Gekko no Senshi (Moonlight Warrior)
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Chapter 7
That stupid guy! Who does he think he is, making fun of me like that! Sure he was cute and all that, but that doesn't give him the right to say those mean things! What a douchebag! Ugh!
Tomoe's mind raced as she ran back home. Inoue-sama is going to be mad at me for being late.
As she ran through the door, she cursed herself for forgetting to take off her shoes at the foyer, returned, took them off and then slowly walked into the dinning area. Ms. Inoue was already setting the table.
"Please, Inoue-sama, let me do it," she begged.
"Tomoe-chan, you're back! How was your first day of school?" Inoue asked.
"It was good," she chirped. "I made some friends."
"How wonderful!"
"They asked me to join their club… well not formally but they wanted me to go youkai hunting."
This grabbed Inoue's attention, "Youkai hunting you say?"
"It was quite odd, actually… anyways, I turned it down, at least for today," Tomoe smiled.
"Be careful, Tomoe-chan. Youkai are terrible creatures," Inoue said worriedly.
"Do you believe in youkai, Inoue-sama?" Tomoe asked. Can I tell her who I am?
"I do." Tomoe perked up. "I know they are mean and deceitful creatures that only lie and hate and destroy."
Tomoe's hopes went down the drains after that. Well, I guess not.
"Please be careful, my dear."
"I will." Tomoe nodded. As she was setting the table and Inoue-sama was in the kitchen finishing dinner, Tomoe thought to herself: How does she know the true nature of youkai? She never forbid me to go. She just told me to be careful. Does she know I'm a youkai? Well, if she knows that her husband used to work for my father, that means that their army fights youkai. Actually, she wouldn't think I am youkai… my father is human, my mother was human… they wouldn't know, would they?
Tsubasa-sama arrived from the elders club he attended almost every afternoon and soon enough they sat down for dinner. After exchanging pleasantries and making small talk, Tomoe excused herself to go wash off and go to bed.
It's pretty early. She decided to read a book instead. After a while, she was getting tired. In between her dozing off, images of today's encounter with that strange man ran through her brain. I feel like I've seen him somewhere, but where? Aside from that, there is something strange about him; I feel a great amount of energy coming out of him. Could it be youkai aura? Could he be like me, that takes the appearance of a human? Could he be the type of youkai that find humans endearing?
All these questions, though unanswered, intrigued her more. Now she felt the need to actually learn more about him. That's when she realized something: I feel the same type of energy or 'aura' coming out of that boy Rikuo, from school. She pondered some more. Before she knew it, she had already dozed off into dreamland.
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The birds chirped as Rikuo opened his eyes. Fearing the worst, he wakes up in a flash, uncovering himself. That's when he realized he was alone in the room.
No Rihan to bug me? Now this is strange!
He quietly exited his room, showered, and dressed. As he walked back out to the dinning room, he still sees no signs of his brother. It is awfully quiet… hmm…
Just then Yuki-Onna rounds the corner. She chirped up as she saw her master.
"Good morning, waka!"
"Good morning, Yuki-Onna. Say, do you know where's Rihan?"
"Can't say, Master Rikuo. I saw him leave early this morning," she answered.
"Was he alone?" Rikuo wondered.
"Yes he was," she asked, with a question on her face. Rikuo understood.
"This is not like him at all, that lazy ass bum," said Rikuo narrowing his eyes. Probably waiting for him to pop up with a surprise prank. That's actually something he'd do.
Rikuo eat his breakfast quietly with his mother and father, both of them wondering where Rihan might be.
Nurarihyon said with a smirk, "Don't underestimate the boy… he's finally behaving like the Second."
"What do you mean by that, otou-san?" asked Rikuo.
"Well son, we the Nurarihyon are free ayakashi, we personify illusions and dreams, we are not to be tied down," he continued in a condescending manner.
The ever-kindhearted Yohime gave the Supreme Commander a look that could kill a hundred thousand men. Nurarihyon found himself cringing at his wife's murderous look.
"Mother has you tied down, dad," Rikuo gave his father a knowing look.
The Sodaicho regained his composure, sipped some tea and cleared his throat, "I chose to settle down, son."
Yohime spared him another look, with a little spice on it but still mad. Rikuo caught and had to look away.
"Sup, fellas!" chirped Rihan as he walked in unannounced to the dinning room.
"Where were you, Rihan?" asked Yohime.
"Out and about," he answered innocently.
His father smirked, Rikuo called 'bullshit'.
"What have I said about the choice of words in the table, Rikuo?" said his mother.
"Sorry, mom."
"Little bitch," whispered Rihan, so low only Nurarihyon and Rikuo could here. Rikuo proceeded to launch a fist hitting Rihan's arm.
"Ouch," whined Rihan, touching the spot where Rikuo hit him.
"Boys, enough."
One word from their mother is enough to put those two in shape. Rihan had a smug look on his face during the whole breakfast. Rikuo just kept throwing glances at his older brother. The Sodaicho quietly sat drinking his tea.
"All right mina, I'm out to school," said Rikuo as he got up.
"I'll walk you," said Rihan, also standing up.
Rikuo turned around and with an inquisitive face, he asked, "Why?"
"Because…" when Rihan failed to find a good reason, "can't I walk my little brother to school? I used to walk you, remember?"
Rikuo remembered the good ol' days when the both of them actually got along, apart from the normal brothers spats every now and then. He narrowed his eyes, when he also knew that nothing good comes out when Rihan is being nice; too nice for that matter.
