Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Real Roses Have Thorns ❯ None of That Mr... ( Chapter 5 )

Angeltiger: *looks around fearfully for people unknown* Sorry I haven't been here in a while guys...Angel did a baaad thing...

Inuyasha: *rolls eyes* So what else is new?

Angeltiger: *clasps hands over Inu's mouth* Shhh!! She has ears EVERYWHERE!!

Sesshomaru: Who?

Angeltiger: *pales* My mother.

Kagome: Her mother had a hysterectomy and well...let's say her ovaries are..gone...

Midnight:*shivers* That scary?

Angeltiger: *slowly nods*

Inuyasha: Meaning?

Sango: Take a girl's period and multiply that by about...ten.

Midnight: Kami no

Sango: Yeah.

Inuyasha: Uhhh...still not getting it.

Angeltiger: It's called menopause dear. And it's scaaaary! *checks outside door again*

Inuyasha: *tilts head in confusion*

Kagome: Let's put it this way: When a girl's on her period, you at least have an idea of when to leave her alone right?

Inuyasha: *nods head warily*

Kagome: In menopause, there is no warning. It's like a constant state of PMS, without the period.

Inuyasha: Gods! That has to be awful!

Angeltiger: *nods, then runs and hides under a table at the sound of footsteps* And I made the mistake of pissing her off...*flinches as she hears the sound of a blade being sharpened in the distance* Shitshitshitshitshit...

Disclaimer:

Angeltiger: Ahhh...that I would only own both Inuyasha and Yu Yu. *snaps fingers* I got it! *grabs a top hat and passes it around audience* Would everyone please give a kind donation? If I raise enough money, maybe I can buy them. Since stealing doesn't work, I've tried begging, and hypnosis...come on, help a girl out! What else do I have to lose?

Inuyasha: You're sanity?

Angeltiger: *smiles happily* Nope, that's gone! *points to empty closet*

Inuyasha: AHHHH! *glares at Kagome and Sess* YOU LET HER OUT!?! ALL OF HER!?! ARE YOU NUTS!?!

Kag&Sess: *inching away* Have fun...

Real Roses Have Thorns

Ch. 5: None of That, Mr...

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Angeltiger: I've come across a problem in this chapter. *pokes unmoving Sabriel* It would seem our dear Sabby had taken a nap, and hasn't woken up for the past month...Ah well, maybe I can get along on my own...hehehe...

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"Dammit Kurama! Open up!"

Yusuke ponded to his friend's door with such strength, it was a wonder the brave thing was still on it's hinges.

"I'm not kidding!" He continued, fist pounding with every other beat. "You're gonna make us-"

The now-dented door suddenly swung open, revealing a nun-too-happy Kurama. Yusuke had to pull his fist back from landing a direct punch in the redhead's face, which he was convinced was a good thing...considering the look of murder the graced his features.

"And since when did you care to not be late for school?" He questioned cooly.

"Since Keiko threatened to throttle me!" He took in his friend's frown, "Why do you not look like a particularly happy camper?"

"Because I'm not." He stepped back from the door and opened it wider for his current annoyance to step through.

"And why aren't you dressed yet? Are you nuts?" Yusuke yelled, "We only have 20min before school starts!"

Kurama struggled with Youko's desire to rip Yusuke's screaming head off his shoulders, as the yelling didn't do well with his hangover. "I still don't get why you're in such a hurry, I was under the impression you don't like school."

Yusuke turned around to allow Kurama the privacy to put on his uniform, "I don't like school. But I don't like the thought of Keiko kicking my ass even more!"

Kurama shook his head as he buttoned the top of his jacket. *Youko?*

~Yes?~

*Remind me to never allow a woman to control my life.*

~I'm sure it's for the best.~

Now fully dressed and brushing his hair, Kurama nudged the greasy-haired ball off nerves towards the door. "Then why are you standing there? You should be on your way to-"

"Helloooo Kurama!"

*Oh no...*

Yusuked glanced up from his stupor and smiled, "Kuwabara!"

