Disclaimer: I own neither X-men nor Yu Yu Hakusho. I don't know WHO owns
them, but it certainly isn't ME.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
"blah." means that the words are in English (unless the section is told from a Japanese-speaker's point of view with only Japanese people talking -- I.e. Kurama, Yuusuke, Hiei, Logan, Genkai, etc.)
~"blah."~ means that the words are in Japanese.
="blah."= indicates words spoken in a Makai dialect. (Wait a few chapters . . . you'll see what I mean . . .)
~:blah.:~ telepathic speech
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A/N: This will not be a blatantly yaoi or shounen-ai story. In fact, there will be NO romance WHATSOEVER. There will be brother-brother relationships between Yuusuke, Kurama and Hiei, but I suppose that some of you out there could interpret their actions as 'love' if you wanted. It's your call, however you want to view it.
- : - : - Chapter Five: Oddities Abound - : - : -
~:Where are you . . . ?:~
His consciousness spread in ever-widening circles, skimming over the land as swiftly and silently as the winds. Muddled, disjointed thoughts from hundreds of humans and mutants teased his senses, too broken and confused for him to make any sense of them, like when one of the students at the Institute tuned a radio, skimming through stations and sending out bursts of meaningless noise and static as they did so.
~:Where are you hiding?:~
There was a short flicker of great power . . . his senses stretched toward it cautiously, but it was gone before he could determine what it was.
He prodded slightly at the area of space-time that had recently held that strange, menacing power, but there was nothing to be found.
Drawing away, he turned his senses in all directions, scanning lightly for any anomalies in the energy of the world . . .
There!
His consciousness soared upward, leaving the voices of the earthbound beings behind and stretching toward the triad of unbelievably powerful auras that had appeared at the distant edge of his perception.
He inched closer, attempting to sense more about them . . .
They were odd . . . he actually saw them as colors rather than felt them as emotions or thoughts. He had never encountered such as THAT before . . .
The first was a brilliant mix of gold and green, tendrils of energy writhing and twining around each other like a next of disturbed serpents or vines suddenly come to life.
The second was like an unbelievably fierce flame. It nearly 'blinded' him with its strength. A deep, sapphire blue melded with eye-searing white, and the entire aura crackled and flickered like an inferno wreathed in lightning.
The third was more muted than the other two. Composed of radiant scarlet and violet-tinted black, it resembled nothing so much as a fire burning fiercely, too hot and dangerous to get close to.
He edged closer, prodding gingerly at the aura of green and gold, as it seemed to be the safest of the three, and he almost could see where it was located . . .
*BAM*
Agony lanced through his head as though someone had touched a red-hot poker to the backs of his eyes. He reeled away, fumbling desperately to steady his consciousness.
~:What . . . ?!:~
He pushed forward again, tentatively poking forward . . .
Only to encounter a seamless wall of pulsing violet energy that had suddenly erected itself around all three auras, blocking them from his senses completely. After a few more minutes of fruitless poking and prodding at the strange barrier, he withdrew, sending his consciousness soaring back to his body.
Professor Charles Francis Xavier frowned to himself as he removed the shimmering metal headset of Cerebro from his head.
"How . . . odd," he murmured.
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~"SHE CALLED YOU WHAT?!"~
Kurama winced away from Yuusuke's yell, sending a cautious glance toward the backs of the two chairs that housed Logan and Ororo.
~"Yuusuke! Quiet!"~
The other boy blushed slightly but retained his expression of outrage. ~"She called you a WHAT?"~ he hissed in a quiet yet fierce voice.
~"She called me 'demon,' "~ Kurama replied in a voice equally soft, but there was an underlying note of pain in his tone.
Yuusuke's eyes practically burned with rage. ~"But she's your MOTHER. Of all the god-damned things she could have said, the bitc---"~
~"YUUSUKE."~
Yuusuke bit off the rest of his sentence, all of his danger senses going on alert. The slightest shimmer of gold could be seen within Kurama's emerald eyes, and Yuusuke thought that there might be a few silver hairs in the young man's red mane.
