Hi there everyone. This story is part of a bet. See I bet one of my
friends, Emily, that she could not raise over $50 for my brothers juvenile
arthritis walk-a-thon. Well she tried very hard and was able to raise $53.
I was beat by a measly 3 dollars. So she told me to do a Shiori and
Kurama fic. She said it has to be at least 3 chapters long- but it may be
longer.
Disclaimer- I do not own YYH, my friend, the walk-a-thon, my brother, any of the YYH characters, or even $53. I do not own $40. However I do own the characters that are not part of the show. If you want to use them please ask me first. You can sue me if you like but you will not get a penny out of it.
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Shiori had just finished putting the last of the dishes away. She turned and stared at the mound of clothes that were waiting to be folded. A small goofy smile came across Shori's face as she said "So this must be the legendary mound of clothes. I heard about it. Supposedly it's what happens when you wash a weeks worth of clothes for four teenage boys." She let out a slight giggle as she walked over to the basket. Suichi's friends had asked if their laundry could be done here. Unknowing of how much four teenage boys could dirty Shiori had agreed. Well she would be sure to never make that mistake again.
Shiori looked around the all too quiet house. Suichi was out with his friends again. Shiori's brow began to furrow as she thought her son's weird group of friends. That Kuwabara seemed to be really slow and at times really annoying. Yusuke seemed alright. His ego could use some work but Suichi seemed to really like him so she wasn't going to complain. Then there was that shorter one. Hiei was his name. She often wondered about him. Hiei seemed so much older then any of the others. He also acts as though he is centuries old, almost the way that Suichi did before I saved him. Shiori dropped the pants that she was folding and looked at the scars on her hand. She could tell that her son was hiding something from her. He did a good job covering it up though but she could tell. Every mother can tell when something is being hidden from her. Long ago Shiori had decided that she would wait for precious Suichi to tell her. She could wait as long as he wanted her to. After all Suichi was not an irresponsible child. He was a straight A student that was nice and caring to everyone that he met. I mean I'm right for waiting for him to tell me. Aren't I? I mean he's not in trouble or anything, right?
Her mind swam with all of the possible thoughts Shiori was starting to scare herself. "Oh just forget about it. I mean he's responsible. After all, I raised him." Shiori stared and sighed at the sight of clothes waiting for her. Smiling she walked into the family room and turned on the stereo. Rich music flowed from the speakers. Shiori pulled out a red hair tie and tied her hair back at the nape of her neck. A saying that her mother had taught her at a young age came flowing back as the music engulfed the house- "Music can always make the most tiring jobs enjoyable." With a small but determined smile Shiori set back to the work at hand.
Unknown to her a dark figure stood outside on a nearby rooftop watching her fold the clothes while dancing to the music. "Hmm, she should be fun" said the figure as it disappeared from the rooftop.
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At the other end of town Kurama, Yusuke, Hiei and Kuwabara were all trying to get the energy to stand up. They had just got done battling against a tough water demon. "Man, who ever knew that a brod would be so hard to defeat" Kuwabara said as he stood up.
"Shut up idiot." Yusuke said from the soft green grass that he laid on.
"Hn. If I remember correctly you were the one that said that the brod would be easy to beat. You said that we should all go home and you would beat her in 3 seconds" Hiei said as he stared at the blushing Kuwabara.
"Well yeah but I... well... that is umm" Kuwabara looked over at Kurama for help. Kurama was usually good at getting him out of these jams. However Kurama just started at Kuwabara. Damn, he's going to be no help this time. "Umm. Hey isn't that Botan over there" Kuwabara said as he looked into the distance.
"Oh man what is it now. Damn it better not be another case so soon." Yusuke mumbled as he stared at the bobbing blue ponytail. "Before you say it we aren't doing another case for 20 years. So go away."
The cheery face drooped for a second then she went back to her cheeriness again. "Oh but Yusuke I need you to help out one more time." Yusuke stared with a determined face. Seeing that begging wasn't going to work this time she decided to change her tactics a little. "I mean what will Keiko do if she was to hear that you and Sakura have been hanging out whenever you were supposedly fighting demons." Botan grinned evilly at Yusuke's scowl.
"You wouldn't" Yusuke challenged.
"Oh why not Yusuke. I mean Sakura owes me a favor. I'm sure that she would love to play along with me." A giggle and mean smile came from Botan before she continued. "Sakura and I could go and tell Keiko right now if you want. Then we can help her find you and you two can talk it out." Yusuke's scowl changed to a grimace as he thought about the 'talk' that he and Keiko would have. Realizing that he was beat Yusuke sighed.
