Hey, ya'll! This is a humor chapter, pretty much!! Those are always fun to write!!
I've decided to start writing responses to my reviews, since I think that I should acknowledge them in some way, so here it goes..
Kaeru Soyokaze: You're always the first person to usually review the new chapters....thanks!!! But anyways, your rant session might be in vain....that's all I'm saying...hehehehe....
Fire Phoenix: Yeah, poor Bronwyn, this is a really rough time for her. She just can't get a break...
angelkeiko300: I was wondering where you went....but, yes, I have already suffered through a week of school...I live in Texas, where you start school a month earlier...
Raine Jaganshi: Yeah, my updates will probably start getting less frequent unless I'm hit with inspiration all of a sudden...
Mega91045: Well, I thought about that too...I don't really know...he wasn't going to stop bugging her until she did something....
Boomerang-chan-Weeeellll....see, it's actually not going to be explained in later chapters. This is really a saga-sort of thing....and even though the whole prophecy thing will be explained a small bit further, it isn't going to come into play until around the fourth story. Well, patience has always been a virtue....
Animechick8: Thanks!!!
Disclaimer: I do not own YYH. I do own Bronwyn and Aiku. Thank you for your time.
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Bronwyn's peaceful sleep was interrupted by the bright sunlight shining right into her eyes. She raised an arm to shield herself, sitting up in bed.
I could of sworn that I pulled the shades last night....
"It's noon. How late are you going to sleep?" A lean figure whispered, staring out the window nonchalantly.
Bronwyn squinted through the rays of the sun to see Aiku, his back to her.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY BEDROOM?!?!?!" She screamed furiously, grasping around on the bedside table for the nearest thing she could throw, finally landing a hand on a large hardcover book. "GET OUT OF HERE!!!" She cried, launching the book at him fiercely.
Spinning around, Aiku ducked, the book narrowly missing his head, and the bright smile he had been wearing quickly transformed into a scowl. "Sheesh, sorry, I just thought that you slept long enough."
"GET...OUT..."
Starting to look a little frightened, Aiku left the room angrily, storming out the door. Bronwyn sighed, pulling herself over to the edge of the bed.
I forgot that he was always a up and at em' kind of person....
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Bronwyn carefully made her way down the stairs, clutching the money Kurama had given her tightly in her hand. She remembered what he had said a few days ago...
"Since you are now living here permanently, you are going to need some new clothes. I suggest that you go to the mall...."
As she entered the living room, she noticed Aiku skimming through a magazine with little interest. When he glanced up and noticed Bronwyn, though, he set the magazine down immediately. "Where's Kurama?"
"He goes to school." She snapped, moving into the kitchen to pour herself a glass of water.
"Well, I guess it's just you and me then...."
"Correction: It's just you. I'm going shopping."
"Well, can't I come? I'm bored."
"NO."
"Please? It's no fun going shopping by yourself. I could help you..."
"I'm not going by myself. I'm going to get Hiei to go with me."
Aiku laughed at this. "He doesn't seem like the shopping type."
"I don't care. He's going, whether he likes it or not."
"Then can I go with the both of you?"
Bronwyn took a large swig of the water and turned her head to look at the kitchen entrance where Aiku was leaning against the side wall casually, wearing a pleading look on his face.
She sighed heavily. He's not going to leave me alone....It wouldn't hurt....
"Fine. You can come along, but one, don't talk to me, and two, stay a few feet away from me at all times, okay?"
He smiled. "God, you really hate me, don't you?"
Pushing the money to the bottom of her pocket, Bronwyn headed for the front door, but Aiku beat her to it, pulling it open so she could walk out. "Ladies first." He whispered, extending a hand to usher her out.
"Save it." She growled, shooting him a cold glare. This hardly seemed to faze Aiku, though. He closed the door behind them softly and they both strolled out into the sunlight. It was a beautiful day, with not a cloud in the sky. Aiku seemed to find this lifting and began to hum an unfamiliar tune.
