"Naima? What's wrong?" Sesshoumaru asked me again as I continued to look past his head, my eyes following Bankotsu as he continued to run past the many students crowding the admissions hall. He had called out for some guy named Naraku, I'm sure of it. But was it Naraku, my best friend? I turned and looked back at my boyfriend.

"I'll be right back," I said, "I need to talk to Bankotsu for a moment."

"Okay," Sesshoumaru replied. He released his grip on my arms and I took off running after Bankotsu.

"Hey! Bankotsu! Wait up!" I hollered at him, panting hard and trying to catch up with him. Bankotsu and I go all the way back to middle school. He and his brother, Jakotsu, used to hang out with me and Naraku all of the time. I was close to him too. He was only second to Naraku. And other than Sesshoumaru, of course. After a few seconds or so I was right next to him. I was a pretty fast runner. He turned to me and gave me a questioning look.

"Hey Naima. Wassup?" he said with a big smile.

"Tell...me..." I began, trying to catch my breath, "...that...guy you just...called out...to. What was...his name?" His eyes looked as if he was thinking it over for a moment.

"Jakotsu?" I shook my head no.

"Naraku?" I nodded my head. His eyes brightened and another smile formed at his lips. "Yes Naima. Naraku is back in town. He and Jakotsu and I are going to be roomates. I was trying to catch up to them and tell them that."

"Where is Naraku?" I asked.

"He's somewhere in that crowd. Say why don't you just come by later to our apartment to see him. I'm sure that you two have a lot of catching up to do." I smiled and nodded my head. "Cool. We're staying in Shikon Heights apartment 666."

"Alright. I'll be over there later on this evening."

"Cool. See you later."

"Bye Bankotsu." I turned around and began to walk back over to Sesshoumaru. So Naraku is back in town. It has been five long years since I last seen him and three since I last talked to him. I was worried that he might have been badly hurt or even dead, but I'm glad to see that he is alive and well. So in that case when I see my best friend again, I'm going to kick his ass all over this school for what he did to me.

"What was that all about?" Sesshoumaru asked me when I finally made it back over to him.

"Oh nothing. I just had to ask Bankotsu about something. No big deal," I cooly said. He narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Well come on lets go. We don't want to be late for our swords class," he said. I nodded my head and took the hand that he extended out to me.

After we were done with swords class, it was now time to go to the class that Sesshoumaru dreaded to go to. His father's class, Advanced Fighting in room 101. We walked through the door to see that it was already three thirds full. I guess that everyone wanted to take the Inu no Taisho's class. There were an unusally high number of girls in the class, considering what it was. I guess that they wanted to have at least one "hot" professor during their college career. I'll admit that I did think that my boyfriend's father was indeed attractive, but that's not why I liked him so much. The Inu no Taisho was really smart and strong and oh so cool. He was easy to talk to and he treated me as if I was already apart of the family. He was also the only other person in the world that Sesshoumaru respected so that says a lot about this man. We looked around the spacious classroom, trying to find a place to sit. "Over here! Lord Sesshoumaru, over here!" I heard a voice suddenly say. I looked up to see that Sesshoumaru's friend, Jaken, was waving a green hand in the air and pointing to a seat that was next to him. We walked up the steps to the middle of the room where the toad demon was sitting, but when we got there I noticed that he had only saved one seat.

"Ummm what about me?" I asked putting my hands on my hips. Jaken gave me a cold look.

"Oops. I forgot," he said. I narrowed my eyes at the little demon. No matter how nice I was to him, Jaken never seemed to like me. It was like that between us ever since Sesshoumaru and I had started dating. Jaken was obessed with my boyfriend and I sometimes wondered if he was trying to steal him away from me. He and Sesshoumaru had been friends from since I could remember, but the affection seemed to be one sided.

