A few minutes after Naraku and I had finished our fight, the bell signaling the end of class rang. I picked up my books and backpack and walked over to my boyfriend. "Aww it sucks that we're not partners," I said as I laid my head on his shoulder. Sesshoumaru lightly chuckled.

"Better luck next time," he said.

"Well, I gotta go talk to Naraku for a few moments alright? See you out there on the field in a few minutes."

Sesshoumaru looked up and slightly narrowed his eyes at my bestfriend, although Naraku didn't notice for he was talking to Tsubaki. I guess our past together still bothered Sesshoumaru. I suppose it would take some time for him to get over it.

"Alright," he finally said, "but don't take too long.

"I won't. I love you baby," I said as I gave him a quick peck on the lips.

"You too," he replied as he got his things and left the classroom. I then walked over to where Naraku and Tsubaki were. I walked up behind him and tapped him on the shoulder. He turned around and gave me another smile before quickly turning back to Tsubaki.

"Excuse me Tsubaki, I need to talk to Naima right quick."

"Take all the time you need."

"You still coming to practice right?"

"I wouldn't miss it for the world."

"Alright then, I'll see you there."

"Okay. Bye Naraku. Naima."

"Hmmm bye, Tsubaki," I said with slight sarcasm. There she goes again, being extra sweet just because Naraku was around. Oh my god was she phony or what? Naraku then turned back to me and smiled again, which caused me to smile too. "So are y'all talking now or what?"

"Naima."

"Hey, I'm just asking. So are you?" He chuckled

"No. We're still just friends right now."

"Do you wanna hook up with her?"

"Was there something you wanted to talk about, other than my love life?"

"Mmm yes. I wanted to discuss the project."

"What a nerd. You're already ready to start?"

"Of course. I need this A."

"Alright. Well, let's walk and talk. I need to head down to the field."

"Okay." I got my backpack and text books and he got his duffle bag and we left the classroom.

"So what's up with your boyfriend Naima?" Naraku asked me when we made it out of the building.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I tried to tell him hey today in the hallway, but he just turned his head and acted like he didn't see me."

"Oh he did did he?"

"Yeah. So is there something wrong? I mean, is he mad at me or something?" I awkwardly smiled as I hugged my books closer to my chest. I let out a big sigh.

"Well, apparently someone told him about you and I." Naraku cocked an eyebrow at me.

"What about us?"

"About when you and I used to date."

"Ohhh. Does he know about..."

"Mmmhmm."

"Ohhh. I see. I thought he already knew."

"Nuh uh. I didn't tell him. I should have, but I didn't."

"So that's why he's been acting funny towards me. Well, can't say that I blame him. I think that I'd feel the same way."

"You would?"

"Oh yeah. If my girlfriend was still friends with her first, I don't think that I would be too cool with it."

"But what if your girl's first dumped her like you did me."

"Damn Naima, I'm standing right here."

"Well, you know its true." He turned his gaze from me to the sky. He smirked a little.

"Still. Knowing that the man who was your girlfriend's first love is still apart of her life, is a hard thing to deal with. They say that you never forget your first or your first time." I started to smile a little. He was right. I would never forget that day with Naraku. Even with the bad memories. So if I never forgot how it felt that day with him, then that meant...

"So...that means that you never forgot about how it felt with me?" I said as I looked up at him and smiled. He turned his head back to me and chuckled softly.

"No. No, I didn't. I don't think I could if I tried. Do you still remember?"

"Oh yeah. I remember. I remember the whole sixty seconds." His smile then faded which caused me to laugh.

"Sixty...Naima that's cold. You know what, I can't stand you sometimes." He started to speed up his pace, faking that he was upset. I laughed harder as I quickened my pace to catch up with him.

"Naraku wait up. You know I was joking."

"Oh nooo. This 'Minute Man' waits for no woman, but I guess you already know that huh?" He sped up even more. I laughed even harder at his silly self.

"Okay. Okay. So it was more than sixty seconds. Maybe it was two minutes."

"Well I obviously did some damage in those two minutes, considering that you're chasing me down like some stalker. So that's why you were screaming my name." I gasped at his comeback.

"Yeah, you keep thinking that."

"Oh! Oh! Oh Naraku! Oh!" he cried out in a woman's voice, supposedly imitating me.

"Naraku, you're such a pervert!" I cried as I started to chase him. He laughed too as he ran away from me. We didn't stop running until we reached the football field.

