Shadowess: Hi, I just want to update as much as I can. I'm still trying to get the hang of submitting... so... Ya. Enjoy another chapter here!
Disclaimer: I do not own YYH, Hot Topic (I wish I lived near one), White Noise, The Grudge, The Ring, anything from the Alien movie series.
Chapter 2: First Day and Night
After flying through the air and stopping in front of a large complex, Botan landed the oar. "Welcome to the Multi-World Super Mall!" Botan smiled, ushering the girls through the large doors.
The girls just gasped at the view of all the gothic and Japanese style shops. There were many people walking around as well. Some even didn't even look like people. Demons, half demons, and even humans were walking about.
Botan took out two Visa cards from her pocket and handed them to the girls. "Here. Get whatever you want and I'll come get you if I think that you need help in any style of clothes. Have fun!" Botan skipped off towards a shoe store.
The girls looked at each other and smiled. "Where first?" they said simultaneously then laughed.
"Goth first then Japanese?" Kyla asked.
"Then we'll check out everything else." Nyssa agreed.
Immediately, they ran in to a Hot Topic style shop. Inside, they picked up shirts, pants, and even skirts of all styles. The gothic death look with blacks and crimsons really suited their taste. Both girls must have purchased over a hundred dollars worth of clothes in there. Going back outside with their bags, they went over to the Japanese shop.
From everything dark and seemingly spilling of blood in the gothic store, the Japanese store was serene and a gentle kind of exoticness. Kimonos and school uniforms were displayed everywhere. Kyla went over to where the kimono displays were and Nyssa joined her.
"How about this one?" Kyla picked up an earthy tone kimono.
"Awesome. You should go try it on." Nyssa smiled as she looked through some of the darker colored kimonos.
"Okay, but I'm getting more than one." Kyla started walking to a change room.
Nyssa pulled up a kimono that was black with a red and deep violet dragon on it. Smiling, she went over to the change room.
Kyla came out just as Nyssa arrived. The kimono was perfect on her, giving compliment to her eyes. "What do you think?"
"Gorgeous. Definitely get that one. There was a really nice white one out there that you should look at." Nyssa smiled. "I'm going to try this one on." She held up the kimono she held.
"You do that." She smiled as she watched Nyssa turn away and go into the change room.
After nearly half an hour of looking at kimonos and all the accessories, they ended up purchasing three kimonos each, socks with wooden sandals, and out-on-the-town school uniforms.
As they walked out of the store, Botan ran up to them with bags full of shoes. "Come on! You're not going to get far with only sandals. Time to get you some runners and slippers!" She went behind them and pushed them towards a shoe store.
Botan didn't over shop the girls there; in fact, they all enjoyed playing around with all the different kinds of shoes. They ended up getting two pairs of sneakers, a pair of normal sandals, and even slippers. Just when the girls thought that they were done, Botan said that they had one more store to go to.
"Since you both are half demons, you'll need to have clothes for training! But since you don't have abilities yet, we'll have to hold back on the weapons." Botan said, leading them to a surplus store.
"Awww… that's no fair…" Kyla whined.
"Bummer… can we at least get lighters for the candles and incense we got at the Japanese store?" Nyssa asked.
"I don't see why not." Botan smiled. She didn't see the girls give high-fives to each other when she turned away.
The girls were shocked at what they saw in the store. Guns and weaponry galore! To their disappointment, Botan led them to the back where combat wear was. They each got spaghetti-strap shirts, mesh over tops, strap belts to hold multi-tools, and pants that hold together even after ware and tear. They also got comfortable combat boots and even super-comfortable shoes that were water-proof, fire-proof, and very durable. Nyssa got a lighter that had one of those lids that you flick, and it was silver with a black dragon stencil on the side. Kyla got a lighter that had a wide handle, green with gold stencils in silhouettes of a wolf and a dragon.
Finally finished, Botan put all their bags into a large cart and attached it to the end of her oar. They took off and headed towards Kurama's home in the human world. Upon arrival, they nearly crashed because of Botan's lovely flying skills. Kurama opened the patio door just in time, causing the girls to fly in screaming. Botan stopped just before the couch, causing the girls to fall off on to it.
