Sweetheart and Enemy
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho, but I do own Kuraiya, Hatsune, Riho, and Katsuya. And now I own Rahvanna. In addition to Rahvanna, I own Sakaki and Sasaki.
Summary: A Japanese student returns from a foreign exchange program in America and enrolls in her first year of high school. She is unaware of the close tabs being kept on her, but chaos returns to her home and flips her life upside down.
Chapter Ten: Training and Learning
That day at school was a little rough just because Riho was being herself in a pissed off state, that is. She was all over me any chance she got. I think I got third degree burns by the time she was done interrogating me. It didn't last but a day or two; however, it was tiresome, and she was about to lose her head if she didn't shut up.
"Riho, I just answered that question," I said irritably. I glared at her long and hard. If looks could only kill…
She finally backed off and pouted. She just mumbled a few things and gave it up for the moment.
We were in PE. In a few minutes the combined classes, girls and guys, were supposed to run five miles. It was a test, but it didn't bother me. I could do it pretty quick. The max time was forty minutes- I didn't need near that long, maybe twenty five tops if I was trying to race someone. Fast should have been my middle name.
It proved interesting. I had two or three people beat me, but they were so into their own competition that I didn't bother them. I don't know that I would have wanted to piss them off at the moment. They were really into it. Whatever.
Life was calm and rather plain for the time being. I worked, went to school, did homework, and chilled. Hell, Kurama and I had tickle wars. (I lost all of them so far.) But, my first weekend of training with Genkai proved to be hell. I attributed it to my knowing nothing and being a little stubborn…
"You couldn't last another three hours on this," Genkai said. She smirked a little.
"I could," I replied. I was focusing what little spirit energy I had into my left index finger and balancing on a damn needle point. I had been going for seventeen hours already. I had to admit, I was tired as hell, but I kept going. I was going to last another three hours even if I passed out right at the mark.
I shocked everyone. By then, Yusuke, Kurama and Kuwabara had stopped by to see if I was still alive and kicking. Well, I could say alive, but the latter was definitely out of the question.
"How long have you been there?" Kuwabara asked.
I tried to think. I couldn't see a clock, so I was about to guess when I heard Genkai walk into the room. "She's been there for nineteen and a half hours."
"Damn," Yusuke stated.
"Learn something from her, you slacker," she said to him.
He ignored her comment.
For the next thirty minutes I was being watched. There were a few times that Yusuke seriously pissed me off. He was pulling the 'I'm not touching you' shit. Seriously, when twenty hours came around the corner, I would punch him in the face. Kurama tried to reason with him, but that was wasted. Kuwabara was arguing with him, too. They were all very annoying and it was making it hard to concentrate. Luckily Genkai walked in and shut them all up.
"Twenty hours and one minute- you're done for the night." She walked out of the room while I fell to the left of the needle of torture. I sighed and was relieved, but I had no energy to move, so I had to postpone my punching Yusuke in the face.
"Are you tired?" Kuwabara asked.
I glared at him. "Are you fucking kidding me?" It was apparent that I was not in the mood, but he wasn't getting that picture at the moment.
He turned to Yusuke and asked him what the matter was with me. It earned him a punch in the face and a few choice words. I half-laughed and groaned. I was in so much pain that it was hard to enjoy the moment. I just smiled to make up for it.
"Hey, what time is it?" I asked the three of them.
"Five past six," Kurama replied.
My attempt to get up was incredibly slow. I swear I saw a snail pass me by. I walked around a little bit. I needed to get feeling back into my 'air-legs'. As I walked into the very large living space, I saw Botan and a girl I did not recognize. Before I could turn around, Botan turned and revealed her balled up happy energy.
"Oh, I'm so glad to see you," she said as she ran to me and gave me a hug.
That did it. As soon as she let go, I hit the floor. That caused the three guys to come running into the room. I looked up to see them looking down.
"I'm fine, thanks."
Kuwabara looked up and froze. He was staring at that girl.
"Botan, who is she?" I asked pointing to her.
"Oh, this is Yukina. She's an ice apparition. She's very kind and cute, isn't she?"
Well, I have yet to realize kind, but she was certainly cute. Couldn't deny that. She greeted me very properly; I just smiled. I was still on the floor, but I had managed to sit up. I heard someone's stomach growling. Then, I heard Yusuke nervously laugh.
"So, who else is hungry?"
