What I Learned at Genkai's Temple

Chapter 11- Life Goes On (Version 2)

Kohari: Or not.

Jacqie: Poor girls...-hysterical laughter-

Kohari: Do you think anyone noticed that all three parts had songs for names?

Jacqie: Dunno. And y'all do know that Chapter 6 is up for "Who Said Life Was Simple?"...right?

Okay, once we reread Chapter 11, we decided that we didn't like how we ended it…so we rewrote it. So without further ado, here is the second version of part 3 of Love Potion: Life Goes On.

"Now, Hiei...we can talk this out," Daphne tried to reason with him. Her panic was evident in her voice as she slowly backed away from the rapidly advancing apparition. Her back pressed against a tree, and she reached a hand backwards to feel the trunk of the tree, as though unable to believe it.

She ducked as his sword slashed the tree in the spot where her head had been just a fraction of a second sooner, quicker than the eye could perceive. Kurama caught the blade in his whip. "I told you not to mess with my girl, Hiei."

Hiei growled, and the whip burst into flames. Kurama didn't even flinch. Kai ran forward to stop the fighting, ultimately bringing herself into the fray. How was she to know that a certain Jaganshi would set his sights on her...and her heart?

Kai and Daphne continued running as far and as fast as they could until they couldn't take it anymore. When they stopped to catch their breath, Kai managed to gasp out between breaths, "How do you think Kit is doing? I mean if Hiei and Kurama switched, then Kuwabara must be after her heart."

"Kai, right now, I am a bit more worried about staying away from Hiei and Kurama then about how Kit is handling Kuwabara. Trust me, she can't be having as much trouble as we are right about now," Daphne replied looking around trying to make sure that they hadn't caught up to them yet.

"Well yeah but we should try and help her, I mean Kuwabara was in love with me last time, remember? He may not be the brightest bulb in the box but he is rather insistent and he doesn't understand what 'no' means."

"Do any of them?" Daphne exclaimed in annoyance.

"Good point. Hey, what was Yusuke's mission?"

"What? Where the hell did that come from Kai?"

"Oh nowhere really, I just remembered that we sort of ran into him when we were running and he tried to tell us that he had completed his mission." Kai replied.

"Hey, if Yusuke is back, then maybe…"

"Genkai's back! I'll bet she can get rid of the freakin' love potion."

"We can only hope, now we just have to manage to get back to the temple and find Genkai and Kit without getting caught by our lover boys."

"That might be sort of difficult Daph," Kai said pointing behind her at the figures of the two boys.

They looked at each other in a panic and at the same time they both yelled, "RUN!"

Hiei and Kurama just looked at each other and then went chasing after them all over again. "Daphne!" "Kai!" "Come back!"

Little did either one know, but Kit was looking for them as well. When Kai and Daphne came running into the temple, they managed to run straight into Kit. "Kit, are you okay?" came the question from Kai. "Where are Hiei and Kurama?" Kit asked ignoring Kai's concerned question.

"Oh they are somewhere outside, I hope. They friggin' switched on us! I though having Hiei after me was bad but now, I honestly prefer Hiei over Kurama!" Daphne exclaimed thinking of how Hiei and Kurama had acted before Hiei had 'fallen' for Kai.

"Okay, well while Daphne is calming down, do you know if since Yusuke is back, is Genkai back too?" Kai asked Kit, nervously looking around for any sign of the boys.

"I dunno, let's look around and see if we can find them." Kit said already heading towards the kitchen, since she was sure that was where Yusuke would be.

"Okay, let's split up and meet at the back terrace in 25 minutes, okay?" Daphne asked, obviously calm again.

"Okay." Kai said as she headed towards the front of the temple.

"Yup, see you in 25 Daph." Kit said as she left.

"Oh yeah sure, leave me here to check around the dorms. Easy prey for the boys," Daphne continued to mutter stuff like this to herself as she headed towards the boys dorms.

When Kai got to the front of the temple she looked around as she quietly checked around all of the training grounds and the pond. Suddenly, she saw something a flash of red out of the corner of her eye. 'Uh-oh. Better get gone before I'm found, hopefully Kit and Daphne had better luck.' With that thought, Kai put her stealth skills to use and quietly snuck away, avoiding Kurama.

Unfortunately, Daphne really wasn't having too much luck either. She was poking around the boys dorms and noticed that Yusuke wasn't in his room. 'Well damn. That sucks.' After that thought she began to head towards the terrace but stopped at the sight of a certain open door. 'Well, that's a surprise. Hiei never leaves his door open. Hmmm, do I dare? Oh yeah, I so dare. I'll just take a quick peek and then I'll go see if the other girl's found anything.' When she was done debating with herself she stalked towards the door and pushed it all the way open. 'Well, well, well, who would have thought that Hiei kept his room neat?' Daphne was so absorbed in thought that she didn't notice a certain Jaganshi creeping up behind her until he placed his hand on her shoulder and roughly whirled her around, "Hello Daphne"

"Umm, hi Hiei, bye," Daphne whirled out of his grasp and pushed him into his room and slammed the door before she took off running towards the terrace.

Well, while Kai and Daphne were busy escaping from the two boys again, Kit was almost to the kitchen. When she walked in, she saw exactly what she was expecting, Yusuke stuffing his face. "Hi Yusuke," the girl said, startling him.

"Oh hi Kit, what's going on? Oh yeah, I got something for ya," he said as he passed her a package.

"Oh my god! You picked it up for me? Thanks so much," the cutesy girl said happily, jumping up and down as she gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"No problem Kit."

"Oh, by the way, did Genkai come back with you?" she asked, remembering what she was here to do.

"Nope, she said that she'll be a few more days."