I sat on the bleachers with Kagome as the boys began to warm up and stretch for practice. I looked around, but didn't see Tsubaki anywhere. Nor did I see Sango. "So where is Sango?" I asked Kagome. She usually would come with us to watch the boys play.

"She had to work today," she replied.

"Oh. So how is everything between you and Inuyasha?"

"Better. I'll just try my best to be considerate of his feelings and not be so overly friendly to Koga."

"I guess I should be that way about Naraku too."

"Is Sesshoumaru still upset about it?"

"I think so, but he'll get over it eventually."

"I think he will too. Sesshoumaru isn't as jealous as Inuyasha." Hmm, somehow, I think that she was wrong.

"Okay boys today I'm going to let Sesshoumaru decide the plays," Taisho-Sensei said as he stood in the middle of the circle that the players made. "Since we are currently 2-0, I think that I want to see if your quarterback really knows what he's doing. So Sessho will be calling all the plays today. Now get going."

"Yes Coach," the boys replied.

"WOOO! GO NUMBER 81!" I heard a woman's voice all of a sudden say. I looked down to see that Tsubaki and her friends, Abi and Yura, were standing by the fence around the track and football field. Naraku looked over at the direction where his jersey number was called and waved. I smirked as I rolled my eyes at the girl's obsessiveness. If Naraku and her did get together, I wish him the best of luck.

"Red 32. Red 32. Hut hut!" Sesshoumaru called out, just before the ball was snapped. He handed it to Inuyasha as he proceeded to get the first down.

"Wooo! Go Inuyasha!" Kagome cried as she jumped up and waved her arms. I laughed at my friend.

"You're such a groupie," I said smiling.

"Hey, I'm his groupie," she replied with a smile of her own.

"Red 16. Red 16. Hut, hut, hut!" Sesshoumaru then passed the ball to Koga, who was stopped short of the first down.

"Black 81. Black 81. Hike!" On the next play, Sesshoumaru hurled the ball to Naraku, who caught it with ease. But just as he began to run with it, Muso came up behind him and gave him a hard tackle. Naraku hit the turf with a loud thud, but he seemed to be okay. He tossed the ball back to Sesshoumaru as he got back into position.

"Blue 42. Blue 42. Hut hut!" Once again, the ball was thrown to Naraku. However, Muso gave him another hard tackle before he could catch it. Still, Naraku seemed to be unscathed.

As practice went on, all the remaining plays were passing plays. But something bothered me. One, why was Muso tackling Naraku so hard if this was only practice? And two, why was Sesshoumaru only calling plays that made Naraku catch the ball? If I didn't know better, I'd swear that Muso was trying to hurt Naraku on purpose and that Sesshoumaru kept throwing to Naraku so he would have to be hit.

"Orange 11. Orange 11. Hike!" Once again, the ball was launched to Naraku. He caught it with his red and black gloved hands but as soon as he did, Muso gave him another hard tackle. An illegal tackle. He hit Naraku with his hands close to his neck and when Naraku hit the ground, both the ball and his helmet popped off and flew a few feet.

"Coach Taisho! That was a face mask! That's an illegal hit!" I cried as I jumped up in the bleachers.

"The lady's right Muso," Taisho-Sensei said with his arms crossed, "watch your hands and stop hitting him so hard."

"Yes Coach," Muso replied. I sat back down on the bleacher and inhaled deeply. This was beginning to piss me off. I knew for a fact now that Sesshoumaru kept calling those plays so Naraku would get hurt. And if Muso kept tackling him like that, Naraku would be injured.

"Black 4. Black 4. Hut!" No suprise that Naraku was the intended receiver again. And once again, he got hit with another bone crunching tackle. But this time, he didn't get up.

"Aww shit! Naraku!" Bankotsu cried out as he, and a few other players, ran over to his fallen friend. He knelt down beside him and took his helmet off. "What is it man?"

"I'm fine," Naraku growled, clenching his teeth. "I just hurt my ankle a bit. I'm alright."

"You sure Naraku?" Taisho-Sensei asked. He nodded in reply.

"Come on man," Bankotsu said as he helped Naraku up and leaned him against his shoulder, helping him as he limped off of the field. I ran down the bleachers and walked over to the fenced area where the player's bench was. I was the only other fan over there. Tsubaki and her friends had since left.

"Naraku are you alright?" I asked with great concern. He turned around and smiled at me through the fence.

"Yeah, I'm okay," he replied, "don't worry."