Kurama switched to a common dialect of the Makai, known to every demon in existence, its guttural and yet sibilant syllables rolling off the red- haired young man's tongue with practiced ease.
="I may be upset with her at the moment, MY LORD---"= There was heavy sarcasm on those two words. ="But she is still MY mother. Remember that. The Youko in me is not a patient creature."=
Yuusuke forced down his irritation, and he nodded his head in understanding. ="Sorry . . . but that doesn't mean that I'm not still pissed."=
The gold and silver highlights faded, and soon it was only Shuichi sitting across from him, looking very weary. A sad smile crossed the young man's face.
="Yuusuke . . . Do you know what I find ironic?"=
Yuusuke frowned. ="What?"=
="I told her a lie . . . that I was a mutant . . . and she looked at me in shock, and she called me 'demon.' "= The smile faded, replaced by a forlorn look. ="I told her a lie, and she named me in truth. I might not be a mutant, but the soul of a demon still resides within me."=
Yuusuke had no answer to that, and so he said nothing. Silence reined throughout the remaining hours of the flight, and eventually, Yuusuke fell into a light doze.
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Kitty Pryde was enjoying a quiet afternoon curled up on the oh-so-comfy couch in the main den of the mansion. A fashion magazine lay open on her lap, and occasionally she would reach down to flip a page. Her other hand was wrapped around a black permanent marker, held at the ready to circle any promising looking articles that caught her eye.
Yes, it was so nice, being able to sit and think and just truly RELISH the silence---
*BAMPH*
"Hey! Kitty! Come ON already!"
"GHACK!" The magazine flew in one direction, the marker in another, and the dark-haired girl literally vanished through the couch, disappearing from sight.
Kurt Wagner winced as the marker rebounded off his forehead, and one blue- furred, three-fingered hand rose to rub at the sore area of skin. He peered around in confusion, golden eyes roving from one end of the room to the other.
"Kitty?"
"KURT!" Kitty's familiar head popped up through the couch cushion that had until recently housed her rear end. "WHAT have I told you about 'bamphing' without, like, a WARNING?!"
"Er . . . don't?"
"YEAH!"
Kurt shrank away from the irritated girl, rubbing at one ear. "Jeeze, Kitty, turn down the volume, nein? It isn't as though I ATTACKED you!"
The girl huffed, standing up and stepping out of the couch, scowling. Ignoring the presence of the other, she glanced around on the floor as though searching for something, and then turned back around and reached through the cushions of the couch once more, fishing around for something.
A second later, an "Aha!" was heard, and the girl brandished her fashion magazine in the air. "Got you!"
Kurt fidgeted where he crouched, worrying at his bottom lip with his sharp teeth. "KITTEEEEE!!!"
The girl snatched up her marker from off the carpet near the blue-furred young man's feet. "Hmph. What?"
"Come ON!"
Kitty was in the process of settling herself back on the couch. "What are you so excited about?"
"They're COMING. The Blackbird's almost HERE."
Kitty sat bolt upright once more, sending her magazine and marker sailing through the air . . . again. This time, Kurt ducked his head out of the way of the projectiles.
"WHAT?" Kitty dove forward, latching onto Kurt's upper arm. "Why didn't you SAY so? Come on! Bamph! Bamph!"
Kurt's eyes widened in surprise, but then he shrugged it off, and . . .
*BAMPH*
- : - : - To Be Continued . . . - : - : -
REVIEW RESPONSES FOR LAST CHAPTER:
: Animegirl8 : *gasps* Kurama NEVER lies to his mother! . . . Except about that whole being a demonic fox-spirit reincarnated into her child's body thing who fights equally demonic creatures as an extracurricular activity . . . -_-; Er, yeah, anyway . . . I'm glad that you liked the rest of the chapter! And can you get me some photos of she-Kurama's reenactment of YYH? That would be PRICELESS.
