Note: I'm kind of new at this so be nice and review & flames are not welcome. Thanks for all those who reviewed! Oh and ch.2 is all in Kurama's p.o.v., no worries though in ch. 3 there will be more of Jade and others.
– Sweet Myst
Disclaimer: I, Sweet Myst do not own (but wish I did) any of the characters from YYH and Jackie Chan Adventures.
Author's note: *……* is my commentary
~…….~ is Kurama's thoughts
Through The Looking Glass
Chapter 2: Seeing And Meeting
(Fast forward a week from the previous chapter, now it's Shuichi b-day.)
Staring up to the white ceiling above his bed, Kurama's thoughts slowly drifted to
the day's earlier events. It had been his b-day and he had spent a large portion of it at a
new amusement park that had just opened up. Accompanying him were the YYH gang:
Yusuke, Kayko, Botan, Kuwabara, Yukina & Hiei.
At the new park there were water rides, roller coasters, a haunted house, an arena
for laser tag and some traditional amusement park goodies. Kurama smiled as he
remembered Hiei's reaction to the roller coaster that he (Kurama) had convinced him to
go on. He had chosen the tallest and fastest one in the park.
~The look on Hiei's face when the ride went thru a series of 5 loops and then dropped
150 ft. down, was priceless.~
Kurama smiled again when he remembered how his fire demon friend had taken
an immediate liking to cotton candy. (* Yeah, I'm picking on Hiei, but I can't help it. I
like his character too! J*) And he chuckled when he mentally re-pictured how a sugar
high Hiei sent Kuwabara to the park's nurse's office.
-Flashback-
"Hey guys look a Tunnel of Luv."- Kayko pointed out as they were walking around
recovering from a long & fierce game of laser tag. Yusuke, Hiei, Kurama vs. Botan,
Kayko & Yukina. Kuwabara sat it out, saying it was against his code of honor to fight
girls. Needless to say the boys won. Immediately Kuwabara got hearts in his eyes and tried to use all of his cunning (*which isn't a lot, hehe sorry Kuwabara fans but me don't like him that much*) to get Yukina to go in with him. As 5 min. passed, Kayko had already dragged Yusuke away to go into the tunnel with her; kurama & Hiei were sitting on a bench waiting for everyone else (Kurama's looking up at the stars, Hiei is glaring at the idiot trying to woo his sister and Kurama begins to wonder if he should try to distract Hiei with some more cotton candy before he decides to kill the baka.) Botan was busy explaining to Yukina what a tunnel of Luv was & what people did in there; while Kuwabara was trying to get Yukina's attention. Sadly, (*for Kuwabara*) while Kurama was on line to buy some more cotton candy (blue colored 'cause there was no black.) to soothe Hiei's growing anger (*not very smart giving the little fire demon sugar to calm him; lets just say the kitsune wasn't thinking clearly.* =D Hiei took the advantage to clobber Kuwabara while no one was looking. Botan & Yukina went to the ladies room. Yusuke & Kayko were still in the swan & cupid infested Tunnerl of Luv- and they were taking quite a long time, considering that it was only suppose to be a 3 min. ride and now its 13 mins. later.
So, in short the day ended with the YYH group searching for Kuwabara (a sugar
high Hiei had tied him up with long snake stuffed animals from a nearby booth and he
had gagged him with a pink teddy bear.) *poor kuwabara, oh well =) And I should
mention that Hiei was smirking & chuckling evilly when he was tying the unconscious
Kuwabara up and locking him in a woman's bathroom. *Mwahahaha, I'm mean. :p and
darn proud of it.* Well, everyone but Hiei and Yukina were searching, since it was
getting late and Yukina had to return to the ice world; a not so sugar high Hiei was
escorting her. (*Aww, brotherly love*) They all finally found Kuwabara who had
woken up in the bathroom sacred all the other occupants and earned a whole lot more
bruises & kicks by high heeled shoes. So, the gang had to drag him to the nurse's office
to be bandaged up.
