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I've decided to add something new so that you can look forward (like you already don't) to each new update, a quote of the week! * echoes* Anywho, here it is: "Another difference between men and women is that whenever you turn on the TV, 99% of the time something bad happened, a man did it. In a time of weakness it seems men are in charge of the greed, the power, the money, and the scams where as women seem to be in charge of the nurturing and the loving and the peacemaking in this world. Simply put, Women good, Men bad. I mean, when was the last time an unidentified serial killer was on the loose and you said, "God, I hope they catch her. how can I rest when that mad woman is on the loose!" But you know what? They always catch him and its always a guy and I'm always going, "That was our team, that was us. We batter call a meeting."
-Rex Havery Now on to the fic!
Finally, the gaggle of students managed to get outside and get a good look at the damage. That.thing. was still stuck in the muck from last night, the once perfect lawn was a mess of overturned mud, the roof needed patching, and the plum tree in the front was splintered. "Eeew." Lyra carefully picked her way across the yard. "Well, the good news is, we can probably move this without too much trouble." She kicked the ten-foot cannon sticking out. "Too bad it sunk so far in, though. That'll slow us down a bit. Holly, could you go get your broom?" The witch nodded and ran back in the house. Lyra ran to the garden in back and came back with a length of thick rope. When Holly came back, the two girls worked at getting a secure knot around the mechanical monster and tying it tightly to the slender broom. Meanwhile, the boys stood back and chatted. "So that's what happened. I knew I felt something wrong about this place last night. Holly and I could feel it all the way in the Human world, where we stayed at her summer home. Did you guys take it down?" Yuske and Kuwabara glanced at each other. "Well, uh." Yuske began. "Uh. yeah, sure!" Kuwabara struck a pose. "Yeah! We did it! We're spirit detectives after all! Heh-heh."
"Oh, really. So you're saying you guys sunk a gigantic monster in a giant puddle of mud instead of using your Spirit gun, Spirit sword, Rose whip, or the Black dragon darkness wave.right. Feeling creative last night, were we boys?" Lark turned her head to survey Lyra and Holly's attempts at freeing the decayed beast and drop it out far at sea. "Well, uh. Damn!" Yuske stammered, then kicked Kuwabara in the shins for being such an idiot. Kurama; however, was more impressed with Lark's research on the four. "So, you've heard of us before?" Lark gave a thoughtful nod before saying, "Yeah, my dad used to work for King Enma, so I can usually find out what I need from Prince Koenma. Him and me sometimes E-mail each other, though I haven't met him in person. I heard you guys are his favorites." Yuske chuckled, "Then aren't you in for a surprise."
Holly desperately tried to get her broom to pull her load out of the mud, but it kept on sinking back in. In exasperation she yelled over at her chatting roommates. "You guys! Help me out here! Ack!" The monster sank back down into the muck another few inches before Holly could react. Hiei glanced over at his friends then sighed at their total lack of attention. Stalking over, he grabbed the thick rope in hand and gave a mighty tug. Holly signed peace at him and continued pulling. Suddenly, another broom shot into the air and the rider tossed the end of a rope to Lyra. Lyra looked up in awe as her ancient teacher, Erika, was all right this soon. The beast below her sunk a little and Hiei had to yell at her to get moving. "You idiot! Tie that in place so we can get this thing out! I'm getting a hernia over here!" Snapping out of La-la land, Lyra rushed over and tied the rope onto a rib that was jutting out of the skin. Erika gave the command. "On three! One, two, three!" The two witches and the fire demon heaved at the same time, causing the corpse to fully come out of the muck. "We'll take it from here, Hiei." Erika told the fire-demon. Hiei nodded. "Very well." As the two witches carried their load far out to sea, Lyra came up to Hiei. "Nice job you did." Hiei "Hn"-ed and shrugged his shoulders. "Whatever. Let's start on the lawn." When the two turned around; though, Rachel was already making the new grass come up, it spread out to the cliff edge in a soft carpet. Then she ran over to help Kurama repair the plum tree, which was already growing new branches, leaves, and tiny unripe fruits.
