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Chapter Four: Missing
Drip...Drip...Drip...
Chi looked around the room. It was getting dark and the sun was setting. Yesterday she left the gang to come here. She didn't feel welcome that much.
Looking around she saw paints on a lone desk. A canvas blocking the window from view. Pictures pined to the wall. Drawn and painted.
They had dragons on them, fire in others, the ocean breeze easily distinguished on few.
Her vision was becoming blurry so she decided she had enough. She stood on the stool and healed herself. No scar present.
She walked to the door, walking down a few steps and looked back. The light that shone over the canvasreflected souly on the only stool in the room. It was in the middle of the room, a open pocket knife with fresh blood on it, shinned in the retreting light.
Shaking her head, she closed the door.
"Hey, Kitty? Is Chi over there? No...alright. Thanks Bye."
"Hey Keiko. Is Chi there, I can't find her?...No...okay. Call me if she shows up. Bye"
"Leo?..."
"Guys. We have to find Chi. She's not at her house." Keiko said as she hung up the phone.
"Where could she have gone?" Yusuke asked sitting up on the couch.
The guys attention turn to the saddened Keiko.
"Well..."She shifted uncomfortably looking at the ground, "She usually goes to see her parents grave. They were...murdered today nine years ago..."
"Kitty! Wait up!" Leo ran down the street to a paniced Kitty.
"She's gone again!" Kitty said looking around, "I'vee already checked Zee place. He said he would keep a eye open for her."
She was almost to tears as Leo hugged her, "Come on. What's the worst that could happen. She's tuff."
"Her own brother doesn't even know where she is Leo...she just got up and left." Kitty wipped her eyes and ran off with Leo beside her.
They were going to search the uppertown for her.
"Shela, baby!" Dice pulled up beside her in his car, "Come on. We'll check around here."
She got in his car as they drove around downtown. "T call you?"
"Yeah. He sounds really worried...again."
"Yeah. He called me too."
"I can't believe she never tells were she's going! So, stupid!"
They searched downtown, rain drizzling in the streets.
Traffic slowed but few sped by causing her wet black hair to fly in front of her. Stopping for a mere moment she continued her journey.
Staring at the puddles of water with sad cold blue eyes, she turned right. Walking down the slippery stairs with her bike hitting every bump on the way down.
She had a loose grip on it from the rain and her other hand holding a bottle of alcohol, water rolling of the glass cut smoothly. Her clothes soaked as she manuvered threw the woods.
Rattling noise was heard as her chains hit the sheath of her katana. Her hair clung to her shoulders and back. The trees provided some shelter against the pouring weather.
The water hit the ground, made it look like fog. So thick you could barley see in front of you.
Then she made it.
"What do you mean? I saw her parents." Kurama said bewildered.
"Those arn't her real parents. She was only seven when her real ones passed away. She was put in an orphanage and soon Mrs.Usagi adobted her, only a year after. My Aunt got her at a vunerable time and Chi wanted a mother again so it was easy to call them mother and father. They were real kind to her and all she wanted was a bedroom that she brought friends in and mingled, but also a room to herself. We don't know what she does in there butafter today she goes back to being a clumsy and careless kid.It's just how she deals." Keiko explain.
"Kitty! We've got to go! She'll be okay! It's to bad of weather to keep looking!" Leo said and grabbed her arm.
Kitty stopped but nodded and the two raced to the sidewalk. They ran back to Kitty's home to keep a look out.
"Dice! Stop! We can't see in this weather!" Shela said franticly as he drove searching threw the streets.
He hit the steering wheel and stopped, "Yeah...She'll show up. Like always." He was confincing himself.
She was always likea little sister to him, and he took that role of protective big-brother along with Tomi.
"So...where are her parents graves?" Yusuke asked.
"I don't know. She never took anyone there. The others don't know where she goes, all we know is that when she returns she's really messed up. Scrapes, brusies. She probably gets in fights. It's not that pretty when she gets in fights."
"Do you know which direction she goes. We'll help look." Kurama said.
"Yeah, but becareful. Last, or maybe two years ago I followed her and she almost punched me. It scared me but she stopped just before the blow, then she dissapeared. You should be able to spot her if she notices you. Her eyes glow red." Keiko put on a coat along with the others.
They walked out.
Looking at the two stones, carved by her two hands. She hadn't even noticed the portal she went threw as she trugged to their graves. Dragging the tarp over her Bike, guitar, and muisc box she walked over.
The weather was lighting up as she climbed the hill. She fell on her knees in the middle of the two.
Tracing the words with her fingers she dared not to cry. Especially in front of the two that made her.
