Sarasaki High's Gaffe
Chapter 10 - Deja vu
"And-!" Yusuke shouted, laughing as he rested his weight on the mop's handle, "This is going to be funny. I- Kurama was wearing a mini skirt!!" He said as Kuwabara burst into laughter, falling out his chair.
"He and Botan were fussing about something." Yusuke fell onto his back on the wet floor, "He had on lipstick and eye shadow!" his eyes watered up from laughing so hard, "I mean, he was so beautiful!"
Kuwabara began to choke from laughing. Yusuke stood, and growled when he felt his clothes wet from the wet floor, then began to laugh again from the thought.
"It isn't that funny." Botan said crossing her arms, sitting at the counter of the Ramen Noodle Shop. "How'd you like it if you were dressed up like a girl?" She glared as they laughed harder.
"That's kind of strange, hearing it from you, who dressed him up yourself!" Yusuke managed to shoot back at her while still in his laughing fit.
"That's it Yusuke!" Keiko slammed the wet rag onto the counter, "It wasn't that funny now shut up!" Keiko said as she began to laugh. Botan hmphed her,
"Oh thanks Keiko." She rolled her eyes at her.
"I'm sorry Botan-" Keiko giggled more, "But if I saw Kurama in a skirt, I couldn't.. tell if he was a girl or a boy!" She said, making Kuwabara and Yusuke laugh even more.
Botan grumbled, balling her fist up. Then the bell to the doors of the Ramen Shop was heard, telling that somebody had entered the shop.
Kurama sighed when he heard the three laughing, "Oh come on guys it's been a week!" He said sitting at the counter and covering his ears. "Don't you think it's a bit stupid now?"
Nobody replied, but started to laugh more. Keiko began to play with Kurama's hair by curling it around her finger as he shooed her away like a fly.
"Ok-" Yusuke said holding his stomach, "-ok Kurama." He said as he slapped Kuwabara. "Shut up now."
"Who are you telling shut up!?" Kuwabara shouted. "Lets take this outside twerp!" He pounded his fist into his other hand, walking out the restaurant. Yusuke got up and locked the doors.
Kuwabara banged on the door, "Come on Urameshi you whimp!" He fussed while Yusuke made funny faces out the screen doors.
"So Kurama," Keiko said taking a break from cleaning since nobody was in the shop, "What were you doing at her house by the way? You never gave me any good details." She winked at the two.
Botan choked on some noodles she had just swallowed, "I was having a slumber party and Kurama fell asleep on my bed." She simply explained.
"And then you got in bed with him and-" Keiko shat up when the two glared as her. Kurama began to smirk.
"Keiko, let me say this while Kurama's right here, I do not like Kurama Shuichi Youko Ningen Minamino!" She shouted, as Kurama and Keiko smiled cheerfully at each other. ^-^
"Oh yeah, that's what she tells ya." Keiko said mumbling to Kurama, "Mhmm." He said nodding and mumbling back to her. Botan pounded on the table,
"Look Kurama!" She grabbed his face from under his chin, "I.do.not.like.YOU!" She shoved him onto the counter as his eye brows lowered and he became confused.
"Botan?" Keiko said as Botan walked out the shop. She looked at Kurama confused, "Well I thought she liked you." She said looking away with shock.
Kurama looked down with a sigh, 'Ok Kurama, stop playing around. You've got to get her now.' He told himself, getting serious.
"Aw Kurama. I don't know how Botan could turn someone like you down. It's kind of weird." Keiko said getting weird looks from Kurama. "Ahahaha! Please don't tell Yusuke I said that." She said leaning over the counter.
"I won't." He said smiling and stood from the counter seat, "I'm going to be going now. My kasaan is going and I have to watch young Shuichi." Kurama said walking towards the exit. "Bye Kurama." Keiko replied.
He walked out and looked around. 'I think I'll go check up on Hiei.' He said as he walked towards the park. He spotted Yukina throwing bread crumbs to the birds while being watched by Hiei in his special tree.
Kurama smirked, "Hello." He said as Yukina turned around and looked up to the red head.
"Hello Kurama." She said smiling cheerfully. "How are you?"
