Curse of the yin-yang

By:: Kiyoshi-neko

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Kiyoshi:: ^____^ it's thanksgiving HAPPY TRUKEY DAY PEOPLE!

Snow:: -_- oh joy...... (is obviously not happy)

Kiyoshi:: your cranky when your hungry did you know that?

Snow:: hn......

Kiyoshi:: O.O

Die:: (swinging tail around shoving chips in her mouth) always leave the muse alone when she starts talking like Hiei....

Kiyoshi:: ....yeah......well....this isn't going to be very long......so with thanks to ALL my WONDERFULL reviewers! ....And don't yell at me but.....remember when I said chapter 5 would be the last with the kits? ....Well......I lied! (Cringes awaiting the yells of protest)

Die:: and to Aoi....this was SUPOSED to be yaoi but......

Kiyoshi:: .......to put it simply the way I had it written sucked.....so it'll be het...... ^-^''' sorry to all you yaoi fans...... T_T I am not capable of making everyone happy...

Die:: to Rei-hime.....

Kiyoshi:: ^_____^ HO-YEAH! I rock! I updated before the princess Rei! ^____________^ (feels superior to everyone)

Die:: -_-+ ....and to Aoi again who asked about the kits......

Kiyoshi:: T_T no..I'm sorry but I can't send a picityture.one every time I try it ALWAYS gets messed up and two...only Shippou is a kitsune in InuYasha the little annoying kid that InuYasha likes to pound on.....Rin is human in that series not up there yet here in the USA T_T ..and Shuuday is my made up character..

Snow:: (growls)

Die:: ....okay time to do the quote box.....

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Quote:: Kindness does not always come from the heart....

Author:: ...Kiyoshi....again......

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Kiyoshi: ^_^ SO! Now that we have all this over with..... ONWARD WITH THE STORY!

Die:: O.O HEY! You got it RIGHT!

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Chapter 6

Flying Swords

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Shuuday plopped down "Okay...so straight lines DON'T always lead somewhere......." he groaned and looked around at the increasingly darkening sky "oh man now what?" looking around he noticed that the smell of water, hot springs actually, was nearby.

"Hmmmm maybe a bath would help......it IS getting cold...." as if to second that fact the wind started blowing harder through his Yukata. "Well that's settled then I will take a bath THEN get some sleep THEN go find Shippou and Rin!" he nodded to himself and set off at a gallop to the spring.

What he saw there was NOT exactly what he had expected. HE skidded to a halt and ducked behind the bushes as he saw someone heading to the spring from another direction. He was tall and had very short black hair that spiked up, silverish eyes and pale skin. His clothes confused the kit though. Obviously ningen wear but he didn't SMELL ningen...he smelled... YOUKAI!

Instinctively Shuuday shrunk back into the bush and slowed his breathing very careful not to give himself away. The youkai frowned and looked around scanning the area. //Don't see me, please oh please don't see me...\\

Seemingly in a daze the Youkai's eyes dialted a bit but in a flash he was back to normal shaking his head and muttering. Shuuday tilted an ear carefully trying to hear. //Good.....he didn't see me...oh wait.....crap NOT GOOD....\\

The youkai had sat himself down by the water and drew out a broad sword. It looked like it had been recently used judging be the small stains. He dipped it in the water and chanted something Shuuday couldn't hear. In response to the words the water churned and bubbled the steam rising even heavier than before. He frowned and took it back out to examine a new looking blade, then the slightly faded hilt.

The hilt of the sword had to be very unique the edge at the beginning of the blade as an ebony colored metal. Immediately contrasting that was the silver lining the edges of the black griping material. Down at the very edge almost hidden by the youkai's red sleeve was a strange looking symbol. (An:: gee I wonder what it could be...9.9)) It was a fist-sized sphere of the same black metal and a pearl white almost swirled but separate. In the wider end of each was another sphere embedded in it of the opposite color. ((An:: for you stupid people out there it's a yinyang!))

He placed it on the ground and drew out another sword. A short sword. It was simple looking a new blade with a regular but golden hued hilt. He frowned down at the blade and gently placed it the whole way into the water. He chanted something new and the water hissed and churned in disapproval. The youkai didn't stop just chanted more forcefully and the water spewed the sword back out blade headed towards Shuuday.

