What Happened To My Life?

by Icy Pheonix

This was really fun to write, and I hope it's just as fun to read.

32. Chapter 32

Disclaimer: Don't own YYH or the real person Katrina Kon.

Chapter 32:

"Genkai. Genkai!"

"Ermph…"

"Genkai, we're due for a meeting now! Wake up!"

"It's too early…"

"Do I have to set Koenma on you?"

"ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, I'M UP!" I sit up and glare at my attacker. It's Kurama.

"Sorry, Gen, but we have to go now. We're already late."

"Don't call me Gen! And I need to change, so seeya."

He leaves with a nasty look on his face. I hurriedly dress and run outside to where he's waiting. "Genkai, I wanted to ask you something."

"Yeah?"

He fights back a laugh, I can tell. "Did you really call Hiei handsome?"

I blush faintly. Genai's hard face makes it hard to blush. I had a hard enough time trying to remold her face for half the time. It's frozen in a dead frown.

Lucky he can't see it because the sun hasn't risen yet. "Yes."

"Why?"

"Kurama, can I trust you? I mean, really trust you?"

"I guess." He shrugs.

"Well, I'm not Genkai."

"Oh, I knew that. I wondered when you'd tell me."

I'm taken aback. "Y-you did? How…what gave me away?"

"It was kind of obvious you couldn't be Genkai. You just went a little overboard with the perky attitude. It took me a while to guess whom. I figured it out only because I remembered you had astro-projection lessons with Genkai, and I knew you thought she was too rough on you. I figured you had snapped and hijacked her body to get back at her, Katrina. And Katrina is acting like herself either."

I decide not to ask how different I am acting. I don't want to know. "Oh, well, that saves me a lot of explaining."

"I'm glad. Now my other question was that do you really think Hiei's cute?"

"No, not really. I just said that to unnerve him." I laugh. "And succeeded."

"Oh, okay."

"Why didja want to know?"

"Oh, no reason." He starts to grin maniacally.

"Hiei doesn't like me, okay? So get it out of your head."

"You're right. He doesn't like Genkai…"

"Okay, then play it your way. Pretend that I'm in my real body. Hiei doesn't like me in my real body, okay?"

"Maybe, maybe not. I think he liked to hear you thought he was cute, though."

"But Genkai's body said that, not me."

"But I told him."

"Oh crap. You didn't. You wouldn't."

He smiles. "Just kidding. He doesn't know. Ready to give back Genkai's body yet?"

"Even if I did, I couldn't. We made a deal! I have her body today and tomorrow!"

"Oh well. That's that. We're here."

We've come to the doorway of an extension of the palace. It looks like one of those Navajo longhouses. And I hear A LOT of people inside. But it must be better than this fog.

"Ya know, what is this meeting about?" I ask.

"Lahri."

"Her again?"

"Yeah. This shouldn't take long." He leads me into a large, brightly lit room. HE tells me which seat to take, and I sit.

"OK!" Roars someone on a loudspeaker, deadening me temporarily. "Now that everyone is present and accounted for, I propose a discussion of ideas of the human female Lahri!"

Talk bubbles up. "OK, OK, all vote in favor of innocence!"A lot of people raise their hands. "Guilt!" No one. "Undecided!" Several, including me, raise their hands.

"Are we in court?" I ask Kurama.

"Spirit Court. It's a little different."

"NOW EACH PERSON WILL SAY THEIR BELIEFS!"

So it goes around and around and around, boring me to death. Most of them all think there is not enough evidence for Lahri's guilt.

It is finally mine. I stand up in my chair, so I can be seen, and take a deep breath. "First of all," I begin, loudly and clearly, "I'd like to point out the fact of the lack of evidence that the prosecution presents to us. There is also little evidence in her favor. For instance, she could just be a naughty little beggar girl who followed some people who were about to open a Spirit Portal. On the other hand, she could just be an apparition disguised as a human." I stare nervously. "Uh, that's all."

"OK. NEXT!!!!!"

The meeting ends soon after my speech. I talk to Kurama afterwards. I debate on whether to talk about the knife.

I could tell him about the knife, but Lahri probably went to some lengths to hide it after I discovered and stupidly told her about it. And as for anything else, that didn't point towards her guilt either.

I guess I'm on my own with this case. But is it even a case? I mean, she could just be a noughty beggar girl, as I put it.

