A Change of Sorts
I'm really sorry if you didn't like the OC in it! I'm really really sorry, because I tend to do spur of the moment things and they don't always turn out very good, so I'm really really sorry, but hope you keep reading, but if you don't want to, that's fine with me then.
Chapter 11: Over a Game of Cards...
Two weeks had passed since Yinju had rather unceremoniously turned up in Daisuke's house, and Daisuke was feeling less uneasy around her by the day. She still didn't really talk to him much, but he wasn't going to provoke her or anything.
Yinju was actually quite helpful around the house when she wanted to be, and although she wasn't always the nicest one, she was a pretty fair and just when it came to dividing the household responsibilities. But those poor, poor doors!
Yinju had not agreed with them at sight, as she had little patience for such time consuming things, she had pointed out, ignoring Dark's comments that the abnormal dislike was because she couldn't understand how to work them properly. It became quite a common sight for Daisuke to be running around the house after Yinju with a toolbox.
She wasn't all that agreeable in class either. She 'appeared' to be a year older than Daisuke, but, after a lot of arguing, persuading, grumbling and countless tantrums, the principal had agreed to let her go to Daisuke's year level. She didn't want to be treated so old, apparently. Dark reckoned that when she got claustrophobia she also managed to get landed with a fear of being alone.
But no matter how many times he warned her, she always managed to come home grumbling about some argument or the other that she'd had with a teacher. Yinju's rule in school was: ask me to do something and you die.
And where had she been during Dark's thefts? Well, of course, she had wrapped a cloak around her and stayed around the sidelines, assisting in anyway possible, much to Dark's distaste. To Daisuke's surprise, she was a skilled ninja, especially in the field of stealth and offence, and slipping in and out of the shadows without warning was her specialty. A most useful helper when evading (and surprising) police. She was also a good martial artist, although personally she preferred ninja tactics.
Satoshi had turned up a few times, though he couldn't really do much, as usual. Krad had also appeared, but Dark was more wary about battling with him now, not that he showed it.
Yes, Daisuke decided, things really were settling down now. Now if only he could get by the rest of the year without anyone being too suspicious of him…perfect.
"I told you, carrot top; you're supposed to put a card of the same suit with everything else unless you don't have any more of that suit!"
Daisuke sighed; unfortunately for him, Yinju had made friends with the Sohma's group, especially with Uo, and double unfortunately, his house was the most suitable for a 'friendly' game of cards occasionally.
Occasionally being every day after school and friendly being a competitive match between Uo, Kyo, Yinju and Yuki, Tohru or Hana. Daisuke stayed on the sidelines rather than play, deciding which argument was fair and stopping any major issues between the contestants.
Recently, the group had taken to playing a game that Yinju herself had introduced; Hearts. It was fairly simple game; get rid of all your cards by playing any card of the same suit as the rest unless you no longer have that suit. If your card was the highest out of the four cards that were played in that turn, well, you get all the cards from that turn. Whoever ended up with the least amount of cards after about 10 rounds won.
That just comes to show how intense the competition between Kyo, Uo and Yinju was, seeing as such arguments could arise from such a basic game.
--I still can't get over how Yinju had met the others on that first day…--
Daisuke grimaced; not exactly what you'd call a warm welcome, but she still managed to make friends with Uo at least.
:Flashback:
"We have another new student with us this year. Her name is Yinju Niwa-san, and yes, she is Niwa's cousin. I expect you to all welcome her into this class."
"Yes Sensei."
"Good," The teacher looked through the list again before continuing. "Niwa-san, please take a seat next to Niwa."
Yinju glared at Mayu (she is their teacher, right?.!) before walking over to her seat. She felt ashamed at having to attend school, like a human, but she would die before admitting that she was ashamed about anything. From then on, she made it her vow to argue with anything that the teachers happened to command her to do, those horrid creatures…
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"Hey! New kid! Come on over!" A voice called out to Yinju, and she turned around, half glaring. It was after school, and she was just about to head home after a long, confusing and argument-filled day. Her sharp green eyes met those of a long blond girl, standing next to a slightly shorter girl with long black hair and eerie, purply-black eyes.
Daisuke appeared next to her suddenly and she jumped. "Come on Yinju-san! They're really nice people!" he chirruped, pushing her over.
"Hey, let go of me!" she yelped, jumping away (remember? She's claustrophobic!). By then, they had already reached the group so it didn't really make much of a difference.
"Eh, so you're Yinju?" Uo asked, flicking a lock of hair out of her eyes. She glared back, not liking the offensive type stance that Uo was in.
"Yeah, and you are?"
"Whoa, chill, I'm Arisa Uotani, just call me Uo." She put her hands up as if saying 'calm down', which only served to annoy Yinju more.
