~* Chapter Four *~

Disclaimer: don't own if you have not figure that out by now.

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Kagome walked down the street, by her side was an exhausted Yoki. She had to drag him to the counselor but he was more than willing to get out.

Kagome had told her boss how it was going. She knew that there was no progress each time that he went but she wasn't about to give in just yet. She told her boss that he (Yoki) was doing fine. She never had been good at lying so it came to no surprise that he gave her a pointed look. She reassured him that they were fine and he left it at that.

Kagome sighed and looked at Yoki.

He looked like an old man. Not exactly, but close. His eyes were tired and heavy with wrinkles collecting under them, his usual nice ponytail was low and some hair was sticking out everwhere. His cloths were more than wrinkled and his feet were dragging across the pavement. He looked like he was dead if he was not walking.

Kagome had found him like this every time she came to pick him up. She was starting to wonder if Shuiichi was really a councilor and not a P.E coach.

He sure would make a good one, she silently took in Yoki's broken figure, Yah, that and his body.

Kagome blushed.

She remembered how good and well toned that Shuiichi's body was and flushed some more until she looked like a valentines gift. Likely for her, Yoki was to tired to even notice. She smiled at him and kept walking. However, Yoki DID notice her blush and clenched his fist. He had a pretty good idea who she had in mind.

~~~~~~~~* Morning *~~~~~~~~~

Kagome looked into the mirror as she brushed her teeth and hair all at once. She was running late. She looked at the clock and saw it was a quarter past seven and rushed to get her cloths.

Yoki sweatdropped as he saw a large black blur zoom to the left and zoom to the right. He had a piece of toast hanging out of his mouth and coffee in his left hand. He did not really like coffee, but it was the only thing he could think of to get him up. He was wearing baggy jeans and a white shirt that was slanted and his hair was worse than yesterday. He had a pretty good idea who the black blur was and why she was a black blur in the first place.

Late again I see. He thought as he turned his head to watch his mother zoom to the left. He did not say that out loud of course, she was late enough as it is. Arguing will probably make her lose her job. But then again Sessho MIGHT cover for her. He thought as he watched her zoom the right.

He calmly walked back to his room and closed the door. Twenty seconds later he emerged, fully dressed and ready to go to school.

"YOKI! HURRY UP!" Kagome shouted up to her son. She was wearing blue jeans again and a very baggy white shirt. She had a bag slung on her back and she was looking at her watch while tapping her foot impatiently.

Yoki decided he better skip the stairs and just jumped down to the floor. He was as graceful as a cat landing on its feet. Kagome gave him a look but was out the door in a matter of seconds with Yoki closely behind.

When they were in the car Yoki reached for the wheel.

"Can I drive?" he asked. Kagome raised an eyebrow at him behind the shades she had just put on.

"YOU almost killed us last time I let you drive." She stated as she slapped his hand away. He grinned and withdrew his hand. It was a good start. He was in a good mood and Kagome wanted it too last, too bad it had to end.

Kagome and Yoki buckled their safety belts and Kagome brought her foot on the petal, hard.

ZOOM!

While Kagome was having the time of her life, Yoki was hanging on for dear life. It was life-or-death when Kagome was behind the wheel. They were moving so fast, they arrived at Yoki's school in a matter of minutes. Yoki breathed, he was still alive. He was starting to wonder if she was getting her driving confused with his driving.

He figured he should be used to this, but it was kinda hard to get used to having your mother drive at the speed of sound and be calm all the way to their destination. They had managed to get to school again without attracting the police's attention. Or else we were moving too fast for them to see us. Yoki thought as he clutched his chest while his hand got tangled in a hand full of cloths.

When he looked behind him his mother was long gone. He paled.

WERE IS MY BACKPACK!?

~~~~~** Kagome **~~~~~

Kagome rummaged though the side of her car. She grabbed what she thought was her bag and instead brought out a huge black-reddish bag. She sweatdropped.

"What is Yoki's backpack doing in the car?"

~~~~~** Back to Yoki **~~~~~

After he got three weeks detention (much to his frustration) due to his mothers lack of waking up in the morning and running for his life from his fangirls he met up with his friends Kish, Sanosu, Mosinta, and Kasha. He told them about the detention and they all scowled at the teachers across the hall.

"That isn't fair, stupid baka teachers." Kasha nodded towards the teacher. The others showed their agreement by cussing under their breath.

"By the way, why were you late?" Kasha asked worry etched her voice.

Yoki said, " I was kept up until late last night."

Mosinta chuckled. " Why exactly were you up so late any how?" he asked in a very smooth voice. The others nodded they wanted to know also.

Yoki blushed. "Counseling." He muttered. The others leaned into him. He glared at their curiosity and said it louder. They understood.

"WHAT!?" they shouted. They never knew Yoki ever had to need such a thing, but then again Yoki WAS getting farther and farther away from them.

"Dude, good luck." Sanosu said as the bell rang.

"Heh, ya right." Yoki muttered as he followed.

~~* Later that Day *~~

"Damn," Yoki cussed as he kicked another poor defenseless rock away. "Why the heck am I going to the stupid counselor any how?" he asked himself. Oh yeah, he thought bitterly, because mom'll kick my butt all the way there any ways so why make her waste kicks. She's got enough on her hands anyway. He thought while he walked the familiar road to Red's office.

He walked up the ten stories high building to the sixth floor and walked into the counselors department. The clerk was not surprised that he was there so she just ignored him. Yoki scowled at her. Some date she would have made. He thought as he kicked the door to Reds office. He knew that no one would be in there since he was always the first appointment of the day.

Shuiichi looked up from his book and raised a red eyebrow.

Yoki snorted, jumped on his usual couch and as always glared at the wall.

Shuiichi sighed. This was getting old. He decided he had better break the silence and tension (mostly coming from Yoki) between them somehow. He put down his book and turned to Yoki.

"How was your day?" WHAT! Where in the world did that come from?! Now I'm starting to sound like a mother how pathetic.

Glare.

Shuiichi sighed. Some answer. He tried again. "What did you do?"

Glare. "Any new projects?" Glare.

"New something?" GLARE! "New nothing?" GLARE!! "New love life?" CRASH!

Shuiichi blinked and turned his gaze to the floor where Yoki lay twitching. He was on his feet again the next moment.

"WHAT THE HELL KIND OF QUESTION IS THAT!?" He bellowed. Shuiichi winced at the loud sound but smiled non-the less. Something flickered across his face so quickly Yoki could not recognize it.

"Just a personal question between two men." He answered with, guess what, a smile. Yoki then recognized the emotion as sadness.

Red, do you want a love life? Yoki asked in his mind. Then he grinned. From the way Shuiichis color changed Yoki guessed he did not like him (Yoki) grinning. Well, we'll have to change that wont we. He thought mischievously as he sat up. Shuiichi looked at him weirdly but was surprised beyond all reason when Yoki ran out the door dragging him with him.

"THEN LETS GO FIND YOU A LOVER!"

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SAM: *buckles over laughing * That's your big plan!?

NK: Yep, stop laughing.

SAM: *grins * Okay answers to your questions:

SAM: Uh......do we have any questions to answer Nogit?

NK: *Shakes head * Not that I know of. JA!

SAM: SAME!

Nogitsune Krist

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