"Hello..." She voice, water rolling down her face, "It's me again."
She set the bottle down and looked at the stones. Vines growing over the stones, flowers sprouting across the hill, bones laying below the hill, grass and vine taking them whole also.
Ronin Yukio
Greatest Warrior, Vicious Fighter
CaringHusband,LovingFather.
Made from Fire.
Age: 768
Gin Hoshi
Protector, Destroyer.
EverlastingWife,Never Dying Mother.
Madefrom Wind.
Age: 718
Chi sighed and layed back as the weather cleared up, sprinkles hitting the ground lightly. The moon shone brightly with the twinkling stars.
"How's my loving family?" She mused and pulled off some stray vines. Opening the bottle she took a sip.
"I know I shouldn't, but it's not like you could stop me, now." She took another sip.
"Your probably watching me, saying how stupid of me to drink this stuff all by my lonesome.Don't worry. Ill share."
She pulled out her harmonica. She pulled out some lint in the holes and blew the dust stuff off. "Long time since you heard a song, hasn't it." She put it to her lips, blowing in it.
A sad tone sounded threw the air. She closed her eyes playing for some time, thinking about her past. About her last moments with her family.
Sitting up she stopped, "I hope your not mad at me. I always try my best for you guys. In everything I do. I help the children out at the hospital. I get to go there tomorrow after school. They really enjoy having me there. Then I get to go to the orphanage after that."
She paused, "Hey. I brought the music box. I promised last year that I would sing you some songs. Remember?" She walked down to her box and guitar and brought it back up. Leaning against her dad's stone she pushed play.
"Ahem...gotta get warmed up you know." The music flowed threw her ears as she bounced her head to the music. (Wolf's Rain-Cloud Nine)
I hear a voice.
A voice, resounding through the sky that stopped crying.
It has shot through the target of my heart.
"This was where I saw her." Keiko said over to the boys across the street. Kuwabara was with Keiko.
"Alright. Lets look around."
Chasing the summer I spent with you,
I pass through the end of winter.
The words I heard from you that day
Are guiding me.
"Hey! There's a path!" Yusuke yelled.
"Alright. Hiei can check it out. Keiko. Do you want to go home?" Kurama asked as Hiei zipped away.
"Ill wait here. Just make sure she's alright!" Keiko called back.
The smell of a snow storm,
High frequencies mixed in a harmony.
There's more than enough memories, but
If I turned around, I could lose just as much.
So I recklessly went down that road,
Praying for tomorrow.
Hiei came back, "It's fine. Lets go. There's a portal up ahead."
"She couldhave gone threw it. Lets check it out." Yusuke said as Hiei lead the way.
The wild sleeping within is driving us
To the eternal, endless, irreplaceable dream.
The aimless, simple, helpless days,
We keep walking through them,
Because we are the children of the journey.
Chi picked up her harmonica and played it as the boys went threw the portal.
"Do you hear that?" Kurama asked.
"Yeah...sound like a...harmonica?" Yusuke.
So you're guided?
Do you keep running from something?
(The endless world)
Someday, when you've reached your destination,
You'll be able to see the rest of your dream.
Unchanging, fearless, our strength,
We had it since the first time of despair.
Unforgettable, inseparable, memories of the distant days,
A tail with a small bone left.
"Wow...this is nice." Yusuke said listening.
"It's Chi. Her bike is here." Kurama said looking under the tarp.
Hiei jumped into the trees and looked out.
The wild sleeping within is driving us
To the eternal, endless, irreplaceable dream.
Like a climber ascending to the summit,
I want to reach someday the place of beatitude.
So let's keep on walking,
Because we are the children of the journey.
Chi played her harmonic again looking at the stars.
I hear a voice,
From beyond the sky that stopped crying.
I am waiting for you.
"See.I told you I'd sing this time around." She took another sip of her drink, "I just didn't think we'd have a audience."
Chi stayed looking at the sky as the boys froze. The vibes she brought off were warnings to stay away, or leave.
"Chi...Ah..." Yusuke stopped as she turned to him. Her normal blue eyes turning crimson red.
"Yes Yusuke? I feel obliged to answer your questions after you so humbly, interupt my meeting at my parents grave."
He gulped and stepped back, "Ke-Keiko...is...is worried about...you."
"Well then. You best go tell her Im alright. I assume she told you my history." The tension became thick as the air around lessened.
Chi could tell they were having a hard time breath, even the black shadow hiden in the tree.
"Hard time breathing?" She chuckled and turned back to the stars taking another sip, "The air around you will only lessen if you do not leave."
