Tenshi walked out of the bathroom, still brushing her hair. Shiryu smiled when he saw her, but it faded when he noticed a troubled look on her face.
"Something wrong?" he asked, taking a few steps towards her.
"No. . ." she was confused "well, nothing's actually wrong, but. . .last night. . .I had these weird dreams. They might have been memories."
"Oh?"
"Yeah. . .but I don't really remember what all happened. Something about lightning. But that's it."
"Maybe when you wake up from dreams like that, you should write them down. If they really are memory dreams, you may find them useful in the future." (me: yeah 'Tenshi', especially when you're supposed to type them on your laptop so I can read it when you come over. . .)
"Yeah."
"Ready to go? It's almost 10:30. The guys are waiting by the beach."
"Yep, I'm ready."
The walk was fairly quiet. There was a soothing breeze and the sun was warming them. Tenshi began whispering the first line of a song, and Shiryu tilted his head.
"Eh?"
She giggled a bit. "Just singing. I don't know what I'm singing, but I can't seem to get it out of my head."
"You must have liked some weird songs. What are the words?"
"Well I saw you with you're hands above you're head
Spinning around
Trying not to look down
But you did
And you feel hard
On the ground
Then you stumbled around for a good ten minutes
And I said I'd never seen anyone look so dumb before
And you laughed and said I still know how to turn you on though
You're the only one who
Drags me kicking and screaming through fast dreams
And you're the only one who know's exactly what I mean
And I probably forgot to tell you about this
Like that time I forgot to tell you about the scar
Remember how uncomfortable that made you feel?
See you're not what I expected
But you're the only one who knows how to handle me
And you're such a great kisser and I know that you agree
You're the only one who
Drags me kicking and screaming through fast dreams
You're the only one who
Knows exactly what I mean
I hope you can forgive me for theat time when I put my hand between you're legs and said it was small
Cause it's really know at all
I guess there's just that part of me that like to bring you down
Just to keep you around
Cause the day you realize how amazing you are you're gonna leave me
You're the only one who
Holds my hair back when I'm drunk and get sick
You're the only one who
Knows exactly what I mean
You're the only one who
Drags me kicking and screaming through fast dreams
And you're the only one who know's exactly what I mean
Exactly what I mean
Well I saw you with you're hand above you're head
Spinning around
Trying not to look down
But you did
And you fell hard
On the ground"
". . .wow. . ."
"Hey guys!" Hyouga's voice.
They hadn't realized they'd made it to the beach.
They met up with the others and went to a secluded part of the beach.
"So, how do we do this?" Tenshi asked
"We could let Hyouga blast some diamond dust at you and see how you defend yourself." Seiya suggested
"Diamond dust?"
"Yeah. Hyouga will shoot ice and snow at you." Seiya explained.
"No. . .what if she doesn't know how to control her powers. She could get hurt!" Shiryu said, obviously more concern showing in his voice than he'd intended.
"I'll be careful with her. i promise i won't hurt her." Hyoga assured, gently taking her by the hand and the rest of the guys backed away. "I'm going to shoot a little snow at you. It'll sorta be like a snowball, but try and 'whoosh' it."
Everyone giggled about the "whooshing", but regained their seriousness as Hyoga began to do his nifty little. . .yoga dance.
"DIAMOND DUST!" he blasted Tenshi, and it hit her, causing her to fly a few feet backwards.
"Tenshi!" Shiryu was about to run to her before Ikki held him back.
"That was awesome! Do it again!" Tenshi exclaimed, standing.
They giggled at her reaction to the attack that usually would have hurt someone very badly.
"Now that I know what to expect, I'll be more prepared and can block it." She assured the guys.
She put her fire-red hair up in a loose ponytail to keep it out of her face.
"Ready?"
"Ready."
He did the nifty little. . .yoga dance again.
"DIAMOND DUST!" this time, he didn't hold back as much, and tried blasting her with a little ice in the mixture.
The boys expected her to be hit by the attack, but before the blast could hit her, a wall of water rose up from the sand and blocked the attack. Everyone's jaw dropped, and Tenshi's eyes widened.
