Okay folks I did a little research…yes me the lazy bum did some research, go figure. But anyway yeah I went and found out that I spelled light-saber wrong (and I probably just did it again) but I would like to thank the person who corrected me. It was appreciated, so (again with the over done corny-ness) I would like to dedicate this chapter to that person and to all the persons who waited patiently for my next chapter. I would like to apologize for taking such a long break. You see I got a new computer for Christmas from…Santa (don't ask) and so it took me awhile to get everything set up because this is my first computer. The last one was sort of a family one, you know. And since we get a special Internet service (it's free) and since my dad lost the 'freakin' disk…well, you get the idea.
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CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Now That That's Over, Back to Life as Normal…I Hope.
"Okay let me get this straight…your all demons. Including me?"
"No." Katsumi sighed for the millionth time that morning. It was Sunday, the day after Halloween and everyone was over at Inuyasha's house taking down all the decorations from the party that they had all pretty much missed. "You're not a demon, and neither are Sango and Miroku."
"What are they again?" Kagome questioned, still trying to process everything, she'd had an incredibly eventful night last night and things still hadn't fully sunken in yet. I mean she had discovered an entire race of demons living right under her nose. How would you react?
"I'm from a family of demon hunters." Sango stated as she continued to sweep the hardwood basement floor, occasionally hitting Miroku in the head with her broom.
"Wait. Hold up. Let me get this straight…you're a demon hunter…" Kagome glanced around at her demon friends, "and you're all demons; demon…demon hunter, demon…demon hunter. Something about that just doesn't sound right."
Sango smiled, "I only kill bad demons…well actually I don't kill demons at all…demon hunters pretty much died out a couple hundred years ago. Besides, in this day and age I might get arrested for murder."
"Yeah…I can see your point. What about you, Miroku 'what're' you? Are you a demon hunter too?"
Miroku grinned as he ran his fingers through his hair. "Nah, I'm a…"
"A pervert." Sango snapped at him as she handed him the dustpan and forced him to hold it while she swept her trash into it.
"No…" he whined. "I'm from a dynasty of…."
"Lechers."
"No…monks." He declared proudly.
"Oh! Whoop-de-do." Sango murmured under her breath. "You can do some stupid spells and incantations…or hit things with a lame ass staff. A lot of good that does."
"I heard that." Miroku whimpered.
Kagome rolled her eyes. "So I'm a demon hunter too right, I mean that's what I am, I kill demons…I can't be a monk…they're all men."
"No you're not a demon hunter or a monk, you're a miko." Katsumi moaned from her perch at the top of a ladder, as she continued to pull down rubber bats from the ceiling.
"What's a miko?"
Sweat drop.
"Do you remember anything from last night?" Duo sighed.
Kagome shook her head no. "I kind of blacked out."
"They are special women who get special powers just for the killing of demonic creatures…." Duo continued, "all demonic creatures good or bad. Basically they were made to be hit-men for demons just like…."
"Us!" Spike gulped.
Everyone slowly began to back away from their miko friend.
"Oh come on, I couldn't do anything like that to you guys…" Kagome smiled up at all her demon friends, giving them her best puppy dog eyes humanly possible.
Asuka sighed as she plopped down on the floor taking a small break, "so does this mean Kagome's more powerful than all of us…combined?"
Everyone turned to look at Kagome with a raised eyebrow.
"I mean…" Asuka began, "I mean she's like some kind of prophecy or something."
"She's the last miko." Kenji whispered bashfully.
"Wow." Miroku chuckled, "Kagome's a living breathing celebrity."
"Okay…" Kagome sighed skeptically. "I'm a…a…miko and you guys are demons…what kind of demons are you exactly?"
Katsumi groaned as she steadily climbed down the ladder. "I'm a cat demon."
"And we're wolf demons." Kouga and Spike exclaimed in unison as they paused for a moment in the middle of their most recent war over Kouga's guitar.
Kagome eyed them curiously, "like werewolves?"
"You could put it like that…yeah I guess we kind of are…" Spike sighed. "Except its full time instead of every full moon and with out all the fur."
"And Inuyasha here is a dog demon…half dog demon…" Duo said smiling as he laid a hand on one of Inuyasha's shoulders.
"Half demon?" Kagome questioned.
"My mother…" Inuyasha painfully began. "Was human."
Kagome looked at Inuyasha with a raised eyebrow, "so…why does that matter?"
A small smile spread across Inuyasha's face. "It's why I have to wear these." Inuyasha groaned as he fingered the black rosary beads around his neck. "Because my mother was human…I'm not full blooded…and because I'm not full blooded, I can't change my appearance to make me look like a human like everyone else can. I'm stuck in my demon form unless I have these beads on."
