disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters in this story, except Ariana,
Jeff and Taylor. I don't own YuYu Hakusho, or Inuyasha, nor Harry Potter.
And I never will, since I'm not J.K. Rowling, Yoshihiro Togashi or Rumiko
Takahashi, sorry!
summary ( the real one): The story of a 12 year old Ariana Carter. A girl who has been abused all her life. But what will happen when she saves a person who will save her in turn from her desolation, and what will happen when she meets a few more people who will change her life forever. Inu, YuYu & HP x-over
rating: PG-13 for slight language ( me and my mouth), mentions of violence, and descriptions of brutal violence varied from abuse to battle.
key: /.../= author's notes '...'= Ariana speaking "..."= everyone else speaking [...]=Ariana thinking (...)= everyone else's thoughts ...=telepathic convorsation
now on with my story!
Hard Knock Life
by: fallenangelscorn
chapter 2
Discovery of the Demonic Ariana
"Only ten dollars?!" cries Yusuke. 'Yep!' you gasp from laughing so hard. He looks sullen at first, then his face brightens and he says "Good thing I'm not planning on heading to the states huh kid?" /he has taken to calling you kid most of the time, ironic really, since he asks your name so he won't have to call you that originally, but he considers you his little sister, seriously, he cares as much as Kuwa. Kurama and hiei care too, but not quite as much as the other two-hm, this author's note is long.... lets get back to the story!/ You laugh and nod, turning to Hermione, who is still laughing very hard. 'Um, Hermione? You need to breath, it's kinda important.' you say, as she is turning red in the face now, tears streaming down her face. [Did someone cast a cheering charm on her or something?] you think as you pat her on the back. When Hermione has finally calmed herself down, the other boys come in and sit down. About five minutes later, the girls /Botan, Yukina and Keiko/ come out and place steaming bowls of ramen in front of everybody. Before they can take their own seats, Yusuke and Kuwabara are slurping their last noodles and holding out their bowls for more.
/Now Im just gonna do the seating arrangement real quick./
Yukina Neville Ginny Shizuru Ariana/you Hermione Ron Luna Inuyasha Myoga Hiei
Koenma
Kurama Kuwabara Yusuke Keiko Shippo Harry Sango Miroku Kagome Botan /that is the seating arrangement, I know that they aren't perfectly across from each other, but sue me, some of their names are long, besides, you get the drift/
Yukina kindly refills Kuwabaras bowl for the fourth time. You have been holding your comment back for the past few minutes, but you can't help yourself any longer. 'Jeez bro, eat any more and training won't save you. You'll be too fat and slow to dodge any of our or any enemy's attacks, not that you could now anyways...' you say snickering. "What was that last part sis? I missed it." he says coldly. Not even phased , you say 'I hope you heard me Kazuka /that is your nickname for him, which he HATES with a passion/, or is your hearing slowly leaving too? I said not that you could dodge anybody's attacks anyways as it is.' "Care to test that theory?" he asks angrily. 'Absolutely big brother, just not tonight, I want you to at least have a small chance, and with your stomach so full, you'll be even more sluggish than usual. Hows about tomorrow morning?' you say sweetly. This just pisses him off more and he shouts "You're on little sister! Prepare to LOSE!!!!!!!!!!" and he storms out of the room. Seeing this, Hiei and Kagome burst out laughing to everyone's surprise. You bid everyone goodnight and leave the room, with Hermione following you, to see if you are alright. seeing this, Hiei and Kagome burst out laughing to everyone's surprise. You bid everyone goodnight and leave the room, with Hermione following you, to see if you are alright. "What is so funny you two?" asks Kurama after they are gone. Kagome answers first. "Well, I can sense Ariana's aura. She is very powerful and well, her brother, how can I put this nicely, isn't!" Hiei then says "Besides, none of you, including you Yusuke and Kurama, have actually seen her powers. Kurama you've probably seen how she deals with plants , and Yusuke, you've seen how hard she can punch and kick, but I've seen her pyric (fire) and telepathic abilities. She has telekinesis on her side, as well as some pretty powerful fire attacks. Little known to her baka brother, she's a shooin!" Everyone is taken back by this. That is probably the most anyone had ever heard Hiei say at one time. But he was right.
When you and Hermione get back to your room, you see another bed with red sheets and gold pillows on it. 'Hermione, are those your favorite colors or something, cuz that is why my bed is the color it is...' "No, actually, those are the Gryffindor colors, from back at Hogwarts..." she replies. 'Oh, ok. I'm going to train a bit now, do you mind if I turn on some rock? I kinda tend to blare it.' Shockingly, she replies "Not at all! I haven't heard any rock in ages! My mum and dad don't really approve of it, and in Hogwarts , muggle appliances don't work, so I haven't really heard any in a while!" 'Go figure. Other than me, Hiei is the only other person who likes my music, in fact, he tends to steal my cd's from time to time. Yusuke and my darling brother like rap, ugh, and everybody else likes that pop fluff. Its disgusting really. I'm going to put in one of my mix cd's that I made!' you say. She nods and you pop it in and press play. The first track is 'I Hate Everything About You'. You start to sing as you begin to punch and kick your punching bag. /I will be putting the sog lyrics in here for some songs this is one of them/
Every time we lie awake after every hit we take every feeling that I get but I haven't missed you yet
Every roomate kept awake by every sigh and scream we make all the feelings that I get but I still don't miss you yet only when I stop to think about it
I hate everything about you why do I love you I hate everything about you why do I love you
Every time we lie awake after every hit we take every feeling that I get but I havent misse you yet only when I stop to think about it
I hate everything about you why do I love you I hate everything about you why do I love you
Only when I stop to think about you I know only when you stop to think about me do you know
I hate everything about you why do I love you you hate everything about me why do you love me?
I hate you hate I hate you love me
I hate everything about you why do I love you?
As the song ends, you think about the words and realize, yet again, that this is the story of your life. You had always loved Jeff somehwat, since he was technically your father, even though you hated every atribute of him. As did he despise every single thing about you, but he loved you for the fact that he would become powerful from you /or so he thought/. You stop with the punching bag. 'Meant to Live' comes on and you stretch both your body and your mind /I sound like a redbull comercial/ After that comes 'In the Shadows' and you practice your telekinetics. After lifting things with your mind mentally for 3 minutes , 'Break Stuff' by Limp Bizkit comes on and you begin to run in place. [Finally the fun part] you think as you head over to your weapons closet and open the doors. Hermione, who is watching you train, gasps as she sees inside of the closet and all the diferent weapons you have in there. First, you take out a half dozen shurikens /throwing stars/ and a target, aka a picture of Jeff's head. you hit the button to resume the music and 'Jude Law and a Semester Abroad' comes on. You start throwing, hitting his eyes, neck, right between the eyes, basically all the fatal places, and hit upon seeing your target each time. Next up is the song 'Sic transit Gloria... Gory Fades' and your two daggers. After you have swung them around for a few minutes, manuevering and twisting your body to dodge an opponent's lunges, you put away the daggers. This time, you pull out the spare katana that Koenma had lent you. Unlike the other weapons, Hiei had told you that once you had your own katana, you would be able to do much more with it, since a katana is part of its owner. This made sense to you, and you could tell when you were practicing with it what he meant. You turn on the cd once again, this time, the song is 'I Feel So' by Boxcar Racer /song time again! This is one of my favorite songs/
Sometimes I wish I was brave I wish I was stronger I wish I could feel no pain I wish I was young I wish I was shy I wish I was honest I wish I was you not I
flashback to when you were five'But Jeff,can't I have a birthday like my friends?' "Because you little ingrate, I already feed you and give you a home, let alone give you clothes, what more do you want?!!!!" 'A birthday..' you say. That was the first time he had ever hit you. He slapped you right across the face, and when you started to cry, he hit you again and again until you finally stopped.
Cause I feel so mad I feel so angry I feel so callused so lost confused again I feel so cheap so used unfaithful let's start over let's start over
Sometimes I wish I was smart I wish I made cures for how people are I wish I had power I wish I could lead I wish I could change the world for you and me
flashback to age eight: 'Jeff, my friend invited me to a sleepover! Can I go please? I promise that I'll be good!' "No you haven't washed the dishes yet!" 'But Jeff, the party isnt until next week!' "Are you talking back to me?" 'N-no I'm n-not' "Really? You aren't because it sure as hell sounded like it!" That was the first time he had punched you. You had a black eye for a while, and you had to lie and say that you had been trying to open something and punched your self.
