Kaida whistled softly as she walked down the street, looking at everything
with interest. In the past week on ningenkai she hadn't been able to
actually look, and these humans interested her. They were so peculiar! It
was like they had never seen a demon before.
She stopped outside of the store she had been looking for. Inside there was fresh lumber and she eagerly walked in.
It was a large store and she grabbed a large metal cart and began loading it with everything she would need. Lots of wood, paint, nails, and she grabbed any tools she thought looked useful. Of course she also grabbed a chain saw as well, figuring it could help her cut things. And then she grabbed a nice looking door and then picked up a few carpets.
With a large load she headed towards the counter. She didn't even have to wait long before she was waited on and the man behind the counter smiled.
"That'll be-"
"Here." Kaida forked over one of her gold pieces and the guy's eyes bugged out.
"T-Thank you, c-come again."
"Ya, ya, you can bet I will." Kaida returned to whistling a cheerful song as she started going out the double doors, the guy didn't even mention the cart once! I mean, who would when a girl that looked no more than thirteen or fourteen walks out with a large cart that looked as though even a full- grown man couldn't push?
Of course, as you can guess, she was getting a lot of odd looks as a girl covered in blood, and still bleeding a bit, wheeled a large cart down the sidewalk.
Kaida ignored this though and continued walking until she reached a long dirt road. There were no people nearby so she quickened her pace a bit and soon came to a large piece of land with the sign 'for sale on it'. Kaida blinked. The land was fenced in and in the middle was a small grove of trees. What interested her the most though was the rather large tree in the center with the vines all around it. A ring of water even surrounded it! She smiled.
"Perfect."
"Do you aim to buy that there land little missy?" Kaida turned around to face a scraggly old man with what seemed to be a permanent smile on his face. His clothes were dirty, but he continued to smile.
"This enough?" she held out a gold piece and the poor old farmer nearly had a heart attack!
"H-Hai." The old man began to wheeze as his shaky hands held up the gold piece.
"I-Is this real?"
"Of course jiji-chan, I never lie." Kaida said nonchalantly and opened the small gate she had found and put her first foot on her land. Flowers covered the small field and she resisted the urge to go running like a child. Instead she calmly walked through it, pushing her large load with her. She stopped at the small grove of trees.
"Let's see, two cheery trees, a few apple trees and a peach tree. Oh a sakura tree!" she exclaimed with happiness and then let go of her load, leaving it under a good-sized apple tree. She stood in front of the weepy looking tree.
"What is that?" she could detect no scent front it like the others and it looked strange. Of course the vines were so thick she couldn't even see the inside!
She easily jumped over the water, and moved the vines aside so she could get in. She smiled at what she saw.
"Perfect.."
For the next few minutes Kaida spent all her time moving her working materials over the water and inside the shelter of the tree. She smiled and surveyed all the pieces.
"Perfect. Now. how to get electricity and stuff here." she pondered this a moment, and then snapped her fingers.
"Oh, I know! I'll just rewire the programs and the such to feed off a ball of energy!" yep, she definitely had Kurama's brains.
"Time to work!" she smiled to herself and walked up to the base of the tree, looking up.
"Let's see here." she quickly grabbed onto a low branch a pulled herself up. She continued to climb until she was at a good spot and grinned. The tree had a GREAT spot at the right height to build her shelter!
Climbing back down she grabbed her chainsaw and then climbed to the précised spot she wanted to build her house.
"Let's see, I just need to cut a few of these twigs and minor branches off." She smiled and began her work.
It took her the entire afternoon to get the floor down, and she was pretty darn happy with that!
"Oh ya! You are so the bomb!" she congratulated herself with a big smile on her face. The part she had gotten down was eighteen by fourteen feet in shape and she already had everything marked out. The only major problem was that she had used up about sixty-five percent of her wood and the rest would only make a wall in a hall at most.
"Oh well, after I change some of this gold into money I'll buy some more." She smiled and jumped down from a tree branch she was currently residing on. Her stomach grumbled and she smiled patting it.
"Man am I hungry.. First I guess I should wash my clothes. I'll get something to eat afterwards, and then it's off to get a new outfit. God Koenma has such horrid taste." She said to herself and stripped down to her undergarments. She walked to the small river she had to cross and smiled. From her tree she had discovered it actually did flow into a large river!
She peered down into the water and shivered, slipping in. Immediately she giggled as fish scattered. She'd probably be eating fish and fruit tonight.
"God damn it, it's so cold!" she shivered and wadded in a bit further. The water was about four feet deep and five or six feet wide. Gently taking clothing in hand, she began to scrub it on the rocks bellow. It took her a while, and by the time she got it all clean her lips were a bit blue, and she was shivering a bit.
