Disclaimer: Yu Yu Hakusho is mine!! All mine!! *lawyers beat Kin with
briefcases* Noo!!! The pain!! All right already! I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho!
*lawyers all nod at the same time and magically disappear* Lawyers are
weird... *briefcase smacks Kin in the face* OW!!
Kin: Okay! There is major Kuwabara bashing and some of the characters may be a little OOC, but hey, that's life! So, anyway, the moment you've all been waiting for! Kashaku finally gets to meet Kurama! What will she do? Will Kurama survive? Keep reading and find out!
Kashaku: You sound like a car salesman.
Kin: *glares*
Leiko: Play nice children.
Kashaku: Why?
Leiko: Because I said so.
Kashaku: Why?
Leiko: Because that's how life is.
Kashaku: Why?
Kin: Just shut up already!!
Kashaku: Touchy, touchy. *grins* Okay, on with the fic!
"blah" speaking
'blah' thinking
/blah/ conscience
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Falling Into Fiction
Chapter 2: Meetings
Yusuke stepped into the hotel room; Touya was leaning against the wall while Jin talked to him incessantly in his fast accent, Hiei was sitting in the window ignoring everyone else, Kurama was reading on the couch, and Kuwabara was staring stupidly as Yusuke stepped in the door.
"We've got a case!" Yusuke practically shouted.
Touya just looked at him blankly as if asking him "well, what is it?" Jin stopped talking and looked at him expectantly, Hiei didn't do anything except mutter "hn," Kurama looked up from his book interested, and Kuwabara continued to stare stupidly.
Kin, Kashaku and Mizuna filed into the room as Yusuke began to speak.
"This is Mizuna Arishima."
Mizuna nodded and looked around at the team expressionlessly. Inside she was thinking 'Oh my god! It's really the Spirit Detectives, and man, Hiei is even cuter than on television- I DID NOT JUST THINK THAT.' She continued to look calmly around the room and show no expression.
"This is Kin Raikatuji."
Kin looked around the room and "hmpf"ed while crossing her arms over her chest. Jin looked at her interested and she glared at him. Inside she was thinking 'It's the Spirit Detectives!! Oh my god!! Jin is so cute... I DID NOT THINK THAT!' she mentally kicked herself and glared twice as hard at Jin.
"And this is Kashaku Hitomi." Yusuke finished.
Kashaku ran over to Kurama and latched onto his arm with hearts for eyes. "You're real!" she said while poking him multiple times. "You're my boyfriend." She said.
Mizuna rolled her eyes and Kin just snickered.
"I'm sorry but I already have a girlfriend..." Kurama said uncomfortably.
Kashaku pouted when she heard this and quickly ran over to Touya, latched onto his arm and started to poke him instead. "YOU'RE my boyfriend."
He looked at her strangely. "I'm taken too..." he said in an cold voice while attempting to pry her off and make her to leave him alone or go bug someone else.
"No your not." said Kashaku.
"Yes I am." He said in one last futile attempt to make her go away.
"I've seen all the episodes. You don't have a girlfriend." She said. She paused. "Don't worry, I still want my Kurama, I'm just waiting for him to come to his senses and admit his undying love for me." She stated dreamily. Kurama stared at her and wondered how he was supposed to be in love with a girl he had just met.
Meanwhile, Mizuna and Hiei were watching a very red Kin yell at Jin and call him a hentai several million times after he had attempted to feel her up saying his hand had "slipped." A red handprint was visible on Jin's right cheek, and Kin's ears and tail were all twitching.
"I swear I just slipped." Jin said innocently.
"The hell you did!" Kin yelled.
She was just fixing to slap him again when Kuwabara suddenly popped up between them and grabbed Kin's hands. "Will you be my girlfriend pretty lady?" he asked with hearts for eyes.
Kin, already in a murderous mood, glared at him, punched him in the face and watched him crash into the wall. "I think I'm in love." He said before sliding down the wall and then falling unconscious.
"Did I do something to piss off God or do I just attract hentai?" Kin asked Mizuna.
Mizuna just shrugged and looked at the unconscious Kuwabara disgustedly. "I'm glad it's not me he's going to continue hitting on." She said calmly.
"I'm not a hentai." Jin said with a charming smile. "You're just too beautiful for me to resist."
