Hello there! Sorry, this took FOREVER to write. I swear, with school, and
those stupid piano lessons, and stupid after-school programs . . . they're
PLOTTING to keep me from my ficcys. *Cries* Waaaaah! Anyway, I think that
you'l enjoy this chappie.
Kuronue: Let's hope so.
Nagem: KURO!! DON'T BE MEAN!!!
Kuronue: You're the one who almost killed me.
Nagem: n__n;;; yes, well . . . about that . . . *forgets what she was going to say.* Hmmm. . . . *Begins to ponder what she was going to say*
Kuronue: *Knowing it will take days for her to figure it out* Nagem does not own Yu Yu Hakusho, or anything else that pops up.
It took Kuronue about 0.05 seconds before he realized he was in his demon form. He quickly changed back to his human form, praying that Shuichi hadn't noticed anything. Shuichi's mouth dropped slightly, and Kuronue winced.He was surprised enough that he had walked in on the wrong member of the house, let alone the fact that the boy sent a feeling of familiarity down his spine, and now the boy had seen his demon form. Shuichi didn't feel anything familiar about the stranger that was looming over his bed, he was just scared out of his wits. Indeed, when Shuichi opened his mouth to tell Kuronue to get out, the words were not what came out.
"AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! WHO ARE YOU?!?!?" Shuichi demanded of Kuronue, jumping away from him. Kuronue pretty much responded in kind.
"WHERE'S JEROUN?!?!?! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH HIM?!?!" Kuronue demanded of Shuichi, getting knocked away from the bed as Shuichi jumped out of it. Something clicked in Shuichi's brain at that moment. (He knows Jeroun,) Shuichi thought. (Jeroun was a thief. Therefore. . . . )
"GET OUT OF HERE, THEIF!!" Shuichi yelled at the top of his lungs, running and grabbing his biology book from its place on his desk.
"Hang on," Kuronue said. "What are you gonna-" WHACK! "That hurt!" WHACK! "OUCH!!" WHACK!
"GET OUT OF HERE!" WHACK!
"STOP HITTING ME!!" WHACK!!
"YOU THINK YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH BREAKING INTO MY HOUSE?!?!" WHACK!!!
"JUST STOP HITTING ME!!" WHACK!! By this time, Shuichi had managed to chase Kuronue to the stairs. "PLEASE! LISTEN TO ME!!" WHACK!!
"GET OUT OF HERE!!"
"HAAAALP! I'M BEING CHASED BY A MAD NINGEN WITH A BOOK!!!" WHACK!!!
Jeroun was nearly asleep when he heard it.
"AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! WHO ARE YOU?!?!?"
"WHERE'S JEROUN?!?!?! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH HIM?!?!" There was a moment's silence, then . . .
"GET OUT OF HERE, THIEF!!!" Jeroun sat up in bed. (Kuronue??) he briefly wondered. Then he wondered if he should go help one of them. Nah. They could work it out on their own. WHACK!! Jeroun jumped out of bed. WHACK!
"OUCH!!" WHACK!
"GET OUT OF HERE!" WHACK!
STOP HITTING ME!!" WHACK!! Jeroun wondered what in the world Shuichi had managed to grab that would make Kuronue yell like that. Instantly, several bad thoughts entered his brain. He shook them out.
"YOU THINK YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH BREAKING INTO MY HOUSE?!?!" WHACK! (Oh my, he thinks Kuronue's breaking in!) Jeroun thought. (Perhaps I should go help.)
"JUST STOP HITTING ME!!" It was odd to hear Kuronue begging someone to stop hitting him. Usually people couldn't get close enough to smack him. Jeroun had tried numerous times. "PLEASE! LISTEN TO ME!!" WHACK!!
"GET OUT OF HERE!!" WHACK!! Jeroun raced out of his room and down the hall just in time to hear Kuronue say his last words.
"HAAAALP! I'M BEING CHASED BY A MAD NINGEN WITH A BOOK!!!" WHACK! Shuichi held up the book to hit Kuronue again, and the chimera flinched, and Shuichi paused. "Are you gonna listen now?" WHACK! And Kuronue went tumbling down the stairs.
