Youkai and humans are different. It's a known fact. Because of our differences, youkai and humans have been separated for centuries. It's hard to explain, so I'll start at the beginning.
A long, long time ago, (I can't remember when, but we've learned it in history sometime...) the humans and youkai had a war over land. The humans wanted to share the land equally; just split it in half. But the youkai wanted to kick us humans to some godforsaken rock and keep all that good land for themselves. It was all youkai armies against all human armies, head to head. Humans (through some miracle) won. At least, that's how we learned it. I know for a fact that not all the information we learned was correct.
My grandpa's grandpa was in the army when he was young, and told my grandpa all about it. (A.N. Too many grandpas... @_@) He said that some youkai really wanted to share the land equally, and fought on the human side. That is, one of the human sides. Not all the humans were good. Some wanted all the land for humans, and it's not surprising! We're greedy little creatures. Anyway, it actually ended in a peace treaty, so the land was split in the end.
Over the years, the boundaries began breaking, and now youkai and humans live pretty close. In fact, there's a youkai school just a few blocks away from mine. There are youkai neighborhoods, grocery stores, and so on, and they can be right next to human neighborhoods, or grocery stores, etc.
Though our different species have made a lot of progress, we are still encouraged to stay away from the other. There are still the stupid prejudice people who hate the demons, and the demons hate them.
Whew. Now I know what it feels like to be my history teacher! I don't think it's a good sign when I start boring myself...
Anyway! On with my story.
I was walking home from school with my friends, Sango and Miroku. I was happily crushing little, helpless clumps of snow beneath my shoes, when Miroku flies in at me, out of no where, knocking me into a pile of wet, cold, freezing, dirty... you get the idea. Icky snow. Sango ran in after him with flames in her eyes.
"Miroku!! You perverted, lecherous, DUMBASS!! I should kill you for that!! In fact, I will. DIE!!" Oh, boy. Here we go again.
She flung a huge chunk of ice at his bruised body (which was more than conveniently choosing not to get off of me...). I could've been hit! Luckily Miroku caught the huge ice chunk with the side of his skull. Needless to say, was out cold. (Heh heh. Cold. Winter. Get it?)
I shoved the dead weight off of me and leapt out of the snow, which had been biting at my skin. I turned to Sango, who was panting, but still extremely content with herself. I gave her a dry look.
"I won't ask..."
"Thank you." She started walking again and I brushed snow off my butt. "So... how's it going with Houjo?"
I gave her a dirty looked and she grinned.
"Ha, ha, ha. Shut up." I caught up with her and folded my arms across my chest.
"I thought you liked him!" She looked at me innocently. Ya know, getting an innocent look from a girl who just knocked someone out isn't convincing. I arched an eyebrow and grinned.
"So how are you and," I grinned manically, "Houshi?" The look I got from her was both priceless and terrifying at the same time.
"KAGOME!!" She shoved me into the snow, yet again. I doubled over laughing, but immediately switched to an innocent expression.
"I thought you liked him!" I said mockingly. "AH! Whoa– Sango, put the ice down. Down... thank you."
I got up from the pile of snow, yet again, and brushed myself off. As I turned to look for Sango, a snowball went crashing into my face. Gah! Am I just a snow magnet or something? Is it 'cover Kagome with snow' day?!
I spun around, fuming, to find a youkai smirking at me. His right hand was dripping with fresh snow. I usually would be more than running away right then, but I think the icy water seeping through my uniform told me to do otherwise. Why I didn't bring a coat to school that day still confuses me.
"What was THAT for?!" I spat through clenched teeth. He sneered at me.
"You were being too noisy!"
We had a stare down, with that pompous jerk smirking at me. It gave me a chance to look him over. He had long silver hair to match the snow and wore a bright red jacket with dark jeans. He looked like he could be a human, except for his piercing yellow eyes and doggy ears.
He said a final 'Keh!', turned around and started walking in the other direction. Before I knew what was happening, I had hurled an ice chunk at the baka and I hit him in the nape of his neck!
He stiffened and slowly turned around. His expression still sends chills down my spine. He leapt across the street and landed inches away from me.
"Why you little..." he muttered under his breath, raising his hand and spreading out his fingers. He cracked his knuckles, and I noticed how sharp his claws were, although very well cared for. Yikes!
By then I was shaking in my shoes, but unable to move form loss of body heat. I simply stood there like an idiot, cowering in fear.
"Inuyasha," called a low voice across the street. He turned to see who it was, as did I. It was another youkai, only taller with longer silver hair. His eyes were hard and his face expressionless.
"Stop messing around and get over here. We have to get home." With that, the mystery man walked off. Inuyasha lowered his hand and growled through his teeth,
"I will get you back for that, wench." He sauntered on after mystery man, and I got enough courage to stick my tongue out at his slowly retreating back.
And where was Sango this entire time?
"You can come out now, you wimp." She hopped out of some bushes with a blush across her face.
"I– I was tying my shoes..." I gave her a quizzical look.
"Behind the bushes?"
"Yes," she said matter-of-factly. We continued to walk home, discussing what I could possibly be thinking of, facing off a demon.
'Inuyasha, eh? I'll have to remember that...' I thought to myself.
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Alrighty everybody, I had fun writing this! I know I ended it abruptly, but it's only because I want feedback. If you want to me continue writing this story, tell me!! I practically live on the computer, I suppose I'll be able to make time to type... ^_^ (like, whenever I'm bored ((as in almost anytime))) Okay, review!! Go!! Shoo!!
^_~ Come again!
