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Temple Grounds

Chapter 20:Something Happened

:: Telepathy:: "speech" //thoughts// /lyrics/ ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ```````````````` "You shouldn't be up." "Like I'm actually going to listen to you?"

ng her wings.. "You actually think you can fly?" The fire youkai asked raising an eyebrow.
Maru looked him dead in the eye, a look that read, 'no more comments' quite plainly. Though what was stranger was the fact that he actually listened and looked away.
The Guardian grunted a bit but the wound didn't trouble her too much when she raised her wings and they unfolded completely. Hiei threw a glance at the black scaled extensions.. They had gotten a few inches larger.. Her eyes narrowed and she instinctively wrapped her left arm over her stomach, letting the loose happi coat cling to her skin a bit better.. He rolled his eyes and looked away again, ignoring her..
The wings trembled as she groaned in pain again, but they pulsed warmly and soon she was hovering a few inches off of the ground and moving forward.. In truth it was a better idea to fly since her muscles and joints were soar and over used from yesterday. Though the blood loss would undoubtedly slow her healing she seemed able to work with what she had.. Hiei let his eyes stray at her again, she was now just high enough to not worry over tree limbs though low enough to hear him and watch for anyone else..
Both demons were silent for quite some time.. Maru was a bit busy staying airborne, while Hiei was, as we all know, not a chatterbox. But lack of conversation hadn't ever really gotten on Maru's nerves. After all she had dodged talking about things with Klai and Suna strictly because she hated idle chitchat. Klai had always been a yack-a-holic, Suna a bit more serious though still prone to ramble, and Maru the single one to just sit still and not have to talk non-stop.
Yet it had been lonely at times. Especially since she had had no idea there was much outside the walls except wars and back stabbing low lives. But she had learned differently, somewhat. Her father wasn't what one would call a perfect parent, but she had liked the time she'd spent outside of the barrier.. //I just wish it could last... But come on, I don't have ANYWHERE to go once this crap is over. But I swear by whatever god exists I'll give that godly brat an earful if he even THINKS about making me join his 'goons'. // Her eyes looked at the cloaked person below her and she held her gaze for moment.. Would she? Would she really hate having anything to do with them? Yusuke was nice, and Kuwabara only need a good knock on the head and he usually was at least bearable, Kurama was 'cool', and Hiei... Was well.. Hiei, was there anyway to really describe him.. Sure she wanted to know more about him, but not unless he wanted to tell her himself. She wasn't one to dig any ways. Now as for Yukina.. Was there any REAL reason to keep his secret, well, a secret? //He'd be a.. // Her thoughts halted, as she looked away, her cheeks feeling slightly hot.. // All right, different topic please. //
Hiei felt her gaze lift.. What had she been starring at? His ruby eyes looked at her, a somewhat observing look about him. He'd spent a better part of last night constantly checking on her.. Which had him asking one thing, Why the Hell had he cared so much? He knew of course. For the first time he'd finally realized how delicate she was.. She'd done enough to make everyone think she had most of things under control, except for then. So he had been worried about her. That didn't change anything in particular.. He looked away again.. Thinking.
/I may be the single thing-That you never want to see.
But sorry I can't throw everything away.
'Cause I've got a few things to prove to you. / Maru sighed, her eyes dark and confused.. //What in the world's wrong with me? You'd think I was sick or something.. //
/Just because I'm not perfect.
I'm not tall, pretty, or extremely smart.
So let me show you, I'll be the best.. //
Both walked/flew on in a rather heavy silence. But something was changing there and then, though it might take something for both of them to see It..
/That I can be, the best they'll ever see.
So please embrace me now, tell me it's okay.
Because I know I've bot a long way to go.
Yet something in this head is changing, reforming, rethinking.
And I can feel this heart beating stronger, and with purpose. / ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ````````````````
"Maru!" Red-black eyes blinked, and the owner smiled a bit and looked down at Hiei. "Looks like we found them." He only nodded, avoiding her eye contact. Though this bothered her a bit Maru decided not to dwell on it instead turned her attention back to the approaching three.
Kuwabara stood still as she flew downwards toward them then landed on the path with a soft 'whish' noise.. "You.. You're spirit energy's different.."
