Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, YuYu Hakusho or Harry Potter. I never
will own anything but merchandise since I am (obviously) not Rumiko
Takahashi, Yoshihiro Togashi or J.K Rowling. I do however own Ariana, Jeff
and Cheryl, since they are from my brain!
Key: '...'=Ariana speaking "..."=everyone else speaking [...]=Ariana's thoughts (...)=everyone else's thoughts ...=telepathic conversation /.../=author's notes
summary ( the real one): The story of a 12 year old Ariana Carter. A girl who has been abused all her life. But what will happen when she saves a person who will save her in turn from her desolation, and what will happen when she meets a few more people who will change her life forever. Inu, YuYu & HP x-over
rating: PG-13 for slight language ( me and my mouth), mentions of violence, and descriptions of brutal violence varied from abuse to battle.
now, on with the story!
Hard Knock Life
By: Fallenangelscorn
Chapter 3
Back to School Blues
After the day of the competition, was the day of orientation at Sarayashiki school. Keiko and Kurama were excited and all, but you Yusuke and Kuwabara were anything but excited about school starting. We join the story with the gang discussing why they like or dislike school...
"Kid, we all know why Kuwabara and I don't like school, and we know why the two goody-two-shoes over there like school, but how come you don't? I mean, other than Keiko and Kurama, you're the smartest person I know!" says Yusuke, trying to understand, since you had not said your reason why. 'Well,' you begin, 'It's like this. When I was 11, in the 6th grade, my best friend, who was probably the most popular girl in 6th grade, invited me to a party. She had absolutely no idea about my situation. When I asked Jeff, he had agreed until the question of boys came up. He thought that if I went to a party with boys, then their 'dirty minds' as he put it, would influence me into doing 'inappropriate' things for an 11 year old girl if you know what I mean.' You pause and gaze at the look of sheer rage in Keiko's face. You had never seen her that angry, even when she was mad at Yusuke. You continue, 'So, the day of the party, I obviously didn't go, and no Yusuke, I wouldn't sneak out. Look at how that turned out when I saved you. Well anyways, the next week at school, because the party was on a Saturday, everyone was mad at me. I went to talk to Kara, the girl who had invited me and claimed to be my best friend, but she just shunned me away. Ever since then, everyone has thought that I think I'm better than everyone else because I didn't go to the party. Even new kids wouldn't talk to me, because thanks to Kara, I had guards that warned people of my 'conceitedness' . And, if you thought that wasn't reason enough for me not to like school, I was the object of everyone's torture for a long time. You would think I would have liked school, because it was away from Jeff, but it was no better, if not worse.' You finish, looking up. Kurama has a look of pity on his face, but Yusuke, Keiko and Kuwabara looked ready to kill. "You can't be serious." Keiko says finally. You just nod your head to show that you are. "But kids aren't that brutal! We were that age once! We were never that mean just because a kid didn't go to some stupid prep's party!" cries Keiko. 'I know, but times change.' You say softly. It hurt a lot worse than any gash from a katana to tell that story. Kara had been your best friend for a long time, and she had just dropped you and it was as if your friendship had never happened. You were just her prey now, something she could pick on and beat up whenever she felt like it because she had the teachers wrapped around her fingers like rings. 'But not anymore. I am an eighth grader now, and I have power, she won't be bothering me anymore' you say suddenly. "Ariana, you can't use your powers in school." Says Kurama. 'I know that. I'm just saying, I'll punch her lights out if she tries to pull any shit this year is all.' You say simply, as if it was no big thing. "Sorry kid, you won't, because I will have first." Says Yusuke, looking up. You haven't seen him this mad since the night that you saved his life and had gotten beaten for it. 'No Yusuke, I have to fight my own battles, and if it's a fight she is asking for, then a hospital visit is what she'll get' you say darkly, standing up. 'I'll see you guys in a bit, I'm going to get ready for orientation, you should do the same, it's 4:00, we have to be there at 6:00 and Keiko, I don't mean to sound rude, but you take a while to get ready and it's a substantial ride.' She laughs at this and you walk with her back to the girl's hallway and you go into your room, while Keiko goes to hers. When you walk in, you see Hermione curled up with a book on the windowsill. 'Hey Mia /your new nickname for her, Hermione was too long to say all the time/ What are you reading?' she doesn't say a word, she just lifts the book so you can see the cover. It was a book called Transfiguration, grade 6. you knew it didn't mean like 6th grade in the Ningenkai, but the 6th year of Hogwarts /she explained this all in part 1 to those of you who are oblivious/ 'Oh, ok, enjoy it, I have to get ready for our orientation.' You say, and walk to your dresser. You pull out a black collared shirt /I don't like saying polo, because it doesn't have the little dude on the shirt/ and some baggy black pants with a neon green stripe down the sides. You then go to another drawer and pull out some fishnet arm warmers, a bunch of black snap bracelets, a leather entwined belt like bracelet and your anarchy shoes. You go into the bathroom and are dressed in a matter of minutes. You then decide that you eally want to leave an impression on your new teachers. You put on some maroon lipstick and some black eyeliner and shadow. Then you go to the jewelry box and pull out a black stud and a black hoop with charms on it. You put them in, then you get a fake earring and put it on your cartlidge. You go over to your full body mirror and look at yourself. [Hm, I look like a freak. I wonder what they will say...] you think, smiling to your self. You walk out of the bathroom and walk over to Hermione. 'Hey Mia, how do I look?' you say laughing. She looks at you and gasps. "I see you want to make a good impression on your teachers!" she says, laughing with you. 'Well I have to go, got to scare more people, corrupt the earth, ya know, the usual.' "Ok, have fun, just don't blow up the world, I'm rather fond of it." 'Ok, I'll try.' You say jovially, then walk out into the hallway. You stride towards the living room, occasionally, you walk past someone and they gawk at you. You just laugh at this and keep walking. When you get to the living room, nobody is there. So, you sit down and wait for one of then to show up. As it turns out, Kuwa is the first one done. "Who are you?!" he asks when he see you. You laugh and say ' WAH! My brother doesn't recognize me! I feel oh sooo loved!!!' "Ar-Ariana?" he stammers. 'Well yeah, unless some other demon is possessing me and I'm unaware.' You laugh again as he just stammers. Then, Yusuke comes in and says "Kuwabara, you finally lose it?" Kuwa says nothing, just points to you. Yusuke looks over at you and says "Ariana?" You are getting tired of this little game 'Nope, this isn't Ariana, this is demon possessing Ariana so she can kill you in your sleep and you won't do anything about it, because it's her.' You say then laugh evilly. "That's her alright..." says Yusuke, now laughing as well. Just then, Kurama walks in, and the process begins all over. Once you are all there, and Keiko has gaped at you as well, you all say goodbye, and everyone looks at you weirdly except for Hermione and Hiei. Hiei does however, look disgusted at the outfit Keiko is wearing. She is wearing a white tanktop and a floral miniskirt with tennis shoes. Her outfit looks very happy, a bit too happy for Hiei's or your liking. However, they are all still your friends, Despite their choices of clothing.
