Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Rock My World ❯ A Kiss In Time ( Chapter 10 )

Dc-chan: I didn’t know so many people would read this fic…but it makes me EVER SO HAPPY!!!

MCT: Because she rarely is ever happy.

Dc-chan: Forgive me if Touya and Jin are OOC and if Jin’s *cough* ‘Irish’ *cough* accent is written incorrectly, I’m not good at that kind of thing. Then again, he only speaks ONCE in this chapter…

MCT: It seems you’re not good at many things.

Dc-chan: >-< Well, I got two words for you: opposable thumbs.

MCT: Damn you.

Dc-chan: Deal with it. On with the fic!

Disclaimed, except for Kira whom I’m realizing now is A LOT like Nikki-chan (she’s gonna kill me for calling her that, she’s three years older then me ^^’) and me rolled into one. Onegai, pity her.

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Chapter 10 of Rock My World

A Kiss In Time

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The door to Kurama’s place burst open as the ice master, Touya, ran in bulldozing over a completely confused Kira, “Where’s my imouto-chan?” He asked feverishly, ignoring how much pain Kira was in as the wind master, Jin, bounded in behind him.

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Kurama hardly glanced up at them, “You’re standing on my guest, Touya.”

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Touya looked down slowly to see and unconscious teenage girl under him, then shrugged apologetically, “Gomen.” He stepped aside cautiously as though not to knock anyone else over.

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Kurama got up and placed Kira on his bed comfortably, “Don’t worry, this isn’t the first time she’s been rendered unconscious because of mishaps.”

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Touya tapped his foot impatiently, obviously not caring about the human girl, “Kitsune,” he started sharply, “where’s my imouto-chan?”

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“You mean Koyuki,” Kurama reminisced remembering the events of three days ago when they had found the shy ice demoness.

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The ice master nodded, “Hai, where is she?”

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“In Reikai,” Kurama replied, “she’s under Koenma’s surveillance, but rest assured she is very safe there.”

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Kira stirred slightly where she lay and only Jin seemed to notice as the other two youkai were busy staring each other down, “’Ey, lass.” He put a hand on her shoulder as she sat up slowly, “You alright?”

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The teenage girl rubbed the back of her head where the impact had hurt the most to feel a bump and she sighed, “I’ve been better…” she gazed with her brown eyes up a the youkai and trailed off then fell silent.

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Kurama’s attention snapped to the now awake Kira and seemed relieved that she was alive in the least before turning back towards Touya, “Well, I’ve told you where Koyuki is, is there anything else you need?” To was clear that he wanted to get them out of his home just incase his mother strolled in early from shopping to find him in some obvious youkai company.

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Touya might have been thinking along the same lines, “Arigatou.” The ice master said in an ungrateful tone. He left and Jin followed him waving goodbye to Kira with cheerful smirk on his face and the door closed behind them.

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Kurama sat down next to Kira who was still staring after them, “Are you sure you’re alright? You look a little shaken up and it’s not like you to be this quiet around strangers.”

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Kira pouted at him and found her voice after a few moments of silence, “Why didn’t you tell me?”

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The kitsune arched an eyebrow, “Tell you what?”

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She faced him with a slight blush on her cheeks, “That you youkai guys are so hot.”

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Kurama blinked (A/N: Think how kawaii that would be! ^-^), “Well, I didn’t think that was very important…”

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“Baka kitsune,” Kira muttered while putting him in a gentle headlock with one arm, “of course that’s important! I’m a teenage girl who’s been thrown into situations involving youkai and you don’t even bother to tell me that some of you guys are mouth watering hot!” She huffed and ruffled his hair playfully with her other hand, “I thought we were friends Shu-kun or are you back to being a jerk?”

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The kitsune maneuvered away from her clutches skillfully, “You’re being tactless again.”

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Kira grinned and poked Kurama in the shoulder with the look of pure virtue of a three year-old in her eyes, “I didn’t realize I was being so rude, please forgive me Minamino-san.” She clasped her hands together and continued her obnoxiousness groveling much to his displeasure, “Onegai, I beg for forgiveness!” She dropped to her knees and latched onto his legs making him fall over on the ground and she hid a snicker. They had landed in quite a ‘provocative’ way. She was on top and her left hand was in-between his legs while her right arm was still wrapped around the upper part of one of his legs. He was on his back using one of his elbows to prop him up and his hand somehow landed on her thigh.

