THE AUTHORESS SPEAKS
AGAIN!
Reviews for Chapter Three, "Bleach is Evil"

Draikitha- What's your email address? Er... email me. And my email is on my website, or on my myotaku page... Just about anywhere. I'll post those chapters to the sund, sand... whatever story... Whenever I get another chapter written and all three together might actually make some important forward movementness in the story... And...Go your boyfriend Alex! Wolf's Rain rocks.
Bar-Ohki- Yes, your highness.
Name1- Heh heh. For some reason I'm proud of my ability to write a bunch of crap... Probably because people still like it...
xkuroxshinobix- Aaack... Didn't show up... I put the link back on my bio.
Kitsune Klepto- You mean like 'next day' kind of soon?
Koneko- Yes, Wolf's Rain and YYH are great shows. Thank you for the compliments. (see, this is what I was saying to Name1. I'm proud that I can write random stuff and people like it.) Who have you met that's as nuts as the people in that house?! AHHH! Run for your LIVES.
Mika Saito- Well, have your friend read these stories. Then she'll kill me for writing them. I take it back. Don't have her read them. :)
Tora88- /Shudder/ Yaoi is forbidden in my stories... Why do people like the Tsume/Toboe pairing? Because Toboe is an innocent little kid and Tsume is the complete opposite? And Kiba/Hige... Oo Just because they're the ones left over? ...No. No yaoi. The most I'll do is torture them by pointing out that people think they're a cute couple.
Kiinu- Woohoo. My pics. They're scary, don't say I didn't warn you.
kaida13- Heh heh. Shadow torments anyone she sets eyes on. And for your review on chapter one: Cheza isn't following them around because do you honestly see how I could properly write this fic with her in it? I couldn't think of how she'd fit in. I rarely put other girls in my stories... And actually, I kinda like Tsume's outfit... (You probably think I'm psycho now.)

CHAPTER FOUR
The Scary Chapter of Many Odd Happenings

Oh yeah. Here it goes.

Shadow plowed down everyone in front of her and was soon the only one chasing the two brown wolves (that doesn't include the twenty or so angry bicyclers chasing after her). Her arms were outstretched towards the wolves instead of waving around in the air like they were moments ago.

"Shadow!"

Hiei caught up with her. Kurama and the others were only a short distance behind.

"LOOKIT, LOOKIT! WOLFIES!"

"Yes, I see them," Hiei snapped. A moment later, the entire mob of wolf-chasers were back up and chasing Shadow. However, their chase came to and end when Tsume, Kiba, and Kurama caught up and stopped dead, facing the giant mob.

"Get out of the way, stupid kids!" one person yelled. "Those wolves are dangerous!"

The two wolves were standing there panting behind Hiei and Shadow.

"Yeah, stupid kids! There's at least forty of us, and only six of you! Now move aside! The animal control vehicle will be here soon to take those wolves back to wherever the hell they came from."

Shadow got a glint in her eye as the said vehicle came to a stop light at the end of the street. She tore off towards it.

"You aren't taking these wolves anywhere," Kurama said.

"No, we aren't! They are!" The man pointed at the animal control van, flying down the street towards them with its sirens screaming, dodging traffic like a pro. It screeched to a halt and the wolves shifted nervously, looking ready to bolt. However, when Shadow was the one to jump out, wearing an oversized jacket with the "animal control" logo on it, they just stared, as did everybody else.

"I AM ANIMAL CONTROL!" she shouted, opening the back of the van. She dragged two men out of the back and threw them onto the street. "GET THE WOLVES!"

"C'mon!" Eclipse said, jumping in the back. Kiba and the others followed her, even the two wolves. Hiei closed the doors and jumped in the passenger seat next to Shadow. His door was barely even closed before Shadow hit the gas and shot down the street again.

"Shadow, why the heck did you do that?!" Hiei snapped.

"If you sat up here to lecture me and distract my driving skills so we crash and kill a lot of people, you can ride on the roof!" Shadow said, swerving around an old lady in a parking lot (dunno why she'd go through a parking lot... Less traffic?) and giving her a heart attack.

"Fine," Hiei muttered, crossing his arms and putting his feet on the dashboard.

Meanwhile, in the dark and scary back of the truck.

"So, these guys are friends of yours?" Kurama said.

"Yeah," Kiba said. The brown wolves were now two brown-haired boys, leaning against the wall breathing hard from running. "How did you guys get here?"

"Some old lady... She said she was a witch, and she knew what we were looking for," Hige said.

"Old lady, huh?" Tsume muttered. "Stupid old wench."

