Frolicking Chibis: Chapter Three
Urrrgh. I'd call this a filler, too. But oh well. Whatever keeps the storyline together.
This chapter's title is from Gravitation's Sleepless Beauty. Yes, I'm quite fond of this series' soundtrack. I own it, actually. The OST, I mean. One of 'em. (/your jealousy)
Sorry about any typos. No spell check on the computer I'm using.
Chapter Three: Color Your Eyes Without Smiling Alone
Hiei and Kurama spread the chibis in various places around the room. They hide the garbage bag under Koenma's desk for future use.
They debated on who got to pick Kuwabara up. At this point, his drool was like a barrier, along with his snot bubble. But they finally agreed to just leave him there. It could scare off animals, as would a bear rug. Except, of course, one look at this rug and that poor little critter is dead.
Afterwards, Kurama left to pick up supplies.
"Don't do anything to them, okay?" he murmured, heading for the door.
"Hn."
Kurama nodded fixedly, leaving and shutting the door, his soft footsteps echoing through through the halls.
As soon as they died away, Hiei turned to the super-deformed worms (as Kurama referred them as when Yusuke accidently kicked him in the shins when he dropped him on the floor).
"Stupid morons," he spat.
Big mistake.
As you know, chibis are extremely light sleepers. Command a marching band to play up to their ears and they do nothing but wiggle their noses. On the otherhand, sneeze quietly and viola!
Congratulations on raising all hell.
Each of their little legs twitched once. Twitched twice. Twitched three times.
"WAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"What the--!" Kurama shrieked from the hallway. He stormed into the room, eyeing the chibis closely. He then cranked his head toward Hiei, who took one large step away.
"What'd you do?" the fox asked kindly, now smiling.
Hiei's eyes widened at his sudden mood swing. From what Yusuke said, some people went through 'PMS', which triggered this (mood swings, I mean). Yusuke had also mentioned Keiko seemed to go through it everyday.
As Hiei pondered this though, Kurama muttered, "Fine. Think your kinky thoughts."
He turned to the pint-sized chibis, a lightbulb popping over his head.
"Snack time."
The room fell silent. You could've heard a wasp walking across a windowsill at this rate. The super-deformed fellows charged over to the square-shaped toddler table Hiei and Kurama had set up beforehand behind Koenma's desk.
The red-haired boy admired his work, smirking.
"Snack time?" Hiei grunted, raising an eyebrow.
"Yes," Kurama answered simply. He stuck his hand in his right pocket, digging through it for a moment. He finally pulled something out. He opened Hiei's hand and dropped he pockets' contents into it. It was yen.
"What are these?" the raven-haired boy asked, examining the largest coin.
"Human money. I thought you were a thief, Hiei. I assumed you stole things such as this."
"No. I stole lives."
Kurama grunted in disgust. He decided to ignore it and explained how the money was used.
"So, go to the Ningenkai, find a 7/11, and buy the lovely children some food," he concluded, pointing his friend out of the room. "Good luck!"
Kurama used his back to shut the door and just stood there dreamily for a moment. He felt a surge of painful guilt run through his head for making Hiei run such childish errands. He convinced himself that it was for the best...
The green-eyed boy strolled behind Koenma's desk, and there were the chibis, gleaming up at him. Botan's back (which was turned to him) seemed to indicate that she was currently fumbling with something. And we all know how much Kurama hates being ignored.
"What're you doing?" Kurama called casually yet loudly over at Botan.
Botan neither twitched nor paid attention. Whatever she had, it definitely had to be interesting...
Keiko seemed to notice Kurama's personal pet peeve, considering she began to walk toward the Reaper, a ferious expression across her face. She peeked over Botan's shoulder.
"Ew," she hissed. "A chewed up garbage bag!"
"What?" muttered Kurama. He walked over to them, lightly pushing Keiko out of the way. He took the bag from Botan, quickly dropping the drool-covered object.
"Botan!" Kurama shot, waving his finger. "What'd I tell you about eating garbage bags?"
"Erm, nothing," answered Botan. "But how did you know my name?"
The chibis gasped and began crowding around the fox, tugging on his shirt for answers. "Yeah? How did you know?"
"Maybe this chick knows everything," suggested Yusuke. "Then you must know my phone number, eh, Darling?" He winked.
Kurama winced as Yukina laid a hand on his chest.
"Nope, they're flat,"she squeaked.
"Hey!" Botan squealed. "Can you tell me my fortune? Pretty please?"
"I guess this'll pass the time," Kurama mumbled to himself.
XXXXX
Finally. After forty-five minutes of Master Kurama's "predicting", Hiei reutnred. He sported a shopping cart full of Uncle Jamima ice cream cartons. The chibis oohed and aahed, drops of drool dribbling from their smirking mouths.
Kurama quickly counted the carbonated cartons and muttered, "We have enough to last us a decade."
"Or an hour, in our case," Yusuke howled. The chibis burst into a chorus of muhahas.
Kurama peeled each of the lids off, and dropped the containers on the kiddy table. "Enjoy."
They dived into them like pools of water. Kurama picked up an ice cream carton for himself, planting his ass on the floor.
"What do you think you're doing?" Hiei spat about three inches from Kurama's (boo-tiful) face. "Those are mine and mine only!"
Kurama snorted, brushing his friend aside. "Those chibis are full of imagination. They believe I can read minds, and I, generally speaking, predicted their names a dozen times. They told me things in return as a sort of payment. Like the fact that Botan, Keiko, and Kuwabara think you're cute." Hiei shuddered.
"I," the sly fox continued, "can tell you more if you want--"
"No," Hiei interrupted. He handed him a plastic spoon and got a pail for himself.
Hiei's a sucker for ice cream. Ah, yes. Everyone says he calls it "sweet snow". Is that a fan fiction thing, or did he really say that in the series? I don't know. I'm about two away from episode one hundred, and the episodes after one hundred mainly focus on our dear Hiei. If he DOES say it in the series, tell me, 'kay? I wanna see it. :3
Oh. And I love the new Export feature. Or was it always there?