Kin seemed to turn ten more shades redder. 'His accent is so cute. Why do all the cute ones have to be hentai?' she wondered. 'Well, maybe not ALL the cute ones.' She thought after looking over at Kuwabara's unconscious form. She looked back at the innocently smiling Jin who was stealthily inching closer to her. 'The day me and this hentai get together is the day of the apocalypse.'
Hiei watched all this with amusement, especially when the fox demon decked Kuwabara. None of the other girls had let him down quite like that. And he had never seen Jin take to someone that quick, he wasn't normally a hentai. 'At least that Mizuna girl isn't as annoying as the rest. That's some relief.' He looked over at Mizuna. 'And she's rather pretty too-WHAT THE HELL? NO SHE IS NOT.' Not so amazingly, none of these thoughts showed on his face or in his actions.
"WOULD ALL OF YOU JUST SHUT THE HELL UP?!?" Yusuke shouted. It seemed that his wish to liven up the team had come true.
Everyone stopped and stared at him. "Ahem." He said nervously. "The girls are going to spend the night at the hotel tonight... no not in the same room." He said and rolled his eyes as he noticed Jin's grin. "Anyway, it's late and they must be tired so they can go to their room and I'll tell you guys about the case."
Kin was about to say she wasn't tired, but shut up when she realized it would put a wall in between her and "Kuwabaka" as she had taken to calling him. She didn't want to be anywhere near that baka. He was very ugly and stupid as well and being annoying. She could see him starting to stir and quickly stepped behind Jin, Mizuna and Hiei out of his sight.
Kashaku was hanging on an annoyed Touya's arm and pestering him with questions about being an ice demon while Kurama watched with amusement. When she heard Yusuke's announcement, she grinned and said dramatically "Parting is such sweet sorrow." Touya just stared at her as she twirled her staff and skipped over to where Kin was hiding behind Mizuna.
Mizuna watched everything going on with amusement. Kin and Kashaku seemed so at home in this world. Kashaku looked so cute with Touya! Fire and Ice, pretty ironic huh? She could tell Kin liked Jin even with his hentai ways, and Jin liked her judging from the way he was glaring at Kuwabara's twitching form. They were just so kawaii!!! She looked over at Hiei. 'We would NOT make a good couple. I don't even like him a little bit! It could never happen.' She assured herself.
"Please be my girlfriend beautiful lady! I must confess my undying love!" Kuwabara said while attempting to get past Jin and grab Kin's hands. A vein seemed to pop out on Kin's head and she stepped out from behind the others.
Before Kuwabara could grab her hands, she punched his already disfigured face again and watched him fall unconscious as before. "Well, what are you looking at?!?" she yelled. Everyone immediately looked away at the same time.
"Anyway, like I was saying." Yusuke continued after the moment of silence. "Here's the key to your room. It's just down the hall, number 226." He handed the room key to Mizuna.
Mizuna raised her eyebrow. "Are we expected to sleep in our clothes?"
Yusuke glared at her and mumbled something about difficult women that never shut up. When Kin glared at him, growled, and bared her fangs he hurriedly went into an adjoining room saying he was going to let them borrow some of his T-shirts.
Kin continued to glare at the doorway he had gone through.
"I always did like the feisty ones." Jin said cheerfully.
Kin blushed, glared, and smacked him on the head in that order. "Hentai!"
Jin didn't seem fazed at all. In fact, he draped his arm on one of Kin's shoulders and leaned on her. If one looked closely they would see smoke coming out of Kin's ears, but before she could slap him and yell hentai, Yusuke came back into the room with three T-shirts.
"Here! Is there anything ELSE you want?" Yusuke asked grumpily.
"No, this will do fine." Mizuna said calmly. She took the three large T- shirts and calmly walked out the door to go and locate the girls' room.
Kashaku skipped after her while singing something that sounded suspiciously like a Kurama love ballad. Everyone sweatdropped and watched the obliviously singing Kashaku skip out of the room. Kurama was fervently hoping that she would get over him soon, and Touya was wondering where the hell she came from.
Kin, who was by now pretty annoyed, hit Jin on the head and jerked away from him. She glared around the room with her arms crossed over her chest, and was suddenly gone in a jingle of bracelets and a swirl of golden hair.