"Think of biology next time you think of breaking in here!" Shuichi yelled down the stairs, brandishing the biology book.
"Nice job, Shuichi," Jeroun said, coming up next to him to observe Kuronue's fall. He could only guess it was Kuronue. The chimera had done a nice job hiding himself in a human form. "I think you've knocked Kanon down the stairs." Shuichi looked from chimera to fire demon for a few moments before he spoke.
"Kanon?" he said sheepishly. "Ooops. I thought he'd be more . . . demon-like." At the foot of the stairs Kuronue sat up and groaned while holding his head.
"Usually he is," Jeroun said. "But it seems he's gone into a human form to pay us a visit."
"I thought you said he was in jail," Shuichi said, looking at Jeroun. The demon flinched. Shuichi was still holding the biology book. Shuichi smiled. Then Kuronue spoke up.
"I was sent here by Koenma," Kuronue groaned. Shuichi blinked.
"He said six months," Shuichi said. "It's only been one."
"Yeah," Kuronue said. Jeroun hoped that Kuronue was as good a liar as he was a screamer. "Koenma said I was to undergo the same test as Jeroun." Shuichi blinked. So did Jeroun.
"Really?" he asked. Kuronue nodded. "Perhaps I should ask him." Jeroun could see Kuronue was panicking.
"No! I really don't think that's needed," Kuronue said. "He sent me and then went to . . . bed." Shuichi smiled.
"All right, later then," he said. By the look in his eyes, Jeroun could tell that Shuichi hadn't bought the story, but he decided to play along with it anyway. "You must be tired . . . " Shuichi started to say, then remembered what had happened. "Oh! Geez, that must have hurt when I hit you with that book. Let me help you." As Shuichi started for the stairs, Kuronue caught Jeroun's eye, smiled, and nodded, and then jerked his head in Shuichi's direction. When Jeroun didn't do anything, Kuronue frowned. Jeroun was puzzled by his friend's odd behavior.
"Naw, it's okay," Kuronue said as Shuichi helped him up. "Just a little bump to the head never stopped me." Jeroun paused for a second to wonder how true this was, him being a master thief and all. "Head's just a little sore, nothing wrong."
"Yeah, right," Shuichi said. Jeroun looked down the stairs once more. Kuronue had a large lump about the size of Shuichi's biology book. Shuichi tapped it with his fingertip and Kuronue winced. Jeroun had to keep from smiling. Human form or no, Kuronue looked out of place being prodded and poked by someone who, to most appearances, was a human. (A/N: That made NO sense, did it?) "Perhaps I should get you an ice pack. . . . "
"Ice pack?" Kuronue asked. Shuichi nodded.
"Makes the swelling go down and the pain go away," Shuichi said. Kuronue nodded again. Shuichi dissapeared into the kitchen, and Jeroun took this chance to mind-talk with Kuronue.
::Well,:: Jeroun said. ::At least you didn't get caught at the jail.::
::Yeah, you're only being a smart-ass because you weren't the one hit with the biology book.:: Kuronue said, gingerly touching the bump on his head.Jeroun wondered how Kuronue knew it was a biology book. (Not important,) he told himself. ::So . . . is there anything I should know about Shuichi?::
::Some,:: Jeroun said.
::Like what?:: Kuronue asked.
::Okay, I never told him your partner was Youko Kurama. Shuichi seems to be afriad of him,:: Jeroun said.
::I wonder why,:: Kuronue said sarcasticly. ::What else?::
::And I never told him your real name, or . . . just stiff like that,:: Jeroun said. ::Oh, and according to him, you helped me out by showing me stuff that I needed to know at the jail.::
::But I did help you out when you were a newbie,:: Kuronue said.
::Not as much as I lead Shuichi to think,:: Jeroun told him. They had to cut it short just then, because Shuichi came back in with the ice pack.
"It looks better already," he said before he gently applied the ice pack to Kuronue's head. "But you might as well have this."
"Ow, ow, ow," Kuronue said as the pack was applied. "Are you sure this helps, Shuichi?"
