Thanks again for the reviews! I apologize in advance, because this chapter is not a short one (I had to break it up into parts)…Kay's had enough and she's getting the hell out. Meanwhile, Yusuke and the gang (minus Hiei, sadly) are going out. I didn't really like how some of this chapter played out but I couldn't skip it because it would mess up the track of the story…I promise that I'll be getting to the good part…and the plot…once I find it. (Srry bout the font, it changed when I uploaded and I can't change it)
Disclaimer: Checking…checking….checking….nope, YYH is clearly not mine…sorry 'bout that.
Her Secrets
Chapter Fourteen-Kay's Great Escape (Part 1)
Friday 5:00 p.m.
"I will be busy tonight and I expect you not to interrupt me." Genkai said to me, cutting short our afternoon training.
"Doing what?" I asked. I really didn't care but I wanted to irk her.
"If I wanted you to know that I would have mentioned it already." She said curtly, walking away from me. "Just stay out of my way!" She snapped.
Can do, I thought to myself.
Friday 6:00 p.m.
Darkness was beginning to fall and I was dressed in my sleek clothes. It was a bit chilly so I was forced to use some energy to keep me warm. I wore a hat pulled down low that casted a shadow over my eyes. The nitpicking nut was nowhere to be found and I had looked before I even attempted to change, I was going to have to walk through her savage forest and I was not thrilled about it. I heard strange noises at night. I was going to have to put on a lot of speed in order to stay out of trouble. I was also going to have to mask my energy, which Aoshi had taught me how to do. In case that was a problem, I had been given a special belt which retained most of my energy.
I left my room and closed the door. I had a small bag with everything I needed. I ran off her cleared property and into the woods. Leaves and other forms of plant lives were lightly crushed under my swift feet. They hardly touched the ground; each of my steps was less than a second. I leaped in between the trees. Soon I came to a trail that I had not noticed before. It looked as if it could get me to the main road quicker but I could sense some dark energy. It was wiser to stay off the path, so that was what I did. I strayed further among the right and continued to run. But something did not feel right. The dark energy seemed to be moving away from its original location. It seemed to be approaching me.
"Damn!" I said, lowly. I began to run faster. I did not want to fight for a change. I had a time limit to reach the bus on time. The dark energy began to quicken its pace. It was becoming clear I was not going out-run whatever it was. I came to a clearing and stood my ground. What came next was a real shocker to me…
Friday 6:00 p.m. (Kurama's POV)
"Those two had better get here or I swear I'll kill them." Keiko shivered into her coat as we waited for Yusuke and Kuwabara. "My cousin, Sadako pulled a lot of strings for these tickets."
"Keiko, I don't even know why you invited them." Shizuru, Kuwabara's strange sister, said softly.
We were standing in front of Takashima University stadium waiting to go to the big soccer game between the Takashima Foxes and Tokyo University's Wolverines. Keiko's cousin was a professor for Takashima and had given her some free tickets that were practically on the field. Keiko had been kind enough to invite us. I was actually glad she had invited me. This game was the highlight of the season. I was a bit of a fan (for the foxes, naturally) but I never went to the games. I even took a break from working at the lab after school so I could get here on time.
"Knowing my baby bro, there is probably some mischief he had to catch up on so don't be surprised if he drags along in ripped clothes and is missing a few teeth." Shizuru said, dryly.
"I won't. I bet Yusuke's probably doing the dragging." Keiko said. "Well, the game starts in an hour. Maybe those two will wrap it up."
"Yeah, keep your eyes out for flying bacon while you look for them. I'm going inside." Shizuru pulled out a cigarette.
I was not worried, neither one of them would miss this game. There were post-game brawls that were even more famous than the games. Bets had been made at my school over how far the police would let it go. Yusuke and Kuwabara would not miss that for the world.
I had to admit that even I was quite curious to see the fights up close instead of on the evening news. Human chaos was a distant reminder of the Makai for me. I was hoping they would get here soon because as soon as the girls had hit a lull in the conversation, they would interrogate me with an arsenal of questions.
"Shuichi? Shuichi Minamino?"
A set of female voices that did not belong to Keiko or Shizuru called me. I turned to find a trio of girls from my school, Tae and Tea (They're twins), and Lisa with a few upperclassmen.
"What are you doing here?" Tea asked me, as though it was not obvious that I was here for a soccer game. Of course, I did not say anything to her about that.
"Just here to enjoy the game." I said with a cheerful smile.
"We are too." The girls giggled in response.
One of their dates gazed at me jealously but changed it instantly. He faked a smile.
"I'll say. Are all these girls yours, Minamino?" The guy asked, causing his friends to snicker. "Minamino gets all the ass.
"It's not enough that all the teachers love him but he's getting all these chicks too?" His friend chimed in. I was never one to cause trouble, as of the past fifteen years, but it never ceased to follow me. If I remained cool enough, hopefully they would not bother me. "You'd think he were some god or something."
"That's enough, Junto. See you inside, Shuichi." Lisa, the sole levelheaded one said, tugging her date's arm.