The only thing left was the roof, which at first glance didn't look like that big a deal. A few shingles were missing from the top and where Lyra had slipped. But underneath, the problems only became worse. The roof itself was heavily damaged and needed to be patched up, then they had to put in entirely new shingles on the entire roof. That was about a good six hours if they worked fast. Yuske dropped down and pounded the roof. "Damn! When will the torture ever stop?" Lark sent him sprawling with a gentle nudge of the foot. "This isn't so bad. I've seen worse. And you've probably lived in worse places than this." Yuske sprang up and grabbed her by the collar. "And what's that supposed to mean?!" Lark casually kneed him in the groin and watched him crumple like a paper towel. "Nothing much, actually. Let's get to work." Lark summoned a strong gust of wind, which blew off all the shingles on the roof, and started to patch a particularly large hole ten feet away. Yuske struggled to his feet and down the ladder to go sulk in his part of the bedroom.
It was almost four by the time they were done. Kuwabara stood up and wiped his sweaty brow. "Heh. We actually got this done pretty quickly." He said. Yuske grumbled and wiped the dirt away from his bandaged leg. "Yeah, right. if you forget the fact that I got tar spilled on me because someone - " He shot a look at Lark, who in turn looked at him with wide eyes and a pout, "- was too impatient to wait to get down the ladder." Lark shrugged and said, "You moved, didn't you? I thought you were used to rougher treatment than this back at home." Yuske lunged, but tripped over Lyra's outstretched foot. Cursing, he pulled himself back up and nursed his leg. "Oh, I see how it is now. Taking her side, huh? Well, you're going down too." An unused shingle flew by and clipped his leg with it's corner. Yuske immediately crumpled with a howl, and Lyra unemotionally remarked, "Maybe you should wait to take us down until your leg is better."
The gang was taking a break from all the hard work they had done by hanging out on the newly patched roof with lemonade all around. As Kurama sipped the refreshing drink, he noticed a tiny dot in the sky that was steadily becoming bigger by the second. He puzzled over this for a while until his demonic eyesight could pick out the basic features of the intruder. He all of sudden thought about what Koenma told Kurama a little while before he went full Youkai. then almost spit his lemonade in realization. "Shit! Guys, get down! Now!" Kurama pinned Lyra to the ground and Hiei helped Lark do the same as the flying demon came into view. The winds blew at an insane force, ripping off new shingles and almost blowing the teens away before the red-headed Shinobi landed on the roof. "Hey! How are ya?!" Jin grinned toothily, then started a long-winded rant about the wind currents out in the barrier worlds (I would write it to take up page-space, but I'm too lazy right now. Goddamn demon never keeps his mouth shut, so I'd be here all night if I tried.). Yuske whipped an empty glass at Jin, stopping him mid-rant.
Jin leaned over to one side and watched the glass go flying over his shoulder. "Eh? What's that for, Urameshi?" The Japanese boy pointed an accusing finger at Jin. "What's wrong? What's wrong?! You just totally trashed the roof that we've been working on for the last six hours! That's "What's wrong"! Screw this! There's no way I'm redoing it!" Yuske stormed down the ladder and had started to open the door when the unstable ladder fell, Pinning Yuske's arms to his sides. "Damn! Today is not my day!" Yuske let loose a blast of spirit energy, which disintegrated the entire ladder. Still grumbling, he stalked inside to go sulk. "Hm. In a bit of a bad mood, I'd say." Lark glared at Jin. "Gee.I wonder why?" The younger black-haired girl picked her way across the trashed rooftop, intending to slip in through Lyra's balcony. "Hi! We're back!" Holly zoomed by on her broom. Lyra waved up at her and Lark demanded an answer as to why they took o long. "Um. we went shopping!" Holly held up her fingers in a peace sign and grinned. Erika braked her broom and held up quite a few bags from the most popular merchant shops in town. Every one sweat-dropped except for Jin, who was too busy admiring the young witch. Holly swooped down a few feet away from Jin and leaned forwards to get a better look. "Oh, you must be new. I didn't notice you at first." As she slowly rose into the air she continued, "Cute ears! See ya later, you guys!" Jin just stood there, thinking that maybe this case he had been forced to go on wouldn't be so bad after all.
