Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files Love Story – Beauty of a Rose (by Tayla Drago)
Chapter 21
'Between Love, Fighting, and the Life of Plants itself'
After yesterday's even stopping Doctor, being one of the leader's member of the seven group to almost killing everyone, he was now arrested. So that's good. With the enemy still unknown and where underground of the tunnel being made, who were they? While Kido was being treated to be out for now while Yana and Kaito to still help the teams even for Yusuke, Kuwabara, Botan, Genkai, and Iki for Shizuru, Kayko, and Puu to support them and Koenma trying to learn more about this whole mess; meanwhile for Ami to leave her grandmother's place to hang out with Kurama for the time being.
"I'm leaving now, Genkai." Ami called as she slid her shoes on at the front door. "I'll be home later."
"Enjoy yourself, Ami." Genkai said stepping out of one of the rooms "This may be your last day to relax. Tomorrow our recon operation starts so keep your eyes open for any enemy to come. You'll be training with Kurama tomorrow right?"
"Yes. I didn't get to fight much during the Dark Tournament and I don't want to get rusty." Ami glances at the clock in the hall. "I better get going or I'll be late."
"You should see if you can stay with Kurama, so you get to training early."
Ami blushed a little. "I'll ask. Bye, Genkai."
"Bye Ami."
Ami opens the door and stepped out of the house, closing the door behind her. She started down the long staircase heading towards Kurama's house where she had already planned to meet to spend the day together. She finally came to the beautiful white house surrounded by rose bushes and other plants. For Ami to walk to the door and knocked on it.
The door opened. "Oh, Ami my dear! It's good to see you again." Ms. Minamino said smiling at her.
She smiles back at her. "Hello, Ms. Minamino. Is Shuichi ready?"
"Come on in," Ms. Minamino gestured in the house.
"Thank you." Ami walked into the house and Ms. Minamino closed the door.
"Shuichi's in his room, it's the second door on the left." Ami thanks her again and walked up the stairs to Shuichi's room as Ms. Minamino went back into the kitchen. Ami stops in front of Kurama's door and quickly masked her aura so Kurama wouldn't be able to sense Ami to be inside of his home. So, she decided to surprise him by sneaking into his room. Ami opens the door and slipped into the room closing the door silently. Ami sees Kurama standing in front of his closet with only a pair of black pants on, leaving his torso bare. Ami whistled suddenly, startling him. Kurama turned around to face her giving you a better look at his bare chest. "I didn't think I was getting a show when I came up here."
"Ami, you have to stop sneaking up on me like that." Kurama walked over and wrapped his arms around her waist. Ami slid her hands up his bare chest and wrapped them around his neck.
"But it's so much fun." She pouted. "Besides think of it as training."
"No training today, my dear. Today's our day to relax."
"Well, you may want to put a shirt on then. I refuse to take you out like this for all those girls to drool over you." Ami slid one finger down his chest. "I'm the only one allowed to see you like this."
"Don't worry, I don't plan on letting anyone else, but you see me like this." Kurama took Ami's hand that was tracing his chest, brought to his lips and softly kissed her fingertips.
"Good, now," Ami pushed him towards his closet, "let's get you a shirt." She considered Kurama's closet for a moment and then pulled out a white button up shirt. "I like this one."
"Then that one it is." Kurama took the shirt and slipped his arms though the holes. "I couldn't figure out which shirt to wear."
"Glad I could help." Ami smiled and started to button up the shirt. She kisses the top of Kurama's chest lightly before buttoning the last button. "There. Now we can go out." Ami took Kurama's hand and lead him out of his room. She and Kurama walked down the stairs and stopped at the kitchen where Ms. Minamino was making a box lunch.
"Mother, Ami, and I are leaving now." Kurama announced as the two of them entering in the kitchen.
Ms. Minamino turned around to face the two. "Okay, Shuichi. Don't forget, I won't be home until tomorrow afternoon, so you two behave yourself." Ami blushes bright red and hid her lower face behind her free hand.
"Mother." Kurama's cheeks were dusted red as he scratched his cheek. "You're embarrassing us."
"I'm sorry, Shuichi." Ms. Minamino walked over and tapped Kurama's cheek with her palm. "I'm just teasing. I trust you to be a responsible young man." Ms. Minamino looked over at Ami "You two have fun."
"You too, Ms. Minamino."
"I'll see you tomorrow mother." Kurama kissed his mother's cheek. She waved as the two and then left the house and started to walk down the street.
"Where is your mother going to tonight, Kurama, if I may ask?"
"Of course, you can ask. My mother is sending the night with her fiancé Kazuyu. My stepbrother is staying at a friend's so they can spend a nice evening together."
"That's so sweet. I'm glad your mother found someone."
"I am too."
"Well I guess that makes my question easier."
Kurama wrapped his arm around Ami's waist. "What question?"
She looked up at him with a small smirk. "If I could spend the night, so we could start our training early."
Kurama chuckled. "I would love to have you stay over."
"Thanks." Ami leans her head onto his shoulder. "Now where should we go today?"
Besides having some lunch to eat together, it was nice for them to have some relaxing time for them to be dating. So cute!
