Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Two Hearts, Two Minds, One Soul ❯ "Ja Ne, Kubikukuri Island" ( Chapter 28 )
[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
This isn’t the last chapter, guys. Though, it’s evil enough, huh?
I’m over Lia’s house at the moment, I still have the YYH Gang with me… even that baka neko…
I thank Ran for filling in the blanks for me. I thank my best friend, Lia, for letting me borrow this computer. Thankies!
Rinku: MNA doesn’t own YYH.
MNA: Thankies Rinku!
Touya: Hyper again?
MNA: Yep! Thanks to Lia!
Towelie: …Wanna get high?
Everyone: o_O No…
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Two Hearts, Two Minds, One Soul
Chapter Twenty-Eight
"Ja ne, Kubikukuri Island”
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Kuwabara was lying facedown on the ground. Gwen looked at him helplessly, fighting the urge to cry.
'Kuwabara... I wish you were still alive... You always made me laugh, trying to be some big macho.'
She looked over to Shizuru and Yukina. 'It must be hard for them...even though Yukina doesn't really know how much he loved her...'
Then as if her wish came true, Gwen heard Kuwabara's annoying laugh. She snapped her head up, seeing Kuwabara standing up, laughing his head off as Yusuke cried.
“Hey, numbskull!” he shouted, putting up two peace signs and bouncing from one foot to the other. “Urameshi! Hey, how ya doing!? It’s Kuwabara!”
Yusuke squeaked loudly in an odd fashion, then turned to Kurama and pointed at Kuwabara frantically.
“Y-Yusuke...” Kurama said, his eyes downcast. “I’m sorry, but he was never dead to begin with.”
“W-w-w-what!?” Yusuke shrieked, thrusting his head in Kurama’s face as the redhead smiled abashedly.
“Calm down and listen!” Kurama cried, still smiling. “Right, at the time...”
^^Flashback^^
“Kuwabara-kun! Stay with us! Kuwabara-kun!” Kurama cried, lifting Kuwabara’s arm over his shoulder. “Are you all right!?”
Kuwabara strained to lift his head. “Yeah… I-I’m okay...he didn’t reach any vital points...but don’t tell Urameshi... Some shock therapy...might be good for him...”
^^End Flashback^^
“...And that’s how it happened,” Kurama finished even more embarrassed, sweat dropping.
“Well?” asked Kuwabara, walking over. “It was the right thing to do, wasn’t it?”
“Did you all know!?” Yusuke asked the rest of the group, seemingly horrified.
“I didn’t think it was the nicest thing to do,” said Koenma blushingly, “but still...”
Yusuke recovered himself by glaring at all of them. “You all let me get taken in!”
“Hmph,” grunted Hiei. “It’s your own fault to begin with for being so gutless, right?”
“Mm-hmm, that argument stands to reason,” added Koenma.
“Like you said yourself,” said Hiei, “if only you could have released that power to begin with, this whole farce could have been—” At the apparent sound of fists hitting flesh, Hiei’s eyes snapped open and he saw only Kurama, who laughed and pointed sideways. “Over there...”
“Kuwabara!” Yusuke was shouting. “You bastard! You tricked me!”
“L-look, that was the only way!” Kuwabara tried to shout back in consolation.
“You’re fine, aren’t you!?” Yusuke shouted, still beating on his friend. “I’m gonna kill you!”
Gwen saw Hiei sweat drop (with the most kawaii face on Earth!) and she started to laugh.
Botan looked at her confusedly, but Gwen just shook her head.
~It seems that Kuwabara faked his death just so Yusuke could reach his limit. Very clever of him...that's a first, isn't it?~ Carnation snickered.
"Hai," replied Gwen with a laugh. She looked down at Keiko who was still on her knees. "Keiko?"
She didn't reply, which made Gwen worried. She knelt down and touched her shoulder. "Keiko, Yusuke won. Keiko?"
