Senseita eyed Kurama like he was a vampire destined to be slain. He
returned this glare with an expression of pure bewilderment. He didn't know
what to do, as a matter of fact, he didn't even understand why she was
angry.
"Why are you upset with me?" he asked, "Could you at least tell me that?"
She motioned for him to follow her upstairs. He hesitantly complied with the request.
"Hell hath no fury like a woman's heart," Hiei remarked as they left, "As Shakespeare once said."
"Yeah," chuckled Yusuke, "Ya got that right, makes me think of the time Keiko lost it just because I forgot our movie tickets."
"Wasn't that just last weekend?" asked Kuwabara.
"Oh shut up!" snapped Yusuke.
Upstairs, things weren't going well.
"Just tell me what's wrong!" Kurama insisted, "I can't help it if you don't at least do that."
He was slowly growing agrivated. One memory he could already recall was how worked up he often became because of her, despite his mild nature.
"I'm angry because you never came back!" she exclaimed, "and you promised me that Kurama! You promised me that you would no matter what!"
Tears started to swell in her eyes.
"You promised me the night you left the spirit world," she whimpered.
Kurama didn't know how to react.
"I tried to tell you in my letters," he explained, "but I don't remember hardly anything about our lives in that realm. All I know about is what I am, what happened the night I came here, and now you."
Senseita didn't beleive him.
"Why are you doing this to me?" she demanded, "After all we've been through. After the times we had together! After you raised me with your own hands! What about mother and father?"
"I don't remember!" shouted Kurama," I don't remember mother and father! I can't recall anything! All I see is faces! All I see are people like you and Hiei!"
Senseita slipped into a tense silence. Covering her face with her left hand, she turned her back to him. She was trying the hide her crying face and just walk away. Kurama wouldn't let her.
"Do you actually think I'd ever want to leave you? Now that we're together again," he gently took her by the arm.
"I love you Kurama," she said to him softly, pulling her hand down to her side once more, "I don't want to lose you."
"We're family," he assured her, "We'll always be togther."
She wrapped her arms around him in a kind show of affection.
"I miss having a family," she noted, "It's so lonely by yourself."
He returned the gesture by holding her there in his arms for several minutes. Then, another fimilar emotion he had lost returned to him. In way he was still her guardian and he felt the strength of the truth of that fact for the first time in over a decade. However, a very unwelcome chant shattered the moment. In the hall outside, Kuwabara was chanting tirelessly a well- known, but very elementary rhyme.
"Sendy and Kurama, sitt'in in a tree, K-i-s-s-i-n-g....................."
Senseita abruptly removed herself from her brother's embrace.
"What are you going to do?" Kurama asked.
"Show that boy the meaning of the term 'demon fox' " she answered sharply, "Nobody insults either of us like that while I'm around."
She slammed open the door and took Kuwabara by the neck.
"You wanna see just why Botan brought me into this fighting force!" she yelled.
He shook his head quickly.
"Then, stop this whole thing or I swear to Inari, I will blow you straight to the Ming dynasty and back!" she exclaimed.
"Um, who's Inari?" Kuwabara fearfully wondered aloud.
"The Shinto rice god you moron!" she snapped, tightening her grip.
"Okay, I'll stop the teasing I promise, just let me go," pleaded Kuwabara.
"I'll take you on your word then," she repiled, letting him hit the floor, "But there's a reason why my race is famous for thier vengence."
He grinned nervously in response and dashed off. Senseita could already hear Yusuke's amused laughter about it from downstairs. She and Kurama walked downstairs chuckling as well.
"Where's Raditz?" Senseita asked Hiei, taking a seat in front of the television by Yusuke.
"He went into the basement to rest," he answered, "All this sunlight isn't good for his power."
"Oh, its always good for mine," she remarked, letting a bit of the sun's energy leap from her open palm.
"Of course, you're a light elemental," commented Hiei, "That's why you and your brother do so well togther."
"On his part anyway," Senseita added, "He always made a killer rose whip when I was around. Not to mention a killer Death Tree."
"Literally," Kurama piped up.
"Anyway, ya got any food around here Kuwabara?" asked Senseita.
