Ok, if things go my way, things should begin to pick up right about here. In case you were wondering, I called Kris a shadow fox because her hair is a deep black. Ghost foxes (Kurama) and shadow foxes are really, really rare. Any more questions, just ask. On with the story.
"Oh my god," said Kris softly. So softly in fact, Jin could barely hear her. "Is that really you?"
"Yep. Been a while, huh?" said Kurama as Kris walked over to him. Jin was very confused right about now, especially when they did the strangest hand shake he had ever seen.
The hand shake consisted of each of them grabbing the others hand and pulling both sets of arms to the sides very quickly. While that happened, the two of them butted their heads together. It was very weird, even by Jin's standards.
"Yup," Kris said, rubbing her head and looking convinced. "You're really Kurama. Been to long. What the hell are you doing here?"
"Well, I should be asking you that." Kurama was also rubbing his head, "Your head butts still really hurt. I think you gave me a concussion…"
"Aw, poor baby," Kris said sarcastically, rolling her eyes. "Want me to kiss it and make it better?"
"No, that'll make it worse." He had to duck to avoid another swing of her sword, this one aimed a little below the belt. "Hey! Not there!"
"Hn." She was smiling slightly, Ugh. Here she goes again. Always playing… thought Kurama angrily. Why does she do that?
"Hey! Fox-girl! Don't you dare try and kill my team mate!" a new voice shouted. Kris turned to the sound, and barely missed getting hit by a Spirit Bullet.
"Oy!" Kris fell to the ground and looked up at her attacker. Team Urimeshi was standing above her, each member looking fit to kill. "Hey! I didn't hurt him!!"
"A likely story," growled Hiei, katana withdrawn and Jagan open.
"Hiei! Yusuke! Stop it!" Kurama jumped in front of Kris, obviously willing to take any hits for her. "This is Kris! I've known her since I was just a kit!"
"Then why did she attack you and Jin?" asked Yusuke angrily, now supporting the fallen Jin on his shoulders. "Look at him! He can barely stand!"
"Actually, Jin saw her first and started to follow her. He dragged me along and at some point pinched her butt."
"So he was the first assaulter!" declared Kris while glaring at Jin.
"Yep. But after I saw who it was, I followed her and then I pinched her butt. She swung an assault with her sheathed sword and nailed Jin. That's why he's like that right now." Kurama gestured at the barely conscious Jin hanging off Yusuke's shoulders.
Team Urimeshi's mouths were hanging open at the end of the story.
"Wait," said Kuwabarra, shaking his head and clamping his mouth shut. "You pinched her butt? You did something naughty? The Noble Kurama?" Kurama nodded, smiling slightly at the stunned expressions of his team mates. "Holy shit, you've been hanging around Urimeshi too long if your pulling those stunts."
"Actually," Kris added. "He had been pulling those on me since I met him. That's why I didn't put a lot of force in that swing. Had a feeling it was him, just not positive."
"That swing didn't have a lot of force?!" asked Jin, who had heard everything, "That really hurt! Not a whole lot of things can knock me off my feet!!"
"Aw, I'll take that as a compliment!" Kris replied cheerily.
"Don't flatter her," Kurama stated. He added after Kris gave him a glare, "Also, don't cause her ego to increase. Any more and it'll burst."
"Thanks!" the comment was sarcastic. Then again, so was anything coming out of Kris' mouth.
Botan looked from Kurama to Kris and back again. There was obviously something special between the two, she just couldn't place it. Shrugging to herself, she piped up, "Um, why don't we go back to the hotel and finish the explanation there? We're drawing a crowd in the corridor."
Sure enough, Botan wasn't lying. There were several of the audience demons gathered around them, and many more were passing by. All of them were staring at the odd assortment of demons and humans.
"Um, let's get out of here…" said Kurama. Receiving nods from the rest of the group, they all proceeded to relocate to the hotel.
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Closing the hotel room door behind her, Botan looked around at the group. Yusuke, Hiei, and Kuwabarra were standing in front of Kurama and Kris, whom were seated on the couch. The girls were gathered by the window, and they were also looking at the two Youkos intently. Jin and Touya were the only two not in the room. Touya was treating Jin's head injury in one of the bedrooms. However, they had left the door ajar so they could hear everything.