Kurama drove you all to the school once you got to the human world, since Yusuke had his license, but you all preferred not getting killed. When you get to the school, you see all the people with their parents going inside. Jeff had always taken you, and it would seem a bit awkward going alone to you. You all go to the gym and get your schedules. You feel a twinge of jealousy when you see that Keiko Kuwabara and Yusuke had all their classes together, while you and Kurama were alone all day. You figured that Kurama had friends at school, so really, you were going to be the only one alone. 'Well see you guys later, have fun.' you say and start walking away. "Where are you going?" asks Keiko. 'Well, I'm going to meet my teachers, that's what you're supposed to do during orientation, is it not?' "We meant where are you going alone?" says Kurama. 'Well, you all have different classes than me.' You say. "So? We want to see the torture you have to go through. I bet you have some of the teachers we had. Do you have Akashi?" asks Yusuke. 'Yeah, I have him 2nd period. We all have lunch for 5th period right?' you ask worried you might not see them at all, all day. "yep" they all say in unison. 'Ok good. So, are we going to meet Kurama's teacher's, all of your teacher's or my teacher's first?' you ask. "Ariana, can you call me Shuichi in the Ningenkai, it's the name I go by here." Kurama says quietly. 'Yeah sure Shuichi, why would I call you anything else?' "Ok, let's go meet the squirt's teacher's first." Says Kuwa. So you all walk along the hallways until you reach hall S, for your first period. /Your schedule is like this/
Class / teacher / period
Science / Mr. Takahasho / 1
Lang.Arts / Mr. Akashi / 2
Reading / Ms. Ataharo / 3 Band / Mrs. Minanimo / 4 Lunch 5 W. Geo. / Mr. Amakishi / 6 Algebra/ Ms. Rumikona / 7 /I know in middle school, you only have 6 periods, oh well/
So you go and meet all of your teachers. You scare most of them, except Akashi, who is disgusted that you know Yusuke, and Rumikona, who just smiles at your individuality. Next you go and meet Kurama's teachers, then finally Yusuke, Kuwa and Keiko's teachers. You are all laden with papers of the supplies you need. As you are driving home, yusuke strikes up the conversation again. "Hey kid, how come you take band. Isn't that for geeks?" You give him a death glare and say 'have you ever been in my room Yusuke?' "Well yeah....." 'What have you seen in there?' 'I sthis a trick question?" Now Keiko cuts in "You dunce, she plays percussion!" 'Thanks Keiko.' "But what is that?" asks Yusuke confused. 'Must you be so dense at times? Percussion is the drums, xylephone, triangle, that sort of thing. I happen to play drums!' "Oooooooh, is that why you have a drum set in your room?" You and Keiko sweat drop. You decide to have a little fun. So you say to him in his head I think my brother is rubbing off on you You suppress a grin as he looks wildly around trying to see who it is. You decide to continue. Yeah, you have been spending way too much time with him. Why don't you start hanging out with Keiko more often. She complains that you don't spend time with her and it is sickening. This time he thinks back That you Hiei? You are sickened that he can't even recognize your voice. DOES HIEI HAVE A BROTHER?!?!?!?!? HE HAS A SISTER, BUT NOT A BROTHER!!!!!! Ariana? ding-ding-ding, you win the grand prize. You are looking at him straight faced, innocently, and he shoots you an icy glare. Yusuke, I wouldn't do that. I can read minds, and your mind is extra weak when you sleep At this, he looks at you in horror and you just raise your eyebrows and smirk. "Um, we're home." Says Kuwabara, breaking the silence. You get out of the car and Yusuke punches you in the arm, not hard, but hard enough to say that wasn't funny. You just smirk at him and say Are you having that dream about the bunnies lately? Because everyone else would LOVE to hear about that dream. You wouldn't Wouldn't I? and with that, you walk into the house.
The next day, you all go back to school shopping. Kurama drives again and you go top the mall to go back to school shopping. But this time, everyone comes. The magic folk need some 'muggle' clothes and the feudal era guests need some modern clothes. For the time being, they are all borrowing, except for Shippo, who couldn't fit into anything. Inuyasha had to wear a bandana over his head, so his ears wouldn't show. You all split up. You Hiei, Shizuru and Hermione heading off to Hot Topic, Torrid /for you, Shizuru amd Hermione/ and the school supplies bazaar. Meanwhile, everyone else had gone off to Charlotte Russe, Wet Seal, Limited too, d.e.m.o. and all those other preppy stores you can think of, along with the school supplies bazaar. While in Hot Topic, you look at various arm warmers and such things, while Shizuru is looking at shirts, Hermione is in the fitting room and Hiei is looking at posters. When you all emerge, Hermione has a half dozen bags at least, while you three are only burdened with one or two each. Next you go to Torrid, so the three of you can get a new dress or two, while Hiei just sits outside, looking at his 'Nightmare Before Christmas' poster. Half an hour later, the three of you come out and have two new bags. Now you go to the school supplies bazaar to get some things and wait for the others. You have all your school supplies within the hour, but you are waiting there gor another two hours before everyone else shows up. They have too many bags to count between them all. You laugh as you see Yusuke laden with bags from head to toe, while Keiko carries four or five bags. Shizuru laughs as well, because she sees Kuwabara in the same predicament, but looking pleased, with Yukina walking next to him carrying two bags. Hiei starts to growl as he sees this but you tell him Chill out, she is using him as a bag carrier, look He calms down a bit then. Yusuke, Keiko, Kuwabara and Kurama head into the bazaar while the rest walk over to you four. They collapse from the weight of the bags. You sit and laugh at them. You end up sitting there for another hour before the four of them walk over to the rest of you. By now, you are really bored. You have been sitting on the same bench for two and a half hours with nothing to do. You all load into Yusuke's van, Kurama's car and Botan's SUV, which she borrowed for the trip. You pile into Yusuke's van, unafraid of his poor driving skills, along with Keiko, Shizuru, Hiei, Hermione and Sango. 'Sango, aren't you afraid?' you ask her. "No, not at all, after riding on Kirara, this should be a piece of cake!" 'Ok, glad to hear!' You hear Yusuke shout "Here we go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" and he slams on the gas. All six of you /minusing Yusuke/ go flying backwards. You sit back up and help up a dazed Sango and Hermione. The trip goes fairly well. By the time you are almost home, all of your hair is messedup. Suddenly, Yusuke slams on the breaks. "We're here!" he announces. A bit dizzy, you hop out of the van, carrying your bags back to your room. You and Hermione unpack all of your new things and you leave Hermione to get dressed. When you go into the living room, you see all your 'foreign' guests are in new outfits of their own. You observe what types of clothing they had picked. Shippo looked adorable in his little boy clothes, but he was having trouble with his tail, so they had to cut a hole in them for him. Inuyasha had chosen the ghetto approach. The giant jerseys and low riding shorts. Miroku actually was dressed like Kurama. Sango had chosen a more tom boyish route, although she did have a few girly features, like big earrings. Kagome was dressed very girly, you guessed when she wasn't in the feudal era she dressed like that. Harry, Ron and Neville were dressed kinda plain, not really any kind of style. Myoga was nowhere to be seen, not that he could've gotten anything anyways. Luna was dressed kind of book wormish, like a school girl, a plain white shirt and a blue skirt. That sort of stuff. Ginny on the other hand, had gone down the same road as Inuyasha. She had on some tight jeans and an even tighter shirt, along with earrings ten times bigger than Sango's, but it worked for her. Now the only person left to see was Hermione. You hear someone cough behind you and you turn around but nobody is there. So you go around the corner, and you gasp as you see Hermione. She has on a purple tube-top and a black jacket over it, with a black mini-skirt, fishnets and combat boots, not to mention a spiked choker, a blink 182 cuff, and many snap bracelets. Her eyes are lined and she has on a shade of lipstick similar to what you wore to orientation, plus black fingernails. 'Wow Mia. Wow.' "Do I really look that bad?" she questions, looking down at herself as best she can. 