CHAPTER 9: Suspicions and Pain to Come
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Jess awoke the next morning and to her surprise she was completely healed of
her wound she had gotten the night before. *Oh yeah I remember now, Kat
brought me back here for healing* she thought as she got out of bed and looked
at herself in the mirror.
"Man, I guess I should shower and change." Jess mumbled as she looked at her
blood stained silver hair and tattered clothes.
After she was done showering and changing she left her room and headed down to
the kitchen.
(In the kitchen)
"Ohh come on, why won't you tell me where my onee- san is?" Shippo whined, as
he looked at all the girls at the table.
"Shippo calm down I'm right here." They all heard Jess's voice from behind
them.
Turning around Shippo ran straight into the arms of his sister, "Oh onee-san I
was so scared when they wouldn't tell me anything about you!" He whispered,
tears in his eyes.
The smell of his tears soon reached Jess's nose and red started to creep into
her eyes and her fangs started to show over her lips.
"Why didn't you tell him I was up in my room the whole time!?" she growled as
she put Shippo down and stalked towards the table.
"Well we didn't want him to find out that you were…You know H-U-R-T so Kagome
put a spell on your door to make sure he didn't smell your scent." Julia
explained as the red in Jess's eyes were soon replaced by her natural silver
and gold ones.
"Okay you get off the hook this time." Jess stated as she sat down at the
table and let Shippo climbed onto her lap.
To which she heard a few snorts and quite a few rolls of eyes that weren't
every well hidden, but she decided to ignore it this time.
"So you I guess you guys won the battle, ne?" Jess asked as she ate.
"Hai we did, with a little help from those new guys." Kat grouched, "Like we
needed it…"
"Yeah, ya know who would have thought they're warriors?" Botan chirped, she
and the others heard all about the battle, and at that the youkais present
turned to look at her.
"Um.. Botan is you spirit energy down or something cause when they walked into
class yesterday, I sensed their power and so did the others." Julia choked out
as the others nodded.
"Um maybe but I wasn't really paying much attention to them" Botan whimpered
under their gazes.
"Jess was just fighting one the other day in the Katana Club at school, you
know the Koorime, remember?" Mary said grinning with amusement at the memory
of Hiei's defeat.
"Oh yeah, the short one wasn't he?" Botan asked looking at Jess who nodded.
"Oh and speaking of school, we're going to be late if we don't leave now!"
Keiko said standing up.
"Oh come on Keiko what so special about school anyways?" Kat muttered but
Keiko heard it all the same.
"Didn't you guys say that the spirit world only let you guys come live in the
human world only if you learn to live like humans?" Keiko stated as she walked
over to the door.
"She right Lord Enma said that and if we don't do what he says it's back to
the Makai for us." Mary sighed as they all stood up.
"But didn't he also say to protect the ningen world from youkai's that got
through the barrier as well!" Jess commented.
"Very true, but I don't know about you guys but if you want to be back in the
Makai you can go. I want to stay here!" Julia stated as she and the other
youkais threw on their disguise necklaces and soon they stood in their human
forms.
"Shippo you know the rules, you are to stay here and if anything happens you
know where our school is, but if ya don't just follow our scent to where it's
the strongest okay?" Jess said as they walked out the door.
"Hai!" was all Shippo said as they disappeared from his view.
(On the other side of town)
"Damn, why in the seven hells do they make us go to school? At our old one I
skipped at least four days a week or even more!" Yusuke yawned as he and his
friends walked to school, well except for who had Hiei run off ahead muttering
about "weak ningens" under his breath.
"Well you do want to know why these girls are signaling the energy we felt do
you not?" Kurama asked as they walked.
"Yeah well we can any other day, but I'm tired from the battle last night."
Yusuke hissed narrowing his eyes and causing the others to laugh.
"Yeah right the great Yusuke Urameshi getting tired from a battle, that would
be the day!" Sam laughed holding his side.
"And this just happens to be the day smart guy", Yusuke yawned once again, as
Hiei joined the group once more.
"Hey, where did you go shorty..." Kuwabara started but he was cut short when
Hiei punched him into a wall then continued to walk like nothing ever happens
leaving the overgrown baka laying on the ground.
"Now Hiei that wasn't very nice." Miroku chided but one could see he was
trying to hide a smirk like the rest of them were.
