Imouto
Amai: For authenticity (and because I'm finally learning more), I've thrown a few Japanese words into this story. -Chan and -kun are hard to translate, so just remember that they are for friends, -chan for females (and occasionally males, but only if you're being cutesy) and -kun for males. All others will be translated at the end of the chapter. Also, the names are in traditional Japanese format, last name first.
And, I have review responses!
Sillyningengirl: I'm glad you like it! I'm sorry to tell Hiei this, but his suffering has only just begun...
Yavie Aelinel: Love the name! But yes, there is good reason to pity the boys. But I don't think Mizuki ever got dropped on her head. My theory is that she has an organ that produces caffeine naturally. ;)
CHAPTER TWO: Welcome home
Yusuke and Hiei fell to the floor upon arrival, and Kurama and Botan only managed to stand because they were closest to Mizuki and she had a firm hold on them. "What the hell was that?" Yusuke asked, rubbing his head and looking indignant.
"Teleportation!" Mizuki answered brightly. "Tousan [1] gave me a spell so that I can teleport between Koenma's office and my house when I decided to move to the Human World. He wanted me to be able to visit anytime I needed to."
"I've never been to your house before, Mizu-chan," Botan remarked, looking at her surroundings. "It seems very nice." At the moment the group was in a large living room with plush furnishings in shades of yellow, green, and orange. The walls were painted spring green with orange and yellow flowers stamped on for a border. A pair of French doors, white with silver leading in the glass panes, faced towards the east and looked out into the front yard. A wide open arch gave a view of a yellow and spring green kitchen, and a hallway in the opposite direction was painted the same as the living room. No other rooms were visible, but one could guess that they were just as bright. Mizuki seemed to like vivid colors.
"My humble abode," the girl announced proudly. "But it's even better if you start from the outside and then go in." She gathered up the others and herded them through the French doors and into the front yard. Mizuki didn't let anyone turn around and look until they were at the end of the cobblestone walk.
"That is NOT a house. That is a MANSION!" Yusuke exclaimed. And indeed it was. There were three stories, the first two having wraparound porches with old-fashioned gingerbread trim, the third floor with a couple of small balconies. The paint was lavender with pink and white trim and a plum- colored roof. There were flowering trees of a type no one seemed to recognize that bore saucer-sized flowers fading from purple on the inside to pink on the outside. They lined the walk to the front porch as well as the driveway, and were planted in the spaces between windows on the front of the house. They matched the paint job perfectly.
When Botan happened to comment on the unusual trees, Mizuki grinned proudly. "They're my own variety. These and all my other plants are from Spirit World, or derived from Spirit World plants. Oh, except for one from Demon World. I like to garden." She reached up into the nearest tree and plucked off one of the saucer-sized blooms. She twirled around a few times before bouncing up to Hiei and sticking the flower right into the middle of his white starburst of hair. "There, that's so cute!" she said, patting the fire demon's head.
Hiei slowly and deliberately pulled the flower from his hair and dropped it on the ground, smashing it thoroughly underfoot. "Baka [2]," he muttered angrily. Kurama and Yusuke were trying very hard not to laugh. Botan wasn't even trying; she was leaning on one of the trees in order to keep herself from falling over.
Mizuki seemed unfazed by Hiei's reaction, however, and she was soon dragging her bodyguards around again, this time inside. "Come on, I have to show you around the house if you're going to stay here! You'll all get your own room and everything!" The Spirit Detective team was too surprised to react and was easily pulled along.
Mizuki started in the living room, even though they'd already seen it. Then she took them into the huge kitchen that they had gotten a glimpse of earlier, which she said was one of her favorite rooms in the house. It was divided into two sections, the actual kitchen and a multipurpose area. The kitchen had an oversized refrigerator, a smooth-top stove, a huge two sided sink, and plenty of counter space. The spring-green overhead cabinets had yellow doors, and the under-the-counter cabinets were yellow with green doors. In the multipurpose area was an extra-tall table with several barstools sitting around it. There were more of her special Spirit World plants in here, mostly small ones in pots on the windowsills, but one large tree with bright yellow trumpet-shaped flowers that went from floor to ceiling in one corner. The smaller plants didn't seem to have any blooms at the time.
Next was the dining room, separated from the kitchen by a pair of free- swinging doors painted with pink and spring green zigzags. The dining room had bright pink walls with cherries around the top border. The dining table and chairs were shining white, the seat covers and placemats having a pink gingham and cherry motif. There were more plants in here, but only two small potted plants in the center of the table with pale reddish berries that resembled cherries but obviously weren't.
Mizuki dragged them down the hallway next, but it was just a couple of storage closets and a small half-bath. At the end of the hall they were led up a spiral staircase- painted blue and yellow- and to the second floor. "This will be the floor you boys sleep on," Mizuki said. "It's the guest floor. There are five bedrooms and you can pick among them as you like. All but two of them have their own bathrooms, and those two share one big bathroom. I don't care how you choose. Have fun, I'm going to show Botan our floor!" Mizuki grabbed Botan's arm and dragged the reaper upstairs, leaving the boys to their own devices.