Said Kuwabara stopped at the door, gave the multiple dents a curious glance, then shrugged with indifference before calling out to his two teammates. "Hurry up guys! We're gonna be late!"

Kurama sighed and placed his brush on the counter by the door before exiting the safeness of his home. He tried to summon all the strength he had, he would need it to face the onslaught of feminine monsters again. Ah well, at least that Kagome girl would be there to save him...

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"What do you mean five!?" Inuyasha sputtered. "Is it Naraku?"

Kagome shook her head, still in her daze. "Nah, this guy's aura isn't evil." She ignored the eyes of the bewildered group as she brushed right past them and out the screen door, waving them off. "But it is familiar...faintly."

They followed her calm stride to the edge of the village, where she seemed to stop and wait. "Hmmm...3...2..."

On her beat of one, a man clad in white materialized in front of them. The grass seemed to grow at his feet, and the trees leaned their branched towards his wind blown form, as if hoping to try and touch him.

Sango squinted, "Sesshomaru?"

A deep monotone, not unlike said taiyoukai answered her, "I am not." The wind seemed to shift with the exhaling of his breath, blowing leaves from the autumn season in little circles around their feet.

Inuyasha, ever the brash one, unsheathed his Tetsusaiga. "Then mind explaining who you are?"

Kagome nodded, "And why you have five jewel shards?"

Inuyasha's eyes widened, he hadn't realized Kagome was standing at the head of the group. If this Sesshomaru look-alike should decide to attack..."Kagome!"

The white male chuckled, a deep and rich sound that had melted the hearts of so many women, though the effect went through Sango and Kagome like a filter, leaving them completely unaffected. "So, Kagome is it? You can tell how many shards I posses?"

Kagome's little alarms inside her brain started flashing: DANGER DANGER! MOVE NOW! But her feet refused to budge. Instead she did a rather nice job at feigning control and calm. "I can. Why?"

The heaven-sent demon chuckled again, this time cracking the barriers of immunity around the two women, if only a bit. "That is most interesting."

Inuyasha had become tired of being ignored, so he did what came natural to him: stepping in front of Kagome and waving his sword at the newcomer like a beacon, trying to get his attention. "In case you haven't noticed, you haven't answered my question."

"I noticed," came his cool reply, "but can you not see I'm tending to more important matters."

Kagome blushed behind Inuyasha's haori, grateful he couldn't see her. Though she winced as she heard a low growl come from her friend's rigid form, knowing that could only mean trouble for the beautiful stranger.

"Important matters?" Miroku inquired, more than a little worried when Sango's eyes started to glaze over, staring dreamily at the demon.

He nodded towards where Kagome hid, giving her a small grin, if only a bit conceded. "Ah yes, women come first you know. Especially one as beautiful as her."

Kagome the tomato buried her face in the crook of Inuyasha'a shoulder, doubly glad he couldn't see her. Inuyasha took her embarrassment for fear, and positioned himself into a fighting stance. "I asked what your name was."

"And I told you that you are not important enough to ask such a question."

Sensing Inuyaha's distress, Kagome peeked out to the side of the half-breed's arm and carefully studied the ground by the charmer's feet, completely afraid of looking into his eyes. "Who are you, sir?" She couldn't help it, she looked up.

The man smiled, dazzling the two women and finally shattering the barriers that they had tried so hard to keep up. "Youko Kurama. And you, Kagome...what would an innocent girl like you be doing with a group such as this?" He cast a soft glance to the hazy-eyed Sango standing beside an angry looking Miroku. "Minus the good-looking woman back there."

Kagome heard Sango's content sigh and struggled to keep hers inside. She could feel Inuyasha shaking in anger in front of her, the fact that he had yet to say anything was scaring her.

"Who the hell are you to ask, punk!?"

Oops, spoke too soon.

"I believe I have stated my name already. Now, for the maiden." Youko took a few steps closer to Kagome, ignoring Inuyasha's warning growls. "You are an extraordinary human to have the power to sense the fragments of the Shikon Jewel. Tell me, would you consider helping me track down the rest of them?"

