Strange Love

(I know, you must hate Kuwa-chan, but then why are you reading this?! If you are reading this just to flame me for liking the idiot, don't. Get something else to fill up the time in your life.)

"You're really lovely, underneath it all." Gun sang softly. She had explained to her brother and sister all about working as a detective for a secret organization and how Koenma was the leader, just above Yusuke. It was really boring lying though. She wished she could have told the truth.

"You want to love me, underneath it all. I'm really lovely, underneath it all. You're really lovely." She began humming instead of singing. The song was so her and her beloved Kazuma. But she'd never tell him, he just wouldn't like her like that. He wouldn't love her like she loved him.

Kayko had finally got them to see the foreign art film; they were going this afternoon actually. Gun dressed in her black tank and pink mini skirt with black Goth Boots, but now hot pink suspenders connecter her skirt and tank. She had cut her hair while she was out and now it was just to her shoulders. She still wore her rectangle glasses and she sported her pink eye glitter and lip gloss.

"With my luck we'll get another mission." She mumbled as they walked to the theater. Yusuke clapped her on the back.

"You're too pessimistic!" he laughed with Kuwabara.

Gun blushed and giggled as they neared the theater and the boys began to wrestle.

"Guys, we forgot to get something from the store." Gun said suddenly and as if the line had been drilled into her head.

"Oh yeah! Sorry Kayko, we'll be right back!" Yusuke said and ran with Gun, dragging Kuwabara, in the opposite direction of the store.

"What did we forget?" Kuwabara asked dumbly. Gun smiled fondly and shook her head.

"So stupid sometimes, my Kazu-chan." She mumbled. Yusuke glanced behind him.

"We're being followed, dimwit." He retorted.

"You mean you two noticed and I didn't?" Kuwabara whined.

"Hai, Kazuma. You need to be a bit more observant." Gun said. 'Observant, and see how I feel.' She thought.

They turned and faced the gang.

"Kill." They said and brought out knives. Gun widened her eyes.

"Woah woah woah!! Knives!?!? Geesh, you bring those out first time we meet? I thought you'd be a bit more subtle." She said and smirked, sliding into fighting stance. Yusuke stepped in front of her and Kuwabara and made his fist glow.

"I'll take care of this. SHOTTO GUN!" a barrage of spirit guns hit the kids and they fell.

"Wow! It was like a shot gun!" Kuwabara said. Gun face faulted.

'Oh Kazuma, you're so stupid sometimes.' She though as she got up, shaking her head. Her eyes clicked over to a corner where she saw something move.

"Another one!" she yelled and ran after it. The boys ran after her of course and found her and Botan chatting in the ally over a KO'd demon. Botan was holding an aluminum bat and they suddenly understood.

"I'm afraid you have another case." Botan said.

"I KNEW IT!! YOU CALLED ME PESSIMISTIC BUT I KNEW IT!!" Gun shouted. They all sweat dropped.

"Yes, well, now I have to fight in a skirt! And a MINI skirt at that!" Gun complained and pulled at the edges of said pink material.

"Follow me." Botan instructed and they did, Gun still pulling the skirt down. They walked into a warehouse and Botan pulled up a trap door that held a green swirling vortex.

"The Makai insects are taking over the Ningenkai. You have to stop the wielder of the Makai flute. That would be the four saint beasts." Botan explained everything and Gun shrugged.

"Well, all you have to do is tell Kayko where we're going." She grinned and gave a jaunty wave before hopping into the vortex. Kuwabara jumped in after her and Yusuke sighed.

"I guess I have to protect Gun. You take care of everyone here. Kayko is still my friend." He said and lowered himself in.

"WAAAH!!! THEY SHOULD INSTALL ESCALATORS INTO THESE THINGS!!!" Gun screamed as she fell.

"I AGREEE!!!!!" Kuwabara yelled as he fell beside her. They fell for awhile and Gun looked over.

"You know the weather here is quite nice." She said conversationally and Kuwabara nodded. Then they hit the ground. Kuwabara got up and looked at a grinning Gun.

"Why are you grinning?" he asked.

"I probably just saved your life. You were too tense and would have landed like that. If you had, your bones would have shattered and pierced your heart and lungs. I had to loosen you up so your body would let you land properly." She replied. Kuwabara muttered thanks as Yusuke landed.