Cause I feel so mad I feel so angry I feel so callused so lost confused again I feel so cheap so used unfaithful let's start over let's start over
Cause I feel so mad I feel so angry I feel so callused so lost confused again I feel so cheap so used unfaithful let's start over let's start over
flashback to when you were eleven: 'Jeff, I have been invited to a party by this girl, can I go, I have done all the chores you told me to do.' "Will there be boys there?" 'Um, yes I think so...' "Then no, boys have dirty minds and lots of girls do, do YOU hav a dirty mind Ariana?" 'No Jeff, I don't' "Well I bet that those boys will want to play kissing games and such." 'I won't play them then Jeff' "You little tramp, you are lying! Of course you will! And you'll probably screw him too! How did I raise such a slut of a daughter? Look at how you dress, what you look like! It's repulsive!" That was the day that he had chopped off your hair with a knife. Your hair has once to your butt and you bangs were brown and long as well. He chopped off most of your bangs and dyed them purple thinking that they would make you less atractive, when in reality, it had made you even prettier than before. When he realized this, he kicked you so hard that one of your ribs broke and after two weeks, he finally took you to the hospital and you said that you fell off of your bike. The doctor didn't believe it, but he didn't accuse Jeff of it. Jeff after all, was an upstanding citizen. You don't accuse those types of people of that sort of thing.
I feel so mad I feel so angry I feel so callused so lost confused again I feel so cheap so used unfaithful let's start over let's start over let's start over let's start over
When the song ends, you don't even notice and keep going with your lunges and blocks of an imaginary opponent . The memories of those incedents reoccuring to you just made you practice even harder. After about a half of an hour with your katana, you realize the song is over and stop. You put away the sword and look at Hermione. She has a look of disbelief on her face. Sullen at the moment from those memories, and ones just like them. After the incident with your ribs, you were never invited to another party, nobody talked to you anymore, and your best friend stopped talking to you. It was her party you had been invited to, and everyone thought you had stood her up, and she, being one of the most poplular girls in the 6th grade, was quite offended . 'Was I really that bad?' you ask sitting down. "No, actually, you were incredible, I've never seen anybody move like that! Not even Harry!" she replies. 'Are you serious? Those were just basics, I'm not training all too hard tonight.' "Well, yeah, I am serious, why wouldn't I be?" she says a bit shocked. 'Um, come with me..' you say and get up, as does she. You both go off to the living room where everybody but Kuwabara is watching a tv show. 'Um, guys, we have a situation.' You say. "What's that Ariana?" asks Kurama. 'This!' you reply and go into a series of punching / kicking combos. When you are finished, Yusuke says "I don't see the problem kid, you are improving.." 'No!' you say and point to the shocked looks on the teen wizard's /witch's faces. "Oh, that's the problem! But wait, you wre only doing basic moves. you didn't even use your powers!" You sweatdrop and then Hiei says "You know detective, I'm starting to think the baka is rubbing off on you." "Ooooooooh, ok, they are surprised that she can do basic moves!" Yusuke says knowingly. You sweatdrop again and say 'Maybe my brother is rubbing off on you, the fact they were shocked by that is not good, that means that they haven't had the slightest bit of proper training, jeez, even I knew that!' Once you are finished, Yusuke gives you a sheepish grin. "I already knew that! I was testing you to see if you knew!" 'Suuure.' you say skeptically. "Um, why don't we take care of this in the morning?" asks Sango, pointing to the clock. you look and see that it is 11:30. You both bid everyone goodnight /again/ and then head off to bed. Once you are in the room you go and change into a white tanktop and some plaid sleep bottoms. Then Hermione goes and changes into a long sleeveless blue night gown. Then you both climb into your beds. 'G'night Hermione' "Goodnight Ariana" you both say. Then you clap you hands and the lights turn off.
The next morning, when you wake up, you see it is still dark outside. So you get out of bed and quietly go to the bathroom and change into a camouflage tanktop that says in white lettering 'Ha! Now you can't see me!' /this is a shirt from Hot Topic, my stepbrother owns it as a shirt, get off my back/ and some black sweatpants that flare out at the bottom. You put your hair in a high ponytail so it won't get in your face then put on your eyeliner. You notice that your nail polish is worn away, so you put on a fresh coat of black nail polish. Satisfied since you werent going to wear any black eyeshadow or lipstick /today anyway/ you leave the bathroom and your room and head toward the kitchen. When you get in there, you look at the clock and see that it's only 4 a.m., so you decide to cook breakfast. You go to the fridge and pull out a carton of a dozen eggs. surveying it you think [hm, this might feed my brother, maybe Myoga too] You scurry about cooking and at 9, Kurama, Botan and Hiei walk into the dining room and gasp at what they see.
/yes it's me again, the following may sound like a lot to you, but believe me, its not. I live in a house along with 9 other people. What follows is basically Sunday breakfast doubled...which also may seem lika a lot, but hey, out of 10 people in that house, there are 4 teenagers, 3 little kids with BIG appetites, and 3 adults....... anyway, keep reading, just wanted to warn ya/
They see 4-5 bowls /BIG bowls/ of scrambled eggs.Stacks upon stacks of toast, bagels and english muffins . Several bowls of fried potatoes. Piles of Hashbrowns. Three bowls of fruit /one for each part of the table/. Plus a few Pitchers of orange juice, water and milk. "Wow." is all they can say. Just then, you walk in with 2 platters of sausage and 2 of bacon. 'Good morning guys!' you say, seeing them. You put down the plates where there is room then turn around to face them. "Ariana, did you make all of this?" asks Miroku. 'Well, yeah, who else would've? I'm the only other person up other than you guys!' Then, the doors swing open and following their noses are Kuwabara, Yusuke, Neville, Ron, Harry and Inuyasha float in /y'know, when characters float when following a smell......right?/ "Mmmm, something smells good, who made breakfast?" asks Yusuke, smelling the air and eyeing the table hungrily. "Ariana did." replies Kurama. This stops Kuwabara dead in his tracks. "Wait, my sister made all of this?! Impossible, she can't cook! We'll all be poisened!!" 'Shove it Kazuka. You really think I can't cook? Don't eat it, but I had to make his almighty Jeff breakfast every morning. But if you really don't wanna eat it, it isn't my problem. I just thought that I would give you a nice breakfast so you would have energy to fight me, that's all. But if you'd like to make my life a helluva lot easier and not eat FINE! See if I cook you breakfast again!' "Ha, I knew it! You want me to eat it because it's POISENED!!! Then, you'll be the winner for sure!" 'Ugh, fine, don't eat, but just keep in mind, that you aren't the only one eating!' and with that, you storm out of the dining room to go wake up everyone else for breakfast, tearing. [My own damn brother thinks I'm trying to poisen him. Fine then, let hime starve, ugh, god, why do I even bother sometimes?] back at the dining room "That was pretty harsh Kuwabara, she has been up a long time making all of us this big breakfastand you just accused her of trying to cheat her way into winning by poisening you. Do you really think she would do something like that after all she has been through? She wouldn't dream of it, you idiot!" says Miroku very flustered. He too, had grown to think of her like a little sister. Inuyasha still didn't quite like her that much, but Shippo , Sango and Kagome all thought of her like their sister. Which is a big thing, considering Sango's luck with her sibling /Kohaku/ With you You go and wake everyone else up and by 9:30, everybody was in the dining room eating. Kuwabara had appoligized and you had accepted, so you were basically on good terms again. By 10:15, eveything was gone and Everyone was very full. You get many thank-yous. after that Kuwabara says "So, are you ready to loose little sister?" 'Well, I would be, except Kazuka, the real question is are you ready to get your ass kicked by your younger sister?' Yusuke laughs at this and he and the rest of the guys get up and go to the nxt room over /except for Kuwa of course/
with the boys "I say that we make this a bit more interesting. Anybody care to bet?" says Yusuke. All the boys except Koenma, who wasn't there agree. The betting went as follows: /from least to most- everyone has yen now/ Neville- 50 to Kuwa (I've never seen them battle, but he looks so strong) Ron- 90 toAriana (After seeing the wrath of the girls I know, this girl can't be that different...) Myoga- 91 to Kuwa ( I don't doubt the boy's abillity to win this) Shippo- 91 to Ariana (she made good breakfast, and she is nicer and smarter than the boy) Miroku- 120 to Ariana (she seems quite powerful for a child) Inuyasha- 121 to Ariana (she is a full demon, he is a weak human, this is obvious) Kurama-130 to Ariana (I've seen her train, she has an amazing amount of energy, even for a demon) Hiei- 135 to Ariana (I've trained with this girl, she is so much better than her baka brother its amazing that they are related...) Harry-200 to Ariana (her presence is itself is amazingly powerful, it's scary almost) Yusuke- 500 to Ariana (I know for a fact she is better then her brother. She is a pretty hard hitter, almost packs a punch as hard as mine and she is only 12..)
Back to you "You ready?" asks Kuwa. 'Course I am, how about you?'you reply."As I'll ever be!" he states . 'Then let's go!' you say eagerly. Then the boys re-enter 'We are ready.I suppose that there is gambling afoot...' you say and the boys look down. You chuckle, then walk with Yusuke and Keiko. You look up at your brother figure 'Yusuke, how is the betting?' you ask. "Well actually, out of the ten of us, only two of us are betting on Kuwabara winning..." 'Are you serious, who voted against me? Inuyasha?' "Actually, it was Myoga and Neville." he replies. 'Oh, they've never seen Kuwabara perform, so I understand completely, he does look pretty strong, but how strong is he really?' "he's a pushover, I used to beat the crap out of him all the time, and you almost punch as hard as me, and you are two years younger than when I was punching that hard..." he says "Besides, you have to win, I bet 500 yen on you." This time Keiko cuts in "You WHAT?! Ariana, PLEASE win! This knumbskull bet WAY too much!!" 'Don't worry Keiko, I was planning on winning anyways, but not this will be an even sweeter defeat, for saving everyone so much money, and teaching Neville and Myoga just who they were betting for. A guy who can't beat his sister four years younger than him!' you say excitedly.