"So, how come you're here?" Kuwabara asked while doing his homework at the couch. "Koenma asked Risho to send one of the shinobi to help you guys out, and Risho decided that the only way to pick which one was to use the traditional Shinobi method." Jin said while foraging in the fridge for food. "Hey, d'ya mind if I have these leftovers? Anyways-" Jin grabbed a fork and shoved some Alfredo in his mouth before continuing. "Hm. good stuff. Now where was I? Oh, I got the shortest straw."
"The shortest straw? The shinobi decides who goes on what missions by picking straws?" Hiei asked the Wind Master, who nodded in reply. "Yep. I'm gonna see how Yuske's doing."
Jin knocked on Yuske's door and waited for the boy to reply. "What do you want Jin?" The Shinobi cautiously opened the door, constantly on the lookout for flying objects, and stepped inside. "Uh. Hi." Yuske glared at Jin while the demon faked a smile. "Um.Look, I'm sorry that I got you upset and all, but to make up for it, I finished the roof by myself." Yuske just kept glaring. "It wasn't just your fault. Lark has been bugging me lately, and you set me off. You should see the classes they make us take here." Jin nodded in agreement about the classes. "Yeah, I had the 'pleasure' of meeting Rachel."
Lark held an ear to the wall, trying to listen in their conversation. Her mouse sat in the air vent between the rooms and translated as best as she could, considering she couldn't really understand Jin's heavy accent. "Oh, so they're talking about us, huh? I'll show them what a girl can really do!" Holly stopped polishing her reed flute. "Really? I'll have no part in it, then." Lark turned towards her friend. "But it'll only be harmless pranks, like the ones we pull on the other students." Holly shook her head. "Please?" "No." "Pretty please?" "No way." This time Lark went all out. "Pwetty please?" She asked cutely, puppy eyes, quivering lip, and all. Holly sighed. "Fine. but nothing too harsh. Agreed?" "Yep! Yay!" Lark bounded up from her seat on the floor and grabbed her laptop and a dusty violin case. "C'mon! Let's go bug my sister!" Holly groaned, but put her flute in its purse-like carrying case and swung the strap over her shoulder. Carefully, she moved Kyuro off her lap, and carried him in her arms out the door, locking it behind her.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi! Not much to really say about this chapter, actually. But thanks for the reviews. As to the Shinobi's traditional way of choosing people to go on missions and stuff. I was outta ideas and asked my stepsister for a humorous alternative to fighting to the death and stuff (Which was what my stepbrother suggested). Um, Lark and Lyra live at the academy all year round instead of only during the school year like other students do. Their father sends letters every once in a while, but they have no idea where or who he is, since he left when their mother mysteriously disappeared. So, they're kinda like orphans. The dorm the Yu Yu Hakusho and some of my characters are in is usually reserved for students who have serious social problems, suicide problems, and. well. let's just say that they have problems. Lark and Lyra have been living with Erika and Rachel for a long time. Oh, and that locked door way back in chapter one leads to Lark and Holly's room.
A.N.: Oh, and Tiger of the fire, there will be a tad of Kurama bashing later. nothing serious though. Every one eventually looks bad sooner or later. Don't like it? Tough cookies, that's just how life is. Kurama is not a god among men. He's mortal, just like everyone else.
Next time at Cumulus academy.! An intruder breaks in during the middle of the night, Hiei goes down for a midnight snack, and Salvatore is finally back in the picture!
