Disclaimer. If I really owned Inuyasha, why the hell would I be writing fanfictions! Sigh Life is so unfair to us fans! I do not own Greenday's She's a Rebel or Avril Lavigne's Complicated. Kami, if I owned any of the above three I wouldn't be sitting in my room in Alaska bored out of my mind hating the fact that I'm going to a new school!
Sarist walked back to the campsite with Sesshomaru, both sopping wet but happy though Sesshomaru was back to his role of Ice Prince and Lord of the Fluff. Sarist had to swear to Kami that she wouldn't tell anyone about what had happened before he agreed to go back, much to Yasu's disappointment. She had really wanted to see the others expressions when they found out they had pushed each other into the water. She badgered Sarist all the way to the camp, and as soon as they walked into the clearing Inuyasha was on his feet and right in front of her.
"Why did you leave without telling me?" He demanded as he grabbed her wrists and giving her a short but hard shake. "And why the hell are you wet?" Sarist managed to get out of his grip as she glared at him.
"I was getting cleaned up and I accidentally tripped and fell in the stream. It's not that big of a deal." She walked away and took off the wet haori she was wearing and hung it up to dry on a low branch. She could clearly hear Inuyasha taunting Sesshomaru about getting wet then followed by a loud thud as Inuyasha landed face first in the dirt at Sesshomaru's feet. Sarist couldn't help but grin when she heard a long stream of muffled curses. She turned around and saw Inuyasha prying his face from his likeness in the dirt and start shooting daggers at Kagome's back. Sesshomaru had resettled himself at the base of the tree she saw him at earlier with a smirk.
Sarist sighed. At least things are semi back to normal. She walked over to the fire and sat down next to Kagome as she and Inuyasha started arguing. Sango and Miroku watched with interest, no doubt betting on who'll win the fight this time.
"I'm allowed to annoy my brother! You do the same with Souta sometimes!" Inuyasha pointed out angrily. Kagome rolled her eyes.
"I don't taunt him every chance I get, and plus he's not my older brother who is the Lord of the West and I don't try and kill him on sight." Inuyasha growled and crossed his arms.
"So? I don't get an opportunity like this everyday!" Sarist sighed.
They're not going to stop any time soon.
Apparently not. Maybe you should tell them about Sesshomaru pushing you into the stream…? Yasu hinted hopefully.
No! I swore to my brother that I wouldn't and I'm going to keep that promise. Besides, if I told I wouldn't get to use the great idea I just got! Sarist grabbed a random stick from the pile of firewood right next to her and whistled to get Inuyasha's attention.
"Here boy! Fetch!" Sarist threw the stick as far into the trees she could and watched as her brother shot off into the woods after the stick. Everyone except for Jaken, Sesshomaru, and the sleeping kids laughed but abruptly stopped when Inuyasha stormed back into the clearing. They all turned their attention to the fascinating fire in front of them as he walked up behind them. Sarist could feel Inuyasha's eyes burn into her back as she looked into the fire and bit her bottom lip to keep from bursting with laughter.
"Sarist?" Sarist turned to face her angry brother.
"Yes, Inuyasha?" She asked with innocence as she turned to face her brother. His face was red with anger and, possibly, embarrassment. But that didn't change the fact that he looked like he would kill her then and there.
"Is this yours?" He held out the stick she had just thrown. Sarist looked at it a moment, then shook her head while keeping a straight face.
"No, I've never seen it before. By the way, why'd you run into the woods?" Sarists managed to ask with such an innocent look that she could've assassinated all of the world leaders and have their bodies behind her and no one would be able to believe that she had done it. Inuyasha's face slowly returned to normal as he glared down at her, but eventually he just threw the stick in the fire and walked back to his spot on the other side of the fire so he could keep an eye on Sarist and Sesshomaru.
"Sarist, what happened to you this afternoon that sent you on another killing spree?" Sango asked after a moment. Sarist looked at her in surprise, and then she shivered and hugged her knees against her chest as she moved closer to the fire.
"It wasn't me. It was Naraku controlling my body. I don't know what he did, but one moment I was standing in front of him and throwing every insult and comeback that came to mind when he stabbed me in the back of the neck, then the next I'm floating in a black void with youkai coming after me and not being able to move." She stopped and shivered again, this time in fear from the memory. "I tried for a long time to move, but… I just let myself stay like I was and wait for what ever would happen to me. Then… He came. He grabbed me and said that my brothers wouldn't help me. That they wouldn't bother themselves to look for me…" Sarist looked up from the fire to look to both of her brothers in turn. Inuyasha was sitting on his feet with his hands on the ground in front of him so he wouldn't go tumbling into the fire while Sesshomaru just leaned against the tree looking at more trees in front of him. Sarist sighed and placed her chin on her knees and trained her eyes on the fire in front of her.
"I managed to break away from him and I ran. Then suddenly a powerful blast knocked me back and I was pulled into an embrace by…"Sarist's amber eyes flickered in the firelight as her eyes filled by tears. "Father saved me and filled the empty spots in my life story. Then he saved back when the collar activated." She fingered her gem as silent tears raced down her cheeks. She buried the lower half of her face down below her knees so no one could see the tears.
Kagome looked worriedly at Sarist, and then cast a glance at Inuyasha. His eyes seemed to be ablaze with fury at the thought of what Naraku had did to his little sister. Looking at Sesshomaru, it's hard to tell weather he was listening or thinking of the 50 best ways to steal Tetsuiga while they slept.
Sarist stood up and walked over to the branch her haori was drying on and took it off before jumping up and disappearing into the canopy of leaves. She went a few trees away and sat on one of the branches so that she could have a clear view of the stars above. She spent the majority of the next few hours tracing patterns in the sky and thinking about her father. She huddled under the silk haori and drifted into a fitful sleep a few hours before dawn.
Sarist sat at the window, watching the rain fall while the tutor Otou had got her droned on in the front of the room that had been set aside for Sarist's education. Frankly, Sarist would rather be like her older brother Sesshomaru and wander the lands with no duties, no studies, and no ladies-in-waiting that almost went into a blood rage when she ripped her kimonos. Kami, it wasn't her fault that silk was so damn delicate!
"Lady Tsukiko!" Sarist jumped to attention when the tutor snapped at her.
"Yes?" She asked politely as she folded her hands in front of her and head held high. The man in front of her narrowed his eyes and glared at her. His beady little eyes looked into her golden ones and they flashed angrily.
"Lady Tsukiko, just because you're the daughter of the great dog demon doesn't give you the right to doze off in these studies." Sarist glared at the old man in front of her who was about and inch taller then her and was supposed to be a wise old dog demon. He reminded her more of a piece of fruit left in the sun to long. His face was dominated in wrinkles and his beady little eyes made most unnerved by his blank stare. He usually didn't show emotions unless he was very irritated or very worked up in some new discovery.
"For your information, I was not dozing off. And I really don't see the point in learning about all of the stupid dynasties of the land. They are dead and we are here now. Let the past be the past and let us live our lives the way that Kami intended instead of dwelling on the past all of our lives." Sarist stood and started walking towards the door.
"Where do you think your going?" The old inu asked as he waddled towards the door to stop the young Lady. Sarist looked at him with irritation.
"I am going to my rooms. If you don't like it, I suggest that you try and stop me so I have an excuse to tie you up and lock you in here. I doubt father would appreciate blood on all of the books if I killed you." Sarist said with disappointment as she left the room and let her threat sink into the old youkai's brain. She walked quickly past some servants that bowed to her as she pasted, but she ignored them all. As soon as she reached her rooms she closed the door and locked it so no one could enter.
