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Chapter 4:
Kazuma layed in the bed and found that his stomach started to growl and held it.
"Damn…why didn't I just go and eat with the guy…well…it's too late now…unless…" Kazuma said aloud, turning to where the wardrobe was and noticed that they were asleep.
He got up as quiet as he could and snuck to the door and creaked it open and peaked out. There next to the door was the candle stick, Kurama, talking to a feather duster.
"Oh, no!" blushed the feather duster, looking away.
"Please my beautiful Keiko. Just one date?" Kurama said with a charming smile.
Keiko blushed more and shook her head.
"Oh no! I mean…would it be alright? I mean I'm a maid and you are one of the master's head chiefs…" Keiko said.
Kurama looked at her and smiled.
"It doesn't matter what our professions are." Kurama then took Keiko into his candleholders and dipped her, making Keiko blush more and start to giggle.
"Kurama, be careful, I've been burnt by you before!" she giggled, not able to control her self.
Kazuma figured he had a chance, so he creeped out of his room and closed the door before tip toeing down the hallway.
Kurama looked into Keiko's eyes and bent downtowards her, making her blush even more. A creak of the floor boards from down the hall caught his attention and he glanced over. His eyes widened as he watched the one he was guarding was escaping, and drops Keiko.
"Oof!" she said as she landed hard on the floor.
"Zut alors! He has emerged!" smiled Kurama.
"Kurama!" whined Keiko as she saw Kurama began to follow behind Kazuma.
"I'm sorry Keiko, but I have something else that requires my attention. Perhaps we can finish this when we are human." Kurama said, giving Keiko a wink before running off after Kazuma, leaving a shocked and frustrated Keiko on the floor.
Meanwhile in the kitchen was Botan and her daughter Bingo, finishing up with cleaning up dinner.
"Alright Bingo, it's time for you to go into the cupboard with your brothers and sisters." Botan says, pushing her daughter towards the cupboard.
"But I'm not sleepy." Yawns Bingo, her eyes half way shut.
"I can see that." Laughs Botan. "But you need your sleep, alright?" Botan says with a smile.
"But I'm not…I'm…not…" yawns Bingo before she finally falls asleep.
Botan smiles at her daughter before shutting the doors to the cupboard.
A banging of pots and pans came behind her. She turned to find it coming from the stove.
"I work and I slave all day, and for what? A culinary masterpiece gone to waste." whined the stove.
"Oh, stop your grousing. It's been a long night for all of us." Botan said, not liking going to all that fuss and have nothing happen.
Koenma walks over and rests his clock arms on Botan's sides, no able to wrap his clock arms around her tea pot frame.
"Well, if you ask me, he was just being stubborn. After all, Yusuke will never in a million years say 'please.'" Koenma said.
"But if Yusuke doesn't learn to control that temper, he'll never break the—" Botan started, but was cut off by her husband when Kazuma snuck into the room.
"Well look who decided to join us." Koenma said, letting go of his wife and walking up to Kazuma who jumped at the voice.
He looked over to the table where the teapot he had met earlier was and a clock was. Kazuma walked up to the table, scratching his the back of his head.
"Sorry if I'm not being too polite and stuff, this is just kind of weird…I mean normally clocks and pots don't talk where I come from." Kazuma said.
Koenma smiled at him.
"It's alright. My name is Koenma, head of the house hold." He takes Kazuma's hand and starts to shake it but Kurama rushed into the room.
"I'm sorry, but he slipped right past me." Kurama said.
"Probably with Keiko, eh?" Koenma said with a smirk.
Kurama smiled.
"You know me well." Kurama said, going up onto the table and taking Kazuma's hand, after Koenma did.
"My name is Kurama." Kurama said with a charming smile that made Kazuma blush a bit.
"Eh…ummm, my name is Kazuma Kuwabara, but most people call me Kuwabara." Kazuma said.
"Well, Kuwabara, if there is anything that we can do to make your stay more comfortable." Koenma said with a polite bow.
Kuwabara was about to decline the offer when his stomach growled. He blushed from the embarrassment and scratched the back of his head.
"Well, I didn't want to be a bother but…I'm kind of hungry."
