Transplanting Roses
Chapter 2-Six Senses and Three Wheels
By the Rurouni Idoru
A/N Okay, before we get to the specialness, I would like to respond to the reviewers...er, reviewer. The answer was not intended to come in the next chapter, but here it is anyway. Bara managed to chase him onto the fence with an strong offense, increased by the psychological and offensive power one gains when one puts on black, high-heeled boots. Put 'em on, you'll see! Wearing those babies'll cause any guy to step back when a kick is threatened, much less actually attempted. Had it been the kind of fight YYH usually features, involving reiki and all of that, Yusuke would've won, at this point, and at all points after, actually. But Bara's...well, she's clever and imaginative. Or, you can just quote Bara's explanation...Well, anyway, before reading this, you oughta know that what happens in this chapter isn't just a fluke. Bara's sixth sense was fairly strong to begin with, and still developing. She could tell when people were watching her, and she definitely knew if there was something weird about someone, but her sixth sense isn't near as strong as her cousin's. Pretty ironic, since her cousin doesn't fight much. Well, on with the disclaimer. /blabbering
Disclaimer: Didn't you read the last chapter? Like I said, if I owned Yu Yu Hakusho, it would've gone like this to begin with! So there.
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Two weeks after the fight, people were still a bit scared of Bara, who was now wearing the standard Sarayashiki girls' uniform...with some customizations done in Home Ec. After all, she had supposedly "beaten" Yusuke. Her normally friendly attitude helped to win her a few friends, or at least stay in the same circles as Keiko. She tried her hardest to stay modest about her self-declared victory. Due to her fairly large ego, she failed miserably, but at least she tried.
"Oh, it's not like I'm really any better than him at fighting," she would say, "I'd say we're pretty much equal as far as that goes. I'm just much smarter than him, that's all." Her cousin, Ai, who, unbeknownst to Yusuke until then, had also transferred to Sarayashiki, and managed to get into the advanced classes, was held now in high regard. Earlier, she had been picked on for "seeing things." Problem was, Yusuke saw them, too. Things like horns and tails on people. One such "person" was, one sunny afternoon, objectifying Ai. Ai quickly reported to Bara that, not only was he freaky looking, but a sleazebag. Bara was quite happy to help. At that very moment, Yusuke just happened to be walking by to watch Bara try to handle the demon.
"Hi. I don't know you, and you probably don't know me. But my cousin says you suck, and being a violent feminist, I must agree with her. Sorry, I'm gonna hafta knock you out now." One angry punch from Bara was all it took before he was out. But this punch was certainly not normal. Halfway on it's journey to his mouth, it glowed brightly and developed a tail like a comet. After he fell, she stared at her hand, which had lost its light, and now only had a bit of red glow from the impact.
"Son of a b...branch..." she said, trying not to swear in her astonishment. Yusuke couldn't care less bout her illuminating fist as much as the fact that she had just knocked out a Ningenkai-dwelling demon. Yusuke could only assume he had been a weakling.
"Did you see that?!" cried Ai, in shock.
"Well, yeah!" Bara and Yusuke chorused
"The light...and the falling...and that guy..." Ai continued to yammer.
"Why are you here?" Bara accusingly spat at Yusuke.
"I'm walking, it's legal, I promise." He suddenly became mildly thoughtful. "Maybe I oughta tell Botan about this?..."
"That was...My hand just lit up. Aiyaa," Bara said, puzzled. "I...Nani yo ka?!"
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The next day, Bara was running late to school, because both her and her mother had accidentally slept in, due to a faulty alarm clock. On the drive to school, Bara caught something odd happening. A boy, rather short, with black hair that added about a foot to his height, dressed in black, jumped down from a tree, and gave Yusuke a video tape. Bara quickly decided that, being the nosy meddler she was, she had to find out what was going on. She noticed, during homeroom, that Yusuke was asking to watch the video at Kuwabara's after school. And so, it began. A legacy of Bara being a thorn in Yusuke's side. It started with a video, but it wouldn't end there.
"Hey Urameshi, whatcha got there?" She had a cheshire cat grin taking up about half of her face.
"None'a your beeswax!"
"It is SO my beeswax! Gimme see!" Bara grabbed an end of the video and pulled.
"'Gimme see?' Aren't you in that advanced grammar class or something?" Yusuke pulled back.
"Yeah, I call it my reprieve from you!" Bara tightend her grip.