"Sure," Shuichi said. "Now hold that to your head. Do you mind sleeping on the couch tonight?" Kuronue blinked.
"You're taking me in just like that?" he asked Shuichi. Shuichi nodded.
"Why not?" (Why not indeed,) Kuronue thought bitterly. (Let him know who I am who I was friends with, he'll kick me out!) Shuichi seemed to sense that his guest was uncomfortable. "Well, I think we should all get to bed. Kanon, you can have my bed and I'll sleep on the couch, if you want."
"Nah, I'll be all right on the couch," Kuronue said.
"Okay then," Shuichi said. "I'll prepare the guest room tomorrow. And I need to think about how to explain this to my mother." Jeroun smiled at Kuronue, who had a puzzled look on his face once more.
That was nothing compared to what happened next. All three of them were fast asleep, Jeroun in his room, Shuichi in his, and Kuronue on the couch when it happened.
"OH MY GOD, THERE'S SOMEONE PASSED OUT ON MY LIVING ROOM COUCH!!!" It was Shiori, returning home early from her business trip. Kuronue jumped up, ready to fight, earning him a smack on the head from Shiori's purse. He sat back down, rubbing his head as Shiori prepared herself for another attack. Shuichi dashed out of his room; Jeroun dashed out of his and collided with Shuichi, and both of them, trying to get to the source of the commotion to sort it out, went tumbling down the stairs.
"Ms. Minamino," Jeroun said thickly, through a mouthful of Shuichi's hair. "Please. It's not what it looks like. . . . "
"Take that!" Shiori yelled as she hit Kuronue with her purse again. "And that!"
::JEROUN!! HELP!!!: Kuronue mind-yelled loudly enough that Shuichi could hear it. ::PLEASE!!:: Shuichi and Jeroun, who had finally grasped what had happened, began to laugh loudly.
"Geez, Kanon," Jeroun said through a fit of laughter. "You must be pretty scary. I wasn't hit when I came in!"
"And at least it's not as heavy as my biology book," Shuichi gasped. Shiori paused in the beating of Kuronue's head to look at the three of them.
"Shuichi, Jeroun," she started. "You know him?" Shiori emphasized that Kuronue was "him" by giving him yet another whack on the head with her purse. Shuichi and Jeroun did not know where to start. Shuichi opened his mouth first.
"He's . . . " Shuichi started.
"My brother," Jeroun finished. Kuronue, Shiori, and Shuichi all stared at him, although Kuronue and Shuichi tried to act as though this was not news to them. Shiori instantly went from her "I'm-a-mother-protecting- my-house-and-son" mode to her "Oh-my-god-I-hit-another-one-of-Shuichi's- strange-friends" mode (A/N: Can you guess who the other "strange friends" are? *coughcoughHieicough.* Sorry.)
"I'm sorry! I didn't know you and Jeroun were related," Shiori said. "I hate to say it, but you two really don't look a thing alike. . . . "
"I wouldn't think we would," Kuronue said, gently prodding several fresh bumps on his head. "We're stepbrothers, really." Jeroun gaped. (I know Kuronue was a master theif, but the way he said that lie reminds me of when I first came here, and how Shuichi looked when he lied. . . . Creepy. I'm thinking too much,) Jeroun thought.
"I am so sorry! You must not have a place to stay either," Shiori said. "You can stay here for as long as you need to."
"It'll only be a couple of months," Kuronue said with a quick, nervous glance at Shuichi. "Really, I've almost saved up enough money for an apartment, and as soon as I get it . . . "
"I'm gonna move in with him," Jeroun said, trying to play the excited- little-brother part. Shuichi said nothing. They all thought that was for the best.
"Well, Shuichi will just have to give up his bed for awhile," Shiori said. "To make you as comfortable as possible."
"I can sleep on the couch," Kuronue said.
"And there's another bed in my room," Jeroun offered. Shuichi smiled. This was going to be a long couple of months.
Wheeee! I had FUN writing this! I loved hitting Kuronue on the head for some strange, unknown reason . . . .
