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Disclaimer: I Do not own any of the amazing cuteness of the characters of this pairing. or the manga....i just own this insinuation called fanfiction......(T^T)
Scent
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Demons have an extraordinary nose(s), able to distinguish one faint scent from another a room away.
Neuro was no different from any other demon in this ability.
So when Yako switched scents, be it lotion or perfume, he knew. He normally didn't mind. They were always normally pleasant.
It also helped him track her on the staircase to the office. It allowed him to time when exactly to throw an object at the door.
However, the new scent she sported unnerved him greatly.
The new scent was that of another male.
It was the beginning of the second week that Yako came in smelling like another human male. Neuro pondered this puzzle.
It wasn't slave number two's scent…no…..
And it wasn't the cop's either……
Yako walked through the door.
Was that the smell of coffee and tea?
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"Hi, Akane, Afternoon Neuro."
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He sat, trying to figure out thee scent. He recognized it, but whom it came from, he couldn't recall.
That wasn't good.
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It was day three of the second week Yako had come in smelling like another human male, and Neuro was no closer to the answer than at day one.
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Yako meeting with the Higuchi boy, and they were meeting at a local café. She was not eating at this café, no. They were pouring over books at this café. Books.
Neuro was not with them at the café, but sitting on a bench a block away.
Not that he was following slave number one, really.
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"Oh, Higuchi-kun has been tutoring me in a few subjects. I have a massive exam coming up, and…well….I'm failing. So, we eat lunch everyday and he tries to teach me something." Yako said, casually flipping through a newspaper. "Here's one that might be interesting, 'Teenage boy found in an locked septic tank.- A country boy was found in locked septic tank yesterday morning after being reported missing four weeks ago. The boy was identified as Kichi Horo, and was a straight 'A' student with numerous awards for poetry. There were strange marks on his thigh and a red ribbon tied around his pinky. His mother-continued on page 10C.' Well, that looks interesting." She carefully snipped the article out. Why, does that bother you Neuro?"
Neuro threw a paperweight at her head.
It made a satisfying thunk.
"No, woodlouse. Hand me that story, it sounds tasty."
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It was the end of the day, and Yako desperate to get home. She had been pelted continuously with paperweights.
Where the hell did he get so many of them????
She went to open the door, but Neuro held it closed with a hand. Yako looked up at her "assistant".
"Yako-"Neuro said, eyes glowing.
Glowing, bad sign.
"Ye-es?"Yako replied, the hairs at the base of her neck rising.
"You will not go to the Higuchi boy for tutoring anymore." He commanded.
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He was mildly surprised when she got angry.
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"Listen, Neuro, I need to pass these Exams, okay? If I don't, guess what?" she paused, as if waiting for an answer. Before he had a chance to think of something, she continued. "I have to go to after school lessons with the possibility of SUMMER SCHOOL."
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Neuro shrugged in a fairly irritating way.
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"That means that I won't be here to help you search for mysteries."
He started to say something, but she quickly held up a hand. "No, I will seriously have to go to them. They have a carpool and everything set up. They will FORCE me to go, Neuro. So suck up what ever it is that's bothering you, and let me get some tutoring in."
He leaned against the door thinking, infuriating Yako even more since she couldn't get out. He did not like that idea, letting her be tutored by the Higuchi boy, but persuading the school to let her out of this 'summer school' and 'after school lessons' would be time consuming and a hassle.
"Fine" he relented, feeling extremely dissatisfied. He'd take it out on Yako tomorrow. Yako silently cheered. "But you have to stay later. I am feeling…. peckish…as you humans say it, I wish to feed on more mysteries."
Yako stopped silently cheering, and started silently cursing.
To Be Continued....