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Sorry if the last chapter wasn't quite up to par, but I had to write it in a semi-rush because I wanted to get the chapter posted. Okay, a warning to all of you now: I may not be updating as quickly because I have two weeks left of school and finals ahead of me. I also need to take a small break from writing. I will tell you if I do. Also, it is traditional for my family to take a trip in the summer, so we will go sometime in the first two weeks. I will give you an exact date for that later on. So, updates will be coming later, but I need to take a break from writing. So far, I have written a lot in the past three months (wow! It's been that long?!) and I have started and finished three stories. I have also started five others that I need to work on. One of the stories is being co-written by my brother, but the other four are entirely by me and only me. So I need to take a break and just read my books. If anyone has ever heard of the magician series (Magician: Apprentice is the first book.) that is what I am currently reading. I have also just finished the first three DragonLance books all over again. So give me a break people! I will give you a definite time period for no updates. (Keep in mind that I will not return the exact day; maybe the next day or something.) I hope that you all enjoy this new chapter and I would like to thank all of my reviewers. Sorry if you don't think that I have earned my break, but I currently have five stories in progress and I have two accounts here, on FF.N, and one on Mediaminer.org. If you think that having one account and two or three stories is hard, try living my life! I am also in all AE classes, which is not quite as good as Honors (Which is the best) but a lot better (and harder) then regular classes. Like I mentioned earlier, I have finals to study for and other things to do. Sorry if you think that I am getting all hissy about this, but I just need a good, month-long break from writing. (My mom said that I write too much, anyway, so this should make her happy!) Anyway, now that I have written a small speech ::blushes from embarrassment:: I will continue with the story!
(Chapter 7: I'm going to school?!?!) (Kila's POV)
I looked up at Hiei and then back at Yusuke.
(The next day)
I was walking with the girls when I felt something different about Hanging Neck Island. (That is what it's called, right?) I looked out towards the sea and felt it again. The soft twinge in the back of my mind, a warning of something.
"Kila! Where are you going?" Keiko asked, looking over at me.
"I have to do something!" I called over my shoulder. I nearly ran into Yusuke as I was running and he caught me.
"Hey. What are you doing that requires you to hurry so much that you would nearly run me over?" Yusuke asked, smiling.
I shook my head, too out of breath to answer. When I finally regained my breath, I merely looked over at something on the hill.
"Well, excuse me if I'm a little insulted," A familiar voice said.
Everyone turned to look.
"Hold on a sec," Yusuke said, looking over.
"You just gonna leave the old fossil behind?" the same voice asked, it's owner coming into view.
"GENKAI!! I-I don't believe it!" Botan yelled, running over to the figure. Each person ran over, except Hiei and I, who both walked, and Yusuke, who was standing, looking at his teacher.
"Musta rubbed off on me, Dimwit. I died like you... half-hearted." Genkai grinned.
"Gah! Genkai..!" Yusuke said, astonished. "GENKAI!! Come here, you beautiful hag!"
I laughed as Yusuke ran across the remaining stretch of land to reach his teacher. I turned and started to walk away from the group, not noticing that two people were watching me: Kurama and Hiei.
They must have decided to give me some time alone, because I found myself sitting on a rock, looking out over the ocean. While everyone else had something to return to, I had nothing. My home was in another world. 'Heh,' I thought to myself, carefully blocking the link. 'Looks like I'll have to establish a new life here. Funny the way these things work, isn't it?'
After we got on the boat, we traveled back to the Human World safely, me watching everything going on around me, wanting to remember every aspect of what happened forever.
Hiei glanced at me as Kuwabara was showing off to Yukina. ( ::sigh:: Kuwabara, you are such an idiot.) I looked over and found Hiei's eyes on me. I turned away quickly, blushing.
"Well, Kila, since you have nowhere to stay, then why don't you stay at my house?" Kurama offered, looking down at me.
I nodded. "I'd like to meet your mother, Kurama. Or, should I say, Shuichi?" I giggled quietly.
"That reminds me," Kurama said, smiling slightly evilly himself. "You have to go to school now."
