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something? *sees very big guard dogs* Eh heh...I'll
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I hate guard dogs, I hate guard dogs...
Just start the fic without me, 'kay? *bark* Yipe!!
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Chapter Four: This is getting ridiculous!
*******
Last Time:
Ejineko watched the Inu demons with growing
amusement. 'Everything is going just as I'd
hoped.'
*******
Naeomi pulled the rubber band back and aimed at
Sesshoumaru's arm. 'Hold still, you stupid...' She
released it. It snapped on his exposed bicep,
making a satisfying smack and leaving a red welt.
Naeomi didn't get to enjoy it, though, because at
the same time, her arm began to sting, as if it
had been snapped as well. She glared in the
direction it came from, but there was no one
there.
"What...?" She pulled up her sleeve. On it was a
large red streak. 'There wouldn't be a welt...my
sleeve was down!'
"Hey, bitch!" Sesshoumaru hissed. "What's the big
idea?"
"Hmm?" Naeomi looked startled. "You say
something?"
"Yeah. Why the hell did you just hit me with a
rubber band?!"
Naeomi looked at his arm and gasped. The marks on
their arms were identical! 'Tha-that's not
possible!'
Sesshoumaru was confused at her sudden shock, not
to mention angry at her sudden dismissal of him.
'How dare she! No woman-' He stopped that line of
thought before it got out of hand.
Naeomi felt slightly annoyed for some reason. 'Why
am I-there's no rational reason for me to be
upset...' She took a deep breath and managed to
settle down. 'Hmph...easy.'
"I do have a name, you know." She snapped.
Sesshoumaru was calm now too, deciding it wasn't
worth his time getting upset over this stupid
wench. "Just leave me alone, Naeomi." He said
sarcastically.
********
"This is getting ridiculous!!" Sesshoumaru
snarled, once again feeling the sharp pain in his
gut. Glaring across the library, he growled low in
his throat when he spotted her. 'Naeomi...' But as
much as he tried to, he couldn't become totally
angry with her. It was like something was holding
it back...
He watched Naeomi smile at something Kagome said.
Then she looked up, and her eyes flashed as she
noticed him. A strange feeling washed over him. It
was happiness, mixed with something else.
Nervousness...embarrassment.
'Why am I embarrassed?' He wondered. 'Because
she's looking at me...because of her...?'
********
Naeomi was still blushing slightly even after
Sesshoumaru stopped looking at her. Cursing
herself, she wondered why she reacted to him like
that. 'I don't even like the guy... do I?'
*******
Sesshoumaru scanned the titles on the shelf.
'I can't believe I'm doing this... I looking for a
book on mikos in a school library...'
Surprisingly enough, they had one or two. He
flipped through the pages, scanning them.
"Figures. Nothing." He frowned. 'Wait... that
teacher, Ejineko... he could know something.'
********
Ejineko was surprised to see the taiyoukai walk
into his office. "Hello, Sesshoumaru. What brings
you here?"
"I... have a question," he choked. He didn't like
asking this demon for help... something about the
demon rubbed him wrong. He was hiding something.
"Yes?"
"Do you know anything about... demon mikos?"
Ejineko's face darkened. The neko demon turned his
back to Sesshoumaru. Watching him carefully,
Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes. 'He knows
something, all right.'
"I may know of a few..." Ejineko admitted. "You are
wondering if Naeomi is a miko as well as a
demoness?" Sesshoumaru nodded. "Yes, she is. But
she doesn't remember, isn't that also right?"
"This is also true... but what does this matter?"
Ejineko just smiled. "You will find out soon
enough."
********
Naeomi slammed her locker door shut. 'Finally,
this nightmare of a school day is over.' She
turned to walk down the hall to go home and ran
straight into what felt like a brick wall.
She rubbed her forehead and looked angrily into a
familiar set of gold eyes. Blushing again, she
tried to look angry. "Oh. It's just you," she
sneered feebly. When he didn't respond, she
glanced at him again. Her violet eyes widened when
she saw the suspicion and angry confusion in his
eyes. Something else, too...it just wasn't
identifiable.
"Wha-what do you want...?" she tried to steady her
voice. He didn't answer, just stared at her. 'Why
is he looking at me so strangely?'
"That idiot Ejineko was wrong. It's not possible
for you to be a miko." He said simply, and turned
to walk away. He stopped and turned to the now
extremely confused inu demoness when she said,
"Huh? What the hell are you talking about, baka?"
"You-" His anger flared, only to be stopped again
by some invisible barrier. 'This is really
starting to tick me off.' Instead, he grabbed her
forearm and tried his best to look angrier than he
was. "You will not speak to me like that, Na-
stupid bitch!"
Naeomi tried to pull away, more startled and
frightened now than anything, but Sesshoumaru just
dug his nails into her flesh.
"Let me go!!" Naeomi brought up her other hand and
slapped Sesshoumaru across the face for all she
was worth. His grip loosened, and she yanked her
arm free.
