Disclaimer: With all these disclaimers out, no one had better try to get me in trouble again! Don't own YYH or Katrina Kon, I only own the storyline.

Chapter 12: A Training Proposal At Last

I've thought a lot about what Hiei said about Kurama not wanting to train me, and the more I think about it, the more angry I get! Hiei's actually right, I'll have to convince him myself. I can't believe Kurama's the brains of this group. He has to know that he's codemning me to life in a zoo if he keeps up with this attitude. If he won't grow up, then I'm going to make him.

I arrange with him, via the Commir, that we will meet in the parking lot for the umpteenth time. Since I'm on weekend break, I can spend as much time there as I want. We have had so many meetings around school grounds that I know I will never get lost outside here. Ever.

"Kurama, I have a bone to pick with you. Several bones, in fact. And big ones, as in that of a T-Rex, too. "

"Oh, just get to the point."

"Well, I don't know if you've noticed, but I'm getting, well, meaner. In fact, I seem to have different eyes. Hiei recently told me that eventually I will morph into my demon form, and stay like that, without a brain or free will, for THE REST OF MY LIFE. Do you think I might want to STOP that transformation so that I will not have to go through life in a zoo? DO you? DO you? DO YOU?!"

Kurama looks vaguely frightened. "Katrina, cool it. You are not ready for the training required, all right. I said I'd think 'bout it and that's my answer. That's it."

Just as I'm ready to swear at him, the fool that he is, the old woman jumps out of nowhere. What was her name?

"Kurama, stop being a fool. You know she needs it. She'll never be ready at the speed rate you're going---" Kurama puts a hand over her mouth. "Katrina, Genkai and I are going to talk for a while, so can you leave us?" She writhes furiously. She puts her hands together as if praying. Kurama's green eyes widen. Then she mutters something: 'Zen-quan-ke-ed-so-na-ree-lo.' It's only mishmash, spoken from under a hand also, but I can here unearthly magic within it.

"KAN!" She finishes, and suddenly Kurama is blown back by an incredible wave of energy. He's not the only one blown by that force. I come to with someone slapping my face. It's Genkai.

"G-get away fr-from me, murderer," I say. I took Karate when I was 10, so I've learned to read people depending on breathing rate. Thrusts in the chest often gave away the next movement, but she moved without warning. Who knows what she'll do next.

"Child, honestly," she says. "That wasn't a death blast, girl, Kurama is still fine, see?" She points at a stirring Kurama. "That blast was just meant to get him off me."

She glares at Kurama as he pulls himself up to a sitting position. "BOY, I don't care if you're the emperor of Japan, but you don't call the shots around here. I do, and I say you're being over-protective. She is going to have to go through this sometime, and you trying to protect her all of the time is getting her nowhere. You have to learn to let her reach her destiny, Kurama. It's not up to me what you do with her, because she is your little sister. But I strongly advise you to take my advice. So, I suppose I'll be seeing you sometime soon."

Kurama growls as she jumps away. "That excuse for a woman..." He notices me listening intently. "Oh all right. You will learn to master your power from Genkai."

"G-Genkai?" I ask. "I would much rather have you teach me, though."

"Nope, I suck at teaching. It's Her Royal Hiney who'll teach you something." Still muttering, he walks off, so I decide to go back inside. Maybe I'll talk to Keiko or something.

I hug myself. Crabby dictatorious teacher or not, I'm glad to be getting lessons.

A/N

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