"WHAT?!" My indignant screech caused just about everyone to look over at me. "There is no way in hell that you can make me go to school, fox-boy," I hissed, a bit of spirit energy glowing around me, causing my eyes to burn gold. The aura surrounding me was black with gold streams running through it.
Kurama raised an eyebrow and asked, "Why?"
"A) I HATE skirts, and I will not wear one if my life depends on it, B) I have already been to school and got as far as 10 grade because I was very advanced, so I would be about at your level, Kurama, and C) I have better things to do. Like train with Genkai. I know that I have spirit energy." I glared at Kurama. "I'm not blind, nor am I completely unaware as to the things going on inside of me. I can feel the demon half of me, and I know that I can control my spirit energy if I was just given a bit of time."
"You don't happen to remember what it is that you are supposed to be able to control, do you?" Yusuke asked from above us. I glanced up at him before continuing.
"Actually, I do." I smirked. "Kila, the demon half of me, knows how to control every element, which is part of the reason that she was so wanted. She could control all elements, and, therefore, had the advantage in any battle."
Hiei stared at me, then said slowly, "Even water?"
I grinned. "Actually, water was her specialty and her favorite. That is going to be fun to use," I said with an evil cackle. (Oh, I can think of all the fun that I'm going to have writing that! ::Laughs evilly and is hit over the head with a frying skillet:: Ouch! On with the story now! ::Cowers in fear behind a desk:: )
"Wait a second..." Kuwabara said, looking at me, slightly amused. "If you control water, and Hiei controls fire, that means that....." He trailed off, grinning like a maniac.
"Yep. I can "wash him up" just about any ol' time I want to," I said with a grin. "Of course, I could do that to any of you, as well, but I think it would be the most fun to watch Hiei, don't you?" I was laughing silently by now.
"HEY! That's not fair!" Hiei complained quietly.
"Learn to live with it. Besides, do you think that I have a death wish? I know that if I ever got you wet, you would hunt me down and kill me slowly and painfully," I said, cocking my head to one side.
Hiei nodded.
(Kurama's POV)
/It certainly seems as though Kila and Hiei have gotten very close,/ I observed.
/You still have time to mark her, Shuichi,/ Yoko said, looking at Kila. /Hiei has not yet, so you still have a chance./
/YOKO!!/ I screeched.
/What?! It was just a suggestion!/ Yoko said, mentally grinning at me.
/What is so exciting that it caused you to scream loud enough for me to hear, Fox?/ Hiei asked, invading our little conversation.
/Nothing!/ I said, hoping that Yoko would get the hint to shut up.
Hiei gave me the "look" and turned away, going back to a conversation he was having with Kila.
/Yoko?/
/Yes?/
/Remind me to kill you as soon as we get back./
(Kila's POV)
I watched as, a few days later, Kurama came upstairs to my new room and handed me a school uniform. I looked it over for a few moments, then said, "Hell no."
Kurama looked at me oddly. "What's wrong?"
"I told you that I was never going to wear a skirt, Kurama," I growled, death-glaring the fox. "So, either I don't have to wear the uniform, or I don't go to school."
Kurama had that glint in his eyes that said, quite plainly, "You are going to get into this or I will force you to, and I have many ways of doing that." A flash of gold ran through the emerald depths.
"And what if I don't?" Challenge danced in my eyes as my spirit energy levels rose. Kurama and I looked into each others eyes, spirit energy forming around us, until a small cough interrupted us. We both looked over and found Kurama's human mother, Shiori, standing in the doorway, looking at us.
"Hello, Mrs. Minamino!" I said, smiling at her.
"It's almost time to go to school, Shuichi," Shiori said before exiting the room and leaving us on our own again.
Kurama took the opportunity to grab me, throw me in the closet, and throw the uniform in after me before he slammed and locked the door.
"KURAMA!! You bastard! LET ME OUT OF HERE!!" I screamed, pounding on the door so hard that Kurama thought it might collapse.
"Not until you're changed in the uniform!" Kurama called in to me. I slumped against the wall in defeat.
