Erm, not that anyone's said anything, but is it spelled "Yoko" or
"Youko"? I've seen it spelled both ways, so I'm confused.
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Kurama wasn't sure where he was when he woke up. He was on top of a pile of blankets, and covered by one. As he slowly brought himself out of a deep sleep, he realized that there was something heavy on his head. She growled and shook it, causing himself to fall off the blankets and land on the carpeted floor with an undignified thump. He howled, thinking he could scare the thing away. A few moments later, there was a human girl by his side, reaching for him.
"I'm sorry!" she said. "I didn't even think that you might not like the bandage! Please, let me take it off!" Kurama stopped struggling, if only for a second. (Bandage?) he thought. (So that's what this is!! Okay, she can deal with a bandage.) But then he realized he didn't want the human touching him in his weakened state. He snapped at her, and backed away into a corner. "Please," she said. "I'm the only who can take that thing off." The though seemed to hit Kurama. He paused, and walked over to her, sitting down in front of her. "There you go!" she said, and left the room, leaving the door wide open.
Kurama walked out of the room, into the hallway. He sniffed at everything he passed. He hopped down the stairs, to where the strange girl had her back turned toward him. He sniffed the air. If he wasn't mistaken, he could smell, and hear, running water! He ventured closer to the girl, sniffing.
"Oh, hello," she said. "I guess I left the door open." Kurama wasn't sure what to do, so he tilted his head to one side. "Oh, how sweet!" She scooped up Kurama, who, in his shocked state, didn't react. She cuddled him. (I am not to be cuddled with!) He yelled, but the human didn't hear him. "Okay, I think you need to eat." Kurama's mouth started to water. Only when she said the word did he remember the last time he had eaten. She smiled at him. "Now, why don't you go into the other room, and I'll make you something specail." Kurama didn't want to obey the human, but the thought of food and the fear of blowing his cover made him conquer his pride and stride into the other room. As he sauntered in, he heard a voice in his head.
*So, Kurama,* Kuronue said. *How's it going?*
*Kuronue, get me the HELL out of here!* Kurama demanded.
*Erm, no can do, my friend.*
*WHY NOT???*
*They closed the portals off after what I did.*
*Then just make a new one!* Kurama didn't think his friend was dense enough to not think of that.
*Erm, I've already tried, it doesn't work,* Kuronue told him.
*WHAT?*
*Sorry, gotta go!* Kuronue said, and broke the mind link. (Damn him,) Kurama thought. (I'm stuck here until the high and mighty at the Spirit World think it safe to open portals up again. Knowing them, that could be anywhere from five days to . . . fifty years.) He cursed even as the girl called him into the kitchen to eat. He momentarily forgot his problem as he bounded into the kitchen to eat in what felt like forever. The girl smiled at him.
"I've gotta go out," she said. "I think you'll be fine here." Kurama was too busy eating to hear her. As his stomach filled, his mind turned to the now more urgent problem. (I can't hold my fox-form for much longer,) he thought. (Even if I were to turn back into Yoko here, while she's gone, I don't think I'd have enough will to turn back. I might have to reveal myself to her.) He decided to try something.
*Kuronue!* he didn't know if he had enough strength to bride the realms yet, but it was worth a try.
*Kurama?*
*Who else?*
*What's up?* Kuronue asked.
*I just realized that I can't hold this form for very much longer. I might have to reveal myself to the girl who found me.*
*And then we can make her forget what she saw!* Kuronue reminded him. (I guess I forgot about that,) Kurama admited to himself.
*Okay,* he said, and broke the mind link with Kuronue. He swallowed the last bit of his food, and wondered how he was going to explain his true form to the girl without her fainting on him. He walked out and jumped onto the couch, wondering. (She'll kick me out,) he thought. (And I don't even know her name to thank her properly for the food and everything.) He was suddenly aware of feet coming up the driveway, and he growled, wondering if it was the girl. His question was answered when the front door opened and her scent flowed into the house. He bounded up to her, yipping.
