Sarasaki High's Gaffe
Chapter Seven - You're Invited
Hiei had been watching from a sight from them, but still able to hear the conversation clearly as they stopped a ways down the path. He turned away after he saw Botan decline Kurama's invitation to a kiss, 'Bad move Kurama.. thank god.'
Hiei snapped at himself for thinking that, "What? No." He said aloud as the two started to walk, then Kurama stopped as Botan told him something and walked off.
Kurama looked over towards where Hiei was hiding, Hiei ducked under the thick bush tree. 'Hiei's a baka.' His mind to him as he grunted and grabbed his head in frustration.
"Hiei." Kurama said in a light tone as he ripped the bushes apart and chuckled at his friend. Hiei had flipped over onto his head.
"Idiot." He said sitting back up on his rear and leaned against the tree. "Never do that." He demanded.
"Ok." Kurama said sitting next to him, "What were you doing right here in the first place?" Kurama quirked his brow with a Mr. Smarty smirk on his face.
"I was watching you and your girlfriend's pathetic dramatic act." Hiei said closing his eyes with a smirk, "I see she declined kissing you, making her not your koishii. That's rare for a girl to do."
Kurama grinned, "Exactly why I'm trying my best to get her. She's hard to get while the others I can just sweep off their feet in a heart beat." He snorted.
"Like those silly headed fan girls, snobby whores." Hiei said crossing his arms. Kurama sighed with a small laugh.
"Hiei you're always picking on something or someone." Kurama crossed his arms also. Hiei grunted,
"Well I'm a demon." Kurama laughed. "It's my job other than slaughtering." Hiei heard Kurama's laugh get stronger.
"Well I'm a demon, but-"
"Half." Hiei said as Kurama hmed. "Your ningen part makes you a part of the pathetic world and your demon just makes you look cool." Kurama stopped smiling,
"Hey, Yukina's a demon but she's not mean like you. Tuh, and she's your twin sister." Kurama rolled his eyes, "So if ningen's are pathetic by being nice, not trying to be mean, but.. Yukina is too then."
Hiei growled. "You know I'm right Hiei." Kurama gave him a look saying 'Admit it. You can't tell a smart person something.' Hiei relaxed and returned to his regular tone,
"Hn, right. But she's not pathetic! She's a female demon and so she's- she's-" He paused a couple of seconds to think, "-just light hearted." Kurama laughed aloud as Hiei mumbled something.
"Nice." Kurama said between laughs, "I'm going to go before my kasaan gets worried about me. See you whenever." Hiei mumbled something like a 'yeah-yeah whatever.'
Kurama walked down the street of the neighborhood as he thought, maybe he should go check to see if Botan made it home safely so he kept pass his house. He knocked on the door of the Yakima's residence.
There was only one light in the house. He saw a shadow on the blinds move and the door opened. "Hello Kurama." He invited the boy in but Kurama declined. "What can I help you with? Came to see Botan?"
"Uh no. I just wanted to see if she made it here. I offered to walk her home but she demanded me to let her be." Daniel patted Kurama on the shoulder,
"I wish she'd go out with someone like you son. You're a rare young gentlemen." Daniel complimented, "But yeah, she's dead on her bed." Daniel chuckled. Kurama gave him a confused expression.
"No son, I mean she's knocked out.. sleep. She was pretty worn out." Kurama chuckled as his stupidity. "Thank you for checking anyway, you better get home, it's a school night."
"You're right. Kasaan probably is worried sick. She'll call a search party on me." Kurama sighed and turned to walk away, "See you Mr. Yakima." Daniel gave him a salute-like wave.
~*~Two days later
"Beep--beep--beep--be-!" The alarm was cut off by a girl, who struggled to hit the snooze button. Minat'te rushed in like every morning,
"Nuh-uh Botan-chany." Minat'te pulled the covers as Botan began to play tug-of-war with her with a groan. "You were late yesterday, not today you will be." Her mom yanked it from her.
"Just five more minutes mother." Botan pulled her pillow under her head with a tight grip. Minat'te pulled Botan to her feet by her arms. Botan gained her strength to stand.
