Authors Note: Hope you don't totally hate me for leaving the last chapter the way I did but hey, I had to make sure that you'd actually wanna read this one! Thanks to a review I received I decided to change Inuyasha's job to a karate teacher. I think this suits him much more than an insurance job.
Disclaimer: Same old same old, don't own 'em so don't sue, trust me I'm broke.
Well now, let's see what happens to Saru shall we?
Chapter Three
A new scent in the room came to Saru. She turned around to see strange old man standing in the doorway. He was wearing the same clothes that her great-grandfather used to wear. The clothes of a priest. He just stood there wide eyed staring at Saru but that wasn't what scared Saru. In his hand he held a paper talisman that he brandished at her as though it were a sword.
Saru gasped and backed away toward the window, "No..." Myiko looked up at Saru, "Saru what's wrong?" She turned around and saw the priest behind her "Can I help you?" The priest ignored her and pointed his talisman at Saru, "Demon! What do you want here?! This place has no want for the likes of you!" Saru shook her head, "Y-you must be mistaken. I'm no demon." Myiko stood up and looked at the priest, "She's right, I've known Saru my whole life, she's not a demon." The priest addressed Myiko but did not take his eyes off Saru, "She may not look it but she is a demon. She probably uses concealing spells to hide her true form. Isn't that right demon?!" Myiko turned to Saru with a confused look on her face, "Saru?" The priest held the talisman out between two fingers, "This will prove it!"
The talisman burst into flames and Saru covered her face, "No!" Saru shuddered and slumped against the wall. The priest loomed over her as he pulled out another charm, "Demon be gone!" But before the charm could take effect Saru lunged out with her claws and ripped the talisman to shreds. She stood against the wall panting with her claws erect, ready for battle. Myiko backed away as far as she could from the girl she thought was her best friend, "Saru..." Saru turned to Myiko and the anger left her face when she saw the fear in her best friends eyes, "I'm sorry Myiko." With that, she leapt out the window four stories up and ran home as fast as she could.
Asano was sitting at the table, head propped on his chin doing his homework when the front door opened and slammed shut. He went into the living room to see Saru sitting on the floor in her demon form panting. "Saru, what happened? Did the charm wear off?" She shook her head and started to cry. Kagome heard noise in the other room and saw Saru crying on the floor. She knelt down and wrapped her arms around Saru, "Tell us what happened." Saru recounted the whole incident at the hospital.
Inuyasha came home about an hour later sweating from teaching his class and Saru had to tell him what happened as well. He put his head down and snarled, "Damn humans!" Kagome put her hand on his shoulder and tried to clam him down, "You know it was only a matter of time. We couldn't keep up this charade forever." Inuyasha sighed and nodded. Kagome stood up, "I think I'll call mom and Sota, they should know what happened." She went into the kitchen to call them while the others sat down on the sofa trying to figure out what to do.
Kagome returned to her family, "They're coming over." She sat down next to Saru, "Sweetie I know..." Ding Dong, the doorbell rang. She stood up, "Strange, that can't be them already. Stay here I'll get it." Kagome opened the front door and saw Saru's friend Myiko standing in the doorway. Myiko looked up at Kagome through sad eyes, "Hello Mrs. Higurashi, can I talk to Saru?"
Note to Readers: I have made a picture of Saru but I can't figure out a way to attach it to my fanfic so if anyone knows how please tell me! For now, if you want to see the picture just e-mail me and I will send it to you asap. Also I haven't gotten many reviews so either no one's reading or my writing totally sucks. I won't continue this story until I get more reviews so please tell me what you think!