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AN: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! My YYH website died! (well it wasn't necessarily mine per say…) But now I don't have any of the episode summaries to go off of! T.T
PLEASE if any of you know where I can get a decent website with the Chapter Black summaries on it (preferably not would be much obliged! And even if you have the DVDs yourself and are willing to write me up a summary…I'D BE COMPLETELY IN YOUR DEBT! And if you do decide to do that, you can email them to me at HyweinKioko4031 after my mourning over the loss of MazeCastle (website) I decided it would be best if I started on this chapter before I completely forgot how the episode went.
…if I still remember it…T.T;;
So yeah, if this chapter isn't quite as accurate as some of the other ones, I apologize
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Thoughts
Forever Fornever III
:Setting the Trap: Onward to Rokurokubi Mansion:
"I don't believe it. So Mai really did ditch, huh?" Botan said thoughtfully as she walked beside Kuwabara.
He nodded, "Yeah, and knowing Urameshi, he probably opened the door for her," he grumbled as he shoved his hands into his pockets, "He's a bad influence, ya know. I think Mai would have been better off staying with Kurama—"
The ferry girl quickly slapped her hand over his mouth, "Don't say that!" she cried frantically.
He blinked in confusion, "Mwot?"
She removed her hand hastily; laughing suddenly as she rubbed the back of her neck, "Ah-ha ha…oh nothing!" she turned towards him, grinning, but her eyes narrowed teasingly as she turned away, "It's just not like you to say stuff like that…Are you jealous?"
The redhead blanched, "What? NO! No! Why would I be?" he asked frantically (though there was a suspicious blush tinting the edge of his cheeks) "Especially since I have devoted my entire life to Yukina!"
Botan grinned again, "Ah well, you're right (forgot about that little detail); I must have just jumped to—oh…" she blinked abruptly as she trailed off and looked over her shoulder, "Well that's odd…"
Kazuma turned to find a familiar flapping ball of blue heading towards them; screeching frantically in a high-pitch tone. The spirit beast dipped awkwardly through the air towards them and seemed rather out of place…or at least really upset.
"Puu! PUU! PUU! Puu!"
"Okay, okay Puu!" Botan caught him in her hands as he continued to squirm restlessly, "Calm down and tell us what happened…oh wait…" she laughed and rubbed her neck again, "I guess you can't do that, can you?"
"PUU!"
The spirit beast wrenched from her hands and flapped back off toward where he had come from. In unison, Kuwabara and the ferry girl ran after him down along the sidewalk as he led them down the road. They kept an eye on him as the spirit beast flapped behind a fence and disappeared into the next road over.
They turned the corner after him and found the little spirit beast flying just over the entrance to a fenced-in junkyard. Kuwabara and Botan glanced suspiciously at one another before crossing the street towards the entryway. Puu flapped ahead of them and cried out frantically as he hovered over a bag. A rock held down a slip of paper resting on top of it.
"That's Urameshi's bag…" Kazuma said in confusion as the ferry-girl bent over and removed the paper from its hold.
She read over it once and her mouth dropped, "That's not possible…"
Kuwabara leaned over her shoulder and suddenly gaped, "YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!"
-:-
Her body moved without her; her feet trudged onward down the sidewalk as she continued to ignore the people she bumped into. There was a stiffness in the air…it was going to rain soon.
She hardly even realized it when her arm reached over the curb and hailed a taxi. The car pulled to the side and her hand slipped around the door handle. As she slid into the seat, the driver leaned back to face her.
Where to…?
Mai didn't know what to tell him…Where was she going anyway?
Her lips parted slowly:
Kyoshiro
She felt the car lurch forward and she hugged her jacket to her chest. Against her window, tiny droplets of rain pattered upon the pane. The guardian sunk deeper into her seat; her eyes slowly became hooded beneath the flashing streetlights
The guardian laughed inwardly…
…Kyoshiro…
She had never been there before…
Beside her, her bag rustled slightly and she saw Hywein's head poke through the flap and mewed worriedly—but not loud enough for the taxi driver to hear her. Slowly, Mai reached out her hand and stroked the small area between her ears.
"Zettai…" she whispered suddenly, "…never again…"
The guardian blinked.
What the hell did she mean by that?
