~Chapter 6~
~More Class and a Very Disgruntled Youko~
That morning, Hikina slept through breakfast. In fact, Lair had to run back upstairs and shake her tired roommate awake. "Jeeze girl. You've been working too hard." She laughed.
"I have to get strong." She replied grumpily. ~Maybe then Hiei will let me call him dad.~ She cleaned herself up and dressed and rushed downstairs to her Shadow class. She was met with Kage's friendly grin.
"It's about time we had some good looking shadow demons in this school." He winked.
"I think you must be blind Kage." Hikina rolled her eyes. In two days time she'd learned to ignore his comments.
"As is love." He sighed dramatically and winked and led the way into class.
Today they were working on summoning shadow monsters using drops of blood. Hikina and Kage were paired together and kept getting yelled at for having their shadow monsters fight a thumb war.
"Would you two take this class seriously?" the teacher sighed.
"Fine." Hikina smirked and summoned a tornado. Flying up she dropped a few drops of her blood in it and shadow monsters formed in the tornado and they ripped Kage's demon to shreds. "Serious enough?" She asked.
The teacher sighed again and rubbed his temples with his hand. "This school will be the death of me." He muttered as he walked off.
Kage was doubled over laughing silently while Hikina dispelled the Tornado of Shadow and joined her friend for a laugh. "Summon more monsters." She instructed Kage when they had recovered. "I want to see how many I can destroy with the Tornado." Kage nodded and they both summoned their attacks. The tornado swept through five of Kage's monsters before they started randomly stabbing at the shadow monsters on the inside and the tornado dissipated. They tried it again. Five was the most she could destroy and the number started going down as she was getting tired. She decided to save some energy for the rest of the day.
Her next class was Fire. None of her friends were in that class, so Hikina entered with a little trepidation. The teacher gave her a snooty look "You may close that Jagan Hikina. We will not be summoning any darkness flame nonsense." She told her. Hikina obeyed, but her Jagan rarely listened to her about staying closed. "Today we will be working on forming Fireballs of Mortal Flame." The teacher announced and began to instruct the students on how to go about it. Hikina was rather successful at her first try. Her Jagan popped open however and the flame turned black. "Hikina. I said close the Jagan." Her teacher snapped.
"I did. I guess it just got curious." Hikina replied, fighting back her smirk. She closed the Jagan again.
"You've been unnecessarily cheeky today it appears. Your shadow teacher commented on having trouble with you." Her teacher sneered.
"Just because I've been summoning shadow monsters since I was three doesn't mean I'm cheeky." Hikina glared. Her Jagan flew open again and the flame in her right hand turned black. "Stop that." She glared upward at her third eye and closed it again and the flame returned to a normal color. Really she was just really grumpy today. She'd probably just woken up on the wrong side of the bed and stupid teachers weren't making her day any easier. She might as well just accept the fact that it was going to be a long day.
The teacher chose to ignore that last comment and continued on how to use the Mortal Flame for various attacks. Hikina paid close attention. The teacher may be a total twit, but she didn't know anything about Fire. Her mother hadn't either so she hadn't learned.
The dummies she was given to incinerate were in ashes quickly and the class was soon dismissed for lunch. She met up with Lair.
"What's with the glare?" Lair grinned.
"Stupid bitchy teachers..." She grumbled. "I seriously think that fire lady has something against me JUST because I have a Jagan eye."
"Well, she's a purist." Lair shrugged. "Doesn't believe you should use external forces to magnify your power and give you new ones."
"What?" Hikina laughed. "I was born with this." She blinked.
Lair blinked at her. "Really?"
"Yeah. How could you expect a fourteen-year-old demon to survive that kind of surgery? Man. She must REALLY be stupid." Hikina grinned.
They ate lunch quickly, while Kage regaled them with tales of the shadow class that morning. Hikina sighed in relief when she entered her psychic class. Corvor was there and while he wasn't the friendliest, he was a familiar face. That and Neko would be teaching and she really like his easygoing manner.
"We'll start with telepathy today." Neko told the class. "Some of you are not gifted with this power and are gifted with more of a Foresight. Hikina. What am I thinking?" He asked.