Shuuday's eyes widened to three times normal size and ducked completely forgetting he was hiding as he rolled out of the bush. Laying there slightly dazed and heart thumping he didn't exactly hear the footsteps coming towards him. That is until he saw the bare feet slightly covered by the hem of fairly baggy blue pants. Shuuday hesitantly looked up as the youkai kneeled down over him and glared. "Who. Are you."

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Rin panted out of breath again. She had been running for about an hour now. She may have been the fastest runner in her clan but even she had her limits. Currently she was hiding up in the high branches of a tree, watching and waiting for that cat to come. "What IS it?' she practically whispered.

A grey blur caught her attention and she watched silently as the cat seemed to stay in one place then blur out of existence before appearing again somewhere different. It sniffed the air carefully and their eyes locked. Rin glared at it and it glared back. //Great, a staring contest... I was always bad at those\\ she blinked at the giant creature lunged.

It all seemed to happen in slow motion as she fell off the branch and the cat soared over her. Eyes wide she didn't even feel the impact of the earth below her. Suddenly the slitted orange eyes of the cat appeared above her and for the first time since her father died she let out a true noise. She screamed, and she screamed loud and hard.

She did that for longer than she ever thought she was capable of until the lack of air caused her to pass out. ((An:: O.O ....bad thing to do....)) The last thing she could think of was the creature. One word echoed through her mind in a voice not her own. 'Moor cat'

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Shippou had a big grin plastered on his face. The music kept getting louder every step he took. He barely saw the landscape that sped past him or the branches that whipped at his face. All he could see was his mothers face and all he could hear was her music.

It didn't take long (at least he didn't THINK so) before he came to another clearing. The first thing he saw was the house. It was large and traditional colored with what looked like pretty thin walls. But as he looked closer that was only the wall to an all around porch. With Chinese paper lanterns hanging from the ceiling. Then came the area around the house.

It was a pretty large clearing but defiantly not flat. There were small hills and large boulders that seemed to be placed strategically around a small stream that flowed through. His ears twisted "where are you?" the sounds of the flute were clearer and he could almost see what it was being played about.

Looking around the whole place seemed deserted but he could smell one...no wait two.....youkai were living here.... he frowned //where are you mum?\\ It didn't take too long until he decided to look up at the top of the boulders. HE grinned at what he saw. It was a reddish brown foxtail.

"MAMA!" he scrambled up the large rock and as he got to the top he could see his mother. Just as he remembered. She turned and looked at him dark brown eyes flashing with a smile. Her long silky tail twitched in greeting. Shippou ran forward so happy that he started crying as he hugged his mother. The music stopped short as thin arms circled him and brought him into a hug.

"Mama....." he smiled into her dark blue kimono and closed his eyes as fingers stroked through his hair. It didn't take but a few minuets for the kit to cry himself to sleep. His mother smiled down at him sadly. An almost silent melody ended and her shaped changed. Not the thought mother she was she shook her head at the trickery she had to pull.

"It was necessary..." her white hair was clasped in a yellow and blue patterned ribbon. The same dark blue kimono she had on rippled at the movement. Her dark eyes glistened sadly "I will not cry...." darkly tanned hands reached under and pulled Shippou up with her. Ignoring the wet spot on her top where he had cried himself to sleep she jumped down and walked back into the house.

//Jair my part is done he is a kit but the others were not with him. Don't. Hurt the other two.\\ She frowned at the profanities answered back but chose to ignore it for now.

One thing was left on that boulder. A single instrument. A flute. Silverish white but delicately swirled in was tarnished ebony. Sitting there forgotten for the moment. A mark of completion for her partner to find.

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"..uh....what?" Kuwabara scratched his head in confusion. Yusuke and He had similar expresions of stupidity. ViVi waited patiently for them to start talking...

"How the hell do they do THAT?" Yusuke again right to the point. Kurama nodded "yes do explain ViVi."

The girl sighed "you people need to pay close attention now cause I DON'T want to repeat myself.." Nods from four of the five people there. She took a deep breath and started.

"Neither of the two youkai have a class their strength and their origin is unknown. They were left in peace because they promised to do no harm to ningens and took residence somewhere hidden in Japan. For high safety measures only one person knew where they were hidden. That person wrote it down before they died so it would not be forgotten. But by now, that paper has been lost and that is the paper Cale had been searching for.

