I have more typed, but I'm putting it up slowly...
Mello-Skello: You will seee..^..^ I give the song/poem thingy for the
tune.er, next chapter or the one after that. Probably next. (Kurama:
*glares at Demi* Why would I dr--MMFPH! *I clap a hand over his mouth* Me:
DON'T GIVE IT AWAY!)
Kurama!" Yusuke snapped his fingers in my face, making me start and blink past his fingers at his face. "Snap out of it! What's got you so preoccupied?"
I moved Yusuke's hand out of my face and glared up at him. "Nothing that is any of your concern. Now, what were you saying?"
"Pacifier breath wants us to come to a meeting," Yusuke said, sitting back down. "A week from now, on Saturday."
Kuwabara groaned. "Why?"
Yusuke shrugged. "Don't ask me!"
I got up and grabbed my bag. "Well, if that's all.."
Yusuke nodded. "Yep, that's it! Now, let's go home.."
I suddenly remember something. "Hey, Yusuke, wait!"
Yusuke, who had about to open the door to leave, stopped and turned around. "What?"
"Why'd you trip that girl earlier?" I asked, glaring at him without realizing it.
"What?...Oh, wait, a girl with brown hair?" Yusuke said, rubbing his chin thoughtfully.
"Yes, her," I snapped, annoyed, and frowning. "Why'd you trip her?"
"Well, she was singing and walking with a spring in her step," Yusuke said thoughtfully, "So we thought it'd be fun to see what she'd do. She just glared, though, so it was a waste of time, but she did remind me a bit of Hiei when she did that.."
I sighed; why'd I waste my breath on him? "Well, she just thought it was mean."
"Wait, you talked with her?" Yusuke asked incredulously.
"Yes, I did, her name's Setra and she's very nice!" I shot back, shouldering my book bag and storming out of Kuwabara's house.
I found myself walking home with Setra every day, talking to her with more ease than I had ever been able to talk with any girl. She was smart, sweet and funny; pretty much the only thing I didn't like about walking home with her was that they had to part at her walk and the fact that Vance was always there, giving me nasty glares all the way up the street. He was reminding me more and more of Hiei every day.
"Hmmph." Vance shoved his hands into his pockets, glaring up at me with an angry gleam in his eyes. "Setra, why do you bother with a nin--" He stopped at the look on Setra's face. He scowled and stormed off up the walk. Setra turned to me and smiled.
"Sorry about that, he's grumpy," she said, pushing her hair off her shoulder. I watched Vance's departing back, slightly uneasy; I knew he had been about to say 'ningen,' which was the only name Hiei would call humans by.
"It's okay," I lied with a smile. "Well, see ya tomorrow?"
Setra nodded. "Yeah, I guess!"
I started up the sidewalk again, headed for my own house. I was pretty certain that Setra had known what Vance was about to say, so she had to know about Spirit World.The only thing was, how do you ask a girl who seems like a perfectly normal teen if she knows about a world that's linked to this one?
The week passed quickly; I feel asleep quickly on Friday, as thoroughly deep a sleep as if I had run several miles in a short space of time.
Sunlight streamed in through the open window, aided by the breezes billowing out the curtains, but that wasn't what had awoken me. Only about five inches from my nose, two bright, slanted red eyes burned into my own.
"Hello, Hiei," I grumbled, forcing myself to sit upright and grab the glass of water on my bedside table. I took a big gulp and choked on the room- temperature water, spewing it out over the comforter. Stupid, really, to put something in my mouth before I was fully awake.
"What are you doing here?" I could help but ask Hiei, who had retreated to sit on my dresser, swinging his legs and glaring at me.
"You're late, fox," Hiei snapped as an answer, pointing at the digital clock on the bedside table. I grabbed, a bit confused, it and stared at the digits: 2:32 PM.
I stared in honest and outright disbelief at it for a while before turning my gaze back to Hiei, who was still glaring at me.
"Wow," was all I could manage. Hiei's frown became more pronounced.
"It's Saturday, fox. Think." He snapped, jumping off the dresser and jumping out the window into the tree outside.
I had to rack my brain for only a moment when it came back to me: The meeting! I shot out of bed and began to dress swiftly, trying to keep in mind that haste makes waste; the faster I tried to go, the longer I would end up taking.
Finally, I got everything on the right way and on the right body part and grabbed the clock the check the time: it was already 3:00?!
I shot like a bullet out the front door and down the walk, nearly colliding with Setra, who had been about to start up it. She gave a startled cry and fell backwards into a puddle along the side of the street.
"Oh! Set, I'm sorry!" I gasped, appalled but what I had just done. I helped her to her feet, apologizing profusely. She laughed and wrung out her shirt.
"That's okay, I have my bathing suit on under this anyway," She said, dropping the edge of her shirt and wringing water out of her ponytail. "So what's the hurry?"
"I'm late for, um, an afterschool thing, so I really gotta go, sorry!" I lied again and shot off in the direction of the school, which was, thankfully, the way I had needed to go anyway. Setra blinked after me.
