You are my sunshine, the one shining light
That leads me through dark and allows me to live
We are both waiting for the day we fight
The one day you'll have to give all you can give
"What gives you the right to assume I'll forgive?"
................................. Bring!
But if that's so, what's the point to it all?
Bring!
The ringing phone jolts me out of my rather sorrowful and morbid thoughts, an ambulance's siren in my silent room. As another ring destroys the comfortless quiet, I find myself wondering: who knows my phone number?
I clasp a hand over the ivory-colored appliance, and raise it to my ear. "Hello?" Even to me, the voice is insecure and makes me doubt that even Kurei-sama would recognize it as mine.
"Hey!" The enthusiasm of the nasal Kansai accent in the voice makes me jump. I expected a calm telemarketer, or even a mourning Uruha member, /not/ Joker of all people.
"Is Koganei with you?" I ask, on behalf of the Hokage.
"Not at the moment, but he's around. I /did/ actually call to check on you, you know. After all where'd I be without my favorite, over-loyal inferiority-complexed prick?"
I mentally whack myself in the head before saying."Well I'm fine, Joker. You disappeared too, what was happening there?"
There is a slight snicker in the responding voice as he groans, "Oh I just had some business to catch up on and a speculation to check. So how's your girlfriend doing?"
I instantly go bright red and I'm sure that he can even /hear/ the blush."My g-girlfriend? You must mean Fuuko-san...I've only spoken with her twice and I assure you, there is nothing between us!"
"Riigght," He says sarcastically, "Well, call me for the wedding and Kurei..."
"What?" I ask impatiently, eager to discuss our former master.
"He's in a better place now. Kinda misses you, but he can visit later."
Tears spring to my eyes. "But how do you know that it's any better? What if he's just dead, gone forever, with no afterlife or compensation?! What if-"
"Calm down, Rai-chan. I know 'cuz I've talked to him. Ah, ye, of little faith. Have to go now, so tell your fiancé-"
"Fiancé?!!"
"-That I said...hm... oh, something degradingly encouraging, you decide what. See ya!"
There is the distant sound of a phone being hung up and I confusedly whisper, "Well, bye," as I place mine back in the cradle. Like most conversations with Joker, that was strangely...enlightening, almost. I fell as though a load has been lifted off my chest. Girlfriend, hm. I wonder how my- ha ha!- "girlfriend" is doing.
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Ah a nice sunny day. The warm light touches my cheek like a freshly dried and still warm blanket, and I find myself rejoicing in the simple pleasures of life.
At the top of that list is the fact that Raijin is currently back in my room, tied to a bedpost and blissfully, for me at least, unable to budge a tentacle.
Fuuko-san is slumpedly half-sitting, half-lying down on the edge of a fountain with its dappled light adding exotic patterns to her skin. She appears to be discontentedly contemplating a page in a textbook, while one hand holding a pencil lazily moves across a doodle-covered paper.
"Good afternoon Fuuko-san."
She jumps, and it is only my quick reflexes that stop her from splooshing into the water. In an instant, I find my arms around an angel. Our eyes meet, and I barely manage to pull myself out of the emerald depths in time to notice the hand gently rising towards my cheek.
Some romantics would smile and, eyes closed, wait for the loving caress. They're also the ones who would find themselves flying from a rather unloving slap. It is for that reason that I hurriedly unlock my arms; give a kind smile that I hope doesn't portray my anxiety, and sit on the fountain an almost safe distance away. We stay still for a bit as the awkwardness of the silence builds. Finally, to get some conversation going, I ask,
"So...what's the book for?"
With an aggravated sigh, she glances at me and I notice a fading blush. "Physics. Dumb class. It's asking me about catapulting an elephant. Who on earth would want to catapult an elephant?
I lightly laugh before responding. "I certainly don't know. Maybe they're attacking a castle and ran out of rocks!"
Fuuko-son rolls her eyes and mutters, "Who'd waste an elephant on catapulting? Wouldn't they have been using it to carry stuff?"
I continue to smile gently as the words leave my mouth. "Not only that, there are many practical uses for an elephant other than for traveling. First of all, they are edible and have huge amounts of meat on them! Second, they're rather good at clearing paths. Plus, they make an effective weapon."
I watch her eyebrows rise as she questions, "How do you use an elephant as a weapon?"
"You catapult it!" Fuuko-san whacks herself in the head and sighs.
"I really fell for that on, didn't I?" She murmurs.
