Over: We have a special guest today.
TD: Who?
Larry: Let me guess . . .
Sessy: …walks out…
TD: IT'S FLUFFY! … rushes to tackle him…
Over: …grabs her arm… Calm down, girl. I thought we agreed that he's mine.
TD: …pouts…
Drag: …edges away from him…
Over: So . . . Fluffy . . .
Sessy: It's Sesshomaru.
Over: Yeah. Yeah. Whatever.
Sessy: …glares…
Over: Are you planning on making an appearance in my fic?
Sessy: No.
TD: Ha ha! He hates you!
Drag: …laughs…
Larry: … rolls eyes…
Over: …holds up a remote… Fine. Be that way.
Sessy: …eyes widen…
TD: Hold on, Over. I'll tell ya what, Fluffy. Say the disclaimer, and she won't do it.
Sessy: . . .

Disclaimer:

Sessy: . . .
Over: …threatens to push little red button…
Sessy: Over doesn't own me.
Over: WHAT!
Sessy: It's the truth.
Over: …pushes the button…
Horde of Rabid Fan Girls: … rush in, grab Fluffy, and leave…
Over: …picks up Fluffy's fluffy and wraps it around shoulders… That should teach him.
TD: …blink…

"talking"

'thinking'

(telepathy)

Hikari winced as the medicine touched her wounded side. It was hard enough to pretend to be in serious condition, but having to put up with the torture of human medicine was going a little far. It took all her strength to keep from destroying the cursed stuff and setting the whole village on fire.

Of course, if she did do such a thing, all her efforts would've been wasted, and her bleeding leg and side would be her only reward. Well . . . that and the hanyou sitting in the corner would regain his suspicions and kill her on the spot . . . or just kill her on the spot, no questions asked.

The old miko took some bandages and wrapped her wound, causing another surge of wincing.

"Ye obviously have not been wounded often, child." Kaede washed her hands of the fresh blood.

"I guess not," Hikari said, doing her best to put on a warm smile. "The demons aren't nearly so ferocious where I come from. I've only been by myself for a few days. This place is rather strange to me."

"I'm sorry I doubted yer pure intentions earlier, child." Kaede wrapped some more bandages around her.

Hikari offered her a kind smile, while hearing the hanyou's similar thoughts. 'If I hadn't been so suspicious of her, she wouldn't've gotten hurt so badly.' The youkai almost smirked. The baka was wrapped in so much guilt that it was if that other miko had died or something. Of course, that might not have everything to do with just his earlier suspicions.

It was common knowledge that she was a temptress and a very skilled one at that. Men tended to steer clear of the forest she lived in, knowing that the woman somewhere within could give them everything they ever wanted then take it all away in an instant.

Of course, her skills worked best on youkai. Her scent dripped of sugar, and her beauty was considered to be unparalled, which was, of course, not true at all, seeing as her sister looked almost exactly the same except with different eyes and hair.

And then there were her incredible mind powers. She could force anyone to do whatever she wanted them to while also giving off an incredibly innocent and gentle demeanor.

It was only natural that this hanyou would feel quite a bit more guilt for being the direct cause of her suffering.

"What is this?" Kaede asked, raising her arm to examine the snake brand.

It took all of Hikari's will not to curse. "I . . . don't know. It just suddenly appeared when that youkai attacked me."

The old hag examined the brand from all angles. "Me thinks mayhap that demon placed a curse on ye."

The demoness heard Inuyasha's breath stop. Again, she bit back a huge smirk. Instead, she adopted an extremely worried look.

"Me thinks that ye should stay near me fer the days ahead, child. Ye might be in more danger if ye go off on yer own again."

Hikari nodded, the mock fear still plastered on her face.

Kasakia leaned her head on Hiei's shoulder, sighing. "This is getting a little exhausting. It's taking all my strength to keep from just running away and helping Hikari out."

Hiei just sat on the bench, allowing her to use him as a pillow. "Hn. It took all my strength to keep from shoving my katana down her throat."

This little comment immediately made the demoness's head shoot up. "You wouldn't!"

"If she wasn't your sister, she'd be dead at least a thousand times over by now."

Kasakia couldn't help but laugh a little. It was just their nature to be polar opposites.

The fire apparition gave her an annoyed glare. "She's going to drag out this easy steal as long as she possibly can."

"That's the way she is. She hates it when something's so easy that it's stupid. She's the one that loves a challenge, remember? She probably thinks that that hanyou's distrust is a challenge and'll make the best of it."

"She's the one that's stupid." Hiei mumbled, shoving his hands into his pockets, concealing his clenched fists that wanted to beat Hikari's smirking face to the ground.

Kasakia leaned her head on his shoulder again. "Ya know, she says the same things about you." She closed her eyes.

"Hn."

Kurama gazed at the couple on the other side of the street from his spot in the bushes; the girl, identified as Yugure, blinking at them beside him.

"So . . . that fire demon and the other girl aren't mates?" Yugure asked, trying to get a better view.

"Other girl?" Kurama gave the ninja a weird look. "Well . . . whoever this 'other girl' is, they can't possibly be mates. Kasakia and Hiei are engaged to be married."

The girl started muttering incoherent things about youkai pretending to be humans and using human customs instead of their own.

Kurama ignored her, lost in his own thoughts as he watched Kasakia start to drift off. 'She claims that neither of them want the engagement, but yet they're still so close . . .' It puzzled him to no end.

"So where the hell did that 'Hiei' guy take me anyway? There are fewer demons then at home. But a lot more possesions." She glared at Kurama. "I feel sorry for the human boy whose life you ruined."

