Seeing is Believing
By Kiara Jaganshi
Chapter 5
A/N: Okay, hey again! It seems is you're reading this, I've been nice and decided to allow you to go further into the story! I'm in a really good mood today! I'm celebrating my birthday early with three of my friends, Yuka, Yuki, and Yume (Yuki and Yuka are twins, and Yume's my twin), and we're going horseback riding! Fun for us! And best part is, we get cake!!! Okay, I'm okay now. It's just that I've been consuming way too much sugar for 2 hours length! Of course, then I was watching the food channel, tried to make something or another, but since I'm a bad cook, it ended up in the trash can, and I probably am suffering from gas intake or something. Oh well! Here's chapter 5 now everyone!
Disclaimer: I have no control whatsoever of Inuyasha characters and Yu Yu Hakusho characters. I just threatened them into playing parts in my fanfic!
Kurama stared at his ceiling in his house not thinking about anything in particular. But for some reason, Kiara came popping into his head. They had all finished their lunch, escorted Kiara to her apartment, and left on promises to see each other soon.
'Ooh... Maybe you like her!' Youko almost squealed. 'This will be so much fun!!!'
"Get real Youko..." Kurama just grumbled, turning over on his bed. "That can't be it."
'Oh, but what if it is? Then, we wouldn't have to look for someone else anymore!'
"What'd you mean?" Kurama asked, bolting upright on the down comforter.
'That I approve of her, of course!' Youko answered, his voice teasing him.
"You wish Youko. You even said yourself earlier that you went for youkai's, not ningens," Kurama scoffed. "Get real."
Kurama's eyes took on a golden tinge around the edges. 'But didn't you notice? She was masking her energy very well, but she was a demon. A dog demon, if I might add. Where do you think her hair color and eyes came from?'
"I was thinking along the lines of contacts and highlights..." Kurama murmured, deep in thought. What if Youko was right... What if that girl, as he said, was a demon, capable of defending herself so he himself wouldn't have to fear for her safety... What if she was strong enough not to let anyone else near those rosy, luscious lips of hers... What if...
'There you go again...' Youko muttered, shaking his head n a disproving manner. 'You said you didn't like her, right? But if what I hear is right, you are obviously taken with her. Am I correct?' Youko began to laugh when Kurama nodded grudgingly. 'I told you so! And I approve of your picking. SO, when are we going to sneak into her bedchambers and show her male dominance like she's never seen it?'
"Youko!" Kurama gasped as comprehension hit him on that last comment. "We can't do that! She barely even knows us!"
'What do you suggest then, my young mentor?'
"I suggest a cup of elegance, a hint of charm, and a sprinkle of romance."
Kiara woke up the next morning in her cozy little apartment in the same way she usually does; in a really sour mood. "I don't see why I have to lose sleep over school... I mean, I don't even know where this stinking rat hole of a place is..." As if to answer to her raging, a horn honked just outside of her window.
As she went over to the window to examine what the source of the noise was, she grabbed a brush and began to softly comb it through her long hair. She set it down just long enough to pull open the window and stick her head outside.
"Suichi?" she said in disbelief as she stared at him, leaning against his silver Porsche with his flaming red hair waving in the wind.
"The very one," he replied with an amused smile. "Surprised?"
"Well, yes... I wasn't expecting an escort to school as well," she admitted.
"I just thought that since you have the same classes as me, and probably don't know where our dear college is located currently, coming to pick you up was a nice touch there," he replied gracefully, his tone almost dripping honey.
'Don't over do it Suichi!' Youko warned.
'Trust me one this one, Youko. Girls love this sort of stuff,' Kurama answered, his tone confident.
"Okay, well, give me a second to change and I'll be right down!" Kiara shouted, closing the window and making a beeline straight for her closet.
"I told you so, Youko..." Kurama said, his perfect face an expression of sheer slyness. "I told you so..."
"I'm back!" Kurama turned around towards the door of the apartment complex to face Kiara.
'Oh god...' Youko admired.
Kiara was wearing a tight, blue Chinese top that had buttons on the top right corner, flowered with designs of black and red dragons. She also wore a navy blue mini-skirt and black boots that stopped at below her knee. Her hair was in a high ponytail, but two locks in the front were left untied to cascade next to her face and spill onto her shoulders.
"You're looking very good yourself," Kiara said , reading the blank expression on his face. Kurama himself wore a dark green button up shirt with black pants and black dress shoes.
"Th-thank you," Kurama managed to stutter out as he tried to regain his composure. "Shall we?" he asked as he held out the door to the passenger seat open for her.
"My, what a gentleman!" Kiara joked as she slid into the seat, depositing her dark blue and black backpack onto her lap.
"Thank you, my lady," Kurama replied mockingly, sitting down on the driver's side and starting the engine. "Hold on," he warned as he put his hands on the steering wheel.
As if by some unknown force, the car pulled back out of the parking space and sped along the almost deserted street. Not used to something like that, Kiara grabbed the hand that Kurama had resting on the armrest in alarm.
Kurama inwardly smiled. She trusted him enough to not scream, but instead hold onto him. He was beginning to like that.
The drive to the college campus did not take as long as Kurama had wished it too, and by the end of it, Kiara was also starting to have second thoughts about getting out of the car as well.
"Well, we're here," Kurama said as he got out of the car, grabbing his forest green backpack from the back seat. Kiara followed suit and slung her own backpack onto her right shoulder.
"Okay, that's good. But where to first?" she asked, looking around at the different buildings. "They all look the same to me!"
"Well, first off we have Ancient Japanese History. It's inside that building over there," Kurama told her, pointing over at one of the smaller buildings.
"Okay, well, let's get to class then!"
The classes went smoothly. Almost everyone took an immediate liking to the girl, all except for a few of the more jealous girls, but it was almost impossible not to like this sunny girl. Wherever she went, it was like the sun came up there.
Especially all of the boys liked her, with her good looks and being a rich and famous girl that she was. But they did in fact keep their distance at seeing the unspoken challenge in their classmate Suichi's eyes.
Soon there was even a rumor around school that the two were going out, thanks to several of their classmate's uncanny observations that the two were relatively close.
"Suichi! Wait for me!" Kiara called as she managed to get out of the mob of Suichi-Minamino-fan club members. Kurama slowed his pace so she could catch up to him. "Are they always like that? Attacking innocent passerby's?" she joked.
Kurama cracked a smile. "Well, not all the time. If either Yuseke or Kuwabara were here, they tend to keep their distance."
Kiara nodded understandingly. "I think I'd like to meet these friends of yours. They sound like very nice people!"
"Well, that is very possible. Why don't you come with me to meet them tomorrow at the park? We agreed to all meet their a few days ago, and I'm sure they would be honored to meet you," Kurama suggested, a glimmer of hope rising in him. 'Maybe if she gets to know me a little better from my friends, it would be easier to ask her out and not get rejected.'
'Sound thinking Suichi,' Youko congratulated.
"That would be wonderful! Thanks!" Kiara gleefully shouted. "I can't wait!
'Neither can I...'
A/N: Love it? Hate it? Well, like I care! It's my story, and I can do whatever I like with it! (crosses arms and pouts) Anyway, the stories beginning to take shape. Kurama has admitted to himself he likes the girl. But what will happen in the next chapter that will take a surprise twist? You're going to have to wait, but not to worry! I updated that as well cause I'm in such a good mood! Well, see ya guys round! And review please!