"Okay everyone today are going to learn about the various ways to use your demon energy from your sword to strike down an opponent," Kaijinbo-Sensei said the next morning in Swords class. I didn't too much like swords class. It wasn't as exiciting as my other classes. I don't think Sesshoumaru liked it much either, for he was about to fall asleep in the seat next to me.
"What's wrong baby?" I asked while rubbing his back. He shifted so his head rested in his other hand and looked at me.
"It's nothing. I just was up late last night studying. I heard Kaijimbo-Sensei gives out a lot of pop quizzes." I let out a light chuckle.
"You're such a nerd."
"Better safe than sorry."
"Its only the first week of school. He's not going to give us a pop quiz this early in the year."
"Okay class I want you to remove all of your materials from your desk so I can see what you all remember so far," Kaijimbo-Sensei suddenly said. Oh shit! O.O I whipped my head around and looked at Sesshoumaru again, who was smirking at me.
"Told you," he said winking. I slightly narrowed his eyes at him. I then turned to look at Bankotsu who was a few seats behind me. He gave me the same apprehensive look that I gave him. Neither one of us had studied at all last night because we were playing Madden the whole time.
"This pop quiz will be verbal and I will be taking note of your responses to see if you have been reading the required material and paying attention in class." I was quickly running over the lessons in my head but that still didn't help much. I was flicking my pencil with one hand and biting my claws on the other one. I heard Sesshoumaru chuckle slightly, definitely mocking me.
"Okay. If you are faced with an impenetrable barrier, what can you do to strengthen your sword so you can make it stronger?" Hands instantly went up around the class, making me feel so dumb. "Uhh...Inuyasha."
"You get the blood of a bat demon and blend it in with your sword to make your weapon stronger," he confidently answered.
"Excellent. Correct," Kaijimbo-Sensei said while writing on the sheet of paper. "Okay next question. If you are a human and you possess a demon sword, what can you do to dissapate the demonic aura? Okay...Jakotsu?"
"You find a priestess or monk to cast out the demonic energy."
"Right on the mark." Kaijimbo-Sensei wrote more notes on the paper. After a few more minutes of quizzing, I thought that I would be safe. "Alright here we go. If you were to lose an arm in battle, and you find a sword that you can't wield because it has an anti-demon barrier, what can you do so you will be able to wield it?" 'Please don't call on me. Please don't call on me. I frantically thought. "Umm let's see. Naima, you've been pretty quiet this morning. Why don't you give it a shot?" I sat straight up feeling paniced.
"Uhhh, ca-can you repeat the question?" I asked, purposely stalling so I could see if I could pull something out of my ass.
"Sure. If you lose a limb in combat and you find a sword with an anti-demon barrier around it, what can you do so you can wield the sword?" I still had nothing.
"Uhhhh...make somebody else wield it?" I randomly guessed.
"I see. Sorry but that is incorrect," Kaijimbo-Sensei said while shaking his head and making notes, "let's see if you can answer that Sesshoumaru."
"You find a human arm and use some medium to attach it to your body so it can be wielded properly," he calmly answered, totally sure that it was right.
"Excellent," Kaijimbo-Sensei declared. I turned and gave my boyfriend a cold look and he in turn gave me an evil smile. I was pretty certain that I was more than likely failing Swords class now.
After class was over, Sesshoumaru and I began walking side by side to my math class. He always walked me to class ever since we started dating in high school. I always thought it was so cute.
"Hey Sess. Sigma Omicron Psi is hosting a party next weekend. Me and the other soroity girls are going and I was wondering if you'll go with me?" I asked him. A frown suddenly appeared on his face.
"Isn't Inuyasha a Sigma?"
"Yeah."
"No thanks. I'll pass."
"Miroku is a Sigma too." The frown became bigger.
"I guess I'll accompany you then." I laughed out loud. I knew he would change his mind if he found out that boy would be there. Now I wanted to see what his reaction would be when I told him about another boy.
"Say you're working the night shift tonight, right?"
"Yeah. What about it?"
"Oh, Naraku wanted to know if I was free so we could hang out tonight." He frowned once again.
"Uh, considering what happened today, don't you think you ought to be studying?"
"That was just bad luck. I know my material."
"Naraku huh? Well where did he want to take you?"
"We were planning on going to the Silk Room. Is that okay with you?" His frown began to soften a little.
"I doesn't matter," he said in his usual monotonic voice, "just call me when you get home." By that time, we had reached my class. I turned to him and smiled. I was worried that what Kagura had told me earlier might have been accurate, but Sesshoumaru seemed to be okay with my relationship with Naraku.
"Thank you baby," I said before kissing him on the cheek, "I love you."
"Likewise," he replied giving me a hug. I then gave him a quick peck on the lips before he went on his way.
The rest of the day passed by quickly and before I knew it, it was already nine o'clock. Naraku would be picking me up in thirty minutes. I stood in the mirror fixing my hair and checking myself out in my red halter top, white pants, and red heels. Gold hooped earrings and a gold bracelet, and my friendship necklace tucked in under my top. Even though I wasn't going out with my man tonight, I still wanted to make sure that everything was in its place. Sango sat on the couch and watched me while reading a magazine at the same time. "You look nice Naima," she said, "where are you and Sesshoumaru going?"