Botan immediately flipped out and looked at me. "When was the last time you ate?" she pointed at me.
"Not in the last twenty hours," I said. Truly, I had no clue. It might have been two days. When I was in the process of thinking, she yanked me up from my spot and began to look at me, particularly the trunk of my body.
"You're thinner than a pencil!" she exclaimed.
I got what she was saying, but it could have been phrased better.
"I'll force feed you if I have to!" Botan looked pretty serious at this point. She dropped me and ran into the kitchen. I saw Yukina follow her and offer her some help.
"I'm not that thin," I mumbled. I was not happy about her comment. It's not that I thought I was fat or that I'm anorexic or anything of that nature, I just wasn't hungry- that I knew of, anyway. I figured I would attempt to help Botan. That way she wouldn't come running in here with a sharp object.
As I stood I was grabbed around the waist. I looked down to see two hands nearly touching each other. "She's right. You're tiny." Yusuke tried to make his fingers touch for longer than two seconds, but now it was hurting, so I was pretty clear in my message for him to let go of me. He did. After my verbal assault against carrot-top, I think the other two learned something useful. Now, it was how long they were going to remember it that would make it count.
I walked in, and Botan shoved me into a seat and placed a bowl of something in front of me. She commanded me to eat at that point. I just stared at it trying to figure out what it was.
"It's oatmeal!" he whined. Her voice was annoying, but I ate some of it. Honestly, it looked like shit, but tasted amazing. I just smiled at her as she watched me eat it. I wasn't sure if I wanted to open my mouth to talk. I saw the rest of the guys sit and Botan also gave them something to eat. By the time I was done with my first bowl, Yusuke and Kuwabara were getting a fourth bowl. I was full, but Botan kept insisting that I eat. I protested, but I was losing. I eventually convinced her that if I ate much more, I would end up throwing it up.
"I'm going to take a walk," I said as I got up and left. I wasn't sure where I would be walking, but I figured I would just have fun with it. I walked alone. I was a little glad. I thought about a few things that I had tossed onto the backburner. It drained what energy I had left, so I sat against a tree and just chilled for a little bit. It began to rain on my thought parade.
I didn't think about walking back with ten pounds of water on myself. And, unfortunately, my shirt was white; however, I was lucky enough to have put on a black undershirt. It poured hard and that was the only thing I could hear for how long. I wondered exactly how far out I wandered. I used the tree to lift myself up and made my way back to the temple. I noticed that it was not the same scenery I saw when I walked out of the building. I was a little worried.
I'm a dumbass… I can't even remember which way I came from.
"There you are," I heard someone say as I was grabbed around the waist. I turned to see Yusuke's face. I didn't really notice until now that I was one inch taller than him. I mean, I knew I was taller, but being this close and aware really brings it out. "Let's get back. They're kinda worried; you've been gone for an hour and a half."
"What time is it?" I asked him. I didn't think it had been that long.
"I think it's about nine."
We walked back together in silence. Well, that was at the end. Before that, he was making cracks about how my shirt was completely see through and that he could totally take me right now. I was a little skeptical on the take me part because there was a dual meaning on that phrase. He seemed to be getting into it when I took him completely off-guard. I think that's why the latter part of the walk was in silence.
"Yeah, I could take you right now," he said. He had this smirk dancing about his mouth.
"Really? Well, if you can, then why don't you?" I was being completely serious about it too. My face reflected my words. He shut up at that point.
We were greeted by Kurama at the back door. Hiei was in a nearby tree staring down at us.
"You should shower and get some rest. Master Genkai is going to work you harder tomorrow," Kurama said with some degree of pure concern. I think he was worried that I needed help walking, not so much that I was tired.
I thanked Yusuke and let go of him. I walked in on my own and Yukina and Botan dragged me to the bath. They stood guard to make sure I bathed and to make sure no one walked in on me. I relaxed and cleaned up well. I sighed a few times- that was my way of relaxing and just letting out all of the stresses of the day.
I dried off and let the two of them know that I was done. My hair was slightly damp and I noticed it was longer. It went beyond my clavicle; it hadn't been there for a long time. I was kind of glad. I walked out and the two led me to a room. It was connected to another by a sliding door, but that didn't worry me as much as it did the other two. Also, there was a door to the outside. Again, I didn't care. I had to convince them to just let me rest, and eventually they went away- Kurama helped me with that, actually. He made sure they didn't pester me for a little while.