They got to admit watching Hiei torture Kuwabara was one of their favorite
past times. They soon reached the school and by that time Kuwabara joined
them.
"Hey there's that Jess girl that beat Hiei yesterday!" Inuyasha laughed, he
had yet to let that drop.
As if hearing him, Jessica turned around and looked at them, quite surprising
the guys.
"I didn't think a ningen like her could hear that!" Sam whispered and his eyes
widen when he saw her narrow her eyes at him, before walking into the school
with her friends.
"Hey what did you say to get her to look at you like that?" Kurama asked
looking at his disguised youkai friend.
"Well I just called her a ningen that's all…" Sam said.
"But why would she get angry at that she is a ningen after all!" Kuwabara
wondered as they walked into the school.
"unless that's what they want you to think." Inuyasha said.
"Yes I agree, no weak ningen could have beaten me in katana fighting. She and
the ones she hangs with must have some spell on the to make sure nobody sees
their true forms just like Sam." Hiei stated as they walked into class and
took their seats.
(Math)
All during class Kurama kept looking at Jess from the corner of his eye but
would turn away every time when she would look his way as if she knew he was
looking at her.
*Could she be a youkai? Well she does remind me of that Pyro woman the other
night…* he thought to himself just as the bell rang telling them it was time
for lunch.
(Outside under a sakura tree)
"Hey you guys, did you catch any of those new guys looking at you?" Jess asked
as they ate.
"No, why?" Julia answered for them.
"Well I caught that Shuuichi guy looking at me quiet a few times" Jess stated
looking up at the sakura tree branches.
"Ahh maybe he likes you" Mary smirked causing a blush to go to the kitsunes
cheeks.
"Na-nani? Why would you say something like that Mary?" Jess asked as she
nearly choked on her pop.
"well you said he was looking at you didn't you? And when was the last time
you had a guy sit next to you and stare?" Mary mused as she started to count
her fingers before she got hit over the head with the end of Jess's katana
sheath.
"That was a long time ago Mary and I'm not dating him any more." Jess said
getting up and walking away.
"You know I'm still wondering why she broke up with Kage after they agreed to
become mates!" Keiko asked as they watched their friend leave.
"It's a long story," Julia said, "it's best to just drop it", she added.
(On the other side of the school grounds)
"Hey Miroku"
"Hai"
"I was wondering why haven't you asked any of the girls here to do 'you know
what' yet?" Sam asked.
"What the question?" Miroku lied acting like it was nothing.
"Don't act like that Miroku, everyday at our old school you would have asked
every girl in sight to bear your child." Inuyasha pointed out.
"Why would I ask any of these young pretty women such a question?" Miroku
asked.
"Well for one you're a pervert and you love woman." Yusuke mumbled looking
around the school grounds.
"Fine maybe I use to do that, but I changed!" Miroku pouted crossing his arms.
"Yeah maybe you have or maybe you just to chicken to ask a girl now since you
used to get your ass kicked nowadays!!" Sam challenged, while the others
snickered at the look that came to Miroku's face at that comment.
"What? I'm not scared" was the answer he got in return.
"Okay then you wouldn't mind taking my dare!" Sam said smirking.
"I will take your dare just say it and I'll do it." Miroku bragged puffing up
his chest before he got threaten to be hit over the head by Yusuke.
"Okay, I dare you to ask the next female that walks by us to bear your child
and you have to do it or else." Sam said fingering his gold ring that held the
spell that made him look human.
"Fine I'll do it" Miroku said standing up.
"Lets see then, oh I think there's a woman coming now." Inuyasha laughed.
Sighing Miroku turned around as the guys told him to and grabbed the woman's
hand, closed his eyes and asked, "Miss will you do the honor of bearing my
first child?"
He waited for her to scream and punch him but when nothing came he slowly
opened his eyes. And what he saw made him wish he didn't open them, because
when he did he was looking in a pair of forest green eyes that held anger and
the promise of his death....
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Mistress Pyro- okay I'm just going to leave it there
Miroku- what you just left me standing there looking into the eyes that could have belonged to
Satan himself
Mistress Pyro- hai hai,
Miroku- well you like to torture people don't you
Mistress Pyro- no that more like my friends... by the way do you like to meet them
Miroku-*eyes widen* Nooooooooooo
Mistress Pyro- oh come on they aren't that bad! (drags Miroku off by the end
of his pony tail)
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Jess awoke the next morning and to her surprise she was completely healed of
her wound she had gotten the night before. *Oh yeah I remember now, Kat
brought me back here for healing* she thought as she got out of bed and looked
at herself in the mirror.
