Crescent Kat
Chapter Eleven
Ordinary Day
by
Kyla
"Kat-san," Kurama shook the hanyou awake the next morning. "Kat-san," he said her name again as she groaned and buried her head under the pillow.
"Leave mi'lone," Kat grumbled from under the covers and latched onto the sheets around her. " 'M still sleep," her statement was cut off by a yawn suddenly, then she continued, "-sleepy..."
Kurama sighed, "Now I know why she's always running late in the mornings..." The redhead was already dressed in his uniform and ready for school before 6:00, but now it was half after six, and breakfast was ready. "Kat, time to get up. We have school today," he told the sleepy girl and tugged at the covers that the hanyou had an iron grip on.
"Don't wanna go school," Kat mumbled into her pillow and flipped over onto her other side to get away from Kurama.
Kurama groaned and went to the other side of the bed. He gently slapped her cheek to try and wake her up then tried to yank the covers off again, but nothing was working. With a sigh, he murmured, "Well, she is part neko, so..." He wandered downstairs to the kitchen where he filled a glass with cold water then made his way back up to Kat's room.
Shiori gave him a strange look as he left, but he threw a smile over his shoulder in a reassuring way then went upstairs. He entered Kat's room and walked over to the bed. Then... he splashed the cold water all over her. She gasped, jumping to a sitting position wideyed. "W-what?" she sputtered in confusion.
Kurama chuckled. "I couldn't wake you up. Sorry," he added grinning as Kat calmed down and focused her vision after rubbing the sleep from her eyes.
She narrowed her eyes at him in a glare. "Now I'm soaked," she pouted, "thanks a lot..." She grumbled to herself and drug herself from the bed. She dug through her bag and found some clothes. "I'm going to go get a shower," she yawned, "I'll be downstairs in a few minutes..." With that, the hanyou groggily stumbled out the door and down the hall to the bathroom.
Kurama shook his head in amusement and headed downstairs for breakfast. "Mother, Kat-san will be down in a few minutes," the redhead told his mother and began helping his mother with breakfast.
"Alright, dear," Shiori smiled at her son.
"Oh, and Mother? Kat-san and I were thinking about going to see a friend after school. Would that be alright?" Kurama asked politely.
"Why of course! Have fun! Just don't get home too late," she warned with a large smile.
"Okay, we should be back by eight o'clock at the latest," Kurama stated as he set the table.
Kat walked into the room at ten till seven and hurriedly ate the cooling breakfast since Kurama and Shiori had already eaten, and Kurama sat waiting at the table, making small talk with the hanyou until his mother left for work. "Alright," he said once he heard the front door close behind his mother, "after school today, I'm going to take you to Spirit World to see Koenma."
Kat nodded, "Okay." She set her dishes in the sink then ran upstairs to get her school stuff while Kurama waited by the door. "Hey... Kurama," she said upon returning to the front door, and when the yoko looked up at the sound of his name, she smiled, "Thanks for helping me with everything."
"It's my pleasure," Kurama replied and returned her smile. "Shall we go then?" he asked holding the door open.
Kat nodded and exited the house with the redheaded yoko right behind her. Together, they made their way to school, where nothing really happened, so let's fast forward to after school, shall we?
"There's a portal in the forest that will take us straight to Spirit World," Kurama stated as he and Kat left the school grounds.
"O-okay," Kat murmured nervously. She wondered if Koenma really would help her... But, she really hoped he would.
They picked their way through the underbrush of the forest until they came upon a blue, swirling portal. "After you," Kurama smiled and indicated for Kat to go before him.
The hanyou eyed the portal carefully, but when she saw Kurama's reassuring smile, she took a deep breath and stepped through the portal with her eyes shut. When she opened her eyes again, she blinked a couple of times.
Around the portal there were many ogres running around with armfuls of paper work, and phones were ringing off the hook. Kat jumped slightly when Kurama came through the portal, landing next to her.
"Koenma's office is this way," he said calmly, not even seeming to notice the ogres running around shouting. He urged her forward, and she followed after him, not wanting to get lost.
"I-I'm not so sure about this anymore..." Kat mumbled as they walked down a darkened hallway that lead to two large double doors. "Koenma might be really busy..."
"It's alright," Kurama chuckled and easily pushed open one of the two large doors, making a crack big enough for Kat and himself to walk through, "he won't mind, I promise."
Koenma, upon hearing his door being opened and closed, sighed, "What is it? I'm very busy, you know..!"
"My apologies," Kurama stated politely and walked over to the desk with a timid hanyou following, "We just came to ask a favor."
Koenma blinked and looked up, surprised to see Kurama right in front of him. "Oh, it's you, Kurama... I thought it was more of those darned ogres running in with more paperwork," Koenma grinned and set his paperwork aside. "What was it that you needed though?"
"We thought you might could help us with something," Kurama responded.
"We? Whose we?" Koenma inquired, knitting his brow in confusion as he looked around.
Kurama gave a quick look around him then sighed and stepped to the side to reveal Kat. "Myself and Kat-san," he said in answer to the prince.
"Oh, right," Koenma nodded then did a double take, "Wait... why'd you bring a stranger here for!" he began to shout, startling Kat some.
"She's a hanyou, Koenma. And I've already explained everything to her. Now, will you please calm down?" Kurama soughed.
"I am calm!" Koenma exclaimed and fell into a pout. "What did you need anyway that you couldn't possibly give me prior notice of your arrival?" he snapped.
Kyla: I know, this chapter was short and stupid... Any ideas to help me along a little with this? Review please!