YSE: Hey, all!! I apologize for the last chapter being so short... I hadn't intended for it to be so small, but I thought that scene was too kawaii to be amongst a whole bunch of others, so I just HAD to give it its own chapter!!
Amara: Can I kill her yet?
Kurama: She's still writing the story, so... no.
Amara growls When this is over, I'm going to get out my Space Sword and slice her head off!!!
Hiei: Mind if I assist you? She's not giving me enough showtime.
Lita: Heeeeyyy!!! Knock knock on wood!! knocks on the top of Hiei's head We'll each get our own story soon enough! 'Sides, yours is next when she's done with her hopefully-gonna-be-written Legend of Dragoon story featuring her favorite couples.
Hiei: Good.
Lita: Now that I've calmed you down, you look like my ex-boyfriend...
Hiei: Oh, crap... She's gonna try and kiss me again!! runs off
Lita: Hiei, get your ass back here this instant!! chases him
YSE: Uhhhhh huuuuuuuhhhh... Anyways, Koenma will do the disclaimer.
Koenma: sighs I suppose I must... Youko Sorceress Erisonii doesn't own either Yu Yu Hakusho or Sailor Moon. However, she owns the character known as Hermes.
YSE: I just love creating new faces for different reasons! Enjoy the chapter, peeps!!!
Later that evening, at the five girls' mansion, Michelle and Amy were doing some research on Kurama's friends, trying to see if they could figure out who had what element before they were killed. While they were researching, Hotaru was upstairs in her room, reading a book on Egyptian mythology. Lita and Amara, however, were busying themselves with an arm wrestling competition at the dining room table as they waited for Michelle and Amy to stop researching and start cooking.Amara had just about beaten Lita when the phone rang.
"Yipe!!" Amara exclaimed, losing concentration.
Seeing an opportunity, Lita quickly slammed Amara's hand down on the table. "Ha ha!! I win!!" she said with a laugh.
"Hey, that's not fair! I lost my focus 'cause of the damn phone ringing!!"
"Speaking of which," Michelle said, standing beside Amara with the phone in her hand, "it's for you."
Amara looked confused as she took the phone from Michelle. "Hello? Amara Tenou speaking."
"Hello, Amara." It was Kurama.
Amara's face broke into a smile. "Oh, hey, Kurama! What's up?"
"Oh, ummm, it's nothing, uh, specific… I just, errr…"
In the background, Amara heard someone snap, "Just ask her out, already!!!"
"Shut up, Yusuke!!" Kurama yelled back at the person; he'd been decent enough to cover the speaker before he'd yelled at Yusuke.
"Kurama, did you call to ask me on a date?" Amara asked, feeling her heartbeat suddenly quicken and her face immediately flush.
"Ummmmm… Y- Yes…" Kurama stammered.
Amara heard herself giggle, then covered her mouth. 'I giggled?! What the hell is going on!?!'
"Amara? Are you alright?" Kurama sounded worried.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Listen, why don't we meet up someplace for our… date," she said, mentally smacking herself in the head for saying that in front of the others, including Hotaru; they'd all crowded around Amara the moment they heard her say it was Kurama, seeing as they all knew he was the reincarnation of Amara's former fiancé.
"Alright. How does eight o'clock at Garfield's sound?"
Amara glanced over at the wall clock in the kitchen; it read seven thirty-nine at that point in time. "Sure. The dress is casual, right?"
"Of course! I couldn't ask you to wear a dress! You always look great in boyish outfits. That was a compliment, if you were wondering how to take that, by the way. And, well, you would look pretty in a dress, but I'd only ask you to wear one if it was the right time and kind of dress that would make you feel comfortable."
Amara felt her cheeks burn terribly at this; Kurama was sweet-talking her! "I- I'll see you there, then…" she said. "Bye, Kurama."
"Goodbye, Amara," Kurama said, then hung up the phone.
Amara turned the phone off, and instantly the room exploded with the four other girls' squeals.
"Kurama asked you on a date!!" Lita exclaimed, hugging Amara so tightly she was squeezing the life out of her. "I'm so happy for you!!"
