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Summary: Ariana Carter, a 12 year old girl who has been abused all of her life, is in for a shock. When she saves a boy from being fried by a demon, he will in turn, save her, from the destitute that is her life. On that journey, they will meet more people who will change Ariana's life forever, but when four people are threatening to take all of it away from her, what can they all do to stop the madness? Inuyasha, Harry Potter, YuYu Hakusho x-over
key:
'...'= Ariana speaking
"..."= everyone else speaking
/.../=author's notes
[...]= Ariana thinking
(...)=everyone else thinking
NOTE: School is starting up again, so updates are going to be a bit slower, but I'll keep at it, don't worry!
Hard Knock Life
chapter 4
Training Day
Ariana gasped as she heard a loud voice in her head that wasn't her own say DON'T TOUCH IT! It sounded like Hiei, so you listen. Just then, he walks into the kitchen and goes over to the table. He observes the note on the table. It was only one word : BEWARE. He cautiously unsheathed his katana and poked it, and it exploded, sending all of you flying backwards into each other.You landed in a heap on the floor and got up rubbing the side you had landed on. [Good thing I listned to him] you think as you look at the kitchen. Then you see, the kitchen wasn't damaged at all. 'Wow, how is that possible?' you wonder aloud. "Oh, this place is resistant to that sort of thing, if it wasn't, it wouldn't be here anymore!" says Yusuke. 'Oh, that makes sense.' you say. "Hey, let's eat, I'm starved!" says Yusuke heading towards the fridge. 'You have a one track mind, you know that?' you say laughing. Keiko agrees by nodding her head vigerously. Just then, your stomach rumbles. 'Heheheh, I guess my stomach agrees with Yusuke, huh?' you say sweatdropping. Yusuke laughs and says "Well, ha! The kid's stomach agrees with me, so I must be right!" You laugh as well, then walk over to the fridge.'I'll make some dinner. It will be ready in a little bit!' you say cheerfully, then start taking out supplies. /Remember, they don't get back from detention until 5:00/
At 7:00, dinner is ready and you use your telepathy to send the message Dinner is ready if you want it! to everyone /all 21 of them/ Instantly, Yusuke is sitting at the table with a fork, spoon and knife. You laugh and wait for everyone else. Eventually, Yusuke, Kuwabara and Ron are pounding their fists on the table. "FOOD! FOOD ! FOOD!" they shout in unison. Finally, Yukina arrives and you say 'NOW we can have dinner!' and bring out a big tray with plates on it. First, you serve dumplings. They are gone within 10 minutes. 'I have a surprise for all of you, some of you probably have never had what I am going to serve for dinner, but I think you'll like it!' you say excitedly. "Well, on with it!" shouts Yusuke. 'For that, you get yours last!' you say triumphantly, then disappear back into the kitchen. You re-emerge with many platters. You set them down in front of everyone, then give Yusuke his and then sit down yourself. Hermione takes one look and grins "HAMBURGERS AND FRIES!!!!" she cries, then starts stuffing her face. Ron looks at her like she has three heads since he had never seen her eat like that, then shrugs and scarfs his own. Kuwa is poking his nervously, then takes a bite and smiles, before eating the rest in three bites. Everyone else maintains a steady eating habit, except for Yukina, who is eating a salad rather than a hamburger. You prepared it speacially for her since she is a vegetarian. /I don't really know if she is or not, but here, she is/ After dinner, you go back into the kitchen with Hermione and set down bowls of ice cream in front of everyone. "Here's how this works, just think of the type of ice cream you want and that is the flavor it will be!" she says proudly. Hiei's eyes light up as he realizes just what is before him. "Sweet snow!" and he does the same thing Hermione had previously done. You laugh and then go to eat your vanilla ice cream.
