Kikira-san: someone explain to me why I don't smoke?
Hiei: it's unhealthy
Kurama: it's also illegal
Kikira-san: alright I get it there is no escape from my misery
Hiei: *cough melodramatic cough*
Kikira-san: I hate you do the disclaimer
Hiei: Kikira-san owns us or is illegally claiming she does!! I mean it!
Kikira-san: I do NOT own YYH or anything related never listen to Hiei
Kurama: you guys are so cute
Hiei: Kurama don't make me kill you
Kikira-san: let's just do the story (and I don't own YYH!)
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The first thing to register in Yusuke's brain was he was rapidly being poked in the face, and it was horribly uncomfortable. He turned sideways to avoid the poking but this time it was accompanied by a voice.
"Yusuke, get up I have to leave," his mother said still poking him. "Yusuke, wake up come on you aren't dead again. Wake up!" Becoming slightly frantic, Atsuko shook Yusuke's arm hard."Wake up, baby!"
"Alright, Mom I am awake," Yusuke said to be enveloped in a hug. This had become typical routine every time that Atsuko woke up before Yusuke. "Its okay mom I am still alive," Yusuke said, patting her on the back. He spied a short black shadow at the door. Hiei glanced at him with a nod and shut the door behind him giving the two a little privacy. Yusuke eyed the clock from the hug. It read 4:32. Yusuke wanted to hit it but his mother was a little unstable so he couldn't.
"Don't do that, you scared me!" Atsuko said calming down quietly. "I am going out. I'll be gone for a while. Don't worry about me I'll be back tonight. Ja," she said, kissing his cheek and going out the door. Yusuke glared sullenly at her back as she ran down the hall. She stopped for a second and looked into the kitchen. Yusuke could only assume she was talking to Hiei. Yusuke couldn't pick up on most of it but the last words. "Ja Hiei-chan!" Yusuke snorted and started to laugh as his mom ran out the door avoiding certain death.
Yusuke was still rolling around on the floor laughing until he saw Hiei walk past his doorway. Hiei was carrying a coffee mug and wearing a pair of his mother's socks. Yusuke eyed them curiously.
"She gave them to me," Hiei sniffed, sipping his coffee.
"Okay I got it. Well I don't have school anymore, what do you want to do?" Yusuke asked getting up and grabbing his towel as he headed to the bathroom. "We could go meet Kuwabara but this is vacation I don't want to have any fighting on vacation and that's all you two do," Yusuke muttered around his toothbrush.
"I'd take offense if I could tell what you were saying," Hiei responded. "Whatever happened to that blue penguin thing?"
"Ahh Shizuru is going to kill me. I forgot to pick up Puu!! I left him at Kuwabara's house when I went out last week on a mission," Yusuke muttered turning on the shower. "Well that shoots down the whole avoid 'you and Kuwabara fighting' plan. We are going right to the heart of it all, and Hiei, don't destroy Kuwabara's house. I am going to take a shower. There'll be enough hot water for you to take one and then we can leave."
"By then it won't even be eight o'clock," Hiei said from the kitchen refilling his coffee mug.
"If we walk it will take up more time. I mean walk, not run," Yusuke responded from the shower.
"Hn," Hiei said sitting on the couch again. All of the sudden right in the middle of the weather channel, Yusuke broke out in song. "Shit, do you really call that singing? You sound like a cat in a blender on puree," Hiei yelled turning up the tv to block the awful noise. Yusuke laughed over his singing causing if anything an even scarier noise. "Your neighbors are going to call the police!" Hiei warned trying to get him to stop.
"SO? They've done it before." Yusuke continued his song and Hiei just sweatdropped. "Okay I am finished. You can have the shower. There are towels in stuff in the cabinets."
"Hn," Hiei responded going to the damp bathroom. (A/N sry fangirls, but we're skipping it)
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"Geez Hiei, get out of there! What are you doing fixing your hair?" Yusuke yelled banging on the door.
"Actually yes I am. That and my bandages," Hiei yelled back. He was wrapping the bandages back around his ribs as he finished. He stood up and changed back into his clothes except his shirt. His hair was still down and wet and he didn't want to get shirt wet. He grabbed the hair dryer off the counter and turned it on high.
"You okay in there? You haven't like accidentally blown up a wall have you?" Yusuke asked worriedly after a few minutes.
"There was a wall there? Oops oh well," Hiei said sarcastically.
"That's not funny Hiei!!" Yusuke snapped. Hiei finished with his hair and pulled back on his shirt.
"Hn," Hiei said going past him as he exited the bathroom to get his cloak and scarf.
"Come on let's go," Yusuke said, locking the door behind them. "And walk, Hiei, walk, it's not hard."
"Neither is killing you, but I refrain from doing so," came the response from about ten feet behind him.
"What are you doing?" Yusuke asked looking back at Hiei.
"I am pretending like I don't know you. You keep going I'll stay behind you but I'd prefer it if we weren't seen together in public . . . no offense," Hiei responded scathingly.
"You are such a jerk," Yusuke said walking back to walk next to Hiei. (Oo)
"I try," Hiei responded dryly.
They walked down through town and it seemed nice. Yusuke occasionally made conversation which Hiei would respond to and it was fairly comfortable. Until they got to the stop light down town. It was really busy. It was the last stop light before they got to Kuwabara's place.
Yusuke was whistling and rocking back and forth on his feet. Hiei was glaring at people. That's when an old woman came up to Yusuke and pulled on his sleeve.
"I am sorry, lady. I can't help you across the street go find a boy scout," Yusuke responded avoiding the old women. She was kinda scary. This earned him a wack on the head by the old lady's umbrella. "Oww what was that for?!" Yusuke complained rubbing his head.
"I don't need help across the street but shouldn't you take care of your little brother," she said, waving her umbrella in Hiei's direction. "Are you really going to let a little boy cross the street by himself?"
Yusuke looked at Hiei who glared at the stoplight and pretended he hadn't heard. "Ma'am I am afraid you are mistaken . . . "
"You mean he isn't your brother? Is he lost? Boy, are you lost?" the women said immediately going over to Hiei. Hiei just shook his head and looked over at the crowd moving on.
"We have to go now, Ma'am," Yusuke said ushering Hiei to move on.
"Safety first," the women said grabbing Hiei's hand and pushing it into Yusuke's. Then the women waddled off.
"I am not supposed to kill humans. I will not kill humans," Hiei muttered.
"Come on, squirt," Yusuke said, tugging Hiei along by the hand and thinking it a great joke. He could feel Hiei's glare burning into the back of his head.
