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HATCHIM
Sango sneezed. Beside her, Miroku looked at her with worry.
"Are you okay, Sango?"
"Yeah, just got flu," She muttered while wiping her running nose with tissue. "It's all Kagome and Kikyou's fault."
Miroku offered another tissue as Sango started another fit of sneezing while wondering briefly why Sango blamed her friend for the unfortunate flu.
"Hey, Sango, do you want to watch the new action movie?" asked Miroku. He was scrunching the yellow and red leaves on the road with his shoes like a little kid. Fall already came and the wind started to get colder. He walked closer to Sango, shielding her from the frosty breeze (and trying to get a chance to grope).
"Yes, sneeze I want sneeze to." She gave Miroku a suspicious look. They had this kind of conversation before. "If you're sneeze asking me to sneeze a date. sneeze Keep your hand to yourself."
Miroku was more concerned with Sango's unstoppable sneezes rather than her threat. He took off his coat and put it on the sick girl's shoulder. Sango snuggled to the added warmth gratefully.
"You should stay at home. It can get worse." Apprehension was evident in his voice and Sango felt her inside warmed by it. She smiled and answered him softly.
"Can't do that. Today I have a History exam." She noticed Miroku was invading her personal area by walking so close to her but he hadn't try to grope her so she let him be. The school was only another block from their spot and for once Sango wasn't hurried to go there to avoid Miroku and his wandering hand.
He was being nice and gentlemanly.
But that thought was stopped short when Sango felt a familiar hand going to a restricted area. Sango felt her vein popped as she glared to Miroku who kept his expression innocent.
"PERVERT!!"
First Kiss
Chapter 10: Hell or Spider? By: Lafine
"Kikyou!!"
An exclamation echoed in the class, surprising the one being called. Kikyou looked up from her reading to see Kagome leaning on the door with Inuyasha behind her. Both looked grim and out of breath. Then she noticed Kagome was holding Inuyasha's hand and both didn't look bothered with it.
"What's wrong?"
Kagome marched up to Kikyou desk and pulled her hand, demanding her to follow them out. Kikyou regretfully placed the new novel down on her table as Kagome dragged her to the neighbor class, looking for Sango. She wasn't in there.
"What's wrong Kagome?" Kikyou asked once again. Something bad must have happened since Kagome was obviously frustrated and she wasn't kicking the usual subject of her frustration who was standing behind her. Conclusion number one: Inuyasha is not the fault. That would be a first.
"I just met our ex-classmate."
"So? You want to throw a reunion for that person?" Kikyou asked casually. Kagome dare to disturb her reading for a simple reason like that? She would ignore her until the end of the week as a punishment.
Kagome looked at her with disbelief. "No way I'm going to throw a party for him."
"Oi Miroku," Inuyasha shouted when he saw his friend following Sango down the hall. A bright red handprint on his cheek told the situation to Inuyasha. No wonder Sango was breathing fire to an apologizing Miroku.
Sango noticed Inuyasha's shout and immediately ran to him.
"Inuyasha, tell your perverted friend to keep his hand off me." She protested. "I will hack his hand if he keeps doing that."
"Sango." Kagome interrupted. "He came back."
"Who?" Confusion written at Sango's face while Kikyou looked irritated.
"Onigumo."
Kagome's short answer changed Sango and Kikyou's expression as fast as a bolt of lightning. Sango kicked the wall and cursed angrily. Kikyou schooled her expression to her usual impassive one but she was biting her lower lip.
"When did you see him?" Kagome answered Kikyou's question and the trio was lost in their own thought. Each wondering about what Onigumo would do to them. It was always nasty.
"What are you guys talking about?" Miroku butted in. The guys had been standing on the side while the girls had their conversation and Inuyasha was looking as sullen as the girls. He didn't like being left out.
"Let find a quiet place first." Inuyasha suggested. Many students started to arrive since it's almost time for the first hour. They chose the school's abandoned backyard to continue. Inuyasha leaned against the wall and the girls were sitting on the steps while Miroku took his spot in front of them.
"Well, start explaining. It's almost time." Miroku started as everyone beside him only looked glum. Or in Inuyasha's case, sulking angrily. "Who is this Onigumo?"