Once everyone is done, Hermione mumbles a spell and all the dishes are clean. Botan suggests a game and you all agree. "Lets play truth or dare!" she suggests. Everyone instantly says "NO!" so she sits down again. 'How about twister? We can play in rounds, like we did in the tournament.' you say. That sounds like a pretty good idea to everyone, so you go up to your room and pull out the set. You decide to spin for the first round. Myoga and Koenma say the aren't playing and go off to play cards. The rounds go like this /yes I'm doing it again/
1: Hermione, Inuyasha, Yukina, Kuwabara & Ginny
2: Ron, Yusuke, Kurama, Kagome & Keiko
3: Ariana, Sango, Luna, Miroku & Harry
4: Hiei, Shippo, Neville, Shizuru & Botan
'The winner from each round will go on to the finals.' you say, 'Now, let the twisting begin!' The battles were fierce and went on for a long time. Eventually the victors for each game were determined. Hermione had taken the win when she was able to do right foot green, left foot red, right hand blue and left hand yellow, which sent Inuyasha tumbling. Kurama was able to win in his game. You manage a win barely, when Miroku slips and lands on a very annoyed sango, who slaps him and gets pushed into harry who then trips Luna up. [Chain reaction] you think, getting up. Finally in the last game, Hiei was about to win when, he had to move his left foot to red, causing him to fall and pronouncing Botan the winner. Everyone else was cheering for who they wanted to win in the finals. Yukina was spinning for it, and Yusuke was refereeing. Kurama was really feeling the heat, being the only guy to take a victory. (Guess those years as a thief really paid off) he thinks. "Are you all ready?" asks Yukina, who is sitting on the couch in front of them with the spinner. "Yeah, we're ready" calls Botan and Yukina spins the spinner. /an hour later/ Everyone is still holding strong, but are all tied up in knots. Yukina calls out the next move "Kurama, right hand yellow" he manuevers around and manages to get his hand on a yellow spot, but he is shaking a bit. Then Botan had to move her right foot to green, which causes her to tip over. She dusts herself off, then smiles, stretching her muscles and sits down on the side to watch in amazement at the coordination the three of you have. Finally, Kurama falls over, so it's just you and Hermione. "Ariana, right foot red." says Yukina excitedly. You reach over Hermione's arm with your foot and then slip. Hermione manages to keep her composure, but just barely. You look at the spot you had put your foot on and see that it is wet. 'Who spilled water on my twister mat?!' you question. Kuwa looks at it and then starts whistling stupidly. You get an anger vain on your forehead and everyone steps back nervously, leaving Kuwa trembling. You stomp over to him and rap him on the head with your fist, leaving a giant bump on his head. Yukina bursts out laughing and Kuwa just stares at her disbelieving. Yukina just keeps on laughing, not noticing that everyone is now staring at her the same way. She stops finally, then sees all the faces and sweatdrops. "Um, heheh." she shrugs her shoulders, "So, Our winner is Hermione!" Hermione, who had stayed on the mat, greatfully got up and curtsied. "Thank you, thank you." (That's going to save her life one day) Hiei thinks watching her laugh as she and you talk.
'Hey! Let's watch a movie!' you say. "Are you nuts? I'm beat!" declares Keiko. 'But it's only just 11:00!' you cry. "Well, I'm going to sleep, good night everyone." she says yawning and getting up. "Yeah, make that two of us." says Kagome, getting up as well, then stretching. They both leave, then you look and see that Inuyasha's face has taken on a pink hue. Mia you say Look at Inuyasha, I think a certain hanyou has a crush She looks over then a wide grin spreads on her face Yeah, I think so too. Think we can use this to our advantage? Absolutely PROJECT! you both giggle aloud and everyone looks at you like you're crazy. 'Yes? Do you have a question?' you say innocently. They just shake their heads very slowly. You laugh again, then go over to the movie rack and pick out 'Mortal Kombat' then pop it into the vcr and press play. 'I think this is a suitable video' you joke, then plop down on your favorite chair, a big smooshy armchair that you can curl up in it's so big. So, you all watch the movie, then head off to bed. 'Mia?' "Yeah Ari?" 'Do you think that we should start all of you guy's training tomorrow?' "Definately" 'Good, then that is what we'll do, since I'm teaching more than the rest of them. I'm teaching with daggers, shurikens, I'm helping Yusuke with combat, AND Hiei and Inuyasha with sword fighting, "Jeez! Bet you're really excited." she says sarcastically. 'I know, isn't it special?' "VERY" 'Good night, I have to get up early and help Yukina with breakfast' "NO! Sleep in for ONCE!" 'Fine, I will, I guess' you say, then lay down, turn off your light and fade into a light sleep.
