Chapter 9: Storyteller

(A/N: This chapter will be sorta like the last, except normal text is third person POV and bold text is Deirdre talking. I have no clue where I got this idea, but I thought of it, said what the hell, and decided to just use it.)

I thought it was gonna be a good idea, but it backfired on me. All my good ideas do, but um, yeah everyone notices. This one was guaranteed to work, but it didn't.

It all started with a girl...

Scratch that, it all started with a damn vile that I had conjured to help Josephine and the others understand her past and why she found the amulet she wears.

"I dunno Dei, you're spells always go ka-blewey (A/N:I made up a word...or a new spelling) and I don't want to to go blind again."

Okay, so she was right, but the whole blind thing...it was only temporary. That is, if temporary could mean six months.

"Come on, the others will be there, they will all be able to see and understand you."

Jo sighed heavily and nodded her head.

"Yay, I new I could break you."

Jo turned around and gave Deirdre the stare down.

"You made me sound like a horse."

Deirdre sweatdropped, then grabbed Jo by the arm, took to the room with the others.

After a moment of explaining what was going on and how it worked, Deirdre began to set everything up.

Now, this spell was supposed to be the easiest thing in the world...HEH...that was dead wrong.

When the symbols were drawn and everyone, except Koenma and Botan who were not there at the time, made a circle, the spell was ready to begin.

"M'kay, now everyone has to take this vile and take a sip, not a gulp, a sip out of it," Deirdre explained.

Yusuke was the first one to drink out of the vile. When he brought it down, everyone watched closely to see if there were any side effects. (A/N: Why in the seven hells, did I make Yusuke the guinepig or however you spell it...GEEZ, I'm really messed up.)

When nothing happened to Yusuke, one by one they all took sip out of the vile.

"Now set what's left of the vile in the middle of the circle, it will be like a heart."

As they all sat in the circle, they waited patiently for something to happen, but nothing came.

Jo sighed.

"Way to go Dei, nothing's happening."

How wrong she was.

A sudden blast of white light swept over the room and everyone looked like they were going to be sick. No one noticed that the blast knocked Deirdre unconcious.

Everyone except Jo and Hiei had gotten up and walked away from the circle. Hiei was still sitting as if nothing happened, but Jo on the other hand had fallen over and was staring into nothing.

While Keiko was throwing up in a plant on the other side of the room, Yusuke came stumbling back towards the circle and as he stepped into it, he crushed the glowing vile sending a smoke out of it.

Everyone suddenly stopped.

Did I mention that this one was only partially my fault...Yusuke was the one who stepped on the vile.

Anyway...

Everyone looked at their surroundings. Nothing looked familiar and to some, that didn't matter 'cause getting away was all that mattered.

Jo was still just laying there blinked and noticed that she wasn't where she was supposed to be.

"What happened to the school, did someone throw me in the teachers lounge?"

All eyes went to the blondish haired girl that no one knew.

"Who are you," they all asked in unison.

The only ones who knew each other were Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Keiko, then Hiei and Kurama, and Hiei knew Yukina. Other than that, no one knew the others.

Jo continued to lay on the floor staring across from her. She saw a goth looking guy sitting in the spot she was looking. Jo kept her face straight with no emotion just staring at the goth.

'Am I even at the school? Was I kidnapped?'

As Jo scratched her head, she noticed something. She jolted up and ran her hands through her hair, she then began to panic.

"Someone cut my hair! WHO CUT MY HAIR OFF!"

Keiko walked up to the panic girl and put an arm around her.

"It's okay, I don't know what's going on, but it's okay."

Jo sniffled, "My hair was as long as yours."

"But my hair isn't that..."

Keiko reached back and grabbed her hair, it was at least down to her mid back. That's not how it was supposed to be.

"Okay, my hair grew. Um, I'm Keiko."

"I'm Josephine...I'm supposed to be at the school and if I'm not, I'll get in trouble again."

"You don't really act your age, how old are you?"

"I'm only thirteen."

"Well, I'm fourteen."

The two girls looked at each other and realized something.

"You don't look you age," the said in unison.

Everyone remained silent for a minute, until Jo noticed something.

"Sweetness, a corpse. It looks sorta fresh too."

Jo got up and walked over to where Deirdre was still knocked out. The others watched as the blonde haired girl started nudging the corpse with her foot. Suddenly, what the thought was a corpse sighed and Jo backed away.

As much as I like Josephine sticking her foot into my side, I had to do something.

Yusuke walked up to where Deirdre layed and also nudged her.

"Seems dead, the damn thing's eye is hanging out. I have no clue how it's still breathing."

Jo looked over as Yusuke.

"Do I know you or something, you seem oddly familiar."

"Heh, I doubt it."

Jo shrugged.

"Maybe it's the hair colour. My hair's the same colour as yours."

