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Hard Knock Life
chapter 11
The Yomainu Who Never Gives Up
In two minutes, you were back at Yukina's side, Botan at her other side. "Why is she cut like this? " asks Botan while she heals Yukina.
"I accidently cut her." says Hiei, in a worried voice, very unlike him. "And WHY did you accidently slash her?!" demands Botan. "I was
trying to get him and she jumped in the way." he says glaring and pointing at Kuwa. Kuwa is currently on his knees, eyes closed, looking
close to tears. "Where is everyone tonight may I ask Hiei?" asks Kurama. "I think they are upstairs, I scared them on my rampage of
destruction. Even the hanyou and the wolf." You werew tempted to giggle, but restrained yourself for Yukina. Just then, Botan finishes,
and Kuwa picks Yukina up /much to the disliking of Hiei/, takes her to her room, and lays her down on her bed. He burshes right past
hiei on his way out, not even bothering to get mad at him. (She protected him. Does that meen she cares for im? But the baka? What a
bad choice. At least the fox has manners, though I'd have to split his throat while he slept, and he is my friend..........) Hiei thinks,
watching Yukina sleep. He walks over to the window sill and looks up at the full moon.
with you
You walk into your room, obviouslly angry. Hermione, who was in there with Ron talking, had noticed. "What's the matter? Did you have
a bad time or something? Was he annoying?" she asks. 'No, but that stupid oaf who claims he is Yukina's brother is a jerk.' "Who hiei?
What'd he do to you?" asks Ron. 'He didn't do anything to me. It's what he did to Yukina.' "What do you mean?" 'Well, Yukina went
with Kazuma to the dance thingy, and when we got home, hiei was pissd off, as you probably know. Well, he went slashing at him, and
Yukina jumped in the way, getting hit in the gut with a full blow.' you say bitterly. "WHAT?! Is she ok?!" cries Hermione. 'Yeah, she's
fine, Botan took care of her. But I might have to kill hiei.' you say, narrowing your eyes.. "Ari, don't even think on it! Remember what
happened last week, when those stupid slaes people from a village wouldn't shut up?" asks Ron. You remember that quite well. These two
salesmen from a village a little way aways had come to the door and wouldn't leave, no matter you tried to persuade them. Finally you
were so mad you wished they would just burn, and their clothes caught fire. Luckily, Cheryl was there and used her wind to stifle it. You
still snickered at the memory. "Need I remind you, that you are an S class demon?! you are potential danger young lady and I don't want
you blowing up the Earth! We are rather fond of it if you have forgotten." says Hermione fake sternly. 'Yes mother.' you reply, standing
up. 'I'll let the two of you get back to making out now.' you say sweetly, and walk out of the room. Ron's ears and Hermione's face turn
the same shade of rosy red. Smirking at yourself, but still angry, you make your way down the hallways, letting people know it was safe
to show face around the house again. Once you are sure that everybody is gone out of the halls, you go to Cheryl's room and open the
door. You practically scream at the sight. Hiei is in there, tearing the room apart. 'What the hell do you think you are doing in my
sister's room?!' you ask angrily. his head shoots up. "none of your business onna, now go away." 'NO! Get out of her room!' "You get out!
" he screams back. 'I'm allowed in here!' "WEll so am I!!!!!" 'PROVE IT!' "Fine call her" 'Maybe I will.' you say. 'But for now, OUT!!!!'
Grunmbling about falling apples and trees, he stomped out of the room. Cheryl? Yes Pyro? Hiei was just in your room. He said he
was allowed in there. Whats that supposed to meen? I though nobody else could know aboutit? Um..well... I said he could. It's ok.
