Disclaimer: M-must I...? *Sigh* Fine. Inuyasha has
not yet been put up for sale and I have yet to
find enough money for an appropriate bid. But I'm
saving up!! *Faint music* Oh!!! Ice cream man!!
*Comes back with ice cream*...shit.
********
Last Time:
'That cat, Ejineko...' Sesshoumaru thought. 'He
knows too much about this to not be involved in
some way. I must keep a closer eye on this demon.'
********
Chapter Five: Personal Space
********
"So, genius, what are we going to do this project
on?" Sesshoumaru asked, bored.
"I'm not the smart one, you are. That's the only
reason I'm doing this." Naeomi scowled.
"Yesterday I was an idiot."
"When you're dealing with everything else but
school, yes!!" she was getting frustrated. "Look.
Can we just be civil for an hour and get started
on this? I, for one, do not want to fail my last
year in high school!!"
Sesshoumaru felt his anger growing with hers and
struggled to keep both of their anger combined
under control. 'Come on Naeomi. I couldn't have
pissed you off this much...could I?' His mild
surprise seemed to be enough to calm both of them
down.
Sesshoumaru gave her a mildly curious look. "How
could I have possibly made you that angry, woman?"
"There you go again. What is it with you and my
name?!"
"Is that what made you so mad?"
"How can you possibly be this ignorant?!" she
sighed. "It was combination of everything. My
name, hurting me, confusing me, calling me a miko,
and accusing me of putting you under some spell.
Altogether, I'd say it's just you in general that
pisses me off."
Sesshoumaru didn't speak for a while after that.
********
"Huh. I guess she really must hate you then,
right?" Inuyasha grinned. Sesshoumaru just went up
to his room and locked the door.
"I shouldn't care about what she said. If that's
her opinion of me, fine. But...I still...don't like
the fact that she..."
********
"I was so rude to Sesshoumaru today...w-well, he
deserved it! He shouldn't have been such a jerk!"
Naeomi still felt guilty. 'He was upset. You saw
it. You hurt him pretty bad.'
"...I'll apologize tomorrow..."
********
"Sesshoumaru!" Naeomi finally caught up to him.
Sesshoumaru, I..."
He just turned away and kept walking. "I have no
time for your insults this morning."
"I'm trying to say sorry, you jerk-" she caught
herself. "I would like to apologize to you,
Sesshoumaru." She bowed slightly. "I was very rude
to you yesterday. Gomen nasai."
Surprised, he would've tripped if he'd been paying
less attention. 'She didn't mean it?'
"Hey, Sesshoumaru!" Inuyasha rammed into
Sesshoumaru with his shoulder.
"Ow!" was all Naeomi had time to yell before the
former Lord of the Western Lands fell on her.
"Sesshoumaru! Get off of me! I would like to have
some personal space, please?!"
Sesshoumaru stood up, pulling Naeomi up as well by
her upper arm. "Inuyasha. Watch where you are
going."
'The stupid hanyou made me hurt Naeomi as she was
apologizing...'
"Sesshoumaru...do you think you could let me go
now?" Naeomi was red again. Once he let her go,
she gave him a narrow-eyed look. "Okay. From now
on I need at least two feet of personal space. You
got that?!" She glared at everyone around her,
daring them to get closer.
Ejineko watched her eagerly from the crowd,
snickering. 'This is funnier than I ever
imagined!!'
********
"Hey, Sesshoumaru, this book looks like it might
have a lot of information!" Naeomi jogged up to
her partner. "What do you think? Will it help us
on the project?"
Sesshoumaru didn't hear her, deep in his own
thoughts. 'Ejineko is following us way too
closely. Something's going on that he knows about
and no one else. He's the one who did this to
us...but how?'
"Sesshoumaru?" Naeomi tapped him, and Sesshoumaru
was forced to listen to her.
"What?"
"I wanted you to flip through this book and see
what you thought about it." She seemed slightly
offended. "What's the matter with you?"
"Nothing." He jerked the book from her. Sitting
down with it, he tried to read the first line, but
he kept thinking about Naeomi, and what Ejineko
had done to them. 'When did this start...?' His eyes
widened. 'That day, when he called us into his
office! He made us drink something...that has to be
it!'
