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Demoonica's Story: Manatsu
by
Lady Demoonica Darkmoon
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CHAPTER 10: DUO
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Demoonica woke up as she almost rolled off of the bed that morning. "Mnn..." She sat up, searching the bedside dresser top for her glasses. once she had them on she looked around. Her Bishounen had again turned her room into party central the night before. An attempt to take their minds off of what had been discovered the day before out in the woods. Popcorn on the floor. Styrofoam cups tipped over next to the TV set. The sink area next to the bathroom door was crowded with empty chip bowls. She sighed. "What a mess."
"What do you think happens when you coop up a bunch of teens?" Demoonica jumped. Kagome laughed.
"I didn't do parties."
"Your life was really that boring back on your world?"
Demoonica shrugged. "The area wasn't bad, but my mum was over protective."
"I see."
"Shut up... my head is pounding." Bakura grumbled from where he lay, a pillow over his head.
Demoonica frowned. "You shouldn't be sneaking in alcohol. Over half of the people here are under age. Trainer included."
Bakura pulled the pillow off enough to look over at her. "I kept it to myself... paying for that now." He let the pillow fall back over his eyes, blocking out the light.
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It had been another week in the Naruto area's main city, making it a total of three weeks. The day before it had rained constantly and they had spent it resting from the five full days of the training they'd done. It had still been raining when Demoonica had gotten up today, so again they had stayed in the hotel. Some of the more determined of her Bishounen had said that training in the rain would only help, but Demoonica had said that a little more rest wouldn't hurt their training. In the end she said that if the rain let up then she'd let them train for the rest of the day. It had stopped raining about an hour earlier, but with only Heero out of his Bishiball Demoonica hadn't said anything about it, yet.
Demoonia sighed. "We've found out nothing, Heero?"
The blond looked up from his laptop, a pair of small glasses balanced on the end of his nose. "Nothing. The BWSD has no open files about what happened and I still can't get through the protection on the hidden files... when I can find them." Heero downed his head. "They have Bishounen with a lot more experience and talent than me working for them." He let out a sigh, closed his hacking programs, and closed his laptop. "I'm not going to get any further tonight in any case."
"I guess they are going to cover this up... or see if it happens again before they do anything." She shook her head. "Heero, you can stop trying to get the information from the BWSD."
Heero blinked at her. "Alright." He pulled off the glasses, rubbing his eyes. "Too much time in front of a computer screen, I'm going to be blind before I'm sixteen."
Demoonica giggled. "They make you look cute, well cuter than normal anyway." Heero blushed. Demoonica rolled her eyes. "I think Duo had the right idea, you guys spend way to much time without girls around."
"That's the way it is. After being caught our trainer becomes our main focus in life, as long as we have no reason for her not to be."
"Reason?"
Heero shrugged. "Vengeance. Or searching for someone. Or a very important promise."
"Ah, I see." She opened her BishiGear and brought up the evolution screen. "You think the others are tired of training yet? These bars have filled up faster in the last week than in any other time I've checked them. Not that I ever did check them."
"They can train if they want. I don't care if it is only seven in the evening though, I'm going to sleep." Heero said, stifling a yawn.
Demoonica gave a small laugh. "Alright, besides your progress bar is almost full."
Heero raised an eyebrow at the BishiGear. He would never have guessed, he didn't feel different or as if something big was going to happen. Finally he shrugged. "Good night."
"G'night Heero." He disappeared in a flash of red energy.
Demoonica grabbed her belt. Clicking it on, she noticed that it felt tighter and pulled at it for a second before the reason hit her. She stopped, her hand moving to sit on her lower belly. She could feel it, not exactly feel the baby yet, but the swell of her body, a noticeable difference. For the last three weeks she had gone to Tsunade, as the Bishoujo had asked, and came away from the appointments with something along the lines of 'You're doing just fine, keep doing what you're doing and I'll see you on this day, at this time'. Now though, this was the first thing she would write down on her medical file, and it would be highlighted and beside the word 'progress' in bold.
She couldn't keep the smile off of her face as she headed out of her room. It was still on her face as she left the Hotel and there when she got to the academy training grounds. Though they didn't know why, when she called out her Bishi they seemed to pick up on the change in feelings. Maybe it was the bond.
"You're glowing." Kagome said as she sat down next to Demoonica.
"Wha?" Demoonica blinked at her.
"You look... happy." Kagome said. "The kind of happy you see with a pregnant woman, you 'glow' with it. I don't think most of they guys could really point it out like I could, but they do notice something's different." Kagome smiled. "It's good to see."
"Thanks. I guess it didn't seem so real until I could actually feel the difference myself. I knew, but it wasn't the same."
-SPLASH!-
"Eh. Eww!" Kagome sputtered as she was covered in mud.
