A/n: I want to thank all those forgiving people and those who compliment me
so much for this story. I am doing my best to give each chap quickly to you
but I just don't want to make so much mistakes. You see, my writing usually
confuses people. But thanks anyway. Sorry if I don't know how to convey my
characters well, too. But they're supposed to just be humans, right? Humans
are supposed to be weird, right? Complicated people.
Due to a problem with my account, I wasn't able to log in for some time. So
I'm really, really sorry it took so long.
::CHAPTER 7::
"It's Raizen." You said with a calmly smile.
The room went dead silent.
The memory of a while ago played in your mind over and over again. It rushed back to you like a memory of a long, forgotten past. Maybe it WAS a long forgotten past; a long forgotten family.
It had been traumatic yet...comforting. Comforting you that you have an okay person related to you. You must admit. Yusuke's pretty cool. From what you've gathered from all the times you spent with the guys, you could say Yusuke seems to be the one who you felt has the leading advance in power.
You tried to mull over everything that happened three hours and 45 minutes ago.
You and your friend had noticed quickly when the group became quiet. "Why? What is it? What's wrong?" You had asked over at them. Yusuke still had his eyes closed, his hand behind his head and his feet propped on the table. Hiei, who had his head lowered, seemed to be in deep thought. But Botan, Keiko and Kuwabara had made it seem obvious that something went wrong. They, the three of them, stared at you with a bewildered look. You looked at Kurama for support but he stood silently, with his head lowered down, his eyes hidden from you.
"What is it?" Your best friend asked.
"Do you know...him?" You asked cautiously, careful not to make any more wrong moves or say anything else to offend.
Botan had been the first to speak up. "Are you sure? I mean, are you sure you heard it correctly? Are you sure he IS your father?"
"Yes..." You said silently. You had been very unsure of what was happening.
"That would make you...Yusuke's sister." The words slipped from Kuwabara's mouth. But he seemed to question his own statement.
You were shocked at this, yet dubious. "Is that a joke?" You tried to smile but all you could afford was a crooked one. Your best friend let out a nervous laugh. "It's a joke, right?" You were starting to panic. You glanced a look at each's face even though they tried to refuse your gaze. "It's...it's...unbelievable." You cursed silently to your karma. It was one heck of a coincidence to have your brother right with you all along. Well, not all along, but it was quite a while. "Y-Yusuke?" You looked at Yusuke until he opened his eyes and sat up straight.
"Raizen was the name of my father. And my mother was a lady doctor."
"Lady doctor? But my mom was a lady doctor!"
Yusuke merely nodded. Yusuke said something but you didn't understand. Then he looked intently at you with an embarrassed look. "You're my..."
"Sister." You finished unconsciously for Yusuke. You were absolutely taken aback. What was all this? You combed your fingers through your hair with an exasperated look..
"No wonder you had great eyes. That thing came from our mother. And maybe your skills had something to do with it, too. I mean, our father."
It was awkward to hear another say "our mother" or "our father". All you did was nod. But it had barely registered in your head. So, Yusuke would be your twin..."Yusuke, you're my age right?" You asked immediately.
"Yeah...?" Yusuke seemed to ponder about this.
So, Yusuke could be your FRATERNAL twin due to the fact that except for his also dark black hair, you don't much look alike. "Umm, excuse me." You excused yourself and went upstairs. You felt their gazes follow you as you went up. You heard whispers towards Yusuke, some were gnashing their teeth at him and some voices were totally confused.
As you reached your own place, you didn't know why in the world you had gone up there. Maybe because it was the only place that they wouldn't actually see you. First, you sat on your bed, grabbed your pillow and hugged it to you. Then you threw it aside and started to pace around the room frantically. You needed to calm yourself. It wasn't supposed to be a big deal to know your brother. It's not like it's going to add problems to your boring life. Well, maybe some people would call it the least boring considering the fact that you actually kill people for a living. But it was bothering you a lot and you were actually bothered that it IS bothering you a lot. You paced around the room and went to your closet and opened it. And then, closed it again. You went to your bed and sat down. Then stood up again. You didn't know what you were doing and what you will be doing.
