Meru: Mwahaha. I return!
Zorra: (monotone) I'm so happy I could gag.
Meru: Shut up now!
Zorra: Make me! (Jumps on her and starts scratching her)
Circe, Apolla & Kenji: (appear out of nowhere)
Circe: Since Meru-Chan and Zorra-Kun are busy, Apolla-Sempai and Kenji-Kun will do the disclaimers.
Apolla: Aren't children so sweet? (smiles sweetly) So anyway, Meru-Chan would like to apologize for the fact that she has been busy.
Zorra: (looks up from fight) She and Kenji were-
Kenji: (covers her mouth) Don't lie.
Apolla: Anyway, she just has been so swamped with work that writing was the last thing on her mind.
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"WHAT?!" Hiei nearly drew his katana, but Kurama held him back just in time. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN I HAVE TO SIT NEXT TO THE BAKA!"
"Hey! I'm not an idiot! TAKE THAT BACK," Yusuke then held back Kuwabara.
"I'm sorry," Kurama said as calmly as his nerves would allow "but that's what your ticket says. I'm sitting on my own and Yusuke will be sitting behind you, so you wont be alone."
"WHAT? You mean I have to be MEDITATOR?!" He nearly let go of Kuwabara.
"Mediator, Yusuke," Kurama sighed and went to his seat by the window, leaving the three of them to duke it out.
Hiei growled as Yusuke let go of Kuwabara "Listen, I don't want to have to deal with you, so I suggest that you leave me alone while on this flight."
"Glady!" and with that, Kuwabara pushed into his seat and prepared himself for the long flight.
---
Kurama looked out of the window of the plane, trying to find some peace in the clouds. He was so sick of his friends and their immaturity. It has been hard to be the only one that is calm enough to handle the whole team. He was sick of the fights between Yusuke and Kuwabara, and Hiei and Kuwabara. He was sick of Yusuke restlessness, Hiei's violence, and Kuwabara's sincere stupidity. Before, when he was with his old partner, things had been different. They had been so compatable, so similar yet so different.
"Excuse me...." Kurama snapped out of his reverie "Are your friends sitting here?"
"Oh, hello," he smiled, it was the girl from earlier "No, my friends are sitting over on the other side of the plane."
"That's good," the boy she had been with said. How strange, Kurama hadn't realized the boy was there. "Otherwise our tickets would have been wrong, and then where would we sit?"
"Yes, I suppose that would be a problem," he gestured his arm for them to sit, and so the girl sat next to him while the boy sat on her other side. "So, are you happy to return to Israel?"
"Yeah, completely." she was grinning from ear to ear "I loved Japan, but going back is what I really need. Don't you think so Brian?" she turned to the boy.
"I suppose," he smiled, and Kurama was sure he saw a blush appear on the boy's lips.
---
One hour in, Yusuke was finally getting comfortable. He had just eaten his dinner, and he was now watching an action movie. Except for the awkward feeling of being on a plane, he was very at ease. The gel in his hair had worn off, and he was in pajamas he had packed for the ride.
"'Scuse me misser," a little boy said, "but my mommy's missin' so wouldja please watch my sissa." Stupid kid, why was this little boy asking him? But he was so cute, with big blue eyes and light blond curly hair. Yusuke was a sucker for kids. Hey, hadn't he died for one?
He picked up the little girl, who was a clone of her older brother. She looked about two or three, and seemed extremely giggly. "You're not so bad," and he grinned slyly at the toddler. The little girl smiled as he pulled her close to nuzzle her nose, and then she attacked. Her strong little fingers grabbed his hair.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-"
"Honey, where's your sister?" Yusuke stopped moving when he saw a woman in a suit standing by the little boy.
"I gave him to da nice man 'cus you weren't der." He looked so proud of himself.
But she looked furious, "I went to the bathroom. I told you was going there."
"I dun remember dat, I was playing my game boy." Never give a little boy a game boy.
Yusuke stayed frozen until the mother saw him and came stomping over, "listen, please let go." He smiled as nicely as he could, but obviously the mother took it the wrong way.
"UNHAND MY CHILD THIS INSTANT!" she left a palm mark that rivaled Keiko's on the teen's cheek before walking back with her daughter.
"You're an idiot detective," Hiei's voice whispered from the seat in front of his.
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Three hours had passed since the plane had taken off, and Kuwabara had fallen asleep only a few minutes ago. Hiei sat content with his ice cream, staring at a screen playing movies in Hebrew. He understood them better than Japanese anyway. He was going to the origin. Every demon knew Hebrew, it was their original language, just as it was the humans.
The little box was telling the story of a little fish who was taken from his father, human sentimental trash, but it was all that was decent. The movie was called "Losing Fabio," or something like that. It was almost painful to watch, but the sweet snow was softening him up.
But then the worst thing possible happened. Kuwabara rolled over, draping his arm around Hiei and knocking the precious vanilla treasure to the ground. The arm trapped him to the seat, and Kuwabara slowly pulled Hiei in like a precious teddy bear.