She had intended to make the water. . .disappear, but apparently she wasn't as in control as she thought. The wall of water blasted at Hyoga, sending him several yards across the sandy beach.
"Hyoga!" everyone yelled at once, rushing towards him to make sure he was okay.
"I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to do that! I tried to stop it, but-"
"That was awesome! One second, I was standing there all normal and then. . ." he had called her wind 'whooshing', so he needed to think up a spiffy name for her water, "and then SPLOOSH!"
they all couldn't hold back laughter. Hyoga's way of naming things had gotten more amusing lately, most likely because of the insanity of. . .oh, what would Ikki call her?. . .oh yes, the 'bad influence, who would eventually corrupt the mind of his younger brother'. (me: wonder who THAT is? Lolz)
"I didn't know you could use water too!" Shiryu looked so proud of her.
"Yeah. . .in that weird dream I had, I think I used water, and I remember snow. Maybe I can do what Hyoga does!" she exclaimed, excitedly.
"Well, let's work with what we have." Ikki said.
"Right. Quality, not quantity." –Seiya
"Want to try again?" Hyoga asked
most of the morning was spent practicing. By the end of their little training session, Tenshi had learned how to call on her powers of either wind or water, and learned how to create small tornadoes. To anyone else, she hadn't learned much, but the saints knew how hard it was, and were very proud of her work. They were all just heading to lunch, when they heard someone scream.
"C'mon!" Seiya ordered everyone.
Only Hyoga was in his cloth, but they needed to at least see what was wrong. They arrived at an abandoned shack just in time to see a young man running out. His face was cut and he looked like he'd been in a fight.
"You gotta help me! there's this guy in freaky clothes and-" he looked at Hyoga "YOU'RE ONE OF THEM!"
he turned to run, but his attacker stepped out of the shack. He was a silver saint, someone from sanctuary.
"You will return to sanctuary, or you will die!" the saint screamed at the man, ignoring Seiya and the group.
"Never! Aries is a twisted man, and I will never bow down to him!"
"DIAMOND DUST!" Hyoga blasted the silver saint.
The silver saint turned to Hyoga. He was about to attack when Tenshi stepped forward. A wall of water came forth and she 'sploosh'ed him. He was slammed to the concrete, and stood up quickly.
"What the hell!" he began running away.
"That. . .was too easy. He didn't even fight!" Seiya mused.
"Thank you guys. . .thank you so much." The man beamed with enthusiasm.
"Why did Aries want you back so badly?" –Seiya
"I have some powers and he wanted to use them. He wants me to kill these bronze saint guys."
"The bronze saints? Do you know who they are?" Ikki asked
"No. but if Aries wants to kill them, then I don't. he is a twisted evil man who cares only for himself."
"Well, if you're against the Pope, then I guess we can tell you. . .that we're the saints you were told to kill." Shiryu informed him.
"Wow. . .after seeing you guys fight, I don't think it would be wise for me to fight you. I don't know why Aries would send me anyway. So. . .I had no idea one of the bronze saints was a girl." He said, motioning towards Tenshi.
"Oh, she's not." –Hyoga
"Then how did she blast that guy?"
"She has. . .powers. but she's a human. Her name is Tenshi. . .Tenshi Mazaki, and she's visiting from out of country." Ikki began, and then smirked "She's Shiryu's girlfriend."
Everyone turned to Shiryu, who had to look away because he didn't want them to see him blushing "She's not my girlfriend" he mumbled in defense.
Tenshi just blushed, but she didn't say anything.
"Well, now that I know who Shiryu and Tenshi are, who are the rest of you?"
"I'm Seiya."
"Hyoga."
"And I'm Ikki."
"Nice to meet all of you. My name is. . .Muso."
END CHAPTER NINE
Peggi-WoOt! Another brilliant chapter! For those of you who don't watch InuYasha or don't watch it enough, then you don't know who "Muso" is, or at least why this mystery guy called himself Muso. Finally learned how to spell 'Hyoga', and my foot is now asleep cuz my kitty ish laying on my legs. . .Please review!