"Hey..." Your best friend entered quietly, giving a little wave.
You simply looked at your best friend and stared at him/her for a while.
"Sit down." Your best friend said quietly but it surely wasn't a request from him/her. It was a command.
Your best friend sat beside you and tried to look into your eyes. But you didn't want him/her to. You simply stared at the book in front of you. You, both sitting there, was just like one of your few long moments. Long VERY quiet moments.
"You alright?" Your best friend beamed at you.
"Yeah, okay."
"You know, it's better if you just come down and stop being this way. It doesn't fit you." Your best friend always had that comforting effect on you so most of the time you actually listen to him/her. You looked straight at him/her until...your best friend just smiled at you.
You and your best friend slowly went down.
Botan seemed to take the time to prepare a meal. "Dinner? Or so you can call it." She smiled. You smiled back, trying very hard to keep yourself relax. Keiko had tidied the table a bit, just enough to have the dishes and few plates. The place was still quite a mess.
Soon, your meal had started. But still, the air was quite tense.
"So, uhm, Yusuke. Why don't you tell her about Raizen." Kurama finally spoke that night, trying to ease the tension.
"Yeah, Yusuke, tell her about how you fought Raizen." Botan said enthusiastically.
"Yeah, sure." Yusuke replied half-heartedly. He looked at you to grab your attention but as soon as he did, you only held it for a second before you stared back at your food. "So, uhm, I told you about... I fought him, right? So...well you see, he interfered with this...GREAT, great fight with this really powerful guy. Sensui."
You minimally nodded in acknowledgement.
"So he possessed--sort of possessed--me and won over that which supposed- to-be MY fight. And he...he says this thing like to unleash my real power or something. But in the end, he DID still interfere with my fight and that was just it. So I had to meet him and get things straight. First I met these three bald guys that says they're his sort-of followers. Uhh, I think his subjects or something. And then, so I met him, passing by the--I think for me--the most gruelling route of my entire life. We, the bald guys and me, had to run miles and miles of desert. And I swear it was hard. And it was all just to meet HIM." Yusuke made quotation gestures in the air.
You gave out a small laugh. Yusuke's annoyance of him was quite entertaining.
Yusuke seemed to be encouraged by your small effort of a little giggle. "Okay, so the baldies tell me where he is. It was in a...tower?" Yusuke asked himself. "Yeah, sort of." He also answered his own question. "So I run to him, smash his door open, yells at him and threatens him. And he just insultingly sits back and relaxes in his stupid chair. So I had to show him. Of course, I didn't win over him but...I DID make him get out of his chair."
"And then what did he say?" You said trying to get your spirits up.
"It amused him."
"Ha! He meets his son for the very first time and it AMUSES him?!" Your best friend humoured.
"I wonder what he would say if I met him and he saw me." You whispered silently. But everyone heard it and all became quiet.
"Maybe he won't say it at first but probably he'll say you look like our mother. He described her a lot like you look like. And his friends actually said I looked like him more than I know it, though I absolutely doubt that. So I guess you also look like our mother." Yusuke smiled your way. It was nice that he felt good about having you as her sister. Above anyone else, you were glad HE was your brother than others.
"I hope so." You politely smiled back.
"You know, at least now, I'll at least have an idea of how our mother looked like. It's like maybe seeing her live again. Coz I never got to." Yusuke was looking at you so adoringly, just like an older brother would, that you felt like a little child again.
"I know! Why don't we take you to the Makai and this time, we'd show you around." Kuwabara suggested out loud.
"Kuwabara, it is not possible. The first time we took them there was because of Koenma's hellish timing and if we ever took them again...it's just not allowable."
"Erm, permissible." Kurama faked a cough.
"THANK you, Kurama." Yusuke gritted his teeth in annoyance. "It's not just permissible."
"No. It is acceptable. YOU just won't." Kuwabara said challengingly.
"NO! Of course not." Yusuke replied defensively. "Why would I?"
"Well I don't know...maybe you're scared for her?" Kuwabara said in a singsong tune.
"Scared for her?"
