Rei says: Tah dah! It's chapter 4…finally. I'm sorry. I've been caught up with playing Katamari Damacy and stuff…it was also my birthday a few days ago! –bows- Forgive, forgive…
Let this be a lesson to you all: When you want to get things done, never play Katamari Damacy! I also have to finish an English report…Grrr.
All right, well, read and review, you know, the usual.
Chapter 4
Eh. School was okay. The math teacher seemed to forget all of yesterday's events. Kana sighed and slung her backpack over her shoulder as she headed out of the school's exit. She noticed Yusuke with a brown haired girl nearby, so she headed over.
"You skipped class again, Yusuke! I had to cover for you as always." The brown haired girl scolded him. Yusuke sighed and put his hands behind his head.
"Like I ask you to, Keiko." Yusuke said. He spotted Kana from behind Keiko. "Hey Kana." Keiko scrunched up her nose, as if to say 'what?' but then turned and saw a girl behind her.
"Oh, uhm…hello." Keiko said uncertainly. She looked from Kana then back to Yusuke.
"Oh, right, right. Keiko, this is Kana, the new girl." Yusuke grinned, introducing them to each other.
Keiko smiled. "Hi, nice to meet you."
"And you." Kana raised an eyebrow and grinned. "All right, well, I gotta get out of here. I'll see you around Yusuke." She said her goodbyes and left Yusuke and Keiko.
As Kana headed home, she spotted a familiar red-head heading down the same way. "Kurama?" As she spoke, he turned and smiled, putting his hands in his pockets. A bag full of groceries dangled from the crook of his elbow. He waited for her to catch up before he greeted her.
"So what's up?" Kana asked.
Kurama motioned to the bag he carried. "I had to pick up some groceries on the way home," he explained.
Kana peeked in, seeing some carrots in the bag. "Carrots, huh?"
Kurama nodded with a lopsided grin. "Yup."
"That's nice." Kana said. They started walking together.
"Where's your apartment? Is it this way?"
Kana nodded. "Yeah, but you have to turn up…there." Kana pointed to where the road forked off to the left.
"I'll walk you home, then." Kurama offered.
"Sure."
It was a few days later and there was nothing eventful. Kana sighed as she threw her bag down on the floor and walked into her room. She changed into some normal clothes and flopped onto her bed. In a few minutes she was going to the movies with Yusuke and the others, so she might as well rest a bit…She closed her eyes only for a moment when there was a few hurried knocks at the door. It must be them, she thought as she got up to open the door.
Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama, and Keiko stood in the doorway.
"Yo, you ready?" Yusuke asked. Kana nodded and slid her feet into her shoes.
Kana nodded. "Let's go."
"So, where's Hiei?" Kana asked, noticing the short one was missing as they arrived at the theater.
Kurama chuckled. "He refused to go."
"…Which is not incredibly surprising." Yusuke said. He looked at Keiko. "Let's grab some popcorn, okay?" Keiko nodded and the two headed over to the concession stand.
"So." Kana said. It was just her, Kurama, and Kuwabara now. Looking past the two, Kana saw a group of girls looking at Kurama and giggling.
"Looks like you have a fan club, Kurama." Kana said as she tried not to laugh. Kurama turned around and saw the girls blushing and giggling wildly. He turned back to Kana, grimacing.
"…Let's get seated." Kurama took Kana's hand and headed into the theater.
"Kurama gets all the girls…" Kuwabara said as he looked back at the group of girls, who walked away sadly when they saw Kurama leave. He shook his head sadly, jamming his hands into his pockets as he followed Kurama and Kana.
Yusuke and Keiko joined the others in their seats with a huge bag of popcorn. Kana was seated aside Kurama, and Kuwabara was on the other side of him. Keiko was next to both Kana and Yusuke.
"What movie are we seeing anyways?" Kana asked.
Kurama shrugged. "Yusuke picked it. Guess we'll figure out soon enough."
