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OK, I know I take way too long with my chapters, but fate has been against me for the last few MONTHS. Every time I wrote this chapter, something happened to it. I had to go out of town so I brought a disk with my story on it, with me, but then the disk wouldn't work, then when I got the disk to work again I couldn't find a computer that worked properly, then when I had the story right in front of me, it was erased right in front of me, then finally I'm home, with the disk that had my 9th chapter on it, and then that didn't work, so then I had to rewrite it for the fourth time. So I've been through hell trying to get this chapter up, so I hope it's at least somewhat satisfying, *sigh* enjoy.*crosses fingers* I hope. (t) (--- Means translation.
Chapter 9: Home free at last.I think
Everyone had something to do; Daine and Mavrick were repairing the living room walls while Ranjitzu helped with the furniture and the other little antiques around them. Shanna was in her much larger dog form, sniffing out what was left of Nevada, which wasn't a lot mind you, and making sure she was gone for good. Ayanna and Lauren were outside directing people away from the house and assuring them that the noise and commotion would stop soon. Not everyone was around; however, Erika, Hellen, Simon and Virin, and Ramura were not. They were most likely still at Genkai's, but no one had time to worry about them at the moment. Sade was sure they were alright though; she could still sense them, live and well. Speaking of her, she was upstairs with Catharine, Yukina, and Kuwabara. Everyone had insisted that they get their wounds tended to before helping with the house repair.
In the bathroom, Yukina was treating the newly opened scars that had been torn open by Nevada, one of the people who had caused them in the first place. Sade hissed at the sting of the wounds being tampered with. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to hurt you, here is this better?" Yukina glided her hands over the wounds, closing them instantly. "It's ok, don't worry about me, they do feel a little better though, thanks" Sade turned to look at her. Yukina smiled warmly, "You're welcome, just don't move around too much and you'll be fine" Sade nodded then looked over her shoulder "You'd better help him though, he looks ready to faint," Sade pointed to the battered Kuwabara; he was still shivering and his lips were a little blue. "I guess he was frozen a little too long, sorry I didn't get you out sooner," Sade gave him a sad smile. He didn't say much but he nodded in return, still shaking.
"Don't do too much Sade, your back is healed externally, but excessive activity will reopen it. They're too deep and too old for me to heal completely." Yukina said leaving her side as Sade nodded slowly, "Hiei?" Hiei turned to Yukina, "Are you sure you don't need any help, the bandaging on your arm was torn, would you like me to redo it?" Hiei looked at Sade then at Kuwabara, and back to his twin. "I'm fine, just help him," Yukina nodded in understanding and walked to the shivering carrot-top teen. She worked on him quickly, he didn't need too much treatment, once Yukina had touched him it was like he had gotten his strength back in that very moment. She helped him stand, but he was having a little trouble walking, Catharine helped her though, since Yukina had already healed her wounds completely. They led him to the door, which Hiei was leaning on, "Will the idiot live?" Hiei said not taking his eyes off Sade's naked back, the scars still plainly visible.
"He'll be fine, he just needs rest. I've got my hands full with Kazuma, could you lend a hand with Sade? It would help me a great deal if you did." Yukina looked at him hopeful; he sighed and conceded, walking up behind her. Yukina smiled and her and Catharine helped Kuwabara down the steps. Sade was trying to breathe steadily, and trying to keep consciousness upon her. She was exhausted and her body was fatigued for reasons, even, she didn't understand.
He raised an eye brow and walked closer to her, his eyes roaming over her bare skin. She sensed Hiei approach her body and she turned her head slightly to look over her shoulder at him. She crossed her arms over her chest in modesty. Hiei chuckled to himself amusedly, "I didn't think you could be the modest type, I've seen what you've done to some men, even Kurama," Sade looked at him from the corner of her eye, "Are you spying on my mind as well?" She said softly. Hiei blinked for a minute and blushed a bit, the truth was, he actually was checking through her mind and checking up on her, but of course, he wouldn't admit it. "Feh, why would I bother, I already know everything you've done, if you remember that much at all." He crossed his arms.
"You can relax, Hiei, I was just messing with Kurama.to see what his reaction would be, obviously he took it well, he's a very elegante persona (interesting person) ." Sade paused, ".like you" she whispered. She said it intentionally low so that he wouldn't hear, in which he didn't, luckily for her. Sade paused at his word '...if you remember that much...' the moment they had shared at the river flashed in her mind and the feelings she had felt for him then, flushed over her like a torrent of waves. "Yes I do, I do remember it.very well in fact. But I haven't had a chance to talk to you since then and that was a week ago.where did you disappear to?" she asked over her shoulder, Hiei scowled, "Why ask? Why do you care?" Hiei asked, curiosity was hidden underneath that timbre voice, but Sade didn't pick up on it. "Never mind, I don't know why I care, if you had felt nothing then, then I will not bother with trying anymore." her eyes were shaded by her long hair in her face and her back was turned to his sight. Hiei's eyes widened slightly, "What did you s." he cut himself off at her shivering body.
Sade rubbed her shoulder, trying to relieve the ache in her muscles. Hiei rolled his eyes, getting annoyed at how many times she did that in a day (well since he be spying on her mind, he might as well know her habits ^.~). He rested his hand on her shoulder, but she pulled away, "don't, just leave me alone" She tried to stand, getting to her feet and leaning on the wall, resting her head on the colored surface. She pushed away from it gently but fell back to the stool that she had been currently sitting on.
Hiei stood there watching her struggle to stand again; he couldn't take it anymore, her feeble attempts to stand and her pathetic excuses for being weak, were unnerving. He pushed her back down upon the stool and started to massage her shoulders, Sade would have protested him, but the slow motion and working of his hands felt too good to object. She purred lightly when his hands worked over her entire back and neck. Hiei blushed slightly from her reaction and tried to focus on something else, noticing, once again, the tattoos and scars of her, rather smooth skinned, back. He noticed that the slashes not only ran over her spin, but over her right shoulder and the tattooed feathers of her forged wings. The closer analysis made it easier to see the cause of some of her twinge, in which Hiei secretly wished he could mend.
'So this is the cause of her pain?' he thought while gliding a finger over one of the blemishes. Sade involuntarily shivered at this touch, "Aren't they lovely?" she said sarcastically, "They're grand," he snorted. "Heh.. they're just bad memories. memories that still hurt," she closed her eyes as she shivered again at his light touch. "Man is that pathetic. It's kind of like what my mother used to say, 'if there's no bones broken, no blood gushing, and no head trauma, don't complain'.I hated it when she said that," Sade chuckled and scrunched her nose a little at the memory, but the smile faded along with the vision and she hissed at the slight pain in her shoulder. Hiei had long stopped his ministrations on her back to listen to her. "I guess I shouldn't complain about it then, I'm alive and I have friends to help me throu."She paused again to look out the door and listen to her friends, hard at work and yelling at each other.
"How could you live with yourself?" Sade looked up at him in confusion, "Huh?" "You sit here and complain about how weak you are and how you don't want your friends to get hurt because of you and yet you don't do anything about it, keh you're right, you are pathetic" Sade glared at him in disbelief. "Hn, I guess you're right, I guess I should stop bitching about my problems and do something about it.but I already tried suicide." Sade said sardonically with a smirk. Hiei didn't see the humor in it. He opened his mouth to speak but Sade stopped him.
"Don't even say it; I know you fight for a reason similar to mine, in which you block out all reasons for yourself, but you're selfish. You take no help and you act as though you're capable of defeating anyone you cross and don't like. I know that you're not afraid to die, you go into battle probably hoping for death, that sounds like suicide to me," Hiei didn't argue, it was true that he wasn't afraid of death, but he hadn't considered it to be suicide, but she did have a point in her own opinion, though it wasn't welcome in his. Hiei looked away. "Suicide is a coward's way out of their problem," "And being that I was the one who brought it up, that would make me a coward?" Sade said frowning. Hiei glared at her and turned to walk to the door, Sade followed, pulling on her shirt. She tried to push past him, putting her hand on his chest for support but didn't get much further than that.
Hiei looked down at her small hand and then at her, she looked so meager. He thought for a second then looked back down at her hand. "I won't be weak, I'll help down stairs; I owe Kurama that much for what happened to him before. I just.need to get.down stairs," She pushed away from him and started for the flight of steps. "Hn, you look ready to collapse from where I'm standing," Sade glared back at him, "Then move.you're such a... fucking. pain," Hiei shook his head, he didn't know how her friends could put up with her, she complained an awful lot and she snapped at people left and right. Sade stopped for a second and turned around, looking ready to faint. Hiei smirked for a minute then frowned.
She slowly started to move toward him. When she reached him she leaned on him slightly and sighed, "I'm sorry." She looked up at him and licked her dry lips, "I'm.sorry...for yelling at you all the time, I know. I've been a real bitch, and I'm sorry for... my issues being a problem for you." Tears formed in her eyes and fell to his clothes, he glared down at her "Stop your apologies and tears, they accomplish nothing" her water works continued and the tears fell more rapidly. "At least I'm not afraid to cry, you keep all emotions locked up inside and don't let anyone get to know them or you.you're harder to figure out... than I am" Sade grasped his shirt and glared up at him with tear filled orbs.
He still glared at her but his eyes showed a glint of pain, Sade's heart lifted somewhat, with the thought of actually reaching him. Hiei didn't like the idea of these emotions that he was getting from her. He pushed her away from him and she hit the ground. "Shut up, crying is for the weak, you can never say you know me, you don't." Sade damned herself for believing a hard ass like him could be reached. Hiei scowled down at her frail body, no emotion or affect of her lying there in pain, seeming to prove that it didn't bother him in any instance. Sade could feel his eyes on her back once again, she couldn't take it, her eyes briefly flashed white, and she sat up.
Hiei watched her struggle to sit up, he smirked at his fine lack of feeling towards her suffering, but it faded as soon as it had come when he saw her stand without a fault and look up at him coldly. "You say I could never know you, well I could say the same for you about me." she walked up to him slowly, blood started to trickle down her back from the torn flesh of her thoughtless actions, causing Hiei to step back with every stride. ".I'm sure you'd love to get to know me better though. and you say I'm weak.fine, I'm sure you won't mind feeling the meager notion for a few hours then." Hiei looked confused for a second but didn't have enough time to react when she grabbed his shoulders, pulled him closer to her and kissed him, quick and hard, all was a blur to him.
This kiss was different, however. The previous kisses they had shared were soft, sweet, and shared a certain longing with his, but this one, this one was ruthless and harsh, and along with it she was slowly steeling his energy, while enhancing her own. She forcefully pulled his physical strength from his muscles and the demonic, as well as spiritual, energy from his body till his youki was drained completely. She had pulled everything from him, but she did not touch his life energy, leaving him only to fall to the ground, lifeless, but still breathing at least. Sade fell to the floor alongside him as she felt her wounds closing and his energy coursing through her body like a wildfire through a forest. But her trees, so to speak, were just strong enough to withhold such flames; she looked at Hiei's unconscious body, breathing heavily, and stood up.
"Such...power, he's a lot stronger than I thought, it hurts.... Fuck, it hurts," she grasped her stomach in pain, then at her heart where she felt the power strongest, then a sudden sensation shot through her arms, but it was small, so she paid no mind to it. Using her meek telekinesis she lifted his body off of the ground and into her room, lowering him onto her bed. "Cuál es su energía? Por qué lastima tanto? (t) I wanted to know you, not fight you. Maybe you're just more trouble than you're worth." She looked at his sleeping face, no matter how much it bothered her that he seemed to have no emotions whatsoever, she couldn't help but stare at his childish features, hardened by his horrible life growing up the way he was, ".Or maybe I'm just giving up too easily.just like you said I would. I'll prove you wrong, and I'll see the real you, incluso si me mata (t2)," she whispered before pulling on a sweatshirt and walking out the door, closing it behind her.