The trio looked at each other, arguing silently to choose the person to tell Miroku. The choice fell to Sango. She cleared her throat before explaining.
"Onigumo was our classmate before he moved out at the end of sixth grade. He was a problematic child, always creating trouble and liked to steal things. He's the epitome of everything evil. And he ." Sango glanced at Kikyou. "Has this weird fixation with Kikyou."
"Weird fixation?"
"He was obsessed with me." Kikyou said it with a tinge of annoyance. "Claiming me to be his and tried to sexually harass me at sixth grade. Thankfully Kagome was there."
Horror struck Miroku. "At the age of twelve?! Even I wasn't interested with girls at that age."
The other four glared at him for his misplaced humor, Miroku quickly divert the unwanted attention to Inuyasha by asking him a question. "Do you have any sentiment towards that Onigumo too, Inuyasha?"
"I know him as Naraku. He's a slimy bastard who used other people to do nasty things. Never do things with his own hand." Inuyasha snorted. "Never heard him harass girls but he's the mastermind of drug's gang at Kyoto. Dunno why he hates me and loves making my life a complete hell."
"So, Naraku and Onigumo are his names?" Miroku shook his head solemnly. "Poor guy. His parents must be delusional when they chose the name."
"THAT'S NOT THE PROBLEM HERE." Inuyasha bopped Miroku, irritated with how easy his friend's taking the would-be-source-of-problems.
"Besides it's not his real name." Kagome added with annoyance. She wanted to said that no parents who sane enough would name their child Spider Demon or Hell but it would lead to another argument with Inuyasha. His parents named him dog demon. "I don't remember the name though."
"Hitomi Kagewaki." Kagome, Sango, Inuyasha and Miroku looked at Kikyou with confusion when she muttered. "It's his real name."
They "Ooh"ed. Kagome and Sango wondered why Kikyou remembers his name while Inuyasha and Miroku burst out at the old sounding name. They didn't let the question to the surface.
"Let's go black to class. Bell's already ringing." Kikyou stood up and dusted her skirt. "There's no point thinking about him when he probably won't enter this school."
How wrong Kikyou was. (This would make a good cliffhanger.)
Kagome and Kikyou ran to their class, being late for ten minutes. Kagome's mind worked multiple reasons to throw at the teacher.
"We're sorry, Sir." Kagome opened the door to the class and bowed to the teacher to show her regret with Kikyou behind her doing the same. "We were ."
Her words trailed when she saw the person standing beside the teacher.
There Onigumo was standing proudly with the same uniform Kagome has seen in the morning. He was going to introduce himself to the class before Kagome and Kikyou entered. He gave a calculative glance at Kagome's unbelieving expression (Kikyou was back with her cold look).
"It's okay, Miss Higurashi, Miss Mikotonashi. Sit down, Mister Hitomi hasn't start with his introduction." The teacher said, not realizing the electric glare Kagome sent at the new student.
Kagome and Kikyou nodded, they walk to their seats while watching Onigumo warily. The nice day had turned up to be bad for Kagome and knowing Onigumo, the next following day would be more worse than today. The sinister smile on Onigumo's face proved it . wait a minute, his smile was always leering, not evil.
"My name is Hitomi Kagewaki but I preferred to be called Naraku," at this he sent a freezing glare to dare anyone to ask. It's not needed though. This class never made jokes about people's name. "I was transferred from Kyoto."
"Does anyone want to ask anything?" The teacher said after Onigumo finished with his short, chapped introduction. The students merely raised their eyebrows at the question. Pleasantries were never on top of their list. After a minute of silence, the teacher gave up. "Then Mister Hitomi, your seat is behind Miss Higurashi."
The teacher missed Kagome's look of horror.
"Now open the book from page 176." He picked up the chalk, after Onigumo took his seat. "Today we'll learn about Japanese Warring Era."
Kagome struggled to concentrate on the study but the fact that Onigumo is sitting behind her made her panic. He could stab her from behind when she wasn't looking and knowing him for six unpleasant years, he would. She stiffened when she felt Onigumo's breath on her ear.
Naraku leaned over his desk when the teacher was facing the board. He whispered to Kagome's ear and was pleased when Kagome shivered.
