Sorry, for the semi-hiatus. Writer's block. I won't detain you readers with my useless chattering.
Disclaimer: LoneHowl owns nothing. LoneHowl wants to change that. LoneHowl, sadly, can't change it. LoneHowl needs a plushie of Hiei but can't have one.
I gave him a look that clearly said, 'Anything can be used as a weapon, fear me.' He evidently got the message, because he threw the covers back at me and retreated to his Ball. Satisfied, and knowing that Hiei and Sesshomaru weren't stupid enough to comment, I took out my spare clothes and went into the bathroom to shower and change.
I came out of the bathroom to find the TV on again and Yusuke flipping channels.
"Yusuke, turn the TV off, we're going to get something to eat." I said. He nodded and retreated to his ball. Sesshomaru did the same. Hiei carried a sleeping Hi-kun and followed me out the door.
Once we were checked out of the hotel (me: thank god I'm a newbie!), I looked around for somewhere to eat. That's when Haley and Alex ran up to me.
"Oh, yeah, leave us at the hotel, why don't ya?" Alex said. I twitched.
"Sorry, I totally forgot, yelling at Yusuke and stuff." I apologized.
"Forgiven. So, where do we go for breakfast?" Alex asked.
"How about that all-you-can-eat place down the street?" Haley suggested. Alex perked at the words 'all-you-can-eat'.
"Um, Haley? You said 'all-you-can-eat', and that was a bad idea." I said.
"Why?"
"You have no idea how much food Alex can pack away, and she's not picky." Haley seemed to get the message and said, "Well, we'll get it for free. We're newbies, remember?"
I agreed, as did Alex, and Haley led us to the restaurant. We got in with no problems, no, actually, Alex had to fight her Dex again, but we were at least able to eat.
Unsurprisingly, Yusuke, Alex's Joey, and Alex herself ate the most. Haley and I were done when Alex went up for thirds. I had to stop her from going up a fourth time.
"Aw, but I'm still hungry!"
"I'll give you a Caramello later."
"Fine." We left the restaurant five minutes later.
"So, where to now?" Alex asked.
"I dunno, where's the nearest territory?" Haley asked. They both looked at me.
"What, am I suddenly the map girl?" I asked jokingly.
"Yes." They said in unison. Sighing, I opened my Dex and brought up the map.
"Seems we're right on the border between Yu Yu Hakusho and Circle of Magic."
"Circle of Magic? What the hell?" Haley said. Alex had the 'wtf' look on her face as well. I sighed.
"You guys remember those books that I would bring to school, the ones that fit in my pencil box?" They both nodded. "Those were Circle of Magic."
"Oh, you mean with the girl who looked like you and the one who could have been Alex?" Haley said, realization spreading on her face. I nodded. "Ah."
"Let's go." Alex said. I put away my Dex and started off to the north, into the heart of Circle of Magic. Once we were out there, I stopped my friends. A little bit of warning couldn't hurt.
"Ok, one thing before we keep going. Do not, under penalty of verbal torture and sugar withdrawal, hurt any plant in these woods. I have no idea how much of it belongs to a Briar or a Rosethorn, so just to be safe, no touchie. Briar once belonged to a street gang and Rosethorn doesn't allow ANYONE other than Briar to handle her plants. She is very strict about it and likes plants more than people by far. Okay?" I asked. Seeing as I knew the most about these people, Haley and Alex didn't question me.
"Stay in contact with the Dexes and be back to town by sunset, deal?" Haley said. Alex and I nodded. We parted ways. I spent about an hour looking for any sign of a mage. I constantly had a Ball in my hand I kept my ears and eyes on full alert. All of my Bishonen were in their Balls themselves, deciding to not interfere with my hunt. Stepping carefully through a bush, I stopped under a tree. I would soon learn my mistake.
YANK! Something yanked at my ankles, causing me to fall over. It pulled my feet upwards, over my head, until I was dangling about three feet off the ground. My hair hung about a foot away from the ground. I could tell my Bishonen wanted to come out and help me, but I said quietly, "No, stay in your Balls. I can handle this."
"Well, looks like I caught something." A male voice said from my right. A boy stepped out of a large bush. He had black hair that was cut short, tanned skin, and almond-shaped green eyes. He had on a white shirt and brown pants with what looked like leather boots. It was Briar. I looked at my ankles. Yep, there's the vine that caught me. My breath was starting to get a little shorter.
"Lemme down, lemme down, all the blood's rushing to my head!" I said quickly, waving my arms. Briar looked amused, but made his vine lower me to the ground again. I sat up and held my head for a second to try to make the world stop spinning. Once I was able to see clearly, I looked at Briar.