: Siora : Thanks bunches for everything, and I'll try to read your story as soon as I get some time away from my keyboard, k? And Hiei will be showing up soon, I promise. I like him, too, ya' know!
: Tione : Yep. A chapter a day keeps the doctor away . . . or something thereabouts. ^_^; And I'm leaving Atsuko's reaction for another time . . . or maybe I'll just let everyone IMAGINE what happened . . . heh-heh.
: Takahashi Shuurin : Hiei will be showing up soon, and no worries about your English. You have impeccable grammar (much better than the majority of the people who type reviews. Sheesh! Talk about spelling errors!). ^_^
: QG : Here you go! More! And I am SOOO happy that you like me (or rather, my story) so much!
: Jax : Geeze, demand a bit MORE, why don't you? -_-;
: Aya-Mikage2002 : I'm glad you liked it thus far, but I think you're review got cut off. It ended in the middle of a sentence, and I didn't understand what you wanted to say. What about Kurama and his mom?
: Ginevra : Thankies! And HIEI WILL SHOW UP SOON. You're, like, the umpteenth person to ask me that! Sheesh, there ARE a lot of Hiei fans, aren't there? (Of course, I have no room to talk, since I practically drool every time I think of him. See? Hiei. *drools*)
: Rurouni Saiyan : Aw, thanks for the reassurance. I'm gonna' make everyone have a nice, happy ending, don't worry, and that includes resolving the Shiori incident.
: Mistress of Dragons : Thanks. I love it when I get free advertisement on other peoples profiles! Awesome! And I'm UBER happy that you think I'm such a good writer! Yayness!
: CJ-Chan : Yeah, poor Kurama . . . I feel AWFUL for doing that! *cries* I'm soooo sorry! *glomps Kurama* I'm SOOOORRRRYYYY! WAAAAH! *Kurama turns into his fox-form and runs away* Hey! I'm APOLOGIZING here! *chases*
: Pheonix : *frowns* Why wouldn't people like Jean? Personally, I like Rogue best, but Jean's a great character, too! And I'll see what I can do about your request . . . I MIGHT be able to get it to work . . . hmm.
: kailyssia : I'm glad you liked the mom scenes, and I agree with you about romance. Great stories have turned into disgusting puddles of crud when the author gave in to peer pressure and tried to add romance. *gags* I will NOT do that. Not to this story! And Hiei will show up soon, k?
: Dragon Sythe : I know what Gambit's powers and attitude were like in the original X-men, but I don't know his character that well from Evo. And as far as the language thing goes . . . o.O; Logan really DOES speak Japanese?! I thought I made that up, since he was a part of that awful experiment and I thought he might have been well-traveled from before! Yeesh! I'm psychic! . . . or psycho. One of the two! ^_^;
: arrow-card : It warms my heart to know that I can bring a little pleasantness into someone's day. *sighs happily* My day is complete.
: oOKeairaOo : Hiei WILL show up . . . just not now. Thanks for the support, though. ^_^;
: Star04 : I'm glad that I actually managed to catch your interest, and I'm even MORE glad that you like my story. I'll be sure and let you know if I need any info on Lance, k? Thanks for the offer. ^_^
: blue moon gurl : Here you go, but this one has to end, too. Sorry! ^_^
: Pyro Dranzer : Glad you like the story. And the dictionaries can be found at www . freelang . net (remove the spaces). There should be a place that says 'download dictionary' and it'll take you to a page where you can choose the language that you want. Some of the definitions are a little off, but other than that, they're great!
: Snowfire : I'm glad that you like it! Hope you enjoyed this chapter!
: cyn skysong : Here. An update. I hope you like it!
IMPORTANT NOTE: If anyone can guess who the different auras belong to, you get a special mention at the beginning of the next A/N. If you can guess the 'violet shield' one, you get a cyber cookie! *waves cookie invitingly* Come on, you know you want it!