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(t)(What is your power? Why does it hurt so much?) (t2)(Even if it kills me)
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Down stairs she passed Ayanna who was on her way to the kitchen, "Sade, we're almost done, but we still need a little help, are you ok? What took you so long?" Sade thought for a minute then looked at her, "I'm fine, it's nothing, I was just taking care of something," Ayanna arched an eyebrow but shrugged it off, "Yea, ok whatever, but you still need to get your lazy ass to work, you can't just leave us to do all the labor around here, sheh..grow up, you play too much," Ayanna snorted before continuing on her way to the kitchen. Sade rolled her eyes and involuntarily rubbed her right arm before fallowing Ayanna into the kitchen.
Sade walked into the kitchen where Ayanna had gone, but she wasn't the only one who resided there, Kurama and Kuwabara had been there as well. Kuwabara looked up from his coffee, his natural color was returning to his skin and face, before he had looked like a blue berry. As much as Sade loved blue berries, she was sorry to say he didn't look appealing to her at all. "Hey man, how ya feelin?" Sade stepped forward and leaned on the table. Kuwabara smirked "I'm fine, I've taken on worst things than that, I'm unstoppable," his over confidence was nerve racking in most aspects. "Do you ever give up on trying to be #1?" She scowled and crossed her arms. "Never, I won't ever give up, I'll be on top one day and everyone'll be bowing at my greatness," he was staring off into space when he said that. Sade sweat dropped and shook her head. 'Well at least he's a big dreamer.' Sade giggled to herself, '.Unfortunately, it's going to get him killed one day.' Sade cringed at the thought and pushed it to the back of her mind while stepping towards Kurama, who was leaning on the counter calmly, as usual.
"So how are you doing? Everyone else seems to be a little panicked and here you are, still so.. tranquil, I wonder why." Kurama peered at her from the corner of his eye and sipped his own coffee. "It's quite simple actually.all you have to do is think positively and hope that things will turn out for the best" He smiled and Sade just laughed. He blinked down at her in confusion. "Why are you laughing? Was it something I said" He asked while setting his mug onto the counter and looking at Kuwabara questionably, who just shrugged. Kurama looked back at Sade who was still laughing and cleared his throat. Sade shook her head and yielded her laughter. "It's nothing, it's just that, that was the biggest load of bull I've ever heard.well actually, the biggest I've ever heard came from Mavrick but that's irrelevant, ANYway." Sade was suddenly cut off by a voice that came from the living room, "I heard that Sade, don't hate, I hear you talking bout me in there." Mavrick yelled from the other room.
Sade broke out into a fit of giggles again as she heard Daine smack him over the head for not paying attention. "Hey, what the fuck was that for?" he yelled, "For singeing my hair, now pay attention to what you're doing before I really hurt you.." Daine growled to which Mavrick returned the compliment. "Come on guys, you're fighting already? First fix the wall, then you can clash outside." Sade yelled into the soon-to-be-war room. "Fine, I'll be nice.for now" Mavrick muttered. Sade walked to the door way so they wouldn't have to yell all through the house. "Well, I don't care, I don't want to. I'm bored, I want to fight, I want to kill something, I want to do something fun." Daine sat on the couch and crossed her arms stubbornly. Mavrick stood behind her with a fire ball in his hand, but thought twice about it when Sade glared at him, he scowled and extinguished the ball, turning his back to her and continuing to weld the bottom part of the wall. "Hey, Mavy, I didn't know you were such a good welder, you should get a job in construction." Sade giggled.
He stuck a finger up over his shoulder so she could see it, then put his hand down in front of him and continued with what he was doing. Sade glared at his back and could feel him smirk, "Jerk." she mumbled. "Thanks," he said making Sade roll her eyes and turn her attention back to Daine. "Come on Daine, I promised that you could fight when the time came, what do you want me to do about that?" she placed her hands on her hips, waiting for the hanyou's answer. "I don't care, I'm sick of this, I'm not going to do it anymore," Sade slapped her hand to her forehead. Daine was so stubborn, being that she was a half-demon of such, she didn't have the best traits of any old hanyou that Sade had ever seen, in fact Daine was better, she was somewhat of an oxymoron, if you excuse the term.
Daine was half angel and half demon, as to why such a creature came to be Sade will never know nor will she understand it. Daine's two halves fraught a constant battle within her and sometimes her not so better half would have the nerve to surface and make whoever crossed her path a living nightmare, depending on if she's in a good mood or not, though the good mood was very unlikely. Right now she was her angel half but still being a brat, if Daine didn't want to do something; there was no force on earth that was going to tell her otherwise. "Awwww, come on, you're our best hope of finishing before Shiori comes home, please Daine, do it for me," well, there's always begging her, and if she was such a dependant ally, she would do her friend a favor. "No..." well, so much for being a reliable friend. Sade crossed her arms and thought for a minute, then a slight grin touched her lips.
"Hey Daine." Daine looked up at her from the spot on the ground she had been glaring at while pouting. "If you won't do it for me, then do it for." Sade reached through the wall and pulled Kurama through, blinking in confusion. ".him.do it for him, after all it is his house, and you don't want him to get in trouble do you? And if he does then it'll be my fault.and yours if we don't get this finished" Sade placed her hand on her hip and kept her grip on the redhead's sleeve. Daine squeaked and embraced Kurama, tightly, again. The kitsune sweat dropped and tried to keep breathing in her grasp. "Ok ok ok, I don't want Kurama-kun to get in trouble; I'm on the job," Daine kissed his cheek and in a flash she was back to work with Mavrick. Kurama slumped to the floor, trying to catch his breath, "I don't think I can take much more of her hugs," Kurama said getting to his feet and walking back to the kitchen, the long way.
Back in the kitchen, Ayanna had just finished making quite few sandwiches for her and the others. "Wow, those look great, don't mind if I do." Sade went to grab one but Ayanna swatted her hand away. "Hey, these ain't for you, they for the people who are actually working," Ayanna said walking out of the kitchen and dinning room. "Hey, I thought we were sisters.I guess that's why you're La perra (The Bitch)" Sade said to her retreating back, "Damn straight" Ayanna chuckled. "Oh wait. never mind, you're just. Un perra (A bitch)" Sade yelled over her shoulder. And just before Ayanna turned the corner, into the living room, she stuck up her middle finger over her shoulder, "What is this.flip me off day, everyone's getting a kick out of doing that to me this morning," Sade said before sitting in a chair at the table.
Kurama resumed his place at the counter and picked up his coffee, taking a last sip before placing the mug in the sink. Sade rested her head on her arms. A sudden sensation traveled up her spine then to her right arm, she abruptly sat up, Kuwabara blinked at her for a second, as she gazed at her hand confused and uncertain. "Hey uh.are you ok? You look kind of spooked." Sade looked up at him as if she just realized he was there, "huh? What? What happened?" Kurama and Kuwabara looked at each other then back at her. Sade became uncomfortable with there gazes, she stood from her chair and moved to the door to exit the kitchen as she had done so many times that morning.
"I'm fine.I just need to.check on. something." Sade grasped her arm behind her back as she exited the kitchen walking backwards. She turned and walked through the living room, heading for the stairs, however Mavrick and Daine stood in her way. "Hey we finished, and you said I couldn't do it," He smirked proudly. Daine rolled her eyes, "Oh shut up, you weren't the only one who worked on it ya know.I did most of the work, and so did Ran-chan we probably did more work than you did, so don't lie," Daine crossed her arms and flopped down onto the couch. "Hey, I'm not the one who was complaining about being bored and acting like a brat because of it," He sat in the chair on the other side of the room. Sade sighed and rubbed her arm. Mavrick looked at her curiously, "Hey, bighead, are you ok? You look a little flushed."
Sade glared at him for the name and shrugged, "I'm fine, just a little warm" "then why don't you take off your sweater, genius? Didja ever think of that?" Sade walked up to him and slapped him over the head. "Shut up smartass, I was going to do that anyway." "Well I don't know about you guys but I'm freezing" Daine said rubbing her arms. Sade rolled her eyes, "Daine, you're always cold, your blood is ice for god's sake, you're literally cold blooded." "So? That doesn't mean I can't be warm" "Uh huh, sure it doesn't" Sade sighed, "hey" Daine scowled. Sade pulled off her left sleeve and was puling down the other, when she noticed a strange mark, encircled around her arm. She quickly pulled her sleeve back up and put the sweater back on. Mavrick blinked up at her, confused, "I thought you were hot.why are you putting the sweater back on?" Sade sweat dropped and headed for the steps, which was her initial goal.
Mavrick took a firm hold on Sade's sweater hood before she got a chance to get to the first step, "Where are you going?" Sade tugged at his grip, "Mavrick, let go" He looked at her confused. "What did I do.wait a second, is that midget up there? He is isn't he?" Sade stared at him blankly, "Don't call him that, and No, he isn't up there." "Liar" he said simply. ".Hn." He blinked at her; he remembered that Hiei did that a lot, what was going on with her. Sade tried to kick him but he moved, "I said let go, don't make me hurt you" She continued to struggle against his hold on her. "What? I thought you could get out of anything, after all you are the independent one," he chuckled. "Ok, that's it!!" Sade took hold of his arm and twisted back, then threw him onto the couch across the room. "There.. I would have thrown you out the window but we just fixed that." She crossed her arms. "Yea, but your aim hasn't gotten any better" he said sitting up. He looked up just in time to dodge a fire ball that was thrown at him. "What the.?" He blinked at the scorned spot on the wall. He looked up at Sade, she looked pissed and in her right hand was a flame of black and blue.
Everyone in the room had their eyes set wide on her. She didn't notice them; her glare was set straight on Mavrick, who sweat dropped at her anger. She propped the ball up then threw it straight at him, not having enough time to dodge, he caught it. Being that he could control fire anyway, it wasn't that hard to catch it, though it was harder to contain. "What the fuck. this shit feels like it's alive" he tried to contain it, but ended up throwing it out the window, breaking it anyway. The people in the room watched it land in a melting pile of snow before turning their sights to Sade. She stared at her hands then at her arm, not realizing the peering eyes that were on her. She finally looked up and squeaked at the leering orbs that had bestowed upon her there questioning looks. Kurama had just stepped into the doorway when Sade had thrown the second ball, but had not said anything since. Sade turned to him "Uhh.oops." Kurama looked at the scorched wall then at the broken window and sighed. "I don't believe we are getting anywhere in here." Sade bit her lip and closed her eyes, taking in deep breathes. "So I've noticed. Maybe we should go out again, but somewhere more.open or at least vacant."
