The Hanyou

Chapter 4

Back to School

Mieko groggily opened her eyes. The image she was looking at was blurred. Her vision quickly cleared and she looked around.

She was in a bed. The room was pretty small and plain. It was strangely right. Her accident came flooding back to her.

'Oh my god,' she thought, her eyes wide. 'Am I dead? Am I in heaven?' She lifted her arms up to pinch herself. Mieko winced as she felt the pain. She looked at the table next to her bed. Mieko picked it up and almost dropped it.

There in the mirror was NOT Mieko Kinomoto. (a/n: actually it is, but she doesn't know) The girl in the mirror had longer hair, hinting silver in it. Her eyes were almost a dark gold. The girl's mouth had sharp teeth and her fingers ended with very sharp nails. Her ears were not there anymore! Instead, they were on top of her head, black like the rest of her hair. She was much more beautiful, even able to rival her sister's beauty.

Mieko trembled, the mirror image shaking with her. She turned her head; the girl turned her head. That person was her. Mieko stared down at her hands, opening and closing them. She closed her eyes tightly, hoping that when she opened them it would be a dream. When she opened them, everything was still the same.

"How did his happen?" she asked out loud. No one heard her. Looking into the mirror, she rearranged her hair so it covered her new furry dog ears. Mieko shifted her hair again to cover he spot where her ears should have been. Other than that, there wasn't anything that she could change.

Mieko studied herself, seeing if she looked human enough. She looked fairly human to herself. The top of her hair moved as she listend for footsteps coming. They stopped outside the door.

"Mieko?" asked a man's voice, which she recognized as her father's. He saw her sitting in bed and ran to her side. He hugged her.

"Mieko, I have something to tell you," he began. She nodded, waiting for the news. "Your blood belonged to a man named Inuyasha. (a/n: in the last chapter the doctor told her parents who the blood belonged to, just not that it was demon blood) And his blood matches yours." Mieko nodded unsurely.

"I think that I got my hair dyed when I was sleeping," Mieko told him. He ran his fingers through her now silky smooth hair.

"I guess that they wanted to do you a favour," he told her. More footsteps were heard and they saw Mrs. Kinomoto enter the room.They embraced their daughter.

Forms and papers had beens signed, so Mieko was allowed to go home. However, she felt different. She felt lighter that she had before. Also, she felt stronger. Mieko was also very content.

A few days later, her parents wanted her going to school again. Mieko smiled and agreed. The next day, she wouldgo back to school.

"Oh my god, are you okay? Where have you been? You look different. How are you still breathing?" Mieko was bombarded with questions the minute she stepped onto the school grounds. She paid no heed to them and headed to her best and only friend, Yoshi.

"What happened though?" asked an exasperated Yoshi. Mieko told her everything, leaving out the part about the demonic features. It was pretty boring, to most cases.

After the story, they headed inside, beating the bell. In the classroom surrounded around one desk were some girls. They were pretty and popular. (a/n: and kinda slutty too) They quieted as she entered. Their eyes all turned to her. Mieko looked away. A girl from that group came over to them.

"Hi Mieko," she said. Mieko looked at her lazily. "I just wanted to know how you've been. I hear that you've been in the hospital." Mieko raised an eyebrow.

"How do you think I've been?" asked Mieko. Yoshi looked at her friend strangely. "If I was in the hospital, how do you think I've been?" The girl raised her head and nodded stiffly. She turned and walked away to her group.

"Where the hell did that come from?" Yoshi asked. Mieko blinked. Where had it come from anyways? Was it actually her speaking? Miekodidn't speak likethat. And if she spoke remotely similar like that, it was only to Yoshi. Was it her?Shy, invisible Mieko?

At recess (a/n: they are in elementary, in case i forgot to mention) everyone went outside. Yoshi went to the bathroom. As she went out, she was cornered by the group.

"Hey Mieko," the leader, Megumi greeted. Mieko nodded in return. "Did you want to join our group?" Mieko's eye twitched as she looked them over. They all wore similar clothing. Skirts and tank tops, usually. She barely knew any of them.

"Why?" asked Mieko.

"We thought it over and decided that we want you to be in our group," relied Megumi.

"Is that so." She looked at them again. "Are you sure that that's the only reason? Is it because you pity me? No, that could never happen. It's probably because I've gotten prettier, even prettier than you!"

"As if!" laughed Megumi. The other girls joined in on her laughter. "Look at you! You're a social outcast, who's only getting noticed because of a suicidal attempt. That's really sad." Megumi and her lackie's laughed. Mieko fumed.

"IT WAS NOT A SUICIDE ATTEMPT!" yelled Mieko. "I WOULDN'T TRY TO KILL MYSELF!" Mieko would have said more, but a teacher had come. She walked away, leaving Megumi and he friends to make up their own story.

"Okay everyone!" The gym teacher yelled. A whistle blew loudly. "We're going to play soccer today. Find a partner and join a team!" Mieko and Yoshi partnered up on instinct. Megumi laughed on the other side of the field. Soccer was the only sport she was good at, and she was great at it.

The whistle blew as the game began. Mieko stole the ball early into the game. The other players tried to steal the ball, but to no prevail. Megumi herself could not even keep up.

"Teacher!" Megumi called to the gym teacher. "Mieko's cheating!" Mieko's sensitive ears caught this. She fumed at being called a cheater.

"I AM NOT CHEATING!" shouted Mieko. "WHY WOULD I CHEAT IN A LOUSY GAME OF SOCCER!"

"How should I know?" replied Megumi. "But you used to suck at soccer until now. You have to be cheating." Before anyone knew it, Mieko was in front of Megumi, with a speed that could rival Inuyasha's.

"I ain't a cheater," Mieko slowly said. (a/n: sound like our hanyou?) Using one of her hands, she wrapped it around Megumi's neck and lifted her up effortlessly. Megumi began kicking and squirming, trying to get herself out of this iron grip. Her efforts proved to be futile.

"Don't wory, I won't choke you to death," Mieko told Megumi. She loosened her hold, then dropped her. The frightened girl clutched her sore neck. Mieko brought the other hand up, cracking her fingers. "I'll just have to slice you up." Megumi looked at her hand with wide eyes. "CLAWS OF STEEL!" (a/n: i know it's from the manga) Luckily, Megumi had the sense to dodge. Unfortunately, her long beautiful hair was now short and uneven.

"Whoops," said Mieko. "I missed. Guess I'll have to try again." She lifted her hand up for another swipe when the whistle blew. Mieko's ears flattened and she put her hands on her head, covering her ears. As the shrill noise stopped, Mieko opened her eyes. What on earth had she done? Mieko looked around at her frightened classmates, all at a distance. Tears began to well up in her eyes.

"I'm sorry," Mieko told them. Her tears fell. She looked away, facing South. (a/n: which is conveniently the direction of the Higurashi shrine...) Mieko began to run, then jumped. Her movements were graceful, and her jump was about forty feet high. She landed on a building and began jumping from building to building.

The whole class watched this display. The first one out of shock was Yoshi. She fell on her knees and cried. Her boyish cut blonde hair fell over her face. She faced the sky.

"MIEKO!"

ok, inuyasha will definitely be in the next chapter. this is probably my longest chapter EVER. i used another anime to determine Yoshi and Mieko. guess who they are. hint: the Y in yoshi and the M in mieko. mieko is very close to the othe name.they are also best friends in the other anime. also, yoshi's haircut is the same, but they're younger and their attitudes are slightly different.

i hope that you check out my story A Demon's True Nature. I am very proud of it, but there is some swearing.