A/N: No, I haven't died. :P Sorry I took forever to write this, I've been
insanely busy. *Kisses her computer* I was afraid I wouldn't be able to
update this until school let out! LOL. As it is, school's gonna be out in
two weeks. This is probably the last update until school gets out, but I
WILL finish this! *Dramatic look* LOL. Ok, I've got 14, 15, 16, and the
ending planned out, but had little clue on how to get up to that point, so
this chapter is really gonna be bad. Also, as I went back and re-read what
I wrote, I couldn't help but notice I have some characters I'm not using.
You can consider them killed off. Thank you to everyone who has reviewed
and E-mailed me up to this point. I love you all, it is for you that I
continue! *Tosses candy* Oh, and Chibi Rinku, I'm sorry to disappoint you,
but my brother put up a Yaoi warning in my summery as a joke. ^^;;; Wild
Wind is not a yaoi fic, however I am working with a friend of mine on a
SensuiXItsuki yaoi fic, so if you want to keep your eyes open for
that...*Sad face* I'm sorry...
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"This is getting ridiculous", Sai thought as she sat in Advanced placement Trigonometry, half-pretending to pay attention to the teacher. "It's been forever and a day, what are they planning? They've closed up the Black Magic Portal, according to Yanagisawa, and still there's been no sign from them." She was no fool, even if she was horribly failing her Ningen classes. She knew that Yomi's followers were probably planning something very awful. She looked around the classroom, at Shuu, Mitari, and Aya. Shuu was yet again fast asleep at his desk, yet he somehow was excelling-third in the class, 94% A. Mitari, who was determined not to be left behind again due to circumstance, was working his tail off, hanging on to the teacher's every word. He was two points away from having an A himself, and Sai was sure he would obtain it. Aya was talking with a girl whom Sai'd never really payed attention to. Sai rested her hands on her elbows and sighed. This was getting ridiculous-oh, wait, she'd allready said that. She looked back at the clock again, and her gaze once more fell on Aya.
The girl didn't seem to be anything more than a human, granted a very pretty, sweet, innocent human, but a human none the less, but Sai suddenly found she wasn't so sure. There was this very strong life energy that Aya gave off-life energy very unlike a human's. Then it happened-A sharp, shooting pain filled Sai's temple, and she felt as though she was back in the Makai wilderness. A cold, pale blue moon shone on a head full of long, dark, shadowy hair. The hair belonged to a stunningly beautiful young woman clad in pure white robes. A long, fluffy tail poked out from underneath the robes, and she had small dog ears sticking out of her hair.
The dog-woman's head was bowed, and tears were spilling out of her incredible orange eyes. She walked over to another, older-looking woman, equally beautiful, who appeared to be mortally wounded. The younger woman knelt down, with what looked like some sort of cross in her hand, and muttered some words of prayer. She finished, straightened up, and whispered "I will honor your wishes, Mother"..."SAI!!!". Sai snapped out of her daze to see Shuuichi standing over her. "Come on, the bell rang". Shuu raced after Mitari and Aya, leaving her to herself. Sai shoved her books back into her bag and slouched off. "Could Aya be an Inuko?", she wondered. She left the classroom feeling deeply and thoroughly confused. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"I can't take this anymore! This is boring! We need some adventure!", Jin cried, with a look on his face that made it known he had the worst case of cabin fever in the world. "Shh!", Touya hissed, motioning around the living room. Suzuki was sprawled out on the couch, fresh bandages and a wet washcloth gracing his face, Shishiwakamaru was sleeping on a chair not too far away from the couch-Shishi looked messed up, too- and Chuu was passed out at the table, several liquor bottles around him. The people left in the living room still conscious were Jin and Touya, Rinku, who was playing with some silly putty and watching cartoons, and Sai, who was glareing at her Trigonometry work as though it had mortally offeneded her.
"We need to go somewhere or do something!", Jin was bit quieter this time. "Shh!", Touya rasped. "If you both don't shut up, I'm gonna staple your heads together with a nail gun", Sai threatened, looking very stressed out. Jin immediately backed off and started playing with Rinku and his silly putty, but Touya was not to be easily brushed off. "What's wrong?", he whispered gently, sitting right down on the book so she couldn't say"nothing" and go back to work.Sai looked at him. "Tell me about the Inuko", she said. It was not a request, but more of a demand. Touya looked at her quizically, but decided it best not to question her. Instead, he drew a deep breath and began.
"The Inuko are a rare race of Inu Youkai. They are all women, because they reproduce asexually, and are all very beautiful. They travel in pairs because their powers are at their absolute best when they work with another person...." Touya stopped talking and looked at her. "Why are you asking me about them?". "Well...I kinda am suspicious about this girl at school...I think she may be an Inuko...". Sai replied, her thoughts flickering to Aya. They stopped talking as Istas walked in, carrying bandages. "Move away from the couch", she said plesently. "I've got to prevent the narcisisist's face from swelling". Touya and Sai stiffled giggles as they moved away. "He's gonna be damaged, allright, if he keeps getting the crap beat out of him", Sai said. "It's a pity, too, he really is handsome.", Istas replied, moving over to change the bandages on Suzuki's face. "Come on, let's go somewhere else to talk", Touya whispered softly, taking Sai out of the house.
