Chapter 2

Kaori- Hi! It's chapter 2.

Kurama- be sure to review. It would mean a lot to Kaori.

Hiei- why is he here?

Kaori- 'cause I wanted him here. He isn't in love with Kyome.

Hiei- good.

Kaori-let's just get on with this. I still don't own anything.

Hiei- that's a relief.

Chapter 2

I wonder if it's going to rain today, Lira thought as she looked up into the darkening sky.

She was sitting in the window in her room looking out to the front lawn. A week had passed since the incident in her kitchen. Lira and her mother hadn't told a soul, not even her brother Sage.

The rain soon began to cascade down onto the house. She listened to the steady rhythm of the drops as they splashed on the roof and danced on the grass on the front lawn.

"Lira, dinner is ready," her mother called from the kitchen.

"I'm not hungry," she called back. "Can you save it for later?"

"Ok, honey," was the reply. "I'm going over to pick up Sage. Be back in 20 minutes."

"Ok, mom."

Lira continued to watch the rain fall after she saw her mother drive off. Lightening flashed a few miles off in the distance, threatening to come closer to the house. A few people walked by with umbrellas and raincoats here and there.

Then, he walked up. He had no coat, no umbrella, not even any shoes. He did, however, have a limp, bright red hair and was holding his side. Lira watched as he slowly walked in front of the house and slowed down. He was obviously in a lot of pain.

Lira ran down the stairs and went outside, leaving her coat on the rack. She ran up to the guy and looked up at his face. "Are you alright?" she asked.

He looked at the girl and gave a weak smile. He had deep blue eyes. "Don' worry," he said with a strong accent. "I'm…fine. Jus' a wee bit tired is all."

"No you're not," Lira said. "Are you bleeding?"

He looked at his side and the blood oozing through his fingers. "Me guessin' so, but it'll stop soon 'nough," was his answer.

"You better come inside and let me wrap that up for you," she said. "You need to dry off, too."

"Ya don' have ta trouble ya'self with me wound," he said as she led him up to her front door.

"It's better than worrying if you're dead in some ally somewhere." She took him in and laid him on the sofa. "Ok, let me see it."

"See wha'?"

"The wound in your stomach."

"Oh," he said. He took off his hand to see the huge gash in his side. The bleeding was bad and, unlike he said, wasn't about to stop without help. "Tha's a lo' worse than i' looked b'fore."

"You must of tore it open more when you were walking," Lira said, walking to the kitchen. "I'll be right back."

"Wha's ya name?"

Lira stopped mid-reach for the first aid kit. "Lira," she answered.

"Tha's…a love'y name…ya gots there."

"And what would your name be?" she asked coming back into the living room. He never answered. Lira walked up to the sofa to see him lying there unconscious. Mom's gonna kill me.

a few minutes later

Lira headed into her room dragging the unconscious man with her. His wound was cleaned and wrapped tightly. She laid him on the bed and thought for a minute on how she was going to tell her mother about the guy in her room. Then, Lira noticed something strange. The man had a small white horn in his head.

He's not human, Lira thought. What is he then?

Suddenly, his eyes snapped open and he sat up. Lira jumped back and stared at him as he looked around. "Hey, wha' happened to th' other room, Lira?" he asked, looking at her.

"This is my room," she said, cautiously. "I brought you up here."

"Oh. It be a real nice room ya got here," he said. "Wha's wrong?"

"What are you?" Lira asked, staring at him. "I know you're not a human, so what do you want and what happened to you?"

"Whew! Well don't ya know tha' be a long story!" the guy said. "To start off, me name be Jin Kaze Tsukai."

"What?" Lira asked.

"Ya can call me Jin for short, 'cause tha' be me first name," Jin said, tossing his legs off the bed, "and ya don' hav' ta call me by me whole name, 'cause tha' wou' be alo'taremembere'rytimeyawan'tacallmenameandtha'salongnametahav'taremember.Idon'knowwhyIgotssuchalongnamethough.Iguesstha'memomwanted-"

"Wait, wait, wait," Lira said, stopping his rambling. (A/N: In case you don't speak Jin, the looong word is: "would be a lot to remember every time you want to call my name and that's a long name to have to remember. I don't know why I got such a long name though. I guess that my mom wanted". That's it in English, more or less. Continue!)

