Chuurippu goes to Mai-Ly! That's right, Mai-chan, her name means "tulip"...see, it's like engrish...tulip...churippu...*sweatdrops* Okay, I'll stop now. A lot of people guessed right, but she got it first. ^^ Not to worry, starting this chapter, I'm DOUBLING the ferrygirls! More chances to get one.
Okay, I know you're all sort of pissed at Binetsu right now for blowing up the cure, and the Mirror Holders are in shock, but we will now learn why it is not wise to piss Kelsey off...just ask Shishi's fan-girls. Oh, wait, you can't. o.o She killed them all. Well, actually, she just beat 'em good, but still...does the bad luck NEVER end?
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Binetsu was still laughing. Everyone else seemed to be frozen in various poses. Kelsey was still standing, stormy eyes fixed on the broken remnants of the glass jar...and their last hope, littered on the floor. Kyattsuai and Chuu were looking at each other uncertainly, not quite sure how to react. Mukuro finally moved, taking a step closer to Kia, who knelt on the floor, along with Rinku and Youko Kurama. Boku looked very pleased.
Suddenly, Kelsey uttered something akin to a feral snarl and lunged at Binetsu, knocking the little girl down and aiming fierce punches at her face.
"Kelsey, NO!" Kia sprang up and ran over, trying to pull her enraged friend off of the stunned inventor. "Yamete!!" (Stop it!)
The eyes that Kelsey turned on her made the girl draw in a sharp breath. Her usually-lively gray eyes were cold and hard, like granite, and just as unfeeling.
"Don't try to stop me, Kia." Her voice mirrored her expression exactly. "I'm going to kill her." She raised her fist again.
Kia had never seen her comrade so angry, even angrier than the time that Shishiwakamaru's fan-girls stormed the house, but she couldn't...
"Look, I know how you feel, but killing her isn't going to solve anything!" Well, it'd stop her from attempting to kill them, but...she didn't feel like pointing that out just now. Her tugging increased, but it was no use. Kelsey in her state of adrenaline was too strong for Kia in her weakened condition.
"Here, allow me." Chuu regained his momentum, strode over, and easily plucked the struggling Mirror Holder off of her victim.
"That Mirror Half of Compassion..." Rinku mused to Kia, who blinked at him. "No wonder you were chosen to carry it."
Mukuro looked sharply at Boku. "Tell me, BOKU, why you did not aid your mistress just now..."
He chuckled. "First off, my whole name is Chuuboku. Boku is just a nickname."
There had to be a meaning in that, Kia realized. Something important. But what did his name MEAN? Wracking her brain for an answer, she finally found it.
"Chuuboku means 'faithful servant'..."
Kelsey stopped fighting Chuu to look at her dark-haired friend. Kia had a funny look on her face...a mixture of surprise and anger.
"But who were you a faithful servant TO?" The girl continued, glaring at Boku.
"It'd be Binetsu, wouldn't it?" Kyattsuai, bewildered, couldn't see where this was going.
"I don't think so." Kelsey thought she understood what Kia was getting at. "The Mirror Halves reveal truths...it just takes us awhile to fully understand them."
"Answer the lady's question," Chuu ordered the mousy-haired man, lowering Kelsey to the ground. "Whose 'faithful servant' ARE you?"
Boku was still very much amused. "Netami, of course."
Kelsey made an exasperated noise. "Not again...for the last time, she's DEAD!"
"Perhaps..." He smirked. "Then again, perhaps not."
"But why work for Binetsu, then?" Rinku asked, confused.
"That's simple enough. Binetsu already resented Suzuki...I just had to fuel the embers of her anger until it grew into a roaring fire...and then I sent all of that negative energy to my REAL mistress, giving her the power she needed. Also, the brat had the necessary means to take out the Mirror Holders. I encouraged her, ASSURED her that revenge upon Suzuki would include the deaths of the two wielders of the Densetsu no Kagami. Little did she suspect that once they were dead, I would kill her and take the Halves to Netami-sama."
