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The Wielder of BlackFire:

The Legend Lives Part II-Rose's Renaissance

Chapter Twenty: Decipher

There was a slap as paper hit wood, resounding through the room in a startling 'thwack'. Kuwabara jumped, surprised, and looked up from the meditation he had sunk into to see Rose towering over the couch he was sitting on. She had returned nearly a week before, but he still hadn't gotten used to her ability to sneak up on him, or, in fact, his inability to sense her spirit energy. Actually, none of them had. Yusuke smiled knowingly at his unusual reaction toward the girl now standing beside a low table, upon which the papers had been dropped.

"Here. This is everything I know about Midori-Nami," Rose said, looking down at him with indifference. "It might help." The two boys glanced at each other, then back to her in question. The girl had holed herself up in the room Genkai had given her, muttering something about deciphering a code when asked about it.

"Ahh, thanks?" Yusuke said helpfully. Her dark eyes turned to him, and he felt as though he saw them softer than before, with a bitter edge beneath that.

"Give it to Hiei and Kurama when you're done," she said over her shoulder as she turned away, walking back the way she had come. The two boys watched her slink into the room down the hall.

'I might not be able to help them physically, but I can't just stand around and wait,' the girl thought. The words in the notebooks were encoded and difficult to decipher, but she had spent the last four days steady rewriting the notes in first English, then translating into Japanese. Needless to say, it had been difficult, even with the Translation Charm Koenma had given her.

She went back to her room to get dressed for her lessons with Genkai. She rifled through her bag distractedly. She had yet to finish the word-swollen green notebook, which held information on the people she had surrounded herself with. It gave only their strengths and weakness', but was helpful concerning what she could trust them with, as well as a brief summery as to their pasts. She had also come to realize why she had become allies with the group, in order to repay Koenma for returning her to life and as payment for her sword, just as the prince had said. The others had turned on her only because of his orders. Essentially, they did not intend to betray her. The notes explained their pasts impassively, without emotional involvement, but in such vivid detail she would have had to know them well, unless she had acquired the information by other means other than interrogation and observation. Although, she noticed, Hiei's lineage was hazy and intrigued her to no end.

She removed a black outfit from her bag. It was very similar to a karate outfit, although altered to her liking by her recently deceased uncle. On the left breast was the master's crest, a black symbol outlined in light blue on a white background. The black pants were loose and comfortable, made in the same style as the top, and fit perfectly to her shape. The top was as black as ebony to match. On it's back, although covered with her thick hair, was the same crest that was fastened to the front, but much larger.

Rose tightened the matching black belt, which she had received at her insistence that it be black, although she was not at such an advanced stage of training. She replaced her boots on her feet after exiting the temple and walked out into the courtyard and to the room in which Genkai waited in, separate from the main house.

"You're late," Genkai growled when she entered. Rose said nothing. She really wasn't one for excuses, so she just nodded. She had promised herself that she would get stronger no matter what the cost, and help the Spirit Detectives with their task. Nothing, not pain, not the looming figure of death, would stop her.

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A/N: Gomen! Its been a month! This chapter is short and its not really very important. If I get motivated I'll get the next chapter out Sundayish. But I've got tons of bloody homework to do -scowl-. Anyway, thank you so much!

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Miyako14: lol! I still haven't finished YYH yet, but I can't help it if Sasuke-kun and Naruto-kun keep distracting me:P sorry! Here's yer update, sorry it took so long! Gomen!

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Ensatsu-Kokoryu-Ha: lol. Yes, Naruto rocks! Now they have it on Cartoon Network -hates the voice they use for Naruto scowl-. Yes, the Japanese versions righteously kick serious ass! And I don't know what's going to happen to Jazz. She's not really a character I expand upon, but maybe I'll stick her in here again. And about Bleach, when I got yer review Bleach was an anime I was currently obsessing over as I came up to date on the Naruto dubs. So yeah, I've watched up to ep. 16 or something like that. Fruits basket too, although FB is better as a manga than an anime, I think :P

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