Kokoro No Kaitou : Once Lost, Now Found
Chapter 5
*snickers and starts cackling * I made a typo in the last chapter! She says that she's going to have gunk SMOOCHED into her face!! It's supposed to be something else, and apparently my beta reader didn't pick that one up! I should fire her! LOL.
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Chuu hiked up the hill, trying to make sure that the girl on his back stayed there.
After she had screamed like that, a silver light had erupted from her body, and she had fallen unconscious. Kurama had panicked immediately, but he had remained surprisingly calm.
He cared about her, he had to admit, but he trusted that she was stronger than that.
Kurama was silent as he walked beside the Australian warrior, casting a glance at Naomi every once in a while.
"Are we almost there, Chuu? She's looking awfully pale." He asked.
Chuu nodded. "Almost."
They continued up the hill, stopping when they saw Amaya running towards them.
"Chuu-kun, Naomi-chan, Kurama!"
The fox beside him perked up slightly at the sound of his name. Amaya stopped beside them, and her eyes widened at the sight of her daughter.
"Kami-sama, what happened to her…?" She asked, gently brushing some hair out of Naomi's face.
"We aren't sure. She just…fainted." Kurama said.
Amaya paled, and stared at him, and he quickly realized what she must have been thinking.
"No, no! She doesn't have the symptoms of that bug." He said quickly.
Amaya was greatly relieved at that, and nodded. "Right. Chuu-kun, please get her up to Shishi's house. She'll need to get some rest there."
~*~
Everyone made it back to the village by nightfall and Kuwabara was immediately put on bed rest with Jin. Naomi woke up an hour or so later after her group had returned, and said that she felt fine.
Amaya was outside, watching the stars come out, and thinking about things. She was glad that her daughter was okay, and didn't have the bug…
She smiled slightly. Chuu had been just as happy…
She looked up at the moon, which was nearing its fullest. Her powers would peak when the moon was full, and that worried her.
Over the last seventeen years, she had gotten stronger and stronger. She realized that by this full moon, her daily meditation may not be able to help her control her powers.
She didn't want to hurt anyone, just because she didn't have control…
Especially her daughter, or her friends.
She thought about leaving, at least until the full moon had passed, just in case her powers erupted like she expected that they would.
"Amaya-san…"
She jumped, and spun to face Shishiwakamaru, who had just come from the house.
"You scared me, Shishi-kun." She said, smiling slightly.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to."
She looked back out towards the sky, leaning against the wall. "So, how are they?"
"Jin and Kuwabara are stable. And…they do have the bug." He said slowly, walking over to her side.
She sighed. "I was afraid of that."
He laid a hand on her shoulder, and she looked up at him. His eyes softened slightly.
"I'm sure they'll be fine, Amaya-san."
"Am I just worrying too much, then?" She asked.
"Amaya-san…"
"Hm?"
He lifted her chin up, and smiled slightly. "Please don't worry. Sadness doesn't suit you."
Her eyes widened. Kami-sama, is he going to…?
~*~
Kurama felt that he really needed to get away from this. Everyone was so serious - Midori was crying, and even Yusuke seemed to be worried. He never worried like this.
He decided to get a breath of fresh air to help clear his thoughts.
He got up, and walked over to the front door. He slid it open, and froze as soon as he did.
Amaya was standing there, her back against the wall, and Shishiwakamaru was kissing her.
That was the breaking point for his darker half. He had been able to hold the kitsune inside, trapping him in a place where he couldn't harm anyone, but now he was swiftly losing control.
He tried to hold him back, he really did.
But Shuichi's personality was no match for that of an enraged kitsune.
He transformed into Youko Kurama. The feared thief of the Makai.
He growled. His vision went red with anger, and he felt the strongest urge to destroy the samurai for daring to touch his mate, and tear him limb from limb.
He stormed forward, and punched said samurai squarely in the jaw, sending him flying across the yard.
Amaya gasped, in shock at what had just happened. One second, she's trying to pull away from Shishiwakamaru to explain that she didn't return his feelings, and the next second he was ten feet away from her, and Youko was there.
"Kurama-kun!" She exclaimed.
The kitsune wasn't listening to her, however. He was glaring hard at the blue-haired boy who was pulling himself to his feet.
The samurai returned the gesture, and drew his blade. "Kitsune, that was the last straw." He stopped to spit some blood out before continuing, "You can't have her. She doesn't love you anymore, you hear?"
The youko was beyond words. He just started walking towards Shishiwakamaru, ignoring Amaya's calls to stop.
He started fighting with the blue-haired boy, and Amaya started to panic. Neither seemed to be in their right mind, and they seemed to want a fight to the death.