"Calm down, Lisa! I'm just joshing. He knows it, don't you Minamino?" He proceeded to hit me across my back rather hard, trying to intimidate me. He was rather weak for his stature. Regardless, he would never be able to harm me. I just stood there and gave him a semi-serious look.
"Then again, he might not. Minamino's always got his nose in a book so he can beat another school record or something." Junto added, his voice growing harder with jealousy.
"Minamino's treated like a god." He continued.
"And he acts like one, look at his face." His friend pointed out.
"Yeah. He don't like the way we talk to him?" His other friend joined in.
"I have a name and if you have anything to say about me you would be better off addressing me directly." I did not want to get into an altercation but I would not let them disrespect me. I narrowed my eyes to intimidate them. His friends backed away but Junto was too hardheaded for his own good. Fortunately, he didn't take another step forward.
"Is there anything going down, Shuichi?" Yusuke asked, appearing to my right. We both stared Junto down.
"Yeah, any problems?" Kuwabara asked from my left.
"Because you know we can kick off this post-brawl a little early, if necessary." Yusuke said, slowly.
"I heard that." Kuwabara said, hotly.
Junto and his friends slightly shivered.
"You're two of those Sarayashiki boys, Urameshi and Kuwabara." One of the boys stumbled to say. He was quite scared.
"In the flesh." Kuwabara smiled at Yusuke.
"It's so good to be recognized." Yusuke cracked his knuckles.
"You want to know what I'm famous for?" He asked.
"Minamino hangs out with them? I guess he's not some pretty boy…he's a traitor." Junto asked, feigning toughness.
"Leave him alone! We want to go inside!" Tae said.
Junto stood his ground. He was adamant; I had to give it to him.
"It's your call, man." Yusuke whispered.
I would not fight Junto and I had never intended to…but he did not know that. He had annoyed me, ruining the start of a good time. I just gave him one of the hardest stares I could, making him nearly wet himself. 'You can't handle me.' I told him with my eyes. He could barely stay in our stare down for three seconds until he looked away.
"Better a traitor than a coward." I whispered to him with a small smile. I looked to the Lisa and the girls and smiled to let them know there were no hard feelings. I did not have to, they were staring their dates down in disgust. The guys walked off.
"We apologize for Junto and his friends, Shuichi." Lisa said.
"Honestly it was nothing. Truthfully I should have—"I stopped talking as the twins began to give me a check up. They were circling me, grabbing at my arms and legs. I drew the line when they were about to open my jacket and lift my shirt. Junto and I had not even touched each other.
"Catch you later?" Lisa asked.
"Hopefully." I smiled again.
The girls giggled again and proceeded to enter the stadium.
"Aren't you the popular one?" Kuwabara asked, jealously. We turned back to the girls and I apologized.
"It wasn't your fault. You're a nice guy." Keiko smiled. The girls began to walk to the stadium.
"Not bad, man." Yusuke said, softly.
"Must be the hair." Kuwabara surmised.
"I'm not the one only one with red hair in Japan." I argued, tired of hearing people say that.
"But you're the only one with red hair and green eyes." Kuwabara argued.
"Whoa, didn't know you noticed that much, Kuwabara." Yusuke said with a mischievous grin.
"Wha--? Aww, shut it man! Anyone who's been around him for a day know what color his eyes are." Kuwabara said indignantly.
"I just saw him two seconds ago and I can't tell you what color coat he's wearing." Yusuke walked ahead.
"That just means you're not observant. For your information, his coat is black. And for once, he's wearing jeans and sneakers." Kuwabara commented. I gave him a once over, I had never seen him in jeans either.
I smirked. "And for once you are not wearing your school uniform." I teased.
Yusuke began to laugh while Kuwabara began to grumble.
"Way to insult him, Kurama." Yusuke said.
"Hurry up, guys! I have the tickets!" Keiko called.
We entered the stadium and sat in our seats right on the field.
"Sadako must have pulled some major strings. We might even be put on the scoreboard." Yusuke said.
"No obscene gestures, you two." Keiko and Shizuru warned, flatly.
On the scoreboard they were playing commercials, team highlights, and team fun facts. Greetings and ads could be heard from over the loudspeakers.
"And don't forget our brand new snack stands! Everything is half-off!"
Yusuke and Kuwabara stood up instantly and left their seats. They said nothing to us as they left for the snack stand.
"Gee, do you think they'll bring anything back for us?" Keiko asked, sarcastically.
"Not a chance." Shizuru said.
"No way." Keiko answered her own question.
"Sadly, no." I added. We all got up to get our own food.
Once back in our seats, we got comfortable for a long wait. We were sitting from left to right in this order, Shizuru, Keiko, Yusuke, myself, and then Kuwabara.
"This is going to be good." Yusuke said.
"Yeah, this game should be exciting." Keiko agreed.
"Oh, right. The game." Yusuke chuckled. Keiko gave him a warning glare.
