*sits down hard* O_O I got... ten reviews.
Kirae: ^_^; She's still kind of in shock...
Me: O_O Ten... reviews.
Kirae: Kitten? Kitten? I don't want to have to do this all by myself...
Me: *snaps out of it* Oro?
Kirae: *sighs* Phew.
CrazedAnimeFanGirl: I have a faithful reviewer! ^__^ You like lines like that? *shrugs* Whatever makes the reviewers happy.
Kirae: What the hell?! *I'm* not the one that's sad, *she* is!
Me: ^_^; Eh heh... I know what you meant. Kirae-chan... I like that... maybe I'll start calling her that...
Kirae: -_-; Don't you dare...
Yaoi-Rules: So glad you liked it! ^_~ Your fics are good, too.
Disclaimer: ^_^; I forgot to do a disclaimer last chapter. Let me just say that if I owned YYH, you would be watching this, not reading it.
A/N: Did you ever wonder how she got away with taking karate and gymnastics without anyone finding out her secret? Or what I was going to write when the bell rang? This is the chapter to find out...
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Angel's Wings
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The boys had just come back together after training. It was the night before the finals. (A/N: This takes place during the last episode they showed before they cut it off. You know, the one where Kuwabara's obsessing over his new sword? C'mon, work with me, people!)
Yusuke stood, thinking about and grieving for Genkai. "She's not coming," he managed to force out. "She just needs some time to rest."
Suddenly, he was sick of the whole thing. "Forget this," he muttered. "I'm going back to the hotel." He climbed quickly up the cliff and started walking back.
"Hey, Urameshi, wait up!"
He sighed and waited for Kuwabara.
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Medra sat on a large rock by a stream, hands clasped around her knees. ~The stars are very beautiful tonight,~ she thought. ~So different from the ones back home...~
~Where is my home? They say that home is where the heart is... where is my heart? Is it back in my hometown, where I lived most of my life? Is it with my family? Or is it here, with these strange, new friends? I feel so connected to them... I've never felt this way before. Maybe it's because I don't have to hide anything from them. They like and accept my wings. They don't see me as some kind of freak, but as a human, just like them. Still...~
She shook her head once. ~No, I have to get back to my family. They must be worried... They really do love me. I can see that now.~
~I wonder if they're looking at the night sky, too?...~
"Well, well, well. What do have here?"
~Hmm?~
Medra jerked out of her thoughts and looked around. While she was daydreaming, four huge, ugly demons had come up and surrounded her.
"A pretty little angel..."
"Let's have some fun with her!"
"If you attack me, I will not be responsible for the resulting damages," Medra said coldly, backing up off the rock and against a tree.
"Ooo, cocky, aren't we?" one of them leered at her.
"A little girl's no match for us!"
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Heading back to the hotel, Yusuke heard some voices up ahead. Quickening his pace, he saw that Medra had been confronted by several large and ugly demons.
"Hey, Medra!" he called out. "Need a hand?"
"Back off, Yusuke," she said, her eyes never once leaving the demons. "I can handle this."
By this time, the others had arrived on the scene. "Medra!" yelled Kuwabara. He was about to go help her when Yusuke put out a hand to stop him.
"Urameshi! She'll get killed!"
"She said she could handle it," Yusuke said, an odd note in his voice. "Let's see how she does first."
The demons, of course, chose that moment to attack.
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In the split second that followed, Medra evaluated them all carefully. ~No holding back this time,~ she reminded herself. ~They won't mind what attacks I use.~
~But first...~
All of her gymnastics training paid off as she jumped and somersaulted above their heads, her wings catching air to slow her drop. The demons, unable stop their momentum, crashed into each other. One already lay motionless at the base of the tree.
"Over here, guys!"
The demons, dazed by their collision, turned around to see Medra smiling insolently at them.
~Now is probably a good time-~
Quickly, Medra reached for her pinions and slid them out of their sheaths. (A/N: The last feather of each wing is a pinion. They're the ones at the tip that people cut to keep birds from being able to fly.) When they had fully come out, she held each two-foot quill by the base.
