Karaoke Troubles
The next day they had all gone shopping and when the demons were in their disguises they really did look like humans. Kuronue had folded his wings under his arms and wrapped them around his torso and they had redone his hair so it covered his pointy ears. Though it took a lot of convincing to make him take off his hat.
Nakada also put on disguise just in case one of the guys from the other night saw her. She had also dyed her hair blonde and had put on some light make-up though the girls had to force her to put it on. Yoko was also wearing the sunglasses that Nakada had bought him the day they had first left so they hid his eye colour.
The demons were rather uncomfortable being around all of the humans in the mall and were a bit nervous. Jennah looked at them and sighed, "Can't take you to any where can we?"
Kuronue looked at her and smiled, "Nope," she gave a little giggle and held on to his arm. He looked at her and relaxed some what as he took her hand.
Yoko just smiled as he watched the couple go into a clothes store, "Whatch ya thinking?" Nakada asked as she walked up beside him.
He looked at her a bit startled, "Nothing of importance Nakada," he smiled a bit and walked with them.
When it was lunchtime they were done buying some new clothes and some more food for the road. They went to a pizza place to eat and went back to the hotel to rest a bit. Yoko and Kuronue were really happy when they got to their room. Kuronue took off his shirt so he could open his wings that had gotten really stiff and Yoko undid his hair so he could move his ears and untied his tail from around his waist wagging it behind him a little.
"Let me tell you this it is nice to finally stretch my wings! I think they went to sleep when DJ was trying on shoes,"he sat on the bed next to Jennah and wrapped his arm around her shoulders. She smiled and snuggled in closer to his embrace as she wrapped her arms around his waist.
"Well we're just going to have to work on that aren't we?" Nakada asked as she sat in a chair that was next to her and Yoko's bed. Yoko gave a little chuckle when he saw the look on Kuronue's face. He looked like he had been slapped.
"Hey I wouldn't giggle if I were you fox. You seemed to put your hair down and untie your tail a little to fast."
Yoko glared at him, "Well you don't see me complaining at least," he heard a slight giggle and he turned his head to look at Nakada who had her legs up to her chest and her hand over her mouth trying hard not to laugh. He grinned evilly and walked behind her and started to tickle her sides.
She burst out laughing and tried to squirm away from him but he didn't let go so she brought her hands around his neck and pulled him down from behind the chair so he was laying on her lap. But he was still tickling her so she tickled him right back. Everyone was laughing like crazy at the sight. Jennah had taken out a digital camera and started tapping the whole thing trying her best to hold the camera and laugh at the same time. They both soon fell out of the chair and Yoko landed on Nakada still tickling her sides only making sure he wasn't hurting her while he sat on his knees over her hip. But soon she managed to turn him and she was on top of him tickling him back.
Soon they both stopped tickling each other and were lying on the floor with Nakada on top of him her head and one hand on his chest and her arm wrapped around his back while his arms were around her waist. Jennah hid the camera and sat close to Kuronue who was out of breath from laughing.
It was then that they noticed how they were laying and slowly began to get up. Nakada still had a smile on her face and looked away from him with a slight blush on her face. Yoko looked away as well fighting back a blush and went to sit on the bed while she went and sat back in the chair.
It was a bit quiet after that and Kyle turned on the T.V. and they began to watch what was on. It was AFV (America's Funniest home Video's) and they started to watch and laugh again. Yoko hadn't noticed but Nakada had gotten dressed some time and was sitting next to him laughing as a kitten began to climb up someone's leg to a counter were the someone was putting food in a dish for it.
He smiled and watched some more of the show. At nine o'clock it was over and everyone was tired of laughing so they went to bed.
Everyone was asleep except for Yoko. He kept on wondering why he felt so relaxed around Nakada. He turned around and saw that her back was towards him and she was sleeping leaned on an elbow and looked at her sleeping form. He had told Kuronue about the deal he had made andhe had gone into a big fit of how Kelsey was a big snake he had laughed a little and said he didn't know how true that was.
He touched Nakada's shoulder lightly and began to rub it up and down. She sighed a little and stirred a little in her sleep. He froze until she stopped moving and settled down in her sleep. He sat up and walked over to the chair she had been sitting in earlier. He turned on the T.V. and kept the volume down so as to not wake any one up.
