Chapter 5 - Truths and Lies

JACON ROCKED! I met TRAVIS WILLINGHAM (Roy Mustang)! He signed my JACON book and a piece of paper for my sister and my sister's shirt, which is now framed and on our wall, and MY KIMONO! And I gave him a piece of paper to give to Vic (Ed Elric) and he said he'd say Hi to him for me! I met Just Call Me Blue and met a guy who is really good at cosplaying Kyo named Mark. And Travis said that next year he's gonna dress up as his character, Roy Mustang! He was really nice. I hugged him 5 times, got three pictures with him, and duh, got his autograph many times. I also lost my voice, but I can still type!

I bought a ninja headband, 4 posters, I -heart- -insert name here- clips and the FMA dvd, soundtrack 1-2, and a JACON shirt.

Reb bought a Kyo plushie, I -heart- -insert name here- clips, an Edward Elric clock, 4 posters, the 1st 3 GN of Prince of Tennis, and a JACON shirt. We bought Pocky, but it was all melted together by the time we got home Saturday night.

P.S. FMA was SO great Saturday!

P.P.S. One of my posters has Youko Kurama on it...and the others, but Youko. One of Sasuke and Sakura from Naruto, one of Heero Yuy and Wing Gundam from Gundam Wing, and the last one is of the Full Metal Alchemist gang from, duh, Full Metal Alchemist!

Inuc: Reviewer responses.

Oh right. Ok! -clears throat-

NeoLannia: I've been in advanced classes for most of my entire school life. Yes, it's very sad. Here's my update.

Lucia: Updated! Ok...I only got 2 reviews...this sucks.

Oh! I got a flame. A funny flame about Marry Sues. I'm gonna respond to it. So Heaven Sword, if you care to look, here it is!

Heaven Sword: Did you even take time to read my story? Or did you just go to the bottom and click review? I try very hard not to make Marry Sues. And I have a Fact Of Life thing to tell you...

-clears throat- I'M A GIRL! I MAKE GIRL OC CHARACTERS! DEAL!

Continued: I'm a fangirl, but I'm not a screaming fangirl and I'm not a 'write a story with myself paired with kurama' fangirl either. I just write fanfiction. It's legal. If you don't like those stories, don't read them. It's really easy to just click 'next' or 'delete' if it's an email, or to just scroll past it on the page. I can agree that all of my characters are 'basically' the same. But I try to give them each a different background that will give them different personalities now. I think my stories are easy to like and I hope that my characters are easy to...um...understand.

Okay, I hope you enjoy this chapter. I have my online service bak, duh, so I'll try to update once a day to get this story posted. Oh, and a note to my GS reviewers if they're reading this. I am writing Of Blue and Silver Hair, but it'll need a lot of refinement once I get the dvds and can actually put in the correct wording and crud. Anyways, bye!.

Kurama often found a way of sneaking away from the others to see Ikken. She always made sure to look like the same girl each time, but wearing different clothes. Jasmine and Buster came sometimes too, and Kurama brought little goodies for them sometimes. Ikken was amazed each time he brought a bit of a plant because they were plants she'd never heard of. Each time, before they parted, Ikken sang the line 'Can you see me now' from T.A.T.U.

Jasmine had found that she liked to just curl up in his lap or on his shoulders, sometimes in his hair, and fall asleep. Buster loved to run about his feet as he walked and knock him down...this never worked but he kept at it. As she spent time with him, Ikken found he seemed more like a fox to her with each day. He was graceful, had a kind aura, and more. He was like Jasmine and Buster mixed and in human form.

It was the beginning of Spring and the cherry blossoms hadn't bloomed yet. Kurama looked from the trees in the park, to Ikken. She and Jasmine were dancing in the warmth of the sunlight. Buster had taken to sleeping in the tree Kurama had been staring at.

'Look at that Ikken! Buster plays in the snow and sleeps in the spring!' Jasmine laughed. Kurama had long since gotten used to hearing her foxes speak to her. She still had no idea that he knew.

"Buster! Why are you sleeping? It's so wonderful out here right now!" Ikken called out to him. Buster stirred, turned around, and went back to sleeping.

'Lazy bum' Jasmine complained. She then smiled a fox smile and jumped on Kurama, knocking him over. 'Gotcha!' she yelled joyfully.

'Yea...you got me.' Kurama sent this message to her through her mind and she jumped off him, looking around wildly. Her gaze fell on Kurama.

'Ikken! Ikken! Come here!' she shrieked. Ikken ran over.

"What's wrong?" she asked, smiling and breathing hard.

'He-he-he just spoke to me with his mind!' she yelled, backing up behind Ikken. Her smile faded.

"No...he couldn't have..." she assured Jasmine, and herself.

'He did! I'm telling you! He did!' she tried.

"I did." Kurama answered, standing up and dusting himself of. She jumped and rounded on him.

"Y-you heard her?" she asked. Kurama nodded. "How long have you been able to hear her?"

"Since I met her. I can hear them both clearly." he said calmly, but his eyes showed a fear that she wouldn't meet him again. She didn't see this, she didn't read his mind, she backed up.

"S-so...you've known...all along...that I spoke to them...and you didn't say anything?" she asked, backing up a bit more.

"Yes, I've known. I didn't say anything because you seemed to like talking with them. If you knew I knew, then you might've stopped speaking with them when I was around. I didn't want that." he explained, extending a hand to her. She hit it away.

"How could you?" she asked, barely above a whisper. "I'm waiting! Waiting for the one who can see me! I thought...maybe if I spent time with you...maybe you'd be that person...but...to leave me in the dark like that...I can't stand you!" she turned and ran off. Buster blinked, saw her running off, and followed, after glaring at Kurama. Jasmine was still there.

"Aren't you going to rush off too?" Kurama asked, sitting down in the grass. He stared at the ground and laid his arms on his knees. Jasmine walked up to him and placed a paw on his leg. He looked at her.

'Ikken...she's confused...That song means more to her than anyone but us knows...She already told you this...but she's been waiting for a long time for someone who can see her.'

"I can see her.." Kurama said softly. Jasmine shook her head, it was sooo cute!

'No. You see the girl she wants you to see. But...when we want to, Buster and I can see what her true form is. Each time she sang that line 'Can You See Me Now?'...she was asking you what you saw.' Jasmine explained. 'She likes you...just give her some time...'

The fox bounded off after her owner and her fox friend. Kurama watched her go. He remembered each time she left, singing that song. The boys he'd run into when he'd first met her. How they were all the same girl. He understood. Ikken wasn't human at all. She was most likely a demon. One who could disguise itself and change it's voice so it cant be detected. Ikken probably hadn't shown anyone her true self in so long, she might've forgotten what she looked like.

He stood up and walked out of the park. He was supposed to meet with Yusuke in the arcade in about 5 minutes anyway...

Hope you liked it. Sorry in advanced if I forget to update tomorrow...Oh!

"Mr. Elric! I apologize in advance for this!" -smack- : Ross from FullMetal Alchemist

Oh right, My Spanish grade is coming up! It's almost...a...-clears throat- a D now...-sweatdrop-