By: Madoka
Pairings: Yusuke and Jinn, Hiei and Kurama, Kuwabara and Yukina, blah blah blah blah...
Warnings: I don't know, I haven't written it yet.
Dedicaition: Ta' me VERY FIRST REVIEW-ER! YES, GODDESS BLESS THEE, BARD! All the blessings of the earth to you! Yes, I'll continue! Yes, I'll finish it! THANK YOU FOR COMMENTING!!!
Author's Notes: To those of you living in the Washinton DC area, you will all know...HFSTIVAL IS IN 8 DAYS!!!!! Hooray!!!!! I'm going to hug a midget, and then I'm going to flash Vedetta Red, and then I'm going to....I don;t know! But I'm NOT going to get high cause it's not good for you! Did you enjoy the happy chapter? I did! Um, I don;t know if this story sucks. I really don't. I was unsure about posting it at all and then decided to cause I figured SOMEONE would tell me if it sucked. Please? I'm serious. If you made it this far you must have an opinion, right? PLEASE?!
"Are you sure You're comfortable down there?" Jinn asked for the third time. Madoka couldn't answer him, seeing as how she was in her fox form, and Jinn was beginning to feel stupid talking to an animal crate at his feet anyway, so he shut up and looked around nervously. It wasn't his first time doing that, either. There were strangers on all sides, none of them talking, all just sitting uncomfortably close and silent. The man in the seat in front of Jinn had his seat leaned back as far as he could, until his head was nearly in the ex-demon's lap.
Jinn was on an airplane, another first for him, traveling with other people for the first time in his life. He had no baggage, only the kitsune in the cat carrier at his feet, and the stranger's hair loss in his face. It was hard to believe they were all in a tin box six miles above earth. Jinn was used the the wind carrying him whereever he wanted to go, but his powers had left with his immortality, and he was utterly, misrably powerless, powerless to do anything if the plane was to crash, powerless to stop it or to even try. The thought made him nervous, and reasonably so. He glanced out the window, at the miles and miles of endless blue and choppy waves, obscured slightly by a pale misty veil of clouds, and chrred softly through his teeth.
"Wouldnt you know it." He said softly. He wanted to let Madoka out of the crate so she could see it but every time he leaned over to open to the door, to offer her water or food as if she were a common housepet, the thin woman next to him gave him a withering look. Jinn disliked her, and wanted off the plane. It was hard to believe the place he was in he had to remain- hard to imagine stepping out the door and falling six miles to hit the water. By then it would feel solid, more like hitting a table then water. He shook his head and looked down again, at the stranger's head and the pocket of the seat, under the tray, where they hid the barf bags and safety brochures and shop-by-air catlogues, and looked up again. The woman next to him was watching the human movie they had playing at the head of the plane. She wasn't watching him. Jinn filled the cup of his hand with water and leaned over, under the pretense of pretending to offer more water to the silent one in the crate. She edged her head out the open door once he had worked the latch off and sighed a soft fox sigh, resting her head on his foot.
"Sorry we have to treat you like a common animal." Jinn apologized. "Gods know you would make a much better companion then that one." The woman gave him a haughty glance. "But once we get there I'll let you out- I just don't think they accept kitsune on planes."
The foxgirl yawned a lazy yawn and slid her sleek head back inside the carrier for Jinn to close the door. "There now, little one- just rest. We'll be there soon. The human pilot- erm, the pilot says we'll be landing in a couple of hours." Jinn wished he was there now. He felt a very human sense of mortal urgency. Knowing he would die someday- that he could die at any second, kept him on edge. This was human nervousness, the thing that made demons so supirior to humans despite the superpowers and of course, the fact that they did not die. He looked down and out, out the window to strain for the sight of a dark island on the horizon. There was nothing. Nothing but endless blue.
******
"It's not so bad." Jinn murmered three hours later. Madoka was cursing, trying to rub the airline dog-crate smell off her arms and face. "It could have been so much worse."
"You tell me how." Madoka grumbled.
"You could have been in the cargo hold. I think they put dead bodies in there."
