This chapter is disgustingly short. BUT AT LEAST BE HAPPY I UPDATED, DAMMIT! [Last update: 4-24-04] I haven't updated anything since April something! At least a month ago, I think, and that's BAD! But I wrote this on a "New Episode of Yu Yu Hakusho!" high, so it's kinda odd. REVIEWS! (Thank you all so much for waiting and not coming to my house and tearing out my heart for making you wait... I'm sure you were tempted.)
Robin Autumn- Heh, oops. Slow update again.
nutari- I'll think about it, but I tend not to torture people in my stories. It upsets the readers. (obviously it doesn't bother you...)
chocogurl- singsong Threats are good, threats are cool, let's sing a song about threats!
WhiteFox88- I write more. In the form of a disgustingly short chapter... With a corny name.
Yumi & Suomi- Well that was interesting...
kaida13- My mother can predict when I'm going to ask what's for dinner. It's just like: Me- "What's for--" Mom-"FOOD!" Me-"OO okee dokee."
Mari Youma- I'm making a mini career out of writing short stories for my friends for their birthdays. Screwed up short stories, yes, quite. Enough to make my friend's mother think I'm more insane than she already knows I am. I summed up 8 years of friendship in two pages with plenty of extra insanity and attitude. 'Tone," as English teachers call it.
Riyo Shiban- I'm still in desperate need of ideas for how to get them back to normal. Could you re-explain that? Cuz my mind is in la-la land and always is and will be, so I really have no clue what you said.
SilentDark- Did I send you the address of that test? Because I don't know. I sent it to somebody. If you still want the address (if I didn't tell you it), ask again.
kitsune klepto- Shadow is plenty insane in this short chapter. Yes quite. Love it.
Black Cat- My goal for life is to become an author/artist and live in the middle of no where so that nobody can come and bother me because of my wonderful work. No publicity for me. Only my best friends, my publisher/agent/whatever person, and the small demonic animals that will gaurd my house will know where I live. And perhaps the occasional maniacal escaped/escaping criminal that decides a house in the middle of no where is a good place to hold an author hostage and hide out for months until the cops forget about him.
Draikitha- Good, I'm glad. I mean... YOU DAMN WELL BETTER LOVE IT, OR SUFFER THE WRATH OF... um... A FRYING PAN WEILDING LUNATIC GIRL! MUWAHAHAHA! I'm good. strolls away
Okami Youkai- ROCK ON!!! makes rock on symbol with hand WOOHOO! singsong Everybody loves me, nobody hates me, not gonna go eat worms! Everybody hates me, nobody loves me, still not gonna eat worms! I cause conflicting emotions, my lovers try to kill me, maybe now I'll eat them worms.
I'm loving this QuickEdit deal. It's simpler than having to delete and re-upload stuff if I find mistakes.
CHAPTER FIVE
Happy Chappy!
Yes, Fear the chapter with the cheezy name! Muwahahahahahaha!
"I'm in a happy, happy moooood! I'm in a happy singy mood! HAPPY! SING-Y! MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!"
Eclipse poked her head out of her bedroom as Shadow danced by singing.
"Hello, incredibly tired-looking person!" Shadow said cheerfully, stopping. "Are you in a good mood? Because I am!"
"Good God. Who did you spend the night with?" Eclipse said. The words were out before she realized she'd said them. It was a common thing for her to say to cheerful people outside of her little group of friends, and she wasn't in the greatest mood. It just came out.
Luckily for her, Shadow hadn't noticed.
"Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" she squealed, spinning down the hall and slamming into the wall. "Oh look! I went the wrong way! The stairs are this way!" She spun away, back past Eclipse's door, and finally stopped spinning when she ran out of momentum outside Kurama's bedroom door. Swaying, she fell over and slammed her head into the door.
"What's going on?" Kurama popped his head out and looked down at Shadow, who was trying to catch the birdies that apparently were flying around her head.
"Must catch birdy! Pretty birdy! Pretty, pretty little birdy!" she sang, snatching at the empty air in front of her. Kurama stared a moment longer before looking up and down the hall for a source of her insanity. He spotted Eclipse and gave her a questioning look. She shrugged. At that precise moment, none other than Youko walked out of Shadow's bedroom. Upon spotting the fox, Eclipse nearly screamed.
Maybe she did sleep with somebody!!! she thought.
Kurama was slightly confused. "Youko? What were you doing in there? Where's Hiei?"
"Hiei's fine, don't fret."
"Oh I'm fine, am I? Youko Kurama, I swear I am going to hurt you."
"You're fine. Shut up."
"Snarl."
"Yes. He's quite peachy," Youko decided, bringing more complaining from Hiei.
"So, Tall Scary Fox-Man, what were you doing in Shadow's bedroom, and are you the source of her good mood?"
"Good mood?" Youko asked with a smile, looking at Shadow, who was still clawing wildly at the air and screaming at the birdies not to go away.