Gwen looked up at Botan. "Botan, look at Keiko."
Botan looked at her hesitantly, getting worried as well. "Gwen, this stadium is gonna be blown up in fifteen minutes!"
"Nani!?"
The whole stadium began to quake and the ceiling was beginning to fall. Yukina, Botan, and Gwen tried to get Keiko to snap out of it.
"Yukina! Yukina, this way! Hurry, hurry!"
Yukina turned around to see Kuwabara waving to her. “Kazuma!” she cried, walking towards him. “Never mind me, it’s Keiko! She’s half-unconscious!”
Gwen and Botan looked up to see the wall behind Yukina crack and begin to fall directly on her.
"Yukina, watch out!" they both cried out.
Gwen moved toward her, but the dust blinded her as the huge piece of rubble crashed the floor.
When the dust cleared and she could see again, the first thing she noticed was Hiei kneeling with his arm around a safe, if a bit rattled, Yukina.
“Don’t dawdle around!” he snapped at Kuwabara.
Yukina looked up at Hiei with a stunned sort of admiration. “H-hai. Arigatou gozaimasu.”
Gwen smiled at Hiei evilly, but he knew what she was thinking.
~One word from your mouth, and you'll spend the rest of your days without one,~ Hiei telepathically threatened.
"Meep!" Gwen exclaimed, covering her mouth, making Hiei smirk.
“Five minutes to explosion!” blared the stadium loudspeakers. “Five minutes to explosion!”
"Oi, where's my sister?" Kuwabara asked as he looked around.
"I don't know," Gwen replied, looking around also with Carnation on her head. She saw Kurama helping Yusuke coming over to them.
“What’s the matter?” Yusuke called as he limped over, hanging onto Kurama’s shoulders. “Are you all right?”
"Yusuke, it’s Keiko!" Botan informed him.
"Nani!?" Yusuke rushed over to them and knelt in front of Keiko. "Keiko," Yusuke whispered. "Hey, Keiko! Snap the hell out of it! I won! Hey!” He stopped for a minute when all of a sudden, he got an idea and shook her softly. "Keiko! Sheesh, what a pain! Oi!!” Raising his open-face palm, Yusuke brought it down and slapped Keiko repeatedly. “Hurry up, would you! Wake up! Come on!”
Keiko’s hand slowly twitched at her side. She raised her arm. “Yow, already!” Bringing it down, she slapped Yusuke hard across the cheek. “That hurts, you idiot!”
Five seconds later, Gwen saw Yusuke rubbing his red cheek as Keiko started yelling at him.
"Glad to see that you're fine now, Keiko, but we have to leave," Gwen said urgently. Everyone agreed and started to run to the exit with Puu flying beside them. Other youkai were running for their lives as well.
"Shimatta!" Gwen cursed out as they stopped in front of the exit, which had been blocked up by debris.
"The way is blocked!" Kuwabara shouted. (Wow, Captain Obvious is right! *rolls eyes*) “What do we do?”
"There’s no choice but to knock it away," Yusuke said, lifting his arm off Kurama’s shoulders and quivering, so that Kurama had to grab his arm to keep him upright.
"Yusuke, not you!" Kurama protested.
"You dumbass, none of you guys can!" Yusuke pointed out.
Gwen was about to make an exit, but it seemed like someone had already beaten her to it. When the dust cleared, they saw Chuu, Jin, Touya, and Rinku.
"C'mon you guys!" Rinku yelled.
They ran as fast as they could out of there, and as the stadium blew up, they saw Shizuru, Koenma, and George running toward them.
"Koenma! Sis! Hurry!" Kuwabara exclaimed.
They watched the stadium bursting in flames with sad thoughts. They had won, but...they couldn't get their wish...their wish to bring Genkai back to the realm of the living...
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Gwen woke with a start, hearing a soft tap on the window. She sat up, looking at the window. Jin was there and grinning as if he won the lottery. Gwen jumped out of bed, wearing a short-sleeved nightgown that touched her ankles.