"Well she's your sister, right? I mean, you know that now, right?"
"Yeah, of course I know she's my sister. And as her brother, I know that she's one sister to fear." You were surprised at Yusuke and stared at him for a while. He winked at you saying he thinks you're great. It made you blush a little. "I'd be more scared for those youkai than for her sake." Yusuke added.
"Hey. Watch it." You rode in with Yusuke's game.
"Okay, okay. So are we going or not?" Kuwabara asked impatiently.
Yusuke gave Kuwabara a friendly but serious look. "It's just not that simple, Kuwabara. They aren't supposed to be there and we shouldn't try to push it. There's a reason why not everyone are allowed or even knows about it. It's not a place for just anyone."
"But she's not just anyone. WE all know that now." Kuwabara persisted.
"But Koenma will..."
"She's not a mere human now." Kuwabara reasoned.
"I don't know..." Yusuke seemed to contemplate over the idea. "What do you think Kurama?" Yusuke turned to his wise friend.
"I'm not also sure, Yusuke." Kurama replied softly. "I'm just wondering why Koenma didn't even know about her. Or maybe he does but...I'm not sure." Kurama looked straight at you affectionately, seeming to be thinking about something strange about all this. "But I guess it's just all right. She did go there once and it went...okay." Kurama smiled.
"It's settled then. We're treating her a trip to the Makai." Kuwabara stood up.
"You make it sound like a vacation." Your best friend smirked.
"Is this against something, Botan?" Yusuke asked their spirit world friend.
"I don't think so, no. Not that I know of." Botan negated. "But, of course, we will still need to ask Koenma just to be sure. And we'll need his permission."
"Of course. Yeah." Yusuke nodded.
You just watched all this while a thought had stuck to your head. I am going to Makai, a place where I didn't even know I was born. It repeated over and over in your head. You didn't understand it, but knowing your real family makes you feel quite uneasy. Questions flood to you like: "Am I really sure that I heard the man right?" You mean, you were stepping on him that time, you could have heard different. But you knew it was too silly to be true. You have a trained dog's ears, as they say. You could hear the slightest footsteps if you just turn your alert on. At moments when you are on duty, nothing could easily pass by you. So it would make it seem impossible to have heard the man wrong. You were sure you had heard him right. But what about your mother? What if RAIZEN, if you remember it right, had made impregnated another lady doctor? Was it possible? It was just too... ...coincidental...to think that Yusuke could be your brother. And doesn't even Kurama wonder about all this.
You turned in your sleep once more.
In your head, one thought just rallied against another. There wasn't any coherent thought to think about. All were questions of who's, what's, how's, and why's. And when you tried to answer one, it forms another question. Why did you have to be so skeptical? Sometimes it did help, but times like this...it just makes everything worse.
Slowly, you drifted off to sleep and started to dream your thoughts away.
How strange it is to think that the day I bumped to Yusuke—my brother—that that accident would change everything?
"Ohayo!!!" Yusuke shouted, his mouth wide open.
Kurama glanced at the approaching Yusuke. At least he had a good night, Kurama thought glumly.
"Not too loud, Yusuke. I'm still half-asleep." (Your best friend) placed an arm over his shoulder.
They were all sitting by their usual spot—at a corner of the stairs leading to the school entrance—with him, (you), Keiko, (your best friend), and now, Yusuke. (You) were reading her usual book quietly, not paying attention to any of them as usual. Keiko just sat quietly and he and (you)'s best friend stood leaning on the railing of the stairs.
"Where's Botan, Yusuke?" Keiko squinted her eyes at Yusuke, blinded by the sun behind him.
"She went to ask permission." Yusuke said casually, and then sat down a step below (you).
"Whatcha reading?" Yusuke tried to look at the book cover.
(You) closed it placing a finger to index the page where she stopped.
Yusuke read it and then nodded letting (you) continue to whatever she was doing.
"Did she say what time she was coming back?" Kurama spoke quietly.
"Hey guys!" Botan appeared behind Yusuke.
"I guess now...?" Yusuke's left lip curved into a small smile.
