Chapter 4: A Demon Ate My Homework

Author's Note: As far as using bits from the original series, there are one or two little lines that are quoted from the manga/anime

"Maybe we could stick him in the well-house for now."

Kagome had finally gotten the need to play with the demon's ears out of her, and now she and Miruk were trying to figure out what to do with the now sulking demon.

"Your grandfather goes down there a lot," Miruk said, "he might accidentally free him."

"Don't you know how to banish or exorcise demons?" Kagome asked.

Miruk shrugged. "I've never tried it."

"Why don't you try now?"

"I don't think you can simply banish a powerful demon." Miruk seemed to be concentrating on something. "His demonic aura is powerful...but at the same time its not."

The demon mumbled something. "What was that?" Kagome asked. The demon simply glared at her. Kagome shrugged.

"Maybe you could try," Miruk suggested.

"Me?"

"It's worth a shot," Miruk said, "only someone with exceptionally strong spiritual powers could break that spell on the tree."

"Spiritual Powers? Me?" Kagome looked doubtful. "Even if I did have spiritual powers, I wouldn't know the first thing about banishing demons."

Miruk sighed. "I guess the best thing for us to do now is to put him in my room until I can figure out how to get rid of him."

The two of them lifted the demon up and carried him towards the house.

"Feh...the great Kikyou saying she doesn't know anything about getting rid of demons," the demon said disbelievingly.

Kagome tried to resist the urge to drop or thwap him. "Would you stop calling me that?" My name is Kagome, Ka...go...me!"

"Whatever, at lest stop these illusions."

Miruk spoke up from the front. "Obviously you don't realize how long you were pinned to that tree."

"Huh?"

"According to the God Tree's legend, you've been pinned to the tree for about 500 years."

The demon was silent for a shot time. "You're bluffing," he eventually said.

"Nope, everything has changed a lot since you were sealed."

The demon didn't reply.

Must be a shock to discover everything you knew is long gone, Kagome thought, feeling sorry for him and almost forgave him for attaching her.

They managed to get the demon to Miruk's room without anyone else seeing them. They stuck him on the bed.

"I have a question for ya," the demon said suddenly, "If it really has been 500 years since I was hit with that arrow, how come you're still her Kikyou?"

"I'M NOT KIKYOU!" Kagome yelled, grabbing a nearby table lamp and was about to bring it down on the demon's head, but Miruk grabbed her arm.

"Calm down, I'm sure there's a good reason why he thinks you are her, whoever she is."

Kagome grumbled, "As long as he doesn't attack me unprovoked again."

The demon mumbled something, but all Kagome caught was, "...attacked first."

Miruk headed for the door. "I'm going to go look through all those scrolls your grandfather has in the store house, there might be something we could use in there," he paused. "Could you keep an eye on him? Just in case your family comes in here?"

"Fine," snapped Kagome, shooting a look of pure evil at the demon.

After Miruk had left, Kagome decided to make a quick trip to her room. If I do my homework or something, then I won't have to talk to or look at him.

This theory worked...for a little while.

"Hey."

Kagome ignored the demon.

"Hey!"

Ignored again.

"Oi! I'm talking to you!"

"Well, I'm not talking to you."

"What sort of spell are you working?"

Kagome looked at the book open in front of her. "It's not a spell, its Geometry."

"Gi-o-what?"

"I barely understand it myself, so I can't explain it to you."

Another long science followed, interrupted only by Kagome's scribbling.

"Oi!"

Kagome spun around again. "What now?"

"I'm beginning to think you really aren't Kikyou," the demon smirked, "she would have never been as rude as you."

"Agh! I'm so sick of you!" She flung her pencil at the demon, hitting him on the shoulder, and stormed out.

The demon, who had tried to duck forgetting the talismans still binding him, stared at the writing stick that was now lying on the bed in front of him. He could have sworn it had been glowing when it had left the girl's hand. He picked it up and looked at it. Huh...not much of a weapon, but if it had hit my ey- The demon stared at his left arm.

He could move again! Or at least an arm.

Locating the talisman that had been stuck to his shoulder, the demon realized what must have happened.

The writing stick had been infused with a strong spiritual power by the girl. When thrown, it had hit the talisman, breaking the seal.

While he couldn't escape on only one arm, the demon could try and figure out what sort of spell this "Gi o my tree" was.

Awkwardly using his free arm, the demon pushed himself off the bed, dragged himself across the floor, and pulled the book off the table.

Must be some sort foreign language, the demon thought, trying to figure out what the book said.

"BEEP! BEEP! BEEEEEP!"

The demon's head jerked as a loud noise filled the air, making his ears throb.

Agh! That book must have spell wards on it! The demon started thinking quickly through the pain and noise. Maybe if I destroy it...

Kagome walked in a few minutes later to turn off Miruk's alarm clock only to find the demon ripping pages out of her Geometry book and chewing on the cover.

Her eye twitched, the only sign that all hell was about to break loose.