"Fine thank you." He said shoving his hands into his pants pocket. "I thought I'd come by to see Hiei. What are you doing here by the way?"
"I thought since I found out who my real brother was, I'd have to spend quality time with him." She said looking up to Hiei who was looking off somewhere else.
Kurama smiled, "Hey Hiei." He said, making the fire demon look down with a smirk. "Hn, kitsune." He said as he jumped out the tree. "What are you doing here?"
"Well, you haven't came by and I though I'd come see ya." Kurama said gazing around the peaceful park, spotting only a few people.
"Hn." Hiei said looking off somewhere again.
"What's the matter?" Yukina asked Hiei.
"What do you mean?" He said looking at his jade headed sister. "Nothing's wrong." He said trying to smile the best he could but fail terribly.
"You look worried." Kurama said.
"Indeed." Yukina added. Hiei shook his head. "C'mon Hiei, you can tell me. Or at least tell Kurama." She said as she skipped off with her basket of bread crumbs to feed the birds more.
Hiei sighed watching Yukina skip off. "So?" Kurama startled him, making him look quickly at the fox demon.
"Well." He started off. "Remember the night Yukina and that girl Botan almost got killed?" He asked as the red head nodded. "I.. I think I let another cat out of the bag." He said as Kurama lowered his eyebrows.
"What do you mean?" He asked. Hiei sighed once again.
"I told that blue haired girl that I cared for her because she kept yapping about me saving them only because of Yukina's safety but that's untrue." He said, earning looks from the red headed boy.
"Oh Hiei." Kurama said curling his lips into a smile, "You're falling in love." He said as Hiei's eyes widened. "What's wrong?"
"Every time I hear 'love' I become bewildered. I do not know what that crap is." He said making Kurama gasp. "I know it means kissy-kissy but.. what does it really mean?" He asked.
Kurama let out a deep breath, "Actually, I shouldn't be the one explaining this because I don't really know either. But it's like.. another word for caring I guess." He said shrugging.
"Oh thanks kitsune." Hiei replied sarcastically.
"Hey, I'm trying to help." Kurama said with a chuckle. "For example, the way Kuwabara care for Yukina. The way Keiko cares for Yusuke and Yusuke cares for Keiko. The way I care for kasaan." He explained the best he could.
Hiei's mouth opened half way. "I see. So, like when I care for Yukina, that's love?" He asked, very interested in the conversation.
"I'm not the right person to be asking but I'm kind of sure about my facts." Kurama said with a nod. "There's a saying, 'Demon's don't have feelings' or 'Demons are emotionless,' 'Demons are cold hearted.' But it's all untrue."
Hiei looked to the ground. "I think I care for this girl." He said as Kurama looked down, worried that Hiei would claim her before he. Kurama forced a smile on his face.
"I'll b-be happy to help you if you want to express it to her." Kurama stuttered. "I have to go, kasaan's making me baby-sit my brother." He said walking off casually.
Hiei hopped back in his tree and began watching his sister enjoy her time with her little friends.
Kurama sighed as he felt a rain drop on his hand. 'Hm, it looks like a storm is coming.' He thought as he walked slowly studying everything around him. He looked at a building where he saw Atsuko inside playing the piano. 'I'm surprised Atsuko's teaching dance lessons.'
He got to his house soon, looking to see his mother and father come outside dressed as if they were going to a fancy diner. "Wow, kasaan you look beautiful." Kurama said smiling as Shiori smiled with a blush.
"Thanks Shuichi-chan. You're so sweet. Oh, I ordered pizza for Shuichi and his friends. He seems to be having a slumber party or something. You got here right on time. We'll be back tomorrow evening ok?"
Kurama nodded. His father nodded to him as if 'see you.' "Father, you look great." Kurama complimented before he closed the passenger door and walked around the car.
"Thanks son. Oh, and do you think your mother will like the anniversary ring I got her?" He asked giving Kurama a sneak peak at it. Kurama nodded again with a smile, "She'll love it." He said.
His father took a deep breath, putting the box into his pocket. "Great. We'll be going now." He said waving at Kurama as he stood on the door step. They got into the car and took off right when there was a lighting flash.
