Of Wind and Fire
Golden Foxfyre
Disclaimer: I don't own it, so don't sue. My creations are my characters and plot lines.
Chapter 3
Yusuke watched in shock as Suzaku continued moving through her exercises. She halted and turned, gazing at him. "Come on, it's more fun with two!" Her blue eyes twinkled mischievously.
"Really?" He challenged. We've been going through this for months. I'm surprised that I have enough energy for sparring after what Genkai put me through. Could be because Suzaku made me spar afterwards. He leapt at her, throwing a rapid assortment of punches and kicks. They were dodged and parried easily.
"Catch." She declared, tossing a small orb at him. He dodged, knowing that the seemingly harmless sphere of energy was extremely painful should it strike a target. Yusuke swept her feet out from under her, yet she recovered in mid air. He caught her foot and threw her into a tree.
The apparition leapt out of the hole she'd created and punched the startled detective in the face. His fist met hers as well, knocking them back. With a gymnastic ease, she sprang back to her feet, seeing Yusuke do the same.
Morwen loped around the side of the large temple and barked, halting their sparring session. ~Ready? We should at least try to get to the dock before dark.~ She shook her ruff. ~The Creator knows what else wanders in that forest, especially after sunset.~
Suzaku slid on her book bag. "Morwen has a point, Yusuke. We should get going."
He grabbed his bag from the grasses as well. "Then let's go." He made sure the door was closed firmly before they left. The forest swallowed the temple behind them, leaving them in a semi-lit gloom. "There's something I'm rather surprised about. How did you increase my endurance?" He sounded rather startled instead of surprised.
Suzaku smiled, pristine white teeth contrasting with her Egyptian tan skin. "I didn't do a thing. It was there all along, all I did was give you the key to the door."
A howl came from ahead of them and they rushed through the shadows to meet Morwen. The she wolf halted them in the middle of the path, gazing into Yusuke's brown eyes and searching his soul. A wolfish grin came to her face. ~I knew it.~ She turned to Suzaku. ~Do you remember what Grandmother Dara told you?~ The apparition nodded.
"I remember. What's the point, Morwen?" She sounded confused.
~Sierra was millions of years old when she had you. But five years afterwards her older twin sister left. What Grandmother Dara didn't know was that your aunt had a mission: to disperse great spirit energy among the people of the world, to certain families. Nevada knew that with this mission came the risk that she could become mortal.~
"Morwen, what are you babbling about?" Yusuke demanded. Nevada is my grandmother's name. It has to be coincidence... Or is it?
With a laugh, the wolf herded them forward. ~You realize that you noticed us before Genkai did. Only one who has the blood of a windfire apparition could have realized we were there, much less a wolf of a charmed line.~ She gazed into his brown eyes again. ~You have her eyes. He's Nevada's grandson. Suzaku, you've found a cousin!~
Suzaku met Yusuke's gaze and froze in the middle of the path. He halted as well, staring at her in the gloom of the dank forest. Both had incredible spirit energy, they same low body energy wavelength, and their eyes were shaped in an identical fashion. They had found other living relatives.
"I never knew..." Suzaku stammered, gazing into her cousin's eyes.
Morwen snorted. ~Niether did they. When Nevada chose to be mortal, she dropped off their radar, so to speak. You are cousins, you know that.~ She took the hem of her apparition's shirt in her teeth. ~Come on! The masked fighter is waiting!~
Her words shocked them out of their stupor. They broke into a run, laughing. "Who would've thought! My grandmother hiding such a long past from everyone!"
Suzaku's bell-like laughter joined his as the trees blurred past on either side. "And that my mother was able to keep it from me! She often visited mortal lands, and now I know why!"
Morwen's welcoming bark silenced them. The masked fighter stepped from the shadows and gestured for them to follow her. Obviously she knew the way to the dock.
Genkai! Suzaku cried. Oh, you're sly.
A mental chuckle answered her. I don't want you two blowing my cover. It'll be hard enough if they recognize my techniques.
But he'll...!
Kill me. That is why you are needed, Suzaku-chan. Genkai kept a wary eye on the path before them while they were alert to what was behind and to the sides. Keep it secret. I know it'll be hard, after all, I'm also your sensei. But the blow will be softened. You have found your cousin. And he will be closer to you than his father would have been. Both of you are fighters, his father was a businessman who couldn't care less about the martial arts. Genkai fell silent as they approached the land near the dock.
It was teeming with demons of all shapes, sizes and colors. There were quite a few who were accomplished warriors standing in clusters awaiting the boarding call.
"Where is Urameshi?" Kuwabara demanded. "There isn't much time!" He sounded rather upset, with an undertone of panic to his voice.
Suzaku and Morwen slunk into the shadows behind him, ready to scare the living day lights out of him. He needed a lesson, and she was the one to teach it.
