Ohyao, minna-san/bows/ I am in a very good mood. I got to ride...a roller coster/confetti falls/ The one at Fujikyu! It was sooo cool I rode it eight times and I couldn't breathe at first and I was dying but it was addictive. Much like anime...and ramen...and bishies...errgh, anyways. So since I'm in such a good mood I've decided to start the fourth chapter for you guys! Yay! Here goes!
Disclaimer: Standard disclaimer applies: I own neither Yu Yu Hakusho. For that matter I also own not Vanessa Carlton or DMX, wonderful as they both may be.
Chapter Four
"Stupid woman what the hell are you doing!"
"I'm sorry Hiei but all the other windows and doors were locked!"
"Ring the doorbell? Did you ever think of that?"
"I did and no one answered!"
"Whatever just get out!"
"EEK!"
Kuwabara pauses in front of the bathroom door with Dawe at his feet, listening to the conversation inside. When did Botan get here... Wisely deciding to move out of the way upon the sound of an unsheathing katana, the door barely misses Kuwabara's nose as Botan comes flying out of the bathroom, doing somersaults on her beloved and trusted oar. As Kuwabara helps Botan up, Hiei reaches out but a hand to grasp the door handle and slam the door closed, effectively waking everyone up. It is Monday and Hiei has become the weeks alarm clock.
The Destinies drag themselves out from their individual rooms, mumbling a sleepy hello to Botan. As the four tread into the bathroom--pushing a very frustrated Hiei out on the way in--Kuwabara asks Botan what all the earlier noise had been about. Turns out, no one was answering the doorbell and no other windows were open save the bathroom one. And when Botan had entered, the first thing she saw was Hiei clad in nothing but a towel around his waist brushing his pointy teeth and still looking very sleepy. Sniggering behind his hand, Kuwabara moves off to breakfast with the wonderful image planted in his mind. Hiei growls at him.
"And since no one else is going to listen to me..." Botan concludes as she tries to tell Yusuke the news, only to have him brush her off. "I go to the one sane person of this group. Kurama!"
"Right behind you, Botan."
oO "Eep!" Botan spins. "Oh Kurama--you scared me."
Kurama gives a low chuckle. "Yes, I'd presumed that much. Mind explaining why you're here so early in the morning?"
"...So tired..." Botan sinks to her knees. "But...you have a little mission. Just information gathering, but Koenma wants the girls to go with you. He says...it'll be good practice."
She wearily holds up a video tape--Koenma's usual way of sending mission info. Besides sending Botan, that is. And as she slides into an easy sleep, Kurama is left with the chore of dragging her to the couch and calling everyone else out to watch the video tape. At the prospect of a new mission the Destinies come running, earlier sleepiness forgotten. Even Hiei seems interested. And after a little territory brawl between Yusuke and Kuwabara for a spot on the couch, Kurama starts the video.
"Hello all," Koenma starts, hands folded and placed on the table. "I know most of you have school soon so we'll make this quick. Your mission: to gather information on this demon through various sources in the demon world. I've compiled a list of places he's known to hang around--however discreetly. Boys, I want you to take the girls on this one. Let them get the lay of the land. I know this might make them late for school but they need to see Makai for a longer period of time than what they have already. I'm counting on you."
The screen goes black. Yusuke, annoyed, looks over to the Destinies who are brimming with happiness. If Koenma orders it, surely the others can't deny them the right to go with them. Mentally sighing to himself, Yusuke jumps up from the couch.
"Well, let's go guys."
"Yeah!" the Destinies cry, grabbing their coats.
"Um...where do you think you girls are going?" Kuwabara asks, gently holding them back.
"With you to Makai, duh!"
Yusuke smirks, "No, no, no--when I said 'you guys' I literally meant 'you guys.' You four aren't coming."
"W-what? But Koenma said--"
"Koenma's not here," Hiei states.
Kurama sighs at the dejected, angry faces of the four girls they have come to love. "Please just go to school today. No arguments."
So without a word, the four Destinies take up their things and stomp out of the door, all the terrible things of what they are going to do running through their heads.
oOo
Makai looks a lot darker than the last time Hiei has visited, that's for sure. The fire demon cannot help but notice how the entire place seems to have gotten worse. But, home is home no matter what it looks like. He takes in all the sights: the crumbling walls, the dirty ground. He takes in all the smells: rotting corpses and freshly spilled blood. And he takes in all the sounds. Namely the screams. Yup, it's good to be back in Makai. Because while he enjoys being with the baka onna's, it's just nice to get away for a while.
Besides, he can still feel their evil death glares pointed at him. Hiei shivers. Those death glares always mean somethings coming. And he still hasn't gotten over the nickname "bib boy" but no one calls him that except Vanessa, Nissi, and--on occassion--Olivia. But even when they do call him that wretched name, they are only kidding. Kurama nudges him in the gut, pulling him out of his thoughts. It's the latest gang of demons, thinking they're tough enought to beat Yusuke.
"Let me handle them," Hiei steps forward. "I've been bored."
A dark aura suddenly surrounds Hiei as Yusuke gestures for him to do whatever he pleases. Smirking, Hiei unsheathes his katana quickly and jumps into action. Much like when Hiei fought and killed Seiryu the Ice Dragon, the group cannot count all the slashes he is inflicting upon this incredibly stupid group. Yusuke can only see eight, Kuwabara nine, and Kurama a whopping total of fifteen. Soon the demons are on the ground in the biggest of bloody heaps. Hiei watches the blood spiral down towards his feet before quickly jumping away.
"Damn Hiei how many was that?" Yusuke laughs.
"...Thirty."
"Thirty? Aw man, I could only see nine!" Kuwabara gasps.
