Princess Kat: I don't feel like writing authors notes. I missed my favorite
show and am missing another one to write this for you people. X.x I think
you people will be surprised with what happens in this chapter. Tee hee.
~*~
Kumi sat up in her bed, stifling a yawn with her hand. 'I'm in my room? Who-
' She could hear people on the television talking.
Kumi, muttering something under her breath, climbed out of bed. She walked
out of her room and groaned when she saw Shinobu sitting on a folding
chair, watching television.
"Shinobu, what are you doing here?" Kumi muttered, putting a hand on her
forehead. She had a horrible headache.
Shinobu looked at her, surprised. "Kumi, you're awake. The TV didn't wake
you, did it?"
"What are you doing here?" Kumi repeated, leaning against the wall with her
hand still on her forehead.
"I brought you home. Are you okay?" Shinobu asked, concerned.
"I'm fine, I'm fine. What time is it?" Kumi dropped her hand to her side.
"Almost seven PM. Are you sure you are okay?" Shinobu questioned.
"I SAID I'M FINE!" Kumi yelled, but she regretted it as her headache
suddenly got worse. She felt her legs going out again and leaned all of her
weight against the wall. "Could you go home now?"
"...I told my parents I was going to stay with you for the night. I didn't
think you'd wake up." Shinobu admitted.
"Well, I woke up, so go. I'm going back to bed. If you're here when I wake
up tomorrow, I swear you are dead." Kumi muttered as she adjusted her
weight back to her legs and, her hand against the wall to help her keep her
balance, she went back into her room.
Shinobu was confused. 'Why does she have a headache? Yamazaki didn't make
any blows that would make a headache continue to this time, and even if
Yusuke hit her on the head to knock her out the headache shouldn't be that
bad. I wonder if she's sick.'
Shinobu looked at the watch on his wrist. It was exactly seven o'clock now.
He could probably go home. He stood up and went to Kumi's bedroom door. He
knocked on it. "Kumi, I'm going home now."
But instead of a rough reply, he heard a child-like voice saying, "S-
Shinobu-chan? I-is that you?"
Shinobu blinked. Did Kumi let some little kid climb through her window or
something? It certainly wasn't her. He reached out, grabbing and turning
the door knob.
The lights were turned out so the room was a little dark but he could the
silhouette of a small child sitting on the floor near Kumi's bed.
"Hey, kid...how'd you get in here?" Shinobu asked.
"Shinobu-chan? Is that you?" The child said questioningly.
"Uh...yeah." Shinobu answered as he reached for the light switch.
"Why are you so big?" The child asked.
Shinobu flicked the light switch up and the lights turned on. He looked at
the kid and almost fainted.
It was a small girl, four maybe five years old. She had brown eyes,
sparkling with tears, and black hair that fell down a little past her
shoulders with some white areas. Her clothes, though the fit her, looked
like they belonged to someone older.
"Why are you so big?" The girl repeated, blinking back tears. "Where's
Daddy?"
"Oh my...Kumi, is that you?!" Shinobu exclaimed.
Kumi nodded. "I can't find my Daddy..."
"What happened to you?! You're, like, five years old!" Shinobu yelled.
"I'm four..." Kumi said, tears starting to fall down her cheeks. "Shinobu-
chan, where's my Daddy? And where am I? I've never been here before."
Shinobu put his hand in his pocket and took out a Spirit World
communicator. He flicked it open. "Mom?"
Botan's face appeared on the screen. "Hello, Shinobu!" She said cheerily.
"Oh...is something wrong?"
"I told you about the discussion Kumi and I had this morning...?" Shinobu
questioned.
"Yes. Is there something else?" Botan asked.
"I think I know why she can't remember." Shinobu muttered.
"Oh! Well! Please, share. I talked to Koenma-sama about it and he was a
little worried." Botan sighed.
"Who are you talking to?" Kumi whined. She had seen those communicators
several times. They were kinda cool. She got up and walked to Shinobu.
"Is someone there with you, Shinobu?" Botan asked.
"I don't really know how to say this, Mom, but we got a big problem. I'm
standing in the same room as a four-year old Kumi." Shinobu explained.
"WHAT?!"
"We talked just a few minutes ago and she was fine except for a headache. I
came to tell her I was going to go and she was a chibi saying she couldn't
find her Dad!"
"Shinobu-chan, who are you talking to?" Kumi whined impatiently, tugging on
his shirt slightly.
Shinobu smiled down at Kumi the best he could. "My Mom."
