Extra: Karaoke
Boton clapped excitedly as Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Kurama stepped on to the karaoke stage, wondering what they were going to sing.
"I love it when Kazuma sings to me," Yukina said, blushing prettily.
"Yusuke gets this really funny look on his face, it's adorable!" Keiko laughed. "I'll bet Kurama makes you swoon, Boton. He seems like such a romantic."
"He is," the ferry girl sighed. Boton looked past Keiko at Mîra who was sitting next to Hiei. "Mîra-chan, does Hiei ever sing to you?"
Mîra burst into laughter and Hiei glared at her menacingly. "Eep!" Boton exclaimed and grabbed onto Yukina. "Yukina-chan! Save meeeee!"
"From what, Boton-chan?" the Koorime asked innocently.
"Does Hiei sing? Oh, Boton, that was funny," Mîra sighed, her laughter dying.
"I thought he was a singer-dragon-thing now," Yusuke asked, frowning.
"Sort of. Normally the host sings to resonate with the dragon but I think it's the other way around for Hiei, Koku sings for him," she explained.
"Do you sing with Koku?" Yukina asked curiously.
"Of course! It helps me understand what he's thinking, considering his lack of a vocabulary," Mîra said grinning.
"That's enough, woman!" Hiei growled.
"OI-OI!" Boton yelped at the loud noise and covered her ears, like everyone else around her. "I, Kuwabara Kazuma am ready to sing to my beloved Kuwabara Yukina!" Kuwabara said loudly into the microphone.
"Baka! Turn that down!" Yusuke said, snatching the microphone from him. "HIEI!" He thundered into the microphone. "GET YOUR ASS UP HERE!"
"I don't sing," the fire demon snapped. "You're lucky I haven't killed you yet for dragging me to this wretched place." He crossed his arms and Boton giggled, reminded of a stubborn school child.
"Don't make me drag you up here!" Yusuke challenged loudly into the microphone. "Every chick likes being sung to by her guy, right Mîra?"
"Stop yelling into the microphone!" Keiko yelled at her husband. Thankfully, Kurama reached up and took the mike from Yusuke. The detective would not let it rest, mike or no mike. He was staring intently at Mîra who was looking at her husband, who was giving her a look that made Boton want to run and hide under a table. Actually, Kurama was a much safer bet. Hiei would cut through a table with no issue but Kurama was a different story. She had chosen her man well!
"I think it's best if he sits this one out," Mîra said slowly. Yusuke began to protest when Kurama reached over to the machine and started the music. As the pop music turned on, the girls (the girls being the lucky girls Yukina, Keiko, and herself according to Boton) cheered. Kuwabara stepped forward towards Yukina and cleared his throat.
"You're insecure, don't know what for. You're turning heads when you walk through the do-o-or. Don't need make-up - to cover up. Being the way that you are is eno-o-ough. Everyone else in the room can see it, Everyone else but you;"
Yukina blushed demurely, pleased and slightly embarrassed as he extended his arm to her, gesturing to her passionately, as Yusuke and Kurama came around the mike for the refrain.
"Baby you light up my world like nobody else, The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed! The way you smile at the ground, it ain't hard to tell, You don't know-oh- oh, You don't know you're beautiful!
"If only you saw what I could see, you'd understand why I want you so desperately! Right now I'm looking at you and I can't believe, You don't know-oh-oh, You don't know you're beautiful-oh-oh, That's what makes you beautiful!"
Yusuke took the mike from Kuwabara and grinned wolfishly at Keiko who blushed and averted her eyes for a moment and grinned back as he began to sing.
"So c-come on! You got it wrong! To prove I'm right I put it in a so-o-ong. I don't know why, you're being shy And turn away when I look in to your eye-eye- eyes. Everyone else in the room can see it, Everyone else but you;"
Yusuke winked at her and she laughed merrily as he moved back to join Kuwabara and Kurama for the refrain.
"Baby you light up my world like nobody else, The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed! The way you smile at the ground, it ain't hard to tell, You don't know-oh- oh, You don't know you're beautiful!
If only you saw what I could see, you'd understand why I want you so desperately! Right now I'm looking at you and I can't believe, You don't know-oh-oh, You don't know you're beautiful-oh-oh, That's what makes you beautiful!"
