This chapter includes insanity... Drunkenness... and Youko Kurama. Have fun (I know I had fun writing it! Muwaha.).

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CHAPTER THREE

Party!

(Wahoo for Parties!)

"HAPPY CHRISTMAS! MERRY NEW YEAR!" Shadow yelled. "Shut the door, you're letting out the snow. In the snow. Out the heat. Whatever. You know what I mean, even if I don't."

"Are you drunk, Shadow?" Shizuru asked.

"WAHOO FOR GETTING DRUNK!" Shadow shouted happily. She suddenly lost all emotions from her face and said matter-of-factly, "No, I'm not. But I could get drunk if you want. There's beer in the fridge. Or eggnog. Whatever the hell that shit is. I'm underage. I wonder how it got there then...?"

She paused, thinking. "I think Hiei put it there. He comes home and gets drunk and abuses his children."

"Hiei hasn't got any children..." Eclipse whispered to Shadow. "Unless you're keeping secrets from me." Shadow's thoughtful look was replaced with a clueless look.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Oh good. Then we're okay," Eclipse said.

"EGGNOG!!!" Shizuru yelled from the kitchen. "AND COOKIES!"

"Wahoo for getting drunk?" Eclipse asked.

"That's right! Wahoo for getting drunk," Shizuru said, carrying a bottle of eggnog and a can of cookies into the living room. She plopped down on the couch and started drinking and eating cookies.

"Well, Shizuru's starting early," Yusuke muttered. "You know, Kuwabara, your sister and my mom would get along great."

"That's nice," Kuwabara said dryly.

"Yeah, Kuwabara and a rock might get along great too, but I'm afraid the rock will be emotionally scarred for life," Shadow said sadly.

"Oh, the horror," Hiei said dryly. "I'd like Kuwabara's face to meet a baseball bat, but I'm afraid the bat would break and he'd be unharmed."

"Damn. Yeah, that'd suck," Shadow muttered.

"Everyone's here! LET'S PARTAY!" Yusuke yelled.

"WAHOO FOR PARTAYS!!!" Shadow and Eclipse yelled, waving flags and throwing confetti. They ran outside and slammed the door behind them.

"What the..." Kurama started, but the doorbell rang, cutting him off. Hiei opened the door.

"CAROLER!!!" Shadow and Eclipse yelled. Hiei stared.

"Er? Er... ERS! CAROLERS!!!" they corrected after a second. Hiei started to shut the door in their faces, but Shadow stuck her foot in the way and pushed the door back open.

"DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW, WITH A PAIR OF RUSTY SKIS, OVER THE HILLS WE GO, CRASHING INTO TREES! I THINK I'M ALMOST DEAD, THE SNOW IS TURNING RED, I'M RUSHING TO THE HOSPITAL WITH BRANCHES IN MY HEAD!!!" the two girls sang, so loud half the world must have heard.

"Wahoo for red snow!!!" Shadow added. With a disgusted snort, Hiei closed the door and locked it.

For five minutes, Shadow and Eclipse pounded on the door, screaming bloody murder so loud the entire world had to have heard it.

Finally, Eclipse got sick of pounding and screaming and looked for another way in. She noticed the open window.

Who the hell keeps their windows open in December? Oh well. Shadow must.

After Eclipse got herself through the window, she walked to the door to open it. As soon as her hand touched the knob, the door flew open, slamming her in the head.

"I have the KEYS!!!" Shadow yelled, holding up her house key to show everyone. She looked at the floor, where Eclipse was lying with swirly eyes.

"Good going, Shadow," Hiei said dryly.

"Holy hell, how'd you get in here, Eclipse?!" Shadow asked.

Eclipse had enough time to mutter, "Window..." before Shadow jerked her into a standing position and slapped her across the face.

"WAKIE WAKIE, SLEEPY HEAD!!!" she screamed, repeatedly slapping Eclipse.

"Partay?" Yusuke asked. Shadow heard him and dropped Eclipse to the ground, still swirly eyed.

"PARTAY!!!" Shadow screamed, hitting 'play' on a stereo. Heavy metal Christmas carols started playing so loud everybody went deaf. Then Hiei hit stop and everybody miraculously got their hearing back!

"Heavy metal Christmas?" Hiei questioned, holding up a CD case. Shadow nodded.

"Yuppers!"

"Right. I'm going to skip this party."

"No you're not."

