LOST
Chapter two: swimming and exploding urchins
After a bit of sitting around on the sand, Kuronue came back lugging two armfuls of coconuts. He strode up to the others, dropping the hard round fruit on the ground.
"Okay." He said, plopping down in the sand next to Youko. "Who knows how to cook?" The bat demon gazed around the make-shift camp a moment before the answer came. Youko, Bui and Karasu all pointed at Hiei,
"Him." They said.
"No I don't." the fire demon said coldly. Youko sniggered, poking Hiei's arm.
"Of course you do!" he said, grinning.
"No, I don't" he said icily, "AND DON'T POKE ME!"
Youko sniggered,
"Awww, but it's fun!" Youko continued anyway.
"I DON'T CARE IF IT'S FUN, CUT IT OUT NOW!" he jumped to his feet, slamming his fist into the spirit fox's skull.
"You're all pitiful." Bui muttered. "And annoying."
Kuronue picked up a coconut, and threw it at Hiei.
"Cook something. We're hungry." The bat hit his target, and the coconut bounced off of Hiei's head.
"OW!" he protested, hands clasped over the bump, "No."
Kuronue sniggered,
"You must know how to cook something." He said, "After all, you've lived by yourself for….how long?"
"Since he was…like five." Karasu said, drawing a line in the sand.
"Shut up!"
"You're the one yelling," Youko pointed out, continuing to pester the fire demon, "So you shut up."
As Hiei and Youko fought, Kuronue looked up to see where Bui had gone to. He was sleeping in the shade of one of the trees while Karasu kneeled along side him, poking at his armor with a piece of drift wood.
"uh…." Kuronue looked on blankly. Youko looked up from his task, and seeing Bui asleep, darted up to him—completely forgetting about pestering Hiei.
"Oh, please, please, please can I wake him up?" he asked Karasu, seemingly forgetting about being afraid of him. The bomb maker shrugged,
"Be my guest."
Youko grinned, showing his fangs, and picked up a bunch of coconuts. As he threw them at the sleeping form of Bui, the spirit fox shouted at the top of his voice,
"WAKE UP BAKA BUI!"
"Ow! Ouch! Okay! I'm awake!" Bui yelled, putting up his hands—a shield to the flying fruit. (coconuts are fruit, right? And…not nuts?) Youko sat back, sniggering to himself. Though Bui fell back over, muttering before falling into slumber again,
"To…tired…zzz…"
Kuronue continued to stare on blankly. Youko sighed, picking up one of the coconuts.
"Oh well, let's eat." He cracked the shell open, "Even if Hiei does refuse to cook anything…even though we all know he knows how…"
"Hn." Hiei crossed his arms, turning away.
"Well, you do" Kuronue said smugly.
"For the last time, I DO NOT!" Hiei shouted in the bat demon's face. Karasu joined the conversation,
"You don't have to shout, Hiei, we can all hear you just fine, thanks."
Silently fuming, Hiei glared at the bomb maker,
"You…shut…up." He said through clenched teeth. Karasu grinned, creating another bomb in his hand,
"Make me." He said before sending the green sphere flying, and exploding in front if Hiei's face. Thankfully, he was unharmed.
Bui stirred, glancing up at the scene the two demons were making,
"Now, now, CHILDERN, don't fight." He said. Karasu and Hiei both rounded on him,
"CHILDREN?" they both shouted in unison. Bui shrugged,
"Honestly, it's hard for me to tell with the both of you," he said, "Whether you're just little kids hiding in a demon's skin, or you were raised in a zoo."
"WHAAAAAT?" the two demons yelled, Karasu creating numerous glowing bombs around him, and Hiei drawing his katana. Bui blinked, then jumped to his feet and ran down the beach for his life.
Youko and Kuronue sniggered, exchanging glances, then ran down the beach after the others.
Up ahead, Hiei and Karasu were beating the crap out of Bui, exploding and chopping him up…pity, ne? When the two thieves had caught up with the combatants, Hiei and Karasu were standing at the edge of a lake like structure. A giant hole in the sand with fresh water in it. Bui was sprawled on the rocks off to the side, he looked to be a bit banged up, but not seriously injured.
"Hey, how'd that get here?" Kuronue asked as he and Youko skidded to a halt behind the other two.
"Must have been a poorly aimed bomb." Hiei said. "That blew a hole in the sand deep enough to hit water…how convenient."
"Yay!" Youko cheered, "That's great!" So speaking, the spirit fox jumped into the pond. Hiei sighed,
"Get out of there, you'll contaminate the water." He said icily.
"Oh, chill out, Hiei." Youko said happily, splashing water all over the fire demon. Hiei closed his eyes, clenching his fists, fighting to contain his anger. Kuronue came up behind him,
"Youko is right you know," the bat demon said before pushing Hiei headlong into the water. This caught him completely off guard and the fire demon landed with a splash in the crystal clear water. Kuronue stood on a rock, laughing at the unfortunate fire demon. Though as he did this, Karasu had snuck up behind the bat demon, and pushed him into the pond—lake thingy—as well. Then the bomb maker stood atop the rock, sniggering. Bui—who had long since woken up and was now leaning on a tree in the shade—looked up and said,
"You're all acting like little kids." He said smugly, "I suggest you get serious or we'll never get off of the stupid island."
