*Sigh* I lied. I'm going to continue this story. I can't help myself,
it's so much fun to write! Even if no one reads it, I have to let myself
be heard! (Raises fist gallantly into the air, screaming a battle cry) *
"So what's this whole mission gotta do with me?" Kuwabara asked. Him and Yusuke were sitting in the park, talking in low voices. Yusuke made a face at Kuwabara's question. Surely he wasn't going to make him say it. Say THE WORDS.
" I'm waiting---" he sang. Yusuke crossed his arms in defiance.
" Ah, come on Kuwabara. This is stupid." Yusuke growled angrily.
" No way. I ain't doing anything until you say it." Kuwabara said, grinning evilly.
"Fine. Kuwabara, I." The rest was a series of mumbles and huffs.
" What? I couldn't hear you!" Kuwabara said happily.
" OK, OK! I need your help!" Yusuke cried exasperatedly. Anything to get this mission over and done with. Kuwabara jumped up enthusiastically, fists raised high in the air.
" Well then, what're we waiting for? Let's find that crystal!" He marched away, idiotically laughing to himself. Yusuke followed sullenly behind.
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" Give it up already, Kuwabara. We've been at this all afternoon, and we're not one step closer to finding that crystal. You've obviously lost your touch."
" I have not!" Kuwabara snarled, turning around to shove his fist in Yusuke's face. " At least I found its energy signal. That's better than nothing!"
" Big whoop. You found the signal. But you also keep losing it." Yusuke yawned. They'd been walking around the city for hours, with no luck. He was tired, his feet hurt, and he was hungry. Life's never fair.
" I'm not losing the signal, it just keeps moving. In opposite directions sometimes. It's like it's being carried around by lots of different people." Kuwabara said quietly. He paused and closed his eyes, concentrating on finding the energy signal again. There was one close by, maybe around the next corner. The other signal was farther away, downtown, but it was coming this way.
" Botan didn't say anything about two different crystals, Kuwabara." Yusuke sighed. " I think you're confusing two different energy signals together."
" I am not. If I say there's two, then there's two! And for your information, we're pretty close to one of the signals right now."
" Really? You aren't just making this up?"
" Can it Urameshi! Now come one, it's only a short distance from here."
Kuwabara jogged off down the crowded street, stopping briefly at an intersection before turning right. Yusuke sighed and followed casually behind. Let Kuwabara do all the running. If he was right, and they were getting closer to the crystal, then there was no point in running after it. It's not as if it were going anywhere.
Turning the corning, he looked around until he found the familiar orange head running through the crowd. It paused next to a coffee shop, then rushed in.
Once inside, Yusuke found Kuwabara sitting in a booth, waiting for him. Yusuke sat down in the seat across from him, and picked up the menu nonchalantly.
" So?" He asked quietly.
" It's in here---somewhere. I think one of these people have it." Kuwabara whispered.
" So what's to stop them from walking out of here? We probably won't know it's gone until it's too late."
" Don't worry. That crystal's won't leave without me knowing about it."
Suddenly, the sound of breaking glass could be heard echoing throughout the café. Yusuke and Kuwabara turned towards the kitchen as the voice of a man roared in anger, and a young girl bounced out of the kitchen.
" That broken plate is your own fault!" She shouted as she untied the apron around her waist. " I TOLD you I shouldn't be allowed in the kitchen!"
The girl took a small notepad and pencil from the counter, and wandered over to another waitress for instructions on which customer she should attend to. The waitress nodded towards the booth where the two boys were sitting, and the girl waltzed over.
' She looks kind of familiar---' Yusuke thought to himself.
" Oh, I remember you!" The girl exclaimed happily. " You're that boy from school! So, did you end up going to class, or what?"
Yusuke mentally slapped himself. How could he have forgotten such a bubbly person so easily? You don't meet many people who act like their high on life all the time, and this girl was definitely high on life.
" So what'll it be, you guys?" Dakarai asked sweetly.
" That depends," Kuwabara said, remembering the sound of broken glass he had heard earlier. " Are YOU bringing out the food?"
Dakarai laughed and shook her head. " I'm usually not allowed to handle the food." She said, almost proudly. " I just take orders, make drinks, and let someone else carry it."
Kuwabara nodded happily. " Well then, I'll have a double cheeseburger, a large order of chili fries, a sundae, a couple of onion rings, and a chocolate milkshake."
Dakarai scribbled down the order quickly, then turned to Yusuke, who decided not to order anything. Kuwabara had ordered enough for two people anyway.
" What's with you? You've been fasting lately?" Yusuke joked. He stopped his teasing when he saw the serious look on Kuwabara's face.
" What's up?" He asked. Kuwabara nodded his head at Dakarai's retreating figure.
" It's her." He said softly. " She's got the crystal. Well, half of it anyway."
" What do you mean by half?"
" What, your ears need cleaning or something? I mean that she's got half of the Gemini crystal with her. The other half is somewhere else, but it's coming this way."
Yusuke glanced back at Dakarai, who was busy loading plates onto a large tray. She tripped and the plates went crashing to the ground. The voice of the man from before could be heard cursing loudly.
" Don't worry!" Dakarai yelled happily. " I'll pay for those!"
" Hey, Rai-rai, looks like you're losing your touch." A cook said, talking to Dakarai.
" What do you mean?" She asked innocently. The cook pointed to the fragments of dishware scattered all over the floor. He picked up a plate that had somehow survived the fall.
" You missed one." He laughed, and handed the plate back to the girl.
" So what's our next move?" Kuwabara asked softly, turning from the scene back to Yusuke.