"Wow, I've never seen a girl who look so much like Copper Curls. Right down to the copper spectacles too." He commented mildly, grinning. I remembered I had the Ball in my hand and whipped it at him. It flew at him fast, something I've learned to expect. It hit its mark on his chest. He was sucked into it. It shook once... twice... three times... and stopped. My Dex beeped.
"Bishonen registered. Briar Moss from the Circle of Magic Quartet and the Circle Opens Quartet, stage Sama."
"I knew that already." I commented dryly.
"Briar used to be part of a gang of thieves in Hajra, Sotat. His name used to be Roach and he pick pocketed under the Thief Lord. He was caught three times and bears the double X on his hands, one on each between his thumb and forefinger. He later tries to cover them in vegetable dyes and accidentally grows a miniature garden in his hands. His foster siblings are Daja Kisubo, Trisana Chandler, and Lady Sandrilene fa Toren, a Trader, Merchant, and Noble repectively. They are all inter-linked by their magic, his being with plants. Briar Moss, nickname?"
"No nickname." I commanded. I threw the Ball. "Come on out, Briar." Briar appeared, rubbing the spot where the Ball hit him.
"Damn, girl, where'd you learn to throw so hard?" was the first thing out of his mouth.
"Back home." I responded with a grin identical to his earlier one.
"Don't do that."
"Do what?" I asked innocently.
"Smirk like that."
"I didn't smirk, I grinned."
"Well, don't."
"Fine. Oh, and I know I look like Tris; the books back home DID have covers. My friend looks just like Sandry." I said. Briar blanched.
"Joy."
"Just so you know; you WILL have to learn about electronics."
"Elect-what?"
"Electronics. They work on electricity, or should I say, contained lightning."
"I'll take your word for it." That was when another voice was heard.
"Briar, where are you?" It was defiantly feminine, with a harsh tone. My hand subconsciously reached for another Ball. "Briar?" A red-headed girl in a cotton dress came into view.
"Hey, Copper Curls." Briar responded with his grin.
"Holy shit, I DO look like her." I said. The girl, now identified as Tris, looked at me and froze. I pushed my glasses up my nose and tucked stray hair behind my ears. Deciding that I may not get another chance, I threw the Ball at Tris. It hit her arm. It fell to the ground and shook once... twice... and stopped. I picked up the Ball and let her out.
"How DARE you capture me!" she yelled at me. She was about to start yelling again when I stopped her. There were small sparks of lightning dancing around her glasses and hair. And they were getting bigger.
"Tris, TRIS, stop, you're sparking." I said. She stopped and tried to calm down. The sparking died down. "Thank you. The last thing I need is for you to short-circuit my Dex and stuff." Said machine beeped at me.
"Bishoujo registered. Trisana Chandler from the Circle of Magic Quartet and the Circle Opens Quartet, stage Sama. Tris is from a merchant family in Ninver, Capchen. Her family didn't understand that her odd quirks came about because of magic, and thus cast her out. She found a home in Winding Circle, and is now the foster sibling of Sandry, Briar, and Daja. Her magic deals with the weather, and she is most fond of wind. When ever she loses her temper, her magic reacts and small sparks of lightning or a hailstorm will form. She loves reading and is by far the most anti-social of the group. She taught Briar how to read in the first quartet and he taught her how to pick locks in exchange. Trisana Chandler, nickname?"
"Nickname is Tris." I said. "Not like I didn't know any of that already. I mean, I've only read through both series a dozen times."
"So what's your name?" Tris had obviously calmed down again.
"Oh, sorry, I'm Megan."
"Hello." I smiled to her. She smiled back. Briar rolled his eyes. Giggling, I took out my Dex. "Call: Trainer Alex." I commanded.
Ring... Ring... Ri-
"Hello, you have reached 1-800-Briar-is-HOT."
"Yep, and I caught him about ten minutes ago."
"Damn."
"And I got Tris."
"The one who looks like you?"
"Yeah, her."
"Haley said she got that other girl...Daja?"
"Oh, she got Daja? Cool."
"I got the one who looks like me, though. Her name was..."
"Sandry?"
"Yeah, that's her."
"Cool. Is Haley with you, or did she split?"
"She's here."
"Kay, tell her that we can meet earlier, since we all got someone." I heard something in the background, kinda like 'Hey, I can hear you!' "Ok, then, never mind, she heard me. In town, I noticed this nice place called the Ongaku no Chouwa."
"And that means what?"
"It means 'Harmony of Music'. God, learn to translate."
"Why bother when we have you?"
"Al. Baka yamero-yo." Alex gave me a 'wha's that mean?' look. "Don't act stupid."