She changed out of the red silk kimono she was wearing and replaced them with a pair of village boy hakamas and a white haori that was made of tennyo hair. She tied her hair in a high pony tail with a piece of leather she had found and changed into a pair of boots she had concealed under her futon. Grabbing a dagger from the table beside her futon, she jumped out of the window and took off running into the woods. Hopefully her father would be too preoccupied in some meeting in the east wing to notice she was gone…
Sarist reached the edge of the forest in a matter of minutes and sniffed the air. There was a village nearby, and she decided to head in that direction. She muttered a concealment spell to cover her ears, hair, and markings so none of the humans would know that she was the daughter of their lord. She briskly walked out of the woods and saw the buildings of the village and smiled. She hadn't been out here in a while. Hopefully no one would notice her long absence.
She entered the village and some of the villagers looked up at her before returning to their work. She was just an ordinary girl that liked to wear boy's clothes and had a fancy haori. Other then that, she wasn't anything special.
A group of children ran up to her, yelling and screaming and laughing all at once as they pounced on her.
"Sari! Sari!" They cried as they piled on top of the helpless girl. Sarist could help but laugh as she tried to get out from under the mountain of children.
"Yes, I'm back! I'm sorry, I just got back from an adventure and it's especially good this time!" she said. Every time she came to the village, she told stories of her 'adventures' that she would go out on then return to village and tell the younger children. They had an idea that she was a powerful priestess or great young solider girl that would fight demons and rescue lords of other lands and ladies in distress from monsters. She didn't want to hurt their feelings and tell them they were wrong, so she would play along and make up adventures while she was 'listening' to the dim witted tutors she had. It gave her something to look forward to when she came to the village.
"Come on, let's go and sit around the tree so I can tell you my adventure!" Two little girls latched onto her hands as she led them to the tree near the center of the village. The children kept yelling at other children that she was back and soon almost all of the children in the village sat around her. There were only about 20 of them, but it was still a lot.
"I had been on my way back to my little house in the woods after I had left you all when I was stopped by many men in great black and red armor. They looked like shadows of crimson light with all that black and red on, I almost thought that one was doing exactly what I was! They had drawn large spears with handles as black as your hair," She played with a piece of pitch black hair from a little girl in front of her and tickled her under the nose with it, making her giggle. "And points of silver that glistened in the sunlight so much that I thought that a star was attached to each of the poles. They pointed their spear heads at me and said 'You are to come with us!'" Sarist said this in a gruff voice, resembling a mans voice as much as she could.
"Were you scared?" A girl with stormy blue eyes asked from the back of the group.
"Of course she wasn't! She's the Amazing Sari!" A boy from the far right defended. Sarist couldn't help but smile.
"I was afraid a bit. Never in all of my life had I seen such evil looking things, but I decided to go along with them so I would have an adventure to tell you." Most of the children gasped in shock at her revelation.
"Why would you do that for us!" A young boy about 5 human years asked. Sarist couldn't help but smile.
"Because you are my family," She said as she rubbed his head, making his hair messier then it already was. "Plus, I'm the amazing Sari, I like taking risks and looking danger in the eye." She said proudly.
"To continue the story, I was taken to an amazing castle in the farthest reaches of the land towards the west. It was a made of beautiful white stone called marble and shone like the moon as the sun set and landed into the grand house behind the great castle where the sun would rest and regain its shine for the day to come." Many of the children's mouths hung open as she described the castle and how she had watched the sun plump down on a large pillow and turn itself out and how the castle rumbled as the sun snored. Obviously there wasn't a large pillow that was in a large house so the sun could sleep. She just made it up to add some spice to her story.
"Finally, I was taken to a great room with many demons seated on high benches that would take four of me to be able to see over. They wore all colors of the rainbow and it felt like I was in a dream, but the grandest of all was Lord Inutaisho, the greatest dog demon of all time and Lord of the West."
"Inutaisho isn't real!" A boy about 11, about a year younger then how she looked, yelled out. Sarist felt her inner beast fight her restraints as the boy said his declaration. Her concealment spell dropped for a moment before Sarist managed to get it back up.
"Sari?" A little girl with brown hair and bright green eyes asked suddenly.
"Yes?"
"Why did your hair turn white just then?" Sarist silently cursed.
"It didn't turn white. You probably just saw the light reflect off my hair and it seemed to turn white." The girl gave her a confused look.
"Eh?"
"Never mind, anyway, Lord Inutaisho looked down at me and requested me to train his daughter, the Lady Tsukiko, in the ways of battle. Naturally, I was surprised that he had asked me. He had many great generals and proud soldiers that could teach her, yet he wanted me to. I didn't know what to say, so I just agreed. I was led out of the great room and across the great castle to a room with a futon, a dresser, and table with a window. I didn't know what I was supposed to do till I met Tsukiko, but before I could decide, a girl who looked almost exactly like me walked into the room."
"Who was she?" a child asked. Sarist smiled and leaned forward as if she was telling a great secret.
"It was Tsukiko herself." She said so they could all hear, but it was like she whispered in each of their ears. They children gasped. Sarist leaned back in satisfaction as she could hear "Tsukiko…" muttered through out the group.
"She was beautiful." She continued back to her normal volume. "She was covered in silks and her hair was elegantly swept up in a bun with a long braid hanging down her back. Her face was like pale cream and hair whiter then snow. Her eyes were like gold and a purple line graced each cheek." She used her finger and traced where the mark would normally be on her own face. "She also had a mark like a crescent moon on her forehead that showed she was the daughter of Inutaisho. She examined me with her eyes, and I examined her. Soon, we were seated on the futon and talking happily about my adventures. She said how she wanted to be like her older brother, Lord Sesshomaru, who wandered the land without worries and studies and no pesky kimonos to rip when she wanted to run." Some of the children snickered at her comment.
"I told her about how I would go on adventures then come here and share them with you. She said that she wanted to come here someday and meet you all!" Most of the little girls smiled at each other at the thought of someone powerful coming to see them. She saw some of the older boys lick their hands and try to slick it back to make themselves, in their opinion, handsome.
"We got along great and I taught her how to sword fight and—," Sarist heard many feet coming towards them and looked up to see a bunch of guards from the castle coming across the fields to the village. Her mouth dropped open as they moved with demonic speed.
"Shit…" She leaned towards the children in front of them. "Go back to your homes and your parents. Do not leave until they say its ok!" She jumped up and started to go in the opposite direction of the advancing soldiers but stopped when she saw more coming in the other direction too.
'Kami must hate me!' She turned and ran between two huts and took off towards the woods, praying they wouldn't see her.
"You there, stop!" Sarist stopped and didn't bother turning. He felt a rough hand on her shoulder and was whirled around to face one of the soldiers.
"What do you want?" She spat, trying to act like a village girl. She kept her face down so he couldn't get a clear view.
"No one's leaving that village till we do a search." Sarist cursed under her breath. One of her ladies in waiting must have unlocked the door after they were informed that she had left the tutor with a threat. Damnit it all!
"I don't live here, and I need to return to my grandmother. She's sick and I need to be there to help her." She said quietly, making sound like she was about to cry.
"No exceptions. Come along." The solider started pulling her towards the village, but she pulled away and started running again. She put on a small amount of demonic speed that was so small that it was barely felt, but two hands grabbed her shoulders again and spun her around so she was facing a very angry guard.
"You're coming with us by the order of the Lord of the West!" He said angrily as he started dragging her back to the village. Sarist reached into her sleeve and produced her dagger and slashed at the exposed skin on his bicep. He let out a yell and glared at the girl
"You'll pay dearly if you dare touch me again!" She hissed angrily. She barely managed to keep her youkai from incinerating the guard who dared touch her before a sharp pain hit her cheek and sent her flying to the side. A kick connected to her shoulder and more blows were applying themselves to her body. After about three minutes of torture, she was dragged up by her now loose hair to face the angry solider.
"Your pretty, you know that?" He said as he punched her in her soft cheek. She felt blood ooze out of her mouth, but she ignored it and the pain and struggled to keep the concealment spell up. "I think I'll keep you for later enjoyment." It was at that moment that she lost control of her aura, scent, and youkai. Her youkai destroyed the former guard in seconds, making his death to fast for her tastes. The second guard starred at where his companion stood moments earlier, then at her with anger.
"Why you little---!" He raised the end of his spear to hit her but in a blur of black he was being held by the throat by Inutaisho himself.
"Touch my daughter again and you'll die." He hissed. The soldier's eyes opened in shock as he noted the angry taiyoukai and nodded weakly. The guard was dropped and he scrambled away fast, thanking Kami with all fibers of his body that he was alive. Sarist meanwhile laid on the soft grass, her muscles to swollen and battered to move. She watched as her father walked over to her and lifted her up in his arms, making her wince in pain as her weight pressed down on her swollen back and shoulders. Inutaisho's eyes looked down at his daughter in worry.
"Drop your concealment spell. We'll head back to the castle and you don't need it sucking your energy that you need to heal." Sarist managed to whimper and nod as she dropped the spell and closed her eyes.
"Otou, I'm sorry… I shouldn't have left." She was bracing herself for a long lecture and list of all the things she had to do once she was healed, but that wasn't what she got.
"You're forgiven." Sarist's eyes looked up in surprise as she broke into a weak smile and nuzzled up closer to her fathers chest.
"Thank you, Otou-sama…"
Sarist felt something tugging on the sleeve of her haori as she opened her eyes slowly and yawned as she tried to fall asleep again.
"Sari…" A small voice called as her sleeve was pulled harder.
Sarist just grunted and covered her eyes with the arm that wasn't being pulled.
"Sari-chan…" Another voice chimed in. The half awake girl grunted again and tried to pull her arm away from the pulling.
"Sarist!" Sarist groaned angrily.
"Go away! I'm tired and I want to sleep!" She complained as she pulled the silk haori over her face and turned on the wide branch so the rising sun wasn't on her face. She heard foot steps coming towards her and stopped.
"She won't wake?" Another voice asked. There was silence for a minute and the footsteps moved. Suddenly something hit her shoulders and she was pushed forward and rolled off the branch. Her eyes shot open and she barely managed to get her back to the ground and brace herself for impact. Instead of hard ground, something soft wrapped around her exposed stomach and pulled her into a strong chest. She looked up and saw Sesshomaru holding her to his chest like a doll and his tail was wrapped protectivly around her.
"Acting foolish like always, I see." He said without looking at her. She turned and saw Inuyasha glaring at Sesshomaru while Rin and Shippo looked at them with wide eyes.
"I was just playing with the girl and Shippo." He defended. Sarist held her gem in her hand as she felt the growing tension.
"Were you planning to catch our sister?" Sesshomaru questioned as his tail tightened around her stomach, making her gasp a bit. Inuyasha's face was tainted with red as he looked at Sarist and eyed the tail slowly tightening tail.
"Sesshomaru…!" She gasped as she was pressed harder against his chest to the point where her lungs were being crushed. "Can't---," She couldn't finish because of her lack of oxygen to her small lungs. Sesshomaru looked down at her and her pale face and loosened his tail and stopped pressing her against his chest. She finally gasped and filled her lungs with beautiful air. She turned back to Inuyasha and saw him smirking.
"I see that you are blind to her needs also." Sarist felt anger growing inside her as she tried to push Sesshomaru away from her, resulting in her falling out of her brother's grasp and falling on her bottom.
"Inuyasha! Sesshomaru! I'm not going to be used as an excuse for you two to fight!" She said as she picked herself up off the ground and brushed herself off. "Honestly! You two act like pups most of the time! Kami, Shippo is more mature then you two!" She turned and glared at the two brothers before turning and heading back to the clearing, leaving two dumbstruck brothers and two very frightened children.
"Wow… She's scarier as Kagome sometimes." Shippo said, hugging Rin in fright. Sesshomaru was a bit disturbed as he looked at the spot where Sarist had disappeared into the trees. Inuyasha just nodded dumbly at Shippo's comment.
"If she was like that because we were fighting over her, I'd hate to see what she did to someone who would insult her." Inuyasha said with a shudder.
Sarist calmly walked into the camp and smiled when she saw Kagome holding a cup of fresh made ramen. Sango sat next to her with a pair of chopsticks while she waited for Kagome to hand her some ramen.
"Good morning!" Sarists said as she knelt next to Kagome and helped her pour the water into the cups. Kagome smiled at her as she held the cups steady.
"Morning, Sar. Where did you go this morning? You weren't here when we woke up." Kagome commented. Sarist just shrugged.
"I left when everyone fell asleep. I just wanted some alone time." Kagome passed a cup of ramen to Sango and set the rest she was holding on the ground to the noodles could soften. Sarist replaced the kettle of water on the hot rock next to the fire and grabbed the cup nearest to her. She could hear pounding feet coming nearer and nearer to the camp.
"Kagome, I suggest you grab two cups of ramen right now." Sarist said as she grabbed one of the other cups. Kagome looked at her, but complied and just in time. Inuyasha ran into the clearing and grabbed one of the cups and started gulping it down with any chopsticks while he skidded to a stop. What he failed to notice was the water was still boiling and the noodles were still hard.
"Inu…Yasha…?" Kagome asked worriedly as he bit down on the rock of noodles. His face slowly turned red as a loud crunch was heard while his jaws snapped together.
"Brother…?" Sarist asked nervously. She placed the cup-o-noodles on the ground, stood, and walked to Inuyasha with slow steps. Suddenly, he turned his face away from her and spat all of the noodles and scalding water out of his mouth in one large splash. Sarist tried to stifle a laugh as more uncooked noodles shot out like bullets out of his mouth.
"You should've waited for us to say it was ok, baka." Sarist teased as she gently took away his ramen and walked back to her spot. She sat down and placed her brother's noodles on the ground and waited for the others to return.
"I'm no baka!" Inuyasha said angrily as he crossed his arms and glared at her. Sarist sighed and poked at one of the cups with her chopsticks.
"Your say." She muttered. Inuyasha glared at her but didn't reply as he sat down to sulk. Kagome glanced at Inuyasha, and then Sarist before looking to Sango. Sango looked back at Kagome and just shrugged before stirring her noodles.
"So…" Kagome said a bit uncomfortably as she watched the two siblings ignore each other. "Um… Sar, I'm heading back to my era for a few days. I was wondering if you would want to come with me. It'd be a nice break from…Everything…" The black haired girl stopped and started to wonder what had come over her to add the last part. Sarist just looked up and nodded with a blank look. Her eyes showed that she was grateful, but the rest of her face sure didn't. It was like she was transforming into a miniature female Sesshomaru!
That's a scary thought! Kagome thought with a shudder.
Sarist felt Sesshomaru's prodding eyes as she helped Kagome pack her bag so they could return to her era while Sesshomaru just starred at the back of her head, and it was starting to get on her nerves.
"You do know that you can do better things with your time besides making a permanent hole in the back of my head." Sarist commented without looking up.
"This Sesshomaru does not understand your desire to go to place full of humans." He said, never changing his gaze from the invisible target on the back of her head. "And with her."
"Kagome's my best friend!" Sarist said angrily as she turned to face him, her eyes bursting with flames. "And you better not insult her or any of my other friends, brother." Sarist emphasized on brother to get her threat through the thick skull of his as she stood up with Kagome and shot her oldest brother a death glare.
"Besides, you were never there for me when I was growing up with Otou, so butt out and leave me alone." She then turned to the Kitsune and little girl beside her. "I'll be back in a couple of days. I promise I'll bring you guys something back. Alright?" The two children nodded meekly and then threw themselves at her and had a death grip on her sleeves. She was taken by surprise as she was knocked back. She couldn't help but laugh as she hugged them back.
"Be sure to be good for Jaken." She said to them. She then leaned in closer to them. "I think he likes pink flowers the most." She whispered. The two children grinned and took off in search of a patch of flowers. Sarist stood up and brushed off her hakamas and looked towards her still sulking second brother who was leaning against a tree, a scowl plastered on his face and arms crossed.
"Inuyasha, don't just sulk all day because of the 'incident' this morning. Keep an eye on Shippo and Rin. If you hurt Shippo, I'll ask Kagome to sit you so many times that you'll reach hell before she's done. Then it'd be my turn." Sarist threatened while her eyes narrowed. She then turned back to Kagome with a cheerful expression.
"Let's go," Kagome nodded dumbly as she watched Sarist pass her and disappear into the trees before she turned back to a frightened Inuyasha.
"Don't worry Inuyasha, I'm sure she's just joking around!" Hopefully…
The two girls walked for about an hour before they finally reached the well. Kagome climbed onto the lip of the well and her head to face Sarist.
"Ready?" Sarist nodded. Kagome turned her head back to the well and jumped in. A blue light devoured her and Sarist looked behind her to the woods. She couldn't help but shake the feeling that someone was watching her…
Snap out of it Sari! No ones following you. She said to herself as she gave herself a mental slap on the face. She turned her attention back to the well and jumped in quickly before anymore thoughts could try and stop her. She failed to see the white figure in the trees watching as a blue light engulfed the hanyou girl and disappeared into the reaches of time.
Sarist fell down through the well and narrowly missed landing on Kagome.
"Oops, sorry Kagome." Sarist said apologetically as she back up. Kagome just smiled.
"It's ok. Can you give me a ride up?" She asked. The hanyou nodded and felt Kagome's hand grip her sleeve and the other on her elbow. Sarist gently wrapped her hand around Kagome's wrist and jumped out of the well with ease. They walked out of the well house and were met with the strong scent of pollution and car exhaust which made Sarist gag a bit.
"If I ever live to reach this era, I'm sure I'll die within a month!" This made Kagome laugh as they headed towards the house. They were about to enter the house when Sarist grabbed her wrist to stop her before she could touch the door.
"Someone not in your family is in there, and it reeks of anger and irritation." She whispered. Kagome gave her a confused look as the younger girl pressed one of her dog ears against the door to hear what was being said better.
"…sure that the girl is alright? Her burns were severe and they need more care then they could've gotten from an ambulance alone." A man's voice said. His voice sounded a little excited, but no human could've heard it. Sarist barely noticed it.
"I have told you, she left the night of the fire with my daughter to see her own doctor back at her home. She is not here and does not need you to check on her! Now please leave my home before I am forced to call the police to remove you." A very irritated female voice that could only belong to Kagome's mother ordered angrily.
"But Mrs. Higurashi, I'm just concerned for the well fare of your foreign responsibility." The man asked with fake innocence. Sarist scowled as her cheek pressed harder against the off white stucco wall.
Who the hell is this guy?
Obviously a smart ass to think that he could fool anyone with that tone.
Heh, no kidding. I think he's talking about my burns. What do you think, Yori?
…
Sarist's eyes flashed confusion before she heard shouting and realized she missed some of the conversation from inside the house.
"…GET OUT OF MY HOUSE THIS INSTANT!" Kagome's mother yelled. Sarist winced in pain as the shout reached her ears. Why do people have to be so loud? The ringing in her ears subsided and she heard heavy footsteps heading towards them. Her eyes widened in shock as she pulled her face away from the wall and grabbed Kagome's wrist.
"Come on!" She whispered and she started to drag a surprised Kagome to a large collection of boxes behind the corner of the house. She pulled Kagome behind the boxes and knelt down behind the boxes in time to see a man of 50 human years walk out of the house. He was wearing a grey jacket with black pants and a white shirt. He had a dark grey hat in his hand and Sarist was trying to figure out why anyone would need a hat on a beautiful day like this. Suddenly she was slightly blinded by a gleam on his head. Then it hit her.
"That man has no hair!" She muttered in amusement. Kagome stifled a giggle when they saw the man take a comb out of his pocket and brush some hair over his bald top.
"Like that's going to help." Kagome muttered as she looked out between the boxes. The man finished brushing what hair he could over his bald spot and placed his hat on his head and started walking to the stairs and gate out of the shrine. Once he was out of sight, the two girls stood up and walked into the house. Sarist slid the door close as Kagome slipped off her shoes.
"Mom, I'm home!" Kagome called nervously as she moved to the kitchen. Sarist slipped off her black boots and followed after Kagome.
"Oh, Kagome! Welcome home! I'm in the living room!" Kagome glanced at Sarist over her shoulder before walking towards the living room. When they entered they saw Kagome's mother sitting on the couch and putting on a fairly obvious forced smile.
"Hello, girls. When did you get back?" She asked with strained happiness. Sarist's ears twitched a bit when she heard it.
"Um… about 10 minutes ago." Kagome said nervously as she took a seat beside her mother. "Mom, who was that man that came here?" Sarist leaned against the wall and crossed her arms against her chest as she watched Mama Higurashi's face go pale.
"M-man? He…He…" Sarist felt the older woman's stress and knew she was struggling for an answer.
"He was after me." She said as she looked at the non changing floor. It felt rough and uncomfortable under her feet as she felt the Kagome's shocked eyes shift their gaze from the girl against the wall and back to her mother.
"Mom, why is he after Sari?" Sarist looked up from the floor to see the woman shaking her head with her eyes closed, indicating that she didn't know or didn't want to say.
"I think he may be suspicious about how I just disappeared a few hours later. If I'm correct, that man probably has his claws into every healer in the land looking for the girl with unnatural silver hair and golden eyes that mysteriously disappeared without a trace." Sarist sighed. Though Kagome's era was amazing, sometimes the simple life in the past was what most people would desire if they ever knew what life was like before all of this.
"Sarist, I'm sorry that this mess ever started. If I had helped you more and not left you alone, then you would be carefree like you were before I dragged you to school…" Kagome said with regret. Sarist felt her legs carry her over to the couch with the two distress woman and she sat beside Kagome and starred intently at her face.
"Kagome, I don't regret what happened at your school." She said softly. "I would've rather this be happening now and know that I had let those people continue their lives then be living carefree without knowing that I had made a right decision for once in my life. We'll be able to out wit the stupid man easily if we have the right tricks." She finished with a smirk
"Say what?" Sarist felt her cheerfulness deflate almost instantly. She sighed and shook her head.
"Just get me some rag strips."
Sarist walked along with Kagome through the streets of the city 'window shopping', whatever that means. Sarist had another pair of over-sized jeans and a belt with a black short sleeved shirt that had a purple bunny on the front with "Boys are so cute when they try to think!" on the front. Her ears were concealed with a rather large hat while her hair swung freely around her back, hitting the occasional person. According to Kagome, she looked like an American transfer or tourist. Sarist had no clue what an American, transfer, or tourists were, but she decided to ask later. She did feel a bit out of place with the tight shirt and large hat with large baggy pants next to Kagome who was wearing a blue long sleeved shirt and tan mini skirt.
"Oh! Sar, look at that!" Kagome cooed, pointing to one of the many windows to a display full of elegant dresses and fancy suits. Kagome was pointing to one dress in particular made of white silk with one full strap and a cord strap. The dress had a cord that tied stylishly at the hip and had a red dragon crawling and wiggling its way up the skirt. Sarist had to admit; even if she hated dresses that one was quite amazing.
"It's beautiful Kagome." The hanyou said as she tore her gaze from the gown. "I'm sure that you'd look great in it!"
"I thought it would look better on you." Sarist raised an eyebrow and a questioning gleam to her eyes. Suddenly shouting sounded in the distance.
"Kagome! Kagome!" Sarist recognized Kagome's three friends from her school as they rushed up to Kagome.
"Hey Kagome, I'm glad to see your back." Eri said happily. Sarist took a step back. The girls reeked of dead flowers and of heavy rains which made her nose burn. She coughed quietly and tried to keep attention off of her though it was nearly impossible when you're wearing black and a large hat along with your long silver hair.
"Oh, hi Sarist! What are you doing behind Kagome?" Ayumi asked cheerfully.
Crap. The younger silver haired girl stepped away from the protection of Kagome to face the tree girls.
"Um…Hi." The brilliant girl said. She had her hand locked onto her other arm around her back and avoided the gazes from the cheerful high-school girls.
"Oh my gosh! Sari, your hands! Your hands are in horrible condition!" they cried in horror as they gawked at her bandaged hands. It reminded her of Jaken when he was praising Sesshomaru. Sarist couldn't contain a growl from deep in her chest when she noticed they called her Sari. She hated when anyone besides close friends or family called her Sari.
"I'm fine." She muttered. Her irritation gave an edge to her words that sliced through the girl's horror and made them a little more serious. Barely any more serious, though.
"It must've hurt very badly, though. Are you ok? Should you really be walking around outside? Kagome should take you home right now. Who gave you permission to go walking around while your hurt?" They asked. Sarist sighed and cursed ever going into town with Kagome.
"I told you, I'm fine! I don't need to be treated like a pup every time I get a scratch!" She almost yelled. Some people turned their way to stare at the silver haired girl who was struggling to keep her emotions from taking over. Kagome glanced at her companion nervously and felt the young girl's demonic aura expand dramatically. If any demons survived into this era and were on this block, or in the city the way her aura was expanding by the second, they'd find them. Kagome placed a hand on Sarist's shoulders and gave her a soft shake.
"Sar, calm down. They don't know what you go through daily." Kagome said quietly as Sarist finally pounded her emotions into the back of her mind. She looked to the ground with her eyes closed.
"I'm sorry. I get enough of being pampered and worried over by my older brothers." Sarist apologized. The trio of perky girls looked at each other with a mischievous gleam in their eyes.
"You have brothers?" They asked eagerly. Sarist looked up as a sweat drop went down her head. (anime style)
"Um…Yeah. So what?" The Eri, Ayumi, and Yuka looked at each other and burst into girlish giggles. Sarist took a step back and just starred at the seemingly crazed girls.
Why do I feel like I just unleashed a greater evil then Naraku on my brothers?
You probably just did. Hormones; it's evil when you're a cute girl and every boy's after you and you tell a bunch of boy crazed girls you have brothers that are cuter then you. Sarist's eye twitched.
Crap. Crap, crap, crap, crap, crap. I'm am doomed if they ever see Sesshomaru or Inuyasha. Actually, Sesshomaru would probably kill them if they get near him! Crap, this is not the best days of my life!
"Uh…! My brothers already have intendeds!" Sarist said quickly, trying to tear down their hopes of meeting the two Inu brothers.
"One of them is my boyfriend, guys." Kagome added. They stopped giggling at once and they starred at Kagome.
"You mean the violent, inconsiderate, commitment issued guy? You're still going out with him!" Yuka exclaimed in amazement. Sarist jumped back and pulled her hat down harder on her head to keep it from coming off while she looked at the back of Kagome's head.
What in the world has Kagome told them about Inuyasha! Violent? Inconsiderate? Commitment issued? Where in the world did she get those? Violent I can understand and maybe inconsiderate, but commitment issued?
"Oh yeah," Ayumi said as she looked at the two of them. "We were going to a karaoke bar tonight. Do you want to come with us?" Kagome's nervous look instantly turned into a happy grin.
"Of course we'll go with you! My boyfriend says that Sar is a really good singer!" Kagome said cheerfully. Sarist felt herself blush uncontrollably. How many people has Inuyasha told about her little performance for Shippo and Rin? Sarist felt her blush disappear as she looked up from the pavement.
"Kagome, can we go get something for Rin and Shippo? I want to have something to get for them for the next time I see them." All four girls looked at her with odd expressions before Kagome smiled.
"Of course! We can't forget about or favorite little brother and sister, now can we?" She turned back to her friends. "While me and Sarist know these two adorable kids. One of them is like a foster child to her oldest brother and the other is in the care of a nice old woman we know. We visit them often and we like to bring them stuff like crayons and coloring books." Sarist could clearly see that she was struggling to make up a convincing excuse to get away from her friends.
"I'm sorry, but we must leave. We shall meet later tonight then." Sarist said with a quick bow. She grabbed Kagome's wrist and started pulling her away before anyone could say anything else. Sarist managed to push her way through the on coming stream of people with the larger girl in tow.
"Sari, stop!" Kagome said as she tried to pry her wrist away from the Hanyou's grip. Sarist just laughed as she dodged an oncoming business man.
"Why should I?" She challenged as Kagome was dragged along.
"Because the shop we want is in the other direction!" Sarist stopped which caused Kagome to slam into her and they both fell forward without warning.
"Ah! No!" Sarist made a desperate grab at her gem to protect it when suddenly she felt herself fall hit the concrete just as her hand grasped the marble. Her cheek press against the cold stone and she winced as her wrist scrapped painfully along. Suddenly, she lost grip on her jewel and it rolled away into the street.
"Oh no! Yasu! Yori!" She got up and chased after the jewel as it rolled farther into the street. Finally it stopped rolling and Sarist fell to her knees and picked it up with a sigh of relief.
"Thank Kami its safe!" Suddenly a loud noise blasted to her right and she turned in shock. A large truck was coming her way and she didn't have enough time to move even with her demonic speed.
"Kagome, catch the gem!" Sarist yelled as she threw the gem to a now kneeling Kagome. She saw her catch it and Sarist closed her eyes and waited for the pain of being hit.
"Look out!" Something knocked her out of the way and landed on top of her as a large gust of wind hit her in the face. She opened her eyes slowly and found herself nose to nose with a boy about Kagome's age, maybe older. He had spiky blonde/red hair and deep emerald green eyes like the grass in the feudal era. He was glaring after the truck menacingly and it reminded Sarist of Inuyasha. Sarist starred up at his face in amazement until she became aware of the fact that he was lying on top of her and turned a deep crimson.
"Um… Thank you for saving me, but may you kindly get off of me?" She asked nervously. The boy looked down at her and also turned red as he quickly rolled off of her.
"I'm sorry… Are you ok?" He asked with concern. Sarist sat up and made sure the hat was still secure on her head before she turned to the boy.
"I am not hurt. You do not have to worry yourself over me." My brother's can do that for you.
"Good," He said with a smile. "The names Kichiro!" He said as he held out his hand. Sarist looked at his hand before tentatively taking it.
"My name is Tsukiko, though almost all people call me Sarist." She said. This human saved her life? If Sesshomaru ever found out about this, he'd charge here into the future to find Kichiro and most likely kill him on sight.
"Sarist…That's an unusual name. Of course you're an unusual girl who wears oversized pants and hat with a black shirt and silver hair. Not to mention…." He stopped and got his face closer to hers so they were a mere inch apart. Sarists blush deepened and she stood up quickly.
"Thank you again for saving me. I need to go; my friend must be terrified to have to face my brothers about me nearly getting killed." She tried to say jokingly. She started to walk away and got a fair distance before someone grabbed her wrist. She turned in surprise and saw Kichiro.
"Wait, don't leave yet. I'm sorry if I got to close, its just you have the most amazing eyes in the world. I have never seen anyone with golden eyes before. Or anyone with silver hair that's so young, for that matter. Please, don't get offended!" He pleaded. Sarist looked up at him and nodded.
"I forgive you, but please release me. I injured my hands in a fire and you holding onto my wrist like that is causing them to burn again." He let go of her wrist and grabbed her shoulder instead.
"Sarist, would you do me the honor of escorting you to the ball tomorrow!" He asked excitedly. Sarist winced at his loud tone and pulled away from him and took several steps back.
"Kichiro…I—"
"Sarist! Your ok!" Sarist looked over her shoulder and saw Kagome rushing towards them.
"Kagome…" She turned back Kichiro and bowed.
"Thank you again for saving me!" She turned and ran at human running pace to Kagome. "Come on Kagome. Let's go." She started to run through the crowd of people, trying to get as far away from Kichiro as she could. She reached a park and ran to the nearest bench and sat down quickly. Kagome came and sat beside her while Sarist was lost to her thoughts.
"Here, Sarist." Kagome said quietly as she held out the jade colored orb. Sarist looked down on it and picked it up and reattached it to the temporary metal chain around her neck. As soon as it was back on, a flood of voices sounded.
Sarist, are you ok! Why were you stupid enough to run into the middle of the street? You know how fast those cars can go! And why didn't you accept that guys offer? He saved your life, for Kami's sake! It's the very least you could do!
"Yasu just shut up already! I am not accepting that male's request!"
"What male's request?" Kagome asked curiously. Sarist sighed and leaned against the back of the bench.
"The guy with the blondish red hair. He managed to get me out of the way of the truck in time and he asked me to accompany him to a ball tomorrow. Honestly, I don't like the idea. Something just seems wrong with the whole thing."
"I agree with Yasu. It's the least you can do for the guy! He saved your life!" Sarist glared at Kagome angrily.
"You forget the fact that I'm immortal." Kagome glared back.
"No, you're a hanyou! You're not immortal; you just have a longer life span." She retorted.
"I'm not just a hanyou! I used to be a full blood!" Sarist shot back. She turned her head away from Kagome and watched a butterfly bounce around a short distance away.
"How could you have been a full blood besides when you went into a blood rage? It's not possible for a demon to just suddenly go half and half." Kagome pointed out more gently then before.
"I don't know. When I was being controlled by Naraku and Father saved me, I asked him what happened to me and why I was separated from him and my brothers, he just placed two fingers on my head and gave brief images of my life before I was found by the villagers. I had a vision this morning while I still asleep of me with some children that I had used to tell stories to all the time." A tear slid down her cheek at the memory of all of the children who had once piled upon her and who she had loved like little brothers and sisters. "In the past, even if they survived they would be probably over a hundred years old." Kagome's mouth dropped open.
"Whaaat! You're kidding, right? That'd make you…"
"Maybe somewhere around 120 year's old if I had lived…" Kagome looked at her in surprise.
"What do you mean 'if I had lived'? Your how could you have died if you're alive now?" The raven haired girls questioned without mercy.
"Back when Father was alive, something happened and I died. I was dead for a long time and somehow a pact was made that I would bear the prison of a youkai which was in the form of this gem. I was brought back to life and given the jewel with all of my memories eased. They did allow me to have a sword and my Fathers…My Fathers…" Sarist stopped and her eyes opened wide before she did a face plant in her knees. "Crap. Crap crap crap crap crap crappidy crap! Sesshomaru's going to kill me if he ever finds out what it really was! I can't believe I left it at Naraku's PALACE! Shit, I'm doomed!" She moaned through her knees. Kagome just starred at the girl in confusion.
"Why would the Lord of the Fluff kill you if he found out what ever you're already killing yourself over?" Sarist didn't move an inch.
"The fur I had worn around my waist with the two tails belonged to Otou." She said in dismay. "They were his tails! A living part of him, and lost my Otou's tails! For all I know, Naraku may be using as a fucking wall hanging. I am screwed!"
Kagome and Sarist walked into the full karaoke bar where they had planned to meet Eri, Ayumi, and Yuka. After Kagome managed to calm Sarist down about the tail, they had gone back to Kagome's house so that she could be taught about what a karaoke machine and a karaoke bar was. After it was established that it wasn't a banshee that people spoke through, Kagome took her upstairs so they could get some better clothes then a sweater and baggy pants. After about an hour, Kagome finally settled on a jean mini skirt and a light pink spaghetti strapped shirt for herself and some better fitting pair of jeans and a tight fitting sky blue shirt that was supported by a single strap that went around the back of the neck for Sarist. And with some consideration, Kagome gave Sarist a lavender colored bandana to cover her ears so that she could hear things better then she could with the large hat, though the hat was more comfortable.
"Kagome, Sarist! Over here!" The two girls looked up and saw Ayumi waving at them from one of the tables in the center of the room. Kagome waved back and they started making their way over to them through the crowd of people.
"Hi, guys!" Kagome said cheerfully as they took the two empty seats and Kagome helped herself to a bowl full of chips and dipped on of the chips in a red sauce.
"Hey, Kag, Sar." She said as she waved before stuffing a chip in her mouth. "We ordered a group meal of buffalo wings and fries. I hope that's ok." Kagome nodded as her eyes started to water and she made a grab at a glass of water sitting in front of her.
"Man, that salsa is hot! You could've warned me!" Kagome complained after she pried the cup from her mouth which was now half empty. Sarist's eyebrow rose questioningly at Kagome and Kagome glanced at the hanyou and shook her head.
"Sari, don't eat it. If Inu couldn't eat hot stuff and I know Sess hates spiced meats so I highly doubt that you'll do good with hot stuff either." Kagome's friends looked confused.
"Who and what are you talking about?" Eri asked while she dipped another chip in the salsa. (AN: If you don't know what their eating yet, you need to go and get your eyes checked or get a life if you never had chips and salsa before!)
"Um… Sarist's family doesn't really have good relations with spicy foods." Kagome explained sadly. Sarist remembered back when she was younger and lived at the human village and her guardian gave her a piece of over spiced fish. The silver haired girl couldn't contain a shudder at the result.
"Yes, over spiced foods aren't good to me and my brothers." She said with a shudder.
"What about your parents?" Yuka asked as she leaned forward on the table. Kagome winced when she heard the question. Why did Yuka have to ask that?
"My parents are dead." Sarist said bluntly. Her face was a stoic mask, but the girl's eyes betrayed her and showed that beneath all of the layers of the mask she had on she was in silent pain and turmoil. The table of girls became unnervingly quiet as they all starred at the unmoving hanyou.
"Oh my god, I'm so sorry! What happened to them?" Ayumi asked curiously. Sarist let out an audible growl that they clearly heard.
"If you are truthfully sorry then you won't be prying into my own past trying to find out, now would you?" She growled. She was clearly pissed that they were prying into others affairs. "And I would not tell you just so you can go and gossip about me to others. My father was too great just to become some human's gossip story!" Before any of the girls could comment on her calling them humans a boy walked past their table but abruptly stopped and starred at Sarist. Sarist looked up at the boy and noticed he looked familiar a bit. Suddenly she gasped as she remembered who he was and wanted to get as far away from the boy as possible.
Oh, no! Please! Anyone but---!
"Sarist?" The boy asked in surprise.
Shit.
"Hello, Kichiro." Sarist said in frustration. What the hell was he doing here? Kagome looked at Sarist expectantly.
"Sarist, I assume this is the boy that saved you." It wasn't a question, more of a fact that she was throwing out in the open.
"Yes, I did save her life." Kichiro said proudly. Sarist growled angrily and crossed her arms and slammed into the back of the metal chair.
"Wise-ass…" She muttered angrily as she sent death glares at the wall opposite of Kichiro. Suddenly someone came up behind her and wrapped their arms around her chest, which Sarist promptly made the person let go by means of claws into the person's arm. She turned her head and found Kichiro trying hard not to scream in pain as Sarist sunk her nails in deeper.
"Keeping me from getting hurt by that truck can only keep you from so much pain. If my brothers ever find out you touched me, then you'd be dead within 2 seconds of making their acquaintance." Sarist said with a bored tone. "Oh, and touch me again, debt or no debt, I'll make sure you can never breed." Sarist removed her nails from his arm and used a napkin to wipe off the drops of blood on the tips of her claws that were now peeking through the wraps of her bandages.
"Sarist, don't start acting like your brothers!" Kagome scolded. Sarist just shrugged as she tossed the now slightly red napkin on the table.
"As long as he doesn't touch me, he doesn't have anything to worry about." Sarist said as she relaxed in her seat. A waiter brought them their food and the girls started eating. Because of her reaction to hot foods, Sarist was given most of the French fries and her share of the Buffalo wings split among the others. The meal was going nicely when someone from the front of the room said, "I'd like to dedicate this song to the silver haired beauty sitting right there." Sarist looked up in surprise and saw Kichiro standing on the stage, microphone in hand and pointing at Sarist. Sarist felt sick to her stomach. Now what was he planning? Some music started playing and Kichiro looked straight into her eyes and she started to feel sicker every second.
"She's a rebel
She's a saint
She's salt of the earth
and she's dangerous
She's a rebel
Vigilante
Missing link on the brink
Of destruction
From Chicago to Toronto
She's the one that they
Call old whatsername!"
A sweat drop (Anime style)went down each girls head at the exact same moment.
"He doesn't really have a good taste in serenading songs, does he?" Ayumi asked. Sarist just turned to the table and slammed her head on the surface. Her life was over. He was trying to swoon her with a song that wasn't even a love song! And his voice wasn't even great!
"She's the symbo
Of resistance
And she's holding on my
Heart like a hand grenade
Is she dreaming?
What I'm thinking
Is she the mother of all bombs?
Gonna detonate
Is she trouble?
Like I'm trouble
Make it a double
Twist of fate
Or a melody that
She sings the revolution
The dawning of our lives
She brings this liberation
That I just can't define
Nothing comes to mind
She's a rebel
She's a saint
She's salt of the earth
And she's dangerous
She's a rebel
Vigilante
Missing link on the brink
Of destruction
She's a rebel,
She's a rebel,
She's a rebel,
And she's dangerous
She's a rebel,
She's a rebel,
She's a rebel,
And she's dangerous"
The boy's performance earned him a small amount of applause from some apparently deaf people if they liked the song. Sarist felt like stabbing herself with Tetsuiga and burning in Hell for all of eternity. At least she wouldn't be as embarrassed as she was right now. She saw Kichiro wink her way before climbing off of the stage and, for the second time tonight, Sarist turned to the table and slammed her head on the table. Through the bandana Sarist heard Kagome's chair scrap painfully against the floor and the hanyou looked up long enough to see Kagome seat herself back on her own chair.
"Where the hell did you go through my 4 minutes of horror?" Sarist asked tiredly. Kagome smiled.
"I signed you to go up next. They should be calling you right about…"
"Sarist?" An old man called.
"…Now." Kagome said with a grin. Sarist glared at her, but stood up and walked up to the stage and took the microphone.
"What song do you want, miss?" The man asked. Sarist stood there and thought before she remembered a song.
"Complicated by Avril Lavigne." She requested. The intro music started to play and she closed her eyes and took a deep breath before opening her eyes to read the lyrics playing out on the screen in front of her.
"Uh Huh
Life's like this
Uh Huh
Uh Huh
That's the way it is
Cause life's like this
Uh Huh
Uh Huh
That's the way it is
Chill out
What you yellin for?
Lay back
It's all been done before
And if you could only let it be
You will see
I like you the way you are
When we're drivin in your car
And you're talkin to me one-on-one
But you become
Somebody else
Round everyone else
Watchin your back
Like you can't relax
You tryin to be cool
You look like a fool to me
Tell me
Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're actin like you're somebody else
Gets me frustrated
Life's like this you
You fall and you crawl and you break and you take what you get
And you turnin into
Honestly, you promised me
I'm never gonna find you fake it
No no no
You come over unannounced
Dressed up like you're somethin else
Where you are ain't where it's at you see
You're makin me
Laugh out
When you strike a pose
Take off
All your preppy clothes
You know
You're not foolin anyone
When you become
Somebody else
Round everyone else
Watchin your back
Like you can't relax
You tryin to be cool
You look like a fool to me
Tell me
Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're actin like you're somebody else
Gets me frustrated
Life's like this you
You fall and you crawl and you break and you take what you get
And you turnin into
Honestly, you promised me
I'm never gonna find you fake it
No no no
(no no no)
No no
(no no no)
No no
(no no no)
No no
Chill out
What you yellin for?
Lay back
It's all been done before
And if you could only let it be
You will see
Somebody else
Round everyone else
Watchin your back
Like you can't relax
You tryin to be cool
You look like a fool to me
Tell me
Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're actin like you're somebody else
Gets me frustrated
Life's like this you
You fall and you crawl and you break and you take what you get
And you turnin into
Honestly, you promised me
I'm never gonna find you fake it
No no
Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated?
(yeah yeah)
I see the way you're actin like you're somebody else
Gets me frustrated
Life's like this you
You fall and you crawl and you break and you take what you get
And you turnin into
Honestly, you promised me
I'm never gonna find you fake it
No--,"
A loud crash sound off by the door and Sarist stopped singing to see what was happening. Her eyes opened in shock when she saw Kichiro lifting a boy off the ground by the throat, his eyes glaring and an evil demonic aura about him.
"Kichiro, what are you doing!" She yelled at him. Kichiro looked at Sarist and his gaze softened and Sarist's hands shot to her mouth when she saw his eyes were blood red. "Oh Gods…"
Sarist! You have to run! Yasu screamed in her head. Yori took over that boy's body! He's gone into a sort of blood lust, but it's not blood he wants. He wants you! If he gets you, he may very well try to mate with you! Sarist's blood ran cold as she starred deep into his blood red eyes.
"Yori… What are you doing…?" She whispered. Yori dropped the boy and started to make his way towards the stage. He pushed people over in his haste to reach her and soon people had made a barricade in front of him.
"Young man, stop right there!" The owner yelled. "Either you stop or we'll be forced to throw you out!" Yori stopped and flexed his fingers and his nails turned into lethal youkai claws.
"Either you get out of the way so I can get my mate or I'll be forced to tear you to shreds!" He growled as he got in a fighting stance. Sarist's face went pale as she saw the men blocking the possessed boy arm themselves with whatever they could: Chairs, knives, forks, and smashed glass shards.
"Don't fight him! You can't beat him with those! Get out of the way before he kills you!" Sarist pleaded, but her pleas fell of deaf ears as they charged towards Yori.
Sari, run out of the building and go as fast as you can back to the shrine and jump in the well. That boy had no soul to begin with and you need Kaede's help to subdue him. Go now! Sarist didn't argue as she dropped the mike and ran out of the side door labeled 'exit' and used most of her demonic speed to run out of the alley and run into the street towards the shrine. She could hear the emergency door being ripped off its hinges as Yori tore through it as if it was wet paper. She panicked as her aura was almost devoured by Yori's.
He's to fast! I can't out race him to the well!
Then out wit him! Like you did when Kouga was chasing you before! What ever you're going to do, do it before Yori gets to close! Sarist nodded in agreement and turned off course and into an alley. She made a series of sharp turns and jumped up on a small buildings roof. She was about to jump off the building when someone grabbed her wrist and pulled her back. Her eyes opened wide with fear as she was pushed to the ground and her arms pinned above her head. Yori climbed above her and his blood red eyes pierced down into her molten gold ones.
"Mate, you shouldn't go running from me." He scolded angrily. "You know that I'll always find you, no matter where you go." He came down and crashed his lips down on her quivering ones and used the opportunity of her screaming to explore every inch of her mouth. Tears ran down Sarist's cheeks as she felt his tongue explore her cavern and drank her scream. This couldn't be happening! She was not about to be raped on a roof by an inu youkai that she already loved?
Wait… I love him…She cried even harder at the realization. She loved him and he was about to do something to scar her for the rest of her life. Sarist felt Yori's free hand start roaming up and down her side and she closed her eyes in pain. Finally, Yori pried his mouth from hers and started to lick her tears off of her cheeks.
"Yori, please stop this!" She pleaded desperately as his rough tongue ran freely over her soft cheeks. "I love you!" Yori stopped and lifted his tongue away from her cheek and looked down into her eyes and saw the sincerity bursting from them. "Please…Don't do this and drive me away from you forever…"
"Sarist…" Yori whispered as his eyes started changing from blood red to emerald green. He let go of her arms and got off of her. He starred at her with pain filled eyes as she got to her knees and rubbed the spots on her arms where he had been clutching her arms and the red holes where they bled from his claws puncturing her arms. He stood and turned away from her. "I don't deserve you, Sarist. I'm sorry what I was about to do…" He was about to start running when Sarist grabbed his hand.
"You better not leave me alone after what you just did." Her clear voice advised. He turned slowly to face her and was pulled into a tight embrace by the small girl. She rubbed her cheek against his chest and closed her eyes, breathing in Yori's new scent. "You better never leave me again!" She whispered contently. Yori wrapped his arms around her waist and rested his own cheek down on her top of her silver hair.
"Why would I ever leave you?" He questioned. Sarist just snorted softly and smiled as she pulled away slightly and stared up into the demon's eyes.
"Good question. Why would we leave each other?" Yori looked down at her and smirked.
"By the way, I was never aware you could make any threats like that to a complete stranger. I was quite surprised when you dug your nails into my arm." Sarist gasped in surprise.
"Just how long have you been in that body!" He smirked contently.
"When you tripped and the gem was rolling away I managed to get out and I found 'Kichiro'. This body was without a soul and I took control of the body. After I saved you and you ran away with Kagome I followed you around." Sarist's face paled then turned red when she had a sudden thought. She brought her hand up and slapped him.
"Hentai! You watched me get dressed, you pervert!" She yelled. A red hand print started forming on his cheek and he just smirked.
"So what? You've bathed with the gem on, so you have nothing that I haven't seen." Sarist's face turned an even deeper red as he said this. She slapped him again with all of her strength.
"Kami, you are such a fucking HENTAI!" She yelled. Yori just smiled at her before kissing her on the lips. Sarist returned the favor and they stood like that for a minute before pulling away.
"Come along, let's find Kagome." He said as he pulled her towards the edge of the roof. Sarist smiled and came along with him before another thought came to mind.
"Out of all of the songs you could dedicate to me, you chose one that wasn't even a love song?" Sarist prodded once again. Yori smirked again.
"The song was so fitting though! You are a rebel and a saint, not to mention dangerous. And a song entitled complicated?" Sarist huffed playfully.
"You are making my life complicated! It was so fitting to the way you were acting when you started annoying me at the table with the girls. By the way, your singing isn't exactly at the top of its game."
"I was just play-singing. I'm a good singer when I want to be. Your singing is beautiful though. Much better then anyone else." Sarist blushed at the compliment as they jumped off the roof and landed on the ground. Yori wrapped his arms around Sarist and pulled her to his side.
"By the way, what ball were you talking about?" Sarist asked with curiosity. Yori shrugged.
"Made it up. Besides, I'd never take you!" He said as he looked down at her and stuck out his tongue. Sarist glared at him and stuck her own tongue out.
"Meanie!" He just pulled her closer to him and kissed the top of her head.
"Yes, I'm a meanie that's never leaving you again." Sarist sighed contently.
"Never again…"
DHG: Oh yeah! 18 pages after the last chapter when I was supposed to be in bed and here I am again! 12:06 a.m. two days before I leave for camp where I have to wake up at 7 in the morning every day for 6 days and I'm still alive!
Sess.: Human, you enthusiasm is puzzling and annoying.
DHG: Lord of the Fluff, go suck on a lemon, maybe it'll put you in a better mood.
Sarist: Point one for author and zero for Sesshy!
Sess.: What happened to this Sesshomaru's kind little sister who the human wrote about?
Yori: On the bed sitting in front of you with her kind boyfriend protecting her from the fluff monster.
DHG: Sigh Ok, whatever. Anyway, like it's posted on my profile, I'm out of commission for a week because of bible camp. The good thing is that my friend who I'm slowly turning into an Inuyasha fan is going with me! Yay! Now life isn't going to be so bad. Now all I have to do is make sure that the consolers don't find I have Inuyasha pictures plastered in my sketch book and sneak my MP3 into camp with me which is filled with Greenday, Linkin Park, and Fallout boys and some Christian bands on it. sigh Man, I need to take an aspirin before I go to bed.
Sarist: Poor little sister! hugs author
DHG: Finally I have a sister that doesn't like acting like a two year old and doesn't live in Korea! (Back to the reader) I'll try to get a one-shot out before I leave on Sunday. I don't know what it'll be about, probably a song fic about Sarist and Yori or Inuyasha and Kagome or some other spontaneous idea I get in the few hours of sleep I'll get. Arigatou! (Thank you!)
I am so sorry, but I am too tired to put up definitions right now. If I stay up any longer, I swear I'll pass out at the computer.