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~later that evening, in Shiro's dorm...~

Shiro slipped off his shirt and sighed. Hachi snuck up behind him and slapped his bare back.
"Hey! Why so glum?" he asked.
Shiro glared at him and rubbed his back.
"It's Raiko.... what if she finds out our secret?"
Hachi gave him that you-gotta-be-kidding-me look and yanked off his shirt.
"She's not gonna find out...." he teased. Shiro didn't feel reassured.
Kunzen walked in the bathroom. A cup sat on the tip of his index finger. He stuck out his tongue and twirled the cup in circles on his finger like one would do to a basketball. Hachi rolled his eyes and knocked the cup off of Kunzen's finger. He laughed loudly and Kunzen growled at him. Two other gothic guys strolled in. One had jet-black hair that flopped down over his shoulders. He wore black sunglasses over his dark, mysterious eyes. The other had bright, red and black- streaked spiky hair. He wore a reckless grin. He did a cartwheel across the room and flipped back onto his feet. Kunzen laughed and joined in. Soon the two were flipping meerily back and forth. The guy with the sunglasses sighed.
"Stop showing off now, would'ja? Kunzen. Tarento."
The two immediately stopped and approached him.
'What is it, Kagemaru-sama?" Shiro asked.
Kagemaru lowered his shades a bit. It added a touch of intimidation to his authoritative glare.
"We have a problem. A big problem. And it happens to concern you, Shiro."
Shiro looked surprised. They all turned to him.
"Me?" Shiro questioned.
"Yes. You. Come with me. The rest of you go.... do whatever you were doing," Kagemaru said, then flicked his wrist and the others dispatched to attend to their own needs.
Kagemaru motioned for Shiro to follow him into the meeting room he made when he enrolled in the school. No one but them knew it even existed. He unlatched the door and followed Shiro inside the inky darkness, making sure to re-lock it. He walked through the darkness to a lone table. After Shiro sat down, Kagemaru leaned against the wall.
"So.... about the girl-"
"I'm so sorry, Kagemaru-sama!" Shiro blurted out.
"I-it's just...." Shiro clenched his fists and banged them on the table.
"I love her!" he shouted, then abruptly stood.
"I'm so very sorry, Kagemaru-sama, but..." he clenched his teeth.
"I don't know how to explain it.... I feel so protective of her--"
"Stop right there."
Shiro inhaled sharply at his tone. Kagemaru stood upright and approached Shiro like a wildcat about to pounce on its prey. He stopped directly underneath the light of the dusty ceiling lamp. His shades reflected the light and almost blinded Shiro. Then, out of nowhere, the back of Kagemaru's hand came into contact with Shiro's cheek. The sound was extremely loud. Shiro winced and backed away. He held his hand against his bleeding cheek. Kagemaru growled.
"This cannot go on any longer. I refuse to let you spoil our plans."
Shiro shouted, "But how can it ruin anything?? Just because I have feelings for her--"
"Enough!" Kagemaru's voice boomed. He swiftly lifted his hand as if to slap Shiro again. Shiro quickly shrunk back into a corner.
"Your meddling with these people will soon cost us if it isn't stopped. If you continue to see this girl, I will not hesitate to kill you," Kagemaru said in a low, threatening tone, then lowered his head to glare at Shiro from under his shades.
"You hear me?" he raised his voice.
"Underling!?"
Shiro sank back farther and winced.
"Y-y-yes.... Kagemaru-sama...."
Kagemaru flicked his wrist.
"Dismissed."
Shiro ran out of there like a bat out of hell and bursted through the locked door.... somehow. He ran through the dorm. Hachi tried to grab his arm,but failed. He shouted, "Hey, Shi-Shi, where ya goin'?"
Shiro hopped out of the open window without so much as a "bye". They all stared. Tarento poked Hachi and said,
"He did tell you not to call him that."
Kunzen shook his head.
"I think he's upset."
"No s**t, sherlock, why else would he randomly fly out the window?" Hachi murmured, then started picking at his ear.
Kunzen sighed and hopped onto his bed. Tarento shrugged and grabbed his PSP. Hachi began changing out his piercings.

Kagemaru was alone in the padlocked room with the one table. There he sat as he took off his shades.
I cannot allow Shiro to destroy everything I've worked for.... he thought to himself. He lowered his head and stared at the blood from when he smacked Shiro. He took his finger and dragged it along in the blood until he created the japanese character for "demon". He licked the blood off his finger and growled.