At 6:30, you wake up and go downstairs. When you get to the kitchen though, you see Yukina already making breakfast with Hermione. 'What are you doing?' you ask yawning. "I'm giving you a break is what. Go into the living room and do something until breakfast ok?" she pleads. 'Fine.' you grumble, then turn the corner and.sit down onto the couch, only to be joined by Inuyasha a few minutes later. 'G'morning.' "Good morning." 'Hey, is Kagome awake yet, I need to ask her a question.' "No, I just checked on her and shes perfectly sound asleep." realizing what he had just said, he claps his hand over his mouth and turns cherry red. You begin to giggle uncontrollably. When you finally regain your composure, you say 'I KNEW IT! You like Kagome don't you? Not that it matters, but out of curiosity do you?' "And why exactly would I tell a child like you?" he asks incredulously. 'Well first off, I may be younger than you, but I'm NOT a little child like Shippo in case you haven't noticed. And secondly, it's for my own personal usage that I know if someone likes another person. There are 22 people here and somebody is bound to like somebody else.' you say simply. 'Little girl, there is NOT a reason in the world you could possibly have to want to know that sort of information, secondly, do you really want me to kick your ass?" 'Hm, let's ponder on that subject shall we? I won the tournament, not you, I beat Hiei, you didn't I'm an S level demon and you're only a B level hanyou. Should I continue?' "I don't care how strong you think you are kiddo, if I don't know the reason, I don't give an answer, it's that simple, aside from our strengths and weaknesses." 'Fine. Do you really want to know why I find it ever so important to know these things?' you ask sighing. "Yeah, you know what, I do." 'Fine. The reason is, I thought I didn't have anyone in the world who loved me, or cared even slightly for me, and then I came here, and so many people actually gave a rat's ass whether I am alive or dead. I want to know because none of you know what it's like to be so unloved for so long, except for maybe Harry, but even the Dursleys didn't beat him. Nobody will know just how awful the first 12 years of my life were, and I don't want the people I care about to have to go through what I went through for so long.' You can feel the tears come to your eyes and you brush them away quickly, so he won't see. You hate for people to see you cry, so you hardly do it around anyone. "Ariana? Are you ok?" 'Yeah, I'm fine, now answer the question. Do you like Kagome?' "Well, I dunno why I'm telling you this. but yeah, I care about Kagome. Her past self, Kikyo, I was in love with her, and Kagome is like her in so many ways..." he trailed off. You just nod, understanding his confusion. After all, you yourself are a reincarnation.
At 10:00, everyone has eaten breakfast and are ready to go outside for the training. Your dagger class You look at your 'pupils' Neville, Luna and Hermione. They were watching you intently, waiting for instruction. 'Well, the art of the dagger isn't hard to master. You simply have to have the ability to keep your concentration. When I call one of you up, you are going to take a set of daggers. I'll show you how to hold them and such. You'll each get a set of daggers. I dunno whether you are keeping them or not, Koenma just said to use these for now. Now, Luna, why don't we start with you? Oh god, I sound like a real teacher. Luna, you first k?' "Sure" she says, jumping up and walking towards you. You hand her a pair of scis and show her how to hold them. Once she had gotten how to hold them correctly, you performed a few small lunges, and she copied. You then do the same with Neville and Hermione. After an hour, Luna and Hermione understand fairly well, but Neville is still having a little trouble, so you show him the moves one more time. This time, a new look of determination crosses his face, and he does the moves perfectly. 'You guys did wonderful. We are going to keep at this for the next few days together, then you are going to train on your own, or spar with someone, understand?' you say finally. "Absolutely" they chorus. 'Well then, on to your next setion, which is with Yusuke, unless you'll be learning to use another weapon.' is your reply, before going over to your things and sheathing your daggers, then pulling out your shurikens.
your shuriken class You look at your two students with a grin on your face. Ginny and Hermione sit with 3 shurikens in hand, staring at you intently. 'Ok,' you begin, 'you're going to hold a shuriken by the edge like this' demonstratuing as you speak. 'Then, in order to throw it, your movement needs to be fluid. It's a mear flick of the wrist, but the way you flick it, will determine whether you hit your target or not. Hermione, you work on the flicking technique and Ginny, I want you to try and throw the shuriken at this target.' you hold up a blown-up picture of Jeff's head and she giggles, then begins chucking the shurikens at it. She does fairly well, only missing the target a few times, but missing the vitals of the head and neck most of the time. About a half an hour later, they switch and Hermione begins to throw them, while Ginny works on flicking her wrist correctly. Hermione has good aim, whih you already knew from the past class, and she hits the jugular, eyes, temples, and right between the eyes just about every time, which you are very happy about. After working like this for an hour, switching back and forth, you finally call them off, then give the same speech as you gave about the daggers. 'Now, I'm off to sword fighting!' "Hey, so am I!" says Ginny excitedly. "So am I!" says Hermione grinning. So the three of you head off down the field towards Hiei and Inuyasha, who are sparring.
