A/N Hiya there. This is lldg's editor talking (also the main character of the fanfic. Sqeeeee. Kurama's so hot. ) Anyway, I've decided to change the author notes at the beginning and end of the chapter, cause I don't want to get mad at us for the length. I'm really sorry this is coming so late. It was my fault. Lldg had it all ready for you a few weeks after the first chapter came out, but I haven't had a chance to look at it much. So sorry. For future reference, editors notes will be labled as E/N, and authors notes as A/N.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or any of the characters that appear in this fanfiction. Not even Rachel, because she owns herself and would harm me if I laid claim to her.
And now for the replies to our faithful reviewers-
Fruit is NOT a Dessert - I realize it is a very overused idea, but where's the fun in life if you can't annoy people with things. Nah, just kidding. Thanks for the review. .
kailyhaley - I'll see if I can convice Joanne to put you in, though she probably will be happy to put you in.
kurapika12 - I've updated (finally). Tell me how you like it.
HakuTenshi - She might not. You never know.
Youko-Naome - You take Tae Kwon Do? Cool! I've been taking it for a while, and Joanne started this week. Literally! I think one of my friends took TKD at HMA when she was little. What state do you live in? It would be freaky (and cool) if we knew each other.
"Talking"
Thinking
New POV
Kurama talking to Youko
/Youko talking to Kurama/
(Authoress note thingy, a.k.a. me talking)
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Rachel's POV
After Koenma told me that I was going to train with Genkai, who I still had no idea who she was. Koenma opened up a portal to her temple. Well, more like the bottom of the stairs of her temple.
What the heck is wrong with this person? Why do they need so many friggen stairs?
I'm not the only who thought that, though. Yusuke was complaining with every step he took. Shuichi and Hiei didn't seem to mind it at all, kind of like it was as easy as…as… well I couldn't really think of anything. The whole time it felt like Shuichi was boring holes through my head because of how long we'd been walking. (Me: Okay let me set this up for you: they've been climbing stairs for about 25 minutes. Kuwabara and Yusuke are in the front of the group, Rachel is in the middle, and Kurama and Hiei are in the back. R: Ummm, I think they could have figured the last part out by themselves. Me: Well it's for the readers that can't figure it out. R: You'd have to be stupid not to realize that. Me: My point exactly. starts to dodge things thrown by readers R: I think you've made them mad. Me: sarcastically No ya think?)
Finally we saw the top of the stairs.
I thought these stairs would never end, what relief.
Or that's at least what I thought until…
"YUKINA MY LOVE I HAVE RETURNED FOR YOU!"
Kuwabara ran up the stairs after his outburst, which caught me totally off-guard.
Kurama's POV
Kuwabara is such a love sick idiot, though I can't say its not funny seeing Hiei squirm when Kuwabara is proclaiming his love to Yukina.
Though I guess Rachel wasn't expecting this and she fell backwards. So I caught her in my arms.
"Eeek!" She said as she landed in my arms. She seemed ready to fall down the stairs. I guess she looked up at me because she didn't fall down them.
"Eeek?" I asked.
Why did she say that? It's not exactly normal.
/She wasn't expecting it, so I guess when something happens that she's not aware of she says 'eeek'./
It's still odd.
/Well you aren't exactly perfect now are you/
I let Rachel stand up as she said, "Well the thing is, in my family whenever we're surprised by something, we say 'eeek'. Or I hit something. But that's not the point. It's kind of odd, I know, but that's what we do."
"Alright then. Why don't we get to the top of the stairs and introduce you to everyone?" Rachel just nodded, and we finished climbing the stairs.
When we got to the top, it wasn't as if it were the most beautiful thing to look at, though it was somewhat funny. Kuwabara was on one knee in front of Yukina proclaiming his love to her, Hiei was glaring daggers at him, and Yusuke was getting beat up by Keiko. Probably for looking up her skirt again. Shizuru was trying to get Kuwabara away from Yukina, with Botan hitting him in the head with her oar, causing Yukina to want to heal his head injury, and thus making Hiei glare even more, but this time at Botan. Yusuke then laughed and got hit by Keiko on the head, where he had several bumps and bruises. Silently, Genkai watched them, not doing a single thing to stop them.