He was rummaging through drawers WHAt??! Which drawers? The top drawers what a lecher. burn him for me Wait, are
those your YES! what an ass You think specifically of burning hiei's butt, and a few seconds later... "DAMN YOU ONNA YOU
ARE DEAD!" You smirk as he runs up the stairs with his sword drawn. Just as he is about to strike, you force out a fire shield. It
surrounds you and try as he might, his blade can not reach you. Smirking, you stand up and walk out of the room unscathed, practically
feeling hiei's eyes burn into your back. Cheryl, where are you? you ask. I'm in the tree, why? Cause, I'm coming to see you
ok, see ya in a few you got it YOu walk out the back and start climbing. You finally find her on one of the top branches, more than
50 feet up. 'Why'd you have to come so high up?' you whine, your arms wondering more than you. "Well, it's an adreniline rush, being
so high up and not knowing whether you'll fall" she slips off and grasps the next branch under you, flipping herself back up. "Or if
you'll just fall" and then she lets go all together, freefalling to the ground. As she had in the circus, she summoned some wind and floated
back up. 'Man, you and Jin would get along famously.' you muse. "Jin the wind master?! You know him?!" 'Um, yeah, so does yusuke.
The two of them are pretty good friends actually.' "NO way!! He's my idol. And he's pretty cute." 'Make up your mind! First you say
Hiei, now you say Jin, what is your problem?"' "I guess I'm just boy crazy." she syas, swinging herself around and around the branch.
'Hey Cheryl?' you start. "Yep?" 'Well, do you remember that first day, when you acted all ditzy and then you acted all serious? Which
was the real you?' "Well. I was lying about the spirit detective thing. I just said that because I knew Hiei was listening. But I guess
both really. I can be a ditz at times, as you've seen but I can be really serious too. Like about training, which is one of the reasons I
adore hiei, because his training plan is the same as mine. There is no plan, just keep doing it." 'Yeah, and why exactly is he allowed in
your room?' you ask. falling backwards while holding onto a branch, with your hands and feet, so you were swinging upside down. She
starts to choke and almost slips. "Well...um..he..uh" 'Jeez, just say he's your boyfriend and get it over with!' "Ok fine. you guessed it."
'Maybe you should get some tips from Sango about what to do with lecherous boyfriends.' You both giggle. 'I'll going to leave. I think
my brother might need some comforting.' "From what?" So you tell her about the incident. "Hold on." she says and you could swear you
heard "AHHHH COLD!' from the house. 'See me down?' you ask. She nods and then you feel the wind is supporting you, so you let go.
At about 5 feet from the ground, the wind breaks dropping you. you land on yoour feet though. 'DAMN YOU CHERYL!' you yell up.
You hear her laughing and then you run back home. you first go to Yukina's room, to check that she is ok. She's asleep, so you go to your
brother's door. You knock softly, and Neville opens the door. "Oh, good. You're here. I think he needs some sisterly therapy, because
he is depressed. the last time he was like this was when you were unconcious from that fall of yours." You nod, walking in to see him
laying on his side, facing away from the door, still in his tux. 'Kazu.' /that's your other nickname for him. He doesn't mind this one/
'Kazu? Are you ok?' You get no response. So, you walk over and give him a hug. 'Ok Kazu. We can do this the hard way or the easy way.
Either you get up and change out of that tux, or I'll make you do it.' He gets up slowly, and goes to change into a wifebeater and pants
/what are those pants called? They go with a haori/ When he comes back out, you give him a hug. 'I'm sorry. But she is ok. You know
that.' "I know that, but that isn't what is bothering me Ari." he says softly. His voice sounds distant, almost in another place. 'Kazu?
What's the matter?' "He could have stopped, but he didn't. he could've." 'No Kazu, he couldn't have. He was going too fast.' you say
gently, sitting down next to him. "Yes he could have." 'Kazu.' You loose your words. His face looks so distant, so far away. You wave
your hand in front of his face, but he still stares blankly out. 'Kazu?' no reply. 'Kazu?!' 'Kazu!!!' he won't answer you. You shake his
shoulders, yell in his ear, all you cold possibly think of to snap someone out of a daze, but nothing is working. 'Neville! Go get somebody!
Get Botan! Got get Botan!' He doesn't need to be told twice and they are back in five minutes. "What is wrong with him?" asks Botan,
looking at hiim. 'He won't do anything!' you cry out. "Kuwabara?" he doesn't respond. She does the same things you do, but to no avail.
"I can't tell what is wrong with him." she says worriedly. 'KAZU!' you cry, hugging him. Yusuke walks in, grumpily. "What'd he do now?'
