On Top of Spaghetti, All Covered in Cheese...
~*NOT!! Sorry, in weird humor today, couldn't resist One of my favorite songs*~
On Top of Kaze-Yama
(AN: sorry for the weird name for the volcano, there. It was the first thing I could think of that wasn't volcano or active volcano, that would just be redundant.
You need to catch up on your Japanese.
Eh. Spanish and Italian is enough for right now. Hey, there's a flash mob in town tomorrow.
Really? What...the heck is a flash mob?
A huge group of people doing something completely and utterly random in a public place for three minutes.
What's the situation in this case?
Tinseltown, tomorrow from 6:55 to 6:58. people will be throwing Mardi Gras beads at each other back and forth.
That's just stupid.
Yes, but I would go just to watch onlookers' reactions. And possibly take pictures when the security came and hauled the people doing it off...just for blackmail.
Evil, I like it...
Hey, you agreed with me, Hiei! I'm either surprised or shocked, haven't decided yet.
Hm, human emotions are just a waste of time to try and figure out.
And I thought Yusuke was one for stating the obvious...
Just get on with the chapter....)
(ANPS: You're from the South, too? Cool. I'm from what I like to call the not-so-deep south. Heh, heh, I'm from northwest Louisiana. It may sound like the deep south, but I stand out in New Orleans, lemme tell ya! I love that city, but only for its graveyards! Don't mind me, I'm weird. Anyways, don't worry, the baka is nowhere near entering the story. I wouldn't put that red-haired monkey in here if Yukina paid me to. And don't never let no one tell ya "ain't" ain't a word! It IS in the dictionary, after all...
"Onii" means brother...hm...Ah, yes, Bunni-Chan, I will do something with All of my fics that up as soon as I'm...graduated and have everything going at a steady pace...fanart? I'll post something when I have something I feel is worth posting, kay? ^_^)
"How close is Hiei-Sama?" Hitsujiko asked, getting a little annoyed.
"He should be here late tonight at the rate he's going," Nanashi answered.
The coroner/fight manager concentrated on the three auras he was sensing in the desert. "There's a human, a kitsune, and I'm taking it that the other is Hiei?"
Nanashi nodded.
"I know I shouldn't be getting into personal businesses of fighters, but why are you two fighting? You two seem like a pretty even match."
"That's what I said!" Shouka piped up.
"If you boil it down, it's nothing but a test, really," Nanashi said, taking out a comb. "If it comes out the way I want it to...it should be profitable for both of us." She started running the comb through her long black hair.
"And if it doesn't?" Hitsujiko asked.
Nanashi glanced to the other fire youkai and started braiding her hair. "Then you'll have some business to tend to with Jaganshi-San."
The man waved himself with his fan and gave Nanashi a smirk. "I seriously don't see what you see in a man like him...but I can tell you see something."
"Would you mind translating that?"
"I have a strong feeling that if I did have any business with Jaganshi-San, it wouldn't be because of you ." With that he walked off.
"Ooo..." Shouka chimed in after he was out of ear-shot. "Someone's going soft..." she added with a grin
Nanashi looked at her ironic companion. "You've been out in the sun for too long, Shouka."
"Hey, you really ARE going soft! You just called me by my name!"
Her flat stare turned into a slightly confused one. "Isn't that what I SHOULD do with a companion?"
Shouka sat in thought for that one. Come to think of it...that was the first time she called her anything...
"How close are we, Hiei?" Yusuke asked.
"You asked that five minutes ago..." Hiei answered. "And Kurama already told you his estimate as to when we should get there."
"You mean we're just going to keep running until after dark?!"
"It looks that way...Hiei doesn't show any sign of slowing down," Kurama explained.
Yusuke shrugged. "At least I brought water."
"You mean you actually listened to at least half of what I said?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Just a slight surprise after the glacier incident. I thought you were going to forget to bring water and die of thirst in the desert if you didn't bring a coat to a glacier..."
"Come on Kurama, I've died twice, once more isn't gonna kill me!"
"Ningen, if you don't mind, I'm trying to concentrate," Hiei interjected.
"She didn't move, did she?" Kurama asked.
"No, but if you and the moron keep babbling, I'll lose the track I do have on her! She's hard to pick out of so many other fire youkai, and every time the human opens his mouth, I keep confusing her with a drag queen!"
"Yup, that ought to throw you off every now and then."
Shouka yawned and leaned back on the side of the volcano. "The sun's starting to set," she said. She looked down at the crowd. "Ew...it doesn't look too good down there..."
