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The Sky In Makai
Chapter 1: Secret of the Scar
Morning light disturbed the serenity of night. Slowly it crept through the various leaves on the many trees scattered and cluttered across the lawn. The sun's rays found their way into a lovely and quite large window. The light reflected off the wooden walls and stopped at a pair on closed eyes. The skin around the graceful eyes wrinkled and slowly cracked open. A beautiful pair of amethyst eyes were revealed to the teasing brightness. Slightly below the jewels was a small delicate nose. And further more were two lips now beautifully posed in a sleepy smile. Slowly, she rose to a sitting position on the large, queen-sized bed.
She quickly glanced at the clock. "Oh. I see I still don't yet have to get up for school." she whispered to herself as though she may wake others who were still sleeping, which of course there were none. "Well, maybe I'll take a shower to pass the time. " she finished as she moved to drape her legs over the side of her bed.
Her bed was about four feet off the ground, so she had to give a little hop to get down. Her feet met the cozy shaggy green carpet as she landed on the floor. She walked quickly to the bathroom located on the other side of her room.
When she stepped into the bathroom, she clicked on the light and four medium sized 40-watt light bulbs flooded the room with extra light. She glanced over the room for she wasn't overly familiar with it herself. The sink was waist high to her, making it about three feet up from the ground. The sink top was green marble, and clean to the touch. The faucet was curved slightly as it stuck out from the marble. The basin was oval in shape and looked as though it could fit a quart or two of liquid in it. Scattered across the marble surface were some brushes, combs, liquid handsoap, hand sanitizer, a blowdrier, a curling iron, and five candles spread out evenly.
Under the sink were two doors that opened to reveal a cabinet. In the cabinet were some toiletries. On either side of the cabinet were two drawers, making four in all. Found in the drawers were razors, bars of soap, extra toothbrushes, some hair gel, q-tips, and cotton puffs. About two inches up from the sink was a medicine cabinet with a mirror over top. The medicine cabinet held some Band-Aids. Also located in the medicine cabinet were some various disinfectants.
Between the marble and medicine cabinet was a toothbrush holder, also made of green marble, and opposite it was a soap bar tray. The toothbrush rack held one solitary toothbrush, and the soap tray was empty, with no signs of residue, because it was never used.
Past the sink was a cabinet, from the top of the room to the bottom. It was about three feet wide and about seven feet tall. The contents inside were hidden from view by a sliding wooden door. The contents themselves were towels, bottles body wash, shampoo, conditioner, two bathing puffs, and lots of candles of various scent, color, and size. Opposite the wooden door was a rose shower curtain, closed, concealing the shower and bath tub. Surrounding the lip of the tub were as many candles it could handle without causing them to fall. In all, there were about 33. The tub was two and a half feet deep, and was also green marble. The showerhead was silver and shaped like a rose; the pipe connecting it to the wall was a thin stem, with pricks and all. The water, when run from the showerhead, came out of the petals. The main faucet most commonly used for drawing water for the tub was a rose bud, also connected with a stem, only much thicker, but water came out of it like it would any normal faucet. The drain was shaped as a leaf, and had many holes just as a drain should. On each side of the area, longways, were small shelves. One side held half-empty containers of shampoo and conditioner, while the other side held body wash, a puff, a razor, and women's shaving cream.
Behind the wall of the shower, was the necessity. The toilet. It wasn't a rose like the shower. It was dark green, matching the rest of the room, and had a dark green padded seat and seat cover with pine trees decorating it. The tank was a foot tall and the tank cover was also green and had the theme of pine trees.
The floor of the bathroom was medium green tile. The tiles were about a square inch each. Occasionally a white tile would pop up, but green was the dominant color.
The walls were white and had a banner of roses along the middle. Hanging from the ceiling were fake vines to match the wilderness theme the whole room had.
The whole bathroom itself was rose scented with the occasional pine or strawberry scent. The candles' scents included rose, strawberry, vanilla, French vanilla, apple, sugar cookie, chocolate chip cookie, blueberry, berry splash, lavender, heather, and lilac.
She stood before the mirror and gazed at her reflection. "Well Sky," she said to herself, "today is real, I see." She held her left hand up to meet her left eye. "I don't suppose this will ever go away, will it?" She traced the scar that started just under her eyebrow, and ended just above her lip. "At least I'll never forget mother." She mused sarcastically.
She directed her glance to the sink and reached down to turn the handle for the cold water. She moved both hands under the faucet and cupped them. She collected a bit of water in her hands and brought it up to her face. She slowly spread the ice-cold freshness over her forehead, eyes, nose, cheeks, mouth and chin. A few water droplets skipped along the scar. She blinked to avoid getting water in her eyes. She got another handful of water and again covered her face with it.
She turned off the water from the sink and turned around to her shower. She turned the handle to get the water warm enough to steam, yet cool enough to not burn her skin. Rapidly the water fell to the bottom of the tub creating crashing sounds.
Sky removed her loose black tank top, her dark blue boxer shorts, and dark purple lace panties. After removing all of her clothing, she was left wearing only a necklace. This necklace had a hemp string and a beautiful star inside a circle dangling off the center. She quickly got in the shower, closing the curtain behind her.
She stood by the showerhead letting the water cascade down her sleek yet well defined body until it reached the leaf shaped drain. She then sat down on the opposite side of the tub and held her knees to her bare chest. She rested her chin on her folded knees and began to think. Random thoughts passed by in her mind and one certain memory hung suspended amongst all the commotion.
I still don't understand it. all of it is a lie. I don't even belong in this realm. I'm part kitsune. Why was I even permitted to come here? Those many years ago. I had to be curious, didn't I? Dammit! K'so! Baka! Soon she could no longer keep these thoughts to herself.