Boku glanced down at Binetsu, who was looking at him, silently shaking her head in mute denial. "But, even though she destroyed the cure, they were soaked in it. I'll just have to kill them my-" He stopped talking, tilting his head to listen for something. Then he sighed. "...As you wish."
Mukuro raised an eyebrow. "As who wishes?"
"I must return," the man announced grandly. "But not to worry-the Mirror Holders' nightmares will soon manifest themselves." He threw down another handful of invisible substance. This took the form of thick white smoke that crept into all corners of the room and spread out. Everyone started choking and coughing, eyes watering.
Kia, however, knew how to handle this type of thing. Cool breezes rushed in from the open window, fanning and swirling the smoke away so that her comrades could see and breathe again.
"He used it to get away!" Kyattsuai cried, between coughs.
"He won't get far," Mukuro replied, smiling grimly.
No sooner had she spoken then a voice called out from just outside the room. "Mukuro-sama! We've killed the intruder!"
"Excellent work," the demon lord responded, tone pleased. "Dispose of his body immediately."
"Hai!" Shuffling footsteps and a dragging thud told those listening that Mukuro's "request" was being honored.
"So Binetsu was being USED?" Rinku spoke up.
"Looks like it." Kia looked down at Youko Kurama, who had fallen asleep on the floor, and then over at Binetsu.
The little inventor got to her feet, staring at her palms. "It was all a trick...a lie..." She whispered, more than to herself than to anyone else in the room. "A plot to get the Densetsu no Kagami..." A bitter chuckle emerged from her mouth. "But Suzuki WILL die, and I'll kill the Mirror Holders...I deserve it, not anyone else!"
Kia shook her head. "You're depleted on your energy," she said softly. "You'll kill yourself trying...and I don't think you really want the Densetsu no Kagami, Binetsu."
"You lie!" The smaller girl rasped. "Of course I do!"
"I'm not lying. You loved Suzuki, didn't you? All you ever wanted was for him to be happy! But he yelled at you...and it hurt, didn't it?"
Binetsu looked at her fearfully. She didn't want to see sympathy in those eyes...she didn't want compassion! "S...stop it..."
The girl didn't stop. "Suzuki was UNUSED to love! Machines can't love, potions can't love, and he became so fascinated with them that he...he thought HE couldn't love either! And I know it hurt, Binetsu, but wanting revenge...it won't help! I think you still love him, no matter what you-"
"STOP IT!" Binetsu had a dangerous, almost maniacal gleam in her eyes now. "I HATE Suzuki and I HATE ALL OF YOU! I DON'T WANT YOUR GODDAMNED COMPASSION, MIRROR HOLDER!" She started to glow again, only this time the inky blackness completely blotted out her violet aura. Her lips parted as she swayed slightly. "Die..." She breathed.
"You don't have enough energy!" Kia cried. "You're burning your life away!"
"Give it up, love." Chuu placed both big hands on the girl's shoulders, firmly guiding her back to the others and away from Binetsu. "For all your compassion, she's too far gone for you to save now."
"Her desire for revenge will lead to her own self-destruction." Mukuro stepped in front of the Mirror Holders. "But I will not let it include your destruction as well."
"You tried, Kia," Kelsey told her companion. "That's all anyone could ask for."
"DIE!" Binetsu repeated in a shriek, releasing a mass of dark flames from her palms. Mukuro raised her own hands, her energy leaping forth to counter the attack. The two powers met halfway and exploded upon contact. The girls and Rinku flinched, covering their eyes. Youko Kurama slept through it.
Kia looked up just in time to see Binetsu fall, tears running down the inventor's face. She'd poured her own life into her final attack, and had paid the ultimate price.
Kelsey glanced over at the brunette as she slowly walked past Mukuro to kneel by the fallen child, head bowed.