A roar of laughter broke through the room and it left Jo really confused.

"What? What'd I say?"

Hiei, who was still sitting there, looked up at the girl.

"Baka, you're hair is nearly white."

And again, Jo's hands went to her head and she began to panic.

"What do you mean, almost white? My hair is BLACK!"

Kuwabara piped up this time, "Yeah shrimpy, your hair is really black."

"Well geez, you should talk ogre, I'd rather be small 'cause I can fit through doors."

"I can fit through doors."

Jo snickered, "Uh-huh, you keep telling yourself that."

Jo then walked over to the couch and sat next to the red head who glared at her and Jo caught this.

"What's your problem?"

Before anyone else could say anything, a groan caused everyone to look over at the so-called corpse.

...Here we go...

"Did the spell backfire or something?"

Deirdre sat up and looked around, everyone seemed to be staring at her in shock.

"Um, what's going on?"

Jo sighed, "Oh great, are we in some kind of zombie movie?"

"Josephine, it's me, Deirdre."

Jo began to flip out.

'How do I know a corpse? My teachers always said I was a weird one.'

Deirdre was beginning to get irratate with the way Jo was acting.

"Josephine, act your age, stop acting like you're thirteen again."

"I AM THIRTEEN!"

"...UH-OH..."

Yusuke walked up behind Deirdre.

"What do you mean, 'uh-oh'?"

"I did a spell to help your sister..."

"I don't have a sister."

"...Yes you do, Josephine's your sister, you all know each other, and we all did a spell to firgure out some of Jo's past, but it back fired."

When Deirdre looked at Yusuke, he wasn't paying attention, but looking at Jo who was looking at him.

"Yusuke?"

Deirdre began to poke Yusuke, trying to get his attention, but he kept staring at Jo.

"Ugh, I give up. If any of you want me, I'll be making the potion to get your memories back."

Kurama finally stood up and spoke.

"Can I help you?"

"Sure, why not," Deirdre said without looking back.

So the two walked into the kitchen to work on the reversal potion.

Jo decided to go check on the goth who was still the only one who didn't move.

"So, um, I bet I know you...heh...what's your name?"

"Hn"

"M'kay then...so do you think we know each other?"

"Why would I lower myself into getting to know some filthy humans?"

"I dunno, I just think I know you, I..."

"I don't know you nor would I want to."

Before the goth could get up and leave, Jo grabbed his arm.

"No Hiei, don't leave."

Everyone in the room stopped.

"Whoa, I just had a memory surge."

"I guess I did lower myself to get to know you."

Hiei then sat back down next to the now very confused blonde without saying a word.

About an hour later, Deirdre and Kurama walked out of the kitchen with a new vile.

"So, when you guys go back to normal, you're not gonna kill me right?"

Everyone just looked at her. So she just handed Yusuke the vile and in the same pattern as before, they drank the potion.

When the potion was gone, the white light seemed to be sucked out of them and went into the vile.

Everyone turned to Jo.

"What?"

Jo noticed as Deirdre tapped on her head then pointed at Jo's head.

"Huh?"

"Goddess Josephine, just look at your head."

Jo slowly got up and walked herself to the bathroom. As she walked to the mirror, she braced herself.

When she finally looked at her reflection, she gasped.

"Oh. My. Goddess."

Her fingers gently touched her rainbow of raven, greyish-white, and blonde locks of hair. Apparently the spell took some of Jo's past and melded it with her present.

When she walked out of the bathroom, the others were waiting for her.

"Now this has to be the cheapest dye job ever...and I like it," she said giggling.

Yusuke smiled and wrapped an arm around his sister.

"Were you honestly that panicy about school back then?"

"Oh yeah, the teachers there scared me to death."

Just then Botan walked in and was immediatly confused.

"What happened in here?"
Everyone, even Hiei, broke into laughter and left Botan scratching her head.

I don't think they ever told Botan OR Koenma what happened that day. I was forgiven and Keiko kicked the sh...crap out of Yusuke for stepping on the vile.

We never really brought that day up again, in fear that it would come back to haunt us.

That day, when Jo's hair changed into all sides of her, she used her powers and grew it out again. I remember her hair when it was black and long, it was so lovely, but now it was even more gorgeous.

We all have our days, ya know, but this day...this day we were going to remember for a very, very long time.

I know it's been more than a week since I've updated, but I had to do a "family thing" Tuesday and yesterday was packed full of storms. Plus I had to write out my article for the newspaper...ugh, the pros of Harry Potter...I HATE HARRY POTTER.

By the way, if no one noticed, last week I posted the very first fic I have EVER written, it's called Humanities Best. I just found it, sent it to some friends and reviewers and they said I should post it, so I did. I'll try and update that one as soon as I can.

So until next time.

Buh-bye.

Rowan-chan