Kana nodded, agreeing, and settled into her seat, managing to grab a handful of popcorn from Yusuke. The movie started out with a huge bang, making Kana jump. The title flashed upon the screen in big annoying letters. Kana stole another handful of popcorn from Yusuke, leaning back and watching the movie.
"That movie…was awful." Kana said when the movie ended. Yusuke, however, protested.
"No way! It was awesome!"
"I agree with Kana," Kurama said, and Kana laughed.
"What did the clowns have to do with it?" Keiko asked, turning to Yusuke.
Yusuke stopped. "Well, that, I don't really know. But it was still an awesome movie!"
Kana shook her head. "See, you don't even know what it was about!"
"It was pointless…" She looked at Yusuke, whose mouth fell open in shock. "No offense, Yusuke."
"I liked it too!" Kuwabara cried.
They all looked at him, and Kuwabara threw his hands up in the air. "What! I did!"
"Yusuke…" Kana started.
Yusuke looked at her. "Yes?"
"Don't pick the movies ever again." Kana said, and everyone nodded, save for Kuwabara and Yusuke himself, who both crossed their arms and pouted in a un-manly-like way.
After the movie was over, they all headed their separate ways. Kana and Kurama, however, did not, as they were heading home together.
"That was…interesting." Kurama said.
"Yes. Very different." Kana smiled at him, and he smiled back. "Yusuke's got horrible taste in movies."
Kurama chuckled. "It appears so."
Kana kicked a rock in her path. "We should do it again."
"Do what?" He cocked his head to one side.
"You know, the movies. Let's go again sometime."
Kurama paused for a moment, seeming to consider it. "We really should."
Kana headed into her apartment after saying goodbye to Kurama, who then turned around and headed back the way they both came. She put her bag down by the door and pulled off her sneakers. Aki was at the shop today, but she didn't feel like going today. Instead she changed into some loose-fitting clothes, flopped onto her bed, and popped in a movie she's seen over a million times.
It wasn't until the movie was over that she realized Aki wasn't home yet. What time was it, anyway? Kana pressed the 'stop' button on the remote and padded over into the other room to get some soda. She took a peek at the clock and saw it was already 6. It was only then that she decided to work on her English assignment, writing a paragraph about some poet.
Aki still wasn't home, even now, long after she finished her stupid paragraph. Ah well. It's Aki. He probably decided to go to McDonald's on the way home.
…Riiight.
Kana sighed and went back into her room where she watched some crime drama before falling asleep…Aki still hadn't come home.
Later that night,a tall man appeared in the doorway of where Kana lay sleeping. His hair was black, cropped to his shoulders, with stunning amethyst eyes that glittered with a sense of familiarity just by looking at the sleeping form. He was dressed all in black. The only thing odd about him was the ears. They were white wolf ears that protruded from his head, listening and intent.
"She hasn't changed much, has she?" He murmured quietly, leaning against the doorframe.
A voice inside him, sounding pained and angry, replied, "Don't touch her..."
The wolf demon smiled a mysterious grin that revealed gleaming fangs. "Don't worry, I won't…Besides, I have something to settle with someone else…"
"Don't do this."
The demon chuckled. "Why not? It'll be so easy…just like how your mother—"
"Don't. Even. Say. It."
"Ooh, so harsh." The demon responded quietly. "But really, wouldn't you rather have him dead? He is, after all, the reason you fled here in the first place…He's the one who hurt you."
"He wouldn't have hurt anyone in the first place if you hadn't been…"
"But you are forgetting one thing…I am you. You couldn't have escaped your fate no matter how hard you tried…"
The inner voice stayed quiet this time, knowing that what he was saying was true.
"That's better. Now, shall we?"The demon picked up a piece of paper and a pencil, scribbling something on it and leaving it by Kana's alarm clock. "We can't have the girl worry while we're gone," he explained. "We're getting revenge."