A few minutes later, you are both standing on opposite ends of the field. You hear Kurama say "Ready.... FIGHT!" Automatically, Kuwa summons his spirit sword and you unsheath your daggers, which you had chosen as your weapons. You easily block all of his attacks as he lunges at you. You hear Hiei say under his breath "Hm, I guess I taught the onna something right..." /You are a kitsune, excellent hearing/ After two minutes of locked weapons, you manage to pull the spirit sword out of his grasp and it dissappears. 'Oops.' you say innocently. Giving him a chance, you sheath your daggers. Distractedly wondering how you pulled the sword from his hands, he doesn't see you appear behind him. You trip him and he falls flat on his face. This goes on for a few minutes, every time he gets up, you swipe your foot out and trip him again. (She is toying with him. This onna is genious, she's like a violent little sister. Hm, one of each, one docile and one vicious, and she is even part fire demon...) Hiei thinks observing the match, then glancing over at his real sister, Yukina, who is watching the match with difficulty, since she is a pacifist. You just continue to trip him, time and time again, as he gets swirly eyes. Neville and Myoga watch this display in horror, realizing all the money they are about to lose. Finally, you deicide to end it, since you can see your brother is tired. As much as you love to beat him, he is still your brother and you care about him. So, you unsheath one of the daggers, and point it at his neck /he is a LOT taller than you, for example use him in comparrison to Hiei, since he is about your hight/'I do believe I've won Kazuma, dear brother' you say. You decided since you made a fool of him, you'd be nice enough to use his real name instead of Kazuka. Sadly, Neville and Myoga hand the other eight boys their winnings.
Suddenly something occurs to you. 'Hey what is the date?' you ask to nobody in particular. "It's August 1st, why?" says Kurama. Hiding your real reason, you say 'Because, school starts on the 9th!' you say exhasperated. "WHAT?!" yell Yusuke, Kuwabara, Keiko and Kurama together. /I know Keiko and Kurama like school, but too bad!/-/Ok, now the way I'm setting up school is weird, so listen, I'll explain it once, if you need to hear it again later on, read this or contact me. Here we go. I put Sarayashiki in an awkward position, they have no uniforms, becuase if you remember correctly, Ariana goes there as well, and she wore the hoodie and the baggy pants...yeah. I also made it a middle school AND a high schol, so that Yusuke , Kuwabara and Keiko could still go there. I'm also putting Kurama there, I know he went to Meiou high or something, but he transferred to Sarayashiki. Also, that day you got attacked was the last day of school, in case you couldn't guess from the way things have been going in the story. The entire school has lunch at the same time, this will come in handy, you'll see. Now got that? good, if not, reread it, but I'm going back to the story./ "But what are we gonna do?" asks Ron. Koenma, who was watching the match as well to see Ariana's progress says "Well, you won't be leaving just yet. I've talked to your Hermione's, Ron and Ginny's parents, Luna's father, Neville's grandmother, Harry's ant and uncle as well as all of your headmaster. He understands the situation, and has agreed that it is best you stay here for right now and as long as need be. Also, as far as this quidditch business, I've been informed that Harry and Ron are on a team? I can't allow you to go back to your school to play for your team, but I can have our brooms sent here and we have a big enough feild for you to play on. The other things, like the balls and goal posts can also be arranged. We can get brooms and such for everyone else as well, I believe this would be a good past time, a way to stay in shape and have fun. As far as flying, Harry, Ron and Botan can teach you all who don't know how to." At this comment, Ron's eyes bulge. 'The blue haired girl can fly, but how? You don't have brooms here, do you?" Now Botan steps forward, with her oar. "I use this, it's quite simple really." Then she mounts it sidesaddle /sidebroom, whatever/ and zooms off, flying around the training field a few times before touching back down.
Koenma takes this as an oppurtunity, and goes back to his office. Keiko thanks you again fr saving Yusuke's butt, then you head inside, Ron still amazed. You say you see everyone later, then run to your room for the real reason you had asked what the date was. Harry's birthday! Hermione had told you his birthday was July 31! You walk over to your closet and pull oat a cherry wood box with the symbol for joy on it. This was the box of desires. You simply had to ask for something and it would appear in the box. However, the box can sense aura and if it detects a bad aura or is asked for something evil, it will not react /I made this up./. Thinking fast, you decide on something. You wish for it really hard and soon you hear a soft thud, sugnifying the object had appeared. You lift the lid and take out the pendant you had wished for. It had a ruby red circular base, it clinked, so you figured it wa some sort of metal. The initials 'HP' into it and a lightning bolt was below it. Curled around all of this, was a golden lion with a green eye. The chain was an orangey gold colored metal. Pleased with this present, you conjure up a box, wrapping paper and some tape. Once you finish wrapping it, you make your way through the halls once again, until you get to Kurama and Harry's room. You knock on the door and Kurama answers. You whisper to him why you are there, and a look of horror crossed his face. You laugh and then show him that you adressed it from everyone. He sighed in relief and then he points to a corner with a white chair and a bookcase. IN the chair, you see Harry reading a book. He doesn't notice you approach, so you put your hands over his eyes carefully /so as not to smudge the lenses/. You put on your best British accent then say 'Guess who!' He thinks about it then says "Hm.....Hermione?" 'Nope' "Ginny?" 'Noo' "Luna?" 'Wrong again.' "Ron?" 'NO!' you say, loosing your accent insulted that he called you Ron. "Oh, hello Ariana, thanks for finally using you real accent." 'Your quite welcome Mr. Potter!' "Reason for your visit perhaps?" he asks curiously. 'Course! I came to tell you.... HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY! Mr. I- think-I-can-hide-my-birthday -just-because-I'm-somewhere-new. Hermione told me a long time ago!' He is laughing very hard now at your fake angry tone. His hands are palm up from holding the book, so you put the present down on the pages. He stops laughing when he sees this. "You didn't have to get me anything." he says softly. 'Don't care. Besides, you're our friend and we all pitched in to buy it.' you say fake matter-o-factly. 'Now open it!' So, he slowly undoes the paper and opens the box. His eyes pop out of his head as he gazes at it. "Wow, th-thank you!" you can see his eyes well up. 'I'm sorry Harry, if you don't like it we-' "It's not that! I love it! It just reminds me of my parents is all." he says looking down. 'This is the pendant of life. If you press on your initials and say a persons name, the pendant will glow a color. It will glow green if the person is safe or healthy. It will glow orange if the person is in danger, or is fataly ill. It will glow red if the person has passed away. Try it out.' He thinks on it and then says "Sirius Black" the pendant glows a soft red. 'I'm sorry Harry.' "It's ok Ariana, it's just, this thing would have come in handy last year is all." he sighs. 'Well, happy late birthday again Harry' you say and give him a hug. Then you leave the room and head back to your own room thinkin about how unfair Harry's life had been, you see that you and Harry had similar lives. Both so unfair and full of misery where there should have been happiness. With that thought in mind, you enter your room, put in the Meteora cd and lay down on your bed. As 'Somewhere I belong' comes on, you sing along, knowing this is the story of not just your life story, but Harry's as well.
(When this began) I had nothing to say And I get lost in the nothingness inside of me (I was confused) And I let it all out to find That I'm not the only person with these things in mind (Inside of me) But all the vacancy the words revealed Is the only real thing that I've got left to feel (Nothing to lose) Just stuck/ hollow and alone And the fault is my own, and the fault is my own
You think back to that fateful day when those bullies had attacked you, and Yusuke had saved you. The memories still fresh as if they had just happened yesterday, and then the beating you had gotten, for standing up for yourself
I wanna heal, I wanna feel what I thought was never real I wanna let go of the pain I've held so long (Erase all the pain till it's gone) I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I'm close to something real I wanna find something I've wanted all along Somewhere I belong
And I've got nothing to say I can't believe I didn't fall right down on my face (I was confused) Looking everywhere only to find That it's not the way I had imagined it all in my mind (So what am I) What do I have but negativity 'Cause I can't justify the way, everyone is looking at me (Nothing to lose) Nothing to gain/ hollow and alone And the fault is my own, and the fault is my own
You think about all the times Jeff had beaten you, telling you it was your fault, you were the bad one and had to be punished for it. You had accepted this over time, why else would he have done it, you had thought to your self. You always thouht that, until you had found out the truth, he wanted your power.
