Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Fire Dancer ❯ Kindle the Fire ( Chapter 1 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

DISCLAIMER: I don't own YYH, unfortunately…

A/N: Well I have to say that I hope you guys like these first three chapter because I won't post anymore if you guys don't like them—I'll still keep posting artwork, don't worry! But I might just save these stories for Fanfiction.net :-)

LoL, well I hope you enjoyed the first chapter! Cuz here's the next one!

Have Fun!!!

Thoughts

Fire Dancer

:: Kindle the Fire::

Mai watched sullenly as the rain continued to pour down from the bleak skies. The dull droning of her teacher seemed to sing her to sleep and she wearily rested her head in the palm of her hand. She glanced down at her wrist and sighed. Thank the gods that the period was almost over and she could go home to relax…

The dancer wiped her brow irritably. Was it really that hot in here? She looked around at the rest of the class who seemed perfectly fine…then why did she feel as though she was sitting in a boiler room?

Gently, she kicked the leg of her desk with her toe. Please let the bell ring soon, she pleaded to no one as she rubbed her temples. Maybe she shouldn't have stayed up so late last night…or at least cut practice a little shorter…

She raised her eyes to the black board, but the figures seemed to meld together. The girl blinked, but her vision remained blurred.

Maybe I'm coming down with something, she thought absently as she tapped her pencil on her notebook.

Thunder rumbled in the distance and the lights flickered slightly. Some of the kids became alert, but others merely continued to sleep. Their teacher didn't seem to notice and continued to drawl on with his lesson.

Mai stared at the florescent lighting inattentively and closed her eyes wearily. She mentally tried to go over her dance and which steps she could have improved on.

Her thoughts were interrupted when the bell above the door started to toll through the school. The class stood immediately and began to shuffle through their papers and books as they tried to make their way out of the classroom.

The dancer moved slowly and was one of the last to leave the room. She shuffled down the hallway as teens pushed passed her towards their lockers. Slowly, she made her way towards her own and twirled the combination and lifted the handle. The girl forced her books into the tight space and wrenched her satchel out and over her shoulder.

Wearily, she tried to force her way back into the sea of teens as they crowded the hallways. And she had nearly made it out the front doors and passed through the courtyard, but one of the students around her suddenly stumbled and sent the dancer tripping into the person in front of her

Her hand flew forward to break her fall between them, but nonetheless, the two fell to the ground with a thud and the guy's bag fell to the ground, scattering its contents.

“Oh crap, I'm sorry,” Mai muttered apologetically and scrambled to pick up all the stuff that had been dropped.

The boy shook his head (which seemed to have an odd amount of gel in it…), “Damn, now Botan's going kill me…”

Mai glanced up at him briefly, noticing his caramel brown eyes and forest green uniform. Along with his raven black hair that fell in a few tiny strands on his forehead. She went rigid suddenly, however when she recognized him; the infamous Yusuke Urameshi; the one punk in the school no one dared mess around with. She swallowed hard, but Urameshi seemed more preoccupied with the fact that whoever this Botan person was, was going to kill him.

She continued to retrieve his papers reluctantly, and then picked up what appeared to be a bright pink compactor…

“Uh…I think you dropped this…” She said handing it to him nervously.

The boy froze and flushed with embarrassment. He mumbled something incoherently and shoved it back into his bag. Mai couldn't help but send him a quizzical look; all the times she had seen him in the hallway, he always had that tough-guy attitude, but now he appeared rather clumsy.

The bustling students were all but entirely gone and they appeared to be the only one's left on the school grounds.

“Thanks—.”

“Oi, Urameshi!”

Mai saw his face fall slightly as he turned to face the newcomer; a tall red-head that stood nearly a foot taller than the boy.

“Botan's looking for you…” he said as he approached, “Just as a little heads up—.”

But even as the red-head spoke, a small ringing could be heard in Yusuke's bag. He quickly dug through it and retrieved the pink compactor. Mai stared at it, confused, okay…so it's not a compactor…

He flipped it open quickly and his friend peered over his shoulder; both seemed oblivious that Mai was still there and the fact that the yard was beginning to empty.

From the so-called `mirror' a shrill voice could be heard.

“Yusuke where the hell are you?!” came a female voice, “Kuwabara was supposed to come and get you a half an hour ago!”

