I'm in a light mood, and this chapter is not really deep, it's more of a fun chapter! There's a little bit of humor and a LOT of awkwardness!!!
She's got two weeks, so for a while, she just isn't going to think about killing, and murder, and having to assassinate Hiei...
So just enjoy this one.
AND I KNOW THAT IT'S PREDICTABLE!!!! SO DON'T TELL ME!!
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho. I do own Bronwyn.
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Ring....
Ring....
"Hello?"
"Hey, Kurama? It's Yusuke. They're having a big party in the center of town. You know, dancing, food, stuff like that. Do you want to come with us?"
"Who's us?"
"Me, Kuwabara, Keiko, and Botan."
"Sure."
"Hey, and why don't you bring that chick who's staying at your house?"
"Uh, well, I don't think...she would want to come."
"Well, ask her, and if she does, then just drop her off at Keiko's house. She and Botan are getting ready over there. Then you can come over to my apartment."
"Okay."
"See you then. Bye."
"Bye."
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"And I want to be a part of that life..."
Bronwyn opened her eyes once more.
It's so real...
A knock on the door brought her back to reality.
"What do you want?" she sneered.
Kurama walked in and took a seat on the bed. "There's a party going on downtown, and the gang wants to know if you want to come."
"Why would I want to go to something as stupid and childish as that?"
"Well...because you'll have fun."
"Fun doesn't exist."
"Bronwyn, you need to get out and do things. You don't have to dance or anything. Just come and watch."
"Well..." She hesitated, but then decided it would be better than staying in the bedroom. "Okay."
"Great. But you might need some different clothes..."
"What's wrong with my clothes?!?!?!?" Bronwyn screamed angrily.
"Nothing, nothing..." Kurama said, holding his hands up in defense, "But, I thought you might want to change out of those. You've been wearing them for almost three weeks. That's why I'm dropping you off at Keiko's house."
"Hey, I never agreed to.." She stopped when she saw Kurama giving her a "please do this and don't argue" look.
She sighed heavily. "Fine."
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Ding dong...
"Kurama, I really don't want to do this..." Bronwyn whined as she hugged her shoulders. Both of them stood on Keiko's doorstep.
The door suddenly swung open, and Botan stood there, looking exceptionally happy.
"You must be Bronwyn." She chirped, "Come in." She extended an open hand to show that the doorway was clear.
"See you at the party..." Kurama whispered and began to walk away.
Botan shut the door and smiled broadly. "It's time for your makeover!" She started to move towards Bronwyn.
"Touch me and you die." Bronwyn growled, pulling out her knife. "I didn't even want to come here. There is no way that I'm going to let you "doll" me up."
"But don't you want to have guys think you look good?" Botan gulped, her eyes locked onto Bronwyn's knife.
"NO!!!"
"Botan, is that girl here?" Keiko called from upstairs.
"Yes, but I need some help!!"
Keiko scurried down the stairs quickly and got a view of Bronwyn and her knife.
"Okay, you don't need to be hostile. Put the knife away." She ordered cautiously.
Bronwyn, though still very uneasy, slid the knife back into her pocket and folded her arms angrily.
"I only came here for a change of clothes."
Botan and Keiko shared looks and then motioned for her to follow them up the stairs. "Okay, just a change of clothes..."
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"Are you ready for the rush?" Yusuke asked Kurama as he slid on his sports jacket.
"What rush?"
"Kurama, all the girls in the city are going to be at that party. You're probably going to be swarmed over."
Kurama sighed uneasily. Kuwabara suddenly burst through the door, decked out in bright silver threads.
"WHO'S READY TO BOOGIE?"
"Nobody's gonna want to "boogie" with you." Yusuke joked.
"THAT'S NOT TRUE! Yukina will!" Kuwabara screamed.
"Is Yukina even coming?" Kurama asked.
"She said she would."
Their conversation was interrupted by a harsh knock at the door.
"It's open."
Hiei roughly kicked the door open and walked in.
"What are you doing here?" Kurama asked.
Hiei shrugged. "I was bored."
"Why don't you come to the party with us?" Yusuke asked.
