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Shiori looked about the party she had helped organize for her son. He seemed happy enough, laughing with Kuronue, Jeroun, and Yusuke. Shiori frowned. As happy as she was that Kurama had gotten out of the hospital, there was something off. Shiori sighed, and walked up to Kurama.
"Shuichi?" she asked, putting a hand on his shoulder. "Can I have a word with you?" As she said this, she thought she saw Kuronue and Jeroun exchange nervous glances, but Kurama ignored them and turned to his mother.
"Of course," he said, following her outside. Kurama kept his head down as he followed her. Once she had stopped walking and turned to face him, he looked up and smiled. Shiori smiled back, but everything seemed to forced to be really comfortable. "Is there something wrong?"
"Shuichi . . . it feels as if you've been keeping something from me," Shiori said. Kurama swallowed hard, but tried to keep a cool front.
"Like what?" he asked nervously, trying to act as if he didn't know what she was talking about. Shiori sighed.
"It's just that . . . things have been a little weird lately," she said. "With Jeroun, and Kuronue. . . . And I thought his name was Kanon!"
"I did too," Kurama said softly, bowing his head again.
"Why? Why did he give us a fake name?" Shiori put her hand under his chin and forced him to look at her. "But there's more. This is the part that really bothers me. Kuronue said you were dead, died in some car accident. But then I go out to find you wandering out in the woods with a huge hole in the middle of your stomach." Kurama winced. This was it.
"I guess I should start at the beginning," he said, not looking her in the eyes. "I'm . . . I'm not who you think I am."
"What?"
"My real name is Youko Kurama. I was a thief, a heartless youkai, until I was fatally wounded," Kurama paused, not wanting to go on.
"And?" Shiori asked, breathless, as if this was all just an enchanting story he was telling her.
"I came into this world, the Ningenkai, and hid," he said. Shiori could put the rest of it together by herself.
"You hid . . . by pretending to be my son," she finished. Kurama nodded miserably. Shiori began to shake, but tried to keep her calm.
"And where does Kuronue and everything else come into the picture?" she asked.
"Kuronue was my partner," Kurama said. "He was supposedly killed right before I was. That's what I thought, at least, but I was wrong. It turned out, after a bit of healing, he was fine and in a prison. That's. . . ." Kurama couldn't quite remember the rest of the story.
"That's where I met Jeroun, after he was arrested for a petty crime," Kuronue said. "Sorry, Kurama, I just thought you might need some help explaining my side of things." Kurama nodded.
"Thanks," he said.
"Sometime after Jeroun came in, he was signed up for a sort of test," Kuronue said. "And, it just so happens, that Kurama, being a detective for Koenma, got the job of watching him while he took the test. Meanwhile, I was planning to break out a jail."
"Planning?"
"I did break out," Kuronue finished with a sour face. "The thing was, many youkai didn't want to know that Youko Kurama and Kuronue, well, Kuronue, at least, was back. They would have tried to kill me. So, not knowing who Kurama was, I gave him a fake name to protect myself."
"Then he learned that I was Youko Kurama," Kurama continued. "But it was too late. Yusuke, Kuwabara, Hiei and I were sent to kill him."
"They're a part of this detective thing, too?" Shiori asked. Kurama nodded.
"But, during the hunt, I learned that he was Kuronue," Kurama said. "So I didn't want to hunt him down. I wanted to give him another chance."
"Yusuke didn't," Kuronue finished. "He shot at me, and Kurama jumped in front of the shot to protect me. He was hit in the stomach. We thought he was dead, so we left him."
"But after I came to, I began to look for them," Kurama said. "And ran into you." Shiori swallowed. (Okay,) she thought. (I can handle this.) She might have too, if things had been different at the time.
"How . . . how can I believe you?" she asked. Kurama opened his mouth, but at that moment there were screams erupting from inside the house, Kuwabara came running out.
"Kurama! Kuronue! Urameshi told me to get you two!" he said.
"Why?"
"We're being attacked! Urameshi might need your help!! Come on!" Kuwabara ran into the house. Kurama turned to Shiori briefly before following.
"I'll show you," he said. THIS IS NOT THE END!!
Don't ask me why I put that. T.T
Anyway . . . I really don't wanna say what's going to happen. That'd just ruin the surprise!! please review!!
