A Life of Our Own
Chapter two
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But without even realizing,
We tear the writhing soul of our enemy
Away from its still breathing body-
Away from it unaccomplished goals-
Devoid of all feeling, even remorse.
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Eight months passed by quickly after Kuwabara's announcements and Keiko's news, and nothing out of the ordinary seemed to have happened. Well that wasn't entirely true, Hiei and Kuwabara finally seemed to be getting along; their petty arguments had become less and less frequent until they seemed non existent, and they even talked with each other—though that was very rare.
Keiko's stomach was now a perfect spherical bulge showing that she was on the last leg of her pregnancy, and she had become increasingly moody. Yuusuke put up with it fairly well, and he seemed dead set on making his apartment baby proof, but he had to ask Kurama's for assistance since he had no idea what he actually needed to do. Of course Kurama had helped him to the best of his knowledge, but Keiko still had to redo everything, because both boys had missed several key areas of concern.
Koenma had finally giving Botan a break, and she spent nearly all her time off with Keiko and Yukina helping them with the wedding and baby preparations. Shizuru helped out as well, but for the most part she was trying desperately not to murder her younger brother or the newly befriended Hiei— so what if she didn't have a boyfriend? She was too busy for one anyways, and it wasn't like Hiei or Kurama had a partner yet. Okay, so that wasn't true, Kurama had finally confessed to Hiei about his love for him, and now those two were also together.
Nothing was out of the ordinary, not one thing. Life was perfect and love seemed to be flourishing everywhere—but all good things must come to an end, and their joy met its end all too quickly.
"Urameshi, calm down!" Kuwabara snapped grabbing Yuusuke's shoulders tightly to keep him from continuing his mad frenzy. Surprisingly enough the raven -haired man stopped and he slumped against his friend's firm hold.
"Yuusuke, you're worrying too much, everything will be fine," Kurama said soothingly. They had been waiting at Kuwabara's house for the girls, but for some reason they were horribly late,
"But I want this to be perfect, Keiko will be here any moment, but Botan still hasn't shown up yet!"
"Don't worry Detective, she's here," Hiei said from the windowsill. Sure enough the bubbly Ferry-Girl burst through the front door followed closely by Yukina and Shizuru; all three were carrying large bags stuff full of party goods.
"Sorry we're late, traffic was a bitch," Shizuru said casually. Yukina cocked her head to the side curiously before commenting-
"How can traffic be a female dog?" Kuwabara's sister laughed at the Koorime's innocent words, and Botan sighed before dropping her bag and turning on her heel to face Yuusuke.
"Okay, since traffic held us up we have very little time to get this place fixed up. So let's here your plan, Captain!"
"Botan, you know I'm not good at this sort of thing! Just do what you think looks best, and keep it from looking too girly."
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXTwenty minutes later and the plain Kuwabara apartment living room was transformed into something new. Multi colored streamers lined the ceiling, beverages, and snacks lined a fold out card table, balloons found themselves scattered across the floor and the ones filled with helium found themselves stuck up in corners, and brightly wrapped presents were piled up in the only corner unoccupied by balloons. All in all it looked like a full out Western style baby shower.
"Ha, we finished," Botan laughed out triumphantly. There was a light knock on the front door and Kuwabara ran out of the room to go get it.
"And not a minute too soon," Shizuru sighed quietly as Botan returned with a somewhat confused Keiko. But of course she was even more confused when everyone in the room yelled out. "SURPRISE!"
Keiko nearly fainted from shock.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"Thank you guys so much for doing this!" Keiko explained after two hours of joy filled conversations and opening gifts for her soon to-be-born child. Neither she nor her spouse knew what gender their child was, for they had vowed to keep that a surprise—though Keiko had found Yuusuke looking around for the sheet of paper with all the information on it, but never was he successful.
"No prob," Botan chirped giddily her hands clasped tightly around a can of soda. "It was a ton of fun!"
"Mmhm," Yukina hummed nodding her head in agreement. "Do you know what you are going to name your child?"
"Well if it is a girl we agreed I would name her, and I'm quite found of the name Meiko," Keiko replied quietly.
"And if it's a boy I get to name him, and I like the name Akira," Yuusuke continued happily taking a large swig of beer.
"Those are beautiful names," Kurama commented from his seat on the couch next to a very quite Hiei.
"Thanks Kurama-kun," Keiko said before yawning.