Naeomi brought her hand to her still-tingling
cheek, as did Sesshoumaru.
Except Sesshoumaru's arm was bleeding.
"Your-your arm..." He looked down at it. A fresh set
of claw marks still oozed blood, just like hers.
"Did you?..." they both asked in unison. Naeomi's
eyes were full of tears being fought back from the
combined pain in her face and arm, but Sesshoumaru
was used to such pain, and hardly felt it.
"What's going on here, Sesshoumaru?!"
"I should be asking you the same question, miko."
"Stop calling me that! I don't even remember what
that word means!! What's going on here that I
don't know about?" she glared up at him.
"You're the one who should answer that." He gave
her an accusing look, but mentally he knew she was
telling the truth. 'If she isn't doing this, who
is?'
********
Ejineko only smiled when he saw Naeomi and
Sesshoumaru's matching bandages. 'One of them
tried to hurt the other. They must be suspecting
something's off by now.'
Sesshoumaru noticed the cat's knowing smile and
frowned. 'What the hell is so goddamn amusing to
him?' He then turned to where Naeomi was standing
a few feet away, talking to Kagome again.
Suddenly, a bright red blur slammed into his
chest. It was Inuyasha, who, even after five
hundred years, refused to stop wearing red
clothes. Naeomi made an irritated sound, a hand on
her collarbone.
Sesshoumaru shoved Inuyasha to the ground.
"Idiot!!" Then he paused. 'Am I angry that he hit
me...or because it hurt Naeomi?' Sneering, he
walked away from his younger brother.
Naeomi blinked. 'Talk about a delayed reaction! He
didn't even acknowledge Inuyasha until he looked
at me and realized it hurt me too...' She smiled a
little. 'What a weird guy...I thought he couldn't
care less about me.'
"What are you staring at, bitch?!"
'And then again...'
********
"I can't stand this! She's screwing up everything
I do!!" Sesshoumaru knocked all of the papers on
the table to the ground. "That stupid miko..."
'No...there's something about this that doesn't make
sense... to do a spell like this, she would have to
be aware of her powers...and she isn't.' He thought
about it awhile longer. 'Ejineko...he knows too much
about this to not be involved in it in some way. I
need to keep a closer eye on that demon.'
********
A/N: Okay, people, listen up. I will not post one
more chapter until I get at least FIVE reviews.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. It took
me two days to do. I'll see ya later! Buh-bye!! ^.-
myself! *distant barking* ... Do any of you hear
something? *sees very big guard dogs* Eh heh...I'll
just be over here... *dogs start running* Oh, God!!!
I hate guard dogs, I hate guard dogs...
Just start the fic without me, 'kay? *bark* Yipe!!
*******
Chapter Four: This is getting ridiculous!
*******
Last Time:
Ejineko watched the Inu demons with growing
amusement. 'Everything is going just as I'd
hoped.'
*******
Naeomi pulled the rubber band back and aimed at
Sesshoumaru's arm. 'Hold still, you stupid...' She
released it. It snapped on his exposed bicep,
making a satisfying smack and leaving a red welt.
Naeomi didn't get to enjoy it, though, because at
the same time, her arm began to sting, as if it
had been snapped as well. She glared in the
direction it came from, but there was no one
there.
"What...?" She pulled up her sleeve. On it was a
large red streak. 'There wouldn't be a welt...my
sleeve was down!'
"Hey, bitch!" Sesshoumaru hissed. "What's the big
idea?"
"Hmm?" Naeomi looked startled. "You say
something?"
"Yeah. Why the hell did you just hit me with a
rubber band?!"
Naeomi looked at his arm and gasped. The marks on
their arms were identical! 'Tha-that's not
possible!'
Sesshoumaru was confused at her sudden shock, not
to mention angry at her sudden dismissal of him.
'How dare she! No woman-' He stopped that line of
thought before it got out of hand.
Naeomi felt slightly annoyed for some reason. 'Why
am I-there's no rational reason for me to be
upset...' She took a deep breath and managed to
settle down. 'Hmph...easy.'
"I do have a name, you know." She snapped.
Sesshoumaru was calm now too, deciding it wasn't
worth his time getting upset over this stupid
wench. "Just leave me alone, Naeomi." He said
sarcastically.
********
"This is getting ridiculous!!" Sesshoumaru
snarled, once again feeling the sharp pain in his
gut. Glaring across the library, he growled low in
his throat when he spotted her. 'Naeomi...' But as
much as he tried to, he couldn't become totally
angry with her. It was like something was holding
it back...
He watched Naeomi smile at something Kagome said.
Then she looked up, and her eyes flashed as she
noticed him. A strange feeling washed over him. It
was happiness, mixed with something else.
Nervousness...embarrassment.
'Why am I embarrassed?' He wondered. 'Because
she's looking at me...because of her...?'
********
Naeomi was still blushing slightly even after
Sesshoumaru stopped looking at her. Cursing
herself, she wondered why she reacted to him like
that. 'I don't even like the guy... do I?'