"You may have won this battle, General Fox, but I, Admiral Kila, shall prevail!!" I yelled through the door, changing quickly. "Okay, I'm done."
Kurama let me out and smiled at my appearance. I was wearing the red skirt and shirt and looked very grumpy.
"All right, let's go, General Fox," I said, walking towards the door.
"Yes, ma'am, Admiral Kila," Kurama played, "saluting" as I passed. I grinned, then dashed off, yelling, "YOU WILL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE!!"
Kurama groaned, then followed. He found that I was in a tree, being held in place by Hiei. Hiei smirked and then let go of me. I was a mere streak of red as I ran towards the school, and one of the only places I would be safe.
I saw Yusuke and slowed down.
Yusuke gave a huge yawn as he walked in front of Kuwabara and Keiko. "I'm beat. All I've felt like doing since we got back was watching stupid day- time TV."
"It's such a pretty day, too. It doesn't feel right to be locked up in a school," Kuwabara said.
"Uh oh, I think I just got sick," Yusuke said, grinning.
"Me, too. Heard the arcade's got medicine," Kuwabara said.
"I guess we'll have to go then. YAH!!" Yusuke said as he was hit over the head by Keiko's school bag.
"Don't you even think about skipping school. Your mom had to do lots of convincing just so they wouldn't fail you this year," Keiko said angrily.
"A guy who saves the world has to do algebra. Makes sense," Yusuke grumbled as he started walking again.
"Yes, it does," Keiko said from behind him.
"Whoa! What do we have here?" One of a group of thugs said. All of them were talking at once, so it was hard to hear what they were saying.
"Didn't know the low-lives came out this time of day," Kuwabara said.
"Don't fight them, okay, Yusuke?" Keiko said, looking at Yusuke.
I giggled as I watched the thugs get scared to death from Yusuke's glare. Just for extra measure, I hit all three of them over the head and knocked them unconscious. I smiled, then raced after Kurama, who was a good 10 yards in front of me.
"What took you so long?" Kurama asked.
"I saw Yusuke and followed him for a little while. I just knocked a few thugs unconscious... After they had been scared half-to-death from Yusuke's glare," I said, still giggling. "And I still say that I have better things to do."
We saw some scores on the board and I saw that Kurama's was in first. I snorted. 'How very like Kurama,' I thought to myself.
As Kurama saw sitting and reading a book, two girls came up to him, giggling and smiling. I noticed that one of them had a strange-looking bug on her shoulder. I managed to get it off without anyone noticing. I showed it to Kurama, who identified it as a Makai insect.
I glared at it, then started reading a book that I had bought at a local bookstore. It was in English, making it easier for me to read. It was called "Magician: Apprentice." (I'm reading that book, and it's really really really really really good!!)
I saw few boys walk up to me. I ignored them until one of them spoke.
"Hello. I'm Sota. Are you new here?" One of the boys asked politely.
"Yeah, I am," I said, glancing at the boys over my book. One of them had plain, black hair, who I guessed was Sota, and the other one had spiked brown hair.
"Would you like me to show you around, miss.....?" Sota offered.
"The name's Kila, and, no, I'm fine, thanks," I said, turning back to my book. The other one grabbed my book while Sota grabbed me and started to drag me away.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TWO DOING?! LET GO OF ME RIGHT NOW BEFORE I KILL YOU BOTH!!" I screamed at them. Kurama was suddenly in front of the two boys, glaring at them. The boys got scared and ran off, leaving me behind.
"Bastards," I cursed under my breath. I got up and picked up my book, carefully wiping it off. "Well," I said, grinning, "looks like I got off to a rough start, huh?"
Kurama smiled at me, then said, "I think you should stay closer to me from now on, Kila."
I frowned. "What? Why?" Then realization dawned. "You think that I can't handle a couple of high school thugs, do you? You want me to stay close to you until Yusuke tests me and sees that I'm good enough, you deem that I'm well enough known so that people won't try and hurt me, or I get a sword, since my old one is back at Hanging Neck Island," I snarled, glaring at Kurama. "Well, here's an update, Kurama: I'm not yours to protect. I don't need to be protected. I can live just fine on my own, thank you very much. Now, if you'll excuse me, I am going to go to my next class." I walked off, not once turning back to see if Kurama was following me or not.