"Fine point the way." He did not need an angry Keiko to come after him. Smiling Botan made a portal that led right to Koenma's office. She stepped through with Yusuke, Hiei, Kurama and a snickering Kuwabara in tow.
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Yusuke stormed into Koenma's office fuming. "What the hell is it this time toddler!" Yusuke stuffed his hands into his pockets as he strolled to the desk. "It had better be good for Botan blackmailing me for doing nothing wrong."
"Yeah I know you're perfectly innocent aren't ya! Never have done a single thing wrong before" Koenma grumbled as he stared at Yusuke. Kurama watched silently from the corner. Never before had he seen Koenma mad before. Sure he yelled a lot but now it sounded like hatred in his voice. Just what kind of case was this? Yusuke immediately shut up as he stared at the small figure sitting on his chair. Why was he yelling like that? Another thing was disturbing Yusuke, Koenma didn't mention the fact that he had been called a toddler.
"Ok I'm sorry for acting like that just a little tired that's all. So what's the case this time?" Yusuke side glanced at the chuckling Kuwabara. Only an idiot would have missed the anger in Koenma's voice. On the other side of Yusuke, Hiei was trying to figure out what was going on.
"Your next case is going to be a big one. Not only hard but also trying." Koenma grabbed a remote off of the desktop. "Look at the screen." The four boys turned around to face the screen that was behind them. A picture of a small girl appeared behind them. She was beautiful. The girl had long strawberry hair and piercing blue eyes. Her skin was a pale color that looked as though it had never been burnt by the sun. "This is Kanna. She is the object of your next case. You have to find her and bring her back to me."
"Is that all? Hn, you could have just sent Kurama and me and left the stupid weak humans here." Hiei growled from the side of the room.
Ignoring Hiei, Kurama inquired, "Why do you want us to find her?"
"Because she is one of the most powerful demons in the world. Her life is in danger because many want her to work for them. This is going to be hard because she has no trust for anyone in the world. Right now she is hanging out in the human world. What you have to do is convince her- without force to come to us." Koenma glanced over at Hiei when he said the last part. "You will have to change schools and try to befriend her before can get her here. These are her two friends" A picture of a thin black haired girl appeared. She had crimson eyes and the same cold look as Hiei. "This is Yuki. She is a very powerful human. Yusuke- she is like you. She had died and we brought her back to life but unlike you she wanted nothing to do with me or fighting. She will be willing to kill you if you look at her the wrong way. Yuki is like a security blanket for Kanna. And this," Koenma changed the picture to a girl with light red hair and soft purple eyes, "is Robyn. She knows all about demons and will try to impress you with stories. We believe there is more to her but we don't know too much yet. Kanna seems to not really care for her as much." Koenma flicked off the screen. "Believe me this is a big case. If you fail and Kanna is kidnapped the world will end."
"Wha-. You mean she's that powerful." Kuwabara seemed to wake from the trance he was in. "Baka. He just got done explaining why it was so important to get her here." Hiei smirked as he stared at the confused Kuwabara.
"Go guys and get her back here now." Koenma said. However Yusuke and the gang were already gone. "Good luck guys. You'll need it. I'm so sorry for everything that's going to happen to you." Koenma sighed as he sat back in the chair.
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"Mmmm... That tastes good. Maybe a slight bit more basil." Shiori said as she tasted the pot of food that she was cooking. Cooking homemade dinners was one thing that Shiori made sure to do everyday no matter how busy she was. It was a habit that her mom had done and it had been passed throughout the years.
She heard a door slam shut. "Mother, I hope you don't mind if my friends spend the night here." Kurama shouted as he entered the hall with Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Hiei.
"Of course not. I'll set a few more plates out." Shiori was going to say nothing about her son having friends over. She was so proud that he finally had some. He had worried her earlier whenever and never made any friends. Just a late bloomer, I guess. Shiori sat out three more plates and returned to the food before it could scorch.
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Later that night after dinner and Shiori had gone to bed, the boys sat around trying to figure out what was wrong with Koenma. "He didn't seem like himself." Kurama said as he turned off the lamp. "I guess we'll haveta wait until we get the girl" Yusuke said as he laid on the floor. Even the hard floor felt good after the fight that they had earlier that day.
Outside unknown to the boys a figure watched quietly. A quiet voice said "This will be so much fun. I haven't had any fun for almost a hundred years now. How tired someone can get waiting for fun." Laughing the figure jumped and left in the Darkness vowing to be back when the time was right.
