Road Trip: YYH style!

Solaris: No own YYH. On with the trip!
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Chapter 8: On the road to Kyoto!
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It was late night, Kurama was still driving, Solaris was asleep in the passenger seat, Raccoon was dozing, head against the window, Day was asleep in the camper, as was Foxglove, and Hiei was passed out in the back seat. Even Jenks was asleep, resting on Raccoon's fluffy fox tail. Kurama smiled at how peaceful it was. Suddenly, he hit a bump, which woke everyone up (except the two in the camper, strangely.).

"OW! What the hell?" Raccoon said loudly.

"Damn! I'm surprised that I didn't crack my window with my skull!" Solaris yelled.

"Shit! Can you hit that bump any harder, Kurama?" Hiei asked angrily. Kurama sighed.

"No need for curses, and sorry." he apologized.

"Now, now... Even if th' lad hit th' bump a wee bit hard, it's no reason ta curse at him. Kurama, pull th' car over, if ya would." Jenks said sleepily. Kurama did, he was a little tired himself. And he wasn't sure that this was the shortest way to Kyoto. In fact, he wasn't sure this was the way at all.

"Heh. Hit the bump a little hard? Easy for you to say, you were asleep on my tail." Raccoon muttered. Jenks looked at her angrily.

"No remarks from ya, lass. In fac', I think ya should drive. Ya have a license, use it!" Jenks said angrily. Hiei unlocked his door and got out to switch places with Solaris, the bump had woken him up. Raccoon climbed out of the car just as Foxglove and Day emerged. Day held a 20-ounce Mountain Dew in one hand, Foxglove held a couple of caffeine pills.

"We felt the bump, so who's driving? Caffeine for them!" Foxglove smiled. Day looked to Raccoon, who was climbing into the driver's seat of the car. Kurama had already gone to the back, and Solaris was climbing in on the other side, smoothing her denim skirt as she did. The two hyper girls gave Raccoon the caffeine-laden things, and she took them gladly. Pretty soon the group was on its way again. Raccoon was driving, Hiei was in the passenger seat, watching the scenery, and Jenks was tired himself. He looked to the backseat to see Solaris leaning on Kurama. The two foxes were fast asleep, and Solaris's tail looked so comfortable. He fluttered back there, and landed softly on her tail to fall asleep right away. Hiei looked back after a while to see if the light in the camper was still on. It wasn't, but the sight of Solaris and Kurama leaning on one another asleep was adorable.

"Hey, Raccoon, do you have a camera?" he asked. She nodded, fully awake.

"Yeah, glove compartment. Solaris said I could stash it there at lunch." Raccoon said. Hiei got the camera out and turned around again. Just then, the overhead foliage ended and the full moon shone through. Hiei snapped a picture just then, the camera was a good one, able to take pictures in low light without a flash, and the moonlight was perfect lighting... if you wanted a beautiful scene. Hiei wanted blackmail, and it was obvious he wasn't getting it.

"Damn... I have to take a picture just as the damn foliage ends. It's like some celestial power is determined to thwart me in any attempts to embarrass the fox girl..." he mumbled. (How could he know that Koenma was in his office, laughing his head off? He hadn't orchestrated it, but it was still hilarious!) Raccoon sighed.

"It's digital, I want to see the picture. The road is pretty well a straight stretch, I can afford to look." she said. Hiei figured out how to turn it back a picture, and looked at it. She took a look and smiled. "It's cute. Keep it, maybe they'll want a copy." Hiei sighed but left it.

The next morning, Solaris woke up feeling two weights: one across her stomach, the other on her tail. She looked to see Jenks asleep on her tail and an arm across her stomach. Looking up, she saw Kurama and figured out that it was his arm. Instead of freaking out and screaming, as she would normally do, she merely smiled and leaned back, dozing off again. It wasn't as bad as she had thought it would be.

A few minutes later, Kurama woke up. He realized that he had his arm around Solaris, and the foxgirl in question was asleep. Smiling, he dozed off again himself, not even noting that Day had taken over the driving and they were almost to Kyoto.
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