Me and the Penguin Army
Disclaimers: Stop your futile attempts to inflate my head because of an ego. I do NOT, I repeat, DO NOT own Yu Yu Hakusho. There, Hmp!
Thoughts // (insert words) \\ Telepathic talk / "(Insert words)" \ *~* Means change from the story to Ixi, Chloe and Rayden or from the three to the story
Chapter 4 Japanese Man-eating Cricket
*~* I paused to take a deep breath. "Here, this is the actual picture I drew of the Dragons and Hiei." I took out a different book and flipped it to the first page. It was smeared and faded a little from the time I had drawn it. "Cool, you really are a good artist auntie Ixi." Chloe exclaimed as she laid eyes on the drawing. "Want to get back to the story?" "YEAH!" They cried in unison. "Okay, the next day . . ."
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I opened my eyes to stare at the garden. It was the next day; a Saturday so there was no school. I had already called my mom to tell her where I was, that I was okay blah, blah. My sketchbook was open to a blank page. I wanted to draw one of the Makai flowers but I couldn't get a focus point. When I draw I try to have and object that represents a person. Like the Dragon picture, the dragons were a representation of Hiei in a manner I had seen him. I had drawn my mom with a beautiful flower on the side, my sister with a stack of books. Kyle with a dog in the background, Marcus with a lip print. Not all my pictures were like this, but my first pictures of people almost always was in this style. It was for later reference so I knew what kind of pictures I could have these people in.
"Hmm, little foreign flower who dust thou remind me of?" I asked it in a cheesy Shakespearean accent. "You're talking to a plant?" Came a voice form behind me. Hiei appeared. "Well I would rather talk to something that's alive like this flower than talk to you and talk to a brick wall." I teasingly snapped. He is either a really good actor or thought I was serious. "I'm a brick wall?" Hiei asked. I gave him a skeptical look but no answer; I simply went back to staring at the flower. Hiei walked over to me and looked at my blank page. I sighed out loud and Hiei's gaze turned from the blank page to me. He shrugged and walked over to his tree and jumped into it. He settled in a spot where he could see my picture and still be comfortable.
I looked up at him and saw him close his eyes. He seemed to be sleeping peacefully until Yukina walked out of the temple and into the garden. He opened his eyes to watch her but nothing else. //Hey wait! The book mentioned something about Yukina in Hiei's section. \\ I looked at the book charm on my bracelet. I looked at it and it suddenly became the book again. I absentmindedly flipped through the pages and soon found HIEI. I read down the page silently for a change and low and behold Brother to Yukina was one of the entries on the page. //Hmm, they don't act like siblings. \\ I read down and I saw it say something about him not telling her about the secret. //Okay? That's not something I would keep as a secret, but everybody's got his or her reasons. \\ I sighed and the book changed back to the charm.
Since I had nothing in particular to draw I let the pencil flow freely in a doodle. When I looked back at what I was doodling I looked like a rose. I shrugged and drew Kurama next to the rose. //Ta-da another bad picture! \\ I announced in my head. "I'm flattered." Came Kurama's voice from behind me. "Is it just me or do people around here like to sneak up on me?" I asked resting my head in my hand. "I think it's just you." He teased. I sighed loudly and Kurama sat next to me. I tapped my pencil's eraser on the picture, bored. "So Hiei and Yukina are brother an- "He told you?" Kurama broke me off so as not to let Yukina hear me. "No, but there is this handy fossil of a book that turns into a charm on my wrist." Kurama just looked at me. I looked back up to Hiei; he was still watching Yukina. My lips curled in a devious smile as a plan formed in my head.
I put my finger to my lip, motioning Kurama to be quiet and I slowly crept to the tree. Even quieter I scrambled up the back of the tree. Once he was in arm's length I forcibly pushed him forward. Since he was caught off guard he fell forward, and then he landed on the ground with a defined thud. He rubbed his head as Yukina's surprised look turned to one of concern. "Hiei are you okay!?" She exclaimed as she ran the two feet he had landed away from her. Before Hiei could look up I had scuttled back to my seat next to Kurama. "You do know you're next on my hit-list." I gave him a cunning smile to his surprised look. "Not very grateful are you Ixi?" He asked, trying to get out of being next. "Nope." My smile got bigger at his attempts.