Most of the people in the room nodded. "Then it's settled, when Shiori gets home, we all go down to the shady parts of the city. We could.uh. I don't know..do some damage I guess." Mavrick stood up to that, "Shit, it's about time, I'm ready to unleash hell over here, I've been ready" Sade sweat dropped, "Whatever, Mavy, but you're going to have to stay with us while you do it." Mavrick growled and crossed his arms. "Well if you'd rather stay here, then be my guest." "Hell no, there ain't no way I'm staying here, I'm going whether you like it or not, bighead" Sade scowled, "Don't call me that" "Why, you have a big head, you're a big headed meatball" Mavrick laughed. Sade glared at him, "Well you're nothing but a jerk, but then again, you're nothing but a BUTTERCUP, a nice, sweet buttercup, isn't that right.buttercup?" Mavrick paled, she hadn't called him that in years. Kuwabara could be heard from the kitchen laughing his ass off. Kurama bit his lip to keep from laughing aloud, and most of the girls in the room were giggling. Mavrick stood in the middle of the living room, almost as pale as the off-white carpeting in the room. Daine clamped both hands over her mouth to keep herself from screaming with laughter.
Although the name itself wasn't at all that funny, the fact that the 'TOUGH GUY' Mavrick was the one it was given to was enough to set the entire room into laughing fits. Sade held one hand over her mouth, knowing that she had gone too far. The pet name, Bighead, was not her favorite thing to be called, by anyone, but it was just what he said, so she called him buttercup. It was to get him to shut up and leave her alone most of the time, but she had never said it in a room full of people. She walked up to him and he glared at her. She smiled sweetly and gave him a peck on the nose, for some reason he couldn't stay mad at her, he sighed and unfolded his arms from across his chest. "I really hate you," He said, "I know. you 'hate' to love me, but you do anyway, so lets get going with the room so we can get out of here."
Mavrick rolled his eyes and walked to the broken window to repair it. Sade stared after him and rubbed her right arm, turning to face everyone else. When she turned around, Daine and Yukina were smiling widely. She blinked at them "What? What?" Ayanna just groaned. "Is there something going on between you two?" Daine teased, Sade blushed at the comment. "No way, he's just my friend, a very close friend," "Oh please, you know you probably dream about him every night," Ayanna said, crossing her arms. Sade new Ayanna didn't like him, they had met once before, and even then she couldn't get along with him. "Why do you continue to patronize me, leave him alone, I swear you are such a bitch" Ayanna smirked. "Damn right" Sade rolled her eyes and set next to Kurama on the couch. "Do you think I could get away with tying them together and leaving them in a room like that?"
He chuckled and smiled at her. "I doubt it, they both look like they wouldn't appreciate that very much" he crossed his legs and folded his arms. "Yea you're right. They'd get loose and try to kill each other right before they hunt me down for putting them there." She laughed and leaned against him, "Do you mind.?" She said looking at him, he shook his head, and she smiled back "Thanks, although this won't last very long" Kurama blinked, "What do you mean?" he asked. Sade smirked and motioned to Daine with her eyes. He looked in that direction and noticed the annoyed look of jealously on her face. He sweat dropped and chuckled, "she's a little possessive, isn't she?" Sade looked up "A little?" Ranjitzu watched Daine stare at Sade and Kurama menacingly, he sighed and went back to setting up the pictures on the walls, he noticed the curtains weren't up but it didn't occur to him to put them up, he just silently kept putting the photos up, one by one. Sade sighed calmly and looked around the room. Shanna and Ayanna were chatting on the other side of the room; they were showing off their transformations, each being a different size and/or shape then the next. It was funny because Ayanna was half cat demon and Shanna was a dog demon, but they got along so well, it was as if they had known each other for their whole lives, though Shanna's transformations were a little more intimidating than Ayanna's were.
Sade sighed and looked at Mavrick who was talking with Rikku. Rikku was the Naive brother among him and Ramura; he seemed to be following everything Mavrick said just fine. Though there was the occasional "whassat?" or "wha'd ya put it there?" Mavrick seemed rather exasperated with the whole thing "Are you even getting any of this?" "Nope, nota wor'," Mavrick sweat dropped. Sade wasn't even going to try to figure out what he was trying to telling him. Mavrick soon left the conversation, getting annoyed with all the whys, whats, and huhs. He walked to the broken window and stared out of it, noticing the black fire that still flared out of it, "What the fuck, it's still glowing" he was about to reach out to pick it up when he was cut in front of by Shanna chasing Ayanna, each in a small animal form. "Hey watch it bitch!" both Shanna and Ayanna turned to look at him "Who me?" They said together.
He blinked and shook his head, "I don't care who, just stop running around like the bunch of idiots you are" they glared at him and turned back to there human forms, semi-human in Shanna's case, "Who you calling an idiot asshole?" Ayanna said crossing her arms. "You two, that's who, now get away from me" "Really? Well how about we just beat the shit out of you now and you can apologize later?" He smirked and turned away from them "You couldn't hurt me if you wanted to, go away before you get hurt." Both demons glared at him menacingly, Kurama looked up at them and blinked 'oh great, this isn't going to turn out very good' he began to move away from Sade who looked at him confused, "What's wrong?" she followed his gaze and gasped. "Uh oh" Sade pushed Kurama up and stood. "Come on we can't let them fight each other now," he nodded and ran to help her stop them.
"I'm going to rip out your vocal cords, and maybe a few other assets while I'm at it" Ayanna grinned and flexed her claws; Shanna whipped her furry tail around excitedly. Sade and Kurama jumped in-between them "hold on guys, what happened?" Sade stood in front of Ayanna and Shanna, while Kurama stood in front of Mavrick. "I said, what happened?" Sade looked between them, waiting for a reply. "It was all his fault," Ayanna said pointing at Mavrick, "Oh shut up," "Stop it you two, there is no time for this," Kurama said glaring at Mavrick. "And what are you going to do about it flower boy?" Sade blinked at him. "He Mavy, getting touchy I see" He was getting very annoyed; Sade could see it in his eyes. She sighed and pushed Kurama aside, "Calm down, you'll blow something up if you don't" He stared into her eyes, then the sound of the front door opening pulled their attentions to the front hall.
"Shiori?!?!" Sade whispered. Kurama looked at her a little worried. "Everyone scramble, cover that scorch, Mavrick, please pull yourself together and put that window back together." Sade pulled Kurama to the front and met Shiori before she got to the living room entrance. "HELLO!! Hi, how was your walk home? Good I hope." Shiori sweat dropped at her eager welcome. "umm.I'm fine dear, the walk was smooth, thank you" "Mother, you look exhausted, why don't you go upstairs and rest while I make you something to eat," Shiori looked at him and smiled "why thank you Shuichi, I think I will." Shiori walked towards the steps then stopped, turning towards the living room. "Did you hear something?" Sade looked at Kurama. ~Come on, think of something, quick~ Sade said to him using her telepathy ~I'm trying, just be quiet for a minute~
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"You idiots, you fucking incompetents, how can I even call you family, you are all pathetic" Trevino roared. Nerorson, Hadrian, and Yadira tremble before him, though they showed no signs of cowardice in their appearance before their elder brother, they dared not speak against him. "Individually we have no power over her, she has killed our younger sister, we should attack her together, with our combined strengths we could kill that perra (bitch) for good, and you can steel her power for whatever purpose you had intended," Yadira suggested in a not so meager tone.
Trevino glared down at her from on top his so called throne, 'the fake king' or 'lord', would most defiantly fit his title. The fakest of all Sade had ever known, and hopefully, the last. "Shut up Yadira. Nevada was weak, her actions were careless, and her ideas were useless." Yadira stared up at him in disbelief, he, her own brother, flesh and blood, had cast their sister to the enemy with no thought or care of her well being. "Tú monstruoso híbrido (d), you sent Nevada to them knowing she wouldn't return to us." She sneered at him.
"Didn't you?" Yadira was blazing, "Are we just another pawn in your game, what power does that brat have that you want so desperately, and even so, you would keep it all to yourself, I know it? You'd steel from your own family." Yadira accused. "SILENCE," Kairi Yelled, hushing everyone in the room. She stood at Trevino's side, his other pawn, his.bitch, so to speak, but if Nerorson, Yadira, and Hadrian had anything to say, they'd say it was the other way around. They all glared up at her, she simply smirked and waved them gone. "You are all inept; leave our sights, till you are needed once more." Kairi sent them a glare that told them the 'Or else' part of her statement without the actual use of words.
They stood and walked out, leaving there older brother and that witch behind them, but before shutting the large doors to his chamber, Yadira spoke load and clear, "your next attempt at that brat will not be so successful, as did our sister's, who had died in vein for a cause you'll never gain," Trevino almost choked at the sight before him, before she had shut the door, a single gem of water streamed from her eye. Trevino sat for a minute, pondering over his sister's sadness for the loss of their youngest sibling. Kairi scowled at his contemplative expression, she placed her hand on his shoulder and shook him, "What are you so melancholy for? You should know those tontos (fools, idiots) were going to figure out your plan someday soon, and they don't even know the full context of it yet."
He stared at her from the corner of his eye, "My plan, my plan was it? It was all your arrangements." he stood and pointed at her. "You who decided to dispose of my brothers and sisters like pawns in a chess game!! Isn't two sisters dead enough for YOUR sick game to be played out?" Kairi smirked and crossed her arms sarcastically, "And when did you start to care for your halfwit hermanos (siblings)?" Trevino glared at her. "Don't even think to place the blame on me; though it was my plan, you carried it out to its fullest, knowing full well that it was indeed all your own initial doing." Trevino growled and looked at her feet, not ready to look into her cold amber eyes. It was, indeed, true.he had started the whole game and he wasn't going to back out of it now.even if it would cost him his own family. He turned away from her and walked to the bed, resting his head on his hand. Kairi grinned, she had him right where she needed him, and having him there would assure her place by his side when he had real power.
'He is weakening still...GOOD...my plan will be set into action any moment, then the true game begins, if they won't fight willingly, then they will be forced' Kairi thought as she went to Trevino's side, where she believed was her rightful position.
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(d) ("You monstrous bastard,)
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Hellen paced around Genkai's temple, fidgeting with whatever was in her hands or on the walls when she reached the other ends of the room, she just couldn't stay still. "Why are you so restless, I swear, you're going to ware away the floor if you don't stop, not to mention the damage you have already done in the other room," Genkai said walking to the door to shut it. "But I can't help it, why am I still sitting here, doing absolutely nothing, when everyone's with Sade and Kurama, probably having lots of fun?" Genkai looked at her blankly, "Because you didn't want to go in the first place, complaining about not wanting to do any work," Genkai shook her head and walked into another room mutter about teenagers and annoying elves. Hellen sat next to Virin as he rested on the mat on the floor. She closed her eyes and rested against him; he opened one eye and smiled, curling up closer to her. Simon walked in from doing some exercises outside. He spotted them on the floor and smirked "Hmm..." suddenly a loud crack sounded from outside, making him turn in alarm.
He didn't even have time to react as a large dark figure rose up before him and trapped him in a cage of energy. His alarmed cry woke Hellen and Virin. They looked to where the sound came and ran to his aid. Simon was trapped in a black ball of energy; it crackled and hissed with evil power. Hellen zapped at it with many dazzling shots of her power but it seemed to have no effect on the sphere. Virin struggled to break it, to free his brother, who was being drained of his own energy within the ball, but every one of his shots was useless. Another figure appeared from the shadows and struck at him. He hit the floor, clutching at his side. Hellen went to him and growled at the other figure. Virin looked up with glowing eyes, getting ready to hit them with everything he had, with Hellen along side him. The figures seemed familiar though, being of shadow and strength. Hellen's eyes widened at the two bodies before her "It's you two..." she whispered before she and Virin were captured in the same fashion that Simon had been.
Erika ran in at the alarming sound of Hellen's screech. She too was caught, but not without a fight of her own. Genkai and Ramura had come in too late; they were gone by the time they made it back to the room. Genkai stared at the destroyed room and clenched her fists 'Those bastards.'