"I still remember what you and Kikyou did, Kagome."
~*~*~*~*~*
"I HATE HIM!!!" Kagome screamed at the top of her lungs. Sango gave her an irritated look.
"We all hate him, Kag." Sango pointed up the obvious. "Except Miroku here of course. He never knew Onigumo before."
"Why do we have to follow you anyway?" Inuyasha grumbled. He and Miroku were being dragged to accompany Kagome and Sango to walk Kikyou to her work place. He wasn't happy with it.
Kagome gave him a pointed look. "Because I know Onigumo still has the hots for Kikyou and we have to protect her from whatever evil plans he has. And you will have the opportunity to beat him into pulp if he tries something funny."
"Really, Kagome. I'm touched with your concern but walking me to and from school everyday is a bit drastic. I have my job and the middle exams are few weeks away. You need to study, right?" Kikyou asked. Her work place was still a kilometer away; she quickened her pace so she wouldn't be late. "Besides how do you know he still has the hot for me? You're being paranoid."
"I am NOT paranoid. Kikyou, you're supposed to be worried. In the class he said to me that he still remember us. Who knows what kind of revenge he's planning for the beating I gave him five years ago? He's an obsessed stalker, Kikyou."
Inuyasha stared at Kagome with awe. "You beat him?"
"Of course. Would you stay quiet if there's someone hurting your friend? You beat him at least once too, right?"
Inuyasha shook his head with regret. "I almost once but he managed to flee before I'm finished with his cronies. Other times I have no evidence to blame him. He's a slimy git."
Kagome scrunched her nose with distaste. "Funny, he wasn't like that before. Usually he would fight back."
Kagome's ponder was cut with Sango's sneeze. She and Inuyasha were walking in the front of their friends, Sango and Miroku on the back with Kikyou safely protected in the middle. They watched Sango sneezed for five more times before they decided Sango could be spare from the job accompanying Kikyou. They waved goodbye to Sango and Miroku who walk her home (much to Sango's protest).
"I don't want him to walk me home!!" Sango yelled when a very happy Miroku dragged her away. "HEEELP."
"Bye, Sango. Eat, drink the medicine take a shower and sleep. You'll be better tomorrow." Kagome waved, ignoring the curse that went to her way.
"Work up sweat by beating Miroku, Sango." Inuyasha advised. "It will make you feel better."
When Sango and Miroku turned around the corner, Inuyasha and Kagome grinned to each other.
"How long will it be until Sango shout 'Pervert!!'? My bet is two minutes."
"My guess is five minutes. What's the bet?"
Inuyasha thought for a second. "If you lose, you'll teach me for the exams, if you win, I'll do your bidding for a week."
"Deal. Hey, where's Kikyou?"
"Eh, dunno."
A short scream was heard from where Sango and Miroku went. Inuyasha smirked.
"Ha ha. I win." He made 'Victory' sign with his fingers.
"Damn."
Inuyasha's happiness over his win and Kagome's grumpiness were swap away when another scream was heard from different way. A scream belonged to Kikyou.
~*~*~*~*~*
When Kagome and Inuyasha were waving goodbye to Sango and Miroku, Kikyou sneaked past them and hurried to her work place. Kagome would have a panic fit when she realized her friend was gone but she couldn't risk being late to her job.
"Kagome was being unreasonable." She muttered. "Onigumo won't hurt me."
"But this Naraku will."
Kikyou screamed but it was cut short when she felt him hit her behind her neck. Cold and harsh hands catched her as unconsciousness greeted her.
Naraku smirked at the prize on his hands. He held her bridal style and stored her to his car. He's been following Kikyou and Kagome since they left the school, undetected. Finally the chance came when he saw Kikyou leave her protective friend. His plan was going smoothly, he thought as he drove away. From his rearview mirror, he watched as Kagome and Inuyasha arrived, too late to rescue their friend.
End
AN: Sorry for the bad grammar but English is not my first language. My friend (whose English is better than me) beta-read all the chapters and I hope there's none of the bad grammar anymore. To Someone, hey, don't worry, I never take any offense, rather I thank you for your critique. I do really need beta-reader.