"She ran into a door," Kurama said calmly. "But before that she was in an unnervingly good mood for this hour of the morning. When you had been in her room."
"Well..." Youko didn't have a chance to answer. Shadow's mind floated back into her body as the birdies vanished. She looked at Youko's knees, then slowly turner her head up to his face, at least six feet above her.
"Hullo," she said with a stupid smile characteristic to only her. "How're you?"
"YOUKO! Hello, stop staring...!"
"Did you see that? She isn't hating me."
"That's nice. She'd like you better if you were back inside Shuichi's head."
"Whatever, Jaganshi."
"Don't you 'whatever' me, stupid fox!"
"Whatever."
"Argh!"
Kurama and Eclipse were a little suspicious as well. She wasn't flipping out. Eclipse's mind was screaming "KICK HER! KICK HIM! KICK THEM BOTH! IT'S SCARY! TAKE A FRYING PAN TO THEIR HEADS! Yeah... Fun... Muwahahaha..."
"So... What is going on, Youko?" Kurama asked.
"Nothing. Absolutely nothing," the fox answered.
"Nothing's going on," Shadow agreed. "I'm just in an excruciatingly happy mood."
"Why?"
"Well, Youko has been thinking--I know, that's unhealthy--and he's come up with a very incredible-sounding solution to this wonderful little problem we have here. We were up all night talking about it," Shadow said.
"Yeah. I've been in your damn little head for hours, fox. Don't you think it's time you let me have my body back? Please?"
"Wait, are you serious?!" Kurama asked.
"Like I said, it sounds incredible, but he explained every single detail to me. In detail. Very detailed details, that made it so confusing, he had to explain it to me without any details, and then it was so simple he had to explain it to me very slowly in detailed details. Then I understood it somewhat, but I think you really should go over with with Koenma," Shadow said. "He's smart."
"In a manner of speaking," Youko said.
"You're not going over anything with anyone until I'm back to being myself, please, Youko, because I'm kind of going a little... hm... PSYCHO in your head."
"Fine. Damn, Hiei, take a chill pill..."
"Guys, you'll have to put up with Hiei up to Reikai, because he's insisting that my mind is something horrible and he can't stand it there. I really don't see--"
"FOX!"
"Fine. Jeez." Youko released his control on Hiei and instantly the demon transformed. Hiei appeared in the fox's place, his eyes wide and maniacal.
"I hate that man," he said flatly. "Let's go."
"Where?"
"REIKAI, YOU--"
"Before you finish that insult," Kurama said loudly, cutting Hiei off. He continued more quietly, "you may have noticed that all of us are still in our pajamas."
Hiei couldn't say that he had noticed before, but now he did. Kurama, Shadow, and Eclipse were in their pajamas. He wasn't, as Youko had dragged him down to Shadow's room before he'd even thought of going to bed (at one in the morning).
"You could give us some time to change and shower, then we can go to Reikai, okay?" Kurama suggested.
Hiei let out some incoherent snarls and grumbles before heading down the hall to the stairs. He stomped down them and there was a loud string of curses as he out of nowhere decided he should be going back up to his room rather than downstairs, and he turned and darted back up them. The trio watched curiously before Shadow shrugged and went into her room. The other two followed her example.
There was a bloody battle between Eclipse and Shadow over which would get the first-floor shower, since Hiei was using the third floor shower (wouldn't you love to see that) and the second floor bathroom had the trio of singing shoes (refer to "A Letter From The Bedroom"). By the time they had finished arguing, Kurama had taken his shower, Hiei had taken his shower, and both floors were open. Eclipse managed to lock the door in Shadow's face, forcing the girl to go all the way up to the third floor.
A good while later, after the group had rounded up Yusuke and Kuwabaka, they headed to Reikai.
"Come on, Hiei, you should be glad to let Youko take you over again! This could be your last time experiencing the feeling of being trapped inside him!" Shadow said cheerfully when Hiei was reluctant to allow Youko out. Hiei couldn't completely block Youko's transformation, but apparently he'd been able to control Youko enough that it would cause them both pain for Youko to take him over.
"Think about it, Hiei. I have to talk to Koenma. After I'm done explaining my idea to him, we might be able to put it into action, and you'll never have to hear my voice in your head again. Come on."
"Fine. Damn persuasive logical fox. Damn persuasive lo... not quite logical demon girl."
A second later, Youko Kurama was standing in front of them all in Koenma's office.
"Yes, very good. Now..."
Youko proceeded to talk for several hours on the subject of spiritual placement and fusing and fun stuff in the general vicinity of that subject.
Good Lord, if you have any ideas of what Youko's plan can be… TELL ME, because I'm a clueless fool. Like I said, it was written on a YYH high, and that gets me insanity but not much thoughtfulness. I hope I can update faster next time, and 'm sure I will. Only ten more days of school as of now (We get out 5-28-04)