Dream: Let's see...what game should we play now...?
Zero: How about the not sit on Zero game?
Dream: Nope! I'm not letting you off that easy!
Zero: I despise you...
Dream: OH! GUESS WHAT, PEOPLE???
Zero: What?
Dream: GUESS!
Zero: You've finally decided to stop acting like an idiot?
Dream: *hits Zero with a rubber chicken* Baka! No, I gotta scanner!!! ^_^
Zero: *waves little flag* Woo-hoo...
Dream: ^_^ I'll finally be able to show everyone my character sketches!!!
Zero: They probably look like squiggly lines...
Dream: *death glare* what did you just say, dragon boy?
Zero: *gulps* Nothing...?
Dream: Yeah, it better have been nothing!
Zero: Alright let's see...so far the results are two votes for B... ¬_¬ oh gee, thanks! I just loooove the thought of being seen in public in a fluffy pink bunny costume...
Dream: Yeah, I'm voting B too...
Zero: Oh and let's not forget the part about being chased by Indygo's little black dog. That's what I've always wanted to do with my life...
Dream: REALLY? Me too! ^_^
Zero: Baka kitsune...
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Dark Side Stories: (I love that song ^_^)
"WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE???" A voice echoed around them.
Autumn looked up to a ledge on a nearby mountain and gasped. The figure standing there was a wolf demon. She had long white hair tied behind her with a green ribbon. There were two white wolf ears on her head and a long white wolf tail behind her. She was wearing an all white outfit that was a Japanese blouse and pants. She had a green fabric belt tied around her waist. Her emerald green eyes were studying the group curiously.
"You...you're..." Autumn stuttered while pointing at the wolf demon.
"Spit it out, baka! Who is she and how do you know her???" Zero yelled as he walked back over to the group.
The wolf demon arched an eyebrow, "May I ask who you are yelling at?"
"I'm yelling at the baka kitsune that got turned into a weasel!" Zero pointed at Autumn.
Autumn hissed at him, "Zero, you anal bastard!!! Stop calling me that!"
"I can call you a baka kitsune if I want to, baka kitsune!"
"Who are all of you?" The wolf demon said while still standing on the mountain ledge.
Autumn pointed at Zero, "Tell Kumo who I am, Zero! Tell her!!!"
"Kumo? What kind of name is that?" Zero raised an eyebrow.
"My kind of name." The wolf, Kumo, crossed her arms.
"Oh...heh..." Zero smiled innocently.
"How do you know my name?" Kumo narrowed her eyes at him.
Zero pointed at Autumn, "The baka kitsune told me."
Autumn bit his finger, "I'm not a baka kitsune!!!"
"Ow! Damn it! Bitch! No Biting!" Zero pulled his finger away.
"...kitsune...?" Kumo blinked. "Surely you don't mean to tell me that this weasel is little Harmony?"
"Little??? Little???" Autumn glared at Kumo.
"You knew Harmony?" Kurama asked absently petting the ferret's head.
"I was a friend of Harmony's mother. I trained Harmony to fight so that she could try and save the other Mist Mountain Kitsune."
"Heck of a lot of good that did!" Zero scoffed.
"Be quiet, Zero!" Kurama glared at the former dragon demon.
Kumo jumped down from the ledge and walked over so that she was face to face with Zero, "And who are you?"
"My name's Zero and it was my father that killed off the Mist Mountain Kitsune." Zero's voice was emotionless.
Kumo arched an eyebrow at the ferret, "Why are you traveling with him?"
"I asked her for help." Zero crossed his arms.
"Ah. I'm sure your mother would be proud of you, Harmony, for helping one of your enemies." Kumo turned to Kurama, "Now, who are you?"
"He's Youko Kurama. He and Phantom are in love." Zero yawned.
Kumo arched an eyebrow (My characters do that a lot, don't they? -_-), "Harmony in love with a thief? Well she always was an oddball..."
"WHAT???" Autumn hissed.
Zero laughed. Kurama rubbed the back of his head and laughed slightly. Yusuke nodded, "An oddball, definitely. Oh, and you can't forget violent."
"I'm the violent one, baka! Autumn's the crazy one!" Arielle yelled.
"She's got a point there." OkageHime said.
"Yes, yes she does." Autumn paused, "Aw crap! I just said that I'm crazy!!!"
"You are crazy!" Arielle, OkageHime, and Zero all yelled at the same time making Autumn fall off Kurama's shoulder onto the ground. She twitched.