Yukina giggled, as she Boton and Keiko clapped with the bridge. Yusuke then passed Kurama the mike who stepped forward and knelt before Boton. She blushed furiously as his emerald eyes sparkled at her and he sang slowly to her,
"Baby you light up my world like nobody else, The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed! The way you smile at the ground, it ain't hard to tell, You don't know-oh- oh, You don't know you're beautiful!"
Boton swooned as he produced a rose out of seemingly thin air. She somehow managed to take it from him as he moved back with Yusuke and Kuwabara for the final refrain.
"Baby you light up my world like nobody else, The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed! The way you smile at the ground, it ain't hard to tell, You don't know-oh- oh, You don't know you're beautiful!
If only you saw what I could see, you'd understand why I want you so desperately! Right now I'm looking at you and I can't believe, You don't know, No-oh-oh, You don't know you're beautiful, No-oh-oh, You don't know you're beautiful No-oh-oh, That's what makes you beautiful!"
As they finished the girls squealed and clapped loudly. Kuwabara rushed over to Yukina, as Kurama walked over to Boton smiling and Yusuke grinned at Keiko as he sat down next to her.
"Yukina, my love, how was that?" Kuwabra asked with a serious face.
"I love you, Kazuma!" Yukina said brightly and took her husband's face in her hands and gave him a chaste kiss.
"So adorable," Mîra sighed.
"Kill me now," Hiei retorted.
"Did you enjoy it?" Kurama asked, distracting smiling with the twinkle in his eye that Boton loved.
"Of course! You know I love it when you serenade me!" Boton sighed. Kurama chuckled at her as she stared off dreamily.
"Okay, your turn, Keiko," Yusuke said. His wife frowned at him.
"Why couldn't you say something romantic like Kurama or Kuwabara?" Keiko said glaring at him.
"Bah, that's overrated."
"Yusuke, you're a jerk."
"Hey, at least I got up there for you. Unlike a short, insensitive, and un-caring, fire demon we all know," Yusuke said, leering at Hiei.
"He doesn't ever lean," Boton heard Kurama sigh.
Hiei leapt to his feet, ready to charge over to Yusuke but Mîra thrust her arm out in front of her husband. "Timeout. First of all, I would never want Hiei to sing that song to me ever. In fact, I would punch him if he ever did," she said.
"What?" Boton exclaimed. "Why?"
"Because I know I'm beautiful," the elf scoffed, flipping her hair with her hand. Behind her, Hiei glanced off in what could only be the equivalent of him rolling his eyes.
"Of course, it's a shame that a song about a girl's humility being attractive isn't good enough for you," Keiko snapped. Oh dear, and they were getting along so well so far this night….
"He-hey Mîra, why don't you pick a song?" Boton said quickly, before the elf could respond to Keiko's jab.
"Oh, I don't sing, not publicly anyway," she waved.
"What? That doesn't make any sense," Kuwabara said frowning.
"For once I agree with him," Yusuke said frowning.
"Eh?"
"Singing is a part of fighting for me, I don't do it for recreation," Mîra shrugged.
"Aw, Mîra-chan you should! I bet your voice is really pretty too!" Boton pleaded.
Kurama looked up thoughtfully. "Hiei did mention once he found your voice to be quite enchanting."
The elf's eyes widened as she looked taken aback for a moment. Glancing at the man sitting next to her she blushed. "Is that true or is he sucking up to me?"
"Hn."
"Not a word," the elf replied flatly, rolling her eyes.
"I think it would be nice to hear you sing, Mîra-chan," Yukina said sweetly.
Mîra sighed and Boton gave Yukina a secret thumbs up. No one could resist that face and sweet voice, Yukina-chan was just too cute!
"I'll sing if Hiei wants me too," the elf said decidedly. She sat back in the seat and crossed her arms, staring down at her husband.
Boton peered at him as Hiei stared at his wife and then looked away. "I suppose I'll allow them to hear you."
Mîra frowned at him. "Okay but there might be a light show in here…"
"It's fine," he grunted.
"What is going on?" Kuwabara asked frowning.