She needed to stop them quickly, before one got too badly hurt. She figured that she should probably stop Youko first, because he was more beyond reason at this point.
But how…?
She suddenly remembered something that she had read a long, long time ago about kitsunes…
She ran over to Youko, and grabbed his tail, yanking it as hard as she could.
The effect was immediate. Youko locked up, and Shishiwakamaru stopped slashing at him and blinked. The silver-haired kitsune fell backwards, clearly unconscious. He reverted back into his human form almost instantly.
Chuu came running out of the house, and he blinked at the sight.
"I'm guessin' you'll all need some help getting' that bloke inside, eh?"
Amaya sighed, and nodded. "Thanks, Chuu."
~*~
Kurama felt achy all over. He opened his eyes, and silently wondered how many people had gotten hurt when his youko half had taken over. One? Two? Maybe more? He had been pretty angry about Shishiwakamaru kissing Amaya, so he may have gone on a rampage.
He realized that he was shirtless, and that his chest had faint white marks on it. Obviously, he had gotten hit with a sword, and Amaya must have already healed him. He blinked and looked over at the side of the futon, and saw that she had fallen asleep there, probably while waiting for him to wake up. He smiled slightly, and brushed her hair out of her face.
Kami-sama, she's still as beautiful as always…
Suddenly, a beeping noise filled the room, and Kurama jumped. He blushed sheepishly when he realized that it was just his communicator. He pulled said communicator out from his pocket, and opened it.
Koenma's face was there, and he looked quite worried.
"Kurama, I need you to return to Ningenkai as soon as you can." He said quickly. "There's not really time to explain, but-"
He suddenly cut himself off, and seemed to be looking past Kurama. The redhead turned around as well, and saw Amaya rubbing her eyes. She looked over at him and smiled.
"Morning, Kurama-kun. Who are you talking to?" She asked, crawling over to him.
"Kurama…who's she?" Koenma asked. "And what did you two do?"
Kurama blushed when he realized that Koenma could probably only see that he had no shirt on, and that there was a girl on his bed.
"No, no!" He exclaimed. "We didn't do anything!"
"What?" Amaya asked, looking confused.
"Oh. You scared me for a second there, Kurama." Koenma said. "I thought that you and her had-"
"Just tell Botan to have a portal open in fifteen minutes." Kurama said, cutting him off.
He shut off the communicator, and shoved it into his pocket as he stood.
Amaya looked confused again. "Kurama-kun, where are you going?"
"I have to go to Ningenkai." He replied, pulling on his shirt.
She stood as well. "Ningenkai? You're leaving? Again?"
He sighed. "I have to."
"Will you be coming back?"
"I…I'm not sure." He answered truthfully. Koenma might want him to stay there for whatever reason he had for calling him back in the first place.
"I'm going with you." She said.
"With…me?" He repeated. He stopped buttoning up his shirt to stare at her.
"Yes. I…I won't risk losing you again." She said. "And remember what happens when you tell me no?"
He sighed, then smiled slightly. "Yes. But I wasn't going to tell you no anyways."
She grinned, making her look more like her daughter.
"Thank you, Kurama-kun!"
~*~
Midori asked to come along as well, for 'lack of anything better to do'. They met up with Botan in Ningenkai, and she had Kurama's car with her. She told them to get to Kurama's house, and to read another packet on the way there. She handed them said packet and ushered them into his car before flying away on her oar.
Kurama was highly confused by this, but started the car anyways.
Amaya jumped as the car rumbled to life. She was in the passenger seat, and Midori was in the middle of the back seat.
Kurama realized that Amaya had never even seen a car before, and had every right to be terrified.
He smiled at her. "Amaya, it's okay."
"What kind of beast is this?" She asked, brining her knees to her chest.
"It's called a car, Amaya-chan." Midori said.
"Car…" She repeated.
Kurama started driving towards his house, and Amaya looked cautiously out the window.
"Kurama-kun, this moves almost as quickly as you run!" She said, in awe at the fact.
He had to smile again. She was like a child, the way that she asked questions about his car. He thought it was really cute.
"Yes, it does."
She reached out and ran her fingers over the buttons on the radio, and pressed one. The radio came to life, and she jumped again.
"Voices!" She exclaimed. "Are there people trapped in there?"
"It's called a radio. It does have voices, but there aren't really people in there. It's hard to explain…" He said.
"Oh." She sat back, and watched the scenery go by. She was quiet for a minute, before saying, "You must think I'm a fool, Kurama-kun. You see these things every day, and know all about them, and I've never even heard of a radio or a car before."
