Forever Yesterday
Notes: Uh… I'm quickly running out of ideas… Uh… yeah. This one really changed from my original idea only because I forgot where the hell this was supposed to be going. It's been happening a lot lately. I'm probably going to stop at sooner than fifteen. But it will be fifteen at the most at this point. The next might even be the last, I dunno. We'll see what happens.
9. Prisoners of War
The scene is a dark room, similar to a dungeon. The room is filled with twenty men sitting at a table that looks like the typical image of the King Arthur round table, though they weren't exactly what you would call 'knights." There was one man, or what could be thought of as a man, standing in front of a window, twiddling his fingers behind his back. He turned around, a smirk on his face.
"Well, men, I think it's time we get them for real," the man-boy-creature, Shura, said.
A large man stood up and raised his hand, waving it around like a five year old in a classroom. "What do you mean, boss?"
"My god, have you not been listening to my master plan this whole time? We capture the two other former kings and then that means I have political power. I can finally become king and everyone will bow to me!" He laughed. "I think we start right now…"
"But it's dark outside!" the same man whined.
"And I'm tired!" chimed another. And then he took the chimes out of his throat and repeated his complaint.
And another: "I have to go to the bathroom! I'm hungry!"
"Oh for fuck's sake. Fine, we wait until tomorrow. Because obviously those two would be completely off guard during the day," Shura growled.
"Off guard for what?" an unfamiliar voice asked. Everyone in the room turned around to see Yusuke Urameshi.
Shura pointed to him. "Get him and lock him away!" He followed the crowd into the basement where the cells were. As the men turned away, Shura indicated to them that they could all leave and that he would remain in the dungeon. Once he was alone with Yusuke, he walked to the bars of the cells and laughed. "Yes, you have nowhere to go now, do you?"
"Well, duh. I'm in a cell. The hell kind of question is that anyway?" Yusuke asked. "You really suck at being a villain."
A voice from the cell next to him said, "I know. I could do worse stuff that in my sleep."
"What the… Mukuro? How the hell did you let yourself be captured? You can blow these guys to bits if you wanted to."
Mukuro's voice was drowned out by Shura's, who said, "Yes, she walked right into my trap! This time, she will be making a permanent stay and there's no one there to help you. You're just a helpless woman now Mukuro!"
"…Is that all you have to say for yourself, Shura?" she sighed. "Yusuke, he never catches me. I just walked in this time. I do it every once in a while because I get a real good night's sleep in these cells. I would live here if I could."
"What the hell…? What about, you know, Hiei?"
"…Exactly, I finally get some peace and quiet and I get to sleep all I want. It's a pretty good life."
Yusuke wasn't sure whether he should despair more over his friend's strange relationship with this woman who may or may not be dating him in any sense of the word or agree that his friend in question was actually a pretty annoying person when it came down to it. Just when he was about to come to a decision, the door was kicked in and in walked Hiei, his sword in hand and a burning glare pasted on his face. At which point, he removed the crudely drawn caricature of his expression and he glared at Shura.
"You bastard, release Mukuro or your head will be rolling on the floor!" Hiei growled. Mukuro groaned. "Dammit, Mukuro, quit getting yourself captured. I could just leave you here for the rest of your life. I don't have to do this for you, you know."
"I would like that, actually. I haven't gotten so many great naps in my life. It's amazing. I actually think life's worth living now."
At that moment Shura's minions entered the room to tell him that Hiei had entered the building, but when they saw him in the room, their jaws dropped. They then turned their weapons on him.
"You still think you've got the upper hand, Heidi?" Shura asked with a smirk.
"Really? First of all I could kill you all in my sleep and second of all that isn't even close to my name at all." He sighed, and held up his arms. "Fine. I'll just go with it." Mukuro then opened the door to her cell and beckoned for him to come into the cell. "Mukuro. The fuck…?"
