Chapter 6

"We have five minutes to get there," Botan grabbed a hold of his hand and tugged him down the last few steps of the bus. She took off running right away and he almost was thrown to ground. While trying to keep his face off the road, Kurama stumbled into a run.

They dashed through a patch of trees and over to a small bridge that hung over a creek. "I have to admit this really doesn't fit in the city life." Kurama comment while looking down at the water.

"It's cute though." Botan told him. "I can see the restaurant." They continued at their pace and within a couple of minutes they had reached the front door. Botan looked like an animal trapped in a corner, her eyes were wild and hair windblown and sticking up in several areas. The twisting of her head reminded him of a pendulum. "Do you see Mr. Maru?"

Kurama peered over her shoulder at the restaurant. "I do not, we should probably notify someone to call the cops."

They walked up to the podium together while Botan continued to look for Yusuke. "Do you two have a reservation?"

"No we do not," Kurama looked at the hostess. She was short with a tiny black bob. Her blue eyes shined as she looked at Kurama. "We actually need you to notify the police that there may be some criminal activity here. It has nothing to do with your establishment. There is a man here with the intention to cause harm to another."

"Ummm, excuse me?" She tilted her head in confusion. "Maybe I should get my manager."

"There is no time for that lady!" Botan told her. "Just get the cops."

"Please let me handle this," Kurama placed his hand on her shoulder. "You are scaring the girl."

The woman in question now stared at the two with wide eyes overflowing with fear. "I should really get my manager."

"Can you at least tell us if Yusuke Urameshi has arrived?" Kurama smiled at her sweetly and her shoulders seemed to relax slightly.

She took a deep breath before replying. "I'm sorry sir but I cannot release that information to you."

"That's fine," Kurama told her. "We are just going to sweep the building to make sure it's safe."

"I can't let you do that unless you are the police," she said.

"This is a life or death situation!" Botan tugged on Kurama's arm and walked past the hostess. "Just call the cops if you want to stop us. Either way it'll get them here."

"Thank you for doing your job properly," Kurama told her as he was dragged along. They rounded a corner into the back area and in the corner in a two seat table was Yusuke looking awkward in a suit and green tie. Keiko looked gorgeous in a tight strapless dark green dress that stopped mid-thigh.

Botan stopped suddenly and Kurama bumped lightly into her back. His arms came around her waist to hold him to her and not fall backwards. Only loosening enough to look over her shoulder, Kurama asked, "Why did we stop?"

"Do you think we should interrupt their dinner or wait to see if this guy actually shows up?" Botan asked tilting her head to the side to look at his face. "What if I'm wrong? What if we just ruin their dinner for nothing?"

"I feel we should tell him," Kurama kissed her cheek. He adored her compassion for others. "Better safe than sorry, right?"

They took several steps forward to stand in front of the couples table. "Botan?" Keiko looked up at the blue haired girl who was giving them a weak smile. "What are you doing here?"

"What the hell Botan?!" Yusuke stood up to get in her face. "What do you think you are doing here… tonight?!"

"Yusuke," Kurama said, gaining the angry man's attention. "There is a situation involving both of you that we believe may be important enough for us to be here."

"Are those handcuffs?" Keiko asked leaning forward to touch the metal in question. "What is going on?"

"Spill now," Yusuke said, his eyes narrowing slightly.

"We believe there is a student you work with who plans on showing up here, any minute actually, to cause you, if not both of you, serious harm," Kurama informed him.

"Who?" Keiko asked, a shiver of fear coating her eyes.

"Mr. Maru," Kurama said and Yusuke took a step back and ran a hand over his jelled hair.

"Shit," he breathed. "What happened?"

"Well he trashed Kurama's office because of the note he accidently turned in. We happened to interrupt his nice search," Botan held up their hands to show the cuffs. "He cuffed us, took our phones and raced off. I would like to point out he had a knife at that moment. I don't know what he may be armed with now."

"What type of note?" Yusuke asked; his features hard as he listened to the two in front of him.

"Name, time, place," Kurama told him and motioned for Botan to show him the post it in her pocket. She slid her hand into the denim and pulled out the yellow slip to hand over.

"That's definitely his hand writing," Yusuke nodded. "Fuck. Did you get a hold of any police?"

"We tried to have the hostess call them," Kurama answered and he took a deep breath.

"Yeah, they weren't much help," Botan scoffed placing her free hand on her hip.

"Well speak of the devil," Yusuke's eyes drifted passed the group and his arm came up to push Kurama to the side before scooting around him. Running the short distance to a man about twenty feet away, Yusuke raised his fist to punch him straight in the jaw. The force of impact made the man crumble to the floor.

The other three people turned to see Yusuke standing over the unconscious body of a 22 year old. "That's him…" Botan whispered. "And he took him out with one punch..."

"We can at least say we gave him the heads up so he was prepared for this," Kurama whispered back.

"Yeah, our trip and worry was all worth it," She nodded and shifted awkwardly.

"Call the police!" Yusuke shouted at the server standing next to him, watching the scene play out. His hands searched the boy on the ground and pulled out a hand gun from the back of his pants. "Don't just stand there watching, boy, move!"

Keiko laughed from her seat. "Another dinner, another crazy person after him."

"I guess it keeps it interesting," Kurama shrugged his shoulders. His head turned toward Botan. "Do you want to leave them to this and we can head back into town and wait for the locks guy?"

"Yes, I don't really feel like talking to cops right now," she smiled up at him and nodded before the two walked passed Yusuke. "Good luck tonight buddy." She patted him on the shoulder before walking away and out the front door.

A/N: one more chapter to go after this!