Chapter 7:
"Aw! Cmon Kurama!" Lee squirms. "I really gotta go!"
"Shh." Kurama commands her. Lee sits down Indian style and pouts. The two demons are in a dark room, small enough to be a closet. Lee squirms as her bladder shows the need to release. Kurama opens the door he is leaning on just a crack to see a party raging on.
"Nature is calling…" Lee admits.
"Don't answer." Kurama looks at the poor little kitsune in her desperate time of bladder problems. He feels bad for her. He's too soft. "I have an idea, but you may not like it." She looks at him awkwardly.
"What is it?"
Kurama slowly opens the door enough that he can fit through, in his Youko form. He is carrying poor Lee.
"I'm going to rip you apart for this," she whispers in his ear.
"You had to go." Youko Kurama whispers back. He walks up to the bar tender.
"Excuse me," He says to the man behind the counter. "Do you know where I can find the little kitsune's room? My daughter has to go real bad." The bartender lifts an eye brow.
"Of course. Right down that hall." He points.
"Thank you." The demon nods and they walk down the hall towards the female washroom. Youko Kurama receives many unwanted stares. Lee jumps down from his grasp.
"I can go on my own, father." A very pissed off Lee whines.
"I'm being protective little one. Now hurry up and go." He leans against the wall outside of the room as Lee enters. An evil grin appears over Youko Kurama's features. A few minutes later, Lee exits with a satisfied sparkle in her eyes. Her bladder stopped complaining.
"Ready?" Youko Kurama asks her.
"Ready for what?"
"For fun." He says slyly.
"We're on a mission."
"Lee, you like fun, right?"
"Fun after we do our job, or before, but not during."
"Suit your self." He walks off, leaving the little fox all by her lonesome. She begins to wander around, steaming like a pot of boiling water.
"Damn fox…" She mutters to herself.
"Hello sweetie." A raspy voice from behind calls to her. She is brought back to reality. A clammy hand tightly grips her shoulder, swinging her around to face a very ugly, very drunk demon. Possibly B class.
"Whaddya want?" She asks frightened.
"Just a little fun…" She opens her mouth to scream, but the demon's other hand muddles her voice from being heard.
Youko Kurama is sitting at the bar, downing another shot of hard liquor.
"Hit me again." He tells the bartender. The demon nods. A group of demons walk past Youko, chatting away.
"Didya hear?" One demon asks. "Delone found himself another victim!"
"Yeah I heard!" Another mentions.
"A little kitsune!" A third chimes in. Youko's ears perk.
"What did you say!" A drunk Youko Kurama yells at them.
"Delone is having some fun with a little fox!" One screams in an attempt at saving his skin.
"The rapist?" He questions angrily. The demons nod. "WHERE!"
"In the ally!" The others say in unison. Youko drops the one, rushing out the door to the ally way.
"Leggo a me!" A frightened Lee screams.
"You can squeal all you want!" Delone tells her. "No one can hear you out here."
"Except for me!" Kurama yells, in his human form. In seconds, Delone is KO-ed with Kurama walking away with Lee sobbing in his arms. About a mile from the site, Kurama collapses into a sob of his own. Lee crawls to the nearest tree, leaving Kurama in compulsive tears on the path.
"I'm so sorry!" He wails. He can't look at her. "I should have turned back sooner! When I'm in my demon form, I lose all common sense!" After a little bit, Lee gains enough control over her tears to speak.
"You should be sorry!" She scolds. "But… Things just happen, y'know?" Kurama stands up and wobbles over to her then collapses on his knees. His hands twitch with the urge to try and comfort her.
"Did h-he hurt you?" He asks. She shakes her head.
"No… He just… scared me… Real bad. I didn't know what was going on." She looks up at him and locks him in an embrace. "Thanks for coming for me…" Kurama sits there, staring at her shaking person.
"I, uh… I suppose we should call for some back up. That demon was the one we were after." Lee chuckles softly.
"Well if that ain't just the weirdest." She smiles at Kurama who smiles back.
"Cmon kid-o." He plays. He slings her over his shoulder and walks back to the KO-ed demon.
"HEY!" Lee kicks and squirms.
"Hey yourself."
KJ and Niki signing off!
PS: I know it was weird and all, but there is a reason for my madness!