P.S. the title I'm not so sure about... it just sounds good. ^_^ I might change it sometime.
A long, long time ago, (I can't remember when, but we've learned it in history sometime...) the humans and youkai had a war over land. The humans wanted to share the land equally; just split it in half. But the youkai wanted to kick us humans to some godforsaken rock and keep all that good land for themselves. It was all youkai armies against all human armies, head to head. Humans (through some miracle) won. At least, that's how we learned it. I know for a fact that not all the information we learned was correct.
My grandpa's grandpa was in the army when he was young, and told my grandpa all about it. (A.N. Too many grandpas... @_@) He said that some youkai really wanted to share the land equally, and fought on the human side. That is, one of the human sides. Not all the humans were good. Some wanted all the land for humans, and it's not surprising! We're greedy little creatures. Anyway, it actually ended in a peace treaty, so the land was split in the end.
Over the years, the boundaries began breaking, and now youkai and humans live pretty close. In fact, there's a youkai school just a few blocks away from mine. There are youkai neighborhoods, grocery stores, and so on, and they can be right next to human neighborhoods, or grocery stores, etc.
Though our different species have made a lot of progress, we are still encouraged to stay away from the other. There are still the stupid prejudice people who hate the demons, and the demons hate them.
Whew. Now I know what it feels like to be my history teacher! I don't think it's a good sign when I start boring myself...
Anyway! On with my story.
I was walking home from school with my friends, Sango and Miroku. I was happily crushing little, helpless clumps of snow beneath my shoes, when Miroku flies in at me, out of no where, knocking me into a pile of wet, cold, freezing, dirty... you get the idea. Icky snow. Sango ran in after him with flames in her eyes.
"Miroku!! You perverted, lecherous, DUMBASS!! I should kill you for that!! In fact, I will. DIE!!" Oh, boy. Here we go again.
She flung a huge chunk of ice at his bruised body (which was more than conveniently choosing not to get off of me...). I could've been hit! Luckily Miroku caught the huge ice chunk with the side of his skull. Needless to say, was out cold. (Heh heh. Cold. Winter. Get it?)
I shoved the dead weight off of me and leapt out of the snow, which had been biting at my skin. I turned to Sango, who was panting, but still extremely content with herself. I gave her a dry look.
"I won't ask..."
"Thank you." She started walking again and I brushed snow off my butt. "So... how's it going with Houjo?"
I gave her a dirty looked and she grinned.
"Ha, ha, ha. Shut up." I caught up with her and folded my arms across my chest.
"I thought you liked him!" She looked at me innocently. Ya know, getting an innocent look from a girl who just knocked someone out isn't convincing. I arched an eyebrow and grinned.
"So how are you and," I grinned manically, "Houshi?" The look I got from her was both priceless and terrifying at the same time.
"KAGOME!!" She shoved me into the snow, yet again. I doubled over laughing, but immediately switched to an innocent expression.
"I thought you liked him!" I said mockingly. "AH! Whoa– Sango, put the ice down. Down... thank you."
I got up from the pile of snow, yet again, and brushed myself off. As I turned to look for Sango, a snowball went crashing into my face. Gah! Am I just a snow magnet or something? Is it 'cover Kagome with snow' day?!
I spun around, fuming, to find a youkai smirking at me. His right hand was dripping with fresh snow. I usually would be more than running away right then, but I think the icy water seeping through my uniform told me to do otherwise. Why I didn't bring a coat to school that day still confuses me.
"What was THAT for?!" I spat through clenched teeth. He sneered at me.
"You were being too noisy!"
We had a stare down, with that pompous jerk smirking at me. It gave me a chance to look him over. He had long silver hair to match the snow and wore a bright red jacket with dark jeans. He looked like he could be a human, except for his piercing yellow eyes and doggy ears.
He said a final 'Keh!', turned around and started walking in the other direction. Before I knew what was happening, I had hurled an ice chunk at the baka and I hit him in the nape of his neck!
He stiffened and slowly turned around. His expression still sends chills down my spine. He leapt across the street and landed inches away from me.
"Why you little..." he muttered under his breath, raising his hand and spreading out his fingers. He cracked his knuckles, and I noticed how sharp his claws were, although very well cared for. Yikes!
By then I was shaking in my shoes, but unable to move form loss of body heat. I simply stood there like an idiot, cowering in fear.
"Inuyasha," called a low voice across the street. He turned to see who it was, as did I. It was another youkai, only taller with longer silver hair. His eyes were hard and his face expressionless.
"Stop messing around and get over here. We have to get home." With that, the mystery man walked off. Inuyasha lowered his hand and growled through his teeth,
"I will get you back for that, wench." He sauntered on after mystery man, and I got enough courage to stick my tongue out at his slowly retreating back.
And where was Sango this entire time?
"You can come out now, you wimp." She hopped out of some bushes with a blush across her face.
"I– I was tying my shoes..." I gave her a quizzical look.
"Behind the bushes?"
"Yes," she said matter-of-factly. We continued to walk home, discussing what I could possibly be thinking of, facing off a demon.
'Inuyasha, eh? I'll have to remember that...' I thought to myself.
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Alrighty everybody, I had fun writing this! I know I ended it abruptly, but it's only because I want feedback. If you want to me continue writing this story, tell me!! I practically live on the computer, I suppose I'll be able to make time to type... ^_^ (like, whenever I'm bored ((as in almost anytime))) Okay, review!! Go!! Shoo!!
^_~ Come again!
P.S. the title I'm not so sure about... it just sounds good. ^_^ I might change it sometime.