"I must say that you have become much stronger since middle school, Naima," Naraku said as we sat at a table in Johnny Rockets, "the way you beat Miroku in class was so impressive." I smiled as I took a sip of Sprite.
"Thanks, but what I want to know is how you were able to put up a barrier like that. I mean, Koga couldn't even penetrate it and he's pretty damn strong."
"Oh I learned how errect barriers during my freshman year at this college in Japan. My major is sorcery."
"Oh really? So that means that you'll be taking Urasue-Sensei's Spell Casting class?"
"Yeah at two o'clock."
"Awesome! Me too. So we'll be in the same class. What else are you taking?"
"Hold on," he said as he reached down and looked through his backpack searching for something. He finally pulled out a white piece of paper and began to read it. "Well...I have Magicology, Weaponology, Advanced Fighting, Spell Casting, Strategology, and Art."
"Is Totosai-Sensei your professor for Weaponology?"
"Mmm...yeah. I have him at three o'clock. That's my last class."
"Looks like we'll be taking that together too. Sess is in that class with us as well." Naraku then turned his eyes on Sesshoumaru, who had been pretty silent during the whole meal.
"Speaking of which, so you play football too?" he asked him. Sesshoumaru nodded his head.
"I'm starting quarterback this year. What position do you play?"
"I can play defense, but I'm mainly a Wide Receiver."
"Interesting. Are you a good one? I mean can you catch well or are you just fast?"
"Chuckles The best of both worlds. I'm a better runner though."
"He sure is," I jumped in, "he was the fastest on the football team in middle school, well other than Koga that is, and we both used to run track."
"Are you still cheerleading Naima?" Naraku asked me. I shook my head no.
"Nuh uh. But I still run track. I'm still as fast as ever too."
"So how long have you two been together?" he asked, waving his finger at me and Sesshoumaru."
"Mmm, about two years."
"So you are Inuyasha's big brother huh? How come you didn't go to school with us?"
"I lived with my mother in Manhattan during middle school," Sesshoumaru explained, "I didn't move in with my father in Brooklyn until ninth grade."
"So are you and Inuyasha close?"
"Ha. Don't make me laugh."
"Chuckles I see. I'm not close to my brother either. In fact the only people I know that are close to their siblings are Naima and Bankotsu." Naraku sure wasn't lying. He and his older half brother, Muso, didn't get along at all. Probably even worse than Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru if you can believe it. When Naraku and I were in fourth grade, Naraku was reunited with both Muso and their biological father, Onigumo. Naraku and his father weren't close either. You see, Onigumo-san wasn't really nice and loving to Naraku like he was to Muso. It was obvious that Daddy Dearest preferred the elder son over the younger one. So consequently after Onigumo-San took his son in, Naraku would spend the night at my house a lot because he didn't want to be around him.
Sesshoumaru then pulled his white cell phone out of his pocket and looked at the time. "Its time to go," he said out loud. We all got our stuff, tipped the waitress, and left the restaurant.
"Alright this year I'll be damned if we don't go to the playoffs," Taisho-Sensei, who was also the head football coach, said to his players when practice began. Last year our team, the Demon Lords, were only one game shy of making the playoffs. But now that Sesshoumaru was the starting quarterback this year, everyone was confident that we would go all the way. I sat on the bleachers with Jakotsu, Jaken, and two of my three roomates, Sango and Kagome, watching the men on the field. I must say that Sesshoumaru was looking mighty good in his uniform and Naraku wasn't half bad either.
"I hope Inuyasha won't make too much commotion like he did last year in high school," Kagome, Inuyasha's girlfriend, said, resting her head in her hands.
"Ahhh Inuyasha looks so handsome does he not?" Jakotsu wistfully said, totally ignoring the fact that Kagome was nearby, "he's totally the star."
"Hmph!" Jaken jumped in, "the only star I see out there is Lord Sesshoumaru. He didn't get that nickname for no reason you know." I rolled my eyes. There he was kissing ass again. You'd swear that he was the girlfriend instead of me.
"There are a lot of good players," Sango, the more level headed one, said, "Inuyasha, Sesshoumaru, Bankotsu, just to name a few."
"Come now Sango. How come you never compliment me like that?" a voice all of a sudden said. I looked down to see that Miroku was walking up the stairs of the bleachers and comming over to where we were. Sango just crossed her arms and looked the other way.
"Because there is nothing to compliment."
"Oh Sango. Don't be that way. How come you didn't call me back last night?"
"Because I heard that you were at the library hanging all over Kikyo."
"Kikyo and I are both spirituality majors so we were just helping each other out. That's all."
"I don't believe you." I shook my head and smiled to myself as the two continued to bicker. How Sango puts up with Miroku, I'll never know. I would have killed him a long time ago. I was thankful that I had a man that was faithful to me.