Kurama began opening doors and looking into rooms. Like the main living areas, all the bedrooms were decorated in bright colors, and each bathroom matched its respective bedroom. One was red and blue with a twin bed and double doors leading out onto the wraparound porch. Another was green and yellow with a king sized bed, with a pocket door onto the porch. A third was blue and green with a double bed, also attached to the porch by double doors. The fourth and fifth rooms shared a bathroom, and they were mirror images of one another, right down to the furniture and color schemes. None of the boys wanted to touch those rooms; they were decorated pink and yellow with floral print bedspreads and flower-shaped windows in the doors that led to the porch. Hiei claimed the red and blue room and quickly shut himself inside. Kurama and Yusuke divided up the other two rooms with a game of Rock Paper Scissors; Kurama ended up with the yellow and green room, Yusuke with the blue and green. Kurama also shut himself in his room for a while, but Yusuke was determined to explore the refrigerator better.
Meanwhile, Mizuki had Botan put into a room just across the hall from hers. Botan's room was huge, nearly twice the size of any of the boys' rooms, decorated in pink, lavender, and baby blue. It was attached to a sunny yellow bathroom complete with Jacuzzi tub. "This is amazing, Mizu-chan. It's huge!" Botan exclaimed. Mizuki nodded.
"Well, you haven't seen my room yet!" she said, dragging the reaper across the hall. Mizuki's room was decorated with rainbows, clouds, and suns. There was a huge stereo on one wall and an assortment of CDs stacked next to it. Opposite the stereo was a big-screen TV complete with VCR, DVD player, Playstation 2, and Nintendo Gamecube. A collection of tapes, DVDs, and video games filled a shelf next to the huge television. Another shelf next to Mizuki's king-sized rainbow tie-dye bed was filled with what appeared to be books. Closer up, they were actually manga.
"How and why do you have so much stuff?" Botan asked, her jaw agape.
"Because I like it. Tousan gives me money for whatever I want because he likes to spoil me rotten. Koenma-anchan [3] doesn't complain because so long as I'm happy here I don't come to visit him often. He doesn't like it when I come to visit." She shrugged and skipped over to her TV. "Hey Botan- chan, have you ever played DDR?"
Translations
1: Dad
2: Moron, idiot, fool
3: Older brother
Amai: For authenticity (and because I'm finally learning more), I've thrown a few Japanese words into this story. -Chan and -kun are hard to translate, so just remember that they are for friends, -chan for females (and occasionally males, but only if you're being cutesy) and -kun for males. All others will be translated at the end of the chapter. Also, the names are in traditional Japanese format, last name first.
And, I have review responses!
Sillyningengirl: I'm glad you like it! I'm sorry to tell Hiei this, but his suffering has only just begun...
Yavie Aelinel: Love the name! But yes, there is good reason to pity the boys. But I don't think Mizuki ever got dropped on her head. My theory is that she has an organ that produces caffeine naturally. ;)
CHAPTER TWO: Welcome home
Yusuke and Hiei fell to the floor upon arrival, and Kurama and Botan only managed to stand because they were closest to Mizuki and she had a firm hold on them. "What the hell was that?" Yusuke asked, rubbing his head and looking indignant.
"Teleportation!" Mizuki answered brightly. "Tousan [1] gave me a spell so that I can teleport between Koenma's office and my house when I decided to move to the Human World. He wanted me to be able to visit anytime I needed to."
"I've never been to your house before, Mizu-chan," Botan remarked, looking at her surroundings. "It seems very nice." At the moment the group was in a large living room with plush furnishings in shades of yellow, green, and orange. The walls were painted spring green with orange and yellow flowers stamped on for a border. A pair of French doors, white with silver leading in the glass panes, faced towards the east and looked out into the front yard. A wide open arch gave a view of a yellow and spring green kitchen, and a hallway in the opposite direction was painted the same as the living room. No other rooms were visible, but one could guess that they were just as bright. Mizuki seemed to like vivid colors.
"My humble abode," the girl announced proudly. "But it's even better if you start from the outside and then go in." She gathered up the others and herded them through the French doors and into the front yard. Mizuki didn't let anyone turn around and look until they were at the end of the cobblestone walk.
"That is NOT a house. That is a MANSION!" Yusuke exclaimed. And indeed it was. There were three stories, the first two having wraparound porches with old-fashioned gingerbread trim, the third floor with a couple of small balconies. The paint was lavender with pink and white trim and a plum- colored roof. There were flowering trees of a type no one seemed to recognize that bore saucer-sized flowers fading from purple on the inside to pink on the outside. They lined the walk to the front porch as well as the driveway, and were planted in the spaces between windows on the front of the house. They matched the paint job perfectly.
