Adaptation
Kurama walked into his new house and went up to his bedroom. He nearly screamed when he found that it was filled with boxes. He was going to have to share with Suiichi. He went in there to see that another bed had been put where Suiichi's stereo had been. Suiichi was clearly not happy with this and labeled it under Kurama's faults even though Kurama would have preferred to live in a galaxy far far away than anywhere near Suiichi.
Ignoring the hostility, Kurama dropped his book bag on his bed. He took out his sketch book and got back to work on drawing Jin. He could tell that Suiichi was looking around for something mean to say to him and he hoped that it would not anger him enough for Youko to show through. It would be very hard to explain to his new step brother that he really had to remove his pants because they had suddenly become very uncomfortable. It would be even harder to explain why he had a fox tale sprouting out of him.
"Why do you only draw pictures of guys?" Suiichi asked in his most accusing tone.
"I tried to draw a girl once" Kurama flipped back to a page with a failed attempt of Botan on it. "But I cant draw them very well at all."
Suiichi went back to his bed. This invader thought that he was so good, better than Suiichi and everyone else. He had heard the rumors from school about Kurama but preferred to find another reason to hate him. There were many reasons lying around. Kurama was everything that his father wanted him to be. He was artistic, friendly, kind, and a know it all with perfect grades. He was always home before ten and never asked to stay out any later. If it was at all a fault, he talked on the phone for hours at a time. For that Suiichi had called him a teenage girl but Kurama had shrugged the comment off. It was more important to keep up with the current events in the spirit world than save money on the phone bill.
Suiichi woke up that night to loud mumblings. He looked over and saw that Kurama was having a nightmare. "What an idiot" he muttered under his breath. "hey, stupid, up!"
Kurama woke up and looked at Suiichi. He thanked him for waking him up but the thanks was treated like an unwanted rash. Suiichi clamed that he had only woken him up because he had woken him up and he could not get back to sleep.
With the fall of Roger school became a better place. People still ignored him but they refused to insult him because that would make them like Roger. Eventually, Kurama began to feel sorry for Roger, all alone with no one to talk to. He began asking him questions at lunch. Finding that he was much more stand able and even nice once he had had his face shoved in the dirt, they started to become friends. Upton had been a little standoffish for some time before giving up and talking to Roger.
The big breakthrough with Suiichi came a week later. Kurama was walking along when he heard a little kid scream. He ran off in that direction and saw Yusuke there. He immediately marched between Yusuke and the kid. He yelled at Yusuke for hurting the kid several times before he noticed that Suiichi's eyes had grown huge. Kurama had forgotten that Suiichi was with him and idolized Yusuke. He was in the middle of trying to think of an explanation when Kuwabara walked towards them. He greeted Kurama with a smile and Kurama did the same. Yusuke, on the other hand, greeted him with a fist in the gut for something that he had done last week.
Suiichi watched in horror as the geeky-ist person that he knew had a conversation with his idol. Eventually he worked up the courage to ask Yusuke why he was talking with Kurama.
"What?" Yusuke looked at him. "Do I have to ask permission before I talk to my friends?"
Suiichi nearly jumped, Kurama was Yusuke's friend. Kurama's rating on Suiichi's cool-o-meter jumped up about twenty points in the time that it took Yusuke to say those words.
As they walked home, Suiichi began talking to Kurama. Kurama smiled and accepted the unspoken apologies. He was jumping for joy by the time he got home, but not literally. Suiichi offered to let him chose the channel on the TV. In all of the time that he had spent with him, Kurama had never believed that Yusuke could ever be much of a help outside of missions.
That night Kurama had another dream. Again, he was looking at Youko.
"Suiichi, you may be happy now but the moment that something goes wrong and you get mad, I will be there to take over. You have my word"
"I don't think that that will be necessary Kurama. Even though I cant stand my soon-to-be-step-father he has nothing about me that he hates. School is better and Suiichi thinks that I am a god now because I am friends with Yusuke. That may not be a good reason but at least he no longer wants to kill me. I can deal with my step-father on my own. There could only be trouble with him if I do something just to piss him off."
"Or if he finds out" Youko smiled and disappeared
"finds what out? Youko!" Kurama screamed desperately but received no answer.
Hmm could there be a sequel in the works? You bet your butt! At least one Yaoi sequel and one non-yaoi sequel. They will not be nice and inter- working but I have a wonderful yaoi plot for this but I also have a wonderful non yaoi plot and I want to do both of them. Yaoi fans can read both because they will both be good. Non yaoi fans should read both as well but that is up to them. Will get to work on them ASAP!!! Oh, and nice feedback helps me work on them because they have competition with other stories that I want to write such as a prequel and possible sequel to Swords and Roses, another fic called Losses (one shot but a long one shot) what other competition is there, oh yes, the fic that was origianaly named losses but I didn't like how it sounded for that plot (too light when I needed more darkness) but is too good to kill off so it will get another name, another story that I am working on that doesn't have a name and therefore is not posted yet, Blessed be the Damned for They have no Tears to Cry, and something else I think. Need to look. As you can see, you must BEG me to work on stuff because otherwise I don't have enough time. Reviews are what reminds me that I have stories other than Swords and Roses, which I also need to work on. Only one or two chapters left, time to celebrate! Haven't decided. It depends on how much I want to put at the end. Yay for updates!
