Nine-Light

Yoshimi awoke the next morning just before dawn; she slipped out of the bed and tiptoed to the door so she wouldn't wake Umi up. She silently slipped out the door and changed into her halfling form. The sky was slowly turning pink as she found herself on the railing in the garden.

Grinned as the coolness of the air blew by her. She was in an overly large teeshirt and boxers that Mamoru had given her. After all her things were still in Balkan. She flapped her winging timidly as she sensed someone behind her. She turned to see Tasuki yawning as he strood through the garden.

"Morning." She sat causing him to trip; he got up quickly and looked at her. "Whoa." Was the only thing he said before coming up beside her and leaning on the railing. "What are ye doin up this early Yoshimi?" He asked yawning again. "I should be asking you the same thing." She muttered as she flew off the railing and hovered in front of him.

"You should go back to bed Gen-chan you look like you didn't sleep to well." She said patting his head and flying off into the sunrise. He blinked and rubbed his eyes grunting as he turned and made his way back to the rooms.

Half and hour later she returned the same spot her bare feet touching the coolness of the railing. She yawned stretching her arms toward the sky. Someone giggle, her eyes narrowed in the direction, her mother and 'step'father were a mere 20 feet away looking at her. "Hmm. You know Yoshimi those clothes are a bit big on you." Mamoru giggled.

"Humph!" Yoshimi said crossing her arms over her chest and looking toward the rooms. Two figures departed from one, Vash, and InuYasha. Her wings flapped a bit as smile creped on her face. The adults titled their heads as Yoshimi launched upward from the railing and flew high into the sky.

She flew till she was directly above the two figures as they slowly moved toward the feasting hall. She grinned move as she dived landing perfectly on her feet in front of them, causing them both to scream and topple backwards. "Morning!" She said in a chipper tone holding her arms behind her back and bend forward blinking at them.

Vash blinked back and stood up laughing. InuYasha however growled as he jumped up standing a mere inch from her his face red in angry and hands balled into fists. "What hell do you think your doing?!" He yelled, she whimpered standing up and holding a hand up over her mouth and tip of her nose.

"Just thought I'd say good morning." She said, neither noticed that Vash had already left, InuYasha shook in rage growling. She smiled and ^^'ed at him giggling. He blinked and sweatdropped, looking at her. She wore an over sized shirt and boxers that were to big for her but had been tied on the right side so they wouldn't fall. She looked funny standing there like that, he chuckled a bit.

She turned on her heel and started to fly upward, he sighed and turned around. She looked over her shoulder at his retreating figure, she laughed again. She moved her right hand upward as he was incased in the same yellow ball from yesterday. He blinked and turned around falling backwards as he hit the edge of the ball.

"Don't you want to come with me?" She asked, "Why not." He replied yawned and sitting down crossing his legs and arms. She giggled as she lept from the ground, she flew up at a graduated pace, yawning still sleepy. She flew toward a small hill that rested on the far end of the city. She landed the ball dropping down beside her, she made a cutting motion with her right hand the ball disappeared. InuYasha stood up and looked around.

Yoshimi flopped down on the ground and laid backwards. InuYasha looked down at her, her eyes closed as she let out a yawn. "Why are you awake if your sleepy?" He asked crouching down next to her. She opened one eye and looked looked at him. "Dunno." Was all she said before yawning again, he poked at one of her wings. She rolled over and sat up folding her arms across her chest. "What?" He asked blinking, she sighed and stood up flapping her wings.

She rose into the air a good three feet above him, "Maybe I will go back to bed." She started to fly off when he began yelling. "HEY!! DON'T YOU JUST LEAVE ME HERE!! HEY!!!" She giggled and summoned another ball of light around him. She flew off back toward the palace nearly falling from the sky everytime she yawned.

InuYasha sweatdropped as he watched her nearly fall. "Well maybe it would be safer if  I walked!" He yelled started off back toward the way they came. Her eye narrowed as she zoomed down in front of him landing her feet on his head. She was holding herself in the air but if anyone were to see this, they'd think she was really standing on his head.

"Onward then!" She yelled mixed with a yawn as she pointed forward. To make things difficult he flopped too the ground and Yoshimi lost her balance feeling the loss of something for her toes to touch and went crashing down into his lap. "Ow!" Both yelled at once, Yoshimi turned to looked at him her eyes blinking like that of a small child.

He looked back at her and she at him for a couple of minutes. She laughed before finally rising into the air twirling about like a fairy before him. He laughed as well, after his trainer was acting like a complete idiot. Of course if he had heard right, her mother was the same way when she was young. "It's a great day to be alive!" She chanted in a songful voice as she continued to twirl in midair.

She once gave a tired look as she landed back on the ground laying atop the soft grass curling herself into a ball. "You should have stayed in bed!" He muttered shaking her, she had managed to pass out into a deep slumber. Curseing under his breath he lifted her up and started off once more.

----Afternoon

She was still asleep and it was already lunch time. Queen Serenity explained that she was exerting too much energy while holding her 'humanish' form and thus she was sleepy. "Well why didn't this happen before?" Vash asked leaning back in his seat. "Well good question. She probably managed to hide the fact she had changed into her true form every once in awhile to rest." Serenity nodded thinking aloud to herself.

InuYasha sat listening to this and sighed his thoughts roaming back into days passed. Umi poked him as Queen Serenity spoke again. "InuYasha have you notice this strange behavior before in Yoshimi?" She asked leaning lightly on the table before her.

He thought about it, "Well yeah. There were plenty of times she'd just lay in bed with the sheets pulled over her head and asked me not to bother her so she could sleep." He said with a fained yawn.

Tasuki (who was partly drunk) burped and looked at InuYasha. "And ya didn't think ta check on her!!  -burp- What in da heck were ye thinking! Baka hanyou!!" InuYasha gave in a death stare and started to stand up.

At that moment the doors of the small meeting hall swung opened and there stood a sleepy looking Yoshimi, her hair was messy she was rubbing her left eye, and the shirt she was wearing was hanging slightly of her right shoulder.

"Nyo, mommy…-yawn- tell Chibiusa and Palla to quit being so loud!" Yoshimi said yawning and turning around shirt slipping more. She started off and the doors slammed with a heavy 'thud'. Everyone blinked their eyes starring from Yoshimi had once stood.

"That girl never changes." Serenity said with a laugh, the bishies however looked her as if she had grown another head. "Are you kidding?! She sounded so…normal for once!" Umi exclaimed, "Hmm? Doesn't she always act that way?" Serenity asked tilting her head to one side. The four shook her heads (Tasuki nearly fell out of the chair but managed to grab the table at the last minute.).

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^^;; Sorry it took awhile to write this one, I've just been so busy with exams all week! Well I hope you enjoyed this chapter (personally I didn't care for it). Coming up 'Moody' see you soon!