I love this chapter because it is so funny!

Chapter 11: Meeting Mitsu

The next couple days, Sango seemed to hang around Kyoumi a lot more. Sango would sit on the end of Kyoumi's bed and sleep next to her a lot, and she would sometimes look out into space around Kyoumi. She scarcely went out without a good reason, and seemed to be thinking a lot while around Kyoumi.

Three days after Kyoumi woke up, Sango sat on the edge of her bed and looked at Kyoumi in the eyes, keeping them locked on.

"I have something to tell you," said Sango after a long silence of just staring.

"Is it why you've been willingly staying in this stuffy house? Because I swear, I'm about to puke from the smell of blood," Kyoumi answered, making a face that InuYasha would be proud of.

"Well, yes... I want to sympathize with you," Sango said, looking down at the floor.

Kyoumi's eyes widened and she wondered what exactly Sango meant.

"See, you aren't the only one who has lost family members. A while ago, I lived happily in a demon-slayer's village. But then we got summoned to a castle to destroy a demon. We did what we were told, but then we found out that the Lord of the castle was actually a demon, Naraku," Sango said, looking at anywhere but Kyoumi's face the whole time.

"I saw my brother being controlled by him, and Naraku made Kohaku kill everyone. Then Kohaku was killed, and I was almost too. I was buried alive.

"I was told that all of the villagers were killed... And Naraku made me believe that InuYasha was the one who destroyed the town, but InuYasha and the others actually buried everyone, and Naraku killed them," Sango said, not being able to talk for much longer.

"Naraku has taken over Kohaku's body, and controls him with a Jewel Shard. Kohaku can't remember anything," said Sango.

"I'm so sorry... That's terrible! Damn Naraku! We will get him... Don't worry," Kyoumi said, anger pulsing through her body. Her now purple eyes looked on fire, and she punched the bed with inhuman strength. Now there was a large hole in the bed that she sat in.

Sango looked at the hole in the bed and gave out a small laugh. "Well, it looks like you're feeling better. I bet if I ask Kagome, I can help you get dressed and you can go out for a while and get yourself cleaned off. You have a lot of dried blood on you."

Sango got up and walked outside and came back about five minutes later with Kagome who had even more herbs with her. Kyoumi had started to hate herbs so much that she almost got sick seeing them.

"Let me just see a couple of your wounds and then I can see if you're ready," said Kagome as she lifted a couple bandages on Kyoumi's arm.

She looked at the wound and it seemed to be only a scab left, having healed extra fast because of the herbs and the demon blood in Kyoumi. Kagome lifted part of the bandage on her stomach and it still wasn't healed as much as she'd like it to be, but Kagome smiled and said, "You can go. But stay in the area. We don't know what will happen."

Kagome and Sango helped Kyoumi get into her kimono, but no matter what, Kyoumi wanted to get out of this house. The smell was terrible.

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Kyoumi walked outside and breathed in the fresh air. She smiled a little bit and started to walk towards the nearby river. In her hands was a thin towel, in case she wanted to take a bath up river in the forest. She was really thirsty for some good water. And she needed to clean herself off.

Kyoumi neared the water and noticed that people kept giving her sideways glances. She glared at them, but she still remained happy to have gotten out of the house.

Once she got the the water she put her hands in and washed her face off a bit, and saw bits of blood from her face go into the water. Kyoumi looked into the water to look at her reflection, but saw someone else staring at her. She had purple eyes and black scruffy ears similar to InuYasha's on top of her head. Her teeth were sharper, and she had very sharp claws. What was most surprising was that her green kimono had changed to purple.

"This is what Naraku meant... I'm a youkai now. There's no changing that," Kyoumi said to herself.

She sighed and started to walk upriver, her happy feeling almost gone now. She glared and growled at almost anyone she met along the way, and suddenly had a mood that could rival InuYasha's.

Once upriver and away from any prying eyes, she stripped of her clothing and jumped into the river. The only bandages still on her were on her stomach, and the blood stained on them became a little less red and more pink. Kyoumi went under the water and swam for a bit, and then went towards the side of the river to try and get back on land.

