Octopi and Carrot tops are Unreliable


L.A.: Howdy do! I'm back with Chapter 2 and, I'm keeping on track with my schedule.

Amu: Which is a miracle.

L.A.: Why are you so negative today?

Amu: I haven't had pie. Life is miserable without pie.

L.A.: You had it this morning.

Amu: (wailing) And it was so long ago.

L.A.: Anyway, I hope you enjoy the chapter!

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Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho. If I did, I would be fluent in Japanese. The struggle to learn is real.


"-ooooooooooooooooood!"

Tori glared at her. "Is a Trolls 2 reference necessary?"

"When shit hits the fan, a Trolls 2 reference is always necessary." Sira tried to appear calm on the outside. But truth of the matter was that she was freaking out. How could this have happened? Nobody remembering them? After waiting so long to come back. To see everybody and now…

"So what do we do?"

Sira blinked as she snapped out of her daze. Tori was trying to appear nonchalant, focusing on solving the problem instead. That's when Sira knew to be concerned. Tori would bitch and moan just like Sira over little problems. The only time she got serious was when she was really scared or really hurt.

"Sira?"

"Let's retrace our steps." Sira's mind scrambled to gather her thoughts. "If this really is a time reset then we need to do the exact same things we did the first time we came here."

Tori nodded. "Okay, yeah, good idea. We… went to a restaurant first, right?" Tori frowned. "Crud. Where was it?"

Sira turned to face the other side of the street. Her eyes widened. "Uh, right there." She pointed to a small restaurant across the street.

"That's… convient."

"Maybe the stupid molester is helping us after all."

Tori glared at her as they crossed the street. "You do realize the Argos could be punishing us for making fun of him."

Sira grinned evilly. "He knows better. If he crossed us, I'll summon a fire breathing dragon to take him out."

Tori slapped her hands over Sira's mouth. "Are you crazy? Don't imagine that. The last time we imagined a dragon it tried to kill us."

Sira shoved Tori's hands away. "That was before I understood our powers. I could totally control one now." Sira glanced up at the sky and sighed. It was still dreary and overcast. Nothing abnormal. "Guess our bad ass powers don't exist yet."

"Seriously? You were actually trying to summon one?"

Sira shrugged. "Just a thought experiment." Too bad, she couldn't summon the dragon. But one day… one day…

A bell chimed as they entered the restaurant. The Waiter, a black haired brown eyed boy, approached them.

"For two?"

Tori nodded. "Yes, please."

He led them to a circular booth. As they got settled, he took their drink orders and left.

"Crap."

Sira stiffened. "What?" Had something already gone wrong? Was there a demon around that she hadn't even noticed. She thought she had been on the right track retracing their steps.

"We don't have any money," Tori said as she nervously watched the waiter's retreating form.

Sira rolled her eyes. "Oh, that? It's fine. I got us covered." She pulled out some yen and placed it on the table. "I always keep some yen on me."

Tori narrowed her eyes in suspicion. "Seriously?"

Sira shrugged. "I've been sucked into an alternate dimension once and was completely vulnerable. I'm not going to be caught with my pants down again." And, she had made sure of it. Not only had she started carrying Yen, she brushed up on her Japanese, and worked out daily. Despite the portal closing, she had always hoped. Just in case…

Tori nodded. "Make sense."

Sira grinned evilly.

Tori rolled her eyes. "That wasn't meant to be a pun."

"Sure," Sira peered over the the side of the booth. "In other news, it looks like we were right to retrace out steps."

Tori peered over the booth as well.

Sure enough, on the other side of the restaurant, the famed four were sitting haunched over the table discussing something.

Yusuke, with his traditional slicked back black hair, narrowed his black eyes as he smirked. It was probably something Kuwabara had said. The carrot top had his fists clinched and was grinding his teeth.

Kurama, the long red haired boy, next to him tried to calm the two down while Hiei, his black hair shooting toward the ceiling, was glaring at the table.

