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Hard Knock Life
chapter 10
Unasareru's unexpected visit
"Well, well, well, Ariana." says a chilly voice behind you. You whip around and gasp. There, in the doorway, stood Jeff. 'Jeff?! How the hell did you get in here?!' "My name isn't Jeff baka, my name is Unassrerus, learn it or you will scream it in pain." he threatens. 'Hm, how about no? I'm not going anywhere with you. Don't you think my friends will come to my aid?' "No." And why is that?' "Because I killed them on the way inside. Can't very well help if they are ghosts." 'You lie! I know you did not kill them all, so stop this stupidity. Yu have not the strength to kill my friends.' "Oh, but don't I? We shall see." He then lunges at you, and you grab your katana from under your pillow. You unsheath it and slash at him. The blade cuts cleanly through his arm and his hand falls to the ground. He is nfaed, and just keeps going with the barrage of attakcks. You block and slash at him constantly. "I had especial fun killing the one named yusuke. he put up quite a fight that one did. Said to tell you he was sorry or something like that. Too bad." In a burst of anger, you swing the katana with such force, you decapitate him, his head rolling to the floor. The head laughing and says, you can't get rid of me that easily foolish child!" [a demon puppet] you think. 'I AM NOT A CHILD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' you scream, plunging the blade into his heart. this time, he explodes, and a wooden doll clatters to the floor in two pieces. Just then, Sango rushes in, Miroku at her side. "Ariana are you- a demon puppet?!" 'Yes, Unasareru- Jeff, he came here, but as a demon puppet.' "But that means Naraku is connected to this." says Miroku cunfused. 'Yes it does, but if they are working together, then who knows how much troube we are all in? We need to have a meeting, right now. Can you get everyone into the living room?' They both nod, and you seyt off into the living room. 20 minutes later, everyoene is assembled and waiting for you to say something. 'We have a big situation on our hands.' "And what might that be twerp?" asks Inuyasha, quite bored. 'We have a problem because our worst enemies have collaberated. cheryl saw this in a dream, and I have just confirmed it. Apparently, Jeff, who is known as Unasareru /a gasp is heard from Cheryl/ Naraku, Voldemort and possibly Sesshomaru are working together to get us. What are we going to do about this?' the wizards flinched when you said the dark lord's name, and inuyasha growled at the mention of his brother and Naraku. Yusuke looked angry with the name of unasareru, and Cheryl just looked shocked in general. "Ariana, you don't know how serious this is. Uasareru, he is a criminal. He was put in Spirit world prison for a hundred years, for the slaughter of a village and their protector, Ashton,but he snuck out and killed his guards, and he escaped. That was about 14 years ago." you look up. 'So what you are saying is, right after he escaped , he came looking for me?!' "Yes." 'I'll be right back.' you say, and walkdown the halls quickly towards Koenma's office. 'Koenma, sir. What was the name of the demoness I was reincarnated from?' "I believe her name was Ashton Ariana, why?" 'Because, he went to jail for slaughtering her. Jeff's real name is Unasareru.' Koenma's face goes blank. "Jeff is Unasareru?! He was on the most wanted list for a long time. Ashton was his sworn enemy, no wonder he kidnapped you!" 'He broke out of jail to steal me sir. Now he is joined with Naraku, Sesshomaru and Voldemort. We are in some serious trouble.' "Yes we are. Which means no more relaxing. Get everyone in here NOW." 'Yes sir.' then you rush back down the halls to get everyone.
The villain's office
"So, do you think that they pose a theat to us? OR do we just use a full frontal assault on the mansion?" asks Naraku, stirring his tea /I know, crny, but how about if it was poisen tea?!/ "Well, my puppet, thanks by the way Naraku, scared the daylights out of Ariana, but she did figure it out and she killed it, so I don't know if I can doubt her powers anymore. Her 6th sense is becoming stronger and with that Kagome girl, they will be able to sense Naraku, plus Inuyasha would smell dark energy. they have too many of them with adequate sense enought to tell we were coming. So a full frontal assault could be suicide, because they could tell where we were going to come from." says Unasareru "But could they not sense us if we tried to sneak in?" points out Sesshomaru. "yes, they could, so we need to find a way to conceal ourselves from all 'radar' they couldpossibly have. Voldemort do you have any suggestions? You are the one with a wand." says Unasareru. "There are several concealing charms. Which ones to use however, I know not. The spells could have side effects that I really would not like to have to go through." Voldemort says rather cynically. "Then we won't be going anywhere for a little while. We need to have this figured out." growls Unasareru.
outside the office
Shakily, but surely, Kagura stood up, dusting herself off. (What was that, that hit me? That weird purple ligt hurt a lot. But if they thought I was dead, why did Naraku not absorb me into his body? Did he know I would live? Or did he simply not want dead flesh in him? Oh well, whatever it may be, I need to get out of here. Kanna will go with me. She can't stay here. I won't let her. But where will we go? To my cave, that si where.) Kagura brushed throught the living quarters, towards the small room she and kanna shared. She found the child sitting cross legged in the center of the room, the mirror gleaming in her hands. "Kanna! Come, we must leav. We are leaving naraku." "Defy him? But why? Where are we going?" "Just come Kanna! Please!" "Alright." she says, standing up and walking towqards Kagura. They walked outside and Kagura summoned out her feather. She put Kanna on and then got on herself and they flew into the sky. Once they reached the cave, the feather set them down, and they went inside. Suddenly, Kagura was on her knees gasping for air. Back at the hide away, a man in a baboon pelt was squeezing a small dark sphere tightly.