"Well, this is as good a time as any." Botan sighed. "Take her to the
school. I'll gather everyone else and we shall go and talk with Koenma."
"'Right, Mom. See you there."
Shinobu closed the communicator and put it back in his pocket. "Come on,
Kum', we're going to take a li'l walk."
~*~ At the School ~*~
Shinobu had ended up carrying Kumi the whole way to the school. She asked
him questions the whole time, but she never gave him any time to answer
before going to the next.
"Lookie!" Kumi exclaimed, pointing to the sidewalk.
Shinobu looked back and saw 5 people walk towards him. He recognized them
all as Yusuke, Yamazaki, Kuwabara (I'd rather call him that than Kazuma),
Eikichi, and Botan.
"Mind telling us what's going on NOW?" Yamazaki muttered to Botan as they
stopped next to Shinobu. "Hey, Shinobu, who's the brat?"
"I'm not a brat." Kumi defended, sticking her tongue out at Yamazaki.
Shinobu held Kumi out to his Mom, giving her a pitiful look.
Botan sighed and took Kumi from him, placing the child at her hip. "We're
going to the spirit world, boys."
Kumi recognized Botan, so she didn't get upset about being taken away from
Shinobu. But she was surprised. "We're not in the spirit world?"
"Yusuke, Kuwabara, your wives have been informed of where you are going."
Botan continued. "You probably wonder why we are going now instead of the
scheduled time, correct?"
"Duh." Eikichi muttered under his breath.
"I thought Shorty was supposed to be here, too." Yamazaki pointed out.
"We are going because this little girl that I'm holding is Kumi." Botan
finished.
"Woah!" ~Eikichi
"Hey, she's even shorter now!" ~Yamazaki
"You're not serious, Botan, I just saw her today." ~Yusuke
"Uh, who's Kumi?" ~Kuwabara ¬.¬
"Koenma is waiting for us. Kurama went in advance and H-I-E-I should be
waiting there for us." Botan said, spelling out Hiei's name as to not set
Kumi on a talking spree.
"Ooo! Ooo! What did you spell, Botan?" Kumi asked cheerily.
"Err, nothing." Botan muttered. "Shall we go?"
"There's a portal to the Spirit World at the school?" Yusuke asked, his eye
twitching.
"Yes...it's been here for several hundred years." Botan said thoughtfully.
"THEN WHY DIDN'T WE GO THROUGH THAT PORTAL EVERY TIME WE WENT TO THE SPIRIT
WORLD?!" Yusuke and Kuwabara yelled in unison.
"I guess I forgot!" Botan laughed. She smiled at Kumi then placed her on
the ground. "Stay near Shinobu, okay?"
Kumi nodded.
"Mom, did you tell H-I-E-I about Kumi's little predicament?" Shinobu asked,
blinking.
"No..."
"What did we talk about with short details?" Yusuke muttered to himself.
"Same old Botan." Eikichi sighed.
~*~
After breaking into the school basement to get through the portal, the
group was finally outside Koenma's office door.
"I want my Daddy." Kumi suddenly said, pouting. "I only go see Koenma with
Daddy."
"Daddy's girl." Yamazaki muttered under his breath.
Botan smiled down at Kumi while she opened the door.
Kumi peeked in. Koenma was sitting at his desk, looking through a book.
Kurama and Hiei were near Koenma, talking quietly to each other.
Kumi's eyes lit up. "DADDY!" She squealed, dashing into the room.
Botan fully opened the door, giving the other five people room to see what
was happening.
"DADDY! DADDY! DADDY! DAAAAAADDY!" Kumi squealed continuously while jumping
up and down in front of Hiei and Kurama.
"Oh, Hiei, I forgot to mention..." Kurama said, smiling slightly. "The
meeting was re-scheduled earlier because it seems your daughter has had an
age reduction."
Koenma shook his head but went back to reading his book.
Hiei shot a death-glare at Kurama before kneeling down in front of Kumi.
"Kumi?"
"Daddy!" Kumi squealed as she stopped jumping up and down. "Daddy, I woke
up and you weren't there." She pouted.
"I bet you five bucks he hugs her." Kuwabara muttered to Yusuke.
"You're on!" Yusuke agreed.
"I bet you five bucks he cries." Yamazaki whispered to Eikichi.
"Yeah, right. That's five bucks in my pocket, Urameshi." Eikichi answered.
"Shh!" Shinobu and Botan hissed.
"I missed you." Kumi said, putting on the most pitiful face.
"...yeah." Hiei muttered, ruffling her hair.