Sighing, Kurama rolled to his side and caught a glimpse of a large parcel at the
other end of the room. He shook his head and reprimanded himself for forgetting about
it. It was the gift his mom had gotten him and he didn't even open it yet. Sliding off his
bed, he slowly walked to the parcel, gently ripped off the green wrapping and a pair of
bright green eyes gazed back at him.
-Blink, blink-
Frankly he wasn't expecting a mirror, but on closer inspection, Kurama began to
admire his mother's choice. It was an item that he knew Youko Kurama would have
chosen to steal; not only for its artistic beauty, but because his youkai senses were telling
him that it vibrated with an ancient white magic aura. Kurama knew he should be wary
and on his guard around the magicked mirror; most items with high amounts of white
magic were dangerous for youkai. But he couldn't help feeling as if the mirror was not a
danger to him.
Stepping backwards to get a better view, Kurama noticed that the mirror wasn't
hung up yet. As he was hanging it and wondering why he was sensing such strong magic
only now and not before when he was across the room, the image of a full moon became
reflected off the mirror. And then it began to glow silver.
The mirror's dark frame with its images of plant life began to shift into different
positions as if they were actual plants. The oval glass itself glowed silver and began
pulsating like a heartbeat. The rhythmic radiance of silver light allowed our favorite &
now fully awake red head to see an inscription that was beneath all the plant carvings.
Curious, he read it.
-Inscription-
To find your other half
to balance your soul
Touch your reflection
And I'll acquire another
who will touch your heart
I'll search thru all realms & plains
Thru all universes I will seek
No obstacle is in my way
Time nor space will sway me
For what I search
Is the answer to what you may pray for
Touch your reflection now
And you will see
What I have found just for you
And if you wish with all your heart for what you see
Blood of both must be spilled
Before both can meet.
(( ..~*~..))
For some reason Kurama felt compelled to do what the writing asked. And as if
he were no longer in control of what his body did Kurama touched the mirror's
glimmering surface just above his reflection's heart. Again the mirror began to give off a
blaze of light, but this time it was a rainbow of colors. He had to shield his eyes from the
ever changing light and finally the rampage of bright hues came to an end when the
mirror shined a light tint of gold. Suddenly an image appeared on the mirror and it took
Kurama's breathe away.
Bright green eyes met their match in gold (*note: gold, not amber, orange or
yellow, their gold. I'm jealous, I want her eye color L ) To Kurama it felt like hours
before he noticed he was staring into the female's eyes. After breaking eye contact,
he took a good look at the rest of the image, taking in all the details. He saw a heart
shaped face framed by two long bluish-black bangs, a very angled & short hair cut set the
rest of the girl's hair back. (*y'all should know who this mysterious girl is by now, & she
still has the same hair cut as in the JCA episodes.) She had a small nose and a small, but
firm mouth that was set in a playful, amiable smile. Her eyes were the most notable and
in Kurama's opinion the most attractive feature on her face, not that he didn't like the rest of her face. (Quite surprised at himself ~Did I just think that? Perhaps I should move away from the mirror, this girl is having an odd affect on me.~) But too bad his eyes & legs had a different idea, they didn't respond to his command to move. So, he gave up and continued to study this mysterious Asian girl.
Our favorite kitsune had never in all the years of his life met one with large
almond eyes in such a unique color. To him, those eyes seemed to be the opening to the
girl's soul and yet as he looked back into their gold depths, he saw that they had an
expression of searching.
Kurama was not very surprised to see another person's face in his mirror, in fact
he was expecting it. After all hadn't he owned (ok, fine, stolen) many mirrors when he
was Youko Kurama and those were spelled so he could view any he chose to. But what
surprised him the most was the girl's vivid eyes and the innocence, yet strength that her
mere image seemed to be giving off. He was curious about her. He was beginning to
wonder if she was just a human or perhaps more than that.
His musings were interrupted when the image of the young girl (to him she
seemed about 14 or 13) began to fade. He let out a small noise of disappointment and he
instinctively reached out toward the mirror, his hand grazing the mirrors surface where
her cheek was. His action did nothing to stop the fading away of the girl, but it did cause
another image to arise. This time though it was moving.