"I'm a two hundred year old demon. I belong I Makai! Not Ningenkai. I've been here for 16 years now. All I've gotten was an education. and a fan club." she let her legs fall loose from her chest. She rose slowly as she continued to ramble. "I simply wanted to know how humans lived is all. Not to impersonate, or become one and live with them." She growled at the statement and turned off the water to the shower. The last water droplets fell from the rose showerhead as she opened the curtain and grabbed for the towel on the bar right next to the sink. She wrapped herself in the soft terry fabric and appeared again in front of the mirror.
"This deal is terrible! I don't want this body anymore! I want to go home. Back to Makai."
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He jumped to consciousness at the buzz of his alarm clock. He rolled over in his bed and clicked the "off" button. Kurama finally fully opened his eyes and let them adjust to the brightness in his room. The light reflected off the forest green walls and accented his dark green bed sheets and comforter.
To the right of him was his television and stereo system. The stereo was kept in a wooden case with a glass door. Under the compact disk player were several compact disks. Many of the CD's were by Do As Infinity, and Dream. The television was 20 inches. Under the TV was a VCR along with a DVD player. Displayed next to these were several movies about samurais and Japanese history.
To the left of him was his walnut stained door. Slightly to the left of the door was his sliding closet doors. The closet opened to reveal several hangers holding pink uniforms. Under the uniforms were two pairs of polished black shoes. Hiding behind the pink uniforms were a yellow dress looking cover, white pants, a white uniform with purple embroidery, and a plain, ironed black uniform.
Next to the side of the closet doors, was a beautifully organized desk. The desk was a dark cherry with five drawers. One was directly under the flat space, and the sides held two drawers each. In the top drawer in the middle were pens, pencils, erasers, paperclips, pushpins, and other normal stationary supplies. In the side drawers were schoolbooks, reams of paper, and a few spare batteries.
Opposite his queen sized bed was a large window, about six feet wide, and seven feet tall. The trim of the window was a lighter green than the rest of the room, by about three shades. The window went out some, and there was a ledge on the inside big enough to permit someone to lie down on it. Therefor, there were red cushions on the wood to make it comfortable for leisure.
Under all of this was a thin carpet, cream in color, soft in texture. The carpet went wall-to-wall and showed ware around the door, closet, window and bed.
Still being tired, he stared at the alarm clock on the bed stand next to his bed. Blankly, he kept his gaze there for a few minutes and eventually if registered was time it displayed. Still lying down in his bed he put a pillow over his head and mumbled "I still have an hour until I need to leave. I. sleep. want. to." and he drifted into a light sleep as easily as he woke only minutes before. A voice sounded from downstairs, and not only cut his nap short, it startled him as well.
The voice belonged to a woman. "Shuuichi! I heard that alarm clock of yours go off. Time to get up sweetie!" the words rang through the house as though it were a chorus of church bells sounding the start of a Sunday service.
"Okay mother." Kurama mumbled from under his pillow and now a blanket as well. Hesitantly he threw off the covers, and then wished he didn't the moment the crisp morning air reached his bare chest and barely covered legs. "Boxers don't do much for warm." he muttered looking down at his black silk boxers. "Chilly this morning. I wonder what I should wear today."
He propped himself up on his bed and quickly retreated to the left corner, closest to the closet. He jumped down and walked barefoot to his closed closet doors. "Damn. All my red uniforms have. faded? Or been bleached. I can't wear pink to school. The nightmares." he moved the four pink uniforms and found his white one. Also pushing that one aside, he reached for the solitary black one. He removed the hanger from the rack, then the cloth from the hanger. He dressed himself quickly in the loose black pants and even more so loose button up shirt. As he finished the last three buttons on the top of his shirt, he started to think. Not just about normal things like school, and friends, but strangely he thought about his past and living in Makai again.
"I wonder why I'm thinking about Makai again. that was rather random." He said, grabbing his backpack and dismissed the thought as easily as it came. He walked out his door closing it behind him. He headed down the stairs and passed his mom in the kitchen.
"Ohayo hunny. How are you this morning?" his mother asked lovingly, looking over to him and making her golden brown eyes meet his emerald ones.
"I'm fine mother, arigato. You?" he replied.
"Well I'm feeling better than yesterday. I think I may even go to the market today." She said hopefully.
"No mother, stay home and rest. I'll get anything we may need, ok?" Kurama said kindly, yet sternly.
"Oh fine." His mother pouted jokingly.
"If that's all mother, I'll be leaving for school now." He said looking at the clock of the wall that read 7:56 a.m. "I plan on taking the long was to school so I get more exercise."
"Ok hunny. I love you and I'll see you later." She said walking over to him, placing a light kiss on his cheek and hugged him close.
"I love you too, mother." He said as he moved his arms up from his sides to hug her lightly before pulling away. "I'll see you when I get home from school. Stay out of trouble."
"Same goes for you double!" she laughed back.
"Bye for now mother." He said closing the door behind him.
"Be safe." his mother whispered as she watched him walk down the street. After a moment or two he faded into the sunrise and his mother continued, with her hand held to her chest "my dearest son, Shuuichi."
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The sun playfully hid behind the clouds as Sky walked out her door. "Ah. a new school. and a new school year as well." She muttered to herself trying to be enthusiastic. "I wonder if I'll meet any cute guys." she trailed off not noticing where she was going.
