Hello everyone I am back with another update. Lol, thanks to Yuki Amida for burning my homework. /sweatdrop/ This chapter shall be loooong for you, Yuki! I tried to incorpriate a moment into this chapter because--as Nissi pointed out--I haven't been doing that many of them. Thus a moment shall be written! Onward! o(.)o

Disclaimer: I own not Yu Yu Hakusho.


Chapter Eight

It is raining. Carinne has gone home for the day (1), tired and frustrated at the amount of homework that was unloaded onto her by the end of the day. Thus the other Destinies are left to plod through the mud and slush to their mansion home. Each of the girls are feeling very 'blah' in their own ways, from too much homework to having a stomach ache to some third thing. So it is with great blah-ness that they kick open the door of their home and stomp in, feeling very much alone. And they are alone. According to Hiei, who is sitting on the couch sharpening his katana, everyone else is gone.

"What do you mean gone?"

Apparently, Yusuke and Kuwabara were dragged off to school by Keiko, Kurama had a study-circle to go to for the evening, and Botan was off in Spirit World helping Ayame collect information on their current case. Thus it is just Hiei and the Destinies, a fact that Hiei is very much prepared for. He makes sure the sounds of his katana scraping the whetstone are loud enough for the girls to hear. But they are too tired to pick on Hiei at the moment. Drained they plop onto the couch unmoving and unwilling to care about anything. They'd take a nap but sleep does not seem to be one of their options for while they are tired, sleep refuses to visit them. Hiei, worried about the girls and their unusual behavior, questions them about it.

"Sit."

Moments pass and no familiar whump is heard. Curious, the girls turn their heads to Hiei who points at his neck. Oh yeah... The girls remember the favor they had granted Hiei for the day by ridding him of the cursed necklace. Groaning and regretting their decision, the girls shade their eyes and plead for the blah-ness to go away. No can do. It is only when Hiei questions them for the second time that they make any attempt to do anything. With all four pairs of eyes focused on him, Hiei becomes a little fidgety but demands an answer nonetheless.

"It's just...just because, Hiei! Haven't you ever had a day where you just don't want to do anything?"

"...No."

Feeling very inferior each of the girls stomp off to their individual rooms trying very hard to forget their laziness and force themselves into sleep. Hiei, still curious about how the girls are feeling, wanders up to Olivia's room and sits himself on her bed. She yanks the covers over her head in an attempt to ignore him. Alas it does not work. With a tug Hiei pulls the covers away, ignoring Olivia's mumbles of protest. He prods her forehead in a very Nissi-like way and asks what's wrong. For all his caring he gets whacked upside the head.

"Nothing's wrong Hiei!"

"You're lying, onna."

"Seriously, nothing is wrong," Olivia argues. "It was just one of those days that was very dull and left us all in a dull mood. That's it!"

"Oh..." Hiei's voice is soft. "Well is there anything I can do to make it better?"

Olivia leans up and kisses Hiei softly, "Nope, just let me sleep."

"Hn. Fine."

Hiei jumps up and exits the room, flicking the lights off as he goes. And so the four Destinies slip into a nice sleep, enjoying the feel of ultimate peace that comes with it.

Later That Day...

"Mmph..."

Meagan is jerked out of her sleep as something much heavier sits on her. Rolling over as best as she can she is surprised to see Yusuke hovering above her with a look of amusement on his face. It takes a moment for her to register that it is Yusuke and says hello by taking his hand and gripping as hard as she can. Shocked, Yusuke yells in pain, trying to free his hand. No such luck--Meagan isn't letting go. It is only when Yusuke licks one of his fingers and sticks it into Meagan's ear that she releases him, shrieking in horror.

"Yusuke you jerk!" (2)

Laughing Yusuke runs out of the room, encouraging Meagan to chase him. And chase him she does, running through the mansion halls in her socks. Consequently she ends up ramming into several different things, one of which is Kuwabara. He shouts--"Ow! Meagan!"--and then watches in amusement as she takes off once again in pursuit of his perverted friend. Meanwhile, he is going to wake up Vanessa. Silently he opens the door to her room and peers inside. Dawe appears to be sleeping on her bed, curled up next to her. Ah, how sweet. Tiptoeing across the floor, he taps Vanessa lightly on the shoulder, whispering soothing words to her. She merely remains fast asleep.

Still resolved to wake her up, Kuwabara presses his face very close to hers and waits...

and waits...

and waits...