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Ok this was a short chapter but this is the best place that I could think of stopping it. Like I said before, just be patient and all of the pieces will fall into place. You just have to wait for it. Please read and review. Oh and flame if you like. I don't really care. Flames will be roasting marshmallows. Pease r&r.
Disclaimer- I do not own YYH, my friend, the walk-a-thon, my brother, any of the YYH characters, or even $53. I do not own $40. However I do own the characters that are not part of the show. If you want to use them please ask me first. You can sue me if you like but you will not get a penny out of it.
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Shiori had just finished putting the last of the dishes away. She turned and stared at the mound of clothes that were waiting to be folded. A small goofy smile came across Shori's face as she said "So this must be the legendary mound of clothes. I heard about it. Supposedly it's what happens when you wash a weeks worth of clothes for four teenage boys." She let out a slight giggle as she walked over to the basket. Suichi's friends had asked if their laundry could be done here. Unknowing of how much four teenage boys could dirty Shiori had agreed. Well she would be sure to never make that mistake again.
Shiori looked around the all too quiet house. Suichi was out with his friends again. Shiori's brow began to furrow as she thought her son's weird group of friends. That Kuwabara seemed to be really slow and at times really annoying. Yusuke seemed alright. His ego could use some work but Suichi seemed to really like him so she wasn't going to complain. Then there was that shorter one. Hiei was his name. She often wondered about him. Hiei seemed so much older then any of the others. He also acts as though he is centuries old, almost the way that Suichi did before I saved him. Shiori dropped the pants that she was folding and looked at the scars on her hand. She could tell that her son was hiding something from her. He did a good job covering it up though but she could tell. Every mother can tell when something is being hidden from her. Long ago Shiori had decided that she would wait for precious Suichi to tell her. She could wait as long as he wanted her to. After all Suichi was not an irresponsible child. He was a straight A student that was nice and caring to everyone that he met. I mean I'm right for waiting for him to tell me. Aren't I? I mean he's not in trouble or anything, right?
Her mind swam with all of the possible thoughts Shiori was starting to scare herself. "Oh just forget about it. I mean he's responsible. After all, I raised him." Shiori stared and sighed at the sight of clothes waiting for her. Smiling she walked into the family room and turned on the stereo. Rich music flowed from the speakers. Shiori pulled out a red hair tie and tied her hair back at the nape of her neck. A saying that her mother had taught her at a young age came flowing back as the music engulfed the house- "Music can always make the most tiring jobs enjoyable." With a small but determined smile Shiori set back to the work at hand.
Unknown to her a dark figure stood outside on a nearby rooftop watching her fold the clothes while dancing to the music. "Hmm, she should be fun" said the figure as it disappeared from the rooftop.
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At the other end of town Kurama, Yusuke, Hiei and Kuwabara were all trying to get the energy to stand up. They had just got done battling against a tough water demon. "Man, who ever knew that a brod would be so hard to defeat" Kuwabara said as he stood up.
"Shut up idiot." Yusuke said from the soft green grass that he laid on.
"Hn. If I remember correctly you were the one that said that the brod would be easy to beat. You said that we should all go home and you would beat her in 3 seconds" Hiei said as he stared at the blushing Kuwabara.
"Well yeah but I... well... that is umm" Kuwabara looked over at Kurama for help. Kurama was usually good at getting him out of these jams. However Kurama just started at Kuwabara. Damn, he's going to be no help this time. "Umm. Hey isn't that Botan over there" Kuwabara said as he looked into the distance.
"Oh man what is it now. Damn it better not be another case so soon." Yusuke mumbled as he stared at the bobbing blue ponytail. "Before you say it we aren't doing another case for 20 years. So go away."
The cheery face drooped for a second then she went back to her cheeriness again. "Oh but Yusuke I need you to help out one more time." Yusuke stared with a determined face. Seeing that begging wasn't going to work this time she decided to change her tactics a little. "I mean what will Keiko do if she was to hear that you and Sakura have been hanging out whenever you were supposedly fighting demons." Botan grinned evilly at Yusuke's scowl.
"You wouldn't" Yusuke challenged.
"Oh why not Yusuke. I mean Sakura owes me a favor. I'm sure that she would love to play along with me." A giggle and mean smile came from Botan before she continued. "Sakura and I could go and tell Keiko right now if you want. Then we can help her find you and you two can talk it out." Yusuke's scowl changed to a grimace as he thought about the 'talk' that he and Keiko would have. Realizing that he was beat Yusuke sighed.
"Fine point the way." He did not need an angry Keiko to come after him. Smiling Botan made a portal that led right to Koenma's office. She stepped through with Yusuke, Hiei, Kurama and a snickering Kuwabara in tow.