"Well that's stupid!" Kagome grumbled, "you'd think since you have human in you you'd be the one able to switch your appearance back and forth."
Inuyasha shrugged his shoulders. "Go figure."
"Okay." Kagome giggled, "what's everyone else?"
"I'm a psychic demon…I'm stuck looking like a stupid human twenty-four/seven." Asuka stated before she repeated her sentence in her head and mentally kicked herself for sounding like a jerk, "no offense Kagome…."
"None taken…so what are you, Kenji?"
"I'm an ice demon." Kenji whispered timidly.
"An ice demon?" Kagome asked enthusiastically.
Kenji nodded before he lifted his hand up, holding his palm out flat, parallel to the ceiling. A small circle of ice began hovering over his palm; slowly growing larger and larger before Kenji reached up and grabbed it with his other hand. Kagome watched in awe as the perfectly round ball of ice gradually retracted into his skin.
"Cool! I wish I could do that." Kagome gasped. "What about you Duo, what are you?"
"Fire demon." He held out his index finger and to Kagome's surprise a tiny flame emitted from his fingertip, just like a lighter.
"Awesome…and Shippou?
"I'm a pure bread fox demon." He announced proudly before he quickly reverted to his true form.
"Cute!" Kagome giggled as she picked up the now stuffed animal sized Shippou and began petting his fluffy tail.
Shippou groaned, "I get that a lot."
Kagome smiled, "you're adorable…but not as cute as Inu's ears." She reached down where Inuyasha was sitting at the foot of the stairs and gently pulled his necklace off, making sure he didn't mind. She watched in amazement as Inuyasha slowly turned into the white haired demon she'd seen last night.
"I wish I had a pair of these." She sighed as she timidly stretched her hand out and softly touched one of his ears. They felt so soft, like a puppy's ears. She giggled when Inuyasha made one of his ears twitch, making Kouga growl jealously in the background. "I wish I was a demon…hey Inuyasha how are your injuries…I don't see the bandages I put on."
"I took them off."
"WHAT!?" Kagome screamed, forcing all the demons with sensitive hearing to cover their ears. "Inuyasha you had a gash in your stomach…what are you, an idiot. I mean it was bad enough that you refused to go to the hospital but taking off your bandages…you might get an infection or worse." She smacked him on the back of the head in frustration.
Inuyasha growled at her in pain. "I'm a demon, dumb ass." He lifted his shirt up to show the skin where his wound from the tigress had been. "I heal quickly."
Kagome eyed the now scareless flesh in amazement.
Asuka rolled her eyes before she changed the subject, "So Inuyasha what did the police mark down last night as?"
Inuyasha sighed as he leaned his head back against the wall. "Well since last night was Halloween the cops figured it was just a bunch of kids trying to vandalize the school. And since you erased everyone's memory and put in false ones; Naraku and his gang think they were trying to sneak into the school and trash the principal's office, when one of their cars blew up and knocked everyone out."
Kagome's face turned bright red from embarrassment. "Oops I guess I got a little carried away."
Asuka giggled. "I will admit you did make a mess of things." She smirked as she thought of what Inuyasha said. "It may be annoying at times but being a demon definitely has its advantages." She stared down at her hands and grinned evilly, "Naraku and those nitwits of his don't remember a thing…thanks to me."
Kagome groaned, "I wish you would have made Kikyo look like she had gone to help Naraku and his gang…everyone in town thinks she went to stop them."
"What?" Asuka gasped.
"It's true, because the stupid bitch is such a goody-goody when the sheriff escorted her home, they told my mom she was a hero. He said that she had heard what her boyfriend was going to do so she had ran to Naraku's side to save him. The stupid principal even called this morning saying his was having a plaque made and put up in his office in her honor…God I hate her!"
Duo glanced at Kagome worriedly, "Kagome it may seem like a bad thing now but as long as they don't remember the truth…you're safe…because trust me if anyone other than us finds out what you are…"
"They might try to kill you." Kenji stated gently, barely above a whisper.
"You'll be in major danger." Katsumi sighed. "You're a legend…and even though it seems cool, you're still something that demons fear."
Duo groaned as he began rubbing his temples with his index fingers "I think it's safe to say that until we can figure things out, one of us should be with Kagome at all times."
"But I don't need a babysitter." Kagome whined.
"Oh yes you do." Spike reached up and draped an arm around Kagome's neck "who else is 'gonna' protect you?"
"I can take care of myself, thank you very much." By impulse Kagome reached out and touched Spike's arm, mentally concentrating her powers on her fingertips. Spike let out a loud yelp the instant her flesh contacted with his.
Spike jerked away from Kagome and began rubbing his burnt mark. "Holy…how in the hell did she do that?" He growled glaring at Duo. "She burnt the hell out of me." He removed his hand to see a blister on his bicep in the shape of Kagome's hand, and then watched as it slowly faded away, his demonic healing factor kicking in.