"I can't figure out why I agreed to come."
"You said I could revoke being mortal at any time. I want you here in case I want to do it. Besides, what if I need help?"
"I never said I would HELP you-" Madoka faltered under Jinn's steady glare and sighed. "Fine. Have you a plan, oh mortal one, for finding Yusuke Urameshi's house?"
Jin slapped his forehead. "Shit. I didn't even think about that." Madoka groaned, loudly like she was in more pain then she needed to express. "It's okay, we'll find it." Jinn soothed, and steered her onto the sidewalk. "Come on. It's only an island. How hard could it be?"
*****
Very hard, Jinn learned a mere hour later. He and Madoka had wandered aimlessly all over the city- Urameshi or any of his little friends were nowhere to be found. That made sense, of course- it was a monday, and still early- he was probably in human school. He had never thought Yusuke Urameshi, demonsbane, the spirit detective and right hand of Koenma would be in school. He had never condsidered it.
"He IS still a fourteen year old boy, you know." Madoka told him.
"I know, I know."
"Maybe he's with the Keiko human."
"Now you're just trying to scare me." Jinn frowned up at the cloudless blue sky, wishing for the eigth time that day he still had his mighty wind powers. "Couldn't you make Yusuke a demon instead?" He felt his forehead, empty of the short unicorn horn that had graced it only the day before. His other features, oddly enough, had stayed, but he would have missed his horn most of all anyway. "Then I could be demon again too."
"Nope." Madoka said with a shake of her head. She looked almost sorry about it, wich led Jinn to believe her. "If people become demons.....well, you remember Togouro."
"Ahh."
"Bloated up on their own power, they go crazy and try to take over most of the time." Madoka said sadly. "It's dangorous for the humans and for the rest of us."
"That makes a depressing brand of sense." Jinn said sadly. Madoka nodded. "I wonder if that's his school?" Jinn asked suddenly. Madoka craned her head to see across the street.
"Maybe."
"You should go look."
"Why me?!"
"Because a fox lurking around is less likely to attract attention then me." Jinn gave her a push. "Go."
Grumbling, Madoka dissapeared and a small red fox reappeared across the street. It glanced back at him once, then stopped in mid run, and Madoka reappeared with a small POP. "I don;t know what he looks like."
Jinn groaned. "He has black hair, and black eyes, dammit, come on!" He grabbed her arm and commenced to drag her across the street.
*********
"Can you see him?" Jinn hissed. The fox on his shoulder stiffened and made a shrugging motion with it's shoulders. "Perhaps...."
Yusuke Urameshi was thoroughly bored. Learning english was bad enough but to sit here for a double period with a perverted teacher and the beginnings of a migraine was torture that spanned countries- perhaps even worlds. Was there no one on the planet that couldn't relate to him? He sighed and glanced torwards the window, wishing he could jump out and soar away, but that was stupid and he couldn't fly, anyway. Perhaps if he wished REAL hard, Koenma could pull him out of school on an assigment and-
A fox and the top of a head with bright red hair popped up under the window. The fox yelped out loud, startling everyone in the classroom, and began to claw at the head she was apparently perched on. There was a familair curse, a hand came up and grabbed the fox around the neck, and Jinn the wind master appeared in the window. Yusuke yelled and jumped to his feet. Jinn yelped and the teacher ran to the window, perhaps determined to protect his students from harm, and punched the helpless ex- demon in the face.
It had not, Jinn thought as he crumped to the ground, a longer fall then was good since he had been standing on a small bench underneath the window, been a very good day.
So.....Yup. That's it. Pooooor Jinn. Poor poor little Jinn. So, if you want to know what happens next, wait and see! and come back and read! And if you leave your e-mail in your review, I'll e-mail you every time I put up a new chapter! How's that for a deal? Tell your friends to read my story! Go read my Gundam Wing fic, "A transient smile"! And please, for the love of Jesus, review! I only got two so far, and one person hates me and the other....well, that's just creepy. HFSTIVAL IN SIX DAYS!
