-Leo's pov-

"Sshhhiiiittt!" I said as I stretched my arms out. "This is my third one and yet I haven't found that bastard." I walked to one of the dead clansmen that haven't deteriorated yet. "Half-dead's.. are such a pain."

I grabbed my knife out of my coat and stabbed the half-dead in the eye. It gritted its teeth and grabbed my wrist tightly, I sighed and pushed the knife even further until the corpse stopped moving. Pulling out my knife from the body, the blade was covered in thick black blood.

"Why couldn't the bodies deteriorate like the dead ones." I said, cleaning my knife with the guy's clothing. "Now where's the damn marble." Covering myself with my aura, I stabbed my hand into the guy's chest and pulled out a charred marble. The black blood simply burned away from my arm by my aura. The marble simply went into a small cloth baggy that was in my bag.

"And now the easy part." I said in boredom, as I lit a match and threw it at the body. "And now I'm done. Time to head to my parents home." I sighed in relief after removing my mask and hood.

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^Homra bar^
-Kosuke's pov-

"You just staying here, Eric?" I asked him as I stopped at the door.

"It's fine. All head home tomorrow." He replied as he looked up from his book. "Alright, I'll be back from my parents house in 2 hrs so don't start without me." I told him before leaving.

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"Mom, Paps, I'm here." I called out after shutting the door and removing my shoes. "Oh Kosuke, you're finally here. Your mother just finished cooking." I heard my father call out to me.

"Alright." I walked over to where the dinning room was and saw both of my parents there: my mother had brown hair and eyes and my father had ginger hair and brown eyes.

After awhile, I couldn't stop think about what Kusanagi told me. "Is something bothering you, Kosuke?" My mother asked me. I shook my head, "Its nothing really. Just wondering where nii-san is." I said.

I saw that a certain look on my mother's face as if she was hiding something. "What is it?" I asked.

"Hayato?" She said, referring to my father as she look to him. He sighed and sat up straight in his chair. "Kosuke, its about him. He asked us not to tell you until you saw him yourself."

"Huh? What do you mean 'saw him myself?'." I asked.

"He was here a few hours ago. A few minutes before you came." He said, scratching the back of his head. I frowned and looked down, ruffling my hair with my hands. "Is this the first time?"

"No. The first time he came home was about 5 years ago." Mother added, "He doesn't come often because he's mostly very busy. The first time he came, we were happy to see him after so long but when I was going to call you. He said not to, he thought you would hate him after not being there for you like when you two were little."

"He also sends us money every month. To keep us here and for other stuff." Father says, lifting up his glasses. "Also the money we had given to you was from him."

".. I would never hate him.." I said, ".. He's my brother. He also had protected me from thing."

"Kosuke.." I heard my mother say as she sat down next to me, giving me a loving hug.

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^Ayu's house^
-Leo's pov-

"Merry Christmas." I called out as I entered the warm house. I shook myself trying to remove some of the cold from my body. "Kouta!" I heard as I was hugged from behind. "You're here!"

Looking behind me, Ukina was the one hugging me as Inga was behind her. "Yeah, I'm here." I said patting both of their heads. "I'm not late. Am I?" I asked.

Both shook their head and said, "No." I laughed and entered the living area. "Is that everyone, Ayu-san?" I saw Yoshina call out as she and her brother saw me.

"It should be. Good to see you, Kouta." Reiji walks out of the kitchen, cleaning his hands as a black and white cat was on his shoulder. "Jess and Tec are upstairs finding some wine. Could you help me get the other presents from basement."

I nodded and removed my jacket. "You know Lucky's on your shoulder, right?" I said to him as I headed to the basement that was in the kitchen.

"Yeah, I'm fully aware that there's a neko on me." I heard call back.