there was this really big bird in the house last night and I'd thrown something at it to get it out and busted the window."

I said and he looked at me skeptically. I hadn't really lied, there was a really big bird in my house, I just didn't think it was important to tell him that he also had red hair, golden eyes, and an extremely bad attitude.

"Alright. I'll have it delivered here so you can take it home when you stop by later."

He said and I smiled at him.

"Thanks Algo!"

I said before heading out of the gym and heading towards his house to talk to his wife. They lived a few block away from the gym. I knocked on the door and waited a bit.

"Who's there?"

I heard Algo's wife ask from the backyard and went around to see her planting flowers.

"Hello Kenya."

I said and she looked up and smiled at me.

"Cecelia dear, what brings you here?"

She asked and I smiled at her.

"I was actually wondering if I could borrow some gardening supplies."

I said and she looked at me weird for a bit before nodding.

"Of course, take as much as you need. Use the wheelbarrow if you need."

She said and I nodded my thanks before heading into the shed where she kept everything. I loaded the wheelbarrow with six bags of potting soil, picked out flowers of various kinds and bid Kenya farewell as I wheeled the stuff back down towards the gym. I put it in the alley next to it and decided to train a bit until the stuff Algo asked for got here. It didn't take long and they had put it in the wheelbarrow and I was already heading back home. On the way I picked up some decent sized rocks and put them inside the wheelbarrow too before heading back towards the shrine. I wheeled the stuff to the first crater in the front yard where Daiki and the others had shown up and gently placed the new window down on the ground out of the way. I'd get to that last. I pulled on some gloves and pulled out the first bag of potting soil. I pulled out my pocket knife and cut a hole in the upper left corner before pouring it into the crater. It took two and a half bags, but the hole was finally filled up. I looked through the flower seed I'd chosen and decided to plant the tulips and the roses on this side. When I was done I used some of the rocks to surround the outer edge of the now filled hole before moving the wheelbarrow over to the other hole that Kouhai and the others made yesterday. I sighed to myself as I pulled the half full bag of potting soil out of the wheelbarrow and started to fill up the crater. When I finished I planted the lavender and morning glories and surrounded the edge with rocks before throwing the trash away. I sighed and wiped the sweat off my forehead. It had taken me longer than I'd thought it would, the sun was already starting to set, but I couldn't stop just yet. I still had to replace the window in the living room. I went back over to the window and picked it up before carefully making my way to the broken window of the living room. I saw Hikaru and the others sitting in the living room doing something, but ignored them. I walked inside and pulled my uncle's toolbox out from under the sink before walking back outside. I searched through the toolbox until I found the hammer. I started hitting the frame of the broken window and it slowly started to come out.

"Celia? What are you doing?"

I heard Daiki ask and stopped to see him, Hikaru, Kouhai, Kenta, and Raiden all looking at me curiously.

"I'm trying to get this old window out so I can put the new one in. Care to help?"

I asked and he nodded before walking over to it. I tossed the hammer to the side.

"What do you need me to do?"

He asked and I smiled at him.

"Simple, knock it out of the frame."

-Daiki-

I looked at Celia to see if she was joking, but she wasn't so I shrugged before I started pushing on the frame of the broken window.

"You mind if it's in pieces when it comes out?"

I asked after a while and she shook her head.

"No."

"Okay. Then you might want to step back."

I said and she blinked in surprise before taking several steps back. I hit the top, bottom, and sides of the frame breaking it each time I hit it and it wound up falling backwards into the yard.

"Thanks Shadow!"

She said as she bent and picked it up before throwing it into a wheelbarrow. I watched her as she dragged a new window towards the hole where the old one had been.

"Here, grab that end and help me slide it into place."

She said and I nodded before helping her.

