Chap.3 A Shock or Two

Hello again beloved readers and (hopefully) reviewers. Sorry it took me a while to update but I had my birthday and a friend came from out of town..... you get the idea. Anyway thank you for reviewing. Now my story isn't starving anymore. To those of you who may be wondering despite this story's summary I'm not sure if this is going to be a romance. Most likely not since I see no way I could do that without getting OOC. Anyway enough yammering from me it's time I got on with this story.

Despite my bold words, I had to admit I was terrified and I had no idea what to do. Suddenly there was no more time to think as the beast hurled itself at me at a speed I that didn't even know existed. I was surprised I could see it at all.

He had me pinned to a tree and was moving his head towards me slowly now, almost as if he was taunting me. I knew he was saying something but I was too busy thinking about how crazy I was to be here in the first place.

He was about five inches away from my face when I did the only thing my instincts would allow; I raised my hand high above my head and gave the biggest slap of my life. I'm guessing it hurt because when I finally opened my eyes he was up against a rock about fifty feet to my left. I didn't need to get any closer to know he wouldn't be getting up again, ever.

Shaking slightly (OK a lot) I turned toward the others. If the situation had been different, I would have laughed. They all had their mouths open so much you could have built a beehive in there and still have room. Even Hiei, who normally showed less emotion than a piece of wet cardboard had eyes bugging out so much they could have fallen out of his head.

Kuwabara was the first to speak, "Oh man, did you guys see that? That was awesome! How'd you get so strong Keiko?"

"I think that's something we'd all like to know," said Kurama.

"Well you see," I said, "that's kind of a funny story, I Um well I guess I Um... Hey where's Yusuke?" I looked around quickly and saw him still on the ground. He had fainted.

After we saw to it that he was all right, I finally had to stop stalling and just tell the truth. I told them all about Muzan and the vial she had given me.

"This is most strange," said Kurama, "I've never heard of these sprites but if what you say is true they'd be most likely to stay away from demons."

"Are you nuts Keiko?" yelled Kuwabara. (I'm sure Yusuke would have shouted this too but he was still out off it.) "That could have been a demon giving you poison or something!"

"I already told you," I said, "something made me take it. It was like I didn't have any control."

"That doesn't really matter right now," said Hiei. "What we should do is find out exactly what changes have taken place. Keiko besides your obvious increase in strength have you noticed any changes?"

I thought about it for a minute. I hadn't really noticed anything but the more I thought about it the more I realized that things had been changing. My senses had improved greatly; I had been able to hear Yusuke's cry for help from more than a mile off and I had reached him at an incredible speed. I told the others this.

Hiei spoke again, "It seems that your skills are increasing rapidly. All the same it was very foolish of you to take on that demon single-handedly."

"Well it was a good thing I did!" I yelled angrily, "You guys sure weren't doing anything to help him!"

"The reason we weren't helping him," said Kurama calmly, "was because that demon had put a deathseed in him. One false move and he would have used it to kill him. You're lucky you surprised him enough to distract him from it."

I gulped; here I was thinking I had saved Yusuke when I could have been the one to cause his death.

I think everyone was a little uncomfortable just then so I changed the subject, "How long do you think he'll be out for?"

"It's hard to say," said Kurama, "a few hours at least, he had a pretty big shock back there. We all did."

"Well I have an idea for what we should do in the meantime," said Hiei. Everyone looked at him. "I think we should see just how strong this girl has gotten." He nodded at me.

"You can if you wish Hiei," said Kurama, "I'm going to stay here with Yusuke and try and get the deathseed out. Kuwabara, I'll need your help."

"Well then it's settled," said Hiei, "Come on Keiko." He started of into the woods.

I didn't want to go but it seemed I wasn't being given a choice in the matter. Looking back at Yusuke one more time I reluctantly followed the fire demon.

Yay! At last, another chapter is completed! Before you readers with overly active imaginations go shooting off with your notions of what might happen let me clarify something. Keiko is not going to fall for Hiei or vice-versa (same goes for Kurama). This isn't going to be a romance I've decided. Any half-romantic scenes, however, shall be strictly Yusuke/Keiko. I'm not going to be fooling around with any other couples. If any of you out there are also fans of my other story Inuyasha Meets Yusuke you'll be happy to know that I will be posting the next chapter soon so you don't need to wait much longer on that. Anyway please review and see you soon!