Hey! V_V I didn't get very many reviews...
Kirae: You really have no reason to be sad. It's your first fic, and it's Kurama/OC. Considering the amount of reviews some of the other fics like this have, you were very lucky to get eight with only two chapters.
Me: *sniff* I guess...
Yaoi-Rules: Thanks! I needed to know.
Sichugirl: Bless you. You reviewed. ^_^; Eh heh heh... forget about the song.
CrazedAnimeFanGirl: Oh, thank you! You reviewed again! ^_^ Yeah, Jin and Touya are great!
And that's all of my reviews! All...
Kirae: *rolls eyes* Baka. Don't start that again.
Me: Okay. Without further ado, here's the fic.
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Angel's Wings
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"Yaaawwwnnn!"
It was the morning after Medra had crashed on Hanging Neck Island. She woke up and yawned loudly, refreshed after a good night's sleep. For a moment, she looked around blankly, wondering why she was on a cot in a tent with two guys she didn't know. Then her memories of the night before came back, and she smiled slightly.
~I'll just make breakfast... don't want to wake them.~
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Touya awoke to the welcome scent of frying bacon and eggs. He sniffed the air hungrily. ~Oh, man... that smells good...~
~Wait a sec. Jin's not up... who-~
He saw the empty cot and smiled. ~Oh, yeah...~
"Morning, Medra."
"Morning, guys!" she said cheerfully, holding out two plates. "I've got eggs and bacon cooking, so as soon as Jin wakes u-"
She blinked. She was now only holding one plate, and Jin was sitting at the camp table scarfing down his meal.
Touya chuckled. "You were saying?"
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After they had all had their meal, it was time to leave. "We'll just pretend to have an argument, and you can slip into the stadium while the guards are trying to break us apart," Touya explained.
"Right," Medra said.
"'Ere we are now..." Jin whispered.
"Time to start..."
"Finally! We actually managed to get here!" Touya said loudly, walking out of the trees with Jin in tow. He walked up to one of the other demons at the entrance. "Has the fight started yet?"
"Yeah," the demon grunted.
Touya slapped his forehead in exasperation, then rounded on Jin. "You idiot! If you hadn't slept so late, we might have been able to see the fight!"
"I wasn' the one who lost th' map!" Jin shouted back. "This 's all your fault!"
"Oh yeah?"
Suddenly they started fighting. Jin "accidentally" hit a nearby demon on the head about midway through the fight.
"Why, you -"
He swung at Jin, who ducked, and hit another unfortunate apparition on the head.
"What was that for?"
Soon there was a full-sized brawl going that included the guards. Jin winked at Medra, who was hiding among the trees. She took her cue and made her way quietly inside. Nobody noticed.
"Good luck..." whispered Touya, watching her go.
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Medra went in quickly, making sure no one saw her. Once inside, she looked around. A few apparitions were in the hallway; it appeared that the fight was over, and they were making their way to wherever they were staying.
She stopped and leaned against a wall, staring. ~It's so big... and strange...~
~I really am in the Makai...~
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Kurama walked slowly along the hall. He had just... *met* Karasu. (A/N: _ Karasu! I cannot continue! I'm too angry! Kirae: O_O *shows Kitten a picture of chibi Hiei* Me: *tries to stay angry but can't* ^_^ Aw... kawaii... Kirae: NOW FINISH THE CHAPTER! Me: @_@) Ahem... anyways...
Kurama walked down the hallway, lost in his own thoughts.
~"As a fighter, I like *you* best, Kurama."~
~"Save your fight for me, okay?"~
Kurama growled softly. ~Karasu...~
~He's strong. Too strong. I can't hope to face him as I am now, a ningen. Becoming Youko again... is my best chance.~
~But how?~
"Hm?"
Kurama looked up and saw a young girl leaning against the wall, staring around her. She was quite pretty, with those wings... but this was no place for a young girl.
He went up to her and asked, "Are you lost?"
She turned towards him...