"I wouldn't want to get on HER bad side." Yusuke said. The rest of the team nodded solemnly and glanced over at the still twitching Kuwabara.
"I wouldn't mind." Jin said with a grin. The Spirit Detectives sweatdropped and were all glad that they couldn't hear what Jin was thinking.
"So, what is this new case and what does it have to do with those girls?" Touya asked.
Yusuke cleared his throat and began the explanation.
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"I can't wait until we get out of this hotel." Kin said grouchily as she pulled the long, almost knee-length green T-shirt over her head.
"We will probably be going to the ningenkai tomorrow," replied Mizuna.
Kin just hmpfed and pulled the covers back on the bed she would be sleeping in. She could hear the even, deep breathing of sleep from the lump under the covers in the bed to the left of hers and realized it was Kashaku from the staff leaning on the wall. Mizuna was in bed as well but her covers were far neater and straighter than Kashaku's. She was in the bed on the left of Kin and was closest to the door.
The room was pretty much the same as the boys' room with a connecting bathroom and drab white walls. The three beds were against the far wall, and a small barred window let in little fragments of moonlight to shine down like splinters on the gray-carpeted floor. The decorator had obviously had prison on his mind when he had designed this.
Mizuna reached out and turned the lamp off on the bedside table next to her when she heard Kin settle into her bed. The room was immediately darkened and the pale fragments of moonlight on the carpet grew more defined.
"So, I guess we're finally home." Kin whispered with a strange lack of enthusiasm.
Mizuna sighed. It was all too fast, everything they had ever known was a lie. They were all just expected to adapt to this world and fit right in. Mizuna couldn't help but feel a little resentment towards the guardians who had stowed them away for future use. How could anyone be expected to just accept the fact that their entire life was a lie? How could they risk their life to protect a world that they had never known?
"Yes." was all that escaped her lips. She could here Kin's frustrated sigh and almost smiled. At least she still had her friends to depend on.
"Well, I don't like it one bit. This is all too fast. How am I supposed to just accept the fact that my life was a lie? I can't just get over that in one minute and proceed with some stupid quest to save the world or something." Kin said angrily.
"Hush. You will wake Kashaku." Mizuna said calmly.
"Hmpf." was all Kin said as she turned on her side facing away from Mizuna and began to count sheep in her head.
"Look, Kin-chan, I know how you feel but we must do our duty. The previous guardians only did what they thought was right in sealing us away for our protection."
"I will never forgive them. We were sealed away in a total lie, and are now expected to spend the whole rest of our lives burdened with the responsibility of guarding some stupid rocks. All for the protection of the people in a world we have never known because we were put on hold until we were ready to give up our freedom."
Mizuna smiled wryly. Kin had hit the nail on the head. Indeed, why should they give up their freedom for the sake of the safety of a world they didn't even know? They had grown up in an illusion, nothing more and she felt no feelings of gratitude towards the people who had allowed this to happen.
"I suppose it's okay though." She heard Kin say. She turned to look over at Kin with a question in her eyes.
"I will never turn away from a person in need." Kin said seriously without turning over.
"You say it's like we are giving up our freedom." They were surprised when they heard the voice of Kashaku ring out over the silence that had ensued Kin's statement.
"We should feel glad that we are finally home. Did you ever wonder why everyone seemed so distant and blank in the illusion we lived in? I really feel like I belong here and that we are doing the right thing. We should feel honored that we are being entrusted with such power; it's not the burden you make it out to be. This world, or should I say OUR world, is familiar and warm. I can almost remember living here at one time and I would gladly accept the responsibility if only to protect it."
Mizuna and Kin were surprised, but her words rang true. They both smiled and released their doubts. Sometimes Kashaku really surprised them with her wisdom and truth. However, her heartfelt words were lessened when they heard a loud snore come from the lump under the covers of her bed. They both sweatdropped; some things never change.
"I'm glad that we're here." Kin said hesitantly.
Mizuna smiled to herself. "Me too, Kin-chan, me too."
They both fell asleep with doubt-free minds and smiles on their faces. They didn't notice the dark shadow that separated from the rest and darted off somewhere into the night.
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"They are back?"
"Yes milord."
"All three?"
