The Tenshi Underneath

by punkish furball

CURRENTLY REVISING! WILL BE REPOSTED! WFIY crossover. Kagome bandages herself from head to toe and meets someone who hides from the world just like her. They try to make the other see how bright she could be much to the annoyance of an irate demon guardian and 4 beautiful boys.

4. Chapter 4

punkish furball—Hello, sorry for not updating sooner!

Words to Ponder:

Thanks to Saturnblue, cowgirlkitten2000, LadyAkina, lildevil0644, Kurama'sFoxyMiko, LadySoftball, crystal lilith, iluvchocs, naru-chan13, Shiori The Lady Kazekage, ShojoNoHiSora, DeathNoteMaker, RubyScarlett, and Kagome Lady of Darkness for reviewing.

I've been working on a few crossovers lately; just experimenting with some animes that haven't been crossed over with InuYasha a lot like xxxHolic, Prince of Tennis (only saw about 14 here), Death Note (I love L!!), and Hellsing. I think I'll have those up later this year.

Oh, and I'm not sure who asked but the word "tenshi" in the title means "angel". So the title is "The Angel Underneath".

Chapter 4

Kagome smiled as she mixed the ingredients in the pot on the stove.

'Good thing everything I needed was already in Sunako-chan's kitchen,' she thought. Kagome turned off the stove and let the okayu sit for a while. She reached up her hand to wipe her forehead; she was sweating due to the heat in the kitchen. After she finished, she froze in her place. She could feel her skin.

'That's right,' she thought, 'My bandages…I never replaced them…wait…that means…' Kagome thought back to all of her previous interaction with Kyohei. He was looking at her most of the time.

'HE MUST HAVE SEEN MY FACE THE WHOLE TIME!!!!!' she thought.

"DAMMIT!" she cried out in her frustration, "ALL THAT WASTED EFFORT FOR NOTHING!" She groaned loudly and sat at the table.

"Oh well," she said out loud once she calmed down, "No use crying over it now. He's sick and probably delirious by now. No way will he remember something as unimportant as my face!" Satisfied with her new reasoning, Kagome put some of the okayu into a bowl and placed it on a tray. She left the rest of it in the pot.

"For now I'll just worry about him getting better," she said to herself, "I guess I'll get him a cold compress for his forehead too."

-O0o0O-

Sunako and Mimirou reached the door first just in time to hear Kagome's loud cry from inside the house.

"Mummy-sama?" Sunako said.

"That Kyohei-san better not have done anything to Kagome-dono," Mimirou said and clutched her fists by her side. Her eyes darkened and her nails threatened to revert back to sharp claws.

"The bright creature…was hurting…Mummy-sama?" Sunako said slowly and a small growl emitted from her lips. That is NOT going to happen.

'Must protect Mummy-sama,' she thought.

"Youkai-sama," she said in a harsh tone causing Mimirou to turn around and look at her.

"Hai?" Mimirou answered with an eyebrow slightly raised.

"I have a scythe in my room," Sunako said and a dark smile etched on her face, "It's a costume one, but it should cut good enough."

"Hmm…" Mimirou said and patted Sunako on the back, "Great idea. If only there was enough time to get something out of my room at the apartment, but that will do nicely."

"Oi," Takenaga said once he and the others reached the front door, "Why haven't you two gone inside yet?"

"You wouldn't be planning something, would you?" Ranmaru asked.

"All will come to pass," Mimirou said over her shoulder with a smirk and stepped into the house, "All in due time." She took a sniff of the air.

'Kagome-dono has been cooking something and Kyohei's scent is clouded with illness,' Mimirou thought, 'Good, he didn't hurt her. Hmm…that Noi girl…she's here to…outside in the back…'

"Come on," Mimirou said and took Sunako's hand and walked toward the back of the house.

"Demo…what about the—" Sunako started to say but Mimirou cut her off.

"All in due time," Mimirou repeated and then dropped the volume of her voice so that only Sunako can hear her, "Noi-san in here; you can't go on killing someone with a witnesses like her around."

"Hai," Sunako said and let Mimirou lead her through the house.

"Mimirou-chan is a very strange girl," Takenaga said looking at her drag Sunako towards the back of the house, "Just like Kagome-chan and Sunako-chan."

"I wonder what all of that whispering was about," Ranmaru said.

"Hopefully nothing important," Yuki said.

'But still,' Yuki thought looking in the direction Mimirou had taken Sunako, 'That look on Mimirou-chan's face and her words; what is she talking about? Probably nothing.' The image of Mimirou's retreating look played back in his mind, 'Argh! Still, who would have thought that such a sinister look would be so…kawaii! How could someone so dark and demonic can be so cute?!'

"Hey, Yuki," Ranmaru said while hitting the boy on the back of the head, "Why are you still looking that way?"

"Do you have a crush on Sunako-chan? Or maybe it is Mimirou-chan?" Takenaga said in a playful tone.