She silently walked to the window and opened it with a small creak. She looked back to see Botan sleeping. Gwen let out a quiet sigh and turned to Jin. "What are you doing here?"
"Well, Gwenie, I'm gonna show ye some wind tricks ’fore ye leave!" Jin whispered excitedly.
"At 2 in the morning?" she asked, really annoyed that he woke her up for that in the middle of the night. (Or early morning... ^_^U)
He nodded his head. "C'mon!” He flew forward and grabbed Gwen by the waist, flying to the ground.
'Oh Enma! I don't want to die now!' Gwen thought as she clung onto Jin. Jin noticed Gwen's grip on him and chuckled.
She tightly closed her eyes ready for the impact, but it never came.
"Gwenie, ye can op'n yer eyes, now," Jin said, still chuckling.
Gwen opened one eye, seeing she was standing in a forest. She opened the other, and saw that they weren't alone. Touya, Rinku, Chuu, Shishi, and a guy who was dressed like a clown were smiling at her.
"Uh...who's the clown?" Gwen asked. The boys started laughing as the "clown" strode up to Gwen.
He went up to her face and shouted, "How dare you insult the Beautiful Suzuka!"
Gwen's eye twitched, and she started to laugh. Suzuka stood there, hands on his hips, and grunted a "Hmph!"
Suzuka was pushed aside as Shishi went up to her, holding her hand. "Pleasure meeting you again, Gwen.” He bent down and kissed it.
Gwen was turning a fiery shade of red, and took back her hand. "I told you, Pretty Boy, I'm already taken!"
The boys continued to laugh. "Ah... poor Shishi. Always goin' for the sheilas, eh?" Chuu asked.
Gwen looked at the laughing, ear twitching Jin. "So, Jin, what about those wind tricks you told me about?"
"Righ'!" Jin exclaimed. "Though it was pretty funny seein' Shishi gettin' rejected. Alrigh', Gwenie, do ye know how to dance?"
Gwen blushed again and mumbled a tiny "No."
"Ah, that's alrigh'! I'll teach ye!" Jin said, smiling.
"Umm...yoroshii...demo...I don't know what that has to do with wind."
"Take my hand, and feel relaxed," Jin instructed. Gwen hesitated, but took his hand and took a deep breath. His other hand went to her waist. "Put yer other hand on my shoulder."
She obeyed, though still feeling awkward. Then she felt the wind blowing around them. Chuu and Rinku started clapping their hands and whistling a song. Gwen had never heard that song before, but it made her feel like dancing.
When she looked at the ground, she saw she was ten feet in the air. 'Oh my Enma!'
"Gwenie, ye got te be relaxed," Jin reminded her.
She nodded, knowing Jin was holding her. She took another deep breath, and Jin was leading her, twirling around. He clasped her waist tighter and she felt herself lean over as he dipped her back, her hair spun around her face by the wind. Raising her back up to eye level, he loosely drew her hand in his above their heads, and she spun around on one foot, letting the air currents twirl her clothes and hair about her. Drawing her back to himself, Jin dipped her again, further this time than the first, and Gwen responded by letting her hair brush the equivalent of ground level and then pulling herself back up, pulling Jin with her in a flurried spin.
At one point, Gwen let go of Jin, but Jin had control of the wind. She twirled about, and danced to her heart's content. She joined Jin once more, and during that time, she felt as if every worry and doubt faded away, and laughed.
When they landed, she gave out a small yawn, and Touya said, "It seems that we should take Gwen back."
"Thanks, guys, I really needed that," Gwen said, hugging each of them, even Suzuka and Shishi.
She held onto Jin as they waved to her. "Sayonara!"
"Ja ne, you guys! I hope to see you again!" Gwen replied, waving back.
"No doubt about it, sheila," Chuu said.