The demons snorted. "You going to attack us with feathers?" one jeered.
Yusuke and the others sweatdropped. ~What does she plan to do with those?~ Yusuke wondered.
Medra gave them a predatory smile. "They're not just feathers..."
Suddenly, her spirit energy flowed into the two feathers in her hands, giving them an aura of blue light. As they watched, the feathers twisted and sharpened, changing into...
~Swords?~
The two pinions were no longer fluffy and flexible. Instead, they had turned into twin swords. White and gleaming, with odd designs etched into even stranger material they were made from, they were certainly a sight to behold - and one to make the demons reconsider their plan. Being stupid, however, they decided to continue.
"Attack!"
Medra shook her head and sighed. "You asked for it..."
She spun and dug her swords into the abdomen of the first demon, kicking one that had snuck up behind her. The third was smarter than the other two and pulled out his own sword to attack. Unfortunately, he tried to slash her head first. Her senses immediately picked up on this and she whirled around to do battle.
The demon was better than she had first expected. After a few moves, he managed to knock one of her swords away, where it became a feather once more. She, however, continued fighting with only one sword, and after three minutes of intense swordplay, stabbed him through the heart. She stood there, panting, her remaining sword stuck in the demon's chest.
"Well, that was a nice workout..."
She was about to retrieve her sword when the demon she had kicked rose up behind her and grabbed her. "You're not going anywhere," he growled, uglier than ever now that he had a huge bruise on the side of his face.
~Oh, shit... we should help her...~ Yusuke thought. But then...
~What the-~
~~~~~~~~~~~~-*Flashback*-~~~~~~~~~~~~
"So how did you go to all these sports?" Keiko asked curiously. Botan was poking at Medra's wings. Shizuru was lounging on the couch, while Yukina was sitting in an armchair. "I mean, surely someone would have noticed your wings."
"They didn't... because I didn't have wings." Medra grinned at the looks of confusion on Keiko and Botan's faces. "Watch."
She assumed a look of total concentration. Shizuru suddenly sat bolt upright, her spirit awareness going haywire. ~What the hell?~ She looked over at Medra. ~It's coming from her...~ On a sudden hunch, she switched her normal sight for her spirit sight and got a shock. In this state, most things were dull grey or black, and the only colors were those of spirit energy. Normally, people glowed brightly with their spirit energy. This girl, however...
Shizuru looked closer. Medra had only traces of spirit energy in her body; there were scraps of blue here and there, like smoke. Most of her spirit energy was in her wings. They were like uncovered lightbulbs in a dark room. And as she watched, the spirit energy stored in there was retracted into Medra's body. Soon, Medra glowed with same amount of energy Yusuke did - and with no trace of wings.
"I can retract my wings for short periods of time," she was explaining to the others. "I'm able to do this for as long as I want, but it's really uncomfortable, so I usually don't hold them in for more than two hours."
"Wow, that's awesome," Keiko breathed. Botan applauded.
Shizuru simply sat, looking at this strange girl. ~Huh... there's more to her than I thought...~
~What have we gotten ourselves into?...~
~~~~~~~~~~~~-*End Flashback-*~~~~~~~~~~~~
The demon that had grabbed Medra's wings gaped as her wings became like mist and slipped through his grasp. Quickly, Medra grabbed her sword from the slain demon and, turning, killed the one behind her.
"*Never* touch my wings," she said coldly.
"Medra, look out!"
"Huh?"
The last of the four demons, who had been unconscious at the base of the tree during the fight, had decided that now was a good time to attack. Panicking, Medra looked around. A simple punch wouldn't stop him, and both her swords were out of reach, one several feet away, one stuck in the fallen demon. ~Time to use my weapon of last resort...~
Her right index finger began to glow. ~Wait a sec... I *know* this attack...~ thought Yusuke.
"SPIRIT GUN!!!!"
