I UPDATE! MIRACLES DO OCCUR!!!

Before this chapter, this story was last updated: 2-21-04

This chapter was posted: 3-31-04

Anyway, I think I'll respond to all y'alls' reviewses now.

Celebrindae- Well, it was a heck of a lot longer than a week this time… And I think I should draw Karasu with a Mohawk… That'd be good.

Madame Arrow Foxfire- Thanks for the suggestions. All are possibilities, except the Shadow meat cleaver thing… Just read the chapter.

nutari- Thank you for waiting, and yes I did get major super writing block on this chapter… Hopefully you didn't give up hope on me… Move on with your life… *sob*

blue fox demon- I'm so sorry I didn't update for over a month!!! I'm ashamed. And this chapter is even short… I don't feel like I'm carrying in my authorly duties with this story too well.

chocogurl- Read on to find out about Karasu… and Youko will probably be in some more later. Muwaha.

Kawaii ningen kitsune- What's up with Karasu, you ask? Well, he likes to harass Kurama. Purely because it's EVIL. Muwahahahahaha…

Hikari- I'm sticking with Hiei, don't worry. I'm just going to torture Kurama a bit in this story, y'know? Don't worry, no physical harm…

Shishou Youkai- Once again, I say I'm ashamed of myself… It took me a month to update! With a short chapter! It's SHORT! It's horrible! I'm so ashamed! *breaks down and cries. Hiei has to come comfort her before she can proceed to the next review*

Wizardess Gal- Buwahahahaha… Well, Kuwabara isn't in this chapter much… So you can't laugh at his misfortune. I know. How awful.

Yayo- Little sisters are so annoying. I should know. I am one. I just live to annoy my older sister… And I'm safe. I have no younger siblings. Bwahahaha… Nobody to steal my job away from me! Yay! Anyway, this chapter isn't particularly funny, in my opinion… A month of writer's block is hell.

Robin Autumn- Yeah, I will as soon as the guards release me from The Writer's Block.

Draikitha- I'm glad.

Mari Youma- Yes, Eclipse likes blue. You ride dirt bike? That's cool. I really don't know the first thing about it, except it looks extremely painful to wreck.

Demon Ashika- Well, does updating after a month really count? I can't believe it's been a month! *sob* It's awful! *breaks down crying again and is dragged off by a slightly irked Hiei*

Woo! Fourteen reviews. Maybe waiting a month is a good thing sometimes. But not very often. I'll try not to do that any more…

CHAPTER SIX

Fired

"You got fired!?" Hiei said in disbelief. "What the heck are you doing getting fired? What did you do?!"

"Nothing!" Yusuke whined. "I just cut some guy's hair!"

"Oh," Hiei said as if that explained everything. He glanced back at the soccer field where Shadow was practicing with the team.

Yusuke had come wandering by with his police escort on the way back to the police station. It was the third day of work, and he was already fired. Hiei sighed.

"Man, just... You're gonna have to hang out in prison until they get you another job, you know," Hiei said.

"I am?!"

"Uh-huh."

"FORE!" Shadow screamed. A soccer ball flew towards Hiei's head. He ducked, and it slammed into Yusuke's head. He fell over and got dragged back to the police station by his escort.

"What was Yusuke doing here?" Shadow asked, trotting over to Hiei.

"He got fired."

"Did he seriously?!"

"Yup."

"Dude... That sucks."

"Uh... yeah."

"So, what's he gonna do now?"

"I don't know, but I have to cut your day short and go find out."

"No problem," Shadow said. "Soccer is getting redundant anyway. You've probably lost a few IQ points from all the times you got hit. And while we're checking on Yusuke, we can see about me getting a new job, right? Cuz according to them, the upcoming game is the last meet they have after this..."

"Fine."

So, they walked to the prison. Once they got inside, Hiei reported to Akamatsu. Shadow had to stay outside, since she wasn't a worker of any sort.

After the prisoners were 100% sure that Hiei was in the office and not coming out, one of them called, "Hey, babe! Come over here!"

Shadow realized she was still in her soccer clothes: Short shorts and a tank top. She glared at the prisoner who had spoken.

"The only reason I would come near you, fag, would be to pummel your brains in. If you have any brains in the first place, that is."

Several men whistled. Shadow sighed. Psychos.

"I thought men who stayed in prison too long were supposed to become GAY!"

A silence fell over the prison. It was a bit disturbing.

"Sometimes," one man offered. "But a pretty girl is still a welcome sight."

Shadow growled. "Fuck you."

"Would you please?" just about every man said simultaneously. Shadow's eyes widened.

