Dream: Alright I just realized that I kinda screwed something up in my chapter yesterday... -_-
Zero: Why am I not surprised?
Dream: *whacks Zero with a sponge* Quiet!
Zero: A sponge???
Dream: It's not right to hurt injured people. ANYWAYS! Getting back to what I was saying before...I just noticed that in Echoes I said that the rose necklace had been stolen by Youko and last chapter I said it had been given to him by his mother...
Zero: Yeah...that is a problem...
Dream: I know! How bout this? Youko's mom gave it to him, it was stolen from him and found its way into the possession of a wealthy and powerful demon, and Youko stole it back but everyone thinks he just plain stole it.
Zero: That should work...
Dream: ^_^ I feel special.
Zero: *opens his mouth to speak*
Dream: *glares* don't even think about it!
Zero: *innocently* I wasn't going to say anything...
Dream: Suuuuuuuure. Whatever you say, Zero...
Zero: Are you going to say anything to your reviewers?
Dream: Yes. First of all I would like to thank Arielle for reviewing every chapter so far. I would also like to thank Indygo for her review...SPIFFY! I LIKE THAT WORD!!! *freakishly happy smile*
Zero: You do realize that those reviews have been around for a while now?
Dream: shh...you don't know that...
Zero: o.O;;;
Dream: Also, I would like to thank Kaija hoyo katake for the review...I'm so glad you've liked the story! I always love hearing from new people! Sorry that it's been taking me a while to update but I completely lost my inspiration for this. I've got a new idea though but in order to go through with it I must have all the characters back to "normal" as soon as possible...So...ON WITH THE STORY!!!
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Rebirth ~Saisei~: (Mukuro's image song)
As the group looked around the courtyard they noticed two things: 1) Megumi was nowhere in sight and 2) It was raining in the courtyard area despite the fact that it was a bright sunny day.
"Well...where is she?" Zero asked the ferret impatiently.
"How the hell should I know?" Autumn snapped back.
"You knew where she was last time!" Zero pointed accusingly at her.
Autumn looked around the courtyard, her beady black eyes briefly flashing blue. She pointed at a cherry tree to the left of the pond. "There."
Laughter rang out through the courtyard as Megumi hopped out of the tree. "Impressive, fox. You were able to find me even as a weasel..."
"FERRET!!! I'M A FERRET!!!"
Kurama took out his rose whip and pointed it at Megumi angrily, "Release them from your curses or suffer!"
Everyone blinked at Kurama. Yusuke pointed, "Kurama's angry..."
"No shit, Sherlock..." Arielle rolled her eyes at Yusuke.
Megumi smirked, "I'm not sure if I can release them..."
"Don't toy with us!" Kurama growled.
Megumi shrugged, "Fine. I'll make a deal with you, fox boy. If you can beat me in a one-on-one fight I'll reverse the curse. That means that you will get absolutely no help from any of your friends. Also you must fight me in this form which means you cannot change to your demon form. Once you draw blood from me the fight will be over, it will also be over if I kill you."
Kumo had hidden herself in the shadows so that she could watch her niece's behavior. Kumo had decided that she would step in to help only if it was absolutely necessary. Kurama took Autumn off of his shoulder and handed her to Zero.
"If anything happens to her, I'll kill you." Kurama said to Zero in his calm voice.
Zero nodded, "Be careful Kurama..."
"Did she say that or did you?" Kurama asked.
"Both of us." Zero replied as Autumn nodded.
Kurama smiled and turned back to face Megumi. He took a few steps forward. Megumi had taken out a sword and was waiting in a fighting pose. Kurama got his whip ready and stated calmly, "Whenever you're ready, the first move is yours."
"A gentleman, eh? Too bad being a gentleman only gets you killed in Makai...This ought to be fun." Megumi laughed as she "disappeared." In actuality she was moving very fast. Faster than any present could see with the exception of Kumo.
Kurama looked around calmly and waited for Megumi to show herself. He looked and listened for anything that might give away her location. The only sounds were the steady rhythm of the falling rain and the leaves rustling in the slight breeze.
"Oh no! That wolf just vanished into thin air!!!! Kurama's gonna get killed!!! Somebody do something!!!" Kuwabara yelled panicking. He was then whacked in the head by Hiei's sheath.
"Be quiet, baka! You'll ruin Kurama's concentration!"
Kurama closed his eyes and quickly jumped to the side as Megumi appeared behind him and stabbed at him with her sword. He continued to dodge and block her attacks never once being allowed a chance to attack. He almost lost his footing when he jumped onto one of the slippery rocks near the pond.
'That must be what the rain is for...to keep her opponents from getting a good footing. But then how come she can move so quickly...?' How the heck should I know? You're the smart one! 'I wasn't asking you. Also the cherry trees are there to mask her scent. She's almost impossible to find...' Almost impossible? 'There is a way...but since we are forbidden from helping him we have no choice but to hope that Kurama can figure it out before she kills him...' I guess so... Autumn continued to watch as Kurama was blocking Megumi's attacks.