sword fighting You look at the group surrounding you. Inuyasha and hiei would be teaching and you would be training, as well as helping the others with the techniques. Other than the girls, Harry is there, with a determined look on his face. 'Wait a minute!' you say, realizing something, 'Harry knows how to use a sword, don'tcha Harry?' He just looks down, then says "Well, kinda, I used the sword of Godric Griffindor against the basilisk when we were in second year and Ginny and Luna were in first, bu that was it." "Well that's better than nothing!" says INuyasha, itching to slash at them, yet eager to teach them how to defend themselves properly. Hiei was the same way, but not showing it. You however were about to send him a message, and could sense what he was feeling. So teach, you excited? you ask smugly NO, actually I'm not, we have to teach these stupid ningens to defend themselves, it's rediculous! he replies angrily. Yeah, well your brain has a funny way of showing it Mr. Jaganshi! huh? You heard me well enough, I can tell just by your voice you're looking forward to this, so don't bother lying to me Damn, you're worse than the fox, wait you ARE a fox! Ugh, now I have two of you on my case, that's just great Wow, I'm sooooo happy to know you care so much Hiei hn oh whatever! The two of you are just glaring at each other, getting odd stares from Ginny, Harry and Inuyasha. Hermione however, could tell by the way you were staring, that the two ofyou were warring telepathically. "So are we gonna have a staring contest or are we teaching the ningens how to use a sword?" asks Inuyasha finally. You each give one more death glare, then bring out three extra katanas. 'Ok, this is going to be wierd, because hiei and I use katanas, but Inuyasha's sword is made from his father's fang, so it usually isn't a katana, so he will be showing you tactics with the tetsuiga and we will be doing so with katanas, got it?' you ask. The group nods their heads and you hand them each a sheathed katana, then unsheath your own rental. You watch as it gleams in the sunlight, and wish silently [If only I had my own katana and not this imitation. Things would be so much easier, oh boy, maybe I'll be lucky and I'll get one for my birthday. Nah, nobody knows my birthday is September 20th and none of them will know. I never had a good birthday with Jeff, and I don't want anybody making a big deal out of my birthday, not now, not ever] You felt a slight tingling in your brain as you thought, but pushed it aside as heat fatigue and concentrated back to the group. Little did you know, but the tingling in your brain was Hiei, he had heard every word she had said. (But why wouldn't a young girl want to celebrate her birthday? What happened on her birthday that she doesn't want one anymore? I'm going to find out, she probably is still suffering, but I doubt she'd ever let anyone see, not even that Hermione girl. But there has to be something. Wait, do I actually acre about this little child? I think I do, she reminds me of what I wished Yukina was sometimes when I would look for her. Kami, this is so confusing, I haven't cared about anyone except Yukina, and now this? Ugh, I guess I'd better get to teaching, I can think about this later) he thinks as he unsheathes his katana slowly, letting it gleam in the sunlight and the three beginners to "oo" and "ah" at it. You already had the katana you were using unsheathed and Inuyasha had the tetsuiga unsheathed. He shook his head to rid himself of any last thoughts, then began to teach. Two hours later, that class was over. You begin to walk over to where Yusuke is, with his back turned to you.
'HIYA TEACH!' you yell as you jump on his back, knocking him over practically. You burst out laughing and jump down then look up at his annoyed yet amused face innocently. 'Are you mad at me Yusuke?' you ask with big sad puppy dog eyes. He laughs at your expression. "So kid, ready to get your butt kicked?" 'Only if you're ready to loose to a little girl!'you reply, unfased by his comment. "Alright then. I would say 'Let's go', but we have have to teach these kids though don't we?" 'Yeah, we do, but we are teaching them how to fight are we not?' "Oh yeah." he says evilly. 'You're going to feel so ashamed when the student teaches the master, oh wait! You already know what that feels like, don't you?' you smirk, as that still burned him a bit. His eye starts twitching and everyone laughs. All of them, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville, Ginny and Luna were there, to learn to use their fists. 'So, anyone have prior experience fighting?' you ask, knowing very well one of them did. 'Well, since nobody cares to say it, cough HERMIONEcough I guess we will just have to practice the basics of punching,' "Ms. Granger care to demonstrate?" asks Yusuke, knowing full well about their third year at Hogwarts and the little incident that had happened involving a little wretch called Malfoy. So, Hermione gets up, after being pushed by Ron, and walks up to the two of you. "Ok, now puch me as hard as you can." says Yusuke unfased. "NANI?!" she cries, looking horrified. /you taught her a bit of Japanese/ "You heard me, just do it, I don't think a punch from you could hurt all that bad" he is still speaking monotone and she doesn't like it very much. You can see her practically steaming as he says this and she just puts on a very calm straight face. "Ok, so you want me to punch you?" she says boredly. "Yeah, that's the jest of it" he replies. "Oh ok" she replies, then pulls back her fist and sends it flying towards his stomach with all the strength she could muster at once into her fist. It hits the target it was aimed for, and Yusuke's calm face took on a new look, one of shock. He doubled over really fast, then stood back up and rubbed his stomach. "Damn, and I thought Keiko slapped hard, jeez." You just grinned and gave her a high five. 