The only known things about them are they may be siblings but that in itself is not proven as they work more as partners in their work. Jair as I said has a power over physical things. She is capable of bending living things to her will as far as they are capable. When it reaches it's limit, whatever she was manipulating would destroy itself."

"How is that possible?" Hiei may not have shown any emotion in words or expression but this was a curious matter. ViVi thought a moment before getting an idea.

"She does this with a kind of spell, a chant sometimes. Much like Rando did to Kuwabara." He flinched at the memory of it but said nothing.

"But, this is not something that could be learned or stolen, it is something you would have to be born with."

As an after thought Kurama spoke up before she could continue. "How do you know all of this ViVi?" The girl simply shrugged "Brin was kind enough to tell us before she left with Jair and I happened to....overhear it if you may."

Hiei snorted "you were listening in to a private conversation woman" She wrinkled her nose at him "well you should be thankful I did or else you'd be going in with out ANY knowledge of them."

"Hn" He chose to ignore her and waved a hand to tell her to continue. Smirking at the look of indignity she gave him. ViVi twitched slightly but let it pass..for now..

"anyway, Brin is capable of something similar only hers is only of illusion. Changing her voice to match that of what she wants to appear allows whoever can hear it to see what she allows them. Technically she is harmless but if she is pushed far enough her power can go beyond Illusion. She is most deadly when the opponent is not aware. Her song can invade dreams and at the speed she feels nessisary drives the victim insane."

They blinked and Yusuke was the first one to talk. "AND SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE PEACEFULL ONE?!" ViVi nodded "yes Yusuke she is usually, I told you to listen, there was only one account in her whole known history of that actually happening and that person happened to survive and was last seen one hundred years ago in a deeper area of Makai."

Kuwabara actually decided to say something smart. "That Jair girl..in the hologram thing Cale showed us, had swords, is she good with them as well?" ((An:: okay maybe not but I have to pick on someone so Nyah!))

ViVi rolled her eyes "of course she is why else would she always keep the two swords by her?' Kuwabara paused a moment ".well.she could be a collector." she sweat dropped //is this guy always so dense?\\

"well..are there any more questions?" Yusuke walked up to her "yeah. Who the heck are we supposed to look for? The youkai or the kits?"

ViVi blinked "your looking for the kits but it's most likely Brin and Jair have already taken them in. That's why you need to know about both."

He blinked at her once.twice. "oh..right.I get it." he grinned pretending to understand her. She smiled at the four of them kind of forgetting about Genkai "well when you are ready to go you can call me using this." She tossed Kurama what looked like a gameboy. He raised an eyebrow at it. Yusuke frowned "hey! I'm the leader why don't I get one?"

ViVi shrugged "well there was only one and Kurama seems the most unlikely to lose it." Yusuke growled and Kuwabara started snickering at him. ViVi ignored them both "all you have to do is click it on and you'll understand the rest." Kurama nodded and she grinned.

"I'll be off then!" So with that said she summoned her own oar sat in it and disappeared. Kurama shook his head with a smile "strange girl.." Yusuke and Kuwabara nodded.

"But I still should have gotten one of those things.."

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Kiyoshi:: ^______________^ well?

Snow:: well what?

Kiyoshi:: what do you think?

Snow:: about the story?

Kiyoshi:: what else?

Snow:: I dunno what else is there?

Kiyoshi:: (falls forward)

Snow:: ?

Die:: ^-^ feel happy reviewers! She updated twice in one week!

Kiyoshi:: ^_^ thank you Die! (has gotten back up)

Snow:: ohhhhh so THAT'S what you were talking about!

Kiyoshi:: =_=+ ....

Die:: that's your cue to leave muse girl...

Snow:: -_- (mumbles something and disappears)

Kiyoshi:: ^______^ well most of this was typed at my grandparents house during thanksgiving so if it's a bit...blah then don't go off the deep end about it!

Die:: and since she updated so fast Chibi-san expects happy reviews!

Kiyoshi:: thank you Die! ^______^ now be good lil people...and demons..and TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK!

Die:: Chibi-san also is still waiting for people to give her character ideas for bad people to run into the team! You know like physical outlook personality and specialties...you get the picture!

Kiyoshi:: I'm sure you get where this is going..review to leave your idea or e-mail me!

Die:: so many excuses for readers to review....