She rubbed the back of her neck wearily, weird…
Mai patted the top of Hywein's head once more before she managed a small smile. She rested her head in the palm of her head and leaned the base of her arm against the window. On a lighter note, Yusuke was probably out of his detention by now.
That idiot's probably gotten himself into another fight again…she told herself with a grin.
-:-
"Teme…" the detective growled dangerously under his breath as he watched his shadow stretch out before him. That damn light behind him was getting to be more of a nuisance that he would have like…if they turned it off at least he might be able to move…
The bizarre blonde-haired teen in front of him smirked, "I imagine you're getting tired, Urameshi."
Yusuke's eye ticked slightly (Gee, ya think?), "No, I actually enjoy standing mid-punch for hours on end—do it all the time you know…" he muttered darkly. After at least an hour, he had realized this kid had a knack for pointing out the excruciatingly obvious—especially since he couldn't go anywhere with this bastard's foot on his freaking shadow…
—What was with that anyway?
"Oi!" he called over angrily, "What's the whole point to this thing anyway—where's your evil scheme?"
Kido smirked again (damn, that smirk was getting annoying quick), "If I told you, there wouldn't be any fun to it, would there?" He picked at something on his fingernail absently, "But…I guess it's only fair to say that we should be getting company any time now."
He gritted his teeth, "What the hell's that mean?" he demanded angrily.
"It means…" the teen said slowly, "That the trap will be set very soon…" his eyes flashed, "I believe some of your friends will be paying us a visit then as well…"
The detective's eyes widened, "Nani?"
-:-
"Miss…Hey! Miss—!"
Mai nearly smashed her head up against the window as she jolted up from her sleep. She shook her head and ran her fingers through her hair quickly before turning to the front of the cab where the driver sat rather irritably. The guardian murmured a quick apology before gathering up her bag and moving towards the door.
"Oi," the cab driver called to her as she slipped out of her seat. The guardian stopped and turned back towards him, "There ain't gonna be another taxi around her for a good long time; you'll hafta pay extra if you want me to sit around here and wait for ya," his eyes narrowed slightly, "How long ya gonna be anyway?"
She glanced away absently, "Not long…" she said quietly and closed the door. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed a small flash of light as he pulled out a lighter and another cigarette. She shrugged her bag over her shoulder and glanced up and down the road.
Something caught Mai's attention and she turned slowly.
A shadow darted into the trees off to her left, and she blinked. Taking one last glance towards the cab driver, she followed after the child-like figure.
-:-
Kurama looked up abruptly from his beaker and cocked an eyebrow. He glanced absently towards the door (he could have sworn he heard someone calling his name…)
He set the vial down in front of him and moved towards the small collaboration of assorted and colored chemicals waiting in their tubes. As he measured out a beaker into the other containers, he saw a shadow come over his work station. The akage looked up calmly at his fellow classmates.
—They looked surprisingly desperate…
"Minamino-kohai—we need to know how…how you do it…" one said rather awkwardly.
He blinked out of confusion, "Sorry?"
"—How are you able to get all the attention of the girls?" another one of the boys stepped forward frantically, and slammed his hands on the table Kurama was working on, "You don't even have to try; we want to know how you do it!"
"Better yet—" the final cut in, "Would you asked a couple of them out for us?"
At this, the redhead blinked again and held up his hands in surrender as he tried to move subtly towards the door, "I-I'm sorry…I'm really not sure how to help you in that subject…"
"Please Minamino-kohai!" the cried in unison and managed to block his way towards the door.
Even Kurama was beginning to panic as they seemed to close in on him (and for a second he contemplated jumping out the window—at least he could survive that). It was just for a moment, but the akage could have sworn that they were about ready to jump him if he didn't agree to help them—
"KURAMA!"
Suddenly, the laboratory door burst open—or rather, it was ripped cleaning off its hinges as a familiar redhead kicked it down. The door crashed right on top of one of Kurama's classmates and sent him sprawling to the ground while the other two watched uncertainly…
Kuwabara stopped—oblivious to the other teen—on top of the broken door frantically, "Kurama we need your h—"
For the second time that day, Kazuma was silenced as the other redhead motioned rapidly to him to be quiet.
"'Kurama'?" one of the boys wondered in confusion.
