Yeah!!! I have a reading fan! That brings the total to two!!!

Batafurai in the getsuei: Hey, thanks for your review! Just a question though, how do I allow for anonymous reviews to come in? I'm a little lost and new at this, so I'd love for you help me out. Thanks!!

I've got a new character, but don't worry, you won't have to know it. It's just a name.

Okay. Here it is.

*Insert typical disclaimer here* (Being: I do not own Inuyasha, nor do I claim to own them.)

Let's read!!!
Inuyasha could feel his blood boiling as she mocked him in a calm voice. So calm and still so humiliating. "Neither, Witch. Have you seduced my brother?"

"If I had seduced him, Inuyasha, would he have disappeared yesterday in search of his love?" Rinoa answered, her voice still infuriatingly calm. Inuyasha snarled and jumped at her, his sword ready to attack. Rinoa blocked him and set about continuing to block every attack he sent until she got bored and forced him to defense. Slowly, slowly, she pushed him to the edge of the mat and used a final thrust to throw him out of bounds. Gawking at her, Inuyasha pulled off his mask and looked at her.

"I wanted a real fight, Inuyasha. Give it to me, please," Rinoa spat out, her words condescending. "Sesshoumaru holds you in such high esteem, though he has too much pride to tell you."

Inuyasha snarled, his yellow eyes flashing. He would show her a real fight. That girl just didn't know when to give up. He jumped at her, his sword ready in the way he had practiced. Rinoa was ready for that and knocked his defensive stance off and attacked. Quick as lightning, he reacted and soon had her backing up. He could almost smell the relief emanating from her. A scent came to him, making him wonder if she was really as impressed as her scent indicated.

Suddenly, to his surprise, as with the other people, Rinoa dropped to one knee. Inuyasha took his advantage and leaned over her. He didn't see her foot until it was too late. She pushed him backward with a quick thrust of her heel into a tender area of his body.

Gasping for air, he stepped back, but the girl continued moving forward, continually attacking as he stepped back, blocking each move. He needed to put some space between them! Using a speed he had been trained to use, he leaned back, pushed off with his feet and was in the air. Twisting, he placed a hand to the ground and completed his back flip with a perfect landing.

Rinoa was still there. She was so darn fast! Why couldn't she just lay off for a moment? Suddenly, Rinoa stopped. Inuyasha paused, staring at her. "Pretend that I'm a horrible villain, will you? I'm the one in between you and a horribly wounded friend, okay?"

Inuyasha closed his eyes and pictured her standing in front of him, sword drawn. Looking past her in his mind, he suddenly saw two bodies. Kikyo, and Kagome, face down on the ground.But somehow, the girl facing him did not look at all like the killer. She looked like an innocent bystander, a helpless person in the wrong place.

He opened his eyes. It was impossible to see. Suddenly, Rinoa pulled off her mask. "Having a hard time picturing it, huh?" she murmured. Slowly, her face began to change in front of his face.

Her eyes became dark, deadly, dangerous. Her hair billowed around her, looking like a large and threatening cape. Her skin, pale and deathly, almost glowed. She looked the part of a killer, a dangerous person. Closing his eyes once again, he placed that person in the picture and suddenly felt adrenaline pump through his body. He didn't have to picture the person anymore. His adrenaline was flowing and there was no stopping him.

Rinoa had pulled her mask back on and now looked relaxed, her sword lowered expectantly. Inuyasha attacked. Stab, slash, thrust.

He was faster than he had ever imagined, rage and adrenaline pushing him past his original limits. His rage was only doubled with the sound of his sword hitting pads. He was winning, he was defeating her easily, he was- thump! "Oof!"

He was rolling, horrible pain in his stomach. She had kicked him. Slowly, he sat up, the horrible pain in his stomach making him wince. A small bead of metal found its way between his mask and padding to press against his throat. Looking up Rinoa's sword, he found she had already taken off her mask and held it under her arm.

"You're fast when in rage. You're fast enough to fight some, but not fast enough to fight me. The only problem is that you're too predictable. Take some lessons from Sesshoumaru and actually listen. He can teach you how to fight," Rinoa muttered. The look of danger in her eyes was gone, and rather there was a look of soft purity, but not quite innocence.

