Charms
So everyone, What do you think of my story? Please comment. Thanks to everyone who already has. "Ne, Eiri-san?" Yukina asked timidly. Yes, Yukina? Eiri smiled at the adorable ice demon. "About the story Genkai-sama told in the last chapter..." Yes? "What happened to them all? Her children, her husband, what happened to her?" Eiri-san put a finger to her chin. I wonder...
chapter 11
"Shuichi-kun! Look!" Daiki laughed presenting his test. "I got a perfect score!"
"That's great news, Hazama-san." Kurama congradulated him. "Because you've been studying diligently for several days now, so it's no surprise."
"Great job Hazama-kun." Michiba clapped her hands in excitement. "You've come so far in such a short time."
"Thanks." He rubbed his strawberry blonde hair. "I had lots of help."
It had been days since Kurama had heard anything or seen anything that might help explain what could be happening to Daiki. The boy himself seemed to be avoiding the issue. The old butler mentioned something about a month in connection to his inheritance.
If Hazama only has a month to accomplish some task, every minute counts. Why then would Hazama divert his energies to such simple tasks as studying and hanging out with friends? It's true he wants to find out what happened to his father before he moves forward. If so, why then? Why is he doing nothing?
"Shuichi-kun?" Daiki and Michiba were looking at him, "Is something wrong? You look so serious."
"Um." Kurama blinked. "Nothing. Sorry."
That night, when Daiki comfortated Kurama without question. He just held the shaking fox demon until he stopped crying. Perhaps Kurama's words were rash, //I want to protect him.// but the feeling is genuine. Unfortunately, it's difficult to protect someone from an invisible threat. How can Kurama do anything if he doesn't understand how, or even why?
"And then I thought, pie." Daiki described the exam as they walked home. "Pie multiplied to the variable b and..."
"Huh?" Kurama realized he took a few steps while the strawberry blond had stopped. "What's wrong?"
"Maybe we should take another way." Hazama looked on guard, staring straight ahead. Kurama snapped his attention forward.
"Uh." The red head felt a sweat drop seeing Yusuke leaning on a wall, his arms folded and Kuwabara also looking rather intimidating to an average high school student. "Yeah, maybe you're right."
"Right." the boy relaxed a little and turned to a cross street. "How about this way?"
"Sure." Kurama lingered, he gave a glance to Yusuke. Kuwabara looked like he was going to follow, but the brunet stopped him. Yusuke pointed his thumb to a nearby back alley. The red head nodded and followed his companion.
After two blocks Kurama made an excuse, telling Daiki to meet him at home. He didn't like the idea with gang memebers hanging around the neighborhood but in the end he agreed. That was of course because Kurama was very persuasive. The red head thought about the serious looks on his friends faces. This must be important.
"Yusuke-kun." the fox demon met them in the open alley cluttered with pipes, concrete blocks and a tarp hanging off a scafold. "To what do I owe the pleasure?"
"God you're so formal." Yusuke sat on large plastic pipes piled near the old wood fence. "Don't you ever get tired?" the brunet seemed to be a little more abrasive than usual.
"Not really." Shuichi shrugged. "I find disrespect much more tiresome."
"Do tell." Yusuke jumped off the pile. "You'd think respect would mean lettin' you're friends in on the action."
"Action?" Kurama was completely confused. "I don't understand."
"Don't play dumb." Kuwabara excused him, but of what he couldn't guess.
"Yeah that's his job." Yusuke took a jab at his orange haired friend whenever possible.
"Hey!" Kuwabara defended. The brunet ignored him, coming closer to Kurama. Green eyes never wavered from his brown.
"You really don't know, do you?" Yusuke asked him surprised.
"Know what?" Kurama was getting frustrated.
"I can't believe that, she was seen at his school." Kuwabara wasn't giving up.
//she?// Kurama thought back to the slender person in the white kimono. //could he be talking about that person?//
"Shut up. He doesn't know." Yusuke yelled at him. "Sorry about that." the brunet turned to the red head. "We thought you might be hiding something about Botan's disappearance.
"Botan?" That was a surprise. "But she's on a mission, remember?"
"Come on." Yusuke's lip curled in disgust. "You really believe it's that simple? She's gone missing and still hasn't reported back. You think I'm just going to sit on my hands."
"She's always helped us. We've got to do something for her." Kuwabara apparently gave up accusing the red head.
"We heard a rumor about a girl with long hair in a kimono around your school. Blue eyes and long hair almost white, who does that remind you of?" Yusuke asked him.
"Yukina." Kurama answered bluntly.
"Well," the detective scratched his cheek, "Yeah her too but..."
"I've seen a person like the one you describe." the fox demon told them.
"You have? Was it Botan?" Kuwabara asked anxiously. Kurama shook his head.
