Crystal: Ok, now this is positively the last chapter to the Karaoke saga…I think ^-^; This is also some major fluff, and another must read chapter…in fact, there's gonna be a lot of fluff from this point off. So, unless you want to break off now…I suggest you find a way to deal with fluff…On we go!
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As the curtains closed upon the new couple, Oracle blinked her eyes, and then stretched a bit.
"I've been sitting way to long" she said, looking around at everyone else's smiling faces. They were glad that the two had finally come to their senses…both of the couples. "Wanna go for a walk?" She asked, turning to look at Hiei. He looked like he was in thought for a moment, before he nodded. Oracle stood, and he did as well.
"We're going for a walk outside, alright?" Oracle said, looking at everyone else. They nodded, and Keiko and Botan continued to scan the crowd for the performers. Oracle shook her head, a silly smile on her face, before she took hold of Hiei's hand and they both walked alongside one another through the Great Hall doors.
Draco watched with narrowed eyes, squeezing the cup he held between his hands. His chance was ruined as he knew it…they were practically showing their love to the world. He brightened. It may have been in a song, but they had never really confessed. He smirked, falling into thought once more.
Kurama and Yukina appeared before their friends, bombarded with congratulations and such from everyone.
"Um, where are Oracle and Hiei?" Yukina asked, looking about.
"They went outside for a walk" Sapphire said, and the two nodded.
"Let's go tell them" Yukina smiled at Kurama, and they both headed for the doors. Botan smiled to herself, and then looked at Keiko. They both stood, walking over to the door…though Yusuke had to be brought along, while all the Jumi complied they were going to bed…extremely exhausted.
Oracle smiled as she dipped her bare foot into the lake water, and Hiei stood beside her, looking amused. A shiver ran up her back as she brought it away quickly, and then touched it down to the grass once more. She let out a dreamy sigh, as she sat down on a stone, feeling Hiei's arms wrap around her shoulders, allowing her to fall back into his chest.
"It feels so…perfect" she said, her eyes closing as the cold breeze ruffled her hair.
"Hai" Hiei said, as he let his head touch her hair. Then, just like that night in the garden, a jazzy tune flew into the field. It must have been the time that the judges were deciding. Oracle felt Hiei slip away from her, and her eyes widened as he hand showed in front of her.
She smiled, taking hold of his hand and lifting her up, twirling her onto the flat terrain, where they began to move to the music.
From the doorway, Kurama took hold of Yukina's hand, leading her out onto the dance in a mix of twirls, as she laughed, acknowledging their presence to the already dancing duo. Hiei spun Oracle over to them, and they danced together in a spot of moonlight as finally words filled the music.
We get it almost every night
When the moon is big and bright
It's a supernatural delight
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight
At this point, Yusuke and spun a laughing Keiko out the door, joining the other three couples in the haze, as Botan leaned against the door…her eyes a bit down cast as her friends danced their hearts desire.
Everybody here is out of sight
They don't bark
And they don't bite
They keep things loose
They keep it tight
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight
Botan's eyes shot from the ground as she felt, and turned, her breath catching in her throat and her eyes widening.
Over in the moonlight, the girls let out laughs as all the boys picked them up at once, spinning them around.
Dancing in the moonlight
Everybody's feeling warm and bright
It's such a fine and natural sight
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight
Koenma looked down at Botan (teen form, of coarse), a smile spreading around his pacifier. Botan nodded dumbly, as he took hold of her hand leading her to that one circle of moonlight, letting the ones who knew of him laugh.
We like our fun and we never fight
You can't dance and stay uptight
It's a supernatural delight
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight
Dancing in the moonlight
Everybody's feeling warm and bright
It's such a fine and natural sight
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight
It fell into a plain tune once more, as the girls were turned over and over in the music. Oracle couldn't keep her giggles in as she fell against him, her hands pressed against his chest as her head fell against it.
"Having a good time?" Keiko asked as they danced by.
"Couldn't be better" Oracle smiled, as Hiei gave her another spin into the dance.