Rinoa pulled her sword away from him and placed it over her shoulder like a hobo's stick. "I take the title you gained yesterday and placed it back on Sesshoumaru. Is that all right with you?"

Inuyasha had no choice but to nod in a defeated way. Rinoa smirked, still not showing her teeth. Walking away, she only gave a victorious grin at Inuyasha's gang. She was not at all tired. The entire group was astonished.

"I'll see you tomorrow, Inuyasha," Rinoa called over her shoulder before disappearing into the equipment room.

Soft hands reached down to help him up and he turned a smile to Kagome. "Are you okay? That looked like it hurt!"

"It did," Inuyasha murmured.

"Aah! The wimp! She didn't fight to the end!" one of Inuyasha's gang snarled.

"Reninar, please," Inuyasha snapped. "She beat me fair and square."

"That's too bad, Inuyasha," a smooth, scaly voice muttered behind them.

"Naraku!" Inuyasha snarled, standing up. Kikyo stood beside Naraku, her arms wrapped around his thin waist. Naraku's arms were around her shoulders.

"Yes, Inuyasha. Your defeat provided ample entertainment for me and my love," Naraku murmured. "That girl, the nerve of her. To defeat the great Inuyasha! What a horrible idea!" Inuyasha felt his heart beat faster at the mocking tone. First Rinoa, now him! Inuyasha moved to get close enough to attack him when a soft touch to his arm made him pause.

"Inuyasha, please.you've been in a bad enough fight already," Kagome pleaded. Inuyasha could feel his heart melt against his will.

"Okay."

______________________

Inside the equipment room, Rinoa hung up the mask, seemingly unaware of the person behind her.

"You didn't need to do that, Rinoa," a voice said, calmly, thankfully.

"Well, I did, Sesshoumaru, and no one will mess with you now," Rinoa muttered. There was silence for a while as she pulled the padding off of her. "How was Rin's operation?"

"Wonderful. She'll be all right once she's out of rehab."

Rinoa sighed, closing her eyes for a moment. "That's wonderful for you."

There was silence once again. "How is your family now, Rinoa?" Rinoa didn't answer at first and ducked her head into a tub of water. Sesshoumaru didn't ask again, only waited. When she came up and pulled her hair out of her face, he threw a towel at her. She would answer eventually.

"Terrible. Mother still insists on going out with Jumbo."

Sesshoumaru sighed deeply. "Why can't you just tell the police? Rinoa, what he's doing is against the law!"

"Sesshoumaru, you know as well as I that he would kill Mama if he found out that someone told!" Rinoa snarled. Sesshoumaru moved closer to her, a deadly look in his eyes.

"Has he hurt you any further?"

"Only hitting me a few times," Rinoa muttered, looking away.

"Rinoa, I'll rip that guy to ribbons if you'd just let me!" Sesshoumaru snapped. Rinoa shook her head.

"If you missed by just one inch, just by that much, he'll come back and kill us both! You know he will, Sesshoumaru," Rinoa answered sadly. Sesshoumaru sighed deeply.

"I'm sorry you don't trust me enough," Sesshoumaru snapped. "I would destroy him if you asked."

"I cannot ask you to do that," Rinoa replied quietly. Suddenly, she grinned. "Besides, then I'd have to testify in court against you for murder." Sesshoumaru jumped. It was rare to see her flash her teeth at anyone, and he was the only one to see her full smile. She never smiled because she was afraid of being discovered.

Her canine teeth were exaggerated so she looked like a cat when she smiled. Sesshoumaru smiled one of his rare smiles. "Fine. Just be careful, okay? I've got one girl in the hospital. I don't need another one."

Rinoa chuckled.

By the time Inuyasha finally made it to the equipment room, he found Rinoa alone, polishing the last smear off her sword. "Good fight," he murmured. Rinoa smirked, her teeth still not showing. Suddenly, to his surprise, Rinoa threw her head into a pool of water, and held herself there.

She could only see her dark hair sinking around her, the silver of the basin's sides. The cold froze her mind, easing the mental pain that was continually plaguing her. She blew out a small trail of bubbles before she drew her head out and took a deep breath. "Toss me a towel, Kid," she snapped. She listened as the boy scrambled to get her a dry one. There was a sound like something cutting through air and she spun and grabbed the towel out the air. She rubbed her face to chase away the cold and then wrapped her hair up. "Thanks."