You are crying into Kuwa's shoulder and don't notice him walk in. "Dude. What is wrong with him? Ari? What's the matter?" 'He won't
move. It's like he is frozen or something!' you choke out. "Well if he is frozen, why don't you thaw him out?" he suggests. You look up
at him as if it was a ray of hope. You form a smal, very small fireball in your hand, making sure the fire isn't hot /you could make cold
fire if you wanted/ and touch it to your brother's skin lightly. His face, which was cold and hard, seemed to softn a bit. He sputtered
and then just passed out latogether. Your face, which had been full of hope when he started to sputter, dropped again as he fell backwards.
You gently pick him up and put him on the bed right and then get up and leave silently. They watch you go. "man, that family takes injury
to those they love to heart. Silence." says Neville watching you disspapear around a corner. "Yeah, Kuwa has been like that forever.
Even before we were friends.. All Kuwabaras are like that. Good thing Shizuru is at work, or else she'd be a wreck." Yusuke says flatly.
Botan nods in agreement, before motioning that they should leave. The two leave, letting Neville look at his new best friend's emotionless
face.
you
You walk down the empty hall way, watching as a clock somewhere in the house hits :00. You had never gone back to your bedroom, but
had just walked around, making yourself invisible /not litterally/ when need be. Hermione had not come looking for you, and you had
figured that she had fallen asleep before she hasd started to worry.Just then, you heard howling coming from a window close by you.
Raising an eyebrow, you walked cautiosly to a window and leaned out, seeing Kouga on a balcony you had never noticed before, howling
at the full moon. he then began to speak, to nobody in particular. "I wish Kagome would have chosen me over that mangy half breed. I
want her to be mine, and yet, she looms in front of me and i take no action. And yame, I just blew her away as if she were a speck of
dust. I shouldn't have done that, since she was open arms for me, but I love Kagome, not Ayame. She will be mine" Your eyes go wide.
What in the hell was he planning to do? Get rid of Inuyasha, permenantly? No, you couldn't let him do that. Inuyasha, despite the fact
that he could be an asshole, was an ok guy once you got to know him, and you wouldn't want to see that happen to him. But yoiu had so
much already in your life. Kazu, Yusuke, TOM, Hermione...and now you had to worry about Inuyasha as well? jeez, how do they expect
me carry this load on my shoulders? well, you are an S class demon, not like you can't handle it said that little voice in your head.
yeah, but that is physically holding the weight of the world, not emotionally
The next day, Kuwa didn't go with you and you were silent the whole ride to school, despite desperate attempts by Yusuke,Keiko /who
had come back to the house/ and Kurama. You were silent throught first, second and thrid period. At fourth period, you played, but not
well. Tom came up to you at the end of class. "Ari? What's wrong? You're beat was off today. Is something the matter?" 'Kazu.' is all
you say, then you look back down. "Kazu? You mean your brother, Kuwabara? What's the matter with him?" 'He's sick. Really sick.'
you say, as tears start to well in your eyes again. "How did he get sick Ari? I just saw him on Saturday with you at the dance."
'Yukina, the girl he was with, her brother tried to hurt Kazu when we got home and Yukina jumped in the way.' "So, is she ok? But what
does that have to do with him being sick? C'mon Ari, talk to me!" 'Kazu was so upset that Yukina got hurt that he jus..he just... he just
stopped.. functioning altogether. I tried everything Tom, and nothing worked!' you cry out, tears streaming down your face. He grabs
you and pulls you into a hug. "He'll be ok Ari. He will. But please don't cry. Please." The bell rang and everyone left silently, having
heard you. Tom walked with his hand draped over your shoulder to the lunch room. Today you were sitting, thankfully, with Yusuke,
Keiko and 'Shuichi'. You sit down in your usual seat, the one on your left remaining empty, while Tom sat down to your right. "How you
holding up kid?" asks Yusuke. You nod your head. "She isn't doing so great. She broke down in fourth period, she couldn't even get her
notes right." You nod to show it's true. "He'll be ok Ari. Kuwabara isn't a quiter. You should know that, you are his sister." This causes
you to choke on your food, and Tom has to hit you in the back so you can breath. "Ari, maybe you should go to the nurse. You look awful."
suggests Tom, his eyes glinting with worry. "Good idea, why don't you take her? But so help me, you lay a finger on her!" says Yusuke
threateningly. Tom helps you up and puts his arm around your shoulders again. "Thatsyour whole arm and FIVE fingers MR.!!!" Yusuke
cries after you. When you get to the nurses office, she takes your temperature and then asks if anyone else in your house is sick, which
brings on another stream of tears. She asks if there is anyone who can pick you up and you say yes. So you call Botan on your 'special'
cell phone and 15 minutes later, Botan shows up in the clinic. After prying Tom away from you, she leads you outside and around the
block. "Ok Ari, I flew here, I hope you don't mind?" Yoy shake your head, so she helps you on and then you both fly off back home.