Touya took Sai to the beach, the same spot as their first date. The weather now was much too cold for anyone but an ice demon to go swimming, granted swimming was possible. The shoreline of the ocean was covered with a thin layer of gleaming ice-the ice vaugly resembled diamonds. The moon rays bounced off the ice, bathing the beach with silvery-white light. Sai felt as though she was living in some fantasy world where she was a beautiful princess and Touya was her handsome prince in shining armor coming to sweep her away. She didn't want the illusion to end. "Why'd you bring me out here, Touya?", she asked softly. "I thought we were done with the Inuko conversation". "Oh, we are...I just wanted to get you away from the others for a little while", he replied, just as softly. His glassy eyes looked suddenly silver in the dark, and shone with something Sai'd never seen in them before. Touya's arms slipped around her shoulders and he kissed her deeply and passionately. "I just wanted to let you know I love you". She kissed him back. "I love you, too". ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
They returned a little after 11:00, but it didn't matter because it was Friday night.Youkai didn't need much sleep anyway. Instead of finding everyone asleep, they they expected, they discovered everyone seated around the living room table, deep in discussion. "They've finally cornored us", Chuu told them softly as they entered the house. Yusuke and Keiko were there, Keiko holding Raizen firmly to her, and so were Kuwabarra, Yukina, and Kuribayashi. Chuu wrapped his arms around Natsume's shoulders as little Rinku came up and solumly handed Touya a note. The sadness on his face broke Sai's heart. Touya read the letter quietly, and then passed it along to Sai. It read:
"Dear Urameshi Cowards:
You have hidden from us long enough. We demand you come out and fight us, tournament style. Two nights from now, there will be a portal opened for you to get to the Makai. From there you will come to Yomi's kingdom. If you refuse, we will kill you outright."
There was no signature indicating who it could have come from at all. "We have no choice", Yusuke whispered softly. "We have two days...I expect everyone who is going to participate to be here Sunday afternoon no later than 1:00. Kurama, get Aya and make sure Mitari and Shuu don't try to follow us. Hiei, see if you can get us some troops from Mukuro-Sama. I'll contact Enki and let him know what is going on once we get back to the Makai...". He sighed. "It's only a shame they don't realize this is not what Yomi would want", Kurama murmured sadly. "Not what he would've wanted at all". He left those words hanging over their heads as he stood up and left.
A/N: WAHOO!!!! I am DONE with chapter 13! I know it sucks, but 14 is really good! :D Due to time allowances, this is gonna be a few chapters shorter than I thought it would be, but the ending to this is gonna blow you away. So please bear with me. Again, thank you everyone who reveiwed and E-mailed me. Keep them coming. ^_^
"This is getting ridiculous", Sai thought as she sat in Advanced placement Trigonometry, half-pretending to pay attention to the teacher. "It's been forever and a day, what are they planning? They've closed up the Black Magic Portal, according to Yanagisawa, and still there's been no sign from them." She was no fool, even if she was horribly failing her Ningen classes. She knew that Yomi's followers were probably planning something very awful. She looked around the classroom, at Shuu, Mitari, and Aya. Shuu was yet again fast asleep at his desk, yet he somehow was excelling-third in the class, 94% A. Mitari, who was determined not to be left behind again due to circumstance, was working his tail off, hanging on to the teacher's every word. He was two points away from having an A himself, and Sai was sure he would obtain it. Aya was talking with a girl whom Sai'd never really payed attention to. Sai rested her hands on her elbows and sighed. This was getting ridiculous-oh, wait, she'd allready said that. She looked back at the clock again, and her gaze once more fell on Aya.
The girl didn't seem to be anything more than a human, granted a very pretty, sweet, innocent human, but a human none the less, but Sai suddenly found she wasn't so sure. There was this very strong life energy that Aya gave off-life energy very unlike a human's. Then it happened-A sharp, shooting pain filled Sai's temple, and she felt as though she was back in the Makai wilderness. A cold, pale blue moon shone on a head full of long, dark, shadowy hair. The hair belonged to a stunningly beautiful young woman clad in pure white robes. A long, fluffy tail poked out from underneath the robes, and she had small dog ears sticking out of her hair.