(* I could have cut it off here, but I feel bad for not updating for some time so I make this chappie longer. Hehe, and I would've needed to think up of a new chapter title.*)
The girl that he had been staring at returned but she was with others and the image
had become smaller, so he didn't have a clear view of her. For some reason Kurama felt
as if a great treat were taken away from him, but he shook this feeling aside and looked at the mirror again. It seemed as if they were in the girl's room and the other two adults in the room were discussing something with the girl. He couldn't hear what the people were talking about, but he had a talent for reading lips and he put this to use (* not sure if he can actually do this in the anime, but I read on a web site that he could*).
-Conversation-
The girl: "But, aunty V, uncle Jackie. I can't help if I'm not hand eye coordinated in the
kitchen and home ec. don't even count on my report card."
The male adult, who Kurama deduced was Jackie: "It's doesn't count Jade. And you should still worry about it….. (*At this point kurama tuned out*)
(~Oh so that's her name, Jade. Hmm, that's a unique name, quite suited for a girl with her features. Nani? Did I just think that?~)
Jade: "What?! Tutoring! For cooking and knitting, by Thoru's mom! Aww, Jackie do I have to?" with big puppy dog eyes.
(Kurama couldn't help but smile at the girl's pleas and antics)
Aunty V: "Yes, you do. I know this isn't your kind of thing, but we don't want you to fail. Ok?"
Jade: "Arrghh, like I have much of a choice?" -pouting-
(~She looks like a child with that expression. Cute.~ He smiled)
Jackie: "Good, you start tomorrow and don't be late. Now, good night."
The adults leave, and Jade plops down on the bed, but she quickly jumps back up and
looks quickly around her room, concern written on her face.
(~I wonder what's wrong?~)
Reading her pink lips, Kurama began wondering again about just who Jade really
was. Whispering mostly to herself, Jade said "Ok, why do I feel as if someone's
watching me? Maybe I'm going paranoid. But I sense a demon, arggh, I've been hanging
out with uncle way too long." Taking a last glance around her room she caught sight of
what Kurama had first thought was him. "Hmm, weird. It's coming from the mirror."
Jade quickly hops to the mirror, inspects it inch by inch (her face is directly in front of
Kurama's but she doesn't notice. And a blush slowly spreads across the kitsune's face.)
~Oh my, she's only wearing her pjs. Perhaps I should turn around.~
But yet again his legs & eyes didn't listen. Jade was dressed in a light blue baggy sweat shirt, with a large orange letter M on it and she wore blue pants with little carton figures on them.
"Ouch! Stupid splinter. Darn it's bleeding too." She put her index finger into her mouth
and glared at the mirror. Unknown to both gazers, a drop of blood fell onto her mirror's
frame. After finding nothing out of the ordinary that she could see Jade frowned and said
out loud "Ok it's official, I'm going crazy. Oh well. G'night Scruffy."
A small yipe was the response, which attracted Kurama's attention. He hadn't
noticed that there was a dog in the room. Jade closed the lights and jumped onto her bed.
Yawning, Kurama just noticed that he too was tired and as he slowly stepped
away from the mirror, worried that if he moved he'd never see the girl, no Jade, again,
the image still stayed. Smiling softly, he made his way to his bed and drifted to sleep.
Months passed by (* yeah I know I fast forward a lot, but nothing interesting
happens in either universes J oh, it's Feb. in Jade's world and Dec. in Kurama's, ok?*)
Kurama started school again, he spends his time between school activities and increasing
missions from Koenma; all that he could handle but something else put enormous stress
on the poor kitsune. His mother had become seriously sick again and there was nothing
that Kurama could do. His friends (YYH gang) were there to support him and he was
grateful for them and he knew that it would have been very hard to cope without them,
but he found most comfort in his mirror. Day or night, his enchanted mirror never
showed his own reflection, but of the girl Jade's life. Her cheerfulness, determination
and liveliness brightened his day and her eyes gave him strength to go on. He admired
her for her ability to change adverse situations to her advantage. He learned much about
her personality and life by simply observing her. From what he had read off her lips and
from what he had seen, he found out she practiced magic and was skilled in the martial
arts. Slowly, he began to admit to himself that he was drawn to her and wanted more and
more to meet her face to face.