Maru cocked her head to the side and blinked, "Yeah, I think I'm stuck like this for a while.. Got in a fight with my father's new whore." She rolled her eyes while Yusuke and Kuwabara blinked, Kurama only looked at Maru, then turned to Hiei. "What happened?"
The fire demon only threw a glance at Maru. "You'll have to ask her." Maru only blinked, "Well, like I said, Togasha sent his new 'girl' after me.. And well, looks like I got a little too used to the dragon blood." She said folding her wings tightly against her back..
"Yeah well, we met another group of those lobo things.." Kuwabara said crossing his arms. "I'm surprised you only met one group.. I always thought there'd be more of them.. Especially since we ARE only about a day's walk from Togasha's lovely little town.."
Yusuke rolled his eyes, then his eyes landed on Maru's rather tattered happi... "You okay?" "Yeah... Looks like a pretty bad cut..." Mary crossed her arms and let her wings pulse out of existence.. "It's nothing. Like I said, I got in a fight with that witch."
Both boys didn't look convinced.. But both must have got the idea to drop it.... ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ```````````````````
Darkness... A heavy thick darkness. It seemed to constrict her senses, telling her to be still, never get up. But it was different... Like she was supposed to be somewhere... Supposed to helping something happen. What? What was there besides the dark?
A groan... //Where... What happened? I thought... // Dark eyes opened to inky black.. She noted the faint moist smell, and earth... //A cave... But how the..// She groaned again as she got up, feeling extremely soar and her joints seemed to pop and creak against her movements. These were... //It's like the first time I teleported...// ```````````````````````Flashback``````````````````````````````````````````
"Maru, you had best take it easy. This isn't anything a normal demon can do. It's easiest if you give your body time to adjust to the changes." Suna said carefully, she was standing next to Maru. The young girl was crouched on the ground and breathing hard... She looked about 4 or 5, certainly younger.. She didn't even bother to nod; just kept still and her eyes flashing an angry red color..
"Maru! You must listen. If you aren't careful this could kill you easily. It's nearly impossible to go from one dimension to another without some sort of item these days. But I thought if you could listen.." "I KNOW! If I could listen and do as you say then I'd learn. All right already... Just shut up and let me get my wits about me okay? That last place I wound up at wasn't a picnic got it?" Maru was rather, angry and her tone proved that as a fact. But she soon gulped at one more breath of fresh air then stood... Focusing at what looked like the horizon... Then she began to glow a faint gold color. "Maru, it's to early to try this again. But knowing, as you probably aren't listening, try to teleport to the temple and back. A small distance would be better then last time." Suna said this calmly as she stepped back, clearing an area for the Guardian.
Maru swallowed then shut her eyes as she glowed brighter... //All right.. Here goes nothing.. Keep eyes closed, limbs close, focus only on the temple, and don't shout or anything... // "........." Then with a small flash and tons of golden colored sparks she vanished..
Maru instantly became aware of an intense burning, then several changes in the temperature as she 'shot through' no less then 6 completely different dimensions.. Then landed flat on her back on stone steps... But what followed was worse, far worse. It suddenly felt like every inch of her was burning and freezing all at once.. Her joints became taunt and wouldn't move.. Then she blacked out... `````````````````````End of Flashback````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Maru knew she must have teleported. Normally she only passed into one dimension; too many resulted in your body not being able to cope with the different airs, temperatures, and climates... Like the computers a ningen used when they 'over loaded'. The body gets confused and finally sets itself to one dimension 'stats' and stays like that.. Often one so different then the one you're teleporting to that you died... That first real time she'd nearly done that.. And this time it explained the weakness, stiffness, and the overall sick feeling. //But what happened? // "Ah, well I didn't expect you to wake up yet, Maruka." Maru narrowed her eyes as torches flared into life. But her dark orbs focused on thing. A dark figure, armored and standing before a waterfall. A person, she had become to know all too well. ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ````````````````
Sorry, but I must announce that, due to ending drawing near, I'm going to have no choice but to raise the rating and make it R. I know it may seem harsh, but I don't want this deleted, I don't want someone busting me, and I want this be good and 'clean'. Unfortunately I will raise it to R as soon as I update next time, so.. Sorry but trust me, it'll be one heck of an end.