-Delicate Petals-
-Heh. Here's the next chapter.-
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Minako stared, her mouth open. Ryu and Mai's eyes were wide. I smirked. It felt so good to be back in my original form. I was finally free. Youko Kurama is back. Everyone was staring at me, mouths open. Someone chuckled and Hiei moved to the front of the crowd.
"How does it feel to be free again, Youko?" I smiled a cold smile. My heart was racing.
"It feels wonderous." I said in my slightly deeper voice. "I am finally able to be whole again." Hiei raised an eyebrow but smirked.
"It is good to see you in this form again." Okaasan snapped out of the trance but couldn't look away from me.
"You.." She walked forward and rested her hand on my cheek. I felt her warmth. I didn't move. She gazed into my eyes as if she never seen me before. "My.." Botan put her hand on okaasan's shoulder.
"I know how you feel. I, myself, got to gaze at him once before and that was in the tournament." She said, her eyes returning my gaze. Minako walked forward and soon, everyone was crowded around me. I sighed but kept my calm, emotionless front up.
"He is so.. so beautiful.." Okaasan's eyes went to my ears. She hesitantly reached up and ran her fingers across the soft silver fur of my ear. A soothing, melting feeling welled up in the pit of my stomach. I felt weakened; vulnerable. Botan could sense that I was limp, apparently, because she went beside me and tried to support me with her shoulder. I really felt nothing except that my ear was being scratched.
"Wow.." Mai and Minako gushed. I felt my control come back when okaasan pulled her hand away. I wouldn't be in this form for all that long. I hoped it would last longer than it was supposed to. This was glorious. I had to find out how to transform on my own. To find my true inner self.
"So handsome." Minako said and my ear twitched, rotating toward the sound of her voice. Hiei had his arms crossed and a smirk on his face. He knew how good it felt to be free.
"Suuichi, so this is what your secret was." Ryu said, a small smile on his face. He looked more upset than happy, though. My eyes narrowed.
"I did not want anyone to find out about myself. Being a demon in a human form and a human world is hard enough. We have seperate beings. Seperate feelings." My gaze fell on Botan. I didn't feel anything for her. Nothing. She stared back at me with a small frown. If I could be out all the time, I would go back to Makai. Back to my territory. Back to my life. But I couldn't. I had obtained a human form and personality. I had obtained a seperate part to myself. Shaking my head, I smiled coldly at everyone.
"What do you plan on doing while you're in this form, Youko?" Hiei asked with a small smirk.
"I don't know.."
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I felt my power slowly drain away from me. I was pulled back inside. I resisted, of course.
"Youko?"
"I am not feeling well.." I felt as if the warmth was being sucked from me, leaving me cold and lifeless once again. Hiei stared at me oddly.
"What is it?" A small blinding flash and I was on my knees. I panted and felt the chill of emptiness. Red locks of hair fell over my shoulder and into my line of vision.
"My power.." I felt the power leave, as if it were sand slipping through my fingers. "Its gone.."
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I laid on my bed. I felt so weak after that. Minako, Mai, and Ryu sat in my room with me. Okaasan and Botan soon joined us.
"My son, is there anything else that you would like to share with us?" I shook my head, having almost nothing to say.
"No." I said in a calm tone of voice. They left, but Botan remained, as I figured she would. She sat down on my bed next to me and stared at me. She then moved me over and laid next to me, propping herself up on her elbow, and fingering my red hair.
"Are you certain there is nothing?" She asked, looking up into my eyes. I nodded.
"Absolutely certain." I reached up and pulled her hair down, then twirled her soft, silky hair in my fingers. I smiled at her and caressed her cheek. "I love you."
"And I love you." A delicate smile worked its way onto her cherry blossom pink lips.
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Bright lights flared and the stars glimmered brightly in the sky. I slowly, reluctantly looked down from the sky. I was alone for the first time in a long time. I felt the light touch of the chill wind running its long, ghostly fingers through my hair, touching my face, my hands. I laid back on the hill and watched the darkness swallow the world. The soft grass brushed against my face and neck. Trees loomed up on both sides of me. I felt tiredness sweep over me. The seductive whispers of the night and the wind lured me into their trap. I struggled no longer. My eyes closed and I saw myself falling. Out of the trees, shadows leaped at me, clawing at my chest.
