i'm sorry but this is kinda short... but its very important for this chapter to be here. You finally see Kelly's feeling on Inoji's experiment... it's sad but a relief in a way...
disclaimer: i dont own Yu Yu Hakusho or its characters or plot and i dont own the lyrics to Watch the Sky by Something Corporate
Facing Your Inner Demons
Ch 28: Watch the Sky
Kelly sat on her windowsill watching as the dark clouds slowly moved across the sky. It would rain soon. She and the others were lucky they had gone to the beach when they had.
She smiled through the tears that fell. She really was happy with them all. They accepted her. They didn't want her dead, didn't view her as a threat. They wanted her with them. She would never tell them, but she loved them all so much. But it wasn't like her to wear her heart on her sleeve. But still, they had saved her and she would do anything for them.
She had known the very day that she was told what she was that she would be despised and feared by some. However, she never thought that one of those people would be the king of Spirit World.
Koenma really had stuck his neck out for her. If King Enma were to find get wind of the fact that she was still in the human world, he would get in serious trouble. And from what Kurama had told her in one of his numerous stories, he couldn't afford to get in any more trouble.
She sighed and attempted to wipe the tears away, but they kept on flowing. She watched as the first drop of rain fell from the sky. It was like a match to fuel, the first drop fell and then the sky seemed to explode with raindrops.
Kelly turned slightly and took off her socks and then let her hair down. She crouched in the window seat and unlatched the window, shoving it open. She used her feet as a launch as she jumped from the window into the rainy field.
The rain easily drenched her as she landed without a sound several feet away from the temple.
Her tears mixed with the rain as she lifted her head to the sky. Music began to sound from within her and she began to sing.
"I'm lost at sea, the radio is jamming, but they won't find me
I swear it's for the best, and then your frequency is pulling me in closer till I'm home
and I've been up for days, I finally lost my mind,
and then I lost my way, I'm blistered but I'm better
and I'm home
"I will crawl, there's things that are worth giving up, I know, but I won't let this get me,
I will fight, you live the life you're given with the storms outside,
somedays all I do is watch the sky."
In Genkai's living room, Kurama looked up in surprise when Hiei stood up on the windowsill.
"Hiei?" he questioned.
"She's singing. Listen," she said as he opened the widow.
The music flowed into the room, not even drowned out by the sound of the rain. The notes of a piano rang prominent and filled the ears of those in the room.
The singing continued.
"This room's too small, it's only getting smaller, up against the wall,
I'm slowly getting taller, in this wonderland, your skin feels so familiar
and I'm home"
I'll crawl, there's thing that are worth giving up I know, but I won't let this get me,
I will fight, you live the life you're given with the storms outside,
somedays all I do is watch the sky, and somedays
all I do is watch the sky."
Kurama joined Hiei on the windowsill and looked out. He could barely see Kelly through the rain as she twirled around, her arms spread wide.
"and I think I, I could use a little break
today was a good day
and I think I, I could use a little break,
but today was a good day
"...and it's a deep sea, in which I'm floated, and still I sink to think that I must...
"crawl, there's things that are worth giving up I know, when you can't bare to carry me,
I'll fight, you live the life you're given with the storms outside
and somedays all I do is watch the sky
today was a good day
today was a good day"
The music slowly faded, the last sound being heard was a fading piano note.
The others had joined Hiei and Kurama long before the song had ended. They crowded around the window, all trying to see Kelly. They could barely see her as she stop spinning. She continued to look up at the sky as she screamed, "What the hell did I ever do to you, huh? You stupid bastard! I didn't choose to be this way, ya know! I didn't ask Inoji to fuckin' kidnap me, and turn me into a half-demon! I didn't ask him to take me away from my family and try to rape me! You think I wanted that, you fuckin' moron?! I'd go back to being human any day of the week! I fuckin' HATE YOU!"
"Oh, I could cry," Botan said sadly, her voice only a whisper.
"That would be the last thing that she would want," Hiei said without looking away from Kelly. They all watched as she slumped to the ground in a defeated way. "Now we go to her."
They all jumped out of the first story window and ran to Kelly where she sat crumpled on the ground, much like she had when the four boys had gone to rescue her.
Hiei reached her first. She looked up at him and he couldn't tell if the water that streaked down her face was the rain or her tears. The others reached her and she looked at them all.
"What're you all doin'? You're gettin' wet," she told them.
"And what're you? Dry?" Yusuke asked with a snort.
"'S'not my point," Kelly murmured.
"Come now, onna. I don't want to deal with you sick," Hiei told her in a frustrated voice.
"Yeah, okay," she said. She took Hiei's outstretched hand and stood up with his help.
She started forward and the others fell into step with her. She smiled slightly. She liked the fact that they had all come out to get her.
"You know, like I said, I didn't ask for any of that stuff to happen to me, but… surprisingly, I wouldn't change it. I've accepted, in a way. I'm… glad. Because if none of that happened I never would've met all of you. Meetin' you guys is the best thing that's ever happened to me," she told them all. She turned and the others could see that she was still crying, but she had a smile on her face.
Yukina walked up and took hold of Kelly's hand and said, "We're glad we met you too, Kelly."
Kelly grasped Yukina's hand in return and her smile grew even bigger. She turned to Koenma who had not yet gone back to Spirit World.
"Thanks again, Koenma. I really owe you."
Koenma shook his head. "You owe me nothing."
Kelly looked back up to the sky when she felt the rain cease pelting her skin. The clouds had moved on, and the sun finally began to peak through.
see? she really needed that little outburst i think... she cant hold all those feelings bottled up forever.
as for the song, in my opinion, it was perfect. every single part had to do with the situation, even the whole your skin feels so familiar and im home, its mainly about hiei but it can go for any of the others shes home when shes with them
-sigh- i love something coporate