"We can see that!" laughed Botan, her face glowing. "Alright then, you heard it fellas! He's hungry! Stoke the fire, break out the silver, wake the china."
The fire on the stove roared to life, and drawers openned to reveal silverware standing at attention.
Koenma turned to his wife with a disapproving look.
"Botan, remember what Yusuke said."
"Oh, pish tosh. I'm not going to let the poor child go hungry." Botan said, waving her husband off.
Koenma stood there looking at how happy his wife had been since they were cursed and sighed, rubbing his temples.
"Oh, all right. Glass of water, crust of bread, and then—" Koenma said, sounding like a warden.
"Koenma, I'm surprised at you. He's not our prisoner. He's our guest. We must make him feel welcome here." Kurama said before turning his charming smile to the nervous Kuwabara. "Right this way, Kuwabara-kun." Kurama said, jumping off the table to the floor and leading the way to the dinner room, with a hesitant Kuwabara behind him.
Koenma followed behind the two with a sigh.
"Fine, but keep it down. If Yusuke finds out about this, it will be our necks!" Koenma said, making a motion at his neck for more emphasis.
"Of course, of course." Kurama said, ignoring Koenma.
Kurama showed Kuwabara his seat and Kuwabara sat down. Before he knew it, pots and pans came out of the kitchen, delicious foods galore covering the table and moving in front of him as Kurama described each item of food that was in front of him. Kuwabara was so impressed and awed at the display that he forgot about his hunger and just enjoyed the display of food that was being parade around the massive table. After a few bits from a few of trays that walked by, Kuwabara felt his hunger subside and his nervousness had seemed to vanish.
"That was wonderful! I mean that was the best food I've seen, not just eaten for…well ever!" Kuwabara said.
"Thank you." Koenma said, bowing, taking the credit for the wonderful display on his great leadership when it was Kurama's direction that made the display excellent. "That was great everyone." He said, turning to a plate and looking at his face, smiling at it. "Oh, my goodness, look at the time." Koenma said, finding it almost midnight. "Now it's time to go to bed, off to bed!" Koenma said, jumping off the table and tugging on Kuwabara's pant leg.
Kurama frowned and jumped off the table as well, landing next to Koenma.
"Oh man, after that, I couldn't go to bed! I'm just too excited and this is my first time in an enchanted castle." Kuwabara said, finding his living there not too bad after all.
Koenma's eyes widened and backed up before composing himself.
"Enchanted? Who said anything about the castle being enchanted?" he said with a nervous laugh.
A fork ran past him and he grabbed it, hiding it behind his back.
Kuwabara raised an eyebrow at Koenma and crossed his arms.
"Oh like that wasn't a fork that ran past you?" Kuwabara said with a smile and a chuckle.
Koenma growled and took out the fork.
"It was you, wasn't it!" he said turning to Kurama, pointing the poor fork into Kurama's face.
"I…ummm, kinda figured it myself." Kuwabara said sweat dropping and scratching the back of his head.
'Geeze, these guys are weird even for enchanted objects.' Kuwabara thought as he watched the two objects fight with each other.
They both stopped to look at him. Koenma dusted himself off and Kurama fixed his wax nose.
"If it's alright, could I go look around?" Kuwabara asked.
"Oh! Would you like a tour?" Kurama asked.
"Wait a second, wait a second. I'm not sure that's such a good idea." Koenma said before turning to Kurama. "We can't just let him go poking around in certain places, if you know what I mean."
Kuwabara bent down and poked Koenma in the belly, making Koenma giggle like the Pillsbury doughboy. (Disclaimer)
"Well," Kuwabara said. "why don't you take me. I'm sure you know everything there is to know about the castle since you're the head guy, besides Yusuke that is." Kuwabara said.
Koenma grinned, his head going up in pride.
"Well, actually, ah yes, I do!" Koenma said.
"Well, then show me around." Kuwabara said, standing back up.
Koenma grins and started to walk away, Kuwabara and a sighing Kurama following behind him.
'He just HAD to stroke his ego…' thought Kurama before going on the tour.
In a hallway, Koenma, followed by Kurama and Kuwabara are walking, a footstool along side of Kuwabara who finds the dog like object cute.
