Authoress' note- Yah I know… I haven't updated in forever… life can do that to you I guess… anyways enjoy…
-Chapter 10-
Kurama stared out the window as he watched the rain fall in steady sheets, Aneko was laughing happily with Botan as they joked about this and that – Hiei was sitting on the window sill and the rest of the party was pretty much in carefree conversation.
'I don't know why I worry about her so much – I'm sure she can find her way here…' Kurama thought as he witnessed a blot of lightening flash through the sky, soon accompanied by an earth shattering boom of thunder.
Aneko looked over at the red head which seemed to be lost in thought as he glanced out into nothingness; she felt her happy mood disintegrate once she remembered her sister's tardiness.
'Should I be worried… oh little sister how I wish I knew you better' and with that the sound of light knocking echoed through the room, Aneko felt herself become enthralled as she opened the door.
There stood Teri soaking wet – mascara smeared and hair drenched due to the terrible weather – Aneko gasped slightly as she noticed a light bruise which was evident around Teri's eye.
Letting the teen in, the young raven haired girl shut the door behind her and watched as Teri rang out her clothes.
"Sorry… I suck at directions" she stated plainly as she looked up to see her sister's shocked expression.
"Oh lil- Teri you could have just called… or something…" Teri stared at her plainly annoyed.
"I'm here in once piece aren't I?" the lavender haired girl asked, Aneko nodded and then found herself staring at Teri's bruise ridden face.
Teri raised a brow in confusion but then brought a hand to her face… the rain must have washed away her poor attempt to hide her wounds.
"I – just got hit with a volley ball at school that's all" Teri stated as she watched Aneko's gaze move to something else in the room.
"You… you want to take… a shower or something… some dry clothes – you might get sick if you stay like that" Aneko pointed out dumbly, Teri looked down at her attire and felt herself smirk.
'Just like mother… always worried about the little things,' Teri looked back up at her sister and nodded numbly.
"I suppose you're right… if it's not a bother that is," Aneko clapped her hands in joy and shook her head profusely.
"Oh course not! Oh you're going to look so cute in pink!" Ankeo shrieked as she skidded down the hall, Teri's face paled.
"Pink" she stated dumbly, at this the lavender haired teen looked around at the rest of the faces which littered the room.
Yusuke pushed his way to the door and coughed lightly.
"So… what's your name again?" he asked, Teri blinked and watched as the room focused all of their attention on her.
She hated that
"Its Teri, would you like me to tattoo it to my forehead so you don't forget, or would loser be easier to remember?" she asked flatly, making the spirit detective clench his fists.
"Hey you don't have to be such a bitch you know," he stated rather annoyed from the girl's sudden verbal attack.
"Whatever," Teri stated in her usual flat tone as she watched the room erupt once again in conversation, looking around cautiously she sighed and turned to the door, taking the door knob in her tight grip she turned it harshly.
"Tell Aneko to just forget this," and with that before a protest could be heard the young girl was gone once again into the storm.
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As Aneko re-entered the room with a towel and other things her sister might need, she realized the room was short one person.
Allowing the objects in her grasp fell to the ground, Aneko looked over at Hiei.
"Where is she?" The raven haired girl asked only getting an 'Hn' from her boyfriend.
"What do you mean Hn! Where the hell is my sister HIEI JAGANSHI!" Aneko asked now furious from being refused the information she so dearly desired
"She left onna," Aneko stared at the fire demon in disbelief and then looked over at Kurama who seemed to be debating with himself on what to do.
'Should I go after her…? No you can't do that what would Aneko think if you left to? Damnit Teri do you have to be so stubborn all the time?' Just as the fox stood up from his position a large crash could be heard from the outside.
"What the hell was that?" Kuwa asked as he rushed to the door along with the others.
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Teri allowed the cold rain to pour over her already shivering body as she made her way down the steps… what was she thinking coming to this damn party? She should have known it was going to end up like this.
Teri sighed in discontent as she tried to look through the impermeable rain but suddenly felt herself being slammed into the ground.
Looking up she saw the lustful eyes of a wolf demon, he chuckled lowly as he grabbed a hold of Teri's arms forcing them to her sides.
"Well, Master didn't tell me finding you would be this easy," The demon stated huskily as he bared his fangs in a toothy grin.
Teri blinked as she felt the demon's knee make contact with her stomach harshly knocking the wind out of her.
"Get off me… NOW" Teri stated as she grabbed a hold of the demon's shoulders and shoved him off her forcefully.
He grinned and chuckled lowly from her sad attempt to escape.
"Master said you would be difficult, but don't worry I won't hurt you… much" and with that the wolf demon laughed excitedly as he rushed at the hanyou.
'What the… what is this!' Teri asked herself as felt her face come in contact with the cold earth once again.
Looking up fiercely Teri felt her patience slipping as the demon charged at her once again, growling angrily she moved swiftly to the side forcing the demon to slam into the ground instead of her, swiftly rising to her feet, Teri raised her hand now controlling a fallen rock with her telekinesis, she aimed it at the demon.