"NO," she said coldly. She silently pleaded that Hiei would come back out soon.

"Why not?" one guy said.

"Because I'm TAKEN."

They all looked miserable.

"By who?" one guy ventured. Just then, Hiei stepped out of Akamatsu's office, and all eyes fell on him. He felt slightly nervous.

"What?" he said.

"Him?" somebody said.

"Me what?"

"They want to fuck me so I told them I'm taken and they think I'm talking about you," Shadow said. Hiei quirked an eyebrow.

"Ah... Well if you're not talking about me, who would you be talking about?"

"I dunno."

"Nobody informed me we were together..."

Somebody cleared their throat. Hiei and Shadow looked up at Akamatsu.

"Would you mind having this conversation elsewhere? I like my office door closed. Hiei, I trust you can take care of her and Urameshi?"

"Yes sir."

"Take care of me? Does that mean I'm getting another job?!"

"Yeah." Hiei started down the hall.

"Yes!"

"Yes, isn't it wonderful?"

"Yes!"

"Yusuke, I have to get you another job," Hiei said as they stopped outside a cell. Yusuke was inside twiddling his thumbs.

"And me!" Shadow chirped.

"Fine. You and Shadow."

"Yay!"

"Why Shadow?" Yusuke asked.

"Because soccer season is over soon..."

"Yay!"

"...So she has to get another job..."

"Yay!"

"...unless she wants to not work until next season."

"Blah."

"Okay... Well then... Get me out of here," Yusuke said. Hiei opened the cell and led Yusuke and Shadow into the room they'd been in last time when they chose their jobs.

"These are your choices, once again," Hiei said, handing each a sheet of paper. "Pick a new one. You know the drill."

"PHONE OPERATOR!!!" Shadow cheered instantly. Hiei and Yusuke looked at her incredulously.

"Are you serious?" Hiei asked. Shadow nodded until her head threatened to pop off her neck and Yusuke had to grab her face to make her stop.

"Yusuke?" Hiei prompted, scribbling down Shadow's job choice on a sheet of paper.

"Well... Door-to-door salesman?"

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Shadow screamed, making a cross with her fingers and jumping back ten feet to hide in the corner.

"Well my other choices are things like burger flipper and circus crap cleaner!"

"What the heck would a circus crap cleaner do?"

"Clean crap," Hiei and Yusuke said in unison.

"You can't clean crap! That's gross!"

"Clean up crap, if you're so particular about my grammar," Yusuke said dryly.

"So, Yusuke is going to sell crappy products to gullible fools, and Shadow is going to talk to people over the phone."

"Yup," the two teens said.

"Okee Dokee..." Hiei mumbled.

Kurama sighed. He glanced across the shop to Karasu. The boy had been able to feel that lunatic's purple gaze on him all... friggin... day...

And frankly, it was quite annoying.

"Don't you have anything better to do?" Kurama snapped suddenly, startling his gaurd, Karasu, and some old lady browsing through the flowers.

"No," Karasu answered shortly.

"Well find something!"

"Nah... I could stare at you all day, Kurama."

Kurama shuddered. "That doesn't mean you have to."

"Well I have nothing better to do."

"Go harass somebody else."

"But nobody else holds the same charm as you do to me, Kurama."

"Are you hitting on him?!" Kurama's gaurd asked suddenly.

"Perhaps," Karasu answered. The gaurd shuddered and got up.

"I'll be outside," he said, strolling out.

Karasu chuckled.

"Look, Karasu, I'm sure to people of your sexual orientation, you're attractive, but to me, a normal, straight teenager, I'm more attracted to girls. Now if you don't mind, could you get out of the shop, please?" Kurama said.

"What did you mean about my sexual orientation?" Karasu asked, looking hurt.

"You're gay!"

"So?"

"I'm straight!"

"Kurama, you hurt my feelings..." And he truly looked hurt, too. Kurama glared.

"I'm not going to feel bad for you. I've made that mistake so many times, it's not even funny."

"It's not a mistake to have emotions..." By now, Karasu had traveled clear across the shop and was standing on the opposite side of the counter from Kurama.

"It can be."

"But that's one thing that's so attractive about you... Aside from your unnatural beauty and gentle--"

"Karasu!" Kurama hissed under his breath, nodding his head in the direction of the old lady. Karasu looked at her and blushed slightly. She was staring at them.

"I'm sorry, ma'am. Can I help you?" Kurama asked the lady. She just kept staring, then hurried out. Kurama rounded on Karasu. "Bakayarou!"

"Can I continue now?"

And Kurama fell over, just as Kuwabara ran by outside screaming with a pack of dogs at his heels.