And finally Vanessa stirs, opening her eyes slowly. They are blurred, but as soon as Vanessa blinks enough to clear them: WHAM! Kuwabara goes flying against the wall, landing with a sickening crunch. Vanessa--still with her hand raised--is breathing heavily in and out. Dawe barks at the crumpled heap that is Kuwabara, relaxing when he senses the familiar aura. And it is at that time that Vanessa finally understands what she has just done. Gasping she runs to Kuwabara, skidding to a stop right in front of him.

"Kuwabara? Kuwabara! Answer me!"

"Neh..."

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Vanessa wails, patting his shoulder. "But you should know better!"

"What's going on?" Nissi pops her head in, not surprised to see Kuwabara on the floor. "Oh..."

Vanessa looks up to see Yusuke run by, Meagan hot on his heels. What is going on...? Growling, Olivia opens her door and yells out for them to all shut up before slamming the door loudly and going back to doing whatever it was she was doing. (Sleeping!) Together Nissi and Vanessa move the bruised up Kuwabara downstairs for Kurama to look at. Finished with his study circle, Kurama is now sitting on the couch next to Hiei trying to explain to him in further detail what the girls are going through at the moment. Hiei is not getting it.

"So basically they can be going through this for two different reasons...?" Hiei looks at Kurama strangely. Kurama nods. "One because it's a boring day and two...because they bleed?"

"Exactly."

"But they weren't bleeding!"

"Errgh...not visibly Hiei."

"But that's just stupid! Why don't they just make themselves stop bleeding!"

"It's not that simple Hiei..."

"And even if they're not bleeding and their feeling this way why don't they just kill someone to make themselves feel better!"

Kurama sighs, shaking his head in an I-admit-defeat sort of way. Upon hearing the girls coming down he turns their attention to them. Oh my... Chuckling Kurama takes a look at the beaten Kuwabara, noting the red hand-print against his face. Vanessa looks very sorry, wringing the hem of her shirt between her hands. Really, he should have known better. As Meagan runs through the living room searching for Yusuke he calls her over to heal Kuwabara. She does so--quickly--and sets off again. Nissi suggests she look back in her room. Sure enough when Meagan enters her room there is Yusuke, sitting on the bed. A scream is heard. Nissi turns to Kurama, smiling.

"Are there any new developments in our case?" she asks, curious.

Shaking his head no, Kurama explains that the demon is laying low again. Probably apparent that Spirit World has been watching him for a while. They will wait until he becomes active again before striking. Which leads to the topic of their training. The girls sweatdrop, a bit nervous. In all the troubles that come with a new school year the four have been neglecting their training as of late, a fact that Kurama and Hiei plan to remedy.

"You four must learn to fight with a weapon. You mustn't let him touch you..."

"Right."

"And also, your friend. You told Koenma to expect her to be some sort of demon?"

"It's logical," Olivia mumbles, appearing before them. "Nearly every friend we've had has had some connection to demon world. And Carinne wasn't exactly surprised when she saw our powers. So why not? Personally I hope she's a full demon, right Nissi?"

Nissi nods, grinning, "Yeah that would be cool."

"Well whatever she is we need to find out and help her develop her powers. If she knows you four then she'll probably be dragged into this case somehow," Hiei concludes. "Leverage, maybe?"

"Kurama..." Vanessa ponders. "You know those prophecies about us? We never did get to read them."

The said lowers his head and his voice, "I'd rather you not see them. It was a very descriptive prophecy, telling every detail of your lives from the time you were born to the exact date you will die..."

"Y-you know when we're going to die?" Olivia's voice is small.

"Yes and I'm going to Koenma soon to remove that bit of knowledge from my head," he gives them a weary smile.

They remain silent for a little longer until they are sure Kuwabara is okay. In fact, just as they say so, he wakes up. His eyes turn to hearts at the sight of his lovely Vanessa. She smiles and waves, apologizing for whacking him so hard and warning him never to do so again. He nods enthusiastically, hugging her. Gagging inwardly to himself Hiei drags Olivia out to train, followed by everyone else. Silently the couples slip into fighting stances, ready to get going. They review the basics first, still silent save for the times when they are hit. It amazes the Destinies how bad they have become in their fighting without their usual day-to-day practice.

Meagan winces as Yusuke lands a swift uppercut to her jaw. It sends her flying and she lands roughly on the hard gravel beneath her. Startled, Yusuke stops and runs towards her, calling out her name. She stirs, gasping and coughing up blood. It was a strong punch. Rubbing her jaw and giving Yusuke a small grin Meagan is back up, as ready as ever. I'll get him for that. Intent on landing at least one punch before she collapses, Meagan sends furious punches towards Yusuke; he blocks them all. Presently she becomes frustrated and astro-projects into three different Meagans. It makes no difference: their punches combined still cannot hit the Detective.

"Rrgh! Why can't I hit you?" Meagan stops, falling lightly to the ground.