"Autumn? Are you all right?" Kurama knelt down and poked her.
She stood up quickly, "BAKAS!!! ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME??? DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN!!!!!!!"
"I don't know about the others but, yes, I am trying to kill you." Zero nodded.
"ZERO! DON'T MAKE ME HURT YOU!"
"You can't hurt me! You're a ferret!"
"WANNA BET, DRAGON BOY?" Autumn hissed.
"BRING IT ON, FOX!" Zero and Autumn shot death glares at each other.
"CHILDREN! DON'T MAKE ME HAVE TO SEPARATE YOU TWO!" Kumo yelled.
"He/She started it!" Autumn and Zero yelled at the same time and pointed at each other.
Kumo shook her head and turned to the others, "Who are the rest of you? What is your purpose here?"
"I'm the spirit detective Yusuke Urameshi. This is Kazuma Kuwabara. That's Hiei. The bird is Autumn's friend Arielle and the cat thing is Autumn's friend OkageHime." Yusuke pointed at each of them.
Autumn pointed at Zero, "Tell her about the curse and what we found out."
"You can't tell me what to do, fox. Tell her yourself." Zero said before realizing how stupid that sounded considering the current situation. "Oh, fine."
Autumn climbed back up to Kurama's shoulder and stretched out again. "Good boy, Zero. Now sit!"
"I AM NOT A DOG!!!" Zero yelled.
"Please don't start arguing again..." Kurama sighed.
"Okee dokee Kurama!" Autumn smiled.
"If he told you to jump off a bridge, would you?" Zero crossed his arms.
"Hmm...Yeah I probably would..." Autumn nodded.
"You're hopeless..." Zero said with disgust.
Autumn grinned, "I know, isn't it great?"
Zero bit his lip to force himself not to smile. Kumo arched an eyebrow, "What did she want you to tell me?"
"She wanted me to tell you about why we're here."
"Good. I'd like to hear it." Kumo sat down on a rock nearby.
"Well, first of all, as I said earlier my father was the one that killed the Mist Mountain Kitsune. I'm sure you're aware of the amulet that he used to trap their spirits in. Well a group of wolf demons known as the Meiun Ookami found out about it and tried to get it after my father died. I took it before they could since, at the time I didn't see the connection between it and my father's strange behavior. The leader of the group put a curse on me that if the amulet were ever stolen or destroyed I would have a week to find her before I turned into a human and then three more days before it became permanent.
"I didn't think much of it until I realized that the amulet possessed an evil will of its own. It slowly took control of me and there was nothing that I could do about it. The amulet started talking through me and making me do things that I'm not proud of. It wanted to be in total control of Makai so it decided to try and convince Youko to steal the Mist Mountain crystal for it. Luckily he had met Phantom and refused because he didn't want to end up on her bad side. The amulet then decided to go off on its own using me.
"Recently the amulet decided to go after Phantom herself but since she was missing it had some research to do. It was then that we met Nuala and she told us about Autumn and that she knew for a fact that Autumn was Phantom Harmony. Of course the amulet sent notice to Koenma about their plans in order to cause the Reikai Tantei to come to search for her. It knew that she would try and steer them off course. The riddles were to throw her into a panic. Once the amulet was destroyed I was released from the amulet's curse but it left its mark. I still have memories of what it made me do. I also have these urges to do terrible things sometimes.
"Once I remembered about the curse I broke out of Reikai Prison and came to seek the help of the one person that I knew would be able to help." Zero pointed at Autumn as he finished.
"So you finally destroyed the amulet? It only took you what? 718 years?" Kumo paused and shook her head, "Baka kitsune. I should've done it myself..."
Autumn fell down anime style. Zero smiled slightly. Hiei crossed his arms. "You said before that you had been part of Youko Kurama's group. How did you meet him?"
"It happened because my father was possessed by the amulet's power." Zero looked away. "My father was an ok guy...for a while. He kept the amulet in a shrine outside our house. One day he started wearing it and he...changed...He became cold and violent. He would invite strangers into the house and torture them to death in the shack he kept out back of the house. We just avoided talking about it and everything seemed fine until one night our mother disappeared after she had had an argument with him..." He closed his eyes as he continued...
~*~Flashback! YAY!!! ^_^
It was a warm night about 300 years ago. Zero as a small boy was reading a book by candlelight on his bed. His tail was swishing behind him in a bored way. His wings were spread out flat on the bed. An ear piercing scream was heard from the backyard. Zero ignored it thinking it was just another one of his father's victims. He continued to read.