A group of chatting girls approaching the pair on the sidewalk immediately stopped talking when they noticed Aiku, who smiled at them. "How you doing, ladies?" He said slickly, nodding at them.
The girls glanced at each other and then startled to giggle quietly. "Fine." A chorus of squeaky voices echoed.
Aiku watched them walk away, and then turned his head back to see Bronwyn giving him a disgusted look. "What can I say?" He bragged, "The ladies love me."
"That's the bastard I know." Bronwyn scoffed, turning her head back to the sidewalk. She made a sharp turn, walking across the road, with Aiku close behind, even though he looked a little confused.
"When I first came to this town, I saw the mall and it was that way." He whispered, pointing farther down the road.
"I know that, I'm not a baka." She growled, nearing the edge of the forest.
"HIEI!!!!" She screamed loudly. She had barely gotten the word out, though, when she heard his voice behind her. "What?"
She turned around to face Hiei, who looked like he had been sleeping before she had woken him up. "Oh, yes, I need to do some shopping and need you to come with me."
"Why do you need me?" He spoke, disgruntled.
"For...for...well, I need someone to hold the clothes!!! Please?"
"No. You have him." He pointed to Aiku, who was watching them both with interest.
"He wouldn't leave me alone until I let him come. He'll be staying far away." She whispered angrily, shooting Aiku a small glare. "PLEASE????" She whined, turning her head back to Hiei.
"I will no-." He stopped in mid-sentence when he noticed that Bronwyn was staring at him with her "I'm going to cry..." face. She even sniffed a few times for added effect.
"Please?" She whispered delicately, her eyes growing big.
"I will not be swayed by your tears!" Hiei growled, looking away furiously. Knowing that the puppy-dog face wasn't going to work today, Bronwyn immediately lost it and glared at Hiei angrily.
"You're going even if I have to drag you all the way there!!"
Hiei only smirked at this comment. "I dare you to try."
"Uh, excuse me, you two...." Aiku's cocky voice interrupted the pair, "But I think I can help this situation." Moving forward a step, he held up his right hand and waved the five fingers at the two. "I've had this special gift ever since I was a child. I don't know how I got it, and I've never shone it to anyone. But if it will help Bronwyn get her way...(He smiled at her, but only recieved a frown in return)....I'm willing to use it for once."
"Aiku, don't lie, I know that yo-..." Bronwyn's angry voice trailed off, staring in disbelief at Aiku's hand. His fingers were....glowing. A bright blue light flickered over them, as if a flame had ignited.
He reached forward swiftly, and ran his index finger softly over Hiei's arm, so gentle that Hiei almost didn't even feel it. But before he could even acknowledge the touch, he felt it once again on his other arm, and then on his legs.
Aiku backed away, and he held his hand up once again, watching as the light seemed to grow fainter and fainter until it was nonexistent.
"What did you do?" Hiei asked angrily, looking himself over, even though nothing seemed strange or different.
Aiku grinned. "Walk over here and I'll tell you." He said, beckoning for Hiei to take a step forward.
Confused, Hiei began to lift his leg....
Wait a minute, why can't I move my leg???
He then proceeded to try and move his arms, but his limbs stayed perfectly still, no matter how hard he tried to move them.
"Can't move, huh?" Aiku smirked, noticing Hiei's failed attempts.
"What did you do?" Hiei growled, glaring at Aiku as Bronwyn watched what was happening curiously.
"That's my gift. The gift of paralyzation. All I have to do is touch you in a particular place, such as your arm, and that part of your body is paralyzed. It lasts for fifteen minutes."
Bronwyn approached Hiei cautiously, still not really convinced that he was helpless. "You..really can't move?" She whispered.
Hiei didn't answer, but instead kept trying to move his arms and legs, still to no avail. Bronwyn just watched him for a moment, and then carefully raised her arm and placed her finger on his nose. After a moment of waiting to see if Hiei would do anything about it (Well, besides glaring at her), she began to laugh.
