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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
Tsuku= Soo/Koo Togasha= tO/Gosh/ah
(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 if 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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Chapter18:Somewhere in between
Why this? How did it come to this?
She knew the answer to that… She had to know the answer. She stood in his view, defiant was plain in her dark colored orbs… The purple flickered and shone with an angry red undertone…
/Crawling in my skin
(These, wounds they will not heal)
I got to admit I'm confident.
Conserving, confusing
Crawling in my skin
With out a sent, I'm convinced
It's just too much pressure/
Pain shot across her side… It had since this had started. She had been foolish. She had fought those guys… That voice had been right. There had to have been another way. "Figures…" Her voice was strained, not like his. His voice was loud, threatening, and even now he spoke. Yet, she was blocking it out, ignoring him. Yeah, that was it… //Give him the silent treatment…//
/Crawling in my skin
Confusing all that's real
These wounds, they will not heal
It's just to much pressure to think Something that pulls beneath the surface/She had won, barely. Even she knew that. He must've shown up shortly afterward. She was still below her apartment… The setting sun, clouds on the horizon. Kurai Akari was behind him… Her host stripped of everything. The short hair, ears, tail, and eyes showed that… The demon had been replaced completely… //Something worse now…//
"Chena, you should be listening… We've come to make sure you die."
"Go ahead. I'm not scared… Over grown hair balls and circus clowns don't, scare me…" It was faint, but at the moment, that was all Chena had. Blood, pain, and drifting. That was all she knew right now… Well, aside from being pissed at those two… "You must've known where to send those four thugs… They didn't know where I lived… Probably lures… Right?"
/ Crawling in my skinThese wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing…
Confusing all that's real…/
Gray eyes narrowed as the male demon smirked. He calmly crossed his arms, his armor silent. "Very good… I'm surprised you recovered… No doubt that spirit witch healed you a bit… A waist of power." Kurai nodded, chuckling. "You see Chena, he plans on taking over. And, I don't need to get resealed again, now do I? You can do that, so naturally…"
Chena allowed an arrogant flicker of pride to wash into her eyes and face. "Let me guess, I don't say hocus pocus and you vanish right? Or, is it a wave of a wand?" Both demons arched an eyebrow as Chena laughed a little. "Or better yet, you got a remote?"
/Something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
Consuming, confusing
This lack of self-control I fear is never ending
Controlling, I can't seem
To find myself again
My walls are closing in
With all this sense and confidence
I'm convinced there's just too much pressure/
"Little fool." Kurai spoke calmly, her tail thrashing along her red happi coat. Chena was willing to bet that was all she was wearing…
//One last go… Come on Chena, time to get ready…//
Call for… Help…
It was weak… Chena halted her mind from asking why… //Hang tight… But I'm alone now… I can't ask for help for everything… I'm sorry.//
You'll be… Killed…
//It's part of it I guess… Thanks for the help. //
/I felt this way before,
So insecure
Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal.
Fear is how I fall.
Confusing what is real./
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Please… Help her…
Red orbs snapped open, the owner fully intent on finding the source for the voice… Nothing… Correction, no one was around him… The same tree (bet we know who this is…) branch, and more importantly, the same world.
Please… She'll die…
//Who the hell are you?// It was curt, short, and simple. The 'voice' meant telepathy… That meant a demon.
Chena… She doesn't know what she's doing…
Instantly he was all-ears. Yet, no outward or inward appearance changed. More like, something in him shifted… He had to listen and find out what was wrong… It went against anything he would normally do… Why? //What's happened?//
She can't beat him… She won't stand a chance… She's injured…
//What do you mean?// A flurry of faint feelings came to light… Pushing it aside he remained stone-faced and waited… Tension was everywhere… Something was wrong…
Chena… K… K…
Silence… Nothing followed… Hiei inhaled slowly, waiting… His eyes remained wide, and alert. His other senses were on edge and waiting as well…
It came like a gunshot. A large amount of energy seemed to burst into existence somewhere to the north. Whatever voice he had been talking to relayed the feelings that were flooding into the person's mind… Fear. Panic was still being held off… But fear turned his blood into ice. It wasn't his fear, but someone knew something was going to happen… "Tell me what's going on." Despite everything, a forced tone of calm existed.
My daughter! Chena won't live! Please…
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A heart beat… Chena opened her eyes, the world literally spinning crazily. That thudding… Her pulse? No… //Hey… You there? // Silence… That ever-present voice wasn't there… //Come on…//
"What's wrong Chena? Something happen?" Kurai flickered into sight, standing a good ten feet away from the still form… Chena groaned, but got up. "Nothin' wrong here… What about you?" "Now, no need to worry." "Who's worried?" Chena shot back, eyes glowing.