"I'm glad you two have been reunited," Michelle said, hugging her cousin once Lita let go of the blonde.
"I feel great joy for you!" Amy said, smiling at Amara. "I also feel happy for Kurama, since he's the one who can use the powers of Mercury to their full extent."
Hotaru hugged Amara tightly, saying, "I'm so excited for you!! My adoptive father… on her first date!!!"
Amara could only stand in one spot and blush uncontrollably. 'I can't believe this…' she thought, groaning.
At seven fifty-six precisely, Amara drove into the parking lot of Garfields, parked her motorcycle, removed her helmet, and entered the restaurant.
"Amara?!"
Amara looked at the waiter approaching her and recognized him instantly. "Semreh!?" she gasped in astonishment. "You work here, too?!"
Semreh just laughed. "Yeah, I work at a whole sling of jobs. This happens to be one of them. So, you here by yourself? If so, I can keep you company…" Unnoticed by Amara, Semreh slowly began reaching for her hand as he spoke. When he was about to grasp her hands…
"Amara, I'm here," Kurama called, walking up to her. "I got Koenma to drive me here. So, are you ready for our… ummmmm… d- date?" he asked, stammering.
Amara blushed at this question. "I- I guess so…" she responded, then turned back to Semreh. "Sorry, Semreh, but I kind of accepted Kurama's offer for a, errrmm… date…"
Semreh looked shocked, but quickly forced a smile back on his face and said, "Oh, okay. Right this way, you two." He turned and lead the 'couple' to a nice section of the restaurant. However, unknown to Kurama and Amara, Semreh was furious about this info; he loved Amara so much, and here was Kurama, stealing her away by being a gentleman! "Here you go," Semreh said, gesturing to the table. "I have to go to another of my jobs now, but your waiter or waitress should be along shortly. As he helped Amara into her seat, he quickly kissed her hand, then walked away briskly.
Amara stared at her hand like Semreh'd slapped it, not kissed it. "I reeaaally don't know what to say about that…" she said, turning to look at Kurama.
He just smiled kindly at her. "Don't say anything, then. Although…" he began, leaning across the table slightly, "…I do enjoy hearing you talk." He reached out and nervously placed a hand over Amara's, which lay on the table at that time.
Amara felt herself blushing again, so she quickly averted her gaze in hopes Kurama wouldn't see her face when it was red with embarrassment.
"Amara, please look at me…"
The blonde-haired warrior felt obliged to look at Kurama like he'd asked her to, but her tomboyish side, the side that didn't like to open up to anyone, kept her gaze fixed elsewhere.
Kurama, seeing that his former, and hopefully future, fiancé wasn't about to look at him anytime soon, he reached out, gently took her face into his hand, then turned her head slowly back to look at him. "Amara…" he whispered, moving his head closer. "I…"
But Kurama was cut off when the temperature in the entire restaurant dropped dramatically.
"Kurama…!!" Amara gasped to her red-haired companion.
He nodded. "I know… This is the work of Hermes, my brother!!!"
"Observant, aren't you?" a voice sneered. The voice was as cold as the subzero temperature in the building.
Kurama turned around as he stood up from the table he and Amara had been sitting at and glared at the figure he could just barely see on the other side of an ice wall. "Hermes…" he growled in anger. "What are you doing here?!?"
Hermes chuckled cruelly. "Me? What about you, Mercury? You're hanging about with Princess Uranus… MY Uranus, I might add…"
Amara stood and clenched her fist, yelling, "I don't love you, Hermes!! I was engaged to Mercury because I loved him!! You can't destroy our love!!!"
"I can't?" Hermes laughed maliciously. "We'll just have to see about that, won't we?"
As Kurama and Amara glared at the dark shadow on the opposite side of the wall of ice, it suddenly vanished, making the duo panic.
"Where'd he go!?!" Amara growled in frustration, looking all about herself.
Her answer came when Hermes appeared directly in front of her and took her face forcefully into his hand before she could even react to his sudden appearance. "What's the matter, my love?" he asked as Amara tried to pull his hand off her face. "Aren't you happy to see me now that you remember who I am?"