Kumi giggled and tugged at Hiei's bangs. "My hair!"
Hiei stood up. "So is someone going to explain to me?"
"FORK UP THE FIVE, URAMESHI!" Kuwabara and Eikichi yelled in unison as
everyone turned to look at them.
"Oh shit," Hiei said. "I do believe the ningen bakas have reproduced."
"Shove it, Shorty." Kuwabara sneered while handing a five-dollar bill to
Yusuke.
Eikichi pried his five-dollar bill out of Yamazaki's hand.
"We could say the same to you." Yusuke chuckled.
Hiei scoffed.
"Let's get this meeting going." Koenma finally said, interrupting any more
bickering to come. "I think I have found out what is going on with Kumi."
Yusuke, Yamazaki, Kuwabara, Eikichi, Shinobu, and Botan filed into the
room, closing the door behind themselves.
"It's a sort of spell." Koenma started. "It turns the said person into a
child for five hours. When the spell is cast is also when the spell starts
every time. The only way to reverse it is if the magician takes the spell
off or is killed. The victim of the spell will not remember being older
while they are a child or being a child when they are older."
"So, Hiei's got his baby girl for five hours each night? How cute."
Kuwabara teased.
Kumi looked utterly confused, but said nothing.
Kurama placed a hand on Hiei's shoulder to remind him to stay calm.
"What time did you say you checked on her, Shinobu?" Botan asked.
"Around seven o'clock." Shinobu answered.
"Then she will become herself at midnight. You should have answers for her
about where she is and why she is here..." Kurama said thoughtfully.
Hiei suddenly picked Kumi up, placing her over his shoulders. "She'll get
the answers she needs."
"YAY! I'M TAAAALL!" Kumi squealed. And suddenly she saw Yusuke face-to-face
for the first time. "AHH!!! UGLY MAN!"
Kuwabara started laughing. A vein popped on Yusuke's forehead.
Kumi hid her face in Hiei's hair, creating quite a funny picture.
Yusuke, Yamazaki, and Eikichi burst out laughing while Kuwabara laughed
harder.
Kurama chuckled softly while Shinobu and Botan commented on the cuteness of
it. Koenma just continued
Hiei glared at them all, muttering something under his breath, before
leaving the room with Kumi.
"Emotional crisis?" Koenma asked, not looking up from the book.
"Yep."
show and am missing another one to write this for you people. X.x I think
you people will be surprised with what happens in this chapter. Tee hee.
~*~
Kumi sat up in her bed, stifling a yawn with her hand. 'I'm in my room? Who-
' She could hear people on the television talking.
Kumi, muttering something under her breath, climbed out of bed. She walked
out of her room and groaned when she saw Shinobu sitting on a folding
chair, watching television.
"Shinobu, what are you doing here?" Kumi muttered, putting a hand on her
forehead. She had a horrible headache.
Shinobu looked at her, surprised. "Kumi, you're awake. The TV didn't wake
you, did it?"
"What are you doing here?" Kumi repeated, leaning against the wall with her
hand still on her forehead.
"I brought you home. Are you okay?" Shinobu asked, concerned.
"I'm fine, I'm fine. What time is it?" Kumi dropped her hand to her side.
"Almost seven PM. Are you sure you are okay?" Shinobu questioned.
"I SAID I'M FINE!" Kumi yelled, but she regretted it as her headache
suddenly got worse. She felt her legs going out again and leaned all of her
weight against the wall. "Could you go home now?"
"...I told my parents I was going to stay with you for the night. I didn't
think you'd wake up." Shinobu admitted.
"Well, I woke up, so go. I'm going back to bed. If you're here when I wake
up tomorrow, I swear you are dead." Kumi muttered as she adjusted her
weight back to her legs and, her hand against the wall to help her keep her
balance, she went back into her room.
Shinobu was confused. 'Why does she have a headache? Yamazaki didn't make
any blows that would make a headache continue to this time, and even if
Yusuke hit her on the head to knock her out the headache shouldn't be that
bad. I wonder if she's sick.'
Shinobu looked at the watch on his wrist. It was exactly seven o'clock now.
He could probably go home. He stood up and went to Kumi's bedroom door. He
knocked on it. "Kumi, I'm going home now."
But instead of a rough reply, he heard a child-like voice saying, "S-
Shinobu-chan? I-is that you?"
Shinobu blinked. Did Kumi let some little kid climb through her window or
something? It certainly wasn't her. He reached out, grabbing and turning
the door knob.
The lights were turned out so the room was a little dark but he could the
silhouette of a small child sitting on the floor near Kumi's bed.
