Quest Of A Wolf's Heart
Ch 3. The Journey Begins; Sad Memories and A Reuniting With an Old Friend
I'd hope you guys got it by now but just in case I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho, Wolf's Rain or W.I.T.C.H, I would like to but I don't. Only Flame and Kiko are mine.
Flame's View
"Okay please try not to laugh Koenma isn't what you would expect," Kurama cautions Will and Irma once they were outside of Koenma's office.
"What's that suppose to mean?" Irma asked giving him a curious look.
"You'll see," she stated as she opened the door, walked in and saw everyone was there.
"Well I see you found Will and Irma," Koenma stated not even looking up from his paperwork.
How the bloody hell does he know everything she thought getting really annoying at Koenma.
"Oh my gosh that baby talked," Irma yelled pointing at Koenma as Will Stared in disbelief.
"Damn it I'm not a baby I'm Koenma the ruler of Spirit World damn it. Flame, Kurama didn't you tell them!" Koenma yelled in fury.
"Yes we did, but we didn't tell them what you looked like," Kurama replied casually.
"Well, we need to take some action, the training will have to wait. Two groups will go to different areas where we think your friends might be. The first group will consist of Flame, Irma, Will, Kurama, Yusuke, and Toboe. The second will consist of Kuwabara, Kiba, Hige, Tsume, Hiei and Botan. Okay you leave in three hours, oh and Flame we brought your stuff back to your room," Koenma stated going back to stamping the enormous pile of paperwork on his desk.
"You'll have to stay with me till we get you rooms," she said facing Will and Irma.
"Great we can catch up more," Will said smiling.
She slightly smiled at Will, nothing ever got her down; she was always looking on the bright side. "We'll meet you guys down stairs," she said not even bothering to look at the boys as they left. "This is my room," she said as she opened the door.
"Awesome," Will yelled gazing at the beautiful room.
"Cool," Irma said looking around.
"There's a bathroom right there if you guys want to wash up," she said as she took off her outfit, leaving on her white backless undershirt and white under-shorts.
"Flame do you really think we'll be able to find Hay Lin, Taranee and Cornelia," Will asked drying off her face.
"I don't know, but what's your heart tell you?" she asked as she put on a black training suit like Sango's outfit from Inuyasha.
"My heart says that no matter what we'll find them," Will said as she held her necklace.
"Then we'll find them," she said as she tied a red sash around her waist and tied Tetensusaiga to her left hip.
"Yeah, don't worry about it," Irma said putting her hand on Will's shoulder.
Their closeness is amazing if one is sad the other is right there to cheer them up. If I could open up I'd have others like that, no it's better this way; keeping my feelings to myself.
"Flame are you okay you look like something's bothering you?" Will asked concerned.
"You're imaging things," she said not even looking at Will. "I'm jake really," she said seeing Will didn't believe her.
"Since we're going to be working with each other for a while, this is Will and Irma. Will, Irma this is Yusuke, Hiei, Kuwabara, you've already met Kurama, Kiba, Toboe, Hige, Tsume and Botan," she said.
"Alright good luck," Koenma said as he came in and set up the portal.
"Well, let's start looking," Irma said once they had been teleported to a spot with mountains, a forest and lots of fog and mist.
"We should head back it's been hours since we split into groups of two and we haven't found anything. Maybe the others have," she stated as she jumped down from a tree.
"I think you're right that might be best," Kurama said coming out from the bushes.
"Wait I hear something," she said as they were about to leave.
"Wooa calm down boy," said a voice not far ahead
It couldn't be…Hay Lin? She thought closing her eyes listening harder.
"Help," said what she thought was a girl on top of a rhino type demon running past.
Irma's View
"We've been at this for hours I say we regroup," she said sighing tiredly.
"I agree I'm beat," Toboe said plopping down.
"Maybe Yusuke and Will had better luck. Well only one way to find out let's go," Irma said smiling.
"Hmm I thought I smelled something tasty. How great I was getting hungry," said a giant frog demon jumping out from the bushes. "I haven't had young girls flesh in a long time," it said licking its lips.
"Well you aren't gonna hurt her!" Toboe yelled as he turned into his wolf form.
I-is he defending me, wait I can't think about that I have to fight she thought as a blue light surrounded her and she transformed into her other form.
Flame's View
Damn this things fast she cursed as she chased after the rhino.
"I think the rhino's tiring," Kurama said as the rhino bucked a girl off its back and charged. Kurama pulled out his rosewhip and slashed the rhino giving it a big gash in its side.
"Celestial Arrow," she said as a red-orange spirit bow and arrow formed. "Perish!" she yelled as she toke aim and shot, giving the rhino a hole in its head, but it's still kept charging.
