Two chpts in one day. You ppl better be happy. My hands are starting to cramp up. Ow!
Chapter 7: A Discussion and Hearing Voices
Kurenai walked in silence next to Kurama. She had returned to her human form before joining him. Her thoughts consumed her. She was thinking about Yoko being Kurama, the demon that attacked her, and her father. Kurama saw her grab a hold of her necklace. "Still have that I see." Kurenai glanced at him and then at her father's pendant. She nodded. "Father died to get this back. It is the reason he's dead, but..."
"But?" Kurama pushed on. The komori sighed. "It's the only thing I've got left of him." "That's not true." She looked at the fox. He put his hand on her shoulder. "You still have the memory of Kuronue in your heart. The memory of Murasaki, too." They continued to walk on with Kurama leading the way.
The two of them reached the spirit detective's apartment. Before the kitsune could even knock, the door opened to reveal Yusuke. He was wearing blue jeans and a white sleeveless shirt. From where they stood, they saw Kuwabara and Botan sitting in the chairs and Hiei on one end of the couch. "What's up with the meeting?" Yusuke asked. "May we come in first? Standing in the doorway isn't very comfortable." Kurama stated. "Uh, yeah. Sorry." He opened the door to let Kurama in. He them realized that Kurenai was there, too.
She slowly walked behind the kitsune. Kurama took a seat on the other end of the couch. This left Kurenai to sit between him and Hiei. The fire demon said nothing when they came in. Yusuke sat back down and looked at Kurama. "What is this all about?" Kuwabara asked. "First, Botan, could you contact Koenma?" The deity of death nodded. She pulled out the communicator and tried to reach him. "Lord Koenma?" she said when the toddler appeared on the screen.
Stamp, stamp, stamp. "Oh, hello, Botan." "Koenma, Kurama wishes to speak with you." Botan handed the small object to him. "When was the last surge?" he asked as soon as he got the thing. Koenma was a little surprised at the question, but answered anyway. "About forty-five minutes ago." "Thank you." Kurama closed it and tossed it back to Botan. "Wasn't that when the incident on the roof happened?" she asked when she caught the communicator. "Yes."
Kuwabara hadn't been paying any attention to the conversation. He had been staring at Kurenai. 'She's creeping me out. Why does she have to be here?' 'Do I scare you that much?' "Ah, who said that?" They stared at him. "Baka, no one said anything." Hiei crossed his arms and leaned back. Kuwabara ignored him and the others. 'Calm down. I'm just tired.' 'Yeah, you should get some rest. You don't look so good.' He jumped up out of his chair. "There it is again!" Yusuke did what he always does when Kuwabara is being an idiot. Hit him.
'Does he always do that when you act like a fool?' the voice said inside Kuwabara's head.
This time it happened, Hiei looked at the one sitting next to him. "Having fun?" he asked her. Kurenai turned to him. "Are you one, too?" "Hn." Yusuke was getting frustrated. "One what?" "Telepath." Hiei answered. "She's doing a very good job of scaring the oaf."
Said oaf's face relaxed before tensing again. "Hey! Stay out of my head!" Kurama sighed.
"Why are you scaring him, Kurenai?" "Because he still thinks I'm creepy. I would've done more, but he caught me." She glared at Hiei. "Spoiling my fun deserves punishment." "Hn." The red-head's eyes flashed gold then back to green. Kurenai saw this and closed her mouth knowing that Yoko did not wish for her to fight. "Back to the matter at hand. Fox,"
"Kurenai killed a lesser demon on the roof of her apartment building earlier. Botan and I had seen her. She was in her demon form and I took her for someone else." "So you are a demon." Yusuke interrupted. "Who did you think she was, Kurama?" The fox sighed heavily. "Kuronue." Once again, the spirit detective stopped him. "Your old partner?" Kurama's patience was drawing thin when another person cut him off before he could say anything.
Kurenai leaned forward and put her weight on her arms, using her legs for support. "Kuronue was indeed Yoko Kurama's partner. He was killed during one of their theft jobs. Later, Yoko was injured and now resides in Kurama's human body." "And how do you know this, Ms.Creepy?" Kuwabara was only asking for pain. "Kuronue was my father, so naturally Yoko is my godfather." This information surprised them all. Hiei even became interested. Botan spoke up. "Kuronue is your father, Murasaki is your mother, and you are a telepathic bat demon. Yoko is also your godfather. That would explain why you let him out earlier."
The boy quickly flushed. "I didn't let him out, he forced his way out." "You changed?" Kuwabara questioned. Kurama nodded. "Why did you call Koenma about the surges?" Yusuke asked while slouched in his chair. "Kurenai is most likely the cause of them. She was in her demon form when the last surge occurred." A second after he finished talking, something started ringing. The bat youkai pulled a cell phone out of her pocket. "Excuse me." She got up and walked into the kitchen to take the call.
Hiei listened carefully to hear her. "Hello." Someone mumbled over the phone. "Really! That's great." The other person sounded male to Hiei's ears. "Wicked. I'll stop by the warehouse to pick it up and then I'll meet you there. See ya." Kurenai hung up, put the phone away. and went back to the others. "I've gotta go. We just got a gig for tomorrow night. All of you are welcome to come." Botan stood up preparing to leave as well. "Where is it?" she asked. "At a club on the other side of town, The Underworld."