"No... no... you knocked my sweet snow away. My sweet snow... Let me go." Hiei couldn't move, and try as he might, he couldn't move Kuwabara's arm. It was probably the altitude interfering with his strength, that or the fact that the ice cream that had been murdered was his twenty third bowl. "Wake up you idiot!" Even the dead sleepers awoke to this shout, but Kuwabara still didn't budge. "I SAID WAKE UP!" Yusuke, who was watching this whole thing with great amusement figured that the last sentence woke up sleepers all the way in America.
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"I feel bad for her," said the boy after the five hours silence since the plane had taken off.
The emerald eyed boy sat up to look at the stranger named Brian, "Huh?"
"Sorry, just thinking to myself. I do that when I space out." Brian had a nice smile, pleasant and mischievous at the same time, and it was small, as if he never smiled before.
"It's fine, I do that too sometimes. It is terrible when one doesn't have friends," Kurama smiled back. "So, why do you feel bad for her."
He sighed "She's so beautiful, and kind to everyone around her, but she has the worst luck. Her mother and father passed away, leaving her as her brother's guardian. She has never had any friends because she just doesn't have the time, but she's always helping people around her. She spends more time on others than herself."
"Oh," Kurama had never really noticed how pretty she was before. She seemed so delicate and serene, as if she was the purest piece of glass on the shelf. There was a bit of a shadow under her eyes, contrasting against the fullness of her lips. He resisted the urge to run his finger along her jawline. "Poor, precious girl. So, are you two together?"
"Who? Us? No," he blushed again, "Although I wouldn't complain. She's so nice, and I've known her since forever. I even live with her now."
He liked her. He would obviously date her if given the choice, it was half hidden in his eyes."Really?"
"Yes, Aura needed a friend." Brian looked up startled "Oh, I never told you our names. I'm Brian, and this is my friend Aura."
Hebrew... it related to a word in Hebrew. What was it? "Or... that means light in Hebrew?"
"Yes, you know Hebrew? I wouldn't imagine a Japanese..."
Kurama chuckled "Yes, well, I'm a bit rusty. My relatives and friends used to speak it. My name is Shuichi." They shook hands.
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"Yusuke, who do I call to clean this mess?" Hiei was in a panic, still being stuck under Kuwabara, and watching his precious ice cream as it became a puddle.
"The flight attendant. Haven't you ever been on a plane?"
"And how exactly do I summon this attendant?" he said, resisting the urge to punch him.
Yusuke sighed "There's a button on you're arm rest. The one with a person on it. Press it."
"Hn." He pushed down on the button and heard a bell. A young blond girl in a navy uniform came down the aisle. "Pick this up."
The girl hadn't looked at him once, and without a sound, pulled a rag out and mopped up the ice cream. "There you go sir," when she saw Hiei, she turned pink.
"Why are you looking-" A muffled gasp was heard next to him, and Hiei sudenly had the ability to move.
"Hello beautiful maiden, I am Kazuma Kuwabara and I am-" And just as Kuwabara had cut Hiei off, Hiei cut Kuwabara off with the punch to the head.
"Don't be so fickle, idiot."
The blond ignored the red head, and reached out for Hiei, "Who... who are you."
"Go away," he reajusted himself, but she still moved closer until... "Why are you in my lap?"
"You're cute," she smiled.
"GET AWAY FROM ME!" And he ran as fast as his feet would carry him.
The attendant started crying "Coooome baaaaaaaaaack!"
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Finally the flight was over, and the Tantei was checking into Israel. All around there were palm trees and fountains. Kurama couldn't help thinking that this was the nicest airport he had been to. Ben-Gurion air port was so high-tech, and yet so rural. It was unexplainable.
"Okay guys, time to go through." They each went through their respective desks, but once again, Hiei was having trouble.
"Excuse me sir, but it seems that your seat had a broken television screen when you exited the plane."
"Hn. You're servant girl wouldn't let me rest, so I tried to punch her but she ducked so I hit the screen. No big loss though, it kept playing the same thing over and over anyway," he sounded as if he was proud of himself. How stupid could the miniature demon be?
"Sir, you will have to pay for it, and for mistreating our service."
Kurama, in panic, ran to save Hiei once more, "Bill it to Underworld Insurance Agency," and he guided Hiei on.
Once, through, the whole group gathered their bags and moved on to the exit. "Hey, who's running transportation?" Kuwabara, curious as always, had asked a very good question, but once they reached the parking lot, the answer was right in front of them.
"I guess they are," Yusuke said, wide eyed, pointing at a huge spectacle. It said "WELCOME TO ISRAEL DETECTIVES!" "Wow," Yusuke gasped "could Koenma be just a bit more subtle?"
"Of coarse not!" This boy with blond, straight, short hair and green eyes appeared behind them. "Hello, I am Baruch. I'm assuming you are the Japanese Underworld Detectives."
Yusuke gave his biggest smile and a peace sign "The one and only."
"Good, good. Now, could you please step inside the bus? We really must be going."
As the gang entered the oversized automobile, their eyes widened in awe. It was a huge room, with everything on it, and just as entertaining as any plane ride. There were TVs and video games and phones and radios attatched to every seat. There were spaces where walls could be set up between seats. It was a road trip paradise.