Her Jagan glowed red for a moment. "You don't like sausage." She replied.
He grinned. "Good. Now tell me something." He meant through her Jagan.
~I really don't like sausage either.~ she smirked.
He laughed. "Good. Good. Now...Would you care to pull off the move I saw last night when you caught Ametsuchi from falling? I believe it's called the Jagan Tie Curse, but last night it was more of a blessing."
Hikina nodded and he was wrapped in red glowing ropes of energy. She slowly raised him off the floor and slowly lowered him again and released him with an exhale of breath. That'd been harder than Suchi. Her Jagan throbbed uncontrollably and she fell to her knees trying to desensitize herself to the pain.
"That was good Hikina." Neko smiled. "Why don't you go rest up before your last class? I'll have to tutor you separately anyway. From now on you have these two hours off and we'll meet for the hour before dinner." Hikina nodded weakly and struggled to rise. "Corvor. Help her get to her room."
Hikina shook her head and stood rather shakily. "I'll be fine." She insisted and walked as confidently as she could from the room. The pain in her head was subsiding already and she made her way slowly back to her room.
She lay down for the hour before martial arts and then joined Lair and Kage in the halls.
"Hikina, you're to start the lesson with me." Kuron informed her and she followed him to the staves and they discussed some new moves and began fighting while Youko observed the rest of the class, giving out feed back. Then when the students moved to weaponry, Youko called Hikina over and showed her some new moves and they started sparring. He did not go easy on her. Like she said, to be strong she needed to give her all. He sent her flying into a tree and he thought she would give up after that. Instead, the looked up at him, a fierce light in her eyes as she picked herself back up. Her Jagan glowed and she immediately started dashing around him. This was a move he'd seen Hiei do so often, but was honestly curious as to where his daughter had picked it up. She used her Jagan to increase her speed and his confusion. If he hadn't already known the move, it may have worked. She did manage to land a punch before he sent her flying back another ten feet. She executed a graceful flip and landed on her feet and dashed at him again. She didn't seem to fear pain nor did she want to recognize she was outmatched. He actually heard her growl in frustration as she started a fury of attacks that put him on the defensive. They both got in a few hits, but nothing that was substantial. She leapt back with another graceful flip and they stood panting and regarding each other until Youko lowered his fists, signaling the end of the match and Hikina's body relaxed. "Where'd you learn the move with your Jagan?" He asked.
She looked up at him. "I used to use it on my mom." She shrugged. "She said she'd seen it done so many times though that it didn't really effect her."
"Your father used to pull that move a lot." Kurama nodded.
"I guess that's why you recognized it." She smirked. "I should have known better than to try it." She sighed.
"I think your friends are waiting." Kurama grinned.
Hikina turned and sure enough, Kage and Lair were waiting on her. She was at their side in the blink of an eye and the three walked into the castle together, discussing the events of the afternoon.
That night, just before bed, Lair asked Hikina to show her the Darkness Flame that she'd made in class that day. Hikina smirked and complied, opening her Jagan and summoning the flame. Youko walked in, startling both girls. The flame jumped from Hikina's hand and right into Youko's long silvery locks.
"ACK!" He jumped and started trying to put it out with his hand. "Put it out!" he demanded.
Lair concentrated a moment and what was left of Youko's hair froze. "There. It's out." She said with an innocent smile.
Youko growled. "You shouldn't be showing off tricks in your room." His glare was directed at Hikina.
"Maybe you should knock before coming in to put your nose in other people's business." She growled back. She'd read his mind. He'd come to talk to her about her behavior in her morning classes. She knew instantly she'd gone to far.
"Unfreeze my hair Alairia." Youko commanded without taking his eyes off Hikina.
Alairia hastened to obey the now enraged Youko. "You are here to learn what they may teach you." He growled to Hikina. "Anymore signs of disobedience, and I will refuse to allow you to be in my class."
Hikina glared at his retreating back. Trying not to show how wary she really was of Kurama. She knew he was probably capable of much more than he actually partook in.