He blinked, then turned onto his street. "I don't think that you're a fool."
Midori snickered. "No, he thinks that it's cute!"
Kurama seemed surprised. "Midori, you're a telepath?"
"No. But it was all over your face." She said.
"Oh…"
He pulled into his driveway, and parked his car. He got out, and so did Midori. He walked around to the other side, and opened Amaya's door for her.
She smiled, and accepted the hand that he offered to her.
He helped her out of the car, but didn't let her hand go. He walked up to his front door, and opened it.
"Mother, I'm back!" He called.
They all walked into the house, and listened for a reply. There was none.
"Hm…maybe she went out for groceries." He said. He let go of Amaya's hand, and walked into the kitchen.
The tennyo looked around, and then slowly walked into the living room. She ran her hand over the couch, and walked around to the front of it.
Her sea-green eyes widened at what she saw.
"Kurama-kun, come quick!"
~*~
Author's Notes : MWAHAHAHA!! Cliffie of doom!!! I personally loved Amaya's reaction to riding in a car. It was pretty cute, in my opinion. ^_____^
Just so you all know, I'm putting up Amaya's picture on the website today (the one that I drew). Keep in mind that it's not necessarily CLAMP good (they're the BEST) but it'll do.
miyako14 : Thanks! Sign the guestbook, while you're there!
crimson7319 : Thank you! And how about this chapter for SUSPENSE? MWAHAHAHAHAAHAAAAAAAA!!
Story Weaver1 : I bet you'll hit him with something worse than a mallet after this chapter then, eh?
Aya Komodo : I speak in third person sometimes. When I'm really really happy.
Shessha's Crazy : Aren't they though? ^_____^
Sun Priestess : You have my word that I will NOT kill Kurama again. For the…third…time…I've killed him a lot, haven't I? Considering that he's my favorite character, that's a little sick and twisted.
DarkVixenNisha : Thanks, Nisha-chan.
Suzaku no miko : here's even more suspense! Because I AM THE QUEEN OF EVIL SUSPENSEFUL CLIFFHANGERS!!!!!!
FieryKitsune : Because I love my cliffhangers so, here's ANOTHER ONE!! ^___^
Katie E. : I think it would be hilarious to see Amaya jumping up and down and yelling, 'Shishi! I love you! I'm your biggest fan!' like they did in the Dark Tournament. That would be PRICELESS! LOL.
Chapter 5
*snickers and starts cackling * I made a typo in the last chapter! She says that she's going to have gunk SMOOCHED into her face!! It's supposed to be something else, and apparently my beta reader didn't pick that one up! I should fire her! LOL.
~*~
Chuu hiked up the hill, trying to make sure that the girl on his back stayed there.
After she had screamed like that, a silver light had erupted from her body, and she had fallen unconscious. Kurama had panicked immediately, but he had remained surprisingly calm.
He cared about her, he had to admit, but he trusted that she was stronger than that.
Kurama was silent as he walked beside the Australian warrior, casting a glance at Naomi every once in a while.
"Are we almost there, Chuu? She's looking awfully pale." He asked.
Chuu nodded. "Almost."
They continued up the hill, stopping when they saw Amaya running towards them.
"Chuu-kun, Naomi-chan, Kurama!"
The fox beside him perked up slightly at the sound of his name. Amaya stopped beside them, and her eyes widened at the sight of her daughter.
"Kami-sama, what happened to her…?" She asked, gently brushing some hair out of Naomi's face.
"We aren't sure. She just…fainted." Kurama said.
Amaya paled, and stared at him, and he quickly realized what she must have been thinking.
"No, no! She doesn't have the symptoms of that bug." He said quickly.
Amaya was greatly relieved at that, and nodded. "Right. Chuu-kun, please get her up to Shishi's house. She'll need to get some rest there."
~*~
Everyone made it back to the village by nightfall and Kuwabara was immediately put on bed rest with Jin. Naomi woke up an hour or so later after her group had returned, and said that she felt fine.
Amaya was outside, watching the stars come out, and thinking about things. She was glad that her daughter was okay, and didn't have the bug…
She smiled slightly. Chuu had been just as happy…
She looked up at the moon, which was nearing its fullest. Her powers would peak when the moon was full, and that worried her.
Over the last seventeen years, she had gotten stronger and stronger. She realized that by this full moon, her daily meditation may not be able to help her control her powers.
She didn't want to hurt anyone, just because she didn't have control…
Especially her daughter, or her friends.
She thought about leaving, at least until the full moon had passed, just in case her powers erupted like she expected that they would.
"Amaya-san…"
She jumped, and spun to face Shishiwakamaru, who had just come from the house.
