The Rise of Poison

Chapter 9: Hey, at Least We're Home

        The faint sound of the clock tower in Central chimed seven times behind them in the distance. The boys causally strolled to Yuuto's front door. Yuuto placed his school bag on the stone steps. He bent over and shuffled through a small pocket in an attempt to find his house key. After a minute of excavating in the dark, he straightened up with a bronze key in his hand.  He slid his key into the lock on the door and twisted it to the left. The gears inside of the lock shifted and unlocked.  Yuuto pulled the key out from within the keyhole. As he was about to put his hand on the door handle, the door flew open.

            His older sister stood on the opposite side of the door. She wore her purple nightgown and white slippers. Her short, brown hair with purple highlights was down. Anger was present in her deep-set lavender eyes. 

"You're. Late. You should have been home an hour and a half ago! What in the Kingdom of the Damned took you so long?" She crossed her arms as she waited for a response.

Yuuto put his arms up to protect himself from her rage.

 "Woah! Woah! Sora c-calm down! I was taking my time getting home that's all! N-No need to get upset," he stuttered.

"Why the hell is your hair in a bun?"

"Long story," he said. He took down his hood. 

 She took sharp breath. Finally, she noticed Kenta.

 "Hi, Kenta."

"Hey,  Sora!"

Sora returned her attention to her younger brother. 

"Get inside! Mother is mad at you." She turned around headed back into the house.

         Once inside, they were greeted by Yuuto's relatives. The boys slid off their shoes and put their school bags, and Kenta's sword, on the ground.

 Yuuto's mother stood in front of them with her arms crossed. 

"Yuuto Claus, Why are you late!"

"Ha, Claus," Kenta said out of reflex, he immediately closed his mouth and stared at the ground. 

 Yuuto looked down to avoid his mother's terrifying glare. 

"I'm going to ask you one more time. Why. Are. You. Late," she demanded, each word becoming more menacing.

"I stayed after school late..."  He ran his hand through his hair and took out the rubber band that held it up in a bun. His hair fell back down on his neck, "And it was cold soo..."

 "WHERE IS YOUR KIMONO!"

 Kenta jumped. 

"I...I lost it..." 

A hostile expression formed on her face, and the markings began to glow. Sora shook her head. 

"How do you lose a kimono, Yuuto?"

He hesitated as he tried to come up with an excuse, "Well, um... So today I got up pretty early-"

"Yuuto, that's not answering the question," said Sora.

"-And then like, I ate breakfast. So, ya'know I wouldn't a stain on it-"

"Yuuto," growled Sora. 

Yuuto began to talk really fast.

"And then I got my kimono on and went to school and then I waited for Kenta at our usual spot, so it was our final exam for gym today, So I took it off and changed into my gym clothes and then like Kenta and I were up against each other and he won, so I got mad and I beat him up and then the Head Master came in and broke us up and she escorted us to the office, and now we're suspended for two days and, like, we went back to get my kimono and someone stole it."

"I heard was blah, blah, someone stole my kimono," said Sora. She rolled her eyes and looked at her mother. 

Their mother's face was white and glowing. 

Then the tiny grandmother stepped forward, "Yuuto, why did you fight your friend?"        

            Kenta looked down at Yuuto's tiny grandmother. Yuuto's sister and mother look just like her. The facial features and eyes are exactly the same, except for the mother's markings on her face. I guess the lappe doesn't fall too far from the tree in this family. He glanced up at Sora and her mother. If Sora was a bit shorter, then all of them could easily be confused for sisters. How old is she anyway?

"Well," Yuuto continued.

 Kenta looked back up at him when he spoke again.

"You see, I thought I had my emotions under control, but I guess I didn't. I got extremely envious for no reason and I just came at him," he lied. Their mother put her hands on the back of her neck and took a very deep breath.

"Yuuto! You stupid rybbit! Why the hell would you do something like that? UGH, do you not know how much trouble you're in!?" 

Sora put her hands in the air as she scold Yuuto. "Not only did you get into a fight without your kimono, you also fought a Human!"

"I am not a Human," Kenta mumbled. Everyone stared at Kenta. Sora slowly walked up to Kenta with her arms crossed in front of her chest, "Excuse me?"

 Yuuto's father went back to doing dishes. 

Sora got in Kenta's face. "You are a teepa! You're a runt of your clan. You have no powers. So, by law you're a human. Don't argue with me again. I know the law a hell of a lot better than you," she sneered in Kenta's face.

She stepped back and returned her attention back to Yuuto.

 Sora's grandmother walked up to her and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"It's okay, Sora. That's enough now. Yuuto, where do you think your kimono is?"

"I'm not sure, grandmother." Yuuto looked down.  He could tell she was disappointed in him for being this irresponsible.

"Senior, Lunar? I think I know who may have stole his kimono."

"Who do you think stole his kimono, Kenta?"

"The Nroberphoic group called, 'Poison Ivy'. I think a member is trying to get back at Yuuto." 

Sora shook her head, "So you telling me that Poison Ivy mostly had something to do with this?"

Kenta nodded his head, "When we left the gym, there was a piece of green paper with a poison ivy plant on it. On the back of the paper, someone wrote, 'We're watching you."

Yuuto looked at Sora and Kenta, "Umm, what's Poison Ivy? And what would they want with my kimono?"

Sora rolled her eyes.

"Poison Ivy is a small gang, made up mostly members of the Black Spirit Wolves, and they're rivals of Reborns. For some reason, they don't like us too much and want us gone. I'm not sure what they would want with your kimono. They do stupid things like this all the time with Reborns. I've even seen things like this in the military with members of Poison Ivy taking a Reborn's things. They may have done this to sabotage your chances of getting into the military," said Sora. 

Kenta huffed when Sora brought up the Black Spirit Wolves. 

 I want to be offended by what she said, but I can't. What she said about my family was true. I'm a red wolf anyway, the omegas of the clan...

"Oh..." said Yuuto.

"So what should we do about his kimono," asked Kenta.

Sora looked down, shook her head, and turned her body away from them all at once. "There's nothing we can do. We just have to wait for someone to return it. But until then, Yuuto can't go outside."

Yuuto moaned in protest and threw his arms up the air, "No fair! I am perfectly capable of controlling myself!"

"You're not if you got in a fight with your friend on your first day out," she said as she looked at her mother.

Kenta chuckled at Sora's comeback.

"Aw, that's mean, Sora."

 The grandfather clock in their living quarters decided to join in the conversation too. It began to chime eight times.