Kouga's pack
"What's this?" said a deep voice, looking down at the ground. He reached out and looked at a note.
Kouga,
hope you won't miss your little wolf friend. Sorry he got in the way, but it was fun killing him, msybe you know where to look? The Northern tribe went looing there and look how that ended.
You know who it is
"This seems like Kagura's work. She's already tried this once before. But how do I know for certain that that stupid mutt didn't finally loose it?" "Kouga sir, what are you looking at?" "Nothing, go back to your duty." Kouga said sharply, causing the wolf to turn and run. "But I don't think Kagome would like it very much if I did that again, and it almost killed me mlast time. But I will go to the castle and see for myself. /I know, the castle was an illusion, but get over it, lets just say they put up another illusion ok?/ Kouga ran to the castle, smelling decay as he went. He stopped dead in his tracks when he reached the castle,s eeing inside to the dead pack member. Kouga's heart hurt to see this, but he managed to move his feet until he reached the body, and then he saw it, a long silver hair next to the body. "Damn you Inuyasha!!!!!!!!" he screams towards the sky. "I will avenge him, but how? This time I will listen to reasoning though, just in case the damned sorceress is trying to turn us against each other again. I don't want Kagome to get hurt and she very well might if we were to fight.
/ok i know, I did this really screwed up but deal with it. Lets just say the portal opened up to far and people could get in and out of the fuedal era freely, but only the main charcters of Inuyasha know about it, ok? Good. but Kagome's mom, her grandpa and Souta don't know about it./
At Koenam's masion
"Give me the remote you dork!" "NEVER!!!!!!" "Cut it out!!!!" "NO!! Give it up!!!!" "Hey, no fair!!!!!!" 'WILL YOU TWO SHUT UP!?' you scream through the noise. yusuke and Kazuka freeze where they are as you stand with your hands on your hips, waiting for them to finish. 'Besides,' you say, using your telekinesis to snatch the remote, 'it's my remote now.' you smirk as they sit and gawk at you. jusat then Hiei walks in. "Good, you're practicing your telekinesis, why don't you make it more useful and pick them up?" he questions. Your eyes go wide. 'Yeah right! i'm just learning how to use this stuff and you expect me to lift up a ton and a half of weight? That's cruel and unusual Hiei!!!' "Too bad, or would you rather pick up two tons of trees for another hour?" 'No, I'm good.' you say, and concentrate on your brother and yusuke up in the air. You hear shreiks from the couch and look over, still concentrating. the two are holding on to each other for dear life, looking down at the ground with wide eyes. You can't help it and you laugh, breaking your concentration, which sends them plummeting to the carpet below. They scream and yiu hear a thud, which makes you crack up even more. "besides, detective and baka, are you not supposed to be training?" asks Hiei smirking. "Shut up. We were training our channel surfing abilities, but now we will be practicing our running to catch that brat we call our sister!" yells yusuke, leaping over the couch and bounding towards you. You yelp and start to run, but he garbs you by the arm, pulling you back. 'NO! Leave me alone! NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' you fake pass out. Yusuke just sighs and says. "Ok, now that she is passed out, she won't feel us tickling her." Your eyes snap open and you roll away. they get up and menecingly start to walk towards you and you scream and run away, out the back door. You sigh s breath of rlief as your speed kicks in and you leave them in the dust,literally. "Hm, seems she outsmarted the two of you again." hiei says, still smirking. "Ok mr. middle B class, bring it on!" yells yusuke, taking stance on one side of a coffee table. "YOU KNOW VERY WELL DETECTIVE THAT I AM AN A CLASS DEMON NOW AND YOU WOULD DOWELL TO REMEMBER IT!" Yusuke shivered at the memory of when the tunnel had been created and those demons were getting through and Hiei had left to 'think about things' once he found out he was only middle B class. But he had become an A class recently, which scare Koenma a bit, knowing that if hiei was more powerful, he could destroy them all. But what scared koenma more was Ariana. Ariana, being an S class demon, was potentially dangerous to everyone and the world. if she concentrated hard ebough with her telekinesis, she could very well blow up the entirety of japan, if not more so than that. If Ariana ever became evil, then they were all in serious danger, because she could destroy them all, without lifting a finger. /sorry, thought I'd put that in for those of you readers who know nothing about the classes/ you ran in between trees, knowing full well that they had tired out a while ago and weren't chasing you. You turn back around, since you would get lost if you went any further.but soon, you sensed another demon, within striking distance. 'Show yourself demon, now.' you say calmly. [hm, practice, this should be fun] you think as a shadow moves throught the wood. 'I said show yourself!' you yel. This time, a man comes throught the brush. He was wearing a wolf skin it looked like, but you weren't sure. "Who are you?" he asks. [he has a deep voice] you note. 'I was about to ask you the same qwuestion. Why are you trespassing in our woods?' "Look little human, if you do not get out of my way, I'm going to have to move you." 