Kura: (throws water on Nikki)
Nikki: (spits out water) -- Thanks.
Kura: No prob.
Nikki: (glares at Hiei)
Hiei: (ignores Nikki)
Kura: OK ppl I have decided to hold a poetry contest!
Nikki: And I'll be helping judge!
Kura: YAY!
Hiei: (rolls eyes) Joy.
Kura and Nikki: SHUT UP HIEI! (both pounce on Hiei)
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(A/N ok so apparently, there's a rumor flying around that we aren't allowed to answer our reviews anymore! THIS IS TERRIBLE! (cries) ok so (sniffle) I wont be answering my reviews until something is done about this terrible tragedy. (cries again) I'm so sorry! But if you have any questions or you want me to answer your review or IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS THAT ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED TELL ME IN A REVIEW and leave me your e-mail address ok?)
OH by the way this chapter probably has a lot of mistakes in it b/c well its almost five in the morning and Ive been up all night writing it!
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Chapter Five: Memories.
"Which way did she go?" Yusuke asked once they had all appeared on the other side of the portal, glancing in all directions. "Kuwabara can you tell?" he asked.
"No I can't sense her anywhere." He said after a short pause, looking confused.
"Hn. She is too far away baka. Out of your range."
"But, how'd she get so far away shorty? It's only been a few seconds!" He shouted at Hiei.
Hiei was about to decapitate the idiot for calling him shorty, but luckily (-- yes luckily) Kurama stepped between the two.
"She's incredibly fast Kuwabara. She will most likely be miles away by now." Kurama put in, trying to stop the two from killing each other…or rather, stop Hiei from killing Kuwabara. (lol)
Giving a sigh of annoyance, Hiei removed the bandana from his forehead, revealing his Jagan eye. "I'll find her." he said, looking extremely annoyed. His Jagan began to glow an eerie purple.
The sooner this is over with the better. He thought dryly.
"Wait we'll come with you Hiei." Yusuke said.
"No, your legs aren't fast enough." And in the blink of an eye, he was gone.
With Kage, Somewhere On The Other Side of Tokyo
Kage was running at top speed, faster than she could ever remember running in her life. Everything was just a blur of color as she ran past. She left a strong gust of wind behind her as she ran, startling passersby, her long raven hair wiping in the wind.
She had long since left the forest and was heading toward the only place she could think of. She couldn't return to her foster family's house and there wasn't really anywhere else to go but forward.
Sigh. Well, at least I'll get to see Ryo.
Kage ran making many twists and turns, but eventually found her way back to the place she loathed so.
Inazuma Orphanage. (1)
She hated it there. They babied her, thought she was shy or nervous around other children, when the fact of the matter was, she simply didn't want to be around them.
Sure she would have run away, but then where exactly would she go?
It was evening when she arrived, and the gates of the mansion looking building were locked just as they always were at that time. (im not good at describing places so just use ur imagination k? --) She looked around, making sure no one was watching her, then jumped up, and leapt over the large brick wall that separated the yard from the rest of Tokyo.
Then, quietly, she found a window around the back of the house, pried it open, and carefully slipped inside. The room she found herself in, she recognized as the storage room. They kept all the extra bedding, and toys and such in here.
She quickly found her way to the main room, where all the beds were. Kage stood there reminiscing for a moment, thinking if how all the other children kept bothering her asking her stupid questions. She just tuned them out and dozed most of the time.
Well, except one of the boys there, about her own -human- age would always come just to talk to her. Whether she was up in one of the trees outside, or just watching the others play, thinking how stupid it was. He would ask her how she was and why she hardly ever talked to anyone.
Yep that was Ryo.
It had only been a few days since she had been here last but it was nice to remember the past nonetheless.
Flashback
Kage was lying on her bed, the one she had been assigned when she had arrived earlier the previous day. She had her hands behind her head, and her knees were arched, the right crossing over the left. She wore a regular loose, black, long sleeved shirt, and black baggy pants. She still had her shoes on. (I don't remember what kind of shoes she was wearing T-T)
She just lay there thinking, while the others were playing or talking in the next room over. Many pairs of eyes were starring at her from the large doorway connecting the two rooms, and whispering.