"No. I saw her once but, I could tell she was more an ice demon than a spirit guide. She didn't look like Botan, in addition, her energy was totally different." Kurama explained.
"An ice demon?" Yusuke asked.
"I know." the red head put his hands in his jacket pockets. "I've been trying to find more information to see if I could confront her but...I haven't felt anything for the past three days. I'm afraid I may have scared her off."
"God!" Yusuke yelled. "This is so..." his fists were clenched and his teeth were grinding against each other.
"I'm sorry." Kurama felt bad he couldn't help. He was more disapointed that Yusuke didn't have anything new to tell him.
It started to rain as he was walking home. Thankfully his mother always made him take an umbrella on cloudy days. It seemed to get even colder as he walked. The air was cold enough, he could see his breath. Finally home, he kicked off his damp shoes at the door and took of his jacket.
"Daiki-kun? Have you come back?" Kurama's mother came from the kitchen. Green eyes blinked at her. "Oh Shuichi I thought you had a tutoring session."
"Yes, that's over now." Kurama made excuses. "Where did Hazama-san go?"
"He got a phone call from his cousin asking him to go to 'the main house.' I'm not sure what it was about but he left rather quickly. I hope everything's okay." she put a hand to her cheek.
"What's this?" Kurama picked up the umbrella Daiki had been using.
"Oh my. It's raining frogs out there and it will be dark soon. He'll get a cold if he gets caught out in this." she said worried.
"I'll go find him." the red head volunteered.
"If you must then bundle up." She gave him a sweater.
"Mother." Kurama took the sweater. "Thank you for caring but you should really be going yourself."
"I can't go on a trip when you need me." She defended.
"It's just some rain. You promised grandfather you'd meet him at the hot springs in osaka. You don't want to disappoint him do you?" he told her. "You haven't seen him for years after all."
"You really are too much." Kurama's mother hugged him. "Always thinking of me. Thank you." She let him go. "I've made you both dinner, you'll have to heat it later I guess." she smiled. "Please take care of each other. I'll be back as soon as I can."
//A call from his cousin to go to the main house.// Kurama didn't know what it could mean but he couldn't help but hope that this event would set things in motion. Perhaps this would modivate Daiki to persue his inheritance. If not, then maybe going to that house will help him understand better, who and what he's dealing with.
//I hope everything's alright.// There was only one certainty. Daiki wouldn't go back to the main house for no reason, it had to be important. That master, he remembered Hiei's warning, would he do something to hurt Daiki? //I can't allow that.//
So everyone, What do you think of my story? Please comment. Thanks to everyone who already has. "Ne, Eiri-san?" Yukina asked timidly. Yes, Yukina? Eiri smiled at the adorable ice demon. "About the story Genkai-sama told in the last chapter..." Yes? "What happened to them all? Her children, her husband, what happened to her?" Eiri-san put a finger to her chin. I wonder...
chapter 11
"Shuichi-kun! Look!" Daiki laughed presenting his test. "I got a perfect score!"
"That's great news, Hazama-san." Kurama congradulated him. "Because you've been studying diligently for several days now, so it's no surprise."
"Great job Hazama-kun." Michiba clapped her hands in excitement. "You've come so far in such a short time."
"Thanks." He rubbed his strawberry blonde hair. "I had lots of help."
It had been days since Kurama had heard anything or seen anything that might help explain what could be happening to Daiki. The boy himself seemed to be avoiding the issue. The old butler mentioned something about a month in connection to his inheritance.
If Hazama only has a month to accomplish some task, every minute counts. Why then would Hazama divert his energies to such simple tasks as studying and hanging out with friends? It's true he wants to find out what happened to his father before he moves forward. If so, why then? Why is he doing nothing?
"Shuichi-kun?" Daiki and Michiba were looking at him, "Is something wrong? You look so serious."
"Um." Kurama blinked. "Nothing. Sorry."
That night, when Daiki comfortated Kurama without question. He just held the shaking fox demon until he stopped crying. Perhaps Kurama's words were rash, //I want to protect him.// but the feeling is genuine. Unfortunately, it's difficult to protect someone from an invisible threat. How can Kurama do anything if he doesn't understand how, or even why?
"And then I thought, pie." Daiki described the exam as they walked home. "Pie multiplied to the variable b and..."
"Huh?" Kurama realized he took a few steps while the strawberry blond had stopped. "What's wrong?"
"Maybe we should take another way." Hazama looked on guard, staring straight ahead. Kurama snapped his attention forward.
"Uh." The red head felt a sweat drop seeing Yusuke leaning on a wall, his arms folded and Kuwabara also looking rather intimidating to an average high school student. "Yeah, maybe you're right."
"Right." the boy relaxed a little and turned to a cross street. "How about this way?"
"Sure." Kurama lingered, he gave a glance to Yusuke. Kuwabara looked like he was going to follow, but the brunet stopped him. Yusuke pointed his thumb to a nearby back alley. The red head nodded and followed his companion.