Kurama walked inside, his clothes halfway damp from walking home in the drizzling rain. He saw that Shiori had already gotten a baby sitter because of his late appearance.
"Hey Shuichi!" The little kids said running around him. Kurama sighed, 'This isn't going to be a very peaceful night.' He thought as the baby sitter came in.
"Hello Shuichi." The lady greeted him with a hug, "It's been so long since I've seen you. You were a little boy." She said in her strangling voice, "Now you're tall and handsome. Thank god you made it back before the storm." She said looking at his wet clothes.
"Hello obaasan." He said, "You're looking good yourself." He lied, seeing the wrinkles under her eyes and a little bit of gray strands in her long brown curly hair. "Yes, luckily I did." He said smiling.
Young Shuichi came in, "Hey Shuichi number two." He said snickering. Kurama shook his head, 'Hn.' "Where've you been?" He asked.
"With my friends." Kurama simply replied walking to his room, "Obaasan I'll be in my room." He said walking away from all the kids. He closed his door behind him and slid down it, looking at the dark room.
He saw his CD player lying on the floor nearby and grabbed it, putting it over his ears as a lightning flash lit the room. The song playing was 'Six Feet' by Creed.
He slowly closed his eyes as he heard a voice over the music playing. "Hey Kurama-kun." He stood back up and looked to see somebody sitting on his bed eating strawberries.
"Botan?" He said as she nodded. He smiled and walked over to the bed and laid his head into her lap as she giggled and began to gaze over his face. "Hi." He said making her giggle again.
She put a strawberry in his mouth and stroked his hair as he relaxed his head in her lap. "I don't believe this." He said, gazing into her pink eyes as she gazed into his emerald ones.
She only smiled, "I don't see why I lied about liking you." She said as her eyes welled up, "You have all the qualities a girl could want in a guy." She complimented.
Kurama couldn't speak. This was a bit weird. Botan, in his house? No. Kurama looked up at Botan again as she looked off towards the window.
"Hey Shuichi!" Kurama felt the door being banged on. "Your friend is here." Little Shuichi said as Kurama took the headphones off his ear and opened the door.
"Hey Shuichi." Kurama's eyes widened as he looked at the girl before him.
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"I'm glad when I'm making love to you-" Rang out the windows of the gym over the roaring of thunder. Botan was performing to Atsuko her dance routine. (picture J-lo's video)
She span around in her black outfit swinging her hips as if she was really dancing. Atsuko gave her directions and corrections of her dancing, "More movement in your hips." She suggested.
After an hour of practice Botan was finally done, silently sleeping on the hard floor as Atsuko danced around herself. After Atsuko finished she heard someone clapping and jumped.
"Oh Yusuke's friend." Atsuko said as she saw Hiei sitting in the corner of the room. "What are you doing here?" She asked, wondering why someone would be there than any where in the world.
"Hn, just didn't have anywhere to go I guess." He said standing as the lady walked over. He looked at Botan sleeping on the floor and back to the long haired brunette.
"Hm." Atsuko said taking a towel and wiping the sweat from her forehead. "Oh crap! I'm running late, I'm supposed to meet this guy at the fancy diner at a quarter to 10." She said grabbing her bag.
"Botan wake up! I have to go somewhere sweetie so come on." She said while rushing towards the bathroom of the gym. Hiei watched Botan as she lied still on the floor then looked out the window.
Atsuko came out running and almost tripped in her heels. She was wearing a long red dress with a slit on the side and red matching heels with her hair done up, "Aw she still didn't get up? Do me a fav sweetie and get her up for me. The doors are locked so just close them. Ja ne!" She shrieked running out.
Hiei looked back at the sleeping white haired girl as he walked over towards her. He didn't know what to do so picked her up into his arms as she slowly opened her eyes and looked to meet a pair of red ones.
"Eek!" She shouted jumping out of Hiei's arms and jumping around wide awoke. Hiei laughed as Botan stopped and then smiled with a blush. "Where did Atsuko go?" She asked. "What are you doing here?"