I got to the class a couple of minutes early and took a small test for the teacher so that she could determine where I belonged. It was easy and I didn't miss a single thing.
The rest of the school day passed like that, with me taking a test every period to see if I was advanced enough for the classes. (In case anyone is wondering, Kurama and Kila have all the same classes, thanks to Koenma and the demon inside of Kila.) I pretty much ignored Kurama for the rest of the school day and, as soon as school was out, raced out of the school and back to Kurama's house. I changed into a pair of black pants and a red tank top. I then went outside to look for Hiei.
/Hiei? Hiei, where are you?/ I asked through the link.
/Look up,/ came the reply. I looked up and found Hiei sitting on a tree branch above me. I jumped up and sat next to him.
(A few hours later)
Both Hiei and I heard a very high-pitched whistling noise. I clapped my hands over my ears and whimpered slightly while Hiei fell out of the tree to destroy what was making the noise. I sat in the tree, holding my bleeding ears until I heard Kurama's soft voice.
"Hiei, where is Kila?"
"In the tree."
"Kila?"
"What?"
"We need you to come with us."
"Why? To do what? For what purpose?" I asked, cracking an eye open and looking at my blood-stained hands. A small trickle of blood was still coming out of my right ear, but I ignored it.
"Yusuke has been kidnapped and the note said that we need you, Hiei, Kuwabara, and myself to come." Kurama looked up at me.
I nodded and jumped out of the tree, landing safely on the ground.
"Before we go," Hiei said, looking at me. "You might want to wash off your hands."
Everyone looked at my blood-coated hands and I smiled sheepishly. I caused a small fountain to shoot up and washed my hands off in that.
"All right. Let's go save Yusuke!" I said, walking towards the place that I felt him.
"Do you even know where you're going?" Kuwabara asked.
"Hmm......Nope. None at all. I'm just following what my senses are telling me," I said with a smile. The others all anime-fell.
Sorry if the last chapter wasn't quite up to par, but I had to write it in a semi-rush because I wanted to get the chapter posted. Okay, a warning to all of you now: I may not be updating as quickly because I have two weeks left of school and finals ahead of me. I also need to take a small break from writing. I will tell you if I do. Also, it is traditional for my family to take a trip in the summer, so we will go sometime in the first two weeks. I will give you an exact date for that later on. So, updates will be coming later, but I need to take a break from writing. So far, I have written a lot in the past three months (wow! It's been that long?!) and I have started and finished three stories. I have also started five others that I need to work on. One of the stories is being co-written by my brother, but the other four are entirely by me and only me. So I need to take a break and just read my books. If anyone has ever heard of the magician series (Magician: Apprentice is the first book.) that is what I am currently reading. I have also just finished the first three DragonLance books all over again. So give me a break people! I will give you a definite time period for no updates. (Keep in mind that I will not return the exact day; maybe the next day or something.) I hope that you all enjoy this new chapter and I would like to thank all of my reviewers. Sorry if you don't think that I have earned my break, but I currently have five stories in progress and I have two accounts here, on FF.N, and one on Mediaminer.org. If you think that having one account and two or three stories is hard, try living my life! I am also in all AE classes, which is not quite as good as Honors (Which is the best) but a lot better (and harder) then regular classes. Like I mentioned earlier, I have finals to study for and other things to do. Sorry if you think that I am getting all hissy about this, but I just need a good, month-long break from writing. (My mom said that I write too much, anyway, so this should make her happy!) Anyway, now that I have written a small speech ::blushes from embarrassment:: I will continue with the story!
(Chapter 7: I'm going to school?!?!) (Kila's POV)
I looked up at Hiei and then back at Yusuke.
(The next day)
I was walking with the girls when I felt something different about Hanging Neck Island. (That is what it's called, right?) I looked out towards the sea and felt it again. The soft twinge in the back of my mind, a warning of something.
"Kila! Where are you going?" Keiko asked, looking over at me.