"We're here for the game too. I've got a lot of money riding on this game." Kuwabara said.
"I don't know how, everyone is rooting for the Foxes." Yusuke said.
Yusuke pulled off his jacket and displayed his Fox t-shirt. Keiko, Shizuru, and I followed suit. We all had Fox t-shirts. Our entire section was called the "Fox Den." Everyone was wearing the t-shirts. We all laughed at our matching shirts but Kuwabara laughed longer and louder than the rest of us. We all stopped to stare at him.
"Is something wrong?" I asked.
"Isn't that obvious?" Shizuru asked.
"No, everything is great!" He popped out of his seat and stood up dramatically, the way he always did when he was about to do something remotely stupid. "Tonight is the night where everybody, including Kurama will be proven wrong!"
"Sit down dum-dum before you start scaring the little children." Yusuke said through a mouthful of popcorn. Kuwabara did not move.
Keiko sighed. "How are we wrong?" She asked.
"I'm glad you asked." Kuwabara opened his jacket to display a Wolverines shirt. Jaws dropped. People gasped. I couldn't help it, even I felt offended. Yusuke did not even move. He just sat there and closed his eyes.
"Kuwabara, put your coat on now. I am not threatening you, but if you want to live you would take it off." Yusuke said, calmly yet forcefully. I was impressed with his new anger management skills but also worried. Kuwabara might have been lucky if Yusuke had punched him. I looked around hesitantly; hoping no one else was looking at Kuwabara. We were completely surrounded by the Foxes' fans.
"Kuwabara, listen to Yusuke. You might cause trouble and you may endanger the girls." I urged him.
"Not a chance. I've always been a TU fan. And tonight a 250 000.yen pot is calling my name.
" Are you insane? These people will kill you!" Keiko yelled.
"Have no fear, I'm a man that can protect myself." Kuwabara raised his arms to flex his muscles.
"Yo…what the fuck…what the fuck is he wearing?" A rowdy sports fan called from eight rows behind us.
"Oh no." I lowered my head. This was clearly not happening.
"Looks like a damn TU shirt." Some burly fan growled from the right of us.
"Of all the nerve!" An elderly woman cried out. "He is wearing that in the Fox Den?" The Fox Den is the home section of the stadium.
Kuwabara froze as half of the stadium began to jeer and get excited. Keiko looked around in horror while Shizuru, Yusuke, and I just ignored it and looked ahead.
"Baby Bro, Baby Bro…" Shizuru kept muttering to herself in between chuckles.
"We warned you." Yusuke and I said. Yusuke reached for some more popcorn.
A panicked smile came across Kuwabara's face.
"No big deal, they're just a bit miffed." He whimpered.
"KILL HIM!" A fan shouted.
"Yeah, they're pretty miffed." Yusuke said smugly.
Kuwabara's ego got to him again. He hated for Yusuke to be right. He shot Yusuke a dirty look and then smiled darkly. He turned back to the angry crowd.
"Aww, they're just sore cause they know the Wolverines are going to win!"
"Well, that's that." I looked away, knowing what was going to happen. The entire half of the stadium rose up in anger.
"Get his ass!" The elderly woman howled. We turned around to see her on her feet with her cane in hand.
"Oh dear." Shizuru said.
Kuwabara began to run as the crazed crowd approached.
"If you die, I'm taking your corn dog!" Yusuke called.
Keiko put her head down in shame and I couldn't blame her. The game had not even started and Kuwabara had managed to enrage half the stadium. This was going to be an interesting evening.
Kay's POV—Friday 6:15 p.m.
My energy's shield was suffering. I was just not quick enough. I was being attacked by the snake-like demon. The demon's main method of attacking was swiping at me with his razor sharp forked tongue that dripped an acidic venom. I, unfamiliar with these woods, was unsuccessfully darting through the trees. My back and arms were sore from hitting trees. I was running backwards so I could see him and be able to concentrate. My energy shield was repelling each attack. I needed to develop an offensive attack but I couldn't get a clear target for my energy blasts.
"WA-PISH!" His tongue slapped down to my feet so I leapt up on to a large tree branch. The snake-man began to laugh but it sounded like a mix of laughter and hissing. Then, like straight out of Anaconda, he slithered up the tree. I gave him no time to get comfortable. I focused and let my emitted energy strike him. It hardly fazed him and he was instantly behind me. I leapt to a branch of a different tree and then to the ground and rolled. He followed me down. I attempted to let my energy seize him and possibly strangle him. He evaded my grasp. I was still too slow and unfocused. When he approached me with that tongue, I dodged it his sideways sweeping motion and punched the bastard in the face. I followed up with another punch and watched him jerk backwards. Then I kicked him in the chest and jumped up to another branch. I could focus better and let my energy strike him again and again. The demon screamed and writhed in pain but it did not give up. Snakey managed to lash his tongue out to a nearby tree. The tree began to sizzle and I could hear it rot away. It was going to hit my tree so I jumped away but mid-air the bastard tackled me. He lay on top of me panting in anticipation. I looked away to avoid his halitosis (the shit was so foul I was afraid my face would rot). Instinctively, I pushed my hands up to try to push him away.