'No, Mia, you look great! C'mon!' "Ok, if you say so, she says and lets you pull her into the living room but not before you say 'AHEM, presenting, Ms. Mia Granger.' And step to the side. She walks into the living room and Ron's breath catches in his throat. You laugh at this. You have noticed for a while that Ron likes Hermione, but haven't said anything. Nobody says anything for a minute, but then Ron whistles and claps. She blushes and looks down. Then you realize, she likes him too! After everything settles down, you go over to where Ron and Harry are. You have to keep this a secretive, so you say in Ron's head Ron, don't worry, it's me Ariana, I'm telepathic, meet me in the kitchen in 10 minutes, I have to tell you something ok? Just think back He looks at you weird then thinks What do you need to tell me? I can't tell you in here. Hiei could intercept it, he's telepathic too. So just go in 10 minutes ok? Fine whatever, this better be worth it Oh trust me, it is and with that, you get up and walk down the hall ways into the kitchen. Sure enough about eleven minutes later, Ron comes into the kitchen. "Ok, what was so important you couldn't say it in the living room?" he asks. 'Well, if you're going to be irritable, I won't tell you' you say, swinging your legs from the counter. "Fine! What is it? Do you have a crush on me or something?" 'EW! DON'T FLATTER YOURSELF!' "Jee, thanks, so what is it?" 'It's about Hermione. SHE likes you.' You say simply. "Really?!" 'Yeah...why would I make something like that up Ron?' "Um...I dunno, but thanks!" 'Oh yeah! And thank you for betting on me in that fight. Not many people think that someone my size could be all that strong..' "Yeah, but have you seen Hiei?" 'Yeah, guess you're right.' "Thanks again Ariana, I appreciate it" 'Good, now go ask her out. I know you like her too, it's pretty obvious!' you say, jumping off the counter and walking back to the living room, but not before sayng 'Ron, stay her for a few minutes so nobody is suspicious!' and then you disappear. About five minutes later in the living room, Ron comes back in and then gets Hermione and goes somewhere. When they come back, they both are grinning. [I did ok] you think then resume watching Ginny and Harry play an animated game of wizarding chess.
The day had finally come. The first day of school. You were dressed in some of your new clothes, but mostly old ones. You wear a black tank top that says 'Excuse me while I find a container for my joy' with a picture of a jar and in the jar ia a smiley fac and a rainbow /another hot topic shirt, gotta love that store/ and a black mini skirt with buckles on it. Then you wear black and red thigh high socks and your buckle combat boots. You also wear a black chocker with a spiked heart on it and your snap bracelets over some black and red arm warmers with the Emily the Strange cat on them. You do your usual makeup, grab your bag /which is a bag with the Emily the Strange cats on it/ and head downstairs. You go into the kitchen and grab an apple and some water. Once you finish breakfast, you plop down on the couch and wait for the others. At about 6:30, and nobody is downstairs, you go and bang on Yusuke's door. He answers, wearing rubber ducky pajama's. 'Oh, are you planning on wearing that to school Yusuke, it's 6:30.' This wakes him up. He slams the door in your face, so you go to Kurama's room. When you knock on the door, Kurama answers immediately fully dressed and ready to go. 'Yay! Someone's ready. Will you go wake up my brother while I get keiko?' "Sure." 'Thanks!' you say and run to the girl's wing. You knock on Keiko's door and she answers after a few knocks, in a nightgown. She sees you fully dressed then says "What time is it?" 'It's 6;30 Keiko!' "AH! I OVERSLEPT!" she says "Sorry, but have to get ready!" Before you can rely, she too has slammed the door in your face. [Seems to happen a lot] you think and go back down to the living room. When you sit down, you see a groggy brother, dressed, but asleep where he sat. You decide to have a look see at what he was dreaming and probed his mind. the dream Kuwa is running along the beach in swim trunks, running towards....Yukina. She is in a bathing suit as well, but it isn't her body, /just her head if you know what I mean./ Before they meet, you stop looking, afraid to see something you really don't want to see. At 6:55, Keiko, Kurama and Yusuke run into the room and out the door. You run after them, dragging Kuwa with you. He wakes with a start and demands to know why you are dragging him and his book bag out the door. 'Hm, maybe because we have SCHOOL!' you shout, then jump into the van. Yusuke was driving today. You hightail it to school and you tell them you'll meet them at lunch, then run top speed to first period. You jump into the nearest available seat as the bell is ringing. First period goes by rather quickly, as do 2nd and 3rd period because all you are doing is filling out information about yourself. At 4th period, the band teacher lets you demonstrate the first piece of the percussion, so you rock your heart out. A 4th period bell rings, signifying lunchtime. You are the first one out the door. You pull out your lunch from your bag that you packed last night and survey the cafeteria. You finally spot your brother's nasty hair color and make your way over there. 'Hi guys!' you say as you sit down. "Hey kid" says Yusuke, "Ariana" Kurama, "Hey!" Keiko, "hey sis" Kuwa. You pull out your lunch and Yusuke and Kuwa's eyes pop out and their tongues roll out of their mouths. The first thing you pulled out was an insulated cup of ramen. As you guys sit and eat your lunch, you talk. About 10 minutes in, you feel a tap on your shoulder. You turn and see Kara and her cronies smirking at you. "See girls, I told you she thought she was better than us, she can't even sit with her own grade!" Kara says smiling. You ignore her and continue munching on your ramen. She pulls you around "Carter! I'm not done talking to you!" 'Well that's great, but I'm done talking to you' you say icily 'So go back topit you dragged yourself out of.' "Oh Carter bad move, maybe I'll just tell your daddy. Maybe we'll get lucky and he'll kick you, break your rib again, that way we won't have to see your ugly face again for a while." She says smugly. You don't say anything, but Yusuke /who is sitting across from you, sees your blood boiling. Kara notices as well so she continues "Oh that's right! You don't have a daddy! You're daddy died! And your foster daddy beats you, how sad. Your life must be hard." She says fake sympathetically. 'If you do not stop talking about our parents you'll regret it.' You say quietly enough for her to hear it. "Aw, she made up an imaginary sibling, how sweet, now someone can pretend to love her!!" she says smiling at seeing you angry. "Actually" says Kuwabara standing up "I am her brother and if you don't get away from her and stop talking about our parents, you'll regret it." He says placidly. Now Yusuke stands up. "And all four of us love her dearly little girl, so unless you would like to visit America, I suggest you leave." Unlike most people, Kara had not heard about Yusuke, so she ignored him. "Ya know, I wish I could have bodyguards. Must be nice having people who pretend to love you and that bullshit. Or are they actors? I know you could afford it Carter, so don't joke." This time, before Yusuke, Kuwabara or anyone else can stand up, you have jumped up. 'That was the last straw Kara. You can insult me, but my family and only friends are another story.' You say so icily it could freeze hell. Then before she can reply, you punch her in the stomach and she doubles over in pain 'Get up you bitch. Or are you all talk and no action? I've had to deal with your shit for too long and now you can't even stand up to me? You're pathetic you wench. If you ever insult me or my family and friends again, you will regret the day that you invited me to that little party.' Without you noticing, she takes her nails and drags them along your leg. You don't even wince, a katana hurt a hell of a lot more than fingernails. You pull her up by her hair and punch her in the nose as hard as you can muster. You let go and she drops to her knees, blood gushing through the fingers covering her nose. "MS. CARTER!" erupts through the cafeteria. You look up and see Mr. Takenaka staring at you. "Carter, Urameshi, Kuwabara, my office NOW!" he yells and storms out of the room. You kick Kara in the ribs once, softly and say to her, so only she can hear 'That's what happened to me kara, when I asked if I could go to your party. Think before you speak from now on, because I'm not the same girl' and then you follow Yusuke and Kuwa out the door.
