Disclaimer: I LOVE HIEI I LOVE HIEI I LOVE HIEI, but I do not own him or
anything else from Yu-Yu Hakusho.
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Chapter 6
Training
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Echo was again in shock. Ryan. Shaun. She had to get them back before Onimaho did something horrible to them. They are probably so scared she thought. No, they thought everything was a joke. They were probably ordering Onimaho around and giving him much more trouble than he expected.
"Come on stupid girl. Training starts tomorrow and if you are late, I won't be training you," said Hiei.
"How did Koenma finally convince you to actually train me?" asked Echo.
Hiei just looked at her like she was a fly that wouldn't go away.
"Fine then! Don't tell me! You really are as cold-hearted as you are on the show!" said Echo. That didn't keep her from having a crush on him though.
"Whatever," said Hiei, "Remember, tomorrow morning."
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"Go Koenma! It must have been hard to convince Hiei to train Echo," said Botan.
"Actually, it wasn't. He didn't put up much of an argument. I think he almost wanted to train her," said Koenma.
"Who wouldn't?" asked Yusuke, "She is pretty cool."
"You only think that because she is just as rude as you!"
"No, she just isn't afraid to laugh at you. She must know from that training video you sent her that you don't ever punish me when I make jokes about your shortness."
"Ok ok! I think that is enough arguing for now! I need to go show Echo to her room and give her some clothes to train in," said Botan.
************************************************************************ Echo followed Botan to a fairly large room with blue walls and purple furniture.
"This is so cute!" Echo exclaimed, picking up a stuffed Koenma doll that looked a lot cuter than the real Koenma.
"I thought you might like this room," said Botan. Then she showed Echo to the connected bathroom where she could wash up. She also showed her that there were some clothes in the closet that she could train in. Let's just say that the clothes weren't very special.
"Don't worry Echo. After you are done with your training we will go shopping in Tokyo for some nice stuff. You can get a whole bunch of one outfit like the rest of the team," laughed Botan.
Echo washed up, changed, and went to bed looking forward to the training.
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Echo woke up and jumped out of bed. She changed into training clothes and when she opened the door to the hallway, Hiei was waiting outside of it.
"Let's go," he said.
He took her to what looked like an old fighting arena that stopped being used as such.
"What now?" asked Echo.
"Now we train."
That wasn't the answer Echo was looking for, but she couldn't protest because Hiei had lunged at her and was about to hit her. She ducked to the side and then jumped up when he came at her again.
"Stop going easy on me!" she yelled.
"I must for now. If I didn't you would be too injured to train."
"Oh yeah? Well let's see if you are right!"
A blue fiery whip appeared in Echo's hand. She didn't really know how to use a whip, but she tried. Training went on like this for about a week.
"You have shown that you aren't just an average human. I think tomorrow I'll get Kurama to come out here and show you some techniques that will make it so you know how to use that whip instead of just pretending," said Hiei.
"You know that the only reason you are getting Kurama to come out here is that you need a break from me. I'm too much for you!" Echo joked.
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The next day Kurama was indeed there. He was definitely a nicer trainer than Hiei and explained things more other than just forcing things.
"You must have a lot of energy. How do you keep up with Hiei's training without getting tired? He makes you work pretty hard," said Kurama.
"I don't know," Echo said stupidly.
Kurama showed her how to use her whip correctly. His lessons went on for a couple more days until he was satisfied that her skills were professional. She learned pretty quickly thought Kurama.
When Echo went back to training with Hiei, he was surprised at how much her skills had improved. He had to stop going easy on her now. If he didn't she might hurt him.
There was a storm coming. The clouds were right overhead. It hadn't started raining yet, but lighting was striking all around. Hiei was coming at Echo with his sword drawn. Just then, Echo was struck with lighting. She had been learning to cope with pain so it didn't really bother her. She realized that she could use the lightning. She could manipulate lighting! She used her spirit energy and shot the lighting at Hiei. It was blue. Hiei dodged it just in time to avoid injury, but it made a small tear in the sleeve of his shirt.
"Wow," said Echo and Hiei at the same time.
"I think that it is time that you start making your own special techniques," said Hiei.
"Really? Cool!"
When Echo finished training she had some new techniques. Hiei thought they were pretty impressive since two of them were darkness techniques. (They really counted as one though, because she had to use Black Hole before she could use Darkness Sphere, but you will learn about that later.)
"Yes! Training is over! Now I get to go shopping!"
