Tomoko-chan: Aha ha ha ha! I read some of the comments I get, and I laugh!
HA HA HA! I remember now that I was not doing this to get comments, those
are only a small perk, but to entertain and improve my writing. So,
Vindictive, sorry if my story disappoints you. I will keep trying! My
computer doesn't have that stupid virus anymore, so I'll probably have more
time to write longer, better chapters. I looked the last one over, and I
admit it sucked. The one before it too. I'm getting LAZY!! Nooooooo! But
like I said, I'll try to work harder now. If you have any comments,
questions, tips, or death threats, just review! ^-^ Oh, and sorry. No lemon
for you.I don't want any reports on my head!
*****
"Yusuke!" Jin ran through the door, searching the room quickly and panting. "Urameshi, where the hell are you?"
"Just a minute! I'm right here!" Yusuke appeared in the doorway with a bowl of noodles in his hand. "What is it? What are you yelling about?" Yusuke looked Jin over and snickered. "And why are you so wet?"
"Forget that for a second, okay? I need to ask a favor." Jin removed the jacket from his head. Yusuke fumbled the bowl in surprise.
"What the? How did THAT happen?" Yusuke pointed at his ears and horn.
"Well,"
"You didn't?"
"I-"
"You DID! You so totally did! You little rascal!"
"Will you stop cheering on my sex life and help me!?" Jin stomped his feet in frustration. "If Nani sees me like this, we're as good as through!"
"You mean that you aren't already through?"
"Of course not! Why would we be?"
"Well, you did just have sex and all, so I figured that-"
"You figured wrong! Nani's different. She makes me feel like I'm normal, and that I'm not just some freak from the Spirit World. She makes me forget all of the crap I was put through there. I don't want her to go! I don't want to remember." Yusuke saw tears form in Jin's eyes, and for once in his life, he didn't have a snappy comment.
"Hey, Jin? Um, it's okay. You'll, ah, be alright." Yusuke glanced around, making sure no one was near, then patted Jin on the back.
"I just.take me home, okay?"
"No problem."
*****
"Touya!"
"Jin."
Jin embraced Touya in another of his bone-crushing hugs. Touya smiled sheepishly, staring at Jin through his eyelids. He always seemed to look right through everyone, like shards of ice for his pupils.
"I suppose you had to give your horn to Koenma to get here, ne?"
"Actually, I need to get back soon. Yusuke helped me. I need to ask a favor."
"I knew you would." He nodded and fumbled for something in his pockets.
"You know me that well, eh?"
"I know you well enough to know you love women, and women love you."
"You got me there." Jin scratched his head.
"I knew you'd be back, somehow." Touya reached into his pocket and retrieved a small, brown pouch. "So I made these. They have the spell inside. Take just one before, you know."
"Wow." Jin took the package and held it daintily. " Kind of like birth control, except it's Appearance Control."
"What's birth control?" Touya raised an eyebrow.
"Nothing. Don't worry about it." He stuffed the pouch into his jeans. Touya looked him over, an indescribable expression on his face.
"You're wearing what the humans wear."
"I have to. So I can fit in."
"The demons aren't too happy about you walking out, you know."
"I would have figured as much."
"Jin, I'm worried. They don't care about rules. They just know feelings."
"I'll be careful."
"You should've stayed here. With me."
Jin sighed, exasperated. "Point one: I was sick and tired of all that shit. I'll come back when things cool down. Point two: I don't feel that way about you anymore." Jin stared right back at him, his eyes as wild as a thunderstorm. "I'll be okay. Now give me a quick spell so I can go back."
They looked at each other for the longest time, without even flinching. Finally, Touya looked to the ground.
"You know I only do this because I love you."
"Yea. I know."
*****
"Hey, back from the Spirit World I see." Botan glanced up from her book.
"So, what happened?" Yukina turned to Jin, standing in the doorway. He reached into his pocket and threw the packet into the air.
"Everything will be alright after all." He grinned and quickly caught it.
"Speaking of everything being alright, Nani called." Botan slipped a bookmark into her place. "Everything is not alright. She was crying."
Jin's eyes widened. "Why?"
"She didn't say."
"Oh, boy." Jin rubbed his hair back. "Right, um, I'm going to go see her again, okay? Okay. Tell Yusuke I'll be right back." Jin secured the pouch in his front right pocket. "I think."
*****
"Nani?" Jin yelled into the apartment. "Nani, where are you?"
"In here." He heard a small croak in her bedroom. Rushing in, he found her on the bed, clad in a pink tank top and white booty shorts. Her face was red, and tear-streaked.
"It's okay, Nani. What's wrong?" Jin ran to her, giving her a warm embrace. She did not hug back.
"I thought you had left me, like everyone else. You just left me there, all alone. Why?"
Jin stroked her hair. "I-I needed to do something. But, I never would have left you. Never."
"They all said that." Nani whispered, a fresh tear sliding down her cheek. Her voice was monotone.
"No, Nani, no. I love. I would never leave you. I love you."
No response emanated from her for a few seconds, which stretched to a minute. "Do you mean that?" she spoke, finally.
"Of course I do."
"No ones ever said that before."