'So, are you ever going to doubt a girl's strength again?' you ask smugly. "URGH!" is his reply. You just laugh then walk back to the rest of them. Yusuke now stands up straight. "Ok, now, let's get to work now that the show offs are done." he gives a cold smile, then says "Oh yeah, my other teacher SHOULD be up here, but it appears she is too good for that" He doesn't realize what he has said, until he sees the look on your face. (What have you done you idiot!) he thinks (That stupid Kara girl used to say that to her, oh Kami why?! I might just be the worst brother ever, well partial brother anyways. Man, I should applogize...) He looks up to appologize, but only sees six cold stares, one especially icy. "That hurt her so badly you have no idea, do you?" asks Luna coldly. He begins to answer but Hermione cuts in "You claimed that you cared about her, but you just said word for word, the thing that she has hated the most her entire life" Yusuke just hangs his head, then pushes pastthem and heads towards the house. The first place he goes is your room, but you aren't in there. He checks all of the bedrooms /even his own/ and you aren't there. Next he checks the kitchen, dining room, even Koenma's office, but you are nowhere to be found. He runs back outside and everyone is just staring at him expectantly. "She isn't there! She's gone!" he cries. Hermione instantly is running towards the woods, so fast that she made them all stop and stare for a minute, then Hiei followed her. The two ran far into the forest, Hermione leading. You had told her about your secret place, so it was kindof like a club, only the two of you knew about it though. She runs onward, turning left and right occasionally, until they stand before a branchy tree. she starts climbing, but Hiei stops her. "Jus get on my back, we'll be u faster." "No, I need to do this alone, you stay down here, you shouldnt have even come. She won't want to talk to any guys right now, just go let them know we found her." "Hn' and then he was gone. When Hermione is about 20 feet in the air, she hears sobbing. About 10 feet later, she sees you on your favorite branch, head in your arms, crying. She climbs oto the branch. "Ariana? Are you ok? He didn't mean it, c'mon please stop crying." 'YOu don't understand Mia. Even though I've told you, you don't understand how much that hurt. It reminded me of the day Kara had first started calling me that, how much it hurt me to see my best friend turn on me, and now it's happening again!' you then begin to sob again. Unbeknown to the two of you, Hie had gone back and gotten the others. They had all heard that and Yusuke felt even worse than he had before, if that was possible. "No it isn't Ari, he isn't turning on you, it was a slip of the tongue, he was messing around, you know that!" 'NO, I don't actually, I thought Kara was messing around at first too, and look at how that turned out. Now where am I supposed to go? I have nowhere to go Mia. An orphanage? That's the only place there is. I can't let one of them adopt me if I have to see someone who ahtes me, I don't want to have to do that again, don't you see?!' "Ariana! He doesn't mean it, I promise you he doesn't. What do you think he would say if he was here?" Hermione tries to console you again. 'He wouldn't be here, in fact, I wouldn't be surprised if he was on the phone with Kara, seeing how she's doing, get together and think of ways to piss me off.' you mumble, then start to cry again. Hermione having enough of this says "Fine, don't believe me if you don't want, but listen to me, he didn't mean it. Come home when you are ready, but I'm going back to the house ok?" You don't answer, just shake your head. She begins her decent down the tree. When she reaches the bottom, she sees everyone and glares at Yusuke who looks devestated. "Could you hear us?" she asks. Kurama nods his head sadly and she pushes past everyone and walks towards the house. "You had better get your ass up there Yusuke" growls Shizuru, obviouslly pissed off. Yusuke is already climbing the tree as fast as he can. When he reaches your branch, you just continue sobbing, not bothering to look up to see who it was, you hadn't heard them. [Where am I going to go? Not an orphanage. Maybe I can live on the streets, or in a tree. That wouldn't be so bad, I guess -] "Ariana" someone saying your name breaks the silence. You look up slowly and see Yusuke looking worried. 'Come to tell me that you're going over to Kara's, so you can plot how to make my life hell once we go back to school?' you ask throught tears. "Wha? NO! Why the heck would I do that?!" 'Oh I dunno, why the heck would you say that to me unless you meant it?!' Yusuke was at a loss for words. 'Why don't you just go to her? She lives at 1245 Harmony drive. Have fun, can't wait to find out the plot for her revenge on Monday.' and with that, you lay your head back into your arms, but don't cry. [I won't let him see me cry, I can't let people who want me to cry, cry] Eventually though, you begin to quietly weep, not knowing he was still there. Yusuke hadn't moved though, just waited for you to stop crying. When twighlight comes around, he gets up to leave. "Just come back to the house once you're ready Ari, but just know, I didn't mean it, and I don't hate you, nor will I ever hate you." With that, he climbs down, you watching with bloodshot eyes. You stay well into the night, and eventually fall asleep.