So it was a total surprise when one night after visiting his mother in the hospital,
he felt a surge of immense spirit energy coming from his house. He had just gotten off a
train and when he sensed it, he ran like the wind to investigate. He barely noticed Jade's
white aura since it was overshadowed by the strength of something he couldn't identify.
When he did sense Jade's aura, it didn't feel the same, it was stronger and as if she were
there in his house. He ran faster, intent on seeing if what he was beginning to suspect
were true.
~Jade, could it really be that your actually here? But how? And what is this power? Oh
Kami, I hope you're not in trouble. ~
He threw open his front door and races to his room, barely noticing the odd way his own power was increasing enormously as he got nearer to his room. His jaw could
have dropped at what he saw when he opened his door, but the seriousness of the
situation put him immediately into strategy mode.
In the middle of his room was the girl from his mirror, chained to the ceiling &
floor by vines. Flowers, that he recognized as sleeping makai flowers were blooming all
along the floor and had evidently been the cause for Jade's unconscious state. Or, she
could have passed out from the various bites of the Shokuyou butsu (death tree) that had
latched itself to her and had sunken its teeth into various parts of her body. (*ouch*)
Kurama gasped and visibly paled as he noticed fading the shokuyou butsu bites
along her body and how the plant was encircling her & tightening its grip.
A golden eye slowly opened and a single tear escaped. In a quiet pleading voice,
that made his heart clench, she managed to utter a single word "Help." And she lost
herself into the blackness again.
Author's note: I promise to update sooner for chapter 3. Its just that I had probs. with my internet connection and then I live in NYC, Brooklyn to be exact, and there was a black out, that kinda sucked. And finally I have to actually type this up, which takes a long time…yeah enough excuses on my part, I'm kinda lazy. Just review if u want ch3. And tell me what u think about this obvious pairing.
– Sweet Myst
Disclaimer: I, Sweet Myst do not own (but wish I did) any of the characters from YYH and Jackie Chan Adventures.
Author's note: *……* is my commentary
~…….~ is Kurama's thoughts
Through The Looking Glass
Chapter 2: Seeing And Meeting
(Fast forward a week from the previous chapter, now it's Shuichi b-day.)
Staring up to the white ceiling above his bed, Kurama's thoughts slowly drifted to
the day's earlier events. It had been his b-day and he had spent a large portion of it at a
new amusement park that had just opened up. Accompanying him were the YYH gang:
Yusuke, Kayko, Botan, Kuwabara, Yukina & Hiei.
At the new park there were water rides, roller coasters, a haunted house, an arena
for laser tag and some traditional amusement park goodies. Kurama smiled as he
remembered Hiei's reaction to the roller coaster that he (Kurama) had convinced him to
go on. He had chosen the tallest and fastest one in the park.
~The look on Hiei's face when the ride went thru a series of 5 loops and then dropped
150 ft. down, was priceless.~
Kurama smiled again when he remembered how his fire demon friend had taken
an immediate liking to cotton candy. (* Yeah, I'm picking on Hiei, but I can't help it. I
like his character too! J*) And he chuckled when he mentally re-pictured how a sugar
high Hiei sent Kuwabara to the park's nurse's office.