IMPORTANT NOTE:
"blah." means that the words are in English (unless the section is told from a Japanese-speaker's point of view with only Japanese people talking -- I.e. Kurama, Yuusuke, Hiei, Logan, Genkai, etc.)
~"blah."~ means that the words are in Japanese.
="blah."= indicates words spoken in a Makai dialect. (Wait a few chapters . . . you'll see what I mean . . .)
~:blah.:~ telepathic speech
- : - : - : - : - : -
A/N: This will not be a blatantly yaoi or shounen-ai story. In fact, there will be NO romance WHATSOEVER. There will be brother-brother relationships between Yuusuke, Kurama and Hiei, but I suppose that some of you out there could interpret their actions as 'love' if you wanted. It's your call, however you want to view it.
- : - : - Chapter Five: Oddities Abound - : - : -
~:Where are you . . . ?:~
His consciousness spread in ever-widening circles, skimming over the land as swiftly and silently as the winds. Muddled, disjointed thoughts from hundreds of humans and mutants teased his senses, too broken and confused for him to make any sense of them, like when one of the students at the Institute tuned a radio, skimming through stations and sending out bursts of meaningless noise and static as they did so.
~:Where are you hiding?:~
There was a short flicker of great power . . . his senses stretched toward it cautiously, but it was gone before he could determine what it was.
He prodded slightly at the area of space-time that had recently held that strange, menacing power, but there was nothing to be found.
Drawing away, he turned his senses in all directions, scanning lightly for any anomalies in the energy of the world . . .
There!
His consciousness soared upward, leaving the voices of the earthbound beings behind and stretching toward the triad of unbelievably powerful auras that had appeared at the distant edge of his perception.
He inched closer, attempting to sense more about them . . .
They were odd . . . he actually saw them as colors rather than felt them as emotions or thoughts. He had never encountered such as THAT before . . .
The first was a brilliant mix of gold and green, tendrils of energy writhing and twining around each other like a next of disturbed serpents or vines suddenly come to life.
The second was like an unbelievably fierce flame. It nearly 'blinded' him with its strength. A deep, sapphire blue melded with eye-searing white, and the entire aura crackled and flickered like an inferno wreathed in lightning.
The third was more muted than the other two. Composed of radiant scarlet and violet-tinted black, it resembled nothing so much as a fire burning fiercely, too hot and dangerous to get close to.
He edged closer, prodding gingerly at the aura of green and gold, as it seemed to be the safest of the three, and he almost could see where it was located . . .
*BAM*
Agony lanced through his head as though someone had touched a red-hot poker to the backs of his eyes. He reeled away, fumbling desperately to steady his consciousness.
~:What . . . ?!:~
He pushed forward again, tentatively poking forward . . .
Only to encounter a seamless wall of pulsing violet energy that had suddenly erected itself around all three auras, blocking them from his senses completely. After a few more minutes of fruitless poking and prodding at the strange barrier, he withdrew, sending his consciousness soaring back to his body.
Professor Charles Francis Xavier frowned to himself as he removed the shimmering metal headset of Cerebro from his head.
"How . . . odd," he murmured.
- : - : - : - : - : -
~"SHE CALLED YOU WHAT?!"~
Kurama winced away from Yuusuke's yell, sending a cautious glance toward the backs of the two chairs that housed Logan and Ororo.
~"Yuusuke! Quiet!"~
The other boy blushed slightly but retained his expression of outrage. ~"She called you a WHAT?"~ he hissed in a quiet yet fierce voice.
~"She called me 'demon,' "~ Kurama replied in a voice equally soft, but there was an underlying note of pain in his tone.
Yuusuke's eyes practically burned with rage. ~"But she's your MOTHER. Of all the god-damned things she could have said, the bitc---"~
~"YUUSUKE."~
Yuusuke bit off the rest of his sentence, all of his danger senses going on alert. The slightest shimmer of gold could be seen within Kurama's emerald eyes, and Yuusuke thought that there might be a few silver hairs in the young man's red mane.