When Jin came to her hotel window, Gwen hugged him. "Thanks, Jin."
"Ah, no problem, lass," he said, hand behind his head. "Sayonara!"
"Sayonara," Gwen whispered, closing the window and getting to bed, never knowing Hiei was watching her that whole time.
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It was time to leave the hotel and go back home. The girls were rushing since they woke up late, especially Gwen.
"You got everything?" Keiko asked the girls.
"Hai," they said as Shizuru closed the door, cigarette in mouth.
They walked very quickly to the lounge where they were meeting the boys.
The boys were sitting by a table, seeing the girls. "Jeez, about time! We waited an hour," Yusuke complained.
"Thanks for waiting!" the girls chirped.
“You guys are so slow!” Yusuke muttered derisively.
Shizuru threw her luggage at her younger brother. “Here.”
"You’re telling me to carry all this?" he whined.
"Of course!” she said. “Yukina, have him carry yours, too."
He grinned. "Yeah! Gladly!” Botan threw her luggage at him also. “Here!”
"Now look, why should I take yours!?"
"You’re carrying everything else, so why not?" Botan said with a wink.
Kurama stood up and walked to Gwen. "Would you like me to carry your bags?"
She smiled. "No thank you. I'm good on my own."
Yusuke stood up, catching Puu’s head and laying him in Keiko’s arms. "You carry this guy."
Keiko caught him, and nodded.
"If the champion of a martial arts tournament were to be seen carrying that, he’d be made a laughingstock," he said, walking away, followed by the rest.
"Puu!" Puu chirped.
"You’re so cute, though, Puu," Keiko comforted the inner self.
They all stood in a clearing, looking out to the harbor. "Finally, we can say goodbye to this island," Yusuke said.
“It sure has been awhile, huh?” asked Kuwabara.
"And so much has happened-" Botan started until Kuwabara interrupted her, slapping his hand over her mouth.
"You blabbermouth! Don’t say anything that will remind everyone of Ba-san!"
"Gomen ne, gomen ne!"
Carnation was on top of Gwen's head, looking around.
"We're going back home," Gwen said.
Yusuke closed his eyes. "All right, let’s go!"
"Shall we go, then?" Kuwabara said.
"Let’s get going," Kurama said softly.
"Yeah, right now," Hiei said.
"We return in triumph!" Yusuke declared.
"Oi, oi...! How coldhearted you guys are!"
Everyone turned around to see Genkai, alive and well.
"Genkai!" Gwen ran to her sensei. She was smiling widely and felt as if she couldn’t stop smiling.
“Master Genkai!” cried Botan, rushing over. The others followed, Kuwabara shouting, “Ba-san!”
Everyone was surrounding Genkai and Yusuke was extremely happy. “Thank goodness!” cried Botan.
“Don’t go digging people’s graves without them asking,” Genkai said, smiling. She grinned cheekily at Yusuke, who still stood on the other side of the field, gaping. “Bonehead!”
Snapping out of his daze, Yusuke recovered in a rush. “Ba-san...! Ba-san!!”
Ten minutes later, everyone was aboard the ship going home. Yusuke and Keiko were on the upper deck while everyone else was on the lower deck. Gwen stood between Hiei and Kurama, looking at Kubikukuri Island.
"Ja ne, Kubikukuri Island..." Gwen murmured, remembering the whole Tournament and how they've grown compared to when they first arrived.
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Hmm…um…Oh no! I can’t think of anything to say! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO*takes breath*OOOOOOOOO
Hiei: Baka ningen onna.
MNA: Tojikomeru!!!
Carnation: *smiling smugly*
MNA: *groans* I hate you… *remembering the injuries she acquired last chapter.*
Carnation: So…?
Yusuke: Review.
*MNA runs after Carnation, mallet in hand, with a crazed look. Carnation runs behind Hiei, and sticks her tongue out. MNA doesn’t notice and ends up hitting Hiei on the head.*
Hiei: *clearly PO’ed* Onna!!!!!!!!!