Kage had her eyes closed, but she could feel them starring at her and she heard the faint sound of their whispers. It was becoming annoying and she was imagining killing them all in the slowest most painful way possible, just to pass the time. (didn't I make Kage such a lovely person to be around? Lol ok im gonna stop with all these interruptions)
Suddenly she felt an energy coming near her, tearing her from her, ahem, fantasies. A boy approached her. He had shaggy black hair that came to his ears, and sea blue eyes. He was tall and most girls would call him handsome. He wore a dark grey T-shirt and ordinary jeans that had a large holes in the knees.
"Hey there, you new?" He asked even though he already knew the answer.
Kage didn't reply.
"So… I heard some folks found you in the forest all by yourself." He shoved his hands in his pockets.
Kage still didn't say anything, she just starred off into space.
"Don't talk much huh?" He asked, leaning down over the head of her bed so they were nearly face-to-face.
"No." She said, opening her eyes, only first taking in his appearance.
"Okay then…" He took a seat next to her at the foot of her bed. "So, what's your name?"
Again, she fell silent.
"Alright, you don't have to tell me." He said cheerily.
Kage arched her neck slightly and starred at him. Why was he being so friendly?
"My name's Ryo by the way." He said with a smile.
"…Kage" she said after a long pause.
"There ya go that wasn't so hard was it?"
A slight growl escaped her throat. "Don't baby me like that." She said a hint of anger in her voice.
"Okay sorry, my bad." He held up his hands in defense.
Kage let her head fall to the pillow again and gazed straight up at the ceiling.
"So…" He tried to start a conversation again.
"So what?"
Not thinking of anything else to say he asked, "…Were you really found in the forest by yourself? Is that why you're here?"
"It's none of your business."
"Well okay…. If you say so." He replied, in an understanding way.
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Kage was once again, lying up in a random tree in the courtyard relaxing, her hands behind her head. Suddenly, Ryo appeared. (Who saw that coming? Huh? Bet you did.)
"Hey Kage!" He called up.
Kage opened her left eye and peered down at him.
"Hm?"
"Whatcha doin'?"
When she didn't answer, he started climbing the tree after her. He sat on the branch next to hers.
"So?"
"So what?"
Whatcha doin'?"
"Nothing." She turned to face forwards again.
"Oh."
Tick.
Tock.
The seconds go by.
"So… how are you?"
Honestly, did he always have to try to start a conversation? "… Fine." she said
"Great." He smiled.
She gave him an odd look.
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It had been a few months now and Kage once again, was sneaking off to the back of the orphanage to train. However this time, she wasn't alone.
After about twenty minutes of throwing punches, kicks, and doing flips and otherwise beating the crap out of an invisible opponent, Kage sensed someone behind her, and felt a hand slid onto her shoulder. She heard a male voice but didn't give the person a chance to finish his sentence.
"Hey, you're pre-- whoa--" The boy was cut off as he was abruptly grabbed and thrown forwards over Kage's shoulder. He landed with a Thud on his back. Next thing he knew, someone was sitting on top of him and a hand was squeezing his throat cutting off his air. Cold silver eyes bore into his.
"Um… you're a little…jumpy…" He managed to choke out.
"Ryo?" Her eyes softened a bit and her grip around his neck loosened.
"Hello." He said cheerily waving his hand, despite the fact that he was pinned to the ground and was at the mercy of a girl who seems to know enough martial art to put Jackie Chan out of business. (O.o is Jackie Chan even Japanese? Oh well.)
"You should not have snuck up on me." She said her eyes narrowing. Her hand twitched.
"Yes, sorry about that… um… mind letting go?" He said, rapping on Kage's arm.
Kage released him and stood up. Before she knew what she was doing, she had offered him her hand. He gratefully took it and she helped him up.
"Why are you out here?" She asked him.
"I wanted to know where you sneak off to every morning."