"Thank you for lunch, Kurama. It was delicious." Ami said walking down the street holding Kurama's hand. For she and Kurama had just left a small, but beautiful restaurant where they had eaten lunch.
Kurama squeezed her hand. "I'm glad you enjoyed it. Where would you like to go now?"
"Um, how about a walk through the woods? You can show me all the cool plants. I'll bet you've collected a few before."
"That's a great idea, Ami. I know just the right place to take you." Kurama lead Ami to the thick woods near his house. It was where Kurama told her that he would train because no one ever walked in it. Some fear of wolfs or something like that. Kurama stopped suddenly.
"What's wrong, Kurama?"
"Nothing. I just want this to be a surprise." Kurama called down a tree branch and plucked two leaves from their spots. "These should work nicely." Kurama fused the steam of the two leaves together and then placed them over your eyes. The leaves contorted to the shape of Ami's face and rested there. It wasn't uncomfortable at all and it did make it so you couldn't see anything.
"Interesting use of leaves, Kurama." Ami joked holding out her hand trying to find him.
Suddenly she was swept off your feet into someone's arms. From the scent of roses, Ami knew it was Kurama's arms. "I thought. I would carry you there; don't want to take a chance of you tripping over anything." Kurama started to run holding her body close to his. Ami slid her arms up his chest and wrapped them around his neck, nuzzling her nose into his neck. A few minutes passed when Kurama came to a stop. "We're here." Kurama placed Ami back onto her feet.
"I can't wait to see it."
"Maybe I should leave you like that for a while then." She heard Kurama laugh a little.
She pouted. "Meanie."
Kurama kissed Ami softly. "I can't say no to that cute face." Kurama peeled the leaves from her eye.
Ami blinks from the suddenly change in light. When her vision cleared, she gasped. "Kurama, it's beautiful." In front of her was a clearing filled with all type of wild flowers, many of them Ami has never saw before.
"I know you would like it." Kurama looked out at the flowers. "Most of these flowers are from the Demon World."
Ami looked up at Kurama. "Kurama, did you plant all these flowers?"
Kurama smiled at her, rubbing the back of his neck. "Only the ones from the Demon World, the others were here naturally. I thought it would be a good place to hide them if I ever needed any."
"That's amazing. It must have been a lot of work. Is it okay if I take a closer look?"
"Yes, go right ahead. I didn't plant any flowers that were dangerous. I didn't want to take the chance of any humans finding them." Ami walked around looking at all the different flowers. Kurama followed behind her while telling his girlfriend the names of all the demon plants.
"You're amazing, Kurama."
"Thank you, my dear." Kurama wrapped his arms around Ami's waist pulling her chest closer to his. "You know you amaze me too."
Ami looked up at him tilting her head to the side. "I do? Why? I'm not amazing."
"That's not true." Kurama tapped her nose. "You are the most amazing girl I ever met. I've told you that you amaze before don't you remember."
Ami thought about it and remember he had told her that during the Dark Tournament in the forest, when Kuwabara interrupted the two. "I remember, I guess I just don't see it."
"Well trust me, you are an amazing girl. I'm so lucky that you wanted to be with me."
"I feel the same way." Ami places her head on his chest. Kurama ran his fingers through her hair. "I love you, Kurama."
"I love you too, Ami. I always will." Kurama glanced up and saw that the sun was setting. Ami both had been out in the clearing for hours. "We should head back. It's getting late."
She pulls back a little. "Okay. Let's get going." Ami took Kurama's hand. "Don't forget to be a good boy like your mommy told you to."
Kurama laughed as he started to lead her out of the forest. "I think I would be more worried about you being a good girl."
"Me?" Ami pretended to be insulted. "I'm always a good girl."
"Really?" Kurama raised an eyebrow. "I'm not so sure about that."
"Hey!" Ami lightly slapped his arm, but couldn't help laughing too. Both she and Kurama walked back to his house joking around and enjoying yourself. This was her last day of peace for who knows how long. Tomorrow Ami and Kurama would start their training while Koenma was still researching on his end to get back to Yusuke and the others later. And still, Ami couldn't help, but feel a little excited about the fight to come.
'A New Day and Training-like Dating'
"There, almost done." Ami mumbled to yourself as she flipped the pancake over. For Ami had got up early this morning, even before Kurama, and decided to make breakfast for him as a thank you for letting her stay the night.
Suddenly arms wrapped around her waist and a warm chest was placed against Ami's back. "Um…something smells good." A chin was placed on her shoulder.
Ami turned her head and kissed him on the cheek. "Morning, sleepy head."
Kurama kissed you on the lips. "Good morning my dear." Kurama looked down at the nearly completed pancakes. "Those smell heavenly."
"Thanks. I hope they taste as good as they smell."
"I'm sure they will. You're a great cook. Is there anything I can do to help?"
Ami thought about it for a moment. "You could grab to plates for me, but," she pouted, "that would mean you would let go of me."
Kurama laughed and placed a feather soft kiss on her neck. "Don't worry, I promise to hold you more later." Kurama unwrapped his arms from Ami's waist and walked over to one of the cabinets. He pulled two plates from the cabinet and placed them on the counter next to where she was standing.