Golden Foxfyre
Disclaimer: I don't own it, so don't sue. My creations are my characters and plot lines.
Chapter 3
Yusuke watched in shock as Suzaku continued moving through her exercises. She halted and turned, gazing at him. "Come on, it's more fun with two!" Her blue eyes twinkled mischievously.
"Really?" He challenged. We've been going through this for months. I'm surprised that I have enough energy for sparring after what Genkai put me through. Could be because Suzaku made me spar afterwards. He leapt at her, throwing a rapid assortment of punches and kicks. They were dodged and parried easily.
"Catch." She declared, tossing a small orb at him. He dodged, knowing that the seemingly harmless sphere of energy was extremely painful should it strike a target. Yusuke swept her feet out from under her, yet she recovered in mid air. He caught her foot and threw her into a tree.
The apparition leapt out of the hole she'd created and punched the startled detective in the face. His fist met hers as well, knocking them back. With a gymnastic ease, she sprang back to her feet, seeing Yusuke do the same.
Morwen loped around the side of the large temple and barked, halting their sparring session. ~Ready? We should at least try to get to the dock before dark.~ She shook her ruff. ~The Creator knows what else wanders in that forest, especially after sunset.~
Suzaku slid on her book bag. "Morwen has a point, Yusuke. We should get going."
He grabbed his bag from the grasses as well. "Then let's go." He made sure the door was closed firmly before they left. The forest swallowed the temple behind them, leaving them in a semi-lit gloom. "There's something I'm rather surprised about. How did you increase my endurance?" He sounded rather startled instead of surprised.
Suzaku smiled, pristine white teeth contrasting with her Egyptian tan skin. "I didn't do a thing. It was there all along, all I did was give you the key to the door."
A howl came from ahead of them and they rushed through the shadows to meet Morwen. The she wolf halted them in the middle of the path, gazing into Yusuke's brown eyes and searching his soul. A wolfish grin came to her face. ~I knew it.~ She turned to Suzaku. ~Do you remember what Grandmother Dara told you?~ The apparition nodded.
"I remember. What's the point, Morwen?" She sounded confused.
~Sierra was millions of years old when she had you. But five years afterwards her older twin sister left. What Grandmother Dara didn't know was that your aunt had a mission: to disperse great spirit energy among the people of the world, to certain families. Nevada knew that with this mission came the risk that she could become mortal.~
"Morwen, what are you babbling about?" Yusuke demanded. Nevada is my grandmother's name. It has to be coincidence... Or is it?
With a laugh, the wolf herded them forward. ~You realize that you noticed us before Genkai did. Only one who has the blood of a windfire apparition could have realized we were there, much less a wolf of a charmed line.~ She gazed into his brown eyes again. ~You have her eyes. He's Nevada's grandson. Suzaku, you've found a cousin!~
Suzaku met Yusuke's gaze and froze in the middle of the path. He halted as well, staring at her in the gloom of the dank forest. Both had incredible spirit energy, they same low body energy wavelength, and their eyes were shaped in an identical fashion. They had found other living relatives.
"I never knew..." Suzaku stammered, gazing into her cousin's eyes.
Morwen snorted. ~Niether did they. When Nevada chose to be mortal, she dropped off their radar, so to speak. You are cousins, you know that.~ She took the hem of her apparition's shirt in her teeth. ~Come on! The masked fighter is waiting!~
Her words shocked them out of their stupor. They broke into a run, laughing. "Who would've thought! My grandmother hiding such a long past from everyone!"
Suzaku's bell-like laughter joined his as the trees blurred past on either side. "And that my mother was able to keep it from me! She often visited mortal lands, and now I know why!"
Morwen's welcoming bark silenced them. The masked fighter stepped from the shadows and gestured for them to follow her. Obviously she knew the way to the dock.
Genkai! Suzaku cried. Oh, you're sly.
A mental chuckle answered her. I don't want you two blowing my cover. It'll be hard enough if they recognize my techniques.
But he'll...!
Kill me. That is why you are needed, Suzaku-chan. Genkai kept a wary eye on the path before them while they were alert to what was behind and to the sides. Keep it secret. I know it'll be hard, after all, I'm also your sensei. But the blow will be softened. You have found your cousin. And he will be closer to you than his father would have been. Both of you are fighters, his father was a businessman who couldn't care less about the martial arts. Genkai fell silent as they approached the land near the dock.
It was teeming with demons of all shapes, sizes and colors. There were quite a few who were accomplished warriors standing in clusters awaiting the boarding call.
"Where is Urameshi?" Kuwabara demanded. "There isn't much time!" He sounded rather upset, with an undertone of panic to his voice.
Suzaku and Morwen slunk into the shadows behind him, ready to scare the living day lights out of him. He needed a lesson, and she was the one to teach it.