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"Speech" //thoughts// /lyrics to poems/songs/ -telepathy-
(Overview from author)
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Pronunciation: Chena= ch/EE/nuh or Christinia= cr/is/stee/neee/ee uh
Kyumi= k/eye/oo/mee Anonimo= o/non/i/moh Chica= chee/ka
(This will be updated as new characters come into light)
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Ying and Yang-Or somewhere in-between.
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Summary: Two different people with the same view of life... Down and hard on her luck one girl is trying to end everything... But it's up to one Jaganshi to stop her in the end... Or Die trying. Slightly dark with angst in most of the earlier chapters.
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Chapter16: Nightmare
/My spirit sleeping somewhere cold.
No one's here and I fall into myself./
The rain seemed to lessen somewhat, though weather was far from Chena's thoughts right now. A deep-throated growl rose from 'Gray eyes' and a firm hand clamped over the back of her neck... Chena froze. "Well, I thought you would listen to her warning and run away. But this will be easier with you here." Once again Chena felt her feet loose grip on the pavement as he picked her up, her neck popping in the process.
/Until you find it there, and lead it back home.
This truth drives me into madness. /
Hiei's katana seemed to glint... Chena felt a faint wave of fear. What if he'd been right? Was she supposed to be afraid of the Jaganshi? //No, NO. Chena calm down! Try to get away from this freak, not question a demon. // "Be still girl. Now, tell me what you meant." Her brain whirled, totally lost in the waves of fear, anger, and confusion… Chena swallowed, regaining her breath. –It was a trap. - -I knew. – That got a few blinks from her as she struggled… "You wanta know so bad pops… Well, know this!" She brought her legs under her then just as his grip started to loosen she kicked backwards… Her sandals didn't count for much unless there was A LOT of force behind them… And she got a lot of force from her momentum and sheer strength…
/Wake me up inside.
I know I can stop the pain if I will it all away. /
There was a deep rush of breath… It had winded him at least. His hand fell away but the grip promised a bruise there in the morning. She ran, making it a few feet before she spun around… Eyes darting from one person to the other. The rain poured, but she wasn't about to wipe it out of her eyes… "Blast you… Stupid girl…" Chena stiffened, not really caring if he was a demon or not. "Well, that's a bit more than you ought to say ya' jerk. You killed my family and all you can say is 'stupid girl'? And here I thought there'd be a big finish." He chuckled, hands clamped firmly over his chest… But he was still glowing. And it was getting brighter with each pulse. Chena swallowed… -You gotta do something quick… I don't know what he's glowing about but it's nothing good. – Hiei seemed to snort… He seemed to get what was going on… //Okay, what now? Dude's glowing and Kurai Akari seems to be battling for control… At least, I hope she is. Kinda stupid where you have to root for your enemy… //
/Wake me up inside.
Don't turn away. /
It was split second. In a flash Hiei was at Gray Eyes, the taller demon barely fending off the sword with his forearm… The armor wasn't even scratched. Two pairs of eyes changed from this… Purple ones flickered with shock, and red ones only narrowed… The black energy intensified and everything followed rapidly… Chena found her form falling, pain shooting along her right side and forehead… But cement didn't meet her body… Gray eyes did. He caught her, his hand circling around her neck suddenly and holding her at arm's length… Chena never even had a chance to yelp from the pain; her throat being closed off by firmly clamped fingers… But her eyes still glared with wisps red… "You won't attack will you now, Hiei?" Chena let a firm growl escape her vocal cords. Even through clenched teeth and a strangle hold it was heard… She wasn't pleased. Though Gray Eyes seemed all the happier.
/Call my name and save me from the dark.
Don't give into the pain. /
"No you won't. You don't want to hurt her." He was smiling. It was dark and warped but a smile nonetheless. Chena felt fear wash through her veins… But at its heels was something else… A sense of dread followed. "Put. Her. Down." Her ears rung… But the pain… Her eyes managed an angle unknown to any living thing and saw red dripping to the pavement, red blood. She was bleeding… "Well, there's no need to be protective. No sense in wasting your breath over a dead human." Thunder… "Sh… Ut… Up… You…" Chena ground out the words. Her lungs burned, begging for air and threatening to burst into flames or explode. But no air came…
/Bid my blood to run before I come undone.
Don't try to hide. /
-Dead? – He probably didn't mean to let her hear it… But at that the fear shot back through her… "She's dead, nothing but a shell. I needed something to work with… I didn't think the soul would find the body though… Either way, I'm getting my guardian." "D… Damn…damn you…" Chena growled, everything was getting farther away. Soon she'd be dead… She'd die… That's it, no more Chena… You're quitting? Poor little human girl quits when it gets hard. //You?! How... Kurai Akari? You're back?! // No. I never said I was. That gem took over and you never noticed stupid girl.
