Hi guys! I'm sooo sorry this took forever to get up, but I've been working on all my other stories too. I've also been loaded up with school stuff, so I didn't have much time. But to make it up to everyone, I said I was going to try and at least get two chapters of EVERY story in—so it's my Christmakkazaa/ apology present to all of you!
Ok, so this chapter isn't called "The Not-So-Heavenly Treasures" like I said it was going to be, but I forgot about Yuki and Yusuke's detention, so I had to get that in. I promise next chapter will be about the treasures.
E's been bugging me about this, but for those of you wondering, the gang will meet Jin at the boat that will take them to the Dark Tournament. I told you that the Tournament was going to be a little different and I was going to change the rules a little, but not much. The will go to the arena either in chapter 7 or chapter 8. (I have a lot of things planned for them before they go!)
Disclaimer: I wish I could get paid for this…I don't own YYH already you idiotic baka lawyers! But I do own Hikaru and Yuki (Yuki somewhat)! .
Chapter 4
Somehow, Hikaru and Yuki had managed to survive a weekend of Genkai's training, though not without its side effects. Come Monday, both of their bodies felt as stiff as boards and they were grateful every night to lay down on their comfortable bed and sleep. Of course, things were a lot better because of Yukina's healing powers. After she had healed their wounds once they were done training, the girls felt rejuvenated and would've kept on fighting if they didn't already feel so sore.
Hikaru's alarm clock sounded. Slowly, she opened her eyes and turned over to check the time. The flashing red lights of the clock read 7:00. Hikaru groaned and turned off the clock.
Her pillow felt so comfortable and warm. Smiling, Hikaru began to closer her eyes again, telling herself that she was just resting her eyes and that she would not fall asleep. Of course, we all know what happens when you tell yourself that.
A pounding knock came at the door followed by a familiar voice.
"Hikaru! Are you up yet? It's almost time for school!" Yuki shouted from the other side of the door and Hikaru groaned.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm up," Hikaru answered, irritated. She turned over to gaze at the clock and screamed. The flashing red lights read 7:50. "What the hell! Why didn't you wake me up earlier?" Hikaru ran frantically around her room to get ready for school. Her sister had woken her up, giving her only ten minutes to get to school.
Hikaru burst out of her room and was about to run into the bathroom had she not noticed one thing. She stopped in mid-stride and stared at her sister, who wasn't even dressed in the school uniform yet.
"What are you doing! We've only got ten minutes!" Hikaru warned. Yuki began to giggle and tried to hide it behind her hand. "What?" Hikaru questioned, utterly confused by now. Yuki couldn't hold back the laughter and was now leaning on the wall for support. "What did you do?" Hikaru cocked an eyebrow at her sister.
"N-nothing," Yuki said in between giggles.
"Really? Well, we'll see who's the last one laughing when you're late for school," Hikaru remarked. Yuki kept on laughing.
"I won't be late," she said.
"And how is that?" Hikaru asked.
"See for…yourself…" Yuki pointed to the clock on the kitchen. Hikaru, though very confused, walked into the kitchen where the smells of morning coffee and eggs left over from their parents breakfast still lingered and invaded her nose.
Hikaru looked up at the clock on the microwave; it read 6:55. Wait, 6:55? It took a moment for her to realize what was going on.
"YUKI, YOU ARE SO DEAD!" Hikaru yelled and chased her sister around the house. She finally cornered her by the couch and had her pinned on the wall.
"You have exactly ten seconds to give me your best apology and/or bribe before I pummel you and kill you and bury you with the rats," Hikaru threatened in a low, dangerous voice.
"Never! I would rather be killed by bendy straws that have taken over the world with Wal-mart and monkeys and be burned on a stake and thrown over the Na ruto Bridge!" Yuki shouted. (A/N: I think it's a real bridge…I saw it on some Naruto website)
Hikaru smirked and began summoning her reiki orbs. "Ok, you asked for it." Just as she was about to freak her sister out, the doorbell rang and she growled.
"Whew, saved by the bell," Yuki sighed in relief.
Frustrated, Hikaru stomped to the door and threw it open. "What the hell do you wa—oh, hey," Hikaru blushed when she saw Kurama and Yusuke at the door. Yusuke burst out laughing.
"Who's at the door?" Yuki popped her head through the door. "Oh, hi guys!"
"Hello," Kurama greeted.
"What are you guys doing here?" Hikaru asked as she let them inside.
"We thought you might want a ride to school," Kurama explained.
"And to make sure you guys weren't deciding to skip school for the week," Yusuke grinned evilly. Indeed, Yuki and Hikaru considered skipping school for the week so they would have enough energy to go through with training. In the end, they decided it would only make Yusuke taunt them more for being chickens and weaklings. Hikaru pouted.
"We're not that weak, you know. Unlike you, you couldn't even fire a shot of your Reigun within three days of your training," Hikaru retorted and stuck out her tongue. Yusuke grimaced and lunged, which Hikaru was surprisingly able to dodge thanks to her training with Hiei, and hid behind Kurama.
