Ok so I thought after the big delay with the last chapter I'd better have this ready
right after....or at least close after chapter 11
But I've been good I've gotten past some of my writers block ...
Through lots of divers music...I even went so far as to listen to a techno remix of the Rainbow Brite theme song.....don't diss it I like Rainbow Brite
That and countless hours of InuYasha music that and dance dance revolution-butterfly by dj myst
Very good find it if you can!
That and this music vidio I found by: Brandi...sengoku_jidai@hotmail.com..
.Http://web.utk.edu/~bborchar
I hope that you check it out its really cool......and I don't even like Limp bizkit but it's to IY so it's cool.
But you didn't come to read about what I'm doing right so I guess you came to find out what happens next with Koyasha, right?!!
Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha Rumiko Takahashi does! We lover her work! My story contains few spoilers so If you're not too far in the sereies feel free to read on!
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InuYasha Beyond the Skin
Chapter 12
'The New Guy'
Marina awoke the next moring to Koyasha stretching out and getting ready to jump out the window. "Koyasha where are you going this early in the morning?" He glanced over at her surprised to see her awake. "Um...?" She smiled already knowing the answere to her own question. "If you could Koyasha, would you take these into my teacher?" Koyasha looked over at the piled of homework she held out and rolled his eyes. "I don't see what the point of doing this is. You're eaveing with me as soon as you're better." Marina's eyes slanted. "I won't go back with you at all if you're late you're first day of school." Koyasha rolled his eyes and snatched the papers from her hand. "I'm only doing this to make sure you don't try and stay here." Marina flopped back down in bed and turned away from him. "What ever Koyasha, you're going to be late." Koyasha stood on the ledge and started to close the window behind him. "Koyasha?" He opened it back up and poked his head in. "What now wom...Marina?" "Have a good day and try to act normal their going to think you're some kind of super human if they see you jumping accross roof tops to get to school." He nodded much to the surprise of Marina coming back inside; and leaving out of her room door closeing it behind him. Marina sat and said a silent praier to herself. "Please...Oh please let him stay out of trouble today! And let him not get in any fight."
Riico stood tapping her foot waiting for Koyasha to show up at her house. "That no good Koyasha-san! He promised he'd be here!" "No good huh?" Koyasha jumped down from the noise barier just in front of Riico's home. "Koyasha-san!... It's about time we've only got ten minutes to get to school no thanks to you!" "Is that all?" Koyasha grabbed Riico's arm and took off. "Koyasha you idiot, you don't even know how to get back to the school do you?!" Koyasha's face looked dissgusted. "What are we not getting there fast enough for you?" Koyasha shot around and evil grin before leaping up on top of a home and onto the side walk on the other side; with Riico screaming the whole time. A few more jumps and they landed right in front of the school gates. He let go of Riico's hand and she barely stood quivering with her uniform ragged and her hair no better. Yuka and Hikari looked up and laughed as she came into view. "What happened to you Riico did you run through a wind tunnel?" Riico still stood with a gostly appearance. Yuka waved her hand in front of Riico's eye's, "Riico are you awake?" Riico's head tured like an evil doll to look at Koyasha who was busy eye balling the students as they entered. "You jerk!!" Riico jumped up and started choking Koyasha. Yuka and Hikari stood a split second unbelieveing of what Riico was doing before prying her hands away from him. "What did he do to you Riico-chan?" "What did he do! He must have jumped accross every roof in..." Yuka snapped Riico's mouth shut as several students lingered interested in the what was going on. Hikari looked over at them annoyed, "Do you mind!" Their heads shot back around and walked on whispering to eachother about the new guy.
The school bell chimed as Hikari shoved Koyasha into the room and ran to her own seat. Yuka looked over at Riico and nudged her elbow. "Hey Riico you did give him his enrolment papers, right?" Riico looked down into her bag and pulled them out. Yuka's face went pail and she snatched up the pappers and ran them to the front of the room and dropped them into Koyasha's hands. He looked down at them curiously as the class seemed to chorus out and "Ooooh" makeing the papers out to be a love letter or something to that extent. Koyasha turned his head as an older man with pop-glass spectacles enter the room eyeing him curiously. "And just who might you be young man?" The teacher eyed the papers in Koyasha's hand and snatched them up. "Inu, Ko-Yasha" Sever of the thug students in the back chuckled back."Inu-boy" (dog-boy). Koyasha's yellow eyes glowed stareing at the group in the back. One of the boys in the front shrunk down watching Koyasha's body movements. "You know young man you're out of uniform." Koyasha was ignoring the teacher watching the boys in the back intensly as the whispered insults about koyasha. Hikari cringed as she saw Koyasha's hat lightly twitch with his ears. "Oh well I suppose you're not the first to come to school out of uniform, personaly I don't see the point myself but it's a school rule so please try following it. Let's see where to put you young man?" The teacher tapped him on the shoulder and Koyasha whipped around eyes firey. "By the way I'm Mr. Umezu. ... but since you're one of my students you can call me Tasaku. And what would you like to be called?" Koyasha looked at him surprised by the man's friendliness. "Ko-Yasha" "Very well Koyasha have a seat next to Sakura in the back. If you could Sakura raise you're hand so he knows who you are." Sakura raised her hand which was obviously shakeing from fear. Koyasha's glair returned to the boys he'd been eyeing before. "Now I expect everyone to make him feel at home. Lets see what's on the list to do today?" Koyasha started to sit down and looked down at his hand. "Eh.. Tasaku" "What is it Ko-Yasha?" Koyasha waved the papers at him. "Well bring them up here don't be so shy next time." Koyasha walked up the the front and handed off the papers hearing the evil laughter from the boys again. "Poor Inu-boy's not any good at fetch." Koyasha's hair began to bristle in the back. Mrs. Umezu looked at the papers surprised. "You two dateing or something?" Koyasha's fist balled up. "No! She just asked me to bring them!" "Hey, chill out I was only kidding. Go back to you're seat already so I can get started." Koyasha turned around and several of the girls in the room shrieked as he walked past them eminateing an evil aura. Koyasha sat down and looked over noticeing that Sakura's desk was now half way accross the room and she sat with her head burried into a book shakeing. Marina's friends that had worked so hard on getting him into school seemed to smake their heads down in unison saying, "He'll never make it through a whole day."
Koyasha laid down on his desk bored out of his mind durring the math lesson yawning repetedly. His lips would tighten up every so often hearing a snide comment come from behind him. Several hours past through conji lessons and science class. Koyasha's head only peeked up with interest when the teacher accidently blew up a vile mixing too many chemicals together at once. Koyasha's head came up again when the history lesson started. "Then of coarse my favorit erra the space age is what were starting this week." A few students groaned. "Hey the feutal erra didn't last forever." "Yes Sir." A chill ran up Mr.Umezu's back hearing the word "Sir". "Any way everyone knows the original rockets where inspired by out fire works in the orient..." Koyasha listened intently facinated by what Mr. Umezu had to say up until the whispered taughnting finally met with them starting to say it directly to him. Koyasha's head lowered, "So how old are you in dog years. That hair of yours is getting pretty gray." "Oh he doesn't understand human, Junio" The ring leader of it all started barking at Koyasha. Koyasha shot up out of his seat throwing his chair and desk to the ground under the force of his body. One of the boys that had been leaning back on his chair fell back hitting the ground with a loud bang. Mr. Umezu looked up from his book and flipped on the lights from the slide show of the first few rocket launches. "What seems to be the problem?" He said with a stern voice watching the group starting to croud around Koyasha. Marina's friends watched biting their lips hopeing Koyasha wouldn't fight them. "I say again boys is their a problem?!" "No Sir, no problem here." Urian the leader of the group said with a suspicious smile on his face picking up Koyasha's desk. Urian nearly jumped out of his skin when he saw claw marks imbeded deeply into the desk top. He galanced down at Koyashas hands as he walked passed shewing off his thugs. He looked at Koyasha's claws and smirked to himself. "We'll settle this at lunch break Inu-boy." The bell rang for lunch and the group filed out of the room. Several boys nudged to eachother about the fight and ran out to watch along with quite a few excited girls that wanted to see if the intimadateing new guy could stand up to them.
Koyasha stood out on the ground holding his stomach. "Dam I'm hungry I didn't have breakfast." Hikari waved to Koyasha, "Hey Koyasha-san!" Koyasha sniffed the air in her direction and walked towards her which angered the group of thugs. "I thought you might be hungry so I brought you a box lunch." Koyasha's eyes lite up and he snatched the food from her. "Hey Inu-boy we've got a score to settle!" "Not now I'm eating!" Koyasha said with a mouth full of rice as he sat down in the grass. The crowd couldn't believe how he could just brush off the most feared gang in school. One of Urian's underlings charged at Koyasha's back screaming with his fist drawn. Koyasha shifted his head and caught his attackers hand and threw him over his shoulder past the parting croud into a wall a good five yards away. The boy hit and was knocked cold. "I told you I'm eating just now I'll be done in a minute." He stuffed some more food into his mouth with his chop sticks. Urian looked over at another one of his thugs and shifted his head for them to go. He charged at Koyasha in the same manner this time Koyasha dodged his hand and grabbed his face instead and threw him to the ground on top of the boy from before. "Now what was this I heard about the new guy giving you problems little brother?" Urian's older brother 'K' walked up to him almost standing a foot taller than Koyasha with a group of about ten to go with Urian's five still next to him. Koyasha rubbed his stomach and stood up. "That feels much better. Now that was rude of you to attack while I was eating." He threw the lunch box on the ground next to him and cracked his knuckles. "I don't like being messed with especialy while I'm eating." "You're going to regret picking a fight with us Inu-boy!" One of them set down a boom box and turned on a cd of Limp bizit The gang of underlings charged at Koyasha who just smiled bareing his fangs.
"Yuka, Riico you know what we have to do. If that hat of his comes off the closest one of us has to jump on him and cover up his head." The three nodded Riico looked scared and worried but was determined to follow through. Break stuff started blairing over the court yard, setting the mood for the gang. One of the bigger guyes charged in and punched Koyasha directly in the face. Koyasha never blinked and started laughing "You started it." Koyasha's fist shot out from no where and caught the boy in the stomach winding him and makeing him fall over in a black out. Koyasha's eyes closed a moment then opened as one of them redied to kick him, Koyasha whirled around and hit him in the shoulder grabbing his legg spinning him around useing him like a bat and knocked over the next five chargeing at Koyasha. Koyasha stood back up right and looked over at his next line of attackers with a slight amusment. "What are you not convinced I'm going to win yet?" Koyasha leaped up as they piled in and looked up to see him come down and begin knocking them down several at a time. The crowd watched with a cruel facination and a voice nagging at them that they shouldn't leave. Every time Koyasha's hat would lightly flop, the three girls would freek out and start to jolt forward. They stopped and sighed in relief noticeing it was still on a moment later. Koyasha lifted the last of his underling attackers by the neck and threw him to the side. "That's a real sign of weakness. Not even fighting your own battles." K looked at him and smirked. "I'll handle this little brother." "No he's right, I'll take care of him myself." K backed off and stepped assided to leave room for the two's battle. "You think I'm going to be easy Inu-boy? I could have taken all them on more easily then you. I hold several different martial arts black belts and I've nearly put ten men in their graves. I could care less about..." Koyasha stood with his back leaned up against the wall yawning. "Just wake me up when you're ready to fight." Urian ran forward his face burning with rage. Koyasha slipped to the side and ran around behind him hitting him in the back of the head lightly. "So are you ready to fight now." Urian whipped around and stared at him. "How did you?" Urian stopped with his question and regained his composure. "You're dead for that Inu-boy!" Koyasha did his usual cockey evil grin. "You're too slow." Koyasha punched him several times in the chest and face all in the blink of an eye. Koyasha grabbed Urians neck makeing sure not to use his claws just yet. "So it's death you want?" Koyasha sunk his claws lightly into Urian's neck and lowered his tone to a whisper. "I've killed several hundred men in my life. Do you think one bostfull kid like you is going to make any difference, when I don't have a heart." Urian's eyes widened and his pupils shrunk to pin points. K started to run for Koyasha seeing his brother in a much more serious situation then he had the power to escape from. Koyasha's eyes widened as he pulled back his other hand to strick Urian's face. "Koyasha no!" Koyasha dropped Urian, who insadently fainted, and looked around ducking K's fist and flipping him over. ("Where is she? I know I just heard her voice.") He stood baffled searching the shocked crowd for the blue eyed half-angel, with no luck.