"Yes milord. The golden-haired kitsune with eyes like the sun, the flame- haired sorceress with a black-bladed scythe, and the cold, calculating demoness of water."
"Good...good."
The large, dark throne was cloaked in shadows, but a vague figure was just discernable seated in the tall-backed chair. Torches cast flickering light in a feeble attempt to chase the dominating shadows away into the corners of the room and brighten the cold gray of the stone walls. No windows were visible, and there was no furniture in the vast room aside from the tall chair only just visible in the torchlight.
"Shall we strike tonight milord?"
"No. We must be patient. We will wait until they begin the search for the first pendant."
"As you wish milord." The kneeling figure stood and bowed before fluidly walking out of the throne room with the grace only a feline could master. The ironclad door slammed on the way out and quiet steps could be heard stealthily going down the hall.
"Soon the pendants will be mine."
To be continued...
Kin: Oh yeah. I'm good.
Leiko: Suuuuuurree you are. Just keep telling yourself that.
Kin: *glares* Fine. I will.
Kashaku: How come I didn't get to kiss Kurama in this chapter?
Kin: Because I don't like you.
Kashaku: *gets teary-eyed* you're so cruel!!
Kin: *laughs maniacally* yep! I sure am!
Leiko: *rolls eyes* here have some peanuts. *tosses bag of peanuts to Kin and Kashaku who begin to catfight over who gets to eat them*
Kin: Give them to me!! I deserve peanuts after all the work I did typing up this chapter!! Gimee!!
Kashaku: NEVER!! The peanuts are all mine!! *grabs peanuts and runs around in circles being chased by Kin*
Leiko: *shakes head* sometimes they can be so juvenile. Anyway, how was the chapter? Did you like it?
Kin: Give me those peanuts!!
Kashaku: You don't even like peanuts!!
Kin: *stops and thinks for a second* oh yeah...
Leiko: *raises eyebrow* you learn something new everyday.
Kin: *glares* are you making fun of me?
Leiko: what do you think?
Kashaku: *stuffing her face with peanuts* that means yes.
Kin: They're all against me!!
Leiko: Riiiiiiight. Anyway, see you next chapter!
Kin: And now they're stealing my lines again!!
Kashaku: You said it sister!
Kin: What is that supposed to mean?
Kashaku: I don't know. It sounded good when I said it in my head...
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Kin: Okay! There is major Kuwabara bashing and some of the characters may be a little OOC, but hey, that's life! So, anyway, the moment you've all been waiting for! Kashaku finally gets to meet Kurama! What will she do? Will Kurama survive? Keep reading and find out!
Kashaku: You sound like a car salesman.
Kin: *glares*
Leiko: Play nice children.
Kashaku: Why?
Leiko: Because I said so.
Kashaku: Why?
Leiko: Because that's how life is.
Kashaku: Why?
Kin: Just shut up already!!
Kashaku: Touchy, touchy. *grins* Okay, on with the fic!
"blah" speaking
'blah' thinking
/blah/ conscience
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Falling Into Fiction
Chapter 2: Meetings
Yusuke stepped into the hotel room; Touya was leaning against the wall while Jin talked to him incessantly in his fast accent, Hiei was sitting in the window ignoring everyone else, Kurama was reading on the couch, and Kuwabara was staring stupidly as Yusuke stepped in the door.
"We've got a case!" Yusuke practically shouted.
Touya just looked at him blankly as if asking him "well, what is it?" Jin stopped talking and looked at him expectantly, Hiei didn't do anything except mutter "hn," Kurama looked up from his book interested, and Kuwabara continued to stare stupidly.
Kin, Kashaku and Mizuna filed into the room as Yusuke began to speak.
"This is Mizuna Arishima."
Mizuna nodded and looked around at the team expressionlessly. Inside she was thinking 'Oh my god! It's really the Spirit Detectives, and man, Hiei is even cuter than on television- I DID NOT JUST THINK THAT.' She continued to look calmly around the room and show no expression.
"This is Kin Raikatuji."
Kin looked around the room and "hmpf"ed while crossing her arms over her chest. Jin looked at her interested and she glared at him. Inside she was thinking 'It's the Spirit Detectives!! Oh my god!! Jin is so cute... I DID NOT THINK THAT!' she mentally kicked herself and glared twice as hard at Jin.
