Nobara: Okay I believe I have found my muse again and she told me where I was going with this. But then she became distracted by some spec of dust and flew off. Remind me to cut her pay.

Hiei: Got it.

Nobara: Anyways, here is the long awaited chapter 3.

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"Okay listen up dimwit, what I want you to do is shatter the boulders as they come to you. Use only one spirit bullet and you'll be standing on that post," said Genkai pointing to a tall skinny rod in the ground. Yusuke muttered something as he climbed on the pole and stood on the post wobbily. "How long will this take hag?" he asked as he fought to keep what balance he had. Genkai shrugged and started her stop watch. Immediately the boulders began to flying at the spirit detective. Failing around for a moment Yusuke fell from the tall pole and hit the ground. "That was the poorest excuse of an attempt I've ever seen!" yelled the small pink haired lady. "May I try?" asked a musical voice.

Genkai turned and looked at Melody, "You think you can do it?" Melody nodded and hopped onto the pole. Snapping the button on the timer the boulders began to fly at the brunette. Losing her playfulness a rei weapon of her own appeared. It shone in a bright bluish green and looked like a bow and arrow. Quickly she fired the arrow at the oncoming boulders. Much to the surprise of the pyschic the arrow grew to a great size and swallowed every flying object heading for the girl, disentegrating it on touch. The bow disappeared and Melody smiled. Hopping down she landed gently and walked back over to the open mouthed Yusuke and Kuwabara.

"How did you do that?!" asked Kuwabara. Melody shrugged, "That was fun, now what?" she asked sweetly. Genkai looked at her with a raised eyebrow, maybe this girl was more than what she seemed to be. "Do whatever just make sure it's something that will increase dimwit's power," she said shortly and began back to the temple. Melody smiled and turned to Kuwabara, "Would you like to teach me some more?" Kuwabara puffed out his chest in a macho gesture, "Of course I promise I'll go easy on- " Melody cut him off, "Don't, use everything you have." Kuwabara nodded and walked a few eet away from her. "Ready?" he yelled, "Yes Kuwabara," she replied.

Summoning his sword he sprang into the air and aimed to hit her. The short girl did nothing to move but only held up her hand. As Kuwabara swung down he struck something hard and sparks began to fly. A large bubble that wrapped around Melody shimmered for a moment before she let it fall and leapt at him. The rei bow was in her hands again and she swung at Kuwabara with all her strength. With a yelp the carrot top held his sword up to block it only to find that it was shattered on impact with her bow. Landing about a foot beside him she smirked and let the bow fade away.

"I think I won Kuwabara," she smiled sweetly. Kuwabara stood awe-struck at her power and Yusuke was rolling across the ground howling with laughter. "YOU GOT WHUPPED BY A GIRL!" shouted the spirit detective. Kuwabara turned a brilliant shade of crimson. "DO YOU THINK YOU CAN BEAT HER URAMESHI?!" he retaliated. Standing up and wiping away the tears of laughter Yusuke smirked, "If I could beat Toguro I could beat anyone," he replied and took the spot Kuwabara had been in earlier, nearly ten feet away. Melody smirked to herself at Yusuke's cocky behavior. Though she had no clue who she was she knew she'd been a born fighter. Yusuke cracked his knuckles and stared at her with the same smug look he always seemed to wear.

"You go first I'd hate to end this in one blow," he said. Melody laughed softly, "That's okay Yusuke, go ahead." He shrugged and fired a single spirit bullet to get started,"SPIRIT GUN!". Summoning her own weapon for the third time she easily deflected the energy without flinching. Kuwabara began laughing but Yusuke only smirked, "I thought you might do that." He seemingly disappeared for a moment and then was beside her. (a/n: o.oU I'm not good with fight scenes...bear with me...) Melody leaned back out of the path of his swing, "You'll have to do better than that Urameshi." He growled inwardly and sprung at her, swinging both fists. She dodged them easily with a catlike grace, keeping the smile on her face. As he'd done earlier she disappeared and appeared again behind him.

Before Yusuke could react she had swung her right leg around to land a hard kick on his back with her heel. Landing with her right foot behind her and both fists raised in a defensive stance she watched as Yusuke rocketed across the grass back to his original place, leaving a trail of turned up earth and dust behind him. Standing up straight she smiled lightly and walked over to him, "Are you okay?" she asked and held out her hand for him to take. Kuwabara was howling with laughter, Kurama was fighting the laughter, even Hiei was trying to hide a smirk. The spirit detective growled something and with her help stood up. "I didn't know a girl could fight like that..." he said and walked away holding his back.

