Chapter two: "Sweet Greetings".
"OW!"
"Are you hurt?"
"Does that question have a point? OF COURSE I'M HURT! OW!"
"Ah heh. Just checking."
I couldn't see at first. It took me few seconds to bring my eyes into focus. There was this person crouched down over me. He had a fox like figure and long, shimmering red hair. Emereld green eyes and....Some kinda....Yellow kimono thing.....Wait a second.......Is it A girl or a boy?
"Hey, um dude. Before I ask what happened...OW! Do you mind if l ask if your a boy or a girl. I don't mean to be rude but I can't quite place you. No offense what so ever meant."
"None taken, But I am, indeed a boy."
He heald his right hand out and pulled me up.
"Yeah, I kinda thought you were, Now that that's settled.....Uh what's up with old hairy there? I mean the dude almost like, totally ran me over."
"His name's Danny. He obviously got angry when you told him you wouldn't ride, So he tried to run you over."
"I got that much, But I....I SAW THE LIGHT MAN! I KNEW I WAS A GONER! So....How is it i'm still here?"
"Heh. Let's just say you were lucky that I was passing by. Otherwise you would have been splatered onto the pavement."
"Uhhhnnnn. Okay, So you saved me.......I...... i'm afraid I don't know what to say."
"You needn't say anything more then A simple thank you."
"You needn't say? That's funny. Okay well thanks then. What's you name?"
"Kurama."
"Kurama? That's funny too....Um I'm Karen, Nice to meet you."
"Karen.....That name means pure."
"Yeah. I know. I looked it up in a name dictionary......Uhh what does yours mean?"
"One who seeks revenge."
".......Ewwwkayyy....Hah hah hah.*Blink*Blink*...Very funny...."
"No i'm serious."
"Suuure... Dahh.....Uh.....Uh...Ahhhh....Owww....Uhhh...Akkk."
"Are you okay?"
"My.....my head....."
I put my right hand on top of my scalp for a second. Then I looked at it and it was covered in blood.
"Whaaa. What happened?"
"Hmm.....I thought the bleeding had stopped. But obviously it hasn't. Here." He pulled a roll of bandages out of his pocket. "I'm going to wrap this around your head. We should get you home as soon as possable." (Dude, like where did he get the bandadges?)
He started to rap it around my head. It hurt far worse then it probably looked. It felt as if three foot needles were being shoved all at once into my head. "I know it hurts. But just bare with me for A moment." He picked me up over his shoulder and asked me "Where do you live?" I told him it was only about a block from here. I fainted shortly after I haven't the slightest clue what happened afterward, Up untill the point I woke up later in my living room.
"She should be fine. I studied the wound, There wasn't any serious damage. Time should heal."
Mom: "Thank you Kurama. Is there anything we can do to make it up to you? Anything at all?"
"No. I'll be okay. To help restore life is most rewarding on it's own."
Dad: "Well at least stay for tonight and get some rest. I insist."
"Fine. But I must say how lucky she is. Most girls would have, Without a dout, died within that hour. But yet when she awakened it was as if it hadn't fazed her at all. Karen has amazing stamina. But I can't take all the credit. If it wasn't for Lusandra's father, I would have never located you and your house." {Of course if I needed I could have felt out your energies}.
They talked back and forth for A while. I couldn't hear at first. Everything just sounded like a bunch of "An nunnunun" and "Blurrr Blah Blah blah." But eventully my ears came into focus along with my eyes. But then the question hit me. How did he help? He never said what happened exactly. All he said was "Let's just say if it wasn't for me you would have been splatered onto the pavement." Did he mean that he nursed me back to health after I was hit? Did he push me out of the way of the truck? Was he a passenger who turned the truck at the last second? Or what? I wanted to ask so bad, But my head still hurt like a wreaking ball had struck it. I tried for a long time and I finally, After all that time, found the courage to speak up. (What A strange question to ponder.)
"Oww.....Uh. Hey....Ehh...Kurama....."
Kurama: "Oh hello there. It seems you are awake. Tell me....Does your head still hurt? I didn't know if you would make it or not."
"Hah hah.....Very....ow...funny."