"Wha's the prob'em?" Jin asked.

"Get back to what you're doing here," Lira said, sitting in a chair so she could face him. "And why you have a horn on your head."

"Well, I gots tha' horn on me head 'cause I wa' born wit' it," he said. "I'm a demon, ya see."

"WHAT!" Lira stood up.

"Yep. See, I wa' mindin' me own business, when these dudes was startin' a fight wit' me 'cause I los' in this Dark Tournament. Ther' wa' 'bout twenty o' them an' only one o' me, so I tried me hardest to leave peacefu'y, but they all jumped me like."

"But how did you end up here?" Lira asked again.

"You're an impatient one, aren't ya?" Jin said, shaking his finger. "Anywho, I wa' beatin' 'em as they wa' tryin' ta get a pie'e o' me, 'til this one came up an' hit me in me side wit' a swor' an' I jumped back 'cause i' wa' real painful."

Lira sat patiently waiting for Jin to explain his story. Unfortunately, Jin was taking his good old time to get through it. "But-" she began.

"I'ma getting' ther'! If ya hadn't interrupted me all th' time, I coulda been through i' by now." Jin cut her off. "So, they all tried ta jump me a' th' same time, so I flews off an' ther' was this major storm an' I gots blown off course. I' wa' real windy up in th' clouds, so I landed and was lookin' a' th' funny lookin' houses, then me side wa' ahurtin' real bad an' you showed up."

"How did you fly?" Lira asked.

"I be a wind master." Jin said with his famous grin.

"What?"

Jin gave out a tired sigh. "I can control th' wind. Watch." Without much of a warning, a small tornado formed in the middle of the room. Surprisingly, Lira didn't feel the breeze. "I can make i' do wha'e'er I wan'."

"Cool," Lira said. Then, downstairs, she heard the sound of a door opening and shutting.

"Lira," her mother called. "I'm home. Where are you?" they could hear footsteps coming up.

"Oh, man," Lira said, looking at Jin. "Promise you won't tell my mom you're a you-know-what?"

"Ok," Jin said.

"Good," Lira said as her mom opened the door and saw Jin.

"Who's this?" she asked.

"Mom, this is Jin," Lira said. "He got jumped by some kids and I brought him in and wrapped up his wound."

"Hello, Jin," Lira's mother said.

" 'ello, ma'am," Jin said, standing. He winced and sat back down.

"You poor thing," she said. "You have to stay for dinner and get healthy."

"Thank ya, miss…?"

"Mrs. Tocashi," she said with a smile. "Are you from around here?"

"Nah. I be from Irelan' originally, bu' me folks they just passed on recen'ly," Jin said sadly.

"Aaw, then you can stay here as long as you want," Mrs. Tocashi said. With that, she left, shutting the door behind her.

Lira just stared at the door, then turned to the grinning redhead looking at her. "This is gon' ta be fun," he said.

Why me? Lira thought as her head fell to her chest. Why is it always me?

End Chapter!

Kaori- man, that took a lot. And sorry I took so long to update.

Hiei- yeah, she's just slow like that.

Kaori- glaring at Hiei

Kurama- why don't you talk to the reviewers?

Kaori- GOOD IDEA! Here we go.

sakurasango- i'm glad you like it!

Lorea Jaganshi - thanks! i'm glad i have someone to count on!

Sakura (RtoG)- i got jin so all is well

Evanesence's Dark Angel- isn't Jin loveable? So, here's your update!

animebishieluver- here you go.

KyokiXKurama- I prefer Kurama too. me loves him, but Jin does have a cool accent.

okamigirl- Don't worry! I brought Jin! Relax!

Kaori- ok, that's all the reviews I got. See you all next time.

Hiei- and make sure to flame her.

Kaori- nooo! No flames please! Don't listen to the evil one!

Kurama- please review.

Hiei- BWAHAHAHAHAHAA! FLAME HER!

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