"Eek, help!" Hikaru mocked fear and laughed.
"Hey, I wanna play "Kill Hikaru", too!" Yuki cried and started to chase her sister around the house with Yusuke.
"Hey, this isn't fair! Two against one! Kurama, help!" Hikaru cried. Kurama just stood there, silently giggling behind his hand. "Great, everyone's against me!" Hikaru cried and turned a corner to try and throw her prey off her tail; that, however, didn't work.
"Gotcha!" Yusuke smirked and tackled his friend to the ground.
"Ah, stop it!" Hikaru managed to say through giggles. Yusuke had started tickling her and she was turning blue.
"Hey, I wanna play, too! Doggie pile!" Yuki shouted and jumped on top of the two teenagers, who fell into a dazed state and became swirly eyed from the sheer force of Yuki's jump.
"Yay, that was fun!" Yuki cheered. "Hey, you guys ok? Guys?" she glanced down at her almost-unconscious friend and sister. "Hehehe."
"Kami, my head still hurts," Yusuke whined.
"Why for the name of Kami-sama did you jump on us!" Hikaru shouted.
"Because you guys were having fun and I wanted to play, too!" Yuki explained. Hikaru sweat dropped.
They pulled up to Sarayashiki High and their conversation ended. "Thanks for the ride, Kur—I mean, Suuichi!" Hikaru waved as Kurama drove off toward his school.
"Urameshi, what are you doing here so early?" Kuwabara ran up to them.
"I had to make sure these two didn't skip school," Yusuke pointed to the girls next to him. "And just to make sure you don't sleep either, I'm gonna stay in school for the entire day today." The girls groaned and Yusuke smirked at his ingenious plan.
"Yusuke!" the angry voice of Keiko startled the detective and he immediately hid behind the two sisters.
"Hide me," he pleaded.
"No way; you wanna torture us, so we get to torture you," Yuki said and stepped to the side, giving Keiko a clear shot at her "boyfriend".
"First you run off to Koenma's and leave me just standing there and Suuichi's; then you don't even bother to call me for days; and on top of all that, YOU SKIPPED OUR DATE!" Keiko was now spitting all over the boy. The girls and Kuwabara were practically rolling on the ground laughing and clutching their sides.
"Yusuke, today you are going out with me whether you like it or not!" Keiko ordered.
"He can't do that, Keiko," Hikaru interrupted.
"And why not?" Keiko turned sharply to her with an evil eye.
"Because he has a detention to serve today. As a matter of fact, so does another unfortunate friend I know," Hikaru turned to smirk at her sister.
Yuki stared at her, confused. "Who else has a detention? I didn't know anyone else." She looked around for a second detentionee
"Kami, she forgets so easily," Hikaru muttered. "You do, you knucklehead!"
"I do?" she raised her eyebrows. For a moment she didn't say anything, but then finally, "Oh yeah! That idiotic sensei of ours gave me a detention for answering his question. Forget it; I'm not going to be punished for responding to a question when he asked."
"It's not the actual responding, but more of what you said and how you said it…" Hikaru pointed out.
"Whatever. I'm still not going," Yuki folded her arms over her chest. "If I did, I wouldn't be able to…," she left her sentence hanging when she realized something. "Wait I've changed my mind. I'll go to detention today!" She skipped off, singing merrily.
"What in the world was that?" Hikaru blinked. She had never known anyone who was excited to go to detention.
"Who in their right minds would be excited to go to detention?' Kuwabara asked.
"I don't think she was ever in her right mind, but that's beside the point," Keiko pointed out.
"Well, it doesn't matter, because that teacher always has detentions during lunch hour," Yusuke said. Then it hit her; Yuki thought she would be able to skip off on training—oh, how wrong she was…
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"Come on, just a few more seconds," Yuki urged the clock. It was almost time for lunch. Hikaru smirked evilly.
"Hope you have fun for the next hour," Hikaru said as the bell rang.
"What? What do you mean?" Yuki questioned as she walked out off the room with her sister.
"Korematsu, get in here!" the sensei shouted from his desk.
"You'll see," Hikaru grinned evilly as her sister walked back inside the room, confused.
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The bell rang—classes were finally over; though for four kids in Sarayashiki, classes were just beginning.
Yuki came out of the room, exhausted from school and the detention she had to serve.
"Why didn't you tell me he gave detentions during lunch? Now I'm so starving!" she whined.
"Relax, I saved you some chocolate milk and pizza, so be quiet," Hikaru handed her sister some food. Yuki wasted no time in gobbling it up in ten seconds.
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Their fourth day of training was a little better, but not by much. Hikaru and Yuki were able to successfully keep their spirit weapons out for an hour without getting too tired; that, however, was probably the only major improvement. Kurama had stepped up his game each day, so neither of the girls seemed to be making any improvements, but the fox could tell they were making great progress. Though they could now see Hiei's movements a bit better, he was still too fast, so they made no better luck with Hiei than Kurama (or so they thought).
