3. What was that?
Torashi and Kurama were the last ones to arrive at the meeting place. Kuwabara, Yusuke and even Hiei were waiting at the fountain in the park. Torashi avoided being near it, not ready to reveal the 'curse' to these people yet.
'What are we looking for?" Torashi asked, unaware that anything unusual was happening.
"A yokai." Yusuke said as if it explained everything.
"How do you find one?"
"Can you sense the things like the yokai and stuff?" Kuwabara looked surprised.
"Botan said I could, but I don't know. I've never seen one before."
"Obviously you don't know what Kurama and Hiei are. They're both yokai. Try to find something like Hiei's energy." Yusuke suggested. "Or use the Reikikai."
At Torashi's blank look he defined it. "That watch thing. That probably won't work though. It's crap."
Torashi closed her eyes studying the air about Hiei. She looked for something similar, other than Kurama. That gave her a headache.
"Ah. I can't do it!" she said walking over to the fountain and holding her head in her hands. Then a light sensation tugged at her senses. If she had neko ears, they would have twitched and perked up.
"Wait a second." She stood up. "This way!" She took off in the direction her new senses were telling her.
The darkness crept in. Torashi's eyes were adapted from her neko form. Her personal preference was prowling around after the sun set.
The darkness made it easier for Torashi to see the yokai. She stopped in the alleyway, blocking its escape.
The thing was hungry by the looks if it. It had the remains of an inu(1) in its mutilated mouth.
It was a giant rat, but it was also something else, something similar to a human. It was surrounded with the essence of death.
Although it was bigger than Torashi, it looked like it would be a short game of cat and mouse.
The guys ran up behind her. "I got it. This thing pisses me off just looking at it," she stated.
Hiei smirked. "Go ahead. You can't use your rei yet. This will be interesting."
"Who needs something like that? Someone who's as short as you might but not me," Torashi shot back.
The yokai turned to the group designated to kill it. "Who will be the first to go? I still have room left for all of you pitiful beings in my stomach," it growled in a gravely voice.
"Low C," Kurama muttered. Torashi didn't know what that meant, but decided she didn't care.
Torashi's eyes narrowed. "I'll fight you. But you won't even remember because dead things can't think."
The thing laughed, or at least, that's what it should have been. "Bit sure of yourself, are you?"
"I've got reasons. No sense telling a dead thing, though."
Torashi ran forward. She jumped like a neko, and punched the yokai repeatedly in the top of its ugly head. She was surprised when the yokai counter-attacked, swinging a deformed arm into her stomach.
She ended up being flung into a trio of trashcans, gasping for breath. She struggled up, muttering, "Dammit. That should have worked."
She relied on the four Reikai tantei to destroy the beast. Yusuke used something called a (1)'Rei Gun', Kuwabara had a (2)'Rei Ken', Hiei used a katana, and Kurama had a beautiful 'rose whip'. The beast was turned into oblivion.
Yusuke smiled in satisfaction. The he turned to Torashi. "What the hell was that supposed to be?" he yelled.
"That was close to fourteen years worth of experience going down the drain. What the hell was it that it could withstand that?" She yelled back.
"You need Reikai in order to kill those things!"
"Which, might I add, you need to learn to control," Hiei added, smirking again.
"Well, at least she helped us find the thing. That worked a lot better than the Reikikai," Kurama defended her with those words. "I'll try teaching her to utilize rei. We have got to go. Come on Torashi."
He turned and left. Torashi glared at his back before struggling to follow. She felt totally undignified.
"Can you really teach me (3) sensei?" she asked Kurama, joking.
Kurama laughed. "You can't learn to use rei. Hiei knows that, but he won't tell Yusuke. I just told them that so okasan wouldn't worry about us being out too late."
"Ok, then." Torashi agreed, not really listening after Kurama mentioned Hiei.
She was confused. Torashi wanted to ask if they used rei to kill that thing. But then he might think she was a baka. Or he'd answer and she'd be wrong or something. How the hell would she find out? Maybe if she learned how to use rei then she'd know. Then she'd learn.
The walk to Shuichi's house was silent.
Torashi went to sleep as soon as they were home.
Torashi thought she should have returned Shizuru's clothes. Then she fell asleep to a horrible nightmare. She was in a field filled with rats, and she was unable to do anything.
Definitions: Dog. An obvious one, like Inu Yasha. Spirit Gun. You probably know this one. Another obvious one. Spirit Sword. Sounds better in Japanese, specially when he make it grow. 'Extend' not 'grow longer. Sorry, a little side note. ( Teacher
Ok. I told you it was short. The next chapter's even better. Please review. My muses check these things, so look out.