"Cool." She giggled, starting to move her hand around his face, and finally ruffling his hair. After a moment of fooling around, she glanced back at Aiku. "You know, this is fun and everything, but how does he get to the mall when he can't even move?"
Aiku grinned, and let out a small laugh. "You grab his left arm, and I'll get his right." He moved over to Hiei's side and took his arm. Taking cue from him, Bronwyn did the same, still laughing.
"We're going to get some weird looks from people on the street, but at least we'll get him there." Aiku sighed, motioning for Bronwyn to begin pulling. She nodded, and they began on their way to the mall, dragging Hiei along with them, whose eyes were glowing with anger.
"I will kill both of you when I can move my arms and legs again. STOP!!!" He screamed desperately, still trying to move.
"Not a chance, Hiei, this is WAY too much fun." Bronwyn giggled....
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"Okay, I'm looking for something casual but dressy, wild but conservative, different but hip...what do you guys think?" Bronwyn turned her head to look at Aiku and Hiei, who had meanwhile regained the use of his limbs but after a threat of being paralyzed by Aiku again and another threat from Bronwyn that she would never speak to him again if he left, he had decided that he would stay for a few minutes. Both looked very confused by what she had just said.
They were all in Senyuki, a fashion boutique, sifting through outfits. Well, actually, Bronwyn, was sifting through outfits while Aiku and Hiei were leaning against the wall, both thinking the same thing. How unbearably boring this was....
"Hello, I'm talking to you!" She scolded, waving a hand in front of their faces angrily. "What do you think of these?" She held up two different outfits eagerly. One was a long-sleeved white shirt with beige capris, the other was a low-cut sparkly black dressy shirt with denim jeans.
"I like that one." Aiku snickered, pointing to the black shirt with the jeans. "It will show off that figure of yours better.
"Don't make me slap you." Bronwyn growled, glancing at both of the outfits curiously. She sighed. "I guess I'll have to try on both. Hold on a second." She disappeared into the dressing room for a minute and then came back out wearing the first outfit.
"Well?" She said, spinning around for them to see. "What do you think?"
"Good." Aiku sighed, looking away.
"Fine." Hiei whispered, not even looking at all.
She glared at the both of them. "Thanks for such informative opinions!!" She snarled sarcastically, looking down at herself.
"I don't know...I guess it's okay..." She went back into the dressing room once again, coming back out wearing the second outfit, the one which Aiku was much more interested in.
"Looks great. Get that one." He said happily, receiving an angry glare from Bronwyn. "I think I'll get both..." She whispered airily, and entered the dressing room once again, returning with her regular clothes on. She thrust the two outfits into Hiei's hands. "Hold these, will you?"
Without waiting for him to respond, she sprinted off again, returning with twice as many outfits as before. "They're my size, so I don't really see the need to try them on." She whispered, adding them to the growing pile of clothes in Hiei's hands.
"I thought that you didn't care what you wore." He growled, staring angrily at the bundle of outfits he was holding.
"Well, I don't, but I didn't know how much fun shopping could be!!" She chirped, disappearing back into the racks of clothes once again.
"Wow, talk about a downside to having a girlfriend, huh?" Aiku whispered playfully, staring at the growing pile of clothes.
Hiei, having not really heard Aiku's comment, smirked as he imagined burning the clothes into charred pieces of crisp black cloth, and then setting the evil store on fire, and watching it burn, burn to the ground, and hearing the ningens cry out in pain as their bodies were reduced to piles of ashes...
"Hiei? HIEI!!!" Bronwyn was waving a hand in front of his face anxiously, staring at him with a worried look. "Oh no, you're wearing that "I want to set everything on fire" look again. Don't even think about it!!" She shook a scolding finger in front of his face for a second, and then motioned for him to follow her over to the cash register.