I was physically tired, but mentally my mind was running in circles. I was so curious about anything and everything that crosses my mind. I rolled around a few times and sighed. I didn't have the energy to sit up, so I just rolled onto my stomach and placed my arms under my chin. My mind wandered off and I went with it.
"Where are the girls?"
"I don't know."
"Don't just stand there, moron; go look for them!"
"We're here!"
I heard all of this racket, but I didn't know who it was or where it was coming from exactly. I groaned in discontent and forced myself to sit up. I was groggy and a little light-headed. The noise kept growing and a few blasts had occurred.
"Yusuke, watch where you're shooting!"
"Get out of the way, then!"
Now I was super curious. I stood up and slowly trudged to the doors. Unexpectedly, the back doors opened, and before I could turn, I was hit in the back. I went flying through the doors, into more doors, and I hit the wall of an empty room. I mumbled a few expletives as I looked up to see who it was. Some ugly mug was in front of me. He was blue and purple and had five arms.
"You're so ugly," I said to him. Maybe that was a bad idea. I was lifted up and thrown through the wall which happened to lead into the living room. I fell into the middle of the line of fire while the ugly demon walked through the hole in the wall.
"Urameshi, you said everyone was awake!" Kuwabara yelled as he hit a demon with his sword.
"Oops," he said nervously before punching a demon.
"Thanks for remembering me," I said as I hopped up and got out of the way of a metal pole. Now, where that demon got that from, I'm not sure, but I figured one swing would be enough to take me out. I decided to take this outside. I would have more room to move about.
"Get back here, you human bitch," said the multicolored demon as he ran after me.
"Hey," Yusuke yelled, "don't wander off!" I barely heard his comment.
On the way out, I passed both Kurama and Hiei who just stared as I ran out. They had their own battle to deal with. I noticed that they had plenty of demons on their hands. I got into a wooded area. It wasn't too heavy, but it was enough for me to be able to have something near me to use as protection.
"There she is," I heard three say. I turned to see three demons that looked like the first one I ran from. I decided to run back, but the ugly one caught up and I was surrounded by four look-a-likes.
Great…
I had tried to devise a plan, but I wasn't sure how I would go about it. I thought about letting two knock each other out and have the other two do the same until I was left with one, but even then, I would be tried because that plan would take a lot of work for them to do that to each other. I figured fighting would take less energy.
All four rushed in at the same time, and I instinctively jumped up to the closest branch. I swung myself into it and they attacked each other at the same time. They apparently put enough force into it that it knocked all of them out.
"That was pretty sweet," I said as I smiled. They did my work for me, so I wasn't about to complain. "Okay, time to go back inside." I hopped down from the tree and landed very ungracefully. Oh yeah, that was going to get the guys to fawn over me. I shook my head and began to walk until I was hit on the ankle and fell to my side. I looked over to see one demon had not been knocked completely unconscious.
Well, there went that idea…
I got up stumbled back a little bit. My ankle might have been broken, but I definitely knew that it hurt like a mother when I stood on it.
He got up and had his pole in hand. He lunged into battle and all I could do was dodge on one foot. I even threw in a few rolls on the grass. I was trying to figure out how to get the pole when the other three goons got up. I figured now was a good time to run. I ran and the four followed me. I got out of the forest. Not all four were exactly on my tail, but two definitely were close- close enough to probably hit me with that pole.
Well, the damn pole hit me in the same ankle it struck, so if it wasn't already broken, then it was now. I couldn't run well anymore, so it just had to stop and fight four ugly mugs. Oh, this would prove interesting. I just stood there thinking of something clever to do, but nothing came, so fists were first. That didn't last very long. I landed on my butt and looked up. There were four demons standing in front of me with a pole and a killer look. Wrong place wrong time had screwed me over this time.
Poles came toward me and I threw my arms up and shielded my, quite literally without my own knowledge. I saw a pile of ash and a glowing shield before me. I was lost- I didn't know where this came from. I didn't waste it though. The one that survived took off and it didn't take long for him to turn into a pile of ash. I walked back to the temple and saw everyone at the front doors.
Botan ran up to me and I had to avoid her hug. My hands were still glowing and I wasn't sure if it would disintegrate her.
She looked a little sad. I had to explain to her, and she looked a little scared.
