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Kurama's Younger Sister, Kurumi

Chapter 25: Time To Go Home

"Tashi!!!" Yusuke yelled for the tenth time, "Tashi, darn it, get up! It's ten o' clock! Why are you still sleeping!?" Yusuke smacked Tashi with the pillow again, and again and again, until, finally, Tashi sat up.

"What is it?" He asked and groaned. Yusuke hit him in the face with the pillow and jumped off the bed, "It's time to leave! Shesh! Why wouldn't you get up?"

Tashi blinked twice and smiled, "Kuru-chan and I went in the hot spring last night... The girls' hot spring."

Yusuke and Hiei's stomachs both plummeted. Yusuke had to calm himself down before he could respond, "Oh? And how did that go?" His voice was off tune and squeaky.

Tashi gave a worried face and answered, "Umm... Fine... But I honestly... Think I scared her... Her brother, Kurama, told her not to commit fornication, and... Chasing her around naked, trying to catch her, in the hot springs didn't go so well..." Hiei just gave a dead stare at Tashi while Yusuke shook his head slowly. Tashi cleared his throat and continued, "After I did manage to her catch, she was crying and just about passed out she was so tired... She asked me to look the other way as she put her kimono on, and I did... "

Hiei looked away and stood up, "Let's go..."

At the breakfast table, Kurama sat adjacent from Botan and couldn't stop thinking about the night before. First Tashi, then Botan, then Tashi, then Botan... He groaned and sipped at his tea, surprised he was even able to stay awake.

"I guess I'm lucky... He did manage to get away..."

"Away? From what?" Botan asked curiously.

"Nothing... Just a nightmare..." He answered and finished off his sushi plate. I did good I think! Tashi still thinks I'm Kurumi and Botan, well...

Botan squealed again on the bus and Yusuke again tried to calm her down.

"Relax Botan! Tashi knows how thankful you are! Gee... You should be disappointed it wasn't longer! Ya hear that Tashi? Next time, make it a three day vacation! Ow!-"

Botan hit Yusuke in the head and scolded him, "Show some respect!"

"Eh? Why should I!?"

"Because he paid for the whole thing, darn it!"

"I don't care!"

"Why are you acting this way!?"

Kurama moaned silently and leaned back in his seat. He wasn't feeling so good. Even after he did manage to escape from Tashi, he didn't get good rest. Twice he woke up as Botan's knee-pillow, and once as her teddy-bear. What he needed was good rest, and now he was feeling bad and having to deal with Botan and Yusuke's bickering. His upper torso flopped forward limply.

What are they even fighting about? Why won't Yusuke just thank Tashi and why won't Botan just leave him alone?

"Ohh man..."

Everything was beginning to spin fast, and faster.

"I'm guess I'm lucky, luck am I... so be... I..." He mumbled and saw Hiei and Botan and everyone at his side, spinning and twisting. Then a thumping sound started echoing loudly through his head. Oh, my head! It's a thumpy pain...Ooo...Getting short of breath...

The bus made another turn, which only added to the dizziness and pain. What is this bus doing!? Taking the scenic route? Slow down! Everything... I can't see! See, I'm... So tired... And hot... Am I sweating? Where am I?...

"Kuru-chan! Your face is turning red!" A voice similar to Botan's screamed, then one that sounded like Yusuke, "No, it's green!"

"Shut up!" The girl's scream was the last Kurama heard...

TBC Tsuzuku