Would You Like Fries With That?
Chapter Two
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This is much better than the last chapter, IMO. ^^;; The insanity really starts in this chapter. Poor, poor Hiei…XD
Disclaimer: Hm...Do I own YYH? Let me think about that...
Lawyers: -ATTACK-
Akumu: O_O NO, I DON'T, I DON'T!!
Lawyers: -disappear-
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"Koenma-sama, why did you make ME talk to him?" Botan asked later at Koenma's palace. She was scared out of her wits just from even talking to Hiei, so be chased by him throughout Yusuke's hometown to answer a question was terrifying in her eyes.
"You're the only one who I can trust with this," the toddler replied from his desk. "What was the excuse that you gave?"
"Uh…I said that there was a demon putting stuff…in…the food…" Botan replied, sweatdropping as she realized the lameness of her excuse. "Koenma-sama, I'm having second thoughts about…"
"Nonsense!" Koenma barked. "We need a vacation, don't you agree?"
"Er…"
"And you will also agree that we all need a good laugh?"
"Yes, but-"
"What's the harm? It's just for fun."
"The 'harm' is that he has a short temper and that he can kill us. I think that that far outweighs the 'fun'; don't you think? And what if Enma finds out? How many spanking would he give you?"
There was a long pause.
"Oh," Koenma said, coughing. "Oh. Well, uh…I'll find a way to protect us from Hiei's wrath. I'll also find a way to prevent my dad from finding out."
Botan sweat-dropped.
"But, that's not the point of this, is it. Let's forget about the bad things and enjoy the show!"
The ferrygirl sighed. Koenma, grinning behind his binkie, turned on the giant television that he usually watched to monitor the Tantei's fights. He struggled to hold back his laughter, and even Botan succumbed to some high-pitched giggles as they watched the strange image of Hiei standing in front of a fast-food restaurant.
Welcome to O'Christopher's!
That was the message that first leaped out to Hiei as he approached the place where he would work very soon. He stood in front of it, wondering when he could turn back. It was a brick structure with large posters covering the windows, saying things like "Try our Chicken O'Tenders! Now made with 100% dark meat!" and "It's gigantic! It's delicious! What is it, exactly? Who knows? It's The Thing!"
He nearly shivered. What kind of horrors would he face in there?
Uniform tucked under a shoulder, he pushed open the door and walked into the building. Immediately, he was assaulted with the smells of cooking fries, burgers, and Enma knows what else. People were yelling, kids were playing with their cheap toys, and on top of it all there were pictures of a fearsome-looking leprechaun with a plastered grin on his face waving to onlookers. "Mister O'Christopher is happy to see you!" a sign in front of him said.
Disgusted, Hiei turned to leave, but was stopped by a voice that called, "Hey! You're the new worker, aren't you?"
Cursing Koenma, he turned to face the one that called him to find an acne-ridden teenager dressed in the horrid uniform of doom. His eyes looked glazed, as if he was looking at some faraway place, but he was staring right at the fire youkai.
Slightly disturbed by the worker's behavior, Hiei shook his head. "No, I'm not whoever you said I was."
"Don't try to fool me!" the teenager whispered, shaking his head. "I know that you're meant to be here. It…is…DESTINY…" the guy groaned, shaking his head afterward. "RUN WHILE YOU STILL CAN!" he yelled, causing many people to turn and stare at him.
Hiei merely raised an eyebrow. "Fool. I have no idea what you're talking about."
The poor soul let out a screech and ran to the back, leaving to woman who was ordering her food deserted at the counter. She blinked, mumbled to herself, and walked out of the building.
At that point, Hiei wanted to walk out of the building and pretend that nothing happened. However, such was not the case, as people were peering curiously at the purple uniform clenched tightly under his arm. One of his infamous death glares caused them to gulp, turn pale, and go back to whatever they were doing before.
"Hiei Jaganshi?" A new girl was at the counter, staring at him. "You're the new worker, right?"
"Hn."
"The manager will see you now, in the back."
Hiei was silent as he went past the counter and toward the door that had the words "Employees Only" written in blinding silver letters. As soon as the door shut, the letters were turned to ashes on the floor.
The room beyond was a simple white painted square with lockers lining one wall. Standing in the middle was another worker who looked like a teenager, slightly older than the girl at the counter, but it was hard to tell because the hat's shadow was shading his face. However, what could be seen was an odd, cheery smile, his yellow teeth clenched as if in a silent vow never to frown.
