CHAPTER 4: OH...WONDERFUL

Time seem to slow down for a moment for Natasha, her heart racing in her chest as she agonizingly and slowly turned her head to look over her shoulder. She had no idea why god would want to curse her, but she had a feeling it had more to do with spite than punishment.

(God:...hm...Natasha Higurashi looks too happy, time to make her life a living hell...)

all the while, her friends got a good look at whoever it was. Iza clucked her tongue appreciatively, and Mimi couldn't help looking at his eyes, which were fastened on the back of Natasha's head. His clothing was weird, no doubt, but with looks like those...dangerous man right here. They watched amused as Natasha turned to look at the person, disbelief and anger written all over his face. They exchanged glances.

And that is when all hell broke loose.

Kome had the audacity to nudge her with his foot and speak, "I asked you a question wench, now answer it."

Natasha whipped around with the look of the devil upon her face, and Kome gulped noisily. She slowly raised to her feet, pointing an accusing finger at him, a snarl on her lips. She was trembling with rage and was about ready to give a piece of her mind when—

"Oh my god Natasha!" Iza jumped up, saving the wolf by mere seconds. Natasha gave her a glare to no effect. Iza with her girly self, skipped over to Kome's side and latched on to one of the surprised wolf's arms. "Do you mean to tell me this is HIM?"

Natasha sputtered stupidly as her supposed friend went gushy all over Kome, fluttering her eyelashes at him. Kome cocked a brow, but upon seeing how it aggravated Natasha, he grinned and turned to give the girl a half lidded interested gaze. Natasha sputtered some more, and her head looked about to explode. Mimi came then, stepped right up next to her and gave the wolf boy the once over.

"Damn Natasha," she breathed, "You're blind, stupid or both at once, I don't know which."

Natasha turned to her astonished, "what are you talking about?! This is the guy I've been telling you about!!"

"Well if you don't—huh?" Iza paused as a swish caught her ear and eye, and she looked behind the tall dark handsome guy she had latched on to. Her eyes went wide, "holy cow he has a tail!"

"Really?!" Mimi cried and dashed over, leaving Natasha to stew, "let me see let me see!!!"

"Hey wait—yipe!" Kome cried when the two girls decided to see if his tail came off. It doesn't. He looked over his shoulder and blushed to the roots of his hair. The girls were currently petting his tail, looking at the fur, and were way too close to his ass. He was about to run when another painful experience happened.

Fed up, Natasha growled low in her throat and grabbed one of the wolf's ears, twisting as she tugged him away, being called colorful curses that she stored a few away for later. Her friends watched her go shocked.

Least to say, Natasha was mad. No scratch that, she was livid. As she pulled the complaining wolf by his ear back to the well house, she couldn't stop her teeth from grinding, or the heat that flushed every inch of her body. What is WRONG with him?! Wasn't he told, him and his sister, and Miroku's kids, never, EVER to go into the well? And yet here he is, in HER time, picking up HER friends, in HER own freakin' backyard!! And what made it worse, her friends saw him and knew who he was. They knew he wasn't normal, they knew something was up, and would bug her to no end unless they got answers. And this was all his fault.

Furious, Natasha pulled the poor wolf by his ear into the well house, only releasing him to slam the door shut.

"That hurt you stupid!—"Kome snapped his mouth shut when she sent him a smoldering glare, fists balled at her sides.

"What in the seven hells are you doing here?!" she hissed through gritted teeth, seeming to just simmer to boiling point. Her aura did all the expressing for her, as it flared and snapped at the air in dark waves. Kome jumped when a bit whipped at his feet.

He gulped again and took a cautious step back. Oh she was mad, REALLY mad. A mad he's never seen before. He held up his hands pleading. "N-now just hold on and let me explain—"

"EXPLAIN?!" she exploded, and he was pretty sure half of Japan heard her, "listen up, one, you're not suppose to be here, two, Mom and Dad practically drilled it into your head NOT to go into the well, and three, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSE TO BE HERE!!"