I wanna heal, I wanna feel what I thought was never real I wanna let go of the pain I've held so long (Erase all the pain till it's gone) I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I'm close to something real I wanna find something I've wanted all along Somewhere I belong
I will never know myself until I do this on my own And I will never feel anything else, until my wounds are healed I will never be anything till I break away from me I will break away, I'll find myself today
Thinking back to the day when your powers had been unleashed, the energy you had elt, the exhileration, it was amazing. The way your powers just came up to protect you from Hiei's plumetting blade.
I wanna heal, I wanna feel what I thought was never real I wanna let go of the pain I've held so long (Erase all the pain till it's gone) I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I'm close to something real I wanna find something I've wanted all along Somewhere I belong
I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I'm somewhere I belong I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I'm somewhere I belong Somewhere I belong
Somewhere I belong
As the song ends, you think about all those things again, then drift into a fitful dream where you were falling down a neverending blackness, with Jeff's yelling ringing through your ears
The next morning (I say that a lot don't I) you wake up to the sun in your face. You climb out of bed and glance at the clock. It reads 11:30. Realizing this, you jump up and run to the kitchen, finding it empty, so you run to the living room. Eveyone looks up from what they are doing as you skid to a halt on the carpet . You blush, realizing your are still in pajamas and everyone else was already dressed. You run back to your room, grab some cothes and get dressed. you emerge in arizona jeans a nd a black shirt with Ralph /from the simpsons/ on it and he is wearing dirty nasty clothes with holes and rips in them. In big white letters above him is written /really sloppily/ 'I dress myself' /This is a real shirt from Hot Topic/. You left your hair down and put some eyeliner on. Next you go to your closet and grab the shurikens, daggers, bow and arrow as well as the katana before jogging back into the living room. 'Good morning! So, are we going to take care of our problem today?'you ask. "Sort of.." replies Inuyasha "We're going to train in front of them. so they can see which weapon they will want to use." finishes Miroku. 'Oh, ok, so, who will I be fight ing first today?' you ask eagerly. "You're fighting me first" says Miroku . 'Ok, just don't use that tunnel thingy on me please!' you say jokingly. He doesn't realize this "I don't use it while training, Innoncent people could be hurt." You sweatdrop. 'I know that, it was a joke monk!' Embarassed, he replies "Of course...." 'Well, let's go, I'm pumped!' you say practicallly bouncing up and down. You hear Inuyasha mutter under his breath "This one has more energy than Shippo and Kagome combined and she hasn't eaten yet." You giggle then suggest that you all have a mini competition to see who was the best fighter. Everyone agrees. You are happy and say 'Lets go then!' and then start to walk towards the training grounds. /the following is the pairings for round one/
Ariana/Miroku, Sango/Kurama, Yusuke/Kagome, Hiei/Inuyasha /Kuwa decided not to compete/
As you are walking you hear Hiei say in your head Win this for us onna, show up that stupid hanyou you reply Sure, I wasn't planning on losing, usually don't..... So you walk through the doors and straight out to the side and drop off the katana and bow and arrows, then head onto the field. Miroku walks to the other end and you hear Kurama give the go. You pull out your shurikens. Miroku lunges at you and you dodge , throwing a star in the process, it swipes his side, cutting the robe. Unfased, he swings at you again, this time, you can't dodge fast enough and it makes contact in your stomach. You take a step back, ignoring any pain you may have and throw more stars, they catch his robes and he goes flying into a tree getting pinned to the trunk. [perfect] you think as you run towards the tree before he can unpin himself. As you run, you unsheath a dagger and place it at his neck as you arrive. 'I think I win monk.' you say. "I admit, you are an amazing fighter for your age." Miroku says as he waits for you to take the shurikens out of the tree, releasing him. After five minutes, you realize you left him there and release him. You then go and sit on the sidelines sitting in between Hermione and Yusuke as Sango and Kurama battle. Sango easily defeats Kurama when she knocks his rose whip away with her infamous boomerang. Then Yusuke overpowers Kagome and it was time for the match everyone was waiting for. Hiei vs. Inuyasha. They both walked out, with determind looks on their faces. You give the go and they are imediately dueling. The tetsuiga and Hiei's katana clashing every few minutes. Hiei then shouts "fists of the mortal flame!" and his fists ignite. Luna gasps and Hiei sheaths his katana jumping away from a lunge courtesy of Inuyasha. He starts punching him vigourasley and mercilessly, dissappearing every now and then then reappearing and punching Inuyasha again. After a while, Inuyasha senses him and brings the tetsuiga down as it makes contact with Hiei's shoulder. He doesn't even stop and sidekicks Inuyasha in his bck, sending him flying. The inferno fists /I like calling them that/ die down as he races over and holds his katana to his throat. Grumbling at his loss, Inuyasha stalks back over, then plops down next to Kagome who is sporting a bruise on her arm.
You all take a break as you get healed by Yukina. After you get healed, you walk over to Shizuru who is talking to Keiko . 'Hey sis!' "Hello Ariana, I saw you yesterday. Good job, very good job." 'Thank you.' "And good job today as well. You have some stiff competition for the second round." 'I know, I just hope that I don't have to fight Hiei yet...' "Why is that?" asks Keiko. 'Well, I just have a strong feeling that if I do, something is going to happen, and if something does happen, I still want to be able to fight if I win!' you say in one breath. Keiko looks at you an 'o' of surprise on her mouth. Kurama walks over with the hat, and the four of you go over to him. he draws the first slip out -Hiei. Then he draws out his competitor - Sango. Which meant that you would be fighting Yusuke. You sighed in relief, then realized what just happened 'This should be interesting....' you think. Hiei and Sango's fight goes quickly, with Hiei obviously coming out the victor.You and Yusuke walk out onto the field and you decided on using the shurikens and your daggers again. You saw how easily kagome had been beaten when she was trying to get an arrow in place and you were determined to win, even if you did have to battle your brother figure. Kurama /yet again/ gives the go and Yusuke charges at you. you do the same and when you are close enough to him - disappear. This shocks everyone in the audiance except Hiei who is smirking (I knew she would use that technique. It's a good thing she kept her speed a secret until now, that caught the detective way off guard) he thinks observing the match. you reappear behind him and kick him in the square of the back, sending him flying. He quickly regains his composure and fires a shot at you. You jump up to avoid it, but it get your calf and you fall over. you get up as fast as you can and throw a shuriken at him. It grazes his cheek and he scowls at how easily he could have avoided that. He charges at you again and you disappear, reappearing at his side, punching his cheek. You punched him so hard, he was knocked out of bounds and you wre declared the winner. As soon as that happens, you run top speed over to Yusuke, who is standing up slowly. 'You ok?' you ask him. He smiles and says "Yep, guess I taught ya too good.." 'Guess you did, I hope you didn't bet on that match.' " No, I didn't." 'Well, I have to go face Hiei momentarily.....' "Yep, good luck kid, just remember, he is as fast as you are, if not faster." "Actually Yusuke, we trained using our speed and I'm a bit faster.' you say modestly. "That's great! Then you will win no doubt!" 'Thanks, I need all the luck I can get.' you say and walk with him to Yukina to get healed. You then go over to the sidelines to retrieve the katana. hermione wishes you good luck and you glance at hiei and see he is going onto the field, so you follow.
When you are both in position, Kurama gives the go, and you both unsheath your katanas. You oth charge and you disappear before you make contact. You bring the katana down as you reappear behind him. He blocks and the blades stay locked for a moment. You both pull away and he automatically swings, not giving you time to block. The blade crashes into your side. You wince at the pain, but continue fighting. This goes on for another half hour. You and hiei blocking each other's blows in turn. Sometimes getting hit, others not. Suddenly, the pain from before comes back, shooting through your head and spine. Then, the pain is replaced by a numb feeling. As the feeling subsides, a red light engulfes you. When the light fades, you feel refreshed. hiei is staring at you with a weird look on his face. You use this as a chance to swing and you do. You knock the katana clear away from his hands. The croud gasps, nobody has ever managed to do that. This bringa him back from his daze and before he can lunge for his katana, you have the one in your own hands at his neck. 'Did I just win?' you ask aloud. "Yes, you won, fair and square." Hiei says. Yusuke then runs up to you "You won! You won kid you won! You actually beat HIEI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And look at ya!" 'Um..whoo? What wahat are you talking about? It's just me, isn't it?' you ask worried. "Oh that's right, you can't see yourself. Come on, we'll show you after you get healed." says Yusuke excitedly. So you go over to Yukina and she heals your side, arms and leg. Then you follow Yusuke and Keiko through the house to your room, where they open the bathroom door and shove you inside, standing at the doorway. You gasp when you see yourself. Your once brown and purple hair is now totally purple with lighter shades in certain places. Your hazel eyes are now dark blue and glitter like dancing flames /you are a fire demon..../ You also have ears and a tail that are almost maroon in color. 'Holy crap! What in Kami's name happened to me?!' you ask amazed. You hear Kurama say from behind Yusuke "That would be your demon form Ariana, when you call upon it, you will turn into that." he says calmly. 'Well, I can change back can't I?' "Of course, just will yourself to." he says. So you sit there thinking [turn back human, turn back human] the numb feeling washes over you again, and when you look back into the mirror, you see your old self staring back at you. 'Yay!' you say happily. You walk back with them into the kitchen for a late lunch.
tune in soon for back to school shopping and the infamous first day of school
summary ( the real one): The story of a 12 year old Ariana Carter. A girl who has been abused all her life. But what will happen when she saves a person who will save her in turn from her desolation, and what will happen when she meets a few more people who will change her life forever. Inu, YuYu & HP x-over
rating: PG-13 for slight language ( me and my mouth), mentions of violence, and descriptions of brutal violence varied from abuse to battle.
key: /.../= author's notes '...'= Ariana speaking "..."= everyone else speaking [...]=Ariana thinking (...)= everyone else's thoughts ...=telepathic convorsation
now on with my story!