-Flashback-
"Hey guys look a Tunnel of Luv."- Kayko pointed out as they were walking around
recovering from a long & fierce game of laser tag. Yusuke, Hiei, Kurama vs. Botan,
Kayko & Yukina. Kuwabara sat it out, saying it was against his code of honor to fight
girls. Needless to say the boys won. Immediately Kuwabara got hearts in his eyes and tried to use all of his cunning (*which isn't a lot, hehe sorry Kuwabara fans but me don't like him that much*) to get Yukina to go in with him. As 5 min. passed, Kayko had already dragged Yusuke away to go into the tunnel with her; kurama & Hiei were sitting on a bench waiting for everyone else (Kurama's looking up at the stars, Hiei is glaring at the idiot trying to woo his sister and Kurama begins to wonder if he should try to distract Hiei with some more cotton candy before he decides to kill the baka.) Botan was busy explaining to Yukina what a tunnel of Luv was & what people did in there; while Kuwabara was trying to get Yukina's attention. Sadly, (*for Kuwabara*) while Kurama was on line to buy some more cotton candy (blue colored 'cause there was no black.) to soothe Hiei's growing anger (*not very smart giving the little fire demon sugar to calm him; lets just say the kitsune wasn't thinking clearly.* =D Hiei took the advantage to clobber Kuwabara while no one was looking. Botan & Yukina went to the ladies room. Yusuke & Kayko were still in the swan & cupid infested Tunnerl of Luv- and they were taking quite a long time, considering that it was only suppose to be a 3 min. ride and now its 13 mins. later.
So, in short the day ended with the YYH group searching for Kuwabara (a sugar
high Hiei had tied him up with long snake stuffed animals from a nearby booth and he
had gagged him with a pink teddy bear.) *poor kuwabara, oh well =) And I should
mention that Hiei was smirking & chuckling evilly when he was tying the unconscious
Kuwabara up and locking him in a woman's bathroom. *Mwahahaha, I'm mean. :p and
darn proud of it.* Well, everyone but Hiei and Yukina were searching, since it was
getting late and Yukina had to return to the ice world; a not so sugar high Hiei was
escorting her. (*Aww, brotherly love*) They all finally found Kuwabara who had
woken up in the bathroom sacred all the other occupants and earned a whole lot more
bruises & kicks by high heeled shoes. So, the gang had to drag him to the nurse's office
to be bandaged up.
Sighing, Kurama rolled to his side and caught a glimpse of a large parcel at the
other end of the room. He shook his head and reprimanded himself for forgetting about
it. It was the gift his mom had gotten him and he didn't even open it yet. Sliding off his
bed, he slowly walked to the parcel, gently ripped off the green wrapping and a pair of
bright green eyes gazed back at him.
-Blink, blink-
Frankly he wasn't expecting a mirror, but on closer inspection, Kurama began to
admire his mother's choice. It was an item that he knew Youko Kurama would have
chosen to steal; not only for its artistic beauty, but because his youkai senses were telling
him that it vibrated with an ancient white magic aura. Kurama knew he should be wary
and on his guard around the magicked mirror; most items with high amounts of white
magic were dangerous for youkai. But he couldn't help feeling as if the mirror was not a
danger to him.
Stepping backwards to get a better view, Kurama noticed that the mirror wasn't
hung up yet. As he was hanging it and wondering why he was sensing such strong magic
only now and not before when he was across the room, the image of a full moon became
reflected off the mirror. And then it began to glow silver.
The mirror's dark frame with its images of plant life began to shift into different
positions as if they were actual plants. The oval glass itself glowed silver and began
pulsating like a heartbeat. The rhythmic radiance of silver light allowed our favorite &
now fully awake red head to see an inscription that was beneath all the plant carvings.
Curious, he read it.
-Inscription-
To find your other half
to balance your soul
Touch your reflection
And I'll acquire another
who will touch your heart
I'll search thru all realms & plains
Thru all universes I will seek
No obstacle is in my way
Time nor space will sway me
For what I search
Is the answer to what you may pray for
Touch your reflection now
And you will see
What I have found just for you
And if you wish with all your heart for what you see
Blood of both must be spilled
Before both can meet.
(( ..~*~..))
For some reason Kurama felt compelled to do what the writing asked. And as if
he were no longer in control of what his body did Kurama touched the mirror's
glimmering surface just above his reflection's heart. Again the mirror began to give off a
blaze of light, but this time it was a rainbow of colors. He had to shield his eyes from the
ever changing light and finally the rampage of bright hues came to an end when the
mirror shined a light tint of gold. Suddenly an image appeared on the mirror and it took
Kurama's breathe away.