"As you can see, the pseudo facade was stripped away to reveal minimalist rococo design. Note the unusual inverted vaulted ceilings. This is yet another example of the neo-classic baroque period, and as I always say, if it's not baroque, don't fix it! Ha ha ha. Now then, where was I?" Koenma said, but quickly turns around to find the head s of the suits of armor turned their heads watching Kuwabara walk past them, which from on the look on Kuwabara was not only embarresting him but freaking him out a bit. "As you were!" Koenma shouted, making them all snap back to face forward.
Koenma nodded his head before going back to his lecture. "Now, if I may draw your attention to the flying buttresses above the--Kuwabara?" Koenma said, turning around and noticing that Kuwabara was missing.
He looks around and noticing Kuwabara starting to climb up a grand staircase. Both Koenma and Kurama rush past him and block the stairway.
"What's up there?" Kuwabara asked.
'I'm sensing this very strong presence up there, not to mention something giving me a weird feeling…' Kuwabara thought to himself.
"Where? Up there? Nothing. Absolutely nothing of interest at all in the West Wing. Dusty, dull, very boring." Koenma said.
Kurama was shaking his head while Koenma told him how boring the rooms up stairs were, but stopped when Koenma nudged him, making Kurama nod in agreement.
Kuwabara noticed Kurama shaking his head before and was even more interested.
"Oh, so that's the West Wing." Kuwabara said.
Kurama sighed.
"Nice going." Kurama said to Koenma who glared back.
"I wonder what he's hiding up there." Kuwabara thought aloud.
"Hiding? Yusuke is hiding nothing!" Kurama said.
"So what's the big deal about the West Wing? I mean, Yusuke did say it was forbidden, so if he's not hiding anything, why is it forbidden?" Kuwabara asked and with out waiting for an answer, he stepped over the two, but they made a dash up and blocked him again.
"Why don't we compromise, Kuwabara. How about we show you something else. We have exquisite tapestries dating all the way back to..." Koenma started.
Kuwabara stepped over them again.
"Maybe later.
Koenma and Kurama dash up again, blocking his way again.
"The gardens, or the library perhaps?" Kurama said, his voice not showing how desperate he was starting to get.
Kuwabara stopped, interested.
"You have a library?" he asked, excited.
"Oh yes!" Koenma said, letting out a sigh of relief and joy that they found something else that got him interested in. "Indeed!"
"With books!" Kurama added.
"Gads of books!" Koenma added, pulling on Kuwabara's pants, guiding him back down the staircase.
"Mountains of books!"
"Forests of books!"
"Cascades..."
"...of books!"
"Swamps of books!"
"More books than you'll ever be able to read in a lifetime! Books on every subject ever studied, by every author who ever set pen to paper..." Koenma said, as they reached the bottom of the steps and marching off with Kurama along side him.
Kuwabara began to follow but his curiosity and the weird feeling he was getting from up those stairs got the best of him. He glanced back at the two who were continuing to talk about how big of a collection their library was. Kuwabara turned back to the stairs and began to walk back up them, excited and yet scared at the same time.
However after he climbed the stairs and started to walk down the hallway that excitement began to dwindle. Kuwabara entered the hallway leading to Yusuke's lair, that excitement was peaked again, as well as that fear.
As he walked down the hall, he stopped to look in a mirror that had been shattered into several pieces, each one reflecting his concerned look. He reached the end of the hall and found a closed door with gargoyle handles. He took a deep breathe before opening the door.
Kuwabara was shocked at what he saw in that room that was of the master of the castle. It was giving him the creeps not from the look of it but from the amount of power and weird vibes he was getting from it. He bumped into a table, but caught it before it could crash to the floor.
He turns his head and found a shredded picture on the wall. Kuwabara looked at it closer but he could only see part of a portrait. Kuwabara reached out and lifted the shreds of the picture and gasped.
There was a very handsome young man that looked to be his age. He had chocolate color eyes but there were fire in those eyes as if they didn't let anyone mess with him. His jet black hair was spiked back though a few strands of his hair fell from the gel's restraints. His tan skin only added to his beautiful features, not that his nice chest and arms didn't help either, which could be seen through his white shirt and green robe.
