That evening Alexis and company could be found outside where they were earlier. Alexis standing in the middle and Kurama shouting instructions. Kuwabarra was the first to come at her with his spirit sword, he slashed twice, she blocked both times with her fists with spirit energy around them then spun around him and hit him on the back of the neck. Next Yusuke came in, ready with his spirit gun, when he shot it at her Alexis dodged it, came above him and tackled him then flipped up off him. At the last minute she saw a flash of silver, as Hiei's blade came down with a swipe, she dodged just in time, sent an arrow at him, he merely dodged it using his speed. Alexis then closed her mind to all senses except her hearing, formed another spirit arrow and sent it towards the spot where Hiei was about to be, after finding a rhythm.
"Very good, Alexis, now it's my turn." Kurama said
He approached her with his rose whip ready, then without warning he used his Rose Whip Lash (correct me on that if I'm wrong) attack. Alexis dodged most of them getting only two small cuts on her right cheek, the next moment she was close up to Kurama with a spirit arrow under his chin, and he had his whip threatening to attack. Alexis waited until Kurama backed off until she did.
"Your skills are immense with only a few hours training." Hiei said
"I know, and Hiei you may want to randomize your running." Alexis replied
It was an unnatural feeling to her that this was all coming to her as if it had been some sort of second nature thing. They headed back in for dinner. What exactly is going to happen, Alexis thought, she didn't necessarily want to see her new found friends hurt because they were protecting her, but she could now easily defeat a lower class demon. What about her, was she a demon as well or just a super natural being, but if she was here in her past, as Koenma explained when they came here, then was she to find out who she really was or what? She didn't know, all she knew is that she was actually falling for Kurama and missing Tameo and Kiki.
"Alexis, hello, are you listening." Yusuke's voice came into her thoughts
"Huh?" Alexis said
"Are you okay?" he asked
"Uh, yeah, just got lost in my thoughts." Alexis replied
"Certainly looked like it, but you haven't touched anything." Yusuke said
Alexis went wide eyed, blinked once and looked down at her plate, he was right, she didn't touch a thing.
"Uh, I'm not hungry." she tried to lie, but her stomach gave a loud growl, making her blush slightly.
"Is the dinner not to the lady's liking?" asked the creature that had greeted them, they now had found out his name was, well, Creature.
"It's fine, I just don't feel like eating right now." Alexis replied, she didn't like the attention she was getting.
"Ah, well, Botan, Keiko, Sizuru, and Yukina are here, we've been doing some searching of this and found some hot springs, whatever happened in your past, you certainly were powerful." Yusuke said
"Really?" Alexis asked, finally I'll have someone to talk to other than these boys, she thought.
"Yeah, so go and get ready we'll meet you girls there." Yusuke replied
Trust Yusuke to cheer me up, Alexis thought getting up and going to her room. She met the other girls on the way, they said they would wait for her.
"Thanks." Alexis said
"No problem, we're going to stay here for a while, we had to bug Koenma to let us though, once we got the point across that you would need some girl to talk to, he finally gave in." Boton replied
"Seems to me that Koenma can be a tad bit stupid about some things." Alexis said
"I agree, well then if we're all ready lets go, and that looks really good on you, Alexis." Boton said
"Thanks." Alexis said
It was a Japanese style hot spring, they could hear the boys talking on the other side, so decided to stay quiet and hear what they were saying.
"So Kurama, what's going on between you and Alexis?" came Yusuke's voice
"What are you saying, Yusuke, there's nothing, but a good friendship." Kurama replied
"Yeah, right, your face is denying it you know, and besides you can't say she isn't cute." Yusuke said
That made Keiko a little angry.
"Well, yes she is cute, but like I said before there is nothing but friendship." Kurama said, making Alexis blush slightly.
"So you admit it." came Hiei's voice
"No I don't, can't we talk about something else?" Kurama asked
"I wonder if the girls have made in yet?" Yusuke said
Keiko, Alexis, Sizuru, Boton, and Yukina all looked at each other trying not laugh, but could keep it in anymore, and all burst out laughing, surprising the boys.
"How in the world did you girls become so sneaky?" Yusuke said
"That's the way girls are Yusuke." Keiko replied
Alexis laughed along with Keiko and Boton, after a while they decided to head back, so they could get some sleep. Alexis couldn't sleep though, not with the clouded mind she had.
The shores of sleep were about to find her, when a blood curdling scream came. That sounded like Keiko, she thought running out of the room, only to collide with Yusuke and Kuwabarra. Kurama and Hiei were a head of them, which might have been a good thing considering that Kuwabarra was swirly-eyed (), apparently knocked out, Yusuke and Alexis gave a quick apology to each other and left Kuwabrra there where he was.
