Winds of Thyme
By Sakura Takanouchi
~*~ Winds of Thyme Chapter Four- Friends ~*~
Disclaimer: I own nothing! I am just a worthless hobo that lives in a cardboard box. Did anyone believe me?
Sakura flipped over on her bed as she dialed her old best friend's phone number. "Yo, Musokeno! How is it hangin? Yeah, Well, I'm fine, but I have a question. Uh-huh. Ya see, you've been stalked before. So, what do you do when someone is stalking you? Nah, no one's been stalking me, I just thought the information might come in handy. Yeah, I know I'm a horrible liar on the phone. Just tell me, you baka Mugen! Oh! I see! Well, arigatou! Ja!"
She then hung up the phone and curled up in her bed. 'Why is he stalking me?' She wondered. 'And why am I always thinking about him?' She always handled her thoughts better on a full stomach, so she decided to bring some green tea to her room. After drinking some of it, she went to sleep. But what she didn't see was a figure sitting in the Sakura tree outside her window, peering in, as if he was watching her.
~*~ The next day at school ~*~
Sakura was clamly walking through the halls to get to her locker. Suddenly, Kirina Yuzuriha, a semi-friend of hers, stopped her. "Sakura-chan! Is it true?" She asked exitedly. "What's true, Yuzuriha?" Sakura replied in a very tired fashion. "I've seen Kurama-kun from our class walking you home three times last week. Is it true that you're going out?" She asked again, very excitedly. "NANI!?!?!?!?" Sakura gasped. Just then, someone came to her rescue.
"Iie, It's not true. I was just helping Sakura-chan feel at home, since she just moved here. And I was helping her get used to being in Tokyo," Kurama answered. Sakura was getting a bit pink, so she excused herself and went to her locker. Yuzuriha took that as an excuse to start flirting like mad around Kurama. If he wasn't taken, he would be. By her.
Sakura was busy getting her books out of her locker, and then she hurriedly went to her next class, before any other people she knew started talking about her.
~*~ At lunch ~*~
Sakura was sitting with the group of girls that she normally sat at. They were busy chattering away. Then, their conversation went to, of course, her and Kurama.
"So, like, Sakura-chan, are you sure that you aren't going out with Kurama-kun? I mean, even if it weren't true, I'd still say so. I mean, he's the cutest guy in our class, maybe even the school!" Tsuki Kirameki gushed.
"Yeah, I was talking to them this morning and Kurama himself said that they weren't going out. He even talked to me!" Yuzuriha added. All of the girls got those 'aww' eyes and stuff, except Sakura. She was staring at her salad like it was the most interesting thing in the world.
"So, Sakura, why did you say no? It's obvious that he likes you," Kirameki said again. "He's constantly around you." "I'm sure he doesn't," Sakura said, blushing a little. "I just think he was being kind to me. He has been a little like a mysterious stalker, though," She added, then she mentally bashed herself for saying that.
"But, Sakura-chan, it's so romantic!" Yuzuriha said, and all of the girls went into 'aww' mode again. They resumed their conversation about short times when Kurama had spoken to them (the highlight of their lives, no doubt).
~*~ At lunch (Kurama) ~*~
"So, what's the deal with you and Sakura?" Akitaka Takeru asked. He was a shy student, but he was interested in this. "There is no deal. Nothing is happening," Kurama answered calmly. He knew this would happen sooner or later. " Riiight," Ryuzo drawled. "That's what they all say." The guys cracked up at this, and Kurama just hurriedly finished his lunch.
~*~ At Kurama's house ~*~
Kurama was quietly concentrating on his schoolwork. He didn't want to come in second again, and his kaasan got very proud of him when he did well in school. He had left his window open, because it was a clear September night, and the stars were beautiful.
"So, Hiei, are you going to stand there all night?" Kurama asked the fire demon by sensing his prescence. "You normally just barge right in, with no manners at all."
"Hn," Hiei replied traditionally, but he seemed lost in thought, as if he had important thoughts inside his head. After all, anything Hiei thinks is important, is it not?
"Do you have something you want to say, Hiei?" Kurama asked.
" Hn. I want to know why you are around that girl, Sakura whats-her-name," Hiei said.
"Hmm..." Kurama sat back in his chair and thought for a while. He finally spoke. "I'll tell you. But first, I have a question for you. Do you like a challenge?"
"Hn. What do you think?" Hiei answered. "Do you think I like to fight idiots?"
"What I thought." Kurama sat back and closed his eyes. "Well... for starters, Everyone else at school that I know either worships me or is afraid of me. Sakura is the only one that treats me like a normal person... and sometimes even less,"
Hiei pondered what the kitsune said so far. "Hn," He replied.
"Also, on the first day of school that she attended, I didn't even talk to her. Everyone else surrounded her. But I sensed something. It was like sensing someone's youki, except that no one in my school that I know of has any spirit awareness whatsoever. It was quite powerful, and I naturally assumed it was coming from her. So, I was intrigued, and something inside me made me want to follow her. Maybe it was my youko side or something." Kurama looked away. He turned to where Hiei was sitting on his windowsill. But Hiei was gone, and the winds were rustling the branches of the trees.
~A/N~
So, minna, I decided to explain a lot in this chapter! ^_^ *biiig grin* I guess I'll continue this story for a while. I've got a lot planned, so there's more in store!
-Sakura Takanouchi