Hey. I'm terribly sorry for the late updates on all my stories. I've been
having writer's blocks for all of them. AAAAHHH. If someone want to give
an idea FEEL FREE.
Anyway, here it is. Disclaimers applied. I forgot to put a disclaimer on the last chapter! I'M SO SORRY! Don't sue me please. Starts in Keiko's POV
The King of Makai ~ Chapter 4 ~ Waking
"Sure," I said. And then, I fell asleep. ~~~~~ I woke up in a comfortable cushion. I wondered where I was. I had never slept in a bed that was so soft. I only slept on the floor with blankets.
"How are you?"
I jumped up from the voice and found myself staring into chocolate brown eyes. It was the king again.
"Oh." I smiled partially out of relief and partially out of gratefulness. "Wonderful. This bed is so soft."
"I'm glad you think so." He grinned in a boyish way.
"I think I can work today." I sat up feeling better than ever. The gashes on my back were healed completely. Lord Kurama was truly a miracle worker.
"Great. I'll take you to Miss Yukina once you get dressed (she's in her nightclothes). There's some suitable clothes on the chair over there." King Yusuke pointed to the chair in the corner. I gasped. The clothes were beautiful. There was a red kimono with extraordinary embroideries of white cranes.
"I have never worn something so beautiful before." I didn't think that someone like me should be wearing something so elegant as that.
He laughed. "That's okay. It'll look good on you."
I blushed. "Okay. I'll be ready in a couple of minutes."
He nodded and left the room, closing the door behind him.
I slid into the silk kimono and found that it fit me perfectly. I gaped at myself in the mirror. I did not expect any of this to happen. It was a little scary.
I went out of the room to find myself in a huge corridor with sparkling chandeliers.
I stared until I heard a familiar laugh.
"Would you rather stare all day or do you want to go?" The king was leaning against a wall and smiling broadly with his arms folded.
I blushed and smiled. "I'm ready."
"Okay then. Let's go." He started walking down the long, golden corridor.
"Yes sir." I followed close behind.
He laughed again. "You don't have to call me 'sir' miss. Just 'Yusuke' is fine. I told you that last night."
"Oh. Sorry." I bowed my head in shame. I felt an urge to say, "Well Yusuke, you don't have to call me miss either. Just Keiko is fine." Buy I held it in.
"Okay Keiko."
"Huh?" Can the king read minds? I had no clue he could do that.
"You just told me to call you Keiko."
"D - did I say that out l - loud?" I stammered. Had I really just said that to the king? Oh shoot. I just ruined my chance to work in this grand place.
He grinned again. "Yes." He burst out laughing. "You don't have to be so scared. I'll still give you a job. A lot of people here prefer to use their first names."
I sighed in relief. That had really given me a scare. I suddenly saw a familiar shade of red by Yusuke. Kurama. He turned to me.
"Hello Miss Keiko. How are you this fine morning?" He smiled.
I was never treated this well before. It shocked me. "I'm great. This place is so beautiful."
"Thank you. This part of the castle is mine. You may come here when ever you like miss."
"Always the lady charmer Kurama?" A new voice appeared from behind. Red eyes showed up first and then a short, dark figure walked out into the light.
"Forgive Hiei's rudeness," Yusuke said with a smirk. "He has never quite been the socialist."
"Hn."
"This is Hiei, the master of the Dark Dragon Wave attack," Yusuke said.
"I am very pleased to meet you Lord Hiei." I bowed though Lord Hiei seemed to show no acknowledgement.
"Hiei," Yusuke smirked at Hiei again, "this is Keiko Yukimura. She is going to go work for Yukina."
Only then when Yusuke said that Hiei looked at me. Did he have a special relationship with Mistress Yukina? I thought she was married to Lord Kuwabara.
"Hn." He looked at me. "I think you will be okay for my sister. Though, I really would have preferred a loyal woman demon."
His sister? I did not know that Mistress Yukina had a brother.
"But you're better than that stupid oaf who always says that he will watch over her."
"I heard that shrimp!" A tall man with carrot shade hair walked out. (He knows that Yukina is Hiei's sister). "I love her and I WILL take care of her."
"Ha ha. I laugh. You couldn't take care of a dead lizard." Hiei smirked.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?????" Kuwabara glared at Hiei, sending sparks into the air.
"Now now Kuwabara. There's a wo-" Kurama was interrupted. My eyes widened.
"JUST WHAT I SAID IDIOT." Hiei's hand started glowing with a black color.
"FINE!" Kuwabara's hand glowed also and a beam of light formed the shape of a sword.
Finally Yusuke shouted, "ENOUGH! THERE'S A WOMAN HERE IF YOU IMBECILES HAVEN'T NOTICED (except for Kurama). ONLY KURAMA HAS NOTICED AND HE TRIED TO TELL YOU BUT NOOOO YOU JUST KEEP ON FIGHTING." Yusuke sighed and calmed down. "I'm surprised my whole castle hasn't been torn down by you two yet."
"Hn." Hiei backed away and crossed his arms.
Kuwabara did the same. "So, who's the girl Urameshi?"
"Keiko Yukimura. She's going to be the maid in waiting for Yukina." Yusuke gestured towards me.
"She's a human?" Kuwabara insepted me.
"Yeah. Be nice you bafoon."
"Okay. Anything for Yukina!" Kuwabara seemed to go into a trance.
"Fool." Hiei rolled his eyes.
"You know you think the same about Yukina, Hiei." Now Kurama smirked.
"In a brotherly way you sly kitsune." Hiei glared at the wall, which I found rather disturbing.
"Where's Yukina, Kuwabara?" Yusuke shrugged as if he was used to all this bickering among them.
"She's in her room."
"Okay. Let's go Keiko."