Suddenly my hands grew searing hot but it did not hurt me. Two flashes of bright purple light gleamed out of my hands. I had two long sais in my hand. I instantly introduced Snakey to my two new toys and pushed him away. I stepped away, breathlessly.
I suddenly heard a sound of faint clapping.
"Who's there?" I whipped around.
"Calm down, Princess." Genkai appeared and surveyed the mess.
"Messy but slightly impressive." Genkai said, approaching me. " I did not hear you slip out but I noticed your abnormally high energy level was traveling towards this creature."
"And you thought I was going to be in danger?" I asked.
"No, I knew you would defeat him and you did it faster than I thought with a new weapon. You are one made for close combat."
"Oh." I smiled. I had finally gotten somewhere.
"Unfortunately, YOU HAD TO WASTE ALL THAT VALUABLE TIME AND DESTROYED THE FOREST WHEN YOU COULD HAVE KILLED HIM WITH A SIMPLE ENEGY BLAST!" She snapped. "You should have focused!"
I sighed. Now I was back to square one with granny. Now I was not going to be able to see Keiko or anyone. I started to walk back to the Genkai's.
" And where the hell are you going?" She asked, snidely.
I stopped walking and turned to face her.
"Back. Why? Are you kicking me out?" I saw a ray of hope.
"Hardly. You are not some baby, though you are whiny, indecisive, and very annoying. Princess or not, I don't give a damn what you do when we are not training. If someone is out to get you, they are out to get you. It is up to you whether or not you let them. Now leave and do not come back until Sunday. If you return here before hand I will personally have you killed. My eyes widened.
"Point well taken." I said before setting out. I had a whole weekend to myself. Hopefully Koenma would not check on me.
Friday 7:00p.m.
I was finally back on the streets of my old neighborhood. Madame Ona's school was located in the upper crest section. I was stuck looking at neat homes and nothing but snobs. At least here I could run into a few two-bit hoods and observe some dilapidated buildings. I couldn't take a stroll like I wanted to but I had to walk quickly with my head wrapped up in a scarf and kept a hat down low so no one would recognize me. Being very tall and half-black made it hard to be inconspicuous.
The walk to the Yukimura Diner was a bit weird. There were hardly any people out tonight and that was very unusual for a Friday night. I was even able to get there quickly and found that it would be closed until eleven.
"What the hell?" I said to myself. There was no way Mr. and Momma Yukimura were turning away all this business. I turned back around; then again there was no business. I rang the doorbell anyway and Momma Yukimura opened the door.
Keiko's mother was the type of woman that would always be described as cute. She looked younger than her age and was very pretty but more 'cute' than pretty. She wore her chestnut brown hair in a long single braid. She was pretty short too. Keiko looked just like her.
When she saw me, I think I scared the hell out of her.
"Aah!" She jumped back when she saw me. I jumped too. "THIEF! THIEF!"
"NO! No, it's me!" I pulled off my hat and scarf and let my braid fall. Momma Yukimura's eyes lit up and she pulled me inside for a hug.
"A thief!?" Mr. Yukimura appeared with his sushi knife in hand.
"Oh no honey. It's just little Kay." Momma Yukimura explained.
Mr. Yukimura stopped when he saw me and frowned darkly.
"Same thing." He grumbled and walked away.
"Nice to see you too." I grumbled back. We were hardly on friendly terms.
"What's all the fuss about?" Another relatively young female voice called from the kitchen.
"Little Kay is here." Momma Y explained, still smothering me to death.
"Oh!" Sadako Yukimura appeared and began to hug me as well.
I didn't mind. I was not the one for affection but Keiko's mother was the closest thing to a mother I had ever had. She liked me even though I was terror. Mr. Yukimura was never too kind to me but he liked YUSUKE for crying out loud. I mean both of us could lead her down a path of destruction and crime but Urameshi was the only one who could impregnate her. I knew the whole family, including Professor Sadako. She was one of the few brains I could stand because she didn't sweat me over that academic shit. She would remind me that I had more potential than just taking good pictures…whatever.
They led me into the kitchen and asked me the usual questions about where I had been and what I was up to and naturally I had to lie.
"So where's Keiko? I was hoping to stay around for the weekend." I knew that wasn't a problem.
"Of course. But Keiko's out right now." Momma Y said.
"Out? Out where?" I asked.
"Where the entire city is, at the Takashima-TU game." Sadako explained with a laugh.
My eyes lit up and my heart leapt in excitement. It was riot night and I was lucky enough to be in town. I couldn't believe that I had forgotten, it was the highlight of the sports season…but Keiko couldn't be there…unless Urameshi was with her.
"I had some free tickets, too bad you weren't around." Sadako said.
"Yeah," I said slowly, I was really disappointed. It did not discourage me from going, however. I had friends that worked at the stadium…but they couldn't see me. The only people I could trust were the Yukimura's.