"What are the insects doing now?" Nanashi asked.
"What's left of them are shouting and throwing attacks at the volcano. It's a good thing Hitsujiko-San set up that shield," she said as a ball of lightning roared up in front of them and was blocked of the force field.
"They'll have to get over it...It's not my fault Hiei's slower than he lets on to be."
"Actually, I think Kurama-San is slowing him down by the way they're running. Maybe the human, too, I can't tell."
"Hah!" Nanashi said, looking to Shouka. "Look who's talking! If it wasn't for you, I'd be training!"
"Well, if it wasn't for me..." she stopped and looked around. "You'd be training," she said with a nod. "Sorry..."
"It's alright, it's been a while since I've traveled with a companion anyway."
"Well...it's not exactly traveling, but it's not staying on the glacier, either! ...Nanashi-San would you—"
Without letting her finish, Nanashi threw her a water skin. "No," she said with a smile.
Shouka smiled. "What will happen if Hiei-San loses?" she asked as she opened the canteen
"Actually, it depends on what mood I'm in. It could be a fight to the death. I don't know." She stretched back and leaned against the volcano. "What do sunsets look like on the glaciers?"
Shouka laughed. "Very out-of-place."
"What?"
"Think about it. Snow and ice as far as the eye can see and a warm, welcoming sky? At least when the blizzards aren't too bad." She gave a start when she saw her friend looking off, distracted. "You're not listening."
"I'm listening. Ice and Fire don't mix, so it's only natural glaciers and sunsets wouldn't either."
"You don't like me, do you?"
"If I didn't like you, you'd probably be a lonely corpse in a ditch somewhere. Just stay on my good side and you'll be okay."
"I've just noticed something."
"What?"
"Our personalities are very ironic. As far as Fire youkai and Ice youkai go."
"What do you mean?"
"Think about it. Compared to each other, Ice youkai have warm personalities, and Fire youkai have cold demeanors, once you get to know either of them," Shouka said, finally taking a long gulp of the canteen.
"Alright!!" Yusuke shouted, throwing fists into the air. "Sunset! We're almost there!!"
Kurama slowly blinked. "Hiei, what's the name of the volcano you're going to fight on?"
"Kaze-Yama."
"Mount Wind? Isn't that a bit ironic?"
"Come on, Kurama, you should know after all this time not to question ironies," Yusuke said with a laugh.
"Besides, what do you think fire feeds on?" Hiei asked.
"Oh, true, fire does build on air. Hm...Yusuke, do you have any water left? I think all this sun IS getting to me..."
"Ah hah!" Hitsujiko exclaimed. "I think I see him!"
"So YOU'RE the drag queen," Hiei's voice said as he materialized in front of the two fire youkai and the ice youkai.
"...Yes...I see him..." He blinked and looked around. "Where is the rest of your company?"
"I told them they could come as far as the battlefield."
"Welcome home," Nanashi said with a quirked eyebrow. "What took you so long?"
"Too many and too merry."
"Hiei! Wait up!!" Yusuke shouted, running up to everyone else with Kurama. The boy started laughing. "Hiei, you were right, he is a drag queen!"
Hitsujiko glared. "I am Hitsujiko, coroner and fight manager for Kaze-Yama. You can choose who you'd like to be the moderator of your fight. Once the fight starts, the only rule is don't destroy the mountain." He looked around. "Take your positions."
(AN: Okay, next chapter is the fight! Woo! So, to explain something, I have my muse, unspoiled rini (as is her penname), or Sierra- Chan.
Moshi moshi!!
Sierra-Chan helped me think of a REAL name for Nanashi.
Aw...you named her after Trowa...
I DIDN'T NAME HER AFTER THAT STUPID CLOWN!!
Oh, tee hee...so, how are we going to explain what Nanashi's name means?
I guess reenact the phone conversation?
Sounds good to me!
Okay. ~*Ahem*~ Sierra-Chan, I need help with my Hiei fic.
Sure, watcha need help with?
I need to think of a name for Nanashi. You know, her REAL name.
Uh-huh...
I need something ironic.
Something to do with water or ice, then.
That narrows it down to the four words in Japanese I know for that which is the word for water, rain, snow, or ice.
The word for snow.
I'm not naming her Yuki.
Oh, understood. Then the word for !@#$!@
Oh, okay... That's the end.
You're still not giving the real name, are you?
Nope, only my muses...human muses know.
Ooo...evil....
Tee hee...try and guess at least what the name means. AND IT'S NOT YUKI.
I know, I know...why not, though.
Half your bishies are named Yuki.
