Tomoko-chan: Hi there! I am writing this only a few hours after I posted my
first chapter, but I don't wanna play hard to get! I just wanna write! Keep
in mind, I'm only doing this because I want to have fun, improve my writing
skills, and to entertain all of you Jin fans out there.
Kurama: But you make me sound like I'm gay!
Tomoko-chan: Too bad, I think it's cool you're gay.
Kurama: You mean I am?!?! Ungh!
Tomoko-chan: Consider it a compliment. At least you don't have to deal with
any girl crap.
Kurama: True, ne.
All right, here we go again!!
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Chapter Two
"I can't believe you!"
"Oh, Nani."
"I'm serious! I can't believe you could do this to me! You know that I have work in my classroom to do, and I only have a few days to do it, and you're taking me to some bar?!"
"Nani, listen," Hana grasped her compulsive friend by the shoulders. "You've been working hard for six weeks straight, you won't go any where except to the library, and it's not even your classroom. You're a teacher's assistant. I mean, you could become a teacher, but for now you just aren't." Nani looked down upon the ground, her black, silky hair falling to her ocean-blue eyes. Hana brushed the strands of hair away. "Nani, you are a beautiful girl. I've known you since the fourth grade, and yet you seem to have no flaws." Hana paused, then smiled. "Except.?"
Nani sighed; they had gone over this a thousand times. "I need to get out more."
"Very good! Now what are we going to do?"
"Go to some cheap bar, drink cheap wine, and be hit on?" Nani suggested what had happened to her the last few times she had gone out.
"Noooooooo." Hana stood tall with a sparkle in her amber eyes. Nani had always envied her eyes. "We are going to dance, sing karaoke, and get you a boyfriend!"
"If you say so." Nani sighed again.
*****
"Oye."
"Oye what?"
"Nothing. Just oye."
Yusuke and Jin sat at the bar, drinking humbly. At least Yusuke was; Jin was swallowing shot after shot of Irish whiskey. Yusuke smirked to himself, finding it quite ironic that Jin would choose the drink that would match his accent perfectly, probably without even realizing it.
"Oye," In repeated after a particularly hard shot.
"Why don't you go dance with Keiko, or something? You've been sitting here all night."
"Keiko's your girl, mate."
"Hey, we haven't really,"
"Right." Jin muttered, unconvinced. "If you're not with Keiko now, you really need to find yourself a girl. This is your prime. If you don't get one now, who knows when you'll-"
"You're going off the subject and leading me into some therapy trap." Yusuke revealed his smile. "Go on. Have fun; it's what you're here for. You're not going to stay here forever, you know."
"Right." Jin agreed almost hesitantly. Yusuke was almost always right. He was right about the match, the spirit wave, about him having to find a girl himself before he became senile.
What the hell, Jin thought. I'm only two thousand one hundred years old! Jesus, Yurameshi IS right! I need to get out there! Have some fun! Find some desperates! URR-AH!
"Alright, Yurameshi." Jin stood from the old, worn out barstool. "I'll go. Oye," He turned in his tracks to wink at him. "If I'm gone after one, don't bother waiting." Yusuke grinned.
"You horney bastard."
"That's right!" Jin laughed as he entered the wave of people.
*****
"Nani."
"No, Hana!"
"Nani!"
"No, Hana!"
"NANI!!"
"No! No, no, no, no, no!!"
"Ungh! I give up! You're as stubborn as a mule, or worse!" Hana dropped Nani's feet. "I'm not doing anymore dragging! If you don't go in there, I'm gonna pound you!" Hana cracked her knuckles.
A sweat broke on Nani's forehead. She was quite aware on how easily her frail body could be broken. "Hana, you wouldn't. Would you?" Hana was almost sheer muscle; it had been that way since they had first met. Nani was the brains, Hana was the brawn. When it worked that way, the girls could get into and out of trouble hundreds of times a day. Hana broke Nani's arm once, but it was sheer accident, so they forgave each other.
"I've broken your arm once, Nani. Please don't make me do it again." It was obvious that Hana was nervous, but Nani had no doubt in her mind that Hana would break her arm.
"Alright! All right! You don't need to get so violent."
