AC: I'M TERRIBLY SORRY FOR THE TREMENDOUSLY LONG UPDATE! I've really been busy with so much activities but expect to see me update more frequently now (that's a good sign!) thank you to all those who reviewed by the way! now... just read and review!
Disclaimer: Inuyasha is not mine... none of the cute anime are... (though I wish they would be! p)
Chapter 11- Vengeance
They arrived at Serenade Park just before lunch. They ate before they had a tour around. It was a fairly nice place, frankly speaking, with tourists surrounding the place where a lot of Sakura trees grew and a seemingly magical lake was laid upon the ground like a long silk blanket. The air was humid, the trees were impassive and bare. Winter was nearing, but exams approached first.
The history of the park wasn't so hard to grasp, just a woman named Sakura who died because she sacrificed her life for her lover who turned out to be the enemy instead. She died of being surrounded by a few rebels. That's why a lake bordered the place of Cherry Blossoms.
Emiko sighed and sat under the shade of one of the trees. She noticed Kagome and the rest approaching and she smiled slightly at the thought they were in speaking terms again. This day had been a hectic one, and she was looking forward to resting in the cabin allotted for their class tonight.
So far, it had been an ok experience as well, with no major turbulence, just Kagura who was sending glares at her now and then as if Emiko were to lung at Sesshomaru and steal him any second now.
'Speaking of the devil,' she thought sourly as the brunette looked at her side, 'here she is now, with her servant puppet following her around, of course.'
It was very different of her to speak with such abhorrence but Kagura being the reason for it, it was sensible. Emiko didn't notice she was staring at Naraku's gang passing by until Sesshomaru himself looked at her for a second. Shifting her gaze, she felt her heart skip a beat. Why, though?
Suddenly, Kagome sat beside her and smiled. "You know, Emi-chan," she said starting the discussion as the others settled themselves around the two, "I've been thinking lately."
"Of what?" asked the innocent brown haired junior.
"Of what had been happening recently of course," Kagome replied as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. The look her friend gave her, however, said she was utterly confused.
"She means about your trouble with Touya," Sango piped up, getting a little irritated of her slow grasp of the subject. Emiko gave a small, 'Ah', saying she got it. Miroku imitated her with wide incorruptibility, getting a lump on the head from Sango. He looked at her with sadness but she ignored it completely.
"I don't have problems with him," Emiko muttered softly. "It's Kagura I have a misunderstanding with."
Kagome drew a large breath and exhaled it all. "Emiko, don't tell me you've already forgiven him for almost ending your life. I, mean, he's one of the people involved in all of this mess and one of the reasons why your year had started with a complete setting of disaster!"
Sango nodded and Miroku did too. Inuyasha stayed expressionless.
"Then, what do you propose we do?"
"Easy," replied Kagome. "Revenge."
Emiko stared at her for a while. Kagome seemed out of character lately. How could someone like her plan such things? Maybe Inuyasha had a sort of bad influence on her.
"Bu-but we can't just go walking up to their gang and punch them or something. If you'd forgotten, all of us put together doesn't even match the strength of one of them," she said pessimistically.
Sango kneaded her forehead. "We're not stupid to go do that, Emi-chan. Goodness! Could you try to think of something better, something that suits them? I'm sure a punch wouldn't do."
Emiko closed her emerald orbs and thought but no matter how good she was in her academics, she never excelled in troublemaking.
"Why don't we spread some horrible gossip about them?" Miroku suggested out of the blue.
"Only gay people thinks of that. Besides, they could easily die down the fuss, they have power more that the principal could ever attain!" Sango commented.
"How about bombing their cabin room?" implied Kagome.
"Too violent. Plus, that's against school rules. We're still on a field trip, remember? Also, many innocent students would die. No." Sango took a long pause before adding her own recommendation, "What if we let loose rats and other disgusting pests inside their room?"
Emiko shrieked. "Eck! Where would we get those?"
"Good point."
They thought for what seemed like hours but no punishment they could think was suitable, on the school board of rules and was simple enough to make here.
"All of you probably never planned revenge before," Inuyasha said and everyone turned to him in revelation. He had not spoken for a while and they thought he was merely uninterested in the subject. "Because all of your plans STINK like hell!"
Kagome, Sango and Miroku gave an offended look.
"Well then, Mr. I'm-an-expert, why don't you come up with an excellent plan I'm sure would work. If it isn't so hard for you to," Sango snapped, most offended.