Hee hee...)
~*NOT!! Sorry, in weird humor today, couldn't resist One of my favorite songs*~
On Top of Kaze-Yama
(AN: sorry for the weird name for the volcano, there. It was the first thing I could think of that wasn't volcano or active volcano, that would just be redundant.
You need to catch up on your Japanese.
Eh. Spanish and Italian is enough for right now. Hey, there's a flash mob in town tomorrow.
Really? What...the heck is a flash mob?
A huge group of people doing something completely and utterly random in a public place for three minutes.
What's the situation in this case?
Tinseltown, tomorrow from 6:55 to 6:58. people will be throwing Mardi Gras beads at each other back and forth.
That's just stupid.
Yes, but I would go just to watch onlookers' reactions. And possibly take pictures when the security came and hauled the people doing it off...just for blackmail.
Evil, I like it...
Hey, you agreed with me, Hiei! I'm either surprised or shocked, haven't decided yet.
Hm, human emotions are just a waste of time to try and figure out.
And I thought Yusuke was one for stating the obvious...
Just get on with the chapter....)
(ANPS: You're from the South, too? Cool. I'm from what I like to call the not-so-deep south. Heh, heh, I'm from northwest Louisiana. It may sound like the deep south, but I stand out in New Orleans, lemme tell ya! I love that city, but only for its graveyards! Don't mind me, I'm weird. Anyways, don't worry, the baka is nowhere near entering the story. I wouldn't put that red-haired monkey in here if Yukina paid me to. And don't never let no one tell ya "ain't" ain't a word! It IS in the dictionary, after all...
"Onii" means brother...hm...Ah, yes, Bunni-Chan, I will do something with All of my fics that up as soon as I'm...graduated and have everything going at a steady pace...fanart? I'll post something when I have something I feel is worth posting, kay? ^_^)
"How close is Hiei-Sama?" Hitsujiko asked, getting a little annoyed.
"He should be here late tonight at the rate he's going," Nanashi answered.
The coroner/fight manager concentrated on the three auras he was sensing in the desert. "There's a human, a kitsune, and I'm taking it that the other is Hiei?"
Nanashi nodded.
"I know I shouldn't be getting into personal businesses of fighters, but why are you two fighting? You two seem like a pretty even match."
"That's what I said!" Shouka piped up.
"If you boil it down, it's nothing but a test, really," Nanashi said, taking out a comb. "If it comes out the way I want it to...it should be profitable for both of us." She started running the comb through her long black hair.
"And if it doesn't?" Hitsujiko asked.
Nanashi glanced to the other fire youkai and started braiding her hair. "Then you'll have some business to tend to with Jaganshi-San."
The man waved himself with his fan and gave Nanashi a smirk. "I seriously don't see what you see in a man like him...but I can tell you see something."
"Would you mind translating that?"
"I have a strong feeling that if I did have any business with Jaganshi-San, it wouldn't be because of you ." With that he walked off.
"Ooo..." Shouka chimed in after he was out of ear-shot. "Someone's going soft..." she added with a grin
Nanashi looked at her ironic companion. "You've been out in the sun for too long, Shouka."
"Hey, you really ARE going soft! You just called me by my name!"
Her flat stare turned into a slightly confused one. "Isn't that what I SHOULD do with a companion?"
Shouka sat in thought for that one. Come to think of it...that was the first time she called her anything...
"How close are we, Hiei?" Yusuke asked.
"You asked that five minutes ago..." Hiei answered. "And Kurama already told you his estimate as to when we should get there."
"You mean we're just going to keep running until after dark?!"
"It looks that way...Hiei doesn't show any sign of slowing down," Kurama explained.
Yusuke shrugged. "At least I brought water."
"You mean you actually listened to at least half of what I said?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Just a slight surprise after the glacier incident. I thought you were going to forget to bring water and die of thirst in the desert if you didn't bring a coat to a glacier..."
"Come on Kurama, I've died twice, once more isn't gonna kill me!"
"Ningen, if you don't mind, I'm trying to concentrate," Hiei interjected.
"She didn't move, did she?" Kurama asked.
"No, but if you and the moron keep babbling, I'll lose the track I do have on her! She's hard to pick out of so many other fire youkai, and every time the human opens his mouth, I keep confusing her with a drag queen!"
"Yup, that ought to throw you off every now and then."
Shouka yawned and leaned back on the side of the volcano. "The sun's starting to set," she said. She looked down at the crowd. "Ew...it doesn't look too good down there..."
"What are the insects doing now?" Nanashi asked.
