Not Him.

AN: You know the drill. These characters are mine so don't use them without my consent.

Niroku heard the words loud and clear. They repeated in his mind a couple of times before he fully realized what had made Katia pale. 'It's the guy who betrayed her-' His thoughts were cut off as a slight breeze started in the room. It was so small that it could have easily been passed for something coming from outside, but he knew better. He knew that it would only get worse if it wasn't stopped. Katia exact words from when she had told him about this came to his mind.

Flashback

It had been two days since the half-moon and Niroku had asked a question that had been bugging him.

"Hey Katia?" Niroku asked.

"Yeah?" Katia responded. She didn't use her mind sweep to find out what it was because she had promised him that she wouldn't do so unless he gave her permission.

"Well, um.I was wondering. Remember when I said you seemed a lot different when we first met back up?" Katia nodded at this. "Well, I was wondering.before you were so outgoing with your emotions. Especially when you were upset. Now it seems as though you keep it all bottled up. Why?"

"Well, there is a simple explanation. You know that since I joined with Frincara my powers have increased tremendously. Hell, I don't even know how much they have increased." Niroku nodded. He was nervous because something had to be wrong whenever she cursed. "Well, I have to keep the stronger negative emotions in check or else I might very well lose control of my powers. That could be disastrous and I'm not sure how to stop it if it ever happens."

End Flashback

'Oh shit. How can I distract her?' Niroku thought.

~ Katia. ~ He shot to her in her mind speech. ~You have to calm down. Don't worry; I'm here to help you. ~ He slowly felt the wind die down until it was gone. To think all this happened in the space of a few seconds.

~Don't worry, I'm fine now. I'm sorry that I almost lost control like that. ~ Katia sent back to him.

"Hello Lady Katia." Jackon said. All the people around Katia and Niroku were totally oblivious to what had just happened. Katia doubted that they even noticed the tiny breeze that had swept through the room.

"Hello Jackon. And to what do we owe the pleasure of this visit." Niroku could tell that Katia was trying very hard to keep calm and be polite even thought she would rather be anywhere else but where she was.

"Well, my Lady. I couldn't pass up a chance to see you. I heard you were back after your journey. I'm hoping that you will be with us for a while."

"Of course she will." Soria answered promptly.

The dinner bell rung at that moment calling them all into the dining room, Jackon too because Katia's mother had asked him to stay for dinner. It was very lucky that the bell rung when it did because Katia was furious and would very likely have done some very impolite thing right then. The first thing on her hind was to kill her mother but she would've probably settled for just slapping her. Katia was still fuming as they sat down but she was hiding it so well that only Niroku could tell. They sat around a round table with Niroku on Katia's right and, much to her displeasure and discomfort, Jackon on her left. Her mother was sitting on Jackon's left with Tian on her left and Niroku's right.

They managed to get through dinner without any major explosions of energy from Katia thanks to Niroku helping her keep her emotions and thus her powers from running loose. After dinner Katia collapsed onto her bed and sighed. She sent a mental thanks to Niroku for helping her.

~Hey Katia? ~ Niroku asked her mentally from his room down the hall.

~Yeah? What is it? ~ She answered him.

~Well, I was wondering if you were ever going to tell your parents about why you left four years ago. ~ Niroku cringed from a distance just waiting for her mental shouting to come and come it did.

~HELL NO!!!! I won't tell them. I can't. It's hard enough to tell someone I trust. How the hell do you expect me to tell them? And for that matter, do you really think they'd believe my. They'd probably think I was feeding them a load of bullshit so I could get the engagement formally cancelled. Though don't ask me why I would even bother considering it was basically cancelled since left and didn't return for over FOUR YEARS. ~

~I know, I know. But I'm sure you would feel better if you just tell them. Try, I'll be right there with you. Please. ~

~Damn you. How do you always make me do things like this? Okay fine. ~

~I don't know, but thanks for doing this. ~

~You're going to owe me big time. And don't forget that if my parents start insulting you in their own was it wasn't me that suggested we go through this shit. ~

~Damn, I hate it when you come up with something like that. But yeah I know. Tomorrow then. It's too late to do it now anyway. ~

~Fine. I'll see you in the morning then. Goodnight. ~

~Goodnight Katia. Hope you have a pleasant sleep. ~

~You and me both. Well, have a good night's rest we're going to face the wolves tomorrow. Sweet dreams Niroku. ~ And with that she cut off contact and lay back onto her bed. She knew that what she was going to do tomorrow was what she had to do, but she still didn't like it. 'Well, I already said I would and I never back down. Ever.' And with that she fell asleep. Or at least as close to real sleep as she ever got, she was still alert even in her own home.

Niroku stayed up just a little longer thinking. 'I really hope that she doesn't totally lose it tomorrow. I'm not sure what I'd do if she did. Well, I'll worry about that tomorrow.' And with that he too fell asleep, only he fell into a real sleep. Still wary and slightly aware of his surroundings, but none the less more of a sleep that Katia had gone into.

AN: Review if you want me to continue this. I'm dead serious.