"A witch sent you here?" Kurama said. "Huh. I suppose that might have been a useful detail for Koenma..."

"So who are these guys?" Hige asked.

"I'm Kurama, this is Eclipse," Kurama said.

"I'm Hige. This is Toboe."

"Hello," Toboe said. The truck swerved suddenly and they all fell sideways. Tsume growled slightly as he straightened up.

"The psychotic girl driving this is Shadow."

The truck screeched to a halt.

"We're staying with her until we can get back," Kiba said.

"...Back where?"

"BACK TO THE FUTURE!!!" Shadow yelled, flinging open the doors and scaring the crap out of them all. Then she ran away, singing the theme to the 'Back to the Future' movies. Hiei walked around and looked in at them.

"I see you all survived... That's good." Then he went over to Shadow and hit her in the head, as she was still dancing and singing in the yard.

"I told you. She's psychotic," Tsume said, jumping out of the van. "It doesn't even hurt her to-- Oof!"

Yes, another 'oof' as Shadow plowed into him and gave him a hug. Hige and Toboe stared in confusion.

"Shadow, let go of me," Tsume said, trying to pry her off.

"Hug!"

"Yes, okay, you're hugging me, now let go."

"Grr." She climbed up and sat cross-legged on his head, causing him to be extremely top-heavy and fall over.

Hiei and Kurama promptly grabbed Shadow's arms and dragged her, kicking and screaming, back to the house.

"What was up with that?" Hige asked, hopping out of the van behind the rest of them. He looked at Tsume.

"She's got some odd delusion that I'm her boyfriend."

Hige burst out laughing. He laughed, and he laughed, and he laughed some more, and he kept laughing until he noticed that his intentionally prolonged laughter had mildly pissed off Tsume, who was walking back to Shadow's house. Eclipse had left after staring at Hige for a minute, to go see what Hiei had done with Shadow.

"Come on, guys," Kiba said, following Tsume. Hige and Toboe finally noticed Shadow's house.

"Wow, that's a big house! How many people live there?"

"I'm not sure. I think four do."

"Four! You could have twice that living here comfortably!" Hige said.

"Not with Shadow as one of them..."

"Hiei, where's Shadow?" Eclipse was asking when the wolves came in the door.

"How should I know?" Hiei replied. "She got away the second we--"

And suddenly, they figured out where Shadow was when music exploded through the house and she came flying down the stairs singing.

A giant smile appeared on Eclipse's face and she ran into the living room, practically flattening Hiei into the ground in her haste. The two psychotic girls started dancing and singing like a couple of lunatics to R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World as We Know It." (A/N: Awesome song. Awesome band. Neither of which I own or have any affiliation with.)

The six guys stared at them as they danced.

"...Are they always like that...?" Toboe asked.

"Yes. They are. Shadow moreso than Eclipse, but..." Kurama said. "Yeah."

"Jeez..." Hige muttered.

"DANCE, GUYS!!!" Shadow shouted, jumping over the back of the couch and tackling Kurama. "IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT, AND I FEEL FINE!!!"

"Get off me, Shadow!!!"

"Hiei dance!" Shadow said, jumping up and grabbing Hiei's arms.

"Noo!"

"Dance dance dance!" she said, swinging his arms around as she jumped up and down singing. Then her eyes fell on the wolves. "TSUME DANCE!"

"NO!" he said, running out of the room. Shadow looked at the rest with her evil maniacal smile before taking off after him.

Through all this, Eclipse just sat there singing and dancing like there was nothing else going on in the world that was potentially interesting.

The door banged open and Yusuke and Kuwabara stepped in.

"TURN THAT STUPID MUSIC DOWN! What, who the hell are you?"

"TURN THE MUSIC DOWN!" Kuwabara shouted. "I CAN'T HEAR MYSELF SEE!"

Hiei and Kurama started for the stairs (yes, I suppose it takes two powerful warriors to control psycho Shadow), ignoring the baka's stupid comment. Before they reached the stairs, there was a high-pitched yelp like an injured dog and Shadow came tumbling down the stairs. The music stopped a minute later and Tsume appeared at the top of the stairs.

"Was that you or her that yelped?" Kurama asked, looking up at him.

Hiei poked Shadow with his shoe.

"That was me. That girl fights like an animal."

Hiei poked Shadow again. "I think she's dead..."

They stared at her.

"No she's not. She's breathing, see?" Kurama said. He turned back to Tsume. "What did she do?"

"Bit me."

"Ah... Well...That could hurt... Considering..."