Inuyasha looked surprisingly confident. "F.Y.I, I've already come up with and excellent plan while the lot of you were babbling," he said smirking. "All I need are these few things: rotten eggs, a large amount of mud, uncooked meat, a couple of Durians, a large bowl that would hold everything and bird's poo."
The rest looked disgusted. Inuyasha took no notice of it and continued.
"We're making the tastiest soup for our guests."
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Sesshomaru was bored to death. For the whole day, their group did nothing but backbite each student, commenting on looks, etc, etc. He looked tiredly at Kagura, who sat close beside him, laying her hand protectively on his shoulder. Then, almost naturally, his gaze fell on his half-brother, his girlfriend and Emiko, who were sitting under the shade of a fairly large tree. He stared at the brown haired lass more intently and more often, and he found himself slowly missing the fun and the company she gave him, even if they were all unintentional.
Kagura took a large amount of notice in this as she tried to catch her fiancée's attention over and over. He did not look at her one bit, of course, and she was angered because of it.
"Hey Akira, what do you plan next on Ishikawa, by the way?" she asked knowing it would catch the silver haired teen's attention in a snap. And it did for Sesshomaru was now staring at her closely, mild curiosity flickering in his eyes, wondering why the hell was she bringing this up.
Touya shrugged and smiled. "She's a pretty girl but not exactly my type. I dunno. Maybe another trick would suit my pleasure." He laughed bitterly and the others followed his lead. Sesshomaru, on the other hand did not think it was funny.
"Why?" he asked breaking their fun laughter.
"Why what?" replied Kagura, annoyance tainting her voice. They all looked at him with irritation.
"Why do you keep on tormenting her when she has done nothing to deserve that kind of punishment?"
Touya was about to answer when Naraku stood up with a frown on his face. "Let us not forget, my friend, that this started all because of you. You were the one she had injured."
"Not purposely," said Sesshomaru monotonously but found himself rather talkative today.
"Don't-you-defend-that-disgusting-wannabe-in-front-of-me," snarled Naraku. "That girl has no right to have gained your trust, Sess. After that incident with Rin, I thought you pledged not to let anyone enter your heart."
"What does that mean?" The golden orbed sixteen-year old male was starting to get at the edge of his patience.
Naraku laughed, one that was most unpleasant to hear. "Don't tell me you haven't noticed. For all we know you're falling for that-that bitch!"
Sesshomaru said nothing, his lips were pursed into a small frown barely noticeable. And before he could do anything else, Naraku had said something else.
"No. A major correction with that sentence." He paused so that the situation could be absorbed to the last emotion. "You are already in love with her."
Sesshomaru growled. "No. I am not." With that, he slapped Kagura's hand off his shoulder hardly and she stumbled down the platform where they were sitting. He gave a last glare and then walked away, sprinting when he thought he was out of sight.
No. I swore I would never fall in love again.
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Emiko was a little hesitant in doing what Inuyasha had planned but the rest thought it was an amazing scheme. She was now alone, under the same tree, feeling an inexpressive breeze pass by her. In a distance, she saw Inuyasha's half-brother, if she was not mistaken, running toward her. Her eyes widened and she felt her heart jump. He calmed down and walked when he was nearer to her and composed himself, the usual figure of a well-poised Taisho coming her way. He did not stop to acknowledge her presence nor did he even look at her direction. He just passed by, like the wind blowing on her face.
Little did Emiko know that he glanced back when he knew she wouldn't notice anymore, wrestling with his unidentified feelings and a warm emotion entering his body.
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It was nearly sunset when Mikami-sensei led them toward their cabin, putting extra effort in saying something about their curriculum the following day when no one really paid attention. Their backs were aching and their feet were killing them. All they wanted was a good nights rest without thinking even a bit about the pile of lecture they would receive tomorrow before they went home.
The rooms could accommodate seven people each with roommates of their own option to avoid any misunderstandings. Joey Angler, a kind but stupid seventeen-year old third year and Massie Care, whom Miroku shamelessly flirted with shared a room with Kagome and the rest since they were pretty close to friends.
Inuyasha was out in the balcony preparing the 'things' they needed for their 'revenge'.
"What died here?" Massie asked as she opened the door to the balcony. She pinched her nose to avoid the awful smell from entering her lungs.
"You will, if you don't get out," replied a grumpy Inuyasha who squatted in front of the container was near to death by staying out and close to the dreadful things he was mixing together. Massie ran back in the house and screamed.