I've decided to add something new so that you can look forward (like you already don't) to each new update, a quote of the week! * echoes* Anywho, here it is: "Another difference between men and women is that whenever you turn on the TV, 99% of the time something bad happened, a man did it. In a time of weakness it seems men are in charge of the greed, the power, the money, and the scams where as women seem to be in charge of the nurturing and the loving and the peacemaking in this world. Simply put, Women good, Men bad. I mean, when was the last time an unidentified serial killer was on the loose and you said, "God, I hope they catch her. how can I rest when that mad woman is on the loose!" But you know what? They always catch him and its always a guy and I'm always going, "That was our team, that was us. We batter call a meeting."
-Rex Havery Now on to the fic!
Finally, the gaggle of students managed to get outside and get a good look at the damage. That.thing. was still stuck in the muck from last night, the once perfect lawn was a mess of overturned mud, the roof needed patching, and the plum tree in the front was splintered. "Eeew." Lyra carefully picked her way across the yard. "Well, the good news is, we can probably move this without too much trouble." She kicked the ten-foot cannon sticking out. "Too bad it sunk so far in, though. That'll slow us down a bit. Holly, could you go get your broom?" The witch nodded and ran back in the house. Lyra ran to the garden in back and came back with a length of thick rope. When Holly came back, the two girls worked at getting a secure knot around the mechanical monster and tying it tightly to the slender broom. Meanwhile, the boys stood back and chatted. "So that's what happened. I knew I felt something wrong about this place last night. Holly and I could feel it all the way in the Human world, where we stayed at her summer home. Did you guys take it down?" Yuske and Kuwabara glanced at each other. "Well, uh." Yuske began. "Uh. yeah, sure!" Kuwabara struck a pose. "Yeah! We did it! We're spirit detectives after all! Heh-heh."
"Oh, really. So you're saying you guys sunk a gigantic monster in a giant puddle of mud instead of using your Spirit gun, Spirit sword, Rose whip, or the Black dragon darkness wave.right. Feeling creative last night, were we boys?" Lark turned her head to survey Lyra and Holly's attempts at freeing the decayed beast and drop it out far at sea. "Well, uh. Damn!" Yuske stammered, then kicked Kuwabara in the shins for being such an idiot. Kurama; however, was more impressed with Lark's research on the four. "So, you've heard of us before?" Lark gave a thoughtful nod before saying, "Yeah, my dad used to work for King Enma, so I can usually find out what I need from Prince Koenma. Him and me sometimes E-mail each other, though I haven't met him in person. I heard you guys are his favorites." Yuske chuckled, "Then aren't you in for a surprise."
Holly desperately tried to get her broom to pull her load out of the mud, but it kept on sinking back in. In exasperation she yelled over at her chatting roommates. "You guys! Help me out here! Ack!" The monster sank back down into the muck another few inches before Holly could react. Hiei glanced over at his friends then sighed at their total lack of attention. Stalking over, he grabbed the thick rope in hand and gave a mighty tug. Holly signed peace at him and continued pulling. Suddenly, another broom shot into the air and the rider tossed the end of a rope to Lyra. Lyra looked up in awe as her ancient teacher, Erika, was all right this soon. The beast below her sunk a little and Hiei had to yell at her to get moving. "You idiot! Tie that in place so we can get this thing out! I'm getting a hernia over here!" Snapping out of La-la land, Lyra rushed over and tied the rope onto a rib that was jutting out of the skin. Erika gave the command. "On three! One, two, three!" The two witches and the fire demon heaved at the same time, causing the corpse to fully come out of the muck. "We'll take it from here, Hiei." Erika told the fire-demon. Hiei nodded. "Very well." As the two witches carried their load far out to sea, Lyra came up to Hiei. "Nice job you did." Hiei "Hn"-ed and shrugged his shoulders. "Whatever. Let's start on the lawn." When the two turned around; though, Rachel was already making the new grass come up, it spread out to the cliff edge in a soft carpet. Then she ran over to help Kurama repair the plum tree, which was already growing new branches, leaves, and tiny unripe fruits.
