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They Had Kids!
Chapter 2: Why are we all late?
...One week later...
((Yusuke and Keiko))
"Yusuke! Come on! We're going to be late, you jerk!" Keiko yelled at Yusuke angrily, pulling him from the mirror and out the door.
"But, Keiko! I'm not finished gelling my hair!"
"You don't need to! I have gel in my purse you can use on the way! Now let's go!" Keiko said, dragging him down the sidewalk.
"You have gel in there?" Yusuke asked with surprise written all over his face, pointing to her purse.
"Well, unlike some people, I like to be prepared!" Keiko responded and yanked his ear for emphasis.
"I was prepared! Prepared to gel my hair!"
"Oh, Yusuke, be quiet and here's the gel. Now start!" Keiko ordered, pushing the gel into his hands.
"But I need a mirror!"
"Use your communicator!"
"But I'll look girly!" Yusuke whined, glancing at all the other people on the sidewalk.
"Too bad! Now start gelling your hair, or you be prepared to sleep on the couch!" Keiko said and huffed, while Yusuke stood there looking horrified.
"Keiko! You evil woman!" Yusuke shouted and started gelling his hair... while looking into his 'communicator', people giving him weird looks. Keiko smiled, and continued pulling him down the sidewalk when he was finished.
"Um, why didn't we tell Yukina again?" Keiko asked hastily, running through the crown with Yusuke in tow.
"It's a surprise! She's been lonely since Hiei left, and she'll be happy to see him. Although I don't see why, the only thing he wants to do is beat the crap out of Kuwabara," Yusuke explained.
"And who's taking her there again?" Keiko asked him, ignoring his comment about Kuwabara and Hiei.
"Actually, we decided to let Kurama. If Kuwabara went... well that would end up a disaster. We had to pay Kuwabara to let Kurama go!" Keiko laughed as Yusuke said this and stopped suddenly.
"Look ahead, Yusuke! We made it!" Keiko looked at her watch and started fuming, "AND WE'RE LATE!"
"Yeah, yeah. Let's just go," Yusuke replied off-handedly and walked through the portal, soon followed by Keiko.
When they arrived in the forest, where the reunion picnic was supposed to be... they were the only ones there.
"What the hell? Where is everybody?" Yusuke's complaints could be heard all-round Reikai.
((Kurama))
"Mother I really need to go, or I'm going to be late for my meeting," Kuramatold his motheras he washed the dishes.
"Okay Shuichi, sorry for making you finish the dishes, but I wanted to go water the plants in the garden."
Yes, but you don't need to water them, I'd keep them healthy all on my own. Oh well, she enjoys doing it. So I'll let her be.
"It's alright mother. Thanks. I'll be home around midnight. Is that okay?" Kurama asked her, a small smile etched on his lips.
"That's fine, dear. Now hurry along and go to your meeting."
"Bye," he said and kissed her on the cheek on his way out the door.
"What a sweet boy I have..." Shiori thought aloud, and went out the back door to go finish watering the plants.
Kurama panted lightly as he made it up the steps of Genkai's temple. He ran the whole way! Even being a demon, it was a long way for him.
"Yukina? Are you here?" He called as he walked through the shoji doors.
"Kurama? What are you doing here?" Yukina asked as she walked up behind him, wiping her hands on her kimono. She seemed to have just finished cleaning around the temple.
"Oh, there you are. Come with me, we have a surprise for you."
"Really? That's very sweet of... who's we?" Yukina questioned smiling. It's been a while since she'd been out of the temple.
"The Tantei. And Koenma too... we know you'll enjoy it. Will you come?" Kurama asked with a polite smile.
"Well, where are we going?"
"I guess it wouldn't hurt if I tell you. We're going to Reikai. But we'd better hurry, I came kind of late as it is, and we still have to go to the portal in the park."
"Why didn't Koenma just set one up right here in the temple?"
