Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho. Aly has not put herself on E-Bay yet so as of now I do not own her. If I owned Yu Yu Hakusho I would be rich, and if I owned Aly we would be wreaking havoc on suburbia right now.

Chapter 8: The Contest & a Bra

"hey, wait up!" Kurama called.

I refused, stepping into the water. I ran as deep as possible, not caring. The water was cold, refreshing me. The nippy cold brought me back to reality, but before I could turn and face him, I was swept off by a wave into water I could not stand in.

"Kurama!" I called. "help!"

The waves kept on pushing him away and me farther out. It was dark and he could barley see me. The crashing waves kept pushing me down until I hit my head and everything went dark.

Ow. My head hurt so much. Wait, who was kissing me? I opened my eyes to see Kurama. Again.

"I need to learn how to swim, huh?" I laughed.

"Yeah. I could teach you." He got off of me.

"No thanks." I muttered. I tried to get up, only to fall in the sand. I almost fell asleep, but Kurama picked me up.

"Don't sleep. It's not good. I'll bring you to the hotel, Yukina will heal you."

"I'm so tired…"

"Stay awake. Come on."

"What happened?" Yukina asked as Kurama carried me in half conscious.

"Walked in the waves…"

"I got carried away." I laughed at my own joke.

Everyone rolled their eyes and Yukina healed me.

"Better?"

"Much. You can let go of me Kurama."

He carefully put me down, making sure not to hit my head.

"Let's go take a walk." He said to me.

It was a calm night with a balmy breeze coming in from the ocean. We stood on the dark boardwalk, the spray hitting my face. There was going to be a storm, I knew it. He knew it. Most likely anyone watching the weather channel knew it too but that's beside the point. It was a nice night. Half moon. Stars. Perfection.

"Why did you run out?"

Of course, the discussion was not romance. "I don't know. I've always been a wimp. Even in video games I was the wimp. Always the worst at everything I wished to be good at. At school, I always got beat up."

"Did your parents…"

"No. No, of course not. They were good to me. Too good. Expected the world to be just like them. Turned out to be all jackasses."

"I see."

I sighed. "It's tough. I mean, my life was never particularly bad, but… I have to admit that there have been times when I've been depressed. Like when my grandma died. Going to high school. Middle school. High school was the worst, always sad. Sad. Sad. Hated it. I was the outcast. In middle school, I had 2 friends, the Manic Depressive girl and the town Bitch. The year before high school, I met Aly. In that same year I met Erika. I would have thought that things were going to get better, but when you're a teen, everything is worse. So much worse. I stopped being friends with them, the bitch because of… something. I forget what but… she did something… I wanted to protect my brother but… I was powerless…so weak. I hated it. Then the manic depressive girl… took me until Aly had an accident to figure out I shouldn't have been friends with her. I have no idea how they're doing right now. I just hope they're ok."
"Awe, Kat is confessing to Father Kurama." Aly teased, knowing how much I hated people calling me catholic when I said I was Christian. Then, Hiei popped out, chuckling.

"Wow Kurama. I always knew you were soft, but that story was so cheesy!"

"Shut up!" I screamed.

"Just teasing! Come on, let's go!"

We headed back to the hotel; me still pissed at those two.

"Don't let them bother you. Hiei is just a jackass and your friend just can't take anything seriously."

"Geez, I'm best friends with myself." I muttered.

"You can take things seriously."

"I guess. Is the surfing contest tomorrow?"

"Yep."

The next day, the sun was shining, the waves were huge, the breeze was pleasant, and I couldn't find a bra.

"Aly! Where is it!" I screamed.

"Ask Erika!"

"Where is it!" I screamed.

"Aly made me!" Erika screamed.

"I don't care, where is it!"

"Uh, why was there a bra in the ice?" Kurama asked.

"Dude! You got huge boobs!" Yusuke yelled as he stared at the bra size.

"Your dead, Yusuke!" I screamed, trying to chase him, but Erika held me back.

"Don't cause trouble!"

"let me at him! How dare he!"

"Now, Kat, don't let him get your nerves! It's not your fault you have huge tits."

"what… the hell… did you…?" I barely squeaked out in shock as everyone stared at her.

"Uh…EEK!" She ran away from us and hid.

"I guess the evidence is REALLY piling up now, Erika."

"Shut up!" she yelled from her hiding spot.

"Here's your bra." Kurama said as he handed me back my lingerie.

"Thanks." I said as I headed to the bathroom slamming the door as I went in.

"Is Erika really…" Yusuke asked, but Aly just burst out laughing.

"The truth? I don't know, but I wouldn't doubt it." She answered through her giggles.

"Well, it's hot if she is"

"You're a pig!" Me and Erika yelled at the same time.

The contest finally came and we smiled a bit more except for Hiei, but seeing him smile would be like seeing your teacher come in with really short hair, a nose ring, and maternity clothes. Wait, that sounds like one of my teachers! OK, never mind, seeing him smile would be very strange.

The contest started and Kurama was one of the first people up on the board. He wasn't bad for a beginner. Same with Hiei, well, would have been, except his height made it especially hard to stay on the surf board. Kuwabara had water wingies on. He tried, but they quickly announced that he was disqualified. Yusuke was his normal self. Aly wasn't bad, fell a few times, nothing special.

Kurama stayed up for a while, but when he tried one trick he fell off the board. Tried it again, but lost the contest. Hiei followed in Kurama's trail. Aly did the same exact thing. OK, I put it off long enough. They SUCKED. They started the day before, what the hell were they thinking? Yusuke I thought was incredible for having been on the board a total of an hour when you round up the lawyers way, but it ended up that he DUCTTAPED HIS FEET TO THE SURFBOARD. I don't want to know how he managed it. Let's just leave it to your imagination cuz I don't know. They got into the top 5 worst surfers. I laughed my ass off. They were soaked and miserable. Kurama's hair was a huge knot and the salt water made it strawlike. Hiei was half-drowned from the huge waves. Yusuke's hair was all over the place and needed gel. Kuwabara was dry and was still beat red from the water wingie embarrassment. None of them said anything. Then, Yusuke opened his trap.

"That wasn't so hard."

"Shut up." Aly muttered.

"Well, It wasn't. Some more practice, and maybe…"

"Shut up"

"But…"

"Shut up."

"Bu…"

"SHUT UP DAMMIT!" They all yelled.

The dinner. Not a good experience that night.