He laughed nervously and waved them off, "Ah-hah…nothing but a silly little nickname!" he insisted and turned quickly back towards his friend, "Please, Kuwabara, refer to me as Suichi around here—'Kurama' technically doesn't exist…"
"Ah, screw that!" Kazuma shouted frantically, "This is an emergency!"
"Ah! But Minamino-kohai!"
Kurama—happy as he was to be free of that situation—smiled apologetically as Kazuma hurriedly ushered him out the door, "Another time, I promise!" he called over his shoulder (but he wasn't quite sure that they heard him since he and Kuwabara were already halfway down the hall). And at the rate Kazuma was going, they were outside of the school in a matter of thirty seconds…at the most.
Waiting for them outside beyond the school gates was a nervously pacing Botan. She stopped when she caught sight of the two boys coming towards her and raced to meet them.
"Thank goodness we at least found you, Kurama!" the ferry-girl cried.
He blinked, "Why would that be, Botan?" he wondered and glanced back towards Kuwabara for a second, "Kuwabara said it was an emergency—"
She nodded swiftly, cutting him off, and held out a single slip of paper out in front of her, "We didn't believe it either—but Yusuke's been kidnapped!"
Kurama stared at her in disbelief, "He's been what?" but before they could repeat their answer, the akage shook his head and grasped the paper from Botan's hand, "Mai wasn't with him, was she?" he said as he hurriedly skimmed over the letter.
Botan shook her head, "Not by the sound of it…" she gestured towards the bottom of the letter, "But they do want her, you, Hiei, and Kuwabara to go after them to the Rokurokubi Mansion…"
He took better look at the last few lines of the note:
…By midnight tonight those members of the Rekai Tantei: Kuwabara Kazuma, Arakawa Mai, Minamino Kurama, and Jagan Hiei will come to the Rokurokubi Mansion—
Or else the safety of Mr. Urameshi will not be guaranteed.
The ferry girl frowned and glanced up at the two boys in front of her, "You don't think it's a trap, do you?"
In front of her, Kazuma snorted, "Urameshi must've been pretty bored to come up with something like this—unless he thought he was coming up with some twisted little scavenger hunt—"
"I don't think she meant Yusuke," Kurama cut in, "…but I have to say it does sound suspicious," he frowned over the last part of the letter, "And by the looks of it, we only have a few hours to get there."
"But we don't even know where Mai is—and God only knows where Hiei's gotten to!" Botan said frantically, "How are we supposed to find both of them by midnight—that's only in a couple hours!" (a/n: and I have no idea why Kurama was at school at that time…)
She trailed off suddenly and blinked.
Laughing abruptly, she scratched the back of her head, "Oh riiiiight…" she smiled nervously as she held up her briefcase, "Haha, I forgot I brought this along for that very reason! Silly me!" The other two boys sweatdropped uncertainly as she plopped pleasantly to the ground and opened the case.
Botan rummaged carefully through the assorted knickknacks filling every crevice physically possible within the briefcase. She tapped her chin thoughtfully, "Now let's see…" She picked out a few, but frowned and put them back.
"So which one'll find them?" Kuwabara asked, leaning over the ferry-girl's shoulder.
She blinked again, "Oh right! Hm…Ah!" her hand retrieved an item closely resembling a pocket watch, "This is the superbly improved Demon Compass! A fresh take on the classic style for tracking down any and all possible demons!"
Kurama frowned slightly, "But wouldn't Hiei simply be able to deceive it by manipulating his energy?"
The ferry-girl shook her head enthusiastically as she held the compass aloft, "Not anymore…thanks to the newly installed Sample Chamber; by placing his DNA—such as a strand of hair—we can find him regardless of his energy!" she explained with a grin.
"It's too bad I don't carry around a locket of his hair," the akage put sarcastically.
Botan paused before she scratched the back of her neck nervously, "Uh yes…good point…" she sighed heavily and hung her head, "Ugh…too bad Hiei's not here. We could have used his Jagan eye to find himself…"
"Hey, what's this?" Kuwabara asked as he picked out of the ferry-girl's briefcase. She turned back to him and found him staring at a small whistle-like object, "Some kind of dog whistle or somethin?" he asked.
"Actually," she said as she took it from him—her face lit up as a thought occurred to her, "You could call it that! 'Cept this is sort of a dog whistle for demons! I completely forgot about this—it's perfect!"
