Past Lives
Chapter Nine
"Mmm. I don't want to get up..." She opened her eyes slightly to see the bright morning light, and Kurama's smiling face. "Oh. Good morning Kurama. What's up?"
"Good morning Mitsuko." He smiled and looked down at her. "I figured it'd be nice to get an early start so we could go out and by mother a nice present. Would you like to eat out, or would you prefer that I make something now?" He asked her still smiling.
She sat up slowly and yawned some rubbing her eyes "It doesn't really matter to me. Mm. Did you sleep well?" she asked looking at him slightly.
"Yeah. I guess so." He said and got up.
"Kurama. Is something wrong? Is everything ok?" She got to her knees and sat back on her heels.
"Yeah. Everything is fine. Get dressed and I'll take you out to eat. Alright?" He looked back at her and smiled.
She smiled back and he closed the door leaving her to get dressed. She got dressed fairly quick in her usual jeans and a nice shirt. She threw on her jacket over top of it and walked out of her room to see Kurama standing waiting for her. "Sorry. I didn't mean to make you wait." She put on her shoes and followed him out the door. As they walked out the door Mitsuko stopped for a moment to look at the marvelous view. "Wow. This morning is so pretty." Kurama just nodded and they went on their way.
They went out to eat and after that they went to the mall, they found shiori some nice luggage and a nice bag full of travel essentials. With that they worked on getting home. It was nearing afternoon and they wanted to get back so they could make Shiori a nice lunch and wrap up all of her gifts.
When they got home they realized that there was a foreign vehicle in the drive. They didn't know to whom it belonged. But there was something ominous about it. They walked past it looking at each other questioningly and continued to the door then opened it slowly and walked inside noticing an also foreign pair of shoes.
"I didn't know your mother was expecting anyone." Mitsuko said quietly and Kurama nodded.
"Neither did I. Lets see who it is shall we?" as he motioned for her to walk in front of him into the living room.
There in the chair sat Mrs. Watsanabu.
Both tried to keep the scared look from their face and Kurama took Mitsuko's hand from instinct and sat down on the couch across from the teacher and next to Kurama's mother.
"Dears, why don't you welcome our guest?" Shiori asked a little worried. "Why so silent?"
Both of them greeted their teacher avoiding each other's eyes and looked to Shiori in question.
"She came by on this fine afternoon to talk to me about our situation with our dear Mitsuko." Shiori smiled at the both of them and then turned to their teacher "And also, to let you know. It is out of the question that she leaves here. She has no where else to go, and she's happy here." She said forcing the issue.
"I understand that. But it is still not right for her to be living here with this boy, They're just children, she should be with her parents, or with a foster family, not a friend, or more than a friend. I'm only thinking about her." Mrs. Watsanabu said in a harsher tone.
Mitsuko stared down at her lap and let her hair fall into the front of her face. "What would you know?" she gripped onto Kurama's hand tightly looking to him for a sense of comfort "What would you know about what happened to me, why I live here and not else where, Shiori and Shuuichi are very close to me and they will remain that way. I will not leave here. I do not have to go. You cant make me!" she was raising her voice slowly and eventually by the end she had tears running down her face. She couldn't take it anymore and jumped up and ran into her room.
Kurama sat up slightly and watched her run into her room. He wasn't going to follow her, but he was worried. He knew though, that Hiei would watch out for her. For the next ten minutes he just sat there waiting for a sign that she was ok. He loved her, he didn't know why, or how, he just knew, he didn't want her to leave and...
"Shuuichi dear? Is something on your mind? Mrs. Watsanabu just left. You didn't say good-bye. You don't look well, is everything ok?" She smiled down at him and felt his forehead. "You don't have a fever dear." She was genuinely worried about him, but he was worried about Mitsuko.
"Yes mother. I'm fine. Really. When are we going to go out to dinner?" he stood up and looked at her.
"About that. I have to leave early. I'm sorry. We'll have to go to dinner at a later date." She smiled at him softly then hugged him. "Go see how she is. I know you're worried." "Thank you mother. Can we give you your gifts?" he asked before going to Mitsuko's room.
Shiori smiled "I'll fix us some lunch. Then I'll be more than willing to accept your gifts."
When Kurama walked into the room, he had to look for a minute before finding Mitsuko huddled up in a corner holding her knees to her chest. Hiei was in the window watching her silently. Kurama walked over to open up the window and Hiei came in and Kurama held Mitsuko tightly in his arms kissing the top of her head softly.
"Shh... It's alright. It'll be alright." He looked over at Hiei who looked as though he was going to kill the both of them for being so weak. "What is it that you would like Hiei?" he looked at the short fire demon who came at him and handed him a video tape then left quickly.
Mitsuko stopped everything, even breathing when she looked at that video and held tightly onto Kurama. "Lets watch it later... please. Not now. Lets go celebrate." She put on a smile and looked into his eyes and he looked back into hers. Something happened and next thing they knew their lips were touching and they were kissing and just as soon as it started, it stopped and all they could do was look at each other in amazement.
"Shuuichi, Mitsuko, lunch is ready. I'll be waiting out here for you two." She called to them.
"One minute mother." Kurama replied, then he looked down at Mitsuko and kissed her forehead softly "Are you alright?" He asked her softly squeezing her close before letting her go.
"Yeah. I feel better. Thank you." She smiled at him and they stood up and walked out into the living room.
"Are you feeling better dear?" Shiori asked setting the plated down on the coffee table in the living room.
"Yes. I'll go get your gifts. But, first, why do you have to leave us?" she asked looking at Shiori smiling.
"I have some business to attend to in the states again, that's all. It just came up really quickly." She smiled back and sat down.
Mitsuko ran and grab their presents while Kurama went to go make up a vase of flowers and brought them down and set them on the table behind the couch.
"Wow, you two, this is marvelous. I'm sorry that we couldn't go out to eat tonight."
They ate and then Shiori opened up her presents, and she enjoyed everything they got for her. Later that night they saw her off. Then sat down and watched the videotape that Hiei had brought to them earlier.
"Hello Kurama, Mitsuko, Its nice to know that you're well and able to watch this video. About the Blue Tycoon, they hired a small group of assassins to take out certain people. You've noticed that your teacher isn't human. You two should keep close together. I have a feeling that you two are stronger together than anyone else. Keep a look out for these guys. I'm sure they're around stalking out a new person to take some sort of human part from. As for why they're taking them, I only have a small hunch that it has something to do with revitalizing a god type figure that demands to have human parts. But. If that's the case, they've not been going about it right. Either way. If the demon that I believe they're trying to recreate comes back. The only person that can stop it is Mitsuko. It is legend that in Makai thousands of years back, there was a young girl who saved a small town from devastation. She had no clue why she was there, but she had lost her family and was a lone. She knew not what to do but when it came time a strange power emerged and she was able to defeat the so-called god. But. That is all there is to the story, no one knows what type of power she has, or how she gained this power. We know that they're after you though. And with the current situation, you should keep a low profile. Hiei is down in the area on surveillance. Try not to piss him off. He'll be of much use to us on this mission. As for Yusuke and Kuwabara, they know Botan informed them earlier, but since it was your mother's birthday we thought we'd let you two celebrate in peace for the time. That's all." The TV screen changed to fuzz and that's all that was left. They didn't know what to say or do. Kurama turned to Mitsuko who was shaking again; he just held her close hoping that he'd be able to comfort her. He loved her.
AN: Two chapters in a day. Lucky me. Hope you enjoy.