'What makes you thinkk I'm human?' you say, eyes narrowed. "Well, look at yourself." he says simply, gesturing to you. 'Oh I see, i need ears or a tail to be classified demon? ok.' you say and let the lgiht engulf you, you stepping out with your ears and tail. 'Better?' you ask, throwing a fire ball at him. It scorches his skin. 'Now I ask you again, who are you?' "I am kouga, leader of the Brown pack! Who are you, before I kill you?" he asks. 'Wait a second! You're Kouga?! As in, Kouag who loves Kagome?!' you ask, bewildered. "Yes, that is I, how do you know Kagome child?" 'I'm not a child Kouga. I could take you to where she is if you want, but I doubt Inuyasha would like that, or that Koenma would be happy about another guest.' "What is your name kid?" he asks. 'I thought i told you that I wasn't a child. I'm 13. My name is Ariana, but you can also call me Ari or Pyro, I don't care. That's what my friends call me.' "Well 13 isn't that far from childhood, you are just yet a young woman. But I think i will still call you Ariana.Ari or Pyro sound too confusing to remember." 'That works for me, seeing as how I don't know you all that well. Now come on, it's a pretty long walk back to the mansion.' "Ca you not run?" Kouga sks impatiently. Oh I could run, but I doubt you could keep up with me.' "Care to test that?" he asks, eyes narrowing. Nobody insulted his speed. 'Ok, ready set, go.' The two of you bolt off, running throught the woods. Kouga follows Kagome's scent and you both tear through tree after tree. It turns out as a draw, even though you ould have sworn your feet touched the outside of the forest first. "You are pretty fast for a child, I mean yound woman." 'Jeez, just say a yound person. Kid sounds too imature and young woman sounds too formal ok?' "Sure." Just then, you hear a growl behind you. You flip around, half expecting a demon, but it's only inuyasha. "What is he doing here Ariana?" he asks, gesturing to Kouga, practically spitting out the 'he'. 'I found hiim wandering the woods if you must know. Now stop being a baby and let's go inside. Koenma should know that he is here.' "Whatever." with that, the three of you head back inside, towards Koenma's office. kouga and inuyasha fall behind you. "Why did you kill my pack mate?" hisses Kouga, loud enough to get his point across, but soft enough so that you wouldn't hear. "i haven't killed anyone wolf. I've been here for weeks." "Then Kagura is trying to turn us against one another again." he says angrily. "Agaun? Does that wench ever learn?" 'Learn what?' you ask. The two look surprised you heard them. 'Yeah, ok, wolves and dogs are not the only creatures with good hearing. Why is Kagura trying to turn you guys against each other again? Did she not see how it turned out last time?' "How do you know about that?" asks Kouga sharply. 'Sango and kagome stay in rooms oneither side of me. We talk. Besides, it is better to know potential enemies to live in ignoorance until it is too late.'then you turn back around. "She is smart for a young... person. She seems wise beyond her years." Kouga says, sizing up your personality. "yeah, but she can be a right out witch sometimes, so watch out. Don't piss her off. I know from personal experience." A shot of fire, burns him in the arm, making him yelp. 'I can still hear you hanyou.' you call over your shoulder. Kouga laughs andyou smirk that he would still insult you while you were in hearing range. Had he not been burned enough times? "KOUGA?!" cries Kagome, rounding a corner. "Kagome!" he says happily. "It's good to see you. but whatare you doing here?" "i weent down that pesky well and instead of just hitting the bottom, I ended up in the woods over in a well in there." "NANI?!" she cries. 'But wait a second! Doesn't that mean the portal is open?!' you cry. Kagome slowly nods her head. 'This is bad.' you say, and start to walk faster towards Koenma's office. "Ariana? hat's the matter?" asks Koenam as you eneter his office, wrining your hands. 'He's our problem.' you say gesturing to ouga. "Another person? Jeez, I thought we had enough as it is." 'NO! That isn't the problem the problem is that he is from Inuyasha's time!' you cry out. "HE WHAT?! But that means the portal has been breached! Anyone could get through!" "Naraku." growls inuyasha under his breath. 'Sesshomaru' you say, knowing full well that the two were probably working with Unasareru. /his name means nightmare, everybody/ "Ok Ariana, I wll look into ti. But you have school in the morning, so I suggest ou get some sleep, as would i like you to tell the same thing to the other school goers." 'Ok sir.' you say. "Goodnight kogome, Inuyasha, Kouga.' and then you walk out of the room. You sop by Kuwabara's, yusuke's, kurama's and Kieko's rooms, but they were all already asleep. So, you go to your own room and put on a black wifebeater type shirt and black flared sweatpants, crawl into bed, and fall asleep, dreaming about miasma choking you to death/ miasma is Naraku's poisenous stuff he uses to disappear/