HATCHIM
Sango sneezed. Beside her, Miroku looked at her with worry.
"Are you okay, Sango?"
"Yeah, just got flu," She muttered while wiping her running nose with tissue. "It's all Kagome and Kikyou's fault."
Miroku offered another tissue as Sango started another fit of sneezing while wondering briefly why Sango blamed her friend for the unfortunate flu.
"Hey, Sango, do you want to watch the new action movie?" asked Miroku. He was scrunching the yellow and red leaves on the road with his shoes like a little kid. Fall already came and the wind started to get colder. He walked closer to Sango, shielding her from the frosty breeze (and trying to get a chance to grope).
"Yes, sneeze I want sneeze to." She gave Miroku a suspicious look. They had this kind of conversation before. "If you're sneeze asking me to sneeze a date. sneeze Keep your hand to yourself."
Miroku was more concerned with Sango's unstoppable sneezes rather than her threat. He took off his coat and put it on the sick girl's shoulder. Sango snuggled to the added warmth gratefully.
"You should stay at home. It can get worse." Apprehension was evident in his voice and Sango felt her inside warmed by it. She smiled and answered him softly.
"Can't do that. Today I have a History exam." She noticed Miroku was invading her personal area by walking so close to her but he hadn't try to grope her so she let him be. The school was only another block from their spot and for once Sango wasn't hurried to go there to avoid Miroku and his wandering hand.
He was being nice and gentlemanly.
But that thought was stopped short when Sango felt a familiar hand going to a restricted area. Sango felt her vein popped as she glared to Miroku who kept his expression innocent.
"PERVERT!!"
First Kiss
Chapter 10: Hell or Spider? By: Lafine
"Kikyou!!"
An exclamation echoed in the class, surprising the one being called. Kikyou looked up from her reading to see Kagome leaning on the door with Inuyasha behind her. Both looked grim and out of breath. Then she noticed Kagome was holding Inuyasha's hand and both didn't look bothered with it.
"What's wrong?"
Kagome marched up to Kikyou desk and pulled her hand, demanding her to follow them out. Kikyou regretfully placed the new novel down on her table as Kagome dragged her to the neighbor class, looking for Sango. She wasn't in there.
"What's wrong Kagome?" Kikyou asked once again. Something bad must have happened since Kagome was obviously frustrated and she wasn't kicking the usual subject of her frustration who was standing behind her. Conclusion number one: Inuyasha is not the fault. That would be a first.
"I just met our ex-classmate."
"So? You want to throw a reunion for that person?" Kikyou asked casually. Kagome dare to disturb her reading for a simple reason like that? She would ignore her until the end of the week as a punishment.
Kagome looked at her with disbelief. "No way I'm going to throw a party for him."
"Oi Miroku," Inuyasha shouted when he saw his friend following Sango down the hall. A bright red handprint on his cheek told the situation to Inuyasha. No wonder Sango was breathing fire to an apologizing Miroku.
Sango noticed Inuyasha's shout and immediately ran to him.
"Inuyasha, tell your perverted friend to keep his hand off me." She protested. "I will hack his hand if he keeps doing that."
"Sango." Kagome interrupted. "He came back."
"Who?" Confusion written at Sango's face while Kikyou looked irritated.
"Onigumo."
Kagome's short answer changed Sango and Kikyou's expression as fast as a bolt of lightning. Sango kicked the wall and cursed angrily. Kikyou schooled her expression to her usual impassive one but she was biting her lower lip.
"When did you see him?" Kagome answered Kikyou's question and the trio was lost in their own thought. Each wondering about what Onigumo would do to them. It was always nasty.
"What are you guys talking about?" Miroku butted in. The guys had been standing on the side while the girls had their conversation and Inuyasha was looking as sullen as the girls. He didn't like being left out.
"Let find a quiet place first." Inuyasha suggested. Many students started to arrive since it's almost time for the first hour. They chose the school's abandoned backyard to continue. Inuyasha leaned against the wall and the girls were sitting on the steps while Miroku took his spot in front of them.
"Well, start explaining. It's almost time." Miroku started as everyone beside him only looked glum. Or in Inuyasha's case, sulking angrily. "Who is this Onigumo?"