Hiei thought about burning Yusuke to a small bloody crisp and leaving him for dead but the boy had more than nine lives and it wouldn't do Hiei any great pleasure for him to come back and then Kurama yell at him for killing him in the first place. So then the much more evil plan came into his head.
"Okay!" he responded in his best little kid voice, "let's go!" he said squeezing Yusuke's hand until he thought he heard bones cracking. Yusuke's face turned into an expression of undeniable pain. "What's the matter?" Hiei asked innocently. Yusuke pulled his hand out of Hiei's.
"Ok, ok, I get it. Geez that hurt!" Yusuke said, rubbing his hand gently. "You're so mean," he said hitting Hiei on the shoulder. Hiei gave his infamous fanged smirk.
They stopped outside the Kuwabara home. "We'd better be quiet if we can avoid Shizuru that will probably be best," Yusuke said looking worriedly at the quiet house. Yusuke gave barely a knock and all of the sudden a horrible screech of "Puu" resounded through the house.
"Tell your bloody penguin to be quiet," Hiei said angrily.
"Urameshi when I get my hands on you!!!" Shizuru yelled and Yusuke winced.
"Shouldn't you knock?" Hiei said sweetly. Yusuke shot him a glare and then tentatively knocked on the door very quietly.
"One second!" Shizuru shouted as she came down the stairs. She flung the door open, her hair was a mess and a cigarette was barely held in her mouth. "URAMESHI! YOU'RE SO DEAD!!!" she screamed and chased him out into the street.
"I'm SORRY!! Really, really, sorry!" Yusuke yelled running down the street. Hiei watched the scene with a small smirk containing his laughter.
"Hey shrimp what's up with them?" Kuwabara asked from the doorway. He was wearing some kitten pajamas and his cat was following behind him as well as Puu who flew out the door and landed in Hiei's hands.
"Hello fool Shizuru is mad about Yusuke forgetting to pick up Pu," Hiei responded. At the mention of his name Puu automatically smiled, well it looked like it smiled anyway and cuddled closer to Hiei's cloak. Hiei reacted by looking at the thing curiously but making no move to dislodge it.
"Oh yeah that's usual. Well I am gonna go and . . . yeah see you later shrimp," Kuwabara said retreating back into the house.
"Fool," Hiei sighed, watching as Shizuru caught Yusuke. "Don't watch Puu," Hiei warned as Shizuru proceeded to beat the life out of Yusuke.
"I'm okay!" Yusuke said lamely from the pavement in front of the Kuwabara house. Shizuru glared at him as she made her way back up to the house. She inhaled a deep breath of cigarette smoke when she got to the doorway.
"Bye Puu," she said, rubbing the head of the creature affectionately. "Hey Hiei thanks for getting Puu see you around," Shizuru said going in and closing the door. Hiei sighed and walked down the steps over to the lump of bruises that used to be the Spirit detective, Puu still sitting in his arms.
"Maybe you should get up now. We have other places we need to go," Hiei said nudging Yusuke with his foot.
"Where else do we have to go?" Yusuke asked standing up.
"You need food at your apartment," Hiei responded. Puu still sat on him. Hiei had forgotten about him.
"Aww look Puu likes you," Yusuke said annoyingly. Hiei shot him a glare that quite clearly said 'go to hell'.
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"Hiei, are you sure we are going to a super market?" Yusuke asked. (1)
"...I was following you," Hiei responded.
"Oh great! Well we are in some store let's get what we need and leave," Yusuke said leading the way through a crowd of people. Hiei wove his way after him.
"Get off, you, old hag! This is mine!" Yusuke yelled wading through the mob of people in an attempt to get a grocery cart. Hiei stood back with Puu and watched. After about two seconds Yusuke was thrown out of the fray and back to skid to a stop next to Hiei who looked down at him with pity.
"It must be humiliating to be defeated by old women," Hiei said quietly looking down at him.
"I am not defeated yet!" Yusuke said jumping back into the fray. Hiei and Puu exchanged a look.
"Five seconds?" Hiei asked and Puu nodded. "Five . . . four . . . three . . . two . . . one . . . " Hiei counted down at one the detective once again was thrown over to land at Hiei's feet.
"Ouch," he muttered lamely. Hiei sighed.
"I'll do it," Hiei said. He moved to hold Puu by one ear. "You know what to do Puu, don't move," Hiei muttered to it. Puu made a pathetic noise before he let Hiei drag him by one ear. Hiei sniffled once and all the women automatically turned back to look at him.
"Aww look, how cute!" one murmured
"It's a little boy and his stuffed animal!! So kawaii!" another said.
"Hello little one," one of them said to Hiei.
"I'm sorry, ma'am, but I'm not supposed to talk to strangers," Hiei said in an adorably cute little child like voice.
"Awww," the one who had talked to him said.
Hiei looked around him a bit then went and pulled a shopping cart out and back toward Yusuke. All the ladies waved at him and he waved back. He got over to Yusuke and prodded him up and away from all the women who turned back to fight over shopping carts.
"Sorry Puu," he muttered as he let Puu go. Puu flew up to sit in the basket of the cart while Yusuke gawked at Hiei. "What?"
"You just tricked those people into thinking you were a little kid," Yusuke said, pushing the cart.
"Yea so?" Hiei said looking away.
"I didn't know you had it in you!! I'm so proud!!" Yusuke sniffled, hugging Hiei.
"Agh, get off! Alright so I played dirty so what? I can't beat them up or I would!" Hiei said trying to be threatening but failing due to Yusuke hugging his shoulders.
"Alright so what do we need?" Yusuke asked pushing the cart down the aisle trying to figure out what they needed.
"First we need to figure out what you are going to eat for dinner tonight and the next night and so on for about a week," Hiei said looking down the aisle at all the foods.
"Uhh Hiei I have never done this before. Usually Kekio drags me with her to do it and I end up following her around while she finds everything. I can cook Ramen and that's about it. Mom can cook some when she's sober which isn't often," Yusuke confessed.
"Hn," Hiei said looking at the meat and picking out something putting it in the cart. "Look at the coloring of the meat and the date. Don't get it if it looks bad or is out of date," (2)Hiei explained walking down the aisle looking at the products. Yusuke followed with a befuddled expression and Puu with a happy expression due mostly to the fact that he had no idea what was going on. "You'll probably want some fish," Hiei said and proceeded to talk to the dealer behind the counter.
"Okay so we've got meat now what?" Yusuke asked.
"Produce," Hiei responded walking onto the produce section.
"Vegetables?" Yusuke asked pushing the cart after him. Hiei gave him a 'pity the fool' look.