"How'd you do that?"

"Do what? Defeat you?"

"No, catch the towel! You spun at just the right time, and your eyes were closed."

"I have ears, you know," she murmured, looking at him. His eyes were golden and were surprised as he looked at her. "If you will excuse me."

"Of course," he answered immediately as she stepped out of the room. A wet towel hit his head and he heard a soft voice calling quietly.

"Just listen for it and you'll eventually catch it."

____________________

"Hey, guys! This is one of my newest friends."

Inuyasha glanced up at Miroku and at the boy next to him. Blue eyes gazed back from underneath a mat of black hair. "Who're you?"

The boy looked around the table, his eyes taking in each person.

"This is Kouga. Kouga, this is Myouga, Inuyasha, Kagome, Sango, Shippou, Koharu." As Miroku pointed out each person at the table and calling them by name, Inuyasha could not help but notice that Kouga's eyes continually roamed back to a certain someone near him. The only person he could possibly be looking at with that look was Kagome. A flutter of jealousy caught in his throat before he swallowed it down. Kagome was not his girlfriend. Why should he care?

As Kouga continually looked at Kagome, Inuyasha could not help the continuing feeling of anger at that look. Finally, desperate to get the look out of Kouga's eyes, Inuyasha draped an arm over Kagome's shoulders, scaring her but successfully getting the point to Kouga, who looked away respectfully.

"Sorry," he murmured in Kagome's ear. "I just didn't like the way he was staring at you." He felt her stiffen in his embrace and he pulled away.

He knew it. She didn't even like him.

Kagome turned back to her conversation with Sango, feeling her rage building. That jerk! Everyone but Sango and the table had shunned her because of him. Why did he have to annoy her like that? Act close and then pull away, apologizing for it. He was just using her to get back at Kikyo. She just knew it.

"Hello," a soft voice came from behind her. Kagome looked up and smiled at the blue eyes of Kouga. "Do you mind if I sit here?"

Kagome looked at the small space between her and Inuyasha. She shook her head and grinned at him. He was nicer than Inuyasha.

___________________

Sesshoumaru watched his brother from across the lunchroom, shaking as he saw all that happened. Why did he hurt the girl so much?

"Because he doesn't understand, unlike how you understand, Sesshoumaru," a calming voice murmured from behind him.

"But, Rinoa! You see it! He's just so blind!"

"And what are you going to do? Go and tell him off? He would not appreciate that any more than you would," the girl replied, her voice steady and her words convincing. Sesshoumaru turned his head slightly, glaring at the new red mark strategically hidden behind a thick lock of hair.

"He needs to grow up," he snapped, turning his attention to his brother again. There was a cry and a smaller boy appeared at Sesshoumaru's hand.

"Here you go, Sesshoumaru!" the boy cried, holding out a small packet of napkins.

"Thanks, Jaken," Sesshoumaru mumbled, not even paying attention to what he was saying. The boy's eyes became bright at the comment from his hero. Strutting away, Jaken took up a spot near Sesshoumaru to be able to run errands.

Rinoa was silent for a moment before there was a tug on her hair. Jerking upright, she spun and faced a very surprised Kikyo. "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't expect you to react like that," Kikyo snapped, looking like she was about to laugh. The lunchroom started to feel the tension as Rinoa glared at Kikyo like she was a tiger about to attack and the people started to pay attention to what might happen.

"What are you talking about?"

Kikyo ignored her question and pushed the lock of hair out of the way, revealing to the entire room the bright red scratch mark. Rinoa's eyes widened in surprise.

"Where'd you get that? Sesshoumaru?"
Oooohhh! Yes, I know, all Kikyo-lovers, cry, weep. I'm mean, yes I am. Don't worry. I like story twists. You'll see.

I have no clue how long this story will be. Oh well, I've got an end in mind, and I'll get there. Four pages in Word to a chapter, wonderful.

I talked of my favorite stories. I can't use any more space! Muahahahahaha!

I'm done now.

No, really, I am.

I'm done. See ya all, my adoring fans! (A total of two!!) (Unfortunately, only one reviews..)