The next morning, you go downstairs and grab a a bowl of cheerios, sit down at the table and eat breakfast. yusuke joins you a few minutes later with some frosted flakes. 'You just have to have that sugar in the morning din'tcha?' you joke. "Course. then how could i tickle you?" he says jumping up. 'Ok point taken, but don't you dare or ill brun you.' you threaten. He instantly sits back down, hands on his butt, as if protecting it. You laugh and then put your bowl in the sink. 'Where is my brother?' you ask. "Oh, I think he is tryimg to get dressed. There's thatdance in a few weeks and I think he is going asking today." 'Oh, why doesn't he just ask Yukina?' you ask. "I dunno, but he doesn this every year and he just ends up going alone, since I go with Keiko. I feel bed for the guy, even that guy Okubo gets a date for this thing every year. What about you? Any guys ask you yet? What did you do before?" 'Well, this is the first year I'm actually allowed to go. It's because I'm finally in 8th grade, but even still, do you really think that Unasareru would ave let me go?' "You have a point there. Keiko and i always have gone together thoguh, even before we started dating." 'I know. you've told me about a thousand times Yusuke. trust me, i've been conting.' he wiggles is fingers and you shut up. "Just let any guy know who asks you that you have a bunch of older brothers who wouldn't want you to get hurt." 'Jeez yusuke, it'd be one dance, not a lifelong commitment. Besides. I won't get asked ayways. remember who I am?' "So what? Some guy has to have backbone enough to ask you." 'Yeah, that's true, but even the AV kids don't dare talk to me, so I don't know.' "Ah, oh well, even if nobody asks you, you can go and have a good time as it is." 'I guess, but if I'm not asked, I probaby won't go, that's valuable training time to be wasted.' "Yu need to stop hanging out with hiei Pyro, he's turning you into a mindless training bot just like him." "I heard that detective." says Hiei, who was standing behind him. You giggle as Yuske sweatdrops. Eventually, the five of you are packed into Yusuke's van and are off to school.
Infirst period, you sit, doodling in your notebook of pictures of your friends. You throught the day like this until fourth period. Mrs. Minanimo had given you all 20 minutes of freedom, and you sat behind your drum set, scribbling a picture of Cheryl in her demon form. "That's really good." says a voice behind you. You soin around and see Tom Himura /I stole kenshin's last name, sorry, I couldn't think of one/ staring down at you. 'Um, thank you.' "It's no problem, you draw really well. You play nicely too." 'Thanks, but why are you tsalking to me? I mean, not that I mind, but, you know.'He frowns. "Kara, doewsn't hold control over everyone Ariana. I've just been trying to get up the courage to talk to you. You aren't exactly the easiest person to find words for." You arestarting to feel a bluh tinge your cheeks. 'Are you trying to flatter me?' you ask. "well, yeah, is it working?" You laugh a little bit. 'Yeah it is. but I warn you, if you are just doing this to get a chance to beat me up, I'm not quite as much of a pushover as I was before.' A look of horror streaks his face. "NO! Why on earth would I do that?!" 'Because everyone else does. So why should you be an exception?' "Because you're better than that." he says quietly. You look up at him. He has a thin, but not bony thin, face. His eyes are a dark brown, and he has dark brown hair, his bangs falling over his eyes. His hair was pretty short, but it was the same style as Miroku's, with a small ponytail at the base of his neck. he was pretty tall, 6 feet. Tom ahd always been pretty popular, and Kara had had a crush on him for a long time. He had been in your class since kindergarten and you had known him pretty well. He was popular, but hewasn't a jock, and he wasn't stupid. he played drums as well, but he was 5th chair, while you are 1st. "So, um, Ariana, would you, um....would you wanna..." 'Are you trying to ask me to the dance?' you ask, a bit shocked. "Um, yeah. Would you like to?" 'Well, ok, sure, it sounds like fun.' "ok cool! Um, would you like to sit with me and my friends at lunch today too?" 'Well, would they mind?' "No, not really, they barely pay attention to the gossip of girls." 'Ok, I'll tell my brothers and my sister and they'll excuse me.' "OH, if you're going to get in trouble then-" 'No! They would just worry if I didn't sit with them and hadn't told them where I was going.' "Oh ok cool. Who are they that theycare so much?" 'Oh, they're older, they are Kazuma Kuwabara, Yusuke Urameshi, Shuichi minamino and keiko Yukimra.' "But they all have different last - wait did you just say Kuwabara and urameshi were your brothers?! And Minamino and Yukimura?!" 'Yes, why?' "Kuwabara and Urameshi, the school's two biggest bullies and Minamino and Yukimura, the two school brains?" 'Yep, that about sums them up.' "And their little sister is the school's best drummer. Some crew." You actually do blush this time. 'Actually, only Kazuma is my brother, the othr three are just so close to me that they might as well be my sibilings. besides, where else would i sit at lunch time?' He laughs then says "With me." You smile a bit wider. 'Somehow Tom, I think that they willbe ok with me sitting with you today, but I think that they'll want you tosit with us tomorrow. yusuke said himself this morning to tell any guy who asked me that I had older brothers just waitng to destryo anyone who hurt their little sister.' you pause and giggle at the sick look that had taken on Tom's face. 'Oh but don't worry about it! i didn't even think anyone would even ask me anyways. besdies, Yusuke is just a big softy. He wouldn't hurt you unless you hurt me, but then I would probably get you first.' You laugh and he sees that you are joking and relaxes. 'But seriously Tom, don't worry about it, you'll be fine.' You were right. they agreed for you to sit with Tom today, but tomorrow, the interrogation would begin. Tom looked terriefied to be in the presence of yusuke and your brother, but you calmed him down.
