Hey guys! I'm sorry I didn't update this ooner, but I've been working on my other stories cuz I've gotten so many reviews for them (See what reviews does? I update quicker!) Anyways, I sort of lied…again. I said I was going to have Yuki meet the guy she's been want to meet in this story, but this was already pretty long and I could make two chapters out of it. But don't worry, I promise he will come in the next chapter!
Thank you everyone who reviewed last chapter! Sorry for the really really really really long update!
NOTE: I had to repost this chappie because I forgot to put someone in here. Sorry! My friend Yumi wanted to be in this story…and I forgot to put her here…hehehe.
Disclaimer: Would I be here writing fanfics and other fantasies of my imagination if I did own YYH?
Chapter 7
The gang had gone back to Genkai's temple for some information. Koenma hoped that Genkai would have some answers to Hikaru and Yuki's strange transformation.
Hikaru and Yuki felt uncomfortable under Genkai's strict inspection. She had been gazing into their eyes and circling them for several minutes before she finally came to a stop and sat back down next to Koenma.
"I'm not positive on what has happened. How did they get like this?" she asked.
"When they came in contact with these strange energy spheres," Kurama said. Hikaru and Yuki held them up for her to see. She gazed into their depths for a moment, the energy from before still raging inside like a wildfire.
"I do have one theory: if you consider everything that has happened—the Kekai barrier and the demons, the tape—then there could only be one explanation; you girls are the Titans from the legend."
"What!" everyone shouted.
"We are the titans? How can we be some legendary being? We don't have any special powers!" Hikaru said.
"You didn't…until you touched those spheres. According to what Koenma told me, those orbs accepted you two when they rejected all others. You also fit the description. Kurama and I actually noticed it a while ago on your first day of training," Genkai explained.
"What do you mean "you noticed"? What did you notice?" Yuki asked.
"Form your spirit weapons and you will see what we mean," Kurama ordered. They did as they were told. Hikaru and Yuki focused on bringing their reiki out into forms and found it strangely much easier to do. They seemed to have an endless supply of energy. Yuki's whip formed as usual, but seemed more like water than ever before as the reiki flowed around it fluently just like water. Hikaru's staff also took on a more refined look: it looked like one gigantic bolt of lightning. Sparks crackled and danced around the lightning-shaped rod.
The girls gasped. Their weapons had never looked so refined in their shape before. When they glanced at each other and her weapon, the reality of it all it them like a rock.
"So…so we are…Titans?" Yuki stuttered.
"Yes. According to the video you all saw a month ago, the Titan of Fire is the one who organized the Dark Tournament. He must want you two there because you are the Titans of Lightning and Ice," Kurama added.
"Wait…but if all of that is true, shouldn't we stay away from him?" Yuki asked.
"Yeah. Didn't it say in the legend that if the Titans united as one then great destruction would befall the worlds…or whatever?" Hikaru added,
"No. It says in the legend that the three treasure combined would summon the Guardian of the Earth. Also, you must willfully combine your powers for that last part of the legend to come true," Kurama stated reassuringly.
"So…what are we supposed to do then?" Kuwabara asked.
"Did you actually understand our whole conversation, Kuwabara?" Yuki asked, surprised.
"Of course I did! I'm not stupid," Kuwabara countered, causing many to snort or cough in response. "Hey!"
"Well, I believe there is only one thing we can do…" Koenma said.
"…and that is?" Yusuke coaxed.
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Hikaru groaned as the vexing buzzing of her alarm clock sounded. Quickly she ceased the cacophony and attempted to fall back asleep. Even after two full months of Genkai's training—even with her new powers—she still couldn't quite get used to it and felt as stiff as a board at the end of each week. Thank Kami all of that was over. She didn't want to be on the receiving end of Hiei's anger and boredom anymore.
She faintly heard stealthy footfalls in the hallway just outside her door. Figuring it was her parents getting ready for work, she sighed and got out of bed, remembering their reactions to their transformation a month ago…
----- One Month Ago-----
Hikaru's stomach just didn't seem to want to cooperate today, though it had a perfectly good reason not to. What the hell were they supposed to tell their parents when they saw their daughters like this? Hikaru shuddered at the very thought of what they might do.