Koyasha walked over to the front enterance followed by the three girls, ("I'm not going crazey am I. Maybe that girls just making me soft.") A wind picked up and the hat that had stayed on so well in the fight now saught its freedom. Hikari threw her lunch box on his head still full of her own lunch and Yuka tackled him while Riico ran after the myschevious hat. Koyasha's eyes squinted as rice fell down all over his face. ("I'm haveing a bad day.") He snatched his hat from Riico and walked back into the school, whith Hikari's lunch still on his head. Koyasha watched a boy come out of a room with a little symbol on the door and entered the room. He looked over at the several small block rooms and white elongated strangely shaped bowls lineing the wall and a different but still uniquely strange one with a foset fixture much like that of Marina's home. Koyasha eyed the room a moment and walked over to the sink looking in the mirror as he cleaned off the food all over his head. ("I think this is what mother called a ....what was it a restroom?") I think I remember useing one when I was little at Grandma and Unkle Shyouta's house." He looked in one of the stalls at the toilet bowl and closed the door again. He put his hat back on and looked back over at the mirror and eyed the his appearance in the modern clothes. He smiled lightly then his face when bitter again. "Dressing me up like some human fool. That woman is just kidding herself." Koyasha pulled his fist and smashed the mirror, several little shards fell as he pulled his lightly cut fist back from the mirror and saw the sad expression of his eyes multiplied by a hundred in all the jigsawed shards. "I'm sorry you feel that way." Koyasha spunn around hearing her voice again. He felt a light warmness touch his cheek. "Being humans not so bad." He swung at a glowing immage of a woman who looked very similar to Marina. "Who...who are you?" The woman smiled and lowered herself to the ground. "Can you think of no one I may be?" Koyasha's eyes slanted and he looked away from her. "I'm not the one you should be visiting." Koyasha turned back towards her and saw a deep sadness in her eyes. "She won't listen to me anymore." "And you think I will." Koyasha started to walk for the door. "You don't understand it's killing her!" Koyasha turned back around and the glowing woman was gone. A drop of water fell from his eye level infront of him and splashed to the ground. "I dont' know what you were talking about and I don't really care. The only thing I care about is finding the rest of the jewel." Koyasha felt the warmness leave the room and he turned and left.
Koyasha finished out the rest of the day wowing everyone of his abilities in PE although most of the sports he had no clue how to play. Koyasha found himself in a study class and pared up with Tsukasa one of the popular boys in school. Koyasha sat down to take a short nap and found a very attracktive young man in front of him that looked like he could put up a good fight with someone if provoked. "You're names Koyasha right?" Koyasha looked up at him for a moment then closed his eyes again. "So what if it is?" "I'm Tsukasa, Mr.Umezu paired us up as study partners. I hope you don't mind." Koyasha leaned back. "Don't you already have one I'm the new one here remember.?" Tsukasa laughed lightly "Yes, actualy I do but she won't be back in school for a few days I've heard." Tsukasa peaked his interest and he sat back up and opened his eyes. "You mean Marina don't you?" Tsukasa looked surprised, "You know her?" Koyasha closed his eyes and leaned back again. And answered in an unhappy tone, "You could say that." "Are you two..." Koyasha's eyes shot open, "No we're not." Tsukasa waved him off, "I was just curious I didn't mean anything by it." "Why should you want to know anyway Tsukasa?" Tsukasa sat back and opened one of his text books. "Nothing I just didn't want to be stepping on any toes." Koyasha looked at him quirly reached over and shut his book. "Just what do you mean by that?" Tsukasa looked up uneffected by Koyasha's actions. "I'm not afraid of you Koyasha, whether you like it or not." Koyasha's eyes slanted and his eybrow raised. Tsukasa looked him dead in the eye very calm and unintimidated. "We really should be studying, and trying to finish of our assignments that are due tomarrow." "What do I care I'm only supposed to be here a few days." Tsukasa glanced up from his book and smiled. "What was I thinking she'd never be interested in a lazey muscle head like you." Koyasha grabbed Tsukasa's collar and lifted him over the table. "What did you call me?!" Tsukasa looked at Koyasha coolly still in his grasp. "I think we were close enough I shouldn't have to repete myself." Koyasha dropped him and started laughing. "I may be lazey but you've just got a death wish boy." Tsukasa chuckled lightly. "So are you ready to do you're work yet Koyasha?" Koyasha pulled open the same book as Tsukasa and smirked. ("This doesn't look so hard. If that arrogant fool Tsukasa can do it; I sure as hell can.") Koyasha looked up for a moment at all the stareing faces that quickly shot back to their books. Even the teacher watching over the room for Mr. Umezu seemed intimadated by Koyasha. Koyasha got through his subjects with Tsukasa's casually pointing out how to find the answers and helping Koyasha with all of the math. Tsukasa pulled out the hystory book and actualy found Koyasha answereing most of the days questions just from the days lesson.
The bell wrang for school to be dissmissed Tsukasa stood a moment quite amazed by Koyasha who still sat reading the hystory book as though he was hearing about all the imformation for the first time. He started to walk away and noticed Koyasha head to the front of the room to talk to Mr. Umezu holding open a page that he couldn't take his eyes off of. Tsukasa stood in the door way looking over at them shocked by the scene....."Demons those are just fairy tails told to scare children. Many of them were based back in feudal Japan durring the waring states erra. Some families that were in the priest hood or that guard over our countries shrines still believe that demon's really exsist." Koyasha glanced over at Tsukasa who felt caught for listening in and left. "Something wrong Koyasha?" "What if I told you demons did or..do exsist?" The teacher laughed. "Don't tell me you're family passes on those old traditions too?!" Koyasha looked into his eyes seriously. "What would you do if I told you I was part demon?" Mr. Umezu looked up at him smileing, "I'd have to say I don't believe you." Koyasha turned to leave. "That's too bad I thought you might have an open mind." Mr. Umezu stood up and put his hand on Koyasha's shoulder. "I was just kidding come back I'll tell you whatever you want to know about what I know regarding demons. Mr. Umezu pulled out a large book that read Tokyo Hystorical Museum. "Allright so you believe in demons that's obvious. Here in the Tokyo Museum there are several artifacts that are said to have belonged to demons. "Like this Katana here was said to turn into a giant fang when wealded by a demon." Koyasha looked down in surprise and a smil creased his lips. Koyasha reached into his pocket and drew out a hand full of pictures that he'd taken from Marina's things when they first met. One of the crumpled up photos matched that of the book Mr. Umezu held. ("So the sword still exsists in this time. And she knows where it is.") Mr. Umezu looked up at him curiously. "Oh so you've heard of this one well here's one the just recently found...Where was it now....Hmmm doesn't say in here.... Anyway this sword looks Japanese in design but the craftsman must have met a short death because they've never seen another even half as fine or with this style of detailing. It's really a wonder to see look here." Koyasha looked down where he was pointing and dropped what he was holding to pick up the book. Mr. Umezu gathered up the photoes laughing. "Well I didn't expect you to be that impressed by it." Koyasha stared at the pickture of an aged battle worn sword that could be misstaken for no others sword than Marina's. ("What does this mean is she destined to stay in feutal times and die?") "Come now that's nothing let me show you these next artifacts. Mr. Umezu stood up next to Koyasha and flipped the pages to several ink paintings of demons. "Then of coarse there are these.." Koyasha glanced at the pictures and seemed dissinterested. "Nothing going huh...Well if you flip the page these next few are really interesting." Koyasha turned the pages and stopped horrified. "Now lots of hystorians want to dissreguard these ones as genuin artifact because they don't follow the style of the time period." Mr. Umezu stopped and looked at the picture in the book then looked back up at Koyasha slightly horrified by the amazeing rezemblance between the gray haird demon with dog ears and yellow eyes. Koyasha looked over at him with a drop of sweat on his forhead and seemed slightly worried. "Do you believe me now Tasaku?" Koyasha looked around to make sure no one els was in sight and pulled off his hat. Mr. Umezu plastered himself up against the black board his eyes nearly popping out of his head. "Yeah, I'd say I'm a believer." Koyasha put the hat over his head again and looked down at the ground closeing the book. "I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't tell anyone about this." Mr. Umezu regained his composure and lightly chuckled. "I'd be too afraid of what you do to me if I did." Koyasha lightly smiled. ("Why ....why did I tell him...Hell why did I show him what I am. Since when do I trust humans. But he feels like...like a friend. I must be loseing my mind!!") Koyasha picked up his book and photos and started to walk away. "I won't tell anyone but could you show me those things again so I know I'm not going crazey?" Koyasha smirked and pulled off his hat and twitched his ears. "Still attatched." He then put his hat back on again. "And here I thought you just made your hair and eyes like that for intimidation." "I've got someone waiting, I should go" "Koyasha be carfull about who you tell, not everyone will take it as well as me." Koyasha was allmost out the door and Mr. Umezu ran up to him and handed him some papers. Koyasha looked down at the papers and saw Marina's name on the top. "She knows doesn't she?" "She set me free." Koyasha walked out of the room leaveing Mr. Umezu with his mouth hanging open again.
