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Chapter 9: Revenge, anyone?
Pulse racing, sweat dripping down her body, muscles aching, body burning like an inferno that what's she was experiencing. God it felt…..it felt like hell. Nora laid down on the matt, arms folded behind her arm, struggling to pull her upper body up right. Fuck P.E. it made her feel incredibly out of shape, she wasn't chucky but she certainly didn't have the physique of a runway model. Man screw the school system, why physical education was a requirement for graduation was beyond her comprehension? Unless her future plans somehow involve becoming an applicant for the Olympics, she was damn sure she didn't need this class. But you can't fight the system, no matter how much it sucked.
"Come on ladies," the drill sergeant shouted as he circled the flushed face group of 20 girls, "Thirty more sit-ups. Elbows out of sight!"
Nora grunted, eye clenched shut, and propelled her torso upward, uttering a curse. "Fuck you." Her body crashed back to the matt, chest rising up and down rapidly, she slowly turned her head to look at Summer. Summer gave her a dry laugh.
The class was Co-Ed, which meant the boys play with the girls, but for moment the drill instructors decided to split the sexes for warm ups. The boys line up accordingly on the left side of the spacious gym and the girls on the right in the same fashion. The tedious drills sometimes reminded her of a cult and the same goes for the uniform: gray shirts and blue shorts. Summer was just as flush and out of breath like Nora neither of the two friends were much of athletes.
"Pick up the pace!"
With a cry, Nora pushed forward once again; she collapsed against the floor and inhaled a much needed breath. "What the," she said between her pants, "what the fuck man."
"I know." Summer agreed with strains of curls, which escaped their rubber confinement, plastered to her forehead.
Nora eyes traveled to the left side of the gym, wishing to see how the boys were fairing, damn was it a bad idea. Not only were none of the guys having any difficulty keeping up with the speed and intensity of the routine but sight of her certain friend aroused her aching body. Hiei raise and lower his body, his biceps flexing, she could the contours of his rippling back through the sweat stain shirt. Great, he was strong as a ox and look like a god while exercising; Nora prayed he didn't watch her. She highly doubted her wheezing un-tone form was even remotely appealing let alone erotic.
"Alright take a break." A chorus of groans of relief filled the wooden panel gym.
Limbs sprawled across the matt, the girls took a moment to recover, none of them convincing in their own strength to get up. Nora didn't dare more a muscle they all felt like jelly. Meanwhile on the male-dominated side of the room, the boys leaped to their feet, stretching. The warm drill was insignificant to the training each of them had undergone. Yusuke's months of training with Genkai, Kuwabara's own routine regime, Kurama and Hiei's survival in Makai depended on being the strongest. That not mentioning the death or life battles they endured.
Hiei knew rigorous preparation of the body; his whole life was purpose towards becoming stronger and powerful. Even with his ranking topping the chart, he had never quit the engraved habit of toning his form. Hiei had an unparallel focus and determination and most time he could not be so easily distracted. But that woman and the sounds she was emitting it took all of his will power not to watch her. Hiei could imagine another calorie-burning exercise that involved her on all fours, sweating, and groaning. He forgot how hungry a demon's appetite for sex was with his pursuit for his own goals trivial things like that took a back seat in his list of priorities.
"Hiei." A young voiced called him out of his thoughts. Hiei meet hazel eyes and sent the cocky teen a glare, he was paying attention to their discussion well sort of. Fine he was a bit preoccupied but they didn't need to know that.
"You're boring me, detective."
Yusuke scoffed. "Well three-eyes if you have any to add we love to hear it."
"I could be off in Demon World doing something much better like not dealing with human problems."
Kurama sighed; he released his fiery locks from their binding. "Well Hiei if you wish to return to Makai then your participation in this case is of the upmost importance."
"Hn." Hiei mumbled and Kurama sighed he was being extremely counterproductive when at the current moment they need to pull their heads together. It had only been a matter of few days when the demon strike again assaulting anther human girl- who was in a worsen state than the last. Kurama knew the demon, whatever his goal, was growing inpatient therefore each of his attack becoming more violent. It wouldn't be long before he killed one of his victims. Their current plan of action was ineffective as they painfully and methodically stalked each potential suspects from the list they acquired.