For a fleeting moment, Kagome was tempted to say yes, to throw Inuyasha to the dirt and glomp the demon now revealed as Youko with all of her strength, in the process throwing away her life with her friends. But she never got to answer his tempting question.

"Like hell she will!"

Because Inuyasha answered for her.

"I asked the lady, not you half-breed."

Seething in anger, Inuyasha pushed Kagome back and lunged at Youko in the same manner that she herself had been planning to do, the only difference was: Inuyasha had his sword poised to kill.

But when he got within a foot of the demon, Youko sidestepped and backhanded him into a tree. Not even blinking as he hit the trunk with a loud 'thud'.

Kagome's pulse jumped, all thought of leaving the group for this hypnotic dream demon completely left her when she saw her best friend slide down to the ground, "Inuyasha!"

Youko turned back to the now-unguarded Kagome and took a few more steps closer. Coming to a stop directly in front of her, she realized he was easily a few heads taller, and his size was begining to intimidate. "Your friend will be fine. Now, are you going to answer or not?"

Kagome mustered her best dirty look she could come up with, but it melted when she got caught in his amber eyes. Dammit, why did all the good looking guys have to have gold eyes? And sliver hair too! First Inuyasha, then Sesshomaru, now You-...wait a minute Sesshomaru?! (AT: Though I'm in love with him, in this story Kagome isn't. ^_^)

"What do you want with the Shikon?" She asked, preparing for the whole 'I want to become the strongest demon in the world' trip...

"I love to collect ancient treasures. It's one of my favorite hobbies."

...So she nearly face-faulted. Miroku took his eyes off of Sango and stepped forward, directly behind Kagome. "I think I've heard of you. Are you not the legendary fox bandit: Youko?"

"I am." He answered, flashing another blinding smile. Kagome wondered briefly if it was healthy for teeth to be that shinny, it certainly didn't seem natural, but all thoughts were ripped up and tossed to the wind when he directed it to her.

{It would seem this fox's favorite thing to steal is the hearts of ladies.} Miroku thought, observing Sango and Kagome quivering in a dream-like state, closely resembling massive piles of Jello. Had he known what Jello was, he probably would have agreed. {Damn he's good...I wish I was that persuasive...}

And so it was, with Sango and Kagome crowed around Youko, grinning like idiots, hoping to become the recipient of that charming smile and those gorgeous eyes. Shippo on Kagome's shoulder, staring wide-eyed at the silver marvel, overjoyed to be in the presence of another fox. Inuyasha knocked out cold, sprawled out in the bushes, Kirara mewing softly at his side. And Miroku sitting cross-legged in the ground, trying desperately to figure out how the demon was able to steal the hearts of both Kagome and Sango, and make it look so easy.

It would seem that the battle had been lost, with little-to-no resistance, to the smirking Youko. Now all he had left to do was ditch the Sango girl, and escape with Kagome. Maybe then he would be able to complete the jewel of the Shikon and quench his thirst of putting his quest to an end. Now how to go about doing it...

(AT: Ok, so this section was a tid OOC. But hey, Inu and Miroku stayed in, and San&Kag have fallen under the charms of Youko, so their allowed to act strange. And Youko, well...I can make him be whatever the hell I want...*giggles like a mad-man* And since I feel so bad for not updating sooner, and the fact that I think I hear my mother going to bed, I'm not going to end it here! *hears crowd cheer* On with the show!)

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It was a good thing Tokyo High was in the neighboring district of Yusuke's old school, so it was in short walking distance. Or running distance...depending on how you look at it.

It was already lunchtime in THS (Tokyo High School), and the large cafeteria was filled to capacity with teenagers, all within their own little cliques. Kurama had no trouble finding a table to sit at, as well as Yusuke, but it would seem Kuwabara and Hiei were scaring people away. Hiei with his ungodly attitude, and Kuwabara with his...well...you get the idea.

The former two of the boys finally decided that the lunchroom was a bit too noisy for their liking, so they flagged Hiei and Kurama down and walked outside to sit in the crisp fall air. The weather was perfect, not too hot, not too cold. Especially since winter was only a few months away.