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Well now you know why I even said anything about Echo's cousins in chapter 3. See how things always have a reason.
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Chapter 6
Training
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Echo was again in shock. Ryan. Shaun. She had to get them back before Onimaho did something horrible to them. They are probably so scared she thought. No, they thought everything was a joke. They were probably ordering Onimaho around and giving him much more trouble than he expected.
"Come on stupid girl. Training starts tomorrow and if you are late, I won't be training you," said Hiei.
"How did Koenma finally convince you to actually train me?" asked Echo.
Hiei just looked at her like she was a fly that wouldn't go away.
"Fine then! Don't tell me! You really are as cold-hearted as you are on the show!" said Echo. That didn't keep her from having a crush on him though.
"Whatever," said Hiei, "Remember, tomorrow morning."
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"Go Koenma! It must have been hard to convince Hiei to train Echo," said Botan.
"Actually, it wasn't. He didn't put up much of an argument. I think he almost wanted to train her," said Koenma.
"Who wouldn't?" asked Yusuke, "She is pretty cool."
"You only think that because she is just as rude as you!"
"No, she just isn't afraid to laugh at you. She must know from that training video you sent her that you don't ever punish me when I make jokes about your shortness."
"Ok ok! I think that is enough arguing for now! I need to go show Echo to her room and give her some clothes to train in," said Botan.
************************************************************************ Echo followed Botan to a fairly large room with blue walls and purple furniture.
"This is so cute!" Echo exclaimed, picking up a stuffed Koenma doll that looked a lot cuter than the real Koenma.
"I thought you might like this room," said Botan. Then she showed Echo to the connected bathroom where she could wash up. She also showed her that there were some clothes in the closet that she could train in. Let's just say that the clothes weren't very special.
"Don't worry Echo. After you are done with your training we will go shopping in Tokyo for some nice stuff. You can get a whole bunch of one outfit like the rest of the team," laughed Botan.
Echo washed up, changed, and went to bed looking forward to the training.
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Echo woke up and jumped out of bed. She changed into training clothes and when she opened the door to the hallway, Hiei was waiting outside of it.
"Let's go," he said.
He took her to what looked like an old fighting arena that stopped being used as such.
"What now?" asked Echo.
"Now we train."
That wasn't the answer Echo was looking for, but she couldn't protest because Hiei had lunged at her and was about to hit her. She ducked to the side and then jumped up when he came at her again.
"Stop going easy on me!" she yelled.
"I must for now. If I didn't you would be too injured to train."
"Oh yeah? Well let's see if you are right!"
A blue fiery whip appeared in Echo's hand. She didn't really know how to use a whip, but she tried. Training went on like this for about a week.
"You have shown that you aren't just an average human. I think tomorrow I'll get Kurama to come out here and show you some techniques that will make it so you know how to use that whip instead of just pretending," said Hiei.
"You know that the only reason you are getting Kurama to come out here is that you need a break from me. I'm too much for you!" Echo joked.
***********************************************************************
The next day Kurama was indeed there. He was definitely a nicer trainer than Hiei and explained things more other than just forcing things.
"You must have a lot of energy. How do you keep up with Hiei's training without getting tired? He makes you work pretty hard," said Kurama.
"I don't know," Echo said stupidly.
Kurama showed her how to use her whip correctly. His lessons went on for a couple more days until he was satisfied that her skills were professional. She learned pretty quickly thought Kurama.
When Echo went back to training with Hiei, he was surprised at how much her skills had improved. He had to stop going easy on her now. If he didn't she might hurt him.
There was a storm coming. The clouds were right overhead. It hadn't started raining yet, but lighting was striking all around. Hiei was coming at Echo with his sword drawn. Just then, Echo was struck with lighting. She had been learning to cope with pain so it didn't really bother her. She realized that she could use the lightning. She could manipulate lighting! She used her spirit energy and shot the lighting at Hiei. It was blue. Hiei dodged it just in time to avoid injury, but it made a small tear in the sleeve of his shirt.
"Wow," said Echo and Hiei at the same time.
"I think that it is time that you start making your own special techniques," said Hiei.
"Really? Cool!"
When Echo finished training she had some new techniques. Hiei thought they were pretty impressive since two of them were darkness techniques. (They really counted as one though, because she had to use Black Hole before she could use Darkness Sphere, but you will learn about that later.)
"Yes! Training is over! Now I get to go shopping!"
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Well now you know why I even said anything about Echo's cousins in chapter 3. See how things always have a reason.
