Shin'en no Ano Youkai Kokoro
Chapter Two
by lieiavalon2044
Sorry that this took a long time to post. I didn't have much free computer time and I had to write the rough draft first... Well, I hope this chapter is as good as the last! Oh, yes, thank you to Grand Admiral Gin, Asian princess 61 and kitsune16 for reviewing the first chapter. ^^
Kurama sat back at the table, comfortable in his cushy chair as he sipped wonderful champagne. He observed the other high class people silently. The only reason he came to high class restaurants like this was to see how strange some people's 'out' outfits were. but mostly he noticed that he had to be the youngest person in here. Most of the women that had asked how old he was had admitted to thinking he was 16, instead of 21.
He sighed his boredom and loneliness and sat up, brushing a stray crimson hair out of his face, He drained the final drops of champagne from his glass then moved his empty plate and utensils away from the edge of the table to the center and took the well hidden napkin off his lap. He wiped a tiny crumb from the corner of his mouth and placed the napkin next to the plate, tucking a few dollar bills under it.
"Excuse me waitress," he said, lightly tapping the shoulder of a passing waitress. She turned quickly and Kurama blinked in surprise. She was really pretty.
"Yes Mr. Shuuichi sir?" she chirped cheerfully, holding a little black clipboard to her chest bearing an engraved family crest.
"Ah, yes, could you get me another glass of champagne? And would you care to join me?" he asked politely, giving her his most attractive smile. The waitress blushed and smiled back before she turned away.
"I'll go get your champagne Shuuichi-sama! I'll be right back!" she said happily before vanishing back into the 'bar'.
Kurama inwardly smiled, ignoring Youko's questions and comments.
"I suppose I could try dating again... Date her, plan around Youko and it couldn't possibly cause any harm to come to her..." he mused, almost forgetting he was in a high class restaurant when he felt a sudden longing to jump up and down in joy. But thankfully, the waitress returned with the bottle of champagne and nervously took the seat across from him.
"Perdon (Oh my god! I wrote in SPANISH!!! but no accent mark... Can't do that on this awful computer...) my asking miss, but what is your name? I wish to address you properly if you are to share my champagne," Kurama asked politely, pouring a glass of champagne for the waitress and then his self. He handed her glass to her and she took it, setting down the cork she had been nervously fiddling with. She glanced toward him as she took the glass and Kurama noticed her eyes were bright, the colors shifting and playing in the crystal chandelier light, casting the illusion of twin fires.
"My name sir? It's... Liei ... Liei Akiryu ..." she murmured softly. Kurama then glanced around, noticing stares and whispers from the occupants of the other tables. These rich people were so horrible at minding their own business. And weren't very subtle at hiding the fact that they were being nosey...
"Well, Liei ... Why don't we go else where? Some where quieter where we can talk privately? Like my office, perhaps?" he asked, talking in a whisper.
Liei paused momentarily. She didn't like being asked off to places by men she'd barely known for five minutes. She didn't trust people at all now, even if nothing had ever happened to her. But Mr. Shuuichi was so nice... and rich too. But so far he seemed nicer than he was rich, and that was something the young waitress found hard to believe.
"Um... Ok Mr. Shuuichi!" she said cheerfully, smiling at him. Kurama nodded and stood, drinking the splash of champagne left in his glass. Liei stood up with him, setting down her barely touched glass to re cork the bottle of champagne. Kurama watched as she turned to leave and get what ever things she may have kept there.
"Don't I need to pay?" he asked, pulling a small compact wallet out of his pocket. Liei turned suddenly, her thoughts interrupted, blushing madly, (though he didn't know why) and nodded quickly.