They backed up, "Chi. Everyone is looking for you (deep breath) They are really worried." Kurama said as they backed up more.
"Kistune." She glared at them, something that made evenHiei shudder, "You three come here, on the day of my parents death, to tell me something I already know. I suggest you leave before I get mad. It's not a pretty site."
She stood, kissed her hand and wipped it on the grave stone. The air started to go back to normal as they stood there. "I just want to be left alone. But that's not hard for you guys. But for me. One day out of the entire year, everyone is flippin. So. Leave me be, or..." She caught a demon by the neck as it jumped at her, "End up like him." She cracked his neck and threw him down the hill.
He hit the ground, the hiden bones tossed into the air as blood seeped into the grass.
"Oh, and don't tell anyone where I am. They'll come bug me also and I don't need to fight my friends."She grabbed her guitar and sat back down, turning on the music box she started to play hard rock. (Demonic Chaos-AMV)
Her eyes went back to normal as did the air while she relaxed, letting her fingers fly over the guitar.
"She's fine. Lets get you home Keiko." Yusuke said.
"Alright. As long as she's fine." Keiko agreed and followed the guys home.
Kurama and Hiei walked to his house once the other three were situated at their homes.
"Hn. Baka onna." Hiei was mumbling while Kurama smiled at his ignorance. Hiei may not have saw it, probably Chi didn't see it either, but since Chi moved in and since she hung out with them yesterday. Hiei has been the one that's been around her the most.
The day he went into her house for company, yesterday when she went on a crazy spree and now Hiei is the one is their group that's the most, 'worried'. Even though he can't see it. Hiei jumped in the tree while Kurama walked into his house announcing he was home.
Kurama smiled at his friend who would most likely stay up, watching Chi's porch for any signs of her.
"Im doing, okay in school. I would rather learn to fight then the history of this useless country. And math. When am I going to use that...okay maybe in tactics, but so." Chi lookedaround with her sad blue eyes.
Sighing, she stood up. "Here we go again. Every year the same thing." A demon combusted in mid-air, "They all say the same thing. They should know they are to weak and usless to have your power."
She smiled a a excited, happy smile, "That's why Im here!" She unsheather her katana and looked at the glowing eyes in the woods around her.
"I mean seriously. Can't they put up a fight?" She lunged at a oncoming raid of low-class demons.
Body parts fell as she landed on the ground, swiping her sword clean of demon blood. It rained blood, coloring the grass as it began to ran once again.
Chi hid her music-box and gutair under the tarp before running back up the hill, slicing off some demons hands before they could touch the stone.
A smirk came to her face as she flamed the surrounding demons. She fell backwards, sliding as a force hit her. She quickly got up and ina fighting stance. She raced at the water demon a glare on her face.
She jumped at him sword raised as more surrounding demons burst into flames. Rain drizzling, making it harder for her to use her fire powers. She blew away the water attack with her wind trait, slicing a clean cutdown the demon's arm.
"Get away!" Chi yelled slicing upwards as he jumped back.
"Oo. A fiesty one." The man chuckled looking at his arm. "I heard of a guardian to this power, I just didn't think it to be one of a looker."
"Why thank-you." She mocked swinging at him, blowing away other demons that jumped at her.
"Haha. My dear. You are to be my mate once I obtain this power." He had dark blue shaggy hair and light sky blue eyes with spects of green. Armor over his chest and loose black fighting pants.
"Ma'am. You don't know what your in for." She swung down at him, jumping away just in time, the ground broke from impact.
"Hmph. You will become my mate. With or without this power. I have a liking to you. Your fietsyness, power, beauty. Especially when wet." He licked his lips, flipping backwards, while taking looks at her.
Her eyes flashed red as she grabbed her achohol. Racing at him she blew him back with the wind and smashed the bottle on top of him.
"This is a fight dear. Not random attacking. Especially with a bottle."
"I know that." She smirked and threw some fire balls at him.
"Is this...achohol?" He licked his lips, eyes widening at the site of two fire balls aimed for him.
"Yep." She sliced at a few other demons, getting slicing slighting on her shoulder as she pushed two demons off her sword.
The water demon blazed in flames, soon to wash himself off with the water. Steam rose off his body as he dissapeared in his whirlwind of water, his last words, "Till we meet again Michiko."
Pulling a dagger out of her shoulder she threw it at a demon behind the tree. Bull's eye. Right in the middle of it's head.
"Well," She swung her sword up, resting it on her shoulder, "Im done here. See you guys next year, or you know. Later." She bowed in front of the two stones and ran down the hill. Pulling her bike up along with sheltering herboom-box and guitar under the tarp the bike still wore she started her trail back to her house.