"Watch me," Hiei said coldly. Shadow tackled him.

"Nope! You're going to stay down here and eat cookies and open presents and drink eggnog!" she said cheerfully, sitting on top of him.

"I don't drink alco--"

"YA DO NOW!" Shadow yelled, shoving a bottle in his mouth and tipping it. He nearly choked, but managed not to. Shadow took the bottle back and promptly got sprayed in the face with eggnog.

"I said I don't drink, and you can't make me drink!" Hiei snapped. Shadow reached in her pocket and pulled out a handkerchief. She wiped off her face and stuck the cloth in Hiei's mouth.

"Sucker!" she snapped, standing up. He quickly pulled the cloth out of his mouth and jumped up.

"Ew!"

"WAHOO FOR EGGNOG! NOW DRINK IT!" Shadow yelled, thrusting the bottle into Hiei's hand. He stood there staring at it.

"Why do you want me to get drunk?" he asked.

"Because... I don't know. Wahoo for getting drunk?" Shadow answered.

"Get Kurama drunk!" Hiei snapped, handing the bottle to Kurama.

"No! I can't have alcohol, you know that! I lose control of Youko... Besides, I'm underage too."

"No! Kurama, you are forbidden from drinking eggnog. If Youko shows up, I won't have enough time to take down all the mistletoe before he gets to me," Shadow said, horrified.

"Well who the heck knows what Hiei will be like if he gets drunk!" Kurama snapped. "He might get worse than Youko!"

"Drunk Youkos are forbidden from this house."

"Drunk Youko? Youko can hold his liquor. I can't," Kurama said.

"At least you admit it," Hiei said.

"DRINKING CONTEST!" Shizuru announced from the living room. She stood up, walked up to Yusuke, and grabbed his wrist.

"Sis! No! Yusuke is underage! I think you need to go home!" Kuwabara said. "Shadow, this is all your fault!"

"What? My fault? If you're going to blame me, your host, then you can buzz off and never come back! Go on! Get out! Out!" she snapped.

"Aw, c'mon, bro, I jus' wanna haf a little fun!" Shizuru said, hiccupping. "Be a good sport!"

"But..."

"Oh, honestly, Kuwabara. Let her have her eggnog! We can control her!" Shadow said, holding a baseball bat behind her back. Kuwabara looked at the girl skeptically.

"I doubt it."

"SHUT UP! I SAID I CAN CONTROL HER, NOW YOU JUST SHUT UP BEFORE I KNOCK YOUR TEETH OUT TOO!" Shadow screamed, waving the bat around insanely. She hit Kurama and Hiei in the head before Eclipse managed to stop her...

...by hitting her in the head.

"Bloody hell, child!" Shadow cursed, rubbing her head.

"Shut up, Shadow. Get a life," Eclipse said.

"Fine! Be that way! All of you! Get drunk! That's what that crap's in there for! See if I care! Kurama! Get drunk! Hiei! Get drunk! Shadow! Get drunk! Okay! Hey! No drinking! Shut up, you can't stop me! Wanna bet? Yes I d--" Shadow stopped, noticing the stares she was getting from her friends. "Hi!"

"Shadow, talking to yourself isn't healthy," Hiei said.

"No, it's only unhealthy if you answer yourself."

"You were answering yourself."

"...Oh. Was I really?"

"Yeah."

"Oops."

"GET DRUNK, GET HAPPY!" Shizuru yelled, tackling Kurama and dumping half a bottle of eggnog down his throat before anyone could stop her.

"Of course, of all the people, she has to pick Kurama!" Shadow complained, holding Shizuru back by one of her arms.

"Are you all right?" Yusuke asked, helping Kurama up.

"Oh, yeah. Just peachy," he muttered. "I don't think it was enough to effect me that bad, so don't worry, Shadow."

"Oh good. Cuz if you go and get drunk, something bad is going to happen."

"Yeah. It's called attack of the Youko. Don't worry, Shadow. If Kurama transforms, I'm sure Hiei will keep Youko away. Won't he?" Eclipse threatened.

"What? Keep that nut fox away from Shadow!? You're insane!" Hiei said.

"Oh gee thanks, Hiei," Shadow said sarcastically. "You're really encouraging."

"Sor-ry," he said, "but it's true. Once that fox has got his sights set on somebody, the only way to stop him is to chain him up and throw him in a reinforced titanium room with no exit!"