"Hiei? Our new slave – I mean – employee?" he asked. His voice sounded oddly familiar, and if Hiei wasn't so concerned about his dignity dying, he might have recognized it.
"Hn," was the only reply.
The manager cocked his head to one side. "Okay, then. You'll be…" The manager's face turned pale. He dropped to his knees, back arched in pain.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!" he cried. "AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!"
Suddenly the cries stopped. The manager jumped to his feet, his smile still intact.
"You'll be working in the back," he said. "Put your uniform on and cook those burgers!"
The sheer craziness of the place combined with Hiei's lack of knowledge of what a burger was led the half-Koorime's expression to be somewhere along the lines of "O_o".
In the bathroom, Hiei had already put on his shirt and pants, but he left the hat off for obvious reasons. However, when he walked out to start his job, the crazed manager was standing there.
"You can't cook burgers without your hat!"
"You're joking," Hiei replied, praying that it was a joke.
"Nope!" the manager replied. Noticing how much he sounded like Botan, Hiei cringed and ran back into the bathroom.
Of course, he was having problems putting the hat on. He was looking in the mirror, trying to fit the hat on his head without killing his hair and/or destroying the hat and failing miserably. No matter how many times he forced the hat on his head, his hair would stick up and push it off. Finally, he crunched his cat whisker-like hair down and put the purple hat on. His hair stayed down for a minute or so, but it stuck up again immediately, impaling the hat in the process. Agitated, Hiei grabbed the hat off his head and walked out of the bathroom, defeated.
The manager ambushed him as soon as he got out, the smile still on his face. "Why isn't the hat on your head?"
Hiei held up the torn remains of the hat that had to suffer through his hair. The manager stared blankly as the hat then "spontaneously" combusted. The disgruntled demon then dropped the remains on the floor, an eye still narrowed from the annoyance of the guy's creepy smile.
"Well, that's too bad!" the manager said cheerily.
"Does that mean I can't work here?" Hiei asked, trying to hide the hope edging in his tone.
"Nope!" As if to solve the problem, the manager handed Hiei a purple visor with a little silver "O" in the middle, just like almost everything else in that place. Hiei twitched.
"Oh, and you need to take off your headband," the manager said.
Hiei reached up to his Jagan, touched the material over it, and looked back at the manager.
"Are you sure?" Hiei asked him.
The manager sighed. "Of course! The headband discourages the visor."
"Are you REALLY sure?" Hiei asked, wondering how stupid people could be.
"Yes, Mr. Jaganshi. Now, take the headband off, or you won't be able to get to work!"
He twitched. "What if I don't want to work?"
"YOU WILL WORK!" the manager suddenly growled loudly, his ever-smiling face contorted in a deep frown, for once.
Hiei just stood there, a blank expression on his face although he was really surprised by that sudden outburst. However, feelings of surprise quickly turned to anger, and one of his eyes began to twitch madly. He reached up and clutched his headband, curious to see how the manager would react to seeing his third eye, but then a completely random thing happened with the youkai randomly remembering something that Botan had randomly said to him in a flashback.
-Begin Flashback-
"You can't reveal to anybody that you're a demon!" Botan shouted, usual grin on her face.
"Or what?" Hiei asked dully.
"Or else I'll give Kuwabara your permission to go on a date with Yukina!"
"Hn."
-End Flashback-
"Hn," Hiei said, dropping his hand from his headband. As much as he didn't want to believe that Botan would actually did that, he wasn't going to take any chances. "Can't take the headband off. I had a head injury, and there's a massive scar left over. It'd…'discourage the visor' even more."
"Oh, I'm sorry," the manager said, not sounding sorry at all. "You can just wear the visor over the headband. Now, go in the back and wait for one of our seniors to guide you in the ways of cooking fast food!"
"What fun," the new worker of O'Christopher's muttered under his breath.
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Yes, that flashback was vague on purpose. XD I'm sorry, I needed another excuse for Hiei to work there. Oh, and starting next chapter, "The Manager" will not be called "The Manager" anymore. Yes, he's somebody from the series; you'll just have to find out who next chapter. ^_^
NEXT CHAPTER: Who is "the manager"? His identity is finally revealed...and a girl worker teaches Hiei the grueling task of cooking a burger, and then EATING it! How will Hiei ever survive?
EDIT - 1/10: Guys, I'm uploading this chapter ahead of time because I'm going to be grounded from the computer for a little while. I've been slacking off on working on my science report, and with my mood swings and crap, it doesn't make it any better. I'm not sure when I can upload the next chapter. I'm sorry, everyone. T__T
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