A/N
Hi guys! Lets see how Maykuh pulls through this, huh? I admit, there's about ZERO romance in this chapter. Its more about brotherly friendship. Eh? I thought it was sweet. -
Chapter 9: Brothers
Kurama and Kuwabara made their way back to the hotel room. They, of course, didn't think they'd find much happening. It was going to rain soon, so they supposed that the mist and fire demons would be inside. They were shocked to say the least at what they found.
Maykuh was kneeling in the middle of the living room, sobbing violently as the wet carpet was stained with more of her tears. She was gripping her hands so tightly that Kurama could swear he heard her bones shatter. Her face was twitsted in utter anguish, like someone had just grabbed her inerds and twisted them into a tight ball.
"MAYKUH!" They both shouted running towards her.
Kuwabara stayed back a little, unsure of what to do. Kurama kneeled down next to her, "Maykuh… are you alright?" He gingerly laid his hand on her shoulder.
Maykuh spun her head around to look at him. Her bandages were untied and falling around her body, giving her and air of an animal. A wild look entered her eyes as thin ribbons of mist suddenly started spinning around her, "DON'T TOUCH ME!" She yelled.
Kurama jumped backwards as the mist became thicker, spun faster, and slowly encircled her. The mist created a dome over its master, and froze into a thick igloo of solid ice.
Kuwabara hid half behind Kurama, "What the heck was that about? I didn't know Maykuh was an ice demon!"
Kurama shook his head, calming down his fried nerves, "No. You misunderstand Kuwabara, Maykuh is a mist demon."
"Okay, I'm pretty sure that's ice around her, Kurama."
Kurama ran his fingers through his hair, "Maykuh is a mist demon, the mist obeys her almost automatically. Because if this, the mist can freeze, appear, disappear, and transform at her will. It's quite a formidable power and a rare one these days. That's one reason her blood crystals are so valuable, she's one of the last mist demons alive."
Kuwabara's face twisted into one of understanding, "Oh. Wow, and I thought Maykuh was weak."
The dome of ice transformed, sharp spokes of deadly frozen mist jutted out in every direction.
"Kuwabara, I think Maykuh needs some time alone. We shoul--"
The dome of ice melted and evaporated into thr air. Maykuh stood up, her puffy, red eyes closed as she sniffed, "No. This is your hotel room, I'll go."
"But Maykuh!" Kurama spoke up, "Where will you go?"
Maykuh ran past him shouting, "ANYWHERE'S BETTER THAN HERE!" She slammed the door after her, still sobbing.
Kurama and Kuwabara exchanged confused glances before sitting down on the couch and discussing Maykuh, Toguro, and other important topics. They began to deal out card and play go fish. Not long after their first round, Hiei slid in through the window soundlessly. He scanned the room for the mist demon and relaxed slightly when he found no trace of her.
O.O.O.O
Maykuh ran through the hotel, still unsure as to where to go. Her tears were blurring her vision and more than once she ran into something. She eventually tripped and fell to the ground at the end of a hallway. She laid there, unwilling to move. Mist swirled around her, slowly filling the hallway to hide her state.
The tired, heart-broken mist demon dug her chipped nails into the red carpet, forcing back her sobs. She wiped her tears and sniffed, taking a shaky breath to try to recover. Why had Hiei regretted kissing her? She knew she didn't regret it. She should have known better than to believe everything he said.
All the promises of protecting her and caring for her, was it all just a lie to more effectively punish her? What had she done to deserve this? One pain after the other was what she endured. First she witnessed her family's throats be slit for their blood, next she had to endure two years of trauma and knives, and now, she had to endure this. A broken heart. Why was it everyone enjoyed her misery?
"Maykuh?" A childish voice rang through the mist.
Maykuh sat up, wiping her eyes and looking over her shoulder. Rinku was wandering around aimlessly in the mist, and catching sight of her, had called out her name.
Maykuh smiled, "Hi Rinku." She croaked softly.