"What's the news, Botan?" Kurama took a quick glance at (you) who was sitting near below him. She was still quite indulged in her book. She usually was. That was another thing amazing about her. There were moments when the whole place would be chaos—people were all fighting and everyone were all shouting—but she would just sit in one corner, in her own little world of books. It was like seeing a music video when everything around the girl would be raging and the girl...she would just be in one corner with a smile on her face. And, plus, it was...lovely—watching her read her books. The way she stifle small giggles and also get teary-eyed at some parts, the way her expression absolutely changes. She was...indescribable the way she loved books. She was...well, one of a kind, Kurama thought.
"Well, first of all...Koenma would like you all to know that he is very, VERY upset—I don't get with what—but he is. And..."
"Yeah, and...?" Yusuke anticipated impatiently.
"He didn't allow letting them go to Makai...Sorry." Botan gave a peace sign.
Everyone's face fell at Botan's reply
Kurama turned to look at (you), but still there was no indication of any awareness of what in the world they were talking about. Maybe she just doesn't want to bother, he thought..
Then, Kuwabara came with his usually idiotically happy face. "What's up, everyone?" He shouted out loud. Then he caught glimpse at their odd looks. "What? What did I miss?"
"Well, you just missed Botan's bad news." Yusuke managed to fill him in.
"What is it?"
"Koenma didn't approve of letting them go to Makai." Yusuke said glumly. "I told you so."
"Really? That's not what I heard." Kuwabara gave a knowing smile.
"Kuwabara..." Everyone was confused and was waiting for details.
"I just bumped into Koenma and he gave a go signal to let us take them to Makai." Kuwabara spoke almost so frantically.
Yusuke, oddly, almost jumped up in glee. (a/n: oddly, since he never wanted to let them go to Makai the first place, ryt?)
"Hey..." Kurama tapped (you) on the shoulder.
Suddenly, and almost frighteningly, (you) grabbed his hand and then looked at him straight in the eye. Kurama thought he saw something troubling in her beautiful eyes, but her gaze on him was so hard, he couldn't quite concentrate than getting drowned in it. Then, she looked away sadly.
"Fine." She just said.
Kurama didn't really exactly know what she meant but he just kept quiet. There seemed to be something going on in her head that was gravely troubling her.
Suddenly, she stood up and smiled. "When will we leave?"
::CHAPTER 7::
"It's Raizen." You said with a calmly smile.
The room went dead silent.
The memory of a while ago played in your mind over and over again. It rushed back to you like a memory of a long, forgotten past. Maybe it WAS a long forgotten past; a long forgotten family.
It had been traumatic yet...comforting. Comforting you that you have an okay person related to you. You must admit. Yusuke's pretty cool. From what you've gathered from all the times you spent with the guys, you could say Yusuke seems to be the one who you felt has the leading advance in power.
You tried to mull over everything that happened three hours and 45 minutes ago.
You and your friend had noticed quickly when the group became quiet. "Why? What is it? What's wrong?" You had asked over at them. Yusuke still had his eyes closed, his hand behind his head and his feet propped on the table. Hiei, who had his head lowered, seemed to be in deep thought. But Botan, Keiko and Kuwabara had made it seem obvious that something went wrong. They, the three of them, stared at you with a bewildered look. You looked at Kurama for support but he stood silently, with his head lowered down, his eyes hidden from you.
"What is it?" Your best friend asked.
"Do you know...him?" You asked cautiously, careful not to make any more wrong moves or say anything else to offend.
Botan had been the first to speak up. "Are you sure? I mean, are you sure you heard it correctly? Are you sure he IS your father?"
"Yes..." You said silently. You had been very unsure of what was happening.
"That would make you...Yusuke's sister." The words slipped from Kuwabara's mouth. But he seemed to question his own statement.
You were shocked at this, yet dubious. "Is that a joke?" You tried to smile but all you could afford was a crooked one. Your best friend let out a nervous laugh. "It's a joke, right?" You were starting to panic. You glanced a look at each's face even though they tried to refuse your gaze. "It's...it's...unbelievable." You cursed silently to your karma. It was one heck of a coincidence to have your brother right with you all along. Well, not all along, but it was quite a while. "Y-Yusuke?" You looked at Yusuke until he opened his eyes and sat up straight.