"That's okay, Sadako. I'll go down there anyway and see if I get lucky." I said.
Sadako looked like she was far from believing me. "I don't know, Kay."
"Don't worry, Sadako. If anyone could get into a game without thinking of paying, it's Kay."
We all laughed, knowing she was right.
Once I reached the stadium, all seemed quiet on the western front. The guards were standing the entrance but they were watching the game on the surrounding plasma televisions so they didn't even notice me hop over the turnstile and breezed past the ticket checkers to get into the lower section of the Fox Den. (I would sneak into the best of places) I realized that to remain inconspicuous with a Fox t-shirt so I had to find a vendor. I was pissed that I actually had to pay this time. I couldn't flirt to get one for free. One time I came to the game without my wallet, got in, got a bunch of fox gear, and ate way too much food. All I had to do was flirt and smile a lot.
Anyway, I grumped into the ladies' room to change shirts. The bathroom was practically vacant with the exception of one closed stall. I walked over to one of the counter sinks and placed my little bag on the counter. As I took off my shirt I could swear I heard someone whimper. I figured that some loser was crying in the stall so I ignored it. I tucked my old shirt in the bag and took the tag off the new shirt. I heard the whimper again."
"Yo, is everything okay?" I asked, walking closer to the stall.
"Just stay away!" A male voice shouted.
My eyes shot wide open, I wasn't down with any freaky shit so I forced the stall open. Kazuma Kuwabara was sitting on the closed seat shirtless and scared shitless. He was bruised up and shaking like a chihuahua. Once he looked at me, he yelped in fear and backed away.
"Go away! Leave me alone!" He snapped.
"Calm down! It is just me!" I said softly, not wanting to draw any attention to us.
"Who the hell are you?" He asked.
"Kay." I said, annoyed. How the hell could anyone forget me? Then I realized he couldn't see my face. I removed my hat and scarf.
"Kay!" He leapt out of the stall and scooped me up in a big hug. Then he swung me around.
"Hey, man! Calm down!" I bit back a smile, glad to be missed. He put me down and we separated. I noticed he was a bit banged up and shirtless.
"What the hell happened to you?" I backed away. He told me what he had done…and I'll admit that though I thought it was impossible, Kuwabara proved to me that he was the biggest idiot of all Japan. I slapped him upside his head.
"Clean yourself up, we'll get you a fox t-shirt and a hat and hope that no one else wants a piece of your ass."
"Okay." He walked over to the sink. "What are you doing here, I thought Yusuke's boss was keeping you hidden."
"Shut up!" I put my fingers to his lips. "I'm not really supposed to be here." I whispered. "I just wanted to see Keiko for a few days.
"Oh. Were you going to visit me too?" He asked, giving me some big doe eyes.
"Of course." I lied quickly. I was wondering why Kuwabara was on my meat so hard. But even more so, I was wondering I was so glad to see him. Then again, he saved my life.
"Keiko will be glad to see you, but where are you sitting?" He asked.
"Well," I smiled sheepishly, " I snuck in so I don't know where yet."
"Well you can get behind us. Some of the guys and that old lady that were chasing me got ejected from the stadium." You can take their seats.
"Good looking out, Kazuma. But no one else, including Urameshi, can know I'm here. It's safer and I can trust you." I lied again, but he had to feel important.
"Sure, Kay. I'll keep it quiet." He began to wash up and I saw a newly formed scar on his back.
"Damn, man. What happened, did someone throw a bottle?" Kuwabara looked back to the scar.
"No, a walker." He answered.
"Damn."
Kurama's POVIt was the middle of the first half when Kuwabara returned. I had searched for him everywhere and did not find him. The only place I had not looked was the Ladies' room. He was now wearing a fox shirt and he looked strangely cheerful.
"What got into you? Aside from a few feet in your ass." Yusuke said with a chuckle.
"Nothing you'll ever know about Urameshi." He said, proudly. His eyes twinkled from under his new cap.
"Where did you go?" I asked.
"Nowhere, I just cleaned myself up." He said quickly. "So what's the score? What did I miss?" He asked.
I raised an eyebrow, Kuwabara was not one to be evasive, that was the way Hiei and I acted.
"No score. Now shut up and watch the game." Yusuke said.
Throughout the game, Kuwabara kept sneaking looks behind us. I wondered if there was some girl he was looking at but I did not look back. Finally it was half time.
"Hey, what's going on with him?" Keiko asked, once she noticed him look back for the third time.
"I would explain but there are only so many hours in a day." Shizuru said.
"Incoming, man!" Yusuke said to me. I looked to see people on the field launching t-shirts into the crowd. Some people were throwing them. Normally they gave them to people that were cheering or pay attention, but I didn't mind getting a shirt. I smiled and then they showed Yusuke and me on the big screen.
"Hey!" Yusuke moved in closer and we waved at the screen. Before he could do an obscene gesture, the camera changed to Kuwabara who was getting hit in the back of the head with a t-shirt. He had been looking back there again. Some of the crowd, including us, laughed in unison.
