Chapter 14
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"Kikyou!"
Her friends hurried to her, each glowing with the superior smirk of someone who knew something that no one else did.
"What is it, ex-friends?" she asked, regarding them all coolly.
"We've got some big news!" Sango burst out.
"Huge news," Kagura corrected.
"Really?" Kikyou questioned, unperturbed.
They stared at each other, her friends obviously wanting to spill the secret but reluctant to do so without at least a touch of begging or some sort of eagerness on Kikyou's part.
"Don't you want to know what it is?" Ayame demanded impatiently, hungrily. "Ask!"
This was greeted by silence. More stares. Kikyou's uncaring gaze. She obviously wasn't going to give in, they realized. So her friends decided to play her game. They stood silently in the hall, staring at each other nonchalantly, carefully fabricating expressions of cool indifference.
Kikyou, however, wasn't worried. Somebody would give soon enough, and she had a good idea who it was going to be.
"Lovely weather we're having," Sango said casually, then was given a hard jab in the ribs for saying something so awfully lame.
They resumed their silent stares. Ayame began to twitch.
Here it comes.
"Sesshoumaru dumped Sheri-Yuki!" Ayame blurted.
"Damn it, Ayame!" Kagura snapped. "You little--"
"He broke up with her?" Kikyou interrupted. "I don't believe you. How do you know?"
"It's true," Kagura admitted, sending resentful glances toward a sheepish Ayame. "We heard it from Kagome."
"Kagome? The Gossip Queen?" KIkyou asked doubtfully. "Really?"
"Hey, Kagome knows her stuff. And she also happens to be dating Sesshoumaru's brother, so I'd think she was pretty trustworthy."
Hmm. True.
"I guess he finally came to his senses." Kikyou said rather sarcastically.
"Yeah," Kagura agreed, "I heard he found out Sheri-Yuki had herpes and it didn't really go down well with him."
"What?! Who told you that?" Kikyou demanded disbelievingly. To say she was shocked would have been an understatement.
"Oh, no one. That's just one of the rumours I'm gonna spread. It's a really good one huh?" Kagura smirked.
"My gosh, Kagura that's horrible. You can't go around spreading things like that about people-"
"Umm Kikyou," Sango interrupted. "Are you forgetting this is the same girl who went about telling everyone about your uhh…boundless love for children ?"
"She did what!"
"Then there's the one about how you raped our gym teacher, and our Math teacher, and-"
"Okay. That's quite enough Kagura," Kikyou interrupted. "Although…I did hear that Sheri-Yuki had syphilis."
"That's a good girl!" Kagura applauded Kikyou.
"Oh yeah, well, I heard-" Ayame was cut off by the shrill ringing of the school bell.
"Oops, sorry Ayame, gotta go to class." Kagura feigned disappointment.
"But...but, mine was really good, though..."
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Kikyou dabbed at the yogurt stain on the front of her brand new blouse with a damp cloth.
Ayame could be such a klutz, sometimes. She gave a soft, resigned sigh. She didn't imagine that she could ever stay mad at her for long though.
So involved was she in her task that she hardly noticed when the door to the girl's bathroom swung open behind her. She didn't see the girl who had walked in until she moved to stand before the mirror. Nor did she see the expression of absolute hatred that flashed across her features at seeing Kikyou's face reflected in the mirror before she composed herself.
Sheri-Yuki stood before the mirror, flipping open a small makeup kit with barely a glance in Kikyou's direction.
At least she's not causing any trouble, Kikyou thought. Yet. But she could feel it coming. Yet, she refused to back down. Her pride had taken too many blows form Sheri-Yuki to allow her to back down now.
"You think you're so great, don't you?" Sheri-Yuki suddenly said, quite calm as she applied a layer of eye shadow. "Everybody loves Kikyou. She's so pretty and popular and smart."
Kikyou chose to remain silent, pretending not to notice Sheriyuki's sardonic comments as she continued to dab at the stain.
"Ignoring me, are you? Oh, that is so like you, miss 'I'm so much better than everyone else'," she muttered mockingly. "Well guess what, Kikyou, I'm better than you!"
What the hell is she talking about?…Kikyou wondered as the girl rattled on.
Suddenly, Sheri-Yuki slammed down the makeup kit and turned to Kikyou, her features twisted with rage. "I'm smarter and I'm more intelligent and, most of all, I am more beautiful than you could ever hope to be, because I have had cosmic surgery, not you."
Cosmic surgery? Okay…this is getting kinda creepy. Maybe it's time to back down after all …
"You're a load of crap, Kikyou! And Sesshoumaru loves me. He's only pretending to like you to get me jealous. Oh, Kikyou this and Kikyou that!"
Sesshumaru spoke about me? Could that mean...
"You man-stealing bitch!" she shrieked.
Backing away from the crazy girl…
Kikyou shouldered her bag and began to move toward the door.
"Don't you dare walk away from me!" Sheri-Yuki reached forward to grab hold of the retreating Kikyou's arm.
Kikyou whirled round to grasp Sheri-Yuki's hand.
"Don't try it," she warned softly.
"Don't you tell me what to do!" Sheri-Yuki flared. "You have no--"
"Do you know what your problem is?" Kikyou interrupted. "You're pathetic. And you know it. So anyone you think is better than you, happier than you, you just have to make as miserable and pathetic as you are. Now, I have never done anything to you, Sheri-Yuki, to deserve the shit you've put me through but that will change real damn quick if you don't leave me the hell alone."
Sheri-Yuki seemed, for a moment, stricken by Kikyou's words. Anger quickly replaced her shock, flooding her face with red.
Before Kikyou had time to react, Sheriyuki raised her arm, her open palm swiftly connecting with Kikyou's face.
Kikyou stared at Sheri-Yuki disbelievingly, touching her burning cheek. Had she really struck her? Again? If she thought she would walk away yet again, then she had a huge surprise in store. She was not a violent person, but she did allow herself some pride; self respect.
"Don't ever threaten me again," Sheri-Yuki was saying. "I'm not afraid of you."
Oh really?
Balling her hand into a fist, Kikyou pulled back and slammed it into Sheri-Yuki's face.
Sheri-Yuki went down screaming.
"You broke my fa-a-ace!" she sobbed.
Kikyou stooped down so she was level to the whimpering girl, and placed her fist over her recently enhanced nose.
"Still not afraid of me, Sheri-Yuki?" she taunted softly.
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A/N: Thanks to all our readers and reviewers. Please Review!! :)
Spice: As you can see, Kikyou finally redeemed herself, and beat the sh-- out of Sheri-Yuki. It was a paricularly satisfying scene to write.
Sugar: Of course, that was all my doing.
Spice: What? What the mothera--. Glory-stealer!!