Disclaimer: -sniffles- I no own... I had a dream that I did though!, but alas, it was only a dream...
Last time:
Everyone in Team Urameshi was either sitting around or standing. They were all silent. And staring at me. Glancing around, I started to get nervous. I stood there rigidly, as if trying to shrink out of existence. Finally, I snapped.
"Stop staring! It freaks me out because Bishonen never blink!" I said loudly. None of them stopped staring. If anything, only Kurama and Yusuke blinked. Better than nothing I guess...
Koenma finally broke the silence.
"If you don't mind me asking, who were your parents?"
"My mom... her family name was Shirogane before she met my father." I said. Koenma stiffened but motioned for me to continue. "I never knew my father, and Mom never talks about him. The only thing she ever said was that he walked out of her when I was like one or two. And I know that when I was human, she said that I had inherited his hair. Pitch black, straight as a lance." At this, everyone twitched, Kurama most noticeably.
Koenma thanked me and walked out. As he opened the door, Botan walked in, her eyes filled with tears. It was right then that I knew why Yusuke had been so quiet the whole time. Genkai had died, maybe an hour or so ago, while I was asleep. Maybe that was the reason for my nightmare...
I looked at the time. Two hours before Tournament Finals start. I looked at Yusuke. I gave him a look that clearly said 'I need to talk to you later. Alone.' He gave a small nod to show he understood. I put my hands in my pockets, a sign that I was nervous. My right hand felt the hiruiseki stone that Yukina gave me. I suddenly felt less nervous.
'Weird,' I thought, 'but effective.' All the men filed out the door, going to do their own thing. Yusuke was last. I stopped him.
"Matte, Yusuke." I said. He stopped and looked away.
"What? I'm not in the mood right now." He said roughly.
"I was just saying; I'll be the replacement team member if you need one. Koenma couldn't fight for crap." I offered, phrasing it carefully in case someone was listening in. Fortunatly, he understood.
"Is that all?" he muttered.
"Beat the shit out of Toguro for us? Kami knows he needs it and I hate him as much as anyone." I grinned. Yusuke just left.
'Rude much?' I thought. I decided to find Keiko and see if she had any more of those breakfast bars left. I was getting hungry. I followed her scent and found her playing cards with Shizuru, Yukina, and Botan. Botan's eyes were still a bit misty. It was Yukina who noticed me first, which surprised me.
"Oh, hello, would you like to come and play with us?" she said. Everyone else looked up at me. I shoved my hands into my pockets again and bit my lip.
"Yes, good idea, Yukina! Please, come and play cards with us!" Botan said, obviously trying to hide her feelings at having to ferry Genkai's soul.
"Yeah, come have some fun! You've been so uptight this whole time." Shizuru put in. I nervously walked over and sat next to Botan. I figured that my hatred would have to wait. She was almost visibly upset. Against my YYH fan side of my brain, I comforted her.
"Botan, I practically cried when I saw the episode myself." I whispered so only she could hear me. "Chill." She looked up at me, shocked.
"How did you-?" she whispered.
"I saw the entire series up to the finals at least three times." I whispered back. "Don't you think I would have seen it at least once?" (AN: sadly, no. pathetic, ne?) She nodded slowly and I could actually see her felling a little better. Well, there's my good deed for the day.
Like I said, writers block stories = insane shortness.
Oh, well, spoiler time!
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I walked into the stadium with the team. The crowds roaring was getting unbearable! I flattened my ears back. Getting fed up, I tried using the technique that Kurama showed me for going human. I pulled it off and rubbed my now-human ears in relief. I sighed but kept my hearing at near-demon strength.
"Oh, wow, Team Urameshi has a new fighter! We don't know what this girl is capable of, so I can only assume that she's going to give us a good fight!" Koto practically screamed into her microphone. I twitched.
'Kill Koto, kill Koto, kill her!' I screamed in my head. Hiei looked over at me. I blushed and tried to cut the link he made. I failed. I was about to say something when Koto anounced that each team send out their first fighter. I watched as Karasu stepped into the ring. Kurama went into the ring next. I twitched.
'Hopefully I won't cry my eyes out like I did when I saw the episode...' I thought. Karasu glanced at me and nearly did a double take. He walked over to out edge of the ring and looked straight into my eyes.
"What do you want, bastard?" I growled. Hiei took a step closer to me.
"Now, now, is that any way to talk to your otousan, my musume?" he said quietly.
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