"What a wimp," he muttered as he continued to mix things up, interrupted by another visitor.
"If you want to live, you better stay inside." He turned to see Emiko, looking out in the distance, ignoring him. Inuyasha sighed and continued his work.
"Almost done?" Emiko asked half sounding excited and half sounding anxious. Inuyasha could clearly make out her worried tone, anyhow.
He stopped working and sat down fully, leaning on the railings of the balcony. "Yes, it's almost through." Emiko said nothing but merely stared at the almost finished products. Inuyasha saw a frown slowly forming on her face. "You're not really up to this, are you?"
Again, she did not reply.
"I knew it."
Emiko released a long breath. "You see, I'm new here and I'm not really familiar with the 'rules' the students make. Every school has them, and every school is different. And since I don't know them, I'm not quite sure of the consequences of each of my actions, you see. I don't really want to hurt anyone if it means I get to gain more enemies."
The younger Taisho stared at the woman before him for a moment. She was such a beautiful lady, both inside and out and if Kagome had never appeared in his life, he would've fallen for this one, though he wouldn't admit it to anyone but himself. Her eyes showed that only one thing, however, was in her way of pursuing this.
"My brother really has a knack of stealing hearts, doesn't he?" he asked, laughing slightly.
"Huh?"
"No one really knows him that much and yet everyone can't take their eyes off him. He has a rather large impact on the ladies, however. And no matter how many negative things I can say about him, our relationship is different and my opinion will never change a woman's heart."
Emiko looked at him with more puzzlement.
"Emiko, I don't have to be a genius to know that you have even the slightest feeling for my half-bro."
Despite the strangeness of what Inuyasha had said, Emiko managed a small smile, choosing not to be defensive about the subject any longer. The boy in front of her was a friend, after all, and she could trust him even with her life.
"And, you know, it's really up to you to decide if we should continue this thing." He gestured toward the bowl were bird's dirt floated on top.
The brunette thought for a while but then shook her head. "No. I think we should go on with what was planned. A small favor though." Her face grew pink and hot and Inuyasha had a feeling what she was about to ask. He nodded, telling her to say whatever she was about to.
"Please leave him out of this."
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After a rather tasty dinner, Sango, Miroku, Inuyasha, Kagome and Emiko sneaked out into the garden, where they were pretty much sure Naraku's gang would be heading after they picked up a few things in their room. They set their materials, the large bowl with a foul smelling goo in it perched on a tree branched, covered temporarily by a cardboard to avoid the smell from blurting their plan.
Inuyasha was stationed on the branch and was assigned to tip the container while Miroku and Sango were behind the bushes giving him the right signal. Kagome and Emiko pretended to be talking on the balcony of their room but was really spying.
A few minutes passed and Inuyasha was getting more and more impatient. He was about to shout to Miroku to call everything off when he heard an all too familiar high pitched laugh and he hid himself carefully once again behind the leaves of the tree. He watched as Naraku's group slowly came into the garden, some with beer bottle while the others smoked. He remembered Emiko's words a while ago and was happy to see that his brother was no where to be found.
Their target was only a few meters away and it seemed that they were not going to move from that spot for a while. Inuyasha gritted his teeth. Now he had to wait for them to walk under the tree for him to be able to pour the liquid on them. But when he saw Miroku with something in his hands, he smirked.
A raccoon made its way to Kagura and she screamed loudly and ran to the shade of the tree Inuyasha was perched on. He was ready to push the bowl when he saw a glimpse of Kagome mouthing the words, 'Not yet' and he restrained himself to follow her.
Shortly, however, the group walked to the aid of Kagura and when they were all under the Sakura tree, Miroku gave his signal, which was a supposedly 'wolf's howl,' and Inuyasha put all his strength into pushing the heavy bowl.
Swack! The bowl hit the floor, its contents flying and landing on their targets. Kagura screamed once again while the others nearly puked with the smell. Naraku looked up the tree but when he did, Inuyasha had already jumped on the tree beside him. The raven haired bully shouted some commands while Kagura helplessly cried saying something about soiling her beautiful hair. Touya sat on the ground cursing madly and the rest resisted jumping into the lake for a bath.
Mission accomplished.
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AC: hehe... couldn't resist revenge, could i? anyway, sorry if it was a little short and Sesshomaru was a bit OOC. I hoped you liked it anyway. please review! constructive criticism is welcome, just don't be too hard on me. again, I apologize for the long update... if I get a lot of reviews for this chapter, I might update earlier! .)
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