"Okay, okay. Ongaku no Chouwa?"
"Yeah. By 3 at least."
"Kay. See ya then!" Alex ended the call. I looked at my newest Bishonen and Bishoujo.
"If any of the local plant life attacks me again, it's you I'm going after, Briar. Tris, if there's any bad weather coming, PLEASE warn me so that I can get us to a town." I said to them.
"Then I'll tell you now that there's going to be a thunderstorm later on tonight." Tris said after a minute.
"There is?!" I asked excitedly. "COOL!"
"We may as well be going." Tris said. I nodded.
"Just hold on a sec." I said. I tapped each occupied Ball on my belt and said, "Ok, you can come out." All of my Bishonen popped out of their Balls. Hi-kun imediately jumped into Hiei's arms.
"It's about time you let us out, Trainer Girl." Yusuke said, streching. I glared at him. He gave me one of his smirks. I got the feeling that my life just got a hell of a lot harder now that I had Briar. I'm gonna have a hell of a time keeping those two in line...
"Guys, these are my newest Bishies, Tris and Briar." I said.
"Hn." Hiei and Sesshomaru said at the same time.
"Yo." Yusuke greeted.
"Hey." Briar said.
"And that's about as good as it's gonna get." I muttered as I opened my Dex. We were about a mile north of the city, so if we left now, we would be able to get back by lunch...
"Hey, you! Wanna battle?!" called a voice from my left. All of my Bishies looked to where it came from.
"Depends, I'd have to know who I was battling!" I called back. A guy came into view, stepping out of a thorn bush. I vaugely noticed Briar smirk. It was obvious he wanted to have the bush do something. I have him a warning look.
The guy had black hair, brown eyes, and was wearing a jean jacket/pants set. He was kinda cute, but not nearly as nice as Hiei or Sesshomaru.
"Hey, my name's Steven. So, you wanna battle, cutie?" he asked. I rolled my eyes.
"Sure." I said. He opened his mouth to say something, but I beat him to it.
"I can battle with magic,-" I said waving to Tris and Briar, "-hand-to-hand combat,-" I pointed to Yusuke, "-fighting with wepons,-" I pointed to Hiei, "-and demons," I waved to Sesshomaru and Hiei.
"How about hand-to-hand, one-on-one?" Steven asked. I nodded. He pulled out a ball.
"Go, Makoto!" he called as he threw the ball. A Sailor Jupiter appeared, ready for battle. "No powers, just fists." he said. She nodded.
"Yusuke, you're up." I said to him. "No Spirit Gun."
The two started to fight.
I watched in interest as the two battled for the upper hand in the fight. Yusuke had attacked first, but Jupiter had easily blocked his punch. Then she had gone in for a kick to the head, but Yusuke ducked down and tried to swipe her feet out from under her. She was expecting this and jumped. Yusuke jumped too, and the two exchanged blows in mid-air. They both landed, still trying to land a punch.
Finally, Yusuke saw an opening and took it. He went in for a right hook to Jupiter's face. The punch connected and I could hear the crack of the fist meeting the jaw. I winced. Jupiter fell to the ground, but got back up.
She attacked Yusuke, first trying to punch his chest just under his ribcage. The hit landed, and Yusuke doubled over. Jupiter took the openeing and elbowed him in the back right between his shoulders. Yusuke hit the ground and made a crater, but managed to roll away from another punch aimed for his back. He jumped up and pulled the same stunt that Jupiter pulled.
'Wow, Yusuke's good.' I thought, watching the fight. Yusuke decided that enough was enough and gave Jupiter one last punch to the face, senting her flying into a tree. She hit the tree and fell to the ground, knocked out.
"Ok, you win." Steven said. he recalled Jupiter and walked over to me. I had gone over to Yusuke, who was standing there smirking. Steven handed me a wad of cash.
"For winning." he clarified.
"Ah."
"How did you train that Yusuke of yours, he's really good at fighting." Steven commented.
"I didn't train him, and he's good because he has fun fighting. Fighting is his way of relaxing."
"Oh. Well, I'll see you around." Steven waved at me and then left.
"Well, now that that's settled..." I said. I put the money into my bag and looked at my bishies. "You all saw me put it in here, correct?" I asked. The all nodded. "Now, if it's not there when we get to the city..." I trailed off, letting my bishies use their imagineations. I gave a pointed look to Briar, just daring him to steal it. Seeing that we wouldn't get back to town at this rate, I looked to Sesshomaru.
"Sessho-sama, could you give me a ride to help me find my friends so we can get back to town together?" I asked, turning on my version of the eyes. Sesshomaru rolled his eyes and I motioned for everyone to step back. Sesshomaru went into his giant-dog form and I recalled all of my bishies. Sesshomaru bent down and I climbed on.
