Chapter 1
Disclaimer - I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or any of the characters. I only own Maria(don't steal her!!!) and my love for YYH and Kurama!
Maria walked down the sidewalk looking in the shoppe windows and she passed by them, smiling as she saw young girls and boys pointing to dolls and plastic guns. It was summer and school was out for now and Maria and many of her friends now had jobs. Maria walked inside the back door of a shoppe called Smith's Icecream and hung her coat in the back. She put on her name bagde and apron and walked to the counter ready for another day of work as the cashier and icecream maker.
"Hello and welcome to Smith's Icecream. I'm Maria, what may I get you?" Maria asked her first customer of the day. It was a boy with black hair that was gelled back to give him a tougher appearance. He wore a green jump suit similar to their school uniforms only green and the buttons were different.
"Yeah, hi. I'm ordering for five people, so this might take a while," the boy told her. Maria nodded her head and took out a piece of paper and a pencil so she would remember what he wanted.
"I'm ready," she replied and he achknowleged her with a nod of his head.
"One cone with only vanilla icecream and sprikles on it, one cone with only chocolate icecream and a cherry, one banana sundae, one cappachino smoothie with chocolate sprinkles and whipped cream, and one bowl of cookies and cream with whipped cream and cookie crumbs with chocolate fudge," He said and she wrote the information down on the papar. Maria repeated the order and when it was confirmed, she got to work, the boy standing there watching her. After ten minutes, the preparing was done and she had all the icecream on the counter. The boy payed for it, and Maria offered to help take it over to his table.
"Sure, since I can't hold all of these at once," the boy said and picked up the two cones and the sundae. Maria nodded her head and picked up the smoothie and the bowl.
"Where is your table?" She asked and he started walking, she followed in his wake. They got to the table and the boy gave to cones to two girls and the sundae to an ugly boy with orange hair. He took the smoothie from her and put it down at the empty spot and then took the bowl and put it in front of a boy with blood red hair. Maria was about to walk away when she turned and stared at the boy with red hair. Something inside her clicked and very quietly she asked, "K-kurama?" The boy in the green looked at her weird then down to the red-haired boy with a look of surprise on his face. The red-haired boy grew tense, Maria could see that just by looking at his back and shoulders. "Is that you Suuichi? Please...tell me," Maria said. The boy with the red hair turned around and smiled weakly. He stood up and grinned. There was no mistaking the grin, it was him, he was back.
"It is you...when did you get back?" Maria asked him.
"Just a few days ago, Maria, it is good to see you again!" Kurama said. She was just about to answer when her boss called her back to the counter. She waved her hand at her boss and started to walk away. She paused in her step and turned her head around, she said, "Please, call me or come over later, I live in the same place I always did Kurama," she said and walked to the counter. She wasn't sure why she now called him by Kurama and not the name she had known him as her whole life. 'Like I told him, I like this name better...' she thought to herself as she got an order for a man with glasses. 'Those must be his teammates or something...was that Urameshi? It must have been!' Maria thought. She looked up briefly from her job to see Kurama and the four other people walking out of the shoppe. Kurama glanced back at her and met her eyes. She held them but then looked away as her customer asked if anything was wrong.
"Oh no, I'm sorry, nothing is wrong, I just saw a person who I haven't seen in a year," Maria told the girl. The girl, Jade, was her friend from school. Upon hearing Maria's words, she turned around but no one was there.
"Was it him?" Jade asked her quietly. After Kurama had left, Jade had been the only one who helped Maria through some of the hard times. She knew that Maria still waited for Suuichi and Jade had waited there right beside her the whole time.
"Yes," Maria answered and handed her friend a vanilla cone as tears formed in her eyes. Jade took the cone and walked to the small table near the counter.
After Maria was finished working, she took her apron off and hung it up in the back and stuck her namebadge in her coat pocket. She took her coat and slung it over her shoulder and walked out to the front to sit with Jade. Jade smiled at her reassuingly as she sat down across from her.
"Are you sure it was him?" Jade asked her.
"Yes I am sure, he even said 'Maria, it is good to see you again' or something like that. But then I had to get back to work so we couldn't talk, then we caught each others eyes right before he left. God I miss him so much," Maria answered and put her head in her hands. Jade patted her back and they got up and walked out the front down of the shoppe.
"We only have a few more weeks of break left, then we'll be seniors in highschool, it seems our lives have flown by," Jade said trying to change the subject as they walked down the side walk together.
"I know, it seems scary doesn't it?" Maria replied. They got to Maria's home and she said good bye to Jade as Jade walked down the side walk a few more houses to her own home. She opened the front door and walked inside. Her mother was in the kitchen and Maria dropped her coat on the counter.
"Hello Maria. Someone is here to see you, go check in your room," her mother told her. Maria's grey eyes widened into orbs and she cautiously made her way to her room. Her mother smiled when she left the kitchen and she went on with making the dinner she had been preparing when Maria had come in.
Maria walked down the hallway and opened her door to her room. Her face was expressionless as she entered. On her bed sat Kurama and he smiled to her. She felt the tears come rapidly and she threw herself at Kurama with a sob only wanting to be held in his arms.
