Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho, but I do own the illness that currently keeps me from writing well at the moment…
Chapter 9: Jun's Mission
Monday morning, Kurama and JD skipped breakfast to say good-bye to Kurama's friends. Criss was nowhere to be found, as Jun had yelled at them when they knocked on the door to their dorm. Kurama and JD went to English class early to see if they could find her there. No one was there.
Yvonne walked in a couple minutes before class was to begin. Still no sign of Criss. And then, like a roadrunner, she slid into class in the first available seat as far away from them as possible. They'd been studying into mythological lore and its uses in literature over the past week. The assignment had been to find a cultural myth and a piece of literature that would include it.
Criss was holding a stuffed raven in her hands, obviously from the locker box in the science building. Kurama found it amusing that she obviously felt no qualms holding a dead "critter" in her arms. Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that the birds in the locker box died of natural causes?
Yvonne began class with a few housekeeping things, and then asked for who would like to present their findings first. Criss's hand was the first in the air, the one without the dead stuffed raven.
She stood up in front of the class with the raven. "One of my favorite poems growing up was Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven. He used one of Europe's many common myths to come up with his ideas. Birds, especially the intelligent raven, were thought to carry souls to heaven.
"In Norse mythology, one man asked a raven to ask the main god, whose name escapes me, if his wife had made it. Since the man in the poem was mourning for his Lenore, I believe that the raven actually mercy-killed him so that it could bring him to his lover. I asked the science department if I could borrow this raven because I think even the dead ravens can give answers."
She set the dead raven on the table behind the computer station and escaped to her seat. As the others continued to give their presentations, Kurama couldn't help but think back on what Criss had said. Was she trying to figure out something? He gave his own presentation on the Kushinada legend.
Class released a little early on account of the shorter-than-expected presentations.
Kurama headed back to his dorm room in search of one of his textbooks. However, Jun met him at the door with not a word, but a deep kiss. Kurama tried to push her away. This was wrong, this wasn't the way he wanted this body to lose his virginity. He broke away her kiss.
"Don't fight," she murmured. "We're being watched."
He blinked in surprise as she pressed herself all the more firmly against him, pulling him into his dorm room. JD, he knew, wouldn't be back for a long time. As soon as the door was closed, and locked, Jun broke away herself.
"I'm sorry," she said quickly. "But I've got to save you."
"What?"
"J-Just listen to me, okay!" Jun threw herself onto his lower bunk bed and started tossing his sheets around. "We don't have much time. This is totally not me, okay? It's all an act. Everything. If my mother knew what I was doing, I'd be dead right now myself. I've been sabotaging the devices since the start of term."
"What are you talking about, Jun?"
"This!" Jun ripped a tiny black object from the inside of his mail shoot. "It's a tracking device, okay? It attaches itself to whatever's closest and…Damn!"
"What is it?"
"I can't say any more. Kiss me."
"What?"
"Kiss me!" She launched an assault on his mouth, hard and rough. After a few seconds, she broke away again. "Don't mention this to anyone. Got me?" She mussed her own hair, then pretended to be fixing it as she walked out of the room.
Kurama nodded quietly.
Er…I dunno what to say about this chapter, really…Did anyone expect this at all? Jun is trying to protect the college from her mother. Who is her mother, though? And what does she have to do with Kurama? I'm going to upload the next chapter, this one was way too short.
Sillylittlenothing: Well, I don't think Jun would break Kurama's heart, really…she's actually a very nice person…But ulterior motives seem to have surfaced, ne? I'm so evil. I know for sure that Criss will eventually end up with Kurama…but it's going to be a really bumpy ride to that…Eventually is the keyword here.
LaBOBuren: Is your name like the song by the Beach Boys? I like it, regardless. And thank you for the comments. I luv arctic foxes and if Bush keeps pushing for oil mining in Alaska, we're going to lose these precious, adorable little critters. -- I do not like Bush. He is killing all the cool critters. Actually, the parallels between Criss and me are kinda the same…but I would never lie to myself about nothing. That's the key difference between us.