Notes: Alright! I know I lost the pace of posting, forgive me for that! But I will not stop posting at least once a month, I swear! Good reading.
Chapter 8 - Rose with the rope in the bedroom
Yusuke's eyes went from redhead to redhead. Suspect. He forced the functioning of his few neurons not numbed by alcohol. Someone in that room was lying. He narrowed his eyes as he fixed himself on Kuwabara's face, realized that his friend twitched an eyebrow and wrinkled his nose. Liar? Yusuke played cards with Kazuma since always, he knew very well when the other was bluffing, but at that moment there was no bluff, Kuwabara was really losing. This will be easy. His attention was slowly sucked into the other redheaded kotatsu. The ex-detective lost all security he had. He saw Kurama blink his big eyes, over and over. He seemed lost in the game, but Urameshi was no fool, that fox face doesn't fool anyone else. He needed to take a guess at the next two rounds if he wants to win. He looked at his cards again, comparing with the information requested by Kurama, something was wrong. He separated one of the cards in the other hand, examined the image. He noticed that some seemed to be marked on the edges. Dirty game? He narrowed his eyes and pursed his lips as he showed the chosen card to the fox, he realized that the bastard had been betting on the same object for two rounds. Suspect.
"My turn"
Yusuke rested his eyes on the dice released by Kuwabara. Six. He followed the movement of the green pawn by hitting the base of the board. one; two; three; four; Office. He waited for Kazuma to carry Kurama's red pawn to the same space on the board.
"Rose, in the office, with revolver"
Kurama offered the card in his hands with a smile. Yusuke grimaced, the big guy must have realized that the nerd only bet on the revolver in the last two rounds, so he will only bet on that too. He fixed his attention on the Kuwabara pencil by signing a mark on the table. The friend cringed, hiding his note, but Urameshi already knew: Kuwabara made a mark on the top of the piece of paper, and everyone knows that the list of suspects is at the top of the table offered by the game. Miss Rose is not the killer. He checked his own notes, it was the information he needed to find the culprit of the match. As for the weapon: the fox seemed to have solved it, so all that remains is the location. Yusuke bet everything on his hunch: Colonel Mustard, with the revolver in the library. His pride inflated at the prospect of victory when Kuwabara denied having any of the information, and with the same intensity, he withered when Kurama chose a card to show.
"It doesn't make any sense" Yusuke rolled his eyes.
"I'm making perfect sense you're just not keeping up!" blinked one eye while rolling the dice "My turn" Kumara walked with the red pawn "My final guess of the game" Made suspense; took the envelope with the answers for the game "Colonel Mustard, in the library with the candlestick" He smiled victoriously, showing the correct cards, Urameshi growled angrily when he saw the fox point a finger at him in the shape of a gun - Bang
"Fuck it" Yusuke dropped the cards on the table as he headed towards the kitchen
"I said this game is one of my favorites" Kurama was kind enough to start storing the pieces in the box.
"To hell, nerd" shouted opening a kitchen cabinet.
"Shizuka never let me win this game, so I'm used to it" Kuwabara went through the channels ignoring Kurama's silly smile. The fox wondered why the edge of the cards was destroyed, opened his mouth to speak, but was interrupted. Yusuke came from the kitchen with a torn package in his hands, complaining about the pantry being messy, shut up when he noticed Kazuma turning off the television and staring at an empty spot in space. Then, he noticed Kurama fading his relaxed expression. He's a smart guy, it didn't take more than a minute to notice the noise that the other two concentrated on. In the next moment, the three were looking for the origin.
The information was enough to conclude the presence of a rodent in the apartment, the visual confirmation came when rummage with the cabinets. Many times the rat ran from side to side, passing through the gap between the three boys' legs, but it always ended up in a corner, safely. Yusuke wanted to go to the utility store to buy traps, but dropped his shoes at the entrance when Kurama asked where there would be a store open at 1:30 am. Kuwabara found the telephone number of a pest exterminator, but was also asked about opening hours. With wounded pride, for the second time in the night, they decided to pursue a desperate plan. Kurama tried to give his opinion on the capture many times, but he was interrupted or scolded on all of them, so he just sat on the kitchen counter to watch the other two. It was impossible not to raise an eyebrow at the scene, Kazuma twisted his back like a hook to fit under counter, practically inside the closet, his goal was to chase the rodent out of the safety of the hideout, during the escape, Yusuke would deliver the final blow, crushing the creature. Now, armed with a baseball bat, Urameshi arranges himself in position, sending the cigarette right and left across his lips.
"Yusuke with the bat, in the kitchen"
His concentration and determination were genuine, but all was lost when he miscalculated the time and space of attack, hitting Kuwabara's hand, which in turn buried his head in the inner top of the cabinet with pain. Her screams and insults were drowned out by the wood of the furniture. The smoker ignored the error, went back to chasing the rodent, dropping everything that was on the way, abandoned the baseball bat when he realized that the object was delaying him. His crazy run almost came out successful; he felt the animal's tail and fine claws slip through his fingers as he strummed the tight surface beneath a piece of furniture. He groped blindly again when he felt a sharp pain in his fingers. The two redheads moved to calm Yusuke when they noticed the demonic tattoos shining on his face and the room's evil energy level triple. Kuwabara kept his grip on his friend's arms until he calmed down from the sudden hatred for the bite.