-Kouhai-

We had all been watching a documentary on wolves when there was suddenly a banging sound and we all turned to see the human, Cecelia, hitting the frame of the old window. Daiki asked what she was doing and wound up helping her get rid of the old window and was now helping her put in the new one. I was actually a little shocked to see a human female doing something like that. She was covered in dirt and sweat and she didn't seem to mind at all. I watched as her and Daiki finished installing the window and he even opened it to test that it was put in correctly. She walked in and shut the window before turning and smiling up at Daiki.

"Thanks Shadow. I'd hug you, but I'm all dirty."

She said and I heard Daiki laugh at her.

"You really think that bothers me?"

He asked and she frowned at him, but I could see it was only half hearted.

"As true as that may be, it bothers me. So if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go take a shower."

She said before leaving and heading upstairs. I blinked in surprise. It seems that this human has changed not only Katsume and Hikaru, but Daiki as well.

'Interesting.'

I thought as Daiki sat back down on the couch.

"Hey Hika, what say you to a little Halo?"

He asked and Hika smiled at him before doing something to the T.V and something else showed up on the screen.

"Daiki, what is this Halo?"

I asked and he smiled at me as he started to explain.

-Cecelia-

'God, I never thought a shower would feel that good.'

I thought as I towel dried my hair and wrapped another towel around my waist and heading to my room. I shut the door after me and walked into my closet. I pulled on a pair of cut off shorts and a black sleeveless t-shirt before running the brush through my hair, then headed back downstairs. I grabbed an orange from the counter and sat on the arm of the couch next to Raiden as I peeled it and threw the skin in the trashcan next to me.

"Halo again? Don't you guys ever play anything else?"

I asked Daiki and Hikaru and they both just flashed me a smile before going back to the game. I noticed that Kenta, Kouhai, and Raiden all tensed when they noticed I was in the room and mentally sighed.

"So, I know about Daiki and Hikaru here as well as bird breath upstairs, but what's you guys' stories?"

I asked as I picked off a section of the orange and popped it into my mouth.

"Eh?"

Kenta asked and I sighed.

"She wants to get to know you idiot. Tell her a bit about yourself."

Daiki said as he made a killshot on Hikaru.

"Oh."

He said before turning to look at me.

"Well, you already know my name is Kenta. You know that like Daiki and the others, me, Kou, and Rai are all from the Demonic Provinces right?"

He asked and I nodded as I popped another slice of orange in my mouth.

"Well, I'm not a demon of any kind like Hikaru, Daiki, or Katsume."

He said and that made my curiosity grow.

"Really? Then what are you?"

I asked and he looked like he was hesitant to answer.

"Look, you don't gotta tell me if you don't want to."

I said, but he shook his head.

"No, you're being nice enough to let us stay here until we can get back to our dimension. The least I can do is tell you a bit about myself."

He said and I nearly chocked on a piece of orange.

"I'm doing what now!"

I asked in shock and noticed that Hikaru and Daiki suddenly got really interested in Halo when all they were doing was walking around.

"Hikaru….Daiki…."

I said and they both turned to look at me.

"Heh, we thought that maybe, since you put us up that you'd do the same for these guys."

Daiki said and I glared at him.

"Come on Cece, they're our friends and they won't cause any trouble. Promise!"

Hikaru said and I glared at both of them before sighing.

"Fine. But I can only do so for a couple more days, but you all have to be gone before Saturday though because that's when my parents come back."

I said and they both nodded in understanding. I rolled my eyes at them before turning back to Kenta.

"Sorry. Seems like some people decided to say things when it wasn't their place to do so."

I said and he just smiled at me.

"Well, I'm seventeen."

He said and I nodded for him to continue.

"I'm a vampire, believe it or not and I have almost complete control over my bloodlust. It usually only gets really bad when I'm exposed to those with open wounds and such."

He said and my eyes widened in shock.

"That's pretty cool."

I said and he looked at me in shock.

"I was turned when I was thirteen for certain….purposes for the Eastern Demonic Lord that I really don't feel like getting into."

He said.

"I can respect that. We all have secrets."