/Save me the nothing I've become.
Though they're screaming your name. /
Floating… She had to be floating… Nothing mattered anymore. Her head was light and the pain was gone already. Nothing penetrated this floating feeling… Except that… There it was again. A voice… Movement. A jarring movement. Enraged that someone was bothering her at such a lovely time, she struggled to get up. Pain. Yeah that was new… But fire hot pain shot through every square inch of her… With a low groan she opened her eyes…
/Now that I know what I'm without.
Don't close your eyes. /
Red ones, "Chena? Wake up damn it!" Hiei… Chena struggled to get her emotions and senses in order… Then looked him dead in the eyes as she sat up half way… "What happened? I was… I thought…" Her voice was strained and even speaking hurt… Her lungs felt like balloons that needed air and they were getting small gasps… Enough to get her started at least… "Hn. He thought you were dead." "Great… Bloody brilliant…" Her own inner self literally recoiled from the sound of gravel that represented her voice for the moment. She brought her left hand over her right side, using her right to support herself as she leaned up… Her body instantly tensed and tried to rob her of control. It was playing the smarter party right now, though being the brilliant person she always was, she sat up…
/Got to open my eyes to everything.
Upon my end, shall I begin?
Wake me up.
Wake me up inside.
Death before my eyes.
Lying next to me I fear.
Wake me up. /
"You need to get something over that." Chena fixed her half-opened eyes on him. What the hell was this? Where'd that come from? "No… No kidding…" She said, receiving several more bolts of pain from the crimson pouring cut. She knew all ready it had to be at least a foot long and deep. God, have mercy if she got a hold of that bastard… God, help him. She had managed to get somewhat straight up with her legs under her and serving for balance… But blood still poured. She'd bleed to death at this rate… Bye-bye Chena…
/Don't turn out the light.
Bid my blood to run before I come undone. /
"Be still." It was said as more of a command then a growl as she was used to… But saying something about it wasn't on her things to do list and wouldn't be for a while, if she lived. Purple eyes slid closed, fighting off the increase in the weak feeling surrounding her right then. Surely it wasn't over… Something pushed against the wound… It didn't hurt much; but her eyes shot open just the same. He was wrapping a few bands of cloth around her abdomen, and putting pressure on the wound with his hand. Her own hand was as well… Though she hadn't even realized it. Are you among the living child? (1) Chena was faintly aware of Hiei muttering something along the lines of 'baka ningen', but at that point she REALLY didn't care.
"Where do you live?" Huh… Live? What was live? Stupid girl! Answer him for both our sakes'! "That way… You've been there before damn it…" She growled, her head still floating. Wait… Hold it… Was he taking her home? How… Dude was barely bigger then she was! This brought her around somewhat and her eyes flickered closed then opened. "What…" He ignored her and 'carefully' (I use that loosely.) helped her to her feet. She managed it with a hand still pressed to the wound and her mind throbbing from the pain. Why did pain really have to go to your brain? Couldn't it like stay at the wound or something and get your attention another way? Good. You're back to your stupid musings. Now try to walk a bit better. Walk? Chena inhaled, then just as quickly everything went dark…
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Everything was dark. Not like the lights were out, more like she wasn't able to sense them or tell they were there. Someone was there though. Someone was just on the edge of her senses, talking. "If she doesn't come… Then what?" "Force her! I want the other half now!" Other half? Doesn't come where? Force her… "I need it where she can't resist. The Ying can drive out the Yang and the Yang can do the same. But I need that power… Blast that witch… How did she hold onto that power for so long?" Power? What power was this person hiding?
A glowing red color came into view. Then a laugh… "I'll have her before this is over! No human child is keeping it from me! Get her here now! AS for the family, none of them have the power anymore… Kill them!" "Yes, but she can't fight you if she's dead. You need the body, I'll deal with the rest of her."
"She won't wake up…" Wake up. It was something she had to do. Wake up! Wake. Up! "Where is she?" "Chena is dead! I told you! She was shot and killed! She's dead!" "Then where's the body?!" "I don't know! Get away from here!" "Tell me where she is!!!" Loud sounds… Bangs… Thuds… A scream… It all replayed suddenly… Child, wake up! Chena wake up! "Where is she?!" Another blood chilling scream…
"STOP IT!!!!" Chena bolted up her eyes open and pain jolting through every inch of her… But… The room… It was hers. The stairs leading out of the basement, the cranberry colored walls. The dark furniture… Her skateboard was propped up against the stairs. This was her REAL room in America… But someone was there beside her… "Chena, be still. Be a good girl." A hand reached to her throat and held there, her voice was silent as she tried to breathe… Chena! Wake up now! A bright light hit everything, causing the teen to open her mouth and push away at the tall figure… She screamed…
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"Chena!" Purple eyes shot open, her pupils, mere pinpricks from fear and adrenaline. But as she tried to sit up something held her shoulder down, in a blind panic she pushed away from the person, her left side, it suddenly became her only escape… Her mind rushed over everything, trying to make sense of it all… "Baka onna be still!" That yell… Her mind froze, her body following as her eyes locked onto red orbs… She was fine. In her apartment… She was safe… Her breathing slowly calmed as her body relaxed… Seconds passed… Hiei was still and glaring, but his hand had finally relaxed on her right shoulder.