"Where are you going, Sesshoumaru?! We still have
a project to work on!" Naeomi called down the hall
when she realized he was gone. Sesshoumaru walked
at a steady pace, not drawing attention to
himself. 'I knew he was up to something...'
********
Ejineko was waiting for the taiyoukai when he
reached his office. "I was wondering when you'd
figure it out, Sesshoumaru," he said cheerfully.
"I thought you would've come to see me sooner than
this."
"Hmph."
"You want me to stop the spell, ne?" the
mischieveous Ejineko smiled. "Too bad there's no
option other than to wait for it to wear off."
"WHAT?!" Sesshoumaru couldn't stand the thought of
feeling Naeomi's emotions and injuries any longer.
"It's very amusing to watch you try to keep each
other from getting upset."
"I-"
"Sesshoumaru! Come on! And quit getting so pissed
off. I can hardly think!" Naeomi came up and
dragged Sesshoumaru away. Reluctantly, he allowed
himself to be pulled down the hall by the angry
demoness. Ejineko waved and looked smug. 'I'll get
you later,' Sesshoumaru thought bitterly.
********
"What's gotten into you, Sesshoumaru?" Naeomi
slammed her pen onto the table. "Normally you're
more focused than this."
"There is nothing wrong with me," Sesshoumaru
growled. He stared at his paper...his very blank
paper. 'What is wrong with me?...Naeomi's right. I
need to focus.' He glared at his pencil, as if it
was its fault for his lack of inspiration.
Naeomi stood up. "I'm going to go buy something to
drink," she announced. "I want to see something on
your paper by the time I get back, okay?" she
sounded a little exasperated. "I'll see you in
five minutes."
Sesshoumaru snorted, and yet found himself
watching Naeomi as walked away. 'Why does she draw
my attention this way? It must be some side effect
of the spell...isn't it?' He filled in a few lines
on his paper while she was gone. 'I can't even
think!'
"Here, Sesshoumaru. Have a drink," Naeomi threw
him a can of soda.
"...Thanks..." He couldn't look at her.
"Sesshoumaru, you're so quiet. Are you feeling
okay?"
"Why would you care? It's none of your business,
anyway."
"Oh, excuse me! I just thought I should ask in
case it was affecting your schoolwork so we could
get you to the nurse or something." She huffed,
turning back to her notebook.
Slightly ashamed but not letting it show,
Sesshoumaru got her attention. "Naeomi, I-"
"Don't bother wasting your breath. I know you
don't mean it." Naeomi stood, grabbing all of her
things and averting her eyes from his. Sesshoumaru
could feel that she was slightly hurt at his
assumption that she didn't really care if he was
feeling well or not.
'But why does she feel this way?' he thought as
she left the library.
********
Naeomi leaned against the cool brick wall of her
school, fighting back the anger she felt because
of Sesshoumaru. 'Why did he assume I didn't really
care? And an even better question is why do I care
that he did that?'
"Naeomi!" Sesshoumaru jogged lightly over to her.
"Naeomi, I really am sorry that I upset you."
"Right." She slid down the wall and sat on the
concrete. "Just...never mind."
Sesshoumaru sat down next to her. Closing his
eyes, he tried to help the girl next to him calm
down.
"Sesshoumaru..."
"Hm?"
"I thought I said I needed two feet of personal
space."
Smiling, he calmed Naeomi fairly quickly after
that. He noticed she was shivering, and jumped
when she unconsciously moved closer to him.
"It's pretty cold out." Naeomi yawned. 'Wait a
minute...I thought he was farther away from me...did I
move closer to him?!' She blushed, trying to put
more distance between them without him noticing.
Naeomi flushed a deeper red when Sesshoumaru
grabbed her arm and turned her face toward him.
'Wha-what's he doing?!' She struggled a little,
but then she felt a familiar feeling come over
her. She was so engrossed in trying to find out
what it was she almost didn't feel Sesshoumaru's
lips cover hers.
'What am I doing...?' Sesshoumaru asked himself, but
he couldn't stop.
********
Ejineko watched the two demons, smiling. 'My work
here has been done. The spell should wear off
now..."