Kuronue woke up and saw that a light was on. His arm was around Jennah's shoulders but he gently lifted his arm and looked at Yoko watching the T.V. He got up from the bed and sat in the chair next to his.
"I'm sorry if I disturbed you Kuronue," Yoko apologized as he looked over at his friend.
"You didn't, I usually wake up around this time to see if Jennah is all right and I go back to sleep," Kuronue saw Yoko's eyes had a far away look in them, "Your falling for her aren't you?"
Yoko instantly got angry and turned away, "How can I be so weak Kuronue? I'm Yoko Kurama the most feared thief in all of Makai! I have murdered and stolen for many years! How is it she makes me feel like this! It is going to kill me some day if I can't stop it!"
"Yoko her kiss can cure it you know that."
"Yes but Kuronue she has to truly love me! And after all the things I've done to hurt her…do you honestly think she would love me?" Yoko looked at the T.V. again.
"Yoko if you ask me I think you put your self down to much. I think she cares about you a lot more then you think actually," he looked the T.V. and saw someone on a motor cycle, "Hey don't we have things like that in Makai? Except they ran on magic?"
"Yeah, ha I remember when you first road one you had your wings open and you fell off the bike!" Yoko placed his hand over his mouth to try and stifle his laughter.
Kuronue chuckled as well, "Yeah but when you first road it you were like a natural! To bad they were thought to dangerous and they destroyed every last one," they looked back at the T.V. "Well you are going to have to get some sleep Yoko. I'll stay up a little longer," Yoko nodded and went to bed. After he had made sure he was asleep Kuronue went over to all of the whole team except for Yoko and woke them up.
After they were all awake they went out to the camper, "Okay now everyone is here?" Jennah asked looking around, "All right, now all of us know we are a little short on money…"
"It's my fault I didn't think we would have to get more cloths or the hotel," Lacey spoke up.
"It's all right Lacey," Lindsey spoke up, "I didn't realize we needed clothes either until I found out some of my cloths didn't fit me any more. The thing we need to do now is think where are we going to get the money?"
"Why don't Yoko and I just steal from a bank?" Kuronue asked.
"Because we want that as a last resort," she answered, "This isn't Demon World and it is a bit harder to steal from a bank here then it was there. Everyone is already looking for two demons in the woods. They have cameras in there so they can see you and know that Yoko isn't in the woods any more and know that there is another demon, you, with him. They will search everywhere. So we are going to have to find away to earn a lot of money."
Everyone kept on thinking on how to earn the money when Kuronue said, "What is that darn music?" everyone looked at him and listened.
"Oh that's probably the Karaoke in the hotel…" Everyone looked at each other with a smile on their faces, "You can earn money in Karaoke," April said with a smile.
"Yeah but someone is going to have to sing," Nakada finally spoke up as she looked put the window. She felt everyone looking at her for a second and she turned her head. They were all looking at her with big grins on their faces, "Oh no, no, no, no, I will not sing in front of a whole crowd!"
"But Nakada you sang in front of a huge crowd at school and to Yoko what is the difference?" April asked with a smile on her face.
"The difference is THIS IS NOT SCHOOL! And Yoko was asleep when I sang to him," she answered as she stood up and walked out of the camper.
"I guess she has a major case of stage fright," Sophie said looking all around, "Hmm I think I have an idea though!" she ran out of the camper and into their room, "Okay I know he keeps an extra one around here somewhere…ah here it is," she took what she was looking for and ran back out side to the camper.
Nakada had returned and was looking out the window, "Nakada," she turned her head and listened, "I've heard you sing in the forest before right?" she nodded, "Why do you do that?"
"Well I don't know, the wind and plants tell or ask me to sing a song and I do. They tell me the words and the wind directs my movements so I know what to do. I just close my eyes and ask and they tell," Nakada looked out a window again.
"Well I think I know a way to get you to sing in front of the crowd," Sophie said with a smile on her face.
She looked at her and asked, "How would you possibly be ably to do that?"
"Trust me but first before I tell you get dressed and the girls will put you into something nice," Sophie looked towards the girls and they all smiled and took her into her and Yoko's bedroom.
After awhile she came back out her face looking like after she had jumped the cliff (with the ice blue make up I mean.) She was wearing a light blue shirt with blue roses on it and blue jeans (get creative here please) she was also wearing blue high heel shoes. On her wrist was a blue rose bracelet and on her neck was a choker with a blue rose on it.