Hard Knock Life
by: fallenangelscorn
chapter 2
Discovery of the Demonic Ariana
"Only ten dollars?!" cries Yusuke. 'Yep!' you gasp from laughing so hard. He looks sullen at first, then his face brightens and he says "Good thing I'm not planning on heading to the states huh kid?" /he has taken to calling you kid most of the time, ironic really, since he asks your name so he won't have to call you that originally, but he considers you his little sister, seriously, he cares as much as Kuwa. Kurama and hiei care too, but not quite as much as the other two-hm, this author's note is long.... lets get back to the story!/ You laugh and nod, turning to Hermione, who is still laughing very hard. 'Um, Hermione? You need to breath, it's kinda important.' you say, as she is turning red in the face now, tears streaming down her face. [Did someone cast a cheering charm on her or something?] you think as you pat her on the back. When Hermione has finally calmed herself down, the other boys come in and sit down. About five minutes later, the girls /Botan, Yukina and Keiko/ come out and place steaming bowls of ramen in front of everybody. Before they can take their own seats, Yusuke and Kuwabara are slurping their last noodles and holding out their bowls for more.
/Now Im just gonna do the seating arrangement real quick./
Yukina Neville Ginny Shizuru Ariana/you Hermione Ron Luna Inuyasha Myoga Hiei
Koenma
Kurama Kuwabara Yusuke Keiko Shippo Harry Sango Miroku Kagome Botan /that is the seating arrangement, I know that they aren't perfectly across from each other, but sue me, some of their names are long, besides, you get the drift/
Yukina kindly refills Kuwabaras bowl for the fourth time. You have been holding your comment back for the past few minutes, but you can't help yourself any longer. 'Jeez bro, eat any more and training won't save you. You'll be too fat and slow to dodge any of our or any enemy's attacks, not that you could now anyways...' you say snickering. "What was that last part sis? I missed it." he says coldly. Not even phased , you say 'I hope you heard me Kazuka /that is your nickname for him, which he HATES with a passion/, or is your hearing slowly leaving too? I said not that you could dodge anybody's attacks anyways as it is.' "Care to test that theory?" he asks angrily. 'Absolutely big brother, just not tonight, I want you to at least have a small chance, and with your stomach so full, you'll be even more sluggish than usual. Hows about tomorrow morning?' you say sweetly. This just pisses him off more and he shouts "You're on little sister! Prepare to LOSE!!!!!!!!!!" and he storms out of the room. Seeing this, Hiei and Kagome burst out laughing to everyone's surprise. You bid everyone goodnight and leave the room, with Hermione following you, to see if you are alright. seeing this, Hiei and Kagome burst out laughing to everyone's surprise. You bid everyone goodnight and leave the room, with Hermione following you, to see if you are alright. "What is so funny you two?" asks Kurama after they are gone. Kagome answers first. "Well, I can sense Ariana's aura. She is very powerful and well, her brother, how can I put this nicely, isn't!" Hiei then says "Besides, none of you, including you Yusuke and Kurama, have actually seen her powers. Kurama you've probably seen how she deals with plants , and Yusuke, you've seen how hard she can punch and kick, but I've seen her pyric (fire) and telepathic abilities. She has telekinesis on her side, as well as some pretty powerful fire attacks. Little known to her baka brother, she's a shooin!" Everyone is taken back by this. That is probably the most anyone had ever heard Hiei say at one time. But he was right.
When you and Hermione get back to your room, you see another bed with red sheets and gold pillows on it. 'Hermione, are those your favorite colors or something, cuz that is why my bed is the color it is...' "No, actually, those are the Gryffindor colors, from back at Hogwarts..." she replies. 'Oh, ok. I'm going to train a bit now, do you mind if I turn on some rock? I kinda tend to blare it.' Shockingly, she replies "Not at all! I haven't heard any rock in ages! My mum and dad don't really approve of it, and in Hogwarts , muggle appliances don't work, so I haven't really heard any in a while!" 'Go figure. Other than me, Hiei is the only other person who likes my music, in fact, he tends to steal my cd's from time to time. Yusuke and my darling brother like rap, ugh, and everybody else likes that pop fluff. Its disgusting really. I'm going to put in one of my mix cd's that I made!' you say. She nods and you pop it in and press play. The first track is 'I Hate Everything About You'. You start to sing as you begin to punch and kick your punching bag. /I will be putting the sog lyrics in here for some songs this is one of them/
Every time we lie awake after every hit we take every feeling that I get but I haven't missed you yet
Every roomate kept awake by every sigh and scream we make all the feelings that I get but I still don't miss you yet only when I stop to think about it
I hate everything about you why do I love you I hate everything about you why do I love you
Every time we lie awake after every hit we take every feeling that I get but I havent misse you yet only when I stop to think about it
I hate everything about you why do I love you I hate everything about you why do I love you
Only when I stop to think about you I know only when you stop to think about me do you know
I hate everything about you why do I love you you hate everything about me why do you love me?
I hate you hate I hate you love me
I hate everything about you why do I love you?
As the song ends, you think about the words and realize, yet again, that this is the story of your life. You had always loved Jeff somehwat, since he was technically your father, even though you hated every atribute of him. As did he despise every single thing about you, but he loved you for the fact that he would become powerful from you /or so he thought/. You stop with the punching bag. 'Meant to Live' comes on and you stretch both your body and your mind /I sound like a redbull comercial/ After that comes 'In the Shadows' and you practice your telekinetics. After lifting things with your mind mentally for 3 minutes , 'Break Stuff' by Limp Bizkit comes on and you begin to run in place. [Finally the fun part] you think as you head over to your weapons closet and open the doors. Hermione, who is watching you train, gasps as she sees inside of the closet and all the diferent weapons you have in there. First, you take out a half dozen shurikens /throwing stars/ and a target, aka a picture of Jeff's head. you hit the button to resume the music and 'Jude Law and a Semester Abroad' comes on. You start throwing, hitting his eyes, neck, right between the eyes, basically all the fatal places, and hit upon seeing your target each time. Next up is the song 'Sic transit Gloria... Gory Fades' and your two daggers. After you have swung them around for a few minutes, manuevering and twisting your body to dodge an opponent's lunges, you put away the daggers. This time, you pull out the spare katana that Koenma had lent you. Unlike the other weapons, Hiei had told you that once you had your own katana, you would be able to do much more with it, since a katana is part of its owner. This made sense to you, and you could tell when you were practicing with it what he meant. You turn on the cd once again, this time, the song is 'I Feel So' by Boxcar Racer /song time again! This is one of my favorite songs/
Sometimes I wish I was brave I wish I was stronger I wish I could feel no pain I wish I was young I wish I was shy I wish I was honest I wish I was you not I
flashback to when you were five'But Jeff,can't I have a birthday like my friends?' "Because you little ingrate, I already feed you and give you a home, let alone give you clothes, what more do you want?!!!!" 'A birthday..' you say. That was the first time he had ever hit you. He slapped you right across the face, and when you started to cry, he hit you again and again until you finally stopped.
Cause I feel so mad I feel so angry I feel so callused so lost confused again I feel so cheap so used unfaithful let's start over let's start over
Sometimes I wish I was smart I wish I made cures for how people are I wish I had power I wish I could lead I wish I could change the world for you and me
flashback to age eight: 'Jeff, my friend invited me to a sleepover! Can I go please? I promise that I'll be good!' "No you haven't washed the dishes yet!" 'But Jeff, the party isnt until next week!' "Are you talking back to me?" 'N-no I'm n-not' "Really? You aren't because it sure as hell sounded like it!" That was the first time he had punched you. You had a black eye for a while, and you had to lie and say that you had been trying to open something and punched your self.
Cause I feel so mad I feel so angry I feel so callused so lost confused again I feel so cheap so used unfaithful let's start over let's start over
Cause I feel so mad I feel so angry I feel so callused so lost confused again I feel so cheap so used unfaithful let's start over let's start over
flashback to when you were eleven: 'Jeff, I have been invited to a party by this girl, can I go, I have done all the chores you told me to do.' "Will there be boys there?" 'Um, yes I think so...' "Then no, boys have dirty minds and lots of girls do, do YOU hav a dirty mind Ariana?" 'No Jeff, I don't' "Well I bet that those boys will want to play kissing games and such." 'I won't play them then Jeff' "You little tramp, you are lying! Of course you will! And you'll probably screw him too! How did I raise such a slut of a daughter? Look at how you dress, what you look like! It's repulsive!" That was the day that he had chopped off your hair with a knife. Your hair has once to your butt and you bangs were brown and long as well. He chopped off most of your bangs and dyed them purple thinking that they would make you less atractive, when in reality, it had made you even prettier than before. When he realized this, he kicked you so hard that one of your ribs broke and after two weeks, he finally took you to the hospital and you said that you fell off of your bike. The doctor didn't believe it, but he didn't accuse Jeff of it. Jeff after all, was an upstanding citizen. You don't accuse those types of people of that sort of thing.