I stood up grabbing my book and taking off. I risked a look back; Hiei was still sort of stunned on the ground with Yukina worriedly checking over him, Kurama was just giving me a look of surprise. I chuckled to myself. Then I slowed; my vision was going all bluish again. I stopped completely stopped and dropped to my knees, a strange headache seeping into my head. / "They are coming, prepare yourself!" \ //Who are you? And what is coming? \\ Silence again reached my questions. "Grrrrrrr!" I cried out loud. Then the sky began to darken. "No!" The night that Kyle vanished flashed into my head, replaying the memory. Then I felt a hand on my arm, pulling me up. I looked around and saw nothing but immense blue. I couldn't see or hear the world around me. I felt myself being pulled along by a strong hand but I resisted. I fought it harder and in a split second the hand vanished. Nobody had removed his or her hand, it had been burnt off, but the fire didn't burn my skin, or maybe it did, I couldn't feel anything. / "Do you wish for my help?" \ //Yes \\ I screamed in my head as my scarred hand began to feel like it was burning. That was the last thing I could remember the blue soon became black as I fainted.
Slowly, my eyes opened. The images surrounding me were blurred and unclear. "Ixi?" I heard a voice calling my name. It sounded familiar but I couldn't place it. "Ixi?" The voice called again and I shut my eyes. "Kurama, is she going to be okay? What happened out there?" Came yet another familiar voice. "I'm not sure what happened, the sky darkened, several demons appeared. One of them grabbed hold of Ixi, but he let go, crying something about burning. Then there was a huge flash of blue light and a blue dragon, similar to the one we'd seen in Makai, appeared and killed all the demons in one attack." Silence crept over the room. "Hiei! You shouldn't be up yet, that dragon got in a strike with its claws!" I heard another familiar voice cry, as muffled footsteps became audible. "I'm fine." The next voice said, but there was exhaustion deep in the voice. I heard somebody sit down next to me. "Let's go see her pictures now." One of the earlier voices joked. "Over my dead body!" I hissed weakly, opening my eyes again. "Just kidding." He replied back. I looked to all the faces around me; they all looked familiar yet strange. My blue vision was fading but it was still there. "I knew that would get you up." He continued.
"Heh, humor, funny." I said sarcastically. I sat up and felt a rush in my head making me lay back down. I looked at my scarred hand; the blue glove had long since disappeared. The blue lines of the scar were more defined than before, it was more like a tattoo then a scar now, like Hiei's. "Ixi your bracelet!" Kurama exclaimed. "Huh?" I mumbled while lifting my arm to see the bracelet. The silver links were glowing with a blue aura and a second charm was taking form. My jaw dropped. It was a little silver sketchbook. "Okay?" I sat up again, this time with no rushing feeling in my head. I eyed the little charm while standing up. "Okay Bai people, I'll be back." I said waving while heading to the door.
"Where do you think you're going?" The fossilized woman stepped in my way. "To go find "The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles", where else?" I sarcastically quoted the tittle of a book I'd read as a little kid. "I'm going home to pick up some extra junk!" I exclaimed as they gave me blank looks. "Jeez, sarcasm is like a foreign language to you people!" I stepped to the side and walked around the 'grandma'. I stopped and turned to the gang still giving me blank looks. "And if I find out any, ANY of you went into my stuff . . . ." I trailed off and started walking again. I pushed open the door and I could hear one of them get up and follow me. "And you think you'll be okay alone why?" Came Kurama's question. I turned my head to acknowledge his presence but nothing else.
"Why are you following me?" I asked folding my arms behind my head. "We were giving orders to protect you, and you going off alone is not very good protection." Came his cool and collected reply. "Kurama." I paused making sure he was listening. "Yes Ixi?" "You should be a lawyer." Sarcasm once again was in my words. I took off running and he followed. "You sure run a lot Ixi." Came his own sarcasm. "Heh, you ain't seen nothin' yet!" I yelled back, running faster at the sight of my apartment. I pumped up the stairs closely followed by Kurama. I took out my key for the front door's lock, but when we reached the room, the door was cracked open. I tenderly pushed the door in and the hinges creaked. I walked in, everything looked normal. "Mom musta been absentminded or something." I whispered walking deeper into the large apartment. I walked down the hallway to my room and found the door forced opened from the inside.