A column of blue light shot out from Medra's fingertip, punching a hole straight through the demon who had dared thought of attacking her. He hit the ground, sizzling.
Nobody spoke for a long moment. Medra picked up her swords, turned them back into feathers, and slid them back into their sheaths. Then, apparently just realizing that the Reikai Tantei were still there, she turned back to them.
"Told you I could handle it," she said, smiling.
"That was awesome!" Kuwabara yelled, happy that his "little sister" could fight.
~Her fighting style and use of energy is interesting...~ Kurama mused. ~I should teach her in order to study it further.~
"Wow," Yusuke said, after being unable to speak for some time. "What the hell was that?"
"My fighting?" Medra asked, still cheerful. "Yeah, I'm pretty much self-taught. I found out about my powers a few years ago."
"Impossible."
Everyone turned to look at Hiei, who had been silent during the entire fight. "Those moves and techniques are impossible to learn on your own," he said. "And in such a short time, as well. You must have had an instructor."
"But... I didn't," Medra said, confused. "I told you the truth. Nobody taught me. I learned it on my own."
"Hn."
And with that, Hiei sped off, leaving them in the clearing.
Yusuke smiled at Medra, who was looking very confused and helpless. "Hey, I think you made the shrimp jealous."
"Was it something I said?" she asked, concerned.
"Nah, he's always like that." Yusuke put an arm around Medra's shoulders. "C'mon, let's go back to the hotel."
"The moves do feel natural to me - like I learned them a long time ago," Medra confessed as they walked.
"Well, would you like further training?" Kurama asked her.
"Really?" Medra asked excitedly, then blushed. "I mean, if it's not too much of a problem..."
"Of course not." Kurama smiled at her.
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Me: Happy Halloween!
Kirae: *howling at the moon using MY voice*
Me: _ Kirae, stop that!
Kirae: Why? It's Halloween. *keeps howling*
Me: -_-; Baka kyree. I give her a chance to be free for one night and this is how she repays me. Anyways, there's probably only going to be one more chapter. Three guesses what it's about. -_-; Please R+R. Ja ne!
Kirae: ^_^; She's still kind of in shock...
Me: O_O Ten... reviews.
Kirae: Kitten? Kitten? I don't want to have to do this all by myself...
Me: *snaps out of it* Oro?
Kirae: *sighs* Phew.
CrazedAnimeFanGirl: I have a faithful reviewer! ^__^ You like lines like that? *shrugs* Whatever makes the reviewers happy.
Kirae: What the hell?! *I'm* not the one that's sad, *she* is!
Me: ^_^; Eh heh... I know what you meant. Kirae-chan... I like that... maybe I'll start calling her that...
Kirae: -_-; Don't you dare...
Yaoi-Rules: So glad you liked it! ^_~ Your fics are good, too.
Disclaimer: ^_^; I forgot to do a disclaimer last chapter. Let me just say that if I owned YYH, you would be watching this, not reading it.
A/N: Did you ever wonder how she got away with taking karate and gymnastics without anyone finding out her secret? Or what I was going to write when the bell rang? This is the chapter to find out...
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Angel's Wings
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The boys had just come back together after training. It was the night before the finals. (A/N: This takes place during the last episode they showed before they cut it off. You know, the one where Kuwabara's obsessing over his new sword? C'mon, work with me, people!)
Yusuke stood, thinking about and grieving for Genkai. "She's not coming," he managed to force out. "She just needs some time to rest."
Suddenly, he was sick of the whole thing. "Forget this," he muttered. "I'm going back to the hotel." He climbed quickly up the cliff and started walking back.
"Hey, Urameshi, wait up!"
He sighed and waited for Kuwabara.
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Medra sat on a large rock by a stream, hands clasped around her knees. ~The stars are very beautiful tonight,~ she thought. ~So different from the ones back home...~
~Where is my home? They say that home is where the heart is... where is my heart? Is it back in my hometown, where I lived most of my life? Is it with my family? Or is it here, with these strange, new friends? I feel so connected to them... I've never felt this way before. Maybe it's because I don't have to hide anything from them. They like and accept my wings. They don't see me as some kind of freak, but as a human, just like them. Still...~
She shook her head once. ~No, I have to get back to my family. They must be worried... They really do love me. I can see that now.~
~I wonder if they're looking at the night sky, too?...~
"Well, well, well. What do have here?"