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As if the timing couldn’t have been even better, Shiori entered the room where the two teens were, “K-chan, will you be staying for dinner or…” She gasped and dropped her shopping bags and the groceries fell onto the floor and scattered.

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“Okaasan, this isn’t what it looks like,” Kurama said weakly though not even audible to his mother’s ears.

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“Shuichi, you should have told me you and Kira were-”

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“It’s not like that!” He cut her off as he glared at Kira who was biting the inside of her cheek to keep from laughing.

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His mother didn’t seem to be hearing him despite his protests, she started smiling slowly as her shock was replaced with gladness, “I’m so happy that you finally have a girlfriend!”

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“Okaasan, she’s not my-”

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“Oh, this is so darling,” Shiori picked up her groceries and left still smiling, “You shouldn’t keep these things to yourself, I’m so happy for you.”

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The instant his bedroom door closed he pushed Kira off of him rather roughly, “Dammit Kira!” A blush was evident on his face, “You could’ve said something.”

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“You’ve never had a girlfriend!” Kira gaped, she then shook her head, “I can’t believe it, you’re such a-”

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“Kira!” He nearly yelled trying to control his temper.

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She rubbed the back of her neck and bowed her head holding back a laugh, “Gomen, Shu-kun. I didn’t mean to give your kaasan hope that I’m in anyway attracted to you.”

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THUD!

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“Itai!” Kira cried as Kurama hit her head, it was still sore from when Hiei had whacked her, “Baka kitsune, that was mean and uncalled for! I‘m breaking up with you now, you mean jerk!”

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“We were never dating!” Kurama choked out while flailing his arms around in frustration at the teenage girl in front of him, “Besides, I didn’t hit you that hard.”

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Kira sniffed, “Well, it hurt my heart.” She put her hand over her heart and gave a fake pained look.

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“Gah!” Kurama fell over twitching, “You’re impossible.”

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She stood up slowly and kicked him lightly in the ribs, “Quit being so dramatic Shu-kun.” She teased in an airy tone.

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Kurama glared at her and got up then in a quick, swift movement he flung her over his shoulder, “You’re going back to Genkai’s right now!” He fumed with a vein throbbing on his forehead as he carried the angry teenage girl.

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“Doushite?” Kira tried to free herself obviously not liking at all the position she was in, “Put me down baka!” She pounded her fists on his back, “Shu-kun, baka yarou! Haji o shire!” She began crying like a defenseless little sister who was being picked on by her big brother.

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“Don‘t cry,” he berated her.

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“You jerk!!” She wailed furiously, “You piece of-”

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“K-chan,” he warned her quietly as he hauled her out of his bedroom, “swearing will not get you anywhere.”

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“Meanie,” she grumbled through gritted teeth.

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“When you return tell Kurama I thank him for bringing you back,” Genkai said coldly.

Kira mumbled in response, “He better hope that I don’t return or else my kaasan is going to wonder why there is a kitsune rug in my room.”

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“You’re training is almost over anyway,” the old pyschic mentioned as she beckoned for Kira to follow her into her temple.

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Damn him, she thought angrily, I’m going to kill that baka kitsune! That stupid creep! How dare he carry her like that all the way to Genkai’s temple. People on the street were staring at them as they past for it wasn’t everyday that they saw a boy carrying a struggling girl like that. Oh, he was going to pay if she ever saw him again. A police officer had even stopped them to ask what Kurama was doing and the kitsune had said that she was his little sister and that idiot policeman believed him.

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They entered the room where Genkai had started telling Kira bout her past a few weeks ago, “Do you want me to finish it before we continue once more?”

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“Nani?” Kira asked sitting down, forgetting briefly about the rage bottled up inside of her at the moment.

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“The story,” Genkai clarified pouring a cup of tea for the teenage girl and slipped some herbs into it that were sure to make her more serene unbeknownst to Kira.