Kurama switched to a common dialect of the Makai, known to every demon in existence, its guttural and yet sibilant syllables rolling off the red- haired young man's tongue with practiced ease.
="I may be upset with her at the moment, MY LORD---"= There was heavy sarcasm on those two words. ="But she is still MY mother. Remember that. The Youko in me is not a patient creature."=
Yuusuke forced down his irritation, and he nodded his head in understanding. ="Sorry . . . but that doesn't mean that I'm not still pissed."=
The gold and silver highlights faded, and soon it was only Shuichi sitting across from him, looking very weary. A sad smile crossed the young man's face.
="Yuusuke . . . Do you know what I find ironic?"=
Yuusuke frowned. ="What?"=
="I told her a lie . . . that I was a mutant . . . and she looked at me in shock, and she called me 'demon.' "= The smile faded, replaced by a forlorn look. ="I told her a lie, and she named me in truth. I might not be a mutant, but the soul of a demon still resides within me."=
Yuusuke had no answer to that, and so he said nothing. Silence reined throughout the remaining hours of the flight, and eventually, Yuusuke fell into a light doze.
- : - : - : - : - : -
Kitty Pryde was enjoying a quiet afternoon curled up on the oh-so-comfy couch in the main den of the mansion. A fashion magazine lay open on her lap, and occasionally she would reach down to flip a page. Her other hand was wrapped around a black permanent marker, held at the ready to circle any promising looking articles that caught her eye.
Yes, it was so nice, being able to sit and think and just truly RELISH the silence---
*BAMPH*
"Hey! Kitty! Come ON already!"
"GHACK!" The magazine flew in one direction, the marker in another, and the dark-haired girl literally vanished through the couch, disappearing from sight.
Kurt Wagner winced as the marker rebounded off his forehead, and one blue- furred, three-fingered hand rose to rub at the sore area of skin. He peered around in confusion, golden eyes roving from one end of the room to the other.
"Kitty?"
"KURT!" Kitty's familiar head popped up through the couch cushion that had until recently housed her rear end. "WHAT have I told you about 'bamphing' without, like, a WARNING?!"
"Er . . . don't?"
"YEAH!"
Kurt shrank away from the irritated girl, rubbing at one ear. "Jeeze, Kitty, turn down the volume, nein? It isn't as though I ATTACKED you!"
The girl huffed, standing up and stepping out of the couch, scowling. Ignoring the presence of the other, she glanced around on the floor as though searching for something, and then turned back around and reached through the cushions of the couch once more, fishing around for something.
A second later, an "Aha!" was heard, and the girl brandished her fashion magazine in the air. "Got you!"
Kurt fidgeted where he crouched, worrying at his bottom lip with his sharp teeth. "KITTEEEEE!!!"
The girl snatched up her marker from off the carpet near the blue-furred young man's feet. "Hmph. What?"
"Come ON!"
Kitty was in the process of settling herself back on the couch. "What are you so excited about?"
"They're COMING. The Blackbird's almost HERE."
Kitty sat bolt upright once more, sending her magazine and marker sailing through the air . . . again. This time, Kurt ducked his head out of the way of the projectiles.
"WHAT?" Kitty dove forward, latching onto Kurt's upper arm. "Why didn't you SAY so? Come on! Bamph! Bamph!"
Kurt's eyes widened in surprise, but then he shrugged it off, and . . .
*BAMPH*
- : - : - To Be Continued . . . - : - : -
REVIEW RESPONSES FOR LAST CHAPTER:
: Animegirl8 : *gasps* Kurama NEVER lies to his mother! . . . Except about that whole being a demonic fox-spirit reincarnated into her child's body thing who fights equally demonic creatures as an extracurricular activity . . . -_-; Er, yeah, anyway . . . I'm glad that you liked the rest of the chapter! And can you get me some photos of she-Kurama's reenactment of YYH? That would be PRICELESS.
