The Demons in the Mountain
Amane strapped her guitar and threw it over her shoulder so the instrument hung against her back. She took Jin's arm in her hands. "C'mon," she started, "lets go!" Jin followed the girl wondering where exactly she was taking him. Amane walked by Jin's side, with her arms wrapped around his. The two took a short walk before approaching the barriers.
Jin stopped her abruptly. "Ya don' really plan on leavin' this place?"
Amane smiled, "of course."
Jin gave her a weird look, "do ya ever be learnin' your less'n?"
Amane stared at him blankly and let his words sink in. Although not completely understanding his question she shook her head and replied, "no, not really."
Jin let out a sigh. "Ya not goin' anyw'ere. Too dangerous." Jin was right, it was way too dangerous. But there wasn't much to do around the temple and Amane really wanted to take him somewhere else to hang out. Jin looked at Amane. She looked sad. Letting out a sigh he caved. "Oh Alright. But we're not goin' too far."
Amane smiled, "Yay! Yes, okay." Amane didn't have big plans. But she didn't know if there was anything cool or even something that stood out a little nearby. The two crossed the barrier together. Amane stopped in her tracks and looked around. "Uhmmm…" she started, "Let's go… that way!" She pointed to the right. And Amane started walking, taking a very nervous Jin along with her.
"Ya have no idea where we be going, huh?" Jin asked.
"Not a clue." Amane grinned, "I'm sure something will come up." Jin was concerned. He just hoped that something wasn't going to be Takeo. That demon, was strong. His power level was equal to or even slightly hire than Jin's. Jin could tell Amane had potential to be a great fighter, just like her cousin; maybe it runs in the family? Amane had no idea where she wanted to go, but Jin had an idea. It seemed like a good idea because he knew Amane would be safe. Amane and Jin walked for several minutes through the think forrest. Suddenly, Jin snapped out of his deep thought and remembered something important. He prefers flying!
Jin stopped Amane from taking another step, "wanna getta better look around?"
Amane looked at Jin confused, "Sure, but how?"
Jin grinned. Why tell her when he could show her. Jin took a long, deep breath and the wind around began picking up. The gust picked up faster and stronger until Jin was floating off of the ground. Jin let out his hand to Amane, "Wanna ride?"
Amane smiled and took his hand, "As long as I don't fall I guess." The wind master took Amane in his arms and held onto her close. He shot up into the sky. Amane closed her eyes and buried her face against Jin's chest, trying not to let out a scream.
Jin stopped several hundred feet off the ground. He looked to Amane and let out a loud laugh, "Are ya really scared? I think it's fun!" Amane looked up to him. If he thought it was fun then falling probably wasn't a possibility. She stretched her neck out and looked beyond Jin's arms to see the ground. Her head shot back, Jin falling probably wasn't a possibility; but her falling was definitely one.
In a slightly shaky voice she muttered, "this is high."
"Ay," Jin smiled, "But feel that breeze. 'Tis a great feeling!" Amane smiled. He seemed to be enjoying himself. "Ah, c'mon I know a place we can hang out fer a while." Amane knew she didn't have a choice. And besides, she was interested in knowing where the wind master had in mind. Jin flew slowly, normally he would be going as fast as he could, but he didn't want to scare Amane. Amane held on tightly to Jin, he noticed she did look around every time to time. Underneath them there was a small, hidden trail, Amane noticed Jin following the trail.
Jin tilted over to his side to make his landing. Amane gripped onto Jin tightly as they got closer and closer to the ground. Jin reached the ground, a final gust rushed around the two and then disappeared into the air around. "Where are we?" Amane asked.
The wind master pointed to a large set of heavy doors, "This is where I be livin'. Figured it was a good place at be hangin' out fer a while." Jin led Amane to the doors and he gave it a big push. The doors slowly opened wider. Inside, Amane heard voices. She wasn't sure how many. Jin took her hand, "It's dark. Don' want ya gettin' lost now." Amane nodded, it's not like she wouldn't have let him hold his hand. The two walked in darkness, Jin must have walked this path many times, not once did he stop to think, decided that he went the wrong way and turned around, or even ran into the cave wall. The path was long and winding. Up ahead there was light on the other side of the cave, just a small turn away. Jin led her to the end of the tunnel. There were several people sitting around a brightly lit room. Jin took Amane in his arms, they were up on a small cliff. He jumped off and landed safely to the bottom. "We have a guest," Jin called to the boys. All four of them glanced over to the girl. Jin stood behind Amane, his hands rested on her shoulders, he walked her closer to the boys. "This is Amane Urameshi." Jin announced to his friends.
That name, Urameshi, caught their attention. "Wait, Urameshi?" A tall muscular man with a dark blue Mohawk and a heavy Australian accent asked, "This little Sheila is related to Yusuke Urameshi?"
"Cousin," Jin replied.
"Are you strong like him?" He asked her. Amane shook her head no. "That's too bad."
Jin defended her, "Chu, she just started fighting a month ago. She's strong for how long she has been training."