I walk into mine, or rather, Genkai's room. I need to prepare for my serenade, which will be at lunch.

I look through her dresser. I need to use a footstool.There's got to be something ugly that she wears besides that weird little tunic!

Wait. What's this hard thing?

I take out a small bottle whick looks like aprescription drug. I whirl it in a circle, and see some faint lettering: Farina. No instructions. Just that word.

Farina? Is that a pill or what?

Oh well. I guess it's her business. I pull out a random outfit. it's another tunic, but is pink, with an orange hem. Perfectly ugly. I take off the old, red and green tunic and put on the new one. I guess that sets me. I might as well get well rested.

I dodge all of the exercise instruments and I am about to flop myself on the bed when I sense something move in the semi-darkness, right by the dresser. It's just a trickle of energy, so it must be…

"Lahri, that had better not be you." I whisper menacingly. I search around the room quiet as a mouse, and I bolt the door shut so she can't just escape. It doesn't take me long. She is hiding along the edge of the bed.

I stare at her angrily. "Lahri, what are you doing here?"

She stares at me with a face full of terror. "I---I……"

"What are you doing in my room?"

"I was just…trying to find my lost pen." I catch a tiny hint of sarcasm. And I remember…that's exactly what I said to Genkai and Keiko the other day. Strange. Could she have listened in on us? Or more importantly, my room.

"You couldn't have gotten another pen, could you, kid?"

"I---I'm sorry!"

"I'll let you off if you get out right now."

She only walks to the door, unbolts it, and runs out crying. I'm beginning to figure out that she makes her foes feel sorry for her so she won't get hurt as bad. Rather cowardly, in my opinion.

Oh well. It's not that big of a deal. There's nothing in Genkai's room that she could either want or carry away. Who wants a bunch of old tunics or exercise equipment or...the Farina?

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It is my stomach that wakes me up. Or maybe it was Lahri. In my room. Snooping.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING IN HERE, YOU SICK FREAK?"

She jumps. Then starts to cry.

"OOOOH NO, THAT WON'T WORK THIS TIME."

She cries harder. I don't care. I'm going to find out what this is all about. I lead her by theear up to Koenma's lair and knock on the door forcefully.

"KOENMA, KOENMA! I HAVE A LITTLE DISHONEST THIEF HERE TO SEE YOU!"

He opens the door, looking mildly surprised. "Uh…come in?"

"I will." I open the door roughlyand lead Lahri out in front of me.

Koenma motions me to sit in front of his desk. "So, what seems to be the problem?"

"When I came back from the meeting this morning, I went up to my room to get some more sleep. I found Lahri, who had a story saying that she was looking for her lost pen. I didn't feel the matter was worth pursuing, so I let the little cretin go. Then, after I went to sleep, I woke up because I was hungry." Someone snickers. "Then I found her again, snooping, after I expressly told her not to. I'd like you to find out what she wants in there, Koenma, 'cause she isn't telling me anything."

"Genkai, I have no parts to do so! Because the Truth Potion was stolen a little while ago, two days, to be exact, and we all know Lahri smashed the Secrecy Sensor. Nothing can be done about it."

Lahri sighs with relief. I wouldn't blame her if I were her. She just escaped again!

I've been stalemated.

"Goodbye." I walk out with a huff.

Outside the office, I see my body waiting for me. Genkai speaks. "Hi Genkai!"

"HI KATRINA!" I say, in a disgustingly cheery voice.

She checks to see that no one is watching, and then comes sloser and whispers, "I wanted to talk to you about something, Katrina."

"What about?" I ask warily.

"Well, we have to get our rightful bodies back. Today."

"WHYYYYY?" I sound like a kid who just got denied a chocolate bar.

"Becaaaaaaaaaaaaaause we will be stuck in each other's bodies for good if we don't change back now."

"How do you figure that?"

"Don't you remember the first lesson? The rightful soul has to be in the corresponding body in two days. It's two days today!"

"Wait a sec! It is not! I still have one more day! Nice try, though."

"I didn't tell you something in the first meeting. I thought we would have two days because I thought our power levels were more similar. Apparently, I am too strong for your soul. Your soul is used to a certain amount of Spirit Energy, and mine is so much higher you will weaken. You've been sleeping more, as am I. That's the first sign."