They were laughing, raising concern for Kurama and Hiei, who saw the entry.
"You should have your flying oar license revoked!" Nyssa chuckled, regaining some composure from laughing.
"But that was so much fun! More chaotic than a roller coaster ride." Kyla pointed out, still laughing and rolling off the couch.
"Glad you girls had fun!" Botan took their comments as compliments. A little tone went off from her pocket causing her to sigh. "I got a job to do. It was really fun. We must do it again some time! Bye!" She left the cart there and took off.
"Chow!" the girls waved.
Nyssa looked at Kyla on the floor and laughed. "She is scary, huh?"
"Almost as scary as you are." Kyla joked. She received a glare.
"At least I don't wear pink kimonos, or any pink for that matter." She got up and picked up her bags. "Hi, guys." She smiled at Kurama and Hiei.
Kyla got up and went to pick up her bags. "Hey, Kurama, Hiei. Um, where are our rooms so we can dump this stuff?" she asked.
"Just up the stairs. Nyssa, yours is first on the left, and yours is second on the left, Kyla." Kurama directed.
"Thank you." They said at the same time and went upstairs.
Kurama looked at Hiei, who looked back at him.
The afternoon passed by rather quickly, and the girls had changed out of the clothes that they slept in. Kyla was wearing pants and a black shirt that said 'little angel' with demon horns and tail on the letters. Nyssa had grey skull shirt with long mesh sleeves and long black skirt. They guys were in the same clothes as before.
"I will get started on dinner. What do you girls like to eat?" Kurama asked, heading towards the kitchen.
"I like lots of things, except what my mom cooks. Yuck… I swear she's trying to poison me; but the pancakes are good." Kyla said.
"Just as long as meat is not combined with greens, I'm good." Nyssa said.
"Well, throw out any suggestions and I'll cook it up." He said.
"Um… I'm in the mood for pancakes!" Kyla smiled.
"No objection here." Nyssa said.
"Alright. I'll start on that then." He smiled and went in to the kitchen.
Hiei simply sat on the window sill, watching the leaves in the trees and bushes. Kyla and Nyssa talked amongst each other about the peculiar dreams that they had before.
"I had a dream about a waterfall and a fox. It was really weird since there is more to my dreams than that." Kyla said.
"I had a waterfall in my dream too, but I saw bandages on people's arms. I didn't see the people though." Nyssa said.
"We should really find some dream interpretation books. Maybe we can call Botan and head back over to that mall…"
"Ya, but we should wait a while. If we let some time pass then go and find out what they mean, it could be accurate or completely false." Nyssa adjusted her skirt.
"That works. But don't you find it sort of ironic that I dream of a fox, and Kurama is a fox demon and I become half fox demon?" she asked.
"Well, if I answer that honestly, you'll probably try to kill me right here." Nyssa smirked.
"Shut up."
"Make me."
"Oh I will!" Kyla lunged at Nyssa, who jumped away in time.
Laughing, Nyssa went behind the opposite couch. "Too slow, foxy!"
"I'm going to get you!" she yelled, leaping over the couch at her friend. Chasing her around the living room in circles, she stopped and turned around. Nyssa nearly ran in to her and skidded on the ground. Kyla jumped on her. "I win!"
"Ya ya… get off me, I'm being crushed." Nyssa groaned from beneath her.
"Make me." Kyla smirked.
"Like being tickled?"
"You wouldn't."
"Get off me and I won't." Nyssa reached behind and grabbed her foot.
Reluctantly, Kyla got off her. "Fine fine… Just don't tickle me."
"Pancakes are ready!" Kurama called from the kitchen.
Kyla rushed in to the kitchen and sat down at the table with a big smile on her face. Nyssa got up and walked after her, with Hiei right behind. Kurama made large pancakes, three on each plate. Maple syrup, jelly, honey, chocolate syrup, and butter were in the center of the table. Strawberries, whip cream, and banana slices surrounded the toppings.
"You've outdone yourself again, Kurama." Hiei commented, sitting down in his seat, which was beside Kurama.
"I don't know what the girls like on their pancakes so I brought out everything." Kurama smiled.