"I don't know," Kurama sighed and grabbed Yukina's hand in his own, "You don't mind if we run do you? The portal is only going to be up a limited amount of time."
"Of course I don't mind," she replied smiling. Kurama immediately started quickening there pace, running down the temple steps. He'd be damned if he didn't make it in time!
All this running is really going to wear me out... it doesn't matter though. It's for a good cause. Kurama thought and gradually started going faster, making sure that Yukina could keep up.
Kurama suddenly slowed as the portal came into view. Finally, they made it! After pushing through all of those lazy people! Thank Kami!
"All right Yukina, here we are," Kurama told her as they walked through the portal. As soon as they got there, somebody came running up and hugged Yukina.
"There you guys are! We thought we came to the wrong place or something!" Keiko exclaimed and let go of Yukina.
"What do you mean?" Kurama asked her, givingher a quizzical look.
"Well look around, do you see anybody else?" Yusuke remarked sarcastically, coming up behind Keiko.
"Seems we weren't as late as you thought, Kurama," Yukina said to him, giving him an innocent smile.
"Well, you guys are late, but so is everybody else," Yusuke frowned and started examining the place some more, "It's a nice place to have a picnic I guess... as long as there are no squirrels here, they'll steal all the food!"
"What is it with you and squirrels?" Keiko ground out and poked his side. He always had something to say against them nowadays.
"Bad childhood experiences," Yusuke replied and shrugged it off.
((Kuwabara and Shizuru))
"Why do I have to have such an idiot for a brother?" Shizuru mumbled to herself as Kuwabara ran around screaming about not being able to find Ekichi.
"Kazuma, we had Ekichi taken to the vet to get fixed this morning, how can you not remember?"
And he claims to love the cat. Psh. Shizuru thought and Kuwabara suddenly came to a hault and started crying about not getting any kittens now.
"Shut up, already! We're not going to make it if you don't start moving!" Shizuru told him with clenched teeth and hit Kuwabara over the head with a pillow from the couch.
"Alright already, Sis! Kami!" Kuwabara complained and grabbed his shoes, then started walking out the door.
"Aren't you going to put those on?" Shizuru asked with a raised eyebrow, walking beside him and lighting a cigarette.
"Put what on?"
"Your shoes, baka!" Shizuru hissed, very agitated.
"Oh... oh yeah, I am! Thanks sis!"
"Yeah, whatever. Now let's get going, your idiocies are making us late," Shizuru said and started pushing people out of her way, "Move, already! Unless you want me to make you move!"
I hope my Ice Princess got there all right. Kuwabara thought absent mindedly and ran after his sister who was about to pummel some guy who wouldn't get out of her way.
"Is that the portal?" Kuwabara asked his sister as they got to the secluded part of the park.
"What do you think?" Shizuru replied sarcastically and walked through the portal.
"I don't know... I mean it's all green and black and all... but still! It could be like, a black hole or something!" Kuwabara started talking to Shizuru... who wasn't there... so now he was talking to himself.
"Sis? Sis where'd you go! OH, NO! DID THE BLACK HOLE GET YOU? DO NOT FEAR, I KAZUMA KUWABARA WILL SAVE YOU, SHIZURU KUWABARA!" He then started a speech about how great he was, and finally walked through the portal three minutes later to find his sister.
When he entered the portal he was greeted by his glaring sister, "Took you long enough."
"Shizuru? YOU'RE OKAY!"
"Of course I am! What's wrong with you? ...Wait. Don't answer that, I'd be here all day if you did," shemutteredand walked over to where Kurama was and started a conversation with him about demon religions. (Demon Religion! O.O)
((Koenma))
"Ogre! Start stamping my papers!"
"Sir? Why do I have to stamp your papers?"
"Because I said so, Ogre! I'm going to the reunion to make sure Hiei and Botan show up. Plus, I would like to see my best ferry girl after two years. NOW GET TO WORK YOU LAZY BEAST!" Koenma shouted and pointed at four stacks of paper piled on his desk.
