Warnings: ' soo complicated

The Wielder of BlackFire:

The Legend Lives Part II-Rose's Renaissance

Chapter Seventeen: A Mess of Things

"Come on, Thorn! Where's your spirit?" the Wave Master asked with a smile. Rose set her jaw and pushed through the stunned wall Kurama and Hiei had set before her, which had fallen into weak rubble at the demoness' last comment from utter shock.

"Ro-" the girl cut the kitsune off with a glare. She looked back at the invader.

"What is your name?" the American asked. Her voice was hard, demanding. Thorn's voice.

"It's Midori-Nami, Thorn," the woman said, confused. "Don't you remember me?"

"I have lost many memories, Midori-Nami," Rose replied. Midori-Nami straightened, her smile shifting.

"Who are you?" the demoness asked, her irritating voice suddenly cold.

"By you, I am Thorn. But feel free to enlighten me as to who I am," Rose said with an almost mocking tone.

"You are the Dragon of Destruction! The one who, with the help of the Black Blaze and myself, would rule all the worlds!" she paused for effect, thinking a moment. "You're not Thorn are you?"

"I am only what I am," the girl replied. Midori-Nami's face darkened in anger.

"You've lost the power, haven't you? You asked for my help to render the Black Blaze helpless to you at one time, before you excepted his power, and now I can see that you succeeded."

"Success is a hallow word," Rose said.

"Where is the Black Blaze! He'll talk some sense into you!"

"You said he was dead."

"Is he!" Exasperation seemed to overcome the demoness as she stared down at the unusually calm girl.

"I cannot tell you that. I have no memories."

"Damn!" Midori-Nami cursed. "Fine then! I can tell you've abandoned the idea of taking over the worlds, so I'll go about it myself! Even without it you it will be an easy task. If you don't want to join me, then stay out of my way. I'll kill anyone who tries to stop me," she snarled, looking around the courtyard at the people who dwelled within it. "But, if you want to try, then you're welcome to. I enslave the worlds in a month, so take the time to plan on giving me a slight challenge." She turned back to Rose, glaring with her hauntingly devoid black eyes. "And to think I was looking forward to working with you again Thorn," she scoffed.

"I work with no one," Rose replied. Midori-Nami huffed, seemingly at a loss for words. Her face was dark in vexation.

"I'll be back, girl. Don't think that your betrayal will go unpunished. Once I rule the worlds, there will be no place you can hide," she spat. And with an infuriated snort, the wind suddenly turned from tranquil to violent, swirling dirt and dust around her figure. The Reikai Tentai raised their arms to ward away the dust, clenching their teeth against the force. When the dust cleared and the wind settled, Midori-Nami was nowhere to be seen.

They stood frozen for a moment, no one moving. Electric shock changed to anger and Yusuke stormed toward Rose's still form, which had not moved from its position, looking up at the empty tree with her arms at her sides.

"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!" he yelled, his hands grasping her shoulders and shaking her, his face contorted in fury. She stood in a daze, not registering the boy in front of her, or his words. "TELL ME!" he bellowed.

"Yusuke, screaming wont get us anywhere," Kurama said. The black haired boy ground his teeth, glaring at the girl, then turned on his heel, storming away.

"We're in trouble, aren't we?" Kuwabara asked stupidly. Genkai snorted.

"I must go tell Koenma," Botan said, snapping out of her shock and forming her oar, hopping on it before flying off, assured that the group would be able to take care of Rose themselves.

"Please explain," Kurama said to Rose, his voice deep with unsaid command aimed toward her. He had taken Yusuke's place in front of her. Her dark eyes were glassy, failing to register his question and his position before her. She looked like a soulless body, deflated of life. "Rose!" he called, stooping over to come even with her eyes. Genkai walked up and he let her take the place before the girl.

"Snap out of it!" the master barked, her hand lashing out to slap the girl across the face. There was no yelp of pain, although no one expected one. Her face followed through the hit, twisting her neck and forcing her eyes to her right. Her blank eyes fell upon Hiei. His red eyes beat into her green ones, the line between them filled with sudden heat. Her eyes lit suddenly and she took a sharp breath, as if coming back from the abyss of unconsciousness. Hiei saw the glitter within them and held his breath. By now, if she had not appeared, what would make her, besides the password? Thorn would not return without it. But the light had reinspired the hope. The glitter was so much like hers. Like Thorn's. Perhaps she, this Midori-Nami, had held the password? When she had been ready to take over the worlds, she was to awaken her? But the shine was gone an instant later, replaced by hardness and determination.

"Take me to Koenma," she said, turning her head to look at Kurama over Genkai's shoulders, her eyes returning to the glare she had greeted him and Hiei the day they had appeared at her door, as if she had never met him. Two weeks. Wasted.

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Authoress' Note: alright! All set and done! This chapter was short to, but updates are coming now! No more finals to study for! I was surprised, I just finished editing this chapter and I get a review! Wewt! Next chapter is HUGE. Promise

Reviews:

Ensatsu-Kokoryu-Ha:

here's yer answer. Lol, personally, I don't think there are enough females in YYH, especially fighters. I'm such a feminist its not funny, so I thought it'd be nice that, for once, they had a female that could kick everyone's butts. The only real female 'fighter' is Genkai and… agg.. What's that chicks name? Mukoru. Yeah. Her. Anyway. About the Yusuke suspecting something, that was kinda answered when he freaked out above. I don't think he really trusts/did trust her at all. Ahh, I can't believe I missed that about Yukina when I was editing. You can tell I prewrote this a looooooong time ago :P. uber-long chapter next time! thanks again!

The Password:

This is just a note for all of you who think you know the password right now. I would just like to say that I will not make ANY comments in yer review replies about it. Not only would, if you are correct, it spoil it for others, but I do not wish to make you think that you are right when you are wrong, or vice versa. I've gotten comments in the past about the password as well, and that's dandy, but please just know that if you think its blatantly obvious that the password is 'Blah Blah BLAH!' please keep it out of reviews. If you would, however, like to send me an e-mail about it with questions, I would be happy to see what I can do as an author without spoiling my story. In truth, I'm going to stop giving any and all hints as to what might occur in my stories out of context. I think it really might be spoiling the over-all story. But I do thank you ALL for the great reviews!