The dog-woman's head was bowed, and tears were spilling out of her incredible orange eyes. She walked over to another, older-looking woman, equally beautiful, who appeared to be mortally wounded. The younger woman knelt down, with what looked like some sort of cross in her hand, and muttered some words of prayer. She finished, straightened up, and whispered "I will honor your wishes, Mother"..."SAI!!!". Sai snapped out of her daze to see Shuuichi standing over her. "Come on, the bell rang". Shuu raced after Mitari and Aya, leaving her to herself. Sai shoved her books back into her bag and slouched off. "Could Aya be an Inuko?", she wondered. She left the classroom feeling deeply and thoroughly confused. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"I can't take this anymore! This is boring! We need some adventure!", Jin cried, with a look on his face that made it known he had the worst case of cabin fever in the world. "Shh!", Touya hissed, motioning around the living room. Suzuki was sprawled out on the couch, fresh bandages and a wet washcloth gracing his face, Shishiwakamaru was sleeping on a chair not too far away from the couch-Shishi looked messed up, too- and Chuu was passed out at the table, several liquor bottles around him. The people left in the living room still conscious were Jin and Touya, Rinku, who was playing with some silly putty and watching cartoons, and Sai, who was glareing at her Trigonometry work as though it had mortally offeneded her.
"We need to go somewhere or do something!", Jin was bit quieter this time. "Shh!", Touya rasped. "If you both don't shut up, I'm gonna staple your heads together with a nail gun", Sai threatened, looking very stressed out. Jin immediately backed off and started playing with Rinku and his silly putty, but Touya was not to be easily brushed off. "What's wrong?", he whispered gently, sitting right down on the book so she couldn't say"nothing" and go back to work.Sai looked at him. "Tell me about the Inuko", she said. It was not a request, but more of a demand. Touya looked at her quizically, but decided it best not to question her. Instead, he drew a deep breath and began.
"The Inuko are a rare race of Inu Youkai. They are all women, because they reproduce asexually, and are all very beautiful. They travel in pairs because their powers are at their absolute best when they work with another person...." Touya stopped talking and looked at her. "Why are you asking me about them?". "Well...I kinda am suspicious about this girl at school...I think she may be an Inuko...". Sai replied, her thoughts flickering to Aya. They stopped talking as Istas walked in, carrying bandages. "Move away from the couch", she said plesently. "I've got to prevent the narcisisist's face from swelling". Touya and Sai stiffled giggles as they moved away. "He's gonna be damaged, allright, if he keeps getting the crap beat out of him", Sai said. "It's a pity, too, he really is handsome.", Istas replied, moving over to change the bandages on Suzuki's face. "Come on, let's go somewhere else to talk", Touya whispered softly, taking Sai out of the house.
Touya took Sai to the beach, the same spot as their first date. The weather now was much too cold for anyone but an ice demon to go swimming, granted swimming was possible. The shoreline of the ocean was covered with a thin layer of gleaming ice-the ice vaugly resembled diamonds. The moon rays bounced off the ice, bathing the beach with silvery-white light. Sai felt as though she was living in some fantasy world where she was a beautiful princess and Touya was her handsome prince in shining armor coming to sweep her away. She didn't want the illusion to end. "Why'd you bring me out here, Touya?", she asked softly. "I thought we were done with the Inuko conversation". "Oh, we are...I just wanted to get you away from the others for a little while", he replied, just as softly. His glassy eyes looked suddenly silver in the dark, and shone with something Sai'd never seen in them before. Touya's arms slipped around her shoulders and he kissed her deeply and passionately. "I just wanted to let you know I love you". She kissed him back. "I love you, too". ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
They returned a little after 11:00, but it didn't matter because it was Friday night.Youkai didn't need much sleep anyway. Instead of finding everyone asleep, they they expected, they discovered everyone seated around the living room table, deep in discussion. "They've finally cornored us", Chuu told them softly as they entered the house. Yusuke and Keiko were there, Keiko holding Raizen firmly to her, and so were Kuwabarra, Yukina, and Kuribayashi. Chuu wrapped his arms around Natsume's shoulders as little Rinku came up and solumly handed Touya a note. The sadness on his face broke Sai's heart. Touya read the letter quietly, and then passed it along to Sai. It read:
"Dear Urameshi Cowards:
You have hidden from us long enough. We demand you come out and fight us, tournament style. Two nights from now, there will be a portal opened for you to get to the Makai. From there you will come to Yomi's kingdom. If you refuse, we will kill you outright."
There was no signature indicating who it could have come from at all. "We have no choice", Yusuke whispered softly. "We have two days...I expect everyone who is going to participate to be here Sunday afternoon no later than 1:00. Kurama, get Aya and make sure Mitari and Shuu don't try to follow us. Hiei, see if you can get us some troops from Mukuro-Sama. I'll contact Enki and let him know what is going on once we get back to the Makai...". He sighed. "It's only a shame they don't realize this is not what Yomi would want", Kurama murmured sadly. "Not what he would've wanted at all". He left those words hanging over their heads as he stood up and left.
A/N: WAHOO!!!! I am DONE with chapter 13! I know it sucks, but 14 is really good! :D Due to time allowances, this is gonna be a few chapters shorter than I thought it would be, but the ending to this is gonna blow you away. So please bear with me. Again, thank you everyone who reveiwed and E-mailed me. Keep them coming. ^_^