Chapter 7 You're All Crazy!

The door to the interrogation room opened and in stepped two men with long white coats and another two policemen. "Hold it right there!" they said, pointing their guns at officer Dan. The men in white coats tackled them crazed officer to the ground and put a straightjacket on him. "Officers Maloy and Jones," they introduced themselves, releasing Kurama and turning off the record player, "this man is an escaped maniac from an asylum. He dresses up like a cop and tries to pass as an officer; we've been searching for him for three weeks. You're free to go boys."

"Oh, thank heavens!" Kurama said, shaking. He and Hiei were about to walk out the door when officer Maloy stopped them again. "Just one question, what's in the bag, son?"

"Er…oh my gosh! The crazy guy has escaped again!" Kurama pointed and ran as the officers turned around. It was past midnight before they came home to the Minamino residence. They collapsed on the living room floor and fell asleep.

The next morning, they woke up to the shriek of Shiori Minamino. They both sprang up, instinctively taking a fighting stance. "Suichi! Hiei! What on earth happened to you?" she screamed. She was referring to the chunk of hair missing from the left side of Kurama's head, the duct tape still stuck to his clothes, the burns still covering Hiei's skin, and his ripped shirt sleeves.

"Mother! We…" Kurama paused, searching for a believable excuse as to why they were in shambles.

"-Got into a fight!" Hiei finished, having recovered from his electricity-induced twitching. "Kur- I mean- Suichi disagreed with me in a discussion-"

"And I set him on fire, and he cut a chunk out of my hair, the end." Kurama ended lamely.

"You set him on fire?" Shiori raised an eyebrow. They nodded feverishly. She turned and slowly walked into the kitchen; the two yokai had let out a huge breath, only to gasp again when Shiori burst back into the room armed with a broom. "SUICHI MINAMINO, ARE YOU TELLING ME A FALSEHOOD!" she yelled, pointing her broomstick at the accused boy. The redhead trembled under his mother's blazing glare.

"Ye- uh…yes ma'am," he hung his head shamefully. "I think its time I told you the truth, all of it." Kurama made Shiori sit down and Hiei sat on the couch beside her while Kurama took the floor. He explained who he was, what he was, his past life and his role as a detective for the underworld.

She sat quietly for a moment after he had finished and then…

"Well that explains a lot! So this means you have been sneaking out at night! Suichi!" she chided.

"It's not like it affects his grades! Somebody has to protect the world from evil!" Hiei said, trying to support him. Shiori wrung the broom handle, biting her lip.

"I suppose that's true, but why didn't ever tell me before?"

Kurama stared at the floor; "I thought you wouldn't love me anymore…" Shiori's eyes filled with tears; she dropped the broom and flung her arms around her son, "I would always love you, Suichi, you are my son!" Kurama beamed happily. "Is Hiei a yokai too?" she asked; the yokai in question nodded.

"Well mother, now that we have that out of the way, we really have to-"

A series of knocks sounded on the front door. "Open up! Police!" a voice boomed from the other side. Shiori raised an eyebrow, "You're being chased by the authorities?"

"Hiei, follow me!" Kurama said, bolting up the stairs, "Mother, please stall them for a few minutes." Shiori nodded slowly, wondering why her son was on the run from the cops. She opened the door and recited the old line, "Is there a problem, officer?"

"Ma'am, my name is officer Jones, this is my partner, officer Maloy," the two police men at the door said. "We have tracked two boys to this house after they left the police station-"

"My son was arrested!"

"By a deranged lunatic; and they were released with no charges, but when we asked about the contents of a bag they carried with them, they ran. It's illegal to run from the police; we just want to have a look around and make sure they aren't into anything and get into trouble."

"Er… do you have a search warrant?" She stumbled through her speech, buying time.

"Yes we do, its right- wait, I left it in the car. One moment, ma'am." Officer Malloy walked back to the parked police car to retrieve the warrant. Shiori pretended to straighten her hair and stole a glance over her shoulder. Kurama poked his head around the corner and nodded to her. He and Hiei walked back into the living room, properly dressed and cleaned up.

The officers entered the house, "Boys, why did yo run away last night?" Maloy asked.

"Well," Kurama began, "it was pretty late, and my mother would have been worried sick if we didn't return soon."

Maloy nodded, "Mind if we have a look around your room, son?"

"Not at all, officers, right this way." Kurama gave an innocent smile and led the way upstairs to his bedroom. The police men poked around his books and closet, surprised to find everything to neat and clean. They continued to the guest room and located the backpack in question. Inside it was the spirit egg with an anime smile drawn on it with a white marker. "What is this, exactly?" officer Jones asked, pointing to the egg.

"it's a paper-maché egg, sir," Hiei answered, "its for a family-studies class. I carry it with me every where."

"Hm, well, thanks for your time boys; we'll be going now." Jones said and exited the house, followed by his partner. Shiori entered the room and stared at the egg, "That looks too real to be paper-maché." She said.

"Truthfully, it's a spirit beast feeding off of my emotions, it may or may not turn into a monster and devour me, body and soul." Hiei said, rubbing the marker off of the now ebony egg shell. Shiori blinked again and shook her head, "I need some more coffee."

Eh, that was kind of crappy…ookay, really crappy. Will try to make a better update soon.