"Ooff she tripped over a rock and landed on her chest, gathering some bruises and scratches. "Damn!" she cursed herself. She picked herself back up and stumbled trying to regain her footing. "Heh. never thought new places were so." she tenderly patted the dirt off her clothing "unexpected." Sky kept walking and soon the top of a school building could be seen over the tops of the trees. She kept walking until she was at the steps leading to the front double doors. As she lifted her foot to journey up the stairs, the string of her shoe halted her and the force pulled her down to the ground once again.
All the papers and books in her hands were now decorating the school lawn. Sky growled deep in her throat and again kneeled to re-collect her possessions. As she reached for the last piece of paper, she felt the warmth of another hand on hers. She glanced through her bangs and saw the outline of a face, but she never fully lifted her head up. She then redirected her attention to the paper.
"Thanks for your help but."
"Here let me help you." a male voice cut in. "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt. What were you saying?" the friendly voice asked.
"Umm. thanks for your help, but I think I can handle it from here." She finished.
"Oh. Well then. Hi." He replied.
"Hello." She said as though she was trying to be inviting to the stranger.
In seeing that she wasn't going to proceed with the conversation, he took the liberty to. "My name is Shuuichi. Shuuichi Minamino."
"Nice to meet you, Shuuichi." Sky kindly responded.
"Ahem." he waited for a response. Jeez this girl is either trying to tell me she doesn't want to talk to me, or she's having a bad day he thought. Well I guess I could ask her name. "Well, um, since I told you my name, may u tell my yours?" he asked.
She didn't respond. She was busy organizing her papers that moments ago were thrown to the ground with her fall.
"Either you tell my your name or. You got a name?" he asked jokingly.
Sky snapped out of her daze and looked up at him for the first time, amethyst gems meeting emerald ones.
Shuuichi gaped and muttered "or maybe I should just call you beautiful."
"Oh, no, my name is Sky." She replied, feeling the heat gather on her cheeks. The she realized she made the huge mistake of telling him her name given to her in Makai. Her eyes bulged and she gasped, bringing her left hand up to cover her mouth, wishing to put those words back. "I mean, my name is." she paused trying to remember the name that she chose for her human life. "Stephanie."
"Stephanie." he echoed.
"Hai!" Sky laughed. "My nickname is Sky, but only my friends call me that." She said standing up, holding her books tight to her chest. She smiled her best fake smile at him and tilted her head slightly to the right. "Well I better be going now. Don't want to be late for the first day of school." She said as enthusiastically as she could.
"Yea." Shuuichi said just noticing a rather large scar on her face. It doesn't fit on such a pretty face he thought. He smiled back at her, his smile genuine and real. "Maybe we'll have some classes together." He said and began walking to the double doors.
"Umm. Shuuichi?" Sky whispered.
"Yes? What is it?" he asked over his shoulder.
"Where is the main office?" she asked sheepishly.
He chuckled. "Walk through the double doors and turn left. There's a sign above the door. You can't miss it."
"Thanks!" She sighed in relief.
"Hai, no problem. Ja ne!" he happily said.
"Ja ne!" she waved and followed his directions.
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The school bell gave out the first sound of school. Kurama glanced at the wall to observe the time. "8:03" is all he said. Silently he sat at his clean desk. The top of the desk was a lightwood and attached by a metal pole was the seat on which he resided for the moment. He was staring at the desk tracing figure eight's with his fingers when the teacher began to speak.
"Good morning, students." She said happily. A few students grumbled and others replied with a cheerful greeting as well. "Today there is a new student to the school! Everybody please welcome Stephanie Miller to the class."
At the name Kurama redirected his gaze to the front of the room. "So Miller is her last name then." He said quietly to himself.
The teacher turned to Sky and said, "Well Stephanie, this class is seated alphabetically. Please take the seat in front of Shuuichi. Shuuichi dear, please raise your hand so Steph-chan knows where you are."
"We've already met, Mrs. Tama." Sky said sheepishly. Half of the class made immature noises implying that they met under sexual circumstances.
"Ok then dear, take your seat." Mrs. Tama said happily with a smirk.
When Sky reached her desk and sat down, Kurama jumped to a quick "Hey Sky."
She turned her head slightly and replied with a barely audible "Hi." Sky turned back around in her seat. Kurama sighed and leaned back in his chair.
"Alright class, I'd like to start by welcoming you all to a new school year. Now most of you are juniors, but I think some of you are an exception. anyway, I'll start the role call now." Mrs. Tama began calling names that were quickly responded with "here", "present", and from the few smart asses, immature noises and animal sounds.
"Stephanie Miller."
"Present."
"Shuuichi Minamino."
"Present."
Mrs. Tama finished the roll call and then rustled through her papers on her desk. "Now welcome to Japanese 11. This year we'll be going over Hamlet, by Shakespeare, a few short stories, and mythology."
Mythology, huh? Sky thought to herself. I love mythology. Let's see what she's got.
"So instead of going in any specific order," Mrs. Tama continued, "you may decide what we do first."
Sky raised her hand. "Mythology." She said.
"Okay." Mrs. Tama replied, writing the other choices as well on the board. After a quick vote it was decided that mythology would be first. Followed by Hamlet and short stories. As the bell rang, Mrs. Tama said, "Ok, starting in a week we'll start mythology. See you tomorrow everyone!"
Sky gathered her things, and left the classroom. But she wasn't alone. Kurama waited for her to get out of class. He stood by the door and as she approached, he started walking. Soon teenage girls with raging hormones surrounded him. Sky rolled her eyes. "Showoff." She muttered.