"And I am Saki Hanajima. You may call me Hana." Put in Hana, her voice eerily flat. Yinju nodded, sizing up the both of them critically.
"Ha, you two are cousins but you're so different. Just like the prince and carrot top over there!" Uo laughed, jerking her head towards the incoming group.
Yinju cocked her head, curious. "They're cousins?" she asked incredulously, looking the two boys up and down.
"Yeah, hard to believe huh?"
"Not that…it's just that the orange head seems so irrelevant compared to his cousin, from what I've heard."
"He is. Oh, and that's Kyo Sohma, I call him Kyon-kyon, that's Prince Yuki Sohma, Momiji Sohma, Hatsuharu Sohma, and the most spacey person you can every meet, Tohru Honda."
"I see…"
"The prince, carrot top and Tohru all live right next door to you guys with an older guy who's a writer."
"Yes, and we have deemed it safe for our Tohru to live there."
"Uh huh…"
Yinju gave Kyo a sceptical look that was obvious as he was approaching. Kyo noticed this and instantly got mad.
"You got a problem with that, newbie?.!" He yelled, shaking a fist angrily.
"Oh shut up you carrot top!" she and Uo both shouted at the same time, causing surprised looks. Uo looked at Yinju from the corner of her eye, smirking a bit.
That only increased Kyo's anger by a mile. "You shut up Yankee!"
"I thought I was a noob carrot top. So you having a go at Uo now, so scared you are of taking me on!" Yinju stepped forward, smirking, pushing a bit of hair out of her eyes.
"Like you will be able to do anything, you girly noob!"
A vein twitched on Yinju's forehead, and she clenched her fists slowly, but did not say a word. She hated people who looked down on her. She hated them.
Kyo noticed her clenching her fists, and he sneered, raising his arms in an attack state. Despite the worried looks Tohru was wearing, he continued. "You think you're better than me now don't you? Well, you wanna fight noob?.!"
"Um…Yinju-san?" Daisuke asked tentatively, trying to ignore Dark's cheers of FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT in his head. He was ignored as a small smirk crept onto Yinju's face, and she raised her eyes to meet his, also taking a fighting stance.
"So you wanna fight now orange head?" she smirked, changing her position a bit.
(A/N: My knowledge of ninja style fighting is very poor, so please forgive me.)
"Oh yeah, noob." He shot back, grinning in a feral way. Haru nominated himself as the judge and stood to the side, holding some flags up. (Where did they come from?)
"3…2…1…GO!" he brought the flags down, signalling for the fight to start (I've been watching too much Pokemon…T.T).
"Kyo-kun…" Tohru's hands covered her face in fear, and Yuki shook his head, although he seemed slightly surprised.
Yinju's smirk grew wider, and she sped ahead, dodging easily when Kyo swung a fist at her. She seemed to disappear for a moment as Kyo hung in mid air, off balanced.
"What the-?" He had barely turned his head when she appeared again behind him, kicking him in the back. He fell forward, and would have probably gained serious injuries had he not been through this many times before.
Kyo was on his feet again instantly, growling angrily. Yinju grinned teasingly, enjoying this fight. "Still haven't had enough yet orange head? Or do you want to be beaten up like a doll and turned into a puppet?"
"Why you little-!" He lunged at her again but she moved aside quickly, easily dodging it.
"You're just like that damn rat Yuki. Think you're so smooth and all." He grinned, turning to face her. There was a sort of wild look in his eyes now, and he looked ready to give it his all.
Kyo swung a fist at her again, and she smirked playfully. "You just don't know when to give up do you?"
Yinju dodged, but was caught by surprised when Kyo simultaneously lashed out with a kick that caught her in the stomach.
"Argh!" she fell back painfully amid gasps of surprise and fear.
Kyo watched her struggle to her feet, smirking. "Looks like you're still not ready for this, noob."
"That's it…" she growled, looking up to meet his eyes. "You really asked for it this time…"
Before he had time to react, her hands darted to a pouch hanging from her waist and quickly removed two objects from it. She held them up, and with one sharp movement, flung them forward.
Whistling slightly as they whooshed past, the audience watched in surprise as two sharp, black things seemed to force Kyo back towards the wall, pinning him there.
"What the-?" he looked to both sides of his shoulders; the things that were pinning him there were two black ninja stars, gleaming threateningly from their position in the cloth above his shoulders.
Yinju smirked as she sauntered forward, her eyes teasing the enraged cat.
"Having fun there? My, my, I never knew a puppet could have such a temper." She raised an eyebrow, and walked off. Before she turned the corner though, she looked back, smiling. "That was a good warm up though. Haven't had one for a long time now."
"…"
"WHAT ARE YOU ALL STARING FOR?.! GET ME OFF THESE FREAKING THINGS NOW!"