"Man, I guess I should shower and change." Jess mumbled as she looked at her
blood stained silver hair and tattered clothes.
After she was done showering and changing she left her room and headed down to
the kitchen.
(In the kitchen)
"Ohh come on, why won't you tell me where my onee- san is?" Shippo whined, as
he looked at all the girls at the table.
"Shippo calm down I'm right here." They all heard Jess's voice from behind
them.
Turning around Shippo ran straight into the arms of his sister, "Oh onee-san I
was so scared when they wouldn't tell me anything about you!" He whispered,
tears in his eyes.
The smell of his tears soon reached Jess's nose and red started to creep into
her eyes and her fangs started to show over her lips.
"Why didn't you tell him I was up in my room the whole time!?" she growled as
she put Shippo down and stalked towards the table.
"Well we didn't want him to find out that you were…You know H-U-R-T so Kagome
put a spell on your door to make sure he didn't smell your scent." Julia
explained as the red in Jess's eyes were soon replaced by her natural silver
and gold ones.
"Okay you get off the hook this time." Jess stated as she sat down at the
table and let Shippo climbed onto her lap.
To which she heard a few snorts and quite a few rolls of eyes that weren't
every well hidden, but she decided to ignore it this time.
"So you I guess you guys won the battle, ne?" Jess asked as she ate.
"Hai we did, with a little help from those new guys." Kat grouched, "Like we
needed it…"
"Yeah, ya know who would have thought they're warriors?" Botan chirped, she
and the others heard all about the battle, and at that the youkais present
turned to look at her.
"Um.. Botan is you spirit energy down or something cause when they walked into
class yesterday, I sensed their power and so did the others." Julia choked out
as the others nodded.
"Um maybe but I wasn't really paying much attention to them" Botan whimpered
under their gazes.
"Jess was just fighting one the other day in the Katana Club at school, you
know the Koorime, remember?" Mary said grinning with amusement at the memory
of Hiei's defeat.
"Oh yeah, the short one wasn't he?" Botan asked looking at Jess who nodded.
"Oh and speaking of school, we're going to be late if we don't leave now!"
Keiko said standing up.
"Oh come on Keiko what so special about school anyways?" Kat muttered but
Keiko heard it all the same.
"Didn't you guys say that the spirit world only let you guys come live in the
human world only if you learn to live like humans?" Keiko stated as she walked
over to the door.
"She right Lord Enma said that and if we don't do what he says it's back to
the Makai for us." Mary sighed as they all stood up.
"But didn't he also say to protect the ningen world from youkai's that got
through the barrier as well!" Jess commented.
"Very true, but I don't know about you guys but if you want to be back in the
Makai you can go. I want to stay here!" Julia stated as she and the other
youkais threw on their disguise necklaces and soon they stood in their human
forms.
"Shippo you know the rules, you are to stay here and if anything happens you
know where our school is, but if ya don't just follow our scent to where it's
the strongest okay?" Jess said as they walked out the door.
"Hai!" was all Shippo said as they disappeared from his view.
(On the other side of town)
"Damn, why in the seven hells do they make us go to school? At our old one I
skipped at least four days a week or even more!" Yusuke yawned as he and his
friends walked to school, well except for who had Hiei run off ahead muttering
about "weak ningens" under his breath.
"Well you do want to know why these girls are signaling the energy we felt do
you not?" Kurama asked as they walked.
"Yeah well we can any other day, but I'm tired from the battle last night."
Yusuke hissed narrowing his eyes and causing the others to laugh.
"Yeah right the great Yusuke Urameshi getting tired from a battle, that would
be the day!" Sam laughed holding his side.
"And this just happens to be the day smart guy", Yusuke yawned once again, as
Hiei joined the group once more.
"Hey, where did you go shorty..." Kuwabara started but he was cut short when
Hiei punched him into a wall then continued to walk like nothing ever happens
leaving the overgrown baka laying on the ground.
"Now Hiei that wasn't very nice." Miroku chided but one could see he was
trying to hide a smirk like the rest of them were.