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Kurama guided his mother to the stairs telling her that she looked tired and should rest before joining them down stairs. She reluctantly walked up the stairs and went to her room to lye down. Kurama sighed and walked into the living room, surprised to see that the scorches and broken window had been fixed, Mavrick must have melted the pieces of glass back together like new and the scorch marks had been cleaned and covered with a picture of Kurama's grandmother, though the marks were still there. "Well at least my mother doesn't notice those sort of things" Rikku rubbed the back of his head, "S'rry, ah din' know wh'else ta do wit' it, at leas' it looks normal... ah thin'," Kurama chuckled and walked up to him, "It looks fine, I'm sure mother won't realize it." Rikku smiled and walked to the kitchen, where Kuwabara still sat. "Ey, how're ya doin? Yer lookin much bett'r, yeh looked 'orrible las'time ah saw yah" Kuwabara looked up at him and smirked, "Thanks. I think" he pulled the pot of coffee towards himself and poured more into his cup. "Yer welcome, ah'm goin back ta Daine now, see ya" Rikku said, before walking out with a bag of chips.
Sade stood in front of Kurama staring at the room. "So, what do we do now, we've already blown up the house, killed the youngest of the Trevino family, destroyed the city garden, and almost killed, what is it now.four people, including you ." She looked up at him and he smiled "You shouldn't worry so much of other's well beings" Sade tilted her head to the side in confusion "What do you mean?" "I mean you should learn to relax, you're a fine person and a skilled fighter." "Yea right, since when? Is there another Sade around here that I don't know about?" she looked around the room as if searching for this 'other' person. Kurama chuckled. "Why do you continue to put yourself down? You should appreciate what you have and can do." Sade shrugged, "I guess you're right, but I've been so confused lately, there's so much I don't understand, I feel like I'm fighting a pointless battle and putting my friends in danger" she looked out among the many busy people that wondered around the room. "Did it ever occur to you that they can take care of themselves? I'm sure they fight by your side without a moment's hesitation, they believe in you, why don't you try to believe in them for a change." Kurama smiled at her then walked into the kitchen to make Shiori that meal he promised, leaving Sade to her thoughts.
'Maybe he's right' she thought with her head rested against the wall. A sudden yank at her heart, pulled her from her thoughts, it felt like someone was squeezing her heart. She grabbed at her chest in pain, "What the.?" she stared at the stairs in surprise. 'Hiei.' She groaned and walked unsteadily to the steps. She dragged herself to her room and pushed the door open, her eyes widened in shock.he was gone. Sade leaned against her door and rubbed her chest 'where did he go?' she noticed her window was wide open and she damned herself for believing he would give in to her and stay there till she decided to give him back his power. She could feel that pull again, she knew what it was though, it was the feel of him taking back his energy, calling it back to his own body. "This can't be good." She heard Shiori moving around in her room and decided it was time to get everyone out of the house as soon as possible. She sighed and closed her bedroom door, going down the steps again to kick everyone out.
Back down stares, everyone was enjoying a nice brake from working, Sade dragged herself into the living room and watched them chat, the girls looked up worried, "Hey, you don't look so good.you ight?" Ayanna said standing. Sade shook her head and sat next to Mavrick, laying her head on his shoulder, He looked down at her confused but welcomed her, rapping his arm around her shoulders. Ayanna looked at Catharine who looked at Lauren who looked at Daine who looked at Yukina who was smiling sweetly at them. The girls sweat dropped and sighed (all except Yukina of course). Mavrick let Sade lay her head back on the couch as he stood, "I say we get out of this dump and go find something better to do, it's not even 7 yet, I'm sure there's a lot more exciting things to do out there," Daine, Shanna and Ayanna all glared at him. "What?" He looked around at all of them "I've had just about all I can take from you," Daine said, her eyes glowing slightly, "Yea" Ayanna hissed, standing. Sade felt woozy and a little weak but she couldn't allow them to fight each other now, she sat up and started to stand when.
"That's quite enough.. if you hadn't noticed, my mother's in the house, I don't want her to see you people blow each other up in our living room. If it's somewhere else you desire to go, then we will go, but please, do not fight one another, not here, not now" Kurama stood in-between them, he spoke soft but firm, Mavrick didn't like him all that much, but he was smarter than that, he wouldn't start something in a place they were now. He calmed himself, still slightly annoyed though and stood straight. "Fine, I'll wait.for now" Mavrick turned to sit back down and saw Sade smiling warmly at him, he hadn't seen her do that in a long time. He sighed and flopped down next to her, resting his head in his hand. Sade rubbed his back and looked up at the other girls that were still glaring at him. Sade glared back and shook her head, they rolled their eyes and went to the kitchen, following Kurama, who was almost done making his mother something to eat. When he finished he set the plate on the table and walked back to the living room, Mavrick had his head rested on Sade's lap and she was sleeping lightly on a pillow of the couch, "Ok, we can go now, and I suggest we go now, as not to arouse suspicion from my mother," Sade awoke and looked up, "Oh.right" she stretched and stood.
They all went into the front "Oh yea, I forgot about that fire ball, I'd better call it back before someone sees black fire in your front yard, Kurama," she did so, but it didn't come right away, as they were about to walk, they were intercepted by none other than.Tiger, and he wasn't alone, he had two other guys with him. They seemed rather smug but they weren't fooling anyone. "Hey babe, where are you off to? I thought we were supposed to be working on that project together. Sade glared at him "Don't call me babe, and you never worked on the project, you fuck around too much, I'll finish it on my own, besides, I wouldn't let your 'friends' in this house anyway" 'they're just as slimy as you are' she thought. He laughed and walked up to her, his band following close behind. "You have a great sense of humor you know that?" Sade rolled her eyes "No I didn't, why don't you tell me about it another time." She turned to walk away when she felt another sudden jolt to her system, 'I can't hold him off forever, damnit.wait.' she looked further into it, that wasn't Hiei.it was something else, at Genkai's. Sade turned to her friends "Did you feel that?" they nodded slowly, "I didn't feel anything, it must be the wind," they all looked at Tiger and sighed. ~Listen up, we must go back to Genkai's, there's something not right.~ ~wait.~ Sade blinked, ~what laur?~ she looked up at her and Lauren gulped ~umm, there's a slight problem.~
Lauren's eyes were flashing red a little and her fangs were extended. She was getting hungry, and it wasn't a good idea to prolong her thirst. Sade sweat dropped largely, 'why me.?' ~OK new plan, Ayanna, Rikku, Kurama, and Catharine I need you to go to Genkai's to see what's wrong. Laur, Mavrick and Daine, and Ranjitzu, you four come with me, lets go get Laur something to eh. eat~ The silence between the groups was making Tiger uneasy so he broke it, "Hey, why are we standing out here anyway, can't we go inside?" Sade glared at him "Shut up for a minute, we're busy" he blinked at them confusedly and watched them in silence. ~NO I want to go with you, I don't want to go back to that crabby lady~ Ayanna complained, ~I don't know, I have to go with Lauren to make sure she doesn't kill any random person off the street, and Mavrick has to go with me so none of you bug him and he doesn't kill any of you back for it~ Lauren giggled and Tiger raised an eye brow 'They're either whispering very low, or they're a bunch of freaks that stare at each other for no reason and waste my time' he thought while turning to his friends. He whispered to them and laughed "They're probably a bunch of freaks that have nothing better to do than stare at each other" they each laughed then turned back to the group of so called freaks.
~fine, Ayanna, Daine, Ranjitzu and Mavrick come with me, oh and Lauren too of course.Kurama, you help Yukina take Kuwabara to Genkai's and take Rikku, Catharine, and Shanna with you, how's that?~ they nodded and finally agreed, just remembering that Tiger and his friends were still staring "ok now what the hell are you staring at" Shanna said under her hooded cape. "What's with the getup?" Shanna growled slightly and Tiger backed up. "Easy Shanna, Tiger please don't insult my friends, she wears it to uh." "To cover her face, it's her religion" Sade smiled at Kurama, 'nice' she thought, "Exactly, her religion. Shanna rolled her eyes and turned away from them. Tiger squinted for a second then looked back at Sade, "Hey, wait a minute.isn't Shanna the name of that rat dog you own?" Shanna stopped mid turn step and clenched her fists. "Uhh, yea, but it's my friend's name as well. I named my dog after her, why does it matter to you?" Sade crossed her arms. He shrugged, Sade rubbed her head, "and by the way." "DON'T CALL ME A RAT DOG!!!" Shanna growled at him. Sade sweat dropped and Tiger's eyes went wide "What are you talking about, I was talking about the dog Shanna, not you," ~Shanna don't blow your cover, he's human remember?~
Shanna snorted and turned away from him again, trying to calm her anger. "Sheesh, what's her problem?" Sade was getting annoyed with him now. "Tiger, just shut up, come on guys, we have to go" she waved to her friends and they all started to walk away. "Hey where ya going?" Sade was getting agitated with him, even Kurama was getting annoyed, though he didn't show it. "Can we come?" he asked putting his hand on her shoulder, Mavrick stood between him and Sade, Tiger looked him over "And who are you, her boyfriend?" Sade sweat dropped, Mavrick looked at her then back to Tiger "I'm." "We don't have time for this" Lauren cut him off, "come on come on come on" She pushed them forward and they all started to walk to the end of the corner where they split into two different directions, one heading to Genkai's, the other, heading to the bad part of town, but now Sade had even more people fallowing her. Tiger was going to be trouble, she could feel it.
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Shiori finally came down stares around the time that everyone walked out of the house and into the front yard, "Shuichi? Sade?" She looked in the living room, it seemed normal, she then went into the kitchen where she found her freshly made lunch and a note that read
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Dear mother,
Sade and I have gone out for the evening, I left you lunch and your dinner is in the oven, we might be back late, I'm afraid, so you might not see us when we return. Don't worry, we'll be fine.
Love, Sincerely, Shuichi, Sade
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Shiori chuckled at the double ending, she thought it was cute that Sade couldn't just say love with Shuichi, it was strange but she didn't question her intentions. She ate her food rather quickly then stepped into the living room where she looked around, she walked to the wall where Rikku had hidden the scorch mark with her mother's picture and frowned "Why is that there?" she walked up to it and peered at it, smiling she reached out and picked up the bag of chips Rikku left on the couch under the picture. She chuckled, "Must have been Sade's, that girl can sure eat," she held the bag in one hand, then looked around the room again, blinking curiously at the other side. "What happened here?" She walked to the window and peered at it, she brought her hand up to the glass and tapped it, "There're smudges all over it," she took a handkerchief out of her pocket and wiped it clean "..and why are these drapes open?" she said leaning closer to the window to close them, that's when she spotted a dark glow from the corner of her eye. She looked at it curiously, then opened the window to get a better look. When she got the window opened wide enough for her to see it, the glow suddenly puffed out and disappeared, all she saw was a ball of black fire disappear into a puff of blue smoke.
She blinked at the spot where the ball had sat and shook her head, "Shu- chan was right, I do need rest," she shut the window and closed the curtains, walking the kitchen to get a cold glass of water and an aspirin.
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So what'd ya think.I know it took me long enough, and I'm real real sorry bout that, but I have a really good excuse for this whole mess.and as soon as I think of it I'll let ya know. But I think that now that I've finally got this one out of the way, I'll be able to type the other ones faster..I hope I hope I hope, anyway, R&R for me, please, I've worked so hard on this so as not to disappoint anyone, so tell me if I did or not, k?