"I have to do something!" I called over my shoulder. I nearly ran into Yusuke as I was running and he caught me.
"Hey. What are you doing that requires you to hurry so much that you would nearly run me over?" Yusuke asked, smiling.
I shook my head, too out of breath to answer. When I finally regained my breath, I merely looked over at something on the hill.
"Well, excuse me if I'm a little insulted," A familiar voice said.
Everyone turned to look.
"Hold on a sec," Yusuke said, looking over.
"You just gonna leave the old fossil behind?" the same voice asked, it's owner coming into view.
"GENKAI!! I-I don't believe it!" Botan yelled, running over to the figure. Each person ran over, except Hiei and I, who both walked, and Yusuke, who was standing, looking at his teacher.
"Musta rubbed off on me, Dimwit. I died like you... half-hearted." Genkai grinned.
"Gah! Genkai..!" Yusuke said, astonished. "GENKAI!! Come here, you beautiful hag!"
I laughed as Yusuke ran across the remaining stretch of land to reach his teacher. I turned and started to walk away from the group, not noticing that two people were watching me: Kurama and Hiei.
They must have decided to give me some time alone, because I found myself sitting on a rock, looking out over the ocean. While everyone else had something to return to, I had nothing. My home was in another world. 'Heh,' I thought to myself, carefully blocking the link. 'Looks like I'll have to establish a new life here. Funny the way these things work, isn't it?'
After we got on the boat, we traveled back to the Human World safely, me watching everything going on around me, wanting to remember every aspect of what happened forever.
Hiei glanced at me as Kuwabara was showing off to Yukina. ( ::sigh:: Kuwabara, you are such an idiot.) I looked over and found Hiei's eyes on me. I turned away quickly, blushing.
"Well, Kila, since you have nowhere to stay, then why don't you stay at my house?" Kurama offered, looking down at me.
I nodded. "I'd like to meet your mother, Kurama. Or, should I say, Shuichi?" I giggled quietly.
"That reminds me," Kurama said, smiling slightly evilly himself. "You have to go to school now."
"WHAT?!" My indignant screech caused just about everyone to look over at me. "There is no way in hell that you can make me go to school, fox-boy," I hissed, a bit of spirit energy glowing around me, causing my eyes to burn gold. The aura surrounding me was black with gold streams running through it.
Kurama raised an eyebrow and asked, "Why?"
"A) I HATE skirts, and I will not wear one if my life depends on it, B) I have already been to school and got as far as 10 grade because I was very advanced, so I would be about at your level, Kurama, and C) I have better things to do. Like train with Genkai. I know that I have spirit energy." I glared at Kurama. "I'm not blind, nor am I completely unaware as to the things going on inside of me. I can feel the demon half of me, and I know that I can control my spirit energy if I was just given a bit of time."
"You don't happen to remember what it is that you are supposed to be able to control, do you?" Yusuke asked from above us. I glanced up at him before continuing.
"Actually, I do." I smirked. "Kila, the demon half of me, knows how to control every element, which is part of the reason that she was so wanted. She could control all elements, and, therefore, had the advantage in any battle."
Hiei stared at me, then said slowly, "Even water?"
I grinned. "Actually, water was her specialty and her favorite. That is going to be fun to use," I said with an evil cackle. (Oh, I can think of all the fun that I'm going to have writing that! ::Laughs evilly and is hit over the head with a frying skillet:: Ouch! On with the story now! ::Cowers in fear behind a desk:: )
"Wait a second..." Kuwabara said, looking at me, slightly amused. "If you control water, and Hiei controls fire, that means that....." He trailed off, grinning like a maniac.
"Yep. I can "wash him up" just about any ol' time I want to," I said with a grin. "Of course, I could do that to any of you, as well, but I think it would be the most fun to watch Hiei, don't you?" I was laughing silently by now.
"HEY! That's not fair!" Hiei complained quietly.
"Learn to live with it. Besides, do you think that I have a death wish? I know that if I ever got you wet, you would hunt me down and kill me slowly and painfully," I said, cocking my head to one side.
Hiei nodded.