Koyasha walked out the school gates and paused just catching Tsukasa out of the corner of his eye. "What do you want Tsukasa?" Tsukasa walked up and looked Koyasha in the eye. "What were you two talking about?" Koyasha started walking forward to pass him and Tsukasa held his hand out to stop him. Koyasha looked down at his hand pushing against his chest and became ajitated. "It's a simple question." "But it's not one I feel like answereing." "You don't strike me as the kind that would be interested in anything a teacher had to say." "Information is information it doesn't matter to me where it comes from." Koyasha started walking forward and pushed past Tsukasa. "I'm going to the hospital to see Marina, Koyasha. Do you feel like comeing?" Koyasha flashed the papers in his hand back to Tsukasa who just barely caught the name on them. ("So that's what he wanted from the teacher. So he is interested in her.") Koyasha wanted to run and get there faster but kept hearing Marina's words from the moring ring out and that from Mr. Umezu. Tsukasa struck Koyasha as a person with an alterior motive although he seemed to have good intentions. The two reached the hospital after night fall, "Go on ahead Koyasha I'll catch up to you in a few minutes." Koyasha eyed him suspiciously but kept walking. The police eyed Koyasha as he entered her room, "Koyasha!" Marina's eyes lit up as he entered the room. Hikari looked over at him slighly, "Don't worry Koyasha I'll let you tell her about the fight at school. Oops sorry Koyasha." Hikari giggled as Marina looked over at him dissapointed with a minor touch of anger. "Koyasha I thought you agreed this morning that you wouldn't..." Marina stopped and stared as the door lightly knocked and Tsukasa entered. "Hello Marina-kun I thought this might make you feel better." He walked forward and handed her a big teddy bear holding a get well balloon. She took the present and glanced over at Hikari in dissmay. "Oh... thank you Tsukasa. But you really shouldn't have." Koyasha's eyes narrowed and he fellt the hair on his neck rise. "Here are you're assignments." Koyasha tossed the pappers on her bed and eyeballed Tsukasa. "I'm sorry I didn't introduce you two this is..." Tsukasa shook his head, "Don't worry we've already met." Koyasha started to back himself into his usual dark corner. "Well I've got to get going home Marina-kun. So I'll see you at school tomarrow right?" Marina gritted her teeth and looked worried at the potential fight that was in the air eminateing from the two young men. "That's right Hikari, thanks for comeing." The door closed behind Hikari and Marina was left to keep the peace by herself. "So did anything interesting happen at school?" "Only Koyasha's fight but I'm sure he told you about that." Tsukasa looked over at Koyasha smileing pleasantly. Koyasha rolled his eyes and looked out the window. "Not really, but I don't think I want to know." Tsukasa laughed pleasantly sitting down next to her bed. "May I ask how you two met? Koyasha and I didn't really get a chance to talk." Marina set the teddy bear off to the side and laughed lightly. "We met at the festival last week." "You only met that one day." Marina thought a moment and felt herself groan inside. She knew Tsukasa had a thing for her and he may try to undermind Koyasha. ("This isn't good. If Koyasha thinks Tsukasa might make me change my mind about comeing back with him he could...") "That's really amazeing how you can just meet a person one day and become good friends." "Isn't it though." "It's funny, Koyasha doesn't seem like the kind of person you'd associate with... Sorry I don't mean to sound rude." "No you're right ... He's not like my usual friends." She looked over at Koyasha worried. "But even you think we have nothing in common, right Koyasha." He didn't look over but she saw something in his eyes that told her to switch the subject. "But you're facination with hystory is quit surpriseing Koyasha." Koyasha turned his head abruptly "What should it matter to you?" Marina was surprised to hear that Koyasha would have any interest in school matters. "Really Koyasha?" "It's interesting seeing how society was formed into what I see today compaired to the past." Marina smiled along with Tsukasa. "Well I suppose it's getting late. I'll stay if you need any help with your work." Marina blushed lightly, "No I'll be fine, thank you." "So Koyasha shall we get going?" Koyasha's eyes opened interested in finding out about his new rival. "Well I guess I'll see you two tomarrow."
Tsukasa waved while Koyasha glanced over at her and walked on catching a glimps of her hidden scetch book. ("Something must be going happen to her in the past. The style on those scrolls was her's. Then again 'You don't understand it's killing her!' The question is what is 'it'? That woman sounded worried.") "Hey Koyasha!" "What" "You've been zoned out for the past five minutes. I just want to know where you live." "The Higurashi Shrine." Tsukasa looked surprised. "That's really far out of the school disstrict." "Where do you live?" Koyasha said with a sarcastic tone. "You caught me I live over that way myself." "So why do you go to that school Tsukasa?" Tsukasa was silent a moment than chuckled. "Probably the same reason you do. I got caught by a pretty face." Koyasha's eyes slanted. "Not interested. I've got more important things to worry about then chaseing women." "So why did you bring her homework from the school to her?" "I was doing her a favor." "Sure you were Koyasha." Tsukasa said mocking Koyasha. "Ok Koyasha if it wasn't her why that school?" "I don't know anyone else around here so the obvious decission was to go to school with someone I know." "That sound like a lamer excuse then mine." "I've never gone to school before today." Tsukasa looked surprised. "Ok so that makes a little more sence then to try and be with someone you knew." They walked for a few minutes in silence. "I'm sorry if I seem too agressive, it's really not like me to act so." Koyasha glanced at him noticeing how he stared down at the ground. "That's obvious." "Really I thought I hid it pretty well." Koyasha found himself almost starting to like Tsukasa although he was still bent on hateing him. "Tsukasa if you know you arn't acting like yourself why do you still take up that outward personality." Tsukasa was pleased that he'd been wrong about Koyasha being deattatched from his brain. "I guess because no one would like me otherwise." "I don't know she seems to be pretty into saps like you." Koyasha's eyes slanted thinking about it. "Do you really think so Koyasha?" Koyasha kept walking not answereing him. "You don't like me very much do you Koyasha?" "No I don't" "You can't hide how you feel from me Koyasha I see it in your eyes when she's near. Who'd know that look better than me." Koyasha glanced at him and continued walking.
Tsukasa looked up ahead and sighed. "The gangs are getting really bad now their comeing out even before most of the people are off the street. Lets go around and stay out of their way." Koyasha snickered, "You think I'm worried about them?" Tsukasa looked shocked, "These arn't the average school thugs these guys carry real weapons, and they do kill." "Are you saying you're not up for it Tsukasa?" Tsukasa's eyes narrowed and he started walking with Koyasha again. ("Now we'll see what the pretty boys really made of.") "I've seen this group before Koyasha look out for the guy with the tatood head they call him Mario." The two boys neared closer and the gang started to form in around them. "Look if it isn't our favorit little school boy comeing to play again." The thugs chuckled out as Tsukasa tried to walk past. The group leader with a tatood head stepped in front of him laughing. "Not this time Tsukasa you and you're friend there have to pay to pass and I don't mean money." Koyasha couldn't hold it in any longer and began laughing his head off. Mario looked over Tsukasa's shoulder quirly. "What wrong with you, what do you find so funny?" Koyasha held his head down so his bangs lay in his eyes and let his fangs glow in his smile. "Well punk what's so fucking funny!" Mario threw Tsukasa to the side and grabbed Koyasha by the collar. Koyasha's eyes shot up glowing with his large grin still gleaming in the street light. Mario stepped back. "What the hell are you!?" One of the guys freaked out and started running. "Shit he's the fucker that slaughtered the Black Dragons!" Tsukasa looked at Koyasha fearfully for a moment then caught his bareings. ("If he thinks I'm afraid of him he'll never respect me again.") Tsukasa whirled around and kicked the man holding his arm. The man fell to the ground hacking up his lunch. Koyasha spread out his fingers and slashed accross Mario's stomach. Mario jumped back looking down at his fresh wounds and looked back over at Koyasha who's expression hadn't changed in the slightest. "Lets get out of here boys this aint one we can take!" They ran off like the wind leaveing Koyasha and Tsukasa alone on the desserted side walk. "Koyasha are you ok?" Tsukasa stayed back seeing the blood thirsty look in Koyasha's eyes. Tsukasa steped forward and placed his hand lightly on Koyasha's shoulder. "Their gone Koyasha." Koyasha hit his hand away, "Don't touch me." His tone was dark not at all like he had been moments ago. "What ever works for you Koyasha." Tsukasa started walking and looked back seeing Koyasha still standing motionless. "You comeing?" Koyasha blinked a few times and seem to come out of his trance and look up at Tsukasa. "Yeah." Koyasha rubbed his head and stared down at his other hand. ("Damn I'm really starting to lose control when my blood get up. It almost felt like I was going to go into blood lust.") "Koyasha are you ok. Granted I don't know you too well but that did not seem like you back there." Koyasha's eyes kept forward. "I'm fine, don't worry about it."
Tsukasa waved off to Koyasha before heading home himself when they reached the Higurashi shrine. "See you at school tomarrow, Koyasha." Koyasha nodded and started up the stares. He reached the top step and paused infront of Shyouta. "Is that you.....What are you doing here Koyasha?" "Going to sleep got a problem with that." Shyouta stared at him strangely as he walked past. He seemed surprised that Koyasha wasn't picking for a fight with him as usual. "It's strange to see you in such modern clothes." "It wasn't my idea unkle." "That American girl again?" Koyasha glanced at him and walked into the house. Shyouta stood outside a moment smileing. "He's changed, maybe it's not so bad she woke him up after all."Koyasha clummsily took off his clothe and flopped down on his mothers old bed pulled the covers over his head and fell asleep.
Marina put her head phones on to drown out the noise from the road as her host parents drove her home from the hospital. Marina glanced over at the teddy bear and she looked back out the window as a crack of thunder wrung out over head to start a down pour. ("I thought Tsukasa would have been over me by now. With how long I was gone. Koyasha didn't seem to like him but he did tolerate him. What am I going to do at school tomarrow? Maybe he'll make friends with him. I can just imajin how everyones going to be when I'm in school tomarrow.") Marina's face showed her mental exhaustion. 'Love, Day After Tomarrow' started playing in her ears and she smiled lightly, she'd missed getting to listen to music to drown out the world. The Yamaki's stopped the car and looked in desspair up at the sky. "And we didn't bring umbrellas. I'll run inside and get them for you and Marina." Marina turned her head barely catching her name. Mr. Yamaki returned drenched carrying two umbrellas. Marina went to grab her things, "Don't worry about those dear." "It's no trouble I'll take them in." Marina stepped out of the car with Mr. Yamaki holding an umbrella over her head. Mrs. Yamaki took hers and started walking for the house. Mr. Yamaki stopped walking noticeing that Marina had stopped. Marina stared up at the lightning flashes as the rain fell down into her eyes. She started walking again and went inside the house. Marina dropped her things on her desk and sat down on the bed. "Is there anything I can get for you before you go to bed?" Marina shook her head and Mrs. Yamaki closed the door. Marina looked around the room in the dim lighting from the repeated strikes of lightning. It was just as she'd left it minus a broken window. She slipped off her clothes and put on her nighty. She walked over to the window in her thin cotton dress and stared out into the storm. "I wonder if he's ok.", she walked back over to her bed and layed down. she started to close her eyes and they popped back open as 'Change the world' wrung in her head phones. She pulled the covers over her head and felt a small trickl of water pass over her nose and fall onto the pillow. She whipped her eyes and stared at the window watching the little trikles of water light up in the storm on her window. Her eyes grew heavy and she fell asleep.
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Koyasha awoke the next morning throughly rested. He stretched and sat up, He rubbed his head and it still felt stickey from the box lunch the day before. Koyasha groaned and walked to the bathroom. His eyes looked surprised as he saw a complete change of clothes laid out and a bath waiting. He picked up a small note on his clothes and read it. "Come down and have some breakfast when you're done Koyasha." Koyasha ripped up the note and started washing. Koyasha walked down the stares still trying to button up his shirt. He sniffed the air and felt his stomach growl. "Nice to see you up and dressed Koyasha." Koyasha's eyes slanted and he sat down at the table with his unkle and grandmother. His grandmother smiled seeing him. "You look very handsom in those clothes Koyasha." Koyasha rolled his eyes, "What time is it?" His family looked surprised by his question. The door bell wrang and broke the silence. "I'll go get it mother." Shyouta stood up and whent to the door. Koyasha shoved some rice in his mouth. "Is Koyasha here?" Koyasha shoved the rest of his meal in his mouth and headed for the door. "Yes, he's here just a moment while I get him." Koyasha put his shoes in his bag and headed out the door shoveing past Shyouta. "Koya-kun," Koyasha turned around as his grandmother handed him a large wrapped up box. Koyasha took it and headed off with Tsukasa. Shyouta stood stareing out the door. "Is....he going to school?" "It's natural for young people to go to school and learn." Shyouta's mother walked back in to finish her breakfast, he closed the door smileing. "Maybe there's hope for Sis's son yet." Shyouta's beeper whent off and he groaned scarfing down the rest of his breakfast and running out the door.
