⌠Aww┘■ a sleepy blue haired girl yawned as she stood up. ⌠Today is going to be the worst day of my life, I just know it!■
⌠Izuna, your going to be late for work if you don▓t hurry up!■ a man began yelling up the stairs. Izuna ran to her walk in closet and fetched her work uniform before running to take a shower. She turned the faucet and began stripping off her nightgown.
⌠┘hmm┘mmm,■ she subconsciously began humming as she washed her hair. After she rinsed the soap off her body and out of her hair, she turned off the faucet. She pulled her tiny white bikini top over her head and put her blue, perky mini-skirt on. ⌠Hey, Yuki?■
⌠What do you want, brat?■ a man yelled back at her from downstairs. She ran down stairs and almost toppled into him. ⌠Watch yourself, baka!■
⌠Ooh, Yuki, I hate you!■ she yelled at him as she ran out the door after taking her lunch from him. ⌠I hate you, baka!■
⌠Don▓t you know anything else, brat?■ he yelled at her before he slammed the door.
⌠Stupid baka,■ she mumbled as she ran to the beach side restaurant. When she walked through the door, she heard yelling, but barely understood any of it. She could make out a few swears and her name.
⌠┘stupid┘baka┘Izuna┘fucking┘damn┘Izuna┘baka┘■ next thing she knew a frying pan flew past her head.
⌠Wait, Mr. Sunici?■ Izuna was panting from dodging all the flying frying pans. ⌠I can explain! You see, there was this big storm last night and I didn▓t get to sleep until Yuki stopped whining because he was so scared!■
⌠Hold on! Izu, you were the one screaming and yelling every time the lightening struck!■ Yuki made Izuna jump when he popped in the door behind her. ⌠So, don▓t even try to lie your way out of this one!■
⌠Stupid baka┘■ Izuna began mumbling under her breathe as Yuki pushed past her.
⌠I▓m sorry, I didn▓t quite catch that. What▓d you say, baka?■
⌠Nothing┘■ Izuna ran past him into the kitchen and the day was going as well as she pictured it would. ⌠I▓ll go get the extra rice to make onigiri!■
⌠Yes, okay! You do that!■ Mr. Sunici yelled after her, knowing he would expect her to be back very soon. Lucky for him Izuna spent an hour unlocking the door. When she finally opened it, someone shoved her from behind causing her to trip and fall into the shed and the door to close. Everything went pitch black and she felt like she was falling. She was completely speechless and passed out.
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⌠InuYasha, why do you want to go to the clearing so badly?■ a spunky teen whined at the half-demon. ⌠We have all day tomorrow!■
⌠Then, how▓s this for an idea?■ InuYasha stopped and turned around to look at the girl cowering behind him. ⌠You, Kagome, stay here and catch up with me at the clearing tomorrow!■
⌠Okay, but don▓t leave the clearing without us.■ Kagome sat down and stretched.
⌠Oh, how lucky for me to be left with two such beautiful women!■ a young monk jumped with joy as he thought of things he could do while alone with Kagome and the young demon exterminator, Sango.
⌠Miroku?■ Sango raised her voice at the monk.
⌠Yes, my dear San-?■ whack Miroku dropped to the ground holding his head. ⌠Owww, Sango?■
⌠Yeah, you▓ll have tons of fun until you get a concussion!■ InuYasha hollered back as he jumped towards the clearing. ⌠Idiot won▓t be alive by the time tomorrow comes!■
InuYasha spent three minutes searching for the clearing the young fox demon was waiting in. when he arrived the young fox demon ran up to him smiling.
⌠InuYasha, you finally made it! Wait, where▓s Kagome and the others?■ he looked around only to find InuYasha standing alone. ⌠Well anyways, I have to show you something!■ he ran hoping the older one was following behind. He stopped in front of a lump on the ground and turned around to find InuYasha staring blankly at the lump.
⌠Who is she, Shippo?■ InuYasha bent down and examined the situation. ⌠Was she just lying here when you arrived?■
⌠No, she appeared after a flash of light!■ Shippo looked over at the young girl on the ground and walked closer to her. ⌠She has funny clothes on like Kagome▓s almost!■
⌠Yeah, you▓re right!■ InuYasha bent closer to her and shook her shoulders. ⌠Hey girl, wake up!■
⌠w-who are you?■ the girl looked up at InuYasha with an expressionless face. ⌠Where am I?■
⌠InuYasha and you are in a clearing in the middle of a forest!■ InuYasha examined the girl▓s clothes a little bit more and his gaze stopped on her bikini top. ⌠Who are you and how can you fit in that?■
⌠Izuna and this is a bikini top, it▓s supposed to be small!■ she noticed he was staring at her slightly showing cleavage and blushed. ⌠Uh, will you please stop staring at my chest?■
⌠I wasn▓t staring I was examining your, uh, what did you call that?■ he averted his gaze as he began to blush.