The only thing left was the roof, which at first glance didn't look like that big a deal. A few shingles were missing from the top and where Lyra had slipped. But underneath, the problems only became worse. The roof itself was heavily damaged and needed to be patched up, then they had to put in entirely new shingles on the entire roof. That was about a good six hours if they worked fast. Yuske dropped down and pounded the roof. "Damn! When will the torture ever stop?" Lark sent him sprawling with a gentle nudge of the foot. "This isn't so bad. I've seen worse. And you've probably lived in worse places than this." Yuske sprang up and grabbed her by the collar. "And what's that supposed to mean?!" Lark casually kneed him in the groin and watched him crumple like a paper towel. "Nothing much, actually. Let's get to work." Lark summoned a strong gust of wind, which blew off all the shingles on the roof, and started to patch a particularly large hole ten feet away. Yuske struggled to his feet and down the ladder to go sulk in his part of the bedroom.
It was almost four by the time they were done. Kuwabara stood up and wiped his sweaty brow. "Heh. We actually got this done pretty quickly." He said. Yuske grumbled and wiped the dirt away from his bandaged leg. "Yeah, right. if you forget the fact that I got tar spilled on me because someone - " He shot a look at Lark, who in turn looked at him with wide eyes and a pout, "- was too impatient to wait to get down the ladder." Lark shrugged and said, "You moved, didn't you? I thought you were used to rougher treatment than this back at home." Yuske lunged, but tripped over Lyra's outstretched foot. Cursing, he pulled himself back up and nursed his leg. "Oh, I see how it is now. Taking her side, huh? Well, you're going down too." An unused shingle flew by and clipped his leg with it's corner. Yuske immediately crumpled with a howl, and Lyra unemotionally remarked, "Maybe you should wait to take us down until your leg is better."
The gang was taking a break from all the hard work they had done by hanging out on the newly patched roof with lemonade all around. As Kurama sipped the refreshing drink, he noticed a tiny dot in the sky that was steadily becoming bigger by the second. He puzzled over this for a while until his demonic eyesight could pick out the basic features of the intruder. He all of sudden thought about what Koenma told Kurama a little while before he went full Youkai. then almost spit his lemonade in realization. "Shit! Guys, get down! Now!" Kurama pinned Lyra to the ground and Hiei helped Lark do the same as the flying demon came into view. The winds blew at an insane force, ripping off new shingles and almost blowing the teens away before the red-headed Shinobi landed on the roof. "Hey! How are ya?!" Jin grinned toothily, then started a long-winded rant about the wind currents out in the barrier worlds (I would write it to take up page-space, but I'm too lazy right now. Goddamn demon never keeps his mouth shut, so I'd be here all night if I tried.). Yuske whipped an empty glass at Jin, stopping him mid-rant.
Jin leaned over to one side and watched the glass go flying over his shoulder. "Eh? What's that for, Urameshi?" The Japanese boy pointed an accusing finger at Jin. "What's wrong? What's wrong?! You just totally trashed the roof that we've been working on for the last six hours! That's "What's wrong"! Screw this! There's no way I'm redoing it!" Yuske stormed down the ladder and had started to open the door when the unstable ladder fell, Pinning Yuske's arms to his sides. "Damn! Today is not my day!" Yuske let loose a blast of spirit energy, which disintegrated the entire ladder. Still grumbling, he stalked inside to go sulk. "Hm. In a bit of a bad mood, I'd say." Lark glared at Jin. "Gee.I wonder why?" The younger black-haired girl picked her way across the trashed rooftop, intending to slip in through Lyra's balcony. "Hi! We're back!" Holly zoomed by on her broom. Lyra waved up at her and Lark demanded an answer as to why they took o long. "Um. we went shopping!" Holly held up her fingers in a peace sign and grinned. Erika braked her broom and held up quite a few bags from the most popular merchant shops in town. Every one sweat-dropped except for Jin, who was too busy admiring the young witch. Holly swooped down a few feet away from Jin and leaned forwards to get a better look. "Oh, you must be new. I didn't notice you at first." As she slowly rose into the air she continued, "Cute ears! See ya later, you guys!" Jin just stood there, thinking that maybe this case he had been forced to go on wouldn't be so bad after all.
