Second Generation Spirit Detective
Sorry for the (really, really long) lapse in my updating. I've been really, really, really, loaded down with homework. Anyway, here's the next chapter! Thanks for the reviews!
Chapter 17: A Change of Events
An enormous spiritual energy brought Kitako to her knees.
"Whoa," she thought out loud. "Where is all that power coming from?" She got up and stumbled away from Keogha, trying to rid herself of a strong sense of foreboding.
"Kitako seems to be overwhelmed by the humongous power emanating from Keogha!" Hina shouted excitedly into her microphone. "This fight seems to be turning around!"
Kyoko scowled at the referee's words.
"SHUT UP, SHORT SKIRT!" she screamed.
Yusuke heard his daughter's shout and chimed in with a sudden inspiration to make fun of Hiei, "YEAH! SHUT UP YOU SEXY HARPIE!" earning himself a kick in the shins from Keiko. Kyoko turned around and grinned at him.
Keogha pulsed, lifting her head up to look at the sword-wielding Kitako. Her expression was blank, even more so than her maroon-eyed teammate's. Hina squealed and scrambled to the very edge of the fighting platform. A ghostly intake of breath by Keogha sent her over the edge. She was caught damsel-in-distress style by a very pleased looking Yo, whom she readily slapped.
"Personal foul! Ten yards!" she announced. Then, seeing all the confused looks she was getting, she explained, "I referee for football, too." She turned back to the fight.
"Cheating on Ryoko before she's even your girlfriend?" Kyoko teased in an unnerving whisper. Red slowly crept up Yo's face. He turned his annoyed crimson face to look at Kyoko.
"Shh! She'll hear you!" he hissed, pressing a hand over her mouth. Ai looked at him curiously.
"Hear what?" she demanded exasperatedly.
"It's the rash again," Kyoko giggled. Yo grimaced.
"You really need some cream or something for that, Yo," she recommended, wrinkling her nose in repulsion.
"What a dodge!" Hina exclaimed. Ai, Yo, and Kyoko wheeled around just in time to see Kitako maneuver herself expertly around what looked like a ghost.
"Cheeeese!" Yo cried out, taking a step backwards. He bumped into Ryo.
"What is that thing?" she asked no one in particular, elbowing Yo in the ribs to get him off of her. Her father raised a reproachful eyebrow at her from across the arena. She sighed in defeat and brightly helped Yo to his feet.
'What a nice, obedient child I have,' Kurama thought to himself as he watched Ryo pick Yo up off the ground. A second later she dropped him. Kurama fell over.
"Get off of me! I'm injured!" Hiei shrieked in a voice muffled by Kurama's body. Kurama hopped to his feet.
"Heh, heh, sorry 'bout that," he apologized, grinning and rubbing the back of his head.
Kuwabara, who had been ignoring Kurama's parental lesson in kindness and paying full attention to the fight, lurched forward toward the wall of energy.
"KITAKO!"
"OW!"
"HA! REVENGE IS SWEET, RIGHT KURAMA?"
Kitako swerved around one of hundreds of swirling white objects emitting great spiritual energy. She raised her Spirit Sword and deflected a second. It fought back hard, pressing on her sword until it was almost touching her nose. With a great burst of energy she managed to send it flying backwards. Shrill, unearthly shrieks filled the air as they closed in around her. She desperately tried to bat them off with her energy blade but there were too many of them. The swarmed around her body like thousands of flesh-eating insects, tearing at her skin, hair, and clothes.
"Get off of me!" she tried to yell, but the high-pitched screaming drowned out her words. Half of the spirits ate away at her weapon, soon reducing it to a mere stub of lavender. Left without any defense except her bare fists and words, Kitako gave an inward sob.
Keogha watched her opponent's struggle smugly. How did this team expect to win this tournament if they couldn't even fend off a couple of spirits? She chuckled a little. She didn't know the exact reason why Sulera wanted these people dead, but it definitely was not to get their parents' Spirit Energy. At least that wasn't the whole reason. She didn't trust Ryoko and Jaiel with the whole truth. Sulera trusted nobody, not even her own children, especially Ryoko since she had started showing signs of affection towards that boy Yo. Keogha turned her sadistic gaze back to her victim. Oh how she loved that look of fear in her eyes.
I see dotted lines! So many dotted lines! Help me! @.@
Kegam: Uh-huh, she tried to put in one dotted line and instead got like, a million.
Dotted lines. *shiver, shiver*
Kegam: Anyway, we have a contest-type kind of thing. You all know Rurouni Kenshin, right? You know how he says "oro" all the time, right? Well, Makaro and I would like to know how to pronounce that like he says it and what it means. Makaro even said that she'd send anyone who can tell us the next chapter to the story at least 24 hours before she posts it.
(Foaming at the mouth) You can either email me at maggie@clover.net, which you can do anyway just to say hi, or you can tell us in a review. If you do that please leave your email address. DOTTED LINES!
Kegam: She'll be okay. Anyway, thanks for reading and please review!