"Well, now you know. And don't sneak up on me again. People who are in the middle of practicing generally don't like to be grabbed when they are trying to concentrate." She added the last sentence icily.
"You would--?" He said a slightly frightened look on his face as he imagined what could have happened when he interrupted Kage. Looking back on it, me mentally kicked himself for disturbing her in the first place.
"You think I wouldn't?" Her voice even more cold if it was possible. Her eyes solid and threatening, but hidden by her dark bangs. A malicious smirk played at her lips.
"Well I--oof" he was cut off again as something slammed against him. (poor guy just cant seem to get a word in huh?) He slid a good three feet before stopping. He found himself on the ground, he and Kage in the same position as they had been only a few moments ago.
She tried to suppress a bone chilling laugh but didn't quite succeed. Ryo was looking scared at this point.
"You should not doubt me." She glared daggers at the boy and squeezed his throat, cutting off his air, and his eyes widened. She knew who's throat she was crushing this time. And the scary thing was…
In Ryo's eyes, she looked familiar with this action. And didn't seem to care in the least.
"I'll let you in on a little secret…" Her voice said she was enjoying every moment of this. Oh how she loved mind games.
She bent low and whispered something to Ryo only he could hear, and the grip around his neck tightened.
His eyes widened at her words and her starred at her as she sat up, knowing it was true. A sadistic smile made itself apparent on her lips, and he saw that her features shifted from silently threatening to those of pure malice. He wasn't exactly sure when it had happened but it surely had.
It had been over a full minute now and Ryo's vision was starting to cloud, though his eyes were still wide and glued to Kage's frightening expression. He knew Kage didn't show this side of her to many people. This utterly disturbing side…. That evil gleam in her eyes that screamed to hear the enemy's shrieks of pain as their insides were spilled, and that terrible sadistic smirk that longed to taste the blood of her victims on her lips.
Ryo was paralyzed by her expression and didn't even think of trying to pry her hand from his throat. He simply couldn't move, not so much out of fear but more of shock and the slightest bit of curiosity as to what could have made her like this… he squeezed his eyes shut in pain as her grip became even tighter and he was sure she would collapse his air-way if she didn't let go.
A small choking sound escaped from Ryo's slightly agape mouth, as well as a short spray of blood that ran in a trickle down the corner of his lips. Kage's eyes shone with delight in seeing him succumb to her. How she longed to see his expression when he realized that he was dieing and it couldn't be stopped, to see his blood poor from his body and stain the grass beneath her feet…
…how she longed for it all... But just before it was too late to go back, something snapped in her mind and her murderous expression disappeared. She immediately removed her hand from Ryo's throat, her eyes slightly wide. Then she vanished with no indication she had ever been there, save the bruises she had left Ryo.
Suddenly, the weight disappeared from Ryo's chest and there was no pressure on his throat. Kage had gone.
He shot up gasping for the air that sustained his life, massaging his aching throat. He looked scared and shocked that a person could seem so evil… so bloodthirsty….
Her words echoing in his head as breathed heavily, reliving the scene in his mind. Kage bent over and whispered to him…
"… Don't make the mistake of believing I am afraid to take life." He remembered her chuckling cruelly as she added the last part and it made him shudder. "… I live for it…"
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Well somehow miraculously, despite the slightly disturbing fact the Kage had almost murdered Ryo, they had become something of friends over time and often hung out, and even cut classes together. (NO Ryo and Kage DO NOT FALL IN LOVE They are just friends.)
Naturally, the people in charge of Inazuma made the children go to school. How fun. School had been in session for a while now and Kage wasn't having much of it.
Today before school had started, they were hanging out under the large oak tree on the side of the school. Kage was leaning against the wide trunk with her hands in her pockets, and Ryo was sitting crossed-legged next to her, his back propped against the trunk as well.
They were talking about random things like usual. Insulting the teachers for example, that was always fun. Kage and Ryo were much alike and neither had a lot friends because they both preferred to be by themselves, or with just one person if they had to be around others. They fit well together and became fairly close friends. (I REPEAT: KAGE AND RYO DO NOT FALL IN LOVE!)
