Yu Yu Hakusho
Gems of the Forest
Chapter 2
Meet Bakene and Mikura
By: Yaiko Youkai
June 14, 2003
Youko, Kuronue, Princess Tira, and Princess Maya were all set up at camp. Princess Tira had drug Princess Maya away to a hot spring so they could talk and relax. Course Youko didn't like the idea of two naked women so close but he couldn't see either one of them because of Kuronue. He was guarding the only way to the hot springs without a day's walk all the way around.
"Maya we need to be careful around that Youko one." Tira said as she soaked in the hot spring.
"Why? I think we should stay away from the other one." Maya said.
"Why there's nothing wrong with him. He's not perverted." Tira said.
"He has wings." Maya said.
"Point the other one has wings on his head and a tail to match." Tira said.
"Don't make fun of his ears and tail they're cute…" Maya said.
"Yeah sure…" Tira said sarcastically.
"I'm serious…the other one bugs me…" Maya said.
"Yeah well the one with the tail…since you don't even know his name
yet…" Tira said but was cut off by Maya.
"I do to his name is Youko Kurama. I bet you don't know the other one's name." Maya said defensively.
"Do so! Kuronue… any way as I was saying Youko is perverted." Tira said.
"Like the other one isn't." Maya said.
"Would you use his name. You're confusing me. It's Kuronue." Tira said annoyed.
"What?" Kuronue asked from camp.
"Nothing! Sorry!!" Tira said blushing out of embarrassment.
Back At Camp!
"What was that all about?" Youko asked sitting by the fire.
"I don't know. All I know is I hear my name." Kuronue said sitting down opposite of Youko.
"They've been talking about us the whole time." Youko said as he looked towards the hot spring wishing he could be there with them.
"Don't even think about it Youko. What were they saying about us." Kuronue asked curiosity getting the better of him.
"They are arguing over which one of us is better." Youko said then looked down at the fire.
"Well which one is winning?" Kuronue asked the, oh so obvious question and Youko smirked.
"Me of course." Youko said and looked up to Kuronue in the most serious of faces he could make.
"Of course…The pervert all way's wins." Kuronue whined as he took his eyes off Youko and put his head in his hands.
"I'm not discussing it any more with you Maya." Tira said and walked back into camp with Maya right behind her.
"Why cause you think I'm right don't you." Maya said pushing Tira towards Youko.
"Are you kidding. He has wings…on…on his head." Tira said and Kuronue just fell over laughing.
"That's not nice to say to the person who kidnapped you." Youko warned.
"Oh what are you going to do batty. I can set your ass on fire. In more way's then one!" Tira said and smirked at Youko who was now gapping at her. Then she walked over and sat down next to Kuronue letting Youko just look at where she used to be standing.
"Is he all way's like that?" Tira asked.
"Yeah…" Kuronue said trying to get his laughter under control.
"Hey Youko! I'm not standing there any more!" Tira yelled and threw a rock by his head.
"Hum…what?" Youko asked confused.
"See I told you he was a pervert Maya!" Tira said in a 'I told you so!' tone.
"Uhm…which one won your argument in the hot spring?" Kuronue asked.
"I don't know what you're talking about. I'm going to sleep. Good night Kuronue…Youko. Maya you too, sleep!" Tira said.
"Oh can't I stay up sis…" Maya whined.
"No!" Tira said sternly.
"Aw…you're mean…" Maya whined and laid down then closed her eyes.
"Kuronue do me a favor?" Tira asked.
"Yeah sure." Kuronue said and smiled at her.
"Uhm…make sure the pervert doesn't try any thing with Maya. He won't get any thing done with me. I know that for sure." Tira said then smiled at him as she laid down.
"My pleasure." Kuronue said.
"Thanks!" Tira said then smiled as her sister when she finally quit pretending to sleep and actually fell asleep. Then she laid her head on her arm and went to sleep too.
"Well I guess it's bedtime Youko!" Kuronue said and looked between the two sleeping women in their camp.
"Yeah!" Youko said sourly.
"What's up with you?" Kuronue asked as he laid down too.
"That one has it in for me…actually they both have it in for me!" Youko whined.
"You'll get over it." Kuronue said and closed his eyes, "Oh yeah don't touch either one of them Youko." He said then looked at Youko.
"Why would I want to they're both rude to me." Youko said and crossed his arms and legs.
"Since when did that matter Youko?" Kuronue asked earning a death glare from Youko.
"Kuronue do me a favor and shut up." Youko said.