OH MY GOD, ANOTHER ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry for the (really, really long) lapse in my updating. I've been really, really, really, loaded down with homework. Anyway, here's the next chapter! Thanks for the reviews!
Chapter 17: A Change of Events
An enormous spiritual energy brought Kitako to her knees.
"Whoa," she thought out loud. "Where is all that power coming from?" She got up and stumbled away from Keogha, trying to rid herself of a strong sense of foreboding.
"Kitako seems to be overwhelmed by the humongous power emanating from Keogha!" Hina shouted excitedly into her microphone. "This fight seems to be turning around!"
Kyoko scowled at the referee's words.
"SHUT UP, SHORT SKIRT!" she screamed.
Yusuke heard his daughter's shout and chimed in with a sudden inspiration to make fun of Hiei, "YEAH! SHUT UP YOU SEXY HARPIE!" earning himself a kick in the shins from Keiko. Kyoko turned around and grinned at him.
Keogha pulsed, lifting her head up to look at the sword-wielding Kitako. Her expression was blank, even more so than her maroon-eyed teammate's. Hina squealed and scrambled to the very edge of the fighting platform. A ghostly intake of breath by Keogha sent her over the edge. She was caught damsel-in-distress style by a very pleased looking Yo, whom she readily slapped.
"Personal foul! Ten yards!" she announced. Then, seeing all the confused looks she was getting, she explained, "I referee for football, too." She turned back to the fight.
"Cheating on Ryoko before she's even your girlfriend?" Kyoko teased in an unnerving whisper. Red slowly crept up Yo's face. He turned his annoyed crimson face to look at Kyoko.
"Shh! She'll hear you!" he hissed, pressing a hand over her mouth. Ai looked at him curiously.
"Hear what?" she demanded exasperatedly.
"It's the rash again," Kyoko giggled. Yo grimaced.
"You really need some cream or something for that, Yo," she recommended, wrinkling her nose in repulsion.
"What a dodge!" Hina exclaimed. Ai, Yo, and Kyoko wheeled around just in time to see Kitako maneuver herself expertly around what looked like a ghost.
"Cheeeese!" Yo cried out, taking a step backwards. He bumped into Ryo.
"What is that thing?" she asked no one in particular, elbowing Yo in the ribs to get him off of her. Her father raised a reproachful eyebrow at her from across the arena. She sighed in defeat and brightly helped Yo to his feet.
'What a nice, obedient child I have,' Kurama thought to himself as he watched Ryo pick Yo up off the ground. A second later she dropped him. Kurama fell over.
"Get off of me! I'm injured!" Hiei shrieked in a voice muffled by Kurama's body. Kurama hopped to his feet.
"Heh, heh, sorry 'bout that," he apologized, grinning and rubbing the back of his head.
Kuwabara, who had been ignoring Kurama's parental lesson in kindness and paying full attention to the fight, lurched forward toward the wall of energy.
"KITAKO!"
"OW!"
"HA! REVENGE IS SWEET, RIGHT KURAMA?"
Kitako swerved around one of hundreds of swirling white objects emitting great spiritual energy. She raised her Spirit Sword and deflected a second. It fought back hard, pressing on her sword until it was almost touching her nose. With a great burst of energy she managed to send it flying backwards. Shrill, unearthly shrieks filled the air as they closed in around her. She desperately tried to bat them off with her energy blade but there were too many of them. The swarmed around her body like thousands of flesh-eating insects, tearing at her skin, hair, and clothes.
"Get off of me!" she tried to yell, but the high-pitched screaming drowned out her words. Half of the spirits ate away at her weapon, soon reducing it to a mere stub of lavender. Left without any defense except her bare fists and words, Kitako gave an inward sob.
Keogha watched her opponent's struggle smugly. How did this team expect to win this tournament if they couldn't even fend off a couple of spirits? She chuckled a little. She didn't know the exact reason why Sulera wanted these people dead, but it definitely was not to get their parents' Spirit Energy. At least that wasn't the whole reason. She didn't trust Ryoko and Jaiel with the whole truth. Sulera trusted nobody, not even her own children, especially Ryoko since she had started showing signs of affection towards that boy Yo. Keogha turned her sadistic gaze back to her victim. Oh how she loved that look of fear in her eyes.
I see dotted lines! So many dotted lines! Help me! @.@
Kegam: Uh-huh, she tried to put in one dotted line and instead got like, a million.
Dotted lines. *shiver, shiver*
Kegam: Anyway, we have a contest-type kind of thing. You all know Rurouni Kenshin, right? You know how he says "oro" all the time, right? Well, Makaro and I would like to know how to pronounce that like he says it and what it means. Makaro even said that she'd send anyone who can tell us the next chapter to the story at least 24 hours before she posts it.
(Foaming at the mouth) You can either email me at maggie@clover.net, which you can do anyway just to say hi, or you can tell us in a review. If you do that please leave your email address. DOTTED LINES!
Kegam: She'll be okay. Anyway, thanks for reading and please review!
OH MY GOD, ANOTHER ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!