"Let's find the saint beasts." The black haired teen said and they set out......until these weird Fugaki attacked them.

"GAH!!!" Gun screamed and whacked one over the head. The two boys looked at her hyperventilating form.

"They touched my thigh and tugged my top." She growled and summoned her spirit staff.

"TAKE THAT!!" she roared and demolished Fugaki after Fugaki. But there were too many for them all.

"OH CRAP!" Gun yelled. Suddenly Hiei and Kurama showed up. The Fugaki were quickly demolished and they walked on.

"Wow! I bet that's the castle!" Kuwabara said.

"No, Kazuma-chan, it's the palace of the magical princess pony and the carrots she rules over." Gun said as if talking to a child. They all sweat dropped at that and continued on to the gate of betrayal.

"Welcome to Maze Castle." Said a deep voice. (In the dub, the voice is really deep. And Hiei isn't that mean at all. He's more neutral-leaning-to-the-side-of-evil mean.)

"AAHHH!! THE FUCKING THING TALKS!!" Gun screamed and jumped into Kuwabara's arms. (Think Scooby and Shaggy)

"I take it you're comfortable?" The eyeball asked. Gun and Kuwabara looked at each other before Gun scrambled out of his arms and he dropped her. She brushed off her skirt and glared at the eyeball.

"You were welcoming us to Maze Castle, go on." She demanded. They all sweat dropped and the eye continued.

"You must face the Gate of Betrayal. Only one of you will make it through. The ceiling will fall and one will have to betray the others to get away." It cackled and pulled the switch.

"Hooooooooooly fuck." Gun said and started running to the front. She actually outran the ceiling and looked at the eyeball.

"You know, anyone who was smart could have gotten away." She said and went to pull the switch. The eye cackled.

"You'd make a lovely toy for my master." It said. Gun thought for a while. Something wasn't right.

"You're hiding something." She said.

"This is too easy. Anyone could just run once they knew what was going on. What are you hiding?"

"Nothing!" The eyeball cried.

"Fine. You know, these losers aren't worth it. I'll work for your master." She said seductively and lowered her eyelids to half way. The eyeball would have grinned if it could.

"Good, the boulder would have crushed you anyway." It said happily. Gun's seductive grin turned malicious.

"Thanks for the info, babe." She said and pulled the switch. She started running from the rock and to Yusuke and the others, but knew the rock was too big. Suddenly, she felt lifted by the waist and saw Hiei carrying her.

"Baka. The tentei would have my head if you died." He said a little harshly. Gun blushed.

"Gomen, and arigatou Hiei-kun." She teased and walked to the others. Kuwabara had seen the whole thing and his eyes were flashing.

"What did you talk about?" he asked, a bit gruffly. Gun smiled shyly.

"Nothing. Feeling jealous are we?" she asked softly. Kuwabara blushed and looked away.

"No." he replied quickly, missing the disheartened look in the small female's eyes. Kurama and the others didn't though. The fox mouthed,

'Don't worry. He'll come to in a bit.'

Gun smiled at him and they walked on.

The fight with Genbu went off with out a hitch, except that Kurama was injured, but not too badly. Byakko had worried Gun, the first fight had. The second made her heart skip a few beats and her life a few years. Seiryuu was nothing Hiei couldn't handle and she couldn't help but laugh at Kuwabara's attempt to get to the window and to Yusuke after they had cleared the cultivated humans. When they reached the top though, let's just say Gun was feeling drained of energy and color.

"YUSUKE!!" She screamed and ran forward. She frantically searched for a pulse and breathing signs. When she couldn't find any, she began to hyperventilate.

"He's! He's! He's not leaving me!!" she screamed and started CPR.

"Live damnit! Yusuke, you had fucking better wake up!!" she cried. (Is it just me or is she cursing more in this chapter?) She gripped his shirt between her fingers and started crying.

"Wake up! Wake.....up......Yusuke!" she sobbed into his chest. Kurama sighed.

"He depleted his life force." He said sadly. Kuwabara put his hands on Yusuke's chest and transferred some of his life energy to him. He then promptly passed out, making Gun hyperventilate again.

"Gun, calm down. They're both alive and asleep." Kurama soothed.

"But, but, but...." She gasped and passed out. Hiei picked up Yusuke.

"You get the baka and his girlfriend." He said and flitted to the portal. Kurama followed after him.