Here we are, late again I know. You guys shouldn't expect more, but I have a legit reason this time! I BOUGHT SHADOW THE HEDGHOG! I have been waiting for it for years! And if any of you are wondering, YES IT'S A GREAT GAME! Don't listen to those "professionals" saying that this game is poor! Ok, I admit, the camera is funky, there are 10 different endings, PLUS the last story and about 300 different ways to get there, BUT IT'S STILL AWESOME! And the graphics are great!

Oh, another reason for delay, playing the game got me in the Sonic mood, and I started to continue writing my Sonic fan fiction again, also because someone reviewed and reminded me.

Panmotto: Thankies! Yes, Joey went ballistic, but hey, who can blame him? And I'm surprised, I did write good suspense… and I hate suspense. MY REVENGE IS SWEET!

XChibiNekoChan: LONG REVIEW! Ok, your friends sucks, who's bathers? I'm glad you liked it but… MINE! (hiss) And everyone loves watching people run into trees! I've even ran into a door! And yes, ShiShi is awesome, EVERYONE BOW TO HIM! You know, I can't give you ShiShi, but I can give you… (drum roll) SHISHI PLUSHIE! (hands) And of course Mokie is cute! But he scares me in the manga, I've only read 3, was it? I'm glad you did well on your test, (me in French… not 100 but still an A) And ah yes, my beloved spasgetti, how could I forget you? And you can swear in Japanese? SHARE WITH ME YOUR SECRETS, I COMMAND THEE! (sorry, reading Romeo and Juliet) And I still hate you and your cousin… (glares from window) but yes, in the second Inuyasha movie they kiss. I thought it was cute, but my friend wouldn't watch the movie for like a year because they DID kiss. Then she came up to me in the hall screaming with tears in her eyes "THEY DID! THEY ACTUALLY DID!" and people were giving us weird looks again. And you have a cult? Wow, people would egg me if I did that, publicly at least, and did you watch the 3rd movie? I like Inuyasha's dad, he's cool, but the movies are disappointing to me, I like the show better. Then the beginning is hilarious, Inu kills a volleyball 'cause he thinks it's going to kill Kagome. LOL! I'm glad I cheered you up, and tell your friend, I HATE YOU! HOW COME YOU GET TO GO TO JAPAN! I WILL FIND OUT WHERE YOU LIVE AND CUT OUT YOUR TONGUE WITH A BUTTER KNIFE! So… long… too much typing…

Yuka Kitsune: Yes you did. Don't get too shocked or you'll hyperventilate. But I'm sorry about you're writer's block, but you'll get over it. (Actually I forgot what you said, BUT NEVER FEAR! It'll come back… I hope)

Three reviews? That's it? C'mon guys! Need a little more fuel for the fire here! Well, Neko Chan counts for like five, but still!

Here's just a note. I'd like to share a little about ShiShi, because Neko Chan reminded me. ShiShi is actually based off of someone in real life. My kitty: Shady! (Hey! Named him when I was one! Stop laughing!) It's so strange because sometimes he almost acts human, and I kinda base everything ShiShi does off of what Shady would do if he could talk… and have magic. Even though my kitty's a grandpa, he still seems really wise, and talks without talking, ya know? Sometimes when he meows it sounds like real words, and just talking to him makes me feel better. That and he has a habit of trying to jump onto my keyboard when I'm at my computer and waking me up and 3:00 in the morning. He's always looking out for me in his own little way, and for that, I thank you.

Another thing, If you're having a hard time imaging panther ShiShi, think of Soupy (is that his name? Been so long) from Card Captors or Card Captor Sakura. He pretty much looks like him only black angel wings instead of butterfly wings.

Disclaimer: Nope… not yet… (shifty eyes)

Dedication: I feel like dedicating some chapters and this, my 20th chapter goes to Shady, my real life guardian cat.

P.S. 20 CHAPTERS! WHOO! DANCE PARTY! Ok, now onto the boring and rather uneventful, disappointing 20th chapter of Demon School.


Nami opened her eyes a hair and moaned, rolling over and pulling the sheets higher over her head. She could still feel the sun's bright rays glaring down on her and telling her in it's silent way "Get up or suffer even more".

The witch hissed and took her pillow, slapping it on top of her head and pressed it tightly against her face. After a minute, she heard ruffling and felt the side of her bed groan and bend from weight.

The figure sighed, "It's a beautifully sunny morning today."

Snorting under the pillow, Nami stuck her hand out of the pile of covers and grabbed an invisible string in front of her, pulling it down and at the same time, the blinds on her window lowered as well. She sighed contently and snuggled deeper into her blanket, the person on the bed chuckling.

"That's cheating."

"Go cough up a hairball." she snapped, weakly.

