All Thieves are All Alike

~Chapter Two~

"Keiko, honey, your cousin's here! Please come down and help with her bags!" Keiko was in her room when she heard her mom call up to her. Keiko instantly dropped the book she was reading and quickly walked down stairs. At the entrance of Keiko's family's restaurant stood a teenaged girl with dark brown hair and dark purple eyes. She wore a high school similar to Keiko's only it was black, red, and white and the skirt was shorter.

"Hey, Keiko, how's it going?" The girl happily asked Keiko. Keiko smiled and nodded then walked over to the girl.

"Good. Anyways, let's get your stuff upstairs then I can introduce you to all my friends." Keiko said as she made her way towards the suitcase next to the girl. The girl laughed and quickly grabbed her suitcase.

"Thanks, but I can get my own stuff. So are you going to introduce me to your boyfriend Yusuke?" The girl asked as the two made their way upstairs and into Keiko's bedroom. Keiko's cheeks flushed a bit and nodded.

"Sure, come on. Let's go by his house to see if he's there." Keiko said as Yumi placed her suitcase on the ground then the two left and went downstairs.

"Mom, Dad, we're going to see Yusuke and the others. We'll be back before dark." Keiko told her parents. The girl bowed to Keiko's parents in respect.

"See you in a little while, Aunt Ruka, Uncle Dojima." The girl said then she and Keiko left the family restaurant. The two girls walked through the city until the reach the apartments that Yusuke and his mom lived in. Suddenly, the two stopped in front of the apartment building as they heard a person walk behind them.

"Nice uniform, Keiko." Someone said from behind them as Keiko felt the bottom of her skirt beginning to be lift. Keiko face went red and she instantly hit the intruder in the face. They quickly turned around to see a teenaged boy with a green uniform on, sitting on the ground laughing his head off.

"Yusuke, you jerk!" Keiko yelled at the boy. Yusuke continued to laugh as he stood up and faced the two girls. Keiko's cousin tried her best not to laugh at her cousin even though it was pretty funny.

"So, you're the famous Yusuke." The girl said as Yusuke began to stop his laughter. He stared at her.

"Yeah, maybe I am, and who exactly are you?" Yusuke rudely asked. To him he saw a teenaged girl with fox ears on the top of her head with a light purple energy light coming off of her. The girl could tell that he wasn't some normal human but one with a huge amount of spirit energy. She then smiled at him.

"I'm Keiko's cousin, Yumi Kasshu. I'm visiting from America. It's nice to meet you." The girl told him happily. Keiko nodded to shoe that it was true. Yusuke glared at her then scoffed and looked away.

"Urimeshi!" Someone yelled from down the street. the three of them turned to see a teenaged boy wearing a blue uniform running towards them. He ran to them then stopped breathing hard. He didn't even notice Keiko or Yumi.

"Yusuke, give me the jewel. Yukina and Genkai want to see it." The boy said as he recovered from his run. Keiko and Yumi silently laughed. Yusuke stared at him then laughed.

"I don't know, Kuwabara. You might lose it because of your stupidity." Yusuke said it in a matter-of-fact voice. Kuwabara glared at him.

"What jewel are you talking about?" Yumi asked them curiously getting into the conversation. Kuwabara and Yusuke turned and looked at her. Yumi smiled nervously and laughed.

"What? Did I say something wrong? Were you guys talking about the Youkai Jewel?" Yumi once again asked with curiosity. Yusuke and Kuwabara glared at her again then Yumi scoffed and turned away.

"Keiko, we're going to go to Genkai's. We're be back later." Yusuke told Keiko. She nodded and smiled at him.

"Okay, later we can go to the movies with my cousin. If you can, get Suichi to come as well. Oh, and Kuwabara, you and Yukina are welcome to join us as well." Keiko told them happily. Yusuke and Kuwabara nodded then began to walk off in the direction in which Kuwabara had came from.

"So, why do Yukina and Genkai want to see this?" Yusuke asked Kuwabara once they were out of hearing range of the two girls they had just left. Kuwabara stared at him while Yusuke pulled the small jewel from his pocket.

"They said that they think they had heard of it before and they want to see it just to make sure." Kuwabara simply explained. Yusuke sighed then placed the jewel back into his pocket.

"Kuwabara, did you notice anything strange about that girl with Keiko?" Yusuke seriously asked him. Kuwabara looked at him.

"What besides the fact that she had a huge amount of spirit energy?" Kuwabara asked as they came to Genkai's dojo place. The two began to climb up the endless steps.

"Yeah, that and the fact that she had ears on the top of her head!" Yusuke told him irritably. Kuwabara stared at him.

"Does that mean that she had two pairs of ears?!?!" Kuwabara asked stupidly. Yusuke groaned and punched Kuwabara in the face.

"You're such an idiot, Kuwabara. Of course, she doesn't! She was using some kind of spell!" Yusuke said as he left the injured Kuwabara on the stairs. Yusuke walked up the rest of the stairs and went inside the dojo thingamajig.........anyways.......

"Hello, Yusuke, nice to see you again. Where's Kuwabara?" Kurama asked as Yusuke entered. Kurama was leaning against a wall while Yukina and Genkai were sitting on the ground drinking tea. Suddenly, Kuwabara came staggering in and sat down beside Yukina.

"So, Yusuke where's that jewel that Kazuma was talking about?" Yukina asked Yusuke. Yusuke took the jewel out of his pocket and gave it to Yukina. He then went over to the wall opposite of Kurama and leaned against it as well. Yukina examined the jewel then handed it to Genkai who also examined it.

"Yes, this is theYoukai Jewel that almost everyone in the spirit world is searching for especially thieves." Genkai said as she continued to stare at it. Yukina turned around and looked at Kurama.

"Have you heard of it, Kurama?" Yukina curiously asked. Kurama sighed then nodded.

"I went after it once when I was Youko but I could never get close enough." Kurama told her. Kuwabara groaned from the pain that came from the new injury that Yusuke gave him. Yukina looked at him and placed her hands on him then healed him. Now, sadly, Kuwabara was back to his normal self which mostly everyone thought was bad.

"Hey, Kurama, can ya do me a favor?" Yusuke suddenly asked making everyone turned and looked at him.

"What is it that you want me to do, Yusuke?" Kurama asked. Yusuke smiled slyly and looked up at the ceiling.

"I need you to come to the movies with me and Keiko." Yusuke told him not saying the real reason. Kurama looked at him waiting for more as he could tell there were.

"And with Keiko's cousin." Yusuke added at the last moment trying to hold in his laughter. Kuwabara and Yukina looked at Kurama for his answer. Kurama sighed then slowly nodded. Yusuke smiled in victory.

"Oh Yukina, you want to go too? You can go with Kuwabara." Yusuke said jokingly. Kuwabara glared at him then looked at Yukina. Yukina laughed happily and nodded with excitement.

"Now, that's settled, let's go before Keiko gets mad."

~End of Chapter~