When you get to his table, he offers you a chair and you take it, then he sits across from you, so you can talk. "Hey, Tom, who is that?"asks a guy who you think is named Mark. "Oh, sorry, this is Ariana, she is my date for the dance. Maybe more, but we haven't gotten that far yet." he smiles at you. This time, you can feel your face turn the color of a cherry. He introduces his friends as Mark, Travis, Lee and Derek. They seem pretty nice to you, they didn't judge you like the rest of the student body did, and you wondered why you never noticed before. [I was probably wondering when they would take their turn at the human punching bag] you think, taking a drink of your water. You learn a lot about them.; It turns out that Tom, Mark and tracvis weren't named after Blink 182 /you had wondered, since they are one of your favorite bands/ All in all, you had a great lunch period, and Tom walked you to your next class. Kara sat behind you in that class, and she tried to bug you throughout the whole period. "So you are Tom's new whore huh? Have you done anything yet? Come on spill, we'd like to know your true nature. You eventually get tired of this and say 'I you don't shut up, that jaw of yours will be as uselss as your nose, and I'm sure your boyfriend would het that.' You had gotten detention for that remark, but you didn't care. After 7th period, you report to detention. Unfortuantely, Yusuke had managed to behave, but surprisingly, when you walked in, Keiko was sitting at a table, she looked like she was about to cry. Keiko? What are you doing here? She looks up at you and you sit down. Mr. Iwamoto was bad talking Yusuke again and Icouldn't hold my tongue anymore. I yeled at him and he gave me a detention for it. Well at least you stood up for him Keiko, I'm sure he'll be proud but my record! screw your record! You finally stood up to a teacher and got them to listen. That counts a lot more than a perfect record does. yeah I guess thst you're right, besides, it felt really good exactly, why do you think Yusuke, my brother and I are in here so much? I guess i knwo why now huh? guess so The two of you just talk for the time, and then Keiko calls a cab to bring you to the forest. The two of you walk home, because they didn't wait for you. Thankfully, it was a beautiful day, and you didn't even break a sweat. You had wanted to run, but you couldn't carry Keiko, and she couldn't run fast enoguh, so you walked. When you got inside, the first thing you both did was go up to Yusuke's room. When he answered, they two of you went inside and beat him to pulp, leaving many bumps on his head. Giggling, you go back to your room and tell Hermione about your day. Her eyes brighten when you tell her about Tom, and she demands more details. So you tell her everythin that you knew about him. She sighs "If only Ron was like that sometimes. he can be such a sweety at times, but at other times he is such an insufferable git I don't know how Irestrain myself from decking him!" Yu laugh at this, then the two of you go downstairs for dinner.
The next day, Tom walks with you to all of your classes and once lunch rolls around, he is very nervous and he is actually shaking. You pat him on the shoulder. 'Calm down Tom! It isn't that bad! I promise I'll hurt them for you if they get too mean ok?' he looks at you strangely.. 'Trust me I have my ways.' he nods, but he is still shaking like a leaf. You practically have to hold his tray upright, lest it spill all over him. When the two of you sit down Yusuke eyes him funny, which makes Tom worry even more. "How old are you anyways?!" asks Kuwa, staring at him. Tom straightens himself out, "I'm 14." "Don't you think that you are a little too old for her?" asks yusuke. 'He only just turned 14 Yusuke.' "And you only just turned 13 Ariana!" "Ok, next question, what is your gpa?" asks Keiko. You knew she was going to ask that. "I have a 3.2 gpa. Not anywhere as good as Ariana's I'm afraid. "Ariana, what is your gpa?" asks Keiko. 'Oh, it's 3.8.' "Ok, new question. What extra ciricular things do you do?" asks Kurama. "Um, I'm in student council, I think that Keiko knows that." Keiko nods shortly. "Ok, my turn. Will you hurt my sister? In any way shape of form?" demands Kuwa. It scares Tom a bit,and you shoot a small glare at your brother. "I don't intend to sir." "AH! Don't call me sir!!!!!" Tom jumps and you laugh. 'Kazuka, you're scaring him!' "Grr, I told you not to call me that in school Pyro!" 'Well, you deserved it.' you say, helping Tom up onto is feet. He sits back down for another barrage of questions such as:
Q: do you really like my sister, or are you using her
A: I wouldn't dream of using her and yes, i do like her, have for some time
Q: why didn't you ask her out before?
A: I didn't have the guts to.
Q: are you afraid of me?