Jaken was clingy, protective, and kissed Sesshoumaru's ass all the time. He was good at stroking his ego. Jaken always called Sesshoumaru by his nickname, "The Lord". He got that nickname during high school. You see, Sess was the star quarterback and they called him "The Lord" because he owned the football field and everybody on it. (Me: ha ha, I managed to make it work ). It was more than obvious that Jaken was fond of him but Sesshoumaru, on the other hand, acted indifferent towards the short demon. He did show that he cared every now and then, but it was i extremely /i rare.

"Jaken why didn't you save Naima a seat?" Sesshoumaru sternly asked. A look of fear shot through his eyes.

"I'm so sorry Lord Sesshoumaru. Please forgive me. I didn't mean to anger you." I turned to Sesshoumaru and smiled.

"It's okay baby. I can sit in the back over there with Ayame and Miroku," I said, pointing in the direction.

"Miroku? I think not." I laughed.

"I'll be okay. If he tries anything I can take him." Something must have caught Miroku's ear for he was now looking over at us with a big smile on his face. Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes at him and growled low, causing Miroku's smile to disappear. I smiled again and gave my boyfriend a kiss before going to the back of the class. Sesshoumaru kept his eyes on Miroku the whole time until I sat down, my bottom safe from his busy hands. Miroku didn't dare speak to me for fear of the dog demon's wrath.

I watched the door as more and more students came filing into the classroom. I saw many people that I already knew. Inuyasha, Koga, Kikyo, Yura, Bankotsu and his three brothers, and even Naraku's half brother, Muso. I wondered if Naraku was going to take the class too. I looked all around me, but didn't see anyone that reminded me of him. Then again after five years he could look different now. After another minute or so, the bell rang and the Inu no Taisho came in signaling the start of class. He shut the door and instantly began to talk.

"Hello everyone and welcome to Advanced Fighting class. My name is Taisho-Sensei and I will be your instructor for the semester. In this class we will be..." Taisho-Sensei was cut off by the sudden sound of someone knocking on the door. He walked over to the door and unlocked it before opening it. In the doorway stood a tall man with long wavy black hair, red eyes, and a seemingly muscular build. My hazel eyes stared at his red ones realizing that that could only be one person. "Can I help you son?" Taisho-Sensei courtously asked.

"Uh yeah. I'm a student in your class. I'm sorry that I'm late. I got a little lost," he said handing him the piece of paper in his hand. Taisho-Sensei took it and gave it a good look over.

"Naraku is it?" he said looking back up at the new student. The man nodded his head. "Alright then Naraku find you a seat. The next time you're tardy to my class I'll have to throw you out."

"Yes Sir. My apologies," Naraku respectively said before taking a seat on the end of the third row next to Yura. I stared at Naraku very intensely the whole time that he walked over there to sit down. There he was right before my eyes after a five year hiatus. My best friend of thirteen years was finally back home in Brooklyn where he belonged. He looked smiliar to what he did the last time I saw him. Only he looked more mature. I'm not going to deny that I couldn't help but notice that he was indeed very good looking. However, the mere fact that the fool ain't called me in three years was enough to make me not swoon over him. That and the fact that I already had a man.

"Okay class like I was saying," Taisho-Sensei began again, "in this course you will learn how to develop your natural skills further and will help you begin your quest to daiyokai status. But right now I want to see what you already know, so I'm going to randomly go down the list and choose two opponents at random. Okay? Alright here we go." He closed his eyes and began to run a clawed finger up and down the list of names. "First off we have...Naima versus...Miroku."

"Mmm...it seems as if the gods have shown me favor today," Miroku said as he turned to me and smirked. I rolled my eyes as I rose out of my chair, only to instantly feel a hand on my backside.

"Miroku!" I snapped as I pushed his hand away. I could hear Sesshoumaru growling.

"It's this Wind Tunnel, I swear. It's like it wants to suck your butt into it."

"Oh shut up you perv and let's go."

"Alright Miroku. No harrassing the female students you got that?" Taisho-Sensei sternly asked.

"Yes Sir," he shamefully replied. I let him lead the way as I followed him down the stairs toward the spacious front area of the classroom.

"Alright you guys I want a clean fight. And I do mean clean , Miroku. You have five minutes to defeat your opponent. I want you two to only use your natural abilities, but nothing that can kill your opponent. When I call time, that's the end of the fight."