When you get home you say a soft 'thank you.' and then make your way up the stairs, drop off your backpack and drum sticks.
Hermione sees you walk in and is about to ask why you are home so early, but she sees the pain in your face and lets you alone. You drop
your back back on your bed, take off your sneakers and head out towards Kuwa's room. You knock softly and the door is immeadiately
answered by Neville. "Ari? What are you doing here? Isn't it a school day?" 'Left early.' you say, stepping inside. Neville closes the
door behind you slowly, so he doesn't make any noise. You walk over to the bed Kuwa was laying on and sit down in a chair next to him.
He remained unconcious. 'Kazu, you missed school today.' you say. 'It wasn't the same without you there you know. I couldn't even
concentrate on our scale today because I was too worried about you, do you know that?!' You lay your head down on the bed and start
to cry again. stop crying! You are crying in clear view of everyone!!! your head screams, but you don't listen. "Ungggggggggg." Kuwa
groans. Your head shoots up, tear stained. 'K-kazu?' you ask hesitantly. "Ari? Why are you crying? Not over me I hope." Your eyes
glint with hope. 'Is it really you or am I asleep?' you ask. "I dunno. Hold on." he says, sitting up slowly. He then reaches out and pinches
your arm, quite hard. 'Ow. Guess it's real, you're really here!!!' "Yeah, but you shouldn't have cried over me, you should have known that
I'd be fine Ari. I wasn't dead, so I couldn't tell you myself." You nod, understanding that you should have listened to that voice. 'You
know, I just wasted two days crying over you?' you say. He sits up and gives you a hug, which you accept. You stay like that for a few
minutes, just clinging to him in fear that he would leave again.
At 5:00, Yusuke, Keiko and Kurama walked through the door. You walk out to see them, smiling a little bit. 'Which one of you got
detention?' you ask. Yusuke and Keiko raised their hands. 'Wow Keiko, that's two days for you. You sick or something?' "I'm guessing
you're feeling better. Is he awake?" asks Yusuke hurriedly rushing up the stairs. You nod your head so fast that your head starts to
pound. He smiles and then goes into the room. After a few minutes you hear. "OW! Urameshi what is your problem?1 Stop punching me
damnit!!!" About ten minutes later, yusuke walks back out with a satisfies smirk on his face. Kuwa comes stumbling back out with a black
eye. 'Why did you get detention again Keiko? Yusuke, you too, you've been good for a while.' At this, yusuke's and Keiko's eyes start to
twitch. "Well," began Keiko, "Yusuke and I walked past the teacher's lounge on our way out of school and Iwamoto and Akashi were in
tere. We heard then say Carter, so we stopped and listened." Then Yusuke picks up. "They were saying how you hanging out with me was
turning you into a delinquint just like me, and how, just like me, you left school early for no apparent reason at all, and got into fights
and talked back. They basically were comparing you to the old me." You blink. 'The old you? As in drinking, smoking, extorting Yusuke?!'