Kurama walked into his new house and went up to his bedroom. He nearly screamed when he found that it was filled with boxes. He was going to have to share with Suiichi. He went in there to see that another bed had been put where Suiichi's stereo had been. Suiichi was clearly not happy with this and labeled it under Kurama's faults even though Kurama would have preferred to live in a galaxy far far away than anywhere near Suiichi.
Ignoring the hostility, Kurama dropped his book bag on his bed. He took out his sketch book and got back to work on drawing Jin. He could tell that Suiichi was looking around for something mean to say to him and he hoped that it would not anger him enough for Youko to show through. It would be very hard to explain to his new step brother that he really had to remove his pants because they had suddenly become very uncomfortable. It would be even harder to explain why he had a fox tale sprouting out of him.
"Why do you only draw pictures of guys?" Suiichi asked in his most accusing tone.
"I tried to draw a girl once" Kurama flipped back to a page with a failed attempt of Botan on it. "But I cant draw them very well at all."
Suiichi went back to his bed. This invader thought that he was so good, better than Suiichi and everyone else. He had heard the rumors from school about Kurama but preferred to find another reason to hate him. There were many reasons lying around. Kurama was everything that his father wanted him to be. He was artistic, friendly, kind, and a know it all with perfect grades. He was always home before ten and never asked to stay out any later. If it was at all a fault, he talked on the phone for hours at a time. For that Suiichi had called him a teenage girl but Kurama had shrugged the comment off. It was more important to keep up with the current events in the spirit world than save money on the phone bill.
Suiichi woke up that night to loud mumblings. He looked over and saw that Kurama was having a nightmare. "What an idiot" he muttered under his breath. "hey, stupid, up!"
Kurama woke up and looked at Suiichi. He thanked him for waking him up but the thanks was treated like an unwanted rash. Suiichi clamed that he had only woken him up because he had woken him up and he could not get back to sleep.
With the fall of Roger school became a better place. People still ignored him but they refused to insult him because that would make them like Roger. Eventually, Kurama began to feel sorry for Roger, all alone with no one to talk to. He began asking him questions at lunch. Finding that he was much more stand able and even nice once he had had his face shoved in the dirt, they started to become friends. Upton had been a little standoffish for some time before giving up and talking to Roger.
The big breakthrough with Suiichi came a week later. Kurama was walking along when he heard a little kid scream. He ran off in that direction and saw Yusuke there. He immediately marched between Yusuke and the kid. He yelled at Yusuke for hurting the kid several times before he noticed that Suiichi's eyes had grown huge. Kurama had forgotten that Suiichi was with him and idolized Yusuke. He was in the middle of trying to think of an explanation when Kuwabara walked towards them. He greeted Kurama with a smile and Kurama did the same. Yusuke, on the other hand, greeted him with a fist in the gut for something that he had done last week.
Suiichi watched in horror as the geeky-ist person that he knew had a conversation with his idol. Eventually he worked up the courage to ask Yusuke why he was talking with Kurama.
"What?" Yusuke looked at him. "Do I have to ask permission before I talk to my friends?"
Suiichi nearly jumped, Kurama was Yusuke's friend. Kurama's rating on Suiichi's cool-o-meter jumped up about twenty points in the time that it took Yusuke to say those words.
As they walked home, Suiichi began talking to Kurama. Kurama smiled and accepted the unspoken apologies. He was jumping for joy by the time he got home, but not literally. Suiichi offered to let him chose the channel on the TV. In all of the time that he had spent with him, Kurama had never believed that Yusuke could ever be much of a help outside of missions.
That night Kurama had another dream. Again, he was looking at Youko.
"Suiichi, you may be happy now but the moment that something goes wrong and you get mad, I will be there to take over. You have my word"
"I don't think that that will be necessary Kurama. Even though I cant stand my soon-to-be-step-father he has nothing about me that he hates. School is better and Suiichi thinks that I am a god now because I am friends with Yusuke. That may not be a good reason but at least he no longer wants to kill me. I can deal with my step-father on my own. There could only be trouble with him if I do something just to piss him off."
"Or if he finds out" Youko smiled and disappeared
"finds what out? Youko!" Kurama screamed desperately but received no answer.
Hmm could there be a sequel in the works? You bet your butt! At least one Yaoi sequel and one non-yaoi sequel. They will not be nice and inter- working but I have a wonderful yaoi plot for this but I also have a wonderful non yaoi plot and I want to do both of them. Yaoi fans can read both because they will both be good. Non yaoi fans should read both as well but that is up to them. Will get to work on them ASAP!!! Oh, and nice feedback helps me work on them because they have competition with other stories that I want to write such as a prequel and possible sequel to Swords and Roses, another fic called Losses (one shot but a long one shot) what other competition is there, oh yes, the fic that was origianaly named losses but I didn't like how it sounded for that plot (too light when I needed more darkness) but is too good to kill off so it will get another name, another story that I am working on that doesn't have a name and therefore is not posted yet, Blessed be the Damned for They have no Tears to Cry, and something else I think. Need to look. As you can see, you must BEG me to work on stuff because otherwise I don't have enough time. Reviews are what reminds me that I have stories other than Swords and Roses, which I also need to work on. Only one or two chapters left, time to celebrate! Haven't decided. It depends on how much I want to put at the end. Yay for updates!