(Kurama's POV)
/It certainly seems as though Kila and Hiei have gotten very close,/ I observed.
/You still have time to mark her, Shuichi,/ Yoko said, looking at Kila. /Hiei has not yet, so you still have a chance./
/YOKO!!/ I screeched.
/What?! It was just a suggestion!/ Yoko said, mentally grinning at me.
/What is so exciting that it caused you to scream loud enough for me to hear, Fox?/ Hiei asked, invading our little conversation.
/Nothing!/ I said, hoping that Yoko would get the hint to shut up.
Hiei gave me the "look" and turned away, going back to a conversation he was having with Kila.
/Yoko?/
/Yes?/
/Remind me to kill you as soon as we get back./
(Kila's POV)
I watched as, a few days later, Kurama came upstairs to my new room and handed me a school uniform. I looked it over for a few moments, then said, "Hell no."
Kurama looked at me oddly. "What's wrong?"
"I told you that I was never going to wear a skirt, Kurama," I growled, death-glaring the fox. "So, either I don't have to wear the uniform, or I don't go to school."
Kurama had that glint in his eyes that said, quite plainly, "You are going to get into this or I will force you to, and I have many ways of doing that." A flash of gold ran through the emerald depths.
"And what if I don't?" Challenge danced in my eyes as my spirit energy levels rose. Kurama and I looked into each others eyes, spirit energy forming around us, until a small cough interrupted us. We both looked over and found Kurama's human mother, Shiori, standing in the doorway, looking at us.
"Hello, Mrs. Minamino!" I said, smiling at her.
"It's almost time to go to school, Shuichi," Shiori said before exiting the room and leaving us on our own again.
Kurama took the opportunity to grab me, throw me in the closet, and throw the uniform in after me before he slammed and locked the door.
"KURAMA!! You bastard! LET ME OUT OF HERE!!" I screamed, pounding on the door so hard that Kurama thought it might collapse.
"Not until you're changed in the uniform!" Kurama called in to me. I slumped against the wall in defeat.
"You may have won this battle, General Fox, but I, Admiral Kila, shall prevail!!" I yelled through the door, changing quickly. "Okay, I'm done."
Kurama let me out and smiled at my appearance. I was wearing the red skirt and shirt and looked very grumpy.
"All right, let's go, General Fox," I said, walking towards the door.
"Yes, ma'am, Admiral Kila," Kurama played, "saluting" as I passed. I grinned, then dashed off, yelling, "YOU WILL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE!!"
Kurama groaned, then followed. He found that I was in a tree, being held in place by Hiei. Hiei smirked and then let go of me. I was a mere streak of red as I ran towards the school, and one of the only places I would be safe.
I saw Yusuke and slowed down.
Yusuke gave a huge yawn as he walked in front of Kuwabara and Keiko. "I'm beat. All I've felt like doing since we got back was watching stupid day- time TV."
"It's such a pretty day, too. It doesn't feel right to be locked up in a school," Kuwabara said.
"Uh oh, I think I just got sick," Yusuke said, grinning.
"Me, too. Heard the arcade's got medicine," Kuwabara said.
"I guess we'll have to go then. YAH!!" Yusuke said as he was hit over the head by Keiko's school bag.
"Don't you even think about skipping school. Your mom had to do lots of convincing just so they wouldn't fail you this year," Keiko said angrily.
"A guy who saves the world has to do algebra. Makes sense," Yusuke grumbled as he started walking again.
"Yes, it does," Keiko said from behind him.
"Whoa! What do we have here?" One of a group of thugs said. All of them were talking at once, so it was hard to hear what they were saying.
"Didn't know the low-lives came out this time of day," Kuwabara said.
"Don't fight them, okay, Yusuke?" Keiko said, looking at Yusuke.
I giggled as I watched the thugs get scared to death from Yusuke's glare. Just for extra measure, I hit all three of them over the head and knocked them unconscious. I smiled, then raced after Kurama, who was a good 10 yards in front of me.
"What took you so long?" Kurama asked.