We get it almost every night
When that moon is big and bright
It's a supernatural delight
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight
Dancing in the moonlight
Everybody's feeling warm and bright
It's such a fine and natural sight
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight
And as it came into beat, they all started clapping…just to go with the music, and Oracle did claps over her head while spinning around Hiei, a smile spreading over her face. Keiko was doing something similar, but instead of clapping, she was shimmying up and down in front of him. Yukina and Kurama were both involved in an equal dance, going over another by bending forward and backwards by clapping, while Koenma and Botan did it duos-e-do style.
They feel back into the dips and spins and fake waltzes as the last verses went out.
Dancing in the moonlight
Everybody's feeling warm and bright
It's such a fine and natural sight
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight
Dancing in the moonlight
Everybody's feeling warm and bright
It's such a fine and natural sight
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight
Dancing in the moonlight
Everybody's feeling warm and bright
It's such a fine and natural sight
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight
And as it fell into the last time, it faded away into the night, leaving the laughing couples to retire themselves to their rooms…not once hearing who had won the contest.
Dancing in the moonlight
Everybody's feeling warm and bright
It's such a fine and natural sight
Everybody's dancing in the moonlight
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Oracle opened an eye lazily. It was New Years Eve, if she thought correctly. She and the others were throwing a party in the dormitory that night, and it had been decked out and covered with magic till needed. Only she and her sister Sapphire knew of what was to happen that night.
Sliding out of the covers, and being careful not to fall, she let out a yawn and stretched, standing.
Walking over to her wardrobe, only a white shirt hanging about her, she began to look through her clothes.
"So, that's where my shirt went" she heard, and turned with a gasp, pulling the shirt down to cover up some 'parts'. Hiei sat there on her bed, his eyes in a laughing state.
"What are you doing in here?" She hissed, still trying to pull the shirt down.
"I wanted to wear that shirt today" he pointed out, and Oracle placed her hands on her hips. He raised an eyebrow, and she gasped, pulling the shirt back down.
"Well, I'm sorta using it, if you couldn't tell" she said, backing up into her wardrobe a bit. Hiei just sorta raised an eyebrow, before turning around. "What are you doing?" She asked.
"I turned around so you could change" he said. Oracle's mouth fell open.
"Yo-you can't be serious" she stuttered. "You really want to wear this shirt that badly?" She saw him nod, and she let out a distressed sigh. "I'm not going to change with you in here…what if you…you know…look?" She asked.
"You remember that day in Hogsmeade, ne?" Hiei asked. Oracle blushed.
"You were…you were…you saw me?" Oracle said, changing her words in mid sentence.
"Sort of by accident" Hiei said, and Oracle let out another sigh.
"Fine, but if you look and…stare, you might find yourself missing one of those eyes of yours" Oracle said, and Hiei let out a low cackle. Oracle shook her head, removing her hands from the tugging down of the shirt. She hummed a bit as she looked through the closets, keeping her eye on Hiei from the mirror that hung in there.
She picked out a nice black sweater, with white pants with cherries on them. She slid into black boots, then slid a black beanie over her hair. She turned, tossing the shirt to Hiei, before taking the beanie off and brushing through her hair.
"I think you stretched it" Hiei said, looking at the shirt as Oracle put on her usual, cherry lipstick. She rolled her eyes, securing the beanie over her head once more as she took a small bottle and sprayed it over herself.
"It smells like you now" Hiei said, and Oracle laughed a bit.
"Is that a problem? Do you really hate the way I smell?" She asked. He shook his head.
"It's like cherries" he pointed out, and again she rolled her eyes.
"Come on, I'll meet you in the common room" Oracle said, kissing his cheek before he disappeared, and then walking down the stairs.
She hummed a song she had once heard on the radio somewhere…maybe while she had been carried through the muggle city way back when…but it was just stuck in her head now.
You don't know how you met me
You don't know why
You can't turn around
And say goodbye
All you know is when I'm with you
I make you free
Swim through your veins like a fish in the sea
"Fits you and Hiei a bit" Botan said, sending Oracle out of her humming daze.