"And now for the final touch," Sophie said as she walked up to her with a hand behind her back. When she was close enough she moved her arm into view and produced a lovely red rose but it looked like it was welting. Sophie placed it in Nakada's hair with it cradled in between her ear and her head. The rose instantly began to come to life and Nakada could hear it whisper in her ear.
"Now you can listen to the rose when you close your eyes to sing and pretend you're in the forest singing,"
Nakada smiled as she touched the rose, "This is a wonderful idea Sophie. Okay lets see if it will work but first DJ you have to stay in our room so if Yoko wakes up you can tell him every thing.
"Nakada! Why do I have to do it?" he whined.
"Because…" she said the rest in his mind and he nodded.
A little while Yoko woke up and looked behind him and saw that Nakada wasn't in bed. He looked all around and saw that no one was in the room. He got out of bed and walked around trying to find them. The door opened and he ran behind it.
DJ walked from behind the door and saw that Yoko wasn't in his bed. When he closed the door he felt some one grab his shoulder and he elbowed the person. Then he took the hand that was still on his shoulder and flipped the person on the ground and jumped on them in his animal form venom spilling from his fangs as he opened his mouth ready to bite. Then he saw it was Yoko and he turned back into his normal form.
"I am so sorry Yoko but you shouldn't scare me like that," DJ said as he got up and helped Yoko up from the floor.
"It's all right but where are the others?" Yoko was a bit shaken up from being attacked by DJ and that he had almost bitten him with his poisonous fangs.
"Oh well there down stairs," DJ wasn't sure if he should tell him about Nakada singing or not.
"What are they doing down stairs?" he asked a bit suspicious and looking at him hard.
"Umm uh listen their all right they'll be up in a few minutes so you don't have to worry," DJ sat on his and Sophie's bed and looked at him. Yoko wasn't happy with what DJ was telling him, "All right but you probably don't know what it is called so you better put your tail and hair up so you can see it," Yoko went into the bathroom and came back out in a minute and DJ took him down to the Karaoke bar.
When they got there Yoko could hear Nakada singing. He sped up a little and followed her voice with DJ trailing close behind. When he walked into the bar the first thing he saw was Nakada on a stage singing into a stick with her eyes closed and a rose in her hair. The second thing he noticed was that everyone in the room was sitting or standing still just listening to her sing. Yoko had never heard her sing when he was awake so this was the first time he had actually heard her sing.
It was a soft song almost like a lullaby and she sang to the music perfectly all though never opening her eyes. He looked around and saw that the rest of the team was at a bench listening to her as well almost entranced by her singing. He walked over to them just as Nakada finished her song and DJ told him to cover his ears. When Nakada sang the final note there was silence and when she opened her eyes the whole room erupted into clapping and cheers. Yoko closed his eyes and pressed his hands over his ears trying to block out the sound.
Jennah was at his side followed by Kuronue and the rest of the team trying to do there best in helping him.
Nakada smiled and looked at all of the people that were clapping. Then she saw Yoko covering his ears and had his eyes closed. She got off the stage and ran towards him and the others. Sophie waited to collect the money they had earned while everyone else got out of the bar. When they were out Yoko uncovered his ears and looked at her with a face clearly saying he was not pleased.
"We'll tell you everything later Yoko but right now lets go into our room," the whole team walked up to their room there was a little silence and after a while Sophie came into the room with a bag full of money.
"Honestly I don't think they have any left for the other performers. They were practically empting their pockets when they finally started to give the collector the money," Sophie had a big smile on her face then she sensed the tension in the room, "Umm did I interrupt something here?"
"Sophie I think we should leave Yoko and Nakada alone for a while," Lindsey said and they all left the room and went out to the camper.
After they had left Yoko looked at Nakada and he glared at her, "Would you mind telling me why you did that?" he asked her in a rather angered voice.
She glared right back at him and said coldly, "We needed the money so instead having you and Kuronue steal from a bank we thought we could earn it. As for why I was up there singing we needed a singer and everyone wanted me so THERE!" Nakada took the rose from behind her ear and placed it on the table near the window she was sitting on and looked out through the window.
Yoko was shivering from her cold voice but his anger quickly warmed him up. He walked behind her and asked, "Do you really think of me as an amateur? Do you think I would get caught?"