"Sometimes violence is the only way for you, Nani." Hana smiled. They entered the club
*****
"Watch where you're going, jack ass!"
"Up yours, crap-head!"
I guess that's one part of the human world you just can't help but like. Always a million people willing to swear at you, but none willing to fight. Jin laughed to himself. Everyone seemed to be having a good time. Yusuke and Keiko were dancing, laughing, and talking at the same time. Kuwabara and Yukina were dancing as well. Botan, Kurama, and Hiei were up on stage singing "Usagi" and looking quite stupid as they messed up all of the lines, but were smiling and laughing none the less. I suppose, he pondered, I 'd better go find something to do. I look like an idiot just standing here. Making his way through the mob of people, Jin tried to stay mobile and still be able to breathe.
Finally, panting from the difficulty it took just to cross the room, Jin managed to get a one-foot perimeter of personal space. He looked across from him, and saw an auburn haired girl with amber eyes and beautiful facial features. Her body was strongly built, and her smile glowed.
"Just like the girls in the old country," Jin mumbled mockingly to himself. Indeed, back at home he had often gone for girls with strong bodies, in fear he might 'break' them if they were too weak. He made his way over to the table when-
"Oh my God!"
"Shit!"
The last thing he saw before the wave of pain was a forehead heading straight for his nose. He heard a small pop and a feeling of numbness in his entire face. A small voice cried to him.
"Crap, Are you okay? Oh, god, I'm so sorry! I wasn't looking where I was going and,"
"No, no, it's fine. Just fine." Jin rubbed the back of his head, and checked his palm for blood. He heard a soft sound, like a coo of a bird, and looked up at the girl. He almost gasped at her huge azure eyes, and was afraid to tough her, as she looked like she would shatter into a thousand pieces. "What's wrong?"
"You're nose! I think it's broken; you're bleeding!"
Jin ran his fingers over his nostrils, and sure enough, a thick layer of scarlet blood coated them. "Oh, wow. I didn't even feel it." Jin was hardly surprised; he had broken or injured his nose on numerous occasions and pain was like a second happy to him by now. The only pain he had felt was the one from falling and hitting his head.
"Here, use this." The black haired girl retrieved a bit of cloth from her pocket and held it to his nose. "I didn't notice it at first, because your hair is so red. I thought you just had a beard." Her blue eyes scanned his face. "Your hair looks just like blood."
"Really? Is that a compliment?" Jin gave a smile, muffled by the handkerchief. She giggled.
"I suppose so. You remind me of a movie I saw in America!"
"Is that so? Which one?" Jin had just recently discovered movies.
"Shrek! You remind me of Shrek!"
"How so?"
"Your accent. It sounds Irish. Are you Irish?"
"Um, yea!" Jin didn't really know what she meant, but Yusuke had told him that whenever he was asked where he came from, say Ireland. Irish sounded close enough.
"I studied there once!"
"Studied what?"
"Child development." She helped him to his feet and took the cloth from his face. "There. You stopped bleeding." She wiped away the dried blood and put the hanky in her pocket. She extended her hand and said, "Hi, my name is Nani."
Jin looked at her hand for a moment, puzzled, then shook it. "Oh, yea. I'm Jin."
"Jin?" Nani raised an eyebrow. "That doesn't sound Irish."
"Oh, yea, um, my father wasn't native." Jin remembered Raizen and chuckled. "So, you here alone?"
"No," Nani looked down shyly. "My friend Hana dragged me here." She nodded to Hana, laughing in the corner.
"I see," Jin muttered, actually straining to see her." Are you having fun?"
"Not really. You?"
"Like wise."
An awkward silence stretched between them, until Nani sighed quietly. "You want to go to my place, don't you?"
"I'll be brutally honest and say yes."
*****
"Where's Jin?"
"I dunno." Kuwabara checked his watch. "It's about one thirty. Where could he be?"
"He said to.leave without him." Yusuke mumbled incoherently. He was sleeping soundly while Keiko and Hiei were carrying him to the parking lot.
"Really? I'm not sure if we should." Botan looked down, as if she were looking for him there.
"No. Yusuke never lies, especially in his sleep." Keiko smiled. "I just hope she'll be okay."
"Who, Keiko?" Kuwabara asked.