Torashi and Kurama were the last ones to arrive at the meeting place. Kuwabara, Yusuke and even Hiei were waiting at the fountain in the park. Torashi avoided being near it, not ready to reveal the 'curse' to these people yet.
'What are we looking for?" Torashi asked, unaware that anything unusual was happening.
"A yokai." Yusuke said as if it explained everything.
"How do you find one?"
"Can you sense the things like the yokai and stuff?" Kuwabara looked surprised.
"Botan said I could, but I don't know. I've never seen one before."
"Obviously you don't know what Kurama and Hiei are. They're both yokai. Try to find something like Hiei's energy." Yusuke suggested. "Or use the Reikikai."
At Torashi's blank look he defined it. "That watch thing. That probably won't work though. It's crap."
Torashi closed her eyes studying the air about Hiei. She looked for something similar, other than Kurama. That gave her a headache.
"Ah. I can't do it!" she said walking over to the fountain and holding her head in her hands. Then a light sensation tugged at her senses. If she had neko ears, they would have twitched and perked up.
"Wait a second." She stood up. "This way!" She took off in the direction her new senses were telling her.
The darkness crept in. Torashi's eyes were adapted from her neko form. Her personal preference was prowling around after the sun set.
The darkness made it easier for Torashi to see the yokai. She stopped in the alleyway, blocking its escape.
The thing was hungry by the looks if it. It had the remains of an inu(1) in its mutilated mouth.
It was a giant rat, but it was also something else, something similar to a human. It was surrounded with the essence of death.
Although it was bigger than Torashi, it looked like it would be a short game of cat and mouse.
The guys ran up behind her. "I got it. This thing pisses me off just looking at it," she stated.
Hiei smirked. "Go ahead. You can't use your rei yet. This will be interesting."
"Who needs something like that? Someone who's as short as you might but not me," Torashi shot back.
The yokai turned to the group designated to kill it. "Who will be the first to go? I still have room left for all of you pitiful beings in my stomach," it growled in a gravely voice.
"Low C," Kurama muttered. Torashi didn't know what that meant, but decided she didn't care.
Torashi's eyes narrowed. "I'll fight you. But you won't even remember because dead things can't think."
The thing laughed, or at least, that's what it should have been. "Bit sure of yourself, are you?"
"I've got reasons. No sense telling a dead thing, though."
Torashi ran forward. She jumped like a neko, and punched the yokai repeatedly in the top of its ugly head. She was surprised when the yokai counter-attacked, swinging a deformed arm into her stomach.
She ended up being flung into a trio of trashcans, gasping for breath. She struggled up, muttering, "Dammit. That should have worked."
She relied on the four Reikai tantei to destroy the beast. Yusuke used something called a (1)'Rei Gun', Kuwabara had a (2)'Rei Ken', Hiei used a katana, and Kurama had a beautiful 'rose whip'. The beast was turned into oblivion.
Yusuke smiled in satisfaction. The he turned to Torashi. "What the hell was that supposed to be?" he yelled.
"That was close to fourteen years worth of experience going down the drain. What the hell was it that it could withstand that?" She yelled back.
"You need Reikai in order to kill those things!"
"Which, might I add, you need to learn to control," Hiei added, smirking again.
"Well, at least she helped us find the thing. That worked a lot better than the Reikikai," Kurama defended her with those words. "I'll try teaching her to utilize rei. We have got to go. Come on Torashi."
He turned and left. Torashi glared at his back before struggling to follow. She felt totally undignified.
"Can you really teach me (3) sensei?" she asked Kurama, joking.
Kurama laughed. "You can't learn to use rei. Hiei knows that, but he won't tell Yusuke. I just told them that so okasan wouldn't worry about us being out too late."
"Ok, then." Torashi agreed, not really listening after Kurama mentioned Hiei.
She was confused. Torashi wanted to ask if they used rei to kill that thing. But then he might think she was a baka. Or he'd answer and she'd be wrong or something. How the hell would she find out? Maybe if she learned how to use rei then she'd know. Then she'd learn.
The walk to Shuichi's house was silent.
Torashi went to sleep as soon as they were home.
Torashi thought she should have returned Shizuru's clothes. Then she fell asleep to a horrible nightmare. She was in a field filled with rats, and she was unable to do anything.
Definitions: Dog. An obvious one, like Inu Yasha. Spirit Gun. You probably know this one. Another obvious one. Spirit Sword. Sounds better in Japanese, specially when he make it grow. 'Extend' not 'grow longer. Sorry, a little side note. ( Teacher
Ok. I told you it was short. The next chapter's even better. Please review. My muses check these things, so look out.