Marina awoke to her alarm going off. She blinked a couple times in the early morning light. She stood up and walked to her closet takeing off her nighty and put on her uniform. She looked in the mirror a moment then stopped and looked at her hair. "I need a bath." she walked over to the bathroom and a bath was already waiting she started to leave till she notice a note on the floor. She picked it up and it read, "I thought you might want to get washed up before school. See you at breakfast. ..Mrs. Yamaki." Marina smiled lightly and undressed. Marina sat down at breakfast and started eating ith no protesst for her to eat more when she couldn't even eat half. The Yamaki's were just thankfull for how she had been eating since she got back and didn't want to jinx it by saying anything today. Marina picked up her school things and waved off to the Yamaki's grabbing her lunch. She walked out the door and looked up to see Riico waveing at the gate. The morning air was humid and the day just screamed stay in bed. Marina was surprised she got as far as she did before her cough set in again. They met Yuka and Hikari at the gate with a smile. Many students came up to Marina as they walked inside and expressed their happiness at seeing her return. Marina smiled and thanked them but fellt she'd rather be in the bathroom pukeing up her guts. They entered the classroom much to the amazement of the girls Koyasha and Tsukasa were already there carrying on a conversation. The bell wrang and everyone filed in to their seets as Mr. Umezu entered the room.
"Ok everyone I decided we're going to take out a hystory books first thing this morning." Many of the class groaned, "Ok I know everyone hates hearing about the space age so I've decided that we're going to talk about something you should all be familiar with." The class quieted down and listened. "Demon legends." The class looked absolutely amazed that he, who was an avid believer that demon's and other such legends were just that legends, would choose the subject. "It came to my attention that not all stories are entirely based on just old wives tales to scare children. So we're going to spend the next two week reaserching old legends. I'm going to split you up into teams of three and you'll each be given a seperat artifact out of the Tokyo Hystorical Museum to find as much out as you can about. We'll be takeing a trip over there today, so if you've been there before you may have a head start on some of the other groups. I took the liberty of matching up the work groups late last night so don't kill me right away and give it a chance." Mr. Umezu pulled out a crumpled peice of paper out of his poket and started calling out names. Groans would wring out after certain names were called and then there we're quite a few yes's and banzai's. Marina finally heard her name called half way through. ("Hikari's the only one left.") There was a small pause "Tsukasa," her head sank as she heard several girls whisper 'luckey' in her ear. "and Ko-Yasha" Marina's head hit her desk. "Oh no what were you thinking Tasaku-san" she whispered under her breath. "I'd have rather been stuck with Urian and his thugs then those two." Mr. Umezu finished calling out the names and looked up at his class. The only one that seemed truly happy with his decission was Urian who had a thing for both Riico and Yuka who he ended up with. Mr. Umezu let out a big grin, "You're expected to find up to three interesting facts or items that are related to the main item you're given by me at the museum. They can be based on word of mouth legend or that which has been documented. I don't care just have some fun with it I wan't to hear enough that it makes me a believer."
The class loaded up into the trip bus and headed down town. Mr. Umezu let them sit were they wanted till they were forced to group together when they reached the museum. "Wow you're so lucky Marina." Marina felt like crying rather than praiseing Mr. Umezu's decision. "Hey at least you didn't get stuck with that thug Umezu-san like Riico and I did." "I'd trade you partners if I could." Her three friends looked shocked. "But both Tsukasa-san and Koyasha-san have a thing for you, though." Marina's face blushed and she turned her head to look out the window. "That's the problem both of them do." "It won't be so bad Marina-chan lighten up." "Why don't you pick on Hikari instead of me, she's with her all time big crush." Hikari blushed and ducked her head down so they couldn't see her ahead of them anymore. "True, but she's also with one of Urian-san's thugs so I daubt things could heat up to much between them." They heard a small groan from Hikari ahead of them. "Don't remind me." Koyasha sat in the back of the bus next to Tsukasa keeping Urian's thugs from there usual place of domination. Koyasha seemed adjitated by something, "What's the matter Koyasha?" "Koyasha just stared out the window. "I thought you liked hystory?" Koyasha glanced at him then back out the window. Tsukasa started laughing makeing Koyasha turn his head curiously. "What's so funny?" "Nothing I guess it just didn't hit me before now." "And what would that be?" The bus stopped and they all started standing up and leaveing. "Come on Koyasha, don't want to be left behind." Mr. Umezu called from the front to Koyasha and Tsukasa, whe were in the midst of a heated conversation.
"Ok now get in you're groups so I can give you you're assigned items. Group one gets the cursed armor, two gets the three noe masks, three has the blood stained kimono, four you've got the cursed comb, five has the two headed staff, six's got the yellow eyed demon paintings..." Marina looked up surprised, "I've never heard of the demon paintings, they must be new?" "And seven you've got...the white baboon pelt. Be back in the courtyard for lunch at eleven we've got to be back by schools end. I'll judge if we need to stay beyond lunch by how far along you all are. So go and find you're items for study I'll see you back here later." Most of the groups left dragging their feet behind them. Marina ran on ahead makeing Koyasha and Tsukasa hurry to keep up. ("I was here only a couple weeks ago I thought I'd seen everything about demons.") Marina appoligized for running into several people before she stopped and looked horrified in front of her assignment. Tsukasa stared at the painting looking over at Koyasha several times to make sure he wasn't going crazey. "The rezemblance is uncanny between you and those paintings Koyasha. That is minuse the dog ears, that and this guy looks a lot kinder, no effence." Koyasha ignored Tsukasa and watched Marina's face. as she nearly knocked over the chain barrier sepping forward. She looked at the stamp on the painting and couldn't believe her eyes. It looked just like the carving on the end of her katana. Koyasha walked up next to her and said lightly to keep Tsukasa from hearing him, "That's you're style if I'm not mistaken." Marina nodded and he looked over at her terrified face with facination. Tsukasa walked up to join the conversation. "Lets see here," he ran his fingers along the hystorical facts booth in front of the paintings. "Although many believe this is not Japanese in origin it was found in a temple and the fact that it documents demon legends of the famous dog demon family that saught after the cursed Shikon no Tama of the waring states erra. If this is infact an artist other than that of Japan it just goes to prove how important the old legends were. That these old legends may have even influenced an artist from the outside to make there own interpratation of the demon. The three paintings have been nicknamed 'the emotions of a demon.'"
A man started to walk up the the three standing infront of the paintings. "I see you've found 'The Faces of a Demon.' They're really quite a trio." The man stopped and stared at Koyasha in amazement. "If I didn't know better about the age of those painings I'd almost have to say they were of you young man." Koyasha's eyes slanted and he looked back over at the paintings. "Now what's facinateing is the artists signature here. No one can figure out just what kind of stamp they used." Marina continued looking at the painting. "It's from the hilt of a katana." "That's an interesting guess young lady, but.." Marina looked over at him annoyed "It's not a guess the sword hilt and sheath was made from white ivory and adorned in silver with white crain and feather carveings." The man started to laugh but stopped and began to stare at the print again. "No it can't be!" The man ran off knocking several students over. "Wait right there young lady I'll be back in just a few minutes." Marina looked back over at the paintings and closed her eyes. Feeling each brush stroke as though she was painting it right then and there. "What was all that about Marina-san?" "Nothing he was just irratateing me acting like he knew anything about these paintings." Tsukasa was surprised to see this side of Marina, he'd never known her to be even remotly hatefull. Koyasha felt a small bit of satisfaction hereing those words from her mouth, it sounded like something he would say. Marina took out her note book and started wrighting. "That and the nick name they gave to these is all wrong." Koyasha looked over at her interested in her conversation with the note pad. "And what would you have called them?" "The sadness in his heart." Tsukasa looked at them a moment. "It does seem to fit better because all the paintings have the same sadness in his eyes despite his open expression." Tsukasa smiled pleasantly pulling out his camera. The man came running back and grabbed Marina's arm and yanked her off. Koyasha ran after him and grabbed the man by the back of the collar and yanked him to a halt throwing him to the ground. The man popped back up and appologized and took off again still holding Marina's arm. Koyasha and Tsukasa stood baffled by the man's behavior. "Young lady what's your name!" Marina blinked a few times still in shock from him running off with her. "It's Marina... McElrea, Marina." "An american huh!" She nodded stumbling to a stop infront of a croud of archiologists. "Sir this is the young woman I mentioned." Marina looked up panting for breath at a tall balled man with a beard and glasses, with a large grin on his face. "Mr. Takenaka this is Miss. Mc.." He looked at her worried a moment. "McElrea" Marina held out her hand for Mr. Takenaka to shake. "It's a pleasure to meet you Miss. McElrea." Marina nodded and smiled. "I'm not really sure why I've been brought here." The tall man laughed heartily. "Don't be so modest. You've saved me and my men a lot of work." "How did I do that?" "The sword of coars. None of my hystorians ever made the connection between the two." Marina's eyes widened. "What do you mean the sword?" Mr. Takenaka stepped asside and she looked into a glass case that held her sword that looked like it has survived many battles over several hundred years. ("How can this be?") "You reolize now we will have to move around our entire dissplay." Koyasha started laughing as he looked up and saw the dissplay. The sword sat next to the tetsutsaiga and his mothers bow. Mr. Takenaka looked over at him surprised. "Why not just move the paintings over here?" Mr. Takenaka seemed a little confussed. "The demons mother and fathers weapons are right there next to the angel who painted him's sword." The group of men started laughing hystericaly at Koyasha. "You have a good imajination boy but the items are unrelated." Koyasha's eyes slanted; Marina looked at him and shook her head she knew deep down he was more than tempted to take off his hat and make them shut their mouths. "Wow we might finish our two week assignment in today alone." Tsukasa smiled pleasantly walking up. "What would make you think these weapons were related young man." Marina leaned over an whispered into Koyasha's ear. "Don't tell them they were your parents please Koyasha." "Why should I fear these humans I could kill them all this minute if I felt like it." "Koyasha if you tell them we'll have to.." Marina stopped reolizeing if Koyasha knew she'd have to leave with him if they found out about him; he'd do it just to spite her and make her come back with him.
Mr. Umezu smiled walking up, "I see you've already started interviewing some of the archiologists. That's good dillagent work." "Oh are you their teacher?" "Yes, the names Tasaku, Umezu Tasaku." "It's a pleasure I'm proffessor Takenaka." They nodded and shook hands. "You have a briliant student here." Mr. Umezu smiled and laughed. "Which one these three are some of my top students." "Miss. McElrea here she's disscovered a large peice to the puzzle surrounding this strange sword we recently found." Mr. Umezu looked over very interested in studying Marina's face. "That and this boy here has quite and imajination." "Why is that proffessor?" "He believes the paintings and these three weapons here are all related." "Now I wouldn't shrug off Koyasha so easily, his family is very informed about old demon legends." Mr. Umezu winked to Koyasha, Marina looked between the two suspiciously. "Yes sir but that's just legends. Demons are a romantics myth." "I don't know proffessor after one hour with him he convinced me after years of being a dissbeliever.
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Sorry thought I might leave it on a cliff hanger!
So tell me what you thinK! I need to hear from you people so I know to keep this crazey story going.
I'm not sure wether Koyasha should take off his hat or not but it's sure tempting
Anyway chapter 13 comeing soon!!