"Yes, yes of course! My, my, it must have slipped my mind... Silly me, forgetting to make a customer pay..." she said hurriedly. "I'll be back with the bill in a second Shuuichi-sa-"
"I insist upon your calling me Shuuichi. No 'mr' or 'sama' or anything of that sort added on to it Liei," Kurama said walking around the table to her, still ignoring the stares and whispers. "But because I'm on a very tight schedule and I'm sure you must have things you need to do, why not ask your boss if I could send him a check later? We should go before you have to wait through my meeting, which could very well last over two hours, and I swear that I'll pay."
Liei nodded, which he interpreted as meaning 'I'll go ask him', and then walked into a back room, closing the door behind her. He heard a brief exchange of words, a closing of a door and she came out again about three minutes later wearing black jeans, a purple sleeveless shirt and she also had a small light blue bag draped over her shoulder.
"I'm off work now. My boss just told me that my shift ended over 45 minutes ago. Oh, and he said sure you can send a check to pay for it later. Here's your bill, " she whispered, handing the folded piece of paper to him. He stuffed it into his pocket, smiling slightly the entire time, nodded to her and then they walked out the golden-trimmed glass doors together.
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Yusuke yawned and looked outside. He'd been waiting an entire 8 minutes in his taxi and not a single customer had wanted a ride. He looked around more closely, then he heard the back door open. He turned around and saw Liei and Kurama getting into the taxi. Kurama was talking to her, she'd giggle a little sometimes then answer, and Kurama proceeded to take off the black jacket and un-tuck his white shirt as he rid himself of his tie. Yusuke was still gawking at this as Kurama asked if he could put his stuff in her bag. The rest Yusuke managed to hear over the din of passing traffic.
"Liei, would you mind if I put my jacket and tie in your bag?"
"No, of course not Shuuichi-sa, I mean Shuuichi! But, won't it get wrinkled?"
"I honestly don't know. I'll have to see later. Hm? Oh, hello Yusuke! I see you still haven't developed any manners what-so-ever. Would you mind driving Liei-chan (who blushed lightly at this) and I around for awhile?"
Yusuke nodded dumbly, actually watched for traffic before pulling out of his parking space and began to drive. He missed several stop signs, had people slam on their brakes in order to prevent from crashing into him, and nearly hit a couple of pets wandering across the street. He was too busy watching Kurama and Liei in the rear-view mirror, waiting to see if they'd do anything but talk. What would have helped would have been if Kurama stopped whispering to her, making her blush and rarely even let out a giggle. Another thing that would have helped would have been if Kurama scooted away from her. Yusuke decided to involve him self in the conversation.
"So..." he began, stopping Kurama in mid sentence, which was good saying that Youko had thought it up, and stopping Liei in mid mad blushing and giggle.
"Yes Yusuke?" Kurama asked, leaning away from Liei to give her some space to breathe. Youko muttered something angrily to Kurama in his head, but Kurama ignored him as usual.
"How long have you two known each other? And why didn't you tell us about her the other day?" Yusuke asked, now paying attention to the road, taking the route away from the city and toward a park. Kurama smiled slightly.
"Well, because we dropped into a store or two for about 10 minutes each, we've known each other for about 45 minutes now."
"And Shuuichi's really nice! He even said that if I wanted to I could come and work for him at his office!" Liei said cheerfully hugging Kurama, who was trying not to laugh at the stunned look on Yusuke's face.
"Only... Only 45 minutes?! Not even an hour?! Not even a SINGLE DATE YET?! AND YOU TWO ARE ALREADY THIS CLOSE?! That's... That's IMPOSSIBLE!!!" Yusuke yelled, pulling into the deserted parking lot of the park.
Liei smiled as did Kurama and they stepped out of the car. Kurama came around to the driver's side of the car and handed a twenty dollars to Yusuke.
"Nice driving Yusuke. You didn't hit anything." he said before he and Liei walked off along the sidewalk.
"Shuuichi? Why is there a fox following us?" Liei asked, tugging on his sleeve. He stopped and looked over his shoulder and saw Youko, in his fox form, his nine tails fanned out behind him. He almost felt relieved to know that she couldn't see Youko's tails, otherwise she might freak out.