*******
Sesshoumaru scanned the titles on the shelf.
'I can't believe I'm doing this... I looking for a
book on mikos in a school library...'
Surprisingly enough, they had one or two. He
flipped through the pages, scanning them.
"Figures. Nothing." He frowned. 'Wait... that
teacher, Ejineko... he could know something.'
********
Ejineko was surprised to see the taiyoukai walk
into his office. "Hello, Sesshoumaru. What brings
you here?"
"I... have a question," he choked. He didn't like
asking this demon for help... something about the
demon rubbed him wrong. He was hiding something.
"Yes?"
"Do you know anything about... demon mikos?"
Ejineko's face darkened. The neko demon turned his
back to Sesshoumaru. Watching him carefully,
Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes. 'He knows
something, all right.'
"I may know of a few..." Ejineko admitted. "You are
wondering if Naeomi is a miko as well as a
demoness?" Sesshoumaru nodded. "Yes, she is. But
she doesn't remember, isn't that also right?"
"This is also true... but what does this matter?"
Ejineko just smiled. "You will find out soon
enough."
********
Naeomi slammed her locker door shut. 'Finally,
this nightmare of a school day is over.' She
turned to walk down the hall to go home and ran
straight into what felt like a brick wall.
She rubbed her forehead and looked angrily into a
familiar set of gold eyes. Blushing again, she
tried to look angry. "Oh. It's just you," she
sneered feebly. When he didn't respond, she
glanced at him again. Her violet eyes widened when
she saw the suspicion and angry confusion in his
eyes. Something else, too...it just wasn't
identifiable.
"Wha-what do you want...?" she tried to steady her
voice. He didn't answer, just stared at her. 'Why
is he looking at me so strangely?'
"That idiot Ejineko was wrong. It's not possible
for you to be a miko." He said simply, and turned
to walk away. He stopped and turned to the now
extremely confused inu demoness when she said,
"Huh? What the hell are you talking about, baka?"
"You-" His anger flared, only to be stopped again
by some invisible barrier. 'This is really
starting to tick me off.' Instead, he grabbed her
forearm and tried his best to look angrier than he
was. "You will not speak to me like that, Na-
stupid bitch!"
Naeomi tried to pull away, more startled and
frightened now than anything, but Sesshoumaru just
dug his nails into her flesh.
"Let me go!!" Naeomi brought up her other hand and
slapped Sesshoumaru across the face for all she
was worth. His grip loosened, and she yanked her
arm free.
Naeomi brought her hand to her still-tingling
cheek, as did Sesshoumaru.
Except Sesshoumaru's arm was bleeding.
"Your-your arm..." He looked down at it. A fresh set
of claw marks still oozed blood, just like hers.
"Did you?..." they both asked in unison. Naeomi's
eyes were full of tears being fought back from the
combined pain in her face and arm, but Sesshoumaru
was used to such pain, and hardly felt it.
"What's going on here, Sesshoumaru?!"
"I should be asking you the same question, miko."
"Stop calling me that! I don't even remember what
that word means!! What's going on here that I
don't know about?" she glared up at him.
"You're the one who should answer that." He gave
her an accusing look, but mentally he knew she was
telling the truth. 'If she isn't doing this, who
is?'
********
Ejineko only smiled when he saw Naeomi and
Sesshoumaru's matching bandages. 'One of them
tried to hurt the other. They must be suspecting
something's off by now.'
Sesshoumaru noticed the cat's knowing smile and
frowned. 'What the hell is so goddamn amusing to
him?' He then turned to where Naeomi was standing
a few feet away, talking to Kagome again.
Suddenly, a bright red blur slammed into his
chest. It was Inuyasha, who, even after five
hundred years, refused to stop wearing red
clothes. Naeomi made an irritated sound, a hand on
her collarbone.
Sesshoumaru shoved Inuyasha to the ground.
"Idiot!!" Then he paused. 'Am I angry that he hit
me...or because it hurt Naeomi?' Sneering, he
walked away from his younger brother.
Naeomi blinked. 'Talk about a delayed reaction! He
didn't even acknowledge Inuyasha until he looked
at me and realized it hurt me too...' She smiled a
little. 'What a weird guy...I thought he couldn't
care less about me.'
"What are you staring at, bitch?!"
'And then again...'
********
"I can't stand this! She's screwing up everything
I do!!" Sesshoumaru knocked all of the papers on
the table to the ground. "That stupid miko..."
'No...there's something about this that doesn't make
sense... to do a spell like this, she would have to
be aware of her powers...and she isn't.' He thought
about it awhile longer. 'Ejineko...he knows too much
about this to not be involved in it in some way. I
need to keep a closer eye on that demon.'
********
A/N: Okay, people, listen up. I will not post one
more chapter until I get at least FIVE reviews.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. It took
me two days to do. I'll see ya later! Buh-bye!! ^.-