"Done and done."

She groaned and cursed herself, bringing her head out from her pillow and laying her head back on top of it, making herself more comfortable, rolling over to face the figure on her bed. The schoolgirl opened her eye a wink and saw her black cat sitting there, smiling at her.

"I was just kidding." he said, with a soft grin on his face.

"I hope so, 'cause I'm not cleaning it up."

"Good, because I won't let you. You used up a lot of energy and magic last night, so you're not getting out of bed at least until tomorrow. Understand?" ShiShi said with a serious tone.

Nami folded the sheets down and stared at him with an expression as if he just said Christmas or another very important, possibly religious holiday with tons of presents, had come early. The cat laughed to himself and walked forward, lying down next to her, curling up and watching her pulled the blankets around her once again and her eyes slowly closed and her breathing evened.

As his master drifted off to dreamland, ShiShi kept his eyes open and watched over her protectively. Suddenly, his head popped up, ears twitching and he turned his head towards the hallway and the front door. The cat glanced at Nami, who was still sleeping soundly and stood up.

He carefully walked over lumps in the blankets and stood by the edge of the bed for a second, before leaping down and trotting down the hallway of the apartment, his tail high in the air. ShiShi stopped when he was right in front of the door, sitting down and cocking his head to the side.

"I swore…"

Just then, there were a few sharp raps on the door and the neko smiled to himself. When the knocking ceased, he looked up at the doorknob and frowned. Then he looked down at his paws, and sighed. In his head, ShiShi estimated that the doorknob was approximately 2.69789 feet higher than him.

"If only I could transform." ShiShi sighed.

Again, there was a knocking on the door, and the cat grumbled. He looked up at the knob again and crouched low to the floor, then pounced up swiping at it with his paws. When he fell back down to the ground he frowned, not even touching the brass.

With a twitch of his ears, the cat heard the deep rumble of someone talking on the other side of the door, probably talking to a companion. Shaking his head, ShiShi ignored them and narrowed his yellow slits at his metal adversary.

For the next few minutes, every two seconds or so, the black cat would leap up into the air and reach with his little paws at the doorknob, missing each time. The latest time, his claws scrapped the round edge before he fell down into a lump, instead of on his feet.

Sitting up straight, he growled lightly and turned his head, scratching behind his ear with his hind leg, then froze in that position. Dropping his leg, the guardian widen his eyes and stared at the couch, finally realizing that the armrest closest to the door was only about a yard away, close enough for a little house cat like him to jump.

ShiShi sprinted over and leaped up onto the arm rest and turned to face the door. Backing up, he squatted low and pawed at the fabric, flexing his muscles. Then, in one fluid motion, he leaped forward, using his powerful hind legs and soared through the air towards the door.

He extended his claws, and when he hit the wood, latched into it, holding on tightly. Now, there was only one problem, he had shot to far and now the doorknob was on his left, about half a foot away. But this time, the brave and all-powerful ShiShi knew what to do.

Digging his claws a little deeper into the wood, he narrowed his slits, then there was a loud and furious knocking on the door, almost making him fall. Obviously whoever it was, and he had a good idea, was getting very impatient, knowing that Nami was home.

Cursing the damned creature, ShiShi regained his composure and glanced over at his target. Pulling on his front legs, he started to swing his body back and forth, little by little until he looked like a furry pendulum.

Reviewing the laws of physics in his head, the cat brought himself back and forward one last time, releasing when he was at the highest point of his swing, closest to the doorknob. Then he remembered that the laws of physics may not apply to witches, magic or talking cats…

Luckily, he landed with the front half his body draped over the round brass doorknob, and immediately felt himself start to slip. Positioning his weight just right, the knob turned and the door opened a crack as ShiShi fell to the carpet, landing on his butt, but turned to see who was standing on the other side of the wood.

When the door squeaked open for a wide enough birth, the cat saw an ebony fuzz ball stick through the door, then popping back out, talking to the some others he sensed.

"I don't think she's here. I mean, I didn't see her, do you smell her?" a young boy's voice asked.

There was a long whiff, "Not within two feet of us…"

"Yeah but there's…"

ShiShi sighed a little frustrated and reached out, pulling the door open wider with his paw, "Always me demons. What the hell do you want?"

"Hey!" Bakura shouted, "Don't give us lip cat!"

"By the way, what took you so long to open the door?" Tristan asked.

The cat sighed, "If you idiotic scum of the underworld haven't noticed, I'm a foot tall and don't have opposable thumbs."

"Whatever," the white-haired demon scoffed, "Is the witch here or not? Tell us so then we can leave and go eat some of your distant cousins."

"She is…"

Bakura stepped forward and went to walked through the door, when ShiShi's glare made him freeze in place.

