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Chapter Two Part I What is and should never be

And if I say to you tomorrow
child, come with me
to a castle I will take you
where what's to be
they say will be

Rain stood in the summer sun leaning agents the wall of the ships crow's nest admiring the view of endless blue and the oceans gentle breeze in her hair , the smell of salt , the sound of the waves crashing agents the ship for this she was content . She knew it would take a few weeks if not months to reach there intended destination if the winds wished them no harm ,so she made herself convertible . She let her little familiar sleep wile she checked out the rest of the ship ,jumping down to the main deck from O3 . She could hear music in the lower decks it sounded like the forest , it was alive and festive she caught her toe taping and her ears pointing straight up the sound wafted itself to her ears it lured her to it. Down in the lower bowels of the ship people humans and demons alike joined together in song and dance like for the time being they had forgotten there bitterness and resentment to bask in the glory of a festive sprit. The room smelt heavily of rum and Vodka . There she decided to have a little fun and kick up her heels . It was about ten o'clock when she sat down at a table of demons playing cards.

"What's the game boys I'm in ?" Rain asked and sat down

"No your not !" a rather large boar demon snarled at her .

" Well how about this my stinky friend I will guarantee I will lose for the first hour ."

"How do we know you wont cheat?" a rat demon squeaked

"Ah but I can assure you that I am a demon of honor ."

"HA! Like we believe you fox!" a Inu boomed.

"Hn what a shame .she said pulling out a pouch that jingled when she threw it on the table. "I can't dabble with all this cash."

"Ok ok you can play but like you said you can't win for an hour." the bear said

"Ah so you will allow this humble soul to join in your demon games ." she smirked

"Whatever it's five card sted ace and king wild minimum bet is five dollars ."

And so Rain was true to her word losing every hand even though sometimes she drew gold ,however she learned that the boar whenever his hand suited him he would smirk and get a cocky expression. ,the bear would whenever his hand sucked would growl lowly in the pit of his throat. , the Inu would shift his cards from greatest value to lowest if he had any kind of descent hand and a tall red headed man with a horn at the top of his head well his ears would point straight up in the funniest fashion when he held all the right cards . So as she was certain that the promised hour was up she swept the floor with all of them with a smile plastered plan as day on face she exploited everyone of there weaknesses like it was a war .

"Wow! I 'ave ne'er seen such a strange run o luck ." Mr. Pointy ears gasped tossing his cards on the table .

"Humph just rotten luck is all !" The Inu snorted and walked off .

"I think she cheated !" the boar grunted . Slamming his fist on the wood table.

"That was just what I was gonna say." the bear replied.

"Now boys do you honestly think that's what I was doing ? What about all that losing I did in the first hour ?Surely you see I was merely learning how you all played . I have done nothing but play an honest game .But if you do want to fight this out then by all means lets ." She snapped her fingers to play with the flame.

"Fine … Come on Ivan let's go ." the boar sighed and walked away the bear trailing behind.

"It seems that I have scared away the completion !" she laughed and shuffled the cards.

"Ah don't worry bout it th'were jus a bunch o'dorks how bout I buy ya a drink ."the redhead declared

"Uh you don't have too but sure thanks man."

"ah tis no problem." he said leaving to get the drinks

catch the wind
see us spin
sail away
leave the day
way up high
in the sky
oohh

where the wind won't blow
you really shouldn't go
it only goes to show
that you will mine
by takin' our time

He came back in a few minuets with to coffee mugs filled to the top with whip cream but she could smell rum and coffee grinds so she guessed he hadn't lost his mind .

"What is this?" she asked taking a cup.

"Oh it is a Irish Coffee ." he replied with a smirk .

"Hey this is good ! Oh my name is Rain .I didn't catch yours ."

"Ah but I ne'er threw it Rain . I 'm Jin Kaze ."

"Well Jin how bout a friendly game of Blackjack ?"

"Alright then deal us out ."

After awhile the put the deck down kind of board with playing cards .