"And how are we to pay for this?" Yusuke asked "We're not exactly made of money."
"No, no, of course not. Your host is paying for it all." Baruch gave a big smile and then moved to the drivers seat.
"Wow, what a neat host. It would be even better if she is a hottie. Is she?"
"I suppose it's all in what you're looking for in a person."
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After a crazy, dangerous, car sickening bus ride to Haifa, they finally arrived. It was around six o'clock and the sun was just setting. When the bus pulled up to a mansion, the only person who wasn't surprised by the house was surprised for another reason. A boy with black hair and a girl with long brown hair were standing by the door. Kurama sunk down in his chair and closed his eyes, praying it was all just his imagination.
There was a tapping on the glass "Yo, are you Shuichi?" A boy with chestnut hair and chocolate eyes was knocking on the door. He looked about eleven.
"Yes, I am he."
"Cool, well, my sister wants to meetcha. Might wanna get out of the car."
With trepidation, the fox stood up in his most dignified way possible, and did his best to exit without looking as if about to faint.
"So, I was so excited to meet the great team and I had already met them. That doesn't seem fair," Aura was grinning from ear to ear.
"Woah, you're that hot girl from the airport," Kuwabara was beginning to drool.
"No duh, dork," Yusuke dope-slapped him, smirking.
She giggled "Anyway, this is my brother, Seth Cherubino. As you can guess, I'm Aura Cherubino. This is my friend, Brian Cohen. You've met Baruch, my..." she paused for a moment as she caught Baruch's glare "I was gonna say butler, but you can call him... a... a little extra help. Anyway, Eli should be here any minute to pick you two up," she gave Yusuke and Kuwabara a look.
"About that Ms. Cherubino.... um... Ms. Glazer called and said she would be out of town on buisiness, so she can't handle a guest at the present time." Baruch was almost grinning.
"Alrighty then, the more the merrier," she gave another huge grin. Kurama looked at Baruch and Brian and noticed they were frowning in pity. "Okay, Baruch, how about you show Mr. Kuwabara and Mr. Urameshi to the Wind and Water wings. You decide which suits which best. Mr. Jaganshi, if you don't mind, will share the fire wing with my brother. Mr. Minamino, you can share the Earth wing with Brian."
There was a murmur of agreement from all but Brian "I think I should remain in your wing."
"Oh no, that is far from necessary." She looked as if she were to cry at any moment. "Everyone should be sharing a wing with someone, so no one can get lost."
"But we're staying alone," interjected Yusuke.
"Oh, no you're not. The water wing contains the infirmary, so the nurses are always there. The Wind wing has the child center, so there are plenty in that department. Now, it's best we split up for the tour."
The house was a lot bigger than it seemed. On the outside it looked like a castle, but on the inside it was a city. There was the main wing, and from there it moved into a square, and each side had a different wing. It was so easy to get lost that Kurama was pretty sure Aura almost didn't know where she was going.
Kurama's room was decorated with plants and vines. The sheets were colored gold and the walls green. It was the sort of room Kurama dreamed of, because for a moment, he forgot he was in a room at all, and that he wasn't in a forest all together. Right before Kurama was about to sleep, Brian came into his room.
He spoke in choppy sentences at first, "So... everything alright?"
"Better than alright, this place is amazing," and he really meant it. "I have a few questions though. The first is, where did Baruch go?"
"Oh," Brian breathed a sigh of relief and sat on a nearby chair "He doesn't live here. He goes home every day."
"So you live here?"
"I moved in after Aura's parents died," he began to look upset.
"Why?"
"I used to live in a cottage nearby. I had run away from my family, and I refused to go back. Every day, Aura would bring me something to eat, and once in a while would invite me over. She never told me to go home, and her doors were always open to me. After her parents passed away, she needed support, so I moved in with her. I bring in half the income by doing some after school jobs."
Kurama could tell the subject was a bit dampening, so he changed the subject "Do you know why we're here?"
"I talked to Yusuke about this. We know as much as you, which is exactly nothing. I was just told you were here on research, but when you don't know what you're researching, that makes things kind of hard."
Kurama laughed "I'm sure we'll hear from our employer sooner or later."
Brian stood up "Yeah. Look, you're probably jet lagged. Go to bed, we'll talk more in the morning. G'night Shuichi."
"Yeah, goodnight Mr. Cohen."
Brian yelled from outside the door "You're not in Japan anymore. Politeness means very little here. Call me Brian."
Meru: That took me three days to write. Who can tell me why?
Zorra: You were too stupid to think up anything?
Kenji: You have turtle fingers?
Circe: You were too busy?
Apolla: You were lazy like always and fell asleep every two minutes?
Meru: ... You're all grounded.
Apolla: We're all older, you can't ground us.
Meru: I can ground Circe, since she is younger by age to year span average.
Circe: No fair (cries)
Meru: You're too cute when you cry. I give up (slumps away)
Kenji: Thank you for reading, and please review!!!
Meru: (Yelling from far away) If you don't review I shall never POST AGAIN!