Disclaimer - I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or any of the characters. I only own Maria(don't steal her!!!) and my love for YYH and Kurama!
Maria walked down the sidewalk looking in the shoppe windows and she passed by them, smiling as she saw young girls and boys pointing to dolls and plastic guns. It was summer and school was out for now and Maria and many of her friends now had jobs. Maria walked inside the back door of a shoppe called Smith's Icecream and hung her coat in the back. She put on her name bagde and apron and walked to the counter ready for another day of work as the cashier and icecream maker.
"Hello and welcome to Smith's Icecream. I'm Maria, what may I get you?" Maria asked her first customer of the day. It was a boy with black hair that was gelled back to give him a tougher appearance. He wore a green jump suit similar to their school uniforms only green and the buttons were different.
"Yeah, hi. I'm ordering for five people, so this might take a while," the boy told her. Maria nodded her head and took out a piece of paper and a pencil so she would remember what he wanted.
"I'm ready," she replied and he achknowleged her with a nod of his head.
"One cone with only vanilla icecream and sprikles on it, one cone with only chocolate icecream and a cherry, one banana sundae, one cappachino smoothie with chocolate sprinkles and whipped cream, and one bowl of cookies and cream with whipped cream and cookie crumbs with chocolate fudge," He said and she wrote the information down on the papar. Maria repeated the order and when it was confirmed, she got to work, the boy standing there watching her. After ten minutes, the preparing was done and she had all the icecream on the counter. The boy payed for it, and Maria offered to help take it over to his table.
"Sure, since I can't hold all of these at once," the boy said and picked up the two cones and the sundae. Maria nodded her head and picked up the smoothie and the bowl.
"Where is your table?" She asked and he started walking, she followed in his wake. They got to the table and the boy gave to cones to two girls and the sundae to an ugly boy with orange hair. He took the smoothie from her and put it down at the empty spot and then took the bowl and put it in front of a boy with blood red hair. Maria was about to walk away when she turned and stared at the boy with red hair. Something inside her clicked and very quietly she asked, "K-kurama?" The boy in the green looked at her weird then down to the red-haired boy with a look of surprise on his face. The red-haired boy grew tense, Maria could see that just by looking at his back and shoulders. "Is that you Suuichi? Please...tell me," Maria said. The boy with the red hair turned around and smiled weakly. He stood up and grinned. There was no mistaking the grin, it was him, he was back.
"It is you...when did you get back?" Maria asked him.
"Just a few days ago, Maria, it is good to see you again!" Kurama said. She was just about to answer when her boss called her back to the counter. She waved her hand at her boss and started to walk away. She paused in her step and turned her head around, she said, "Please, call me or come over later, I live in the same place I always did Kurama," she said and walked to the counter. She wasn't sure why she now called him by Kurama and not the name she had known him as her whole life. 'Like I told him, I like this name better...' she thought to herself as she got an order for a man with glasses. 'Those must be his teammates or something...was that Urameshi? It must have been!' Maria thought. She looked up briefly from her job to see Kurama and the four other people walking out of the shoppe. Kurama glanced back at her and met her eyes. She held them but then looked away as her customer asked if anything was wrong.
"Oh no, I'm sorry, nothing is wrong, I just saw a person who I haven't seen in a year," Maria told the girl. The girl, Jade, was her friend from school. Upon hearing Maria's words, she turned around but no one was there.
"Was it him?" Jade asked her quietly. After Kurama had left, Jade had been the only one who helped Maria through some of the hard times. She knew that Maria still waited for Suuichi and Jade had waited there right beside her the whole time.
"Yes," Maria answered and handed her friend a vanilla cone as tears formed in her eyes. Jade took the cone and walked to the small table near the counter.
After Maria was finished working, she took her apron off and hung it up in the back and stuck her namebadge in her coat pocket. She took her coat and slung it over her shoulder and walked out to the front to sit with Jade. Jade smiled at her reassuingly as she sat down across from her.
"Are you sure it was him?" Jade asked her.
"Yes I am sure, he even said 'Maria, it is good to see you again' or something like that. But then I had to get back to work so we couldn't talk, then we caught each others eyes right before he left. God I miss him so much," Maria answered and put her head in her hands. Jade patted her back and they got up and walked out the front down of the shoppe.
"We only have a few more weeks of break left, then we'll be seniors in highschool, it seems our lives have flown by," Jade said trying to change the subject as they walked down the side walk together.
"I know, it seems scary doesn't it?" Maria replied. They got to Maria's home and she said good bye to Jade as Jade walked down the side walk a few more houses to her own home. She opened the front door and walked inside. Her mother was in the kitchen and Maria dropped her coat on the counter.
"Hello Maria. Someone is here to see you, go check in your room," her mother told her. Maria's grey eyes widened into orbs and she cautiously made her way to her room. Her mother smiled when she left the kitchen and she went on with making the dinner she had been preparing when Maria had come in.
Maria walked down the hallway and opened her door to her room. Her face was expressionless as she entered. On her bed sat Kurama and he smiled to her. She felt the tears come rapidly and she threw herself at Kurama with a sob only wanting to be held in his arms.
