A/N: D00ds… freaking finally I update. Sorry for the wait – homecoming week was such a hassle (that was last week) and now this week, my friends and I had a fight, and… it's not quite over yet (almost, but there's still one missing piece to the puzzle if you know what I mean), so I've been having a bit of a stressful September! I'm so sorry for not updating! That's why you're getting THREE new chapters today. Please review!

Oh yeah, and if anybody wants to know where the bar's name came from, I copied it from Family Guy's the "Drunken Clam" and changed the adjective and animal. ;)

25. The Harrassed Orangutan and Yusuke's Drunken Mother

Youko had left Suichi's house to go down to the local bar shortly after Luna left. He needed a drink. He didn't want to go back and have Luna play with him and put him in costumes when he was sober.

Once again, he didn't care who saw him as a fox demon; he just went down to the bar, walked in, and sat down on one of the stools. The neon orange logo of the bar's name, The Harrassed Orangutan, buzzed overhead. The old cuckoo clock above the bartender's head clucked six times. Youko sat down between a drunken young woman who looked ready to pass out any second, and another young woman, obviously not drunk, but smoking a cigarette, blowing puffs of smoke at the bartender's face. The smoking girl looked somehow familiar, but Youko couldn't tell, as he could only see her back.

"What'll ya have?" asked the bartender to Youko.

"Anything," Youko said. "Just pick something."

The bartender nodded, turning his back to the fox demon. Then he did a double-take and noticed that the person he had just taken orders from had ears on top of his head and a long, swishy tail. "Woah…" said the bartender. "Why d'ya have a… funny ears and a tail, eh?"

"I don't," said Youko composedly. "You're just drunk, and you're seeing things."

The bartender seemed to think that was a good response and went back to filling Youko's order.

Upon hearing his voice, the smoking woman turned her head and gasped. "You!" she exclaimed. "What are you doing here?"

"I'd like to ask you the same question," Youko said, fixing his steely glare on her soft brown eyes that he recognized as Shizuru's. "Weren't you running away earlier?"

"I got tired of running," Shizuru said coolly. Then her stare hardened. "You're just here to make fun of me for liking Hiei, aren't you?" she accused.

"No," said Youko, taking his drink from the bartender and gulping down half the glass. "No, I came here to get as drunk as I possibly can, puke my guts out, then pass out in a gutter and wake up the next morning with a hangover the size of China."

Shizuru looked down. "Oh," she said.

Just then, the woman on Youko's right leaned over and fell on Youko's shoulder. Her eyes were misted over, and her dark hair was unwashed and smelled funny. She reeked of alcohol, and Youko tried to push her off.

"Hey, cutie," she mumbled, her voice slurred from her intoxication. "Wanna comma ta my house?"

"No," Youko said, pushing her off his shoulder. Shizuru, behind him, stifled a laugh. "What's so funny?" he growled at her.

"Oh, nothing," Shizuru replied, waving her hand dismissively. "That's just Atsuko, Yusuke's mom. Her hobbies include getting drunk and trying to get guys to come home with her."

"Oh."

Yusuke's mother leaned back on Youko's arm, this time drooling a little. "Pleeeease?" she begged.

Youko ignored her. But a few drinks later, the two of them were holding hands and making out with each other. Shizuru, disgusted, got up from her stool and left the Harrassed Orangutan Bar, muttering, "That's just wrong… Disgusting… and wrong…"

NEXT TIME: OPERATION FOX IN ACTION AND A GIRL-TO-GIRL CONVERSATION!

Reviewer Responses!

Moomoogirl1: Luna's not crazy, she's stupid because she's a fancharacter. :kicks her: But yeah, her purpose is to be "the annoying, idiotic younger sibling", so… whatever. v.v School freaking abuses me. I've got bruises on my hips, bruises on my shoulders, and bruises all up and down my left leg because I fell… um… "fell" at the homecoming game… lol Thanks for the review!

hieifan123: You'll see what Luna comes up with for Youko-chan; that comes up in like… next chapter, I think. n.n Thanks for the review!

Princess Random: I'm glad you like Luna. I used to like Luna when I created her, but that was like… 2 years ago, so… heh. Yes, I know this is about Kurama and his stalker. I have a REALLY bad tendency to stray from the point, and it shows in this story. I know his stalker shows up sometime soon, so just hang in there! Thanks for the review!

And I Promise.: No, not high. I just have an obsessive love of acronyms. ;) Yeah, a lot of these chapters are like… "blaah, where's the action?" I'm sorry. T.T lol, I only saw the first episode of Naruto, and it was the horribly-mangled Toonami version, and I cried. LOL, you thought the orangutan was Kuwabara too! A lot of people seemed to think that; that's hilarious… Thanks for the review!

Deus X Machina: Our stalker friend comes in… meh, soon. v.v I know I'm straying from the point way too much, sorry! Thanks for hanging in there though and reviewing!

heartluv: I had fun writing the whole "youkai barbie" phrase. I so wanted to submit that idea to Mattel, but I don't think they know what youkai are. T.T Sad. I really did wanna see a Youko-Ken doll… Thanks for the review!

SilverKitsuneGrlAngel: I know, Luna sucks, just ignore her. v.v Thanks for the review!

Red Kitsune Flames: Well, don't worry, there's more Youko where this came from! Thanks for the review!

Kitsune of Darkness: Comic relief is Purpose # 2 of Luna… Thanks for the review!

Sami Kurama's Stalker: Operation FOX needs an abbreviation to make the author happy. The author enjoys acronyms WAY too much… even when they have no point whatsoever. ;) Thanks for the review!

evilchik:smirk: You'll just have to wait and see what happens with Youko/Kurama and his stalker… You know I can't tell you. Thanks for the review!

Takara Taji: I'm sorry! But I really am busy now that I'm in high school (but I love it there!) and a job, a writer for the school newspaper, part of the set design crew for the school play, and possibly a member of student council (elections are next week). SORRY TO KEEP YOU WAITING! Forgive me! T.T I'm sorry about all the short chapters. This story is full of them, because this is one of my first pieces of writing (at least fanfiction), so I kinda had no clue what was considered "good" for chapters. But I'll post about 3 new chapters every weekend to make up for it, how's that? Thanks for the review!

Kitsune Chic: How do I come up with this stuff? My brain is a little bit twisted. Not quite sure what happened to me as a child, but meh. We'll leave that to the psychologists to figure out. n.nv That's neat that you made blankets for the Katrina victims – good for you! I just donated like… $10… Thanks for the review!

fallentears666: Well, I'm not home by 9, more like 7:30 (since I'm too young to work until 9 n.n), but yeah, homework takes me about an hour, depending on if I feel like doing it or not, then I gotta eat, and then I go on AIM because I'm a stupid AIM junkie now. x( Anyway, thanks for the review!

Betabonanza: Sorry, I'm not sure when Hiei shows up next! Please be patient and thanks for the review!

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