"Tornado Gale," said a voice as a white tornado spins then separates into wind currents slashing the rhino and knocking it into a tree killing him on impact.
"Hay Lin glad to see ya in one piece," she said walking up to a girl about her age with long purplish blue hair up in pigtails.
"What are you doing here?" Hay Lin asked excitedly jumping slightly.
"Perhaps explanations are best kept for later," she said noticing Hay Lin's tattered short sleeved aqua blue shirt that stopped just bellow her upper chest area and her equally tattered purple skirt that split at the hips and stopped just above her knees.
"Maybe you should explain after we get in a more comfortable spot," Kurama suggested.
"Who's he?" Hay Lin asked curiously.
"His name is Kurama," she said.
"Your boyfriend," Hay Lin whispered in her ear smirking happily.
"No way! No way in Hell!" she yelled causing Kurama to jump.
So she says, but I think she likes him she heard reading Hay Lin's mind. "Anyway let's sit down this is gonna be a long story," she said sitting down on a rock.
"You've found Irma and Will," Hay Lin said excitedly.
"Yes, we are here looking for the others. We were just about to go join them when the rhino showed up. Which reminds me how'd you get here?" she asked.
"Well when I went through that black tornado thingy I wound up here. Then rhino boy over there decided to practice his charging skills. He messed up my stockings and shoes," she said pointing at her torn light blue and light green striped stockings that stopped a few inches below her knees and her scuffed purple shoes.
"Oh you might want this," she said handing Hay Lin her thin aqua blue sash.
"Thanks," Hay Lin said as her small green wings picked up from happiness as she tied it around her waist.
"Well let's go meet the others," Kurama said standing up.
"Yeah I wana meet them," Hay Lin said jumping up.
"Hay Lin perhaps you should change first," she stated calmly.
"oh right," she said smiling innocently.
She watched as a white light surrounded Hay Lin making her look younger about 14. The picked up wind made her light pink spaghetti strap shirt with her whine unzipped jacket sway. Hay Lin had to hold her knee length pink skirt so it wouldn't blow up.
"Ready," Hay Lin said as she agusted her yellow goggles on top of her head and checked to make sure her sash now on her wrist was still there. "Looks like some damages stay the same," Hay Lin said pointing at her scuffed red and white tenyshoes and torn pink shocks that covered the tops of her shoes and stopped a few inches bellow her knees. "Oh well I'll have to deal. Let's go meet the others," Hay Lin said as she followed Kurama and Flame into the woods.
Irma's View
She saw Toboe slash and bite the frog. The frog slashed Toboe sending him into a tree. "Toboe! Oh you are gonna pay!" she yelled at the frog. "Water Cyclone" she yelled as a cyclone of water hit the frog tearing him to shreds. "Toboe are you all right," she asked concernded as she ran over to Toboe.
"I'm okay, but I think I have a broken leg," Toboe said holding his left leg.
"What are we gonna do?" she said worried.
"Let me help," said a girl about 16 with long blue hair with purple circles at one corner of her hair.
What now she thought annoyed. "Who are you?" she asks suspiciously.
"Heal," she said ignoring her and healing Toboe's leg.
Who IS this girl she thought a little freaked out.
"I'm Kiko, I'm a friend of Flame's could you take me to her," Kiko asked politely standing up.
"Should we trust her? I mean she could be lying for all we know?" she asked Toboe glancing at Kiko who just smiled
"I don't know, but Flame would know so let's take her to her. Plus if she is an enemy I think the six of us can handle her," she said as Toboe nodded. "Alright follow us," she said leading the way.
Flame's View
"Hey guys, about time you showed up," Yusuke said smiling as she, Kurama and Hay Lin entered the camp.
"Did you find anything, we didn't," Will said putting some more wood on the fire.
"We found something I think you'll like," she said as she moved to the side so Hay Lin was in sight.
"Hay Lin!" Will exclaimed as she ran up and hugged her.
"I'm so glad to see you. I thought I'd never see you again," Hay Lin replied as she let go of Will.
"What's with all the shouting?" Toboe asked as he came through the bushes.
"Hay Lin!" Irma yelled and ran up to her.
"Hey Irma, long time no see," Hay Lin replied smiling.
"Who are you?" Yusuke demanded as Kiko comes through the bushes wearing her cape.
The girl ignored him and walked up to her and stopped. "Flame Ruby Peace Redhot Blazear, You are just the same as always!" she said jokingly as she smiled.
"Kiko!" she asked giving her a curious look.
"None other," she said as she threw off her cape reviling her green sleeveless shirt and purple pink kaprees that were tipped green.
"Let me guess my telepoter," she started annoyed.
"Yep that thing comes in handy," Kiko said smiling.
"I don't mean to interrupt, but what's going on, what were all those names she called you and how do you two know each other?" Kurama asked politely looking very confused while the others just stared.