Kuronue: You're a sadist.
Nagem: Maybe I am.
Kuronue: HALP!!!
Nagem: Please review!!!
Kuronue: Let's hope so.
Nagem: KURO!! DON'T BE MEAN!!!
Kuronue: You're the one who almost killed me.
Nagem: n__n;;; yes, well . . . about that . . . *forgets what she was going to say.* Hmmm. . . . *Begins to ponder what she was going to say*
Kuronue: *Knowing it will take days for her to figure it out* Nagem does not own Yu Yu Hakusho, or anything else that pops up.
It took Kuronue about 0.05 seconds before he realized he was in his demon form. He quickly changed back to his human form, praying that Shuichi hadn't noticed anything. Shuichi's mouth dropped slightly, and Kuronue winced.He was surprised enough that he had walked in on the wrong member of the house, let alone the fact that the boy sent a feeling of familiarity down his spine, and now the boy had seen his demon form. Shuichi didn't feel anything familiar about the stranger that was looming over his bed, he was just scared out of his wits. Indeed, when Shuichi opened his mouth to tell Kuronue to get out, the words were not what came out.
"AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! WHO ARE YOU?!?!?" Shuichi demanded of Kuronue, jumping away from him. Kuronue pretty much responded in kind.
"WHERE'S JEROUN?!?!?! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH HIM?!?!" Kuronue demanded of Shuichi, getting knocked away from the bed as Shuichi jumped out of it. Something clicked in Shuichi's brain at that moment. (He knows Jeroun,) Shuichi thought. (Jeroun was a thief. Therefore. . . . )
"GET OUT OF HERE, THEIF!!" Shuichi yelled at the top of his lungs, running and grabbing his biology book from its place on his desk.
"Hang on," Kuronue said. "What are you gonna-" WHACK! "That hurt!" WHACK! "OUCH!!" WHACK!
"GET OUT OF HERE!" WHACK!
"STOP HITTING ME!!" WHACK!!
"YOU THINK YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH BREAKING INTO MY HOUSE?!?!" WHACK!!!
"JUST STOP HITTING ME!!" WHACK!! By this time, Shuichi had managed to chase Kuronue to the stairs. "PLEASE! LISTEN TO ME!!" WHACK!!
"GET OUT OF HERE!!"
"HAAAALP! I'M BEING CHASED BY A MAD NINGEN WITH A BOOK!!!" WHACK!!!
Jeroun was nearly asleep when he heard it.
"AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! WHO ARE YOU?!?!?"
"WHERE'S JEROUN?!?!?! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH HIM?!?!" There was a moment's silence, then . . .
"GET OUT OF HERE, THIEF!!!" Jeroun sat up in bed. (Kuronue??) he briefly wondered. Then he wondered if he should go help one of them. Nah. They could work it out on their own. WHACK!! Jeroun jumped out of bed. WHACK!
"OUCH!!" WHACK!
"GET OUT OF HERE!" WHACK!
STOP HITTING ME!!" WHACK!! Jeroun wondered what in the world Shuichi had managed to grab that would make Kuronue yell like that. Instantly, several bad thoughts entered his brain. He shook them out.
"YOU THINK YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH BREAKING INTO MY HOUSE?!?!" WHACK! (Oh my, he thinks Kuronue's breaking in!) Jeroun thought. (Perhaps I should go help.)
"JUST STOP HITTING ME!!" It was odd to hear Kuronue begging someone to stop hitting him. Usually people couldn't get close enough to smack him. Jeroun had tried numerous times. "PLEASE! LISTEN TO ME!!" WHACK!!
"GET OUT OF HERE!!" WHACK!! Jeroun raced out of his room and down the hall just in time to hear Kuronue say his last words.
"HAAAALP! I'M BEING CHASED BY A MAD NINGEN WITH A BOOK!!!" WHACK! Shuichi held up the book to hit Kuronue again, and the chimera flinched, and Shuichi paused. "Are you gonna listen now?" WHACK! And Kuronue went tumbling down the stairs.
