Chapter Three: Flying
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"Is he always like that?" asked Jackie, escorting the group to the airport. They had decided to fly, despite Kuwabara's fear of heights.
"No! I won't do it! You can't make meeee…." Kuwabara whined as he was dragged into the cool lounge. His arms were crossed over his chest and he had a pout on, making him look like a three-year-old who dropped their ice-cream cone.
"Hey, Jackie. What can I do ya for?" said a tall, lean man behind the front desk.
"Hey, Brian. I need some airport tickets." Jackie fished around in her pocket for money and pulled out a fifty.
"Okay! That'll be three women," Brian paused, eyeing the girls who were admiring a necklace in the souvenir shop. "Four men, and one…one…bird." He continued. "Forty-five fifty."
Jackie bit her lower lip. That would leave her with four dollars (American) and fifty cents. But she handed him the money and turned round to see what the strange people were doing. Yusuke, Kurama and Hiei had found some money outside and bought a box of Saran wrap. Hiei was wrapping it around Kuwabara and enjoying himself doing so. Keiko, Yukina, and Shizuru were looking at some plastic finger puppets and some Japanese finger traps (which were different from Chinese finger traps). Kuwabara was putting up a fight against Hiei so Yusuke and Kurama jumped on top of him to hold him down.
"Strange creatures, aren't they?" asked Brian. Jackie jumped when she realized that he had been watching them, too.
"I suppose they're Aboriginal. I don't know for sure, though," she sighed. Gathering herself, she called the group over and saw that Kuwabara could not move an inch. Jackie shook her head. 'It might be some spiritual ritual.' She thought.
"Okay," she said. "You guys need to sign your names at the bottom of the ticket here." She put the tickets on the counter and moved back, but not so far that she couldn't read them. One by one, they signed their names. Yukina, Kurama, Yusuke, Keiko, Shizuru, and Hiei. Yusuke signed for Kuwabara. Puu didn't need a ticket. Just an animal carrier.
"There's one!" cried Shizuru in the pet shop. Sure enough, there was a small birdcage, perfect for Puu.
"Finally," sighed Jackie. They had been in the shop for two hours. Walking up to the clerk, Yusuke said, "I don't have any money," The group murmured that they didn't either.
"Don't worry," Jackie flashed the money she had gotten at the airport.
"Wait," Kurama said. "I think there's…" He pulled out two dollars and forty-seven cents. Jackie smiled at him as he handed the money to her. Puu flew around in the air for a few minutes and settled down to Keiko's shoulder. Yusuke carrying the cage for Puu, Keiko carrying Puu, they walked to the front desk. Yusuke place the cage on the counter and waited for it to be rung up.
"6.97," the clerk said. Jackie counted out the money and realized that that was all they had. With a shocked look on her face, she laid the money down. The man smiled and said, "Thank ya,"
Yusuke looked at Jackie and asked, "Was that all of the money?" Jackie only nodded. Yusuke turned white. Then red. A little girl walking by screamed, "Ooh, Mommy! Lookie! That man is changing colors!"
Yusuke hit the counter. Looking the clerk in the eye, he growled, "Listen, geh…" He looked at the name-tag. It read 'Buddy'. "Listen, Buddy. We need some of that money back," he said.
"Well, ain't that a shame?" Buddy grinned, a toothpick hanging from his mouth. He has a black eye, Kurama noticed.
"How'd ya like another eye to match that one?" Kurama growled. The clerk suddenly seemed to become almost self-conscious.
"I…I didn't know it was so visible," he gasped. "Please, take it. It was fifty percent off anyways." Buddy turned to go into the employees lounge.
"Now, don't forget: you can't have any pets with you on board. They will put them and the luggage in the store room. You can have gum, food and lap-tops. And be sure you show the women at the entrance your tickets." Jackie went over the basics of flying.
"Flight A1 to Japan, now boarding." Said the intercom. Kuwabara shivered in the straight-jacket Jackie had 'given' to him to keep him from running away in the night.
" 'Bye guys! Have a safe trip!" Jackie called as they boarded. Keiko and the others waved and a couple called 'Good-bye.'.
The group came onto the plane and found seats. Kuwabara sat by Shizuru, Kurama by Hiei, Yusuke by an old man, and Yukina by Keiko. When the plane lurched forward, Yusuke hit his head on the seat in front of him and grumbled.
"This sucks," he muttered.
"Git used to it," said the man beside him. "Yur in fer a loo-oo-ng ride, sonny boy." And with that, the old man gave a snorting laugh and fell asleep, snoring beside a very pissed off Yusuke.
Chapter three done! Now you'll have to wait for the next chapter. Huh…R&R!