"I saw Yusuke and followed him for a little while. I just knocked a few thugs unconscious... After they had been scared half-to-death from Yusuke's glare," I said, still giggling. "And I still say that I have better things to do."
We saw some scores on the board and I saw that Kurama's was in first. I snorted. 'How very like Kurama,' I thought to myself.
As Kurama saw sitting and reading a book, two girls came up to him, giggling and smiling. I noticed that one of them had a strange-looking bug on her shoulder. I managed to get it off without anyone noticing. I showed it to Kurama, who identified it as a Makai insect.
I glared at it, then started reading a book that I had bought at a local bookstore. It was in English, making it easier for me to read. It was called "Magician: Apprentice." (I'm reading that book, and it's really really really really really good!!)
I saw few boys walk up to me. I ignored them until one of them spoke.
"Hello. I'm Sota. Are you new here?" One of the boys asked politely.
"Yeah, I am," I said, glancing at the boys over my book. One of them had plain, black hair, who I guessed was Sota, and the other one had spiked brown hair.
"Would you like me to show you around, miss.....?" Sota offered.
"The name's Kila, and, no, I'm fine, thanks," I said, turning back to my book. The other one grabbed my book while Sota grabbed me and started to drag me away.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TWO DOING?! LET GO OF ME RIGHT NOW BEFORE I KILL YOU BOTH!!" I screamed at them. Kurama was suddenly in front of the two boys, glaring at them. The boys got scared and ran off, leaving me behind.
"Bastards," I cursed under my breath. I got up and picked up my book, carefully wiping it off. "Well," I said, grinning, "looks like I got off to a rough start, huh?"
Kurama smiled at me, then said, "I think you should stay closer to me from now on, Kila."
I frowned. "What? Why?" Then realization dawned. "You think that I can't handle a couple of high school thugs, do you? You want me to stay close to you until Yusuke tests me and sees that I'm good enough, you deem that I'm well enough known so that people won't try and hurt me, or I get a sword, since my old one is back at Hanging Neck Island," I snarled, glaring at Kurama. "Well, here's an update, Kurama: I'm not yours to protect. I don't need to be protected. I can live just fine on my own, thank you very much. Now, if you'll excuse me, I am going to go to my next class." I walked off, not once turning back to see if Kurama was following me or not.
I got to the class a couple of minutes early and took a small test for the teacher so that she could determine where I belonged. It was easy and I didn't miss a single thing.
The rest of the school day passed like that, with me taking a test every period to see if I was advanced enough for the classes. (In case anyone is wondering, Kurama and Kila have all the same classes, thanks to Koenma and the demon inside of Kila.) I pretty much ignored Kurama for the rest of the school day and, as soon as school was out, raced out of the school and back to Kurama's house. I changed into a pair of black pants and a red tank top. I then went outside to look for Hiei.
/Hiei? Hiei, where are you?/ I asked through the link.
/Look up,/ came the reply. I looked up and found Hiei sitting on a tree branch above me. I jumped up and sat next to him.
(A few hours later)
Both Hiei and I heard a very high-pitched whistling noise. I clapped my hands over my ears and whimpered slightly while Hiei fell out of the tree to destroy what was making the noise. I sat in the tree, holding my bleeding ears until I heard Kurama's soft voice.
"Hiei, where is Kila?"
"In the tree."
"Kila?"
"What?"
"We need you to come with us."
"Why? To do what? For what purpose?" I asked, cracking an eye open and looking at my blood-stained hands. A small trickle of blood was still coming out of my right ear, but I ignored it.
"Yusuke has been kidnapped and the note said that we need you, Hiei, Kuwabara, and myself to come." Kurama looked up at me.
I nodded and jumped out of the tree, landing safely on the ground.
"Before we go," Hiei said, looking at me. "You might want to wash off your hands."
Everyone looked at my blood-coated hands and I smiled sheepishly. I caused a small fountain to shoot up and washed my hands off in that.
"All right. Let's go save Yusuke!" I said, walking towards the place that I felt him.
"Do you even know where you're going?" Kuwabara asked.
"Hmm......Nope. None at all. I'm just following what my senses are telling me," I said with a smile. The others all anime-fell.