you cry. "Yeah, that one.' he says snarling. Then Keiko picks up the story again. "So boviouslly, we couldn't just have let them say that,
and we came bursting throught the door. The two of them spun a round and started to demand why we were in there. So I said that they
had absolutely no right to compare you to the Yusuke who no longer roamed the halls of sarayashiki, but they could certainly compare
themselves to the slime that Yusuke used to hang out with." "And then I said that if they decided to insult you again, that Mr. Takenaka
would love to hear how his teachers were plotting on getting students in trouble on purpose." 'What do you mean? You never said
anything about getting me in trouble.' You say confused. "Oh, they were saying how they were going to do to you what Iwamoto did to
Yusuke a few years back, stealing things and putting them in your bag, and then they were going to change the answers on your test like
they did to Kuwabara, and then they were going to catch you holding hands with Tom or yelling at Kara and have you suspended for
either fighting or public display of affection." says Keiko, her eye starting to twitch again. 'But why? What the hell did I ever do to
them? I don't even skip any classes, least not when I know that they re important.' you muse, now thinking about it. In your whole school
career, you had a skipped a class 5 times. And all five of those classes, you would have been doing nothing but talking anyways, so you
didn't bother. Instead, you went to meet up with Yusuke and Kuwa on those occasions, just hanging out under a tree for an hour before
racing to your next classes. /I'm not encouraging skipping classes. So please don't do it. I almost did once, but then the class before I
did it, my teacher asked a girl who had skipped the period before where she had been, and had gotten a detention for it./ "Well, we
think it's because you associate with me." says Yusuke. "Oh, and that is why you never asked me, Yusuke. You think it's becasue she
associates with you, but I know why." says Keiko simply. "Really? Well then smarty pants, enlighten us." "I will. It is because Kara is
Mr. Iwamoto's niece." This time, your eyes start to twitch.'Nowonder Iwamoto always glares at me in the halls. Not only because I'm a
punk, but because i broke his poor niece's nose.' you say, realizing how it was all coming together. "Damn Keiko! How'd you find that out?
Why didn't you tell us?!" asks Yusuke. "Heheh, slipped my mind?" she says, sweatdropping. 'It's ok Keiko, not really as important as
Koenma conveniently forgettting to tell me that my former body had a sister!!!' you say starting to growl again. Keiko giggles and yuske
smirks at the thought. Kurama has long since left the room, probably to search out Hiei. Kuwa walks down the stairs and suddenly realizes
something. "Ari? What is going on with you and that Tom guy?" You blush a little bit. "Oh, the twerp is dating her. He even put his arm
around her today! The nerve of young kids thses days!!!" says yusuke. 'Ysuke, you sound like you're 90 years old!' you say, 'And besides,
why is it your business who I date and don't date mr. Urameshi?' "Because when they dump you, it'll give me a good excuse to beat
someone up!" You laugh. 'Qhat makes you think that Tom and i won't be together forever?' "Hahaha, because he's a guy genious! That
is what guys do, they date around! They don't stay with their first girlfriend forever!" 'Who said I was his first girlfriend? He just h
appens to be my first boyfriend.' "NANI?! You mean that he has broken other girl's hearts? Then that means that you are next on the
list Pyro!!!" 'Not neccessarily! They broke up with him! And as far as dating around, has Keiko not been your girlfriend since forever?
And even before you were dating, you never dated any other girl, so what makes Tom so different?!' you yell. He is taken aback by this
and starts to stammer. "Just don't be surprised if he dumps you is all I'm saying Pyro." 'Ok, fine, whatever. I'll be in my room, I have
homework to do!!!' you say smiling again, but with a look of anguish of having to do homework in your eye. "OK have fun!!" says yusuke
sarcastically. You nod, then go back into your room. As you are doing your homework, your phone rings. /yeah, you have a telephone in
there/ 'Hello?' you ask surprisedly. "Hello, is Ariana there? This is Tom, from school?" 'Hey Tom, it's me!' you say laughing. "Oh, you
sound like you're feeling better. Are you?" 'Yeah, Kazuka made a great recovery. Doctors said it was a miracle on Earth.' "That's
wonderful! So no more sad face tomorrow? Happy Ariana which I have always adored?" 'You bet!' "So, watcha doing?" 'Oh, just this
awful homeowrk of ours- and talkingto you, What about you?' "UNfortunately the same- the homework I mean, not the talking." 'Ok
good, cause i was going to say...' The two of you talk for hours on end, until finally Hermione comes in and says say goodbye. So you do
so and then she disconnects the phone line. "Good, now get to work!" she says smugly and leaves with the cord. Grumbling you take your
place at your desk and begin your homework, once again.
Kouga
(So, how am I going to do this? I can't kill Inuyasha, because then, Kagome would be distraught. Maybe, just maybe, I could get Kikyou
here, and then... No, she would try and kill him as well. URGH! Hm, maybe I could push him inot that Cheryl girl when kagome was
around... no, then she would leave all together.) a loud knock sounded on the other side of his door. (I'll think on this later) "Kouga?