I walked into my room and saw everything strewn about. I gingerly picked up a sketchbook; everything was unharmed, just out of place. I grabbed a travel bag and began to put all my sketchbooks and drawing supplies in it. I turned around after grabbing several other items and scribbling a note to my mom. "Kurama, whatever you do, don't move!" I said in a worried voice once he was in my vision. "What?" He said freezing in place. "Turn around, hands up Kurama." I said in the same voice. "MEOW!" Kurama jumped back when a flying ball of fur jumped on him. Kurama crashed to the ground with the flying fur ball on his chest. It began to hiss at him, baring its teeth. "CRICKET!" I cried running over to Kurama and pulling the hissing ball of white fur off of Kurama. "Cricket?" Kurama cried in an exasperated voice. I hugged the hissing cat close to my chest so it didn't bite Kurama. "Yes, Cricket. He is a rare albino Japanese man- eating Cricket." I said matter-of-factly. "Oh really? Looks like a white fuzz ball of a killer cat to me." Kurama said leaning his head over to look at Cricket better. "Well you should brush up on your enta- entamol- "Entomology?" "That's the one, entomology!" I said laughing as Cricket hissed at Kurama again.
I pulled my extra bags on my shoulder and put Cricket down. Kurama and me were about to leave when a soft purring near my ankle stopped me. "Awe, Kurama we gotta bring him with us. He doesn't like anyone else in my family!" I whined handing my one of my bags to Kurama to pick Cricket up. "Uh. Okay fine but keep him away from Hiei. If he pulls the man-eating routine, Hiei won't put up with it." "Okay!" I said excitedly while scribbling on the note for my mom. "Mom, took Cricket with. Ixi." I mumbled while reading what I wrote. "Let's go!" With that I ran down the steps after locking the door to the apartment. Kurama rolled his eyes and took off after me.
In a short time we were back to the temple and everybody gave us a weird look. I put Cricket down and he stayed near my ankle hissing. "Alas, no Whangdoodle did we find, only this Albino Japanese Man-eating Cricket." I announced in my fake British accent. "A Japanese what?" Yusuke asked bending down to get a good look at Cricket. "An Albino Japanese Man-eating Cricket." Kurama said appearing from behind me. Sweatdrops around the entire room. Yukina bent down to pet Cricket but he hissed and bared his fangs. "Eep!" She cried pulling back. A katana was near the cat's nose in a split second. "You sure this thing is a cat?" Hiei said as Cricket defiantly batted Hiei's sword with his claws, all the while hissing at it. "Nope!" I said while picking him up.
I straightened up with the cat purring like a kitten while I pet its head. "But he isn't what I would call people friendly. Just like you Hiei." I said picking up my bags and jogging to my room. I could feel their curious glances as I walked down the hall. I shut the door to my room and let Cricket down. He proceeded to investigate all my stuff until he finally reached a little bag full of stuff. He got his claws into the pull-string and the contents came rushing out like water. Tons of pictures of just about everything cascaded from the bag. Cricket explored the piles of photos until he came across his favorite. A picture of Kyle, Cricket and me. Cricket was a kitten in the picture. I gently picked up the photo and Cricket and walked over to my bed. It was a photo of the first day I had Cricket, Marcus was aiming to be a photographer, so he was constantly taking pictures of his most willing subjects, Kyle and me. He would develop the pictures then make two copies, one for me and one for Kyle. In this picture we were in Kyle's room, on his bed, giving peace signs to Marcus. Cricket was on my lap. Marcus had taken the photo so we were looking up at him. Fortunately Marcus had gotten the picture taken before he fell from the spinning chair he had used to get a bird's eye view.
"Marcus was always sort of an idiot. But we loved him anyway." I laughed as I said it. //They do tell you not to stand on those chairs. \\ I silently laughed as Cricket pawed at himself in the picture. "Silly kitty." I gently tickled the cat's white belly and a loud purr escaped the cat's throat. A knock on my door brought me from my fantasy. "Come in!" I cried sitting up to put Cricket in my lap. Yukina's head popped into the room. "Dinner's ready." She announced. "K' be there in a sec." I picked Cricket up and made my way to the dinning room.
A/N: Ta-da hope you like it. Please review. Thank you to all those who do!