"It must think we have something it wants. It's a rather unusually colored fox though, isn't it?"
"Yeah. Hey, can I see if it'll let me pet it?"
"Uh. that may not be such a good idea... It may decide to bite you or scratch you and you might get really sick..." he said. He turned to look at her and then heard a giggle.
"Shuuichi! Come on! He's really friendly! " she called out, smiling as she scratched behind the fox's ears and it purred (how?) and licked her cheeks and arms affectionately whenever it could. Kurama sighed and walked back to stand next to her until she finally stood again. The fox let out a chirping sound (^^) and walked beside them all the way into town, where it paused for awhile before following.
Kurama smiled, thankful at least that Youko hadn't tried anything. He was confused as to how the kitsune had separated his self from him, but he found it didn't really concern him anyway. Liei was now calling Youko 'Kitsune-chan' and waved goodbye to him when the fox nudged her hand then turned and dashed off. Kurama now glanced up the sidewalk, Liei's arm interlocked with his, and felt cold surge through him. There was Yusuke, energetically talking to Kuwabara, Keiko and Botan. Then he pointed, they all looked and stared in astonishment. He looked at Liei to say something, but she interrupted.
"You need to go?" she asked.
"No, I remembered that that meeting wasn't even until tomorrow." he said, casting his gaze around to find a safe haven that would shelter him from the questions and matchmaking of Botan, Keiko, Yusuke and Kuwabara. Then he spotted Hiei's book store. He gave Liei a quick signal, she acknowledged it and the two walked into the dimly lit store.
to be continued... (Sorry!!!!)
I know this chappie was wimpy. I know absolutely nothing seemed to happen. I know three hundred billion of my fans (actually three, or maybe less) will probably cuss me out and curse me to all high hell. Oh well. Like I care. My friend cusses me out all the time. Oh, if you have a line challenge for this story, PLEASE submit it in a review!!! I really need help because of my awful writer's block!!! Oh, and don't REALLY cuss me out... ^^
Chapter Two
by lieiavalon2044
Sorry that this took a long time to post. I didn't have much free computer time and I had to write the rough draft first... Well, I hope this chapter is as good as the last! Oh, yes, thank you to Grand Admiral Gin, Asian princess 61 and kitsune16 for reviewing the first chapter. ^^
Kurama sat back at the table, comfortable in his cushy chair as he sipped wonderful champagne. He observed the other high class people silently. The only reason he came to high class restaurants like this was to see how strange some people's 'out' outfits were. but mostly he noticed that he had to be the youngest person in here. Most of the women that had asked how old he was had admitted to thinking he was 16, instead of 21.
He sighed his boredom and loneliness and sat up, brushing a stray crimson hair out of his face, He drained the final drops of champagne from his glass then moved his empty plate and utensils away from the edge of the table to the center and took the well hidden napkin off his lap. He wiped a tiny crumb from the corner of his mouth and placed the napkin next to the plate, tucking a few dollar bills under it.
"Excuse me waitress," he said, lightly tapping the shoulder of a passing waitress. She turned quickly and Kurama blinked in surprise. She was really pretty.
"Yes Mr. Shuuichi sir?" she chirped cheerfully, holding a little black clipboard to her chest bearing an engraved family crest.
"Ah, yes, could you get me another glass of champagne? And would you care to join me?" he asked politely, giving her his most attractive smile. The waitress blushed and smiled back before she turned away.
"I'll go get your champagne Shuuichi-sama! I'll be right back!" she said happily before vanishing back into the 'bar'.
Kurama inwardly smiled, ignoring Youko's questions and comments.
"I suppose I could try dating again... Date her, plan around Youko and it couldn't possibly cause any harm to come to her..." he mused, almost forgetting he was in a high class restaurant when he felt a sudden longing to jump up and down in joy. But thankfully, the waitress returned with the bottle of champagne and nervously took the seat across from him.