"Oro?" She asked, her eyes a bit wide, making the habitants of the room laugh a bit. She closed them in a laughing way, walking forward to see Hiei seated in a chair. She walked over with a smile. Letting out a yawn and stretching, she fell across him like she had done on Christmas Eve.
"Oof" Hiei said, as she rested in his lap, looking up at him and sniffing a bit.
"So you did where the shirt" she said, confusing everyone else in the room. He just sorta smiled, and she titled her head to the side a bit.
"So, what song was that, the one you were singing?" Diana asked.
"I heard it in the human world, I think…but it just sorta came back to me now" Oracle said, humming again.
I'm singing
Follow me everything is alright
I'll be the one to tuck you in at night
And if you
Want to leave I can guarantee
You won't find nobody else but me
She laughed at the weird looks, and did a little cat like flip, landing on her feet.
"Ok, time for breakfast" she said, pulling on Hiei's hand, trotting along with him in her wake. The others followed laughing and chatting, quite the social group of the school.
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They chatted through breakfast, attracting much attention with the mention of the party that evening. I guess they were considered a special group, like those people at school that everyone wanted to hang out with. Either they were like that in a good way or a bad way…
The owls came in through the hall, dropping letters by letters in the hands of owners. Surprising everyone, a white owl, almost silver, dropped a letter into Oracle's hands. She stared at it for a second, looking over the lettering on the front, trying to see if it matched any she knew. Figuring she'd open it later, she placed it on the table, and continued with conversation.
And down the Gryffindor table, Hermione received a letter as well. She let out a startled gasp as she read it, catching the groups' attention. She stood, grasping the letter and running out of the hall, her eyes slightly watering.
That's when the laughs reached Oracle's ears. She looked up to see Malfoy and his friends cracking up while Opal and Elazul glared at them.
Oracle stood, glaring at the boy and making him choke on his laughter. If she hadn't liked him before, she hated him now. Even if she didn't like Hermione, it was wrong to make people cry and laugh about it.
She walked out of the hall, to see Hermione leaning against the wall and crying. She didn't want to ask what was the matter…because having been upset those many times; she knew it just made things worse. She bent down, looking softly at the girl.
Feeling her gaze, Hermione looked up. Oracle circled the girl in her arms as she cried, and promised that whatever it was that the Slytherins had done…she would get back at them.
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When they walked back in the hall, they couldn't have been better friends. It had been a bad acquaintance turned good. This surprised all their friends, but after explaining everything to both groups, they understood, and before anyone could tell, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny had been invited to the party that night.
"Keiko and Yusuke will come and get you, just so you don't get lost" Oracle smiled, as they walked out of the hall and split their separate ways.
"So, what should we do…since the party isn't till ten" Botan asked, as the Jumi, minus Oracle, split off. Koenma was still there of coarse, and was walking beside her, pacifier at the side of his mouth. Yukina brightened, running to the front of the group, and turning with a smile.
"Let's go ice skating" she smiled. Oracle looked out the window at all the students who were playing the snow, and a little surprised that the lake had turned frozen solid after only a few days.
"Sounds like a plan to me…I haven't been ice skating for ages" she did a little twirl, facing Hiei. "While you join us?" She asked, putting on a puppy dog face. He tried to look away, but her whimpers kept drawing him in, and with a sigh of defeat, he nodded.
"Yes, so we've figured what to do, but there's one problem" Yusuke said. "Where do we get the skates?"
"Silly, that's what magic's for" Oracle smiled, taking hold of Hiei's arm once more. "Forward…march!" She yelled and began to trudge on, the others following as Hiei was pulled along.
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Oracle took out her wand, tapping everyone's shoes and giving them blades.
"Easier, more efficient, and go away…when I tell you all the deactivating spell" Oracle smiled, and everyone sweat-dropped. One by one, they set off on the ice, skating in pairs or just trying to get the hang of it. Oracle walked through the snow, her skate an inch away from the ice when she looked back.
She laughed. It seemed that Hiei had fallen down and was now having a hard time of getting up. She walked over to him, behind down.
"Having trouble?" She asked with a smile. He glared at her.
"It's not funny. Could you just help me?" He asked. She leaned forward, lending a hand. He grabbed, and began to pull himself up. Of course, Oracle having all that force brought upon her arm fell over with the weight…right on top of him.