While the cashier rang up the many outfits Bronwyn had decided to purchase, a high-pitched voice calling her name startled her. She turned her head to see a certain blue-haired girl waving happily at her.
"Didn't think I'd see you here." She said, smiling brightly. Bronwyn smiled also.
"Hey Botan. What are you doing here?"
"Hey, just because I'm not from this world doesn't mean I can't shop does it?" She whispered playfully, glancing at Hiei, now holding three shopping bags, and wearing a look of pure hatred.
"Oh, stop with the look, already, I'll carry them!!" Bronwyn cried angrily, noticing Hiei's glare.
Botan glanced down curiously at the shopping bags. "You're buying all of that?" She asked with a tone of surprise.
Bronwyn sighed heavily. "What is the problem with all of you about my shopping? I'm still a female, for heaven's sake!!"
But Botan hadn't listened to the explanation. Immediately after she had made the comment, she had noticed the raven-haired boy standing beside Hiei. She couldn't help notice that he was very cute....
Noticing Botan's gaze upon him, Aiku smiled, taking a step forward. "I don't believe we've met. I'm Aiku."
"Uh...I...I..." Botan stammered, suddenly finding herself at a loss for words. Instead, she waved meekly, her cheeks a light red color. Aiku's smile spread into a grin and he waved back in the same fashion as she had.
"Hey guys, what's going on?" Another male voice said boldly, appearing behind the group.
"I thought you had school today, Yusuke." Bronwyn said, staring at him with a confused look on her face.
"Well, I decided that I didn't really feel like it today, so here I am." He yawned, stretching his arms out.
At this moment of confusion, Botan grabbed Bronwyn's arm and dragged her away from the men, wearing a flushed look.
"Why did you do that?" Bronwyn snarled angrily at Botan, who was beginning to cut off the circulation to her arm in her tight grasp.
"Who is that?" Botan whispered, gesturing over to Aiku, who was looking out the glass window of the store.
"Oh, that's Aiku. He and I used to date. Why do you ask?"
"Well....he's very handsome...."
"WHAT??? YOU LIKE HIM??? WHY DOES EVERYBODY LIKE HIM, HE'S A RAT!!" Bronwyn screamed quietly, glaring at Botan, who seemed confused by her name for him.
"He seems so nice..."
"Well, he's not!! He's just covering up his true personality so he can get you guys to like him!!" Bronwyn ranted, and had planned to go on until she noticed Botan gazing longingly at Aiku, who seemed to be oblivious to the attention he was getting. She sighed heavily. She had felt the same way the first time she had seen Aiku. He was quite the looker.
"If you're thinking of getting with him, by all means, go for it. But I warn you, he's not who he seems." She said in a low voice. Botan seemed to snap out of her daze after hearing these words and glanced back at Bronwyn.
"You don't mind?"
"Do I mind? DO I MIND??" She laughed, confusing Botan even further. "Of course I don't mind!! Go right ahead, I encourage you. I just think that you need to be careful." She said, shoving Botan towards him. "Now go talk to him!!"
Botan stood still for a moment, growing redder by the minute, and then took a step back. "Maybe this isn't such a good idea...." She whispered nervously.
"GO ALREADY!!!"
"Okay, okay..." Botan took two steps forward this time, but hesitated before the third one.
"WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE DEAD AND BURIED BEFORE YOU CAN EVEN GET OVER THERE!!!"
"Stop, I'm trying!!" Botan said, waving a hand at Bronwyn. Taking a deep breath, she strolled over to Aiku, who smiled when he noticed her approaching.
Bronwyn watched as they began to talk, slow and awkward at first, but then becoming smoother and faster. She also noticed that Botan was a few shades of red lighter than before, and seemed to be enjoying herself. Smiling, Bronwyn made her way back over to Hiei and Yusuke....
"So, carrying your girlfriend's bags for her, huh? Quite the gentleman she's turning you into." Yusuke joked, and promptly received a death glare from Hiei, who was starting to drift back to his daydreams of burning the idiotic building down, and listening to the agonizing screams....
