Disclaimer: I don't own the usuals, you know, and now, I don't own the brief mention of Koenma, either. I do, however, own the tour guide, Dave.

Author's Note: It's not exciting if we're not broke. I know it sounds weird, but we had to go to the Breez Inn in order for some really cool stuff to happen.

Chapter Nine

Sightseeing and Pick Pocketing

WORLD'S LARGEST BOOMERANG

"The world's largest boomerang! Oh, boy! I can't believe we're here!" Hiei's voice was dripping with sarcasm.

A speaker was giving guided tours. As it turns out, the World's Largest Boomerang was a museum, full of world record-breaking objects.

Sara shuddered. "That guy reminds me of Dennis…with an Australian accent."

It does look like him, thought Faythe.

Kurama asked, "Who's Dennis?"

Hiei and Sara shared a look. Sara smiled at Kurama. "Just someone who kidnapped me and Hiei." At Kurama's horrified expression, Sara quickly added that she had killed Dennis.

"Is that why Koenma tried to lock you in jail?"

Sara shrugged. "Possibly." She shot Legolas and Hiei looks. "As long as somebody didn't tell him."

Legolas tried to look innocent. Hiei scoffed. "I didn't say anything."

Faythe got in line for the tour. "Come on, guys!"

They got in line.

"This is the world's largest pizza. It took thirty-seven people to make it. They used thirteen gallons of sauce and forty-two pounds of cheese." The tour guide moved to the next display case. "This is the world's largest knife…"

Both Hiei and Sara walked up to the knife. "I have a knife bigger than that."

The tour guide took a step back. "Right."

Sara smiled at him. "Do you want to see?"

"No. That's all right. This knife is seven feet long and have ten pounds of silver in the handle alone…"

Aragorn snorted. "That's not a knife. That's a sword."

"…it took three blacksmiths to make it in 1872. Moving along…This is the world's smallest violin. We loan it out occasionally to the Sydney orchestra when they need a sad solo…"

"Let me play you a sad song on the world's smallest saxophone," Faythe said.

"No! Please, people, pay attention." He led them to a greenhouse thing. "This is the world's largest plant. It is almost seven feet tall…"

Someone from the back interrupted. "Trees are taller!"

The tour guide twitched. "Let me rephrase. Largest FLOWER! Anymore question? Good."

Faythe looked at Kurama. "Is that really the largest plant?"

Sara piped in. "I've seen bigger!"

"AAARGHHH!" The tour guide was freaking out.

Faythe came up and put her arm around him. "You'll be all right. We're just idiots." The group protested, but Faythe ignored them. "What's your name, love?"

He sniffed. "Dave."

"Dave. Nice to meet you. Guess what you can add to your museum?"

"What?"

She pulled out the little functional saxophone Aragorn had bought her. "This."

"Wow…where did you get that?" Dave asked incredulously.

"If I told you, you wouldn't believe me." She turned back to the group. "C'mon, guys, let's go do something else."

OUTSIDE THE MUSEUM

They were standing outside the museum, trying to figure out what to do next.

Jake was in awe of Faythe's skill with Dave, especially when she picked his pocket as they were leaving. "That was so cool, Faythe!"

Sara was angry. "How was that cool! Faythe just stole someone's money!"

"Sara, I had to. We're broke."

"WHAT!" Sara screamed. "WHY didn't ANYONE tell me?"

Aragorn, usually bold, flinched at Sara's reaction. "We knew you'd react like that."
Sara sighed. "How much was in his wallet?"

"Some thousands. Either Dave's rich or he's stupid."

"We'll count it out when we get back to the hotel."

Legolas chuckled nervously. "Yeah…there's a funny story about that."

Hiei glowered. "What do you mean, 'a funny story'?"

"We…got kicked out. We have nowhere to stay," Jake explained.

"How is it that nobody thought to tell us?" Kurama asked gently.

The four of them-Faythe, Aragorn, Jake, and Legolas-shared a look. "We didn't want to upset you. You didn't need to be burdened with our problems," Aragorn said.

"No problem. We can pay the bill and get back in," Sara said, trying to be cheerful.

Just then, a fire truck sped by them. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

"Let's go!"

"Oh, God, no."

"Inari…"

The hotel was on fire. They all stared in silence. "Thank God." Everyone turned to Hiei, who shrugged. "I needed some excitement."

"Did you do that?" Sara asked.

"No! Did Faythe put it out?"

"No, I didn't, but I may. I want to have some clothes left in that mess," Faythe replied.

"It was a rhetorical question!" Hiei shouted.

"Well, how was she supposed to know?" Legolas said in Faythe's defense.

"ENOUGH!" Aragorn shouted. "Our stuff is burning to ashes and all you can do is argue? We don't have anything we brought with us! We can't leave, either, because our passports were in the room! All we have is a couple thousand Australian dollars."

"What do we do now?" Kurama asked Sara, who shrugged.

"I vote we get a hotel room," Jake said.

"Yeah, but we can't afford any place nice," Sara said. "That money will only go so far."

"I saw a Breez Inn downtown," Faythe offered.

"Did it look seedy?" Hiei asked.

"Not really," Faythe replied.

"Okay. Fine. We'll stay there," Legolas said. "Let's go get a cab."

"No, we'll take the bus," Sara said. "Got to save cash."

ON THE BUS

Sara was staring out the window. Kurama sat down next to her. "What's the matter?"

"Nothing." She sighed and put her head on his shoulder. 'What are we going to do? We have no luggage. We don't have anywhere to go! We're freakin' fugitives or God only knows what!"

Kurama put his arm around her. "We'll be fine. Everything will be all right."

"Really? You're sure?"

"Of course! When have things ever stayed as bad as they are now?"

Sara sighed. "Never. But sometimes it gets worse."

"It's not going to get worse. Cheer up, Sara. We're going to be fine." Kurama hugged her.

She hugged him back. "We'll be fine," she said to herself, trying to make herself believe it. "We'll be fine."