Please R&R.....can't wait to hear from everyone!
right after....or at least close after chapter 11
But I've been good I've gotten past some of my writers block ...
Through lots of divers music...I even went so far as to listen to a techno remix of the Rainbow Brite theme song.....don't diss it I like Rainbow Brite
That and countless hours of InuYasha music that and dance dance revolution-butterfly by dj myst
Very good find it if you can!
That and this music vidio I found by: Brandi...sengoku_jidai@hotmail.com..
.Http://web.utk.edu/~bborchar
I hope that you check it out its really cool......and I don't even like Limp bizkit but it's to IY so it's cool.
But you didn't come to read about what I'm doing right so I guess you came to find out what happens next with Koyasha, right?!!
Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha Rumiko Takahashi does! We lover her work! My story contains few spoilers so If you're not too far in the sereies feel free to read on!
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InuYasha Beyond the Skin
Chapter 12
'The New Guy'
Marina awoke the next moring to Koyasha stretching out and getting ready to jump out the window. "Koyasha where are you going this early in the morning?" He glanced over at her surprised to see her awake. "Um...?" She smiled already knowing the answere to her own question. "If you could Koyasha, would you take these into my teacher?" Koyasha looked over at the piled of homework she held out and rolled his eyes. "I don't see what the point of doing this is. You're eaveing with me as soon as you're better." Marina's eyes slanted. "I won't go back with you at all if you're late you're first day of school." Koyasha rolled his eyes and snatched the papers from her hand. "I'm only doing this to make sure you don't try and stay here." Marina flopped back down in bed and turned away from him. "What ever Koyasha, you're going to be late." Koyasha stood on the ledge and started to close the window behind him. "Koyasha?" He opened it back up and poked his head in. "What now wom...Marina?" "Have a good day and try to act normal their going to think you're some kind of super human if they see you jumping accross roof tops to get to school." He nodded much to the surprise of Marina coming back inside; and leaving out of her room door closeing it behind him. Marina sat and said a silent praier to herself. "Please...Oh please let him stay out of trouble today! And let him not get in any fight."
Riico stood tapping her foot waiting for Koyasha to show up at her house. "That no good Koyasha-san! He promised he'd be here!" "No good huh?" Koyasha jumped down from the noise barier just in front of Riico's home. "Koyasha-san!... It's about time we've only got ten minutes to get to school no thanks to you!" "Is that all?" Koyasha grabbed Riico's arm and took off. "Koyasha you idiot, you don't even know how to get back to the school do you?!" Koyasha's face looked dissgusted. "What are we not getting there fast enough for you?" Koyasha shot around and evil grin before leaping up on top of a home and onto the side walk on the other side; with Riico screaming the whole time. A few more jumps and they landed right in front of the school gates. He let go of Riico's hand and she barely stood quivering with her uniform ragged and her hair no better. Yuka and Hikari looked up and laughed as she came into view. "What happened to you Riico did you run through a wind tunnel?" Riico still stood with a gostly appearance. Yuka waved her hand in front of Riico's eye's, "Riico are you awake?" Riico's head tured like an evil doll to look at Koyasha who was busy eye balling the students as they entered. "You jerk!!" Riico jumped up and started choking Koyasha. Yuka and Hikari stood a split second unbelieveing of what Riico was doing before prying her hands away from him. "What did he do to you Riico-chan?" "What did he do! He must have jumped accross every roof in..." Yuka snapped Riico's mouth shut as several students lingered interested in the what was going on. Hikari looked over at them annoyed, "Do you mind!" Their heads shot back around and walked on whispering to eachother about the new guy.
The school bell chimed as Hikari shoved Koyasha into the room and ran to her own seat. Yuka looked over at Riico and nudged her elbow. "Hey Riico you did give him his enrolment papers, right?" Riico looked down into her bag and pulled them out. Yuka's face went pail and she snatched up the pappers and ran them to the front of the room and dropped them into Koyasha's hands. He looked down at them curiously as the class seemed to chorus out and "Ooooh" makeing the papers out to be a love letter or something to that extent. Koyasha turned his head as an older man with pop-glass spectacles enter the room eyeing him curiously. "And just who might you be young man?" The teacher eyed the papers in Koyasha's hand and snatched them up. "Inu, Ko-Yasha" Sever of the thug students in the back chuckled back."Inu-boy" (dog-boy). Koyasha's yellow eyes glowed stareing at the group in the back. One of the boys in the front shrunk down watching Koyasha's body movements. "You know young man you're out of uniform." Koyasha was ignoring the teacher watching the boys in the back intensly as the whispered insults about koyasha. Hikari cringed as she saw Koyasha's hat lightly twitch with his ears. "Oh well I suppose you're not the first to come to school out of uniform, personaly I don't see the point myself but it's a school rule so please try following it. Let's see where to put you young man?" The teacher tapped him on the shoulder and Koyasha whipped around eyes firey. "By the way I'm Mr. Umezu. ... but since you're one of my students you can call me Tasaku. And what would you like to be called?" Koyasha looked at him surprised by the man's friendliness. "Ko-Yasha" "Very well Koyasha have a seat next to Sakura in the back. If you could Sakura raise you're hand so he knows who you are." Sakura raised her hand which was obviously shakeing from fear. Koyasha's glair returned to the boys he'd been eyeing before. "Now I expect everyone to make him feel at home. Lets see what's on the list to do today?" Koyasha started to sit down and looked down at his hand. "Eh.. Tasaku" "What is it Ko-Yasha?" Koyasha waved the papers at him. "Well bring them up here don't be so shy next time." Koyasha walked up the the front and handed off the papers hearing the evil laughter from the boys again. "Poor Inu-boy's not any good at fetch." Koyasha's hair began to bristle in the back. Mrs. Umezu looked at the papers surprised. "You two dateing or something?" Koyasha's fist balled up. "No! She just asked me to bring them!" "Hey, chill out I was only kidding. Go back to you're seat already so I can get started." Koyasha turned around and several of the girls in the room shrieked as he walked past them eminateing an evil aura. Koyasha sat down and looked over noticeing that Sakura's desk was now half way accross the room and she sat with her head burried into a book shakeing. Marina's friends that had worked so hard on getting him into school seemed to smake their heads down in unison saying, "He'll never make it through a whole day."
Koyasha laid down on his desk bored out of his mind durring the math lesson yawning repetedly. His lips would tighten up every so often hearing a snide comment come from behind him. Several hours past through conji lessons and science class. Koyasha's head only peeked up with interest when the teacher accidently blew up a vile mixing too many chemicals together at once. Koyasha's head came up again when the history lesson started. "Then of coarse my favorit erra the space age is what were starting this week." A few students groaned. "Hey the feutal erra didn't last forever." "Yes Sir." A chill ran up Mr.Umezu's back hearing the word "Sir". "Any way everyone knows the original rockets where inspired by out fire works in the orient..." Koyasha listened intently facinated by what Mr. Umezu had to say up until the whispered taughnting finally met with them starting to say it directly to him. Koyasha's head lowered, "So how old are you in dog years. That hair of yours is getting pretty gray." "Oh he doesn't understand human, Junio" The ring leader of it all started barking at Koyasha. Koyasha shot up out of his seat throwing his chair and desk to the ground under the force of his body. One of the boys that had been leaning back on his chair fell back hitting the ground with a loud bang. Mr. Umezu looked up from his book and flipped on the lights from the slide show of the first few rocket launches. "What seems to be the problem?" He said with a stern voice watching the group starting to croud around Koyasha. Marina's friends watched biting their lips hopeing Koyasha wouldn't fight them. "I say again boys is their a problem?!" "No Sir, no problem here." Urian the leader of the group said with a suspicious smile on his face picking up Koyasha's desk. Urian nearly jumped out of his skin when he saw claw marks imbeded deeply into the desk top. He galanced down at Koyashas hands as he walked passed shewing off his thugs. He looked at Koyasha's claws and smirked to himself. "We'll settle this at lunch break Inu-boy." The bell rang for lunch and the group filed out of the room. Several boys nudged to eachother about the fight and ran out to watch along with quite a few excited girls that wanted to see if the intimadateing new guy could stand up to them.
Koyasha stood out on the ground holding his stomach. "Dam I'm hungry I didn't have breakfast." Hikari waved to Koyasha, "Hey Koyasha-san!" Koyasha sniffed the air in her direction and walked towards her which angered the group of thugs. "I thought you might be hungry so I brought you a box lunch." Koyasha's eyes lite up and he snatched the food from her. "Hey Inu-boy we've got a score to settle!" "Not now I'm eating!" Koyasha said with a mouth full of rice as he sat down in the grass. The crowd couldn't believe how he could just brush off the most feared gang in school. One of Urian's underlings charged at Koyasha's back screaming with his fist drawn. Koyasha shifted his head and caught his attackers hand and threw him over his shoulder past the parting croud into a wall a good five yards away. The boy hit and was knocked cold. "I told you I'm eating just now I'll be done in a minute." He stuffed some more food into his mouth with his chop sticks. Urian looked over at another one of his thugs and shifted his head for them to go. He charged at Koyasha in the same manner this time Koyasha dodged his hand and grabbed his face instead and threw him to the ground on top of the boy from before. "Now what was this I heard about the new guy giving you problems little brother?" Urian's older brother 'K' walked up to him almost standing a foot taller than Koyasha with a group of about ten to go with Urian's five still next to him. Koyasha rubbed his stomach and stood up. "That feels much better. Now that was rude of you to attack while I was eating." He threw the lunch box on the ground next to him and cracked his knuckles. "I don't like being messed with especialy while I'm eating." "You're going to regret picking a fight with us Inu-boy!" One of them set down a boom box and turned on a cd of Limp bizit The gang of underlings charged at Koyasha who just smiled bareing his fangs.
"Yuka, Riico you know what we have to do. If that hat of his comes off the closest one of us has to jump on him and cover up his head." The three nodded Riico looked scared and worried but was determined to follow through. Break stuff started blairing over the court yard, setting the mood for the gang. One of the bigger guyes charged in and punched Koyasha directly in the face. Koyasha never blinked and started laughing "You started it." Koyasha's fist shot out from no where and caught the boy in the stomach winding him and makeing him fall over in a black out. Koyasha's eyes closed a moment then opened as one of them redied to kick him, Koyasha whirled around and hit him in the shoulder grabbing his legg spinning him around useing him like a bat and knocked over the next five chargeing at Koyasha. Koyasha stood back up right and looked over at his next line of attackers with a slight amusment. "What are you not convinced I'm going to win yet?" Koyasha leaped up as they piled in and looked up to see him come down and begin knocking them down several at a time. The crowd watched with a cruel facination and a voice nagging at them that they shouldn't leave. Every time Koyasha's hat would lightly flop, the three girls would freek out and start to jolt forward. They stopped and sighed in relief noticeing it was still on a moment later. Koyasha lifted the last of his underling attackers by the neck and threw him to the side. "That's a real sign of weakness. Not even fighting your own battles." K looked at him and smirked. "I'll handle this little brother." "No he's right, I'll take care of him myself." K backed off and stepped assided to leave room for the two's battle. "You think I'm going to be easy Inu-boy? I could have taken all them on more easily then you. I hold several different martial arts black belts and I've nearly put ten men in their graves. I could care less about..." Koyasha stood with his back leaned up against the wall yawning. "Just wake me up when you're ready to fight." Urian ran forward his face burning with rage. Koyasha slipped to the side and ran around behind him hitting him in the back of the head lightly. "So are you ready to fight now." Urian whipped around and stared at him. "How did you?" Urian stopped with his question and regained his composure. "You're dead for that Inu-boy!" Koyasha did his usual cockey evil grin. "You're too slow." Koyasha punched him several times in the chest and face all in the blink of an eye. Koyasha grabbed Urians neck makeing sure not to use his claws just yet. "So it's death you want?" Koyasha sunk his claws lightly into Urian's neck and lowered his tone to a whisper. "I've killed several hundred men in my life. Do you think one bostfull kid like you is going to make any difference, when I don't have a heart." Urian's eyes widened and his pupils shrunk to pin points. K started to run for Koyasha seeing his brother in a much more serious situation then he had the power to escape from. Koyasha's eyes widened as he pulled back his other hand to strick Urian's face. "Koyasha no!" Koyasha dropped Urian, who insadently fainted, and looked around ducking K's fist and flipping him over. ("Where is she? I know I just heard her voice.") He stood baffled searching the shocked crowd for the blue eyed half-angel, with no luck.