Disclaimers: Stop your futile attempts to inflate my head because of an ego. I do NOT, I repeat, DO NOT own Yu Yu Hakusho. There, Hmp!
Thoughts // (insert words) \\ Telepathic talk / "(Insert words)" \ *~* Means change from the story to Ixi, Chloe and Rayden or from the three to the story
Chapter 4 Japanese Man-eating Cricket
*~* I paused to take a deep breath. "Here, this is the actual picture I drew of the Dragons and Hiei." I took out a different book and flipped it to the first page. It was smeared and faded a little from the time I had drawn it. "Cool, you really are a good artist auntie Ixi." Chloe exclaimed as she laid eyes on the drawing. "Want to get back to the story?" "YEAH!" They cried in unison. "Okay, the next day . . ."
*~*
I opened my eyes to stare at the garden. It was the next day; a Saturday so there was no school. I had already called my mom to tell her where I was, that I was okay blah, blah. My sketchbook was open to a blank page. I wanted to draw one of the Makai flowers but I couldn't get a focus point. When I draw I try to have and object that represents a person. Like the Dragon picture, the dragons were a representation of Hiei in a manner I had seen him. I had drawn my mom with a beautiful flower on the side, my sister with a stack of books. Kyle with a dog in the background, Marcus with a lip print. Not all my pictures were like this, but my first pictures of people almost always was in this style. It was for later reference so I knew what kind of pictures I could have these people in.
"Hmm, little foreign flower who dust thou remind me of?" I asked it in a cheesy Shakespearean accent. "You're talking to a plant?" Came a voice form behind me. Hiei appeared. "Well I would rather talk to something that's alive like this flower than talk to you and talk to a brick wall." I teasingly snapped. He is either a really good actor or thought I was serious. "I'm a brick wall?" Hiei asked. I gave him a skeptical look but no answer; I simply went back to staring at the flower. Hiei walked over to me and looked at my blank page. I sighed out loud and Hiei's gaze turned from the blank page to me. He shrugged and walked over to his tree and jumped into it. He settled in a spot where he could see my picture and still be comfortable.
I looked up at him and saw him close his eyes. He seemed to be sleeping peacefully until Yukina walked out of the temple and into the garden. He opened his eyes to watch her but nothing else. //Hey wait! The book mentioned something about Yukina in Hiei's section. \\ I looked at the book charm on my bracelet. I looked at it and it suddenly became the book again. I absentmindedly flipped through the pages and soon found HIEI. I read down the page silently for a change and low and behold Brother to Yukina was one of the entries on the page. //Hmm, they don't act like siblings. \\ I read down and I saw it say something about him not telling her about the secret. //Okay? That's not something I would keep as a secret, but everybody's got his or her reasons. \\ I sighed and the book changed back to the charm.
Since I had nothing in particular to draw I let the pencil flow freely in a doodle. When I looked back at what I was doodling I looked like a rose. I shrugged and drew Kurama next to the rose. //Ta-da another bad picture! \\ I announced in my head. "I'm flattered." Came Kurama's voice from behind me. "Is it just me or do people around here like to sneak up on me?" I asked resting my head in my hand. "I think it's just you." He teased. I sighed loudly and Kurama sat next to me. I tapped my pencil's eraser on the picture, bored. "So Hiei and Yukina are brother an- "He told you?" Kurama broke me off so as not to let Yukina hear me. "No, but there is this handy fossil of a book that turns into a charm on my wrist." Kurama just looked at me. I looked back up to Hiei; he was still watching Yukina. My lips curled in a devious smile as a plan formed in my head.
I put my finger to my lip, motioning Kurama to be quiet and I slowly crept to the tree. Even quieter I scrambled up the back of the tree. Once he was in arm's length I forcibly pushed him forward. Since he was caught off guard he fell forward, and then he landed on the ground with a defined thud. He rubbed his head as Yukina's surprised look turned to one of concern. "Hiei are you okay!?" She exclaimed as she ran the two feet he had landed away from her. Before Hiei could look up I had scuttled back to my seat next to Kurama. "You do know you're next on my hit-list." I gave him a cunning smile to his surprised look. "Not very grateful are you Ixi?" He asked, trying to get out of being next. "Nope." My smile got bigger at his attempts.