OK, I know I take way too long with my chapters, but fate has been against me for the last few MONTHS. Every time I wrote this chapter, something happened to it. I had to go out of town so I brought a disk with my story on it, with me, but then the disk wouldn't work, then when I got the disk to work again I couldn't find a computer that worked properly, then when I had the story right in front of me, it was erased right in front of me, then finally I'm home, with the disk that had my 9th chapter on it, and then that didn't work, so then I had to rewrite it for the fourth time. So I've been through hell trying to get this chapter up, so I hope it's at least somewhat satisfying, *sigh* enjoy.*crosses fingers* I hope. (t) (--- Means translation.
Chapter 9: Home free at last.I think
Everyone had something to do; Daine and Mavrick were repairing the living room walls while Ranjitzu helped with the furniture and the other little antiques around them. Shanna was in her much larger dog form, sniffing out what was left of Nevada, which wasn't a lot mind you, and making sure she was gone for good. Ayanna and Lauren were outside directing people away from the house and assuring them that the noise and commotion would stop soon. Not everyone was around; however, Erika, Hellen, Simon and Virin, and Ramura were not. They were most likely still at Genkai's, but no one had time to worry about them at the moment. Sade was sure they were alright though; she could still sense them, live and well. Speaking of her, she was upstairs with Catharine, Yukina, and Kuwabara. Everyone had insisted that they get their wounds tended to before helping with the house repair.
In the bathroom, Yukina was treating the newly opened scars that had been torn open by Nevada, one of the people who had caused them in the first place. Sade hissed at the sting of the wounds being tampered with. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to hurt you, here is this better?" Yukina glided her hands over the wounds, closing them instantly. "It's ok, don't worry about me, they do feel a little better though, thanks" Sade turned to look at her. Yukina smiled warmly, "You're welcome, just don't move around too much and you'll be fine" Sade nodded then looked over her shoulder "You'd better help him though, he looks ready to faint," Sade pointed to the battered Kuwabara; he was still shivering and his lips were a little blue. "I guess he was frozen a little too long, sorry I didn't get you out sooner," Sade gave him a sad smile. He didn't say much but he nodded in return, still shaking.
"Don't do too much Sade, your back is healed externally, but excessive activity will reopen it. They're too deep and too old for me to heal completely." Yukina said leaving her side as Sade nodded slowly, "Hiei?" Hiei turned to Yukina, "Are you sure you don't need any help, the bandaging on your arm was torn, would you like me to redo it?" Hiei looked at Sade then at Kuwabara, and back to his twin. "I'm fine, just help him," Yukina nodded in understanding and walked to the shivering carrot-top teen. She worked on him quickly, he didn't need too much treatment, once Yukina had touched him it was like he had gotten his strength back in that very moment. She helped him stand, but he was having a little trouble walking, Catharine helped her though, since Yukina had already healed her wounds completely. They led him to the door, which Hiei was leaning on, "Will the idiot live?" Hiei said not taking his eyes off Sade's naked back, the scars still plainly visible.
"He'll be fine, he just needs rest. I've got my hands full with Kazuma, could you lend a hand with Sade? It would help me a great deal if you did." Yukina looked at him hopeful; he sighed and conceded, walking up behind her. Yukina smiled and her and Catharine helped Kuwabara down the steps. Sade was trying to breathe steadily, and trying to keep consciousness upon her. She was exhausted and her body was fatigued for reasons, even, she didn't understand.
He raised an eye brow and walked closer to her, his eyes roaming over her bare skin. She sensed Hiei approach her body and she turned her head slightly to look over her shoulder at him. She crossed her arms over her chest in modesty. Hiei chuckled to himself amusedly, "I didn't think you could be the modest type, I've seen what you've done to some men, even Kurama," Sade looked at him from the corner of her eye, "Are you spying on my mind as well?" She said softly. Hiei blinked for a minute and blushed a bit, the truth was, he actually was checking through her mind and checking up on her, but of course, he wouldn't admit it. "Feh, why would I bother, I already know everything you've done, if you remember that much at all." He crossed his arms.
"You can relax, Hiei, I was just messing with Kurama.to see what his reaction would be, obviously he took it well, he's a very elegante persona (interesting person) ." Sade paused, ".like you" she whispered. She said it intentionally low so that he wouldn't hear, in which he didn't, luckily for her. Sade paused at his word '...if you remember that much...' the moment they had shared at the river flashed in her mind and the feelings she had felt for him then, flushed over her like a torrent of waves. "Yes I do, I do remember it.very well in fact. But I haven't had a chance to talk to you since then and that was a week ago.where did you disappear to?" she asked over her shoulder, Hiei scowled, "Why ask? Why do you care?" Hiei asked, curiosity was hidden underneath that timbre voice, but Sade didn't pick up on it. "Never mind, I don't know why I care, if you had felt nothing then, then I will not bother with trying anymore." her eyes were shaded by her long hair in her face and her back was turned to his sight. Hiei's eyes widened slightly, "What did you s." he cut himself off at her shivering body.
Sade rubbed her shoulder, trying to relieve the ache in her muscles. Hiei rolled his eyes, getting annoyed at how many times she did that in a day (well since he be spying on her mind, he might as well know her habits ^.~). He rested his hand on her shoulder, but she pulled away, "don't, just leave me alone" She tried to stand, getting to her feet and leaning on the wall, resting her head on the colored surface. She pushed away from it gently but fell back to the stool that she had been currently sitting on.
Hiei stood there watching her struggle to stand again; he couldn't take it anymore, her feeble attempts to stand and her pathetic excuses for being weak, were unnerving. He pushed her back down upon the stool and started to massage her shoulders, Sade would have protested him, but the slow motion and working of his hands felt too good to object. She purred lightly when his hands worked over her entire back and neck. Hiei blushed slightly from her reaction and tried to focus on something else, noticing, once again, the tattoos and scars of her, rather smooth skinned, back. He noticed that the slashes not only ran over her spin, but over her right shoulder and the tattooed feathers of her forged wings. The closer analysis made it easier to see the cause of some of her twinge, in which Hiei secretly wished he could mend.
'So this is the cause of her pain?' he thought while gliding a finger over one of the blemishes. Sade involuntarily shivered at this touch, "Aren't they lovely?" she said sarcastically, "They're grand," he snorted. "Heh.. they're just bad memories. memories that still hurt," she closed her eyes as she shivered again at his light touch. "Man is that pathetic. It's kind of like what my mother used to say, 'if there's no bones broken, no blood gushing, and no head trauma, don't complain'.I hated it when she said that," Sade chuckled and scrunched her nose a little at the memory, but the smile faded along with the vision and she hissed at the slight pain in her shoulder. Hiei had long stopped his ministrations on her back to listen to her. "I guess I shouldn't complain about it then, I'm alive and I have friends to help me throu."She paused again to look out the door and listen to her friends, hard at work and yelling at each other.
"How could you live with yourself?" Sade looked up at him in confusion, "Huh?" "You sit here and complain about how weak you are and how you don't want your friends to get hurt because of you and yet you don't do anything about it, keh you're right, you are pathetic" Sade glared at him in disbelief. "Hn, I guess you're right, I guess I should stop bitching about my problems and do something about it.but I already tried suicide." Sade said sardonically with a smirk. Hiei didn't see the humor in it. He opened his mouth to speak but Sade stopped him.
"Don't even say it; I know you fight for a reason similar to mine, in which you block out all reasons for yourself, but you're selfish. You take no help and you act as though you're capable of defeating anyone you cross and don't like. I know that you're not afraid to die, you go into battle probably hoping for death, that sounds like suicide to me," Hiei didn't argue, it was true that he wasn't afraid of death, but he hadn't considered it to be suicide, but she did have a point in her own opinion, though it wasn't welcome in his. Hiei looked away. "Suicide is a coward's way out of their problem," "And being that I was the one who brought it up, that would make me a coward?" Sade said frowning. Hiei glared at her and turned to walk to the door, Sade followed, pulling on her shirt. She tried to push past him, putting her hand on his chest for support but didn't get much further than that.
Hiei looked down at her small hand and then at her, she looked so meager. He thought for a second then looked back down at her hand. "I won't be weak, I'll help down stairs; I owe Kurama that much for what happened to him before. I just.need to get.down stairs," She pushed away from him and started for the flight of steps. "Hn, you look ready to collapse from where I'm standing," Sade glared back at him, "Then move.you're such a... fucking. pain," Hiei shook his head, he didn't know how her friends could put up with her, she complained an awful lot and she snapped at people left and right. Sade stopped for a second and turned around, looking ready to faint. Hiei smirked for a minute then frowned.
She slowly started to move toward him. When she reached him she leaned on him slightly and sighed, "I'm sorry." She looked up at him and licked her dry lips, "I'm.sorry...for yelling at you all the time, I know. I've been a real bitch, and I'm sorry for... my issues being a problem for you." Tears formed in her eyes and fell to his clothes, he glared down at her "Stop your apologies and tears, they accomplish nothing" her water works continued and the tears fell more rapidly. "At least I'm not afraid to cry, you keep all emotions locked up inside and don't let anyone get to know them or you.you're harder to figure out... than I am" Sade grasped his shirt and glared up at him with tear filled orbs.
He still glared at her but his eyes showed a glint of pain, Sade's heart lifted somewhat, with the thought of actually reaching him. Hiei didn't like the idea of these emotions that he was getting from her. He pushed her away from him and she hit the ground. "Shut up, crying is for the weak, you can never say you know me, you don't." Sade damned herself for believing a hard ass like him could be reached. Hiei scowled down at her frail body, no emotion or affect of her lying there in pain, seeming to prove that it didn't bother him in any instance. Sade could feel his eyes on her back once again, she couldn't take it, her eyes briefly flashed white, and she sat up.
Hiei watched her struggle to sit up, he smirked at his fine lack of feeling towards her suffering, but it faded as soon as it had come when he saw her stand without a fault and look up at him coldly. "You say I could never know you, well I could say the same for you about me." she walked up to him slowly, blood started to trickle down her back from the torn flesh of her thoughtless actions, causing Hiei to step back with every stride. ".I'm sure you'd love to get to know me better though. and you say I'm weak.fine, I'm sure you won't mind feeling the meager notion for a few hours then." Hiei looked confused for a second but didn't have enough time to react when she grabbed his shoulders, pulled him closer to her and kissed him, quick and hard, all was a blur to him.
This kiss was different, however. The previous kisses they had shared were soft, sweet, and shared a certain longing with his, but this one, this one was ruthless and harsh, and along with it she was slowly steeling his energy, while enhancing her own. She forcefully pulled his physical strength from his muscles and the demonic, as well as spiritual, energy from his body till his youki was drained completely. She had pulled everything from him, but she did not touch his life energy, leaving him only to fall to the ground, lifeless, but still breathing at least. Sade fell to the floor alongside him as she felt her wounds closing and his energy coursing through her body like a wildfire through a forest. But her trees, so to speak, were just strong enough to withhold such flames; she looked at Hiei's unconscious body, breathing heavily, and stood up.
"Such...power, he's a lot stronger than I thought, it hurts.... Fuck, it hurts," she grasped her stomach in pain, then at her heart where she felt the power strongest, then a sudden sensation shot through her arms, but it was small, so she paid no mind to it. Using her meek telekinesis she lifted his body off of the ground and into her room, lowering him onto her bed. "Cuál es su energía? Por qué lastima tanto? (t) I wanted to know you, not fight you. Maybe you're just more trouble than you're worth." She looked at his sleeping face, no matter how much it bothered her that he seemed to have no emotions whatsoever, she couldn't help but stare at his childish features, hardened by his horrible life growing up the way he was, ".Or maybe I'm just giving up too easily.just like you said I would. I'll prove you wrong, and I'll see the real you, incluso si me mata (t2)," she whispered before pulling on a sweatshirt and walking out the door, closing it behind her.