"Hey, Hikaru?" Yuki disrupted her train of thought.
"Yeah?" Hikaru answered. She could just imagine what was going through Yuki's head: either getting some rest, food, or nothing.
"…what do you think Mom and Dad will say when they see us like this?" Yuki asked. Hikaru slapped herself mentally. At least she knew her sister could be serious when she wanted to be.
"I-I'm not sure," Hikaru answered. She wished she could have given her a better response, if only to ease her own doubts as well.
Finally they reached their house on the block and stopped. What were they going to do? Every small movement and shadow seemed so threatening now. The usual barks and howls from their neighbor's dog seemed like a demonic growl from a mountain lion, or worse.
"Ready?" Hikaru asked her sister. Yuki nodded absently and the two girls walked inside.
"Oh, Hikaru, Yuki, you girls are finally—" their mother came to great them with a worried hug, but she suddenly stopped at seeing them.
"Girls, do you know how worried we've—" their father came to join them and had the same confused and frightened expression on him.
"Um…hi?" Hikaru said, trying to break through the heavy tension in the air. Soon their parent's expression turned to one of knowing and now it was the girls' turn to be confused.
"Listen…um…we can explain this," Yuki said.
"Let's sit down and we'll tell you guys," Hikaru said and led them to the sofa.
"What happened to you girls?" their father asked. Their mother just seemed to surprised for words.
"Well, it's kind of a long story…" Yuki rubbed her head absent-mindedly and began to tell the story of what happened that day.
Twenty minutes later, the girls had finished telling the story, and their parents had a strange look about them.
"Girls…we're sorry," their mother said.
"Sorry?" Hikaru and Yuki blinked.
"We…we should have told you. It's our fault. We knew about all of this, that you girls were connected to that legend…" their father explained.
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Hikaru, now fully dressed, walked outside and down the stairs where she expected breakfast to be waiting for her and Yuki. Instead, however, the kitchen was void of any sign that someone had been in there. She checked the clock. It was almost eight. Where was everyone?
"Hey, Hikaru," Yuki called from the stairs. She was carrying several bags down with her. She looked liked she was packing up and going somewhere.
"And where are you going?" Hikaru asked.
"Don't you remember? We're moving today," Yuki explained. Moving? Moving? No one had told her about moving. And today was their birthday! "Hurry up, Hikaru. Mom and Dad will yell at us if we aren't ready," Yuki said and pushed out the door with her bags. Hikaru stared at her retreating form, dumbfounded. They were moving? Right after she had gotten to known everyone so well? She was not going to go quietly!
"Mom! Dad! Why are we moving?" Hikaru asked.
"We told you before. My job needs me to move to Yokohama," her father explained.
"But why? I don't want to go! Let Yuki and I stay here!" Hikaru whined, begging on her knees.
"That's enough, Hikaru. We already talked about this before," her father told her forcefully.
No you didn't! You didn't say one thing to me! Hikaru thought. "Please! I don't wanna go!" Hikaru grabbed onto her mother's sleeve, balling.
"Hikaru, that's enough!" Her father yelled and she reluctantly let go. They were really going? Tears pooled in her eyes, threatening to fall. She didn't want to leave her friends…not after everything that has happened.
Hikaru slumped against the wall, staring blankly into space. She didn't know what to do. She felt helpless as she watched her sister and parents carry her life away with them and board it on a truck.
Yuki finished loading what she had and returned inside. When she spotted her sister on the floor still in a daze, she grew extremely worried. "Hikaru?"
Hikaru glanced up at her sister, eyes glazed over, her vision unfocused. She heard her sister's call, but it didn't totally register with her yet.
It took all of Yuki's self-control to not spill the whole plan out to her sister. She couldn't ruin this. Lives depended on her!
"I'm gonna go call Yusuke and the others and tell them goodbye, ok?" Yuki informed her, but again she didn't get a single response. She sighed and walked into the kitchen to make some very important phone calls.
