An: hey sorry about the cliffhanger on the last chapter. I messed it up because I was in sort of a rush.
But I have time now. So I'll continue from where I left off. But first I must answer my reviews:
kuramalover21: so you can't wait for the next chapter huh? I'm starting this chapter right where the last chapter left off so you can understand what happened better. Thanks for the compliments and participating in my poll.
Bradybunch4529: I'm unfair because of a cliffhanger? Okay. I'll try to be less sloppy next time. As for the Reunion between Yusuke and Keiko, You'll probably love it but it will be a little while (maybe next chapter, or so). I think this might turn in to some thing of a romance but all if you reviewers seem to like it or love it so much I guess I could add some but you would need to participate in the poll at the end of this chapter. You enjoy the fact that I've thrown in Gods and Goddesses?
To both reviewers: Thanks I am gratefull to have your posivtive reviews. (sends both reviewers cyber cookies).
Disclaimer: Donamarine dose not own YYH.
Claimer: I do own the Ocs, and Keiko's new power.
Chapter 9
Renting a car
Medea looked in to her bathroom mirror, her eyes were tired. She had to tip toe out of the living room so she would not wake Blackie, asleep in his little kitty bed on the other side of the living room. The clock in the opposet bathroom wall, reflecting the time to whatever can't see the time, was showing off the time 1:05. She grabbed a washcloth from a towl stand next to her sink and dropped it in to the sink. The water began to fill the plugged sink.
She looked up into the mirror and was more awake than she was a minute ago. A hand of hers reached to her collor bone and brushed up aganst a fine silver chain necklace. Her thumb and fore finger wrapped them selves against the two strands and moved toward her face. Out of the her night shirt was a a small pendant, a glass bottle filled with blue sand. It was clyinder shaped with an eight of an inch think and an inch long. She dropped it outside the night shirt.
Medea wrapped her hand around the pendant and felt its warming comfort. It was in the center of her fist.
She looked down to find that sink was close to over flowing, so she turned it off and lifted the washcloth and rubbed soap to lather it up.
As she scrubbed Medea thought about the dream. Unlike most dreams Medea could remaber every detail. Maybe because it wasn't a true dream but a memory of her frist encounter of Pulsero and reciveing her magic.
So Medea could learn about this insident in the future Donamarine cast a spell that makes her relive the moment at the hour it happens in her memory. That hour happened to be midnight so she is a sleep when it happens and she would always wake up after wards 'Mom had to set her internal clock to one a clock or other wise she would wake up to a baby crying or I left my bed and seeked comfort.' Now Medea seeked her indpendace and ever scine she was seven, she just hugged her pendant. She had all ways had it she couldn't remember a time she took it off or if she did when she was little Uma would give her a time out. It wasn't untill she was fifteen when Uma and Donamarine revealed to her that, that pendant was the only way to keep her magic from over powering her.
Keiko's magic was too low for it to be any risk so she didn't need it. Medea was only one level short to having to be Pulsero's slave.
Medea, after scrubbing off the sweat drained the sink, hung the wash cloth, turned out the light and crawled back to the sofa and fell asleep.
It was dawn on the plane when she opened her eyes after a long couple of hour rest. Botan was fast a sleep, Shizuru dozed in to sleep and Genkai was also asleep. Yukina turned her head and lifted the shutter on the window next to her seat. Her breath was taken away from a gasp of awe.
The sun was sliping out of the horizon with an indigo sky and earth. The sky by the horizon was turning a light blue and and the clouds near the sun turned gold. The direction was to the nose of the plane.
Yukina, unable to rouse Botan and the others decited that she would share this moment with them some how. Then a nigen theme poped into her mind "share the moment, share life." Yukina didn't understand what that meant but she had a good idea.
She opened up her rolling suitcase and shuffled for a moment and pulled out a plastic Kodak camora. She bought it on sale at the air port and started to read the instrutions. Then she pressed the botton and got a really great piture... of the instrutions.
The instrutions said that the dial would make the camora ready for the next picture. Yukina once had the camora ready for the sun rise carefully aimed it so if would work for a picture perfect photo.
Click... clickclickclick.... Click....clickclickclick.... was the sound Botan remember wakeing up to and sat up. There was Yukina pressing the camora botton and takeing a pictue of something out of the window.
"Yukina what are doing." Botan wispered.
"Taking pictures of the sunrise would you like to see?" Yukina replyed just as quiet.
Yukina leaned to the side as Botan looked out the window and had her breath taken away in awe as the sun gave out more pinks and purple and oranges.
Yusuke was opened his eyes after sleeping on a hard wooden surface. The top bunk of the bunk bed wasn't the most comfortable spot in the yurt. It was probably because the bunk bed was designed for sleeping bags not for someone who slept with only a jacket as a blanket.
His fingers were numb from the sleeping surface cutting the circulation to them. This was proven when Yusuke pinched his forefinger and felt nothing. His neck was aching from lack of pillow, but other wise it was okay.
From the top of his bunk bed he could see Hiei and Kurama fast asleep. Back in Japan they stayed up a lot later than they did in America. According to Kurama Japan and here had an eight-hour difference. Kurama was still curled up on that futon with his jacket for warmth. Hiei was sitting up in his corner but he was still fast asleep, his trusty katana lay across his lap. The heater was his source of warmth. Yusuke could not see Kuwabara on the bunk bed below.
