Alrighty then! I'm back on the internet. I sincerely apologize to all of my reviewers and other people that read my story. During Christmas break, I was moving. I lost the internet, but I just got it back. Whoohoo! Only now it's stupid dial-up. Oh well, at least it's high-speed. Now, I would like to thank Demon of Evilness, demonfo6, Lonelyfox, neko kitkat, sugar high water uma, OneOutOfControlChick, and kill-me911. Thank you all! (takes bow)
Chapter 5: Search for Anything
Kurama started up the stairs to Genkai's. He was afraid of his mother being able to hear anything else and planned on asking Genkai if he could stay. These dreams were really getting to him, and he needed to figure out all this in seclusion. He was slightly dizzy from all the thoughts circulating in his mind, and occasionally he almost tripped on one of the stairs.
Behind him, Shiori, Hatanaka, and Kokoda were following him and panting hard. It was a bit of a miracle that Kurama was thinking too much to notice them there. They were amazed to see that 'Suichi' was climbing up the stairs without even breathing hard. They determinedly followed behind him, trying to be carefully hidden. Shiori was sure that she would be sore tomorrow, not to mention that this would be a good workout for her.
She watched her son reach the top of the steps, and the three spies soon followed. They were careful to conceal themselves in the trees until he entered the temple. He did, but slid closed the door a little harder than he meant to, and ended up breaking it.
They followed him through the winding corridors in the temple to a certain room. They watched him from behind a corner as he quickly slid open the door, and grabbed something from inside, then quickly shut the door once more and turned to continue down the hall.
"What do you think you're doing with those videos, Kurama?" came a harsh voice. "I'm going to analyze my fighting style and look for any flaws in it. Besides, I need to get my mind off of something. I hope you don't mind if I stay for a few days," came 'Suichi's' voice, only it had a colder tone to it now.
"Fine. But you have to get up for training tomorrow morning with the others," the harsh voice said nonchalantly. They saw 'Suichi' walk away, down another hallway. Then they heard footsteps coming toward them.
"You can come out now; the only person who's not going to notice you're there is your son. And that's only because he's losing his mind," the harsh voice said. The person owning the voice stepped around the corner to face them.
"Oh. Master Genkai. Um," Shiori began nervously. "Don't worry. I know why you're here, but I doubt that you'll get any answers, seeing as the rest of us don't know either," She gestured to Hiei and Kuwabara, who had walked out after Kurama had left, "and we're the only ones who have noticed that something is wrong with him. The others are purposefully or unintentionally being blissfully ignorant. The bliss only being on their side."
"Oh. Um, alright. Wait, what do you mean 'he's losing his mind'?" Shiori asked. Genkai sighed.
"I'm not sure of that myself. He won't tell us what's wrong with him. Not even Hiei, who's his best friend," Genkai said, turning her head to look at Hiei.
"Hn. Friends are merely crutches for the weak. I need no friends," Hiei denied. Kuwabara hit him on the back. "That's not very nice Hiei," Kuwabara glowered.
"Baka. I'm not nice," Hiei growled ferociously. Then he stormed off down the hall and out a set of doors, leading to the side garden. Most likely to watch Yukina.
"Hey! I thought you were gonna help us figure out what's wrong with Kurama and why he blacked out that one day! You're not a good friend! Who would want you to be their friend anyway? You're such an antisocial grump," Kuwabara grumbled to himself, unknowingly revealing that there was, in fact, something very wrong with the redhead to his family. "Oh crud. I forgot they were there."
"Um, who's Kurama?" Hatanaka asked obliviously. "Dad, you're so dense sometimes. I've heard them call Suichi that millions of times. It's obviously his nickname, or maybe even an alibi name," Kokoda groaned frustrated.
"Come with us. We have to search for a few things in my library. Need of info, you see. It's close to impossible to understand your enemy when you haven't done enough research on them, and their fighting style, to understand them, and their tactics and weaknesses. I tell Yusuke that all the time, but he never listens. It even works in the same case as what I think may be the problem with Kurama," Genkai muttered as she led the way to a rather large room in the center of the temple.
It was a library filled with innumerous amounts of books and scrolls inside. There were many mats scattered in different sections of the library. It was covered with a thin layer of dust; obviously, no one had been there to clean recently.
"Um, Genkai? Where are we supposed to look, and what are we looking for, exactly?" Kuwabara asked awkwardly. Genkai, instead of answering the question, walked to a certain secluded section of the library in the back. There was much more dust back here, so obviously it had been forgotten and nobody had been here in a long time. Kuwabara swore that he could see his footprints in the dust, it was so thick.