The ex-detective was a little calmer, took a sip of the vodka in which his bitten finger was dipped, while trying to ignore the uncomfortable approach between them. The three were perched on the top of the kotatsu, practically huddled together trying to balance themselves in the little space available. Three times, Urameshi blew a few strands of red hair away from his glass while pretending to hear Kuwabara's speech. He grunted, asking why they were huddled together without being able to touch the ground, rolled his eyes with the loudest reciting a lesson about rodents feeling vibrations on the ground and how the energy variation of the three would drive the intruder out and lead the trap to failure. Yusuke turned his eyes to the fox on his left, how did he turn his fight partner into yet another nerd? grimaced, he was literally being pressured by nerds. Kurama smiled like a proud teacher he was, but returned to his concentrated expression when he almost fell off the table. The three were sitting, or almost so, waiting for the rat to feel comfortable and safe enough to come out of hiding and try to steal one of the cheese chips from the makeshift trap. Kuwabara was ready to drop the lid of the board game box on the mouse when he was distracted, once trapped, he would be crushed with a single blow.
"Kuwabara in the room with the trap"
The five minutes that were immobile seemed like an eternity, crushed in the middle, Urameshi tried to move his shoulders to bring the glass to his mouth, but the fox moved by reflex to the elbow hit in his spine. He gave up on the drink when an entire lock of Kurama fell into the glass, the wait will be twice as unpleasant when sober. Kuwabara demanded silence from the other two when he noticed the rodent approaching the trap. He delicately projected his torso forward, waiting for the prey to begin to gnaw the flake, he was almost close enough, stretched his spine a little more, but regretted his imbalance. Yusuke was quick enough to hold his friend by the collar of his shirt while Kurama served as an anchor. They silently celebrated victory when Kuwabara trapped the mouse in the box.
Hiei was used to witnessing ridiculous situations in which the clown troupe was involved, but this one has outdone itself. Three idiots clinging to a kotatsu was the last thing he expected to see when entered in apartment from the balcony. Hiei's loud exclamation of contempt deconcentrated the perfect balance of the other three. The bad distribution of the weight on the table made her fall, Yusuke fell over Kuwabara who tried to grab the mouse, who took advantage of the situation to escape between a gap in the box. The room was now a heap of egos and destroyed furniture. The next few minutes were used to restore the environment and dignity, in addition to explaining to the newcomer the circumstances that led to this deplorable situation. Hiei's contempt remained unshakable. Yusuke asked where the youkai cat from a few weeks ago was, directed his attention to Hiei who just growled - dead. Kurama rolled his eyes knowing the truth.
"Boys, we're playing with the wrong skin" Kurama drew attention to himself, when he succeeded, he offered, as a spectacle, the transition to his Youko form. The other three rolled their eyes at the display and growth of evil energy and ego in the room "Do you know the fable of the fox and the rat?" stood up.
"No, only that of the self-centered and vain fox" Hiei muttered under his breath as he looked for a breach to disappear from the madhouse. With a children's history or not, the functionality of the food chain was proven after 30 minutes, when Kurama managed to capture the creature. While Yusuke and Kuwabara celebrated their victory, planning how they would kill the rat in revenge, the fox watched the rodent squirm in the air, suspended by its tail. It did not lessen the pressure on the fingers.
"You know how the story ends" He waited to receive the attention of the three pairs of eyes in the room "The fox says: I will eat you and I will not leave a single piece of you" took the prisoner close to his mouth, ready to devour. The mention of the act made Yusuke and Kuwabara regurgitate dinner while Hiei tried to cope with the shiver that ran down his spine. Kurama laughed when he got the reactions he wanted, took the rodent out of the original path. Your hair returned to a reddish color while put the rat in a glass jar "I think I prefer to watch him die, slowly, asphyxiated during the rest of the morning" purred suggestive. He put the closed jar in the center of the "I see you in the morning" kotatsu Inside the room.
"I don't understand" Kuwabara shook the jar with the rodent in it, he didn't want to hurt the animal. He would free the rodent in the park
"Come, let's go for a walk" Yusuke stood up noticing Hiei, slightly reddish, going through the same door seconds after Kurama "Let's smoke, laugh at some drunk, watch the grass grow or whatever" Pulled Kuwabara who was clinging to the glass jar "We can release the mouse in Ms. Naomi's apartment if you want" She closed the apartment door behind her "In an hour or two we will be back, there are things I prefer not to hear"
F / N - When I wrote this chapter I thought I was being very perverse, I thought about starting from scratch with another theme, but I remembered that we love perverse stories. Xoxo