"Why do you think I moved?" I asked her.
She just wore an 'oh' look on her face.
I looked down at my hands and tried to 'turn the shield off'. I was shaking my hands, flinging them around, and flicking my fingers, but nothing seemed to work in my or anyone else's favor- it just made it worse actually.
A shard of my shield thing hit Yusuke and Kuwabara. They bled.
"Hey, watch it," Yusuke said as he dodged a few more.
"I'm trying to figure out how to, but I don't know how I did this in the first place!" I was getting frustrated. Seriously, maybe if I just fell asleep, but I wasn't so sure about that for an odd reason.
"Just die," Hiei said.
I looked a little mortified. "Huh?"
Everyone except Kurama was taken back by his comment. It almost incited a riot, but Kurama had to rephrase his words.
"I think he means to say let your heart stop beating."
I got it at that point. Now I wore the 'oh' expression. "How do I do that?"
"Wait a minute!" Yusuke interjected. "What do you mean 'let your heart stop beating'?"
I was at a loss for words on how to explain that one since I couldn't really explain it well to begin with. I made a sad attempt to and I think it just confused everyone more. I just stopped because I was getting confused myself. I figured it would take its own course, eventually anyway.
"Hatsune," said Genkai as she walked in on the scene, "your training for the day begins now. Get in here."
The sun hadn't even risen yet and she was ready to kill me. Tomorrow at school was going to be hell, and the test in science didn't make it any better. I unwillingly walked in and I saw her and two others. They looked human, but they sure didn't feel like it.
"Do I have to fight these two?" I asked her nervously.
"No," she stated. "Besides, they'd win."
The two that stood before me, I'm assuming, were twins. They were lanky and had some non-human qualities, such as purple eyes and white hair with blue streaks and claws. They walked up to me and began to look me over as I heard the rest of them walk in.
I quit trying to figure out what they were doing. I didn't want to know anymore. I just wanted to know why there were a part of my training. They stopped and took a step back as they bowed.
"I am Sakaki," said the one clad in green and gold.
"And, I am Sasaki," announced the one dressed in blue and black.
"Uh, hi?" I said a little confused. "I'm Hatsune."
The two of them motioned for me to sit and I did. I saw the others disperse- some went back to sleep and some went outside, so it was just Sakaki, Sasaki, and myself. They began talking to me about themselves, which led to their power, and eventually mine. It was a bit awkward, but I followed most of it. I nodded every so often and said nothing for the most part. By the time they finished talking, my hands weren't glowing and my heart had stopped beating.
"That happens subconsciously when you recognize danger. When that present danger disperses from your environment, your heart stops in order to store it," explained Sakaki.
Sasaki continued Sakaki's explanation, then explained to me how I needed to go about it. "You need to learn to override your instinct through control in those situations. If you don't, it won't be pretty when someone scares the hell out of you."
As if on cue, I was picked up and throw up into the air. Normally I would be a bit jumpy, but I held it in and did my best to keep things in check. It worked.
"Aw, damn, that was no fun," Yusuke said as he walked away.
"Was that part of all of this?" I asked the twins.
"No," they replied in unison.
It was my turn to ask them a question since they weren't talking to me. "So, is this a special kind of thing or is it common around demons?"
They shook their head. "Only so many possess such great defensive power like this. It is rare."
"And, you two know about this how?" I asked them.
"Because," Sakaki began, "we can do it, too."
Sasaki nodded and demonstrated. I could even hear her heart starting and stopping. I was amazed at how unnoticeable it was. They only clue I had was hearing it out.
Truly, I thoroughly enjoyed what I was listening to. As soon as she was done demonstrating, they led me outside and deep into the woods in order to try to get me to control when I could start and stop my heart.
Well, after about ten hours, I had managed to successfully start and stop my heart. I didn't have much control, precision, or speed, but I had accomplished controlling my heart beat. One down, many more to go. Joy.
I walked back alone since they had to depart on another job they did not bother mentioning much. Not only was I a physical mess, but I had the mental capacity to match it now. I thought about sleeping under a tree, but what happened this morning made me decided against it. It took me a while to get back, but when I did, time was not wasted. Botan forced me to eat. She even managed to drag me into the kitchen and put me in a chair. As she cooked, Yukina kept me company. She was very kind, indeed. I enjoyed her presence to Botan's raging one at the moment.