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Yawn. That chapter wasn't the greatest. Sorry. I'll do better next time. Thanks. Please review.
Anyway, here it is. Disclaimers applied. I forgot to put a disclaimer on the last chapter! I'M SO SORRY! Don't sue me please. Starts in Keiko's POV
The King of Makai ~ Chapter 4 ~ Waking
"Sure," I said. And then, I fell asleep. ~~~~~ I woke up in a comfortable cushion. I wondered where I was. I had never slept in a bed that was so soft. I only slept on the floor with blankets.
"How are you?"
I jumped up from the voice and found myself staring into chocolate brown eyes. It was the king again.
"Oh." I smiled partially out of relief and partially out of gratefulness. "Wonderful. This bed is so soft."
"I'm glad you think so." He grinned in a boyish way.
"I think I can work today." I sat up feeling better than ever. The gashes on my back were healed completely. Lord Kurama was truly a miracle worker.
"Great. I'll take you to Miss Yukina once you get dressed (she's in her nightclothes). There's some suitable clothes on the chair over there." King Yusuke pointed to the chair in the corner. I gasped. The clothes were beautiful. There was a red kimono with extraordinary embroideries of white cranes.
"I have never worn something so beautiful before." I didn't think that someone like me should be wearing something so elegant as that.
He laughed. "That's okay. It'll look good on you."
I blushed. "Okay. I'll be ready in a couple of minutes."
He nodded and left the room, closing the door behind him.
I slid into the silk kimono and found that it fit me perfectly. I gaped at myself in the mirror. I did not expect any of this to happen. It was a little scary.
I went out of the room to find myself in a huge corridor with sparkling chandeliers.
I stared until I heard a familiar laugh.
"Would you rather stare all day or do you want to go?" The king was leaning against a wall and smiling broadly with his arms folded.
I blushed and smiled. "I'm ready."
"Okay then. Let's go." He started walking down the long, golden corridor.
"Yes sir." I followed close behind.
He laughed again. "You don't have to call me 'sir' miss. Just 'Yusuke' is fine. I told you that last night."
"Oh. Sorry." I bowed my head in shame. I felt an urge to say, "Well Yusuke, you don't have to call me miss either. Just Keiko is fine." Buy I held it in.
"Okay Keiko."
"Huh?" Can the king read minds? I had no clue he could do that.
"You just told me to call you Keiko."
"D - did I say that out l - loud?" I stammered. Had I really just said that to the king? Oh shoot. I just ruined my chance to work in this grand place.
He grinned again. "Yes." He burst out laughing. "You don't have to be so scared. I'll still give you a job. A lot of people here prefer to use their first names."
I sighed in relief. That had really given me a scare. I suddenly saw a familiar shade of red by Yusuke. Kurama. He turned to me.
"Hello Miss Keiko. How are you this fine morning?" He smiled.
I was never treated this well before. It shocked me. "I'm great. This place is so beautiful."
"Thank you. This part of the castle is mine. You may come here when ever you like miss."
"Always the lady charmer Kurama?" A new voice appeared from behind. Red eyes showed up first and then a short, dark figure walked out into the light.
"Forgive Hiei's rudeness," Yusuke said with a smirk. "He has never quite been the socialist."
"Hn."
"This is Hiei, the master of the Dark Dragon Wave attack," Yusuke said.
"I am very pleased to meet you Lord Hiei." I bowed though Lord Hiei seemed to show no acknowledgement.
"Hiei," Yusuke smirked at Hiei again, "this is Keiko Yukimura. She is going to go work for Yukina."
Only then when Yusuke said that Hiei looked at me. Did he have a special relationship with Mistress Yukina? I thought she was married to Lord Kuwabara.
"Hn." He looked at me. "I think you will be okay for my sister. Though, I really would have preferred a loyal woman demon."
His sister? I did not know that Mistress Yukina had a brother.
"But you're better than that stupid oaf who always says that he will watch over her."
"I heard that shrimp!" A tall man with carrot shade hair walked out. (He knows that Yukina is Hiei's sister). "I love her and I WILL take care of her."
"Ha ha. I laugh. You couldn't take care of a dead lizard." Hiei smirked.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?????" Kuwabara glared at Hiei, sending sparks into the air.
"Now now Kuwabara. There's a wo-" Kurama was interrupted. My eyes widened.
"JUST WHAT I SAID IDIOT." Hiei's hand started glowing with a black color.
"FINE!" Kuwabara's hand glowed also and a beam of light formed the shape of a sword.
Finally Yusuke shouted, "ENOUGH! THERE'S A WOMAN HERE IF YOU IMBECILES HAVEN'T NOTICED (except for Kurama). ONLY KURAMA HAS NOTICED AND HE TRIED TO TELL YOU BUT NOOOO YOU JUST KEEP ON FIGHTING." Yusuke sighed and calmed down. "I'm surprised my whole castle hasn't been torn down by you two yet."
"Hn." Hiei backed away and crossed his arms.
Kuwabara did the same. "So, who's the girl Urameshi?"
"Keiko Yukimura. She's going to be the maid in waiting for Yukina." Yusuke gestured towards me.
"She's a human?" Kuwabara insepted me.
"Yeah. Be nice you bafoon."
"Okay. Anything for Yukina!" Kuwabara seemed to go into a trance.
"Fool." Hiei rolled his eyes.
"You know you think the same about Yukina, Hiei." Now Kurama smirked.
"In a brotherly way you sly kitsune." Hiei glared at the wall, which I found rather disturbing.
"Where's Yukina, Kuwabara?" Yusuke shrugged as if he was used to all this bickering among them.
"She's in her room."
"Okay. Let's go Keiko."
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Yawn. That chapter wasn't the greatest. Sorry. I'll do better next time. Thanks. Please review.