Sira snorted. "Hiei still looks like he wants to murder everyone."

Tori didn't comment.

Sira turned to see that Tori's expression had softened as she stared intently at Kurama. Sira leaned toward her ear and whispered. "Creeper."

Tori waved her off. "It's just weird, okay. They're just sitting there and we can't go up and talk to them like we normally do."

"We still could go up to them. Tell them what happened."

Tori raised an eyebrow. "That we're from another dimension and we had adventures with them that they don't remember because their world was reset."

"They could believe it. Weirder stuff has happened to them."

"That I was in a relationship with Kurama."

Sira shrugged. "Unlikely but still plausable."

"That you were dating Hiei."

"Okay, yeah. I was in the relationship and I still don't believe it."

Someone cleared their throat.

The girls turned around and saw the waiter with their drink orders. He eyed them suspiciously as he placed them on the table.

"Thanks," Tori said as she and Sira shrunk back into their seats.

"I'll be back for your order." The waiter cast them once last suspicious look before he left.

Sira turned to Tori. "We've got to do something."

Tori sipped her drink. "We need to follow exactly the same steps as last time, right? Then we need to catch Kuwabara on the way out."

"I guess, you're right." Sira sighed. "This sucks. We seriously have to go through everything again."

"It could be fun."

Sira glared at her. "You do remember what'll happen in a week."

Tori set her drink down and shivered. "Yeah, okay. I'm not looking forward to being bitten by a bat again."

"At least you just gotten bitten. I got dimension sickness."

Tori winced. "The bite hurt."

"This dimension tried to eat me." Sira still had nightmares about it. Cold feeling. The void reaching out to her. She shivered.

"But-"

Sira leaned forward. "It tried… to eat me."

Tori sighed. "Still it can't be that bad. You were out of it most of-"

Suddenly Sira let out a loud moan as she cradled her head in her hands. Several customers glanced warily in their direction.

Tori leaned toward her. "Can you not draw attention to us? They'll put us in a mental asylum."

Sira didn't hear her. How had she forgotten? With the reset, that would mean… "Haku doesn't exist yet." She turned to face Tori. "We need to make sure my baby exists again."

Tori raised an eyebrow. "You know Haku was Hiei's spirit beast, right?"

Sira nodded.

"And you know that in order for Haku to be created last time, he literally had to be ripped from Hiei's soul by a spirit eater."

"Uh-uh."

"And you know that was probably very very painful."

Sira clinched her fists. "Some sacrifices have to be made."

Tori sighed. "You are the worst girlfriend ever. Seriously, why were you two in a relationship to begin with?"

"I'm going to ignore that." Personally, Sira thought it wasn't a big deal. Haku was important. Even if Hiei didn't understand it. He could put up with the pain. Sira peaked over the booth again. Her eyes widened. "Crap!"

Tori popped up. "What's wrong?" She turned and saw that the table that previously held the Yu Yu Hakusho gang was empty. "Seriously, we missed them again?"

They sprang to their feet. "Look for Kuwabara," Sira said as she fished in her pockets and dropped a handful of yen on the table.

Tori scanned the crowd. She spotted a shock of orange hair outside the restaurant heading off to the right. "I've found him. I think."

She raced out of the restaurant with Sira trailing after him. "You think? I hope you know because I'm pretty sure I just overtipped that rude server."

Tori glanced to her right and saw Kuwabara heading into a nearby alley. "Come on," Tori said as she and Sira ran after him.

Rounding the corner, Kuwabara was already at the end of the alley. One more turn and they'd lose him.

"This is going to be awkward." Sira took a deep breath and yelled out. "Kuwabara!"

Kuwabara turned to see Tori and Sira approach them. He raised his eyebrows. "Can I help you?"

Tori panted as she caught her breath. "We needed talk to you about something important."

A pervy grin spread across his face. "Really?"

Oh, god. Don't be a perv. Sira thought as she forced a grin. "Keep it in your pants. We're not talking about that."

