Hello, people.
"Just give her some room. She's still upset." Draco said.
"Reviews."
psycogirl234: It'll get better. Funny, too
Yuki Amida: that would give away this chapter! I can't do that!
That's it. Only two. You know, that doesn't make me feel any better. If anything, I feel worse. Kind of like Marvin in Hitchhiker's. Draco, can you do the disclaimer?
"Cuthien doesn't own YYH. Only Shiara and Crystal."
Thank you. Now, the story.
Last Time: Kurama took Crystal to the gardens. After a water fight, Youko gained control and kissed Crystal.
When Kurama found Crystal later, she was still sitting in the middle of the forest. "Crystal. . ." He began, but she interrupted.
"Go away. You're just like all the others. I'm a one night stand to you." Crystal said.
"No. Crystal, listen to me. I'm going to tell you about my past." Kurama said. "But then I want you to tell me yours."
"How will this explain what you did back there?" Crystal asked.
"It will. Trust me. Do you promise to tell me your past when I'm done?" Kurama asked. Crystal nodded. "Thank you. I was once an infamous thief, know as Youko." Kurama began. "I got anything I wanted to steal, and always got my team away safely. One night, though, I was bold. Too bold. My team and I got the loot, but as we were running away, a bounty hunter shot me. He wounded me badly. I gathered my spirit and fled into the womb of a woman in the ningenkai. I was reborn, and she named me Suiichi. I planned to leave after ten years, but she taught me love. I loved her, and didn't leave. A few years ago, she was very sick, and I stole the Mirror of Forlorn Hope to heal her, in exchange of my soul. Yusuke was there, and he offered his soul instead of mine. The mirror took no soul and healed my mother because of the generosity. I traveled with Yusuke, helping him on his missions as Spirit Detective."
"And that's it." Crystal said as Kurama paused.
"Pretty much. Now, you promised to tell me your past." Kurama said.
"Alright." Crystal looked at the ground. "I was born in Arizona. Later, my parents and I moved to South Carolina, where you found me. When I was fourteen, a man kidnapped me and raped me for a month. I managed to run away while he was distracted. All I had to wear was an old coat. I ran to my parents' house and cried on the front porch. Then, they found me. About five men saw me on the front porch and decided to have their fun with me. They took away the coat and took turns feeling me and kissing me. Finally they left and I went into the house. My parents weren't home. They never came back. I had to survive on my own. As you can see, I considered death my way out of this life." Crystal said. Her head was down and her face was covered by her hair, but Kurama could see tears hitting the ground.
"It's OK." Kurama whispered. He put his arms around her. Crystal flinched, but Kurama didn't pull away.
"Why did you kiss me? I was happy until you kissed me." Crystal said.
"I didn't want to. Youko is inside me, and he sometimes gets control. It was him kissing you, not me." Kurama said.
"Well, please don't let him do that again." Crystal said.
"I won't." Kurama promised. "Come on. It's past breakfast time. Aren't you hungry?" he stood up and offered his hand to Crystal. She took it and he helped her up.
"Starved." Crystal said. "The last thing I ate was that sandwich."
They went back to the castle and into the kitchen.
"You made my last meal, I'll make this one." Crystal said. "Do you like egg sandwiches?"
"Yes." Kurama said.
Crystal put a pan on the stove and started pulling out ingredients.
"You know that comment in the woods?" Kurama started.
"Which one?" Crystal asked, scrambling eggs in a bowl.
"The comment about you in a wet, almost see-through shirt." Kurama said.
"What about it?" Crystal asked.
"Well, Youko said it, but I agree. You looked nice. And the dress you wore yesterday was beautiful." Kurama said.
"I don't wear dresses or skirts if I can help it. They get me into trouble." Crystal said. "Do you want ham and cheese on your sandwich?"
"Sure." Kurama said. "When was the last time you got in trouble wearing a skirt?"
"The night you brought me here." Crystal handed Kurama a sandwich, then set to work making here own.
"How was that trouble? You don't have to work in that bar anymore." Kurama said, confused.
"Before you took me!" Crystal said. "I had to seduce two guys to get them out of the bar."
"What about the dress? How did that get you into trouble?" Kurama asked.
"Evidently, it gave Shiara the idea of Spin the Bottle, AND it aroused Youko." Crystal said.
"I guess I have to give you that one." Kurama said.
Crystal finished her sandwich, then stood up. "I'm going to go explore, if you don't mind." She said.
"How about a tour instead?" Kurama asked.
Yusuke came in at that second. "Hey. Pacifier Breath wants to see everyone."
"Excuse me. I have to go see Lord Koenma." Kurama said.
"Nope. He wants to see her and Shiara, too." Yusuke said.
"Who's Lord Koenma?" Crystal asked.
"The man who owns this castle." Kurama explained.
"You mean the toddler." Yusuke said.
"I'm confused." Crystal said.
"Just follow me." Kurama said.
"Alright." Crystal followed Kurama and Yusuke to Koenma's office. Everyone else was already there.
"Where have you been? We've been searching for you for hours." said a toddler that sat in a giant chair. He wore a giant hat, carried a binkie in his mouth, and had Jr. imprinted on his forehead.
"Sorry, sir. I took Crystal on a walk through the gardens." Kurama said.
"Well, you're here now." The toddler said. "Shiara, Crystal, I am Lord Koenma."
"But you're a toddler." Shiara said.
"I am much older than I look, I assure you." Koenma said.
"Yeah, yeah. What do you want, Pacifier Breath?" Yusuke asked.
"Yusuke, what have I told you about calling me that!" Koenma yelled. Then he calmed down. "I have called you here to discuss your next mission."
"What do we have to do with this?" Shiara asked.
"Well, we have discovered a demon at your school. Are you familiar with Jason Kosaki?" Koenma asked.
"He's the second most popular guy at school." Crystal said.
"Who's the first?" Kuwabara asked.
"Don't remember. Some exotic kid, though. He asked me out a lot. I always thought he was perverted." Crystal said.
"Anyway, he's a weather demon. We need to get him either in jail or back to the Makai." Koenma said. "We need you two to lure him to where the Spirit Detectives can capture him. Be careful. He's tricky."
"Alright. We'll leave this afternoon." Kurama said. They all left the office.
Well, I hit three pages this time. All that I had planned for one chapter is taking three. Maybe it's because I get . . . distracted easily. That's probably also why I'm submitting this on Sunday instead of Saturday like usual.
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