"This looks really good!" Kyla said with Nyssa nodding.
"Go ahead and eat before it gets cold."
So they did. Kyla had her syrup and Nyssa had made crepes from her pancakes with whipped cream and strawberries. Kurama and Hiei had an even variety of toppings on their pancakes. While eating, Kyla and Nyssa talked quietly, and Kurama and Hiei just ate in silence.
Later on that evening, they went in to the living room. Kurama and Hiei told the girls about their past lives, what they did before they got in trouble with Koenma. As much as the girls wanted to hear more, they didn't want to talk too much about their missions.
"We should watch a movie." Kyla suggested.
"What kind of movie should we watch?" Kurama asked.
"Hiei, you should choose. You've been quiet all day." Nyssa looked at him.
"I don't watch movies." He said, crossing his arms.
"Oh, come on, Hiei; pick one that catches your attention. Horror, thriller, action; anything." Nyssa encouraged him.
Hiei got up and went over to a shelf that held dozens of movies. He scanned the titles and pulled out White Noise. He tossed it to Kurama who caught it and put the movie in the DVD player.
"Good choice." Nyssa smiled.
"Whatever." Hiei sat back down and crossed his arms.
The movie started and the girls were between the guys. Kurama beside Kyla and Hiei beside Nyssa. At many sections of the movie, the girls jumped in surprise causing Kyla to either grab hold of Nyssa or Kurama. Closer to the latter half, she just clung to Kurama in fear of the freaky sections. Nyssa had a pillow in her arms and held it in her arms tightly. When the main guy saw his wife and there was a freaky scan image of a girl trapped someone screaming, Kyla and Nyssa lightly screamed. Nyssa had put her pillow down and grabbed hold of Hiei on accident.
Hiei looked down at her and looked at Kurama, who had his arm lightly around Kyla's waist. He was about to follow his example when he felt Nyssa let go of him.
"So sorry, Hiei." Nyssa whispered, embarrassed. She picked up the pillow and wrapped her arms around it.
The movie came to an end and there was a flash of lightening from outside, then the power went out. Kyla screamed out loud and tighten her grip around Kurama. She really hated it when things like that happened right after and during movies.
"Kyla, I need to be able to move to get to the fuse box." Kurama said to her.
"I'll get it." Hiei said. He got off the couch and navigated his way through the darkness down a hallway.
With lightening flashing the darkness, Kyla tried to look around. The shadows coming from the back yard looked like the three figures from the static of the TV. She squeaked and gripped on to Kurama's shirt tighter.
With a faint click in the background, the lights came back on.
"I think Kurama would like his mobility back, girl." Nyssa said once she saw Kyla.
Kyla let go of Kurama, embarrassed. "Sorry! I didn't mean to try and cut off blood circulation…"
Kurama cleared his throat and smiled. "It's alright. I know it wasn't deliberate. You were just surprised by the events in the film."
The TV was on but the DVD player was still off so it showed the white noise of a normal television. Nyssa looked at the view, then to Kyla. She gasped lightly.
"Did you see that?"
"See what?" Kyla asked.
"On the TV… I swear that I saw something…"
"You're not fooling me. You're just trying to scare me." Kyla crossed her arms.
"Do I look like I would joke about this?!"
"Yes."
"Fine. Don't believe me." Nyssa got up and walked in to the kitchen, holding in her laughter as much as possible.
Despite as much as she didn't want to believe that, she couldn't help but watch the TV intensively. Almost mesmerized, she didn't hear Kurama calling her. A hand on her shoulder made her jump and shriek.
Kyla turned around to see Kurama. "Don't do that to me!!"
"Sorry. I was trying to ask you if you want to have a snack and watch another movie." Kurama repeated himself.
"Oh. Ya sure." Kyla got up and glanced at the TV before going in to the kitchen.
Nyssa and Hiei were already in the kitchen, just sitting in silence. Kurama took out a popcorn bag and put it into the microwave.
"We should watch a horror movie next." Kyla said.
"How about the Grudge? I heard it was freakier than The Ring." Nyssa said.
"We have that one. Yusuke gets all of these movies and brings them over here." Kurama informed.