"Did you ever dream that revenge would eventually take your own life?" The Mirror Holder asked her, voice breaking slightly.
She would never answer.
With a sigh, the girl turned. "Kelsey, can I cry now?"
The blonde shook her head. "No. Not yet."
"To bed, Mirror Holders." Mukuro approached Kia, extending her hand and assisting the girl in standing. "You can return home tomorrow."
"Two days left, then..." Kelsey closed her eyes, looking pained. "We'll be watching them die..."
Kia was grateful for the weariness seeping throughout her body...it numbed the pain, making it almost bearable. And then sleep claimed her entirely.
***A good deal of time later...***
Someone kept shaking her shoulder insistently. "Kia...Kia..."
The girl muttered crossly, not wanting to wake up just yet. But the light, male voice wouldn't go away.
"Kia!"
"WHAT!" She yelled finally, exasperated. She opened her eyes, stared into a pair of vivid emerald oculars, and screamed, leaning back too far and falling off the bed.
Kurama looked over the edge of the bed, smiling down at the bemused Mirror Holder sitting on the floor. "My apologies for scaring you..."
"You...you..." Kia stared at him with big brown eyes. "You're big again! And your ears are gone!"
It was true. As the redhead reached down to pull her up, she noticed that he was back to his usual age of seventeen. No longer did he sport fox ears and a tail, he was wearing his school uniform, and she suspected that breaking a mirror now wouldn't affect him too greatly.
"...Where's Kelsey?" The dark-haired girl asked, looking around quizzically. They were alone. Binetsu's body was gone, and Chuu, Rinku, Mukuro, Kelsey, and Kyattsuai were nowhere to be seen.
"Breakfast," Kurama answered. "They sent me in to wake you." His smile faded as he looked at her intently. "Are you all right?"
"I will be, eventually..." Kia heaved a shuddery sigh. "It's just...Kelsey's forbidden me from crying, and everyone back home...Jin, Touya, Hiei, Rei...they'll all be..."
"You did your best...both of you tried your hardest." The Youko patted her shoulder sympathetically. "I'm truly sorry..."
"Kurama?"
"Hai?"
Kia looked at him. "Can I have a hug?"
Kurama smiled and held out his arms. Kia inched closer, and he wrapped his arms around her, giving the distraught Mirror Holder the comfort she so desperately needed just then.
Finally, he rose, offering his hand to her. She took it, and they went down to see the others.
*OOC*
No, for the last time, there is absolutely nothing between Kia and Kurama...the most you could say is that they have a brother/sister relationship going on...-.-
Well, it could just be me, but I feel a little sorry for Binetsu...please review! Next chapter!
* Kia, Kurama, Chuu, Rinku and Kelsey hitch a ride home with an old friend...an old DRACONIC friend...
* What greets these weary travelers when they arrive home at last? Hugs? Smiles? Kuwabara dangling from the ceiling? O.o Uh...
* On the way home, guess what the Mirror Holders find in Kurama's wallet? Pictures...pictures of his girlfriend...will they FINALLY learn more about this mysterious person?
* Kelsey finally gives Kia permission to cry...bring tissue. -.-
And, like I promised, here are the sixth and seventh ferrygirls, as I only have THREE MORE CHAPTERS LEFT!
Name: Kinpouge
Age: 193 (died at age 18)
Birthday: June 7
Clothing: Red kimono, yellow obi, white kimono underneath
Hair Color/Style: Pale blonde, ends just below her ears
Eye Color: Light green
Height: 5'8''
Weight: 123 lbs.
Personality: Poetic (maybe sometimes a little TOO poetic...o.o)
Name: Ran
Age: 321 (died at age 16)
Clothing: Pale yellow kimono, blue bow, purple kimono underneath
Hair Color/Style: Pale purple, reaches past her waist, sometimes braids it
Eye Color: Gray
Height: 5'7''
Weight: 117 lbs.