Keiko's and Yukina's room was literally destroyed, as if a bomb had went off in there. Keiko had minimal damage, but as for Yukina, she had it worse, but both were knock out.
"What happened?" Yusuke demanded
"I'm not sure exactly, but someone tried to kill these two." Kurama replied
"When I get my hands on whoever did this…" Yusuke began only to finish with a violent punch in the air in front of him.
"Calm down Yusuke," Alexis said sharply, looking around, "You know full well that that won't help anybody if we don't find the culprit."
"I know but-" Yusuke was interrupted by Alexis again.
"You want to make yourself useful?"
"What do you mean!? Of course I do!" Yusuke exclaimed
"Then help your girlfriend." Alexis stated simply
Yusuke went red in the face and said, "She's not my girlfriend."
"Oh, really, then why are you so red?"
Yusuke opened and closed his mouth several times, but couldn't come up with a explanation, or retort. Alexis smiled slightly, then sensed something, as did the others.
"That's a big power." Yusuke pointed out.
"Who's power though?" Kurama asked to no one in particular.
Alexis found all of this weird, she knew who the power belonged to, but it couldn't be him, she thought, he's dead isn't he? Hiei got his Katana out, ready to fight if need be, Kuwabarra showed up at that moment looking terrified as usual. Alexis stepped outside, considering that the wall was only ruble now, her spirit bow at the ready. Glancing around she didn't see anything out-of-the-ordinary, but her eyes caught a glint of a blade in the moonlight, taking aim she hit her target head on, making whoever it was fall out of the tree that they had been in.
"Who is that?" Kuwabarra asked stupidly.
Alexis knew the person was shocked temporarily, they were dressed all in black, more or less typical assassin, but there was something about them that made cold shivers go down her spine. The person moved and got up, now that they could him more clearly, he had messy dark brown hair with bright orange streaks, a medium build, but they couldn't make much more out, the guy wore a mask.
"It's been a while miss." he said, his voice muffled.
Alexis knew who he was, the man in the forest, she thought, then said, "Tell me are you the one who did this?"
"Yeah it was me, only because I was told to, not that I wanted to." he replied
"Who?" was all Alexis asked
"Who do you think, Alexendra."
"IT'S ALEXIS MISTER!"
"Hn, you obviously don't realize who he is, his name is Legato, if that seems familiar to you."
The man threw something towards her, which blew up in the air, creating a smoke screen. Alexis didn't see where he went, considering that the smoke bomb blew when it was a yard away from her face, but she would be sure to have Boton get Koenma, she had a few questions.
When everything cleared, Alexis was angry, she didn't show it a lot but this interruption was now going to cause her to stay awake all night. Walking back towards the destroyed room, she found that Keiko and Yukina were conscious, and telling the story, but she bother hearing it, Alexis headed straight for her room.
"Very good, Alexis, now it's my turn." Kurama said
He approached her with his rose whip ready, then without warning he used his Rose Whip Lash (correct me on that if I'm wrong) attack. Alexis dodged most of them getting only two small cuts on her right cheek, the next moment she was close up to Kurama with a spirit arrow under his chin, and he had his whip threatening to attack. Alexis waited until Kurama backed off until she did.
"Your skills are immense with only a few hours training." Hiei said
"I know, and Hiei you may want to randomize your running." Alexis replied
It was an unnatural feeling to her that this was all coming to her as if it had been some sort of second nature thing. They headed back in for dinner. What exactly is going to happen, Alexis thought, she didn't necessarily want to see her new found friends hurt because they were protecting her, but she could now easily defeat a lower class demon. What about her, was she a demon as well or just a super natural being, but if she was here in her past, as Koenma explained when they came here, then was she to find out who she really was or what? She didn't know, all she knew is that she was actually falling for Kurama and missing Tameo and Kiki.
"Alexis, hello, are you listening." Yusuke's voice came into her thoughts
"Huh?" Alexis said
"Are you okay?" he asked
"Uh, yeah, just got lost in my thoughts." Alexis replied
"Certainly looked like it, but you haven't touched anything." Yusuke said
Alexis went wide eyed, blinked once and looked down at her plate, he was right, she didn't touch a thing.
"Uh, I'm not hungry." she tried to lie, but her stomach gave a loud growl, making her blush slightly.
"Is the dinner not to the lady's liking?" asked the creature that had greeted them, they now had found out his name was, well, Creature.
"It's fine, I just don't feel like eating right now." Alexis replied, she didn't like the attention she was getting.
"Ah, well, Botan, Keiko, Sizuru, and Yukina are here, we've been doing some searching of this and found some hot springs, whatever happened in your past, you certainly were powerful." Yusuke said
"Really?" Alexis asked, finally I'll have someone to talk to other than these boys, she thought.