"Oh I'm not going out with Sess tonight," I replied, "Naraku and I are going to the Silk Room."
"Naraku? Does Sesshoumaru know?"
"Yeah. Why wouldn't he?"
"No reason. Just wondering." I smirked in the mirror.
"You're not beginning to side with Kagura are you?"
"Well, I don't know Naraku really well, but I find it hard to believe that Sesshoumaru would let another man take his woman out this late at night."
"Sesshoumaru has nothing to worry about. I love Naraku like family. There's absolutely nothing between us anymore."
"Does Sesshoumaru know about your past with him?"
"No, I haven't told him. I'll get around to it eventually." Just then there was a knock on the door.
"I'll get it," Sango declared as she got up and went to open the front door. "Hi Naraku," Sango said with a smile. My best friend smiled back.
"Hello Sango," he replied as he followed her inside of our home. I gave him a good look from head to toe. He was wearing a nice, dark purple button down shirt that was unbuttoned slightly at the chest, showing that he was wearing the friendship necklace underneath his shirt. He had on black pants, and black shoes. His long hair pulled back into a ponytail. Gold watch refelecting the light of the room.
"Wow. Look at you," he said to me with one of his beautiful smiles.
"Look who's talking," I said as I smiled back. I walked over to him and gave him a hug. He also smelled as good as he looked as I took in a big whiff of his colonge. I pulled back from him and smiled.
"You ready?" he asked me.
"Yeah," I replied as I got my small white purse and keys.
"Have fun you guys," Sango said as she got up to close behind us.
The line to the Silk Room was beginning to fill up quickly, and since we were broke college students, we made sure that we got there before ten so we could get in for free (lol). After about ten minutes or so, Naraku and I finally got inside. Like always, the club was jumping even though it was still early. We immediately went out to the middle of the dance floor and began to do our thing. And to my suprise, Naraku was a good dancer. A vast improvement from when we were younger because back then, he didn't have rhythmn to save his life. We were steadily grabbing attention as we moved around each other, both of us complimenting each other's rhythmn. I danced close, but not too close. I still had to remember my boundaries even though I didn't feel anything for Naraku anymore. Now if he had been Sesshoumaru, that would have been another story .. But still I liked dancing with my best friend. Sesshoumaru didn't wild out like Naraku did. No, Sess was more conservative and wasn't really into the type of music I was into. But Naraku and I had always liked the same music and the same songs. We used to listen to the New Jack Swing all the time when we were little.
After a long time out there, we finally got tired and got a seat at a nearby table. "I'm impressed Naraku," I said smiling, "I didn't think you could keep up with me."
"No, I think that it was you who was trying to keep up with me," he replied smirking. I smirked back. "Man I missed having this kind of fun with you. You remember that time when Bankotsu threw that house party when his parents were gone, but they came back a day early?" I busted out into a fit of laughter.
"I won't ever forget that and I won't let Bankotsu forget it either."
"Oh neither will I. You remember when we all went to Koga's birthday party back in third grade and you twisted your ankle trying to do the running man?" I covered my face in my hand while he busted out laughing.
"Oh shut up," I said smiling, "at least I didn't almost break my neck trying to breakdance on the playground back in fifth grade." He laughed even harder.
"Oh yeah, I was doing that trying to impress Kikyo. Speaking of which the woman is still as fine as ever."
"You do know that she can't stand you right?"
"Oh I know. I've accpeted the fact, but I'm not blind you know."
"So are you going to try and get with her again?"
"Nah. I've grown out of my Kikyo phase."
"Are you going into a Tsubaki phase?"
"Oh here you go again." I giggled.
"I'm serious. You know that she's had a crush on you ever since we were kids. At least you'd have an opportunity with her."
"Are you implying that she is the only woman who would want me?" I laughed.
"No. I was just asking a question. That's all."
"I just see Tsubaki as a friend right now. We'll see if anything happens or not."
"Just be careful no matter what, okay?"
"You make it sound as if I'm going to war."
"You could be with her. You never know." He laughed in reply. He then stood up and extended a hand out to me.
"Well, I'm ready to burn off some more energy. You ready?"
"Of course," I replied as I took his hand and left my seat. We both made our way through the crowd of people and back onto the dance floor.
It was a little pass twelve when Naraku dropped me off back at my apartment. He walked me to my door to make sure that I got in safely. "Goodnight my dear and I'll see you at school later on," he said as he gave me one more hug.
"Goodnight and I had so much fun with you."
"Me too. We need to do it again asap."
"Are you going to the Sigma frat party next weekend?"
"Yeah. 'B' told me about it."
"Alright then we'll party there too."
"Sounds good." He gave me one last hug before I entered my home. I then went to my window to make sure that he pulled out of the parking lot safely. I quietly made my way to my room, careful not to disturb the girls' sleeping. I quickly stripped my clothes and put on my pajamas before climbing into bed. I hesitated calling Sesshoumaru because of the time, but I thought that it would be best if I did. I dialed his number, but instantly got his answering machine. I left him a quick message letting him know that I got in safely and how much I loved him. I then pulled the covers up over me and laid back down, falling fast asleep in a matter of minutes.
Me: Hee hee. Naraku at a club. I wonder if he can Crank that Soulja Boy.
Naraku: You make me do that and you're dead.
Me: hides behind rock...Yes sir.