~Hmm?~
Medra jerked out of her thoughts and looked around. While she was daydreaming, four huge, ugly demons had come up and surrounded her.
"A pretty little angel..."
"Let's have some fun with her!"
"If you attack me, I will not be responsible for the resulting damages," Medra said coldly, backing up off the rock and against a tree.
"Ooo, cocky, aren't we?" one of them leered at her.
"A little girl's no match for us!"
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Heading back to the hotel, Yusuke heard some voices up ahead. Quickening his pace, he saw that Medra had been confronted by several large and ugly demons.
"Hey, Medra!" he called out. "Need a hand?"
"Back off, Yusuke," she said, her eyes never once leaving the demons. "I can handle this."
By this time, the others had arrived on the scene. "Medra!" yelled Kuwabara. He was about to go help her when Yusuke put out a hand to stop him.
"Urameshi! She'll get killed!"
"She said she could handle it," Yusuke said, an odd note in his voice. "Let's see how she does first."
The demons, of course, chose that moment to attack.
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In the split second that followed, Medra evaluated them all carefully. ~No holding back this time,~ she reminded herself. ~They won't mind what attacks I use.~
~But first...~
All of her gymnastics training paid off as she jumped and somersaulted above their heads, her wings catching air to slow her drop. The demons, unable stop their momentum, crashed into each other. One already lay motionless at the base of the tree.
"Over here, guys!"
The demons, dazed by their collision, turned around to see Medra smiling insolently at them.
~Now is probably a good time-~
Quickly, Medra reached for her pinions and slid them out of their sheaths. (A/N: The last feather of each wing is a pinion. They're the ones at the tip that people cut to keep birds from being able to fly.) When they had fully come out, she held each two-foot quill by the base.
The demons snorted. "You going to attack us with feathers?" one jeered.
Yusuke and the others sweatdropped. ~What does she plan to do with those?~ Yusuke wondered.
Medra gave them a predatory smile. "They're not just feathers..."
Suddenly, her spirit energy flowed into the two feathers in her hands, giving them an aura of blue light. As they watched, the feathers twisted and sharpened, changing into...
~Swords?~
The two pinions were no longer fluffy and flexible. Instead, they had turned into twin swords. White and gleaming, with odd designs etched into even stranger material they were made from, they were certainly a sight to behold - and one to make the demons reconsider their plan. Being stupid, however, they decided to continue.
"Attack!"
Medra shook her head and sighed. "You asked for it..."
She spun and dug her swords into the abdomen of the first demon, kicking one that had snuck up behind her. The third was smarter than the other two and pulled out his own sword to attack. Unfortunately, he tried to slash her head first. Her senses immediately picked up on this and she whirled around to do battle.
The demon was better than she had first expected. After a few moves, he managed to knock one of her swords away, where it became a feather once more. She, however, continued fighting with only one sword, and after three minutes of intense swordplay, stabbed him through the heart. She stood there, panting, her remaining sword stuck in the demon's chest.
"Well, that was a nice workout..."
She was about to retrieve her sword when the demon she had kicked rose up behind her and grabbed her. "You're not going anywhere," he growled, uglier than ever now that he had a huge bruise on the side of his face.
~Oh, shit... we should help her...~ Yusuke thought. But then...
~What the-~
~~~~~~~~~~~~-*Flashback*-~~~~~~~~~~~~
"So how did you go to all these sports?" Keiko asked curiously. Botan was poking at Medra's wings. Shizuru was lounging on the couch, while Yukina was sitting in an armchair. "I mean, surely someone would have noticed your wings."
"They didn't... because I didn't have wings." Medra grinned at the looks of confusion on Keiko and Botan's faces. "Watch."