"Considering what?" Tsume asked.

"Well... She has got fangs..." Kurama muttered.

"Is it bleeding?" Hiei asked.

"Not much."

"Are you gonna live?!"

Everybody jumped at the sound of Shadow's voice.

"Yes, Shadow. Unless you have some deadly venom I didn't know about, I'll survive," Tsume said dryly.

In the dining room, the other three wolves and Eclipse, who had wandered in there after the song ended, had heard the entire thing.

"Are you sure it's safe to stay here?" Hige said.

"Whaddaya mean?" Eclipse asked.

"She hurt Tsume."

"He doesn't mind."

"He threw her down the stairs, didn't he? Is that a good example of 'not minding?'"

"I dunno. Let's ask. Hey Tsume!" Eclipse said. She ran to the bottom of the stairs. "Tsume! Do you mind that Shadow bit you?"

"Are you seriously asking that?" he said.

"Yes! Your friends are worried that it's not safe to stay here because she hurt you and they think she's a psychotic violent person."

"I mind, but it didn't hurt," Tsume said, coming down the stairs.

"... Then why'd you yelp?" Eclipse asked dryly.

"Surprise."

Shadow suddenly jumped up onto her hands and knees and snarled at Tsume. Hiei walked away and came back a minute later with a collar and a short chain leash. He snapped the collar around Shadow's neck.

"You wanna act like an animal, we'll treat you like one." He dragged her away while everybody stared. Y'know, people tend to stare a lot in my stories... Oo

About an hour later, after everybody had been introduced and sort of settled in, Koenma came by for a visit.

As usual in Shadow's house, when there's nothing going on, people just kind of end up strewed all over the place. The floor, the couch, stairs, beds, poker tables, pool tables...

"Hey Koenma," Hiei said dryly. He was playing poker with Youko, and, as usual, losing horribly.

"... I saw Shadow out in the yard."

"Yeah, so? Is that unusual?"

"Well, yes, that in itself is unusual, but what was even more unusual was that she was tied to a stake in the ground like a dog."

"What do you expect us to do if she wants to act like a dog?"

"She's out there screaming and yelling and howling like a lunatic. Aren't you worried the cops are gonna get curious?"

"Cops never come here."

"There's a first time for everything. What if some concerned citizen drives by and reports you?"

"We'll bring her in and she'll feed the cops to the weasels."

"Hiei..."

"What?!"

"That'll just get you in even more trouble."

"That'll get her in trouble."

"Oh. Well that's a lot better. You're so caring."

There was a strangled yelp from outside.

"She's gonna strangle herself," Koenma said.

Youko chuckled. "It's just a little clasp. All she has to do is use her hands to take off the collar."

"Well she doesn't know that!" Koenma argued.

They were quiet for a minute.

"She has been out there for an hour already," said a new voice, startling Koenma. He walked in and looked over the back of the couch to where Kiba was laying.

"I'm supposing this is one of those time travelers you told me about? The wolf?" Koenma said, looking at Youko.

"What, you say 'wolf' like you don't believe they're really wolves, Koenma. Believe me, they're wolves. And there's four of them here, now."

"Four?! What is with you guys? You just take in whoever ends up on your doorstep. What if some injured psycho murderer time traveler interdimensional kung-fu master with a bounty on his head ended up on your porch!?"

"If it was up to Shadow, we'd heal him and give him a place to stay," Hiei said.

"And it always is up to Shadow," Youko said.

"Because she'd kill me if I told her we couldn't have a psychotic bounty murderer whatever in our house."

"Exactly."

Koenma sighed. "Well, I did come by to see what I can do with these wolf guys... So where are they all?"

"Kiba's right there, and the rest of them are somewhere else," Hiei said. Koenma groaned.

"I'LL FIND THEM!"

Everybody looked at the door. Shadow was standing there with a collar attached to a chain attached to a stake dragging behind her.

"Good Lord, Shadow..." Koenma muttered, snapping off the collar.

"I'M FREE!" She ran down into the basement, where Eclipse was playing pool with Tsume while Toboe watched curiously. Shadow hugged Tsume.

"How's your arm?"

"My arm? You mean the arm you bit?"

"Yes, that'd be the one. Why would I care about your other arm?"

"My arm is fine."

"Hi Shadow!" Eclipse said. "Did you have fun being tied out in the yard like a dog?"

"I ate a worm."

Eclipse groaned. "That's sick."

"Anyway, Koenma's upstairs and he wants to talk to you guys, Tsume. So, you win, now get upstairs," Shadow said.