Yusuke turned up to the ceiling and smiled Back in Japan it was Monday so he was skipping school for a good reason. Well if it meant skipping school he might as well sleep in and that is what he tried to do, with success. (Yusuke forgot about the International Date Line, so it's Sunday in America.)
It was 10:00 Am when all four boys were wide awake and out of the yurt. The campground was still closed due to and unknown reason, except for threatening storms. Lets just say it was Donamarine's way of giving her guests a place to stay without drawing too much attention not that she cared what mortals do but Koenma would not be pleased if a bunch of mortals chased Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama and Hiei out by and angry mob when they needed to blend in.
They walked down the road and toward the camping exit. All four was wearing sunglasses so they could translate the sighs and they wore some Japanese to English translators on there faces like a microphone music artists would wear but they were so subtle that no one would notice. The Exit of the camp grounds lead to a road with tons of cars and a town to the left. It didn't look like a to long a walk so they walked to a local diner or they thought it was local.
"Hn, Baka nigens don't know what a kilometer is?" Hiei complained after a couple of kilometers of walking from the campgrounds. The signs just said 'Newport ½ mi'.
"Americans don't use kilometers, they use some crap called miles." Said Yusuke, the uncomfortable night's sleep and the now walking on pavement was taking a toll on his legs. He had responded before Kurama even opened his mouth to explain.
"Did you learn that at school Uramishi?" asked Kuwabara surprised.
"Nah, I just met some random American tourist skipping school one day, who couldn't understand the whole kilometer thing and kept asking me how many miles it was to Tokyo Tower." Replied Yusuke "Kind of annoying actually."
Kurama turned his attention to a sign on the side of the road. It was blue a color on signs that meant that there are motor services nearby and on it was a brand name for a car rental service.
"If we keep going we may have a car to rent and a way to find Keiko faster." Said Kurama not taking his eyes off the sign.
"Well then lets go." replied Yusuke.
They followed the road with for a few more minutes until they came across a car rental shop called 'Lazy Bob's Car Rental Service. Inside was a man with a filthy white shirt, beer stains, sweat stains, and what looked like motor oil were scattered in filthy patterns that you would expect on an ink blot test. His hair was a mess but it didn't hide the fact that he was going bald or that his hair was white. His gut looked like it was made from a thousand pounds of junk food per day and beers. All four of the Japanese visitors were grossed out by the man's appearance.
"Hello we would like to rent a car." Said Kurama trying to get the whole experience over with.
The Man made a face that said 'no duh'. "What kind of car do you want." Said the man.
"What kind of cars are there?" asked Kurama using his manners. He had asked Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Hiei let to let him to the talking.
"We only have one car in this little shop right now and it is this little beauty right here. An't she a butte?" Asked the Man as he stepped aside and revealed a rusting, flat tired, car from 1924 that look like it couldn't handle another peace of dust.
"Uh... it's not my place to say." Kurama started while Yusuke just spoke with what was on his mind.
"What a peace of shit." Yusuke replied with out thinking. Unfortunately the translators translated it. That caused the Man to go in some sort of rage and he dragged all four of them out of the car rental shop and threw them out the door with all they could say or think was 'what just happen?' Well the guy missed grabbing Hiei but he left the store to prevent attention from the cops.
"Oh you tried that rental shop huh?" said some little kid about ten. His hair was blonde and he wore a Pokemon tee shirt and a pair of jeans. His eyes were a shade of gray "Try the shop down the street" the little boy said and ran off.
Kuwabara was the first one to get up and brush him self off. Hiei was already standing and in moments all four-spirit detectives, three of witch were bruised, set off toward the street and to the next car rental shop.
It was a pretty uneventful five-minute walk but at least it was harmless.
Once again they let Kurama do the talking and left Yusuke, Hiei, and Kuwabara outside. Twenty minutes of dealing, Kurama got a great deal on a car all they had to do was pick witch car to drive. And in a broad parking lot it would be quite hard to decide.
"Hey how about we drive the green one." Said Yusuke picking his favorite color. (it is his favorite color isn't it?)
"Nah Uramishi, blue is way more cooler," Kuwabara argued.
"Hn, why not that one." Hiei suggested pointing toward a car that was black and had red and yellow flames on the side.
"Whoa" Yusuke and Kuwabara said in Awe.
"Uh I don't think I will be driving that." Kurama said his eyes were growing wide and developing a sweat drop.
An: As for the Poll,
Lets get cracking. (Tries to crack knuckle but fail only to cradle hurt hands.) Ow, that wasn't smart.
Poll: (I have Two and they need answered by the end of the weekend.)
What sights should Botan, Yukina, Shizuru, and Genkai see in Seattle?
Should I or should I not add fluff to Yusuke's and Keiko's Reunion?
Oh and for a birthday present I'm going to have my younger sister guest star in the author's note for next chapter. I should warn you with her around things might get a little insane. I hope it won't ruin the plot or any thing like that but I'll lay some ground rules so it shouldn't affect you guys. Thanks.