Just then she felt a tap on her left shoulder. She turned to find a face that was perfect for radio. With somewhat low cheekbones and only what she could assume were his lips posed in a huge grin. Odd, though, his eyes didn't fit. She couldn't believe she was admitting that they were striking. I wonder. dark honey maybe? Well. I guess that could do. For now anyway. She thought to herself. His hair was an orangish color, and what looked like an Elvis hair cut. He was about five inches taller than she was, he wasn't chubby or anything of that sort. She assumed that he was probably well built under his blue school uniform. "Yes? Can I help you with something?" she asked.
"Hi. My name is Kuwabara, Kasuma Kuwabara." At that moment, his grin grew a little bit. "You're a pretty girl. Your Stephanie, rite? We're in Japanese together. Would you like to go on a date with me?" he asked very sincerely.
Sky was speechless. well, almost. It was only the end of first period on the first day in a new school and she was already asked out on a date. "Well.uh." she was actually thinking about it. NANI!? I can't be thinking about going out with him! Ewww! She thought.
"Oh, and I think your scar is really neat too!" Those words were his big mistake.
"Oh, yea." she lifted one empty hand up to her face and traced the scar. "Arigatou. I guess." She couldn't bear to be around anyone right now. "Gomennasai, I have to go. I'll think about the date offer though." She headed off in the direction of what she hoped was her next class.
She studied the paper with the classroom numbers on it and finally she found room 213. She entered and found it looked just like the Japanese classroom. There were about 25 desks in the room, along with the teacher's desk near the white board in the front, right next to the door. The walls were decorated with a few posters as well. Sky was once again introduced to the class as the new student to the school. Jeez. Am I the only new student to this school besides the freshmen? She thought and got another bunch of welcomings.
"Okay Stephanie take a seat in front of Mr. Minamino."
Minamino, why do I know that name? She thought.
"Shuuichi dear, raise your hand so she can find you."
Oh Goddess not this again. She thought. Please don't say I have this class with him too. Sky walked to her seat and sat down. Again Kurama tried to start a conversation, but Sky just ignored him.
After another two classes, mythology and chemistry, which she discovered she had with Shuuichi, Sky was hungry. Lucky her, it was lunchtime. She walked into the lunchroom and say by herself in the corner of the cafeteria half hoping Shuuichi wouldn't find her. But against her hopes, he found her.
"Tag. You're it. I found you." He said with a gorgeous smile showing his beautiful sparkling teeth. Sky gaped. She had never really looked at him before, she was always too busy trying to ignore him, and now she didn't even know why she did. He's gorgeous. she thought. "Are you trying to catch flies?" he asked playfully.
Realizing her mouth was open, she closed it quickly and turned her head to hide her reddening cheeks. "I see you're by yourself and well. my table jus happens to seat two and it gets lonely without someone there to take the other seat."
"And I see all the girls in this school keep themselves available for you. Why not ask one of them?" she retorted.
"Well I never wanted to ask any of them. They're insane. and very touchy feely." He said with almost a scared tone.
Sky laughed at his pitiful disposition. "Well. I guess it is a little lonely by myself too. but don't let this become a habit ok?"
Kurama laughed at her comment. "Okay. Let's go."
"Okay," Sky said standing up with her books in hand. "Lead the way."
Soon Kurama and Sky were at their destination. They sat down facing each other. Under different circumstances. this could be. almost. romantic. Sky thought. NO! She shouted to herself, shaking the idea out of her head. I just met him. but I feel as though... nah. Everything reminds me of Makai. She argued in her mind.
"So Stephanie. For starters, what do you want me to call you?" Kurama asked.
"Sky, please. Stephanie sounds too formal." She said.
"Ok then, Sky it is." He declared.
Sky laughed to herself. "Yeah."
They continued talking for a while. After about five minutes Kurama thought Wow. This girl is amazing! I wonder though, what ever could have given her that scar. it doesn't belong on such a face. "Sky?" he whispered.
"Nani?" she responded, question with question.
"If you don't mind... would you tell about how you got that scar?" Then he quickly added, "If you don't want to, that's fine too."
Sky quickly gained a pensive look. "Well," she sighed "it happened when I was five." She said.
Kurama looked into her sad eyes intensely, as though she was the only person in the room. "Yeah?" he asked, perusing more information.
"I was watching t.v. One night and my mother had been drinking." she paused as though she was five again. She placed her hands clasped together on the table in front of her. "I asked for something to eat, and she started to yell." Soon her downcast eyes were wells of deep sorrow. "That got her very unhappy. So she rampaged through the kitchen. She stopped at the knife rack." Sky clenched her eyes shut to prevent the wells from draining onto her delicate face.
Kurama's stern face contrasted with his own sorrowful eyes. He nodded in response. "Sky?"
"Oh? Oh! I'm fine yes. Well she then reached for the biggest knife she could find. She screamed at me. "You ungrateful little bitch!" and charged at me while I was in front of the TV. She screamed "I hate you, you ruined my life, I wish you were never born." And swung at me. The first few times she missed because her aim was tainted by the alcohol. that I'm glad for. But she kept trying."
Kurama was locked on her eyes, her eyes locked on the table. His breath was shallow, as though he was watching it happen.
"Then she held me down. I was balling my eyes out and screaming and kicking. Trying to get away was useless though." she was silent for a moment or two. "She slashed at my neck but she missed. Then she aimed for my... uh... the top of my head. But as she brought her arm down, I backed up as far as I could. She caught my eye. I was blind for a while, but somehow I got my full vision back. I guess I just always heal. The doctors can't explain it. I'm lucky I guess." Well, at least that's what happened here in Ningenkai.
Kurama found his hand covering Sky's at that moment. She caught her breath and glanced at her hand.
To be continued!
PLEASE R&R!!! this was my first fanfic, I know it isnt that awesomely
great. But please, let me know what you think!!
people do. But let me know what you think so I know if I'm doing this
right!