"And this is Kashaku Hitomi." Yusuke finished.
Kashaku ran over to Kurama and latched onto his arm with hearts for eyes. "You're real!" she said while poking him multiple times. "You're my boyfriend." She said.
Mizuna rolled her eyes and Kin just snickered.
"I'm sorry but I already have a girlfriend..." Kurama said uncomfortably.
Kashaku pouted when she heard this and quickly ran over to Touya, latched onto his arm and started to poke him instead. "YOU'RE my boyfriend."
He looked at her strangely. "I'm taken too..." he said in an cold voice while attempting to pry her off and make her to leave him alone or go bug someone else.
"No your not." said Kashaku.
"Yes I am." He said in one last futile attempt to make her go away.
"I've seen all the episodes. You don't have a girlfriend." She said. She paused. "Don't worry, I still want my Kurama, I'm just waiting for him to come to his senses and admit his undying love for me." She stated dreamily. Kurama stared at her and wondered how he was supposed to be in love with a girl he had just met.
Meanwhile, Mizuna and Hiei were watching a very red Kin yell at Jin and call him a hentai several million times after he had attempted to feel her up saying his hand had "slipped." A red handprint was visible on Jin's right cheek, and Kin's ears and tail were all twitching.
"I swear I just slipped." Jin said innocently.
"The hell you did!" Kin yelled.
She was just fixing to slap him again when Kuwabara suddenly popped up between them and grabbed Kin's hands. "Will you be my girlfriend pretty lady?" he asked with hearts for eyes.
Kin, already in a murderous mood, glared at him, punched him in the face and watched him crash into the wall. "I think I'm in love." He said before sliding down the wall and then falling unconscious.
"Did I do something to piss off God or do I just attract hentai?" Kin asked Mizuna.
Mizuna just shrugged and looked at the unconscious Kuwabara disgustedly. "I'm glad it's not me he's going to continue hitting on." She said calmly.
"I'm not a hentai." Jin said with a charming smile. "You're just too beautiful for me to resist."
Kin seemed to turn ten more shades redder. 'His accent is so cute. Why do all the cute ones have to be hentai?' she wondered. 'Well, maybe not ALL the cute ones.' She thought after looking over at Kuwabara's unconscious form. She looked back at the innocently smiling Jin who was stealthily inching closer to her. 'The day me and this hentai get together is the day of the apocalypse.'
Hiei watched all this with amusement, especially when the fox demon decked Kuwabara. None of the other girls had let him down quite like that. And he had never seen Jin take to someone that quick, he wasn't normally a hentai. 'At least that Mizuna girl isn't as annoying as the rest. That's some relief.' He looked over at Mizuna. 'And she's rather pretty too-WHAT THE HELL? NO SHE IS NOT.' Not so amazingly, none of these thoughts showed on his face or in his actions.
"WOULD ALL OF YOU JUST SHUT THE HELL UP?!?" Yusuke shouted. It seemed that his wish to liven up the team had come true.
Everyone stopped and stared at him. "Ahem." He said nervously. "The girls are going to spend the night at the hotel tonight... no not in the same room." He said and rolled his eyes as he noticed Jin's grin. "Anyway, it's late and they must be tired so they can go to their room and I'll tell you guys about the case."
Kin was about to say she wasn't tired, but shut up when she realized it would put a wall in between her and "Kuwabaka" as she had taken to calling him. She didn't want to be anywhere near that baka. He was very ugly and stupid as well and being annoying. She could see him starting to stir and quickly stepped behind Jin, Mizuna and Hiei out of his sight.
Kashaku was hanging on an annoyed Touya's arm and pestering him with questions about being an ice demon while Kurama watched with amusement. When she heard Yusuke's announcement, she grinned and said dramatically "Parting is such sweet sorrow." Touya just stared at her as she twirled her staff and skipped over to where Kin was hiding behind Mizuna.
Mizuna watched everything going on with amusement. Kin and Kashaku seemed so at home in this world. Kashaku looked so cute with Touya! Fire and Ice, pretty ironic huh? She could tell Kin liked Jin even with his hentai ways, and Jin liked her judging from the way he was glaring at Kuwabara's twitching form. They were just so kawaii!!! She looked over at Hiei. 'We would NOT make a good couple. I don't even like him a little bit! It could never happen.' She assured herself.