"Thank you." She slid a pile of pancakes onto the two plates. Kurama took the plates and placed them on the table. They both sat down and started to eat.
"These are delicious, Ami."
"I'm glad you like them. I figured we would need a filling breakfast for training." The two ate with light conversation. When they were done, the dishes were placed in the dish washer and the two of Ami walked deep into the forest where the both went to from the day before.
"Warm up first?" Kurama asked getting into fighting position.
"Why not?" Ami also slide into fighting positions. The two suddenly charged at one another throwing punches and kicks while dodging or blocking the others attack. The movements were so fast that they looked like just blurs to anyone else who saw it. Both Ami and Kurama jumped apart sliding away from each other.
"Let's turn this up, Ami." Kurama pulled his rose from his hair and flicked it to the side. The rose transformed into his signature Rose Whip.
"I like that idea, hun." Ami held out her hand in front of you as her bracelet uncoiled from around her wrist and turned into a spear.
"What else can you make besides a spear and brass knuckles?"
"Anything really." Ami's fingers twitched and the spear changed into a gun. Her fingers twitched again and the gun turned into a sword while using her Spinning Bird Kick moves too.
"That must be helpful. Why don't we train with a weapon your unfamiliar with?"
"I like that idea, but what weapon? I've trained with spears, guns, brass knuckles, swords, axes, shuriken and daggers. And yes, my Reikai Chinese movements too, let's not forget that."
"How about a scythe? It's kind of like a spear."
"That's a great idea! I never thought about that. Now should it be one blade or two?"
"We can start with one and then we can add one later."
"Perfect." Ami's fingers twitched and the sword changed form into a scythe with a long-curved blade. As she spun it between her fingers just like she would with her spear. "Ready, Kurama?" Instead of answering, Kurama charged straight at Ami. Allowing her to jumped back to dodge the attack. "Meanie."
"Sorry, love, but you know an enemy won't announce when their attacking." Kurama lashed his whip at her.
Ami blocks the attack with the blade of the scythe. "A stupid one might."
"Are you calling me stupid?" Kurama's Rose Whip wrapped tightly around the blade. Ami knew that she couldn't cut through it, but Kurama couldn't cut through her Reikai type of metal either.
Ami smirks. "Maybe." She shifted her weight and pulled the scythe back pulling Kurama towards his woman. Kurama quickly released his whip from her scythe before Ami could flip him over her head. "Or maybe not."
"You'll have to do better than that."
"Well let's kick it up a notch then, I think I've gotten the hang of this." The bottom of the scythe started to move and a second blade formed at the base pointing in the opposite direction of the main blade. It was smaller than the main blade, but just as sharp. "Let's go again."
Kurama jumped into the air. "Rose Whiplash!" Kurama started to slash at Ami wildly. She then spun her scythe in front of Ami to knock the tip of the whip away from her every time it came towards you.
"Kurama," Ami whined, "you're holding back."
Kurama smiled. "But so are you, my dear."
Ami rubbed the back of her head. "You caught me. How about we go all out now? We won't get better if we keep holding back."
"Okay then." Kurama suddenly vanished from Ami's vision. For she closes her eyes and then jumped into the air and over Kurama's head as he tried to attack his girlfriend.
Ami's crazed smile appeared on her lips. "Finally, a fight that I'll enjoy. It's been awhile." Ami twirled, lashing her scythe at Kurama as he attacks her. But Ami cuts him across the cheek while he got her on the side of the temple. "If I remember correctly, you were the last person to give me a good fight."
"I'm glad I could help." Ami and Kurama pulled away and the fight continued for hours. As she was enjoying every second of it.
It had been a week since Ami started to train with Kurama and a lot has happened with Yusuke and Genkai's recon mission for them to be in. They got a quick peak at the leader of the gang that was opening the portal and they also defeating one of the members of the gang, Minoru Kamiya, also known as Doctor, so one down and I guess…six more to go, right? From them training hard to be holding each other, Kurama wouldn't let go of Ami and she was fine to stay like that for a while.
"Fun time, huh?" Ami asks her boyfriend.
"It was." He kisses Ami on the lips. "I think that calls it a day for us to continue working while keeping each other company?"
"You got that right. I'm happy to be with you, Kurama." She hugs him. "You mean a lot to me."
The two embrace each other more and more in their arms.
"And so, do you, Ami, so much that I wish I don't want to let go."
"Then I won't either…Let's stay here for a bit longer…"
Kurama does so for Ami and him to enjoy themselves from training and loving each other more and more.
"Yes, we will." Said Kurama.
Well, they are still making out to having fun for Ami and Kurama. So, lovely, huh? With a lot, more to come by later for the others to be watching out for as promised, for one of the seven members had back up being the snake-like demon that chase Iki from Demon World into the Human World. And…it's a girl? Not good for she had something against Ami Sakkara as the leader did too, for them to have good reasons too. Like what? I don't like where this was going.
"Yo, Boss, allow me to test this half breed for you, please? I want to test her limits from the family of hers that you and my sister killed from fifteen years ago…So watch me!"