"You either get to save me or plague me by being in the same cell as me. You can't have both, Hiei," Mukuro said. When he walked into the cell, Shura glared at her. "You don't really believe that your dumb as brick minions could drag me over here against my will. Even if you disregard the differences between our power levels, I've seen guys in the Echo company that are smarter than these guys and those are the ones that always blow off their hands on grenades."
"Shut up, Mukuro! Go shut up and get pregnant and bleed for a week for all I care because whether or not they are smart doesn't matter because I've got you in a cell now!" And to add to his statement he flipped the bird… except not because he actually used his index finger.
Mukuro would have liked to point that out, but she decided that she would let him hang in his stupidity. She thought about walking out and slaughtering him at that moment but if she did that she would have no place to have a vacation until Hiei decides to ruin it like he always does. Actually she would hold that against him later on. She'll cook him something later even though he doesn't like it. All of that was peripheral information so instead of taking that statement sitting down (or laying down as she really was) she responded with, "Kid don't make me call your father."
"That- that doesn't scare me anymore, woman!"
"Wait, does your dad even know that you do this?" Yusuke asked.
"Who cares, I'm gonna be king of the world!"
At that moment, the door opened and there was Yomi, standing on the last stair step. He turned his head to the side, listening to everyone in the room, scanning the room to see if he recognized anyone. His brows twitched when he realized that he did know Yusuke, Hiei (just by the feel of his presence), and Mukuro were in the room in addition to Shura. "Shura, are you trying to take over the world again?"
"Shut up, dad! Go in the cell!" Shura growled.
"I get to be a prisoner again? Oh boy!" He did a little two step and then let the minions throw him into Yusuke's cell.
"Yes, now I have the three kings now. No one can stop me now!" Shura gloated to himself, then kicked one of the minions to join in his laughter. "The world is in my hands!"
"You don't really have all the kings. That's impossible because Raizen's dead," Mukuro said. She knew everyone turned to her, even if there was a wall blocking their stares, she could still tell they were all turned to her. "What, someone had to say it and if I have to be the one naysayer then you can all fuck your own mothers so I can get some sleep for once." And with that she rolled over on the cot and fell asleep.
Yusuke, who felt extremely disturbed having thought Mukuro was the classiest person he knew, even to the point where he could have swore she had some sort of British accent like that PR one or something, shifted uncomfortably in his seat. "Uh, and you don't have Enki either so you're still screwed."
"No, I will be able to hold all of you ransom and then he will have to give me power!" Shura laughed maniacally.
"Did you clean your room, Shura?" Yomi asked.
"No, shut up dad!"
"You can't take over the world if your room's dirty."
"I hate you, Dad! You're ruining my plans!"
And so Mukuro ended the whole argument, "Everyone just fucking shut the fuck up so I can fucking get some fucking sleep you fucking motherfuckers."
It was silent for ten minutes. Hiei, who hated silence so much that it made him want ti puke, said, "Shit, you are tired."
"Hiei, don't fucking make me get the fuck up and cut your fucking throat into bloody fucking pieces."
Shura smirked and walked out. After a couple of hours, Hiei finally cracked again, "…How long are we going to be in here? It's getting dull."
Mukuro decided to pick him up and throw him out of the cell, where he passed out. Whether it was the terror that did it or the force that did it, no one knows. All they knew was that if they ever pissed Mukuro off they hoped they would forgive her and that she will get all the sleep she wants even if it's for years on end.
Of course Shura had to walk in. He looked at Yusuke and walked to the cell. He looked at Hiei then at Yomi. He shook his head. He walked to Mukuro's cell even though the other two shook their heads at him vigorously to warn him.
"Did you do this, you horrible bitch?" Shura asked.
The cell door opened and Mukuro walked out, and then Shura realized she was still taller than him. She grabbed- no, yanked him by the wrist- and they left the room. There was a series of ominous crashes and screams for a few minutes before Mukuro finally came down the stairs step by step. She threw the others a glare and asked, "So anyone else got a problem?"
They both shook their heads and bowed to their sensei. For a moment, she thought Fuck yeah. Then another thought came to mind, I've still got it. And the final, I just want some damn sleep…