"No, get ready right now." Minat'te said in her cheery Jap tone. She began to clap her hands, "Come on, come on!" She shouted as Botan sighed.
"Ryo! Ryo!" Minat'te ran out the room and to the room across from Botan's to wake up her little brother. Botan walked droopily to the closet to get ready. After getting ready, Minat'te drove them to school.
"Bye kasaan." Botan waved to her mother in the car as it sped off leaving a pillow of smoke. She walked towards the school doors where everybody headed as some chilled on the front steps.
She heard gossip about Christine and the girls being vampires and the fight that happened between Keiko and her. Botan reached the door and was greeted from behind, "Konbowa Botan." She heard.
Keiko, Yusuke and Kurama had been approaching her as Kuwabara stayed back outside with his friends. Botan greeted her as they walked to their lockers to get their stuff.
"I hope we're not in trouble for getting in a fight." Botan said, Keiko turned to look beside her as she pulled out a few books, "Don't worry. Fights always break out here."
"So what are you doing this Halloween?" Botan slammed her locker closed.
"Yusuke and I were going to Mercedes' party but she took us off the list because the fight with Christine. She was Mercedes' friend." Keiko rolled her eyes. "I don't care anyways."
"That's great!" Botan said as Yusuke and Kurama came over chuckling and talking about something stupid possibly.
"What?" Keiko asked baffled.
"You can come to my party! My kasaan said I can have the house tomorrow night and-"
"HALLOWEEN PARTY AT WHITE HEADED GIRLS HOUSE TOMORROW NIGHT!" A guy who was listening to their conversation winked at them as everybody got interested.
Keiko sighed with a giggle, "That's Taylor. He's the news and gossip spreader. I remember like one time I was fussing at Yusuke about him being perverted to me and-"
"YUSUKE'S A PERV! QUOTED BY KEIKO!" Taylor said grinning at Yusuke as he took off with a mad Yusuke mumbling something and chasing him.
Keiko, Botan and Kurama laughed as everybody else did also. Then everybody returned to their own business.
"So, is it a costume party!?" Keiko asked jumping up and down. Botan looked bewildered.
"Like you dress up." Keiko said as Botan showed her that she saw the point.
"Of course, isn't that what Halloween's all about?" Botan asked, not trying to be funny.
"Actually it's a bad holiday. It's rumored to be about scaring the crap out of people and egging houses and you know?" Keiko explained.
"Remember the time we went to the haunted house?" Kurama said grinning, "Poor Keiko." He said as Keiko shoved him playfully.
"What happened?" Botan asked while laughing, anxious to know.
"Well," Keiko glanced to Kurama and back to Botan, "-it was last year." Keiko's conversation became an imaged flashback.
~*~Flashback
"Come on Keiko, please?" Yusuke said from Atsuko's car, which he had borrowed. "I promise you it's nothing scary." Yusuke said with his fingers crossed as Shizuru and Kuwabara nodded.
They had been all dressed up. Shizuru was a witch. Kurama was a vampire. Hiei was himself. Yusuke was a 'cool guy with biker clothes on and fake tattoos.' Kuwabara was a ninja. Keiko was a princess.
"No!" Keiko shouted, "I know you Yusuke." Keiko tossed her nose into the air with her arms crossed and hmphed him.
"Come on, please? Keiko." He said with his serious look, "If you don't, I won't come back alive." He said smirking as she ran over and jumped into the car.
"Yusuke, if you scare me I swear I won't talk to you again." Keiko shouted as Yusuke nodded his head, 'yeah-yeah' he wanted to say.
~*~Haunted House
"YUSUKE!!!" Keiko screamed as she ran through the haunted house. "YUSUKEEEE!" She said as she began to cry aloud.
Everybody had been hiding in the room with the actors of the house tried to make them get out of their hiding spots. Hiei, who liked to tease, ran passed Keiko and booed her.
Yusuke couldn't stand her crying anymore and walked over to her from his hiding spot as everybody peeked out. "Aw Keiko." He said he hugging her as she sniffled.
"Yusuke, I was so scared." She said still sniffling with tear streaks. Yusuke smiled,
"Gomen." He said as he hugged her again.