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(t)(What is your power? Why does it hurt so much?) (t2)(Even if it kills me)
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Down stairs she passed Ayanna who was on her way to the kitchen, "Sade, we're almost done, but we still need a little help, are you ok? What took you so long?" Sade thought for a minute then looked at her, "I'm fine, it's nothing, I was just taking care of something," Ayanna arched an eyebrow but shrugged it off, "Yea, ok whatever, but you still need to get your lazy ass to work, you can't just leave us to do all the labor around here, sheh..grow up, you play too much," Ayanna snorted before continuing on her way to the kitchen. Sade rolled her eyes and involuntarily rubbed her right arm before fallowing Ayanna into the kitchen.
Sade walked into the kitchen where Ayanna had gone, but she wasn't the only one who resided there, Kurama and Kuwabara had been there as well. Kuwabara looked up from his coffee, his natural color was returning to his skin and face, before he had looked like a blue berry. As much as Sade loved blue berries, she was sorry to say he didn't look appealing to her at all. "Hey man, how ya feelin?" Sade stepped forward and leaned on the table. Kuwabara smirked "I'm fine, I've taken on worst things than that, I'm unstoppable," his over confidence was nerve racking in most aspects. "Do you ever give up on trying to be #1?" She scowled and crossed her arms. "Never, I won't ever give up, I'll be on top one day and everyone'll be bowing at my greatness," he was staring off into space when he said that. Sade sweat dropped and shook her head. 'Well at least he's a big dreamer.' Sade giggled to herself, '.Unfortunately, it's going to get him killed one day.' Sade cringed at the thought and pushed it to the back of her mind while stepping towards Kurama, who was leaning on the counter calmly, as usual.
"So how are you doing? Everyone else seems to be a little panicked and here you are, still so.. tranquil, I wonder why." Kurama peered at her from the corner of his eye and sipped his own coffee. "It's quite simple actually.all you have to do is think positively and hope that things will turn out for the best" He smiled and Sade just laughed. He blinked down at her in confusion. "Why are you laughing? Was it something I said" He asked while setting his mug onto the counter and looking at Kuwabara questionably, who just shrugged. Kurama looked back at Sade who was still laughing and cleared his throat. Sade shook her head and yielded her laughter. "It's nothing, it's just that, that was the biggest load of bull I've ever heard.well actually, the biggest I've ever heard came from Mavrick but that's irrelevant, ANYway." Sade was suddenly cut off by a voice that came from the living room, "I heard that Sade, don't hate, I hear you talking bout me in there." Mavrick yelled from the other room.
Sade broke out into a fit of giggles again as she heard Daine smack him over the head for not paying attention. "Hey, what the fuck was that for?" he yelled, "For singeing my hair, now pay attention to what you're doing before I really hurt you.." Daine growled to which Mavrick returned the compliment. "Come on guys, you're fighting already? First fix the wall, then you can clash outside." Sade yelled into the soon-to-be-war room. "Fine, I'll be nice.for now" Mavrick muttered. Sade walked to the door way so they wouldn't have to yell all through the house. "Well, I don't care, I don't want to. I'm bored, I want to fight, I want to kill something, I want to do something fun." Daine sat on the couch and crossed her arms stubbornly. Mavrick stood behind her with a fire ball in his hand, but thought twice about it when Sade glared at him, he scowled and extinguished the ball, turning his back to her and continuing to weld the bottom part of the wall. "Hey, Mavy, I didn't know you were such a good welder, you should get a job in construction." Sade giggled.
He stuck a finger up over his shoulder so she could see it, then put his hand down in front of him and continued with what he was doing. Sade glared at his back and could feel him smirk, "Jerk." she mumbled. "Thanks," he said making Sade roll her eyes and turn her attention back to Daine. "Come on Daine, I promised that you could fight when the time came, what do you want me to do about that?" she placed her hands on her hips, waiting for the hanyou's answer. "I don't care, I'm sick of this, I'm not going to do it anymore," Sade slapped her hand to her forehead. Daine was so stubborn, being that she was a half-demon of such, she didn't have the best traits of any old hanyou that Sade had ever seen, in fact Daine was better, she was somewhat of an oxymoron, if you excuse the term.
Daine was half angel and half demon, as to why such a creature came to be Sade will never know nor will she understand it. Daine's two halves fraught a constant battle within her and sometimes her not so better half would have the nerve to surface and make whoever crossed her path a living nightmare, depending on if she's in a good mood or not, though the good mood was very unlikely. Right now she was her angel half but still being a brat, if Daine didn't want to do something; there was no force on earth that was going to tell her otherwise. "Awwww, come on, you're our best hope of finishing before Shiori comes home, please Daine, do it for me," well, there's always begging her, and if she was such a dependant ally, she would do her friend a favor. "No..." well, so much for being a reliable friend. Sade crossed her arms and thought for a minute, then a slight grin touched her lips.
"Hey Daine." Daine looked up at her from the spot on the ground she had been glaring at while pouting. "If you won't do it for me, then do it for." Sade reached through the wall and pulled Kurama through, blinking in confusion. ".him.do it for him, after all it is his house, and you don't want him to get in trouble do you? And if he does then it'll be my fault.and yours if we don't get this finished" Sade placed her hand on her hip and kept her grip on the redhead's sleeve. Daine squeaked and embraced Kurama, tightly, again. The kitsune sweat dropped and tried to keep breathing in her grasp. "Ok ok ok, I don't want Kurama-kun to get in trouble; I'm on the job," Daine kissed his cheek and in a flash she was back to work with Mavrick. Kurama slumped to the floor, trying to catch his breath, "I don't think I can take much more of her hugs," Kurama said getting to his feet and walking back to the kitchen, the long way.
Back in the kitchen, Ayanna had just finished making quite few sandwiches for her and the others. "Wow, those look great, don't mind if I do." Sade went to grab one but Ayanna swatted her hand away. "Hey, these ain't for you, they for the people who are actually working," Ayanna said walking out of the kitchen and dinning room. "Hey, I thought we were sisters.I guess that's why you're La perra (The Bitch)" Sade said to her retreating back, "Damn straight" Ayanna chuckled. "Oh wait. never mind, you're just. Un perra (A bitch)" Sade yelled over her shoulder. And just before Ayanna turned the corner, into the living room, she stuck up her middle finger over her shoulder, "What is this.flip me off day, everyone's getting a kick out of doing that to me this morning," Sade said before sitting in a chair at the table.
Kurama resumed his place at the counter and picked up his coffee, taking a last sip before placing the mug in the sink. Sade rested her head on her arms. A sudden sensation traveled up her spine then to her right arm, she abruptly sat up, Kuwabara blinked at her for a second, as she gazed at her hand confused and uncertain. "Hey uh.are you ok? You look kind of spooked." Sade looked up at him as if she just realized he was there, "huh? What? What happened?" Kurama and Kuwabara looked at each other then back at her. Sade became uncomfortable with there gazes, she stood from her chair and moved to the door to exit the kitchen as she had done so many times that morning.
"I'm fine.I just need to.check on. something." Sade grasped her arm behind her back as she exited the kitchen walking backwards. She turned and walked through the living room, heading for the stairs, however Mavrick and Daine stood in her way. "Hey we finished, and you said I couldn't do it," He smirked proudly. Daine rolled her eyes, "Oh shut up, you weren't the only one who worked on it ya know.I did most of the work, and so did Ran-chan we probably did more work than you did, so don't lie," Daine crossed her arms and flopped down onto the couch. "Hey, I'm not the one who was complaining about being bored and acting like a brat because of it," He sat in the chair on the other side of the room. Sade sighed and rubbed her arm. Mavrick looked at her curiously, "Hey, bighead, are you ok? You look a little flushed."
Sade glared at him for the name and shrugged, "I'm fine, just a little warm" "then why don't you take off your sweater, genius? Didja ever think of that?" Sade walked up to him and slapped him over the head. "Shut up smartass, I was going to do that anyway." "Well I don't know about you guys but I'm freezing" Daine said rubbing her arms. Sade rolled her eyes, "Daine, you're always cold, your blood is ice for god's sake, you're literally cold blooded." "So? That doesn't mean I can't be warm" "Uh huh, sure it doesn't" Sade sighed, "hey" Daine scowled. Sade pulled off her left sleeve and was puling down the other, when she noticed a strange mark, encircled around her arm. She quickly pulled her sleeve back up and put the sweater back on. Mavrick blinked up at her, confused, "I thought you were hot.why are you putting the sweater back on?" Sade sweat dropped and headed for the steps, which was her initial goal.
Mavrick took a firm hold on Sade's sweater hood before she got a chance to get to the first step, "Where are you going?" Sade tugged at his grip, "Mavrick, let go" He looked at her confused. "What did I do.wait a second, is that midget up there? He is isn't he?" Sade stared at him blankly, "Don't call him that, and No, he isn't up there." "Liar" he said simply. ".Hn." He blinked at her; he remembered that Hiei did that a lot, what was going on with her. Sade tried to kick him but he moved, "I said let go, don't make me hurt you" She continued to struggle against his hold on her. "What? I thought you could get out of anything, after all you are the independent one," he chuckled. "Ok, that's it!!" Sade took hold of his arm and twisted back, then threw him onto the couch across the room. "There.. I would have thrown you out the window but we just fixed that." She crossed her arms. "Yea, but your aim hasn't gotten any better" he said sitting up. He looked up just in time to dodge a fire ball that was thrown at him. "What the.?" He blinked at the scorned spot on the wall. He looked up at Sade, she looked pissed and in her right hand was a flame of black and blue.
Everyone in the room had their eyes set wide on her. She didn't notice them; her glare was set straight on Mavrick, who sweat dropped at her anger. She propped the ball up then threw it straight at him, not having enough time to dodge, he caught it. Being that he could control fire anyway, it wasn't that hard to catch it, though it was harder to contain. "What the fuck. this shit feels like it's alive" he tried to contain it, but ended up throwing it out the window, breaking it anyway. The people in the room watched it land in a melting pile of snow before turning their sights to Sade. She stared at her hands then at her arm, not realizing the peering eyes that were on her. She finally looked up and squeaked at the leering orbs that had bestowed upon her there questioning looks. Kurama had just stepped into the doorway when Sade had thrown the second ball, but had not said anything since. Sade turned to him "Uhh.oops." Kurama looked at the scorched wall then at the broken window and sighed. "I don't believe we are getting anywhere in here." Sade bit her lip and closed her eyes, taking in deep breathes. "So I've noticed. Maybe we should go out again, but somewhere more.open or at least vacant."