"Would you mind if I tried?" asked Kurama walking up. Melody looked up at the sky, "Sure but can we go into the forest? The sun's already rose," she said. Kurama nodded, it would give him the advantage but he figured she would still do well. The five had come into the coolness of the trees and Kurama and Melody took their places. "Would you like to go first?" she asked sweetly. Kurama nodded and took the rose from his thick red hair. "Rose whip!" The large whip lashed out at the small figure of Melody. As she dodged Yusuke's punches she dodged the whip several times before lunging at Kurama. The fox well expected her attack and leapt back. For a few moments this continued until Kurama threw her over his shoulder. Melody landed on her feet and slid backwards. She was breathing heavily and sweat dotted her brow.

Once more his lashed out at her with the rose whip. Using her forearm to block the whip wound around her arm like a snake. Grabbing onto it she yanked as hard as she could and pulled the weapon from Kurama's grasp. The fox was shocked at that, the whip should've sliced her arm to ribbons. Standing up and throwing the whip to the side Melody began a line of gymnastics towards him. Yusuke's and Kuwabara's mouth dropped open as Melody cartwheeled and hand sprung towards Kurama. Leaping over his head she tucked up her legs and did an Olympic worthy flip to land perfectly on her hands (a/n: Is that even physically friggin possible?!?!). Kurama turned to face her only to have her legs wrapped around his neck. Using her own body weight she flipped Kurama over herself. He landed with a hard thud on the ground and looking up his saw the smiling Melody sitting on his chest.

"You lose fox-boy," she said sweetly and stood up. "What was that you called me?" he asked surprised. "Fox-boy, 'cause of your hair. It's like a bushy fox's tail," she replied and helped him to his feet. Kurama nodded and looked over at Hiei with an evil smirk, "Your turn Hiei." "Hn," he said and leaned against a tree. "What's wrong? Afraid to lose to a girl?" asked Yusuke. Hiei glared at him, "Don't make me laugh," he said coldly. "How about we race?" Melody piped with a smile. This girl was perky than Botan on crack (a/n: Damn that's scary...) thought Yusuke as he shuddered at the image he got from that thought. Hiei arched an eyebrow, did this pathetic human girl think she could beat him? "Where to?" he asked shortly. "How about to that mountain?" she asked pointing through the trees to the large mist covered shape on the other side of the city. Hiei nodded and moved to stand beside her. "Ready? Set? GO!" shouted Yusuke and Kuwabara at the same time.

Hiei shot off, not bothering to look to see the shock on her face as she saw his speed. As he was dodging traffic in the city he looked up ahead to see a short brunette weaving through the cars and people without them even noticing it. He growled and sped up some, coming close enough to touch her if he'd wanted to. Melody turned to look at him and smirked before flying off again. She was fast, really fast. But he he was determined not to lose. Putting all his strength into his legs he sped up and reached the mountain in a few seconds. Before he realized it he was back with the dingbats. His chest was heaving hard, she'd given him a run for his money but he'd beat her, he was sure of it. "That was awesome Melody!" Hiei jerked his attention to the girl would stood between Yusuke and Kuwabara panting. She had beat him?

Just what the hell was this girl? There wasn't anyway possible she was human. Kurama fought his laughter from the look on Hiei's face. The koorime looked as though someone had just slapped his jaws. "I'm calling it a day, see you boys later," said Melody. Walking over to Hiei she smiled and held out her hand, "Good race Hiei," she said. Hiei looked from her hand to her. Wisps of her dark brown hair had fallen loose from her ponytail and framed her flushed cheeks perfectly. She was quite lovely for a human. Hiei hned and turned to lean on the tree. Her chest was still heaving and she continued to pant (a/n: So would I if I saw Hiei all glisteny skinned n.n Kur: Hey! Nob: You weren't suppose to hear that o.oU....).

Melody shrugged and waved bye to the others before she started off again. Once again Hiei tried to delve into her mind only to find that it was still locked. There was something different about her but he couldn't quite put a finger on it. Halfway to the temple Melody clutched her head in pain and fell to her knees. Thousands of images began to swirl through her mind. The pain caused tears to form in her eyes. There was a fireball and man. She knew him but then she didn't at the same time. 'What's happening to me?' she asked herself. Then it hit her, she wasn't Melody...she was someone else but who?

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Nobara: I'm so sorry it took so long...I'm a lazy authoress....

Kurama: i can't believe you said that about Hiei...

Nobara: Are you still pouting over that remark?

Kurama::folds arms:: Hn...

Nobara: I'll take that as a yes...

Kurama: Hn...

Nobara: He's so cute when he's mad n.n am I right?