Kuwabara pointed to the kitchen towards the right.
"He's trying to say that its in the kitchen Foxy," Yusuke put in.
She eyed him disdainfully. Yusuke glanced at Kurama. Kurama just shrugged. Senseita came back with a bag of chips and a soda.
"Want some guys?" she wondered, offering them to Hiei and Kurama.
"I'll get a bowl," responded Kurama, heading to the kitchen.
"I'll pass," Hiei repiled, "I'm not hungry."
She looked at him closely, examining him like a sick child. She could sense his emotions very easily at this point and she didn't like what she felt.
"You okay?" she asked.
"I'd rather not discuss it Senseita, but I appreciate your concern," he answered, using a tone of voice usually reserved for Kurama or Yukina.
"Just a little worried about you, that's all," she said.
Hiei 's having guilt trips about Raditz, she thought, I know he'll never admit to it, that's Hiei for you, but something needs to be done. What though? I need to think of something. Nobody understands him the way Yukina and I do, emotionally speaking.
"Senseita," Kurama spoke up, shattering her train of thought, "I've got a bowl."
"Well, get cha some ships then," she suggested.
"Ships?" he repeated oddly.
"I meant chips," she corrected, "They both sound alike."
"Right," Yusuke remarked, "Didcha havta learn English too when you came here?"
"No!" she exclaimed, "For your information English is a very common language among the kitsune too ya know! I'm just not accustomed to all these human traditions, like televisions and potato chips and movie theaters!"
"She's only been here six months," Kurama added.
All of a sudden, Hiei lept up from his seat and headed towards the basement. Senseita froze and watched him go.
"What's eating him?" Kuwabara chimed in.
To be continued............
J: As with the last chapter, I do not own Yu-Yu-Hakusho, neither does A. I personally wish I did, but.............to buy the rights would cost millions and millions and millions of dollars.
A: We get it buddy. We've all got something we'd like to own, mine's Yu-Gi- Oh!, but that's not the point. Oh, and by the way, to those who were wondering, yes, Raditz is a character in DBZ, that's where I got the name. That and the fact that they both have a temper are the only things in common.
J: REVIEW.
"Why are you upset with me?" he asked, "Could you at least tell me that?"
She motioned for him to follow her upstairs. He hesitantly complied with the request.
"Hell hath no fury like a woman's heart," Hiei remarked as they left, "As Shakespeare once said."
"Yeah," chuckled Yusuke, "Ya got that right, makes me think of the time Keiko lost it just because I forgot our movie tickets."
"Wasn't that just last weekend?" asked Kuwabara.
"Oh shut up!" snapped Yusuke.
Upstairs, things weren't going well.
"Just tell me what's wrong!" Kurama insisted, "I can't help it if you don't at least do that."
He was slowly growing agrivated. One memory he could already recall was how worked up he often became because of her, despite his mild nature.
"I'm angry because you never came back!" she exclaimed, "and you promised me that Kurama! You promised me that you would no matter what!"
Tears started to swell in her eyes.
"You promised me the night you left the spirit world," she whimpered.
Kurama didn't know how to react.
"I tried to tell you in my letters," he explained, "but I don't remember hardly anything about our lives in that realm. All I know about is what I am, what happened the night I came here, and now you."
Senseita didn't beleive him.
"Why are you doing this to me?" she demanded, "After all we've been through. After the times we had together! After you raised me with your own hands! What about mother and father?"
"I don't remember!" shouted Kurama," I don't remember mother and father! I can't recall anything! All I see is faces! All I see are people like you and Hiei!"
Senseita slipped into a tense silence. Covering her face with her left hand, she turned her back to him. She was trying the hide her crying face and just walk away. Kurama wouldn't let her.
"Do you actually think I'd ever want to leave you? Now that we're together again," he gently took her by the arm.
"I love you Kurama," she said to him softly, pulling her hand down to her side once more, "I don't want to lose you."
"We're family," he assured her, "We'll always be togther."
She wrapped her arms around him in a kind show of affection.
"I miss having a family," she noted, "It's so lonely by yourself."
