Part 6: How does she know who Karasu is?

Solaris: As if that didn't give away the point of this chapter... Thanks to all reviewers, and sorry it's taken me so long to update. I'm having problems with my stupid AP History class, which I still don't get why I got put in there anyway... It never fails. I had Civics in 9th grade with that teacher and had it first thing in the morning, and now I have AP History with the same teacher and it's first thing in the morning too. Anyone else sensing a trend here? Well at least I'm not constantly late anymore. Oh, on with the chapter, and standard disclaimers apply.
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It was the weekend, and Kurama was walking with Solaris to a restaurant. Foxglove had ordered in Thai for Hiei and herself, so Kurama offered to take Solaris out for lunch. Unfortunately, they missed the bus, and Solaris didn't want to wait, so they walked. Presently they passed a familiar man with jet-black hair. After a few minutes, a creepy voice murmured "Kurama..." The two foxes turned around rapidly.

"Karasu! What the hell are you doing here?" Kurama yelled. Solaris looked at Karasu curiously.

"Where's your mask?" she asked.

"Thought you didn't go to the tournament." Kurama replied.

"Joshi got photos and showed 'em off to everyone in the company." Solaris explained. Karasu coughed a bit, drawing attention back to himself.

"I've learned how to control my powers. Now Kurama..." he smiled flirtatiously. (A/N: This is as close to yaoi as you will see me get. I don't write it, I only read Eerie Queerie 'cause it presents it in a cute and humorous way, and I truly believe that Karasu is gay.) Kurama backed up; Solaris planted her feet solidly on the ground between the two boys.

"No way! He's with me! Today at least." She declared.

"Which would you prefer, a wet-behind-the-ears brat or someone older and... wiser?" Karasu asked. Solaris lost it and began to wail on the poor creepy misfortunate who had incurred her wrath.

"You creepy, gay ass son of a bitch! Stay the hell away from Kurama, dammit!" she said as she beat the heck out of Karasu. Presently the little comic type dust bubble settled, and there was Solaris, calmly straightening the black tank top style dress that ended about five inches above her knee and dusted off her knee length boots. (A/N: One, she's not a Mary Sue, and two, I think I've said it before, but I'm not homophobic. I just don't like Karasu, as will become apparent in this chapter.) "Sorry for my language. But even seeing his picture scared me." she smiled.

"I see London, I see France..." Karasu began from the ground. Solaris blushed and kicked him in the head, effectively ending that rhyme. Then she took Kurama's arm, smiling.

"Shall we go?" Kurama nodded. The outdoor café they went to was a great place, and Solaris's choice to sit by an "exit", or the hedges encircling the café, was a good choice, especially when Karasu walked in. All they had to do was hop over the bushes and they were scot-free. And best of all, they didn't have to pay for the lunch. (Although they did leave a nice tip.) (A/N: DON'T TRY THIS! STEALING LUNCH IS BAD! If you did this, I'd have to smack you with a 2x4 and say 'bad person for following Solaris's demented example! BAD!')

Later that night, after Kurama had gone to his room, Solaris sat up watching the 14 anime. (Adult Swim Japanese style! And no, Kurama's house hadn't been fixed yet, it was a blockwide problem.) Hiei came downstairs to watch it too. He'd never had much of an interest, but it was a way to get away from the muse. Prior commitment to watch anime with Solaris, sure, let's go with that. Hiei got there just in time to see the episode title go offscreen. He discovered that he and Solaris sometimes just had to comment on a show.

"Inuyasha, I was so worried!" the schoolgirl onscreen said in a pouty voice.

"So? I wasn't. He's the fricckin' hero, they won't let him die." Solaris muttered. Later the one called 'Inuyasha' cut the baboon-skin disguised demon's shirt off to reveal a spider shaped scar.

"Like hell he'd have a perfectly shaped burn scar. The fire demon knows these things." Hiei said quietly. Solaris nodded. Kurama came downstairs just as Detective Conan (Case Closed) came on.