"I'll do that as soon as you go to sleep." Kuronue said and laughed as Youko laid down and closed his eyes. He closed his own eyes and fell asleep.
The Next Morning!
Tira was starting to wake up when she noticed some thing wrong.
"What the…Kuronue!" Tira said trying to wake him up.
"Don't bother he won't wake up for a while." A child like voice said.
"Who in hell are you?" Tira asked as she turned her head to see a child standing behind her. He has short red hair and bright blue eyes.
"It's not nice to cuss miss." The boy said and smiled at her.
"Idiot!" Tira said in an annoyed tone and burned the vines around her ankles and wrists.
"Oh you're a fire demon." The boy said.
"And you're annoying." Tira said standing up and walking over to Kuronue and made him wake up.
"What…" Kuronue whined.
"Who's that brat?" Tira asked pointing to the boy.
"I don't know let me sleep…hey what's he doing here?" Kuronue asked finally realizing what Tira was pointing at.
"How am I supposed to know? I was tied up again. Dumb kid." Tira said.
"Hey kid what's your name?" Kuronue asked standing up.
"Bakene but I'm not talking to you. I'll talk to her." Bakene said pointing over to Tira.
"I'll kill him." Tira said crossing her arms and turning away from the kid.
"Look lady I'm sorry but I didn't want to get slapped for just standing there beside you." Bakene said.
"How old are you?" Tira asked.
"10 or 11 I don't know I've been out here for so long I've lost count." Bakene said and sat down on the ground sadly.
"Good you're closer to my sister age so you can talk to her." Tira said.
"Who her? I want to talk to you." Bakene said looking between Maya and Tira.
"Would it be so bad to just talk to the kid so he can be quieter?" Youko asked opening his eyes.
"Yes!" Tira said and looked at Youko evilly.
"Oh just talk to the child." Maya whined.
"Oh goodie. I'm tag teamed." Tira whined to her self. "Why don't one of you two talk to him." she said.
"He wants to talk to you not us." Youko said.
"Well I don't want to talk to him…what the…All right you little twerp you're asking for it." Tira said and looked at Bakene evilly because he had set fire to her shirt.
"That's not nice kid." Kuronue said.
"She's cute and she won't talk to me." Bakene said in a whinny tone.
"Kid I'm older then you, way older. Hey wait you're not a fire demon… how'd you do that?" Tira asked confused.
"Oh this…" Bakene said pulling out one of the Gems of the forest, the Gem of Fire. It is a dark shade of red with a flaming pearl in the center.
"The Gem of Fire Youko!" Kuronue said and Youko jumped up and grabbed the kid.
"Where'd you get that Gem kid?" Youko asked holding the kid above the ground.
"None of your business." The kid said and held onto the Gem as tightly as he could then closed his eyes.
"OUCH!" Youko yelled and dropped the kid and started to put the fire on his tail out.
"Don't touch me Kitsune." Bakene said arrogantly as he watched Youko run around trying to put his tail out.
"Youko stand still." Tira yelled at him.
"Why?" Youko asked stopping.
"So I can put it out that's why." Tira said and put the fire out then cracked up laughing. "That's a good one kid." She said when she got her laughing under control.
"That's not funny it hurt…" Youko whined as he sat down and started rubbing his tail.
"And that's one of the weaker Gems. Just don't get rained on kid." Kuronue said.
"Why?" Bakene asked.
"You'll die that's why! The Gem of Rain and of Fire are mortal enemies. If you get rained on you're dead kid and we have to look for that Gem again." Kuronue said.
"And you guy's were saying Tira was being mean…damn he's just plain out evil to the kid." Maya said looking at Kuronue.
"I agree with the way Kuronue did it. If you explain it nicely without scarring the kid he'll doing to spit you. You should understand that being the troublemaker of the family Maya!" Tira said smirking at the look on her sister's face.
"Any time sis." Maya said.
"Fine right now!" Tira said and got into a fighting stance like Maya's.
"I'll take care of you sis." Maya said angrily.
"Oh what did I do embarrass you in front of your little crush Maya?"
Tira said and smirked at Maya's anger.
"You asked for it!!" Maya yelled and attacked Tira.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah…" Tira said defending herself perfectly, which just made Maya even madder.
"Uhm…which one is her little crush?" Kuronue ask sitting down beside Youko who was still rubbing his tail.
"I don't know…I guess me since the other one is all way's around you!" Youko said.
"What do you mean around me?" Kuronue asked kind of blushing.