"You scared me, Shishi-kun." She said, smiling slightly.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to."
She looked back out towards the sky, leaning against the wall. "So, how are they?"
"Jin and Kuwabara are stable. And…they do have the bug." He said slowly, walking over to her side.
She sighed. "I was afraid of that."
He laid a hand on her shoulder, and she looked up at him. His eyes softened slightly.
"I'm sure they'll be fine, Amaya-san."
"Am I just worrying too much, then?" She asked.
"Amaya-san…"
"Hm?"
He lifted her chin up, and smiled slightly. "Please don't worry. Sadness doesn't suit you."
Her eyes widened. Kami-sama, is he going to…?
~*~
Kurama felt that he really needed to get away from this. Everyone was so serious - Midori was crying, and even Yusuke seemed to be worried. He never worried like this.
He decided to get a breath of fresh air to help clear his thoughts.
He got up, and walked over to the front door. He slid it open, and froze as soon as he did.
Amaya was standing there, her back against the wall, and Shishiwakamaru was kissing her.
That was the breaking point for his darker half. He had been able to hold the kitsune inside, trapping him in a place where he couldn't harm anyone, but now he was swiftly losing control.
He tried to hold him back, he really did.
But Shuichi's personality was no match for that of an enraged kitsune.
He transformed into Youko Kurama. The feared thief of the Makai.
He growled. His vision went red with anger, and he felt the strongest urge to destroy the samurai for daring to touch his mate, and tear him limb from limb.
He stormed forward, and punched said samurai squarely in the jaw, sending him flying across the yard.
Amaya gasped, in shock at what had just happened. One second, she's trying to pull away from Shishiwakamaru to explain that she didn't return his feelings, and the next second he was ten feet away from her, and Youko was there.
"Kurama-kun!" She exclaimed.
The kitsune wasn't listening to her, however. He was glaring hard at the blue-haired boy who was pulling himself to his feet.
The samurai returned the gesture, and drew his blade. "Kitsune, that was the last straw." He stopped to spit some blood out before continuing, "You can't have her. She doesn't love you anymore, you hear?"
The youko was beyond words. He just started walking towards Shishiwakamaru, ignoring Amaya's calls to stop.
He started fighting with the blue-haired boy, and Amaya started to panic. Neither seemed to be in their right mind, and they seemed to want a fight to the death.
She needed to stop them quickly, before one got too badly hurt. She figured that she should probably stop Youko first, because he was more beyond reason at this point.
But how…?
She suddenly remembered something that she had read a long, long time ago about kitsunes…
She ran over to Youko, and grabbed his tail, yanking it as hard as she could.
The effect was immediate. Youko locked up, and Shishiwakamaru stopped slashing at him and blinked. The silver-haired kitsune fell backwards, clearly unconscious. He reverted back into his human form almost instantly.
Chuu came running out of the house, and he blinked at the sight.
"I'm guessin' you'll all need some help getting' that bloke inside, eh?"
Amaya sighed, and nodded. "Thanks, Chuu."
~*~
Kurama felt achy all over. He opened his eyes, and silently wondered how many people had gotten hurt when his youko half had taken over. One? Two? Maybe more? He had been pretty angry about Shishiwakamaru kissing Amaya, so he may have gone on a rampage.
He realized that he was shirtless, and that his chest had faint white marks on it. Obviously, he had gotten hit with a sword, and Amaya must have already healed him. He blinked and looked over at the side of the futon, and saw that she had fallen asleep there, probably while waiting for him to wake up. He smiled slightly, and brushed her hair out of her face.
Kami-sama, she's still as beautiful as always…
Suddenly, a beeping noise filled the room, and Kurama jumped. He blushed sheepishly when he realized that it was just his communicator. He pulled said communicator out from his pocket, and opened it.
Koenma's face was there, and he looked quite worried.
"Kurama, I need you to return to Ningenkai as soon as you can." He said quickly. "There's not really time to explain, but-"
He suddenly cut himself off, and seemed to be looking past Kurama. The redhead turned around as well, and saw Amaya rubbing her eyes. She looked over at him and smiled.
"Morning, Kurama-kun. Who are you talking to?" She asked, crawling over to him.
"Kurama…who's she?" Koenma asked. "And what did you two do?"
Kurama blushed when he realized that Koenma could probably only see that he had no shirt on, and that there was a girl on his bed.
"No, no!" He exclaimed. "We didn't do anything!"
"What?" Amaya asked, looking confused.
"Oh. You scared me for a second there, Kurama." Koenma said. "I thought that you and her had-"
"Just tell Botan to have a portal open in fifteen minutes." Kurama said, cutting him off.