A faint pulse of power caught Kuwabara's attention and he turned to find a rose under a bell jar. He found him self caught in a trans as he couldn't move his eyes from that beautiful rose as he walked towards it. He reached out and lift the jar, leaving the rose unprotected. He reached up, brushing back the strand of an orange curl that decided to get into his eyes, falling out of it's pony tail.
He reached out to touch the rose when a voice caught his attention.
"I don't see what he sees in you. Sure you got looks but you sure aren't too bright."
Kuwabara turned and gasped at finding a katanna with red eyes and a black hilt and a white streak around where the blade connected to the hilt.
Kuwabara glared into those red eyes, not falling back from the challenge.
"Who are you?" Kuwabara growled, clenching his fists.
"Well at least you're brave, even if you are an idiot."
"Shut up you butter knife!" growled Kuwabara.
"I'm a katanna, fool, though I was once the head guard of Prince Yusuke's army. You may have heard of me. I was feared by all who opposed me. Hiei." Hiei said.
Kuwabara looked at him before scratching his chin, in thought.
"Nope, sorry, never heard of you."
Hiei fell over but stood back up with a growl.
"Well I should have known someone as idiotic as YOU wouldn't know greatness when you see it." Hiei snorted.
"So what are you suppose to be? I mean, why are you here?" Kuwabara said.
Hiei snorted, and seemed to float in the air, causing Kuwabara to back up a bit.
"I'm here to protect the rose from idiots like YOU." Hiei said, pointing his end at Kuwabara's neck.
Kuwabara gulped and backed up into the table, causing the rose to wobble a bit. Hiei's eyes widened as well as Kuwabara's though he didn't know why he felt his body freeze at the small movement of the flower.
The table continued to shake, looking as if it would fall over. Hiei backed off from Kuwabara's neck, letting Kuwabara to be able to turn around and try to stop the table from shaking. However a shadow seemed to cover him and he looked up, finding Yusuke jump from the window where a balcony was and at the table, grabbing it and catching the glass jar before it could fall to the floor. He slams the jar back on the rose and turns his attention to Kuwabara.
"Why the hell are you here!" growled Yusuke.
"I'm sorry Yusuke, but he somehow got by my Jagen eye." Hiei said with a bow.
Yusuke turned to Hiei with a growl.
"I'll deal with you later." He turned his fierce glare back towards Kuwabara.
"It's not his fault, he was trying to get me out, but it was my fault. I'm sorry…" Kuwabara said backing away scared.
Hiei looked at the trembling boy and looked down in thought.
'Honorable, but still not worth Yusuke's time.' Hiei thought, though he had a little respect for the lad.
"I told you…no I WARNED you to never come here!" Yusuke growled.
"But I didn't mean to do any harm." Kuwabara said.
"Do you realize what you could have done?" Yusuke growled, picking up a chair and throwing it against the hall.
Kuwabara's eyes widened as he sensed the amount of power that came from Yusuke at that moment.
"Please, stop it…I said I was sorry!" Kuwabara pleaded, still backing up.
Yusuke glared at him. "Get out! GET THE FUXCK OUT OF HERE!" Yusuke roared.
Kuwabara turned and ran out of the room. Yusuke stood there breathing heavily calming down. He realized what he did and lowered his head, falling into despair.
"Yusuke." Hiei said, catching Yusuke's attention.
He turned to his head guard, his best friend when they were human.
"Go after him. Even if I don't like your taste it women, and even more so in men…I think you should go after him…no matter how much of a fool he is." Hiei said.
Yusuke turned to him and snorted a laugh.
"You did always know how to calm me down Hiei."
"Hn, just go before he does something stupid." Hiei said, turning around, not looking at him.
Kuwabara ran all the way down to the first floor to where the door was, grabbing his cloak. He rushes past a confused Koenma and Kurama, who were looking for him. Kuwabara wrapped his cloak around him self.
"Wh-where are you going?" asked a surprised and worried Kurama.
"Promise or no promise, I can't stay here another minute!" Kuwabara said, the two objects following close behind him.
"Oh no, wait please wait!" begged Koenma, his fears showing through his voice.
Kurama tried to respond, but Kuwabara slams the door behind him. Both Kurama and Koenma both bow their heads in sadness, their hope having gone out the door like Kuwabara did.
Well, that's that for this chapter! I hope you guys liked it and please read and review!