"Think of biology next time you think of breaking in here!" Shuichi yelled down the stairs, brandishing the biology book.
"Nice job, Shuichi," Jeroun said, coming up next to him to observe Kuronue's fall. He could only guess it was Kuronue. The chimera had done a nice job hiding himself in a human form. "I think you've knocked Kanon down the stairs." Shuichi looked from chimera to fire demon for a few moments before he spoke.
"Kanon?" he said sheepishly. "Ooops. I thought he'd be more . . . demon-like." At the foot of the stairs Kuronue sat up and groaned while holding his head.
"Usually he is," Jeroun said. "But it seems he's gone into a human form to pay us a visit."
"I thought you said he was in jail," Shuichi said, looking at Jeroun. The demon flinched. Shuichi was still holding the biology book. Shuichi smiled. Then Kuronue spoke up.
"I was sent here by Koenma," Kuronue groaned. Shuichi blinked.
"He said six months," Shuichi said. "It's only been one."
"Yeah," Kuronue said. Jeroun hoped that Kuronue was as good a liar as he was a screamer. "Koenma said I was to undergo the same test as Jeroun." Shuichi blinked. So did Jeroun.
"Really?" he asked. Kuronue nodded. "Perhaps I should ask him." Jeroun could see Kuronue was panicking.
"No! I really don't think that's needed," Kuronue said. "He sent me and then went to . . . bed." Shuichi smiled.
"All right, later then," he said. By the look in his eyes, Jeroun could tell that Shuichi hadn't bought the story, but he decided to play along with it anyway. "You must be tired . . . " Shuichi started to say, then remembered what had happened. "Oh! Geez, that must have hurt when I hit you with that book. Let me help you." As Shuichi started for the stairs, Kuronue caught Jeroun's eye, smiled, and nodded, and then jerked his head in Shuichi's direction. When Jeroun didn't do anything, Kuronue frowned. Jeroun was puzzled by his friend's odd behavior.
"Naw, it's okay," Kuronue said as Shuichi helped him up. "Just a little bump to the head never stopped me." Jeroun paused for a second to wonder how true this was, him being a master thief and all. "Head's just a little sore, nothing wrong."
"Yeah, right," Shuichi said. Jeroun looked down the stairs once more. Kuronue had a large lump about the size of Shuichi's biology book. Shuichi tapped it with his fingertip and Kuronue winced. Jeroun had to keep from smiling. Human form or no, Kuronue looked out of place being prodded and poked by someone who, to most appearances, was a human. (A/N: That made NO sense, did it?) "Perhaps I should get you an ice pack. . . . "
"Ice pack?" Kuronue asked. Shuichi nodded.
"Makes the swelling go down and the pain go away," Shuichi said. Kuronue nodded again. Shuichi dissapeared into the kitchen, and Jeroun took this chance to mind-talk with Kuronue.
::Well,:: Jeroun said. ::At least you didn't get caught at the jail.::
::Yeah, you're only being a smart-ass because you weren't the one hit with the biology book.:: Kuronue said, gingerly touching the bump on his head.Jeroun wondered how Kuronue knew it was a biology book. (Not important,) he told himself. ::So . . . is there anything I should know about Shuichi?::
::Some,:: Jeroun said.
::Like what?:: Kuronue asked.
::Okay, I never told him your partner was Youko Kurama. Shuichi seems to be afriad of him,:: Jeroun said.
::I wonder why,:: Kuronue said sarcasticly. ::What else?::
::And I never told him your real name, or . . . just stiff like that,:: Jeroun said. ::Oh, and according to him, you helped me out by showing me stuff that I needed to know at the jail.::
::But I did help you out when you were a newbie,:: Kuronue said.
::Not as much as I lead Shuichi to think,:: Jeroun told him. They had to cut it short just then, because Shuichi came back in with the ice pack.
"It looks better already," he said before he gently applied the ice pack to Kuronue's head. "But you might as well have this."
"Ow, ow, ow," Kuronue said as the pack was applied. "Are you sure this helps, Shuichi?"
"Sure," Shuichi said. "Now hold that to your head. Do you mind sleeping on the couch tonight?" Kuronue blinked.