A: yes, very much so
Yusuke: good, be very afraid
and many more of that sort. When the bell rings, you say you'll see them later and go on to 6th period. Kara starts up again saing "I see you took him to meet your body guards, that's nice, what'd they do, threaten him into taking you to the dance?" you don't answer just continue working on your assaignment. After school, you all load into Kurama's car, and drive home, nobody getting detentions that day. Yusuke starts talking. "I don't like him, he's too old for you." he says. "I like him Yusuke, he's an acitve member of our student government and he's a nice kid." Keiko says. "He seemed pretty nice." said Kurama. "Urameshi is right. I don't trust him. I think he'll hurt her." 'I'm sitting right here you guys.' "Right. I don't think you should go with him Pyro, he is too tall for you, he's old too!" says Yusuke. "And he might hurt you!" added Kauka. 'Right, what is he going to do, step on m feet?It isn't like we are going together.' you say, 'yet' you add under your breath. "NANI?!?!?" cries Yusuke 'Nothing, nothing at all.' "What are you going to do when he tries to kiss you huh? He's like a foot taller than you!" 'Actually, he's only 11 inches taller than me, I'm 5feet 1 inches, he's 6 feet.' "Well if you are going to get technical about it." 'And besides, if he tries to kiss me, f I want to,I'll kiss him back, if not, I'll turn him down ok? I'm a big girl!' "Wait! You are NOT going to kiss a guy a year older than you!!" 'But Kieko is almost a year younger than you isn't she?' "Yes, actually, 10 months younger, so what is the difference?" 'Yeah? What is the difference? Beides, you are acting morelike a fatther than a brother.' "FINE! Kiss him if you want, see if I care, but so help me if he even tries to add tongue, he will LOSE his tongue!" /sorry I had to do that./ You laugh alittle bit. 'Yeah right, like I would really kiss him like that at a dance?' You didn't realize you had said the at a dance out loud. "NANI?!" 'nothing, nothing at all.' "NO! What id you say? Did you say at a dance/! You will NEVER kiss him like that! EVER!!!!!!" 'Jeez, brith a cow.' you say. 'Besides, you won't be around the whole night, so I can do whatever I please once you leave!' You couldn't help but test him to see how far you could push him. "IF HE DOES ANYTHING OF THE SORT, HE WILL BE IN THE HOSPITAL UNTIL HE GRADUATES IGH SCHOOL!!!!" 'Then I'll be at the hospital everyday, saying sorry.' you state simply. He knew he couldn't win, so he fell silent. Keiko burst out laughing. "What's your problem?" asks Yusuke grumpily. "YOU! You're lecturing he ron abstinance when all you can do is flip my skirt and you kissed me like that before I was 14 so why do you even bother? You can be such a hypocrite sometimes yusuke, do you know that?" He scratches his head nervously, "Um, heheh, sorry?" 'Damn right sorry! You lecture me on abstinance?! Look in the mirror!' yusuke meanwhile, is sweating bullets, and Kuwabara is laughing so hard he can hardly breath."Yeah, yeah, yeah, laugh it up, I'm just trying to give her a good lesson in life!" 'Ok, sure whatever.'
Once you are home, you go tell Hermione about the car ride and the interrogation. She says immediately that we need to find something to do with your hair, and to find what to wear. You knew it was more of a formal dance, more like a prom than anything, but the administration decided that it was too early in the year to be called a prom, so it was called a dance, despite the formality. the two of you go to the closet on the side of the room /for clothes, not the weapons closet/ The two of you look through the several dresses you had aquired. It turned out that the two of you were the same size, so you borrowed each other's clothes. Finally, you found a dress, one that stilled showed you were not a peppy person, but it was nice enough that it ooked very formal. You went into the bathroom and gazed at yourself. you had changed considerably since you had moved here, emotionally as well as physically. Although you were still big boned, you really didn't appear it, since you were in shape, your arms and legs and stomach were toned, but not in a very muscley way, so you looked pretty thin. You looked a lot more like a teenager now than you had several months ago. You had been living at Koenma's for almost half of a year now. your hair had grown longer, about 3 inches below your shoulders, and your bangs had grown as well, so they looked very elegant. They were long enough so that when you put your hair up, you could tie them up as well, but usually, you didn't. Your eyes, which had always been wide and full of fear a few months ago, were much prettier and more daring than they had ever been. The hair dye that had once made your bangs purple had faded away, but you had liked the hair color, and had redyed your bangs, but it was a darker shade, only slightly, but it made a difference. People had been looking at you differently, but you hadn't noticed.. You hadn't noticed boys in your classes staring at you on more than one occasion. Nor had you noticed that people had lightened up on teasing. All in all, many boys who had teased you in the past, now stared at you intently until you happened to look up to glance at the clock and sigh. If Tom hadn't of asked, somebody else wouldhave, somebody just for your looks. You got changed into the dress, looking at yourself in the floor length mirror. The dresslooked great. It was a black dress, with a red ribbon corset type ting. The corset went down to nearly your waist. It was spaghetti strapped and the dress itself went down to just below your ankles. It clungin the right places, and was loose in the right places. Hermione knocked and you let her in. She liked how it looked on you, then she used a charm that made your hair appear in a certain style. She said how she wanted your hair and the charm made your hair appear like that, though it was really down, how you had left it. Eventually, you decided that you would curl your bangs and put the rest half up. You decided to wear two black hoops, that gleamed in light. "Ok, talk about planning ahead!" said Hermione happily. You nodded in agreement. 'Yeah, but imagine,if we had waited, then we would never have found the right dress because we would be worrying too much. Now all we have to find is shoes, but we can do taht later on, like maybe a week before that dance of yours." she said smiling. You grin back. "Tom isn't going to know what hit him." 'Sure he is. It's going to be Yusuke's fist when Tom tries to sit next to me.' you say. You both giggle, then you change back into a plain black shirt and jeans.