"Kami, where did he disappear off to now?" Hiei once again flitted out of sight just as the girls were about to deliver a nice blow. Hikaru and Yuki stood back to back, spirit weapons drawn, searching for any sign of the fire youkai. Once again the girls were getting nowhere, fast in their training. Warn blood streamed down Hikaru's arm, the strong, coppery smell making her slightly nauseous.
"There!" Yuki shouted and pointed to a nearby tree. A black blur whizzed from the trees and Hikaru prepared to defend herself from the upcoming onslaught.
"Ah," Hikaru gripped her head with a free hand. Her vision started to become blurry and the world around her began to spin. Her sense of smell seemed to heighten as the coppery smell of the warm liquid trailing her arm invaded her nostrils like a pack of wolves.
"Hikaru!" she heard Kurama shout as she fell to her knees. Hiei halted his attack in time and landed a few feet from them. "Hikaru, are you alright?" Kurama's worried voice rang out in her head and she looked up to his face. She could see true concern in his brilliant emerald orbs; she could've sworn her heart skipped a beat.
"Yeah, just a little nauseous," she smiled reassuringly at him and of course, he didn't buy it.
"We'll stop training for today. Let's go back to the temple," Genkai said, and for that both girls were grateful.
"Hey, you okay, sis?" Yuki asked as she put an arm around Hikaru to help Kurama bring her inside.
"Yeah, I'm fine. The smell of blood just got me really dizzy after awhile," Hikaru responded, "And I'm starving!"
Yuki sighed. "And you're the one who ate lunch…"
Yukina, as always, healed their major wounds with no problem. Once she was done, Kurama used his herbs to help prevent any infections and bring back their strength.
"Where in the world do you get those plants, Kurama?" Hikaru asked as he wrapped another bandage around Hikaru's arm with some herbal plant cream.
"I gathered these in Makai. There are thousands of plants in Makai that, when applied correctly, can have amazing powers," Kurama tightened the last knot and stood up from the couch. "There, that should do it."
"Wow, you're really good at this. Thanks," Hikaru smiled at the fox, which he returned with a warm one of his own.
"Dinner's ready," Yukina called from the kitchens.
"Ok, be right there!" Hikaru stood from the couch. For a moment her vision blurred, but then returned to normal.
"You sure you're alright?" Kurama asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Yuki, get your butt down here! There's food!"
Immediately Yuki appeared next to them, sniffing and searching for food. "Where where?"
"In the kitchen, dummy." Yuki's eyes lit up and she raced like a cheetah into the kitchen. Hikaru laughed and followed her sister into the kitchen with Kurama.
"RAMEN!" Yuki squealed and began serving herself a mountain-high plate full of ramen.
"Why don't you just take the whole pot," Hikaru sighed.
"Hey, that's a great idea!" Yuki poured the contents of her bowl back in the giant pot of ramen and began to take the pot off the table.
"Hey, I was just kidding! You have to leave enough for the rest of us, you know!" Hikaru took the pot and placed it back on the table. The other sister pouted, but took her seat at the long table with everyone else. Hikaru sat in between Kurama and Yuki.
"Yukina this looks great!" Hikaru grinned. "Can we eat yet?"
"Go ahead and help yourself," Genkai said, though later she regretted it. Both sisters wasted no time in gathering as much food as possible, making a mess of things. Yusuke tried to save himself some food, but the girls growled and snapped at him, and he cowered in his chair.
"Thanks for saving us this lone noodle," Yusuke said sarcastically as he picked up a ramen noodle that was still left in the pot.
Hikaru finished slurping her first bite and looked around. They had taken most of the ramen, rice, and fish, leaving almost nothing for anyone else.
"Here, you can take some of this," Hikaru offered her plate to Kurama.
"Hey, you offer him some food but leave us out!" Yusuke yelled.
"Yeah, because he's actually nice to me, unlike a certain person I know; now quit your whining, Yusuke!" Hikaru countered calmly.
"Yeah!" Yuki agreed and began offering her food to Yukina and Genkai. "Hey, where's Keiko?"
"She left a while ago. She said she had homework to do," Kurama replied.
"And how come she told you and not me?" Yusuke questioned.
"Because you were too busy trying to distract us and get us to give up training, baka," Yuki glomped him on the head.
"Ow! That hurt!" Yusuke whined.
"Serves you right, dimwit," Genkai said as she sipped her tea.
A/N: Ok, I finally finished! Anyways, hope you guys like this one. I have a feeling I made a lot of mistakes in this, so if you find any, tell me! And don't forget about my poll from earlier chapters. Tell me who you want to see in the Tournament! I already have Jin, Touya, Chu, Shishiwakamaru, Rinku, and that mystery person I was talking about before in chapter 2. Just to give you a little hint on who that mystery guy his, he is going to annoy Kurama to death.
Some people who were killed before are going to be in it, but I already know how to explain how they are back alive, so don't worry. Anyways, please review and help me with teams!
Also, if you guys look at the notice/update news thingy on the FF homepage, you'll see that no one will be able to post anything Dec. 30th. But I'll try and get as many chapters of my stories as I can, ok? Just bear with me!