Rachel's POV
I leaned over slightly to Shuichi and asked, "Should we stop them, or is this normal?"
Shuichi just chuckled and said, "No, it is quite normal. They will probably stop sooner or later."
I sighed, "Well, this is just getting ridiculous."
After that statement was said, the three girls who were in the fight noticed me and came over. The old lady came over as well, and they introduced themselves to me.
"Hi there! My name is Keiko." Keiko was a girl around my age wearing a girl's school uniform was that slightly different than mine. Mine was pink and white, while hers was just blue. She had dark brown hair that came down to her shoulders, brown eyes, and was holding a weird blue thing. The blue thing was obviously blue, had a beak, two beady black eyes similar to Kuwabara's, two rabbit looking ears, a small bundle of hair on its head, and for some reason kept saying 'puu'. "Oh and this little guy is named Puu."
Wow so the only thing this… thing says is its name? How ironic. What is it anyway? Maybe I'll ask later.
"Hey. I'm Shizuru." Shizuru was taller than Keiko and me, and looked to be around 19 years old. She had light brown hair similar to mine that went down to her middle back, and her eyes were a honey brown color. She wore dark brown slacks and a white button up blouse. "Just so ya know, I'm Kazuma's older sister, so if he does anything to bug you, just tell me."
"Kazuma?" I asked. "Who's Kazuma?"
"Oh. Er…it's Kuwabara's first name. He doesn't like it much, so he goes by his surname."
"Oh. Right, then. That might be a lot," I replied, laughing slightly. Both Keiko and Shizuru agreed with me.
"Hello there. My name is Yukina. It is a pleasure to meet you." Yukina was slightly shorter than me, and almost the same height as Hiei. She had light blue-green hair and red eyes, just like Hiei's. Hmm. Could it be that they're siblings? But it doesn't seem like either of them know it. Or maybe it's only that she doesn't know it and Hiei does, and doesn't tell her because he wants to protect her. That's really sweet, but she should at least know that she has a brother. (Me: Wow. You figured that out fast. R: I know. I even surprise myself at times.) She was wearing a light blue and green kimono .
"It's nice to meet you, too. My name is Rachel," I replied to her.
By this time the fight had stopped and everyone was aware that I was here. Then the old lady introduced her self.
"Greetings. You must be the young girl Koenma wanted me to train. While you are here you will be going through rigorous training and will not be allowed to slack off-"(OMG! Genkai's being nice! The end is here! Aaahhhhhhhh!)
"Awww, come on ya old hag. Enough with the stupid introductions already! By the time you're done I'm gonna be ancient," Yusuke said, interrupting the old lady. (She still doesn't know Genkai's name yet)
"Shut up dimwit! Or else you will be history," yelled the old lady.
"Ummm, if you two are done arguing, can I know your name please?" I asked timidly.
"Yes, of course. My name is Genkai, and I will be helping you to learn to control your powers," said Genkai.
"Don't take that lightly. The old hag is really tough when it comes to training," said Yusuke.
"Oh, your encouragement is greatly appreciated." I said sarcastically. How bad could it really be? I mean, she's just an old person. I doubt it could be that bad.
But little did I know that I was very wrong.
5 hours later.
I came in through the sliding doors and entered the living room. I then fell face first into the couch.
"Erg… I am soooo tired." I started to rub the temples on my forehead, trying to rid it of the pain that it had received from training.
Someone placed a bag of ice on my head. I looked up to see Shuichi.
"Thanks," I said, moving the bag a bit.
"You're welcome. What did Genkai make you do for training?" he asked kindly. I sat up and gave him room on the couch to sit down. After he sat down I started explaining.
"Well let's see… first thing she did was make me find my center, then she made me lift 15 5 ton boulders 100 feet in the air while levitating. And if any of them moved an inch, I had to stay there for another hour."
"Oh, so that's why you were gone for such a long time," Shuichi said understandingly.