********
Okay, okay, so I lied. I posted the next chappie
anyway. Damn my soft ways!!!
not yet been put up for sale and I have yet to
find enough money for an appropriate bid. But I'm
saving up!! *Faint music* Oh!!! Ice cream man!!
*Comes back with ice cream*...shit.
********
Last Time:
'That cat, Ejineko...' Sesshoumaru thought. 'He
knows too much about this to not be involved in
some way. I must keep a closer eye on this demon.'
********
Chapter Five: Personal Space
********
"So, genius, what are we going to do this project
on?" Sesshoumaru asked, bored.
"I'm not the smart one, you are. That's the only
reason I'm doing this." Naeomi scowled.
"Yesterday I was an idiot."
"When you're dealing with everything else but
school, yes!!" she was getting frustrated. "Look.
Can we just be civil for an hour and get started
on this? I, for one, do not want to fail my last
year in high school!!"
Sesshoumaru felt his anger growing with hers and
struggled to keep both of their anger combined
under control. 'Come on Naeomi. I couldn't have
pissed you off this much...could I?' His mild
surprise seemed to be enough to calm both of them
down.
Sesshoumaru gave her a mildly curious look. "How
could I have possibly made you that angry, woman?"
"There you go again. What is it with you and my
name?!"
"Is that what made you so mad?"
"How can you possibly be this ignorant?!" she
sighed. "It was combination of everything. My
name, hurting me, confusing me, calling me a miko,
and accusing me of putting you under some spell.
Altogether, I'd say it's just you in general that
pisses me off."
Sesshoumaru didn't speak for a while after that.
********
"Huh. I guess she really must hate you then,
right?" Inuyasha grinned. Sesshoumaru just went up
to his room and locked the door.
"I shouldn't care about what she said. If that's
her opinion of me, fine. But...I still...don't like
the fact that she..."
********
"I was so rude to Sesshoumaru today...w-well, he
deserved it! He shouldn't have been such a jerk!"
Naeomi still felt guilty. 'He was upset. You saw
it. You hurt him pretty bad.'
"...I'll apologize tomorrow..."
********
"Sesshoumaru!" Naeomi finally caught up to him.
Sesshoumaru, I..."
He just turned away and kept walking. "I have no
time for your insults this morning."
"I'm trying to say sorry, you jerk-" she caught
herself. "I would like to apologize to you,
Sesshoumaru." She bowed slightly. "I was very rude
to you yesterday. Gomen nasai."
Surprised, he would've tripped if he'd been paying
less attention. 'She didn't mean it?'
"Hey, Sesshoumaru!" Inuyasha rammed into
Sesshoumaru with his shoulder.
"Ow!" was all Naeomi had time to yell before the
former Lord of the Western Lands fell on her.
"Sesshoumaru! Get off of me! I would like to have
some personal space, please?!"
Sesshoumaru stood up, pulling Naeomi up as well by
her upper arm. "Inuyasha. Watch where you are
going."
'The stupid hanyou made me hurt Naeomi as she was
apologizing...'
"Sesshoumaru...do you think you could let me go
now?" Naeomi was red again. Once he let her go,
she gave him a narrow-eyed look. "Okay. From now
on I need at least two feet of personal space. You
got that?!" She glared at everyone around her,
daring them to get closer.
Ejineko watched her eagerly from the crowd,
snickering. 'This is funnier than I ever
imagined!!'
********
"Hey, Sesshoumaru, this book looks like it might
have a lot of information!" Naeomi jogged up to
her partner. "What do you think? Will it help us
on the project?"
Sesshoumaru didn't hear her, deep in his own
thoughts. 'Ejineko is following us way too
closely. Something's going on that he knows about
and no one else. He's the one who did this to
us...but how?'
"Sesshoumaru?" Naeomi tapped him, and Sesshoumaru
was forced to listen to her.
"What?"
"I wanted you to flip through this book and see
what you thought about it." She seemed slightly
offended. "What's the matter with you?"
"Nothing." He jerked the book from her. Sitting
down with it, he tried to read the first line, but
he kept thinking about Naeomi, and what Ejineko
had done to them. 'When did this start...?' His eyes
widened. 'That day, when he called us into his
office! He made us drink something...that has to be
it!'
