KHR: The Inheritance Project - Prelude

The Beginning of Hell Project

Masamune sat down with the group kids from yesterday. He managed to get away relatively unscathed, while his brother managed trip over himself again. So he is either still being beat up or is at the nurses' office. Not that he cares; right, it no longer had anything to do with him.

Yesterday he had been so troubled about him, so he asked Mama Katerina for some advice. She was so smart and pretty, surely she'd know what he should do. She was much prettier than his real Mama, not that he remembers all that much about her. Nor does he care, he likes the mama he has now; even more than Padre, who is almost never home.

He'd asked her, that if all his friends told him to do something he wasn't sure he wants to do, should he do it anyway? She asked him if it would make him more popular. ("Si, mama.") Then she asked if it was harmful to him in any way. ("Non, mama.") Then she said he has nothing to worry about, so long as it doesn't hurt him in any way then it's totally fine.

She told him how other people's opinions are very important as they can see all the bad things about ourselves that we can't. She also told him that he should join in with the other kids' activities and games, even if they seem crude, boring or just plain silly because it will help him gain many friends and a good "social standing". Whatever that means…

Thanks to her words of encouragement he felt so much better. He didn't have to worry about a thing because his mama said it was alright, besides that boy had protection charm so they would be fine, right? He turned to his new friends and smiled; they smiled back, yes everything was fine.

That boy passed around little charms and showed them a big container of salt. Apparently, if they sprinkled it on themselves it would purify them and ward off the demon. Wow, he had really thought this through. Now that they were protected he'd better do his best to help out like his Mama had told him to.

"About what you said yesterday, the best time to do it would be when school ends. Just wait at the front gates and I'll make sure the teachers won't see a thing." There were several nods of approval and some of the girls giggled causing the teacher wander over to their group.

"Ara, what's all the commotion over here?"

"Mi dispiace, Sensei. I was just telling everyone a funny story." He lied easily, flashing his best puppy dog eyes at him.

"It's good to see everyone getting along so well." He smiled and moved on to the next group not noticing the dark aura hovering over the laughing children.

..............................................................

Today is definitely not my day. First I get thoroughly lost, then I'm late for school and that Masamune abandons me with that Hibari kid. Then I had to spend the whole morning with that weirdo nurse. She kept glancing at me and squealing then typing something on her computer. But I didn't want to risk running into that clingy teacher or Hibari, so I had lunch there as well.

When I just couldn't stand her anymore I picked up my things and headed off to class. Everyone was still out to lunch when I arrived. I put my bag down at the back of the classroom and took out my books and pencil case. The whole room looked like it did yesterday before I was attacked, except everything was newer.

"They fixed everything quite fast…"

"Makes it seems like that kind of thing happens often around here..."

"Dio, I hope not." I scan the room for a place to sit. Everyone's stuff was spread out over the desks so it was fairly easy to tell where people were sitting. I tried to find a desk where there weren't to many people, but the only place void of people was at the back with Hibari Kai.