When you get to Takenaka's office, you plop down in one of the chairs in front of his desk, Yusuke sitting next to you, Kuwa behind you both. Takenaka comes in 20 minutes later and begins his speech "Ms. Carter I am ashamed of you. I would expect this from Mr. Urameshi or Mr. Kuwabara but you? You broke Ms. Roland's nose I'll have you know. You say to Yusuke quickly Good, the bitch has been asking for it for 2 years Damn straight, if you hadn't of done that, she'd be dead thanks hen you turn your attention back to Takenaka. "Ms. Carter, because it is the first day of school, you won't be suspended, but you have detention for a week! And if I catch you fighting again, it'll be much worse punishment, ask your friends about that. Now, care to tell me why you broke Ms. Roland's nose?" 'Not particularly, it's ersonal, and it is something nobody can do anything about, contrary to what is believed.' You say looking down. "Ms. Carter, I demand the answer or you will be suspended." 'Fine, you want to know so bad? The man who was supposed to be my caretaker, Jeff Carter? He beat me Mr. Takenaka, are you happy. He beat me until the beginning of Summer break, and then I left his house. Ms. Roland knew and she antagonized me about it because I didn't go to her rinky-dink party in 6th grade. Sorry if you want a better answer, but that's all you'll get out of me.' You say coldly. "Ms. Carter , those are serious accusations, do you have proof?" 'yes I do. Several types of proof. Mr. Urameshi as you refer to him as, knows what they are. Nobody else knows the proof, though Kazuka knows the situation, as do Mr. Minimono and Ms. Yukimura if you need furthur standbys. "Fine, Mr. Urameshi, would you care to tell me this evidence?" "Sure, on one condition." He says "And what would that be?" Yusuke pulls together an amount of curage he hadn't had to use since he fought Toguro in the Dark Tournament. "If we help you, you have to make sure either my mother, Kuwa's sister, Keiko's parents of Mrs. Minamino adopt Ariana. That way she won't have to live in a dingy orphanage." You look over at him and grin. He grins back at you and gives you a thumbs up. You turn around and smile at Kuwa as well and he grins too. Takenaka thinks on it and says "I'll see what I can do. Now, the evidence?" "Fine, the evidence is clear. On piece of evidence, a big piece, is well, me." "What do you mean, some of the evidence is you?!" "I witnessed That bastard throw her into a coffee table and kick her and punch her." "well, does she have a mark to show that you were thrown into a coffee table?" 'Um, I'm right here, why don't you ask me?' you say "Fine, do you have proof of this accusation?" 'Sure do.' You say and lift your bangs. When Yukina healed you, she was told not to heal everything, so they could form a case against Jeff. Takenaka gasps at the large scar across your forehead, where the glass had cut you. "There is more evidence" Yusuke continues. "look at her medical records Takenaka. She has had more broken bones than me and Kuwa put together." "I did find that odd, but it's not solid." 'Fine, then suspend me, because there is nothing else.' You say dully. At this point, you have had your wit's end with adults and this one was pushing your buttons. "Well, no Ms. Carter, you will report to detention all this week and I will have this case investigated, until then, if you would please stay at Jeff carter's house, I would appreciate that. You may go." Yusuke shoots you a glance and the three of you leave. 'Screw that. I'm staying at Koenma's if nobody adopts me. They won't take me to an orphanage, I'll kill them and don't think I won't.' "I don't doubt you, besides, one of us will adopt you, you know that!" says Kuwa brightly. "Probably Me and Shiz." 'Thanks. Now I guess we should get back to lunch?' "Sounds good to me!" says Yusuke and you all start walking back towards the cafeteria.
When you get back to the table, Keiko sees the happy looks on your faces and says "What happened?" 'Well, I got detention for a week, and Takenaka is going to put out an investigation on Jeff, but I might have to go to an orphanage if the arrest him.' "Which is why one of us is going to adopt her!" says Yusuke happily. "Either, Me and Shizuru, Urameshi, you Keiko or you Shuchi!" says Kuwa laughing. 'But it will probably be my brother and sister, so you guys don't have to worry about it!' you say then sit down and begin to munch on a rice ball. You pass the container around, since Kuwa and Yusuke had finished their lunches long before. When 6th period bell rings, you tell them you'll see them long after school. "No you won't I have detention, I was mouthing off in one of my classes!" says Yusuke. 'Yay! Company!' you say, then head of the Geography. You notice Kara's seat conveniently empty and smile broadly as the entire class glares at you. 'Aw, do you all miss your leader? What will you do without her? Think for yourselves? The HORROR!!!!!!!' you cry then go sit in the corner of the room. 5th and 6th period go the same as the first three, then you head back into the cafeteria for detention. You see Yusuke and your brother, so you wave and go sit by them. You get a few glares on the way to the table from more of Kara's followers. When you sit down you say to them quietly 'Those poor dears! They have to think now that their precious bitch isn't here to lead them to the gates of Hell!' The two boys laugh at this and you smile. Then you lay your head down and talk to Yusuke and your brother for the two hours of detention telepathically. You talked about the school day, how much school sucked, and how funny it was to see that bitch fall. When the two hours were up, you walked down the street with them and hopped into the van to go back to Koenma's. first you stop by Yusuke's so he can tell his mother something and get some things. Then you stop at the Minamino's for the same reason and the Yukimura's. Then you go down into the forest, through the portal and into Spirit World. You run up to your room and say Hi to Hermione then tell her about your day. She congratulates you and then you go downstairs into the living room to watch Fuse since it was 5:00 and time for 'Dedicate Live'. You were extremely happy when 'I Hate Everything About You' came on, because you sang along and then your dedication came up it was to Jeff from you and it said 'I used to love you, to bad you had to be a horrible father and a prick, rot in hell, HEY I'M ON TV!' you smiled and they looked at you strangely. 'Hey, I was on t.v, that's not an everyday thing!'