Hiei just smirked. "Why would I do that?"
There was a slight lull in the conversation, and then a grin slowly started to spread across Kuwabara's face.
"Hey Hiei," he said, "I'd like to make a bet with you."
"What kind of bet?"
"If you win, I'll be your dummy for one of your training periods. I won't even fight back."
Hiei was definitely interested. "What do I have to do?"
"You have to go to the dance, stay the entire time, and do the Pair-Off dance."
"What's that?"
Yusuke broke into the conversation. "At the very end of these yearly parties, a coordinator walks around and pairs off every boy and girl and then you slow dance through an entire song."
Hiei was about to scream in protest, but he really wanted to pound Kuwabara's face into the pavement without him squirming so much. "Fine."
Hiei turned and walked out of the apartment. After he was gone, Yusuke and Kurama both looked at Kuwabara like he was insane.
Kuwabara just laughed and flung his arms over the back of the chair he was sitting on. "It'll be worth it just to see Hiei dance with a girl."
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"Ooh, what about this?" Botan squealed, holding up a red Mexican-looking dress with frills on the hem.
Bronwyn snorted and looked away. "Too girly."
"Okay then, what about this?" Keiko held up a purple skirt and a white blouse.
"Too childish."
Botan threw her hands up in desperation. "Then what do you want to wear? You and Keiko are exactly the same size so you can wear pretty much anything in her closet!"
Bronwyn angrily walked over to the closet and began to sift through the clothes until she came across something that interested her.
"How about this?" She held up a pair of beige khakis.
"That's great." Keiko said, "But what do you want to wear with it?"
Botan suddenly snapped her fingers. "Bingo!" She scurried over to a large shopping bag resting against the wall and pulled out a blue spaghetti strap tank-top which showed the midriff.
"I was going to wear this myself, but it goes perfectly with those pants." She handed it to Bronwyn and began to shove her towards the bathroom. "Go put them on!"
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When Bronwyn stepped out of the bathroom, she felt...naked. She had never worn this little before. But Botan and Keiko said that she looked wonderful.
As she stepped in front of the full-length mirror, she had to admit that she looked good.
She suddenly felt a tugging on her hair. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" She screamed as she struggled to pull away.
"Bronwyn, your hair is atrocious. Let me brush it." Keiko screamed, trying to move the brush through Bronwyn's hair.
She tried to get away for a few more seconds, but then gave in and stood still. "There, all done." Keiko said as she backed away.
"Wow." That was all that Bronwyn could say. She had never brushed her hair before and she looked completely different.
"Now it's time for the make-up!" Botan squealed, holding up a tube of lipstick.
"I DON'T THINK SO!!" Bronwyn screamed, pulling out her knife and holding it in front of her defensively. "I let you change my clothes and I let you brush my hair, but I WILL NOT let you put makeup on me!"
"Get it, Keiko!" Botan screamed.
"Huh?"
Keiko suddenly launched forward and grabbed the knife out of Bronwyn's hands. She then rocketed out the bedroom door.
"HEY!!" Bronwyn screamed and started towards the door as well, but Keiko was already back, panting wildly.
"What did you do with my knife?!?!?!"
"I...hid...it." Keiko whispered, wiping sweat off her forehead.
Bronwyn grabbed Keiko's collar. "Tell me where you hid it or I will kill you."
"If you kill me, you will never be able to find it."
Knowing she was right, Bronwyn let go and slumped down onto the bed. "What do you want for it?"
Botan and Keiko exchanged glances and then huddled together. They whispered excitedly for a moment and then turned back to face her.
"Two things..." Botan started,
"First, you have to let us put make-up on you." Keiko said.
"Fine." Bronwyn growled.
"Then, you have to participate in the Pair-Off Dance." Botan chirped.
"And what is that?"
"It's where every boy and girl at the party get paired off and you have to slow-dance through an entire song."
Bronwyn was about to scream "NO WAY!!" until she felt the empty space in her pocket. She REALLY wanted her knife back. "Fine. But ONLY ONE SONG!!"
Botan and Keiko started giggling. "One song."
