Highschool Angel Jin Rated: M

Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by Takao Aoki. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

Summary: Rei is a new student at Cornell High when his neko jin instincts take over and lead him to find his mate.

Warnings: Yaoi, mpreg, abuse, and violence. Takes place during their last year of highschool.

Parings: Kai/Rei and Brian/Tala

BETA Reader - KedakaiOkami

Neko Jin: Cat demon.

Highschool Chapter Five: Neko-jin 101

When Rei got to school, he had barely set foot in the class before he was tackled by an over-happy redhead, effectively knocking the wind out of him and jolting his cracked rib.

When he finally let go Tala looked up into a face twisted in anger and pain and said, "You must be Rei. Kai's told me so much about you; not all, but a lot. Like how he loves you, how you bite your bottom lip in concentration, how you two only met two days ago and how he needs my help to protect you from Voltaire. That's a good kitty, put your claws away."

Anger and pain had turned to confusion but as soon as Tala said that last bit about his claws Rei took a step towards him with his claws fully extended saying, "You want to retract that last bit?"

"Yes, he does," a voice behind Rei answered, causing Rei to turn around so fast that he would have tripped over his own feet if he was human while also jolting his rib.

"Who the hell are you, both of you?" Rei asked.

Before Tala or Bryan could answer, Kai carefully, so as to not hurt himself or make Rei attack him, stepped up behind Rei and wrapped his arms around Rei's waist and spoke up, "The redheaded one is my twin Tala and I'm pretty sure that the other one's Tala's boyfriend Bryan. Now will you please put your claws away and tell me what's wrong with you? And don't lie to me.

Sighing, Rei retracted his claws and answered, "I'm a neko-jin and you're not, so you could leave me if you wanted to and added to that I'm a submissive neko-jin so I see everyone who touches you, or is close to you, as a threat; and I will for a while."

"Okay. How long did you mean when you said 'for a while'?" Kai asked as he pulled Rei closer to him not liking how Rei said he could leave but deciding to deal with it later.

"Um, well until we mate."

"Wait a second. You're saying that until you and Kai have sex you're going to be all possessive? Well in that case, Bryan help me get these two into a closet, or bathroom, or somewhere they can be alone and quick." With that said Tala grabbed Rei's wrist and started to drag him out of the classroom

Rei stopped Tala and told him, "That's not what I mean. Kai and I could have sex with each other right now and it would change nothing. To mate I have to be in heat."

"In heat? What's the difference between mating and having sex? I mean to mate you still have to have sex, don't you?" Tala asked while still trying to get Kai and Rei out of the classroom and into some random alcove.

"The difference is that if we were to mate I could get pregnant, while if we were to just have sex I can't get pregnant," Rei explained as he finally managed to get his arm out of Tala's iron-like grip. Rubbing his wrist Rei looked up only to see three shocked faces. So, concerned, Rei asked, "Hey, you three, what's wrong? You all look like you've seen a ghost or something."

Kai recovered first and slowly walked up to Rei and wrapped his arms around Rei's waist and replied, "Rei, you just told us that you, a male, can get pregnant and now you're asking if everything's alright. You do know just how weird you sound, don't you?"

"Oh yeah, I forgot that none of you are neko-jins. I guess I should tell you all everything then, huh? If you want that is," Rei said then looked up at the clock and saw that they only had three minutes until class started so he added, "Class is about to start so if you two want, you can sit with us in this class and any others that we have together. That way when we all finish our work I can tell you all I know about neko-jins."

"Sounds like a plan, kitty. Now, where do you two sit?" Tala asked laughing at the glare Rei sent his way.

"Hey, why aren't you attacking Tala for calling you "kitty" like you did before?" Bryan asked as they walked over to where they would be sitting.

"I'm not attacking because he's Kai's twin, therefor hurting him would only hurt Kai, which in turn would hurt me."

"How would my hurting cause you to hurt?" Kai asked as they all sat down.

"I feel a part of everything you feel; speaking of which how are your ribs? And don't lie to me because I know at least one's broken seeing as mine was cracked."

"You felt everything he did to me and you didn't do anything?" Kai asked feeling a little hurt that Rei hadn't done anything after the way he'd attacked the dean.

"I wanted to, I really did, but my parents caught me just as I was about to close the front door. They told me that killing your grandfather, ass that he is, would only make things worse than they already are," Rei said with a small, sad smile.

"Kill Voltaire, please; do you know how many people have tried and failed to kill him? There have been hundreds. Do you know what happens to them when they fail? Voltaire doesn't just kill them outright; no, he slowly pulls their fingernails out one by one, then he skins little parts of their body all over, then he brands them all over with a red-hot branding iron, then when they're nothing but a mutilated shell of what they once were he kills them by shoving them through a wood chipper, and then, finally, he buries the pieces in limestone so that they'll decompose faster and no one will ever be able to find their remains," Tala said his face full of hate.