"Hello, there," she said. He grabbed the hem of her skirt with his mouth, and began to drag her to the living room. "Hang on, let me get the door closed." After a few more tugs, one rip, and one smack, Kurama had managed to get her into another room. He wasn't exactly sure he felt safe here, but it was now or never. He sat down, and looked at the girl. "Well, what do you want to show me?" (Dang, she's good!) Kurama thought. He remembered the Yoko form, and he felt his body begin to change. When he looked at the girl again, she was staring at him in horror, and she didn't seem so tall anymore. "What are you?!?!"
"Listen, I'm sorry for decieving you," Kurama began, but he was stopped by a blow to the head. "Ouch," he said, rubbing his head. When he looked up, the girl had a bag in one hand. "What do you keep in there?"
"Erm, this is the brick bag from the garden," she said. "I brought it in to empty it." (Well, that's pleasant,) Kurama thought. (To be hit with a bag of bricks the first time I try to be nice to someone other than Kuronue.)
"Listen, just hear me out," Kurama said as the girl advanced on him with the bag again. "I'm not gonna hurt you, you helped me, and I repay my debts." The girl stopped. "Good, we're getting somewhere. I was sent here because a cruel joke, and now I can't get back for a while. So, I want to stay here, and I'll protect you from anything that might come here and hurt you to get me, if that makes any sense whatsoever." She nodded.
"That doesn't explain who, or what, you are," she told him.
"I'm a fox-demon, called a Spirit Fox," Kurama said. "My name is Yoko Kurama."
"Yoko Kurama?" the girl asked. "All right then, my name is Shiori."
"Nice to meet you, Shiori," Kurama said, trying to be as formal as possible.
"You too, Yoko," the girl said.
Okay, okay, okay, I KNOW it doesn't have MUCH (if any,) humor whatsoever yet. It will, though, I'm just working on a plot here.
Kurama: Yeah, right.
Hiei: Your plots suck.
Nagem: Quit being mean to me!Anyway, please review!!
Kurama wasn't sure where he was when he woke up. He was on top of a pile of blankets, and covered by one. As he slowly brought himself out of a deep sleep, he realized that there was something heavy on his head. She growled and shook it, causing himself to fall off the blankets and land on the carpeted floor with an undignified thump. He howled, thinking he could scare the thing away. A few moments later, there was a human girl by his side, reaching for him.
"I'm sorry!" she said. "I didn't even think that you might not like the bandage! Please, let me take it off!" Kurama stopped struggling, if only for a second. (Bandage?) he thought. (So that's what this is!! Okay, she can deal with a bandage.) But then he realized he didn't want the human touching him in his weakened state. He snapped at her, and backed away into a corner. "Please," she said. "I'm the only who can take that thing off." The though seemed to hit Kurama. He paused, and walked over to her, sitting down in front of her. "There you go!" she said, and left the room, leaving the door wide open.
Kurama walked out of the room, into the hallway. He sniffed at everything he passed. He hopped down the stairs, to where the strange girl had her back turned toward him. He sniffed the air. If he wasn't mistaken, he could smell, and hear, running water! He ventured closer to the girl, sniffing.
"Oh, hello," she said. "I guess I left the door open." Kurama wasn't sure what to do, so he tilted his head to one side. "Oh, how sweet!" She scooped up Kurama, who, in his shocked state, didn't react. She cuddled him. (I am not to be cuddled with!) He yelled, but the human didn't hear him. "Okay, I think you need to eat." Kurama's mouth started to water. Only when she said the word did he remember the last time he had eaten. She smiled at him. "Now, why don't you go into the other room, and I'll make you something specail." Kurama didn't want to obey the human, but the thought of food and the fear of blowing his cover made him conquer his pride and stride into the other room. As he sauntered in, he heard a voice in his head.
*So, Kurama,* Kuronue said. *How's it going?*
*Kuronue, get me the HELL out of here!* Kurama demanded.