I can't believe she hasn't noticed what we haven't taken, yet, Yuki thought to herself, grinning evilly. She couldn't believe how gullible her sister was. And it was the perfect day, too! She picked up the phone and began to dial.
The lightning Titan remained where she was the entire day, not once moving to eat, drink, or even go to the bathroom (which Yuki shivered at). By 6:30, Yuki was really beginning to worry, wondering if her sister was still alive. Sure, hr body may have been there, but you never know what kind of blood-sucking, soul-hungry monkeys might exist in her town.
Six forty-five, and Yuki was fed up with it. She couldn't stand it anymore!
And we need to get ready, she added. Walking into the family room, Yuki gazed at her sister. She stood stock still, so out of it and unfocused, Yuki seriously thought of dumping a pile of lard on her to see if she would even notice. Shaking her head of the thought, Yuki focused herself on more important matters.
"Hikaru…" Yuki cooed, shaking her sister's shoulders lightly. "Hikaru, come on. We have to go somewhere tonight."
Hikaru remained in her trance, not once reacting to her sister's attempts to wake her.
"Come on, Hikaru! It's our birthday! We have to go to our—out to dinner!" Yuki effectively covered up her slip up, knowing her sister wouldn't notice anyway. She probably could have yelled "FIRE!" and she wouldn't have noticed.
A sudden thought came to her. She could do that, but would she receive the punishment that she knew she would get form her? Most likely, but it was worth it if she didn't have to see her sister like this. Also, she had to get them somewhere on time or Yusuke would have her head…and probably literally, too.
Yuki took a deep breath and lowered her voice as much as she could. "Rose Whiplash!" she cried and imitated the whipping sounds of Kurama's infamous green whip.
"What? Where?" Hikaru finally spoke up and looked frantically around for who she thought was the source of the noise.
"Welcome back to Earth," Yuki grinned.
Hikaru stared at her skeptically. She didn't need to be a brain surgeon to put two and two together. Without warning, she tackled her sister to the ground.
"AHH!" Yuki yelled as she fell to the floor. Hikaru secured both her arms on the floor with her hands as she straddled her with her legs. (A/N: For those of you who are thinking of it…get your minds out of the gutter…)
"I don't think I need to say anything, but why the hell did you freak me out like that?" Hikaru asked in a low, intimidating voice. Yuki, now slightly afraid of what her sister might do, gulped down a lump in her throat.
"W-we have to go somewhere now. Yusuke invited us out somewhere for our birthdays," Yuki explained, she hated sounding so afraid, but she wanted this to go smoothly, and Hikaru was just screwing up her whole plan.
"Going out?" Hikaru blinked, suddenly forgetting her anger.
"Yeah, he invited us somewhere for our birthdays, now come on! We have to be there in fifteen minutes!" Yuki urged, grateful things were getting back on schedule…sort of.
Yuki seemed so tense and anxious, Hikaru had no idea what was going on. Their parents agreed to take them wherever Yusuke had planned this. They zoomed past brightly lit shops, some of which Hikaru barely recognized. She hadn't been on this side of town often and wasn't familiar with it. Yuki, however, seemed to know exactly where they were going.
Finally, they parked on the sidewalk and the girls stepped out.
"A barber shop?" Hikaru cocked an eyebrow. If this was Yusuke's idea of a joke, it was definitely NOT funny.
"No, silly. Over there," Yuki laughed and pointed across the street to a dance club. Bright neon letters read THE FLAME across the top, dancing in red, orange, and yellow, just like a fire.
"Are you serious? Yusuke got us in there?" Hikaru's jaw dropped. The Flame was one of the best 16 and up dance clubs in town, and it was almost impossible to get a reservation for food and some dancing.
Instead of answering, Yuki led her inside as their parents drove off with a wave. The pounding beat of the melody raced through Hikaru, and she couldn't help but sway to the beat.
"Close your eyes," Yuki ordered. Confused, Hikaru stared at her for a moment, but complied. Relying on Yuki's hold, she let her lead them around the room until she finally stopped.
"Ok, open," she said and she did.