"Hey!" Apparently Demoonica had also been hit.
"Damn it!" Wolfram grumbled. "How do you move so fast?!" The blond demon swordsman pushed himself up off the ground. "Augh- I'll never get the stains... out?" He paused, looking at his hands and the faint gold glow around them.
Demoonica looked at the bar under Wolfram's name. It was full and blinking. Why wasn't the glow spreading, then? Ah, right, the last part to the evolution process. Hmm... maybe. She looked up at Wolf's training partner. "Zero! Can you tap into your EX for another bigger burst of speed and strength? I don't need a full out EX reaction though."
"Uh, I think I can?" The brown haired boy said as he scratched his cheek.
"Well?!"
"Oh! Right." Zero smirked and dropped into a fighting stance. The edges of his hair fluttered as the EX energy filled him. "Heh, hey Wolf! I don't know what she's planing."
By now many of the others had stopped their own training spars to watch what was going on near their trainer. Wolfram though seemed to have a better idea than Zero of what Demoonica was planing. "Obviously. You always fail to understand any of the things she wants from you."
"Hey!" Zero glared at him. "Why are you being such a jerk now?"
"Why can you not get a clue?!" Wolfram yelled back.
Zero growled and in a split second of blue flash he disappeared. "Shut up!" Reappearing right in front of Wolfram he swung his fist at the other.
Wolfram didn't raise his sword, he didn't aim to block the other, in truth he actually never saw Zero move until he was right in front of him. A quick jerk backwards was all that kept the punch from landing, however it didn't have to for it to have the desired effect. The sudden attack, the burst of adrenalin into Wolfram's system and the glow. The Glow. It brightened and spread to cover Wolfram's entire body.
Demoonica wasn't watching the light show though, she was pulling out a large dark green cloak from a Hoi Poi capsule. Those who were watching blocked their eyes from the strong gold light. By now they all had stopped training to take notice. The light began to dim. Demoonica stood and walked over to where Wolfram was. The light faded and he stumbled backwards.
"Here." Demoonica handed him the cloak, trying not to look at him.
There was a high pitched whistle from across the training ground. Wolfram grabbed the cloak and wrapped it around himself. "Stop catcalling, you pervert!" He yelled at Bakura. This broke mood, and a few others laughed.
"Wow. It actually worked."
"You thought it wouldn't?" Wolfram asked her.
"Well, a few of the others should be able to evolve, by what the Dex says anyway. Though it stated that just having the needed experience wouldn't trigger an evolution. A Bishounen has to be placed into a situation requiring it, you were already mad at not being able to keep up with Zero's speed-"
"So you thought to give me another little push?" He concluded.
Demoonica nodded. "I guessed that if you calmed down, that the evolution glow would stop."
"Interesting idea..." He paused. "Does this mean I can sit out of training for the rest of this evening? I want to go back to the hotel and wash all this mud off... and clothes that don't look like they were shredded would be nice."
Demoonica giggled. "Kagome could you watch-" She stopped, seeing the mud covered Bishoujo. "Oh, right. Sorry. Hey Katan! Keep an eye on everyone still training, would you? We're headed back to the Hotel."
A week later...
"So what's the verdict, doc?" Demoonica asked Tsunade with a smile.
The Bishoujo flipped through the results of her tests. She looked up at Demoonica with a smile. "You are making good progress, but I'm still not letting you leave the area..."
"What!"
Tsunade nodded. "You heard me. You can leave town, just don't go too far from town yet, I will have the city watch keeping an eye on you."
"But it's been a month already!" Demoonica whined.
"Exactly my point, today was the earliest I thought I might let you get back to your traveling, but I wasn't expecting to allow you to." She placed the papers into the file she had started on Demonica. By the way, I want to do a sonogram."
"Why?"
Tsunade rolled her eyes. "Most doctors do them regularly, but in this case I thought you'd like to know the baby's gender. With the sudden growth caused by getting all the needed nutrients, your baby has almost made it to with in the normal range for this point in a pregnancy."
"So, not out of the woods yet?"
"That's why I'm keeping you longer. Now come on and lets get your baby up on screen."
A little while later Demoonica was showing the pictures to Kagome and Raine. "Here's the head, the spine, the feet..." She moved her finger down and around the black and white film.
"So could you get the gender?" Raine asked.
"Tsunade said it's a girl."
The pair of Bishoujo suddenly hugged their trainer. "That's wonderful, Demoonica!" Kagome said.
"I wonder if any of the guys would want to see these?"
"Of course some of them will. And the rest that don't will still have to look at them." Answered Raine. "You sent them over to the training grounds, didn't you? Let's head over there."
Demoonica nodded.