"A month?" A young boy asked, he walked up to Amane and looked at her closely. "Hi, I'm Rinku, nice to meet you. Jin, is this the girl you have been going on and on about for the past month?" Jin shushed his friend. Rinku let out a playful laugh, "look how red your face is! This must be her then!" The other boys laughed. Jin had talked about her since the day she had first arrived at Genkai's temple.
In a badly done Irish accent Chu teased his comrade, "Aye, she be prettier than a sunrise. She has got herself a great talent. I don't be knowing her name, I'll find out soon though." Amane smiled, holding in a laugh. She wasn't laughing at Jin, she thought he was sweet. She was actually trying not to laugh at Chu. She could clearly hear his accent, not the Irish accent Jin held. Jin on the other hand looked away, his face was as red as ever.
"Stop embarrassing him," another boy said. The boy had short blue hair, green spiked bangs, pale skin, and blue pupil less eyes. He walked up to Amane and gave her his hand and introduced himself, "My name is Touya." Amane took his hand and lightly shook it.
"Nice to meet you." Amane greeted the ice master.
A blonde haired boy stood next to Touya. On his shoulder there was a pale creature. The blond stepped forward, "I'm the beautiful Suzuka!" Amane gave him a big smile. Was the beautiful part really necessary? He pointed to his shoulder, "This is Shishi." Amane looked at Shishi, he was so cute. The creature was short and held a needle in his hand.
Shishi floated off of Suzuka's shoulder, it suddenly transformed into a boy. Amane was in awe. In a confident voice he gretted, "It's a pleasure to meet you." Amane nodded.
There cave was an empty, open place. Amane's eyes scanned her surroundings as Jin explained, "Sorry our place isn't all that great. We train here so it's pretty empty."
"When Genkai comes around?" Amane asked.
"Aye," Jin answered. "Make yerself at home." Amane's head turned to the wind master and she smiled at him.
"So, do you have any of Urameshi's attacks, like the sprit gun?" Chu asked.
Amane shook her head. "No, I have different moves."
"Can you show us what it is then?" He replied back. And again Amane shook her head. "Why not?" Chu asked.
"You wont see it. It's not very visual." Amane answered. "Definitely could feel it, but that would hurt."
"Come at me then," he said. Amane wondered if he was missing a few screws. Didn't she just say 'but that would hurt'?
"Oh, I don't know if I could do that…" She replyed.
"Yes you can, you have my permission." Chu was determined. It was very interesting that she was related to Yusuke, and he wanted to see how powerful she was. Amane sighed. She walked up to Chu. Amane took out her hand. Palm up, her hand sparked several times; like she said, it wasn't all that visual. Amane reached out for Chu's arm and grabbed onto it lightly. A surge of electricity ran throughout his body. It stung bad. Amane let go of Chu and he slightly lost his ballence. "Wow, I almost lost my balance there sheila. It hurt too, not enough to actually kill. Not too shabby though." Amane smiled. His works were somewhat encouraging.
Jin put an arm around her shoulder, "Ya must be cold. Sit 'round the fire wit' us."
"Okay." Amane answered. The group sat around the fire. To Amane's left was Jin, Rinku was on her right.
"Okay, now look at this trick!" Rinku was showing off a few of his yo-yo tricks. Amane smiled at the young child. If she could even call him one. It's amazing how slowly demons age. Rinku was probably a few hundred years old. The thought bothered her a little. Amane can admit to herself that she liked Jin, a lot. But what would happen if they became more. Jin looks like he's 17 years old, in reality he's probably three hundred or even older. In fifty years she will be sixty-five, and old. Jin will probably look like he's 19. It's a sad thought. If there was any way to age like a demon she would do it. But, unfortunately, she is and will always be human.
Once Amane realized this, she couldn't stop thinking about it. She had a great time hanging out with the boys, but she couldn't help but feel bothered by this. Jin noticed Amane seemed lost in her thoughts often. Jin turned to the guys, "'tis late. I should take her back home now." He led Amane out of the cave and back to the side of the mountain. While he and Amane were in the sky he asked her, "You seem at be thinking' a lot."
Amane looked up at the wind master and said, "Kind of. But it's not too important." That was true. It wasn't like she and Jin were going to get married, they did just meet only a few hours ago.
"Nothing important, eh?" He asked.
"Not now." She started, "I guess we'll see though. It might become important later."
"I see," Jin relied. Just below them was the temple. Jin landed right inside the barrier. As he set her down he said, "Well, I guess I'll see ya latter." Jin was unsure when exactly was later.
Amane smiled, "How about tomorrow?" She asked.
Jin really perked up. She actually wanted to see him again. "Ya got yerself a deal!" Jin shot up in the air and waved to Amane standing in the ground. Amane waved back and watched the wind master fly away until he disappeared into the distance.
Author's notes: So, that's the end of this episode. I know I'm about an hour and a half off, but happy fourth of July y'all. Thanks for all the reads and such. It means a lot. I hope this chapter wasn't all that bad. I hope to have the next chapter up asap. Much love, me