Kurama, still ignoring her, stood up and walked away, leaving the girl to scramble to catch up with him.

'She's an interesting character . . .' Kurama thought, taking one more glance back at Kasakia. 'She's hiding more than we can ever know behind her apparent innocence.'

"So what's the deal with the other girl anyway?" Yugure caught up with his pace.

Kurama gave her an ever so slightly annoyed look. "Whose this 'other girl' you keep talking about?"

"Hell if I know who she is. She was just with that Hiei guy when I, uh, met them." It was obvious that she didn't want to point out that it was she who attacked them in the first place. "She looks a lot like that Kasakia girl."

'Like Kasakia? I wonder if she's talking about her sister . . .' "I don't know who she is. She's probably Kasakia's sister."

"Sister?" Yugure got a puzzled look as she stared at the ground.

"Of course, I've never met her face to face so I wouldn't know." Kurama got back to the fast food place and sat back at their table, Yugure doing the same.

He immediately reached for his fries, but found Yugure already munching happily on them. His countenance dropped into annoyance as he reached for his drink. "That was mine, you know."

"So?" The girl quickly finished off the box and snatched Kurama's burger. "This food is really good. What is it?"

"You've never had a hamburger before?" Kurama raised an eyebrow at her as ketchup splattered all over her face.

"Nope." she said through a mouthful of food, swallowing and taking another huge bite.

"Uh . . . huh . . ." Kurama decided it would probably be best not to stare, so he instead looked out the window at the distant couple, Kasakia now appearing to be asleep.

Inuyasha practically ran into Miroku as he exited the hut. He had just been shooed because Hikari needed to change, so it was obvious what the lecher was up to. "You stupid lech!" He punched him over the head, then continued on his way, muttering incoherent things.

The monk just laughed nervously and took back his spot by the door, peeking in as Hikari pulled off her dress. She was pretty bandaged up, all of her stomach and leg wrapped in blood stained guaze, but the view was still pretty good. A goofy smile crossed his face.

Kaede handed her some clothes, then stood to leave. Miroku quickly hid from view as she emerged, carrying Hikari's dress and a bowl of bloody water.

Before he had time to get back to his place by the door, Hikari emerged, now dressed in a full length, sky blue kimono with sakura blossoms dancing around her shoulder. It seemed that she didn't exactly like it as she was looking down at herself with a scowl on her face. He couldn't help but laugh at her.

"I take it you'd rather have your old dress back."

Hikari looked up at him, the scowl still in place. "And what exactly are you doing out here?"

"Who? Me?" Miroku gave her an innocent look. "Are you accusing me of doing something wrong?"

Hikari's eyes flashed. The monk was reliving the image of her from just a few minutes ago. She closed her eyes, a vein popping on her forehead.

Miroku laughed nervously, backing away from her ever so slowly, but before the demoness could make a move towards him, Inuyasha had leapt out of nowhere and punched the monk hard on the back of his head, knocking him unconscious.

"Stupid pervert," Inuyasha muttered, glancing up at the girl. She smiled at him, obviously amused by his antics.

"You didn't have to do that, ya know."

"Feh." He crossed his arms, not looking at her.

Smirking mentally, Hikari decided to test her newfound trust. "Do you know where Kagome's at?"

"She's gone back home," he said simply.

The demoness fought hard to keep any signs of anger from showing on her features. "Oh . . . I was hoping I could talk to her . . . but I guess it'll be awhile before I see her, huh?" Her voice sounded somewhat stiff, and the hanyou didn't fail to pick up on this.

"Are you in pain?"

Hikari sighed mentally in relief. She had been worried that he had grown suspicious again. "A little. I'll manage though." She put on a small smile to end his doubts.

"Alright." He pulled Miroku's limp body up by his collar. "I'll just go dispose of this baka." With that, he dragged him off out of sight.

Hikari let down her wall and cursed. "Chikusho! I can't believe I let her get away!" She went down on her knees and punched the ground, cracking it wide open. Growling, she stood, then marched off into the forest.

Over: ...prances around in Fluffy's fluffy...
TD: Are you gonna give that back to him?
Over: No. ...waves the fluffy around in a circle...
Larry: ...grabs it and wraps it around neck... Ha! It's my new scarf!
Over: Not this time! ...tackles her and starts fighting over the fluffy...
Drag: Uh . . . guys . . .
TD: ...blink... Why don't we just ignore them?
Drag: Good idea.
TD: I think . . . I'll go amuse myself with Cloud . . .
Cloud: ...slips and falls unconscious...
Drag: ...grabs Benji's car and runs him over...
TD: CLOUD!
Over: ...is choking Larry with the fluffy... What! Cloud! You're dead, Drag! ...wraps fluffy around shoulders and revs up semi...
TD: ...draws katana and gets in with Over...
Larry: ...unconscious...
Drag: ...driving away in Benji's car... Hey! Um . . . will you forgive me if I say the thank yous?
Over: ...thinks... Sure.
Drag: Thanks to sweet-girl8270 (Thank you! I hope this chappy brought for laughs!). I feel unloved . . .
Over: Alright. Wait. What am I saying? You just killed the absolute god of hotness! ... runs Drag over in semi, laughing evilly...
TD: ...jumps out of the semi, holding up the bloody spoon... DIE!
Over: Dude. He's avenged.
TD: ...pouts and hands back the spoon...
Over: Thank you. Now . . . ...starts choking Larry with the fluffy again...