"Yup! But if you actually want to succeed on that problem, think of it as a shuriken being thrown, rather than an elephant catapulted. Of course, it would have to be an extra-heavy shuriken."
Her eyes light up with the cheerful annoyance that lets me know she's happy. "I couldn't pick up one that weighed that much, let alone throw it."
My condescending response is to pat her on the head and say, "No one said it was you throwing the shuriken."
She swats at me good-naturedly and grumbles, "Fine. Now... go off somewhere else, you, I have to work on this." I smile, wave and depart.
I like Fuuko-san. Visiting her again sounds probable and good.
There's a loud "sploosh!" and I turn back. Fuuko-san is strolling away from the fountain, which appears to have something quickly sinking into it. It looks like....
A textbook.
I smile.
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Ok, this chapter was longer. And sappier. Happy?? Just... please review.....
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Ok, I'm adding on this part after getting the first review for this chapter (thanks a million, orange09!!!! It wasn't even someone I knew!!! I'd review all your fanfics but I'm not a big Yu Yu Hakusho fan), and now I feel like rambling. I haven't actually written more chapters lately, but the next two are typed up, so expect updates (assuming I get more reviews hint hint). This was the only chapter up to this point that I didn't consider dropping for some reason or other, and the chapters after it are, if not all better, at least in the feel of the fanfic. I still have to write the tenth chapter and it requires lots of descriptions....
As for the future of this fanfic, Raiha and Fuuko will get together and the Hokage won't get involved until they are. Sorry if they take so long in coupling, but I'm trying to keep it fairly realistic and don't want this to turn into a "hi, Raiha. Haven't seen you in a while- I love you!!" fanfic, and in other stories I've written (not fanfics) , that tends to happen. I have bad pacing unless I really kick myself about it....
And now, for your Raijin information: it is Fuujin's counterpart, controls lightning, and uses Raiha's energy for the blasts. It also possesses him when he uses it by jabbing one of its tentacles into his neck, up into the brain, and controlling him with these electro-wave things (or something along those lines). Its animal form (like Fuujin's the fluffy kitty) is a demented dog-thing with a giant but relatively short horn on its head. It... tends to wriggle and is really freaky-looking. Reminds me of a face-hugger from "Aliens"....
That leads me through dark and allows me to live
We are both waiting for the day we fight
The one day you'll have to give all you can give
"What gives you the right to assume I'll forgive?"
................................. Bring!
But if that's so, what's the point to it all?
Bring!
The ringing phone jolts me out of my rather sorrowful and morbid thoughts, an ambulance's siren in my silent room. As another ring destroys the comfortless quiet, I find myself wondering: who knows my phone number?
I clasp a hand over the ivory-colored appliance, and raise it to my ear. "Hello?" Even to me, the voice is insecure and makes me doubt that even Kurei-sama would recognize it as mine.
"Hey!" The enthusiasm of the nasal Kansai accent in the voice makes me jump. I expected a calm telemarketer, or even a mourning Uruha member, /not/ Joker of all people.
"Is Koganei with you?" I ask, on behalf of the Hokage.
"Not at the moment, but he's around. I /did/ actually call to check on you, you know. After all where'd I be without my favorite, over-loyal inferiority-complexed prick?"
I mentally whack myself in the head before saying."Well I'm fine, Joker. You disappeared too, what was happening there?"
There is a slight snicker in the responding voice as he groans, "Oh I just had some business to catch up on and a speculation to check. So how's your girlfriend doing?"
I instantly go bright red and I'm sure that he can even /hear/ the blush."My g-girlfriend? You must mean Fuuko-san...I've only spoken with her twice and I assure you, there is nothing between us!"
"Riigght," He says sarcastically, "Well, call me for the wedding and Kurei..."
"What?" I ask impatiently, eager to discuss our former master.
"He's in a better place now. Kinda misses you, but he can visit later."
Tears spring to my eyes. "But how do you know that it's any better? What if he's just dead, gone forever, with no afterlife or compensation?! What if-"
"Calm down, Rai-chan. I know 'cuz I've talked to him. Ah, ye, of little faith. Have to go now, so tell your fiancé-"
"Fiancé?!!"
"-That I said...hm... oh, something degradingly encouraging, you decide what. See ya!"
There is the distant sound of a phone being hung up and I confusedly whisper, "Well, bye," as I place mine back in the cradle. Like most conversations with Joker, that was strangely...enlightening, almost. I fell as though a load has been lifted off my chest. Girlfriend, hm. I wonder how my- ha ha!- "girlfriend" is doing.