~More Class and a Very Disgruntled Youko~
That morning, Hikina slept through breakfast. In fact, Lair had to run back upstairs and shake her tired roommate awake. "Jeeze girl. You've been working too hard." She laughed.
"I have to get strong." She replied grumpily. ~Maybe then Hiei will let me call him dad.~ She cleaned herself up and dressed and rushed downstairs to her Shadow class. She was met with Kage's friendly grin.
"It's about time we had some good looking shadow demons in this school." He winked.
"I think you must be blind Kage." Hikina rolled her eyes. In two days time she'd learned to ignore his comments.
"As is love." He sighed dramatically and winked and led the way into class.
Today they were working on summoning shadow monsters using drops of blood. Hikina and Kage were paired together and kept getting yelled at for having their shadow monsters fight a thumb war.
"Would you two take this class seriously?" the teacher sighed.
"Fine." Hikina smirked and summoned a tornado. Flying up she dropped a few drops of her blood in it and shadow monsters formed in the tornado and they ripped Kage's demon to shreds. "Serious enough?" She asked.
The teacher sighed again and rubbed his temples with his hand. "This school will be the death of me." He muttered as he walked off.
Kage was doubled over laughing silently while Hikina dispelled the Tornado of Shadow and joined her friend for a laugh. "Summon more monsters." She instructed Kage when they had recovered. "I want to see how many I can destroy with the Tornado." Kage nodded and they both summoned their attacks. The tornado swept through five of Kage's monsters before they started randomly stabbing at the shadow monsters on the inside and the tornado dissipated. They tried it again. Five was the most she could destroy and the number started going down as she was getting tired. She decided to save some energy for the rest of the day.
Her next class was Fire. None of her friends were in that class, so Hikina entered with a little trepidation. The teacher gave her a snooty look "You may close that Jagan Hikina. We will not be summoning any darkness flame nonsense." She told her. Hikina obeyed, but her Jagan rarely listened to her about staying closed. "Today we will be working on forming Fireballs of Mortal Flame." The teacher announced and began to instruct the students on how to go about it. Hikina was rather successful at her first try. Her Jagan popped open however and the flame turned black. "Hikina. I said close the Jagan." Her teacher snapped.
"I did. I guess it just got curious." Hikina replied, fighting back her smirk. She closed the Jagan again.
"You've been unnecessarily cheeky today it appears. Your shadow teacher commented on having trouble with you." Her teacher sneered.
"Just because I've been summoning shadow monsters since I was three doesn't mean I'm cheeky." Hikina glared. Her Jagan flew open again and the flame in her right hand turned black. "Stop that." She glared upward at her third eye and closed it again and the flame returned to a normal color. Really she was just really grumpy today. She'd probably just woken up on the wrong side of the bed and stupid teachers weren't making her day any easier. She might as well just accept the fact that it was going to be a long day.
The teacher chose to ignore that last comment and continued on how to use the Mortal Flame for various attacks. Hikina paid close attention. The teacher may be a total twit, but she didn't know anything about Fire. Her mother hadn't either so she hadn't learned.
The dummies she was given to incinerate were in ashes quickly and the class was soon dismissed for lunch. She met up with Lair.
"What's with the glare?" Lair grinned.
"Stupid bitchy teachers..." She grumbled. "I seriously think that fire lady has something against me JUST because I have a Jagan eye."
"Well, she's a purist." Lair shrugged. "Doesn't believe you should use external forces to magnify your power and give you new ones."
"What?" Hikina laughed. "I was born with this." She blinked.
Lair blinked at her. "Really?"
"Yeah. How could you expect a fourteen-year-old demon to survive that kind of surgery? Man. She must REALLY be stupid." Hikina grinned.
They ate lunch quickly, while Kage regaled them with tales of the shadow class that morning. Hikina sighed in relief when she entered her psychic class. Corvor was there and while he wasn't the friendliest, he was a familiar face. That and Neko would be teaching and she really like his easygoing manner.
"We'll start with telepathy today." Neko told the class. "Some of you are not gifted with this power and are gifted with more of a Foresight. Hikina. What am I thinking?" He asked.