I feel so mad I feel so angry I feel so callused so lost confused again I feel so cheap so used unfaithful let's start over let's start over let's start over let's start over
When the song ends, you don't even notice and keep going with your lunges and blocks of an imaginary opponent . The memories of those incedents reoccuring to you just made you practice even harder. After about a half of an hour with your katana, you realize the song is over and stop. You put away the sword and look at Hermione. She has a look of disbelief on her face. Sullen at the moment from those memories, and ones just like them. After the incident with your ribs, you were never invited to another party, nobody talked to you anymore, and your best friend stopped talking to you. It was her party you had been invited to, and everyone thought you had stood her up, and she, being one of the most poplular girls in the 6th grade, was quite offended . 'Was I really that bad?' you ask sitting down. "No, actually, you were incredible, I've never seen anybody move like that! Not even Harry!" she replies. 'Are you serious? Those were just basics, I'm not training all too hard tonight.' "Well, yeah, I am serious, why wouldn't I be?" she says a bit shocked. 'Um, come with me..' you say and get up, as does she. You both go off to the living room where everybody but Kuwabara is watching a tv show. 'Um, guys, we have a situation.' You say. "What's that Ariana?" asks Kurama. 'This!' you reply and go into a series of punching / kicking combos. When you are finished, Yusuke says "I don't see the problem kid, you are improving.." 'No!' you say and point to the shocked looks on the teen wizard's /witch's faces. "Oh, that's the problem! But wait, you wre only doing basic moves. you didn't even use your powers!" You sweatdrop and then Hiei says "You know detective, I'm starting to think the baka is rubbing off on you." "Ooooooooh, ok, they are surprised that she can do basic moves!" Yusuke says knowingly. You sweatdrop again and say 'Maybe my brother is rubbing off on you, the fact they were shocked by that is not good, that means that they haven't had the slightest bit of proper training, jeez, even I knew that!' Once you are finished, Yusuke gives you a sheepish grin. "I already knew that! I was testing you to see if you knew!" 'Suuure.' you say skeptically. "Um, why don't we take care of this in the morning?" asks Sango, pointing to the clock. you look and see that it is 11:30. You both bid everyone goodnight /again/ and then head off to bed. Once you are in the room you go and change into a white tanktop and some plaid sleep bottoms. Then Hermione goes and changes into a long sleeveless blue night gown. Then you both climb into your beds. 'G'night Hermione' "Goodnight Ariana" you both say. Then you clap you hands and the lights turn off.
The next morning, when you wake up, you see it is still dark outside. So you get out of bed and quietly go to the bathroom and change into a camouflage tanktop that says in white lettering 'Ha! Now you can't see me!' /this is a shirt from Hot Topic, my stepbrother owns it as a shirt, get off my back/ and some black sweatpants that flare out at the bottom. You put your hair in a high ponytail so it won't get in your face then put on your eyeliner. You notice that your nail polish is worn away, so you put on a fresh coat of black nail polish. Satisfied since you werent going to wear any black eyeshadow or lipstick /today anyway/ you leave the bathroom and your room and head toward the kitchen. When you get in there, you look at the clock and see that it's only 4 a.m., so you decide to cook breakfast. You go to the fridge and pull out a carton of a dozen eggs. surveying it you think [hm, this might feed my brother, maybe Myoga too] You scurry about cooking and at 9, Kurama, Botan and Hiei walk into the dining room and gasp at what they see.
/yes it's me again, the following may sound like a lot to you, but believe me, its not. I live in a house along with 9 other people. What follows is basically Sunday breakfast doubled...which also may seem lika a lot, but hey, out of 10 people in that house, there are 4 teenagers, 3 little kids with BIG appetites, and 3 adults....... anyway, keep reading, just wanted to warn ya/
They see 4-5 bowls /BIG bowls/ of scrambled eggs.Stacks upon stacks of toast, bagels and english muffins . Several bowls of fried potatoes. Piles of Hashbrowns. Three bowls of fruit /one for each part of the table/. Plus a few Pitchers of orange juice, water and milk. "Wow." is all they can say. Just then, you walk in with 2 platters of sausage and 2 of bacon. 'Good morning guys!' you say, seeing them. You put down the plates where there is room then turn around to face them. "Ariana, did you make all of this?" asks Miroku. 'Well, yeah, who else would've? I'm the only other person up other than you guys!' Then, the doors swing open and following their noses are Kuwabara, Yusuke, Neville, Ron, Harry and Inuyasha float in /y'know, when characters float when following a smell......right?/ "Mmmm, something smells good, who made breakfast?" asks Yusuke, smelling the air and eyeing the table hungrily. "Ariana did." replies Kurama. This stops Kuwabara dead in his tracks. "Wait, my sister made all of this?! Impossible, she can't cook! We'll all be poisened!!" 'Shove it Kazuka. You really think I can't cook? Don't eat it, but I had to make his almighty Jeff breakfast every morning. But if you really don't wanna eat it, it isn't my problem. I just thought that I would give you a nice breakfast so you would have energy to fight me, that's all. But if you'd like to make my life a helluva lot easier and not eat FINE! See if I cook you breakfast again!' "Ha, I knew it! You want me to eat it because it's POISENED!!! Then, you'll be the winner for sure!" 'Ugh, fine, don't eat, but just keep in mind, that you aren't the only one eating!' and with that, you storm out of the dining room to go wake up everyone else for breakfast, tearing. [My own damn brother thinks I'm trying to poisen him. Fine then, let hime starve, ugh, god, why do I even bother sometimes?] back at the dining room "That was pretty harsh Kuwabara, she has been up a long time making all of us this big breakfastand you just accused her of trying to cheat her way into winning by poisening you. Do you really think she would do something like that after all she has been through? She wouldn't dream of it, you idiot!" says Miroku very flustered. He too, had grown to think of her like a little sister. Inuyasha still didn't quite like her that much, but Shippo , Sango and Kagome all thought of her like their sister. Which is a big thing, considering Sango's luck with her sibling /Kohaku/ With you You go and wake everyone else up and by 9:30, everybody was in the dining room eating. Kuwabara had appoligized and you had accepted, so you were basically on good terms again. By 10:15, eveything was gone and Everyone was very full. You get many thank-yous. after that Kuwabara says "So, are you ready to loose little sister?" 'Well, I would be, except Kazuka, the real question is are you ready to get your ass kicked by your younger sister?' Yusuke laughs at this and he and the rest of the guys get up and go to the nxt room over /except for Kuwa of course/
with the boys "I say that we make this a bit more interesting. Anybody care to bet?" says Yusuke. All the boys except Koenma, who wasn't there agree. The betting went as follows: /from least to most- everyone has yen now/ Neville- 50 to Kuwa (I've never seen them battle, but he looks so strong) Ron- 90 toAriana (After seeing the wrath of the girls I know, this girl can't be that different...) Myoga- 91 to Kuwa ( I don't doubt the boy's abillity to win this) Shippo- 91 to Ariana (she made good breakfast, and she is nicer and smarter than the boy) Miroku- 120 to Ariana (she seems quite powerful for a child) Inuyasha- 121 to Ariana (she is a full demon, he is a weak human, this is obvious) Kurama-130 to Ariana (I've seen her train, she has an amazing amount of energy, even for a demon) Hiei- 135 to Ariana (I've trained with this girl, she is so much better than her baka brother its amazing that they are related...) Harry-200 to Ariana (her presence is itself is amazingly powerful, it's scary almost) Yusuke- 500 to Ariana (I know for a fact she is better then her brother. She is a pretty hard hitter, almost packs a punch as hard as mine and she is only 12..)
Back to you "You ready?" asks Kuwa. 'Course I am, how about you?'you reply."As I'll ever be!" he states . 'Then let's go!' you say eagerly. Then the boys re-enter 'We are ready.I suppose that there is gambling afoot...' you say and the boys look down. You chuckle, then walk with Yusuke and Keiko. You look up at your brother figure 'Yusuke, how is the betting?' you ask. "Well actually, out of the ten of us, only two of us are betting on Kuwabara winning..." 'Are you serious, who voted against me? Inuyasha?' "Actually, it was Myoga and Neville." he replies. 'Oh, they've never seen Kuwabara perform, so I understand completely, he does look pretty strong, but how strong is he really?' "he's a pushover, I used to beat the crap out of him all the time, and you almost punch as hard as me, and you are two years younger than when I was punching that hard..." he says "Besides, you have to win, I bet 500 yen on you." This time Keiko cuts in "You WHAT?! Ariana, PLEASE win! This knumbskull bet WAY too much!!" 'Don't worry Keiko, I was planning on winning anyways, but not this will be an even sweeter defeat, for saving everyone so much money, and teaching Neville and Myoga just who they were betting for. A guy who can't beat his sister four years younger than him!' you say excitedly.