Bright green eyes met their match in gold (*note: gold, not amber, orange or
yellow, their gold. I'm jealous, I want her eye color L ) To Kurama it felt like hours
before he noticed he was staring into the female's eyes. After breaking eye contact,
he took a good look at the rest of the image, taking in all the details. He saw a heart
shaped face framed by two long bluish-black bangs, a very angled & short hair cut set the
rest of the girl's hair back. (*y'all should know who this mysterious girl is by now, & she
still has the same hair cut as in the JCA episodes.) She had a small nose and a small, but
firm mouth that was set in a playful, amiable smile. Her eyes were the most notable and
in Kurama's opinion the most attractive feature on her face, not that he didn't like the rest of her face. (Quite surprised at himself ~Did I just think that? Perhaps I should move away from the mirror, this girl is having an odd affect on me.~) But too bad his eyes & legs had a different idea, they didn't respond to his command to move. So, he gave up and continued to study this mysterious Asian girl.
Our favorite kitsune had never in all the years of his life met one with large
almond eyes in such a unique color. To him, those eyes seemed to be the opening to the
girl's soul and yet as he looked back into their gold depths, he saw that they had an
expression of searching.
Kurama was not very surprised to see another person's face in his mirror, in fact
he was expecting it. After all hadn't he owned (ok, fine, stolen) many mirrors when he
was Youko Kurama and those were spelled so he could view any he chose to. But what
surprised him the most was the girl's vivid eyes and the innocence, yet strength that her
mere image seemed to be giving off. He was curious about her. He was beginning to
wonder if she was just a human or perhaps more than that.
His musings were interrupted when the image of the young girl (to him she
seemed about 14 or 13) began to fade. He let out a small noise of disappointment and he
instinctively reached out toward the mirror, his hand grazing the mirrors surface where
her cheek was. His action did nothing to stop the fading away of the girl, but it did cause
another image to arise. This time though it was moving.
(* I could have cut it off here, but I feel bad for not updating for some time so I make this chappie longer. Hehe, and I would've needed to think up of a new chapter title.*)
The girl that he had been staring at returned but she was with others and the image
had become smaller, so he didn't have a clear view of her. For some reason Kurama felt
as if a great treat were taken away from him, but he shook this feeling aside and looked at the mirror again. It seemed as if they were in the girl's room and the other two adults in the room were discussing something with the girl. He couldn't hear what the people were talking about, but he had a talent for reading lips and he put this to use (* not sure if he can actually do this in the anime, but I read on a web site that he could*).
-Conversation-
The girl: "But, aunty V, uncle Jackie. I can't help if I'm not hand eye coordinated in the
kitchen and home ec. don't even count on my report card."
The male adult, who Kurama deduced was Jackie: "It's doesn't count Jade. And you should still worry about it….. (*At this point kurama tuned out*)
(~Oh so that's her name, Jade. Hmm, that's a unique name, quite suited for a girl with her features. Nani? Did I just think that?~)
Jade: "What?! Tutoring! For cooking and knitting, by Thoru's mom! Aww, Jackie do I have to?" with big puppy dog eyes.
(Kurama couldn't help but smile at the girl's pleas and antics)
Aunty V: "Yes, you do. I know this isn't your kind of thing, but we don't want you to fail. Ok?"
Jade: "Arrghh, like I have much of a choice?" -pouting-
(~She looks like a child with that expression. Cute.~ He smiled)
Jackie: "Good, you start tomorrow and don't be late. Now, good night."
The adults leave, and Jade plops down on the bed, but she quickly jumps back up and
looks quickly around her room, concern written on her face.
(~I wonder what's wrong?~)
Reading her pink lips, Kurama began wondering again about just who Jade really
was. Whispering mostly to herself, Jade said "Ok, why do I feel as if someone's
watching me? Maybe I'm going paranoid. But I sense a demon, arggh, I've been hanging
out with uncle way too long." Taking a last glance around her room she caught sight of
what Kurama had first thought was him. "Hmm, weird. It's coming from the mirror."
