Fugen: Sorry in advance, 'cause this one will be a short chap. Working on a fic for Christmas. (Yes, that fic is a Xmas present 4 all you readers.) Oh, and a bower's like a arch, or a doorway-like thing in the shape of a rainbow.
Chapter 3: Beneath the Greenwood Bower
Good news: They finally got Hiei and Kurama out of Koenma's office, due to Yukina's help. Bad news: Upon reaching Kurama's house, they had both disappeared. Utterly.
" WHY do they always do this?!" Yusuke raged. " Eh? Do what?" Keiko looked up from where she had been looking behind a sofa. Yusuke exclaimed, " They always make things horrible for us! It's like they both have this subconscious intention of driving us absolutely insane!!" " Not true!" Botan intervened. Yusuke snapped, " Oh yeah? And what make sit 'not true', huh?"
" The fact that they're already out to torment Kuwabara for as long as he exists."
" Oh, yeah…rite. Heh."
" But why Kazuma-san?"
" Ah, uh, we have absolutely no idea, Yukina, really!"
Plopping himself down on the couch, Yusuke mused aloud, " Ok. We know that they're nowhere inside the house, but it's probably unlikely they haven't left the house itself."
" Whoa. Yusuke sounds smart."
" Shut up! Anyway, they're probably just outside, since we haven't looked out there yet. Let's go!"
So they go-ed to Kurama's backyard, which, as one might assume (and assume rightly) was a garden full of red roses. Kuwabara, of course, also promptly proceeded to have him scratched by one of its thorns.
" Hey, Yusuke, I don't see either of them anywhere…."
" Hmm…" Yusuke unexpectedly got down onto his hands and knees and began looking around at the bottom of the roses bushes. The others exchanged confused glances.
" Ah-HA! Found 'em!" Yusuke jabbed a finger amongst the rose bushes.
In a sort of bower created by folded branches of the rose bushes cuddled chibi Hiei and Kurama. They rested on a nest of rose petals and leaves, protected by the thorns.
In other words, they'd run away and worried the hell out of everyone to take a nap. A nice, warm nap…with Hiei cuddling against Kurama…in a baby fox form…with Kurama himself curled around Hiei….
(We must announce that this is the end o the chapter, apologize for the extreme shortness of it. However, the author's brain functions have abruptly ceased due to her envisioning the scene depicted above. Her condition is also due to a excess amount of drooling. Oi! Clean-up crew! Get your asses over here!)