"You know, Hiei, I can see what you're thinking about. So stop with the fire fantasies already!!" Bronwyn said, her jagan eye beginning to faintly glow underneath her bangs.
"This building needs to be destroyed." He mumbled, not loud enough for her to hear, though.
"Who's the guy that Botan's talking to?" Yusuke asked, gesturing at Aiku and Botan, who were laughing about something.
"Aiku. Old boyfriend." She said simply.
"Cool guy. We talked for a minute." A grin slowly spread over Yusuke's face as he glanced at Hiei and then back at Bronwyn. "Did you guys really drag Hiei all the way here?"
"It was fun." She laughed, not seeming to notice that Hiei was growling at her. Yusuke's grin grew bigger, and was slowly turning into a evil smirk.
"Do you think he might be willing to do it again? We could have some fun with a helpless Hiei..." He laughed, glancing at Hiei again, who was starting to back away from them.
"Stay away from me." He growled quietly, reaching for his sword. Bronwyn began to laugh once again, and motioned Hiei to come back over to her and Yusuke.
"We're not that evil." She giggled, even though Yusuke looked disappointed with her answer. "I need to go home anyway. I have a new wardrobe!" She said excitedly, motioning at the bags that Hiei was still holding, though with contempt. A look of surprise grew on Yusuke's face as he glanced down at the three shopping bags.
"You're buying all that?" He said, in the same surprised tone that Botan had used when she had asked. Bronwyn stared blankly at Yusuke for a second and then threw her arms up in anger.
"AARGH!!! I CAN BUY CLOTHES IF I WANT!!!" She screamed furiously, and stormed out of the store. Botan and Aiku, taking a break from their conversation, noticed her dramatic exit and ran over to Yusuke and Hiei. "What did you do?" Aiku asked curiously, glancing back for a second to watch Bronwyn disappear out of view.
"I don't...really know..." Yusuke said quietly, scratching his head...
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"Okay, okay, I'm sorry, you can buy clothes if you want, just stop glaring at me...."
The group of five was walking on the sidewalk from the mall, heading in the direction of Kurama's house, and Bronwyn had been shooting looks of hatred at Yusuke for his comment ever since they had left the boutique.
"Hey guys!!" A deep voice called farther down the road. As the object came into focus, you could see that it was Kuwabara, running towards them, wearing a grin. When he finally came to a halt right in front of the group, he began to breathe heavily, obviously winded from his sprint.
"School's out already?" Botan asked, confused. Sure enough, after a few more minutes had passed, small clusters of students in uniforms began to pass, talking amongst themselves happily. They smiled at the group, even though most girls seemed more interested in Aiku then anybody else, shooting flirtatious looks at him as they walked by, ones which he returned graciously.
"So what have you guys been-URAMESHI!!" Kuwabara's smile disappeared immediately as he noticed for the first time that Yusuke was with the group.
"Boy, Urameshi, you should of seen Mr. Iwamoto's face when he saw that you weren't in class today. You missed that huge history exam!!!"
"Oh, shit, that was today?? I thought it was tomorrow!" Yusuke groaned, smacking himself on the head. He glanced around for a second worriedly. "Where's Keiko?"
"Ooh, if you thought Mr. Iwamoto was mad...."
"YUSUKE!!!!"
He winced at the high-pitched scream approaching on the sidewalk. Keiko stormed up, wearing a positively furious expression.
"You missed probably the most important test we will ever take in school this year!!! How do you expect to go to college if you keep on like this?" She growled, her eyes glaring at Yusuke angrily.
"Okay, okay, I'm sorry Keiko. If I had known the test was today, I would of shown up, honest!!!" He said, raising a hand to shield himself for the attack that he knew was approaching swiftly.
"Sure you would." She whispered sarcastically, turning away.
"Hey, who are you?" Kuwabara asked, directing the question at Aiku, who was smiling at a blond-haired student passing.