"Mountain Villa Murder, part one!" the kid said.

"Appropriately chilling." Solaris said, hardly noticing Kurama's presence by her side. When she saw the bandaged, cloaked villain, she shuddered and you could see the whites of her eyes. "Damn... that's scary..." she whispered. When said villain tried to kill the love interest the first time, she buried her face into a pillow and screamed. It sounded like "OH MY GOOOOOOD!", but Hiei couldn't be sure. (A/N: It was Oh My God, if I remember what I screamed right.) When the filmmaker's mangled and decapitated body was found, she pushed her face into the pillow.(A/N: I'm sure you appreciate all these authoress notes as much as you appreciate my graphic description of this scene and the fact that I can sit through this and make some attempt to refrain from screaming random curse words unless I have a pillow over my mouth.) Kurama pulled her into a one-armed hug, eyes never leaving the screen. She was muttering something, so Hiei telepathically asked him what she was saying.

-Frickin' Psychopathic son of a... well, you get the idea. Except she's not mincing terms.- he replied. At one point in time, the hero was trying to think while the love interest was asleep by him. He thought something about not being able to think while she was around. "I have the same problem with Solaris!" Kurama said, then growled. "Youko..."

At the end of the show, Kurama blinked and said, "I have fought demented demons, warded off fangirls, and kept that freak Karasu from killing me, but this has got to be the most disturbing thing I have seen in a long time."

Lupin the Third was on after that, and it was all about the group trying to steal a 200-year-old bottle of wine that ended up tasting like vinegar. "OOH! I want it!" Solaris cried. The two boys looked at her funny. "What? I like sour stuff. I could drink straight lemon juice if I could get away with it."

"Oo-kay... that's something I didn't care to know. And from your story about the sake turkey, I'd say even a sip of that would knock you out." Hiei said.

"Yeah, considering I'm alcohol intolerant. Good night guys!" Solaris yawned and headed upstairs. The boys followed and were asleep soon after. That is, until Solaris bean screaming her head off. Everyone but Foxglove(who could sleep through a train wreck) ran into Solaris's room.

"Solaris, what's wrong?" Kurama asked. Solaris, still shrieking in horror, pointed to her balcony. There stood Karasu.

"Kurama..." he began.

"How the hell did you find out where I was?"

"Kurama, Kurama, Kurama..." Karasu shook his head. "Your spirit energy is so easy to trace."

"Get away from my house! Stay away from Kurama and Hiei, and LEAVE ME ALONE!" Solaris yelled as she jumped from her bed, holding a metal bat. She began to beat Karasu fiercely over the head, but all he did was laugh.

"Weak little girl. That's not going to hurt me," he said. She pulled a crowbar out of nowhere.

"How about this?" she grinned evilly. "Heavy steel, not wussy lightweight aluminum." she grinned as she beat him over the head. Pretty soon Kurama came over to her, grabbed her shoulders, and took the crowbar.

"I think you got him, Solaris." He said as Hiei walked over to the motionless body on the floor, and his Jagan began to glow.

"I know I got him." she said. "What are you doing, Hiei?"

"Erasing all knowledge of your house, you, and Kurama's energy from his mind. So long as you don't see him again, you're safe." Hiei replied. "Now how to get him out of here..."

"I can do that!" Solaris smiled. She picked him up over her head, and threw him sky high. Both boys blinked in shock.

"S-Solaris... How did you DO that?" Hiei asked.

"Dunno. Just did. Don't think I could do it again, though." She shrugged. "Well, night, you two." She yawned as she headed back to bed. The two boys left.

"I suppose she's not afraid even with that balcony open..." Hiei said.

"Hey, this is Tokyo. If she didn't have that fence, I'd be a little afraid." Kurama said. "At least we don't have to worry about Karasu."

"Yeah, if he somehow remembered, she probably threw him to Timbuktu." Hiei said. "Night."
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Solaris: Sorry it took so long to update! No flames on my sucky scheduling, please!