Winter: Hey everyone and welcome to the fourth revised chapter of Lioness. I love having fanfics to revise/update. Gives me an excuse to procrastinate on English papers.
Hiei: Smart.
Winter: Yeah, I'm a slacker, oh well. So let's get down to the disclaimer and get the story started.
Hiei: Winter doesn't own Yu Yu Hakusho. Autumn a.k.a Phantom Harmony belongs to Dreamchasereternity and Hinote a.k.a Vladimir belongs to EternalBlackNight.
Wisdom: On with the story!
Chapter Four: New Family & Discovered Memories:
Flash was sitting in her ninth period class rather boredly. She was leaning onto the desk propping herself up with one arm. She glanced up at the clock realizing that there was exactly thirty seconds left in the period before the last bell would ring.
Looking back at the teacher and the rest of the class she noticed that they didn't even seem to care, the teacher was still talking while the rest of the class scribbled away in their notebook.
The bell had finally rung; quickly Flash put her books in her bag and stormed out of the classroom making her way back home.
Flash stopped in front of a rather large western styled home. It was three stories high not including the basement. It was a brick house with beautiful crystal windows, the size of the windows depending on the room. On the right side of the house was a large Weeping Willow tree that was as tall as the house, under the tree was a white bench for people to sit under.
She opened the small gate to the fence that encircled the property and walked down a cobblestone path, up a small set of stairs and to two large oak doors. Flash opened one of the doors and stepped inside to what looked like a white sitting or living room.
To her left was a doorway into the kitchen. To her right was a sitting area with three couches, a large one was placed up against a large window. An oak coffee table stood in front of the couch while two other small couches were placed on either side of the coffee table.
The far right wall was one giant mirror. On the opposite wall with the windows was a doorway leading into the dinning room. Decorations went along with the color and style of the room. In front of Flash was a grand stairs case that was in half a circle leading up to an indoor balcony on the second floor.
She started to make her way towards the stairs but was stopped when an American woman that stood about 5'6" with cream-colored hair that was pulled back into a tight bun came walking down the stairs.
"Ah Flash," she said coming down off the stairs. "You're home, how was your first day?"
"It was fine, Mary," answered Flash looking up into her adoptive mother's crystal blue eyes.
"That is good," said Mary fixing her blue work suit jacket.
Flash walked passed her and onto the stairs but was stopped as Mary addressed her again.
"Oh Flash."
"Yes?" asked Flash turning around.
"Don't forget my parents are coming over tonight for dinner," informed the new parent. "I had Trish lay a dress and shoes out for you on your bed."
Flash gave a small bow of thanks and walked up the stairs. The second floor in the house consisted of a study, the master bedroom that Mary and Hoshi shared, along with a spare room, a guest bathroom and a den for Hoshi.
Walking by all of these rooms and doors Flash walked up another flight of straight stairs to the third floor. The third floor was a lot smaller then the second and first. It contained Flash's bedroom, a spare, a bathroom and a small library.
She entered the room right across from the bathroom. It was a relatively large room with a deep purple rug and a purple just a shade lighter on the wall. From the door facing forward there was a queen sized bed with black pillows and a black sheet and blanket. Over that was a deep purple comforter and pillows.
Next to the bed on both sides were two normal sized night tables, one had a clock on it while the other had a phone. On the wall opposite of the bed was a regular sized dresser were a jewelry box and a basket of makeup on it. Next to the dresser was a closet with a hooks hanging on the door. The door was opened showing that there was a mirror hanging on the inside of the door.
On the same wall as the door it went out more almost making a smaller separate room but without a door. In the little "room" was a two-cushioned black couch with a bunch of purple pillows. A few feet in front of the couch was a TV that rested on a stand with cabinets that kept a few DVDs. Behind the TV on the other side of the wall was a normal sized bookcase that was filled with a bunch of books. The only thing different about this little "room" was that the walls were black with a bunch of glow in the dark stars and lights along with other things on the walls.
On the same wall as the door a desk with a laptop computer and a desk light. In front of it was a small desk chair on wheels. On the wall across from that was two glass doors with purple curtains over it that led out onto a small balcony, which was right, near the Weeping Willow.
Flash walked in dropping her bag next to her desk and walked over to the mirror hanging on her closet door and took a look at herself.
"I really don't see how they let girls wear this stupid outfit," she said to herself turning in different directions to get a better look. "Oh well."