"Hey, kid...how'd you get in here?" Shinobu asked.
"Shinobu-chan? Is that you?" The child said questioningly.
"Uh...yeah." Shinobu answered as he reached for the light switch.
"Why are you so big?" The child asked.
Shinobu flicked the light switch up and the lights turned on. He looked at
the kid and almost fainted.
It was a small girl, four maybe five years old. She had brown eyes,
sparkling with tears, and black hair that fell down a little past her
shoulders with some white areas. Her clothes, though the fit her, looked
like they belonged to someone older.
"Why are you so big?" The girl repeated, blinking back tears. "Where's
Daddy?"
"Oh my...Kumi, is that you?!" Shinobu exclaimed.
Kumi nodded. "I can't find my Daddy..."
"What happened to you?! You're, like, five years old!" Shinobu yelled.
"I'm four..." Kumi said, tears starting to fall down her cheeks. "Shinobu-
chan, where's my Daddy? And where am I? I've never been here before."
Shinobu put his hand in his pocket and took out a Spirit World
communicator. He flicked it open. "Mom?"
Botan's face appeared on the screen. "Hello, Shinobu!" She said cheerily.
"Oh...is something wrong?"
"I told you about the discussion Kumi and I had this morning...?" Shinobu
questioned.
"Yes. Is there something else?" Botan asked.
"I think I know why she can't remember." Shinobu muttered.
"Oh! Well! Please, share. I talked to Koenma-sama about it and he was a
little worried." Botan sighed.
"Who are you talking to?" Kumi whined. She had seen those communicators
several times. They were kinda cool. She got up and walked to Shinobu.
"Is someone there with you, Shinobu?" Botan asked.
"I don't really know how to say this, Mom, but we got a big problem. I'm
standing in the same room as a four-year old Kumi." Shinobu explained.
"WHAT?!"
"We talked just a few minutes ago and she was fine except for a headache. I
came to tell her I was going to go and she was a chibi saying she couldn't
find her Dad!"
"Shinobu-chan, who are you talking to?" Kumi whined impatiently, tugging on
his shirt slightly.
Shinobu smiled down at Kumi the best he could. "My Mom."
"Well, this is as good a time as any." Botan sighed. "Take her to the
school. I'll gather everyone else and we shall go and talk with Koenma."
"'Right, Mom. See you there."
Shinobu closed the communicator and put it back in his pocket. "Come on,
Kum', we're going to take a li'l walk."
~*~ At the School ~*~
Shinobu had ended up carrying Kumi the whole way to the school. She asked
him questions the whole time, but she never gave him any time to answer
before going to the next.
"Lookie!" Kumi exclaimed, pointing to the sidewalk.
Shinobu looked back and saw 5 people walk towards him. He recognized them
all as Yusuke, Yamazaki, Kuwabara (I'd rather call him that than Kazuma),
Eikichi, and Botan.
"Mind telling us what's going on NOW?" Yamazaki muttered to Botan as they
stopped next to Shinobu. "Hey, Shinobu, who's the brat?"
"I'm not a brat." Kumi defended, sticking her tongue out at Yamazaki.
Shinobu held Kumi out to his Mom, giving her a pitiful look.
Botan sighed and took Kumi from him, placing the child at her hip. "We're
going to the spirit world, boys."
Kumi recognized Botan, so she didn't get upset about being taken away from
Shinobu. But she was surprised. "We're not in the spirit world?"
"Yusuke, Kuwabara, your wives have been informed of where you are going."
Botan continued. "You probably wonder why we are going now instead of the
scheduled time, correct?"
"Duh." Eikichi muttered under his breath.
"I thought Shorty was supposed to be here, too." Yamazaki pointed out.
"We are going because this little girl that I'm holding is Kumi." Botan
finished.
"Woah!" ~Eikichi
"Hey, she's even shorter now!" ~Yamazaki
"You're not serious, Botan, I just saw her today." ~Yusuke
"Uh, who's Kumi?" ~Kuwabara ¬.¬
"Koenma is waiting for us. Kurama went in advance and H-I-E-I should be
waiting there for us." Botan said, spelling out Hiei's name as to not set
Kumi on a talking spree.
"Ooo! Ooo! What did you spell, Botan?" Kumi asked cheerily.
"Err, nothing." Botan muttered. "Shall we go?"
"There's a portal to the Spirit World at the school?" Yusuke asked, his eye
twitching.
"Yes...it's been here for several hundred years." Botan said thoughtfully.