"She runs to you every time something goes wrong and she got mad at Maya for calling you the other one." Youko said.
"Oh…" was all Kuronue could say.
"Oh you hyper energetic little twit." Tira said as Maya hit her.
"I told you I'd get you." Maya said happily.
"Yeah well you just dropped you guard again." Tira said and hit Maya.
"Don't drop your guard when you're in a fight." She said more in a loving older sister looking out for the little sister then an angry sister out for revenge or some thing.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah…I always do that…you know I do so why do you take advantage of it." Maya said in a whiny tone.
"Maya if I wasn't your sister I'd see the weakness and kill you. But since I'm your older sister I teach you your weakness so you can fix it." Tira said sitting down by the fire across from Kuronue.
"See…" Youko whispered to Kuronue.
"Shut up!" Kuronue whispered back, blushing a little.
"What are you two talking about?" Maya asked sitting down between Tira and Bakene who was beside Youko now.
"Hey Youko you have a friend." Tira said and pointed at Bakene.
"What the hell…Keep that crazy kid away from me and my tail." Youko said moving between Kuronue and Tira. Who were both laughing now.
"What's all the frikin yelling about?" a young man with short brown hair and bright violet eye's asked. He had a bandanna tied around his head to hold his bangs out of his eyes. He is also carrying a sword on each of his sides.
"Nothing young man what's your name?" Tira said as she stopped laughing and stood up and bowed slightly.
"Polite isn't she?" Youko said sarcastically.
"I'm sorry I am royalty and they do teach manners unlike Kitsune's." Tira said angrily then looked back to the young man.
"Uhm…I like her manners. My name is Mikura miss. And yours may I asked?" Mikura asked bowing slightly back to her.
"Princess Tira this is Princess Maya my little always' hyper annoyance. Youko, and Kuronue." Tira said pointing to each as she said their names and leaving Bakene out on propose.
"Hey what about me?" Bakene asked.
"Oh…Oops forgot…that little twerp is Bakene." Tira said and rolled her eyes.
"My beautiful girl remembered my name." Bakene said happily.
"I have a ten year old brat flirting with me…Kami help! What did I do to deserve that?" Tira whined.
"I'd say nothing. Just bad luck I'd guess. May I join you?" Mikura asked he was usually a loner but their breakfast smelt good.
"Yeah sure why not." Youko said sarcastically.
"I'm going to frikin teach you manners if it's that last thing I do." Tira said and slapped Youko in the back of the head.
"Ouch! Why you?" Youko said and stood up but found Mikura between him and Tira.
"I wouldn't." Mikura said dangerously.
"Or what?" Youko asked dangerously.
"You lay one finger on Mikura, Youko I'll burn your tail again that's what!" Tira said angrily as she glared at him.
"Fine!" Youko said and sat back down.
"Mikura?" Tira asked.
"Yes Ma'am?" Mikura asked turning around to her.
"You wouldn't by any chance have a Gem with you?" Tira asked knowing he was half way across the clearing when Youko started to stand up and was between him and her before Youko got to his feet.
"Why yes." Mikura said and pulled out a dark gray gem with a sword shaped pearl in the center of it.
"That's the Gem of War." Kuronue said surprised then looked at Youko,
"Good thing you sat down. He could most likely hurt." Kuronue said and smirked at the look on Youko's face.
"Why does every one pick on him?" Maya asked.
"Because it's fun." Bakene said.
"Kid shut up please." Tira said very annoyed by now with him.
"For you any thing." Bakene said and smiled at Tira who just seemed like she'd been hit by a ten thousand pound runaway bolder.
"You hungry Mikura?" Tira asked trying to forget the kid was even any were around.
"Yeah actually I am." Mikura said and smiled.
"Well have a seat we're about to eat any way." Tira said and smiled back at him.
"Thanks Ma'am." Mikura said and sat down beside Maya who had scooted a little closer to Bakene. Then Tira sat down beside him.
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Authors Note: Here you go Miroke stop gripping. You had me confused completely @.@ Any way I hope you like this chapter. Please leave a review and tell us what you think.
Soul (Tira), Dreams (Maya), Death (Sorceress Riua), Fire (Bakene), and War (Mikura) are all the gems we've brought in so far Miroke. I like war or Mikura he's so off on his own and polite ^_^ I have a thing for polite guys… course I really like Kuronue too.
And it's Ku-ro-nu-e the e is kind of French like my name…sounds kind of like an 'a'.
Thanks,
Yaiko Youkai