................................................
Ah a nice sunny day. The warm light touches my cheek like a freshly dried and still warm blanket, and I find myself rejoicing in the simple pleasures of life.
At the top of that list is the fact that Raijin is currently back in my room, tied to a bedpost and blissfully, for me at least, unable to budge a tentacle.
Fuuko-san is slumpedly half-sitting, half-lying down on the edge of a fountain with its dappled light adding exotic patterns to her skin. She appears to be discontentedly contemplating a page in a textbook, while one hand holding a pencil lazily moves across a doodle-covered paper.
"Good afternoon Fuuko-san."
She jumps, and it is only my quick reflexes that stop her from splooshing into the water. In an instant, I find my arms around an angel. Our eyes meet, and I barely manage to pull myself out of the emerald depths in time to notice the hand gently rising towards my cheek.
Some romantics would smile and, eyes closed, wait for the loving caress. They're also the ones who would find themselves flying from a rather unloving slap. It is for that reason that I hurriedly unlock my arms; give a kind smile that I hope doesn't portray my anxiety, and sit on the fountain an almost safe distance away. We stay still for a bit as the awkwardness of the silence builds. Finally, to get some conversation going, I ask,
"So...what's the book for?"
With an aggravated sigh, she glances at me and I notice a fading blush. "Physics. Dumb class. It's asking me about catapulting an elephant. Who on earth would want to catapult an elephant?
I lightly laugh before responding. "I certainly don't know. Maybe they're attacking a castle and ran out of rocks!"
Fuuko-son rolls her eyes and mutters, "Who'd waste an elephant on catapulting? Wouldn't they have been using it to carry stuff?"
I continue to smile gently as the words leave my mouth. "Not only that, there are many practical uses for an elephant other than for traveling. First of all, they are edible and have huge amounts of meat on them! Second, they're rather good at clearing paths. Plus, they make an effective weapon."
I watch her eyebrows rise as she questions, "How do you use an elephant as a weapon?"
"You catapult it!" Fuuko-san whacks herself in the head and sighs.
"I really fell for that on, didn't I?" She murmurs.
"Yup! But if you actually want to succeed on that problem, think of it as a shuriken being thrown, rather than an elephant catapulted. Of course, it would have to be an extra-heavy shuriken."
Her eyes light up with the cheerful annoyance that lets me know she's happy. "I couldn't pick up one that weighed that much, let alone throw it."
My condescending response is to pat her on the head and say, "No one said it was you throwing the shuriken."
She swats at me good-naturedly and grumbles, "Fine. Now... go off somewhere else, you, I have to work on this." I smile, wave and depart.
I like Fuuko-san. Visiting her again sounds probable and good.
There's a loud "sploosh!" and I turn back. Fuuko-san is strolling away from the fountain, which appears to have something quickly sinking into it. It looks like....
A textbook.
I smile.
............................................................
Ok, this chapter was longer. And sappier. Happy?? Just... please review.....
.................................
Ok, I'm adding on this part after getting the first review for this chapter (thanks a million, orange09!!!! It wasn't even someone I knew!!! I'd review all your fanfics but I'm not a big Yu Yu Hakusho fan), and now I feel like rambling. I haven't actually written more chapters lately, but the next two are typed up, so expect updates (assuming I get more reviews hint hint). This was the only chapter up to this point that I didn't consider dropping for some reason or other, and the chapters after it are, if not all better, at least in the feel of the fanfic. I still have to write the tenth chapter and it requires lots of descriptions....
As for the future of this fanfic, Raiha and Fuuko will get together and the Hokage won't get involved until they are. Sorry if they take so long in coupling, but I'm trying to keep it fairly realistic and don't want this to turn into a "hi, Raiha. Haven't seen you in a while- I love you!!" fanfic, and in other stories I've written (not fanfics) , that tends to happen. I have bad pacing unless I really kick myself about it....
And now, for your Raijin information: it is Fuujin's counterpart, controls lightning, and uses Raiha's energy for the blasts. It also possesses him when he uses it by jabbing one of its tentacles into his neck, up into the brain, and controlling him with these electro-wave things (or something along those lines). Its animal form (like Fuujin's the fluffy kitty) is a demented dog-thing with a giant but relatively short horn on its head. It... tends to wriggle and is really freaky-looking. Reminds me of a face-hugger from "Aliens"....