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Yusuke stormed into Koenma's office fuming. "What the hell is it this time toddler!" Yusuke stuffed his hands into his pockets as he strolled to the desk. "It had better be good for Botan blackmailing me for doing nothing wrong."
"Yeah I know you're perfectly innocent aren't ya! Never have done a single thing wrong before" Koenma grumbled as he stared at Yusuke. Kurama watched silently from the corner. Never before had he seen Koenma mad before. Sure he yelled a lot but now it sounded like hatred in his voice. Just what kind of case was this? Yusuke immediately shut up as he stared at the small figure sitting on his chair. Why was he yelling like that? Another thing was disturbing Yusuke, Koenma didn't mention the fact that he had been called a toddler.
"Ok I'm sorry for acting like that just a little tired that's all. So what's the case this time?" Yusuke side glanced at the chuckling Kuwabara. Only an idiot would have missed the anger in Koenma's voice. On the other side of Yusuke, Hiei was trying to figure out what was going on.
"Your next case is going to be a big one. Not only hard but also trying." Koenma grabbed a remote off of the desktop. "Look at the screen." The four boys turned around to face the screen that was behind them. A picture of a small girl appeared behind them. She was beautiful. The girl had long strawberry hair and piercing blue eyes. Her skin was a pale color that looked as though it had never been burnt by the sun. "This is Kanna. She is the object of your next case. You have to find her and bring her back to me."
"Is that all? Hn, you could have just sent Kurama and me and left the stupid weak humans here." Hiei growled from the side of the room.
Ignoring Hiei, Kurama inquired, "Why do you want us to find her?"
"Because she is one of the most powerful demons in the world. Her life is in danger because many want her to work for them. This is going to be hard because she has no trust for anyone in the world. Right now she is hanging out in the human world. What you have to do is convince her- without force to come to us." Koenma glanced over at Hiei when he said the last part. "You will have to change schools and try to befriend her before can get her here. These are her two friends" A picture of a thin black haired girl appeared. She had crimson eyes and the same cold look as Hiei. "This is Yuki. She is a very powerful human. Yusuke- she is like you. She had died and we brought her back to life but unlike you she wanted nothing to do with me or fighting. She will be willing to kill you if you look at her the wrong way. Yuki is like a security blanket for Kanna. And this," Koenma changed the picture to a girl with light red hair and soft purple eyes, "is Robyn. She knows all about demons and will try to impress you with stories. We believe there is more to her but we don't know too much yet. Kanna seems to not really care for her as much." Koenma flicked off the screen. "Believe me this is a big case. If you fail and Kanna is kidnapped the world will end."
"Wha-. You mean she's that powerful." Kuwabara seemed to wake from the trance he was in. "Baka. He just got done explaining why it was so important to get her here." Hiei smirked as he stared at the confused Kuwabara.
"Go guys and get her back here now." Koenma said. However Yusuke and the gang were already gone. "Good luck guys. You'll need it. I'm so sorry for everything that's going to happen to you." Koenma sighed as he sat back in the chair.
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"Mmmm... That tastes good. Maybe a slight bit more basil." Shiori said as she tasted the pot of food that she was cooking. Cooking homemade dinners was one thing that Shiori made sure to do everyday no matter how busy she was. It was a habit that her mom had done and it had been passed throughout the years.
She heard a door slam shut. "Mother, I hope you don't mind if my friends spend the night here." Kurama shouted as he entered the hall with Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Hiei.
"Of course not. I'll set a few more plates out." Shiori was going to say nothing about her son having friends over. She was so proud that he finally had some. He had worried her earlier whenever and never made any friends. Just a late bloomer, I guess. Shiori sat out three more plates and returned to the food before it could scorch.
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Later that night after dinner and Shiori had gone to bed, the boys sat around trying to figure out what was wrong with Koenma. "He didn't seem like himself." Kurama said as he turned off the lamp. "I guess we'll haveta wait until we get the girl" Yusuke said as he laid on the floor. Even the hard floor felt good after the fight that they had earlier that day.
Outside unknown to the boys a figure watched quietly. A quiet voice said "This will be so much fun. I haven't had any fun for almost a hundred years now. How tired someone can get waiting for fun." Laughing the figure jumped and left in the Darkness vowing to be back when the time was right.
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Ok this was a short chapter but this is the best place that I could think of stopping it. Like I said before, just be patient and all of the pieces will fall into place. You just have to wait for it. Please read and review. Oh and flame if you like. I don't really care. Flames will be roasting marshmallows. Pease r&r.