She looked at him and said, "Yes as a matter of fact I do! This isn't Demon World Yoko. There are certain things in this world that you don't understand and because of that you and Kuronue could easily get caught. They are already looking for us Yoko and if they find out that you are alive and out of the woods they might send a search party into all homes, stores, and hotels!" Nakada was on the brink of tears then but she didn't want to cry in front of Yoko so she ran to the door and out of the hotel. She didn't go to the camper though instead she had gone out to the woods for some peace and quiet.
Yoko just stood there dumb founded and walked to the bed with out any shaking. But as soon as he sat down on the bed he held his head in his hands, leaned forward with his elbows on his knees and his eyes closed, "Smooth move fox!"
"Leave me alone I don't want to talk to you right now."
"You know I think she was about to cry there before she ran away. Don't expect her to come back and sleep in this bed tonight or any other night while we're here…"
"I SAID LEAVE ME ALONE!" Yoko yelled at Hatred while clenching his hands into fists while still pressing them against his head, "I know quite well what I just did so don't rub it in!"
"Well excuse me but I thought you would be proud of what you just did. You don't have to worry about falling in love with her since she probably won't be falling on love with you now. You can just forget about her…" Yoko couldn't stand it any more he ran out of the room and went into the woods far from Nakada and the others.
The whole team saw them go out of the hotel and they also saw that they weren't happy in the least, "Do you think we should follow then?" Sophie asked when they all got out of the camper and back to the hotel.
"If I know Nakada if she is disturbed when she's angry she gets ugly," Jennah said as she held on to Kuronue's hand.
'The same is with Yoko. I wont be surprised if he ends up killing something while he's out in those woods. Or hitting every tree in sight," they all went into the hotel and went back into bed but didn't go to sleep until an hour had gone by.
Kuronue was right about Yoko hitting ever tree in sight while he was in the woods. He was going crazy as he hit every tree he saw or ran into. Hatred was very close to coming out and when he felt some relief it was then he noticed Hatred was trying to take over, "Don't event think about it or I'll turn my assault on to you!"
"Then what are you going to do huh? I know all of your weaknesses and how to get you angry. You just found out who I am so you don't know anything about me." Yoko looked at his hands and saw that they were bleeding and had tons of splinters in them.
Damn! He thought as walked over to a near by stream and winced as he dunked his hands into the freezing cold water and kneeled down.
"Are you all right Yoko?" he turned around and saw Nakada looking at him with one hand against a tree. She had been crying he saw that because her eyes were a bit red and he could smell the dry tears on her face.
Yoko looked away from her "I'm just fine," he said rather harshly. He felt her kneel down bedside him and touch his shoulder. He stiffened but slowly relaxed into her touch.
"Yoko what did you do to your hands!" she gently took hold of his hands pulled them out of the freezing cold water and held them to her face. She cried and her tears fell down from her face and onto his hands and they instantly healed while the splinters were washed away. She let go of his hands and looked down at the stream as she wiped away her tears from her face.
Yoko looked at her and looked at his hands then he gently touched her face and saw a tear fall from her eye and she sniffled a little. He turned her face towards him and saw that she was about to cry again, "Nakada why do you care about what happens to me and Kuronue? I thought you hated us."
Nakada gave a weak smile and looked back at the stream, "I never hated you two I was just angry at some of the things you did. I mean you struck me, tried to make DJ and I your slaves, kept a secret from us and went out side when you knew how close we were to the town. I care about what happens to all of us Yoko that includes Kuronue and you."
He saw that Nakada was tired and wrapped his arm around her shoulders and pressed her head to his shoulder. She didn't resist in the slightest and she closed her eyes when her head was against his shoulder. Yoko laid his head on hers and closed his eyes as he held her close.
After a while he heard Nakada's breathing become normal and even. Her heartbeat was also calm and that was when he realized she was asleep. He smiled as he picked her up and carried her back to the hotel with her in his arms.
He didn't go into the hotel though when he got there. He went straight for the camper, went inside and walked into their bedroom. He laid Nakada onto the bed and covered her with the sheets. After he was done he moved some stray hairs away from her face and made a move to leave the room. But Nakada held on to his hand like the first time and wouldn't let go. He smiled knowing that it was useless and got in bed behind her. But as soon as he was in bed she turned around, let go of his hand and wrapped her arms around his waist and pressed her head to his chest. He froze for a second and then he smiled as he wrapped his arms around her and fell asleep.