The Sky In Makai
Chapter 1: Secret of the Scar
Morning light disturbed the serenity of night. Slowly it crept through the various leaves on the many trees scattered and cluttered across the lawn. The sun's rays found their way into a lovely and quite large window. The light reflected off the wooden walls and stopped at a pair on closed eyes. The skin around the graceful eyes wrinkled and slowly cracked open. A beautiful pair of amethyst eyes were revealed to the teasing brightness. Slightly below the jewels was a small delicate nose. And further more were two lips now beautifully posed in a sleepy smile. Slowly, she rose to a sitting position on the large, queen-sized bed.
She quickly glanced at the clock. "Oh. I see I still don't yet have to get up for school." she whispered to herself as though she may wake others who were still sleeping, which of course there were none. "Well, maybe I'll take a shower to pass the time. " she finished as she moved to drape her legs over the side of her bed.
Her bed was about four feet off the ground, so she had to give a little hop to get down. Her feet met the cozy shaggy green carpet as she landed on the floor. She walked quickly to the bathroom located on the other side of her room.
When she stepped into the bathroom, she clicked on the light and four medium sized 40-watt light bulbs flooded the room with extra light. She glanced over the room for she wasn't overly familiar with it herself. The sink was waist high to her, making it about three feet up from the ground. The sink top was green marble, and clean to the touch. The faucet was curved slightly as it stuck out from the marble. The basin was oval in shape and looked as though it could fit a quart or two of liquid in it. Scattered across the marble surface were some brushes, combs, liquid handsoap, hand sanitizer, a blowdrier, a curling iron, and five candles spread out evenly.
Under the sink were two doors that opened to reveal a cabinet. In the cabinet were some toiletries. On either side of the cabinet were two drawers, making four in all. Found in the drawers were razors, bars of soap, extra toothbrushes, some hair gel, q-tips, and cotton puffs. About two inches up from the sink was a medicine cabinet with a mirror over top. The medicine cabinet held some Band-Aids. Also located in the medicine cabinet were some various disinfectants.
Between the marble and medicine cabinet was a toothbrush holder, also made of green marble, and opposite it was a soap bar tray. The toothbrush rack held one solitary toothbrush, and the soap tray was empty, with no signs of residue, because it was never used.
Past the sink was a cabinet, from the top of the room to the bottom. It was about three feet wide and about seven feet tall. The contents inside were hidden from view by a sliding wooden door. The contents themselves were towels, bottles body wash, shampoo, conditioner, two bathing puffs, and lots of candles of various scent, color, and size. Opposite the wooden door was a rose shower curtain, closed, concealing the shower and bath tub. Surrounding the lip of the tub were as many candles it could handle without causing them to fall. In all, there were about 33. The tub was two and a half feet deep, and was also green marble. The showerhead was silver and shaped like a rose; the pipe connecting it to the wall was a thin stem, with pricks and all. The water, when run from the showerhead, came out of the petals. The main faucet most commonly used for drawing water for the tub was a rose bud, also connected with a stem, only much thicker, but water came out of it like it would any normal faucet. The drain was shaped as a leaf, and had many holes just as a drain should. On each side of the area, longways, were small shelves. One side held half-empty containers of shampoo and conditioner, while the other side held body wash, a puff, a razor, and women's shaving cream.
Behind the wall of the shower, was the necessity. The toilet. It wasn't a rose like the shower. It was dark green, matching the rest of the room, and had a dark green padded seat and seat cover with pine trees decorating it. The tank was a foot tall and the tank cover was also green and had the theme of pine trees.
The floor of the bathroom was medium green tile. The tiles were about a square inch each. Occasionally a white tile would pop up, but green was the dominant color.
The walls were white and had a banner of roses along the middle. Hanging from the ceiling were fake vines to match the wilderness theme the whole room had.
The whole bathroom itself was rose scented with the occasional pine or strawberry scent. The candles' scents included rose, strawberry, vanilla, French vanilla, apple, sugar cookie, chocolate chip cookie, blueberry, berry splash, lavender, heather, and lilac.
She stood before the mirror and gazed at her reflection. "Well Sky," she said to herself, "today is real, I see." She held her left hand up to meet her left eye. "I don't suppose this will ever go away, will it?" She traced the scar that started just under her eyebrow, and ended just above her lip. "At least I'll never forget mother." She mused sarcastically.
She directed her glance to the sink and reached down to turn the handle for the cold water. She moved both hands under the faucet and cupped them. She collected a bit of water in her hands and brought it up to her face. She slowly spread the ice-cold freshness over her forehead, eyes, nose, cheeks, mouth and chin. A few water droplets skipped along the scar. She blinked to avoid getting water in her eyes. She got another handful of water and again covered her face with it.
She turned off the water from the sink and turned around to her shower. She turned the handle to get the water warm enough to steam, yet cool enough to not burn her skin. Rapidly the water fell to the bottom of the tub creating crashing sounds.
Sky removed her loose black tank top, her dark blue boxer shorts, and dark purple lace panties. After removing all of her clothing, she was left wearing only a necklace. This necklace had a hemp string and a beautiful star inside a circle dangling off the center. She quickly got in the shower, closing the curtain behind her.
She stood by the showerhead letting the water cascade down her sleek yet well defined body until it reached the leaf shaped drain. She then sat down on the opposite side of the tub and held her knees to her bare chest. She rested her chin on her folded knees and began to think. Random thoughts passed by in her mind and one certain memory hung suspended amongst all the commotion.