A few minutes later, you are both standing on opposite ends of the field. You hear Kurama say "Ready.... FIGHT!" Automatically, Kuwa summons his spirit sword and you unsheath your daggers, which you had chosen as your weapons. You easily block all of his attacks as he lunges at you. You hear Hiei say under his breath "Hm, I guess I taught the onna something right..." /You are a kitsune, excellent hearing/ After two minutes of locked weapons, you manage to pull the spirit sword out of his grasp and it dissappears. 'Oops.' you say innocently. Giving him a chance, you sheath your daggers. Distractedly wondering how you pulled the sword from his hands, he doesn't see you appear behind him. You trip him and he falls flat on his face. This goes on for a few minutes, every time he gets up, you swipe your foot out and trip him again. (She is toying with him. This onna is genious, she's like a violent little sister. Hm, one of each, one docile and one vicious, and she is even part fire demon...) Hiei thinks observing the match, then glancing over at his real sister, Yukina, who is watching the match with difficulty, since she is a pacifist. You just continue to trip him, time and time again, as he gets swirly eyes. Neville and Myoga watch this display in horror, realizing all the money they are about to lose. Finally, you deicide to end it, since you can see your brother is tired. As much as you love to beat him, he is still your brother and you care about him. So, you unsheath one of the daggers, and point it at his neck /he is a LOT taller than you, for example use him in comparrison to Hiei, since he is about your hight/'I do believe I've won Kazuma, dear brother' you say. You decided since you made a fool of him, you'd be nice enough to use his real name instead of Kazuka. Sadly, Neville and Myoga hand the other eight boys their winnings.
Suddenly something occurs to you. 'Hey what is the date?' you ask to nobody in particular. "It's August 1st, why?" says Kurama. Hiding your real reason, you say 'Because, school starts on the 9th!' you say exhasperated. "WHAT?!" yell Yusuke, Kuwabara, Keiko and Kurama together. /I know Keiko and Kurama like school, but too bad!/-/Ok, now the way I'm setting up school is weird, so listen, I'll explain it once, if you need to hear it again later on, read this or contact me. Here we go. I put Sarayashiki in an awkward position, they have no uniforms, becuase if you remember correctly, Ariana goes there as well, and she wore the hoodie and the baggy pants...yeah. I also made it a middle school AND a high schol, so that Yusuke , Kuwabara and Keiko could still go there. I'm also putting Kurama there, I know he went to Meiou high or something, but he transferred to Sarayashiki. Also, that day you got attacked was the last day of school, in case you couldn't guess from the way things have been going in the story. The entire school has lunch at the same time, this will come in handy, you'll see. Now got that? good, if not, reread it, but I'm going back to the story./ "But what are we gonna do?" asks Ron. Koenma, who was watching the match as well to see Ariana's progress says "Well, you won't be leaving just yet. I've talked to your Hermione's, Ron and Ginny's parents, Luna's father, Neville's grandmother, Harry's ant and uncle as well as all of your headmaster. He understands the situation, and has agreed that it is best you stay here for right now and as long as need be. Also, as far as this quidditch business, I've been informed that Harry and Ron are on a team? I can't allow you to go back to your school to play for your team, but I can have our brooms sent here and we have a big enough feild for you to play on. The other things, like the balls and goal posts can also be arranged. We can get brooms and such for everyone else as well, I believe this would be a good past time, a way to stay in shape and have fun. As far as flying, Harry, Ron and Botan can teach you all who don't know how to." At this comment, Ron's eyes bulge. 'The blue haired girl can fly, but how? You don't have brooms here, do you?" Now Botan steps forward, with her oar. "I use this, it's quite simple really." Then she mounts it sidesaddle /sidebroom, whatever/ and zooms off, flying around the training field a few times before touching back down.
Koenma takes this as an oppurtunity, and goes back to his office. Keiko thanks you again fr saving Yusuke's butt, then you head inside, Ron still amazed. You say you see everyone later, then run to your room for the real reason you had asked what the date was. Harry's birthday! Hermione had told you his birthday was July 31! You walk over to your closet and pull oat a cherry wood box with the symbol for joy on it. This was the box of desires. You simply had to ask for something and it would appear in the box. However, the box can sense aura and if it detects a bad aura or is asked for something evil, it will not react /I made this up./. Thinking fast, you decide on something. You wish for it really hard and soon you hear a soft thud, sugnifying the object had appeared. You lift the lid and take out the pendant you had wished for. It had a ruby red circular base, it clinked, so you figured it wa some sort of metal. The initials 'HP' into it and a lightning bolt was below it. Curled around all of this, was a golden lion with a green eye. The chain was an orangey gold colored metal. Pleased with this present, you conjure up a box, wrapping paper and some tape. Once you finish wrapping it, you make your way through the halls once again, until you get to Kurama and Harry's room. You knock on the door and Kurama answers. You whisper to him why you are there, and a look of horror crossed his face. You laugh and then show him that you adressed it from everyone. He sighed in relief and then he points to a corner with a white chair and a bookcase. IN the chair, you see Harry reading a book. He doesn't notice you approach, so you put your hands over his eyes carefully /so as not to smudge the lenses/. You put on your best British accent then say 'Guess who!' He thinks about it then says "Hm.....Hermione?" 'Nope' "Ginny?" 'Noo' "Luna?" 'Wrong again.' "Ron?" 'NO!' you say, loosing your accent insulted that he called you Ron. "Oh, hello Ariana, thanks for finally using you real accent." 'Your quite welcome Mr. Potter!' "Reason for your visit perhaps?" he asks curiously. 'Course! I came to tell you.... HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY! Mr. I- think-I-can-hide-my-birthday -just-because-I'm-somewhere-new. Hermione told me a long time ago!' He is laughing very hard now at your fake angry tone. His hands are palm up from holding the book, so you put the present down on the pages. He stops laughing when he sees this. "You didn't have to get me anything." he says softly. 'Don't care. Besides, you're our friend and we all pitched in to buy it.' you say fake matter-o-factly. 'Now open it!' So, he slowly undoes the paper and opens the box. His eyes pop out of his head as he gazes at it. "Wow, th-thank you!" you can see his eyes well up. 'I'm sorry Harry, if you don't like it we-' "It's not that! I love it! It just reminds me of my parents is all." he says looking down. 'This is the pendant of life. If you press on your initials and say a persons name, the pendant will glow a color. It will glow green if the person is safe or healthy. It will glow orange if the person is in danger, or is fataly ill. It will glow red if the person has passed away. Try it out.' He thinks on it and then says "Sirius Black" the pendant glows a soft red. 'I'm sorry Harry.' "It's ok Ariana, it's just, this thing would have come in handy last year is all." he sighs. 'Well, happy late birthday again Harry' you say and give him a hug. Then you leave the room and head back to your own room thinkin about how unfair Harry's life had been, you see that you and Harry had similar lives. Both so unfair and full of misery where there should have been happiness. With that thought in mind, you enter your room, put in the Meteora cd and lay down on your bed. As 'Somewhere I belong' comes on, you sing along, knowing this is the story of not just your life story, but Harry's as well.
(When this began) I had nothing to say And I get lost in the nothingness inside of me (I was confused) And I let it all out to find That I'm not the only person with these things in mind (Inside of me) But all the vacancy the words revealed Is the only real thing that I've got left to feel (Nothing to lose) Just stuck/ hollow and alone And the fault is my own, and the fault is my own
You think back to that fateful day when those bullies had attacked you, and Yusuke had saved you. The memories still fresh as if they had just happened yesterday, and then the beating you had gotten, for standing up for yourself
I wanna heal, I wanna feel what I thought was never real I wanna let go of the pain I've held so long (Erase all the pain till it's gone) I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I'm close to something real I wanna find something I've wanted all along Somewhere I belong
And I've got nothing to say I can't believe I didn't fall right down on my face (I was confused) Looking everywhere only to find That it's not the way I had imagined it all in my mind (So what am I) What do I have but negativity 'Cause I can't justify the way, everyone is looking at me (Nothing to lose) Nothing to gain/ hollow and alone And the fault is my own, and the fault is my own
You think about all the times Jeff had beaten you, telling you it was your fault, you were the bad one and had to be punished for it. You had accepted this over time, why else would he have done it, you had thought to your self. You always thouht that, until you had found out the truth, he wanted your power.
I wanna heal, I wanna feel what I thought was never real I wanna let go of the pain I've held so long (Erase all the pain till it's gone) I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I'm close to something real I wanna find something I've wanted all along Somewhere I belong
I will never know myself until I do this on my own And I will never feel anything else, until my wounds are healed I will never be anything till I break away from me I will break away, I'll find myself today
Thinking back to the day when your powers had been unleashed, the energy you had elt, the exhileration, it was amazing. The way your powers just came up to protect you from Hiei's plumetting blade.