"SURPRISE!" Screams of surprise overcame the music and attacked her ears, and she covered them with her hands. The people laughed and she removed her hands to look at them. Yusuke, Keiko, Hiei, Kurama, Shizuru, Yukina, Kuwabara, Botan, and Genkai were all there, grinning at her (save Hiei, of course, who was just standing there, like he was forced to be there).
Hikaru stared at all her friends. "Thank you so much!" She shouted and gave them all hugs. They, in turn, gave her and her sister hugs as well.
"And you knew about this, didn't you?" She asked Yuki, who whistled innocently. Hikaru smiled. She had such great friends, and an even cooler sister. When she thought about moving, her eyes began to tear up again.
"Hikaru, what's wrong?" Keiko asked her.
"I'm so glad you guys could get us here for our birthday, but…" Hikaru trailed off and sniffed, fighting back the tears as best she could, "We're moving tomorrow."
Yuki sniggered behind her hand along with Yusuke and Kuwabara.
"What? What's so funny?" Hikaru stared at them.
"Hikaru, do you have any idea what today is?"
"Yeah, it's our birthday," she answered.
"Besides that."
Hikaru thought for a moment. Yesterday was March 31, so that meant today was Saturday, April 1. What was so special about—
Damn it, Yuki, Hikaru growled and glared at her sister, who was now laughing hysterically.
"April Fools!" They shouted and burst into laughter while Hikaru was still frustrated at the fool she made of herself all day.
"Come on! Sit, sit!" Yusuke wrapped his arm around her in a loose headlock and dragged her down in the seat.
"Yusuke, how in the world did you get reservations for this place? Hikaru asked as loudly as she could over the music.
"He had some connections," a familiar voice answered. A girl about her age stepped from behind Yusuke, grinning. She had long, raven-black hair and fiery brown eyes.
"Ayame!" Hikaru squealed and threw her arms around her best friend.
"Hey…Hikaru…" Ayame gasped for air under her friend's tight squeeze.
"Oh, I can't believe you actually came!" Hikaru backed away from her friend. "You got Yusuke the reservations for this place?"
"Yeah, I work part time here sometimes," Ayame explained. Before Hikaru could ask anymore questions, the DJ lowered the music and was about to make an announcement.
"Dudes and Dudettes, please put your cell phones together for…V6!" He called. Screams erupted in the club as 6 men walked on stage.
"Hello, Kyoto!" One of the guys shouted into the mike. The crowd screamed just as loud in response. Smiling, he nodded towards the other five and began to play "Brand New World".
Brand-new world
Atarashii yume no hajimari
Gooru mezasu tabi wa
Tsuzuiteyuku itsu datte
Brand-new mind
jyounetsu o daite
tsugi no DOA made
Mada minu sekai e saa, hashire
The band continued to play, and the girls dragged the boys onto the floor (well, except Hiei). Yusuke danced along to the beat with Keiko, Kuwabara attempted to dance with Yukina, Shizuru and Botan were dancing buddies, and Genkai just decided to stay back and watch. She was way too old for this.
Yuki and Hikaru began to dance, and soon that's all they could think about. All that they knew was the beat and their movements, and soon they began to lose themselves in the beat.
As Hikaru spun around, she noticed a certain redhead being cornered by some girls. He was politely refusing their requests to dance with them, but they just didn't get the hint.
"Hey, Yuki, should we help him?" Hikaru pointed Suuichi out. Yuki giggled, but shook her head.
"Nah, he'll be able to handle himself. He's survived with this for, what…16 years?" Hikaru decided took her advice and continued to dance. Soon, the song was over and everyone cheered, wanting an encore.
"Arigatou, everyone!" The six guys waved at everyone and exited stage left. The DJ came on again, announcing a singer from the United States.
"And now please give a scorching welcome to our special guest from America, Clay Aiken!"
A tall and skinny guy walked on stage, waving at everyone. Many of the girls sighed dreamily and ogled at him.
"Hello, guys," He greeted. His voice only gave the girls more reason to stay hypnotized.
"This next song will be for couples only. All couples on the dance floor!" The DJ said and several people ambled onto the floor, holding each other and ready to dance. Hikaru and Yuki stood back, waiting for their chance to get back to dancing.