I still don't understand it. all of it is a lie. I don't even belong in this realm. I'm part kitsune. Why was I even permitted to come here? Those many years ago. I had to be curious, didn't I? Dammit! K'so! Baka! Soon she could no longer keep these thoughts to herself.
"I'm a two hundred year old demon. I belong I Makai! Not Ningenkai. I've been here for 16 years now. All I've gotten was an education. and a fan club." she let her legs fall loose from her chest. She rose slowly as she continued to ramble. "I simply wanted to know how humans lived is all. Not to impersonate, or become one and live with them." She growled at the statement and turned off the water to the shower. The last water droplets fell from the rose showerhead as she opened the curtain and grabbed for the towel on the bar right next to the sink. She wrapped herself in the soft terry fabric and appeared again in front of the mirror.
"This deal is terrible! I don't want this body anymore! I want to go home. Back to Makai."
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He jumped to consciousness at the buzz of his alarm clock. He rolled over in his bed and clicked the "off" button. Kurama finally fully opened his eyes and let them adjust to the brightness in his room. The light reflected off the forest green walls and accented his dark green bed sheets and comforter.
To the right of him was his television and stereo system. The stereo was kept in a wooden case with a glass door. Under the compact disk player were several compact disks. Many of the CD's were by Do As Infinity, and Dream. The television was 20 inches. Under the TV was a VCR along with a DVD player. Displayed next to these were several movies about samurais and Japanese history.
To the left of him was his walnut stained door. Slightly to the left of the door was his sliding closet doors. The closet opened to reveal several hangers holding pink uniforms. Under the uniforms were two pairs of polished black shoes. Hiding behind the pink uniforms were a yellow dress looking cover, white pants, a white uniform with purple embroidery, and a plain, ironed black uniform.
Next to the side of the closet doors, was a beautifully organized desk. The desk was a dark cherry with five drawers. One was directly under the flat space, and the sides held two drawers each. In the top drawer in the middle were pens, pencils, erasers, paperclips, pushpins, and other normal stationary supplies. In the side drawers were schoolbooks, reams of paper, and a few spare batteries.
Opposite his queen sized bed was a large window, about six feet wide, and seven feet tall. The trim of the window was a lighter green than the rest of the room, by about three shades. The window went out some, and there was a ledge on the inside big enough to permit someone to lie down on it. Therefor, there were red cushions on the wood to make it comfortable for leisure.
Under all of this was a thin carpet, cream in color, soft in texture. The carpet went wall-to-wall and showed ware around the door, closet, window and bed.
Still being tired, he stared at the alarm clock on the bed stand next to his bed. Blankly, he kept his gaze there for a few minutes and eventually if registered was time it displayed. Still lying down in his bed he put a pillow over his head and mumbled "I still have an hour until I need to leave. I. sleep. want. to." and he drifted into a light sleep as easily as he woke only minutes before. A voice sounded from downstairs, and not only cut his nap short, it startled him as well.
The voice belonged to a woman. "Shuuichi! I heard that alarm clock of yours go off. Time to get up sweetie!" the words rang through the house as though it were a chorus of church bells sounding the start of a Sunday service.
"Okay mother." Kurama mumbled from under his pillow and now a blanket as well. Hesitantly he threw off the covers, and then wished he didn't the moment the crisp morning air reached his bare chest and barely covered legs. "Boxers don't do much for warm." he muttered looking down at his black silk boxers. "Chilly this morning. I wonder what I should wear today."
He propped himself up on his bed and quickly retreated to the left corner, closest to the closet. He jumped down and walked barefoot to his closed closet doors. "Damn. All my red uniforms have. faded? Or been bleached. I can't wear pink to school. The nightmares." he moved the four pink uniforms and found his white one. Also pushing that one aside, he reached for the solitary black one. He removed the hanger from the rack, then the cloth from the hanger. He dressed himself quickly in the loose black pants and even more so loose button up shirt. As he finished the last three buttons on the top of his shirt, he started to think. Not just about normal things like school, and friends, but strangely he thought about his past and living in Makai again.
"I wonder why I'm thinking about Makai again. that was rather random." He said, grabbing his backpack and dismissed the thought as easily as it came. He walked out his door closing it behind him. He headed down the stairs and passed his mom in the kitchen.
"Ohayo hunny. How are you this morning?" his mother asked lovingly, looking over to him and making her golden brown eyes meet his emerald ones.
"I'm fine mother, arigato. You?" he replied.
"Well I'm feeling better than yesterday. I think I may even go to the market today." She said hopefully.
"No mother, stay home and rest. I'll get anything we may need, ok?" Kurama said kindly, yet sternly.
"Oh fine." His mother pouted jokingly.
"If that's all mother, I'll be leaving for school now." He said looking at the clock of the wall that read 7:56 a.m. "I plan on taking the long was to school so I get more exercise."
"Ok hunny. I love you and I'll see you later." She said walking over to him, placing a light kiss on his cheek and hugged him close.
"I love you too, mother." He said as he moved his arms up from his sides to hug her lightly before pulling away. "I'll see you when I get home from school. Stay out of trouble."
"Same goes for you double!" she laughed back.
"Bye for now mother." He said closing the door behind him.
"Be safe." his mother whispered as she watched him walk down the street. After a moment or two he faded into the sunrise and his mother continued, with her hand held to her chest "my dearest son, Shuuichi."
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The sun playfully hid behind the clouds as Sky walked out her door. "Ah. a new school. and a new school year as well." She muttered to herself trying to be enthusiastic. "I wonder if I'll meet any cute guys." she trailed off not noticing where she was going.