Almost to the ramp, her vision started to blur. Shacking her head she cleared her vision and finished her walk up the stairs.
"Hiei. She will be fine. Come inside. It's about to rain." Kurama purswaded his arrogant friend.
"Hn." Hiei turned and looked down the street. Kurama sighed and left the window open a crack, going off to bed.
Hiei strained his hearing for anything. Crickets, owls, sand grinding against metal, tree swaying, vomit noise. He looked up quickly.
Chi was over there in a bush, obviously vomiting, achohol-scent radiating off her body. Hiei jumped down and was...at her bike in a instant. She left it in the middle of the street as she ran to the bush.
Spitting in the tree, she wipped her mouth and quickly had her katana to Hiei's neck. She seemed hesitant as Hiei glared at her. She was blinking and turning her head to picure these two people together.
"Hiei?" She let her hand slump as she backed up, "Hmm...took the wrong stuff I think." She said rubbing her forehead.
"Baka onna." Hiei was pushing her bike as she walked, er wobbled to her house. She stood their in the rain looking up as Hiei settled her bike on the porch out of the rain.
He looked at her as she scaned the windows. "Is this your house?"
"Hn. No onna. It's yours." Hiei walked down to her side.
"Then...I need to go...threw the window..." She started to shake as the water hit her face once again.
Hiei raised a eyebrow at her, "Why would you do that?"
"T ish hooome, ne?" She leaned to the side and on Hiei's shoulder, "Now...whish ones mine?"
She shivered again as her eyes drooped. Hieitensedas she linked her arm around his.
"Umm...do you know?" Chi asked closeing her eyes, while lacing her fingers in his.
"Onna..." Hiei had a visible blush and quickly picked her up, birdal style, with difficulty since she wouldn't let go, and jumped to her window, crawling in.
"I need to change." She mumbled but didn't move when Hiei stood her straight up, preparing toleave, stopped once again by her hand holding tight to his.
His blush came back and she spoke again, "You can stay here if you want?" She asked as a question and finally let go of his hand.
"Hn." Hiei was about to walk over to the door to leave, remembering he could use the window without getting caught.
"It's real slippery out there. Be careful." She walked over to her dresser and opened some drawers, moving her head back and forth to focus on what she was holding.
She stumbledinto her bathroom with some clothes in her hands. "Ooo...cockroach."
Hiei sighed and jumped over to a dark corner, eyes glowing red.
Her wet clothes shown, piled on the floor as she walked out, stretching. Her over-sized t-shirt rising to show her black panties. "Im tired." She stated, before looking around.
(Thanks to'Aquaticmage' for this idea) "Why are you in the dark corner by thecloset with the evily friendly...monkey that watch me sleep every night?"
He raised a eyebrow at her quirkiness with a dark red hue among his facial features. She stumbled and kneeled in front of Hiei with a grin on. "Come. It gets cold over here." She grabbed his hands and stood, making Hiei stand with her.
"I thought you left?" She said, moving her blanketsto crawl in, her hands laced with Hiei's once again. Hiei noticed her eyes held a red glow to them, then. She hiccuped and giggled.
Hiei smirked a small smirk at her, "Hn."
"Well Hn...to you too." She wouldn't let go as he tried to pull her fingers from his hand, "Stop..." She got comfy and watched him as she tightened her grip.
His eye twitched in irritation and he sat on the bed. "Take your shoes off."
"Nani?"
"Your shoes. Wet muddy, take them off. And you cloak because it's still wet." She stated again letting go of his hand, but scooting up close to him and wrapping her arm around his waist.
Hiei's neck hairs stood on end as he started to breath heavier. She's drunk. She's drunk. She's drunk. He thought smelling her breath.
"Well they arn't going to take themselves off." She said quieter.
He quickly took his shoes off and kicked them to the side. He felt something poking at his ear lobe. Blink, Blink. He looked back and saw a smiling Chi as she quickly took her hand back, "He hee...Gomen. I was...nothing." She smiled and looked away with closeing eyes.
"Hn." He smirked again and pulled off his cloak, throwing it over a chair letting the stray water puddle onto the floor.
A soft breathing was heard and Hiei looked down to his left, where Chi's head was. She was asleep and a good sleep obviously.
He brushed some stray hair out of her face, sending sparkup his armfrom the feel of her smooth skin. She snuggled closer since she was obviously cold since the sheets were down to her waist.
"Hiei...Hiei..." The fire koorime mumbled and held tighter to his 'pillow' a smile on his face. The fire youkai smiled and traced a fingre along his face, going real close to his ear.