Amara glared defiantly at Hermes and yelled, "You can go down and try to freeze the depths of hell for all I care!!!" She punched his arm at the elbow joint, forcing him to let go since she'd punched it in a way that would make it bend the opposite direction. Leaping into the air, Amara summoned her Space Sword and slashed downwards at Hermes with the cry, "Space Blaster!!!!"
The force of the blast was like a rush of gravity, crushing and tearing at Hermes so horribly that he cried out in pain. "Uranus…!!! Why do you hate me so much!?!" he cried out, pulling himself back to his feet as he summoned his Aqua Harp; the same harp that Amy had once used as Sailor Mercury!
'Amy's weapon was really Hermes'?!? What the hell is going on!?' Amara thought in frustration at this confusing twist.
"Answer me, Uranus!!!" Hermes demanded, playing a tune on his harp. The temperature in the restaurant dropped several more degrees.
Amara suddenly started feeling her body growing numb from the freezing cold that was enveloping her. "K- Kurama…!!!" she called out, dropping to her knees and releasing her grip on her cherished Space Sword as she tried her best to keep her body warm.
"Uranus…" Hermes whispered.
Amara looked up and found herself face-to-face with Hermes. She moved her head back from his so they weren't so close and hissed, "Stay away from me…"
But Hermes just gripped both of her arms in his hands and pulled her closer. His lips were mere inches from hers…
"LEave her be!!" Kurama yelled, summoning his Rose Whip, which immediately turned into the Aqua Whip like it had done during the first battle his brother. But this time, the attack was, "Bubbles Illusion!!!" He spun his whip in a circle before him, then bubbles shot out of the circle he'd generated, enveloping the entire restaurant in a thick field of bubbles that only Kurama could see through. Hermes could see through it as well, but while Kurama could see clearly, Hermes could only see shadowy figures. Taking this advantage, Kurama snatched Amara from Hermes' grasp and leaped back out of sight.
"What?! Mercury, where are you?!? Where have you taken my beloved Uranus!?!" Hermes yelled in fury, trying to pierce the bubbles with his gaze to no avail.
Kurama nor Amara gave any answer.
"Alright. Fine. Don't answer me. I'll simply find you on my own!!!" Hermes yelled, playing his Aqua Harp. "You're not the only one with that technique, brother!! Bubbles Illusion!!" Instantly, bubbles shot from the strings of Hermes' harp, merging with the already existing bubbles and freezing them. They instantly dropped to the ground, shattering like glass.
Kurama and Amara were standing near the door, looking horrified at what Hermes had just done. Before he could do anything else, though, the two dashed outside.
"Uranus!!" Hermes yelled, chasing them. However, by the time he got out there, Amara and Kurama were already speeding off on Amara's motorcycle. Not wanting to cause Amara to have any injuries, Hermes had to make his harp vanish and only watch as his reincarnated brother escaped from his icy death yet again. And escaping with the one they were fighting over, no less. Controlling his anger, Hermes transformed back into his civilian appearance: Semreh, the one Amara trusted so much.
Amara: She actually got something right for once.
YSE: Shut up, Amara!!!
Kurama: Amara, why don't we go to that Nascar race you were bent on seeing, hmmm? That way, Erisonii can get a break?
Amara: ......Fine. to Hiei Keep pesturing her.
Hiei: Hmph!
Lita: gives Hiei a threatening glare I'm warning you...
Hiei: Alright, just don't start ki--- gets cut short when Lita smothers him with kisses
YSE: HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!! You got what was comin' to ya, Hiei!!! Okay, please review, peeps!
Yusuke: stares at YSE, confused What is with you and the word "peeps" right now?
YSE: I dunno. I just like sayin' it, I guess.
Yusuke: rolls eyes Whatever...
YSE: Okay, now you sound like Squall, and that's not a good thing.
Yusuke: Whatever.
YSE: Shut up!!!
Yusuke: grins I just love bugging her.
YSE: I said shut up... pouts