"What's left of them are shouting and throwing attacks at the volcano. It's a good thing Hitsujiko-San set up that shield," she said as a ball of lightning roared up in front of them and was blocked of the force field.
"They'll have to get over it...It's not my fault Hiei's slower than he lets on to be."
"Actually, I think Kurama-San is slowing him down by the way they're running. Maybe the human, too, I can't tell."
"Hah!" Nanashi said, looking to Shouka. "Look who's talking! If it wasn't for you, I'd be training!"
"Well, if it wasn't for me..." she stopped and looked around. "You'd be training," she said with a nod. "Sorry..."
"It's alright, it's been a while since I've traveled with a companion anyway."
"Well...it's not exactly traveling, but it's not staying on the glacier, either! ...Nanashi-San would you—"
Without letting her finish, Nanashi threw her a water skin. "No," she said with a smile.
Shouka smiled. "What will happen if Hiei-San loses?" she asked as she opened the canteen
"Actually, it depends on what mood I'm in. It could be a fight to the death. I don't know." She stretched back and leaned against the volcano. "What do sunsets look like on the glaciers?"
Shouka laughed. "Very out-of-place."
"What?"
"Think about it. Snow and ice as far as the eye can see and a warm, welcoming sky? At least when the blizzards aren't too bad." She gave a start when she saw her friend looking off, distracted. "You're not listening."
"I'm listening. Ice and Fire don't mix, so it's only natural glaciers and sunsets wouldn't either."
"You don't like me, do you?"
"If I didn't like you, you'd probably be a lonely corpse in a ditch somewhere. Just stay on my good side and you'll be okay."
"I've just noticed something."
"What?"
"Our personalities are very ironic. As far as Fire youkai and Ice youkai go."
"What do you mean?"
"Think about it. Compared to each other, Ice youkai have warm personalities, and Fire youkai have cold demeanors, once you get to know either of them," Shouka said, finally taking a long gulp of the canteen.
"Alright!!" Yusuke shouted, throwing fists into the air. "Sunset! We're almost there!!"
Kurama slowly blinked. "Hiei, what's the name of the volcano you're going to fight on?"
"Kaze-Yama."
"Mount Wind? Isn't that a bit ironic?"
"Come on, Kurama, you should know after all this time not to question ironies," Yusuke said with a laugh.
"Besides, what do you think fire feeds on?" Hiei asked.
"Oh, true, fire does build on air. Hm...Yusuke, do you have any water left? I think all this sun IS getting to me..."
"Ah hah!" Hitsujiko exclaimed. "I think I see him!"
"So YOU'RE the drag queen," Hiei's voice said as he materialized in front of the two fire youkai and the ice youkai.
"...Yes...I see him..." He blinked and looked around. "Where is the rest of your company?"
"I told them they could come as far as the battlefield."
"Welcome home," Nanashi said with a quirked eyebrow. "What took you so long?"
"Too many and too merry."
"Hiei! Wait up!!" Yusuke shouted, running up to everyone else with Kurama. The boy started laughing. "Hiei, you were right, he is a drag queen!"
Hitsujiko glared. "I am Hitsujiko, coroner and fight manager for Kaze-Yama. You can choose who you'd like to be the moderator of your fight. Once the fight starts, the only rule is don't destroy the mountain." He looked around. "Take your positions."
(AN: Okay, next chapter is the fight! Woo! So, to explain something, I have my muse, unspoiled rini (as is her penname), or Sierra- Chan.
Moshi moshi!!
Sierra-Chan helped me think of a REAL name for Nanashi.
Aw...you named her after Trowa...
I DIDN'T NAME HER AFTER THAT STUPID CLOWN!!
Oh, tee hee...so, how are we going to explain what Nanashi's name means?
I guess reenact the phone conversation?
Sounds good to me!
Okay. ~*Ahem*~ Sierra-Chan, I need help with my Hiei fic.
Sure, watcha need help with?
I need to think of a name for Nanashi. You know, her REAL name.
Uh-huh...
I need something ironic.
Something to do with water or ice, then.
That narrows it down to the four words in Japanese I know for that which is the word for water, rain, snow, or ice.
The word for snow.
I'm not naming her Yuki.
Oh, understood. Then the word for !@#$!@
Oh, okay... That's the end.
You're still not giving the real name, are you?
Nope, only my muses...human muses know.
Ooo...evil....
Tee hee...try and guess at least what the name means. AND IT'S NOT YUKI.
I know, I know...why not, though.
Half your bishies are named Yuki.
Hee hee...)