"Yeah, so go and get ready we'll meet you girls there." Yusuke replied
Trust Yusuke to cheer me up, Alexis thought getting up and going to her room. She met the other girls on the way, they said they would wait for her.
"Thanks." Alexis said
"No problem, we're going to stay here for a while, we had to bug Koenma to let us though, once we got the point across that you would need some girl to talk to, he finally gave in." Boton replied
"Seems to me that Koenma can be a tad bit stupid about some things." Alexis said
"I agree, well then if we're all ready lets go, and that looks really good on you, Alexis." Boton said
"Thanks." Alexis said
It was a Japanese style hot spring, they could hear the boys talking on the other side, so decided to stay quiet and hear what they were saying.
"So Kurama, what's going on between you and Alexis?" came Yusuke's voice
"What are you saying, Yusuke, there's nothing, but a good friendship." Kurama replied
"Yeah, right, your face is denying it you know, and besides you can't say she isn't cute." Yusuke said
That made Keiko a little angry.
"Well, yes she is cute, but like I said before there is nothing but friendship." Kurama said, making Alexis blush slightly.
"So you admit it." came Hiei's voice
"No I don't, can't we talk about something else?" Kurama asked
"I wonder if the girls have made in yet?" Yusuke said
Keiko, Alexis, Sizuru, Boton, and Yukina all looked at each other trying not laugh, but could keep it in anymore, and all burst out laughing, surprising the boys.
"How in the world did you girls become so sneaky?" Yusuke said
"That's the way girls are Yusuke." Keiko replied
Alexis laughed along with Keiko and Boton, after a while they decided to head back, so they could get some sleep. Alexis couldn't sleep though, not with the clouded mind she had.
The shores of sleep were about to find her, when a blood curdling scream came. That sounded like Keiko, she thought running out of the room, only to collide with Yusuke and Kuwabarra. Kurama and Hiei were a head of them, which might have been a good thing considering that Kuwabarra was swirly-eyed (), apparently knocked out, Yusuke and Alexis gave a quick apology to each other and left Kuwabrra there where he was.
Keiko's and Yukina's room was literally destroyed, as if a bomb had went off in there. Keiko had minimal damage, but as for Yukina, she had it worse, but both were knock out.
"What happened?" Yusuke demanded
"I'm not sure exactly, but someone tried to kill these two." Kurama replied
"When I get my hands on whoever did this…" Yusuke began only to finish with a violent punch in the air in front of him.
"Calm down Yusuke," Alexis said sharply, looking around, "You know full well that that won't help anybody if we don't find the culprit."
"I know but-" Yusuke was interrupted by Alexis again.
"You want to make yourself useful?"
"What do you mean!? Of course I do!" Yusuke exclaimed
"Then help your girlfriend." Alexis stated simply
Yusuke went red in the face and said, "She's not my girlfriend."
"Oh, really, then why are you so red?"
Yusuke opened and closed his mouth several times, but couldn't come up with a explanation, or retort. Alexis smiled slightly, then sensed something, as did the others.
"That's a big power." Yusuke pointed out.
"Who's power though?" Kurama asked to no one in particular.
Alexis found all of this weird, she knew who the power belonged to, but it couldn't be him, she thought, he's dead isn't he? Hiei got his Katana out, ready to fight if need be, Kuwabarra showed up at that moment looking terrified as usual. Alexis stepped outside, considering that the wall was only ruble now, her spirit bow at the ready. Glancing around she didn't see anything out-of-the-ordinary, but her eyes caught a glint of a blade in the moonlight, taking aim she hit her target head on, making whoever it was fall out of the tree that they had been in.
"Who is that?" Kuwabarra asked stupidly.
Alexis knew the person was shocked temporarily, they were dressed all in black, more or less typical assassin, but there was something about them that made cold shivers go down her spine. The person moved and got up, now that they could him more clearly, he had messy dark brown hair with bright orange streaks, a medium build, but they couldn't make much more out, the guy wore a mask.
"It's been a while miss." he said, his voice muffled.
Alexis knew who he was, the man in the forest, she thought, then said, "Tell me are you the one who did this?"
"Yeah it was me, only because I was told to, not that I wanted to." he replied
"Who?" was all Alexis asked
"Who do you think, Alexendra."
"IT'S ALEXIS MISTER!"
"Hn, you obviously don't realize who he is, his name is Legato, if that seems familiar to you."
The man threw something towards her, which blew up in the air, creating a smoke screen. Alexis didn't see where he went, considering that the smoke bomb blew when it was a yard away from her face, but she would be sure to have Boton get Koenma, she had a few questions.
When everything cleared, Alexis was angry, she didn't show it a lot but this interruption was now going to cause her to stay awake all night. Walking back towards the destroyed room, she found that Keiko and Yukina were conscious, and telling the story, but she bother hearing it, Alexis headed straight for her room.