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“Ohh…” Kira thought for a second about what the story had been about as Genkai handed her a cup of tea, she had almost forgotten completely about it. She stared down into the tea then nodded, “Hai, onegai.” Something about the tea’s aroma seemed to clam her to an unusual mellow state.

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Genkai took a deep breath then started, “Well, my sensei didn’t come back when he was supposed to…

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The young pink haired Genkai stood at the temple entrance frowning with her arms folded across her chest and sorrow in her eyes, “Where is he?” She questioned out loud to nobody in particular. A cool breeze blew against her face as she sighed heavily before turning around. It had become incredibly unbearable to her to only have Enshoku for company especially since he said he’d kill her when the time presented itself right which sent shivers up her spine. She always wondered if maybe he could break out of that room despite all the spells she had placed upon it to prevent that from ever happening. Genkai walked until she stood outside the room where he was, over a week and a half had passed and he was recovering so soon he would be up to his full strength. She cracked the door open a little and peered inside, “Enshoku?” The young pyschic looked into the darkness.

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“What do you want?” Came his harsh voice, obviously irritated by the young girl.

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“How are you?” She inquired shyly.

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“I‘m fine,” he replied gruffly, “Well? What do you want?” His eyes pierced through the darkness at her.

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Genkai trembled slightly at the icy stare she was receiving, “I was just wondering if you were alright.” She bit her bottom lip uncertainly.

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“Your precious sensei still hasn’t come, has he?” He chuckled in the shadows of the room at her. “It’s been ten days ningen and I’m still alive, you said my demise would come in a week.” He spoke with a tone that meant he knew something that she didn’t, but she was just a naïve teenage girl and didn’t notice it. “Why are you talking to me anyway?”

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Genkai stepped inside the dark room quietly, feeling his eyes on her the entire time and she sunk down against the wall staring right back at him. She left the door open a little so she was sitting in a pool of light from outside, “It’s kind of…lonely…without sensei…” She cast her eyes downward and hugged her knees to her chest.

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He snorted at that, “You, ningen, are really pathetic.”

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Genkai looked up bashfully, “I bet even youkai get lonely too sometimes.”

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“Maybe some do, but I don’t,” Enshoku growled. “Watch what you say to me ningen. Remember, the sutra only mean you‘re safe outside of here.”

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Genkai sat up straight, “I know that, I placed them there baka!”

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“Watch it,” he snarled deeply which made Genkai’s face pale to a ghostly white.

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Sensei, where are you? she asked herself. She didn’t like Enshoku at all, he wasn’t even pleasant to talk to. He was always making snide comments to her which made her very uncomfortable in his presence, but she was alone here and the nearest town was fifty miles away. She had to resort to this or else she’d die of loneliness. Genkai could imagine the headlines in those newspapers ‘Teenager Dies Of Utter Loneliness!’, ‘Girl Found Dead All Alone in The Middle Of Nowhere!’

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“What’s wrong with you?” He asked from the other end of the room.

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Genkai snapped out of her trance, “Is it possible to die of lonesomeness?”

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“How the hell would I know?” He arched an eyebrow, “I’m beyond those stupid emotions.”

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“Really?” ‘How can anybody not have these emotions?’ She waited for his response, but when none came she said softly, “Why were you in Ningenkai anyway?” That had been bothering her some times.

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“I was looking for something,” his voice was quiet and sad.

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Her eyes widened, “Did you find it?”

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“Iie.”

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“Ano…,” she dropped her gaze from him to the floor once more. Was she feeling pity for him? She couldn’t read her own emotions towards that reply. It saddened her somehow in an odd way. She bowed her head, “Moushiwake arimasen.”

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“Stop it,” he ordered clenching his fists, “I will not tolerate you being sympathetic to me, onna.”

Genkai nodded and hastily said, “Gomen.” She stood up, “Do you want me get you anything Enshoku?”

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“Iie.” He seemed lost in his own sorrow to care much.