Kazuma blinked, "Does that mean if you blow that, the shrimp'll come running back here like some dog?" he wondered in disbelief as visions of Hiei as an eager little puppy flashed through his head, "Are you sure he won't be able to manipulate this?"
The ferry-girl nodded, "This one's impossible to deceive; it reacts with anything and anyone that has spirit energy—But you better cover your ears now, it's rather annoying—"
Both Kurama and Kuwabara quickly obliged as she raised the whistle to her lips.
As she blew fiercely into it, a shrill, high-pitched screech rang through the air. Kurama winced as the sound pierced through the shield over his ears, while Kuwabara simply blinked and looked around in confusion.
"Ah, it's penetrating!" Kurama said as loudly as he could above the whistle's screech.
Kazuma looked around again, "Really? I don't hear anything but the birds…" he said calmly, "Huh, I guess there is one plus to not having and reiki…"
The sound began to die off as Botan started to run out of breath. She removed the whistle from her mouth and glanced around curiously as Kurama released his ears. For a long time there was nothing but silence and, as Kuwabara put it, just the birds.
Botan suddenly sighed again and stared off despondently at the whistle in her hand, "I was so sure that was going to work too—!"
FWMP.
In unison, the trio blinked and turned towards a tree behind them. A bush sitting next to it rustled suspiciously—before a familiar head of spiked hair emerged growling irritably. Hiei furiously ripped the leaves sticking out of his hair and shook his head.
"What the hell was that?" he muttered angrily to the ferry-girl still holding on to the whistle. He picked at his ear in an irritable fashion, "And I thought Kuwabara's scream was the worse thing I had every heard…"
"Oi! Wanna say that to my face, shrimp?" Kazuma shouted as he jumped to his feet, "I'm gonna kick your ass if you keep with those jokes!"
The shorter appartion snorted in amusement and Kuwabara clenched his fist.
"Stop laughing hamster legs!"
Kurama was frowning slightly as he approached the two of them, "I thought you were watching Mai," he said seriously—without somehow losing his calm.
Hiei snorted again, "Did you really think I would? I told you, fox, I'd rather gouge out all three of my eyes before I followed the onna around for the day," he held the akage's gaze for a long time before he blinked and turned back to Botan with a fierce glare, "Why was it that you used that hellish device anyway?" he growled.
"…Because of this," Kurama answered simply and held out the note left by Yusuke's bag.
The apparition eyed it suspiciously before he snatched it from his hand. He scanned it over suspiciously fast before he closed his eyes with a smirk and thrust the piece of paper back towards Kurama.
"Tell the kidnappers I've declined. I'm done babysitting the detective…"
He turned to leave and Botan cried out frantically, "But you can't leave! If you all aren't there by midnight—well, who knows what could happen to Yusuke!"
Hiei cocked his head over his shoulder, "Do you really think I care?"
"I'm sure, Hiei…" Kurama started calmly with a small smile, "That if you help, Koenma-sama would be willing to relieve your sentence for being grateful for returning Rekai's spirit detective," he said, careful to play off of the apparition's desire to escape from this 'hellhole'.
The akage noticed Hiei's eyes narrow threateningly as if saying he'd better be right. Regrettably, he turned back towards the trio and angrily situated himself against the tree he had fallen from earlier. His red eyes flashed dangerously though from beneath the hood of his hair.
"But now how are we going to find Mai?" Kuwabara asked suddenly frantic, "Its one thing trying to find the shrimp here…" he gestured over his shoulder (Hiei's eyes flashed murderously), "But Mai's got no spirit energy either! I don't think any of those device-thingies are gonna help us find her!"
Botan tapped her chin thoughtfully, "Ah…well, that will make it difficult…" her eyes suddenly lit up and she snapped her fingers. She laughed cheerfully, "My! What is it with me and forgetting everything today?" the ferry-girl quickly rummaged through her bag and pulled out, what appeared to be, a pink compact mirror, "Good thing Mai's not embarrassed about carrying this thing around—unlike Yusuke; he wouldn't be caught dead with his again…"
"But you can find her with this, right?" Kurama asked.
She nodded briskly—but then let out a nervous laugh, "At least if she hasn't left it at school or somewhere!"
Kuwabara's face dropped slightly, "Oh, that's comforting…"
-:-
Mai stopped suddenly and looked around.