She went to her dresser and pulled a pair of gray cotton pants and a white tank top out and walked over to her bed. As she got undressed and neatly folded her school clothes up and placed them on the bed she noticed a cute black small strapped dress and a pair of sandaled high heels next to it.
Shrugging to herself she pulled the gray cotton pants over her legs and to her waist then pulled the white tank top above her head and fixed it so it fit right.
Now that she was in comfortable clothes she could procrastinate on her homework by crawling up on her little couch and watch TV. And that's what she did.
About two hours later Flash was woken by a knock on her closed door.
"Flash," called Mary from the hall. "My parents will be here soon, I just wanted to know if you were ready or not."
"No, not yet," answered Flash sitting up. "I'll get ready now."
"Great, thank you," said Mary then walked away.
The teenager stretched and groaned not really wanting to get up. Once she gathered enough energy she got up and walked over to her bed and changed into the dress.
Once she was changed she looked in the mirror twisting in different directions to get a look at herself. Their maid Trish did have nice taste in clothes. After fixing up her makeup she went to her jewelry box and pulled out a silver necklace with a diamond, a couple of different rings but one in particular was that of what looked like a sword. Along with the rings and necklace she pulled out a charm bracelet with a shield charm hanging from it. Next to where her bracelet would be in the box was a bright orange feather with a hint of red. She couldn't help but force a smile looking at it.
"I can't believe I left without my weapons," she said walking out of the room. "Sometimes I'm such a scatter brain."
As she entered the living room Mary was fixing Hoshi's tie. Hoshi was of Japanese decent. He had short black hair and dark eyes. It seemed that he had just gotten back from work from the tired expression on his face.
"Oh hello Flash," he said when he saw her. "My you look nice tonight, how was school?"
"It was fine, thank you," said Flash.
Just then the doorbell rang Mary opened the door to reveal a couple that seemed to be in their late fifties. The woman had the same colored hair and eyes as Mary and was just a bit smaller. She dressed in black and white.
The man who was with her seemed to be loosing his brown hair. He had brown eyes and also dressed in black and white.
"Mom, dad!" said Mary happily. "Come in, come in."
The couple entered. They greeted each other with kisses on the cheek and firm handshakes while Flash stood quietly on the last step of the stairs.
Once they were done Mary's mother turned to Flash. "So is this the girl?"
"Yes," answered Mary then turned to Flash. "Flash, this is my mother, Maria and my father William."
Flash bowed low. "It's nice to meet you."
A woman who seemed to be in her mid twenties with brown hair tied back dressed in a black skirt and a white tank top walked out bowing low.
"Dinner is ready," she said kindly. "Please make your way to the dinning room."
"Thank you Trish," said Mary leading everyone through the living room into the dinning room.
Everyone sat down around a large wooden table in the middle of the room. The walls were a deep red and the floor was wooden. The decorations matched as needed. There was also a door that led into the kitchen.
As the two couples ate their sushi dinner they talked about various things, mainly about what they did for the past five months since they last saw each other.
Flash sat their boredly picking up some gingerroot with her chopsticks then dropping it again. She continued to do this drowning everyone else out. So was pulled back by the sound of Mary's voice calling her name.
"Flash," said Mary.
"Hm?" asked Flash sitting up straight.
"Answer your grandmother please," said Mary a bit annoyed.
"I'm sorry," said Flash turning to Maria. "What did you say?"
"Well next time pay attention girl," snapped Maria.
"I said I was sorry," repeated Flash coolly.
"So what do you like to do?" asked William trying to change the subject.
Flash was shocked; she didn't know he even thought she existed. "I like to draw I guess."
"You guess you like to draw?" questioned Maria. "I'm sure you either do or you don't."
"Maria stop being so hard on the girl," said William.
"If she only thinks she will never be successful in the world when she gets older," protested Maria.
"Mother," said Mary. "She's only fourteen!"
"So?" questioned Mary's mother. "When I was her age I already had a plan on what I wanted to do with my life."
"Maybe you can show them some of your sketches when we retire for coffee, Flash," suggested Hoshi trying to save the poor girl from the very right hand of Satan herself.
"Um, oh…all right," said Flash.
Once Trish had cleared the table and announced that coffee was ready for them in the living room Flash went upstairs to get her sketchbooks while the adults went into the living room.
When she walked into the living room she took a seat in between Mary and Hoshi on the larger couch after handing Maria and William a sketchbook each to look at.