"Puu what did I do to deserve this abuse?" Yusuke asked the small blue penguin who just said "puu" while Hiei picked up vegetables.
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"Now Hiei we must enter my territory," Yusuke said nobly and Hiei looked puzzled. He followed Yusuke curiously into the candy aisle. "Meet the candy aisle!" Yusuke said happily. Hiei sweatdropped. "This is the most important thing in all shopping trips!" Yusuke proclaimed standing on top of the shopping cart.
"Yusuke, where did you get that headband?" Hiei asked suddenly noticing the white headband flowing from Yusuke's head.
"This? This is the fighting headband of junk food!" Yusuke said with a victory sign. Hiei sweatdropped again.
"Very original," Hiei commented dryly as he picked at the sweets. "It's all so . . . colorful . . . It hurts my eyes."
"They have all the sweets here though! Cheery orange and blueberry! Every color every flavor its paradise!!" Yusuke said in a sing songy voice.
"If you burst into song I am going to cleave your tongue out and sell it," Hiei threatened evenly.
"Fine," Yusuke pouted picking up various bags and dropping them into the cart.
"Do we really need so much? You could feed entire villages with what you are getting."
"It's Christmas. Christmas is all about spending lots and lots of money and shopping. A lot of shopping," Yusuke said.
"I hate shopping."
"You didn't seem to mind shopping here."
"This was necessary."
"I think I should be offended."
"Your face is offensive enough on its own," Hiei replied in an annoying voice.
"You're awful you know that don't you?"
"I am evil! I think you forgot."
"Oh no, I haven't, you are very evil," Yusuke replied in a patronizing tone.
"Now who's being awful?" Hiei asked. To this Yusuke stuck his tongue out at Hiei. He expected Hiei to get offended and tell him he was immature, so he was completely surprised when Hiei stuck his tongue back out at him.
"That was a lousy comeback, Hiei," Yusuke responded.
"Hn. Come on we aren't finished shopping yet. Besides you started it."
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"Hiei? Are we done now?!?" Yusuke asked slumping on the bar handle.
"We were done twenty minutes ago. We're in line to check out," Hiei responded.
"Hiei, umm, do you have any money? Because I don't."
"Hang on let me check. What kind of currency do they take here?" Hiei asked digging into one of his pockets.
"Human Japanese currency Hiei," Yusuke said watching as Hiei pulled out a ruby glared at it and shoved it back into his pocket. Yusuke continued to watch as Hiei pulled off his cloak and searched through hundreds of hidden pockets that Yusuke had never noticed before. "Wow Hiei, do you ever clean out your pockets?" Yusuke asked as Hiei continued to pull out strange things and shove them back.
"Hn!" Hiei responded tugging off his boots and looking through them.
"Ahh Hiei you can't have a strip show in the middle of the store!" Yusuke whispered fiercely as Hiei opened up secret pockets in the heel of his boots.
"Found it!" Hiei said pulling out a lot of yen.
"Okay good now put your clothes back on!" Yusuke said eyeing the women who had come over to see Hiei in a v-neck T-shirt that wasn't very covering and without shoes. Hiei looked at him innocently but pulled back on his boots, cloak, and scarf.
After that Yusuke hurried them out of the store with the bags. "Well that was interesting. Come on let's take the bus back to the apartment," Yusuke said walking over to the bus stop. Hiei eyed the bus distastefully as it pulled to a stop next to the curb. He boarded with Yusuke however and managed to appear calm as Yusuke cheated the fare with some wads of paper.
They sat on two of the back row seats. Their bags taking up the other two seats next to them. Hiei looked around them as Yusuke dozed in the chair next to him with Puu in his lap. Hiei winced at the gum stuck to everything and tried futilely to touch as little of the bus as possible. The bus itself was disgusting and the people weren't exactly pleasant. The business man sitting in front of them had hair that was greasier than Yusuke's if that was possible. Also he was talking to someone on the phone and calling her a "whore bitch." Next was the man, two seats up on the left, who was obviously homeless and had a sign that said "help an AIDS victim" they others were seemingly normal but everyone appeared worse in the dingy street bus. The only thing Hiei could think about was getting off. The sign at the front gave off a ding and Yusuke woke up.
"Well this is our stop we'd better get our stuff," Yusuke said, grabbing the bags next to him while Hiei grabbed his. They passed the people in quiet. Hiei however kicked the business man in the shins "accidentally" and nodded to the aid's victims he wasn't one for pity but treating him like a human was something else.
They got off and hiked up the two flights of stairs to the Urameshi apartment. Yusuke kicked off his shoes and Hiei followed his example. "Well that was fun. I hope you know how to cook because like I said all I know is Ramen," Yusuke said.
"Hn," Hiei responded putting the groceries away.
"So Hiei, do you even know what Christmas is?" Yusuke asked hoping he did.
"Yes," Hiei responded quietly putting away the vegetables.
"Good I think we should make this a nice Christmas. I can't remember the last good Christmas mom and me had. Have you ever had a Christmas?" Yusuke asked.
"Not like this," Hiei commented, putting up the milk and juice.
"Well, what do you say if we make this the best Christmas yet," Yusuke said.
"I'd say we were very idealistic."
"Alright, so we just make it a nice Christmas."
"Hn. Fine."
"Great!" Yusuke said getting up and grabbing a piece of paper and pencil, "if we are going to make this a good Christmas we better get the right things. First we need a Christmas tree." Yusuke wrote Christmas tree down on his list.
"You'll have to decorate it," Hiei commented from where he was once again standing on the counter to put away groceries.
"And the apartment," Yusuke said scribbling down ornaments. "What else?"
"Lights," Hiei responded this time from the lower cabinets as he searched for a pan.
"Ok, and presents and that should do it," Yusuke said writing down the last two things. He titled it "Yusuke and Hiei's Christmas to do list."
"Presents? For whom?" Hiei asked as heated up the pan himself and placed it on the stove top.
"For our friends and family. Duh!" Yusuke said, giving Hiei a goofy look.
"Make a list of everyone's name so we can check them off. I don't even know whom we should consider."
"Alright, first we have my mom, Yukina, as family, then Kurama, Kekio, Kuwabara . . . " Yusuke trailed off thinking as he scribbled down the names.
"Shizuru, Genekai, Botan, Koenma, and yourself. I believe that's every one of your friends and you might as well get yourself something," Hiei said as he placed the meat in the pan to cook.
"You are forgetting one important person!" Yusuke said smiling.
"You already said Kekio," Hiei commented.