~*~Back to present time
"And then 'wham!' Yusuke thought he got away with it." Kurama busted out with tears as he laughed at the memory.
"He deserved it! He promised me that he wouldn't scare me." Keiko clenched her fist.
"No actually he had his fingers crossed when he said that." Kurama said as Keiko glared at him.
"Kurama!" She shouted and shoved him. Then she frowned, "Thanks for telling me." She said in a sad tone.
"Awww." Kurama said as he wrapped his arms around Keiko as she began to laugh.
"But it was funny when he told me the story over, kind of." Keiko said as Botan laughed.
"Well I promise you there will be no haunted house." Botan said putting her hand on Keiko's shoulder as Kurama looked at Botan's hands.
"See, I'm making sure no fingers crossed." Kurama smiled at Keiko as she shoved him again.
"So are you coming?" Botan asked. Kurama butted in again,
"I am!" He said grinning.
"Me too Botan." Keiko said nodding. Yusuke walked back over brushing his hands off.
"Took care of that fool." Yusuke said as the three laughed at him. "So?" He said. "You're really having a party?"
"Yeap, and you're invited!" Botan threw him the peace sign as he imitated her and done it back.
"PARTY AT-" Yusuke began as everybody looked at him, "You guys feel stupid don't you!?" He shouted as he began to laugh insanely.
"Yusuke, urasai. The teachers are gonna say.. something." Keiko said as she saw Mrs. Hamlin, a senior teacher, told him to shut up his fuss.
Keiko sighed. "Oh Yusuke."
~*~Gym
"1! 2! 3! 4! 5-!" The students in the gym class said doing push-ups. "6! 7!-" They continued as some gave up, causing Mr. McDowell to rush over and scream in their faces.
Panting, they all hustled around the gym/coach. "Now, as you all know, we're taking the fall physical fitness test today." Everybody sighed, "Nope. That ain't getting me to change my mind. Today!" He shouted.
"Now, the girls go over to the sit up mat and blah-blah-" The teacher babbled on and on about the information of today's class. Keiko and Botan walked over along with other girls to the sit up mat,
"What's this all about?" Botan asked looking around at the other girls, who were lying on their backs and reaching for their toes. "Tests in gym???"
"Yes we have to take physical tests two times a year. Fall and Spring." Keiko sighed. "Who cares?" She said sitting on the mat and stretching. Botan copied her.
"This is hard." Botan complained as the teacher walked over and sat in a chair next to the mat on the floor.
"You know what to do." He said as the girls all looked at him dumbfounded. Then they paired off, some lying on the mat and the other holding their feet. "1 minute." He said as they began to do as much sit ups as they could.
After doing their test, it was time for the boys. Mr. McDowell called the boys from playing basketball or doing whatever they do over to the mat as the girls walked out on the floor.
Some girls began to play basketball as the others stood and talked or either jump roped or something. Keiko and Botan sat on the benches watching everybody else.
Soon the boys were done and they all had to go over to the sit-and-reach stand- then to the pull-up bar- and then outside for the mile run. Keiko sighed again,
"I hate this part." She complained as Botan looked at her confused,
"Why? What are we going to do?" She asked as Mr. McDowell blew the whistle and everybody began to run.
"Run!" Keiko shouted as she took off running. Botan took a few seconds before running to catch up.
"How long? To where?" Botan asked.
"5 laps around the bus parking lot." Keiko uttered out breathlessly. "You can walk but you want to finish this as fast as you can so I suggest you not." She explained as Botan moaned.
Later during the period, they were all scattered out on the cool ground with the sun beaming on them as they sweated heavy sweat rolls, trying to catch their breaths.
"Good job." said Mr. McDowell as he examined the kids lying on the ground, "Water break and afterwards you have no time so just take the rest of the period." He suggested as everybody mumbled something.
Some people got up and walked to the bathroom or either the water fountain. Keiko and Botan lied stretched across the grass, tired like they never been before.
Kurama and Masqoshki appeared above the two, blocking the sunlight in their eyes. "Hey, I see you two are out of shape." Masqoshki joked as the two sat up panting slightly.