The trio looked at each other, arguing silently to choose the person to tell Miroku. The choice fell to Sango. She cleared her throat before explaining.
"Onigumo was our classmate before he moved out at the end of sixth grade. He was a problematic child, always creating trouble and liked to steal things. He's the epitome of everything evil. And he ." Sango glanced at Kikyou. "Has this weird fixation with Kikyou."
"Weird fixation?"
"He was obsessed with me." Kikyou said it with a tinge of annoyance. "Claiming me to be his and tried to sexually harass me at sixth grade. Thankfully Kagome was there."
Horror struck Miroku. "At the age of twelve?! Even I wasn't interested with girls at that age."
The other four glared at him for his misplaced humor, Miroku quickly divert the unwanted attention to Inuyasha by asking him a question. "Do you have any sentiment towards that Onigumo too, Inuyasha?"
"I know him as Naraku. He's a slimy bastard who used other people to do nasty things. Never do things with his own hand." Inuyasha snorted. "Never heard him harass girls but he's the mastermind of drug's gang at Kyoto. Dunno why he hates me and loves making my life a complete hell."
"So, Naraku and Onigumo are his names?" Miroku shook his head solemnly. "Poor guy. His parents must be delusional when they chose the name."
"THAT'S NOT THE PROBLEM HERE." Inuyasha bopped Miroku, irritated with how easy his friend's taking the would-be-source-of-problems.
"Besides it's not his real name." Kagome added with annoyance. She wanted to said that no parents who sane enough would name their child Spider Demon or Hell but it would lead to another argument with Inuyasha. His parents named him dog demon. "I don't remember the name though."
"Hitomi Kagewaki." Kagome, Sango, Inuyasha and Miroku looked at Kikyou with confusion when she muttered. "It's his real name."
They "Ooh"ed. Kagome and Sango wondered why Kikyou remembers his name while Inuyasha and Miroku burst out at the old sounding name. They didn't let the question to the surface.
"Let's go black to class. Bell's already ringing." Kikyou stood up and dusted her skirt. "There's no point thinking about him when he probably won't enter this school."
How wrong Kikyou was. (This would make a good cliffhanger.)
Kagome and Kikyou ran to their class, being late for ten minutes. Kagome's mind worked multiple reasons to throw at the teacher.
"We're sorry, Sir." Kagome opened the door to the class and bowed to the teacher to show her regret with Kikyou behind her doing the same. "We were ."
Her words trailed when she saw the person standing beside the teacher.
There Onigumo was standing proudly with the same uniform Kagome has seen in the morning. He was going to introduce himself to the class before Kagome and Kikyou entered. He gave a calculative glance at Kagome's unbelieving expression (Kikyou was back with her cold look).
"It's okay, Miss Higurashi, Miss Mikotonashi. Sit down, Mister Hitomi hasn't start with his introduction." The teacher said, not realizing the electric glare Kagome sent at the new student.
Kagome and Kikyou nodded, they walk to their seats while watching Onigumo warily. The nice day had turned up to be bad for Kagome and knowing Onigumo, the next following day would be more worse than today. The sinister smile on Onigumo's face proved it . wait a minute, his smile was always leering, not evil.
"My name is Hitomi Kagewaki but I preferred to be called Naraku," at this he sent a freezing glare to dare anyone to ask. It's not needed though. This class never made jokes about people's name. "I was transferred from Kyoto."
"Does anyone want to ask anything?" The teacher said after Onigumo finished with his short, chapped introduction. The students merely raised their eyebrows at the question. Pleasantries were never on top of their list. After a minute of silence, the teacher gave up. "Then Mister Hitomi, your seat is behind Miss Higurashi."
The teacher missed Kagome's look of horror.
"Now open the book from page 176." He picked up the chalk, after Onigumo took his seat. "Today we'll learn about Japanese Warring Era."
Kagome struggled to concentrate on the study but the fact that Onigumo is sitting behind her made her panic. He could stab her from behind when she wasn't looking and knowing him for six unpleasant years, he would. She stiffened when she felt Onigumo's breath on her ear.
Naraku leaned over his desk when the teacher was facing the board. He whispered to Kagome's ear and was pleased when Kagome shivered.