"I meant you baka!" Yusuke said, hitting Hiei upside the head. (3)
"Hn." Hiei said.
"Puu!!!" Pu said from the counter.
"Don't worry Pu we'll get you something too," Yusuke said. "What are you going to get Yukina anyway?"
"I am going to the Makai later to get my presents for the others," Hiei said.
"Hey, no fair! I don't know what to get them you're supposed to help me out with that!" Yusuke said half-joking and half-totally serious.
"Hn. I'll help you but I am getting my own presents separate. Don't ask me why I am doing this. Kurama seemed to think it was very important though. He told me I should get you people something. Oh well whatever I am probably just going to steal it."
"I think that is the most you have ever said to me," Yusuke commented stunned as Hiei started to cut up and stir the meat to get it cooked faster. "But Hiei won't stealing violate your probation?"
"Only if I get caught."
"There's demon sense for you," Yusuke said dryly to no one. "Well don't get caught then."
"I won't. I only got caught once and I still blame Gouki for that. Besides I am stealing from demons who stole from someone else. It's not really stealing, but it's going to hurt twice as much if I get caught. They won't turn me over to Rekai though. That's for sure," Hiei said smirking as he added vegetables to the meat in the pan.
"They'll probably kill you."
"Probably."
"Puu!!" Puu said flying over to sit next to Hiei.
"See I think Puu's attached to you now. You can't get dead. You'll make the penguin sad!" Yusuke said smiling but really hoping Hiei would listen.
"Hn, lets eat," Hiei said shoveling the food onto two plates. He took one and gave to the other to Yusuke giving the scraps to Puu.
"This is good Hiei," Yusuke commented.
"Puu!" Puu said in agreement.
"Hn," Hiei said, ducking his head.
They sat in silence for a while. Nice quiet silence that was looking very nice and quiet until.
"Aww it looks like a nice happy little family!!" Botan said from behind Yusuke who jumped about four feet in the air.
"Agh Botan, did you have to do that?" Yusuke coughed, beating his chest where the food had gone down the wrong way.
"Yes I do," she said solemnly. There was quiet for a second. Hiei looked at Yusuke who shrugged. "Okay anyway!" Botan said back into a cheerful mood which caused Hiei and Yusuke to fall out of their chairs.
"Botan you are weird," Yusuke muttered sitting back down.
"I know!' Botan said with a victory sign.
"Botan why are you here?" Hiei asked.
"You aren't glad to see me!? Can't I just come by for no reason besides to see my friends? I swear you all don't appreciate me in the least!! It's always 'what's the mission Botan' or 'what do you want Botan' its never 'hello Botan would you like a cup of tea?' or 'Botan so good to see you!'" she wailed.
"That's because it's not," Hiei muttered.
"You are all so abusive of me!" Botan cried sitting in a vacant chair and wailing her heart out.
"Puu?" Pu said approaching Botan and poking her with an ear. This turned Botan into a new wail.
"Pu you are the only one who cares!" she cried grabbing the penguin and hugging it tightly.
"Botan, you are hurting Puu!!" Hiei said quickly.
"Botan let Puu go," Yusuke coaxed.
"He can't breathe like that," Hiei added.
"He's turning blue!" Yusuke said anxiously.
"Yusuke he is always blue," Hiei said looking at Yusuke.
"Yea but he is looking a little bluer, I mean look at his face doesn't it look darker?" Yusuke said pointing at Pu.
"Actually he does look a little more blue right under the hair," Hiei commented, looking closer. "It could be like a tan though."
"Can Pu get a tan?" Yusuke asked.
"Well I mean theoretically I don't see why it shouldn't be able too," Hiei responded.
"PUU!!!" Pu screeched.
"Oh right sorry Pu," Yusuke said grabbing hold of Botan's arm and wrenching it off of Pu. The minute it was free Pu took off for the other room. Botan sat up and sniffled.
"So Botan are you just here for a visit?" Yusuke asked calmly.
"Actually no I came to bring Hiei a note from Koenma!" Botan said cheerily. BAM. Yusuke and Hiei fell over again.
"You just went through all this stuff about how sometimes you just want to come visit and the whole time you really do have a mission?" Hiei yelled.
"You don't have to be so mean about it," Botan sniffled.
"Hiei control your anger or she'll freak out on us again," Yusuke whispered.
"Now you are keeping secrets from me!" Botan sobbed.
"No, no, we are just talking about . . . ahh . . . what to get you for Christmas! Yep!" Yusuke said.
"Oh really?!? what what???" she asked Yusuke.
"Botan, can I have my note?" Hiei asked calmly.
"Oh sure here you go. Now what are you getting me Yusuke??" Botan said hounding Yusuke while Hiei read his note.
"It's a surprise Botan! Hiei what's on the note?" Yusuke asked turning to the short fire demon who was looking pensive.
"Mission," Hiei responded thinking.
"Who's going?" Yusuke said hoping for a mission. Also hoping not to be abandoned to the lonely house as loathe as he was to admit it.
"I am," Hiei responded picking up his plate and cleaning it.
"But Hiei I am going to miss you soo much!" Yusuke said with streams of tears as he glomped onto Hiei's back.
"You just want me to cook dinner," Hiei responded dryly.
"Well yes but still!" Yusuke said clinging.
"I'll be back by morning," Hiei responded shaking off the clingy detective who would miss his cooking and avoiding the big eyes of Pu. "Ja everyone," he said somberly and disappeared in a black blur.
"Looks like we're ordering out Pu," Yusuke said. "You staying Botan?"
"For a while let's eat!" Botan said smiling.
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(1) since I have never been in a Japanese store I modeled it mostly after an American one gomen readers I tried to make this as authentic as I could even though Christmas probably wouldn't be there either but still you know that would kill the story and I am going to shut up now.
(2) I really don't know how to tell if meats bad besides the date
(3) is that really how you write that? You know what I mean anyways I hope
Kikira-san: another weird ending I think I am going on a streak of weird endings. I know this one was a tad sad but the underlying plot is supposed to be Hiei should have a life too.
Hiei: I have a life!
Kurama: suure
Yusuke: uh huh
Hiei: but you all won't for much longer
Kikira-san: fine =P
A/N: next chapter up soon. I have more writing time now that it's weekend and my family trips are over. Happy belted turkey day for all you Thanksgiving ppl out there. Next chapter more shopping and decorating. The mission thing will not only be completed and I am debating about making Hiei's Christmas shopping go with it. Then again Hiei having to take Yusuke to the Makai to shop would be fun. So REVIEW AND TELL ME WHICH WOULD BE BEST!!! otherwise I'll make a decision and it won't be pretty.
