'I'm bored.' Souten thought to herself as the teacher droned on…and on for what seemed to be an eternity, even though the class was an hour. Souten drifted into sleep. She had a strange dream where she and her brothers were powerful demons and she had a boyfriend that looked like Shippo with a foxtail.
"Ms. Raiden." Her teacher's voice snapped her awake.
"Where's the cannon?" She said shooting up.
"There is no cannon. Please read the next paragraph."
"I don't want to, I apologize if you've wet your pants from anticipation to prove I can't read, but I can so sorry." She snorted arrogantly.
"I see you most likely weren't paying attention." The teacher then turned to another student, who started to read.
'Blah, blah…that's all I ever hear from these people.' She thought in disgust. 'Shippo's lucky he doesn't have to put up with this….' Souten got through the next to classes easily until she cut 4th to get out in the open air. She had saved her lunch to give some to Shippo if she saw him.
"I-I'm sorry!" Shippo whimpered cowering in front of Naraku.
"Sorry doesn't cut it!" Naraku snapped his fist colliding with Shippo's skull. Shippo clutched his head in pain. "What do you have to say for yourself you insolent brat?!"
"I-I couldn't d-do it!"
"And why not?" He said grabbing the boy by his collar.
"B-because she helped m-me."
"Who?" He snapped.
"T-the girl w-who lives there."
He threw the trembling boy down and spat at his feet. "I'll deal with you later, brat." Once Shippo was sure Naraku was gone, he got up and ran off as fast as he could. The direction he took was towards the park.
Souten looked up to see Shippo running into the park. She stood up and waved at him. "Hey Shippo!" She cried. The boy looked at her and ran over. "How are you?"
"Fine." he said, hiding his fear from earlier. She didn't need to get involved in his problems.
She smiled and handed him a paper bag. "Lunch." She offered.
"Thanks." he said, peering into the bag and taking out the sandwich and offering her a bit of it.
"I just ate a little while ago, I'm fine."
"Alright." He ate the sandwich himself.
"So…how's the day been going?"
"Alright." He lied.
"At least one of us has had a tolerable day." She said sighing.
"What was wrong with your day?" he asked curiously.
"Teachers, its always, 'Souten do this' 'Ms. Raiden are you paying attention?' On and on…." She said growling in her throat.
"Sounds like fun." He joked.
"Yeah…."
The hairs on Shippo's neck stood on end, and he glanced past Souten. His face paled. "Oh no…not here, not now…."
"Are…you okay?" She asked unsure of his actions.
"I-I have to go. Right now. I need you to go in the other direction. Don't follow me." He said, taking off quickly, not giving her any time to ask anything. 'Don't let him have seen.' he thought, hoping he hadn't.
She took off in the opposite direction. 'I…wonder what was wrong….' She thought.
Meanwhile, Shippo darted through the alleys until he thought he was safe. He dropped down panting, leaning against the wall.
Souten got home around the same time school would be letting out and walked up to her room.
Shippo thought about it for a second. "Naraku knows…he always knows…." He said with a small sigh.
"Ms. Raiden." Her teacher's voice snapped her awake.
"Where's the cannon?" She said shooting up.
"There is no cannon. Please read the next paragraph."
"I don't want to, I apologize if you've wet your pants from anticipation to prove I can't read, but I can so sorry." She snorted arrogantly.
"I see you most likely weren't paying attention." The teacher then turned to another student, who started to read.
'Blah, blah…that's all I ever hear from these people.' She thought in disgust. 'Shippo's lucky he doesn't have to put up with this….' Souten got through the next to classes easily until she cut 4th to get out in the open air. She had saved her lunch to give some to Shippo if she saw him.
"I-I'm sorry!" Shippo whimpered cowering in front of Naraku.
"Sorry doesn't cut it!" Naraku snapped his fist colliding with Shippo's skull. Shippo clutched his head in pain. "What do you have to say for yourself you insolent brat?!"
"I-I couldn't d-do it!"
"And why not?" He said grabbing the boy by his collar.
"B-because she helped m-me."
"Who?" He snapped.
"T-the girl w-who lives there."
He threw the trembling boy down and spat at his feet. "I'll deal with you later, brat." Once Shippo was sure Naraku was gone, he got up and ran off as fast as he could. The direction he took was towards the park.
Souten looked up to see Shippo running into the park. She stood up and waved at him. "Hey Shippo!" She cried. The boy looked at her and ran over. "How are you?"
"Fine." he said, hiding his fear from earlier. She didn't need to get involved in his problems.
She smiled and handed him a paper bag. "Lunch." She offered.
"Thanks." he said, peering into the bag and taking out the sandwich and offering her a bit of it.
"I just ate a little while ago, I'm fine."
"Alright." He ate the sandwich himself.
"So…how's the day been going?"
"Alright." He lied.
"At least one of us has had a tolerable day." She said sighing.
"What was wrong with your day?" he asked curiously.
"Teachers, its always, 'Souten do this' 'Ms. Raiden are you paying attention?' On and on…." She said growling in her throat.
"Sounds like fun." He joked.
"Yeah…."
The hairs on Shippo's neck stood on end, and he glanced past Souten. His face paled. "Oh no…not here, not now…."
"Are…you okay?" She asked unsure of his actions.
"I-I have to go. Right now. I need you to go in the other direction. Don't follow me." He said, taking off quickly, not giving her any time to ask anything. 'Don't let him have seen.' he thought, hoping he hadn't.
She took off in the opposite direction. 'I…wonder what was wrong….' She thought.
Meanwhile, Shippo darted through the alleys until he thought he was safe. He dropped down panting, leaning against the wall.
Souten got home around the same time school would be letting out and walked up to her room.
Shippo thought about it for a second. "Naraku knows…he always knows…." He said with a small sigh.