"Flame Ruby Peace Redhot Blazear is my full name. As for how we know each other Kiko is my younger sister," she stated closing her eyes to hide any emotion that might show.
"What she's your sister!" Yusuke exclaimed while the others just looked shocked.
"Yes she's my sister," she stated slightly softer than before, but not by much.
"Flame, why didn't you tell us you had a sister? You and I are sisters, so does that mean I'm related to her to?" Will asked trying to hold back the anxiety in her voice.
"Wait you mean Will is your sister to," Toboe exclaimed.
"Sorry I couldn't tell at that time and yes she's your sister to," she replied slightly sad. I'm sorry Will I wanted to tell you, but…. It's best you don't know how or why you're related to Kiko she thought sadly.
"Flame why don't I remember her and what's wrong with you?" Will asked worried as the others noticed something was wrong.
"Nothings wrong and Its not for me to tell," she said.
"Why not we share everything," Will said hurt trying herself not to cry.
"Damn it I just can't," she said angrily as stomped off. Sorry but I won't put you in more pain. Not if I can help it she thought as she disappeared from there sight.
Kurama's View
"What is wrong with her?" Yusuke asked as he glared at Kiko.
"The reason she's sad has nothing to do with me being here. It's just something to do with her past," Kiko said worried and sad.
Why won't she tell, did something happen she's trying to forget? He thought concerned. "What about her past?" Kurama asked concerned.
"And why won't she talk about it?" Yusuke added.
"For you all to know is for her to decide not me. As for why she won't say well let's just say it's a long and sad story," Kiko said as she sat down next to the fire.
"Yusuke if she's says she can't tell them she can't," Irma said stopping Yusuke from saying something as she sat down next to Kiko.
"Yes we just have to trust Flame has a good reason for not telling us," Hay Lin said as sat on the other side of Kiko.
"Yes we'll have to trust her," Will said sitting next to Hay Lin.
"Why don't we just go ask her?" Yusuke said determined to find out.
"Yusuke that would make things worse," Toboe said as he to sat down next to Irma.
"I agree, she will tell us when she's ready," Kurama said as he sat down next to Toboe.
"Fine," Yusuke said annoyed sitting next to Will.
Flame what's bothering you? What is it about your' past that hurts you? He asked himself concerned.
Flame's View
Why is it every time I'm confronted about my past I close up and run away? she thought as she stopped in front of a lake. I hate my reflection, it reminds me of my past she thought sitting down looking at her reflection. It looked like her, but she looked like a princess. Mom…dad…everyone I'm sorry I let you down. I'm sorry I let you die thought as she silently cried letting out the tears she couldn't hold in anymore. She felt a hand on her shoulder. She lifted her head and saw Kurama.
"Flame, what's wrong?" he asked concerned.
"Nothing," she said quickly wiping her eyes, it always disgusted her when people saw her cry. It made her feel weak.
"Flame...what's really bothering you," he asked not believing her.
"Look damn it I don't want to talk about it," she said defensively.
"You don't have to tell me," he said calmly.
He's not gonna make me tell, guess he really doesn't care about it, so why is he still here? she thought . "Let's just say my life's been a living hell and I really don't feel like talking about it," she said angrily yet not as angry as before. Why did I tell him that and am I not that bothered that I did? I feel calmer why, I can't afford these feelings she thought searching herself for answers.
"Flame, I don't know what has happened to you, but I'll be here if you need someone to talk to," he said reassuringly as put his hand on her shoulder.
He really hasn't changed if only he remembered she thought as she slowly leaned forward; leaning her head against his chest as she silently and softly cried.
Kurama's View
I guess she couldn't hold in her emotions anymore he thought as he rapped his arms around her to comfort her. I guess she fell asleep he thought after a while. I should bring her back to camp everyone is propably worried he thought as he picked her up bridle style. What is this he thought as he looked at her reflection and saw her in a form fitting light red sleeveless dress with straps around her shoulders. Is this the way she use to look he thought. She really was beautiful and she still is. Where'd that thought come from he thought and walked back to camp. She really looks peaceful in her sleep he thought as he brushed a strand hair out of her face. He saw her smile in her sleep as she said "thanks Kurama... for everything." He didn't even notice that he was smiling down at her. He noticed everyone except Kiko was asleep as he walked into camp.
"Where did you find her?" Kiko asked worried.
"When I found her she was asleep by a lake," Kurama said figuring Flame wouldn't want her to know what happened.
"Well, then let's let her sleep," Kiko said as she made a small bed of leaves for her.
Why did I just do that? I've barely met her yet it feels like I've known her forever.. Do my feelings have anything to do with the fact that she looks like her he thought as he took one last glance at her before he went to bed.