They got to admit watching Hiei torture Kuwabara was one of their favorite
past times. They soon reached the school and by that time Kuwabara joined
them.
"Hey there's that Jess girl that beat Hiei yesterday!" Inuyasha laughed, he
had yet to let that drop.
As if hearing him, Jessica turned around and looked at them, quite surprising
the guys.
"I didn't think a ningen like her could hear that!" Sam whispered and his eyes
widen when he saw her narrow her eyes at him, before walking into the school
with her friends.
"Hey what did you say to get her to look at you like that?" Kurama asked
looking at his disguised youkai friend.
"Well I just called her a ningen that's all…" Sam said.
"But why would she get angry at that she is a ningen after all!" Kuwabara
wondered as they walked into the school.
"unless that's what they want you to think." Inuyasha said.
"Yes I agree, no weak ningen could have beaten me in katana fighting. She and
the ones she hangs with must have some spell on the to make sure nobody sees
their true forms just like Sam." Hiei stated as they walked into class and
took their seats.
(Math)
All during class Kurama kept looking at Jess from the corner of his eye but
would turn away every time when she would look his way as if she knew he was
looking at her.
*Could she be a youkai? Well she does remind me of that Pyro woman the other
night…* he thought to himself just as the bell rang telling them it was time
for lunch.
(Outside under a sakura tree)
"Hey you guys, did you catch any of those new guys looking at you?" Jess asked
as they ate.
"No, why?" Julia answered for them.
"Well I caught that Shuuichi guy looking at me quiet a few times" Jess stated
looking up at the sakura tree branches.
"Ahh maybe he likes you" Mary smirked causing a blush to go to the kitsunes
cheeks.
"Na-nani? Why would you say something like that Mary?" Jess asked as she
nearly choked on her pop.
"well you said he was looking at you didn't you? And when was the last time
you had a guy sit next to you and stare?" Mary mused as she started to count
her fingers before she got hit over the head with the end of Jess's katana
sheath.
"That was a long time ago Mary and I'm not dating him any more." Jess said
getting up and walking away.
"You know I'm still wondering why she broke up with Kage after they agreed to
become mates!" Keiko asked as they watched their friend leave.
"It's a long story," Julia said, "it's best to just drop it", she added.
(On the other side of the school grounds)
"Hey Miroku"
"Hai"
"I was wondering why haven't you asked any of the girls here to do 'you know
what' yet?" Sam asked.
"What the question?" Miroku lied acting like it was nothing.
"Don't act like that Miroku, everyday at our old school you would have asked
every girl in sight to bear your child." Inuyasha pointed out.
"Why would I ask any of these young pretty women such a question?" Miroku
asked.
"Well for one you're a pervert and you love woman." Yusuke mumbled looking
around the school grounds.
"Fine maybe I use to do that, but I changed!" Miroku pouted crossing his arms.
"Yeah maybe you have or maybe you just to chicken to ask a girl now since you
used to get your ass kicked nowadays!!" Sam challenged, while the others
snickered at the look that came to Miroku's face at that comment.
"What? I'm not scared" was the answer he got in return.
"Okay then you wouldn't mind taking my dare!" Sam said smirking.
"I will take your dare just say it and I'll do it." Miroku bragged puffing up
his chest before he got threaten to be hit over the head by Yusuke.
"Okay, I dare you to ask the next female that walks by us to bear your child
and you have to do it or else." Sam said fingering his gold ring that held the
spell that made him look human.
"Fine I'll do it" Miroku said standing up.
"Lets see then, oh I think there's a woman coming now." Inuyasha laughed.
Sighing Miroku turned around as the guys told him to and grabbed the woman's
hand, closed his eyes and asked, "Miss will you do the honor of bearing my
first child?"
He waited for her to scream and punch him but when nothing came he slowly
opened his eyes. And what he saw made him wish he didn't open them, because
when he did he was looking in a pair of forest green eyes that held anger and
the promise of his death....
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Mistress Pyro- okay I'm just going to leave it there
Miroku- what you just left me standing there looking into the eyes that could have belonged to
Satan himself
Mistress Pyro- hai hai,
Miroku- well you like to torture people don't you
Mistress Pyro- no that more like my friends... by the way do you like to meet them
Miroku-*eyes widen* Nooooooooooo
Mistress Pyro- oh come on they aren't that bad! (drags Miroku off by the end
of his pony tail)