"Hn. So many questions at once." Hiei replied walking towards the door, "She said she was going on a date and told me to wake you up. I was just watching her dance." He said as Botan walked behind him.
Botan grabbed her bag before going out the door. It was pouring down rain as Hiei walked right into the rain, without a care. "It's raining!" She shouted looking around.
"I didn't know that." Hiei said looking back at her. "Are you coming or what?" He asked as she held her hand out to feel the rain beating on it.
"No, I can't. I don't want to get all wet." She said as Hiei grumbled, "Look at what I'm wearing!" She shouted showing him that she hand on only a black tank top with black bikini bottoms and long socks.
"So what?" He said looking at her outfit.
"I'll get sick. Don't you know anything about life?" She asked as he walked back over to where she was standing.
"Hn." He said and sighed. He pulled off his cloak, revealing his tank top. "Here." He said and tossed it to Botan as she put it on. "Now come on!" He said running back into the rain.
"This isn't going to help! My head will still get whey-AH!" She screeched as Hiei grabbed her hand and drug her into the rain as they got soaked. "Ah, I'm getting wet!" She said as she ran sluggishly.
"Then stop dragging along and run!" He shouted over the rain as she tried running faster.
"Hey, in case you haven't noticed.. I'M WEARING HEELS!"
"Nobody told you to wear heels!" He said back to her as they kept running.
"I had too and I'm not a demon like you are! I can't run as fast as you!" She kept complaining as he ran towards a tree.
They stood under it catching their breaths. "You yap too much." He insulted her as her mouth opened and she began to glare,
"Well you-" She said thinking, "You.. you insult people too much!" She shot back at him as he slapped himself in the face.
"Just shut up and lets get you home!" He demanded as she grunted something and started to run behind him again. They got to Minat'te's porch and stood panting again.
"Thanks Hiei." She said opening the door to the dark house. Obviously the family had been sleep seeing there was no light in the house. Hiei hned and stood waiting.
"Oh, I guess you can come in." Botan offered as he stepped inside. "I forgot." She said closing the door.
"Actually I was waiting for you to give me back my cloak." He said holding his hand out. Botan blushed as she took the cloak off and handed it to the demon.
"Arigatou again." She said as she heard footsteps.
"Where were you Botan?" Minat'te asked closing her blue robe seeing that Hiei was standing in the living room. Botan looked at her mom,
"Oh, I'm sorry kasaan. I had dance practice-"
"What dance practice?" Minat'te broke into Botan's explanation.
"I have a private dance mentor, remember?" Botan said as Minat'te looked over her daughter's body, seeing she was wearing barely anything.
"You should've put some clothes on over that then. You could've gotten a cold." Minat'te said. "Well thank god you're back home now. I was beginning to worry." She said before walking away.
Botan took a deep breath and looked over to Hiei, who was looking at a family picture hanging on the wall with Botan's ningen body as a baby with her mother and father.
"Cute." He said as Botan walked over and looked up at the picture. She looked at him with a surprisingly look,
"Did you just say that I was cute?" She asked, astonished.
"Hn! I said that little girl was cute! Not you." He said crossing his arms. Botan laughed,
"Silly, that is me."
"No, it's the girl before you were made a ningen. How did you get this body?" He asked as Botan gave him a shrug. "Maybe the girl died while sleeping and somehow I-" Botan paused.
"-stole it from her." Hiei finished as Botan's mouth hung open. Hiei closed it by her chin. Her eyebrows lowered as she looked over to the demon,
"You sure are acting weird and touchy." She said with a small grin. Hiei became back into himself by looking at her with his cold blood eyes. "Don't look at me like that." She said smiling weakly.
Hiei smirked as she quirked a brow. "I think I'll go to bed now." She said walking towards the bedrooms. "You should be going." She said as Hiei turned to her.
"Goodnight!" She said skipping down the hallway towards her bedroom. Hiei realized that he had a small smile on his mouth and quickly got rid of it. He walked out the door and looked down the street.
"Hn. The kitsune wouldn't mind a little company." He said rushing towards his house.
A/n: Hiei has a strange way of expressing love and can you guess who that girl was at Kurama's house? Please review. ^_^