"I bet." He snickered softly into her river of black silk. He inched her down on the soft mattress, stroking her hair and slowly moving to her face. He was slipping down the strands of her tank top when-
WHACK!
"Ow! Why'd you slap me?" Jin rubbed his face.
"Because I don't want you leaving again after this."
"But I won't."
"Promise?"
Jin patted his right pocket yet again. "I promise."
*****
"Yusuke!" Jin ran through the door, searching the room quickly and panting. "Urameshi, where the hell are you?"
"Just a minute! I'm right here!" Yusuke appeared in the doorway with a bowl of noodles in his hand. "What is it? What are you yelling about?" Yusuke looked Jin over and snickered. "And why are you so wet?"
"Forget that for a second, okay? I need to ask a favor." Jin removed the jacket from his head. Yusuke fumbled the bowl in surprise.
"What the? How did THAT happen?" Yusuke pointed at his ears and horn.
"Well,"
"You didn't?"
"I-"
"You DID! You so totally did! You little rascal!"
"Will you stop cheering on my sex life and help me!?" Jin stomped his feet in frustration. "If Nani sees me like this, we're as good as through!"
"You mean that you aren't already through?"
"Of course not! Why would we be?"
"Well, you did just have sex and all, so I figured that-"
"You figured wrong! Nani's different. She makes me feel like I'm normal, and that I'm not just some freak from the Spirit World. She makes me forget all of the crap I was put through there. I don't want her to go! I don't want to remember." Yusuke saw tears form in Jin's eyes, and for once in his life, he didn't have a snappy comment.
"Hey, Jin? Um, it's okay. You'll, ah, be alright." Yusuke glanced around, making sure no one was near, then patted Jin on the back.
"I just.take me home, okay?"
"No problem."
*****
"Touya!"
"Jin."
Jin embraced Touya in another of his bone-crushing hugs. Touya smiled sheepishly, staring at Jin through his eyelids. He always seemed to look right through everyone, like shards of ice for his pupils.
"I suppose you had to give your horn to Koenma to get here, ne?"
"Actually, I need to get back soon. Yusuke helped me. I need to ask a favor."
"I knew you would." He nodded and fumbled for something in his pockets.
"You know me that well, eh?"
"I know you well enough to know you love women, and women love you."
"You got me there." Jin scratched his head.
"I knew you'd be back, somehow." Touya reached into his pocket and retrieved a small, brown pouch. "So I made these. They have the spell inside. Take just one before, you know."
"Wow." Jin took the package and held it daintily. " Kind of like birth control, except it's Appearance Control."
"What's birth control?" Touya raised an eyebrow.
"Nothing. Don't worry about it." He stuffed the pouch into his jeans. Touya looked him over, an indescribable expression on his face.
"You're wearing what the humans wear."
"I have to. So I can fit in."
"The demons aren't too happy about you walking out, you know."
"I would have figured as much."
"Jin, I'm worried. They don't care about rules. They just know feelings."
"I'll be careful."
"You should've stayed here. With me."
Jin sighed, exasperated. "Point one: I was sick and tired of all that shit. I'll come back when things cool down. Point two: I don't feel that way about you anymore." Jin stared right back at him, his eyes as wild as a thunderstorm. "I'll be okay. Now give me a quick spell so I can go back."
They looked at each other for the longest time, without even flinching. Finally, Touya looked to the ground.
"You know I only do this because I love you."
"Yea. I know."
*****
"Hey, back from the Spirit World I see." Botan glanced up from her book.
"So, what happened?" Yukina turned to Jin, standing in the doorway. He reached into his pocket and threw the packet into the air.
"Everything will be alright after all." He grinned and quickly caught it.
"Speaking of everything being alright, Nani called." Botan slipped a bookmark into her place. "Everything is not alright. She was crying."
Jin's eyes widened. "Why?"
"She didn't say."
"Oh, boy." Jin rubbed his hair back. "Right, um, I'm going to go see her again, okay? Okay. Tell Yusuke I'll be right back." Jin secured the pouch in his front right pocket. "I think."
*****
"Nani?" Jin yelled into the apartment. "Nani, where are you?"
"In here." He heard a small croak in her bedroom. Rushing in, he found her on the bed, clad in a pink tank top and white booty shorts. Her face was red, and tear-streaked.
"It's okay, Nani. What's wrong?" Jin ran to her, giving her a warm embrace. She did not hug back.
"I thought you had left me, like everyone else. You just left me there, all alone. Why?"
Jin stroked her hair. "I-I needed to do something. But, I never would have left you. Never."
"They all said that." Nani whispered, a fresh tear sliding down her cheek. Her voice was monotone.
"No, Nani, no. I love. I would never leave you. I love you."
No response emanated from her for a few seconds, which stretched to a minute. "Do you mean that?" she spoke, finally.
"Of course I do."
"No ones ever said that before."
"I bet." He snickered softly into her river of black silk. He inched her down on the soft mattress, stroking her hair and slowly moving to her face. He was slipping down the strands of her tank top when-
WHACK!
"Ow! Why'd you slap me?" Jin rubbed his face.
"Because I don't want you leaving again after this."
"But I won't."
"Promise?"
Jin patted his right pocket yet again. "I promise."