Kurama was trying desperately to figure out Megumi's weakness. She had begun to run at top speed again leaving Kurama standing in the middle of the courtyard waiting. His grip on his rose whip tightened as he split his concentration between the fight and an internal conversation. Any ideas? 'Err...don't get killed?' -_- I think that's pretty obvious... 'Well, you got any BETTER ideas, genius boy? *mental glare*' Yes, actually I do. My idea is that I ignore you for the rest of the fight. 'I like my idea better.' ¬_¬ Oh yeah it was such a great idea. '^_^ I know, wasn't it?' do you have any REAL advice? 'Err...duck?' Kurama quickly ducked as Megumi appeared aiming for his head.
Megumi landed on a rock and smirked at him, "Are you ready to give up yet?"
"No." Kurama replied simply as he glared at her. He then noticed something about her feet and his eyes widened. Her shoes! They aren't muddy!!! '...and..?' If she's been running around she should have mud on her shoes! Then that means she hasn't been running she's been 'JUMPING!'
Megumi jumped to start running again. Kurama noticed the direction she was going and after she disappeared he struck at the wall in that direction. Instead of hitting the wall it knocked into Megumi and she tumbled to the ground. She stood up clutching her side and cursing. The others stared blankly at Kurama.
"How...how did you find me?" Megumi asked.
Kurama smiled and pointed at her feet. "I noticed that there was no mud on your shoes. That meant that you couldn't have been running."
"Kuso! (Damn!) Ah oh well. It doesn't matter I won't reverse the curse."
"We had a deal!"
"So?"
Kumo stepped out of the shadows. "Do as he says, Megumi."
"Aunt Kumo??? What are you doing here???" Megumi's eyes were wide in shock and fear.
"I came to help a good friend of mine who you appear to have turned into a ferret. Now, be a good girl and change everyone back to 'normal.'" Kumo walked closer to Megumi.
"Fine..." Megumi started chanting. There was a momentary flash of light and then poof everyone was back to their "normal" selves. (I like the word poof...poof! poof! ^_^)
Autumn looked down at her hands. "I have hands again!!!"
"Me too!" OkageHime smiled.
"I can look people in the eye again!!!" Autumn smiled proudly.
"Me too!!!" OkageHime's smile widened. Both girls looked at each other (Not that way, perv.) and then gave the victory sign.
"Yay! We're back to normal!!!" They yelled as they started to dance happily in the rain.
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"That's normal???" Megumi pointed.
"Sadly, yes...and I'm friends with these people..." Arielle sighed.
Autumn stopped dancing, ran over and hugged Kurama. "ARIGATOU KURAMA-KUN!!!!!!!!!!" she yelled loudly.
Kurama laughed a bit and hugged her back. "You're very welcome, Autumn."
Autumn smiled at him and then looked over at Zero. He was stretching his wings and smiling. She walked over to him, "Guess I was more of a bother then a help, huh? Sorry, I really did want to help you..."
"...It's alright. You tried and that's all that matters. Besides it was...an interesting experience..." Zero smiled at her. She smiled back.
"You okay?" Hiei asked as he moved to stand next to Arielle.
"Yeah, sure. Why wouldn't I be?" Arielle answered before her eyes widened, "HIEI CARES ABOUT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!! I FEEL SO LOVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Everyone stopped to stare at them for a moment before turning back to their separate conversations. Megumi flipped a switch that was near her and the courtyard began to fill with a dark miasma. Megumi started laughing, "You may have beaten me but I can still win!!!"
"Bloody hell!!! That wolf's more of a psycho than the fox!" Zero pointed at Autumn. Autumn nodded agreement.
As the miasma blocked everyone's vision they started to cough and then to feel dizzy...
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Dream: Well that's it.
No more.
You'll have to wait another week to find out what happened.
Yep. It's done.
No more of this chapter.
Don't you just hate me for this?
Just leaving you hanging and not knowing what's going to happen.
FOR A WHOLE WEEK!
Bet you really hate me right now.
Bet you're just aching to bash me over the head with a metal pipe. *cough*Arielle*cough*
Wow, this must really suck for you.
I bet those little voices in your head are telling you to murder me, eh?
Y'know my little voices are telling me to do the chicken dance.
*puts on a chicken suit* Chicken Dance! *does the chicken dance*
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I have a secret for you...
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Come closer...
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Closer...
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Ahem...
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THIS ISN'T THE END!!! THERE'S MORE!!! *throws streamers* just a little bit though...
~*~We now return to our regularly scheduled chapter~*~
When the miasma cleared everyone looked around confused. Everything was more or less the same. Zero statrted listing all the things that were different. "Let's see...the rain's stopped...Megumi ran away...Autumn, Arielle, and OkageHime are missing...Everything's really quiet..."
"Autumn!!!" Kurama yelled while looking around frantically.
"They aren't here anymore." Kumo stated calmly.
Hiei crossed his arms, "Where are they?"
"I don't know..." Kumo closed her eyes and shook her head sadly.
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Dream: alright so that wasn't really all that much more but still...
Zero: You enjoyed torturing them like that, didn't you?
Dream: *evil grin* Yes, yes I did...
Zero: I'm so depressed...you're making me turn...nice!
Dream: ...and...?
Zero: -_- never mind...
Dream: *shrugs* anyway, if we get that much needed snow day tomorrow I'll be able to get ch. 9 done because I was writing some of it during school today.
Zero: Yes, you've gotten you're story. Now Review! Review now or suffer!!!
Dream: -_-;;; obviously you're not that nice yet...