She assumed a look of total concentration. Shizuru suddenly sat bolt upright, her spirit awareness going haywire. ~What the hell?~ She looked over at Medra. ~It's coming from her...~ On a sudden hunch, she switched her normal sight for her spirit sight and got a shock. In this state, most things were dull grey or black, and the only colors were those of spirit energy. Normally, people glowed brightly with their spirit energy. This girl, however...
Shizuru looked closer. Medra had only traces of spirit energy in her body; there were scraps of blue here and there, like smoke. Most of her spirit energy was in her wings. They were like uncovered lightbulbs in a dark room. And as she watched, the spirit energy stored in there was retracted into Medra's body. Soon, Medra glowed with same amount of energy Yusuke did - and with no trace of wings.
"I can retract my wings for short periods of time," she was explaining to the others. "I'm able to do this for as long as I want, but it's really uncomfortable, so I usually don't hold them in for more than two hours."
"Wow, that's awesome," Keiko breathed. Botan applauded.
Shizuru simply sat, looking at this strange girl. ~Huh... there's more to her than I thought...~
~What have we gotten ourselves into?...~
~~~~~~~~~~~~-*End Flashback-*~~~~~~~~~~~~
The demon that had grabbed Medra's wings gaped as her wings became like mist and slipped through his grasp. Quickly, Medra grabbed her sword from the slain demon and, turning, killed the one behind her.
"*Never* touch my wings," she said coldly.
"Medra, look out!"
"Huh?"
The last of the four demons, who had been unconscious at the base of the tree during the fight, had decided that now was a good time to attack. Panicking, Medra looked around. A simple punch wouldn't stop him, and both her swords were out of reach, one several feet away, one stuck in the fallen demon. ~Time to use my weapon of last resort...~
Her right index finger began to glow. ~Wait a sec... I *know* this attack...~ thought Yusuke.
"SPIRIT GUN!!!!"
A column of blue light shot out from Medra's fingertip, punching a hole straight through the demon who had dared thought of attacking her. He hit the ground, sizzling.
Nobody spoke for a long moment. Medra picked up her swords, turned them back into feathers, and slid them back into their sheaths. Then, apparently just realizing that the Reikai Tantei were still there, she turned back to them.
"Told you I could handle it," she said, smiling.
"That was awesome!" Kuwabara yelled, happy that his "little sister" could fight.
~Her fighting style and use of energy is interesting...~ Kurama mused. ~I should teach her in order to study it further.~
"Wow," Yusuke said, after being unable to speak for some time. "What the hell was that?"
"My fighting?" Medra asked, still cheerful. "Yeah, I'm pretty much self-taught. I found out about my powers a few years ago."
"Impossible."
Everyone turned to look at Hiei, who had been silent during the entire fight. "Those moves and techniques are impossible to learn on your own," he said. "And in such a short time, as well. You must have had an instructor."
"But... I didn't," Medra said, confused. "I told you the truth. Nobody taught me. I learned it on my own."
"Hn."
And with that, Hiei sped off, leaving them in the clearing.
Yusuke smiled at Medra, who was looking very confused and helpless. "Hey, I think you made the shrimp jealous."
"Was it something I said?" she asked, concerned.
"Nah, he's always like that." Yusuke put an arm around Medra's shoulders. "C'mon, let's go back to the hotel."
"The moves do feel natural to me - like I learned them a long time ago," Medra confessed as they walked.
"Well, would you like further training?" Kurama asked her.
"Really?" Medra asked excitedly, then blushed. "I mean, if it's not too much of a problem..."
"Of course not." Kurama smiled at her.
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Me: Happy Halloween!
Kirae: *howling at the moon using MY voice*
Me: _ Kirae, stop that!
Kirae: Why? It's Halloween. *keeps howling*
Me: -_-; Baka kyree. I give her a chance to be free for one night and this is how she repays me. Anyways, there's probably only going to be one more chapter. Three guesses what it's about. -_-; Please R+R. Ja ne!