"But you cannot see her. She's tired and weak and is resting from last night." he finished.

"Oh…"

All of the demons glanced behind them and the guardian saw the werewolf standing there, with his head down and dirty blonde hair covering his face. ShiShi blinked, surprised to see that Joey was wearing very ragged street clothes, a maroon long-sleeved shirt that hung from him like a cloak, not even touching his ribs.

Now that the cat looked closer, it seemed as if he had lost 30 pounds and even his worn jeans were hanging loosely, only staying on his form because of the belt, tied apparently really tight, but Joey didn't look as if it bothered him. Even now, Joey looked pale, but had more color than the previous night, and how and some life in his brown orbs, pleading with the cat.

"Can… Can I just see her? P-Please? Just for a second. I… just want to apologize." he stuttered, voice cracking.

The neko lowered his ears, he felt bad for the werewolf, but his master was resting. Then his strong ears heard something, and he turned his head towards the hallway. When the demons gasped as well, he knew he wasn't hallucinating.

There was Nami, standing in the hallway with her back bent over, her eyes barely open while her hand was brushing the sleep from her face. She was wearing a white shirt with sleeves that stopped an inch past her shoulder with a full moon on her chest, while her pajama pants were blue with little stars and crescent moons on them.

For a moment, she just stood there, staring dumbly at them before she turned to the left. She thought she was turning towards the bathroom, but unfortunately for her, it was to the right. The witch ran straight into the wall and fell collapsed to the ground, her friends and cat rushing to her side.

Bakura growled to himself, thinking how stupid she was for getting out of bed when she was so weak, and picked her up bridal style and walked into the bedroom. He set her down gently on the bed and then backed up as everyone else followed and crowded around her, trying to ignore the smallest hint of a blush on his face. Yugi and Mokuba pulled the blankets onto her and smiled softly as she unconsciously snuggled into them and turned onto her side and faced the other wall.

"So she's been out the whole time?" Mai asked, sitting on the foot of the bed.

ShiShi leaped onto the bed next to her legs and sat down on his hindquarters, "She woke up a little while ago, but yeah, she used a lot of magic."

Joey looked regretfully at the witch's body when she shifted, and laid on her back, her fingers peeking out over the top of the covers and she squinted her eyes before opening them, blinking a few times. She looked over and widened her eyes at the sight of the demons at her bedside.

"Oh, hi guys. When did you get here?" Nami asked, still half-asleep as she struggled to sit up and lean against the head of the bed.

"Uh… we just got here a minute ago, you know, when you were out in the hall?" Tristan said, slowly.

"What?"

"You… you don't remember?"

"Remember what?"

Knowing what happened last time, Tristan shut his mouth and slapped his palm against his head. Instead, ShiShi stood up from his spot and walked over to her smiling at her confused expression.

"He means you were sleep walking again." he said and Nami smiled.

"Oh, well you could have just said that. I didn't do anything too stupid did I?" she asked, fiddling with her hands.

"Just ran into a wall."

The demons looked at the cat with wide eyes, all wondering why the cat just said it with the tone like it was so small, like loosing a penny. But the words made the poor girl smile and sigh contently, leaning back against the headboard.

"Ok, good. So…" she looked up at Mai, "Any reason you guys are here? I mean, I'm sorry you had to see me in my pjs."

"No…"

Everyone turned to Joey, who's head was once again bowed standing in front of the bed while everyone else had found a spot to sit. Nami blinked and sat up straighter, seeing a hurricane of emotions raging in his brown eyes.

"Nami-chan…" she could tell Joey was having trouble getting all of the words out. Deciding to give him a shove in the right direction, she flicked her index finger and the dam exploded.

"I'm so sorry! It's all my fault! Both you and ShiShi got hurt because of me and here you are laying in a bed! I never meant for any it of to happen! I was hoping that you wouldn't be out at all last night! I ran to that clearing thinking that you wouldn't be there! I'm so stupid! You could have been killed because of me! Or worse! I… I'm such an idiot!" Joey screamed, his eyes shut tightly while his fists were clenched.

While Joey was letting loose all the emotions he had kept bottled up inside, Nami silently removed the covers from the lower half of her body, and swung her legs over the edge of the bed. She stood up on shaky legs and went to lean over, and put her hand on his mouth to quiet him and tell him that it was ok.

Unfortunately, things never seem to go as planned for her, and her legs couldn't hold up her body, so when she was leaning forward, her head landed in his chest. Joey immediately stopped ranting with his mouth half open, gazing down at the witch leaning against him.

Another inconvenience was that they were about two feet apart, and she was leaning like a badly built bridge, so then after she fell into his chest, Nami slid down Joey until her head was lying on his shoes. Her face instantly grew as red as a tomato as she thought about what just happened.