Hiei: it's unhealthy
Kurama: it's also illegal
Kikira-san: alright I get it there is no escape from my misery
Hiei: *cough melodramatic cough*
Kikira-san: I hate you do the disclaimer
Hiei: Kikira-san owns us or is illegally claiming she does!! I mean it!
Kikira-san: I do NOT own YYH or anything related never listen to Hiei
Kurama: you guys are so cute
Hiei: Kurama don't make me kill you
Kikira-san: let's just do the story (and I don't own YYH!)
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The first thing to register in Yusuke's brain was he was rapidly being poked in the face, and it was horribly uncomfortable. He turned sideways to avoid the poking but this time it was accompanied by a voice.
"Yusuke, get up I have to leave," his mother said still poking him. "Yusuke, wake up come on you aren't dead again. Wake up!" Becoming slightly frantic, Atsuko shook Yusuke's arm hard."Wake up, baby!"
"Alright, Mom I am awake," Yusuke said to be enveloped in a hug. This had become typical routine every time that Atsuko woke up before Yusuke. "Its okay mom I am still alive," Yusuke said, patting her on the back. He spied a short black shadow at the door. Hiei glanced at him with a nod and shut the door behind him giving the two a little privacy. Yusuke eyed the clock from the hug. It read 4:32. Yusuke wanted to hit it but his mother was a little unstable so he couldn't.
"Don't do that, you scared me!" Atsuko said calming down quietly. "I am going out. I'll be gone for a while. Don't worry about me I'll be back tonight. Ja," she said, kissing his cheek and going out the door. Yusuke glared sullenly at her back as she ran down the hall. She stopped for a second and looked into the kitchen. Yusuke could only assume she was talking to Hiei. Yusuke couldn't pick up on most of it but the last words. "Ja Hiei-chan!" Yusuke snorted and started to laugh as his mom ran out the door avoiding certain death.
Yusuke was still rolling around on the floor laughing until he saw Hiei walk past his doorway. Hiei was carrying a coffee mug and wearing a pair of his mother's socks. Yusuke eyed them curiously.
"She gave them to me," Hiei sniffed, sipping his coffee.
"Okay I got it. Well I don't have school anymore, what do you want to do?" Yusuke asked getting up and grabbing his towel as he headed to the bathroom. "We could go meet Kuwabara but this is vacation I don't want to have any fighting on vacation and that's all you two do," Yusuke muttered around his toothbrush.
"I'd take offense if I could tell what you were saying," Hiei responded. "Whatever happened to that blue penguin thing?"
"Ahh Shizuru is going to kill me. I forgot to pick up Puu!! I left him at Kuwabara's house when I went out last week on a mission," Yusuke muttered turning on the shower. "Well that shoots down the whole avoid 'you and Kuwabara fighting' plan. We are going right to the heart of it all, and Hiei, don't destroy Kuwabara's house. I am going to take a shower. There'll be enough hot water for you to take one and then we can leave."
"By then it won't even be eight o'clock," Hiei said from the kitchen refilling his coffee mug.
"If we walk it will take up more time. I mean walk, not run," Yusuke responded from the shower.
"Hn," Hiei said sitting on the couch again. All of the sudden right in the middle of the weather channel, Yusuke broke out in song. "Shit, do you really call that singing? You sound like a cat in a blender on puree," Hiei yelled turning up the tv to block the awful noise. Yusuke laughed over his singing causing if anything an even scarier noise. "Your neighbors are going to call the police!" Hiei warned trying to get him to stop.
"SO? They've done it before." Yusuke continued his song and Hiei just sweatdropped. "Okay I am finished. You can have the shower. There are towels in stuff in the cabinets."
"Hn," Hiei responded going to the damp bathroom. (A/N sry fangirls, but we're skipping it)
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"Geez Hiei, get out of there! What are you doing fixing your hair?" Yusuke yelled banging on the door.
"Actually yes I am. That and my bandages," Hiei yelled back. He was wrapping the bandages back around his ribs as he finished. He stood up and changed back into his clothes except his shirt. His hair was still down and wet and he didn't want to get shirt wet. He grabbed the hair dryer off the counter and turned it on high.
"You okay in there? You haven't like accidentally blown up a wall have you?" Yusuke asked worriedly after a few minutes.
"There was a wall there? Oops oh well," Hiei said sarcastically.
"That's not funny Hiei!!" Yusuke snapped. Hiei finished with his hair and pulled back on his shirt.
"Hn," Hiei said going past him as he exited the bathroom to get his cloak and scarf.
"Come on let's go," Yusuke said, locking the door behind them. "And walk, Hiei, walk, it's not hard."
"Neither is killing you, but I refrain from doing so," came the response from about ten feet behind him.
"What are you doing?" Yusuke asked looking back at Hiei.
"I am pretending like I don't know you. You keep going I'll stay behind you but I'd prefer it if we weren't seen together in public . . . no offense," Hiei responded scathingly.
"You are such a jerk," Yusuke said walking back to walk next to Hiei. (Oo)
"I try," Hiei responded dryly.
They walked down through town and it seemed nice. Yusuke occasionally made conversation which Hiei would respond to and it was fairly comfortable. Until they got to the stop light down town. It was really busy. It was the last stop light before they got to Kuwabara's place.
Yusuke was whistling and rocking back and forth on his feet. Hiei was glaring at people. That's when an old woman came up to Yusuke and pulled on his sleeve.
"I am sorry, lady. I can't help you across the street go find a boy scout," Yusuke responded avoiding the old women. She was kinda scary. This earned him a wack on the head by the old lady's umbrella. "Oww what was that for?!" Yusuke complained rubbing his head.
"I don't need help across the street but shouldn't you take care of your little brother," she said, waving her umbrella in Hiei's direction. "Are you really going to let a little boy cross the street by himself?"
Yusuke looked at Hiei who glared at the stoplight and pretended he hadn't heard. "Ma'am I am afraid you are mistaken . . . "
"You mean he isn't your brother? Is he lost? Boy, are you lost?" the women said immediately going over to Hiei. Hiei just shook his head and looked over at the crowd moving on.
"We have to go now, Ma'am," Yusuke said ushering Hiei to move on.
"Safety first," the women said grabbing Hiei's hand and pushing it into Yusuke's. Then the women waddled off.
"I am not supposed to kill humans. I will not kill humans," Hiei muttered.
"Come on, squirt," Yusuke said, tugging Hiei along by the hand and thinking it a great joke. He could feel Hiei's glare burning into the back of his head.