I’m over Lia’s house at the moment, I still have the YYH Gang with me… even that baka neko…
I thank Ran for filling in the blanks for me. I thank my best friend, Lia, for letting me borrow this computer. Thankies!
Rinku: MNA doesn’t own YYH.
MNA: Thankies Rinku!
Touya: Hyper again?
MNA: Yep! Thanks to Lia!
Towelie: …Wanna get high?
Everyone: o_O No…
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Two Hearts, Two Minds, One Soul
Chapter Twenty-Eight
"Ja ne, Kubikukuri Island”
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Kuwabara was lying facedown on the ground. Gwen looked at him helplessly, fighting the urge to cry.
'Kuwabara... I wish you were still alive... You always made me laugh, trying to be some big macho.'
She looked over to Shizuru and Yukina. 'It must be hard for them...even though Yukina doesn't really know how much he loved her...'
Then as if her wish came true, Gwen heard Kuwabara's annoying laugh. She snapped her head up, seeing Kuwabara standing up, laughing his head off as Yusuke cried.
“Hey, numbskull!” he shouted, putting up two peace signs and bouncing from one foot to the other. “Urameshi! Hey, how ya doing!? It’s Kuwabara!”
Yusuke squeaked loudly in an odd fashion, then turned to Kurama and pointed at Kuwabara frantically.
“Y-Yusuke...” Kurama said, his eyes downcast. “I’m sorry, but he was never dead to begin with.”
“W-w-w-what!?” Yusuke shrieked, thrusting his head in Kurama’s face as the redhead smiled abashedly.
“Calm down and listen!” Kurama cried, still smiling. “Right, at the time...”
^^Flashback^^
“Kuwabara-kun! Stay with us! Kuwabara-kun!” Kurama cried, lifting Kuwabara’s arm over his shoulder. “Are you all right!?”
Kuwabara strained to lift his head. “Yeah… I-I’m okay...he didn’t reach any vital points...but don’t tell Urameshi... Some shock therapy...might be good for him...”
^^End Flashback^^
“...And that’s how it happened,” Kurama finished even more embarrassed, sweat dropping.
“Well?” asked Kuwabara, walking over. “It was the right thing to do, wasn’t it?”
“Did you all know!?” Yusuke asked the rest of the group, seemingly horrified.
“I didn’t think it was the nicest thing to do,” said Koenma blushingly, “but still...”
Yusuke recovered himself by glaring at all of them. “You all let me get taken in!”
“Hmph,” grunted Hiei. “It’s your own fault to begin with for being so gutless, right?”
“Mm-hmm, that argument stands to reason,” added Koenma.
“Like you said yourself,” said Hiei, “if only you could have released that power to begin with, this whole farce could have been—” At the apparent sound of fists hitting flesh, Hiei’s eyes snapped open and he saw only Kurama, who laughed and pointed sideways. “Over there...”
“Kuwabara!” Yusuke was shouting. “You bastard! You tricked me!”
“L-look, that was the only way!” Kuwabara tried to shout back in consolation.
“You’re fine, aren’t you!?” Yusuke shouted, still beating on his friend. “I’m gonna kill you!”
Gwen saw Hiei sweat drop (with the most kawaii face on Earth!) and she started to laugh.
Botan looked at her confusedly, but Gwen just shook her head.
~It seems that Kuwabara faked his death just so Yusuke could reach his limit. Very clever of him...that's a first, isn't it?~ Carnation snickered.
"Hai," replied Gwen with a laugh. She looked down at Keiko who was still on her knees. "Keiko?"
She didn't reply, which made Gwen worried. She knelt down and touched her shoulder. "Keiko, Yusuke won. Keiko?"
Gwen looked up at Botan. "Botan, look at Keiko."