"Ooff she tripped over a rock and landed on her chest, gathering some bruises and scratches. "Damn!" she cursed herself. She picked herself back up and stumbled trying to regain her footing. "Heh. never thought new places were so." she tenderly patted the dirt off her clothing "unexpected." Sky kept walking and soon the top of a school building could be seen over the tops of the trees. She kept walking until she was at the steps leading to the front double doors. As she lifted her foot to journey up the stairs, the string of her shoe halted her and the force pulled her down to the ground once again.
All the papers and books in her hands were now decorating the school lawn. Sky growled deep in her throat and again kneeled to re-collect her possessions. As she reached for the last piece of paper, she felt the warmth of another hand on hers. She glanced through her bangs and saw the outline of a face, but she never fully lifted her head up. She then redirected her attention to the paper.
"Thanks for your help but."
"Here let me help you." a male voice cut in. "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt. What were you saying?" the friendly voice asked.
"Umm. thanks for your help, but I think I can handle it from here." She finished.
"Oh. Well then. Hi." He replied.
"Hello." She said as though she was trying to be inviting to the stranger.
In seeing that she wasn't going to proceed with the conversation, he took the liberty to. "My name is Shuuichi. Shuuichi Minamino."
"Nice to meet you, Shuuichi." Sky kindly responded.
"Ahem." he waited for a response. Jeez this girl is either trying to tell me she doesn't want to talk to me, or she's having a bad day he thought. Well I guess I could ask her name. "Well, um, since I told you my name, may u tell my yours?" he asked.
She didn't respond. She was busy organizing her papers that moments ago were thrown to the ground with her fall.
"Either you tell my your name or. You got a name?" he asked jokingly.
Sky snapped out of her daze and looked up at him for the first time, amethyst gems meeting emerald ones.
Shuuichi gaped and muttered "or maybe I should just call you beautiful."
"Oh, no, my name is Sky." She replied, feeling the heat gather on her cheeks. The she realized she made the huge mistake of telling him her name given to her in Makai. Her eyes bulged and she gasped, bringing her left hand up to cover her mouth, wishing to put those words back. "I mean, my name is." she paused trying to remember the name that she chose for her human life. "Stephanie."
"Stephanie." he echoed.
"Hai!" Sky laughed. "My nickname is Sky, but only my friends call me that." She said standing up, holding her books tight to her chest. She smiled her best fake smile at him and tilted her head slightly to the right. "Well I better be going now. Don't want to be late for the first day of school." She said as enthusiastically as she could.
"Yea." Shuuichi said just noticing a rather large scar on her face. It doesn't fit on such a pretty face he thought. He smiled back at her, his smile genuine and real. "Maybe we'll have some classes together." He said and began walking to the double doors.
"Umm. Shuuichi?" Sky whispered.
"Yes? What is it?" he asked over his shoulder.
"Where is the main office?" she asked sheepishly.
He chuckled. "Walk through the double doors and turn left. There's a sign above the door. You can't miss it."
"Thanks!" She sighed in relief.
"Hai, no problem. Ja ne!" he happily said.
"Ja ne!" she waved and followed his directions.
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The school bell gave out the first sound of school. Kurama glanced at the wall to observe the time. "8:03" is all he said. Silently he sat at his clean desk. The top of the desk was a lightwood and attached by a metal pole was the seat on which he resided for the moment. He was staring at the desk tracing figure eight's with his fingers when the teacher began to speak.
"Good morning, students." She said happily. A few students grumbled and others replied with a cheerful greeting as well. "Today there is a new student to the school! Everybody please welcome Stephanie Miller to the class."
At the name Kurama redirected his gaze to the front of the room. "So Miller is her last name then." He said quietly to himself.
The teacher turned to Sky and said, "Well Stephanie, this class is seated alphabetically. Please take the seat in front of Shuuichi. Shuuichi dear, please raise your hand so Steph-chan knows where you are."
"We've already met, Mrs. Tama." Sky said sheepishly. Half of the class made immature noises implying that they met under sexual circumstances.
"Ok then dear, take your seat." Mrs. Tama said happily with a smirk.
When Sky reached her desk and sat down, Kurama jumped to a quick "Hey Sky."
She turned her head slightly and replied with a barely audible "Hi." Sky turned back around in her seat. Kurama sighed and leaned back in his chair.
"Alright class, I'd like to start by welcoming you all to a new school year. Now most of you are juniors, but I think some of you are an exception. anyway, I'll start the role call now." Mrs. Tama began calling names that were quickly responded with "here", "present", and from the few smart asses, immature noises and animal sounds.
"Stephanie Miller."
"Present."
"Shuuichi Minamino."
"Present."
Mrs. Tama finished the roll call and then rustled through her papers on her desk. "Now welcome to Japanese 11. This year we'll be going over Hamlet, by Shakespeare, a few short stories, and mythology."
Mythology, huh? Sky thought to herself. I love mythology. Let's see what she's got.
"So instead of going in any specific order," Mrs. Tama continued, "you may decide what we do first."
Sky raised her hand. "Mythology." She said.
"Okay." Mrs. Tama replied, writing the other choices as well on the board. After a quick vote it was decided that mythology would be first. Followed by Hamlet and short stories. As the bell rang, Mrs. Tama said, "Ok, starting in a week we'll start mythology. See you tomorrow everyone!"
Sky gathered her things, and left the classroom. But she wasn't alone. Kurama waited for her to get out of class. He stood by the door and as she approached, he started walking. Soon teenage girls with raging hormones surrounded him. Sky rolled her eyes. "Showoff." She muttered.