They hadn't taken more than a few steps when an alarm sounded through the village. Within moments every ninja in the village was on high alert. Many of them, those who were part of the watch, had headed to the city borders. Those remaining behind began to rush the younger ones into houses.
"What's going on?!" Kagome grabbed the closest Bishoujo and asked.
The woman paused for a moment as if to let the words sink in. "The city is under attack! Now let go of me!" She pulled her arm free and raced away.
"Attack?" Demoonica asked, confused. "Who would attack an entire city?"
"Some one insane... insanely powerful... or both." Concluded Raine.
"Either way, we should hurry and meet up with the guys."
Demoonica nodded. "Right."
Both groups had the same idea and Demoonica ended up meeting in the nearly empty streets with her Bishounen, who'd headed toward their trainer the moment the alarm has started. A sudden flash of fire caught Demoonica's attention and she watched as it was confronted by another. The two balls of fire swirled together, then blasted outwards as they canceled. The second fireball she recognized as a Fire Type: Grand Fireball Skill, most likely done by an Uchiha. The source of the first fireball was lost on her. From here all she could make out of the fight were the flashes of after images as the Bishounen moved around he battle.
She pulled her attention away from the fight outside the city. Nothing, not even a stray attack had made it passed the walls. "Alright, you all," she pointed to the Bishi in quick succession. "I want you back in your balls." Kai, Rei, Zero, Hiead, Kamui, Tala, Ed, Matt, Junia, Yasha, Hakudoshi, Dilandou, Yugi, and Yami complied. She addressed the remaining dozen Bishi. "I trust the rest of you have the know how not to get in the way of the city's ninja?"
Swords were drawn, a bow readied and guns loaded. Demoonica was not a fighter, nor was she that great at being a leader of troops. However, she wasn't making battle plans, at least not of that type. "Then let's keep our heads down and see what's up. This could be related to the happening in the woods."
The closer they got the faster Demoonica lost track of the movements of the fight going on outside the walls, her eyes just could not keep up. The after images became flickers and then nothing but flashes of light where two fighters met and their swords clashed. Soon the fighting took a turn, she was still not sure who or what was being fought, but the ninja were pushing the fight away from the city.
A flash almost right above their location took them by surprise and Demoonica finally caught a glimpse of the other side of the fight. The Sephiroth's Masamune sword flashed with the red glitter of blood, the Squall's Lionheart gunblade shook in his hands as he pushed back. She didn't see who made the next move and then they were nothing but blurs again. A few ninja touched down on the ground a moment later, then pushed off and back into the fray. It was then she realized that the Squall was fighting against the Sephiroth and not with him. So, had it been a fight gone out of control? She wasn't sure.
"The guard almost have them." Sasuke informed her.
"This can't be normal."
He shook his head. "Never seen the pair of them before, but things like this happen from time to time." He paused. "They have one."
Demoonica turned to see a form fall from the sky, the long silver hair gave away who had been bested. The Bishounen didn't fall far before the flash of a ninja took him from the air. He was gone.
Beside her, Kagome sighed. "Looks like the other fled, there is too much drama in this place." She stowed her bow away safely.
Inuyasha huffed. "Damn, we didn't even see the fight." In a swirl of wind Tetsusaiga transformed back into its' dormant form.
Demoonica nodded. "That's not the important thing though, it's over in any case."
Several more weeks passed before Tsunade finally gave Demoonica the okay to leave the area. During that time, the world saw fit to rearrange itself around the city. Her Bishi were more on guard than ever though and even the training seemed to set off a temper every once in a while.
Demoonica looked around the finally cleaned up hotel room, she was sure that the staff never wanted to see her group stay there ever again. "I think that's everything."
Kagome nodded. "Yeah, looks like we didn't miss anything."
They headed out. At the gates they were met by three chibi kunoichi. "Ano, trainer-sama? Please take care of Sasuke-sensei!" They quickly bowed and then in a burst of dust disappeared from view.
Kagome smiled. "Those kids are going to miss Sasuke, he's really been doing his best with them. I think I even saw Yasha ask him for some tips on swordsmanship."
Demoonica raised her eyebrow. "Even Yasha? Why not his dad?"
Kagome waved her hand. "Eh, you know Inuyasha, he just rushes in and starts swinging most of the time."
"True. So, what do you think. Kingdom Hearts area or The Twelve Kingdoms?" Demoonica petted Akamaru as they passed the gates. Kagome gave the Kiba standing guard a small bow, then followed after her trainer.
They walked along the beaten dirt path for a few minutes before she spoke. "Well... I can't say I know much about either of them. Are those the closest areas right now?"
"Yeah, they are. Either way we go it will only take a couple of days on foot and that's even taking it easy like Tsunade said."
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TBC...
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