When I was released from the confinement of the kitchen, I walked past everyone and headed for the shower. I needed to clean up and get some rest. Before I could do that I had to fight someone in the room. Genkai was really pushing it, but I so wanted that shower.
"I'll do it. Besides, I have to keep my word from earlier," said Yusuke as he jumped up from his seat.
Yeah, I could take you right now…
I was not happy. I had an idiot and a crazy mentor standing between me and a shower with some sleep afterwards.
"Let's do this outside," he stated.
"It won't take long; right here is fine," I said tiredly.
He laughed. I guess he assumed I would be out in a little bit. I had a surprise in store, so the laugh might be on him if he wasn't careful.
I saw his index finger glow and I just waited for the moment to pop my shield out and let him eat his shot. I got stared at and Kuwabara kept saying something about moving or getting my butt kicked and whatnot. I told him to shut up. He was getting annoying at this point.
"Spirit gun!"
Show time. I flicked my thumb and finger and his spirit gun turned around not long after he shot it. Yeah, he ate his own shot. It was pretty epic, too. He landed flat on his butt and he might have been in a little shock.
"The kid wins. Slacker, get up," said Genkai.
I walked off and claimed my prize- shower and sleep.
I was woken up by Kurama. It was dark, so I knew it was after five or six o'clock. "Get up," he said quietly. "We need to be heading back home."
I mumbled something completely incoherent, but I complied with his statement. I got up and rubbed my eyes. "Why so early?" I asked. It was obvious that I was still half-asleep.
He laughed at me and ruffled my hair. "It's seven o'clock."
"Oh," I said as I trailed off feeling a little stupid. I just wasn't awake yet and that wouldn't happen for at least another hour. I got up only to be pulled back down and subjected to a tickle war. I just erupted into laughter as I vainly attempted to escape.
"Heeeeeeeeey," I whined a little.
That didn't stop anything. The opening door did.
"What did I tell you last time? Keep your human fun down," said Hiei apparently annoyed. I'm not too sure what his problem was, but I wasn't about to delve into it at the moment. Well, that ended the tickle fight: Kurama twelve, Hatsune, zero.
I grabbed what little I brought, and we said our good-bys as we left. The journey home passed by quickly. When we got there, his mother was up watching TV in the living room. We spent some time with her until she felt the need to retire for the night. Kurama helped her and kept her some company right before she went to sleep. I chilled on the couch and about fell asleep there until Kurama had pushed me over. I didn't fall off; I just landed on the arm rest.
"What was that for?"
"You've slept how long already and you are still tired?"
"Drained is a better word for it." I sat up and I was pushed down again when he sat.
"Again, what was that for?"
He did not respond to this one. I was trying to figure out the purpose behind this, but I didn't bother since the only thing my mind could process were the fundamental things like breathing.
"Forget about it then." I leaned back onto the couch and looked at the ceiling. I began to count the popcorn pieces there, but I failed miserably. I just couldn't concentrate long enough to figure out where my placement was or what number I was. I got up and headed upstairs. I figured I would sleep in my bed.
I got to the door, opened it and flipped the switch up. Everything appeared normal, so I was glad. I walked over to the window and cracked it slightly. It was a little musty in the room. I sat on my bed and leaned against the wall. I sighed and then took in a deep breath. I let it out slowly as I heard something in my room move. I knew I had left the door slightly open, but that sound seemed like it had been in my room before I got in here.
I opened my eyes to see a demon. There were minimal human qualities to this lizard-like man. He was a deep red, scaly thing with black eyes and tattered clothes. He held a rigid knife in one hand and reached for me with the other. He grabbed my shirt and pulled me close as he spoke to me. I concentrated slightly more on the knife that as conveniently placed near my heart. It reminded me of what Sakaki and Sasaki told me.
Your heart contains your powers like that shield. You can use some of it without it beating, but it holds a good portion of it. You cannot let it get stabbed or ripped out; your power will be uncontrollable and dangerous to everyone and yourself. You won't die, but you'll be permanently damaged.
"If you don't come with me, I'll kill you," he said coldly.
"What do you want with me?" I asked him. "I want an answer before I think about leaving this room," I clearly stated.
"My boss wants you as entertainment, if you know what I mean," he said as he looked me over once or twice, I wasn't sure.
"Really?"
I remembered Kurama's comment about not having to yell my thoughts out, well, this time I ignored it. I screamed out 'there's a visitor' telepathically, and honestly, I think everyone and their mother heard it.
