YYH Road trip: Part 2
No own YYH. Now read!
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"SOLARIS! TURN THIS DARN THING DOWN! I'M GOING DEAF!" Hiei shouted from the backseat.
"REALLY! BETWEEN THE WINDOWS AND THE STEREO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO IGNORE!" Foxglove yelled. Solaris sighed and turned the stereo down to a tolerable level.
"You two take all the fun out of road trips. And here's our first stop!" she moped.
"An RV rental center? Okay, whose idea was that?" Hiei said. He actually knew what a RV rental center was, and he didn't want to be on the road for that long. It had only been an hour and he was already missing the two story plus attic/studio home that Solaris owned.
"Mine, actually. Solaris doesn't know how long we'll be on the road, so I suggested we get a small camper and have them attach it under her car." Kurama said. Hiei and Foxglove looked at her incredulously.
"Hey, Toyotas are tough little cars. Mom ran over a heavy plastic thermos once and all we felt was a bump." she shrugged as she got out the money to pay. In the time it had taken them to discuss all this, the camper had been hooked up and all the luggage moved. "I'm tired of driving. Anyone want to?" she asked, holding up the keys. Foxglove snatched them happily and so quickly that it took Solaris several minutes to realize what had happened.
"I'll sit with her. I really don't trust her driving." Hiei said.
"Oh, c'mon, I'm not that bad!" Foxglove protested.
"'Not that bad'? I prefer Solaris's driving to yours!" he scoffed.
"Thanks, Hiei. My self-esteem has just been dropped several miles." Solaris said as she headed to the door of the RV. Unfortunately, Foxglove had already started to pull away, so Solaris had to run for the door. Kurama, who had wasted no time in getting inside, grabbed Solaris's hand and hauled her into the RV. She shut the door hurriedly. Panting as she leaned up against the wall, she stated, "I gotta let up on those cream cheese wantons."
"Hey, you hear that thud shudder sound?" Kurama asked. Solaris nodded, then listened. She could finally make out the words.
"Hey! It's the Signal remix for "Fukai Mori"! That little hypocrite! Tells me to turn down the music, then blasts it while she drives! Oh, I am so going to make her regret it!" Solaris fumed.
"Hiei will turn it down in a minute. See?" Kurama said as silence ensued. "No problems." Just as he said that, "Real Emotion" began to blast. "Okay, maybe a little bit of a problem."
"She's gonna get it..." Solaris said angrily. She then proceeded to dial Foxglove's cell phone from hers. Apparently Foxglove answered because Solaris yelled at her. "TURN THAT RACKET DOWN NOW, FOXGLOVE!" Silence ensued shortly after. "Ah... The sweet, sweet sound of silence..." Solaris sighed just before music began blasting again, this time hard rock. Solaris dialed Foxglove's cell phone again, grimacing.
Meanwhile, in the car, Foxglove and Hiei laughed. Hiei had decided on the rock music station as perfect revenge for her blasting Do As Infinity. Suddenly, Foxglove's 'Kuchibue Ga Kikoeru (I hear a whistle)' ring tone sounded. "Why is your ring tone my song?" Hiei asked.
"Hiei, you asked this already, not telling you again." Foxglove sighed as she answered. "Moshi Moshi?"
"FOXGLOVE, TURN THAT DAMNED RACKET DOWN!" Solaris shouted. Kurama could be heard trying to comfort her.
"Solaris, no need to curse, its just music. Unbearably loud music, but only music, so calm down."
"All right, all right! I'll turn it down. Party pooper..." Foxglove mumbled as she did and hung up.
Back in the camper, Solaris heaved another sigh of relief. As she flopped on one of the fold-down beds (A/N: Never needed a camper, never seen the interior of a camper, never gone camping, so just think of this trip as my fantasy road trip/camping experience. It's a tricked out camper, okay, so get over it), she smiled. "No more blasting music. Just peace, quiet, and my three great friends on a road trip. What a heaven..."
"True, but I have a feeling your 'heaven' is about to be disrupted." Kurama said nervously. He had heard the strains of the one type of music Solaris couldn't stand approaching. What was this music, you wonder? Country. As soon as the strains of the annoying music hit her ears, she tossed a pillow over her ears. It didn't help. As she tossed the pillow back to the bed, she pulled out her cell phone and hit Foxglove's number on speed dial. "FOXGLOVE, YOU KNOW FULL WELL I CAN'T STAND COUNTRY! TURN IT OFF!"
