WADDAYA MEAN THEY'RE 2 BIRD!
Chapter 2: Meeting Genkai and a close encounter
"Max? Are we there yet?" asked Nudge for what seemed like the millionth time since we started flying to Japan. Look, I love Nudge like a sister, but her talking could make Jesus an wanted murderer. And no, we weren't flying U.S. Airways or whatever. We were really flying, with our wings. It just so happens that we have a natural sense of direction so we knew we had about an hour left to go. No biggie, we once had to fly from California to The big apple (a.k.a. New York City if you're too stupid to figure that one out.) in 1 day.
"No Nudge, we are not there yet. I'd say about 1 more hour give or take until we get to Tokyo." I look over to see how Angel is barring. In her arms are her stuffed bear Celeste and her dog Total. We rescued Total about a year ago from the Institute of a Higher Living where they had been experimenting on him and others. He looks like a normal dog, but let me tell you, that dog can jump higher and farther than a kangaroo.
"Don't worry Max, I'm fine. Celeste is light and so is Total. There's no reason to be afraid." Angel said to me, obviously reading my mind again.
"I hear a plane coming guys, be very afraid." Said Iggy. I strain my ears and find out he's right.
"Gazzy, now!" I yell at the 9-year-old. In a flash, we're invisible and the plane passes us by with a loud rumble that reminded me of the time Gazzy ate 10 cans of beans for breakfast. Not a good thing let me tell you.
"Well, that was fun." Said a sarcastic Fang. I hit him over the head anime style.
"What was that for!" he yelled/asked me.
"For being your ol' sarcastic self ya oaf."
"Ooooohhhh! Fang got served!" replied Gazzy. Memo to self: no more TV for him.
Finally, we are in Tokyo and are invisible once again. After an accident in New York City, we learned to never fly around in public again.
Well done Max, you and your friends are doing great. I hear the Voice say.
Long time no hear voice, so spill, where are we gonna find this Genkai of yours? I reply back to it in my mind.
You have a good sense of direction Max, use it. I sigh. Memo to self: find way to murder voice in head.
"What did Voice say Max?" asked a curious Angel. She always knows when I'm talking to it or not.
"I asked where Genkai is and t said, and I quote, 'You have a good sense of direction Max, use it.' God I sometimes just wanna kill him…her…whatever it is." I say to her. I look down below us and I see a temple that looks abandon and a good resting spot.
"Ok guys, I see a place to land, it looks abandoned so…" before I have any time to finish, Gazzy, Fang and Iggy are already swooping down to land. Men…
By the time we catch up to them, Gazzy has already made us visible, except the wings. Immediately I start giving orders.
"Gazzy, you and Iggy go find some wood to burn so we can keep warm. Angel, Fang, find some food of some sort that's edible. Nudge, you and I are going to find out what's in the temple." Gazzy takes Iggy's hand and leads him to the woods to find something to burn. Angel takes Fang's hand and follows them.
"C'mon Max, lets see what's inside! Maybe there'll be shrine or stuff like that or…" I put my hand over her mouth to shut her up. She gets the hint and stays quiet. He eyes widen as she looks behind me. I slowly turn around and I see an old woman smaller than Angel with graying pink hair. But that's not what shocked me. What shocked me was that her index finger was pointing at me like a gun and there was blue energy at the tip of it.
"Who are you and what do you want?" she asks us. (By the way, for some reason, if we want to, we can understand any language we want to and speak it.) I hold my hands up in the air and say calmly,
"My name is Max and this is my younger sister Nudge. My family and I were traveling and came here to rest because it looked abandoned. We're trying to find a person called Genkai to help us train for a tournament. We'll be happy to leave if you want us to."
She smirks at us and lowers her arm and her finger stops glowing. Before she has a chance to speak Nudge says,
"Wow, how did you do that? Are you from the School too? Are you a…" Before he has a chance to say anything else, I clamp my hand over her mouth.