"Yusuke! What are you doing with a video cassette in school?" Upon hearing Keiko's voice, Bara immediately let go of the tape. Yusuke landed on his derriere.
"I love me so much." She said quietly. Yusuke got up, grumbling.
"Others disagree..." Keiko seized Yusuke's ear. Bara started walking away.
"Don't you know you'll get detention if you're caught with a video here?"
"But Keiko, this is from that job I have. At Reikai?" Yusuke stressed the last six words, as if trying to make Keiko remember something. Bara jumped and wheeled around.
"YOU?! Have a JOB?!" She smacked herself across the face.
"See, now that was worth it." Yusuke was the one grinning now. Keiko sighed.
"If it's important to your after-school job, then I guess you can keep it. Just don't get caught. What's Reikai, anyway? Oh, I guess that's the place you're working for, huh?" Yusuke was baffled. Perhaps Botan hadn't told her the whole story after all...But, that was a thought for another time. The bell had rung, and it was time to sit down and shut up.
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After school, Bara had made up her mind to stop by the Kuwabara house and watch that video, whether she could get permision or not. She let herself in and stood next to Shizuru. Shizuru turned to Bara and opened her mouth, but Bara was not going to let herself be announced so quickly. Bara placed an index finger to her lips, then pointed at the television and continued watching. The more she saw, the more she knew that she had to help save this Yukina girl... Kazuma left the room valiantly, taking absolutely no notice to Bara, and barely any to Shizuru after getting bus fare, so Bara's cover was safe until the video came to a complete end. Bara wasn't sure what was going on. She recognized this "Hiei" as the boy who had delivered the video. Why a baby was giving orders, she didn't want to know. But she immediately decided one thing.
"Well?" she asked. Yusuke jumped and fell over. Botan turned around sweetly, looking genuinely confused. "We gotta help her! It should be a crime to lock up something that sweet!" Yusuke's eye was twitching. Was this girl stalking him? "I have no clue what's going on, but I vow to help!" Yusuke quickly and brilliantly responded.
"...Ah..."
"Who's she?" Botan asked innocently. And so, Bara became an unwanted third wheel on the voyage to save Yukina. And the rest, as they say, is history.
Chapter 2-Six Senses and Three Wheels
By the Rurouni Idoru
A/N Okay, before we get to the specialness, I would like to respond to the reviewers...er, reviewer. The answer was not intended to come in the next chapter, but here it is anyway. Bara managed to chase him onto the fence with an strong offense, increased by the psychological and offensive power one gains when one puts on black, high-heeled boots. Put 'em on, you'll see! Wearing those babies'll cause any guy to step back when a kick is threatened, much less actually attempted. Had it been the kind of fight YYH usually features, involving reiki and all of that, Yusuke would've won, at this point, and at all points after, actually. But Bara's...well, she's clever and imaginative. Or, you can just quote Bara's explanation...Well, anyway, before reading this, you oughta know that what happens in this chapter isn't just a fluke. Bara's sixth sense was fairly strong to begin with, and still developing. She could tell when people were watching her, and she definitely knew if there was something weird about someone, but her sixth sense isn't near as strong as her cousin's. Pretty ironic, since her cousin doesn't fight much. Well, on with the disclaimer. /blabbering
Disclaimer: Didn't you read the last chapter? Like I said, if I owned Yu Yu Hakusho, it would've gone like this to begin with! So there.
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Two weeks after the fight, people were still a bit scared of Bara, who was now wearing the standard Sarayashiki girls' uniform...with some customizations done in Home Ec. After all, she had supposedly "beaten" Yusuke. Her normally friendly attitude helped to win her a few friends, or at least stay in the same circles as Keiko. She tried her hardest to stay modest about her self-declared victory. Due to her fairly large ego, she failed miserably, but at least she tried.
"Oh, it's not like I'm really any better than him at fighting," she would say, "I'd say we're pretty much equal as far as that goes. I'm just much smarter than him, that's all." Her cousin, Ai, who, unbeknownst to Yusuke until then, had also transferred to Sarayashiki, and managed to get into the advanced classes, was held now in high regard. Earlier, she had been picked on for "seeing things." Problem was, Yusuke saw them, too. Things like horns and tails on people. One such "person" was, one sunny afternoon, objectifying Ai. Ai quickly reported to Bara that, not only was he freaky looking, but a sleazebag. Bara was quite happy to help. At that very moment, Yusuke just happened to be walking by to watch Bara try to handle the demon.