"Perdon (Oh my god! I wrote in SPANISH!!! but no accent mark... Can't do that on this awful computer...) my asking miss, but what is your name? I wish to address you properly if you are to share my champagne," Kurama asked politely, pouring a glass of champagne for the waitress and then his self. He handed her glass to her and she took it, setting down the cork she had been nervously fiddling with. She glanced toward him as she took the glass and Kurama noticed her eyes were bright, the colors shifting and playing in the crystal chandelier light, casting the illusion of twin fires.
"My name sir? It's... Liei ... Liei Akiryu ..." she murmured softly. Kurama then glanced around, noticing stares and whispers from the occupants of the other tables. These rich people were so horrible at minding their own business. And weren't very subtle at hiding the fact that they were being nosey...
"Well, Liei ... Why don't we go else where? Some where quieter where we can talk privately? Like my office, perhaps?" he asked, talking in a whisper.
Liei paused momentarily. She didn't like being asked off to places by men she'd barely known for five minutes. She didn't trust people at all now, even if nothing had ever happened to her. But Mr. Shuuichi was so nice... and rich too. But so far he seemed nicer than he was rich, and that was something the young waitress found hard to believe.
"Um... Ok Mr. Shuuichi!" she said cheerfully, smiling at him. Kurama nodded and stood, drinking the splash of champagne left in his glass. Liei stood up with him, setting down her barely touched glass to re cork the bottle of champagne. Kurama watched as she turned to leave and get what ever things she may have kept there.
"Don't I need to pay?" he asked, pulling a small compact wallet out of his pocket. Liei turned suddenly, her thoughts interrupted, blushing madly, (though he didn't know why) and nodded quickly.
"Yes, yes of course! My, my, it must have slipped my mind... Silly me, forgetting to make a customer pay..." she said hurriedly. "I'll be back with the bill in a second Shuuichi-sa-"
"I insist upon your calling me Shuuichi. No 'mr' or 'sama' or anything of that sort added on to it Liei," Kurama said walking around the table to her, still ignoring the stares and whispers. "But because I'm on a very tight schedule and I'm sure you must have things you need to do, why not ask your boss if I could send him a check later? We should go before you have to wait through my meeting, which could very well last over two hours, and I swear that I'll pay."
Liei nodded, which he interpreted as meaning 'I'll go ask him', and then walked into a back room, closing the door behind her. He heard a brief exchange of words, a closing of a door and she came out again about three minutes later wearing black jeans, a purple sleeveless shirt and she also had a small light blue bag draped over her shoulder.
"I'm off work now. My boss just told me that my shift ended over 45 minutes ago. Oh, and he said sure you can send a check to pay for it later. Here's your bill, " she whispered, handing the folded piece of paper to him. He stuffed it into his pocket, smiling slightly the entire time, nodded to her and then they walked out the golden-trimmed glass doors together.
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Yusuke yawned and looked outside. He'd been waiting an entire 8 minutes in his taxi and not a single customer had wanted a ride. He looked around more closely, then he heard the back door open. He turned around and saw Liei and Kurama getting into the taxi. Kurama was talking to her, she'd giggle a little sometimes then answer, and Kurama proceeded to take off the black jacket and un-tuck his white shirt as he rid himself of his tie. Yusuke was still gawking at this as Kurama asked if he could put his stuff in her bag. The rest Yusuke managed to hear over the din of passing traffic.
"Liei, would you mind if I put my jacket and tie in your bag?"
"No, of course not Shuuichi-sa, I mean Shuuichi! But, won't it get wrinkled?"
"I honestly don't know. I'll have to see later. Hm? Oh, hello Yusuke! I see you still haven't developed any manners what-so-ever. Would you mind driving Liei-chan (who blushed lightly at this) and I around for awhile?"