"Hey, what the-? Give those things to someone who gives damn!" He snapped.
Keiko and Shizuru turned their heads.
"What are you looking at anyway?" Keiko asked.
"Yeah, Baby Bro, what's tickled your fancy?" Shizuru asked. We all turned around and saw the vacant rows left by Kuwabara's attackers. I did not see any pretty girls but there was a strange figure sitting far in the back. The person I saw looked pretty normal but I could not see their face from under their cap. The person was very tall and thin and had a lot of layers on.
"Check out the mummy." Shizuru said.
"Hush, Shizuru. The guy's probably cold." Keiko said.
"It ain't that damn cold." Yusuke said.
"Stop it Yusuke. We should turn around. We're being rude.
"She's right!" Kuwabara said angrily.
I turned around as well but Yusuke and Shizuru continued to look.
"Maybe it's just some freak that wanted to check out the game." Shizuru said.
In front of us a t-shirt launcher had just shot one into the air but mid air it stopped and fell on Shizuru's head quite hard. Kuwabara and Yusuke easily succumbed to laughter but I couldn't. Something was not right with the way the shirt fell. It should have easily gone into the upper sections.
"You should have listened to Keiko." Kuwabara teased.
Shizuru did not respond. She looked at the t-shirt cautiously.
"Maybe." She said slowly.
I looked behind us to find the mystery spectator reading a program. Shizuru looked back as well.
"Hey Sis, check this out!" Kuwabara threw a program into his sister's face. He really did not want her to pay attention to anything back there. I let it slide but there was little that got past me, particularly when Kuwabara was hiding it.
Kay's POVThat damn Shizuru Kuwabara. That bitch and me had never gotten along. I think we were in high school together for like two years and it had been two years too long. I don't even know what is wrong with her. She and I are more laid back than anything. We never associated with each other but she was always acting very negatively towards me. Now I know she was just jealous of me. That was cool, most girls were. I had like one or two friends at Sarayashiki High but lots of guys wanted to get to know me. I couldn't help it if I was more vibrant than her dumb ass. Now she was pissing me off by hanging with Keiko. Can't she find some more dull-ass smokers to hang with?
Then her damn brother had practically caused the whole row to look at me. I could not see them very well but I could hear everything. This came in handy when a certain bitch calls you a freak because then you can pelt t-shirts at her. (Ain't I a stinker?)
Soon the second half started in this sucky game. Keiko and Shizuru began to talk about people they knew and then the topic came to be about yours truly.
"I wish Kay could have come. She never missed the games." Keiko said. Shizuru made a face at the mention of my name. Kuwabara began to choke on one of the many things he was eating while their strange redheaded friend patted him on the back.
"Are you okay?" Keiko asked him.
"Fine. Just fine." Kuwabara said.
"Great, I'd hate to have to leave this game before the riot starts just because you don't know how to swallow." Yusuke teased. I held back a laugh. Death had made Urameshi a lot funnier.
"Yusuke, we're not staying for any riot. You promised." Keiko warned.
I sighed inwardly. I loved the girl to death but she was such a killer of joy. Why come to the game if you don't want to be in the riot? And I had told her time and time again not to make Yusuke promise her anything. It was like begging the boy to lie.
"Besides, there isn't going to be a riot this year." Shizuru said.
'What? Who told her that?' I thought to myself.
"What? Who says?" Yusuke and Kuwabara asked.
"Them." Shizuru pointed to the guards that were practically swarming the stands. They may have increased in number but these guys weren't close to S.W.A.T. and the riot police. I snorted as Yusuke and Kuwabara chuckled.
"Right." They elbowed each other playfully.
"Honestly…" Shizuru sighed.
"She's right! You don't see any girls here excited about this." Keiko argued.
Yusuke howled for a minute.
"You can't be serious! Your best friend it the riot's organizer!" He said, referring to me.
"Who? Kay?" She asked, far from believing him.
"Kay's never missed a game. If I'm a public enemy, then Kay is public enemy No. 1!" He joked.
I chuckled to myself.
"Must you keep bringing her up? I'm trying to enjoy my evening." Shizuru said, sharply.
"Sis, she's not that bad." Kuwabara defended.
"Right. She's just a conceited poser." She said.
I had had enough. Shizuru was not going to bad mouth me around my best friend anymore. I hopped out of my seat and flew down the stairs and sat down behind them stealthily. I wanted to see how much she didn't like me.
"Damn, Shizuru. The girl's a pain the ass but she's no poser." Yusuke said.
"Obviously you don't know her too well." She said.
I raised an eyebrow because this bitch did not know me at all.
"Ob-vi-ous-ly you don't know when to shut up." I said smoothly, causing everyone to turn around. I pulled off my hat and let the braid fall.
"Kay!" Keiko was floored.
"Kamiya?" What the hell are you doing here?" Yusuke asked.
"Shhh. Keep it down." Kuwabara said.