When Botan happened to comment on the unusual trees, Mizuki grinned proudly. "They're my own variety. These and all my other plants are from Spirit World, or derived from Spirit World plants. Oh, except for one from Demon World. I like to garden." She reached up into the nearest tree and plucked off one of the saucer-sized blooms. She twirled around a few times before bouncing up to Hiei and sticking the flower right into the middle of his white starburst of hair. "There, that's so cute!" she said, patting the fire demon's head.
Hiei slowly and deliberately pulled the flower from his hair and dropped it on the ground, smashing it thoroughly underfoot. "Baka [2]," he muttered angrily. Kurama and Yusuke were trying very hard not to laugh. Botan wasn't even trying; she was leaning on one of the trees in order to keep herself from falling over.
Mizuki seemed unfazed by Hiei's reaction, however, and she was soon dragging her bodyguards around again, this time inside. "Come on, I have to show you around the house if you're going to stay here! You'll all get your own room and everything!" The Spirit Detective team was too surprised to react and was easily pulled along.
Mizuki started in the living room, even though they'd already seen it. Then she took them into the huge kitchen that they had gotten a glimpse of earlier, which she said was one of her favorite rooms in the house. It was divided into two sections, the actual kitchen and a multipurpose area. The kitchen had an oversized refrigerator, a smooth-top stove, a huge two sided sink, and plenty of counter space. The spring-green overhead cabinets had yellow doors, and the under-the-counter cabinets were yellow with green doors. In the multipurpose area was an extra-tall table with several barstools sitting around it. There were more of her special Spirit World plants in here, mostly small ones in pots on the windowsills, but one large tree with bright yellow trumpet-shaped flowers that went from floor to ceiling in one corner. The smaller plants didn't seem to have any blooms at the time.
Next was the dining room, separated from the kitchen by a pair of free- swinging doors painted with pink and spring green zigzags. The dining room had bright pink walls with cherries around the top border. The dining table and chairs were shining white, the seat covers and placemats having a pink gingham and cherry motif. There were more plants in here, but only two small potted plants in the center of the table with pale reddish berries that resembled cherries but obviously weren't.
Mizuki dragged them down the hallway next, but it was just a couple of storage closets and a small half-bath. At the end of the hall they were led up a spiral staircase- painted blue and yellow- and to the second floor. "This will be the floor you boys sleep on," Mizuki said. "It's the guest floor. There are five bedrooms and you can pick among them as you like. All but two of them have their own bathrooms, and those two share one big bathroom. I don't care how you choose. Have fun, I'm going to show Botan our floor!" Mizuki grabbed Botan's arm and dragged the reaper upstairs, leaving the boys to their own devices.
Kurama began opening doors and looking into rooms. Like the main living areas, all the bedrooms were decorated in bright colors, and each bathroom matched its respective bedroom. One was red and blue with a twin bed and double doors leading out onto the wraparound porch. Another was green and yellow with a king sized bed, with a pocket door onto the porch. A third was blue and green with a double bed, also attached to the porch by double doors. The fourth and fifth rooms shared a bathroom, and they were mirror images of one another, right down to the furniture and color schemes. None of the boys wanted to touch those rooms; they were decorated pink and yellow with floral print bedspreads and flower-shaped windows in the doors that led to the porch. Hiei claimed the red and blue room and quickly shut himself inside. Kurama and Yusuke divided up the other two rooms with a game of Rock Paper Scissors; Kurama ended up with the yellow and green room, Yusuke with the blue and green. Kurama also shut himself in his room for a while, but Yusuke was determined to explore the refrigerator better.
Meanwhile, Mizuki had Botan put into a room just across the hall from hers. Botan's room was huge, nearly twice the size of any of the boys' rooms, decorated in pink, lavender, and baby blue. It was attached to a sunny yellow bathroom complete with Jacuzzi tub. "This is amazing, Mizu-chan. It's huge!" Botan exclaimed. Mizuki nodded.
"Well, you haven't seen my room yet!" she said, dragging the reaper across the hall. Mizuki's room was decorated with rainbows, clouds, and suns. There was a huge stereo on one wall and an assortment of CDs stacked next to it. Opposite the stereo was a big-screen TV complete with VCR, DVD player, Playstation 2, and Nintendo Gamecube. A collection of tapes, DVDs, and video games filled a shelf next to the huge television. Another shelf next to Mizuki's king-sized rainbow tie-dye bed was filled with what appeared to be books. Closer up, they were actually manga.
"How and why do you have so much stuff?" Botan asked, her jaw agape.
"Because I like it. Tousan gives me money for whatever I want because he likes to spoil me rotten. Koenma-anchan [3] doesn't complain because so long as I'm happy here I don't come to visit him often. He doesn't like it when I come to visit." She shrugged and skipped over to her TV. "Hey Botan- chan, have you ever played DDR?"
Translations
1: Dad
2: Moron, idiot, fool
3: Older brother