"Well, in order for me to leave, I have to dress nice," I said. I was definitely lying, but he didn't have to know that. I got up and heard footsteps, so I made this one quick. I punched the guy, who dropped the knife. My window was opened just enough for me to throw him out of it. That's when Kurama walked in.
"What visitor are you talking about?" he asked as he looked around.
"He decided to leave early," I said as I picked his knife up.
I heard a kick and I looked out the window. Hiei had kicked a chunk of the guy away from me. "Next time you throw trash out the window, look out of it first."
"Okay," I said as I dropped the knife which landed right next to Hiei's foot. I just smiled as he glared at me. I closed the window and saw Kurama sitting on my bed.
"Nap time!" I happily announced. I hopped onto my bed, but I was pushed off. "Seriously what was that for?" I asked as I placed my chin onto the mattress.
"I was told to keep up your training throughout the week, so this is one way to keep you on your feet."
I pouted a little bit. I wasn't in the mood to train right now. "I wanna sleep, though."
"Find a way to move me from your bed and you will sleep."
"Any restrictions?"
"Do not destroy anything or make incessant noise."
Okay, so I had to think about that. I had a few thoughts, but in the end they would prove to be destructive. I sighed. This might take a while.
I had an idea, but I wasn't sure how well it was going to work. I gave it a shot and it proved interesting. I made the bed sheets like my shield, so Kurama hopped off them- they were freakin' hot. I mean, hot enough to burn your skin. I stopped it as soon as he hopped off, but when I got up, I lost my footing which made me make him loose his footing and we both landed on the floor.
"Sorry," I muttered. I was right next to him. "I swear it was an accident."
"I do not think I believe you," he said playfully. He began to tickle me, but it didn't scale into an all out war. It was more like torture.
"Hey, stop it. I won so I get to go to sleep," I said while squirming around. He had a grip on me so I couldn't get away completely. He eventually stopped whenever I was facing him. There wasn't but an inch gap between us. It was a change of scenery from the last couple of days.
I took the initiative to close the gap, but he was quicker than I. The kiss was short and soft, sort of like a good night kiss after the date kind of thing. With that, he left the room. I got up and walked over to my bed and instantaneously fell asleep as I felt the comfort of the cool, clean sheets against my skin.
That cursed alarm rang and woke me from my pleasant slumber. I rolled out of bed and got dressed since I had taken a shower the night before. I was downstairs rather quickly and I put some bread in the toaster. I figured I better maintain my pencil figure at the minimum before Botan force fed me every waking moment of the day. I looked over my physics notes as I sat down and began to eat toast. I was a little worried about that test. I mean, they got posted, which kind of sucked. That never happened in America. While I was occupied, Kurama walked in and began to make tea.
When he both finished out morning routing, we walked to school together. We had a brief conversation. Nothing important or pertinent to the day's schedule, just something random and fun. It was funny in a way.
Before I could take an entire step into the school, Kuraiya tackled me from behind. "Hey! How was your weekend?"
"It was great," I said. It was only a half lie. That one part was worse than Hell.
"Really, what did you do?"
Oh, great, now I had to think of something to tell him other than what actually happened. I bent the truth greatly. "Well, Shuichi and I walked a trail through the woods and gardened." Oh yeah, that was a lie. The only thing real about it was being in nature.
"That's what you consider great?" Kuraiya asked. "You're boring."
I pushed him off me and proceeded to walk into the school. I dropped my stuff off in class, but I had less time than I thought, so I just stayed there and looked over a few notes of mine when Rahvanna walked in.
She took her seat and turned around to talk to me. I assumed she wanted a pencil until she asked me about the demon that was in my room last night.
"So, did you kill him?"
I was flabbergasted. "How do you know about that?"
"I sent him," she stated plainly.
The bitch- no she didn't! "Any particular reason?" I was a little livid, but I tried to hold that back. That wasn't funny or entertaining in my eyes.
"Well, I wanted to see how well you carried yourself… So, did you kill it?"
"I threw him out the window along with his knife," I said as the bell rang and students walked in. She turned around and resumed her search for a pencil. I was glad that she found one.