Koyasha walked over to the front enterance followed by the three girls, ("I'm not going crazey am I. Maybe that girls just making me soft.") A wind picked up and the hat that had stayed on so well in the fight now saught its freedom. Hikari threw her lunch box on his head still full of her own lunch and Yuka tackled him while Riico ran after the myschevious hat. Koyasha's eyes squinted as rice fell down all over his face. ("I'm haveing a bad day.") He snatched his hat from Riico and walked back into the school, whith Hikari's lunch still on his head. Koyasha watched a boy come out of a room with a little symbol on the door and entered the room. He looked over at the several small block rooms and white elongated strangely shaped bowls lineing the wall and a different but still uniquely strange one with a foset fixture much like that of Marina's home. Koyasha eyed the room a moment and walked over to the sink looking in the mirror as he cleaned off the food all over his head. ("I think this is what mother called a ....what was it a restroom?") I think I remember useing one when I was little at Grandma and Unkle Shyouta's house." He looked in one of the stalls at the toilet bowl and closed the door again. He put his hat back on and looked back over at the mirror and eyed the his appearance in the modern clothes. He smiled lightly then his face when bitter again. "Dressing me up like some human fool. That woman is just kidding herself." Koyasha pulled his fist and smashed the mirror, several little shards fell as he pulled his lightly cut fist back from the mirror and saw the sad expression of his eyes multiplied by a hundred in all the jigsawed shards. "I'm sorry you feel that way." Koyasha spunn around hearing her voice again. He felt a light warmness touch his cheek. "Being humans not so bad." He swung at a glowing immage of a woman who looked very similar to Marina. "Who...who are you?" The woman smiled and lowered herself to the ground. "Can you think of no one I may be?" Koyasha's eyes slanted and he looked away from her. "I'm not the one you should be visiting." Koyasha turned back towards her and saw a deep sadness in her eyes. "She won't listen to me anymore." "And you think I will." Koyasha started to walk for the door. "You don't understand it's killing her!" Koyasha turned back around and the glowing woman was gone. A drop of water fell from his eye level infront of him and splashed to the ground. "I dont' know what you were talking about and I don't really care. The only thing I care about is finding the rest of the jewel." Koyasha felt the warmness leave the room and he turned and left.
Koyasha finished out the rest of the day wowing everyone of his abilities in PE although most of the sports he had no clue how to play. Koyasha found himself in a study class and pared up with Tsukasa one of the popular boys in school. Koyasha sat down to take a short nap and found a very attracktive young man in front of him that looked like he could put up a good fight with someone if provoked. "You're names Koyasha right?" Koyasha looked up at him for a moment then closed his eyes again. "So what if it is?" "I'm Tsukasa, Mr.Umezu paired us up as study partners. I hope you don't mind." Koyasha leaned back. "Don't you already have one I'm the new one here remember.?" Tsukasa laughed lightly "Yes, actualy I do but she won't be back in school for a few days I've heard." Tsukasa peaked his interest and he sat back up and opened his eyes. "You mean Marina don't you?" Tsukasa looked surprised, "You know her?" Koyasha closed his eyes and leaned back again. And answered in an unhappy tone, "You could say that." "Are you two..." Koyasha's eyes shot open, "No we're not." Tsukasa waved him off, "I was just curious I didn't mean anything by it." "Why should you want to know anyway Tsukasa?" Tsukasa sat back and opened one of his text books. "Nothing I just didn't want to be stepping on any toes." Koyasha looked at him quirly reached over and shut his book. "Just what do you mean by that?" Tsukasa looked up uneffected by Koyasha's actions. "I'm not afraid of you Koyasha, whether you like it or not." Koyasha's eyes slanted and his eybrow raised. Tsukasa looked him dead in the eye very calm and unintimidated. "We really should be studying, and trying to finish of our assignments that are due tomarrow." "What do I care I'm only supposed to be here a few days." Tsukasa glanced up from his book and smiled. "What was I thinking she'd never be interested in a lazey muscle head like you." Koyasha grabbed Tsukasa's collar and lifted him over the table. "What did you call me?!" Tsukasa looked at Koyasha coolly still in his grasp. "I think we were close enough I shouldn't have to repete myself." Koyasha dropped him and started laughing. "I may be lazey but you've just got a death wish boy." Tsukasa chuckled lightly. "So are you ready to do you're work yet Koyasha?" Koyasha pulled open the same book as Tsukasa and smirked. ("This doesn't look so hard. If that arrogant fool Tsukasa can do it; I sure as hell can.") Koyasha looked up for a moment at all the stareing faces that quickly shot back to their books. Even the teacher watching over the room for Mr. Umezu seemed intimadated by Koyasha. Koyasha got through his subjects with Tsukasa's casually pointing out how to find the answers and helping Koyasha with all of the math. Tsukasa pulled out the hystory book and actualy found Koyasha answereing most of the days questions just from the days lesson.
The bell wrang for school to be dissmissed Tsukasa stood a moment quite amazed by Koyasha who still sat reading the hystory book as though he was hearing about all the imformation for the first time. He started to walk away and noticed Koyasha head to the front of the room to talk to Mr. Umezu holding open a page that he couldn't take his eyes off of. Tsukasa stood in the door way looking over at them shocked by the scene....."Demons those are just fairy tails told to scare children. Many of them were based back in feudal Japan durring the waring states erra. Some families that were in the priest hood or that guard over our countries shrines still believe that demon's really exsist." Koyasha glanced over at Tsukasa who felt caught for listening in and left. "Something wrong Koyasha?" "What if I told you demons did or..do exsist?" The teacher laughed. "Don't tell me you're family passes on those old traditions too?!" Koyasha looked into his eyes seriously. "What would you do if I told you I was part demon?" Mr. Umezu looked up at him smileing, "I'd have to say I don't believe you." Koyasha turned to leave. "That's too bad I thought you might have an open mind." Mr. Umezu stood up and put his hand on Koyasha's shoulder. "I was just kidding come back I'll tell you whatever you want to know about what I know regarding demons. Mr. Umezu pulled out a large book that read Tokyo Hystorical Museum. "Allright so you believe in demons that's obvious. Here in the Tokyo Museum there are several artifacts that are said to have belonged to demons. "Like this Katana here was said to turn into a giant fang when wealded by a demon." Koyasha looked down in surprise and a smil creased his lips. Koyasha reached into his pocket and drew out a hand full of pictures that he'd taken from Marina's things when they first met. One of the crumpled up photos matched that of the book Mr. Umezu held. ("So the sword still exsists in this time. And she knows where it is.") Mr. Umezu looked up at him curiously. "Oh so you've heard of this one well here's one the just recently found...Where was it now....Hmmm doesn't say in here.... Anyway this sword looks Japanese in design but the craftsman must have met a short death because they've never seen another even half as fine or with this style of detailing. It's really a wonder to see look here." Koyasha looked down where he was pointing and dropped what he was holding to pick up the book. Mr. Umezu gathered up the photoes laughing. "Well I didn't expect you to be that impressed by it." Koyasha stared at the pickture of an aged battle worn sword that could be misstaken for no others sword than Marina's. ("What does this mean is she destined to stay in feutal times and die?") "Come now that's nothing let me show you these next artifacts. Mr. Umezu stood up next to Koyasha and flipped the pages to several ink paintings of demons. "Then of coarse there are these.." Koyasha glanced at the pictures and seemed dissinterested. "Nothing going huh...Well if you flip the page these next few are really interesting." Koyasha turned the pages and stopped horrified. "Now lots of hystorians want to dissreguard these ones as genuin artifact because they don't follow the style of the time period." Mr. Umezu stopped and looked at the picture in the book then looked back up at Koyasha slightly horrified by the amazeing rezemblance between the gray haird demon with dog ears and yellow eyes. Koyasha looked over at him with a drop of sweat on his forhead and seemed slightly worried. "Do you believe me now Tasaku?" Koyasha looked around to make sure no one els was in sight and pulled off his hat. Mr. Umezu plastered himself up against the black board his eyes nearly popping out of his head. "Yeah, I'd say I'm a believer." Koyasha put the hat over his head again and looked down at the ground closeing the book. "I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't tell anyone about this." Mr. Umezu regained his composure and lightly chuckled. "I'd be too afraid of what you do to me if I did." Koyasha lightly smiled. ("Why ....why did I tell him...Hell why did I show him what I am. Since when do I trust humans. But he feels like...like a friend. I must be loseing my mind!!") Koyasha picked up his book and photos and started to walk away. "I won't tell anyone but could you show me those things again so I know I'm not going crazey?" Koyasha smirked and pulled off his hat and twitched his ears. "Still attatched." He then put his hat back on again. "And here I thought you just made your hair and eyes like that for intimidation." "I've got someone waiting, I should go" "Koyasha be carfull about who you tell, not everyone will take it as well as me." Koyasha was allmost out the door and Mr. Umezu ran up to him and handed him some papers. Koyasha looked down at the papers and saw Marina's name on the top. "She knows doesn't she?" "She set me free." Koyasha walked out of the room leaveing Mr. Umezu with his mouth hanging open again.