"Oh, ornery aren't we." He laughed… Chena bit back the mounting anger, frustration, and hopelessness. It seemed to form something inside of her… Something that wanted her to act… Hard, fast, and worthwhile. //Just gotta try…//
/Discomfort endlessly has pulled itself upon me
Distracting, reacting
Against my will I stand beside my own reflection
It's haunting,
How I can't seem
To find myself again/
"Why do you want to know?"
"I was just… Thinking about something…"
Chena's voice echoed… Her voice seemed to be recalled easily, something that troubled Hiei. He was going to kill the demon he sensed, this had nothing to do with her…
Yes it did.
A harsh growl sounded as he stopped on a rooftop, looking around… He was anxious. Why?
My walls are closing in
All the sense and confidence I'm convinced there's just too much pressure to take
I've felt this way before
So insecure/
Chena head pounded as a solid blow to her middle forced her air out… With a determined growl she clutched her side and middle, but both eyes stayed open and wrathful. Both eyes were going to tell them how much she loathed them… How much they had screwed up in her life…
Kurai hovered in front of Chena, barely a hairs-breath from her… Both girls looked unsettled, and Kurai sported a few bruises… Chena wasn't going down easily… Kurai had guessed that, her mind had raced for several moments over what to do. "Chena, be a good girl and die, please? It'll make it all the more easy on your self… You know that don't you?."
/Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
Discomfort endlessly has pulled itself upon me…./
"Why… Why did you save me?"
"I guess someone heard me…"
The energy he was sensing was rising and falling, as if the owner couldn't decide what to do. It was hard to locate it… The Jagan would pick up all the different levels of energy… He'd be back to square one again… "Kuso…"
/I've felt this way before
So insecure/
Chena took her chance. In a precise move and even more precise timing she stepped forward, and slammed her head into Kurai's. Stars rocketed into light, but she wasn't through. Her right, blood covered fist tightened, and connected solidly with a dazed demon's jaw…
Kurais let out a gasp a mingled surprise and pain, and flew backwards into a wall… Chena crumbled, her legs buckling underneath her… Her eyes shut suddenly, pain allowing the reaction to happen…
Silence drifted through the heavy, dim air and light. The last few rays of sunlight filtered through the buildings, one landing on Chena's face…
/I can't seem
To find myself again
/Distracting, reacting)
I can't seem to find myself again
My walls are closing in/
Someone was looking for her… Chena's eyes opened slightly, the light blinded her… But not to that urge… She had to catch the person's attention… He was having a hard time finding her. –Who… Who's there?-
/I felt this way before
So insecure/
There it was… She was still alive. Hiei let out a small sigh, unknowingly it seemed. But he closed himself off, focusing on that link. It should help him find them… Barrier or no barrier. –Chena, Where are you?-
/With all this sense and confidence I'm confident
There's just to much pressure to take./
-My apartment... It's right above me… Kurai's knocked out… But that…-
Silence. He felt something pull, like she was giving him one last sign about where she was… It was close by… -Chena, stay awake!-
/Against my will
I'm standing beside
My own reflection.
It's haunting, and it's soothing./
"Go ahead, die. Kurai will recover as soon as she has your body. It will save us trouble if nothing is in it." That blasted voice… Those words meant little to her right now. Except it meant she was giving up. //Hiei said... To hold on…// There it was. All the reason in the world to get up and kill that over grown toad. //Circus freak… Carni… Med Evil maniac… I'll show you…//
Her eyes locked on the sky, clouds. The ground was next, blood. Last, came herself. Her shirt was blood-soaked and her pants were cut in several places, bloody, and not looking that great… //Thread-bare… New clothes after this…//
/Crawling in my skin
These wounds they not heal
Confusing what is real!!
Fear is how I fall!
Confusing…
Confusing what is real!/
"Oh, up again are we?"
"Yeah, got something to say?"
"Amuse me, about what?"
"Going to hell."
"Why would I?"
Chena smirked, her eyes faintly glowing again. She stood up as straight as possible, her hands made into fists by her sides. "Better pack your bags. You're leaving REALLY quick. And it's a one way ticket, if you catch my drift."
"Oh, cocky now?"
Chena's mind cut itself off from her body for a moment, thinking… //He didn't here the telepathy… He must've not been paying attention…// "Yo, circus freak, I hope you bust a brain cell… Then I won't have to warry about beating you… That takes brains, you know?"
Gray eyes clouded with a faint mixture of confusion and anger… But he settled on a smirk, though it faltered slightly. "Little girl, you are digging your grave." "Who says?" "I do." "Well, that doesn't say much for you now does it?" "What are you blabbering about?"