"Okay I think that we had more than enough practice for today," Taisho-Sensei declared as he began to walk towards the exit of the field. "Y'all can go now." As the players began to exit, I marched straight to Sesshoumaru. Fire burning in my eyes.

"What the hell was that all about?!" I snapped at him as I gave him a hard push. He narrowed his eyes at me.

"What are you talking about?"

"You called those passing plays on purpose so Naraku would get hit."

"Nonsense."

"There are three other receivers on the team. What? Can they not catch?"

"I didn't tell Muso to hit him that hard."

"Still! If you saw your teammate getting tackled like that, then you should have taken some of the pressure off by changing the plays!"

"So what if he got banged up a little. It's football."

"You're still mad about what happened between us! That's why you want him to get hurt! You're so childish Sesshoumaru!"

"Silence! I don't want to deal with this today. Let's go!" I shook my head as I started to back away from him.

"No. You can go home alone. I'm catching a ride with Bankotsu. Goodbye Sesshoumaru."

"Fine. Do what you want." He then turned and began to walk away. I inhaled deeply as I tried to supress a scream. Oooo I was so mad right now. The man I loved had intentionally tried to aide in hurting my bestfriend over something like that. I just hoped that Naraku was as okay as he claimed he was. I walked back to the bench and sat down beside him and Bankotsu.

"Are you sure that you're okay Naraku?" I asked, still very concerned.

"Yes I'm..." All of a sudden he paused as he threw his hand around his neck, "dammit. My chain!"

"You mean your friendship necklace?" Bankotsu asked him.

"Yeah. It must have gotten knocked off while Muso was hitting me."

"Well then it's probably on the field. Let's go see if we can find it," I said as I stood up off of the bench. The boys nodded their heads as they got up too. As we began to walk towards the field, I suddenly felt a sharp pain on my ankle. Like something had just bitten me.

"Ahh shit!" I gasped as I looked down at my feet.

"What is it?" Bankotsu asked.

"I think something just bit my ankle, but there's nothing here."

"Let me see," Naraku said as he knelt down and lifted my pants leg and lowered my sock. "I don't see any bite marks. You sure something bit you?"

"Yeah. I'm sure of it."

"Well you look like you're fine. Maybe it was just an ant or something."

"Maybe."

"Come on y'all. Let's go find this necklace before sundown," Bankotsu said. We both nodded in reply as I walked and Naraku limped behind him.


Tsubaki's POV

I waited impatiently with Yura and Abi hoping that Muso had done the job. "Uggh! Were is he?" I growled as I looked at my watch again.

"Calm down! I got it," I heard my partner in crime say. I looked up to see a faux silver necklace being hurled at me. I caught it and my eyes lit up when I saw it. Sure enough it was Naraku's necklace.

"I see you didn't fail me," I said with a smile.

"Of course not. So why did you want it anyways?" Just as he said his statement, my serpant slithered up behind him and back around my shoulders. The snake then opened his fangs to reveal Naima's blood. I laughed seeing that my plan was indeed a success.

"You see, my dear," I began, "I required these items in order to place a curse upon Naraku and Naima's friendship." Muso looked at me confused.

"What do you mean?"

"Back in middle school, I placed a curse on their friendship, but it didn't last as long as I had expected. You see, Naraku and Naima were so close and so in love, that I was certain that Naraku would choose her to be his mate. But I wanted him for myself. So since they both cherished these necklaces so much, I decided that if I cursed the chains, I could break them apart. So with his necklace and her blood, the curse affected how he thought about Naima. After he moved to Japan, he stopped talking to her. That wasn't his doing. That was my doing."

"Interesting."

"Yes, and this time, the curse will be stronger. My black magic skills have increased tremedously." I opened the serpant's mouth with one hand and held the necklace with the other. As Naima's blood dripped down on Naraku's necklace, I mubbled the Japanese spell.

"You truly are psycho," Muso said with slight amusement.

"I might be psycho, but in the end, I'll get my man."

"And I'll get Kikyo right?"

"Yes. I guess that I have to live up to my end of the deal too."

"Damn straight." I chuckled in reply. A few seconds later, the spell was complete.

"Now all I have to do is put this back around Naraku's neck and the curse will take effect."

"Remind me never to piss you off." I laughed again. I felt completely satisfied. The curse was sure to work this time and Naraku would mate me instead of that damn panther. I would make my move this week. Perhaps, at the party Saturday. Yes. I would make my move at the Sigma party.