Kuwarbara blushed while Tori glared at her. "Seriously Sira?"

"We both know that's how Kuwabara thinks."

Kuwabara took a step back. "Uh…"

"Look. This is going to sound totally weird but you know us." Tori said as she motioned between Sira and herself. Her words were rushed as if she feared that Kuwabara would run away before she finished. "We went on a crazy adventure with you, Yusuke, Kurama, and Hiei were these psychos kept trying to kill us because we had the ability to stop them. We defeated them and were sent back to our world. A portal opened between our world and yours but then closed for six months."

Kuwabara had taken another step back but Tori hadn't noticed. "Then today we were transported back here by the Argos and it's like everything has reset."

"Wow, that's um… wow."

Sira could tell from the Kuwabara's expression and the way his eyes kept darting around that he thought they were batshit crazy.

Tori nudged Sira, her expression clearly reading: Help me.

"We can prove it. We know things. Things that we'd only know if we were your friends."

Tori lit up. "Like the fact that one of the first fights Uremeshi participated in when he came back from the dead was to help save your cat back from the guy possessed by the little creepy demon."

Kuwabara took another step back. "Not that I'm flattered, but that sounds a little stalkerish." He turned their back on them and began to walk off.

"Wait." Sira searched her memory. What had she said last time to convince him? "We know you're in love with Yukina."

Kuwabara stiffened.

"Sira…" Tori whispered.

Sira ignored her. "And that if you two ever got in a relationship and Hiei found out he would literally kill you."

Kuwabara relaxed as a strange calm rushed over him. He straightened up, his back still toward them. "If you know that, then that could only mean one thing."

Sira perked up. Kuwabara knew. He understood now.

"Sira," Tori whispered urgently.

Why was Tori scared? Sira didn't get it. It's what she had said last time. They were on track.

A rush of heat slapped her in the face as a bright orange light filled her vision. "What the hell?" She blinked as she took a step back. Her vision cleared and she suddenly saw that the orange light belonged to Kuwabara's spirit sword….which was pointed at both of them.

Kuwabara's eyes narrowed angrily. "If you know that, then you must be demons."

"Oh crud," Tori moaned.

Sira didn't hesitate. She grabbed Tori's hand and bolted. "Run like your ass is on fire."

"Hold still." Kuwabara yelled as he chased after them.

Sira wasn't paying attention. She was more focused on trying to get out of there… Well, on whatever the next turn was. Instead of taking them out on to the main street, it seemed they were going further and further into the back alleys.

Tori huffed as she glared at Sira. "Why did you tell him that?"

As they rounded another corner, Sira tried to get her breathing under control. "Because… it's what we said…last time."

"It didn't work last time either."

"Well, I didn't think he would attack us with his freaking sword," Sira yelled.

"Get back here!" Kuwabara yelled. He was gaining ground.

Tori and Sira looked back at him. "No!" They both yelled.

Tori turned back to Sira. "This is ridiculous. There's got to be something we can-"

She was cut off when both girls ran into something soft and sticky.

Tori winced as she shook off the slime. "What the heck did we just run into?"

Sira shivered and shook like a dog as she tried to get the slime off. "Get it off. Get it off."

"Huh?" A deep booming voice said in front of them.

Both girls looked up to see a giant octopus staring down at them. He seemed confused.

A rush of recognition raced through Sira. She grinned as she waved at him. "Octopus Demon!"

Tori clasped her hands in delight. "You're a sight for sore eyes."

The Octopus Demon looked creeped out as he slithered backwards slightly.

Sira frowned. "Wait. Where are you going? Aren't you going to attack us?"

The Octopus Demon curled his tentacles underneath him as if he was afraid the girls would try to touch them. "Me not so sure. Me weirded out when food is happy to see me."

Sira shook her head. "No, you don't understand. This is perfect. When Kuwabara sees you are attacking us, he'll realize we're just like normal girls and save us like last time."

Tori nodded as she glanced behind her. The color drained from her face. "Uh, Sira?"