A soft voice began to sing, and Hikaru immediately recognized the song from her English Culture class.
A girl walked up to Suuichi with several girls waiting in line behind her. Hikaru noticed she was the same girl who had accused her and Yuki of trying to rape him and she scowled.
"Hey, Suuichi," she called sensuously. "Wanna dance with me?"
"Sorry, but I'm waiting for someone," he lied effectively. Hikaru awed at how well he could make things seem so believable, but then again, he was a kitsune.
The girl frowned. "Suuichi, you've told that to every girl who's asked you tonight and that person still hasn't come. Come on, do you want to be bored all night?" She latched onto his arm, gazing up into his eyes. Suuichi leaned away, trying to get her off him without making a scene.
"I'd rather wait," he said with more force in his voice, but the girl didn't seem fazed at all. In fact, she seemed hungrier for him.
"Come on, Suuichi," she smiled at him. Hikaru watched as her hands trailed up his back, then came back around and traveled up his chest. Hikaru let out an involuntary growl.
"Suuichi, I never knew you liked to play such games," she giggled and began to trace a finger around his chest. Hikaru couldn't stand this anymore and stormed over.
"Hey, Suuichi. I see you were having fun," she smiled at him. "Sorry I'm late, but I couldn't find a parking space." Hikaru walked over to him and hooked her arm with his. "Thanks for watching him," she spat at the girls. Kurama gave her a questioning glance, which Hikaru answered with her own, telling him to play along.
"Would you like to dance?" he asked her. Hikaru smiled and nodded and he led them into the dance floor. She glared at the girls from around him and stuck out her tongue defiantly. The preps glared daggers at her, declaring an all-out war for Suuichi.
There's something 'bout the way you look tonight
There's something 'bout the way that I can't take my eyes off you
Yuki watched as Hikaru and Kurama walked onto the dance floor and began to dance. She couldn't help but snigger.
"What's so funny?" Yusuke asked. Yuki pointed over to the dancing couple. Yusuke joined in the laughing.
"What's so funny, you guys?" Kuwabara reiterated Yusuke's question. He followed his friends' gaze and found the source of their humor. "Kurama and Hikaru?" He blinked, not catching on the humor.
"Why did you do that?" Kurama asked her.
"Tell me, would you really have wanted to spend your time at our party running form them, or enjoying yourself?" Hikaru asked him. She received no answer and smiled. "I thought so."
There's something 'bout the way your lips invite,
Maybe it's the way that I get nervous when you're around.
And I want you to be mine
And if you need a reason why,
At first, Hikaru was perfectly comfortable with dancing with the fox, thinking only about saving him from his horde of fangirls. Now, as the song's lyrics sunk into her and the true position of her situation sunk in, her stomach was a butterfly nest. She stared at their feet like the floor was the most interesting thing in the world.
"Aw, look at them!" Yuki squealed. She had been watching her sister and the fox dancing, and noticed how tense her sister had gotten. She growled to herself. She just had to leave her video camera at home.
"Hikaru, are you alright?" Kurama asked her. She looked up at him. She saw concern in his eyes and blushed slightly.
"Yeah, I'm fine," she lied, smiling at him. Of course she wasn't alright! Look at what she was doing!
Hikaru returned her attention to the floor. For several minutes they continued to slow dance, then she felt Kurama's arm tighten around her and pull her in slightly. Her breath caught. Seeing as he was alright with it, she relaxed and began to dance freely with him.
Suddenly, Kurama stopped in his tracks. Startled, Hikaru looked up at him. He seemed very troubled and his body grew tense.
"Hey, what's wrong?" she asked him.
"Something's coming," he answered. Then his eyes widened. "Look out!" he shouted and knocked them both to the ground just as a giant explosion broke through the roof.
A/N: Well, here's chapter 7! Hope you guys like it! And please review! If you don't I won't post as fast (probably the same time I took with this one). And sorry again that I lied about this chapter…yet again. Hehehe. Sorry! And Happy Belated Valentine's Day!