"Well I never had time for running around and exercising." Botan said grinning up at the two as she rested her arms on her knees.
"Hmph. Nobody said I -had- to run did they?" Keiko asked.
"Right." Masqoshki said as he offered them his hand and the two took each one of his hands as he pulled them up at the same time. Yusuke walked over with Kuwabara, chatting up a storm.
"Come on Botan." Masqoshki said as he motioned for her to walk with him. She leaned her head back in awe from her aching legs.
"Masqoshki-san, I don't feel like walking around." She said leaning against him as they walked anyway.
"Ok, just away from everybody else." He said sitting down under a tree which was still on school grounds but on the outside of the parking lot. He looked away as Botan sat waiting.
She cleared her throat. "Oh um." Masqoshki said putting a hand behind his head, "Yeah, I forgot to apologize for leaving you at the dance, I was hoping for our night to turn out great but-"
"I understand. Matter of fact, it was no problem." She smiled at him, receiving the warming smile back. The light sudden wind blew passed them, making their hairs play around in their faces.
Masqoshki broke silence again, "Look, can I make it up to you?" He begged for forgiveness.
"I already told you it was ok but you can do me a favor and come to my Halloween party." Botan gave him a questioning smile. Masqoshki gave a single clap,
"Hell yeah I'll be there!" He said laughing as Botan laughed along.
"It's tomorrow night." She said standing up from the shading tree. "Be there or I'll come looking for you." She said skipping off as Masqoshki watched her run off, a girl so.. 'simple.' He thought.
Botan ran over and tackled Kurama onto the ground unsuspectingly as he caught the football that Kuwabara tossed to him.
"Hey, you're messing up our game!" A guy shouted as Botan got off of Kurama.
"Shut up." She screamed back to the guy as he hmphed and crossed his arms.
"Yeah?" Kurama asked brushing his clothes off.
"Nothing, just wanted to do that." She smiled embarrassed of her childish act. Kurama shrugged and shook his head, 'She always amaze me.' He told himself before tossing the football to an opposing player.
~*~Later that day in the park
Botan walked with Saluki, slurping on some soda pop icy's they got from the ice cream pallor. "So you like Masqoshki, ne?" The weird colored hair girl asked, her eyes fixed upon Botan's pink ones.
"Well I kind of." Botan said as Saluki tilted her head, "Kind of?" She asked blinking her eyes slowly.
"Yeap, kind of." She said as Saluki's eye brows crinkled, "You like somebody else also? Oh Botan, you pimping sleaze-ball." She giggled. Botan blushed.
Saluki spotted someone she knew and waved over to her, "Botan I will see you at school, and at your sleepover tonight, see ya!" Saluki ran over to the familiar face, Okita.
Botan walked along the path, kicking random rocks and studying on the ground really hard. She ran into something in front of her, a Hiei.
Hiei fell onto his rump, being shorter than she was. "Watch where you're going will ya?" He asked as she smiled to the koorime,
"I believe you were alerted of me long time before I ran into you." She crossed her arms over her chest as Hiei grunted,
"Whatever baka onna." He said in a sing-song like tone, 'I can't for tomorrow.' He thought randomly after turning to walk away from the girl.
"Ay, matte!" She said as Hiei glanced back, "I'm having a Halloween party and-"
"Iie. I decline your invitation." He said coldly.
"How you know I was even inviting you. I wasn't by the way." She said shaking her head, as if saying 'Ha-ha!' Hiei looked at her stupidly,
"SO, like I care?" He turned his back to her, crossing his arms again. Botan giggled with an 'aw.'
"I'm just kidding Hiei, you can come if you want to. I don't care, just don't tell me you're not." She said humming as she walked passed him. Hiei smirked.
He watched the girl walk, singing some cheery song, like the cherry girl she is. He couldn't help but give a 'Hn.' After Botan was out of sight he began to think, 'How will I do this?' He wondered.
'Shall I go or not?" His question in his head became aloud as someone answered for him from behind.
"Go." He heard a girly voice and turned to see his sister, "Yukina." He said smiling.
"Hello Hiei." ^-^