Dinner is ready!" calls Cheryl from the other side.
the villain's office
"So, Voldemort, have you found a spell for our conceament yet?" asks Unasareru impatiently. "Yes and no. I have had a spell called the
chameleon charm, which will make us appear the same colors as our background, disguising us, but not completely hiding us. As far as
scent and sensing, there is nothing." "Well, it makes sense. Why would your find have a disillusinment spell for scent or sensing when
your kind don't need to worry about such things." says Sesshomaru. "Actually," says an irritated Voldemort, "Therenis a particularly
annoying auror who goes by Mad-eye Moody, he coukd sense us easily, as could the Potter brat because that stupid spell linked us
somehow." "But could you not use that to your advantage?" asks Naraku. "Yes I could, I have already if you remember correctly, last
year. When I lured him away from Hogwarts and his petty godfather died from a blow by his cousin." They all snickered. "We need
to find something to hide ourselves though." says Naraku.
with you
After you hung up with Tom and had /finally/ finished your homework, Hermione had come in with some sushi for you. You had never
really aquired a taste for it, and always ate vegetarian sushi. After you ate, you crawled into bed, exhasuted from the long day.
When the sun rises, your eyes snap open, surveying for any demon puppets or any remote danger at all. You see no danger until you
look behind you and see- Hermione, her mouth wide open and drool slowly falling out of her mouth onto the pillow. seems someone is
having a dream about a certain Mr. Weasley /you all nw who I mean, don't get the wrong idea/ You decide to have a little bit of fun,
and go into her mind watching her dream with her.
Hermione's dream:
Hermione was walking inot a dark hallway with Ron, Harry, Neville, Ginny and Luna. They heard a cackling and then "Now that you
have fallen into my trap baby potty, you will die, just as my dear cousin had to!" an evil women emerged from the shadows and sent a
green flash towards the six of them. Luna was hit square in the chest and crumpled to the floor. Then a purple whip of light crashed into
Ron, sending him flying backwards into a wall, his head hanging down, obviouslly either unconcious or dead. "YOU BITCH!!!!" yells
Hermione, Harry, Ginny and Neville at the same time. "Stupefy!" yells Ginny. The woman laughs and jumps, avoiding the curse
completely, "Stupid girl, you thnk I could be caught with a spell as stupid as that? Ha!" Ginny's eyes narrow. "You hurt my brother.
You will be hurt now." and she lunges forward. "GINNY NO!" cries Hermone after her, trying to grab her arm but it is a lost cause.
"Crucio!" yelled the woman. "NO!" screams Neville jumping in the way and the curse hitting him head on. "Neville" screams Hermione,
watching yet another of her friends fall. His legs bent in towards his body and he began to twitch retchedly, rocking from side to side,
screaming. "AW how sweet, little Longbottom followed his parents' example and decided to be tortured to insanity. They are still in
St. Mungo's are they not?" "You wench! How dare you! First Luna, then Ron, adn then NEVILLE?! You will die now!!!" she screams.
"Gnny don't do it! You know what will happen!" "I don't care! I'm sorry Harry, I know you wanted to do this, but I need -"
"AVADA KEDAVRA!" screamed the woman and Ginny's face froze mdsentence. She sunk to her knees, then fell flat on the floor.
"AVADA KEDAVRA!" yells Harry, a brilliant green light shooting her in the chest. Her mouth formed an 'o' of surprise, almost as
Sirus's had done, and then fell to te floor. "H-harry?" choked out Hermone. "I'm not Harry." said a much deeper voice. "Hermione I
have something to tell you. Avada Kedavra." The green light shot out of Harry's wand agan, striking Hermione. Her face was contorted
as she fell to the floor.
You pulled out before the dream could finish. poor Hermione. Is she still feeling that? you wonder. Just then, she wakes up. 'Good
morning Hermione." you say cheerfully, so she doesn't know you were snooping. "Good morining Pyro!" she says, a grin on her face. You
are puzzled by the grin, so you read her mind again. (How could I tell her of these dreams? She'd think I was off my rocker, Harry?