"Tell me who your fucking master is or be prepared to die" Teri stated angrily as her breathing became raged, the demon only chuckled at this.
"A feisty little hanyou now aren't we," and with that before Teri knew what was coming she was tripped and slammed into the cold earth once again, the demon now loomed over.
"Hmmm maybe your sister would be more obliged to come with me instead" the demon stated smirking once he found the shocked expression in which Teri now wore.
"YOU STAY AWAY FROM HER!" and with that she slammed the rock into her assailant's head stood up, and unsheathed throwing daggers from within the hem of her baggy jeans. Now in a defensive stance, Teri clutched her weapons tightly.
"This does not concern her you spineless piece of shit, Stand up!" Teri stated only to see the demon groaning in pain upon the floor from her previous attack.
"GET YOUR SORRY ASS UP!" Teri growled as the demon looked up angrily at her.
"How dare you strike me wench," the demon stated and as Teri heard those words she found the wolf demon launching itself at her.
And before she knew what she was doing, the demon landed upon the now stain ridden ground.
Dead
Her breathing became raged once again as she watched the demon's blood seep through the barren ground, she glanced upward as she heard what seemed to be distant screams of several voices around her.
Allowing reality to come back into view, Teri realized she was surrounded by the team, glancing around the shocked expressions she soon found her sister's face in the crowd.
In complete horror
Teri quickly backed away from the corpse and then harshly slammed her palm in the center of her forehead.
'Damnit.. damn demon side… she'll never forgive you for this idiot… you just fucked up big time Teri –way to go' Teri looked up once she felt herself slipping back into the folds of actuality.
"Y-you just" Yusuke stated pointing to the fallen demon.
"I didn't mean to ok! It just happened!" Teri stated now letting her dirt ridden hair fall upon her face freely.
"Sister…" is the only thing Aneko could muster as she watched Teri's gaze move to her own, but then watched as the lavender haired girl dropped her head in shame.
"I… I didn't want you to see… this part… of me" Teri stated blandly as she fought the urge to storm off into the wilderness, but suddenly found herself in the tight embrace of her sister.
"Oh sister why didn't you tell me you were in trouble sooner! I could have been there!" Aneko choked out as she sobbed upon her sister's shoulder, Teri looked down at her confused… she obviously didn't understand.
'She… she doesn't get it… I'm a terrible person I just killed a creature and she is forgiving me for it! NO, not even that she isn't even asking questions about what happened… why… why is she doing this?' Teri took her sister abruptly by the shoulders and moved her aside.
Moving the fallen demon slowly, Teri bent down and retrieved the daggers she had used earlier; quickly wiping them across her pants she sheathed them within the hem of her jeans once again and stood up.
Looking around at the group's mixed expressions she couldn't find any words to explain the humiliation she felt at the moment.
"Teri…" Kurama muttered taking a step forward, the hanyou however did not respond – instead she turned away.
"I cannot explain this… so please don't ask me to… just send me to jail I don't care" Teri muttered as she looked down at the ground, but soon found a strong hand grasping her shoulder, looking up she found a familiar red head staring down at her.
"I think we need to get out of this weather first, before we jump to any more conclusions," Kurama stated… Teri sighed and nodded in defeat.
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Teri followed behind Kurama and the others slowly as they made their way back to the temple and quickly discussed the situation with Koenma.
Teri kept her head down as she replayed the events in her head… it had been a while since one of them had found her, suddenly ramming into a wall Teri looked up to see Kurama's concern face.
"Are you sure you're alright?" he asked confused by her obviously abnormal actions, Teri just blinked and nodded.
"Oh course, this is nothing new I've told you that before," she stated as he sighed and nodded in return – he hated knowing she was lying.
As they entered the room, Aneko grasped Teri's hand and pulled her to the direction of the shower.
"Please, get cleaned up and here" Aneko handed her a towel and watched as Teri's eyes gazed up at hers.
"Is there a reason for your charity?" Teri wondered out loud, only getting a sigh from her sister.
"Because I love you little sister, I shouldn't have to have a reason," Teri blinked… she… she loved her? No- no one loved her she was nothing but trouble!
Teri felt her self choke as she heard those words and turned to the shower.
"Please don't say things you don't mean," and with that the door shut and the shower was turned on.
Aneko looked behind her at the faces with littered the room and felt her mind go numb at the saddened faces around her.
"Don't… don't worry Aneko, I'm sure Teri didn't mean It," Keiko stated as she watched her friend nod rigorously and then disappear into the hall.
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Teri allowed the hot water to seep through her skin as she ignored the throbbing pain she felt in her stomach an arm from the earlier attack.
Suddenly the sound of rough knocking emitted the room, Teri sighed as she grabbed the towel she was given earlier and tied it around her body tightly.
No mascara
No cover up
Nothing
Teri opened the door in confusion only to find Hiei standing in the door way
"What?" she asked confused at why the fire demon was knocking on her door.