"Doesn't he have his own DVD player?" Kyla asked.
"No."
The microwave dinged, and Kurama pulled out the popcorn. After placing it in a bowl, he saw Kyla's face go a bit sour.
"You don't like popcorn?" he asked.
"No, not really no." Kyla shook her head.
"Would you like some chips or anything?" Kurama asked.
"Chips are good."
"What kind?"
"Anything is good."
Kurama pulled out some all dressed chips and put them in a bowl. "Ready to watch the next movie?" he asked everyone.
"I'm gonna get into pajamas first." Nyssa said, standing up after putting a piece of popcorn in her mouth.
"Me too."
Both Kyla and Nyssa went upstairs while Kurama and Hiei went back in to the living room. Hiei looked at Kurama and smirked.
"You sure had your hand around her during the film." Hiei said.
Kurama blushed. "That movie was intimidating and I was providing comfort."
"Just because she is a half demon of your genetics, doesn't mean that you should become infatuated with her."
"It's not her genes that I… admire. It is Kyla herself." Kurama explained.
"We shall see…"
The girls came back downstairs in their pajamas. Kyla wore a shirt and pj pants that had cherry blossoms and stars. Nyssa wore a night gown that had moons and black cats that went down just past her knees.
They sat down as Kurama put the movie into the DVD player. Nyssa and Kyla had the bowls in their laps with the guys on either side of them. With the movie running, a scary part came up where the… thing made its noise and appearance in the attic, attacking the girl. The girls jumped and grabbed hold of the objects closest to them to hide their faces from the screen. They grabbed the guys' shirts.
Kurama had his arm around Kyla, and she didn't seem to notice at all. Hiei slowly put his arm around Nyssa, who was too busy trying to hide her face to notice. When they relaxed, they still didn't notice. Kurama and Kyla ate the chips, and Hiei and Nyssa ate the popcorn.
That process repeated throughout the entire film. By the time it was the end of the movie, the girls were just about asleep but too scared to actually fall asleep.
Finally gathering up the guts to go upstairs, the girls and guys bid their goodnights and went in to their rooms. Kyla looked around in the darkness of her room and couldn't get the image of the cursed woman out of her head. Then she saw it. Panicking, Kyla went out of her room and knocked on Kurama's door.
He opened it and looked at her. "What's wrong?"
"I'm scared! That creepy dead lady is in my room and she's going to eat me!" Kyla said.
"…" Kurama decided to play along. "Are you sure that she wants to eat you? Maybe she wants to have a talk."
"No. She wants to eat me."
"Well let's be sure." Kurama took her arm gently and led her out of the room and back into hers. "I don't see anything."
"That's because the light is off silly." Kyla laughed lightly as Kurama went to flick the light switch.
Looking around again, he didn't see anything. "Still nothing."
Kyla flicked the switch and looked around. "There!" she pointed towards something.
"That's a chair."
"I know but she's sitting in the chair!" Kyla hid behind Kurama starring past his arm.
He looked down at her and put a comforting hand on her shoulder. "Wait here."
He left her and went over to the chair. He starred at it for a moment pretending that there was something or some one there. He started to make hand movements as if talking to someone and Kyla freaked out.
"Don't talk to it!!" she cried running over to him pulling his hand/arm back to his side. "It will eat us both." She whispered quietly so only he could hear.
Kurama looked at her and smiled. "You do realize that I wasn't talking to anything."
"Well…I… YOU'RE A DICKHEAD!!!" she yelled
Kurama stared blankly at her. "I'm a what?"
"You heard me. You're a dickhead, dickhead!" Kyla repeated herself.
Kurama blinked then walked away from her without a word. Those words were somehow more painful than getting stabbed twice in the chest.
Kyla looked at him and rolled her eyes. He's one of 'those' guys. She grabbed his arm. "Kurama, I call everyone a dickhead or something like that. I even called Nyssa a dickhead once and she's my best friend. Of course that was a VERY bad idea but I lived through it… sort of… So I'm sorry if I've offended you."
Kurama turned around and looked at her with a soft smile. "Thank you for telling me." He was almost sure that she hated him. But now he had a chance again to… Why was he thinking like that?