Killing me? Ginny? Killing Bellatrix? My dream doesn't make sense. But that is all a dream anyways, it is just a dream. But how can I
keep up such a cheery countenance when Pyro or Ron are around? And if one of them isn't arond, the other is. But it hurts so much,
knowing it's partially my fault that Sirius is dead. Why is Ariana staring at me like that, she looks troubled.) You pull away. "Pyro,
you ok?" she asks. 'Mhm, sure am, how bout you?' "SSDD" she says. You laugh at her. The two of you had read a newer book by
Stephen King called Dreamcatcher and the main characters said that. /for those of you who haven't seen or read Dreamcatcher, or
don't know waht t means in general, it means same shit different day. I use it all the time, so does my mom/ "So what do you want to do
today?" asks Hermione. 'Um, Mia, today is a school day.' "Oh yeah! Oops, scatterbrained today I suppose." 'Naw, you go hang out with
Ron and Harry today. I heard Ginny, Luna and Neville were going to the park. Maybe you guys could hang out with Cheryl as well, though I doubt she's been dong anything but training.' "Why?" she asks. 'Look at who she likes Hermione. Come on! It's pretty obvious.' you say, as if it was plain as day, /which it was/ "OH right! Hiei, wasn't it?" 'Yeah, did i not tell you about him snooping in drawers no man should ever see?!' "oh yeah." she says, as if recalling the occasion. You shake your head in amusement. ''m going to get dressed, see ya in a few.' you say and walk over to your drawers, oull out your clothes and get dressed. Today, you were sporting a dark purple collared shirt, a little tight, but not too tight, because you discovered that the tighter clothes you wear, the less work the male population in your class gets done. You also put on a par of long black baggy pants with zip up sides /you know what type of pants I'm talking about I hope. The pants from Hot Topic, just plain black though/ You line your eyes and observe your nails, which were still all black. You smirk to yourself. oh WHAT must Kara think now that she isn't the center of every guy's attention. Especially Tom's you muse and smirk again. You pull on a pair of black and white Etnies. You leave your hair down, letting your bangs and hair fall over you shouldrs. You brush your teeth and such, then, you walk out and Hermione looks up. "I see somebody is dressing up today." she says. 'Who me? Now why would do that?' "AW I dunno. Maybe because you wan to be the smartest in your class and by doing so ou have to distract all the boys with your beauty." You laugh and then your head grows big with ego. 'Why would I do that? I already am the smartest in my class, I brainwashed them. Muahahahaha!!!!' She laughs with you and you grab your bag and skip downstairs. Along the way, you hum 'Duality' to yourself. Once everyone is downstairs, the usual routine goes on. Including dragging Kuwa out the door and throwing him into the van with your telekinesis.
At school, before the bell rings, you are sitting on a low stone wall, talking to Tom. Somebody taps Tom on the shoulder and he turns around and a guy named Usotsuki punches him in the jaw, sending him careening backwards. Usotsuki was a rugby /practically the equivilant to football, but more dangerous, they have it at my school/ player and a big /muscular/ guy as well. He had dusty brown hair and a square jaw. You knew he was a womaniser, and what pisses you off even more was that he had punched your boyfriend AND he was a grade nine. "Hey babe." he says in a voice that you guess was supposed to sound sexy, but to you it made him sound like he was stoned. 'May I help you?' you ask, eyes narrowing by the second. "Yeah actually, you can, by dumping that dirt Himura and being my girlfriend." he says matter of factly. 'Oh is that so?' you ask sweetly. "You bet." 'Well here is my answer Mr. Takada. I say I would rather burn in the pits of Hell for an eternity before I would EVER even CONSIDER being another one of your tramps. Why don't you go bother Kara Roland?' you ask, glaring at him. "Oh, I like them angry. Roland is just not as much fun as she should be. Somehow I sesne that you are." 'Wonderful. Now if you could just go find my evil twin, there would be a match made in heaven right there. Too bad.' you state and hop down from the ledge, going over to Tom who was getting up. You hadn't gone sooner to him because Usotsuki was right up next to you. "Hey Carter, I'm not done talking to you! You will be my girlfriend."says Usotsuki menacingly. 'Wonderful, keep telling yourself that. If you don't, or you hurt Tom again, I'm just going to have to hurt you.' you state simply, helpng Tom the rest of the way up. Usotsuki says, "Fine, we'll settle that temper today. After school, meet me at the park. If I win, you date me." 'And if you loose?' "You still have the honor of dating me." 'Haha, no. If you loose, you can keep your ugly face and fists away from us, understand?' "FINE." And then he trudged away. Tom came up behind you. "Are you crazy? He'll crush you!!!" he cries. 'Nah, he isn't that tough, Kazuka has beaten him all the time, and Kazu just doesn't have anythng on my strength, soooooooooo' you reply smugly. "But you couldn't be stronger than your brother!!!" he says confusedly. 'Of course I'm not, I'm just smarter.' is your simple little reply.