Hiei thought about burning Yusuke to a small bloody crisp and leaving him for dead but the boy had more than nine lives and it wouldn't do Hiei any great pleasure for him to come back and then Kurama yell at him for killing him in the first place. So then the much more evil plan came into his head.
"Okay!" he responded in his best little kid voice, "let's go!" he said squeezing Yusuke's hand until he thought he heard bones cracking. Yusuke's face turned into an expression of undeniable pain. "What's the matter?" Hiei asked innocently. Yusuke pulled his hand out of Hiei's.
"Ok, ok, I get it. Geez that hurt!" Yusuke said, rubbing his hand gently. "You're so mean," he said hitting Hiei on the shoulder. Hiei gave his infamous fanged smirk.
They stopped outside the Kuwabara home. "We'd better be quiet if we can avoid Shizuru that will probably be best," Yusuke said looking worriedly at the quiet house. Yusuke gave barely a knock and all of the sudden a horrible screech of "Puu" resounded through the house.
"Tell your bloody penguin to be quiet," Hiei said angrily.
"Urameshi when I get my hands on you!!!" Shizuru yelled and Yusuke winced.
"Shouldn't you knock?" Hiei said sweetly. Yusuke shot him a glare and then tentatively knocked on the door very quietly.
"One second!" Shizuru shouted as she came down the stairs. She flung the door open, her hair was a mess and a cigarette was barely held in her mouth. "URAMESHI! YOU'RE SO DEAD!!!" she screamed and chased him out into the street.
"I'm SORRY!! Really, really, sorry!" Yusuke yelled running down the street. Hiei watched the scene with a small smirk containing his laughter.
"Hey shrimp what's up with them?" Kuwabara asked from the doorway. He was wearing some kitten pajamas and his cat was following behind him as well as Puu who flew out the door and landed in Hiei's hands.
"Hello fool Shizuru is mad about Yusuke forgetting to pick up Pu," Hiei responded. At the mention of his name Puu automatically smiled, well it looked like it smiled anyway and cuddled closer to Hiei's cloak. Hiei reacted by looking at the thing curiously but making no move to dislodge it.
"Oh yeah that's usual. Well I am gonna go and . . . yeah see you later shrimp," Kuwabara said retreating back into the house.
"Fool," Hiei sighed, watching as Shizuru caught Yusuke. "Don't watch Puu," Hiei warned as Shizuru proceeded to beat the life out of Yusuke.
"I'm okay!" Yusuke said lamely from the pavement in front of the Kuwabara house. Shizuru glared at him as she made her way back up to the house. She inhaled a deep breath of cigarette smoke when she got to the doorway.
"Bye Puu," she said, rubbing the head of the creature affectionately. "Hey Hiei thanks for getting Puu see you around," Shizuru said going in and closing the door. Hiei sighed and walked down the steps over to the lump of bruises that used to be the Spirit detective, Puu still sitting in his arms.
"Maybe you should get up now. We have other places we need to go," Hiei said nudging Yusuke with his foot.
"Where else do we have to go?" Yusuke asked standing up.
"You need food at your apartment," Hiei responded. Puu still sat on him. Hiei had forgotten about him.
"Aww look Puu likes you," Yusuke said annoyingly. Hiei shot him a glare that quite clearly said 'go to hell'.
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"Hiei, are you sure we are going to a super market?" Yusuke asked. (1)
"...I was following you," Hiei responded.
"Oh great! Well we are in some store let's get what we need and leave," Yusuke said leading the way through a crowd of people. Hiei wove his way after him.
"Get off, you, old hag! This is mine!" Yusuke yelled wading through the mob of people in an attempt to get a grocery cart. Hiei stood back with Puu and watched. After about two seconds Yusuke was thrown out of the fray and back to skid to a stop next to Hiei who looked down at him with pity.
"It must be humiliating to be defeated by old women," Hiei said quietly looking down at him.
"I am not defeated yet!" Yusuke said jumping back into the fray. Hiei and Puu exchanged a look.
"Five seconds?" Hiei asked and Puu nodded. "Five . . . four . . . three . . . two . . . one . . . " Hiei counted down at one the detective once again was thrown over to land at Hiei's feet.
"Ouch," he muttered lamely. Hiei sighed.
"I'll do it," Hiei said. He moved to hold Puu by one ear. "You know what to do Puu, don't move," Hiei muttered to it. Puu made a pathetic noise before he let Hiei drag him by one ear. Hiei sniffled once and all the women automatically turned back to look at him.
"Aww look, how cute!" one murmured
"It's a little boy and his stuffed animal!! So kawaii!" another said.
"Hello little one," one of them said to Hiei.
"I'm sorry, ma'am, but I'm not supposed to talk to strangers," Hiei said in an adorably cute little child like voice.
"Awww," the one who had talked to him said.
Hiei looked around him a bit then went and pulled a shopping cart out and back toward Yusuke. All the ladies waved at him and he waved back. He got over to Yusuke and prodded him up and away from all the women who turned back to fight over shopping carts.
"Sorry Puu," he muttered as he let Puu go. Puu flew up to sit in the basket of the cart while Yusuke gawked at Hiei. "What?"
"You just tricked those people into thinking you were a little kid," Yusuke said, pushing the cart.
"Yea so?" Hiei said looking away.
"I didn't know you had it in you!! I'm so proud!!" Yusuke sniffled, hugging Hiei.
"Agh, get off! Alright so I played dirty so what? I can't beat them up or I would!" Hiei said trying to be threatening but failing due to Yusuke hugging his shoulders.
"Alright so what do we need?" Yusuke asked pushing the cart down the aisle trying to figure out what they needed.
"First we need to figure out what you are going to eat for dinner tonight and the next night and so on for about a week," Hiei said looking down the aisle at all the foods.
"Uhh Hiei I have never done this before. Usually Kekio drags me with her to do it and I end up following her around while she finds everything. I can cook Ramen and that's about it. Mom can cook some when she's sober which isn't often," Yusuke confessed.
"Hn," Hiei said looking at the meat and picking out something putting it in the cart. "Look at the coloring of the meat and the date. Don't get it if it looks bad or is out of date," (2)Hiei explained walking down the aisle looking at the products. Yusuke followed with a befuddled expression and Puu with a happy expression due mostly to the fact that he had no idea what was going on. "You'll probably want some fish," Hiei said and proceeded to talk to the dealer behind the counter.
"Okay so we've got meat now what?" Yusuke asked.
"Produce," Hiei responded walking onto the produce section.
"Vegetables?" Yusuke asked pushing the cart after him. Hiei gave him a 'pity the fool' look.