"Wake up Hiei." She whispered as he snuggled further, holding tight as a possession.
"Hiei! Wake up!" She yelled, making him push her backwards and unsheath his sword.
"Blah..." She sat up and pulled down her shirt as the koorime looked around. "It's morning."
She looked up at him with the tilt of her head as he jumped off the bed. Wiggling her nose, she stood and sat at Hiei's side on the bed as he pulled on his shoes, a light pink hue on his cheeks.
"Hn."
"Thanks for last night. If it wasn't for you Id probably be unconsious with a cold in the middle of a alley." She tucked her feet together under the bed and looked away from him.
"Yeah." He was glaring at his shoe as he stuggled to put them on.
"Really. And...for staying." Both their faces turned red, "I remembered some of last night, and oddly telling you about the evil closet monkeys sticks out the most. It meant a lot that you stayed. Thanks."
Her tone was calm, almost sad, but a sweatdropped formed on her head as she talked about the monkeys.
"Why?"
"Why did it mean a lot?" She asked confused.
"Hai."
"Well. I was scared. Plainly. Some loone said he was going to come for me. Plus I grabbed the wrong drink last night and got myself drunk." She was ashamed, at the last part. Hiei clearly caught that in her voice.
"It's early so my bro won't be up for about another hour. It's safe to leave without him suspecting anything." You will become my mate. With or without these powers. She smiled hiding her fear from the thought.
"Hn." He nodded and grabbed his cloak. Opening the window hesitantly, glancing back at the saddened youkai.
Chi sighed, he had dissapeared and she went and closed her window along with her blinds.
Grabbing her school uniform she stalked into her bathroom, chuckling at Hiei's face this morning.
Kurama opened his window to his annoyed friend who jumped in.
"What's wrong Hiei?" Kurama asked putting his top over his white undershirt.
"What's wrong with me!" Hiei growled.
"What do you mean Hiei?" Kurama questioned as he sat down to watch his friend move back and forth.
"Hn." Hiei looked thoughtful, "When she's close. I get nervous and look away. I almost smiled!"
"Who is this?" Kurama asked knowing full well who, but just wanted to test the koorime, who just glared at him.
"Your not helping fox."
"Alright." Kurama said, "When she walks by you stare, Always put yourself in a perdicament to be near her, overly caring?"
"Hn."
"Hiei my friend," He said getting up and placing a hand on his shoulder, "Your in love, or getting there."
Kurama smiled and left his shocked friend alone for a few moments, walking downstairs. Hiei was quickly at his side as he opened the door, the two not bringing anything up.
"Just because Im gone for one day doesn't mean anything!" Slam
The two looked over as Kurama locked up. Michi was storming out with a scowl and grabbed her bike, bringin it down the stairs.
Kurama glanced at Hiei to see him staring. He only smiled and started to walk away, tapping his shoulder.
"He doesn't own me. Gone for just one day. Damn...turd thing that should be flushed." She sighed, getting that off her chest, and grabbed her headphones.
Her hair was up in it's high pony tail, bangs hanging loosly in her face as she nodded to the music. She slung her book-bag over her shoulder and headed for school.
"Michi! Thank-goodness your safe. You know-"
"Kitty. We go threw this every year and if you guys haven't figured it out, I don't give a rats ass." She continued to listen to her rant, slowly turning the music up.
"Bye Kitten!" She turned down her street cutting her off in the middle of her sentance. She saw 'Shuichi', as she was supposed to call him in public, and Hiei. She just continued on her way, unnonticably, even by herself, staring at the fire koorime in front of her.
That was till she ran into a pole.
"Omph...owww." She stood up, wipping her clothes clean and rubbing the red mark on her forehead.
"Chi!" She heard Kurama's voice call over, obviously worried from hearing theloud noise,"Are you alright?"
"Uh...yeah fine, fine. He hee...just uhhhh.. can't think of a excuse!" She said, blushing slightly at her stupidity and walked around the pole, her headphones at her neck. Squintin her eyes to help her migrain go away.
"O...kay." Kurama said and continued his walk with Hiei who glanced back at the girl who was in obvious pain. He wanted to go over there and help but would he, of course not.
Hope you liked it! Okay. One, Im not going to update till I get 8 reviews. OoOoOo I was gunna say ten but Ill be nice and say 8.
Okay well please Review and question. Need 5 votes. Should it be more...'romantic'(ish) in the next chapter? Well I enjoyed it.
Thanks again to Aquaticmage's rant in the review that gave me the mokey idea... ;)