"THEN WHY DIDN'T WE GO THROUGH THAT PORTAL EVERY TIME WE WENT TO THE SPIRIT
WORLD?!" Yusuke and Kuwabara yelled in unison.
"I guess I forgot!" Botan laughed. She smiled at Kumi then placed her on
the ground. "Stay near Shinobu, okay?"
Kumi nodded.
"Mom, did you tell H-I-E-I about Kumi's little predicament?" Shinobu asked,
blinking.
"No..."
"What did we talk about with short details?" Yusuke muttered to himself.
"Same old Botan." Eikichi sighed.
~*~
After breaking into the school basement to get through the portal, the
group was finally outside Koenma's office door.
"I want my Daddy." Kumi suddenly said, pouting. "I only go see Koenma with
Daddy."
"Daddy's girl." Yamazaki muttered under his breath.
Botan smiled down at Kumi while she opened the door.
Kumi peeked in. Koenma was sitting at his desk, looking through a book.
Kurama and Hiei were near Koenma, talking quietly to each other.
Kumi's eyes lit up. "DADDY!" She squealed, dashing into the room.
Botan fully opened the door, giving the other five people room to see what
was happening.
"DADDY! DADDY! DADDY! DAAAAAADDY!" Kumi squealed continuously while jumping
up and down in front of Hiei and Kurama.
"Oh, Hiei, I forgot to mention..." Kurama said, smiling slightly. "The
meeting was re-scheduled earlier because it seems your daughter has had an
age reduction."
Koenma shook his head but went back to reading his book.
Hiei shot a death-glare at Kurama before kneeling down in front of Kumi.
"Kumi?"
"Daddy!" Kumi squealed as she stopped jumping up and down. "Daddy, I woke
up and you weren't there." She pouted.
"I bet you five bucks he hugs her." Kuwabara muttered to Yusuke.
"You're on!" Yusuke agreed.
"I bet you five bucks he cries." Yamazaki whispered to Eikichi.
"Yeah, right. That's five bucks in my pocket, Urameshi." Eikichi answered.
"Shh!" Shinobu and Botan hissed.
"I missed you." Kumi said, putting on the most pitiful face.
"...yeah." Hiei muttered, ruffling her hair.
Kumi giggled and tugged at Hiei's bangs. "My hair!"
Hiei stood up. "So is someone going to explain to me?"
"FORK UP THE FIVE, URAMESHI!" Kuwabara and Eikichi yelled in unison as
everyone turned to look at them.
"Oh shit," Hiei said. "I do believe the ningen bakas have reproduced."
"Shove it, Shorty." Kuwabara sneered while handing a five-dollar bill to
Yusuke.
Eikichi pried his five-dollar bill out of Yamazaki's hand.
"We could say the same to you." Yusuke chuckled.
Hiei scoffed.
"Let's get this meeting going." Koenma finally said, interrupting any more
bickering to come. "I think I have found out what is going on with Kumi."
Yusuke, Yamazaki, Kuwabara, Eikichi, Shinobu, and Botan filed into the
room, closing the door behind themselves.
"It's a sort of spell." Koenma started. "It turns the said person into a
child for five hours. When the spell is cast is also when the spell starts
every time. The only way to reverse it is if the magician takes the spell
off or is killed. The victim of the spell will not remember being older
while they are a child or being a child when they are older."
"So, Hiei's got his baby girl for five hours each night? How cute."
Kuwabara teased.
Kumi looked utterly confused, but said nothing.
Kurama placed a hand on Hiei's shoulder to remind him to stay calm.
"What time did you say you checked on her, Shinobu?" Botan asked.
"Around seven o'clock." Shinobu answered.
"Then she will become herself at midnight. You should have answers for her
about where she is and why she is here..." Kurama said thoughtfully.
Hiei suddenly picked Kumi up, placing her over his shoulders. "She'll get
the answers she needs."
"YAY! I'M TAAAALL!" Kumi squealed. And suddenly she saw Yusuke face-to-face
for the first time. "AHH!!! UGLY MAN!"
Kuwabara started laughing. A vein popped on Yusuke's forehead.
Kumi hid her face in Hiei's hair, creating quite a funny picture.
Yusuke, Yamazaki, and Eikichi burst out laughing while Kuwabara laughed
harder.
Kurama chuckled softly while Shinobu and Botan commented on the cuteness of
it. Koenma just continued
Hiei glared at them all, muttering something under his breath, before
leaving the room with Kumi.
"Emotional crisis?" Koenma asked, not looking up from the book.
"Yep."