Sira wasn't listening. She could handle this. This was just like last time. "We're on track. Everything's going to be okay."

"Sira?"

The Octopus Demon held out one tentacle in protest. "Me no like this idea."

Sira smirked. "Well, too bad."

"Sira!"

Sira turned to Tori. She was surprised to see how pale Tori was. "What's wrong?"

Tori pointed behind them. "Kuwabara didn't follow us."

Sira turned and looked behind them. Sure enough, Kuwabara was nowhere in sight. "What the hell Kuwabara?"

The Octopus Demon cleared his throat behind them. Both the girls slowly turned around. Sira grinned sheepishly. "So, how about we laugh this off and forget it ever happen?"

The Octopus Demon unfurled his tentacles. "Me changed me mind. Me going to eat you now."

"Crap." Tori whispered.

"Run again?"

Tori nodded. "Run again."

"Hey!" The Octopus Demon shouted as the girls took off running deeper into the alleys.

This sucks. Sira thought as she and Tori rounded the corner. She could practically feel the Octopus Demon's tentacles swiping at her legs.

"Why can't we have it easy." Tori moaned. "Why does nobody believe us and stupid Octopus Demons chase us."

Sira yelped as the Octopus demon tried to trip her. She stumbled but quickly regained her balance as she raced down the alley. Why weren't their powers working? What she wouldn't give to have a gun, a sword…a fire breathing dragon. "I swear if I had my powers I would totaling go GOT on his ass."

"Just give it up, Sira. It's never going to happen."

Both girls skidded to a stop barely avoiding crashing into the concrete wall in front of them. Their strong desire to escape had made them completely oblivious to the fact that they ran into a dead end.

Both girls turned to see the Octopus Demon slowly approaching them. Two of if tentacles were poised like snakes ready to strike. "Me going to eat well tonight."

"We suck at being cool, don't we?" Tori asked as she pushed herself against the wall.

Sira shrugged. She was about to be eaten by sushi. She would have found this thought amusing if she wasn't in shock over the whole situation. "At least we made it further than last time."

"Time to die," The Octopus demon said as drool dribbled from his mouth.

Sira and Tori closed their eyes and braced themselves.

The sound of a gunshot rang through the air.

Sira and Tori opened their eyes and looked up to see a giant smoking hole in the middle of the Octopus Demon's forehead. He let out a groan as he fell. He disappeared in a flash of light before he hit the ground.

"I can't believe you thought they were demons."

Sira perked up. She recognized that voice. From Tori's expression, she could tell she did too.

Standing a few feet away from them was Yusuke Uremeshi. His hand was in the spirit gun position and his index finger was still smoking.

He blew off the smoke and turned to face the bewildered Kuwabara. Yusuke smirked. "I mean they can't even take out a low level demon."

Sira glared at him. "Hey."

"Seriously," Yusuke said, "you should get your eyes checked."

Kuwabara clinched his fists. "That's it. You're gonna get it." He swung his fist at Yusuke who easily dodged it. "Hold still."

"Not a chance," Yusuke said as he proceeded to slug him.

"Great," Sira sighed. "They've completely forgotten about us."

The fight had turned into an all out brawl as Yusuke and Kuwabara swatted at each other.

Tori looked disgusted. "Stupid boys."

"Well, we better get their attention before it's too late." Sira frowned. What would make them listen? What would give them the best chance?

"Koenma!" Tori shouted.

Kuwabara and Yusuke stopped mid fight as they turned to look at them.

Tori let out a deep breath. "Take us to Koenma."


L.A.: And they're finally reunited, sort of.

Amu: Your characters are really useless, aren't they?

L.A.: Fine! Have the pie. (gives pie)

Amu: (eats pie) I mean your characters are amazing!

L.A.: I don't know whether I should be happy or sad my muse is so easily bribed.

Amu: I'm ignoring that remark.

L.A.: Anywho you know what to do. Read and REVIEW!