Kurama only laughs at this, and the three don't see Hiei look down in despair. Thirty slashes? There was only eight demons in that group, therefore it should have taken no more than twelve or thirteen slashes. He grips his katana tightly. He's getting weaker, and he can't let that hapen. Kuwabara looks up and notices Hiei's face, commenting on it and earning himself a whack in the shin. They don't need to know...
oOo
Being in 9th grade as a teenage girl is hard enough when one is a normal teenage girl. It's even harder when you're an abnormal teenage girl. The Destinies simply cannot focus on their schoolwork as they have just been--once again--blown off from the guys. The four are so mad in fact that they've each broken seventeen pencils, ripped three important papers, and have not had the answers for too many questions to count. Thus, their teachers cannot handle them anymore.
"During the lunch break," they explain. "Go home. It's obvious that you need to rest. I'll call the office and inform them that you will be signing out."
But finally someone has caught onto the fact that whenever one Destiny is late, they are all late. And when one Destiny signs out, they are all out. And quite frankly, it's very suspicious. Here are four girls who are merely friends, going everywhere the other goes, following each other like their lives depend upon it. So it is with that thought that the principal of the school calls the four girls into the office for a discussion. Needless to say, they are pissed.
"Girls..." the principal gestures for them to sit. They do so, our of sheer politness. "It has come to the staffs attention that you all have missed the same days, all have been late on the same days, and whatever one of you does, the other one is practically bound to do as well."
"This wouldn't be errgh...strange if you were all somehow related to each other but as you're just friends--"
"Just friends?" Olivia blurts. "Just friends? Lady, we're practically blood sisters."
"Excuse me, but it's very rude to interrupt."
"You're excused then," Meagan points. "Perhaps if your records of us were up to date, you wouldn't be having this problem."
"But since it's not, we can update them for you..." Vanessa looks over to Nissi.
Clearing her throat, Nissi begins, "We live together in a mansion with four--sometimes five--other people. Our mothers were friends and required that should they ever die we were to live together. And they are dead."
"D-dead? Oh you poor girls," the principal simpers. "How terrible. But we shall have to meet your new guardians."
"M-meet them?" the Destinies whisper.
"Of course--to deal with your school problems."
Uh-oh... the Destinies think. The only one of age is Kurama. Oh well, he'll work.
"Sure...we can bring them in...later."
"That won't be necessary. We'll contact them and set up a meeting with the counselor."
The girls nod and exit the room calmly before questioning each other. As stated, none of them were able to concentrate, eventually getting mad and taking their anger out on their classwork. Olivia smiles as she remembers the looks of her classmates. She's usually one of the more docile of the class. Actually, she's always very quiet as opposed to some of her friends, like Meagan, who always seems to be everywhere at once. The walk home is a long one as the mansion is on the other side of town. Granted, they could have taken the train or a bus...but they didn't really feel like squishing up to lots of people. So they walk and eventually the mansion comes into view.
Dawe greets them as they enter the house, pouncing on each of them in silent begging to be pet. Olivia scoops him up into her arms and plops down onto the couch. The boys will be gone all night, probably not even coming back until the end of tomorrow's school day. Vanessa regards the clouds in the sky warily. Maybe they will open up and lots of rain will pour down. Having school called off sounds pretty good to her right now... Nissi situates herself at the computer, pulling up, ready to read fanfics. And Meagan, lastly, puts in a compact disk (1) in the stereo and cranks up the volume. Vanessa Carlton.
All three besides Olivia sigh contentedly, doing whatever it is that will calm them at the moment. But Olivia winces. "Urgh...Meg, can't we listen to something else?"
"We have an attic. Go play your music up there."
"Alright then," Olivia places Dawe on the floor and ascends the stairs up to the attic door.
It is rusty, she notices. They will have to repaint this floor soon. A nice, dark color to compliment its spooky demeanor. Cobwebs literally fill every corner of the room but the spiders seem to know what their fate shall be if they go farther than their musty corners, so that is where they stay. But the fact that spiders currently occupy the attic is enough to keep both Meagan and Vanessa away. The stereo sits on top of a dilapidated dresser about to fall apart. A compact disk is already placed in it, so she merely whacks the play button and begins mock dancing. (2)
"I can feel it coming in the air tonight...
..When it was hunger that stopped a --- from going under...
..The devil got a hold of me and he wont let go
I can feel the lord pulling, but he's moving dead slow!
some of us may do the winning but we all do the losing its just who does the choosing
that's why i hit these mother f-ing streets tonight, come on!"
The lyrics of DMX mix with those of Vanessa Carlton, creating two very different music scenarios in the house. And soon the two musics are competing for the loudest volume. Because as the erratic vibrations of DMX disturb the calming ones of V.C., a fight to be loud begins. But they eventually tone it down a couple hundred notches, for fear that the rich fancy neighbors will come and cuss them out. So far, they've never had an encounter with their neighbors... And they want to keep it that way. It is then that a loud "I've got it!" reverberates through the halls of the mansion, reaching everyone's ears. Olivia hears her puppy yelp and goes rushing down to see what the heck is going on.
"Vanessa...what are you yelling about?"
"I have the most brilliant plan!" (3)
"Errgh..."
"I'm going to give you three a task and I want you to complete it with no questions asked."
"Now Olivia, here is what you are to do..."
Cliffie! Errgh...well not really but for lack of better word. You won't get to know what Vanessa had us do until the sixth chapter, since I've already written the fifth chapter and am not going to make it different because then my whole story will get messed up. Well kinda... Now for all my notes.
(1) I don't like writing CD or cd...it just looks really weird. So forgive me for writing out 'compact disk'...it just bothers some people, I've noticed by reading some replies of different fanfics...
(2) Mock dancing...I can't really dance so I just sway, ya know?
(3) Errgh...well technically we've kind of done it before but this time to a more extreme measure. Heh.