/Some thing, is pulling beneath the surface!
Crawling in my skin!
Fear is how I fall!
I can't seem to find myself again!/
//Keep him busy Chena…// Chena told herself, well aware she should be dead. "It's like I said before… Ying or Yang. Light or Dark. Good or Evil. Or…." Her voice stopped, her eyes locked onto the rooftop behind the demon, a dark shape stood out against the white building… In the blood-red light, Chena could have sworn it was glowing. But before the wandering glance was noticed, her eyes landed on the gray orbs again. "Or, somewhere in between."
"What do you mean?!" It was Kurai… She was standing, blood coming from her mouth, nose, and a few cuts… But Chena didn't change her posture, her tone, or her eyes… She just stared at both of them calmly, as if everything didn't matter except to explain…
"I heard that bull you fed them, about balancing out a person's soul… It wasn't all just a lie, was it?" Chena resisted the increasing need to hold her side. Instead, after a confused look from Kurai she continued. "You can balance things… Or you could… Until you got separated… Your body, the Ying, went on with life, happy… While you, the Yang, the mind, suffered. I'm the Ying, you're the Yang… I figured that out…" The teen's body suddenly tilted… And it finally registered why… Kurai had thrown her to the ground… Fire burned in the demon's eyes… An angry, loathing, and painful fire…. Finally, Chena knew why she was still alive…. She had been taking Kurai's energy…. The Ying, was feeding from the Yang…
The teen started to get up, but stopped mid way as Kurai appeared over her…. That same hatred present…
"Liar! You filthy human scum! You're just some blasted kid who happened to get me from your grand-mother! You have no clue about what happened…."
"Does she?"
Kurai froze, her head jerking to her left…. Chena's eyes landed on an all too familiar face… the white bandana was gone… And in it's place was a glowing, no… Pulsing blue eye…. Chena wasn't frightened, she remained there…
/Against my will I stand beside my own reflection.
It's haunting, it's soothing.
My walls are closing in…/
Kurai's face held a mixture of horror, pain, grief, and shock… But with a swallow, she turned her head from Chena to the gray-eyed demon… Then, with a wavering look, she looked back at Chena. Purple eyes med a deep red…. Hiei was stock still, his right hand on his katana and literally shaking… That entered into Chena's thoughts as she looked at Kurai… //Why is he…//
A spark... It formed in the center of the Kurai Akari Hoseki, and glowed…. Tsuku's face jerked, then the whole body fell to the ground, tense and dead… The gem was dead.
/Crawling in my skin
(These, wounds they will not heal)
I got to admit I'm confident.
Conserving, confusing
Crawling in my skin
With out a sent, I'm convinced
It's just too much pressure to take/
Hiei seemed to look away from the still form like it was a stone, or debris… His eyes landed on gray-eyes… And neither looked 'happy'… What came next, was both quick, and practically unseen… Chena realized that a flash meant a sword was drawn, another meant energy had been used… A black blur closed in on the larger form… Closer… Closer… Closer…. Another succession of flashes…
Her mind reeled, her body still frozen mid-move… Then with a shudder similar to that of Kurai's or Tsuku's, she fell back… Dull thudding was the last thing to great her…
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"Chena, sweetie, wake-up." That voice was so familiar… Purple eyes slowly opened. Her mother was standing there, a hand on hers'. "Mom?"
"Yes, I'm here… You had me so worried…" Panic flooded into the teen's veins as everything erupted into realization… "Hiei! Where is he? Is he okay?" She stood, getting up and looking around the room… The stairs… Her skateboard…
"Who? Christinia, I found you out front… You were asleep in the tree again… You always go out there after we have a fight." The tree? She had been in the tree? Was all that…. No… "How? I thought… I was shot… Mom we were dead…"
Her mother smiled softly, "You must have had a nightmare… Now lay down, you have school tomorrow." The woman reached out, trying to brush a few stray bangs out of Chena's face… But Chena pulled back… "That's not true… Hiei… He saved me… You have to tell me, where is he? What happened? Did he win?" No response… Just more mutterings about school, going to sleep, and rest…
"NO! Mom listen to me!" Chena shouted, her anger mounting… "Listen… He has black hair, red eyes, he's about my height… Where is he?"
Her mother sighed… "Christinia, please may down… I won't be here in the morning… I have work… Just please listen to me…"
Despite herself, Chena crawled into bed, looking around quickly… Something was wrong… Her mother sat down on the edge of the bed, her long blonde hair straight and her usual sweats replaced with a smart suit… A skirted suit.... "Chena, I love you. I tried to stop fighting with you… But you're just as stubborn as your father… Did you know that?"