Keiko looked at Yusuke, peacefully snoring. "No one, I guess."
***** Tomoko-chan: Hullo! I've said it once and I'll say it again, I love comments so please respond. The computer may be down for a while, so be patient! Fan art would be appreciated too, you know! Ja ne, everyone!
All right, here we go again!!
*****
Chapter Two
"I can't believe you!"
"Oh, Nani."
"I'm serious! I can't believe you could do this to me! You know that I have work in my classroom to do, and I only have a few days to do it, and you're taking me to some bar?!"
"Nani, listen," Hana grasped her compulsive friend by the shoulders. "You've been working hard for six weeks straight, you won't go any where except to the library, and it's not even your classroom. You're a teacher's assistant. I mean, you could become a teacher, but for now you just aren't." Nani looked down upon the ground, her black, silky hair falling to her ocean-blue eyes. Hana brushed the strands of hair away. "Nani, you are a beautiful girl. I've known you since the fourth grade, and yet you seem to have no flaws." Hana paused, then smiled. "Except.?"
Nani sighed; they had gone over this a thousand times. "I need to get out more."
"Very good! Now what are we going to do?"
"Go to some cheap bar, drink cheap wine, and be hit on?" Nani suggested what had happened to her the last few times she had gone out.
"Noooooooo." Hana stood tall with a sparkle in her amber eyes. Nani had always envied her eyes. "We are going to dance, sing karaoke, and get you a boyfriend!"
"If you say so." Nani sighed again.
*****
"Oye."
"Oye what?"
"Nothing. Just oye."
Yusuke and Jin sat at the bar, drinking humbly. At least Yusuke was; Jin was swallowing shot after shot of Irish whiskey. Yusuke smirked to himself, finding it quite ironic that Jin would choose the drink that would match his accent perfectly, probably without even realizing it.
"Oye," In repeated after a particularly hard shot.
"Why don't you go dance with Keiko, or something? You've been sitting here all night."
"Keiko's your girl, mate."
"Hey, we haven't really,"
"Right." Jin muttered, unconvinced. "If you're not with Keiko now, you really need to find yourself a girl. This is your prime. If you don't get one now, who knows when you'll-"
"You're going off the subject and leading me into some therapy trap." Yusuke revealed his smile. "Go on. Have fun; it's what you're here for. You're not going to stay here forever, you know."
"Right." Jin agreed almost hesitantly. Yusuke was almost always right. He was right about the match, the spirit wave, about him having to find a girl himself before he became senile.
What the hell, Jin thought. I'm only two thousand one hundred years old! Jesus, Yurameshi IS right! I need to get out there! Have some fun! Find some desperates! URR-AH!
"Alright, Yurameshi." Jin stood from the old, worn out barstool. "I'll go. Oye," He turned in his tracks to wink at him. "If I'm gone after one, don't bother waiting." Yusuke grinned.
"You horney bastard."
"That's right!" Jin laughed as he entered the wave of people.
*****
"Nani."
"No, Hana!"
"Nani!"
"No, Hana!"
"NANI!!"
"No! No, no, no, no, no!!"
"Ungh! I give up! You're as stubborn as a mule, or worse!" Hana dropped Nani's feet. "I'm not doing anymore dragging! If you don't go in there, I'm gonna pound you!" Hana cracked her knuckles.
A sweat broke on Nani's forehead. She was quite aware on how easily her frail body could be broken. "Hana, you wouldn't. Would you?" Hana was almost sheer muscle; it had been that way since they had first met. Nani was the brains, Hana was the brawn. When it worked that way, the girls could get into and out of trouble hundreds of times a day. Hana broke Nani's arm once, but it was sheer accident, so they forgave each other.
"I've broken your arm once, Nani. Please don't make me do it again." It was obvious that Hana was nervous, but Nani had no doubt in her mind that Hana would break her arm.
"Alright! All right! You don't need to get so violent."
"Sometimes violence is the only way for you, Nani." Hana smiled. They entered the club
*****
"Watch where you're going, jack ass!"
"Up yours, crap-head!"