Personality: Concerned (if ever she gets to the point of paranoia, threaten to take away her oar. ^^)
There you go! Have fun! I know I'm updating faster now, but I still don't think I'll finish by Christmas...*sigh*
Okay, I know you're all sort of pissed at Binetsu right now for blowing up the cure, and the Mirror Holders are in shock, but we will now learn why it is not wise to piss Kelsey off...just ask Shishi's fan-girls. Oh, wait, you can't. o.o She killed them all. Well, actually, she just beat 'em good, but still...does the bad luck NEVER end?
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Binetsu was still laughing. Everyone else seemed to be frozen in various poses. Kelsey was still standing, stormy eyes fixed on the broken remnants of the glass jar...and their last hope, littered on the floor. Kyattsuai and Chuu were looking at each other uncertainly, not quite sure how to react. Mukuro finally moved, taking a step closer to Kia, who knelt on the floor, along with Rinku and Youko Kurama. Boku looked very pleased.
Suddenly, Kelsey uttered something akin to a feral snarl and lunged at Binetsu, knocking the little girl down and aiming fierce punches at her face.
"Kelsey, NO!" Kia sprang up and ran over, trying to pull her enraged friend off of the stunned inventor. "Yamete!!" (Stop it!)
The eyes that Kelsey turned on her made the girl draw in a sharp breath. Her usually-lively gray eyes were cold and hard, like granite, and just as unfeeling.
"Don't try to stop me, Kia." Her voice mirrored her expression exactly. "I'm going to kill her." She raised her fist again.
Kia had never seen her comrade so angry, even angrier than the time that Shishiwakamaru's fan-girls stormed the house, but she couldn't...
"Look, I know how you feel, but killing her isn't going to solve anything!" Well, it'd stop her from attempting to kill them, but...she didn't feel like pointing that out just now. Her tugging increased, but it was no use. Kelsey in her state of adrenaline was too strong for Kia in her weakened condition.
"Here, allow me." Chuu regained his momentum, strode over, and easily plucked the struggling Mirror Holder off of her victim.
"That Mirror Half of Compassion..." Rinku mused to Kia, who blinked at him. "No wonder you were chosen to carry it."
Mukuro looked sharply at Boku. "Tell me, BOKU, why you did not aid your mistress just now..."
He chuckled. "First off, my whole name is Chuuboku. Boku is just a nickname."
There had to be a meaning in that, Kia realized. Something important. But what did his name MEAN? Wracking her brain for an answer, she finally found it.
"Chuuboku means 'faithful servant'..."
Kelsey stopped fighting Chuu to look at her dark-haired friend. Kia had a funny look on her face...a mixture of surprise and anger.
"But who were you a faithful servant TO?" The girl continued, glaring at Boku.
"It'd be Binetsu, wouldn't it?" Kyattsuai, bewildered, couldn't see where this was going.
"I don't think so." Kelsey thought she understood what Kia was getting at. "The Mirror Halves reveal truths...it just takes us awhile to fully understand them."
"Answer the lady's question," Chuu ordered the mousy-haired man, lowering Kelsey to the ground. "Whose 'faithful servant' ARE you?"
Boku was still very much amused. "Netami, of course."
Kelsey made an exasperated noise. "Not again...for the last time, she's DEAD!"
"Perhaps..." He smirked. "Then again, perhaps not."
"But why work for Binetsu, then?" Rinku asked, confused.
"That's simple enough. Binetsu already resented Suzuki...I just had to fuel the embers of her anger until it grew into a roaring fire...and then I sent all of that negative energy to my REAL mistress, giving her the power she needed. Also, the brat had the necessary means to take out the Mirror Holders. I encouraged her, ASSURED her that revenge upon Suzuki would include the deaths of the two wielders of the Densetsu no Kagami. Little did she suspect that once they were dead, I would kill her and take the Halves to Netami-sama."