"Okay first we are going to do an I Formation," Taisho-Sensei called out to the boys from the sideline, "Offense, I want you to perform the Half Demon Toss Up. Defense, I want you to Blitz. And Suikotsu! Do NOT try and injure the quarterback! This is only practice."
"Yes Sir," Suikotsu replied. All of the men got into position.
"Red 24. Red 24. Hut, hut, hut!" Sesshoumaru called out. The ball was snapped into his hands and he immediately handed it to Inuyasha who managed to get eight yards before being stopped.
"Okay not bad Inuyasha," Taisho-Sensei declared, "alright offense perform the Werewolf Sprint. Defense, Blitz again."
"Red 31. Red 31. Hut, hut!" The ball was snapped and this time it was handed to Koga. Koga got twice the amount of yards Inuyasha did before Bankotsu tackled him.
"Okay so good so far," Taisho-Sensei said with a smile, "let's try a little passing shall we. Uh let's see...Eightlegged Running Man on offense. Prevent on defense."
"Black 81. Black 81. Hike!" Sesshoumaru dropped back with the brown ball and hurled it in the air with Naraku being the intended receiver. The pass flew about twenty yards before Naraku caught it with ease. He then broke about five tackles as he ran all the way down to the end zone and would have had a touchdown if this was a real game.
"Yeah now that's what I'm talking about!" Taisho-Sensei cried throwing his hands in the air, "but let's try again to make sure that that wasn't a fluke. Offense's play is Hail Mary. Defense's play is Cover Four." The boys all lined up again. Muso was supposed to cover Naraku this time.
"Blue 42. Blue 42. Hut, hut, hut!" Everybody took off running down the field as Sesshoumaru threw the ball in the air. When he was on the opponent's 30 yard line, Naraku turned around and let the ball sink into his hands. Muso tried to dive and tackle his baby brother, but baby brother was just too fast. Once again Naraku made it to the end zone.
"Hell yeah! This season is looking better and better! And Naraku just might be the MVP!" Taisho-Sensei exclaimed. I looked over at Sesshoumaru who now had an annoyed look on his face. I guess that 'The Lord' felt as if his grassy kingdom was being invaded. And by a half demon no less.
Unknown Person #1 POV
I stood on the fence with my two roomates and best friends, Yura and Abi, as I watched how well my future mate was playing. Naraku was even showing up that panther demon's boyfriend and looking good doing it too. I wonder how Naraku will react when he sees me again? I know that he'll be happy, but how happy I don't know. Still, I refuse to leave today without exchanging numbers. Naraku will be mine and mine alone. "How much longer untill practice ends? I need to call Hiten," Yura, the hair manipulator, whined to me.
"Soon," I said, "in fact in a few minutes."
"Good because I can't stand to watch much more of this stupid sport," Abi, the bird demon, said. Sure enough after a few more plays and a few more minutes, Taisho-Sensei called for the end of practice.
"Let's go," I ordered my friends as we began to walk down the hill and over to Naraku who was now standing with Sesshoumaru and that bitch Naima. I walked up behind him and tapped him on the shoulder. He spun around and locked his sexy red eyes on my teal ones. "Hi Naraku. Remember me?" I sweetly said. He narrowed those hypnotic eyes slightly before speaking.
"Ts...Tsubaki?" he asked me.
"Yep!" I cried stretching out my arms. He smiled really big as he warmly welcomed my embrace.
"Oh Tsubaki," he said while holding me, "how are you girl?"
"I'm good," I smiled back. I glanced over his shoulder to see that the panther demon was giving me a suspicious look. I just winked back at her playfully. Oh Naima. If you only knew that its just a matter of time before I steal your best friend away from you, you would have killed me right then and there. After a few more seconds we both withdrew from the embrace. I gave him a good look over. "My have you grown," I said with a smile, "you look great."
"Thanks. So do you," he replied.
"Say Naraku. I was just wondering if you would like to go out later on. You know, so we can catch up."
"Sure that's no problem."
"Cool." I pulled my cell phone out of my skirt pocket. "What's your number?"
"489-4608." I programed the number in my phone.
"Okay I'll call you later on tonight."
"That's cool."
"See you later, Naraku." I turned away and walked back over to Yura and Abi who were waiting for me a little ways off. They gave me questioning looks and I just smiled. "Told y'all that he'd be happy to see me. We're going out tonight."
"Man you're good Tsubaki," Abi said with a smile.
"I know. I know," I cockily replied. Ahhh yes. Tonight it will just be me and Naraku. So its not an official date, but its a start. I vow that by the end of the semester, I, Tsubaki the dark priestess-in-training, will be the top woman in Naraku's life. Hello Tsubaki and bye bye Naima.