Well today one of the jocks and his buddies walked over to them looking to make some trouble. He had blonde hair, brown eyes and was fairly muscular. (what sports do they have in Japan? Hm... o well)
"Well, well, well, if it aint the local Goths." His two friends snickered.
Kage glared, and Ryo just ignored them. Two of the boys took a few steps back but the one who spoke apparently thought her glare was a hollow threat. Ooooh Big mistake.
The said idiot took another look at Kage and examined her form up and down. "Hey why are you hanging out with this loser," he gave Ryo a I'm higher-than-you-so-back-off look. "when you could be having some fun with me?" H leaned down closer to her wearing a grin that screamed 'PERVERT.'
Kage threw an effortless fist that collided with the boys face, easily knocking him over. She didn't even have to stand up straight. He fell on the ground in surprise massaging his jaw. "Wow, feisty aint ya?" He just couldn't take a hint. (ooo he's asking for it huh?)
Kage launched herself at him obviously looking to draw blood. Ryo grabber her just in time and locked her shoulders behind his forearms. She was putting up quite a fight to get free and mall the boy.
"Kage /yank/…calm down /yank/…he's /yank/…not worth it." He said between her struggles.
"Damnitt Ryo let me go!" She demanded pulling harder. The wind began blowing around her, but she forced the energy back. No one seemed to notice the odd wind. She had forced the energy back, but the familiar feeling of bloodlust was swelling insider her again.
Normally she would have just ignored them but she was in a particularly bad mood today because she hadn't had a good fight in a long time, and it was starting to get to her.
The boy's two friends had come to help pick him up. They looked surprised that a girl could knock their leader to the ground. And with one punch no less. "Come on man let's go." One of them said looking worried. He was the smart one.
"Shut up. Not yet." He gave Kage that perverted smile again, and looked her over, pausing in a few ahem certain places.
"I said let go!" She shouted.
"You know I can't." He got out, trying to save his breath, as Kage was pulling even harder now and his arms were getting tired fast. The guy utterly sickened Ryo but if he let Kage go the ground would be soft in the cemetery soon after.
"Please Ryo? I won't kill him!" She said, desperate now.
"Kage I--"
He was interrupted by the idiot again. "Come on punk let her go. What could she possibly do?"
He had struck a nerve with that one "Ryo." She had stopped struggling now.
He knew that tone, and thought it best to let go before she dislocated his shoulders. Someone had underestimated her, and messed with one of her friends (namely him) of which she had little.
"… Just… don't kill him?" He requested worriedly, as he slowly released her, reliving the scene in his mind where Kage had very nearly killed him.
"I'm not making any promises." She stated smirking, and lunged at him.
(I don't think I can type how Kage almost kills the boy b/c this fic is only rated T for Teen and I think I'm already pushing it with the ahem "Kage and her newfound bloodlust" scene heh heh so you all have to use your imaginations ok? Sorry.)
With one last slam against the wall of the school, she picked him up by his collar.
"If you ever bother us again…" She hissed and leaned closer to his face. "I will be forced to prove to you there are worse things then death." She said, her words dripping in icy venom. The boy looked scared out of his mind and fainted right there. Maybe it was blood lose? Doubtful.
By the time they had run off, the boy was being rushed to the hospital in an ambulance. They were never caught, due to Kage's silent threat to the two goons who remained. They looked ready to wet themselves. (lmao I loved writing that)
After they were a good ways a way from school and safely under a tree in the park, Ryo said, "You went to far with that one." giving her a stern look.
"Hn. He was asking for it." she objected. "Besides…." She smirked "it was fun."
Sigh. "You should be more careful. You need to control your temper. And you sure have an odd sense of humor." He rotated his sore arms.
Kage gave a snort of amusement.
"Well at least you didn't kill him."
"Yes… at least… " She muttered under her breath, in the back of her mind feeling ever so slightly disappointed that she hadn't killed him. Where were these feelings of bloodlust coming from?