Her Jagan glowed red for a moment. "You don't like sausage." She replied.
He grinned. "Good. Now tell me something." He meant through her Jagan.
~I really don't like sausage either.~ she smirked.
He laughed. "Good. Good. Now...Would you care to pull off the move I saw last night when you caught Ametsuchi from falling? I believe it's called the Jagan Tie Curse, but last night it was more of a blessing."
Hikina nodded and he was wrapped in red glowing ropes of energy. She slowly raised him off the floor and slowly lowered him again and released him with an exhale of breath. That'd been harder than Suchi. Her Jagan throbbed uncontrollably and she fell to her knees trying to desensitize herself to the pain.
"That was good Hikina." Neko smiled. "Why don't you go rest up before your last class? I'll have to tutor you separately anyway. From now on you have these two hours off and we'll meet for the hour before dinner." Hikina nodded weakly and struggled to rise. "Corvor. Help her get to her room."
Hikina shook her head and stood rather shakily. "I'll be fine." She insisted and walked as confidently as she could from the room. The pain in her head was subsiding already and she made her way slowly back to her room.
She lay down for the hour before martial arts and then joined Lair and Kage in the halls.
"Hikina, you're to start the lesson with me." Kuron informed her and she followed him to the staves and they discussed some new moves and began fighting while Youko observed the rest of the class, giving out feed back. Then when the students moved to weaponry, Youko called Hikina over and showed her some new moves and they started sparring. He did not go easy on her. Like she said, to be strong she needed to give her all. He sent her flying into a tree and he thought she would give up after that. Instead, the looked up at him, a fierce light in her eyes as she picked herself back up. Her Jagan glowed and she immediately started dashing around him. This was a move he'd seen Hiei do so often, but was honestly curious as to where his daughter had picked it up. She used her Jagan to increase her speed and his confusion. If he hadn't already known the move, it may have worked. She did manage to land a punch before he sent her flying back another ten feet. She executed a graceful flip and landed on her feet and dashed at him again. She didn't seem to fear pain nor did she want to recognize she was outmatched. He actually heard her growl in frustration as she started a fury of attacks that put him on the defensive. They both got in a few hits, but nothing that was substantial. She leapt back with another graceful flip and they stood panting and regarding each other until Youko lowered his fists, signaling the end of the match and Hikina's body relaxed. "Where'd you learn the move with your Jagan?" He asked.
She looked up at him. "I used to use it on my mom." She shrugged. "She said she'd seen it done so many times though that it didn't really effect her."
"Your father used to pull that move a lot." Kurama nodded.
"I guess that's why you recognized it." She smirked. "I should have known better than to try it." She sighed.
"I think your friends are waiting." Kurama grinned.
Hikina turned and sure enough, Kage and Lair were waiting on her. She was at their side in the blink of an eye and the three walked into the castle together, discussing the events of the afternoon.
That night, just before bed, Lair asked Hikina to show her the Darkness Flame that she'd made in class that day. Hikina smirked and complied, opening her Jagan and summoning the flame. Youko walked in, startling both girls. The flame jumped from Hikina's hand and right into Youko's long silvery locks.
"ACK!" He jumped and started trying to put it out with his hand. "Put it out!" he demanded.
Lair concentrated a moment and what was left of Youko's hair froze. "There. It's out." She said with an innocent smile.
Youko growled. "You shouldn't be showing off tricks in your room." His glare was directed at Hikina.
"Maybe you should knock before coming in to put your nose in other people's business." She growled back. She'd read his mind. He'd come to talk to her about her behavior in her morning classes. She knew instantly she'd gone to far.
"Unfreeze my hair Alairia." Youko commanded without taking his eyes off Hikina.
Alairia hastened to obey the now enraged Youko. "You are here to learn what they may teach you." He growled to Hikina. "Anymore signs of disobedience, and I will refuse to allow you to be in my class."
Hikina glared at his retreating back. Trying not to show how wary she really was of Kurama. She knew he was probably capable of much more than he actually partook in.