The rest of the week went by like tat. On Wednesday, her royal highness Kara reappeared in school, but she left you alone. That Friday when you came home, you and Yusuke go inside /Yusuke made sure he got detention every day so you wouldn't be bored/ you see nobody there. So you both go into the kitchen and gasp as you see something on the table! You cautiously walk over to the table and are about to pick it up when.......
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summary ( the real one): The story of a 12 year old Ariana Carter. A girl who has been abused all her life. But what will happen when she saves a person who will save her in turn from her desolation, and what will happen when she meets a few more people who will change her life forever. Inu, YuYu & HP x-over
rating: PG-13 for slight language ( me and my mouth), mentions of violence, and descriptions of brutal violence varied from abuse to battle.
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Hard Knock Life
By: Fallenangelscorn
Chapter 3
Back to School Blues
After the day of the competition, was the day of orientation at Sarayashiki school. Keiko and Kurama were excited and all, but you Yusuke and Kuwabara were anything but excited about school starting. We join the story with the gang discussing why they like or dislike school...
"Kid, we all know why Kuwabara and I don't like school, and we know why the two goody-two-shoes over there like school, but how come you don't? I mean, other than Keiko and Kurama, you're the smartest person I know!" says Yusuke, trying to understand, since you had not said your reason why. 'Well,' you begin, 'It's like this. When I was 11, in the 6th grade, my best friend, who was probably the most popular girl in 6th grade, invited me to a party. She had absolutely no idea about my situation. When I asked Jeff, he had agreed until the question of boys came up. He thought that if I went to a party with boys, then their 'dirty minds' as he put it, would influence me into doing 'inappropriate' things for an 11 year old girl if you know what I mean.' You pause and gaze at the look of sheer rage in Keiko's face. You had never seen her that angry, even when she was mad at Yusuke. You continue, 'So, the day of the party, I obviously didn't go, and no Yusuke, I wouldn't sneak out. Look at how that turned out when I saved you. Well anyways, the next week at school, because the party was on a Saturday, everyone was mad at me. I went to talk to Kara, the girl who had invited me and claimed to be my best friend, but she just shunned me away. Ever since then, everyone has thought that I think I'm better than everyone else because I didn't go to the party. Even new kids wouldn't talk to me, because thanks to Kara, I had guards that warned people of my 'conceitedness' . And, if you thought that wasn't reason enough for me not to like school, I was the object of everyone's torture for a long time. You would think I would have liked school, because it was away from Jeff, but it was no better, if not worse.' You finish, looking up. Kurama has a look of pity on his face, but Yusuke, Keiko and Kuwabara looked ready to kill. "You can't be serious." Keiko says finally. You just nod your head to show that you are. "But kids aren't that brutal! We were that age once! We were never that mean just because a kid didn't go to some stupid prep's party!" cries Keiko. 'I know, but times change.' You say softly. It hurt a lot worse than any gash from a katana to tell that story. Kara had been your best friend for a long time, and she had just dropped you and it was as if your friendship had never happened. You were just her prey now, something she could pick on and beat up whenever she felt like it because she had the teachers wrapped around her fingers like rings. 'But not anymore. I am an eighth grader now, and I have power, she won't be bothering me anymore' you say suddenly. "Ariana, you can't use your powers in school." Says Kurama. 'I know that. I'm just saying, I'll punch her lights out if she tries to pull any shit this year is all.' You say simply, as if it was no big thing. "Sorry kid, you won't, because I will have first." Says Yusuke, looking up. You haven't seen him this mad since the night that you saved his life and had gotten beaten for it. 'No Yusuke, I have to fight my own battles, and if it's a fight she is asking for, then a hospital visit is what she'll get' you say darkly, standing up. 'I'll see you guys in a bit, I'm going to get ready for orientation, you should do the same, it's 4:00, we have to be there at 6:00 and Keiko, I don't mean to sound rude, but you take a while to get ready and it's a substantial ride.' She laughs at this and you walk with her back to the girl's hallway and you go into your room, while Keiko goes to hers. When you walk in, you see Hermione curled up with a book on the windowsill. 'Hey Mia /your new nickname for her, Hermione was too long to say all the time/ What are you reading?' she doesn't say a word, she just lifts the book so you can see the cover. It was a book called Transfiguration, grade 6. you knew it didn't mean like 6th grade in the Ningenkai, but the 6th year of Hogwarts /she explained this all in part 1 to those of you who are oblivious/ 'Oh, ok, enjoy it, I have to get ready for our orientation.' You say, and walk to your dresser. You pull out a black collared shirt /I don't like saying polo, because it doesn't have the little dude on the shirt/ and some baggy black pants with a neon green stripe down the sides. You then go to another drawer and pull out some fishnet arm warmers, a bunch of black snap bracelets, a leather entwined belt like bracelet and your anarchy shoes. You go into the bathroom and are dressed in a matter of minutes. You then decide that you eally want to leave an impression on your new teachers. You put on some maroon lipstick and some black eyeliner and shadow. Then you go to the jewelry box and pull out a black stud and a black hoop with charms on it. You put them in, then you get a fake earring and put it on your cartlidge. You go over to your full body mirror and look at yourself. [Hm, I look like a freak. I wonder what they will say...] you think, smiling to your self. You walk out of the bathroom and walk over to Hermione. 'Hey Mia, how do I look?' you say laughing. She looks at you and gasps. "I see you want to make a good impression on your teachers!" she says, laughing with you. 'Well I have to go, got to scare more people, corrupt the earth, ya know, the usual.' "Ok, have fun, just don't blow up the world, I'm rather fond of it." 'Ok, I'll try.' You say jovially, then walk out into the hallway. You stride towards the living room, occasionally, you walk past someone and they gawk at you. You just laugh at this and keep walking. When you get to the living room, nobody is there. So, you sit down and wait for one of then to show up. As it turns out, Kuwa is the first one done. "Who are you?!" he asks when he see you. You laugh and say ' WAH! My brother doesn't recognize me! I feel oh sooo loved!!!' "Ar-Ariana?" he stammers. 'Well yeah, unless some other demon is possessing me and I'm unaware.' You laugh again as he just stammers. Then, Yusuke comes in and says "Kuwabara, you finally lose it?" Kuwa says nothing, just points to you. Yusuke looks over at you and says "Ariana?" You are getting tired of this little game 'Nope, this isn't Ariana, this is demon possessing Ariana so she can kill you in your sleep and you won't do anything about it, because it's her.' You say then laugh evilly. "That's her alright..." says Yusuke, now laughing as well. Just then, Kurama walks in, and the process begins all over. Once you are all there, and Keiko has gaped at you as well, you all say goodbye, and everyone looks at you weirdly except for Hermione and Hiei. Hiei does however, look disgusted at the outfit Keiko is wearing. She is wearing a white tanktop and a floral miniskirt with tennis shoes. Her outfit looks very happy, a bit too happy for Hiei's or your liking. However, they are all still your friends, Despite their choices of clothing.
