Hilo everyone! Well it seems that if I just type it up it's even better so I'll continue to do that. I didn't leave you much of a cliffhanger since it was obvious.
Hiei quote.
"Kurama! Don't make me pull out your precious voice box!"
Last chapter: "It's the only place she would go to," the woman said. "Now stop lying! Where the fuck is she?!" Reina flinched at that.
Whoever she is Reina seems terrified by her, I thought.
Continuing with Shuiichi's POV
I held Reina closer to me. She was tense. I didn't dare speak a word in fear that that woman would hear me and come in and find Reina. Atsuko was still standing in front of the doorway as if she didn't give a damn. It was probably because she was drunk or it was just her. Maybe a little bit of both. She took another swallow of her liquor.
"Are you drunk?!" The woman asked. "How can you raise your child like that? No wonder he's argumentative!"
Both Yusuke's and Atsuko's eyes flared up. "How dare you..." Atsuko started to say.
Yusuke stood up and immediately went for the door. He was either going to punch the woman her or tell her off. Kuwabara went after Yusuke and tackled him.
"Get off of me Kuwabara!" Yusuke yelled struggling to get up, but Kuwabara had him pinned.
"There are other boys here?!" The woman sounded furious. "That's it I'm coming in."
Atsuko blocked the doorway and said, "You are trespassing. Get off of my property."
"No! Not without Reina!"
I felt Reina move in my arms. She unhooked my arms and stood up. I stood up and tried to stop her by grabbing her hand but she slipped from my reach when I tripped over Yusuke and Kuwabara with a thump. "Reina!" I whispered loudly.
She walked cautiously in the doorway a couple feet behind Atsuko. "Mom?" Reina asked quietly. Atsuko turned to look at Reina.
"Reina!" Reina's mother yelled. Oh was she furious. "There you are! Come on! You are going home and you are grounded! Now come on!" Reina didn't make a move. She was too frightened.
I stood up and walked to Reina and held her shoulders. I finally got a look at Reina's mother. She had black hair that was greying due to stress, her skin was flushed with anger, her mouth was thin and her eyes were wide.
"Who the hell are you and why are you touching my daughter?!" She asked, glaring daggers at me.
"I'm Shuiichi Minamino," I said calmly so I don't make the situation even worse than it already was. "I'm a friend of Reina's. Maybe if we talk we can-"
"No! Reina is coming home now," she said. She grabbed Reina's arm waiting for me to let go.
"Reina?" I whispered in Reina's ear.
"I have to go," she replied. I let go of her. There was nothing I could do. Her mother would probably charge Atsuko of kidnapping even though Reina came willingly. Reina's confidence was shot back down. Even lower than it was before. She didn't want to deal with embarrasment tonight. "Tell me how the movie ends, alright?"
I kissed the side of her head and whispered, "Alright."
Reina's mother was pulling on Reina's arm, dragging her to the car.
Yusuke finally got out from under Kuwabara and ran to the door. He was angery but it was too late. They had already gotten into the car and drove off. "Damn it," he muttered. "Well what's done is done. We'll see her again during the summer." Yusuke sounded disappointed, as was I, but he was right. We couldn't just sit around doing nothing. It's not like we weren't going to see her again. Plus, Reina told me to tell her how the movie ended, though I doubt she needs me to tell her.
We all sat back down, but Yusuke was in Reina's seat and Atsuko had a death-grip on Yusuke's arm, and we all continued to watch the movie. The undead child attacked the teenage girl and she fainted. Atsuko jumped at that part.
Hiei was staring at me with emotionless eyes. I could feel it with a hint of anger towards me and probably towards Reina too. I decided to ignore Hiei and focus on the movie.
After the movie, I did my nightly routine and change into my night clothes.
"Hey uh Kurama," Yusuke said.
"What is it?" I asked.
"Well now you've met her mom and now I must warn you that she most likely hates you."
"What? I didn't do anything? Did I?"
"Reina's mom hates us Urameshi and any friends of ours."
"Why?"
"I'm not exactly sure but I know that my mom and Reina's mom used to be good friends."
Friends? They seemed more like hated enemies to me, I thought. "Thanks for the warning."
"Welcome," he said with a reasuring smile.
I got out my sleeping bag and a pillow and went to a difficult sleep. The reason it was so difficult was because Yoko was talking to me. "You should call her."
Her mom's probably guarding the phone.
"So?" He asked. "If she's home then that most likely means that Reina's there also."
When did you care so much about Reina?
"Since you cared about her."
Are you saying that you love her also?
"No!" He said quickly. "I would never fall in love with mortals."
Ah. Alright, but I'm sure Reina's ok.
"I don't know."
I ignored Yoko untill he gave up and let me sleep. I did have a foreboding feeling but I ignored it. I was sure that everything was ok.