Botan looked at her hesitantly, getting worried as well. "Gwen, this stadium is gonna be blown up in fifteen minutes!"
"Nani!?"
The whole stadium began to quake and the ceiling was beginning to fall. Yukina, Botan, and Gwen tried to get Keiko to snap out of it.
"Yukina! Yukina, this way! Hurry, hurry!"
Yukina turned around to see Kuwabara waving to her. “Kazuma!” she cried, walking towards him. “Never mind me, it’s Keiko! She’s half-unconscious!”
Gwen and Botan looked up to see the wall behind Yukina crack and begin to fall directly on her.
"Yukina, watch out!" they both cried out.
Gwen moved toward her, but the dust blinded her as the huge piece of rubble crashed the floor.
When the dust cleared and she could see again, the first thing she noticed was Hiei kneeling with his arm around a safe, if a bit rattled, Yukina.
“Don’t dawdle around!” he snapped at Kuwabara.
Yukina looked up at Hiei with a stunned sort of admiration. “H-hai. Arigatou gozaimasu.”
Gwen smiled at Hiei evilly, but he knew what she was thinking.
~One word from your mouth, and you'll spend the rest of your days without one,~ Hiei telepathically threatened.
"Meep!" Gwen exclaimed, covering her mouth, making Hiei smirk.
“Five minutes to explosion!” blared the stadium loudspeakers. “Five minutes to explosion!”
"Oi, where's my sister?" Kuwabara asked as he looked around.
"I don't know," Gwen replied, looking around also with Carnation on her head. She saw Kurama helping Yusuke coming over to them.
“What’s the matter?” Yusuke called as he limped over, hanging onto Kurama’s shoulders. “Are you all right?”
"Yusuke, it’s Keiko!" Botan informed him.
"Nani!?" Yusuke rushed over to them and knelt in front of Keiko. "Keiko," Yusuke whispered. "Hey, Keiko! Snap the hell out of it! I won! Hey!” He stopped for a minute when all of a sudden, he got an idea and shook her softly. "Keiko! Sheesh, what a pain! Oi!!” Raising his open-face palm, Yusuke brought it down and slapped Keiko repeatedly. “Hurry up, would you! Wake up! Come on!”
Keiko’s hand slowly twitched at her side. She raised her arm. “Yow, already!” Bringing it down, she slapped Yusuke hard across the cheek. “That hurts, you idiot!”
Five seconds later, Gwen saw Yusuke rubbing his red cheek as Keiko started yelling at him.
"Glad to see that you're fine now, Keiko, but we have to leave," Gwen said urgently. Everyone agreed and started to run to the exit with Puu flying beside them. Other youkai were running for their lives as well.
"Shimatta!" Gwen cursed out as they stopped in front of the exit, which had been blocked up by debris.
"The way is blocked!" Kuwabara shouted. (Wow, Captain Obvious is right! *rolls eyes*) “What do we do?”
"There’s no choice but to knock it away," Yusuke said, lifting his arm off Kurama’s shoulders and quivering, so that Kurama had to grab his arm to keep him upright.
"Yusuke, not you!" Kurama protested.
"You dumbass, none of you guys can!" Yusuke pointed out.
Gwen was about to make an exit, but it seemed like someone had already beaten her to it. When the dust cleared, they saw Chuu, Jin, Touya, and Rinku.
"C'mon you guys!" Rinku yelled.
They ran as fast as they could out of there, and as the stadium blew up, they saw Shizuru, Koenma, and George running toward them.
"Koenma! Sis! Hurry!" Kuwabara exclaimed.
They watched the stadium bursting in flames with sad thoughts. They had won, but...they couldn't get their wish...their wish to bring Genkai back to the realm of the living...
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Gwen woke with a start, hearing a soft tap on the window. She sat up, looking at the window. Jin was there and grinning as if he won the lottery. Gwen jumped out of bed, wearing a short-sleeved nightgown that touched her ankles.