He shut off the communicator, and shoved it into his pocket as he stood.
Amaya looked confused again. "Kurama-kun, where are you going?"
"I have to go to Ningenkai." He replied, pulling on his shirt.
She stood as well. "Ningenkai? You're leaving? Again?"
He sighed. "I have to."
"Will you be coming back?"
"I…I'm not sure." He answered truthfully. Koenma might want him to stay there for whatever reason he had for calling him back in the first place.
"I'm going with you." She said.
"With…me?" He repeated. He stopped buttoning up his shirt to stare at her.
"Yes. I…I won't risk losing you again." She said. "And remember what happens when you tell me no?"
He sighed, then smiled slightly. "Yes. But I wasn't going to tell you no anyways."
She grinned, making her look more like her daughter.
"Thank you, Kurama-kun!"
~*~
Midori asked to come along as well, for 'lack of anything better to do'. They met up with Botan in Ningenkai, and she had Kurama's car with her. She told them to get to Kurama's house, and to read another packet on the way there. She handed them said packet and ushered them into his car before flying away on her oar.
Kurama was highly confused by this, but started the car anyways.
Amaya jumped as the car rumbled to life. She was in the passenger seat, and Midori was in the middle of the back seat.
Kurama realized that Amaya had never even seen a car before, and had every right to be terrified.
He smiled at her. "Amaya, it's okay."
"What kind of beast is this?" She asked, brining her knees to her chest.
"It's called a car, Amaya-chan." Midori said.
"Car…" She repeated.
Kurama started driving towards his house, and Amaya looked cautiously out the window.
"Kurama-kun, this moves almost as quickly as you run!" She said, in awe at the fact.
He had to smile again. She was like a child, the way that she asked questions about his car. He thought it was really cute.
"Yes, it does."
She reached out and ran her fingers over the buttons on the radio, and pressed one. The radio came to life, and she jumped again.
"Voices!" She exclaimed. "Are there people trapped in there?"
"It's called a radio. It does have voices, but there aren't really people in there. It's hard to explain…" He said.
"Oh." She sat back, and watched the scenery go by. She was quiet for a minute, before saying, "You must think I'm a fool, Kurama-kun. You see these things every day, and know all about them, and I've never even heard of a radio or a car before."
He blinked, then turned onto his street. "I don't think that you're a fool."
Midori snickered. "No, he thinks that it's cute!"
Kurama seemed surprised. "Midori, you're a telepath?"
"No. But it was all over your face." She said.
"Oh…"
He pulled into his driveway, and parked his car. He got out, and so did Midori. He walked around to the other side, and opened Amaya's door for her.
She smiled, and accepted the hand that he offered to her.
He helped her out of the car, but didn't let her hand go. He walked up to his front door, and opened it.
"Mother, I'm back!" He called.
They all walked into the house, and listened for a reply. There was none.
"Hm…maybe she went out for groceries." He said. He let go of Amaya's hand, and walked into the kitchen.
The tennyo looked around, and then slowly walked into the living room. She ran her hand over the couch, and walked around to the front of it.
Her sea-green eyes widened at what she saw.
"Kurama-kun, come quick!"
~*~
Author's Notes : MWAHAHAHA!! Cliffie of doom!!! I personally loved Amaya's reaction to riding in a car. It was pretty cute, in my opinion. ^_____^
Just so you all know, I'm putting up Amaya's picture on the website today (the one that I drew). Keep in mind that it's not necessarily CLAMP good (they're the BEST) but it'll do.
miyako14 : Thanks! Sign the guestbook, while you're there!
crimson7319 : Thank you! And how about this chapter for SUSPENSE? MWAHAHAHAHAAHAAAAAAAA!!
Story Weaver1 : I bet you'll hit him with something worse than a mallet after this chapter then, eh?
Aya Komodo : I speak in third person sometimes. When I'm really really happy.
Shessha's Crazy : Aren't they though? ^_____^
Sun Priestess : You have my word that I will NOT kill Kurama again. For the…third…time…I've killed him a lot, haven't I? Considering that he's my favorite character, that's a little sick and twisted.
DarkVixenNisha : Thanks, Nisha-chan.
Suzaku no miko : here's even more suspense! Because I AM THE QUEEN OF EVIL SUSPENSEFUL CLIFFHANGERS!!!!!!
FieryKitsune : Because I love my cliffhangers so, here's ANOTHER ONE!! ^___^
Katie E. : I think it would be hilarious to see Amaya jumping up and down and yelling, 'Shishi! I love you! I'm your biggest fan!' like they did in the Dark Tournament. That would be PRICELESS! LOL.