The books contained random drawings and doodles of people at the near by park, students sitting at lunch and pictures of everyday life. There were also pictures of what seemed to be different worlds that often appeared in Flash's dreams, where they were, they could hardly remember.
"These pictures are the most interesting," commented Maria.
"Who is this supposed to be?" asked Mary pointing at a picture of a woman with fox ears and a fox tail.
"Oh her," said Flash. "I had a dream and she was in it…so I drew her."
"Well she's beautiful," said Hoshi.
"Um…thank you," said Flash forcing a smile.
After they were done looking at the sketchbooks the two couples continued with their talk of whatever they were talking about. Flash sat there still with the books on her lap wishing Mary would notice her and send her off to bed.
"Oh my," said Maria. "Would you look at the time? Eleven pm already."
"Is it that late?" asked Mary. "Flash, why don't you go to bed?"
Flash quickly got up and bid goodnight to everyone then went upstairs. Once she got to her room she closed the door behind her and placed her sketchbooks back on her desk.
She should really do her homework…oh well. After moving her school clothes onto her desk chair she got changed back into her gray cotton pants and white tank top then hung up the dress and placed the shoes in her closet.
Flash stood in front of the mirror and stared long and hard directly into her own eyes, slowly her reflection began to morph into another person. When it came into clear view a woman stood there but she didn't look very normal.
Her body was of a human but with a lion's tail, fangs, eyes and her nails are long to represent claws. She also had two tan angelic like wings resting on her back. She had golden-layered hair that reached past her shoulders, her eyes were a piercing gold. She wore a semi low cut tan shirt that ended a few inches below the breast line. Where her heart would be was a scar in the shape as a sunburst. Her skirt was the same color as her shirt and ended above the knee. For shoes she wore Greek styled light brown sandals. On her wrists she wears golden bracers.
"So what's exactly the master plan? Because I can't remember much, maybe next time trying to cross the barrier we won't lose our memory, sound like a plan?" Flash asked the woman in the mirror.
She glared at Flash and didn't say anything.
"So let me guess," mocked Flash. "You don't have one?"
'Careful human,' warned the person in the mirror. 'You may be my human half but I still have no doubt in hurting you.'
"Ah but you need me," said Flash. "Not only am I part of you but you need me to walk in this world freely without anything happening."
The woman didn't say anything. Flash rolled her eyes and walked away from the mirror and crawled into bed and stared up at the ceiling. The ceiling was painted to look like a cloudy night with a full moon. Flash had painted it herself along with the rest of the room.
Slowly she drifted off to sleep. But it wasn't a pleasant one due to another haunting dream.
The lion creature woman that Flash was talking to in the mirror was there sitting under a tree sketching something, it seemed to be that she was drawing the woman dressed in a blue Chinese styled dress. She had a black foxtail with a blue ribbon tied to it, black hair and black fox ears. Her right ear had a chip in it.
The wind blew causing a small breeze through the trees; the fox's black locks blew into her face covering her cloudy blue eyes. A small bird that had the colors of fire sat on her lap fluffing up his feathers.
"Is something bothering you?" she questioned the fox. "Harmony?"
"No its nothing," answered Harmony. "Just thinking."
"Oh…" said the lion woman.
After a few more moments Harmony broke the silence. "Lioness?"
The lion woman named who went by the alias of Lioness looked up.
"What?"
"Oh…never mind," said Harmony. "Hey are you done drawing me yet?"
"Huh? Oh…yeah," answered Lioness.
The bird flew out of Harmony's lap when she went to get up. The bird's name was Jouka, which meant sacred fire. Harmony walked over to Lioness pushing Lioness's sword and shield out of the way with her foot so she could take a seat down next to her friend.
"Hey that's pretty good. Hey look you got my good side," said Harmony.
"Ha, ha very funny," said Lioness.
"No I'm serious," said Harmony. "I really like it."
They were quiet for a while until Harmony placed something in Lioness's hand. When she looked at it she realized it was one of Jouka's feathers. She gave Harmony a puzzled look.
"Something to remember me by," answered the fox.
End Chapter:
Winter: Phew. Well I finally got this chapter done, and its x-mas day, so this is my gift from me to you. I hope you all had a good holiday and if you don't celebrate anything I hope your day was good.
Wisdom: So please review!
Hiei: Review or else!
Winter: Oh, I don't know why I'm even saying this but my friend thought that she should share the information to me that her mother tried giving her x-mas tree a shower. I don't know why she did so or why I was even told this but I thought I should share, okay bye now.
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