I stood up grabbing my book and taking off. I risked a look back; Hiei was still sort of stunned on the ground with Yukina worriedly checking over him, Kurama was just giving me a look of surprise. I chuckled to myself. Then I slowed; my vision was going all bluish again. I stopped completely stopped and dropped to my knees, a strange headache seeping into my head. / "They are coming, prepare yourself!" \ //Who are you? And what is coming? \\ Silence again reached my questions. "Grrrrrrr!" I cried out loud. Then the sky began to darken. "No!" The night that Kyle vanished flashed into my head, replaying the memory. Then I felt a hand on my arm, pulling me up. I looked around and saw nothing but immense blue. I couldn't see or hear the world around me. I felt myself being pulled along by a strong hand but I resisted. I fought it harder and in a split second the hand vanished. Nobody had removed his or her hand, it had been burnt off, but the fire didn't burn my skin, or maybe it did, I couldn't feel anything. / "Do you wish for my help?" \ //Yes \\ I screamed in my head as my scarred hand began to feel like it was burning. That was the last thing I could remember the blue soon became black as I fainted.
Slowly, my eyes opened. The images surrounding me were blurred and unclear. "Ixi?" I heard a voice calling my name. It sounded familiar but I couldn't place it. "Ixi?" The voice called again and I shut my eyes. "Kurama, is she going to be okay? What happened out there?" Came yet another familiar voice. "I'm not sure what happened, the sky darkened, several demons appeared. One of them grabbed hold of Ixi, but he let go, crying something about burning. Then there was a huge flash of blue light and a blue dragon, similar to the one we'd seen in Makai, appeared and killed all the demons in one attack." Silence crept over the room. "Hiei! You shouldn't be up yet, that dragon got in a strike with its claws!" I heard another familiar voice cry, as muffled footsteps became audible. "I'm fine." The next voice said, but there was exhaustion deep in the voice. I heard somebody sit down next to me. "Let's go see her pictures now." One of the earlier voices joked. "Over my dead body!" I hissed weakly, opening my eyes again. "Just kidding." He replied back. I looked to all the faces around me; they all looked familiar yet strange. My blue vision was fading but it was still there. "I knew that would get you up." He continued.
"Heh, humor, funny." I said sarcastically. I sat up and felt a rush in my head making me lay back down. I looked at my scarred hand; the blue glove had long since disappeared. The blue lines of the scar were more defined than before, it was more like a tattoo then a scar now, like Hiei's. "Ixi your bracelet!" Kurama exclaimed. "Huh?" I mumbled while lifting my arm to see the bracelet. The silver links were glowing with a blue aura and a second charm was taking form. My jaw dropped. It was a little silver sketchbook. "Okay?" I sat up again, this time with no rushing feeling in my head. I eyed the little charm while standing up. "Okay Bai people, I'll be back." I said waving while heading to the door.
"Where do you think you're going?" The fossilized woman stepped in my way. "To go find "The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles", where else?" I sarcastically quoted the tittle of a book I'd read as a little kid. "I'm going home to pick up some extra junk!" I exclaimed as they gave me blank looks. "Jeez, sarcasm is like a foreign language to you people!" I stepped to the side and walked around the 'grandma'. I stopped and turned to the gang still giving me blank looks. "And if I find out any, ANY of you went into my stuff . . . ." I trailed off and started walking again. I pushed open the door and I could hear one of them get up and follow me. "And you think you'll be okay alone why?" Came Kurama's question. I turned my head to acknowledge his presence but nothing else.
"Why are you following me?" I asked folding my arms behind my head. "We were giving orders to protect you, and you going off alone is not very good protection." Came his cool and collected reply. "Kurama." I paused making sure he was listening. "Yes Ixi?" "You should be a lawyer." Sarcasm once again was in my words. I took off running and he followed. "You sure run a lot Ixi." Came his own sarcasm. "Heh, you ain't seen nothin' yet!" I yelled back, running faster at the sight of my apartment. I pumped up the stairs closely followed by Kurama. I took out my key for the front door's lock, but when we reached the room, the door was cracked open. I tenderly pushed the door in and the hinges creaked. I walked in, everything looked normal. "Mom musta been absentminded or something." I whispered walking deeper into the large apartment. I walked down the hallway to my room and found the door forced opened from the inside.