She took his hand to guide him through the mist. He stared at her with his large green eyes, "What are you doing here? Have you come to play?" He asked.
She played with her fingers, "We could play if you'd like, but that's not the reason I'm here. I ran here by mistake."
"Why?" Asked the dumbfounded child, "What's wrong?"
Maykuh shook her head, "Its nothing."
The two were silent for a minute. Then suddenly the child grabbed her hands and pulled her up, "Well, come on in and meet my friends, okay?" He grinned.
Maykuh smiled and nodded. She made the mist dissipate and allowed herself to be dragged down the hall. Rinku opened one of the doors and pulled her inside. The mist demon stood awestruck at what she saw.
Apparently, Jin had been teasing Chu by holding his sake bottle in the air as he flew above his head. Touya tried to get Jin down before Chu got angry by using his ice to capture him, but it didn't work. Then Chu got mad and managed to grab Jin's leg and throw him to the ground, and by so doing, shattered the sake bottle and sprayed them all with its contents.
As a result, the walls were caked with ice; Touya, Jin, and Chu were drenched in sake and glass; and there was a large dent in the floor. The three were sitting on floor, looking at Maykuh. She laughed. For the first time in a very long time, she outright laughed, temporarily forgetting her broken heart.
"Chu!" Rinku bowed his head in embarrassment.
Maykuh patted his head after she recovered from her laughter, and rolled up her kimono's sleeves, exposing her gloves, "Here, I'll help you guys." She chuckled.
She managed to clean the room, get them all a bath, un-dent the floor, and melt the ice. As a result, the four boys had never had a cleaner place to stay. Maykuh sat down at the kitchen table and sighed, content with her work.
"Wow, Maykuh!" Rinku said as he started at the cleanliness of everything, "You're amazing."
She giggled lightly, "No, I'm not. This place just needed a little woman's touch."
Just then, Jin flew in, having just finished up his bath, "Hey lassie! You're that medic from Urameshi's team, ar'n yah?" He smiled as he floated just above her head.
She nodded with a gentle smile, "Yes, that's me."
Jin smiled as his pointy ears wiggled, "I hear you broke dat nurse's wrist, I did!"
Maykuh nodded with a smirk on her face, "And what you heard is true."
"That's bloody brilliant!" Chu said as he popped into the kitchen, only wearing a towel on his bottom half. Maykuh screeched and fell backwards in her chair, only to be caught by Touya, who had been the first to take a bath, and was completely clothed and dry.
"CHU!" Jin and Rinku yelled at the drunkard simultaneously.
"Sorry!" He murmured and walked out of the room to get dressed.
"Thank you Touya." Maykuh whispered as he put her back on her chair.
"No problem." He smiled.
"So, what 'ere you doin' out here anyway?" Jin asked, scratching his bushy red head, "Yure team's room ought tah be on the othe' side o' the hotel." He asked.
Maykuh played with her fingers and looked down, "I don't want to stay in their room tonight, and I was looking for a place to stay, then I wound up here and Rinku found me." She shrugged her shoulders.
"Well, I guess you can stay here tonight if you want." Touya suggested helpfully.
She looked up at everyone with large, hopeful, misty eyes, "R-Really? You'd let me stay here? You sure I won't be too much trouble?"
Jin laughed as his feet greeted the ground, "O course we'd be letting' yah stay! Especially after yeh helped us with that sake mess, like yah did." He grinned.
Maykuh leapt on all three of them for a hug and muttered many a thank you.
"No problem!" Rinku's gin nearly split his face in half, "Just think of us as your brothers from now on!"
Maykuh hugged them all again.
A/N
Yay! Family cuteness!... Sorta anyway. I had this in my head and decided to put it down, even if you guys don't like it or think it important. I find adorbale! I wish Jin, Touya, and Rinku were my brothers... that'd be cool. I'm not sure abotu Chu though. -shifts eyes- but don't tell him that.