"Gomen" she said with a sweat-drop as she scooted off of him. She sighed, pulling her knees into her body and laying her head on top of them. "How about we just sit here for a while?" She asked Hiei with a smile, turning her head to watch the skaters as they spun about. Hiei crawled up next to her; right on her side with his knees folded in the same fashion, his right arm folded over his knee while his right went over her shoulder.
She scooted in to his body heat, letting out a small, relieved sigh.
"Oracle?" He asked, turning to look at her. She turned, her eyes large and innocent as she let out a small 'hmm?'
"Well, you remember the ring I gave you on Christmas, ne?" He asked, and she nodded, letting her hand be shown where the beautiful ring glittered. "There is something that Demon's do that is a bit more…permanent" he suggested. Her eyes glittered.
"Are you saying you want to make our relationship more 'permanent'?" She asked, doing a bunny ear, in which he closed with his hand that used to rest on his knee.
"Would you abject?" He whispered into her ear, making her shiver a bit, as she pulled her head back.
"No" she replied, smiling. He turned to face her fully, and she did the same, both pairs of their legs folded underneath their bodies. He cast his look at the lake, to see all of their friends turn the corner underneath the ledge that held the castle.
He lifted his hand, brushing the hair off her neck on the right side.
"What are you going to do, suck my blood?" Oracle asked with a small laugh. Hiei glanced at her, and she quieted. She understood by that glance that this was a very important ritual for demons.
He bared his fangs, advancing on her neck. Her eyes widened. Was he REALLY going to suck her blood? His fangs brushed her skin and she shivered with a strange satisfaction. A shocking thing filled her body. His tongue ran itself in circles around a spot in her neck, and then she felt an incredible pain rake her body as his fangs broke the barrier in her skin.
But as fast as it had come, it went away, though his fangs were still embedded in her skin. They sunk lower now, as if he was spreading through her blood. He pulled back, his fangs leaving and letting the fascinating feeling drip away. It was now replaced with pain as the full affect of the wound had affect on her, and her first attempt was to touch it. Hiei grabbed her hand.
"Don't touch it" he said simply, as he leaned down again and started licking the wound. Oracle started to giggle, the surprising feeling no longer lasting, just an intense tickling.
His tongue left her skin, and the pain was gone. She looked up at him, as if asking what he had just done.
"I marked you, mingling ourselves together" he stated.
"Like branding?" She asked. He smiled slightly.
"I guess you could say that" he smirked, and she hit him in the shoulder jokingly.
Their friends appeared around the corner again, seeming ready to leave. Oracle smiled, happy to have just sat on shore with Hiei the whole time. She tapped her wand against her shoes and against Hiei's, both of them standing.
"Why didn't you guys join us?" Botan asked as she stepped off the ice, and her skates disappeared. She slipped a bit, being caught by Koenma who had been behind her.
"I guess we just lost track of time while talking" Oracle smiled, as everyone else stepped off the ice and they began to walk back to the castle. She swept her hair over her neck, now covering the mark, which she was thankful none of them had noticed.
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I hope you all are in store for what we have in here?" Oracle asked after dinner, where they stood in front of the portrait. Hermione, Ron, Harry, and Ginny stood there as well, as Oracle said the password. The portrait swung open, to reveal a totally changed common room.
The group gaped.
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Crystal: CLIFFY! I haven't had one of those for a while. Ok, here's a hint to the next chapter…Neon Paint. Here's another hint…Black Lights. And finally…FLUFF! How did you like the appearance of Koenma, and now the trio will be added in more since they have dispatched their differences. Also, about the demon marking thing. I read it in another fic, and made up the whole thing in this. I just thought it was a good idea, one that could lead to something later on. Ok…so I'll try and have the next chapter up soon. I thought that four practically in a row would sustain most of you.
See ya around…
PS: I have now started posting Jumi pictures up at my new website, and as the story goes along, more pictures will be added. Or, I'll add them all up there, and just confuse the hell out of you. You can find them at the homepage on my bio and I hope all you fabulous readers would check it out ^-^