Most of the people in the room nodded. "Then it's settled, when Shiori gets home, we all go down to the shady parts of the city. We could.uh. I don't know..do some damage I guess." Mavrick stood up to that, "Shit, it's about time, I'm ready to unleash hell over here, I've been ready" Sade sweat dropped, "Whatever, Mavy, but you're going to have to stay with us while you do it." Mavrick growled and crossed his arms. "Well if you'd rather stay here, then be my guest." "Hell no, there ain't no way I'm staying here, I'm going whether you like it or not, bighead" Sade scowled, "Don't call me that" "Why, you have a big head, you're a big headed meatball" Mavrick laughed. Sade glared at him, "Well you're nothing but a jerk, but then again, you're nothing but a BUTTERCUP, a nice, sweet buttercup, isn't that right.buttercup?" Mavrick paled, she hadn't called him that in years. Kuwabara could be heard from the kitchen laughing his ass off. Kurama bit his lip to keep from laughing aloud, and most of the girls in the room were giggling. Mavrick stood in the middle of the living room, almost as pale as the off-white carpeting in the room. Daine clamped both hands over her mouth to keep herself from screaming with laughter.
Although the name itself wasn't at all that funny, the fact that the 'TOUGH GUY' Mavrick was the one it was given to was enough to set the entire room into laughing fits. Sade held one hand over her mouth, knowing that she had gone too far. The pet name, Bighead, was not her favorite thing to be called, by anyone, but it was just what he said, so she called him buttercup. It was to get him to shut up and leave her alone most of the time, but she had never said it in a room full of people. She walked up to him and he glared at her. She smiled sweetly and gave him a peck on the nose, for some reason he couldn't stay mad at her, he sighed and unfolded his arms from across his chest. "I really hate you," He said, "I know. you 'hate' to love me, but you do anyway, so lets get going with the room so we can get out of here."
Mavrick rolled his eyes and walked to the broken window to repair it. Sade stared after him and rubbed her right arm, turning to face everyone else. When she turned around, Daine and Yukina were smiling widely. She blinked at them "What? What?" Ayanna just groaned. "Is there something going on between you two?" Daine teased, Sade blushed at the comment. "No way, he's just my friend, a very close friend," "Oh please, you know you probably dream about him every night," Ayanna said, crossing her arms. Sade new Ayanna didn't like him, they had met once before, and even then she couldn't get along with him. "Why do you continue to patronize me, leave him alone, I swear you are such a bitch" Ayanna smirked. "Damn right" Sade rolled her eyes and set next to Kurama on the couch. "Do you think I could get away with tying them together and leaving them in a room like that?"
He chuckled and smiled at her. "I doubt it, they both look like they wouldn't appreciate that very much" he crossed his legs and folded his arms. "Yea you're right. They'd get loose and try to kill each other right before they hunt me down for putting them there." She laughed and leaned against him, "Do you mind.?" She said looking at him, he shook his head, and she smiled back "Thanks, although this won't last very long" Kurama blinked, "What do you mean?" he asked. Sade smirked and motioned to Daine with her eyes. He looked in that direction and noticed the annoyed look of jealously on her face. He sweat dropped and chuckled, "she's a little possessive, isn't she?" Sade looked up "A little?" Ranjitzu watched Daine stare at Sade and Kurama menacingly, he sighed and went back to setting up the pictures on the walls, he noticed the curtains weren't up but it didn't occur to him to put them up, he just silently kept putting the photos up, one by one. Sade sighed calmly and looked around the room. Shanna and Ayanna were chatting on the other side of the room; they were showing off their transformations, each being a different size and/or shape then the next. It was funny because Ayanna was half cat demon and Shanna was a dog demon, but they got along so well, it was as if they had known each other for their whole lives, though Shanna's transformations were a little more intimidating than Ayanna's were.
Sade sighed and looked at Mavrick who was talking with Rikku. Rikku was the Naive brother among him and Ramura; he seemed to be following everything Mavrick said just fine. Though there was the occasional "whassat?" or "wha'd ya put it there?" Mavrick seemed rather exasperated with the whole thing "Are you even getting any of this?" "Nope, nota wor'," Mavrick sweat dropped. Sade wasn't even going to try to figure out what he was trying to telling him. Mavrick soon left the conversation, getting annoyed with all the whys, whats, and huhs. He walked to the broken window and stared out of it, noticing the black fire that still flared out of it, "What the fuck, it's still glowing" he was about to reach out to pick it up when he was cut in front of by Shanna chasing Ayanna, each in a small animal form. "Hey watch it bitch!" both Shanna and Ayanna turned to look at him "Who me?" They said together.
He blinked and shook his head, "I don't care who, just stop running around like the bunch of idiots you are" they glared at him and turned back to there human forms, semi-human in Shanna's case, "Who you calling an idiot asshole?" Ayanna said crossing her arms. "You two, that's who, now get away from me" "Really? Well how about we just beat the shit out of you now and you can apologize later?" He smirked and turned away from them "You couldn't hurt me if you wanted to, go away before you get hurt." Both demons glared at him menacingly, Kurama looked up at them and blinked 'oh great, this isn't going to turn out very good' he began to move away from Sade who looked at him confused, "What's wrong?" she followed his gaze and gasped. "Uh oh" Sade pushed Kurama up and stood. "Come on we can't let them fight each other now," he nodded and ran to help her stop them.
"I'm going to rip out your vocal cords, and maybe a few other assets while I'm at it" Ayanna grinned and flexed her claws; Shanna whipped her furry tail around excitedly. Sade and Kurama jumped in-between them "hold on guys, what happened?" Sade stood in front of Ayanna and Shanna, while Kurama stood in front of Mavrick. "I said, what happened?" Sade looked between them, waiting for a reply. "It was all his fault," Ayanna said pointing at Mavrick, "Oh shut up," "Stop it you two, there is no time for this," Kurama said glaring at Mavrick. "And what are you going to do about it flower boy?" Sade blinked at him. "He Mavy, getting touchy I see" He was getting very annoyed; Sade could see it in his eyes. She sighed and pushed Kurama aside, "Calm down, you'll blow something up if you don't" He stared into her eyes, then the sound of the front door opening pulled their attentions to the front hall.
"Shiori?!?!" Sade whispered. Kurama looked at her a little worried. "Everyone scramble, cover that scorch, Mavrick, please pull yourself together and put that window back together." Sade pulled Kurama to the front and met Shiori before she got to the living room entrance. "HELLO!! Hi, how was your walk home? Good I hope." Shiori sweat dropped at her eager welcome. "umm.I'm fine dear, the walk was smooth, thank you" "Mother, you look exhausted, why don't you go upstairs and rest while I make you something to eat," Shiori looked at him and smiled "why thank you Shuichi, I think I will." Shiori walked towards the steps then stopped, turning towards the living room. "Did you hear something?" Sade looked at Kurama. ~Come on, think of something, quick~ Sade said to him using her telepathy ~I'm trying, just be quiet for a minute~
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"You idiots, you fucking incompetents, how can I even call you family, you are all pathetic" Trevino roared. Nerorson, Hadrian, and Yadira tremble before him, though they showed no signs of cowardice in their appearance before their elder brother, they dared not speak against him. "Individually we have no power over her, she has killed our younger sister, we should attack her together, with our combined strengths we could kill that perra (bitch) for good, and you can steel her power for whatever purpose you had intended," Yadira suggested in a not so meager tone.
Trevino glared down at her from on top his so called throne, 'the fake king' or 'lord', would most defiantly fit his title. The fakest of all Sade had ever known, and hopefully, the last. "Shut up Yadira. Nevada was weak, her actions were careless, and her ideas were useless." Yadira stared up at him in disbelief, he, her own brother, flesh and blood, had cast their sister to the enemy with no thought or care of her well being. "Tú monstruoso híbrido (d), you sent Nevada to them knowing she wouldn't return to us." She sneered at him.
"Didn't you?" Yadira was blazing, "Are we just another pawn in your game, what power does that brat have that you want so desperately, and even so, you would keep it all to yourself, I know it? You'd steel from your own family." Yadira accused. "SILENCE," Kairi Yelled, hushing everyone in the room. She stood at Trevino's side, his other pawn, his.bitch, so to speak, but if Nerorson, Yadira, and Hadrian had anything to say, they'd say it was the other way around. They all glared up at her, she simply smirked and waved them gone. "You are all inept; leave our sights, till you are needed once more." Kairi sent them a glare that told them the 'Or else' part of her statement without the actual use of words.
They stood and walked out, leaving there older brother and that witch behind them, but before shutting the large doors to his chamber, Yadira spoke load and clear, "your next attempt at that brat will not be so successful, as did our sister's, who had died in vein for a cause you'll never gain," Trevino almost choked at the sight before him, before she had shut the door, a single gem of water streamed from her eye. Trevino sat for a minute, pondering over his sister's sadness for the loss of their youngest sibling. Kairi scowled at his contemplative expression, she placed her hand on his shoulder and shook him, "What are you so melancholy for? You should know those tontos (fools, idiots) were going to figure out your plan someday soon, and they don't even know the full context of it yet."
He stared at her from the corner of his eye, "My plan, my plan was it? It was all your arrangements." he stood and pointed at her. "You who decided to dispose of my brothers and sisters like pawns in a chess game!! Isn't two sisters dead enough for YOUR sick game to be played out?" Kairi smirked and crossed her arms sarcastically, "And when did you start to care for your halfwit hermanos (siblings)?" Trevino glared at her. "Don't even think to place the blame on me; though it was my plan, you carried it out to its fullest, knowing full well that it was indeed all your own initial doing." Trevino growled and looked at her feet, not ready to look into her cold amber eyes. It was, indeed, true.he had started the whole game and he wasn't going to back out of it now.even if it would cost him his own family. He turned away from her and walked to the bed, resting his head on his hand. Kairi grinned, she had him right where she needed him, and having him there would assure her place by his side when he had real power.
'He is weakening still...GOOD...my plan will be set into action any moment, then the true game begins, if they won't fight willingly, then they will be forced' Kairi thought as she went to Trevino's side, where she believed was her rightful position.
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Hellen paced around Genkai's temple, fidgeting with whatever was in her hands or on the walls when she reached the other ends of the room, she just couldn't stay still. "Why are you so restless, I swear, you're going to ware away the floor if you don't stop, not to mention the damage you have already done in the other room," Genkai said walking to the door to shut it. "But I can't help it, why am I still sitting here, doing absolutely nothing, when everyone's with Sade and Kurama, probably having lots of fun?" Genkai looked at her blankly, "Because you didn't want to go in the first place, complaining about not wanting to do any work," Genkai shook her head and walked into another room mutter about teenagers and annoying elves. Hellen sat next to Virin as he rested on the mat on the floor. She closed her eyes and rested against him; he opened one eye and smiled, curling up closer to her. Simon walked in from doing some exercises outside. He spotted them on the floor and smirked "Hmm..." suddenly a loud crack sounded from outside, making him turn in alarm.
He didn't even have time to react as a large dark figure rose up before him and trapped him in a cage of energy. His alarmed cry woke Hellen and Virin. They looked to where the sound came and ran to his aid. Simon was trapped in a black ball of energy; it crackled and hissed with evil power. Hellen zapped at it with many dazzling shots of her power but it seemed to have no effect on the sphere. Virin struggled to break it, to free his brother, who was being drained of his own energy within the ball, but every one of his shots was useless. Another figure appeared from the shadows and struck at him. He hit the floor, clutching at his side. Hellen went to him and growled at the other figure. Virin looked up with glowing eyes, getting ready to hit them with everything he had, with Hellen along side him. The figures seemed familiar though, being of shadow and strength. Hellen's eyes widened at the two bodies before her "It's you two..." she whispered before she and Virin were captured in the same fashion that Simon had been.
Erika ran in at the alarming sound of Hellen's screech. She too was caught, but not without a fight of her own. Genkai and Ramura had come in too late; they were gone by the time they made it back to the room. Genkai stared at the destroyed room and clenched her fists 'Those bastards.'
