Okay, here's chappy three. I hope ya all enjoy it. (That sounded really
pathetic. "Ya all," honestly. . . . No offense to anyone who says or likes
that saying . . . oh, screw it, I'll just shut my big mouth.)
Oh, and just so you know, there shall be NO yaoi in this story. (but there
might be some hints of it, depending on what happens. DON'T FLAME
MEEEEEEEE!!!)
Disclaimer: I do not, and never shall, own Yu Yu Hakusho, even though I asked nicely for it
When Jeroun woke up the next morning, it took him a few moments to remember why he was in a proper bed. He looked around at the guest room Shuichi had "given" to him the night before. He wondered why the redheaded boy had obeyed Koenma. Was it some sort of agreement between the two? Was he the Reikai Tantei? (No way,) Jeroun thought. Or was he something else? There was suddenly a knock on the door.
"Hey! You up?" Shuichi's voice rang through the room. Jumping out of bed, Jeroun pulled on a pair of pants before calling, "Come in!" to the other boy. Shuichi entered and smiled as he saw Jeroun struggling his way into one of the shirts Shiori had given him while she washed his clothes the night before.
"You know, you could have told me to wait," Shuichi said. "It wouldn't offend me, if that's what you're worried about." Jeroun fell over and got hurridly back up onto his feet.
"Nah, it's okay," he said as he finally got the shirt over his head. Then he looked around. "Is your mother home?"
"No, she left early this morning for a business trip," Shuichi said. He glanced at Jeroun's face. "Why?"
"I just want to get a few things straight," Jeroun said. "Who exactly are you?" Shuichi looked at the floor.
"I am Shuichi, until Koenma sees it fit to call me otherwise," Shuichi said. Jeroun sighed.
"Okay then," he said. "Then why are you my 'keeper'? Why did Koenma not send the job to the Reikai Tantei?"
"Number one, I am a part of the Reikai Tantei," Shuichi said. "And number two, because I am . . . was a thief who was given a second chance by Koenma. He must have thought that I would be the best for looking after another thief."
"Really?" Jeroun replied, quite interested. "Did you have to go through what I am?"
"Not exactly, but I did have trials to overcome," Shuichi said. Jeroun could tell that Shuichi did not really enjoy talking about this, and decided to drop the subject.
"Well then, what's on the agenda for today?" Shuichi shrugged. "Would you like to tell me more about yourself?" Jeroun remembered what Kuronue had said the night before and nodded.
"That's be cool," Jeroun said.
"Then shall we go down for breakfast?"
"Hai!"
Jeroun talked about why he had become a thief.
"At first, I was kinda against the idea . . . but then I had no other choice," Jeroun said. Shuichi nodded as he took another bite of toast.
"I know," he said after he had swallowed. "It was the same for me as well." Jeroun grinned. He hadn't honestly opened up this much since he had met Kuronue. "So . . . what's the jail like?"
"What do you mean?"
"I've never gotten caught," Shuichi explained. "Well, yeah, I did, but I got my second chance before I was taken into jail." (Whew!) "Shuichi" thought. (That was a close one! I'd better not take any more chances like that.)
"Well, it wasn't too bad, I guess," Jeroun said. "The beds weren't too hard, but the food was terrible and we work all day and sometimes even more."
"Not that good of a trade-off, was it?" Shuichi joked, grinning.
"Not really," Jeroun said, and they both burst out laughing. "But my cell-mate's pretty cool. He was there when I was brought in, and he. . . . " Jeroun trailed off, wondering if he should mention Youko Kurama. The name would probably scare Shuichi out of his wits. (A/N: NOT!!!) (Later,) Jeroun decided. "He helped show me the ropes."
"Really," Shuichi said.
"Yeah, and when I asked him why, he said that he remembered when he was brought in that he was whipped because he wasn't working as fast as he should have, or things like that."
"Ouch," Shuichi replied. "I didn't know it was so rough over there."
"It is," Jeroun replied. "But we were fast friends and we were always helping each other out. In fact, the day I left, I was about to get into trouble when he caused a food fight to give me a chance at escape."
"Cool," Shuichi said. Then . . . "What's his name?" Jeroun winced, and breifly wondered if he should ignore the name Kuronue had given him the night before.
"It's . . . " Jeroun said, unsure. "Kanon," he finished hesitantly. Shuichi looked thoughtful, and Jeroun wondered if the other had seen through his lie.
"Never heard of him," Shuichi said. "'Course I can't know of everyone!!"
"Yeah," Jeroun agreed. And he launched into a story about how he and "Kanon" had gotten into a fight in the halls about who the better thief was.
Kuronue sighed and wiped the sweat from his brow. He had gotten up early that morning so that he could work on his handholds without interruption. It had worked. He was about one-fourth of the way up the wall by now, but it was getting harder and harder to switch between rock and rock wall. In fact, earlier that morning, he had almost been caught.