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"We're here!!" Botan screamed happily as she, Keiko, and Bronwyn walked through the small portable overhead set up. As Bronwyn looked around, she felt very nervous. Everything was so bright and loud. She preferred quiet places.
As they started to make their way through the crowd, Bronwyn felt a lot of guy's eyes on her and she looked at the ground as she walked. She hated this kind of attention. Men are nothing but monsters...
Her thought was interrupted as she felt something cool slide around her waist.
"Hey, baby." An unfamiliar guy oozed as he pulled Bronwyn closer to him. "Why don't you and me dance?"
Grrr...nobody touches me...
"GET YOUR HAND OFF OF ME!!" She screamed, and before she knew what had happened, she had punched the guy in the face. He slammed against the ground hard, skidding a few feet back.
Everybody turned to look at her. Bronwyn stormed off in a huff as Botan and Keiko looked at each other nervously. "Uh, she's just a little tense..." Botan said...
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"So, you guys finally made it." Yusuke said, grinning as Botan and Keiko walked up to him and Kuwabara.
"Hey, did that girl come?" Kuwabara said, looking sort of nervous.
"Aww, is Kuwabara scared of the girl who beat him up?" Yusuke cooed.
"NO, I'm just....wondering if she came." Kuwabara said, flustered greatly.
"Yes, she came." Keiko said, "But some guy touched her and she punched him right in the face." She pointed over to an table near the edge of the party where Bronwyn was sitting, looking very angry still.
"THAT'S HER?!??!!? She's looking hot!" Yusuke screamed.
"YUSUKE!"
"Hey, I was just joking, Keiko, don't slap me." Yusuke said, holding up his hands to protect himself .
"Did Kurama and Hiei come?" Botan asked, looking around.
"Yep. Kurama's over there..." He pointed to a table where Kurama sat, surrounded by five girls who were listening to his every word.
"And Hiei's over there.." He pointed to the table farthest from the party, opposite of Bronwyn's table, where Hiei sat, eating a cookie and looking tense.
"Why does he look so worried?" Botan asked.
"Because I made him a bet that if he dances with a girl during the Pair-Off dance, I'll let him beat me up during his training session." Kuwabara said, grinning.
A loudspeaker that was strung through the road suddenly came on. "Okay, we're going to pick up the pace a little. Everybody get in the dance floor!!" A voice screamed.
Yusuke held out his hand to Keiko. "May we?"
She blushed lightly and took his hand. They both walked into the crowd.
Meanwhile, Bronwyn was still very unhappy about that guy touching her. Of all the nerve...I knew I shouldn't of agreed to coming...or to that bet...dance with a guy.....Ugh.
"Hello."
Bronwyn looked up. "Hi Kurama."
"Would you like to dance with me?" He asked.
"I don't think so. I don't dance."
"It's just for fun."
"But I can't!"
"Why not?"
"Well, well...because...because I can't dance."
Kurama smiled. "It's not hard. Come on."
Why fight him...
"Okay." She pulled herself off her seat and followed him to the crowd.
"Now what do I do?" She screamed over the roar of the crowd.
"You just kind of sway."
Bronwyn looked around and saw other people "swaying" and she slowly started to move her hips. "Like this?"
"Yeah."
After a minute or so, she smiled. "This is fun, I guess."
Did I just say that? I can't get attached to anything here, I'll be going home in a week...but...maybe I could stay awhile...
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"Okay, all you kids, it's almost time for this party to be over, and you know what that means!"
Both Hiei and Bronwyn, who were sitting at their tables, both looked up at this point.
"The Pair-Off Dance!!" The crowd screamed happily.
Oh, sh*t...they both thought at the same time.
Bronwyn noticed a older woman start to walk around and point to certain people.
Oh no, she's coming this way...
Bronwyn jumped up and quickly started to walk away from her, but the woman had already noticed her.
"You, girl!" The woman screamed, and ran over to her. "You're going to need a partner." The woman grabbed Bronwyn's arm and looked around eagerly.
Her eyes stopped on Hiei, who looked like he was going to sprint off any second. "Come with me." She started to drag Bronwyn along behind her over to Hiei's table.