"What do you want?" Rikuo asked as Rihan followed him to the bathroom to wash up his teeth.
"Nothing," answered Rihan.
"Bullshit," Rikuo retorted back. He was done with his teeth and was now walking back to his room to pick up his books. All the while Rihan followed. Rikuo was getting annoyed.
"Rihan, what is it what you want? Dammit, I'm not having you follow me like a lap dog, it's getting annoying!"
Rikuo walked out of his room and out the gate he went, with Rihan on his heels.
"There's this girl I saw, she had your school uniform… I wanna see her again," said Rihan after a while.
"Oh my god, is that what this is all about?!" exclaimed the boy. No wonder. This shouldn't even surprise me.
Rihan had a gigantic smirk as he walked alongside his younger brother. As they walked quietly, 'for a change' thought Rikuo, Rihan couldn't keep but thinking about that girl.
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Tomoe woke up that morning with a funny feeling. I can't understand where's this weird excitement coming from, she thought as she was putting on her dark gray vest. She examined herself in the mirror then hopped out of the room and down the stairs.
"Ohayo, Tomoe-chan," greeted Tsubasa-sama. "You look pretty excited this morning." He said as he folded his newspaper and examined the girl. With an approval nod, he unfolded his newspaper and went back to reading.
"Ohayogozaimasu, Tsubasa-sama!" she answered meekly. She walked straight into the kitchen and asked Inoue-sama if she needed any help, but as always Inoue was ten steps ahead of her.
After they thanked for the food, everyone gulfed in the delicacies of Inoue's cooking. When they where done, Tomoe quickly helped Inoue-sama to clean the table, with Inoue nagging behind her not to ruin her uniform. Of course Tomoe was very careful, given the fact that she has a 'particular set of skills,' she can manage perfectly several artifacts in her hands without spilling a single drop on herself and still manage to look graceful while doing that.
Tomoe walked out the door and sighed a breath she wasn't aware she was holding. The instant smell of flowers and a certain crisp in the air relaxed her. She had almost forgotten the incident of the day before. Walking to the bus stop, she could hear the birds singing, the sun was shinning bright, feeling delightful on her tanned skin, what can possibly go wrong today?
Knowing better than anyone not to test Murphy's Law, she focused on the fact that her village was raided by a hoard of youkai, killing off almost half of her father's army. She focused on the strange feeling she had whenever she was around that Nura kid and the other black-haired guy that called her 'monkey face'. Just the thought of it made Tomoe's nerves boil.
Soon enough, Tomoe had arrived to her school and had thrown her backpack down the floor and sat on her chair.
"Ohayo, Yatogami-san!" greeted Natsumi.
"Please, call me Tomoe," she answered back. Natsumi smiled and nodded.
After she exchanged pleasantries with the rest of her classmates, her mind went back to the day before. A scowl formed on her face as she thought about the black-haired man.
"Is everything ok, Yatogami-san?" asked a familiar voice. Feeling that strong energy again, Tomoe looked up to see one Nura Rikuo smiling back at her. She couldn't help but smile back. A sense of ease came to her body as she relaxed, not even knowing why she was tensing. Probably because of that guy…
"Yes, thanks for asking Nura-kun," she answered. He smiled even bigger.
Classed started and her mind was set on paying attention.
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A few minutes before class started:
Rihan walked behind is little brother; smiling as he thought of the many faces of the girl he just teased the day before. She reminds me so much of Wakana…
Trying not to grow sad again, he continued thinking about her and about the 'moonlight warrior'. Could they be related? Both had the same high school uniform. But there was something about them: the girl had softer looking blue eyes… wait, that's it! Both had blue eyes! Could she be the same person? Is she a youkai? But I didn't feel any aura surrounding her when I talked to her. Nah, they can't be the same. Surely the 'moonlight warrior' goes to Rikuo's school as well. Hmm, what if they know each other? Now that would be fun…
A devilish grin was forming on Rihan's face as they neared the school. Rikuo turned around to say something, but after coming across such face, he thought: I don't want to know what's crossing that jerk's mind…
Without saying a word, Rikuo walked through the gates.
"Yo, Rikuo, wait…" called Rihan.
"What?" said Rikuo as he turned to face him.
Rihan went on to describe the girl he was looking for and asked Rikuo if he could find out more about her. With a scowl in his face, Rikuo refused but with Rihan whinnying and begging, he accepted. I can't believe I'm doing this… his description fits perfectly with Tomoe… Maybe I can play this my way.
An evil grin escaped Rikuo's lips. Rihan just frowned and walked away.
A/N: UUHH! So what's Rikuo's plan? We'll find out later.. Fanfic peeps, once again I thank you for reading! Those who read and don't review, I don't bite, well I do but not people... unless I'm pissed off... hahahaha kidding (or maybe not!). Ok, I just had an ADHD moment. Anywaysss, people please review! It lets me know how this story is going. I'm also open to suggestions, so what ever you wanna say just do, I won't eat you.
I also wanna publicly thank Kiera Vincent for being aweeeesomeee! She reviews my work and she points out all the mistakes I don't see 'cause well I'm crazy... anyways, she's cool!
Also want to let you guys know that I have another story, its a Inuyasha/Nuramago crossover (it's actually my 1st story), so please go take a look at it, It's a complete story so it was a beginning and end. Won't mind if you write a review on that one even though its finished... please check it out! Sheesh, I forgot to say that the title of the story is: The Granchildren of the Two Great Lords
Ok, enough with me talking... will update chapter 8 later this week. Thanks for reading and reviewing!