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I sat up in bed and started panting. I looked down and pulled my shirt open, feeling for the scars that were supposed to be there. I panted. It was just a dream. No claw marks. I was in my room. By myself. I fumbled for the light by my bed and turned it on. Nothing. I turned it back off. Wonderful. The only light in my room was that of the silver moon. My curtains blew to the sides and the moonlight came down in a path from the heavens. That was funny. I don't remember opening my window. Sirens pierced the silence and I clutched my ears. They blared nearby. I went to the window and stared out. I jumped when someone's arms wrapped themselves around me.
"Kurama-kun, calm down. It was only a bad dream." Her soothing voice calmed me down. "I heard you cry out." I said nothing but just stood there and drew warmth and comfort from her presence. Fire trucks, cop cars, and ambulences went by. "The power went out an hour ago. An accident happened and someone just reported it, must be." She let go of me and stood next to me, staring out. She looked up and just stared at the stars.
"Are you okay?" She looked over and nodded.
"Want something to drink? Come on. I've got candles lit downstairs. Your mother went to work." I nodded and just looked back out the window. She had walked to the doorway when I turned around. A chill settled in my room. I detected a faint scent of blood. I wasn't in my right senses before.
"You're hurt." I grabbed her wrist and she winced. I let her go and pulled her sleeve up. She had a bandage wrapped around it. "What happened?"
"I tripped in the kitchen and fell." She said. "I grabbed onto the counter and there was a knife on there." I figured out the rest and just nodded. She led the way downstairs. I held onto the railing, my eyes adjusting to the dark. Candles were set on the tables and in the kitchen. A romantic, golden glow hung in the air.
"It feels more like home." I put my arm around her and she smiled. I felt her snuggle into my side. We just sat down on the couch and talked.
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-All done! Woo. That's it for this chapter. Please review!-
-Jess-
-Heh. Here's the next chapter.-
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Minako stared, her mouth open. Ryu and Mai's eyes were wide. I smirked. It felt so good to be back in my original form. I was finally free. Youko Kurama is back. Everyone was staring at me, mouths open. Someone chuckled and Hiei moved to the front of the crowd.
"How does it feel to be free again, Youko?" I smiled a cold smile. My heart was racing.
"It feels wonderous." I said in my slightly deeper voice. "I am finally able to be whole again." Hiei raised an eyebrow but smirked.
"It is good to see you in this form again." Okaasan snapped out of the trance but couldn't look away from me.
"You.." She walked forward and rested her hand on my cheek. I felt her warmth. I didn't move. She gazed into my eyes as if she never seen me before. "My.." Botan put her hand on okaasan's shoulder.
"I know how you feel. I, myself, got to gaze at him once before and that was in the tournament." She said, her eyes returning my gaze. Minako walked forward and soon, everyone was crowded around me. I sighed but kept my calm, emotionless front up.
"He is so.. so beautiful.." Okaasan's eyes went to my ears. She hesitantly reached up and ran her fingers across the soft silver fur of my ear. A soothing, melting feeling welled up in the pit of my stomach. I felt weakened; vulnerable. Botan could sense that I was limp, apparently, because she went beside me and tried to support me with her shoulder. I really felt nothing except that my ear was being scratched.
"Wow.." Mai and Minako gushed. I felt my control come back when okaasan pulled her hand away. I wouldn't be in this form for all that long. I hoped it would last longer than it was supposed to. This was glorious. I had to find out how to transform on my own. To find my true inner self.
"So handsome." Minako said and my ear twitched, rotating toward the sound of her voice. Hiei had his arms crossed and a smirk on his face. He knew how good it felt to be free.
"Suuichi, so this is what your secret was." Ryu said, a small smile on his face. He looked more upset than happy, though. My eyes narrowed.