Kurama drove you all to the school once you got to the human world, since Yusuke had his license, but you all preferred not getting killed. When you get to the school, you see all the people with their parents going inside. Jeff had always taken you, and it would seem a bit awkward going alone to you. You all go to the gym and get your schedules. You feel a twinge of jealousy when you see that Keiko Kuwabara and Yusuke had all their classes together, while you and Kurama were alone all day. You figured that Kurama had friends at school, so really, you were going to be the only one alone. 'Well see you guys later, have fun.' you say and start walking away. "Where are you going?" asks Keiko. 'Well, I'm going to meet my teachers, that's what you're supposed to do during orientation, is it not?' "We meant where are you going alone?" says Kurama. 'Well, you all have different classes than me.' You say. "So? We want to see the torture you have to go through. I bet you have some of the teachers we had. Do you have Akashi?" asks Yusuke. 'Yeah, I have him 2nd period. We all have lunch for 5th period right?' you ask worried you might not see them at all, all day. "yep" they all say in unison. 'Ok good. So, are we going to meet Kurama's teacher's, all of your teacher's or my teacher's first?' you ask. "Ariana, can you call me Shuichi in the Ningenkai, it's the name I go by here." Kurama says quietly. 'Yeah sure Shuichi, why would I call you anything else?' "Ok, let's go meet the squirt's teacher's first." Says Kuwa. So you all walk along the hallways until you reach hall S, for your first period. /Your schedule is like this/
Class / teacher / period
Science / Mr. Takahasho / 1
Lang.Arts / Mr. Akashi / 2
Reading / Ms. Ataharo / 3 Band / Mrs. Minanimo / 4 Lunch 5 W. Geo. / Mr. Amakishi / 6 Algebra/ Ms. Rumikona / 7 /I know in middle school, you only have 6 periods, oh well/
So you go and meet all of your teachers. You scare most of them, except Akashi, who is disgusted that you know Yusuke, and Rumikona, who just smiles at your individuality. Next you go and meet Kurama's teachers, then finally Yusuke, Kuwa and Keiko's teachers. You are all laden with papers of the supplies you need. As you are driving home, yusuke strikes up the conversation again. "Hey kid, how come you take band. Isn't that for geeks?" You give him a death glare and say 'have you ever been in my room Yusuke?' "Well yeah....." 'What have you seen in there?' 'I sthis a trick question?" Now Keiko cuts in "You dunce, she plays percussion!" 'Thanks Keiko.' "But what is that?" asks Yusuke confused. 'Must you be so dense at times? Percussion is the drums, xylephone, triangle, that sort of thing. I happen to play drums!' "Oooooooh, is that why you have a drum set in your room?" You and Keiko sweat drop. You decide to have a little fun. So you say to him in his head I think my brother is rubbing off on you You suppress a grin as he looks wildly around trying to see who it is. You decide to continue. Yeah, you have been spending way too much time with him. Why don't you start hanging out with Keiko more often. She complains that you don't spend time with her and it is sickening. This time he thinks back That you Hiei? You are sickened that he can't even recognize your voice. DOES HIEI HAVE A BROTHER?!?!?!?!? HE HAS A SISTER, BUT NOT A BROTHER!!!!!! Ariana? ding-ding-ding, you win the grand prize. You are looking at him straight faced, innocently, and he shoots you an icy glare. Yusuke, I wouldn't do that. I can read minds, and your mind is extra weak when you sleep At this, he looks at you in horror and you just raise your eyebrows and smirk. "Um, we're home." Says Kuwabara, breaking the silence. You get out of the car and Yusuke punches you in the arm, not hard, but hard enough to say that wasn't funny. You just smirk at him and say Are you having that dream about the bunnies lately? Because everyone else would LOVE to hear about that dream. You wouldn't Wouldn't I? and with that, you walk into the house.
The next day, you all go back to school shopping. Kurama drives again and you go top the mall to go back to school shopping. But this time, everyone comes. The magic folk need some 'muggle' clothes and the feudal era guests need some modern clothes. For the time being, they are all borrowing, except for Shippo, who couldn't fit into anything. Inuyasha had to wear a bandana over his head, so his ears wouldn't show. You all split up. You Hiei, Shizuru and Hermione heading off to Hot Topic, Torrid /for you, Shizuru amd Hermione/ and the school supplies bazaar. Meanwhile, everyone else had gone off to Charlotte Russe, Wet Seal, Limited too, d.e.m.o. and all those other preppy stores you can think of, along with the school supplies bazaar. While in Hot Topic, you look at various arm warmers and such things, while Shizuru is looking at shirts, Hermione is in the fitting room and Hiei is looking at posters. When you all emerge, Hermione has a half dozen bags at least, while you three are only burdened with one or two each. Next you go to Torrid, so the three of you can get a new dress or two, while Hiei just sits outside, looking at his 'Nightmare Before Christmas' poster. Half an hour later, the three of you come out and have two new bags. Now you go to the school supplies bazaar to get some things and wait for the others. You have all your school supplies within the hour, but you are waiting there gor another two hours before everyone else shows up. They have too many bags to count between them all. You laugh as you see Yusuke laden with bags from head to toe, while Keiko carries four or five bags. Shizuru laughs as well, because she sees Kuwabara in the same predicament, but looking pleased, with Yukina walking next to him carrying two bags. Hiei starts to growl as he sees this but you tell him Chill out, she is using him as a bag carrier, look He calms down a bit then. Yusuke, Keiko, Kuwabara and Kurama head into the bazaar while the rest walk over to you four. They collapse from the weight of the bags. You sit and laugh at them. You end up sitting there for another hour before the four of them walk over to the rest of you. By now, you are really bored. You have been sitting on the same bench for two and a half hours with nothing to do. You all load into Yusuke's van, Kurama's car and Botan's SUV, which she borrowed for the trip. You pile into Yusuke's van, unafraid of his poor driving skills, along with Keiko, Shizuru, Hiei, Hermione and Sango. 'Sango, aren't you afraid?' you ask her. "No, not at all, after riding on Kirara, this should be a piece of cake!" 'Ok, glad to hear!' You hear Yusuke shout "Here we go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" and he slams on the gas. All six of you /minusing Yusuke/ go flying backwards. You sit back up and help up a dazed Sango and Hermione. The trip goes fairly well. By the time you are almost home, all of your hair is messedup. Suddenly, Yusuke slams on the breaks. "We're here!" he announces. A bit dizzy, you hop out of the van, carrying your bags back to your room. You and Hermione unpack all of your new things and you leave Hermione to get dressed. When you go into the living room, you see all your 'foreign' guests are in new outfits of their own. You observe what types of clothing they had picked. Shippo looked adorable in his little boy clothes, but he was having trouble with his tail, so they had to cut a hole in them for him. Inuyasha had chosen the ghetto approach. The giant jerseys and low riding shorts. Miroku actually was dressed like Kurama. Sango had chosen a more tom boyish route, although she did have a few girly features, like big earrings. Kagome was dressed very girly, you guessed when she wasn't in the feudal era she dressed like that. Harry, Ron and Neville were dressed kinda plain, not really any kind of style. Myoga was nowhere to be seen, not that he could've gotten anything anyways. Luna was dressed kind of book wormish, like a school girl, a plain white shirt and a blue skirt. That sort of stuff. Ginny on the other hand, had gone down the same road as Inuyasha. She had on some tight jeans and an even tighter shirt, along with earrings ten times bigger than Sango's, but it worked for her. Now the only person left to see was Hermione. You hear someone cough behind you and you turn around but nobody is there. So you go around the corner, and you gasp as you see Hermione. She has on a purple tube-top and a black jacket over it, with a black mini-skirt, fishnets and combat boots, not to mention a spiked choker, a blink 182 cuff, and many snap bracelets. Her eyes are lined and she has on a shade of lipstick similar to what you wore to orientation, plus black fingernails. 'Wow Mia. Wow.' "Do I really look that bad?" she questions, looking down at herself as best she can. 