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She left quickly and closed the door behind her. As she walked door the hallways in the temple she was biting the nails on her right hand, “He seemed so…gloomy today.” She then clapped her hands together, “Why am I worrying about that youkai? Everything’s been going array since I brought him here! Maybe he’s bringing me bad luck…can he do that?” Why couldn’t she get him out of her mind? Why was she so concerned with him? Nothing made sense in her head. He could roll over and die of natural causes and she wouldn’t care, right? She stopped in front of a circular that gave her a view of the setting sun as it dipped down below the hills in the distance. The soft pink and orange sky overhead grew steadily darker as minutes ticked by as she just stood there. “Sensei…onegai,” she whispered, “came back soon.”

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The night crept in, blanketing the sky black with twinkling stars. Genkai swept the corridors with a broom in sheer boredom of having nothing else to do. Moonlight poured in through the windows which made the temple look eerie inside. She used to be afraid of the shadows they created, but her sensei taught her that no harm would come to her if she wasn’t fearful of them.

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“Genkai.” A faint voice carried in the wind came to her in the darkness.

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She froze and turned around, that voice had sounded like her sensei and it sounded like it had come from the temple entrance.

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“Genkai,” the voice came again, but it was louder then before.

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She dropped the broom and rushed outside. Her eyes wildly scanned the surrounding forest while calling out with her hands cupped around her mouth, “Sensei?” She called a few more times for him and the leaves on the trees began rustling as another wind picked up.

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“Genkai…” A figure emerged from within the forest, but it was too dark for her eyes to tell immediately who or what it was. It was hunched over and appeared to be in pain.

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Genkai squinted her eyes to see that it was a man, “Sensei!” She screamed as it collapsed. She ran towards him. Her shoes rapped against the stone path and as she neared him she could see him covered in blood and terribly mutilated. She knelt down next to him and placed his head in her lap, “What happened to you?” His entire body was covered in scars and lashes, chunks of his flesh were ripped out her and there as if something had taken huge bites out of him.
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“Genkai…it‘s nothing,” he winced.

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Blood from his wounds poured over Genkai’s hands, “Who did this to you?”

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His chest heaved up and down as he pulled away from her and sat up, “You need to…get out of here, Genkai…”

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“Iie.” She argued, “I can’t leave you here like this and you haven’t told me what happened!”

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He was about to speak, but a metal object shot through his body splattering blood on Genkai’s

face as she looked in horror. A rather large shurikun was lodged in his body and blade dripped from its edges as he fell over, cold dead. She let out a terrified scream as a pool of crimson grew beneath his body and she heard a maniacal laughter coming from the forest.

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“Poor little girl,” a lewd voice rang out. It resonated of pure malice and cruelty, “Her poor sensei is dead and she is next.”

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She backed away from her sensei’s corpse with tears in her eyes and choked out, “Who-who are you?” Globules of hot tears streamed down her cheeks and blurred her vision.

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“Me?” It stepped out from the shadows of a tree. She could vaguely see the outline of something, but it wasn’t that of a human. It had dark wings and she could see fangs laced with dried blood.

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Genkai gasped and stepped backwards in fear, it was a tengu! A bat demon!

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It straightened itself up and she could see that it was at the very least three times bigger then she was, in its claws were more shurikuns. As it stepped towards her it ripped the shurikun out of her sensei’s back then slashed the head off of his body and drank the dripping blood all the while smirking maliciously.

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She shook violently with terror and panic, what could she do? If it could do her sensei in then surely she was no match for it.

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It took to the sky and flew around in circles above her increasing her horror. Then it plunged down at her cackling evilly, “Shoujo, I hope your blood tastes as wonderful as your sensei!”

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It was only a few feet away from her with its lashing fangs that a sweep of movement from something blew it away sending it crashing into a part of the temple.

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She stood silent, wondering what happened until she felt a hand grab her arm and fling her backwards onto the stone pathway. A ruthless voice ordered, “Stay behind me.”

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Genkai sat up with her legs under her and her hands on the ground in front of her, “Enshoku?” What was he doing? He was standing in front of her facing the fallen tengu and they way his stance was rather…was rather protective.