"Good good!" Kyla smiled.
"Since there is nothing in here, you should get some sleep." Kurama said.
"But but… Oh fine. I'll go to sleep at dawn since I still think that cursed lady is trying to eat me."
"Weren't you paying attention to the movie? She comes out during the day as well." Kurama explained.
"WHAT!! I knew I missed something. You and your stupid good smelling clothes…" she muttered to herself and he just happened to hear.
Kurama looked away and lightly laughed to himself, hoping he wasn't blushing. He suddenly got an idea and he reached up into his hair and pulled out a small seed. He turned back to Kyla and held it out in his palm. "Here."
"What is it?"
"A seed." He said rather cheerfully.
"I can see that… What is it?" She repeated.
"This is one of my magical seeds. In time of need it will grow and protect you if danger is at hand, like… let's say a demon or a ghost, or for you that cursed lady. As long as you it have with you you'll be safe."
"So is this like a substitute for you?" She teased taking the seed from him.
"Yeah." He said calmly.
Kyla blushed a lot as she diverted her attention else where. "You weren't supposed to say that exactly."
"I wasn't?" Kurama laughed to himself.
"Ya…Nyssa!!" she called to the room next to her.
There was a mumble and the door opened to reveal Nyssa with bed head. With another mumble, "…What?"
"I'm going to die!" Kyla exclaimed to her.
"…see you at Chapters…" Kyla picked up her puppy teddy and chucked it at her. It hit the door. Nyssa looked at it sleepily. "Bad aim… night…" she closed the door going back to bed.
Kurama went over to the door and picked up the stuffed animal. He brought it back over to Kyla. "Who is this?"
"That is my Sirius puppy." She smiled.
"Sirius? The Egyptian god star…" Kurama remembered.
"Yuppers!"
Kurama tapped the toy on her nose and she gave it her usual quick kiss. He smiled and gave her the teddy. With a yawn, he said, "You better get in bed now."
"You too. Thanks for the seed thingy."
"You're welcome." He smiled at her. "Good night." Kurama went over to the door and closed it.
"Uh yeah… sweet dreams?" Kyla shook that thought out of her head and went in to her bed. She looked at the seed in her hand. "So you're going to make sure that I don't get attacked?" she asked it, and it unexpectedly jumped in response. "Ahh!!" She nearly dropped the seed. Did she see that right? It jumped! "Okay um… don't… do that… Um… I'm going to put you…down… here…" she put the seed beside her pillow. "If Kurama said that you'd protect me, you'll protect me. So I'll take his word for it." It jumped again. "Gah!!"
Looking around the dark room from Kurama turning off the lights on his way out, she didn't like it. Kyla got up and went to turn on the light. "That's better." She went back to bed and found sleep, with the lights on.
In the middle of the night, the lightening storm was still on. The power went out, making the house black. Kurama was the only one who woke up because of the loud thunder after affect. He noticed the power was out.
"I better check up on Kyla. She's probably freaking out from the power outage." He got out of bed and put on a robe over his boxers and tied it. Kurama left his room and went over to Kyla's.
When he opened the door, it made that ghoulish bone-chilling noise from the movie. Kyla's eyes shot open and she screamed, going under the covers.
"I'm gonna die!!! Don't kill me!!!" she cried franticly.
"Kyla, it's just me." Kurama said.
Kyla peeked from under the covers and sighed. "Don't do that!!"
"Sorry. I was just making sure that you're alright."
Kyla looked around the room. "Who turned off my light? Was it her!?"
"No. There was a power failure from the lightening storm. Are you alright?" Kurama asked.
"I was alright until you opened the door. I was sleeping!" Kyla glared at him.
"Alright then. I was just making sure that you were okay. Go back to sleep." Kurama smiled and flicked the light switch off in case the power came back on and it blew the bulb. "Sweet dreams."
"Ya… you too." She saw him close the door, going back to his own room. After a short while, she found sleep again.
In the neighboring room, Nyssa shot awake from a nightmare. Taking a shaky breath, she rubbed her eyes and looked outside to see lightening. Putting on her glasses, she went over to her door and put on her new slippers. The images were still fresh in her mind, so she went in to the hall and made her way down the dark staircase. With a flash and a loud crash following, it made her jump.