'Did I just… What the… Was that his… OH MY GOD!'

"Er… Nami-chan? Are you ok?" Joey blinked, a small blush growing.

She muttered something into his shoes before pushing the front half of her body off of him. Her face was completely red as she sat on her knees, fiddling with her hands in her lap.

"Uhh… Oh… right." Nami looked up to meet Joey's gaze, "It's not your fault Joey. I was so excited that I… forgot what was going to happen. It's all my fault. I'm sorry."

"Your fault?" he questioned.

"Nami, you didn't do anything wrong," Mai reasoned, motioning for her up to the bed, as the witch sat on her knees, the blonde caressed her back, "You were just… at the wrong place at the wrong time…"

"Correction, she was at the right place at the right time. And I just want to say, it was all her idea." ShiShi announced, pointing one of his furry paws at his master.

"ShiShi!"

"What do you mean?" Seto growled, stepping forward, "What's her idea?"

"ShiShi! If you say a word I will strangle your little neck!"

"When she heard that Joey was a werewolf and was well, more innocent then she first imagined, from all the tales about them in the story books, she decided that it was 'unfair'. So, being the helpful little witchling she is, she decided to do something about it." he began, Nami falling silent at his words.

"The plan was simple: Wait until Joey showed up-"

"But how did she know that he was going to be there?" Yami interrupted, crossing his arms across his chest.

The cat glanced at his master, who had her head bowed and was staring at her lap, her brown hair falling over her shoulders from the lack of it's usual hair binder. Then, slow words made it past her lips, her voice barely higher than a whisper.

"When we went to the meadow… I saw claw marks in the trees, and signs of a struggle in the grass. I told ShiShi-sama about them and he was sure it was made by a werewolf." she muttered.

"It could have been any werewolf!" Bakura countered, "How did you know it was him?"

"That's true," Nami admitted, "But you know as much about magic as I know about demons. Only what we've heard in fairy tales."

"Then what was your plan, Nami-chan?" Yugi asked, tilting his head to the side slightly.

"I was going to wait until Joey showed up, then… actually… I'm not really sure."

"Not sure?" Seto roared, voice and temper rising steadily, "You mean to tell me that you were just going to wait for him, and not even have a plan!"

The witch stood up swiftly to fight in her defense , only for her weak knees to cause her to fall over onto the ground, on top of the vampire's shoes. She rolled over and still glared at him, pointing her finger up accusingly at him.

"Well, Smart Guy! If you haven't noticed by now I never have a plan! I always rush in head first without thinking of the consequences!" she declared with a smug voice.

"Wait a sec! Is she proud of that?" Tristan looked around the room at his friends.

"The arrogant genes of the Satoru family, every one of them has 'em." ShiShi sighed, then muttered under his breath, as Nami turned as red as a tomato and sat back on the bed, "Makes my job a whole lot harder."

"So you were just going to go in there and use whatever magic you had to see if that… would lift the curse?" The eldest Motou asked.

"Yes!" then her voice died down to a squeak, "Well… it usually works."

An almost awkward moment of silence fell over them, a giant blush had rising on Nami's face as she now started a staring contest with the floor. Just when she had the carpet on the ropes, she heard a light laugh and mouthed a curse, looking up to see Joey smiling at her.

He kneeled down before her on the bed and showed a truly grateful smile, not to mention handsome, as his brown eyes glowed in the sunlight filtering through the window. The werewolf saw her blush and winked.

"Thanks for trying, Nami." he said softly.

She nodded and looked back at the ground, where she unconsciously blinked. She saw a small little spark on the carpet, a little static resembling an ant sized mouse. It leaped like a kangaroo all the way up the hanging blankets and pierced right into the witch's arm.

She was shocked and flew forward, embracing Joey into a hug for the very emotional moment, him wrapping his arms around her back and squeezing her lightly in return. Behind his back, she narrowed her mental eyes and growled in her head at the carpet, which obviously picked up some of her dropped magic, a sudden and short deep laugh echoing around her mind.

Everyone else in the bedroom was silent for a time, letting the two have their moment, but soon after it started, there was a loud, sickly cough from a deep voice.

"I think I'm gonna be sick." Bakura sounded and his footsteps left for down the hall.


Yeah, pointless but there was some humor. Now you guys know what Nami was so upset about the night of the full moon. (NOT THE PAPER THING! That will come up later) Personally, this was a disappointing 20th chapter, no action or anything, but if you guys like it (shrug). I'd also like to note that the deep laugh she heard in her head was the carpet, it wasn't foreshadowing for like the devil to come and snatch her in her sleep or something. …….. IDEA! Just kidding… or am I? (Twilight Zone music)