"No way!" Yuki shouted, "And don't let her hear you say that. Besides, Takenaga, you still haven't admitted you're feelings for Noi-chan."

"What feelings?!" Takenaga shouted.

-O0o0O-

"She should be near here," Mimirou said sniffing around once she and Sunako were outside. She looked behind her and sweat dropped.

"Ghost-chan, get up," she said in a dry tone that left no room for argument.

"Demo, Youkai-sama, we are near the bright creature," Sunako said in a whiney voice. Mimirou picked Sunako up by her collar and Sunako twitched and struggled in her hold.

"Honestly, how are you going to murder someone when you can't even look someone like Noi-san in the face?" Mimirou said.

"Hello," Noi said; she was sitting on the grass a little ways from the two, "Did someone call my name?"

"Hai, over here," Mimirou said and walked over to her.

"No, Youkai-sama!" Sunako shouted but Mimirou ignored her and continued to drag her towards Noi.

'Youkai-sama…is so cruel,' Sunako thought and followed Mimirou.

"Is there something wrong?" Noi asked.

"No," Mimirou replied and sat on the grass. Sunako sat next to her keeping a safe distance from Noi.

"Ne, is there something wrong?" Noi asked, "Why are you sitting so far away from me?"

"The light…" Sunako said, "…it burns…"

"Light?" Noi asked with a confused expression marring her face, "You say that a lot. What's with all this bright creature and darkness stuff?"

"From what I gather it is a general term for Sunako to use for those possessing appealing physical features," Mimirou said in an expletory tone, "and darkness, no doubt, describes those with less appealing features and is considered ugly."

"Then why don't you just be brighter yourself and quit with all the darkness?" Noi said.

"That's easy for you to say," Sunako said matter-of-factly, "You're a bright creature yourself. You're not even aware of it; you were born that way."

"Someone like you who doesn't make an effort doesn't have any right to say anything like that!" Noi said with her tone growing much colder causing Sunako to cower behind Mimirou and Mimirou to raise her eyebrow, "I put in many times more effort than any other girls just to be noticed by Takenaga-kun!"

"So you like Takenaga-san?" Mimirou asked knowing that the question would lighten the tense atmosphere. As predicted, Noi dropped her attitude and was back to her bubbly self.

"Hai! I love him," Noi said and then pouted, "I envy you and Sunako-chan. You get to see him much more than me. What is he like at home?"

Mimirou and Sunako looked at each other and then shrugged their shoulders simultaneously causing Noi to sigh.

"You know Sunako-chan," Noi said, "Your appearance is something that you can change with time and effort. You can get out of the darkness if you want to."

Mimirou let out a short bark of laughter.

"What's so funny, Mimirou-chan?" Noi asked, obviously annoyed.

"It's just how much you deal on appearances in this place," Mimirou said, "Sure, a little more effort can change the way someone looks and change their physical appeal, but because of what they are and who they are no amount of altering of their physical appearance can change that." Mimirou stood up, "Sometimes, the most beautiful face can hide the ugliest and darkest secrets." Noi and Sunako watched as Mimirou walked away.

"And besides," Mimirou called over her shoulder, "I happen to think that Ghost-chan shines so much brighter in the darkness."

Mimirou chuckled as a stream of blood rushed out of Sunako's nose.

"Sunako-chan!" Noi shouted and leaned over the girl, "Are you alright?"

"Youkai-sama…Youkai-sama…" Sunako breathed out; she couldn't form a sentence.

"She'll be fine," Mimirou said to herself once she opened the door of the house.

'Humans…," she thought, 'Such curious creatures…Now to see to Kagome-dono.'

"I wonder why Mimirou-chan doesn't make an effort to look more like a girl," Noi said once Sunako had calmed down and Mimirou made her way to the house, "She is such a pretty girl; I bet the boys will go just as crazy for her as the girls do. Kagome-chan should do the same too."

Sunako didn't say anything; Noi sighed and stood up.

"I'll just see you tomorrow," Noi said and walked away, "Sunako-chan, if you want to, you don't have to do too much to change your appearance. Leave the darkness whether you want to or not." Sunako just watched as Noi left. She fell back onto the grass with a dazed expression.

'My head hurts…'

-O0o0O-

'I hope he likes this,' Kagome thought and opened the door to Kyohei's room. Looking towards his bed, Kagome saw that Kyohei's face was red with fever.

"Good thing I brought this," Kagome said out loud and picked up the cold compress. Kyohei sat up and began coughing.

"Are you okay?!" Kagome said panicked by his sudden moment.

Kyohei just sat up and said, "I'm just sweaty. I'm going to change."

Kagome blushed bright red as Kyohei reached for the buttons of his pajama top. She set the tray with the compress on his night stand. She turned and began to walk towards the door.

"Good luck with that; I'll just be going. Ja…" Kagome said but was stopped when she heard Kyohei groaning pathetically as he struggled to undo the first button.

'You have got to be kidding me,' she thought and turned around and walked towards the bed. She sat on its edge next to Kyohei and pulled his hands away.