Pairings: Yusuke and Jinn, Hiei and Kurama, Kuwabara and Yukina, blah blah blah blah...
Warnings: I don't know, I haven't written it yet.
Dedicaition: Ta' me VERY FIRST REVIEW-ER! YES, GODDESS BLESS THEE, BARD! All the blessings of the earth to you! Yes, I'll continue! Yes, I'll finish it! THANK YOU FOR COMMENTING!!!
Author's Notes: To those of you living in the Washinton DC area, you will all know...HFSTIVAL IS IN 8 DAYS!!!!! Hooray!!!!! I'm going to hug a midget, and then I'm going to flash Vedetta Red, and then I'm going to....I don;t know! But I'm NOT going to get high cause it's not good for you! Did you enjoy the happy chapter? I did! Um, I don;t know if this story sucks. I really don't. I was unsure about posting it at all and then decided to cause I figured SOMEONE would tell me if it sucked. Please? I'm serious. If you made it this far you must have an opinion, right? PLEASE?!
"Are you sure You're comfortable down there?" Jinn asked for the third time. Madoka couldn't answer him, seeing as how she was in her fox form, and Jinn was beginning to feel stupid talking to an animal crate at his feet anyway, so he shut up and looked around nervously. It wasn't his first time doing that, either. There were strangers on all sides, none of them talking, all just sitting uncomfortably close and silent. The man in the seat in front of Jinn had his seat leaned back as far as he could, until his head was nearly in the ex-demon's lap.
Jinn was on an airplane, another first for him, traveling with other people for the first time in his life. He had no baggage, only the kitsune in the cat carrier at his feet, and the stranger's hair loss in his face. It was hard to believe they were all in a tin box six miles above earth. Jinn was used the the wind carrying him whereever he wanted to go, but his powers had left with his immortality, and he was utterly, misrably powerless, powerless to do anything if the plane was to crash, powerless to stop it or to even try. The thought made him nervous, and reasonably so. He glanced out the window, at the miles and miles of endless blue and choppy waves, obscured slightly by a pale misty veil of clouds, and chrred softly through his teeth.
"Wouldnt you know it." He said softly. He wanted to let Madoka out of the crate so she could see it but every time he leaned over to open to the door, to offer her water or food as if she were a common housepet, the thin woman next to him gave him a withering look. Jinn disliked her, and wanted off the plane. It was hard to believe the place he was in he had to remain- hard to imagine stepping out the door and falling six miles to hit the water. By then it would feel solid, more like hitting a table then water. He shook his head and looked down again, at the stranger's head and the pocket of the seat, under the tray, where they hid the barf bags and safety brochures and shop-by-air catlogues, and looked up again. The woman next to him was watching the human movie they had playing at the head of the plane. She wasn't watching him. Jinn filled the cup of his hand with water and leaned over, under the pretense of pretending to offer more water to the silent one in the crate. She edged her head out the open door once he had worked the latch off and sighed a soft fox sigh, resting her head on his foot.
"Sorry we have to treat you like a common animal." Jinn apologized. "Gods know you would make a much better companion then that one." The woman gave him a haughty glance. "But once we get there I'll let you out- I just don't think they accept kitsune on planes."
The foxgirl yawned a lazy yawn and slid her sleek head back inside the carrier for Jinn to close the door. "There now, little one- just rest. We'll be there soon. The human pilot- erm, the pilot says we'll be landing in a couple of hours." Jinn wished he was there now. He felt a very human sense of mortal urgency. Knowing he would die someday- that he could die at any second, kept him on edge. This was human nervousness, the thing that made demons so supirior to humans despite the superpowers and of course, the fact that they did not die. He looked down and out, out the window to strain for the sight of a dark island on the horizon. There was nothing. Nothing but endless blue.
******
"It's not so bad." Jinn murmered three hours later. Madoka was cursing, trying to rub the airline dog-crate smell off her arms and face. "It could have been so much worse."
"You tell me how." Madoka grumbled.
"You could have been in the cargo hold. I think they put dead bodies in there."
