Disclaimer: I only own Shizu
Shattered Edges of a Broken Heart
By: Crystal of Psyche
Chapter 6: Daily
Jin laid on the futon on the floor made out for him; surprisingly he was the only one hurt. Everyone else got out of the fight pretty much untouched. Poor Jin, he had hurt his back and could barely move. Touya was in the other room giving Chu, the fourth demon living with them, (CoP: duh! ^-^) an aspirin. Yusuke was sleeping in his room; he's still recovering.
Rinku smiled as he made his yo yo's do a new trick. He's been bored ever since the end of the Dark Tournament. It is a lot better now that he's staying with new friends. He smiled when he remembered Shizu, when the four of them found her she was in great danger and they rescued her. From then on she had been apart of the team, the five of them were unbeatable.
Surprisingly half-demons like Shizu have awesome adapting qualities, she was weak when we found her but now that Touya and the others have decided to train her. She developed very quickly, almost unnaturally. It's strange maybe us demons are scared of what half-demons could become. Being half-human had its advantages like their amount of spirit energy they can acquire in a short time. I mean look at Yurameshi, look how far he got in a short amount of time.
He peered over at Shizu who was lying across the couch reading a book peacefully. Rinku smiled, he liked having Shizu around. She treated him kindly not ruff and tumble like the guys, she was more gentle and caring. He felt somehow attached to this half-demon, like an older sister maybe even a second mother. He was just felt happy whenever she was around. He got up from the couch and walked over to her.
"Hey Shizu! Wanna see my new trick?" Rinku asked with a childlike voice. Shizu put down her book and smiled at Rinku.
"Sure why not." His yo yo's started doing flips and twirls but not once tangling in its own string. After he was done the yo yo's rolled themselves up and Shizu applauded. Then both of their senses kicked in, they both turned towards the door and narrowed their eyes.
"Someone is here!" Rinku whispered. Shizu nodded in agreement, she gently pushed Rinku in the opposite direction he stared at her with confusion.
"You go and warn the others, I'll check to see who it is," she quickly grabbed her bow and walked outside. Rinku stared at her retreating figure with worry then quickly turned around and began searching for any of the occupants. Shizu walked into the front yard and surveyed the terrain. Nothing….but something didn't feel right. Just then she felt a presence behind her she turned and gasped.
"Hello there little lady," a huge rat-like demon towered over her. She quickly jumped away and pulled back the string on her bow. Suddenly some type of light arrow formed in it. "You know a young person like you shouldn't be playing with dangerous weapons like that….wait a sec." He sniffed the scent in the air and then glared at Shizu. "You're a half-breed!!!"
Shizu took better aim while he kept babbling, "And what if I am!?!" The demon smiled and started cracking his knuckles in a threatening type of way, then unsheathed a huge sword.
"Now I can make some good money!!" Shizu raised an eyebrow at his last comment before letting loose her arrow. "This is my lucky day!!! A spirit detective AND a half-breed!!!"
"HALO'S ARROW!!!!!" The arrow zipped through the air, but the rat demon held up his sword to defend him. It did manage to block the arrow but it made him stumble back some. Shizu quickly slid the bow and arrow over her shoulder and then unsheathed two short swords; racing towards him she made a slash at his legs. The demon howled in pain. But then just walked it off. Shizu watched in a shock as the demon stood to his fullest height.
"That was just a prick from a thorn!!!" The demon said as he howled with laughter. Suddenly there was a chilling breeze and it soon froze the rat demons feet to the ground. He looked in fear around, his fear was confirmed when the wind picked up. Including the chill in the air.
"SHARDS OF WINTER!!!" Shizu looked behind her and noticed Touya making his signature move, while Jin weakly leaned against Touya for support. Soon the Rat demon was no more than a statue of ice. "Chu! Your turn!" A demon much bigger than Touya or Jin came out and cracked his knuckled. (CoP: Do I really need to describe him? you all know what he looks like)
"Alright then," his Australian accent nice and strong, just like his body. He calmly walked up to the statue and did a roundhouse kick. Making the ice sculpture shatter into a thousand pieces. "I AM GOOD!!!" Chu began flexing his muscles to the others, mainly for Shizu. But she turned around and straight to Jin.
"Jin!! What the hell do you think your doing!?!" Shizu demanded. Both Touya and Jin winced at her tone of voice directed towards them.
"Umm…helpin?" Jin said cautiously hoping not to provoke her mighty wrath. But instead she sighed and slipped Jin's other arm around her neck.
"Let's get you inside……You should be better by tomorrow IF you stay in bed." Touya, Jin, and Shizu walked back inside leaving Chu all alone.
"And I get no credit!!! Shizu…somehow I'll get my revenge on you……but how? Hrmmm…….." Chu is up to his mischievous mind while Rinku peeked outside to check on him ten minutes later to find that he was in the same spot…still thinking. (CoP: *laughs* I like to pick on Chu!! But he's still an awesome character!!) Rinku lifted an eyebrow finally shaking his head he walked away to find something more interesting to do.
*****
In the hot spring it was Shizu's turn, so she was taking her nice sweet time. While most of the demon boys including Yusuke sat around downstairs. She let the steamy water soak her stiff muscles; today was a long day. Every now and then they usually get some Demon mercenary or something to kill them or in her case bring in and get money. Nowadays there was a bounty on any Half-demon no matter what they did.
Her sensitive ears picked up some creaking sound close by. She tensed up immediately and grabbed a towel and wrapped around her body. She grabbed a mop that was close by and began sneaking to the spot where she last heard the sound. She peered over the small rocks and instantly turned bright red with anger.
"Hiya there," came an Australian accent.
"CCCHHHHHHUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"AAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! DON'T HURT ME!!!!!"
"SIT STILL SO I CAN SEND YOU TO THE AFTERLIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!"
*****
Yusuke, Rinku, and Touya were all playing cards when they felt the ground rumble and shake. Yusuke looked startled by the small tremor. He looked at the two demons and they seemed to either didn't feel it or ignored it like it was nothing. "What was that!?" Yusuke finally asked.
"Shizu," they both replied as they each laid down a card. Yusuke looked confused.
"That was Shizu?" The others nodded. "Why and how did she make that small earthquake?"
"Chu I guess wanted a erotic view of Shizu…so he decided to peek on her while she was taking a bath," Touya explained. Rinku nodded with disappointment that his mentor is a peeping tom. Something inside of Yusuke made him want to punch Chu very hard in the face for peeking on Shizu, but he shrugged it off.
"Too bad Chu keeps forgettin that the lassy has exceptional hearin capabilities, because of her long ears like mine," Jin said who seemed to pop out of nowhere. Yusuke quickly got used to this habit of Jin's.
"So what'll happen to Chu?" Yusuke asked. All three demons cringed at the sound of bone breaking yell.
"Let's just say we don't know and we don't want to find out," Touya said as he set down all his cards. "Royal Flush."
"NO FAIR!!!" Both Rinku and Yusuke said as they gawked at the set of cards on the table. Jin chuckled as another loud yell emitted through the house. Everyone looked up and stared at each other till Touya broke the silence.
"That didn't sound too healthy."
Author's Note: I'm going to try to get the next chapter up as soon as I can…but it's hard with school work and all…plus I have a few other stories that need to be desperately updated.
Well, things in the story are kinda going slow for now. I kinda want to show the 'normal' life Yusuke has now. Things are just beginning to get hectic *giggles* what other mayhem can our group come up with next? Any ideas?
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