"Damn," she said, frowning. "And I was hoping he'd be free to do something with me today.Oh, well.." She sighed, shoved her hands in her pockets, and started back home, whistling a tune.
Kurama!" Yusuke snapped his fingers in my face, making me start and blink past his fingers at his face. "Snap out of it! What's got you so preoccupied?"
I moved Yusuke's hand out of my face and glared up at him. "Nothing that is any of your concern. Now, what were you saying?"
"Pacifier breath wants us to come to a meeting," Yusuke said, sitting back down. "A week from now, on Saturday."
Kuwabara groaned. "Why?"
Yusuke shrugged. "Don't ask me!"
I got up and grabbed my bag. "Well, if that's all.."
Yusuke nodded. "Yep, that's it! Now, let's go home.."
I suddenly remember something. "Hey, Yusuke, wait!"
Yusuke, who had about to open the door to leave, stopped and turned around. "What?"
"Why'd you trip that girl earlier?" I asked, glaring at him without realizing it.
"What?...Oh, wait, a girl with brown hair?" Yusuke said, rubbing his chin thoughtfully.
"Yes, her," I snapped, annoyed, and frowning. "Why'd you trip her?"
"Well, she was singing and walking with a spring in her step," Yusuke said thoughtfully, "So we thought it'd be fun to see what she'd do. She just glared, though, so it was a waste of time, but she did remind me a bit of Hiei when she did that.."
I sighed; why'd I waste my breath on him? "Well, she just thought it was mean."
"Wait, you talked with her?" Yusuke asked incredulously.
"Yes, I did, her name's Setra and she's very nice!" I shot back, shouldering my book bag and storming out of Kuwabara's house.
I found myself walking home with Setra every day, talking to her with more ease than I had ever been able to talk with any girl. She was smart, sweet and funny; pretty much the only thing I didn't like about walking home with her was that they had to part at her walk and the fact that Vance was always there, giving me nasty glares all the way up the street. He was reminding me more and more of Hiei every day.
"Hmmph." Vance shoved his hands into his pockets, glaring up at me with an angry gleam in his eyes. "Setra, why do you bother with a nin--" He stopped at the look on Setra's face. He scowled and stormed off up the walk. Setra turned to me and smiled.
"Sorry about that, he's grumpy," she said, pushing her hair off her shoulder. I watched Vance's departing back, slightly uneasy; I knew he had been about to say 'ningen,' which was the only name Hiei would call humans by.
"It's okay," I lied with a smile. "Well, see ya tomorrow?"
Setra nodded. "Yeah, I guess!"
I started up the sidewalk again, headed for my own house. I was pretty certain that Setra had known what Vance was about to say, so she had to know about Spirit World.The only thing was, how do you ask a girl who seems like a perfectly normal teen if she knows about a world that's linked to this one?
The week passed quickly; I feel asleep quickly on Friday, as thoroughly deep a sleep as if I had run several miles in a short space of time.
Sunlight streamed in through the open window, aided by the breezes billowing out the curtains, but that wasn't what had awoken me. Only about five inches from my nose, two bright, slanted red eyes burned into my own.
"Hello, Hiei," I grumbled, forcing myself to sit upright and grab the glass of water on my bedside table. I took a big gulp and choked on the room- temperature water, spewing it out over the comforter. Stupid, really, to put something in my mouth before I was fully awake.
"What are you doing here?" I could help but ask Hiei, who had retreated to sit on my dresser, swinging his legs and glaring at me.
"You're late, fox," Hiei snapped as an answer, pointing at the digital clock on the bedside table. I grabbed, a bit confused, it and stared at the digits: 2:32 PM.
I stared in honest and outright disbelief at it for a while before turning my gaze back to Hiei, who was still glaring at me.
"Wow," was all I could manage. Hiei's frown became more pronounced.
"It's Saturday, fox. Think." He snapped, jumping off the dresser and jumping out the window into the tree outside.
I had to rack my brain for only a moment when it came back to me: The meeting! I shot out of bed and began to dress swiftly, trying to keep in mind that haste makes waste; the faster I tried to go, the longer I would end up taking.
Finally, I got everything on the right way and on the right body part and grabbed the clock the check the time: it was already 3:00?!
I shot like a bullet out the front door and down the walk, nearly colliding with Setra, who had been about to start up it. She gave a startled cry and fell backwards into a puddle along the side of the street.
"Oh! Set, I'm sorry!" I gasped, appalled but what I had just done. I helped her to her feet, apologizing profusely. She laughed and wrung out her shirt.
"That's okay, I have my bathing suit on under this anyway," She said, dropping the edge of her shirt and wringing water out of her ponytail. "So what's the hurry?"
"I'm late for, um, an afterschool thing, so I really gotta go, sorry!" I lied again and shot off in the direction of the school, which was, thankfully, the way I had needed to go anyway. Setra blinked after me.
"Damn," she said, frowning. "And I was hoping he'd be free to do something with me today.Oh, well.." She sighed, shoved her hands in her pockets, and started back home, whistling a tune.