: Siora : Thanks bunches for everything, and I'll try to read your story as soon as I get some time away from my keyboard, k? And Hiei will be showing up soon, I promise. I like him, too, ya' know!
: Tione : Yep. A chapter a day keeps the doctor away . . . or something thereabouts. ^_^; And I'm leaving Atsuko's reaction for another time . . . or maybe I'll just let everyone IMAGINE what happened . . . heh-heh.
: Takahashi Shuurin : Hiei will be showing up soon, and no worries about your English. You have impeccable grammar (much better than the majority of the people who type reviews. Sheesh! Talk about spelling errors!). ^_^
: QG : Here you go! More! And I am SOOO happy that you like me (or rather, my story) so much!
: Jax : Geeze, demand a bit MORE, why don't you? -_-;
: Aya-Mikage2002 : I'm glad you liked it thus far, but I think you're review got cut off. It ended in the middle of a sentence, and I didn't understand what you wanted to say. What about Kurama and his mom?
: Ginevra : Thankies! And HIEI WILL SHOW UP SOON. You're, like, the umpteenth person to ask me that! Sheesh, there ARE a lot of Hiei fans, aren't there? (Of course, I have no room to talk, since I practically drool every time I think of him. See? Hiei. *drools*)
: Rurouni Saiyan : Aw, thanks for the reassurance. I'm gonna' make everyone have a nice, happy ending, don't worry, and that includes resolving the Shiori incident.
: Mistress of Dragons : Thanks. I love it when I get free advertisement on other peoples profiles! Awesome! And I'm UBER happy that you think I'm such a good writer! Yayness!
: CJ-Chan : Yeah, poor Kurama . . . I feel AWFUL for doing that! *cries* I'm soooo sorry! *glomps Kurama* I'm SOOOORRRRYYYY! WAAAAH! *Kurama turns into his fox-form and runs away* Hey! I'm APOLOGIZING here! *chases*
: Pheonix : *frowns* Why wouldn't people like Jean? Personally, I like Rogue best, but Jean's a great character, too! And I'll see what I can do about your request . . . I MIGHT be able to get it to work . . . hmm.
: kailyssia : I'm glad you liked the mom scenes, and I agree with you about romance. Great stories have turned into disgusting puddles of crud when the author gave in to peer pressure and tried to add romance. *gags* I will NOT do that. Not to this story! And Hiei will show up soon, k?
: Dragon Sythe : I know what Gambit's powers and attitude were like in the original X-men, but I don't know his character that well from Evo. And as far as the language thing goes . . . o.O; Logan really DOES speak Japanese?! I thought I made that up, since he was a part of that awful experiment and I thought he might have been well-traveled from before! Yeesh! I'm psychic! . . . or psycho. One of the two! ^_^;
: arrow-card : It warms my heart to know that I can bring a little pleasantness into someone's day. *sighs happily* My day is complete.
: oOKeairaOo : Hiei WILL show up . . . just not now. Thanks for the support, though. ^_^;
: Star04 : I'm glad that I actually managed to catch your interest, and I'm even MORE glad that you like my story. I'll be sure and let you know if I need any info on Lance, k? Thanks for the offer. ^_^
: blue moon gurl : Here you go, but this one has to end, too. Sorry! ^_^
: Pyro Dranzer : Glad you like the story. And the dictionaries can be found at www . freelang . net (remove the spaces). There should be a place that says 'download dictionary' and it'll take you to a page where you can choose the language that you want. Some of the definitions are a little off, but other than that, they're great!
: Snowfire : I'm glad that you like it! Hope you enjoyed this chapter!
: cyn skysong : Here. An update. I hope you like it!
IMPORTANT NOTE: If anyone can guess who the different auras belong to, you get a special mention at the beginning of the next A/N. If you can guess the 'violet shield' one, you get a cyber cookie! *waves cookie invitingly* Come on, you know you want it!