"Uh... If it had no exit, how would you get him in there?" Eclipse asked.

"Well, it's got an entrance, but not an exit. Duh," Shadow answered.

"That's impossible."

"Since when, and who told you?"

"Since forever, and God told me. It's against the laws of nature," Eclipse answered sarcastically.

"When did you talk to God?!" Shadow asked, amazed.

"Shadow, there's this amazing thing called sarcasm."

"Wussat?"

"Uh... Never mind..."

"Anyway... LET'S PARTAY!!!" Yusuke yelled. He hit play on the stereo, blasting the heavy metal Christmas carols again. Everybody went deaf. He started dancing. Shizuru seemed overjoyed to see somebody else doing something other than talking, and she joined him. Shadow hid under the coffee table muttering to herself.

After an hour or so, Keiko told Shadow she had to leave, for some reason or another. There were now only seven people at the party. Not really worth it, especially since it was only 2 o'clock in the afternoon. See, Shadow hadn't planned on the party starting until around five, or even as late as seven.

But... Yusuke and Shizuru just had to go and start at noon.

By dark, everybody had had at least one bottle of eggnog. Shadow, not being one to drink alcohol very often, lay down and fell asleep on the couch. Eclipse was on the floor playing solitaire or something, occasionally yelling at the face cards for making fun of her.

When Shadow woke up, she found herself in her own bed, in her room. There was somebody beside her. She could tell, since that somebody was resting his head on her shoulder, and his hand on her... uh... chest.

This was all too familiar. She opened her eyes.

"YOUKO KURAMA! YOU... YOU... AGH!!!" She jumped up.

Youko opened his eyes, looking up at her with a small smile on his face.

"Hello, Shadow. Happy to see me?"

Shadow let out a string of curses and strange noises as she stormed out of her room. She came back a second later.

"Get out of my bed, fox!"

She stomped away again. Youko got up and followed her downstairs, smiling.

When Shadow got into the living room, she stopped dead, letting out a squeak or horror, since her throat had closed up and she couldn't scream. If she could have screamed, she would have screamed so loud the entire hemisphere would have heard her.

The room was a mess. Hiei was either asleep or drunk and passed out on the couch. 'He looks really cute when he's asleep,' Shadow thought absently. She mentally slapped herself and went back to being horrified.

Eclipse was sitting with Kuwabara singing and rocking back and forth. Yusuke and Shizuru were dancing, drunk.

"Yeah, it's a mess, isn't it?" Youko said, coming up behind Shadow. She spun around furiously.

"And YOU! YOU! What the hell did you think you were doing when you went and got in my bed with me?! How'd I end up in my bed anyway? Was it you, fox? Because if it was, I swear to God I am going to murder you!"

"Aw, you wouldn't do that! I'm the only one here who is still sober," Youko teased.

"You're not sober, because if you were, then you wouldn't be here!"

"What? No, I'm sober. Shuuichi is the one who is drunk. That's why I'm here."

"Why couldn't you just let him lie around like any normal drunk person? Why'd you have to go and take over just cause he's too weak to control you? Leave me alone! Stop looking at me like that! Ahh!" Shadow turned around and walked away again, cursing. She dragged Hiei off the couch and took his place. Youko followed her over and stood behind the couch, watching her.

"GO AWAY!"

"Why?"

"Because! I'm having a mental breakdown!"

"What?"

"I'm not sure whether I'm laughing or crying! I don't know whether I'm freaking out about this or if I want to get drunk and party. I want to go home, but I already am home! This is so screwed up! It couldn't get any worse, I swear to God!"

Just then, the door burst open.

"FREEZE!"

Two police officers stood there, aiming guns at anything that moved. That included the goldfish in the tank nearby, which had been decorated for Christmas just the same as everything else. The fish even had a Christmas tree.

"Forget what I said. It just got worse," Shadow muttered, standing up beside Youko.

"You're all under arrest! Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law!" one officer shouted.

"Shit," Shadow whispered.

"What was that?!" the officer snapped, pointing his gun at Shadow.

"You want a candy cane?"

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Told you it was insane!  Review if you liked it. People are doing better with reviews. I got quite a few. And anywho, everybody seemed to like the Shadow/Youko deal in 'Separation Situation' and they all wanted a sequel with 'more Shadow x Youko fluff,' so I decided to put Shadow/Youko "fluff" in this one a bit. It's not the sequel, but it's still got Youko in it.