Boku glanced down at Binetsu, who was looking at him, silently shaking her head in mute denial. "But, even though she destroyed the cure, they were soaked in it. I'll just have to kill them my-" He stopped talking, tilting his head to listen for something. Then he sighed. "...As you wish."
Mukuro raised an eyebrow. "As who wishes?"
"I must return," the man announced grandly. "But not to worry-the Mirror Holders' nightmares will soon manifest themselves." He threw down another handful of invisible substance. This took the form of thick white smoke that crept into all corners of the room and spread out. Everyone started choking and coughing, eyes watering.
Kia, however, knew how to handle this type of thing. Cool breezes rushed in from the open window, fanning and swirling the smoke away so that her comrades could see and breathe again.
"He used it to get away!" Kyattsuai cried, between coughs.
"He won't get far," Mukuro replied, smiling grimly.
No sooner had she spoken then a voice called out from just outside the room. "Mukuro-sama! We've killed the intruder!"
"Excellent work," the demon lord responded, tone pleased. "Dispose of his body immediately."
"Hai!" Shuffling footsteps and a dragging thud told those listening that Mukuro's "request" was being honored.
"So Binetsu was being USED?" Rinku spoke up.
"Looks like it." Kia looked down at Youko Kurama, who had fallen asleep on the floor, and then over at Binetsu.
The little inventor got to her feet, staring at her palms. "It was all a trick...a lie..." She whispered, more than to herself than to anyone else in the room. "A plot to get the Densetsu no Kagami..." A bitter chuckle emerged from her mouth. "But Suzuki WILL die, and I'll kill the Mirror Holders...I deserve it, not anyone else!"
Kia shook her head. "You're depleted on your energy," she said softly. "You'll kill yourself trying...and I don't think you really want the Densetsu no Kagami, Binetsu."
"You lie!" The smaller girl rasped. "Of course I do!"
"I'm not lying. You loved Suzuki, didn't you? All you ever wanted was for him to be happy! But he yelled at you...and it hurt, didn't it?"
Binetsu looked at her fearfully. She didn't want to see sympathy in those eyes...she didn't want compassion! "S...stop it..."
The girl didn't stop. "Suzuki was UNUSED to love! Machines can't love, potions can't love, and he became so fascinated with them that he...he thought HE couldn't love either! And I know it hurt, Binetsu, but wanting revenge...it won't help! I think you still love him, no matter what you-"
"STOP IT!" Binetsu had a dangerous, almost maniacal gleam in her eyes now. "I HATE Suzuki and I HATE ALL OF YOU! I DON'T WANT YOUR GODDAMNED COMPASSION, MIRROR HOLDER!" She started to glow again, only this time the inky blackness completely blotted out her violet aura. Her lips parted as she swayed slightly. "Die..." She breathed.
"You don't have enough energy!" Kia cried. "You're burning your life away!"
"Give it up, love." Chuu placed both big hands on the girl's shoulders, firmly guiding her back to the others and away from Binetsu. "For all your compassion, she's too far gone for you to save now."
"Her desire for revenge will lead to her own self-destruction." Mukuro stepped in front of the Mirror Holders. "But I will not let it include your destruction as well."
"You tried, Kia," Kelsey told her companion. "That's all anyone could ask for."
"DIE!" Binetsu repeated in a shriek, releasing a mass of dark flames from her palms. Mukuro raised her own hands, her energy leaping forth to counter the attack. The two powers met halfway and exploded upon contact. The girls and Rinku flinched, covering their eyes. Youko Kurama slept through it.
Kia looked up just in time to see Binetsu fall, tears running down the inventor's face. She'd poured her own life into her final attack, and had paid the ultimate price.
Kelsey glanced over at the brunette as she slowly walked past Mukuro to kneel by the fallen child, head bowed.
"Did you ever dream that revenge would eventually take your own life?" The Mirror Holder asked her, voice breaking slightly.
She would never answer.
With a sigh, the girl turned. "Kelsey, can I cry now?"
