This chapter has a few flashbacks. Whenever you see many lines with 'what ever it says but in this form' then it's something she's remembered from an earlier time, a small flashback.


She groaned and sat up against the dark blue and green checkered fabric seat. He looked her over while she studied he green landscape flashing by the fast moving train.

He took in her tired eyes and sagging shoulders and wondered if being immersed in the human world had really helped her. He noted how she dug her long mahogany nails into her knee, knuckles bearing white under the strength of the grip, when the car rattled.

Neither faces told what they were thinking.

She shivered a moment, his perfect blue brow furrowed in concern.

"Lydia-"

"Touya," she cut him off quickly, an edge decorated her voice. He frowned at her; you had to have known him to be able to see the nearly invisible thin line of his mouth.

"These people," she began slowly, her hair curtained around her to hide her face, "do they know what's coming to them?"

Touya stared at her with a blank expression, but looks were always deceiving. Her fierce, pale green eyes shone with worry and regret.

"Think of it as a relaxing vacation."

"It'd be easier if I'd ever had one."

He thought for a short moment before continuing, "This is the one time in your life you don't have to worry about hurting those around you," he tried a smile.

It took her a moment, but she returned a small smile.

"There's my girl."


'We need you' his ever cool voice echoed in her mind. She had scoffed at him, 'That's what they always tell me' she'd said darkly.

They trudged up the endless flight of gray, hard stone stairs.

Everything else around them was green and secluded, perfect in Lydia's eyes.

The ghost of a smile found its way on her face, playing around the trembling corners of her mouth.

'There's going to be a war' he'd scared her. She looked at him skeptically.

'What?' her mouth was dry.

'We're all training at the dojo, Yusuke, Kazuma, Kurama, Hiei, and Genkai. You're going to join us. You don't have to train to our skills, we have your own set up. A revolution is on its way.'

A few birds called out in the woods to their mates.

The wind lightly moved the branches and leaves to swaying and sweet clean air rushed through her brown, and his blue, and green hair.

She didn't know if she was going to laugh or cry in her new homey surroundings.

She had sensed hesitation in Touya's voice. Her pale eyes silently loudly forced him to tell her everything.

She huffed up the steps, her legs ached greatly.

"This is a loooooooong climb up some random stairs," she tossed to Touya.

"Hmm."

'There are a few we need to watch out for. They're visitors and don't know the caution that needs to take place.'

'No one does.'

'Some can fathom.'

'Not until it's too late.'

'We'll see.'

She paused on the fifth landing. (There were roughly 23 steps per landing.) The stone arch indicating the entrance to the dojo was just visible. Her eyes reflected terrified excitement.

Touya held out his hand.

She took it and continued up the agonizing climb with her old friend.

'Do you remember when we were kids, how difficult it was for me to stay in control?'

'I remember,' he mused, 'then, I had the same problem.'

He lifted a hand with icicle fingers. They laughed at the old memories.

'I haven't changed, Touya,' her voice haunting, 'Can I trust them?'

'Yes,' he answered with his heart, 'Giligan wouldn't have set it up otherwise.'

The two gracefully stepped through the arch into a wide clearing. There were three buildings. One laid dead ahead, one to the left, and one to the right.

The grass was bright green and lush. Everything was healthy and blossoming with life.

Two figures continued fighting while a girl ran around them yelling.

Lydia noticed a black hole in the side of the center dojo's roof.

'Giligan looked everywhere for safe houses. He said he heard of one in Japan from a couple men or… creatures rather, that he was spying on.'

'He discovered Genkai, it's going to be okay.'

Touya placed his arm around Lydia's shoulders and supported her as they came affront the curious people.


The two boys looked her up and down. She kept her eyes averted and unseen.

"Who is she?" one with a football build and stupid toned voice asked.

"Duh! She's that chick grandma told us to stay away from."

"Oh, she must be Lydia," the girl realized and stepped over to shake Lydia's hand.

"I'm Keiko," she informed sweetly, "this here's Yusuke. Just ignore him, he's a hot-headed jerk."

"Hot, yeah, but hot-headed?" the apparent boy challenged.

"Hey, you forgot me!"

"No she didn't," the hot-headed jerk commented.

"And Kuwabara," Keiko fixed, still holding out her hand.