After two blocks Kurama made an excuse, telling Daiki to meet him at home. He didn't like the idea with gang memebers hanging around the neighborhood but in the end he agreed. That was of course because Kurama was very persuasive. The red head thought about the serious looks on his friends faces. This must be important.
"Yusuke-kun." the fox demon met them in the open alley cluttered with pipes, concrete blocks and a tarp hanging off a scafold. "To what do I owe the pleasure?"
"God you're so formal." Yusuke sat on large plastic pipes piled near the old wood fence. "Don't you ever get tired?" the brunet seemed to be a little more abrasive than usual.
"Not really." Shuichi shrugged. "I find disrespect much more tiresome."
"Do tell." Yusuke jumped off the pile. "You'd think respect would mean lettin' you're friends in on the action."
"Action?" Kurama was completely confused. "I don't understand."
"Don't play dumb." Kuwabara excused him, but of what he couldn't guess.
"Yeah that's his job." Yusuke took a jab at his orange haired friend whenever possible.
"Hey!" Kuwabara defended. The brunet ignored him, coming closer to Kurama. Green eyes never wavered from his brown.
"You really don't know, do you?" Yusuke asked him surprised.
"Know what?" Kurama was getting frustrated.
"I can't believe that, she was seen at his school." Kuwabara wasn't giving up.
//she?// Kurama thought back to the slender person in the white kimono. //could he be talking about that person?//
"Shut up. He doesn't know." Yusuke yelled at him. "Sorry about that." the brunet turned to the red head. "We thought you might be hiding something about Botan's disappearance.
"Botan?" That was a surprise. "But she's on a mission, remember?"
"Come on." Yusuke's lip curled in disgust. "You really believe it's that simple? She's gone missing and still hasn't reported back. You think I'm just going to sit on my hands."
"She's always helped us. We've got to do something for her." Kuwabara apparently gave up accusing the red head.
"We heard a rumor about a girl with long hair in a kimono around your school. Blue eyes and long hair almost white, who does that remind you of?" Yusuke asked him.
"Yukina." Kurama answered bluntly.
"Well," the detective scratched his cheek, "Yeah her too but..."
"I've seen a person like the one you describe." the fox demon told them.
"You have? Was it Botan?" Kuwabara asked anxiously. Kurama shook his head.
"No. I saw her once but, I could tell she was more an ice demon than a spirit guide. She didn't look like Botan, in addition, her energy was totally different." Kurama explained.
"An ice demon?" Yusuke asked.
"I know." the red head put his hands in his jacket pockets. "I've been trying to find more information to see if I could confront her but...I haven't felt anything for the past three days. I'm afraid I may have scared her off."
"God!" Yusuke yelled. "This is so..." his fists were clenched and his teeth were grinding against each other.
"I'm sorry." Kurama felt bad he couldn't help. He was more disapointed that Yusuke didn't have anything new to tell him.
It started to rain as he was walking home. Thankfully his mother always made him take an umbrella on cloudy days. It seemed to get even colder as he walked. The air was cold enough, he could see his breath. Finally home, he kicked off his damp shoes at the door and took of his jacket.
"Daiki-kun? Have you come back?" Kurama's mother came from the kitchen. Green eyes blinked at her. "Oh Shuichi I thought you had a tutoring session."
"Yes, that's over now." Kurama made excuses. "Where did Hazama-san go?"
"He got a phone call from his cousin asking him to go to 'the main house.' I'm not sure what it was about but he left rather quickly. I hope everything's okay." she put a hand to her cheek.
"What's this?" Kurama picked up the umbrella Daiki had been using.
"Oh my. It's raining frogs out there and it will be dark soon. He'll get a cold if he gets caught out in this." she said worried.
"I'll go find him." the red head volunteered.
"If you must then bundle up." She gave him a sweater.
"Mother." Kurama took the sweater. "Thank you for caring but you should really be going yourself."
"I can't go on a trip when you need me." She defended.
"It's just some rain. You promised grandfather you'd meet him at the hot springs in osaka. You don't want to disappoint him do you?" he told her. "You haven't seen him for years after all."
"You really are too much." Kurama's mother hugged him. "Always thinking of me. Thank you." She let him go. "I've made you both dinner, you'll have to heat it later I guess." she smiled. "Please take care of each other. I'll be back as soon as I can."
//A call from his cousin to go to the main house.// Kurama didn't know what it could mean but he couldn't help but hope that this event would set things in motion. Perhaps this would modivate Daiki to persue his inheritance. If not, then maybe going to that house will help him understand better, who and what he's dealing with.
//I hope everything's alright.// There was only one certainty. Daiki wouldn't go back to the main house for no reason, it had to be important. That master, he remembered Hiei's warning, would he do something to hurt Daiki? //I can't allow that.//