While Tohru went over to help Kyo, Yuki went over to the surprised redhead, who seemed more stunned then them, even though he was her 'cousin'.
"Is she always like this?" he asked, jolting the redhead out of his thoughts. Daisuke looked up sheepishly, rubbing his head.
"I actually don't know…"
(A/N: Wait a minute. Didn't ninjas fight with swords, and knives and…thingies?.! Or was that samurais…?)
:End Flashback:
-I'd rather not remember that…-
Dark shrugged. --It was pretty funny if you asked me.--
Kyo and Yinju had a sort of truce now, although they still occasionally lunged at each other (normally Kyo at Yinju) in an attempt to beat the other, but Yinju normally won.
The thing that enraged Kyo most was the way Yinju kept taunting him, going on about 'is that the best you can do?' and 'Oh that was a good warm up. Wanna go to the real fight now? Oh wait, you're already unconscious?'
However, no one ever questioned the use of the ninja stars.
Yinju was pretty disagreeable about everything, finding some way to argue, ever way she turned. The only person she really listened to was Dark, but that didn't really count anyway.
"Eh? Yinju-san that's a very pretty necklace!" Tohru spoke up suddenly, noticing the little locket hanging from the said girl's neck. Yinju blinked, and then looked down at it.
"Oh this? Ah…thankyou?" She took it off and held it in her hands, thinking that it would be a compliment.
"May I see?"
"Ah, here…" Tohru took the locket gingerly, as if afraid that any wrong movement would break the fragile object. She traced her fingers around the jewel, eyes wide, and let out a small gasp when she realised that it was actually a locket.
"Oh! There's a little mirror inside here!" Tohru held it out to show Yuki, who took it interestingly. He too studied the object, glancing at the mirror slightly. After all, it was only a mirror.
Right?
Yuki moved his eyes away from it to the little carvings on the side. It seemed pretty illegible at first, but after a minute or so, he found that he could actually read it.
"?...?.!"
"Hm?" Yinju looked up at him with a bored expression not expecting to see him standing there in semi-shock and confusion. "What are you-whoa!" She was up so fast that she nearly knocked over the table in her haste. She snatched the locket out of his hands, hurriedly snapping it shut.
"Yinju-san?" Tohru asked recovering from the slight disturbance caused when the table was half uprooted.
"You have to be careful with this locket because its really old, and it also holds ma-" She was cut off by Daisuke, who poked her hurriedly.
"She means that its very fragile and easily broken, that's all!" he filled in nervously, pushing Yinju out of the room. "Ahahaha…"
Ignoring the confused glances he received, he continued until they were well out of earshot. Then he turned to Yinju, who was looking mighty furious with all that pushing and cutting off-ness.
"Yinju-san, what was all that about?" he asked, wiping his forehead in relief.
"Hey, remember, this locket is like my medium- without it, I'll cease to exist." She put her hands on her hips indignantly, having replaced the locket.
"But why did you snatch it out of Yuki's hands like that?"
"Duh-that inscription protects the locket. It places whoever reads it under a sleeping spell of a sort-only you can't wake up without, ah, assistance." She shook her head, rolling her eyes.
"The only exceptions are me, of course, and all those with magic in their blood. To those people, such as you and Dark-sama, you would be changed into your other form."
"Well…" Daisuke scratched his head. "What if those people with magic didn't have another form? What if it was okaa-san or something?"
Yinju shrugged. "Don't ask me. It's never happened before, so I don't see why it should now."
"Ah…I see…"
--I remember the last time someone tried to anger her and snatched away the locket. She was so angry; her eyes were practically growing red. Then that sucker opened the locket to tease her, and noticed the inscription.-- Dark smirked; it was actually pretty funny.
"Hey, HEY! STOP TRYING TO PEEK AT MY CARDS YOU STUPID CARROT!"
"I'M NOT LOOKING AT YOUR CARDS, YOU DAMN YANKEE! WHY WOULD I WANT TO LOOK AT THEM?.!"
"OI, YOU STAY AWAY FROM MY CARDS, YOU HEAR ME?"
"FREAKIN' HELL, I'M NOT LOOKING!"
Daisuke sighed; this was gonna be a long day…
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Ehehe, that was short…sorry, but I needed to sorta sum it up so far. Something interesting happens in the next chapter, I promise you that.
ALERT, ALERT! MUST READ THIS PART!
And…can someone please think of something like a nickname for Yinju? 'Cause, you know how Kyo's like "Yankee, freaky girl, damn rat…" and you get the point. I'm gonna need one for Yinju cause it sounds kinda weird for Kyo to just yell out her name. Well, it's weird for me.
So please help, and thankyou for reviews! Please R&R!
Is it just me or are they getting shorter...? Well, the next chapter should be longer, what with the actual plot line in it and all!