She quickly got out and raised her body temperature. Having fire demon in her, it was pretty much really easy and she was soon dry with only slightly rosy cheeks. She set to work on her clothes, concentrating very hard not to scorch them. She succeeded and quickly put them on, smiling when she was greeted by its comforting warmness.
"Ah, I feel so much better." She quickly retrieved her sack of gold from the side of the bank and stuffed it in her pocket.
"Time to go into town!" she looked at herself a bit, and smiled.
"At least I'm not bloody anymore." She smiled. And calmly jumped across the water again. She began to walk rather calmly through the fields, despite the fact her arm was now again bleeding, of course she had blocked out this pain, knowing if she thought about it the pain would be remembered and she would be miserable.
Her feet led her to the bank quickly, and she nearly gave the teller a heart attack when she asked for him to exchange two god pieces for money. She was surprised when the now twitching woman handed her a rather large sum.
"H-H-Have a-a-a n-nice d-day!" the woman stuttered and Kaida shrugged, putting the money in her pocket and walking out, ignoring the stares once again. She became aware of a dulled throb in her arm and grimaced.
Suddenly she found herself in front of a place called 'Yukimora Ramen Shop'. She blinked and played the name over on her tongue. Why did the name sound so familiar?
"Yukimora.. Yukimora... Why does the name ring a bell?" she muttered angrily as she opened the door and walked in.
"Hello welcome to our Ramen shop! How can we help you?"
"Um. I'll just have a bowl of noodles or something."
"For here or to go?" Kaida didn't bother to look at the server, must muttered a here. Suddenly the server gasped.
"Ma'am! You're arm, it's bleeding!"
"It'll be fine, may I please just have some noodles?"
"R-Right, follow me." Kaida was led to a small table for one and the server left-leaving Kaida with only a glimpse of brown hair.
"Achu!" Kaida rubbed her cold nose and sighed, letting her fox ears twitch around for a while, receiving several startled cries, of which she ignored.
Suddenly a large bowl of noodles was placed in front of her. She barley heard the total, but paid in full-giving the girl a dollar extra for a tip. She gently picked up the chopsticks and picked up some of the noodles. She blew on them softly and ate. She finished in record time and then picked herself off.
"Well if it isn't are favorite person!" she heard a loud voice bellow. She looked up tiredly at Yusuke.
"What do you want?" Kuwabara was with him too.
"Hey babe!" she blocked him out and tiredly pushed past them.
"Hey. what's wrong with her?"
"Girls.." Yusuke muttered. Kaida simply walked out. She walked into a small store and bought a few warm, thick blankets and then started heading home. That was the one place she wanted to be.
She continued walking down the path and resisted the urge to scream for joy when she finally entered the enclosure of vines. It was now near sun set and she was so tired.
So as quickly as possible she climbed up onto what would soon be her house floor, spread out one blankets for her to sleep on and then covered herself with the other two. She immediately fell asleep.
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Yusuke sipped his soda and rested his cheek on his hand, elbow already on the table. He and Kuwabara were waiting for Kurama and Hiei to finally arrive.
"Damn it Urameshi! Where are they?"
"DO I look like I know?" Suddenly the door opened and its bell rang, alerting the two boys. Who else but Kurama and Hiei would walk in? The later had a permanent scowl on his face, while the former had a sweet smile on.
"It's about time!" Kuwabara exclaimed.
"Sorry we're late, Yusuke. I had a harder time finding Hiei than I thought.." Kurama chuckled and took a seat, Hiei soon joining him on the outside of the seat.
"Hn."
"So, any of you know where Kaida went?" Yusuke asked.
"Me n' Kuwabara only saw her for a minute before she left."
"Hiei has been keeping tabs on her for the most of the day. He said she bought a piece of land and is building something. He couldn't figure out what because he didn't want to get caught." Kurama said, explaining for the little fire demon who only 'hn-ed' in response to the fox's small speech.
"I see." Yusuke pondered this.
"I saw one of us checks up on her in the morning.." He trailed off, a glint in his eyes.
"Not me Urameshi! I have things to do!" Kuwabara exclaimed.
"Well that rules the oaf out." Hiei said, his first big sentence since they had arrived.
"Watch it Hiei."
"Hn, I don't have time for you." With that, Hiei was a blur, disappearing quickly.
"Hey!" Kuwabara fumed in anger. Kurama sighed and then chuckled.
"What about you, Yusuke."
"I don't wake up early." Kurama sighed.
"That only leaves me and Hiei-"
"That shrimp wont do it." Kuwabara muttered with a scowl.
"Well then, that just leaves me. I guess I'll set my alarm an hour early so I won't miss school."
"Thanks Kurama."
"Don't mention in Yusuke."