Shizuru was a bit shocked but she wouldn't lose her cool. I could respect that but I was ready to get in that ass.
"I shifted my side and planted my feet against the back of Keiko's chair.
"So do we have a problem? I mean, honestly I've done nothing to you. But if there is shit to be started, I have some free time." I smiled.
"Please." She turned away from me.
Keiko bombarded me with questions, happy to see me. I answered them all.
"What's with the look?" She asked.
"Let's just say I am not too popular."
"What a shock?" Shizuru said.
"How did you get a ticket?" Keiko asked.
"Ticket…well…that's never been a problem for me." I told her.
"Turnstile hopping?" Yusuke and Kazuma filled in, causing me to chuckle.
"Yeah." I admitted.
"Kay." Keiko said warningly.
"Excuse me, but I'm going back for another soda." The redhead stood up. I was thrown for a second. I knew that voice…it was one from the bookstore. The person turned around.
"Does anyone else want anything?" He asked.
Everyone threw out some last minute orders that became way too much for just him to handle.
"Kay, could you go with him?" Yusuke asked.
"Yeah, sure." I stood, not taking my eyes off the redhead, whose back was turned to me. I put my scarf and hat back on.
As soon as we stepped out into the outside of the stadium, he looked around.
"Follow me." He said, quietly. He led me all the way to a vacant locker room. I closed the door behind us and locked it.
"I doubt Koenma knows you are here." He began to say. "There is no one here, you're safe Kay. There's no need for you to disguise yourself. It is hardly a good one."
I turned to face him. I couldn't really see his face. He was leaning against some lockers with his hands in his pockets and a foot propped against a locker. He obviously thought he was cool, I could feel his confidence…but I could also feel his demonic energy. I had no reason to fear him, though. He should fear me though, because he had already gotten on my bad side.
" Normally, I know the people that call me by name." I said.
The redhead softly chuckled.
"Kurama." He said. "Now is it possible for you to remove that disguise? I like to see who I am conversing with."
Strike Two. He was not being overtly disrespectful but he was still pissing me off. Regardless, I honored his request and took off my hat and removed the extra scarf. My braid fell down my back once again.
Immediately I gave the demon a once over. He was different from my suspicions, very different. He was clean and normal looking…he could even pass for handsome. But his attitude put him far from the gorgeous level. He was tall and he was a decent dresser. He cared more about style than most human guys did. He really had some standout features, though. I couldn't get over his long red hair. I liked it but couldn't help but feel it took away from his already questionable masculinity. He stood and turned to face me and instantly our eyes met. I had seen many different sets of eyes before but never such intense green ones. His eyes were pushing the gorgeous mark…but…there were a lot of things about him…things I'm not sure I wanted to know about.
I don't know what happened next but neither of us were prepared for it. While our eyes were locked on each other's something triggered in my brain disturbing my brainwaves and train of thought. I instantly got this brain-ache.
"Ugh." I said, softly in pain. I put my hands on my head. A tingling sensation overcame my entire being, including my body and soul. It was the easily the weirdest, most fucked up feeling I had ever had.
"Mmph." Kurama lightly groaned. I saw that he too was holding his head. Whatever happened to me had also gotten to him.
"What the hell just happened? What the fuck did you just do?" I snapped as I sat on a bench and lowered my head. Kurama leaned back against the wall.
"Trust me, that was no action of my doing. I'm just as confused as you are." He struggled to say. I looked back up but away from him completely.
"It happened when you looked at me." I snapped.
"You're mistaken, you looked at me." He challenged.
"You're the demon." I said, quietly.
"Thank you for the reminder." He replied, smartly.
"Kiss my ass." I said, rubbing my temples.
"I see you have barely changed." He said, already recovered from his pain.
"Funny, I don't think we've met. And playing verbal ping-pong back at the bookstore doesn't count." I said.
I heard him chuckle, or at least that's what I thought he did.
"So you remembered." He said, smugly.
"Don't get too excited." I said, loftily. I didn't dream of telling him that I had been thinking about the voice for a good minute after the fact.
"Don't concern yourself." He said. I exhaled loudly.
"Look, there is only room for one wiseass here and I'm taking it." I warned.
"Clearly." He said shortly.
"Screw you, man!" I snapped. "Now do you care to tell me why you dragged me here?" I asked.
"I will when you manage to look at me. You seem to have a problem doing that." He commented.
"Yeah, it's called that weird-ass headache that I haven't quite recovered from." I looked at him. "Now cut the bull."
The look on Kurama's face was one that puzzled me. He wasn't pleased with the way I was talking to him, but that I could expect. But this look was the kind of look someone had when the little brat they've been sitting starts whining for the umpteenth time. I hated that look.
"The last time I saw you, someone had tried to take your life." He said.
I had an idea of what he was getting at and I did not like it. "Yeah, well you know that as of that night, that was no longer a problem." I lied.
"So why are you trying to be anonymous, very unsuccessfully I might add. The biggest soccer game of the season is hardly the right place to come to." He said.