"Where are you going, Sesshoumaru?! We still have
a project to work on!" Naeomi called down the hall
when she realized he was gone. Sesshoumaru walked
at a steady pace, not drawing attention to
himself. 'I knew he was up to something...'
********
Ejineko was waiting for the taiyoukai when he
reached his office. "I was wondering when you'd
figure it out, Sesshoumaru," he said cheerfully.
"I thought you would've come to see me sooner than
this."
"Hmph."
"You want me to stop the spell, ne?" the
mischieveous Ejineko smiled. "Too bad there's no
option other than to wait for it to wear off."
"WHAT?!" Sesshoumaru couldn't stand the thought of
feeling Naeomi's emotions and injuries any longer.
"It's very amusing to watch you try to keep each
other from getting upset."
"I-"
"Sesshoumaru! Come on! And quit getting so pissed
off. I can hardly think!" Naeomi came up and
dragged Sesshoumaru away. Reluctantly, he allowed
himself to be pulled down the hall by the angry
demoness. Ejineko waved and looked smug. 'I'll get
you later,' Sesshoumaru thought bitterly.
********
"What's gotten into you, Sesshoumaru?" Naeomi
slammed her pen onto the table. "Normally you're
more focused than this."
"There is nothing wrong with me," Sesshoumaru
growled. He stared at his paper...his very blank
paper. 'What is wrong with me?...Naeomi's right. I
need to focus.' He glared at his pencil, as if it
was its fault for his lack of inspiration.
Naeomi stood up. "I'm going to go buy something to
drink," she announced. "I want to see something on
your paper by the time I get back, okay?" she
sounded a little exasperated. "I'll see you in
five minutes."
Sesshoumaru snorted, and yet found himself
watching Naeomi as walked away. 'Why does she draw
my attention this way? It must be some side effect
of the spell...isn't it?' He filled in a few lines
on his paper while she was gone. 'I can't even
think!'
"Here, Sesshoumaru. Have a drink," Naeomi threw
him a can of soda.
"...Thanks..." He couldn't look at her.
"Sesshoumaru, you're so quiet. Are you feeling
okay?"
"Why would you care? It's none of your business,
anyway."
"Oh, excuse me! I just thought I should ask in
case it was affecting your schoolwork so we could
get you to the nurse or something." She huffed,
turning back to her notebook.
Slightly ashamed but not letting it show,
Sesshoumaru got her attention. "Naeomi, I-"
"Don't bother wasting your breath. I know you
don't mean it." Naeomi stood, grabbing all of her
things and averting her eyes from his. Sesshoumaru
could feel that she was slightly hurt at his
assumption that she didn't really care if he was
feeling well or not.
'But why does she feel this way?' he thought as
she left the library.
********
Naeomi leaned against the cool brick wall of her
school, fighting back the anger she felt because
of Sesshoumaru. 'Why did he assume I didn't really
care? And an even better question is why do I care
that he did that?'
"Naeomi!" Sesshoumaru jogged lightly over to her.
"Naeomi, I really am sorry that I upset you."
"Right." She slid down the wall and sat on the
concrete. "Just...never mind."
Sesshoumaru sat down next to her. Closing his
eyes, he tried to help the girl next to him calm
down.
"Sesshoumaru..."
"Hm?"
"I thought I said I needed two feet of personal
space."
Smiling, he calmed Naeomi fairly quickly after
that. He noticed she was shivering, and jumped
when she unconsciously moved closer to him.
"It's pretty cold out." Naeomi yawned. 'Wait a
minute...I thought he was farther away from me...did I
move closer to him?!' She blushed, trying to put
more distance between them without him noticing.
Naeomi flushed a deeper red when Sesshoumaru
grabbed her arm and turned her face toward him.
'Wha-what's he doing?!' She struggled a little,
but then she felt a familiar feeling come over
her. She was so engrossed in trying to find out
what it was she almost didn't feel Sesshoumaru's
lips cover hers.
'What am I doing...?' Sesshoumaru asked himself, but
he couldn't stop.
********
Ejineko watched the two demons, smiling. 'My work
here has been done. The spell should wear off
now..."
********
Okay, okay, so I lied. I posted the next chappie
anyway. Damn my soft ways!!!