I wanna heal, I wanna feel what I thought was never real I wanna let go of the pain I've held so long (Erase all the pain till it's gone) I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I'm close to something real I wanna find something I've wanted all along Somewhere I belong
I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I'm somewhere I belong I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I'm somewhere I belong Somewhere I belong
Somewhere I belong
As the song ends, you think about all those things again, then drift into a fitful dream where you were falling down a neverending blackness, with Jeff's yelling ringing through your ears
The next morning (I say that a lot don't I) you wake up to the sun in your face. You climb out of bed and glance at the clock. It reads 11:30. Realizing this, you jump up and run to the kitchen, finding it empty, so you run to the living room. Eveyone looks up from what they are doing as you skid to a halt on the carpet . You blush, realizing your are still in pajamas and everyone else was already dressed. You run back to your room, grab some cothes and get dressed. you emerge in arizona jeans a nd a black shirt with Ralph /from the simpsons/ on it and he is wearing dirty nasty clothes with holes and rips in them. In big white letters above him is written /really sloppily/ 'I dress myself' /This is a real shirt from Hot Topic/. You left your hair down and put some eyeliner on. Next you go to your closet and grab the shurikens, daggers, bow and arrow as well as the katana before jogging back into the living room. 'Good morning! So, are we going to take care of our problem today?'you ask. "Sort of.." replies Inuyasha "We're going to train in front of them. so they can see which weapon they will want to use." finishes Miroku. 'Oh, ok, so, who will I be fight ing first today?' you ask eagerly. "You're fighting me first" says Miroku . 'Ok, just don't use that tunnel thingy on me please!' you say jokingly. He doesn't realize this "I don't use it while training, Innoncent people could be hurt." You sweatdrop. 'I know that, it was a joke monk!' Embarassed, he replies "Of course...." 'Well, let's go, I'm pumped!' you say practicallly bouncing up and down. You hear Inuyasha mutter under his breath "This one has more energy than Shippo and Kagome combined and she hasn't eaten yet." You giggle then suggest that you all have a mini competition to see who was the best fighter. Everyone agrees. You are happy and say 'Lets go then!' and then start to walk towards the training grounds. /the following is the pairings for round one/
Ariana/Miroku, Sango/Kurama, Yusuke/Kagome, Hiei/Inuyasha /Kuwa decided not to compete/
As you are walking you hear Hiei say in your head Win this for us onna, show up that stupid hanyou you reply Sure, I wasn't planning on losing, usually don't..... So you walk through the doors and straight out to the side and drop off the katana and bow and arrows, then head onto the field. Miroku walks to the other end and you hear Kurama give the go. You pull out your shurikens. Miroku lunges at you and you dodge , throwing a star in the process, it swipes his side, cutting the robe. Unfased, he swings at you again, this time, you can't dodge fast enough and it makes contact in your stomach. You take a step back, ignoring any pain you may have and throw more stars, they catch his robes and he goes flying into a tree getting pinned to the trunk. [perfect] you think as you run towards the tree before he can unpin himself. As you run, you unsheath a dagger and place it at his neck as you arrive. 'I think I win monk.' you say. "I admit, you are an amazing fighter for your age." Miroku says as he waits for you to take the shurikens out of the tree, releasing him. After five minutes, you realize you left him there and release him. You then go and sit on the sidelines sitting in between Hermione and Yusuke as Sango and Kurama battle. Sango easily defeats Kurama when she knocks his rose whip away with her infamous boomerang. Then Yusuke overpowers Kagome and it was time for the match everyone was waiting for. Hiei vs. Inuyasha. They both walked out, with determind looks on their faces. You give the go and they are imediately dueling. The tetsuiga and Hiei's katana clashing every few minutes. Hiei then shouts "fists of the mortal flame!" and his fists ignite. Luna gasps and Hiei sheaths his katana jumping away from a lunge courtesy of Inuyasha. He starts punching him vigourasley and mercilessly, dissappearing every now and then then reappearing and punching Inuyasha again. After a while, Inuyasha senses him and brings the tetsuiga down as it makes contact with Hiei's shoulder. He doesn't even stop and sidekicks Inuyasha in his bck, sending him flying. The inferno fists /I like calling them that/ die down as he races over and holds his katana to his throat. Grumbling at his loss, Inuyasha stalks back over, then plops down next to Kagome who is sporting a bruise on her arm.
You all take a break as you get healed by Yukina. After you get healed, you walk over to Shizuru who is talking to Keiko . 'Hey sis!' "Hello Ariana, I saw you yesterday. Good job, very good job." 'Thank you.' "And good job today as well. You have some stiff competition for the second round." 'I know, I just hope that I don't have to fight Hiei yet...' "Why is that?" asks Keiko. 'Well, I just have a strong feeling that if I do, something is going to happen, and if something does happen, I still want to be able to fight if I win!' you say in one breath. Keiko looks at you an 'o' of surprise on her mouth. Kurama walks over with the hat, and the four of you go over to him. he draws the first slip out -Hiei. Then he draws out his competitor - Sango. Which meant that you would be fighting Yusuke. You sighed in relief, then realized what just happened 'This should be interesting....' you think. Hiei and Sango's fight goes quickly, with Hiei obviously coming out the victor.You and Yusuke walk out onto the field and you decided on using the shurikens and your daggers again. You saw how easily kagome had been beaten when she was trying to get an arrow in place and you were determined to win, even if you did have to battle your brother figure. Kurama /yet again/ gives the go and Yusuke charges at you. you do the same and when you are close enough to him - disappear. This shocks everyone in the audiance except Hiei who is smirking (I knew she would use that technique. It's a good thing she kept her speed a secret until now, that caught the detective way off guard) he thinks observing the match. you reappear behind him and kick him in the square of the back, sending him flying. He quickly regains his composure and fires a shot at you. You jump up to avoid it, but it get your calf and you fall over. you get up as fast as you can and throw a shuriken at him. It grazes his cheek and he scowls at how easily he could have avoided that. He charges at you again and you disappear, reappearing at his side, punching his cheek. You punched him so hard, he was knocked out of bounds and you wre declared the winner. As soon as that happens, you run top speed over to Yusuke, who is standing up slowly. 'You ok?' you ask him. He smiles and says "Yep, guess I taught ya too good.." 'Guess you did, I hope you didn't bet on that match.' " No, I didn't." 'Well, I have to go face Hiei momentarily.....' "Yep, good luck kid, just remember, he is as fast as you are, if not faster." "Actually Yusuke, we trained using our speed and I'm a bit faster.' you say modestly. "That's great! Then you will win no doubt!" 'Thanks, I need all the luck I can get.' you say and walk with him to Yukina to get healed. You then go over to the sidelines to retrieve the katana. hermione wishes you good luck and you glance at hiei and see he is going onto the field, so you follow.
When you are both in position, Kurama gives the go, and you both unsheath your katanas. You oth charge and you disappear before you make contact. You bring the katana down as you reappear behind him. He blocks and the blades stay locked for a moment. You both pull away and he automatically swings, not giving you time to block. The blade crashes into your side. You wince at the pain, but continue fighting. This goes on for another half hour. You and hiei blocking each other's blows in turn. Sometimes getting hit, others not. Suddenly, the pain from before comes back, shooting through your head and spine. Then, the pain is replaced by a numb feeling. As the feeling subsides, a red light engulfes you. When the light fades, you feel refreshed. hiei is staring at you with a weird look on his face. You use this as a chance to swing and you do. You knock the katana clear away from his hands. The croud gasps, nobody has ever managed to do that. This bringa him back from his daze and before he can lunge for his katana, you have the one in your own hands at his neck. 'Did I just win?' you ask aloud. "Yes, you won, fair and square." Hiei says. Yusuke then runs up to you "You won! You won kid you won! You actually beat HIEI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And look at ya!" 'Um..whoo? What wahat are you talking about? It's just me, isn't it?' you ask worried. "Oh that's right, you can't see yourself. Come on, we'll show you after you get healed." says Yusuke excitedly. So you go over to Yukina and she heals your side, arms and leg. Then you follow Yusuke and Keiko through the house to your room, where they open the bathroom door and shove you inside, standing at the doorway. You gasp when you see yourself. Your once brown and purple hair is now totally purple with lighter shades in certain places. Your hazel eyes are now dark blue and glitter like dancing flames /you are a fire demon..../ You also have ears and a tail that are almost maroon in color. 'Holy crap! What in Kami's name happened to me?!' you ask amazed. You hear Kurama say from behind Yusuke "That would be your demon form Ariana, when you call upon it, you will turn into that." he says calmly. 'Well, I can change back can't I?' "Of course, just will yourself to." he says. So you sit there thinking [turn back human, turn back human] the numb feeling washes over you again, and when you look back into the mirror, you see your old self staring back at you. 'Yay!' you say happily. You walk back with them into the kitchen for a late lunch.
tune in soon for back to school shopping and the infamous first day of school