"Please be my girlfriend beautiful lady! I must confess my undying love!" Kuwabara said while attempting to get past Jin and grab Kin's hands. A vein seemed to pop out on Kin's head and she stepped out from behind the others.
Before Kuwabara could grab her hands, she punched his already disfigured face again and watched him fall unconscious as before. "Well, what are you looking at?!?" she yelled. Everyone immediately looked away at the same time.
"Anyway, like I was saying." Yusuke continued after the moment of silence. "Here's the key to your room. It's just down the hall, number 226." He handed the room key to Mizuna.
Mizuna raised her eyebrow. "Are we expected to sleep in our clothes?"
Yusuke glared at her and mumbled something about difficult women that never shut up. When Kin glared at him, growled, and bared her fangs he hurriedly went into an adjoining room saying he was going to let them borrow some of his T-shirts.
Kin continued to glare at the doorway he had gone through.
"I always did like the feisty ones." Jin said cheerfully.
Kin blushed, glared, and smacked him on the head in that order. "Hentai!"
Jin didn't seem fazed at all. In fact, he draped his arm on one of Kin's shoulders and leaned on her. If one looked closely they would see smoke coming out of Kin's ears, but before she could slap him and yell hentai, Yusuke came back into the room with three T-shirts.
"Here! Is there anything ELSE you want?" Yusuke asked grumpily.
"No, this will do fine." Mizuna said calmly. She took the three large T- shirts and calmly walked out the door to go and locate the girls' room.
Kashaku skipped after her while singing something that sounded suspiciously like a Kurama love ballad. Everyone sweatdropped and watched the obliviously singing Kashaku skip out of the room. Kurama was fervently hoping that she would get over him soon, and Touya was wondering where the hell she came from.
Kin, who was by now pretty annoyed, hit Jin on the head and jerked away from him. She glared around the room with her arms crossed over her chest, and was suddenly gone in a jingle of bracelets and a swirl of golden hair.
"I wouldn't want to get on HER bad side." Yusuke said. The rest of the team nodded solemnly and glanced over at the still twitching Kuwabara.
"I wouldn't mind." Jin said with a grin. The Spirit Detectives sweatdropped and were all glad that they couldn't hear what Jin was thinking.
"So, what is this new case and what does it have to do with those girls?" Touya asked.
Yusuke cleared his throat and began the explanation.
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"I can't wait until we get out of this hotel." Kin said grouchily as she pulled the long, almost knee-length green T-shirt over her head.
"We will probably be going to the ningenkai tomorrow," replied Mizuna.
Kin just hmpfed and pulled the covers back on the bed she would be sleeping in. She could hear the even, deep breathing of sleep from the lump under the covers in the bed to the left of hers and realized it was Kashaku from the staff leaning on the wall. Mizuna was in bed as well but her covers were far neater and straighter than Kashaku's. She was in the bed on the left of Kin and was closest to the door.
The room was pretty much the same as the boys' room with a connecting bathroom and drab white walls. The three beds were against the far wall, and a small barred window let in little fragments of moonlight to shine down like splinters on the gray-carpeted floor. The decorator had obviously had prison on his mind when he had designed this.
Mizuna reached out and turned the lamp off on the bedside table next to her when she heard Kin settle into her bed. The room was immediately darkened and the pale fragments of moonlight on the carpet grew more defined.
"So, I guess we're finally home." Kin whispered with a strange lack of enthusiasm.
Mizuna sighed. It was all too fast, everything they had ever known was a lie. They were all just expected to adapt to this world and fit right in. Mizuna couldn't help but feel a little resentment towards the guardians who had stowed them away for future use. How could anyone be expected to just accept the fact that their entire life was a lie? How could they risk their life to protect a world that they had never known?
"Yes." was all that escaped her lips. She could here Kin's frustrated sigh and almost smiled. At least she still had her friends to depend on.
"Well, I don't like it one bit. This is all too fast. How am I supposed to just accept the fact that my life was a lie? I can't just get over that in one minute and proceed with some stupid quest to save the world or something." Kin said angrily.
"Hush. You will wake Kashaku." Mizuna said calmly.
"Hmpf." was all Kin said as she turned on her side facing away from Mizuna and began to count sheep in her head.