Mom: "Honey you are okay! Now you need to thank this young man. For if it wasn't for his heroic act of bravery, You wouldn't be here right now."
"Yeah. Um that's what I wanted to ask. How is it that you saved me? Did you push me out of the trucks path. Were you a passenger who turned the truck? Did you nurse me back to health after I was hit? Or what?"
"Hmmm....Well uh.......Hard to say.....Umm........."What can I say? I can't tell her the truth...... Can I?"
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"WHAT??? YOU.....Your holding the truck back? Just what are you?"
"Appearances can be deceiving Danny. I thought even you would know that." He then trusts his hand through the front and pulls out some wires. The truck then supposenly stops running. After that he jumped through the front window, Into the cocpit. He then punchs Danny in the face. He flys out the window and glass goes everywere. "It would be best for this event to be left forgotten......As for you....." He turns his head in my direction and walks out back onto the hood. "I'm afraid you shouldn't be allowed to remember either."
He then leaps, and delivers a gruleing kick upsided my head. The impact sends me flying. I flew into a telephone pole. I fell flat on my face. And yeah it hurt. Saying how bad would take a while. Maybe about a hundred pages....Oh well. He then turns. Kurama gives one last look back. Half concerned for the girls safety. He then starts to walk off. "Wait.....The girl.....She seems to have more of a spirit then I thought. When she wakes up she will without a doubt, still remember the previous event. She may be worth something some day, Maybe do something stupendous for her kind. Perhaps, save the world; Defeat A dispicable villin. Who knows? Killing her would be utterly pointless. I guess i'll just have to spare her and hit her again. But how can I do that without killing her?" He thought about it for a minute when the odvious hit him. "Heh heh heh. Who am I trying to kid? A simple thump to the forehead would surffice." He then picked me up by the hair and thumped me in the forehead. I awoke brifely when the pain struck."Ah hah.......Ohhh........" "Hmmm". He then drops me on the ground and smiles. "She will wake shortly and when she does, The death of Danny will not be remembered."
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"Hmm.....Well if you must know. I was aquaintances with the driver. All I had to do was simply stand in front of the vehicle. He had nothing really aginst me so he stoped the truck. However, He was terribly drunk so when he got out he assaulted you. He was strong so I was powerless to stop him at first. I had dived in to try and stop him but he tossed me aside and knocked me out temporarily. He had done beat you bloody by the time I was able to awaken and stop his rampage. Lucky for you I had my first aid kit with me and was able to help stop the bleeding a little."
"Funny....That's not how I remembered it...."
"................Well like I said he was strong so when he knocked you out you kinda lost some of your brain cells. Inother words, It's another type of amnesia. Just not as serious." "But how do you beat him? I thought you said he was stronger then you."
"Not quite. The only reason he knocked me out for that short time was because........I think lt would be best for me to leave that part out for now?"
"Why?"
".............I........I suppose I could tell you later if you absolutely insist.......*Sigh* But anywho I had taken a varaity of self defense class's. So I did indeed have the upper hand. It was actully a simple tast to bring him down. All I had to do was hit him in the neck hard enough. He'll be out for at least three days."
"WOW THAT'S SO COOL KURAMA! Which one's did you take?"
"I've taken many. But i've found Karate and Kong Fu to work best. None the less, I'd say it still pay's to learn all of the different fighting styles you can, That way you can put them all together and create your own type of fighting. That way you can either keep it to yourself or share it with those closest to you."
"What do you call your fighting style?"
"I call mine Shonen T."
"Shonen T?"
"It stands for Shonen Tactical. In otherwords it means mine is based on strategic purposes."
"I'm still lost. What does shonen mean?"
"Shonen is Japanese for boy. But on some occasions it means "Pure Of Heart". But the it is used in my style meaning Pure Tacticle."
"Oh I get it now. So in otherwords you search out there weaknesses in battle and once you do that......*Bam* Pow*Wam*! You beat the crap outta'em!"
"Ahahah. Well in a way, yes."
"Interesting. Can you teach me?"
"That's up to your parents."
Dad: "I don't have any problems with it. What about you honey?"
Mom: "Well I guess so sweetie. As long as she dosn't come home half covered with bruises, Half cuts."