TBC
Note: That tree is a weeping willow, and yes, I know, it's a little bit exaggerated in size but who cares? It makes a great story!
She stopped outside of the store she had been looking for. Inside there was fresh lumber and she eagerly walked in.
It was a large store and she grabbed a large metal cart and began loading it with everything she would need. Lots of wood, paint, nails, and she grabbed any tools she thought looked useful. Of course she also grabbed a chain saw as well, figuring it could help her cut things. And then she grabbed a nice looking door and then picked up a few carpets.
With a large load she headed towards the counter. She didn't even have to wait long before she was waited on and the man behind the counter smiled.
"That'll be-"
"Here." Kaida forked over one of her gold pieces and the guy's eyes bugged out.
"T-Thank you, c-come again."
"Ya, ya, you can bet I will." Kaida returned to whistling a cheerful song as she started going out the double doors, the guy didn't even mention the cart once! I mean, who would when a girl that looked no more than thirteen or fourteen walks out with a large cart that looked as though even a full- grown man couldn't push?
Of course, as you can guess, she was getting a lot of odd looks as a girl covered in blood, and still bleeding a bit, wheeled a large cart down the sidewalk.
Kaida ignored this though and continued walking until she reached a long dirt road. There were no people nearby so she quickened her pace a bit and soon came to a large piece of land with the sign 'for sale on it'. Kaida blinked. The land was fenced in and in the middle was a small grove of trees. What interested her the most though was the rather large tree in the center with the vines all around it. A ring of water even surrounded it! She smiled.
"Perfect."
"Do you aim to buy that there land little missy?" Kaida turned around to face a scraggly old man with what seemed to be a permanent smile on his face. His clothes were dirty, but he continued to smile.
"This enough?" she held out a gold piece and the poor old farmer nearly had a heart attack!
"H-Hai." The old man began to wheeze as his shaky hands held up the gold piece.
"I-Is this real?"
"Of course jiji-chan, I never lie." Kaida said nonchalantly and opened the small gate she had found and put her first foot on her land. Flowers covered the small field and she resisted the urge to go running like a child. Instead she calmly walked through it, pushing her large load with her. She stopped at the small grove of trees.
"Let's see, two cheery trees, a few apple trees and a peach tree. Oh a sakura tree!" she exclaimed with happiness and then let go of her load, leaving it under a good-sized apple tree. She stood in front of the weepy looking tree.
"What is that?" she could detect no scent front it like the others and it looked strange. Of course the vines were so thick she couldn't even see the inside!
She easily jumped over the water, and moved the vines aside so she could get in. She smiled at what she saw.
"Perfect.."
For the next few minutes Kaida spent all her time moving her working materials over the water and inside the shelter of the tree. She smiled and surveyed all the pieces.
"Perfect. Now. how to get electricity and stuff here." she pondered this a moment, and then snapped her fingers.
"Oh, I know! I'll just rewire the programs and the such to feed off a ball of energy!" yep, she definitely had Kurama's brains.
"Time to work!" she smiled to herself and walked up to the base of the tree, looking up.
"Let's see here." she quickly grabbed onto a low branch a pulled herself up. She continued to climb until she was at a good spot and grinned. The tree had a GREAT spot at the right height to build her shelter!
Climbing back down she grabbed her chainsaw and then climbed to the précised spot she wanted to build her house.
"Let's see, I just need to cut a few of these twigs and minor branches off." She smiled and began her work.
It took her the entire afternoon to get the floor down, and she was pretty darn happy with that!
"Oh ya! You are so the bomb!" she congratulated herself with a big smile on her face. The part she had gotten down was eighteen by fourteen feet in shape and she already had everything marked out. The only major problem was that she had used up about sixty-five percent of her wood and the rest would only make a wall in a hall at most.
"Oh well, after I change some of this gold into money I'll buy some more." She smiled and jumped down from a tree branch she was currently residing on. Her stomach grumbled and she smiled patting it.
"Man am I hungry.. First I guess I should wash my clothes. I'll get something to eat afterwards, and then it's off to get a new outfit. God Koenma has such horrid taste." She said to herself and stripped down to her undergarments. She walked to the small river she had to cross and smiled. From her tree she had discovered it actually did flow into a large river!
She peered down into the water and shivered, slipping in. Immediately she giggled as fish scattered. She'd probably be eating fish and fruit tonight.
"God damn it, it's so cold!" she shivered and wadded in a bit further. The water was about four feet deep and five or six feet wide. Gently taking clothing in hand, she began to scrub it on the rocks bellow. It took her a while, and by the time she got it all clean her lips were a bit blue, and she was shivering a bit.