A few minutes later a little girl in pink kitty pajamas and holding a white fluffy kitty doll ran into the room crying. She climbed on the bed and clung to her brother. He stopped reading and looked at her with concern, "Thorn, what's wrong?"
"I was having a nightmare that momma was getting killed by dad and I heard a scream that woke me up. I got up and started looking for momma and she's not anywhere in the house! Zero, dad's killing momma!!!"
"Calm down, sis. Maybe she just went out grocery shopping or something..."
"NO! She always tells us when she goes somewhere! She wouldn't just leave!" Thorn yelled while looking up at him with teary eyes. "And they were fighting today! They yelled at each other and did you see the way dad was looking at her? He wanted to kill her and he probably already has!"
Zero turned back to his book and started to ignore his fraternal twin's sobbing. He knew that she was probably right but there was nothing he could do about it. Thorn grew angry at her brother and knocked the book away from him.
"Why don't you care??? We're going to be all alone with dad! We have to do something!!!"
"Like What??? There's nothing we can do that won't put us in danger!" Zero snapped at his twin before going and picking up his book.
Thorn looked at him with hurt eyes. She then turned and ran out of the room still holding her doll. "WAIT! THORN!!!" Zero called. He sighed and then ran after her, dropping the book back onto the floor.
He ran through the house and finally caught up with her outside their father's torture shack. "Thorn, what are you doing??? You're going to get killed!" he hissed.
"I have to go find mom!" Thorn pushed the door open slightly and peered inside. Zero looked over her head and immediately regretted it. (Warning: this part could get pretty gory so if you don't like that stuff then skip ahead to my next message...Wait...I don't like gory stuff...why am I writing this??? -_-;;;)
The air was thick with the scent of death. The floor was red with a pool of fresh blood. There were complex torture devices with spikes and chains filling the small room. There were some heads hanging from the ceiling. The walls were coated in dry blood. Chained to one wall was a demon that was still somewhat alive. He was badly mutilated. One of his arms had been amputated and then reattached to the top of his head. One of his eyes was hanging out and every bone in his body was visible underneath his skin.
Their father was in the back of the room working on something lying on his table. There was blood dripping down from it. He turned to the side holding the head of their mother in his now bloody hands. He had an insane grin on his face.
(It is now safe to read.)
The twins let out a gasp of surprise which alerted the maniac to their presence. He turned to look at them and smirked, "Hello kids. Have a bad dream?"
Zero snapped out of his shock and started trying to pull Thorn away. "C'mon sis, we have to go!" Thorn only stared wide eyed as their father put down the head and reached for a dagger. Zero started pulling more frantically.
"Now, now, what's your hurry? Why not stay and chat for a while?" Their father said while walking towards them smiling insanely.
"Thorn! Snap out of it! We have to go! NOW!!!" Zero yelled frantically as he pulled his sister's hand. She finally started to move. He ran into the forest pulling her along behind. They ran through the forest for their lives hoping to get away from the maniac. Thorn looked back.
"Zero, he's catching up!"
"Just keep running!" Zero yelled as he also looked back. He suddenly crashed into someone and fell backwards, "OW!" He then got up and stood in front of his sister protectively as he glared up at the person in front of him.
The person was tall with long silver hair. He had two silver fox ears on his head and a long silver tail. He was wearing a white robe thing. The figure looked down at them with curious golden eyes. (If you haven't figured out who this is yet then that's just sad.)
"Who...who are you?" Zero asked still trying to protect Thorn.
Thorn was hugging her doll fearfully. She screamed and pointed behind them. "Zero, he's coming!"
"Who's coming?" The fox asked.
Zero ignored the fox and grabbed Thorn's hand. "Come on. We have to find someplace to hide!"
"Let's hide behind him. Daddy hates foxes."
"We can't trust him! He's a fox! Foxes play tricks!"
"I'd appreciate it if you didn't talk about me as if I weren't here..." The fox crossed his arms.
Their father was almost upon them. Zero pulled Thorn behind the fox. Their father stopped and glared at the fox.
"Hello stranger." The fox waved.
"Get away from my kids, fox."
"I don't think your kids like you."
"So? They're my kids. Who are you to keep them from me?" The dragon pointed the dagger at the fox.
"Youko Kurama. Pleased to meet you."