"Raizen was the name of my father. And my mother was a lady doctor."
"Lady doctor? But my mom was a lady doctor!"
Yusuke merely nodded. Yusuke said something but you didn't understand. Then he looked intently at you with an embarrassed look. "You're my..."
"Sister." You finished unconsciously for Yusuke. You were absolutely taken aback. What was all this? You combed your fingers through your hair with an exasperated look..
"No wonder you had great eyes. That thing came from our mother. And maybe your skills had something to do with it, too. I mean, our father."
It was awkward to hear another say "our mother" or "our father". All you did was nod. But it had barely registered in your head. So, Yusuke would be your twin..."Yusuke, you're my age right?" You asked immediately.
"Yeah...?" Yusuke seemed to ponder about this.
So, Yusuke could be your FRATERNAL twin due to the fact that except for his also dark black hair, you don't much look alike. "Umm, excuse me." You excused yourself and went upstairs. You felt their gazes follow you as you went up. You heard whispers towards Yusuke, some were gnashing their teeth at him and some voices were totally confused.
As you reached your own place, you didn't know why in the world you had gone up there. Maybe because it was the only place that they wouldn't actually see you. First, you sat on your bed, grabbed your pillow and hugged it to you. Then you threw it aside and started to pace around the room frantically. You needed to calm yourself. It wasn't supposed to be a big deal to know your brother. It's not like it's going to add problems to your boring life. Well, maybe some people would call it the least boring considering the fact that you actually kill people for a living. But it was bothering you a lot and you were actually bothered that it IS bothering you a lot. You paced around the room and went to your closet and opened it. And then, closed it again. You went to your bed and sat down. Then stood up again. You didn't know what you were doing and what you will be doing.
"Hey..." Your best friend entered quietly, giving a little wave.
You simply looked at your best friend and stared at him/her for a while.
"Sit down." Your best friend said quietly but it surely wasn't a request from him/her. It was a command.
Your best friend sat beside you and tried to look into your eyes. But you didn't want him/her to. You simply stared at the book in front of you. You, both sitting there, was just like one of your few long moments. Long VERY quiet moments.
"You alright?" Your best friend beamed at you.
"Yeah, okay."
"You know, it's better if you just come down and stop being this way. It doesn't fit you." Your best friend always had that comforting effect on you so most of the time you actually listen to him/her. You looked straight at him/her until...your best friend just smiled at you.
You and your best friend slowly went down.
Botan seemed to take the time to prepare a meal. "Dinner? Or so you can call it." She smiled. You smiled back, trying very hard to keep yourself relax. Keiko had tidied the table a bit, just enough to have the dishes and few plates. The place was still quite a mess.
Soon, your meal had started. But still, the air was quite tense.
"So, uhm, Yusuke. Why don't you tell her about Raizen." Kurama finally spoke that night, trying to ease the tension.
"Yeah, Yusuke, tell her about how you fought Raizen." Botan said enthusiastically.
"Yeah, sure." Yusuke replied half-heartedly. He looked at you to grab your attention but as soon as he did, you only held it for a second before you stared back at your food. "So, uhm, I told you about... I fought him, right? So...well you see, he interfered with this...GREAT, great fight with this really powerful guy. Sensui."
You minimally nodded in acknowledgement.
"So he possessed--sort of possessed--me and won over that which supposed- to-be MY fight. And he...he says this thing like to unleash my real power or something. But in the end, he DID still interfere with my fight and that was just it. So I had to meet him and get things straight. First I met these three bald guys that says they're his sort-of followers. Uhh, I think his subjects or something. And then, so I met him, passing by the--I think for me--the most gruelling route of my entire life. We, the bald guys and me, had to run miles and miles of desert. And I swear it was hard. And it was all just to meet HIM." Yusuke made quotation gestures in the air.
You gave out a small laugh. Yusuke's annoyance of him was quite entertaining.
