These Are My Sisters
Several moments later Yoru returns, balancing a tray with eleven cups on it. Carefully she sets it on the coffee table in the middle of the room. Just as she starts to pour, Arai returns, followed by two girls, both obviously older than her. One of the girls, with dark blue hair, was wiping her hands on a towel. The other had golden hair, and was somewhat taller than her companion. Both lit up at the sight of the red head on the couch, "Youko!" "Hey you two." "What a surprise," the golden haired one replied, looking over his friends. "And you brought friends."
Kurama sighs, recognizing the hint, and already beginning to get a little tired of all the introductions. "Guys, this is my oldest sister Abunai," he motions to the one with gold hair. "And this is Kurai." One with dark blue hair. "She's right between Yoru and Abunai. 'Nai, Kurai, this is Botan, Yusuke, Hiei and Kuwabara." "Nice to meet you," the two vixens and Botan chorus. They look at one another a moment, surprised, then laugh. "Well that was interesting," Abunai mentions. "Ah, you made tea. Pour me a cup please Yoru." "Certainly."
The silver vixen turns then, "Arai, run upstairs and call Kiken for tea please." "Yes, Yoru." Arai disappears once again, this time up the staircase around the corner. "So," Botan begins, sipping her tea. "You all seem to be quite happy here." "Yes we are," Abunai responds pleasantly. "it's beautiful here. And there's so much to paint." The last comment grabs Yusuke's attention. "You paint?" "Paint, charcoal, colored pencil, pastel, you name it, I use it." "So you're an artist." "I am." Satisfied with her answer, Yusuke turns to Kurai. "What do you like to do?" "Me?" The blue fox cocks her head, "I like to sculpt things." She holds up the towel, stained with bits of clay.
"The six of you really are different." Kuwabara mentions. "Yes, sometimes we wonder how we get along," Kurai answers smoothly. Abunai jumps in, "and speaking of different, here's Kiken now." The entire lot turns to see a green haired girl uncertainly following Arai down the steps. "Hello," Botan greets the girl when she enters the living room. She doesn't, however, get an answer. "You'll have to forgive Kiken," Yoru mentions. "She's very timid." "I see. What does she enjoy?" "She likes to write." "Who are they?" The almost inaudible voice fits the overly timid fox well. "They're Youko's friends, Kiken. The least you could do is say hello." She turns nervously to the group on the far couch, "h-hello." "Hello. I'm Botan. And this is Yusuke, Kuwabara and Hiei." Kiken nods to them, and places herself on the couch next to Abunai.
Suddenly Yusuke realizes what's been bothering him about the surrounding group. He counts once more to himself then, "I thought there were six of you." Kurama looks up, surprised, and does a quick sister count. "He's right. Yoru, where's Kirei?" "She's at work," the silver fox answers quietly. "At work?" "Yep," Kurai takes over. "Kirei works at the nursery down the street. She absolutely adores children so it's perfect for her. She should be back any minute though."
As if on cue, the front door opens. A moment later, a pretty girl with long, lilac purple hair walks into the room. "What the....?" She stops short, both surprised and interested in the strangers before her. She scans the room, apparently looking for someone in particular. "Ah, Youko, you came to visit." He smiles at her, "sure I did." Inwardly, he sighs yet again. 'Last time' he reminds himself and, before the girl can ask, goes through the introductions once more. "Guys, this is Kirei. She's the sister just younger than me. Kirei, this is Botan, Yusuke, Kuwabara and Hiei." Kurama runs down the list, all the while thinking, 'there, done at last.' The lilac fox's ears perk up happily, "well hi. Great to meet you. After all meeting new people's always fun."
"Yeah, nice to meet ya," Yusuke replies. He looks at the six vixens in front of him, a single question running through his head time and again. "Why?" They all look at him suddenly. "Why what?" Yoru asks gently. "I know you came here to find Kurama. But I get the feeling there's more to it than that. So....why?" Yoru sits down directly across from him, "do you really want to know?" Yusuke nods. "All right. We'll tell you." Now Kuwabara looks surprised, "it's that easy?" "Of course," Yoru answers. "We're foxes. We don't run away with our tails between our legs. We just bide our time." Getting a little impatient, Yusuke cuts in, "all right girls, answer time." "We're here, because of Koenma."
Chaos: Heya! Kinda long chappie ain't it? If ya didn't follow the age order there it goes oldest to youngest as follows: Abunai, Kurai, Yoru, Kurama, Kirei, Kiken, Arai. Crazy lot, aren't they? I tries. They is just odd. Anyways, I hopes ya likes it. I promise I'll tries to get chappie 6 up soon but don't count on it.