"Okay then." Kit said as she started out of the kitchen but she stopped in her tracks when she heard Kuwabara calling out her name in the dining room. "Umm, Yusuke, do me a favor and make sure Kuwabara doesn't come after me, okay?" Kit didn't even wait for an answer as she took off towards the terrace. Yusuke just shook his head and went back to stuffing his face.

The girls met up on the terrace at about the same time. "Sorry guys, I had no luck, I had to get away before Kurama found me," Kai said looking at the other girls.

"That's okay Kai, I didn't get anything either, I had to run from Hiei after he caught me checking out his room."

"Daphne! That is so not what you were supposed to be doing," Kai reprimanded sharply but with laughter in her voice.

"So what did the tough guy's room look like?" Kit questioned curiously.

"I'll tell y'all later. What about you Kit, did you find anything?"

"Umm, yeah, I ran into Yusuke, he said that Genkai won't be back for a few days," she said apologetically. Daphne swore under her breath.

"Well this is really bad you guys, we can't run from the guys forever, ya know," Kai said while playing with her phoenix pendant.

"We don't have to run forever, just until Genkai gets back," Kit said in a dejected voice.

"Or maybe not even that long," Daphne said as she started walking towards a point a few yards away. Both of the other girls looked where she was walking to, and they both saw that the vendor that had given them the potion in the first place was tied up over there. They both ran to catch up with Daphne. "That must have been Yusuke's mission, to go catch this guy," Kit said excitedly.

"Well let's just be glad he managed to succeed in this mission," Kai said obviously happy that they were gonna get the antidote to the dang potion. When all the girls had gotten to him and were standing in front of him, he looked up and saw the faces of 3 very ticked off teenage girls.

"Well, hello ladies. What, may I ask are you doing over here?"

"Girls, get away from him, that is a dangerous criminal," Yusuke said as he ran outside towards them. Daphne just smirked and said, "Is he? No where near as dangerous as I'm gonna be if he doesn't tell us what the antidote is."

"Antidote, what antidote?" Yusuke asked. Kit turned to him and gave him a very short rundown of the problem at hand. When she was done, she asked him, "Now do you see why we are so desperate?"

Before Yusuke could answer, three guys came outside heading straight for the girls. "Umm yeah, I definitely see your point girls," Yusuke said as the girls began backing away.

Daphne wasn't done though; she grabbed the guy's shirt and shook him, "Tell us what the antidote is. Now loser!" He just looked at her and said, "No."

"Umm, I think you better tell her. She looks really, really ticked off," Kit said after seeing Daphne's face.

"I'm agreeing with Kit here, she really looks like she's ready to hurt you, and I have a feeling that you really don't want that to happen. See, Daphne sorta has a really bad temper and she usually keeps it in check but when she lets it go, you really don't wanna be around." Kai said as she and Kit kept backing away from the guys.

"Okay! Okay, I'll tell you. Not like it will help you though. The only cure is a Kantorian fur jacket. It's not like that helps you though, those things are expensive and they take weeks to get here."

Kit was turned away from the group, rummaging with something and when she turned around, she was holding up a fur jacket. "You mean like this jacket?" she asked innoncently as she shrugged it on. At the sight of the jacket the vendor's eyes went as wide as saucers and his mouth dropped to the ground, "Uh-oh," he muttered, "Me and my big mouth."

"Yes!" Kai whooped, "Normally, I'd joke you about your vanity but today I'm glad for it."

"Darn it!" Daphne exclaimed stamping her foot, "Don't get me wrong, I'm glad that you ordered that dang jacket, but I really wanted to hit him for all he's done to us." As if on cue, all three girls turned towards the guys. "Hold it, who's in love with who again?" Kai asked, "Because, I mean, they might have switched on us again."

"Well, let's find out, shall we?" said Daphne as she walked up to Kurama, "Kurama, who do you love?

"Kit," he answered promptly. "Hmmm, Kuwabara?"

"Kai," he said while looking at said girl lovingly. "Well I guess that means that they've gone back to the original matches, right Hiei?" Hiei just growled before he lunged at her. She moved back quickly. "Guys, do something!" she said as she continued to dodge Hiei.

The other two guys were obviously sick of standing and staring at 'their' girls so Kuwabara threw himself at Kai's feet while Kurama tried to pull Kit to him. Kit and Kai exchanged panicked glances before Kai suddenly had an idea, "Hey Kuwabara, you know that I'll never love you right? I think that you would be so much better off with Kit, don't you?" Kit looked at Kai alarmed, "What? No he wouldn't!" she exclaimed to no avail as Kuwabara looked at her with an adoring look in his eyes that was gone as quick as it had come. Both girls watched his eyes go back to their normal color.

Kit realized what had stopped Kuwabara and immediately turned towards Kurama who was about to lunge at her but he stopped dead in his tracks as his eyes turned back to their normal brilliant green color.

Kit and Kai were whooping with joy when they suddenly remembered that Daphne was still fending off Hiei's 'displays of affection'. Daphne suddenly ran towards them and realizing that the jacket did work she turned around to face Hiei and smiled at him. 'Hiei, do you think that Kit is prettier than me?" she asked with a pout. Hiei turned towards Kit and said, "No why would yo—"He broke off in the middle of his sentence and his red eyes flashed as he glared at Kit.

They were all walking back inside when they heard Yukina calling them in for dinner. Automatically they headed towards the dining room but when Yukina brought what she had planned to serve out to the table, they all cringed at what she had in her hands, "Ewwwwwww," they all said in unison.

Daphne piped up with a suggestion, "Hey, anyone up for pizza?" Everyone cheered as Yukina looked on in confusion.

Jacqie: Okayz, there is the second version of Life Goes On. Let us know what you think.

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