Five minutes later, we jumped into a clearing that had Alex and Haley in it. They looked like we had scared the hell out of them.
"WHAT THE FUCK?!" Haley yelled. Alex just settled for screaming.
"Care for a ride back to the city?" I asked. They nodded after a second, and Sesshomaru bent down to let them on. After I helped Alex up, Sesshomaru lept off.
He let us off just before reaching the city. He transformed back into his regular self and we entered the gates.
"Dexes, ladies?" the guard asked. I held mine out.
"Trainer Megan, status novice, five Bishonen and one Bishoujo, Chibi captured by guardian consent." The guard nodded and let me in.
I made my way to the Ongaku no Chouwa. Alex and haley followed. There was a sign on the door.
"Come and see the Spirit Boys perform today at five o'clock. You don't want to miss these boys sing!"
I looked at my watch. 4:00
"Hey, wanna go shopping before we go in?" I asked.
"I'm broke." Haley pointed out.
"Mee too." Alex whined.
"I'm not." I said, grinning like the Cheshire Cat. I took out my cash. The stared at it. "I won a battle in the forest." I clarified.
"Then let's shop!" Haley cried. We ran into a store and looked around. I had one partcular thing in mind, and I actually found it after about a half hour of browsing.
"Hey, guys, should I get this camcorder?" I asked. They both nodded. "Unanimous vote is... Yes, I'll get it." I walked up to the clerk. The clerk had long red hair, it looked kinda familiar, like a Kurama's hair...
"Excuse me." I said. The person turned around and I jumped. This person WAS Kurama! Wait, Kurama doesn't have blue eyes...
"Ok, THAT I wasn't expecting." I said, eyes wide.
"I assume you wanted to buy that?" 'Kurama' asked politely, pointing at the box in my hands and ignoring my comment, as if it happened all the time. I nodded. "Alright, I'll need to see your Dex." I handed him the machine out of my pocket. He told me that I would get a discount since I was a newbie. I handed him some cash and we left the store.
I sat on a bench and turned on my camera. I aimed at Alex, who made a face. I looked at the play-back screen.
"It works!" I said. I practiced for another fifteen minutes, getting the hang of using it.
"Hey, guys, let's get to that 'Spirit Boys' show. I'm, hungry and I wanna see how good these guys are." Alex said. Trust her to listen to her stomach before her brain. I put my camera away and we went to the resturaunt. It took a while to weave through people, so we got there just as they were being announced.
"Ladies, gentlemen, and otakus, I am thrilled to present to you the Bishonen who have traveled around most of the Bishonen World, the Bishonen who belong to a Trainer who helped end Kara's terror, the Bishonen called the Spirit Boys!" the announcer girl yelled to the crowd. The lights on the stage came on and the lights over our heads dimmed till they were almost out. I turned on my camera, aiming towards the stage. There were three people up there. From where I was, I had an awsome view of the stage. The three people were a Malik, a Yami Yugi, and a Yami Bakura.
Music started to play. Malik took the first lines, the song was Fukai Mori. I swear to every god and goddess, my heart practicaly stopped for a second. This guy had the voice of an angel! Yami joined him for the next few lines and I wanted to melt into a puddle of hearts right there. Bakura joined and I swear, half of the girls in the room dropped to the floor in a faint right then. I looked at Alex and found that she was one of the girls on the floor. Haley practically had hearts in her eyes. We both sighed dreamily.
The Spirit Boys started their next song, Wild Wind, and I couldn't help but stare at Malik. It was obvious that he was the lead singer.
'My god, what a nice ass he has...' I thought dreamily. My only wish right then was for them to not stop. I vaugely realized that I had gone from 'fangirl' to 'drooling, rabid fangirl'. The boys finished the song and everyone screamed. The fangirls charged the stage and the Bishonen ran. Alex, me, Haley, and one other girl were all that was left.
"Well, seeing as you guys didn't charge, I'll say this to you. I'll sell you each of their autographs for a dollar each." The woman said. I looked at her. She looked strangely familiar, like I had read something about her before.
"I'll take three of each." I said, taking out a ten. She grinned.
"I'll give you his too to make it an even ten bucks, then." she said, pointing at a Legolas who had walked up to her with a little girl in his arms.
I took one glance and said, "Done." It took a lot of willpower not to stare at him too much. The woman noticed.
"Fan?"
"MAJOR Bloom fan. He's the reason I watched Lord of the Rings in the first place..."
"Well, let me go find my Bishonen so I can get you those autographs."
I'll end it there for lack of creativity.
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