Yusuke seemed to be encouraged by your small effort of a little giggle. "Okay, so the baldies tell me where he is. It was in a...tower?" Yusuke asked himself. "Yeah, sort of." He also answered his own question. "So I run to him, smash his door open, yells at him and threatens him. And he just insultingly sits back and relaxes in his stupid chair. So I had to show him. Of course, I didn't win over him but...I DID make him get out of his chair."
"And then what did he say?" You said trying to get your spirits up.
"It amused him."
"Ha! He meets his son for the very first time and it AMUSES him?!" Your best friend humoured.
"I wonder what he would say if I met him and he saw me." You whispered silently. But everyone heard it and all became quiet.
"Maybe he won't say it at first but probably he'll say you look like our mother. He described her a lot like you look like. And his friends actually said I looked like him more than I know it, though I absolutely doubt that. So I guess you also look like our mother." Yusuke smiled your way. It was nice that he felt good about having you as her sister. Above anyone else, you were glad HE was your brother than others.
"I hope so." You politely smiled back.
"You know, at least now, I'll at least have an idea of how our mother looked like. It's like maybe seeing her live again. Coz I never got to." Yusuke was looking at you so adoringly, just like an older brother would, that you felt like a little child again.
"I know! Why don't we take you to the Makai and this time, we'd show you around." Kuwabara suggested out loud.
"Kuwabara, it is not possible. The first time we took them there was because of Koenma's hellish timing and if we ever took them again...it's just not allowable."
"Erm, permissible." Kurama faked a cough.
"THANK you, Kurama." Yusuke gritted his teeth in annoyance. "It's not just permissible."
"No. It is acceptable. YOU just won't." Kuwabara said challengingly.
"NO! Of course not." Yusuke replied defensively. "Why would I?"
"Well I don't know...maybe you're scared for her?" Kuwabara said in a singsong tune.
"Scared for her?"
"Well she's your sister, right? I mean, you know that now, right?"
"Yeah, of course I know she's my sister. And as her brother, I know that she's one sister to fear." You were surprised at Yusuke and stared at him for a while. He winked at you saying he thinks you're great. It made you blush a little. "I'd be more scared for those youkai than for her sake." Yusuke added.
"Hey. Watch it." You rode in with Yusuke's game.
"Okay, okay. So are we going or not?" Kuwabara asked impatiently.
Yusuke gave Kuwabara a friendly but serious look. "It's just not that simple, Kuwabara. They aren't supposed to be there and we shouldn't try to push it. There's a reason why not everyone are allowed or even knows about it. It's not a place for just anyone."
"But she's not just anyone. WE all know that now." Kuwabara persisted.
"But Koenma will..."
"She's not a mere human now." Kuwabara reasoned.
"I don't know..." Yusuke seemed to contemplate over the idea. "What do you think Kurama?" Yusuke turned to his wise friend.
"I'm not also sure, Yusuke." Kurama replied softly. "I'm just wondering why Koenma didn't even know about her. Or maybe he does but...I'm not sure." Kurama looked straight at you affectionately, seeming to be thinking about something strange about all this. "But I guess it's just all right. She did go there once and it went...okay." Kurama smiled.
"It's settled then. We're treating her a trip to the Makai." Kuwabara stood up.
"You make it sound like a vacation." Your best friend smirked.
"Is this against something, Botan?" Yusuke asked their spirit world friend.
"I don't think so, no. Not that I know of." Botan negated. "But, of course, we will still need to ask Koenma just to be sure. And we'll need his permission."
"Of course. Yeah." Yusuke nodded.
You just watched all this while a thought had stuck to your head. I am going to Makai, a place where I didn't even know I was born. It repeated over and over in your head. You didn't understand it, but knowing your real family makes you feel quite uneasy. Questions flood to you like: "Am I really sure that I heard the man right?" You mean, you were stepping on him that time, you could have heard different. But you knew it was too silly to be true. You have a trained dog's ears, as they say. You could hear the slightest footsteps if you just turn your alert on. At moments when you are on duty, nothing could easily pass by you. So it would make it seem impossible to have heard the man wrong. You were sure you had heard him right. But what about your mother? What if RAIZEN, if you remember it right, had made impregnated another lady doctor? Was it possible? It was just too... ...coincidental...to think that Yusuke could be your brother. And doesn't even Kurama wonder about all this.