"Look, Kin-chan, I know how you feel but we must do our duty. The previous guardians only did what they thought was right in sealing us away for our protection."
"I will never forgive them. We were sealed away in a total lie, and are now expected to spend the whole rest of our lives burdened with the responsibility of guarding some stupid rocks. All for the protection of the people in a world we have never known because we were put on hold until we were ready to give up our freedom."
Mizuna smiled wryly. Kin had hit the nail on the head. Indeed, why should they give up their freedom for the sake of the safety of a world they didn't even know? They had grown up in an illusion, nothing more and she felt no feelings of gratitude towards the people who had allowed this to happen.
"I suppose it's okay though." She heard Kin say. She turned to look over at Kin with a question in her eyes.
"I will never turn away from a person in need." Kin said seriously without turning over.
"You say it's like we are giving up our freedom." They were surprised when they heard the voice of Kashaku ring out over the silence that had ensued Kin's statement.
"We should feel glad that we are finally home. Did you ever wonder why everyone seemed so distant and blank in the illusion we lived in? I really feel like I belong here and that we are doing the right thing. We should feel honored that we are being entrusted with such power; it's not the burden you make it out to be. This world, or should I say OUR world, is familiar and warm. I can almost remember living here at one time and I would gladly accept the responsibility if only to protect it."
Mizuna and Kin were surprised, but her words rang true. They both smiled and released their doubts. Sometimes Kashaku really surprised them with her wisdom and truth. However, her heartfelt words were lessened when they heard a loud snore come from the lump under the covers of her bed. They both sweatdropped; some things never change.
"I'm glad that we're here." Kin said hesitantly.
Mizuna smiled to herself. "Me too, Kin-chan, me too."
They both fell asleep with doubt-free minds and smiles on their faces. They didn't notice the dark shadow that separated from the rest and darted off somewhere into the night.
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"They are back?"
"Yes milord."
"All three?"
"Yes milord. The golden-haired kitsune with eyes like the sun, the flame- haired sorceress with a black-bladed scythe, and the cold, calculating demoness of water."
"Good...good."
The large, dark throne was cloaked in shadows, but a vague figure was just discernable seated in the tall-backed chair. Torches cast flickering light in a feeble attempt to chase the dominating shadows away into the corners of the room and brighten the cold gray of the stone walls. No windows were visible, and there was no furniture in the vast room aside from the tall chair only just visible in the torchlight.
"Shall we strike tonight milord?"
"No. We must be patient. We will wait until they begin the search for the first pendant."
"As you wish milord." The kneeling figure stood and bowed before fluidly walking out of the throne room with the grace only a feline could master. The ironclad door slammed on the way out and quiet steps could be heard stealthily going down the hall.
"Soon the pendants will be mine."
To be continued...
Kin: Oh yeah. I'm good.
Leiko: Suuuuuurree you are. Just keep telling yourself that.
Kin: *glares* Fine. I will.
Kashaku: How come I didn't get to kiss Kurama in this chapter?
Kin: Because I don't like you.
Kashaku: *gets teary-eyed* you're so cruel!!
Kin: *laughs maniacally* yep! I sure am!
Leiko: *rolls eyes* here have some peanuts. *tosses bag of peanuts to Kin and Kashaku who begin to catfight over who gets to eat them*
Kin: Give them to me!! I deserve peanuts after all the work I did typing up this chapter!! Gimee!!
Kashaku: NEVER!! The peanuts are all mine!! *grabs peanuts and runs around in circles being chased by Kin*
Leiko: *shakes head* sometimes they can be so juvenile. Anyway, how was the chapter? Did you like it?
Kin: Give me those peanuts!!
Kashaku: You don't even like peanuts!!
Kin: *stops and thinks for a second* oh yeah...
Leiko: *raises eyebrow* you learn something new everyday.
Kin: *glares* are you making fun of me?
Leiko: what do you think?
Kashaku: *stuffing her face with peanuts* that means yes.
Kin: They're all against me!!
Leiko: Riiiiiiight. Anyway, see you next chapter!
Kin: And now they're stealing my lines again!!
Kashaku: You said it sister!
Kin: What is that supposed to mean?
Kashaku: I don't know. It sounded good when I said it in my head...
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