" We wait." Yusuke declared.
*There! I did it! Happy now? Now go read something else while I write the next chapter. See ya later! *
"So what's this whole mission gotta do with me?" Kuwabara asked. Him and Yusuke were sitting in the park, talking in low voices. Yusuke made a face at Kuwabara's question. Surely he wasn't going to make him say it. Say THE WORDS.
" I'm waiting---" he sang. Yusuke crossed his arms in defiance.
" Ah, come on Kuwabara. This is stupid." Yusuke growled angrily.
" No way. I ain't doing anything until you say it." Kuwabara said, grinning evilly.
"Fine. Kuwabara, I." The rest was a series of mumbles and huffs.
" What? I couldn't hear you!" Kuwabara said happily.
" OK, OK! I need your help!" Yusuke cried exasperatedly. Anything to get this mission over and done with. Kuwabara jumped up enthusiastically, fists raised high in the air.
" Well then, what're we waiting for? Let's find that crystal!" He marched away, idiotically laughing to himself. Yusuke followed sullenly behind.
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" Give it up already, Kuwabara. We've been at this all afternoon, and we're not one step closer to finding that crystal. You've obviously lost your touch."
" I have not!" Kuwabara snarled, turning around to shove his fist in Yusuke's face. " At least I found its energy signal. That's better than nothing!"
" Big whoop. You found the signal. But you also keep losing it." Yusuke yawned. They'd been walking around the city for hours, with no luck. He was tired, his feet hurt, and he was hungry. Life's never fair.
" I'm not losing the signal, it just keeps moving. In opposite directions sometimes. It's like it's being carried around by lots of different people." Kuwabara said quietly. He paused and closed his eyes, concentrating on finding the energy signal again. There was one close by, maybe around the next corner. The other signal was farther away, downtown, but it was coming this way.
" Botan didn't say anything about two different crystals, Kuwabara." Yusuke sighed. " I think you're confusing two different energy signals together."
" I am not. If I say there's two, then there's two! And for your information, we're pretty close to one of the signals right now."
" Really? You aren't just making this up?"
" Can it Urameshi! Now come one, it's only a short distance from here."
Kuwabara jogged off down the crowded street, stopping briefly at an intersection before turning right. Yusuke sighed and followed casually behind. Let Kuwabara do all the running. If he was right, and they were getting closer to the crystal, then there was no point in running after it. It's not as if it were going anywhere.
Turning the corning, he looked around until he found the familiar orange head running through the crowd. It paused next to a coffee shop, then rushed in.
Once inside, Yusuke found Kuwabara sitting in a booth, waiting for him. Yusuke sat down in the seat across from him, and picked up the menu nonchalantly.
" So?" He asked quietly.
" It's in here---somewhere. I think one of these people have it." Kuwabara whispered.
" So what's to stop them from walking out of here? We probably won't know it's gone until it's too late."
" Don't worry. That crystal's won't leave without me knowing about it."
Suddenly, the sound of breaking glass could be heard echoing throughout the café. Yusuke and Kuwabara turned towards the kitchen as the voice of a man roared in anger, and a young girl bounced out of the kitchen.
" That broken plate is your own fault!" She shouted as she untied the apron around her waist. " I TOLD you I shouldn't be allowed in the kitchen!"
The girl took a small notepad and pencil from the counter, and wandered over to another waitress for instructions on which customer she should attend to. The waitress nodded towards the booth where the two boys were sitting, and the girl waltzed over.
' She looks kind of familiar---' Yusuke thought to himself.
" Oh, I remember you!" The girl exclaimed happily. " You're that boy from school! So, did you end up going to class, or what?"
Yusuke mentally slapped himself. How could he have forgotten such a bubbly person so easily? You don't meet many people who act like their high on life all the time, and this girl was definitely high on life.
" So what'll it be, you guys?" Dakarai asked sweetly.
" That depends," Kuwabara said, remembering the sound of broken glass he had heard earlier. " Are YOU bringing out the food?"
Dakarai laughed and shook her head. " I'm usually not allowed to handle the food." She said, almost proudly. " I just take orders, make drinks, and let someone else carry it."
Kuwabara nodded happily. " Well then, I'll have a double cheeseburger, a large order of chili fries, a sundae, a couple of onion rings, and a chocolate milkshake."
Dakarai scribbled down the order quickly, then turned to Yusuke, who decided not to order anything. Kuwabara had ordered enough for two people anyway.
" What's with you? You've been fasting lately?" Yusuke joked. He stopped his teasing when he saw the serious look on Kuwabara's face.
" What's up?" He asked. Kuwabara nodded his head at Dakarai's retreating figure.
" It's her." He said softly. " She's got the crystal. Well, half of it anyway."
" What do you mean by half?"
" What, your ears need cleaning or something? I mean that she's got half of the Gemini crystal with her. The other half is somewhere else, but it's coming this way."
Yusuke glanced back at Dakarai, who was busy loading plates onto a large tray. She tripped and the plates went crashing to the ground. The voice of the man from before could be heard cursing loudly.
" Don't worry!" Dakarai yelled happily. " I'll pay for those!"
" Hey, Rai-rai, looks like you're losing your touch." A cook said, talking to Dakarai.
" What do you mean?" She asked innocently. The cook pointed to the fragments of dishware scattered all over the floor. He picked up a plate that had somehow survived the fall.
" You missed one." He laughed, and handed the plate back to the girl.
" So what's our next move?" Kuwabara asked softly, turning from the scene back to Yusuke.
" We wait." Yusuke declared.
*There! I did it! Happy now? Now go read something else while I write the next chapter. See ya later! *