NOTE: I know this is kind of short, but bear with me, more is coming…

Kagomae ran, panting and pushing herself as hard as she could, just a few more yards and she would be safe.

Normally, she wouldn't need to hoof it like this to school.

Normally, she would have her bike, but today was in no way normal.

It seemed as though lady luck was not on her side, today. First, she'd discovered her new pink bike had been stolen from the shrine shed. She scowled and cursed her luck at the thought of walking to school from such a long distance. But, angrily she trudged along, hoping she wouldn't be late. Kagomae kicked the trash on the sidewalk and she made her way.

Next, she'd bumped into an old man's tomato stand while she wasn't paying attention. The man forced her to pay for ALL of the fruit she'd knocked to the ground or he'd called on the nearest solider to arrest her, which in those days was no empty threat. Palm against her forehead and her other hand on her waist she walked away, not being about to bear the sight of the greedy old man counting up her spending money or the thought of being late for school for the second time this month. Sure she was a great student but being tardy constantly was definitely not a plus on a university application.

After that, Kagomae had the pleasure of running into some neighborhood creeps. She guessed they were low level yokai, by the look of it anyways. She could see the tips of horns protruding from their hoods and their shoes were torn open to make some air for their big ugly clawed feet, their white skin didn't help their appearances either.

"Hey cutie," they called after her, "why don't you come with me today instead of going to school and let me show you a good time." The pair cackled and swung their hips in a rather obvious motion.

To Kagomae's dismay, they did not seem to want to let off her, she ignored their crude comments for three whole blocks and they not seem to let up. She looked behind her and gazed into their empty black eyes. She realized at once that she was frightened, and that they would smell that. Unsure of what to do, she ran, she pounded she shoes as fast as she could against the pavement. The pair of yokai of course ran after her, excited at the thought of a chase. Their cat calls did not cease even as she ran.

"Please, leave me alone. I don't want any trouble," she shouted. As she reached school ground, she stopped running and caught her breathe. The yokai however, did not and grabbed her arms as soon as they caught up with her.

"So babe, thought you could out run us , foolish mortal," the first one laughed. He licked his lips and brought his face to her cheek, tasting her with his forked tongue, "I call her first, Moraga."

"No fair, Canoga. I saw her first," said the second. Pulling her more towards him, "besides, it's not like we can't share."

"No way, brother, you killed the last one before I laid a finger on her, so this one's all mine."

"Canoga, don't you remember, you were the one who said you didn't want her. I had every right to eat her so for the last one so stop being such a bitch about it and get over it already," said the brother.

Kagomae's arms began to hurt from the two tugging her between them. They both smelled absolutely putrid and she wanted no part of them. She cried out for dear life, "SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE, I DON'T WANT TO DIE!"

Canoga quickly covered her mouth and pressed her against the wall, "be silent, mortal!"

Something about the arrogance of this demon really pissed Kagomae off and she realized if she played the part of the victim, she would eventually become it. The thought of being killed and used by such filth didn't settle well with her. Drawing strength from god knows where, Kagomae grabbed the demon's wrist and pulled it from her.

"Get off of me, you evil piece of shit," she scowled, eyes staring and teeth showing, a glimmer in her eyes showed a want for blood, Canoga blood to be precise.

From Kagomae's point of view, this feat of strength seemed as a total surprise, not that she was so strong but that she, a human, had taken control of the situation so fast.

From Moraga's point of view (what little point of view he had of course), Kagomae was exuding a strange aura, like a miko's but infinitely stronger and strangely dark. It flowing about her frame and turned her eyes a cold purple. How could a mere human overpower a demon without a weapon, even for a miko, this situation seemed like a stretch. He didn't think about it too long, though. He high tailed himself away before Kagomae got her hands on him.

Canoga was not as lucky.

"What makes you think you can judge someone, just cause of the way they were born? Honestly, preying on girl's so early on in the day! I'll teach you to mess with me u trash!"

By this time, her other hand had taken a hold of his neck. The yokai's other hand clawed widely to try and loosen her from him, but it was as if she was not only sapping his air flow, it was as though she were stealing his strength, his soul. It didn't take long for Canoga's head to snap off, along with his hand.

The pieces of his body disintegrated before they hit the ground, as was common when a lower level demon was killed. Along with them, Kagomae fell to the ground, half from terror and half from confusion.

Kouga had watched the whole thing; he'd gone out to look for her when he saw she's not shown up for school. Skipping his own classes, he'd rushed outside following her scent with was laced with fear and sweat. He'd come out just as Kagomae had grabbed a hold of Canoga. Just in time to feel the rise of raw aura from her body and just in time to witness a 110 pound human girl kill a yokai all on her own. It was quite a sight, he himself shivered at the feel of her aura, his well cloaked fur stood on end.

Kouga hesitated as she fell to the ground, but as the strange aura ceased to flow from her body he rushed to her side.

As her held her in her arms, this petite beauty with the most wonderful scent, he couldn't fathom how (despite her obvious array of power) was supposed to be evil. Powerful yes, but evil he had yet to see.

Distracted by her vulnerability for a just a moment (or maybe it was just the brief panty shot he was granted), Kouga caught his witted and hauled ass to the burses office where he would deposit Kagomae and be off to class.

How Kouga longed to stay and be in her presence just a while longer. But alas, he had to keep up his grades, although they weren't important to Kouga in the same way as Kagomae, he still had to keep his image up. Besides, Kagomae wouldn't eat lunch with him everyday if she thought he was the kind of guy to skip class…

Once Kouga was back in his seat, he saw the class wasn't doing anything and became greatly disappointed that he'd decided to leave Kagomae. So he made the best of his time and started his report to Inuyasha.

Taking out his laptop, he began to type his report.

I thought that at long last the blossom would open up today, two bees had chased her and she'd opened her petals to them only to reveal poisoned pollen. One of the bees died from her. Quite surprising is it not, that a flower would kill a bee? The flower did not stay a flower for long, for as soon as the bee fell to the ground she closed herself once more. But still despite what has happened, I do not think of the flower as evil, for a flower is still a flower is it not, even if it can now protect itself? If you decide to come see this flower for yourself, be warned that if you drag her out of the sunlight, she may not fair well. Also, be weary of the hummingbirds, they might have smelled her pollen this morning. I'm going to stick to our little flower like glue till the florist gets here; I wouldn't want anyone else to pick her but us after all.

Beware of the hummingbirds