Something flashed across her face, and, had he known it, his own. Then she smiled and said, "I guess so."
He smiled gently, so as not to alarm her, and asked, "Where are you staying? Maybe I can take you there."
"Actually, I just got here. I have nowhere to stay."
"You don't?" he said, taken aback. Why was she here now? All the demons were supposed to have arrived on the island a week ago. "Is there anyone else with you?"
"No, just me."
"You really shouldn't be here all by yourself. It's dangerous." Kurama scolded. He thought about it and sighed. "I suppose you could stay with me for a while."
"Really?" the girl asked eagerly. "Thank you!"
"Of course. What's your name, anyways?" he asked, as they began to move towards the hotel.
"Medra. Oh!" She stopped walking for a minute. "I'm supposed to find some people called the Reikai Tantei. Do you know them?"
Kurama raised his eyebrows. "Do I know them? I am one."
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"... So you ran away because you felt it was your fault?"
"That's right," said Medra softly, looking away.
After a short walk, the pair had come to the hotel and gone up to Kurama's room. Medra had told Kurama everything over tea and biscuits.
"Medra..." The kitsune sighed, and ran a hand through his hair. He knew exactly how she felt; it was just difficult to put into words. "I can understand why you ran away. I know what it's like to be abnormal in a normal family. But from what you just told me, your family loves you very much. You need to go back home. They're probably very worried."
"But... how can I face them? After all I've put them through?" Medra asked, close to tears.
"Believe me, your family truly loves you, and if they love you, they'll forgive you. All right?" he said.
"Yes." Medra said.
Kurama smiled. He was about to ask her more when the door banged open.
"Hey, Kurama, we're going out training, and I thought... huh?" Yusuke finally registered the presence of someone other than Kurama in his room. He looked from one to the other, then smirked slightly and asked, "Who's the girl?"
Kurama hid his exasperation and replied, "This is Medra. She lives in our town. We will be taking her back there when the tournament ends."
Yusuke's expression lightened. "Oh! Well then-" He clapped an arm around Medra's shoulders. "Welcome to the team! For the moment, at least," he added. "Hey, shouldn't she be rooming with the girls? Unless you two have something else arranged..." he hinted slyly.
Kurama just managed to keep himself from strangling Yusuke and said, "Yes, she will be. I was just about to take her there."
"Well, just come along when you're finished, okay?" Yusuke said, moving out of the doorway.
"Sure," Kurama replied.
He brought Medra out into the hall and repeated her tale for the other two waiting outside. Upon seeing the girl, who looked shy and fragile, Kuwabara's protective instincts took over and he started treating her like a kitten or a little sister. Hiei simply looked stunned - as though someone had hit him with a brick. I must admit, I tried to see what he was thinking at that moment. I could tell he had dropped his guard. All I heard was ~Her wings-~, and then his shield closed up once more.
Kurama brought her to the girls' room and knocked softly before entering. "Girls," he said, "this is Medra. She comes from the same town we do, and she will come back with us when the tournament is ended." He met Botan's eyes and she knew, without words, that they were to take back there if the team did not survive this final round. She nodded her head once to show she understood. Then she joined the rest in introducing themselves to the new girl and asking questions about her wings.
"How big are they, exactly?"
"How do you clean them?"
"Can you fly?"
"Why did you come here?"
Medra smiled. "First, they're 18 feet across. I clean them by hand, with a special comb like a bird's beak. Yes, I can fly. And as for how I came here... that's a long story. Here, I'll tell you..."
Kurama shut the door quietly, glad that she was already making friends with them.
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I cannot write any more than that! T_T This is harder than I thought... it still isn't coming out right. Drat.
Medra: You made me sound like a Mary-Sue!
Me: I know, I know! You know, everybody's so intent on creating a character that's not a Mary-Sue that they're creating a whole new breed of Mary-Sues...
Kirae: *Ahem* The fic?
Me: Oh, yeah. I'm going to try to get one update a week out and have at least two more chapters. The next chapter is going to be about her powers. *winks* Bet you'll never guess... Bye!