"That's Kazuma," Touya filled her in, she nodded, staring at Keiko's hand.

A sharp nudge in side from Touya advised her to awkwardly shake the hand.

Their skin barely touched, but Keiko gasped at the cold contact.

"Touya, you'll freeze her being that close!" she smiled, scolding the accused.

'We're going to have to talk' Lydia thought.

"Well, it's nice to have you," Yusuke smacked a hand on her back, as a friendly gesture.

She hissed at the jolt of pain that ripped quickly through her small frame and her sudden glare left Yusuke at a complete loss for words.

"Hey, Urameshi, back off. See, ya made her mad, probably hurt her," Kuwabara looked angrily to Yusuke.

Lydia began to shake slightly.

"Hey, are you okay?" Kuwabara checked, getting in her face.

"Fine," she spat. Touya's arm tightened back around her.

"Urameshi, yur suck a jerk! Hurting a girl like that! Well I outta…" he rubbed a hand over his right fist.

Yusuke was too rattled from the power behind Lydia's eyes to speak.

"Genkai's gonna hand you your manners!"

"Shut up! Grandma's not going to teach me anything!" he hollered.

"Boys," Touya was lost as the two began to punch each other in the back of the head.

Lydia had calmed down and watched their movements, intently studying their behavior.

"Guys!" Keiko complained, shaking her head of brown hair.

Overhead, clouds sat in front of the sun, shading them.

Lydia watched them while Touya only glanced. 'He is more of a stars person after all' she mused.

The white cotton masses made her smile. They floated so carefree in the sky, playing with the sun throughout the day in a warm, long friendship.

Several miles away, but visible above the magnificent trees, gray clouds imposed on her pleasant day dreaming.

Her face clouded and her eyes hardened at the thunder clouds' low growl unheard yet. Past thunder storms not quite as wet or dark ruled her memories and grossly twisted her smile.

No one saw the change in her stature.

All attention was on the ruckus, except for Lydia's. Her jaw clenched tightly in fury struggling to be unleashed.

The fight had gotten too close for the bystanders. A misguided fist rounded and slammed into the right side of Lydia's face. The hit sent her to the ground.

"Oh my god! I'm sorry Lydia! We didn't mean to get so close!" Kuwabara was shocked and very guilty.

Her ducked head snapped up. Her pale green eyes-

"Impossible!"

had gotten paler. Her cold, death gaze made the four of them feeling the need and desire to retreat into the woods and far, far away from her.

"Get away from her!" a new, gravely voice barked.

With a growl, the enraged woman leapt off the ground and tackled Kuwabara. Her feet stomped him into the ground and he let out a surprised gasp.

She grasped his right wrist hard and forced him to punch himself. His cheek bone gave a resounding crack and a large, black bruise readily plastered itself under the long cut on his right cheek where his knuckles had brutally drilled his face.

She threw into a tree with a blue light streaming from her hand after she'd wiped is bloody face into the grass.

"You're gross," she'd commented through gritting teeth.

Faster than any human they'd met, she had him back in her hands, and up in the air.

With a grunt she threw him into the ground. The earth easily gave way and a seven foot diameter crater cradled Kuwabara's nearly unconscious body.

His puffy eyes were almost swollen shut by bulging, purple skin.

Her feet didn't stumble as she landed on the ground walking. She furiously strode forward after him.

Her violet eyes showed no mercy, wind blew around her angrily, making her shoulder length hair fly all over the place behind her. The damaged man cried, her hand was reaching out to him.

"NO!" the voice shouted.

An ice wall came up in front of her. She walked it, surprised pale green eyes searching aimlessly to recognize where she was.

Cold arms wrapped around her and pushed her back, where, unbalanced, she fell.

She didn't know who had picked up Kuwabara's limp body. She did, however see that the hole in the roof had slinked off the wall and to the ground.

"Inside, now!" a short, old woman in a red kimono and hat with graying pale pink hair ordered. "Except for you," she harshly directed toward the downcast attacker.

Most followed after the scared and calm woman inside.

Touya still stood guarding the poor girl biting back tears from anyone else.


I know that I changed the look of Genkai's temple/dojo some. What do you think of Lydia now? And when there's a bar separating "this" from "this", it's an author's note.