"You said that—"

"Shut up you pathetic excuse for a meat puppet! You are gonna turn your scrawny ass around and go back where you came from!" Natasha finished and huffed a few breaths, before grabbing the front of his armor and dragging him to the well. He didn't struggle, but he didn't like it either. He tripped at least two times within two feet. Natasha was muttering under her breath and jerked to a stop before the well, where she had no hesitation just throwing Kome in. he yelled out in surprise and she turned back around satisfied and dusted her hands, a grin on her face.

"oof!"

She paused and blinked at space. Okay, when you go down the well, there is no 'oof' sound. She then heard some muttering curses and she turned back around slowly. This was just not her day...

Limber as an old man, Kome climbed out of the well miserably, cradling his head as he sat by its side. Damn that bitch throws hard. He opened his eyes, and they went wide with shock. Natasha looked about that same as him, and they stared at each other for a minute, letting this sink in. Natasha's jaw was working, but her voice failed her. This just couldn't be.

"Why didn't you go back?" she breathed, and slowly approached him.

He just shook his head, "I don't understand...shouldn't I be home?"

Natasha took a few deep breaths and walked up to the well, resting her hands on the rim. Okay, time to figure out what's going on. She huffed and jumped over the side, into the well's dark depths. And was given a very nasty greeting as pain laced up her legs, her feet giving out from under her as she made connect with the bottom of the well. She fell on her backside and sat rubbing her ankles from the numbness. Then it hit her like a ton of bricks. She didn't go through, she didn't make it to the other side. The well didn't open.

"You okay down there?!" Natasha snapped her head up at the sound of Kome's gruff voice, a pair of aqua eyes staring down at her. He didn't like that she looked that pale. Nope, not one bit.

"Help me out...oh god..." Kome balked at her wary voice, the strain and weakness of it striking something in him. He nodded and jumped down, landing right next to her. Unsure of what to do, I mean this never really happened between them before, he cautiously took her arm and put it around his shoulder, launching out of the well with Natasha in tow. He let go, but quickly picked her up when she started falling, her wide eyes and pale face sickly in the filtered light that came through the well house windows. He set her down gently, not really understanding why he was being so nice to her.

"Natasha...are you okay?" he asked softly, and her honey orbs lifted to his, glazed with tears. He tensed. No please don't cry, he didn't like crying...

"I have to talk with my brothers...send Iza and Mimi home. We have a big problem..." she rasped out, running a hand through her hair. He nodded and held out a hand for her, and her got up with some effort. He opened the door and followed her out, saw as she wrapped her arms around herself.

He looked ahead and saw her friends huddled together, chatting animatedly. They looked up and spotted them, grins slipping when they was how shaken Natasha was. They jumped up immediately and flew to her side, sending him suspicious glares.

"Natasha are you okay? What happened? Did he...he..." Iza's eyes flashed with fire and she straightened her shoulders. "I swear to god boy if you laid a hand on her—"

"No," Natasha whispered, and Kome felt his chest deflate with relief. "He's fine, he didn't do anything. Guys, I need you to go home. Now."

"What?" Mimi gasped, hurt crossing her face, "but Natasha, we wanna know—"

"She said go home wench," Kome crossed his arms and huffed at the girl's offended face. Natasha gave him a glare. 'I'll deal with you later'

Natasha turned to her friends pleading, "just please, trust me, I need you to go home."

Iza and Mimi balked and exchanged glances. Something was up, they knew it. Natasha was seriously disturbed, there was a strange guy here, and there was an all around feeling of trouble in the air. But Mimi shook her head. "its time to stop lying to us Natasha. Something's up, and we wanna know what it is. Let's...just get you inside for now."

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the girl tossed a stone in her hand, bright and purple. She smiled sweetly as she stared up at the Higurashi shrine, her green eyes gleaming dangerously. She knew that taking a priestess was a good idea at the time. using her power, she was able to put up a seal, cutting her precious off from where she couldn't reach. Yes, yes the miko was a good idea indeed. It was just one more step towards her goal. And she was getting ever so close to getting what she wanted.

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::weeeeeeee!!! Another chappy. I don't feel like doing SO's, though I mych appraeciate them. So now, Kome's stuck in the future with the rest of them, and a whole mess of stuff is about o go down. I just hope I can concentrate enough to put up another chapter of ANYTHING.