"Yeah, thanks man," Yuusuke said patting Kurama on the shoulder. "Well anyways, I think I'm gunna get Keiko home, she seems pretty beat,"
"Hehehe, I guess I should leave, I didn't get any sleep last night, so I am pretty tired. Thanks again guys!"
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"Yuusuke! Phone!" Keiko called from her apartment living room.
"Kay, I got it!" Yuusuke yelled back picking up the handset that rested on the bedside table in their small bedroom.
"Hello this is Yuusuke."
"Hello Yuusuke, it's Kurama."
"Hey man, what's up?"
"Botan just informed me of a new mission, and she wanted me to get a hold of you and Hiei so that she could meet up with us about it."
Yuusuke pinched the bridge of his nose irritably before sighing. "Great! How lovely, were and when do I need to meet up with you guys?"
"In about an hour, near the entrance of the local park."
"Fine, I'll meet you there, anything else?"
"Not at the moment, no. See you in an hour."
"See you then Fox."
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXA subtle wind blew, and on it the sent of rain found its way into Kurama's nose. The Silver Kitsune sat on a rough wooden bench with his legs and arms crossed, and head bowed- lost in thought. He was dressed in a white, button up, collared shirt, black pants, and black leather shoes; his hair was pulled up in tight ponytail at the nape of his neck— something he rarely did— but two long locks of disobedient wine flowed gracefully about in the lazy wind, free of all binding.
He was waiting for the rest of his companions to arrive, hoping they would be on time for once, so that they could avoid the oncoming storm. It was funny, how a beautiful day without a single cloud in the sky could turn into a dark, foreboding afternoon so quickly. Kurama briefly thought that he should take this as a sign of what was to come, but before he could get any deeper into that subject he heard the familiar growl of Yuusuke's newly acquired motorcycle. And soon enough the raven-haired man, followed by an ever cheerful Botan, was standing next to Kurama, his black shielded helmet tucked firmly under his arm.
"Yo Fox, how's it going?" he asked casually.
"Fine, I suppose. And how about you?"
"Everything is just great, 'cept it looks like those clouds are gunna produce some major rain, and I have to deal with yet another mission on the weekend." Yuusuke gave a goofy grin before sighing.
There was a brief moment of silence soon broken by a clap of thunder and a peal of gravelly laughter. Kuwabara came into view and Hiei followed behind him; his face was bright red and his hands clasped tightly around the hilt of his katana.
"Hey guys, sorry I'm late, but I just couldn't resist taunting the shrimp," Kuwabara laughed ignoring Hiei's infamous death glare.
"If you know what's best, you would keep your mouth shut oaf," Hiei snapped back. It was then the audience of three noticed the twigs sticking out of his gravity defying hair, and began to wonder what really happened.
"What happened to you Hiei?" Yuusuke asked the question bubbling inside the natural curious bunch.
"Nothing of your—."
"He fell out of a tree!" Kuwabara cut in ginning evilly. Yuusuke glanced at the carrot top for a moment before laughter over came him as well. Soon Botan found herself giggling and Kurama had his thumb shoved between his teeth trying hard not to laugh. Hiei glared darkly but somehow managed to keep from murdering the four idiots around him. They immediately calmed as another, fiercer, roar of thunder tore through them harshly.
"Damn, that's gunna be one hell of storm," Yuusuke commented rubbing one of his ears tenderly.
"Good thing Koenma needs us at his office, instead of me having to give you the mission details here," Botan chirped clapping her hands together. Before anyone could say anything she was on her knees holding a small purple stone firmly in her hands. She looked around to make sure no one was around before shoving the stone into the soft earth. It cracked, and purple lightning began dance along the grassy floor in a glowing cyclone. The forked, purple strands of light began to weave themselves extremely tight until they formed a temporary portal, and Botan stood up smiling.
"Go on through." Each boy gave her a skeptical look before hopping through; they each landed with a dull thud before Koenma's clutter of a desk nearly knocking the mountain of papers over. Botan landed gracefully a few seconds later a reformed stone clasped in her hand.
"Okay Koenma-sama we're here."
"I noticed Botan, thank you. You are needed by the other soul reapers so I'll leave the explanation up to Shadow, you may leave," Koenma said with a smile.
"Yes sir!' And with that she was gone.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXHello everyone! How's it hangin'? Sorry this chapter was a little boring, but the next will have a ton more action, I promise!
But anyways I would like to thank my reviewers, the beings that keep me writing forever and for always! (I'm a little out of it at the moment so don't mind me!)
Thank you
KyoHana, kit-kit, and SnakeDude100
Well till next time. Catie-brie