"So," Hiei began, staring only at Kurama with his red eyes. "You two have known each other for quite some time. Ironic, how you just suddenly meet up."
"Well, we didn't plan this, if that's what you're thinking," Kurama replied, looking up at those around him. "It was sort of an accident. Which reminds me, why are you here?" The question was directed at Kris.
"Hmm?" Kris shrugged and crossed her arms and legs, "I had a job to do here and I had just finished it before I ran into you and, um, the red headed guy. What was his name?"
"Jin." said Yusuke flatly, "So what kind of job did you have to do? Go screw someone on the committee?"
If it was a joke, Kris didn't take it as one. In less than a second her blade was withdrawn and the tip of the sword was at Yusuke's throat.
"I am not a whore," she growled, the tip of her sword shaking slightly. "I'm an assassin. I was paid to come here and kill some people on the committee. They weren't favored by my client."
Kurama looked shocked after her admittance of being an assassin, but recovered quickly. "Now, Kris," he said gently, getting up and holding onto her arm. "I'm sure Yusuke was just joking. Right?" He shot a glare at Yusuke, who gulped and gave a small "I'm sorry." "See? Now why don't you put that sword away. We've all had a very rough day and our nerves are shot. How about we all get some rest and talk about this in the morning."
"Hn." was all Kris said. She returned the sword back to it's sheath and then stated, "I am staying here tonight."
"There's some room in our hotel room," said Botan, trying to be helpful. "You can stay there tonight if you'd like."
"thank you. I believe I will."
All of the girls, now including Kris, filed out of the boy's room. Right after they shut the door, Kuwabarra turned and said to Kurama, "I don't know what you see in her." and then they all went to their own rooms, leaving a very confused Kurama behind.
"What were they so worked up about?" he wondered aloud. Shaking his head in frustration, he walked over to the balcony and opened the door. As he walked out onto the balcony, he saw that the night was cool and clear, and that the stars shown brightly overhead. He wasn't tired, so he stood there for many hours, allowing fond old memories to cloud his thoughts.
"Oh my god," said Kris softly. So softly in fact, Jin could barely hear her. "Is that really you?"
"Yep. Been a while, huh?" said Kurama as Kris walked over to him. Jin was very confused right about now, especially when they did the strangest hand shake he had ever seen.
The hand shake consisted of each of them grabbing the others hand and pulling both sets of arms to the sides very quickly. While that happened, the two of them butted their heads together. It was very weird, even by Jin's standards.
"Yup," Kris said, rubbing her head and looking convinced. "You're really Kurama. Been to long. What the hell are you doing here?"
"Well, I should be asking you that." Kurama was also rubbing his head, "Your head butts still really hurt. I think you gave me a concussion…"
"Aw, poor baby," Kris said sarcastically, rolling her eyes. "Want me to kiss it and make it better?"
"No, that'll make it worse." He had to duck to avoid another swing of her sword, this one aimed a little below the belt. "Hey! Not there!"
"Hn." She was smiling slightly, Ugh. Here she goes again. Always playing… thought Kurama angrily. Why does she do that?
"Hey! Fox-girl! Don't you dare try and kill my team mate!" a new voice shouted. Kris turned to the sound, and barely missed getting hit by a Spirit Bullet.
"Oy!" Kris fell to the ground and looked up at her attacker. Team Urimeshi was standing above her, each member looking fit to kill. "Hey! I didn't hurt him!!"
"A likely story," growled Hiei, katana withdrawn and Jagan open.
"Hiei! Yusuke! Stop it!" Kurama jumped in front of Kris, obviously willing to take any hits for her. "This is Kris! I've known her since I was just a kit!"
"Then why did she attack you and Jin?" asked Yusuke angrily, now supporting the fallen Jin on his shoulders. "Look at him! He can barely stand!"
"Actually, Jin saw her first and started to follow her. He dragged me along and at some point pinched her butt."
"So he was the first assaulter!" declared Kris while glaring at Jin.