A forgotten path lay at her feet; crawling with wild vines of ivy and other differentiated shrubs and greenery. Back along the slopes of the hill, the taxi's headlights glowed off of surrounding trees, but were beginning to fade as the woods grew thicker and thicker around her.
She blinked.
What the hell was she doing anyway? The guardian glanced back towards the direction she was heading and shook her head.
She was following an ominous shadow! How suspicious was that!
The guardian sighed and scratched her head wearily before shifting the weight of her bag on her shoulder. From within, she heard Hywein yelp in surprise and saw her green eyes flashed irritably towards her from inside the bag. Mai ignored her—not unkindly—as she continued her hike up along the hillside.
This whole day was bizarre anyway…she might as well follow a shadow the way things were going already.
Her hand reached out to a branch in front of her as she lifted herself up onto a higher platform. With a little difficulty, she staggered onto a flatter landing, and was able to swipe at the chunks of mud along the hem of her pants. She sighed and straightened again…only to blink when she caught sight of her surroundings.
The entire area was completely cleared away—as if it had been just mowed by a caretaker—and in the midst of the landing was a single mansion. No, scratch that, it was more of the medieval castles she had read on in World History. Had the trees not been tall enough, she would have definitely been able to see it from the cab…
Mai blinked again, "…Well isn't this just the weirdest day I've ever had…" she mused aloud to no one.
But why had she been drawn here—?
BEEP.BEEP.BEEP.
The guardian cried out in surprise as her pocket began to beep loudly. She quickly fumbled through it and retrieved the communication mirror from inside and flipped it open.
"Ya-ho!" she said hurriedly.
Botan's face instantly appeared along the screen, "There you are!" she cried—and for the first time, Mai noticed that she looked rather flustered (not to mention traces of Kuwabara, and Kurama could be seen in the background…), "We've been looking everywhere for you! See, she was lucky that she wasn't with Yusuke…" she said to the two boys over her shoulder.
She blinked in confusion, "Why's that?" she wondered.
The ferry-girl turned back to her; suddenly laughed nervously, "Eh-heh…Would you believe me if I said Yusuke had been kidnapped?" she asked meekly.
…
"WAIT, WHAT?" Mai yelled suddenly as she gripped the compact with both hands, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE'S BEEN KIDNAPPED? HOW THE HELL DOES HE MANAGE TO GET KIDNAPPED?"
"That's what we'd like to know…" she heard Kuwabara mutter in the background. The guardian saw Botan fiddle with something in her pocket before she held aloft a slip of paper.
"The kidnappers left a note saying that all the tantei had to meet at the Rokurokubi Mansion by midnight—ohhh," she mumbled in frustration, "They say they can't guarantee Yusuke's safety after that—!"
"ER! THAT IDIOT!" Mai was muttering suddenly on the other end, "I'm gonna kill him before they even get a chance!" The other three watched nervously as she growled dangerous threats to the detective—with obviously no concern whether or not he was safe now or not (though, it wouldn't really matter much after she got through with him…)
Kurama blinked and cautiously turned the mirror to face him, "But where are you?" he asked, "We only have until midnight, if you didn't already forget…"
Mai cut herself off suddenly and blinked as well, "Heh…you see…" now it was her turn to let out a nervous laugh as she scratched the back of her neck, "I sort of took the liberty of taking a trip over to Kyoshiro…"
"Kyoshiro?" Botan cried, "What are you doing in Kyoshiro?"
That's a good question…the guardian thought to herself absently, but then shook her head; returning her attention to her other three companions, "But I'm too far away; I won't make it in time…"
"Too bad you can't teleport," Kuwabara said offhandedly on the other end. The ferry-girl kicked him to tell him that this wasn't the time to be making stupid jokes.
Botan turned back towards the screen as the redhead sat grumbling behind her, "That does leave us in a pickle…" she mused and scratched her head. For the countless time that day, her eyes suddenly lit up and she snapped her fingers, "Unless…Mai! Stay right where you are!"
The ferry-girl dropped the compact mirror into Kurama's hands and ran off a little ways. They both watched her curiously as she continue to run off down the sidewalk. It was only when her oar suddenly materialized in her hand that they realized what it was that she was doing.
"Wait—where's she going?" Mai asked from the mirror.
"Uh…I think she's going to pick you up…" Kuwabara said as if he was uncertain of himself and scratched the back of his neck.