"You're taking me in just like that?" he asked Shuichi. Shuichi nodded.
"Why not?" (Why not indeed,) Kuronue thought bitterly. (Let him know who I am who I was friends with, he'll kick me out!) Shuichi seemed to sense that his guest was uncomfortable. "Well, I think we should all get to bed. Kanon, you can have my bed and I'll sleep on the couch, if you want."
"Nah, I'll be all right on the couch," Kuronue said.
"Okay then," Shuichi said. "I'll prepare the guest room tomorrow. And I need to think about how to explain this to my mother." Jeroun smiled at Kuronue, who had a puzzled look on his face once more.
That was nothing compared to what happened next. All three of them were fast asleep, Jeroun in his room, Shuichi in his, and Kuronue on the couch when it happened.
"OH MY GOD, THERE'S SOMEONE PASSED OUT ON MY LIVING ROOM COUCH!!!" It was Shiori, returning home early from her business trip. Kuronue jumped up, ready to fight, earning him a smack on the head from Shiori's purse. He sat back down, rubbing his head as Shiori prepared herself for another attack. Shuichi dashed out of his room; Jeroun dashed out of his and collided with Shuichi, and both of them, trying to get to the source of the commotion to sort it out, went tumbling down the stairs.
"Ms. Minamino," Jeroun said thickly, through a mouthful of Shuichi's hair. "Please. It's not what it looks like. . . . "
"Take that!" Shiori yelled as she hit Kuronue with her purse again. "And that!"
::JEROUN!! HELP!!!: Kuronue mind-yelled loudly enough that Shuichi could hear it. ::PLEASE!!:: Shuichi and Jeroun, who had finally grasped what had happened, began to laugh loudly.
"Geez, Kanon," Jeroun said through a fit of laughter. "You must be pretty scary. I wasn't hit when I came in!"
"And at least it's not as heavy as my biology book," Shuichi gasped. Shiori paused in the beating of Kuronue's head to look at the three of them.
"Shuichi, Jeroun," she started. "You know him?" Shiori emphasized that Kuronue was "him" by giving him yet another whack on the head with her purse. Shuichi and Jeroun did not know where to start. Shuichi opened his mouth first.
"He's . . . " Shuichi started.
"My brother," Jeroun finished. Kuronue, Shiori, and Shuichi all stared at him, although Kuronue and Shuichi tried to act as though this was not news to them. Shiori instantly went from her "I'm-a-mother-protecting- my-house-and-son" mode to her "Oh-my-god-I-hit-another-one-of-Shuichi's- strange-friends" mode (A/N: Can you guess who the other "strange friends" are? *coughcoughHieicough.* Sorry.)
"I'm sorry! I didn't know you and Jeroun were related," Shiori said. "I hate to say it, but you two really don't look a thing alike. . . . "
"I wouldn't think we would," Kuronue said, gently prodding several fresh bumps on his head. "We're stepbrothers, really." Jeroun gaped. (I know Kuronue was a master theif, but the way he said that lie reminds me of when I first came here, and how Shuichi looked when he lied. . . . Creepy. I'm thinking too much,) Jeroun thought.
"I am so sorry! You must not have a place to stay either," Shiori said. "You can stay here for as long as you need to."
"It'll only be a couple of months," Kuronue said with a quick, nervous glance at Shuichi. "Really, I've almost saved up enough money for an apartment, and as soon as I get it . . . "
"I'm gonna move in with him," Jeroun said, trying to play the excited- little-brother part. Shuichi said nothing. They all thought that was for the best.
"Well, Shuichi will just have to give up his bed for awhile," Shiori said. "To make you as comfortable as possible."
"I can sleep on the couch," Kuronue said.
"And there's another bed in my room," Jeroun offered. Shuichi smiled. This was going to be a long couple of months.
Wheeee! I had FUN writing this! I loved hitting Kuronue on the head for some strange, unknown reason . . . .
Kuronue: You're a sadist.
Nagem: Maybe I am.
Kuronue: HALP!!!
Nagem: Please review!!!