"Puu what did I do to deserve this abuse?" Yusuke asked the small blue penguin who just said "puu" while Hiei picked up vegetables.
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"Now Hiei we must enter my territory," Yusuke said nobly and Hiei looked puzzled. He followed Yusuke curiously into the candy aisle. "Meet the candy aisle!" Yusuke said happily. Hiei sweatdropped. "This is the most important thing in all shopping trips!" Yusuke proclaimed standing on top of the shopping cart.
"Yusuke, where did you get that headband?" Hiei asked suddenly noticing the white headband flowing from Yusuke's head.
"This? This is the fighting headband of junk food!" Yusuke said with a victory sign. Hiei sweatdropped again.
"Very original," Hiei commented dryly as he picked at the sweets. "It's all so . . . colorful . . . It hurts my eyes."
"They have all the sweets here though! Cheery orange and blueberry! Every color every flavor its paradise!!" Yusuke said in a sing songy voice.
"If you burst into song I am going to cleave your tongue out and sell it," Hiei threatened evenly.
"Fine," Yusuke pouted picking up various bags and dropping them into the cart.
"Do we really need so much? You could feed entire villages with what you are getting."
"It's Christmas. Christmas is all about spending lots and lots of money and shopping. A lot of shopping," Yusuke said.
"I hate shopping."
"You didn't seem to mind shopping here."
"This was necessary."
"I think I should be offended."
"Your face is offensive enough on its own," Hiei replied in an annoying voice.
"You're awful you know that don't you?"
"I am evil! I think you forgot."
"Oh no, I haven't, you are very evil," Yusuke replied in a patronizing tone.
"Now who's being awful?" Hiei asked. To this Yusuke stuck his tongue out at Hiei. He expected Hiei to get offended and tell him he was immature, so he was completely surprised when Hiei stuck his tongue back out at him.
"That was a lousy comeback, Hiei," Yusuke responded.
"Hn. Come on we aren't finished shopping yet. Besides you started it."
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"Hiei? Are we done now?!?" Yusuke asked slumping on the bar handle.
"We were done twenty minutes ago. We're in line to check out," Hiei responded.
"Hiei, umm, do you have any money? Because I don't."
"Hang on let me check. What kind of currency do they take here?" Hiei asked digging into one of his pockets.
"Human Japanese currency Hiei," Yusuke said watching as Hiei pulled out a ruby glared at it and shoved it back into his pocket. Yusuke continued to watch as Hiei pulled off his cloak and searched through hundreds of hidden pockets that Yusuke had never noticed before. "Wow Hiei, do you ever clean out your pockets?" Yusuke asked as Hiei continued to pull out strange things and shove them back.
"Hn!" Hiei responded tugging off his boots and looking through them.
"Ahh Hiei you can't have a strip show in the middle of the store!" Yusuke whispered fiercely as Hiei opened up secret pockets in the heel of his boots.
"Found it!" Hiei said pulling out a lot of yen.
"Okay good now put your clothes back on!" Yusuke said eyeing the women who had come over to see Hiei in a v-neck T-shirt that wasn't very covering and without shoes. Hiei looked at him innocently but pulled back on his boots, cloak, and scarf.
After that Yusuke hurried them out of the store with the bags. "Well that was interesting. Come on let's take the bus back to the apartment," Yusuke said walking over to the bus stop. Hiei eyed the bus distastefully as it pulled to a stop next to the curb. He boarded with Yusuke however and managed to appear calm as Yusuke cheated the fare with some wads of paper.
They sat on two of the back row seats. Their bags taking up the other two seats next to them. Hiei looked around them as Yusuke dozed in the chair next to him with Puu in his lap. Hiei winced at the gum stuck to everything and tried futilely to touch as little of the bus as possible. The bus itself was disgusting and the people weren't exactly pleasant. The business man sitting in front of them had hair that was greasier than Yusuke's if that was possible. Also he was talking to someone on the phone and calling her a "whore bitch." Next was the man, two seats up on the left, who was obviously homeless and had a sign that said "help an AIDS victim" they others were seemingly normal but everyone appeared worse in the dingy street bus. The only thing Hiei could think about was getting off. The sign at the front gave off a ding and Yusuke woke up.
"Well this is our stop we'd better get our stuff," Yusuke said, grabbing the bags next to him while Hiei grabbed his. They passed the people in quiet. Hiei however kicked the business man in the shins "accidentally" and nodded to the aid's victims he wasn't one for pity but treating him like a human was something else.
They got off and hiked up the two flights of stairs to the Urameshi apartment. Yusuke kicked off his shoes and Hiei followed his example. "Well that was fun. I hope you know how to cook because like I said all I know is Ramen," Yusuke said.
"Hn," Hiei responded putting the groceries away.
"So Hiei, do you even know what Christmas is?" Yusuke asked hoping he did.
"Yes," Hiei responded quietly putting away the vegetables.
"Good I think we should make this a nice Christmas. I can't remember the last good Christmas mom and me had. Have you ever had a Christmas?" Yusuke asked.
"Not like this," Hiei commented, putting up the milk and juice.
"Well, what do you say if we make this the best Christmas yet," Yusuke said.
"I'd say we were very idealistic."
"Alright, so we just make it a nice Christmas."
"Hn. Fine."
"Great!" Yusuke said getting up and grabbing a piece of paper and pencil, "if we are going to make this a good Christmas we better get the right things. First we need a Christmas tree." Yusuke wrote Christmas tree down on his list.
"You'll have to decorate it," Hiei commented from where he was once again standing on the counter to put away groceries.
"And the apartment," Yusuke said scribbling down ornaments. "What else?"
"Lights," Hiei responded this time from the lower cabinets as he searched for a pan.
"Ok, and presents and that should do it," Yusuke said writing down the last two things. He titled it "Yusuke and Hiei's Christmas to do list."
"Presents? For whom?" Hiei asked as heated up the pan himself and placed it on the stove top.
"For our friends and family. Duh!" Yusuke said, giving Hiei a goofy look.
"Make a list of everyone's name so we can check them off. I don't even know whom we should consider."
"Alright, first we have my mom, Yukina, as family, then Kurama, Kekio, Kuwabara . . . " Yusuke trailed off thinking as he scribbled down the names.
"Shizuru, Genekai, Botan, Koenma, and yourself. I believe that's every one of your friends and you might as well get yourself something," Hiei said as he placed the meat in the pan to cook.
"You are forgetting one important person!" Yusuke said smiling.
"You already said Kekio," Hiei commented.
"I meant you baka!" Yusuke said, hitting Hiei upside the head. (3)
"Hn." Hiei said.