Nothing… "Chena, I love you so much… I won't be here in the morning… Just be good and take care of Kyumi… I'll help you later…"
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/This is my December
This is my time of the year.
This is my December
This is all so clear/
A soft drifting… It was the best feeling… Not a care in the world… She would wake up, and everything would be all right. All that mess about demons, the other worlds, and death… It was a nightmare… Everything is okay… Everything was and always would be okay… She was a normal girl, kicking down the sidewalk on her board. Everything was fine…
With a sigh, her eyes opened, her bed… No… This wasn't her room… She recognized it… It was a temple… It was Genkai's temple… Did that mean… Was everything okay? Was everything really all right? No… No this wasn't true…
Her purple eyes drifted over the room… And landed on a corner… Her lips pulled into a soft smile… He was okay… Black hair, black cloak, small child-like face, a bandana in place… //He's waiting to see if I'll wake up… //
Chena winced slightly, her head weighed a ton and her side rekindled it's fire –like pain… But she was bandaged and a white kimono covered her… It would probably help with her not moving… If she didn't move… "Blasted thing…"
/This is my December
This is my snow-covered home
This is my December
This is me alone./
She stood, her eyes on her legs as if willing them to work… They didn't.
In a rather short, but quick movement she found herself sprawled out on the floor, her side telling her the move had been quite stupid… A muffled groan escaped her, then ended abruptly as Hiei looked up, meeting her eyes…
Silence drifted between them… Chena didn't move, just sat there, as if frozen… But deep warmth radiated from her… a deep sense of security. Almost, as if she would never have to be afraid again… Hiei watched her, but un-like Chena, what was pulsing within him... He didn't know what it was… It was something he'd never really remembered… His face and eyes flickered with a faint trace of confusion... But peace…
/And I…
Just wish I didn't feel like there was something I missed
And I…
Take back all the things all the things I said to make you feel like this…/
Chena read that… He wasn't any more sure than she was… But with a small smile she closed her eyes and understood. It was okay. Everything was going to be okay…
/And I…
Just wish I didn't feel like there was something I missed
And I…
Take back all the things I said…/
Hiei watched her, not moving. Everything was… Warm… That barely described it but it seemed to fit it perfectly. Warmth and a small feeling of… Trust… He could trust her.
He looked her over, a small flicker of anger appearing as his eyes noted the bandage through the kimono… He had been enraged before… True fighting like that was foolhardy, but everything had seemed to crash down. Chena had been so still…
/And I'd give it all away
Just to have somewhere to go to
Give it all away
To have some one to come home to…/
Chena's eyes opened again, and she smiled… "Thank-you, Hiei." That was all she said. That was she needed to say. They both understood that…
/This is my December
These are my snow-covered trees
This is me pretending
This is all I need
And I…
Just wish I didn't feel like there was something I missed
And I…
Take back all those things I said to you…/
Hiei sighed, nodding. Then stopped, as if thinking about what to say next… But Chena spoke first, still smiling.
/And I'd give it all away
Just to have somewhere to go to.
Give it all away…
Just to have someone to come home to…
This is my December
This my time of the year
This is my December
This is all so clear! /
"I'm glad you came… And…"
/And I'd give it all away
To have someone to go to
Give it all away
To have someone to come home to/
(Insert faint click) Chena let her smile slack. "And, I think I have a tape recorder to get rid of." Her smile came back as she rolled her eyes, trying to stand. Hiei walked toward her, and helped her, careful not to touch her side or any of the bruises… Most of the injuries were healed, and she was going to be fine…
Chena blushed faintly, but relaxed and let him help her into a sitting position… "I'll get the recorder." Was there a trace of amusement there? The purple-eyed teen chuckled… //Yeah, everything's going to be fine.// Her eyes roamed to a window, the sunlight bright… "Kurai… I think you helped me more than you realized… And I did to… You're free… Not somewhere in-between… Thank-you to…"
/This is my December
This is my snow-covered home
This is My December
And everything is so clear/
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Thank-you! It's over! Go me I finished it! Anywho, thank-you everyone who reviewed, thank-you critics, editors, my muses and all that good stuff too. I don't plan on doing a sequel, but you never know. If I get a few good review I might just change my mind…
Songs in the chapter were from the Linkin Park cd 'reanimated' I did change a few things to set the 'mood'. But, should anyone have those cds, listen to them through the chapter again… Makes all the difference…
As for Chena, I threw in a few vague places to add to the ending. I like being able to guess how everything is instead of everything written all the time. So it replects in my writing when it needs to.
Thank-you again, sorry to be so quick but things to do, places to see, …
Quote: Life is to death, as joy is to sorrow. You must accept one to enjoy the other.
-Unknown
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