The dragon paused and blinked at him. "Youko Kurama? Youko Kurama the legendary bandit???"
Zero frowned, "Great. Of all the demons in Makai we had to wind up hiding behind the boogie man..."
"Ah. You've heard of me. How nice." Youko said to the dragon. (I'm too lazy to give this guy a name.)
The dragon glared, "Well it hardly matters. Seeing as how I've fought The Black Angel an ordinary kitsune like you shouldn't be too much of a challenge."
Youko was interested now. "You've fought the black angel? Is she really as strong as everyone says?" (this is before they met.)
"I fought her when she was young and inexperienced." (And yet he still lost.)
Youko looked disappointed by his answer. Zero grew impatient, "Hello? What about us???"
"Oh yeah...I forgot you two were there..." Youko's tail swished in shame.
"Right. Just give me my kids and I'll leave you alone to do whatever criminals such as yourself do."
"NO! He's going to kill us! Just like he killed our mother!" Zero pointed past Youko.
"I did no such thing!"
"We saw you!"
"Be quiet you stupid brat or I'll nail your tongue to a wall!" Zero's father hissed at him.
Thorn started to cry again. Zero glared at his father and stepped out past Youko. He pointed angrily and lied, "I'm not scared of you!"
Youko chuckled and summoned his death plant. "Leave the kids with me. I'll take care of them."
Zero eyed the plant nervously, "In a good way or a bad way?"
"In a good way." Youko laughed.
"Oh. Ok, then." Zero blinked.
Zero's father charged at Youko. Youko stepped aside making the dragon crash into a tree. The dragon hissed, "Damn! This is just like what happened when I fought that bitch and she cut off my tail! FINE! Keep the kids! I don't care!" The dragon then stormed away and Youko recalled his death plant.
"So...what now?" Zero asked. Thorn was hugging her kitty tightly and looking up at Youko with wide frightened eyes.
"Well I guess I could take you back to my base...What are your names?"
"I'm Zero and this is my twin sister, Thorn."
"Zero? What kind of name is that? Didn't your parents think that you would amount to anything? I'd be miserable if my name was Zero..."
"BAKA KITSUNE!!! STOP MAKING FUN OF MY NAME!!!"
~*~End flashback.
"Youko actually saved someone's life???" Yusuke asked. O_O
"Youko wasn't really as coldhearted as everyone says. He had his kind moments." Kurama explained.
Hiei scoffed, "Makai is no place for kindness."
"So basically Youko Kurama raised you and your sister?" Kumo was interested.
"Yes. He became somewhat of an older brother to us." Zero said.
"Warm and fuzzy moment!!!" Autumn yelled and hugged Kurama.
Kurama blinked and rubbed the ferret's head, "What did she say?"
"Warm and fuzzy moment."
"Ah."
"These Meiun Ookami...is there base along the Ookami River?" Kumo asked.
"Yes. Why?" Zero blinked.
"And the leader's name is Megumi?" Zero nodded in response to Kumo's question. She hissed, "It would appear that my niece has gotten out of hand..."
"Your niece???" Kurama asked.
"Yes. My niece. I will accompany you back to the base and set her straight. We should leave in the morning as it isn't safe to travel in these mountains during the night. Not with baka ningens in your group."
The others nodded agreement. Kuwabara pointed at Hiei, "Hey, shorty! Make us a fire!"
Arielle screeched and started attacking Kuwabara. Zero smiled, "She said in these exact words: 'Don't order Hiei around! And he's not short! Just for that you have to make the fire yourself with sticks and rocks!'"
"How am I supposed to do that???" Kuwabara whined while getting attacked.
"It's simple really. All you have to do is..." Kurama was cut off by Hiei.
"Don't tell him, Kurama. The baka has to figure it out for himself." Hiei smirked.
After a while Kuwabara gave up and Hiei made them a fire. They were all sitting talking and laughing. Kumo turned to Autumn, "There's something I've been meaning to ask you about...After I finished training you, I told you to be careful and not get too beaten up and you said that as long as you destroyed the amulet nothing else mattered. What exactly did you mean?"
Autumn sighed and squeaked a reply which Zero translated. "She said that she had intended to take her own life after she had destroyed the amulet. She was still set in thinking that way until about 200 years ago when she met Youko and he gave her a reason to live."
"Aw, that's so sweet that I'm gonna throw up." Yusuke said.
"Arielle? Would you be so kind?" Autumn pointed at Yusuke.