Kirae: You really have no reason to be sad. It's your first fic, and it's Kurama/OC. Considering the amount of reviews some of the other fics like this have, you were very lucky to get eight with only two chapters.
Me: *sniff* I guess...
Yaoi-Rules: Thanks! I needed to know.
Sichugirl: Bless you. You reviewed. ^_^; Eh heh heh... forget about the song.
CrazedAnimeFanGirl: Oh, thank you! You reviewed again! ^_^ Yeah, Jin and Touya are great!
And that's all of my reviews! All...
Kirae: *rolls eyes* Baka. Don't start that again.
Me: Okay. Without further ado, here's the fic.
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Angel's Wings
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"Yaaawwwnnn!"
It was the morning after Medra had crashed on Hanging Neck Island. She woke up and yawned loudly, refreshed after a good night's sleep. For a moment, she looked around blankly, wondering why she was on a cot in a tent with two guys she didn't know. Then her memories of the night before came back, and she smiled slightly.
~I'll just make breakfast... don't want to wake them.~
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Touya awoke to the welcome scent of frying bacon and eggs. He sniffed the air hungrily. ~Oh, man... that smells good...~
~Wait a sec. Jin's not up... who-~
He saw the empty cot and smiled. ~Oh, yeah...~
"Morning, Medra."
"Morning, guys!" she said cheerfully, holding out two plates. "I've got eggs and bacon cooking, so as soon as Jin wakes u-"
She blinked. She was now only holding one plate, and Jin was sitting at the camp table scarfing down his meal.
Touya chuckled. "You were saying?"
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After they had all had their meal, it was time to leave. "We'll just pretend to have an argument, and you can slip into the stadium while the guards are trying to break us apart," Touya explained.
"Right," Medra said.
"'Ere we are now..." Jin whispered.
"Time to start..."
"Finally! We actually managed to get here!" Touya said loudly, walking out of the trees with Jin in tow. He walked up to one of the other demons at the entrance. "Has the fight started yet?"
"Yeah," the demon grunted.
Touya slapped his forehead in exasperation, then rounded on Jin. "You idiot! If you hadn't slept so late, we might have been able to see the fight!"
"I wasn' the one who lost th' map!" Jin shouted back. "This 's all your fault!"
"Oh yeah?"
Suddenly they started fighting. Jin "accidentally" hit a nearby demon on the head about midway through the fight.
"Why, you -"
He swung at Jin, who ducked, and hit another unfortunate apparition on the head.
"What was that for?"
Soon there was a full-sized brawl going that included the guards. Jin winked at Medra, who was hiding among the trees. She took her cue and made her way quietly inside. Nobody noticed.
"Good luck..." whispered Touya, watching her go.
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Medra went in quickly, making sure no one saw her. Once inside, she looked around. A few apparitions were in the hallway; it appeared that the fight was over, and they were making their way to wherever they were staying.
She stopped and leaned against a wall, staring. ~It's so big... and strange...~
~I really am in the Makai...~
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Kurama walked slowly along the hall. He had just... *met* Karasu. (A/N: _ Karasu! I cannot continue! I'm too angry! Kirae: O_O *shows Kitten a picture of chibi Hiei* Me: *tries to stay angry but can't* ^_^ Aw... kawaii... Kirae: NOW FINISH THE CHAPTER! Me: @_@) Ahem... anyways...
Kurama walked down the hallway, lost in his own thoughts.
~"As a fighter, I like *you* best, Kurama."~
~"Save your fight for me, okay?"~
Kurama growled softly. ~Karasu...~
~He's strong. Too strong. I can't hope to face him as I am now, a ningen. Becoming Youko again... is my best chance.~
~But how?~
"Hm?"
Kurama looked up and saw a young girl leaning against the wall, staring around her. She was quite pretty, with those wings... but this was no place for a young girl.
He went up to her and asked, "Are you lost?"
She turned towards him...
Something flashed across her face, and, had he known it, his own. Then she smiled and said, "I guess so."