Koyasha walked out the school gates and paused just catching Tsukasa out of the corner of his eye. "What do you want Tsukasa?" Tsukasa walked up and looked Koyasha in the eye. "What were you two talking about?" Koyasha started walking forward to pass him and Tsukasa held his hand out to stop him. Koyasha looked down at his hand pushing against his chest and became ajitated. "It's a simple question." "But it's not one I feel like answereing." "You don't strike me as the kind that would be interested in anything a teacher had to say." "Information is information it doesn't matter to me where it comes from." Koyasha started walking forward and pushed past Tsukasa. "I'm going to the hospital to see Marina, Koyasha. Do you feel like comeing?" Koyasha flashed the papers in his hand back to Tsukasa who just barely caught the name on them. ("So that's what he wanted from the teacher. So he is interested in her.") Koyasha wanted to run and get there faster but kept hearing Marina's words from the moring ring out and that from Mr. Umezu. Tsukasa struck Koyasha as a person with an alterior motive although he seemed to have good intentions. The two reached the hospital after night fall, "Go on ahead Koyasha I'll catch up to you in a few minutes." Koyasha eyed him suspiciously but kept walking. The police eyed Koyasha as he entered her room, "Koyasha!" Marina's eyes lit up as he entered the room. Hikari looked over at him slighly, "Don't worry Koyasha I'll let you tell her about the fight at school. Oops sorry Koyasha." Hikari giggled as Marina looked over at him dissapointed with a minor touch of anger. "Koyasha I thought you agreed this morning that you wouldn't..." Marina stopped and stared as the door lightly knocked and Tsukasa entered. "Hello Marina-kun I thought this might make you feel better." He walked forward and handed her a big teddy bear holding a get well balloon. She took the present and glanced over at Hikari in dissmay. "Oh... thank you Tsukasa. But you really shouldn't have." Koyasha's eyes narrowed and he fellt the hair on his neck rise. "Here are you're assignments." Koyasha tossed the pappers on her bed and eyeballed Tsukasa. "I'm sorry I didn't introduce you two this is..." Tsukasa shook his head, "Don't worry we've already met." Koyasha started to back himself into his usual dark corner. "Well I've got to get going home Marina-kun. So I'll see you at school tomarrow right?" Marina gritted her teeth and looked worried at the potential fight that was in the air eminateing from the two young men. "That's right Hikari, thanks for comeing." The door closed behind Hikari and Marina was left to keep the peace by herself. "So did anything interesting happen at school?" "Only Koyasha's fight but I'm sure he told you about that." Tsukasa looked over at Koyasha smileing pleasantly. Koyasha rolled his eyes and looked out the window. "Not really, but I don't think I want to know." Tsukasa laughed pleasantly sitting down next to her bed. "May I ask how you two met? Koyasha and I didn't really get a chance to talk." Marina set the teddy bear off to the side and laughed lightly. "We met at the festival last week." "You only met that one day." Marina thought a moment and felt herself groan inside. She knew Tsukasa had a thing for her and he may try to undermind Koyasha. ("This isn't good. If Koyasha thinks Tsukasa might make me change my mind about comeing back with him he could...") "That's really amazeing how you can just meet a person one day and become good friends." "Isn't it though." "It's funny, Koyasha doesn't seem like the kind of person you'd associate with... Sorry I don't mean to sound rude." "No you're right ... He's not like my usual friends." She looked over at Koyasha worried. "But even you think we have nothing in common, right Koyasha." He didn't look over but she saw something in his eyes that told her to switch the subject. "But you're facination with hystory is quit surpriseing Koyasha." Koyasha turned his head abruptly "What should it matter to you?" Marina was surprised to hear that Koyasha would have any interest in school matters. "Really Koyasha?" "It's interesting seeing how society was formed into what I see today compaired to the past." Marina smiled along with Tsukasa. "Well I suppose it's getting late. I'll stay if you need any help with your work." Marina blushed lightly, "No I'll be fine, thank you." "So Koyasha shall we get going?" Koyasha's eyes opened interested in finding out about his new rival. "Well I guess I'll see you two tomarrow."
Tsukasa waved while Koyasha glanced over at her and walked on catching a glimps of her hidden scetch book. ("Something must be going happen to her in the past. The style on those scrolls was her's. Then again 'You don't understand it's killing her!' The question is what is 'it'? That woman sounded worried.") "Hey Koyasha!" "What" "You've been zoned out for the past five minutes. I just want to know where you live." "The Higurashi Shrine." Tsukasa looked surprised. "That's really far out of the school disstrict." "Where do you live?" Koyasha said with a sarcastic tone. "You caught me I live over that way myself." "So why do you go to that school Tsukasa?" Tsukasa was silent a moment than chuckled. "Probably the same reason you do. I got caught by a pretty face." Koyasha's eyes slanted. "Not interested. I've got more important things to worry about then chaseing women." "So why did you bring her homework from the school to her?" "I was doing her a favor." "Sure you were Koyasha." Tsukasa said mocking Koyasha. "Ok Koyasha if it wasn't her why that school?" "I don't know anyone else around here so the obvious decission was to go to school with someone I know." "That sound like a lamer excuse then mine." "I've never gone to school before today." Tsukasa looked surprised. "Ok so that makes a little more sence then to try and be with someone you knew." They walked for a few minutes in silence. "I'm sorry if I seem too agressive, it's really not like me to act so." Koyasha glanced at him noticeing how he stared down at the ground. "That's obvious." "Really I thought I hid it pretty well." Koyasha found himself almost starting to like Tsukasa although he was still bent on hateing him. "Tsukasa if you know you arn't acting like yourself why do you still take up that outward personality." Tsukasa was pleased that he'd been wrong about Koyasha being deattatched from his brain. "I guess because no one would like me otherwise." "I don't know she seems to be pretty into saps like you." Koyasha's eyes slanted thinking about it. "Do you really think so Koyasha?" Koyasha kept walking not answereing him. "You don't like me very much do you Koyasha?" "No I don't" "You can't hide how you feel from me Koyasha I see it in your eyes when she's near. Who'd know that look better than me." Koyasha glanced at him and continued walking.
Tsukasa looked up ahead and sighed. "The gangs are getting really bad now their comeing out even before most of the people are off the street. Lets go around and stay out of their way." Koyasha snickered, "You think I'm worried about them?" Tsukasa looked shocked, "These arn't the average school thugs these guys carry real weapons, and they do kill." "Are you saying you're not up for it Tsukasa?" Tsukasa's eyes narrowed and he started walking with Koyasha again. ("Now we'll see what the pretty boys really made of.") "I've seen this group before Koyasha look out for the guy with the tatood head they call him Mario." The two boys neared closer and the gang started to form in around them. "Look if it isn't our favorit little school boy comeing to play again." The thugs chuckled out as Tsukasa tried to walk past. The group leader with a tatood head stepped in front of him laughing. "Not this time Tsukasa you and you're friend there have to pay to pass and I don't mean money." Koyasha couldn't hold it in any longer and began laughing his head off. Mario looked over Tsukasa's shoulder quirly. "What wrong with you, what do you find so funny?" Koyasha held his head down so his bangs lay in his eyes and let his fangs glow in his smile. "Well punk what's so fucking funny!" Mario threw Tsukasa to the side and grabbed Koyasha by the collar. Koyasha's eyes shot up glowing with his large grin still gleaming in the street light. Mario stepped back. "What the hell are you!?" One of the guys freaked out and started running. "Shit he's the fucker that slaughtered the Black Dragons!" Tsukasa looked at Koyasha fearfully for a moment then caught his bareings. ("If he thinks I'm afraid of him he'll never respect me again.") Tsukasa whirled around and kicked the man holding his arm. The man fell to the ground hacking up his lunch. Koyasha spread out his fingers and slashed accross Mario's stomach. Mario jumped back looking down at his fresh wounds and looked back over at Koyasha who's expression hadn't changed in the slightest. "Lets get out of here boys this aint one we can take!" They ran off like the wind leaveing Koyasha and Tsukasa alone on the desserted side walk. "Koyasha are you ok?" Tsukasa stayed back seeing the blood thirsty look in Koyasha's eyes. Tsukasa steped forward and placed his hand lightly on Koyasha's shoulder. "Their gone Koyasha." Koyasha hit his hand away, "Don't touch me." His tone was dark not at all like he had been moments ago. "What ever works for you Koyasha." Tsukasa started walking and looked back seeing Koyasha still standing motionless. "You comeing?" Koyasha blinked a few times and seem to come out of his trance and look up at Tsukasa. "Yeah." Koyasha rubbed his head and stared down at his other hand. ("Damn I'm really starting to lose control when my blood get up. It almost felt like I was going to go into blood lust.") "Koyasha are you ok. Granted I don't know you too well but that did not seem like you back there." Koyasha's eyes kept forward. "I'm fine, don't worry about it."
Tsukasa waved off to Koyasha before heading home himself when they reached the Higurashi shrine. "See you at school tomarrow, Koyasha." Koyasha nodded and started up the stares. He reached the top step and paused infront of Shyouta. "Is that you.....What are you doing here Koyasha?" "Going to sleep got a problem with that." Shyouta stared at him strangely as he walked past. He seemed surprised that Koyasha wasn't picking for a fight with him as usual. "It's strange to see you in such modern clothes." "It wasn't my idea unkle." "That American girl again?" Koyasha glanced at him and walked into the house. Shyouta stood outside a moment smileing. "He's changed, maybe it's not so bad she woke him up after all."Koyasha clummsily took off his clothe and flopped down on his mothers old bed pulled the covers over his head and fell asleep.
Marina put her head phones on to drown out the noise from the road as her host parents drove her home from the hospital. Marina glanced over at the teddy bear and she looked back out the window as a crack of thunder wrung out over head to start a down pour. ("I thought Tsukasa would have been over me by now. With how long I was gone. Koyasha didn't seem to like him but he did tolerate him. What am I going to do at school tomarrow? Maybe he'll make friends with him. I can just imajin how everyones going to be when I'm in school tomarrow.") Marina's face showed her mental exhaustion. 'Love, Day After Tomarrow' started playing in her ears and she smiled lightly, she'd missed getting to listen to music to drown out the world. The Yamaki's stopped the car and looked in desspair up at the sky. "And we didn't bring umbrellas. I'll run inside and get them for you and Marina." Marina turned her head barely catching her name. Mr. Yamaki returned drenched carrying two umbrellas. Marina went to grab her things, "Don't worry about those dear." "It's no trouble I'll take them in." Marina stepped out of the car with Mr. Yamaki holding an umbrella over her head. Mrs. Yamaki took hers and started walking for the house. Mr. Yamaki stopped walking noticeing that Marina had stopped. Marina stared up at the lightning flashes as the rain fell down into her eyes. She started walking again and went inside the house. Marina dropped her things on her desk and sat down on the bed. "Is there anything I can get for you before you go to bed?" Marina shook her head and Mrs. Yamaki closed the door. Marina looked around the room in the dim lighting from the repeated strikes of lightning. It was just as she'd left it minus a broken window. She slipped off her clothes and put on her nighty. She walked over to the window in her thin cotton dress and stared out into the storm. "I wonder if he's ok.", she walked back over to her bed and layed down. she started to close her eyes and they popped back open as 'Change the world' wrung in her head phones. She pulled the covers over her head and felt a small trickl of water pass over her nose and fall onto the pillow. She whipped her eyes and stared at the window watching the little trikles of water light up in the storm on her window. Her eyes grew heavy and she fell asleep.
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Koyasha awoke the next morning throughly rested. He stretched and sat up, He rubbed his head and it still felt stickey from the box lunch the day before. Koyasha groaned and walked to the bathroom. His eyes looked surprised as he saw a complete change of clothes laid out and a bath waiting. He picked up a small note on his clothes and read it. "Come down and have some breakfast when you're done Koyasha." Koyasha ripped up the note and started washing. Koyasha walked down the stares still trying to button up his shirt. He sniffed the air and felt his stomach growl. "Nice to see you up and dressed Koyasha." Koyasha's eyes slanted and he sat down at the table with his unkle and grandmother. His grandmother smiled seeing him. "You look very handsom in those clothes Koyasha." Koyasha rolled his eyes, "What time is it?" His family looked surprised by his question. The door bell wrang and broke the silence. "I'll go get it mother." Shyouta stood up and whent to the door. Koyasha shoved some rice in his mouth. "Is Koyasha here?" Koyasha shoved the rest of his meal in his mouth and headed for the door. "Yes, he's here just a moment while I get him." Koyasha put his shoes in his bag and headed out the door shoveing past Shyouta. "Koya-kun," Koyasha turned around as his grandmother handed him a large wrapped up box. Koyasha took it and headed off with Tsukasa. Shyouta stood stareing out the door. "Is....he going to school?" "It's natural for young people to go to school and learn." Shyouta's mother walked back in to finish her breakfast, he closed the door smileing. "Maybe there's hope for Sis's son yet." Shyouta's beeper whent off and he groaned scarfing down the rest of his breakfast and running out the door.