"Humph," and with that, Ogre got to work and Koenma went to the reunion to mingle.
Koenma decided he'd like to pop up right next to Yusuke, "Boo."
"AH! A SQUIRREL!" Yusuke screamed and ran behind Keiko, who slapped her forehead and pushed Yusuke away from her.
-.-
"Do I look like a squirrel to you?" Koenma asked annoyed, Yusuke screamed right in his ear.
"I'm not sure... maybe..." Yusuke narrowed his eyes suspiciously and went to go grab a soda, dismissing the matter completely.
((Hiei and Botan))
"Hiei, let's go, already! Koenma said we had to go!" Botan yelled at Hiei, who out of nowhere, decided he wasn't going.
"Hn."
"Hiei, please! I really want to go! I miss all of them so much! Besides, you took care of any threats from the other two kingdoms in Makai, so Honoo and Hikari will be fine!" Botan pleaded and let her bottom lip quiver a little.
"Onna, you can't make me go," Hiei told her with a note of finallity in his voice.
"B-but, if you d-don't I'll have to face them all a-alone," Botan whined while sobbing and put her face in her hands to 'cry' some more. Hiei's face slowly but surely softened and he finally gave in.
"Fine," as soon as Hiei grunted that out, Botan jumped up and hugged Hiei, wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Yay! I knew you'd see it my way! Now we can all go together! You're the best Hi-koi!" Botan said and kissed Hiei on the cheek.
"That's all?" Hiei pouted. It's not something he normally did, but hey, he expected more than a kiss on the cheek!
Why does he have to pout like that? He knows I can't stand it! It's just so kawaii...
"Y-yes, that's all. We don't have any time! We're let's see... FORTY MINUTES LATE! SHOOT! COME ON, GRAB HONOO, AND I'LL GET HIKARI AND LET'S MOVE OUT TROOPS!" Botan saluted Hiei, grabbed Hikari, and ran out the door.
"Hn. Baka onna," Hiei sighed, and also grabbed Honoo. He slowly walked out the door thinking: How the hell did the onna get me to come again?
"Finally! What took you so long to get out the door?"
"Hn."
Botan sighed and grabbed for her communicator, which was... dusty?
I guess that's what I get for not using the thing in years...
"What are you doing, onna?"
"Well, I'm calling Koenma, he was supposed to send us a portal! We can't all fit on my oar you know!"
"I know that!" Hiei grit his teeth and looked away boredly.
"Okay, then! Oh, hey somebody's answering it! ...Ogre? Why do you have a communicator?" Botan asked, a confused look adorning her face.
On the other side of the line Ogre answered, "Koenma-sama went to the reunion already."
"Well then, could you send us a portal?"
"Alright Botan, just give me the coordinates." Ogre replied and Botan gave him their location, just as Botan was about to shut the communicator, Ogre spoke up, "Oh, and Botan?"
"Hm? Yes, what is it?"
"It's good to see you."
"Good to see you too, Ogre," Botan smiled brightly at him, then shut the communicator.
"Did you get one?" Hiei asked besides her, acting like he wasn't that interested.
"Yup! It should be here any second now!"
"Hn. I can't believe you made me go to this thing."
"Oh, but your too kawaii not to bring!" Botan said, teasing him.
"Don't call me cute."
"But look at you holding Honoo! That's so KAWAII!"
"Is not."
"Is too!"
"Is not."
"Is to- ... Bingo! The portal is here!"
"Hn," Hiei wrapped his free arm around Botan, and pulled her through the portal. (Remember he was holding Honoo.)
As they walked through, they could hear Kuwabara say, "Where the heck is Shorty? Probably wasn't gonna come in the first place, the wimp!" Hiei growled and fissioned with Botan and Honoo in his arms, behind Kuwabara.
"The only reason I wouldn't come is because I wouldn't want to be infected by your stupidity, baka!"
((End of Chapter))
Yes, I know you hate me for leaving it there, but I just couldn't resist!