"She's a miko you dumb ass." Inuyasha scolded.
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The next day Kagome sighed as she slowly elbowed her way through the school's heavy hallway traffic. She glanced back at Miroku, who was following close behind her. I don't need a damn babysitter. Kagome turned a corner before she walked into her first class. Kagome collapsed into her seat with a heavy sigh.
"What a long weekend, huh?" Miroku sighed.
"Damn straight." Kagome grumbled, "if I never see Halloween again it'll be too soon."
A girl sitting in front of Miroku turned around to look at the unknown monk and miko. "Did you guys hear what happened this weekend? The whole town is talking about it." She giggled excitedly. "I heard that the police fount a bunch of the Youkai members including Naraku lying in the middle of the school parking lot unconscious…not to mention that Yusuke and Sakuya were both attacked at that big Halloween party."
Kagome and Miroku glanced at each other with knowing looks.
Kagome narrowed her eyes when she saw Inuyasha walk through the door…with three girls hanging all over him, the three Takahashi triplets, Yuni, Yuki, and Yugi. Oh God does he ever take a break.
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At the end of the day when the martial arts team had its practice, Coach Hiei stepped into the gymnasium with a mean scowl on his face; he looked angry, really angry. He glared over at his students as he cleared his throat. "It has come to my attention that one of our members has been…arrested, breaking one of our rules: no criminal record. Unfortunately, I was set to the task of finding a replacement for Mr. Onigumo; normally in this situation I would have to have another audition throughout the school…but considering our lack of time I've decided otherwise. My…ex-wife and I have decided to have my daughter transferred from Los Angeles where she lived, to come down here to live with me." About the time, he had finished his sentence a teenage girl with long beautiful black hair and deep green eyes stepped through the gymnasium doors.
Kagome couldn't help but stare at the girl as she walked up to her father's side. Luckily for her she hadn't gotten her fathers genes, she was average height. She was incredibly…gorgeous. Her shiny black hair cascaded over her curvy body. Not fair. She had the kind of figure you always wished for, her skin was soft and simple…just the right tan, not to light or too dark. But one look at her face told you she received her father's anger.
She had on a black T-shirt with a Picture of Pat Benetar on it, a red denim vest, a pair of short denim shorts that were making Spike drool, and black flip-flops.
Spike turned to Kagome with the biggest grin on his face. "I think I'm in love."
"My daughter," the coach announced proudly. "Rei Akita, I'm positive she will be a great asset to the team."
Spike smirked, more like ass-set is what I'm thinking.
"I've personally trained her since she was five years old…so I know she will not let this team down. Oh and it has come to my attention that yet another one of our members had an interesting weekend." He glared over at Yusuke who was cowering in the corner farthest from Kagome. "Now even though his offense cannot legally have him removed from the team…ah hell, Yusuke over there got his ass kicked by a girl Saturday night."
Everyone's jaw dropped before the room suddenly filled with laughter.
The coach glanced over at Kagome and winked, "I told you, you had a unique style." He whispered so only they could hear.
"Matsumato." Hiei snapped startling everyone into a dead silence.
Spike popped out of his little fantasy world of Rei. "Yes sir."
"Onigumo was your sparring partner was he not?"
"Y-yes…sir."
"Good…Rei will be taking his place."
Spike gulped. "Yes sir."
Rei walked over to him throwing her vest and flip-flops to the side before she pulled a rubber band out of her short's pocket and pulled her hair up into a high ponytail. And then she surprisingly gave Spike a sweet smile…so she is nicer than her dad after all. "I'm Rei." She grinned as she offered Spike her hand.
"I'm Spiky…Spiker…Spike, I mean Spike."
She giggled. "Hi Spike."
"Alright team! Today we will be practicing grappling."
Spike's face turned bright red…oh God.
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That night Kagome sat on her bathroom floor the door locked behind her, she stared up at the coffin shaped medicine cabinet; she could hear the telephone ringing. It had been going off the hook ever since she had gotten home, all were calls from people praising Kikyo. It was nerve racking.
Kagome sighed as she hugged her knees. Her and her mom had gotten into an argument over Kikyo being 'mommy's favorite.' And Mrs. Hirugashi had been so fed up with her youngest daughter that she had told Kagome that she wouldn't pay for Kagome's martial art's trip to Texas. It was three hundred dollars and the money was due tomorrow, that was all the money Kagome had. I guess I won't be going to the anime convention after all. "God I hate my sister!"
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Okay I'm not trying to brag but I know I'm a pretty okay artist, and I like drew a picture of what Rei looks like in my head and I put it on this web site. So go here if you want to see it:
