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Author's Note: I'll try and post more often for whoever reads this, but August and school are always busy for me.
Disclaimer: Everything except Shigure, Tala, and the lime green Porsche belong to Rumiko Takahashi.
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Chapter 2Tala walked into her first period class and found a seat at the back of the room. She pulled her backpack on top of the desk and soon fell asleep.
The bell rang, and Tala sat up groggily. "I fell asleep?" Miroku's voice in front of her affirmed her suspicions. "Yeah." A snore from the desk next to Tala caught her attention. It had come from a white haired boy with white dog-ears. "Taisho Inuyasha," Miroku said. As if on queue, the boy sat up. "62," he mumbled. Miroku laughed but said, "Yash, this is Tala-san. She's new here." Inuyasha looked at Tala who stared back. He had amber colored eyes that reminded her of the sunset. "New? Here's the only advice you need: avoid the lecher." Miroku rolled his eyes as Tala turned to him. "You're the lecher?" "Lecher is such a demeaning term. My purpose in life is to serve all the beauties of this world."
An older human walked in and sat at the desk. "I'm just a sub, and your plans say to put this movie in. If you guys want to sleep or talk or whatever, go ahead, but don't tell anyone. And try and stay a bit quieter than yesterday. We nearly got caught."
Inuyasha turned back to his nap, and Tala sat and talked with Miroku for a few minutes before turning back to sleep herself.
An hour later, Tala woke to the bell. "Where you headed next?" "Uh, combat." "Cool, us too." Inuyasha walked with them to their combat class. "Why'd you enroll in the last week of school?" "Shigure-kun wanted me to graduate here, not in the orphanage's high school. Why?" "Orphanage?" "Yeah, orphanage. Is there a problem with that?" "Feh. You act like a human if you needed to stay in an orphanage." Tala growled angrily, but muttered, "It was better than the home I was stuck in before."
The three walked into a large, dimly-lit room. Tala looked around, surprise obvious on her face. Inuyasha scoffed. "Catching flies, wench?" Tala growled at him again, but ignored him.
Suddenly, Inuyasha and Miroku were greeted by two girls. One with raven locks hugged Inuyasha; the other girl stood out o Miroku's reach and greeted him. "Sango, my love, I'd like you to meet Tala…where'd she go?"
Tala was in the shadows, watching the four talking. She jumped slightly when she heard her name, but stayed in the shadows.
A short, green, toad-looking thing wandered into the class and yelled, "Get your partners and start sparring." Tala came out of the shadows and walked over to the teacher. She thought for a minute, but shook her head slightly and nudged it with her steel-toe boots. "Hey toad, I'm new here." The toad glared at her and was about to go into some lecture when Tala cut him off. "Jus tell me what the hell I'm supposed to do. A lecture would only waste your breath and my time." The toad looked at a clipboard he was carrying and replied, "You're Tala, the new one from Manhattan. An inuyoukai, are you? Let's pair you up with my Lord Sesshomaru and see how much of a smartass you are if you survive that."
A tall guy walked up behind the toad thing immediately after it told Tala who her new sparring partner was. "L-lord Sesshomaru, it's nice to see you today, my lord," the toad thing said, clumsily bowing in a greeting to this guy. " This wench is your newest sparring partner, sir, please go and kick her ass—I mean spar, sir."
The guy stared at Tala, his face emotionless, while Tala did the same. He had knee-length white hair and amber eyes similar to those of Inuyasha's. Tala growled softly. He was tall, at least 6 feet while she was only 5'4". Sesshomaru looked her over and was only mildly impressed. She held her waist length black hair in a loose braid, and her silver eyes showed impatience. When she growled, he felt a short-lived blood lust. He would enjoy teaching this wench her proper place.
They walked over to the darkest corner, where Tala seemed to become part of the shadows. She smirked; she was always safe in the shadows. Sesshomaru stood rigid while he waited for her attack. She had no patience to wait for him to attack first. "I'm new here in Kyoto. Any tips?" Tala snarled at him in the inuyoukai language. "Learn your place, wench," he snarled back. Tala laughed and growled, "Sounds boring. I'll fight to be on top so I can tell you to mind your place."
Inuyasha had heard and understood their conversation in the inuyoukai language. When he heard Tala's defiant response to his half-brother's warning, he easily let Kagome win and watched the fight between the two inuyoukai.
Tala quickly got bored of the game of waiting and rushed Sesshomaru. Satisfied that he had judged her correctly, Sesshomaru met Tala's attack with his whip. She dodged it the first time and summoned a double-bladed knife. The second slash sliced Tala in the stomach. She stepped back and coughed, judging the damage. When she looked up at Sesshomaru again, red was bleeding in on her silver eyes. "Kinky, but to each his own," she snarled as she ran toward him. Sesshomaru's bloodlust was growing quickly. He hadn't had a decent fight in quite a while.
All of a sudden, Tala stood perfectly still, her eyes hidden under hair that had gotten loose from the braid. Sesshomaru lashed out with his whip again, but Tala appeared right next to him and plunged her claws into his side. He growled and threw her against the wall. Tala coughed up blood, and that drew an unnoticed audience closer.
Tala stood up and snarled softly, her eyes growing completely red as her fangs and claws dripped with blood. Sesshomaru stared at her, looking dignified despite the wound penetrating his side. A moment later, a huge black dog stood where Tala had. Sesshomaru became a huge white dog and they both snarled at each other and lunged at each other.
Meanwhile, Miroku and Inuyasha were leading the humans out of the room so they wouldn't get hurt. When this was done, Inuyasha smirked. "He's found himself a good fight. She picked the worst one to fight on her first day." Miroku shrugged. "Shigure must have adopted her because she had this kind of fire in her. He's not one to help the useless."
Sesshomaru snarled when the bitch tried to go for his throat. Though h he hated to admit it, she was a decent fighter and a beautiful demon. Her youkai form was almost as big as his, and certain wolf-like features reminded him that she was not a tame bitch. The only spot on her fur that wasn't pitch black was her legs, which were a dark gray, and her ears, which were brown.
Tala growled back at Sesshomaru and went for his throat again. She pulled back, keeping her throat unexposed. Sesshomaru went for one of her front legs and locked his jaws around it. He felt a small satisfaction when the bone cracked in two, but snarled angrily when he felt teeth sinking into his shoulder. He pulled away, and so did part of his skin. Tala stepped back, putting no weight on her now-broken leg. Sesshomaru had sent his poison into her veins when he bit her, but Tala had done the same with her slightly less-noxious toxins.
They snarled and snapped at each other's throats until they were too weak to stay in those forms. Tala staggered to the corner, getting dizzy from the poison and the blood loss. Sesshomaru stepped back a bit and glared at the girl who had been a good fight. His wounds weren't fatal, but the poison in him was causing some dizziness.
Tala tried to move but found herself frozen to the spot. The smell of Kaede invaded her nostrils, and she soon saw the old lady wander into the room. "Fighting already? This is ye first day, Tala-san." Tala was freed from the binding spell the old lady had apparently put on her, and she leaned against the wall, no longer able to stand on her own. "Yeah, well he started it." She nodded towards Sesshomaru, who smirked despite himself. She was a good fight and still managed to keep her sense of humor.
Miroku came close to Tala, offering his hand, but Tala snarled viciously at him and swiped her claws toward him. "He's trying to help you, "Inuyasha snarled in inuyoukai. "I'll be fine. It's just a few scratches, "Tala snarled back. " Do not be foolish, bitch," Sesshomaru's emotionless voice said in inuyoukai. "Yo are weak." Tala growled slightly at Sesshomaru, who was also leaning on the wall, holding his side. "You were a good fight, Sesshomaru-san. I look forward to sparring with you again," Tala said in human before pushing herself off the wall and following Miroku and Inuyasha to the nurse.
Kaede watched, vaguely amused as the two inuyoukai walked proudly out of the room, despite their wounds. The nurse would be none too pleased, but she'd be able to handle it. They could barely walk, but neither accepted the help offered to them by various classmates.
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