"But Sensei that seems hardly fair. I mean, she's a demon. She has more natural abilities than me," Miroku protested.

"Don't worry Miroku. I'll go easy on you," I said with a smirk.

"Ready?...Go!" As soon as Taisho-Sensei hit the button on the stop watch, I immediately jumped at Miroku swinging. He avoided my first few strikes, but he didn't see the last one as it successfully connected with his right cheek. I could hear a few girls cheering in the background, but I didn't advert my eyes from my opponent. Miroku regained his composure and came back at me with attacks of his own. I was able to block each one of his strikes with ease. I then dropped to the floor and performed a sweeping kick knocking him from his feet and onto the ground with me. Miroku quickly scrambled to his feet before I could attack him again. The cheering of the girls was getting louder and louder.

"Miroku you're going to be such a worthless monk," I heard Inuyasha call out, "you're letting a girl kick your butt all over this classroom."

"This is no ordinary girl," Miroku protested as he dodged more and more of my strikes, "she fights like a beast." I smirked at his comment. I had him backed up against the wall by the door. It was all over now. I jumped in the air and brought my foot crashing down into him. He instantly fell to the ground, looking knocked out.

"And time," Taisho-Sensei called out as he walked over to us, "Three minutes flat. Not bad Naima. Not bad at all."

"Thank you Sensei," I said with a slight bow. I then knelt down beside Miroku and looked at his closed eyes. "Are you alright Miroku?" I asked with a little concern. Without warning, I felt another hand rubbing on my hips. I could feel a vein popping on my temple as I proceeded to give the naughty monk-in-training a loud whack on the head. I could hear another growl from behind me, obviously from Sesshoumaru. I turned to see that his stoic gaze now held anger as a pencil snapped in two in his mighty hand.

"Alright Miroku enough kidding around," Taisho-Sensei said. The lecher's eyes snapped open as we both rose to our feet. I let him lead the way again as we headed back to our seats. As I passed him, I looked over at Naraku who was smiling at me. Even though I still wasn't cool about what had happened between him and I, I couldn't help but smile back. After all he still was my best friend. "Alright now that was an impressive start. Now let's see if the next two opponents can top that." He closed his eyes as he ran his finger up and down the list again. "Okay the next two students up are...Sesshoumaru and...sighs...Inu...Inuyasha."

"Hot damn!" Inuyasha cried out as he sprung from his seat and ran to the front of the class.

"Okay little brother let's do this thing quickly," Sesshoumaru said unenthusiastically.

"Alright boys. Like before I want a CLEAN fight and NO KILLING," our professor emphasized to his sons. "And...go!"

"Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!" Inuyasha cried out as he jumped at Sesshoumaru. A light whip formed at his finger tips as Sesshoumaru sent it at the half demon. After a few more minutes of fighting, the battle ended in a draw. Both dog demons walked away with twin snarls.

"Okay next up is...Koga annnnnd...Naraku." I watched Naraku very intensely as he rose and walked to the front of the class ready to take on the popular wolf demon.

"Naraku," Koga said with a smirk, "its been a while since I last saw you. Too bad that our reunion will result in your defeat." He cracked his knuckles loudly. Naraku only smirked back.

"Is that so? Well. I'd love to see you try to defeat me."

"Annnnd go!" As soon as the stopwatch started to tick, Koga ran at Naraku but only hit a barrier. I sat straight up in my seat with wide eyes. Whoa was he strong if he was able to put up a barrier like that! Naraku never once left his barrier as time steadily ticked away. "And time," Taisho-Sensei finally said. He turned to Naraku with a big smile. "Impressive, Naraku. You've made up for your tardiness indeed."

"Thank you Sensei," he said with a bow. As my best friend walked back to his seat, his red eyes locked on my hazel ones again. He gave me another pretty smile and once again I found myself smiling back. After five long years, my best friend has returned. I can't deny that I'm glad to see him, but I'm still going to knock his ass out .