"Your punches are too random. You aren't thinking," Yusuke reprimands, falling lightly next to her.

"What do you mean 'random?'"

"Your determination is clouding your mind," Yusuke explains, placing an arm around her shoulder and pulling her close.

"But determination is a good thing..."

"Not always. You're so dead set on hitting me that you aren't trying to anticipate where I'm going to move or what effect your punch will have."

"Hmph."

"And if you keep fighting like that you're gonna die really quick," Yusuke informs her in a serious tone.

Silent, Meagan contemplates this thought. Yusuke plops down onto the ground, dragging Meagan down with him. She rests her head against his shoulder, tired from all her random punches. Cursing inwardly, she promises herself to train at least once a day for an hour at the least. Practice--especially such basic practice like this--shouldn't take this much energy and should not hurt as much. Vaguely she wonders how the others are doing. She gets an answer as a large bush comes hurtling towards her and Yusuke. Screaming she ducks, feeling the woosh as the bush passes over their heads and impacts with the ground.

"SORRY!" Olivia calls over to them from somewhere in the distance. "LOST CONTROL!"

So I'm not the only one who is sucking...that's good to know. Feeling much happier Meagan faces her boyfriend and gives him a reassuring smile. He smiles back, chocolate eyes dancing wickedly. Knowing the look all too well, Meagan tries to escape but alas! Yusuke pins her to the ground and begins tickling her stomach furiously. Gasping, Meagan tries to block him but it is futile--he's much too strong. But if she doesn't free herself soon, Botan will be leading her up to Spirit World earlier than she probably would have expected. Thus she does the only thing she can think off. She teleports. Why she didn't think of this earlier is unknown to her but all that matters is that she has teleported now--about three feet away from where Yusuke is looking around in confusion.

Upon spotting her, Yusuke lunges, only to have Meagan teleport again. Around and around she goes until Yusuke is thoroughly confused and dizzy. He drops to the ground in defeat, calling for her to come out. She teleports in front of him, planting a soft kiss on his cheek.

"It's okay, Yusuke!" she sings. "One day you'll catch up!"

"Yeah, yeah."

He winces as he tries to stand; she grabs his hand and yanks him up. That is when they notice the speck of blue in the backround of the forest. It comes closer and closer forming into Botan the closer it gets. She has a very worried look on her face and when she spots Yusuke, heads straight for him. The sounds of everyone practicing stop as they all rush forward to greet Botan and recieve whatever news she has to tell. Groaning, Botan clutches her stomach as she dismounts. Too quick of a ride always upsets her stomach. Kuwabara lifts Botan into his arms and the group heads back to the mansion, placing Botan on one of the couches.

"Botan what's wrong?" the Destinies are very worried.

"P-parts of Makai are being attacked!" she squeaks, clutching her stomach harder. "It was so random...the agents Koenma sent out to scout the place just started reported in, telling of all sorts of trouble. We've never seen anything like it!"

"Attacked...?"

"We're thinking that the demon has the power to multiply!"

Urk. Not good. The Destinies exchange fearful glances with each other while the boys merely continue looking at Botan, faces sober. She coughs, waving her hand around in a weird sort of way. Olivia runs off for water, reappearing moments later. While Botan gulps it down, the others try contemplating other ways this disaster could be happening.

"Maybe...he has the power to stop time?" Vanessa suggests.

"Possible," Kurama conceeds. "But I'm wondering why he would want to do this. By doing this he's only put himself in the position to be captured..."

"A trap?" Olivia asks.

"Not exactly," Hiei muses. "We still don't know his exact locations so that wouldn't be it. We'd have nowhere to go."

"Then...just a warning?" Nissi whispers.

Botan nods ferverently, saying that's what Koenma thought. As Botan continues downing the water her companions remain silent. However the demon was able to unleash this sort of frenzy on different parts of Makai all at once, it wasn't good news for them. Clank. Botan finished her glass of water, handing it to Kurama who is ready to take it back into the kitchen. Sighing lightly he turns on his heel and walks but three feet away from the group before freezing in his tracks. His friends look at him weirdly, as if they are expecting him to turn around and say something. Instead, he lets his grip on the glass cup loosen; the cup falls to the ground, shattering into millions of tiny pieces.

"Kurama!"

The group watches, horrified, as Kurama goes limp and falls to the ground, lots of tiny cuts appearing all over his skin.

Today is not a good day.


Whew, I finished. All in three hours. Yay! A new record! Now to finish these author's notes and post for you readers! Kyu...tomorrow is Halloween, so happy Halloween everybody! Review!

(1) Carinne is not yet living with us but she will soon.

(2) How Keiko-like.