"DAMN! Is there any way we can stop this?"

"There is one way, through a potion called the Farina. The Farina will prevent your body from dying even if the soul stays out for a prolonged period of time, as long a it is taken every two days. It was in my dresser, but now something has happened to it and I have none left."

"No other way?"

"Nope."

I groan. "But I didn't get to sing!"

Genkai gives a cough that resembles "Phew!" and drags me back to our training ground. "And what the hell are you wearing?"

I ignore that andstop. "Oh no. I haven't exacted my revenge yet."

"Yes you have."

"No! Let go!"

"Listen," she says, dragging me onward, "The thing you should know is..."

I have already fled. The only thing she is dragging is my sash.

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"Ladies and Gentleman," I say, on top of Yusuke's and Kuwabara's and Yukina's and Keiko'stable, "I would like to sing a song honoring my Christmas." It is February.

Awkward silence.

Ihear the doors slam and I see my body come in, looking livid. She jumps up on the table too, and says more or less whatI just said.

Everyone except Kurama looks terrified.

Laughing, I start to sing Yankee Doodle and Old MacDonald and every other song I know in English, and My body counters in Japanese.

I stop between words, and hiss, "Get out of here."

"Why?" She hisses between words. "It was- ALL - right for you - DANDY - to do it to me - SO."

I get an idea. I start to perform a kicking routine, although I rotate, and in the process kick my body in the legs. My body squeals. I fi can just kick her down I should be all right.

I continue to sing loudly and gratingly.

My body counters with a wigglyarm dance, and slaps me about 5 times upside the head. She still sings. I have a pretty good voice, from the way she's singing it.

So now we are kicking and slapping. We are so immature.

I know I'll be embarrassed later, but it's so worth it because she's going to get hit so much harder than me.

Finally, by some freak coincidence, we stop on the same note, and we both bow politely and thank the audience. Yusuke loudly voices that he doesn't know how we got ahold of heroin, but that he will personally kill us next time we do it.

Then, the embarrassment sets in, and we both scream and run out the door, panting hard.

We look at each other and grin strangely.

Much as I don't want to, I agree to getting our rightful bodies back. It is fair, after all.

So we meditate right there, and when I open my eyes, I'm a ghost. So's Genkai.

"Genkai, I've been wondering…"

"What?"

"What embarrassing things did you make me do?"

She smiles evilly. "Oh, I expect you'll soon find out."

"Just tell me one thing and I'll tell you one of my things."

"Okay…" She is overcome with a huge fit of laughter. "Hiei…was…quite surprised…when you asked…him out."

Time freezes. "Oh Genkai, you didn't. You wouldn't."

"I did. And I thought you'd be happy. You could never work up the nerve to ask him yourself."

"But I---I DON'T WANT A BOYFRIEND!"

"You got one, honey." With that comment, she dives into her own body. I do the same. I look forward to hitting her when I'm solid again.

I stand up, and am frightened by the height. Have I just gotten used to Genkai's little body or have I gotten taller?

"Oh, you're wondering why you're taller. Well, different spirits in your body promotes growth so now you've gained…" She whips out a tape measure. "Wow. You're1 inch taller! A whopping 5'8"!"

"Wow." I always wanted to be tall.

"Now, about Hiei."

"Don't talk to me about him. Why did you ask him out?"

"Well, he likes you somewhat, and you have similar personalities. You have to start somewhere."

"How would you like it if I set you up with Tiguro?"

She pales. "Tiguro's dead."

"NO, if I brought him back. How would you like to go out with him?"

"I was way wrong about Tiguro. All he wanted was to kill me. I thought I was in love but I wasn't. That's the truth. I hate him."

"Then why did you set me up with someone I hate?"

"You hate Hiei?" A smile is playing on her thin lips.

"I---I---SHUT UP! WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW?"

"I asked you," she says evenly, "Whether you hate him or not."

"I don't know, all right? I don't hate him, but I don't love him either."

"Oh somewhere in between. May your first date tonight be a good one."

"Tonight. You asked him out tonight. You're kidding."

"Nope."

She walks out, taking my silence as her cue. "You want to get dressed."

She doesn't even catch me when I faint.

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A/N Hahahaha! This is gonna be good. Review! But it isn't as bad as Genkai is making it out to be. You'll all see...