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Kurama guided his mother to the stairs telling her that she looked tired and should rest before joining them down stairs. She reluctantly walked up the stairs and went to her room to lye down. Kurama sighed and walked into the living room, surprised to see that the scorches and broken window had been fixed, Mavrick must have melted the pieces of glass back together like new and the scorch marks had been cleaned and covered with a picture of Kurama's grandmother, though the marks were still there. "Well at least my mother doesn't notice those sort of things" Rikku rubbed the back of his head, "S'rry, ah din' know wh'else ta do wit' it, at leas' it looks normal... ah thin'," Kurama chuckled and walked up to him, "It looks fine, I'm sure mother won't realize it." Rikku smiled and walked to the kitchen, where Kuwabara still sat. "Ey, how're ya doin? Yer lookin much bett'r, yeh looked 'orrible las'time ah saw yah" Kuwabara looked up at him and smirked, "Thanks. I think" he pulled the pot of coffee towards himself and poured more into his cup. "Yer welcome, ah'm goin back ta Daine now, see ya" Rikku said, before walking out with a bag of chips.
Sade stood in front of Kurama staring at the room. "So, what do we do now, we've already blown up the house, killed the youngest of the Trevino family, destroyed the city garden, and almost killed, what is it now.four people, including you ." She looked up at him and he smiled "You shouldn't worry so much of other's well beings" Sade tilted her head to the side in confusion "What do you mean?" "I mean you should learn to relax, you're a fine person and a skilled fighter." "Yea right, since when? Is there another Sade around here that I don't know about?" she looked around the room as if searching for this 'other' person. Kurama chuckled. "Why do you continue to put yourself down? You should appreciate what you have and can do." Sade shrugged, "I guess you're right, but I've been so confused lately, there's so much I don't understand, I feel like I'm fighting a pointless battle and putting my friends in danger" she looked out among the many busy people that wondered around the room. "Did it ever occur to you that they can take care of themselves? I'm sure they fight by your side without a moment's hesitation, they believe in you, why don't you try to believe in them for a change." Kurama smiled at her then walked into the kitchen to make Shiori that meal he promised, leaving Sade to her thoughts.
'Maybe he's right' she thought with her head rested against the wall. A sudden yank at her heart, pulled her from her thoughts, it felt like someone was squeezing her heart. She grabbed at her chest in pain, "What the.?" she stared at the stairs in surprise. 'Hiei.' She groaned and walked unsteadily to the steps. She dragged herself to her room and pushed the door open, her eyes widened in shock.he was gone. Sade leaned against her door and rubbed her chest 'where did he go?' she noticed her window was wide open and she damned herself for believing he would give in to her and stay there till she decided to give him back his power. She could feel that pull again, she knew what it was though, it was the feel of him taking back his energy, calling it back to his own body. "This can't be good." She heard Shiori moving around in her room and decided it was time to get everyone out of the house as soon as possible. She sighed and closed her bedroom door, going down the steps again to kick everyone out.
Back down stares, everyone was enjoying a nice brake from working, Sade dragged herself into the living room and watched them chat, the girls looked up worried, "Hey, you don't look so good.you ight?" Ayanna said standing. Sade shook her head and sat next to Mavrick, laying her head on his shoulder, He looked down at her confused but welcomed her, rapping his arm around her shoulders. Ayanna looked at Catharine who looked at Lauren who looked at Daine who looked at Yukina who was smiling sweetly at them. The girls sweat dropped and sighed (all except Yukina of course). Mavrick let Sade lay her head back on the couch as he stood, "I say we get out of this dump and go find something better to do, it's not even 7 yet, I'm sure there's a lot more exciting things to do out there," Daine, Shanna and Ayanna all glared at him. "What?" He looked around at all of them "I've had just about all I can take from you," Daine said, her eyes glowing slightly, "Yea" Ayanna hissed, standing. Sade felt woozy and a little weak but she couldn't allow them to fight each other now, she sat up and started to stand when.
"That's quite enough.. if you hadn't noticed, my mother's in the house, I don't want her to see you people blow each other up in our living room. If it's somewhere else you desire to go, then we will go, but please, do not fight one another, not here, not now" Kurama stood in-between them, he spoke soft but firm, Mavrick didn't like him all that much, but he was smarter than that, he wouldn't start something in a place they were now. He calmed himself, still slightly annoyed though and stood straight. "Fine, I'll wait.for now" Mavrick turned to sit back down and saw Sade smiling warmly at him, he hadn't seen her do that in a long time. He sighed and flopped down next to her, resting his head in his hand. Sade rubbed his back and looked up at the other girls that were still glaring at him. Sade glared back and shook her head, they rolled their eyes and went to the kitchen, following Kurama, who was almost done making his mother something to eat. When he finished he set the plate on the table and walked back to the living room, Mavrick had his head rested on Sade's lap and she was sleeping lightly on a pillow of the couch, "Ok, we can go now, and I suggest we go now, as not to arouse suspicion from my mother," Sade awoke and looked up, "Oh.right" she stretched and stood.
They all went into the front "Oh yea, I forgot about that fire ball, I'd better call it back before someone sees black fire in your front yard, Kurama," she did so, but it didn't come right away, as they were about to walk, they were intercepted by none other than.Tiger, and he wasn't alone, he had two other guys with him. They seemed rather smug but they weren't fooling anyone. "Hey babe, where are you off to? I thought we were supposed to be working on that project together. Sade glared at him "Don't call me babe, and you never worked on the project, you fuck around too much, I'll finish it on my own, besides, I wouldn't let your 'friends' in this house anyway" 'they're just as slimy as you are' she thought. He laughed and walked up to her, his band following close behind. "You have a great sense of humor you know that?" Sade rolled her eyes "No I didn't, why don't you tell me about it another time." She turned to walk away when she felt another sudden jolt to her system, 'I can't hold him off forever, damnit.wait.' she looked further into it, that wasn't Hiei.it was something else, at Genkai's. Sade turned to her friends "Did you feel that?" they nodded slowly, "I didn't feel anything, it must be the wind," they all looked at Tiger and sighed. ~Listen up, we must go back to Genkai's, there's something not right.~ ~wait.~ Sade blinked, ~what laur?~ she looked up at her and Lauren gulped ~umm, there's a slight problem.~
Lauren's eyes were flashing red a little and her fangs were extended. She was getting hungry, and it wasn't a good idea to prolong her thirst. Sade sweat dropped largely, 'why me.?' ~OK new plan, Ayanna, Rikku, Kurama, and Catharine I need you to go to Genkai's to see what's wrong. Laur, Mavrick and Daine, and Ranjitzu, you four come with me, lets go get Laur something to eh. eat~ The silence between the groups was making Tiger uneasy so he broke it, "Hey, why are we standing out here anyway, can't we go inside?" Sade glared at him "Shut up for a minute, we're busy" he blinked at them confusedly and watched them in silence. ~NO I want to go with you, I don't want to go back to that crabby lady~ Ayanna complained, ~I don't know, I have to go with Lauren to make sure she doesn't kill any random person off the street, and Mavrick has to go with me so none of you bug him and he doesn't kill any of you back for it~ Lauren giggled and Tiger raised an eye brow 'They're either whispering very low, or they're a bunch of freaks that stare at each other for no reason and waste my time' he thought while turning to his friends. He whispered to them and laughed "They're probably a bunch of freaks that have nothing better to do than stare at each other" they each laughed then turned back to the group of so called freaks.
~fine, Ayanna, Daine, Ranjitzu and Mavrick come with me, oh and Lauren too of course.Kurama, you help Yukina take Kuwabara to Genkai's and take Rikku, Catharine, and Shanna with you, how's that?~ they nodded and finally agreed, just remembering that Tiger and his friends were still staring "ok now what the hell are you staring at" Shanna said under her hooded cape. "What's with the getup?" Shanna growled slightly and Tiger backed up. "Easy Shanna, Tiger please don't insult my friends, she wears it to uh." "To cover her face, it's her religion" Sade smiled at Kurama, 'nice' she thought, "Exactly, her religion. Shanna rolled her eyes and turned away from them. Tiger squinted for a second then looked back at Sade, "Hey, wait a minute.isn't Shanna the name of that rat dog you own?" Shanna stopped mid turn step and clenched her fists. "Uhh, yea, but it's my friend's name as well. I named my dog after her, why does it matter to you?" Sade crossed her arms. He shrugged, Sade rubbed her head, "and by the way." "DON'T CALL ME A RAT DOG!!!" Shanna growled at him. Sade sweat dropped and Tiger's eyes went wide "What are you talking about, I was talking about the dog Shanna, not you," ~Shanna don't blow your cover, he's human remember?~
Shanna snorted and turned away from him again, trying to calm her anger. "Sheesh, what's her problem?" Sade was getting annoyed with him now. "Tiger, just shut up, come on guys, we have to go" she waved to her friends and they all started to walk away. "Hey where ya going?" Sade was getting agitated with him, even Kurama was getting annoyed, though he didn't show it. "Can we come?" he asked putting his hand on her shoulder, Mavrick stood between him and Sade, Tiger looked him over "And who are you, her boyfriend?" Sade sweat dropped, Mavrick looked at her then back to Tiger "I'm." "We don't have time for this" Lauren cut him off, "come on come on come on" She pushed them forward and they all started to walk to the end of the corner where they split into two different directions, one heading to Genkai's, the other, heading to the bad part of town, but now Sade had even more people fallowing her. Tiger was going to be trouble, she could feel it.
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Shiori finally came down stares around the time that everyone walked out of the house and into the front yard, "Shuichi? Sade?" She looked in the living room, it seemed normal, she then went into the kitchen where she found her freshly made lunch and a note that read
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Dear mother,
Sade and I have gone out for the evening, I left you lunch and your dinner is in the oven, we might be back late, I'm afraid, so you might not see us when we return. Don't worry, we'll be fine.
Love, Sincerely, Shuichi, Sade
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Shiori chuckled at the double ending, she thought it was cute that Sade couldn't just say love with Shuichi, it was strange but she didn't question her intentions. She ate her food rather quickly then stepped into the living room where she looked around, she walked to the wall where Rikku had hidden the scorch mark with her mother's picture and frowned "Why is that there?" she walked up to it and peered at it, smiling she reached out and picked up the bag of chips Rikku left on the couch under the picture. She chuckled, "Must have been Sade's, that girl can sure eat," she held the bag in one hand, then looked around the room again, blinking curiously at the other side. "What happened here?" She walked to the window and peered at it, she brought her hand up to the glass and tapped it, "There're smudges all over it," she took a handkerchief out of her pocket and wiped it clean "..and why are these drapes open?" she said leaning closer to the window to close them, that's when she spotted a dark glow from the corner of her eye. She looked at it curiously, then opened the window to get a better look. When she got the window opened wide enough for her to see it, the glow suddenly puffed out and disappeared, all she saw was a ball of black fire disappear into a puff of blue smoke.
She blinked at the spot where the ball had sat and shook her head, "Shu- chan was right, I do need rest," she shut the window and closed the curtains, walking the kitchen to get a cold glass of water and an aspirin.
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So what'd ya think.I know it took me long enough, and I'm real real sorry bout that, but I have a really good excuse for this whole mess.and as soon as I think of it I'll let ya know. But I think that now that I've finally got this one out of the way, I'll be able to type the other ones faster..I hope I hope I hope, anyway, R&R for me, please, I've worked so hard on this so as not to disappoint anyone, so tell me if I did or not, k?