The Hatanaka, formerly Minamino/Hatanaka, family followed quickly and a little too eagerly behind the two psychics; completely forgotten by Genkai and Kuwabara. They watched the two peruse the shelves quickly. Kuwabara seemed to be taking scrolls and books at random (He was really using his sixth sense to guess at books that would be most helpful) seeing as he would step in the center of the circle of shelves, close his eyes in concentration, and then run forward and grab something off the shelf to quickly glance through its contents.
Genkai paused to watch him with a look of amusement on her face, quickly told him good idea (reason completely unknown to others besides Kuwabara), and searched the books by looking through their table of contents, she left searching the scrolls to Kuwabara.
Though Kuwabara could be accounted for as a dunce sometimes and he really hated searching through libraries, he was determined to help his friend. Therefore, he focused all his mental powers on finding something that could help the kitsune.
He was smarter than most people gave him credit for. He had already figured out that this had something to do with Yoko Kurama's past, that strange girl whose name hadn't been spoken, and Kuronue. Those three had been in both the dreams. Now, if the dreams really were being planted inside Kurama's head, and if they were actually memories, then either the girl with the blue hair or Kuronue was doing this.
Wait. No one knows who the girl is. Maybe Koenma would have some records on her. It's definitely possible. Kuwabara thought. "Hey Genkai? I think it's time to take Koenma up on his offer to help," he said as he paused between bending down to grab a scroll.
"Why do you say that?" Genkai asked. "If these dreams are really some of Kurama's lost memories, and someone is trying to get him to remember, then the only people who could put the memories in his head would have to be someone who was there. So it would have to be either the girl or Kuronue. So we need to know if either of them have the ability to do this."
"Kuwabara. I'm not used to you being so smart and logical. Either stop, or do this more often so that I can get used to it," Genkai said jokingly. Kuwabara looked indignantly at the old psychic.
"I'm not an idiot, ya know. I just wasn't that smart back then. I'm in a good high school now, and I've got pretty good grades. I've been studying really hard (thanks to Shizuru, he mumbled) and I'm not as stupid as Urameshi, who stopped attending school," Kuwabara said huffily. He crossed his arms and half-heartedly glared at Genkai.
"We'll drop by there later and check, after we're finished here," Genkai said, once more busying herself in searching for something. She smiled slightly when she searched one book. She flipped through a few pages to somewhere in the middle and read through something, mumbling to herself all the while.
Kuwabara looked over to her. "Hey, did you find somethin'?" he asked curiously. "It says here that in order to find all of your lost memories, instead of remembering them slowly over time, you can find something significant that is missing in the memories you are recovering in order to remember everything at once. That's helpful," Genkai said, the last bit being sarcastic.
"So what was something significant that was missing in Kurama's memories?" Kuwabara pondered to himself. They carefully thought through the two memories that they had seen trying to find what was missing.
"The girl's name!" they both exclaimed simultaneously. "Well, it seems like we will need Koenma's help after all. I guess we're going to see the toddler brat now," Genkai declared curtly. Genkai stood up and walked towards the family behind them that had been forgotten, and Kuwabara followed.
"Hey, I forgot you were there," Kuwabara said dumbly. (MA: That's what I just said you moron! Kuwabara: Yeah, well……you're the one who's typing this! MA: 'gasp' You're right.) Genkai stepped forward and looked Shiori straight in the eyes.
"Shiori, Kuwabara and I need to go somewhere to see if we can find something that will help your son. Keep an eye on him for me," Genkai began to walk off, "Come on Kuwabara." The two left the room, while Kurama's family went searching for Kurama.
The family decided to split up, since the temple was so big. Shiori was first to find him. She saw him sitting on the floor, watching a TV with an emotionless expression on his face. She prayed that he wouldn't notice if she went in. She snuck quickly and quietly through the door and behind her son. It seemed to be her lucky day, as he hadn't given any sign of noticing her.
She curiously looked to the screen that her son was so transfixed upon. What she saw, what she now knew……
MA: ...won't be told if I don't get any reviews.
Yusuke: (glowers) You just had to stop there, didn't you?
MA: Yeah. Now go get me another cough drop and box of tissues. Stupid cold.
Yusuke: Hey! You can't order me around!
MA: I can if you don't want to catch my cold.
Yusuke: Oh. Fine. (leaves)
MA: Finally. Now I can type without him looking over my shoulder. Well, I hope you enjoyed the update. Now review!
Yusuke: Hey, I got your cough drop, but I couldn't find a box of tissues.
MA: That's fine. (pops cough drop into mouth) Mmmm. Cherry flavor.
Kurama: (pops up out of nowhere) Hi guys. Whatcha doin'?
Yusuke: MA caught a cold and got to stay home from school. So she updated a chapter.
Kurama: That's nice. Well, they better review.
Yusuke: Yeah! Review!
MA: (hacking fit) ...cough...cough...what they said...cough...