"Where… I'm sorry… I thought I…" He cut her off. "It was a nightmare, stupid ningen." He glared, moving away.
Chena just swallowed, her throat tight and dry… "Ugh, I gotta get…" "You're not moving." He was sitting in the floor now, Indian style and his… Katana out? Yep he was looking along the edge of it seemingly out of place in her practically bare room… But there was one thing she didn't like, people pushing her around. He might be doing it for her-own good but blast it! "I can get up, ya' know." He raised his eyes, meeting her own, both pairs of orbs were glaring at each other.
She was stubborn he'd cut her that much slack. But even the oaf knew when to be still. His first comparison of her and Yusuke had been right she was as bad as him. He cursed.
Chena snorted, and sat up a bit straighter to get up…
Botan froze at the door, not wanting to open it… "Damn it! I said let me up!" "You'll hurt yourself." Hiei responded matter-of-factly as usual… Botan set the glass gently on the floor and reached into her pocket on her jeans… "Well I'm hurting sitting here, and I'll hurt when I'm up, same difference!" Chena glared, moving smoothly out from under the comforter… Then heard a click… "Hiei… Tell me that blue haired fairy is NOT here…" Hiei snorted. "Why?"
The teen sighed, placed her left hand to her side and sat in the bed. Then calmly she took her right hand, and held it out palm open and flat. "Botan, give it here." Hiei blinked, completely oblivious as to what she was doing. Though, he looked at the door just the same. It opened, and Botan smiled nervously. "Chena, I brought you some water…" "And a tape I hope." "Tape? You broke it… I don't have another one." "Then hand me the recorder." THAT got Hiei's attention and he watched both of them with a rather calm and bored look about him… Botan looked ready to die…
"Oh all right! I'm just…" "Trying to help. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight." Chena closed her hand around the tape and like before used her hands to crush it… "Thanks for the water. Now, I'll be really nice and not tell him what you're up to if you'll stop, deal?" Botan quivered, but nodded and slunk out of the room. Chena rolled her eyes and tossed the pieces of the tape to the floor… Hiei just watched her. Something seemed to settle itself in his chest. Not really anything like pain… But it wasn't anything that felt good either. Like a small ache… He just shook his head, and leaned against the wall, closing his eyes for a few moments.
Chena remained still and silent. Purple eyes just stared at him blankly. He looked a lot calmer when he was dozing like that. Try as he did his face WAS child-like… Drop the katana and you would have a ten-year-old look-a-like. He even had the little nose… The teen felt her face heat up and moved her eyes to the floor… She was being stupid…
"No... He's a demon right? There's a couple for breaking laws of the universe." Shizuru only chuckled, exhaling smoke. "Kid, if there's one thing this bunch has showed, it's that the 'laws of the universe' were made for normal people. And it's safe to say no one's normal here. We're all weird." Chena shook her head, a smile claiming her mouth. "I don't know... I do like him I guess... Just…"
"I just don't think…" Chena finished as the flash back ended in her head. "I just don't think he'd…" Her eyes rose and met the still dozing face. "I just don't think he'd feel the same… About me."
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Oh god… Sappy… Major sappy… That was a bad attempt… But it fit… No it didn't! Yes it did! NO IT DIDN'T!!
As you can see, I'm at war with myself weather that fit or not…Weather didn't fit there… Wrong word… Oh well it sounds right if you say it! Anywho, (I use that a lot…) sorry it took so long! You can thank that sappy moment for that. I just couldn't post it… I just couldn't do it! I'm not good at romance but… But I couldn't help myself! Ugh the cruelty of it all!!!
But I'm going on a trip to Six Flags (An American amusement park) and it'll be a while (Like four days or so) before I can update. So read this, wait and review!!!
See ya soon!!! Ja ne!~
Oh, the translation for "Are you among the living, child?" That is an older form of asking, are you awake? It was believed that people went among spirits when they pased out. So they asked if they were in the right world again. Kinda different from what I'm used to… You 'wake? Is what I usually get from people…