He had me there. That sounded very stupid coming from him.
"Listen, I'm safe. I'm no danger to anyone." I said.
"Can Koenma collaborate that?" He asked.
I said nothing. I wouldn't lie and this demon couldn't do a damn thing about it.
"You're taking quite a risk, one that is quite foolish and selfish…" He continued to babble on with his self-righteous bullshit. I did not know what was worse; having to hear all this shit or hear all this shit and know that he was right. I posed a threat to Keiko's life and if something happened to her…After a few seconds, I cut him off.
"OKAY! OKAY! I GET YOUR POINT! I MEAN, DAMN!" I snapped.
Kurama's eyes slightly enlarged. I guess no one had ever cut him off, at least recently. His eyes narrowed and a chill ran through me. Something was telling me not to fuck with him…he was a demon after all.
I started to unlock the door but I was too pissed. I had to fight this snake creature, walk for two miles, and caught a bus to get here. I had to think of something, so I decided to call Eiji, one of my bodyguards. They were not allowed around Genkai's but they were always on call.
I called him on my cell and was a bit surprised to hear his cell phone ring tone. Kurama and I exchanged a look and Eiji appeared from the showers. He was dressed as a Fox fan but he still looked intimidating.
"They're all here?" I asked. Eiji nodded.
"Well, can I?" I asked him.
"We cannot leave your side, you and your friends are always safe." He said.
"You heard the man." I flashed a self-satisfied smile to Kurama who looked confused.
"One of my friends, courtesy of Koenma." I clarified. "So if you excuse me, Grandpa, I'll be going back to the game where nothing remotely dangerous is going to hap—" I started to say.
"RRRAAAAHHHHH!" A loud, barbaric roar came from above.
"Did someone score?" Kurama asked.
"Nope." I knew that sound, very well. "The riot has just started. Peace out." I unlocked the door, despite their calls and protests, and bolted upstairs. The stadium was already in total chaos. Trashcans were strewn everywhere so there was trash everywhere. People were running out like it was nobody's business.
"Kay! Kurama!" Keiko called in alarm. Yusuke was struggling to drag her out. She didn't want leave without me. Now, that's a pal.
"I'm coming!" I shouted.
We managed to get outside to a clearing on the side of the stadium.
"That was nuts! We have to leave now!"
"Now?" Yusuke, Kuwabara, and I exclaimed.
"Yes, now!" She snapped, giving me a very stern look.
"Please, Cake! We just want to watch and possibly run around. We won't loot." I said.
"Yeah, we don't steal." Yusuke said.
"You mean, I don't steal." Kuwabara corrected. Yusuke and I shot him a look.
"You can go home." I snapped at him. "Please, we'll be safe. I've been out here since I was six, I can't break tradition!" I argued.
"Keiko, please let them go. I'm tired of hearing the dog scratching at the door to get out." Shizuru said, trying to play me.
"What was that?" I asked. "Yo, Cake, you'd better milk that heifer, it is getting quite bitchy." I got back at her.
"Enough! You all are giving me a headache! Go ahead, but don't get into any trouble."
"See ya!" Yusuke, Kuwabara, and I turned around and started running back to the stadium.
"Wait! Hey man, are you coming?" Yusuke asked Kurama.
"I'll walk the girls back and stay with them." He answered.
We left him in the dust.
"Hey guys," I said, smacking some guys out of my way, "let's make this interesting."
"Shoot." Yusuke said.
"We can snag some big duffel bags inside the stadium—" I started to say.
"I thought you told Keiko—" Kuwabara interrupted.
"Shut up!" Yusuke and I shouted.
"Anyway, they'll be lying out on the ground and no one will want them so it is not stealing—but let's wait until the riot police come and then we can have some fun with them."
"But we always do that." Yusuke said.
"No, but this time we can take as much of their gear as possible. The one with the most contraband gets 300 000 yen from each of us."
"Are you crazy! We can't steal from the cops!" Kuwabara yelped.
"Not when you're telling everyone about it!" Yusuke snapped.
"It's not stealing, I guarantee you that they will be losing their stuff." I said.
"How so?" Yusuke huffed as we approached the entrance again. A policeman was unsuccessfully trying to block people from entering the stadium.
"Like this!" I ran up to the guard and charged him. I turned to my side and let his weak body hit the ground with his stick and gear fly everywhere.
Yusuke and I howled in laughter.
"Kay!" Kuwabara said, shocked.
"What? I bumped into him." I joked. "Okay, I'll change the bet. The person with the most interesting item from the riot gets the money. No stealing necessary."
"Alright, see you losers later." Kuwabara sped up and left us.
I looked back to Yusuke and he smiled.
"Police gear." We agreed and parted ways.
Well, that's it. Pretty pointless…yeah. But I had fun with it anyway.
Coming up in Her Secrets: Kay learns pretty soon that it is a small world after all and that one should always keep their bets, especially with gamblers. All the shit that she was talking gets put to the test when Sakyo comes back…and he's bringing the story's plot with him (Yea!).