"I can't figure out why I agreed to come."
"You said I could revoke being mortal at any time. I want you here in case I want to do it. Besides, what if I need help?"
"I never said I would HELP you-" Madoka faltered under Jinn's steady glare and sighed. "Fine. Have you a plan, oh mortal one, for finding Yusuke Urameshi's house?"
Jin slapped his forehead. "Shit. I didn't even think about that." Madoka groaned, loudly like she was in more pain then she needed to express. "It's okay, we'll find it." Jinn soothed, and steered her onto the sidewalk. "Come on. It's only an island. How hard could it be?"
*****
Very hard, Jinn learned a mere hour later. He and Madoka had wandered aimlessly all over the city- Urameshi or any of his little friends were nowhere to be found. That made sense, of course- it was a monday, and still early- he was probably in human school. He had never thought Yusuke Urameshi, demonsbane, the spirit detective and right hand of Koenma would be in school. He had never condsidered it.
"He IS still a fourteen year old boy, you know." Madoka told him.
"I know, I know."
"Maybe he's with the Keiko human."
"Now you're just trying to scare me." Jinn frowned up at the cloudless blue sky, wishing for the eigth time that day he still had his mighty wind powers. "Couldn't you make Yusuke a demon instead?" He felt his forehead, empty of the short unicorn horn that had graced it only the day before. His other features, oddly enough, had stayed, but he would have missed his horn most of all anyway. "Then I could be demon again too."
"Nope." Madoka said with a shake of her head. She looked almost sorry about it, wich led Jinn to believe her. "If people become demons.....well, you remember Togouro."
"Ahh."
"Bloated up on their own power, they go crazy and try to take over most of the time." Madoka said sadly. "It's dangorous for the humans and for the rest of us."
"That makes a depressing brand of sense." Jinn said sadly. Madoka nodded. "I wonder if that's his school?" Jinn asked suddenly. Madoka craned her head to see across the street.
"Maybe."
"You should go look."
"Why me?!"
"Because a fox lurking around is less likely to attract attention then me." Jinn gave her a push. "Go."
Grumbling, Madoka dissapeared and a small red fox reappeared across the street. It glanced back at him once, then stopped in mid run, and Madoka reappeared with a small POP. "I don;t know what he looks like."
Jinn groaned. "He has black hair, and black eyes, dammit, come on!" He grabbed her arm and commenced to drag her across the street.
*********
"Can you see him?" Jinn hissed. The fox on his shoulder stiffened and made a shrugging motion with it's shoulders. "Perhaps...."
Yusuke Urameshi was thoroughly bored. Learning english was bad enough but to sit here for a double period with a perverted teacher and the beginnings of a migraine was torture that spanned countries- perhaps even worlds. Was there no one on the planet that couldn't relate to him? He sighed and glanced torwards the window, wishing he could jump out and soar away, but that was stupid and he couldn't fly, anyway. Perhaps if he wished REAL hard, Koenma could pull him out of school on an assigment and-
A fox and the top of a head with bright red hair popped up under the window. The fox yelped out loud, startling everyone in the classroom, and began to claw at the head she was apparently perched on. There was a familair curse, a hand came up and grabbed the fox around the neck, and Jinn the wind master appeared in the window. Yusuke yelled and jumped to his feet. Jinn yelped and the teacher ran to the window, perhaps determined to protect his students from harm, and punched the helpless ex- demon in the face.
It had not, Jinn thought as he crumped to the ground, a longer fall then was good since he had been standing on a small bench underneath the window, been a very good day.
So.....Yup. That's it. Pooooor Jinn. Poor poor little Jinn. So, if you want to know what happens next, wait and see! and come back and read! And if you leave your e-mail in your review, I'll e-mail you every time I put up a new chapter! How's that for a deal? Tell your friends to read my story! Go read my Gundam Wing fic, "A transient smile"! And please, for the love of Jesus, review! I only got two so far, and one person hates me and the other....well, that's just creepy. HFSTIVAL IN SIX DAYS!