A/n- Once again, thanks for all the encouraging reviews! And I am extremely sorry this chapter took like 8 years (not literally!) to get out! And I'll even be nice enough to spare you some lame excuse as to why! And without further ado, Here's Chapter 3 of 'The Power Locked Within'!
Chapter Three: The Attack
Avari walked down the hallway from the office, where she had just been. She soon came to room 263. After double checking her schedule to make sure it was the right room, she proceeded in turning the door knob and walking into the classroom. The teacher and all of the students looked over when they heard the door open. Almost immediately, Avari recognized Keiko's and Yusuke's faces among the rows of desks.
"You must be the new student," the teacher, Mr. Yona, said. "Tell us about yourself."
"Hi! I'm Avari Raji and I just moved here to live with my aunt," Avari said, while standing in front of the classroom.
"Welcome, Avari. Have a seat over there, behind Kuwabara," Mr. Yona said, pointing to a desk behind a tall, slightly (maybe more than slightly) ugly boy with orange hair.
Avari walked over to her seat and sat down. It just so happened that Yusuke (who was looking rather bored) sat behind her. That made her happy. It was comforting to know that she knew someone. She turned around for a second and smiled at Yusuke. His mopy, dreary face turned into a smile in response to hers. Avari then turned back around to face the front of the room, feeling even happier.
Mr. Yona, who was a math teacher, continued his lesson which just bored everyone to death. One point during the class, when Mr. Yano had his back turned and was writing something on the board, the orange haired kid in front of Avari turned around and started talking to her.
"Hi! I'm Kuwabara," he said, "You're pretty. Wanna go out sometime?"
"Sure," Avari said sarcastically.
"Really!" Kuwabara said surprised as his face lit up.
"I was being sarcastic you dolt!" Avari said slightly aggrivated. At this point, Kuwabara's happy face turned into a disappointed one.
"I don't know why you even bother asking, Kuwabara. You get the same answer from every girl. Just save your breath," Yusuke said, butting in. He laughed and then said to Avari, "He says that to every new girl, so don't let him bug you. He's just a desperate idiot."
"Hey! I heard that!" Kuwabara yelled.
"It's the truth!" Yusuke yelled back.
Avari just laughed at this and Mr. Yona turned around to face the class, after noticing all the talking.
"What's all the commotion over there! Get back to work!" Mr. Yano said, but as soon as he finished speaking, the bell rang. All of the students started scrambling around for their things and heading out the door.
"Hey Avari!" Yusuke said, "What class do you have next?"
"Uhh... History," she replied, after taking a glimpse at her schedule.
"Then, follow me," Yusuke said as he started walking toward the door and Avari followed.
As the day went on, Avari found out she had the same exact schedule as Yusuke and Keiko. She ate lunch with them, too. Pretty soon, the last bell of the day rang. Avari walked out of the school and to the gate, where Yusuke had told her to meet him because Genkai had asked him to walk her home, too.
"Hey Avari! Over here!" Avari heard someone to her left call out. She saw that it was Yusuke and her eyes lit up as she walked toward him.
"There you are. I've been waiting for the past five minutes," Yusuke said.
"Oh, sorry," Avari said, giving a meek smile.
They started walking down the block, back the way they had come that very morning. Both were just walking down the street in silence. Yusuke looked happy to be out of school and Avari was just savoring every moment she was spending with him.
"Hey, I know a shortcut. It's through the park, but it'll save us a good 10 minutes," Yusuke said, "That way grandma won't get on my case about taking forever to get to training and getting you home."
"Works for me," Avari said, smiling.
They crossed the street and soon were walking down a path in the park. Avari couldn't help but notice all the pretty scenery. All of the surrounding trees were changing color. Leaves in beautiful shades of orange, red and yellow were scattered on the ground and a few were falling from the trees as a gentle, yet chilly wind was blowing. There was a flock of birds flying overhead that were heading south for the winter. Avari stopped walking for a brief moment and took a deep breath of the cold, crisp air, as if she were taking in all of her wonderful surroundings. She looked up at the sky and saw how clear blue it was and how the sun was shining so brilliantly.
Yusuke noticed that Avari had stopped walking and he stopped, too. He looked back at her and smiled. Avari stopped looking up at the sky and saw Yusuke smiling at her.
'He is so cute when he smiles,' she thought to herself as she smiled back at Yusuke.
"We better get going. You don't want the old hag getting mad at us for taking so long, do you?" Yusuke said.
"No, I definitely don't. Aunt Genkai scares me when she's mad," Avari replied, while laughing lightly.
She started walking again and soon she and Yusuke were walking side by side among the gorgeous autumnal scenery.
After a few moments, a nearby row of bushes started shaking. Avari and Yusuke both noticed and stopped walking to see what was in the bushes. All the sudden, a huge, green-skinned demon with jet black hair and black eyes jumped out from behind the bushes. On his forehead, he bore a red X and in his right hand he held a katana. Right away, Avari recognized the red X and knew who had sent the demon. She got into a fighting stance and Yusuke did the same.
"What do you want?" Avari yelled at the demon in a slightly annoyed tone.
"You know perfectly well what I am here for," the demon said in a demanding tone. "Now hand it over and I might not kill you."
Avari grimaced at his voice. It was just too deep and ugly to bear, or even, listen to.
"I'll never let you get your filthy hands on it!" Avari yelled back.
"Oh, I'll get it!" he said back. "Right after I kill you!" The demon then unsheathed his katana and lunged at Avari.
"SPIRIT DAGGER!" Avari yelled quickly. A spirit energy-composed sword surrounded by a purple aura formed in her hand. She used the spirit dagger to block his attack. Then they went on attacking and blocking each other's sword. At one point, Avari was able to catch the demon off his guard and stab him in the spleen, making him bend over in pain.
"SPIRIT GUN!" Yusuke yelled as he shot his Spirit Gun at the demon. The demon was too distracted by the pain of his injury to realize what Yusuke had just done. The ball of blue spirit energy that had come from Yusuke's finger hit him, causing him to disappear in thin air and cease to exist. Avari sighed in relief and made her dagger disappear.
"Are you alright, Avari?" Yusuke said, sounding worried.
"I'm perfectly fine," Avari said, brushing some dirt off of herself. "We better get back to Genkai's and tell her about this."
"Good idea," Yusuke said back.
They both recollected themselves and broke out into a run towards Genkai's.
-Back at Genkai's-
Yusuke and Avari saw Genkai's temple in the distance and quickened their run. As they approached the temple, they saw Genkai out in the front, sitting on the porch possibly waiting for their return.
"There you are! It shouldn't take you eight friggin' years to walk home from school!" Genkai yelled, slightly agitated.
"Well, you see, we ran into a little trouble on the way home, Aunt Genkai," Avari tried to explain.
"What kind of trouble? Did dimwit over here get in a fight with some punks?" Genkai asks, obviously not amused.
"Not exactly..." Avari said.
"Then, what was it!" Genkai said, sounding very annoyed that she wasn't getting a straight answer.
"I think Yamiko sent a demon to try and get it again," Avari said.
"Who the hell is Yamiko!" Yusuke said, looking very confused.
"If we all go inside and sit down, I'm sure Avari will be willing to explain," Genkai said.
-To Be Continued...
-Tune in next time for another exciting episode of "The Power Locked Within"!