Just then she felt a tap on her left shoulder. She turned to find a face that was perfect for radio. With somewhat low cheekbones and only what she could assume were his lips posed in a huge grin. Odd, though, his eyes didn't fit. She couldn't believe she was admitting that they were striking. I wonder. dark honey maybe? Well. I guess that could do. For now anyway. She thought to herself. His hair was an orangish color, and what looked like an Elvis hair cut. He was about five inches taller than she was, he wasn't chubby or anything of that sort. She assumed that he was probably well built under his blue school uniform. "Yes? Can I help you with something?" she asked.
"Hi. My name is Kuwabara, Kasuma Kuwabara." At that moment, his grin grew a little bit. "You're a pretty girl. Your Stephanie, rite? We're in Japanese together. Would you like to go on a date with me?" he asked very sincerely.
Sky was speechless. well, almost. It was only the end of first period on the first day in a new school and she was already asked out on a date. "Well.uh." she was actually thinking about it. NANI!? I can't be thinking about going out with him! Ewww! She thought.
"Oh, and I think your scar is really neat too!" Those words were his big mistake.
"Oh, yea." she lifted one empty hand up to her face and traced the scar. "Arigatou. I guess." She couldn't bear to be around anyone right now. "Gomennasai, I have to go. I'll think about the date offer though." She headed off in the direction of what she hoped was her next class.
She studied the paper with the classroom numbers on it and finally she found room 213. She entered and found it looked just like the Japanese classroom. There were about 25 desks in the room, along with the teacher's desk near the white board in the front, right next to the door. The walls were decorated with a few posters as well. Sky was once again introduced to the class as the new student to the school. Jeez. Am I the only new student to this school besides the freshmen? She thought and got another bunch of welcomings.
"Okay Stephanie take a seat in front of Mr. Minamino."
Minamino, why do I know that name? She thought.
"Shuuichi dear, raise your hand so she can find you."
Oh Goddess not this again. She thought. Please don't say I have this class with him too. Sky walked to her seat and sat down. Again Kurama tried to start a conversation, but Sky just ignored him.
After another two classes, mythology and chemistry, which she discovered she had with Shuuichi, Sky was hungry. Lucky her, it was lunchtime. She walked into the lunchroom and say by herself in the corner of the cafeteria half hoping Shuuichi wouldn't find her. But against her hopes, he found her.
"Tag. You're it. I found you." He said with a gorgeous smile showing his beautiful sparkling teeth. Sky gaped. She had never really looked at him before, she was always too busy trying to ignore him, and now she didn't even know why she did. He's gorgeous. she thought. "Are you trying to catch flies?" he asked playfully.
Realizing her mouth was open, she closed it quickly and turned her head to hide her reddening cheeks. "I see you're by yourself and well. my table jus happens to seat two and it gets lonely without someone there to take the other seat."
"And I see all the girls in this school keep themselves available for you. Why not ask one of them?" she retorted.
"Well I never wanted to ask any of them. They're insane. and very touchy feely." He said with almost a scared tone.
Sky laughed at his pitiful disposition. "Well. I guess it is a little lonely by myself too. but don't let this become a habit ok?"
Kurama laughed at her comment. "Okay. Let's go."
"Okay," Sky said standing up with her books in hand. "Lead the way."
Soon Kurama and Sky were at their destination. They sat down facing each other. Under different circumstances. this could be. almost. romantic. Sky thought. NO! She shouted to herself, shaking the idea out of her head. I just met him. but I feel as though... nah. Everything reminds me of Makai. She argued in her mind.
"So Stephanie. For starters, what do you want me to call you?" Kurama asked.
"Sky, please. Stephanie sounds too formal." She said.
"Ok then, Sky it is." He declared.
Sky laughed to herself. "Yeah."
They continued talking for a while. After about five minutes Kurama thought Wow. This girl is amazing! I wonder though, what ever could have given her that scar. it doesn't belong on such a face. "Sky?" he whispered.
"Nani?" she responded, question with question.
"If you don't mind... would you tell about how you got that scar?" Then he quickly added, "If you don't want to, that's fine too."
Sky quickly gained a pensive look. "Well," she sighed "it happened when I was five." She said.
Kurama looked into her sad eyes intensely, as though she was the only person in the room. "Yeah?" he asked, perusing more information.
"I was watching t.v. One night and my mother had been drinking." she paused as though she was five again. She placed her hands clasped together on the table in front of her. "I asked for something to eat, and she started to yell." Soon her downcast eyes were wells of deep sorrow. "That got her very unhappy. So she rampaged through the kitchen. She stopped at the knife rack." Sky clenched her eyes shut to prevent the wells from draining onto her delicate face.
Kurama's stern face contrasted with his own sorrowful eyes. He nodded in response. "Sky?"
"Oh? Oh! I'm fine yes. Well she then reached for the biggest knife she could find. She screamed at me. "You ungrateful little bitch!" and charged at me while I was in front of the TV. She screamed "I hate you, you ruined my life, I wish you were never born." And swung at me. The first few times she missed because her aim was tainted by the alcohol. that I'm glad for. But she kept trying."
Kurama was locked on her eyes, her eyes locked on the table. His breath was shallow, as though he was watching it happen.
"Then she held me down. I was balling my eyes out and screaming and kicking. Trying to get away was useless though." she was silent for a moment or two. "She slashed at my neck but she missed. Then she aimed for my... uh... the top of my head. But as she brought her arm down, I backed up as far as I could. She caught my eye. I was blind for a while, but somehow I got my full vision back. I guess I just always heal. The doctors can't explain it. I'm lucky I guess." Well, at least that's what happened here in Ningenkai.
Kurama found his hand covering Sky's at that moment. She caught her breath and glanced at her hand.
To be continued!
PLEASE R&R!!! this was my first fanfic, I know it isnt that awesomely
great. But please, let me know what you think!!