CHAPTER FIVE!!!!!!!

Skie: Now that I look back on it, the water balloon wasn't a really good idea.

Jade: shakes head Nope. But it was FUNNY!!

Skie: Yea! laughs Oh! Do you think Hiei found the fake dog barf we put in his bed?

Hiei: SKIE!!!!!! JADE!!!!!!

Jade: Yup, I think he did.

Skie: I think we should run now.

Jade: After you.

CHAPTER FIVE!!!!!!!!!! Training Begins!!!

It was five in the morning. Our leading ladies were sound asleep. Skie had all the covers and Jade was snoring loud enough to piss off an elephant. The door opened slightly, a shadowed figure crept into the room. It crept closer, closer, closer to the two oblivious girls in the bed and…….

PHWWEEEEETTTTT!!!!!!

The lights came on and Jade and Skie yelped, flailing around and falling off the bed. Genkai stood in the middle of the room holding a penny whistle. She smirked.

"Alright maggots! Today starts your training! Get your butts out of bed and dressed in your apprentice clothes in five minutes!!!" She spun on her heel and left the room.

Jade and Skie stared at each other for a minute. Then came Genkai's voice.

"GET YOUR ASSES MOVING!!"

They scrambled up and into their white training outfits before racing down the hall, turning it into a game. Skie pushed Jade into the wall.

"Last one there has to sleep on the floor tonight!" she yelled.

"Then your gonna sleep on the floor, Skie!" Jade voice sounded from the living room.

Skie slid to a stop, confounded. She looked back just in time to see Jade rush past her full speed.

"I can throw my voice idiot!!" Jade taunted.

"ARGH!" Skie raced after her friend.

They skidded to a stop right in front of Genkai, who held no expression on her face. Then she pointed outside. "100 laps around the dojo. NOW!!"

Jade and Skie raced out the door and started running around the dojo, pacing themselves.

Hiei watched from the roof nonchalantly. It was obvious from their running style they were used to running long distances. And they ran faster than Yusuke when he was sprinting.

Soon, to soon for Genkai, their one-hundred laps were done. She didn't even finish a mug of tea! With Yusuke, she could have two and watch half of her favorite TV show before he came gasping into the dojo.

"How did you get done so fast?" she asked.

Skie flipped a hand. "Pfft. We run competitively! This wasn't nothin compared to what we do!"

Genkai looked at them. "And how much do you run?"

"10 to 15 K, depending on the circuit." Jade answered smugly.

"and how much do you think your run just now was?" Genkai asked.

Skie looked at Jade. "Aaahhh…. Around 9 maybe?"

"Yeah, 9 sounds good." Jade added.

Genkai nodded. "Moving on to the next exercise. 200 PUSHUPS NOW!"

Jade and Skie dropped to the floor moving like pistons in an engine. When Skie went up, Jade went down, and when Jade went down, Skie went up. They kept their same pace all throughout their 200 pushups, but it was obvious they were a little wore.

Genkai was again surprised.

"We mountain climb, gymnastics and dance." Jade explained.

"You two sure do a lot." Genkai commented.

"We don't like to go home, and we have a lot of free time." Skie said, "What's next, Spider?"

Genkai raised an eyebrow. "Now, grasshoppers, it's time for breakfast. You will bleed, sweat and die, but you won't starve."

Now you would expect two girls like Jade and Skie who are completely insane to be ravenous, messy eaters that would have pigs running, but contrary to the stereotype they were very, very neat. And by the time the four at the dojo were sitting down for breakfast, Kurama, Yusuke and Kuwabara walked in. (It is Saturday, people.)

Jade and Skie ate ravenously, but they were very neat about it. The four boys and training master watched in slight awe as these girls wiped their mouths with napkins, sat up straight, kept one hand in their lap unless they needed it and didn't put their elbows on the table.

Skie looked around, getting the feeling she was being watched. She was. She swallowed her food.

"What?"

"You eat so neatly!" Yusuke blurted out.

Jade grinned widely. "Table manners were beat into us at a young age. It's hard to break a habit when you think a cane is gonna whack you across the head if you do it wrong."

"You were beaten?" Kurama asked.

Skie snorted. "Pppfft, yeah. Why do you think we were so happy we could stay here?"

Kurama seemed at a loss for words.

"Yup. Me and Skie are friends turned stepsisters. Her dad killed her mom and my dad and married my mom." Jade put in, taking a bite of beef something.

Everyone's mouth dropped, even Hiei was a little surprised.

Then Skie started laughing. "Ha! Jade you pull that off so well!" She turned to the boys. "My dad didn't really kill her dad and my mom. My parents and her parents got divorced and my dad married her mom."