"Perhaps we need to take a different approach to solving this case," Kurama started, rubbing his chin in thought, "Instead of aiming to find the demon, we should discover what he is searching for."
"How do you know that he's looking for someone?" Kuwabara asked.
Kurama regarded the inquisitive gazes on him. "It is his method; if he wanted to slaughter the students here he would have done so. But he's not instead he is being very careful not to be found and is attacking only the girls of this school. This demon does not want to be discover until he got what he is searching for."
" But what would a demon want with a human girl?" Yusuke pondered out loud.
Kuwabara brows furrowed in deep contemplation. "Hmm."
"I've been wondering that myself. " Kurama admitted. "We should speak to Botan, maybe she has some information that come shed some light on this puzzle."
Meanwhile, the girls finally found the strength to get back on their feet again. Nora whined as she stretched her aching arms. Damn she needed to build up some muscle mass at least, she sure was feeling even weaker when she witnessed how easily the boys took to the warm up drills. Summer sat propped against the wall, legs stretched out.
"There something different about you." She stated, a curious eye dissecting her friend.
Nora flushed and quickly played a look of deceived innocence. "Who? Me? You're crazy."
Summer didn't look convinced; she pressed her lips in a tight line. "What is it? You better tell-"
They were too preoccupied in their own conservation that neither one took knowledge of Josh's presence. "What up?"
Nora whipped around, around crossed, with a very defiant cast on her features. It may have been sometime since they last talk but she was still ticked off that he play the "I love you" card. Again he was the one that cheated on her. "What do you want?" she demanded, making no attempt to hide the harshness in her tone.
Josh winced slightly, pulling a piece of blue paper from his pocket. "I want to apologize for…for everything you know. I still want us to be friends."
Dear god, how many people in the dating world have heard that line "I cheated on you and all but I think we should still be pals"? It was all she could do not to punch him out of her frustration at him and herself. There was that tiny part of her that wish to forgive him and that is how hormones fuck with your brain. Any logical time when sex or feelings weren't involved you can easily tell the guy to go fuck a toaster. But no she had to feel divided; he didn't have to know that though.
Summer shot up next to her friend, seeing a delay in her response. She snatched the paper from his hand. "A house party?" She blurted, surprised.
"You're having a party?" Nora asked, finally pulled out of her thoughts.
Josh laughed nervously, scratching the back of his head, and at one time Nora would have found this adorable. "My sister throwing it but she said I could have some friends over."
"And you want us to come?"
"Yeah and you can bring your," Josh stole a quick glance at the guys, " 'friends too."
Nora thought about it: go to a party hosted by your ex where she was sure to bump into the slut that stole her boyfriend. It sounded so tempting. "I don't know, Josh. Not really my scene." Nora grinned, quite pleased to see the frown he put on.
"One minute." Summer announced and dragged Nora a few feet away and said in a hushed voice. "What are you doing? You should go."
"What? Hell no!" Nora hissed softly.
Josh observed them with perplexed expression. "Look don't you wanna make him feel like a shit for cheating on you."
"Um yeah." She answered very quickly.
"Then that why you got to go. We'll go shopping, get you a sexy outfit, you show yourself off at the party, pretend you are crushing one of the guys, and bam! Josh will feel like the piece of shit he is."
Nora smiled wickedly. "You are evil….And I like it!" The girls sprinted over to Josh. "We'll be there. When is it?"
Josh grinned. "It this Saturday."
"Great. I'll see you there." And with that, her ex-boyfriend departed off and the two friend eyed one another, both quite excited to execute the plan. "So do you wanna go shopping today after school?"
"Sorry I was actually going to visit Sonya today. We can go tomorrow though."
Shit she had forgotten that Sonya was still in the hospital. "Is it cool if I tag along?"
Summer smiled. "Sure is."
Alright how many of you pervs thought the first paragraph was about sex? Come on, raise your hand, you know you did. Hahaha. I was planning on manking this chapter longer but I thought I make you guys wait. So yes more waiting. But I do have some news that is is close to it conlcusion in maybe five or six chapters depending if I make the them long or short. Now don't worry cause I really do love this story (yes shoot me now) I am planning on making a sequal for it and I love to hear if you guys would be interested in reading it. So I hope you enjoyed and please leave a review.