"You, boy!" She screamed. "You are dancing with her." She pointed to Bronwyn.
"HIM?" Bronwyn screamed.
"HER?" Hiei screamed.
She nodded. "Yes." She then walked away to pair off more people.
"NO WAY!!" They both said at the same time, crossing their arms.
"Hey, why are you here anyway?" Bronwyn asked him. She thought that he wouldn't of liked this kind of place.
"Kuwabara bet that if I did this stupid dance, he would let me beat him up."
"Are you kidding? Botan and Keiko hid my knife and wouldn't give it back unless I did this stupid dance."
They both looked at each other.
"Well, I guess we could just help each other out..." Bronwyn whispered.
"Yeah, just so we can win our bets..." Hiei said, standing up.
"Okay...now what do we do?" He asked.
"I guess we copy what everyone else is doing."
They both looked at the crowd and then back at each other.
"Um..." She said, starting to move her hands up. She hesitated several times, but she finally put her hands gently on his shoulders.
Hiei was the same way about touching her waist. But after a long period of time, he carefully put his hands around it.
"Now what?" he asked.
"I guess we just sway around."
They started to move slowly, but Hiei stepped on Bronwyn's foot hard.
"Watch it." she growled.
Hiei just looked away.
This is so weird...They both thought at the same time.
Meanwhile, Yusuke had gotten paired up with a twenty year-old, Keiko with a twelve year-old, and Botan and Kuwabara had gotten paired up with each other.
"Where's Hiei? Hiei better be dancing, or he loses the bet." Kuwabara grunted.
"Same with Bronwyn." Botan said angrily.
"Oh...my...gosh...LOOK!!" Keiko screamed, pointing to the far end of the dance, where Hiei and Bronwyn were dancing.
"They got paired together!" Yusuke cried, quietly laughing.
"You know, they look good together." Botan said seriously.
"You know, now that you say that, they actually do." Keiko said, looking deep in thought.
The song started to slow down and finally stopped, and everyone broke apart, except for Hiei and Bronwyn, who weren't paying attention to anything but how nervous they were.
"Hey, why is everyone staring at us?" Bronwyn asked him as she saw people turn to them and point. All of a sudden, the realization that the music had stopped registered in both of their minds and they jumped apart.
"Oh, uh..." Bronwyn whispered, feeling her face getting hot.
They both just looked at each other for a moment, and then Hiei ran out of the party. The rest of the gang came running up to Bronwyn.
"Did you guys not know that the music had stopped?" Keiko asked.
"Or did you just not want it to end?" Yusuke joked, prodding Bronwyn.
"We were just really nervous..." Bronwyn whispered, trying to hide the fact that she was blushing.
"You guys look good together." Botan said, smiling knowingly at Bronwyn.
"Where did you put my knife?" She snapped, trying to ignore what Botan had said.
"Oh, yes." Keiko said, and reached into her pocket. "Here you go!"
"IT WAS IN YOUR POCKET THE ENTIRE TIME!?!?!?!" Bronwyn screamed crazily.
"Well, I've gotta get going." Kuwabara whispered, and scurried out of the party.
"Where is he off to in such a hurry?" Botan asked curiously.
"He's got to write his death wish." Yusuke said, grinning. "Remember? Hiei gets to beat him up since he danced with a girl."
"Hey, where's Kurama?" Keiko said suddenly, causing everyone to look around. "He was here a minute ago..."
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I never want to do that again...Hiei thought bitterly as he sat in one of his favorite trees.
But he kept thinking about Bronwyn. He couldn't stop. She smelled nice...and looked nice...WHAT AM I THINKING?!?!?!
"Hello." Kurama's voice nearly caused Hiei to fall out of the tree. "What do you want?" He sneered.
"Just wanted to know if you have a good time."
"Well....I didn't." Hiei stuttered, even though he wasn't really sure.
"You don't sound that way."
"Will you just leave, you stupid kitsune?"
"Fine. But you should figure out your feelings soon."
What did he say? Hiei peeked over the side of the branch he was sitting on to watch Kurama walk off, back to the lights of the city.
Hmm....
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I find this chapter very cute!!
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