"Puu!!!" Pu said from the counter.
"Don't worry Pu we'll get you something too," Yusuke said. "What are you going to get Yukina anyway?"
"I am going to the Makai later to get my presents for the others," Hiei said.
"Hey, no fair! I don't know what to get them you're supposed to help me out with that!" Yusuke said half-joking and half-totally serious.
"Hn. I'll help you but I am getting my own presents separate. Don't ask me why I am doing this. Kurama seemed to think it was very important though. He told me I should get you people something. Oh well whatever I am probably just going to steal it."
"I think that is the most you have ever said to me," Yusuke commented stunned as Hiei started to cut up and stir the meat to get it cooked faster. "But Hiei won't stealing violate your probation?"
"Only if I get caught."
"There's demon sense for you," Yusuke said dryly to no one. "Well don't get caught then."
"I won't. I only got caught once and I still blame Gouki for that. Besides I am stealing from demons who stole from someone else. It's not really stealing, but it's going to hurt twice as much if I get caught. They won't turn me over to Rekai though. That's for sure," Hiei said smirking as he added vegetables to the meat in the pan.
"They'll probably kill you."
"Probably."
"Puu!!" Puu said flying over to sit next to Hiei.
"See I think Puu's attached to you now. You can't get dead. You'll make the penguin sad!" Yusuke said smiling but really hoping Hiei would listen.
"Hn, lets eat," Hiei said shoveling the food onto two plates. He took one and gave to the other to Yusuke giving the scraps to Puu.
"This is good Hiei," Yusuke commented.
"Puu!" Puu said in agreement.
"Hn," Hiei said, ducking his head.
They sat in silence for a while. Nice quiet silence that was looking very nice and quiet until.
"Aww it looks like a nice happy little family!!" Botan said from behind Yusuke who jumped about four feet in the air.
"Agh Botan, did you have to do that?" Yusuke coughed, beating his chest where the food had gone down the wrong way.
"Yes I do," she said solemnly. There was quiet for a second. Hiei looked at Yusuke who shrugged. "Okay anyway!" Botan said back into a cheerful mood which caused Hiei and Yusuke to fall out of their chairs.
"Botan you are weird," Yusuke muttered sitting back down.
"I know!' Botan said with a victory sign.
"Botan why are you here?" Hiei asked.
"You aren't glad to see me!? Can't I just come by for no reason besides to see my friends? I swear you all don't appreciate me in the least!! It's always 'what's the mission Botan' or 'what do you want Botan' its never 'hello Botan would you like a cup of tea?' or 'Botan so good to see you!'" she wailed.
"That's because it's not," Hiei muttered.
"You are all so abusive of me!" Botan cried sitting in a vacant chair and wailing her heart out.
"Puu?" Pu said approaching Botan and poking her with an ear. This turned Botan into a new wail.
"Pu you are the only one who cares!" she cried grabbing the penguin and hugging it tightly.
"Botan, you are hurting Puu!!" Hiei said quickly.
"Botan let Puu go," Yusuke coaxed.
"He can't breathe like that," Hiei added.
"He's turning blue!" Yusuke said anxiously.
"Yusuke he is always blue," Hiei said looking at Yusuke.
"Yea but he is looking a little bluer, I mean look at his face doesn't it look darker?" Yusuke said pointing at Pu.
"Actually he does look a little more blue right under the hair," Hiei commented, looking closer. "It could be like a tan though."
"Can Pu get a tan?" Yusuke asked.
"Well I mean theoretically I don't see why it shouldn't be able too," Hiei responded.
"PUU!!!" Pu screeched.
"Oh right sorry Pu," Yusuke said grabbing hold of Botan's arm and wrenching it off of Pu. The minute it was free Pu took off for the other room. Botan sat up and sniffled.
"So Botan are you just here for a visit?" Yusuke asked calmly.
"Actually no I came to bring Hiei a note from Koenma!" Botan said cheerily. BAM. Yusuke and Hiei fell over again.
"You just went through all this stuff about how sometimes you just want to come visit and the whole time you really do have a mission?" Hiei yelled.
"You don't have to be so mean about it," Botan sniffled.
"Hiei control your anger or she'll freak out on us again," Yusuke whispered.
"Now you are keeping secrets from me!" Botan sobbed.
"No, no, we are just talking about . . . ahh . . . what to get you for Christmas! Yep!" Yusuke said.
"Oh really?!? what what???" she asked Yusuke.
"Botan, can I have my note?" Hiei asked calmly.
"Oh sure here you go. Now what are you getting me Yusuke??" Botan said hounding Yusuke while Hiei read his note.
"It's a surprise Botan! Hiei what's on the note?" Yusuke asked turning to the short fire demon who was looking pensive.
"Mission," Hiei responded thinking.
"Who's going?" Yusuke said hoping for a mission. Also hoping not to be abandoned to the lonely house as loathe as he was to admit it.
"I am," Hiei responded picking up his plate and cleaning it.
"But Hiei I am going to miss you soo much!" Yusuke said with streams of tears as he glomped onto Hiei's back.
"You just want me to cook dinner," Hiei responded dryly.
"Well yes but still!" Yusuke said clinging.
"I'll be back by morning," Hiei responded shaking off the clingy detective who would miss his cooking and avoiding the big eyes of Pu. "Ja everyone," he said somberly and disappeared in a black blur.
"Looks like we're ordering out Pu," Yusuke said. "You staying Botan?"
"For a while let's eat!" Botan said smiling.
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(1) since I have never been in a Japanese store I modeled it mostly after an American one gomen readers I tried to make this as authentic as I could even though Christmas probably wouldn't be there either but still you know that would kill the story and I am going to shut up now.
(2) I really don't know how to tell if meats bad besides the date
(3) is that really how you write that? You know what I mean anyways I hope
Kikira-san: another weird ending I think I am going on a streak of weird endings. I know this one was a tad sad but the underlying plot is supposed to be Hiei should have a life too.
Hiei: I have a life!
Kurama: suure
Yusuke: uh huh
Hiei: but you all won't for much longer
Kikira-san: fine =P
A/N: next chapter up soon. I have more writing time now that it's weekend and my family trips are over. Happy belted turkey day for all you Thanksgiving ppl out there. Next chapter more shopping and decorating. The mission thing will not only be completed and I am debating about making Hiei's Christmas shopping go with it. Then again Hiei having to take Yusuke to the Makai to shop would be fun. So REVIEW AND TELL ME WHICH WOULD BE BEST!!! otherwise I'll make a decision and it won't be pretty.