"I still remember what you and Kikyou did, Kagome."
~*~*~*~*~*
"I HATE HIM!!!" Kagome screamed at the top of her lungs. Sango gave her an irritated look.
"We all hate him, Kag." Sango pointed up the obvious. "Except Miroku here of course. He never knew Onigumo before."
"Why do we have to follow you anyway?" Inuyasha grumbled. He and Miroku were being dragged to accompany Kagome and Sango to walk Kikyou to her work place. He wasn't happy with it.
Kagome gave him a pointed look. "Because I know Onigumo still has the hots for Kikyou and we have to protect her from whatever evil plans he has. And you will have the opportunity to beat him into pulp if he tries something funny."
"Really, Kagome. I'm touched with your concern but walking me to and from school everyday is a bit drastic. I have my job and the middle exams are few weeks away. You need to study, right?" Kikyou asked. Her work place was still a kilometer away; she quickened her pace so she wouldn't be late. "Besides how do you know he still has the hot for me? You're being paranoid."
"I am NOT paranoid. Kikyou, you're supposed to be worried. In the class he said to me that he still remember us. Who knows what kind of revenge he's planning for the beating I gave him five years ago? He's an obsessed stalker, Kikyou."
Inuyasha stared at Kagome with awe. "You beat him?"
"Of course. Would you stay quiet if there's someone hurting your friend? You beat him at least once too, right?"
Inuyasha shook his head with regret. "I almost once but he managed to flee before I'm finished with his cronies. Other times I have no evidence to blame him. He's a slimy git."
Kagome scrunched her nose with distaste. "Funny, he wasn't like that before. Usually he would fight back."
Kagome's ponder was cut with Sango's sneeze. She and Inuyasha were walking in the front of their friends, Sango and Miroku on the back with Kikyou safely protected in the middle. They watched Sango sneezed for five more times before they decided Sango could be spare from the job accompanying Kikyou. They waved goodbye to Sango and Miroku who walk her home (much to Sango's protest).
"I don't want him to walk me home!!" Sango yelled when a very happy Miroku dragged her away. "HEEELP."
"Bye, Sango. Eat, drink the medicine take a shower and sleep. You'll be better tomorrow." Kagome waved, ignoring the curse that went to her way.
"Work up sweat by beating Miroku, Sango." Inuyasha advised. "It will make you feel better."
When Sango and Miroku turned around the corner, Inuyasha and Kagome grinned to each other.
"How long will it be until Sango shout 'Pervert!!'? My bet is two minutes."
"My guess is five minutes. What's the bet?"
Inuyasha thought for a second. "If you lose, you'll teach me for the exams, if you win, I'll do your bidding for a week."
"Deal. Hey, where's Kikyou?"
"Eh, dunno."
A short scream was heard from where Sango and Miroku went. Inuyasha smirked.
"Ha ha. I win." He made 'Victory' sign with his fingers.
"Damn."
Inuyasha's happiness over his win and Kagome's grumpiness were swap away when another scream was heard from different way. A scream belonged to Kikyou.
~*~*~*~*~*
When Kagome and Inuyasha were waving goodbye to Sango and Miroku, Kikyou sneaked past them and hurried to her work place. Kagome would have a panic fit when she realized her friend was gone but she couldn't risk being late to her job.
"Kagome was being unreasonable." She muttered. "Onigumo won't hurt me."
"But this Naraku will."
Kikyou screamed but it was cut short when she felt him hit her behind her neck. Cold and harsh hands catched her as unconsciousness greeted her.
Naraku smirked at the prize on his hands. He held her bridal style and stored her to his car. He's been following Kikyou and Kagome since they left the school, undetected. Finally the chance came when he saw Kikyou leave her protective friend. His plan was going smoothly, he thought as he drove away. From his rearview mirror, he watched as Kagome and Inuyasha arrived, too late to rescue their friend.
End
AN: Sorry for the bad grammar but English is not my first language. My friend (whose English is better than me) beta-read all the chapters and I hope there's none of the bad grammar anymore. To Someone, hey, don't worry, I never take any offense, rather I thank you for your critique. I do really need beta-reader.