The blonde shook her head. "No. Not yet."
"To bed, Mirror Holders." Mukuro approached Kia, extending her hand and assisting the girl in standing. "You can return home tomorrow."
"Two days left, then..." Kelsey closed her eyes, looking pained. "We'll be watching them die..."
Kia was grateful for the weariness seeping throughout her body...it numbed the pain, making it almost bearable. And then sleep claimed her entirely.
***A good deal of time later...***
Someone kept shaking her shoulder insistently. "Kia...Kia..."
The girl muttered crossly, not wanting to wake up just yet. But the light, male voice wouldn't go away.
"Kia!"
"WHAT!" She yelled finally, exasperated. She opened her eyes, stared into a pair of vivid emerald oculars, and screamed, leaning back too far and falling off the bed.
Kurama looked over the edge of the bed, smiling down at the bemused Mirror Holder sitting on the floor. "My apologies for scaring you..."
"You...you..." Kia stared at him with big brown eyes. "You're big again! And your ears are gone!"
It was true. As the redhead reached down to pull her up, she noticed that he was back to his usual age of seventeen. No longer did he sport fox ears and a tail, he was wearing his school uniform, and she suspected that breaking a mirror now wouldn't affect him too greatly.
"...Where's Kelsey?" The dark-haired girl asked, looking around quizzically. They were alone. Binetsu's body was gone, and Chuu, Rinku, Mukuro, Kelsey, and Kyattsuai were nowhere to be seen.
"Breakfast," Kurama answered. "They sent me in to wake you." His smile faded as he looked at her intently. "Are you all right?"
"I will be, eventually..." Kia heaved a shuddery sigh. "It's just...Kelsey's forbidden me from crying, and everyone back home...Jin, Touya, Hiei, Rei...they'll all be..."
"You did your best...both of you tried your hardest." The Youko patted her shoulder sympathetically. "I'm truly sorry..."
"Kurama?"
"Hai?"
Kia looked at him. "Can I have a hug?"
Kurama smiled and held out his arms. Kia inched closer, and he wrapped his arms around her, giving the distraught Mirror Holder the comfort she so desperately needed just then.
Finally, he rose, offering his hand to her. She took it, and they went down to see the others.
*OOC*
No, for the last time, there is absolutely nothing between Kia and Kurama...the most you could say is that they have a brother/sister relationship going on...-.-
Well, it could just be me, but I feel a little sorry for Binetsu...please review! Next chapter!
* Kia, Kurama, Chuu, Rinku and Kelsey hitch a ride home with an old friend...an old DRACONIC friend...
* What greets these weary travelers when they arrive home at last? Hugs? Smiles? Kuwabara dangling from the ceiling? O.o Uh...
* On the way home, guess what the Mirror Holders find in Kurama's wallet? Pictures...pictures of his girlfriend...will they FINALLY learn more about this mysterious person?
* Kelsey finally gives Kia permission to cry...bring tissue. -.-
And, like I promised, here are the sixth and seventh ferrygirls, as I only have THREE MORE CHAPTERS LEFT!
Name: Kinpouge
Age: 193 (died at age 18)
Birthday: June 7
Clothing: Red kimono, yellow obi, white kimono underneath
Hair Color/Style: Pale blonde, ends just below her ears
Eye Color: Light green
Height: 5'8''
Weight: 123 lbs.
Personality: Poetic (maybe sometimes a little TOO poetic...o.o)
Name: Ran
Age: 321 (died at age 16)
Clothing: Pale yellow kimono, blue bow, purple kimono underneath
Hair Color/Style: Pale purple, reaches past her waist, sometimes braids it
Eye Color: Gray
Height: 5'7''
Weight: 117 lbs.
Personality: Concerned (if ever she gets to the point of paranoia, threaten to take away her oar. ^^)
There you go! Have fun! I know I'm updating faster now, but I still don't think I'll finish by Christmas...*sigh*