"Don't worry. It won't that bad."
So we just kind of jiberjabered for a while. Kurama seemed to know an awful lot about Japan. He tault me a little bit of the languge and then it was time for dinner. We had steak, corn and brusslesprots. (Of course I didn't eat any of the brusslesprots. I tryed but they were really nasty. Of course my dad made me eat them anyway).
"Hey Kurama."
"Yes?"
"I'm going hunting with a friend next Saturday. Ya wannta go?"
"Umm.....Depends, What are you hunting for?"
"Foxes."
"*Gulp*."
"Oh yeah. Nothing beats fox meat. It's tender, juicy and fills ya fast!"
Kurama sweat dropped and scrated his right cheek.
"Ah hah.... Actully.....I uh just remembered......I......I....My secuduel is full Saturday. Sorry....Maybe another time."
"Well. How about the week after that? We can go fox hunting then."
"Well you see.....I'm just not a real hunter is all. I kind of like foxes."
"Oh come on Kurama, It'll put hair on your chest!!!"
"Hairy chest are overated i'm afraid."
"Come on dad! If Kurama says he don't wannta go, Then he dosn't have to go! Besides, I like foxes too. There cute, cuddly and nice."
Mom: "Yeah right. Little devils ull kill your chickens the second you turn your back. I remember one fox that always came at tweleve o clock at night and raided our chicken coop. It was a clever one alright. She was always able to aviod any traps that papa laid. One day daddy got fed up with it and stocked out one night. He hid behind a pile of hey. He spotted that fox, pulled the trigger and *Wamyow*! Skined her and made us a shawal'n' pair of mittens. She was a pretty white one too. Don't see white one's that much. It was a pure shame to kill her. But it was worth it. We selled that shawl and mittens and made a dogone forchen."
Kurama: "Exscuse me...But um. Could we please talk about something besides killing foxes? It's hard to exsplain really, But it kind of makes me nervous."
Dad: "Ah hah hah hah! Oh Kurama boy you are one strange fellow. But anyway I guess it wouldn't hurt to talk about something eles."
We talked for a while more. Once dinner was over my dad went back into the living room to watch football. My mom went into the office and did A Jigsaw puzzle on the computer. Kurama went to take A walk. I asked to come with him but he insisted he go alone. So I went into my room to play Final Fantasy X untill he got back. Once he did we all chose up sides and went to bed. There was four bedrooms. One for each of use and one for a guest. Kurama sleep in the guest room. (No duh). The next day was hard to swallow. But I need speak of it anyway. Wait a second....I need speak of it anyway? Great....One day with the guy and i'm already talking like him. Man.....This isn't the middle ages......
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Hiei: "Okay what's with the pink coloring? Isn't the story annoying enoph as it is?"
Arthor: "Don't like it? Well touph frolicing telletubies!"
"IF YOU EVER MENTION THAT.....THAT STUPID, IDOTIC SHOW NEAR ME AGIN I'LL CUT OFF YOUR HEAD!!!"
"Really Hiei i'd think you could use better discriptions then that."
"What? Alright then. Foolish, ignerent, assanine, insane, babish. It's all A bunch of dedorasticlino...."
"Wha? dedorasticlino? "
Kurama: "Really Hiei is such languge needed?"
"Kurama i'm discribing the Telletubies, of course it's needed!"
Me: "Um Kurama what's dedorasticlino?
Kurama: "Hiei you tell her. After all your the one who brought it up."
"Heck no. Your the intellagent one."
Me: "Come on what's it mean?"
"............You wanta know?"
"Yeeeah."
"Well here's A demon dictonary, look it up." *Hands me A diconary with A frighting symbol on the front, looks up word and gasps*
Me: "HUH??? Doohhhhyyyyy....Ohh....*Blomp* I fainted on the ground
Hiei: "Maybe she'll stay down there and be quiet the rest of the fic....." *Springs back up off the floor*
Me: "MAN THAT IS SUCH A COOL WORD!!! NOW I'M GOING TO GO TELL ALL OF AMERICA ABOUT IT!!!"
Kurama and Hiei fall over anime style.
Hiei: "Stupid Human."