She silently walked to the window and opened it with a small creak. She looked back to see Botan sleeping. Gwen let out a quiet sigh and turned to Jin. "What are you doing here?"
"Well, Gwenie, I'm gonna show ye some wind tricks ’fore ye leave!" Jin whispered excitedly.
"At 2 in the morning?" she asked, really annoyed that he woke her up for that in the middle of the night. (Or early morning... ^_^U)
He nodded his head. "C'mon!” He flew forward and grabbed Gwen by the waist, flying to the ground.
'Oh Enma! I don't want to die now!' Gwen thought as she clung onto Jin. Jin noticed Gwen's grip on him and chuckled.
She tightly closed her eyes ready for the impact, but it never came.
"Gwenie, ye can op'n yer eyes, now," Jin said, still chuckling.
Gwen opened one eye, seeing she was standing in a forest. She opened the other, and saw that they weren't alone. Touya, Rinku, Chuu, Shishi, and a guy who was dressed like a clown were smiling at her.
"Uh...who's the clown?" Gwen asked. The boys started laughing as the "clown" strode up to Gwen.
He went up to her face and shouted, "How dare you insult the Beautiful Suzuka!"
Gwen's eye twitched, and she started to laugh. Suzuka stood there, hands on his hips, and grunted a "Hmph!"
Suzuka was pushed aside as Shishi went up to her, holding her hand. "Pleasure meeting you again, Gwen.” He bent down and kissed it.
Gwen was turning a fiery shade of red, and took back her hand. "I told you, Pretty Boy, I'm already taken!"
The boys continued to laugh. "Ah... poor Shishi. Always goin' for the sheilas, eh?" Chuu asked.
Gwen looked at the laughing, ear twitching Jin. "So, Jin, what about those wind tricks you told me about?"
"Righ'!" Jin exclaimed. "Though it was pretty funny seein' Shishi gettin' rejected. Alrigh', Gwenie, do ye know how to dance?"
Gwen blushed again and mumbled a tiny "No."
"Ah, that's alrigh'! I'll teach ye!" Jin said, smiling.
"Umm...yoroshii...demo...I don't know what that has to do with wind."
"Take my hand, and feel relaxed," Jin instructed. Gwen hesitated, but took his hand and took a deep breath. His other hand went to her waist. "Put yer other hand on my shoulder."
She obeyed, though still feeling awkward. Then she felt the wind blowing around them. Chuu and Rinku started clapping their hands and whistling a song. Gwen had never heard that song before, but it made her feel like dancing.
When she looked at the ground, she saw she was ten feet in the air. 'Oh my Enma!'
"Gwenie, ye got te be relaxed," Jin reminded her.
She nodded, knowing Jin was holding her. She took another deep breath, and Jin was leading her, twirling around. He clasped her waist tighter and she felt herself lean over as he dipped her back, her hair spun around her face by the wind. Raising her back up to eye level, he loosely drew her hand in his above their heads, and she spun around on one foot, letting the air currents twirl her clothes and hair about her. Drawing her back to himself, Jin dipped her again, further this time than the first, and Gwen responded by letting her hair brush the equivalent of ground level and then pulling herself back up, pulling Jin with her in a flurried spin.
At one point, Gwen let go of Jin, but Jin had control of the wind. She twirled about, and danced to her heart's content. She joined Jin once more, and during that time, she felt as if every worry and doubt faded away, and laughed.
When they landed, she gave out a small yawn, and Touya said, "It seems that we should take Gwen back."
"Thanks, guys, I really needed that," Gwen said, hugging each of them, even Suzuka and Shishi.
She held onto Jin as they waved to her. "Sayonara!"
"Ja ne, you guys! I hope to see you again!" Gwen replied, waving back.
"No doubt about it, sheila," Chuu said.
When Jin came to her hotel window, Gwen hugged him. "Thanks, Jin."