*Erm, no can do, my friend.*
*WHY NOT???*
*They closed the portals off after what I did.*
*Then just make a new one!* Kurama didn't think his friend was dense enough to not think of that.
*Erm, I've already tried, it doesn't work,* Kuronue told him.
*WHAT?*
*Sorry, gotta go!* Kuronue said, and broke the mind link. (Damn him,) Kurama thought. (I'm stuck here until the high and mighty at the Spirit World think it safe to open portals up again. Knowing them, that could be anywhere from five days to . . . fifty years.) He cursed even as the girl called him into the kitchen to eat. He momentarily forgot his problem as he bounded into the kitchen to eat in what felt like forever. The girl smiled at him.
"I've gotta go out," she said. "I think you'll be fine here." Kurama was too busy eating to hear her. As his stomach filled, his mind turned to the now more urgent problem. (I can't hold my fox-form for much longer,) he thought. (Even if I were to turn back into Yoko here, while she's gone, I don't think I'd have enough will to turn back. I might have to reveal myself to her.) He decided to try something.
*Kuronue!* he didn't know if he had enough strength to bride the realms yet, but it was worth a try.
*Kurama?*
*Who else?*
*What's up?* Kuronue asked.
*I just realized that I can't hold this form for very much longer. I might have to reveal myself to the girl who found me.*
*And then we can make her forget what she saw!* Kuronue reminded him. (I guess I forgot about that,) Kurama admited to himself.
*Okay,* he said, and broke the mind link with Kuronue. He swallowed the last bit of his food, and wondered how he was going to explain his true form to the girl without her fainting on him. He walked out and jumped onto the couch, wondering. (She'll kick me out,) he thought. (And I don't even know her name to thank her properly for the food and everything.) He was suddenly aware of feet coming up the driveway, and he growled, wondering if it was the girl. His question was answered when the front door opened and her scent flowed into the house. He bounded up to her, yipping.
"Hello, there," she said. He grabbed the hem of her skirt with his mouth, and began to drag her to the living room. "Hang on, let me get the door closed." After a few more tugs, one rip, and one smack, Kurama had managed to get her into another room. He wasn't exactly sure he felt safe here, but it was now or never. He sat down, and looked at the girl. "Well, what do you want to show me?" (Dang, she's good!) Kurama thought. He remembered the Yoko form, and he felt his body begin to change. When he looked at the girl again, she was staring at him in horror, and she didn't seem so tall anymore. "What are you?!?!"
"Listen, I'm sorry for decieving you," Kurama began, but he was stopped by a blow to the head. "Ouch," he said, rubbing his head. When he looked up, the girl had a bag in one hand. "What do you keep in there?"
"Erm, this is the brick bag from the garden," she said. "I brought it in to empty it." (Well, that's pleasant,) Kurama thought. (To be hit with a bag of bricks the first time I try to be nice to someone other than Kuronue.)
"Listen, just hear me out," Kurama said as the girl advanced on him with the bag again. "I'm not gonna hurt you, you helped me, and I repay my debts." The girl stopped. "Good, we're getting somewhere. I was sent here because a cruel joke, and now I can't get back for a while. So, I want to stay here, and I'll protect you from anything that might come here and hurt you to get me, if that makes any sense whatsoever." She nodded.
"That doesn't explain who, or what, you are," she told him.
"I'm a fox-demon, called a Spirit Fox," Kurama said. "My name is Yoko Kurama."
"Yoko Kurama?" the girl asked. "All right then, my name is Shiori."
"Nice to meet you, Shiori," Kurama said, trying to be as formal as possible.
"You too, Yoko," the girl said.
Okay, okay, okay, I KNOW it doesn't have MUCH (if any,) humor whatsoever yet. It will, though, I'm just working on a plot here.
Kurama: Yeah, right.
Hiei: Your plots suck.
Nagem: Quit being mean to me!Anyway, please review!!