I woke up before everyone else and decided to try and call Reina. It rang once and went straight to voicemail. I guess Reina's mom took her phone away, I thought. I waited for the beep. "Hey Reina. This is Shuiichi. I guess you mom took your phone away, but I just wanted to try anyway. Call me back when you get your phone back. Bye." I hung up and decided to get dressed.
Yusuke and Atsuko were probably sleeping in there own rooms. Hiei wasn't here so he probably went home. Kuwabara was sleeping on his back with his foot and an arm hanging off the side of the couch. He practically defied the law of gravity laying like that. He was dead asleep, snoring and all. There was also a spittle hanging from the corner of his mouth. He was dreaming of Yukina, for he was mumbling her name in his sleep. If Hiei ever saw this, Kuwabara would be as good as dead. I chuckled at the thought.
Yusuke came out of his room. His hair was messy and he surprisingly looked awake. It was 7:30 in the morning. "Morning," I said.
"Shhhhh," he said, putting his finger to his mouth. He crept over to Kuwabara. I instantly knew what he wanted to do. He went into his mom's room and came out with her shaving cream.
Oh no, I thought. I wanted to stop him but the bigger half of me didn't want to. So I let him.
Yusuke carefully sprayed (sp?) some on his hand and tickled his nose. Kuwabara twitched a little and slapped his nose with the shaving cream in his hand. What made it even funnier was that in that moment he no longer defied gravity. He fell on his face with his hands still in his face filled with the shaving cream.
"What the fuck?!"
Yusuke was laughing his head off while I was doing my best not to laugh. I wasn't very successful.
"Urameshi!" Kuwabara yelled.
"What's with all the yelling?" Atsuko said. She had a major hangover. She was clutching her head and it looked sensitive to the sunlight.
Kuwabara tried to wipe off all the cream on his face in the bathroom.
"Sorry Atsuko," I said quietly. She went to get some aspirin and a glass of water. "I'm going home."
"Huh? Why?" Yusuke asked.
"I promised I'd be home by 8:15. We have to go somewhere," I lied. I just wanted to spend more time with Reina but she was probably grounded from going out with a friend so I wanted to get home.
"Alright. Call ya later then."
"Ok." I gathered my things and left. It was a very sunny morning. The sky was blue and there were a few clouds. There were a few people out. Some were jogging or walking there dogs but most were just simply there.
I got home and saw that there was another car there. I got inside and saw that there were shoes I didn't recognize. I took off my own shoes and went inside.
"Mother?" I called. "Mother? Do we have visitors?" I got to the living room and saw my mother to the brink of tears and two guys in suits.
"Are you Shuiichi Minamino?" Asked one of the guys. He looked pretty old. Maybe in his early fifties. His eyes were squinted a little and he had short grey hair.
"Yes I am. What's going on?"
"I am Officer Benson and this is my partner Officer Takegawa. Do you know a Reina Nezomi?" Said the other one. Officer Benson. He was in his mid thirties with really short black hair.
I got scared. "Yes. She's my girlfriend. Did something happen?"
"She was in a car accident. Her mother's fine, but Reina's in the hospital. She's in a coma."
I felt my heart skipped a beat, my blood run cold and I couldn't breathe for a few seconds. She... She was in a car accident? And she's in a... a coma? Reina's in a coma? I thought. Mother's tears were let loose and she was sobbing in her tissue.
"She's stable, but anything could still happen in her condition," said Officer Takegawa.
"Did you just come here to tell us that?" I asked.
"When did you last see her?" Asked Officer Benson.
"I saw her last night. We were watching a movie at Yusuke's house and her mother came and picked her up. Her mother was furious."
"Who's Yusuke?" Officer Benson asked. The other one seemed like he was eyeing me to tell if I was telling the truth.
"Yusuke Urameshi. We're friends."
"Who else was there?" Takegawa asked.
"Hiei Jaganashi, Atsuko Urameshi (Yusuke's mother) and Kazuma Kuwabara. Is that all you need?"
"Yes and we're really sorry," Takegawa said. They said thank you and went out. I saw them drive away through the window.
"Shuiichi?" Mother called my name. She was only a couple feet away from me but it sounded like she was farther away. I looked down. She stepped closer to me and moved my bangs away so she could see me more clearly. I decided to look at her, planning to reasure her that I was ok. I didn't work. She hugged me and I hugged her back taking a cleansing breath.
"Let's go visit Reina, Shuiichi," she said. I nodded in agreement. First, I should call Yusuke and let him know what happened.
Hilo again! I know these chapters are getting shorter and shorter. I just want one POV per chapter and these two chapters together would have been too long. So sorry. What did you think of the chapter though? C'mon people! I need reviews!
Regular quote (I'm running out of Hiei quotes:
"Even if you're related by blood, you hate the people you hate. It just makes it more tragic becaus you're related by blood."- by Asaba Hideaki -- Completely true (secretly glaring daggers at my sleeping brother).