Hiei spat water, climbing out of the pond, he sat on a rock and began to pour water from his boots.
"I agree with the lump in the shade over there." He said, pulling off his cloak and wringing water from it as well, "Call me when you're done acting like preschoolers."
"Aww, come on, Hiei." Youko said, wading up towards him. "You could at least try to have fun."
Hiei got to his feet,
"Hn, try and make me." He said icily. Kuronue hopped out of the water, shaking it from his hair,
"Whatever you say, Hiei." He grinned, pushing him back off the rock and on top of Youko—who happened to be right there. The both of them landed in a heap in the shallows.
"Ahhhg! Hiei, you'll pay for that!" Youko shouted, shoving the fire demon off of him. Hiei landed on his back,
"Ugh…go make Kuronue pay then." He said.
"Kuronue isn't the one who FELL ON TOP OF ME!" Youko yelled.
"But he pushed me!" Hiei protested, backing up. Bui and Karasu had been watching from a safe, dry distance—some less enthusiastically than others. Bui lay back, closing his eyes.
"Tell me what happens, Karasu." He muttered. Karasu slapped his forehead, and glared at the giant next to him, though Bui was asleep again, and gave a loud snore. Karasu turned back to the battle that was going on, watching as Hiei strangled the mischievous spirit fox.
"Agg! Leggo Hiei!" Youko choked, managing to throw Hiei off and into the water again. He came up, coughing up water, he swam over to the shore, and climbed out.
"Damn you, Kuronue," he said, then sat down on the sand to catch his breath.
"You've just gotta have a little fun." The bat demon called. Hiei rolled his eyes.
"What did I ever do to deserve this?" he asked. Youko grinned answering,
"You didn't cook anything!"
"That's all!" Hiei shouted. The two thieves nodded. The mood was completely shattered, though as Bui's voice cut through the silence.
"Hey look!" he shouted, "A cave thingy!"
"Tch, nice vocabulary there, Bui." Karasu said coldly.
"Very true." Hiei remarked, "Buy a thesaurus when you get back to the mainland."
Bui snorted, crossing his arms. Kuronue looked up,
"I'm hungry." He said, causing everyone to forget Bui's 'cave thingy'.
"That was completely irrelevant." Karasu crossed his arms.
"Well, I am!" the bat demon shouted. Youko nodded,
"Yea me too." He said, climbing out of the water and shaking the wetness from his hair.
"Then go get those coconuts Kuronue found." Hiei said, walking back around the perimeter of the pond and rejoining the others. The both of the thieves glanced around a moment before their gazes fell on Bui. He stood off to the side, whistling to himself, noticing the others staring at him, he ceased the whistling and spoke,
"What? Why is everyone looking at me?"
Karasu coughed, though it sounded more like various insults to the giant. Bui laughed uncomfortably.
"He was the only one who wasn't goofing off." Kuronue pointed out.
"Yea…well, there's a funny story behind that." Bui said, grinning nervously. The other demons advanced on him. Bui blinked once, then ran for his life—right into the cave he had pointed out.
"Doesn't he know that caves around here are full of those little poisonous spike-ball urchin things…?" Hiei asked, gazing into the cave. As if on cue, Bui came sprinting back out of the cave, screaming bloody murder.
"YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAGGG!"
Hiei turned to Youko,
"See what fiddling with the stuff you steal does to us, fox?" the fire demon said as he watched out of the corner of his eye, at Bui running in little circles—urchins stuck to his armor.
"Well, it wasn't just me you know." Youko defended himself. "Kuronue was doing it too!"
"Me!" the bat protested, "You were the one who told the sphere thingy to transport us here!"
"So?" Youko shot back, "You told me too!"
"No I didn't!"
Hiei stepped between the two of them,
"Both of you got us here," he said, "And when we get back, you're both as good as dead. But until then, get along."
"Sheesh," Karasu muttered, "Who'd have thought Hiei would be the peace-maker…?"
Meanwhile, Bui was still running up and down the beach, screaming at the top of his voice,
"GET THEM OFF! GET THEM OFF! GET THEM OOOOOOOOOF!"
Karasu sniggered, creating more bomb spheres. He send them crashing into the urchins that had attached to Bui's armor.
"Phew…" the giant demon sighed, "Thanks, Karasu."
Hiei smirked though, pointing at Bui's armor,
"Don't look now," he said, "But I think those bomb's did a bit more than explode those urchins."
Bui looked down at his armor. Scratched, dented and otherwise destroyed, was it's appearance. Bui's eye's widened,
"KARASUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" He shouted at the top of his voice, making the palm trees shudder. Karasu turned to Youko,
"Should I run away now?" he asked calmly. Youko nodded, watching as the bomb-maker sprinted away from an infuriated Bui. The spirit fox grinned,
"Good riddance…" he said under his breath.
Lenni- hello, everyone. Remember in chapter one I mentioned that Liz was in California getting our last cast member? Well, I'm sorry to say that she won't be back till' like…chapter four or five. So until then…um…review! Yea. Tell us what you think of it so far, and/or submit requests. With a little luck…or, just an enormous lack of ideas…it may make it into the fic—all credit to who ever makes it up I might add. Happy reviewing, mina-san! (Ps, sorry about Bui's sleeping patterns, we just needed something for him to do while we did the rest of the scene. Gomen ne for the inconvenience.)