Sure she had killed plenty of demons when they had come after her but she would always end it quickly, because she had better things to do the beat up something that wasn't worth her time. She would never admit it but the feeling was actually starting to scare her a little… how long could she control it? How long before she snapped? She had barely resisted the urge to kill this time. What about next time? And WHY did she crave blood so?
Ryo poked her shoulder and she nearly jumped out of her skin. She tensed and glared at Ryo who was now smirking at the fact that he had actually surprised her.
"You were spacing out again." He suddenly turned serious. "Were you thinking about… well… right after we first met?"
She didn't answer him.
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End Flashback
Kage was brought out of her thoughts when she sensed someone approaching the room. She recognized the presence.
It was none other than Ryo.
"Kage?" He said, looking mildly shocked "Did you run off again?"
"Of course." Ryo didn't know about demons and the three world and such and Kage had no intention of telling him.
Ryo rolled his eyes and walked toward her. "It's good to see you again." he said.
"It's only been a few days." She said
"I know."
"How did you know I was here?" she asked.
"I just knew. I always do." he said cheerily.
"Right." she said She often wondered if he had some sort of sixth sense. "Don't tell anyone I'm here. I probably won't stay too long." She couldn't stay in one place forever, or someone from Reikai would eventually find her.
"Of course." he said understandingly She would run off like this sometimes and not show up again for days, then leave again. But she always came back.
Kage's stomach growled noisily.
"Uh…guess I'm a little hungry." She said.
Ryo sweatdropped. "I'll be right back" he said, and left to sneak off to the kitchen.
She went over to sit on the bed nearest the door which she had come out of. A few minutes later, Ryo came walking toward her, a brown slightly damp paper bag in hand.
He tossed it to her. She caught it, and said, "Thanks." gratefully. She stuck her hand in the bag and pulled out a lump of raw meat about as big as her fist.
She smiled and sunk her teeth into it happily. She had always thought that cooked human food was terrible, she much preferred the raw stuff.
She stopped chewing abruptly as she felt Ryo starring at her.
"What?" He words slurred slightly by the flesh in her mouth.
"I still don't see how you can eat that completely raw." he grimaced. "Its just gross."
"Well I just don't like it cooked. That is what's gross." She said, and took another chunk out of the thing.
"Doesn't it taste…you know…bloody?" He asked sticking his tongue out.
"Well yeah. Want to try it?" She held out what was left of what Ryo had brought her.
"Uh..." he gulped "No thanks."
Kage Shrugged. "Your loss." She said and shoved the piece into her mouth.
She finished off the last bits of her dinner, stood up and stretched. "That was great. Thanks Ryo."
"No prob." He said smiling.
Just then, Kage's ears picked up the echoing of voices approaching. "I'll be on the roof," She said He always wondered how she got up there anyway. "I might be gone later though."
"Right." He said, "I'll see you later then."
"Bye for now, and thanks again" And with that she disappeared out the window of the storage room.
Once outside, she leapt up and bounced her feet off the windowsills, she landed on the roof with a small thump.
She stood up only to be met by crimson orbs.
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Kura: HA CLIFFY! I think the next chap will be up soon.
Hiei: So she says.
Kura: Can it shorty
Hiei: Hn.
Kurama: Don't forget to send in your poems for a chance to win… what do they win?
Kura: uh…u get recognized here and… Um… Nikki wat do they get?
Nikki: Um… a plushy? And a cookie?
Kura: YES You get recognized here, and a plushy and a cookie! Hows that? (I LOVE COOKIES)
Hiei: (rolls eyes)
Nikki and Kura: We saw that! (both tackle Hiei)
Kurama: (sweat drop) Please read and review? And don't forget to send in your poems. (whispers) Angsty poems poem are what Nikki likes. (hint hint)
(A/N 1. Yes Inazuma means lightening! I had a freaky dream about lightening and I didn't like it so since Kage doen't like the evil orphanage I decided to call it that. YES I KNOW I AM WEIRD!)