"OW!"
"Are you hurt?"
"Does that question have a point? OF COURSE I'M HURT! OW!"
"Ah heh. Just checking."
I couldn't see at first. It took me few seconds to bring my eyes into focus. There was this person crouched down over me. He had a fox like figure and long, shimmering red hair. Emereld green eyes and....Some kinda....Yellow kimono thing.....Wait a second.......Is it A girl or a boy?
"Hey, um dude. Before I ask what happened...OW! Do you mind if l ask if your a boy or a girl. I don't mean to be rude but I can't quite place you. No offense what so ever meant."
"None taken, But I am, indeed a boy."
He heald his right hand out and pulled me up.
"Yeah, I kinda thought you were, Now that that's settled.....Uh what's up with old hairy there? I mean the dude almost like, totally ran me over."
"His name's Danny. He obviously got angry when you told him you wouldn't ride, So he tried to run you over."
"I got that much, But I....I SAW THE LIGHT MAN! I KNEW I WAS A GONER! So....How is it i'm still here?"
"Heh. Let's just say you were lucky that I was passing by. Otherwise you would have been splatered onto the pavement."
"Uhhhnnnn. Okay, So you saved me.......I...... i'm afraid I don't know what to say."
"You needn't say anything more then A simple thank you."
"You needn't say? That's funny. Okay well thanks then. What's you name?"
"Kurama."
"Kurama? That's funny too....Um I'm Karen, Nice to meet you."
"Karen.....That name means pure."
"Yeah. I know. I looked it up in a name dictionary......Uhh what does yours mean?"
"One who seeks revenge."
".......Ewwwkayyy....Hah hah hah.*Blink*Blink*...Very funny...."
"No i'm serious."
"Suuure... Dahh.....Uh.....Uh...Ahhhh....Owww....Uhhh...Akkk."
"Are you okay?"
"My.....my head....."
I put my right hand on top of my scalp for a second. Then I looked at it and it was covered in blood.
"Whaaa. What happened?"
"Hmm.....I thought the bleeding had stopped. But obviously it hasn't. Here." He pulled a roll of bandages out of his pocket. "I'm going to wrap this around your head. We should get you home as soon as possable." (Dude, like where did he get the bandadges?)
He started to rap it around my head. It hurt far worse then it probably looked. It felt as if three foot needles were being shoved all at once into my head. "I know it hurts. But just bare with me for A moment." He picked me up over his shoulder and asked me "Where do you live?" I told him it was only about a block from here. I fainted shortly after I haven't the slightest clue what happened afterward, Up untill the point I woke up later in my living room.
"She should be fine. I studied the wound, There wasn't any serious damage. Time should heal."
Mom: "Thank you Kurama. Is there anything we can do to make it up to you? Anything at all?"
"No. I'll be okay. To help restore life is most rewarding on it's own."
Dad: "Well at least stay for tonight and get some rest. I insist."
"Fine. But I must say how lucky she is. Most girls would have, Without a dout, died within that hour. But yet when she awakened it was as if it hadn't fazed her at all. Karen has amazing stamina. But I can't take all the credit. If it wasn't for Lusandra's father, I would have never located you and your house." {Of course if I needed I could have felt out your energies}.
They talked back and forth for A while. I couldn't hear at first. Everything just sounded like a bunch of "An nunnunun" and "Blurrr Blah Blah blah." But eventully my ears came into focus along with my eyes. But then the question hit me. How did he help? He never said what happened exactly. All he said was "Let's just say if it wasn't for me you would have been splatered onto the pavement." Did he mean that he nursed me back to health after I was hit? Did he push me out of the way of the truck? Was he a passenger who turned the truck at the last second? Or what? I wanted to ask so bad, But my head still hurt like a wreaking ball had struck it. I tried for a long time and I finally, After all that time, found the courage to speak up. (What A strange question to ponder.)
"Oww.....Uh. Hey....Ehh...Kurama....."
Kurama: "Oh hello there. It seems you are awake. Tell me....Does your head still hurt? I didn't know if you would make it or not."
"Hah hah.....Very....ow...funny."
Mom: "Honey you are okay! Now you need to thank this young man. For if it wasn't for his heroic act of bravery, You wouldn't be here right now."