"If you shut your mouth and watch, you'll see," Hiei grunted as his wife took to the stage. Boton ignored Kuwabara and Hiei yelling at each other as she watched Mîra close her eyes. How was she going to choose a song like that? Then a soft, white glow surrounded her and then began to spread throughout the room. Boton's eyes widened as the elf touched the machine and the guitar started.
"Today is gonna be the day That they're gonna throw it back to you. By now you should've somehow Realized what you gotta do. I don't believe that anybody Feels the way I do, about you now.
Back beat, the word was on the street That the fire in your heart is out. I'm sure you've heard it all before But you never really had a doubt. I don't believe that anybody Feels the way I do about you now."
"Dragonsinger," Kurama whispered in Boton's ear, as she stared at the glowing aura around her feet. This was how she fought? Either way, it didn't matter to Boton, it was incredible. Mîra opened her eyes and looked at her husband as she continued,
"And all the roads we have to walk are winding, And all the lights that lead us there are blinding. There are many things that I Would like to say to you but I don't know how;
Because maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me. And after all, you're my wonderwall."
Boton glanced over at Hiei who had his eyes closed with a contented look on his face and- wait was that? OMG it was! Where was her camera? Boton need a picture of that smile!
"Today was gonna be the day But they'll never throw it back to you. By now you should've somehow Realized what you're not to do"
Boton frowned. It sounded as though someone else was singing now. Sure enough, Mîra had a confused look on her face as she sang,
"I don't believe that anybody Feels the way I do, about you now."
The voice was a little girl's, how was this possible? Boton's gaze followed Mîra's and her jaw dropped. Hiei was glowing. His eyes were still closed as the black aura surrounded him. Mîra stopped singing and allowed the little girl to sing, the voice sweet and almost angelic. Boton didn't mind but she didn't know where the voice was coming from.
"And all the roads that lead you there are winding, And all the lights that light the way are blinding. There are many things that I Would like to say to you but I don't know how;
I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me. And after all, you're my wonderwall."
Mîra smiled sweetly at Hiei, giving him a tender look as she joined the little girl for the last refrains. Kurama leaned over to Boton and whispered, "I believe the girl's voice is Koku." If so, Boton was impressed. Wait? Did that mean that Hiei was singing to his wife? Cuuute!
"I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me. And after all, you're my wonderwall. I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me. And after all, you're my wonderwall."
The song finished and the white light faded away around Mîra. Yukina immediately began clapping and Yusuke and Kuwabara began to clamor about how cool her light was. She brushed them all off and resumed her place next to Hiei.
"Come on Boton, let's go next," Keiko said, standing promptly. "You too, Yukina."
"Okay!" Yukina chirped as she went to the stage.
Boton stood and got up as well, watching Mîra blush as Hiei said something quietly to her. Boton watched intently as in response to the comment, Mîra placed a quick kiss on his cheek. So cute and she didn't have her camera! Boton looked mournfully at Kurama who gave her a wink as he tucked the device back into her purse. She grinned and gave him a thumbs up.
"Boton, what are you doing?" Keiko asked.
"Ah-hahaha!" she laughed nervously.
"Let's sing Teenage Dream, I really like that song," Yukina said smiling.
"Sure!" Boton agreed. She glanced back at Mîra who was now watching the girls on stage. With a surge of determination, Boton marched down and grabbed the elf, yanking her onto the stage.
Mîra laughed and grinned at Boton. "I'll only do this if we get to sing the part about the jeans."
Boton laughed as the song started, "Agreed!"
That worked out perfectly. All their boys were serenaded, all the girls looked like they were having fun and Boton definitely got some good blackmail photos to add to her "Fire- Demon Defense" album. There was definitely no better way to spend a Friday evening in the human world. Koenma-sama was going to be mad he missed it for sure!
What good is a fanfiction without the old, favorite staple of karaoke night? =D This was something silly I threw together for fun so I hope you enjoyed it. I have no shame about making the boys sing One Direction because I own two YYH albums and it's all 90's pop. It's awesome, seriously. (And yes, Hiei does have solos on the albums haha). I also referenced another extra within this one, brownie points for whoever can name it!
Songs: What Makes You Beautiful, by One Direction and Wonderwall, by Oasis