"Let me do it," she said and pushed his hands away to unbutton the first button. Once she had it open, she was sure that she would die from the amount of blood that rushed to her face at the sight of the skin on his chest. Still, she continued her task.

"There," Kagome said once she was done. She looked up at Kyohei's face to see him looking down at her intensely. His face seemed to have a light pink hue to it.

'Why is he looking at me like that?' Kagome thought and then she remembered her earlier realization.

She let out a loud scream and buried her face in the pillow next to Kyohei. Kyohei began laughing loudly at her sudden outburst.

"I don't see what's so funny," Kagome said with her voice muffled in the pillow.

Kyohei just laid back down and closed his eyes.

"Quit worrying about your face so much. It's not like you're ugly…dumb ass…" he said as his breathing even. Kagome raised her head from the pillow, got into a sitting position and sighed.

'At least he's asleep now,' Kagome thought and then she went back to what Kyohei said earlier, 'Does that mean…he thinks…well…he likes the way I look without my bandages.' Kagome's eyes took a sadder expression.

'No, what can someone like him like about…such an ugly face?' Kagome thought.

"Mummy-sama!" Sunako shouted and charged into the room holding a black scythe. Kagome was so startled she fell back onto the bed and into Kyohei's chest.

'Oh my,' was all she could think when her bare cheek came into contact with his warm smooth skin. Kyohei mumbled in his sleep and wrapped one of his arms loosely around Kagome.

"Before I melt away…" Sunako said keeping her eyes focused on Kyohei, "Before you harm Mummy-sama…I'll kill you! Give me back my youth! My innocent youth of darkness!"

Takenaga, Yuki and Ranmaru burst into the room just in time to see Sunako standing over the bed with the weapon in her hand and Kyohei holding a bandage-less Kagome in his sleep.

"NO, SUNAKO!" they shouted trying to restrain the hysterical girl. Kagome squirmed and wiggled trying to get out of Kyohei's embrace but he pulled her tighter.

'Great,' she thought, 'Guardian of the Shikon Jewel…reduced to a teddy bear…the others will get a kick out of this…'

If Kagome would have been paying attention, she would have seen Kyohei open his eyes just a fraction.

-O0o0O-

Mimirou looked up at the ceiling above her where all of the noise was coming from when she finished pouring herself a glass of milk.

'I knew she wouldn't kill him. Still I can let her dream…' she thought and downed the glass in a matter of seconds. Setting the glass down she thought, 'Humans…such curious creatures.' Mimirou looked down at the glass in her hand. Pouting at her empty glass, she looked at the carton of milk for a second before grabbing it and drinking from it.

'Oh well,' she thought and went towards the stairs, 'Might as well join the party.'

-O0o0O-

"Kagome-dono," Mimirou started to say when she and Kagome were walking back to their apartment. Kagome managed to borrow a black cloak and mask that covered from her nose to the bottom of her chin from Sunako.

"Yes?" Kagome said though it was slightly muffled.

"Is this how one would generally conduct oneself after a session of school?" Mimirou asked.

"Not particularly the way we did," Kagome said, "but yeah, pretty much the same concept. Just hanging out with friends."

"So we do this everyday?" Mimirou asked.

"Why?" Kagome asked, "Do you not like Sunako-chan and the others?"

"I don't dislike them," Mimirou said, "They are just loud noisy humans is all. And the blonde one…"

"Kyohei-kun?" Kagome said; it was the first name that came to her head.

"No, the smaller one, Yuki-san I think his name is," Mimirou said.

"What about him?" Kagome asked.

"Nothing really," Mimirou said and lowered her head, "but he stares at me. Not openly, but small discrete glances here and there."

"And that bothers you?" Kagome said and began to smile, "Do you think he likes you? Do you like him too?"

Mimirou blushed slightly and turned away, "That isn't it. What I'm taking about is that it is a little annoying, like all those girls at school. I'm not an exhibit to gawked at."

"But you like it when he stares at you, huh?" Kagome said with a small smile underneath the mask, "I think that the two of you will be good together."

"Nonsense," Mimirou said and snorted, "As if a human like him will ever want to be around someone such as myself once he learns the truth about me. Shallow…shallow creatures they are…he wouldn't look twice at me if he knew my true nature…a beast…a monster…"

"Don't say that," Kagome said and placed her hand on Mimirou's shoulder, "You're not all as bad as you think you are."

"Neither are you," Mimirou said causing Kagome to pause, "I'm going to the park for a while, maybe sit up in a tree for old times sake. Don't worry. I won't let my illusion fall." Mimirou walked off without waiting for an answer. Kagome watched the little demon walk away and sighed.

'Oh, Mimirou,' Kagome thought and sighed, 'You have no idea. If anyone's the monster here, it's me.'

-O0o0O-

punkish furball—Sorry that this update took so long. I promise to be a bit better with updating. A little cliffhanger there. Ah, Kagome…the mysteries…oh, well. L83R, DUDES!!

(edited 10.28.07)