"Yeah. Um that's what I wanted to ask. How is it that you saved me? Did you push me out of the trucks path. Were you a passenger who turned the truck? Did you nurse me back to health after I was hit? Or what?"
"Hmmm....Well uh.......Hard to say.....Umm........."What can I say? I can't tell her the truth...... Can I?"
******************************Flash Back*************************************
"WHAT??? YOU.....Your holding the truck back? Just what are you?"
"Appearances can be deceiving Danny. I thought even you would know that." He then trusts his hand through the front and pulls out some wires. The truck then supposenly stops running. After that he jumped through the front window, Into the cocpit. He then punchs Danny in the face. He flys out the window and glass goes everywere. "It would be best for this event to be left forgotten......As for you....." He turns his head in my direction and walks out back onto the hood. "I'm afraid you shouldn't be allowed to remember either."
He then leaps, and delivers a gruleing kick upsided my head. The impact sends me flying. I flew into a telephone pole. I fell flat on my face. And yeah it hurt. Saying how bad would take a while. Maybe about a hundred pages....Oh well. He then turns. Kurama gives one last look back. Half concerned for the girls safety. He then starts to walk off. "Wait.....The girl.....She seems to have more of a spirit then I thought. When she wakes up she will without a doubt, still remember the previous event. She may be worth something some day, Maybe do something stupendous for her kind. Perhaps, save the world; Defeat A dispicable villin. Who knows? Killing her would be utterly pointless. I guess i'll just have to spare her and hit her again. But how can I do that without killing her?" He thought about it for a minute when the odvious hit him. "Heh heh heh. Who am I trying to kid? A simple thump to the forehead would surffice." He then picked me up by the hair and thumped me in the forehead. I awoke brifely when the pain struck."Ah hah.......Ohhh........" "Hmmm". He then drops me on the ground and smiles. "She will wake shortly and when she does, The death of Danny will not be remembered."
***********************End Flashback*****************************
"Hmm.....Well if you must know. I was aquaintances with the driver. All I had to do was simply stand in front of the vehicle. He had nothing really aginst me so he stoped the truck. However, He was terribly drunk so when he got out he assaulted you. He was strong so I was powerless to stop him at first. I had dived in to try and stop him but he tossed me aside and knocked me out temporarily. He had done beat you bloody by the time I was able to awaken and stop his rampage. Lucky for you I had my first aid kit with me and was able to help stop the bleeding a little."
"Funny....That's not how I remembered it...."
"................Well like I said he was strong so when he knocked you out you kinda lost some of your brain cells. Inother words, It's another type of amnesia. Just not as serious." "But how do you beat him? I thought you said he was stronger then you."
"Not quite. The only reason he knocked me out for that short time was because........I think lt would be best for me to leave that part out for now?"
"Why?"
".............I........I suppose I could tell you later if you absolutely insist.......*Sigh* But anywho I had taken a varaity of self defense class's. So I did indeed have the upper hand. It was actully a simple tast to bring him down. All I had to do was hit him in the neck hard enough. He'll be out for at least three days."
"WOW THAT'S SO COOL KURAMA! Which one's did you take?"
"I've taken many. But i've found Karate and Kong Fu to work best. None the less, I'd say it still pay's to learn all of the different fighting styles you can, That way you can put them all together and create your own type of fighting. That way you can either keep it to yourself or share it with those closest to you."
"What do you call your fighting style?"
"I call mine Shonen T."
"Shonen T?"
"It stands for Shonen Tactical. In otherwords it means mine is based on strategic purposes."
"I'm still lost. What does shonen mean?"
"Shonen is Japanese for boy. But on some occasions it means "Pure Of Heart". But the it is used in my style meaning Pure Tacticle."
"Oh I get it now. So in otherwords you search out there weaknesses in battle and once you do that......*Bam* Pow*Wam*! You beat the crap outta'em!"
"Ahahah. Well in a way, yes."
"Interesting. Can you teach me?"
"That's up to your parents."
Dad: "I don't have any problems with it. What about you honey?"
Mom: "Well I guess so sweetie. As long as she dosn't come home half covered with bruises, Half cuts."