"Well?" Yusuke asked, breaking the silence. "Anyone able to come up with any decent readings on the girl?"

Kuwabara shook his head, "Nah, there's like, no abnormal energy here. It was stronger yesterday."

Hiei snorted, "So you can use big words and not hurt yourself in the process."

Kuwabara grinned, oblivious to the slam. "I heard my science teacher use it today."

Kurama shook his head, downing the rest of his water bottle, "I don't think Hiei meant that as a compliment." Shorty's "Hn" was taken as an agreement.

Yusuke looked thoughtfull, tapping his chin with his index finger. "How are we supposed to find her, for God knows what reason Koenma needs her, if we don't even know who she is. Or even what she looks like? I mean, come on. We know nothing about her."

"Hey Urameshi, maybe we could check every girl in the school one at a time? That would certainly help."

Hiei cast a disgusted glance up at the orange-haired giant, "And how do you expect to do that, you big oaf."

The oaf stood suddenly, towering over the already small Hiei, "You'd better watch what you're sayin' to me shrimp. You wouldn't want me to stomp on you!"

"Hn."

A sudden feminine scriech came from the doorway of the lunchroom. "Oh My God! It's Kurama! He's under that sakura tree!"

The fox felt the color drain from his face. This wasn't what he needed. And where was that Kagome girl when he needed her? She hadn't been in the first two clases they had together this morning. As much as he hated to admit it, he needed his crutch, if only to pick her up and use her thin form as a baseball bat. Hmmm...baseball bat. That's a good idea, he'd have to remember to bring one of those tomorrow. Ok, back to yet another herd of rabid fangirls. They were nearly upon him now.

"Kurama! Kuramaaa!" The blond from the other day shouted, "Remember me?!"

Kurama sighed and stayed seated, "Not really." he lied, opening another bottle of water. He glared at the clear liquid while willing it to turn into the abused vodka from home, then took a long swig. Nope, still water. Oh well, he still had half a bottle of his mother's Absolute in the cabnet, if he could get there. He doubted his mother would miss it.

"You don't? That's ok! My name is Candice!" She batted her eyes sexily, "But you can call me Candy."

Kurama cleared his throat, "Right, Candice, don't you have other things you need to be doing about now?"

"Nope."

He sighed, would they ever quit?

"Excuse me ladies." Kuwabara interupted, setting himself in a low crouch. "I believe I can help you with whatever you're looking for." His blue eyes sparkled captivating all the young women in a trance, and giving Kurama enough time to escape to the halls with Yusuke and Hiei.

The girls inched closer, hypnotized by those eyes. Who could have eyes like that? They were almost as good as Kurama's. They let their gazes trial over the man's presumably gorgeous face...

"OH MY GOD!" Candice shrieked, turning on her heel and running back to the cafeteria as if her life depended on it. It didn't take long for the rest of the group to follow suit and join her, screaming bloody murder all the way.

Kuwabara blinked, dissipating the sparkles in the air surrounding him. "What?"

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Angeltiger: There are you happy now?

Youko: Yup.

Everyone that's not Youko: NO!

Angeltiger: *pouts* Why not!

Sabriel: *yawns* Tee hee. *giggles at the thought of her dream, her reflection on how many painful ways she could kill AT*

Angeltiger: Sabby's back! *cuddles* Did you have a nice nap?

Sabriel: I did nee-chan! What's up?

Angeltiger: Nothing really, *ignores the angry shouts from the inu and yu yu cast* OH! And I almost forgot! *pulls out a dozen boxes of Kudos* I told you guys I wasn't able to see all my reviews, but I got on one of my friend's computers and was able to see them. And yes, the creepy dude talking to Koenma was Naraku. Yay! And since I'm no longer at my friend's, I have no clue who guessed correctly...boo. So keep the reveiews coming, *passes out kudos to ppl that guessed correctly* and I'll read them when I get the chance. Pwz? I'm not trying to shun you, really! *puppy eyes*

Midnight:*mutters something along the lines of `yes she is'*

Angeltiger: *gives dirty look to Midnight*

Naraku&Sabriel: *snicker evilly in the distance*