At this the red-haired boy quietly shrunk away from the compactor and pretended to act innocent. Urameshi rolled his eyes and rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly as the girl on the other end continued to ramble on.

“…Koenma's about ready to have one of his tantrums again! Yusuke, just get over here so we can finish those de—,”

“Detergent errands!!!” Kuwabara intercepted so quickly that it caused Mai to jump and sweat-drop, “We'll go on those detergent errands as soon as we can!”

Urameshi stared at his friend as if he were insane, only, that is, until he caught sight of the girl before them, “Uh, ya…we'll make sure we get more detergent won't we Kuwabara?” he said while giving his friend an icy glare, “By mom!”

The girl could be heard as she started to protest, but Yusuke quickly clicked the compactor shut and shoved it into his pocket.

From somewhere towards the streets, a loud honking could be heard; jerking the girl into attention.

“Damn,” she muttered and pushed passed them hurriedly, “Sorry about bumping into you, Urameshi!” she called over her shoulder kind of nervously as if at any minute the two punks would remember what happened and try to beat her up.

But the two boys behind her paid no attention as she stumbled across the school grounds towards the busy street beyond.

She stumbled slightly on her way through the main gates, and soon recovered. But without warning, the world began to spin around her. She swayed dangerously and stumbled precariously to keep herself from falling over. Her head spun and she moaned as sweat suddenly began to perspire off her brow.

What the hell?

All of a sudden she felt her energy leaving her; she felt her knees beginning to buckle beneath her and she struggled to stay on her feet. Heat seemed to envelope her and she soon found it hard to breath.

Her support suddenly gave way and she felt the rocky earth against her knees. Strands of her orange hair fell in her face as her eyes seemed to lock onto the ground. The heat around her seemed so unbearable that it was nearly cold. She shivered and felt her brow building up perspiration rapidly.

Gods, what's going on??

Shadows danced before her eyes and she felt consciousness slipping away…

-:-

“Do you think we should take her to the nurse?” Kuwabara asked.

Yusuke shook his head; “She's not sick…” he said and felt the girl's forehead which had already started to cool down considerably. He fumbled with his bag before he withdrew the communicator, “Here,” he said and tossed it to him, “Call Botan, will you?”

The Spirit Detective carefully wrapped the girl's arm around his neck and lifted her off the ground as Kuwabara punched in several buttons on the `compactor'.

After a moment, the blue-haired girl appeared on the small screen looking exceptionally perturbed.

“Yusuke what the hell was that all about?! I may be the grim reaper but I am not old enough to be your mother!”

Kuwabara blinked, “Urameshi wants to talk to you…” he said meekly, his confidence suddenly struck down by her fury.

“Give me that!” Yusuke muttered and ripped the communicator from his friend's hands; “Botan, we're going to be running a little late…” he glanced awkwardly down at the girl he held, “We…er…got tied up…”

There was a sudden pop (A/N: I don't know if Botan can do this or not, so bear with me, please…) and the blue-haired girl was standing in the hall with her arms folded across her chest.

“What do you mean you `got tied up'—?” she froze suddenly when she saw Mai leaning unconscious on Yusuke, “What did you do?!”

“I didn't do anything!” the Spirit Detective protested angrily, “She just collapsed here in the hallway!”

Botan observed the girl closely and tapped her chin thoughtfully, “Any reason as to why?” she asked.

“Er…well, her Reiki level was pretty high for someone like her…” Kuwabara said hesitantly, “I mean, it was still low, but for her, it might have been too much for her to handle…”

Yusuke frowned slightly, “You know, I felt that too…I didn't really think much of it, but I think you might be right…” he shifted his weight as Mai suddenly slumped over and he glanced at Botan, “What should we do with her? She doesn't look like she's doing too well…”

“How should I know?!” she asked frantically, “We can't take her back to Koenma! That would definitely end up in an uproar in the Spirit World!”

Urameshi thought for a moment before readjusting Mai's arm over his shoulder, “Well then, how about we go to the next best thing?”

-:-

A/N: well then, I hope you all enjoyed!! Once again, I have to remind you that I haven't edited this fic very well so it's still one of my early works…

But it will make more sense later, I promise!!

Peace and luv!!

kitkat