"Hey Rain why do we not get out of 'ere ?"

"Yeah sure why not." And with that they found there way out of the mass of dancers and passed out fools to the main deck were they leaned agents the ship's railing when they found a place that wasn't already occupied by lovers and drunkards .

"So foxy what other powers besides fire control do you have ?"

"Earth element …"

"How's that work ?"

"Like this .keep your eye on that spot out in the ocean ." She raised her hand ,held out an open palm and in a few minuets raised a mountain from the sea .

"Amasin' ."he laughed as he picked her up and lifted off into the air the winds whipping all around them as they went higher . The with no feather ado he dropped her right in the water with a smirk .

"C-Cold …" she muttered raising a big chunk of earth from the sea to lift her .Jin smirked and dodged a incoming fireball aimed at his head . This was one fox you don't provoke .. She was fire set to burn and that …. Was divinity interesting . He watched her move on her small patch of floating dirt and rock ,her flinging fire balls at him and sending small chunks of rock at him in an attempt to make him pay. It was quite humorous he only wanted a spar but she was trying to kill him. She actually hit him dead in the head with a pebble … felt more like a boulder he shook off the feeling and smiled. All she remembered was laughing at the pained red head in front of her then something colliding into her, now she was lying on her back with her arms pined above her head .Jin looked her over with a toothy grin ,his legs holding her's down he breathed her in.. Lemon pie! .he thought how strange , he stored this information for future use.

"Pined ya !" He boasted in a playful manner that made her laugh.

"So it seems you have ." She hesitantly replied .They stayed like that for some time there breath the only sound that was heard from anywhere although they had acquired quite the flock of spectators .

"Hey I think I'm gonna go hit the hey I'll see ya tomorrow." He announced getting off and helping her up.

"Yes sex-I- mean sleep sounds great ." she scampered

"Yeah well uh see ya at breakfast ." He mumbled rubbing the back of his neck .

"Sure I'll see you there." and with she watched him leave .Man what a nice ass .

And if you say to me tomorrow,

Oh what fun it all would be,
Then what's to stop us, pretty baby,
But What Is And What Should Never Be.

She climbed up the latter of the crow's nest ,being attacked by a small orange blur as soon as she got there like always Kashmir was happy to see her . She patted her head and undid her bed roll like always ,it's not like she needed it or anything like that for heaven sake she wasn't a neko she just believed strongly in comfort . There weren't very many stars out .The sky was clouded , the air cold and unforgiving.

"Hn. Quarter moon. How nice." she sighed catching a whiff of fresh spring showers on the wind .

"Jin." she whispered falling asleep.

So if you wake up with the sunrise,
And all your dreams are still as new,
And happiness is what you need so bad,
Girl, the answer lies with you, yeah.

-o-

The next morning she sprinted to the mess hall and in a very demanding strong voice (more like loud) ordered her favorite Kitsune Udon and sat down next to Jin who was eating a heaping plate of over easy eggs , toast , sausage ,beacon ,fired potatoes , ham and a big mug of black coffee . They ate in silence neither of them knowing quite what to say. Finally there unearned quiet was broken by Jin.

"Well Foxy Lady .Whou'd ya like to spar?" He asked

"Sure why not I could use a good work out ." and with that they started there brawl .

Hey, oh
Oh the wind wont blow and we really shouldn't go
and it only goes to show-ow-ow.
Catch the wind, we're gonna see it spin
we're gonna...sail, little girl
do do do, bop bop a do-oh
my my my my my my yeah
Everybody I know seems to know me well
--but does anybody know I'm gonna move like hell
--but they're never gonna know cause I move like hell.
(pick one...heh)

Rain : man this was bad … I can't believe I wrote this

Snow: throws something at her head Ah be quiet and get to the good parts!

Rain: Ow! What was that for rubs offended body part

Snow: I felt like it Hit's Rain with sharp stick Now get to work ya lazy bum!

Rain: Ok Ok I'm typing I'm Typing … Here have some birthday cake. Gives Snow and everyone else a slice