"You there, chimera!" an oni had yelled as Kuronue held up his pick in an act that he was about to hit a random rock. He stopped, face completely innocent.
"Hai?"
"What were you doing on the wall a minute ago?"
"I was on the wall?"
"Don't play dumb."
"I wasn't on the wall, sir," Kuronue said, blinking several times in hopes of improving his innocent act. He smiled at the memory, Youko had taught him that. Then he remembered that Youko was dead. His face quickly sobered. He sighed. It was sometime in the afternoon, and the onis were keeping an annoyingly close watch on him.
::Jeroun!:: he mind-called, deciding that he needed someone to talk to.
::Kuronue! I was in the middle of telling Shuichi a story about you!!::
::You're using my fake name, I hope?:: Kuronue asked.
::Hai,:: Jeroun said. ::Please go away. Shuichi's looking at me like I'm crazy.::
::Ha ha ha,:: Kuronue said. ::Anyway, I just decided to tell you that it's probably gonna be another month, give or take, before I get out of here.::
::Really. . . . :: Jeroun didn't sound to happy about it.
::I'm not gonna get caught!:: Kuronue said, hearing the hint of worry, tired of the well-argued subject.
::All righty then,:: Jeroun said. ::Another month. Do you think I should tell Shuichi?::
::Don't,:: Kuronue said.
::Why not?::
::I don't know. I just have a bad feeling about him,:: Kuronue said.
::Why?::
::I don't know,:: Kuronue said. ::I just honestly don't know.::
Sorry this chapter was so short! I didn't want to go making up a bunch of fake stories about Kurama, Kuronue, and Jeroun. It didn't sound to fun, and I don't wanna get flamed.
Anyway, what's this "feeling" Kuronue has about out dear Shuichi? *coughcoughKuramacough* NOT AT ALL BAD!! I ALREADY SAID NO YAOI, FOR ALL YOU SICKOS OUT THERE!!! Oh, and because someone asked me nicely *coughcoughNOTcough* there shall be . . . (drumroll, please) HIEI!!! Yay! I get to put our favorite fire demon in!! Please review!!
Oh, and for those of you who haven't figured out who "Shuichi" is, you deserve to have your head hit on a rock until you can't remember this story. Just kidding! Honest, just kidding. *ducks numerous random pointy things thrown by Yu Yu Hakusho people* I'm already working on the next chapter. *ducks more random pointy things* WHAT WAS THAT FOR!?!?!? *chases after Yu Yu Hakusho people* DIE!!
Disclaimer: I do not, and never shall, own Yu Yu Hakusho, even though I asked nicely for it
When Jeroun woke up the next morning, it took him a few moments to remember why he was in a proper bed. He looked around at the guest room Shuichi had "given" to him the night before. He wondered why the redheaded boy had obeyed Koenma. Was it some sort of agreement between the two? Was he the Reikai Tantei? (No way,) Jeroun thought. Or was he something else? There was suddenly a knock on the door.
"Hey! You up?" Shuichi's voice rang through the room. Jumping out of bed, Jeroun pulled on a pair of pants before calling, "Come in!" to the other boy. Shuichi entered and smiled as he saw Jeroun struggling his way into one of the shirts Shiori had given him while she washed his clothes the night before.
"You know, you could have told me to wait," Shuichi said. "It wouldn't offend me, if that's what you're worried about." Jeroun fell over and got hurridly back up onto his feet.
"Nah, it's okay," he said as he finally got the shirt over his head. Then he looked around. "Is your mother home?"
"No, she left early this morning for a business trip," Shuichi said. He glanced at Jeroun's face. "Why?"
"I just want to get a few things straight," Jeroun said. "Who exactly are you?" Shuichi looked at the floor.
"I am Shuichi, until Koenma sees it fit to call me otherwise," Shuichi said. Jeroun sighed.
"Okay then," he said. "Then why are you my 'keeper'? Why did Koenma not send the job to the Reikai Tantei?"
"Number one, I am a part of the Reikai Tantei," Shuichi said. "And number two, because I am . . . was a thief who was given a second chance by Koenma. He must have thought that I would be the best for looking after another thief."
"Really?" Jeroun replied, quite interested. "Did you have to go through what I am?"
"Not exactly, but I did have trials to overcome," Shuichi said. Jeroun could tell that Shuichi did not really enjoy talking about this, and decided to drop the subject.
"Well then, what's on the agenda for today?" Shuichi shrugged. "Would you like to tell me more about yourself?" Jeroun remembered what Kuronue had said the night before and nodded.
"That's be cool," Jeroun said.
"Then shall we go down for breakfast?"
"Hai!"
Jeroun talked about why he had become a thief.