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He glanced back at her and gave her a small reassuring smirk, flashing his own fangs, “The one and only.” He looked truly valiant in the moonlight, her orange hair was darker and flames burned in his eyes.

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She wiped the tears away from her eyes, but all her efforts couldn’t stop new ones from forming.

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The tengu soon get up, but it come out dazed looking and blood pouring from where Enshoku had struck him with his claws. It glowered, “How dare you interfere scum! I will teach you your place!” It lunged at Enshoku viciously.

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Enshoku chuckled darkly and instead of dodging, he snatched the tengu around the neck and dug his pointed nails into his tar demonic skin. It let out a bloodcurdling howl of pain as Enshoku then punched his other hand through it’s chest.

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Enshoku grinned as the tengu sobbed in torment, “Onegai, I never meant to harm her! I was joking, I meant nothing of it!”

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Genkai glared at the tengu distastefully, “What the hell are you talking about? You wanted to eat me baka!”

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“Moushiwake arimasen!” It blubbered hysterically, “Onegai, forgive me!”

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Enshoku dropped him to the ground and rolled his eyes in disgust, “You’re a disgrace to the youkai race! Look at yourself!-begging for forgiveness from a ningen!”

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The tengu crawled weakly over to Genkai and clutched the fabric of her pants as Enshoku watched, “I beg you…spare me…kind little shoujo, I meant you no harm…”

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Genkai kicked his grimy hands off of herself then rolled her teeth over her bottom lip, not sure of what to do next. Enshoku had put in a considerably pathetic state, but before she could stop herself she shouted at it‘s cringing form, “How dare you ask that of me!” She buried her face in her hands as she cried, “You killed my sensei…how can I ever forgive you? How can I?”

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Before the Tengu could answer, Enshoku snapped his neck like it was nothing but a frail little twig. Blood covered his hands, but he didn’t seem to care.

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Genkai looked up at him, “Enshoku…” How could he be so cruel to his own kind?

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“What’s wrong with you?” He asked.

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“You…killed him…”

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“So? I didn’t like him. Tengu are my least favorite type of youkai.” He explained without a twinge of remorse for what he had done, but did he understand what he had done? He had saved her from death!

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“Ano…” Wait! How did he get out the room? Genkai’s mind was spinning with questions.

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“I’m leaving,” he stated walking away from her.

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She forced herself onto her feet and stared after him bedazzled as he disappeared into the forest. Tears still streamed down her cheeks, but if he left then she would be alone. She went after him, “Enshoku!” He didn’t stop or even look over his shoulder at her, but she continued after him. “Wait! Onegai!” Finally she couldn’t follow him anymore and lost sight of him. She tripped over a tree’s uplifted root, but didn’t fall. Someone had caught her.

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“Ningen,” she heard Enshoku’s growl as he held her tenderly in his arms. “Don’t do this to yourself.”

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“I can’t…help…it…” she sniffed as she lay her head on his chest and hugged him. “Don’t leave me alone…sensei’s gone…I don’t care if you say you’ll kill me or eat me, just stay…onegai…”

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Enshoku didn’t know what to do with the crying girl in his arms, instinct told him to pull back, but did he really want to leave her defenseless. Part of him couldn’t possibly care less if she was killed in a brutal way, but the other part told him that she needed him despite himself. What was he supposed to do? All his voice could muster was a, “Dousite?”

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“Because…” she trailed off, she didn’t know what to say.

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“You can’t even think of a good reason for me to stay, you’re just being selfish. So what if I saved you, maybe I just wanted to eat you myself.” He grumbled grabbing her wrists and withdrawing from her.

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“Iie, I know you wouldn’t eat me even if I begged you to because-”

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“You think you know me girl, huh?” His grip tightened around her wrists as his fury rose.

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“I never said that, but I-”

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“Maybe that tengu is right. Perhaps, I should slay you to save yourself from your own stupidity.” He said icily.

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“Enshoku…” her tone was gentle and pleading. She wriggled her wrists out of his hands causing his claws to scratch herself, but she ignored the trickles of blood that escaped. She put her hands around his neck and stood up on tiptoes then pressed her lips softly against his own. Genkai whispered into his lips, “Doumou arigato gozaimau.”

