"CHIKUSO! I CANNOT FUCKING BELIEVE THIS!"
"Shut up, Kuwabara, people are gonna hear you and try to get us evicted again!"
"BUT DID YOU HEAR WHAT SHE SAID TO ME?!?!"
Yusuke groaned. "Only about a hundred times."
Kuwabara's face turned a dangerous purple color. "THEN WHY AREN'T YOU MAD, HUH URAMESHI?!?" After looking at Yusuke, he calmed down almost immediately.
Yusuke's face had a troubled look to it. "I know there's something more to her," he said softly. "I just can't figure it out…"
The door opened, and in strolled a boy with long red hair and green eyes. "People are asking who's making all that racket up here," he said in his smooth voice as he sat down next to Yusuke. "It sounded like you, Kuwabara."
Kuwabara reddened slightly. "Sumimasen, Kurama."
Kurama glanced at Yusuke. "You look like something's troubling you."
The delinquent sighed and leaned back into the couch. "There's a new girl at our school, and I can't figure her out. She's mean to everyone…" he rubbed his eyes, thinking. "But I feel sorry for her."
At that point, everyone knew it was really bothering him. Yusuke never admitted that he felt sorry for anyone.
"What's her name?" Kurama asked. Yusuke sighed.
"Her name's Mayumi. I think something's wrong with her…she didn't seem quite, well, human."
Kurama winced.
The door opened again and a girl with long blue hair came in. She was Yusuke's assistant as a Reikai Tantei and her name was Botan. "Hello, boys," she said cheerfully, sitting down by Kuwabara. "What's the story?"
"New girl at school," Kuwabara muttered, grinning. "She's getting to Yusuke."
"Shut up, Kuwabara," Yusuke said dully. Botan grimaced. She had been watching the whole thing from the Reikai.
"Oh, it's Mayumi, isn't it?" She smiled sympathetically. "Well, for once, Yusuke, your hunch is right. She's not human."
Everyone stared at Botan. "Then what is she?"
Botan sighed. "She's the last of a race of youkai that was wiped out a few thousand years ago. I tried looking up the name, but I got nothing." She looked imploringly at Kuwabara. "Please don't get mad at her for the mean things she does…"
Kuwabara stood up indignantly. "And why not?" he asked angrily. "What she did was uncalled for!"
"She's angry and sad," the blue haired girl said softly. "She doesn't really have control of what she says to people, and I'm sure she regrets it…" She walked over to the window and looked out. "Poor girl."
Kurama's hands clenched into fists. 'I can't get carried away,' he told himself. 'I can't let my feelings show...but is it possible? Is it really her?' He looked out the screen door leading to the balcony. 'I'm sure Hiei knows already.'
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Unbeknownst to everyone, there was a small fire demon sitting on the large tree next to Yusuke's balcony. He was dressed in black and wore a white bandanna over his forehead to cover the Jagan Eye that enabled him to see into the shadows of the Reikai. Right now he had a thoughtful look on his face instead of the emotionless one that he normally wore.
"So, you feel it too, Kurama...she's back."
"Shut up, Kuwabara, people are gonna hear you and try to get us evicted again!"
"BUT DID YOU HEAR WHAT SHE SAID TO ME?!?!"
Yusuke groaned. "Only about a hundred times."
Kuwabara's face turned a dangerous purple color. "THEN WHY AREN'T YOU MAD, HUH URAMESHI?!?" After looking at Yusuke, he calmed down almost immediately.
Yusuke's face had a troubled look to it. "I know there's something more to her," he said softly. "I just can't figure it out…"
The door opened, and in strolled a boy with long red hair and green eyes. "People are asking who's making all that racket up here," he said in his smooth voice as he sat down next to Yusuke. "It sounded like you, Kuwabara."
Kuwabara reddened slightly. "Sumimasen, Kurama."
Kurama glanced at Yusuke. "You look like something's troubling you."
The delinquent sighed and leaned back into the couch. "There's a new girl at our school, and I can't figure her out. She's mean to everyone…" he rubbed his eyes, thinking. "But I feel sorry for her."
At that point, everyone knew it was really bothering him. Yusuke never admitted that he felt sorry for anyone.
"What's her name?" Kurama asked. Yusuke sighed.
"Her name's Mayumi. I think something's wrong with her…she didn't seem quite, well, human."
Kurama winced.
The door opened again and a girl with long blue hair came in. She was Yusuke's assistant as a Reikai Tantei and her name was Botan. "Hello, boys," she said cheerfully, sitting down by Kuwabara. "What's the story?"
"New girl at school," Kuwabara muttered, grinning. "She's getting to Yusuke."
"Shut up, Kuwabara," Yusuke said dully. Botan grimaced. She had been watching the whole thing from the Reikai.
"Oh, it's Mayumi, isn't it?" She smiled sympathetically. "Well, for once, Yusuke, your hunch is right. She's not human."
Everyone stared at Botan. "Then what is she?"
Botan sighed. "She's the last of a race of youkai that was wiped out a few thousand years ago. I tried looking up the name, but I got nothing." She looked imploringly at Kuwabara. "Please don't get mad at her for the mean things she does…"
Kuwabara stood up indignantly. "And why not?" he asked angrily. "What she did was uncalled for!"
"She's angry and sad," the blue haired girl said softly. "She doesn't really have control of what she says to people, and I'm sure she regrets it…" She walked over to the window and looked out. "Poor girl."
Kurama's hands clenched into fists. 'I can't get carried away,' he told himself. 'I can't let my feelings show...but is it possible? Is it really her?' He looked out the screen door leading to the balcony. 'I'm sure Hiei knows already.'
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Unbeknownst to everyone, there was a small fire demon sitting on the large tree next to Yusuke's balcony. He was dressed in black and wore a white bandanna over his forehead to cover the Jagan Eye that enabled him to see into the shadows of the Reikai. Right now he had a thoughtful look on his face instead of the emotionless one that he normally wore.
"So, you feel it too, Kurama...she's back."