The day had finally come. It was a Saturday, and the "Dance" would be in the gym that night. Keiko was running around, making sure she still fit into her dress, checking she could walk and dance in her shoes. You just lounged with Harry, Ron, Nevilla, Hermione and Miroku. Hiei was out training somewhere with Cheryl, Kurama was already gone, at his date's house, yusuke and Kauka were fighting about who's tux was who's, Inuyasha was with Kagome somewhere, and all the other girls were halping Keiko. "Hey Ari, why aren't you doing what Keiko is doing?" asks Neville. 'Oh, because Hermione and I did the smart thing and she helped me decide on everything over a week ago, all I have to do is get dressed and it is only like 10:00 in the morning. Tom won't be here until almost 5:00. So why should I rush about?' He shrugged and ou went back to fiddling wih a knot in your hair which you had hopelessly stuck. You were afraid that you would burn yourself tonight if you tried to curl your own hair, so you volounteered hermione to do it. But she said that you had to have our hair all brushed out, so that was your project for the morning. The boys and hermione were playing cards and Hermione was lovign it. They were gambling on Old Maid, which Hermione was undefeatable at, little known to the boys. Hermione's small pile of yen was increasingly growing. "Man," grumbled Ron, "I'm losing more money to my girlfriend than I did to Yusuke! What is my mom going to say?!" You laugh. 'Mrs. Weasley will probably pat Hermione on the back and thank her for teaching you a lesson when it comes to gambling.' you say, still fidgeting with the brush. You yelp as the comb finally goes through, untieing the knot, Harry laughed at you, as did Inuyasha, earning them both scorching rear ends. 'That is a fun way of payback. ' you say sweetly, watching the two run around like maniacs looking for water or an ice back to sooth them. Ron bursts out laughing, holding onto Hermione for support. "Harry, mate you look rediculous, you know that?!" he cries. "Yeah, and so are you when I mess up your face!" yells back Harry, who finally found a bucket and filled it with water. Inuyasha already had an ice pack on his butt though and was glaring at you. Kouga had just walked in and seen the scene, and he was currently rolling on the floor. Finally, at 4:00 the two of you head upstairs and she curls your bangs and ties it up. Then you put the dress on, carefully. You go over to your jewelry and pull out a black ribbon that you usally used as a hair bow and tied it elegantly around your neck. Your nails were wiped clean of any nail polish and you put on the 2 inch platform shoes that Hermione had forced you to buy at the mall a few montha ago. You lined your eyes and put on a thin coat of gloss. You look at yourself in the mirror and sighed. You looked pretty good. You walk out into the bedroom itself and Hermione and Ron are sitting there. They applaud and you curtsy. Then the three of you go back downstairs and wait. It was 4:45. Keiko was downstairs and looked very pretty. She had her hair in a bun and was wearing a periwinkle blue dress that hung on her perfectly and she was wearing a very light coat of white lipstick, she had lined her eyes with white and she was wearing white hells that tied up around her calfs. You both smiled at each other and just then, the doorbell wrang.
Harry opened the door and Yusuke was standing there with Tom, btoh in black tuxedoes and roses in their hands. Kazuka comes down the stairs then and sees them. He glares at Tom then gives a thumbs p to yusuke. Thankfully, you didn't see this, or you would have burnt him. You grin at Keiko and then the boys step inside, offering their roses to you. Think Kurama contributed to those without his knowledge you ask her yeah, but I doubt he'll mind You accept your rose and smile at him. He offers his arm and you take it. You wave goodbye to everyone, blowing a rasberry at Inuyasha and Harry, then walk out the door. Outside is a limousine and you turn to Tom. 'Did you do this?' He nods. "Partially, yusuke paid for half." 'Oh you guys are sweet.' you say, sliding inside next to Keiko. Tom gets in and shuts the door. The four of you talk on the way. "Why do they bother calling it a dance if it is so formal? Dances are shirts and jeans." says Tom. 'Eh, it's only because it's the beginnning of the year. You know, proms are usually at the end.' "There is probablyone then too." says Keiko. "Probably." agrees Yusuke. When you get there, you walk inside and see the display. Keiko had dressed acordingly, since the theme was Winter. 'Aw, Keiko, you could have told me!' you cry, sice you stood out quite clearly amongst the white decorations. "I'm sorry! I had to take an oath." 'Oh, alright!' "It does't matter, you look even prettier since you are different." says Tom. You blush and sit down at a table with Yusuke, Keiko, Kuwabara, Kurama and his date who was named Erica. 'Ya know Kazuka, if you had managed to get a date, we could have had a full table.' you say. He just smiles at you smugly. "For your information, sister, I do have a date, but she is in the ladies room getting ready. Just then, a pretty girl with sea foam grren hair cam up to the tale and sat down next to Kazuka. 'Yukina?!' you ask, shocked. She smiles and says "Hello" to everyone. Keiko, Hiei is going to have a fit I know, good thing I'm not sleeping there tonight Jee, thank you, oh supportive friend of mine I'm sorry! Have fun, I'm dragging Yusuke to the dance floor now ok Keiko then stood up, and really did drag Yusuke out to the dance floor for the song. The song was a bit too much like rap for your liking so you stayed seated with Tom. Then, Tom got up and wandered away for a minute, coming back with a grin on his face. 'Wha did dyou do?' you ask worried a bit. "Oh, nothing." He then offers you his hand. "Care to dance?" 'I'd love to.' you say taking his hand and standing up. He leads you to the dance floor just as the song ends. The song beat picks up and 'All the Small Things' comes on. You stare at him. 'How did you-' "I asked Yusuke." is all he says.
