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Home Movies
Part Eight: Like Father, Like Son
In the kitchen, Genkai was standing in front of the punch bowl. She looked down into the pool of orangey-red liquid and sniffed it. It had a rather pungent smell... the smell of alcohol. Obviously the work of Shizuru.
Despite this fact, she grabbed a plastic cup and ladled the beverage into it. She then proceeded in lifting it to her lips. As she was about to take a sip, she heard shouting and whining coming from the doorway behind her.
The source, or sources, of the noise soon entered the kitchen.
"Ouch! Could you ease up on your grip, Keiko!" Yusuke whined, while Keiko, who was still holding onto his ear, pulled him into the kitchen.
"Only if you hand over the camera!" Keiko shouted at him. "You and that camera have caused more trouble..."
"What! You can't take away Cammy! We've been through so much together..." Yusuke pleaded, as he hugged the camera tight. "We made Chisami cry, made fun of Kuwabara, pissed off Hiei, spied on Botan and Kurama... and caught all those precious moments on film..."
Keiko didn't really seem to care about the camera's sentimental value to Yusuke. She yanked harder at his ear, causing him to let out a yelp of pain.
"If you don't hand it over, I'm called Atsuko!" she warned. Yusuke's eyes widened and he thrust the camera into Keiko's arms. "Now you will go sit in that chair and think about what you've done!" She pointed at the wooden chair at the kitchen table.
Slowly and sadly, Yusuke sat down in the chair. Keiko watched him as he did this and nodded in satisfaction. She soon turned her back to him and started conversing with Genkai.
Yusuke slumped down in the chair and let out a sigh. His precious camera was gone... This made him mad...and bored as hell! What good was his presence if he couldn't make fun of people and then document it for later laughs? Keiko always had to go ahead and ruin everything! And the fact that she would stoop so low as to call his mother was another thing to be mad about...
"Dad, you look really bad," Hisashi commented. He had just walked in and noticed his dad looking miserable.
"Hey Sashi," Yusuke said carelessly. He looked over at Hisashi, showing his sullen face. "Mom took away the camera..."
"That's too bad," Hisashi said, not sounding too interested. "I'm going to go get a drink. Feel better." He walked away in the direction of the fridge.
As he walked away, a light bulb went off in Yusuke's head. That was it!
"Sashi, want to do something special for Dad?" Yusuke said, trying to sound tempting.
"Depends on what it is..." Hisashi replied, walking back over to Yusuke.
Yusuke signaled for his to come closer. When Hisashi was next to him, he began to whisper into his ear. Hisashi began to smile.
"Sure, I'll do it!" he said, when Yusuke was done explaining. He walked over to the counter, where Keiko had left the camera, and picked it up. He turned it on and went back over to Yusuke. "Now, who do I film?"
"Go over to Genkai and I'll follow," Yusuke said, a mischievous grin coming across his face. Hisashi walked over to where Genkai and Keiko were talking and Yusuke followed.
"Hi people!" Hisashi said, aiming the camera up at Keiko and Genkai. Both women looked over at Hisashi and saw Yusuke behind him.
"I found a replacement camera man," Yusuke said proudly and smiled. Keiko just gave Yusuke a glare and walked away. He had found a loop hole in her plan, which happened every so often. "What's her problem..."
"How's it going, grandma?" Hisashi asked Genkai with a snicker.
Genkai looked down at the midget with the camera. He looked like a miniature Yusuke with his slicked back hair and chocolate brown eyes... Although, his hair was a bit lighter.
"Did your dad tell you to say that?" Genkai inquired, looking down. Hisashi nodded while smiling and looking up at her with the camera. She looked over at the smirking Yusuke. "You dimwit!" She dumped the contents of her glass of 'punch' on Yusuke's head.
"You're an old bitch, grandma!" Yusuke said, looking beyond irritated. He walked over to the counter and got a few paper towels to wipe off his head.
Keiko's voice was heard coming from the living room. "Watch your mouth, Yusuke!"
"The old was uncalled for!" Genkai said, sounding pissed off.
Yusuke was right and Genkai was wrong. She was definitely old, with a capital O! She looked like she had shrunken a good 6 inches in height and her hair was now completely gray. The wrinkles on her face had begun to stand out more and the glasses sitting on her nose were a sign that her sight was going. Obviously, the past 10 years had done their damage.
"What? You not old? With wrinkles like that I'm surprised no one's mistaken you for a rhino yet!" Yusuke said and then laughed.
"You look like you should be in the rhino exhibit in the zoo!" Hisashi joined in as he filmed the scene.
"Are you teaching him these things?" Genkai asked in a gruff, angered tone. She looked up at Yusuke.
"He learned from the best," he replied as he looked at Hisashi with pride and smirking.
Genkai walked over to the food table and proceeded in taking a rice ball. As soon as she put it in her mouth, Yusuke had to throw in his two cents.
"Grandma, are you sure you have enough Polydent on to keep your dentures from slipping?" Yusuke said, with a smirk.
"Are you sure your hearing aids up enough so you can hear me!" Hisashi yelled and then cracked up.
"You have learned well, young grasshopper," Yusuke said, trying hard not to laugh as he bowed to Hisashi.
Genkai was no where near as happy as the other two. She had had it with their little jokes. Her face started turning red and Yusuke swore he saw steam coming out of her ears. She was maaaaaad.
"I may be old but I can still kick your a...butt!" Genkai yelled in anger. She had remembered that Hisashi was in the room and that Keiko had cursing radar, so she had decided to watch her language.
"Earmuffs!" Yusuke said, as he put his hands over Hisashi's ears. "What the -bleep- are you saying? I'll be the one kicking your ass!"
At that moment, Tamae walked into the kitchen.
"Hi, Daddy! What kind of game are you playing?" she asked. Her sweet, innocent face looked up at Yusuke with curiosity. Yusuke seemed to be ignoring her because he was glaring at Genkai.
Genkai quickly put her hands over Tamae's ears so that she could retort, but she never got the chance. At that very moment, Keiko came stomping in from the living room, looking like she wanted to rip someone's hair out.
"Yusuke Urameshi! How many times do I have to tell you to watch your mouth!" Keiko shouted. As much as she loved Yusuke, he could drive her up the wall sometimes with his bad habits (aka his bad language and monkey business). She took in a deep breathe and let it out. Much better. "Now, would you please take your hands off the kids' ears and calm down."
By now almost everyone had gathered in the doorway of the kitchen to see the commotion. Genkai and Yusuke took their hands off Tamae and Hisashi's ears.
"Sorry about that Keiko... Heh-heh... Just got a little caught up in the moment..." Yusuke said, scratching the back of his head.
Before any one could say anything else, a hysterical Koenma came running into the kitchen. His face was white in terror. Ayame came walking slowly behind him, holding her stomach and wincing.
"Why is everyone just standing there!" Koenma explained. He looked shocked, as if he had seen a ghost. "Ayame's having the baby! We have to get to the hospital!" After he said this, he practically ran out the door to go get the car.
"Well, you heard the man! Let's go to the hospital!" Hisashi exclaimed. Everyone followed his direction and prepared to leave.
"Hey, Sashi. Mind giving me back the camera? Thanks," Yusuke said, as Hisashi handed him the camera. Hisashi ran off to go get into the Urameshi family minivan.
"To the hospital! Away!" Yusuke exclaimed and joined everyone else in filing out of the house.
-To Be Continued in Chapter Nine-
-Uh oh! Yusuke has the camera again! What kind of mischievous things will he do at the hospital? Will Ayame have a boy or a girl? Find out in the Grand Finale of Home Movies!
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