"Who's Koenma?" Toboe asked.

"The son of the ruler of Reikai. He wants to talk to you guys. Do you know where Hige is?"

"No."

"Probably in the kitchen, raiding your cabinets," Tsume said, walking up the stairs. Shadow's eyes widened.

"He better not be!" She ran past Tsume, down the hall, slid to a stop in front of the kitchen, and saw that no, her kitchen was not currently being raided, but somebody had been there, because there were crumbs lying around. She screamed in horror.

"MY BEAUTIFUL KITCHEN!" She ran in, sobbing. "IT'S TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY RUINED!!!"

"Shadow... There's some crumbs on the counter. It's not ruined," Eclipse said.

"ALL THE FOOD IS GONE! OH, IT'S HORRIBLE! THAT RAIDER WILL PAY!"

She started to stomp out of the kitchen, but Eclipse caught her hair.

"No, stupid. It's not ruined, and there's plenty of food left."

"LET GO OF ME! IT'S HORRIBLE!"

"Unless you want me to tie you up in the yard again, I suggest you shut up, Shadow," Hiei called in. Shadow stopped and walked peacefully into the living room, nearly running into Hige when she came around the corner.

"DID YOU RAID MY KITCHEN?! YOU WILL PAY FOR--" Tsume wrapped his arm around her neck. "AAAAAAAACCKKKKK! Leggo me!"

"Shadow, go up to your room and act like you don't exist for a bit, okay? And when you come back down here, you're not going to be accusing anyone of anything. You're going to be your normal cheerful self. Right?"

"Leggo! Leggo!"

"Right?"

"Yes, right! Leggo!"

Tsume let go and Shadow dove over the back of the couch and curled up into a little trembling, mumbling ball.

"Lovely relationship you two have..." Hige said. Tsume glared.

"Shut up."

"... Okay..." Koenma said. "You're the wolves, I'm assuming."

"Kiba, Tsume, Hige, and Toboe," Hiei said.

"Okay. Well, first, I need to know when exactly you're from."

"They're from the future!" Shadow said.

"Shadow, shut up," Tsume ordered.

"Yes sir."

"Future. Yes, well, that could be anywhere from tomorrow to a thousand years in the future."

(A/N: I'm not sure when Wolf's Rain takes place! Ahhh!)

"..."

"Let's move on," Koenma said. "How'd you end up here, do you know?"

"It was a bitch!" Shadow cried.

"Shadow!" Tsume and Hiei snapped.

"A witch, stupid," Hige said.

"A witch. Okay then... Youko, what do you know about witches?"

"What? You think I'm a living dictionary?"

"Encyclopedia would be more accurate."

"Shut up."

"Witches have broomsticks, and they have warts and they cackle and make stew! And--"

"SHADOW, SHUT THE HELL UP BEFORE I THROW YOU INTO THE SEWER! GO TO YOUR DAMN ROOM LIKE TSUME SAID IN THE FIRST PLACE!" Hiei shouted. Shadow blinked.

"Yes, mother..."

Hiei was getting madder by the second. Shadow still wasn't moving.

"SHADOW JAGANSHI!!! GET!!!"

It's kinda scary when a guy barely five feet tall seems to grow about ten feet and his eyes turn into glowing red orbs. Hiei seemed to grow, and Shadow seemed to shrink. About the size of a Chihuahua.

"Yes sir..." She liquefied and seeped down between the cushions on the couch. Hiei blinked curiously, shrank to his normal size, and stared at the couch for a minute. Shadow came seeping out the bottom and along the floor behind it, out of the room, and down the stairs to the basement while eight pairs of thoroughly confused and startled eyes watched her.

"That's not normal," Eclipse said finally. Everybody looked at her with "isn't that obvious, stupid?" looks. (-.-)

"No, ya think?!" Hiei said.

"Not very often."

It took a bit of time to get over the shock of seeing a human/demon turn into a blob of goo and seep out of the room, but when they did, Koenma promised he would research witches, glared at Hiei and Youko for not telling him about that detail when they went to talk to him in the first place, then left.

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Don't even ask where the end of this chapter came from... I don't even know, and I don't think I really want to know. It's just some odd thing I found drifting around all lonely-like in my head. It needed a home.
Woohoo! Cowboy Bebop is on tonight! Love that show.
Grr. Somebody put a comment on the first drawing I ever did of Spike. "You need more practice." Snarl. I even said it's my first drawing of him. Look at his/her art and I don't think it's whole lots better. -.- /hate/
Woo! Cowboy Bebop tonight! /good mood again/