"What you said to Aneko, Hn" Teri stared at him for a moment until she understood what he meant, Teri sighed.
"Look…I don't know if you would understand and I am not about to go explaining it to some dweeb that randomly knocks on my door but look, there is no reason in hell why she should be shooting off at the mouth about well… you know when she doesn't even know what she is talking about… there is no way in hell she could… you know… I'm a terrible person and ya de ya de yada – I just don't like being fed lies so I just wanted to end it right then and there got it?" Teri asked rather peeved. Hiei stared at her for a moment but then found the door had shut in his face.
'…. Hn'
Hiei turned back to the room where he rest of the team had decided to settle in, Aneko sat sadly by the window as she thought over her previous actions.
"Did… did I say something wrong?" she asked herself more than anyone else, Hiei let out a 'Hn' and just say back down at the window sill without a word.
Kurama sighed as he stood up.
"I'll go… get her something to wear- I don't think pink is her thing," he stated as he turned to his room.
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Teri stared at herself in the mirror as she took out her earrings slowly, leaving her face now bare of everything but her natural beauty – suddenly a knock halted her actions and as she opened the door she found the kitsune staring at her.
"I… brought these for you I figured it was better than pink," Kurama stated as he handed her a bundle of clothes, Teri looked down at the clothes and the back at the red head
"Uh… yah thanks," she stated plainly as she finally realized she was without her makeup or jewelry at this she yelped and promptly shut the door.
Kurama stood there dumbfounded for a moment, she looked… so different without all that other stuff she added to her appearance, but he couldn't tell her that… could he?
Teri pulled on the clothes that had been given to her, a pair of gray sweat pants and a baggy black tee-shirt obviously Kurama's – she opened the door after she had fixed her appearance and still found the kitsune staring at the door dumbfounded.
"That was… fast" he stated hesitantly, Teri rose a brow.
"Are you alright?" she asked a bit frazzled by his actions, Kurama snapped back to reality and nodded.
"Yes of course… its just… you look nice without all that make-up," Teri rose a brow at this, Kurama sweat dropped and brought his hands up in defense.
"Not that you look back with it on, heh it's just… er… I think I'm gonna go now," Kurama turned and began to walk the opposite way.
"Don't be so defensive," Kurama turned as he heard these words.
"I'm… just not use to… people seeing me like that is all," Teri stated with a shrug as she looked down at her clothes and then back up at the kitsune.
"These are yours aren't they?" Kurama chuckled and nodded.
"Yes well… sorry they are a bit big but it was the best I could do," Teri shrugged and walked past him.
"Don't sweat it fox-boy, they're fine… thanks" and with that Teri thumped down the hall and into the living room with the rest of the house's inhabitants.
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"Theresa Hart isn't it?" Koenma asked as the young lavender haired girl entered the room, she stopped at looked over at the pint sized ruler.
"Yah…" Teri answered hesitantly.
"So we meet again… you want to explain this whole dilemma or am I just gonna have to guess," Teri looked at Koenma, and with a snort she laughed.
"Go ahead and guess all you want, it doesn't mean you'll guess the right answer," Koenma glared at her, and then stood.
"Fine… there are other ways of figuring these things out," and as those words were spoken Koenma sighed and disappeared back to spirit world.
'Do what you need to pacifier breathe… there is no way of cracking this case.'
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Cadet Klamsy - Let me explain a few things about this fic, because after reading some reviews it has come to my attention that some readers are quite confused by my writing style. When I say "she played till her fingers bled" that does not mean in literal terms that her fingers bled… it's a metaphor, a literary device and rhetorical strategy to help make a piece of writing sound more sophisticated and polished. Another thing about "Gibson" ok the only reason why the fuck I know WHAT a Gibson guitar is, is because my brother plays and lets just say I am pretty stupid when it comes to guitar brands and all… so I apologize if I spelled it incorrectly… I don't use spell check either ' so… eh deal with it. Hmm Oh yes the car thing… well if you clearly read the story you know that the truck isn't hers, its her friends and if you also know what kind of truck it is, which I believe I said in the text was a 1995 Dodge Dakota pick up you would know that it is a piece of fucking shit and that upkeep is not a big deal, payments are usually already paid off… and still it is her friend's car- not hers. You should read the text more thoroughly… I know sometimes we tend to read over vital info… but Please re-read before you criticize. About Teri driving since she was 12… that doesn't mean she was technically driving on the road, it means she was driving a car illegally off road… (I've been driving since I was 12 so I know this is a possibility) and also, about the whole her being poor thing. I said in the text specifically that her prized possession WAS her guitar and that is why it is a Gibson , people DO have this happen to them… just because you have nothing doesn't mean you can't have one very important possession you hold on to… and in Teri's case her guitar is it. Now I know that I sound like… someone who should be locked up by correcting these misunderstandings… but it has to be done… hope this helps clear up some confusion. - Blue
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