Arielle smirked, "My pleasure."
"Oh shit..." Yusuke laughed nervously.
"Can I have a metal pipe?" Arielle asked Autumn.
"You're a bird, remember?" Autumn pointed out.
"Oh yeah......Well when I have hands again......"
Yusuke was even more nervous now because Zero had been translating everything. Kurama chuckled to himself. 'I didn't know that I made such a difference in her life...I feel special now. ^_^' You are special, Youko. 'Are you insulting me?' err...no... 'Oh. Ok then. ^_^'
"You've been awfully quiet lately..." Autumn said to OkageHime.
"You noticed me? I feel loved!" The cat-bat pulled the ferret into a hug.
"EEK! HELP!" Autumn yelled.
"Ha!" Arielle pointed at her and laughed.
"Baka ningen! Help me!" Autumn yelled.
Arielle twitched. "You did not just call me a baka ningen."
"She did." OkageHime nodded.
Autumn smiled innocently, "Umm...accident?"
"Oh, no, you're not getting away that easily." Arielle flew down and glared at her.
"OkageHime? Do you think you could let go of me now so that I can run for my life?"
"Have fun." OkageHime smiled and let go of her.
Autumn started running. Arielle started flying after her. "HELP ME!!!! SHE'S TRYING TO KILL ME!!!!!!!!!!!!" Autumn yelled as she ran all around the camp being chased.
"What happened?" Kumo asked.
"Autumn called Arielle a baka ningen." Zero shrugged.
Autumn ran over to Kurama and went inside his sleeve. He held up his sleeve and looked at the lump inside it, "Hello Autumn."
"No fair! You can't hide in Kurama's shirt!" Arielle whined.
Autumn climbed up his sleeve and stuck her head out the neck. Yusuke smirked, "You like it in there, Autumn?"
Autumn smiled, "You're just jealous, Yusuke."
Zero started laughing. Yusuke frowned, "What did she say?"
"She said you were jealous."
"WHAT??? WHY YOU LITTLE...!" Yusuke glared at the ferret. Everyone started laughing.
Autumn shifted and Kurama winced, "Autumn? Do you realize you have claws?"
"Oops! Sorry Kurama!" Autumn climbed out onto his shoulder.
Arielle tackled her off. "Ha! I got you! OkageHime, you wanna help me?"
"Ok!" OkageHime flew over and smiled, "I know! Let's take her up into the air, drop her, catch her, and then do it again!"
"Yeah!"
"NO! I don't like that plan!!!" Autumn yelled.
"This ought to be interesting..." Zero smirked.
Arielle took one of Autumn's front legs in her claws and OkageHime took the other. Autumn started whining. "Kurama! Help me!!!"
"He can't understand you, baka. You're on your own for this." Zero crossed his arms.
Kurama was looking at the three animals with concern in his eyes. "What's going on?"
"You'll see..." Zero smiled as Autumn was being lifted into the air.
"BLOODY HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M GONNA HURT SOMEBODY FOR THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Autumn screamed as she was dropped. Right before she hit the ground she was caught. She patted the ground, "Hello ground."
Arielle and OkageHime pulled her back up into the air and then dropped her again. The others were laughing. Kurama was on his feet watching in horror. He ran over and caught Autumn before they could. "That's enough! She could get hurt!"
"Aw, Kurama...why do you always have to ruin our fun?" Yusuke whined.
"Because he doesn't want anything to happen to his beloved vixen." Kumo said.
Kurama blushed slightly as he sat down holding the dazed Autumn close.
Autumn: @_@ woot! Lookit those toasters dance!
Arielle flew over and perched on Hiei's shoulder. Yusuke pointed at him, "You look very dangerous with a hawk on your shoulder, Hiei."
Hiei smirked. Arielle screeched, "Ick! No! Don't flirt with Hiei!!!"
Zero started laughing. Yusuke looked confused. Kumo smiled, "Well, all of you should get some sleep. I'll keep watch tonight."
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Dream: *listening to Music Battle 3 CD* I'm so happy...
Zero: I'm so miserable...
Dream: Don't worry! Be happy!
Zero: How can I be happy with you sitting on my back???
Dream: I just need a few more votes before I let you up.
Zero: What's the point??? All these whackos want to see me in a bunny suit!!!
Dream: Review people! Oh and in case you forgot:
'What Youko and Phantom say to Shuichi and Autumn'
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