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Flower Petals

Christmas Shopping With Demons. . .


Hiei would not stop complaining about going Christmas shopping. He had whined about it the entire ride to the mall, and words were still seeping through his mouth as everyone stood in front of the entrance, contemplating what they should do once they were inside.

"It is preposterous that a high ranking demon such as myself, is being forced to shop for little nothings. . ."

"What do you say we split up and search?" Botan suggested, over Hiei's constant ramble.

"Great idea," Keiko agreed. "I'll look with you and Kurama."

"And I'll take Kuwabara and Hiei," Yusuke added.

"What?!" Hiei shouted. "I'm not being 'taken' anywhere! And I'm definitely not going in that-that ridiculously large place where foolish humans spend their life's earnings. It's terrible, unthinkable. . ."

"I guess it's you and me," Shizuru told Yukina in her usual monotone.

"I guess so."

Botan stepped ahead and opened the doors. "Shall we then?"

"No!" Hiei protested. He stood stubbornly while the rest of the gang headed towards the entrance. "I'm-what the?"

There was a leash connected to his wrist, Hiei found, and he angrily glared at Yusuke as if accusing him of being in some kind of evil conspiracy.

"Come boy," Yusuke chuckled, and gave the leash a tug.

"Detective! I'll have my revenge-Eek!" Hiei was dragged towards the mall.

"Don't worry, Hiei, the leash is demon-proof."

The mall was enormous, full of stores, businesses, and shoppers, and decorated merrily for Christmas. (A/N: Okay, I'm getting carried away with describing again! Lets skip to the characters; I'm sure ya all know what a mall looks like!)

Yusuke, Kuwabara, and the enraged Hiei, stopped inside one of the bigger shops of the place that sold a huge variety of miscellaneous things. They had never shopped for anybody but themselves before, (or in Hiei's case, had never needed to go shopping at all) so were quite lost when it came to what to buy kids.

"What's this?" Hiei asked his shopping comrades, picking up a box with an interesting design.

Yusuke's eyes widened in terror. "Erm, Hiei, those are feminine products. . ."

Kuwabara burst out laughing. "You dirty demon."

"What's this, then?" Hiei said, picking up another box.

"Will you stop touching those! IT'S DISGUSTING, HIEI!"

"It's funny," Kuwabara laughed.

A woman who worked in that particular store accosted them. "Do you fellows need help with anything?"

Hiei grabbed an item that had acquired his attention. "What does this do?"

Kuwabara and Yusuke just about died.

"It's a. . .woman's shaving kit," replied the woman. She turned to Yusuke and Kuwabara. "You're friend here, is he-"

"Mentally challenged?" Yusuke finished. "Yes, sadly, he is."

"I'm not mentally challenged!" Hiei cried indignantly. "You stupid mortals have such small, little minds."

The woman blinked.

"Uh, we better be off!" Kuwabara said suddenly, giving Hiei's leash a tug and making the demon lurch forward a few feet. "He doesn't like mortal-erm, people. Bye!"

"That was close," Yusuke whispered to Kuwabara once they were a safe distance away.

Hiei grumbled as he was dragged along on his leash.

"The toy section!" Kuwabara announced, running ahead. He stopped as he was about to pass the electronic toddler toys. "Hey cool! Check these out Urameshi."

But Yusuke was too occupied with drooling over the realistic toy guns. "These are cool. Hey, this one fires a real lazer!"

Hiei raised an eyebrow. "Don't you think those are a little violent, Detective?"

"Nonsense," Yusuke disagreed. He aimed a gun that shot plastic bullets at Kuwabara, and fired.

The ammunition hit Kuwabara square in the head, and his eyes started to water from the pain.

"Ouch Urameshi! Are you trying to kill me?" He rubbed his head and turned to a kiddy electronic laptop. "How do you reckon this works?" He shook it. "Why won't it say something?"

"The 'on' button, Kuwabara," Hiei reminded, and caught sight of Yusuke just in time to see him fire another toy gun and watch as the fake dart bounced off a shelf and hit an old man in the head, knocking him out.

"Okay, maybe guns aren't a good idea," Yusuke admitted, guiltily.

Kuwabara was confounded by the little children's games. "How come it says I missed the answer?! I know what one bear plus one bear equals!"

"That is incorrect," said the electronic laptop. "Seek counseling."


Kurama had found a few neat presents. He handed his money over to the cashier, and took the plastic bags from her. The gifts he had gotten, the children were sure to love, and he was interested in what Keiko and Botan had been up to.

He found them not too far away outside a hair and makeup shop, with their faces pushed up against the glass, gawking at the merchandise.

"Hair color," said Botan, dreamily.

"Eye shadow," murmured Keiko.

"Hello," Kurama greeted, making them jump. "Did you find anything?"

They both pointed at the shop.

"For the kids?"

They shook their heads.

Kurama sighed.

"You know what would be fun?" Keiko asked Botan. "Giving someone a makeover."

"Who though?"

They thought, faces identically scrunched, until their eyes fell upon Kurama at the same time.

He took a step backward, terrorized. "Oh no!"

"Oh, yes," said Botan. "You're pretty!"

"Makeover!" shouted Keiko, gleefully.

Kurama's screams echoed throughout the mall.


By all means, they had intended to go shopping. But when they saw it, all thoughts slipped from their minds and they stood, gawking at the realistic football game going on in a TV, in a window of a shop.

"It's so real," Yukina said, mesmerized.

"So lifelike," added Shizuru, mesmerized.

They stood mesmerized at the football players, unable to look away. Seconds passed, then minutes, but still, they couldn't leave.

"We should get coffee," Shizuru suggested, not looking away.

"Coffee's good," said Yukina, eyes transfixed on the screen.

"Oh, look they're going into overtime. . ."

"More football players. . ."

No coffee was bought that day.


They all met back up at the mall entrance. Everyone was in a daze, (including Hiei, for the realization of what he had been touching had finally dawned on him).

"Did you find stuff?" Botan asked Yukina and Shizuru.

"Yeah," Shizuru replied, distractedly. "We found. . .stuff."

"Yeah. . ." said Yukina.

Yusuke glanced curiously at Kurama. "Kurama, you look. . .erm, pretty."

"You smell good too," Kuwabara mused.

Kurama pouted. "It's the perfume."

"Rose scented," Keiko winked, waving a bottle at them.

"Lets just leave," Hiei grumbled, giving his leash a tug.

Everyone was much obliged. They had had enough of watching TV, giving makeovers, knocking out senior citizens with toy guns, touching "womanly" products, and losing at toddler games for one day. . .

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