"Oh, I'm Aiku."
"Don't ask." Bronwyn grumbled angrily, wanting not to explain it again.
"Well, anyways, I think I did good on the exam!!" He exclaimed joyously.
"Yeah, Kuwabara, maybe you'll actually get a double digit grade for once!!" Yusuke chirped mockingly, and it was followed by chuckles from the group. Kuwabara's euphoric look quickly turned angry as he glared at Yusuke.
"That's not funny, Urameshi, like you could do any better!!"
"I bet I could have..."
"Well, we could stand here and listen to the both of you bicker all day," Bronwyn interrupted, "But some of us have things to do. I must deposit my shopping bags."
"What shopping bags?" Kuwabara asked, noticing that Bronwyn's hands were empty. His gaze drifted over to Hiei, who was still carrying them, even though he looked like he was yearning to maim someone. He broke out in laughter at the sight.
"Bought some nice clothes, did you, Hiei? Good thing, that cloak is getting old....dirty too."
"Lay off, Kuwabara, they're mine." Bronwyn scolded sternly. "Come on Hiei."
The two began to walk away, leaving Kuwabara watched them with a look of pure surprise.
"Since when does the shrimp take orders from Bronwyn?"
Yusuke shrugged at the question. "Don't ask me. Women have this mystical power over men. It's unexplainable, but you do what they say usually."
"YUSUKE!!!" Keiko's frustrated scream floated over to him, as she tapped her foot on the sidewalk impatiently. "Are you coming or not?"
"Allow me to demonstrate." He whispered, and ran over to the brown-haired girl. As Kuwabara watched them walk away, he glanced back at the two remaining people, Botan and Aiku.
"Do you live nearby, Botan?" Aiku asked her curiously, and watched as a nervous expression began to grow on her face.
"Well, actually...I...don't live in this town."
"You don't? Then where do you live??"
"Uh...um...far, far, away. I'm just here for a little while."
"Then where are you staying?"
Uh, erm....would you look at the time? I've gotta get going!!! Well, I'll see you later, Aiku!! Bye, Kuwabara!!" She waved hurriedly, and ran off before he could question her any further.
Shrugging, Aiku glanced back at Kuwabara. "Well, I guess I'll go back to Kurama's also. See if I can help at all."
At that very second, a gorgeous blond wandered past, smiling flirtatiously at Aiku. She giggled lightly as he smiled back.
"Or...maybe I'll go chat with her for a minute. Nice to meet you, Kuwabara." He waved a hurried good-bye to the carrot-top, sprinting down the road to catch up with the beautiful woman.
Kuwabara watched him go, and then glanced back at the now empty space where the group had been standing just a few minutes before. Shaking his head, he began to trudge to his own home....
Why do I have such weirdo friends???
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November 1
I do not just hate Aiku, I LOATHE him. Deeply.
He's just so annoying. I mean, I can just tell that he's being this nice because he wants my friends to accept him. But that's not the problem.
The problem is that I....I'm starting to like him. As a friend. He's just so nice, it's impossible to think that this was the same person that I knew three years ago.
After he threw me out onto the street, I swore that I would have my revenge on him. Sometime or another. But now....I just don't want it that badly anymore.
It might be hard to swallow, but maybe he really wasn't himself that night......maybe he has changed.....
I still hate him. But at the same time.....he's good company.
*Bronwyn*
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Hehehehehe....Bronwyn sure had a fun day, getting to torture Hiei and all....who knew that she even had a "puppy-dog" face???
Okay, I have a ton of ideas, but I wasn't planning on using them until later. I have the last couple of chapters already completely thought about, but I'm in DESPERATE need of ideas for the next chapter.
Oh, also, our internet is getting cut off on Monday!!! Noooooooooooooo!!! So, nothing from me until we get it back!!!
Pleaaaassssseee send ideas. And reviews!! Heck, send both!!!!