The woman smiles and says,
"If you are seeking Genkai then you have come to the right place. I am Genkai. Is the tournament you speak of called the Dark Tournament?" I blink. This old scrawny woman was Genkai? Oh well, I should be used to stuff like this by now. But how did she know of the Dark Tournament?
"Yes. Yes it is. How did you…" I started but I was interrupted my Genkai.
"I entered in it last year. Now where is the rest of your family? If you wish me to train you and them, then I must see all of them." I nod and whistle for them. In a matter of minuets, they are all there.
"Guys, this is Genkai. Genkai, this is Fang, Iggy, Gazzy and Angel."
"Why do you wish the Dark Tournament and how do you know of it? I sense no spirit or demon energy from any of you so how do you know about it?" she asks us. I look at the flock for answers and Angel nods at me, meaning that we can trust this woman.
"Ok, but promise you wont think we're freaks." And with that I start explaining about the school and everything about us. When I'm done, she still has the same expression on her face; like she doesn't give a flying fart about us.
"Would it be easier if we showed you our wings Mrs. Genkai Ma'am?" asked Angel in that cute voice of her. Total barked in response and jumped up 10 feet in the air. She nods and Gazzy makes our wings visible. Her eyes widened at the sight of them She reaches out to touch Angels and Angel starts to giggle as she strokes he wings.
"That tickles." She says as she giggles some more. Iggy gasps and says,
"Max, I hear 4 people. One is deep and keeps saying 'hn.' Another is a guy with an annoying voice. Another is deep and polite and another sounds like a punk. They're heading this way." Genkai's eyes widen.
"Do you know them?" asks Fang. He speaks!
"Yes, one is Yusuke Urameshi, another is Kuwabara. They're humans. The other two are Kurama and Hiei. They're demons. I suggest that you hide now." She said in a flat voice. Gazzy nods and in a blink of an eye we're invisible. Just in time too, 4 guys just appeared at the top of the steps to Genkai's temple. 2 of them looked exhausted .
"Jeez grandma, you really gotta get an elevator or something. Them stairs kill me every time!" says one with black hair and looked like he robbed a hair gel factory. Another looked really ugly with a dead orange animal on his head. Upon closer inspection did I realize the "animal" on his head was his hair. Another was a man (woman?) with long red hair and deep green eyes. The final one was as short as Angel and had black with a white starburst in the center hair that defied all laws of physics. But then again, so did we.
"Yo Grandma! Koenma says that the Dark Tournament is comin' up and we gotta enter! Not to mention this year we need 6 people. Meaning it's gonna be you and someone else. So start training us ol' hag." Said the guy with hair gel.
"No. I won't train you Yusuke. You're strong enough and I'm already training some people." At this our eyes lightened up. Did this mean…
"Well your still gonna be on the team! Right!" this comment came from the guy with orange hair. His voice made me cringe.
"No Kuwabara, I'm not. I died last time and the next time I wanna die will be of old age, NOT because I lost a fight in demon world."
"But Genkai, where will we find our last 2 teammates?" This came from the man with long red hair.
"Kurama, you have plenty of friends who are demons. Why not ask Jin or Touya?"
"Hn. Fine. I told you this was a waste of time detective. Let's go." Said the short one. He started to turn around when he stopped.
"Genkai, someone else is here. I sense 6 people with low spirit energy. It's actually lower than the baka's."
"What's that suppose to mean hamster legs!" said Kuwabara.
"Amazing. You actually KNEW that was an insult. Now tell me Genkai, who else is here?" Hiei replied.
"No one besides you four and I are here, Sociopath. Now if you'll excuse me." She sat on the ground and started to meditate.
Yusuke took out something and said,
"Koenma you diaper bag! We need a portal to your office now." Then, a hole that was swirling black and blue appeared and they all stepped through it and they disappeared. Genkai opened one eye and stopped meditating.
"You can come out now."
We appeared and Gazzy asked Genkai,
"So does that mean that you're gonna train us."
"Yes, but you need to show me your powers and enter you in the Tournament." She said. We all smile. Maybe we had really found a home… Wait a minuet, who the heck was I kiddin'!