She quickly got out and raised her body temperature. Having fire demon in her, it was pretty much really easy and she was soon dry with only slightly rosy cheeks. She set to work on her clothes, concentrating very hard not to scorch them. She succeeded and quickly put them on, smiling when she was greeted by its comforting warmness.
"Ah, I feel so much better." She quickly retrieved her sack of gold from the side of the bank and stuffed it in her pocket.
"Time to go into town!" she looked at herself a bit, and smiled.
"At least I'm not bloody anymore." She smiled. And calmly jumped across the water again. She began to walk rather calmly through the fields, despite the fact her arm was now again bleeding, of course she had blocked out this pain, knowing if she thought about it the pain would be remembered and she would be miserable.
Her feet led her to the bank quickly, and she nearly gave the teller a heart attack when she asked for him to exchange two god pieces for money. She was surprised when the now twitching woman handed her a rather large sum.
"H-H-Have a-a-a n-nice d-day!" the woman stuttered and Kaida shrugged, putting the money in her pocket and walking out, ignoring the stares once again. She became aware of a dulled throb in her arm and grimaced.
Suddenly she found herself in front of a place called 'Yukimora Ramen Shop'. She blinked and played the name over on her tongue. Why did the name sound so familiar?
"Yukimora.. Yukimora... Why does the name ring a bell?" she muttered angrily as she opened the door and walked in.
"Hello welcome to our Ramen shop! How can we help you?"
"Um. I'll just have a bowl of noodles or something."
"For here or to go?" Kaida didn't bother to look at the server, must muttered a here. Suddenly the server gasped.
"Ma'am! You're arm, it's bleeding!"
"It'll be fine, may I please just have some noodles?"
"R-Right, follow me." Kaida was led to a small table for one and the server left-leaving Kaida with only a glimpse of brown hair.
"Achu!" Kaida rubbed her cold nose and sighed, letting her fox ears twitch around for a while, receiving several startled cries, of which she ignored.
Suddenly a large bowl of noodles was placed in front of her. She barley heard the total, but paid in full-giving the girl a dollar extra for a tip. She gently picked up the chopsticks and picked up some of the noodles. She blew on them softly and ate. She finished in record time and then picked herself off.
"Well if it isn't are favorite person!" she heard a loud voice bellow. She looked up tiredly at Yusuke.
"What do you want?" Kuwabara was with him too.
"Hey babe!" she blocked him out and tiredly pushed past them.
"Hey. what's wrong with her?"
"Girls.." Yusuke muttered. Kaida simply walked out. She walked into a small store and bought a few warm, thick blankets and then started heading home. That was the one place she wanted to be.
She continued walking down the path and resisted the urge to scream for joy when she finally entered the enclosure of vines. It was now near sun set and she was so tired.
So as quickly as possible she climbed up onto what would soon be her house floor, spread out one blankets for her to sleep on and then covered herself with the other two. She immediately fell asleep.
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Yusuke sipped his soda and rested his cheek on his hand, elbow already on the table. He and Kuwabara were waiting for Kurama and Hiei to finally arrive.
"Damn it Urameshi! Where are they?"
"DO I look like I know?" Suddenly the door opened and its bell rang, alerting the two boys. Who else but Kurama and Hiei would walk in? The later had a permanent scowl on his face, while the former had a sweet smile on.
"It's about time!" Kuwabara exclaimed.
"Sorry we're late, Yusuke. I had a harder time finding Hiei than I thought.." Kurama chuckled and took a seat, Hiei soon joining him on the outside of the seat.
"Hn."
"So, any of you know where Kaida went?" Yusuke asked.
"Me n' Kuwabara only saw her for a minute before she left."
"Hiei has been keeping tabs on her for the most of the day. He said she bought a piece of land and is building something. He couldn't figure out what because he didn't want to get caught." Kurama said, explaining for the little fire demon who only 'hn-ed' in response to the fox's small speech.
"I see." Yusuke pondered this.
"I saw one of us checks up on her in the morning.." He trailed off, a glint in his eyes.
"Not me Urameshi! I have things to do!" Kuwabara exclaimed.
"Well that rules the oaf out." Hiei said, his first big sentence since they had arrived.
"Watch it Hiei."
"Hn, I don't have time for you." With that, Hiei was a blur, disappearing quickly.
"Hey!" Kuwabara fumed in anger. Kurama sighed and then chuckled.
"What about you, Yusuke."
"I don't wake up early." Kurama sighed.
"That only leaves me and Hiei-"
"That shrimp wont do it." Kuwabara muttered with a scowl.
"Well then, that just leaves me. I guess I'll set my alarm an hour early so I won't miss school."
"Thanks Kurama."
"Don't mention in Yusuke."
TBC
Note: That tree is a weeping willow, and yes, I know, it's a little bit exaggerated in size but who cares? It makes a great story!