Jade quickly hops to the mirror, inspects it inch by inch (her face is directly in front of
Kurama's but she doesn't notice. And a blush slowly spreads across the kitsune's face.)
~Oh my, she's only wearing her pjs. Perhaps I should turn around.~
But yet again his legs & eyes didn't listen. Jade was dressed in a light blue baggy sweat shirt, with a large orange letter M on it and she wore blue pants with little carton figures on them.
"Ouch! Stupid splinter. Darn it's bleeding too." She put her index finger into her mouth
and glared at the mirror. Unknown to both gazers, a drop of blood fell onto her mirror's
frame. After finding nothing out of the ordinary that she could see Jade frowned and said
out loud "Ok it's official, I'm going crazy. Oh well. G'night Scruffy."
A small yipe was the response, which attracted Kurama's attention. He hadn't
noticed that there was a dog in the room. Jade closed the lights and jumped onto her bed.
Yawning, Kurama just noticed that he too was tired and as he slowly stepped
away from the mirror, worried that if he moved he'd never see the girl, no Jade, again,
the image still stayed. Smiling softly, he made his way to his bed and drifted to sleep.
Months passed by (* yeah I know I fast forward a lot, but nothing interesting
happens in either universes J oh, it's Feb. in Jade's world and Dec. in Kurama's, ok?*)
Kurama started school again, he spends his time between school activities and increasing
missions from Koenma; all that he could handle but something else put enormous stress
on the poor kitsune. His mother had become seriously sick again and there was nothing
that Kurama could do. His friends (YYH gang) were there to support him and he was
grateful for them and he knew that it would have been very hard to cope without them,
but he found most comfort in his mirror. Day or night, his enchanted mirror never
showed his own reflection, but of the girl Jade's life. Her cheerfulness, determination
and liveliness brightened his day and her eyes gave him strength to go on. He admired
her for her ability to change adverse situations to her advantage. He learned much about
her personality and life by simply observing her. From what he had read off her lips and
from what he had seen, he found out she practiced magic and was skilled in the martial
arts. Slowly, he began to admit to himself that he was drawn to her and wanted more and
more to meet her face to face.
So it was a total surprise when one night after visiting his mother in the hospital,
he felt a surge of immense spirit energy coming from his house. He had just gotten off a
train and when he sensed it, he ran like the wind to investigate. He barely noticed Jade's
white aura since it was overshadowed by the strength of something he couldn't identify.
When he did sense Jade's aura, it didn't feel the same, it was stronger and as if she were
there in his house. He ran faster, intent on seeing if what he was beginning to suspect
were true.
~Jade, could it really be that your actually here? But how? And what is this power? Oh
Kami, I hope you're not in trouble. ~
He threw open his front door and races to his room, barely noticing the odd way his own power was increasing enormously as he got nearer to his room. His jaw could
have dropped at what he saw when he opened his door, but the seriousness of the
situation put him immediately into strategy mode.
In the middle of his room was the girl from his mirror, chained to the ceiling &
floor by vines. Flowers, that he recognized as sleeping makai flowers were blooming all
along the floor and had evidently been the cause for Jade's unconscious state. Or, she
could have passed out from the various bites of the Shokuyou butsu (death tree) that had
latched itself to her and had sunken its teeth into various parts of her body. (*ouch*)
Kurama gasped and visibly paled as he noticed fading the shokuyou butsu bites
along her body and how the plant was encircling her & tightening its grip.
A golden eye slowly opened and a single tear escaped. In a quiet pleading voice,
that made his heart clench, she managed to utter a single word "Help." And she lost
herself into the blackness again.
Author's note: I promise to update sooner for chapter 3. Its just that I had probs. with my internet connection and then I live in NYC, Brooklyn to be exact, and there was a black out, that kinda sucked. And finally I have to actually type this up, which takes a long time…yeah enough excuses on my part, I'm kinda lazy. Just review if u want ch3. And tell me what u think about this obvious pairing.