"At first, I was kinda against the idea . . . but then I had no other choice," Jeroun said. Shuichi nodded as he took another bite of toast.
"I know," he said after he had swallowed. "It was the same for me as well." Jeroun grinned. He hadn't honestly opened up this much since he had met Kuronue. "So . . . what's the jail like?"
"What do you mean?"
"I've never gotten caught," Shuichi explained. "Well, yeah, I did, but I got my second chance before I was taken into jail." (Whew!) "Shuichi" thought. (That was a close one! I'd better not take any more chances like that.)
"Well, it wasn't too bad, I guess," Jeroun said. "The beds weren't too hard, but the food was terrible and we work all day and sometimes even more."
"Not that good of a trade-off, was it?" Shuichi joked, grinning.
"Not really," Jeroun said, and they both burst out laughing. "But my cell-mate's pretty cool. He was there when I was brought in, and he. . . . " Jeroun trailed off, wondering if he should mention Youko Kurama. The name would probably scare Shuichi out of his wits. (A/N: NOT!!!) (Later,) Jeroun decided. "He helped show me the ropes."
"Really," Shuichi said.
"Yeah, and when I asked him why, he said that he remembered when he was brought in that he was whipped because he wasn't working as fast as he should have, or things like that."
"Ouch," Shuichi replied. "I didn't know it was so rough over there."
"It is," Jeroun replied. "But we were fast friends and we were always helping each other out. In fact, the day I left, I was about to get into trouble when he caused a food fight to give me a chance at escape."
"Cool," Shuichi said. Then . . . "What's his name?" Jeroun winced, and breifly wondered if he should ignore the name Kuronue had given him the night before.
"It's . . . " Jeroun said, unsure. "Kanon," he finished hesitantly. Shuichi looked thoughtful, and Jeroun wondered if the other had seen through his lie.
"Never heard of him," Shuichi said. "'Course I can't know of everyone!!"
"Yeah," Jeroun agreed. And he launched into a story about how he and "Kanon" had gotten into a fight in the halls about who the better thief was.
Kuronue sighed and wiped the sweat from his brow. He had gotten up early that morning so that he could work on his handholds without interruption. It had worked. He was about one-fourth of the way up the wall by now, but it was getting harder and harder to switch between rock and rock wall. In fact, earlier that morning, he had almost been caught.
"You there, chimera!" an oni had yelled as Kuronue held up his pick in an act that he was about to hit a random rock. He stopped, face completely innocent.
"Hai?"
"What were you doing on the wall a minute ago?"
"I was on the wall?"
"Don't play dumb."
"I wasn't on the wall, sir," Kuronue said, blinking several times in hopes of improving his innocent act. He smiled at the memory, Youko had taught him that. Then he remembered that Youko was dead. His face quickly sobered. He sighed. It was sometime in the afternoon, and the onis were keeping an annoyingly close watch on him.
::Jeroun!:: he mind-called, deciding that he needed someone to talk to.
::Kuronue! I was in the middle of telling Shuichi a story about you!!::
::You're using my fake name, I hope?:: Kuronue asked.
::Hai,:: Jeroun said. ::Please go away. Shuichi's looking at me like I'm crazy.::
::Ha ha ha,:: Kuronue said. ::Anyway, I just decided to tell you that it's probably gonna be another month, give or take, before I get out of here.::
::Really. . . . :: Jeroun didn't sound to happy about it.
::I'm not gonna get caught!:: Kuronue said, hearing the hint of worry, tired of the well-argued subject.
::All righty then,:: Jeroun said. ::Another month. Do you think I should tell Shuichi?::
::Don't,:: Kuronue said.
::Why not?::
::I don't know. I just have a bad feeling about him,:: Kuronue said.
::Why?::
::I don't know,:: Kuronue said. ::I just honestly don't know.::
Sorry this chapter was so short! I didn't want to go making up a bunch of fake stories about Kurama, Kuronue, and Jeroun. It didn't sound to fun, and I don't wanna get flamed.
Anyway, what's this "feeling" Kuronue has about out dear Shuichi? *coughcoughKuramacough* NOT AT ALL BAD!! I ALREADY SAID NO YAOI, FOR ALL YOU SICKOS OUT THERE!!! Oh, and because someone asked me nicely *coughcoughNOTcough* there shall be . . . (drumroll, please) HIEI!!! Yay! I get to put our favorite fire demon in!! Please review!!
Oh, and for those of you who haven't figured out who "Shuichi" is, you deserve to have your head hit on a rock until you can't remember this story. Just kidding! Honest, just kidding. *ducks numerous random pointy things thrown by Yu Yu Hakusho people* I'm already working on the next chapter. *ducks more random pointy things* WHAT WAS THAT FOR!?!?!? *chases after Yu Yu Hakusho people* DIE!!