Immediately the teacher began the test. We had only an hour to finish it, and I figured I would need the entire hour to try to get all the answers on the paper. It passed by fast, and I answered all but one, so I figured I did rather well. The math and English lessons today sucked. I didn't pay much attention to either one; I was thinking about what Rahvanna said to me. It bothered me. I wanted to know why she did that. Maybe I would catch her on the roof again if I skipped civics and foreign language.
"Pay attention," Kurama said.
I looked up to see the teacher writing the homework assignments on the board for math and English. I wrote them down and began to throw my stuff in my case when the bell rang. I sighed and left the room. Everything was going to be hazy until I got that off my mind.
I left with that on my mind. I figured Kuraiya and Riho would be a good distraction. It sort of was. Riho threw another round of twenty questions my way: she wanted to know why we did hang out or why I didn't call her.
"Riho, we're not dating," I said plainly.
"But we used to always hang out!" she said powerfully, but there was a whiney tone to it.
"I'm just busy a lot, that's all."
"Yeah, busy…" she mumbled.
Kuraiya snickered at the busy comment. I knew where his mind went to.
"Grow up," I told him.
"Maybe I don't want to."
I didn't bother replying to that comment. I just finished my cookie and stood up. I walked around a little bit and I wish I hadn't. I ran into Rahvanna.
"Still thinking about it?" she asked me. It seemed like she was thoroughly entertained by sending a demon after me.
"Not until you mentioned it."
"Well, you better be ready for the tournament," she said. I noticed she had this look. I wasn't too sure what it was, but I didn't like it really. I didn't know the chick, but she was seriously freakin' me out. I just wanted to go to PE now and run away from her. That may change later.
PE was slightly suckish. Dodgeball against a bunch of girls proved to be a waste of time. There were few that could really dish out a powerful ball. That saddened me. And, all of the whining from the 'in-crowd' was annoying as hell. I wanted to leave this class now. Never before was I so happy to hear the words 'go shower'.
Civics was an interesting drag- the project was responsible for that. We were currently going over psychology and sociology and we had to be married to someone and pretend to live that lifestyle for a week. Oh joy. I couldn't wait to jump on top of that assignment. My partner was some guy I didn't know. He was only in civics and foreign language with me, but he was nice, so it wasn't going to completely suck, I guess. Kurama landed himself with one of his fan girls. I felt a little bad for him. He would have to suffer for an entire week.
Our second language was introduced today- French. It was interesting, very interesting… A bunch of Japanese student trying to speak French. I thought the French acent was weird but when you twist it with a Japanese one, it just flew right off this planet. Latin went by easy and it sort of helped with some French, but I wasn't relying on it too much. I was just trying to get that damn accent down. It wasn't working so well.
All classes were released and I had that kid waiting for me at my locker.
"Hey, Shinya," I said as I was opening my locker.
"Do you think we can get started on the paper part of the sociology project?" he asked me.
"That's fine. You want to go to your house or the park or something like that?" I asked him while getting some books out and putting some in.
"How about the park?"
"That sounds great." I grabbed the last of my things and we headed out. I ran into Kurama before we left and I let him know where I would be for the next how long telepathically.
"Wacth for demons, okay?"
"I will. Wouldn't want the kid to faint."
We walked until we hit the park. There was an empty bench, so we decided that would be a good stop to take and work. We got started filling out stuff about us, then we moved onto the questions about each other. Some were amusing.
"How many kids do you want," I asked him.
"Uh," he said, obviously thinking about it, "maybe one."
I laughed a little as I wrote that down. He began a lot of things with 'uh'. I guess he wasn't expecting a project like this. He'll get used to it as soon as it ended, probable.
"I get to ask you a question now," he said a little happily.
"Go ahead," I said.
I heard rustling in the trees and bushes around. I think Shinya heard it too because he didn't ask his question. The wind wasn't blowing, so I figured there was uninvited company around. I got nervous because he didn't need to see a demon or me kicking its ass. This was going to suck hardcore.
Out of the tree jumped three little demons. Actually they looked like mutated squirrels, but I knew better than that. Shinya however…
"Oh my God!" he yelled as he began to freak out.
"Shinya calm down," I said calmly. I was trying to figure out what they wanted.
"Come with us," the three of them said.
"I grabbed Shinya and I heard their disapproval. "No, just you; the boy stays here."
I looked at him and told him to go home. I told him we would work on this tomorrow. As he ran off, I walked with the demon creatures. I had no clue where this was going, but I had an idea of who sent them.