I guess that's one part of the human world you just can't help but like. Always a million people willing to swear at you, but none willing to fight. Jin laughed to himself. Everyone seemed to be having a good time. Yusuke and Keiko were dancing, laughing, and talking at the same time. Kuwabara and Yukina were dancing as well. Botan, Kurama, and Hiei were up on stage singing "Usagi" and looking quite stupid as they messed up all of the lines, but were smiling and laughing none the less. I suppose, he pondered, I 'd better go find something to do. I look like an idiot just standing here. Making his way through the mob of people, Jin tried to stay mobile and still be able to breathe.
Finally, panting from the difficulty it took just to cross the room, Jin managed to get a one-foot perimeter of personal space. He looked across from him, and saw an auburn haired girl with amber eyes and beautiful facial features. Her body was strongly built, and her smile glowed.
"Just like the girls in the old country," Jin mumbled mockingly to himself. Indeed, back at home he had often gone for girls with strong bodies, in fear he might 'break' them if they were too weak. He made his way over to the table when-
"Oh my God!"
"Shit!"
The last thing he saw before the wave of pain was a forehead heading straight for his nose. He heard a small pop and a feeling of numbness in his entire face. A small voice cried to him.
"Crap, Are you okay? Oh, god, I'm so sorry! I wasn't looking where I was going and,"
"No, no, it's fine. Just fine." Jin rubbed the back of his head, and checked his palm for blood. He heard a soft sound, like a coo of a bird, and looked up at the girl. He almost gasped at her huge azure eyes, and was afraid to tough her, as she looked like she would shatter into a thousand pieces. "What's wrong?"
"You're nose! I think it's broken; you're bleeding!"
Jin ran his fingers over his nostrils, and sure enough, a thick layer of scarlet blood coated them. "Oh, wow. I didn't even feel it." Jin was hardly surprised; he had broken or injured his nose on numerous occasions and pain was like a second happy to him by now. The only pain he had felt was the one from falling and hitting his head.
"Here, use this." The black haired girl retrieved a bit of cloth from her pocket and held it to his nose. "I didn't notice it at first, because your hair is so red. I thought you just had a beard." Her blue eyes scanned his face. "Your hair looks just like blood."
"Really? Is that a compliment?" Jin gave a smile, muffled by the handkerchief. She giggled.
"I suppose so. You remind me of a movie I saw in America!"
"Is that so? Which one?" Jin had just recently discovered movies.
"Shrek! You remind me of Shrek!"
"How so?"
"Your accent. It sounds Irish. Are you Irish?"
"Um, yea!" Jin didn't really know what she meant, but Yusuke had told him that whenever he was asked where he came from, say Ireland. Irish sounded close enough.
"I studied there once!"
"Studied what?"
"Child development." She helped him to his feet and took the cloth from his face. "There. You stopped bleeding." She wiped away the dried blood and put the hanky in her pocket. She extended her hand and said, "Hi, my name is Nani."
Jin looked at her hand for a moment, puzzled, then shook it. "Oh, yea. I'm Jin."
"Jin?" Nani raised an eyebrow. "That doesn't sound Irish."
"Oh, yea, um, my father wasn't native." Jin remembered Raizen and chuckled. "So, you here alone?"
"No," Nani looked down shyly. "My friend Hana dragged me here." She nodded to Hana, laughing in the corner.
"I see," Jin muttered, actually straining to see her." Are you having fun?"
"Not really. You?"
"Like wise."
An awkward silence stretched between them, until Nani sighed quietly. "You want to go to my place, don't you?"
"I'll be brutally honest and say yes."
*****
"Where's Jin?"
"I dunno." Kuwabara checked his watch. "It's about one thirty. Where could he be?"
"He said to.leave without him." Yusuke mumbled incoherently. He was sleeping soundly while Keiko and Hiei were carrying him to the parking lot.
"Really? I'm not sure if we should." Botan looked down, as if she were looking for him there.
"No. Yusuke never lies, especially in his sleep." Keiko smiled. "I just hope she'll be okay."
"Who, Keiko?" Kuwabara asked.
Keiko looked at Yusuke, peacefully snoring. "No one, I guess."
***** Tomoko-chan: Hullo! I've said it once and I'll say it again, I love comments so please respond. The computer may be down for a while, so be patient! Fan art would be appreciated too, you know! Ja ne, everyone!