You turned in your sleep once more.
In your head, one thought just rallied against another. There wasn't any coherent thought to think about. All were questions of who's, what's, how's, and why's. And when you tried to answer one, it forms another question. Why did you have to be so skeptical? Sometimes it did help, but times like this...it just makes everything worse.
Slowly, you drifted off to sleep and started to dream your thoughts away.
How strange it is to think that the day I bumped to Yusuke—my brother—that that accident would change everything?
"Ohayo!!!" Yusuke shouted, his mouth wide open.
Kurama glanced at the approaching Yusuke. At least he had a good night, Kurama thought glumly.
"Not too loud, Yusuke. I'm still half-asleep." (Your best friend) placed an arm over his shoulder.
They were all sitting by their usual spot—at a corner of the stairs leading to the school entrance—with him, (you), Keiko, (your best friend), and now, Yusuke. (You) were reading her usual book quietly, not paying attention to any of them as usual. Keiko just sat quietly and he and (you)'s best friend stood leaning on the railing of the stairs.
"Where's Botan, Yusuke?" Keiko squinted her eyes at Yusuke, blinded by the sun behind him.
"She went to ask permission." Yusuke said casually, and then sat down a step below (you).
"Whatcha reading?" Yusuke tried to look at the book cover.
(You) closed it placing a finger to index the page where she stopped.
Yusuke read it and then nodded letting (you) continue to whatever she was doing.
"Did she say what time she was coming back?" Kurama spoke quietly.
"Hey guys!" Botan appeared behind Yusuke.
"I guess now...?" Yusuke's left lip curved into a small smile.
"What's the news, Botan?" Kurama took a quick glance at (you) who was sitting near below him. She was still quite indulged in her book. She usually was. That was another thing amazing about her. There were moments when the whole place would be chaos—people were all fighting and everyone were all shouting—but she would just sit in one corner, in her own little world of books. It was like seeing a music video when everything around the girl would be raging and the girl...she would just be in one corner with a smile on her face. And, plus, it was...lovely—watching her read her books. The way she stifle small giggles and also get teary-eyed at some parts, the way her expression absolutely changes. She was...indescribable the way she loved books. She was...well, one of a kind, Kurama thought.
"Well, first of all...Koenma would like you all to know that he is very, VERY upset—I don't get with what—but he is. And..."
"Yeah, and...?" Yusuke anticipated impatiently.
"He didn't allow letting them go to Makai...Sorry." Botan gave a peace sign.
Everyone's face fell at Botan's reply
Kurama turned to look at (you), but still there was no indication of any awareness of what in the world they were talking about. Maybe she just doesn't want to bother, he thought..
Then, Kuwabara came with his usually idiotically happy face. "What's up, everyone?" He shouted out loud. Then he caught glimpse at their odd looks. "What? What did I miss?"
"Well, you just missed Botan's bad news." Yusuke managed to fill him in.
"What is it?"
"Koenma didn't approve of letting them go to Makai." Yusuke said glumly. "I told you so."
"Really? That's not what I heard." Kuwabara gave a knowing smile.
"Kuwabara..." Everyone was confused and was waiting for details.
"I just bumped into Koenma and he gave a go signal to let us take them to Makai." Kuwabara spoke almost so frantically.
Yusuke, oddly, almost jumped up in glee. (a/n: oddly, since he never wanted to let them go to Makai the first place, ryt?)
"Hey..." Kurama tapped (you) on the shoulder.
Suddenly, and almost frighteningly, (you) grabbed his hand and then looked at him straight in the eye. Kurama thought he saw something troubling in her beautiful eyes, but her gaze on him was so hard, he couldn't quite concentrate than getting drowned in it. Then, she looked away sadly.
"Fine." She just said.
Kurama didn't really exactly know what she meant but he just kept quiet. There seemed to be something going on in her head that was gravely troubling her.
Suddenly, she stood up and smiled. "When will we leave?"