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He hadn’t anticipated that she would do this, but he didn’t complain as he embraced her and ran his hands down her small back trying to be gentle with her. He sighed into her mouth, “Doi tashimashite.”…

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Kira blinked, “And then?”

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“Isn’t it obvious?” Genkai mumbled.

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Kira thought for a moment before she began thrashing her arms around, “Kami-sama! BAD MENTAL IMAGES!!!”

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Genkai sweatdropped and closed her eyes, “Why do I put up with you?”

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“My eyes…they burns….it burns us…” (A/N: she ish speaking like Gollum now…^^; )

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Genkai hit her on the head with the nearest blunt object, “Baka!”

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“Itai!” The teenager cried out, “What’s with everyone hitting my head these days?” Her poor head wasn’t going to ever get any better if people kept hitting her there. “First Hiei, then Kurama…now this…” she griped below her breath.

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“Unfortunately, you’re the type of person who has to have sense knocked into her every five seconds sometimes and I was hoping you wouldn’t be anything like Yusuke…” she sighed in annoyance.

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Kira sulked innocently, I can’t believe she’s lumping me in with Yusuke, she thought bitterly. “Anyways, that whole kiss thing was random…”

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Genkai nodded in agreement, “I told you I was foolish when I was fifteen.”

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“So after you’re whole escapade you went to Planned Parenthood, right?”

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“That wasn’t around then,” Genkai coughed into one of her hands, “but I was pregnant and nine months later I had your tousan.”

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Kira drummed her fingers on the table in front of them, “What about Enshoku?”

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“He left a few days after he was born.”

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“What a bum,” Kira noted shaking her head. She knew guys could be low, but THAT low. You had to be an asshole to leave your girlfriend and your newborn child all alone.

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“But I had to finish my psychic training,” Genkai went on, ignoring Kira’s heartfelt commentary, “So I left your tousan with someone I trusted and I never saw him again after that.”

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Kira’s jaw dropped, “I thought you could be mean, but that’s pure evil ba-san! How could you?” So many evil people.

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“I sought another sensei and shortly after that I met Toguro, but that’s another story.” Genkai paused then added, “One which I will not divulge to you, you only had the right to know of your own heritage not of every detail of my past.”

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Kira grimaced then said quite sourly, “Fine you evil old lady, be that way.”

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“Tomorrow we finish you’re training Kira,” Genkai stood up in a dignified way. “Ja matte.”

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Kira lay in the darkness of the room where she had had the nightmare weeks before involving Kokuei. It still spooked her, but at least the scars on her back were finally healing after all this time. No longer were they a dark red, they had reverted to light pink new flesh. She puffed her pillow a little and turned over to trying to make herself more comfortable before closing her eyes…

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A woman who appeared to be around seventeen or eighteen lay in a bleak cell shaking uncontrollably. Her white hair was swept across her face and her light blue eyes held no emotion of any kind. The bars in front of her cast shadows over her fallen body and the white robe was attired in was ripped here and there and bruises could be seen all over herself. She looked so delicate laying there and it was obvious that she had been abused. She was completely broken, that much was clear. The spirit that every living thing had couldn’t be seen in her. One of her hands was stretched out in front of her and a liquid was dripping off of it…blood…

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Kira jolted awake, beads of sweat rolling down her face and her sheets were thrown off of her. With the back of her hand she wiped away the sweat while breathing heavily, “Chikusho…why do I have such bad dreams?”

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Dc-chan: Any who, Jun-kun (and being as evil as she is) edited this chapter and replaced some things with Japanese phrases, so here’s a list so you know what things mean (in order of appearance):

Doushite- What? Why?

Moushiwake arimasen- I am sorry

Doumou arigato gozaimau- Thank you VERY much.

Doitashimashite- Don't mention it.

Chikusho- Damn it

Any who (I say any who way too much), I hope everybody had a Happy New Year! I know I did (not) and guess what? TWO MONTHS UNTIL MY BIRTHDAY!!! (feb. 28th if you’re wondering) ^^; If you can guess how old I am, I’ll give you cookies. Ja ne!

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