'No, Mia, you look great! C'mon!' "Ok, if you say so, she says and lets you pull her into the living room but not before you say 'AHEM, presenting, Ms. Mia Granger.' And step to the side. She walks into the living room and Ron's breath catches in his throat. You laugh at this. You have noticed for a while that Ron likes Hermione, but haven't said anything. Nobody says anything for a minute, but then Ron whistles and claps. She blushes and looks down. Then you realize, she likes him too! After everything settles down, you go over to where Ron and Harry are. You have to keep this a secretive, so you say in Ron's head Ron, don't worry, it's me Ariana, I'm telepathic, meet me in the kitchen in 10 minutes, I have to tell you something ok? Just think back He looks at you weird then thinks What do you need to tell me? I can't tell you in here. Hiei could intercept it, he's telepathic too. So just go in 10 minutes ok? Fine whatever, this better be worth it Oh trust me, it is and with that, you get up and walk down the hall ways into the kitchen. Sure enough about eleven minutes later, Ron comes into the kitchen. "Ok, what was so important you couldn't say it in the living room?" he asks. 'Well, if you're going to be irritable, I won't tell you' you say, swinging your legs from the counter. "Fine! What is it? Do you have a crush on me or something?" 'EW! DON'T FLATTER YOURSELF!' "Jee, thanks, so what is it?" 'It's about Hermione. SHE likes you.' You say simply. "Really?!" 'Yeah...why would I make something like that up Ron?' "Um...I dunno, but thanks!" 'Oh yeah! And thank you for betting on me in that fight. Not many people think that someone my size could be all that strong..' "Yeah, but have you seen Hiei?" 'Yeah, guess you're right.' "Thanks again Ariana, I appreciate it" 'Good, now go ask her out. I know you like her too, it's pretty obvious!' you say, jumping off the counter and walking back to the living room, but not before sayng 'Ron, stay her for a few minutes so nobody is suspicious!' and then you disappear. About five minutes later in the living room, Ron comes back in and then gets Hermione and goes somewhere. When they come back, they both are grinning. [I did ok] you think then resume watching Ginny and Harry play an animated game of wizarding chess.
The day had finally come. The first day of school. You were dressed in some of your new clothes, but mostly old ones. You wear a black tank top that says 'Excuse me while I find a container for my joy' with a picture of a jar and in the jar ia a smiley fac and a rainbow /another hot topic shirt, gotta love that store/ and a black mini skirt with buckles on it. Then you wear black and red thigh high socks and your buckle combat boots. You also wear a black chocker with a spiked heart on it and your snap bracelets over some black and red arm warmers with the Emily the Strange cat on them. You do your usual makeup, grab your bag /which is a bag with the Emily the Strange cats on it/ and head downstairs. You go into the kitchen and grab an apple and some water. Once you finish breakfast, you plop down on the couch and wait for the others. At about 6:30, and nobody is downstairs, you go and bang on Yusuke's door. He answers, wearing rubber ducky pajama's. 'Oh, are you planning on wearing that to school Yusuke, it's 6:30.' This wakes him up. He slams the door in your face, so you go to Kurama's room. When you knock on the door, Kurama answers immediately fully dressed and ready to go. 'Yay! Someone's ready. Will you go wake up my brother while I get keiko?' "Sure." 'Thanks!' you say and run to the girl's wing. You knock on Keiko's door and she answers after a few knocks, in a nightgown. She sees you fully dressed then says "What time is it?" 'It's 6;30 Keiko!' "AH! I OVERSLEPT!" she says "Sorry, but have to get ready!" Before you can rely, she too has slammed the door in your face. [Seems to happen a lot] you think and go back down to the living room. When you sit down, you see a groggy brother, dressed, but asleep where he sat. You decide to have a look see at what he was dreaming and probed his mind. the dream Kuwa is running along the beach in swim trunks, running towards....Yukina. She is in a bathing suit as well, but it isn't her body, /just her head if you know what I mean./ Before they meet, you stop looking, afraid to see something you really don't want to see. At 6:55, Keiko, Kurama and Yusuke run into the room and out the door. You run after them, dragging Kuwa with you. He wakes with a start and demands to know why you are dragging him and his book bag out the door. 'Hm, maybe because we have SCHOOL!' you shout, then jump into the van. Yusuke was driving today. You hightail it to school and you tell them you'll meet them at lunch, then run top speed to first period. You jump into the nearest available seat as the bell is ringing. First period goes by rather quickly, as do 2nd and 3rd period because all you are doing is filling out information about yourself. At 4th period, the band teacher lets you demonstrate the first piece of the percussion, so you rock your heart out. A 4th period bell rings, signifying lunchtime. You are the first one out the door. You pull out your lunch from your bag that you packed last night and survey the cafeteria. You finally spot your brother's nasty hair color and make your way over there. 'Hi guys!' you say as you sit down. "Hey kid" says Yusuke, "Ariana" Kurama, "Hey!" Keiko, "hey sis" Kuwa. You pull out your lunch and Yusuke and Kuwa's eyes pop out and their tongues roll out of their mouths. The first thing you pulled out was an insulated cup of ramen. As you guys sit and eat your lunch, you talk. About 10 minutes in, you feel a tap on your shoulder. You turn and see Kara and her cronies smirking at you. "See girls, I told you she thought she was better than us, she can't even sit with her own grade!" Kara says smiling. You ignore her and continue munching on your ramen. She pulls you around "Carter! I'm not done talking to you!" 'Well that's great, but I'm done talking to you' you say icily 'So go back topit you dragged yourself out of.' "Oh Carter bad move, maybe I'll just tell your daddy. Maybe we'll get lucky and he'll kick you, break your rib again, that way we won't have to see your ugly face again for a while." She says smugly. You don't say anything, but Yusuke /who is sitting across from you, sees your blood boiling. Kara notices as well so she continues "Oh that's right! You don't have a daddy! You're daddy died! And your foster daddy beats you, how sad. Your life must be hard." She says fake sympathetically. 'If you do not stop talking about our parents you'll regret it.' You say quietly enough for her to hear it. "Aw, she made up an imaginary sibling, how sweet, now someone can pretend to love her!!" she says smiling at seeing you angry. "Actually" says Kuwabara standing up "I am her brother and if you don't get away from her and stop talking about our parents, you'll regret it." He says placidly. Now Yusuke stands up. "And all four of us love her dearly little girl, so unless you would like to visit America, I suggest you leave." Unlike most people, Kara had not heard about Yusuke, so she ignored him. "Ya know, I wish I could have bodyguards. Must be nice having people who pretend to love you and that bullshit. Or are they actors? I know you could afford it Carter, so don't joke." This time, before Yusuke, Kuwabara or anyone else can stand up, you have jumped up. 'That was the last straw Kara. You can insult me, but my family and only friends are another story.' You say so icily it could freeze hell. Then before she can reply, you punch her in the stomach and she doubles over in pain 'Get up you bitch. Or are you all talk and no action? I've had to deal with your shit for too long and now you can't even stand up to me? You're pathetic you wench. If you ever insult me or my family and friends again, you will regret the day that you invited me to that little party.' Without you noticing, she takes her nails and drags them along your leg. You don't even wince, a katana hurt a hell of a lot more than fingernails. You pull her up by her hair and punch her in the nose as hard as you can muster. You let go and she drops to her knees, blood gushing through the fingers covering her nose. "MS. CARTER!" erupts through the cafeteria. You look up and see Mr. Takenaka staring at you. "Carter, Urameshi, Kuwabara, my office NOW!" he yells and storms out of the room. You kick Kara in the ribs once, softly and say to her, so only she can hear 'That's what happened to me kara, when I asked if I could go to your party. Think before you speak from now on, because I'm not the same girl' and then you follow Yusuke and Kuwa out the door.