"Hi. I don't know you, and you probably don't know me. But my cousin says you suck, and being a violent feminist, I must agree with her. Sorry, I'm gonna hafta knock you out now." One angry punch from Bara was all it took before he was out. But this punch was certainly not normal. Halfway on it's journey to his mouth, it glowed brightly and developed a tail like a comet. After he fell, she stared at her hand, which had lost its light, and now only had a bit of red glow from the impact.
"Son of a b...branch..." she said, trying not to swear in her astonishment. Yusuke couldn't care less bout her illuminating fist as much as the fact that she had just knocked out a Ningenkai-dwelling demon. Yusuke could only assume he had been a weakling.
"Did you see that?!" cried Ai, in shock.
"Well, yeah!" Bara and Yusuke chorused
"The light...and the falling...and that guy..." Ai continued to yammer.
"Why are you here?" Bara accusingly spat at Yusuke.
"I'm walking, it's legal, I promise." He suddenly became mildly thoughtful. "Maybe I oughta tell Botan about this?..."
"That was...My hand just lit up. Aiyaa," Bara said, puzzled. "I...Nani yo ka?!"
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The next day, Bara was running late to school, because both her and her mother had accidentally slept in, due to a faulty alarm clock. On the drive to school, Bara caught something odd happening. A boy, rather short, with black hair that added about a foot to his height, dressed in black, jumped down from a tree, and gave Yusuke a video tape. Bara quickly decided that, being the nosy meddler she was, she had to find out what was going on. She noticed, during homeroom, that Yusuke was asking to watch the video at Kuwabara's after school. And so, it began. A legacy of Bara being a thorn in Yusuke's side. It started with a video, but it wouldn't end there.
"Hey Urameshi, whatcha got there?" She had a cheshire cat grin taking up about half of her face.
"None'a your beeswax!"
"It is SO my beeswax! Gimme see!" Bara grabbed an end of the video and pulled.
"'Gimme see?' Aren't you in that advanced grammar class or something?" Yusuke pulled back.
"Yeah, I call it my reprieve from you!" Bara tightend her grip.
"Yusuke! What are you doing with a video cassette in school?" Upon hearing Keiko's voice, Bara immediately let go of the tape. Yusuke landed on his derriere.
"I love me so much." She said quietly. Yusuke got up, grumbling.
"Others disagree..." Keiko seized Yusuke's ear. Bara started walking away.
"Don't you know you'll get detention if you're caught with a video here?"
"But Keiko, this is from that job I have. At Reikai?" Yusuke stressed the last six words, as if trying to make Keiko remember something. Bara jumped and wheeled around.
"YOU?! Have a JOB?!" She smacked herself across the face.
"See, now that was worth it." Yusuke was the one grinning now. Keiko sighed.
"If it's important to your after-school job, then I guess you can keep it. Just don't get caught. What's Reikai, anyway? Oh, I guess that's the place you're working for, huh?" Yusuke was baffled. Perhaps Botan hadn't told her the whole story after all...But, that was a thought for another time. The bell had rung, and it was time to sit down and shut up.
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After school, Bara had made up her mind to stop by the Kuwabara house and watch that video, whether she could get permision or not. She let herself in and stood next to Shizuru. Shizuru turned to Bara and opened her mouth, but Bara was not going to let herself be announced so quickly. Bara placed an index finger to her lips, then pointed at the television and continued watching. The more she saw, the more she knew that she had to help save this Yukina girl... Kazuma left the room valiantly, taking absolutely no notice to Bara, and barely any to Shizuru after getting bus fare, so Bara's cover was safe until the video came to a complete end. Bara wasn't sure what was going on. She recognized this "Hiei" as the boy who had delivered the video. Why a baby was giving orders, she didn't want to know. But she immediately decided one thing.
"Well?" she asked. Yusuke jumped and fell over. Botan turned around sweetly, looking genuinely confused. "We gotta help her! It should be a crime to lock up something that sweet!" Yusuke's eye was twitching. Was this girl stalking him? "I have no clue what's going on, but I vow to help!" Yusuke quickly and brilliantly responded.
"...Ah..."
"Who's she?" Botan asked innocently. And so, Bara became an unwanted third wheel on the voyage to save Yukina. And the rest, as they say, is history.