Chapter three: The Crazy Island Tikki Thing

After Bui had made an attempt to chase Karasu down the beach—and generally failed at that, the five of them had gathered in a circle at the edge of the newly made pond.

Karasu half heartedly sent a bomb crashing into a rock.

"I'm hungry." He moaned, "And bored, and tired."

Youko sighed,

"I'm hungry too. Hiei, make something." The fox picked up a coconut and threw it at the fire user. The fruit landed in the sand at Hiei's feet. He stared at it for a second,

"No." he said.

"Hiei! Now!" Youko shouted.

"Let me spell it out for you, Youko." Hiei said icily, tracing the two letters in the sand, "N-O, no!"

"Do it or else, dammit!" Youko shouted, stomping on the word.

"Jeez, calm down, Youko." Kuronue said.

"How can I calm down when I'm so FRIGGIN' HUNGRY?" Youko shouted.

"Go to sleep." Karasu offered, gesturing at Bui who, once again, lay sound asleep in the sand.

"But I'm to hungry to sleep!" Youko whined, "And besides, you're awake. And that gives me every right to stay as such."

Karasu shrugged. The spirit fox, however, continued to whine,

"Can we please, please, please, please, please, find food now?"

"You go ahead," Hiei said dully, retracing the 'no' into the sand, "We're not stopping you." upon finishing his sentence,he lay back in the sand and closed his eyes.

"But I said we." Youko continued. Hiei gave no answer. And this caused Youko to heft another coconut and throw it at him. And the fruit hit its mark.

"OWCH!" accompanying it was a venomous glare.

"If you come and help me get food, Hiei, I'll give you sweet snow." Youko said. Hey, if nothing else, bribery always worked.

"Sweet snow…?" Hiei asked slowly. "How much?"

"Two entire super sized containers of your choice." Youko said, grinning. "But only if you help me and only after we get back."

After a moment of pondering on this, Hiei said,

"Hn, fine."

Youko beamed. And for a second all was well. Then the mood was completely crushed as Karasu put in,

"I'll come with you too, Youko."

He was barely able to finish the sentence before the spirit fox bolted headlong into the palms, Hiei in tow. Karasu shrugged, got to his feet and pursued. Poor Kuronue was left sitting dazed in the sand, inching slowly away from Bui.

Youko, however, failed to notice the rapidly sinking sun, and before very long, the spirit fox, Hiei and Karasu were hopelessly lost amongst the palm forest.

"Weeeeell…" Hiei said, crossing his arms, "This sure paid off. I can't believe I ever doubted you, Youko, good job."

"You're not helping," the fox snarled at the ever so sarcastic fire user. Hiei merely shrugged.

"We need a shelter of sorts." Youko continued.

"And…we would make this shelter out of…what, exactly?" Hiei asked.

"Chopped trees…?"

Karasu gasped,

"Youko! You want to kill trees!" He said, eyes wide in mock panic. The spirit fox glared at him,

"We could build the shelter out of you instead." He offered, sounding to the bomb maker completely serious.

"How would you make a shelter out of a demon?" Karasu asked shakily.

"We could use your hair…" Youko said dully.

"NOOO! IT'S MY HAIR!" upon finishing his outburst, Karasu darted behind a palm tree and curled up on the ground, muttering to himself, "It's okay hair, I won't let them get you…"

And this left Youko and Hiei speechless.

The speechless-ness was cut short, however, by a stick snapping behind them. Youko whirled around,

"What was that?"

"What was what?"

"That sound!"

Hiei shrugged, "A stick?"

"No kidding…"

"Well, you asked."

The spirit fox sighed heavily, though snapped to attention again as another stick snapped. Youko whirled again, scanning the shadow cluttered foliage for signs of life.

"Hiei, I think something's out there."

"Woo-hoo…" the remark was toneless. By that time, Karasu had rejoined reality with a somewhat frightened disposition.

Then, what should up and come out of the foliage but a NET!

Afore stated net ensnared the three demons, and they landed in a tangle of limbs on the ground. And to make things worse…

"Oh, Youko…"

"GET HIM AWAY FROM MEEEEEE!"

"Dammit! Baka kitsune! This isn't worth two tubs of sweet snow!"

The struggle continued for perhaps a minute more, then a figure appeared, looming over them. The three of them froze, looked up at the figure, which was none other than…(drum roll please)…AN ISLAND TIKKI THING!

Lenni- I would first, like to extend many thanks to SoarMoreFlyHigher, as they were the inspiration behind this chapter. I thank thee. In other news, Out final character has arrived…which means so does my good friend…the user of this account…who is not me by the way. I also apologize for the shortness of this chapter…My only request, is for reviews!