Marina awoke to her alarm going off. She blinked a couple times in the early morning light. She stood up and walked to her closet takeing off her nighty and put on her uniform. She looked in the mirror a moment then stopped and looked at her hair. "I need a bath." she walked over to the bathroom and a bath was already waiting she started to leave till she notice a note on the floor. She picked it up and it read, "I thought you might want to get washed up before school. See you at breakfast. ..Mrs. Yamaki." Marina smiled lightly and undressed. Marina sat down at breakfast and started eating ith no protesst for her to eat more when she couldn't even eat half. The Yamaki's were just thankfull for how she had been eating since she got back and didn't want to jinx it by saying anything today. Marina picked up her school things and waved off to the Yamaki's grabbing her lunch. She walked out the door and looked up to see Riico waveing at the gate. The morning air was humid and the day just screamed stay in bed. Marina was surprised she got as far as she did before her cough set in again. They met Yuka and Hikari at the gate with a smile. Many students came up to Marina as they walked inside and expressed their happiness at seeing her return. Marina smiled and thanked them but fellt she'd rather be in the bathroom pukeing up her guts. They entered the classroom much to the amazement of the girls Koyasha and Tsukasa were already there carrying on a conversation. The bell wrang and everyone filed in to their seets as Mr. Umezu entered the room.
"Ok everyone I decided we're going to take out a hystory books first thing this morning." Many of the class groaned, "Ok I know everyone hates hearing about the space age so I've decided that we're going to talk about something you should all be familiar with." The class quieted down and listened. "Demon legends." The class looked absolutely amazed that he, who was an avid believer that demon's and other such legends were just that legends, would choose the subject. "It came to my attention that not all stories are entirely based on just old wives tales to scare children. So we're going to spend the next two week reaserching old legends. I'm going to split you up into teams of three and you'll each be given a seperat artifact out of the Tokyo Hystorical Museum to find as much out as you can about. We'll be takeing a trip over there today, so if you've been there before you may have a head start on some of the other groups. I took the liberty of matching up the work groups late last night so don't kill me right away and give it a chance." Mr. Umezu pulled out a crumpled peice of paper out of his poket and started calling out names. Groans would wring out after certain names were called and then there we're quite a few yes's and banzai's. Marina finally heard her name called half way through. ("Hikari's the only one left.") There was a small pause "Tsukasa," her head sank as she heard several girls whisper 'luckey' in her ear. "and Ko-Yasha" Marina's head hit her desk. "Oh no what were you thinking Tasaku-san" she whispered under her breath. "I'd have rather been stuck with Urian and his thugs then those two." Mr. Umezu finished calling out the names and looked up at his class. The only one that seemed truly happy with his decission was Urian who had a thing for both Riico and Yuka who he ended up with. Mr. Umezu let out a big grin, "You're expected to find up to three interesting facts or items that are related to the main item you're given by me at the museum. They can be based on word of mouth legend or that which has been documented. I don't care just have some fun with it I wan't to hear enough that it makes me a believer."
The class loaded up into the trip bus and headed down town. Mr. Umezu let them sit were they wanted till they were forced to group together when they reached the museum. "Wow you're so lucky Marina." Marina felt like crying rather than praiseing Mr. Umezu's decision. "Hey at least you didn't get stuck with that thug Umezu-san like Riico and I did." "I'd trade you partners if I could." Her three friends looked shocked. "But both Tsukasa-san and Koyasha-san have a thing for you, though." Marina's face blushed and she turned her head to look out the window. "That's the problem both of them do." "It won't be so bad Marina-chan lighten up." "Why don't you pick on Hikari instead of me, she's with her all time big crush." Hikari blushed and ducked her head down so they couldn't see her ahead of them anymore. "True, but she's also with one of Urian-san's thugs so I daubt things could heat up to much between them." They heard a small groan from Hikari ahead of them. "Don't remind me." Koyasha sat in the back of the bus next to Tsukasa keeping Urian's thugs from there usual place of domination. Koyasha seemed adjitated by something, "What's the matter Koyasha?" "Koyasha just stared out the window. "I thought you liked hystory?" Koyasha glanced at him then back out the window. Tsukasa started laughing makeing Koyasha turn his head curiously. "What's so funny?" "Nothing I guess it just didn't hit me before now." "And what would that be?" The bus stopped and they all started standing up and leaveing. "Come on Koyasha, don't want to be left behind." Mr. Umezu called from the front to Koyasha and Tsukasa, whe were in the midst of a heated conversation.
"Ok now get in you're groups so I can give you you're assigned items. Group one gets the cursed armor, two gets the three noe masks, three has the blood stained kimono, four you've got the cursed comb, five has the two headed staff, six's got the yellow eyed demon paintings..." Marina looked up surprised, "I've never heard of the demon paintings, they must be new?" "And seven you've got...the white baboon pelt. Be back in the courtyard for lunch at eleven we've got to be back by schools end. I'll judge if we need to stay beyond lunch by how far along you all are. So go and find you're items for study I'll see you back here later." Most of the groups left dragging their feet behind them. Marina ran on ahead makeing Koyasha and Tsukasa hurry to keep up. ("I was here only a couple weeks ago I thought I'd seen everything about demons.") Marina appoligized for running into several people before she stopped and looked horrified in front of her assignment. Tsukasa stared at the painting looking over at Koyasha several times to make sure he wasn't going crazey. "The rezemblance is uncanny between you and those paintings Koyasha. That is minuse the dog ears, that and this guy looks a lot kinder, no effence." Koyasha ignored Tsukasa and watched Marina's face. as she nearly knocked over the chain barrier sepping forward. She looked at the stamp on the painting and couldn't believe her eyes. It looked just like the carving on the end of her katana. Koyasha walked up next to her and said lightly to keep Tsukasa from hearing him, "That's you're style if I'm not mistaken." Marina nodded and he looked over at her terrified face with facination. Tsukasa walked up to join the conversation. "Lets see here," he ran his fingers along the hystorical facts booth in front of the paintings. "Although many believe this is not Japanese in origin it was found in a temple and the fact that it documents demon legends of the famous dog demon family that saught after the cursed Shikon no Tama of the waring states erra. If this is infact an artist other than that of Japan it just goes to prove how important the old legends were. That these old legends may have even influenced an artist from the outside to make there own interpratation of the demon. The three paintings have been nicknamed 'the emotions of a demon.'"
A man started to walk up the the three standing infront of the paintings. "I see you've found 'The Faces of a Demon.' They're really quite a trio." The man stopped and stared at Koyasha in amazement. "If I didn't know better about the age of those painings I'd almost have to say they were of you young man." Koyasha's eyes slanted and he looked back over at the paintings. "Now what's facinateing is the artists signature here. No one can figure out just what kind of stamp they used." Marina continued looking at the painting. "It's from the hilt of a katana." "That's an interesting guess young lady, but.." Marina looked over at him annoyed "It's not a guess the sword hilt and sheath was made from white ivory and adorned in silver with white crain and feather carveings." The man started to laugh but stopped and began to stare at the print again. "No it can't be!" The man ran off knocking several students over. "Wait right there young lady I'll be back in just a few minutes." Marina looked back over at the paintings and closed her eyes. Feeling each brush stroke as though she was painting it right then and there. "What was all that about Marina-san?" "Nothing he was just irratateing me acting like he knew anything about these paintings." Tsukasa was surprised to see this side of Marina, he'd never known her to be even remotly hatefull. Koyasha felt a small bit of satisfaction hereing those words from her mouth, it sounded like something he would say. Marina took out her note book and started wrighting. "That and the nick name they gave to these is all wrong." Koyasha looked over at her interested in her conversation with the note pad. "And what would you have called them?" "The sadness in his heart." Tsukasa looked at them a moment. "It does seem to fit better because all the paintings have the same sadness in his eyes despite his open expression." Tsukasa smiled pleasantly pulling out his camera. The man came running back and grabbed Marina's arm and yanked her off. Koyasha ran after him and grabbed the man by the back of the collar and yanked him to a halt throwing him to the ground. The man popped back up and appologized and took off again still holding Marina's arm. Koyasha and Tsukasa stood baffled by the man's behavior. "Young lady what's your name!" Marina blinked a few times still in shock from him running off with her. "It's Marina... McElrea, Marina." "An american huh!" She nodded stumbling to a stop infront of a croud of archiologists. "Sir this is the young woman I mentioned." Marina looked up panting for breath at a tall balled man with a beard and glasses, with a large grin on his face. "Mr. Takenaka this is Miss. Mc.." He looked at her worried a moment. "McElrea" Marina held out her hand for Mr. Takenaka to shake. "It's a pleasure to meet you Miss. McElrea." Marina nodded and smiled. "I'm not really sure why I've been brought here." The tall man laughed heartily. "Don't be so modest. You've saved me and my men a lot of work." "How did I do that?" "The sword of coars. None of my hystorians ever made the connection between the two." Marina's eyes widened. "What do you mean the sword?" Mr. Takenaka stepped asside and she looked into a glass case that held her sword that looked like it has survived many battles over several hundred years. ("How can this be?") "You reolize now we will have to move around our entire dissplay." Koyasha started laughing as he looked up and saw the dissplay. The sword sat next to the tetsutsaiga and his mothers bow. Mr. Takenaka looked over at him surprised. "Why not just move the paintings over here?" Mr. Takenaka seemed a little confussed. "The demons mother and fathers weapons are right there next to the angel who painted him's sword." The group of men started laughing hystericaly at Koyasha. "You have a good imajination boy but the items are unrelated." Koyasha's eyes slanted; Marina looked at him and shook her head she knew deep down he was more than tempted to take off his hat and make them shut their mouths. "Wow we might finish our two week assignment in today alone." Tsukasa smiled pleasantly walking up. "What would make you think these weapons were related young man." Marina leaned over an whispered into Koyasha's ear. "Don't tell them they were your parents please Koyasha." "Why should I fear these humans I could kill them all this minute if I felt like it." "Koyasha if you tell them we'll have to.." Marina stopped reolizeing if Koyasha knew she'd have to leave with him if they found out about him; he'd do it just to spite her and make her come back with him.
Mr. Umezu smiled walking up, "I see you've already started interviewing some of the archiologists. That's good dillagent work." "Oh are you their teacher?" "Yes, the names Tasaku, Umezu Tasaku." "It's a pleasure I'm proffessor Takenaka." They nodded and shook hands. "You have a briliant student here." Mr. Umezu smiled and laughed. "Which one these three are some of my top students." "Miss. McElrea here she's disscovered a large peice to the puzzle surrounding this strange sword we recently found." Mr. Umezu looked over very interested in studying Marina's face. "That and this boy here has quite and imajination." "Why is that proffessor?" "He believes the paintings and these three weapons here are all related." "Now I wouldn't shrug off Koyasha so easily, his family is very informed about old demon legends." Mr. Umezu winked to Koyasha, Marina looked between the two suspiciously. "Yes sir but that's just legends. Demons are a romantics myth." "I don't know proffessor after one hour with him he convinced me after years of being a dissbeliever.
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Sorry thought I might leave it on a cliff hanger!
So tell me what you thinK! I need to hear from you people so I know to keep this crazey story going.
I'm not sure wether Koyasha should take off his hat or not but it's sure tempting
Anyway chapter 13 comeing soon!!
Please R&R.....can't wait to hear from everyone!