"Ah, no problem, lass," he said, hand behind his head. "Sayonara!"
"Sayonara," Gwen whispered, closing the window and getting to bed, never knowing Hiei was watching her that whole time.
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It was time to leave the hotel and go back home. The girls were rushing since they woke up late, especially Gwen.
"You got everything?" Keiko asked the girls.
"Hai," they said as Shizuru closed the door, cigarette in mouth.
They walked very quickly to the lounge where they were meeting the boys.
The boys were sitting by a table, seeing the girls. "Jeez, about time! We waited an hour," Yusuke complained.
"Thanks for waiting!" the girls chirped.
“You guys are so slow!” Yusuke muttered derisively.
Shizuru threw her luggage at her younger brother. “Here.”
"You’re telling me to carry all this?" he whined.
"Of course!” she said. “Yukina, have him carry yours, too."
He grinned. "Yeah! Gladly!” Botan threw her luggage at him also. “Here!”
"Now look, why should I take yours!?"
"You’re carrying everything else, so why not?" Botan said with a wink.
Kurama stood up and walked to Gwen. "Would you like me to carry your bags?"
She smiled. "No thank you. I'm good on my own."
Yusuke stood up, catching Puu’s head and laying him in Keiko’s arms. "You carry this guy."
Keiko caught him, and nodded.
"If the champion of a martial arts tournament were to be seen carrying that, he’d be made a laughingstock," he said, walking away, followed by the rest.
"Puu!" Puu chirped.
"You’re so cute, though, Puu," Keiko comforted the inner self.
They all stood in a clearing, looking out to the harbor. "Finally, we can say goodbye to this island," Yusuke said.
“It sure has been awhile, huh?” asked Kuwabara.
"And so much has happened-" Botan started until Kuwabara interrupted her, slapping his hand over her mouth.
"You blabbermouth! Don’t say anything that will remind everyone of Ba-san!"
"Gomen ne, gomen ne!"
Carnation was on top of Gwen's head, looking around.
"We're going back home," Gwen said.
Yusuke closed his eyes. "All right, let’s go!"
"Shall we go, then?" Kuwabara said.
"Let’s get going," Kurama said softly.
"Yeah, right now," Hiei said.
"We return in triumph!" Yusuke declared.
"Oi, oi...! How coldhearted you guys are!"
Everyone turned around to see Genkai, alive and well.
"Genkai!" Gwen ran to her sensei. She was smiling widely and felt as if she couldn’t stop smiling.
“Master Genkai!” cried Botan, rushing over. The others followed, Kuwabara shouting, “Ba-san!”
Everyone was surrounding Genkai and Yusuke was extremely happy. “Thank goodness!” cried Botan.
“Don’t go digging people’s graves without them asking,” Genkai said, smiling. She grinned cheekily at Yusuke, who still stood on the other side of the field, gaping. “Bonehead!”
Snapping out of his daze, Yusuke recovered in a rush. “Ba-san...! Ba-san!!”
Ten minutes later, everyone was aboard the ship going home. Yusuke and Keiko were on the upper deck while everyone else was on the lower deck. Gwen stood between Hiei and Kurama, looking at Kubikukuri Island.
"Ja ne, Kubikukuri Island..." Gwen murmured, remembering the whole Tournament and how they've grown compared to when they first arrived.
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Hmm…um…Oh no! I can’t think of anything to say! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO*takes breath*OOOOOOOOO
Hiei: Baka ningen onna.
MNA: Tojikomeru!!!
Carnation: *smiling smugly*
MNA: *groans* I hate you… *remembering the injuries she acquired last chapter.*
Carnation: So…?
Yusuke: Review.
*MNA runs after Carnation, mallet in hand, with a crazed look. Carnation runs behind Hiei, and sticks her tongue out. MNA doesn’t notice and ends up hitting Hiei on the head.*
Hiei: *clearly PO’ed* Onna!!!!!!!!!