"Ha! I had to go through much worse than that. You must have crudy powers-" Yusuke wasn't able to finish his sentence because I started to beat the crap out of him. After our 'small' quarrel, Yusuke was unconscious and had many bruises.
"Where am I supposed to sleep here?" I asked while yawning.
"I'll show you to your room if you want," Shuichi offered kindly.
"Thanks."
Shuichi then led me out of the living room, and we turned left, going down a hallway with lots and lots of doors. Each had a different color. Shuichi stopped at a scarlet door.
"This will be your room. All of your stuff is already inside," Shuichi said, politely opening the door for me.
When I looked inside I was stunned. The room was a brilliant red, with flames and yin-yang symbols on each wall. The carpet was also red, the dressers and small bureau were painted a dark brown color, the bed sheets were red with a black dragon over top of a yin-yang symbol, and the pillow was plain red surrounded by smaller black pillows. Right next to the bed was a window where you could see the woods and the front entrance of the temple.
". . .Wow." That's all that really could be said, as the room was beautiful. Much better than the one that I had to share with my older sister. This place is so freakin awesome!
"Have a good night's sleep, Rachel." Shuichi said to me before closing my bedroom door. My own bedroom. I jumped onto the bed and fell asleep almost instantly, not bothering to change into pajamas. I could get used to this. (Me: I can't believe your going to bed at 8 P.M., your such a wuss. R: Well I'd like to see you try some of that stuff that I had to do. Me: Umm, I really can't cause I don't have powers R: Hahaha! Me: Laugh all you want but I'll get my revenge, and it will be sweet.)
3rd person POV (aka authoress' POV)
Kurama left Rachel's bedroom and went back to the living room. Once there, he sat down on the couch and started reading "Science Without Numbers: A Defence of Nominalism." (Me: Dude, I have only one thing to say…YOU ARE A FREAKIN NERD! dodges stuff thrown by readers Hey don't blame me, he's the one being all smart and stuff! R: Well duh, what do you think he's supposed to act like Kuwabara? Me: Eww, no. That's be gross. R: I said act, not look. Me: Either way that's still gross.)
Around half an hour later, the temple started shaking. Books were falling off their shelves, tables and chairs were clattering like crazy, and plates sounded like they were falling and breaking. All this made it very hard to read.
"Whoa, what's going on guys?" Asked Yusuke, leaning against the wall stay standing up.
"It must be an earthquake. EVERYONE STOP, DROP, AND ROLL!" Yelled Kuwabara, who was now on the ground rolling around like a complete lunatic.
"Kuwabara, you idiot, that's what you do when you're on fire," Yusuke yelled at Kuwabara.
"Fire! Ahhh! Everyone let's get out of here!" Kuwabara ran out of the living room, soon after, he was heard screaming.
"Now what?"
Everyone went to the door of the living room only to see… the sky.
"What the?" Yusuke started to step forward on the walkway and looked down. "Whoa." Yusuke stood back up and faced everyone else.
"Well what is it? What's going on?" asked Keiko eagerly.
"We're floating," he said in shock.
"What? But how?"
"And what about Kuwa-kun?" Asked Yukina.
"Uh, don't worry he's fine. I'm sure he had a…peaceful…landing." Yusuke said, making everyone but Yukina sweat drop.
"But then how come we're floating in the air?" Asked Keiko a bit frightened, since she was afraid of heights.
"I dunno. It's not like I have powers that can move things with my mind," Yusuke replied.
Wait a second, Rachel has that power, thought Kurama, as he carefully started off towards Rachel's room.
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Surname: Someone's last name. …How did you not know that? Someone your age should know that. You sad, sad creature. ;p
eeek -Rachel really does say this. It's very odd.
Rachel: Hey!
Me: ;P
E/N: Well, that's all for now. I made a few small changes in the dialogue that Lldg (who I will now call Joanne) hasn't seen yet. If she doesn't like them, she can tell me and I'll change them back. They'll stay this way if she doesn't care, though.
A/N: Oh yeah, here's a small thing to vote on: should I dye Hiei's hair purple in the third chapter or not? Please vote!
-Ja ne