The guardian blinked, "She's what?
Botan hopped onto her oar and began to lift off into the air. She turned back to the trio below her, "—Go on and meet us at the mansion!" she called over her shoulder with a wave and a grin, "We'll meet you there as soon as we can!"
-:-
In no more than ten minutes, Mai saw the silhouette of the ferry-girl high up in the air and flagged her down with a hand. Botan caught sight of her and swerved through the air back down towards her before touching down safely on the ground. She sighed and brushed a few strands of her hair as she looked around.
"Well this is an odd place for you to be…" she said aloud, but shrugged as if it didn't really matter, "Ah well—we better hurry and catch up with the others," she said and gestured towards the back of her oar.
Mai stared at it suspiciously before she situated herself behind the ferry-girl. They kicked off into the air, and the guardian suddenly found herself clutching the flying instrument for dear life as they soared through the air.
"And how did Yusuke manage to get kidnapped again?" she shouted as the wind roared in her ears, "Even he's not that stupid!"
"True," Botan shouted back, "But judging by not only that little piece of information, the way the kidnappers wrote the letter…it sounded like they knew all about that rekai tantei! Something tells me that there's something not entirely normal about whoever it was who kidnapped him!"
The guardian frowned slightly. Well, that wasn't normal for someone to know that…
She had lost all of her spirit powers like Kuwabara, but maybe some of her spiritual awareness was coming back—that might have explained why everything was so weird today. Subconsciously, she might have been tapping into this…it could have been why she had this sudden urge to go to Kyoshiro…
In irritation, she sighed and her grip tightened on the oar as Botan dipped through the air.
You better have not gotten yourself screwed up in something life-threatening again, Yusuke…
-:-
"Five 'till…" Kurama said calmly as he checked his watch.
"Dammit! Botan better hurry…" Kuwabara muttered, "They probably stopped to grab a soda or somethin'."
The three boys stood just outside the gates to the house—with the exception of Hiei that is (he happened to be squatting on top of the gate). The mansion behind them certainly looked out of place; not to mention it had some properties that would most likely defy the laws of physics. It bent in all sorts of directions and doubled over itself in some places, yet in all aspects, it was still just as sturdy as any other house.
Hiei's crimson eyes flashed upwards, "They're here," he announced in a mutter.
On cue, the ferry-girl's oar appeared drifting down towards them with a second passenger sitting behind her. Only a moment later, the two touched down just in front of their other companions. Mai slid off the back of the oar along with Botan, and when the ferry-girl took it back in her hands, it simply disappeared and she brushed off her skirt cheerfully.
"Did we make it?" Botan wondered.
"Just barely," Kurama said; checking his watch again just for safety. He glanced over his shoulder at the house and the two girls followed his gaze.
Mai rubbed the back of her neck, "Well isn't this an odd meeting place…" she said as the group hurriedly made their way towards the front doors.
But the ferry-girl stopped short, "Hey…this is odd…" she walked up the steps and grasped a slip of paper tacked to the door, "'When entered, this do not: Ever utter the word 'hot'," she frowned.
"Is it some kind of riddle?" Kuwabara wondered as he read it over her shoulder.
Kurama shook his head, "No," he said seriously as he too read the note, "It's a warning. There's no way to tell if it's real…But we may as well take precaution…"
The other redhead nodded, "Right. Nobody say 'hot'!"
At once both Botan and Mai slapped their hands over his mouth, "Shh!" they hissed furiously—
But at the same time, somewhere inside of the house a bell chimed loudly as the clock struck midnight. Kurama's hand latched around the handle and smiled slightly.
"Shall we?"
-:-
Kido smirked as he listened to the tolls of the clock ringing throughout the house. He turned back coolly towards the detective who sat still, gritting his teeth furiously at the other teen.
"And so, Yusuke…" he started and leaned up against the wall behind him.
"…I do believe your friends have fallen into the trap…"
-:-
a/n: jeeze, this chapter sucked…
Or at least, it was definitely NOT my best work.
But that's what happens when your best YYH website—DIES!
:sigh: Now I'm gonna have to ask for the box set for Christmas—even thought I really don't want to do that; I don't like asking for stuff n.n;;
But Happy belated Turkey-Day, minna-san! (Gomen nasai for the long update time, though…hehe)