I said and he smiled at me.

"At sixteen, I broke all ties with the Demonic Lord and wound up helping Kou on the farm where he lives."

He said and I nodded before turning to Kouhai.

"So then, Kouhai, what about you?"

I asked and he looked up at me.

"You really want to know about me?"

He asked and I nodded.

"Yeah."

I said and he seemed to be a little skeptical, but he still started to tell me about himself none the less.

"Well, I'm nineteen and I'm a werewolf."

I laughed at that and he looked at me confused and a little bit hurt.

"Don't you believe me?"

He asked and I could hear the hurt in his voice now.

"It's not that, it's just that that explains why you like watching the wolf documentaries just as much as Hika does."

I said and understanding dawned in his dark blue eyes. Now that I was sitting closer to him I noticed that the necklace was a simple black string with two green beads on either side of a red cylinder with intricate markings of some sort. It looked pretty and probably held some kind of significance to him.

"I was turned by the werewolf who turned my father when I was thirteen. My father was hunted and killed for what he was and because of that I wound up living with the werewolf who turned me so my family would be safe."

"Who's the one who turned you? What's his name I mean?"

I asked.

"Gale."

He said and I nodded.

"My family is actually full of half demons, but the werewolf venom overrode the demonic blood and I turned full werewolf. I help Gale on the farm and Ken helps out when he stops by."

He said and I nodded at him to show I was following what he'd said.

"Pretty cool. So you two are friends right?"

I asked and both nodded.

"That's good. What about you?"

I asked turning to look at the purple haired boy next to me as I finished my orange. I noticed he didn't respond and frowned a bit.

"Don't take it personally."

Kouhai said and I looked at him confused.

"Rai doesn't really talk much, not even to me and Ken."

He said and I nodded before looking back at Rai and noticed he was looking out the window, ignoring all of us.

'So he's like Katsume? Great.'

I thought with a mental sigh.

"Well, since you guys told me a bit about you I'll tell you some about me. Shadow and Hika already know this, but I don't mind telling you guys."

I said and both Kou and Ken turned to look at me, I noticed even Rai seemed to be listening and that made me smile.

"I'm eighteen. I'm rather foul mouthed as you've probably already found out, but most of the time I'm pretty easy to get along with. I'm hot tempered too, but not about a lot of things. Only certain things. Believe it or not, my family actually goes back to a line of powerful monks and priestesses, but don't worry I can't really harness any of the holy energy that's in my family's blood so you're all save. And even if I could I wouldn't hurt you guys, I see no need to."

I said with a shrug when I saw the somewhat panicked looks on Kouhai and Kenta's faces.

"I love martial arts, which is why I was able to kick bird breath out the window last night. I've been training since I was ten to help me cope with some….things. Me and my friends Tatami, Ninaka, and Miakoshi all graduated from high school a year early which is why you don't see me getting up at seven and leaving early."

I said and I noticed they were all listening closely. Well, I couldn't tell if Rai was or not, but the other two were.

"I spend most my time at Algo's Gym, for reasons Hika and Shadow could tell you. I usually don't stay here at my family's shrine, but I'm watching it for my parents while they're away. I'm trying to save up money to buy my house that a certain somebody made me lose, but that's all my problem not yours. I've got OCD-like tendencies which is why everything seems so clean. I can't sit still or stay focused on one thing for too long because of my ADD and my ADHD. I'm a pretty laid back person and I'll trust practically anyone as long as they don't give me a reason not to. Other than that, there's really not much to tell."

I said with a smile and a shrug before I turned to look at how Hika and Daiki's game was going.

"Alright, enough of this. I play winner and winner of that game decides what we play next."

I said and they both agreed instantly. I smiled as I crossed one leg over the other and let my left leg hang over the side of the arm of the couch. I was a little worried about what Daiki and the others were going to do when Saturday rolled around and they had to leave, but for the time being I could just enjoy the company while I had it.