He returned the gesture by holding her there in his arms for several minutes. Then, another fimilar emotion he had lost returned to him. In way he was still her guardian and he felt the strength of the truth of that fact for the first time in over a decade. However, a very unwelcome chant shattered the moment. In the hall outside, Kuwabara was chanting tirelessly a well- known, but very elementary rhyme.
"Sendy and Kurama, sitt'in in a tree, K-i-s-s-i-n-g....................."
Senseita abruptly removed herself from her brother's embrace.
"What are you going to do?" Kurama asked.
"Show that boy the meaning of the term 'demon fox' " she answered sharply, "Nobody insults either of us like that while I'm around."
She slammed open the door and took Kuwabara by the neck.
"You wanna see just why Botan brought me into this fighting force!" she yelled.
He shook his head quickly.
"Then, stop this whole thing or I swear to Inari, I will blow you straight to the Ming dynasty and back!" she exclaimed.
"Um, who's Inari?" Kuwabara fearfully wondered aloud.
"The Shinto rice god you moron!" she snapped, tightening her grip.
"Okay, I'll stop the teasing I promise, just let me go," pleaded Kuwabara.
"I'll take you on your word then," she repiled, letting him hit the floor, "But there's a reason why my race is famous for thier vengence."
He grinned nervously in response and dashed off. Senseita could already hear Yusuke's amused laughter about it from downstairs. She and Kurama walked downstairs chuckling as well.
"Where's Raditz?" Senseita asked Hiei, taking a seat in front of the television by Yusuke.
"He went into the basement to rest," he answered, "All this sunlight isn't good for his power."
"Oh, its always good for mine," she remarked, letting a bit of the sun's energy leap from her open palm.
"Of course, you're a light elemental," commented Hiei, "That's why you and your brother do so well togther."
"On his part anyway," Senseita added, "He always made a killer rose whip when I was around. Not to mention a killer Death Tree."
"Literally," Kurama piped up.
"Anyway, ya got any food around here Kuwabara?" asked Senseita.
Kuwabara pointed to the kitchen towards the right.
"He's trying to say that its in the kitchen Foxy," Yusuke put in.
She eyed him disdainfully. Yusuke glanced at Kurama. Kurama just shrugged. Senseita came back with a bag of chips and a soda.
"Want some guys?" she wondered, offering them to Hiei and Kurama.
"I'll get a bowl," responded Kurama, heading to the kitchen.
"I'll pass," Hiei repiled, "I'm not hungry."
She looked at him closely, examining him like a sick child. She could sense his emotions very easily at this point and she didn't like what she felt.
"You okay?" she asked.
"I'd rather not discuss it Senseita, but I appreciate your concern," he answered, using a tone of voice usually reserved for Kurama or Yukina.
"Just a little worried about you, that's all," she said.
Hiei 's having guilt trips about Raditz, she thought, I know he'll never admit to it, that's Hiei for you, but something needs to be done. What though? I need to think of something. Nobody understands him the way Yukina and I do, emotionally speaking.
"Senseita," Kurama spoke up, shattering her train of thought, "I've got a bowl."
"Well, get cha some ships then," she suggested.
"Ships?" he repeated oddly.
"I meant chips," she corrected, "They both sound alike."
"Right," Yusuke remarked, "Didcha havta learn English too when you came here?"
"No!" she exclaimed, "For your information English is a very common language among the kitsune too ya know! I'm just not accustomed to all these human traditions, like televisions and potato chips and movie theaters!"
"She's only been here six months," Kurama added.
All of a sudden, Hiei lept up from his seat and headed towards the basement. Senseita froze and watched him go.
"What's eating him?" Kuwabara chimed in.
To be continued............
J: As with the last chapter, I do not own Yu-Yu-Hakusho, neither does A. I personally wish I did, but.............to buy the rights would cost millions and millions and millions of dollars.
A: We get it buddy. We've all got something we'd like to own, mine's Yu-Gi- Oh!, but that's not the point. Oh, and by the way, to those who were wondering, yes, Raditz is a character in DBZ, that's where I got the name. That and the fact that they both have a temper are the only things in common.
J: REVIEW.