When you get to Takenaka's office, you plop down in one of the chairs in front of his desk, Yusuke sitting next to you, Kuwa behind you both. Takenaka comes in 20 minutes later and begins his speech "Ms. Carter I am ashamed of you. I would expect this from Mr. Urameshi or Mr. Kuwabara but you? You broke Ms. Roland's nose I'll have you know. You say to Yusuke quickly Good, the bitch has been asking for it for 2 years Damn straight, if you hadn't of done that, she'd be dead thanks hen you turn your attention back to Takenaka. "Ms. Carter, because it is the first day of school, you won't be suspended, but you have detention for a week! And if I catch you fighting again, it'll be much worse punishment, ask your friends about that. Now, care to tell me why you broke Ms. Roland's nose?" 'Not particularly, it's ersonal, and it is something nobody can do anything about, contrary to what is believed.' You say looking down. "Ms. Carter, I demand the answer or you will be suspended." 'Fine, you want to know so bad? The man who was supposed to be my caretaker, Jeff Carter? He beat me Mr. Takenaka, are you happy. He beat me until the beginning of Summer break, and then I left his house. Ms. Roland knew and she antagonized me about it because I didn't go to her rinky-dink party in 6th grade. Sorry if you want a better answer, but that's all you'll get out of me.' You say coldly. "Ms. Carter , those are serious accusations, do you have proof?" 'yes I do. Several types of proof. Mr. Urameshi as you refer to him as, knows what they are. Nobody else knows the proof, though Kazuka knows the situation, as do Mr. Minimono and Ms. Yukimura if you need furthur standbys. "Fine, Mr. Urameshi, would you care to tell me this evidence?" "Sure, on one condition." He says "And what would that be?" Yusuke pulls together an amount of curage he hadn't had to use since he fought Toguro in the Dark Tournament. "If we help you, you have to make sure either my mother, Kuwa's sister, Keiko's parents of Mrs. Minamino adopt Ariana. That way she won't have to live in a dingy orphanage." You look over at him and grin. He grins back at you and gives you a thumbs up. You turn around and smile at Kuwa as well and he grins too. Takenaka thinks on it and says "I'll see what I can do. Now, the evidence?" "Fine, the evidence is clear. On piece of evidence, a big piece, is well, me." "What do you mean, some of the evidence is you?!" "I witnessed That bastard throw her into a coffee table and kick her and punch her." "well, does she have a mark to show that you were thrown into a coffee table?" 'Um, I'm right here, why don't you ask me?' you say "Fine, do you have proof of this accusation?" 'Sure do.' You say and lift your bangs. When Yukina healed you, she was told not to heal everything, so they could form a case against Jeff. Takenaka gasps at the large scar across your forehead, where the glass had cut you. "There is more evidence" Yusuke continues. "look at her medical records Takenaka. She has had more broken bones than me and Kuwa put together." "I did find that odd, but it's not solid." 'Fine, then suspend me, because there is nothing else.' You say dully. At this point, you have had your wit's end with adults and this one was pushing your buttons. "Well, no Ms. Carter, you will report to detention all this week and I will have this case investigated, until then, if you would please stay at Jeff carter's house, I would appreciate that. You may go." Yusuke shoots you a glance and the three of you leave. 'Screw that. I'm staying at Koenma's if nobody adopts me. They won't take me to an orphanage, I'll kill them and don't think I won't.' "I don't doubt you, besides, one of us will adopt you, you know that!" says Kuwa brightly. "Probably Me and Shiz." 'Thanks. Now I guess we should get back to lunch?' "Sounds good to me!" says Yusuke and you all start walking back towards the cafeteria.
When you get back to the table, Keiko sees the happy looks on your faces and says "What happened?" 'Well, I got detention for a week, and Takenaka is going to put out an investigation on Jeff, but I might have to go to an orphanage if the arrest him.' "Which is why one of us is going to adopt her!" says Yusuke happily. "Either, Me and Shizuru, Urameshi, you Keiko or you Shuchi!" says Kuwa laughing. 'But it will probably be my brother and sister, so you guys don't have to worry about it!' you say then sit down and begin to munch on a rice ball. You pass the container around, since Kuwa and Yusuke had finished their lunches long before. When 6th period bell rings, you tell them you'll see them long after school. "No you won't I have detention, I was mouthing off in one of my classes!" says Yusuke. 'Yay! Company!' you say, then head of the Geography. You notice Kara's seat conveniently empty and smile broadly as the entire class glares at you. 'Aw, do you all miss your leader? What will you do without her? Think for yourselves? The HORROR!!!!!!!' you cry then go sit in the corner of the room. 5th and 6th period go the same as the first three, then you head back into the cafeteria for detention. You see Yusuke and your brother, so you wave and go sit by them. You get a few glares on the way to the table from more of Kara's followers. When you sit down you say to them quietly 'Those poor dears! They have to think now that their precious bitch isn't here to lead them to the gates of Hell!' The two boys laugh at this and you smile. Then you lay your head down and talk to Yusuke and your brother for the two hours of detention telepathically. You talked about the school day, how much school sucked, and how funny it was to see that bitch fall. When the two hours were up, you walked down the street with them and hopped into the van to go back to Koenma's. first you stop by Yusuke's so he can tell his mother something and get some things. Then you stop at the Minamino's for the same reason and the Yukimura's. Then you go down into the forest, through the portal and into Spirit World. You run up to your room and say Hi to Hermione then tell her about your day. She congratulates you and then you go downstairs into the living room to watch Fuse since it was 5:00 and time for 'Dedicate Live'. You were extremely happy when 'I Hate Everything About You' came on, because you sang along and then your dedication came up it was to Jeff from you and it said 'I used to love you, to bad you had to be a horrible father and a prick, rot in hell, HEY I'M ON TV!' you smiled and they looked at you strangely. 'Hey, I was on t.v, that's not an everyday thing!'
The rest of the week went by like tat. On Wednesday, her royal highness Kara reappeared in school, but she left you alone. That Friday when you came home, you and Yusuke go inside /Yusuke made sure he got detention every day so you wouldn't be bored/ you see nobody there. So you both go into the kitchen and gasp as you see something on the table! You cautiously walk over to the table and are about to pick it up when.......
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