I ended up sleeping in the same bed sitting up against the head of the bed. When I woke up Summer’s head was in my lap. She looked cute and peaceful; I couldn’t help but blush at the sight. I stayed there few what seemed like hours until she woke up. I occasionally petted her head and played with her hair. It was warm and soft and oddly fun to mess with it smelt nice, it gave me a sense of familiarity. 

 

 What made this whole thing unpleasant was when she started to snore and drool and sleep-talk about eating food. My head was killing me, but it all went away when I took the stone out and held it in my hand. What was this rock and why did it make me seem so relaxed? Yokai got a reason? ‘Nope.’ he responded. Also where were you the past month when I was training? ‘I was thinking about some stuff.’ I could feel the pain in his voice. 

 

I felt Summer shift and I looked down at her, her face was almost as red as her hair. “You awake?” I asked. 

 

She didn’t give me a response but from the way her face got even more red. “If you’re awake get up I've needed to pee for the past hour and a half.”  

 

“Gross.” She said lifting her head.  

 

I got up and went to the bathroom, I looked into the mirror, my clothes were ripped and covered in dirt and my face wasn’t any better, my face was covered in dirt and cuts from tripping while training flash step. I need a shower. I started to take my clothes off and I looked at all the scars I had on my upper body. I sighed before getting in the shower, I turned the heat all the way up, it felt warm. Heat treated me differently, the heat felt colder to me than other people, normal people. 

 

I guess it's because I'm a demon, or part demon anyway.  

 

After 30 minutes I got out of the shower wrapped a towel around my waste to look for any spare clothes in the dresser. Lost in thought I was digging through the dresser for anything that would fit and that didn’t look like shit when I heard someone gasp behind me. Shit summer is still in the room, I went to turn around to shoo her out of my room when she told me to stop. Ignoring her I looked confused, she was half naked getting dressed. “Why are you changing in my room?!” I quickly covered my eyes.  

 

“Because they locked the door, and I don’t have a key.” She quickly threw on some clothes. “Why are you naked?”  

 

“I don’t know maybe because I took a shower.” I said sarcastically as I rummaged through the dresser faster for pants. 

 

After I found pants, I told her not to look as I put them on, and I did the same for when she got dressed. “I’ll be leaving now.” She said her ears turning red. 

 

“Oh hey, Summer what are you doing leaving Orion’s roo...” I heard Scarlets voice trail off from the hall. “No, you two did not.”  

 

“We didn’t do anything!” I yelled as I threw on a shirt.  

 

Because of being rushed the outfit I chose wasn’t the best. I was wearing piss yellow pants with a white shirt. No, I’m not wearing this. I looked in the dresser once more to find any dark colored pants. I found the right outfit choice; it was black jeans paired with the white shirt I was wearing I found a dark black dress shirt much like Jack’s shirt.  

 

I left the room as I was leaving Shiro ran up and gave me a hug. “Hey, what’s up?” I asked. 

 

“Nothing, just missed you.” She answered. 

 

I gave her a hug and patted her head. “How have you been the past month?”  

 

“Me and Scarlet did missions.” She answered, her eyes sparkled in excitement. 

 

“Really? Tell me about your missions.” I let her go and signaled her to follow me. 

 

We went on to get breakfast at the counter. We ate and Shiro went on about her missions, thankfully they were just gathering missions, and how she went from low F rank to mid F rank. Apparently, there are 3 stages you have to go through to rank up or levels. First there is Low, then Mid, then High, and then you finally increase your rank. The ranks go all the way from F to SS+.  

 

Currently I am in Low B rank, Scarlet is Mid C rank, while summer and Kestuki being in Low B rank. I also heard that Jack was Mid B almost high B. I also learned that, that bastard Akio Salami or whatever is mid C. 

 

Shiro has been working hard with doing missions to increase her rank and training her magic with Knox has been going well. Apparently, she has a knack for healing, so she's been learning the basics of hand-to-hand combat. “Hey, Shiro want to do a little spar?” I asked, getting up from my seat.  

 

“U-uh sure.” She answered. 

 

*** 

 

We were standing in the middle of the arena inside the guild there was stairs going up a few feet to a square platform made out of concrete. Everyone was sitting in the stands except for me and Shiro. Shiro was stretching her arms and legs before jumping up and down a bit to warm up. 

 

“Few rules, no mana, killing or maiming, and finally no weapons. Only hand to hand combat. We have healers on standby in case anyone gets hurt.” The ref was an older hunter, he didn’t really stand out much. “Begin!”  

 

Not expecting what she was gonna do I got into a defensive position. She quickly dashed at me, closing the distance between us pretty quickly, she swung her right fist at my lower abdomen. Lowering my arm to block it she threw her other hand. She left too many openings, too many things I can counterattack with, but she’s getting there. 

 

I threw a few jabs to test her dodges, but she was using too large of movements. After a few minutes she was getting slower, her stamina wasn’t the best.  

 

Her breath was getting heavier with each step, I took this last chance to end the fight with a tap on the head. “Fight over.” I said. “I win, but you’ve gotten good, normal people shouldn’t be able to mess with you.” 

 

She smiled at the compliment, go get some rest then meet up with Knox for training. “O-oh ok.” She tiredly headed out of the arena. 

 

I looked around the corner to see if she was gone. “Scarlet, Summer I need some help.” I told them. “It’s Shiro’s birthday in a few days and I don’t know what to do for her.” 

 

Both the of the girls looked at each other. “What do you want us to do, she’s your sister?” Scarlet asked.  

 

“Yeah, but you guys have been with her the past month. What has she been interested in the most?” I asked. 

 

“There is a fall festival in a few days, and she seemed excited about going to it.” Summer answered. 

 

“Perfect, what happens at the festival?” I asked. 

 

“Well, there is music dancing and a parade. It’s pretty much a giant party that the town holds, and it goes on for a few days.” Summer answered. “The first night everyone usually goes to the Orical because the first few things that you order are free.” 

 

“I see, what should I get her?” I asked.  

 

‘Figure that out by yourself, it’s your sister after all.’ Yokai said sarcastically. ‘Yeah, thanks for the help.’ I remarked sarcastically. “Anyway, I should get going I have to look for a present.”