all the small things
truth care, truth brings
I'll take, one lift
you're ride, best trip
always, I know
you'll be at my show
watching, waiting, comiserating
say it ain't so
I will not go
turn the lights off
carry me home
nanananananananannananananaanan
late night, come home
work sucks, I know
she left me roses by the stairs
surprises let me know she cares
say it ain't so
I will not go
turn the lights off
carry me home
nananananannanananaannanananaan
keep your head still
I'll be your thrill
the night will go on
my little windmill
keep your head still
I'll be your thrill
the night will go on,
the night will go on
my little windmill
During the song, the two of you jumped about, dancing as best you could to a song like that. Then a slow song came on and Tom looked at you. "Do you want to sit down?" 'Not really, do you?' A look of relief passd his features and you caught it. "Not in the least." You put your arms around his shoulders and he put his around your waist. Yusuke pointedly moved over towards the two of you. When your back was turned to him, Yusuke pointed at you and made a heart with his hands. He slowly broke the heart apart. Then he pointed to Tom and slid his finger along his neck. Tom gulped but kept dancing. Most of the night went like that, a good song ame on and you dnaced, or a slow song, in which case Yusuke would move Keiko over there. Finally though, the night had to end, and that was at midnight. Kuwa, Yukina, Kurama and Erica catch a ride as well. First they drop off Erica, then Tom, but not before you gave Tom a quick kiss on the lips, much to Yusuke's disdain. "Well that was fun." says Keiko. "Yep, the twerp kept his hands off. You glare at him, but find Keiko already doing so. thanks you say. It's no problem, he barely even acknowledged my existence tonight. He was too busy making sure Tom was inline. but I think you scraed him just now good. Tom isn't a pervert and Yusuke would do well to know it the tell him I'm going to, right now! They arrived at Kurama's house before you could say anything and you bid him goodnight. 'Yusuke, just to let you know, Tom isn't a pervert so stop being psycho stalker brother ok?' 'yeah, he wasn't tonight, but what about next tie? Or the next?" 'JEEZ! CHILL OUT! He isn't like that, now pay attention to Keiko, you barely even noticed hertonight because you were too busy watching us!' He blushes then starts talking animatedly to Keiko, who seems pleased. Then keiko's hoouse rolls around, and she says "Goodnight to everyone and gets out. That left Yusuke, Yukina, Kazuka and you. 'Hiei is going to have a fit that you went out Yukina.' "I know. But I had a lot of fun,so it's ok." "I'm glad!" says Kazuka. "So, Pyro, when is your next date with the future lecher?" asks Yusuke. An anger vain appears on your forehead. 'He is NOT a lecher, nor will he EVER be one! SO GET OFF MY BACK!!!! As far as a second date, or a real one for that matter,' you glare at Yusuke,' I'm not sure,we didn't talk about it.' "See?! He's going to hurt you!!!" 'No, we just didn't have time to talk about it tonight, we were busy trying to avoid YOU!' "Oh, heheh." He rubs the back of his head nervously. Soon, the limo is outside the mansion, so the foru of you get out and walk into the house. It is deadly quiet. 'Strange, nobody is ever asleep quite this early anymore.' you say gesturing to the clock. It was 12:30. "BAKA, YOU ARE DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!" yells hiei from the top of the stairs. Hiei, calm down! She came on her own free will. I promise. stay out of my head nna. I need to murder your brother right now 'NO!!!!!!!!!' you scream. Hiei unsheaths his katana as he runs and he lunges for Kazuka. 'DAMN IT HIEI!' you scream, running towards your brother in hopes of blocking the blade, but you are to faraway from him, and as Hiei swings down the katana, Yukina, jumps in front of him, taking the blow in her stomach. Hiei stops the instant the blade comes in contact, but it still cut her. "I came of my own free will." she stated simply, before falling to the floor, unconcious. 'Yukina!' you cryout, rushing to her side. "GET OUT OF MY WAY!" he yells, pushing you aside. You run upstairs and fling open Botan's door. "Pyro, what's wrong?" 'Emergency downstairs. yukina. c;mon' Rotan goes with you, running as fastas she can, and you end up using your strength to lift her up and run. In two minutes, you were back andBotan was at Yukina's other side.
Wow. I knw=ow, feel free to flame me for that one. I'm evel sometimes, I really am. ohwell, ee ya next time. throws down somemiasma solen from Naraku to get away with out injury