A few hours after they went back to the house, it was dark and there was no sign of you. Worried, Yuske goes to Hermione. "Hermiione, do you know when she is coming back?" Hermione, shakes her head. "I don't know if she is even coming home at all. She said so, you heard her, but I don't believe you meant what you said, but do you understand why she is so upset?" He nods then walks out of the room, down the stars and out the bak door, towards the woods. He is walking throught the woods, back towards the tree that you had been in and almost cries at what he sees. There is a heap on the floor, a dead looking heap. "Ar-Ariana?" he asks. There is no answer. Fearing the worst, he runs over to the heap and rolls it over. He looks into your peaceful face and a single tear falls down his face. (She commited suicide because she thought that I hated her? But I don't get it, she wouldn't do something so stupid) He picks you up carefully and begins to walk slowly back to the house so as not to disturb your soulless body. When he gets back to the house, he walks into the living room and lays you on the couch. He looks at your face again, it looks so peaceful, untroubled. He begins to cry, tears streaming down hi face. He slowly climbs the stairs to the hallways and goes to your old room. The door is open, and Hermione is sitting on her bed, reading a book. She looks up when he walks in. "What's the matter? Did she not forgive you?" "n-no, not th-that." He then points downstairs. she puts the book down, then slides down the railing and runs into the living room. Yusuke follows her slowly. By the time he gets downstais, she has seen you. "Wh-what happened?" she asks shakily. "I dunno, I got to the tree, and-" "WHAT THE HELL?!" yells Kuwabara, who had come in from the kitchen and seen you as well. At this Hermione begins to sob and Kuwa just stares disbelieving the sight before him. Hearing Kuwa's yell, everyone hhad made their way into the living room and seen you . "She didn't forgive you, so you killed her?!" cries Kuwabara. Shizuru, being the last to come downstairs to see the trouble, stops abruptly. (Who is he talking about?! Ariana?!) she thinks, then runs the rest of the way and sinks to her knees once she gets a glimpse. Kurama walks over to you, then feels your wrist. He breathes a sigh of relief. "She isn't dead, she has a pulse." he announces happily. The girls and Shippo stop crying for a moment. "What?" "Yes, she is a live, just unconcious!" He grins, as does everyone else. Botan goes to make tea, and everyone sits down on couches and chairs, waiting for you to wake up. Everyone except Yuske Kuwabara, Hermione and Shizuru, who sit right in front of you. Everyone eventually dozes off, everyone except Yuske, who keeps vigil. At about 3 a.m., your eyes flutter open. 'ungggh' you say, sitting up, then grabbing your ribs in pain. "Are you ok?" asks a voice. You look up and see Yusuke with a concerned look spread over his face. 'And you carewhy exactly?' "I DO CARE! Don't ever think I don't ok?" 'Ok, mind telling mewhat happened?' "Actually, I was about to ask you that." 'Well, after you guys left, and it got dark, I guess I fell asleep. The next thing I know, I'm in the living room.' /What really happened: after they all left and you fell asleep, you fell off the branch and landed on your side, the way he found you/
Once everyone had woken up and seen you were alright, they breathed a sigh of relief, then you went and had breakfast. "Hey, I hear there is a circus coming to town in about a month." says Keiko out of the blue. 'That sounds like fun, as long as there aren't any clowns.' "Why? Are you afraid of them Ariana?" 'Actually I am, I hate clowns, always have, always will' "Then we definately have to go!" says Yusuke. You shoot him an angry glare then say 'Ok, fine, but be prepared to see me kick clown butt if any come near me.' /sorry to everyone out there who likes clowns, but I truthfully don't, so don't worry about it/
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