Chapter 3: All Your Fault
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AN: SOOOOO sorry I didn't update sooner! I had school... and homework... and school.... and did I mention school?
~KURAMA'S POV~
I groaned, and slowly opened my blurry eyes. It took a while, but I soon focused on my surroundings. Hey... where was everyone? I blinked once or twice, trying to clear my head. Slowly, everything began to get less blurry, and clear up. I sat up, and clutched my head. Boy... was that a major hangover. I stood, and walked out of the kitchen into the living room, and nearly passed out again. Oh. I. Na. Ri. (translation: Oh Inari) Yukina. She was lying in pool of her own blood, her head up against a coffee table leg. And it took a while, but I finally figured out what happened.
Last night, when I crashed into her, I must have sent her falling back against the table, right against one of the sharp corners. I felt a tidal wave of guilt, because I knew that she was in this position because of me. I heard urgent voices somewhere over to my left, and I turned to face everybody else, standing in the doorway. As soon as they took in the scene, I was met with a barrage of glares, before a heavy weight was slammed against my stomach. And, surprisingly, it took a while for me to figure out that Kuwabara had just kicked me.
Caught off-guard, I was sent reeling into the living room wall. I fell back onto the ground, and just dodged a blow to the head. I could feel the friction of Kuwabara's fist against my left cheek. He was that close to knocking me unconscious. Instead, his hand smashed into the wall, creating a three-inch deep hole. Looking into his eyes, I saw an immense inferno of anger, and hatred. I stared at his fist, and missed seeing his foot slam into the side of my head, hurtling me to the other side of the room, shocked and confused. I slowly shook my now-pounding-even-more head, feeling something wet and sticky running down the side of it. Kuwabara charged straight at me, but before he could attack me again, Yusuke stopped him.
"Kuwabara! Don't you think we should get Yukina to a hospital or something before she bleeds to death?" Yusuke said, trying to avert Kuwabara's attention from beating me to death. Thank you, Yusuke. When he mentioned Yukina, Kuwabara immediately stopped, and the flame disappeared. He immediately ran over to the injured Ice apparition, anxiously watching Botan use her healing power to heal Yukina. When the aqua-haired girl's wounds finally closed up, Keiko gently picked her up from the floor and set her on the couch. But even under the compassion, I could see a lot of concern.
"Will she be okay?" Kuwabara asked. Botan sighed.
"I don't know, Kuwabara. She's lost a whole lot of blood-" And I felt another twinge of guilt. "And she hit her head pretty hard-" Twinge? No, wave. "She might have a concussion-" Never mind. Tidal wave. "-and maybe get amnesia." Have I ever been so wrong? Avalanche is more like it.
"Well... can't we get her to a hospital or something? They could give her some more blood." Yusuke stated, deep concern in his chocolate-colored eyes.
"Yusuke, if we did, wouldn't the doctors wonder how a person with no injuries lost so much blood? As far as they know, no one has 'healing powers'." Yusuke cursed colorfully under his breath. Botan looked up from Yukina, and stared directly at me. "And it's your fault, Kurama." When Botan said that, all the physical pain I had attained was forgotten. Those words stung more than the water did last night.
"But-but..." I stuttered. "No it wasn't! I tried to jump out of the way of the water, and someone pushed me into Yukina!" Botan's stare immediately turned cold and unforgiving.
"Denying it, aren't you? Humph. Everyone who was there saw you see Yukina and elbow her into the table. Nobody touched you!" Botan stood up, slowly walking towards me. Never have I seen the usually-happy-and-cheery-bubbly-girl so angry before. And as Keiko's eyes met mine, I could see a message. I had seen Keiko angry at Yusuke before, hit him a few times, and then walk away, but that was nothing compared to the anger being harbored towards me now. In her eyes, was the message: 'You will pay, Kurama. I'll see to it, myself if I have to.' I stepped back a pace, right into Yusuke.
"You guys, maybe Kurama's telling the truth." My eyes widened, not believing that Yusuke was standing up for me. "I mean, I do remember spraying him with water, and then seeing him jump to the side, but it was like he changed direction in mid-air. It was weird." And at that remark, Keiko stomped up to him and slapped him right across the left cheek.
"Yusuke! You had way too much to drink last night. I am never letting you touch another bottle of sake! No one, not even a fox, can change directing in mid-air WHEN DRUNK!" Yusuke staggered off to the side, rubbing his sore cheek.
"But-Keiko..." SLAP. Well... at least Yusuke's face looked symmetrical again. I inwardly winced, flinching at the harshness of Keiko's voice. But then, I heard a new sound.
"Oh... My head..." Everyone swiveled around, to see Yukina sitting up in on the couch. Botan immediately ran over to her, happiness sparkling in her eyes.
"Yukina! You're awake! Oh, I knew you were going to be fine! I knew it!" Yukina stared at her.
"My name is Yukina?" Botan's eyes immediately went from happiness to shock and then anger again. She swiveled around to face me, threatening to set my hair on fire. Everyone slowly absorbed the shock, then turned it right back into anger. I backed away from the four furious people, and bumped right into something. Or rather someone. I stiffened, my eyes darting to the person standing behind me, and my gaze met the raging glare of an overprotective brother. Shit, I'm screwed.
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AN: Whoa. Poor Kurama. Next chapter is going to be in Hiei's POV, so all you Hiei fans, BE PATIENT! *sigh* It's like no one is reading this story, so unless I get more reviews, I'm just going to either stop working on it, or delete it. So if you do like this story, but haven't reviewed, please do, or else you won't be able to read it anymore. It doesn't matter if it's really short; just let me know someone is on the other end. Arigatou!
~Koganeiro Kitsune