"So, how come you're here?" Kuwabara asked while doing his homework at the couch. "Koenma asked Risho to send one of the shinobi to help you guys out, and Risho decided that the only way to pick which one was to use the traditional Shinobi method." Jin said while foraging in the fridge for food. "Hey, d'ya mind if I have these leftovers? Anyways-" Jin grabbed a fork and shoved some Alfredo in his mouth before continuing. "Hm. good stuff. Now where was I? Oh, I got the shortest straw."
"The shortest straw? The shinobi decides who goes on what missions by picking straws?" Hiei asked the Wind Master, who nodded in reply. "Yep. I'm gonna see how Yuske's doing."
Jin knocked on Yuske's door and waited for the boy to reply. "What do you want Jin?" The Shinobi cautiously opened the door, constantly on the lookout for flying objects, and stepped inside. "Uh. Hi." Yuske glared at Jin while the demon faked a smile. "Um.Look, I'm sorry that I got you upset and all, but to make up for it, I finished the roof by myself." Yuske just kept glaring. "It wasn't just your fault. Lark has been bugging me lately, and you set me off. You should see the classes they make us take here." Jin nodded in agreement about the classes. "Yeah, I had the 'pleasure' of meeting Rachel."
Lark held an ear to the wall, trying to listen in their conversation. Her mouse sat in the air vent between the rooms and translated as best as she could, considering she couldn't really understand Jin's heavy accent. "Oh, so they're talking about us, huh? I'll show them what a girl can really do!" Holly stopped polishing her reed flute. "Really? I'll have no part in it, then." Lark turned towards her friend. "But it'll only be harmless pranks, like the ones we pull on the other students." Holly shook her head. "Please?" "No." "Pretty please?" "No way." This time Lark went all out. "Pwetty please?" She asked cutely, puppy eyes, quivering lip, and all. Holly sighed. "Fine. but nothing too harsh. Agreed?" "Yep! Yay!" Lark bounded up from her seat on the floor and grabbed her laptop and a dusty violin case. "C'mon! Let's go bug my sister!" Holly groaned, but put her flute in its purse-like carrying case and swung the strap over her shoulder. Carefully, she moved Kyuro off her lap, and carried him in her arms out the door, locking it behind her.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi! Not much to really say about this chapter, actually. But thanks for the reviews. As to the Shinobi's traditional way of choosing people to go on missions and stuff. I was outta ideas and asked my stepsister for a humorous alternative to fighting to the death and stuff (Which was what my stepbrother suggested). Um, Lark and Lyra live at the academy all year round instead of only during the school year like other students do. Their father sends letters every once in a while, but they have no idea where or who he is, since he left when their mother mysteriously disappeared. So, they're kinda like orphans. The dorm the Yu Yu Hakusho and some of my characters are in is usually reserved for students who have serious social problems, suicide problems, and. well. let's just say that they have problems. Lark and Lyra have been living with Erika and Rachel for a long time. Oh, and that locked door way back in chapter one leads to Lark and Holly's room.
A.N.: Oh, and Tiger of the fire, there will be a tad of Kurama bashing later. nothing serious though. Every one eventually looks bad sooner or later. Don't like it? Tough cookies, that's just how life is. Kurama is not a god among men. He's mortal, just like everyone else.
Next time at Cumulus academy.! An intruder breaks in during the middle of the night, Hiei goes down for a midnight snack, and Salvatore is finally back in the picture!