Nyssa slipped on the last couple steps, causing her to fall with a loud bang. "Ow…shit shit shit…" she cursed under her breath and got up with a pain in her back and her right arm. Rubbing her arm and cursing quietly in pain, she didn't hear a door open from upstairs. Walking over to the living room, Nyssa sat down on the couch. Laying back, she tried to relax to get those images out of her head.
She felt a sting on her right arm. Looking, she saw blood seeping from where some skin got torn from the stumble on the stairs. Getting up, she was about to head over to the kitchen to clean it when there was a figure that popped up in front of her.
"What are you doing up?" It was Hiei.
Nyssa sighed in relief. "Hi, Hiei… I can't sleep." She walked around him, not wanting to say that she was up because of a nightmare.
Hiei saw the blood on her arm. "You're bleeding."
"Ya. I stumbled on the stairs." Nyssa went in to the kitchen and grabbed some paper towel. Before wiping the wound, she licked the blood away. Running the water for a moment, she dipped the paper towel in it and wiped her arm.
Hiei watched her in the dark. "Why are you really up?" he asked again, not believing that she just 'can't sleep'.
"If you really want to know, it was a nightmare and the images won't get out of my head." Nyssa rubbed her eyes.
"Dreams aren't real." He informed her.
"I know that. But I prefer sleeping like the dead." She turned around to face him. It wasn't until then that she noticed that he was only in boxers. Nyssa looked away blushing.
Hiei rolled his eyes. "You should go back to sleep."
Nyssa noticed the bandage on his right arm. "A bandage…" She remembered her dream from before; Kyla's fox for Kurama, and the bandaged arms for Hiei.
"Yes. Don't ask about it. Go to bed." Hiei turned away.
"I'll go when I stop bleeding…" she muttered and continued to dab her scrape. Yawning, she chucked the paper towel in to the garbage. Not watching where she was going, she bumped in to Hiei. Looking up at him, Nyssa blinked. "Why are you up?"
"I heard something on the stairs, and found that it was you. I'm in no hurry to go back to sleep." He looked down at her.
"Hm… going to investigate something that could very well have been some killing thing in your underwear without a weapon. What a fascinating plan." She said with sarcasm.
"Whatever."
Nyssa moved around him and went towards the stairs. "I'm going back to bed. If you hear anything again, it's most likely me up again."
"What was your nightmare about?"
Nyssa stopped and looked at him. "You'd just think it's stupid."
"The fox said that when someone has a bad dream, it's best to hear them out so that they won't have it again." Sure this was different for Hiei, but somehow, with this girl having some of his blood in her, he felt different about her.
Nyssa looked at him then sat on the stairs. "An alien from a movie series gets in to my home… My brother was being eaten in front of me. I ran outside. My parents came up to me to try and get me out of there… My dad was jumped and he was killed by the alien. Mom and I were driving off as fast as we could…Two aliens chasing us down the street… they caught up with us and its mouth shot to my face just after its 'friend' killed my mom…" she shook her head. "And it's one of the neatest looking aliens… yet it is a killing infectious machine…"
"What movie is this?" Hiei asked a bit intrigued.
"Alien, Aliens, Alien cubed, and Alien vs Preditor." Nyssa answered. "Thanks for listening to me, Hiei. Sorry if it was pointless."
"Why would you think I would find it pointless?" Hiei raised an eyebrow.
"You just seem like the kind of guy who doesn't let silly things like nightmares or dreams get to you." She stood up. "Goodnight, Hiei."
"Whatever." He watched her go up the stairs back in to her own room. He went over to the shelving that had the movies and looked for one of the titles that Nyssa mentioned. He found the Aliens movie. Looking at some of the photographs, he got the basic idea of the alien. He could have just read her mind to find the images. He put the movie back and went back up to his room.
Before he went in though, he looked at Nyssa's door. Shaking his head, he went in to his room to go back to sleep.
Shadowess: Another chapter! Yay. I'm trying to see how many I can get in one day so... Ya. Review if you want, I'm not going to force you. Arigato!