Shiori looked about the party she had helped organize for her son. He seemed happy enough, laughing with Kuronue, Jeroun, and Yusuke. Shiori frowned. As happy as she was that Kurama had gotten out of the hospital, there was something off. Shiori sighed, and walked up to Kurama.
"Shuichi?" she asked, putting a hand on his shoulder. "Can I have a word with you?" As she said this, she thought she saw Kuronue and Jeroun exchange nervous glances, but Kurama ignored them and turned to his mother.
"Of course," he said, following her outside. Kurama kept his head down as he followed her. Once she had stopped walking and turned to face him, he looked up and smiled. Shiori smiled back, but everything seemed to forced to be really comfortable. "Is there something wrong?"
"Shuichi . . . it feels as if you've been keeping something from me," Shiori said. Kurama swallowed hard, but tried to keep a cool front.
"Like what?" he asked nervously, trying to act as if he didn't know what she was talking about. Shiori sighed.
"It's just that . . . things have been a little weird lately," she said. "With Jeroun, and Kuronue. . . . And I thought his name was Kanon!"
"I did too," Kurama said softly, bowing his head again.
"Why? Why did he give us a fake name?" Shiori put her hand under his chin and forced him to look at her. "But there's more. This is the part that really bothers me. Kuronue said you were dead, died in some car accident. But then I go out to find you wandering out in the woods with a huge hole in the middle of your stomach." Kurama winced. This was it.
"I guess I should start at the beginning," he said, not looking her in the eyes. "I'm . . . I'm not who you think I am."
"What?"
"My real name is Youko Kurama. I was a thief, a heartless youkai, until I was fatally wounded," Kurama paused, not wanting to go on.
"And?" Shiori asked, breathless, as if this was all just an enchanting story he was telling her.
"I came into this world, the Ningenkai, and hid," he said. Shiori could put the rest of it together by herself.
"You hid . . . by pretending to be my son," she finished. Kurama nodded miserably. Shiori began to shake, but tried to keep her calm.
"And where does Kuronue and everything else come into the picture?" she asked.
"Kuronue was my partner," Kurama said. "He was supposedly killed right before I was. That's what I thought, at least, but I was wrong. It turned out, after a bit of healing, he was fine and in a prison. That's. . . ." Kurama couldn't quite remember the rest of the story.
"That's where I met Jeroun, after he was arrested for a petty crime," Kuronue said. "Sorry, Kurama, I just thought you might need some help explaining my side of things." Kurama nodded.
"Thanks," he said.
"Sometime after Jeroun came in, he was signed up for a sort of test," Kuronue said. "And, it just so happens, that Kurama, being a detective for Koenma, got the job of watching him while he took the test. Meanwhile, I was planning to break out a jail."
"Planning?"
"I did break out," Kuronue finished with a sour face. "The thing was, many youkai didn't want to know that Youko Kurama and Kuronue, well, Kuronue, at least, was back. They would have tried to kill me. So, not knowing who Kurama was, I gave him a fake name to protect myself."
"Then he learned that I was Youko Kurama," Kurama continued. "But it was too late. Yusuke, Kuwabara, Hiei and I were sent to kill him."
"They're a part of this detective thing, too?" Shiori asked. Kurama nodded.
"But, during the hunt, I learned that he was Kuronue," Kurama said. "So I didn't want to hunt him down. I wanted to give him another chance."
"Yusuke didn't," Kuronue finished. "He shot at me, and Kurama jumped in front of the shot to protect me. He was hit in the stomach. We thought he was dead, so we left him."
"But after I came to, I began to look for them," Kurama said. "And ran into you." Shiori swallowed. (Okay,) she thought. (I can handle this.) She might have too, if things had been different at the time.
"How . . . how can I believe you?" she asked. Kurama opened his mouth, but at that moment there were screams erupting from inside the house, Kuwabara came running out.
"Kurama! Kuronue! Urameshi told me to get you two!" he said.
"Why?"
"We're being attacked! Urameshi might need your help!! Come on!" Kuwabara ran into the house. Kurama turned to Shiori briefly before following.
"I'll show you," he said. THIS IS NOT THE END!!
Don't ask me why I put that. T.T
Anyway . . . I really don't wanna say what's going to happen. That'd just ruin the surprise!! please review!!