"I did not want anyone to find out about myself. Being a demon in a human form and a human world is hard enough. We have seperate beings. Seperate feelings." My gaze fell on Botan. I didn't feel anything for her. Nothing. She stared back at me with a small frown. If I could be out all the time, I would go back to Makai. Back to my territory. Back to my life. But I couldn't. I had obtained a human form and personality. I had obtained a seperate part to myself. Shaking my head, I smiled coldly at everyone.
"What do you plan on doing while you're in this form, Youko?" Hiei asked with a small smirk.
"I don't know.."
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I felt my power slowly drain away from me. I was pulled back inside. I resisted, of course.
"Youko?"
"I am not feeling well.." I felt as if the warmth was being sucked from me, leaving me cold and lifeless once again. Hiei stared at me oddly.
"What is it?" A small blinding flash and I was on my knees. I panted and felt the chill of emptiness. Red locks of hair fell over my shoulder and into my line of vision.
"My power.." I felt the power leave, as if it were sand slipping through my fingers. "Its gone.."
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I laid on my bed. I felt so weak after that. Minako, Mai, and Ryu sat in my room with me. Okaasan and Botan soon joined us.
"My son, is there anything else that you would like to share with us?" I shook my head, having almost nothing to say.
"No." I said in a calm tone of voice. They left, but Botan remained, as I figured she would. She sat down on my bed next to me and stared at me. She then moved me over and laid next to me, propping herself up on her elbow, and fingering my red hair.
"Are you certain there is nothing?" She asked, looking up into my eyes. I nodded.
"Absolutely certain." I reached up and pulled her hair down, then twirled her soft, silky hair in my fingers. I smiled at her and caressed her cheek. "I love you."
"And I love you." A delicate smile worked its way onto her cherry blossom pink lips.
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Bright lights flared and the stars glimmered brightly in the sky. I slowly, reluctantly looked down from the sky. I was alone for the first time in a long time. I felt the light touch of the chill wind running its long, ghostly fingers through my hair, touching my face, my hands. I laid back on the hill and watched the darkness swallow the world. The soft grass brushed against my face and neck. Trees loomed up on both sides of me. I felt tiredness sweep over me. The seductive whispers of the night and the wind lured me into their trap. I struggled no longer. My eyes closed and I saw myself falling. Out of the trees, shadows leaped at me, clawing at my chest.
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I sat up in bed and started panting. I looked down and pulled my shirt open, feeling for the scars that were supposed to be there. I panted. It was just a dream. No claw marks. I was in my room. By myself. I fumbled for the light by my bed and turned it on. Nothing. I turned it back off. Wonderful. The only light in my room was that of the silver moon. My curtains blew to the sides and the moonlight came down in a path from the heavens. That was funny. I don't remember opening my window. Sirens pierced the silence and I clutched my ears. They blared nearby. I went to the window and stared out. I jumped when someone's arms wrapped themselves around me.
"Kurama-kun, calm down. It was only a bad dream." Her soothing voice calmed me down. "I heard you cry out." I said nothing but just stood there and drew warmth and comfort from her presence. Fire trucks, cop cars, and ambulences went by. "The power went out an hour ago. An accident happened and someone just reported it, must be." She let go of me and stood next to me, staring out. She looked up and just stared at the stars.
"Are you okay?" She looked over and nodded.
"Want something to drink? Come on. I've got candles lit downstairs. Your mother went to work." I nodded and just looked back out the window. She had walked to the doorway when I turned around. A chill settled in my room. I detected a faint scent of blood. I wasn't in my right senses before.
"You're hurt." I grabbed her wrist and she winced. I let her go and pulled her sleeve up. She had a bandage wrapped around it. "What happened?"
"I tripped in the kitchen and fell." She said. "I grabbed onto the counter and there was a knife on there." I figured out the rest and just nodded. She led the way downstairs. I held onto the railing, my eyes adjusting to the dark. Candles were set on the tables and in the kitchen. A romantic, golden glow hung in the air.
"It feels more like home." I put my arm around her and she smiled. I felt her snuggle into my side. We just sat down on the couch and talked.
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-All done! Woo. That's it for this chapter. Please review!-
-Jess-