Kyoumi heard something in the forest and looked at the bushes. She heard something rustle behind them.

Kyoumi headed under the water and grabbed a rock about the size of her fist. She surfaced and threw the rock at the bushes, making them say, "Ow!"

"Who's there?" Kyoumi said, angry now.

A young man with bright blue eyes and shoulder-length black hair pulled back into a ponytail. He had a longer nose and he was fairly tall for a guy, about 6 and a half feet, and he had a red and black kimono on. His shoes were normal for this time, but he had two swords on his belt. But what was weird about him was that his ears were pointed.

"AH!" yelled Kyoumi as she turned around. She blushed furiously and swam a little bit towards the middle of the river, trying to get away from the bank on which the man was on.

"Sorry, miss," he said turning to face the other direction. I promise I won't look back if you can get out of the water and get your clothes on.

Kyoumi turned to look at him and swam to the bank of the river, and pulled herself up. She wrapped herself with a towel and started to get her kimono back on, but it was hard when she was so angry.

"OK, I'm done," Kyoumi said as she finished putting her kimono, still as red as ever.

"Sorry, about that. I didn't mean to see you," said the man, blushing also.

Kyoumi looked angry and started to walk towards the village.

"Why do you have those bandages around your waist?" asked the man.

"Naraku. Is there anything else you saw that you want to ask?" Kyoumi said, her anger rising.

"Well, I saw your tail."

"WHAT!" Kyoumi turned to look at the back of her pants and saw a lump in them. How did I miss a TAIL! thought Kyoumi as she ripped a hole in the back of her pants so she could see the tail. Kyoumi pulled it out and saw that it was black like her hair, but it was still a little bit wet from her bath.

"Great. This day couldn't be any better!" Kyoumi said sarcastically as she dropped her tail and started to walk towards the village.

"In case you wanted to know, my name is Mitsu," he said, looking down at her.

"Sure, I wanted to know the name of the person who saw me naked," Kyoumi said angrily.

"Can you tell me your name?" Mitsu asked.

"Oh, right, I'm Kyoumi," she said, still scowling.

Kyoumi walked through the village ignoring the looks she got by passing by. Her new tail dried off soon enough, and once it was dry she had made it to Kaede's house. She stalked in, making people turn their heads when she got in.

"What's with you?" asked InuYasha.

"I have a tail! A tail!" Kyoumi said as she stopped in the middle of the room.

"Yeah, so?"

"Shut up."

"Who's that?" asked Miroku as he picked at some fish he was eating.

Kyoumi turned around and let out a small scream.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE!" yelled Kyoumi as she tried not to punch Mitsu.

"I followed you here," he answered.

"You followed me! Why the hell did you do that?"

"You never said I couldn't."

"AGH!" Kyoumi walked over to the fire and sat down next to InuYasha.

He looked at the tail and touched it and said, "I like your tail."

"Shut up," growled Kyoumi.

"So, who are you?" Sango asked Mitsu.

"I'm Mitsu," he said, bowing slightly.

"How do you know Kyoumi?" Miroku asked.

"I saw her bathing," he answered.

Kyoumi glared into the fire and turned beet red as everyone turned to look at her.

Kyoumi sniffed the air and then looked at Mitsu. "Wait a second! You're a youkai!" exclaimed Kyoumi.

"You just figured that out now?" Mitsu asked, looking at her with a raised eyebrow.

"Well it's hard to smell in the water!" yelled Kyoumi.

"Do you want to have some dinner with us, Mitsu?" Kagome asked pleasantly.

Kyoumi glared at Kagome, but Mitsu walked over to the fire and sat down.

Everyone but Kyoumi had a nice time at dinner. Kyoumi was still angry.

That chapter makes even me laugh, and I wrote it. I hope it made you laugh too... Now, who is this strange Mitsu person and what does he want? Is he evil? Or good? You'll just have to wait and find out!