⌠A bikini top!■ she busted up laughing.
⌠SHUT UP!■ he looked away blushing. ⌠It▓s not like you have any room to uh┘ laugh.■
⌠But┘ I▓m in a clearing┘ there▓s room for everyone to laugh.■ she stood up and walked to the edge of the clearing. ⌠Can I tell you a story?■
⌠Yay! I like stories. What▓s it about?■ Shippo jumped up and down with joy.
⌠Who cares? It▓s probably about something stupid like some stupid humans and their life.■ InuYasha crossed his arms over his chest and sat down in the middle of the clearing.
⌠It is about humans┘ I don▓t have any good stories about animals that are true.■ Izuna ran over and sat down across from InuYasha. ⌠So┘ I▓ll tell it.■
⌠Okay!■ Shippo sat down next to InuYasha. Suddenly InuYasha jumped up and made Shippo fall backwards and Izuna to jump back.
⌠Shippo! You can▓t sit down for some stupid story┘ you have to┘ uh┘ start a fire.■ InuYasha went out of his way to sit back down. Izuna fell over laughing and Shippo jumped up and ran off to get the wood.
⌠Why didn▓t you just start the fire, InuYasha?■ Shippo yelled back at him. InuYasha blushed and put on his ▒I don▓t give a shit▓ attitude.
⌠Yeah, since my story is so stupid.■ Izuna finally choked out through her fit of laughter.
⌠Because┘ it▓s Shippo▓s turn to start the fire.■
⌠Well, I can▓t argue with that.■ Izuna decided to start her story. ⌠Okay. Well, there was this girl and her parents never took her to church, never spoke his name, or read her his word. They were two nonbelievers taking the young girl down with them.
Her father drank and her mother did drugs. They never played or gave her kisses and hugs. She▓d watch TV while her mother fell asleep and her father went out. The fighting and drinking just got worse every night. She would hide behind the couch, trying to hide from the beatings. But no matter how hard she tried, he always found her. She was beat bad but blamed herself. Like always, the bad just got worse with every slap and every curse. Until her father got drunk and shot her mother. Then, he took his own life.
Some people from the city took the girl away. She got a new mom and dad. They put her in Sunday school. On the first day, the teacher walked in to see the young girl staring up at a picture of him. She said ▒I know that man up there on that cross. I don▓t know his name but I know he got off. Because, he was with me while I hid behind our couch the night my parents died.▓■
Every time she said ▒him▓ or ▓his▓ she looked up at the sky. She let tears fall down her cheeks as she told the story.
⌠While she grew up she tried her best to stay out of everyone▓s way. She seemed like a naturally shy little girl but on the inside, she was in pieces. It didn▓t take a genius to know she was afraid of making mistakes. A boy that lived across the street -■
⌠Hold on.■ InuYasha felt obliged to interrupt her little story telling. ⌠What happened to the girl? I don▓t care about some little neighbor kid.■
⌠I▓m getting there┘ anyways; the little boy saw her sitting on the sidewalk being pushed around by some neighbor hood bullies. He apparently didn▓t like it very much and walked over to see what was going on. The girl was in tears and had her arms wrapped around her knees. The bullies were throwing stones at her. The boy decided to challenge the bullies.
▒Leave her alone!▓ the boy stepped between the girl and the bullies. ▒She didn▓t do anything to you.▓
▒No but we▓re about to do something to you and your new little girlfriend.▓ the bully spoke with venom soaking his every word, especially when he said girlfriend.
▒we▓ll just have to see about that, now won▓t we?▓ the boy jumped the bully and looked so crazy he scared the little girl more and made all the bullies run off yelling back at him.
▒You▓re a crazy mental patient, why▓d they let you out?▓ the boy turned around to face the young girl, only to find her cowering at his feet.
▒Baka, I just saved you. You should be thanking me not trying to act like I▓m scary.▓ the boy sat down next to the young girl and put his arm on her shoulder feeling the tension easing up a little. ▒My names Yuki Koshikawa.▓
▒I-Izuna Yur- I mean Hideyoshi.▓ the girl spoke in a quiet, strained tone. She looked the boy unsteadily in the eye.