At lunch, Yusuke is waiting for you /and Tom/ at the doors of the school. "So kid, I heard you have a fight this afternoon." He says. 'I sure do. Against Takada.' you reply proudly. Yusuke goes all starry eyed and the background drops away and is replaced by a blue background with boxing gloves flying around. "Aw, little Ariana is growing up. Her first fistfight over a date!!!!!!!" he cries jumping around. Tom is slowly backing away in fear, but you grab his arm. 'Relax,' you whisper to him, 'this is just proud brother mode.' When the three of you join Kurama, Keiko and Kuwa under the tree, Inuyasha is sitting in the branches, but he is wearing a hat to cover his ears. "Hey, who are-" 'Inuyasha?! What are you doing here?!' you cry, grabbing a branch and swinging yourself up. "Kagome is angry with me for trying to kill Kouga, so decided it would be fun to come and annoy you. Is that so wrong?" he asks innocently. 'YES!' you cry, pushing him backwards. He careens off fo the branch and he lands in a way similar to the sit method. You jump down and land on your feet, your hands touching the ground for support. "Bitch." he mutters, then sits up straight. "Nope, thats too cose to your species, if you and Kagome get married, then she would be half bitch, would she not?' you ask sweetly. Inuyasha's eye starts to twitch, but he doesn't say anything. "Um, Ari, what do you mean by that? I'm confused..." says Tom. You realize what you had said but then reply with, 'Oh, his name means dog demon. A bitch is techniquely a female dog, SO if he marries his girlfriend, Kagome, she will sort of be like a female dog.' "Um, ok." he says, then sits down. "Did you guys hear? OUr little Ari is growing up! She has a fistfight today with Takada!!!" says Yusuke excitedly. "WHAT?! But he's really strong! It took me forver to beat him!!!" says Kuwa. 'Yes, but how long did it take me to beat you? Somehow I sense that he has the same intelligence level as you, so this should be easy as pie.' Kuwa growled, remembering the day that his own little sister had made a fool of him by tripping him up so bad.
After school, Ariana stood waiting in the park for Usotsuki to get there. "Wow. You actually showed up Carter, I'm impressed." he said from behind her. She turned arund. 'You're impressed now? Hm, I guess that's because you don't know how strong I am. Too bad. You'll just have to be impressed when your face is squashed into the dirt.' you say, taking fighting stance. He takes fighting stance as well, raising his fists menacingly.
Tune in next time for the next chapter. Somebody from Kouga's past is going to show up and they are going to be angry.
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Review replies:
CrazygirlSarah:
U were right. I am a girl --'. RAre you happy that I used Inuyasha? It is hard to use 29 characters, but I'm doing my best. I've started a new story as well, so it's even harder. It is a Harry Potter fanfic if anyone is interested! NOW as far as Hiei goes, Ariana is not with Hiei, Cheryl is!!!! As far as Kuwabara bashing, I try not to do it too much, because he is one of my favorite characters, and everybody is always really mean to him in their stories. I'm sorry that you can't get chapter 10, but keep trying. I also see that you are another night owl. You go kiddo! I'm sorry to put you down about this, but 6th grade is not all it is cracked up to be. It IS fun switching classes and stuff, but you are like a kindergardener again. Everybody is like "Aw, look at the little sixth grader." and stuff like that. OH YEAH, please don't be so polite, it makes me feel really old.
Demondreamer:
I'm sorry for not replying to your review, but I have not had internet access for a while.... I put Iwamoto in specially for you for not replying ok? Thank you for the compliment though, I appreciate it!!
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