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After the group's strange episode with Koenma, it was decided that until a way to get Mia home was found, they should just have some fun. By that time it was close to 6:00 and everyone was getting a bit hungry, judging by Chuu's pointed glances at the refridgerator and Touya's loudly rumbling stomach. In less than 20 minutes, the group was sitting in a rather noisy, rowdy pub that Yusuke had sworn by.
"This is scarier than my school cafeteria on fried chicken day," Mia observed. This statement was made all the more evident by two men who had started throwing punches. However, both were extremely drunk, and the fight was cut short when one started laughing about nothing in particular and the other, not wanting to feel left out, joined his comrade. A waitress with very large hair and a habit of popping her bubblegum came by and took their orders. In 10 more minutes the waitress returned, dropping their various plates on the table with a loud clatter.
"If you want anything to drink, it's gonna hafta be beer. Not even I trust the water here," Yusuke said with a wide grin.
"I've never had beer..." Mia said. Her memory was pulled back to last year's Passover at her house. 3 glasses of Manischevitz wine later her great-aunt Gertrude had started to split into two people then rejoin into one. The next morning, her father had informed her that she had broken out into a very loud, off-key rendition of Diyanu in front of all her relatives. The mere memory of this was enough to make Mia extremely skeptical over whether or not she ought to just tough it out or try the water. However, her chili fries were extremely spicy and, finding no other option, she accepted the bottle of Japanese beer Yusuke thrust at her and downed half of it.
"Hey! This isn't too bad, actually," she said, then imbibed the rest of the bottle. In fact, she felt quite good at the moment. Chuu himself watched in amazement as she made her way through 2 more beers.
"Ya might wanna slow down a bit there Sheila, that's 3 beers in 20 minutes." Mia completely ignored him and instead turned her slightly bleary gaze to Botan.
"I gotta ask, whassit like to be a grim reaper? Do people ever get pissed off about having to die and stuff? I mean, do they put up a fight if they don't wanna go, or can you just whack 'em with your oar?" By now, Mia's speech was slightly slurred.
"Well, that's never really happened, but I suppose I could." She cast a concerned look at Mia, who was happily humming to herself. "Jeez Chuu, you've been a bad influence on the girl!"
"Yeah Chuu. Yer a bad 'fluence on me. I feel like a song." Before she could be stopped, Mia had made her way onto the pub's karaoke stage. Yusuke, who was equally inebriated, joined her. In moments, the two of them were singing along with "Walk This Way" by Aerosmith at the top of their lungs, complete with dance moves. At one particularly tricky part, Mia gave up trying to sing along with the lyrics, which were jumping tauntingly across the screen (or so it appeared to her) and did her best Steve Tyler shriek. Yusuke, who was doing a dance of his own creation, seemed to notice little else. Mia curtseyed to the raucous crowd (and almost fell over in the process), before tipsily making her way off the stage. She wound her way back to the table, where Touya and Kurama were politely stifling laughter, Botan was making no such attempt at discretion, Rinku was laughing so hard he had tears in his eyes, Kuwabara was passed out drunk on the table, and Hiei was sitting with a very sinister look on his face.
"Woo! I didn't know ya had such a pair o' lungs on ya lassie!" Jin said with a mirthful grin.
"Come ta think of it, I didn't either," she replied. Keiko returned to the table, a still-singing Yusuke in tow. It was doubtful he would have been able to walk on his own, so Keiko was supporting him.
"You idiot! Making a complete fool of yourself, again... I'm not gonna help you when you're sick as a dog tomorrow, Yusuke Urameshi..."
"Ya know Keiko, you'd look quite good in leather..."
-SMACK-
If the alcohol wasn't enough to send Yusuke into unconsciousness, Keiko's resounding punch certainly was.
"You gotta teach me how ta do that," said Mia, her tone filled with awe. "Ya know what?" she continued, this time to herself. "Mayonnaise is a funny word. I wonder who came up with mayonnaise. Maybe they were makin' a sandwich, and something just didn't seem right. I'm gonna create a sandwich condiment one a' these days. I'll make millions. Or maybe I'll create spandex. Wait, that's already there..." By now, all conscious members of their party were watching her with confused/amused expressions on their faces.
"Right, I think it's about time we be gettin' back ta Urameshi's place then," Jin said, but he couldn't keep the amusement out of his voice.
"Tha's a good idea. In fact, rather brilliant. Haha, damn hilarious it was," Mia slurred as she shakily got up from her chair. She was halfway across the room when her legs decided it was a good time to take a break. In a second, Jin was picking her up with relative ease.
"Aye, ah don' think ye'll be makin' it home without some help..."
As the group walked back to Yusuke's apartment, Mia became aware of a rather curious sensation.
"Jin, why am I bobbing like this?" she asked the Irishman.
"I believe tha' would be me carryin' ye lassie," he replied, a bemused look on his face.
"Oh. Right."
A few minutes passed in silence. At least, it was silent with the exception of Chuu, who was singing a song about sheep and virgins.
"Ya know, frankly, your fangs are quite sexy. Didja know that?" Mia asked, gazing up at him.
Laughing, Jin replied, "Tha's a first. Ye really are quite drunk," he stated.
"No, it's not just that I'm drunk. It's true. Well, it's that too..." Before she could finish her sentence, the girl had slipped into an intoxicated slumber.
Smiling, and blushing as well, Jin tightened his hold on her small form, holding her closer to himself. He was almost surprised to find that he really didn't fancy having to let her go when they reached Yusuke's apartment. The periodic streetlamps cast shadows on her face, while at the same time illuminating it. As Jin looked down at her, studying her freckles, her slightly open mouth, her brown lashes, he was aware of a strange feeling. Shaking himself back to reality, he tried to forget the thoughts. I've only known tha lass since this mornin', for chrissakes! But there's somethin' about her... It was at this moment that Mia partially woke up, mumbled something unintelligible about rabbits with parasols, then curled up in Jin's arms and resumed her drunken sleep.
When they reached the apartment complex, Kurama, Kuwabara, and Hiei said their goodbyes (or in Hiei's case, just a simple "Hn") and left for their respective homes/trees. The others made their way up to Yusuke's apartment, where they settled the business of who would sleep where. Rinku curled up on the couch, Touya on the floor of Yusuke's bedroom, Chuu just sprawled out in the corner, Mia managed to stagger to the foot of the couch, and Jin found a patch of carpet free of trash a few feet away. Within minutes, the small apartment was filled with various pitches of snoring.
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