▒Nice to meet you Izuna Hideyoshi.▓ Yuki stood up pulling Izuna with him. He took her to his house and hid in his room from his parents relatives. ▒Don▓t worry about them. They are my relatives but they don▓t like me. I mess everything up.▓
▒Not as much as me.▓ the two became good friends and grew up together. Until one day, Yuki lost his parents in a plane crash. He was only fourteen when he first lived alone. Because of their closeness, Izuna moved in with him. They kept getting closer and closer until she didn▓t think they could get any closer as friends. He showed no sign of wanting anything more out of their relationship so she just moved on.
They lived with each other for six years and┘ well; now here I am.■
⌠That was a really great story and all but where▓s all the demons?■ Shippo had settled back down next to InuYasha with out any notice.
⌠Uh┘ demons? You mean like those ugly, hideous monsters you read about in stories?■ Izuna jumped when InuYasha stood up abruptly and jumped into a tree.
⌠Not all demons are ugly and hideous monsters, you know?■ InuYasha spoke with venom. ⌠Why don▓t you think before you talk?■
⌠You believe in demons too?■
⌠I hope so. If I didn▓t then what would I call myself?■
⌠I▓m going to find the others. Okay InuYasha?■ Shippo jumped up and ran the way InuYasha came from.
⌠Fine, go. If you keep going straight you▓ll end up hearing Miroku and the others talking.■
⌠Bye.■ Shippo ran off and disappeared into the underbrush.
⌠What do you mean by ▒call yourself▒?■ Izuna walked over to the tree InuYasha was in.
⌠I mean I-■ InuYasha stopped when he turned to find the pain in the strange silvery eyes. ⌠┘am a demon.■
⌠Demons are real? But I was always told they were just there to scare children.■
⌠They▓re as real as you.■ he jumped down and landed in front of her. ⌠So, does that mean you used to believe in them?■
⌠Yes, I always have dreams of them.■
⌠Dreams of demons? You mean ugly, hideous monsters?■
⌠No, I mean sweet, kind, misjudged creatures that carry some human features.■
⌠Like who?■ InuYasha stepped closer without realization.
⌠Like┘ you, I guess.■ Izuna stepped back when she felt like something or someone was watching her. ⌠The real dreams started a year ago.■
⌠Real dreams? What do you mean?■ he sensed something in the trees but ignored it. He stepped closer and caught her by the arm. ⌠What▓s really going on here?■
⌠Ow┘ I don▓t know.■ she tried to struggle to get out of his grasp. ⌠Before I got sick I had dreams of demons and they weren▓t so real. You▓re hurting me.■
⌠Who▓s watching you?■ InuYasha let his anger show and his eyes blazed red.
⌠I don▓t know.■ Izuna began crying and tried to cower from his anger.
⌠Are you a witch?■
⌠No!■
⌠Then, what are you?■
⌠A girl, I▓m just a girl.■ she pleaded for him to loosen his grip.
⌠Then, how do you know so much?■
⌠It could have been the medicine.■
⌠What medicine?■ InuYasha stopped shaking her and tightened his grip.
⌠The man gave it to me and said I should expect something to happen.■ Izuna straightened a little as she recalled what happened. ⌠Like┘■
⌠Like what, idiot?■
⌠Like weird dreams that were real or visions of the future.■
⌠Weird dreams? Visions of the future?■
⌠Yes that▓s what he said. He also mentioned something about physical changes.■
⌠Physical changes? Who gave you the medicine?■
⌠My blue hair didn▓t change on it▓s own. He was tall, silver like white long hair, and pointy ears.■
⌠Pointy ears like mine?■
⌠No. like the kind that are here┘■ she pulled on her own ears. ⌠┘With pointy tips.■
⌠Like my brothers?■
⌠You have a brother? Although you do have the same hair.■
⌠Sesshoumaru!■ he spoke the name with more venom than was ever used.
⌠That▓s right. The little girl called him Lord Sesshoumaru.■
⌠You mean that girl that goes everywhere with him?■
⌠Sure, I guess.■ as Izuna spoke she felt like someone was getting closer. ⌠I think I▓m going to go sleep by the fire. I▓m tired.■
⌠Whatever, might as well.■ InuYasha followed Izuna to the fire and fell asleep on the opposite side of the flames.