"Don't worry. It won't that bad."
So we just kind of jiberjabered for a while. Kurama seemed to know an awful lot about Japan. He tault me a little bit of the languge and then it was time for dinner. We had steak, corn and brusslesprots. (Of course I didn't eat any of the brusslesprots. I tryed but they were really nasty. Of course my dad made me eat them anyway).
"Hey Kurama."
"Yes?"
"I'm going hunting with a friend next Saturday. Ya wannta go?"
"Umm.....Depends, What are you hunting for?"
"Foxes."
"*Gulp*."
"Oh yeah. Nothing beats fox meat. It's tender, juicy and fills ya fast!"
Kurama sweat dropped and scrated his right cheek.
"Ah hah.... Actully.....I uh just remembered......I......I....My secuduel is full Saturday. Sorry....Maybe another time."
"Well. How about the week after that? We can go fox hunting then."
"Well you see.....I'm just not a real hunter is all. I kind of like foxes."
"Oh come on Kurama, It'll put hair on your chest!!!"
"Hairy chest are overated i'm afraid."
"Come on dad! If Kurama says he don't wannta go, Then he dosn't have to go! Besides, I like foxes too. There cute, cuddly and nice."
Mom: "Yeah right. Little devils ull kill your chickens the second you turn your back. I remember one fox that always came at tweleve o clock at night and raided our chicken coop. It was a clever one alright. She was always able to aviod any traps that papa laid. One day daddy got fed up with it and stocked out one night. He hid behind a pile of hey. He spotted that fox, pulled the trigger and *Wamyow*! Skined her and made us a shawal'n' pair of mittens. She was a pretty white one too. Don't see white one's that much. It was a pure shame to kill her. But it was worth it. We selled that shawl and mittens and made a dogone forchen."
Kurama: "Exscuse me...But um. Could we please talk about something besides killing foxes? It's hard to exsplain really, But it kind of makes me nervous."
Dad: "Ah hah hah hah! Oh Kurama boy you are one strange fellow. But anyway I guess it wouldn't hurt to talk about something eles."
We talked for a while more. Once dinner was over my dad went back into the living room to watch football. My mom went into the office and did A Jigsaw puzzle on the computer. Kurama went to take A walk. I asked to come with him but he insisted he go alone. So I went into my room to play Final Fantasy X untill he got back. Once he did we all chose up sides and went to bed. There was four bedrooms. One for each of use and one for a guest. Kurama sleep in the guest room. (No duh). The next day was hard to swallow. But I need speak of it anyway. Wait a second....I need speak of it anyway? Great....One day with the guy and i'm already talking like him. Man.....This isn't the middle ages......
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Hiei: "Okay what's with the pink coloring? Isn't the story annoying enoph as it is?"
Arthor: "Don't like it? Well touph frolicing telletubies!"
"IF YOU EVER MENTION THAT.....THAT STUPID, IDOTIC SHOW NEAR ME AGIN I'LL CUT OFF YOUR HEAD!!!"
"Really Hiei i'd think you could use better discriptions then that."
"What? Alright then. Foolish, ignerent, assanine, insane, babish. It's all A bunch of dedorasticlino...."
"Wha? dedorasticlino? "
Kurama: "Really Hiei is such languge needed?"
"Kurama i'm discribing the Telletubies, of course it's needed!"
Me: "Um Kurama what's dedorasticlino?
Kurama: "Hiei you tell her. After all your the one who brought it up."
"Heck no. Your the intellagent one."
Me: "Come on what's it mean?"
"............You wanta know?"
"Yeeeah."
"Well here's A demon dictonary, look it up." *Hands me A diconary with A frighting symbol on the front, looks up word and gasps*
Me: "HUH??? Doohhhhyyyyy....Ohh....*Blomp* I fainted on the ground
Hiei: "Maybe she'll stay down there and be quiet the rest of the fic....." *Springs back up off the floor*
Me: "MAN THAT IS SUCH A COOL WORD!!! NOW I'M GOING TO GO TELL ALL OF AMERICA ABOUT IT!!!"
Kurama and Hiei fall over anime style.
Hiei: "Stupid Human."