I walked into my room and saw everything strewn about. I gingerly picked up a sketchbook; everything was unharmed, just out of place. I grabbed a travel bag and began to put all my sketchbooks and drawing supplies in it. I turned around after grabbing several other items and scribbling a note to my mom. "Kurama, whatever you do, don't move!" I said in a worried voice once he was in my vision. "What?" He said freezing in place. "Turn around, hands up Kurama." I said in the same voice. "MEOW!" Kurama jumped back when a flying ball of fur jumped on him. Kurama crashed to the ground with the flying fur ball on his chest. It began to hiss at him, baring its teeth. "CRICKET!" I cried running over to Kurama and pulling the hissing ball of white fur off of Kurama. "Cricket?" Kurama cried in an exasperated voice. I hugged the hissing cat close to my chest so it didn't bite Kurama. "Yes, Cricket. He is a rare albino Japanese man- eating Cricket." I said matter-of-factly. "Oh really? Looks like a white fuzz ball of a killer cat to me." Kurama said leaning his head over to look at Cricket better. "Well you should brush up on your enta- entamol- "Entomology?" "That's the one, entomology!" I said laughing as Cricket hissed at Kurama again.
I pulled my extra bags on my shoulder and put Cricket down. Kurama and me were about to leave when a soft purring near my ankle stopped me. "Awe, Kurama we gotta bring him with us. He doesn't like anyone else in my family!" I whined handing my one of my bags to Kurama to pick Cricket up. "Uh. Okay fine but keep him away from Hiei. If he pulls the man-eating routine, Hiei won't put up with it." "Okay!" I said excitedly while scribbling on the note for my mom. "Mom, took Cricket with. Ixi." I mumbled while reading what I wrote. "Let's go!" With that I ran down the steps after locking the door to the apartment. Kurama rolled his eyes and took off after me.
In a short time we were back to the temple and everybody gave us a weird look. I put Cricket down and he stayed near my ankle hissing. "Alas, no Whangdoodle did we find, only this Albino Japanese Man-eating Cricket." I announced in my fake British accent. "A Japanese what?" Yusuke asked bending down to get a good look at Cricket. "An Albino Japanese Man-eating Cricket." Kurama said appearing from behind me. Sweatdrops around the entire room. Yukina bent down to pet Cricket but he hissed and bared his fangs. "Eep!" She cried pulling back. A katana was near the cat's nose in a split second. "You sure this thing is a cat?" Hiei said as Cricket defiantly batted Hiei's sword with his claws, all the while hissing at it. "Nope!" I said while picking him up.
I straightened up with the cat purring like a kitten while I pet its head. "But he isn't what I would call people friendly. Just like you Hiei." I said picking up my bags and jogging to my room. I could feel their curious glances as I walked down the hall. I shut the door to my room and let Cricket down. He proceeded to investigate all my stuff until he finally reached a little bag full of stuff. He got his claws into the pull-string and the contents came rushing out like water. Tons of pictures of just about everything cascaded from the bag. Cricket explored the piles of photos until he came across his favorite. A picture of Kyle, Cricket and me. Cricket was a kitten in the picture. I gently picked up the photo and Cricket and walked over to my bed. It was a photo of the first day I had Cricket, Marcus was aiming to be a photographer, so he was constantly taking pictures of his most willing subjects, Kyle and me. He would develop the pictures then make two copies, one for me and one for Kyle. In this picture we were in Kyle's room, on his bed, giving peace signs to Marcus. Cricket was on my lap. Marcus had taken the photo so we were looking up at him. Fortunately Marcus had gotten the picture taken before he fell from the spinning chair he had used to get a bird's eye view.
"Marcus was always sort of an idiot. But we loved him anyway." I laughed as I said it. //They do tell you not to stand on those chairs. \\ I silently laughed as Cricket pawed at himself in the picture. "Silly kitty." I gently tickled the cat's white belly and a loud purr escaped the cat's throat. A knock on my door brought me from my fantasy. "Come in!" I cried sitting up to put Cricket in my lap. Yukina's head popped into the room. "Dinner's ready." She announced. "K' be there in a sec." I picked Cricket up and made my way to the dinning room.
A/N: Ta-da hope you like it. Please review. Thank you to all those who do!