"Yep. But after I saw who it was, I followed her and then I pinched her butt. She swung an assault with her sheathed sword and nailed Jin. That's why he's like that right now." Kurama gestured at the barely conscious Jin hanging off Yusuke's shoulders.
Team Urimeshi's mouths were hanging open at the end of the story.
"Wait," said Kuwabarra, shaking his head and clamping his mouth shut. "You pinched her butt? You did something naughty? The Noble Kurama?" Kurama nodded, smiling slightly at the stunned expressions of his team mates. "Holy shit, you've been hanging around Urimeshi too long if your pulling those stunts."
"Actually," Kris added. "He had been pulling those on me since I met him. That's why I didn't put a lot of force in that swing. Had a feeling it was him, just not positive."
"That swing didn't have a lot of force?!" asked Jin, who had heard everything, "That really hurt! Not a whole lot of things can knock me off my feet!!"
"Aw, I'll take that as a compliment!" Kris replied cheerily.
"Don't flatter her," Kurama stated. He added after Kris gave him a glare, "Also, don't cause her ego to increase. Any more and it'll burst."
"Thanks!" the comment was sarcastic. Then again, so was anything coming out of Kris' mouth.
Botan looked from Kurama to Kris and back again. There was obviously something special between the two, she just couldn't place it. Shrugging to herself, she piped up, "Um, why don't we go back to the hotel and finish the explanation there? We're drawing a crowd in the corridor."
Sure enough, Botan wasn't lying. There were several of the audience demons gathered around them, and many more were passing by. All of them were staring at the odd assortment of demons and humans.
"Um, let's get out of here…" said Kurama. Receiving nods from the rest of the group, they all proceeded to relocate to the hotel.
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Closing the hotel room door behind her, Botan looked around at the group. Yusuke, Hiei, and Kuwabarra were standing in front of Kurama and Kris, whom were seated on the couch. The girls were gathered by the window, and they were also looking at the two Youkos intently. Jin and Touya were the only two not in the room. Touya was treating Jin's head injury in one of the bedrooms. However, they had left the door ajar so they could hear everything.
"So," Hiei began, staring only at Kurama with his red eyes. "You two have known each other for quite some time. Ironic, how you just suddenly meet up."
"Well, we didn't plan this, if that's what you're thinking," Kurama replied, looking up at those around him. "It was sort of an accident. Which reminds me, why are you here?" The question was directed at Kris.
"Hmm?" Kris shrugged and crossed her arms and legs, "I had a job to do here and I had just finished it before I ran into you and, um, the red headed guy. What was his name?"
"Jin." said Yusuke flatly, "So what kind of job did you have to do? Go screw someone on the committee?"
If it was a joke, Kris didn't take it as one. In less than a second her blade was withdrawn and the tip of the sword was at Yusuke's throat.
"I am not a whore," she growled, the tip of her sword shaking slightly. "I'm an assassin. I was paid to come here and kill some people on the committee. They weren't favored by my client."
Kurama looked shocked after her admittance of being an assassin, but recovered quickly. "Now, Kris," he said gently, getting up and holding onto her arm. "I'm sure Yusuke was just joking. Right?" He shot a glare at Yusuke, who gulped and gave a small "I'm sorry." "See? Now why don't you put that sword away. We've all had a very rough day and our nerves are shot. How about we all get some rest and talk about this in the morning."
"Hn." was all Kris said. She returned the sword back to it's sheath and then stated, "I am staying here tonight."
"There's some room in our hotel room," said Botan, trying to be helpful. "You can stay there tonight if you'd like."
"thank you. I believe I will."
All of the girls, now including Kris, filed out of the boy's room. Right after they shut the door, Kuwabarra turned and said to Kurama, "I don't know what you see in her." and then they all went to their own rooms, leaving a very confused Kurama behind.
"What were they so worked up about?" he wondered aloud. Shaking his head in frustration, he walked over to the balcony and opened the door. As he walked out onto the balcony, he saw that the night was cool and clear, and that the stars shown brightly overhead. He wasn't tired, so he stood there for many hours, allowing fond old memories to cloud his thoughts.