He smiled gently, so as not to alarm her, and asked, "Where are you staying? Maybe I can take you there."
"Actually, I just got here. I have nowhere to stay."
"You don't?" he said, taken aback. Why was she here now? All the demons were supposed to have arrived on the island a week ago. "Is there anyone else with you?"
"No, just me."
"You really shouldn't be here all by yourself. It's dangerous." Kurama scolded. He thought about it and sighed. "I suppose you could stay with me for a while."
"Really?" the girl asked eagerly. "Thank you!"
"Of course. What's your name, anyways?" he asked, as they began to move towards the hotel.
"Medra. Oh!" She stopped walking for a minute. "I'm supposed to find some people called the Reikai Tantei. Do you know them?"
Kurama raised his eyebrows. "Do I know them? I am one."
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"... So you ran away because you felt it was your fault?"
"That's right," said Medra softly, looking away.
After a short walk, the pair had come to the hotel and gone up to Kurama's room. Medra had told Kurama everything over tea and biscuits.
"Medra..." The kitsune sighed, and ran a hand through his hair. He knew exactly how she felt; it was just difficult to put into words. "I can understand why you ran away. I know what it's like to be abnormal in a normal family. But from what you just told me, your family loves you very much. You need to go back home. They're probably very worried."
"But... how can I face them? After all I've put them through?" Medra asked, close to tears.
"Believe me, your family truly loves you, and if they love you, they'll forgive you. All right?" he said.
"Yes." Medra said.
Kurama smiled. He was about to ask her more when the door banged open.
"Hey, Kurama, we're going out training, and I thought... huh?" Yusuke finally registered the presence of someone other than Kurama in his room. He looked from one to the other, then smirked slightly and asked, "Who's the girl?"
Kurama hid his exasperation and replied, "This is Medra. She lives in our town. We will be taking her back there when the tournament ends."
Yusuke's expression lightened. "Oh! Well then-" He clapped an arm around Medra's shoulders. "Welcome to the team! For the moment, at least," he added. "Hey, shouldn't she be rooming with the girls? Unless you two have something else arranged..." he hinted slyly.
Kurama just managed to keep himself from strangling Yusuke and said, "Yes, she will be. I was just about to take her there."
"Well, just come along when you're finished, okay?" Yusuke said, moving out of the doorway.
"Sure," Kurama replied.
He brought Medra out into the hall and repeated her tale for the other two waiting outside. Upon seeing the girl, who looked shy and fragile, Kuwabara's protective instincts took over and he started treating her like a kitten or a little sister. Hiei simply looked stunned - as though someone had hit him with a brick. I must admit, I tried to see what he was thinking at that moment. I could tell he had dropped his guard. All I heard was ~Her wings-~, and then his shield closed up once more.
Kurama brought her to the girls' room and knocked softly before entering. "Girls," he said, "this is Medra. She comes from the same town we do, and she will come back with us when the tournament is ended." He met Botan's eyes and she knew, without words, that they were to take back there if the team did not survive this final round. She nodded her head once to show she understood. Then she joined the rest in introducing themselves to the new girl and asking questions about her wings.
"How big are they, exactly?"
"How do you clean them?"
"Can you fly?"
"Why did you come here?"
Medra smiled. "First, they're 18 feet across. I clean them by hand, with a special comb like a bird's beak. Yes, I can fly. And as for how I came here... that's a long story. Here, I'll tell you..."
Kurama shut the door quietly, glad that she was already making friends with them.
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I cannot write any more than that! T_T This is harder than I thought... it still isn't coming out right. Drat.
Medra: You made me sound like a Mary-Sue!
Me: I know, I know! You know, everybody's so intent on creating a character that's not a Mary-Sue that they're creating a whole new breed of Mary-Sues...
Kirae: *Ahem* The fic?
Me: Oh, yeah. I'm going to try to get one update a week out and have at least two more chapters. The next chapter is going to be about her powers. *winks* Bet you'll never guess... Bye!