"Hey, it isn't me this time! Not even I would use country to annoy you, and Hiei would tear out the radio." Foxglove said. "It's that car behind us!"
Solaris hung up and opened a window. "HEY, SHUT THAT RACKET UP!" she shouted as she tossed a jar out of the window.
Meanwhile, in the car, the two children in the back of the car scowled at their parent's music selection. Suddenly the car swerved and stopped. A smear of red covered the windshield, with just enough window clear to see the Toyota-pulled camper stop. A tall auburn haired girl and another person with long red hair (the children weren't able to discern whether the red head was a male or female) climbed out of the camper. An average red haired girl with fox ears and a tail step from the car followed a spiky haired guy in a black cloak who carried a sword. As they approached the car, the auburn haired girl put her hands to her face in shock.
"Oh, no! I didn't mean to throw the strawberry jelly! Why couldn't it have been the blueberry jelly?" she cried. The young boy looked to his twin sister, and nodded as she gave the universal sign for 'she's a nutcase.' The red headed girl came over to the passenger side and leaned over to look inside. The young boy looked at her, smiling. She looked back and waved, smiling to him.
"Hi, there!" the fox girl smiled as she stood upright. "It's a tape, Hiei- Sama!" The spiky haired boy walked over to the driver's side, hit the eject button on the tape player (A/N: Old model of car, heck, mine still has the tape player. Doesn't work, but it's still there), and pulled out his sword as he tossed the tape into the air. The two children clapped in joy as the mysterious guy (Hiei-Sama, the fox girl had called him) sliced the tape in half. They had snuck out the previous night and removed the rest of their parent's country music tapes. The other red head, who was certainly a guy, walked over to their father.
"I'm sorry, sir. It was my friend's idea to toss the jelly out the window, and the other two kind of took it from there." he apologized, pointing over his shoulder to the mourning auburn and the foxgirl comforting her. He headed back to the camper, and the small boy yelled out the window.
"Hey, miss! Are those ears real?"
"Yeah! My friend can do the same thing. Solaris?" the foxgirl motioned. The auburn quit mourning long enough to let some kind of dark light surround her body. When the light dimmed, you could see ears and a tail on her too. She walked over to the car and leaned over the back window. The two children reached out and touched her ears (like in Inuyasha.) The mother blinked and spoke up.
"Hey, I want to touch them too!" she said. Solaris went over and obliged, then went back to the camper. The children blinked as the camper took off, their father cleaning the strawberry jelly off of the windshield.
Back in the camper, Solaris kicked back on one of the foldaway beds, sighing contentedly. The total absence of the sounds of country music soothed her, until the sirens began. Solaris dialed Foxglove's cell phone and told her to pull over. Suddenly Hiei's voice could be heard over the phone.
"I'M STEERING THIS THING, YOUR MUSE IS TOO BUSY FLOORING IT, TOSSING THINGS OUT THE WINDOW, AND YELLING OBSCENITIES! LET'S JUST SAY I'M TRYING!" he shouted. Solaris could suddenly hear one of the cops yell something rude about her muse. Solaris responded by dropping her human disguise, popping open a window, and flipping off the cop. Kurama sighed, sat down, and decided to wait for the inevitable arrest.
Five minutes and a little over 5 and ½ miles later, Solaris sighed as she pulled at the tip of one of her fox ears. "Hands on the camper, weirdo!" one of the cops yelled. Solaris slammed a hand on to the side of the camper, flipping off the cop as she did. Suddenly, Foxglove let out a loud 'OW!' Solaris, ignoring the cop's instructions, turned to see one of the officers pulling on her poor, demonic muse's ears, yelling obscenities as he tried to pull off 'that stupid fox ear headband'.
"HEY! Let go of my muse NOW!" Solaris yelled as she rushed to her friend's aid. Another officer yanked on her tail, trying to pull away the costume. He ended up sporting a lovely bite mark on his hand. Solaris ran to the car, Hiei and Foxglove sliding into the back of the car. "I'm drivin'!" she yelled. Kurama quickly decided that he didn't want to go to jail, and jumped into the front of the car. As Solaris sped off, Hiei sighed and stared out the window. He hadn't wanted to go on this trip in the first place, and now with this new development, they'd have to travel until the heat died down.
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