"You don't understand; nekos have claws, fangs and can only be killed by their mate or another neko because we're faster and stronger than humans are."

"How could your mate kill you if your mate's human?" Bryan asked.

"I'll tell you after we all finish the assignment the teacher just gave the class."

"But I hate English; why do we even have to take English when we're in Japan?" Tala asked with a pout.

"I'm not sure; we just do. Now do your work and think about what questions you want to ask me," Rei answered.

000

Twenty minutes had passed. Rei and Bryan sat waiting for Tala to finish his work; Rei was writing down everything he could think of about neko-jins so that he wouldn't forget anything and Bryan was making a list of questions he was going to ask. Kai was at the front of the room talking to the teacher about being the person to show Tala and Bryan around the school and helping them with their homework, since he was already doing all that for Rei.

Tala finished his work with a flourish then, looking up and with a small frown he observed, "Oh, you guys are already done."

"Yes we are, because unlike you we don't take fifty years to do twenty problems," Bryan said with a smirk.

"Bryan, don't be mean or I'll . . . I'll . . . I'll never kiss you again," Tala threatened him with a glare.

"Oh no; you'll never kiss me again, I just might die," Bryan said and mock-fainted.

Tala's glare changed into a smirk as he replied, "And I'll never have sex with you again."

"Hey Rei, after you and Kai have sex are you going to be able to withhold sex from him or would the fact that you're a neko-jin insist on having sex?" Bryan asked as he tried to shift focus away from himself in the hope that Tala would forget to be mad at him.

"The only time that I'll have to have sex is during mating season; now stop using me to avoid Tala and just tell him that you're sorry," Rei responded with a knowing smirk.

"What are you talking about? I'm not using you for anything," Bryan replied with a look that clearly said "Why the hell are you feeding me to the big, bad, redheaded wolf?"

"Bryan, stop trying to use my boyfriend and tell yours that you're sorry," Kai said as he walked up to the group.

"I'm not using . . . Fine, so I was using him," Bryan admitted, "but only because I don't like fighting with Tala. I'm sorry for what I said, babe, I just don't want to hurt you and I'm afraid that I might say something stupid and hurt you without meaning to."

"Oh, you know I can't stay mad at you. I may hate myself for it, but I can't not forgive you," Tala replied.

"There's nothing wrong with forgiving someone who's truly sorry, and Tala, if you ever say that you hate yourself or that you will hate yourself again, I'll knock you into next year," Kai stated with a worried glare.

"I'm sorry, Kai; I just want to be able to hold a grudge against Bryan. I don't really hate myself. I just hate that I forgive him so easily," Tala replied.

"Okay, now that you three have, hopefully, finished with this topic I can help the three of you to learn more about neko-jins," Rei put in.

"Oh yeah, forgot about that. So why did you say that only another neko-jin or mate can kill you? I mean, your mate's a human, so if only other neko-jin can kill a neko-jin, your mate shouldn't be able to kill you," Tala asked.

"Nekos have an extreme desire to please our mates, more so if their mate is the submissive in the relationship. So if a mate really wanted to kill a neko-jin, the neko-jin would let them. I think that the three of you should take turns asking me questions, so since Bryan and Tala have asked me something already-" Rei said turning to Kai.

"Um, I don't really know what to ask," Kai admitted as he thought of what to ask, when something Rei had said before caught his attention. "You said before that you knew at least one of my ribs was broken because, as you said, one of yours was cracked; is it still cracked?"

"You would pick up on that," Rei commented with a small frown. "My rib was cracked this morning but then my mom caused it to fully break after she stopped me from attacking my dad. And before you ask, I was attacking my dad because he was questioning whether or not I was sure that Kai is my mate, you see, neko law states that, because nekos are very possessive of our mates and are never wrong about who they are, it's against the law to imply that a neko has found their mate in someone who is not really their mate. Doing so implies that the mate's not worthy of being a neko-jin's mate. It also implies that the neko-jin is weak because only a weak neko would be wrong about who their mate is. Now normally the mother is also the submissive in the relationship but it turns out that my dad is the submissive in my parents' relationship so by our law my mom had the right to attack me to protect my dad. That's the bell, so what do you say we continue this next class?" with that Rei stood and left the room, and stopped at his locker.

Kai looked at the other two and smirked as he said, " I think today is going to be very interesting, don't you think?" Then before Tala or Bryan could answer he left the room, went to his locker and got his science book, then he went over to Rei and grabbed his book and binder before taking his hand and walking to their next class.

A.N. – Well this chapter has been BETAed; let me know what you think. Please remember that this story is going to be updated slowly. If you are eighteen or older you can find a link to my yahoo group where I'll be posting all my stories as well as updates on how the next chapter's going. The link is on my profile page.

Blessed be,

Angel Jin