Yusuke nodded dumbly, actually watched for traffic before pulling out of his parking space and began to drive. He missed several stop signs, had people slam on their brakes in order to prevent from crashing into him, and nearly hit a couple of pets wandering across the street. He was too busy watching Kurama and Liei in the rear-view mirror, waiting to see if they'd do anything but talk. What would have helped would have been if Kurama stopped whispering to her, making her blush and rarely even let out a giggle. Another thing that would have helped would have been if Kurama scooted away from her. Yusuke decided to involve him self in the conversation.
"So..." he began, stopping Kurama in mid sentence, which was good saying that Youko had thought it up, and stopping Liei in mid mad blushing and giggle.
"Yes Yusuke?" Kurama asked, leaning away from Liei to give her some space to breathe. Youko muttered something angrily to Kurama in his head, but Kurama ignored him as usual.
"How long have you two known each other? And why didn't you tell us about her the other day?" Yusuke asked, now paying attention to the road, taking the route away from the city and toward a park. Kurama smiled slightly.
"Well, because we dropped into a store or two for about 10 minutes each, we've known each other for about 45 minutes now."
"And Shuuichi's really nice! He even said that if I wanted to I could come and work for him at his office!" Liei said cheerfully hugging Kurama, who was trying not to laugh at the stunned look on Yusuke's face.
"Only... Only 45 minutes?! Not even an hour?! Not even a SINGLE DATE YET?! AND YOU TWO ARE ALREADY THIS CLOSE?! That's... That's IMPOSSIBLE!!!" Yusuke yelled, pulling into the deserted parking lot of the park.
Liei smiled as did Kurama and they stepped out of the car. Kurama came around to the driver's side of the car and handed a twenty dollars to Yusuke.
"Nice driving Yusuke. You didn't hit anything." he said before he and Liei walked off along the sidewalk.
"Shuuichi? Why is there a fox following us?" Liei asked, tugging on his sleeve. He stopped and looked over his shoulder and saw Youko, in his fox form, his nine tails fanned out behind him. He almost felt relieved to know that she couldn't see Youko's tails, otherwise she might freak out.
"It must think we have something it wants. It's a rather unusually colored fox though, isn't it?"
"Yeah. Hey, can I see if it'll let me pet it?"
"Uh. that may not be such a good idea... It may decide to bite you or scratch you and you might get really sick..." he said. He turned to look at her and then heard a giggle.
"Shuuichi! Come on! He's really friendly! " she called out, smiling as she scratched behind the fox's ears and it purred (how?) and licked her cheeks and arms affectionately whenever it could. Kurama sighed and walked back to stand next to her until she finally stood again. The fox let out a chirping sound (^^) and walked beside them all the way into town, where it paused for awhile before following.
Kurama smiled, thankful at least that Youko hadn't tried anything. He was confused as to how the kitsune had separated his self from him, but he found it didn't really concern him anyway. Liei was now calling Youko 'Kitsune-chan' and waved goodbye to him when the fox nudged her hand then turned and dashed off. Kurama now glanced up the sidewalk, Liei's arm interlocked with his, and felt cold surge through him. There was Yusuke, energetically talking to Kuwabara, Keiko and Botan. Then he pointed, they all looked and stared in astonishment. He looked at Liei to say something, but she interrupted.
"You need to go?" she asked.
"No, I remembered that that meeting wasn't even until tomorrow." he said, casting his gaze around to find a safe haven that would shelter him from the questions and matchmaking of Botan, Keiko, Yusuke and Kuwabara. Then he spotted Hiei's book store. He gave Liei a quick signal, she acknowledged it and the two walked into the dimly lit store.
to be continued... (Sorry!!!!)
I know this chappie was wimpy. I know absolutely nothing seemed to happen. I know three hundred billion of my fans (actually three, or maybe less) will probably cuss me out and curse me to all high hell. Oh well. Like I care. My friend cusses me out all the time. Oh, if you have a line challenge for this story, PLEASE submit it in a review!!! I really need help because of my awful writer's block!!! Oh, and don't REALLY cuss me out... ^^