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Chapter 9: Dramatic Syndrome

After leaving Reikai, Kurama had gone on to Makai to gather some needed materials for his plan for revenge. It took him several hours, but he finally came home only to find his house in utter chaos. Humans were swarming around the place like ants, even though it was well past midnight.

Making his way through the crowd, he looked to see what all the fuss was about. Had Yusuke decided to attack the house? Did Yukina freeze something? The fox was worried that the house had blown up or something.

Thankfully, when he got to the front door, the house was still intact. He walked inside and found Yukina, Yusuke, Kuwabara, Keiko, and Shizuru dancing and hopping around. He hoped that they weren't high or drunk- the last thing he needed was taking care of crazy people.

Yukina spotted him and called him over. He walked closer to her warily, but he didn't smell anything odd with his heightened sense of smell, so he asked her, "What the heck is going on?! The last time I was here you were crying and I had scared the other four off."

Yukina grinned at him and said, "You know the lottery ticket they gave me? I won! I won the lottery!!!"

"The, ah, lottery?" Kurama asked, not sure whether to believe her or not.

"Hai, hai! The lottery, the ningen lottery! I've won!"

This was bad, very bad indeed. The revenge plans would have to begin now. Ignoring everyone, Kurama ran upstairs to his room and locked the door. On his bed lay Hiei's immobile body. Quickly pulling out the plants he had gathered from Makai, he began making the potion his plan would require.

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"BWAHA! You shall get the horrific hair cut you deserve, Hiei no baka!" Botan screamed as she used her scissors to hack away at his hair. Hiei struggled to get away, but with a chibified body, it was impossible.

Finally, after several minutes, Botan was finished. She smirked and looked at her handiwork. Surprisingly, Hiei's hair looked exactly the same, only a few inches shorter.

"There Hiei, it's all done. Now quit screaming like a big baby!" Botan stood aside and let Hiei get up.

The fire demon grabbed the nearest mirror and looked at himself. Glancing over his shoulder, Botan grinned.

"Heheh, I'm not so bad after all, ne?"

Silently, Koenma watched them interact with one another. He was surprised that Botan had managed to neatly cut Hiei's hair, even when he was kicking and screaming all the while.

Hiei stared in awe at the mirror, wondering why the ditzy ferry girl did such a good job while he couldn't even cut one strand with his sword. He voiced his approval with a single, "Hn!"

Botan grinned. "You like it don't you? Aren't you glad I cut your hair for you? Better than a barbershop again, ne?"

Hiei glared at her, silencing her. "Shut up!" He didn't want to be reminded of that!

Smirking evilly, Botan looked at Hiei in a way that made him fidget nervously. "Don't tell me to shut up, you chibified nuisance!" She pounced on him, and began tickling him like there was no tomorrow.

Frowning, Koenma witnessed this new turn of events. That wasn't fair. Chibi Hiei had been here for less than a day, and Botan was already tickling him! How many times had Koenma fantasized about this? How many times had he asked for her to play with him, only to be turned down time after time?

That's does it! Time for dramatic measures. Koenma stormed dramatically out of the room, dramatically opening and slamming shut the door, and dramatically stalking down the hallway. Dramatically, he yelled for an oni.

"ONI! GET ME HIEI'S SPIRIT BEAST!" he yelled dramatically. As an oni hurriedly ran to do his bidding, Koenma dramatically smirked and dramatically crossed his arms. This would be- dramatically- fun!