"But her grandma did beat table manners into us." Jade said.

The rest of breakfast was silent.

The next few months passed like that. Physical training, physical training, physical training. Jade and Skie turned it into a game, trying to beat each other and making up little pretend games. The boys would often hear them talking with different accents. Sometimes Hispanic, sometimes African-American, but most of the times, it was British. And Hiei was getting ticked off about it.

"Cheerio my good woman!" Skie called one day as she passed Jade on their daily run around the dojo.

" 'Ey! You get your butt back 'ere! I'm trying to finish a'ead of you!" Jade cried.

"Augh!! Would they knock it off!!" Hiei cried. "It's REALLY pissing me off!"

Yusuke laughed. "Take a chill pill Hiei! They're having fun."

"Do you think I care?"

"…………."

"That's what I thought."

Genkai walked into the living room where they were. "They start their Spirit training today, after a short break and lunch. You two will be required to help."

The girls ran into the dojo, laughing. Then Jade pounced on Skie. They rolled on the floor.

"You'll never take me alive!!!!!!" Skie screamed.

WHAMM!

She whacked Jade over the head with a baseball bat with duct tape wrapped around it in two places.

"HOLY SHNIKIES!! Why do you still have that!!??" Jade cried.

Skie nuzzled the baseball bat. "Because this is Bob! And I love Bob!"

"Where do Bob's batteries go, Skie?" Jade taunted.

Skie's jaw dropped.

THWACK!!!

"HOLY HELL WOMAN! I was just joking!" Jade screeched, clutching her head.

Skie's bat was broken again.

"Don't worry Bob, I'll doctor you up real nice. We'll get some duct tape from my pants and you'll be good as new!" Skie said. She walked to her room.

Jade sat on the ground, rubbing her head, pouting. "That hurt."

"Lunch is ready." Kurama said, leaning out of the doorway of the kitchen. Jade raced in there, eyes wide, tongue lolling.

"FOOD!" Skie yelled, thundering down the hallway into the kitchen.

Hiei and Yusuke looked at each other then followed them into the kitchen. Lunch was rice with beef and chicken. Skie and Jade were seated at the table, as were Genkai, Kurama and Kuwabara. The two boys sat down and grabbed a plate.

"So are we gonna start learning our 'abilites' yet?" Skie asked.

"Today, after lunch." Genkai answered.

"YAY!!!" Jade cried. "I can't wait!"

"I couldn't eaither!" Skie yelled.

"Couldn't?" Kuwabara asked.

"Yea, couldn't. Watch!" She put a look of concentration on her face and put her finger in her mouth, getting it all wet. Then, with a sideways look at Jade, she jabbed her slobbery finger into Jade's ear.

"YEECH! WET WILLY!!" Jade cried, clawing at Skie's hand.

"Wait there's more!" Skie chirped. With a little grunt she concentrated a little harder, then…

BBBZZZZZTTTTT!!

"YEEOOOWW!!" Jade screamed, jumping from her seat. Her clothes smoked and her hair was frazzled. A little twitch developed around her eye and her left had developed spasms. "WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT FOR?!?!?"

Skie giggled. "Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha."

Jade growled and sat down. She stabbed her beef with a chopstick and stuffed it in her mouth. She chewed angrily.

"I'm sowwy." Skie said, nuzzling her cheek against Jade's, a cat-like grin on her face.

Jade smirked and put her hand above Jade's head. A full water balloon was clutched in her hand. With a triumphant cry she smashed the balloon on top of Skie's head.

BBBBZZZZZTTTTTZZZTZTZTZTZTZT!!!

Skie was launched into the air, skin and hair frazzled, body smoking.

"Water conducts electricity." Jade sang.

Kuwabara and Yusuke were rolling on the floor, laughing their heads off. Kurama chuckled and Hiei smirked slightly. Genkai watched with wide eyes.

Skie landed in a heap on the floor, her whole body twitching. She lay there for a moment.

Jade peered around. "Is she dead?"

Then Skie's arms lifted straight up in the air, and she slowly came up into a sitting position, arms out in front of her. "I liiiiiiiiiiive!!"

She was at Jade's side in a second. Her foot connected with flesh and Jade slammed into the wall. "HOW DARE YOU TURN MY OWN POWERS AGAINST ME YOU SLUTBAG!"

Jade laughed from her position on the floor. Skie started laughing too. She walked over and helped Jade up. With arms around each other's shoulders they waltzed back to the table and sat down, finishing their lunch without any other incident.

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